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The Frontier. VOLUME XXXVII. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1916. NO. 7. ZMIcO-IISrisriS C03^CE=^.^T“E“ The price we receive for our butter depends on its quality. The quality depends on the condition of the cream. We have a demand for extra fancy butter, and to meet this demand we will pay for cream as follows: Sweet Milk delivered at Creamery-sweet and dean--per pound butter fat.44 Cents Sweet Cream delivered at Creamery—sweet and dean—per pound butter fat.32 Cents First class churning cream—no off flavors and delivered direct to Creamery by patron—per pound butter fat 29 Cents Ordinary churning cream-received by railroad or held over by patron, per lb. butter fat, delivered O'Neill 28 Cents LOCAL MATTERS. Mrs. Arnold drove over to Spencer Tuesday. Bert Murnan of Lynch was in the city the first of the week. Arthur Barrett was up from Sioux City the first of the week. Bert Mernan shipped a car load of cattle to Omaha Monday. Dr. W. P. Higgins made a business trip down from Atkinson Tuesday. Wm. Clark, Jr., accompanied a load of grass fat cows to Omaha, Tuesday. J. B. Mernan, of the Redbird Ranch, was in town Saturday, looking hale and hearty. Miss Lillian Golden left Friday for Sioux City where she will remain for a weeks’ visit. Paul Henry returned Sunday night from West Point where he had been for a short visit with relatives. Martin Bazelman returned the lat ter part of last week from Neligh after looking after some business matters. Miss Vera Butler of Inman visited the latter part of last week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Downey. Wallace Mullen arrived here Tues day afternoon from Deadwood, S. D., for a short visit with relatives and friends. Tom McKenzie, one of the hustling farmers of the north country was a caller last Monday, renewing his sub scription. James Abbott, wife and daughter, were Sunday visitors at Wm. Clark’s Jr. Mr. Abbott is the chief clerk in the U. P. freight department. John A. Golden, who had been visit ing relatives and old-time friends here for the past week left for his home at Creston, Iowa, last Tuesday morning. Barney Fitzsimmons, who had been visiting here for the past two months, left last Monday morning for Creston, Iowa, where he will spend a few weeks visiting at the home of John A. Golden. F. M. Widner arrived Wednesday night, and left Thursday morning for his ranch in Tripp County, S. D. Mr. Widner has about 15,000 acres up on the White River, which he is improv ing and stocking up. * Frank Froelich and J. B. Ryan went up to Gordon last Friday to look over a large bunch of cattle that were for sale there. The cattle did not come up to expectations and they returned home without investing. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Mills left Mon day morning for their home at Tilden. Mr. Mills has been here for some time, he being one of the carpenters who built the Harry Haffner home in the western part of the city. Mrs. Fred Bazelman and children returned Tuesday evening from a month’s visit to Omaha, Council Bluffs and other eastern points. They report crops looking fine in that sec tion of the country, but needing rain very badly. Judge J. J. Harrington, T. J. Coyne, J, J. Thomas, H. J. Hammond and Ambrose Biglin left last Monday noon for Hastings to attend the democratic state convention as* delegates from this county. They made the trip in Judge Harrington’s car. Ed. F. Gallagher and J. B. Ryan left last Saturday night for Gillette, Wy oming, where they will spend a week inspecting the cattle in that section of the state, with a view to investing if they find stuff that is desirable. They expect to return home the forepart of next week. J. F. O’Donnetll, S. S. Welpton of Omaha, J. B. Mellor and Sanford Par. ker left last Sunday morning for Lake Andes, S. D., to spend a few days luring the denizens of the deep onto their hooks. They returned home Tuesday afternon and say they had fairly good luck. About twenty of our most dis tinguished harvest hands each with a team and wagon started overland for the wheat fields of North Dakota. Warren Calkins was the captain, Pat Minton was the marshal of the crew. “Here hoping that they find plenty of work and good wages.” The Arthur Barrett farm southeast of this city was sold last Monday to Col. James Moore, the hustling auc tioneer, for $100 per acre. The sale was made by J. H. Dunn. This is a good farm, well improved and Col. Moore now has one of the nicest farms in this section of the state. Rev. William Ullerich, who has been pastor of the German Luthern church here for the past year, left Tuesday morning for Victor, Iowa, where he will be stationed in the future. Rev. Ullerich made many friends during his residence in this city who wish him success in his new home. Patrons of city water are urgently requested to shut off all water should an alarm of fire be sounded. At the present time water is being pumped to the full capacity of the city plant and in case of a fire alarm the city officials desire all patrons to turn the water off at once. Please bear this in mind. The Misses Pratt and Smith, nurses from the Tilden hospital, were in the city the latter part of last week visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Bowen. Monday evening, ac companied by Mr. and Mrs. Bowen they partook of a 6 o’clock dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bain east of this city. The attendance at the republican county convention, held in this city last Saturday, was the largest and most enthusiastic that has attended a convention held in this city for years. It was the consensus of opinion among the delegates that not only the nation, but Nebraska and Holt county would go strongly republican this fall. Wonder if the anti-speed auto ordi nance, adopted by the city council a few months ago, means anything ? Several auto drivers of the younger generation pay no attention to it and their speed is regulated by the speed of the car. If a few of them were pulled and fined it would have a whole some effect upon the speed mania. The democratic county convention was held in this city last Saturday afternoon and was very poorly at tended, there being but six or seven GOOD INTENTIONS NO. 1 i % Intenions never made any one rich. You opened an account here some time ago—didn’t you? You are one of our depositors. Perhaps you live right here in town. Perhaps you are a depositor living at some one of the Post Offices from which we receive deposits. Then you stopped. You intended to keep it up—you intend to do so in the future. If you are going to pin your faith on that word INTEND you will live a life that will have nothing to show for it at the end—except bitter regrets. It is not yet too late to blot out that word INTEND from the Dictionary of your Life and to write over it the word NOW. “Say well and do well end with one letter; Say well is good, but do well is better.” —Proverb. 4 THE O’NEILL NATIONAL BANK O’Neill, Nebraska This bank carries no indebtedness of officers or stock holders and we are a member of The Federal Reserve Bank. Capital, surplus and undivided profits $100,000.00. townships outside of this city repre sented. Resolutions were adopted en dorsing the national administration and delegates elected to attend the state convention. William E. Beckhart of 'Winona, Minn., has been employed as manager of the Star Theatre. Mr. Beckhart is an experienved moving picture man and will devote his entire time to the interests of The Star. Mr. Jordan, who has been operating the Star the past six months, has so much other business to look after that he was unable to devote the time necessary tc the picture show. Mary Winkler has filed suit in the district court asking for a divorce from Henry Winkler, on the grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment. In her petition she alleges that they were married at Plattsmoulh, Neb., on August 22, 1905. They have an adopt ed daughter aged four years. She asks that she be awarded her custody. She also asks for reasonable alimony, attorney’s fees and costs of suit. Mrs. Neil Brennan says that the statement made in the letter of W. D. Mathews, published in the last issue of The Frontier, that Col. Brennan was a Presbyterian prior to their mar riage, was untrue. Col. Brennan at that time was a member of the church of which he was a member up to the time of his death, the Catholic church. The Frontier gladly makes the cor rection. S. J. Weekes, O. O. Snyder, H. D. Grady, John Carson and Floyd Wolfe left last Tuesday morning for Lincoln to attend the republican state con vention. The convention was well at tended and was a very harmonious gathering. C. C. McNish was re elected chairman of the state central committee. O. O. Snyder was re elected as member of the state cen tral committee from this senatorial district. Apportioned among the states of the first year’s appropriation of $5, 000,000 carried by the new good roads act, was announced by the department of agriculture Wednesday, which has certified the figures to the tresurery department and state officials. To be entitled to its share, each state must provide an equal amount to that put up by the federal government. Ne braska’s share of this amount is $106,. 770. Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Baker of Swan township were O’Neill visitors last Tuesday. This was Mr. Baker’s first visit to the county seat in two years and he said that he was very agreeably surprised at the growth of this city since his last visit. While here he made a short call at this office and ex tended his subscription to this house hold necessity. He said that it would be impossible for him to live now without the regular visits of The Frontier. ihe omnibus bill, which was recom mended for passage by the ways and measn committee of the National house of representatives the latter part of last wek, contains an ap propriation of $6,000 to purchase a site for a public building in this city. It seems to be the consensus of opinion in Washington that this bill will not pass at this session of congress, probably being held up in the senate, as that body is far behind the house in their work. It will probably pass at the next session. Wiliam Clark Jr., and family ar rived in the city the latter part of last week and have located in the old Kelley residence in the eastern part of the city. Mr. Clark was in the com mission business in South Omaha for several years, and a couple of years ago bought the old Mohr ranch of 1,400 acres, sixteen miles northeast of this city, and expects to move thereon in the spring, when the present tenants lease expires. He has one of the most desirable ranches in the county and is so favorably impressed with this county that he expects to add to his real estate holdings whenever the op portunity presents. One of Mr. Clark’s first acts upon becoming a resident of this city was to have his name enrolled upon the subscription list of Holt county’s greatest news paper, The Frontier. “Gloria’s Romance.” The highest priced serial ever shown in O’Neill. Starts next Thursday night, August 3rd, at the STAR THEATER. FOR SALE. Eight room house and large barn in O’Neill. Situated on two good lots two blocks from Public School. Fine shade trees. Very desirable location. Prices reasonable. Inquire at this office. 5-tf Republican County Convention. O'Neill, Nebraska, Saturday, July 22, 1916. The republican county con vehtion of Holt county convened at the K. C. Hall at 10:30 a. m., Saturday, July 22, 1916, as per call of the County Chairman, O. O. Snyder. The convention was called to order and an adjournment taken until 1:30 p. m. At 1:30 p. m., the convention was called to order and on motion S. W. Green, of Ewing, was made tem porary chairman, and J. S. Jackson, of Inman, temporary secretary. On motion made and seconded the chair appointed a committee of three on credentials. The chair appointed Geo. W. Davies, Inman; William Dick erson, Atkinson; and Tylor Scriven, Conley. Moved and seconded that the chair appoint a committee of three on per manent organization. The chair ap pointed as such committee B. E. Stur. devent, Atkinson; Will Gill, Stuart; and James Crowley of Shields. Moved and seconded that the chair appoint a committee of five on reso lutions. The chair appointed as such committee S. J. Weekes, O’Neill; S. W. Kelley, Atkinson; P. M. Conger, Ewing; Ernest Beaver, Paddock; and M. F. Cronin, Chambers. me report oi tne committee on cre dentials was read and on motion the same was adopted and showed the fol lowing townships represented in the convention: Atkinson, Conley, Deloit, Ewing, Chambers, Inman, McClure, Paddock, Rockfalls, Sand Creek, Sham rock, Scott, Shields, Steel Creek, Stuart, First Ward, O’Neill; Second Ward, O’Neill; Third Ward, O’Neill; and Grattan township. ;,'Fhe committee on permanent or ganization reported and recommended that the temporary organization be made permanent. The report on motion was adopted. The committee on resolutions re ported and on motion the following resolutions were adopted as read: The Republican party of Holt County in convention assembled renew our faith in the principles enumerated by the Republican platform adopted by the Republican National Convention held in Chicago, June 7, 1916, and pledge our loyal support to the nominees of that convention, Charles E. Hughes for President and Chas. W. Fairbanks for Vice-President. On July 6, 1854, the Republican party was born “under the oaks” at Jackson, Michigan, and for two generations it has stood for the under lying principle that was the purpose of its formation—the preservation and progress of the United States. Its first great leader, the immortal Lin coln, and its first work was devoted to the restoration of national unity and the rehabilitation of sound financial and industrial conditions. The policies of the Republican party brought to the United States a degree of supremacy and wealth and power unequaled in the history of nations. They brought a measure of employment and wages and a standard of living unparalled on the face of the globe. Not only has the Republican party insured to our own people a physical, moral and in tellctual plane of existance enjoyed by no other people, but it has elevated millions who have come to our shores from other lands and who have en joyed the opportunities here found. The beneficient results of Republi can initiative and accomplishment can not be fully described in words or measured in figures, but a few state ments will give an idea of the progress of the United States under its govern, ment. Our wealth increased from $16,000,000,000 to $190,000,000,000; our population increased from 30,000, 000 to 95,000,000; bank clearings in creased from $10,000,000,000 to $170, 000,000,000; money in circulation from $435,000,000 to $3,300,000,000; saving banks deposits from $150,000,000 to $4,450,000,000; total bank deposits from $1,000,000,000 to$17,000,000,000; government receipts from $56,000, 000 to $700,000,000; foreign trade from $600,000,000 to $4,000,000,000; value of farms from $8,000,000,000 to $45,000,000,000; agricultural output from $1,000,000,00( to $9,000,000,000; manufacturing output from $1,885, 000,000 to $22,00(0,000,000; railroad milage from 30,000 to 260,000; postal expenditures “from $20,000,000 to $250, 000, 000; public school expenditures from $50,000,000 to $500,000,000. Such statements could be continued through every phase of our financial, commer cial, industrial and social activities. The United States and its people never went backwards under republi can rule—capital has been regulated and labor elevated. There have been a few checks by the temporal ascendency of the Demo cratic party but the Republican party has always came to the rescue and not only repaired the devastation of Democracy but soon gave still greater impetus to the progress and prosperity of all. A re-united party will bring victory next November, which means a restoration of confidence to labor and capital and will bring renewed vigor, increased aspirations and bene ficial results to more than a hundred millions of people. We call attention to the fact that every tariff law enacted by a Republi can congress has produced sufficient revenue for governmental expenses with a substantial surplus in the treasury, whereas every Democratic tariff law has produced a deficit of millions of dollars, necessitating each time the issuance of bonds or a stamp tax as under the present law to pay governmental expenses in time of peace. It is clearly evidentthatbutfor the adventitious conditions created by the European war the operation of the Underwood tariff act would have long since paralyzed American industry, both agricultural and commercial. Notwithstanding the pledge for rigid economy made by the Demo cratic platform of 1912—we call at tention to the fact that the appro priations by the Congress of 1913, ex ceeded by millions of dollars the ap propriations of any previous Congress in the history of the United States. The Democratic party has created since March 4, 1913, 30,000 offices out side of the civil service law at an an nual cost of $44,000,000 to the tax Sayers of the country. The present lemocratic administration has de stroyed our influence abroad and humiliated us in our own eyes. The indecisions, hesitancy and vacillating policy of President Wilson has had a tendency to get us into war rather than keep us out. We express our horror and indig nation with the Mexican policy of President Wilson and his indefensible methods of interfearances in the in ternal affairs of that country wherein he used his high office to drive one bandit from power only to recognize another bandit equally as bad, and for whom he raised the embargo on the shipment of American arms, which have been used and are now being used to kill American soldiers. We deplore the prostitution of the high office of Secretary of State during the incumbency of W. J. Bryan and are amazed at his brazen and flagrant dis regard of his oft repeated principle “that public office is a public trust.” At a time when friendly relations be tween this country and some of the nations involved in the war were most strained, and the severance of diplo matic relations seemed most imminent; when American citizens were being murdered in cold blood and their property destroyed in Mexico; it was during such times as those that Mr. Bryan was repeatedly absenting him self from his high office and official duties for the more pleasant and lucrative business of lecturing for a Chautauqua company at so many dol lars per lecture. His excuse for so do ing and taking the money, was that he could not support his family and ilve on the salary of $12,000 per year that the government was paying him. We point with pride to the faithful and beneficient service rendered the people of this state and congressional district by our fellow townsmen, Hon. M. P. Kinkaid. We endorse and commend the legis lative record of Hon. Dennis H. Cronin. His vote and efforts have always been in the interest of the tax payers as against designing special interests. l—iimimmimiiiiiimiimiiiiiiimiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiimmmimiiiiimiMiiimiiiimiiii ■ The March of Progress jj m is a steady procession—are you keeping step jj H with it? It demands efficient methods from ||j jj| everybody—farmers, business men—banks and jj ■ states. m §g Efficient banking means state guaranty of jj gfj deposits. Efficient business means proper bank- jj jg ing connections. Why not deposit your funds where they will lj jjj be absolutely safe? Why not bank your money jjj ■ where Efficient Service is coupled with Security, jj | Iltkasfca State Basic County Attorney W. K. Hodgkin and sheriff H. D. Grady have served the tax payers of this county honestly and conscientiously and, we believe, merit the support of the voters as do the other Republican nominees for county, district and state offices. At the coming election the voters of the state are to decide by their ballots as to whether or not we are to have an amendment to the constitution of this state providing for state wide prohibi tion. In the event this amtaehdment is carried, we pledge the republican is carried, we pledge the republican legislative nominees of this county and district to work for the enactment of such laws as will make the ammend ment effective. We invite the co-operation and as sistance of all citizens, regardless of previous political affiliations, in our efforts to place men in public office who will carry out republican princi ples. S. J. Weekes, Ernest M. Beaver, S. W Kelly, P. M. Conger, M. F. Cronin, Committee. The following telfegrams from Hon. John L. Kennedy, republican candidate for United States Senator, and Hon. A. L. Sutton, republican candidate for governor of Nebraska, were read: Omaha, Neb., July 22, 1916. O. O. Snyder, Chairman, O’Neill, Neb. Please convey to the republicans of Holt County assembled at O'Neill my cordial greetings and best wishes. Under the leadership of Charles E. Hughes our party is united and we will win in November with individual effort. Holt county will contribute largely to the victory. Signed, JOHN L. KENEDY. Omaha, Neb., July 22,1916. Chairman Snyder, Republican County Central Committee, O’Neill, Neb. I send greetings to the delegates of the republican county convention, the delegates who represent the county in which my father homesteaded. We are to be congratulated; we have a united party with Hughes, Roosevetl and Taft supporting the ticket. Hughes, Fairbanks and the entire state republican ticket will be elected and the nation is looking to the republican party to successfully solve the great public questions that will arise when the European war is over. Signed, A. L. SUTTON. The convention then listened to short addresses delivered by Joseph Ma tousek, of Atkinson, republican candi date for state senator; D. H. Cronin, republican representative; J. M. Hunter, republican candidate for county treasurer; Byron Mossman, republican candidate for county as sessor; D. M. Stuart, republican candidate for clerk of the district court and R. O. Anderson, republican candidate for county clerk. On motion made and seconded the chair appointed a committee of seven to select delegates to attend the re publican state convention, held at Lincoln, July 25, 1916. The chair ap pointed as such committee R. J. Star, C. W. Moss, James Gallagher, Frank Hammerburg, Floyd Wolfe, John Car son and L. E. Skidmore. On motion made and seconded 0. 0. Snyder of O’Neill, was made chairman and J. S. Jackson, of Inman, was made Continued on page”five.)