The Frontier
Published by D. If. CRONIN
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Nebraska, as second class matter.
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tween publisher and subscriber.
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Address the office or the publisher.
TO OUR READERS.
We dislike very much to have to
dun our subscribers for money but
it has become absolutely necessary.
We have a great many obligations to
meet right after the new year and
our readers would lift a great load
from our shoulders if they would call
and pay their subscriptions. We have
several thousand dollars outstanding,
which, if paid in, would enable us to
face a hard winter smilingly. Al
though the cost of everything that
goes into the production of a news
paper has more than doubled in cost
during the past year we have not in
creased the subscription price and are
endeavoring to give you the best
newspaper that has ever been pub
lished in this county. We have al
ways been lenient with our readers,
as we dislike dunning, but when
necessity drives we must ask our
readers to come and help us.
As soon as possible statements will
be sent to all our readers in arrears;
but do not wait for a statement—
send in your subscription. If each of
our subscribers would pay two years
subscription we would be able to meet
our financial obligations and make
some long contemplated improvements
in our plant. We hope this appeal
will meet with a hearty response.
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It is announced that the consumption
of ice in Nebraska this year will be
materially reduced when the saloons
close up in May. Howveer, no ice
dealer, to date, has announced a re
duction in prices in an effort to main
tain the volume of business.
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Practically every prohibition act in
the several states of the union permits
the sale, importation and use of alco
holic liquors for sacramental purposes.
We wouldn’t be surprised to hear,
most any day now, that a new religious
sect has been formed, which will ad
minister sacraments copiously and
often.
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In the annual report of the Ne
braska state board of agriuclture just
at hand, two items noted among the
expenditures are as follows: Walter
H. Mellor, five silver punch bowls,
$188.90; Robert DeVore, water boy,
$5. With five silver punch bowls
properly working, why the need of a
water boy?
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The United States senate Tuesday
passed the District of Columbia pro
hibition bill, which prohibits the sale
of intoxicating liquor in the district.
Importation for life saving purposes is
permissable under the act. Senator
Norris of Nebraska voted for the bill
and Senator Hitchcock against it. The
bill yet must run the gauntlet of the
house of representatives.
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Some adverse comment is being
made by a few excited citizens of
Lincoln because auto speed fiends
persist jn committing suicide by try
ing to jump the magnificent Thomp
son memorial fountain on South
Eleventh street with their cars. It is
a safe bet, however, that the mor
tality rate on pedestrians is much
lower on Eleventh street than if the
fountain were not there.
The remarkable increase in livestock
receipts at the South Omaha stock
yards the past year is a slight indi
cation of the growth of the livestock
industry in the state. Almost eight
million head of stock passed through
the yards in 1916, an increase over
previous years of more than a half
million head. The figures from the
various centers prove the Omaha
market to be second largest in the
world, Chicago being first.
Hit- NorfolK News reports Poe's
Raven, yellow-breasted peacocks, pur
ple mudhens and other rare and
tropical birds as wintering around
O’Neil!, this year. Only one of each
kind was observed by the News
naturalist. We believe it, all right, as
several citizens on various occasions,
occasions, both winter and summer,
have reported green monkeys, purple
rabbits and pink rats in the vicinity.
This rare fauna is expected to become
extinct however shortly after the lirst
of May.
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The Lincoln city commission again
is pestering the Traction company to
stop its street cars on the near side of
the street. This is decidedly unfair,
because with its present equipment it
would be impossible to stop all of the
cars on either side of the street.
Shortly after the flood the street car
magnates of Lincoln purchased the ark
from old Noah and put her on wheels.
Since then they have begged samples
from the manufacturers of all types of
cars and placed them on the system,
now having one of the largest and
most varied collection of antiques in
the country. Anyhow, the street cars
in Lincoln don’t run fast enough to
bother any one in getting on or off
any place along the highway.
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Annual Report of the Holt County
Fair Association, 1916.
RECEIPTS.
Raised by subscriptions, etc. ..$ 60.00
First day, including grand
stand . 188.26
Second day, including grand
^ stand . 1471.34
Third day, including grand
stand . 692.45
Concessions . 95.00
By notes . 181.85
Total . $2,678.89
DISBURSEMENTS.
J. A. Ilarmon, filing fees .$ 2.50
J. M. Hunter, expenses to S. B.
A. , Lincoln. 25.00
R. F. Steenback, Royal B. B.T. 34.70
P. B. Harty, O’Neill, B. B. T. 65.30
E. Briggs, Butte, B. B. team .... 40.00
II. O. Chapman .Atkinson, band 136.70
L. M. Shultz, horse race . 37.50
J. H. Ludwick, exp., to live
stock judge . 7.00
Savidge Bros., Auto Polo
players . 633.35
C. T. Samuelson, Bristow B. B.
team . 40.00
W. O. Freezer, hauling band .... 1.70
J. W. Anderson, horse race ... 37.50
A. V. Stockwell, Bassett band.. 71.30
C. E. Griffith, labor. 11.25
Peter Hagerty, lab-r . 12.00
O. M. Muck, labor . 3.75
E. A. Dimmitt, hauling band .... 1.30
Roy Dewald, hauling band . 1.80
Billboard Publishing Co. 2.00
R. R. Ryan, ticket seller and
news paper adv. 14.00
Geo. Bowen, dray and freight 5.35
Joe Harrison, fence . 65.10
Mrs. Eva Ziemer, Blackbird
B. B. team . 2.50
Telephone on grounds . 3.00
P. B. Harty, O’Neill B. B. team 120.00
W. T. Evans, office rent. 15.00
St. Louis Button Co. Mdse. 23.75
Rodgers Tent and Awning Co.,
. V.IO
Fair Publishing Co., Mdse. 20.83
American Show Print Co., Mdse. 14.50
E. W. Coats, labor . 1.25
E. F. Roberts, jitney . 23.90
P. J. McManus, Mdse . 5.35
Thos. Quinn, chicken feed . 3.25
R. 11. Mills, Mdse, and police . .. 8.50
Wm. Simpson, wrapping paper 1.80
Ryan & Froelich, hay . 28.40
H. J. Reardon, Mdse. . 10.45
Mrs. F. C. Gatz, board for band 30.50
City of O’Neill, water . 1.50
Anna Donohoe, exp. to judges 12.54
J. L. Quig, insurance . 75.00
P. B. Harty, work on ball di’m. 4.00
N. P. Brennan, fence and Mdse. 53.85
E. P. Smith, dray. 4.50
M. H. McCarthy, stamps . 5.00
J. S. Jackson, newspeper adv... 9.55
Garry Benson, newspaper adv. 3.00
Brown Co. Democrat .95
Bristow Enterprise .95
Lynch Journal . 1.00
Long Pine Journal .50
Butte Gazette . 1.00
W. C. Swigart, sign. 2.00
Galena Lumber Co., Mdse. 2.22
Barney Stewart, police . 8.00
Elmer Merriman, police . 8.00
W. S. Coyne, police . 9.00
Spencer Advocate. 1.00
Page Reporter . 11.00
Nellie Armstrong, clerk . 16.25
Mrs. P. C. Donohoe, clerk . 32.25
P. C. Donohoe, salary and exp. 111.40
J. F. O’Donnell, umpire . 6.00
M. H. Horiskey, umpire . 5.00
Roy Carr, umpire. 5.00
Chas. Calkins, hauling band .... 1.50
Schroeder & Son, hauling band 5.00
H. E. Coyne, ticket office . 14.50
I. M. Hunter, exp. 6.00
V. P. Brennan, dray .50
D. A. Criss, express . 2.72
lolin Horiskey, express .28
M. H. McCarthy, stamps . 18.00
D. A. Criss, express . 1.42
M. H. McCarthy, stamps . 3.00
Seo. Bowen, dray .75
Mebr. State Bank, brief. 11.65
lohn Horiskey, police . 10.00
Chambers Bugle .. 3.GO
J’Neill Frontier . 9.45
R. R. Morrison, Mdse. 1.10
Warner & Son, Mdse..65
>. N. Stuckey, internal revenue 5.01
checks returned from 1915 .. . 2.00
Overdraft, 1915. 35.45
Paid in Premiums, 1916 . 778.00
„ Total . $2,776.79
aross receipts .$2,678.89
Paid in checks. 2,776.79
Charlie Chaplin in
Behind The Screen
A Screaming two-re el Comedy
at the Star Theatre SATURDA Y
Matinee 3:00 Night 7:30 and 9:00
Children 10c Adults 15c
57 Steps From
the Golden Hotel
Corner
The Economy Cash Store
Cut Prices
No Credit
No Losses
Pay Cash and Pay
Less
Cut Prices for
Saturday and
Monday- - January
13 and 15, 1917
10c Box of Corn Starch . 5c
10c Box of Gloss Starch . 5c
35c Sugar Cured Bacon . 28c
1 Pound Can of Talcum Powder
—Net weight 12 ounces . 9c
1 Box of Cheese Squares . 9c
1 Box of Bia Biscuits. 4c
28 Ounces of F'alcon Self-Rising
Pancake Flour . 8c
3—5c Packages of Sen-Sen Gum,
or other brands . 10c
Lemon Wafers . 8c
Fig Newtons . 8c
Kenwood Sugar Wafers . 8c
Jiffy-Jell—Flavors in Separate
Vial . 12c
1 Can of Pink Salmon . 11c
10c Big Hit Sodas . 8c
12 Pounds of Whole Wheat
Health . 85c
WHEN YOU WANT BISCUITS
WITH ORANGE BLOSSOM
HONEY
USE PURITAN FLOUR.
10c Box of Johnson’s Biscuit Co.
Chocolate Covered Almonds .... 8c
10c Box of Chocolate Assorted
Nuts . 8c
1 Pound of Corn Cake Tobacco.... 19c
50c Gold Buckel Oranges . 44c
40c Gold Buckel Oranges . 34c
30c Gold Buckel Oranges . 24c
25c Gold Buckel Oranges . 19c
Gold Buckel Oranges are not
Heated or Artificially Colored.
New York Sweet Cider, per gal. 40c
WHY buy Bottles and Tin Cans
when you want Sweet Cider?
Marshmallows—White, fluffy and
delicious, per pound . 17c
Up Where the
Prices are Down
JOHN MELVIN
Overdraft . $97.90
Notes in bank .$768.76
Overdraft . 97.90
Total . $866.65
P. C. DONOHOE, Secretary.
Rifle Club Score.
Made this weel* shooting at 200
yards. Tom Nolan wins out with a
score of 64. Eight inch bulls-eye, 5;
26 inch circle, 4; 46 inch circle, 3, 4x6
foot targe, 2.
T. Nolan 53543 02343 44322 32453—64
E. Henry 34443 44440 34333 32035—63
0’Connell44444 34234 42004 53044—62
Schmidt 44433 34533 22434 00324—60
R. Baker 03323 00322 24544 44304—52
Connelly 33343 33343 32243 30030—52
H. Frey 23343 20004 34333 43032—49
H.Jordan 33033 22022 23033 30233—42
Record of five shots in each of the
following positions: Prone, kneeling,
squatting, standing:
25 25 25 25 100
Tom Nolan .20 12 15 17—64
E. D. Henry .18 16 16 13—63
Jerome O’Connell 20 16 10 16—62
F. G. Schmidt .18 18 15 9—60
R. A. Baker .11 7 19 15—52
Pat Connelly .16 16 14 6—52
H. G. Frey .15 6 16 12—49
H. J. Jordan .12 8 11 11—42
The number of hits in the different
circles are as follows:
5432 0 25
Tom , Nolan .3 5 7 4 1 16
E. 1). Henry .1 8 8 1 2 15%
Jerome O’Connell ... 111 3 2 3 15%
F. G. Schmidt .1 7 7 3 2 15
R. A. Baker .1 6 5 4 4 13
Pat Connelly .Ill 3 2 3 13
H. G. Frey .0 4 9 3 4 12%
H. J. Jordan .0 010 6 4 10%
Would Return To First Love.
Residents of the southern part of
Golden township would return to Ew
ing township, from which they were
divorced a little more than a year ago.
Application has been filed with the
county supervisors to take a strip
three and one half miles long, eastand
west, and one half mile wide, from the
southeastern part of Golden and re
annex it to Ewing. Thirty property
holders of Golden ask for the transfer.
At present the south line of Golden
borders on the corporate limits of the
town of Ewing and the Ewingites
charge that the township officers of
Golden are devoting more attention to
roads in other parts of the township
than to those leading into Ewing. The
matter has been referred to the
county board for invetsigation. It is
probable that the petition may not be
granted, as members of the county
board fear such action would estab
lish a precedent leading to all kinds of I
trouble in the future. ' '
The Habit of Taking Cold.
With many people taking cold is a
habit, but fortunately one that is
easily broken. Take a cold sponge
bath every morning when you first get
out of bed—not ice cold, but a tem
perature of about 90 degrees F. Also
sleep with your window up. Do this
and you will seldom take cold. When
you do take cold take Chamberlain’s
Cough Remedy and get rid of it as
quickly as possible. Obtainable every
where. 31-3
Bad Habits.
Those who breakfast at eight o’clock
or later, lunch at twelve and have
dinner at six are almost certain to be
troubled with indigestion. They do
not allow time for one meal to digest
before taking another. Not less than
five hours should elapse between
meals. If you are troubled with in
digestion correct your habits and take
Chamberlain’s Tablets, and you may
reasonably hope for a quick recovery.
These tablets strengthen the stomach
and enable it to perform its functions
naturally. Obtainable everywhere. 31
Educational Notes.
The following teachers have held
box socials and programs:
District No. 244—Lelia Cotton,
teacher, proceeds .$22.50
District No. 97—Edith Snyder,
teacher, proceeds .$20.80
District No. 108—Elja McCull
ough, teacher, proceeds .$45.40
Each teacher will use the money for
school equipment.
Country Schools Plan Celebration.
A bulletin setting aside the days on
which the ruarl schools of Nebraska
will celebrate the semi-centennial of
the admission of the state to the
union, a part of the state-wide ob
servance in 1917, has been issued by
State Superintendent A. O. Thomas.
The bulletin is addressed to county
and district semi-centennial com
mittees and is signed by A. O.
Thomas of Lincoln, Ross L. Ham
mond of Fremont and Paul Jessen of
Nebraska City, the state-wide com
mittee on school observance of this
fiftieth anniversary.
The first program, according to the
bulletin, is to be held on Lincoln’s
birthday, February 12, in each in
dividual school district.
Throughout the churches and Sun
day schools of the state attention to
the celebration will be a part of the
services on February 25th.
The final local program will be held
in every county seat in the state on
March 1st, when all the schools of the
state are expected to take part.
As program material Dr. Thomas
suggests dramatization of local and
state history, addresses by pioneers
and old settlers, historical carnivals
and pageants covering local, state and
national themes, the development of
business and the unveiling of pictures
and statuary.
The Nebraska state ode is being
mailed to each committee and such
books are recommended as A. R. Shel
don’s “History of Nebraska,” “Once
Upon a Time in Nebraska,” by Alex
ander C. Troup of Omaha and “Mear’s
Story of Nebraska.”
The local semi-centennial commitee
in each community consists of the
county superintendent, the mayor of
the city, the president of the com
mercial club and the president of the
local woman’s club.
The state-wide celebration to close
the observance will be held in Lincoln
the First week in June, when as part--#
of the week’s program the choicest
program of features offered in county
programs March 1st may be brought
to Lincoln.
MINNIE B. MILLER,
County Superintendent.
I February 1st I have to raise I
the prices on my shoes almost I
$1 a pair but I will still be I
cheaper than the rest. I
_John Brennan |
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LAST CALL]
Having purchased the Lindquist & 1
Palmer stock and being compelled to I M
vacate our building by
FEBRUARY 1st
we are in a position to offer you un
equalled bargains.
Entire Stock Meet go Regardless of Price
Prices now below what the goods cost wholesale
$3.00 Overshoes 2.20
$2.50 Overshoes 1.98
$2.00 Overshoes 1.65 ^
$1.50 Overshoes 1.15.
All Goods at Corresponding Reductions
See Us Now and Save Money
C. W. BOYCE,