The Frontier.
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VOLUME XXXVII. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1917. NO. 33.
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LOCAL MATTERS.
F. M. Ward was called to Ewing on
professional business last Friday.
Charlie McKenna went up to Rapid
City, S. D., Tuesday night on a short
business trip.
Judge Cones, of Pierce, was in the
V- city and appeared before the county
court Thursday.
Mrs. A. A- Driggs left this after-,
noon for Omaha for a short visit with
friends and relatives.
Fred Sparks and Harry Haffener
went down to Foster this morning on
a combined pleasure and business trip.
Do not fail to hear the Trouvere
Male Quartette of the Entertainment
Course January 29th at Royal theatre.
County Clerk P. C. Kelley is back
at his desk in the court house having
been laid up with the grip for several
days.
J. II. Schultz and J. H. Perrigo left
Thursday for Beatrice, where they go
to investigate several land propo
A sitions.
SP F. 0. Hammerberg, formerly a
member of the board of supervisors,
was down from Atkinson Wednesday
visiting old friends.
J. J. Thomas, president of the Holt
County Fair association, was in Lin
coln the first of the week attending a
meeting of the state fair board.
Bob Arbuthnot left Tuesday night
for Marsland, Nebraska, to spend a
week with his brother and other rel
atives in that locality.
Francis E Grenier, of Opportunity,
and Miss Cecil M. Bowring, of O’Neill,
were grated a marriage license by
Judge Malone Wednesday.
Mrs. Hoover, sister of Mrs. J. A.
Donohoe, came up from Lincoln Mon
day night, with Mrs. Donohoe who has
been visiting there, for a short stay
here.
The board of county supervisors re
sumed its session for checking up
K county officials Wednesday morning.
The session will continue several
weeks.
i Miss Grace Ward entertained the
Granuaile club Tuesday evening at a
theatre part^ at the Star and a
luncheon afterwards at McMillan &
Markey’s.
Miss Minnie B. Miller went down to
i Lincoln Wednesday morning to attend
t a meeting of the County Superin
f tendents which is being held there
this week.
Joel Parker made a business trip to
Norfolk, Lincoln and other Nebraska
points, the first of the week, where he
concluded arrangements for placing
large loans.
Clear Golden left the fore part of
the week for Ogdon, Utah, where he
has accepted a position teaching Ger
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man and Spanish in the public schools
of that city.
Sheriff Duffy has appointed Loyd
Bergstrom, of Page, as his deputy,
and Miss Lottie McNichols, of this
city, clerk. Both have been on the job
since last week.
Miss Ida Chapman was this week
hostess to the Martez club. Tuesday
evening the young ladies met at Miss
Ida’s home and enjoyed themselves
playing cards and feasting.
The Trouvere Male Quartette will
entertain you in a variety of songs
and costume, Monday, January 29.
You will miss a rare treat if you do
not hear them at Royal theatre.
W. R. Butler, formerly a resident
of this city now located at Gregory,
came over from that city Wednesday
afternoon to look after some business
matters demanding his attention.
Henry Lorge came up from Wynot,
Nebr., Tuesday evening to look after
his property interests. Mr. Lorge is
contemplating moving his family here
and locating on his farm north of this
city, next fall.
Jerry Scott visited over Sunday in
this city at the home of his brother,
C. B. Scott. Mr. Scott was enroute
home from Lincoln where he had
been with the Sheridan county boost
ers, at the meeting of the Associated
Agricultural Societies.
Jack McKenna left Tuesday evening
for Rapid City, S. D-, where he has
accepted the management of his
brother’s sheep ranch, located near
that city. Jack says that it is stocked
with about seven hunderd sheep, which
is about enough to keep one boss
pretty busy. ,
M. H. Horiskey is now enjoying his
annual vacation, which extends to the
15th of February. Being the ranking
member on this division Mr. Horiskey
had his choice of the vacation dates,
which are only in the winter months,
and elected to take his now. He was
in Sioux City on business Sunday and
Monday.
A number of the young friends of
Miss Meriam Gilligan gathered at her
home Wednesday evening, in the
nature of a surprise party on Miss
Gilligan, the occasion being the four
teenth anniversary of her birth. A
delicious seven o’clock dinner was
served after which the evening was
spent dancing and playing cards.
Jerrold Dusatka, formerly of Colo
rado, has bought the John Gusse place
northwest of this city and has moved
his family thereon with the intention
of making this his future home. While
traveling through here a year or so
ago Mr. Dusatka was so impressed
with the future possibilities of the
county that he purchasel this place
and decided to locate here.
No Large Department Store
or Mail Order House
OFFERS YOU THE SAME
Guarantee of Individuality
1 HANSON'S STORE
ATKINSON
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THE STORE OF A THOUSAND STYLES
OFFERS TO THE LADIES OF HOLT COUNTY
No Two Alike
Silks and Wool Dresses, Skirts,
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Suits, Coats and Better Waists
“UP-TO-THE-MINUTE STYLES”
Tuesday evening about twenty young
Indy friends of Miss Julia Mandeville
swooped down on her at her home for
a surprise party and shower. In ad
dition to the shower of congra
tulations, which came from all sides.
Miss Mandeville received a beautiful
cut glass water set, a gift of these
ladies. A delicious luncheon was
served after an evening of visiting
and cards.
The Fifth Nebraska regiment and
the Fremont Signal corps, last of the
Nebraska troops on the border, are to
be home within the next ten days or
two weeks. War department orders
for withdrawal of all national guards
men from the border already have
been issued and the Nebraska units
are in the first group ordered away.
Pershing’s troops also are being with
drawn from Mexico.
It will be unnecessary in the future
for county boards to overburden
themselves with extra duties by
kindly awarding the contract for
printing supplies required by the
judges of the district courts. In an
eastern county, recently, the county
board awarded a contract for printing
the bar docket and the courts promptly
decided that the awarding of court
printing contracts is not within the
province of the county board.
The eighth day of January was a
red letter day on the calendar of
Charlie Scott. On that date he
rounded out his twenty-first year as a
:ourt reporter, thirteen of which have
been spent in Holt county. During
those twenty-one years he has justly
achieved the reputation of being the
ablest court reporter in the state and
has made countless friends, among
the legal and judicial fraternity, by
his honest ability and good-fellowship.
James V. Carney, of this city, has
recently received word that he has
been recommended for the principal
appointment to the Annapolis Naval
academy, by Senator Hitchcock. This
means that provided he can pass the
mental and physical examinations,
which everyone confidently expects
him to do, he will receive the first ap
pointment. Mr. Carney is a graduate
af the local high school and is at
present in charge of the grocery de
partment at J. P. Gallagher’s.
Champeens Ford Mellor and Mike
Enright last Monday night joined the
Has Beens, an organization, of for
mer whist players formed recently by
Colonels T. V.' Golden and J. M.
Hunter. The initiation took place im
mediately after the weekly session of
:he city duplicate whist tournament,
it which James O’Donnell and S. J.
kVeekes were selected to lead the club
it the next meeting. The Has Beens
arganization is growing rapidly and
;wo new members are expected to bp
nitiated next Monday night.
The editor of this indespensible
family journal, is in receipt of a letter
’rom Clarence Eklund in which he
isks that we give publication to the
’act that he challenges Fred McNally,
>f Amelia, to a finish wrestling match,
it 175 pounds ringside, for a fifty
lollar side bet if he so desires.
iVhere he wishes the match held he
loes not disclose, but we presume that
f he knew the size houses the last
iout here drew he would vote for
3’Neill. Mr. Eklund is obessed of
;hat peculiarity so common among the
wrestling fraternity styling him
self “the 170 pound champion.”
Eever notice that some people were
jorn merchants and money getters,
]uick to appreciate and take advan
tage of any opportunity to cop a little
ixtra business, while others of us are
satisfied to plod along the easiest
md best way we can? Just to illus
trate this, in a small way, let me nar
-ate a little incident that happened to
me the other day. I was up the street
,vun nommg to uo, aim uroppeti into
i store there handy, looking for some
me to gossip a little, and it so hap
pened that I had just lit a fragrant
Havana a kind friend had just pre
sented to me. I laid it down, on a
counter there momentarily, while I
jot a drink and when 1 turneu around
:he cigar was gone. The proprietor
innocently explained that he did not
know whose it was and had just
:hrown it away. Understand I do not
say that he knew that my appetite,
from the few puffs I had taken, was
in such shape that I had to have a
smoke, but I do say that before I left
1 had a fresh cigar and he had the
money, and the old smile, always
present on this merchant, was just a
little broader than usual.
Thompson-Spindler Nuptials.
On last Mondey evening Judge Ma
lone, using a very beautiful and a
solemn ceremony united in marriage
Mrs. Mary Thompson and Andrew J.
Spindler, at the home of the bride in
the southwest part of the city.
A delicious wedding dinner was
served immediately after the cere
mony, only a few of the immediate
friends of the contracting parties be
ing present.
The happy couple will immediately
start housekeeping in the groom’s
some in the eastern part of the city,
rhe Frontier joins with their many
friends in wishing them years of
happiness.
O’NEILL MARKETS.
Wheat . $1.70—$1.75
Horn .75c—80c
Hay .$4.00—$7.50
Oats .u. 45c—48c
Live Stock
Hogs .$10.00—$10.50
Steers .$6.50—$9.00
Cows .$4.50—$7.50
Produce.
rurkeys . 16c
Chickens . 14c
Eggs . 30c
Cream . 36c
Country Butter . 30c
Creamery Butter . 32c
Potatoes .$2.20—$2.30
Cabbage . 9c
Onions . 9c
HOLT COUNT! BO! KILLED
IN OMAHA
CORNELIUS CROSS SHOT WHILE
ARRESTING FREIGHT CAR
BANDITS.
Cornelius Cross, special agent of
the Northwestern railway, was shot
and killed Sunday morning in the
freight yards at Omaha while at
tempting the arrest of three Mexicans
who were breaking into and robbing
freight cars. Cross, a former O’Neill
boy, with other railway special
agents, was engaged in breaking up
the gang of car breakers who have
been infesting the Omaha freight
yards.
Sunday morning, early, with two
other special agents, Cross was pa
trolling the freight yards. AJone, he
came upon three Mexicans two of
whom were guarding a car while the
third was removing goods from it.
The two on guard fled and as the in
side man came from the car Cross at
tempted to stop him. In the pistol
duel which followed Cross wounded
the Mexican in the hip and the
Mexican in returning the fire shot
Cross once in the head, the bullet
entering the mouth, and twice in the
body. He was killed instantly. The
body, shortly afteiward, was found by
Paul O’Leary, railroad call boy.
Three Mexicans, Julian Gonzales, Con
rado Peris and Miguel Aguirro, later
were arrested, charged with the
murder. After severe questioning by
the police Gonzales, Tuesday, con
fessed the shooting and described the
incidents of the battle. His confes
sion accorded with the description of
the trouble given by O’Leary, who
heard the shooting and was coming to
the aid of Cross.
Cornelius, better known here as
Neil, was the son of James Cross who
until about eight years ago resided
north and east of O’Neill immediately
north of the J. P. Hanley farm. On
leaving here the family removed to
Omaha. Cross only had been in the
employ of the railroad company
about a year, before that having
operated a jitney line in Omaha. He
was 23 years of age.
Legislature Down To Real Work.
Two enactments of the present leg
islative session now are laws, the bills
having been passed by the two houses
and the official “John Henry’’ of Gov
ernor Neville attached thereto. Owing
to urgent demand both carried the
efnei^cency clause, and as the bills
wore those providing for salaries and
expenses a “ghost walk” soon is to
follow. Both houses are down to the
regular grind of the session and ses
sions of the committee of the whole
occupy a big share of each legislative
day. Supplementary legislation pro
viding for the enforcement of the pro
hibition amendment has been under
discussion before the joint special com
mittee on the subject and arguments
for and against a “bone dry” enact
ment are the features. A test vote
taken in the senate, the dry element
contend, indicate that a majority of
both houses is favorable to the
scheme. A limited suffrage bill has
been introduced in each house, pro
viding for extending the right of suf
frage to women for all subjects and
officials except those specifically named
in the constitution, that instrument
itself at present limiting these *to
male suffrage. The bill was intro
duced in the senate by Senator San
dall and in the house by Representa
tive Norton.
i ne issues oi tne great European
war indirectly are brought before the
session in a measure introduced this
week by Representative C. W. Trurn
ble of Sherman county and its final
disposition in a way may be taken as
an indication of the sympathies of a
majority of the representatives on the
great conflict. The bill is one to pro
vide that the teaching of foreign
languages no longer will be com
pulsory in the lower grades of the
public schools, and is intended to do
away with the compulsory teaching of
the German language. At present
the Mockett law, which it w'ill repeal,
provides that any modern foreign
language shall be taught in any high
school, city school or metropolitan
school in this state upon written re
quest of the parents or guardians of
fifty pupils above the fourth grade,
such request to be made at least
three months before the opening of
the fall terms.
Among the principal bills occupy
ing the time of the session to date are
civil service measures applying to mu
nicipalities, an eight hour labor bill,
several proposed tax reforms, one
providing for double election boards,
the call for a constitutional conven
tion, a measure introduced by Repre
sentative Cronin to provide for the
checlwng and inspection of the ac
counts and expenditures of county
boards by the state auditor on peti
tion of the taxpayers or the boards
themselves, and charter amendments
for the larger cities of the state.
Members of the house up to Thurs
day morning had introduced 301 bills
and members of the senate 172, in
cluding several constitutional amend
ments.
Blizzard and A Blizzard.
Saturday night and Sunday this
section of the country was visited by
one of the worst blizzards since 1908,
in the opinion of the old timers.
About nine o’clock Saturday evening
it started to snow and the wind which
sprung up a little later, made it diffi
cult to travel or even to see any con
siderable distance. Perhaps the cold
est and meanest time of its duration
was Sunday evening when the cold
was intense and the wind whipped the
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snow aroud in such fashion as to make
it almost impossible to see or travel.
Very few of our citizens ventured
down town at all in the evening, and
only a scattering few came down after
the mail in the early evening. It has
revived memories of the big blizzard
of ’88 and many of the old timers may
be found discussing it and comparing
It with this latest storm. By con
sultation of our files we find that
there is no comparison and we clip a
few extracts from the reports pub
lished at that time to give our readers
some idea of the scope and magnitude
of that storm.
“It was a bright, clear January day,
warmer and more pleasant than usual,
when the wind suddenly veered to the
northwest and blew a perfect hurri
cane for nearly three days, the ther
mometer ranging from 30 to 36 below
zero. This mingled with the snow
Which drifted into every crack and
crevice made it bad indeed. To face it
was next to impossible and one could
not see ten feet in front of them and
on the open prairie, away from the
buildings could see no distance at all.
Mr. Fallon told us that he made three
attempts to reach his well, a distance
of twenty-five feet from the house and
that he could not make it. * * * Mrs.
Chapman and children were coming
to Stuart the morning of the storm in
a sleigh and When it began to blow
were away from any house and they
perished in the cold. * * * A gentleman
named Mattis from near Dustin,
Jacob Kohler, north of Shamrock,
Thomas Keller, of Shamrock, Joseph
Bellar, north of this city, and several
in the other parts of the county lost
their lives. * * * Miss Cora Riley,
started for a neighbors only a short
time before the storm and when it
came she drifted with the wind. The
remains were found on Sunday. She
was a young lady about twenty-two
years of age. a young lady held in
high esteem by friends and acquain
tances and her loss is deeply mourned.
Miss Etta Starruck, of Stuart * * *
started for her hoarding house where
the storm came up and she soon got
lost, wandering for some time until
she found a friendly hay stack, into
which she worked herself determining
to make the best of it. She remained
there 74 hours before being found,
from Thursday to Sunday concious all
the time of her surroundings yet not
able to extract herself. She sang
and prayed to keep up her courage.
A coyote came about the stack and
howled, and a friendly mouse nibbled
at her wrist, of which she was con
cious but could not hinder. When
found her limbs were frozen to her
knees and fears are entertained that
she will lose her feet or toes.”
Four columns, in this issue are de
voted to escapes and futilities, some
more miraculous than those here nar
rated. The stock loss mounted into
the hundreds, some loosing their en
tire herds.
Some Real Weather This Week.
O’Neill and Holt county, with the
rest of the country between Canada
and the gulf, the Mississippi and the
Rocky moun'ains, has enjoyed real
winter weather this week. The bliz
zard which struck here Saturday
night and raged all day Sunday was
brought in on a sixty mile wind and
while the. cold was not severe Satur
day night and Sunday morning it be
came so Sunday afternoon. The wind
drifted the snow badly and country
roads in places still are impassable.
As a result merchants report a quiet
business week. Railroad traffic from
the east was not materially interfered
with, but trains from the west still
are running late. Stock suffered but
little from the storm. The snowfall
reported by the local government ob
server was four inches. Following are
the high and low temperatures:
Date Max. Min.
Thursday, January 18 .23 9
Friday, January 19 .46 10
Saturday, January 20 .25 8
Sunday, January 21 . 6 —23
Monday, January 22 .11 —23
Tuesday, January 23 .—..32 — 4
Wednesday January 24 ....28 2
O’Neill Cussed and Discussed In
Congress.
O’Neill as the subject of debate oc
cupied some of the time of the
national congress last week. The
original subject under consideration
in the house of representatives was
the public building appropriation bill.
Congressman James A. Frear of Wis
consin was the leader of the opposition
to making appropriations for such
purposes unless the buildings were to
be located in large centers of popula
tion. Among the items to arouse Mr.
Frear’s ire was one appropriating $6,
000 for a postoffice site at O’Neill.
“Pork,” shrieked Mr. Frear, as the
opening gun in the attack on Ne
braska towns mentioned in the bill.
Then he sprung the following memo
randum concerning O’Neill:
“O’Neill, population, 2,089; postal
receipts, less than $9,000; present
postoffice rental, $720; annual cost of
maintenance of proposed new building
$3,600,”
But the house moved on with its
wonted calm and the bill passed. It
now goes to the senate.
The O’Neill High school has entered
its basket ball team in the state High
school basket ball league, and they
will go down to Lincoln, later in the
season, where they will compete with
the other teams in the league for the
championship of Nebraska.
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