X-. - ' 11 r - . I^ g|j MQNEY TO loan ON m || FARMS AND RANCHES ;§jj| J, have just completed arrangements with flj|i ; Eastern Parties to place Loans for them on Up = feai estate in this County on basis of 5*4 per dB ! cent interest and small commissions. This, no ijl doubt, is the best proposition ever offered the HP f * armcrs of this County especially the Ranch- - B ers who have been paying large rates of in- jB, terest and large commissions. These Loans jjPl i are optional, can be paid off on any interest IH $ II day date. ' ■ g Comapre this rate with other propositions IP I that are now being offered. M I Why not pay off those mortgages that are H B drawing high rates of interest; I will be glad Hgf to save you money. fug? Applications will be accepted on land any- || |f where in the County at the same rate. JOEL PARKER,O’Neill, Nebraska U § ■ I 1500 YEARLINGS HEIFERS and STEERS Weil bred Polled Agnus Colorado Cattle. We don’t ask war prices. Plenty of time will be given to responsible parties at 8 per cent. These cattle will be sold in bunches to suit purchaser. Joe McCaffrey _ EMMET, NEBRASKA What You Pay For On a Long Distance Call I In making a long distance telephone call you have the use of more than merely the wires over which you talk. The wires are only a small part of the equip ment provided for a long distance call. There must be switchboards, terminal rooms, pole | lines and many other kinds of apparatus such as dynamos, batteries, calculagraphs, testing appa ll ratus, repeaters and loading coils to magnify the voice currents, and other expensive equip ment generally unseen by the telephone user. I In making a long distance call you have the services of two or more operators who connect you and guard both ends of the line while you talk. In addition to the operators there are other employees watching the equipment in the cen tral offices and repairmen guarding the long distance wires. t Repairmen Always Ready Somewhere along the line, the branch of a ■ 1 tree, a strong wind or an electric storm may put the wires out of order. But nearby is a tele phone man ready to hurry to the spot, so that the line may be quickly repaired and service restored. The amount you are changed when you make a long distance call is to help maintain the line, to facilitate the payment of interest on the in vestment in the equipment used for long dis tance, to aid in the payment of taxes on the property and assist in paying the employees’ wages. We endeavor to obtain only such a return on the investment in our long distance lines as could be earned on the money if it were invested in any other business involving equal risk. /j NEBRASKA TELEPHONE COMPANY ' .. I ■ .■■■! ■ ANCIENT HISTORY. i Compiled From Frontier Files. _ Ten Years Ago. The members of the Holt Countj Fair Association held their annua meeting last Friday night and electee the following officers for the .ensuing year.: P. J. McManus, president David Stannard, vice-president; M. H McCarthy, secretary; James F. O’Don nell, treasurer. The board of man agers is composed of the following: Ed. F. Gallagher, John Carr, John Brady, O. F. Biglin and William Glover. Mrs. Wm. Roberts and little daughter, Pauline, have returned home, after having made an extensive visit in eastern Iowa. M. R. Sullivan, of Atkinson, made his weekly pilgrimnage to this city last Sunday. Dan O’Connor, who has been attend ing college in Omaha, returned home for the summer. Mrs. B. S. Gillespie, and daughter, Mrs. Whitney, visited at the home of Lloyd Gillespie and family last week. The cement foundation is being laid just south of the Catholic church for a dwelling house for R. R. Morrison. J. P. Gallagher is behind the counter at hie store again after several weeks illness. Twenty Years Ago. Clyde King and Charlie Milliard left for Oregon this morning, where they will prospect for a gold mine. We hope the boys will be fortunate enough to locate a dividend payer. ' At a regular meeting of the city council last week a salary ordinance was passed. The compensation for the employees of the city under this or dinance is as follows: Mayor, 1t>50 a year; alderman, $25 a year; city clerk, $100 a year; city marshal and street commissioner, $35 a month; city weighmaster, one-half of the fees *re ceived for weighing on the city scales; night watchman, $25 a month.. The ordinance takes effect tomorrow. Professor Hadley was engaged by the musical union of this city as musical instructor for a4 term of ten weeks. He will meet with the union not less than four times a week. The McCoy residence west of the city was destroyed by fire Tuesday night. It was occupied by Mrs. Gal lagher who lost all her household goods. No insurance. Joe Horiskey was around town Fri day the first time since his recent illness. Thirty Years Ago. A scheme is being projected for founding a Normal University at In man and gives every indication of be ing a huge success. Sidewalks are S'oing down in all parts of the village especially in the southwestern part. There rs nothing that gives a town a better name than better walks and we'are getting plenty of them this spring. Dave Stannard has purchased the interest of his partner, Mr. Richmond, in the marble business and will con tinue at the old stand. The Frontier wishes Dave unlimited success as he strarts out alone in business. He is capable and deserving and will no doubt rake in the shekels. Col. Marshall, of this city, and Judge Kinkaid, of O’Neill, two of the new district judges just appointed by Governor Thayer, are old bachelors. They can now afford to get married. —Fremont Tribune. Saturday, the windy day, was a sorry one for some people living south of Inman. A prairie fire started and had it not been extinguihsed would have burned the town. A. Tompkins, Charlie Thompson, A. Haines and C. Haines were heavy losers. Winning of War Up to Farmer. That the final responsibility for winning the war rests ip a large measure with the farmer was the con clusion of 62 state officials and repre sentatives of agricultural colleges from 32 states, who convened at St. Louis May 9 and 10 to consider measures for the conservation of food supplies and the extension of product ion to protect the country against possible distress from shortage of food. “It will fall to the United States to feed not only her own people and army but the people and armies of England and France as well,” said Dean E. A. Burnett, of the college of agriculture, who with Chancellor Avery and Prof. C. W. Pugsley, director of agricultural extension, represented the University of Nebraska at this conference. “The estimated shortage of the wheat crop for this year (a two-thirds crop is pre dicted) coupled with Argentine’s em bargo on wheat will make a serious world shortage;” Increase of corn area; increase of spring wheat area in Northern states; planting of killed-out winter wheat fields with oats, corn, or sorghum; growing of more barley, beans, and potatoes; use of only reliable seed; and the conservation of breeding stock were advanced as some of the means of increasing food production. Doubles Potato Yield. That selection of disease-free po tatoes and treatment of seed will more than double the present average yield and produce potatoes that bring a higher price, is the word that comes from the botany department of the state college of agriculture. The average yield per acre in Nebraska last year was 79 bushels; the average yield when seed is treated is 150 to 200 bushels. To treat potatoes for scab, soak them for an hour and a half in a solu tion of corrosive sublimate (4 ounces to 30 gallons of water), allow them to dry, and plant immediately after cut ting. Seed pieces which are the size of a hen’s egg and which contains at least two eyes give highest yields 1 he use of northern-grown seed is recom mended. Notice of Road Grading. Fo»V miles of Road Grading in Shields Precinct, to be let to the lowest bidder. Anyone wanting in formation on work to be done, call on T. F. DONOHOE, 45-1 Townshihip Clerk. Nebraska Study Club Holds Meeting In O’Neill. The Nebraska Study club which con sists of eleven dentists, held a thret j day meeting in O’Neill, opening Sun ! day and closing Tuesday evening ' Every member was present and en joyed the meeting. The Nebraska study club does no meet in the form of a convention noi noes it include any certain territory oi the state; you will note that the mem bers are rather scattered about th< country. The members and their as sistants present were: Dr. W. R Hall and Assistant Miss Merz, of Bat tle Creek; Dr. C. E. Bolzell, and Miss Peterson, of Stanton; Dr. R. R. Ral ston, and Miss Kroner, of Long Pine; Dr. .1. E. Pickling and Miss Halstead, of Plainview; Dr. W. P. Higgins and Miss Williams, of Atkinson; Dr. W. II. Miner, of Norfolk; Dr. W. C. Hastings, and Miss LeNoir, Newman Grove; Drs. Petti bone and Kane and Miss Ennis, Dr. L. A. Burgess and Miss Walker, and Dr. A. H. Corbett and Miss Corbett of O’Neill. The purpose of this organization is to improve skill and knowledge in the dental profession. The meeting con sisted of cavity preparation and man ipulation and making of gold foil re storations. Interesting discussinos were held in the evenings and during the lunch hours. The club has been very fortunate in securing for its demonstrator, in structor and master of mechanics, Dr. G. B. Baird, of Kremont, also his able assistant. Miss Gartman. Dr. Baird is acknowledged among the profession as being a leading dentist of the state of Nebraska. Other state conventions and post graduate courses have sought and employed his valuable services. Dr. Baird showed his deep interest in the Nebraska Study club when he re fused to go to Kansas City to conduct a post graduate course there on the same days that he conducted the meet ing in O’Neill. With one exception, owing to sickness every dentist brought his assistant to help with his particular operation and receive in struction from Miss Gartman. The enthusiasm among the assistants was as great as among the dentists. Owing to the hotel and railroad ac commodations and the commodious of fices of Dr. M. E. Pettibone the meet ings have so far been held in O’Neill and will be held here again next fall. Tuesday evening the members and their assistants attended a public dance in the O. / . C. Hall, and all re ported a most enjoyable evening. t Legislature Passes Dry Bill. By a vote of 30 to 3 the senate Wed nesday accepted the majority report of the prohibition conference committee, which Tuesday was accepted by the house. By this action the amended house bill goes to the governor for his signature. Three senators voting against the report were: Mattes, Moriarity and Strehlow. The house late Tuesday, by a vote of 84 to 4, for the fourth time proved itself in favor of an effectiev measure to provide even against sale of near beer, when they adopted the confer ence committee report signed by the three house conferees and Senator Robertson of the senate conferees. The majority report of the com mittee, while eliminating the near beer provision fostered by the senate, ap proved a number of corrective senate amendments to the original house bill. The minority report advises receding from all senate amendments and con sidering the original house bill. Some Job This. Casey had owned a parrot for years, but finally bought a pronograph. The dealer threw in a few records, and Casey, reaced home, immediately se lected one at random and started the machine. By a trick of fate, it was “God Save the Kng.” “Three hours later, Maloney, pass ing Casey’s house, stopped in horror. Above the metallic strains of the Eng lish nationl hymn, rose Casey’s voice in “The Wearing of the Green.” Maloney rushed into the house. There stood the phonograph, grind ing away, and in front of it, nearly ex hausted, sat Casey putting all that was left of his strength into his song. “For heaven’s sake, Casey!” Shout ed Maloney, “are ye/, crazy?” “Lave me alone, Maloney; ’tis me own affair. This t’ing has been sing in’ ‘God Save the King’ for t’ree hours; but be hevine Oi’ll tache it The Wear in’ av the’ Grane’ if it takes me a cintury.—Ladies Home Journal. Statement By Mr. Cooper. O’Neill, Neb., April 18, 1917. Frontier, Mr. D. H. Cronin, Dear Sir:— Wish to have the article printed in last week’s issue of your paper cor rected, regarding the transfer of the McGinnis Creamery Cos.’ interests to Swift & Company, whoever furnished this information for your colunms had been miss-informed regarding Mr. Cooper taking hold of the business as Mr. Cooper comes to O’Neill to assist the McGinnis Company in handling their increased volume of business and assures all patrons of the Mc Ginnis Creamery Co. they will receive the same honest and courteous treat ment they have heretofore received. Respectfully, (Signed) W. E. COOPER. Bishop Beecher’s Visitation. The Rt. Rev. G. A. Beecher, D. D. Bishop of Western Nebraska, will hold his visitation and preach in the Episcopal church, on Sunday next, at 8 p. m. At this service the Sacrament of Confirmation will be administered. Dean Wells will also make his monthly visitation at this time. A very cor dial invitation extended to the public to attend this service. Notice of Commercial Club Meeting. The citizens of O’Neill, who are in terested in the growth and prosperity of our city, will meet at the Golo'en Hotel lobby at 8 o’clock, Friday, April 20th, 1917. No lunch, no charge. Jest T. V. GOLDEN, Chairman, Commercial Club. Dennis H. Cronin, the real boss around this establishment is expected home next Sunday and consequently his “two-hundred and ten” will occupy the. official Mirivoi *•. -- ,.!••• » -r -i— • Keep up your Fervce 1 Buy Good Gates With the prevailing price ofjj lj§ grain and live stock, you can’t ■ afford to leave them unfenced. And more than that—you can get more fence for the same number * of pounds of grain and live stock B than you can ever remember of m buying in your life. -=sji ■..3 Get it now~The same condition j| jj may not prevail next year. Ti"«nfH1'Hiiriimiir'TTi.Ill' rirmi.ir • -.[.in i ruin——milmi, I nmmuim Ilia— n«ran THINGS are not always j what they seem. It is im- Hj portant to know about the j tubing in steel gates. To see that it is full size is not I enough. It may look the I J \ same outside and be too j SBEBB Only “Iowa” gates 11 MfflKj have the heaviest weight of high j l*?l car*’l>n *