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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (May 10, 1917)
VOLUME XXXVII. (°HcaI Society rj The Frontier. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1917. NO. 48. LOCAL MATTERS. C. R. Young of Opportunity, was an O’Neill visitor Tuesday. Mrs. Edith Taggart of Chambers, was in the city Tuesday. Charles Bigler of Saratoga pre cinct, was an O’Neill visitor Monday. Otto Stratton was down from At kinson Sunday visiting friends in this city. J. W. Brentson of Opportunity, was in the city Wednesday transacting business. Frank Dishner left Tuesday morn ing for a short business trip to Omaha and Lincoln. S. F. McNichols departed Tuesday morning on a business trip to Des Moines, Iowa. James A. Donohoe went down to Omaha Monday morning on profes sional business. J. J. Thomas was looking after busi ness matters in Sioux City the fore part of the week. Lewis Chapman returned Sunday evening from a professional trip to Omaha and points in Iowa. John Chmeler went down to Nor folk Sunday on a business and pleas ure trip of short duration. William Blackburn and George Clay more of Green Valley and Atkinson, were O’Neill visitors Modnay. Frank Schmidt of Pilger, former deputy postmaster, ‘was an O’Neill business visitor Monday and Tuesday. Editor J. T. McClean of the Cham bers Bugle, was an O’Neill visitor last Friday and favored this office with a pleasant call. Perry B. Barnes of Atkinson, and Miss Anna Slaymaker of Stuart, were granted a marriage license in county court last Friday. Editor Clyde Templeton, of the Page Reporter, was looking after business and visiting with friends in the city last Monday. Lieut. F. N. Brennan returned last Tuesday evening from Bonesteel, S. D., where he had been spending a few days visiting relatives. R. W. McGinnis of the McGinnis Creamery Company was up from Lin coln last Sunday, looking after his business interests in this city. Charles R^ka came up from Omaha the first of the week and will spend a few days in this city looking after i business matters and visiting old-time friends. William Brittell and son, Ivan, and son-in-law, Samuel Todd, of Neligh, were in the city last week, having come up to attend the funeral of L. E. Harding. K. A. Pound went to Blair the fore part of the week to look after some business affairs, and incidently to spend a few days visiting with friends and relatives. Lyle Radcliffe and Miss Mabel Gardner, both of Stuart, were united in marriage at the M. E. church last Wednesday afternoon, Rev. G. W. Bruce officiating. August Krueger of Bliss, and Miss Anna Schmidt of Newark, N. J . were united in marriage at the Methodist church Wednesday afternoon. Rev. G. W. Bruce officiating. J. P. Mann arrived in the city last Wednesday evening and will spend a couple of weeks here visiting relatives and old-time friends and trying out the local golf course. Work on the O’Neill-Chambers road has been discontinued for three weeks, or until the ground has sufficiently dried out to permit the use of the big graders. Contractor Night engale Monday moved his outfit to At kinson where he has a contract on several roads to the north. Road Overseer Jerry Hanley of Grattan township, is repairing and , grading up the Chambers road from i the city limits south to the first j bridge over the Elkhorn river. E. II. Whelan, P. J. O’Donnell, H .J. Hammond and M. H. Horiskey left Sunday evening for Alliance where they go to attend the state convention of the Knights of Columbus. Father Isadore arrived in the city last Monday and spent Tuesday visit ing his mother, Mrs. T. Dwyer and other relatives here, leaving Wednes day morning for Oklahoma. F. E. Marrin left Friday evening for Bridgeport where he goes to visit a brother over Sunday when he will join the O’Neill delegation at the state con vention of the K. of C’s at Alliance. R. E. Nesbitt is one of the millionare stockmen of northern Holt. Mr. Nes bitt, who lives six miles north of town, hauled in a small load of five hogs Wednesday and took back $224.96, or an average price per hog of $44,991-5. Charles A. Sathe of Bellingham, Washington, who has been in the city for the last ten days attending to local matters for his father-in-law, A. J. Shearer, returned to his Washington home Thursday morning. Julius D. Cronin went down to Sioux City last Wednesday morning to take the examination for admission to the Officers Reserve Training Camp at Fort Snelling, Minn. He passed the examination successfully and is ex pected to return home and await or ders from the officers in charge. Dr. and Mrs. J. P. Gilligan left Sun day morning for Omaha, where they will spend a few days. From Omaha Mrs. Gilligan will go to Tekamah to visit a short time with relatives; while Dr. Gillfgan will go to Lincoln to at tend the annual meeting of the Ne braska State Medical Association. Edward Gallagher, Jr., and William Boyle went down to Sioux City last Monday and took the medical ex amination for admission to the Officers Reserve Training Camp at Fort Snell ing, Minn. The boys passed the ex amination successfully and returned home Tuesday evening and are now waiting for orders. Dr. H. K. Williams, son-in-law of G. W. Parham, and a former resident? of Holt county returned to his home at Atlantic, Iowa, Thursday morning after severs 1 weeks spent here looking after his Kolt county interests. Mr. and Mrs. Parham at present are visit ing with their daughter, Mrs. Wil liams, at Atlantic. “Omaha Bee, May 4: Jerome Mar ing, of Emmet, Neb., and Miss Sibyl Harding, of O’Neill, Neb . were mar ried at Dietz Methodist parsonage Wednesday, Rev. Mr. Dawson officiat ing. Their home will be in Emmet, Neb.” The many friends of the young couple in this section <. xtend con gratulations and best wishes for a long and happy journey through life. Mr. and Mrs. John O’oCnner re turned Wednesday evening from an extended business and pleasure trip to Lincoln, Crete, Hastings and other points. While away Mr. O’Conner purchased the Commercial hotel at Sutton, Nebraska, as an investment, but has not yet decided whether he will operate or lease it. The structure is a two story and half-basement brick building, modern throughout. The two national banks of this city, FOR YOU! | Men’s 1 Quart Dry Oil | Overalls Mason Peas At I j! At Jar Cocoa At 10 Cents | $1.25 19 Cents 12'/2 Cts. Gallon Best Eating Potatoes You Can Buy £ Child’s Picnic Oranges Highest Dress Hams At Price At 22 Cents 12 Cents Paid for 35 Cents Pound Dozen Produce All Kinds of Garden Seeds Guaranteed to Grow ---i IMPORTANT WAR NOTICE! j TO THE CITIZENS OF HOLT COUNTY: The United States government has ordered that a military census be taken for the purpose of registering citizens of this county of military age. The age limits or the day of registration have not yet been set but will be in a short time. An Act of congress vests the power in the president and they have attached a heavy penalty for the failure of any man who is within the age limit and does not register at the time appointed by the president. Under the Act the registration places will be at the polling places of the various townships in this county, and all men between the ages set must register upon that day. Within a short time a day will be set for registration and it is the earnest desire of the president that the registering will be conducted with as little ex pense to the government as possible and for that reason we are authorized to make an appeal to the patriotic men of Holt county who have had clerical ex perience to offer their services on the day of registration. It is the earnest hope that Holt county will not only register every man in the county of military age, but that they will do so without any expense to the United States government. Under the Act one need not necessarily live in the precinct to be a registrar therein. He can act in any polling place in the county. Under the Act one registrar is required for every 170 voters or a fraction thereof; but that does not necessarily mean that two men cannot act as registrars.* The culmination of true patriotism is not necessarily the waiving of flags or the singing of songs; but on the other hand it is the willingness to offer your services when your country calls. We earnestly re-iterate and we trust that Holt county will come forth with enough volunteers to act as registrars at the different polling places on the day set to see that the cards are properly filled out and sent to the proper officials, and we would ask that every man who is competent at once mail to the secretary of the registration board his name and voting precinct and we then will assign registrars for the various polling places. Under the Act the registration board consists of the sheriff, county clerk and county physician, which latter means the county corcr.er, which office was by the legislature of 1915 abolished and the duties thereto attached assigned to the county attorney. The registration board hereby appeals to the manhood of Holt county in this the hour when their country calls, that they step forth and offer their services. We again ask that you kindly mail at once to the secretary of the regis tration board your name and polling place and state 'rat you offer your services, without compensation, to act as registrar on the day that is to be set by the president. As soon as possible those who are accepted wall be notified and assigned to a polling place. It is likewise the earnest desire of the registration board that no man within the age limit fail to register and that the Federal government has to arrest and punish him. Let us all co-operate with the one aim in view' of undying allegiance to. our country and unending loyalty to our flag REGISTRATION BOARD, BY PETER W. DUFFY, Chairman, P. C. KELLEY, Secretary, HUGH J. BOYLE. the O’Neill National and the First! National, have each taken $10,000 worth of the bonds of the Liberty Loan that the United States is now floating. Other banks in the county will also probably take some of these bonds and we understand that several citizens of the county will subscribe for some of the bonds as soon as the subscription books are opened. David Erb, one of the hustling young farmers living north of this city, was united in marriage to Miss Emily Greiser, of West Point, at the Mennonite church north of West Point last Thursday, Rev. Joseph Birky of ficiating. The bride is one of Gum ming county’s fairest daughters. The Frontier joins the many friends of the groom in wishing for him and his bride many years of happiness and pros perity. William Ream, one of the big cattle men and hay dealers of the south country, was a caller at this office last Tuesday and left the necessary “coin of the realm” to extend his subscrip tion to 1018. Mr. Ream informed us that he has about 400 tons of hay still in the stack and he expets to com mence bailing it at once and placing it upon the market. He had some No. 2 hay in town Tuesday and received $12 per ton for it. Mrs. Ralph Evans, who has been the guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Evans of the Golden Hotel for several weeks, accompanied by her children, Miss Elizabeth and Misters John, Dick and Robert, returned to the ranch near Holyoke, Colo., Monday morning. Miss Elizabeth and Masters John and Dick had spent the winter with their grand parents. Miss Ahlene Speltz, who also had been the guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Evans accompanied them as far as Fremont and will return to her home at Lincoln. Frank Campbell went down to Omaha last Sunday morning to attend the Grand Lodge of the A. O. U. W., as a delegate from the local lodge. At a special Grand Lodge session held last January the rates were advanced, in many instances over 100 per cent. At the meeting of the Grand Lodge last Tuesday these rates were annulled and a committee was appointed, two from each congressional district, to compile new rates for the order. Frank Campbell is a member of this committee. Northern Nebraska will be one of the first sections of the country to be hit by the war schedulesj for operation of the railroads, according to advices eminating from Omaha. When the new schedules go into effect passenger trains Nos. 5 and 8 on this line of the Northwestern and passengers Nos. 403 and 400 on the Bonesteel branch are to be taken off. Several freights also are to be dropped, but that travelers may not be overly inconve nienced the fast freights will carry passengers between stopping points. The new time Chrds probably will go into effect within the next three weeks. James Maynard and family, resid ing fifteen miles northeast of Page, will spend the summer in a tour by wagon to the Pacific coast and after spending the winter there will return to Nebraska the same way but by the southern route. Mr. Maynard, his wife and seven children, passed through O’Neill Thursday morning. Their wagon is equipped for camping along the way and they will follow the Oregon trail after reaching Wyoming. The trip is made in the interest of the health of Mr. and Mrs. Maynard. According to reports in Wednesday evening’s papers about 200,000 young Americans have applied for admission to the Officers Training Camps, that are located in different parts of the country. Of this number sixty thous and have been examined and passed. Of this number 40,000 will be selected and sent to the various training camps for instruction during the next three months. The balance of those suc cessful in passing the examinations will be held in reserve and will prob ably be called to training camps later. A large number of farmers, mem bers of the different locals of the Farmers Union, met in the Odd Fel lows hall in this city last Saturday afternoon and organize the O’Neill Holt County Farmers Union Co Operative Association, with the fol lowing officers: Jacob Hirsch, presi dent; Ed. Page, vice-president; M. Martin, secretary-treasurer. Board of Directors. A. F. Souser, M. A. Whaley. The object of the association will be the purchasing, selling and shipping of grains, flour, feed and such other things as the farmers may need or have for sale. The promoters of the organization see a bright future in store for the association. It Didn’t Take Long. Everett Brown’s middle name in Energy, according to Webb Kellogg. Mr. Brown is the general manager of the Rankin farms and ranches in Holt county and it is said of him that he not only sees the sun set and the moon rise each day of the year, but that he also wakes the sun up in the morning. Recently Mr. Brown was in town until quite late in the evening and invited Webb to accompany him home to the ranch for the night, remarking that he was coming in again the next day. Mr. Kellogg accepted the invitation. [ The next morning Mrs. Kellogg, com | ing down town early in the morning, I spied Webb asleep in his office chair. “I thought you went out last even ing to spend the night with Mr. Brown?” she commented as she aroused her slumbering spouse. “It don’t take long to stay all night out at Brown’s,” drowsily replied Webb. Minutes of Meeting of Temporary Organization of O’Neill Com mercial Club. W. K. Hodgkin, called the meeting to order and placed in nomination l). II. Cronin for temporary chairman who was duly elected and took the chair. Upon nomination W. K. Hodg kin was elected temporary secretary. it was then moved and seconded that the meeting proceed to the election by ballot of a permanent president, vice president, secretary and treasurer. Motion was declared carried by chairman. The chair then appointed M. E. Pet tibone and C. P. Hancock tellers. An informal ballot was then ordered by the chair for election of a presi dent. The ballot was then taken and no candidate receiving a majortiy of all the votes cast the chair declared that there was no election. The first formal ballot was then or dered by the chair, there being 36 votes cast and Mr. S. J. Weekes re ceiving 19 votes was declared elected by the chair. Mr. Weekes then de clined to accept the office of president. A second formal ballot was then ordered by the chair and no candidate receiving a majority of the votes cast the chair announced that there was no election of a president. It was then moved and seconded that the meeting reconsider the mo tion to elect the officers by ballot. Motion carried and was so announced by the chair. A motion was then made and sec onded to elect the officers of president, vice-president, secretary and treas urer by acclamation. Motion carried and was so announced by the chair. Mr. T. V. Golden was then placed in nomination for president, there being no further nominations for president the nominations were declared closed by the chair and a vote being taken Mr. Golden was declared elected by the chair. W. K. Hodgkin and Harry Jordan were then placed in nomination for vice-president. A vote being taken W. K. Hodgkin was declared elected by the chair as vice-president. M. E. Pettibone and C. M. Daly were then placed in nomination for secretary. A vote being taken C. M. Daly was declared elected by the chair as secretary. C. P. Hancock was then placed in nomination as treasurer and there be ing no further nominations for treas urer the nominations were declared closed by the chair and upon a vote being taken C. P. Hancock was de clared elected by the chair as treasurer. Mr. T. V. Golden, the president elect, was then called to the chair by the temporary chairman. C. M. Daly, the secretary elect, then took his position as secretary. W. K. HODGKIN, Temporary Secretary. For The Attention of Farmers. It is a matter of considerable inter est to the farmers of this community and surrounding territory to know that the Norfolk Packing Co., of Nor folk, Nebraska, have recently equip ped their packing plant at Norfolk for canning Pork and Beans extensively, and expect to develop the business to a much larger proportion than at any previous time. They are building and equipping with a view to making this the largest bean packing plant in the west. This will furnish a ready mar ket for all varieties of Navy beans near home and give the farmers the advantage of much lower freight rates than he is required to pay to reach an eastern market. On the whole this is a great advantage to the Bean grow ers of this territory, and should be an inducement to fanners to-cultivate and raise a er&p of this kind where the climate and soil are so well adapted to this purpose. Our facilities are not surpassed either in adaptability or climatic conditions by any of the large bean producing states, and there is no reason why this section should not develop into a bean producing country equal to or greater than the bean growing states of Michigan, or Cali fornia, and With a greater profit to the grower on account of the nearby home market. Under the present conditions of all markets and especially the bean market the outlook for the bean grower this year is certainly very fluttering, and should command the at tention of every farmer in this ter ritory. 48-1 The O’Neill Rifle Club Scores. The two highest scores made by any member of the club that has been at the range this spring was made by Sumner Downey and E. D. Henry this week, the former leading by a score of 91 and the latter by a score of 86 on targe “B” at 200 yards slow fire. The number of hits in the bullseye and the other circles, misses and total score is given below: 5 4 3 2 0 106 Sumner Downey .13 5 2 0 0—91 E. D. Henry .11 *4 4 1 0—86 P. L. Henry .9 5 4 1 1—79 L. S. Smith .7 1 7 4 1—08 Art J. Hammond ..1 5 0 0 8—37 Ring score is as follows: S. Downey 54454 56555 35556 54345-91 E. Henry .45555 45455 53253 35534-85 P. Henry . 45353 24455 45453 56503-79 L. Smith .33555 22525 33305 54233-08 A. Harnond 02002 50020 04224 20444-37 Anyone over sixteen desiring to be come a member of the O’Neill Rifle Club may send their application to the secretary, E. D. Henry, accompanied by a check for $2.00, which will cover the initiation fee of $1.00 and 1917 yearly dues of $1.00, and the applica tion will be presented to the club at the first meeting. M. E. Church Notes. (By the Pastor.) Girls Day was a big success last Sunday in the Sunday School. Some one did some good, hard work to bring the “girls” out like that. Mothers Day sermon next Sunday at 10:30 by the pastor. Special music by choir. Every mother attending the service will receive a carnation. Everybody welcome. We will observe Fathers Day in the near future. Watch for announce ments. Sorosis meets with Mrs. C. P. Han cock this week. Union service at the Presbyterian church next Sunday evening. W. F. Porter will lecture on “The Bible.” Mother’s Day. On the second Sunday in May, 1917, the American people will again pay homage to the Mothers of the nation. The quiet and reverent celebration of this day, which has now become a fixed event in the Nation's Calendar, is irrevocably interwoven with the memories of chidhood’s happy hours and an appreciation of the true inter pretation of self-sacrifice and devotion. At this season the progressive pho tographer regards it as his duty to suggest to his patrons that “Mother” come to his studio for a sitting, for there is no better way to perpetuate the memory of this beautiful day than by appropriate photographs. Will be open Sunday after church. 48-1 O’NEILL PHOTO CO. B. E. Sturdevant was down from At kinson the latter part of last week, looking after business matters. .. • - - 'ii i mum .. - *'V(i WHY THEY COME BACK. * * §|i Look over these well known Brands. Then you will see why they come back. We could buy ygj cheaper goods but we would have to sell cheap jjg stuff, but that is not the Policy of this store, gjj We have built up Our Store on Quality mer- jjj chandise and onr customers know it pays. Look jg over the list of good merchandise to be found jj here: Kuppenheimer Suits.$18.00 to $35.00 Ji Stetson Hats..$3.50 to $6.00 ?jj Cooper Underwear.$1.00 to $5.00 Mi Ide Shirts. $1.00 to $5.00 gp Hansen Gloves.75c to $2.50 JJ Styleplus Suits, 1-price always.:.$17.00 jjg Carharett Overalls.$1.25 to $1.65 jB “Elk Brand” Boys Suits.$4.00 to $10.00 jg “Big Buck” Work Shirts.50c to $1.00 R. & W. Raincoats.$4.00 to $16.50 f “Curlee” Pants.:...$2.50, $3.50 to $5.00 j| Hansen Dress Gloves.$1.50 to $2.50 ijp “Smilock Cravats”.50c to $1.50 Jg O'Neill Clothing Company jj The Live Store For Men and Boys. K. A. Pound, O’Neill