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Frontier.
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VOLUME XXXVIII.
O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1917.
NO. 10.
LOCAL MATTERS.
R. E. Gallagher made a business
trip to Stuart last Saturday.
Bert L. Powell, of Mineola, 'was in
O’Neill Tuesday on buisness.
Hon. J. P. Mullen, of Emmet, was
in the city Monday on business.
Charles Wrede, Jr., was in from his
farm north of this city Tuesday.
John Addison, of Opportunity, was
in the city Saturday on business.
Orrin B. Hatch, of Agee, made this
office a visit while in the city Tuesday.
S. S. Welpton, of Omaha, is looking
after business matters in this city to
day.
James Berrigan, of Ewing, spent a
few days in the city the first of the
week.
Clear Golden came up from Ewing
Saturday and spent Sunday with his
folks here.
Helen Mullen and Mary Fitzsimmons
spent Friday and Saturday visiting
with friends at Ewing.
Miss Margaret Carney went to Nor
folk this morning and will remain for
some time visiting with friends.
John Erwin, of Norfolk, spent a
couple of days here the first of the
week attending to business affairs.
John White arrived here Friday
from Blair and spent a few days visit
ing with his nephew, K. A. Pound.
K. A. Pound returned the latter part
of last week fi-om a combined business
and pleasure trip to Omaha and Blair.
Miss Demaris Stout left Wednesday
morning for Tekamah, where she will
make an exteftded visit with relatives.
Miss Catherine Grady left this
morning for Chicago, where she goes
to purchase her fall stock of millinery
goods.
Attorney E. H. Whelan left for Min
neapolis, Minn., the first of the week
to look after some legal matters in
that section. ^
Frank Freolich, William Stannard
and Wilfred Boyle went to Long Pine
Saturday afternoon and spent Sunday
at the Park.
Editor and Mrs. Clyde Templeton
and sons, of Page, attended church in
O’Neill Sunday and visited with old
time friends.
Mrs. F. C. Gatz and Miss Anna
Welsh returned Monday night from
Columbus where they had been visit
ing for a week.
Miss Bernice Golden left Tuesday
morning for Lincoln where she will
make a protracted visit with relatives
and old friends.
Cloyd Lawrence and Frank McMinn
went to Elgin Wednesday morning
where they played for a dance held
there last night.
Miss Helen Murphy, who has been
visiting with her folks here for the
past two weeks, returned to Omaha
Wednesday morning.
Jack O’Donnell came up from Nor
folk Saturday night and returned
Tuesday morning after visiting with
relatives and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. William Babl, of
Mapleton, Iowa, are in the city visit
ing at the home of Mrs. Babl’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Quinn.
Jodie Young, who enlisted in the
Navy some time ago, received his call,
and left this morning for Omaha
where he has been ordered to report.
William and Charles Schroeder, who
have been working in Casper, Wyo.,
for the last month, came down Tues
day morning for a short visit with
friends.
Rev. Geo. Longstaff, of the Presby
terian church of this city, went up to
Stuart Sunday afternoon and preached
in the Presbyterian church in that city
in the evening.
Mrs. Z. G. Bullard, who formerly
lived fifteen miles northeast of this
city for a number of years but now of
Spalding, Neb., was visiting friends in
O’Neill this week.
Dr. John Dwyer and wife came up
from Lincoln last Saturday evening
and visited at the home of Dr. Dwyer’s
parents over Sunday, returning to
Omaha Monday morning.
Misses Mable Smith, of Madison, S.
D., and Myrtle McNeil,of Los Angeles,
Cal., who visited a few days at the
home of D. Stannard, left Tuesday
morning on the return trip to Los
Angeles.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Johnson and
children, of Corning, Iowa, arrived in
the city last Thursday night for a
couple of weeks visit With Mrs.
Johnson’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.Lewis
Thomas.
P. A. Grass, of Page, was an O’Neill
visitor last Saturday. Mr. Grass says
that the com is looking particularly
good in his section of the county, a
great improvement being manifest
since the rain of last week.
County Judge Malone went down to
Inman Wednesday night to speak at a
farewell banquet given by the citizens
of Inman to four of her young men
who have enlisted in the navy and who
were to leave to join the colors this
morning.
Milo Taylor, formerly editor of the
Page Reporter, who has been editing
a newspaper at Newdale, Idaho, the
past six months, was one of the first
drafted from his county. He has
locked his printshop and gone to join
the colors.
J. P. Golden and H. J. Birmingham
have been notified that they have
passed the examination for admission
to the second officers training camp at
Fort Snelling, Minn., and they have
been ordered to report there on August
27th to go into active training. The
first class at Fort Snelling have been
granted commissions in the regular
army and the camp is now being pre
pared to receive the new recruits.
John Donlin shipped eighty-two
head of cattle to Omaha last week for
which he received $9,600. This is one
of the biggest shipments made by one
man from this county for some time.
Mr. Donlin still has a couple of hun
dred head of cattle on the ranch north
of this city.
Mr. and Mrs. William Beckhart,
formerly managers of the Star
Theatre in this place, but of late
residing at Hot Springs, S. D., ar
rived here Sunday morning. Mr. Beck
hart. was registered here, and was
called in the first draft, and he re
ported to the board here for examint
tion.
H. B. Hubbard returned Monday
morning from a short visit with
relatives in Lincoln. He started for
there in his car the week before, but
was compelled bo leave the car at
Albion, on account of the heavy rain
that visited that section, and com
pleted the trip by rail. He drove the
car back from Albion Monday night,
leaving there at 6 o’clock and reached
here about 3:30. On the way home he
was caught in the rain between O’Neill
and Page.
Any two boys between the age of
fifteen and twenty-one years who
wishes to attend the Boys’ School En
campr.terf at Lincoln at the State Fair
write County Superintendent Minnie
B. Miller at once. The railroad fare
will be paid. Write the County Super
intendent for particulars.—Minnie B.
Millej*, Co. Supt.
Neligh Register: B. J. Ryan, who
resided for several years in this city
was manager of the Galena Lumber
Co., but now working in Norfolk, was
injured Monday in that city. The
Daily News of Wednesday says: “B.
J. Ryan, living with his daughter, Mrs.
B. B. Kummerer at 111 South 12th
street, was knocked down and severely
bruised by a taxicab on Norfolk
avenue and Seventh street Monday
evening. Mr. Ryan was riding west
or«*a bicycle when the taxicab ran him
down. He was picked up in a semi
conscious condition by employees of
the King garage and taken to his
home. He was so dazed Monday night
that he was unable to say how the
accident occurred.
Governor Neville has selected one
man in each county who will act as
agent for the government in seeing
that exemption from draft is not ob
tained on fraudulent grounds. The ap
pointments are made at the request of
the president of the United States. It
is the duty of the county agent to
gather information and present it to
the county exemption boards and the
state appeal boards, whenever they
find anything to show that misrepre
sentations have been made in at
tempting to evade service. Senator
J. A. Donohoe, of this city, has been
named by the governor to look after
the interests of the government in
this county. This is a very im
portant office and Mr. Dohohoe pos
sesses the ability to perform the
duties of the office with credit to him
self and the government.
With the Soldier Boys.
Kelley Field, So. Antonio, Texas,
August 12, 1917.
I had intended this week to write
for Frontier readers a lengthy article
giving in detail the different phases of
army and camp life as we have exper
ienced them, but as the time to write
approaches I find myself in no mood to
the write at length, so will make this
short, hitting the high places that I
think will most interest Frontier
readers.
After passing the physical examina
tion at Omaha, which was not as
severe as we had expected, we were
ordered out to Fort Logan, Colorado,
at 11:16 that night, over the Rock
Island. We left Omaha at 11:16 and
arrived in Denver at 5 o’clock the next
evening. They did not furnish us
Pullman transportation, nor did they
provide a bed. In fact there is a lot of
things they don’t provide in the army
that you have to buy yourself. Well,
after arriving in Denver we got right
out for the Fort, over the Denver &
Rio Grande, arriving there about six
o’clock and were quartered at the re
ceiving barracks or what is popularly
known among recruits as Starvation
Camp.” Our supper the first night,
although we did arrive a few minutes
after mess, consisted of minced ham
and dry bread. After we had passed
the second examination, which was
much more severe than the one at
Omaha, we were sworn in, vaccinated
and inoculated for typhoid and the
next morning divided into companies
and sent to the regular barracks. One
or two of the fellows fainted at the
vaccination and inoculation which two
operations ordinarily come at different
times, but on our bunch they gave
them both to us at once. The first in
oculation consists of 500 something,
the second 1000, and the third 1,600,
all for typhoid. Then we have three other
inoculations for some other disease.
Well, after we got over to the regular
baracks we received fine grub and
were treated fine. We drilled a little
every day and Wednesday got ready
to come down here.
Before going further I want to
HHMMMMiH
both “starvation” and the regular bar
racks. On account of the large
number of recruits, and Fort Logan is
a recruit depot'as you probably know
they have built several wooden mess
halls and bunk houses. Four or five oi
these wooden buildings comprise
“starvation.” They are about 150 feel
long and about 26 foot wide. In the
bunk houses army cots are placed side
by side along both walls and one rov
running lengthwise down the center
You get two blankets and one eo
where you sleep. If any of you don’t
think the nights are cold in Colorade
go out there and try sleeping on this
outfit. Well, the mess hall is about
the same size and the tables rur
lengthwise. A space about 20 feet
long is separated at one end where the
cooking is done. As you come in you
get your dishes, pass by and get youi
food and on down to the end of the
table where you sit down. After
finishing everyone washes his own
dishes and replaces them.
After you move down to the bar
rocks all is better. We slept in beds,
double decked army beds, mattress,
pillow and two blankets. Some of the
fellows drew wooden barracks and still
hung to the cots. They teach you how
to make up the “bunks” and everyone
makes his own and they are all made
uniform.
Well, we were posted Tuesday as
out going and Wednesday-we spent
getting ready. We are only half out
fitted. All the uniforms we have is
hats, shoes, socks and shirts and lots
of them have not even got that. We
also got our own mess kits before we
left which includes cup, knife, fork,
spoon and meal plate. We use those
here and we used them in the regular
barracks at Logan. Every man takes
his with him to meals and washes them
after and keeps them with him in his
knapsack.
well we smppeu uut ui run
Wednesday evening at 5 o’clock and
arrived here Saturday morning at 8
o’clock. All of the O’Neill boys are
here but Pat Harty, whom we are ex
pecting daily. Now we sleep in tents,
eight men to the tent. We nave army
cots and two blankets. You should
see the men and flying machines here.
About five machines in the air as I
write this. There are about twenty
thousand men here and more arriving
daily. Several squadrons are leaving
also, some for Canada and some for
France, so the talk goes. You should
see the accomodations here. The
government is so swamped with work
I guess they can not get it all finished.
Tent after tent on this field, dozens
upon dozens of wooden barracks. For
bathing they have pipes forming a T
with the shower apparatus upon the
arm and under that, in the open -you
take your bath. They strted closing
them in yesterday afternoon and will
probably have them closed in in a few
days. To wash you must have a pail
or a basin and they don’t furnish them
so one must buy them or not wash.
When we eat, we line up before our
cook tent—some of the lines are two
and three blocks long—pass by the
tent, get our fobd and go over and sit
on the ground and eat it. The wind
has blown here yesterday and today
and the sand gives the food an elegant
flavor. After things get straightened
around and every squadron gets its
own cook and cook shanty we will not
have to stand in line so long and we
will get better grub. Sometimes now
the grub, or a part of it, runs out
before your turn comes to get some.
However, all that will be soon changed.
Everybody in the army everywhere are
experiencing the same thing. Un
preparedness is the cause or reason,
which ever we call it.
'A delegation come in la^t night from
Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont, and
traveled all the way in chair cars so
t^ey said. With such a demand for
Pullmans I presume its almost impos
sible to get them.. In closing let me
say that all the O’Neill boys here are
fine and contented. They all ask that
their friends at home write to them.
Harnish and Mullen are in the 64th
Squadron, Gatz, C. Cronin, O’Sullivan
and myself are in the 63rd and Sam
Cunningham is m the 62nd. The
proper way to address them is this:
Private .
. Aero Squadron, Kelly F'ield,
So. San Antonio, Texas.
N. B. Be sure and put on the
private.
JULIUS D. CRONIN.
Notice.
Mow your weeds—both front and
back—Get rid of that “Gone to seed”
appearance.
Clean up your lots and beware of
typhoid, the “Fall Disease.”
E. H. WHELAN, Mayor.
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p “Smartness” hardly describes our Fall styles in women’s coats.
“Luxury” and “elegance” cannot convey the full beauty of the fabrics.
P And “masterful” does not express the quality workmanship,
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Be sure to come to this store early and see the many fine coats we have. Then try
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want you to do this—then your own judgment will tell you the “Classic” is the coat for you.
Prices Range from $30.00 to $55.00
There are some very clever coats here for the children. They are perfect in every
detail—and the price is just right. $6.00 and up.
Anton Toy, O’Neill
I have always lived on a farm. Father did
not keep help. I did all the plowing, planting,
cultivating, etc., on our 75-acre farm. My
younger brother helped me. ’ I was 19 years
old last Spring. From the money I earned I
took $3.00 to start my account.
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country they can Bank with us by Mail. $1.00
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O’Neill, Nebraska j:
This bank carries no indebtedness of officers or stock
holders and we are a member of The Federal Reserve Bank. I;
Capital, surplus and undivided profits $100,000.00. i; I
The prices down has been the slogan
of this store. By giving you the
benefit of our cash buying we are able
to keep these low prices before you.
PAY CASH and PAY LESS
12sSNDS0F.$1.00
100 BARS OF BEAT-EM- (Q 4Q
All Soap .$3.43
$1.20, 3 POUND CAN OF QC.
3—5c PACKAGES OF ftfl«
Tooth Picks .U3C
3—10c PACKAGES OF FRUIT
Jar Rings ....4UC
26c CAN OF SWEET 1C*
15c GRAPE 71 „
Fruit __ 19 C
40c PER GALLON CIDER Qfln
5 GALLONS, THE BEST JO.
Grade of Coal Oil.*ruC
18c PACKAGE, LARGE SIZE, 1 Ol
Post Toasties .I fc 2
ONE-HALF POUND OF ffO
Salted Peanuts .UOG
30c PER POUND -|Qn
40c CAN OF
3—5c PACKAGES OF CALI- * fl
fornia Fruit Chewing Gum .....IUG
$1.50 CAN OF SANTA QQ.
Clara Prunes . Juu
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3 PAIRS OF MEN’S 35c CQ
$1.50 MEN’S DRESS fill.
Shirts .D3C
$1.00 BOYS’BLUE 7 A
Overalls .. I *rC
$1.75 MEN’S DRESS QQ.
Shirts .03 C
$1.60 MEN’S FANCY BLUE QQ.
$1.75 MEN’S BLUE 91 OQ
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