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VOLUME XXXVIII.
O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1918.
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PROCLAMATION.
The President of the nation has
designated Saturday, April 6, 1918, as
the beginning of the third Liberty
Loan drive. This is also the first an
H1 niversary of our entry into the Great
War, and the President, supplemented
by the governor of our state, has call
ed upon the American people to ob
serve this day in a special manner.
All patriotic citizens will understand
the significance of this request.
Realizing the demands of business
at this important season of the year,
the local authorities after consultation
|=_ with the Council of Defense have de
cided to make the celebration of this
day in O’Neill as forceful and ex
peditious as the serious character of
the occasion will permit. Honorable
Harry B. Fleharty of Omaha will de
liver a patriotic address at the K. C.
Hall at 2:15 p. m. All stores, restau
rants, hotels, garages, and other
places of business will close and all
' work, except in cases of actual
emergency, will be suspended from
2:00 to 4:00 p. m. of that day. On
account of lack of seating capacity and
the serious nature of the meeting,
gg children are requested not to occupy
seats in the Hall. Home Guard as
sembly at Fourth and Douglas Streets
at 2:00 p. m. sharp.
E. H. WHELAN,
Mayor.
LOCAL MATTERS.
The board of county supervisors be
gan its April session Tuesday.
R. T. Hart, of Atkinson, made a
business trip to O’Neill Tuesday.
Elmer Rouse, of Paddock precinct,
was an O’Neill visitor Wednesday.
Mrs. Webb Kellogg returned Tues
day evening from a short visit at
Omaha.
A series of revival meetings began
at the Methodist church at Stuart
Easter Sunday.
John Braddock, of Page, was a
pleasant caller at this office while in
the city Saturday.
Ben Farner, the big Stuart mer
chant, was an O’Neill business visitor
the first of the week.
R. H. Murray, of Page, was an
O’Neill visitor Wednesday and paid
this office a pleasant call.
Charles Bigler returned Sunday
from Omaha, where he had been re
ceiving dental treatment.
J. D. Selah, of Ewing, died at his
home in that city, last Thursday after
noon after an extended illness.
A barn dance for the benefit of the
Red .Cross will be held Saturday even
ing at the O. C. Rishling ranch near
Ewing.
John Cihler, of Dorsey, came in
Tuesday with his daughter, Liddy, who
will resume her studies at St. Mary’s
Academy.
Emergency District Demonstration
Agent held meetings in Boyd county
and at Dorsey, Holt county, the first
of the week.
Ora N. Thomas, one of the members
of the last quota of the old draft,
writes to Holt county friends that the
life of a soldier at Fort Riley, where
he is located, is ideal except for the in
novations and the Kansas winds.
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The Fred Eby ranch on the Nio
brara river, one of the finest ranches
in Holt county, has been sold to H. A.
Allen, of Atkinson.
W. E. Hopkins, of Omaha, general
manager of the Omaha Hay Company,
is looking over the hay prospects in
Holt county this week.
Box Social and Entertainment for
benefit of the Red Cross at School
District No. 8, Friday evening, April
5th. Everybody invited.
Peter X. Larson, of I ige, was in
the city Tuesday and ma le this office
a pleasant call, advancing lis subscrip
tion to this family journal.
W. F. Grothe, of Emmet, was in the
city Saturday. Mr. Grothe informed
us that they have had the measles and
are just getting over them.
Con Keys was on the Omaha market
with a load of cattle Monday, and
spent several days the first of the
week visiting Omaha friends.
General Manager Vernon of the
O’Neill Hay Company, returned Friday
evening from Omaha and is busily en
gaged in filling a' government hay
contract.
John Reimer and family, of Wamer
ville, Neb., are now residents of Holt
county, having purchased the H. Van
Valkenberg place south of O’Neill and
taken possession.
A basket social which was a decided
success was held at the Johnson
school house, east of Ewing, last
Thursday evening, the proceeds going
to the Red Cross.
Hon. Harry B. Fleharty, of Omaha,
will deliver the patriotic address in
O’Neill Saturday at 2 p. m. Mr. Fle
harty is one of the most talented
orators in the state.
The little ten day old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Selah passed away
after a short illness Monday. The
funeral services were held Tuesday,
the Rev. Longstaff officiating.
The box social at the Bert Miller
school house in Paddock, last Satur
day evening, drew a large attendance
and bidding for the boxes was fast
and furious. The proceeds went to the
Red Cross.
Holt county friends have received
cards announcing the marriage, on
March 20, at Petersburg, Va., of
Lieutenant Martin B. Chittick, of
Stuart, and Miss Margarette Green
slate of Minneapolis.
The Easter dance given under the
auspices of the Home Guard, at the K.
C. Hall Monday night, while not the
financial success anticipated, socially
exceeded all expectations and a de
lightful time was had.
The Stuart Catholic Knights of
America will hold a ball for the
benefit of the Stuart Red Cross, at
Stuart, Thursday evening of next
week,
A coupling on the main steam lead
at the creamery blew out Wednesday
morning and for a time the entire
plant was filled with live steam. No
one was injured, however, and aside
from some damage to a big belt noth
ing was harmed.
A monster tractor recently purchas
ed by Mrs. Helen Babcock, has ar
rived, and with a gang of plows is
busily tearing up her 320 acre farm
north of the city, which is to be sown
in wheat. The tractor is a kerosene
burner and plows twelve acres a day,
being operated by one man.
The snow and sleet storm which
struck O’Neill Tuesday morning and
continued off and on Tuesday and
Wednesday, was much heaviec in the
north of the county than in this
vicinity, eight inches being reported
from the Niobrara river. The storm
was welcomed by the farmers, as the
soil is unusually dry for this time of
the year.
Lieutenant Matt Kane, attached to
the Great Lakes naval training sta
tion, returned to the training station
Thursday morning after a seven days
furlough spent at home. Lieutenant
Kane now is second senior reserve
dental officer stationed at the Great
Lakes station, which means that he
will be the second to be called for sea
or foreign service.
The new ice cream machinery for
the McGinnis Creamery and Preduee
Company has arrived and is being in
stalled. This will give the company
practically an unlimited capacity on
ice cream. The new floors in the
chufln room are laid and the new
churns installed. The cotnpany will
start to making butter and ice cream
again in about ten days.
' Dr. and Mrs. W. P. Hombach \\*ill
leave Sunday morning for Council
Bluffs, where the doctor will be as
sociated with his father in his profes
sion. Dr. and Mrs. Hombach have
made many friends during their
years residence in O’Neill, and The
Frontier joins with them in wishing
the couple happiness, health and pros
perity in their new home.
President Samuel D. Pullen of the
proposed new railroad from Albion to
Atkinson by way of Chambers, is
making a tour of inspection over the
proposed route and consequently some
enthusiasm is beginning to be mani
fest over the prospects. It will be
sometime, however, before the citi
zens of Chambers become unduly
excited, having gone through several
similar epidemics over the extension
of the Burlington from O’Neill
through to Alliance. The new road
probably will not be built in time to
take care of this year’s hay crop.
Former State Senator Fred Volpp,
of Scribner, addressed two large and
enthusiastic meetings at Stuart and
Atkinson, Saturday. Senator Volpp,
who is of German nativity, spoke
principally to the German residents
of the two communities, urging them
to stand behind the government of
their adoption in the great conflict
and comparing their prosperity here
with that of the relatives who re
mained behind in the old country.
Senator Volpp talked in English, re
| fusing to use his mother tongue.
County Food Administrator Hunter
I also addressed the meetings.
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O’NEILL CLOTHING CO.
Their Entire $30,000,00 Stock of High
Grade Clothing, Ladies’ Suits, Coats, Dresses,
| Furnishings for Ladies and Men to be sold at
i once. Stock in the hands of Pierpoint Bros.
Fixtures for Sale. Sale begins
TUESDAY, APRIL 9, at 9 a. m.
Wanted at once, 23 Sales people. Pierpoint
Bros, selling out Entire Stock of O’Neill
Clothing Company, O’Neill, Nebraska.
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The Coining Liberty Loan.
Holt County’s quota for the forth
coming Liberty Loan, the drive for
which starts Saturday, April 6, has
been fixed at $471,700. This amount
will be subdivided and each voting
precinct, village or city in the county
will be allotted its quota.
The Liberty Loan Committee has
been divided into eight districts in the
county with a district chairman as
signed to each district. The following
are the eight districts of the county,
with the name of the chairman of the
respective districts and the territory
or voting precincts allotted to each
district:
Ewing District—J. N. Trommer
shaussre, Chairman, Village of Ewing,
Townships of Deloit, Golden, Lake,
McClure and Ewing.
Page District—E. H. Smith, Chair
man’. Village of Page, Townships of
Verdigris, Willowdale, Iowa and Steel
Creek.^
Inman District—Geo. W. Davies,
Chairman, Village of Inman, Town
ship of Inman.
Chambers District—W. J. Doherty,
Chairman, Village of Chambers,
Townhips of Fairview, Shamrock, Wy
oming, Chambers and Conley.
O’Neill District—J. F. O’Donnell,
Chairman, City of O’Neill, Townships
of Shields, Grattan, Paddock, Scott
and east half of Rockfalls.
Emmet District — W. P. Daily,
Chairman, Village of Emmet, Town
ships of Pleasantview and Emmet.
Atkinson District — E. J. Mack,
Chairman, Village of Atkinson, Town
ships of Saratoga, east six miles of
Sand Creek, west half of Rockfalls,
Atkinson, Sheridan, east half of Green
Valley, and east half of Francis, Swan
and Josie.
Stuart District—Fred L. Barclay,
Chairman, Village of Stuart, Town
ship of Dustin, Cleveland, west four
miles of Sand Creek, Stuart, west
half of Green Valley, and west half
of Francis.
The chairmen of the various dis
tricts will appoint sub-committeemen
for e- h voting precinct. It will be the
duty of these sub-committeemen to
solicit bond subscriptions from each
resident cf his district and to report
to the Liberty Loan Committee and
County Council of Defence the names
of any persons refusing to subscribe
for Liberty Bonds, that each case may
be investigated with the view of as
certaining if such persons have
property and are able to subscribe and
do their just share toward helping the
government in this great crisis.
The amount that each should sub
scribe will be left largely to the honor
and judgment of each individual sub
scriber. Each should subscribe in
proportion to his financial ability. In
aser; where the local sub-committee
think a person has not subscribed hi3
share in proportion to his financial re
sources, the local sub-committee will
.eport the fact to the chairman of the
District Committee, and the Chairman
f the District Committee will request
the person to raise his subscription,
efore repotring the facts to the
County Council of Defence. The gov
ernment is not requesting anything
unreasonable, nor is it going to place
my great financial burden upon any
one. It is expected, however, that
everyone owning property or having
an income will subscribe something.
The amount allotted each precinct is
the MINIMUM amount each precinct
is to raise and the raising of this
amount does not mean that further
subscriptions should cease as all sub
scriptions will be accepted, as the
government needs all the money that
can be raised in this loan drive with
everyone subscribing. The more
money subscribed for this loan, the
sooner the war will end and the less
frequent will be these loan drives .
Do not wait until a solicitor calls on
you but go to your bank next Satur
day, April 6, or as soon thereafter as
possible and make your subscription,
thus doing your duty and assisting the
committee in their efforts to put Holt
County “over the top” with its quota
during the first few days.
Holt County Fair. Food Prices.
O’Neill, Nebraska, April 2, 1918.
The following have been fixed as
fair food prices by the Holt County
Food Administration Price Fixing
Committee. These prices are for cash
over-the-counter. An additional
charge may be made for charge ac
counts and deliveries. Merchants may
sell under these prices, but are not
permitted to sell above them. Viola
tions should be promptly reported to
the County Food Administrator.
Wheat flour, 12 lb. sack. $ .80
Wheat flour, 24 lb. sack . 1.55
Wheat flour, 48 lb. sack. ,3.00
Rye flour, 12 lb. sack . 1.0E
Rye flour, 24 lb. sack. 2.00
Barley flour, 12 lb. sack . 1.15
Barley flour, 24 lb. sack . 2.2C
Graham or whole wheat flour,
12 pound sack .8C
Graham or whole wheat flour,
24 pound sack . 1.5E
Yellow cornmeal, 48 lb. sack .... 2.6(
Yellow cornmeal, 12 lb. sack.7(
White cornmeal, 12 lb. sack.71
Corn flour, 12 lb. sack .8i
Corn flour, 24 lb. sack. 1.6(
Corn flour, 48 lb. sack . 3.1(
Sugar, per pound .1<
Jap rice, per pound .1(
Fancy head rice, per pound.15
Bulk Oatmeal, per pound .01
Oatmeal, per package .3<
H. P. White beans, per lb. . .11
Field run Beans, per lb. .12 Vi
Pinto beans, per lb.II
Potatoes, per pound .05
Bread, 16 oz. loaf.II
Bread, 24 oz. loaf.1!
Ham, best grade, per lb...4(
Ham, fresh, per lb.31
Ham, No. 2, per lb._... .3!
Bacon, No. 1, per lb.51
Bacon, No. 2, per lb.4!
Lard, No. 1, per lb.31
Lard compound, per pound.3i
J. M. HUNTER,
Federal Food Administrator
For Holt County.
I Learn to say No! It’s the biggest little word ^ ■
in the English language. Every day—each
hour of the day—there is the temptation to
spend money. Yield not to temptation to
spend money. Yield to it—and you will be
poor all your life. Learn to say NO!—put
every dollar and every penny you can possibly
scrape together in your Bank Account here
jttji and you will become both rich and successful.
If you say NO to-day to the little thing you
I;; will be able to say YES in the future to the i
I5*" big things.
“A time comes to the most easy when ; I
he must answer ‘No,’ or go open
eyed to ruin. Then he finds that, ; 1 •
from long disuse, the word will not ;i
shape itself.—Stanley J. Weyman. ;j
THE O’NEILL NATIONAL BANK f
O’Neill, Nebraska :
This bank carries no indebtedness of officers or stock
holders and we are a member of The Federal Reserve Bank. ; 1
Capital, surplus and undivided profits $100,000.00. 1
Stores Will Close At Seven.
The retail establishments of O’Neill
will close at 7 o’clock p. m., new time,
each day during the summer months
and will not be open at all on Sundays.
This action was decided upon at a
meeting of all the merchants Wednes
day night. The new closing time will
be‘in effect until the clocks again arc
turned back to the old time October
31, when the closing hour will be C
o’clock p. m. as it was before April 1.
The new closing hour is in effect at
once.
City Election Quiet.
The city election Tuesday passed off
quietly, there being no contests and
only three new officials to be elected,
all the others being candidates for re
election. The men who will guide the
destinies of the city for the ensuing
year are. Mayor E. H. Whelan, City
Treasurer Claude P. Hancock, City
Clerk John C. Gallagher. The new
members of the city council are
Charles M. Daly, First ward; Patrick
D. Mullen, Second ward; Mike John
son, Third ward; Sam A. Arnold,
Third ward. Members of School
Board: T. F. Birmingham and Dr. J.
\ Gilligan.
Off For The Training Camp.
Four more Holt county young men
leparted Saturday morning to join the
■olors and do their part in the great
war. They are Leo Zimmerman and
Frank L. Karr, of O’Neill; Chauncey
Porter, of Chambers and Gustave F.
Schultz, of Inez. The boys were
escorted to the train by the Home
Guard and the citizens, who wished
them Godspeed on the journey and a
safe return after the great conflict is
over. Business houses were closed
during the hour of departure. The
four Holt county men were joined by
Abram H. Bretz, also of this county,
but who has been residing near
Hooper, at Fremont.
O’Neill Land Office May Be Closed.
The O’Neill land office probably will
be closed June 30, which is the end of
the present government fiscal year, ac
cording to the dope from Washington.
A movement has been on for some
time looking to the abolishment of the
several land offices out in the state,
with only the Lincoln office to remain
to handle the entries on what little
government land is left in the state.
An order already issued by the secre
tary of the interior provides for the
abolishment of the Valentine, Alliance
and Broken Bow offices, but this has
been amended to continue the Valen
tine office for at least another year or
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until the settlers on the Niobrara mili
tary reservation, opened several years
ago, have made final proof. Advices
state that Alliance,1 Broken Bow and
O’Neill probably will go the first of
the year, which will be pretty hard on
Uncle Mose coming in an election year
and all in his district.
Non-Partisan League Organizer
Arrested.
James W. Bissell of nowhere, or
ganizer for the Non-partisan league,
was arrested at Ewing Saturday after
he had separated twelve Deloit town
ship, and northern Wheeler county
residents from $16 each to become
members of the organization which at
present is attracting more notoriety
than commendation. *
County Attorney Boyle was informed
Saturday that Bissell was working in
that vicinity and ordered the authori
ties of Ewing to take him into custody.
Sheriff Duffy went down Saturday
evening and brought him to O’Neill,
where he was lodged in jail to await
hearing Tuesday before the Council of
Defense. In the meantime a telegram
of inquiry was sent to the sheriff at
Dixon, Illinois, from whence Bissell
claimed to have come in the distant
past ,and the following reply received:
“James W. Bissell, age about 37,
socialist and follower of Emma Gold
mann. Has anarchistic tendencies.—
R. R. Phillips, Sheriff.””
A list of twelve farmers whom Bis
sell had induced to join the league and
pay him $16 each was found in his
effects. Also about a bushel of social
ist literature, some Non-Partisan
literature and copies of the Non
Partisan Leader, the official organ of
the movement. Bissell claimed the
socialist literature as his personal
property and declared he was not dis
tributing it. He claimed to be work
ing on a straight salary of $100 per
month, and expenses, as an organiser
for the Non-Partisan League and ex
plained that of the $16 initiation fee
$5 went to the Non-Partisan Leader
and the remainder to President Town
ley of the league, a socialist, and the
other officers, for political purposes.
Bissell did not succeed in employing
counsel to defend him here and the
league sent Attorney Sorenson of
Lincoln. Bissell was allowed to go,
there being no state law under which
to hold him, and the proceedings were
referred to Federal District Attorney
Allen for action under the fereral
statutes. County Attorney Boyle
afterward interviewed a number of
those who had signed the Bissell
muster rolls and all declared that he
had made no disloyal utterances in
soliciting membership for the league.
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j §§ telephones, automobiles, etc.
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