The Frontier.
VOLUME XXXVIII.
O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1918.
1 j NO. 46.
A. TOY’S SATURDAY SPECIAI, I
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$1.00 Off on Every Pair of Men’s and Womans Shoes, Saturday, April 27th Only.
4,000 Yards of Lijjht and Dark Percale, on Sale all of Next Week. This Percale is the Best
Grade, is 36 inches wide and the Regular Price is 33 and 40c Per Yard. We will sell it Next
Week at 24c a Yard. Buy all you want as this price will look cheap to you in 30 days, as price
is jjoingj up. Full line muslin at ri^ht prices. Full line ladies’ white skirts; they are beauties.
LOCAL MATTERS.
Walter Johnson, of Ray, was an
O’Neill visitor Saturday.
Charles Richter, of Scottville, was
an O’Neill visitor Monday.
D. D. Miles, of Dorsey, is transact
ing business in the city today.
Robert Hart, of Atkinson, made a
business trip to O’Neill Monday.
The Red Cross, of Middlebranch,
netted $134 at a play and bazaar last
week.
Bert Miller, of Paddock township,
will occupy the C. N. Lowery place
tnis year.
Mr. and Mrs. Webb Kellogg left
Monday morning for a short trip to
Sioux City.
J. P. O’Farrell, of Sioux City, Iowa,
was in the city Wednesday visiting old
time friends.
Four inches of rain last week is re
ported from the Pleasant Valley
neighborhood.
Ben Farner, the husky Stuart mer
chant, circulated among O’Neill
friends Monday.
J. M. Hunter and L. C. Peters left
this morning on a short business trip
to Brown county.
Jerry Scott has returned to Rush
ville, after a ten days visit with his
brother, C. B. Scott.
E. W. Wilcox, of Inman, has gone
to Excelsior Springs, Mo., in the in
terests of his health.
J. L. Murphy, of Page, has purchased
the Malone farm, near Inman, and al
ready has taken possession.
Mrs. A. W. Wilson, of Sidney, Ne
braska, is visitihg her brothers, Roy
and Clay Sharp, near Inman.
Clayton Humphrey, of Atkinson,
took the examination for entrance to
the naval academy last week.
N. S. Butler, of Inman, has gone to
Independence, Mo., to attend the con
ference of Latter Day Saints.
The Junior Red Cross of School
District No. 1, in northern Holt, is
. tying comforts for the Red Cross.
Dr. G. M. Mullen, of Creighton, was
in the city the first of the week visit
ing relatives and old time friends.
The citizens of Page are preparing
for the organization of a Home Guard
company for that city and vicinity.
Otto Bachmann, of Stuart, with the
coast artillery at San Francisco, is
enjoying a furlough with the home
folks.
Th. D. Sievers, of Ewing, former
member of the county board, was an
O’Neill visitor the latter part of last
week.
^ Mr. and Mrs. Earl P. Smith, of
Ewing, were .^siting with relatives in
the city Tuesday, returning home Wed
nesday.
Fred E. Wigent and Miss Elizabeth
M. Witt, both of this city, were united
in marriage by Rev. Longstaff on
April 15th.
The many friends of Mrs. Al. Bruce,
of Middlebranch, will regrte to learn
that she is confined to her residence
with illness.
Allen Richardson, residing south
east of O’Neill, has disposed of his
farm to his father, Peter Richardson,
of Plainview.
Bernard Prister, of Cornlea, Neb.,
and Miss Anna Babl, of Emmet, were
granted a marriage license in county
court last Monday.
Mrs. Will McCormick, of Norden,
formerly Miss Nellie Hynes, is the
guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hunter
and other O’Neill friends.
Judge Lewis Chapman left Wednes
day evening for a short visit with Mrs.
Chapman, Lawrence and Miss Ida
Chapman at Billings, Mont.
Hans P. Hansen, of Amelia, and
Miss Mary Weber, of Atkinson,
were granted license to wed by the
county judge on April 18th.
The Stuart Home Guards have
ordered uniforms and now are drilling
in preparation for the big competitive
drill at Atkinson the Fouth of July.
Don McLeod, prominent acutioneer
and real estate dealer at Valentine,
returned home Saturday evening after
a several days visit in Holt county. *
The Rev. Geo. Longstaff left Tues
day for Omaha to attertd a meeting of
the executive committe o' the Pres
byterian home missions of the state.
Miss Nellie Watson, of Ewing, sus
tained a fractured arm when she dozed
while sitting in a chair at her resi
dence Friday and fell to the floor while
sleeping.
Senator James Donohoe delivered a
patriotic address in the interest of the'
Third Liberty Loan, to a large
audience at Orchard Wednesday of
last week.
S. J. Weekes and Ed. F. Gallagher
were in Norfolk last Mor lay attend
ing the annual meeting of Group
Three of the Nebraska Sl ate Bankers
association.
The fame of Col. Bari ;y Stewart,
of Page, as an auctioneer, evidently is
spreading beyond stat confines.
Barney cried a sale at Ea;.le Butte, S.
D., last week.
Elder Levi Garnet, of Inman, has
been appointed state mi- sionary for
Nebraska, by the nationa conference
of Latter Day Saints in session at
Independence, Mo.
Albert Thieroff and family, former
residents of northeastern Holt and
who removed from the county two
years ago, have returned and are look
ing for a new location.
Mr. and Mrs. Avery Jones, of West
Point, arrived in the city Tuesday to
make a short visit with his aunt, Mrs.
^ A SHOE STORE WITHOUT SHOES jj
!A shoe store without shoes would not do II
much business—would it? And each shoe
store buys its shoes from those makers who #
H manufacture the kind of shoes for which it
has a market. It must have shoes adapted to
the requirements of its trade. How many 1
If men—yes, and women, too—are trying to do #
business without a Bank Account? You can
no more do a successful business without a #
| bank account than a shoe store can sell shoesN 1
|j without stock. You need a Bank of Personal
§ Service. One that takes a hearty, personal J|
interest in you and your individual needs. #
Ait This is a bank of Personal Service. It gives ||
fthe same individual attention to the small de- If
^ positor that it does to the large.
I THE O’NEILL NATIONAL BANK
O’Neill, Nebraska ”
This bank carries no indebtedness of officers or stock- M
holders and we are a member of The Federal Reserve Bank.
Capital, surplus and undivided profits $100,000.00. a
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E. D. Henry, before going with the
draft quota from West Point Satur
day.
John J. Slaymaker, of Josie, and
Miss Agnes Nieubauer, of Stuart,
were united in marriage by Rev. J. A.
Brownlee, pastor of the M. E. church
at Stuart, on April 16th.
Harvey W. Crawford, of Bristow,
and Miss Etta B. Caywood, of Pad
dock, were united in marriage by
County Judge Malone at the court
room yesterday afternoon.
Judge R. R. Dickson returned Wed
nesday afternoon from Ainsworth and
Bassett, where he held short sessions
of the ditrict court. The session at
Ainsworth will be resumed next Mon
day.
Atkinson is making preparations
for an encampment of the Home
Guard of Holt county, at that city,
July 4. Committees on program and
entertainment already have been ap
pointed.
J. M. Hunter returned Saturday
evening from Nox-folk, to which place
he had accompanied his son Frank,
who is undergoing treatment at the
hospital there for appendicitis and
other ailments.
Frank Campbell and daughter, Mrs.
J. A. Devine, of Cheyenne, Wyo., left
Monday morning for Des Moines and
Camp. Dodge, Iowa, to visit Walter
Campbell, who is stationed at Fort
Dodge.
Ihe Misses Ethel and vieva Black
more, residing near Venus, were
seriously injured Sunday of last week
when their car got away, going down
hill, and overturned, breaking an arm
of one and a leg of the other.
Will Mulligan, one of the old-time
residents of Wyoming township, was
an O’Neill visitor last Wednesday and
made this office a short call. He says
that the people of southern Holt would
appreciate a good heavy rain.
The Ewing Advocate remarks that
“Earl Angus has built a new hog
house and screened-in porch over his
south door.” The screened-in porch is
probably to keep the hogs from falling
out and down into the doorway.
J. H. Davidson was seized a week
ago Thursday with an attack of heart
trouble and for several days was in a
very serious condition. He is now
getting along very nicely and expects
to be around attending to business in
a few days.
L. C. McKim, of Opportunity, left
Friday morning for Clearwater to at
tend the funeral of his father, who
died at that place last Thursday. Mr.
McKim was seventy-nine years of age
and was one of the pioneer settlers of
Antelope county.
John Duncan, of Chambers, was an
O’Neill visitor last Tuesday and made
a business call at thi$ office. Mr.
Duncan says that it is getting a little
dry in the south country and that
they are looking for a good rain to
put the crops in good condition.
Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Gallagher re
ceived word the latter part of last
week that their son, Donald, who had
been attending Cornell University, had
left school and enlisted in the naval
aviation corps in New York City, on
April 16 ana is now taking training in
one of the naval aviation camps.
Charles Bigler and Clem Benson,
members of the liberty loan committee
for Rock Falls township, were in
O’Neill Satruday and report that
while to date but 50 per cent of the
township’s quota in the third loan has
been raised the full quota is expected
to be completed and possibly exceeded
the coming week.
County Supervisor Henry Bausch,
of Phoenix, was in town Tuesday, and,
declaring that he wanted the news
while it was news, enrolled as a reader
of The Frontier. Mr. Bausch also
circulated the smokes in honor of a
brand new son and heir at the Bausch
ranch April 4 and reports all con
cerned as doing nicely.
T. F. Birmingham went down to
Omaha last Saturday morning to
spend the day with his son, Lieuten
ant Birmingham, who has been sta
tioned at Fort Omaha the past four
months. Lt. Birmingham and forty
other young officers left Saturday
evening for Columbus, Ohio, where
they are to take further training.
State Fish Commissioner O’Brien has
notified O’Neill friends that he will
pass through O’Neill with the state
fish car Saturday afternoon, arriving
here at 5:05 o’clock. Trout and other
game fish for restocking Holt county
streams will be left here. Persons
desiring game or gold fish should be
at the train promptly with their cans.
Mrs. T. F. Birmingham met witl i
serious accident last Saturday morn
ing, 'when she slipped and fell in the
dining room of her home and sustain
ed a fracture of her right hip. The
floor had recently been waxed and
Mrs. Birmingham had just come down
stairs to breakfast when the accident
occurred. The many friends of the
family hope that she will rapidly re
cover from her injuries.
Alleging cruel and inhuman treat
ment ena Zahl has filed suit in the
district court praying for a decree of
divorce from Carl H. Zahl, to whom
she was united in marriage at Bassett,
Neb., on June 19, 1914, alleging
that he is not the proper person to
have the care and custody of their two
little children, she asks their custody
and that he be required to contribute a
reasonable sum to their support.
A box social and dance, for the
benefit of the Red Cross, will be held
in T. J. Donohoe’s barn, on his farm
ten miles north of O’Neill, on Friday
evening, May 3rd. This party is be
ing promoted by the teacher, pupils
and patrons of school district No. 145,
of which school Miss Agnes McPharlin
is teacher. Music will be furnished by
the O’Neill orchestra. Come out, have
a good time and assist this worthy
cause.
Sergeant Cecil Conklin and Clear
Golden came home last Friday after
noon from Camp Funston, having been
granted a fifteen day furlough. The
boys were members of the last officers
training camp at Funstcn and having
completed their studies were granted
a furlough. We understand that both
boys passed ar.d that they will be
given commissions as second lieu
tenants sometime within the next six
weeks.
John Willems, manager of the Nye
Schneider-Fowler elevator at Spencer,
and well known in O’Neill, was found
dead under ten feet of shelled corn, in
the elevator Friday, April 5. Mr.
Willems evidently had slipped and
fell into the bin while attempting to
push some wet corn away from the
outlet pipe. The accident evidently
occurred in the morning, but the body
was not discovered in the bin until late
in the afternoon.
W. F. Kelley, who has been at Camp
Funston the past six months, arrived
home the latter part of last week on
a fifteen day furlough. William was
a member of the officers training
camp, which has just closed at Camp
Funston, and succeeded in passing the
examination and will shortly be com
missioned a second lieutenant in the
National Army. His many Holt
county friends will rejoice with him in
the honor he has won.
The M. E. Sunday School entertained
at a reception the member of the
High School Class of 1918, who are
members of the Sunday school, at the
church Wednesday evening. The Class
motto, ‘ ‘Make the World Safe for
Democracy” was the theme of the
evening. Five vacant places at the
table were found and unexplained
until the information was given that
that number of the Sunday school
boys were in the service of their
country.
Dr. W. H. Mullen left last Saturday
morning for his home at Creighton,
| after spending $ week visiting
relatives and friends here. For the
past five months Dr. Mullen has been
devoting his entire time to making
patriotic addresses over the state,
under the auspices of the State
Council of Defense and expects to
continue this line of work for the next
six months. He is certainly doing his
share for his country in her hour of
trial.
Ben McKathnie, of Atkinson, one of
the pioneer residents of Holt county,
was an O’Neill visitor last Tuesday
and made this office a short call, ex
tending his subscription to The
Frontier for another year. Ben is one
of the oldest of Frontier readers, hav
ing had his name entered on our sub
scription books thirty-eight years ago
this fall and has not missed an issue
since that time. He says that it has
become a household necessity at his
home and that he eagerly looks for
ward to its weekly arrival.
Miss Rose Fallon, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William Fallon of this city,
has been chosen as the American
contralto to sing with the American
Symphony Orchestra of 150 instru
ments and a few weeks ago she sang
at a concert in the largest theatre in
Chicago, the Studekaker. Miss Rose
is now rated as one of the sweetest
voiced contraltos in this country and
she received many very flattering
notices in the Chicago press after her
recent appearance in that city. Her
many O’Neill friends will be pleased
to learn of her success in her chosen
profession.
O. P. Chambers, of Dallas, S. D.,
will deliver an address at a patriotic
rally to be held in thq opera house in
this city next Friday evening at 8:30.
Friday has been proclaimed a legal
holiday, to boost the sale of liberty
bonds and the patriotic rally will be
held at the opera house that evening.
Holt county’s draft contingent, who
will leave here for Fort Riley on Sat
urday morning at 10:03, will be guests
of honor at this meeting. «. The Home
Guards will be out in force and it is
hoped that everyone will attend this
rally and help make it the largest and
most patriotic demonstration ever held
in this city.
Draft boards over the country are
getting ready for the registration of
all young men in the country who'have
reached the age of 21 since the draft
registration a year ago next June. The
bill, providing for the registration of
all youths reaching the age of 21 since
the last draft; has not yet passed
congress but it is expected that'it'
will be passed within the next two
weeks and the draft boards are getting
the machinery of registration ready,
so that as soon as it becomes a law
they can start the registration. It is
•believed that registration day will be
June 5, the anniversary of the draft
registration of a year ago.
The Noah Peterson Hereford cattle
sale, held at his ranch ten miles south
of Stuart, last Monday and Tuesday,
was one of the most successful sales
ever held in the county. Buyers were
present from Iowa, Missouri, South
Dakota and western Nebraska and
were there in great numbers. i\
year old bulls sold as high as
one herd bull selling at $760,00. Year
ling bull calve sold from $100 to $200.
Cows sold as high as $860.00 and
yearling heifers brought $255.00. The
sale netted $75,000.00 and was very
satisfactory to Mr. Peterson and all
the buyers were well satisfied with
their purchases at the sale.
Michael E. Fallon, aged 45 years,
son of Mrs. John Fallon, died at the
home of his mother in this city last
Friday night, after an illness of several
months of tuberculosis. The funeral
was held last Monday morning at 9
o’clock from the Catholic church, the
remains being interred in the Catholic
cemetery. Deceased was born on
December 16, 1872, at St. Louis,
Missouri. The following year his
parents moved to this county and set
tled on a farm two miles north of this
city, where deceased grew to manhood
and resided until some twenty years
ago when he went to Montana, where
he resided until last December, when
he returned to this ctiy. Deceased
leaves an aged mother, three sisters
and three brothers to mourn his death.
A letter received from Julius
Cronin announces that he arrived
safely in England, landing on March
18, after a successful voyage, during
which they encountered some very
rough weather and also fine weather.
He is now at a training camp in Eng
land, where he says he will be about
six weeks before going to France and
into active service. He says that Eng
land is a very beautiful country and
that everything is exceptionally clean
and that flowers and shrubbery dot
the landscape everywhere. He says
that they Are just beginning to get a
real taste of the service and evidences
of a war are plainly visible in the ab
sence of men and tne work women are
doing there and the shortage of food.
He says that the people in this
country should religiously observe the
wheatless and meatless days, as it is
very evident that they need the food
in the other side, as the people of
England are on very short rations.
The last letter received from him last
Monday, was written April 4, so it is
evident that the United States has
quick communication with England.
Draft Men That Leave May 2.
The following men comprise the
contingent of Holt county men select
ed for service under Call No. 182 of
the War Department. This con
tingent will be sent to Fort Logan,
Colordado. Date of entrainment will
be May 2 on train No. 6 at 10:03:
Date E. Waters, Atkinson.
Benjamin H. Komarek, Sawyer.
Harry Johnson, Butte.
Patrick F. Carney, Norfolk.
William P. Hagerty, O’Neill.
Roy Dale Conger, Inman.
Clarence Hoxsie, O’Neill.
Emmet Kostlan, Omaha.
Cecil Robert Brown, O’Neill.
Albert E. Pierce, Jr., Pawnee City.
Jerry E. Spelhnan, North Platte.
Lewis B. Fitch, Ewing.
Reynold K. Roe, Inman.
Arha R. Hohman, Ewing.
Charlie Chown, Amelia.
The last three are alternates and
will full any vacancy that may occur
in the failure of any of the first twelve
to reoprt. _
Friday a Holiday.
Tomorrow, Friday, April 26, has
been designated as a legal holiday by
the president of the United States and
patriotic meetings will be held all over
the county to try and put the Third
Liberty Loan over the top. Meetings
will be held in various outlying pre
cincts in this county and our citizens
are urged to attend these meetings and
subscribe liberally so that Holt county
will be over the top Friday night.
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