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VOLUME XXXVIII. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1918. 1 — — 1 - | N0. 51.
LOCAL MATTERS.
Miss Kathryn Barrett left Monday
for her home in Sioux City.
J. J. Stilson and J. Skradla, of At
kinson, were in the city last Tuesday.
Miss Minnie B. Miller went up to
'■'s, Atkinson Wednesday evening to spend
^ Decoration day.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. O’Donnell and
Do You
LO¥« LIBERTY?
Then do your share
in guarding it
CHEERFULLY.
The fighters die
for the cause of
FREEDOM.
Don’t Grumble
’SAVE the WHEAT
Armours Hams,* OQ
per pound . fcUw
5c Package Yeast 01
Foam .1 . I
* ^4rTolut ...05c
$1.00 Pound English Walnut CQp
2 Pounds 35c Mixed Q/lp
Candy .f.. 3*tlz
1— 25c Package Sterilized Oflp
Pure Wheat Bran . fcUU
■20c Package-Quaker 1 Cn
Puffed Ripe . IwU
2 Pounds California Butter QHp
Beans ..r. 301/
45c Can California White Ofip
2— 25c Large Cans Maryland Qflp
2 Pounds 35c QQp
2—12 Ounce Net Weight
. Packages Elbow ORp
Marcoroni . tdli
2 Packages Egg . ORp
Noodles . fcvb
75c Box Toilet Soap, QQp
35c Lipped Sauce Pans 1 Rp
Enameled Ware . 1 Ol»
25c Nickel Plated Crumb 1 (lp
Tray Sets . 101/
25c Seamed 1 flp
Colander . I Ut/
20c Water flQp
Dippers . U3L
/25c Milk 1 Qp
Strainers . 131/
25c 7% Pound Sugar 1 Qp
20c Sink OOp
35c Basins or Wash IRp
Bowls . 131/
WE ASK YOUR TRADE BECAUSE
^ THERE IS ADVANTAGE FOR
YOU IN DEALING
WITH US.
$1.75 Men’s Summer QQp
Union Suits . 30l»
•$2.50 Men’s Summer 01
Union Suits . 3 » »*KI
$3.00 Men’s Summer 01 70
^ Union Suits . 3 * • * 3
$1.25 Men’s Best QRp
WorlT Shirts . 031/
$3.00 Men’s Blue Overalls, 01 QQ
Best Grade . 3 • >33
$2.50 Men’s Dress .... $1.49
$45.00 Royal Made to Your
^ Measure No. 6293 Men’s Suit,
Brown mixed, pure 0QC rtn
wool . 33JiUU
$25.00 Men’s Made to Your
Kure....$17.00
57 STEPS.
“MELVIN”
SELLS FOR LESS
daughter, Miss Irene, left Tuesday
morning for a few days visit in
Omaha.
Attorneys M. F. Harrington and W.
J. Hammond went over to Butte last
Monday to attend the annual spring
term of district court.
Judge Dickson and Reporter Scott
went over to Butte last Monday morn
ing where they are holding the regu
lar spring term of district court.
Joe Winkler, of Emmet, was a
caller at this office last Tuesday and
left the necessary coin to extend his
subscription to this household neces
sity another year.
John E. McDaniel, of Dixon, Nebr.,
and Miss Adaline Harvey, of Phoenix,
were -united in marriage by County
Judge Malone in the county court
room last Monday.
Ben Harty left last Friday morning
for his old home at Shullsburg, Wis
consin, where he will spend a few
days visiting his parents and other
relatives in that vicinity.
Floyd Wolfe and John Carson were
in from the north country last Sat
urday. The boys say that crop pros
pects are looking extra- fine in the
northern part of the county.
Jack Quig shipped in a Black
Angus bull from Harlan, Iowa, last
week that is a real beauty. He will
head the herd of James Pace & Son,
wjio lives southwest of this city.
The food administration has fixed
a maximum price of fifty cents per
hundred pounds for ice, delivered
where the ice dealer maintains a de
livery, for the towns of Holt county.
James Fallon, who has been an
efficient employee of R. R. Morrison’s
the past two years, left for Omaha
Tuesday morning where he will enlist
in the marines and do “his bit” for his
country.
Grover,. Shaw, one of the hustling
young farmers and stockmen of
southern Grattan, was a caller at this
office Wednesday and extended his
subscription to this disseminator of
current events.
Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Marquis, of
Chambers, were in the city yesterday.
Mr. Marquis is' engaged in the mer
cantile business at Chambers, having
purchased the general store of
Grimes Brothers.
Mrs. Charles Scott and daughter,
Miss Ruth, departed Thursday morn
ing for Des Moines, Iowa, for an ex
tended visit with relatives. Charley
as a consequence will batch it until
the garden harvest is ready.
Sergeant Cecil Conklin, who has
been stationed at Camp Funston since
he was inducted into the service of
the United States last September, is
now in New York taking the first
stage in his journey over seas.
During the thunder storm last
Sunday night, J. C. Oswald, who lives
on the William Joyce farm, north
west of this city, lost six head of
cattle by lightning, five cows and a
bull. The loss is partly covered by
insurance.
The state fish car went through
this city on the west bound passen
ger train Tuesday afternoon and
several cans of trout were put off
here to be planted in Steel Creek and
other streams in the northern part of
the county.
William Laviolette, of North Bend,
Neb.-, arrived in the city Sunday even
ing for a few days visit with old time
friends in this city and vicinity, and
also to put in a few days at his
favorite past time trout fishing on
the Eagle.
Tom Shiveley, of Norfolk, came up
last Tuesday afternoon and went out
to the Storts ranch that evening to
spend a few days visiting his wife
and son, who are running the ranch
this year, having leased the property
from William Storts.
L. H. Downey and family returned
last Friday from their overland trip
through Iowa and Missouri. Miss
Sarah Ek, of Independence, Mo., and
Miss Jeneveve Evans, of Des Moines,
Iowa, accompanied them home. They
had been gone for a month.
Several' local nimrods have been
making some fine catches of catfish,
in the river south of town, the past
week. Or at least we have been told
they are making them, but up to date
. DON’T DESPISE RICHES!
**’*' When you find a person who pretends to
despise riches you find a person who, ninety- M
nine cases out of a hundred, is shiftless and 1
thriftless. It is an honorable and just wish to #
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jalize. It is a wish that M
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is rapidly as you can and m
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NATIONAL BANK |
, Nebraska
ndebtedness of officers or Stock
er of The Federal Reserve Bank,
led profits $100,000.00.
Cultivators.
We have a f&w Cultivators and
Lister Cultivators toft. Will not be
able to get any more this year. It
will pay you to buy now.
John Deere Mowers
-Did you see that New John Deere
mower? Say, its a dandy. Come in
and took it over and ynu will be con
vinced.
We have a full line of
Hay Tools and Mower Repairs
| \
Da in Hay tools. We carry all
kinds of mower Repairs: Deering,
McCormick, Johnston, Dain and In
dependent.
Warner & Sons.
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we have no ocular evidence of that
fact, and the price of meat so high
too.
John L. Quig has the smallest
horse in town. One of his little Shet
land ponies had a colt last Sunday
and it only weighs seven pounds. The
sire weighed 250 while the dam of
the colt weighs 300 pounds, so the
little horse will never be much for
size.
Peter Egger left last Sunday morn
ing for the Great Lakes Naval train
ing station to bring back his son, who
enlisted in the navy about six weeks
ago. He became quit? ill and was
discharged from the navy and his
father went after him to bring him
home.
•Reappraisement of school lands un
der lease contracts in Custer, Gosper
and Holt counties will add nearly
$21,000.00 to the state school fund
annually. The increases of the new
appraisement over the old were:
Custer county, $119,201.03; Gosper
$37,691.20, and Holt $116,799.56.
Some light fingered gent visited
the residence of C. E. Stout last Sun
day and appropriated an ice cream
freezer filled with ice cream. Mrs.
Stout says she would be willing to
forgive the culprit if he, she or they
would return the freezer, so they
could make some more cream.
Last Sunday’s State Journal con
tains the reproduction of a photo
graph of a number of recruits who
have recently arrived at Fort Logan,
Colorado, in charge of Paul Beha, of
O’Neill, now in the quartermaster’s
department. It is not at all difficult
to pick “Slats” cut of the group.
Several good heavy rains have
fallen in this county during the past
week, in fact it has been raining
most of the time for a week. Since
May 19th nearly seven inches of rain
has fallen in this vicinity. Now when
it warms up Holt county crops will
proceed to make record growths.
Mrs. Mary Driscoll, of Pheonix,
Arizona, arrived in the city the latter
part of last weekforacoupleof months
visit with her mother, Mrs. Michael
Gallagher. Miss Helen Gallagher,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Gal
lagher, who has been visiting at
Pheonix the past year, returned with
her.
The Red Cross entertainment held
at Marquette Chapel on the evening
of the twenty-fourth, was a decided
success. Mr. Nolan gave a thrilling
patriotic address. The proceeds were
$76.80. The lucky numbers drawing
the quilts were numbers 27,37, and 72.
Any one holding these numbers,
please present, and receive quilt.
The Ladies Belgium Relief com
mittee have tendered a unanimous
vote of thanks to Mr. Sam Arnold of
the Sanitary Laundry for his assist
ance in preparing the clothing and
other material for shipment to the
Belgian sufferers. More than fifty
dollars worth of cleaning was donated
by Mr. Arnold and his assistants.
Elliott Stanton and daughter, Cora,
of Baldwin, Iowa, arrived in the city
Friday, visiting with his nephew, E
D. Henry, and returning home Satur
day over the Burlington. Mr. Stanton
came out to Ewing to attend the
funeral of his father, but arrived a
few hours too late, on account of an
undelivered telegram that was saic
to have been around the depot al1
day.
The entertainment given last Tues
day evening at the Royal theatre b>
the pupils of St. Mary’s Academy
for the benefit of the Junior Rec
Cross, was one of the most success
ful entertainments ever staged by th(
pupils of St. Mary’s, which is notec
for the excellence of the entertain
ments presented to the people of thi:
city. The little folks participating
were well trained and were heartil;
applauded by the large audience.
Retail merchants who purchas*
* *
poultry or eggs from producers, or
take the?e commodities in exchange
and sell them to any other than con
sumers who patronize their stores,
must apply for licenses on or before
June 1st. Such dealers are designated
as packers and shippers and as such
may resell to any wholesaler or job
ber. Resales are not permitted be
tween wholesalers or from retailers
to wholesalers. Resales between
dealers in the same class are pro
hibited, without first obtaining con
sent of the Food Administrator.
•
Everett Brown, who was manager
of tbe Ditch Company south of town
for several years, was arrested at
Valeiitiire last Saturday upon orders
from the sheriff of this county and was
brought here Sunday morning by
Sheriff Duffy. Brown was arrested
upon a camplaint signed by County
Attorney Boyle who alleged that he
stole and appropriated to his own
use a saddle, the property of F. E.
Cowden, and that- said saddle was
worth $75. Brown appeared in
county court last Wednesday and
gave bail in the sum of $200 to ap
pear in court at 10 o’clock next Fri
day* morning for trial.
Counting the men who left here for
Camp Dodge, Iowa, last Tuesday, 205
men from this county have been sent
to the army by the local draft board
or have been inducted into the service
on waivers from the local board. All
these men had registered ,jn this
county and were classified for service.
There are still in class one, eligible
for service, 155 men. It is estimated
that 125 more will be added on June
5th when the young rften who have
become of age during the past year,
registers. These men will be ex
amined and classified at once, being
placed at the bottom of the list of
eligibles.
County Board of Equalization.
The County Board of Supervisors
County Assessor and County Clerk of
Holt county, will meet as a County
Board of Equalization on Tuesday,
June 11, 1918, and will be in session
for at least three days for the pur
pose of equalizing the taxable prop
erty of the county.
All persons who believe that their
property is assessed too high or that
the property of another is assessed
too low should present their claims
to the County Board of Equalization
for adjustment.
P. C. Kelley, County Clerk.
Overland and Willys Knight
Automobiles.
As announced by the Company, ir
late issues of the newspapers, I have
the agency for sale of the Overland
and Willys-Knight Automobiles—of
fice and sales room one door north oJ
the U. S. Land office, O’Neill, Ne
braska, at which place I will be de
lighted to meet prospective buyers. 1
have no time, nor inclination, tc
“knock” on any other make of cars
but will take great pleasure, at al
times, to exhibit the many gooc
qualities of the Overland products
Call and view the new cars now or
hand.
51-1 SANFORD PARKER.
Directions For Registering.
All men who have attained the agi
of twenty-one years on June 5th
next, are required to present them
selves for registration at the offic
of the Local Board at the Court hous<
in O’Neill on Wednesday, June 5th
between the hours of 7 a. m. and 9 p
m., on that day.
The only exceptions are those no\
in the Military or Naval Service o
the United States.
Persons who are absent from thei
home county should apply for regis
tration to the Local Board im
mediately so that their registratio
cards can be sent to the Board o
their home county before registra
! tion day.
I FREIGHT RATES TO
BE FOURTH HIGHER
Increase Effective June 25, and 3-Cent
Fare Fifteen Days Earlier.
Washington, May_ 28.—Twenty-five
per cent rate increases on class and
commodity freight rates will go into
effect on June 25. Railroad fares
will be raised to 3 cents a mile June
10th.
Some heavy commodities largely
handled will undergo raises of more
than 25 per cent.
This announcement came from the
United States railroad administration
in the wake of announcement that
railway men’s pay would be boosted.
The increases -were designated as
necessary because of the need to
meet higher operating expenses, esti
mated at from $830,000,000 to $860,
‘000,000 more than last year.
Traffic in heavy commodities will
have increases not based on the 25
per cent ruling.
Some rate advances follows:
Coal, 15 to 50 cents a ton; coke, 15
to 75c; iron ore, 30c; building stone,
2c per 100 pounds; road stone, sand,
gravel, lc; brick, cement and plaster,
2c; lime, llAc; lumber, 25 per cent,
but not more than 6c per 100 pounds;
grain, flour and mill products, 25 per
cent, but not more than 6c per 100
pounds; cotton, 15c; live stock, 25 per
cent, but not more than 7c per 100
pounds; sugar, 25 per cent to middle
west states (rates from* producing
centers will be maintained on the
present relationship); copper bullion
and smelter products, approximately
$6.50 per ton from Rockies and Pacific
coast states to Atlantic seaboard.
All export and import rates will
be canceled and domestic rates will
apply to and from ports. Less than
carloads will have a 50-cent minimum
charge and roads hauling a carload
will demand a minimum of $15.
Important established rate group
ings and differentials will be con
tinued where practical.
Sleeper and Parlor Rates Up.
Passenger rates now above 3 cents
will not be disturbed; round trip
tourist fares will be higher, effective
June 15; standard sleeper or parlor
car charges will be one-half cent p,er
mile more for travel tickets, in ad
dition to charges for the seat or
berth; tourist sleeper rates will be
one-fourth cent more per mile.
Commuters must pay 10 per cent
more than now. Water rates will be
advanced in proportion to rail rates.
Men in the service will obtain one
third fare rates when on furlough or
leave of absence, but' not between
camps and nearby cities or ports.
Expenses Increase: $651,840,000.
The need for increases was pointed
out by a table showing that in 1916
railroads used 122,000,000 tons of coal
at $137,860,000 and now are 'using
166,000,000 tons, costing $489,700,000.
Taxes, rents or other'costs similarly
have gone skyward, resulting in wage
increases exceeding $300,000,000 an
nually. .
Bankers Convention Next Tuesday.
The bankers of Group Six, compris
ing all the bankers from the eastern
line of Holt county to the western
line of the state,-will hold their an
nual convention in this city next Tues
day, and it premises to be one event
of the year in banking circles in this
section of the state. Following are
the officers of Group Six: President,
John M. Flannigan, Stuart; Vice
President, R. F. Kitterman, Hay
Springs; Secretary, W. F. Parker,
Wood Lake, Neb.
Following is the program for the
meeting, which will be held at the
Knights of Columbus Hall, next Tues
day:
10:30 a. m., called to order.
Invocation . Rev. Longstaff
Address of Welcome .
. Mayor E. H. Whelan
Response .... C. A. Minnick, Crawford
Presidents Address ...._...
. J. M. Flannigan, Stuart
Address—“The Banker in the
Trenches” . W. S. Weston,
president Nebraska' Bankers Ass’n
Address—“War Savings Socie
ties,” J. J. Boucher, att’y, Omaha
Appointment of Committees.
Adjournment until 2 p. m.
Afternoon Session.
Address—“Why State Banks Should
Join the Federal Reserve Sys
tem,” A. E. Ramsey, Chairman
Federal Reserve Bank, Kansas City
Address—“The Federal Farm Loan
System,” M. L. Corey, Regis
trar Federal Land Bank, Omaha
Report of Committees.
Election of Officers.
Banquet at Golden Hotel, 8 o’clock
Question Box ..
.in charge of S. F. Folda,
Exchange National Bank, Omaha
Whale Meat In Chicago.
Whale meat has appeared in
Chicago. A packing company re
ceived a shipment' by express from
Seattle. It was placed in the retail
shorn to be sold at around 25 cents a
pounrl. If the venture is successful, it
will be possible to sell whale meat for
less than this by having it shipped in
large quantities in refrgerator cars.
Chicago daily papers ran a list of
whale metft recipes.
Boys Leave For Camp Dodge.
Last Tuesday morning six boys left
this city for Camp Dodge, Iowa, where
they enter "the national army. The
seventh member of this county’s
quota, George P. Schone, entrained
at Tecumseh. Monday evening the
boys were entertained at the picture
show, where T. V. Golden delivered a
short and patriotic address.
Tuesday morning the boys were
escorted to the depot by the Home
Guards and a large delegation of the
people of this city were present to
wish them God speed and a safe
return, after they nad finished their
work. The following were the
members of the party:
668—Everet R. Pendergast, O'Neill.
661—John W. Crowley, Stuart.
734—William J. Meyer, Stuart.
794—Lowell M. Miller, Page.
872—Walter W. Sievers, Ewing.
886—Harry B. Cnerry, Page.
Oil Well Goes Slowly.
Valentine Republican: The people
at Bassett who have been led into in
vesting their money in an oil well
scheme are apparently undergoing the
same experience which so many other
communities have gone through. Al
though the state geological depart
ment could find no trace of any oil
formations in that locality, the pro
motors induced the people to put up
their money for a well, to be sunk for
purposes of investigation, at least.
The drillers apparently have a con
tract under which they draw their
pay whether they succeed in going
down or not. It is reported that af
ter several weeks of wbrk the pipe
had been sunk but 200 feet, quicV
sand being the obstacle. It is also
reported that the company had paid
out about $4,000 on the well thus far,
although of course this may be an
exaggeration. At any rate, the citi
zens of that burg, becoming desperate
over the lack of progress, sent for
Uncle Milt Latta to come down with
his famous well machine. > Quicksand
is easy for Uncle Milt, and nothing
stops him. So he shipped his machine
by express and went to Bassett pre
pared to do the work in short order.
He was told to go ahead by the peo
ple interested, but the well driller re
fused to allow him to work, unless he
paid $10,000 for the privilege. This
is evidently the amount the driller
expects to make from the deal. Uncle
Milt was obliged" to return home with
out satisfying the Bassett people.
Since his return it is reported tnat
the well driller has resumed work.
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