Society t, _ The Frontier. • ---------—-—----r ■ ■—■■■■ .i ,m***»m*mu' ~ y j 1 I. ■' ^ 11 L~W?^ % VOLUME XXXIX. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1918. jp >/ ■' i ,U | NO. 4. LOCAL MATTERS. Asher Holcomb, Clarence Holcomb and J. H. Newhouse, of Chambers, were O’Neill visitors Saturday. Miss Etta Morgan, of York, Nebr., is in the city visiting at the home of her sister, Mrs. William Froelich. Mrs. C. E. Stout left last Friday morning for Butte, Mont., she will spend the next two months visiting relatives. M. A. Whaley, one of Shields’ town ships prosperous farmers, called and extended his subscription during the past week. Miss Kathleen Doyle, who has been teaching at Emerson the past year, re turned home last week to spend her summer vacation. John Anspach, of Inman, was a caller at this office last Friday and ordered The Frontier sent to his ad dress for the coming year. Miss Cleta Harrington left last Sunday for a few weeks visit at the home of her sister, Mrs. Bert Wattles, at Hot Springs, S. D. Dr. and Mrs. J. F. Gallagher, who had been visiting relatives here the past ten days, left for their home at St. Louis, Mo., yesterday morning. 'Lem Weatherwax was in from the north country yesterday. He says that small grain is needing rain in his section, but that corn is doing nicely. Ray Hickey, who is in the national army and stationed at Camp Cody, New Mexico, arrived home last Sun day night, having been granted a fifteen day furlough. M. F. Stanton, one of the hustling young farmers of Grattan township, was a caller the first of the week and extended his subscription to this dis seminator of current events. Dee D. Snyder left this morning for Neligh where he is to join a surveying party for service in the Black Hills; He acts as assistant to Mr. Sweitzer, Federal Supervisor of Surveys. Levi Ahn, who lives four miles _ northwest of this city, was a caller at this office yesterday morning and had his name enrolled upon The Frontier’s rapidly growing subscription list. Mrs. Cam Tinsley and daughter, Louise, returned to their home at Columbus last Monday morning after a week’s visit at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Parker. Mrs. John J. Hancock, of Casper, Wyoming; Miss Hazel and Jennie Evans, of Des Moines, Iowa; Miss Kathryn Davids, of Clara City, Minn., and Miss Gladys Hancock, of Inman, visited at the Malone home last Fri day. Charles Reka came home last Thurs day night from Camp Funston, where he is a member of the hospital corps, for a few days_visit with his mother and old friends here. Charley is looking fine and says that he likes the life. Wood Brothers, of Spencer, Ne braska, passed through O’Neill Sun day evening with one dozen Overland automobiles for delivery at their sales-rooms at Spencer. They in formed the writer of about forty sales made and delivered this season. Dan Swanson, of the Fremont Real ty Company, was in the city last Monday looking after the company’s holdings in this city and incidently boosting the candidacy of his fellow townsman, Ross L. Hammond, for the republican nomination for United States senator. Judge L. C. Chapman returned last Tuesday morning from Billings, Mont., where he had spent a couple of weeks visiting his family and son, Lawrence, who left last month for the national army cantonment at Camp Lewis, Wash., as one of the selects from this county. Dr. W. P. Higins and brother, John, of Platte Center, arrived in the city last Sunday evening for a short visit. Dr. Higgins has been commissioned a lieutenant in the dental corps and ordered to report at Camp Travis, Texas, on July 15th. He put in a couple of days visiting here and at Atkinson. Arthur L. Green, of this city, and Emil L. Olson, of Wausa, who went with the last contingent of Holt county boys to Camp Funston, were rejected by the army physicians on physical grounds. Two additional men will have to be sent from this county with the next contingent the latter part of this month to take their place. The Lincoln State Journal of last Tuesday contains a list of the ap pointments of acting non-commis sioned officers among the soldiers training at the University of Ne braska. In the list appears the name of one Holt county boy, Clyde E. Davidson, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Davidson of this city, who has been appointed Acting First Sergeant of Company C. O’Neill boys always good. Mrs. Marietta A. Ross died Wednes day of last week at her home in Spencer, at the age of 76 years. The remains were brought to this city and laid to rest beside her husband who was buried here several years ago. Mrs. Ross was one of the pioneers of this county, living for yesys on the Eagle near Ray postoffice. For the past fifteen years she had been a resi dent of Spencer. The fuel administration is quite certain the people have not taken seriously his warning to guard against shortage of coal next winter. Many are going along resting in the belief that in some way they will be able to get a supply of coal next winter, as they did last year. With the great war demands upon transportation facilities there is sure next winter to be a more serious coal shortage than ever before. To be safe, order coal now. Mrs. Edna Pierce and sister, Mrs, Muriel Thompson, both of Atkinson, are serving a term of sixty days in the county jail, imposed by Justice of the Peace Kelley, of Atkinson, hav ing been convicted of assault and battery on the person of one of At kinson’s citizens. The assault was al leged to have taken place on Sunday morning and they were given their trial in justice court Monday and brought to the county jail the same day. Amanda Green has filed suit in the district court asking for a decree of absolute divorce from Charles Green, on the ground of cruel and inhuman treatment. In her petition she al leges that they were married at David City, Nebraska, 35 years ago and have been residents of this county the past ten years. She alleges that on June 28 he drove her from their home and threatened her with violence if she ever returned. She also asks for the custody of two minor children. Mrs. Ed. F. Gallagher left last Wed nesday morning for San Antonio, Texas, to visit her son/ Lieutenant i ... U'lllllllllllllllli ^B GOING INTO ACTION j| IijB That *s whaf the whole American people are f I m doing now, for national salvation. « Our brave sons are now facing the foe HBjw at the front and here at home behind them the SB ® rest of us will equally be doing our share to feed our armies and the civil population that must support them. The Nebraska State Bank also has its duty lUk to perform and recognizes it. 9| -- We will help our farmers obtain the last ||§p ® ounce of yield from their land by giving them |||| f adequate financial and business support and IBpB that support is at their service. niriMMiimiinniinimmiiMHi B || Hkika&ka Statt S»®k § B DfiBliiiSaSili. 11 Sillljfi ..... ..... 1 To Patrons ot Our Store, jj As this is a strictly Cash Store all goods taken out on approval must be paid for and if H they are promptly returned your money will be refunded to you. We find that this is the only way by which we can conduct our busi ness on a strictly Cash basis. This store is an absolutely Cash Store and has been since June 9, 1917. ■ Anton Toy, O’Neill, Nebr. Gallagher, who was stationed there. Mrs. Gallagher arrived there Friday night but did not get to see Edwarjl until Sunday. Sunday evening he left there for New York on his way bo France, being one of ten officetE selected from Camp Wise for over seas service. Harry Reardon received a ’phone message from Mrs. Reardon last Tues day noon announcing the death of their son, who was born two weeks ago. Mr. Reardon left for Omaha on the afternoon train. Mr. and Mrs. Reardon have -the sympathy of the people of this community in their bereavement. They arrived home Wednesday afternoon with the body and the funeral will probably be held today. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Scott will render a musical program at the Presbyterian church next Sunday evening, at 7:45, just prior to the preaching service. The program will be as follows: “Chorus of the Angels,” Schultz; “March de Nuit,” Gottschalk; “Spring Song,” Mendels shon. Bass solo; “On the Road to Home, Sweet Home,” C. B. Scott. Rev. Longstaff has chosen for his sub ject that evening “Thoughts of the Great War.” Sheriff Nat Bradstreet, of Butte, and Deputy Sheriff Frank Heenan, of Spencer, are in the city today. Mr. Heenan is a former resident erWms county, having been raised on a farm nine miles northwest of this city. This is his first visit to O’Neill in eight years and he says that he is greatly surprised at the great im provements made in the city since that time. Mr. Heenan is a candidate for the democratic nomination for sheriff of Boyd county at the coming primal ies. O’Neill will be almost depopulated today its residents scattering to various parts of the county to attend celebrations. The largest delegation will visit Atkinson, where they are figuring on having a monster old-time celebration and a Home Guard En campment. The O’Neill Home Guards will attend and enter the contest for the best drilled company of home guards. The Farmers Union picnic at Bain’s grove east of the city will also be liberally patronized by the people of this city. James Gregg, of St. Edward, Nebr., was an O’Neill visitor for a few hours last Tuesday, going to Ewing Tues day morning to attend the cattle sale. Mr. Gregg was for several years a resident of this county, living north west of this city about sixteen miles. During the days of populist control of county affairs Jim was one of the populist leaders and was a member of the county board for several terms. About twenty years ago he moved to Platte county, near St. Edward, near which village he owns a farm and has been a resident of that county since that time. The heavy wind a week ago Tues day destroyed about all the out buildings on the Donohoe & McKenna farm, the old Heenan place eight miles northwest of this city, upon which Herman Guse lives. Mr. Guse says that his pasture is littered with broken boards from the buildings and that the wind drove a binder about fifteen feet, into a potatoe patch. The barn of Chris Roth, one mile north of the Guse place, was also destroyed. Most of the buildings destroyed by the wind were partially insured and in surance adjusters have been busy the past week making settlement of losses. Since registration day, June 5, 1917, 275 Holt county boys, who had registered, have been inducted into the army of the United States through the operation of the draft, and 107 have voluntarily enlisted,, making a total of 382 Holt county young men who registered that are now in the service of their country. In addition to those who registered there were probably 75 who enlisted prior to registration, of which the local board has no record, so that Ilolt county has no^ in the service at least 450 young men. Old Holt is certainly doing her share for “Old Glory” in this gigantic contest. At a meeting of the threshermen of Holt county, held in this city last Monday with the county committee of the Food Administration and Council of Defense, the following rates were agreed upon for threshing this year: Wheat and rye eight cents, oats five cents where the thresher furnishes the coal; Wheat and rye seven cents and oats four cents, where the farmer furnishes the coal. In both cases coal must be hauled by the farmer. At the commencement of the season the thresher must elect whether he will furnish the coal or have the farmer do so, and whichever method he adopts when he commences he must follow throughout the season. J. P. Gallagher and son, Frank, and Dr. J. F. Gallagher left last Wednesday in their car on a fishing trip to Dewey Lake in Cherry county. Dr. Mat Mear joined them at Valen tine and they put in a couple of days at the lake. The boys had a splen did trip and caught one of the largest strings of perch ever pulled from the waters of a Cherry county lake Master Frank caught 130 perch Fri day afternoon, in fact he says that he was tired pulling them out and he kept his father busy pulling the fish of his hook and rebaiting it. They returned home Saturday night and through Mr. Gallagher’s generosity many of our citizens had a fish feed Sunday. The editor acknowledges receipt of a fine mess. The official call for forty-seven men, who will leave for the cantonments the latter part of this month, has been received by the clerk of the local board. In addition to this forty-seven men two additional will have to be sent to make up for two rejections in the last contingent. Questionaries are being received daily from ' the young men who registered June 5th. There were 125 registrations that day and of that number 87 questionaires have been returned to the local board. Of this number 39 make no claims for exemption and, if they pass the physical examinations, will go into class one. That is a splendid per centage and shows that the Holt county boys are not trying to evade their duty to their country. The city of O’Neill now has a United States army officer as its mayor. Last Saturday Mayor E. H. Whelan received his commission from Washington as Captain in the United State Guard of the national army and ordered to report to the commanding officer at Fort Robinson, in the western part of the state. Captain Whelan went up to Fort Robinson last Sunday night and was mustered into the service, being as signed to the command of Company D. He returned home Tuesday morn ing for a few days, having been granted a furlough -to close up some private matters and will have to re port next Monday for duty. The many O’Neill friends of Captain Whelan tender congratulations upon his ap pointment to the responsible position of commander of a company in the national army. Anton Tomsik has fied suit in the district court asking for a divorce from Anna Tomsik on the grounds of abandonment and cruel and inhu man treatment. In his petition he alleges that they were united in mar riage in Atkinson on May 17, 1887, and that ever since that time they have been l’esidents of this county. He alleges that she abandoned him two years ago and since that time has refused to have anything to do with him. He alleges that they are the joint owners of real and per sonal property, all of which stands in her name, to the value of $30,000.00 and he alleges that half of this prop erty is his, as it was accumulated through their joint efforts. He asks the court to grant him his half inter est in the property and compel the defendant to account for the rents collected during her control of the same. Mrs. J. _H. DeYarman, of Pittsburg, Pa., arrived last week for a couple of weeks visit with relatives and old time friends near Meek and in this city. Mrs. DeYarman was a former resident of this county, living on a farm near Meek and later in this city, where her husband was a member of the livery firm of DeYarman Bros. With Doc Mathews they became fascinated with the south, as pictured in the land agents advertising litera ture, and they left here in the fall of 1894 for Arkansas, to which state several families from this vicinity moved. They remained there only a few months when they moved to Pittsburg, Pa., where they have since made their home. Mrs. DeYarman says that she notices many changes in this city and county during the past twenty-four years. She has been particularly impressed with the changes in the country made by the numerous large groves and fine orchards that cover what a quarter of a century ago was virgin prairie. •‘KNOCKERS.’’ An intelligent “knock” is com mendable, and is entitled to con sideration. Many “knockers,” having no knowledge ef the subject matter* prompted through passion, prejudice, and natural inclinations. Every such ‘knock,” against the Overland auto mobiles, is a boost. 4tt SANFORD PARKER. Do You Want Western Land? I have arrangements with an In vestment Company for the sale of land in Cheyenne and Kimball coun ties and in eastern Colorado. These lands have produced very heavy crops of wheat and other small grain for the past several years. At the price of grain and other crops that these lands produce and at the price for which the land is selling for they should pay for themselves in a couple of years. I will be glad to furnish descrip tion, price and terms to anyone in terested in the purchase of s6me of this land. 3-8 C. M. DALY, O’Neill. Red Cross Activities. Keith Red Cross and auxiliaries number one, two and three, covering Shields, Paddock and part of Rock Falls, met at John A. Robertson’s Tuesday, July 2 in, in the afternoon for a business meeting. $185.00 was received at this meeting for member ship fees and donations. This branch was organized about two months ago and now has about 100 members. Auxiliary No. 1 meets with Mrs. Ray Zimmerip on Wednesday, July 10. Auxiliary No. 2 meets with Mrs. Elmer Hull Thursday, July 11. Auxiliary No. 3 meets with Mrs. Jake Ernest Wednesday, July 10. Everybody invited to attend any of these meetings. Holt county citizens, sued by the non-partisan leaguer, are not wor rying over the outcome of the suit. BRINGS SUIT FOR DAMAGES Non Partisan League ‘ Organizer Brings Suit in Federal Court Against Holt County Men. Lincoln State Journal: Suit for $25,000 damages has been brought by James W. Bissell, non-partisan league organizer against five Holt county officers and the members of the County Council of Defense, in the Norfolk division of the United States district court. Those named as defendants in the suit are: Robert R. Dickson, dis trict judge and chairman of the Holt County Council of Defense; N. G. Trommershausser, Ewing banker and treasurer of the County Council of Defense; M. Rotherham, county commissioner of Holt county; Hugh Boyle, county attorney; Peter Duffy, county sheriff. The suit is the outgrowth of the arrest of Mr. Bissell March 29, 1918, alleged to have been made by the men mentioned above. The man had beef> organizing non-partisan league branches in Holt county. He was arrested and kept in prison four days, without a warrant, it is alleged. League leaders in Lincoln charge that the arrest was made by Mr.Rother ham, the county attorney, who had no legal power to take such action. The plaintiff alleges that the de fendants “imprisoned the plaintiff and deprived him of his liberty for a space of four days unlawfully and without warrant or other color of authority,” and that he was confined during that period in the jail of Holt county. The jail was damp, and made him sick, and the plaintiff was injured in health for life. He spent $100 in counsel fees before he was able to obtain his liberty. The plaintiff “suffered great mental anguish and humiliation and was greatly damaged in his good name and reputation.” State organizers of the league were not aware Thursday how soon the case would come up for hearing, or just what line of procedure would be followed by the Norfolk men. C. A. Sorenson has left Lincoln to represent the league organizer. U. S. Adams, of Spencer, was an O’Neill visitor last Saturday. Sum ner was a resident of this city about twenty years ago and this was his first visit to the old town for several years. War Savings Society Meeting. About 250 of the citizens of school district number seven assembled at the High School building last Friday evening, as per call for the purpose of organizing War Saving Societies. There seemed to be a mix up some way as no one present ha