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The Frontier. VOLUME XXXIX. 6’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1918. NO. 9. LOCAL MATTERS. Eddie Gatz visited relatives and friends in Columbus and Omaha last week. The Misses Ella and Helen Clark, of Omaha, are he guests of their sister, Mrs. M. R. Sullivan. Charles Bigler returned Sunday evening from Omaha, where he has been taking dental treatment. George Herzog, of Chambers, was an O’Neill visitor last Monday and made a short call at this office. S. S. Wymore and F. McClurg, of Dustin, were O’Neill visitors Wednes day and paid this office a pleasant call. Dennis Criss, who is now clipping coupons in the First National bank, of Stuart, was an O’Neill visitor yester day. Miss Frances Hunter, of Sioux City, Iowa, was visiting in the city last week, the guest of Mrs. Neil P. Bren nan. LIBERTY From High Prices We rely on low prices to win trade; on fair treat ment to retain it. Gc Package Yeast AOn Foam . UtJU 35c Bottle Pure Cider - Q C » r Vinegar .. 4vll# 85c Can Toilikleen, The Perfect Toilet Cleanser and OE p $1.40 Box Tanglefoot Sticky QQn Fly Paper . OOl» 3—5e Boxes Tooth 1 A « Picks „. • 20c Box Rub-No-More Soap 1 Chips . IOU New Potatoes, pound.UwL Why Pay More? 35c 1-Pound Can Calumet OQ« Baking Powder .. 40u $1.50 Armours Veribest One-half Gallon Bottle Grape $1.00 30c Package Uncle Sam’s 9Dr* ■Health Food . 4UU 35c Package Ceram of OEn Rye . 4Ul» 1 Pound. Highest Grade Clover bloom Creamery /LQf» Butter . *TOl» 25c Water Dippers, 19p PAY CASH AND PAY LESS. Men’s Work Straw Hats, 1 Em each . . I Jt $2.00 Men’s Work ©1 9E Shirts . V • ■ « J $2.25 Boys’ © 1 OQ Overalls . y 1140 75c Quart of Grape Juice .. $2.00 Men’s Dress QQn Shirts . OOu $1.00 Men’s Silk .49c 50c Men’s Silk .24c $2.00 Men’s Summer Union QQn Suits . D30 Design your own new Suit or Over coat. Have it Royal Tailored to your fancy and figure. Consider that every Royal Tailored garment is cut with hair-line exactness to 17 of your body dimensions. To your order $18.00 to $10.00. -57 STEPS “MELVIN” SELLS FOR LESS Supervisor W. T. Hays, of Atkinson, came down Monday morning to attend the monthly meeting of the county board. Sister Virginia (nee Loretta Sulli van) spent several days in the city last week visiting relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. O’Donnell left Sunday morning via auto for a short visit with relatives and friends in Omaha. Miss Anna Wynn, of Atkinson, re turned home last Tuesday afterfioon, after a week’s visit with relatives in this city. Mrs. H. A. Skelton and son, Harold, of Spencer, were in the city the latter part of last week visiting at the home of Judge and Mrs. Malone. John Gilligan returned the latter part of last week from Tekamah where he had spent the past month assisting in the harvest field. Wilbur P. Bennett, of Antelope county, and Miss Mildred Butler, of Ewing, were granted a marriage license in county court last Tuesday Miss'Winifred Hickey left Tuesday morning for Madison, Wisconsin, where she goes to report for duty as a nurse with the American Red Cross. Mrs. William Froelich and daugh ter, Miss Etta, returned last Friday from a ten day visit with friends at Kansas City, St. Joseph, Mo., and Omaha. Miss Mayme Coffey returned last Thursday from Buffalo, S. D., where she had spent a month visiting at the home of her sister, Mrs. Thomas Mc Pharlin. Miss Cleta Harrington returned last Monday morning from Hot Springs, S. D., where she had spent the past five weeks visiting her sister, Mrs. Bert Wattles. Any young lady desiring to register for a Student nurse can do so by appearing at the High school on Thursday afternoon, where we will re ceive applications. — Miss • Ireneia Biglin. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrede and Charles Wrede Jr., left for Omaha yesterday morning where Mr. Wrede will consult physicians regarding his health, which has been very poor the past six months. C. B. Harding, residing north of O’Neill, left Saturday afternoon for Norfolk, where he goes to enlist as a truck driver in response to a special call for men for this department of the service, Mr. Harding is under the daft age. „ Editor C. E. Nevin, of the Laurel Advocate, and daughter, Miss Hazel, arrived in the city last evening on their way to Long Pine, where they will spend a few days at the amuse ment park. The Frontier acknowl edges a pleasant call. , Dr. P. J. Flynn, of Plattsmouth, and Dr. Ford, of Omaha, were in the city last Sunday, on their way to Sheridan, Wyoming, making the trip by auto. Dr. Flynn spent Sunday evening visit ing his many O’Neill friends and they left Moday morning for the west. Harry Sparger of the Battleship Michigan, arrived Monday on a fifteen days furlough which he is spending with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Sparger. Mr. Sparger’s ship has been on patrol duty on this side of the Atlantic for the past several months. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Bedford went down to Norfolk last Monday where Mr. Bedford went to consult a phy sician regarding his health, which has been poorly the past few months. Word from there yesterday afternoon was to the effect that he was in serious condition and his children were notified to go to his bedside. This office is in receipt of a card an nouncing the safe arrival over seas of Captain T. V. Golden, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Golden for many years residents of this city, who is with the 345 Field Artillery. Captain Golden enlisted in the medical branch of the army last summer and was given a commission as second lieutenant. His advancement to captain is proof that he is making good in the army. Senator Charles Beal, of Custer county, was in the city last Friday in the interest of his candidacy for the democratic nomination for congress from this district. Senator Beal rep resented his district for two terms in the state senate and was one of the very few democratic senators that lined up in opposition to the Hinden burg line in the last session of the legislature. His opponent for the democratic nomination is Charles Pool, present secretary of state. Lem Weatherwax was in from the north country last Monday, being ac companied by his brother, Bert Weatherwax, of Denver, Colo., who, accompanied by his wife and son, ar rived last week for a couple of weeks visit with his brother and old time friends. Mr. Weatherwax was a for mer resident of this county, leaving here some twenty-seven years ago for Colorado, where he has since made his home. Mr. Weatherwax says the hot weather last week pretty nearly put him out for the count, as he was un used to such excessive heat. First Class Fireman John A. Stech meyer, attached to the cruiser Mon tana, arrived home Sunday evening for a short visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Stechmeyer. Mr. Stechmeyer has a nine d|y furlougli, the first of any duration since.lie join ed the navy, in Ajg’il of 1917, and will have to spend six days.;oi it on the round trip between l\ere and the At lantic coast. John has .made a number of trips overseas, his boat being* t** gaged in convoying transports, and last winter was in foreign waters on patrol duty for several months. Private Leo J. Sanders, pf Ewing, who enlisted in the infantry at the Norfolk recruiting station on May 2, 1917, has been killed in action. He was a son of M. T. Sanders for many years owner 'of the flouring mill at Ewing, who died about six years ago. His mother still lives at Ewing. This is the second Ewing boy to be killed in action. Charles Wiseman, whose death was reported about two months ago, being the other. Corporal C. A. Sawyer, of Bassett, and J. W. Webb, of Winnetoon, have been reported as seriously wounded in the recent fight ing in France. J. H. Otter, of Bliss, was an O’Neill visitor last Monday and favored The Frontier office with a pleasant call. Mr. Otter has been a resident of southern Holt for over thirty years and says that crops were never as good in the southern part of the county as they are this year. His wheat, he says, will go twenty-five bushels to the acre and that his oats will make at least fifty bushels to the acre and that his corn is as fine as can be found in any section of the state. Old Holt is certainly doing her share this year in raising the food to sup port our boys over there and our allies. This county was visited with two fine rains this week. Monday night rain to the amount of 1.10 inches fell and Tuesday every one was feeling happy, because this rain gave the as surance of a fine corn crop. Then Tuesday morning it startedrainingand rained all forenoon and part of the afternoon and when the rain finally ceased the government gauge regis tered 3.15 inches, so that we have had four and a quarter inches of rainfall since last Monday. This insures Holt county the largest corn crop in the history of the county, as the last rains were quite general over the county, as well as over the state. S. E. Husted, of Altas, California, was in the city last Tuesday visiting old time friends. Mr. Husted was for many years a resident of this country, living in the vicinity of Chambers and later operating a pool hall in this city. He left here sixteen .years ago and moved to California, where he has since made his home. He lives in northern California at the foot of the Siera Nevada Mountains where he says they have frost every month in the year, but notwithstanding that they raise lots of nice fruit. Their principal industry, however, is the cat tle business. Mr. Husted is visiting his sister, Mrs. A. E. Wilson, near Chambers, and says that he has noticed great changes for the better in this county since he left here six teen years ago. One of the largest business deals ever consumated in this city was closed last week when O. O. Snyder disposed of his lumber and coal yards to Seth Noble, of Los Angelus, Cali fornia, who took possession the first of the month. The yard will be in charge of George S. Agnes, of Mitchel, S. £>., who has spent several years in the lumber business as manager of yards at Plankinton and Mitchell, S. I)., and | later traveling auditor for a large I wholesale lumber firm. Mr. Noble is an old experienced lumber man and at present owns and operates yards at I’iankinton and Carthage, S. D. Mr. Agnes is a very pleasant appearing gentleman and The Frotier welcomes him to the ranks of O’Neill business men. The departure of Mr. Snyder Irom this city will be sincerely re gretted by every business man and every citizen of this city and county. He has been engaged in busiess in this city for twenty-seven years and no man in this county has more genuine friends than he has. He has always taken an active interest in the affairs of the city and county, having been a member of the city council and served several terms on the board of education. He has always taken an active interest in political matters, and whi an ardent and enthusiastic requbliean, always ready and willing to champion the policies of that party and its candidates, he was not offen sively partisan and always willing to give others the same right to their political opinions and beliefs that he always claimed for himself. He was a delegate to the republican national convention in 1908 that nominated William If. .Taft for the presidency, and also represented this senatorial district on the republican state com mittee for several years, the last two years being a member of the executive committee. Several times during the r..ast fifteen years he has been urged to be a candidate for office, but would never consent to enter the list of can didates, being content to boost his friends along the political pathway. He has also taken an active interest in lodge matters and served as Grand Msster of the Odd Fellows in this state and also also represented Ne braska in the Soverign Grand Lodge seven years. He was also a member of the building committee that located and built the Odd Fellows home at York, Nebr., and at the present time is president of the board of directors of the home. He has an extensive acquaintance throughout the state and has always been a booster for O’Neill and Holt county and with his de parture O’Neill and Holt county will loose one of its best loved and most loyal citizens. Mr. Snyder expects to put in a couple of months closing up his business affairs here and will then visit for a time in Colorado and Idaho, later going to Seattle, Wash., where he has extensive business interests. He has not decided on his future loca tion but says he shall always retain his home in this city, where he still has extensive business ipterests and where he has lived for so many years, and if he gets tired of the northwest he can always come back to O’Neill and old Holt county. The Frontier regrets to see Mr. Snyder dispose of his business interests here and leave O’Neill but hope that prosperity will smile upon him and his whereever he may locate and when he gets tired of foreign climes that he will return to the “old home town” where he can be sure a hearty welcome awaits him. The O’Neill Rifle Club Score. Six of the club members were out the past week and pulled down the the following scores. They were shooting the first half of the Marks man course, which requires 75 out of a possible 100 at 200 yards on target “B,” the bullseye of which is twenty inches in diameter and counts five. F. G. Clift 55355 54454 24544 35455-86 E.D.Henry 45555 54455 54525 44423-85 G. Crocker 45454 34445 53433 25423-76 D. Losher 43503 50332 53355 33444-67 H. G. Frey 52224 34302 54243 24440-60 John Burr 00220 23303 54205 00000-31 The highest score so far made on target “B” at 200 yards, slow fire, was made a few weeks ago by Bert Gunn. A. N. Gunn 55555 55555 55555 45655-99 Quite a number of the Home Guards have recently joined the club and some exciting matches are expected to be pulled off in the near future. Letter From Lyons Mullen. The following letter was received by Leo Mullen from his brother Lieu tenant Lyons Mullen, who has been in the Canadian branch of the English Army for the past two years. “The U. S. Army played the U. S. Navy in London on July 4, and the Navy won with a score of 2 to 1. Captain Lafitte, a dentist that was formerly on the pitching staff of the Detroit Tigers, pitched for the Army. King George wrote his name on the ball and threw it to the pitcher to start the game and after the first ball had been pitched they sold the ball for the benefit of the Red Cross. An Eng lishman paid $5,000 for the ball and then sent it to President Wilson. “On July 1, Dominion Day, the U. S. soldiers came over here from Shoreham and played the machine gun depot team of the Canadians. The Yanks scored five runs in the ninth and won the game. You ought to have seen me in a Canadian uniform rooting for the Yanks. No use trying to be a patriotic person, as I cannot root for the Canadians when the Yanks are in the game. I have lived too long in the good old U. S. to ever want to see them beaten. The most beautiful sight I have seen in England Ireland, Scotland and Wales is the Stars and Stripes and you can see them on every hand all over the United Kingdom. At this moment I can see the American, British, French and Jap flags strung all over the< place. They call our President t)r. Wilson over here.” Lyons. Death of William H. Bedford. William H. Bedford, one of the pioneers of the county, died at a hospital at Norfolk Wednesday after noon at 3:30, after submitting to an operation for cancer of the prostate. The body was shipped to this city Wednesday evening and the funeral will be held Saturday afternoon, burial in the cemetery at Meek. William H. Bedford was born in the District of Sutton, county of Cam bridge, England, on October 1, 1851, and was sixty-six years, ten months and six days old at the time of his death. In the ryear 1879 he came to Holt county and homesteaded a piece of land near Meek, where he resided until the fall of 1909 when he moved to this city where he has since made his home. While farming he was recognized ns one of Holt county’s prominent and successful farmers, owning one of the finest farms in the northern part of the couty. He always took an active interest in politics and represented this county in the state legislature during the winter of 1905. On October 4, 1877, he was united in marriage to Miss Lucy Sargent at Seward, Nebraska. To this union six children were born, five of whom sur vive and all of whom are expected at the funeral. The children are: Mrs. R. P. Campbell, of Wall, S. D., Mrs. Albert Kaczor, Blackbird; Mrs. Ed ward Larson, Meek; Mrs. Claude Berry, Bellevidere, S. D., and Miss Gertrude at home. Mrs. Bedford passed away seven years ago and on August 9, 1917, he was united in mar riage to Nona Taylor, of Page, who with the children survive him. Mr. Bedford’s death was a great shock to the community. He was around town last Saturday apparently as well as ever, but he had been com plaining of not feeling well for some time and Monday morning went down to Norfolk to consult a physician. The physician found that he was suffering from a cancer and an operation was decided upon. He went through the operation but he never rallied from it and passed away a few hours after wards. The family and friends have the sympathy of the community in their hour of sorrow. Democratic CoVnty Platform. “We the democrats of Holt county in convention assembled, pledge anew our faith in the time honored princi ples of our party and which have been so ably and satisfactorily exemplified in the splendid administration of Presi dent. Wilson, and we believe a con tinued application of these principles are necessary and essential to the wel fare and prosperity of our country. 2. We whole-heartedly endorse the present administration for its wise and statesmanlike conduct of public affairs and we point with pride to the accomplishment of the stupendous task of preparing our nation for war. After 60 years of successive republi can administrations and when the rights of our nation were being ruth lessly trampled upon, our ships were being sunk, our citizens brutally mur dered, we found that our army strength consisted of 323,000 men only partly trained, and only 300 ships with 82,000 men to man them. Within fourteen months after war was de clared we had an army of over 2,000, 000 men, 1,000,000 of whom had been safely transported to Europe; within fourteen months we had 1,754 ships and 457,000 men. Surely this is a record that no nation under the sun ever achieved before, and and its ful fillment is due solely to the business ability and patriotic statesmanship of the present Democratic administra tion. President Wilson is loved and revered by the peoples of all the allied nations. Streets are being named for him in the principal cities of those countries, and his name is a household word in the millions of homes in America and Europe. His splendid ability, wise statesmanship, clear, keen mind and surpassed diction has won for him the spokesmanship for - the allied nations. Every American citizen has reason to be not only proud of their country, but proud of Presi dent Wilson and his splendid cabinet for the accomplishment of this stupen dous task, and to show their admira tion by upholding the hands of the President by electing men to Congress whose sympathies and vote will be with him and upon whom he can rely at all times. Paraphrasing the speech of Ex-President Benjamin Harrison made in 1898 when our nation was in war with Spain and applying it to the present situation, we believe that if the word goes forth that the people of the United States are standing solidly behind the President the task of de feating Germany will be easy; but if there is a break in the ranks, if the Republicans score a victory, if Re publican Congressmen, Senators and Governors are elected, Germany will see in it a gleam of hope, and more war will be necessary to secure a per manent peace. 3. We with every patriotic citizen in pledging our every resource and the last man to the government and unswerving loyality to our Com mander in Chief, Woodrow Wilson, in every rightful measure to win the present war. We favor a continued vigorous prosecution of the war, to the end that autocracy may be speedily driven from the earth, that the god of brute force as exemplified in the Imperial German Emperor, be broken and shattered beyond repair and burnt in its own furnace and that true democracies may be established among the nations of the earth and bring to their peoples the blessings of peace, justice, liberty and righteous ness. 4. We commend our Frdesiaent s action in appointing the piost able men of our nation, regardless of po I litical affiliation, as heads of the various departments for the prose cution of the war. " 5. We endorse the actions of the Democratic Senator of this state, Gilbert M. Hitchcock, and have no apologies or explanations to make for his conduct since he has held that office. 6. We unqualifiedly endorse the administration of Governor Keith Neville. Although in years he may be the youngest governor that Ne braska ever had, in wisdom and busi ness ability he has not only equaled but surpassed all previous governors of mature years. He has kept every campaign pledge that he has made and has vigorously enforced every law passed by our Legislature. He has shown himself to be essentially a war governor and we feel confident that the people of this state will ap prove his administration of the past two years by reelection by a large majority. 7. We heartily commend the effi cient service rendered by our Repre sentatives Senator John A. Robertson and Representative Chris Anderson in the State Legislature, and we pledge (Continued on page eight.) □!!ll,|i|l!'!illi'i!Hlllli Hill' llliyil! - BETTER THAN CASH Money invested in a Certificate of Deposit in the Nebraska State Bank is better than ===== C'-"—: Why? It is much safer from Kg theft, fire, loss or unwise ex penditure. It draws 5 per cent interest. It is negotiable but not attachable. Protected by MB . the Depositors’ State Guarantee This is a favorite form of banking for many shrewd men of Holt County. | St^satfca Statt Bunk j BiiSiiiyiaiiiiiiyiaiiiiiiaaiijyiiJiijiLiiiJbiyiyiaiiitiiiiiiiyiiyiiiyiiiiiiC ...—. -i-i: . ■ ==l| l 11 |T*j1 ^T^HE principle applies quite — — E „ j J l m] X as much to banking as to == V J1 'Q’il soldiers or states or governments. ~ 11 It is most fortunate that the Fed- ^BEEEE =*V''n I! eral Reserve Banking System has 3 111 | j j j 11) been *n °Perat'on during the war. BTm rnci The advantages of this organiza- Mz. S ■ trll; I tion accrue to the customers of the W-.~' ~ 11 j 111 JTTp member banks who at the same — 11,11|]' ) time contribute to the strength = 1111! < A of the nation’s banking system ^^ES=r ■=. j J j| and enjoy the benefit of its pro- — - — 1 ,ff|j |[ | O’Neill National Bank =STDCKl^TilB. Capital, Surplus and ^^^3//// J