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.
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New Potatoes,
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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
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Men’s Work Straw Hats, 1 Em
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Shirts . V • ■ « J
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$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
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dimensions. To your order $18.00 to
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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.)
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Money invested in a Certificate of Deposit
in the Nebraska State Bank is better than
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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.
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