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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 15, 1918)
The Frontier. VOLUME XXXIX. —-- ■ ---- 1 O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THUkgpAY, AUGUST 15, 1918. - - _ , NO. 10. LOCAL MATTERS. J. W. Brentson, of Opportunity, was u business visitor in the city Monday. Wallace Johnson, mayor, post master and prominent businessman cf Ray, was an O’Neill visitor Tues day. Mr. and Mis. J. F. O’Donnell re turned last Tuesday evening from a week’s visit and business trip to Omaha. Mrs. J. B. Meilor left Wednesday morning for Denver, Colo., where she will spend a few weeks visiting rela tives and friends. Otto Smith, of Clearwater, and Miss Ida L. Shober, of Ewing, were united in marriage in the county court by Judge Malone last Monday afternoon. Mrs. John Hunt came up from Omaha last week to spend a few weeks with her mother, Mrs. Robert Marsh, who has been quite ill the past few weeks. Judge Carlon, financier for the local lodge of the A. O. U. W., received a check the latter part of last week for $2,000 being the amount of insurance carried in that order by the late A. J. Hammond, Bernard W. Naughton and Al. J. Souser, two of Holf county draft boys, left last Wednesday morning for Logan, Utah, where they will take special training for some particular branch of the army. Mrs. R. J. Regan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Quinn of this city, is the mother of a little daughter, born Last Sunday morning. Mrs. Quinn left for Creighton Sunday morning to meet her little grand daughter. There will be a box social at the Scottville school house on Saturday, August 31, given by the Scottville chapter of the Red Cross. A patriotic program will be rendered. Everybody cordially invited to attend and the ladies are all expected to bring boxes. Bat Murphy came down from South Dakota the first of the week in answer to a message announcing the serious illness of his father, Mark Murphy, living northeast of this city. Mr. Murphy is considerable better today and his friends will be glad to learn that he is on the road to recovery. Street Commissioner T. A. Quilty is busy upon the streets these days and is doing some splendid work. Tom has proven that he is a first-class road man and is making the city streets that he is working on regular boule vards. He is by long odds the best street commissioner' that has ever been in the employ of the city. Pierce Leader: Miss Kathleen Doyle, of O’Neill, arrived in the city last Friday for a visit with her friend,. Miss Agnes Gishpert, bookkeeper at the Pierce State bank. Miss Doyle has been elected principal of the public schools of Valentine for next year. Miss Doyle is an efficient teacher, and her Pierce friends wish her success in her new location. Captain E. H. Whelan arrived in the city last Saturday for a few days visit with home folks. Capt. Whelan has been stationed at Fort Robinson but the troops there were transferred to Rock Island, Illinois, to take the place of the Tenth Infantry. Two special trains were used to convey the troops to their new station and Capt. Whelan stopped off for a couple of days visit. He is looking fine and says that he likes the work very much, even if it is a steady grind. We heard the other day that George Triggs, who for many years was a well known resident of this city until his removal to Washington some ten yeai-s ago, lost a leg as the result of an accident while working in the ship building yards in Washington. George received a broken ankle, resulting from a fall, and was confined in the hospital for several months. The break did not heal and poison set in and it was necessary to amputate the foot. His old O’Neill friends sympa thize with him in his misfortune. The members of the Methodist church and Sunday school held their annual picnic at Leach’s grove, south east of town Tuesday afternoon and evening, cars conveying all those at tending to the picnic grounds in the afternoon. Following the picnic din ner games and sports were indulged in, including a tug-of-war between the ladies and gentlemen and in which several of the men, who had the down hill end of the pull narrowly escaped a ducking in the creek when the ladies at a pre-arranged signal let go of the rope. About one hundred and fifty were in attendance. Clark Perkins, editor of the Aurora Republican, one of the leading news papers of the state, and also field sec retary for the Nebraska Press As sociation, was an O’Neill visitor Wed nesday, spending the night in this city. Mr. Perkins is an old time friend of the editor and we spent several happy hours together discussing political scraps in the Sixth district and the state that we were engaged in when Mr. Perkins was a resident of this con gressional district some fifteen y^ars ago. Mr. Perkins was on his way to attend the semi-annual meeting of the Nebraska Press Association, which will be held at Hartington tomorrow and Saturday. He left for Hartington Thursday morning. Virgil J. Kivett, of Inman; Clyde E. Streeter, of Page, and Herchel C. Hunt, of Page, left last Wednesday morning for Kansas City, Mo., where they will enter an auto school for selective training for the U. S. forces. On Thursday morning Harvey E. Fin ley, of Page; Kemp H. Hanks, of At kinson; Timothy M. Harrington, of O’Neill; Benson Kirkland, of Atkin son; Merrick E. Rocke, of Atkinson; Arthur B. Wertz, of Star; Christian E. Yantzi, of O’Neill, left for special training at the University of Nebras ka. Another call for men to be sent to the training camp the latter part of this month has been issued and in this call Holt county will have to send twelve men. The list will be prepared in time for publication next week. _ « New Registration August Twenty Fourth. All young men reaching their twenty-first birthday since June 5 have been called for draft registra tion, in a telegram received from General Crowder by County Clerk Kel ley Wednesday. The date set for registration is August 24. Son of John Moore Killed. The young son of John Moore, re siding north of Atkinson and north west of O’Neill, was killed Tuesday afternoon by falling from a baling rack which ran over his body. Young Moore had been driving the team hitched to another wagon to which the baling rack was coupled. The team becominv unruly young Moore was relieved at the reins by his father and went back to ride on the rack. Shortly after the elder Moore on looking around discovered that his young son had fallen from the rack several hundred yards back and immediately went to him. Young Moore attempted to arise, remarking that he was not injured. He was placed on the wagon and taken to the Peter Claussen place, where he died while awaiting the ar rival of a physician. A slight bruise on one cheek was the only visible mark of injury, and death is supposed to have been caused by internal in juries received when one of the_ heavy wagon wheels passed over his ab domen. ' Death of Benjamin F. Sanders. Benjamin F. Sanders, one of the pioneer residents of this county, pass ed away at his home in this city this morning at 7 o’clock after sickness of one week, of illness due to old age, at the advanced age -of eighty-six years, three months and one day. Deceased was born at Deerfield, Novo Scotia, on May 14, 1832. On June 15, 1869, he was united in mar riage to Miss Emily Jones, at Yellow Medicine, Minn. To this union five children were born, four sons and one daughters who are left to mourn the death of a kind and loving father. The children are: George R. and Al fred S. Sanders, O’Neill; Mrs. Florence G. Putman, Butte; Charles H. Sanders, Lamont, Mont.; Rollen Sanders, Nor folk, Nebr. Mrs. Sanders passed away seven years ago. In February, 1879, Mr. Sanders moved to this county and took a home stead near Scottville where he lived for many years until his retirement from active work arid his removal to this city some eighteen years ago. Mr. Sanders was a good citizen and took a prominent part in the upbuilding of this county in the early days. He was a member of Co. A., First Minnesota Infantry and served three years dur ing the civil war. He was a member of the G. A. R. and his greatest delight and pleasure in life, during his later years, was to visit with his Grand Army comrades and talk over the old days spent in the south. His death removes another from the fast thin ning ranks of the old pioneers who de veloped this country and helped make it possible for the youths of today to enjoy so many advantages. The hour for the funeral is not set yet as they are waiting to hear from his son, Charles, who is in Montana. Political Advertising. HUGH J. BOYLE County Attorney DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR RE-NOMINATION SECOND TERM To the Voters of Holt County: On acount of the short time before the primaries and the work I have to do as County Attorney it will be im possible for me to find time to see many of the voters and for that reason I take this means of presenting my candidacy to you. Since becoming County Attorney not one cent of the taxpayers money has been expended to employ counsel to assist in any suit in behalf of the county. Without intending to criti cise in the least the services of other attorneys in the past, I quite willingly submit this record, but in so doing sug gest that, in the past no other County Attorney has ever served the people without calling upon assistant counsel at the expense of the people to aid him in performing the duties of the office. Three cases have been prepared and presented to the Supreme Court and I did this work without the assist ance from other counsel and in each case the County was successful. Dur ing my term I have endeavored not to bring cases against persons unless I felt quite sure they were guilty and during my term only one person has been acquitted. In every other case they have either been convicted or have entered a plea of guilty. I sub mit to your consideration whether the experience I have gained during the present term makes me better quali fied to perform the duties of the office than I was when previously elected. On the redord I have made both for efficiency and economy I submit my candidacy to you for re-nomination and re-election for a second term. Yours very truly, HUGH J. BOYLE. For County Clerk. To the Democratic Electors of Holt County: In again placing my name before the voters of Holt County as a candi date for County Clerk I desire to present for your consideration the fol lowing statement of facts: In a former campaign I promised, if elected, to ^ive to the people of Holt County an economic and busi ness-like administration. In this I have succeeded even be yond my fondest hopes. The business of this office has been conducted ex peditiously and efficiently, and al though new and greater duties have arose, and the work of the office has increased tenfold, the expense of con ducting the work has not increased, and the earnings of the office promises to be greater than ever before. Every pledge has been fulfilled, every promise kept. The new duties arising from the great world war in which we are en gaged are being met and discharged efficiently and expeditiously; the in fere*? of the humblest citizen is being protected; the man power and in dustry of ouj- County is being con served, and with the one great am bition dear to all loyal American hearts as our guide we are bending every effort in doing our humble part in the winning of the war. When Congress passed the Selective Service law, County Sheriffs and County Clerks were made members of the Selective Service Boards. Upon them devolved the duty of perfecting the complex machinery for the regis tration and classification of the ten million men of military age through out America, and the keeping of the tremendous amount of records, and performing the exacting duties of car rying out the provisions of the Se lective Service Laws under direct supervision of the War Department at Washington. As the war progressed and new and exacting duties arose, responsibilities of Boards became so great that it be came apparent that a closer unity should exist between them and the War Department; an order was made effectively drafting Members of Local and District Boards for the service of selection and mobilization of an Army. Those members who have proven unequal to the task were permitted to resign, while those big enough for the job, who were willing to cast personal business and ambition aside were drafted for the duration of the war. They can not resign, nor can private business be permitted to interfere with this work in promoting ihe win ning of the war; they are amenable to military discipline and punishable under military law for any infraction or neglect of duty. The duties they are called upon to perform are such that no man would accept from choice; their only reward lies in the consciousness of having performed a valuable service to their Country in its hour of peril. More than six hundred Holt bounty boys are now wearing the uniform of our Country, and nearly one thousand more are subject to call when needed. I would feel like a slacker if I did not make an effort to be elected so I could continue the work of backing up the boys who are fighting in France; some of my best friends are on the battle front fighting the battle for mankind, and my experince teaches me that the keeping of the records of these men and of the men that are to go later, and the tremendous task ol an other registration and classification should not be entrusted to inexperi enced hands. This is not the time when the at tention of the people should be di verted by political issues. There can be but one issue before the American people—the Winning of the War. Your Holt County Selective Board has a splendid record throughout the state and at State Headquarters, standing foremost among the Counties which have placed Nebraska at the head of the Nation in all lines of war work; we acknowledge no peer. Our duties have always been clear, we have always been first in taking the public into our confidence. Per sonal interests have never been con sidered, for we believe the duties be fore us paramount to the personal ambition of any man or class of men. I feel that in asking your support I am only asking you to stand by the men who are devoting their time and energy to the winning of the war. Keep the men in office who have proven that they are big enough for the job and the train that will bring our soldier boys home will be on time. Very respectfully, P. C. KELLEY. Three Candidates for Superintendent. The race for county superintendent is now a three cornered fight, Miss Meta Martin, who lives northwest of this city, having filed last Friday. The candidates for county superintend ent, as well as those for members of the supreme court and county judge, will be on a separate ballot, known as the non-partisan ballot. The two candidates for county superintendent having the largest vote at the pri pary election will be the candidates whose names will appear on the bal lot for the general election in No vember. Attention, Mr. M’Adoo! World-Herald, Aug. 4: When this story was first sprung on us by Roy filler's Northwestern gang down at the city ticket offico we pretty nearly tore out all the furniture, for if it is true, there can bo no doubt that the human race is on the decline and that pretty sOon we will be a lot of cave men. But Roy’s birds insists that it really happened, and so here goes. A big fat bloke came into the C. & N. W. ticket office -the other noon and asked when the next train would leave for O’Neill. “Four-thirty,” responded the genial clerk. “Gimme a ticket,” added the visitor. He got it. Also he got out. He came back about 3 o’clock and said, “What time did you say the train leaves for O’Neill?” “Four-thirty.” “All right!” and the bird went out again. At 4 o’clock he returned once more and sat down on the imitation mahogany settee in the city ticket office, which is located at Fourteenth and Farnam streets, in General Kitchen’s Paxton hotel. “Train for O’Neill leaves at 4:30 o’clock?" he asked. “Yes,” answered one of the hired hands. “You’ve got about thirty minutes yet.” The stranger squatted on that seat while business at the ticket counter continued to be very provocative, and finally he busted in— “Say, mister, when is that train for O’Neill?” “The next one is 9 o’clock tomorrow morning. You missed the 4:30!” ex plained a clerk. “Well, don’t that beat all get out!” voushsafed the peculiar person. “Pve been settin’ here all afternoon and I’m dinged if I saw any train go by at all!” Now if you can beat that, we’ll give you the hardware! Supervisors’ Proceedings. O’Neill, Neb., Aug. 5, 1918, 10 a. m. Board met pursuant to adjourn ment, all members present except Rotherham. Board audited county claims until 12 o’clock, noon, when adjournment was taken to 1 o’clock, p. m. M. P. SULLIVAN, Chairman. P. C. KELLEY, County Clerk. O’Neill, Neb., Aug. 5, 1918, 1 p. m. Board met pursuant to adjourn ment, all members present except Rotherham. On separate motion the following official bonds were approved: W. H. Harvey, Overseer of High ways. Chas. D. Withers, Township Clerk. E. V- Beeney, Overseer of High ways. Mr. Chairman: I move that the County Clerk issue a general fund warrant to Florence Eaton in the sum of $15.00 per month for the support of dependent children as ordered by the Court. H. U. HUBBARD, H. BAUSCH. Motion carried. At 6 o’clock, p. m., on motion, board adjourned to August 6,1918. M. P. SULLIVAN, Chairman. P. C. KELLEY, County Clerk. O’Neill, Neb., Aug. 6, 1918, 9 a. m. Board met pursuant to adjourn ment, all members present. Board took up consideration of county roads. At 12 o’clock, noon, on motion board adjourned to 1 o’clock, p. m. M. P. SULLIVAN, Chairman. P. C. KELLEY, County Clerk. O’Neill, Neb., Aug. 6, 1918, 1 p.. m.. Board met pursuant to adjournment, all members present. Mr. Chairman: I move that we ad vertise for bids for the construction and repairs of county bridges. H. BAUSCH, M. ROTHERHAM. Motion carried. Mr. Chairman: Whereas, on the 12th day of April, 1918, a petition ad dressed to the Honorable County Board of Supervisors of Holt County, Nebraska, was duly filed in the office of the County Clerk of Holt County, Nebraska, which then was, now is and ever since has been in words and ' figgures as follows: “We, the undersigned, being resi dents of Scott township, hereby re spectfully inform and give your honor able body to understand that the sec tion line running east and west be tween sections eleven (11) and four teen (14) in township thirty-two (32), range ten (10), west of the sixth principal meridian, and the south eighty (80) rods of section line run ning north and south between sec tions eleven (11) and twelve (12), in township thirty-two (32), range ten (10), west of the sixth principal meri dian, all in Scott township, Holt County, Nebraska, are in such con dition that the establishment of a road thereon is impracticable and im possible because of the nature of the territory and the conditions therein existing, and that it is impossible and impracticable to construct and main tain county roads on these parts of the said above described section lines, and that it is necessary to have a public road through such territory or in the near vicinity thereof. We, therefore, petition your honorable body to grant and establish a public road in or near said territory de scribed as follows, to-wit: Commencing on road No. 2 at a point 7.42 chains north of the south east corner of the northeast quarter of section 11, township 32, north (Concluded next week.) □IHi.l II:'in.. ..I -j'1 .i'-.iff ... Iii":il|,.;!i|'.i!|r1l!' f ■ - §g ■ USE THE POSTOFFICE [j The postoffice has other uses than selling jj stamps or transmitting letters and parcels. You can do your Banking By Mail with the Nebraska State Bank just as safely and con veniently as you can in person. Your money is “idle” if kept at home. Mail m H it to us and it works all the time. I Ntbcaslta itatt Bank I Buiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii —. . I Royal Theater Tuesday, August 20 The Mightiest Picture of World Conflict That the Brain of Man Has yet Conceived and Realized THE FALL —NATH IN Thomas Dixon’sThrilling FilmSpect acle of America’s future, with a central love theme of En grossing power. 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