The Frontier.
VOLUME XXXIX.
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O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1918.
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LOCAL MATTERS.
Mrs. Morgan, of Mineola, was visit
ing friends in the city last Wednesday.
A. R. Wertz was in from Star last
^ Wednesday.
Sheriff Bradstreet and Attorney D.
Harrington, of Butte, were transact
ing business in this city last Wednes
day.
Miss Sue Lorge came up from Ran
dolph last Saturday evening and is
spending the week in the city visiting
relatives and old friends.
Attorney M. H. Leamey, of Pierce,
was in the city last Monday looking
after matters in the district court.
A. E. Craig, until recently president
of the Morningside College, at Sioux
City, Iowa,.will preach at the M. E.
church in this city next Sunday.
Coffee
Last month we sold more coffee
than any thirty days of our business
career. We are going to try the same
price one mouth longer. The only way
we can afford to do it is by selling the
quantity. The more we sell, the
cheaper you get it.
20c Pound Gihger Snaps, 0Da
2 pounds for . tUb
80c—2 Pound Can of Best CRn
Coffee . Wli
“85c Large Bottle Pure AQn
Lemon Extract . ‘Tub
85c Large Bottle Pure /IQn
Vanilla Extract . H’Jb
2—15c Bars Toilet 9Hn
Soap . tUb
$1.50 Bottle of Grape $1.00
40c Pound of Golden Sun 9Qn
Coffee . t3b
.1—15c Boxes of Best Jar 9Rf»
Rubbers . tJb
(15c Bottle Strawberry /|En
00c Jar Beech Nut Brand Red /inn
Currant Jelly . “Wu
25c Large Can Tuna Flakes 1 7 n
Fish . I * b
$2.00 Pail of 4-X Salt Ol QQ
Fish . N> 1 iwU
30c Can Van Camps Red 9(1**
Kidney Beans . 4Ub
15c Boxes of Ivory 1 On
Starch . I Ub
10 Pounds Corn EQn
Meal . JOb
10c Jelly flRp
Glasses . UUb
UP WHERE THE PRICES
ARE DOWN.
$3.00 Men’s Dress $1.50
$4.00 Men’s Dress QO 9R
Hats . «p4i4U
$2.89 Men’s OQ
Overalls . IH> I '03
$2.00 Men’s Union QQn
Suits . UUb
$2.00 Men’s Dress QQn
Shirts . UUb
10c Shoe REn
Laces . UUb
Why don’t you get that Royal
tailored look? We offer Royal made
to-measure suits and overcoats at
$18, $20, $25 and $30.
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“MELVIN”
SELLS FOR LESS
Rhody Ryan, who is stationed at
Fort Riley, arrived in the city last
week, being called here by the serious
illness of his mother, Mrs. James
Ryan.
Miss Katherine Grady returned last
Monday evening from a trip to
Chicago, where she had been to pur
chase her fall and winter stock of mil
linery.
Miss Helen Harrington returned
returned home last Monday evening
from a two months visit with relatives
and friends in Lincoln, Omaha and
other points in the state.
T. P. Mullen, of Elgin, arrived in
the city last Saturday evening and
spent Sunday in the city visiting rel
atives and old time friends. Tom is
now in the life insurance business and
is meeting with marked success.
John Ryan came down from Gil
lette, Wyoming, last Saturday, being
called here on account of the serious
illness of his mother. John says that
crops are exceptionally fine in Wyom
ing and that everything is booming.
The Scottville Red Cross will give
a patriotic program and box social at
the Scottville church Saturday even
ing, August 31st. Will also raffle off
two quilts they have sold numbers on.
Everybody invited. All ladies bring
boxes.
E. F. Gallagher received a letter
from his son, Lieutenant E. M. Gal
lagher, the latter part of last week,
announcing his safe arrival in France.
He landed on July 21, after an un
eventful voyage. Lt. Gallagher is
with a baloon company.
Dr. M. E. Pettibone, of this city,
expects to leave in a short time to
enter the Y. M. C. A. service in
France, as his application has been ac
cepted and officers of the organization
have asked for pass ports for him. He
is looking for a call within the next
month.
Prof. F. E. Marrin arrived in the
city last Monday night and is getting
things in shape for the opening of
school a week from next Monday.
Prof. Marrin spent the most of his
vacation in Minnesota and says that
he thoroughly enjoyed the three
months vacation from school duties.
Hugh Campbell, who has been in
the service for over a year and who is
now stationed at Charleston, S. C., ar
rived in the city last Sunday evening
for a few days visit with home folks.
Hugh is looking fine, having gained a
few inches in height since last here
and it is apparent that life in the
navy agrees with him.
Congressman M. P. Kinkaid arrived
in O’Neill last Thursday night and
spent a couple of days visiting his con
stituents in his home city. He left
Washington about a month ago and
had been making a tour of the dis
trict looking after his political fences,
which he says he found in splendid
condition. He left for Washington
last Sunday morning.
Parnell Golden is now the champion
golf player of the Elkhorn valley,
having won the championship at the
golf tournament at Norfolk la3t week.
The News speaks very highly of his
class as a player and said that some
of the drives he made were of the
sensational order. Some of the other
city golf bugs say that they will not
allow Parnell to keep the champion
ship very long, as they are determined
to try and get it away from him, while
Parnell expresses the desire to take on
all comers.
D. H. Cronin, chairman of the
Federal Fuel Committee for this
county, has received a check from
William Krotter Company, of Stuart,
for $5.29, which was a rebate received
by that company on a shipment of
coal from an Omaha wholesale coal
company and which the company
failed to pass on to the consumers.
The rebate was traced by the Federal
Fuel Administration. The draft wasj
paid over to the local secretary of the
Holt County Chapter of the Red Cross ;
to be turned into the war fund of the
Red Cross.
The Keith Red Cross.
The Keith Red Cross and AuxilarieS
will meet for a business meeting at
the home of Mrs. George Robertson
on Friday afternoon, August 80.
Everybody welcome.
Helen Robertson, Secy.
Hay Dealers Must Be Licensed. J
All hay dealers, are again notified
that they must have a government
license before they may legally
operate. Failure to at once procure
such license is punishable by a heavy
fine and other penalties. Application
should be made to the License. Djvis-^
ion, Law Department, Food Adminis
tration, Washington, £>. C.
J. M. HUNTER,
Federal Food Administrator.
Card of Thanks.
We desire to express our thanks to
the kind neighbors and friends for the
assistance, kindness and sympathy to
us during our sad bereavement of our
beloved father and brother.
Mrs. F. A. Putnam,
George Sanders,
Charles Sanders,
Rollin Sanders,
Alfred Sanders,
Mrs. W. E. McRobert.
Peterson Pleads Guilty To Hoarding.
Charley W. Peterson, owner of a
portion of the old Lee & Prentice
ranch, south of Atkinson, pleaded
guilty Wednesday to having ~in his
possession without reporting it, more
than the legal amount of wheat flour,
and to not having used the proper sub
stitutes with it. He signed a pledge
to faithfully observe all rules and
regulations of the food administration
in the future and voluntarily contri
buted $25 to the Red Cross through
Food Administrator J. M. Hunter.
Notice to Property Owners.
You will be required without fur
ther notice to mow all the weeds ad
jacent to your property in the city of
O’Neill. This is necesary to main
tain the streets of the city in a clean
and sightly condition. This notice
likewise provides for the cleaning of
all alleys and the mowing of weeds ad
jacent thereto.
In case of failure to do this work
acording to this notice within ten days
the duty will devolve on the city and
the expense on the property owner.
C. M. DALY,
Commissioner on Streets and Alleys.
Sugar Regulation Violater Pleads
Guilty.
Mrs. J. L. Fisher, of Ewing, Tues
day pleaded guilty, before Deputy
Food Administrator Benson, to pur
chasing three twenty-five pound lots
of canning sugar without having first
asked authority to do the same and
voluntarily paid to Federal Food Ad
ministrator J. M. Hunter the sum of
S25, to be paid by him into the war
fund of the Red Cross. Mrs. Fisher
also signed a pledge to in the future
observe all rules and regulations of
the food administration.
J. M. HUNTER,
Federal Food Administrator,
For Holt County.
Call No. 1139.
The following men comprise the
contingent from Holt county, who will
report for duty and entrainment on
August 28th. Entrainment will he to
Camp Funston, Kansas:
Otto August Wahletz, Page.
Henry Leo Wagner, Ewing.
Elmer Elliott Wolfe, O’Neill.
Earl Harrv Miller, Atkinson.
John Z. Widman, Swan.
Charlie Schollmever, Dorsey.
Fred Neibauer. Stuart.
Frank Ernest Backhaus, Inez.
George Hotaling, Atkinson.
Ivan Charles Grubbs, Page.
George E. Jonas, Stuart.
Paul Adam Roth, Atkinson.
Notice to Citizens.
Notice to citizens living adjacent
to street lights in the city of O’Neill:
You are hereby notified that if the
respective street lights in the city of
O’Neill and adjacent to their respect
ive places or residences are not turn
ed off in the morning so as to prevent
the unnecessary burning of electricity
during the day, and that any lights
which are not turned off regular, and
which are permitted to burn during
the day, and also which are not turned
on regular at night, will be removed.
These street lights are placed there
by the city with the guarantee and
promise of property owners, that they
.would look after the turning on and
'turning off same.
P. D. MULLEN,
^Qnpunisioner on Water and Lights,
Draft Slacker Arrested.
Ed. Sullivan, a draft evader from
Gordon, Kansas, was arrested as he
stepped from the evening train at
Stuart last night. Sullivan’s capture
was by the Stuart Home Guards, who
were on the lookout for a draft evader
who escaped from Atkinson Wednes
day afternoon. Sullivan was in pos
session of a draft card, but did not
know his classification. Inquiry was
made to Gordon, from where his card
showed he was registered, and a tele
gram received back stated that Sulli
van had left there without filling out
a questionaire. A later order was
that he be turned over to the nearest
military post. He was taken to
Omaha this afternoon. The Stuart
Home Guard will receive the reward
for his arrest.
Posse After Draft Evader.
Atkinson Home Guards and posses
of citizens in automobiles are search
ing the country around Atkinson to
apprehend a draft evader who walked
away from the village marshal Wed
nesday afternoon. The fugitive had
been working on a farm near Atkinson
for several weeks. Recently the
Home Guard became suspicious that
he.was not a registrant. Wednesday
the village marshal accosted the man,
who gave the name of Williams, at
the depot, and asked for his registra
tion card. He produced one made out
in the name of Nyles and from Iowa.
The marshal instead of taking Nyles,
or Williams, into custody went up
town to consult with others and while
he was absent the man walked away.
He was seen going toward Stuart and
posses were formed to chase him. At
last reports, bate Wednesday night, he
had not been apprehended.
The Falling Birth Rate of Germany.
The Medical Herald, K. C. August
1918.: In spite of many protests to the
contrary, by German authorities, our
government’s information bureau has
had many evidences of Germany’s des
perate efforts to increase the birth
rate, whether legitimate or illegiti
mate. Here is a copy of a letter
found on a German prisoner captured
by the Americans (translation):
“Since, as a result of the war, the
greatest part of the manhood of the
country capable of bearing arms has
been called to the colors, it is the duty
of the masculine population, in the in
terests of the fatherland, to take to
themselves in loving manner the
young women who have been left be
hind with the object of doubling or
trebling the birth rate.
“We beliebe that in you we have
found the right man, and that you, in
this difficult time, will fulfill this
honorable and responsible duty in a
conscientious manner.
“The duty with which you have been
intrusted is of a public nature, and by
refusal you will incur severe penalties
under the statutes of war.
“You will be informed upon visiting
this office as to the district alloted to
you and the addresses of the women
to he visited by you.
“You may use this communication
as a voucher.”
The Primary Election.
At the primary election last Tues
day a very light vote was cast
throughout the county and state. The
vote in this city was fairly heavy, but
fell off in the country districts and Hie
total vote will probably not be
more than thirty-five per cent of the
total vote of the county.
Returns from the state have been
very meagre, but from those received
it is apparent that Morehead has re
ceived the democratic nomination for
United States Senator. He was run
ning away ahead of the field and from
the first reports received would have
a majority over all the candidates.
Governo/ Neville has won the demo
cratic nomination for governor, de
feating Charles Bryan by nearly two
to one.
On the republican ticket the chances
favor Norris for the republican nom
ination for Senator, with Sloan sec
ond and Hammond third. Norris de
veloped wonderful strength in the
country precincts of the state and
looks like an easy winner in the three
cornered fight.
S. R. McKelvie received the republi
can nomination for governor quite
easily having defeated his opponent
by two to one.
Returns have been coming in very
slowly and many of the election
boards having sealed the abstract of
votes in the sack with the ballots and
they can not be seen until the can
vassing hoard takes charge of the re
turns. With ten precincts missing
the democratic vote on United States
Senator shows Morehead and Metcalfe
running neck and neck in the county,
with the chances favorable to More
head for carrying the county. Gov
ernor Neville will have about 300 ma
jority over Charles Brynn for gov
ernor.
On the republican ticket Hammond
and Norris are running neck and neck
with the chances favorable to Norris
for carrying the county, with Cong
ressman Sloan third. The vote with
ten precincts missing is: Hammond
157; Norris 156; Sloan 90. For gov
ernor McKelvie will have about 200
majority over Johnson.
With ten precincts missing the vote
on members of the supreme bench is
as follows: Aldrich 436; Corcoran
436; Martin 398; Rose 397; Letton
333; Perry 303.
For representative from the Fifty
third district C. M. Daly won over H.
W. Tomlinson for the democratic
nomination by about 200 majority.
One of the greatest surprises of the
election was the decisive defeat of
County Attorney Hugh J. Boyle for
the democratic nomination for county
attorney by T. F. Nolan. The latter
will have about 130 majority in the
county, defeating Boyle in this city by
73 votes.
P. C. Kelley was nominated for
county clerk, defeating T. D. Hanley
by about 126 votes.
The only contest on the republican
county ticket was for the office of
sheriff in which R. N. Brittell of this
city and LeRoy Richards of Atkinson
were the contestants. Brittell won
the nomination, having about 200 ma
jority over Richards.
In the race for county superintend
ent a very pretty contest is on for the
second place on the ballot, the contest
for this position being between Miss
Mary Horiskey and Miss Meta Martin.
The vote on county superintendent,
with six precincts missing is: Miss
Anna Donohoe 773; Miss Mary Hor
iskey 281; Miss Meta Mar‘in 263.
Another surprise was the defeat of
M. P. Sullivan, chairman of the county
board for renomination by John Sulli
van by about 60 votes, John Sullivan
carrying every ward in O’Neill as well
as Grattan township.
In the first district the race between
Benson and Bausch, present member
of the board, is very close, with the
indications favorable to the nomina
tion of Bausch.
In the fifth district II. U. Hubbard,
present member of the board, won the
republican nomination over C. D.
Keyes.
■ W. T. Hayes, republican member
from the Seventh district, had no op
position for the nomination.
Voluntary Registrators Wanted.
“I preparation for the contemplated
‘extension of draft ages, Governor
Keith Neville has issued a bulletin to
all local boards requesting them to
secure the services of voluntary reg
istrators in every voting precinct in
the State of. Nebraska has achieved
| a very enviable record in the ad
ministration of the selective service
law. Nebraskans have given freely of
their time in the transaction of this
work. In the 1917 registration, volun
teer registrars were secured for the
vast majority of counties. In Omaha,
400 registrars volunteered their ser
vices. The registration in that city
of 20,000 men cost the federal govern
ment only $9.48. The record atttained
in some of the rural districts of Ne
braska has been equally as good and
in some cases, better. The 1918 regis- *
tration was handled with no pxpense
to the federal government.
It is Governor Neville’s desire that
the titantic task of conducting the
proposed new registration be accom
plished with as little expense to the
government as possible. He is, con
sequently, calling upon patriotic Ne
braskans to communicate with the
Local Board having jurisdiction over
their territory, offering their sevices
on registration day.”
From Leland Wertz.
In France, July 16, 1918.
Dearest Mother: I am in the love
liest town imaginable in France, and
its about the nearest perfect end of a
day I’ve ever seen. The fact is, I’m
happy tonight, happier than usual. I
only wish I could tell you what I am
doing.
Along with other things, I am
studying French. It cost two Francs
an hour for an instructor, but it will
surely help me a great deal. I get so
I wave my hands a lot when talking
“Parly'' Vous.” The French are a
wonderful people. Not a bit more im
moral than Americans as I can see.
And patriotic, say they are simply
superb. Let me tell you of an incident
that happened the 4th of July in a
little town close by, that affected me
more than any thing I ever saw. We
had a little celebration and the band
was there. The colonel made a very
fine talk to the soldiers and to the
towns people who were all there; an
interpreter repeating it to the vil
lagers. The women brought big
boquets of red, white and blue flowers
and presented them to the officers.
Well the colonel had just finished his
speech and the band began to play the
Star Spangled Banner; the soldiers
saluted and the townspeople cheered
and waved American flags. Just then
the bank struck up the Marseillase
and some soldier unfurled a big
American flag, from somewhere in the
crowd, a woman cried out, “Vive la
Amerique, Vive la France.”, Another
woman grasped the corner of the flag
and kissed it. Women cried every
where and men openly wiped their
eyes. The American soldiers stood
silent, eyes dimmed with tears for
their brothers in arms and the great
cause of Liberty. I never shall for
get it.
I am well and happy and will write
you soon describing some of the
scenes and historic places about here.
Love to all,
Leland.
Seed Wheat and Rye.
We have had several calls for seed
wheat and rye, mostly the large white
rye. If you have some good clean
seed let us know the amount and
price you want. We would be glad to
help any farmers wishing to buy same.
We will also aid any farmers wish
ing to ship their grain direct to the
Omaha market.
F. H. LANCASTER,
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