LOCAL MATTERS.
N. G. Miller, of Pag was an O’Neill
visitor Tuesday.
G. A. Anderson was a Norfolk visi
tor Wednesday.
Mrs. Smith Merre" has gone to
Norfolk to visit friends.
Ray Morseman has sold the Inman
dray line to C. P. Conner.
Henry Grady is about again after
a ten days’ seige of rheumatism.
W. J. Hammond made a business
trip to Wayne Thursday morning.
Mrs. Sheridan Simmons visited
friends at Inman the last of the week.
Emmet Wertz and H. H. Kightlinger
were O’Neill visitors the last of the
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Tompkins, of
Primrose, Neb., are visiting relatives
at Inman.
The county board of supervisors, in
session last week, adjourned to meet
again December 2.
Sam Coover, of Omaha, arrived the
first of the week to visit his father,
residing near Page.
Word received by relatives from
Paul Bittner states that he has ar
rived safely overseas.
Four members of the family of Fred
Peterson, near Middlebranch, are con
fined with the influenza.
Several loaves of cattle from corn
stalk disease are reported from vari
ous sections of 'the county. -
Mrs. William Harte has gone to In
man to nurse hen two sons, Harry and
James, who are ill of influenza.
• Mr. and Mrs. “Vi” Hunter enter
tained at a “lucky man’s” dinner, for
for Mr. Leo Mullen Wednesday even
ing.
M. F. Harrington departed for
Chadron and other western points
Sunday evening on a short business
trip.
Sheriff Duffy made a trip to Phoe
nix and Dustin Tuesday, serving sub
poenas for the coming term of dis
trict court.
J. B. Mellor, local agent for the
Ford cars, has been advised that the
company have commenced the manu
facture of cars.
Sheriff Duffy and County Attorney
Boyle went to Omaha Wednesday on
investigation of the shooting Sunday
night of Guy Cole.
The casualty list of last Friday
contained the name of Sergeant Ber
nard L. Young, of O’Neill, as having
been severely wounded.
George M. Henry went up to Merri
man, Neb., Sunday night where he
has accepted a position as electrical
worker for a company at that place.
Ralph Phillips of the Dorsey neigh
borhood is confined to the family resi
dence for a time as the result of in
juries received when his horse fell
upon him.
The Union Pacific railroad has re
ceived orders to set 500 passenger cars
on the side tracks at Camp Funston
for movement of soldiers soon to be
discharged.
The Baltz Fulbert ranch of 3,000
acres, fourteen miles northwest of
Stuart, has been traded by H. G.
Asher to Culver & Marien of Shenan
doah, Iowa.
J. M. Hunter went to Omaha Wed
nesday to attend a meeting of the
county food administrators of the
state called by State Administrator
G. W. Wattles.
Mrs, Everett Brown, who has been
in O’Neill on attendance of her
daughter, Doris, ill of the influenza,
P returned to her home at Stanton
p’ Tuesday afternoon.
W. H. Hopkins of the Omaha Hay
company, accompanied by several
friends, came up for a duck hunt the
last of the week and left for Omaha
in Mr. Hopkins’ car Sunday morning.
Paul L. Henry returned Thursday
morning to Sioux City, Iowa, where he
will again resume his work as brake
man for the Burlington, after spend
ing a few days visiting home folks.
Earl Putman, who has been Making
his home for some time with his
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Art No
ble, of Chambers, has gone to Wash
ington to reside with his father.
S. J. B. Johnson, former superin
tendent and chief engineer of the
McGinnis Creamery company, has re
moved with his family to Minnesota,
where he has employment with a
large electrical concern.
Dr. E. R. Hays of the U. S. public
health service, who has had charge of
the influenza quaranttine for Holt
county, has been ordered to Scotts
Bluff county to take charge of the
quarantine regulations there.
Leo Mullen has leceived word from
his brother, Wally, who is in the
aviation corps, stationed in Virginia,
that the organization to which he is
attached will be discharged from
active service December 1, but will be
retained as a reserve organization.
C. A. Brown and Sam Templin, two
of the prosperous young farmers re
siding northwest of town, were callers
today and extended their subscription
another year. They took advantage
of the present rate, as the price will
be advanced to $2.00 per year on
January 1st.
Mrs. Mary Warner, aged 69 years,
died at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Frank Howard in this city this after
noon at 1 o’clock, after an illness of a
few days. She was one of the pioneer
residents of the county, and had lived
in this city for about a quarter of a
century.
Fred Swingley, of Atkinson, was an
O’Neill visitor the first of the week.
Mrs. C. E. Downey left the first of
the week for Blair, for a short visit
with her daughter, Mrs. Kenneth
Pound, after which she attended the
state assembly of the Rebecca lodge,
at Lincoln.
Soldiers assigned to special duty
and doing clerical work on the draft
soon are to be mustered out of the
service. Private Harry Patterson,
who has been assigned to the county
clerk’s office for several months, has
received notice from Captain Ander
son, provost marshal of Nebraska, to
make application for discharge.
Clare Marie Shaw, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Grover Shaw, died at their
home in this city Wednesday evening
at 10 o’clock, of pneumonia, following
an attack of influenza. She was seven
years, five months and seventeen days
old at the time of her death. The
funeral will be held tomorrow morn
ing, interment in the Catholic ceme
tery.
James Lingenfelder died at his home
four miles south of Inman last Mon
day after an illness of ten days of
pneumonia, following an attack of in
buenza. He leaves a wife and six
little children to mourn his death.
Mr. Lingenfelder was a resident of
this county only three weeks, moving
here from Norfolk the latter part of
October.
The little son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Ratliff was wounded accidently
Monday afternoon while playing with
a revolver belonging to Mr. Ratliff
and which he had discovered about
the house. The bullets in the cart
ridges had been removed and wadding
put in thefr places. While young
Ratliff was toying with the gun it
was discharged, burning him severely
on the cheek.
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air. ana Mrs. James uaviason are
rejoicing over the arrival of a
daughter at the Davidson residence
whose anniversary will be celebrated
internationally for many years. The
young lady is the eleventh child and
arrived on Novemebr if, the eleventh
day of the eleventh month, of the
year, incidentally the date on which
the armistice was signed and the
great war practically ceased.
Last week T. T. Waid sold his farm,
two and a half miles east of town,
known as the old Wilson Hoxsie place,
for $9,000, and will leave in a few
weeks for California where he will
spend the winter basking in the
smiles of—California’s fine winter
weather. Last spring Mr. Waid pur
chased this place, paying $8,000 for it,
so that he made a clean $1,000 on the
land besides raising a good crop that
will net him over $1,000. T. T. says
he expects to return in the spring and
purchase another farm, as there is
more money to be made in Holt county
real estate than in anything else he
knows of.
The Parrot in attempting to make
light of the seriousness of the pre
vailing epidemic of influenza in Holt
county is in mighty poor business.
Particularly as in its issue containing
the anti-flu tirade it also publishes ex
tensively the resolutions of the
county board of health quarantining
the county for influenza, and several
other paragraphs announcing deaths
from the plague. If some misguided
reader of the Parrot were to believe
the Parrot’s statement as against the
warning of the county health board
and the physicians of the county and
because of such belief needlessly ex
pose himself, contract the “flu” and
die, the Parrot would be as morally
guilty of murder as though it had used
an ax. Surgeon Hays of the United
States Public Health Service, sent
here by the government, after an in
vestigation publicly expressed him
self, through the press and otherwise,
as to the seriousness of the situation.
Such an attack by innuendo upon a
governmental official is unwarranted
and in decidedly bad taste.
Atkinson and Inman have gone' over
the top in the United War Work cam
pain. Each has exceeded the amount
apportioned it in the drive by more
than $150. Reports are not so favor
able from other parts of the county,
subscriptions coming in slow. This is
attributed in a large extent to the in
fluenza epidemic, but some are slow in
giving because an armistice has been
declared and they have the impression
that the fund now will not be needed
This is a mistaken idea which r.ra_t
at once be corrected. Thee era more
than two million American soldiers in
Europe at present and it will be at
least a year before many of them are
home. Some will have to remain per
haps for several years to assist in
policing the defeated countries, organ
izing new' governments and to do re
construction work. The committee
urges that it is most un-American to
abandon them at this time. Now that
peace has come the men will need in
their new duties just as much care
and attention as formerly and more
welfare work must be done to main
tain the morale.
Guy Cole Wounded Accidentally.
Guy Cole, of Emmet, was seri
ously, but not fatally, wounded by the
accidental discharge of a revolver
which he was examining, at the resi
dence of M. F. Kerwin Sunday night.
The bullet from the revolver wounded
two of Mr. Cole’s fingers, on the right
hand, struck his jaw at the point of
the chin and ranging up the right jaw
bone badly fracturing that memebr,
lodged in the neck at the base of the
jaw. Dr. Finley was called to dress
the wound and Mr. Cole, accompanied
by Mr. Kerwin, went to Omaha Mon
day morning, where he was operated
upon at St. Joseph hospital and the
bullet removed. At last reports he
was resting easy and will recover.
Mr. Cole, who had driven a small
bunch of cattle to O’Neill Sunday
afternoon, preliminary to shipping,
was assisted by Mr. Kerwin in
caring for the cattle Sunday
evening and afterward they went
to Mr. Kerwin’s residence, where
while Mr. Kerwin was reading a let
ter from his son, in the service, Mr.
Cole examined a revolver, the ejector
of which refused to work. In break
ing the gun, it was discharged, Mr.
Cole being wounded as described.
Mrs. Conrad, of Emmet, sister of Mr.
Cole, was called to Omaha Monday to
attend him, but on arrival there was
taken with the influenza and now is a
patient in the same hospital.
CHAMBERS SOLDIER
AWARDED WAR CROSS
Bugler Porter Alone Charged A Ma
chine Gun and Is Cited For
Bravery
Washington, Nov. 19.—The distin
guished service cross has been award
ed to Bugler Chauncey W. Porter,
Company B, 355th Infantry, for ex
traordinary heroism jn action north of
Fliery, France, Sept. 12, 1918. Bugler
Porter charged a machine gun alone,
with an automatic pistol, killed one
man, captured another and drove the
remainder of the enemy platoon back
along their trench, thereby enabling
his platoon to advance. Home address:
Edwin F. Porter, father, Chambers,
Neb.
Mr. Porter is a son of Edwin T.
Porter, county clerk elect, and is a
native of this county. Very few Ne
braska boys have won this cross and
Chauncey Porter has placed his name
and that of Holt county high on the
honor holl of the heroes of the great
world war. To him and to his parents
The Frontier tenders hearty congratu
lations.
Influenza Being Checked.
Under the rigid quarantine being
maintained by the county board of
health under the direction of Dr. E.
R, Hays, of the U. S. public health
service, the spread of influenza in Holt
county is being checked. But 205 new
cases have been reported, up to Thurs
day since the quarantine was ordered,
and most of these cases were in
families in which the influenza al
ready was present.
There were 434 cases of influenza
of which the board of health had
record on November 14. On Wednes
day, November 20, the total number
was 639, a majority in the county.
Only ten new cases have been re
ported in O’Neill within the last five
days. The largest report of new
cases for a single day since the quar
antine went into effect was 45 from
the entire county. On Wednesday 30
new cases were reported. Of these,
twenty were from the Chambers dis
trict, from which several cases of
small pox also were reported late last
week. Four deaths, directly at
tributed to the influenza, have occured
in the county the present week, includ
ing Thursday.
“Most of the new cases reported
within the last three days are in
families already under quarantine
says Dr. Hays.
This is a positive indication that
the disease is being placed under ef
fective control and the Doctor urges
that the people do not relax in the
observance of quarantine rules, and
continue to avoid exposing themselvs
needlessly to the influenza. The quar
antine of the sick is to continue.
With a voluntary observance of the
rules and avoidance of needless ex
posure general business soon may be
resumed and public gatherings again
permitted.
Christmas Parcels.
The date for forwarding Christmas
parcels to men in the Expeditionary
Forces has been extended to November
30th.
The War Departmnt has authorized
the American Red Cross to print
sufficient Christmas labels, exactly
similar to those received from abroad,
to be furnished by Chapters to indi
viduals who have not received a label
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j $2.00 Per Year January 1 |
The editor has long deferred a raise in the subscription price
of The Frontier, but the time has come when the raise must
be made in order to make both ends meet. For the past year
the price of everything that enters into the production of a
| t newspaper has advanced, the postage rate more than doubling
last July. In order to meet this increased cost it becomes
necessary to increase the subscription price to $2.00 per year
and it will become effective January 1, 1919. Most of the
weekly newspapers of the state have advanced their sub
scription price within the past year, to meet the increased
cost of production. We had hoped t^at it would be un
necessary to increase the subscription price, but we find that
it is impossible to produce a paper at the old rate of $1.60 per
year and make both ends meet, hence the raise.
.We will accept renewals and back subscriptions at the old
rate of $1.60 per year until January 1, when the price goes to
$2.00. Subscribers who desire may pay five years in ad
vance at the .present rates, but will not accept subscription
for a longer period at that price. Our readers are asked to
take due notice of this matter and get in with their sub
scription before January 1 and save fifty cents a year. It
will be to your advantage apd we will be satisfied. *
Respectfully yours,
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DO LIKE THIS MAN
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A certain man who lived around here al
ways divides his crop receipts up into different
amounts.
| Part of his money goes into his checking
account in the Nebraska State Bank. Other
| portions are placed in our Certificates of De
§ posit which are made out for different
| amounts running for different periods of
time. m
Thus he plans for his every day needs and
the money laid aside draws 5 per cent interest, g§
but is planned to be available just when he
needs it.
Let us work out a banking plan for you.
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or have lost or destroyed it.
Applicants for such a label will
have to sign a printed form, which
may be obtained from the Red Cross
Headquarters.
This plan is effective November
21st.
MARGUERITE DOYLE.
LONG LOST UMBRELLA
FINDS WAY BACK HOME
World Herald: Blair, Neb., Nov.
19.—Six years ago while Kenneth
Pound of this city was attending
chool in Chicago, he left a fine silkj
imbrella in a restaurant and it dis-J
appeared. The name O. K. Pound,!
Blair, Neb., was engraved upon the
handle. The umbrella had been pur
chased by the late O. A. Pound,
father of Kenneth, in 1900.
Two weeks ago Mrs. O. A. Pound
received a letter from the Perry Scott
Co., Chicago, advising her that they|
held a package belonging to her and
promising to send it upon receipt of
necessary postage. She sent the ^
postage and last week she received
the lost umbrella.
WANTED TO BUY J
FARMER
RANCHES SMALL AND LARGE
Near and around Holt, Knox, Antelope, Garfield 1
and Wheeler counties. Have several buyers for
property such as above wanted.
Give rock bottom cash price and state if you could
use eastern Nebraska land. Give full description,
location, soil, water, etc., and do not describe your
stuff better than it really is. ]
State if land is clear of debts or not, amount, etc.
Give P. O. address, phone number and railroad *
center.
GIVE TERMS YOU WILL DEAL ON.
-WRITE
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M. F. O’SULLIVAN
FREMONT, NEBRASKA
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Why Compare Beef and
Coal Profits ?
Swift & Company has frequently stated
that its profit on beef averages only one
fourth of a cent a pound, and hence has
practically no effect on the price.
Comparison has been made by the Federal
Trade Commission of this profit with the
profit on coal, and it has pointed out that
anthracite coal operators are cqntent with
a profit of 25 cents a ton, whereas the beef
profit of one-fourth of a cent a pound means
a profit of $5.00 a ton.
The comparison does not point out that
anthracite coal at the seaboard is worth at
wholesale about $7.00 a ton, whereas a ton
of beef of fair quality is worth about
$400.00 wholesale.
To carry the comparison further, the 25
cent profit on coal is 3% per cent of the
$7.00 value.
The $5.00 profit on beef is only 1 Vi per
cent of the $400.00 value.
The profit has little effect'on price in either case,
but has less effect on the price of beef than on the
price of coaL
Coal may be stored in the open air indefinitely;
beef must be kept in expensive coolers be cause it is
highly perishable and must be refrigerated.
Coal is handled by the carload or ton; beef is deliv
ered to retailers by the pound or hundred weight.
Methods of handling are vastly different. Coal is
handled in open cars; beef must be shipped in
refrigerator cars at an even temperature.
Fairness to the public, fairness to Swift &
Company, fairness to the packing industry, demands
that these indisputable facts be considered. It is
impossible to disprove Swift & Company’s state
ment, that its profits on beef are so small as to have
practically no effect on prices.
Swift & Company, U. S. A.
