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VOLUME XXXIX. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1919. NO. 42.
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LOCAL MATTERS.
S. S. Sprague, of Inman, will re
move to Omaha.
• Frank Hunter, of Star, was an
O’Neill visitor Monday.
Chambers Chautauqua dates for
this year are June 8-12.
Hugh Birmingham returned Sun
day night from California.
Mayor Harry Fox, of Meek, was an
O’Neill visitor the first of the week.
P. D. * Mullen returned Saturday
from a brief business visit to Omaha.
The Plainview News has purchased
and absorbed the Plainview Republi
con.
Ezra Moore and daughter, of Staf
ford, were O’Neill visitors the first of
< the week.
/Another outbreak of flu is reported
from Inman, a number of families be
ing afflicted.
Allen Richardson has purchased the
Sherrill farm jjear Inman and has
taken possession.
Flora' Bright has been appointed
postmistress at Venus to succeed John
f H. Smyth, resigned.
John Wenner, Sheridan township
ranchman and stockman, was an
O’Neill visitor Monday.
A gun club has been organized at
Butte and several clay bird tourna
ments are being planned.
William Hewett and family, of
Dustin, have retired from farming
and removed to Atkinson.
Mrs. R. R. Dickson and Mrs. J. A.
Donohoe went to Omaha Wednesday
morning to attend grand oerpa.
Seed potatoes through an error were
quoted at $2.25 a bushel in the farm
notes last week. The price is $1.25.
G. V. Mott, of the Scottville neigh
borhood, will retire from farming and
held a cleanup sale at his farm Thurs
day.
Cliff Marquis, the enterprising
Chambers merchant, again is abte to
be about after a severe tussle with
the flu.
Jerome O’Connell departed Tuesday
morning for a several weeks visit with
Chicago and other Illinois friends and
relatives. x
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Flannigan,
of Stuart, are rejoicing over the ar
rival of a baby daughter Wednesday,
March 19.
Harry Cless left over the Burling
ton Tuesday morning for Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania, where he will stay for
some time.
Mrs. Dora A. Bakhaus, of Atkinson,
has been granted a pension of $25 per
month, according to announcement
from Washington.
Hugh O'Connor and family, of Em
met, h^ve removed to Atkinson, where
Mr. O’Connor will engage in the in
surance business.
Miss Beatrice Cronin, Geraldine and
Irving, left Saturday morning for a
short visit with Senator and Mrs.
Cronin at Lincoln.
The famous Lynch concert ban 1. on.'
of the best bands in the state, has been
reorganized and is getting ready for
the summer work.
Sheridan Simmons, former chief of
police and detectives, now is a mem
ber of the state booze hounds force
stationed in Omaha.
The legislative bill prohibiting the
display of the red flag in Nebraska,
except as a danger signal, has been
signed by the governor.
D. D. Butler and family, of Ewing,
will remove to Merriman, Nebraska,
in the near future, Mr. Butler having
gone there to look up a location.
A hospital, sanitarium and bath
house are among the improvements
contemplated for Lynch this spring,
and construction already has begun.
Shields township will add several
miles to .the graded roads of the town
ship this year and also will round up
a considerable mileage of old grade.
The Rev. Jordan, of the Methodist
church at Inman, has resigned his
pastorate and will remove to Univer
sity Place, one of the suburbs of
Lincoln.
W. H. Moore and son, of Inman,
have gone to Gregory, S. D., near
which place Mr. Moore has purchased
a farm. The family will follow within
a few weeks.
Mrs. Walter Hodgkin and mother
returned Monday evening from Ro
chester, Minn., where the latter had
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been undergoing treatment at the
Mayo hospital. -
Floyd Bergstrom, who has been a
member of the American expedition
ary forces since last summer, has
been discharged from the service and
has returned home.
Section Foreman Frank Coleman, of
the Northwestern at Inman, has been
appointed acting roadmaster of this
division during the absence of the
regular roadmaster.
Martin Cronin, foreman of the
Independent composing rooms, has re
signed his position to engage in paint
ing and paper hanging during the
spring and summer season.
O’Neill now sets the price of hay for
the world. Saturday the O’Neill mar
ket was the highest primary market
in the Country, the local dealers and
shippers paying $33.50 per ton for top
hay.
TheChambers high school students
will give the play, “A College Town,”
at the Chambers band hall Friday
night of this week. Several O’Neill
parties are being organized to at
tend.
Frank Obermeier, son of Joseph
Obermeier, of Catalpa, suffered a
fractured ankle recently by being run
over by a wagon while returning from
school. He is at the Atkinson hos
pital.
The cigaret law as passed by the
legislature, prohibiting the sale of
cigarets to minors and providing a
newspaper plant. A new Dianiom
press and a power plant to operat
the presses are being installed.
The city auditorium at Ainswortl
has been ordered clpsed for a period o
thirty days because the managemen
permitted dances to be held therein ii
violation of flu quarantine rules.
The Chambers Sale company hai
been organized at the thriving Soutl
Fork metropolis, for the purpose o:
holding weekly combination sales o:
stock and other merchandise at tha
point; A stock pavilion and sales ring
are among the improvements contem
platcft by the Chambers boosters.
Automobile stealing at last has beer
recognized as a crime by the State oi
Nebraska. A bill signed by the gov
ernor provides for the offering of the
same reward for an automobile thief
as for a hofse thief. The enforcemenl
of the oldtime popular penalty foi
horse stealing would do much t<
eliminate car stealing.
Sqaday was the sixth anniversary
of the Omaha tornado, in whicr
several hundred people lost theii
lives and millions of dollars worth of
property was destroyed. Nothing now
remains along the path of the big
wind to indicate that such a catastro
phe Sver visited the metropolis, the
entire district having been rebuilt.
Captain E. H. Whelan arrived home
on sick leave Monday night and will
return to Camp Funston the last of
the week, when he will be formally
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$40, Regular Price, $50.
This is your chance to
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license for the sale of cigars, cigarets
and tobacco, has been signed by the
governor.
The funeral of Mrs. Max J. Seger,
of Stuart, who died at the Sege* resi
dence Saturday, March 15, was held
Monday of last week from St. Boni
face church, Stuart. Her husband and
nine children survive her.
Rock Falls township has taken hold
of the road problem within its juris
diction and will partially solve it by
grading eight miles of new roads. This
will give the township a considerable
mileage of graded roadway.
William Reninger, who recently re
moved from Chambers to Norfolk,
came up Sunday evening and Monday
drove his car to Norfolk. Mr. Renin
ger reports that the family are com
fortably settled at Norfolk.
J. B. Worden, of Oak, Nebraska, one
of the - old time residents of Swan
township, is visiting his son, Roy, of
Swan, for the first time in several
years. Mr. Worden was a pleasant
visitor at The Frontier office Monday.
Mrs. Harry S. Helme, of Atkinson,
died Wednesday of last week, at the
family residence of ailments incidental
to injuries she received in a North
western railroad wreck at Merriman
last November. The funeral was Fri
day.
Preparing for the development of
the reconstruction period following
the great war, Editor Templeton, of
the Page Reporteri is enlarging his
mustered out of the service. Captaii
Whelan was injured at the big Rocl
Island arsenal fire, his injuries necessi
tating a surgical operation five week;
ago and which kept him in the hospi
tal a gobd share of the time^ince.
Oregon press dispatches carry th
announcement that Hans Kautzman
editor of the old Search Light in th
early days of O’Neill, has been con
victed of sending obscene matte
through the mails in that state
Kautzman was fined $500 and si
months in jail, the jail sentence to b
suspended providing the fine was pai
within twenty-four hours of imposi
tion of sentence.
The Lynch Herald, successor to th
Lynch Journal, one of the casualties o
the great war, made its initial bow t
the public Thursday, March 13, th
editor, Ernest G. Miller, not bein
superstitious about the number 1!
The Herald is a bright, readable pul
hcation replete with plenty of loc<
news and editorial matter. It place
Lynch once more upon the map an
undoubtedly will do ,'h ch to bo- Ji th
town.
Notice to School District Electors.
All voters of School District Nun
ber 7 residing outside the corporal
limits of the city of O’Neill, will vot
at the polling place of the Secon
Ward, Frank Campbell’s office, at
joining the Western Hotel.
JOHN C. GALLAGHER,
City Clerk.
Royal Theatre]
SATURDAY I
MATINEE AND NIGHT
4 DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS
In Artcraft Late Picture
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CHARLIE CHAPLIN
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“SHOULDER ARMS”
Big Double Program, featuring two of America’s j.
[j Best Stars will be screened at Royal Theatre. 4 >
Saturday Afternoon at 3 o’clock; also Night. |
J People who have seen these programs say that |
we cannot recommend them too highly. They are |
both “A Number One.” jj
Admission Afternoon, 16 and 25 Cents. J|
Admission Night, 20 and 30 Cents.
The above prices include the war tax.
Letter Writing Gets Results.
Neligh Leader: Victor Lawrence,
of Des Moines, Iowa, and Vera E.
Lewis, of Ewing, were married in
Neligh Saturday, March 15, by County
Judge Ingram. This is the culmina
tion of a soldier romance. In answer
to the appeal to write to the dough
boys Miss Lewis wrote a letter. The
receipient, not being long on letter
writing induced a comrade, Victor
Lawrence to answer it for him. Law
rence and Miss Lewis kept up the cor
respondence and on the return of the
soldier from overseas he was sent to
Camp Dodge, near Des Moines. He
came to see Miss Lewis and the
opinion each had formed of the other
being confirmed by personal acquain
tance the two took the train for Neligh
and Judge Ingram made them one.
Lawrence has not yet received his
discharge and was compelled to re
turn to the army camp but expects to
be discharged soon when the two will
take up the ordinary labors of life to
gether.
Frank A. Gaskill.
Frank A. Gaskill, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Gaskill, was born near
''■Bruno, Nebr., Feb. 9, 1894, and de
parted this life March 20, 1919, at
Chambers, Nebraska, at the age of
25 years, 1 month and 11 days. In
1902, the deceased moved with his
parents to a farm near Ulyses, where
they resided until the year of 1915. At
this time he and his brother Joe went
to Chambers, Nebraska, where he was
united in marriage on Oct. 18, 1915, to
Mary Lucinda Fleek. To this union
were born two sons, Eldrey Edward,
age two and onc-half years and Robert
Fleek, age ten months.
Besides his wife and children, he
leaves his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R.'bt.
Gaskill, seven sisters and four broth
ers: Mrs.Wm. Cuia, Seward; Mrs.
Scott Fleek, David City; Wm. Gaskill,
Ulysses; George Gaskill, O’Nc'll; An
drew Gaskill, Chambers; Joe Gaskill,
Belden; Mrs. ^m. Maahs, Bennett;
Mrs. Paul Jones, Raymond; Mrs^ Irv
ing Hickman, Seward; Mrs. Geo. Pres
Belden, and Miss Emma, of Sew
u-d, who were all present at the
"uneral.
Mr. Gaskill was a kind and loving
''usband, s >n and brother and made
many friends wherever he went
will be missed by all who knew him.
Deceased passed away after an ill
ness of six days, starting with in
tiinzp which developed >nu» pneumo
nia. The body was taken to Sew
ard on Saturday and funeral services
were held at St. Vincent’s Catholic
nui eh .vn Monday at 10 a. m., con
ducted by Father B. Sprall. Interment
wife made in North Cemetery. The
four brothers of m
pallbearers. _ ***
To Organize Hereford
Breeders Association
Fine stock raiser^ of Holt and
neighboring counties are to organize
a Hereford Breeders association, with
headquarters probably at O’Neili. The
territory to be included in the pro
posed association will comprise Holt,
Antelope, Boyd and Knox counties and
the purpose will be to arouse interest
in good breeding stock and to make
the territory a selling market Tor
registered stuff. John L. Quig, who is
one of the prime movers in the or
ganization will call a meeting in the
near future to perfect details and com
plete organizing. There are a num
ber of Hereford breeders already’in
the district and included in the num
ber are several in the business on a
large scale. Of these Noah Peterson
of Stuart, is perhaps the most promi
nent. At the recent Hereford sale of
J. C. Osborn and sons, at Battlecreek,
several Holt county buyers were in at
tendance and purchased a number of
the best offerings. The several Holt
county purchases, the purchasers and
the prices paid, are as follows:
Noah Peterson, Stuart—Castor,
$296; Beau Casper 4th, $260; Beau
Casper 7th, $206; Domino 44th, $265;
Domino 54th, $205; Domino 48th,
$265; Domino 43rd, $245; Domino
57th, $225; Ginger, $195; Donovan
10th, $230; Gentry 6th, $175; Jupiter
Jr. 8th, $270; Jupiter Jr. 13th, $230;
Mark, $255; Bonnie Hermosa 1st, $195;
Choice Boy, $186; Thomas, $175;
Daisy Lark, $206; Beauty, $375.
C. B. Huston, Amelia—Beau Cas
per 5th, $800; Doctor, $800; Buffalo
Bill 10th, $800.
James Curtiss, Chambers—Lillie,
$400; Lena E. Wilton, $450; Lady
Wilton, $450.
John L. Quig, O’Neill—Alton Don
ald, $200.
Keith Red Cross, No. 2, will aold a
jitney social and raffle a Red Cross
quilt at the Elmer Rouse school house,
April 4, at 8 o’clock p. m.
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