The Frontier.
VOLUME XL.
O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1920.
NO. 33.
MUST BUY LIGHT PLANT
TO HAVE CREAMERY
Hanford Produce Company Tells Com
mercial Club City Must Purchase
Present Plant As Price of
Creamery.
The City of O’Neill will get a
creamery and ice plant with the Han
ford Produce Company signboard on
it when the city sees fit to purchase
its second-hand electric light and
heating plant now operated by the
company on the grave of the old
creamery burned down a year or more
ago. The Hanford Produce company
says so in a letter to C. M. Daly, sec
retary of the Commercial club, in
which it takes occasion to boost and
compliment itself on the service it now
is giving the city. The letter declares
that the company has invested quite
heavily in O’Neill, but says nothing
about the insurance realized on the
original investment.
O’Neill, however, is going to have a
creamery, ice plant, and a poultty and
egg packing establishment whether or
not the Hanford company cares to re
build. Kansas City capitalists are in
correspondence with the Commercial
club regarding the building of a plant
here, and the officers of a co-operative
butter making concern which also in
tends to locate a plant in Atkinson are
inquiring as to the possibilities of
locating in O’Neill. The Commercial
club will entertain and seeks offers
from any other interests desiring to
look into the local situation and will
offer substantial inducements to any
sound and reputable project. Cor
respondence is invited.
In this connection attention of
would-be invstors is called to the fact
that Holt county is fifth in dairy cat
tle and dairy products of the several
counties of the state. Also that
O’Neill long has needed, and needs
moie than ever now that ice for pri
vate consumption will not be put up
this year, an artificial ice plant. Both
projects would pay from the start and
local business men would not hesitate
to invest in a proposition not a stock
jobbing scheme.
Following is the correspondence ex
changed between Secretary Daly of
the Commercial club, and J. W.
Schunck, general manager of the Han
ford Produce company, which shows
just what the city may expect from
tho company unless it takes over the
old lighting system:
Hanford Produce Co., Sioux City, la.
Gentlemen: The business men of
O’Neill expect to get out a booster
book of O’Neill and Holt County this
fall and I am writing you with a view
of ascertaining your intentions re
garding the erection of a creamery
here in O’Neill.
I also wish to advise that there are
a number of butter makers associa
tions being organized in this part of
the country and there is a corporation
of that kind at Spencer and I under
stand that there is a promoter or
ganizing one now at Atkinson. When
these little independent butter facto
ries are established in different towns
over the country, it, no doubt, would
have some effect on a creamery.
We would much prefer to have a
large creamery established here in
O'Neill than a small butter making
factory which no dobut they will try
to organize here if there is no move
or announcement made that you
people contemplate or intend definitely
to build here.
If you feel so disposed I* would like
to have you write me your intentions
in this matter and furnish me with as
much information as you will at this
time and I will give the facts some
publicity.
Yours truly,
C. M. Daly, Secretary.
C. M. Daly, Sec’y, O’Neill, Commercial
Club, O’Neill, Neb.
Dear Sir: We are in receipt of your
letter. The one thing that has held us
back, principally, from building over
at O Neill is the extreme and abnormal
cost of all kinds of building material
and equipment, also the extreme
shortage of help. We had the matter
under consideration some weeks ago
and on investigation found it would be
practically necessary to import all the
help that would be required to put up
the building we had-in mind from out
side of O’Neill. So far as Sioux City
and Omaha is concerned, it is almost
impossible for the construction com
panies to get enough help to do the
work. Material and equipment is
hard to get, and we have decided to
wait until these conditions become
some what more normal.
We purchased some time ago a large
portion of the vacant ground on the
trackage that lies between the North
Western and Burlington tracks. This
tract is sufficient for all the buildings
that we expect sometime in the future
to put up there.
Then, too, we have already a pretty
heavy investment at O’Neill in the
shape of the local light and heating
plants, which, before we make any
further investment, we are very de
sirous of disposing of. It is out of our
line of business and we really have
not had the time to look after it, al
though we have given the proposition
our very best attention and tried to
give the people of O’Neill the kind of
service they expect of the plant, and
it has been expensive for us, and
takes considerable of our time. It
would seem to us that it would be a
good plan and a good move on the
part of the City of O’Neill to work
out some plan whereby the city would
own that plant. When we are re
lieved of that burden then we can give
the matter of putting up a creamery,
ice plant, ice cream factory, and a de
partment for handling eggs and
poultry there pretty prompt attention.
We think a great deal of O’Neill as
a location for a plant such as we have
in mind and we have not changed the
opinion we have held right along about
that location, but the conditions and
situations are such that it makes us
feel that we should wait until they be
come a little more normal before we
proceed.
Yours truly,
HANFORD PRODUCE CO.,
J. V. Schunck, Gen. Mgr.
PYLE BROTHERS
INDICTED FOR MURDER
Joe and Richard Pyle, the former
O’Neill lads who recently were ar
rested in Sioux City for robbery and
for being implicated in the murder bf
Jacob Christensen in a tax-cab in
Sioux City, have been indicted both
for murder and for robbery. The in
dictment charges the two Pyles alone
with the murder of Christenson. Joe
Pyle, Richard Pyle and James Bruno
are indicetd for the robbery of Mrs.
Margaret Gaillet, 1806 Riverside Ave
nue, Sioux City. It was the holdup
of the Gaillet home that led to the
arrest of the Pyle brothers for the
taxicab murder. Mrs. Gaillet noticed
that one of the bandits carried a re
volver with a broken handle. Acting
on this tip the Sioux City police in a
general roundup of crooks took in the
Pyle boys. The broken-handled re
volver was found in the possession of
Joseph Pyle. A broken piece from a
revolver, found in the taxicab in which
Christenson was murdered fitted the
handle of Plye’s gun and he later con
fessed to having been present at the
murder.
Mrs. A. L. Wilcox and Miss Helen
Wilcox entertained Saturday evening
at cards in honor of their week-end
guests, Captain Lester Gibson and
Mrs. Gibson, of Chadron, Neb. Cap
tain and Mrs. Gibson returned to
Chadron Sunday evening.
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! ARNOLD’S FOREMAN
SHOOTS AT THIEVES
Neligh News: “L. W. Arnold, the
big cattle feeder here, has had a heavy
loss last year and this through theft
o corn and hogs. He estimates the
com stolen from his feed yards at
about 2,000 bushels end several head
of hogs. This year it has been around
1,200 bushels of corn and also some
hogs.
“Last Friday evening, about eight
o'clock, Charles Salisbury, his fore
man, heard a noise out near the big
pile of com and taking a shot gun,
went out to investigate. When he got
near the corn he saw a man carrying
corn in a basket to the road south of
the cemetery and dump it into a
wagon. Without warning he fired on
the thief, who fell to the ground,
yelling with pain. He quickly re
gained his feet, however, and ran to
the fence where he was assisted by a
second man to get over and into the
wagon which started north. A second
shot was fired at the fleeing team, but
whether this charge struck the mark
or not, is not known. As yet the
identity of the thieves has not been
proven, but many unfounded stories
have gained circulation as to who it
was and that the one who was shot
has died. Authorities, however, have
so far been unable to locate them, or
connect them with the case, or at least
say they have not. The whole case
will be thoroughly investigated and
thieves brought to justice if caught.”
Mr. Arnold, who has just returned
from Chicago, says that he does not
know how much corn has been stolen
from his Neligh feed yards. “My last
year’s bill for corn at these yards was
$98,000,” he said to The Frontier in
commenting on the shooting.
FRED WUPPER AND MISS
TERESA DEVLIN MARRIED
Plainview News: Fred Wupper of
McLean and Miss Theresa Devlin of
Plainview, were married in Omaha,
Wednesday, December 31st. They ar
rived home Friday afternoon and that
evening a big wedding dinner was
given in their honor at the home of
the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
George Devlin. The groom is a banker
at McLean, and is a man of high
standing in the banking business. The
bride is well and favorably known to
all in Plainview, having resided here
for a number of years. During the
past two years she has taught in the
public schools of McLean, in which
vocation she has been very successful.
They will make their home at McLean.
DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN
CONTRIBUTION REFUSED.
William H. Green of Creighton,
who was a delegate to the democratic
national convention at Baltimore,
answering a request from W. D.
Jamison, treasurer of the democratic
national committee for funds, in a
letter dated December 15, wrote:
“I voted forty-three times for
Woodrow Wilson at Baltimore. I
again voted for him at St. Louis, but
the present democratic party with its
overload of southern tory autocracy
is dying of dry rot, and I would not
contribute five cents to give it a de
cent burial.
“Quieting title for the predatory
trusts and corporations was not the
mission those hewers of wood and
haulers of water l.ad hoped for the
party they sacrificed to reorganize.”
WANT THE JUDGE BACK
Brown County Democrat: The first
of the present week a petition was
circulated here and generously signed
placing the name of Judge R. R. Dick
son on the non-partisan ticket, as can
didate to succeed himself as judge of
the district court in this district.
Judge Dickson has occupied the
bench for eight years, and has given
general satisfaction. He is recognized
as being fearless and fair, and has
made hosts of friends in a most diffi
cult position.
It is the belief of the Democrat that
_his return would be more than satis
factory to the members of the bar
generally throughout the district, and
in fact many of them have already en
dorsed his candidacy.
A rumor has been current in the
district that W. M. Ely of this city
was a candidate. Mr. Ely is authority
for the statement that he is not a
candidate.
LOCAL OWNED ICE PLANT
„ BEING ORGANIZED
Business men of the city, despairing
of any relief from the Hanford Pro
duce company building a creamery and
artificial ice plant to replace the
creamery burned down a year and a
half ago, will erect a $35,000 ice plant
| financed entirely by local capital.
After discussing the matter at length
stock lists wore placed-in circulation
Wednesday by J. J. Thomas and
James A. Brown and in a few minutes
more than $7,000 had been subscribed.
The new plant, which will cost about
$35,000, will be erected along the rail
road. It will have a daily capacity of
fourteen tons, sufficient to look after
the city’s needs both commercial and
private, for some time to come.
Among those who already have sub
scribed to the project are John L.
Quig, James A. Brown, J. J. Thomas,
C. E. Stout, S. J. Weekes, Charles M.
Daly and J. F. O’Donnell, each for
$1,000, and Miss Florence McCafferty
for $600. No trouble in raising the
entire amount in a few days is antici
pated.
ODD FELLOWS MAY BUILD
BUSINESS BLOCK THIS YEAR
The local lodge of the I. O. O. F.,
owners of considerable real estate and
several buildings in the business sec
tion of the city, contemplate the erec
tion of a two-story business block on
the site of the old postoffice, con
struction to begin this spring. A
committee appointed several weeks
ago is investigating the possibilities
and is getting estimates. At the
regular meeting of the lodge Wed
nesday evening the committee asked
for another week befoi'e submitting
its rport.
Two plans for a structure are being
considered. One is to erect a second
story on the postoffice building, the
upper story to be used as lodge rooms
by the order. The second is to extend
the present building to the alley,
tal ing ir. th? store rooms now occu
pied by Groves, the jeweler, and
Harty brothers, and to erect a second
story over the entire structure, with
the front finished for office rooms and
the rear for lodge rooms. This type
of building would give a street front
age of fifty-six feet, with two ex
cellent store rooms on the ground
flour. A definite program probably
will be adopted at the logde meeting
next week.
CLARK-COFFEY.
Buffalo (S. D.) Times: At St. An
thony’s Catholic church on Tuesday,
December 30, at 8 o’clock in the morn
ing occurred the marriage of Miss
Mayme Coffey and Frank Clark, Rev.
Fr. Shannon of Cox, officiating. Miss
Edna Maney acted as maid of honor
for the bride and George Jennings was
the best man.
Miss Coffey is a sister of Mrs. T.
P. McPharlin, and has resided at
O’Neill, Nebr., the former home of the
groom, until the last two months,
when she and her mother moved to
this city. She is well known to some
of our people, having visited here a
couple of years ago. She was for
merly employed at office work, but of
late years the care of her invalid
mother has taken all her time.
The groom is well and favorably
known to every one in this vicinity,
having settled on a homestead three
miles northwest of town ten years
ago. He is an industrious, capable
business man and has acquired a nice
body of land near town in addition to
his thriving business.
The young couple will make their
home for the present in the cottage
recently occupied by Mrs. Witt.
The Times joins with their many
friends in hoping that their pathway
be free from troubles and their skie3
forever unclouded by the storms of
care.
DEFENDS CATALOGUE HOUSES
Emmet, Neb., Jan. 20, 1920.
Editor Frontier.
Dear Sir: As one of the many
hundreds of women in Holt county,
not to mention the hundreds of thous
ands elsewhere, who send to Sears
Roebuck, Montgomery Ward & Co.,
and other reliable catalogue houses, I
wish to protest against the slur cast
by the “recording angel of O’Neill,”
against such women and also the men
who marry them. For myself I can
say that when I have paid a fair price
for goods sent for to good catalugue
houses I have always received good
goods and have found them enough
cheaper than I could buy at home that
I was more than paid for my trouble
and the freight charges. I always aim
to buy of the home merchants, if they
sell anywhere near right, and the cata
logues are our market sheet, keeping
us notified right along as to what is
right. I consider this proof on our part
of more business acumen than Mr.
Brennan shows in his slurs on the
women who patronize him (for most
of them send orders I don’t doubt),
The only time a merchant has any
business mixing in his customers’ af
fairs, to my notion, ia whan they rut
A bill at his store and then send off
orders with their money that he feels
(rightly) should be spent with him.
We always try to pay cash there
fore feel we are perfectly free to buy
as we please without being "slammed.’’
ONE OF MANY.
LOCAL MATTERS.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hunter returned
Saturday night from Omaha.
John MiskimminS, of Atkinson, was
an O’Neill visitor Wednesday.
John Robertson, of Stuart, was an
O’Neill visitor Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. L .C. Chapman visited friends
at Sioux City the latter part of last
week.
D. M. Stuart, of Stuart, was an
O’Neill visitor the latter part of last
week.
Judge R. R. Dickson left Thursday
morning for a Several days visit in
Omaha.
Mrs. Etta Hall, of Norfolk, was a
Sunday guest at the home of Mrs.
Viola Brown.
E. L. Davies, one of Ewing’s lead
ing citizens, was an O’Neill visitor
visitor Monday.
Miss Mayme Cullen went down to
Omaha Wednesday morning for a few
days visit with friends.
Miss Helen Wilcox went down to
Sioux City the latter part of last
week for a few days visit.
Joe Winkler, of Emmet, was an
O’Neill visitor last Tuesday and make
8 pleasant call at this office.
Mrs. John Ryan and children of Gil
lette, Wyoming, arrived in the city
last week for a couple of weeks visit
with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. James Moore are re
joicing over the arrival of a young
daughter at their home, who arrived
this morning.
Mrs. Bert Wattles, of Hot Springs,
S. D., is in the city visiting at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M.
F. Harrington.
Frank Froelich left last Friday
morning for York, Nebraska, where
he will spend a few days visiting rela
tives and friends.
Miss Grace Carlon left Wednesday
afternoon for Ainsworth, where she
has a position in the law office of At
torney William Ely.
Pat Harty left last Tuesday morn
ing for Atlanta, Georgia, where he
has accepted a position traveling for
the U. S. Rubber Co.
Mrs. L. W. Arnold and little grand
daughter went to Omaha Tuesday
morning, where the little one will
undergo medical attention.
The Misses Elizabeth Donohoe and
Grace Hammond left this morning for
Omaha where they will spend a
couple of weeks visiting friends.
Albert L. Beckwith, of O’Neill, and
Miss Catherine Myerpeter, of North
Platte, Nebr., were granted a mar
riage license in county court last Mon
day.
Mrs. George Mullen, of Omaha, ar
rived in the city the latter part of last
week for a few days visit at the home
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. Hol
land.
I
Sheriff Peter Duffy returned the
last of the week from Omaha, where
he was elected secretary of the state
association of sheriffs and chief of
police.
County Agent Frank Lancaster re
turned Tuesday evening from the
farmers congress at Omaha atld the
meetings of the several agricultural
societies at Lincoln.
Mrs. J. F. O’Donnell and Mrs. John
W. Hiber entertained about forty of
their lady friends at a seven o’clock
dinner and progressive whist party at
the Golden Hotel last evening.
Joe Harrison returned Wednesday
morning from a several months stay
at Riverton, Wyoming. After ar
ranging his affairs here Mr. Harrison
will return to Riverton to reside.
Miss Anna Donohoe, county super
intendent, wtpit down to Lincoln last
Monday morning to attend a meeting
of the superintendents of the state,
which is being held in that city this
week.
Earl Jensen of this city has pur
chased the William Wells farm seven
miles north of Sioux City and will en
gage in dairying thereon. Mr. Jen
sen formerly was in the dairy busi
ness in Sioux City.
The next number of the lyceum
course will be given at the Royal
Theatre next Monday evening, Jan
uary 26th. War Time Singers and
riayers with a vocal program and also
a program on stringed instruments.
Secretary Arthur Ryan of the Holt
county fair association went to
Lincoln Tuesday morning to attend the
meeting of the state fair association.
While away Mr. Ryan will consult re
garding attractions for the Holt
county fair.
Joseph Rotherham and Miss Gladys
Kennedy, both of Amelia, were
granted a marriage license in county
court last Friday. These young
people are members of pioneer fami
lies of the southwest part of the
county and they have many friends
who wish them many years of happi
ness and prosperity.
Mrs. Margaret Dickerson died at
her home in California last Thursday
after an illness of several weeks, ac
cording to word received by relatives
here the first of the week. Mrs.
Dickerson was the daughter of Mrs.
Jerry McCarthy and was born and
grew to womanhood in this city. The
family left here about a dozen years
ago and have since resided at Butte,
Mont. Deceased was about thirty
years of age.
J. W. Thomas, who was engaged in
the banking business in this city a
quarter of a century ago, died in
Omaha last Tuesday night, as a result
of an operation performed several
days ago. Thomas conducted the
O’Neill State bank, which was owned
principally by G. W. Wattles of
Omaha. The banking rooms were in
the building now occupied by the
O’Neill National bank, which waa
built as a home for the bank. After
Mr. Thomas’ removal to Omaha the
bank was conducted by John McHugh,
until it liquidated, about 1900. Mr.
Thomas was sixty-S^ven years of age
and had many friends in this city who
will regret to learn of his death.
YOUR ENTHUSIASM S
Enthusiasm in your business
has much to do with its suc
How much real genuine en- H I
thusiasm do you put into your
Do you do it in a hesitating
way and hate-to-be-disturbed
manner, or do you put life |
Enthusiasm in business is
the powder behind the bullet.
The O’Neill National Bank ap
preciates the business of the
enthusiastic because it means
progress.
THE O’NEILL NATION ALBANK
O’Neill, Nebraska.
Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits, $130,090