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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (March 4, 1920)
The Frontier. VOLUME XL. ffii=' - O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1920. - . — 1 t-— ■»■ Located in Scott’s New Building “THE LEADER” EVERYBODY’S STORE Merv, Women and Children Ready to Wear O’Neill, Nebraska. • % - * ’ — Just received a telegram from Mr. Weinberg, who is in New York City, telling me that our Spring Garments are on the way. We will be showing our spring line just as soon as we can close out our winter wearing apparel, which we are going to do at less than manufacturers cost. This Sale Starts Monday, March 8,1920 % f ; All Winter Wearing Apparel At This will be the Greatest Sacrifice Clearance Sale ever held in Holt county. Watch for the next issue of this paper. Remember we guarantee every article as represented. This store is under new management. I “The Leader” ■ Ben Milder, M^r, MILLIONS CHANGE HANDS HERE tHIS WEEK Settlement Day On Land Purchases Swells Local Bank Clearances. O’Neill is the big financial center of northeastern Nebraska this week. Bank clearances for the week will ag gregate millions of dollars and are of sufficient volume to do credit to Omaha or some of the other muchly heralded towns on the big time. Settlement day March first on the many land pur chases made last year is the cause otf the influx of money and it will be well into next week before final settlement has been made on all contracts. The Atlas Land company, which made many of the purchases and sales, is handling the big volume; of the busi ness, although local operators also are handling immense sums • Deposits in the banks of the city have exceeded $100,000 each per day for the first three days of the week and it is esti mated that when all contracts have been completed and the transfers of title made the grand total will ex ceed five millions of dollars. The office of County Cerk E. F. Porter, as recorder of deeds and other instruments, is by far the busiest office in .town, but Mr. Ported and his efficient assistants are handling the big business without a hitch. The considerations on the instruments filed for record Monday totalled $447,890, Tuesday $566,700 and Wednesday $448,023. The largest consideration on any one deal was $120,000, that for the transfer of the Fred Marten ranch, and the revenue stamps on this deed amounted to $120. The instru ments filed in the office of the county clerk Monday all were recorded and re turned to the owners by Wednesday night and the office will have completed all cif the Wednesday and Thursday filings by Saturday 'night. All sale contracts made during the selling season are being carried out, not a single one going by default. In the transfer of property Holt county is gaining many new settlers, all of whom are experienced farmers and men of means. The new owners of the farms have been moving in for the last week, with many yet to arrive and their arrival has tended to make the bidding for livestock at the several farm sales exceedingly brisk, as a ma jority of the new comers are stocking up with native stuff. HOURS AND DOLLARS SAVED ; i:~ IhI *■— pi I ; §§§ A checking Account at the Nebraska |j State Bank may save you many unnecessary j§ jjj trips to town these busy days. || ' Paying by check brands you as an up-to- p gl date man of success. It saves time in “mak- p U ing change” and gives you a lawful receipt. . All your deposits can be safely sent to us H lj by mail. Others do it—why not you. ~ . H Come in and talk it over. ~ ————————————---■— ■ II I. COUNTY COMMITTEEMEN MUST BE ELECTED New Law Requires Committeemen and County Convention Delegates To Be Voted Upon. If you intend to take any interest whatever in politics this year, except to vote, you must have your name on the primary ballot for the primary, April 20. All names to go upon the ballot must be filed with the county clerk on or before March 20. The pri mary law, or laws, as at present, are fearfully and wonderfully made and not even the judges of the supreme court pretend to understand them, but after much conferring and speculation a list of places to be filled at the com ing primary and general election at last has been agreed upon by the au thorities. Outside of the national and state tickets voters will be called upon to vote at the primaries on nomina tions for clerk of the district court, county judge, county assessor and in the Second, Fourth and Sixth super visor districts for county supervisor. In addition the voters of each precinct are required to elect for the parties with which they affiliate, one man and one woman member of the county cen tral committee from each voting pre cinct, also to elect delegates to the county conventions from each voting precinct, the number of delegates to be appointed by each of the present county central committees upon the vote cast for governor at the election of 1918. The names of candidates for precinct committeemen and for dele gates to the county conventions must be filed with the county clerk before March 20 and must go on the primary ballot. ' SISTER GREGORY. Sister Gregory, one of the teachers at the convent, died in St. Joseph’s hospital in Omaha Tuesday morning following an operation for appendi citis. The body was brought to O’Neill Tuesday evening and the funeral will Friday morning, on the arrival of relatives. WEDNESDAY S STORM. Nine below zero was thelowesttem perature recorded by the government thermometers during the blizzard which struck Holt county early Wed nesday morning and continued until early Thursday morning. This tem perature was recorded Wednesday night. The storm while it lasted was one of the most severe in years and livestock caught out suffered severely. Train service was somewhat disar ranged and, following its usual custom, the Burlington failed to ar rive from Sioux City Wednesday night. The storm moved from west to east and did not reach Omaha and other eastern points until late yester day evening. SIX HEARTS TO BEAT AS THREE Marriage licenses have been issued by County Judge Malone, since our last publication, to the following couples: Harry G. Huston and Mary E. Blaine of Middlebranch; Fred W. Tesch of Atkinson and Alvina C. Hen kle of Phoenix; Willet T. Allen of Royal and Lola M. Wilson of Orchard. The last two couples were married at the Methodist parsonage. IMPORTANT DATES IN MARCH March 8, 1874, Millard Fillmore died; March 9, 1916, Germany declared war on Portugal; March 13, 1901, Ben jamine Harrison died; March 15, 1767, Andrew Jackson was born • March 16, 1751, James Madison was bom; March 17, St. Patrick’s Day; March 18, 1837, Grover Cleveland born; March 21, First Day of Spring; March 22, Texas Independence day; March 28, Palm Sunday; March 29, 1790, John Tyler bom. NEW HOSPITAL FOR O’NEILL. The Sioux City Tribune of last Sat urday contained the illustration of an eighty room hospital building, plans for which Webb Kellogg is having prepared by a Sioux City architect. The building will be 168 by 102, two stories and a basement and will be the latest in hospital architecture. The building will be located on the old Mc Cafferty block, immediately east of the present residence of Judge J. J. McCafferty, the block now being the property of Mr. Kellogg. It is pro posed to start construction this year. NOT EATING OLIVES NOW. The wide publicity given several deaths over the country from eating poisoned ripe olives has put the kibosh on the olive trade of all kinds, say the local merchants. One merchant who had seven or eight cans of the Fem dell brand, and of which his own family had partaken without any ill results, placed the olives back in the warehouse, although they were canned ones and it was only a portion of a pack in glass bottles that caused the fatalities. There are no calls at all for olives, say the dealer*, [township meeting ADJOURNED TO SATURDAY Grattan Officials Hope Taxpayers Will Take Interest Enough To Attend Grattan township officials express the hope that the taxpayers of the township will take interest enough in the township’s affairs to attend the annual meeting, instead of waiting until the meeting is over to accuse the officials of grafting and inefficiency. The meeting was called for Tuesday afternoon, at 2 o’clock, at the city library. The board stuck around until after five and only seven persons in all showed up. Then the board took an adjournmen, until 2 o’clock, Satur day afternoon, and earnestly request that those who have suggestions to make on road work or other needed township improvements attend the meeting. If you don’t attend the meeting Saturday, don’t beef Monday. O’NEILL A LIVE TOWN. Two strangers were strolling down the street the other day when, in front of Con Keys’ feed mart and livestock exchange, they were halted by a blast of music from across the street. Dave Stannard was practicing a new record on the phonograph. “This sure is some live town," commented one, gazing toward the tombstone depart ment of Dave’s ice cream parlor. “First place I ever heard jazt in a graveyard." ARTHUR DONLIN. Stephen Donlin received word Sun day morning of the death of his adopted son, Arthur, at Mare Island, San Francisco bay, Saturday. The body is being brought to O’Neill for burial. Young Donlin enlisted in the navy last summer. Spinal meningitis was the cause of death. Ij j OUR INTEREST IN YOU. “-|||j You may say you have no interest'in that fellow. Oh, If he saw you drowning, he would throw you the life line without even knowing your Fine soldier boys, who never || saw you, gave their lives for The O’Neill National Bank is interested in everyone and appreciates his business. THE O’NEILL N ATION ALBANK O’Neill, Nebraska. Capital, Surplus and Undivided Prollts,$130,000 1 ' 11 ^ This Bank Carries Na i i Indebtedness of Officers ^