VOLUME XLI.
O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1920.
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NO. 5,
LOCAL MATTERS.
C. P. Hancock went tq Casper, Wy
cming, Sunday evening.
R. E. Chittick of Stuart, was an
O’Neill business visitor Tuesday.
William Krotter of Stuart, was an
O’Neill business visitor last Monday.
Francis Mullen left last Tuesday
morning for Omaha where he expects
to spend the summer.
Miss Evelyn Stannard returned last
Sunday evening from a month’s visit
with her sister at Denver, Colorado.
Several residents of this city were
in attendance at the Fourth of July
celebration at Long Pine last Satur
day.
Miss Margaret Joyce arrived the
first of the week from Chicago for a
several weeks visit with the home
folks.
Tom Joyce retmed Tuesday evening
from Omaha, where he had been
undergoing treatment for throat
trouble.
Max Golden left for Sioux City last
Monday morning where he will enter
the employ of the Hanford Produce
company.
Mrs. D. H. Cronin left last Tuesday
mornng for a month’s visit with
relatives at Onawa, Iowa, and southern
Nebraska.
Miss Cora Meredith left the latter
part of last week for Casper, Wyo
ming, where she expects to spend the
summer.
Mrs. O. F. Big'.in and daughtei. Miss
Clare, went down to Sioux City last
Tuesday morning to spend a few days
visiting relatives.
The members of the County Board
are still sitting as a board of equaliza
tion but are in hopes of being able to
clean up the work this week.
Ed. and Frank O’Connell went up to
Bassett Thursday morning to take in
the races opening there and which will
continue the remainder of the week.
Miss Louis Goedry, who has made
her home with her aunts, Mrs. Mc
Millian and Miss Markey the past
year, left last Friday morning for her
home at Chicago.
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Baker came
down from Johnstown last Saturday
morning and spent the week end vsit
ing relatives and friends in this city
and vicinity, returning home Sunday
evening.
Mrs. Neil P. Brennan and son re
turned last Sunday afternoon from a
_ three week’s visit at the home of her
parents at Albia, Iowa, Mr. Brennan
met them at Omaha and accompanied
them home.
Sheriff Duffffy returned Saturday
evening from Winner, S. D., where he
attended the race meet. Several of
the horses at the O’Neill meet also
were at Winner, but many had left the
circuit before reaching that point.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Donohoe, Mr. and
Mrs. F. J. Dishner and Mr. and Mrs.
J. F. O’Donnell left last Monday even
ing for Casper, and other Wyoming
towns on a pleasure and business trip.
They expect to be absent about ten
days.
Miss Lillian Brooks arrived in the
city last Friday morning from Butte,
Mont., for a few days visit with old
time friends. She left Monday morn
, ing for New York City, where she will
spend the summer months visiting at
the home of her sister.
Miss Melvina Simmons of Chadron,
who is spending the summer school
vacation with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Sheridan Simmons, is confined to
her home with a fractured ankle, the
result of -being thrown from a horse
a week ago last Sunday.
Judge and Mrs. R. R. Dickson went
up to Ainsworth last Sunday evening
where on Monday the Judge delivered
the Fourth of July address. That
evening they joined a delegation of
O’Neill people and went to Casper and
other Wyoming points on a sightsee
ing tour.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Marsh and
Mrs. John Hunt of Omaha, will leave
Saturday for Park City, Utah, for a
visit with Mrs. James Jennings, sister
of Mr. Marsh. They expect to be gone
a month and will take in the scenic
beauties of Colorado and the Rocky
Mountains before their return.
Property owners are requested by
the city administration to cut all weeds
on their lots or on the streets border
ing thereon. In addition to being of
fensive to the eye they are injurious
to the health of the community and it
is to be hoped they will be eradicated
by all poperty owners.
Miss Louis Hoover, who spent the
past year at the home of her aunt,
Mrs. J. A. Donohoe, left last Monday
morning (for New York City, where
she will join her parents,who have just
returned to this country from Brazil,
where Mr. Hoover has been in the
consular service for„several years.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Cooper drove
do\#i to heir old home at Pilger last
Saturday to visit relatives and friends
and celebrate the Fourth. They came
home Wednesday afternoon and Mr.
Cooper says the roads are in horrible
condition for driving, heavy rains last
Monday aiflternoon making them al
most impassable.
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Cole of Star,
were in the city Tuesday on their way
home from Ainsworth where they had
been attending a family reunion at
the home of a sister of Mr. Cole’s and
also attending the celebration held in
that city last Monda.y Mr. Cole says
that crops are not as far advanced in
that section as they are in this lo
cality.
Last Thursday afternoon County
Judge Malone issued a marriage
license to M. W. Hiatt and Miss Ethel
Hardy, both of Chambers. Mr. Hiatt
is the editor of the Chambers Sun
while the bride is one of the charming
. young ladies of that city. The Fron
tier force tenders Mr. and Mrs. Hiatt
its'heartiest congratulations end best
wishes for a long and happy married
life.
O. O. Snyder and son, Dee, arrived
in the city last Saturday evening and
will spend a couple of weeks in the
city looking after business matters and
visiting old time friends. They are
now residents of Los Angeles, Cali
fornia, and Mr. Snyder is in love with
that country and loud in paise oif its
beautiful climate and fertile soil. He
still has a very warm spot in his heart
for O’Neill and Holt county however
and said that it was mighty good to
get back among old friends again. Mr.
Snyder is looking fine, the California
climate evidently agreeing with him.
Work on the state and federal aid
road, that will run east and west
through the county, will commence the
forepart of next week. A force of men
and a road outfit arrived in the county,
south of Ewing, last Wednesday and
they are now getting ther road
machinery in shape to commence work
next Monsday. With their equipment
they will be able to build about a mile
of road a day and will have the road
built to this city by the middle of
August.
Con Keys returned the mddle of last
week from a two weeks’ visit to the
land of his nativity, at Parkhill, On
tario, Canada. Forty years have pas
sed since Mr. Keys left the land off his
birth and it was his first visit since
that time. Most of the people with
whom he was acquainted have passed
to the great beyond and he says that
but very few of his boyhood chums
remain in that country. He says they
will have one of the greatest wheat
crops in the history of that country,
which will be ready for harvest in a
couple otf weeks. Fine well improved
farms are selling there for $100 per
acre.
Myer Richard, who was formerly
one of the managers of the Chicago
Bargain Store in this city, arrived in
O’Neill last Sunday evening and pur
chased of Mr. Weinberg the fixutres
of the Leader and has also rented the
building and will open a store therein
about August 1, 1920. Since leaving
O’Neill Mr. Richard has been in
Chicago where he is conducting two
stores, the New York Sample House
at 15 East Washington Street and a
wholesale place at 704 Roosevelt road.
He will retain his Chicago interests
and the O’Neill store will be run by
Mr. and Mrs. Freidman of Chicago,
who will arrive in O’Neill within the
next two weeks and prepare for the
opening of the new store. During his
residence in O’Neill Mr. Richard made
many friends and they will be glad to
learn that he thinks so much of this
city as a business center that he is
investing in a business eniterprisehere.
Mr. Richard returned to Chicago Tues
day afternoon and will at once begin
the purchase of goods flor the O’Neill
store and expects to return in a few
weeks and help get things in shape
for the opening.
Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Doyle and
children left the first of the week for
their future home at Belding, Michi
gan, Mr. Doyle and Bernard leaving
Sunday morning and Mrs. Doyle and
the girls leaving Tuesday morning. A
large delegation of friends were at the
train Tuesday morning to bid them
farewell and wish them health, happi
ness and prosperity in their new home.
Mr. and Mrs. Doyle have been resi
dents of this county for nearly thirty
years. Mr. Doyle was always avtive in
the political affairs of the county and
served one term as postmaster of this
city, under the second administration
of Grover Cleveland. He was a staunch
democrat with a strong leaning for the
try an wing df the party. He was an
omniverous reader and was one of the
best posted men in the county. Being
well read he delighted in arguing
political economy with those who de
sired to cross swords with him and his
earnestness in argument always made
a profound impression on those whe
listened. He was a splendid citizen
and his family a most estimable one
and The Frontier, as well as every
resident of this city, regretted to see
them leave, but wish for them health,
happiness and prosperity in their new
home.
Eugene H. Smith, president of the
Farmers Bank of Page, was found dead
in a cow pasture in the outskirts of
Page last Tuesday morning, his head,
arms and shoulders submerged in a
half barrel tub half filled with water.
He had been dead about an hour when
found, fir. Smith had been in poor
health for about a year as a result of
the flu, and evidenty had suffered an
attack of faintness or a stroke of apo
plexy causing him to fall into the tub.
Smith with his family had attended a
celehraton at Orchard Monday and
Monday evening conversed with
friends, evidently in excellent spirits
and in his usul health. He apparently
did not go to bed Monday night, but
remained up reading, not unusual with
him, and early Tuesday morning tak
ing a milk pail went to the pasture
where he kept the cow. Tracks
showed where he had climbed through
the fence and approached the tub,
which stood close to the fence. An in
quest was not deemed necessary by
the county attorney. Mr. Smith was
one of the early settlers of this county
and had been in the banking business
at Page for over a quarter of a cen
tury and had a host of friend in east
ern Holt and western Knox and Ante
lope counties. He was about sixty
years of age and leaves a wife and
four children to mourn the death of a
kind and affectionate husband and
father.
CARD OF THANKS.
We hereby wish to express our ap
preciation of the many kindnesses
tendered us by our friends and neigh
bors during the illness and death of
our beloved husband and father
Mrs. Annie Hickey and family.
OLD SETTLERS PICNIC
ASSOCIATION MEETING
The Old Settlers Picnic Association
will hold a meeting Saturday evening,
July 10th, at 8 o’clock, at the Meek
store, for the purpose of deciding upon
the date and place of holding the an
nual picnic, and to let concessions and
transact such other business as may
properly come before the meeting.
CITY COUNCIL CALLS
WATER BOND ELECTION
Taxpayers of O’Neill will vote Aug
ust 2 on the issurance of $31,000 of
water bonds for the improvement and
extension of the city water service.
The city council at its meeting Tues
day night placed on first rading an
ordinance calling the bond election.
The money asked is for the erection
of a 100 foot water tower of 150,000
gallon capacity, to replace the present
standpipe, which not only is of insuffi
cient capacity to supply the necessary
pressure and the city’s needs, but be
cause of age is about ready to fall
down. The proposed extension of the
mains comprises about three blocks
of main large enough for fire pro
tection and to furnish water to sec
tions not now supplied.
IMPORTANT IF TRUE.
Art Ryan may lock up his shoe
store for the remainder of the fishinj
season and devote himself entirely U
angling. Art snagged a six pourn
pickerel, thirty-two inches long, whih
celebrating the Fourth of July dowr
on Dry Creek.
The engravers at Hifbbard's harness
shop are busily at work on the leathei
medal recently awarded by the O’Neill
Piscatorial Society to Sheridan Sim
mons for the best fish story of this
season. Mr. Simmons, his son,
Bryan, and several others, were on a
fishing trip down the river several
Sundays ago and the first catch by
any member of the party was a small
sunfish landed by Bryan Simmons.
The fish was placed on a strng and
hung in the water. When the next
fisherman to land one went to string
his fish it was discovered that a large
pickeral had swallowed the little sun
fish, headfirst, the back slant of the
fins as securely impaling him as would
a spoonhook. The pickerel weighed
two pounds.
Charles McKenna is receiving the
plaudits df friends for his heroic
rescue of his Irish Spaniel from what
Charley thought was going to be a
watery grave in the Elkhorn river last
week. The dog, as every one knows
who ever has borrowed him during
the duck season, is one of the best
water retreivers in Holt county. Last
week the dog accompanied Charley
and party on a fishing trip up near the
Hershiser bridge. Soon after their ar
rival Charley hooked an eight and one
half pound catfish, which he was hav
ing hard work to land when the
spaniel jumped into the water to as
sist him. Mr. McKenna, not knowing
that the dog had taken swimming les
sons, dropped his pole and rescued the
dog, which again jumped into the
water after the fish. The excited and
now angry dog was "rescued” .three
times before Mrs. McKenna and Joe
Meredith succeeded in getting Charley
to devote his attention to the fish by
explaining that the dog could swim.
RURAL CARRIER EXAMINATION.
The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced an ex
amination for the County of Holt, Ne
braska, to be held at O’Neill, on Aug
ust 14, 1920, to fill the position of
rural carrier at O’Neill and vacancies
that may later occur on rural routes
from other post offices in the above
mentioned county. The examination
will be open only to citizens who are
actually domiciled in the territory of
a post office in the county and who
meet the other requirements set forth
in Form No. 1977. Both men and
women, iif qualified, may enter this ex
amination, but appointing officers
have the legal right to specify the sex
desired in requesting certification of
eligibles. Women will not be con
sidered for rural carrier appointment
unless they are the widows of U. S.
soldiers, sailors, or marines, or the
wives of U. S. soldiers, sailors, or ma
rines who are physically disqualified
for examination by reason of injuries
received in the line of military duty.
Form No. 1977 and application blanks
may be obtained from the offices
mentioned above or from the United
States Civil Service Commission at
Washington, D. C. Applications
should be forwarded to the Commis
sion at Washington.
RADISHES THEIR ONLY FOOD
An Elopement' UiMer Difficulties Was'
That of Farm Hand and
Twelve-year Old Girl.
Neligh, Neb. July 6.—An elopement
that failed was that of Harold Walt
ers, aged twenty, a farm hand em
ployed near here, and Mary Bernoski,
the twelve-year-old daughter of a resi
dent of Neligh. Walters came here
from Chambers, and had been working
in the neighborhood for some time.
He took a hors# belonging to Paul
Peterson, a neighbor, and rode it into
town. Here he abandoned it,'got the
girl, and the two started somewhere on
foot.
The day after they were missed they
were found walking in the road near
Oakdale. They were a sorry-looking
pair from exposure and lack of food.
As they tell the story they had noth
ing to eat in the forty-two hours ex
cept some radishes they got out of a
garden, and were out in the heavy rain
of one night, taking refuge in an
orchard without any shelter, save a
blanket he had picked Up.
The charge of borse stealing against
Walters was withdrawn as this could
not be sustained. He pleaded guilty
to the charge of stealng the blanket
and was sent to county jail for thirty
days. The girl has been taken to live
with an aunt in Wisconsin.
BUSINESS MEN BOOSTING
NEW O’NEILL EXTENSION
Sioux City Tribune: Business men
in the various towns located along the
proposed extension of the Burlington
railroad from O’Neill to Thedford,
Neb., are enthusiastically boosting the
project, according to William Holden,
secretary of the Chamber of Com
merce. W. H. Benn and Mr. Holden
represented Sioux City business in
terests at meetings held at Duff July
3 and Sybrant July 5.
The Nebraska, Colorado and Wyo
ming Development Company has been
organized, with J. H. Berryman, of
Bassett, as president. The company
is taking a census regarding the terri
tory through which the new line will
run. Pertinent facts regarding the
value of the land, the amount of live
stock and grain produced, the cost of
hauling to the various railroad points
and the amount of land yet unde
veloped on account of the lack of
transportation facilities are being col
lected.
Pledges are being secured from
landowners through whose property
the road will pass for the donation of
land for right of way purposes. They
are further asked to pledge them
selves to purchase stock necessary to
finance the proposition, providing the
new line is running within the next
two years.
RETEST YOUR COWS.
The year was up on July 1st on your
test on milk cows, and they must be
retested if you are selling milk or
sweet cream. Will test on Monday,
Wednesday and Friday, July 12, 14
and 16. Bring the cows to Palace
Livery Barn before six p. m. on these
days.
5-1 O. K. TICKLER, D. V. M.
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“The Doctor and the Woman,” a Jewel feature
produced by Lois Weber and presenting Mildred
Harris and True Boardman/will be the attraction at
Royal Theatre on Friday.
To the many admirers of Mary Roberts Rine
hart’s novels, this announcement will come as a
pleasant surprise since “The Doctor and the Woman”
is a screen adaptation of this popular authoress’
story “K.” Published in McClure’s Magazine.
Also 2-Reels Comedy, Friday, at the Royal. I
Admission : : : : : 15c and 35c
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HOW TO USE OUR BANK
Our customers are invited
to use our bank for general
utility purposes.
You can do your banking
business here.
You can meet your friends
here.
# You can leave your pack
ages here.
You can use it just like your
own private office.
THE O’NEILL NATION ALBANK
O’Neill, Nebraska.
Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits,$130,000
This Bank Carries No Indebtedness of Officers
Or Stockholders.
I PROSPERITY AHEAD! j
America’s billion-bushel wheat crop not
only means food for suffering Europe,
but indicates prosperity for our own
country as well. ■;
Hundreds of thousands will help the
farmers with the harvest—and at ex
cellent wages.
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1 Manufacturing districts will long be
kept busy because of the increased pur
chasing power of agricultural com
munities, and transportation facilities
will be strained to the limit.
Thus is seen the importance of one crop |
to the whole American people. And as
we contemplate this inter-relationship, ;;
let us remember that thrift alone will £;
make our prosperity worth while and
■ permanent.
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Nebraska State Bank
O’Neill, Nebraska
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