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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (July 29, 1920)
.■r •- — <* *•• -* - ,** BB 19 . , . , ' • <v ,r * .1' *.. 1 - VOLUME XLI. ^ O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1920. no. a - LOCAL MATTERS. Attorney D. J. Jouvenat was dowr from Atkinson last Monday. Alex Searl, one of Atkinson’s hust ling attorneys, 'was a business visitoi to this city last Monday. There will be no preaching services in the Presbyterian church next Sun day. Sunday school as usual, at 11:30 Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Marsh returned Tuesday from a several weeks visit with relatives at Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah. The schools of Holt county will re jteive $8,264.26 from the regular semi annual apportionment of the school funds of the state. Mrs. Dell Akin and children, pioneer residents of Atkinson, left last week for Portland, Oregon, where they ex pect to make their future home. The Misses Irene O’Donnell and Margerie Dickson left Wednesday morning for Council Bluffs, where they will spend a couple of weeks visiting fi’iends. Miss Edna Hammet of Hastings, Nebr., arrived in the city the latter part of last week for a couple of Weeks visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Biglin. Mrs. Rich Reigan and children of Creighton, Neb., returned home Sun day morning after a several days visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Quinn of this city. August T. Treiniens and Miss Louis Schrier, both of Knoxville, were united in marriage in this city Wednesday afternoon by Rev. George Longstaff of the Presbyterian church. John Carr and family now are numbered among the residents of O'Neill, having removed from their ranch at Stafford to their new home, the fonner Doyle residence, last Thursday, Mr. and Mrs, J. H. Davison, who were for years residents of this city, leaving here laist fall for the coast, later removing to Lincoln, arrived in O’Neill last evening for a visit with friends and may deckle to again locate here. Judge and Mrs. C. J. Malone and daughter, Mildred, left last Friday morning for a week’s visit With the Judge’s mother and other relatives at Hutchinson and other Kansas points. Then expect to return home the first of the week, The Rev. George Longstaff was call ed to Stuart Tuesday evening to pre side as moderator at a congregational meeting of the Stuart Presbyterian church called to extend a call to the Rev. H. H. Beers to the pastorate of the Stuart church. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Armstrong of Omaha, arrived in the city last Tues day for a short visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Dishner. On Wed nesday morning, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Dishner they left for Lake Andes, S. D., to spend a few days bass fishing. Miss Lorena Simonson left for Riverton, Wyo., last Tuesday evening to visit relatives and friends for a short time before entering the Nurses Training School at Denver. Miss Simonson taught at Chadron the past year and is very much in love with the west. Arthur Gwinn, a native of this city, who left here sixteeen years ago, was an O’Neill visitor last tf'riday,being ac companied by his son, a young man about twelve years of age. “Sally” is now a resident of Illinois and says that the world and the people therein are treating him very nicely. The local lodge Knights of Columbus will hold a big picnic and athletic carnival at the Dishner grove near O’Nell, August 16th. Invitation is ex tended to fellow Knights of Columbus in Nebraska and southern south Da kota to attend the festivities. An in teresting program is being prepared. James Davis, James Davidson, Tom Enright, Hugh Coyne, John D. Kelly and Ed. Burge comprised a fishing party that went over to Lake Andes Friday and returned Monday evening. The bass were biting and the boys came back with a fine string in ad dition to all they cared to eat while at the lake. John Brennan returned last Thurs day evening from a trip to the market at St. Paul and Minneapolis. Mr. Brennan says that goods are very high on the market, so high in fact that merchants who were there for the purpose of buying fall and winter stocks left for home without invest ing, preferring to wait a few weeks for the expected break in the peak prices. One of the biggest crops of potatoes ever raised in Holt county already is assured for this fall by the favorable weather so far this spring and sum mer which has advanced the crop so far that it is beyound possibility of damage. New potatoes have been on the market for syc weeks and the shipment of the early crop soon will begin. The potatoes are clean and of extra quality. Mrs. Maggie Eckert and Mrs. Eliza Mitchell of Stratford, Ontario, Cana da, who have been visiting their father, John Grutsch and other rela tives here the past six weeks, leave for their Canadian homes tomorrow morning. At the time of their arrival here their two brothers, John and Wil liam Grutsch, were both in hospi tals recovering from operations for ap pendicitis, one at Norfolk and the other at Spencer. J. P. Golden returned last Friday evening from Omaha, where he par ticipated in the state golf tournament. Parnell s.ys '.he tournament this year was the mo..t successful ever staged in the state, there being 205 entries. Parnell (was rather unfortunate in the “draw” as he drew a former state champion for his first competitor and went down to defeat, although he made the former champ extend himself to take home the bacon. David Hite of this city celebrated his ninetieth birthday a week ago last Thursday by mowing tiwo large lawns for his neighbors, besides attending to his work in his garden. Mr. Hite, who first behald the light of day on July 15, 1820, in the state of Ohio, in one of the best preserved men of his age in the state. This year he has one of the finest gardens in the city and manages to keep busy*looking after his garden and tending a couple of his neighbor’s lawns State Deputy E. H. Whelan and H. J. Hammond left last Tuesday morn ing for New York City where they go to attend the annual convention of the Knight® of Columbus, which will be held there next week, as delegates from this state. H, J. will stop for a couple of days visit with relatives in Chicago on his way east, while Mr. Whelan will go on through. The lat ter is a member of the committee on resolutions, which convenes on Friday of this week. They expect to be ab sent two weeks. Farm lands in Holt county reached a value of $250 an acre last week when sixty acres near Atkinson was sold by Mrs. Dell Aiken for $15,000. This is the fourth tract of land in the county to sell for that amount per acre Within the last seven months. The movement in real estate in the county continues brisk and healthy, although not as many transfers are taking place as last year, and indications point to a number of sales this fall. Crops are in excellent shape and the com crop will be one of the largest in the history ol the county. The county has escaped the severe hail storms that visited ad joining territory this summer and verj feiw hail losses are reported. M. R. SULLIVAN APPOINTED RECEIVER PAGE BANK M. R. Sullivan of this city.formei county treasurer of this county anc later State Bank examner, has beer apponted receiver for the defunci Farmer’s Bank of Page, by Judge R R. Dickson and his bond fixed at $100, 000. The appointment of Mr. Sullivai had the approval of the stockholders depositors and Deputy Attorney Gen eral Lavarty of Lincoln, who made thi application for the receivership. Th< appointment was made last Friday am Mr. Sullivan took charge of the banl at once. Mr. Sullivan is an experi enced banker, having for severs years, prior to his election as count; treasurer, been "with the First Nations in this city and later with the Firs National of Atkinson. HIGH TEMPER-ATURE. Boston Transcript: She—Befor we were married you used to say I wa the sunshine of your life. He—Well, I admit that you still d your best to make it hot for me. : WATER BONDS. There will be held a special election in the City of O’Neill on Monday, August 2nd, at which time the voters of O’Neill will decide whether the city will issue bonds in the amount of $31, 000, for the purpose of erecting a new ; standpipe or water tower to take the place of the present standpipe, and for the purpose of purchasing a forty horse power engine to run the large new pump which the city has pur chaser! and installed in connection with new wells put down last year. The remaining portion of the bonds will be used for hydrants and water ex tension. It is hardly necessary to call the at tention of the voters to the fuct that the present standpipe is in a very bad condition and that the capacity of the standpipe is very inadequate to the present needs and demands of the water consumption of the city. It is absolutely necessary that the city pur chase a 40-horse power engine or motor power of that capacity to run the new pump. Some provision has to be made by the city to purchase this equipment. The only means to raise the money is by the issuing of bonds. The city council tyas been as conservative as it was possible for them to be In con sidering this matter, perhaps, much more conservative than they would have been under normal conditions wherein theey might have been able to give consideration to a more ex tensive and more comprehensive water extension plan. But under present financial conditions they had to con sider the marketing of the bonds. They found that it would be impossible to sell the bonds in a larger amount. There is no alternative in this matter. The city must have these water facili ties. Public health and public safety demands it. I sincerely trust that the voters will respond favorably to this urgent call. Respectfully, C. M. DALY, Mayor. AMERICAN LEGION NEWS SIMONSON POST The attention of former service men are called to the following statement, and are reminded that now is the time to convert their War Term Insurance to one of the New Policies now being issued by the government. A total number of 162,979 applica tions for converted Insurance have been approved by the Bureau of War Risk Insurance, according to an an nouncement by Director R. G. Cholm eley Jones who is making public at this time figures of a preliminary re port on United States Government Life Insurance, prepared in the In surance Division of the Bureau for the period ending June 30, 1920. The total amount covered by these converted policies is $611,821,500.00 and classified a.; to the forms of policy offered by the Government, the con verted insurance is distributed as fol lows: Ordinary Life. $17,462 $ 77,986,000 20-Pay’mt. Life 45,208 182,830,500 30-Pay’mt. Life .. 4,184 19,869,500 20-Yr. End’mt. 71,011 168,276,000 30-Yr. End'mt. 8,925 35,363,500 End’mt age 62 6,189 27,516,000 The total amount of premums re ceived on this insurance, including monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual, was $10,135,667.28. The effective interest rate on total investment assets is 6.06 per cent. The ratio of death losses to grass expected death losses according to the American Experience Table of Mor tality has 'been found to be less than 40 per cent. A full and comprehensive report of Government Life Insurance is to be is sued as of December 31, 1920. If you wish to convert all or a part of your War Risk Insurance to one of the New Policies, you can secure Bul letin L. D. No. 9 and also blank for Reinstatement or Conversion, which explains the New and Liberal Fea tures of War Risk Insurance, from Frank D. Harnish, Local Representa tive. A statement issued recently by Life Insurance Companies in the United. States, show that $8,700,000,000.00 new policies were written during 1919, a gain of $2,878,000,000.00 over the year 1918, or 49 per cent. This would indicate that Insurance is needed in peacetime as well as in War. The Nebraska Legion News Goes Out of Business: Owing to the shortage of paper, the cast of editing and in convenience of distributing,the Depart ment Executive Committee at the last session decided to discontinue the Ne« - braska Legion Neiws: A bulletin is sued by the Department Adjutant each * week will take the place of the paper. Notice of Advance In Premium Rates: , Former service men’s attention is in vited to the fact that Term Insurance premium rates advance yearly for certain ages and are changed as of July 1st Please note if your rate has been changed on the last Premium Notice and be careful to remit the cor rect amount. Do not change the amount of your payments unless ad vance rate is shown on notice. The Wonder Man: The local post of the American Legion, through'the kindness of the Manager of the Royal* Theatre, contracted with the Roberts & Cole Distributing Corporation, for the “Wonder Man" July 18 and 19, a Million dollar production, featuring George Carpentier, French Heavy Weight Champion, and Veteran of the late war. This picture cost the Legion over Sixty dollars each night, The attendance was not as great as ex pected owing to the hot Weather. Total receipts for the two nights amounting to about $130 which will just about cover all expenses. The Local post of the American Legion will offer the public another good enter tainment in the near future and guarantee satisfaction or money re funded. The members of the Legion know that the public gave liberally to the war. We do no want to ask the public for a donation although we are badly in need of funds. We aim to be self supporting and will try to give value received at all times. We feel that the people of this vicinity could greatly aid us by attending our en tertainments, which we will stand behind at all times, and cheerfully re fund your money, if you are not satis fied. I That I j| “Money-In The-Bank” | I' Feeling [j Which is so comfortable and inspir ing is intensified when one knows that *:4 his money has every conceivable safe- £$ ri guard thrown about it. tij Every dollar deposited in this institu tion is so protected by our membership in the Depositors Guaranty Fund that loss to any depositor is impossible. Let us explain how all banks that contribute to the maintenance of this protective fund strengthen and stabi- m lize one another. j! Nebraska State Bank ® O’Neill, Nebraska I T5he R.oyaJ Theatre 1 I Thursday and Friday, July 29 and 30th Are you tired of commonplace films? Then see this one ||j The extraordinary story of Dolores, the swimming girl of ilil !|| the Canadian wilds, and “Wapi, the Killer,” the great dog jjjjii who fights the fight of his fighting life to save her from l||| men of prey more heartless than the beasts of the forest Ij, 66D A n/ rrrfc AAlTiTrrnvM UAUl 1U UUU a lAMjmm adaptad from the story “\Vapi, the Walrus” in “Good Housekeeping” Ja.mes Oliver Ourwood ^ The author was with the company during the making of the film. Featuring the brilliant swimming star NELL SHIPMAN 16 Kinds of Wild Animals, 1 Play unique part in story { Greatest dog sledge race and dog fight ever! Scenes actually taken in side the rim of the i Arctic Circle Never a Film Like This A Tale of Love „ And Vllliany Unique, beautiful, daring! See Dolores’ desperate swim down the mountain rapids Miss Shipman really does this hazardous swim herself Scenes Actually Made at Sea | Admission. Twenty-five and Fifty Cents A good salesman knows the value of a lead or start. And any person who places even a small amount to his credit in this bank, becomes a bank depositor and his small deposit as a start is easy to follow up with greater things. There must always be the start and The O’Neill National Bank invites you to make it here. THE O’NEILL NATION ALBANK O’Neill, Nebraska. Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits,$130,000 This Bank Carries No Indebtedness of Officers Or Stockholders.