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O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1920.
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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.
