The Frontier
Published by Dennis H. Cronin
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MORE LOCAL MATTERS.
FOR SALE — FIVE PAIR OF
Guinea fowl.—E. T. Philpot, O’Neill,
Nebraska. # 18-2
The ladies’ guild of the Episcopal
church met at the home of Mrs. A. L.
Willcox 'Thursday afternoon to tie
■comforts.
The Department of Literature,
Music and Art, of the Woman’s Club,
will hold its first meeting at the
Auditorium on Wednesday, October
13, at 3 o’clock.
The Woman’s Club will hold a re
ception for the teachers at the High
School Auditorium on Friday evening
from eight until ten o’clock. All
members are invited to attend.
Mrs. Thomas Quinn and daughter,
Mrs. Richard Regan and children of
Creighton, returned Wednesday even
ing from a weeks visit at Mapleton
Iowa, with Mr. and Mrs. James Quinn
WANTED—CATTLE TO FEED. 1
have plenty of good tame hay, ex
cellent Water and good shelter and car
take forty or fifty young cattle foi
the winter.—John Catron, Chambers
Albert Ball of Norfolk, adjuster oi
the Great American Insurance Co.
was in town the first' of the week
having come up to adjust the loss of
George Tomlinson on his barn neai
Opportunity.
S, J. Weekes went down to Omaha
last Wednesday morning to attend the
rally and reception given there this
evening to the next president of the
United States, Senator Harding, who
speaks there tonight.
Mr. and Mrs. L. N. Flomerfelt of
New Brunswick, New Jersey, who
have been visiting at the home of
their cousin, Miss Mury E. Carney, for
the past two weeks, left for their home
last Thursday morning.
" Columbus day will be observed at
the Knights of Columbus ball with
. appropriate exererbs to which the
public is cordially invited, Tuesday
evening. Following the program of
speaking arid music will be a dance.
V. N. Smith, a member of the firm
of McDermott & Smith of the O Nei'l
Battery Statin, who bus charge of the
business at Valentine, was in the city
several days the forepart of last
week, returning to Valentine Thursday
evening.
Owners of liberty bonds of the
second issue, 4 per Icent have until
November 15 to convert them into
4M- per cent bonds, and owner of
the first issue of 4 per cent bonds
until December 15 for a like conver
sion. Neither of these issues may
be converted after the dates men
tioned.
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Grothe and
children of Emmet, returned last Tues
day from a week's visit with relatives
at Neligh and Wisner, Nebr. “Bill”
■ays the corn is good in that section,
but Holt county has some just as good
ar any he saw on the trip. While
away Mr. Grothe purchased a
thoroughbred Hereford bull from Ven
john Bros., at Wisner. They made the
trip by auto. Mr. .and Mrs. Henry F.
Grothe of Neligh, accompanied them
on their return and will visit at the
Grothe home at Emmet the balance of
the week. Mr. Grothe is a cousin of
William Grothe.
TIP. FOR FAIR CANDIDATES.
Grand Rapids Press: We will vote
said we firmly on entering the primary
booth, for any deserving young woman
candidate who will come out like a
man and show us her ears.
ECONOMY.
Success Magazine: Guest—Look
here! How long must I wait for the
half portion of duck I ordered?
Waiter—Till somebody orders the
other half. We can’t go out and kill
half a duck.
THE WEAKEST PART.
Houston Post: The Doctor—You
appear to have overworked. Fatigue
always affects the weakest part of the
body. What do you notice particu
larly?
Percy Pinefeather—Dizziness. Then
I get dull and drowsy.
LINCOLN COMMERCIAL CLUB
ADMITS GUILT.
Clubs Official Organ Wonder, Who
Tipped Off Opposition to North
Central Nebraska Development.
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The Lincoln Commercial Club, or
l Chamber of Commerce, practically ad
mits that it is opposed to any exten
sion of the Burlington railroad south
west-from O’Neill to connect with the
Burlington’s north main line through
the state in editorial comment in its
official organ, the Lincoln Trade
Review, in the issue of October 2.
The article says:
The Lincoln Chamber of Commerce
request for co-operation from the Oh
aha Chamber of Commerce in regard
to encouraging the extension of tHt>
railroad line from Burwell to Long
Pnie, an extension that would greatly
j improve both Lincoln and Omaha’s
j trade territory has been met with
resolutions from O’Neill, Nebraska,
condemning t*e Lincoln Chamber of
Commerce for its action. The Lincoln
Chamber of Commerce, knowing of the
proposed O Neill-Thedford extension
which ^would necessarily aid Sioux
City in that section, felt that they
were entirely justified in looking after
their own interests by offering this
suggestion as to the other extension.
.This matter was not given publicity
at the time the letter was written
from Lincoln, but O’Neill business men
in some way obtained information re
garding this request for co-operation
from the Omaha Chamber of Com
merce and they speedily offered their
resolution protesting against the Lin
coln Chamber.
The indirect query of the article as
to who tipped it off to the Nebraska
Colorado and Wyoming Development
association, an organization of resi
dents of the territory through which
the proposed - OiNeill-Thedford .ex
tension will pass and who are asking
for relief, is qpsily answered. D
was no Benedict Arnold in the organ
ized bunch of conspirators who are
working aganst the development of the
richest section of Nebraska, unless
Secretary Whitten of the Club, and
the Club’s official organ, are to be
classed as traitors. The move of the
Lincoln men was tipped off in the fol
lowing article appearing in the Lin
coln Trade Review of the issue of
July 24:
Secretary Whitten, of the Lincoln
Commereila Club has taken up with
Omaha and Lincoln business men the
proposal on the part of the Burling
ton to extend its line from O’Neill to
Thedford, making a direct connection
into Sioux City. Prospects t.t the pres
ent time for additional road bed con
i
struction in this state arc not very
bright and this suggested extension of
the Burlington, if deemed advisable,
m y not be carried through for a num
ber of years. People in that section
where the new line would traverse, are
most enthusiastic, although it is be
lieved that proper tonsideraton to the
natural flow of business by rail in this
state has not been taken into account.
Mr. Whitten in his letter has suggest
ed that a better service to this State
and to all shipper- could be rendered
by the Burlington by extending the
present Burwell branch so as to con
nect with either Long Pine or Ains
worth. This wdtild provide additional
rail facilities for caring for the great
flow of agricultural and live stock
products from that growing section
towards centers such as Omaha, Lin
• >'.n and St Joe, which, due to the
natural trend, of all shipments in ths
state, would be the rational way to
handle this increased production.
Thi3 article credits Secretary Whit
ten as saying that “a better service to
this state and to all shippers could be
rendered by the Burlington extending
the pi eaent Burwell branch so as to
connect with either Long Pine or Ains
worth.”
Such an assertion is wilfully and
knowingly false, even if Mr. Whitten
does say it, as a reference to any map
of Nebraska will indicate. Lines
drawn from O’Neill to Thedford and
from Burwell to Long Pine, or Ains
worth, disclose that the Burweil-Long
Pine extension would not serve a
twentieth of the territory served by
the O’Neill-Thedford line. A stockman
living more than twenty miles north
of the present north main line of the
Burlington would demonstrate imbe
cility by driviffg his stock to the
Burlington extension from Burwell to
Long Pine to ship it,to Omaha by way
of the Burlington, through Lincoln,
when he can get on the market hours
earlier by using the present shorter
Northwestern route. These stockmen
at present can get into the Sioux City
market, of which Lincoln seems to be
afraid, by making the long drive to the
Northwestern and at Norfolk routing
to either Orrftiha or Sioux City. It is
to do away with these long drives and
the exhorbitant expense of freighting
in and out other products and com
modities that the residents cf the ter
ritory are begging for a railroad. The
Lincoln commercial organization would
compel the residents of the section of
the state asking for relief to continue
paying thirty dollars a ton for soft
coal, forty for hard^oal, forty and
forty-five cents for gas, and Klondike
Judge R. R. Dickson
, Candidate for Re-Election
For District Judge
at the November Election 1920
ALL the important litigation arising among the people of this district
J~\. the past nine years, has been decided by District Judge R. R.
Dickson. His efficiency as a jurist is beyond question. During the
nine years of his encumbency upon the bench, out of the thousands
of cases lie was called upon to decide, seventy-one were appealed
to the Supreme Court and passed upon by that court. Fifty-seven
of those cases were affirmed and fourteen reversed. It is doubtful
if this record is equalled by any other district judge in this state,
and certainly not exceeded.
. Judge Dickson believes in speedy trials and economy in the ad
ministration of justice. In many instances, he has dispensed with
the services of juries and tried numerous cases himself, thus saving
the taxpayers large sums of money. The work .in this judicial district
has been kept up to the minute, owing entirely to his insistence that
cases be tried promptly and disposed of.
Prior to his election to this high office nine years ago, Judge Dick
son was engaged in the active practice of law'at O’Neill, Nebraska,
where he has resided lor thirty-three years. He has always been a
heavy taxpayer and has kept the expenses of the courts at the lowest
point possible consistent with efficiency.
During the nine years in office, he hasqiroven himself a very able
jurist and has been absolutely fearless in his administration and
enforcement of the law, having no friends to favor or enemies to punish, j
Judge Dickson is a Patriotic American, a firm believer in the enforce
ment of law and in the equality of every man and woman before the
law. laiok for his name.on the Judicial Ballot,and vote mr him.
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prices for foodstuffs they do not raise
themselves, that all railroad lines
might lead to the holy city and center
of universal wisdom or lead not at
all.
The O’Neill-Thedford extension
originally was the scheme of that
great empire builder, James J'. Hill,
whom Lincoln lauds when he improved
its Burlington railroad yards. When
Hill built the present Sioux City
O’Neill line he opened up a section of
Nebraska than which there is no richer
territory now developed, and increased
the state’s dairying, stockraising and
agricultural resources more than thirty
per cent. Lincoln undoubtedly at the
time opposed this extension, because
that brand of selfishness is a Lincoln
trait. But the extension has benefitted
Lincoln nevertheless. The increased
revenue derived from the developed
territory by the state enabled Lincoln
business men to sell to the state for
university purposes bad land no longer
desirable as residence property, al
though the scheme established the
university permanently in a location
that will cost untold millions for ex
pansion if the school continues to
grow. It also enabled the erection of
more buildings on the Lincoln carnival
and circus grounds, that Lincoln
tavern keepers might during the
season charge four dollars a night for
beds ordinarily rented for "a dollar.
Wbuld Lincoln relinquish these and
other perquisites, and its new state
capitol, to have the Sioux City-O’Neill
extension pulled up so that the rails
might be used in building jerkwater
extensions to the capital city ?
Lincoln differs only from an orchid
in that*the latter has no odor.
STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP.
Statement of Ownership, Management,
Circulation, required by the Act of
Congress of August 24, 1912, of
The Frontier, published weekly at
O’Neill, Nebraska, for October 1,
1920.
State of Nebraska, County of Holt, as.j
Before me, a Notary Public, in and
for'the State and county aforesaid,
personally appeared D. H. Cronin,
who, having been duly sworn according
to law, deposes and says that he is the
dwner of The Frontier and that the
following is, to the best of , his
knowledge and belief, a true state
ment of the ownership, management
(and if a daily paper, the circulation),
etc., of the aforesaid publication for
the date shown in the above caption,
required by tha. Act of August 24,
1912 embodied in section 443, Postal
Laws and Regulations, printed on the
reverse of this form, to-wit:
1. That the name and addresses of
the publisher, editor, managing editor,
and business managers are:
D. H. CRONIN, O’Neill Nebraska.
2. That the owners are:
IX H. CRONIN, O’Neill Nebraska.
3. That the known bondholders,
mortgagees, and other security holders
owning or holding 1 per cent or more
of total amount of bonds, mortgages,
or other securities are:
None.
D. H. CRONIN, Owner.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 4th day of October, 1920.
(Seal) C. P. HANCOCK,
Notary Public.
My commission exires April 12, 1922.
THE FARMERS’ PARTY.
In his speech of acceptance, Warren
G. Harding, Republican candidate for
president, very truly said that ethe
Republican party was organized main-,
:y by the farmers of the Central West
and that the party had always recog
nized agriculture as the foundation
upon which our civilization is built. In
its National platform foe 1920 it pre
sents a thoroughly constructive farm
program in words that cannot be mis
understood.
_ Here are- the formal pledges of the
Requblican party as set forth in the
agricultural plank of the national
platform. Read thorn carefully, for
they are of vital interest toi you.
Practical and adequate farm repre
sentation in the appointment of gov- s,
ernmental officials and commissions. /
The right to form co-operative as
sociations fdr marketing their prod
ucts, and protection aganst discrimi
nation.
The scientific study of agricultural
prices and farm production costs at
home and abroad, with a view to re- '
ducing the frequency of abnormal
fluctuations, and the uncensored pub
lication of such reports.
The authorization vof associations
for the extension of personal credit.
A national inquiry on the co-ordi
natin of rail, water and motor trans
portation, with adequate facilities for
receiving, handling and marketing
food.
The encouragement of our export
trade.
An end to unnecessary price fixing'
and ill-considered efforts arbitrarily
to reduce prices of farm products,
which invariably result to the disad
vantage both of producer and con
sumer. i
The encouragement of the produc
tion and importation of fertilizing ma
terial and for its extended use.
The extension of the federal farm
loan act so as to help farmers to be-,
come farm owners and thus reduce
the evils of farm tenantry, and also
to furnish such long-time credit as
farmers need to finance adequately
their large and long-time production
operations.
Revision of the tariff as necessary
for the preservation of a home market
for American labor, agriculture and
industries. (Note that the pledge to
the farmer is just as specific as to
labor and capital.)
Boston Transcript: Elsie—I wonder
why silk is more'’spensive than wool is.
Marjorie—I guess it’s ’cause it’s a
lot more trouble to shear the little silk
worms than the big sheep.
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