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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 20, 1921)
r • I i“-' " j 0 ' . Frontier. t ,/ VOLUME XLI. V- - LOCAL MATTERS. Wm Simpson went to Omaha Tues day morning. The Chambers Sun entered upon its thirty-second year last week. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Davidson re turned home Saturday evening. Mrs. John Hiber returned Saturday L evening from a short visit at Omaha. Ira Moss, clerk of the district court, spent Sunday with relatives at At , kinsoh. Mrs. Harry Reardon entertained at dinner Wednesday evening for a few friends. Joe McNicrols returned Saturday from a visit with friends and relatives in Iowa. James F. O’Donnell left Tuesday morning for Omaha to attend a bank ers meeting. Frank Pettinner of Atkinson, was on the Omaha market last week with four loads of cattle. S. J. Weekes is attending a bankers meeting at Omaha, going to Omaha Wednesday morning. Senator D. H. Cronin spent Sunday and Monday in the city, returning to Lincoln Tuesday morning. Mrs. Herbert Hammond was hostess to the ladies of the Block 18 club, at cards, Wednesday evening. J. B. Fullerton of Pleasant View, was an O’Neill visitor Monday, to at tend a farmers’ union meeting. Miss Cleta Harrington entertained Wednesday evening in honor of her brother, Mr. George Harrington. - Gordon Smith of Ewing, was visit ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Henry, in this city, over Sunday. George Parham returned Monday evening from Atlantic, Iowa, where he has been visiting for four or five weeks. L. G. Gillespie went down to Omaha Monday to attend an insurance meet ing in that city. He will return home tonight. The Martez club was entertained by. Miss Ida Chapman Tuesday evening, Miss Florence McCafferey winning the prize at whist. Fred Gatz and sons are ehgaged in Holt county friends and to look over his local interests, returning to Nor folk Tuesday afternoon. Holt county friends receive with regret announcement of the death of Eugene, infant sot} of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Bailin, formerly of Atkinson, at Minneapolis recently. The Bristow postoffice has been raised from fourth to third clas9, which puts Postmaster A. B. Enborg on a salary, whereas before his income depended upon stamp cancellation. Homer Mullen returned Wednesday, morning from Gering, Nebraska, where he has been engaged as a chemist at the beet sugar factory which just has completer the season’s run. Holders of temporary, first and fourth, 4% per cent Liberty bonds, now may convert them into the per manent issues, according to notice re ceived by the local banks from the government. Dallas Sandberg was the only game potted in a coyote hunt over in Boyd county, near Bristow, last week. Three coyotes were scared up but got away. Mr. Sandberg received a charge of shot in the arm and leg, but was not seriously injured. The Leader, Myer Richards pro prietor, located*in the Scott building was closed by Attorney J. D. Cronin, acting for the creditors, Monday even ing, Mr. Richards admitting insol vency. A petition in bankruptcy was filed in Norfolk before the federal court Wednesday. Holt county corn drew a first premium at the meeting of associated agricultural societies at Lincoln week before last. The yellow dent corn dis played by Antone Soukup of Page, and raised on his farm near that place, was the com drawing the blue ribbon for District E, comprising north cen tal Nebraska. Word has been received by the local authorities that little Corwin Herrick, who was placed in a, home for boys after his parents were sent to the Nor folk asylum last year, is a victim of ;uberculosis contracted wh^ the family were living in a hovel south of Emmet. He is to be sent to the state ;uberculosis hospital at Kearney for the annual ice harvest, A good quality of ice, about twelve inches thick, js being harvested. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hamik of Stu art are the parents of a baby daughter which arrived at the Ha mik residence January 13. M. W. Mather is planning for a big blooded hog sale, to be held in O’Neill early in March. Twenty-five or thirty 1 of his best animals will be offered. Peter Duffy, new secretary of the Holt county fair, left for Lincoln Tues- ' day morhingto attend the meeting of the state and county fa}E association. The Reverend J. O. Ambrose, foj merly i>f Panama, Nebraska, is the new paster of the Presbyterian church , at Atkinson, ''and already has taken charge. ; Mrs. R. R. Dickson entertained in- < formally, at cards, Tuesday evening in honor of her sister, Mrs. Sadie Marble, who will leave the last of the week for California. James, the little son °f Mr. and Mrs. John M. Flannigan of Stuart, was taken to Nicholas Senn' hospital, Omaha, last week, suffering from typhoid fever. Mildred Alta, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Janies, Van Every of Inn.an, died Tuesday of last week after a ten days illness. The funeral was last" Thursday. Tfm dates of the Chambers fair for this year' lygre fixed for Wednesday, Tnprsday and pyifH'y, September £4- . 1546, at a meeting 6f the association at Chambers Saturday. Clem Benson came up Wednesday of last week for a short visit with Ui CmUICII t « Postmaster JVL H. McCarthy is one )f the first in O’Neill to assist in the novement to get things back to a pre war price basis, by reducing the price >f postal cards fifty per cent. Postal :ards that sold for two cents during fie war are now being offered at the ocal postoffice for one cent each and juite a few are taking advantage of fie bargains. J. M. Hunter was elected president it the annual meeting of the Holt fife F. B. Fuller of Atkinson, was elected rice president, Frank Lancaster sec retary and treasurer, Sam Hickman >f Atkipson, director for the three rear term, R. H. Murray of O’Neill, lirector for two years and J. L. Blair >f Ewing, director for one year. Lee Weekes, adjutant of the local American Legion post, returned Sat irday from Lincoln and Omaha. He ittended a meeting of the American Legion at Lincoln Wednesday and fien went over to Omaha to arrange i card for the American Legion ath etic carnival proposed to be put on iere the last of the" month. Jack Leahy and Harry Reed, who were to lave appeared here New Year’s eve, will be the principals in the main bout ind both have posted forfeits. Considerable excitement Was caused it the Grand cafe Monday evening by mung Frapk O'Cohhell deciding that fie time had arrjved for him to begin ;o talk, Papa was the first word he ;ackled and finding that he had the jroper pronounciatlon he repeated it several times just to show the crowd fiat it wasn’t an accident. Frank / THE BEGINNING OF A BANK-NOTE Little Marcia's baby dress though made of the finest linen was ultimately worn thread' bare. One day it landed in the rag bag and was sold to the junk dealer. When the rag sorter touched the discarded garment he detected in a flash the fine quality of the flax and set it aside for a journey to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing at Washing ton. Eventually it became legal tender—a bank-note. Just how is told in one of the beautiful booklets about Our Government which we are sending each month to those interested. Just send us your name and address and you will receive a copy of every issue of the series without charge. NEBRASKA STATE BANK O’Neill, Nebraska m * O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1921. O’Connell, sr., his grandad, and Frank O’Connell, jr., his dad. celebrated the momentous event by taking several copious draughts from the water cooler and the patrons all got pie with the regular meal. The nimrods of the fertile Cham bers valley are going to put on a big wolf hunt Friday of this week. The territory to be hunted over is five miles square, containing twenty-five square miles, the east line of the drive being two miles west of Chambers. The drive will start promptly at 10 o’clock. No horses, rifles, revolvers or dogs will be allowed and No. 3 shot is the largest size permitted for the shotguns. The hunters will move at the rate of two miles to the hour, which will bring them to the center section of the territory, section 21, Township 26, range 13, at 11 o’clock. E. F. Barnes of Atkinson, was elected president, Jacob Hirsch of O’Neill vice president and Peter Duffy secretary of the Holt cobnty fair as sociation at the meeting at the K. C. club rooms Monday evening. The meeting was an adjourned one from the regular meeting, A._F. Sauser, Samuel Hickman and Frank Lan caster, previously elected president, vice president and secretary, being un willing to serve. A report of the financial condition of the fair was dis cussed and subscriptions to take up the minor obligations, secured by cer tificates of indebtedness, taken up. The fair dates remain as previously announced. Bundling them in the mattress and bed clothing of the bed upon which they lay, Lou Wyant Tuesday morning zenship from benefits. Requires state board of equalization and assessment to levy an annual tax for ten years amounting to $1,000,000 per year, for payment of the bonus. Provides that widows of deceased soldiers, who have not re-married, shall receive the amounts to which their husbands would have been entitled. H. RF. 53—By Sturdevant—Permits annual re-appraisement, of school lands for leasing. H. R. 152—by Bethea—Allows county board to build or repair bridges and culverts and make highway im provements to the amount of $5,000 without advertising for bids, and to purchase all necessary equipment for such work. Present legal limit $500. H. R. 63—By Bethea and Sturde vant.-—Provides for sale of state school lands at public auction, upon ex piration of present leases and also when sale contracts are cancelled or forfeited for non-payment. Land com missioner to offer lands for sale once each year where the lessee is a bidder but not the highest, the successful bidder is required to reimburse him for value of improvements on the lands. Authorizes board of educational funds to withdraw from sale lands contain ing minerals. Limits any one buyer to 640 acres. Makes county treasurers agents of the state for collection of payments. Raises interest rate on sale contracts from 5 to g per cent. Purchaser to pay 26 per cent in cash and balance in twenty annual install monto .vr FiA 1AA nnr hnnf ?r* oneV) as he may elect. Re-appraisals of leased land to be made by land com missioner or his representative and chairman of county board. CARD OF THANKS. We desire to express our sincere application of the kindnesses and sympathy extended in our great be reayement, the loss of beloved, hus band, father and brother. Mrs, J. P. Mullen and family. P. J. Mullen. SUPERVISOR V'ATSON TRIUMPHS OVER FLOODS Even the elements are not for midable opponents tvhen they wage warfare on Supervisor Fred Watson iif Amelia, who represents the south western part of Holt county on the our.ty board. Mr. Watson who early is month completed a four year term .s member of the board from the -lixth Supervisor district, was re-ap pointe! to the position this week by County Clerk Porter, County Attor ney Chapman and County Treasurer Callagher, the county officials desig nated by law to fill vacancies on the :ounty board. Mr. Watson is returned to his former position because Samuel R’Jejf, also one of the prominent ranch men of southern Holt, who was elected carried Mrs. Wyant and infant, but a few days old, from their burning resi dence to safety at the home of a neighbor close by, then after turning in a fire alarm returned home and had a portion of the furniture removed be fore the arrival of the fire department. One of the inner partitions of the Wyant home in the south part of town caught fire from a heater and the fire was communicated to the ceiling over head. The prompt arrival of the fire department enabled the flames to be subdued before they had gained much headway. The loss will be about $300. The Lincoln Journal last Saturday editorially roasted the hotel and inn keepers of Washington for preparing to hike prices of accommodations during the inauguration. Now that the Washington sinners are disposed sf, the Journal might turn its editorial guns on the hotel and ipn keepers of Lincoln, for whom the Washington men evidently worked before they went into business for themselves. Lincoln was filled with delegates the first of this month from all sections the state attending the meetings of the allied agricultural societies.' The I. indell hotel parked eight of these delegates in one room for a night and charged each $2.25 for the accom modation, or a total of $18 for the room. MESDAMES RYAN AND DALY ENTERTAIN Mrs. Arthur Ryan and Mrs. Chas. M. Daly entertained at a dinner party it the Golden hotel, Monday evening, thirty-five guests being present. The event was one of the last of the formal social functions preceding Lent and incidentally one of the most enjoyable. The color scheme of the beautifully decorated dining room was pink and white, with carnation and narcissus floral table decorations. Mrs. H. J. Hammond won the first prize atcar-ds, following the dinner-, Mrs. Pa moll Golden the second prize and Mrs. J. J. McDermott the all-cut prize. LANLORD LIEN BILL KILLED. The lanlord’s lien bill introduced by Representative Brantley Stufdevant in the legislature last week, incidently the first bill to be introduced by one of the Holt county delegation, met an early death according to the Lincoln Journal, which had he following to say regarding it Tuesday: “The legislative ax was put in mo tion Monday afternoon for the first time when a standing committee killed H. R. 17, by Representative Sturde vant of Holt county. There is, of course, the possibility of bringing the pulmotor into play on the house floor. It sometimes is done but seldom after a committee has killed sp dead and hard as to make it unanimous. “Mr. Sturdevani was called before the judiciary committee to show cause why his lanlord measure should live. He made a good stand but after he had gone, members of group ad ministered the death stroke. The bill was copied after the landlord’s lien law in operation in the state of Iowa. It gives the landowner a lien on all the crops, machinery and other property cf the tenant, except his statuatory ex emptions, and the lien holds-good until Mr. Tenant pays his rent. Members of the committee took the position that such a law would make it practi cally Impossible for the renter to bor row money at the bank. “The representative from Holt county was not picked upon from ma licious intent. Bills before other com mittees Monday came near the big divide but were finally allowed a day or so more in which to breathe. From early indications this is to be a kill ing legislature.” The following other bills have been introduced in the legislature by the Holt county delegation: H. R. 61—By Sturdevant—Makes the office of district road overseer elective instead of appointive. H. R. 62—By Sturdevant—-Soldiera' bonus aet. Allows each soldier, sail or, marine, Of Murss whe served in the war with Germany, $15 per month, limited, however, to $50. Administra tion placed in the hands of a “sol diers’ bonus board” comprising the state auditor, tv*aeu*ei and adjutant general. Prohibits assignment of claims. Excludes conscientious ob jectors and those who attempted to vade service by maiming alien citi NO. 33. to succeed Mr. Watson last fall, de- secure ballos and could nbt hold an cided not to qualify because of ill election. Afterward, prompted by a health. Mr. Riley was the petition desire to have a representative on the candidate at the fall election, the re- county board who resided in that sec publican candidate being Dean Cole tion, the voters filed the name of Mr. of Emmet and the democratic candi- Riley as a petition candidate and he date Jack Welsh, also of Emmet, was elected. After election he was Three candidates offered themselves taken ill, necessitating a trip to the for the position at the primaries last Mayo hospital at Rochester, from spring, Mr. Watson and Mr. Cole for which he returned last week improv the republican nomination and Mr. ing in health bat not yet entirely re Welsh for the democratic one. Before covered from his ailment. Mr. Riley primary election day arrived the the first of the week decided not to spring floods were raging and the qualify for a considerable time at streams dividing the southern half of least and Mr. Watson was appointed the county from the north were raging bo serve until he does, or until the term torrents, not to be crossed. JBecause will expire should Mr. Riley determine of this the residents of the southwest not to assume the duties of the posi portion of the county were not able to tion. VALUABLE PAPERS LOST. S The Farmer says, “Mary, where is that contract I made with John Sommers? I can’t find it and I am sure I placed it in one of these bureau drawers.” Mary hasn’t seen it, the chil- j j dren can’t find it and now friend Farmer is sorry he didn’t have one of our safety deposit boxes. The O’Neill National Bank has safety deposit boxes for your private papers. Try one. r H E O’N EILL NATION ALBANK O’Neill. Nebraska. mlh i liii. Bunk Curriett Nn Indebtedness of Officer* Or Stockholders. j ^ Capital, Surplus and ^Undivided Profits, $130,000 IImTi'ce5zPVBLIC [ Owing to the many requests from those unable to attend and those who have not yet secured all the goods they desired, to continue our GREAT DOUBLE HEADER SALE a short time longer, we have therefore decided to run it on until the end of this month. And as the business policy of this firm has changed to a strictly cash basis; we wish to thoroughly demonstrate to our patrons the great saving to them of the “Cash and Carry” plan over the old credit system. As every one knows, we ourselves can buy cheaper for cash than we can on time and buy on the day and time and from any manu facturer or jobber offering the best prices. Then too, we eliminate the cost of keeping books and the chance of charging you with some thing that should • have been put on some flther persons account, also with having to add what we loose in bad credits, to the goods you pay for. The overhead expenses of run ning the business is just about half on the “Cash and Carry” plan of what it is on the old credit system, there is no interest charge on money invested in j j goods credited out for eight months to two years in some cases. You know | ms every last item of expense is charged in the cost of goods and are paid for by 3 the consumer. Therefore we can sell you the very pick of the markets so much j tl lower on the “Cash and Carry” plan than the firm who sells on credit that our j prices seem incredible. Help us give you service and 25 to 40 per cent more | H for your dollar by patronizing the “Cash and Carry” plan. | REMEMBER THE GREAT DOUBLE HEADER SALE RUNS ON UN- j | TIL THE END OF THIS MONTH. ASK TO SEE THE NEW BARGAINS I I IN FURNITURE WE HAVE JUST PUT ON. | I WARNER SONS | “Who Took the Profits *Out Of and 11 . Put the Tears In Profiteers.” I O’Neill, Nebraska * • .