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The Frontier.
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VOLUME XLI.
O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1921.
NO. 38.
LOCAL MATTERS.
Bert L. Powell of Opportunity, was
in the city Sunday evening.
P. R. Dyer from Fairmont, Nehr.,
is here visiting his brother, C. B.
Dyer.
Supervisor L. C. McKim was in |
fi om the northeast end of the county j
Tuesday. I
Jake Zehr of Buffalo county, is here
for a few days visit with old time
friends and relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. J. U. Yantzi left last
week for a short visit with relatives •
at Bridgewater, S. D.
Cletis Morrison returned Saturday
evening from a several months visit
with relatives in Wisconsin.
Myron Brotherton of Amelia, left
Wednesday of last week for Omaha
to undergo medical treatment.
Miss Mae Hammond was hostess to
the Martez club Monday evening. The
honors at cards were won by Miss
Grace Hammond.
O. P. Wyland of Harlan, Iowa, was
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. John L.
QuigG the first'of the week while
looking over his Holt county interests.
Elmer Wolfe, residing on the old
Cross place north of town, sustained
a compound fracture of his arm ^Tues
day when his team ran away.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Henry and'
daughter Patricia Jane, returned to
Geneva, Nebraska, Monday morning
after spending a couple of weeks visit
ing relatives and friends in the city.
A small blaze, starting in an auto- 1
mobile top, at the Art Wyant garage
Monday morning, called out the fire
department. The fire was subdued 1
with no loss except the destruction of
the auto top. 1
The Rev. T. S. Watson of Epworth,
Iowa, pastor of the Methodist church
of this city about ten years ago, died
at his residence in that city Sunday,
February IB, after an illness of but a
few hours duration. The Rev. Watson
on his removal from O’Neill was pas
tor of the Methodist church at Inman
for several years.
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Scott entertain
ed the younger social set Tuesday
evening at their residence in honor of
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Scott, who ar
rived in O’Neill last week after a short
wedding trip following their marriage
recently at Vancouver, Washington. '
The evening was occupied most en
jeyably in games and other social di
cersions.
The new Boy Scout troop, Vecently
organized, is in the throes of a bird
house building contest which is to end
Monday evening with a display of the
handicraft of the contestants in the
basement "Of the Methodist church.
Three prizes-offered by the local Ma
sonic lodge, $3, $2, and $1 respectively,
will be awarded the builders of the
best houses. The houses afterwards
will be placed on sale at Grady’s
store.
On March 4 and 5 at Wayne will
pceur the second basket ball tourna
ment of the Northeast Nebraska Ath
letic League. The State Normal
School is sponsoring the tournament
and already over thirty schools have
signified their intention of attending
and entering teams. The people of
Wayne will entertain the boys in their
acmes and the Commercial Club is of
fering the prizes for first and second
In each class.
Passenger and freight rates on
;raffic withir^ the state were raised to
conform to interstate rates Tuesday
morning of this week on order of the
federal court that the rates be made
:o conform to an order issued some
time ago by the interstate commerce
commission.. The new passenger rate
is 3.6 cents per mile, not including the
■var tax, which makes the fare from
3’Neill to Omaha $7,677 The old rate
was $6.38. The freight rates were or
lered increased thirty-five per cent.
\s the state railway sometime ago
md increased them 25 per cent the
irder only requires a 10 per cent in
'rease over the present rates. Under
:he new rate a farmer or stockman
probably will have to pay the rail
•oads a little more for freight than he
rets fnr bis stuff when he shins it. to
narket, but he has the satisfaction of
mowing that the railroad stockhold
>rs will be enabled to continue to earn
substantial returns on their invest
nents, that stock dividends also may
■ontinue to be issued so that earnings
vill not appear too high, and that the
■steemed horny handed union railroad
nnploye may continue to live in the
style to which he is accustomed. Be
‘ore getting hot under the collar the
shipper should remember that it is
nore blessed to give than to receive.
WHITMEN-OBERLE.
Miss Tina Oberle of this city and
VIr. Hyman L. Whitman of Roxbury,
Mass., were united ih marriage at
5ioux City Wednesday of last week
md after a short visit with Holt
cunty relatives 'Will leave for Massa
husetts, where they will make their
uture home. Miss Oberle is the
harming daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Prank Oberle of Scott township and
s esteemed and admired by all who
now her. Mr. Whitman is connected
,vith one of the large shoe manu
’actures of the east and is a rising
.:oung business man. The Frontier
loins their many friends in extending
;o the young couple best wishes for a
ong and happy wedded life.
MRS. BAZELMAN
AWARDED LARGE ALIMONY
Mrs. Fred Bazelman, wife of Free
Bazelman of the Bazelman Lumber
company, Tuesday morning was
awarded a divorce from her husband
by Judge Robert R. Dickson and
$7,500 alimony, one of the largest
sums ever awarded in a divorce action
in Holt county. The custody of the
children will not be determined1 by
Judge Dickson until after the close oi
school at St. Mary's Academy, which
the little ones attend. The alimony
payments as ordered by the court arc
as followg:
One hundred dollars in cash, $1,400
March 1, 1921; $4,000 payable in $1,
000 installments on June 1 and No
vember 1, 1921, January 1 and No
vember 1, 1922, and a final $2,000 in
stallment on January 1, 1923. The in
stallments are payable on or before
date and draw 6 percent interest. The
court also allowed her $500 attorney
fees, which in addition to the court
costs and his own attorney fee brings
the cost to Mr. Bazelman to over
$8,000.00.
The trial of the case occupied a
number of days in districtcourtseveral
weeks ago, and again was up last
Saturday morning, when a dramatic
scene in which the defendant was
roundly scored by Judge Dickson was
enacted. Recently Mrs. Bazelman re
ceived a letter from one of the little
daughters, stating" that on the first
dav of Trf»nt Mr Razpltnnn on coine*
into the parlor of the Bazelman resi
dence saw a large, live rat perched on
the frame of a photograph of lyirs.
Bazelman which hung on the wall.
After calling the attention of several
of the children to the rat he took it
and placed it in the stove. The rat
was considered an omen by the
daughter which so moved her that she
wrote her mother concerning it. Mrs.
Bazelman on receiving the letter turn
ed it over to Judge Dickson after
showing it to her attorney and as a
lesult the two principals in the di
vorce action and the children were
called into court Saturdayt morning,
with the attorneys, to testify in re
gard to the rat incident. Mr. Bazel
man’s contention that it was a live
rat aroused the judicial ire and he was
giving a severe scoring by the judge
which concluded with a threat of a
jail sentence if rats continued to fig
ure in the divorce proceedings. In
justice to others mentioned as having
seen the rat, in the letter which fol
lows. it is stated that none saw the rat
on the picture. Father Sullivan, who
i= mentioned as having called to see
it. was asked by Mr. Bazelman to take
a look at the rat in the stove, but re
fused to do so, stating that the rat
incident had no connection in his mind
with the Bazelman domestic diffi
culties. Mr. Thomas Quinn, who als
was asked to view the rat only sa’
r few charred ribs and what he suj
posed might be the tail of a rat in th
stove after it had been burned. Fol
lowing is the letter which called dow
the judicial wrath upon the head o
Mr. Bazelman:
O’Neill, Nebr., Feb. 9, 1921.
Dear Mama: Well as this is th
first day of lent, I twill tell you some
thing queer happened in our home to
day. Today noon as Papa went int
the parlor to put away his good sui1
he saw a great big live rat sitting o
the frame of your photograph an
many people came to see It. Some o
the people said you were dead an
others said it was a warning. Fathe
Sullivan was also down to see it. Th
kids are all so scart they won’t go ii
the parlor or any where alone, am
when Papa came to the store and toll
me about it, I couldn’t speak, am
when I did come to my senses I sail
Mama must be dead. Then I wen
straight down to Lakey’s but theri
was nobody home, so I saw Harr;
Radaker at the depot and asked hin
if he had s'een you today, and he sail
that you and Mrs. Lakey bough
a ticket for Tilden. Papa was thi
only one that had the nerve to wall
up and take the rat off your picturi
with his bare hand and throw it ii
the stove. The rat acted so calm an<
uiun even tiy iv vu.tr mm, «viu wiit’i
he threw it in the stove, it burnt fo:
over half an hour and everybody sail
it was the biggest rat they ever saw
and that it was impossible for any ra
to get up there on such an odd shape<
photograph. Mamma am’t you sor
ry that the last word you told Bernarc
last night were to hell with Papa, a.
you know Mamma this happened 01
the first day of Lent and we arc al
glad we went to 8 o’clock, mass thi:
morning, and intend to keep it up al
di ring Lent. Mamma I think there i:
something to this trouble between yoi
and Papa as it all shows so plainl;
every one was afraid but Papa had n<
fear, so he must be innocent.
Well I will close. Good bye, writi
soon, your loving daughter,
AGNES.
FRANK W. PHILLIPS.
Frank William Phillips, one of thi
! leading citizens of Holt and Kno:
counties, died at his residence nea
Star early Monday morning of pneu
ntonia and paralysis. The funeral wa:
l'p’d Wednesday morning from thi
thillips residence on the Holt am
Knox county line, under the auspice:
of the I. 0. 0. F.. the Reverent
[ George Longstaff officiating. Buria
was in the Star cemetery.
Frank W. Phillips was one of thi
early settlers of Holt county, comint
0 to this section from Iowa in 1880 anc
v settled in the northeast part of th«
- county'. He moved just across lh<
e line into Knox county about ten years
- ago, his large ranch being located in
1 b( th counties. He suffered a stroke
f of paralysis about a year ago, and a!
though slight improvements were ap
parent in his condition from time to
2 time he had never completely re
. covered and soop_succumbed to an at
. tack of pneumonia. There have been
> very few men in either Holt or Knox
, counties more generally admired and
i esteemed by all who knew them than
1 Frank Phillips and he was honored
[ from time to time with public office
1 while residing in Holt county. He
r served a number of years as a mem
» ber of the Holt county board of su
i pervisors and ably represented the
1 county and this Bistrict in the state
1 senate for the term of 1907 and 1908,
1 being one of the leaders in the enact
I irent of the progressive legislation
; adopted by the memorial session. He
• will be mourned by all who knew him.
| Mr. Phillips leaves to servive him
I his mother, the widow and eight
: children:
' V. L. Phillips of Alberta, Canada,
; It. P. Phillips, Bernice, R. F. and
, Walter of Star, Mrs. Elma Grady of
1 Oakland, Cal., Bryon and Lyle Phil
1 lips of Basin. Wyoming.
The Holt County Farm Bureau has
been the first county farm bureau in
Nebraska to put on a market agent.
The memberships campaign closed
with a thousand members February
12th and the Farm Bureau Board hired
a marketing agent Wednesday of the
following week. The agent is in east
ern Nebraska selling hay and surplus
seed from the qpunty. Several car
loads of prairie hay were sold the last
three days of the week. The expense
of sending it-through the Hay exchan
ge at Omaha is saved to Holt county
farmers and hay men and the back
pull is saved to the consumer. The
market agent is also buying car loads
of grain needed in the county. The
Holt County Farm Bureau sold sev
eral thousand head of feeder cattle
direct to eastern buyers in the fall of
1918, and this fall the marketing
agent will devote his time to placing
feeder cattle. The marketing agent
works in the eastern states and all
orders are placed with Farm Bureau
members as they are sent back to
the Farm Bureau officer, F. H. Lan
caster, county agricultural agent at
O’Neill, who looks after all orders sent
dr by the marketing agent.
The new troup of Boy Scouts re
cently oragnized has received word
from national headquarters that it
will be known officially as Troop
No. 2.
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XX- C. THEATBE
ONE NIGHT ONLY
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28
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; , An Absolutely Guaranteed Attraction
The Great Comedy Drama
The SWEDE the TRAMP and the GIRL ,
With that funny Swedish Dialetc Comedian
C-AXSIX XX. idaxix'toxt
as “OLE”
A laugh from start to finish.
1 * All cur own special scenery.
C, d singing and dancing Specialties.
Pre-War Prices Including War Tax: Children, 25c; Adults, 55c. |
Reserve Seats on Sale at Reardon’s Drug Store.
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I ■ SPECIAL SALE!! H i
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| SALE STARTS ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 36 |
Ladies’ Plush Coats at Half Price
jjj Short Coats... $47.50 at $23.75
|gj Long Coat.$47.50 at $23.75
jji| Long Coat.$85.00 at $42.50
tjj Long Coat.$175.00 at $87.50
Cloth Coats At Half Price
All Winter Coats, price ranging from
jjj $49 to $67.50 at Half Price.
All our Children’s Coats at Half Price
ranging in price froin $16.50 to $25.00
Ladies’ Serge Dress at Half Price
$22.50 Dregs at.....$11.25
$45.00 Dress at.*.$22.50
Large Girls’ Coats priced from $22.50
to $45.00 at...L.Half Price
50 Per Cent Discount On All Our
Men’s Clothing
Ipclpding all opr Sheep Lined Coats,
Leather Vests and all Blanket' Lined
Duck Coats.
Extra Special In Wool Blankets
66x80 Wool Blanket at.$7.98
This blanket was sold at $22.50.
66x80 80 per cent Wool, was sold
at $18.50, Special at *.$5.98
Men’s Work Shirts at. 79c
Men’s Work Shirts, Ideal, at.. 98c
All our Dress Shirts at.Half Price
Curtain Drapery Fabrics
$2.00 Fabrics at .$1.49
$2.35 Fabrics at.a.$1.59
80 c Fabrics at..-.... 59c
All Our Mina Taylor
House Dresses a^d Aprons are
on sale at the very Very Lowest Price
Boys’ Work Shirts at... 69c
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Men’s Wool Union Suits
$6.50 Suits at.Half Price
$7.50 Suit at..Half Price
Flour per Sack ..$2.55
Ladies’ Tulle Skirts at...Half Price
$9.50 Skirts at.Half Price
$39.00 Skirts at.HalfPrice
Ladies’ Pettycoats, All Silk
Jersey at.. Half Price
$8.50 Pettycoats at..Half Price
$12.50 Pettycoats at..Half Price
All our Quilts, each, at.$4.98
All our Apron Ginghams
per yard, at. 19c
All our 28-inch Dress Ginghams
per yard at... 27c
All our Zephyr Ginghams, 32
inch, per yard, at. 37 y2c
Outing Flannel, Light and Dark,
per yard, at. 19c
36-Inch Percales, Light or Dark,
per yard, at..'. 19c
36-Inch Creton, per yard, at. 19c
Yip-d 36-Inch Silkoline at. 19c
Straw Ticking,<f>er yard, at. 29c
Feather Tick, at..-. 39c
10-4 Sheetings, per yard, at. 69c
8-4 Sheeting, per yard, at.. 59c
All our Taffeta and Moselem Silks,
all colors, per yard, at...$1.98
Men’s Fleece Lined Underwear
per suit, at._.$1.69
Extra Heavy Fleece Lifted
Union Suits at..$1.98
# 40 Per Cent Discount on all Men’s
and Women’s Dress Shoes.
20 Per Cent Discount on all Men’s and
Women’s Work Shoes.
30 Per Cent Discount on Children’s
Shoes.
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Children’s Shoes, not very good,
per pair, at..--- 19c
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Extra Good Children’s Hose,
regular 90c and 75c, special
per pair, at .—
36-Inch Light Weight Scrim
, per yard, at.-.—.
75c Marquisette at.- -