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O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1921.
NO. 39.
,. LO^AL MATTERS.
John Robertson of Stuart, was an
O'Neill visitor;. Wednesday.
Mr* and lilfetSteiSe Q. McMillian left
iVoriday;for £*|btslor;Springs, Mo. .
Oav;<* Stakrt" of Stuart, circulated
among O'Neill friends Wednesday.
Mrs. Wijlcox was hostess to
the Block 18<lnb Saturday evening.
Willikhi Kfotter of Stuart, had busi
ness beferb $jhe county board Wednes
Mose Erb left Tuesday for Seward
county, where he will make his future
home. ^ ' '
Mrs. Olive Killoran and Mrs. Wilson
Bitnerof Inrnati, Visited O’Neill friends
.Monday..r ••
The county board-of supervisors is
holding its regular: tndnthly session
this week. ! J
Miss Martha Hanley went to Oma
ha Wednesday for an extended visit
with relatives and friends.
Miss Genevieve Biglin, who is tak
ing a course in nursing, at Sioux City,
is visiting. O’Neill relatives this week.
“Sandy” Kirwin, who is railroading
out of Chadron, came down Monday
for a short visit with his father, M.
F. Kirwin.
Mrs. Jack bwvcr of Butte. Mon
tana, formerly Miss Grace Gordon,
will arrive the last of the rweek for a
visit with O’Neill,relatives.
Mrs. J. F. O’Donnell and daughter,
Miss Grace, returned from Omaha,
where the latter has been undergoing
treatment, Tuesday evening.
Hery Longbein, residing west of
Venus, lost a couple of fingers last
week when his right hand became en
tangled in a com shelter.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Jordan left Sun
day for New York, after a several
weeks? visit with Mr. and Mrs. John
Carr, parents of Mrs. Jordan.
Levi Ahn, who resides northwest of
this city, made this office a pleasant
call and renewed his subscription to
this family journal, while in the city
last Friday.
The honors at Bridge were won by
Miss Florence McCafferty at the meet
ing of the Martez club Monday even
ing. The cldb was entertained by
Mrs. Charles F. McKenna.
Oscar Newman tired of city life
after but one short year of it and the
first of the week moved out to the J.
K. Aaberg place near Opportunity,
which he will farm this year.
Mrs. Eltha Sivesind, who held a
farm sale at the Sivesind place near
Star several weeks ago, has decided
to become an O’Neill resident and this
week moved into the Oswald property.
Mrs. Clara Cole of Emmet sustianed
severe injuries last week when the ,
door of the coal shed at the Cole resi
dence was blown against her, fractur
ing several ribs.
A government announcement? states
that headstones for deceased'soldiers
of the world war now may be procured
by the same proceedure as are those
for veterans of the civil and other
wars.
Mrs. C. A. Ives of Bridgewater, S.
D., arrived the first of the week for a
visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. U. Yantzi, who visited last week
with Mr. and Mrs. Ives at Bridge
water.
Mrs. Isaac Peterson of Long Pine,
sister of Mrs. Margaret Schroeder of
this city, passed away at that place
on February 18, after a lingering ill
ness. The funeral was held Sunday,
February 20.
Robert Taylor has leased the D. D.
Miles place and this week moved from
the Parham ranch northeast of the
city, to his new location. Harry Tay
lor has leased the Jake Hoteling ranch
northeast of Page.
Champ Clark of Missouri, former
speaker of the national house of rep
resentatives and one of the most
prominent statesmen of the last thirty
years, died Wednesday afternoon at
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John J. Harrington, who has been
home to visit his mother, Mrs. Anna
Harrington, and other relatives for
the past two weeks, returned Satur
day morning to Dallas, South Dakota,
where he is working for the Chicago
& Northwestern railway company.
W. L. Kirk, owner and publisher of
the Spencer Advocate, has acquired the
Bristow Enterprise, purchasing the
same from Milo E. Taylor, who will
remove from Bristow. Miss Fern
Rundall will be the associate editor
and will maintain the Bristow office.
The candidacies of A. R. Honnold of
Scottsbluff for commissioner of the
general land office, and Will Geddes of
Srand Island for auditor of the United
States treasury, have been endorsed by
the Nebraska congressional delegation
at a caucus held in the office of Sena
tor Norris Sunday. Get in your ap
plications early.
Inman Leader, Feb. 24: Ed Green,
i former Inman resident but now en
gaged in the barber business in
Dmaha, was married in that city last
Sunday to Lillie F. Hall, a popular
,’oung lady of the metropolis. They
irrived in Inman Monday evening for
i few days visit anfong relatives after
which they will return to Omaha
where they will make their home.
Ed’s many friends here extend con
gratulations.
Omaha World Herald, March 2:
3tto C. Jorgenson, clerk at the Horse
nan hotel, 1421 Dodge, was given a
:hirty-day jail sentence by Police
fudge Dunn today on a charge of
keeping a disorderly house. Jorgenson
was arrested yesterday morning upon
complaint of relatives of an O’Neill,
Neb., girl. The girl, it is said, had
been living at the Horseman while at
tending business college in Omaha.
“She had never been in the city before
ir. her life,” the girl’s sister declared.
The fine dairy herd being assembled
by John T. Biglin of Hastings, for
merly of O’Neill, and Kirk Griggs, at
their dairy farm near Hastings, Ne
braska, is attracting much favorable
comment in the agricultural press of
the country. A recent item in the
Omaha papers states that they re
cently have purchased two car loads
of pure bred Holstein cows from one
of the famous herds of Wisconsin, on
recommendation of the dairy exten
sion department of the state univer
sity.
The Rev. W. A. Render of Eagle
Lake, Texas, will be the new pastor
of the local Eposcopal church. Word
has been received from Bishop Beecher
that the Rev. Render has been ap
pointed to the deanery of the Valen
tine church, which includes the church
here and at Ewing. The Rev. Render
assumes his new position today,
Thursday, and will hold his first
service in Nebraska at the Valentine
church Sunday. The Rev. Render’s
family, consisting of his wife, a son
17 years of age and a daughter aged
12, win remain in lexas until the close
of the school year.
Just to keep the record straight
Weather Observer Robins of Omaha,
who makes the weather for Nebraska,
says that this has been the mildest
winter since 1890. The mercury has
been 8V2 degrees above normal and
February was very much out of the
ordinary. He warns that the cold
weather danger is not entirely past,
hcwever. The winter of 1911-1912 was
a comparatively mild one but March
of 1912 holds the record for the coldest
weather since 1899. Nineteen and
two-tenths inches of snow fell that
March, so don’t put on the b. v. d.’s
just yet.
Eugene Henry won first prize in the
bird house building contest conducted
by the Boy Scouts organization and
which concluded with the awarding 01
prizes at the Methodist church Mon
day evening. Elmer Bowen was
awarded second prize, Willard Arnold
and Albert Herrirk third. The prizes,
$3, $2, and $1, were given by the local:
Masonic lodge. Ten scouts entered ■
the contest. Following the awarding [
of prizes a farewell banquet was given!
in honor of Jack Cooper who with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chet Cooper, de
parted Tuesday for Pilger, where they
will make their future home. The bird
houses are on display and for sale at
Grady’s grocery.
federal farm loan act
HELD CONSTITUNITAI
Means Immediate Resumption ofLoan.
ing and Will Force Private Rates
Down.
Washington, Feb. 28.—The federal
farm loan act was held constitutional
today by the supreme court. This is
the act under which land banks were
established to extend loans to farmers.
Millions of dollars in loans to
farmers have been held up pending
a decision of the court in this case,
which 'was brought by Charles W.
Smith, a stockholder in the Kansas
City Title and Trust company, who
sought an injunction to restrain that
institution from investing its funds
in bonds issueu by the farm loan
banks.
The court, in sustaining federal
cour decrees dismissing injunction
proceedings brought by Mr. Smith,
also held that congress had the au
thority to exempt the bonds of the
bank from taxation.
The court divided, 6 to 2 Justices
Holmes and McReynolds dissenting.
Justice Brandeis took no part in con
sidering the case. Justice Holmes and
McReynolds held that the “cause”
should have been dismissed by the
court as being solely within the scope
of the Missouri courts.
Farm loans ae-e-reeatimr more than
$50,000,000 have been held up since
May, 1920, as a result of the suit in
stituted by Charlesi E. Smith, a stock
holder in the Kansas City Title and
Trust company, to test the valadity of
the federal farm loan act. Applica
tions to this amount were pending
when Commissioner Lobdell announc
ed at a conference of farm loan offi
cials here that official approval would
be withheld pending a decision of the
court. ,
Officials placed the total amount of
loans to farmers held in abevance by
the suit at many times $50,000,000,
however, the receipt of applications
having stopped with Commissioner
LobdelTs announcement. On March 1,
1920. the farm loan board reported
that $182,897,000 had been advanced
Lo 75.394 farmers and that applica
tions from 179,734 presons then pend
ing totaled $471,000 000.
The suit in the supreme court was
;p the form of an appeal from lower'
'ourt decisions refus ng to issue an
injunction to restrain the Kansas City
Title and Trust company from in.
nesting its funds in bonds issued by
the farm loan banks. The govern,
nent. the Federal Land Bank of
IVitchita, Kan., and the First Joint
■tock Lank Bank of Chicago, on their
nvn applicatipn, were made defend
mts in order that the entire question
night be settled finally in one suit.
Counsel for Mr. Smith asserted in
substance that the farm loan act was
an exercise of power which congress
did not possess under the constitution.
Further ground for attack was found
in the exemption of the farm loan
securities from taxation, as “instru
mentalities of the government.”
William (J. McAdoo, former secre
tary of the treasury, submitted the
government brief as special assistant
to the attorney general in the argu
ment of the case. He asserted that
the banks were created as “fiscal
agents” of the government and that
congress had the clear right to set up
such institutions. Since assistance to
agriculture pertains to the general
welfare, it is argued, congress could
have made direct appropriations for
the purpose in view, but chose to cre
ate these special agencies to provide
the necessary funds.
With regard to the tax exemption
feature Mr. McAdoo contended that it
was “simply a question for congress
to determine (when the usefulness of
its agencies would be enhanced by
exemption.”
Decision of the United States su
preme court, upholding the validity
of the federal farm loan act, is of vast
importance to farmers of Nebraska
and Iowa, and indirectly to all busi
ness interests of agricultural sections.
The Omaha farm loan bank, or
ganized under the act, loaned oven
$20,000,000 to farm owners in its dis
trict before the attack upon the law
made it impossible to sell bonds with
which to finance further loans For
more than a year no applications for
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have depended entirely on private
sources. This, in the opinion of farm
loan bank officials, has been one reason
why it has not been possible to relieve
the financial stringency sooner. Under
today's decision the federal farm loan
bank expects to start loans within 60
days. Officials declare that this will
permit the farmers to pay off loans
now held by banks and make money
“easier” in general.
The court decision, /while a victory
for the federal farm loan banks, is a
sharp defeat for the American Farm
Mortgage Bankers’ association, which
instituted the proceedings. Members
of this association have loaned millions
on Nebraska land in past years.
Right to organize private joint stock
farm loan banks is also confirmed by
the court decision. One such bank now
exists in Nebraska, the Fremont Joint
Stock Land bank, a consolidation of
a former corporation of the same
name with the Peters Joint Stock
Land bank of Omaha. This institution
now ranks among half a dozen of the
largest in the country. It. like the
government bank, has had to suspend
proceedings while the law has been in
court.
“This decision means the world to
us,” said E. D. Morcom, treasurer of
the Omaha Federal Land bank. “L i
means that iwe can now sell our bonds
and within six weeks we will be able
to loan money in unlimited quantities,
subject only to the giving of proper
security. The demand is great. The
agricultural interests are straining at
the leash and this means life to them.’’
MRS. JOHN ADDISON.
Mrs. John Addison of Mineola, died
Monday afternoon at Orchard, follow
ing an operation for goitre. The
funeral was held Wednesday, burial
being in Mineola cemetery. Her hus
band and twelve children survive her.
MRS. CATHERINE PURCELL.
The funeral of Mrs. Catherine Pur
cell of Clearwater, who died at that
place Wednesday of/last week, was
held Friday, burial being at this place
beside her husband, who died four
years ago while the family resided at
O’Neill.
DISTRICT COURT JURORS
FOR MARCH TERM
Frank Urban. Lew Knapp.
Fred Vitt. C. Johnson.
A. T. Hart. Tom Roche.
Frank Bigiow. E. J. Grenier.
C. A. Auten. Wm. Mather.
Mels Nelson. A. C. Chenoweth.
Wm. Gleed. Chas. Goree.
E. A. Graham. Frank Barrett.
Geo. Post, Sr. W. T. Boaworth.
Grant Alder. J. D. Kelley.
Jim Crowley. Frank Bain.
Fred Dobrovolny. J. H. Simonson.
MISS GEORGIA HALL MAKES
BIG HIT IN EAST
Most flattering are the dramatic
•riticisms of Miss Georgia Lee Hall.
Former O’Neill girl, now leading wo
man with William Collier, in “The
Hottentot” which is making a big hit
n the east, and the comments are not
ill flattery either but true commen
tation of real artistic talent accord
ng to Nebraskans whp have enjoyed
he privilege of seeing Miss Hall this
(eason. “You can imagine my sur
prise,” says Arthur Mullen in a letter
from Washington to James F. O’Don
nell, “when I saw Georgia Hall walk
in from the wing of the stage last
night as the leading lady in ‘The
Hottentot.’ She looked about the same
m the stage as she formerly did when
»t O’Neill. Collier is a wonder—So is
liis company and an O’Neill girl is
right at the top. She plays a very
important part and does it well. I
(now the folks around O’Neill will be
nleased to know that another O’Neill
te is getting some place out of the
>rdinary.”
I MARCH CLEARING
SALEI
Our Annual Clearing Sale Opens Saturday, March 5th. All Our Well Known Standard Shoes
Included In This Sale. Many Priced Below Present Replacement Costs.
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LADIES’ SHOES
Patent Cloth Top .$7.00 now $3.95
Gun Metal, Cloth Top $7.00 now $3.95
Patent Pump .$6.50 now $3.85
Black Low Heel Oxford $6.50 now $4.95
Brown low heel Oxford $6.50 now $4.95
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Black Kid Louis heels .$8.00 now $5.35
Black Colonial.$10.00 now $7.85
Patent Oxford.$7.50 now $4.95 ]
Gray Top .$10.50 now $4.95
! One Lot Black Laces,
... .Worth to $14.00 now $5.95
| Ladl s’ Patent Shoe.$10.00 now $3.95
MEN’S SHOES
Men’s Gun Metal, button.$10.5045.85
Men’s Gun Metal Bluchers $7.00
...now $3.95
Mens’ Gun Metal Shoes $9.00 now $5.25
Men’s Gun Metal English Last
... $9.00 now $5.95
Men’s Outing Bals.$6.50 now $3.95
Men’s Gun Metal English Last
...... $7.50 now $4.95
HOSIERY
All Ladies’ Silk Hosiery, worth
. to $4.00 now $1.95
Men’s Silk Hose, Were $1.50
now 2 pair for......$1.50 j
Mercerized Hose, One-Half off Regular
Price. j
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