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VOLUME XLI.
O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1921.
•NO. 44.
LOCAL MATTERS.
Revival services are being held at
the Dustin church.
Dr. Frank Kubitchek and family
visited Atkinson relatives Sunday.
Merlin Bader removed from Mineola
to a mile south of Emmet last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Corbit of At
kinson, are visiting relatives in Iowa.
Frank Nelson of Paddock township
was transacting business in the city
Tuesday.
County Supervisor L. C. McKim of
Opportunity was an O’Neill visitor
Tuesday.
The county is building a fifty foot
extension on the Elkhorn river bridge
north of Ewing.
The Spencer Community club has
decided to put on a big Fourth of July
celebration at Spencer this year.
The annual reunion of the members
of the famous Eighty-Ninth Division
will be held at Des Moines in Septem
ber.
A non-partisan league solicitor is
reported at work among the farmers
and ranchers of southeastern Holt
county.
Twin colts born to Salvatorin,
Sheriff Peter Duffy’s famous racing
mare, Saturday evening, died Sunday
morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Waug and family
of Ewing have removed to Chadron,
where Mr. Waugh is the owner of a
picture show.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Newhouse of
Chambers, have gone to Hot Springs,
S. D., in the interest of the health of
Mr. Ndwhouse.
Last Saturday was tag day in At
kinson, the same being for the benefit
of the Atkinson band which has taken
a new lease on life.
The Chambers high school Wednes
day of this week presented the annual
play at the Chambers band hall, a two
act comedy, Mr Bob.
The funeral of Nicholas Rowse of
southwestern Holt county was held
Tuesday of last week at Burwell. He
died Friday, March 25.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Van Briggle of
Ewing have gone to Colorado where
Mr. Van Briggle has leased a large
wheat ranch for the year.
Mr. and Mrs. John Walters of
Chambers, have returned home after
a winter’s visit with relatives in
eastern and southern Nebraska.
Miss Genevieve McNichols of Ateiu
son. principal of the Tilden high
school, has been elected to be super
intendent of the Tilden schools tho
coming year.
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Dan O’Connell has been elected ad
jutant of the Atkinson American Le
gion post, to succeed Adjutant E. T.
Kelly, who has removed to Lincoln.
Charles Schrier of Chambers, died
last Thursday at a Norfolk hospital,
'where he had gone to receive treat
ment for the after effects of pneu
monia.
Miss Margaret. Donohoe arrieved
Saturday evening for a week’s visit
with O’Neill relatives during the
spring vacation of the Omaha public
schools.
Harry Philson of Leigh, Nebraska,
is visiting with Mr. and Mrs. August
Landerfield, of Swan township and
looking after his land interests in
southern Holt county.
W. O. James of Yutan, Nebraska,
has leased the Peter Youngberg place
near Atkinson and already has moved
thereon. He is a brother of Hugh
L. James of Atkinson.
Jack O’Donnell and daughter of
Omaha, visited O’Neill relatives the
week end, returning home Monday.
Mr. O’Donnell is connected with the
internal revenue department at Omaha.
Telephone patrons at Bloomfield,
Nebraska, are on a strike because of
a recent raise in rates. Six hundred
telephone users signed a petition to
discontinue the use of their telephones.
Word received from Spencer by rel
atives of Mrs. Harold Zimmerman,
who recently wais taken to the Spen
cer hospital for an operation, is to the
effect that her condition is much im
proved.
T. E. Alderson has purchased the J.
W. Holden ranch near Chambers and
already has moved thereon. Roy
Alderson has purchased the farm for
merly oiwned by T. E. Alderson and
will occupy it this year.
Dr. W. H. Briggs of Eiwing, has
gone into the blooded cattle industry
and has acquired a herd of Herefords,
consisting of a $1,000 bull, twenty-one
cows and three calves from the fa
mous Teldgen herd of Battle Creek.
Lloyd Hunter and Floyd Bergstrom
of near Page, will homestead in Wy
oming for several years. Mr. Berg
strom accompanied a car of their ef
fects to Wyoming last week. Mr7 and
Mrs. Hunter will drive through. They
will reside near Upton.
C. E. Stout left Wednesday for
Omaha, where he will attend a meet
ing and convention of the Rexall drug
gists. He was accompanied by the
Misses Irma and Demaris Stout, who
went on to Lincoln to attend several
university social funcitions.
The fishing season opened last Fri
day with weather conditions ideal and
ar a result the banks of the Elkhom
were lined with devotees of old Ike
Walton. A number of goocj catches of
pickrel and crappics were reported
Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
The regular eighth grade state ex
aminations are on In the public schools
of the county this week.
Miss Loretta Hickey arrived in the
city Tuesday night from Washington,
D. C., for a visit with her mother.
Anton Toy left Sunday for St. Jo-,
seph, Kansas City and the eastern
markets, on a spring buying tour.
Mrs. Joseph F. Conway of Pender,
Neb., returned home Sunday, havnig
spent two weeks visiting home folks.
Mrs. Frank Watson, son Arthur and
uaughter-in-law, Mrs. Eugene Watson
of Orchard, spent Sunday and Monday
at the home of Mrs. Annie Hickey.
The 'wind flayed some pranks Mon
day afternoon north of town, tipping
over hay racks, moving small build
ings and untopping hay stacks. No
serious damage was done.
If the minstrel show tonight and
Friday night is pulled off without in
jury to any of the members of the
cast the production may be taken to
Atkinson for a one night stand.
The remainder of the steel for the
new 150,000 gallon water tower ar
rived' Wednesday evening and is being
hauled to the tower site. Construction
of the tower will begin at once.
County Supervisors Watson, Sulli
van, Johnson and Skidmore went to
Lincoln Wednesday morning to con
fer with the state highway depart
ment regarding the federal highway
south of Ewing.
O’Neill has taken on metropolitan
airs. The engineer at the light plant
now blows both whistles at noon, giv
ing a vivid factory district effect quite
impressive to the tourist not aware
that the noises are produced by the
same boiler.
Consumers are being informed by
the electric light company that the
curtailed service announced elsewhere
in this paper will go into effect Tues
day. After that date service will be
from dark each evening until I o’clock
a. m., with the exception of Mondays
and Tuesdays, when- there will be a
day service for the benefit of those
having electric washers and irons.
Patrons of the K. C. minstrel show
tonight and Friday night are warned
that boquets and other expressions of
feeling may not be hurled at the play
ers from the auditorium. Ushers and
extra police will be present to hand
to the stage any offerings that may
be tendered.
One of the best horse races that was
ever pulled off on the local race track
in Shields was Sunday, April 4th, be
tween Murray and Boshart. 'Boshart
winning the first race, also a match
race with the Grading Camp horse and
Sanatone owned by John Murray for
a side bet of $50. Murray’s horse
winning the race easy.
Fire, starting in a pile of posts in
the lumberyard of Schultz and Co. at
Spencer Tuesday night of last week,
for a time threatened the destruction
of the business part of town, but was
subdued before much property was de
stroyed. The fire presumably was of
incendiary origin, and is the" third at
tempt on the lumber yard.
The loud noises eminating from the
K. C. hall and club rooms the last
week, both night and day, have in
duced many of the timid to believe the
building to-be haunted, but investiga
tion discloses such not to be the case.
It is merely the talent practising and
rehearsing for the big minstrel show
to be given tonight and Friday night
by the Knights of Columbus, under the
direction of Miss Jean Griffith of Des
Moines. It will be some show.
O’Neill citizens enjoyed one of the
rare treat of the season in the con
cert given by the Yankton College Wo
man’s Glee club, given under the aus
pices ui tne American juckiuii at me
K. C. theatre Friday evening. A ca
pacity audience greeted the young
ladies. The extensive program was
exceedingly well rendered and called
for many encores, most graciously re
sponded to. The members of the club
were guests at a dance given by the
Legion following the concert.
It is seldom, especially in times of
this kind, that one can realize t)wo of
the ambitions of every citizen, to ac
quire a farm and an automobile, both
in one year. But that old plutocrat,
Thomas Griffin is one of the excep
tions. Mr. Griffin has purchased the
Peterson farm, near the Hirsch ranch
northeast of the city, and also has a
car, buying the latter Monday. Mr.
and Mrs. Griffin will remove to the
farm in the near future and Mr.
Griffin will use the jitney in keeping
in touch with urban events, to bring
butter and eggs and garden sass to
market and incidentally to take his
friends fishing.
Atkinson Graphic, April 1: A
recent issue of the World-Herald con
tained an article with the heading
* Who’s The Most Useful Person in the
Home Town?” Wymore unable to
name one comes forth with a trio. A
member of this trio in whom Atkinson
people are interested is Miss Etta
Alfs, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Alfs, a graduate of Atkinson High
School and a highly successful teacher,
being employed for the past three
years at Wymore. Quoting from the
above article “Miss Etta Alfs was
elected head of the commercial depart
ment of the high school. Not only has
she during her three terms’ service
converted this department from one
which took care of “overflow” pupils,
those who were crowded out of other
classes and took commercial subjects
to make thier credits—to an equal in
strength and popularity to any in the
school, but she has found time to put
Camp Fire work on a permanent
basis. The greater number v.f girls in
this city of eligible age are now en
thusiastic members. Sponsored by the
organization a number of community
events have been successfully carrjed
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O’NEILL-THEDFORD EX
TENSION TALK AROUSING
WIDE INTEREST IN
RAILROAD CIRCLES
Much interest is being manifested
in railroad circles of western Nebras
ka, Colorado and Wyoming, over the
proposed extension of the Burlington
railroad from O’Neill to Thedfrd. The
Alliance Times of March 29th has the
following to say of the visit of promi
nent Burlington officials to Thedford
and Mullen last week to inspect pro
posed rutes of the new lines:
“A project for the buildiftg of a new
branch line by the Burlington from
O’Neill to Thedford, connecting with
the main line at the latter place, and
which would be of the greatest com
mercial importance not only to Alli
ance and other towns on the main
line, but to the entire northwest ter
ritory of Nebraska and adjoining
states, is under consideration by a
group of Burlington high officials
who are this week making an auto
mobile trip acrss the proposed route
for the purpose of making a prelim
inary survey, according to a report in
local railroad circles.
“The Burlington north line now runs
west only as far as O’Neill, connect
ing there with the Chicago & North
western. It is reported that the pro
position of building a branch line
southwest from O’Neill to Thedford
was under consideration by Burling
ton officials several years ago, but
circumstances, including conditions
arising from the war, halted the plans
and no steps were taken toward build
ing the road.
“Now, however, it is reported that
the project is again under serious con
sideration by the officials and a gen
eral opinion seems to prevail that the
road will go through, though little
authentic information is available
concerning the proposition.
“It is known, however, that Vice ■
President E. P. Bracken and execu
tive Vice President Burnham are in
the party making the automobile trip
over the proposed new route, and con
jeture has it that the purpose of the
trip as above mentioned.
“The construction of a road from
O'Neill to Thedford would provide an
important tributary line from the
great northwest country down through
the north central part of the state,
connecting with the Burlington main
line at Thedford, and with the main
line running as it does through Alli
ance, a great artery of commerce
would be established from the north
west country, including northwest Ne
braska and adjoining states, down
hbrnucb Alliance and Denver and con
tinuing the southern route to the gulf
coast, with Galveston as the great
shipping port for the trade of this en
tire territory.
“It has been pointed out that Gal
veston -is thu logical export point for
the west half of the United States,
the route to many foreign countries,
including the nations of South Amerr
;a and certain European countries, be
ing shorter from Galveston than from
any harbor on the eastern seaboard,
due to the saving of time and expense
?n the trans-continental freight haul,
which is a serious drawback to export
trade from the western half of the
United States.
“The importance of a connecting line
such as would be furnished by a
branch road from O’Neill to Thedford
is therefore easily seen, and the possi
bilities of trade expansion from the
vast territory to the northwest, which
Alliance as an important link in the
main artery to the gulf coast, are up
permost in the minds of those who
are watching with keen interest the
attitude of the Burlington toward the
construction of the new line. The offi
cials are reticent as to their attitude,
but the fact that they are making the
trip by auto over the proposed route
is taken by many to indicate that in
terest has again centered on the pro
ject to an extent that may mean defi
nite action in the near future.
Miss Grace Hammond was hostess
to the Martez club Monday evening
and Miss Beatrice Cronin won the
honors at auction. Miss Cronin also
v/on the bridal boquet, the gift of
Mrs.. Edward Campbell, a member of
the club married Monday morning.
A box social was given at the school
house in District No. 145, twelve miles
northwest of the city Friday evening.
Regardless of several other social en
tertainments in the neighborhood the
entertainmnt, given to raise funds for
purchasing a teacher’s desk, was a suc
cess, $30 being realized.
A meeting is called for Sunday
afternoon at 3 o’clock, at the K. C.
hall for the purpose of electing dele
gates from the local organization of
the American Association for the Rec
ognition of the Irish Republic to the
national convention of the association
to be hold at Chicago, April 18 and 19.
Elwin Strong will furnish the music
and carnival attractions the week of
the big summer race meet, (which is on
July 13-14-15. Secretary Peter Duffy
has just closed a contract with Mr.
Strong for the week. Secretary Duffy
also is receiving inquiries from a
number of largo racing stables, which
express their intention of being here
for the week.
Thirty little playmates were guests
at a party at the residence of Mr. and
Mrs. M. R. Sullivan Wednesday after
noon from 4 to 7 o’clock to assist
Master Cletus Sullivan celebrate his
ninth birthday anniversary. That the
party was a real success, everybody
having a good time and plenty of fine
eats was the unanimous verdict of
those present.
Pat Shea is looking for the person
who roughly brushed against him
Tuesday to the injury of one perfetly
good suit of clothing; in fact to Mr.
Shea’s Easter raiment. An indus
trious old hen the other day decided
it was time to multiply and started sit.
ting on a couple of door knobs, under
the Parham and Pinkerman real estate
office building. Pat, hating to see
rpch enterprising effort misdirected
Highest Cash
Paid for Eggs
CAR LOAD OF SALT ON TRACK
SEED—Sweet Potatoes For Sale.
MYSTIC FLOUR, PER SACK. $2.85
SEAL BRAND COFFEE, per lb. 45c
J. C. Horiskey
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swiped a dozen eggs from the chef at
the Grand Cafe, and placing them in
his coat pocket started out to set the
hen. Some malicious miscreant brush
ed against the pocket as he stepped
out on the street, with disasterous re
sults.
O’Neill escaped the severe part of
the storm which prevailed generally
over the western part of the state
Tuesday night and Wednesday. Rain,
starting early Wednesday morning
alternated with snow and sleet and
more than an inch of moisture was re
corded by the government weather
gauge. Prom Stuart west a heavy
snowfall is reported.
Bert Grover, Holt county’s premier
pitcher will open the season for the
American Association on the mound
for Minneapolis, at Kansas City, April
10. Grover when a pitcher in the
Western League, at St. Joseph, quit
the game several years ago to devote
his time to his ranch northwest of
O’Neill,although he had been purchas
ed by the American Association. This
spring on deciding to return to base
ball for a season or so, was ordered
by the Minneapolis management to re
port to St. Joseph, which he did
several weeks ago. He received notice
the first of the week to report to the
Minneapolis manager.
MAYOR DALY RE-ELECTED.
Water Bonds Carry By Substantial
Vote.
Mayor Charles M1. Daly was re
elected at the annual city election
Tuesday, the $19,000 issue of addi
ticnal water improvement bonds were
voted by a substantial majority, the
three old members of the school board
were retained in office and the political
seas again are at rest, to remain so
for a year at least. The election was
one of the most quiet pulled off in
years, citizens generally seeming ap
athetic.
The mayor defeated J. M. Hunter,
the other candidate, by fifty votes.
City Clerk John Gallagher and City
Treasurer Claude P. Hanccok had no
opposition. Aside from the mayor
ship the position of councilman for the
First and Seccnd wards and member
ship on the school board were the only
ones contested. In the First ward
Frank Phalin defeated Eugene May
field for the council and in the Second
ward Hugh E. Coyne was victorious
over Mrs. David Stannard, present in
cumbent and O’Neill’s only council
woman. -Dr. J. P. Gilligan, Thomas
Birmingham, and James Harnish,
present members, and Mrs. T. D. Han
ley were the candidates for the three
positions on the school board. The
three men were elected. Following is
— OUR LUCK. Ml
How much of our success is I
Good things may come our I
way by chance,, we hear of I
them by accident. This may be !
But we do not develop them
by luck, we develop them by I
hard work. Luck stops where 11
The O’Neill National Bank |
is a good place for your check- I
THE O’NEILL NATION ALBANK
O’Neill, Nebraska.
This Bank Carries No Indebtedness of Officers i
Or Stockholders. I: !;
__ Capital, Surplus and Uiidirided^ Profits, $130,000
the result by wards as disclosed at the
official canvas Wednesday evening:
Official Canvas.
Position Wards
Position 1st 2nd 3rd Total
Mayor—
Daly . 130 98 71 299
Hunter . 82 56 111 249
Treasurer—
Hancock . 176 127 171 473
Clerk—
Gallagher . 181 128 159 468
Bonds—
For . 159 102 107 368
Against . 46 43 65 154
Council—
Phalin . 136 136
Mayfield . 70 70
Coyne . 98 98
Stannard . 62 52
Shoemaker .... 172 172
Valla . 1 1
School Board—
Hanley . 55 47 43 145
Birmingham... 135 94 116 345
Gilligan . 147 105 146 397
Harnish . 130 85 145 360
Total Vote Cast in City Election:
212 154 183 549
Total Vote Cast In School Election:
County— 8 165 111 164 448
Majorities—Daly 60, Phalin - 66,
Coyne 46, Shoemaker 171.
Pluralities—Gilligan 37-52-262; Har
nish 15-215; Birmingham 200.
Bonds—Total Vote 522, votq requir
ed 330, received 368.
ROBERT BAKER PROMOTED
Former O’Neill Boy Elected Bank
Director.
Johnstctwn Enterprise, April 1: A
change which pertains to banking af
fairs in Johnstown, and which may
come as somewhat of a Eurprise to
many of our readers, occurred the
forepart of this week when R. A. Bur
bank, for the past three years con
nected with the Security State Bank,
and Who has been vice president of the
institution for some little time, sever
ed his connection with the bank by
disposing of his stock therein to the
other officials of the bank who are C.
W. Bish, Weeping Water, Nebr., Rep
resentative George D. Clisbe of Ains
worth, now president of the Security
State, and to R. A. Baker, the present
cashier, of Johnstown. By the change
Mr. Baker now for the first time be
comes a director of the bank and will
shoulder the active business manage
ment of the bank. Mr. Baker, as
cashier of the bank for several years,
has proven his worth in that capacity
and we believe will have the full con
fidence of the public in regard to his
ability to shoulder the heavier respon
sibilities which by the chang'- he as
sumes. .
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