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VOLUME XLI.
O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1921.
NO. 46. ;
'j j I To OurFarmer ™
Friends
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— Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits, $130,000 .. j 1
WOODMEN OF WORLD
HAVE INSURRECTION
A split occurred in the ranks of the
Woodmen of the World, at the state
convention of the order, at Columbus,
this week, when a portion of the dele
gates to the convention opposed to the
.ncrease of rates of two years ago,
organized and the regulars walked out
of the convention, organizing another
convention and electing an opposig
set of officers. Lloyd Gillespie of
O’Neill aad Clint Townsend of Page
attended the convention from Holt
county and Mr. Townsend was elected
as one of the board of managers by
the regulars. Mr. Gillespie was
strictly neutral during the controversy
and was an interested witness of the
battle from the sidelines.
Scenes attending the split were
tumultuous. J. H. Ellsberry of
Omaha was thrown from the stage
runway when he attempted to take his
place as chairmn named by the “in
surgents.” He suffered bruises and a
sprained knees and declined to con
tinue in active service.
Both sides claimed a victory Monday
The “regulars,” led by W. A. Fraser
of Omaha, sovereign commander,
whose administration is the object of
attack by insurgents throughout the
country, declared that they had 136
delegates regularly enrolled. The “in
surgents” claimed 96 delegates and
charged that nearly 75 of the regulars
had fraudulent credentials, issued by a
score of camps recently organized in
Omaha with only a skeleton organiza
tion.
When the split came shortly before
noon and the “regulars” left the hall,
• it appeared to outside observers that
the “insurgents” outnumbered the
f‘regulars” by two to one.
Insurgents attacked the administra
tion of W. A. Fraser and other sover
eign officers almost from the moment
the convention was opened. They
charged that the head officers have
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ORANGES, PER DOZ. 25c |
STAPLE AND
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GROCERIES |
SEED POTATOES |
^JASH PAID FOR ECCS I
BON TON FLOUR, Sk. $2.40 ■
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conducted lodge affairs extravagantly,
have mismanaged its organization and
have raised its insurance rates unnenc
essarily and without proper authority.
The convention opened at 10 a. m. in
the opera house. As soon as prelimi
nary formalities were completed Earle
B. Stiles of Omaha, state consul, who
was presiding, announced an adjourn
ment until 1 p. m. At that time, he
announced, only delegates would be
admitted whose credentials had been
approved by the credentials committee.
“Who are on the credentials com
mittee?” asked Charles Unitt of
Omaha, head of the “insurgents.”
“The committee will be announced
this afternoon in the regular order,”
replied Stiles.
Unitt then moved the appointment
of a credentials committee of three,
whose names he presented. Stiles ig
nored the motion and left the stage.
Insurgents claimed that they had
been given no information as to whom
they should file their credentials with.
They decided to continue in session
and nominated J. H. Ellsberry of
Omaha as chairman.
Accounts conflict as to just what
happened when Ellsberry started up
the runway to the stage. Insurgents
claim that “regulars” undertook to
seize him. In any case, in the melee,
Ellsberry was thrown from the run
way.
Stiles and his followers then march
ed out of the hall. The insurgents re
mained in session, named Charles Grau
of Bennington as chairman and J. H.
Wicina of Omaha as clerk.
Noon came but the insurgents stay
ed in session, fearful that they would
be locked out of the hall if they left.
Sandwitches were brought in and they
continued their labors.
At 1 o’clock, an emissary of the
“regulars” arrived. He was refused
admittance, but left a message, an
nouncing that the “regulars” were in
session at the Evans hotel and that
the “insurgents" would be admitted if
they presented their credentials at th<
door.
The “insurgents” decided to attcm
the “regulars” mooting and marchei
to the hotel. When they arrived, the;
found the door shut. They claim i
was locked and that they were refuse!
admittance. The “regulars” allegi
that they would have been admitted i:
they had giveii up their credentials
but that they refused.
The “insurgents” then returned t<
their own hall.
“Insurgents” elected the following
officers of the state organization:
Head Consul—Charles Unitt, Omahs
Head Adviser—A. A. Wertz, Grant
Island.
Head Banker—C. E. Holland, Falls
City.
Head Clerk—J. D. Wolfe.
Head Escort—W. V. Purdy, Beat
rice.
Head Watchman — Tom Adams
Scottsbluff.
Head Sentry — William O’Brien
Columbus.
Board of Managers—Joseph Wicina
Omaha; M. W. Piercy, Fullerton; M
V. Corp, Fairbury; F. B. Williams
Kearney; R. G. Knowles, McCook.
Delegates to National Camp—Geo
rge W. Haskall, Lincoln, and M. L
Endres, Omaha.
Alternates—J. P. Greenwood, Bea
trice, and Charles Grau, Bennington
> ingmen’s compensation and secretary
of the 'state department of labor, who
1 Was in O’Neill Tuesday to investigate
I the injury claim of Wm. Perkins who
lost a couple of fingers in a hay baler
; while employed by John Cleveland of
1 northern Holt county November 24,
■ 1919. Perkins recently filed applica
’ tion for compensation under the act,
, alleging that his employer was a com
mercial hay baler: That is, that
, Cleveland and his crew were engaged
in baling hay for others. Mr. Cleve
■ land is resting the claim on the alle
gation that on the day Perkins received
the injury he was not working with
the knowledge of himself as employer
and that in fact if he had known that
Perkins intended to operate the baler
on the day in question he would not
have countenanced it. Perkins and his
crew had been engaged in baling hay
for others on the section north of the
ranch of John Aaberg, in northern
Holt. Cleveland contends that pre
vious to November 24, 1919, Perkins
had applied for a layoff or leave of ab
sence to make n visit and that on the
day in question something happened to
delay his departure he went over to the
hay section without the knowledge of
Cleveland and started baling, the ac
cident occuring while he was so en
gaged. The compensation act re
quires that application for compensa- •
tion must be filed within six months of j
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27—
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THURSDAY, APRIL 2S— £
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“A BEGGAR IN PURPLE”
Price 15-25c F
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Friday and Saturday, April 29-30
Charles Chaplin in “The Kid”
Owing to the great cost of this Pro-duction the Admission will be 25 and
50c with a special Saturday Matinee for children. A Real Event
The regulars elected the following
officers:
Head Consul—Earl Stiles, Omaha.
Head Adviser—H. G. Smith, Winside
Head Banker—George R. Novaceh,
Omaha.
Head Clerk—C. Hollespell, Benson.
Head Escort—R. W. Mefford, Ains
worth.
Head Watchman—F. S. Bigelow,
Blair,
Head Sentry—H. J. Gibson, Teka
mah.
Board of Managers—S. M. Bixby,
Auburn; M. D. Sack, Gresham; George
Christoph, Norfolk; W. B. Rishell,
Plattsmouth; C. A. Townsnd, Page.
Delegates—Fendon B. Fleming, Lin
coln, and P. J. Kelly, Merna.
Alternates—S. W. Eustice, Auburn,
and Henry Christenson, Blair.
Lloyd Magney of Omaha was elected
junior past head consl to succeed Ed
Walsh, who died recently.
The “regulars” adjourned sine die.
The ‘insurgents’ met again Tuesday to
complete plans for wresting control
from the present officers,
WHEN IS A FARMER?
Farmers are not amendable to the
workingmen’s compensation act when
their employees are engaged in work
on the farm of or directly for the
farmer employer, says Frank L. Ken
nedy of Lincoln,commissioner of work
the injury and it is probable that Per
kins will lose his claim, as his appli
cation was not filed until a year after
wards. Mr. Clveland was present for
the hearing called by Secretary Ken
nedy, but Perikns was not and is said
to have left the county. Mr. Kennedy
returned to Lincoln Tuesday after
noon. An effort will be made to lo
cate Perkins and if he is found he will
be required to make a showing as to
why his application for compensation
was not filed within the six months
time ordinarily required by the stat
ute. The filing of the application by
Perkins came as a surprise to Mr.
Cleveland, who is a farmer. Incident
ally it is the first application ever to
be filed in this state against a farmer
and it brings up for the first time the
•question of when is a farmer a farmer
and when does he cease to be a farmer
and become a contractor or an em
ployer engaged in commercial pur
suit.
A farmer only is a farmer when he
and his employes are actually engaged
on his farm, or in work* directly con
nected with that farm, says Mr. Ken
nedy. He ceases to be a farmer when
he engages in work for others, receiv
ing a consideration of any kind for
such work. He then becomes engaged
in commercial pursuits and is the
commercial employer of any person or
persons he engages to assist him. As
1 such an employer he is liable for any
Highest Cash
Paid for Eggs
ORANGES, PER DOZEN .30c
LARGE CAN MILK, 2 for . 25c
BON-TON FLOUR. Per Sk. $2.40
QT. JAR SWEET PICKLES. 60c
YEAST, PER PACKAGE ...r.. 5c
SEAL BRAND COFFEE, LB. 45c
EARLY OHIO SEED POTATOES
AND LATE ROSE, per bu...~ $1.25
J. C. Horiskey I
ijuries sustained by his employees by
cason of such employment:’ A farm
r baling hay, threshing, mowing hay,
oing road work on a contract, haul
lg hogs or other produce to market
or pay, consequently immediately be
omes a commercial employer. AH
ommercial employers are liable under
he compensation act for injuries sus
nined by their employees.
ENSUS FACTS
ABOUT HOLT JCOUNTY
Holt county has an area of 2393
quare miles and a total population of
7,151, or of 7.2 persons to the square
file, according to a bulletin just is
ued by the census department at
Washington on the population of Ne
raska. The county, according to the
ulletin, was organized from unorgan
:ed territory in 1876, which gives the
ensus figures since 1880 as follows:
>”80—3,287; 1890—13,672; 1900-12,
24; 1910—15,545; 1920—17,151. The
lcrease of population from 1910 to
920 was 10.3 per cent, from 1900 to
910 was 27.2 per cent and from 1890
■> 1900 it decreased 10.6 per cent.
The population of the incorporated
ities and towns of the county, for
le years 192Q-1910-1900, in the order
iven, are as follows:
O’Neill—2107-2089-1107; Atkinson
-1300-810-595; Stuart—739-467-382;
age—602; Ewing—643-440-276; In
lan—315; Chambers—256; Emmet—
30. Page, Inman, Chambers and
immet were not incorporated when
he 1910 census was taken, although
11 were settlements at that time. The
ntire population of Holt county is
sted as rural populaion, there being
o incorporated towns of 2500 or more
opulation within ts confines.
The bulletin gives the population of
le state for the three census periods
s 1,296,372-1,192,214—1,066,300 and
hohvs that the proportion of the popu
ition living in towns of over 2600 in
reased from 23.7 per cent in 1900 to
6.1 per cent iq 1910 and 81.8 per
ent in 1920.
Following is the population of Holt
ounty by townships for the three
ensus periods, 1920-1910 and 1900, all
iwnships including the incorporated
iwns located therein except O’Neill,
rhich is a voting division by itself:
1920 1910 1900
itkinson . 1,830 1,818 916
Ihambers . 702 601 482
leveland . 209 237 227
'oleman . 244 .
lonley . 240 174 216
)eloit . 399 391 345
)ustin . 175 220 152
Immet . 444 346 218
iwing . 845 1,077 801
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^ ICA’S AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY WS
m IS STILL THE GREATEST IN THE gg
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AS THE WORLD HAS PROGRES- jjj -.
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jjj ED HIS TOOLS AND HIS METHODS
U UNTIL TODAY WITH FEWER
H “HANDS” THE FARMER PRO
gg DUCES GREATER CROPS THAN
jj EVER BEFORE,
GOOD BANKING SERVICE IS
jg ONE OF HIS REQUIREMENTS
gjf ALL OUR FACILITIES ARE AT
jjf THE DISPOSAL OF OUR FARMER
j| PATRONS.
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Fairview . 115 91 165 '
Francis . 188 211 267
Golden . 438
Grattan.714 764 653
Green Valley .!..* '243 287 309
Inman . 789 719 564
Iowa . 452 388 260
Josie . 74 .
Lake . 247 270 263
McClure . 186 233 173
O’Neill . 2,107 2,089 1,107
Paddock .448 454 479
Pleaant View . 217 287 192
Rock Falls .. 284 264 218
Sand Creek. 233 223 211
Saratoga . 207 427 245
Scott . 350 298 Ml
Shamrock .,. 193 145 127
Sheridan .’ „ 400 395 349
Shields . 558 582 449
Steel Creek. 349 318 307
Stuart .1,619 1,327 1,194
Swan ..,. 213 286 -120
Verdigris .J. 879 882 616
Willowdale . - 307 260 167
Wyoming. 268 246 211
AMERICAN LEGION
SMOKE AND EAT
Members of the American Legion en
joyed a swell smoker and eats, at the
Legion club rooms Saturday evening
at the expense of Captain Ed. P. Gal
lagher and the loiing team in the
membership drive which has been on
for several weeks. Captain George
Harrington directed the operations of
the twinning team, which secured
twenty-seven paid up members, to the
losers eight. A number of other ap
plications also have been received and
the post membership has been in
creased some fifty.
HELP ARNOLD KILL THE CROWS.
A dandy chance for a fine ride,
swell eats and lots of fun killing t
crows, is offered for next Sunday by
L. W. Arnold to those who are inter
ested in the extermination of this pest
of pests. There are a great many
crows out on the Eagle and on. the
Niobrara in northern Holt county and
many of them are nesting in the tim
ber on the big Arnold ranch. Next
Sunday morning, after early mass, Mr.
Arnold will provide cars to transport
all who care to go, out to the ranch,
and at noon there will be a big feed
of all the delicacies of the season pre-*
pared in the way that only the Arnold
ranch cooks canprepareforthehungry
hunters. If you would like to go along
clean up the old scattergun and leave
word with Jim McPharlin or Ed.
O’Donnell that you expect to be in the
party.