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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (April 28, 1921)
The Frontier Published by Dennis H. Cronin One Year.. $2.00 Six Months-- $1.00 Three Months _ $0.50 Entered at the post office at O’Neill,' Nebraska, as second-class matter. ADVERTISING RATES: Display advertising on Pages 4, 6 and 8 are charged for on a basis of 25 cents an inch (one column width) per week; on Page 1 the charge is 40 cents an inch per week. Local ad vertisements, 10 cents per line first insertion, subsequent insertions 5 cents per line. Every subscription is regarded as an open account. The names of sub scribers will be insanttly removed from our mailing list at expiration of time paid for, if publisher shall be notified; otherwise the subscription remains in force at the designated subscription price. Every subscriber must understand that these conditions are made a part of the contract be tween publisher and subscriber. MORE LOCAL MATTERS. Jesse Robertson of Madison county, a member of the farm bureau, says that flint corn is more desirable for hogging down than ordinary varieties of dent corn. Mr. Robertson tried this out for several years, before changing to flint com entirely for hogging. He [•aid that the hogs would go for the flint and leave the dent com until the last. Personse caught dumping trash and refuse in the ditches on the new grade south of town are to be arrested and prosecuted. An expense of several hundred dollars will have to lie in curred to remove refuse already thrown into the ditches and which en dangers a grade on which the county has expended thousands of dollars. With the ditches thus clogged up flood waters unable to find any other out let will go over the top of the grade. Judge Berryman of Bassett, at torney for the residents of the terri tory seeking the extension of the Bur lington railroad from O’Neill to Thed ford, is authority for the statement that the work of gathering statistics fn the territory proposed to be served is progressing rapidly and that a most favorable showing will be made. It is probable (hat the hearing on the ex tension will not come up before the interstate commerce commission how ever until next fall. Gage county maintained a good lead in the Gift-Corn Campaign in Ne braska when a total of 7906 bushels was reported by F. C. Crocker of Fil ley, director of the project in thig courtfc Cars were requisitioned and the c|ni is ikXw on its way to the stirring people of Europe and the >'ahr East. It has been estimated that 4/b.ushels of com would save the life Ji a child. Gage county takes the //redit for saving nearly 1800 children. JTWS project is Closing -wltV> » t«v f the com belt states. / The county loader was moved four / miles east of town, on the state east / and west highway, Tuesday moning, / and work on claying the highway / through the sandy section between I O’Neill and Page will begin at once. I The county tractor outfit also is at I work on this highway, rounding up the grade put in by the state outfit last fall. The truck squad has completed the big fill between the bridges over the new and old channels of the river south of town and the grade now has been brought above flood level. Railroad traffic is noticably decreas ing, with no prospect of a revival until both freight and passenger rates are reduced. Passenger trains in this section of the state carry but few more passengers than they do mem baitt at the tsrata crows and the last week several passenger trains passing through O’Neill carried one or two coaches with but one or two people in each. Freight trains ulso are running very light. A recent day the Burling ton freight between this city and Os mond handled but ten cars in the round trip. Three hundred and sixty-two stu dents enrolled in the University School of Agriculture short courses at Lin coln last winter. All but eight were men. The short course for veterinari ans enrolled 161 practioners. The auto-tractor course came next, with 136. Twenty-two, including eighti wo men, attending the poultry short course, and the four weeks’ course in general agriculture attracted forty four. Forty-seven boys and twenty girls were graduated from the regular four years’ course of the School of Ag riculture this spring. Nebraska University was the first institution in the United States to start Co-operative Marketing Courses, but since a request was sent out by J. R. Howard, President of the Ameri can Farm Bureau federation, asking the different colleges and universities to include such work in their curri culm, several favorable replies have been received, expressing the keenest interest in such courses. Thirteen schools give definite assurances that this work will be offered and twelve report that they have already made plans for such training. John McHugh, formqr O’Neill bunker, soon may become president of the National City Bank of Now York to succeed James Stillman. Soon ufter the hearing of the Stillman di vorce proceedings began reports were in circulation that Stillman would re tire in favor of McHugh, but were denied. They now have been rvived and New York papers state that the retirement of Stillman is to be an nounced in the near future. Mr. Still man will become chairman of the board of the bank, one of the biggest finan cial institutions in the United States. Seventeen trees were planted at the city park Arbor day, under the direct ion of Chairman Mrs. David Stannard of the city council park committee, the Woman’s Auxiliary of the Ameri can Legion and the members of Boy Scout Troop No. 1, assisting in the ceremonies. A fine black Walnut do nated by Mrs. Neil Brennan was planted for the scouts. Mrs. Brennan also donated a number of other trees to the park, and J. H, Meredith pre sented several fine box elders. A tree r'.so was presented Troop No. 1 of the boy scouts by Mrs. Arthur Hammond. J. C. Harnish returned Wednesday evening from York, Nebraska, where he attended a meeting the first of the veek of the trustees of the I. O. O. F. home. Will Biglin went to Sioux City Wed nesday . He will return by way of Jackson, where Mrs. Biglin and the Misses Rose Mary and Ruth Ann are visiting relatives. The single men defeated the mar ried men in a baseball game at Lynch Wednesday afternoon of last week and the losers paid for the supper the evening following. A new state bank soon is to be opened at Long Pine by the Flannigan interests of Stuart. The new bank will be called the Nebraska State Bank of Long Pine. Mass was relebrated at St. Patrick’s church Thursday morning by Father Turek of Schuyler for the Bohemian communicants of the parish. Father Turek speaks both Bohemian and Po lish, Nebraska traffic men are pleased to know that S. F. Miller, for several years head of the traffic department of the Northwestern railroad at Oma ha, has been made assistant freight traffic manager at Chicago. Mr. Mil ler is well known to many O’Neill pat rons of the road. Members of the high school faculty for the next school year will be select ed by the board of education at its 'meeting next Monday. J. Y. Ashton of Elwood, recently elected superin tendent, and several of the grade teachers already have been chosen. A number of applications are on file. Holt county is not the only county in Nebraska which has trouble ovei the location of highways. Wednesday of this week Governor McKelvie and State Engineer Johnson were in Keys Paha, Brown and Rock counties to de termine whether the new federal high way from Springview should run tc Ainsworth, Bassett or Long Pine. The Keya Paha people prefer a road tc Long Pine, Which is almost directly south of Springview, mainly because Long Pine is a railroad division point while Ainsworth is strongly contend ing to have the route via the Mead j „ a —it. Bristow Entrprise, April 20: Ec Whiting, well known by many, un derwent an operation at the Spencei hospital last Friday for the remova of his remaining leg, just below th( kr.ee. Although an old man, he re covered from the shock of the opera lion and is getting along nicely. Aboui two years ago Mr. Whiting had one oJ his legs amputated above the knee, be cause of an infection, which threaten ed his life and the necessity for th< removal of his other leg was due t( fiarnt: cause. He is certainly show mg a most wonderful amount of vi tality for a man of his age. The annual state high school live stock judging contest recently held at the College of Agriculture attracted teams from twenty-four high schools and a total of 150 students. The boys I «Wv«A*sd Wo «L<vy«e io | on the College’s stock and one day t< the contest. The York team won th< contest and Murval Thompson o1 Friend was declared the best individ ual judge. All kinds of stock wer< scored and many of the boys showe< remarkable knowledge of livestock The contest is staged annually t< further the interest of boys in goes livestock. Competition is as keen m in an athletic event. The number of modern farm home: is growing rapidly every year. Fev houses are now constructed that an not modern, and many old ones ari being made modern. The State Col lege of Agriculture through its Exten sion Service is encouraging moden farm houses by providing literature suggestions, and blueprint plans Those who have Btudied the subjec believe modern houses will do mucl toward making farm life more satis fying. It is argued that the farme who can afford an automobile can af ford running water in his home. Like wise, the farmer Who car. afford a ga: engine can also afford an electric ligh plant. Atkinson Graphic, April 22: Fron four or five years in government worl —army, road work and barracks ser vice, Lieut. John W. Davis is back t< make a little improvement on thi Davis ranch near Josie. He intend: to set out a few acres of Jack pines or the place this spring for one thing. Foi the past three months he has been em ployed in the corps engineer’s office a Ft. Crook. Lieut. Davis has marriec since he left here and his parents anc sister who left here a little later thar he, are living in Washington, D. C. his father having employment in a de partment of the Navy bureau. James C. Harnish of this city wns i passenger in the automobile of Pasi Master J. W. Kelly of the I. O. O. F. wrecked near Beatrice Tuesday, bu left the car at Lincoln a few hours be fore the accident. Mr. Harnish at tended an I. O. 0. F. meeting at Yorl Monday and there met Past Grant Master Kelly, who with his family had come to York in their auto, in tending to drive from there to Kansas Mr. Harnish accepted an invitation t< ride with the Kelly party to Lincolr to make a train connection for Omaha After leaving Lincoln on the Corn busker highway the big Studebakei car driven by Mr. Kelly crashed intc a Ford, near Beatrice. Mr. Kelly sus tained a broken arm and leg ant other members of the party also re ceived serious injuries. The occu pants of the Ford were uninjured. The Studebaker caught fire after tht accident. Mr. Kelly, who resides a: Beaver City, is well kncxwi. to manj O’Neill citizens, having been promi nent in legislative and political cir cles for many years, as “Platform’ Kelly. Owing to Mr. Kelly’s advancet years his injuries are considered bj the physicians unusually serious. Stock feeding will probably be on t lower basis in the future, according tt sentiment expressed at the annua spring meeting of feeders at Jhe Ne braska Agricultural Experiment Sta tion at Lincoln. Although feed wns cheat many feeders lost money again thi: year, largely due to the fact that thej paid too much for the stock when thej put it into the feed pens. Speaker: at the meeting predicted that feedej cattle will be down to 5 cents by next fall. Eighty head of cattle, 100 head of hogs and 180 head of sheep fed ex perimentally at the Experiment Sta tion this last winter lost money. The object of the feeding, however, was not to make money but to test the fattening value of various rations. On account of the cheapness of corn and alflfa, and the comparative high price of oil meal, semi-solid buttermilk, tankage, alfalfa molasses meal, and other commercial feeds, the old-time standard* Nebraska ration appears to be the best from a financial standpoint. One experiment was conducted this .year to determine the effect of age on the rate and economy of gain. Lots of two-year-old steers, yearlings and calves were fed alike and under simi lar conditions. The results favored the calves, in that they made a more con sistent and more economical gain. BOY SCOUTS’ DEPARTMENT. Troop No. 1. The scouts voted to wear the wool stockings in place of leggings and sweaters instead of coats. Can any one of you give the address of Scout Glen Carlyle? Lincoln, yes, but the street number? The stellar event of this troop each year is the two week camp in the bush. A few of the scouts are in favor of turning the expense of such a trip over to help feed the hungry Chinese. The majority suggest a so journ on the banks of the Niobrara, Let’s decide, what say? What’s to be done with a wild young Tenderfoot and a wicked hand ax? Now and then—not often—a young scout forgets. Perhaps he gently taps the blade against a bridge, a post or in rare instances, a tree. This infrac tion of the rules of scouting has oc cured very few times since this troop was first registered, three years ago It is mentioned here in the hope that it will never happen, since the deface ment of property is all but inexcus able. Heavy, heavy, hangs over thy head for this careless juggling of the infant ax. We now have seventeen scouts reg istered. A full troop of thirty-twc was not thought advisable since to be come a scout of the First Class a scout must bring in a candidate. If someone would start Troop 3—, well, perhaps luf’a hnrui Harry Hammond has been electee Senior Patrol Leader. Troop 1 of Norfolk is about to finis! their club house. There’s no place like ho-. On Atbor Day one patrol of Trooj 1 dug and planted about two dozei trees of good size. The trees were ; planted in the city park in the wes part of the city. Next Sunday an afternoon hike t< some point five miles out, scouts. I ! has been proposed we evjdqre the gaavoi beds east of the city. Tha finished, south to the Elkhori fp: luncheon. M Everything seems to be illjaii ai Smooth with Troop 1. We can kirde) see the money for the meeting house the Scoutmster’s not quite so crank; and the sun shines golden on Jth future. Romo of you scouts suggest time i thing novel in the way or an A ro : some Sunday afternoon. g Troop i>o. z. A number of the boys of'/Troop 1 1 hiked to Inman Sunday aft« «oon, re , turning on the afternoon p- jfeenger. , A party consisting of s«f Aral mem I • rs of the troop, will cl ip out an< i 'i, on the river south f town Fri ry night and Saturday / . At the last meeting o /Troop 2, th< , scouts were to be the*/at 7 o’clocl , instead of 7:30 as hap/been the casi i heretofore. They we/ brought t< order and drilled until /bout 8 o’clock After this the cont m reports wer< j handed in and it wr a found that Rus sell Weingartner ha* the most points ’ and consequently ’its awarded thi t The Mongoose Patrol is the Senioi Patrol for the following month. Several of the scouts took their tests in signaling and passed. After this Lee Weekes gave the scouts som< more instruction in Semaphore. Several of our scouts are going ou north to get some trees to plant ai the library, in the near future. 1 The plans for the big hike are being completed by the troop committee. ! PLEASANT VIEW NEWS. Mrs. R. P. Wagers and daughter 1 Mrs. C. E. Sterner, left Wednesday bj auto for Tecumseh, Nebraska, to spent a few weeks with the former’s : daughter, Mrs. Elmer Snyder. The Misses Mary Harrington anc Winnifred Murray of O’Neill, spenl 1 the week end with Mrs. Clyde Streeter Roily Snell was agreeably surprisec last Saturday evening when arriving home from town he found a largt number of neighbors awaiting him The occasion being Roily’s forty ninth birthday. The evening wa; spent in old time chats. At midnighl a lovely lunch was served. The guests presented Mr. Snell with a handsome rocking chair. At a late hour the guests departed wishing Roily many happy returns of the day. The Page ball team went to Dorsej last Sunday where they carried home the honors of the game, score 14 to 11 Page is going to play some real gatp« this season, because they have or ganized a good team. Miss Helen Townsend, teacher ol the Pleasant Vieiw school, gave hei scholars a picnic at Charley Grasses grrove last Saturday. The childrei all took lunch while Miss Helen gave the real treats. They spent the after noon playing games. Miss Helen is one of Holt County’s most successful teachers. NORTH WESTERN ROUNbS UP CAR THIEVES The Northwestern has rounded up s bunch of car thieves operating along its Winner line and several pleaded guilty in the circuit court at Burke last week. Several merchants along the line also paid fines for purchasing stolen property from the car thieves and also reimbursed the company tc the full amount of the goods stolen. Subscribe for The Frontier and keep posted upon the ailiaira of this great county of ours. 0’ THE MINT” mmlm * Miss Mary O’Reilly is the first worn an to hold) the office of assistant dl rector of the United States mint. It the absence of the director, she hai charge of the manufacture of gold am silver coins. Approximately 700,000, 000 coins pass through her hands ev ery year. She receives a salary o only $2,400 annually. MAN, 80, ADOPTS WIDOW, 55 Wealthy 8ea Captain Rewards Woman Who Nursed Him Through Pneumonia. New York.—As a reward for the care and attention she showed him when he was dangerously 111 with pneumonia, Arthur H. Clark, a for mer sea captain and hale and hearty despite his eighty years, adopted Mrs. Mabelle E. Fowle, flfty-two, and whose home Is Newburyport, Mass. Mr. : Clark Is manager emeritus of Lloyd’s 1 and reputed wealthy. Mrs. Fowle Is a widow and quite comely and through the adoption pro ceedings now becomes Mabelle Fowle [ Clark. While In Massachusetts last spring Captain Clark was taken with ■ pneumonia. Mrs. Fowle was called In to attend him, and mainly through | her efforts the old man was brought back to health, after his life had been < despaired of. It is believed that In | gratitude he decided to adopt her and thus make her the chief heir to his . fortune. Estate Left Young Girl. Redding, Cal.—A scribbled note on , a scrap of paper has been accepted In ' court as the will of Gustav Wester holm, a marine engineer, leaving all ■ his property, valued at several hun l dred dollars, to Jessie Llmon, fifteen year-old schoolgirl of Areata. The girl works after school hours at an ; Areata hotel, and her diligence so 1m J pressed Westerholm, who stopped ] there one night, that he left bla es , tate to her. ^a 11 ■ ■ " ■■■"" ■ ■ > The ^ale of a do$ wkh a moral THERE’S AN old gag. MY CUE to slip him. * * * * * * THEY USED to pull. A REAL cigarette. > • < • * * SO OLD that nowadays. AND AFTER he’d taken. * • » * * * PEOPLE THINK It's new. A GOOD Pul1 ot two • • » * * * ABOUT THE man who had. INTO HI.S constitution. TO SHOOT his dog. HE GR,rE° and 8ald* AND A friend asks. “THE °.NL.Y.Way these. * * * WILL EVER make you mad. “WAS THE dog mad?’-’ . . . • ♦ * IS THE way. AND THE first guy. • * • • * * YOUR FRIENDS eat ’oxn : p. 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