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VOLUME XLI.
O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1921.
NO. 50.
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value of a reserve and so eom
|| pels Banks to maintain a cer
tain amount of reserve or sur
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follow the same course and I
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MINNEAPOLIS PAPERS
INTERESTED IN EXTENSION
Minneapolis Tribune, May 5th:
Annexation to Minneapolis trade ter
ritory of a vast expanse of corn and
wheat country in Western Nebraska
and oil and coal lands in Northeastern
Wyoming became a strong possibility
today when it iwas revealed that engi
neers and surveyors are at work on a
projected railroad which will give this
city direct access to that territory.
A dispatch to the Tribune said that
engineers of the Burlington railroad,
together with a party of consulting en
gineers from Minneapolis, are survey
ing a new line of the Burlington rail
road which will run southwest from
Yankton, S. D., the present terminus
of the Great Northern line which ex
tends from Minneapolis, through Will
mar, Sioux Falls and Yankton. The
projected line will pass through
O’Neill, Nebr., and thence to Thedford
situated approximately in the middle
of the state on the Black Hills line
of thg Burlington which runs from
Omaha northwest to Billings, Mont.,
passing through the Wyoming basin
coal and oil lands.
W. O. Winston and Charles S.
Whitaker, of Winston Bros.—Minne
apolis, railroad consulting engineers,
were in Nebraska today to consult
with railroad officials with regard to
new construction work, but it was not
known at the Minneapolis office
whether their trip to Omaha is in con
nection with the proposed Burlington
construction.
Neither Ralph Budd, president; L.
W. Hill, chairman, or W. P. Kenney,
vice president of the Geat Northern
railway, were in *St. Paul today. It
was reported that .they were in the
east. P. F. Keating, general superin
tendent of the Great Northern, how
ever, said that he was aware there was
some agitation for an extension of
the Yankton branch of the Great
Northern and added that it was prob
able that all the iSvork was being done
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::>y the engineering department of the
Burlington railroad.
Conferences were held between offi
cials of the Minneapolis Traffic asso
ciation and officials of the Great Nor
thern railroad more than nine years
ago in regard to the extention of the
tlrcat Northern Yankton branch, W,
P. Trickett, managing director of the
Minneapolis Traffic ansociation, said
coday.
Construction of the railroad from
fankton to Thedford, Mr. Trickett
said, would give Minneapolis a sub
stantial transportation advantage in
Nebraska and in Wyoming and would
undoubtedly attract great quantities
)f winter wheat and high quality Wy
oming wheat to the Minneapolis mar
ket. Under the existing routes of
iraffic, all products in Northeastern
Wyoming and Northwestern Nebraska
ore shipped on the Black Hills line of
he Burlington, which enters Omaha,
ttie new line fwould give this territory
direct access to Minneapolis, the
freight crossing the Missouri river on
i new bridge at Yankton, now under
construction, this avoiding present
congestion nt the Missouri river cross
ings at Omaha and Sioux City.
The Black Hills line of the Burling
:on, which enters Billings, serves oil
lands in Northeastern Wyoming, and
the construction of the cut-offs to con
nect the Minneapolis-Yankton branch
cf the Great Northern with the Black
Hills line of the Burlington railroad, it
was pointed out, would add to Minne
apolis’ field of trade the Northeastern
Wyoming oil lands.
Mr. Tickett pointed out further that
important coal lands situated in Sheri
dan county in NortheasternWyoming
would be added to Minneapolis terri
tory. Shippers in that section of the
Northwest have been particularly keen
to establish closer trade reationship
with the Twin Cities is indicated in
advices received hy the Traffic associa
tion. Only recently W. A. Deming,
^resident of the Chamber of Commerce
at Powell, Wyo., wrote to the Traffic
association asking support in its ef
forts to obtain a more equitable ad
justment of freight rates from that
sectioin to Minneapolis.
If the extension is built, Minneapolis
will enjoy an enlarged market for
corn and course grains, S. J. McCaull
of the McCaull-Dinsmore company,
said today. \This firm operates 20 ele
vators in Northwestern Nebraska.
Very little has been done toward the
raising of grain in Northeastern Wy
oming, however, he said.
SOUGEY-DYSON.
Lincoln Journal: “A wedding of
inteerst took place last Sunday at the
Sacred Heart church when Miss Alice
Dyson and Leo Sougey were united in
marriage by Father Welsh. The bride
is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D.
Dyson of O’Neill, and the bridegroom
is a son of Mr. and Mrs. P. Sougey of
Lincoln. Mrs. Sougey wore an at
tractive traveling suit of blue trico
tine and a grey hat, and carried a
boquet of white roses. The young'
people left Friday to make their home
ii. O’Neill, where Mr. Sougey is en
gaged in business.”
The many O’Neill friends of this
happy couple tender their hearty con
gratulations and good wishes for a
long and happy journey on the matri
monial seas.
MAX GOLDEN WINS SPRING
GOLF TOURNAMENT
Max Golden won the spring golf
tournament of the O’Neill golf club
Sunday by defeating his brother,
Clear, in the finals, J. P. Golden, the
O’Neill champion, being put out of the
running by Will Simpson in the first
round some time ago. The results of
the tournament are as follows:
Qualifying Round—Pat Harty beat
Ed. O’Donnell; J. B. Mellor, F. J. Big
lin; C. C. Golden, H. E. Coyne; Ted
Cooper, Homer Mullen; T. D. Hanley,
P J. O’Donnell; F. J. Dishner, C. N.
King; C. E. Stout, J. D. Cronin; Will
Simpson, J. P. Golden; J. A. Donohoe,
W. H. Harty; Max Golden, R. R. Dick
son; J. C. Gallagher, Ben Grady; H.
J. Birmingham-,-T. J. Coyne; J. F. Gai
lagher, Clifford Scott; M .H. Horiskey,
S. J. Weekes; J. F. O’Donnell, E. M.
Gallagher; J. C. Mullen, L. A. Burgess.
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FUNERAL OF
GAYLORD SIMONSON
The body of Gaylord Simonson, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Loran Simonson of
this city, one of the Holt county boys
who made the supreme sacrifice in
France, was brought to this city last
Tuesday evening, accompanied by a
soldier from Fort Crook, Omaha.
Tuesday morning eighteen bodies ar
rived in Omaha from New York City,
accompanied by a commissioned officer,
and from there were sent to their
various homes for burial.
A delegation of members of the
local post of the American legion,
which was named in honor of the de
ceased, was at the depot and escorted
the remains to the Biglin undertaking
parlors /where the body remained until
10 o’clock this morning when it was
removed to the home of his parents
in the western part of the city. The
Legion posted a guard of honor of two
men and they served in shifts of two
hours each from the time the body
reached here until the funeral.
Funeral services were held this
afternoon from the residence of his
parents in the western part of the
city. The funeral was a military one
and was in charge of the local post
of the American Legion. About
100 members of the post were out in
uniform and under command of Lieu
tenant Golden marched from their
club rooms to the residence at 1:30
and headed the funeral procession to
the K. C. hall where public services
were held.
The services at the hall were beauti
ful and impressive. Prayer was offered
by Rev. George Longstaff of the Pres
byterian church and after selections
by the choir prayer was offered by
Rev. Steiner of the Methodist church
who also delivered a stirring address
upon Americanism and Patriotism.
The crowd in attendance packed the
hall and several hundred were forced
to remain in their cars during the
service in the hall, being unable tc
gain admittance. At the conclusion
of the services the American Legion
beys marched at the head of the
funeral procession to the cemetery
where a firing squad fired a salute ol
honor over the grave of their deceased
comrade.
The funeral was one of the largesl
eyer seen In this city, people cor.:: t
from all sections of the county to pay
tribute to this son of Holt county who
made the supreme sacrifice in a for
eign land in defense of his country.
LOCAL MATTERS.
John Duncan of Chambers, was
transacting business in this city last
Monday.
Harry Campbell came up from Nor
folk last evening for a few days visit
with relatives.
Edward Adams, the Chambers
banker, was a business visitor to
O’Neill yesterday.
Judge Malone will deliver the
graduation address before the Page
high school at that city Friday even
ing.
P. C. Kelley, business manager of
the Casper Herald, came down the last
of last week for a several days visit
with relatives.
Mrs. D. F. Bogan of Hastings, Neb.,
arrived in the city the latter part of
last week for a couple of weeks visit
at the home of her sister, Mrs. S. A.
Arnold.
S. J. Weekes returned last Sunday
evening from Omaha, where he went
last Friday afternoon, after attending
the funeral of Michael Dowling at
Fremont that morning.
Flannigan Brothers of Stuart, have
been granted a charter for the open
ing of a new bank at Long Pine. The
bank will be called the Nebraska State
Bank. M. J. Flannigan will be the
cashier.
Thieves pried off the iron bars
across the windows in the rear of the
D. Abdouch store, Wednesday night,
and stole a suit of clothes, several
pairs of shoes and some small change
from the cash drawer.
Members of the Martez club were
entertained by Mrs. Charles McKenna
and Miss Cora .Meredith at the resi
dence of the former, Wednesday even
ing. Honors at auctin were won by
Miss Ircneaie Biglin. *
Mike Horiskey is contemplating
several trips to Cottonwood and Lake
Andes this spring and summer and thi
first of the week drove his now touring
car down from Sioux City to be ready
for favorable weather.
l’at Hanley of Seattle, Washington
' was visiting at the home of his parents
Second Round—J. B. Mellor defeat
ed Pat Harty; C. C. Golden, Ted
Cooper; F. J. Dishner, T. D. Hanley;
C. E. Stout, Will Simpson; Max Gold
en, J. A. Donohoe; H. J. Birmingham,
J. C .Gallagher; M. H. Horiskey, J. F.
Gallagher; J. C. Mullen, J. F. O’Don
nell.
Third Round—C. C. Golden defeat
ed J. B. Mellor; C. E. Stout, F. J.
Dishner; Max Golden, H. J. Birming
ham; M. H. Horiskey, J. C. Mullen.
Fourth Rountd—C. C. Golden de
feated C. E. Stout; Max Golden, M. H.
Horiskey.
Finals —Max Golden defeated C. C.
Golden, winning the tournament.
The consolations now are being
played.
BANQUET FACULTY
AND SCHOOL BOARD
Last Thursday evening the Ladies
of the Methodist church tendered a
banquet to the high school faculty,
senior class, members of the school
board and a fo/w invited friends. It
is said to have been one of the most
delightful affairs of the season and
thoroughly enjoyed by those present.
After the guests had partaken of a
splendid supper C. P. Hancock officiat
ed as toastmaster and the following
toasts were responded to:
Welcome..Miss Vera Clyde
Response.Miss Lorena Hughes
Our School.Supt. C. C. Golden
Remarks.J. C. Harnish
Cooperation.Rev. C. F. Steiner
A Better School..Miss Hilda Longstaff
I Dont’ Know.,.Miss Glennie Bacon
“X”.Miss Jeanette Doyle
Too Busy.Miss Sylvia Sanford
Remarks.Judge C. J. Malone
A PEPPY BOX SOCIAL.
A peck of pep did Peter pick
(Peter Piper—Oh!)
So name it fun or jazz or kick
(Some folks call it "go.”)
It’s what we’ll have on Wed. night,
If everybody’s heart is light!
At the Presbyterian church.
May 25th.
The American Association for the
recognition of the Irish Republic will
meet at the K. C. hall Monday even
ing at 8 o’clock.
in this city the latter part of last
week. Mr. Hanley says that business
is very quiet in the coast cities this
spring, money being unusually hard to
get.
Quite a bitter dispute is raging just
now between Chambers and Emmet as
to which has the best baseball team,
each claiming the county champion
ship. They are going to try and set
tle it at the Emmet ball park Sunday
afternoon.
Tuesday afternoon Mrs. J. F. O’Don
nell gave another of her delightful
bridge tea parties, which was attend
ed by a couple of dozen of her lady
friends. Mrs. R. E, Gallagher won
the honors at bridge while Mrs. Ed.
Campbell won the “all cut” prize.
Q. K. Deaver came down from
Casper, Wyo., last Sunday morning
and spent a few days visiting relatives
and friends here. Wednesday morn
ing, accompanied by Mrs. Deaver and
baby, they left for Omaha where they
will visit relatives a couple of weeks.
Miss Mary E. Carney and Mrs. G.
C. Sha)w left Wednesday of last week
for Washington, D. C., to visit their
sister, Marguerite, and to attend the
Graduation exercises of their brother,
James, from the Naval Academy.
They will also visit in New York and
Boston before returning home.
Last Thursday afternoon Mrs. J. F.
O’Donnell entertained a couple of
dozen of the ladies of the city at a
bridge tea in honor of her sister, Mrs.
Q K. Deaver of Casper, Wyo., who
was visiting relatives here. Mrs. J.
J. Harrington won the honors at
bridge and Mrs. H. J. Reardon won
the “all cut” .prize.
Ed. O’Donnell this week purchased
from Hugh McKenna the famous
racing nag, Careful Kelly, which as a
four-year-old thrilled thousand's at the
Chicago World’s fair. After soaking
up its feet out on Jack McKenna’s
ranch for a few weeks Ed will use
the horse for training bird dogs until
the racing season opens.
A quarter of an inch of rain fell
here last Tuesday night. Sunday and
Monday nights good rains fell in the
northern and western parts of the
county. The ground is in splendid
condition now and (with warm weather
cgrn would soon begin to show above
ground as there has been an exception
ally large acreage planted early this
year.
Mrs. F. J. Dishner lefFlast week to
attend the annual meeting of the Wo
man’s Clubs of the Sixth Congres
sional district iwhich was held at Bay
ard last Thursday. At the conclusion
of the convention she went to Scotts
Bluffs for a few days visit with friends
and will visit relatives at Sidney be
fore returning home the middle of next
week.
At a short session of district court
last Wednesday morning two divorces
were granted by Judge Dickson.
teoto-M. Allen was granted a divorce
from Willet T, Allen the costs of same
being charged to the latter as was also
an attorney’s fee of $100. Marie Mc
Coy was granted a divorce from Lee
McCoy and the costs of same was
charged up to the latter.
L. W. Arnold topped the Omaha
market Monday with a load of yearl
ing Holt county heifers which had been
finished off at his Neligh feed yards.
They brought $8.50, the top for that
day for that class of stuff. Six loads
of heavy stuff shipped at the came
time by Mr. Arnold brought $9, just
a few cents from the top. Mr. Arnold
still has 100 head of baby beef which
he (will hold until July.
Mrs. Hugh McKenna received cuts
about the head necessitating several
stitches, Wednesday of last week,
when a horse she was driving, at the
fair grounds race track, bolted and
threw her into the fence. Mrs. Mc
Kenna and Mr. McKenna Iwere working
out a couple of horses and Mrs. Mc
Kenna inadvertantly turned her horse
as though to score, when it bolted into
the fence with the result stated.
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Ewing Advocate: In removing the
plaster and lath from the C. C. Primus
office building, it was found that the
interior had been sealed and covered
with newspapers. The prints were
dt ted in 1881 and 1882, one being a
copy of The Republican printed at Ne
ligh. In the paper was a railroad ad
vertisement giving Neligh as the end
of the Sioux City and Pacific Railroad
and as inducements to ride their trains
cited elegant Pullman palace sleeping
cars and Miller safety platform and
Westinghouse air brakes. A market
report from the same paper priced
oats at 40c, com at 46c, potatoes 66c,
butter 20c, eggs 16c, and flour $3.60.
Rumors again are rife of a morning
westbound passenger service on the
Northwestern. This time some basis.
The story as it comes out of Omaha is
that the Northwestern has secured the
mail contract from Chicago and the
east to Casper and western Wyoming
points, with a bonus of $400,000 from
the government for a through service,
to go in effect Sunday, May 29. The
proposed arrangement is for passenger
No. 6 to leave Omaha at 1 o’clock a.
m., passing through O’Neill about 9
o’clock in the morning and running
through to Casper, carrying the
Chicago-Wyoming mail. Passenger
No. 3 will run as usual, carrying Da
kota mails. The afternoon train, No.
1. will do the local work now done by
No. 6.
FOURTEEN BILLIONS IN
TAX EXEMPT SECURITIES
Breeds Class Distinction and Lays
$700,000,000 Additional Tax Burden
Upon Owners of Tangible Prop
erty—Farmers Ultimate
VictimB.
At this particular time when farm
ers are discovering that their land
taxer come painfully near absorbing
all of the income from their farms it
is interesting to note an, admission by
the Wall Street Journal to the effect
that it is estimated that there are
fourteen billions of tax exempt se
curities in the country and that seven
hundred millions in taxes is thus
avoided and the burden passed on to
;hose who have investments in tangible
property which is not thus favored
ander the laws.
Wise investors of money naturally
seek securities that are free from tax
ation and the laws are so built and so
interpreted as to make it entirely
legal. These investors are not tax
iedgens and the duty of correcting the
error as it exists lies upon congress,
jpon legislatures and upon the courts.
The Wall Street Journal comments:
‘But there is a definite menace in our
:ax exempt bonds which it is foolish
to ignore. It is not a question,
whether under some future ruling of
the supreme court at Washington,
that part of the income tax amend
ment which specifies ‘from /whatever
source derived’ will be held to apply
to municipal and .other securities.
Such a ruling n ight hold these sub
ject to income tax and, inferentially,
to that tax since the passage of the
amendment. It is even possible that
congress may legislate to impose in
come tax on these bonds.
“It is complained with justice that
legislative .bodies do not look at the
secondary consequences of the laws
they enact. They do not see the
moral effect in the future of exempt
ing $700,000,000 of income from our
greatest direct tax.”
The financial paper then warns in
vesters that they “no not realize what
will be the attitude of the payer of
taxes, direct and indirect, who are com
pelled to make up this immense de
licit.”
It was the tax exempt property of
the nobles and of the church wnich
brought about the Intolerable oppres
sion of the French peasanty—the sole
taxpayer—and the consequent revo
lution.