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NORTHWEST NEBRASKA
AGRICULTURAL LOAN
ASSOCIATION ORGANIZES
Bankers of Group Six of the state
bankers association, as announced in
The Frontier last week, perfected the
organization of the Northwest Ne
braska Agricultural Loan association,
at a meeting at Valentine last Thurs
day. The organization is for the pur
pose of extending the financial as
sistance of the war finance corporation
to the livestock and agricultural in
dustries of the northwestern part of
the state. The $200,000 of capital
stock was readily subscribed at the
meeting and the following directors
and offices chosen:
Directors:.!. F. O’Donnell, O’Neill;
L. E. Artus, Bassett; C. P. Nelson,
Long Pine; E. C. Cole, Cody; E .C.
Davenport, Valentine; J. S. Denman,
Hay Springs; O. J. Schweiger, Chad
ron; R. B. Schnurr, Harrison; F. M.
Rentschler, SpringvieW. At a meet
ing of the directors held later, the
following officers were elected: E. G.
Cole, president; J. S. Denman, vice
president; H. W. Davenport, secre
tary-treasurer. The board of di
rectors is required to hold quarterly
meetings at Valentine.
“CITY SPORTS” PULLING
“FAST ONE” ON EDITOR
OF CHAMBERS PAPER
.Lincoln.—M. Wirt Hiatt, Chambers,
Neb., editor, has written to the at
torney general's office declaring that
“city sports” with big guns are mak
ing life a menace for persons living in
the vicinity of Goose Lake, Chain
Lakes, Willow Lake and SWan Laek.
“And when we complain to them
they quote the law to us,” Hiatt says.
"They say that a body of water of
more than 10 acres is public property
and the owner can’t keep them off
of it”
Assistant Attorney General Charles
S. Reed Iras recommended the follow
ing method of “bagging” the “city
sports.”
’’Water is only reached by travers
ing over land, and if you catch ’em
getting on the lake you’ve got ’em for
trespassing."
Reed expressed failure at finding
the 10-acre rule sprung on the short
grass country inhabitants by the “city
sports” and tells Hiatt that ownership
of the water can be learned by delving
into governnment patent files.
ESTER JANE CRAIG.
Ester Jane Calkins was born at
Ontario Roxie, February 10, 1860 and
died in O’Neill, Nebraska, October o,
1921. She moved to Michigan with
her parents when a child. She was
united in marriage to Alexander Craig
August 18, 1881, at Reed City, Mich.
To this union three children were
bom: Oscar T. of Chambers, Nebr.;
Selby, who died in infancy and Ida
Bell of O’Neill. She moved to Iowa
with her husband in the early winter
and came to Nebraska about sixteen
years ago, where she resided until
her death. Mrs. Craig was converted
to Jesus Christ in early life and was
baptized and united with the Metho
dist church. During all these years
she has proved a faithful Christian
Iwoman. She has for the past six year/
been an invalid suffering intensely at
times, but during all these months and
years she has borne her heavy load
of affliction with patience and forti
tude, her faith in her Master waver
ing not. She has come up through
great tribulation, having her robe
washed in the blood of the Lamb. A
good, faithful, loving wife and mother
has gone on to her eternal reward to
be at rest with her Master Jesus
ChriBt. Funenral services were held
in the M. E. church conducted by Rev.
J. A. Hutchins. Interment being in
Prospect Hill cemetery.
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JOHN SHEA.
Patrick Shea received word last
week of the death of his brother,
Jack, formerly of this city, at Ana
conda, Montana, Monday of last week.
Mr. Shea left here about twenty-five
years ago and since has resided in the
west. The Anaconda corres
pondence of the Butte Miner has the
following announcement of the death
of Mr. Shea, which is correct Iwith the
exception of the number of years he
was a resident of Montana:
“John Shea, aged 65 years, and a
resident of Montana for 30 years, died
Monday noon at St. Ann’s hospital.
He recently returned from the Big
Horn basin where he was employed as
a ranch hand and was taken to the
hospital on Saturday. Very little hope
was entertained for his recovery at
that time. Prior to working on the
ranches, Mr. Shea worked on the B.
A. & P. railway, and made his home
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on Chc«£njrt street. Ho ffM a native
of Michigan.
“His nearest relative is a brother,
Patrick Shea of O’Neill, Neb., and a
number of cousins live in Anaconda
and Butte. As yet no arrangements
for the funeral have been made.”
PLEASANT VIEW NEWS.
J. E. Perking has accepted a posi
tion as forman of the Ferdig ranen
at Long Pine this coming year. Mr.
and Mrs. Perkins expect to leave this
month.
A poultry demonstration was con
ducted at the P. A. Grass farm on
Wednesday of last week and was a
great success.
Mrs. Clyde Streeter and daughter,
Elaine, spent the week end with Mrs.
Murray at O’Neill.
Guy Stevens is in Lincoln attending
the Druggist convention this week.
The farmers are all digging their
potatoes this week. The yield is not
as large as last year.
Miss Helen Faulk preached at the
Star church last Sunday, the minister
being absent.
(Last week.)
Miss Prudence Ruthford will teach
the Crumley school this year.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Perkins, Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Asher and Charley Ferdig
autoed to Long Pine Saturday taking
in the Frontier days, returning home
Sunday.
Ruuphos Wagers and family moved
to Page last week.
Miss Zola Snyder, Miss Venid Hay
ne and George Fink autoed to Foster
Sunday and spent the day with Miss
Lavalle Henderson, who is teaching
at that place.
Mr. and Mrs. Henery who have been
visiting their daughter, Mrs. Snyder,
returned to their home at Tecumseh
Sunday.
The Hayne School opened Monday
with Miss Opal Boggs as teacher.
Threshing buckwheat is in full
swing in the valley, the yield so far
runs from fifteen to twenty-three
bushels per acre.
LAWRENCE MALONE TOURS
HISTORIC BATTLEFIELDS
OF THE CIVIL WAR
The following very interesting ac
count of a tour of some of the famous
battlefields of the civil war is from
the pen of Lawrence Malone, secre
tary of Congressman Moses P. Kin
kaid, in a letter to his father, County
Judge C. J. Malone:
“Together with Judge Humphrey
and another Nebraskan, Howard
Smith, a reporter here, I had a very
interesting and delightful automobile
trip through a part of old Virginia
Saturday and Sunday.
“Leaving Washington about eleven
o’clock Saturday, we went to Fairfax
Court House, winch is west of here
about thirty miles. The old court
building there is one of the oldest in
the United States, and is still in use.
The records in the office of the clerk
of the court contain many wills and
legal instruments of pre-Revolution
ary times, early land grants to the
English, and the votes taken for the
members of the Burgess assembly of
Fairfax County. The present clerk of
the court, a Mr. Richardson, is the
fourth of that name to hold the posi
tion, the clerkship passing on from
father to son for almost one hundred
years, a very rare occurence in our
country. It is improbable that a like
case could be found to exist anywhere
in the United States outside of the old
settled portions of the South. This
gentleman obligingly took the time to
show us some of the old records, in
cluding the wills of George and Mar
tha Washington. Among other an
cient documents of interest, was the
Will of an old colonial, wherein, after
setting forth the disposition to be
made of his property, the most of
which was to go to his wife, he in
serted the provision that in the event
the lady- should remarry, she was to
secure only that to which she was en
titled by law, for, as he stated it, ‘it
is not my purpose to give to any cur
a sop.’ ,
“We had dinner at an old inn at
Fairfax, after which we drove south
west to the little village of Manassas,
thence a short distance further west
to the vicinity in which the two bat
tles of Bull Run were fought. A
number of tablets mark the spot where
important events of the two battles
took place. The major portion of the
engagements occurred on a farm
■which is now enclosed, the owners
charging a fee to visitors to enter and
be shown about. However, a southern
organization is now planning to make
the battle ground a national cemetery.
Later we visiied the old Chinn house,
erected in 1770, which iwas used as u
field hospital during the first battle
of Bull Run. The kitchen of the house
was used as an operating room, the
detached limbs of the wounded sol
diers being thrown out of the windows.
The heaps became so great as to reach
to the window sills, a height of per
haps seven feet. The great danger of
gangrene poisoning required the re
moval of shattered and shot-tom limbs
in most cases, as at that time surgery
and medical science had not advanced
to a stage where many of them could
be saved. These remains were later
placed in a pit dug especially for the
purpose, which may still be seen.
Rifle, bullets, grape-shot and cannon
balls are found all over the surround
ing country, the children of the neigh
borhood frequently picking up such
fragments of the conflict in the fields
and in the Woods covering the area
where the battles were fought. Judge
Humphrey and I secured a number of
the bullets. There are so many pieces
of shell in the trees in the vicinity of
Bull Run that mill men will not saw
timber there.
Near the Chinn House is a monu
ment erected in commeration of the
services of Colonel Fletcher Webster,
the son of Daniel Webster, on the spot
where he was killed at the commence
ment of the first battle of Bull Run.
The bronze tablets on the memorial
bears the inscription, “He died to per
petuate the immortal words of his
father, ‘Liberty and Union, Now and
, : -,-- - - ----- -
FdJWftT, PMWi. Jfl&ptoprf&Je.’
“Late in tne afternoon we left Ma
nassas for Frcdicksburg, a distance of
forty-five miles. The winding road
between these two point3 took us
through a picturesque part of the old
Dominion, an undulating, partly wood
ed country, with the red and yellow
soils characteristic of many sections
along the south Atlantic seaboard.
“On an American basis of compari
son, the farmers of Virginia are very
backward economically. The soil is
poor, except in a few localities. Con
stant cropping has exhausted any
natural fertility the soil might have
had, and evidently there is very little
effort made to utilize up-to-date farm
ing methods to improve it. A former
Nebraskan, Captain Jack, is noted
throughout northern Virginia for his
successful experiments with alfalfa
on this soil, but his pioneering does
not seem to have induced many to fol
low his example. The native popula
tion seem to be content with the mea
gerness of their livelihood, time being
the one thing which is plentiful. In
stead of keeping up with the progress
of events, and taking advantage of the
betterments offered by inovations,
they seem content with the ac
complishments and the vigorous
history of their forbears. During our
entire run from Manassas to Freder
icksburg we did not see a man at work
in the fields, but in many of the old
farm houses which we passed, the oc
cupants sat looking out of the win
dows. It being a delightfully pleas
ant August afternoon, this attitude
towards their work aptly illustrates
the lack of energy and constructive
ness common to a great class of
country folk in the south. Primitive
processes of planting and harvesting
are still adhered to, even the “cradle”
being employed for cutting much of
the grain. Very little live stock of
any kind is seen, the largest herd of
cattle we saw numbered ten, and
those were of an indefinite and un
desirable type.
socially, the Virginians are a very
pleasant people, kindly and hospitable,
and it would be well if the present
American generation as a whole could
have their steadfastness of character,
their friendliness and strong re
ligious convictions. Their apparent
philosophy of unselfishness, untainetd
by a strong spirit of commercialism,
is one that we, as a nation, must soon
generally accept or encounter great
difficulty in the future, for the ten
dency in the opposite direction with
most of us is very pronounced.
“The famous old town of Freder
icksburg was reached about 8:30 in
the evening. During the long history
of the place, extending over a period
of 250 years, it has produced many
men whose names are inseperably
connected with the birth of our
country, its early progress and de
velopment. A city of barely 8,000 in
habitants, it was the birth-place and
home of seven of our Presidents, in
cluding Washington, Jefferson, Madi
son and Monroe. John Paul Jones,
the famous sea captain, five of the
generals of the Revolution, and three
of the generals of the Civil War,, also
our first and greatest Chief Justice,
John Marshall, were natives of Fred
ericksburg or its environs. Almost
every party of the old town seems to
be closely associated with one or more
of these great figures of the past, and
is Fredericksburg has not experienced
:iy sudden growth or considerable in •
iustrial expansion within the last fifty
years, it is doubly interesting to the
isitor for the reason that most of the
famous land-marks remain in much
their former condition. In fact, the
general appearance and atmosphere
of the aged place seems more like that
of a colonial town than a modem city.
This impressed us particularly when
on arising Sunday morning we found
practically the entire population going
to church. At one street intersection
there are seven churches within a very
short distance of one another, all of
them very old structures. Country
churches are found every few miles in
Virginia, and are well attended. Of
the many that we passed during our
Sunday’s drive, services were being
held in all except one. Out in front
of one little country church were per
haps thirty teams and buggies, with
no more than three automobiles. That
would surely help to support the con
tontiom qf tha^o Whq hplifsvp the auto
mobile is taking people away from the
church. The closed places off business
in Fredericksburg also reflects the re
ligions attitado of the popple generally.
Even a cigar or a dish of ice cream
cannot be bought on Sunday, the only
thing permitted to be sold being drugs.
‘fQdr primary object in going to
Fredericksburg was to soe the battle
fields which are within a few miles of
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“The Rexall Store"
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Annual Fall Sale!
SaJe Starts
Monday, October 17
Great Six Day Sale starts Monday. This sale will positively end Saturday
night because we cannot afford to make this cut in our regular stock for
longer than Six Days, so if you do not buy during this time you must expect to
pay more later on. No Credit.
SCHOOL SHOES FOR GIRLS
A sturdy leathr shoe comfortable
and practical in brown and black
calf, lace styles . $2.49, $2.89
FOR BOYS
A shoe built to stand the wear
and tear. Solid leather through
out, on Monday Only, pair $2.90
ON MONDAY ONLY
TRICOTINE
Fashion favors Tricotine for the
smart dresses this winter. All
wool, 45 inches wide at .... $2.39
UNION SUITS
Ladies fine ribbed suits, sleeve
less and long. Several styles.
Regular $1.75 values at . $1.19
MEN’S SWEATER COATS
Men’s Jumbo Knit Sweaters
Value $8.00 . $6.29
Fine Ribbed Coats,
iji Value $3.75 . $2.98
MEN’S AND BOYS’ CAPS
All Sizes and Styles
39c up to . $1.89
STOP! LOOK!!
We have about 50 pairs of shoes
that will go on the bargain
counter at from.... $1.89 to $3.69
EXTRA SPECIAL
Men’s Sheeplined Coats at $10.00
Sheeplined and full 36 inches
long. These are more than ex
tra special, at . $7.98
LEATHER VESTS
Men’s Leather lined vests, knit
wrists. These are very especially
priced at . $8.00
GROCERY SPECIALS
Tomatoes, Extra Fancy,
20c value . 17c
Kraut, No. 3
18c value . 14c
Pumpkin, Extra Fancy, No. 3
20c value . 13c
Pork and Beans,
20c value . 17c
E. C. Cornflakes,
13c value . 10c
Post Toasties,
5 packages . 60c
Laundry Soap, 6 bars for.25c
OUTING FLANNELS
Good weight in iwhite and colors
on Monday Only, per yd.. 13c
BIG SPECIAL
We have a limited supply of
ladies’ house dresses and child
ren’s school dresses at prices that
will please you.
SPECIAL
Men’s GO per cent Wool union
suits $3.50 value at . $2.69
Men’s full ribbed suits, value
$1.75, at . $1.09
You’ll be surprised at the won
derful values we can offer you in
men’s gloves.
I We will pay the highest market price for butter and eggs during this sale.
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