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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 10, 1921)
X . - X .* ft . ■ * "■ ’ f ——. .. -■■!■■ ■!■■ I . , ..■■■■ M! . I. " — 1 ..... ■ - - - — VOLUME XLI. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1921. NO. 23. .. ... . . LOCAL MATTERS. The aeroplane that stopped off here Sunday didn’t have anything. M. Wirt Hyatt, editor of the Cham bers Sun, was an O’Neill visitor Mon day. Miss Gladys Hancock of Inman, was the guest of O’Neill relatives last .— week. Charles Cole of Star, was on the local market with a load of hogs Sat urday. Billy Gatz shot four fine pine mal lards down in Carr’s pasture Wednes day afternoon. Ji F. O’Donnell left Wednesday mosping on a business trip to Sioux City and Omaha. Residents of Chambers valley are preparing for a big coyote hunt to be held Thanksgiving day. James A. Donohoe and J. D. Cronin went to Mapleton, Iowa, on legal business Wednesday morning. Harry Radaker left Wednesday morning for Sioux City, where he will undergo treatment for throat trouble. Spencer is bidding for a berth in the state league for next year, with fair chances of being awarded a franchise. C. F. Reichart of Bruning, Nebr., was in the city Tuesday looking after his real estate interests in the county. Ed. Quinn of the O’Neill National bank has returned to duty after sev eral months of forced idleness caused by illness. A marriage license was issued to Henry Baum and Martha Wallinger, both of Stuart, by County Judge Ma lone Tuesday. Mrs. Nina Malloy and children, of Emmet, have gone to Kansas City, where they will visit relatives until after Christmas. Mr. and Mrs. William Malloy, jr., and daughter, Miss Margaret, have returned from a several months visit at Clairmont, S. D. James Curtis of Ewing, star mail route contractor out of that place, has disposed of his mail contracts and will remove to California. One of the best football games of the fall geason will be that between O’Neill and Verdigre on the local grid iron Friday of next week. , At least three weeks will be required for the jury trials at the session of district court which opens Monday, it is estimated by court officials. Members of the Monday Nite club were the guests of Miss Anna O’Don nell Monday evening. Mrs. William Biglin won the honors at cards. Business houses of the city will close from 2 o’clock until 4 tomorrow after' noon during the Armistice Day patriotic exercises at the K. C. hall. Roy' Sharp of Inman has gone to California for a three months vacation L in search of health. Mrs. Sharp and the children will visit at Piilger during his absence. The Methodist Ladies Aid society is preparing for a chicken dinner, and oyster supper, and a bazaar, to be given at the church parlors Saturday of next tweek. The basket ball team of the Inman high school is scheduled to meet the O’Neill team, at this place Friday, De cember 2. The two teams play at In man December 16. John Adkins, jr., of Hydyer, Alaska, is spending his first vacation in ten years in the states, at the home of his parents, in Butte. Mr. Adkins is a merchant at Hydyer. Grading on the Ewing federal road has progressed to the Cache creek crossing and the portion of the high way passing through the territory most in need of good roads will be completed this fall. Miss Ida Chapman was hostess to the Martez club Monday evening. Honors at auction were won by Miss Mae Hammond, and the all cut prize by Mrs. Clifford Scott. Mr. and Mrs. George Bressler re turned Friday evening from a visit in Wayne and Cummings counties. Residents of those two counties are feeling the financial stringency much more than are those of this com munity, says Mr. Bressler. Mr. and Mrs. William Turner nad baby, of Orchard, Mr. and Mrs. Ar thur Tomlinson and son of Scottville, Mr. and Mrs. I,ee Taylor and family and Rodney TomlinsoN of Oppor tunity, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Tomlinson, Sunday. The appointment of Garry Benson to be postmaster at Ewing was sent to the senate last week. Mr. Benson is at present serving as acting post master and his promotion to the per manent position is a deserved recog nition pleasing to his many friends. A local council of the Catholic Men’s National Welfare Council was organ ized at the K, C. hall Sunday evening and the following officers elected: H. J. Hammond, president; P. J. O’Don nell, secretary; A. F. Sauser, treas urer. Music was furnished during the evening by students from St. Mary’s academy., C. F. Manning of Cleveland town ship being laid up with illness, his neighbors recently assembled at his place for a big husking bee. Forty five acres of corn, averaging thirty bushels to the acre, were husked for him. The Ladies Aid society served supper for the huskers at the Cleve land church. The county board of supervisors this afternoon entered into a friendly set tlement with the owners of the Liddy ranch for right-of-way across the ranch for the O’Neill-Spencer federal highway. The agreed price was $1, 500. The board was in special session to make the settlement that comple tion of the road might not be delayed. Ewing witnessed the first football game of its history last Saturday when the St. Mary’s Academy team invaded the precincts of the southeast Holt metropolis to engage a local juvenile team. The game resulted 30 to 2 in favor of Ewing, the Ewing boys out weighing the academy team by several pounds. A return game is to be play ed in O’Neill in the near future. A new train schedule on the North western will become efliective Sunday. Passenger trains No.’s . 5 and 8 are to be taken off entirely between Norfolk and Long Pine until spring and will not run from Norfolk to Omaha on Sundays. Passengers No.’s 1 and 2 will not run west of Long Pine on Sundays. Trains numbers 5 and 8 are the afternoon passenger east and the first night train west. Judge Robert R. Dickson, who was to have been master of ceremonies at the laying of the corner stone of the new high school building at Valentine, November 15, will be unable to at tend owing to the session of the Holt county district court, which begins Monday. The ceremonies incidental to the laying of the corner stone Will be under the auspices of the Masonic fraternity. A deep laid plot of slickers to Wreck the checker club was frustrated by Club Champion Chapman last week. The plotters run in a ringer disguised as a traveling man at one of the regular midweek sessions of the club and the stranger defeated Henry Watterson Tomlinson, club runner-up, three games before suspicion was aroused. Mr. Tomlinson detected by the method of the visitor’s play that he was a book player, during the last of the three games, and a secret mes sage was sent for the champion, who soon put the stranger to flight. | FRESH FRUITS | | AND VEGETABLES | Everything In Season \ i Special Canned Fruits 30c Pei* Can ^ 3 For 85c „ [ Ben Grady, Grocer | Since the announcement of the en largement erf the proposed oil refinery, to be built here, to take care of the crude product from the Neligh, Bas sett and Gregory fields, word has been received that the Neligh field has been abandoned. This will not deter the enlargement of the refinery, however, as the Erina producers, just across the south line of the county, have sig nified their intention of building a pipe line to O’Neill if the refinery is con structed. The Kilpatrick field north of this place also may seek an outlet for their product this way, which will necessitate an even larger extension of the plant than at first cyitem plated. Fire escaping from ranch hands burning off fire guard, at the Ditch Camp southwest of the city last Fri day afternoon burned over a section and a half of hay land before it could be extinguished. The fire alarm -sum moned a number of firefighters from town, in cars, among them C. A. Mc Gorder of the circulation department of the Norfolk Daily News, who ren dered valuable service in hauling water in his car to the fire fighters to wet the cloths with which they beat out the flames. Mr. McGorder was im pressed with the way O’Neill citizens turned out to fight the fire and also by another incident which happened while he was returning to town. On the way back a tire on his car was punctured and he stopped to repair it. Every one of the cars out at the fire stopped iwhen they came up to him, to offer assistance. “I have driven in many communities,” said he, “but never before in one where every one offers assistance to the traveler in troubles.” MARINES GUARD LOCAL MAIL TRAINS United States marines now are guarding the through mails that pass through O’Neill on the Northwestern. Every postal clerk also has been equipped with a piece of heavy artill ery which he is required to wear all of the time while on duty and away from his home station. One thousand marines were ordered to duty as guards on the principal mail trains of the country Sunday and Wednesday 'Northwestern passenger No. 3 carried the first soldier guard when it pulled into O’Neill at 11:30 o’clock at night. The guard, armed with a 45 calibre pistol and a sawed off shotgun appeared wicked enough to wreck the ambitions of any mail train bandit. In addition to the guard each mail clerk wore, dangling on his hip, a big steel gat. Previous to the issuance of the order of last Sunday but two pistol clerks in each mail car wore guns. The placing of guards on mail cars and the arming of all postal clerks comes as the result of, the numerous mail train robberies that have taken place recently. The guards on the Northwestern trains passing through O’Neill go on duty at Omaha and ride the trains as far west as Chadron, from which point west the .runs are in daylight. The Northwestern mail pfessing through O’Neill from Wyom ing and the Black Hils is considered among the most important in the country. ATTORNEY GENERAL RULES ON SCHOOL ELECTORS Lincoln, Neb.—Citizens of Nebraska who own no more property except $200 worth of household goods, and have no children, are not qualified school electors, in the opinion of the state attorney general. The constitiution and voters of the state exempted $200 worth of household goods from tax ation. The question has been raised by J. M. Matzen, state superintendent of schools, asking for the definition of a qualified school elector. The attorney general replies that any man or wo man who has resided in a district 40 days and is 21 years of age and who owns real or personal property “that has been assessed in the district in his or her name at the last annual assess ment,” or who has children of school age residing in the district, shall be entitled to vote at any disrict meeting or school election. Quoting the section which exempts those persons with $200 of household property, the attorney general con cludes that assessors are not compell ed to assess such goods of such value and as the owner thereof would not be assessed or pay taxes, he is not a qualified school elector, providing he owns no other property and has no children of school age. The opinion is advanced that the action of the contention and support ing voters means a loss of about $40, 000,000 in taxable property. FIRST SNOW MONDAY NIGHT. The first snow of the fall season fell Monday night. It was a mere trace however and didn’t amount to much as a regular snow. This is just seven days liter than the first snoiw of last year, which was a four inch one, falling on the night of Novem ber 1. Temperatures so far in No vember of this year are lower than they were in November of last year and the lowest so far this month with in two degrees as low as the lowest for the entire month of November of 1920. The lowest temperature recorded in the first nine days of November 1920 was 14 degrees above zero November 9. The lowest for the month was 8 degrees above, November 13. The lowest temperature this month was 10 degrees above zero Tuesday night, November 9. The second lowest was 24 degrees, Monday night, the night of the snow flurry. barnard-nelson. The Casper, Wyoming, Herald, Sun day contained the following announce ment of the marriage of Mr. William Barnard, former O’Neill boy, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Barnard, and Miss Pauline Nelson: ,“Miss Pauline Nelson became the bride of William Barnard yesterday evening at six o’clock when the mar riage service was read by the Rev. Charles Wilson in the parlors of the Presbyterian Manse. Mr. and Mrs. H. I). McCormick were the only at tendants of the couple. All plans f»r the wedding had been kept secret and friends of the young people were en tirely surprised when the announce ment was made last night. “For the ceremony Mrs. Barnard wore a stunning tailleur of brown vel dyn trimmed in moleskin; her corsage was of hride’s roses and ferns and her hat also was of brown in harmony with the suit. “The Barnards have taken a home on West 10th street where they plan to reside during the season. “Before her marriage Mrs. Barnard was connected with the offices of the Keith Lumber company. Her girl hood home is in Ogalalla, Nebraska, and she is a graduate from Doan Col lege, at Crete. * “Mr. Barnard was a lieutenant in the air service during the war and was stationed at Fort Omaha. He is a graduate from the College of Law at Creighton University. At present he is associated with the Nesbitt Realty company. He came to Casper from his home in O’Neill, Nebraska.” COL. NEIDIG DIES AT SOLDIEDS’ HOME Atkinson Graphic, Nov. 4—Sawtellt, Calif., Oct. *27—Col. A. H. Neidig, veteran of the fourty-fourth Iowa regi ment and one time owner of the Mar shalltown (la.) Times-Republican, and the Norfolk, (Neb.) Journal, died at the soldiers’ home here yesterday. Funeral services will he held today. Norfolk pioneers recalled that A. H. Neidig lived in Norfolk many years ago. He was the publisher of the Norfolk Journal, a weekly publi cation. The family lived on North Twelfth street and moved from the city years ago.—Norfolk News. Col. Neidig was a homesteader south of Atkinson a good many years ago. A son, H. J. Neidig, is a writer of Sandhill stories in the Saturday Even ing Post. His yarns are framed around joal and imaginary occurences in the days of his youth upon the ‘sandhill Homestead. I The pictures drawn ov some of the characters in his stories are painted up in the colors that most impressed the youth in their eccenricities, BERGSTROM BABY FATALLY BURNED Page Reporter—A letter from Ham pshire, Wyoming, contain the ac count of the serious accident to Floyd Bergstrom and his eighteen months old baby girl. The letter sta tes that while Mrs. Bergstrom was ironing, Friday morning, Oct. 21, Floyd, in order to hurry the fire poured some kerosene (which con tained some gasoline) in the stove; the explosion which followed envelop ed Floyd and the child. The child was so badly burned that she lived but an hour. Floyd was badly burned from his hips down and was taken at once to the hospital at Newcastle where the doctor states that he has a chance to recover. The house also got on fire in several places and in his endeavor to put this fire out neglected to put the fire out on his clothes until after he became badly burned. Mrs. Berg strom also received some burns but nothing of a serious nature. She however, was recovering from a bro ken limb, and in the confusion she re ceived injuries to her limb and she also is in the hospital. The funeral for the child was held the following Tuesday. ROBERTSON-WALTERS. Miss Louise Walters of Maple Grove and Mr. Samuel Robert Robert son of Joy, iwere united in marriage at the home of the bride’s parents, Wednesday morning at 11:30 o’clock, the Reverend George Bressler of O’Neill officiating. The bride is the charming daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Walters of Maple Grove and is one of the popu lar and esteemed young ladies of that community. The groom, the third son of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Robertson of Joy, has grown to manhood in Holt county and is one of the popular and prosperous yuong farmers of the county. Mr. and Mrs. Robertson im mediately took up their residence on the ranch of the groom, two miles north of Joy, where he already hao prepared and furnished a new home. The Frontier joins with the many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Robertson in extending congratulations ia!nd besll wishes for a long and happy wedded life. GILLIGAN-G-ALLAGHER Miss Helen Gallagher of Inmai, and Mr. Charles II. Gilligan of Will mar, Minnesota, w^re united in mar riage Wednesday morning at St. Pat rick’s church, the Reverend M. F. Cas sidy officiating. Following the cere mony a wedding breakfast 'was served the bridal party at the Hotel Golden. The bride is the daughter of Mr. Michael Gallagher of Inman and is a most charming young lady. The groom is a rising young business man. The Grammar Grades of the Valley Center School entertained the High School students at a supper party at the home of their teacher, Miss Ruth Farrier. A very pleasant time was enjoyed by all. The Saline county Farm Bureau Federation is conducting a county membership campaign which is being handled largely by the county organi* zation. J. N. Norton, chairman of the Nebraska Farm Bureau organization committee is spending the week in the county and has with him three expe rienced Farm Bureau membership men who will assist the local men In their efforts to make Saline county a 1(h) per cent Farm Bureau unit. • The Interstate Commerce Commis sion has re-opened the live stock rate case and will hold a hearing at Wash ington November 8. Clifford Thorne will represent the American Farm Bureau Federation and Judge S. H. Cowan (will appear for the national live stock shippers’ league. The Farm Bureau contends that the 20 per cent reduction in freight rates on live stock shipments shuold also be applied to the short haul. The decrease on long hauls has already been ordered and amounts to a saving to shippers of $10,000,000. A 20 per cent decrease on short hauls would mean a further saving of $24,000,000 in live stock freight rates. The American Farm Bureau Feder ation, through its counsel Clifford Thorne, has filed a statement before the interstate commerce committee in the senate, contending that the por tion of the transportation act which guarantees to the railroads returns of 5% to 6 per cent is unconstitutional. The basis for the contention is that shippers on prosperous railroad lines are compelled to pay excessive freight rates in order to help weak railroads depending on industries which are pro ducing very little business. Many railroads built into coal fields, lumber camps or other places vyhere the in dustries are nearly depleted must therefore be supported by the railroads serving the agricultural communities. In arguing the unconstitutionality of the provision, Mr. Thorne quotes free ly from a letter written by Charles E. Hughes, now secretary of state to Alfred P. Thom, general counsel for the association of railway executives, in which Secretary Hughes holds simi lar thought. —< Boxing Match!! Jerry Vokoc vs. Geo. Lamson of Verdigre of Lincoln Saturday, November 12, 1921 At K. C. Theater, O’Neill, Nebr. Commencing at 9:00 P. M. Sharp. TEN THREE MINUTE ROUNDS OF REAL BOXING j This, the second boxing contest staged, in O’Neill under the new state boxing law, will be one of the best bouts ever staged in North Nebraska. Vokoc in his bout with Jack Ivy here in September proved himself a fighter of championship quality, remarkable speed and endurance. He weighs 180, is a perfect specimen of manhood. George Lamson, an Indian, is considered one of the best men of his class in the country. He fights at exactly the same weight as j Vokoc. This bout will decide which of these men is to go on and up to cham pionship honors. \ j ..... ... 1 — —— - f “ Under Management of K. C. ATHLETIC CLUB Get Your Ringside Seats Early. 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