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The Frontier
Published by Dennis H. Cronin
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Entered at the post office at O’Neill
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mrs. sarah paRriv.
Atkinson Graphic, Dec. 2.—Sara!
Corrigan daughter of Mr. and Mrs
William Corrigan, was born at th<
family home in the vicinity of At
kinson where most of the 33 years 61
her life were spent.
About two years ago she was mar
ried at Emmet to Mr. Robert Parkir
and has since resided at Taylor
Nebraska, where her death occurrec
Sunday morning November 27. The
remains were brought to the home oi
her parents Wednesday. Thursdaj
morning funeral services were held at
Emmet, the parish to which she be
longed, interment being made in th<
Atkinson cemetery, the mother anc
infant child bom Sunday morning be
ing placed in the same grave. Besides
the immediate relatives, her husband
parents, two sisters and bwo brothers
she leaves a large circle of relatives
and friends to mourn the loss of on<
dear to them.
WILGUS-LESLIE.
Atkinson, Graphic, Dec. 2.—Mr. Ho
bart Wilgus and Miss Grace Leslie
were united in marriage Monday No
vember 28th, at the M. E. parsonage
Rev. E. L. Peterson officiating. Miss
Leslie is the daughter of Mrs. Mattie
Leslie of this city. She is a graduate
of Atkinson high school and is an ac
complished musician.
Mr. Wilgus has made his home in
Atkinson for the past year being em
plfiye8 ffE tj® KdKJOTWtejT. depot a?
day operator.
The young people have a host oi
friends in this vicinity where the
bride has grown to (womanhood, whc
extend best wishes on this auspicious
occasion.
NELIGH ASKS WHAT GAME
O’NEILL CAN PLA\
Neligh, News Dec. 1.—The boastec
trimming that O’Neill was to ad
minister to the Neligh High foot bai
team last Thursday was a delusion s<
far as the O’NeiH bunch was con
cerned. According to the fans fror>
the Emerald Isle town up the line they
brought their very best and came dowi
with the avowed intention of eatinf
’em alive. Well they did eat ’em—tha
is their words, not the Neligh squad
Now, if there is any other game thai
O’Neill thinks she can play—jusi
fairly well. We might suggest ping
pong or checkers or spat-em-out
They sure are short on foot ball am
we kind a like to rub it in for the way
they talked of the Thanksgiving game
before'it was played.
The Neligh Regulars and O’Neil
clashed at about 4 o’clock “and it waf
a battle from the start. Rough play
ing was noticeable throughout the
game but one side was just as rougl
as the ether. Twice during the game
■‘the liyes from Mr. O’Neillses town’
came near scoring, but the home tearr
cut them off in the nick of time. The
game score was Neligh 33, O'Neill 0
ENTIRE COUNTRY WATCHING
CORN BURNING EXPERIMENT
Crank letters, letters of condemna
tion, letters of commendation, tele
grams and inquiries by long distance
telephone are pouring in upon Man
ager Elvidge and Superintendent Bil
lings of the light and power company
as a result of the company’s experi
ment in burning com for fuel undei
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its big boilers. Some of the Writer
condemn the company for thus con
suming a food product. Others com
mend it for helping the farmer t<
realize on a crop which high freighi
rates prevent marketing in any othei
manner at a profit to himself. Som<
of the inquiries are regarding the
satisfaction given by com as a fuel
Then there are letters and telegrams
from individuals wanting to purchase
com, and communications from min
owners and ooal brokers quoting prices
on coal. Meanwhile the plant is cqp
tinuing to burr, com and having ne
difficulty whatever in keeping uj
steam. In fact, Superintendent Bil
lings declares that it is much more
satisfactory in some respects to fire
1 with com than with coal.
We have no trouble at all in keep
ing up steam and all that is necessarj
is to keep the grates covered witf
; coal ashes to prevent them burning
out, he said. Incidentally the publics
tion of the news that the company is
burning com instead Of coal is bring
ing do(wn the price of coal, at leasi
in offers made from n ines and bro
kers. One companny quotes a price ol
$2.60 per ton on coal that the companj
now is paying $4.60 for. The com
pany also has received a quotation ol
$1.82 on coal that has been costing
$4.82. And whilg ooal haS1 been com
ing down com has advanced a little or
the local market.
The company is buying its corn dl
rect from the farmers and is paying
the local market price paid by the
elevators. It is not buying com fron
curbstone speculators and will not d<
so. In buying and using corn as fue
the company is keeping in the com
munity and paying to farmers abou'
$1,000 a month that leaves the com
munity entirely when it is paid foi
coal. As long as corn can be purchas
ed so that it is as cheap as coal it wil
be used as fuel at the plant, and evei
afterward should a coal shortage o<
cur. At present it takes forty-eigh
hours to get a car of coal to O’Neil
from Sioux pity, through which trans
ferpoint most of the eastern coal us«
in O’Neill passes, and because of thi
tardiness in delivery the company ha
often, before it began burning corn
found it necessary to purchase coal o
lcoal dealers at retail prices.
Some of the criticism of the whole
sale use of corn as fuel is made on th
expectation that com will go txTfift;
or sixty cents a bushel before spring
It is all right-for the farmer who i
financially able to do so to hold hi
com and live on the hope of a bette
market, but to the farmer who canno
hold his com and continue to live unti
corn goes up, and to the one who- can
not afford to feed his com and take a:
even greater loss in the sale of th
fattened livestock, the general use c
com as fuel comes as* a god sene
Perhaps some day coal and freigh
rates will come down to a parity wit
corn. Then the use of com as fu<
will automatically be stopped.
Following are a few of the man
communications received by the ele<
trie light company from all parts c
the United States, since the announce
ment that the company is qsing cor
as fuel:
Gentlemen:* We notice by the As
sociated Press that you have begu
to bum corn for fuel instead of coa
and thinking possibly that you hav
not had quotations from this distric
we are taking the liberty to make yo
he follctwing quotations from ou
line at Olin, 111., in Peoria County, o
Mie C. B. & Q. Railroad:
2 Inch Screenings $2.00 per net to
Mine Run.$2.60 per net to
These prices are f. o. b. the mine
and the published rate to your cit;
via the C. B. & Q. Railroad is $4.6
per net ton.
We can ship you all the coal you re
quire and would be glad to hear fror
you Whether you are in the market fo
ooal or not.
Yours very truly,
CENTRAL WEST COAL CO.,
By R. B. Rians, Sales Mgr.
Peoria, Illinois.
Gentlemen: I notice in the Wichit
' Eagle that you are 'burning corr
Will you please write me the price o
corn and who I can write to to buy.
And oblige,
W. D. HAYMAN,
^ 1659 Grand Ave, Grand Junction, Colt
Gentlemen: I noticed in the pape
that you are operating your plant b
using com as fuel.
It seems to me that it is a shame t
have to burn good com for fuel in Nc
braska when the mines in Kentuck
are idle on account of no orders fo
coal. 1
We can furnish you with the bes
steam coal there is for $1.75 per to
^ f. o. b. mines located on C. B. & Q..
We will furnish you coal for a perio
of time until you can make a test o
the coal and if satisfactory we wi
enter into contract for One (1) year a
a stated price.
We hope you will give this matte
your serious attention and let us shi
you several cars for trial.
Yours Very Truly,
R. J. THOMAS,
Box 452, Ashland, Kentucky.
Gentlemen: Happening to notic
the enclosed clipping in one of th
Cleveland afternoon papers.
Burning corn is a very interestini
proposition, but we presume it mus
be only a temporary expedient on ac
count of the high coalcost.
We do not know what kind of
plant you have, but presume it is
steam plant; and we wondered if yo
would not be interested in a powe
plant that would burn probably on*
fifth as much coal |s you are usinj
with your steam plant. Also, if lig
nite should be available in your lo
cality at reasonable price, that coul
be used to splendid advantage.
not believe our plants wil
i perate on com as fuel, but there ar
fuels readily available in your vieinlt;
that make it a most practical aft
money-saving proposition.
We shall appreciate very muc!
hearing from you.
Yours very truly,
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THE BRCCE-MACBUTH EN& C.'J
C. E. Curtise, Manager,
Cleveland, Ohio.
Gentlemen: We note by the paper
that you are burning com because it
is cheaper than coal. This seems
very strange to us and we are in
closing herewith, a self-addressed
stamped envelope and would thank
you kindly to advise us if the infoi •
mation is correct and further give us
the name of some dealer in your city
who would be in a position to quote us
prices on corn f. o. b. your track,
Thanking you in advance for the
courtesy of an early reply, iw* are
Yours truly,
J. W. BOYD GR. & COM. CO.,
By J. W. Boyd, President.
Joplin, Mo.
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Dear Sirs: In reading the Si.
Joseph Gazette we notice that you are
burning com.
Gould you tell me the price there?
Is it plentiful and the quality good ?
I would like to buy some good com
and am enclosing stamped envelope for
reply. Thanking ycru for the favor.
Yours truly,
OWEN McQUATE,
Osborn, Mo.
Gentlemen: Please find enclosed
clipping from Tfle Peoria Transcript
Friday, Dec. *2, 1921.
Would like to know if it is true that
you are burning com for fuel and if so
is it rotten com or marketable com,
and what is it worth per bushel.
Awaiting your reply I remain,
Yours respectfully,
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L. MERMAN,
i»0$ N. Jefferson St., Peoria. III.
Dear Sirs: I notice from the press
dispatches that you are burning com
to produce light and power. Will you
kindly give me the prices of com and
coal in your city, and a little bit of
your experience so far with com as a
fuel ?
Any information you can give will
be greatly appriciated and I thank you
in advance. I -
Very truly yours,
W. C. WELBORN,
Editor, Kansas City Journal,
Kansas City, Missouri.
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Wire Price collect on two or three
yellolw corn.
Northern Grain and Warehouse Co.,
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