The Frontier.
VOLUME XLI. * O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1922. NO. 31.
Men Who Will |
, Arrive Tomorrow
The men of tomorrow, in
8 this community, are the ones
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a single purpose.
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They are solving'some prob
lem that looms up big before
them. They are not unde
cided and wavering, but are
making some progress every
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This bank offers its services
to these men, in any of its
various capacities.
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Profits, $160,000.00
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LOCAL MATTERS.
Bridget Carr left for Omaha Thurs
day to visit friends.
J. R. Ridgway of Dorsey, was an
O’Neill visitor Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Grady entertain
ed the Block 18 club last Friday even •
ing.
Joe Fessler of Eden Valley, was
transacting business in the city Tues
day.
Ira Moss returned Monday evening
from a short visit at Lincoln and
■ Hastings.
The annual club dance of Eight to
Twelve club was held at the K, C. hall
Tuesday evening.
Will Spangler of Ewing, spent New
Year’s day with Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Merrill of this city.
Webb Kellogg, new a Sioux City
resident, was greeting his many
O’Neill friends Tuesday.
Leo Carney is laid up with a broken
leg, the result of a horse slipping and
falling with him Monday night.
|k Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hatch of Lincoln,
?*■ Neb., were up and spent New Years
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. 0. B.
Hatch.
J. D. Cronin returned Monday even
ing from an extended business trip to
North Dakota and other northern
points.
Mrs. L. M. Caster of Randolph, is
enjoying a holiday visit with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pruss
of this city.
Miss Bernadette Brennan entertain
ed at a slumber party at the residence
of Mr. and Mrs. Neil Brennan Friday
night of last week.
Joe Vitt is at the Campbell hospital,
Norfolk, where he underwent a sugi
cal operation Tuesday. His condition
is reported as serious.
James F. O’Donnell and J. A. Dono
hoe go to Omaha this week to attend
a democratic committee
banquet Saturday night
Mrs. Clifford Scott ej sfned at a
watchnight party at residence
New Year’s eve. Misi so “Willcox
won the honors at cai ,$f
Miss Josephine Sta fad Mr. Carl
Lawrence were unite. carriage by
the Reverend Hutchi; (, the Metho
dist parsonage Dece:
Miss Minerva Me: vho is teach
ing school at Hoski: ’Nebr., spent
the holidays at ho a her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Smitl rrill.
James Carr, wh. ttending Cam
pion College, Pn ' i1 >a Chien, Wis.,
is spending his tfon with his
parents, Mr. and John Carr.
Ralph Mellor, .ertained for a
number of young fi ends at a dinner
party at the Hotel Golden Tuesday
evening followed b: a theater party at
The Royal. M
George Barnes was sentenced to
three month* ir the county jail by
County Judge M alone the first of the
week for failtr a to pay alimony for
the support of his child.
Mr. and Mi’s, John Biglin, who have
been spending the Christmas holidays
with Mr. Biglin’s mother, Mrs. O. F.
Biglin, returned to their home at Hast
ings Wedijjsdpy morning.
The Bolt it Ju forcaster of the World
HeraldvJait il|unday very flatteringly
mentioned Senator James A. Donohoe
of this cit; »*s the probable democrat
ic candida„J*Sbr congress from this
disrict this year.
The many friends of Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. Hiber twill be pleased to learn
that Mrs. Hiber is rapidly recovering
| EVERYTHING |
| For Sunday Dinner |
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: Special Canned Fruits
30c Per Can
* 3 For 85c
I 30c IN TRADE FOR BUTTER
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from an operation underwent at St.
Catherine’s hospital, Omaha, Wednes
day of last week.
Fay Miles returned to Lincoln Mon
day.
J. C. Harnish went to Lincoln on
business the first of the week.
Edward Loy of Bridgeport, is visit
ing O’Neill relatives, arriving last
Friday.
The Misses Mary and Julia Fitz
simmons visited Bassett friends last
Saturday,
Lyle Curt's returned to Lincoln the
first of the week after a Christmas
visit at home.
Miss Helen Murphy returned to
Omaha Wednesday after a holiday
visit at home.
Miss Fern Hubbard has returned to
Lincoln after spending the Christmas
vacation at home.
Mrs. Walter Stein and son have re
turned home after an extended visit
with relatives in Minnesota.
Scott Hough is the new chief of
police, succeeding William Beha,
signed, the first of the week.
Miss Demaris St.out left the first of
the week for Lincoln after spending
the Christmas season at home.
Frank O’Dollell, who has been
spending the holidays at home, re
turned to Omaha Wednesday morning.
Miss Miriam Gilligan returned to
the university at Lincoln the first of
the week after spending the holidays
at home.
The local shave and haircut market
has dropped 20 per cent, in the move
ment to reduce the high cost of living.
Chin scrapes now cost 20 cents and
haircuts 40 cents. The war tax also
is off.
Judge and Mrs. Robert R. Dickson
entertained a watch party at their
home Netw Year’s eve with cards,
dancing and midnight lunch. This
was preceded by a dinner dance at the
Golden.
The Knights of Columbus will en
tertain at their regular monthly open
house session next Tuesday evening.
Those taking part in the recent min
strel show (will be the guests of honor
ana am■ mi.-Jis'ljr urged to be present.
Members df the Monday Nile ciuo
were entertained at a watchnight
party by Mr. and Mrs. Neil Brennan
New Year’s eve. Honors at auction
were won by Miss Lillian Golden. Mr.
Will Biglin won the gentlemen’s
prize.
More than three hundred automo
bile licenses were issued by the county
treasurer’s office force Tuesday, the
first business day of the new year.
This is the largest number of auto
licenses ever isued in a single day in
Holt county. *
A daughter, Dorothy Ann, was bom
to Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Jordan of
Nelw York City, on December 28th.
Mrs. Jordan was formerly Miss Anna
Carr of this city. Mother and child
are doing nicely, while Daddy is pass
ing the cigars.
Mrs. Guy Young and two boys, who
have spent the last two months with
her parents, Mr. and Mts. A. L. Rouse
and other relatives here, returned to
her home at Homell, New York. She
expects to stop at Fremont and Chi
cago for a short time.
A dancing party was given by
James Carr and George Stannard at
the Golden Hotel December 29, to
thirty couples. Punch was the main
refreshment. AV had a very nice
time, and give these two gentlemen
credit for being royal entertainers.
Nick Effle, bound over to the district
court last week by Co. Judge Malone
and d»Ud desertion, was sen
tenced Saturday vnui-nBsg "SJr Judge
Robert R. Dickson to six months in
the penitentiary. He is stopping at
the county jail until Warden Fenton
has room for him.
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tions of the spoken drama for several
months in the appearance of the Elwin
Strong company in “The Price,” at the
Royal theater Sunday evening. A
good audience was present at the
performance. The show was fully up
to the usual high standard of the
Strong company and was much en
joyed. *
Reduction of freight rates the first
of the year and the taking off of the 3
per cent war tax has resulted in an
increased movement of grain and live
stock on all roads. 3600 tons of
grain and livestock was the amount
handled on the Burlington Tuesday
out of O’Neill and points from there
to Osmond, destined to Sioux City. A
number of extra freights on both the
Burlington and Northwestern have
been put on this week to handle the
increased business.
Governor McKelvie has announced
that the special session will be held
January 24 and that a tax on gasoline
and reappropriation of capital funds
are to be in his call for action. The
other subjects he has not positively
determined. He is wavering on the
proposed 5 per cent reduction of sal
aries for state officers whose pay is
under control of the legislature at this
time and inclined to change this to
an income tax -on all public officers
on the payroll of the state, including
county, city and school district of
ficers.
A meager report has reached the
office of the Nebraska Farm Bureau
Federation that in some counties of
the state organizers are working
among the farmers collecting a $3.00
membership fee from farmers on the
strength of being able to build up an
association to force the price of corn
up to, it is reported, 65 cents to 75
cents per bushel. “I don’t know what
this alleged organization is,” Mr. Lute
of the Nebraska Farm Bureau Feder
ation says, “but if the claims are true
that it is an organization intended to
attempt to set a selling price for corn,
then I can say that we are against it,
as well as against the theory it is all
eged to advocate for these things can’t
be done artificially.”
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Surbqr hare ro
rcrnad ftrwn Waterbhry, Nebraska,
where they visited relatives over
Christmas.
Mrs. James F. O’Donnell, Miss
Arma O’Donnell and Miss Nell O’Don
nell left Wednesday morning for a
short visit at Omaha.
Mrs. Gerald Miles and daughter, re
turned to their home at Fremont Wed
nesday after an extended visi twith
Mr. and Mrs. George Miles.
John Gilligan has returned to his
studies in the medical department of
the state university at Omaha, after
spending the holidays at home.
Students of the university of
Lincoln, and Creighton university at
Omaha, home for the holidays, all re
turned to their schools this week.
Mr. and Mrs. John Biglin and
family, who have been spending the
holidays with their mother, Mrs. O.
F. Biglin, returned home, Wednesday.
Ambro’Se Biglin of Casper, who ar -
rived Tuesday morning for a short
visit with his mother, Mrs. O. F. Big
lin^L returned home Wednesday night.
Sister Eugene of Sioux City, accom
panied by Mother Gertrude, came up
Tuesday for a short visit with Mrs. 0.
F. Biglin, returning to Sioux City
Thursday morning.
Clifford B. Ccott returned Saturday
from Des Moines, Iowa, where he was
in attendance at the conclave of Sigma
Phi Epsilon. He was elected editor
of the fraternity’s national publica
tion, which is issued quarterly.
Members of the Biglin family en
joyed an informal family reunion at
the residence of Mrs. O. F. Biglin
Tuesday evening, those present from
abroad being Mr. and Mrs. John Big
lin of Hastings, Ambrose Biglin of
Casper, Sister Eugene and Miss
Genevieve Biglin of Sioux City.
O’Neifl drama lovers soon are to
enjoy the privilege of seeing some
noted talent on the local stage. It is
going to be local, amatuer talent, but
noted nevertheless. The Knights of
Columbus have decided to put on a
presentation of “The Third Degree,”
under direction of Mike Horiskey and
Ben Grady, both of whom have ap
peared before local audiences in the
past."’”®
WiSftim Swigruc, -..r’isp. and
painter, is receiving . congraffilatione
over the artistic decorations of the
Presbyterian church for. the Christ
mas program. An Artie scene de
picting, the home of Santa Claus, was
the theme, with immense ice bergs, an
open stretch of sea on ,which rode
Santa%* ship and the rising sun just
peeping above the eastern horizan. The
lights A(„the church auditorium were
extinguished during the program and
the sefene lighted from eleetiue bdlbs
jbehi<*y the canvas. An interesting
program was carried out by the Sun
day school Christmas eve, among the
features being a solo, “Holy Night,”
by Elsie Longstaff, a violin solo by
little Miss Ruth Scott, and “The
Angel’s Story,” by Marjorie Downey,
after which came the distribution of
candy and gifts. The program was
under the direction of Mrs. George
Longstaff, superintendent of the Sun
day school.
With the beginning of the new yea.'
Holt county and O’Neill find them
selves in much better condition finan
cially than do many of their neigh
bors. Bank statements as compared
with those of a year ago show a slight
decrease in deposits, and a corres
ponding decrease in loans, with reser
ves running from 20 to 25 per cent, a
sound condition. Farmers and busi
ness men needing money in their busi
ness and not for speculative purposes
have been able to secure it at all times
fry ill t&e local banks. Many federal
ranu .Vim irurrm have Lean made and
with those pending and to 6e
ably acted upon in the near future the
total since the first of last June will
aggregate more than $100,000. In the
city no extensive private building has
been done, but the city has completed
extensions to the water system and
made a number of improvements.
O’Neill and Holt county still contiinue
to lead the state.
That any tax on gasoline to be en
acted by the special session of the leg
islature to be called by Governor Mc
Kelvie, the primary purpose of which
is to raise funds for road building pur
poses instead of using funds raised by
direct taxation, should exempt gaso
line used by farm tractors and other
farm machinery used in lines of pro
duction, is asked by the Nebraska
Farm Bureau Federation. H. D. Lute,
secretary of the Nebraska Farm Bu
reau Federation called upon the gov
ernor and finds the chief executive
generally favorable to making such an
exemption. The governor told Mr.
Lute that the Colorado gasoline tax
law has such an exemption and that
it has been found to _ comprise only
about one percent of the total sales.
With this exemption, Mr. Lute is of
the opinion that farmers generally
will be favorable to the gasoline tax.
The feature which, he says, will ap ■
peal to the farmer most is the fact
that the gasoline tax is about fhe only
%•. in which the tourist can be com
pelled to partially pay for the state
roads which he is helping to wear out.
In fact the amount of money which the
tourists will annually contribute to
wards state roads by a tax on the gas
oline they purchase while passing
through the state will not by any
means be a small item.
MRS. EMORY DOWNEY.
Word was received Wednesday
morning of the death of Mrs. Emory
Downey at Independence, Missouri,
that morning. Mrs. Downey was the
mother of C. E. Downey and L. H.
Downey, both of this city and was one
of the early settlers of Holt county,
with her husband homesteading near
Star many years ago. Mr. and Mrs.
Downey later removed to Inman
where they resided many years, leav
ing there for their former home at
, Independence, Mo., fourteen years
ago. Mr. and Mrs. Downey celebrated
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the sixty-fifth anniversary of their
marriage, at the home of their son,
C. E. Downey in this city, August 13,
1919. Mrs. Downey was 87 years,
three months and twenty-eight days of
age at the time of her death. She is
survived by her hubband and sons,
who were with her at her death.
HUTCHINSON-NEEDELS
The following account of the mar
riage of Miss Gertrude Needels and
Mr. Thomas M. Hutchinson of Long
Pine, is taken from the Brown County
Democrat of Ainsworth. Mr. Hutch
iUson is a brother of Mrs. John W.
Hiber of this city:
“At high noon, December 25, 1921,
J, A. Johnson, pastor otf the First M.
E. church at Blair, Nebraska, officiat
ed at the. jparriage of his step-daugh
n«wtrndfl Needels and *Mr.
ThomaswF' Hutchinson. F+hid
Meade played the wedding maTch?
playing softly through the beautiful
ring service.
“The bride is a graduate of thej
Ainsworth High School, the normal
department of the Nebraska Wesleyan
University, with one year of college
work in same institution, and is now
teaching in the Long Pine city schools,
“The groom is a young business man.
of Long Pine, owning and conducting
a jewelry store in that little city. They
arrived from Long Pine at 10 a. m.,
and returned the same afternoon. The
father and mother of the bride ac
companied them as far as Fremont.
They will make their home in Long
Pine where they are both well knolwn.”
NEBRASKA TERRI
TORIAL PIONEER
The Nebraska Territoral Pioneers’
Association will hold its annual re
union Jan. 10, 1922, in the parlors
of the Grand Hotel, 12th and Q Sts.,
Lincoln, Nebraska.
The session will commence at ten
o’clock a. m. and continue throughout
the day with a luncheon and social
hour at neon.
At 2 o’clock the annual address will
be given by Hon. Wm. H. WestQver,
Rushville, Nebr., Judge of the 15th Ju
dicial district. This will be followed
by a poem dedicated to the jnoneers
by Dr. A. L. Bixby, and reminiscen
ces and stories by the oldest inhabi
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The inportance or raST? ftwtinrs
and the influence they have on the
perservation of the history of the
state grows with each successive an
nual gathering. Attend and contri
bute your early experiences vicissi
tudes and pleasures to the real history
of the people of our great beloved
state.
Anyone who has lived in the State
thirty-five years is eligible to mem
bership. If you cannot attend the re
union, send your name to the Secy.
Treas. for registration.
John C. F. McKisson, Pres.
Minnie P. Knotts, Sec-Tr.
A. L. Simmons.
Robt. B. Windon.
Louis A. Bates.
Executive Committee.
O’NEILL OVERPOWERS
CHAMBERS
The local high school boys basket
ball team paddled their way to Cham
bers last Friday night where they de>
feated Chambers by a score of 57 to
17. The aaau: awited. with snappy
team work on both sMcft 'fitirt for trie
first minute it looked as though it was
going to be a real battle, but Ralph
Mellor wobbled one in and that set
O'Neill to going. • Mellor, Siimonson
and Beha started oat to take turns
at shooting baskets and this went
three rounds in fine shape till Beha
forgot his tom and shot two in a row, V
then it .was every body for himself.
George Stannard was fouled several
times for roughing Joe Kutcher,
Chambers little center. Kellar play
ed the best game for Chambers mak
ing five field goals.
O’Neill for this year has won five
games and has yet to meet defeat.
They will journey to Stuart next Fri
day where they will play. The lineup
for O’Neill was:
O’NEILL
Name Field Goals Foul Goals
Mellor, F . 10 0
Simonson, F . 6 0
Beha, C .12 1
Hatch, G . 0 0
Stannard, G .:. 0 0
Subs—Ben Gilligan, Archie Faul
haber.
Reiferee—Arthur Hammond.
CHAMBERS
Name Field Goals Foul Goals
Gribble, F . 0 1
Kellar, F . 6 0
Hoffman, C . 0 0
Posvhr, G . 0 0
Simpson, G . 1 0
Kutaher^C . 0 3
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Referee—Fricke and Hammond.
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1 A New Year’s
1 Resolution.
Deposit your money in the
Nebraska State Bank of
O’Neill, where you are pro- gj
tected by the depositor’s
guaranty fund of the State f
of Nebraska.
Five per cent paid on time
deposits.
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