'The Frontier.
VOLUME XLI.
O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1922.
NO. 51.
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Charles Pettijohn was down from
his Stuart ranch last Saturday visiting
with his wife and friends.
A marriage license was issued on
May 22nd to Fritz Wewel, of Newport,
» and Johanna F. Ackermann, of Stuarv.
* Miss Geneva Alderman and Miss
Genevieve Gallagher, of Newport,
were visiting with O’Neill friends last
Saturday.
Judge Robert R. Dickson and Re
porter C. B. Scott went to Bassett
Monday night where they will hold
court this week.
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Harrington, of
Dallas, South Dakota, are the proud
parents of a little daughter born to
them on May 7th.
W. S. Grimes, of Chambers, was an
O’Neill visitor Wednesday. He reports
a good rain at Chambers Sunday night
and Monday morning.
Mrs. W. J. Biglin and the twins,
Ruth Ann and Rose Mary, went to
Jackson last Saturday for a month’s
visit with her parents.
Neligh Register: Martin Cronin,
the movie picture magnate of O’Neill,
was in town a few hours yesterday re
newing old acquaintances.
Miss Mary McLaughlin, the efficient
librarian of the O’Neill public library,
spent several days last week at the P.
J. Judge home in Atkinson.
Rev. J. A. Hutchins returned Satur
day night from Sunoll, Nebraska,
where he delivered an address to the
commencement class of that village.
The farm residence of D. M. Arm
strong, in the northwest part of the
county, was destroyed by fire Wednes
day ( vrning of last week. The fire is
supposed to have started from an in
cubator.
Irene (Sole entertained at a theatre
party followed by refreshments at he:
home last Monday evening.
Miss Genevieve Biglin went dowi
to Sioux City last Thursday to attenc
the Senior-Junior banquet of the
student nurses at St. Vincent hos
pital.
A. Y. Craig went to Tilden Mondaj
for a visit with his daughter, Miss
Ida, who has just recently submittec
to an operation for the removal of hei
tonsils.
Miss Ruth VanValkenburg, of In
man, spent several days during the
past week at the home of Miss Mil
dred Malone. She returned home Wed
nesday.
Miss Lila Walmer, daughter of Mr
and Mrs. John Walmer, former resi
dents of O’Neill, is a member of the
graduation class of the Orchard higl:
school this year.
The business men of Inman have
organized for the promotion of s
chautauqua this year. Arrangements
are already being made for a big time
during the five days.
The big crow hunt up at Stuart or
the 14th inst, resulted disastrously foi
the crows. The extermination asso
ciation report that about 1,500 crows
and eggs were destroyed.
Butte Gazette: Earl David Stearns
and Miss Nellie Sesmie Rossman, both
of Catalpa postoffice, Holt county
came over Tuesday, and were married
by Judge Ford at his office.
The prospects for a large fruit crop
this year are the best that the
county has known for years. The
cherry trees were loaded with bloom
as was also the apple trees and othei
small fruit.
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Mrs. Joe Smith and baby spent Sun
day with friends in Atkinson.
Mrs. D. L. Hendrick returned to her
home near Bassett Sunday afternoon.
The Block 18 club were entertained
. at the H. J. Hammond home last Fri
day evening.
Mrs. C. J. Malone has been enjoying
a visit from her mother, Mrs. Han
cock, of Inman, a few daVs this week.
Miss Mae and Miss Grace Hammond
entertained the Martez club last Mon
day evening. Miss Ida Chapman won
the honors at bridge.
The county board has been in session
yesterday and today transacting the
regular routine business. They expect
to adjourn this evening.
Father Casfidy and Miss Mary Cul
len are entertaining the members of
the Junior choir of St. Patrick’s church
at a picnic today in Brennan’s park.
Miss Gladys Miles is expected home
this evening from Bladen, Nebraska,
where she has been teaching home
economics in the public schools for the
past two years.
According 10 me wearner reports,
almost the entire state received a good
rain the first of the week except
O’Neill. Several Iowa towns also re
port good rains.
Martin Cronin, proprietor of the
Norfolk Poster Advertising Service in
O’Neill, has erected a double pannel
on the vacant lots north of Hagen
sick’s blacksmith shop.
Homer L. Nye has tendered his
( resignation as county agent to take
effect July 1st. The P’arm Bureau
board have taken no action in the mat
ter of appointing his successor at this
time.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Lancaster and
two children, of Havelock, Nebraska,
arrived here last Tuesday for a week
or ten days visit at the home of the
former’s brother, F. H. Lancaster and
family.
About twelve of the friends of Mrs.
Susie Sparks gave her a surprise party
last evening at her home in the west
part of O’Neill, the occasion was the
celebration of her birthday anni
versary.
Postmaster McCarthy received notice
yesterday that he afternoon train east,
No. 8, which leaves O’Neill at 2:05,
will carry pouch mail every day except
Saturays and Sundays for distribution
at points east of Norfolk.
Miss Sarah and Miss Clarissa Sim
mons are visiting with their sisters,
Mrs. Devine and Mrs. Anderson, at
North Bend, Nebraska, this week.
Miss Sarah is taking a two weeks’ va
cation from her duties at the telephone
office.
Neligh is becoming quite metropoli
tan. The houses are being numbered
this week under the authority of the
Neligh Chamber of Commerce. The
foot ball team are doing the work and
furnishing the numbers for 25c per
house.
The O’Neill and Paddock base ball
teams met at the O’Neill ball park last
Sunday afternoon. The Paddock team
was defeated by a score of 10 to 7.
The battery for O’Neill was Graham
and Carney, and for Paddock was Han
sen and Borg.
Seven unusually large state trucks
parked in O’Neill from Sunday even
ing until Monday morning. They were
being returned to Lincoln from Valen
tine where they have been used for the
past several months upon a road pro
ject near there.
Mrs. M. H. McCarthy entertained
about twenty-five little boys and girls
at her home last Saturday for her son
Robert, who was enjoying his sixth
birthday anniversary that day. Re
freshments were served and the usual
good time enjoced.
C. W. Billings and family departed
for their new home in Leeds, Iowa,
Wednesday, Mr. Billings and son,
Elmo, drove down in their car,
while Mrs. Billings and her daughters,
Leone, Elizabeth and Audie went down
on the Burlington.
Mrs. Harry Bowen returned to
Omaha last Saturday with the rela
tives who were visiting at her home
several days last week. Master Rus
sell Bowen went to Omaha Wednesday
morning to join his mother for a visit
of a few week’s duration.
Inman Leader: Word comes from
Rozet, Wyo., that during the heavy
snow storm in Wyoming last week
Ralph Leidy lost one horse and a cow
and Roy Hoxie lost several head of
stock as a result of the storm. The
snow was eight feet deep.
Inman Leader: Mrs. Manus O’Don
nell, of Tenby, Manotoba, Canada,
sister of Edw. Boyle, residing three
miles' northwest of Inman, arrived last
week for an extended visit. Mrs.
O’Donnell formerly lived in this vi
cinity leaving here about twenty-four
years ago for Canada.
We understand that an inch of rain
fell over the southwest part of the
county last Monday morning. Al
though the weather was cloudy and
threatening rain at regular intervals,
during Sunday and Monday, only .06
of an inch of rain is reported by Rain
Collector Bowen in O’Neill.
Father Petlach, of Dodge, Nebraska,
held services in the Bohemian
language at St. Patrick’s church Wed
nesday morning. The practice of hav
ing a Bohemian priest come to O’Neill,
once each year and hold services for
those who are unable to fully under
stand the English language, has been
continued for a number of years and
is much appreciated and enjoyed by
the old people.
The distribution of taxes levied for
1921, compiled by the Department of
Finance, and taken from the footings
filed with the tax commissioner, for
Holt county are as follows: Valuation
$34,566,608.00; State $114,069.03;
County $156,297.19; School $302,377.
51; City and Village $36,475.24; Town
ships $70,660.43; Total general $679,
879.40; Poll Tax $6,530.00; Miscel
leneous $2,599.43; Total $689,008.83.
W. A. Gannon was up from his
ranch near Inman last Friday with a
load of hogs which he sold to our hog
buyers. While in the city Mr. Gannon
made The Frontier a visit. He haj
been a constant reader of The Frontier
for many years and anxiously watches
for its appearance each week.
The report of the Department of
Finance on the taxes for 1921, gives
O’Neill as follows: Population 2,107;
valuation of city $1,704,595; valuation
of school district $2,188,450; school
census 660; per capita city tax $8.09;
school general fund $9.00; per pupil
general fund school tax $29.84.
Mrs. Ed. T. Campbell entertained
the Foresome at her home last Sun
day evening. Mrs. J. A. Devine was
the honor guest of the club. Other
guests of the club were Mr. and Mrs.
C. E. Stout, Anna O’Donnell and Edw.
O’Donnell. Mrs. P. B. Harty and Ben
Grady won the honors at bridge.
Rev. J. A. Hutchins and son, Good
sell, drove to Winside, Nebraska,
Tuesday for a short visit with Mrs.
Hutchins, who is visiting there with
htr parents. They will go from Win
side to Ponca where Goodsell will
spend the summer with his grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mendenhall.
Atkinson Graphic: Andrew Ander
son, son of A. Anderson and brother
of Hans Anderson, died at Belle
Fourche, South Dakota, May 3, 1922,
at the age of 23 years. The Ander
son family will be remembered by
many having resided here for a num
ber of years before going to Belle
Fourche.
The Senior cass of the Lynch high
schools were in O’Neill Saturday.
They came over to get their photos
taken. They were Misses Mollie
Sovlek, Inice Hensely, Eva Barnes,
Madlen Peklo, also Earl Conklin, Dan
Cavanaugh and Byron Tullis. Sponsor,
Miss Benjamin. Drivers, Clifford
Wolfe and Vac Sedwev.
A number of travelers through the
country have expressed their surprise
that O’Neill does not have a tourists
park. Nearly all of the towns the size
of O’Neill have such parks, and they
are a drawing card for these towns.
Now that O’Neill is on several high
ways a park would no doubt cause
many travelers to camp here.
Stuart Advocate: Mr. and Mrs. W.
L. Jillson received word Sunday morn
ing announcing the death of their son
in-law, Rev. Wilbur Smith, at Grand
Island, following an illness of several
weeks duration in a hospital in that
city. Mr. Jillson left Monday noon
for Central City, Rev. Smith’s old
home, where the funeral occurred
Tuesday.
James F. O’Donnell went to Long
Pine Monday where he was in con
ference Tuesday morning with in
terested state bankers, in the matter
of recommending a receiver for the
late defunct American State bank of
Long Pine. W. F. Parker, of Wood
Lake, who is at present the receiver
of the Brown County State Bank which
failed last year, was the choice of the
conference.
The special car of Superintendent
N. C. Allen, of the Burlington, ar
rived in O’Neill this afternoon. Along
with the superintendent is C. J. Con
nett, train-master; O. M. Hoenshell,
road foreman and D. T. Calvin, road
master. Superintendent Allen will
take personal charge of the Omaha
booster special train of eleven cars
which will go east from here at 12:30
over the Burlington tonight.
Arrangements are being made to or
ganize a base ball team here this year.
Manager Mike Ford has been working
on the proposition for some time and
has sixteen prospects for members of
the team who are being groomed for
action. Mike says there is no question
but that a fast team will be developed
from the present line-up. The boys
are practicing and will be in shape for
an exhibition gaqie in the near future.
Governor McKelvie suspended from
office the sheriff of Thurston county
pending court action to permanently
oust the sheriff and county judge from
office. The action was taken on a for
mal complaint that the two officials
were deliberately failing to enforce the
law against bootleggers. The county
judge was not suspended because the
governor has no authority to take such
action in his case, but it must come
directly before the court.
The boys and girls of the Ewing
high school each won in points over
Orchard, Elgin, Clearwater and Ne
ligh, at the track meet held at Neligh
on the 12th. Ralph Tomjack, of Ew
ing, was the largest individual winner
of the boys, having three firsts to his
credit, making 15 points. Alta Lar
son, of Ewing, won the most points
among the girls, winning three firsts,
a tie for another first, and one secone,
making a total of 23 points.
The O’Neill band gave their first
concent in the new band stand last
evening. The boys have their new
uniforms, which, by the way, are as
nifty as any of the band suits in this
part of the state. The boys are
furnishing some excellent music this
year and they are all anxious to make
the O’Neill band the top band in this
part of the state. It is their intention
to give a concert in the bandstand once
each week during the summer when
the weather will permit.
The state fish car went west through
O’Neill yesterday afternoon on No. 1.
Six cans, containing about twelve
thousand rainbow trout were left here
for the waters of the Redbird. Ray
Zimmerman accompanied the trout to
their new home. The fish car was in
charge of Chief Game Warden George
Roster. • State Fish Commissioner W.
J. O’Brien arrived here over the Burl
ington last night and this morning
drove to Swan lake where the state is
seining the bullheads from the lake
preparatory to stocking it with bass
and croppies. Mr. O’Brien will take
a load of bullheads to Gretna with him
tomorrow in the state fish car which
will be loaded at Atkinson.
The Cream of American and Euro
pean Coif Ball Factories Is
Here Assembled
O’Sullivan Golf Clubs are made to fit the individual who is to use fl
it. To peg away with ready-mades frequently is a round peg in a
square hole.
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COUNTRY CLUB O’NEILL |
Mrs. C. P. McKenna entertained a
few friends Tuesday afternoon at her
home northwest of O’Neill.
Mrs. F. J. Biglin entertained a num
ber of friends at a six o’clock dinner
for Mrs. J. A. Devine. Wednesday.
Mrs. R. E. Gallagher was hostess
to a few friends Tuesday at a six
o’clock dinner given for Mrs. Devine.
Mrs. Fred Faulhaber was called to
Stockham last Thursday by the serious
illness of her father, George J. Tim
mermier, who died the following day.
Miss Bernadette Brennan enter
tained eight of her young lady friends
at her home in Brennan park last
evening.
County Judge Malone issued a mar
riage license Wednesday to Lyle Ro<
beige and Miss Jennie Mildred Davis,
both of Page.
Mrs. Bert Wattles, of Hot Springs,
South Dakota, arrived here Wednes
day for a visit with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. M. F. Harrington.
H. J. Hammond, H. J. Reardon, W.
H. Harty, J. P. Golden, M. ff.
Horiskey, C. C. Reka, Frank
Froelich, J. C. Gallagher, Geo. S.
Agnes, Frank O’Connell and Arthur
Ryan went to Albion last Sunday to
attend a class invitation of the
Knights of Columbus. The first four
named went from Albion to York as
delegates to the state convention of
the Knights of Columbus, which was
in session Tuesday. M. H. Horiskey
also went to the convention as visitor
A meeting was held at the office of
T. V. Golden last Tuesday which was
composed of the parties along Douglas
street who have been patrons of the
heat furnished by the Hanford Pro
duce C6. The object of the meeting
was to devise some way to continue
the heating system in case that the
Hanford people sell their lighting plant
to some prospective buyers, who, we
understand, do not care to take over
the contract of furnishing the heat.
Several suggestions were made by
different ones but no definite action
was taken at this meeting. Another
must; wuu wuiv pan iu me *»»6u
school play last week enjoyed a 6:00
o’clock dinner at the Golden Wednes
day evening, followed by a party at
the Zeb Warner home.
Martin J. Lampert and Miss Thelma
J. Shaw, both of Orchard, were mai
ried by Rev. George Longstaff Wed
nesday afternoon at two o’clock, at
the Presbyterian manse.
Mrs. Edw. T. Campbell entertained
sixteen ladies Tuesday evening com
plimentary to Mrs. J. A. Devine, of
Cheyenne. Miss Grace Hammond won
the honors at auction, and Mrs. Devine
won the all-cut.
Butte Gazette:' Dr. Douglas, D. L.
Jouvenat, H. Nightengale and H.
Connot made up a delegation that
came over from Atkinson, Wednesday,
to consult with the buisness men here
with a view of opening up a direct
road to Atkinson through Holt county.
They went over with a delegation from
here and took a preliminary survey of
the proposed site of Brush creek cross
ing, having it surveyed and estimated
by Surveyor Thatcher, with a view of
finding the probable expense.
meeting will be held later.
NOTICE TO AUTOMOBILE
OWNERS
No person shall operate or drive or
cause to be operated or driven a motor
vehicle on the public highways, unless
such vehicle shall at all times have
displayed one number plate on the
back thereof, and one number on the
front thereof, furnished for it as here
inbefore provided; in all cases such
number plates shall be securely
fastened to the motor vehicle so as to
prevent such plates from swinging,
and at a minimum distance of 16 inches
from the ground. No person shall at
tach to or display on such motor
vehicle, any number plate or certifi
cate, other than as assigned to it for
the current yppr, or fictitious or al
tered number plates, or registration
certificate that shall have been can
celled by the department of pubic
works.
PETER W. DUFFY,
Sheriff.
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