The Frontier. f----:-*---. VOLUME XLII. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 13,1922. NO.%6. , r—i. I At Grady’s Store j PURITAN BACON ^"""cashMPai^FoMEggs^^ - « BARRINGTON HALL COFFEE [ Ben Grady, Grocer I o ti i * Pi I N N SLJWKSl E« Noodle., Spaghetti and I Sell 1* t other Macaroni Product* | IPHONES68-I26J JUDGE KINKAID WAS AGED SEVENTY-TWO The much mooted and oft discussed question of the age of Judge Moses P. Kinkaid, on which subject the judge J* was reticent, was established by his nephews on their visit to this city. Judge Kinkaid was 72 years old, be ing born a twin in 1850. His twin sister, now dead, was the mother of J. H. States of Kansas City and D. O. and J. K. States of Buffalo, Kansas, the nephews attending the funeral. CONGRESSMAN KINKAID BUT MODERATELY WEALTHY * Congressman) Moses P. Kinkaid was not an extremely wealthy man. An estimate of his wealth by the heirs and close personal friends conversant with his affairs place his possessions at from $150,000 to a quarter of a million dollars, between thirty and forty thousand dollars of which was in Liberty bonds. The judge is known to have held varied investment securi ties, but the bulk of the estate'ap parently is in land scattered in various sections of the United States. Petition was filed by the heirs in the county court Tuesday asking the ap pointment of S. J. Weekes as adminis trator. Until the executor is ap pointed and the judge’s private safe in his office here and a safety deposit box in Washington are opened by the administrator or his official repre sentatives it will not be known whether the dead congressman left a will. Among the effects in his office here a pencil sketch of a contemplated will was found. It had been made within the last three years and stated in its body that it was the first will and testament ever made by the judge. This unofficial document provides be quests for the Presbyterian church of O’Neill and the local I. jO. O. seat will be empy,” 1st Samuel, 20tl chapter, 18th verse, was the text oi the funeral sermon of the Rev. Georgi Longstaff of the F^irst Presbyterian church, Judge Kinkaid’s pastor. Ii likewise was the theme of eulogies bj Senator Norris for the senate, Con gressman Raker of California for thi house of representatives and by Con gressman Jefferis for the Nebraska congressional delegation. A special octette from the Presby terian choir, under the direction of Mrs. George Longstaff, rendered the solemn and beautiful music and an thems. Mrs. Frank Lancaster was the pianist. The Rev. J. A. Hutchins of the Methodist church pronounced the rrayer. The pall bearers were mem bers of the local Masonic lodge and th honorary pall bearers of the blue lodge. All of the speakers paid eloquent tribute to the long public life and service of Congressman Kinkaid, to his unselfish devotion to the cause of every individual in his district and to his untiring interest in the welfare not alone of his district but of the state and of the nation. His work to improve the arid lands of the country endeared him as much to the people of Arizona, New Mexico, California end other state as to those of his own district, Congressman Raker said. Following the funeral sermon and the eulogies, the Masons concluded lhe rites at the hall, and at the cem Golfers not in good form need not expect the best caddy service from Joe Ryan. Recently Joe was officiating for James A. Donohoe, who sliced a drive off the course. “Go get it Joe,” Mr. Donohoe requested. “Go get it yourself, you knocked it there,” re plied Joe with intonation of scorn at the bum shot, and Mr. Donohoe, prop erly rebuked, complied. The fleet of fishing smacks under command of Admiral Zeb Warner and captained respectively by James and Jack Davidson, Ed. Peterson, Ed. Burge and James Davis returned Sat urday night after a week’s cruise in Cherry county. The fleet did most of its maneuvering on Mr.rsh kke and in the vicinity of the “21” ranch and an excellent catch of bass and perch is reported. eterf only the rites of the Masonic fraternity were carried out. Immediately after the funeral, the congressional delegation returned or its special car toward Washington anc the delegations from Western Nebras ka departed homeward on the late afternoon and night trains. The eulogies at the funeral service of Judge Kinkaid, delivered by the very prominent men of both the greal pcditical pa'rties and representing widely separated sections of the country, were spoken from the heart These utterances, the tributes paic him by other notables in the columns of the press and the editorial com mendations carried in all of the bip newspapers of the country regardless of party affiliation testified to the true greatness, the integrity and the lovableness of Moses P. Kinkaid ane that he will be missed almost as mucl by those of all sections of the greai central and extreme west as by his friends and neighbors of more that forty years in O’Neill, Holt countj and the Sixth Congressional district to whom his life is an example te emulate and his deeds a monument Mr. and Mrs. William Biglin am daughters, Ruth Ann and Rose Mary returned last week from Jackson, Ne braska, where Mrs. Biglin and daugh ters had been visiting relatives fo several weeks. W. W. Bethea spent Tuesday morn ing in the city in the interest of hi candidacy for the republican nomina tion for state senator, leaving in th afternoon for Brown, Rock and Key. Paha counties. He was accompanie by Mrs. Bethea. O’Neill now has a radio telephone with Harry Clauson as the fovtunat owner. The outfit, which has a rang from coast to coast, arrived the othe day and now is being installed at th Hotel Golden. It will be ready fei operation in a few dc.ys. .. .. 1 Did you ever stop to think that shipped in bread is 48 hours old before it reaches your table ? Well that is a fact—why not buy Fresh R.ye Bread -Every Day at your home bakery. Our delivery service will take fresh bread to your door every day. - “THE SUBWAY” has a temperature of 75 to 80 on the hottest days. A delightful | place for soda and lunch. McMillian & Markey * GUN TOTING NO LONGER GOOD FORM Gun toting no longer is good form in the Fifteenth judicial district. A pocket gat is a pass key to the peni tentiary if the owner ever goes before Judge Robert R. Dickson. John H. Hoff Tuesday afternoon was sentenced to the state penitentiary for eighteen months for carrying a pisol. Hoff shot and killed George Purnell, of At kinson, August 19, 1914, in a quarrel over a bottle of whiskey. On his plea of guilty, in the district court, at that time, he was given an indeterminate sentence of from one to ten years in the penitentiary by Judge Dickson. The state authorities permitted him to stay at the prison for fifteen months before they turned him out on parole. At the time of his incarcertaion Hoff is said to have threatened his wife, that if she ever married again he would kill both her and her new hus band. Recently Hoff, who has been working for the Western Bridge com pany in Brown county, learned that Mrs, Hoff was keeping company with Herbert Bittney, then of Long Pine. He wrote her that he contemplated smoking Bittney up just as soon as he met up with him. Bittney later re moved to Atkinson, where Mrs. Hoff resides. Monday Hoff came down to Atkinson fully equipped to carry out his promise and went to the home of Mrs. Hoff. The woman not being at home he concealed himself in the! house to await her return, but after awhile tired of the vigil and inquired of neighbors where she was, and learned that she was in Sioux City on a visit but was expected home that night. He confided to several geigh bers and acquaintances the purpose of his visit was to end the earthly careers of both Mrs. Hoff and Mr. Bittney. Hoff at once was taken into custody and was found to be armed. He waived preliminary hearing before Judge Siinar at Atkinson Tuesday afternoon and at once was brought to O’Neill, where he pleaded guilty be fore Judge Dickson to the charge, and drew the sentence mentioned, said to be the heaviest ever inflietd in the state for the offense. If the same ratio of service to sentence still pre vails that did when Mr. Hoff visited the penitentiary before he will have to stay behind the bars two and one quarter months before the pardon board releases him. Just when Hoff will get to Lincoln is problematic. Sheriff Duffy Wednesday called up Warden Fenton and was informed that ihe prison is full, with many candi lates on the waiting list. ^ >iM AHA WAR VET KILLED BY AUTO AT CANBY, MINN. World Herald, July 7.—Edward Barnabas Welton, 29, who made his >ome in Omaha the past ten years and who had many personal friends here, was instantly killed in an automobile (evident north of Canby, Minn., sev ral days ago. He was the second son >f Mr. and Mrs. John H. Welton, and was born at O’Neill, November 28, 1893. For more than twenty ypara his lather has published the Hooker County Tribune at Mullen, from which place the young man came to Omaha. The young man was a world war vet l ran. He went into training at Camp Fhnston with a contingent from Douglas county, and was later trans ferred to Fort Sam Houston, Tex., where he served with the motor transport corps as bugler He was with the One Hundred and Fourth regiment of the transport corps di vision when discharged. Surviving him are his wife, his father, John H. Welton, a brother, Ross, his grandmother, Mrs. A. A. Welton of O’Neill, Neb., and several uncles and aunts, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. H. Welton, residing near BurweUf Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Gunthrop, Plain dew; Mr. and Mrs. Sam Gaffer, Man kato, Minn,; Mr. and Mrs. Floyd PH rer, O’Neill; Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Welton, residing near Burwell; Frank Welton and Mrs. Iva Dale of O’Neill. The aged grandmother, Mrs. Dale, Mrs. Pilger and Mrs. Ross Welton were here to attend the funeral serv ices. FIRST NATIONAL OF SPENCER CLOSED The First National bank of Spencer, me of the most prominent financial institutions along the Winner line, dosed its doors Thursday morning, rhe bank had a capital stock of $100, J00 and a surplus of $20,000. Re rent statements of the bank showed borrowed money to the amount of four or five hundred thousand dollars. Frank H. Woods of Spencer, was president of the institution. Rumors concerning the condition of the bank have been in circulation for several months. Play Safe! We offer the protection of the Depositor’s Guaranty Fund of The State of Nebraska for every',cent deposited in this Bank. t ■ ; | We pay 5 per cent on time certificates 3 2 • $ l | I 1 ——- - - ■ """ " ——1 1 jj ■ Nebraska State Bank of O’Neill, Nebraska