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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (March 15, 1923)
March Special Sale Of Aluminum Ware! * Good Sizes—Well Made 99% Pure Aluminum. Saturday and Monday March 17 and 19 $1.40 Percolators...1.. 94c $1.50 Percolators.98c $2.00 Tea Kettles ..$1.23 $1.30 Rice Dbl. Boilers... 89c $1.20 Preserving Kettles 84c $1.65 Preserv. Kettles... $1.19 $1.90 Preserv. Kettles. . $1.34 $2.35 13-qt. Size.$1.69 $1.60 Berlin Kettles.$1.19 $1.90 Berlin Kettles.$1.32 $2.30 Berlin Kettles.$1.63 $1.90 12-qt. pails...$1.49 $1.85 14-qt. Dish Pans... $1.43 $2.25 17-qt. Dish Pans $1.69 $1.75 12-qt. Roaster.$1.29 —: Nothing Sold at these prices | until Saturday Morning. V.___/ Neil P. Brennan « The Frontier 1>. H. CRONIN. Publisher. W. C. TEMPLETON, Editor and Business Manager. LOCAL MATTERS Springs begins next Wednesday. Mrs. M. H. McCarthy is quite ill at 1 r home in the west part of the city. A son was born last Friday to Rev. and Mrs. S. G. Rasmussen, of Emmet. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. John Rhode on March 6th. They i side near Phoenix. Mrs. George French, of Page, visit e i from Friday until Sunday with A rs. W. C. Templeton. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. T om Mathews at the Gilligan ho.<*pital o i Tuesday of last week. Mrs. Frank Lancaster entertained t e Et-A-Vjrp club at her home north of O'Neill, Friday afternoon. Miss Florence McCafferty went to Omaha Friday morning where she ex p ;'ts to remain for about a month. Rev. Walter Griffith, of Chicago, c: me yesterday to attend the funeral s fvices of his sister, Mrs. A. L. K use. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Young, of Ilorn e . New York, arrived here Wednes d y to attend the funeral of the lat te r’s mother, Mrs. A. L. Rouse. M. P. Brennan and Mrs. Nora O l.aughlin came up from South Omaha last Friday, being called here by the death of their father and grand f; ther, Patrick Brennan. Mr. Bren nan returned home Sunday afternoon, Mrs. O’Laughlin will remain here for ft visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James A. Brennan. Mrs. C. J. Malone was in Inman last Saturday. Gene Farr, of Newport, was in O’Neill Friday. T. V. Golden was a passenger to Ewing Monday. Chas. Londer was a passenger to Norfolk Wednesday. Anton Hynchek returned to O’Neill from Chadron Tuesday. N. S. Short, of Omaha, was in O’Neill on business today. James Aldan, of Omaha, was visit ing friends in O’Neill Tuesday. J. B. Ryan, of the Ryan Hay Co., was in Sioux City last Saturday. Arthur Wyaut received another load of new Dodge ears last Thursday. Wilfred Petty and Art Nygren, of Bristol, were O’Neill visitors Sunday. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Dean Selah, cf Bloomfield, on Tuesday of this week. Homer Mullen came up from Lin coln Friday evening for a short visit with O’Neill friends. While endeavoring to crank her Ford car Saturday Miss Nellie Magirl received a broken arm. Mrs. Ralph Evans entertained the I. O. O. F. kensington Friday after noon at her home in west MNeill. Harry Hafl'ner has traded the Fink place, 400 acres near Mineola, for a farm near Macon, Missouri, to W. E. Shoemaker, who will move here this fall. Arthur Ryan and children returned home Saturday evening from St. Jopseh,Missouri, where they have been since the death of Mrs. Ryan a short time ago. John P. McCafferty arrived here last Friday from Butte, Montana. He has been employed in the sporting goods department of the Shiner Funiture & Hardware Co. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Rasley went to Norfolk Tuesday afternoon, where Mrs. Rasley will remain for a time under the care of a nerve specialist at the Verges hospital. The state fish car “Angler,” under the supervision of Chief Deputy Game Warden, ICoster, passed through the county last week and several consign ments of trout were left at Atkinson.' Mrs. F. C. Gatz received a message this morning announcing the death of her mother, Mrs. Kate Ingil, at her home near Columbus, Nebraska. Mr. and Mrs. Gatz expect to leave in the morning" for Columbus to attend the funeral services. Sheriff Duffy was called to Man ning, Iowa, last Sunday, to get Albert Miller, who was wanted at Atkinson on an alleged had check deals. The matter was settled satisfactorily with out returning Miller. J. J. Thomas has been confined to his home the past week following a sevei-e hemorrhage from the nose, which occurred* Thursday evening while at work on the Niobrara river. He was given first aid by a physician from Spencer and was brought home early Friday morning. Word was received this morning an nouncing the death of Dr. J. J. Sullir van, a resident dentist of Omaha, but Who has been in Chicago for some time receiving treatment for a nervous trouble. Mrs. J. J. Sullivan will be re membered as Miss Blanch Deaver, formerly of this city. E. Lindquist came over from Verde1 last Monday where he is closing out i small stock of goods which he pur chased the latter part of January. Mr. Lindquist informs us that his son, Arvid, returned home just before Christmas, having received his dis charge from the thirty-third infantry, U. S. regulars. Arvid has been sta tioned in the Panama Canal zone. An exceptional sale of tickets for “Over The Rainbow,” the two act operetta to be given by the students of St. Mary’s academy at the K. C. hall St. Patrick’s Day, Saturday, is reported Seats may be reserved free of charge at Reardon’s Drug store. Nearly one hundred of the children of the grades, from the smallest to the tallest, will participate in this delight ful operetta, with its display of color and costume, and it is something that no admirer of beauty in t nature or lover of-music should miss. To The Depositor * NATIONAL BANKS FAIL. When % they do depositors lose heavily. Why? Because deposits in National Banks are not guaranteed. STATE BANKS FAIL. When they do depositors are paid in full. Why ? Because deposits in State Banks are protected by the Depositors Guarantee Fund of the State of Nebraska. THE NEBRASKA STATE BANK OF O’NEILL is the only Bank in O’Neill which offers you this pro tection. You will protect yourself and please us by depositing your money with us. 5 per cent paid on time deposits. Nebraska State Bank of O’Neill, Nebraska ' Rev. and Mrs. Zell Dressier, of Wir, retoon, are the parents of a daughtfer born to them last Wednesday, March 7th. Miss Mary Fitzsimmons came home from the Wayne State normal and spent Sunday with her mother, Mrs. M. Fitzsimmons. Mrs. Dennis Murphy accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. G. E. Miles* is in Omaha where she will receive treatment at a hospital. , F. E. Cowden, who has bee# here for several days looking after business interests, returned Wednesday to his home at Riverton, Iowa. Mrs. Richard Jordan and daughter, Dorothy Ann, came up from Norfolk, Saturday afternoon, for a short visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Carr. J. M. Hunter returned Wednesday from Lincoln where he attended a meeting of tne assessors of the state called by State Tax Commissioner W. H. Osborne. Mrs. J. M. Hunter visited at the home of her son, Frank, at Star, the first of the week, while Mr. Hunter was in Lincoln attending the asses sor's meeting. Mrs. L. R. Tomkins, living south of Inman, was called to Norfolk March 1st, to attend the funeral of her grandmother, Mrs. M. J. Dougherty, who passed away at the age of eighty six years. Mrs. Jessie Andrews, who has been visiting here with her sister, Mrs. A. L. Willcox, went to Chadron Friday for a visit with old friends. She will return to O’Neill following her visit at Chadron. Mrs. Clarence Pine has shipped her household effects to Salt Lake City, Utah, and will leave Saturday to join her husband, who departed on the 4th of this month for that city where he has opened a public accountant office. Although it built nineteen miles of roads in Grattan township south of the Elkhorn river and repaired and maintained roads in the entire town ship during the last two years, the re tiring township board, composed of James Kelly, chairman, Joe Mc Nicholls, treasurer; and James Mc Dermott, clerk, conducted its opera tions carefully and economically that it was able to turn over to the incom ing board on March 6th, an unexpend ed balance of township funds totall ing $9,094.97. The board during 1922 expended $3,663.97 on roads outside of O’Neill and $469.65 within the city limits, or a total of $4,133.62. The retiring board challenges any of the several others of the county to equal or exceed this record. JOE MADURA LOSES TWO FINGERS WHILE SAWING WOOD While assisting in sawing wood at the Janies Early place on the Eagle last Friday, Joe Madura suffered the loss of the first two fingers of his right when his hand was carried against the saw. Joe was brought to the office of Dr. Finley where the hand was dressed. SHERIFF PETER DUFFY RETURNS INDIAN HUNTERS Sheriff Peter W. Duffy was called to Emmet Monday evening to take charge of Erwin Grattan and George Davis, of Norfolk, and Arlie Miller, of Gordon, who with two other young 'it had been put off from a train in m ’Emmet yards. The boys were with ■ money ar.d were scantily dressed. . oss Harris gave the lads their sup rcr. The boys, we understand, were rather “hard boiled’’ and were imbued with Nick Carter’s ideas of Indian Hunting. They were headed west. The two other boys of the party having taken their departure before the sheriff arrived. The parents of the boys were notified and W. C. Davis, father of one of the boys, came u'p and took the Norfolk lads home with him; Chief of Police Pilger came along and took charge of the Gordon boy. O’NEILL HIGH DEFEATED AT STATE TOURNAMENT The High School basket ball team participated in the State High school basket ball tournament which was held in Lincoln last week,. March 8th, 9th and 10th. The O’Neill team was classified as a Clhss E team, which was a very high rating for our team. This class in cluded some of the best teams of both the Wayne and the Peru tournaments. Two of the team left O’Neill Tues day noon, going to Lincoln with Mr. Mayfield, who was hauling his house hold goods. They did not arrive until Thursday afternoon because of the bad condition of the roads. The boys were scheduled to play Lyons in the first round. This game was won by a forfeit, Lyons failing to appear. In the next round the boys played Gretna and were beaten 14 to 0. Inability to locate the basket was probably -the cause of their defeat. The score at the end of the first half, 8 to 0, indicates a fairly even game. The teamwork of the O’Neill boys was good, the work of Mellor deserves mentioning. Even though the trip was not a suc cess from the basket ball point of view the boys did derive a great deal of good and enjoyment in taking the trip. On Saturday evening the boys were invited to a party given by Mrs. Mills, <321 So. 18th at whose home the boys were staying. CARD OF THANKS. Wo desire to express our thanks and appreciation to the many friends for their kindness, assistance and symapthy during the illness and after the death of our belove4 wife and mother. Arthur Ryan and Children. FOR SALE—ONE REGISTERED Hereford bull. 4 years old. Price $60.00.—J. K. Ernst. 41-2 / > Auto Lively Make all trains Day or Night. Call 148 W. G. BEHA KIRWAN’S BAD EGG MAKES HIT WITH FISHERMEN When a merchant over at L&ke An-! des. South Dakota, slipped a couple of ancient and spoiled eggs into an order he was filling for fishermen at the great black bass resort last summer he handed one of them a fortune, una ware. The next day, out on the big! lake, Mike Kirwan, O’Neill sportsman and naturalist discovered them, hard boiled, in his lunch basket and tossed them peeled into the water. The big bass were not biting particularly good that day on the wobblers and fluted baits the fisherman was using, but as the eggs sank slowly into the depths two big bass darted out from their concealment in the moss and swal lowed them, which is why Kirwan now is threatened with becoming a million aire. That night in camp he whittled cut a cortple of plugs in the shape of eggs and hung a couple of treble hooks to each of them. The next day the bass became hysterical over the new bait andi Kirwan caught his limit long before the other members of the party had raised a strike. More of the baits were made for other members of the party the next evening and later some for fishing parties to the lakes of Cherry county, and some went south and wrest last fall and this winter with a couple of fishermen in the more ad vanced and violent stagds. There the editor of oije of the outdoor magazines ran across them and felt called upon to write a story of their merit. Now Kirwan is kept so busy making Kir wan Bad Egg plugs and supplying mail orders for them that he has found it necessary to set up a shop and em ploy several assistants. Sunday Ira Moss caught the first bass of the season, with a casting rod and using the Kirwan bait, in the Elk horn river. The fish weighed four and or.e-quarter pounds and is believed to be the first game fish caught with a casting rod and artificial bait in the state this year. Moss is being threatened with expulsion from the O’Neill Country club for thus early opening the fishing season while the club is engaged in u membership cam paign and stock-selling drive for the new club house. ON’EILL COUNTRY CLUB * WILL ERECT NEW HOME Golfers attending the northeast Ne braska tournament to be held at O’Neill next May will be afforded the comforts and.conveniences of a brand new club house, one of the most mod ern and commodious of any outside of the country dubs of Omaha, Lincoln and Norfolk, in Nebi-aska. Decision to erect the new club house was ar rived at by members of the O'Nei Country club existed as an informal the club was incorporated with a capital stock of $10,000. The O’Neill country club existed as an informal social organization for a number of yeai-s and two years ago leased a new golf course adjoining the city on the west and which is pronounced by golf experts as one of the best natural courses in the state. * Since its lease of the property the club has made extensive improvements and this winter it was decided to pur chase the property outright before completing the program of permanent improvements. Accordingly a stock company was formed, the formal arti cles of incorporation being adopted at the Friday night meeting, at which an architect was also engaged to prepare estimates for the new club house and other things planned. The board of directors chosen for the ensuing year are James Donohoe, F. J. Dishner, H. E. Coyne, S. J.Weekes, Hugh Birming ham, John Hiber, and C. B. Scott. Fol lowing the meeting the board of directors met and elected the following officers for the club. President, James A. Donohoe; vice president, F. J. Dishner; secretary, C, B. Scott; treasurer, Hugh J. Birming ham. All of the capital stock of $10,000, except 25 per cent, to be retained as treasury stock, already has been sub scribed and paid in and the improving o£ the golf course will start at once. SMILE DAY PROGRAM BY O’NEILL WOMAN’S CLUB About forty ladies braved the storm Wednesday afternoon in order that they might fully enjoy the “Smile Day” program of the Literary and Art Department of the Woman’s Club which was held in their club rooms in the basement of the library building. Mrs. Anna Coyne, the leader, in a novel &nd amusing way, introduced each one who took part in the pro gram. The entire program was of a humerous and optomistic nature. A business meeting was held • at which Martina Dishner was elected chairman, Cora Hiber, secretary, and Alma Haffner, reporter. The following program was given during the afternoon: Reading—Carlotta Mia. Encore—Irish Vaudeville Sketch. By Request—“The House With No body In It” by Joyce Kilmer. Mildred Malone. Piano—“The Flaterer” by Chaminade. Encore—The Country Dance. Jennie Scott. , Dance—Gladys Kubitschek. Vocal Solo—“One Fleeting Hour” Goldie Hereford Vocal Solo—Idyll .Macbowell Mae Reardon The club served a light luncheon following the program. “THE FLIRT.” More pictures like “The Flirt,” at she Royal Theatre, Sunday and Mon lay, and there would be no motion picture censors. Clean, brilliant and dramatic, “The Flirt” is one of the best pictures ever >ffered a public as an antidote for sin, sorrow and slumber. Booth Tarkington wrote it as a rivid cross-section of American family ife. It was filmed at Universal City un ler the direction of Hobart Henley, ind is released as a Universal-Jewel oi-oduction with a cast that is entitled ;o be called “all-star” Eileen Percy, blonde and flippantly pretty, plays the title role. Helen Jerome Eddy, beautiful, of a type dis Get This Straight i The boy with a bank book, a Bible and a dictionary is well fortified for life* Each is the foundation for building a big and substantial success. We will furnish the bank book. Bhe O’Neill Natiorval Bank O’Neill, Nebraska Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits, $150,000.00. This bank carries no indebted ness of officers or stock holders. ✓ tinctly her own, appears as a sacri ficing sister. George Nichols estab lishes himself as a master-actor by his work as the father. Elaborately produced to gain the simplicity required by the locale, told by a remarkable good cast, cleverly directed and photographed with bril liant snap, “The Flirt” is a milestone along the road to motion picture suc cess. CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN HAS BEEN SUED FOR $20,260 George W. Eagelston, a switchman, has filed suit in the Holt county dis trict court, asking damages of $20,260 from the Northwestern railroad. The petition alleges that on January 30th of this year a plank fell from the top of a box car he was assisting to switch in the Northwestern yards at Fre mont, striking him on the head and lacerating his scalp, causing perma nent' injuries to his scalp, head, brain and parts of the skull, as a result of which he is prevented from perform ing his duties. He charges that the car being switched had just been re paired and that a servant of the company had carelessly left the plank atop the car, which plank was jarred off and upon him while he was mak ing a coupling. The damages asked are $20,000, with $160 for lost time and $100 for doctor bills and medical at tention. WESLEYAN GLEE CLUB IN O’NEILL APRIL SIXTH The Nebraska Wesleyan Glee Club will appear in O’Neill, April 6th. There will be about twenty members in the program. FOR SALE. Pure bred single comb Buff Orphing ton eggs and baby chicks. Egfes 50c per setting; $3.00 per 100. Chicks 12c each. MRS. J. K. ERNST, 41-13p O’Neill, Route 1. FOR SALE. Cane, Millet, Sudan and Alfalfa seed. Only a few bushels of each. Pure bred Single Comb White Leg horn Cockerels. F. H. LANCASTER, 41-tf O’Neill, Nebraska. The Trade Mark of Laughter Coming Soon HAROLD LLOYD —in— “Grandma’s Boy” —with— BAND AND ORCHESTRA The Frontier, only $2.00 Der year. Royai Theatre “Home of Good Pictures” - FRIDAY - RICHARD DIX and HELEN CHAD WICK in “YELLOW MEN AND GOLD” 2-Reel Comedy - SATURDAY - VIOLA DANA in “LIFE’S DARN FUNNY” Comedy FOURTEENTH CHAPTER of “BUFFALO BILL” - SUNDAY & MONDAY EILEEN PERCY in “THE FLIRT” A Booth Tarkington Story. Larry Seman Comedy “A PAIR OF KINGS” - TUESDAY - PAULINE STARK in “WIFE AGAINST WIFE’ ’ Comedy -WEDNESDAY BERT LYTELL in n “MISLEADING LADY” Comedy -THURSDAY & FRIDAY - MILTON SILLS and HENRY B. WALTHAL in “ONE CLEAR CALL” 2-Reel Comedy EXIDE BATTERY STATION. TBWMfiniiir'iiii—wwin n i mwm, I have just opened an Exide Battery Station in the gar age formerly known as the Stein' garage, where I will be pleas ed to meet my old friends and customers as well as new pat rons. In connection with the batter/ business I will handle re placement parts for all makes of cars, such as Ring Gears and Pistons, valves, connecting rod and main-bearings, piston rings and gaskets, etc. This will be a complete line so when in need of any of the above articles I will be please to take Care of you. Walter H. Stein O’Neill, : : : Nebraska