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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (May 10, 1923)
THF FRONTIFR ■ iibi ■ aavn S !«S cT, h. cronin7publisher. C. TEMPLETON, Mltor and Buainaaa Manager. 6'fmLL, NgBUAftkj If the ancient Greeks could revisit the earth they would hardly recognize their beautiful country, If the statements made by oco authority can be sustained. Attica has lost the greater part of Its forests, the rainfall has decreased and the tempei**Sure haa increased. The heat In the open air now. It is con tended, Is so great that the Olympian games of antiquity would be virtually Impossible today. Many other parts of the earth show similar changes. The once beautiful oasis In the Syrian desert, where Zenobla reigned over Palmyrla, Is now a desolate waste. In upper Egypt, where only 100 years ago rain was abundant, drought now usually prevails Apparently no department of the gov ernment has ever been sufficiently cur ious to make the computation. The first place that comes to mind, of course, Is the civil service commission, under whose protecting bands most of the em ployes of the government have to pass; but the civil service commission has nothing but mass figures. In which the distinction between male and female la irrftvorahlv Inct How about the census bureau? Al though an accurate count Is taken there of the number of horses, cows, chickens, sheep and many other thlngi that exist in the United States, no on© has ever worried about that particular question, , Neither has the efficiency bureau with large masses of statistics about who works here, there and everywhere else. The employes themselves don’t seem to know. How many e-omen are employed fcy the government in Washington? Most persons would say that was an easy question to answer, but, according to Miss Mary Anderson, director of the women’s bureau of the department of labor, she has been unable to get the answer. The National Women’s party, which Is equally interested, says that it cannot find out. Charles L. Fay, who was an honor student In Greek and Latin, at the Uni versity of Kansas, besides completing his four-year course in three years, and said to be the only man In Wichita Kas.. who can read Sanskrit, has obtained a contract from the city of Wichita to col lect its garbage fer the next ten years, the city agreeing to pay $82,000 the first year and at the rate of $2 a house for the rest of the period. Professors at Washington university fit. Louis, who have experienced dif ficulty in remembering the names of students have been provided with sheets of small photographs of tho 280 students so that in time of perplexity they may peer, at the sheets and Identify any boy within a few seconds. The studant’a name appears under hfai picture. There are 60 photographs to each sheet. More than 500 letters are being read in court In Berlin as evidence In the murder trial of Frau Rippe and Frau Klein, young women charged with poisoning their husbands. In their let ters they reveal Intimate details of the alleged death plot, says the prosecutor. Paderewski, Polish pianist and patriot, Is about to close a remarkable concert *our after an absence from the concert stage five years. By the time he has given hta last concert, May 2, he will have received from the American public $500,000 for 70 appearances. This is as great a fortune as he laid upon the altar **f Polish Independence. It costs as high as £700 in fees and stamp duties to become a duke, while baronets are let off with something like £300. The chancellor of the exchequer gave this Information in tho House of Commons when a labor member sug gested that "*les be taxed. The chan- i cellor intit. p -d revenues from this •ource would not be great. Prospects of Yale’s traditional bulldog appearing on tho campus In hronxe dis appeared with tho announcement by the Yale Dally News that 23 of 25 clam sec retaries canvassed were opposed’to the prospect. Caustic comment on tho esthetic effect of placing the bulldog’* statue on the campus w/th that of Na than Hale and other famous Yale men accompanied most of the letters. It had been propose! that alumni raise $8,000 for a statue of the bulldog. The Employes’ Union knows how manjr Arsons there ar© on Uncle Sam’s payroll In the capital and thinks that possibly 16 per cent, of them are women. So, unless someone takes a more accu rate oenstia, It will be some time before the women know whether they are get ting their share of the Jobs or not. /Washington representatives of various religious denominations have been in vited by Secretary Weeks te meet in Washington the board of ehaplatna of the army, from June 6 to t, to consider plans for a mors extensive program of moral training of soldiers. A 12-year-old girl at North Brookfield. Mass., was saved by her dog when she sunk in quagmire. The child and the dog stayed In the swamp all night,'too exhausted to move, and were found by a searching party. t Jane Cowl has reached her 100th con secutive performance as Juliet in the Shakespearian jole. This number breaks the world’s record as far as can be ascertained for consecutive perform ances of the piece Charlie, a huge elephant, ran wild while acting before a motion picture camera in the Hollywood district and perhaps fatally injured Joa Stecher his keeper for eight yeurs. Tho animal had always shown affection fer tho man previously. The Greek government purchased 60.000 half shelter tents at 70 cents each at an auction sale of surplus army goods at the quartermaster’o department kv Phila delphia. The ex-kaiser is reported to have been paid $200,000 for his Autobiography, while Hihdenburg and I.udendorff each profited by $50,000 or $60,000 by their writings on the war. Tw« sets of plows that revolve in op posite directions feature a motor driveu machine being tested in I'orto Rico for pulverizing the ground for sugar cane planting to a depth of 20 inches A citizen at Holland, Mich., asked the city council not only to put in a sanitary sewer but install a bath tub at bis house. “Nothing doing,” shouted the -council. “Go and Jump in the lake." An exhibit of plant, flower, fruit and vegetable novelties from all over the world which had never been exhibited or on the market before January 1, 1920. •will be made In Goteborg, Sweden, in September. At Atlantic City, N. J., a man sacri ficed a beard tw<5 feet long, to rescue a litter of kittens from his home, when it was destroyed by fire. Atlantic City will have a knitting marathon. Wool will be supplied free ard completed garments will be entered In an $11,000 prize contest. The fire of youth still courses in th« veins of an SO-j'ear-old employe at Ash land, WIs. He has Just eloped with a Ill-year-old telephone operator. , Migration of more tLarc 5,000 unskilled negro laborer; *o Ftefcrr/nd and Balti more from NrfU, Carolina during the west week has tseceesitaied the shutting lown of more than 50 highway construc . ton projects. . ciiidv iiricnnr OflLflni IVILHJUI1L Fight Over Pay of Code Sec retaries Preventg Adourn ment of Nebraska Legislature. Lincoln, N*b., May (Special).— The legislative deadlock over the general salaries bill prevented ad journment Tuesday. The senate had adjourned before the Joint confer ence committee for a second time reported failure to agree and asked to be dismissed. The house was in session to receive the report. Speak er Mathers appointed a new house committee, consisting of Dysart, Kendall and McCain. The senate diay Wednesday select a new con ference committee. This Is the onlj? bM in deadlock. It refers to salaries to be paid code secretaries. The senate wants pres ent salaries of $6,000 a year to con tinue. The house Is determined to put Oovernor Bryan on record as vetoing Its bill revising ths adminis trative code. Chances Tuesday night, It was said, favored accept ance of the house plan. Other Measures Finished. Once an agreement Is reached on this dispute "final adjournment can quickly follow. The general main tenance bill and all the other meas ures of first importance are either disposed of or ready to receive the finishing touches. The house having refused to join with the senate in investigating the charges of the governor that there are discrepancies between department re ports and that an apparent deficit ex ists In the road department, the sen ate Tuesday afternoon rescinded Its Joint resolution of inquiry and adopted one of Its own. Under this resolution, Senators Robinson, Wilkins and Banning may take their time about the Investiga tion and report when the*- get raady. Lad, 15, May Follow Billy Sunday — Wears School Olothes In Pulpit— Is Popular. BY ROBERT A. DONALDSON United Preee Staff Correspondent. Los Angeles.—Master Wesley Flemming, 15, Is starting on a career which may eventually lead to his stepping lrfto the Bhoea of the Rev. Billy Sunday, noted evangelist. Wesley has been officially ap pointed to fill the pulpit at the Angelus Temple, which Almee Semple McPherson owns, and at which she conducts her evangelistic services. Wesley thus becomes America’s youngest preacher who has a congre gation of his own. He recently preached his open ing Saturday afternoon sermon before an audience of several thousand children. He believes In "Just plain blble re ligion,” without any frills, and has the knack of putting the blble's teachings Into language that young sters understand. Wesley Is a good-looking kid, lithe and well-built, whom one would ex pect to see with a "mitt" playing bak In any vacant lot after school. When he preaches he wears school clothes— a grey belted Norfolk suit, and a shirt with a soft collar. His hair la tossed back Into the same kind of pompadour that most young fellows of his age affect when “slicking up” for a party. There Is no empty oratory in his sermons, no rising and falling inflec tions of ths sort indigenous to the grown up ministerial profession. In & voice that has not quite changed, AVesley talks religion In the same manner that most boys talk about their school or their teams. His voice Is clear and easily fills the large Angelus Temple. "I Just talk religion to the kids the same as I'd talk about anything else. I discuss what the blble says Jut like we'd discuss a book at school. I like It, its easy for me. Most kids are bored by regular sermons." This was the idea In Almee Semple McPherson's mind when she decided on a "Children’s Church,” to meet Saturday afternoon In the big temple, and to listen to religion expounded by a boy of their own age. The "Children's Church” Is a new and unique institution. It Is inter national. All the church offices are filled by children and grown ups do not interfere. The choir Is composed of 40 boys and girls. Tho church Is attended by children from all parts of the city. AVesley Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Flemming, of South Pasadena, Cal. He was born In Portland, Ore., and at the age of nine he had become greatly interested in religion and be gan to preach In company with evan gelists on street corners In Portland. He had success In gaining converts, numbering among them many hard ened sinners who were made to see the light through his frank boyish ap peal. MAYOR HAS SCENT FOR BOOZE, IT SEEMS Mason City. Ia., May Mayor J. H. McGhee proved himself a mind reader and seized six gallons of hooch and its guardian, O. D. Barn hill. The mayor, who was returning from Minnesota on a night train, noticed Barnhill. His honor saw something was on Barnhill's mind and suspected contraband. When Barnhill got off nt Mason City, the mayor promptly arrested him, found the liquor in his suit case and hauled him oft to the police station. Barn hill was fined $100 and costs. EMBEZZLER ASKS Tl BEJPJTED Bases Claim on Fact That He Helped Prevent Jail De livery and Was Injured. Lincoln, Neb., May ' (Special).— Man ford E. Briggs serving from two to five years for embezzling money from the Omaha Ice and Cold Storage company, wants a pardon. He banes this on the fact that he helped the Douglas county Jailer in preventing a jail delivery and sustained injuries when defending the Jailer. He has already had two years clipped from his sentence. Twenty inmates of the peniten tiary, five from the state reforma tory and three from the state re formatory for women want paroles. PREPARE FOR VISIT OF NATIONAL COMMANDER Scottsbluff, Neb., May '—Rep resentatives of North Platte Valley legion posts met here to arrange q welcome for national commandee Alvin Owlsey, who will come to Scottsbluff May 23 and leave thq afternoon of May 24. Plans lncludq his reception on arrival by a com mittee composed of service met) decorated for valor. A banquet irj the evening where only ex-servicq men will be present, followed by a great public mass meeting, when hq will speak; a meeting with the le gion auxiliary the following morn ing, followed by a luncheon, whei^ he will" be the guest of the Lions and Ki/urlans. Former soldiers on government homesteads opened a year ago in Wyoming hope to prevail upon him to go from here to Torrington by auto, visiting many of the units on the way, and studying at first hand their problems. 8UCCES8FULLV^RE8ISTED HOLDUP ARTISTS Grand Island, Neb., May -—Joe Mrkvicka, a carpenter of Ravenna, Neb., is the victim of two thugs who attempted to hold him up. Stepping out of a dark place they beat Mrkvicka who fought back and finally walked away without being robbed. His Jaw is fractured In two places. The victim is in a local hospital. Auburn, Neb., Barber, 54 Years Old, and Much Young er Woman Being Sought. Auburn, Neb., May * (Special.)— "Nute” Thompson, a baroer, is being sought throughout this section on a charge of wife and family desertion. Thompson is 64 years old and it is alleged that he haB eloped with Mrs. Bertha Swab, 28 years old. It 1b said that the woman took her two sons, 4 and 7 years old, with her. LEGION BOY8 BUILD THEIR DANCE PAVILION Randolph, Neb., May * (Special.)— Work on the legion dance pavilion has been started. The work is being done by the legion boys and by others who are donating their services. It is now planned to use the floors for basketball as well as dancing since Randolph has no other suitable place for such amusements. The playing and dancing floor will be 80*60 feet with 17 foot space from the floor to the rafters. ADVENTIST HEADQUARTERS TO GRAND ISLAND Lincoln, Neb., May —-Seventh Day Adventists, of Nebiaasa, according to an announcement Just made, will move their headquarters from Col lege View, near Lincoln, to Grand Island at the close of the present term of Union college, The change Is mhde, it Is said, In order to put headquarters as near the center of the state as possible. Five members of the college, with their families, ■will be transferred. —— BLOODHOUNDS TRAIL MAN WHO CONFESSES Mitchell. S. D., May -Blood hounds ow’ned by A1 Scott,.of Mitchell brought about the capture of August Yesven, ,of Marion Junction, who was charged with having damaged an automobile belonging to Peter A. Bicker, living west of Marion Junc tion. Yesven admitted the charge and made a settlement with the owner of the car. Mr. Bicker's car had been taken out of the garage at his house, had been run into a gulch, and then the car had been maliciously damaged. The tires were cut with a"knife, the ra diator was broken, and much other damage was done. On three previous occasions Mr. Bicker's car had been damaged in a similar manner, and he at once obtained the services of Scott's bloodhounds to traco the per son responsible. The trail led straight to Mr. Yesven's farm, and he ad mitted that he had committed the depredations. 444444444444444444* * IOWA BRIEFS. ♦ 4444444444444444444 IOWA CITY—Married March Mrs. Mary Elinor W illiams Pever, of Paven port, now wants a divorce from Freti Pever. sign painter. She charges cruel and Inhuman treatment and asserts Pever's ridicule and profanity Imperiled her health. She wants 22.SOO alimony. AMES—George E. Roberts, vice pres ident of the National City Bank, of New York, Will deliver the commencement address at Iowa state college Monday, June 11. Roberts was formerly an Iowa oev'eoancr man GIIDEMNED ME! TflKENTO PRISON Omaha Negroes Sentenced to Electric Chair in Septem ber for Killing Store keeper. Lincoln, Neb., April ' —Sol Wes ley and Leroy Mauldron, both col ored, convicted of murder in the dis trict court at Omaha, and both sen tenced to be electrocuted next Sep tember, have been brought to the state penitentiary. The men were found guilty of killing a man named Deerson while they were attempting to rob a grocery store. Two other Omstha prisoners, John A. Anderson, to serve 10 years for second degree murder, and Robert Madison, convict ed of attempted criminal aBsault and given a three year sentence, also were brought to the penitentiary. AUTO E REGISTERING EARLY Madison, Neb., April 28 (Special.)— Interesting figures compiled by the county treasurer’s office show that the open winter resulted in automo bile owners using their cars steadily throughout the year and paying their 1023 license promptly. The figures also show that more new cars were bought during the early part of this year than ever before. Tha total license paid last year was $59,000. Up to this time this year a total of $57, 000 in automobile licenses for passen ger cars has already been paid. The total pleasure car registration last year was 4,718. For the first four months this year the registration has reached 4,307. CHILD HEALTH EXPERTS MEET Seventy-two Nations Invited to Send Delegates to Oak land Confab In June— Royal Prince May Come. By International News Service. New York, Seventy-two nations will send their leading educators and child health authorities to the International Health Education Con ference, to be held at Oakland, Cal., from June 28 to July 6 of this year, if invitations sent out by the Ameri can Child Health Association are ac cepted. It is expected a prince of the royal blood will represent remote Siam, in the person of Prince Madiol Songkla. The South African colonies, China, Japan, the East Indies, all the South American countries and the Levant will send delegates, along with repre sentatives of the countries of Conti nental Europe. The association, whose administra tive headquarters is in this city, has dispatched 1,000 invitations abroad and anticipates hundreds of accep tances. The conference is to be held as a part of the World Conference on Education, called by the National Educational Association of the United States. The American Child Health Asso ciation was recently formed by the merging of the American Child Hy giene Association and the Child Health Organization of America. Herbert Hoover is the president of the new association, and Dr. L. Em mett Holt and Dr. Thomas D. Wood are its vice presidents. In addition to the 1,000 invitations sent abroad, 2,000 will be dispatched to leading educators, nutrition ex perts, ministers of health and biolo gists in this country. EXPERIMENT FARM TO BE BUILT AT PIERRE Pierre, S. D., April " (Special).— Prof. N. E. Hansen, horticultural ex pert of the state college at Brookings, has decided on the establishment of a demonstration farm to be located along the Black and Yellow trail north of Pierre about three miles, on a school section -of raw land which he says will be ideal for the purpose when the soil has been put in the proper shape. The selection of this section of land comes as a result of a visit of John Cogan, former register of the Pierre land office, to Vermilion where he attended a meeting of the board of regents of education and secured an appropriation, which while not as large as desired ultimately will be sufficient for the nucleus of a great demonstration here which has been the dream of Professor Hansen for many years. While the school section, which will ultimately become the demonstration farm, will not be used immediately because old cultivated land is re quired for Professor Hansen’s work, some old land just east of this sec tion owned by Zell Guthrie, of this city, will be utalized. The farm will 'be established on this farm this sea son and the school section broken and cropped in order to get it in the prop er shape for the work. For some of the smaller fruits and flowers. Professor Hansen desifes a tract in town and one piece is now being negotiated for. This tract be longs to the Chicago & Northwestern , railroad and through the Pierre Com- ! mercial club efforts are being made to secure this land which lies just south of the statehouse. --•-*>-- I A Quiet Arkansas Half Holiday. Quitman ncv.'s in Conway Log Cabin. Saturday was not not much of a day for fighting. There was only four fights In town. One be? got an arm broken. The Star Pedestrian. From the New Orleans Times-Plcayune. A Chicagoan has been knocked down five times by automobiles. Shall tve vote him the red sox as the “model pedes trian?” Correct. - From Life. Teacher—Johnny, what Is a fishnet? Johnny—A lot of holes tied together with a piece of string. CHARLES PETERS GAINS 25POUNDS Declares Tanlac Completely Overcame Weakness and Indi gestion Left by Pneumonia. —a— “The other day the scales showed me a gain of twenty-five pounds, and It sure made me feel thankful for Tanlac,” was the characteristic state ment of Charles L. Peters, 2219 Mc Gee St., Kansas City, Mo. ‘‘Pneumonia left me all run down, with my stomach so out of order I couldn’t get back my strength, and was way under weight. I suffered so badly with Indigestion my food did me little good, bloated me with gas till my heart palpitated like a trip ham mer, and I lost all appetite. Bilious ness, constipation, headaches, sleep lessness and unstrung nerves put the finishing touches on my miseries and I could find no relief. “Since taking the Tanlac treatment I eat like a farm hand, sleep like a top and feel as husky as I did when I was a brawny lad of twenty-oB». Tanlac Is in a class by itself.” Tanlac i§ for sale by all good drug gists. Over 37 million bottles sold. —Advertisement. Just as Noisy. Mrs. Johnsing—Ah thought you-all said you was gwlne to name your new baby “Vlctrola,” but Ah hears you all done make a change. Mrs. Moses—Yes, Ah expected It would be a girl an’ Ah had decided to name her “Victrola,” but she turned out to be a boy, so Ah done name him “Radio.”—The Christian Advocate. • ___ Fish for Longevity. A liberal diet of fish Is the surest road to a long life, says Dr. Lyman Fiske, president of the Life Exten sion institute. Say “Bayer” and Insist! | ' *1 Unless you see the name "Bayer” on package or on tablets you are not get* ting the genuine Bayer product pre scribed by physicians over twenty-two years and proved safe by millions for Colds Headache . Toothache Lumbago Earache Rheumatism * Neuralgia Pain, Pain Accept "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin* only. Each unbroken package contains proper directions. Handy boxes of twelve tablets cost few cents. Drug gists also sell bottles of 24 and 100. Aspirin is the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of Monoaceticacldester of Salicylieacid.—Advertisement. An Appeal Suggested. J The eminent lawyer came back from court In something of a huff. There had been some words with the judge. Upon entering his office the attorney took up his brief, rushed to the big dictionary and begaji a search. Finally he turned to his partner. The latter awaited developments. “The dictionary," stated the eminent lawyer solemnly, “disagrees with my speltRlg of this word." “In that case,” suggested the equally eminent colleague, "take an appeal ta the encyclopaedia.”—From the Green Bag. fpA drui Just mix Alabastine with » water cold or hot and apply to any interior sur face. The sure result is beautifully tinted walls in exactly the color you wish. Non* gtnain* without Alabastine comes in aU standard colors and these intermix to form count less others so that your decorating taste may be v accurately followed. Rich Harvest of North Sea. It Is estimated that the quantity of ish caught annually In the North sea .vould fill a procession of two-ton rucks reaching from New York to San Francisco by way of New Orleans. A victory that is bought with money .sn’t worth celebrating. And the Wife, Too, “A man usually makes more or less than he says he does,” remarks Tom Sims. Sh-h! Tom, or you’ll arouse? the Income-tax collector’s suspicions.— Boston Evening Transcript. If a girl can make a man jealous it’s a sign she has him going. Yeast Foam good bread Bread making is easy to learn and is in itself an education in other cooking* Send for free booklet uThe Art of Baking Bread” Northwestern Yeast Co* 1730 North Ashland Ave. Chicago, HI* % #* 3