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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (May 17, 1923)
THE FRONTIER D, H. CRONIN, PUBLISHER, W, 0. TEMPLETON, Editor and Businaaa Manager. ffreiLU- ' "R Sfc KAtiiCi a report has been mad* tt> Ota war department by the retylYer-geneml of Dominican cuatome. dealing with the remalna of Columbue. A project la now on foot to erect a maaalye tomb In San ‘Domingo City, eofnewhat modeled after the tomb of Napoleon In Parle and the eyterlor aomethlng like Qrant’a tomb In New Tork. A beaoon tower >00 feet In hlght la part of the plan. As June appears on the horisen, e»l jnl'dshlpment at the United states Naval Academy, Annapolis, are demanding gangway for their graduation proces sion. This number will move te an upper desk unless some fall down on the Job of trimming tho binnacle lights. In the so<sond. or Junior class, are SOS; In the third, 6*3. and In the "rat class," 036. a total of 3,146, which is the aver- . age for the last three years. At the end of this summer tho greatest housecleaning In history will take plaoe In Paris, The French pride In their cap ital city takes shape In a law forcing landlords to scrub and paint tho exter iors of their buildings at least once every four years. On account of the war the law was suspended, and steadily I grew dirtier and more Ixmdenllke. It will be enforced again In September, aiid tourists next year will find their Faria clean as well os gay—If the soap holds •ut. A whale skull, so large that It had te be sawed Into eight pieces for handling and crating, was recently found en ths shore of Alltak bay, Alaska, by a rep resentative of the biological survey. United States department of agriculture, who was In tho territory Investigating tho fox farming Industry. First aid was given by the skipper of a parsing ship, who took It to a nearby cannery, feom which ptaoe It was possible to send It to the states. In accordance with a co-op erative understanding the skull was sent to the Senlthsonlan Institution, at Wash. Ington. Post-war night Ufa has added a aew feature In motion picture dubs In Berlin, where salacious films are shewn behind locked doors. The shows have been de veloped to the extent that the legitimate motion picture industry has started a fight against them. There Is also con siderable complaint against indecent photography In so-called "studios." where picturees are made for clandestine •alo. Bull fighting ts losing its hold la Mex ico In favor of baseball, consular observ. srs report. Newspapers Mn many cities are giving more space to tho diamond ■port than to tho time-honored tilts of tho bull ring. In Chihuahua, for ex ample, 16 teams play dally In three large parks given over to the greet American game. In Vera Crus on Sundays and holidays every available diamond la lb use. To avoid traffic accidents on the Pa cific ocean, steamship companies wtll soon have to “double track” the ocean, according to the hydrographlo office of the United States navy. Shipping on the Pacific has increased greatly during the last few years and It is Loped ths steamship companies will snter Into an agreement to follow definite routes, in stead of going In any direction aa at present. So many Italians have left the home land for America that the exporters no longer are able to supply their demand for garlic, despite the fact that year by year the exports of the odorous. If not fragrant, bulbs have become larger and larger. Now comes Consul Bartley F. Yost at Quaymaa, Mexloo. with ths cheering news that the natives are fev erishly growing garllo for shipment to the United State#. An ambition to own his own church and from Its pulpit broadcast his own Ideals, has been realised by the! Rev. Antonio Oalloppi, assistant pastor of ths Italian Evangelical Chureh, Astoria, N. Y., and steamship ticket agency opera; tor. He has made a payment on i church which Its parishioners aban doned for a larger edifice, and he plans to reach the largo Italian oolony In Astoria by Appealing to children with athletic games and dramatlo perfor Belteving that deafness Is becoming a nation wide menace, a New York phy* cian Is making plans to organise a na tional association for its prevention. Thomas A. Edison and Miss Helen Kel ler are among the notables Interested In the project. The Terrible Turk has gone movie mad. American films of tha "Wild West" type euo extremely popular In the 30 motion picture theaters of Con stantinople, Consul Knabshue reports. They want plenty of action and sensa tlonl feats. Now we are going to grow our own cigar boxes. Tbs Philippine Forestry Service reports that Kalantaa, a Phil ippine wood, is practically Identical with tho Spanish oedar from tropical America,, which long has boon regarded as ths cigar box wood of the world. A tombstone beta boon erected on a hill near a dangerous curve at Raadlng, Pa., as a grim reminder to careless drivers on the highway. At the top Is ths word. "Dangerous.” Below Is a skull and earoesbones, and underneath Is the leg end, "Fourteen miles te tho nearest hos pital." San Francisco has definitely entered the lists to capture both the republican and democrats natlsna) conventions In 19*4, Jams* Rotpb, Mayor of Ban Fran cisco, having announced the personnel of a large representative eltlsens' com mittee. • The Song Writers' Association has made Its formal debut In New York. The organisation le' committed to a policy of "more and better songs." A committee Is to select the *• best songs written each year and awards will be made to the winners. A "tightwad" Is designated by the gov renment as a man who sevens to cent* of every dollar and expends thlrty Steven, cents of the balance for living ex penses. and one cent each for education, recreation and giving. This information is given in the government's booklet, "How Other People Get Ahead." Issued to Interest people in a cavings system. ‘ Wages have taken a pronounced up ward trend here in the last month, ac cording tp a survey Just completed by the National Industrial Conference Board. Fugures made public show that the Increase between February IS and March 16 were more than three times as many os those in the period between November IS and December 15. The Lord Mayor of London Is raising a fund for a wedding gift for the Duke of York and Lady Elisabeth Bowes Lyon. Bloodless bull fights a re to be held In Havana. Th'e government has agreed tp permit exhibitions, provided they are staged without bulls or men being In jured. Declaring the act of removing a tomb stone from a grave for settlement of a debt approaches vandalism, a Wichita Kan., judge. denied a' writ of replevin (or a monument compfr jqt. Two of four students suspended fimn Ohio state utfverslty on a number of ehargos. m"' sf whlcb was "buying Ifeu*-SB*"* r'»gger*,'’ jrsra co^eda Iff® POST Gordon, Neb., Man Makes Shipment in That Man ner Rather Than by Freight. Gordon* Neb., May (Special).—So far as known, J. H. Uudwlck of Gor don, Is the first man to move his household goods by parcel post. Lud wlck Is moving to Montana. To do the Job ns quickly as possible, and at the minimum of expense, he packed his household goods In boxes to the limit in size and weight to conform with the postal regulations and de livered them at the Gordon post office, weighed them up, put on the necessary stamps and told the post muster to mail them out to his new location in Montana. Under the parcel post plan, Laidwlck estimates it is costing him about >16 per ton to mail his household effects to northern Montana. —r— GAME AND FI8HING LAWS BEING VIOLATED Norfolk, Neb., May ISpecial).— Deputy game wardens working out of the Lincoln office report that vio lattions of the game and fishing laws eaHt of Norfolk are more pronounced than In the west territory. Several hundred dollar* has gone into the school funds as the result of a cam paign by Deputy E. Heintzelman who reports he found hardware stores around Ashland and Gretna Bold out of ammunition and a lot of hunters killing ducks which seem plentiful. Many women were warned to buy fishing licenses and men caught without licenses went to court. The arrests made follow: Ervin Burt, Fremont, shooting one duck, $29.76; Marrell Livingston, Fremont, shoot ing one duck, $30.76; Will Sturzeneg ger, Gretna, hunting without license, paid $22.80; Luther Wagner, Ash land, paid $59 for shooting two ducks and additional $18 for hunting without a license; Ed Warner, Fre mont, $25 fishing without license; L. H. Garrisop, Omaha air mall pilot arrested at Louisville fishing with 1922 license, paid $18; Frank Schi mantz, Gretna, $22.70, fishing with out license. Brings Action for Damages Against Bridge Company— Says Injuries Per manent. Randolph, Neb., May (Special).— T. Earwood, of Norfolk, formerly of this place, has filed suit in Stanton county district court for $20,000 dam ages from the Western Bridge and Construction Company. Earwood al leges that when tils auto went over a culvert between Pllger and Stanton he was thrown against the top of the car so that he was permanently In jured In the neck and back. FIND DISCREPANCY IN TREASURER’S RECORD8 Lincoln, Neb., May A discrep ancy of $14,844 in the accounts of County Treasurer, S. M. Souder, of Lincoln county, at North Platte, has been disclosed by the report of Ex aminer E. H. Crandall, of State Audi tor Marsh's office. The report orig inally went to show the treasurer's accounts correct. A checking up of the deposits in banks of Lincoln county, however, shows a discrepancy in the amount stated, it was said at the office of the auditor. Treasurer Souder is out on bond following his arrest in connection with the burning of the courthouse at North Platte. —4— BOARD OF EQUALIZATION BEGINS BIG TASK Lincoln, Neb.„ May --The new state board of equalisation begins this week its first big task of fixing valuations of steam and lnterurbari railroads operating in the state. A year ago the board raised the valua tion of all steam roads several mil lion dollars for tax purposes. Th« roads are now asking for a reduction The board will meet from time tc time to permit representatives of th< roads to make their arguments. OFFICERS OF ROYAL HIGHLANDERS FINEC Lincoln, Neb., May W. E. Shari and P. J. Sharp, grand officers o the Royal Highlanders, have paid Intc the district court here fines of $601 each as a penalty on being adjudgec guilty of constructive contempt o court in continuing to enforce th< table of rates for the organization udopteA Hn October, 1919, collection o: which was enjoined by the court. —♦— KOSTKR AGAIN NAMED AS GAME WARDEh Lincoln, Neb., May —Governo Bryan has announced the reappoint ment of George G. Koster as chle game warden. Mr. Koster has serve< six years in his present office, twc years under Governor Neville, a dem oesat and four under Governor Me Kelvie, a republican. PAROLED YOUNG MAN MUST BE CAREFUL OF STEf Grand Island, Neb., May Thi faithful keeping of a dairy in whlcl shall be entsred each night where h< Bpent the day, what work he did, wha timo he arrived home for the night how much money he received am how much he spent and to whom 1 was paid and for what, is only one o the many provisions of the parole un der which Paul Foote, 19, of Norway Neb., was released by Judge Bayar< H. Paine, after his plea of guilty t< the charge of assaulting Lois Steel IS. BOARD Mill Railroads to State Their Ob jections to Assessments —Treasurers Are Given Orders. Lincoln, Neb., May ' (Special).— At the request of the railroads the state board of taxation has set for hearing May 22 their objections to the assessments mads by the board against their property. The Burling ton reports net eurnlngs less than In 1921, of $2,436, the Northwestern $1, 672 as compared with a deficit 1m 1921, and the Union Pacific $9,241, or a little more than 1921. Tax Commissioner Smith has sent notice to all county treasurers to ac cept the 26 per cent, of the tax levied against state banka. These won out In court, and the legislature refused to validate these old taxes after the attorney general said It could not be done. The banks were held by the court to come under the intangible tax provision, because It would be dis crimination to tax thOm full value when other holders of moneys and credits paid only on the fourth basis A. PIONEER ATTORNEY OF OMAHA DEAD Omaha, Neb., May »' —John J. O’Conner, 79, Omaha attorney, a resi dent of for more than fifty years, died yesterday afternoon at his residence, after an Illness of three years. -- » -- , i Oil Companies Would be Given Present If Court Ruling Is Allowed to Stand. Lincoln, Neb., May v ^Special) — In the name of the governor, Attor ney General Spillman has asked the supreme court for a rehearing of the case involving the validity of the law fixing inspection fees for gasoline and oils. The court said that be cause the fee resulted In collections about twice the cost of the Inspec tion It violated the uniformity In tax ation feature of the constitution with relation to property taxes and was also Invalid because it sought to raise revenue and did not contain that statement in Its title. The attorney general calls the at tention of the court to a number ot decisions In other states, recently made, which hold that this fee Is not a property tax but an excise tax, and asks the court to reverse the de cision which It adopted as controlling Its action, rendered six years ago4 Ho says the court overlooked the fact that about $50,000 will be freely handed over to the oil companies If this decision stands. That amount has been impounded by the injunc tion first Issued, and the attorney general points out that as the oil companies all admitted having charged this up &b a part of the ex pense of doing business, the court will be making them a present of the money If it lets the decree stand. < —4— GOVERNOR REBUKES MEMBERS OF LEGISLATURE j Lincoln, Neb., May % __ (Special)— The code bills vetoed by the gover nor took from the control of the gov ernor all code employes save those of the finance department, and made the executive state officers secre taries and heads. The governor says that the republicans, In the name of code revision, destroyed the code principle of centralization of power In the hands of the governor and the cabinet system. Ho says that the im pelling purpose was to keep the 400 republicans who hold positions In the code departments In their Jobs, and scathingly denounces this action. He says that he" was elected on a prom ise to repeal the code, and that the republican majority, In turning down his bills refused to carry out the will of the people. BARGE MAKES PLEA TO PARDONS BOARD , Lincoln, Neb., May (Special).— The state board of pardons beard the plea of Herbert H. Barge, formerly a banker at Hoskins, Wayne county, 1 who pleaded guilty to a charge of 1 embezzlement and took his medicine • after hik institution had been closed. > His application was before the board 1 once before, but was turned down. Barge thinks he was complied with the parole law and should be given Its benefits. He desires to help out In the settlement of the banks' affairs. Most of the other applications be fore the board were from Lancaster and Douglas counties. One of the number was Manford E. Biggs, sent I up for embezzling from his Omaha employer. Recently his sentence was r commuted to two years because he helped the Omaha jailer quell a riot • started among the prisoners to cover [ up an attempted escape. Biggs has , served 13 months. He says he re ceive 1 an injury in the row that calls for hosnftal treatment. —"4— DIAMONDS DISAPPEAR FROM JEWELRY STORE i Shelton, Neb., May > —One thou > sand dollars worth of diamonds were • mysteriously stolen from the Kendle brotherrf*jewelry store here Monday 1 afternoon. They were taken from t the drawer of a desk some time be f tween noon and 8:30 p. m. Russell Kendle, in charge of the store, said | he knew every one that came into the store and saw no strangers and can ’ not understand how the diamonds disappeared. Large Catches of Black Bass Made in Waters That Have Afforded Little Sport in the Past. O’Neill, Neb., May (Special.)— Several exceedingly large catches of bass at Marsh lake In Cherry county, a number of good catches In the 3rown county lakes, and the discov ery that Long lake, south of Ains worth, heretofore supposed to be Just a sunflsh and perch lake. Is the home of hundreds of four and five pound bass, has aroused the enthusiasm of North Nebraska fishermen, and, the lake country this year is being ln | vaded several weeks earlier than usual. Among the big catches reported is one made in Long lake by N. Hlvely, R. Hlvely, John Ensley, Dell Kirk patrick and "Buck" Swett, of Ains worth, who landed 69 bass in less than three hours In this hitherto un known bass water. Fifty of these bass averaged more than three pounds each and there were a num ber of four-pounders in the lot. A number of good'catches also were re ported in the overflow at Enders lake the same day, while out at Clear lake, Ed Snow, of Ainsworth, cap tured a string of seven bass totalling 26 pounds. MOTHER SAVES SON FROM ASPHYXIATION Fremont, Neb., May '—David Erickson, 19, was saved from death by his mother, Mrs. E. H. Erickson, who broke through a glass with her bare hands, released a lock on the inside of the door and carried the youth from the gas filled bathroom, where he was taking a bath, when a leak in a water heater caused him to lose consciousness. TELEPHONE RATE HH HEARD Nebraska Rail Commission Battles Bell Company In Federal Court at Omaha. Lincoln, Neb., May (Special.)— Chairman Taylor and three experts from the state commission have gone to Omaha to defend the state In the case, pending before a master In chancery for the federal court, where the Northwestern Bell has enjoined it from reducing exchange rates In its territory, which Includes all of northern Nebraska, by 10 per cent. This 10 per cent, is a-®surcharge, put on in 1920, when costs were mount ing. The commission says present revenue conditions and costs Justify a decrease. The company Insists that a reduction would reduce re turns below a reasonable level. The first round will be fought over the matter of the 4(4 Per cent, of revenues that the Northwestern pays the parent Bell, .the American Tele phone & Telegraph Company, for services performed and Instruments furnished. The commission admits this is of some value, but denies that the services are worth $17;000 a month, the present payment. The parent Bell owns nearly all of the Northwestern stock. Commissioner Browne, Just back from Washington, brought with him considerable data with respect to de preciation. The Bell insists that a certain percentage of revenues should be set aside for future replacements, while the commission contends that this rule results in the piling up of a lot of money that never will be used. The Interstate Commerce commis sion, in co-operation with the state commission, is endeavoring to work out a rule that will apply to all com panies, and which will automatically take care of all property as it is re tired. A hearing has Just been con cluded in which the companies were also represented. —4— BRIDGE COMPANY WANTS TAX MATTER ADJUSTED Lincoln, Neb., May ‘Special.)— Argument was submitted in supreme court Monday on a motion of the Sioux City Bridge Company for judgment on a tax case in accordance with a decree of the federal supreme court. The case started several years ago, when the company objected to paying taxes on the half of its prop erty that belonged in Dakota county. It Insisted that the actual valuation for taxation purposes was $535,000, and that it was entitled to have this shaved to G5 per cent, of the total because other property in^the county, including farm land, paid on that basis. The state supreme court said that the proper way to secure an equali zation of taxes was to appear beforo the county board of equilization, and secure the raising of the valuation of the other property. When the federal supreme court passed on the matter it said that the state supreme court was wrong, as that afforded an ob jecting taxpayer no relief. COUPLE WED AGAIN TO GAVE THEIR CHILDREN Beatrice, Neb., May ‘Special).— To save their children .rom the re form school, a reconciliation between a divorced husband and wife was reached in court here. Elgin and Elizabeth Ulichaels are wedded after two years qf separation and their children, 13, 12 and 11 years old were placed in charge of their parents, fol lowing a charge of being habitual criminals and staying out of school. The couple both changed their minds a number of times beforo the cere mony was performed. . TABLETS OR LIQUID SOLD EVERYWHERE PE-RU-NA i READ HER LETTER—IT WILL DO YOU GOOD I * "Pe-ru-na has been a Godsend to me. I feel safe R [ In saying that It saved my life. I was all run down B and miserable when I commenced taking Pe-ru-na, H but am on the road to recovery now. I cannot thank B you too much." ' ■ MRS. CHARLES ANSPAUGH, ft R. P. D. No. 7, Lagrange, Indiana, B A letter like this brings hope and the promise B of health to every sick and suffering woman. Per- II haps you know what it means to have your dally || duties a misery, every movement an effort, stomach B I deranged, pains In the head, lack and loins most B of the time, nerves raw and quivering—not a mo- B ment day or night free from suffering. m Do as Mrs. Ansp&ugh did. Take Pe-ru-na, Don’t B wait but start right away. fg Desperate straits and crooked ac 1ons are often closely allied. In the country, a “square meal” has all the known dimensions. feast Foam everywhere prefer It The best way to learn to cook—begin making bread* Send for free booklet c<tThe Art of Baking Bread” •» r ■ - Northwestern Yeast Co, 1730 N. Ashland Ave., Chicago OradaOffersS "Last Chance'for Virgin Farms < THINK of what you could produce on a farm of virgin fertility, without the burden of high-acreage cost Think of what 20-to-40 bushel wheat would mean to you under these conditions, and of dairying and stock raising on cheap pasture land. Land pays for itself in a few crops—no artificial fertilizer—no heavy investment. You have envied the farmer who got his start when land was cheap. Here’s your chance, perhaps your last chance, for the same brand of prosperity. Western Canada— Your Opportunity! Western Canada is'the fanner's land of oppor tunity. Thousands of settlers who started not many years ago w ithUittle or nothing, are today the owners of fine farms, with comfortable homes and barns, thoro’bred stock, dairy herds —all the marks of prosperity. Yet land is not dear—only $15 to $20fcn acrelfor rich, virgin, prai rie convenient to railways. Land is not dear in Western Canada—yet—because there is so much of it. But many settlers are expected in 1923, and now is 'your [opportunity, before the best farms are taken. Get started. Taxes are re duced. not raised, on land brought under culti vation. On farml buildings, improvements, machinery, personal effects, automobile, etc., there is nontax at all. Canada wants workers— it wants its21and (farmed—and the farmers, through theirhnunkipal councils, have practical control of all local taxation. Special Renter’s Plan Buy Out of Profits To aid and encourage the honest worker with, perhaps little capital, the Canadian Government' has a''Renter’s Plan", whereby one may wort a new or improved farm—“Try it' out” for sev eral years if desired—and buy a farm of hisowa> out of profits. Thirty-Two Years to Pay For the benefit of those wishing to buy land, •> national non-profit sharing organization—the* Canada Colonization Association—has been es tablished. with head office at Winnipeg, and United States office at St Paul. This Associa tion offers selected land convenient to railway* —much of it at f 15 to $20 per acre—on very small cash payment; no further payment until third year; balance extended over thirty years, but Ebaser may pay up and obtain title at any , if desired. Interest six per cent on de d payments. Special Excursion Rates to Western Canada In order that you may inspect the land—see for yourself — judge of its value and fertility — special excursion trips of inupection will leave United States points on the first and third Tuesday of each month. Single fare plus $2 for the round trip, available from all principal centers. Take advantage of these low railroad rates to inspect for yourself the opportunities which Western Canada has to offer you. Seeing is believing. The nearest Canadian Government Agency will give you all information. The men in charge are Government officials, interested only in the service of the prospective settler. Wo help you find your opportunity. Let us know something of your position and receive free book with maps and information how special railroad rates can be arranged for a trip of inspection. Mail the coupon. Free Homesteads are still available in some localities. Canada welcomes tourists—come and see our country for yourself. No Passports required. f Address Nearest Agent: G. A. Cook. Desk W. Watertown, S. D.; W. V. Bennett, Desk W. 300 • Peter’s Trust Bldg.. Omaha. Neb.; or R. A. Garrett. Desk W. 311 W. Jackson St., St. Paul. Minn. | Please send me your free book on Canada, 1 am particularly Interested In |> n Western Canada C ) Eastern Canada ( ) Renting a Grain Growing f I Stock Raising ( 1 Dairying I Special Railway Rates ( ) Diversified Farming ( ) Buymg j t —.... i ___ .State.... | i----. / cleaning easy i ' / with Sapolio. Larg« Cake—No Waste vC limh Morgan'* (riu Co. Now York 1 n I
