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MORE LOCAL MATTERS.
C. A. McCoud and Miss Effie Mild
red Rings, both of Ewing, were issued
a marriage license at Neligh, May 16.
Mrs. Nellie Prawley, of Omaha, who
came to attend the funeral of Thomas
J. McNally last Monday, is the guest
of Miss Mae Keys.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Radaker will
leave Friday morning for Newport,
Nebraska, where Harry will assume
his duties of station agent.
The Literary Department held their
regular meeting Wednesday afternoon
at the club rooms. The Last Act of
Merchant of Venice was? studied. Mrs.
Clifford Scott was leader.
The Woman’s club will hold their
Annual Meeting und Club Lnucheon
at the Subway on Wednesday, May 23,
at one o’clock. Those desiring tickets
for the luncheon should give their
names to the entertainment com
mittee not later than Saturday morn
ing.
Groupo Six of the bankers associa
tion will meet at Woodlake, June 12,
for the selection* of three candidates
for position on the state guaranty
board having direction of the state
guaranty fund. From the three names
Governor Bryan will select one as the
member of the board from this dis
trict. Edward M. Gallagher is the
present member of the commissior
from Group Six.
COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM.
The Commencement Exercises of the
O'Neill High school will be held or
Thursday evening, Mav 24th, at the
K. of C. hall. Dean H. H. Hahn, o:
the Wayne State Normal, has beei
secured to deliver the address of the
evening.
Invocation... Rev. Hutchini
Class Song .. Senior)
Violin Solo..... Selectee
Address. Dean H. H. Hahi
Vocal Number. Specia
Valedictory . Hazel Ashtor
Presentation of Diplomas ..C. B. Scoti
Class Song .. Seniors
Benediction.Rev. Longstafi
GUSTAV WOIDNECK.
(Norfolk News.)
Spencer, Neb., May 15.—Gusta\
Woidneck, a pioneer, of Holt and Boyc
counties, died here Sunday evening
with complications due to old age. He
was seventy-six years, five months anc
one day old. He was well knowr
throughout this part of the state.
Funeral services will be held here
this afternoon at the Opera. House
with the Rev. Mr. Nye in charge.
Mr. Woidneck was born in Erns
torf, Germany, and came to this
country in May, 1879, settling in Lan
caster county, Nebraska, where he
lived for seven years. He then came
to Holt county and took up a home
stead in Boyd county, north of Spencer
in 1891. In 1908 he retired and moved
to Spencer.
He was married in Germany in 1872.
He is survived by seven sons and
four daughters: Boefgne and Oswald
i of Cortland, Nebr.: Mrs. Matilda Dne
cht and Mrs. Bertha Ruhl of Lincoln;
1 Mrs. Emma Gordelf of Battle Creek;
1 Fred of Bloomfield; Gustave jr., Paul
i and Henry of Spencer and one brother,
Robert, of Neiminster, Holstein, Ger
many.
• THOMAS C. l)OLAN.
[ Omaha May 13.—Thomas C. Dolan,
. 69, died Thursday "night at his home,
; 616 North Thirty-fourth street. He
i had lived here four years, formerly re
siding in Clinton county, Iowa. He
was a cousin of Mrs. Arthur F. Mullen
! of Omaha. Mr. Dolan is survived by
his widow and by five sons and three
I daughters. The sons are John, of
- Clinton county, and Joseph, Francis,
Emmett and Edward, of Omaha. The
daughters are Mrs. Clem Quinlan, of
Delmar, Iowa, and Catheripe and
Mary, of Omaha.
Funeral services were conducted at
9 a. m. today from St. Cecilia’s ca
thedral, with burial in Holy Sepulchre
cemetery.
THOMAS J. McNALLY.
Thomas J. McNally, one of the early
settlers of Holt county, formerly re
siding near Emmet, died at Lead,
South Dakota, last Thursday. The
body was brought to O'Neill, arriving
Sunday morning, and the funeral was
held from St. Patrick’s church Monday
morning, burial being in Calvary cem
etery. Mr. McNally and family left
Holt county for Lead in 1888, wh^re
Mr. McNally resided until about six
years ago when he removed to Dayton,
Ohio, returning to the home of a
daughter at Lead but a few days be
fore his death. Relatives present from
abroad at the funeral services were
Mr. and Mrs. James Finnigan, Mr. and
Mrs. John McNally and Thomas Mc
Nally, of Lead, Margaret, Anna and
Nora McNally, daughters, of Dayton,
Ohio, and Mrs. Nellie Frawley, of
Omaha. The relatives from Lead re
turned to that tdace Monday evening
and the Misses McNally.will leave for
their home at Dayton, Friday.
ALFRED BECKWITH.
Alfred Beckwith, aged seventy-two
years, died at his home on the Chris
Yantzi place, twelve miles north of
this city, Tuesday afternoon after a
short illness of heart trouble. His
death was entirely unexpected, Mr.
Beckwith but a half hour before his
demise being up and able t(^ walk about
the house. He is survived by his
widow and one son and three daught
ers by a previous marriage, whose ad-*
dresses are unknown.
Mr. Beckwith was a native of Wis
, constin and came to Holt county about
fourteen years ago, coming here from
' Oklahoma. Years ago he homesteaded
| near Burwell.
Funeral services were held from the
homeThursday morning, the Reverend
• J. A. Hutchins officiating. Burial was
i in Prospect Hill cemetery.
HENRY W. BURIVAL.
I Henry W. Burival died at his resi
i dence north of O’Neill Wednesday
; noon, after a short illness of pneumo
’ Holt county thirteen years ago from
I nia. Mr. Burival and family came to
Beatrice, Nebraska, and since has been
engaged in farming north of the city.
He is survived by his wife, and eight
children: Frank, Henry, Louis, Leo,
Ralph, and Anna at home and Lud
milla Sobotka, of Inman. Mr. Burival
was forty-nine years, six months and
■ twenty-four days of age at the time
i of his death.
The funeral will be held from St.
Patrick’s church, Friday morning.
GEORGE STANNARD~
TURNS THE TRICK
Don’t miss seeing George Stannard
in “Believe Me Xantippe” at the opera
house Tuesday evening.
Cash For E^gs
Fancy Patent Flour $1.65
Onion Sets, 2 quarts 25c
Garden Seeds, pk£ 5c
32 Piece Dinner Set $12.00
Stoneware In All Sizes
LARGE CLASS TAKEN INTO
MEMBERSHIP BY
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
Thirty-one candidates were taken
into membership of Charles Carroll of
Carrollton Council, No. 701, Knights
of Columbus, with ceremonies appro
priate to the solemnity of the occasion,
Sunday, at the Knights of Columbus
hall. The day’s observance opened
with the assemblage of the candidates,
local and visiting knights at the hall at
9 a. m. and at 10:30 High Mass was
celebrated at St. Patrick’s church.
After luncheon at noon the afternoon
was given over to the initiation and
the conferring of degrees at the hall
and at 7:30 p. m. came the banquet,
given under the auspices of the Altar
Society, at which the following delight
ful menu was served:
MENU
“More are drowned in the bowl* than in
the sea.”
Pickles Radishes
Combination Salad
Roast Pork Tomato Sauce
Boiled Ham
Mashed Potatoes Brown Gravy
K. of C. Ice Cream Selected Cakes
Mints
Cigars Coffee
Toasts were responded to and the following program carried out at the
conclusion of the banquet:
TOASTS
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“Tongues in trees, books In running brooks,
Sermons in stones and food in everything.”
Invocation.Very Rev. M. F. Cassidy
• America
Toastmaster.Wm. J. McNichols
State Deputy, Omaha, Nebr.
“Knighthood”...*.Wm. Whalan
District Deputy, Hastings, Nebr.
Solo.Miss Genevieve Biglin
“A Christian Knight” Rev Fr. J.E.Duhamel
Vocal Solo.Miss Cecelia Kloke
Norfolk, Nebr.
“A Knight Was Lost”.Dr. W. J. Douglas
Atkinson, Nebr.
Duet.I Mrs. Dr. F. J. Knbitschek *
\ Mrs. H. J. Reardon
“After Knighthood, What?”.
D. Howard Farrell, Omaha, Nebr.
Dan McHenry, of Des Moines, Iowa, Albert Kjar, of Lexington, and several
others also delivered short addresses, after which, midnight having arrived,
the Knights, new and old, and their visitors, tripped the light fantastic
for several hours.
Following are the candidates received into membership:
CANDIDATES
Atkinson
Coufal, Edward J. Weichman, Max F.
Tushla, Peter C. O’Connell, Francis
. McDonald, Joseph Kramer, Edward
Nowakowski, John J. Straka, Richard
Rzeszotarski, Zygmund Z.
Rzeszotarski, Edward L.
Clearwater
Thiele, Ferdinand
Emmet
Schubauer, Max Troshynski, Daniel
Graham, James E., Jr.
Ewing
Kallhoff, John Sanders, Odo
Schindler, Joseph Tomjack, Ralph
O’Neill
Donohoe, Robert Dumpert, Edward J.,
Donohoe, Thomas J. Ullom, John
Langan, John M. . Uhl, Norbert
Martin, John Wagman, William
Musil, Frank Welsh, William
Musil, John
Springview
O’Donnell, Dr. Hugh J.
Stuart
McDonald, Michael
BASEBALL SEASON
OPENED ON LOCAL
DIAMOND THURSDAY
Although defeated by Chambers
with a score of 9 to 6, Jack Higgins’
O’Neill Shamrocks acquitted them
selves most credibly in their first pub
lic game this year, at the fair grounds
’park Thursday afternoon. The play
demonstrated that within the next few
weeks the team is going to be one of
the best in the county. The game was
all to Chambers up to the beginning of
the last half of the seventh inning,
with the score seven to nothing. Then
in a batting rally O’Neill chalked up
four runs, when with three men on
bases, two men out and Tom Brennan
at bat Carney was caught off second
and the side retired. O’Neill again
picked up in the last half of the ninth
and secured the other two of its six
runs. The battery for Chambers was
the Newhouse brothers, with Tommy
doing the heaving. McDonald and
Davies officiated for O’Neill. It is
violating no confidence to state that
the paid attendance was not near what
it should have been and that the club
must have better support if it is to be
successful. Civic pride demands a win
ning baseball team for a town of this
size and boosting helps to win.
The team plays Page, at Page, Sun
day. *
CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK.
The recaption given by the Wo
man’s Club on Saturday, May 5th, in
honor of Mrs. J. C. Ackerman, Dis
trict President, and Mrs. T. J. Wilbur,
Past President, was a most enjoyable
occasion and long to be remembered
by the club members. The program
was informal, and opened with a Se
lection, “Bendemeers Stream” by the
club quartet: Mrs. Reardon, Mrs. Here
ford, Mrs. Grady and Mrs. Longstaff.
Mrs. Ackerman was then introduced
and spoke to the club for about twenty
minutes along the practical lines of
Woman’s Club work, its educational
value, its broadening and refining in
fluences, and the need for more study
and co-operation with children in
their school work. Mrs. Ackerman’s
address was greatly appreciated and
thoroughly enjoyed. Mrs. Wilbur
was then introduced and sfcoke for a
few minutes of the club work of the
past and its possibilities for the fu
ture. The addresses by these two la
dies was a real inspiration to our club
women, and those who were not pres
ent missed a rare treat. The quartet
then sang two selections, “The Year’s
at the Spring,” and “Just Smile,”
Mrs. Reardon sang a solo from
Shanewis.”
Miss Mildred Malone youngest club
member, read two selections and Mrs.
Clifford Scott played two piano num
bers. Light refreshments were served
by the entertainment committee.
SCHOOL NEWS.
Fourth Grade—The fourth grade
pupils are very busy getting their
work ready for the Schodl Exhibit
Thursday.
Sixth Grade—Bobby Daugherty and
Everest Morris were absent from
school Tuesday.
The girls of the Busy Bee club are
writing a story about their experiences
as a sewing club member. Tney have
finished their sewing lessons and will
place their work on exhibition with
their other school work Thursday.
Eighth Grade—The eighth grade are
very busy doing exhibit work for the
county and state fair.
In a contest on naming the counties
Jof the state Burt Hubbard led the
class, naming forty counties.
On Saturday evening, May 12th, the
Junior class of the O’Neill high school
entertained the Seniors and Faculty at
a banquet and dance. The large din
ing room at the Golden hotel was dec
orated in gold and blue, the Senior
colors. The menu consisted of fruit
cocktail, chicken a la wing, peas,
mashed potatoes and hard rolls, spring
salad, pickles, olives, ice cream and
cake.
The following responded to toasts:
Ralph Baker .._... Welcome
Geo. McCarthy .,. Response
Ruth Liehty. History of Seniors
Florence Gunn .... Prophecy of Juniors
The Cooper orchestra furnished
music for the evening.
The Senior class presents “Believe
Me Xantippe” a four act modern com
edy, Tuesday, May 22. The same cast
that presented “Am I Intruding,”
which was pronounced a great success
by the public. This will be your last
opportunity to see any of these people
before the footlights.
It was played in New York for two
seasons, John Barrymore taking the
leading role which George Stannard
carries very nicely.
Legless Radiator Support.
By means of a new device, shown in
Popular Mechanics Magazine, the
bothersome legs of radiators, from
around which dirt is removed with dif
ficulty, are done away with and the
radiator supported from the pipe con
nections at the floor. Inconspicuous
wall braces prevent the radiator from
tipping, and adjustable center rests
are provided for long radiators. The
attachments are adaptable to any size
or make of radiator.
Wouldn’t Bo Wasted.
Father invested In a fancy shirt
that proved to be much too short In
the sleeves.
“Never mind, papa; don’t worry, Til
soon be big enough to wear it,” cried
Bobby, coming to the rescue.—Ex
change,
I ■■ I ■ - J
Important Laws
Passed By 1923 Legislature
More than 1,050 bills were intro
duced during the last session of the
legislature, a few less than 200 of
them became laws. A considerable
number of those that did pass were
revisions of present laws or applied
only to local conditions. In either
case few of them are of general in
terest. The present object is to re
view only those laws that are of
more or less general interest.
Governor Bryan vetoed the bill re
ducing salaries of code secretaries,
the Mathers-Dysart bill making
changes in the plan of administering
the code department, the bill dispos
ing of the material in the old capitol
and a few others and allowed the
banking bill to become a law without
his signature.
Among the bills passed are the
following:
S. F. 4—Changes the term of
county superintendents to four years,
making it the same as other county
officers.
Among the changes made that af
fect cities and towns is a bill reduc
ing the payment term for improve
ments from twenty to ten years, one
requiring a sixty per cent vote in
cities of the second class to carry
improvement bonds, one prohibiting
the expenditure of public funds for
parks and public grounds except upon
a sixty per cent vote, one requiring
the city engineer in small towns to
act as water commissioner and one
requiring sewer taxes to be assessed
upon all taxable property instead of
upon real estate only.
Appropriation bills include $5,000
for the children of Robert L. Taylor,
a penitentiary guard who was killed
by James King, $5,000 for the edu
cation of deaf children, $5,000 per
year for the upkeep of Arbor Lodge,
$50,000 to be us§d for the purpose
of punching holes in lakes to keep
fish from freezing, $15,000 for the
distribution of pheasants, quails #nd
partridges, $73,800 for the incidental
expenses of the legislature, $117,000
for the general expenses of the legis
lature, $5,000 each for the widows of
officers killed at North Platte,
$285,000 for the eradication of bovine
tuberculosis, and others. The big
general appropriations bill provides
$22,500,000 to pay the general run
ning expenses of the state and state
institutions during the coming two
years, and for general purposes. In
addition to these sums, additional
amounts were covered in the general
claims, but the amounts were not
large.
A number of bills were passed af
fecting railroads. Of these, the one
that attracted the most attention was
the free pass bill. This authorizes
the roads to give passes or reduced
rates to ministers, charity workers,
travelers for the Y. M. C. A., in
mates of hospitals and charitable in
stitutions and others. A resolution
was adopted by both houses asking
congress to repeal the Esch-Cummins
law.
Road laws came in for several
changes. The maximum carrying ca
pacity of bridges was changed from
twenty to fifteen tons. Trucks of a
gross weight of more than twelve
tons are prohibited on highways,
also trucks carrying more than 600
pounds per inch of width of tire. All
road fund claims must be passed upon
by the entire county board in the
future, instead of apportioning money
to members and allowing each one
to use it as he sees fit. The truck
licensing bill failed to pass. Adver
tising signs will not be permitted
within 300 feet of railroad crossings.
Probably the most important bill
passed was the new banking act.
This provides for a Guarantee Fund
Commission for the purpose of as.
sisting in conserving and administer
ing the guaranty fund and provides
for more thorough supervision of
banks. This commission will take
charge of all failed banks, also of
banks that are about to fail. In the
first instance it will wind up the
business of failed banks and either
collect all debts due such banks or
reduce them to judgments. In the
second instance it will take charge
of banks about to fail and endeavor
to put them back upon their feet.
Assets of all banks that have failed
must be turned over to the commis
sion. Several changes are made in
the present banking laws. After a
certain time certificates of deposit
will not be negotiable. This is to
prevent trafficing in such paper.
Changes and provisions ars so nu
merous that it is impossible to re
view all of them within the limits
of this space. It is expected that
this law will make it possible for al
state banks to get back upon a sub
stantial basis.
S. F. 61—Extends the penalty for
the theft of electrical current or gas
or water by unlawful connections to
mains or wires.
The special object of H. R. 278 was
to provide for paving in Sarpy
county, but in order to be legal it
had to apply to all counties of a ce' -
tain class. Residents of counties of
less than 15,000 population will be
interested in this new law.
S. F. 243—Legalizes the sale of
carcasses of dead animals to render
ing plants. The present law forbids
:he removal of such carcasses from
:he premises.
H. R. 30—Changes the date of an
nual town meetings to first Tuesday
In January.
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H. R. 226—Requires poultry buy
ers to keep a record of all fowls
purchased, showing the names of
breeds, from whom purchased, etc.
The object of this bill is to make it
easier to round up poultry thieves.
H. It. 341:—Authorizes land owners
to erect auto gates and cattle guards
across public highways. This helps
to do away with the innumerable
gates in the western part of the
state and does away with the nuis
ance of having gates left open.
H. R. 626—Prohibits the sale of
filled milk. This is designed as a
protection for the dairy interests.
And H. R. 658 forbids the labeling of
butter substitutes with the name of
any breed of cattle.
H. R. 461—Gives threshermen a
lien upon grain for their threshing
bill, but, in the case of a tenant, the
lien only lies against grain owned by
the tenant.
is. h. 9—The new county agent bill
In the opinion of many this was one
of the more important bills. Peti
tions for county agents must contain
from 100 to 600 names, according to
.population of counties, instead of a
flat 300 as is now required. And
appropriations that county boards
may make for the support of an
agent are reduced from $5,000 to
$3,500. If a remonstrance signed by
one-eighth more names than the peti
tions is filed with the board, then the
question of employing an agent must
be submitted to a vote. Opponents
of the bill say it will cripple the
farm bureau work. Advocates said
the people should have a chance to
say whether or not they want a
county agent.
H. R. 584—Authorizes the eradica
tion of bovine tuberculosis and an
other bill carries an appropriation of
$285,000 to pay for the work. This
was one of the hardest fought bills
of the session. The governor was
opposed to such legislation, as, also,
was a considerable number of the
legislators. But it was finally pos
sible to get the necessary 60 per
cent to put it over. The original bill
passed without difficulty, the big
fight was on the appropriation.
S. F. 101—Was another bill that
took a lot of time. It provides for
the candling of all eggs except dur
ing the first four months of the year.
Producers are not required to candle.
S. F. 227—Introduced by the gov
ernor. This settles the long stand
ing controversy between Nebraska
and Colorado over the use of water
in the Platte for irrigation purposes.
Those who know say Nebraska* got
more than she expected to get out of
the settlement.
S. F. 17—Increases the perils of
bootlegging. Persons who are in
jured, either directly or indirectly, by
the use of hootch have legal recourse
against the seller as well as the user.
S. F. 128—Removed the ufifair dis
crimination that has existed against
newspapers in cities of 5,000 to 25,000
in the publication of city legal no
tices. When this law goes into ef
fect these papers may charge the
same for such service as is charged
in all other towns. <
S. F. 276—Amends the arson law
so the person who causes a building
or other property to be set on fire
becomes equally guilty with the per
son who starts the fire.
II. R. 166—Provides for participa
;on by the state in the provisions of
the Shepard-Towner maternity act.
S. F. 92—Is the eugenics marriage
ill. This requires the filing of ten
lays’ notice before a marriage license
an be issued. But this provision
iay be waived by the county judge
i he sees fit. The notice is to be
Tested. It also forbids the marriage
Tf hereditary epileptics or those who
aave hereditary insanity.
o. i. o—x ermits county boards to
require clerks and other help in
county offices to work wherever their
services may be needed. This makes
it possible to employ a smaller num
ber of clerks and keep them steadily
employed, rather than to have cer
tain clerks for each office.
H. R. 392—Reduces local library
boards from five to three members.
H. R. 247—Changes the primary
date from the third Tuesday in July
i.o the third Tuesday in August, ex
cept in presidential years. Repre
sentatives of the farmers wanted this
bill passed because, they said, farm
ers are often too busy in July to go
and vote.
H. R. 433—Limits the salary of a
county highway commissioner to $5
a day and the total yearly allowance
for salary and expenses to $1,500.
This was strongly opposed on the
ground that it is not possible to em
ploy a competent man for that price.
It applies only to counties of less
than 50,000 population.
H. R. 39—School children need not
submit to physical examination if
their parents file an objection in
writing. This bill had the support
of the various schools that do not
use medicine. It dees not do away
with any of the provisions of the
quarantine law.
IL R. 71—Requires drivers of
school and other busses to stop, look
and listen before crossing railroad
tracks.
^ R. 147—Provides that three
fifths majority shall be required to
vote building bonds in the larger
school districts and also provides
that if such a project is defeated
it may not be resubmitted for one
year.
The school of irrigation at Scotts
bluff will have to close because no
provision was made for its expenses.
The regents of the university con
tend that irrigatic n should be taught
in the engineering college at the uni
versity instead of at a separate
qhool. __