Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (June 14, 1923)
VOLUMN XLIII._■■■■■ O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 14, NO. 2. ■ | GRADY’S GROCERY PURITAN BACON Barrington Hall Coffee Lettuce Celery Fruit Cash Paid For Eggs Phones-68--126 j O’Neill, Nebraska LOCAL MATTERS. Senator Brantley Sturdevant was an O’Neill visitor Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Laney visited Spencer friends last week. Carlton Putnam has been appointed deputy treasurer of Boyd county. Miss Gertrude Conger, of Ewing, will spend the summer in California. Guard rails are being erected along the federal highway south of Ewing. Mr. and Mrs. George Clyde and daughter visited Spencer friends last week. 14 k Will Biglin returned Monay evening fS from a Sunday visit at Jackson Ne < braska. Eleven prospective Atkinson school teachers are attending summer normal at Chadron. R. F. Griffin and family, of Atkin son, visited with Mr. and Mrs. John Hubbell last week. Jack Higgins will take his Sham rocks to Emmet Sunday to mix it with Guy Cole’s Indians. y E. C. Smith, of Cour d’ Alene, Idaho, a former Holt county resident, is vis iting friends at Ewing. Mr. and Mrs. Nic Arndts, of Butte, Nebraska, have gone to Butte, Mon tana, for a visit with relatives The Misses Hilda and Elizabeth Stauffer, of Page, have gone to Lin coln, to attend business college. J. R. McCullough, of Ewing, celebra ted his eighty-seventh birthday anni versary Wednesday of last week. County Agent Rose went to Sioux City Wednesday morning to attend a meeting of county agents of this dis trict. The baseball game between O’Neill and Page to have been played on the local diamond Sunday was postponed on account of rain. Miss Dorothea Grady, who has been attending school at Casper, Wyoming, the past year, returned home Sunday morning. A wild deer, presumably escarped from the national game preserve at Valentine, was seen in Rock Falls township last week. The O’Neill-Page baseball game, postponed last Sunday on account of rain, will be played on the local dia mond Sunday, July 8. The Rev. L. R. McGaughey and family, of Page, will spend a three weeks vacation at Holyoke, Colo. They left last Friday morning. John Gilligan, who is attending the medical college of the state university, at Omaha, will remain for the sum mer school session this year. A baby daughter was born to Chief Deputy United States Marshal H. L. Thomas and Mrs. Thomas, of Omaha, formerly of Stuart, May 25. Doc Wilkinson is exhibiting the head of a seven pound catfish, caught Mon day evening just below town, at Jack Higgin’s baseball headquarters. Miss Elja McCtollough, Miss Alice Splah and Miss Genevieve Tomjack, of Ewing, left last week to attend sum mer school at the state university at Lincoln. James F. O’Donnell and S. J. Weekes went to Woodlake Monday evening to attend the meeting of Group 6 of the Nebraska Bankers’ as sociation. Miss Louise Sattler, niece of Mr, John Carton, returned Monday from Notre Dame, Indiana, from the young ladies school of which she graduated last week. The Emporia school district, south east of Page, is erecting a new school building. The structure is nearing completion and last week received the final coat of paint. 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. I You will protect yourself and please us by depositing your money with us. 5 per cent paid on time deposits. i Nebraska State Bank of O’Neill, Nebraska Uni i ... ,i ■iiMit ■ ii n .„ Miss Carrie Coventry, of Inman, left Wednesday of last week for a three months visit with relatives at Everett, Washington, and New Westminister, British Columbia. J. F. Brady, of Atkinson, has re ceived two dozen ring-neck English Pheasant eggs from the state game department and will hatch them with an ordinary domestic hen. Fripik Hoffman, of Basin, Wyoming, arrived last week to visit Holt county friends around Stuart, his former home, and to attend the graduation of his daughter, Miss Anna Hoffman, at St. Mary’s Academy this week. Mrs. Ed Latta and son, Bennett, of Tekama, who has been visiting with Dr. J. P. Gilligan and Mrs. Gilligan, returned home last Friday morning. They were accompanied by Bennett Gilligan, who will visit at Tekama. The supreme court has announced the continuation of the hearing on the application of Walter Simmons, charged with the murder of Frank Pahl, of Spencer, to next September Simmons is asking for a new trial. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Lawrence, of Ew ing, left Tuesday of last week for Los Angeles, California, where Mrs. Law rence will be a delegate to the pa tional convention of the Women’s Gen eral Missionary Society of the United Presbyterian church. They will be gone about six weeks. Mrs. C. E. Stuot, Mrs. F. J. Dishner and the Misses Demaris and Irma Stout returned Friday evening from Lincoln, where Miss Demaris Stout is attending the university. Miss Mariam Gilligan and Miss Fern Hubbard will remain in Lincoln to attend summer school at the university. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Clark, residing ten miles north of Page, were O’Neill visitors Wednesday and pleasant call ers at The Frontier office. Mr. Clark exhibited a four winged and four leg ged chicken, which was hatched at the Clark ranch the other day, but which died soon after being removed from the shell. Andrew Miksch, of Stuart, who several weeks ago was kicked by a horse and seriously injured, died June 1, at an Omaha hospital, where he had been taken for treatment. The funeral was held from St. Boniface church, Monday morning of last week, at Stu art. Burial being in the Stuart Catho lic cemetery. Raymond Yetter last week pleaded guilty in the county court of Boyd county to being the father of the two months babe of his fifteen year old sister and was bound over to the dis trict court. Yetter was captured by Sheriff Heenan, in Garden county. The Yetters reside near the Redbird bridge over the Niobrara. Miss Irene O’Donnell returned Sat urday evening from Notre Dame, In diana, where she has been attending St. Mary’s college. She was met in Omaha by her mothdr, Mrs. James F. O’Donnell, who returned with her. Miss Marjorie Dickson, who has been attending school at Rockford college, Rockford, Illinois, returned home for the vacation at the same time. George Agnes, Frank Froelich, John Gallagher, Arthur Ryan and Frank O’Connell, who went over to Lake An des last Friday morning, returned Tuesday morning. They report the bass biting slow and the roads between O’Neill and the lake exceedingly heavy. Mr. and Mrs. Sumner Downey and family, who had been spending a few days at the lake, returned with them. County Clerk Ed Porter and son, Chauncey, and families, who have been enjoying a week’s outing at Lake Andes, returned home Tuesday even ing with a nice catch of bass, crop pies and pike. Several of the bass caught averaged better than three and one-half pounds, not counting the big one which Ed lost in the moss and which it is estimated weighed about nine pounds. Clarence H. Walrath, aged fifty nine, president of the Walrath-Sher wood Lumber company, which operates a line of yards along the North West ern, died at Nicholas Senn hospital, Omaha, June 5. Mr. Walrath was cashier of a bank in Atkinson in the late 80’s, retiring from banking in 1891, when he purchased a half in terest in the then Sherwood Lumber company, which later under his man agement grew to be one of the large firms of the central west. Clarence Campbell was struck by an automobile and seriously injured, at Seattle, Washington, Saturday, June 2nd, according to advices received by his father, Frank Campbell, and his brother, Edward, last week. Mr. Campbell had just stepped from the curb, on one of the business streets of Seattle, to go to his own car, when he was struck by a speeder and thrown to the pavement. He sustained a fracture of the leg and two broken ribs. The driver inflicting the injuries did not stop, but sped away. Mr. Campbell at once was removed to the emergency hospital and his condition, at last reports, was improving, al though it had not yet been ascertained whether or not he had received inter nal injuries. W. C. Hill, president of the Gordon State bank of Gordon, W. F. Parker, vice president of the Citizens State bank of Woodlake and B. L. Scovel, president of the Chadron State bank of Chadron were nominate as the three candidates from which Governor Bryan is to select a member of the state guaranty fund commission for the Sixth group, at the annual meet ing of the group at Woodlake Tuesday. The bankers of Group 6 were the guests of the Woodlake bankers at the annual gathering which closed with a banquet and bass feed Tuesday even ing. J. F. O’Donnell and S. J. Weekes represented the local banks at the meeting. The meeting next year will be held at Crawford. ! Carl Grant planted six thousand i tfroul in Steel creek last Week. The Reverend Joseph E. Duhamel went to Omaha Monday moning. 3. B. Harte and daughter, Mrs. O. W. French and children, left last week for Lincoln, to visit relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Allendorfer, of Agee, were O’Neill visitors Monday and pleasant callers at this office. Mrs. Harry Radaker came down Wednesday of last week from New port apd returned the same evening. Mrs. W. H. Harty returned Sunday evering from a several weeks visit with friends and relatives at Omaha. Harry Bowen’s rain gauge at the court house recorded 1.99 inches of rain for the week ending Monday morning, June 11. See H. C. McDonald for cigars. A nine and one-half pound son arrived at the McDonald residence Friday. Mother and son are doing nicely. The Ladies Aid of the Presbyterian church were entertained at the country home of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Newman, of Mineola, last Thursday afternoon. Dr. H. L. Bennett left for Lincoln Wednesday morning on a short busi ness visit. He will be accompanied home about June 21 by Mrs. Bennett. Dairying rapidly is becoming one of the principal agricultural industries around Page. Cream checks cashed at the Page state bank the first six days of June totalled $1,340. I. D. Hutton, agent of the North Western at Stafford, has been appoint ed operator at the local North West ern station vice Harry Radaker, pro moted to agent at Newport. The picnic of the O’Neill Club of Omaha, composed of former residents of that city, to have been held at Krug park Saturday, was indefinitely post poned on account of wet weather. Mrs. Jessie Andrews and son, Lee, who have been the guests of Mrs. A. L. Willcox, for several months, left Monday morning for Norfolk and Omaha, where they will spend some ' time before their return to their home j at Gold Creek, Nevada. Will Stanton, of Ann Carr, was an O’Neill visitor Saturday. Mr. Stanton j removed from Verdel, Knox county, to \ Holt county last year. While in the J city he renewed acquaintance with his , musiri, E. D. Henry of The Frontier ‘ fo'rcc, whom he had not seen for forty ! /ears. j One of the most successful dances I )f the season, both socially and finan cially, was the American Legion dance at the Knights of Columbus hall last ( rhursday evening. One hundred and j lineteen couples were in attendance, ’ }mon^ them guests from Spencer, At- 8 > ..■ i , - Don’t Promise Too Easily Every promise is a debt. If you pay your financial debts, you must pay your promises if you want to stand well. This bank promises and expects to pay its debts of courtesy, security and good service. This bank carries no indebtedness of officers or stockholders. Resources over $600,000.00 75he O’Neill Natiorval Bank ;inson, Ewing, Orchard, Page and everal other places. Mr. and Mrs. Forrest West of ►ouglas. Wyoming, are visiting friends nd relatives at Page, the former lome of Mr. West. They incidentally re on their wedding trip, having been named at Douglas, May £8. Mrs. Vest formerly was Miss Wilma Faye 5rose, and is the daughter of Mr. and Irs. W. C. Brose, of Douglas. The Bruce Engineering company of )maha, employed by the city to value he lines and meters of the electric ight company in the city, has placed valuation of $10,000 on the equip ment as it stands and a $19,000 valua tion for a new installation. The en gineers also estimate the value of two 200-horse power engines and gener ators at $70,000. Inman Leader, June 7: The local organization of the Royal Neighbors observed their annual memorial at the I. O. O. F. hall last Sunday afternoon. The hall was appropriately decorated for the occasion. C. P. Hancock, of O’Neill, delivered the principal ad dress dwelling at some length on the principles of the order. After the 'program the citizens went to the cem etery where the graves of Hie deceased members were decorated. The ' ;■ American Legion Invites You to Celebrate The An All Day Program of Games and Sports. Two Bands. Absolutely Free. ■ Patriotic Addresses and Music on the Court House Lawn, and a Decorated Automobile Parade for Prizes, in the Morning. Baseball—-Atkinson vs. O’Neill Baseball, Rough Riding, Broncho Busting, Horse, Pony and Chariot Races, Pie Eating, Fiddling, Nail Driving Contests, A Greased Pig Race and Many Other Events, at the Fairgrounds in the afternoon. All Are Absolutely Free! A Bowery dance at night, and many shows and concessions on the city streets, if you must spend your money. Grand Fire Works Display At Night Plenty of Seats, Plenty of Shade, Plenty of Ice Water For All. Numerous Rest Rooms For the Women and Children. Bring Your Lunch Baskets. Lots of Picnic Grounds and Tables. O’Neill American Legion invites you to attend Celebration next clear day if Fourth is rainy.