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■ ^ _ V _ ' j The Frontier. VOLUMN XLIII. O'NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1923. NO. 6. PURITAN BACON Barrington' Hall Coffee Lettuce Celery Fruit Cash Paid For Eggs Phones-68-126 | O’Neill, Nebraska I ^ ) LOCAL MATTERS. John Addison, of the Mineola country, was in the city today. A. son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Price, of Saratoga, on June 18. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Phillips, of Star, Friday after noon. Chambers Sun: Born to Mr. and Mrs. Clyde E. Murphy, of Josie, a fine baby girl. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. John Schrunk, of Pleasantview township a short time ago. Owen Meer returned Wednsday morning from a week’s visit with his son, Dr. M. F. Meer, at Valentine. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lancaster are rejoicing over the arrival of a son at their home last Friday afternoon. Chambers Sup: Boi'n to Mr. and Mis. E- G. Pride, of Phoenix, a seven and one-half \jound boy June 22. Mrs. Price will be remembered as Miss Mary Nachtman. C. R. Pettijohn came down from his hay and cattle ranch in the northwest part of the county last Thursday and remained in O’Neill over the Fourth with his wife. Atkinson Graphic: Mrs. Ed Tom isk and her mother, Mrs. Ellen Kane, returned Sunday from spending a few days with Mrs. Mat. Kane, who is sick and in a hospital at Omaha. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Surber and Miss ; Elsie Longstaff drove to Waterbury | last Saturday where the ladies will visit at the home of Mrs. Surber’s parents. Elmer returned home Tues day. Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Henry spent Sun day with relatives in Ewing. Mrs. Henry’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Smith returned with them Monday morning and are visiting here this week. Chambers Sun: Born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Perry June 27, a fine big eleven and one-half pound baby boy. W. H. VanConet came up form Page last Friday and went to Omaha where he expects to undergo an operation u)pon his eyes. Kenneth and Carroll Templeton went to Valentine last Saturday where Carroll will remain during the sum mer on the Reece ranch south of Val entine. Kenneth returned to Page Mon day morning. Miss Laura Kirsh, of Hooper, Ne braska, was a guest of Mrs. W. C. Tem'pleton, Saturday evening. Miss Kirsch taught in the Page schools a few years ago. She had been visiting friends at Royal and Orchard. Chambers Sun: Mrs. J. Kifer met with an accident Sunday being thrown from a runaway team. She was ren dered unconscious for gofne time and quite severely bruised up. The horses became frightened by a pass ing automobile. Page Reporter: Howard Mulei, who for several years has held the'po sition of assistant cashier in the Page State Bank, is leaving Page today. After three weeks at home, he will travel for the United States Check Book Company of Omaha. Pierce County Call: Mrs. Wilton Hayne and daughter, Ida, drove down from Page Sunday and visited until the next day with their daughter and sister, Mrs. Hubert Riley and Mrs. Hayne’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mano Frey. Miss Ida remained for a longer visit. A. G. Schoeder returned home Mon day frcm Omaha where he has been in a hospital during the past six weeks receiving treatment for an injured knee. His little grandson, Marvin Michaelson accompanied him for a visit here. Mr. Schroeded expects to return to the hospital again next week for continued treatment. 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 John Hancock is quite sick at his home in Inman. L. W. Arnold was transacting busi ness in Inman last Friday. Everett Siders was in from the northeast country today on business. A daughter was born Tuesday to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. DeVall, of Meek. Bank Examiner M. R. Sullivan was a passenger to Pierce Thursday morn ing. Wm: Bredehoeft has recently ship ped an emigrant car from Beemer to O’Neill. Mr and Mrs. Harry Radaker were down from Newport Wednesday at tending the celebration. Chambers Sun: Born to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Pratt, of Cumminsville, a baby girl on July 2nd. B. G. Hanna, of Chambers, was call ed to Omaha the first of the week by the death of James Holden. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Reka returned Saturday evening from a two week’s wedding trip in the eastern part of the state. Mr. and Mrs. Grant White and family went to points in Wisconsin last Monday, where they spent the 4th with their parents. Mrs. Edith Taggert, of near Cham bers, was called to Vinton, Iowa, last Monday by the serious illness of her sister, Annette Smith. Mrs. Z. M. Bressler and daughter, Dorothy Dean, of Winnetoon, arrived here Saturday for a visit with her mother, Mrs. F. B. Pine. Chet Sprague stopped off in O’Neill last week for a visit with his sister, Mrs. R. H. Mills. Mr. Sprague was at one time a resident of Dorsey. Jas. Cauley left last Tuesday for his home in Milwaukee, after having visit ed for a short time at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe McNicholls and family. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Brown and chil dren drove over from Broken Bow, Tuesday, and are visiting at the home of Mrs. Brown’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Mills; A divorce was granted Mrs. Alice Groth from her husband, Alfred R., at a special session of the district court last Saturday. She was awarfded the custody of their two sons. Miss Mildred Malone took a vacation office last week and visited with rel from her duties in the county judges atives in Inman. Miss Margaret Deg nan assisted in the office during her absence. Attorney Henry M. Kidder, of Fre mont, Nebraska, was a pleasant caller at The Frontier office .today. Mr. Kid der, was at one time a newspaper pub lisher and still has a friendly feeling toward the fraternity. W. B. Graves and family returned hone Sunday evening from Omaha, ac ccnrtpanied by Atley Graves, who had b en visiting at the home of his grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Holden, foT the past six months. In the announcements of the win ners in the juvenile golf tournament last week the age of Hugh O’Donnell, winner of thlT championship flight was inadvertently given as 15 years, when it should have been 13 years. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ragan accom panied by their three children, Geneva, Dale and Deloris, drove over from Creighton Saturday and spent Sun day at the home of Mrs. Ragan’s par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Quinn. W. K. Hodgkin, of Sidney, was elect ed president of the Western Bar As sociation for the ensuing year, at the annual meeting just held at Ogallala, Nebraska. The next nieeting of the association will be helcl. at Sidney in June of next year. Chambers Sun: Wilbur F. Whea ton, one of the old time settlers of South Fork Valley near Amelia, died May 24, 1923, in his home at Dresden, Missouri, after a short illness at the age of sixty-three years and twelve days. He will long be remembered as a kind friend and obliging neighbor among the early settlers. Chambers Sun: Mrs. Jack Kellar and Art Fluckey received word last week that their father, Lafe Fluckey, of Gravette, Arkansas, while assisting a neighbor to hive a swarm of bees that were in a tree fell and was quite badly hurt about his ribs and side also in ternal injury, but at last report was doing as well as could be expected. The Inman Telephone company have leased the building recently occupied by the Farmers State Bank and will move their central office thereto in a short time. Chas. Enders, who has been the efficient operator for several years, has resigned on account of poor health and the company have employ ed Mrs. Florence Smith to that posi tion. W. B. Graves and son, Atley, went to Omaha, Wednesday, to attend the funeral of James W. Holden, who died at his home in that city early Monday morning, following several years of failing health. Mr. Holden made his home near Chambers, until about four years ago. He leaves a wife, four children and one grandson, Atley Graves, of this city. The funeral cervices were held Thursday morning at ten o’clock. O’NEILL TOURIST PARK NOW BEING USED The O’Neill Tourist Park is now be ing occupied daily by tourists. A small building has been moved to the grounds and is being remodeled and connected to the water and sewer. The excellent shade trees bordering the grounds will make the park very popular as soon as it bcomes known over the state that O’Neill has as good a park as any of the parks along the old established highways. IMMENSE CROWD, FROM MANY PLACES, CELEBRATES FOURTH AT O’NEILL Decorated Auto Parade and Interest ing Program Please Visitors. The largest crowd ever assembled in O’Neill and at the fair grounds as sisted the American Legion in cele brating the Fourth of July. The visi tors, from several counties, and from many towns, began pouring into the city early and the influx continued until shortly before the beginning of the fireworks display at night. The program of entertainment began with a band concert at the Northwestern railway station and concluded at 2:30 Thursday morning when Ted Cooper’s saxophone player busted his last reed and the fiddler ran out of rosin. There was something doing every second of the time between those two evnts. The formal program opened at 10 o’clock in the morning on the court house lawn, where from the bandstand Judge Robert R. Dickson delivered a short but stirring patriotic address and Miss Mary Fitzsimmons and the Wo man’s Glee Club rendered a beautiful vocal musical program. Immediately aftar the patriotic program came the surprise of the day, a decorated parade of kiddies cars and doll buggies, staged by the junior population of O’Neill, under the able direction of the ladies of the Women’s Club. Joe Ryan on his hery charger was marshal ot the parade, which was down the sidewalk on the east side of Fourth street from the high school to the Golden hotel comer, thence across the street to the First National bank corner and back up Fourth street to St. Patrick’s church. Just behind the gallant mar shal was a juvenile band in carnival attire, discoursing sweet music on har monicas, horns and reed instruments, and following were the doll buggies, kiddie cars and autos, all most pro fusely and tastefully decorated Their number prevents individual descrip tion, but all were beautiful and the judges found it a difficult task to select the three for which to award the 'prizes. Dick Brennan, with his auto decorated as a boat, emblematic of the navy, was awarded first; little Mary and Dorothy Morrison and little Miss Claire Timlin divided second and Joe Ryan and the kid band drew the third prize. Following’ the juvenile parade, at 11 o’clock, was the parade of decora ted automobiles, under the auspices of the Women’s Club and the thousands who witnessed it were unanimous in declaring it magnificent. Similar par ades in large cities have been more extensive, but none more beautiful. The artistic color combinations of the elaborate decorations on car after car I werapuoat pleasing to the eye and only an artist, possessed of an unlimited vocabulary, would be qualified to fit tingly describe them. Each was mute evidence that thei ladies of O’Neill are unsurpassed in artistic taste and ac complishment. Again the judges re gretted that there was not a prize for each and lengthy deliberations were necessary after three inspections of each car and float, one before the parade and two during its course, be fore the awards were determined. “From the Poppie Fields of France” was the title of the car of Mrs..Robert R. Dickson, which was awarded first prize. The car was beautiful in a pro fusion of poppies, and on the running board on each side of the fair und uni formed driver, two soldiers boys in full accoutrements and at attention completed the story without words which tightened the hearts and dim med the eyes of all. Over the Rain bow,” the beautiful float from St. Mary’s Academy, filled with more beautiful children, most beautifully dressed, and singing was awarded sec ond prize and the private car of Mrs. C. E. Stout third prize. The car was done in a color combination o£ orchid and purple most telling and in it rode four generations: Mrs. Mary A. Dwyer, Mrs. C. E. Stout, the Misses Erma and Demaris Stout and little Miss Jean Biglin, the eldest eighty four and the youngest soon to be three. The auto *parade completed the morn ing program and the afternoon one be gan with a concert by the Ewing band at the intersection of Fourth and Douglas streets, after which both the Ewing and O’Neill bands, which fur nished music the entire, day and even ing, proceeded to the fair grounds, to which the largest crowd ever assem bled there had preceded them. The first ball game of the afterrtoon enter tinment,a contest between O’Neill and Page, started promptly at 1 o’clock ending in seven innings with a score of 8 to 3 in favor of the visitors, and at 2 o’clock the contest and races be gan, in which the following were win ners: Greased Pig race, James Dugan, first $3.00. Men’s Free For All Race, Paul Low rey, first, $4; Geo. Hanley, second, $2; Ross Davenport, third, $1. Boys’ Foot Race, 100 Yards, over 12 years, Ross Davenport, first, $2; Wm. Gatz, second, $1; James Dugan, third, 60c. Boys Foot Race, 100 Yards, under 12 years, Jack Arbuthnot, first, $2; William Dugan, second, $1; Paddy Carr, third, 60c. Sack Race, Warren Hall, first, $2; James Dugan, second, $1. Girls Foot Race, 100 Yards, Blanche Meyer, first, $2; Velma Hunt, second, $1; Louella Purcell, third, 60c. Bicycle Race, Warren Hall, first, $2; Edmund Hancock, second, $1; Erwin Cronin, third, 50c. Shetland Pony Race, Blanche Meyer, first, $4; Joe Connelly, second, $2. Pie Eating Contest, Melvin Hunt, first, $1; Pat Carr, second, 60c. Greased Pole, Lawrence Phalin, $2. I men you know. All of them I! This insures to them good j health and the quick percep tion that enables them to quickly grasp good opportu nities. This bank carries no indebtedness | of officers or stockholders. ! Resources over $600,000.00 O'Neill National Bank At 3 o’clock those old baseball ri vals, Atkinson and Emmet, started in again to settle their differences of many years, with about 90 per cent of the population of each bailiwick on the sidelines to boost for its favorite. The ifame, which concluded at 6 o’clock with a score of 9 to 5 in favor of At kinson completed the program for the lay. After supper the two bands gave concerts in the streets and the big crowd abandoned itself to carnivel en joyment until dark, when the grand fireworks display was given, on the Brennan lots at Second and Douglas, and dancing began at the bowery, also at Second and Douglas, to continue until far after midnight. The big cele bration is pronounced by both visitors and citizens as the biggest ever held in O’Neill, with everything free and as advertised. There was no disorder, qo unpleasant happenings and liof; a single individual placed in jail. Aside from directing the immense throng where to go and answering questions, Chief of Police Scott Hough and Special Policeman George Bay, the anly officers, found no occasion to ex ercise the authority of their positions. I’lie two officers are to be most highly lomjflimented for the able manner in which they kept things running smoothly. Theirs is unquestionably a record for handling public gather ings of the magnitude of the one of Wednesday. And the big throng is to oe congratulated on its conduct, as in lividuals and enmasse. Each of the 10,000 visitors seemed bent on having a good time without interfering with the enjoyment of others and nothing was done or seen of which any indi vidual need feel ashamed. It was one big bunch of joymakers. Good fellows all. To the American Legion thanks are due for giving O’Neill, Holt county Specials for Saturday Golden Star Coffee > 35c per pound Fresh Shipment of Gooch’s Flour Cash Paid For Eggs Henry Bay Phone 35 O’Neill, Nebr, and their neighbor* just the best time the community has ever enjoyed, and here’s hoping they stage another one some time, for everybody wants to come back again. HOLT COUNTY MASONS ENJOY ANNUAL BANQUET The Ninth Annual banquet of the Holt county Masons was held at the Golden hotel Thursday evening of last week. About 110 covers were laid. Representatives were here from the four lodges of the county—Atkinson, Ewing, Stuart and O’Neill. Clifford Scott officiated as toast master and very ably presented Rfev. W. A. Render, of Valentine, Sam Green, of Ewi^g, and R. R. Qtcksbn, of this city, wh<F w«rq th$ sbeaker$ of the evening. 1 The Ted Cooper orchestra furnished very enjoyable music. KITCHENS ALFS. Perry Wilson Kitchens, of Thermop olis, Wyoming, and Miss Etta Lorena Alfs, of Atkinson, Nebraska, were united in marriage at the Methodist parsonage, by J. A. Hutchins, at four o’clock, July 3rd, in the presence of a few immediate relatives. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Alfs of Atkinson, where she has grown to womanhood in the midst of a host of friends. The bridegroom is a contractor and builder in Thermopolis, where he has been located for a number of years. The newly wedded couple will leave Friday for their home in Thermopolis. The Frontier joins with the many friends of the bride in extending con gratulations.