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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 6, 1923)
The Fr o n tie r D. H. CRONIN, Publisher. W. C. TEMPLETON, Editor and Business Manager. Entered at the post office at O'Neill, Nebraska, as second-class matter. One Year___$2.00 Six Months .. $1.00 Three Months ___— $0.50 Every subscription is regarded as an open account. The names of sub scribers will be instantly removed from our mailing list at expiration of time paid for, if publisher shall be notilled; otherwise the subscription remains in force at the designated subscription price. Every subscriber must understand that these conditions are made a part of the contract be tween publisher ar«~ .^.becriber. ADVERTISING RATES: Display advertUJi^ in Pages 4, 6 »nd 8 are charged for on a oasis of % cents an inch (one column wide) *er week; on Page 1 the charge is !0 cents an inch per week. Local ad vertisements, 10 cents per line first ssertion, subsequent insertions 5 jents per line. _ MORE LOCAL MATTERS. H. W. Harding has moved to the J. F. O’Donnell farawnear Inez. George Sanders was in from the north part of the county Thursday. Mrs. Mary Hancock and daughter, Miss Gladys, of Inman, spent Sunday at the C. J. Malone home. Walter Howell and Miss Pearl John son applied to County Judge on Mon day for a marriage license^ C. E. Ferdig, of Lincoln, was in O’Neill several days this week look ing after some legal matters. Donald Alderson, of Chambers, who is attending high school in O’Neill, fell Tuesday and broke his left wrist. County Agent F. W. Rose and L. F. Sougey spent a couple of days this week at the state fair at Lincoln. Mr. and Mrs. David Ratliff and •family, of Dustin, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Ratliff Wednesday. Paul Henry came up from Geneva Tuesday evening for a visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Henry Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Virgin and Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Gillespie drove to Lin coln Wednesday to attend the state fair. Albert Theland, living north of O’Neill suffered a broken left wrist Tuesday of last week while working with a fractious horse. John Moore was thrown from one of the county drags last Thursday and received a number of bruises and a slight injury to his back. Carroll Templeton came home Tues (’. y morning from two months work in the hay fields near Simeon post office in southern Cherry county. The rain gauge at the court house gathered .85 inch Thursday morning and again Friday morning .29 of an inch of moisture had accumulated. Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Purcell and children returned Friday from a month dpent in travel over Wyoming and Colorado where they visited many points of interest. At a recent meeting of Elkhorn Val ley lodge I. 0. 0. F. George Clyde and Charles Manson were elected delegates to the grand lodge which will be held in York during October. A nine pound son arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. 0. Ballen tyne, of Page, Wednesday morning. Mr. Ballantyne is mail carrier on rural route No. 2 out of Page. Wm. Fry, of Winside, Nebraska, is visiting with his sister, Mrs. J. A. Hutchins this week. Mr. Fry will go from here to Lincoln where he will attend the Wesleyan university. Jacob Lenhoff, of Plainview, was in O’Neill Wednesday shaking hands with old friends. Mr. Lenhoff was a resi dent of Holt county for a number of years prior to last spring when he moved to Plainview. He was on his way to his farm south of Atkinson. Holt county looks good to him and he may decide to return in the spring. Royal Theatre “HOME OF GOOD PICTURES” -- FRIDAY - Lionel Barrymore and Sena Owen in “FACE IN THE FOG” Here’s the greatest of all the fa mous Boston Blackie Cronk romances lavishly filmed with a great all star cast. Love and thrills enough for five pictures. Lloyd Hamilton Comedy “POOR BOY” -- SATURDAY -- Douglas Fairanks in “THE NUT” Comedy Daniel Boone Chapter Two —— SUNDAY & MONDAY <^ecil P® Mille’s Big Production “MAN SLAUGHTER” —with— Thonas Meighan, Leatrice Joy, Lois Wilson, Jack Marven and Julia Faye. A drama of the Mad Age, the strongest story, the greatest cast, the most lavishly beautiful production De Mille has ever made. The master piece of the world’s master producer. A romance that thrills through scenes of nature's beauty. 2-Reel Comedy — TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY — Viola Dona in “HER FATAL MILLIONS” Comedy and Fables. — THURSDAY & FRIDAY _ Priscella Dean in “THE FLAME OF LIFE” 2-Reel Comedy COMING— “Hottentott,” “Bachelor Daddy,” "The Fog.” Mr*. W, 0. T#mpl#ton fntertfiined * few young folk* at a s*ven o’clock breakfast Monday morning for Mias Elsie Kellogg, of Valentine, and Miss Esther Goodman, of Riverton, Wyom ing. The $12,000.00 residence of Hugh O’Neill, of Anncar, was burned to the ground last Saturday afternoon about three o’clock. The fire is thought to have started ou the roof from sparks from the chimney. Two of the boys were at home when the fire was dis covered and were able to remove the furnishings from the lower floors and a few articles from the upstairs. We understand that the house was parti ally covered by insurance. Wm. Frolich left Wednesday for Georgetown university law school lo cated at Washington, D. C., where he expects to complete his law schooling during the coming two years. Mr. Froelich has already taken two years at the University of Nebraska law school and has spent the past year studying law in the office of County Attorney J. D. Cronin. Will is a very capable fellow and the good wishes of the "home folks” go with him. Tuesday evening Miss Marjory Dickson entertained thirty guests at the Golden at a seven o’clock dinner followed by bridge at the Dickson residence. The table decorations were very unique. The center piece was a large lily pond surrounded by a floral star with swaying green lanterns at each point. The table arrangement was octagon shape. Miss Grace Ham mond won the high score prize and Miss Antionette Mullen won the guests prize. The out-of-town guests were Miss Catherine Douglas, of At kinson, Mrs. Max Golden, of Ewing, and Miss Antionette Mullen, of Lin coln. BUSINESSMEN ORGANIZE A COMMERCIAL CLUB The businessmen again met at the Golden Hotel Monday evening and perfected an organization of a Com mercial Club and are planning on car rying out a program that will ulti mately bring results and be a lasting benefit to O’Neill and surrounding ter ritory. Following a three course dinner served at eight o’clock, the business meeting of the evening was held. The minutes of the meeting are: At a meeting of the Citizens of O’Neill, held at the Golden Hotel on the evening of September 3rd, the fol lowingHbusiness was transacted. First: The meeting was favored with an address by the Honorable T. V. Golden, Chairman of the meeting, which address pertained to civic and cfommunity development. Other citi zens addressed the meeting, including a business talk by the Honorable J. J. Harrington, Mr. S. J. Weekes, Mr. J. F. O’Donnell, and animated speech on the County Fair by Mr. John L. Qulg. All of these discussions were instruct ive and well taken by the meeting. The resolutions outlining a program for community development, was pre* sented by the standing committee and approved by the meeting. Second: The meeting was called for the purpose of the re-organization of a Commercial Club and as a result there was adopted at the meeting the Constitution and By-Laws of the ex isting Community Club and the officers elected were as follows: President, Clifford B. Scott; Vice-President, Thomas J. Brennan; Secretary, W. J. Hammond; Treasurer, Edward M. Gal lagher. The meeting was then re corded unanimous as favoring a reso lution presented by James F. O’Don nell pledging the united and individual support of the business men of O’Neill to the promotion and advancement of the Holt County Fair, and Particularly for the concerted and individual co operation in making the Holt County Fair, which is to be held this month, a success socially, educationally, and financially. The meeting adjourned subject to the call of the new organization. T. V. GOLDEN, Chairman. C. M. DALY, Secretary. Following are the resolutions adopted by the businessmen at the Monday evening meeting: WE, the undersigned Committee, appointed by the Honorable T. V. Gol den, in accordance with authority given by the citizens of O’Neill at a meeting the evening of August Twenty-seventh, and pursuant there to, we beg to make the following re port and recommendations. FIRST: _ Whereas, the City of O’Neill is without an active Commer cial Club and is the geographical hub of North Central Nebraska and the metropolis of this section of the state, besides being the County Seat of Holt County and having favorable railroad facilities, we believe that the City of O’Neill and the territory sur rounding is being retarded in progress and development and we believe that a live and active Commercial Club is fundamental for the civic and com mercial development of a town and community and we recommend the or ganization of a Commercial Club for that purpose. SECOND: Whereas, O’Neill is lo cated in and surrounded by an agri cultural country comprising grain, hay and pasture land and proven to be adapted to the successful production of grains, alfalfa, tame and native grasses and is adapted to diversified farming and we believe that dairying is the one principal industry for which our country is especially adapted and we recommend the encouragement of the dairy industry in this country. Likewise, poultry raising is a business of great importance, the importance of which has been greatly overlooked. We believe that the farmers should be instructed and encouraged to greater interest and attention to poultry rais ing. We also think that a Commer cial Club should assist the producer of poultry in finding a profitable mar ket for their poultry and eggs. We should pledge support to the general advancement of agriculture. We should make the farmer’s problems Two good smokes (or fifteen cents ■_■ * Where good cigars are sold our problems. THIRD: Whereas, the Niobrara River and its tributaries are noted for their energy and power and we believe that one of these water power streams could be harnessed to supply power for the City of O’Neill and community and that as a result electricity could be had at a very small cost for the benefit of our citizens, and would en courage the establishing of manufact uring and other industries in our city. We recommend that a careful survey be made of the situation. FOURTH: Whereas, the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad from Sioux City, Iowa, terminates at O’Neill and the country South and west of O’Neill for a distance of more than one hundred miles is without railroad facilities and as a conse quence this rich and extensive terri tory is more or less undeveloped and whereas, there is now pending with the Inter-State Commission a formal application for the extension and building of the railroad from O’Neill to Thedford, which suit and applica tion has been filed by the Nebraska, Wyoming, and Colorado Development Association, and we believe that the extension of this road would be a great benefit to O’Neill. It would give us direct connections with Den ver and the coast, and access to the Western coal and oil fields and lumber supply and we recommend that the commercial and business interests of O’Neill support this movement in a financial and moral way. FIFTH: Whereas, motor power is now the principal mode of transporta tion and as the farmers and ranchmen travel almost exclusively in automo bile and do a large percentage of their hauling and marketing of farm produce by truck, and as good roads are essential to the economy of this system of transportation, we recom mend a continued program of better roads, and especially for the building of a North and South road from O’Neill to the County line so as to benefit the trade relationship of O’Neill and Chambers and the terri tory tributary thereto. SIXTH: Whereas, the Holt County Fair is held annually at O’Neill this being one of the two agricultural meetings held in the county each year. County Fairs are created for the purpose of advancing agriculture in all of its branches; to encourage manufacturing, to promote education, arts and domestic science. Therefore, we should give our whole-hearted sup port for the maintenance and advance ment of this institution. SEVENTH: Whereas, O’Neill was founded in the year 1874 and during the coming year will have existed fifty years. We have grown from a small beginning consisting of a few sturdy pioneers and their families who cared not for privation and hardships and feared naught but their God, and out of their courage and perseverance we have the town and community of to day. Most of these sturdy pioneers have gone to the Great Beyond, but their descendants and their handiwork remains as1 a memorial to their strug gle and we believe that a fitting Semi Centennial should be celebrated in O’Neill on the anniversary of its founding to pay a deserving tribute to the original founders of this town and colony. Respectfully submitted. C. M. DALY, Chairman of Committee. H. J. BIRMINGHAM, Secretary of Meeting. S. L. BERRY. TOM BRENNAN. FRANK O’CONNELL. FRANK LANCASTER. BEN GRADY. M. F. HARRINGTON. J. F. O’DONNELL. S. J. WEEKES. To Our Customers: Kindly mail a check or call at office before the 20th. This will avoid the discontin uation of your lights. O’Neill Light, Heat & Power Company HOLT CO. ROUND UP AT EMMET 0 1:30 Boys’ Foot Race .........Winner $2.00, Second $1.00 Girls’ Foot Race....I..Winner $2.00, Second $1.00 Men’s Foot Race ..........Winner $4.00, Second $2.00 Tug of War—Atkinson vs. O’Neill...Purse $10.00 Pony Race ....-.....First Prize $7.50, Second $5.00 Horse Race ........First Prize $10.00, Second $5.00 3:00 Ball Game—Atkinson vs. Emmet, the two best teams in Holt County. After the ball game there will be broncho busting.Purse, First $20.00, Second $10.00 Best Bucking Horse ...............$7.50 Lunch, Ice Cream and All Kinds of Drinks at the Ball Park and For the Dance. Big Bowery Dance In The Evening If the Weather Will Permit. If the Weather Is Bad the Dance Will Be Held In the Hall. All money taken in will go to the benefit of the Base Ball Club. * If you want to bring your lunch, lots of shade. Co me to Emmet on Wednesday the 12th of September and have a good time. Emmet has contracted for Mr. Lane, the star twirler of the Norfolk State League, for the rest of the season. He will start against Atkinson September 9th. Don’t fail to see him work. *