To Our
Customers
All light bills February 1st and thereafter will be payable at the
O’Neill National Bank.
In an effort to make our expenditures equal our income we have
temporarily closedh the office.
Mr. A. V. Virgin has purchased our merchandise and will be glad to
take care of your wants and troubles in this line.
Our Manager will still be retained in O’Neill and will take care of
the Company’s business as he has in the past.
Your heartiest co-o|peration will be greatly appreciated.
Minnesota Electric Distributing
Company
G. D. MYERS, Manager
Service-First-Last and Always
The Frontier
D. H. CRONIN, Publisher.
W. C. TEMPLETON,
Editor and Buisness Manager.
Entered at the post office at O’Neill,
Nebraska, as secorfd-class matter.
One Year.|2.00
Six Months . fl.00
Three Months . $0.60
MORE LOCAL MATTERS.
H. M. Ward, of the Emmet Hay Oo.,
was in O’Neill Sunday.
John Kersenbrock drove to Bruns
wick the first of the week.
John Murray had two loads of cat
tle on the market Tuesday.
Chas. Spangler went to Norfolk
Monday, returning Wednesday.
South O’Neill enjoyed three run
aways last Friday but nobody was in
jured.
Frank Harnish will go to Omaha to
morrow where he expects to secure
employment.
Henry J. Scaaf and Rose Brau, both
of Stuart, applied on January 26th,
for a marriage license.
A daughter was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Otto Nelson in the east end of
the county on January 19th. ’
Will Stannard went to Omaha early
last week where he began a business
course at the Boyle college.
John T. Martin, of Tilden, and Mar.
garet Rotherham, of Ewing, applied
on the 24th for a marriage license.
Mrs. Sam A. Arnold was called to
York last Friday morning by the
serious illness of her *mother, Mrs.
Waring.
Mrs. Myrtle Musser, president of
the Rebekah assembly, was in the city
Tuesday evening visiting the local
Rebekah lodge.
Mrs. William Daly is leaving Fri
day morning for her home in Lincoln.
Her daughter, Mrs. Frances Dolan,
will go with her that far on her way
to her home in Denver, Colorado.
Mart and Will Burke left Thursday
morning for their home in Wombay,
South Dakota, after enjoying a
month’s visit with their sister, Mrs.
Tom Coyne and Mrs. Lawrence
O’Malley.
Dr. E. Arthur Carr, of Lincoln, died
at his home last Friday evening. Dr.
Carr was well known over the state
having been Grand Master of the L. O.
• O. F. lodge a few years ago. The
funeral services were held Sunday.
Dr. Bryan, who a number of years
age was a practicing physician at
Page, was "killed last Thursday by
being struck by a train in his home
town in West Virginia. Dr. Bryan
was a brother of R. J. Bryan and Mrs.
Roy French, of Page.
A little excitement was incurred at
the Golden hotel Monday about noon
when an overheated mangle in the
loundry burned up during the absence
of the help. No damage was done
other than the filling of the office and
dining room with smoke.
Thomas J. Gabbler was brought up
from Ewing Wednesday and will be
tried in county court tomorrow upon
the charge of obtaining money under
false pretense from Rudolph Funk
Cabbler has been buying horses in the
vicinity of Ewing recently.
Miss Nelle O’Donnell arrived here
last Saturday from Cheyenne, Wyom
ing. for a visit with her mother, Mrs
E. O’Donnell and other relatives. Mis«
Nellie has charge of the Wyoming
Loan Association at the state capitol
Mrs. E. Rentschler, of Springview, ii
also visiting with her mother, Mrs. E.
O’Donnell, this week.
Roy Myers, who has been connected
with the local electric light plant here
since the first of August, left Friday
morning for Creighton where he en
tered upon his duties as manager oi
the meter department of the Min
nesota Electric Distributng Company
Mr, Myers drove to Winner Saturday
returning to O’Neill Monday. Tues
day morning Mr. and Mrs. Mvers went
to Creighton where Mrs. Myers will
begin work for the company in the
clerical department.
Saturday will be the day that the
groundhog will prophisy the weather
for the next six weeks.
Undoubtedly spring has arrived.
The small boys and the marbles are
now plainly visible upon the streets.
The hay market in south O’Neill has
been enjoying a fairly good business
this week. The J. B. Ryan Hay Co.
report an average of fifty-seven loads
■per day.
Miss Georgette Coon, who has been
the efficient operator at the Western
Union office here for the past year or
more, resigned her position last Tues
day and has accepted a position in the
office of County Judge C. J. Malone.
O. G. James, of Sac City, Iowa, now
has charge of the Western Union.
The Casper (Wyoming) Herald an
nounces the fact that Q. K. Deaver,
quite well known in this city and who
is the son-in-law of Mrs. E. O’Donnell
of this city, has been promoted from
the position of cashier of the Casper
National bank to that of vice presi
dent. Mr. Denver’s friends in O’Neill
will be pleased to learn of the ad
vancement.
A number of the Burlington officials
were in the city Sunday night on an
inspection trip. They were :N. C. Al
len, superintendent: L. E. Caldwell,
train master; R. Hurlbert, assistant
train master; O. M. Hoenshell, road
master; A. F. Hendengren, master
carpenter; W. F. Huneke, storekeeper;
F. A. Van Sant, freight service in
spector; C. B. Gr&haffi, traveling
auditor.
Lincoln Journal, January 27:—Miss
Mildred Molone, daughter of Judge
and Mrs. C. J. Malone of O’Neill, Ne
braska, is visiting at the home of
Miss Virginia Jordan, 219 West Eigh
teenth, University Place. Miss Ma
lone is enroute to Washington, D. C.,
to join her brother, L. H. Malone, pri
vate secretary to Congressman R. G.
Simmons. She will spend the remain
der of the winter in Washington and
New York city, returning to Nebras
ka in June by way of Niagara Falls
and the Great Lakes. Miss Florence
Malone, who has been studying music
the last two years in Washington, will
accompany her home.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Oscar G. Mar
cotte, at Amiret, Minnesota, on Janu
ary 29th, a nine and one-half pound
daughter. Mrs. Marcotte will be re
?tembered here as Miss Zella Zeimer.
o say that Grandma Zeimer is highly
elated, is putting the case very mildly,
for with the arrival of this baby she
has been made a grandmother for the
fourth time in less than nine months,
and' thinks that as a grandmother she
has established a record, each of her
four daughters .having given birth to
a grandchild in that time. The other
children born were a son to Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Stein, May 4th, a son to
Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Kirwan, May 24th,
and a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. J. E.
Salmans, August 9th.
EMMET HAPPENINGS.
Charlie Graham is now helping his
father in the store.
Emmet and the surrounding country
will see lots of changes in its inhabi
tants after March 1st.
Jim O’Connor is now selling tickets.
Jim expects to dispose of the pool
hall inside of the next three months.
The Emmet Hay Corrfpany has five
four-horse teams hauling hay. They
have both big barns nearly filled with
No. 1 prairie hay.
Mrs. Irene Jurjenmeyer resigned
from her work with the Harris gro
cery store and Will McCaffrey has ac
cepted the position.
Work on the new road from Emmet
to Amelia will begin as soon as the
frost is out of the ground. This road
has been signed for and passed by the
supervisors, yet there are people jn
Holt county who fail to see why Em
met wants this road. When O’Neill or
Atkinson want a road they always
expect Emmet to help them but when
Emmet wants anything our neighbor
ing towns remonstrate, kick and have
spasms. In the way of scattering a
little knowledge let it be known that
in 1923 Emmet shipped out more hay
than any other town in Nebraska. Big
little Emmet Emmet expects to have
two rural routes soon. Here again
the kickers get action. Of course
everyone wants the routes to pass by
his dpor and «ome refuse to sign unless
it is so. They forget or do not know
that the rural route is for the benefit
of the community and not for the in
dividual. They also forget that it is
more convenient to go a quarter or a
half mile to the mail box than to go
four or eight miles to Emmet. It is
strange that Emmet is the only town
between Omaha and Chadron on the
railroad that has not even one rural
route. What is the explanation Per
haps “teapot” politics.
COUNTY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
SHOWS MANY CONVICTIONS.
MUCH MONEY COLLECTED
Nine hundred nineteen dollars in
fines were paid into the county treas
ury during the year ending January
1, 1924, in criminal actions prosecuted
by County Attorney Julius D. Cronin.
Sixty-three criminal cases were start
ed in which $1,219.00 was assessed in
fines and two years and ninety-six
days in jail and penitentiary sen
tences. The balance of the money
assessed in fines was not ipaid pending
the appeal of the cases to a higher
court. Of these cases fifteen were for
violation of the liquor laws and result
ed in fourteen convictions.
RESIDENTS OF O’NEILL
FOR THIRTY YEARS TO
ENJOY A LOVE FEAST
A writer has said that “Life be
comes dearer and friendship stronger
by the meeting and mingling of old
friends.”
With this thought in mind J. H.
Meredith, of this city, has issued in
vitations to all those who have lived
within the limit of the City of (0’Neill
for the past thirty years, to gather at
the Golden hotel on Tuesday evening,
February 12th, at 7:30.
Fifty-three invitations were issued.
We understand that a real program
will follow the dinner.
O. H. S. GIRLS’ BASKET
BALL TEAM WILL GO TO
PAGE NEXT WEDNESDAY
The O’Neill High School Girls’ bas
ket ball team expect to go down to
Page next Wednesday evening where
they will endeavor to defeat the Page
girls’ team.
Following is the line-up:
Florence Gunn, R. F.
Lillian Simonson, L. F.
Frances Davidson, Center.
Catherine Loy, R. G.
Bethel Mulick, L. G.
Substitutes: Pearl Nelson, Ardis
Downey, Lucial Vaught.
C. J. MALONE FILES
FOR COUNTY JUDGE
C. J. Malone made his filing Wed
nesday afternoon, with the County
clerk, for the office of county judge.
The office of county judge is non
political. The candidates are not
affiliated with any party and will be
voted upon at the primary election:,
on a non-political ballot containing
candidates for the judiciary, and edu
cational officces of the county pr
state.
FORMER PRESIDENT WILSON
IS CRITICALLY ILL AT
HIS WASHINGTON HOME
Former President Woodrow Wilson
;s very ill atihis home in Washington,
D. C. Grave doubt is expressed for
his recovery. According to radio
grams, his death may occur at any
moment.
MANY GOOD TALKERS
ON SHORT COURSE
PROGRAM NEXT WEEK
_ i
The program for the Agricultural
Short Course to be held at the K. C.
Hall in O’Neill on the afternoons of
February 4th and 5th has been com
pleted by Frank Lancaster who is
chairman of the Agricultural commit
tee of the O’Neill Commercial Club.
The first afternoon will be given
over to speakers from Holt county.
Rev. W. L. Filley, who is manager and
in charge of the cooperative creamery
at Ewing, will discuss dairying from
the angle of the creamery and tell
what his creamery is doing in Ewing.
An annual success has been made of
the enterprise in Ewing and it is doing
a fine thing for the farmei's in the
neighborhood of Ewing.
N. W. Trommershauser, Ewing
banker, who has been the moving
figure in getting a local organization
of the Intermediate Credit bank in Ew
ing will tell what that organization
has done to finance farmers around
Ewing. One of the recognized prob
lems in connection with dairying is
the matter of credit and all farmers
should know the possibilities of get
ting cheap money.
in addition to these speakers on
Monday aftrenoon there will be
“round table” discussions of impor
tant phases of dairy work. On the
second afternoon ‘the 'program will
be given over to outsiders. Mr. H. P.
Davis, head of the dairy department
of the State Agricultural College, will
speak on dairying methods and the
handling of milk cows and answer all
questions that may be raised by his
audience. Mr. Davis is an authority
recognized throughout the middle west
and is a frequent contributor to lead
ing farm papers on dairy subjects.
No higher authority on this work has
ever been in Holt county than the
speaker of Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. F._ E. Mussel, head of the dairy
depatnient of the State Agricultural
College, will speak on poultry raising
and demonstrate the use of the equip
ment shown in the exhibit. This ad
dress will be of special interest to wo
men who do much of the poultry rais
ing.
Each afternoon's session will be
preceded by a musical program and
those arriving early will be entertain,
ed while examining the various ex
hibits that will be on display. A
large crowd is expected to avail them
selves of the splendid programs to
be presented.
EXCITEMENT PREVAILS
OVER THE CAPTURE OP
MANY “HOT” CARS
.
The purported car thief scandal has
been mostly confined to the northern
part of the county, where a large
number of cars have been taken by the
state and federal representatives who j
have uncovered many stills and con-!
fiscated considerable “booze,” in their
search for cars.
The first trial in connection with
the gigantic auto thief ring that has
been operating in northern Holt and
Boyd counties and along the South
Dakota line was held in county court
here Thursday and Friday when Hor
ace Henifin and his son, Calvin Heni
fin, were arranged on the charge of re
ceiving stolen property. They were
held to the district court and their
bonds fixed at $1,000 each.
Orlow Colwell, who resides along
the Niobrara river in northern Holt
and Gus Hagenstein, a justice of the
peace and notary public of Spencer,
Nebraska, were witnesses for the state.
Colwell testified that he accompanied
Ross Jackson and Andy Hafsass to
the Henifin farm when Henifin pur
chased a Ford touring car for a con
sideration of $150 and 12 gallons of
whiskey.
Colwell also testified that Henifin
knew that the cars were stolen and
that Hagenstein later fumishd fic
tious bills of sale for two cars to the
Henifins for the consideration of $25.
Hagenstein later verified the testi
mony.
Many arrests have been made and
the parties taken to Boyd county for
trial on charges involving liquor.
A number of warrants have been
issued for parties living in the north
ern part of the county who will be ar
raigned in a few days on the charge
of having stolen cars in their possess
ion with the knowledge that they were
stolen.
Orlow Calwell was arraigned before
County Judge Malone where he waived
preliminary hearing and was bound
over to the district court, on the
charge of unlawful purchase of a Ford
coupe which he knew to have been
stolen.
$100.00 TO BE GIVEN AWAY
IN ESSAY CONTEST BY
STATE BAB ASSOCIATION
The State Bar Association are ar
ranging to give away $100.00 to the
school pupil who writes the best essay
upon a subject that will be later as
signed, along the lines of American
Citizenship.
Judge R. R. Dickson has been ap
pointed chairman for this judicial
district and he in turn has apponted
the following chairmen who will look
after the contest in their particular
county:
Holt County—J. D. Cronin.
Boyd County—J. A. Davies.
Keya Paha County—C. E. Lear.
Rock County—H. B. Curtiss.
Brown County—Ben H. Burritt,
It is the intention of the Bar Asso
ciation to- conduct the contest among
he school children. The rules under
which the contest will be conducted
will be announced later as will also
the subject upon which to write.
MRS. MARY L. LOWRIE,
The people of the community were
grieved by the death of Mrs. Mary L.
Lowrie which occurred at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. J. A. Donohoe,
Tuesday morning at ten o'clock. She
had been confined to her bed for a
long time and while the end was not
unexpected yet when it came it was
a shock to all.
Mrs. Lowrie was born in New York
State, May 13, 1839. Her maiden
name was Mary Lucetta Page. She
was married to Rev. Newell S. Lowrie
August 22, 1861.
In 1885 they left New York and
came to O'Neill and were here until
1900 when the family moved to Lin
coln.
After the death of Mr. Lowrie in
1912 she made her home with her
daughters, Mrs. George and Mrs.
Cannon in California.
Three years ago in March she came
to O’Neill and made her home with
Mrs. Donohoe. About four years ago
she suffered a stroke of paralysis. The
last two years she has been confined
to her bed.
Mrs. Lowrie was an attractive wo
man of special grace and charm and
endeared herself to a wide circle of
friends. She was especially interested
in the work of the church and entered
into that .phase of life with Christian
enthusiasm.
Because of her tender interest and
solicitude for her children “they rise
dp and call her blessed.”
She entered into rest in her eighty
fifth year'leaving a memory conse
crated by many gentle deeds.
She is survived by four daughters
and three sons. Mrs, Cannon,
Chicago; Mrs. George, San Diego;
Mrs. Hoover, Java; and Mrs. Dono
hoe. Her sons are, Rev. C. W.
Lowrie, Detroit, and Rev. W. J. Low
rie, Windom, and Alfred P. Lowrie,
Windom.
Funeral services were held at the
Donohoe residence Thursday at three
o’clock conducted by Revr Jjongstaff
of the Presbyterian church.
Interment was made in the family
plot in the cemetery at Lincoln.
“Strength and beauty were her
clothing and he shall rejoice in time
to come.”
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PLEASANT VALLEY.
Edward Grass spent Sunday even
ing at the Clyde Streeter home.
Joe McKingstry is spending a few
day of this week visiting in Omaha.
A number of Pleasant Valley young
folks spent Sunday skating on Hayne's
lake.
Mrs. Stanley Soukup and Mr. and
Mrs. Clvde Streeter spent Sunday at
the R. H. Murray home in O’Neill.
A number of Pleasant Valley people
attended the last number of the
lyceum course in Page, Monday night.
Mrs. John Nichol returned home
from Norfolk last Mopday, where she
has been under the care of a physi
cian.
Friday, February 1st
Bassett vs. O’Neill
O’Neill defeated Bassett at Bassett a couple of weeks ago, and the
visitors are coming here Friday night “with blood in their eye.”
Dont Miss This Game
SPECIAL NOTICE!
Camel Cigarettes 15 cents
per package.
J. T. Protivinsky
OMAHA BOXING BOUTS
POSTPONED TO FEB. 7
The Omaha Athletic Club have ar
ranged a big fight schedule for Sat
urday evening, February 7th when
they will present Jimmy Jones, of
Youngstown, Ohio, the leading con
tender for the world's welterweight
boxing chamlpinship, will meet Mur
rie Schlaifer of Omaha in a ten round
bout hei*e Saturday evening, February
7th, at the Omaha Auditorium.
The bout marks the debut of that
organization in the promotion of pro
fessional boxing bouts. Heretofore,
they have only staged amateur bouts.
The Ohio boy is a rugged mixer,
and has been called a miniature Jack
Dempsey because of his aggressive
style.
At least thirty rounds of boxing will
be offered by the Omaha Athletic
Club on Saturday’s card, according to
Promoter Denny Ryan. It is tplanned
to present Carl Augustine, who won
a sensational bout over Battling Mom
roe last week, in a bout with Homer
Sheridan, the O'Neill favorite, Erwin
Bigs, Ace Hudkins, Sailor Liston and
favorites of Missouri Valley fans will
appear in preliminary bouts, accord
ing to Promoter Ryan.
Tickets for Saturday’s show are now
on sale, and mail orders may be sent
to Chales A. Franke, Manager of the
Omaha Auditorium.
CHICKEN DINNER.
A chicken dinner will be held in the
basement of the Methodist church
Wednesday, February 6th, beginning
at 6:30 o’clock,
FREE CARD PARTY,
Free card party at the K. C. club
room, Tuesday evening, February 5th,
at eight o’clock. All are welcome.
Cafeteria lunch if desired.
NOTICE.
I have taken personal charge of the
O’Neill Bottling Company. All bills
owing the company are payable to me,
personally, or to S.tanley Soukup at
O’Neill, who will look after the busi
ness this year.
35-tf ANTON SOUKUP.
FOR SALE!—WHITE ORPINGTON
Cockerels.—C. F. McKenna. 35-1 „
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Particular Attention Given To
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Our Next Big Combination Sale
Saturday, March 9th
If you have anything to sell come in
and list it,
John L. Quig
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V.
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