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STAR COUPE
A new addition to the Star line of closed models.
This new model has two doors, one on each side,
exceptionally wide, permitting easy entrance to the
very attractive interior.
In the Star Coupe the arrangement has been
refined to such a degree as to eliminate all the little
inconveniences which heretofore have been the only
objection to this kind of a car.
1924 STAR TOURING '
Star cars are now the lowest priced standard
fully equipped cars on the market. Stop and think.
Can you name any car on the market near the Star
price that has— v
A Red Seal Continental Motor.
A Dry Disc Clutch.
Floating Rear Axle.
Timken Bearings.
Positive Oil and Water Pump.
Stewart Speedometer and Vacuum System
Gas Tank in Rear.
Spicer Universal Joints.
Warner Transmission and Steering Gear.
J?h(;se mentioned units are found in such cars as
the Packard and Cadillac, as well as on the Star.
Durant and Star Cars represent a high purpose
in conception and execution.
There are many minds and there are many auto
mobiles of many characters—a piece of machinery,
like man, has character. Each thing made repre
sents the ideas—honesty and purpose of those mak
ing the article.
DURANT COACH
This Durant model is ideally designed to satisfy
those who prefer the more compact type of five
passenger elo'sed car with only two doors. The doors
are of ample width and both individual front seats
tilt forward so that entrance and egress may be made
with great comfort on either side.
The body lines, finish and equipment com
artillerv wood wheels. Interior trim is in fine woolen
cloth. i • m
We are giving our customers the Best Service
* Possible in the sale of cars. We always take a per
sonal interest in their automobiles.
Call around to our garage. We will gladly
show you 1924 Star Tourings at $490.00 f. o. b. factory
and the rest of our cars are priced accordingly.
Arthur G. Wyant
O’Neill, Nebr.
BUSINESS COUPE
The body is offered in standard colors with
bine refinement with efficiency. The body is black
with top material extending down sides and back. A
single seat accommodates two passengers. There is
a large compartment behind the seat extending the
width of the interior and depth to the floor for
sample cases or other luggage. Additional large
luggage space is provided in the rear deck. Interior
trim is black pebbled leather.
DURANT TOURING SEDAN
Durant Cars are distinguished for their
practical application of rich engineering experience.
This is evident in every detail. Construction and
operation based on well established practice have
been simplified and refined. Advanced future de
veloped exclusively by Durant and most unusual for
a car of modest price, have been included.
The Frontier
O’NEILL, NEBR, MARCH 20, 1924.
D. H. CRONIN, Publisher.
W. C. TEMPLETON,
Editor and Butanes* Manager.
Entered at the post office at O'Neill,
Nebraska, as second-class matter.
MORS LOCAL MATTERS.
Mrs. P. J. O'Donnell left Monday
morning for a visit with friends at
Sioux City.
Archie Faulhaber went down to
Norfolk Monday, returning home the
same evening.
Mias Edith Hoffman, of Chambers,
who is teaching school at Fullerton,
staged a very successful operetta
with her school at that place Jast
week. Press reports of the affair in
the Omaha and Norfolk newspapers
were most complimentary.
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Sargent and
family departed last Thursday in their
cars for their new home on the E. W.
Sargent farm near Wall, South Da
kota. At Bonesteel the roads became
impassible and they abandoned their
cars and returned to Spence? by rail.
They came to O’Neill and spent the
day; leaving that night for their
home over the Northwestern.
Members of the O’Neill Counti v
Club enjoyed the first golf for several
months Wednesday afternoon. The
course is entirely clear of snow and
wet spots and is in excellent condi
tion.
Word has been received by local
friends of the death of James Cam
eron, formerly of O’Neill, at his home
in Ola, Arkansas, on March 21, at the
age of seventy-five years. Mr. Cam
eron removed from Holt county about
eleven years ago.
O’Neill friends received the an
nouncement Wednesday that Mrs.
Jesse Mills had undergone an opera
tion in an Omaha hospital that morn
ing at nine o’clock and had withstood
the operation nicely.
The Omaha Chamber of Commerce
is of the opinion that oil exists in
paying quantities in several section
of the state and has announced the
appointment of a committee to in
vestigate the possibilities. Holt
county was not included among the
likely prospects mentioned in the
press dispatches, Bassett being the
nearest to this great and prosperous
commonwealth. [However many oil
men of experience who have examined
surface indications in the south part
6f the county pronounce them very
favorable and in a letter to Charles
Daly, Professor George Condra of the
state university has expressed a will
ingness to make an investigation this
spring if asked to do so.
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E. N. Piircell left Thursday morn
ing for Fremont, where he will attend
a meeting of the Nebraska Poultry
Dealers association this evening.
Judge J. II. Berryman, of Bassett,
was circulating among O’Neill voters
the first of the week in the interest of
his candidacy for the nomination
for district judge of this district.
Miss Catherine Hennessy, of Al
bany, New York, delivered a lecture
upon “The Canon Sheehan,” of Doner
aile, Ireland, at St. Mary’s academy
Tuesday evening, her talk being a dis
cussion of the works of this great
scholar of the Thirteenth century. -
William Drueke and family, for
merly located on the old Grant ranch
on Turkey creek in the ncrth part of
the county, have moved to Shenan
doah, Iowa, where they will make
their future home. T. M. Spoor and
family will occupy the ranch the com.
ing year.
When the crow heads finally are
counted at the close of the crow war
on Aphil 30, Will Eisele will be found
right up around the head of the list
with the largest number killed. Bill
has set himself a minimum of twenty
live crows a week for the period and
to date is considerably ahead of his
schedule.
Mr. Bert Murphy, of Omaha, vice
president of Andrew Murphy & Co.,
Inc., and District Manager R. W.
Steir.baugh, of Omaha, distributors of
Durant and Star cars in western Iowa
and Nebraska, were callers upon their
local agent Arthur G. Wyant today.
The officials are making a tour of
their territory.
M. S. Abdalla and James Bassett
are busily engaged in remodeling and
renovating their store in the Golden
hotel corner recently purchased from
C. H. Cooper and when the improve
ments are completed it will begone- of
the most attractive places to be found
outside the large cities. Mr. Bassett,
who comes from Toledo, Ohio, will
have charge and the new firm will
conduct a high class fruit and con
fectionary establishment and ice cream
parlor.
W. H. Harty has just completed the
installation of extensive improve
ments in his downtown cleaning and
pressing plant. Among the improve
ments is a complete pleating equip
ment, with which he now is prepared
to .do all kinds of plain and fancy
pleating work which formerly had
to be sent to Omaha or Sioux City.
A steam drying plant also has been
added to the downtown shop. This
with the large cleaning, drying and
dying plant maintained by Mr. Harty
at his residence in the northeast part
of town gives him one of the largest
and most modern plants in the state
outside the large cities.
Mrs. C. E. Downey went to Inde
pendence, Missouri, last Monday
where she was called by the serious
illness of Mr. Downey’s father, Elmer
Downey, who is well up in years.
THE EGG PEOPLE.
Canton, China, Oct. 18, 1923,
One of the most interesting fea
tures of our trip to Canton was in
connection with the river people, or as
they are known locally—The Egg
People. Somewhere between 100,000
and 200,000 people live in boats of one
sort or another, hopelessly condemned
for centuries past—and still—to a
miserable life in this martime fashion.
The history of these people is a
most interesting one. I have only a
thread of the whole story or back
ground, but it throws much light on
their condition. For centuries these
people have been poor and looked
down upon by Chinese people in gen
eral. Hundreds of years ago when a
tax was put upon these river people,
they did not have currency to pay
their collectors so they paid in eggs.
This was acceptable to this ruler so
payment in eggs became quite the
regular business. Later when a new
king came into power he refused to
accept further payment in this way
demanding that taxes be paid in cur
rency. The people (river people) re
fused and because of this they were
condemned forever to live upon the
river. These people today are not
allowed to hold any land property,
they are not allowed to work on land
except at the most menial tasks. They
cannot hold any office, in all they are
looked down on by all. The name,
Egg People, is still used as term of
reproach.
as a class 1 snouia juage tnat tnere
is little attempt made at education.
They are illiterate and most super
stitious. They live in daily fear of
evil spirits. Several times, in fact
every time I have crossed the river
in the evening, every boat is burning
its stick of incense. Yes practically
every boat has three or four sticks of
incense burning. They do this to ap
pease the river gods, in which they are
in constant fear. Many of the children
are dressed like little animals so that
the evil spirits will not get them. It
is certainly funny—pathetic is a bet
ter word—to see little children wear
ing caps which have ears sewed on
them resembling the eaij3 of some
animal. By this they think they will
fool the spirits, for the spirits do not
care anything for the animals. It
seems that the evil spirits are con
cerned only with that which is of
value. Now girls are not worth any
thing like that of a boy. So likewise
the spirits are little concerned about
the girls or women. Many times you
will see baby boys dressed like girls,
so the spirits will not recognize them.
Isn’t it just pathetic and terrible to
live in such superstition and constant
dread lest they should offend the river
gods! There are various other super
situations that these river people hold,
such as are hardly believable. Withal
they are a very courteous and hospi
table folk. There is one Mission boat
working among them and Alice (Miss
Carpenter) tells us there are a
number who have given up this dread
ed spirit worship and have become
Christians, such as are really worthy
of the name. We in America do not
realize just what it costs these Chi
nese to make such a profession, what
a sacrifice it is to cut off from their
old way of living. It means that their
parents will disinherit them, a terrible
thing when you realize that almost
every Chinese is an ancestor worshiper
and reverence to one’s parents is born
in them. It will probably mean ma
terial disadvantages and loss, de
cisions that mean much more to them
who have no Christian background,
whose very existence is shrouded by *
centuries of pagan customs and be
liefs.
The average boat in which these
Egg People live is about fourteen feet
long and probably four feet wide
through the center. They have an
arched covering over six to ten feet
of the boat which serves to keep out
a part of the tropical sun and also a
part of the rain. On such boats hun
dreds of families are living, you won
der where they could find room to
sleep, but they can sleep anywhere.
The Chinese do not like springs, they
mych prefer good board beds. Usu
ally they have an ordinary grass mat
-ing that they spread over these
board beds. We were told that some
of the old. women had never been
ashore, a whole life time upon such a
boat house! Through this all there
comes the words of Jesus, “Verily I
say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it
unto one of these my brethren, even
these least, ye did it unto me.”
Much love,
ERNEST and HILDA.
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