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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (March 27, 1924)
— ii xjWMMii1-—mi—i--y~i-rmruir Royal Theatre “HOME 'of "g66lVPICTURES” -FRIDAY & SATURDAY-r Wally Von. Patsy Ruth Miller and Alec 8. Francis in “THE DRIVIN’ FOOL” A speed picture for a speedy age. The fastest six reels ever put on the screen. 2-Reel Comedy Friday Saturday, Comedy, Fables and “The Way of a Man” -SUNDAY & MONDAY Hobart Bosworth, Clare Winson and Bessio Love in ‘THE ETERNAL THREE” Punch, Power, Thrills, Suspense, Mystery, Love, Interest, Fight, Cour age, Heart Throbs, Humor, Wisdom, Strength. All in one picture. Comedy and News Reels. — TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY — Dorothy Dalton and Theodore Kosloff —in—• “THE LAY OF THE LAWLESS” 2-Reel Comedy - THURSDAY & FRIDAY - Anna Q. Nielson in “INNOCENCE” 2-Reel Comedy -Coming --- “Destroying Angel.” “Tea With Kick.” “Grumpy.” “Homeward Bound.” “Impossible Mrs. Bellow.” ■ CROWS OF EASTERN HOLT ARE BEING RAPIDLY EX TERMINATED IN BIG HUNT Crows soon will be as scarce as the famous hoogley bird in eastern Holt county. Hundreds of the birds are falling daily before the guns of the organized crow hunters and as many more are going west by the poison route. Captiain James McPharlin estimates that at least 6,000 crows have been killed since the opening of the hunt March 15. Many devices are being used to lure the birds within' shotgun range, and in the northeast end of the county Wednesday a big circle hunt covering an area of four sections was staged, resulting in the killing of several hundreds. James Kelley at present seems to be leading with the highest individual score of crows killed. Mr. Kelly recently succeeded in trapping a dozen live crows, padding the jaws of the traps so that the birds were not in jured. Now he stakes the prisoners out and the caws of protest they at once set up attracts large numbers of their fellows within range. Newt Trommershausser, |o£ Ewing, prob ably has the second highest score. Hs is using the family cat as a decoy, hanging it up in the trees at the rook eries, in a bird cage. The presence . of the pat is always the signal for a large crow convention of protest, dur ing which Newt gets his crows. The scheme is a little trying on the nerves of the cat, but otherwise the animal suffers no injury. Mr. Trommer shausser is thinking of increasing the number of his decoys and is in the market for a couple more cats. He prefers the black tom-cats, as they seem to attract more crows than the other kind. Among the most successful of the crow killers is Loren Simonnson. Ix)ren is using poisoned liver on the birds, (Jacking bits of the bait on the tops of fence posts. Last Sunday he baited up several miles of fence posts north of town and as a result numbers of dead crows are reported in the north section. KEISER-DONOHOE. Cupid again has invaded the ranks of county employees, according to let ters received by friends from Miss Helen Donohoe of the county agent’s office, announncing her marriage Mon day to Mr. Myrl Reiser, of Cody, Ne braska, and formerly of Emmet. The wedding is the culmination of a romance of several years. Miss Dono hoe left last Saturday afternoon for Cody without even taking heT most intimate friends into her confidence and the news of her wedding was con veyed to County Agent Rose Tuesday morning in a short note and again Wednesday morning in a letter to Miss Loretta Sullivan and relatives. The bride is the charming daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Denohoe, residing north of this city, and has a very large circle of friends in the community. The groom was a for mer Holt county young man also en joys a very extensinve acquaintance in the community. Mr. and Mrs. Keiser will reside at Cody. The Frontier joins the many friends of the young couple in extending con gratulations and best wishes for a long and happy wedded life. CHECKER CHAT. Buv Wanser, of Page, was a pleas ant caller at the club rooms Monday, seeking for a contest with President Henry Watterson Tomlinson. Mr. Mr. Wanser refused t'he advances of Foxey Grandpa for a game, the latter having badly defeated him last fall. Evidently the president kindly agreed tlo accommodate the Page expert, who returned home without the scalp he had made the trip to get. G. L. Neiburg, of West Point, dropped in Tuesday evening and de feated the Reverend J. A. Hutchins. Champion Chapman however was im mediately sent for and soon redeemed the honors of the club. LOCAL MATTERS. The W. C. T. U. will meet with Mrs. J. M. Seybold on April 1st. A son was born March 13th to Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Malone at their home in Washington, D. C. The Frontier, only *2.00 per year. ...lirti—- .— ■■■■■ i ,u jimmie McCarthy. 0 _ _ Jimmie, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. M. H. McCarthy, died at 3:30 o’clock this morning after an illness of pneumonia following an attack of measles. The little one would have been one year old on April 6. The funeral will be held from St. Patrick’^ church Friday morning at 10 o’clock, burial being in Calvary cemetery. JOHN PETR, SR. John Petr, Sr., one of the early set tlers of the community and long prominent as one of the successful agriculturists of the county, died at his ranch home twelve miles south of O’Neill at 7:30 o’clock Saturday morning, of ailments incidental to old age. Mr. Petr, who was aged 77 years, 5 months and 6 days, came with his wife to Holt county from Omaha in 1885, after a year’s resi dence in that city immediately fol lowing his arrival from Bohemia. Mr. Petr was married in Bohemia fifty-three years ago last January 31, to Miss Mary Korinek. He is sur vived by his wife and six of their eight children. They are Joseph, James, John, Frank and Cyril Peters all residing south of O’Neill, and Mrs. James Erychleb, of Stanton, Ne braska. Those preceding him to the grave were a son, Charles: and a daughter, Frances. The funeral service was held Mon day morning from St. Patrick's church and burial was in Calvary cemetery. The Frontier joins with the very many friends of Mr. Petr and family in extending sympathy and condolence to the bereaved ones in their hour of sorrow. CARD OF THANKS. ---. y We desire to thank our kind neigh bors and friends for their assistance during the illness and burial of our husband and father. Mrs. John Petr and Children. SCHOOL NOTES. Judge R. R. Dickson gave a series of interesting lectures befor the High School assembly last week. In his lectures he discussed the distinguish ing features of the Federal Consti tution and assisted considerably in stimulating an interest in the Ameri can Citizen Essay Contest which is being conducted under the auspices of the American and the Nebraska State Bar Association. The State Inspector of High Schools, Mr. Beers, visited the school Monday of last week. All depart ments were approved by Mr. Beers. Iola Purcell representing the High school won first place in the humorous division of the district declamatory elimination contest, held at Clearwater Friday of last week. Clearwater, Or chard, Ewing, Neligh, Tilden and O Neill were represented. Harold Hough was entered in the oratorical division but could not com pete because of a severe case of measles. Marguerite Hough was en tered in tttie dramatic division but was unable to go because of measles. Her place was taken by Marjorie Alder son at a very short notice. Marjorie did well but lacked practice. Iola will represent this district in the Northeast Nebraska Declamatory meet to be held at Wayne, April 18. We are all boosting for Iola to win. Through an oversight Ruth Kimble was omitted from the “Typewriting Honor Roll” two weeks ago. Ruth is now on her fifteenth lesson. The Commercial Department was hampered somewhat by the recent measle epidemic. However, several who were out are now back and at tendance is about normal. The shorthand class has just finish ed the fifth lesson. The students en rolled in this course are now receiv ing in order to pass an examination over the work covered thus far. It is hoped that the “Speed Study Classes” will soon be under way in typewriting. Eighth Grade. The Eighth grade spent a part of Tuesday afternoon at the library. The class regret the loss of Frank lin Gaughenbaugh who moved to Os mond. Ihe Eighth grade have taken their state examinations in several sub jects. Monday they took up drawing, bookkeeping, English compositon and geography. Also a review of civics. These subjects will be taken at the May examination. Wednesday's drawing lesson con sisted of a drill on the different kinds of lines. Third Grade. Donald Nelson is a new pupil in the Third grade. Thomas Liddy, Mavis Thompson, Cleta Walton and Bo-nett Sanders are in school again after being absent several days on account of measles. Thelma Riley visited the Third grade Monday. PLEASANTVIEW ITEMS. -— I Little Tutie Warner is sick with the measles. Herman and Melvin Klingler visit ed Ed Early Tuesday. Walter Bohee and wife visited Her man Klingler and wife Sunday. Mrs. Walter Bohee spent Tuesday with the Albert Klingler family. Joe Ulrich and family visited his sister, Mrs. James Mullen and family Sunday. The measles is taking the rounds among the youngsters of the Robert Fullerton family. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bohee and their cousin, Bessie Klingler, were in O'Neill shopping Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Winkler and daughter, Dorothy, spent Sunday afternoon at August Hoppe home. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Roth and wife, and Fred Roth, spent Wednesday evening with Henry Winklers family, Fred Warner returnd to his home in O’Neill Monday after a few days spent with his brother, John F. War - .- -'-^r^ri'Tn —i hiii f ii n—HI-' -1 tier.; Sibeft Brothers shelled c^rn for Robert Fullerton, Henry Winkler, Jr., and Elmer Warner the first of the week* Lfee Steskal, of Emmet, spent Sun day with his brother, Ed and family, and Monday with his sister, Mrs. Joe Bruder and family. Don’t forget the W. C. T. U. Food and Apron sale April 11 and 1& LOST—WRIST WATCH BETWEEN the residence of Mrs. A. L. Willccx and the O’Neill National bank. Finder please leave at this office and receive reward. 43-tf (First publication March 27.) NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that Holt County will accept bids up to noon April 22nd, 1924, for the construction of a gutter on the west side of Block 10, O’Neill City; same to be built in accordance with specificatons on file in the County Clerk’s office. ■ The board reserves the right to re. ject any or all bids. By order of the County Board. E. F. PORTER, 43-4 County Clerk. NEW BOOK EXCHANGE. We have installed a book exchange at our store. Buy the first book for 76c, exchange it for another book for 10c. 31-13 GRAVES JEWELRY STORE. CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINA TION FOR POSTMASTER AT O’NEILL, NEBRASKA The United States Civil Service Commission announce a competitive examination for postmaster in O’Neill. This examination is held under the President’s order and not under the civil service act and rules. Competitors will not be required to report for examination at any place, but will be rated upon their educa tion and training, business experience and fitness Apply to the secretary of the board of civil service examiners at the post office in this city or to the United States Civil Service Commission, Washington, D. C., for application Form 2241 and Form 2213 containing definite information in regard to the examination. Applications must be properly exe cuted on Form 2241, and filed with the Civil Service Commission, Washing ton, D. C., prior to the hour of closing business on April 8, 1924. UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION. i - RETORT WAS RATHER GOOD Evidently There Were Humorists in the Missouri Legislature of the Year 1887, W. O. L. Jewett of the Shelbina Democrat tells an incident in the legis lature of 1887, In which Mark Twain figured: “Henry Newman, representing Ran dolph county, was the wit of the house, and was trying to secure the passage of a bill to amend the slock law. This, Robert Bodlne, represent ing Monroe county, was opposing. Mr. Newman said in his humorous style: *“I was in the gentleman’s county once. I made a speech at a big picnic In Florida, and I thought I made a good one. In it I referred to the fact that we were close to the place wh re Mark Twain was born. After I was through, one of the gentleman's con stitutents, a tall, raw-boned long haired, unkempt individual, came up, and shaking his finger in my face said: “What liars you politicians are. I have lived here nigh onto fifty years and there was nary a man named Twain about here.’’ ’ “The gentleman from Monroe county Immediately was on ids feet to reply: “ ‘Mr. Speaker, I want it distinctly understood that when the gentleman from Randolph was in Monroe county it was before the enactment of any stock law.’ ’’—Kansas City Star. Not Prepared. The old deacon wag the kindest of men, deeply religious and always ready with a good word. One day while he was driving to town he overtook an Italian peddler with a large pack on his back. Stopping his horse, the dea con suggested that the man ride. The Italian carefully stored his pack in the back of the spring wagon and then climbed to the seat heside the good deacon. For some time the two talked pleas antly. Then there was a rather long pause, and, thinking to Improve the occasion in a religious sense, tjie dea con turned and asked, "My friend, are you prepared to die?” With a shriek the Italian sprang to the ground and disappeared Into the nearby woods. The calls of the deacon only hastened the fellow’s flight, and neither Sie deacon nor any one else ever saw him again In that neighbor hood. It seems that the peddler was not prepared. 8entiment and Sense. It was evening by the sen and the poetess walked with the professor along the margin of the oe$an. “Don’t you love to see the phosphorescence on the waves?” she said. “What can It be, I wonder? Is it the mermaids lighting up their lamps, or the glow from the sea fairies’ ballroom? Oi can it be the reflection of golden treasure stored in the vasty caverns of the deep?” “I think not, madam,” said the pro fessor. “It is only quite recently that the discovery of luminous bacilli has rendered possible any general explana tion of the phenomenon, and even yet its wide applicability remains to he proved. It is, however, generally at tributed to the decaying organic sub stances of diseased flsh.”—Boston '«■ - ' , - - ■ ■ ' | BETTY BENSON’S i l I —•— By MOLLIE MATHER I ■ I . -« <.<& by WHiiro N«v*»p»p»r Union.) THE ninn sauntered along the bank. He had decided that fishing in the old pool would be as good a way as any to pass his spare time. Business had brought him to an adjoining city, and Impulse urged him on to the town which had been his youthful home. Though he had not in the recesses of his heart confessed, the constantly re curring memory of an old-time sweet heart never replaced may have been accountable for that impulse. It was of Betty that he was thinking—Betty of the dimpling smile and serene blue eyes. He had been certain that Betty returned the love that had grown with tils youth. She liked big Tom Ben son, he knew. If doubt had hopeful ly lingered a later notice in the Lyn den town paper, which he still had for warded, dissipated that hope. ••Miss Betty Baines,” the paper said, “had been married the previous eve ning to Mr. Thomas Benson of Lynden village." Suddenly Richard’s musings were rudely interrupted. He Jumped to his feet. Beneath Ills gaze, there In the waters, a small form struggled. Strip ping himself of his coat, he was In the stream. And presently he sat with the child in ills arms on the grassy bank. "Mother told me," he calmly admit ted, ‘‘not to go In swimming. My clothes are over that stone. Dress me.” With a smile of relief, and amused at the imperious tone, Richard Tyler obeyed the request. There was some thing vaguely familiar in the bold glance of the dark impish eyes. “Who are you?” Richard asked. The child lost his imperiousness in an en gaging smite. *■ “Oli. I’m Petty Benson’S boy,” he re plied. “My name’s Tom.” Tom ! That was it; the bold glance, the commanding tone. Bettie's boy! And he. Richard, had saved ills life. Well, that was something to do for her. His voice was strangely gruff wiit n he spoke again. "Where do you live?” “In tiie old Benson house, replied Tommy promptly. He regarded his r: cuor in oheerfu! perplexity. “Are you mad that you had to get wet in the water?” “You are dry at any rate,” Rirhaed answered grimly. “Can you find your way while 1 go back to the inn to change my clothes?" “I'm not going home,” Tommy said decidedly, “I’m going on to the school house to carry my teacher’s lunch. Thai’s where I started fbr. School be gins next week and she’s straightening up the schoolroom. It’s the littlest school,” lie went on sociably, “Yellow. Did you ever go there? My fattier did and my teacher and—and It’s on the way to the inn, so I’ll walk with you.” Yes, Richard had gone to that very “littlest” school in a world past when roses bloomed at every pathway, I and every morning was a new anil joy ous adventure. The sun was very hot. His clothing dried ns he walked. Id small companion at his side. “My father’s dead,” Tommy con titled, “died long ago. Don't remember him.” Richard stood still In the liqt road. Deud! Big Tom. Then Betty was free. Free to love or marry. Rich ard looked down into the eyes so like those of the Tom he had disliked. And he knew that still there was no hope for his love. He could not marry Betty If she were willing now to give herself to him, with the ghost of her past preference for Tom between them. He wanted to hurry away with out seeing her; this would be best. The small yellow schoolhouse stood in their path. Some one was placing white frilled curtains at the square windows, a red blooming geranium for every window. Some one waved to Tommy saw tiie man at Tommy’s side and nastily dropped the curtain. Then, as though to atone for the rudeness some one met the two at the door. “You told me,” Itichard was con fusedly' murmuring, “that it was your school teacher whom you were to meet here. Not your mother." It was out —the word he hated to say. “Mother 1” jeered Tommy, “this Is my teacher. She’s my cousin, too. I call her Aunt Betty Baines. She lives with us In the old Benson house. Moth er and Aunt Betty are such good friends. She came to live with mother and me ns soon as father died.” Richard Tyler’s heart was pounding painfully. She was so very much the same beloved Betty Baines—the dim pled smile—the serene blue eyes. And unmarried still. The “Baines” part of the name proved that. And there was, unmistakably, a Joyous light of wel come In those same blue eyes. “Dickie Tyler!” cried Betty. “I thought,” he was saying quickly, “that you had married Tom. He told me you were going to and the names In the marriage notice read the same.” “Cousin Betty and I have the same names,” she told him. “Tom may have thought he was going to marry me at one time, but I thought differently about It.” % “Betty 1” Richard pleaded, “can you ever forgive my silence and misunder standing?” “He saved my life just now," Tommy suggested helpfully. Betty’s laughter had the old soft trill. “A full atonement for any wrong," she said, and put ‘out her hand to Richard. It was the same joyous world with roses at every pathway. Every morning to be a new and beautiful ad venture. OUR NEXT COMBINATION SALE Saturday, April 5th IP YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SELL LIST IT WITH John L. Quig _Drink More Milk Beginning April 1st, I will deliver Cream and Milk both morning and evening. Herd officially tested. 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