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t *%: . * "' w •**■.•'4I&& v. ^Tj?>'Sp},. Iglillm#JBmpbBhK « _ ^ * VOLUMN XLV. V ; , O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1924. ,“ _”* NO. 14. i __ —-— ' '• ' - .. .. • .. .js . •• ' - S ■-**•> h- .. <w . ■ LOCAL MATTERS. Wm, Clark, Jr., was up from Page Friday. Mr and Mrs. J. K. Bellar drove to the state fair Tuesday. D. Stannard has been on thd sick list duiing the past week. Miss Florence Ryan spent Sunday with her parents in Fremont. Miss Dorothy Dunhaver came home from Norfolk Monday after having spent Sunday with her parents. M. A. Whaley, of the Opportunity neighborhood, was in the city Wednes day attending to business matters. Mr. and Mrs. Willis Barker and .Mr. and Mrs. Jake Erb motored to I incoln Tuesday to attend the state fair. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Burge, last Saturday, at their home seventeen miles southwest of O'Neill. Leo Mullen went to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Monday for a visit with his sister, Mrs. Marian Rourke and children. Miss Kathryn McCarthy left Sat urday for Hamill, South Dakota, where she will teach during the com • ing school year. Miss Elizabeth Ann, the one year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred McNally has been on the sick list dur ing the past week. The county board of supervisors ad journed last Friday following a two days regular session. They will meet again September 23rd. Mrs. Rose Haffner has been visit ♦ ing at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Harry Snyder, northwest of Page, for the past two weeks. She came home Monday. Mrs. Vertie Black, of Anncar, left Saturday for Pipestone, Minnesota, in response to a message to come at once. The message did not state the par ticulars. Mr. and Mrs. N. F. Loy enjoyed a visit last week from their son, Harvey end family, of Ft. Scott, Kansas. Harvey is now an engineer in the Frisco yards. Miss Margaret Alworth went to Tilden last Friday where she attended institute Friday and Saturday pre paratory to beginning a term of school near Tilden. Dr. D. C. O’Connor and family re turned to their home in Eden Valley, Minnesota, last week accompanied by the doctor’s sister, Miss Margaret, who will visit at their home for a month. They were visiting here at the home of the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. James O’Connor. The Frontier has been designated as the paper in which the delinquent tax list will be published this year. The tax list will be published October 9th, 16th and 23rd. Mrs. George Henry left last Friday for ner home at Hanover, Montana, following a two months’ visit with her mother, Mrs. B. Martin and other relatives in O’Neill. Mr. and Mrs. J. U. Yantzi accom panied by Ed Hagensick as chauffeur drove to the state fair at Lincoln Tuesday. They will visit at Milford and other points enroute. Wm. McElvain and sister, Miss Helen, returned to their home at Fair mont, Nebraska, Monday, following a two week’s visit at the W. T. McEl vain home south of O’Neill. Dr. Joe Gallagher and son, who have been visiting with their mother and grandmother, Mrs. Mikql ^Gallagher, ■for ten days, returned to their home in Toledo, Ohio, last Monday. Rev. and Mrs. George Longstaff and daughter, Miss Elsie, returned home Wednesday morning from Boulder, Colorado, where Mrs. Longstaff and Miss Elsie have spent the summer. An expert piano tuner from Omaha will be at St. Mary’s Academy on September 8th. Those wishing to avail themselves of this opportunity of having pianos tuned, kindly leave name at the Academy. Warren Hall, Lewis Zastrow, Erwin Cronin and Gerald Phalin came home the first of the week from Fort Des Moines where they have attended the Citizens Military Training camp dur ing the month of August. Miss Ida Craig departed for Chi cago Wednesday afternoon where she will take a course in public school music at Columbia university this year. She expects to stop a few days at Tilden, Nebraska, enroute. Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Donohoe drove to Petersburg Saturday evening. Mrs. Donohoe remained there for a visit with her sister, Mrs. Art Duffy while P. C. drove over to Tilden Sunday to attend the golf tournament. They re turned home Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bowen enter tained a number of friends at a fish dinner Monday at high noon. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. George Bowen, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Swigart, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Curtis, Dr. A. H. Corbett, Wm. Meyer. Mrs. Grace Wilgus, of Atkinson, Nebraska, on August 25th, filed a pe tition for divorce from her husband, Hobart Wilgus. The complaint charges desertion, non-support and abuse. They were married in Atkin son, Nebraska, November‘21, 1921. It’s the Best We Know Of A Certificate of Deposit in this bank has many advantages over other forms of investment. The interest is always paid the day it is due and it can always be con verted into cash quickly if the money is needed, or opportunity is presented. This bank carries no indebtedness of officers or stockholders. Resources over $600,000.00 Whe O'Neill Natiorval Bank A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ed Weber, of Stuart, on August j 21, 1924. County Agent Fred W« Rose went i to Lincoln Wednesday morning where he will superintend an educational exhibit consisting of four grades of prairie hay. He also will have charge of the exhibit furnished by the Girls Sewing Club of Ewing. Mrs. N. J. Clouse left Wednesday for Norfolk where she will visit her daughter, Mrs. A. L. Brown, for a short time before going to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, where she expects to spend a year with her daughter, Mrs. 1! F. Pratt and family, Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Cronin and son, of Omaha, stopped in O’Neill the first of the week on their way from a two months’ trip through Wyoming and Colorado. While here they were the guests of Mrs. Hannah Donohoe and Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Grady. Mr and Mrs. Harold Zimmerman drove up from Hastings last Saturday for a short v.sit at the home of Harold’s, pai ents, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Zimn;eiman. Their little daughter, Patsy who has been visiting here for a couple of weeks, accompanied them home. Mrs. Clarence Zimmerman also went to Hastings with them for a visit. A card from H. W Tomlinson, who is attending the state fair at Lincoln this week, states that they were caught in the big rain that visited the south Platte country last Friday. Hank is getting Tie dope on all sides of the presidential situation. He heard Dawes and Phil La Follette in Lincoln and Davis in Omaha during the prevous week. Martin Cronin writes from his homp at 565 West 191st street, New York City, that he arrived there O. K. and has been taking in the sights. In part his letter reads: “We are living on Washington Heights; it is a nice cool place here all the time. This place is principally apartment houses and within thfee blocks of me there are eight new apartment going up at this time.” Ray Zimmerman has just completed the installation of a large fish pond on his ranch ten miles northeast of O’Neill. The fish emporium has been constructed in a draw with a large Concrete dam across the lower end with a concrete spillway. The pond is being stocked with bass, pickerel and croppies, which will be large enough for the table in a couple or three years. J. M. Hunter, H. J. Hammond, Frank Phalin. Ira Moss and Miss Grace Ham mond went to Lake Andes, South Da kota, last Sunday, with the desire and ambition to land a few large bass, but their hopes were shattered by the high winds and other conditions which were not favorable to bass fishing. They returned home Tuesday with a number of croppies and other fish and one bass. The Frontier is continually adding new names to its already large sub scription list. Miss Margaret Al worth, who is teaching school at Til den, will read its columns during the school year. Floyd Pilger and family have decided the only way to know what is going on over the county is to read The Frontier. It has not been the policy of this paper to brag about its circulation, but we venture to say that The Frontier’s subscription list is larger than any two other papers in the county at the present time. The Holt county fair will soon be here. The dates are September 23, 24, 25 and 26. A number of farmers are arranging to bring in horses, cat tle, hogs and poultry, as well as a complete display of grains and forage feeds. The farmers should take an interest in making the Holt county fair the best fair in this part of the state. The crop conditions are as good in Holt county as in any county in Ne braska. d'hose who have traveled over the country say that Holt county crops will average up with the crops in any part of the agricultural district. Bring your exhibit to the Holt county fair. Mr. and Mrs Fred W. Rose enter tained a number of their friends at a wienie roast Monday evening among the ghosts in the Ghost Light Oil Dis trict near the James Connolly ranch twelve miles northwest of O’Neill. The ghosts however, failed to join the party, notwithstanding the fact that the many lucid stories were conducive to their appearance. These who par took of the weinies were: Jdr. and Mrs. James Connoll^ and family; Ed Early; Mrs. A. L. Willcox; Miss Helen Willcox; Mrs. H. E. Coyne; Captain and Mrs. Francis Brennan; Miss Bernadette Brennan; Mrs. J. B. Ryan; Clement Ryan; Miss Loretta Ryan; Miss /da Chapman; C. W. Conklin; Ed O’Donnell, Miss Katherine Roskoff, Miss Lose Taylor, Orman Kelley and James MePharlin. The two steeple jacks who spent a couple of days painting flagpoles in in O’Neill last week, met grief at West Point Sunday when they were picked up by the police charged with the theft of a Durant car from Lyle Bentz, of Norfolk. Saturday after noon, while painting a pole in Nor folk these two men told a reporter for The Norfolk News that a car was ab solutely necessary in their business. They had left their last in O’Neill, they said, and had one in Kansas City where it had been stored since a trip there two years previous. They gave the names of Irvan Smith and E. W. Hayes of San Diego, California. Mon day afternoon they were arraigned be fore a judge for examination and were informed that their offense would per haps draw a penitentiary sentence. During the night they dug tlheir way to liberty through the walls of the jail and are still at large. FEDERAL ENFORCEMENT OFFICER SAMARDICK MAKES A CLEANING Federal Enforcement Officer Robert Samardick, accompanied by four as sistants, traveling in two cars, drove from Omaha to O’Neill Saturday and began collecting violators of the Vol stead law for whom warrants had been previously issued. At the con clusion of the raid Sunday afternoon eleven citizens were resting in the county jail and two O’Neill men and three Spencerites for whom warmats had been issued could not be located. All of the men were arrested upon evidence furnished by stool pigeons who have been working in this terri tory for the past two months or more. It is reported that there are yet a number upon whom warrants have not been issued on whom the stool pigeons have several “buys.” By special agreement Officer Samar dick allowed those taken in the clean up to give bond in the sum of $2,000 to the County Judge for their appear ance in federal court in Norfolk on September. 15th. Wednesday Federal Officer Davis came up and accompanied the “boys” to Norfolk where they furnished bonds in federal court. Those who made the trip to Nor folk Wednesday accompanied by their bondsmen were: Clair Cannon and Gene Bauman, of Ewing. Frank Mohr and Thomas Strong, of Emmet. George Janaszak and John G. Kel kowski, of Atkinson. James Rosengren, of Spencer. George Parker, of Stuart. Frank Summers, Bert Gunn, Joel Parker, Hugh McKenna, Buz Bowden and Wm. Pinkerman, of O’Neill. A number of the men taken in the clean-up have been under arrest on liquor charges before. Some have paid tines in county court and others have cases pending in the district court and also in the federal court. Toel Parker and Hugh McKenna were rresU 1 in the raid made by the state officers about three weeks ago. Harry Snyder living about twelve miles southeast of O’Neill, has just completed the erection of a large modern residence 28x28 feet ffrith a full basement and a full attic. The farm is modern throughout. Mr. Snyder’s farm was among the first farm homesteaded in the county, and was homesteaded by Barney Stewart father of the late auctioneer by that ivame, and was a land mark from the beginning of the settlement. Everyday - Problems Everyday problems of finance— large or small—are the portion of everyone. Opportunities for invest ment—some good, some bad—are offered every day; means of financing personal ventures must be considered and all of them ought to be submitted to your banker for advice. We are in business to help our de positors and clients to solve their prob lems. It’s the reason our officers are not kept behind closed doors; it’s the reason they have comfortable visitors’ chairs at their elbows. Drop in to see us anytime. We Pay 5% On Savings. The Nebraska State JBaijk A daughter was born on August 24th, to Mr. and Mis. George Stracke, of Stuart. Miss Agnes Shoemaker spent several days last week at Stuart, Ne braska, the guest of Miss'Alice Criss. J. P. Gallagher and brother, Dr. Joe Gallagher, of Toledo, Ohio, came home Saturday evening from a few days bass fishing at Marsh lake in Cherry county. The editor of this paper can vouch for the fact that they caught a nice string of bass because our table was decorated the following day with a large one that weighed four pounds after it was dressed. They caught about eighty in all. State Journal: “Announcement is made of the approaching marriage of Miss Ruth M. Page to William P. Par ker, both of Lindoln, which will take place August 31, at the home of Miss Page’s sister, Mrs. 0. F. Adams, of Omaha." Miss Page is the daughter of Mrs. S. A. Page, of Page. SERVICES AT THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Regular servises will be held in the Presbyteran church next Sunday morning and evening at the usual time. REV. GEO. LONGSATFF, Pastor. Are You Coming To The Fair? What are you going to exhibit? This is your Fair. Boost it. Every day is a big day. Chariot Races, Running Races, Relay Races, Merry-Go-Round, Rides, Bowery Dance N’everything—N’everything. Come To The Fair September 23, 24, 23, 26 O’Neill, Nebraska « Friday, September 26th is Childrens’ Day. All children 15 years old and under admitted free on this day. Remember this is kids Parade Day. All kids 10 years and 6 months and under we want in this parade. Get the boy a dog, pony, pet or something. Girls have a doll or buggy or any kind of a pet. Every kid—boy or girl in this Parade will receive 25c in cash, after 1st, 2nd and 3rd money has been paid out. Cash premiums will be paid when parade is over. Parade forms at the Floral Hall at 2:30 sharp. Parade will be in charge of Miss Irenaeia Biglin and assistants. Remember this is your Fair. Come, bring the family and kids. Yours truly, A. J. Hahn, Pres. Jacob Hirsch, Vice-Pres. John L. Quig, Secretary-Treasurer.