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' The Frontier. VOLUMN XLV. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1924. NO. 21. St, Patrick’s Parish -will give a \ Bazaar, Dinner And Dance -at the K. C. Opera House Wednesday and Thursday October 29th and 30th Dinner will be served each day from 5:30 to 7:30. Dance each evening beginning at 9:30. MUSIC BY THE ASH-STRATTON ORCHESTRA LuGAL MATTERS. Mrs. R. R. Dickson ivent to Omaha the first of the week for a visit with friends. Miss Bessie McLeod was visiting friends in Omaha and Lincoln last Fri day and Saturday. J. B. Mellor, S. J. Weekes and J. F. O’Donnell went to Omaha Tuesday to attend the bankers convention. k Mrs. J. B. Mellor went to Lincoln Wednesday for a visit with her son, Ralph, who is attending the state uni versity. A daughter was bom to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Pound last Sunday, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Downey. Mrs. J. F. O’Donnell accompanied by her daughter, Miss Irene, and her f brother, Lawrence Skirving, drove to Omaha Wednesday. The woman’s missionary society of the Presbyterian church will meet with Mrs. George Longstaff on Thursday evening, October 30. Judge R. R. Dickson and Reporter C. B. Scott went to Bassett Monday where they are holding the regular fall term of the district court. Bert Shoemaker left Saturday morning on a hunting trip through western Nerbaska and South Dakota. He expects to be absent about two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Erb, of Had iey, Minnesota, who arrived Monday ot last week for a short visit with relatives, returned to thier home by auto Sunday. Loyal Crawford, 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Crawford, is about recover ed from injuries received when a horse he was riding fell with him a couple of weeks ago. Atkinson Graphic: Capt. Fullerton of the Presbyterian ball team reports winning another ball game, 6 to 4, Wednesday, played with a mixed. Em met and O'Neill team at Emmet. Rev. George Longstaff went to Omaha the ftrst of the week and from there will go to Hastings where he will attend the Presbyterian synod which is in session there this week. Atkinson Graphic: Dist, Clerk Moss came home from O’Neill and spent Sunday and visited with his brothers, John from Spokane and Earl from Chicago, who are taking a vaca tion and visiting their parents. Henry C. Peterson, traveling agent for the C. & N. W. Ry. Company was visiting the O’Neill business men Wed nesday. Dr. A. H. Corbett returned home from Denver, Wednesday, slightly “under the weather” threatened with pneumonia. Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Surber and two daughters, drove up from Norfolk Sunday and visited until Wednesday at the home of the former’s brother, Elmer, and family. The ladies of the Et-A-Virp club and their husbands gathered at the Sam A. Arnold home Monday evening and surprised Mrs. Arnold, one of their members. The evening was pleas antly passed. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Coffey, of Fair fax, South Daokta, stopped in O’Neill last Sunday and remained until the following day with relatives. They were returning home from Lincoln. Atkinson Graphic: Born, to Mr. and Mrs. John Winkler, October 14th, a boy. To Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lance, October 14th, a girl. To Mr. and Mrs. Wm. F. Giunke, October 11th, a girl. M rs. A. L. Willcox, Miss Helen Willcox and Miss Bernadette Bren nan drove over to Springfield, South. Dakota, Friday afternoon, to visit friends, and took in the Yankton bridge celebration Saturday and Sun day. Mrs. Martin Bazelman received th6 sad news Wednesday, of last week, that her nephew, Keith Borland, had passed away at Columbus, Nebraska. Joseph Bazelman left that evening’for Columbus, where he attended the funeral of his cousin. John C. White accompanied by his two nieces, Mrs. Ethel Pilger and Miss Nora White, came up from Omaha and spent last week visiting at the home of their brother and uncle, Tom White, at Redbird, Nebraska. They returned to Omaha Monday. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Fehr arrived in O’Neill Monday from St. Louis Park, Minnesota, and will be located in this city in the future. Mr. Fehr is an electrical engineer and will have charge of the operation of the electric light plant here. Dr. J. P. Gilligan assisted by Dr. O. W. French, of Page, performed an operation Monday upon Dee Grass, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Grass resid ing east of O’Neill, who is suffering with pneumonia. Miss Lura Grass is also quite ill with pneumonia. Mr. and Mrs. George Bay attended a family reunion last Sunday, at the home of Mrs. Bay’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kaczor, who resides north of Spencer. All of the children were present excepting Fred, Jr., who lives in Montana. The occasion was the eighty-fourth birthday anniversary of Mr. Kaczor. W. B. Golden, assistant superin tendent of the Chicago 8: Northwest ern Railway Co., was shaking hands with the business men of O’Neill, Tuesday morning. Mr. Golden is be ing favorably mentioned for the pos ition of division superintendent which office was made vacant by the sudden death of Superintendent Boone who was killed in an auto accident near Norfolk about two weeks ago. ' W ' The Logical Choice of die Careful Buyer The Touring Car Runabout • $263 Demountable Rime and Starter $85 extra Coupe • - • • $523 Tuaor Sedan • • 590 Fordor Sedan - • 685 All prices f. o. b. Detroit You con buy any model by making a small dowrupay men! and arranging easy terms lor the balance. Or you can buy on the Ford Weekly Purchase Plan. The Ford dealer In your neighborhood will gladly explain both plans in detail. The Ford car delivers more useful, care-free, economical service per dollar invested than any other car. Its sturdy, rigid construction is striking evidence of enduring materials. Every minute operation is scientifically tested and accurately checked. Control of natural resources and complete manufacture in large volume have made pos sible value that is the one standard by which every motor car must necessarily be judged. The Ford car is the logical and necessary choice of the buyer who wants to get the utmost from every motoring dollar. THE UNIVERSAL CAR f' •EE THE NEAREST AUTHORIZED FORD DEALER PETEIt NORBECK WILL SPEAK IN O’NEILL FRIDAY AFTERNOON Senator Peter Norbeck, of South Dakota, will speak in O’Neill Friday afternoon, October 24th, at three o'clock upon the political issues now before the people as viewed from a Republican standpoint. Senator Nor beck is an interesting speaker. Don’t fail to hear him. J. A. Ponohoe is in Omaha attend ing the bankers convention Mrs. R. M. Sauers was in Norfolk last Thursday between trains. J. W. McPherran, of Ponca, arrived here Monday and will be employed at the light plant. James Connolly hauled in a car load of hogs in his new truck last Tuesday for John O’Malley, who shipped them to Omaha. W. R. Riddlesbarger, principal of the public school, went to Lincoln Saturday to attend the Colgate-Ne braska foot ball game. Father M. J. Brady, of Omaha, new assistant to Father Cassidy at St. Patrick’s church, arrived last Thurs day and has entered upon his duties Walter Phillips, of Star, managed to tear a front wheel from his car Saturday evening while turning a cor ner too fast, about ten miles north east of O’Neill. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Rooney, of Chadron, spent Monday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Harty. They were on their way to Omaha to at tend the bankers convention. Robert R. Dickson, grand master of the Masonic order in Nebraska, went to Bellevue, Nebraska, last Saturday where he officiated at the laying of the corner stone of a large community building. Mrs, D. H. Clauson and Mrs. H. H. Haffner entertained the Presbyterian Ladies Aid society in the church base ment last Thursday. The rooms were tastily arranged with Halloween dec ''ifttiorand autumn leaves. Twenty five ladies were present. The Minnesota Electric Light Com pany have completed the pipe line from the Northwestern tracks to their light plant and Wednesday morning the boilers were fired for the first time with fuel oil. The machin ery is being rearranged in the power house and when the work is com pleted the plant will be more efficient. Loyd Brown is believed to have es tablished a record for hay baling, at the George Shoemaker ranch south of town. Mr. Brown recently with a six man crew and six four-mule teams recenti.V baled and delivered for J. B. Ryan 30 stacks or 264 tons of hay. Seven and one-half days were.required for baling1 and eight days for hauling, or an average of a little over 35 tons baled per day. Lawrence Skivving, of Sacramento, California, arrived here Monday from New York City, where he had been to identify a large quannhy of wool that was stolen from him at Sacramento. The theft was discovered and the wool located before the boat on which the cargo had been loaded, left the docks. The boat sailed through the Panama canal. Lawrence went to New York and identified the wool as it wa3 unloaded from the ship. Some time ago a number of the ladies of the Presbyterian church sent a box of presents to John Longstaff Goodenberger, the young son of Rev. and Mrs. E. C. Goodenberger, who are located in the province of Yunnan, in the interior of China. Recently a let ter was received from Mrs. Gooden berger acknowledging the receipt of the presents. The letter was unique in that it was written in verse and each verse contained something about some article sent. The ladies who contributed to the box gathered at the home of Rev. and Mrs. Longstaff Tues day evening at which time the letter was read. Mrs. Longstaff served luncheon during the evening. Atkinson Graphic: The State and Federal Aid highway between Atkin son and Emmet, formerly one of the poorest stretches of road along this line, is now open to traffic as one of the best roads in the county. With six miles of new grading and five miles of rebuilt grading this road consti tutes one of the long-needed valuable improvements to east and west travel through Atkinson and other towns along this highway. The work on this road was begun in the latter part of August and about thirty-two days of working time was spent upon its im provement. Two men with a tractor and a grading outfit did the work and the estimated cost of the project is only $1,150.00. County Road Super sor, C. E. Havens, of Atkinson, was in strumental in having this new grade put in. Zeb Warner and son, Fred, returned home Sunday evening from a six weeks’ auto trip to Zeb's old home at Point Pleasant, Virginia, where he spent his boyhood days. This was the first visit to the old home for forty years and Zeb says that things have changed to such an extent that he hardly new the place. The trip was an interesting one and included stops at various points enroute where they visited with old friends. A stop of three days was made in Columbus, Ohio, where they visited relatives. Zeb says that he visited the state penitentiary there and viewed the electric chair. There are 3,000 con victs in this pen, including 500 life termers. The travelers report that the roads are not first «Iass nil of the way and that they encountered con siderable bad roads on the highways in the east as well as this side of Chicago. JONES-GRIFFITH. On Friday, October 17th, occurred the marriage of Jennie Griffith, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Grif fith, and Samuel D. Jones, of San Antonia, Texas. The young couple drove to Burke, South Dakota, accompanied by the bride’s brothers, Charles and Cecil, and an uncle of the bride, Rev. W. R. Griffith, pastor of the Hawthorne M. E. church of Chicago, Illinois, a sub urb of Chicago, who performed the ceremony uniting this young couple. The bride wore a most becoming gown of Mocha tan canton crepe and carried a bouquet of pink roses and white carnations. The bridegroom wore the conventional suit of blue. Immediately following the ceremony the bridal party returned to the home of the bride’s parents, twenty miles north of O’Neill, where about thirty five immediate relatives and friends were served with a three course din ner. The dining room was tastily decorated with pink roses and white carnations, interspersed with ferns and in the center of the table was an immense wedding cake on which stood a minature wedding couple under a white wedding bell. The cake was cut by the bride, and the supposition is that a number of the young lady guests slept with a piece of the cake under their pillow that night. The following vocal numbers ren dered during the reception were “The Dawn” d Hardlot; “Loves Garden” Bulreigh, by Mrs. Cotton. Violin numbers, “La Serenata” Braga, “By the Waters of Minne-tonka” Lorenz, by Miss Scannell. The newly weds departed for the west Friday evening where they will visit points of interest enroute to their new home in San Francisco, Califor nia. The bride is a graduate of the O’Neill high school and also of the Van Zandt business college, of Oma ha. She went to California with friends in the spring of 1921. While employed as a stenographer for the Dodge Bros., Motor Co., in Fresno, she met her fiance, who flras then em ployed as auditor for the San Joaquin Valley Rasin Association. Mrs. Jones returned from California in July and has been spending the past few months with her parents on the farm near Meek, Nebraska. Although Mr. Jones is not well known here he is a younng man of good habit and a member of the Masonic fraternity and served over seas dur ing the late war. Many useful and beautiful presents were received by the newly weds. Both young people have received hearty congratulations from their friends both here and in California, who are wishing them a long and happy life in their California home. CHAMBERS ITEMS. Mrs. C. N. Thompson, of Amelia, Is on the sick list. Arthur Tibhitts. of Neligh, is assist ing his brother, C. E. Tibbetts. E. E. Nelson, of Chadron, is in Chambers this week tuning pianos. Lyle Bernhart, of Bliss, is seriously ill at the home of his parents with an attack of “Flu.” Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Elkins are the happy parents of a nine pound baby girl born Sunday, October 19th. County Superintendent Miss Anna Donohoe, of O’Neill, visited the schools in and around Chambers a few days this week. While playing on the school grounds Tuesday, Charles Disney fell from a swing sustaining a compound frac ture of the wrist. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Walter and sons, Lyle and Floyd, left Wednesday for Arapahoe for a visit with Casper Walter and family. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Rousselle, of Seward, who are visiting Mrs. Rous elle’s sister, Miss Hazel Crim, left for their home at Seward Thursday. Judge and Mrs. C. J. Malone and daughter and Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Win chell, of O’Neill, spent Saturday at Chambers, interviewing the voters. Mrs. Wilbur Burrel and children left Saturday for Norfolk where little Milford will be a patient in the Lu theran hospital for surgical attention. Mi-, and Mrs. Hamer and children, of Loup City, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Dick Kiser, of Amelia. Mr. Hamer was ill a few days, but is bet ter at this writing. Prof. Harold Thompson, of St. Ed ward, motored to Chambers Saturday BigPiano AND Phonograph Sale Used Pianos: One Fisher.$85.00 One Needham.110.00 One Kingsbury ..125.00 One Chickering . 135.00 One Patterson.-_135.00 One Bollinger.135.00 One Leland, oak.. 150.00 One Wellington__150.00 One Russell & Reed... 160.00 Pathe Phonographs: $125.00 Model.... $50.00 $150.00 Model. 60.00 $175.00 Model.„ 70.00 $250.00 Model ..... 85.00 Sale Starts Saturday, Oc tober 25th, and will continue for thirty days. Bowen’s Racket Store and his twin brother, Prof. Howard Thompson, accompanied him to St. Edward for a week-end visit with their .mother and sister. D. C. Gill, H. 0. Richardson, and S. A. Wassum, of Tekamah, arrived in Chambers Tuesday for a short visit with the former’s brother, Dr. J. W. Gill and family. They left Wednes day for Rock county on a hunting trip. Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Gill entertained, Monday, at a 7 o’clock dinner in honor of Mr/ and Mrs. Elmer Rousselle, of Seward. The other guests were Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Tibbitts, Miss Hazel Crim, Miss Mildred Stanton and Prof. H. L. Thompson. Dr. and Mrs. E. J. Oxford and Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Gill motored to At kinson Thursday to attend the meet ing of the Eighth Councillor District Nebraska State, and Holt county medi cal societies. The meeting was well attended by Doctors from all over the state. The program was both in structive and entertaining. Much credit is due the people of Atkinson for the hospitality extended to the doctors. A three course luncheon was served at 1 p. m., when the doc tors and their families were the guests of the Atkinson Commercial club at the Commercial cafe. l£oi)a) Theatre “HOME OF GOOD PICTURES” - FRIDAY - Miss Dupont in “WHAT THREE MEN WANTED” - SATURDAY - Lionel Barrymore and Lena Owens in “UNSEEING EYES” 2>Reel Comedy, Santa Fe Trail -SUNDAY & MONDAY — Earnest Lawrence and Anna Q. Nilson —in— “THE SIDE SHOW OF LIFE” Comedy, News MatineeMonday—i p. m. — TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY — Rex Beachs* “RECOIL” —starring— Betty Blythe and Mahlon Hamilton -——i THURSDAY --- Frank Mayo and Mildred Harris in “SHADOW OF EAST” Coming— “White Shadows.” “Strangers of Night.” “Ruggles of Red Gap.” “If Winter Comes.” “Alaskan.” “Feet of Clay.” This Is Radio Time! The air is full of Radio. Come now and let me demonstrate. I have sets that begin where other sets leave off. I have the very best factory-made machines. I am also equipped to build any kind of a home-made machine that you want, at your own price. See me before buying that Radio. Free service at all times on my machines. Phil Ziemer
