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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1925)
Far north Also Has Its “Emerald isle” Were not the title pre-empted, Kodiak, in the Katnml district of Ahisku, might have been called the "iiuterwld Isle” quite as well as Ire land, for its situation In the Pacific Is similar to that of Ireland in the Atlantic ocean, is the assertion made bj a writer in the Washington Stur. Although the Island of Kodiak Is 1<J0 miles from Mount Katmnl, which in June, U)12, gnve one of the most tremendous volcanic explosions ever recorded, it was buried nearly a foot deep in ash. The ashy blanket trans formed the "Green Kodiak" of other days into a gray desert of sand, but after a period of two years the ash laderi hillsides were again covered with verdure finer than ever before. In the words of a resident of Kodiak, "Never was such grass known before, so high or so early. No one O'er believed the country could grow so many berries, nor so large, before thi. ash.” The Island owes Its climate, ns does Ireland, to the tropical ocoan current which bathes Its shores. The easterti half of the Island Is occupied by a forest of spruce, whose trees reach « great size. Then comes luxuriant grass land, equal to any grazing land In the United States, and finding a parallel only In the “guinea grass” of the tropics. Armenians Have Long Survived Other Races The Armenians have remained un shuken In all vicissitudes and by their Courage have preserved until our days their nationality, their language and (heir customs, asserts Herbert Welsh In the New Armenia. The races that the Armenians knew In their Infancy have finished from the face of the earth. Their brothers, •the Phrygians, are today only a vague memory. Anmng the contemporaries the Armenians, only the Hellenes, the Itallotes and the Gauls have sur vived, not, hswever, without undergo ing many changes, and abandoning many of their fonner customs. Ex cept the Greeks, one must seek the kinsmen of the Armenians among the nations who were brought from the steppes of the North toward the Aores of the Mediterranean by the same flood that brought the ancestors <tf Haik toward Thrace. It can clearly be seen that the titles of nobility of the Armenian race date back to more than 3,000 years before •ur era, and that they are muoh more •orient than those of most of the Eu ropean peoples. About the time when Rome vvns being founded, Halk, the eponymous hero of Armenia, led the Armenians to Ararat. The Persians tyere Just commencing their political life when Armenia had ulready con stituted herself a %tate. Astronomical Theories The naval observatory says the be lief Is commonly held among astrono mers that Mars is an older planet than IJte earth. The old theory of the origin of the solar system, called the nebular hypothesis, was first proposed by Laplace a hundred or more years •go. According to his view, the sun lyas once so large that It extended as far as the orbit of Neptune. In the process of shrinking to Its present size It left bits of Itself behind, each of ,tyhleh became u planet; so that the farther out a planet is, the older it is. However, there are many astronomers lyho do not accept this theory; several different theories are now given to •tgplain the origin of the solar system. Preserving Trees I*arge wounds In trees made by the removal of branches of considerable diameter may be protected by painting tl«e cut surface with a heavy coating of ^hite lead. A large number of waxes, paints and washes hav£ been tried, and the conclusion has been drawn that any substance which Is not corrosive or detrimental to growth and which wfll protect the heartwood from the at tacks of rot spores, will prove a satis factory covering for a cut surface. Among such substances may be men tioned white lead, yellow ocher, coal lar and grafting wax. Awakens New Hope Some enterprising California cltleon discovered that goldfish are much more valuable In a pond of stagnant water than in a glass bowl. It is said that a few goldfish placed in sluggish water where mosquitoes breed will in one season eat every vestige of mosquito larvae, freeing the neighborhood of Oils pest. Just about the time we bad given up all hope that this metallic Colored fish had any value other than as a parlor pet. along cornea this news dispatch. There Is hope for the gar pike yet.—Detroit News. Oriental Rug Designs Authorities on oriental rugs say that the rug Itself typifies the uni verse and the various designs the ever-changing course of life. The principal color. If red, typifies life of Victory; If blue, royalty; If white, purity; If green, devotion, and If Hack, evil. In patterns the Swastika means good luck; the Hower and knot, fortune and life everlasting. th» cir cle, Immortality. The star of six points represents Allah. Our Inquisitive Youngsters ^'Un'.le Tom. what are those little square holes In your desk for?" “Those are pigeon holes, my dear." “When will the pigeons be back?"— Boston Transcript. V 1 Scrap Beolti Famous Rifleman Gave Name to Pipe Spring Pipe Spring national monument is famous in Utah and Arizona history. In 1853 Jacob Hamblin was sent by President Brigham Young of tiie Mor mon church to visit the Hop! Indians in northern Arizona. His party con sistod of ten, Including a Piute Indian guide, and, so the story goes, they camped by a marvelous spring in the midst of the desert. Hamblin, observes the New York Times, was a noted rifle shot, and the conversation turned to the qdestlon of marksmanship. A wager was made that he could not shoot a hole through a handkerchief at 20 yards. Hamblin (ired several shots at the square silk hung by the two upper corners, but the force of the bullet only swept the handkerchief back without penetrating it. Stung by his failure and his friend’s laughing remark that he could not shoot straight, Hamblin declared that if he could not shoot straight lie could stick his pipe up as a target and shoot the bottom out without breaking the bowl. Up went the pipe, and "crack” went the rifle. Hamblin made good his word and from that time on the spring has been called Pipe spring, according to the Depart ment of the Interior. In 1801 James M. Whitmore was sent by the church to the southern part of the state to raise cotton in Utah’s Dixie and to develop the resources of that part of the territory. He and his followers settled at St. George, and in 1863, In order to provide grazing facilities for his henjs of cattle and flocks of sheep, he located and im proved the Pipe Spring ranch, which lies about 55 miles east of St. George and 20 miles west of Kanab. Indian City of Jeypore Has Unique Features , One of the most remarkable cities In the whole world Is Jeypore, In India. It is specially beautiful and regular because it wasybullt all at one time and according to a single consistent design instend of being built helter skelter and at different periods. The founder of it was Jey Sing, a maha rajah or native ruler who started it in “Hall of the Winds” 1728. Most of the buildings are cov ered with pink and white stucco—this being the case with the “Hall of the Winds," which Is here Illustrated. In Jeypore the sacred cattle go about the streets at will, eating anything eatable they see, and the people dare not mo lest them. The monkeys, elephants, camels and other animals are also con sidered sacred and they have things pretty much their own way.—Pathfind er Magazine. Clocks* Two Years* Test The twenty electric clocks In the palace of Industry and other buildings at the Rrltish Empire exhibition at Wembley were two years under test at the royal observatory, Edinburgh. The special apparatus used included a klnomatograph which takes account of thousandths of a second. The vari ations of the clocks during the test never exceeded one-hundredth of a second In twenty-four hours. Buoy*9 Long Voyage A light buoy which broke away from its moorings in South America live years ago has traveled nearly 10,000 miles to Australia. The direc tor general of navigation in New South Wales reported that the buoy broke adrift in 1919, and. assuming that it followed the shortest route, it must have drifted between four and five miles a day. Retriever Adopts Kitten A Chicago man owns g retriever and a Ciit, and both recently became moth ers. The retriever’s two pups were torn dead, so she abducted the cat’s Ingle kitten. The distressed cat has ■ndeavored to secure possession of n»r offspring, but the retriever holds icr at bay and jealously guards the It ton. which she nurses and tends ievotedly. To Feast on Ancient Ham A fanner near Excelsior Springs 'to., has kept a hnm 47 years. It is n»* his father put away in ashes in IS77. l«o says it Is his intention to In ite a few of his old friends to take tinner with him in 1927, on which oc •aslon 1 t»e hnm will be served and its p'ftkvh anniversary appropriately cele ul'Ultt). Humorist Could Also Be Bitter at Times For renl bitterness the following (from Mark Twain) is hard to match: “A myriad of men are born; they labor and sweat and struggle for bread; they squabble and scold and fight; they scramble for little mean advantages over each other. Age creeps upon them; infirmities follow; shames und humiliations bring down their prides and their vanities. Those they love are taken from them, and the Joy of life is turned to aching grief. The burden of pain, care, mis ery, grows heavier year by year. At length ambition Is dead; pride is dead; vanity is dead; longing for release Is in their place. It comes at last—the only unpoisoned gift earth ever had for them—and they vanish from a world where they were of no conse quence; where they achieved nothing; where they were a mistake and a fall- i ure and a foolishness; where they have left no sign that they have ex isted—a world which will lament them for a day and forget them forever. Then another myriad takes their place, and copies all they did, and goes along the same profitless road, and vanishes as they vanished—to make room for another and another and a million more myriads to follow the same arid path through the same desert nnd ac complish what the first myriad, and all the myriads that came after it, ac complished—nothing!" And they called Mark Twain "Amer ica’s greatest humorist” 1—Pathfinder Magazine. Heart Massage Is One of Surgical Marvels The heart is a pump, and Its work can be done for it quite well for a little while by hand, while its own power fails, and It takes a rest. One lias to remember that, normally It never lias a rest from the moment of life until death. And what happens In cases of heart massage is that the surgeon rap idly makes his way to the organ,- and, taking it firmly and gently in the hand, squeezes It so many times to the minute, thus keeping the stream of the blood circulating. If all goes well, the heart gradually recovers itself, and begins to beat of Its own uccord. Thus it practically amounts to this— that a person may actually die and be brought to life again. There was a time when if wotrid have been thought madness to touch the; heart. Yet wonderful things were done in the World war in removing bullets and shrapnel and in repairing heart rents, though often it Is better to let sleeping dogs He undisturbed, and the surgeon is still very chary of touching the great vital organ. For, though the heart is not so fragile as we once fan cied, It has a queer temper. Its nervous mechanism is not a little touchy, and easily thrown out of gear.—London Times. -- Danger of Deforestation The forest service suys that the re duction of the forests does diminish stream flow. The forest cover acts as a gigantic sponge that holds back excessive moisture and lets It out gradually into streams. Deforestation can take place without danger to a certain point. If the deforestation is carried too far it proves dangerous through periods of excessive moisture such as melting snow, which causes floods. With the forest cover acting as u sponge it does lessen floods to a cer tain extent. The Increase in arable lands would diminish neighboring streams in so far as forest lands would be taken and placed Over in the arable lands. Organization of Scientists The Royal society grew out of two small groups of friends, who met oc casionally in London and Oxford to discuss scientific questions, about the middle of the Seventeenth century. These were organized into a definite society in 1600, and two years later the society was granted a charter by Charles II and incorporated as the Royal society. Its early meetings took place in Gresham college, and after wards In Crane court. In 1782 the place of meeting was transferred to Somerset house, and in 1857 to Bur lington house, London.—London Mall. Fir at Coinage of Silver ~ Sliver was first coined on the Isle of Aegina. Here the ancient Greeks stamped a turtle on their first silver coins over 700 years before the Chris tian era. The first silver coins in the United States were Issued by the Mas sachusetts colony, which minted small silver coins, familiarly known as the pine-tree shillings. The mint was closed by order of the crown In 1684. The first coins made by the United States government were in 1793. Papal Triple Crown The tiara, a high cap of gold cloth, encircled by three coronets, with a mound and cross of gold at the top, is the triple crown of the pope. It is ornamented with precious stones and pearls, and is decorated with three royal diadems. It is without inscrip tion. A symbolic meaning has been found in the triple crown, as repre senting the authority of the pope over the church “militant,- expectant and triumphant.'’ Service Mrs. McGee (In hotel)—Are these sheets damp? New Maid—No, ma'am; but we can sprinkle them If you wish.—Hotel Man agement. PLEASANTVIEW ITEMS. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Murphy and son, of near Emmet, spent a few’ Says with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bruder and family last week. Miss Dorothy Winkler spent a few days last week with the Charley Bau man family, south of Atkinson. Mr. and Mrs. Nels Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Reise and Dorothy, were dinner guests of Mrs. George Reise! and fajnily Xmas day. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Pratt and family spent Christmas day with relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Tm Malloy, near Emmet, j Elmer and John F. Warner ate! Xmas dinner with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Zeb Warner, of O’Neill. Mrs. Elmer Warner is spending the holidays with her uncle, Strongburgs, in Omaha. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Klingler, Wm. Steskall, Amiel and Albert Heeb, Ed die Rosier were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Strong. Katherene Reise spent a few days last week with Mrs. George Reise and family. Tom Maring, Jr., is spending a few days in Neligh. Elmer Warner returned home Mon day from a visit in Long Pine. Wm. Clausen spent Sunday In Spencer to the bedside of his father in-law, Mr .Bigler, who is in the hos pital there with heart trouble. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Walnofer called on Ed Heebs Friday. Miss Marcellia and Tressie Ulrich spenf a few days with their brother, Leonard and wife, south of Atkinson. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Winkler and daughter, Dorothy, spent Christmas day with Mrs. Winkler’s parents in Atkinson, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Less man. Mr. and Mrs. James Mullen and family, Mr. and Mrs. Orville Hitchcock and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ul rich and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Leon ard Ulrich spent Christmas day with Mrs. Katherne Ulrich and family. Miss Henretta Rleser spent Satur day evening with Mr. and Mrs. Bert Fued and family; Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Maring were called to the bedside of his mother, Mrs. Alex Maring, of Atkinson, Mon day. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Walnofer were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Klingler Sunday. Miss Francis Moore and brother, Clyde, Bill Siebert and Ida Ohle spent Thursday evening with Miss Katie Ulrich. Fred Roth spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Winkler and family. George Fullerton spent a few days with relatives last week, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Fullerton. \Ienry Winkler was in Emmet Mon day. TAKEN UP Taken up, Wednesday, December 3, seven head of shoats, weighing about fifty pounds each. Owner can have same by paying for advertising and keep. 27-tf MRS. VIOLA MORGAN. “A tribe of Indians tius laid claim to a section of Chicago.” “They probably want It as a spot as yet wholly untouched by civiliza tion." Lost Oddly Marked Pets A New York lady has, as a hobby, the collecting of cats with an unusual number of claws on their paws. She had gathered together 19 cats, each possessing more than the usual num ber of claws, but unfortunately, while moving, eleven of the cats were suffo cated. The lady sued the driver of the lorry who had moved the cats, but the action was dismissed. Clock Made of Hard Coal M. A. Randall of Concord, N. H., has a novelty In the shape of a clock that Is made of hard coal, presented to him by his son, Elmer, of Wllkes barre. Pa., In the heart of the hard coal section of Pennsylvania. Stick pins and cuff buttons made from sul phur diamonds found In the Pennsyl vania coal mines are part of the odd collection. For the Forbidden City As foreigners are not allowed to enter Lhasa, the Forbidden City of Tibet, Tibetan engineers have been receiving instruction in electrical en gineering in England, where a special turbo-alternator has been constructed for use in Lhasa. As the machine will have to be carried 400 miles on camels. It was necessary that no part should weigh more than 56 pounds. Barrier Against Flies A screen of air from hidden electric fans above and below the door is used to keep flies from entering meat and fish markets in Boston. Cheating the TailorJ Mr. Joseph Bagley, of Willingham, Lincolnshire, England, wore on his golden wedding day the suit In which he was married. A Valuable Asset —_ / We want every customer to know that .bis con nection with this bank, will be one of his best and strongest assets. i This bank carries no indebtedness of officers or stockholders. Resources over $600,000.00. i — - - The O’Neill National Bank PAID LOCALS. FARM LOANS—R. H. PARKER.—37tf KODAKS, FILMS, KODOK FINISH ing—W. B. Graves, O’Neill. 30-tf NO. 2 HAWKEYE CAMERA, SPEC ial $1.98, Graves Jewelry Store, 27tf FOR RENT—GOOD HOUSE, CLOSE in—Edlward O’Donnell. 29-tf Bring your scissors and knife sharp ning to Davidson’s Plumbing Shop. 35-2p FOR SALE—MODERN HOUSE AND 8 lots. Call or write, Mrs. Nona Bedford, Page. 27-9p FOR RENT—MY RANCH OF 760 acres, 3% miles east of Inman.— Mrs. Peter Ryan. 29-3 I WANT SOME FARM AND RANCH loans. If you want money come in and see John L. Quig. 32-tf FOR SALE, OR WILL TRADE FOR stock or machinery, Ford touring car. Inquire at this office. 29-3p Buy one book for 75c, read it, then bring it back to us and pay us 10c and take your choice of our stock. W. B. Graves. 26-18. Yonr eyes will not trouble you any longer if you will nail on Perrigo Optical Co. at the Golden Hotel. Satur day, January 10th. 30-2 FORM AND RANCH LOANS, 6 AND three-fourth per cent, no commis sion.—F. J. Dishner, County Agent Joint Stock Land Bank. 17-tf FOR RENT—160 ACRE FARM, HAS 120 acres under cultivation, has, good buildings, has some alfalfa See R H Parker, O’Neill 27-3 FOR SALE — GUNN SECTIONAL book cases 8 sections with 2 tops and 2 lower drawers. Mission finish. Call at this office. 26-tf ANNUAL ME ETING—SHIELDS TOWNSHIP The annual meeting of Shields Town ship will be held at the Town Hall on Tuesday, January 6, 1925, at 1:3# P. M. ED. MURRAY, CLERK. ALL WINTER HATS ON SALE AT 60 per cent off at Clinton Hat Shop. ' 29-3 FOR SALE.—6-cyl. automobile cheap. —R. H. Parker, O’Neill. 20-tf Satisfaction with our glasses will remain long after the price Is forgot See Perrigo Optical do. at the Golden Hotel, on Saturday, January iOth. 30-2 IP YOU NEED THE OLD LOAN ON your farm renewed for anothter 5 or 10 years, of if you need a larger loan * ,Of" make !t for you.—R H. Parker, O Neill, Nebraska. 21-tf 5%% INTEREST AND NO COMMIS slon. I am now loaning Money on r arms and Ranches at 5%% interest and no commission to pay. New Loan Company I Just got.—R. H. Parker, O Neill, Nebraska. i 3-tf l, (First publication Dec. 18.) (W. J. Hammond, Attorney.) NOTICE OF GUARDIAN’S SALE. Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a license granted to me by the Dist rict Court of Holt County, Nebraska, in an action-pending in said Court enti tled “In the matter of the application of Zada Russ, formerly Zada Schreier, guardian of Henrietta Schreier, a minor for leave to sell real estate," dated December 1, 1924, I will offer for sale and sell to the highest bidder for cash, subject to all encumbrances, the undivided one-half interest of Hen rietta Schrlerer a minor in the Court ing real estate in Holt County, Ne braska, to-wit: South Half of South Half, and the North Half of Southeast Quarter and the South Half of North east Quarter of Section 18, in Town ship 25 North, of Range 11 West of the 6th PrinciDal Meridian, on the 7th day of January, 1925, at ten o'clock A. M. at the front door of the CCourt House In the City of O’Neill, Holt County, Nebraska. Said sale will re main open for one hour. ZADA RUSS, formerly Zada Schreier, guardian of Hen rietta Schreier, a minor. 29-3 TO THE DEPOSITOR: , • , * *' i ‘ '* ;l . . I National Banks Fail— • f . . • t When they do depositors loee heavily. Why f Because deposits in National Banks are not guaranteed. State Banks Fail— When they do depositors a>e paid in fuU. Why? Because deposits in State Banks are prtoected hy the Depositers Guarantee Fund if 'toe ’Mat* yC Nebraska. The Nebraska State Bank of O’Neill is the only bank in O’Neill which offers you this protection. Tou will protect yourself and please us by depositing your money with us. 6 Per Cent Paid on Tim^ Deposits • * j* « Nebraska State Bank O’Neill, Nebraska