• . . » 'I foQj nartj ®'Hi A-k.aa.co. Help Wanted™ in a hurry? Unexpected company in the house—a party in prospect—feelinfr not unite up to standard? /aid a week’s washing storing you in the face-! Just step to the phone, call our num ber, and we’ll have our represent?ti e there in a jiffy to take t1 :s big load off your shoulders. Don’t hesitate to call upon us simpy because you haven’t been sending us your bunde regularly—you’ll find us just as prompt and as anxious to please as though you were one of our oldest customers. O’Neill Sanitary Laundry «» Progress and Satisfaction Streets .Notice of Annual Meeting of Grattan Townslilp. The Annual Meeting of Grattan Township will be held at the Library tn O’Neill, on Tuesday, January 13, 1-25, at 3:00 p. m„ for the purpose of making the following levies: Libray, Hoad, Bridgo and General fund, and for such other business as may prop erly come before the meeting. JAMES KELLEY, Clerk. ■Spinal Analysis. Physical ' Diagnosis DR. C. H. LUBKER Chiropractor Phone 316. O’Neill, Neb. DR. J. P. GILLIGAN Physician and Surgeon Special attention given to disease of the eye and correct fitting of glasses w. F. FINLEY, M. D. Phone, Office 28 O’Neill :: Nebraska NEW FEED STORE In the Roberts Barn in connection with the Feed Barn. All kinds of feeds and hay carried in stock. We make de livery. We do custom grinding. Office 336. Res. 270 or 303 ROBERTS & HOUGH THE O’NEILL ABSTRACT CO. —Compiles— “Abstract of Title” The only complete set of Abstract Books in Holt County. Nebraska Culvert and Mfg. Co. Austin-Western Road Machinery Armco Culverts Everything in Road Machinery. Wester ns Representative. L. C. PETERS O’Neill :: Nebraska ANNUAL MEETING—SHIELDS TOWNSHIP The annual meeting of Shields Towi ship will be held at the Town Ha’ on Tuesday, January 6, 1925, at 1:3< P. M. ED. MURRAY, CLERK. LIVE STOCK PRICES AT SOUTH OMAHA Fat Cattle Rather Slow But About Steady FURTHER DECMNE IN HOGS Fat Lambs Active and 25@50c High er, Top $17.75—Feeders Top $1650; Aged Sheep 25c Higher; Fat Ewes $10.00. Union Stock Yanis, Sou. 1 Omaha. Jan. 7, 102."*.—Iteje, >tr Tuesday were ! 0.000 head and ihe market slow at about steady tlgmes. Cows and heif er' were in good demand and firm and stackers ana feeders wete activo and strong. Quotations on cattle:—Good to choice yearlings, $10.25® Ll.t.O; fair to good yearlings. <825@1U.00; common to fair yearlings, $0 25@8.00: good lo choice s'eers, $i).0t)@11.»0* fair to j good steers, $7 <.*@8.75; common to ; fair to good fed cows, $3.75@5 00; canners, $2.00@2.00; cutl.rs, $3.00@3 50; veal caives, $’ feeders, $5.75@0 00; common to fair feeders, $4 50@5.50; good 'o choice Stockers, $C.75@7.50; fair to good Blockers, $G.(H)@0.75; common to fnir stockers, $»00@6 00; trasuy stoc*:ars, $3.75® 4.75; stock heifers, $3.00® 15C; stock cows, $2.50@3 00; stock calves, $3.00 @675. Hogs Sell 10@15c Lower. Some 27,800 hogs arrived Tuesday and .prices declined 10® 15c on all grades. The top was $10 30 and bulk of the trading at $0.10® 10.10. Lambs Higher Again Six thousand fresh sheep and lanihs arrived Tuesday and prices were gen erally 23@50c higher than Monday* Best wooled Limbs brought $U.75, feeder lambs $16.60 and fat ewes $1000. Quotations on sheep and lambs: Lambs, good to choice, $17.00@17.50; lambs, fair to good, $16.U0@lb.75; feeding lambs, $14.50® 16.50; wethers, $y 00@10.75; yearlings, ?11.75@15.U0; clipped lambs, fed, $14.00@15.00; fat ewes, $7.25®$.26. LIVE STOCK EXCtL.NGE HOLDS ANNUAL ELECTION WITH NO OPPOSITION At ihe regular annual election of the Omaha Li*t Stack Exchange following oilicers were elected un animously: President, John Fits Roberta; vice president, Charles Burke. Directors for the 3-year term: De: C. Johnson, janes G. vlaitiu and Wilson W Buchan, n; committee on arbitration: William T. Cox, E. P Melady, Guy C. El'is, John Smith ami Chailea F. Cox; committee on ap*i peals: M C. Wilketson. .. H. Lindlcy, E. A Rose, George Francis and C. H. Hopkins. (Copyright.) ■p EG IN ALIJ BROWN hart been -'■ "keeping company" with Matilda .inwklns for two years now. They >erfect!y understood that they loved neh other and were ultimately to be married; though the formal question >n Reginald’s part and the formal as sent on Matilda’s had never been poken. The fact was that Reggie had not spoken because he had never, n all those two years, been in such a 'lnancial condition that lie felt hirn elf justified in speaking. lie hardly expected that be would ever be able to give Matty—ns he called her—such a luxurious, home as that which she now enjoyed in the house of her great aunt, an old woman of eighty, for whom his adored one had been named—« jolly old*lady who read romantic novels continuous ly and was never tired of talking about marriage, though she had never been married herself. Reggie lint] been “bred to the law,’’ but had never been able to establish himself in his profession. He was alone in the world and making heavy weather of it in his attempts to reach the haven of a modest competence. Reggie was desperate. He thought of going to Matty and telling her just how matters stood, of saying to her: “I am a failure—and shall always lie one. It's no use. I love you too well to allow you to share my broken for tunes, or to cast myself as a burden upon your wealth. You would despise me if I did, and Justly so.’’ That was what lie felt he ought to do; but, somehow, lie could not bring himself to do it. Perhaps matters might mend with Jiim. He had sev eral Irons in the fire; who could tell what might happen? And (lien he be gan to dream dreams of future opu lence. Matty was at the end of all those dreams naturally. That was what lie wanted ills dreams to come true for—that he might marry Matty. Had Matty known how affairs stood with Reggie she would have rushed to him, thrown herself and her wealth at liis feet and commanded him to take It and her. Rut she didn’t know, and therefore she was peeved. Having no mother to confide in she confided in Aunt Tilda. The old lady was delight ed to be made the confidant in a love affair. “Oh, you dear child," cried -the old lady, “oh, you delightful girl. It’s just like something l was reading the other day In ‘Ralph Rigstone, or the Hunted Heart.’ A charming book —I’ll lend it to you. Reggie is timid; that's all. Make him jealous, child. That'll bring him to time. There is Percy Heighten. He’s in love with you, I know he is. Pretend to encour age him—and let Reggie see it. lie’ll speak then. “Rut would that he right?" de murred Matty," “to encourage the at tentions of a man whom I did not intend to marry?’* “Oil, ail’s fair in love and war.” laughed the old woman. “Rut what makes you think that Mr. Deighton is in love with me?’’ ob jected Matty; “lie has never shown any—er—symptoms.” “Oh, I know, I can tell,” chuckled Aunt Tilda; “you go ahead and do as I say if you want your Reggie.” Matty went away in deep thought. She did not approve of her aunt's plan, but then she did want Reggie, and, unable to think of any other scheme, resolved to try the one sug gested. Now it so happened that Aunt Tilda’s novel reading had led her astray. Mr. Deighton was not In love with Matty at all. He was a man of forty-five, a widower and a pros perous lawyer who managed Aunt Tilda’s business affairs for her. In this capacity, and that of a family friend, lie was often at the Lawton home and had taken a fatherly in terest in Matty, whose girlish beauty lie admired and whose Intelligent con versation he much enjoyed. That was all. He was therefore greatly surprised and not a little shocked and annoyed when he realized that Matty was “setting her cap at him.” “You did very well, very well in deed,” said Aunt Tilda after the sec ond of these, to Deighton, embarrass ing meetings. “Now we must get Reggie and Deighton here together and you do as well as you did today and we’ll bring Reggie to book in no time." "Auntie, I can t and wmn t go on with this," said Matty. “What will Mr. Deighton think of me?” “Oh, I’ll fix Deighton all right,” re turned the old lady. The next time Deighton called Aunt Tilda took him aside and told him the whole story, begging him to play his part in her little comedy. “Really,” said the lawyer, “I fear I am too poor an actor to (To us you request. I know Brown of course, lie’s a bright lad, but never has seemed to quite catch on. Perhaps all he wants is a chance. I’ll see what I can do.” The result was that two days later Reggie came rushing to Matty, waving his hat and crying out:, “Hurrah! We can be married now, Matty. I’ve got a job as office man ager for old Deighton at a good, fat salary—and if I make good, as I will, he says he will take me into partner ship later.” “Is this a proposal?” asked Matty. “It is, old gal." replied Reggie. “When shall It be?" “There.” said Aunt Tilda that night to her niece, “I told you if you fol lowed my advice Reggie would pro pose." .... Red Light Easily Best for Signaling Purposet It is ascertained from the bureat i of standards, in the Department ot j Commerce, that the red Jlght leads u|' | the rest for signaling purposes, its i visibility far outranging lights of any j other color. A grasp of the truth now scientifically demonstrated of coursi ' accounts for the selection of red In th« railroad service, on the highway and in theaters for the “danger" light. Its use in theaters and public halls, where it might suddenly become necessary for a crowd of people to seek safety through emergency exits, bus been criticized on the ground that green, not red, Is the "safety” light, liut there is common understanding of the meaning of the red light when it marks a fire-exit, and the use of it to guide a panicky assemblage to safety is Justified, inasmuch as for catching the eye there is no color so effective as red. No departure from long customary traffic practice is to he expected as a consequence of the intensive study of signal lights, which the bureau of standards is making in co-operation with the national safety council, tlie railroads and highway organizations, although some difference in the shades of the colors now in use may be recommended. Green is scientifi tally proved to he a far second to red in visibility, yellow and blue following in order, concludes the Providence Journal. I Man Long Has Sought Dominion of the Air The desire to conquer the air and emulate the birds is no modern fancy, but lias agitated the minds of men mechanically inclined for ages. Rec ords of a meeting of the Royal so ciety, held in London, England, in 1G7S), give the information that “Mr. Hooke read n paper containing a de scription of the way of flying, invent- | ed and practiced by one M. Besnier, a smith, the contrivance of which con sisted in ordering four^wings folding and shutting to be moved by his hands before and lifts legs behind, by which lie was, it was said, able to fly from a high place across a river to a pretty distance,” the Montreal Star says. One of the members of the Royal so ! cioty apparently cast some doubts I upon the* practicability of the inven- j : tion. “Mr. Ilenshawe conceived that 1 by reason of tiie weakness of a man’s ! arms for such kind of motions, it I ! would be much more probable to make a chariot or such like machine with springs arid wheels, that should serve to carry one or more men in it to a«t and guide it.” Ivy Not Harmful Ivy on the walls does not make a house damp. The leaves of the ivy act as tiny umbrellas to deflect much of the rain from the wall. Of that which reaches the wall, some would be absorbed by the rootlets of the ivy, so the net result would be to keep the wall dried. While it is true the ivy might prevent some of the water ab sorbed by the wait from evaporating quickly, yet this effect would be very small compared with the quantity of water screened off. A fair growth of L'y on sound walls that afford no en trance beyond the superficial attach ment of the rootlets, or claspers, is very beneficial, ns it promotes dryness and warmth and reduces to a mini mum the corrosive action of the at mosphere. Buttons Denote Rank A button is worn on the headgear of Chinese officials, both civil and mil itary, as a badge of rank. There are nine ranks, the first and highest being distinguished by a transparent red (ruby) button; the second by opaque red (coral); the third by transparent blue (sapphire); the fourth by opaque (lapis lazuli) ; the fifth by transparent white (crystal); the sixth by opaque white; the seventh by plain gold; the eighth by worked gold, and the ninth by plain gold with a certain character engraved upon It. Bold Forgeries The name “Ireland Forgeries” Is given to certain Shakesperean auto graphs, private letters and plays, which a y (filth named Ireland claimed to ltvve discovered, but which he had In reality forged. One of the plays, called “Vortigern,” was produced at the Drury Ijnne theater, April 2, 1706, but proved to be a vapid and senseless j production. Ireland soon after ac knowledged the forgery and published Ids “Confessions” in 1803.—Kansas City Star. Didn't Exhibit Themselves The old gentleman was very fond of golf, but his play seemed to get worse and worse. Finally, after missing the ball every yrne, lie turned to his patient caddie and remarked: “Dear, dear! There can’t possibly be worse players than myself.” “Well, perhaps there may be worse players," said'the boy consolingly, “but of course they don’t play!" Color Blindness Permanent Color blindness is not curable, and sometimes exists in eyes that are oth erwise normal. It is found in 3 to 4 per cent of men and less than 1 per cent of women. It is particularly im portant that railway and marine em ployees do not have this defect, since the safety of the traveling public de pends in a large measure upon the ac curacy with which red and green sig 1 nais are observed. A Valuable Asset ' ** —~~ •' ■■■ —i—i-g.a. 1 ary-rsrr We want every customer to know that his con nection with this bank, will be one of his best and strongest assets. This bank carries no indebtedness of officers or stockholders. Resources over $600,000.00. ——-—. The O’Neill National Bank I ■ 25% DISCOUNT I | During the month of Jan | uary we will allow one I fourth off on all dresses. I I New models are arriving ! each week, and I have a ! fine, large assortment at | all times. I MRS. LEWIS CHAPMAN I Call at this office and we will look after your sale bill printing. HACK BAD TODAY? Then Find the Cause and Correct It As Other O’Neill Folks Have. There's little rest or peace for the backache sufferer. Days are tired and weary— Nights brings no respite. Urinary troubles, headaches, dizzi-! ness and nervousness, all tend to pre vent rest or sleep. Why continue to be so miserable? Why not use a stimulant diuretic to the kidneys? Use Doan’s Pills. Your neighbors recommend Doan's. Read this O’Neill case: Mrs. Chas. Pruss, says: “I caught cold and it settled on my Kidneys, dis ordering them. I had sharp catches in my back that hurt severely and there was a heavy feeling just over my j kidneys. After using one box of Doan’s Pills, the pains and stiffness j left my back and I have been strong in every way since. I very seldom have an attack of the old trouble.’ j Price 60c, at all dealers. Don’t 1 simply ask for a kidney remedy—get Doan’s Pills—the same that Mrs. Pruss had. Foster- Wilburn Co , Mfi s , Buffalo. N. Y. paid locals. FARM LOANS—R. H. PARKER.—37tf FOR SALE—6-cyl. automobile cheap. —R. H. Parker, O’Neill. 20-tf KODAKS, FILMS, KODOK FlNISH ing—W. B. Graves, O’Neill. 30-tf NO. 2 HAWKEYE CAMERA. RPEC ial $1.98, Graves Jewelry Store. 27tf FOR RENT—GOOD HOUSE, CLOSE in—Edlward O’Donnell. 29-tf Bring your scissors and knife sharp ing to Davidson’s Plumbing Shop. 35-2n FOR SALE—Six full blood White Wy andotte Roosters, $1.50 each. M. Johnson. 38-2 FOR RENT—A 5 ROOM HOUSE IN good condition, close in. L. G. Gil lespie, O’Neill. 32-1 FOR SALE—MODERN HOUSE AND 8 lots. Call or write, Mrs. Nona - Bedford, Page. 27-9p FOR RENT—ON SHARE OF FOR cash, 760 acres of hay landi Good house and barn.—Peter Reifei'. 8-tf Buy one book for 75c, read it. then bring it back to us and pay us 10c and lake your choice of our stock. W. B. Graves. 25-13. FORM AND RANCH LOANS, 5 AND three-fourth per cent, no commis sion.— F. J. Dishner, County Agent Joint Stock Land Bank. 17-tf FOR SALE — GUNN SECTIONAL book cases 8 sections with 2 tops and 2 lower drawers. Mission finish. Call at this office. 26-tf 5%% INTEREST AND NO COMMIS sion. I am now loaning Money on Farms and Ranches at 5%% interest and no commission to pay. New Loan Company I just got.—R. H. Paj-ker, O’Neill, Nebraska. 3-tf TO THE DEPOSITOR: National Banks Fail— When they do depositors lose heavily. Why? Because deposits in National Banks are not guaranteed. State Banks Fail— When they do depositors a>e paid in full. Why? Beeause deposits in State Banks are prtoected by the Depositors Guarantee Fund >1 'to* "Mate \f Nebraska. The Nebraska State Bank of O’Neill is the only bank in O’Neill which offers you this protection. You will protect yourself and please us by depositing your money with us. 6 Per Cent Paid on Time Deposits Nebraska State Bank O’Neill, Nebraska