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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 29, 1925)
The Frontier. « —■. r .■■■:'■■ ■. -i:-: r»-j_ .• ..uur- ■ ... ■ ■. -v - ... ■ ■ . , -— , ...... m , , , i VOLUME XLV. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1925. NUMBER 35. FIREMEN TO GET NEW COATS, CAPS AND BOOTS P. J. McManus and George Bowen were circulating a subscription paper among the businessmen and citizens of the city Wednesday, in order to raise enough money to equip the fire men with coats, caps and boots so that the men will be in shape to fight fire. The firemen are deserving of all the apparatus they need. A number of gas masks are seriously needed but the available funds will not permit their purchase. The firemen have no means of raising money with which to buy apparatus and depend solely upon the mercies of the city council. For some unknown reason it has beer difficult to obtain all that was needed in the way of necessary equipment through this source. Everyone in- j terested in the protection of their property should contribute to this J fund which is being raised by popular subscription. A CARD OF THANKS To the noble donors who contrib uted to the payment of a car of coal, the Sisters of St. Mary’s Academy ex tend their heartfelt and sincere thanks May God reward their generosity a thousandfold. VERNON HUTCHINS • _________ Vernon, the small son of Rev. and Mrs. J. A .Hutchins, died at the family home here Saturday. Rev. R. E. Carlyon of Chambers of ficiated here Monday and the little bodys was taken to their old home at Wayne for burial. Vernon was three months and twenty seven days of age. Donated to Library Congressman Robert G. Simmons contributes the memorial addresses in congress on the life and character of Moses P. Kinkaid. Mrs. A. C. King, magazines. Mrs.' J. F. O’Donnell, magazines. Miss Mao Keyes, 24 books of fiction. t . When Uncle Sammy passed the law that we should all obey, and hit no more the bottle in the god-old-fashioned way, and put aside all wish for booze, and gin, and ale, and beer, I did it with a cheerful grin, but Neigh bor Jones would sneer: “This country’s s’posed to be so free of stuff like speech and press, a little drink just now and then won’t hurt Old Sam, I guess. I don’^ see why the law should kiclt when we drink what we choose. I’d like to see Old Uncle Sam keep me from drinking booze!” So all around his house there loafs a gang of thirsty fellers whose time is filled in hanging ’round in moonshine makers’ cellars. They are the ones who break the laws that Uncle Sam has bidden—because in Neighbor Jones’s house a cel lar still is hidden. And over our young land today are scattered men who labor to break the law our country made—in business like my neighbor. And daily they are thriving, and growing more and worse. It has become the modern world’s most mighty Modern Curse. We all should try in every way for Bootleg Abolishion—And use the breath we waste in sighs to yell for Prohibition! Marjorie Alderson. ; k nw mil i— iiw m—■m—u—uiumW DR. A. H. CORBETT I HOME FROM DENVER Dr. A. H. Corbett returned home Sunday evening from a month’s stay m Denver, Colorado, where he has beeif personally conducting the open ing of operations on a large scale of the North American Mining Co., of which he is president. The company have considerable property now under ! lease and are pushing their prelimi- ’ nary work rapidly. The Clear Creek Mining Journal of j December 26th, has the following to 1 say in regard to Dr. Corbett and his company: “In addition to the leasers Dr. Cor bett has some very extensive plans for the company and probably more men will be employed by the company than all the leasers combined. This will insure a large pay roll for Idaho Springs, and again place in operation 1 one of the largest groups of mines in ! the Rocky Mountain Region. The un tiring efforts of Dr. Corbett are re sponsible for this large oparation and the entire community wish for him and his associates much success and great returns as reward for their ef forts.” While in Denver Dr. Corbett also took up the study and learned how to make the new false teeth without the use of the roof part of the plates. The new process of making plates is be coming quite popular among those who are compelled to wear false teeth. NAVRITIL-VALLA. Miss Sophia Valla, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Valla of this city, was united in marriage to Emil NavritiF, at Tyndall, South Dakota, on Wednes day, January 21st. After a short honeymoon the newly weds will make their home on a farm near Tyndal^ South Dakota. The Frontier extends congratula tions. Spurious Check Artist Has No Luck in Stuart. Yesterday, a young man about 25 years old, wearing a gray cap, and having the appearance of a hay haul er, presented a check for $108.00, at the Citizens Bank for payment. The check was drawn on'the First Nation al Bank and purported to have been signed by Mrs. Della Radcliff. As he was a stranger, they refused to cash the check, so he went up to the First National Bank and presented a check drawn on the Citizens Bank for $100.00 and bearing the same signa ture. They also refused to cash the check as they did not know him. He had made a very fair imitation of Mrs. Radcliff’s signature, but the vig ilence of the banks saved the money. The young man disappeared.—Sturat Advocate. A surprise party was given at the F. L. Pilger home last Saturday eve ning in honor of Mrs. Pilger’s birth day. About thirty-five neighbors and friends gathered and spent the even ing with them in the usual manner. They brought with them a good sup ply of good things to eat and after lunch was served they departed for home having spent a very enjoyable eveningl •*.. * ■■ ■* Concern’s Small Capital A limited liability company has been formed In London, England, with a nominal capital of a halfpenny (one cent). This Is divided Into two shares. The company has for Its object the carrying on of the business of estate agents, auctioneers, architects, and *urveyors. Willard Batteries Goodrich Tires Special Sale on 30x3^ Tires O’Neill Battery Station LOCAL MATTERS. Mrs. Loren Richardson and father, L. W. Arnold, were in Norfolk last Thursday. Mrs. Kate Bliss, of Schuyler, is visiting at the home of her daughter, Mrs. F. H. Lancaster. Senator John A. Robertson came up from Lincoln Friday night and spent Sunday with his family. Miss Inez Grant was a week-end guest at the J. B. Mellor home last week. The W. C. T. U. will meet wi4h Mrs. Edgar DeLand on Tuesday, February old. The W. C. T. U. will hold a food sale in Ben Grady’s store Saturday afternoon, February <th. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Meilor entertain ed a number of friends at their home Sunday evening at cards and radio. Robert Tomlinson returned home Saturday evening from a three week’s visit with relatives and friends at Dixon and Omaha. Mrs. John T. Walker, of Page, spent several days the latter part of last week at the home of her daughter, Mrs. L. A. Burgess. Clifford Davis returned home Tues day from a week’s visit with his brother, Andy and family, in Sioux City, Iowa. The ladies Working Society of the Presbyterian church will meet with Mrs. George Longstafr on Thursday, February 5th. A good attendance is desired. Mrs. J. H. Wise entertained the members of her Sunday school class ifi the basement of the Presbyterian church Wednesday evening. A big time was enjoyed by the little folks. —C A snow of several inches fell over this part of the state Wednesday. Our quota of ten snow storms must be about exhausted. If there is any thing to “signs” good weather is just around the corner. Lawrence McManus, of Canada, who has been visiting his sister, Mrs. Nora Knapp, of this city, left Wednesday morning for Spokane, Washington# He will stop off in Whitney, Nebras ka, for a few days visit with hi3 brother, William. Chas. Jenkins, one of Holt county’s prosperous and energetic farmers, re siding about foi^ miles north of O’Neill, has just completed husking 9,000 bushels of corn. 125 acres of the field has been husked since the big snow storm of December 3rd. Mrs. Henry Fowler, of Sioux City, who has been visiting here for the past few weeks with her sister, Mrs. L. A. Burgess, departed this morning for Page, where she will visit the re mainder of the week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John T. Walker. Postmaster Henry Grady received his commission last Monday as the official postmaster of this city. His appointment dates from December 11th that being the date that his ap pointment was confirmed by congress and signed by President Coolidge. Miss Miram Gilligan and Miss Eve lyn Stannard entertained the Monday night club at the home of Dr. and Mrs. J. P. Gilligan. Twenty-four guests were present. Miss Grace Hammond won the high score prize at bridge. Luncheon was served. The Bishop block, one of the largest buildings in Norfolk, burned to the ground Monday night entailing a loss of about $500,000.00. The fire origi nated in the Fair Store that occupied I the lower floor of the building. The upper floor consisted of office rooms. We understand that Charles H. Kel sey, a well known attorney over this part of the state, lost hig entire law library. FIRE AT T. I). HANLEY HOME FRIDAY; NOT MI CH DAMAGE Fire started in the kitchen of the T. D. Hanley home Wednesday mom from some unknown cause and did a little damage to the kitchen, but was confined to the floor. The fire men were there in short order but the fire was practically ou twhen they arrived. Phil Ziemer who lives next door discovered the smoke rolling out and notifed central and practi cally had it out when the department arrived. Trades for Holt County Land. E. C. Thorp of Stanton, father of Mrs. ('has. Stark, residing south of town, has traded for the Trombla ranch, six miles southwest of Inman, trading in a farm near Stanton. The place will be occupied by a son of Mr. Thorp about March i}. Mr and Mrs. Thorp have rented property in Inman and will move here in the spring.—Inman Leader. Geo. Bay went to Atkinson Wednes day morning to attend the funeral of H. Wabs, who died at Atkinson Sun day afternoon. Mr. Wabs lived north of O'Neill formerly and this fall moved to Atkinson. LOCAL MATTERS. Frod I-owery is driving a new Ford Tudor sedan in his livery business. The W. C. T. U. will meet with Mrs. Edgar DeLand Tuesday, February 3rd Geo. McCarthy is driving the mai’ for Mr. Burch, commencing Tuesday of this week. John Alfs was down from Atkinson Friday of last week visiting with his many friends in O’Neill. M. S. Abdalla went to Royal on Wednesday of this week, returning the same night. J. C. Cox traveling freight agent for the Burlington railroad was in the city Wednesday getting acquainted. The O’Neill Gas & Oil company have installed a Western Union clock and will now have the correct time. We understand that Charles Bigler, an old timer of this county is very low at a hospital in Spencer. Bill Alderson of Chambers installed full balloon tires on his coupe the first of the week, purchasing them of the O’Neill Gas & Oil Co. Joe Soukup and Miss Francis Jirak of O’Neill made applicaton before the county judge op the 27th for a mar riage license. John Horiskev was talking baseball for the coming year the other day, and he has announced his candidacy for the 1925 team. Mis3 Velma Clark of Page was the guest of Mrs. John L. Quig in this city from Friday until Monday of this week. — A daughter weighing 9% pounds was born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rad cliff in this city last Friday, with all doins nicely. I will be in O’Neill each Friday and Saturday of the week to give violin i instruction. Call 63, and make an ap pointment. S. D. Altsteadt, 40-tf. Mrs. W. H. LaPage who has been here for the past four months on a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ritts, left 'Tuesday for her home in Lincoln. Mr. and Mrs. Bart Smith were here last week from Ewing on a visit to their daughter, Mrs. E. D. Henry. Saturday Bart celebrated his 74th birthday. Miss Mary Fitzsimmons sang from the W. O. A. W. broadcasting station at Omaha Tuesday night and many of her O’Neill friends had the pleasure of hearing her sing again. Saturday night, the night of the rob bery of the Toggery, some one stole a new tire and inner tube from the delivery truck of John Kersenbrock. Also some one stole the tire chains from Frank Summers car which had broken down on the road. Senator John A. Robertson came up from Lincoln last Friday night and remained at home until Sunday, the senate having taken a recess to give Governor McMullen time to finish his budget. The Senator says that there is not much doing as yet but that the deck was being cleared for action. Tuesday night there was another of those old-time dancing parties at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Tom linson. At midnight a coffee and lots of sandwitches were served and all left for home about three o’clock in the morning. These old-time dancing parties are becoming the new-time dances and every one present has the time of their young lives. O’Neill people were noticed to be out earlier on Saturday morning that usual, and you would notice that they , all had their heads in the air—the ! eclipse was on and smoked glass was at a premium. Small clouds screened ' the earlier view, but the latter part | was clear and plain, and our people : got a splendid view. The next eclipse I will not occur until 1954. !___ { [ BASKETBALL LONG PINE I VS O’NEILL At the High School Audi torium on— ] SATURDAY NIGHT | ; January 31st, 8:00 p. m. | It will be a real game i_j O’NEILL BASKETBALL TEAM WINS FROM VALENTINE IN A FAST GAME SATURDAY The O’Neill High School cage five alayed and defeated the Valentine quintet Saturday night on the local loor in a hard fought game. Bazel nan and Hunt starred for O’Neill and Richards was high point man for Val entine. Shortly after tlie game started Hunt scored,! followed! closely by! a free 'hrow leaving the score at the end of fhe first quarter 3 to 0. The second stanza starfed with a basket by Cronin; Richards tallied for the first time during the game; Hunt cored again, leaving the count 7 to 2 at the end of the first half. The second half started with two free throws by Colbin for Valentine. Bazelman tossed a ringer and Valen tine scored, ending the third period with a tally of 9 to 6. In the last quarter Bazelman made another basket, followed by one from McCormick for Valentine. Bazelman came back with another, and the whis tle blew with the score of 8 to 13, to the satisfaction of the O’Neill team. Following is an account of the game: O’Neill F.G. F.T. Pts Bazelman, C. F.3 0 6 Hunt, C.y... 2 .1 5 Downey, RE’ . 0 0 0 Cronin, LF . 1 0 2 Hall, LF .0 0 0 Welsh, RF .0 0 0 Quinn, RG .0 0 0 \rbuthnot, LG . 0 0 0 Phalin, RG ._...0 0 0 Valentine F.G. F.T. Pts Colburn, RF .•_0 2 2 Hilk, RF ..0 0 0 TiOckwootl, LF .0 0 0 Colburn, LF . 0 0 0 Richards, C ......2 0 4 Harper, RG . 0 0 0 McCormick, IjG .1 0 2 Harper, LG .0 0 0 Referee, Chase of Atkinson, This is Valentine’s first defeat in eleven straight games. And this game was their third in three nights in a string. Geo. Cherry and wife arrived here Sunday from Martin, S. D. on a visit to their daughter, Mrs. Lee Downey and family. Origin of Editors. A little boy was requested to write an essay the other day and "The Newspapers” was his subject. Here is the result, "I don’t know how news papers came to be in the world. I don’t think God does either. He ain’t got nothing to say about them, and the editor ain’t in the Bible. I think tho editor is one of the missing links you hear about, and strayed into the brush until after the flood, then stepped out and wrote it up, and has been here ever since. I don’t think he ever dies. I never saw a dead one and never heard of one getting licked. Our paper is a poor ‘un. The editor goes without underclothes all winter, don’t wear no sox and paw ain’t paid hiB subscription in five years and don’t expect to.—Exchange. ABB ALLA STORE ROBBED. Last Saturday night the M. S. Ab dulla store was entered from a back window and twenty suits and ten overcoats were carried off, as well as a sufficient number of grips in which to pack the clothes. The store was open until after 11 o’clock, and the robbing was done af ter that Wme. They evidently took their time as there was many burned matches on the floor where they had packed the clothes into the stolen grips. During the fire a short time ago the firemen broke a window in the rear, and a piece of compo-board was then nailed over this,, and the robbers had but to push the board off and make an entrance. They crawled in here and unlocked the door and had things very handy. There was a few dollars in the cash register but this was not touched. The robbers made their getaway, and no trace of them has been found up to now, altho they have some idea as to where the clothes hav<* gone. These clothes have gone thr» the fire and will smell of smoke for some time yet and ought to be de tected soon. This Is the second time this store has been broken into, but on the for. mer occasion only a few dollars that was kept for change was taken. AI«L TOLL WIRES EAST ANI) WEST WERE DOWN CAUSED BY SLEET STORK The sleet storm Sunday took all the toll wires down between Ewing and Stuart and Monday morijing local manager H. C. McDonald went Best with a team arriving at Ewing in the evening with all lines East working temporarily. He also sent a man west and by night the wires working west and on Tuesday all lines were fixed permanently and O’Neill had through service both ways. To Repeal Marriage Law. A bill has been Introduced in the Nebraska legislature to repeal the ob noxious ten day notice clause in our marriage license law, and it is believ ed it will pass. It was a fool law in the first place and never should have been a law. The idea may be good but it was not operative and Iowa, Kansas, Wyoming and South Dakota, was the mecca for our young people to go any get married without any fool law in restriction. A national law to this effect might do good, but a state law haB no force. The law has been fine for license clerks and min isters In other states, and has taken thousands of dollars from its legiti mate channel of trade in Nebraska to these other states. We hope our-leg islature will make haste in getting it taken from our statute books. The W. C. T. U. will hold a food sale in Ben Grady’s store Saturday afternoon, February 7th. y APPLICATION FOR LICENSE. O’Neill, January 22nd: Orville Seibert, Atkinson. Elzine Gouldie, Atkinson. A Big Cut —In— Laundry Prices '»1 On and after February 2nd Family Rough Dry 9 cents a pound if paid when delivered and 10 cents a pound if we have to charge the account. Sanitary Laundry
