THE FRONTIER
D. H. CRONIN, Publisher.
W. C. TEMPI,ETON,
Editor and Business Manager.
Entered at the postoffice at O’NeiH,
Nebraska, as second-class matter.
FEDERAL CONSTITUTION
AND THE COURTS
The State Bar Association are start
ing their second annual High School
Essay contest which will continue
until April 16th of this year. The
rules are similar to those of the con
test of last year and will be found in
another column of The Frontier.
The subject of the contest this year
is “Federal Constitution and The
Courts.” This is a broad subject and
should be written upon by every pupil
in the high school.
The only solution for the betterment
and the stabilization of the govern
ment is through the schools of the
nation. Each high school pupil should
study the constitution of the United
States and know what it means to be
enrolled under its flag. The courtB and
the enforcement of our laws are the
foundation upon which the nation is
built and should be sacred to the
hearts of every citizen of this country.
COST $5,016.28 TO INVES
TIGATE BRYAN’S CHARGE
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 30.—A claim
for $6,016.28 by Senator Robbins of
Douglas, Wilkins of Thurston, and
Banning of Cass, will be filed against
the state for their services in in
vestigating and reporting on charges
by Ex-Governor Bryan two years ago
of large deficiencies in state funds.
The report which was adopted and
approved by the senate, stated Bryan
discredited the actual financial status
of the state by charging large de
ficiencies, which did not exist. The
charges were “without proper found
ation, extremely misleading and do
not state the facts as recorded in the”
office of the state treasurer and state
auditor,” the report said. ,
In charging the large deficits, the
committeemen reported, Bryan per
sistently failed to take into fair ac
count the outstanding resources of
the state, a large portion of which was
collected since he made his charges,
they said.
Senator Wilkins, secretary of the
committee, said he will file claim for
$4 ,406 with the house committee on
daimB and deficiencies, the sum rep
resenting payment to be asked for his
services at $10 a day and for money he
advanced to pay clerks, stenograph
ers’ fees and for supplies. A claim of
$281.88 is to be made for interest.
Senator Robbins, the committee chair
man, is to claim $174 for services at
$10 a day and expenses. Senator Ban
ning will ask $166.22 for the same
item. •
NO LICENSE, NO DRIVING.
| (Omaha Bee.)
Measures looking to the licensing of
auto drivers are bobbing up in many
of the state legislatures. The latest
one reported in Minnesota, where the
proposed measure provides:
“Every driver must be 16 or more
years old.
4 Every person operating a motor
vehicle must have a state license or
be accompanied by a licensed driver.
“All licenses shall be issued by or
in the name of the Minnesota secre
tary of state.
"A driver must carry his license at
all times.
“Sworn application for license must
be filed prior to July 1, 1926, and aft-r
that date all applications for licenses
other than renewals will be approved
only after practical demonstrations of
driving ability.
“License fees of 60 cents each shall
be charged and the funds thus col
lected would be employed in adminis
trating the act.
“Nonresident automobiles may be
driven in Minnesota as under the pres
ent law.”
Some sort of regulation is needed.
Safety of the drivers as well as of the
public is involved. When the matter
was proposed in Omaha a couple of
years ago opposition came from un
expected sources, and prevailed. Yet
even the dropping of the plan at the
time did not do away with the evil it
ie intended to correct.
Measures to a similar end are now
pending at Lincoln, and it is likely
some extensive discussion of the sub
ject will be heard before the session
is at an end. The object is to secure
greater safety for all who use the
highways. Elimination of careless or
incompetent drivers may not be
achieved all at once, but a thorough
test of competency before permission
is given to drive ought te help some.
AMERICAN CITIZEN
ESSAY CONTEST
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The Nebraska State Bar Associa
tion, through its Citizenship Com
mittee, announces its second annual
high school essay contest. Judge
Robert R. Dickson will have charge of
the contest in the Fifteenth Judicial
District and County Attorney Julius
D. Cronin will have charge of the con
test in the county.
High School Contest.
Prizes: There are eighteen judicial
districts in the state. The Bar Asso
ciation offers prizes in . each of these
districts consisting of a 14-carat gold
medal, appropriately inscribed, to the
writer of the essay adjudged best, a
silver medal to the writer of the assay
awarded second place and a bronze
medal to the writer of the essay
awarded third place.
The winning essay in each district
will be entered in the state contest.
The school represented by the writer
of the essay adjudged to be best in the
state contest will be awarded, by the
State Bar Association, a large silk
American flag, mounted, with gold
fringe, carrying belt and raincover.
The writer of the best essay in the
state contest will be awarded a 14
carat gold medal appropriately in
scribed. The writer of the second best
essay will be awarded a silver medal
and the writer of the third best essay
will be awarded a bronze medal.
Rules.
Subject: “The Federal Constitution
and the Courts.”
Eligibility: All regularly register
ed students attending public or
parochial high schools are eligible to
enter the contest.
Length of Essay: Not to exceed
2600 words.
Composition: Essays shall be writ
ten on one side of paper only, either
in long hand or typewritten, and shall
not disclose the name of the writer or
bear any distinguishing mark.
Date of Submission: Essays shall
be completed and submitted to judicial
district chairmen by April 16, 1926.
Each School shall submit to its judi
cial district chairman by April 16,
1926, not to exceed three essays, con
sidered by the school authorities the
best products of the school. These
essays shall not bear the names of
their authors but the judicial district
chairman shall be advised of their
identity and he shall Bubmit these es
says by number only to the judges of
the district contest.
Each Judicial District Chairman
shall forward the essay winning first
place in his district not later than
May 1, 1926, to Anan Raymond, Secre
tary of the State Bar Association, 700
First National Bank Bldg., Omaha,
Nebraska, together with a photograph
of the author, and send a duplicate
photograph to Charles E. Matson,
826 Terminal Building, Lincoln, Ne
braska, chairman of the committee.
Each high school pupil writing upon
the contest subjects will receive
credit for their work in English, His
tory and Civics.
HASTINGS COLLEGE
GOES OVER THE TOP
Last Sunday marked one of the
greatest days in the history of Hast
ings College, for it saw the successful
close of its campaign to secure $400,
000 in endowment for the institution.
The final subscriptions to the fund, I
which it was necessary to secure by
midnight Sunday in order to make
good the pledge of $135,000 from the
Rockefeller Foundation, came at about
9 o’clock after a service in the Hast
ings Presbyterian Church which had
lasted nearly all day. Sunday morn
ing there was yet to be pledged $15,-.
000 and pledges from all parts of the
Btate, and from many people outside
of the state decreased this amount and
finally brought the total to approxi
mately $3,000 more than the required
amount.
The college administration is jubi
lant over the victory, and is very
grateful to the many friends of the
school who have responded so nobly
to the cause. The college was badly in
need of endowment funds, and the
present amount places it in a very
satisfactory condition. Plans are now
being made for securing needed build
ings. Over $200,000 has already been
pledged for the first three buildings
which will be erected at a cost of ap
proximately $550,000. These buildings
will include the new Pratt Chapel, a
new administration building and a
woman’s dormitory.
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t "TIJBLIC SCHOOL NOTES
The high school basketball team de
feated Long Pine at the school gym
last Saturday. The score was 11 to
3. The game was slow and of little
interest.
Saturday night the team plays Ains-'
worth on the local floor. This should
be an interesting game.
Rnssell Shoemaker Is back in school
after being absent several days be
cause of sickness.
Donald Alderson was absent from
school Monday and Tuesday because
of a slight attack of the grippe.
Geo. McCarthy, who has been carry
ing mail out of O’Neill for several
days is back at his bookkeeping desk
again.
Because of tho increased registra
tion in typewriting this semester, an
other extra period was added this
week. This period is from 12:15 to
12:55 and one immediately after school
which makes three extra periods out
side of regular school hours.
Ruth Kimble was absent from school
Monday.
There are at present fifty-four stud
ents registered for work in the com
mercial department.
The 9th Algebra class is keeping
graphs on the work done by its stud
ents. They are on exhibition in the
Mathematics room.
Jack Arbuthnot and Fred Saunto
were the only high school stud
ents tox make 100 per cent in tho spell
ing test sent out by the Extension De
partment of the University of Nebras
ka.
At least fifteen high school students
are preparing to enter the local de
clamatory contest The contest will
he held sometime in March.
The Parent-Teachers association
will meet Tuesday of next week, Febr.
10th. The picture given to the room
having the greatest percentage of
parents in attendance was won by
Miss McLeod’s room. A patriotic
program will be given this week as
follows:
Life of Lincoln ... Iola Purcell
Perfect Tribute ...- Harold Hough
Song .... First Grade
Reading..— Blanche Mohr
EIGHTH GRADE!—The class is still
spelling for headmarks and Beryl
Winchell, Emma Jenkins, Opal Brien
er and Loretta Saunto have received
head marks since the last issue.
The eighth grade devoted their open
ing period Friday to the life and
works of Andrew Carnegie. The class
is reviewing measurement and have
taken up the adverb.
Tuesday’s reading period was de
voted to reading sketches from li
brary books as an incentive to good
reading.
FIFTH GRADE!—Donovan Martin
and Fern Daugherty have been absent
from school this week.
The Normal Trainers were in this
room ednesday morning for a lesson
on the problem method in geography.
The class enjoyed a visit from Mr.
Suhr during which he told them of
a trip he had taken through some
of the estern states.
Clarence Saunto, Charles Myers,
George Abdouch, Marie Bay, Marie
Wilkinson, Harvey Howerton and Eva
Frieson and Elizabeth Henry received
100 per cent on their home work in
arithmetic Wednesday.
THIRD GRADE!—Visitors the past
week were Mrs. Charles Saucerinan
and Mrs. Roy M. Sauers.
Gladys Simmons Writes.
In my last letter I tried to tell of
some of the things which we saw on
our brief visit in New York, which in
terested me most. I want to tell of
a few more.
First, the subway. I believe it fas
cinated men more than anything else.
Miles and miles and miles of tracks
built underground, sometimes two or
three “layers” of them at one station.
At many stations whole towns are
built, restaurants, barber shops, store
of all kinds. At one place we got off,
walked up one flight of steps, rode
up 12 or 15 more on the elevator, and
were still a flight or two below the
surface of the ground. It’s very mys
terious. Surely they don’t run them
selves, these trains, but who does it?
The only officials about are stationed,
one between each two cars, none in
front like a motorman. It seemed un
canny, the starting, fast traveling,
and stopping, apparently of their own
volition. Always J. had to think of
the great advantage to New Yorkers,
to be able to go so far in such a very
short time—but what a terrible thing
for so many thousands of people who
work always away from sunshine and
fresh air. In fact, throughout our
visit. New Yorkers in general received
much sympathy from us. of course
entirely wasted, for 1 believe that very
few would move away if they could.
We went to the Museum of Natural
History just especially to see the ex
hibits from Agate, Nebraska, which
we knew were there. They had on
display there very prominently num
erous skeletons of prehistoric animals
as they have been dug out of Captain
Cook’s ranch, only about fifty miles
from home. Also a great slab of rock
which had been cut back to show
thousands of bones packed tightly in
there, left for thousands of years. It
made us feel rather important to think
that we know the Cooks—and surely
made us remember some of the most
Interesting days we’ve ever had, when
Captain Cook showed us bones just
like these, right where they had lain
all that time.
We visited what I’d call a “million
aire churcii”. At least, old Trinity
Church, down in the midst of the great
financial section, in the shadows of
the Woplworth and Singer buildings,
must be worth millions, with its large
valuable grounds. We saw there the
graves or Alexander Hamilton and of
Robert Fulton. The oldest grave is
said to be of 1681. Those old inscrip
tions are so interesting that I copied
one—of William Bradford, who died
in 1752, at the age of 92 “a Printer to
the Government fifty Years, and be
ing quite worn out with old aS« and
labor, he left this mortal State in the
lively Hopes of a blessed Immortality.
Reader reflect how soon you’ll quit
this Stage, You’ll find but few attain
to such an Age. Life’s full of Pain.
Lo! here’s a Place of Rest. Prepare
to meet your God then you are blest!”
The last, and very interesting ex
perience was a trip through the Gov
ernment Assay office, where they re
ceive all shipments of gold and silver
of value over flOO, and ship out all
amounts over $5000. They receive
many curious pieces of old jewelry.
They mentioned a gold service which
they had deceived in which the gold
alone had a value of $27,000. All that
is received is melted down and tested
to find its real value. It is purified
by electrolysis, and when of sufficient
purity is stored in huge vaults which
go five stories down into the ground,
to bed rock. There they keep all the
gold and silver for which the U. S.
Treasury issues greenbacks. It was
thrilling to see those great bars of
gold, waiting for their processes. The
smallest brick they had was worth
$500.00. And they let me hold a bunch
of currency which contained three
million dollars! Someone said when
I told about it, "They took an awful
chance.” Not exactly—we were at the
time in a locked cage where there
were eight or ten men, all fully armed.
They have wonderful devices for
guarding. Around their great vaults
are systems of mirrors whereby a
guard can see from one position en
tirely around and over the vault.
The guard against waste, even the
most minute, was most interesting.
In the room where they melt the met
al, the smoke is received and purified
to recover any particles of value. Each
man changes his clothes and takes a
3hower bath when he leaves the build
ing, the water from the shower also
being processed, to recover metal.
Also the sweepings, the wornout
clothes, and in fact every particle of
waste is similarly treated. They re
cover thousands of dollars a year by
this processing. We wondered how
many cents worth of metal there was
left in the smoke on our faces when
we left.
Gladyce W. Simmons.
SLAVES AND OXEN
ON OLD SALE BILL
Sale bills of seventy-five years ago
listed many articles that would look
3trange if offered for sale today as is
shown by the newspaper clipping
showing articles billed for sale at
Versailles, Ky., in 1849. Albert Eag
an, 419 South Fifth street, brought
the clipping to The News office. It
was taken from the Laurenceburg
(111.) News. The bill follows:
“Having sold my farm and I am
leaving for Oregon Territory by ox
team, will offer on March 1, 1849, all
my personal property, to-wit:
“All ox teams except two teams,
Buck and Ben and Tom and Jerry; 2
milk cows, 1 gray mare and colt, 1
pair of oxen and yoke; 1 baby yoke; 2
ox carts; 1 iron ft. of popular weather
boards; plow and wood mold board;
800 to 1,000 three-foot clap boards;
1,500 ten-foot fence rails; 1 60-gallon
soap kettle; 85 sugar troughs made of
white ash timber; 10 gallons of maple
syrup; 2 spinning wheels; 300 poles;
100 split hoops; 100 empty barrels; 1
32-gallon barrel of Johnson Miller
whisky, 7 years old; 200 gallons of ap
ple brandy; 1 40-gallon copper still, a
quantity of oak tanned . leather; 32
calibre rifle, rifle made by Ben Mills;
40 gallons of sorghum molasses; 6
head of fox hounds, all soft mouthed
except one; 30 pounds of mutton tal
low; 1 large loom, made by Jerry Wil
son.
“At the same time I will sell my
six Negro slaves—2 men, 35 and 60
years old; 2 boys, 12 and 18 years old;
2 mulatto wenches, 40 and 30 years
old. Will sell all together to same
party as will not separate them.
“Terms of sale, cash in hand or note
to draw 4 per cent interest with Bob
Connell as surety.
“My home is two miles south of
Versailles, Kentucky, on the McCoun’s
ferry pike. Sale will begin at 8 o’clock
a. m. Plenty to eat and drink.—J. L.
Moss.”
FROM THE PAGE REPORTER.
(January 29th.)
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Roy Grubbs,
a baby boy, January 29th.
A baby boy was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Beryl Conger, of Inman, Jan
uary"' 20th.
Mrs. Jim Timlin and two daughters,
of O’Neill, spent Saturday at the Fred
Hoar home.
Mrs. J. I. Gray went to Sioux City
Monday morning to be with her neice
Miss Pearl Brown, who is to undergo
an operation for appendicitis, the first
of this week.
LOYAL TEMPERANCE
LEGION PROGRAM
To be given soon. Date will be an
nounced later:
Flag Salute—Standard Bearers
—Donovan Martin, Garland Bressler
Solo—The Children’s Happy Day
-Nona Bressler
Reading—The Jubilee Bill
- Stella DeLand
Reading_ Kenneth Ashton
Reading—I Am a Little Boy
—-- Brice Bressler
Solo—Hear the Brooklet
- Cleta Walton
Reading—My Foreign Friend
-George Madison
Reading-Grace Loy
Reading —-Helen Bay
Duette—
Donovan Martin, Garland Bressler
Reading—My Grandmother’s Book
_ Lorie Plank
Reading—The Boy the World Wants
_Delbert Ashton
Reading_Jerome Ashton
Solo—It Is There To Stay
_Mae Mozelle Martin
L. T. L. Rally Cries and Songs by
_ Group of Children
Silver Offering.
Aronic Benediction.
Sea Encroaches on Town
A disappearing town is worrying
the authorities in Scotland. At an
inquiry at Edinburgh into the pro
posed extension of the boundaries of
Buckhaven, a Ftfesliire coast towia. it
was citated that in 1906 tba town area
was enlarged to 657 acres. Since
men, howe'er, 35 acres had dlswi/
peared t-» the encroachmcK of the
eea and another 119 acres wen* now
below high-water level.
MRS. JEANETTE A. PERKINS.
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Mrs. Jeanette A. Perkins, an old
and highly respected resident oi
Chambers at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Fred Kiltz, Thurs
day evening between 6 and 7 o’clock.
Death was due to heart trouble. She
was nearing her eighty-fourth birth
day, having been born in Johnson,
Vt., on March 21, 1841. She came to
that vicinity in 1886 and had resided
there ever since.
She is survived by five children,
Mrs. Fred Kiltz, of Chambers; C. E.
Perkins, of Geer, Iowa; Mrs. C. M.
Woodworth, of Marengo, Illinois, and
D. B. Perkins,* and a number of grand
children and great grandchildren. Her
sister, Miss Waitt, of Lawell, Mass.,
has been visiting with her for the past
few months and was with her when
she died.
The funeral was held at the Metho
dist church in Chambers at 2:00 p. m.,
Saturday, with the Rev, Richard E.
Carlyon, the pastor, in charge. Inter
ment was made in the Chambers ceme
tery.
MRS. S. A. HIATT.
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Mrs. S. A. Hiatt, died at her home
four miles northwest of Amelia, on
Wednesday of last week. She was
eighty-three years of age. She and
her husband are old residents of the
county.
She leaves a husband, three daught
ers, Mrs. O. W. Baker, residing near
O’Neill; Mrs. G. W. Travers, Mrs.
Wm. Mulligan, of Amelia, and one
son, Arthur, at home.
The funeral services were conducted
by Rev. Rasmussen, formerly of
Amelia, and burial was made in the
Atkinson cemetery.
JOHN JAUERNIG.
(Stuart Advocate, Jan. 29.)
Mr. John Jauernig died at his home
in Stuart, Nebraska, on Monday, Jan
uary 19, 1925, at the age of seventy
five years and twenty-three days.
On October 26, 1881, he was mar
ried to Frances Seigel, and came to
this country in 1893, moving south of
Newport. Later he moved to Stuart,
thence to Atkinson, thence northwest
of Stuart on a farm. The last few
years of his life were spent in Stuart.
To Mr. and Mrs. Jauernig were
born seven children, three girls and
four boys, namely Agnes, Anna, John,
Frank, Edward and a baby girl who
died in infancy.
Mrs. Jauernig preceded her hus
band in death a few years ago.
CARD OF THANKS.
We wish to express our heartfelt
thanks to our kind friends and neigh
bors, who assisted so kindly during
the long illness and death of our be
loved husband and father.
Mrs. Henry Wabs and family.
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! As T am going to leave the country I will sell at public sale on the
| Birmingham place (Known as the old Bedford place) 14 miles north, 1 mile
i east of the O’Neill Fair Grounds, one-half mile east, 2 miles south of
! Meek postoffice, the following described property, on
Tuesday, February 10th
| Sale Starts at 1:00 P. M._
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| 9 Head of Horses
J One dapple gray gelding, 8 years old, weight 1600; 1 team grey geldings
5 smooth mouth, weight 1300; 1 bay mare, smooth mouth, weight 1350; 1
s team black mares, 4 and 6 years old, weight 1300; 1 team geldings, coming
l 5 years old, weight 1250; 1 saddle horse, smooth mouth, weight 1000.
| 45 Head of Cattle
] Six good milch cows, be fresh soon; 15 head good stock cows; 4 two year
} old heifers; 19 yearlings; 1 Shorthorn bull. These cattle are all in good
J condition.*
| 30 HEAD OF FALL PIGS Weighing from 50 to 100 lbs. each.
I Farm Machinery, Etc.
One Mandt wagon; 1 wagon with hay rack; 1 hay rake; 1 John Deere stalk
disc; 1 P. & O. lister; I P. & O. eli; 1 Oliver cultivator, nearly new; 1 Moline
mower; 1 John Deere corn planter; 1 McCormick corn binder; 2 sets of
harness; 1 double “A” hay stacker; 50 foot steel cribbing; 150 foot chicken
I wire; 1 hog chute; 1 30-gallon steel oil barrel; 10 dozen chickens; 1 dozen
I guineas.
300 bushels yellow corn; 150 bushels oats; 20 tons of hay; 15 bushels
i potatoes.
i One Majestic range, nearly new; 1 Moore heating stove, nearly new; 1
| kitchen cabinet; 1 solid oak dining room table, Mission style; 6 oak dining
i room chairs, Mission style; 1 center table; 1 steel Sanitary couch; 1 rug,
I 9x12 feet; 1solid satin brass bed, with springs and mattress; 1 solid oak
l dresser with large mirror. This furniture is all practically new.
1 FREE LUNCH AT NOON. BRING YOUR TIN CUPS.
i TERMS—Nine months time with approved security. $10 and under cash.
Wm. Egger, Owner
I COL. JAMES MOORE, Auctioneer. FIRST NATIONAL BANK, Clerk.
