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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (July 2, 1925)
THE FRONTIER D. H. CRONIN, Publisher W. C. TEMPLETON, Editor and Business Manager Entered at the postoffice at O'Neill, Nebraska, as second-class matter. Entered at the post office at O'Neill, Nebraska, as second-class matter. One Year - $2.00 Six Months-$1.00 Tliree Months !- $0.50 ADVERTISING RATES: Display advertising on Pages 4. 6 and 8 are charged for on a basis of 25 cents an inch (one column wide) per week; on Page 1 the charge is 40 cents an inch per week. Local ad vertisements, 10 cents per line first Insertion, subsequent insertions 5 cents per line. Every subscription is, regarded as an open account. The names of sub scribers will be instantly removed from our mailing list at expiration of time paid for, if publisher shall be notified; otherwise the subscription remains in force at the designated, subscription price. Every subscriber must understand that these conditions are made a part of the contract be tween publisher and subscriber. LIFE TERM PROPOSED FOR WALTER GREGOR Walter Gregor, who on the night of May 10, shot and killed his sweet heart, Miss Josephine Verzel, at At kinson, Nebiaska, probably will have the next twenty-five years to deliber ate over his crime behind prison bars, with no hope of a pardon, a com mutation or a parole. Joseph Veratal, father of the mur dered girl, and a son-in-law, were in conference with District Judge Robert R. Dickson and County At torney Julius D. Cronin Monday re garding the trial of young GregOT. A‘brother of Gregor also was pres ent. Mr. Verzel expressed no desire for the execution of the death penalty on Gregor and signified that he would be satisfied with the acceptance of a plea of murder in the second degree and a life sentence, provided that Gregor- would agree not to seek or ask for a reduction or alteration of his sentence for at least twenty-five years. Judge Dickson announced the appointment of Clifford B. Scott of O’Neill as attorney for Gregor. Gregor at present stands arraigned before the court with a plea of guilty to murder in the first degree. There is grave doubt as to the authority of ^he court to sentence him under the fi? st degree charge without a trial as the statute provides that the penalty shall be determined by a jury in first degree murder cases. Gregor con sequently may be allowed to change his plea. A formal date for his trial has not yet been announced by the court. WILLIAM FRANK CLEVISH. William Frank Clevish, distinguish ed veteran of the civil war and pioneer of Holt county, was laid to rest by Simonson poet of the American Le gion, Thursday, in Pleasant Valley cemetery, sixteen miles north of O’Neill. Mr. Clevish died at the resi dence of his son, Otto, in this city, Monday evening. The funeral was conducted by the American Legion post, with the Reverend J. A. Hutch ins of the Methodist church as offi ciating clergyman. The colors of General O’Neill post of the G. A. R. of which Mr. Clevish long had been a member were borne by Charles Wrede, oryj of the last two surviving resident members of the post and flanking him as a color guard of honor were Charles Harding, veteran of the Spanish American war, and Bert Winchell and Ralph Mellor, soldier and sailor respectively in the great World war. Commandant P. B. ilarty, J. D. Cronin, John Hagerty, Royal Theatre | COOLEST PLACE IN TOWN. - FRIDAY John Gilbert and Ailien Pringle in "WIFE OF CENTAUR” Comedy - SATURDAY - Buck Jones in "HEARTS AND SPURS” Comedy -SUNDAY & MONDAY Richard Dix and Jafcqueline Logan in “A MAN MUST LIVE” The sensational new star in the flghting role he was made fer. With Jacqueline Logan and prominent cast A real picture. Comedy end News. — TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY — Betty Bronson, -Florence Vidor »nd Adolphe Menjou in “ARE PARENTS PEOPLE?” , -Comedy - THURSDAY A FRIDAY _ George O’Brien and Dorothy Mack aill in •THE MAN WHO CAME BACK” Comedy Watch for dates on "The Mine Of The Iron Door;” “Sim*;” ’Tracked In The Snow Country;” "The Thund ering Herd.” Free Show Every Saturday, at 2:3Q Every Thursday Family Night. AH the family admitted for 50c. Don’t forget to celebrate the 4th in O’Neill. Clarence Rasley, Cecil W. Conklin and Ira Moss of Simonson post of the American Legion bore the sleeping soldier to his final couch in Mother Earth, where, as the casket sank from sight Chauncey Porter, bugler of the Logion post, sounded “Taps,” the soldier’s requiem. The service mark ed the formal relieving by the Ameri can Legion of the Grand Army of the Republic of the last of its active duties. A duty it has performed faithfully and unfalteringly for more than fifty years. William Clevish, the departed vet eran, was one of the few men who served and bore arms on both sides in the great conflict between the north and south. Born July 26, 1845, in a suburb of Berlin, Germany, he came with his parents to the United States in 1862 and settled in Mississippi, a lad of 14 years of age. Soon thereafter and before he had learned to speak or understand the American language he was impress ed into the service on the southern side in which he remained until he understood the causes of the conflict. Then he made his escape into the union lines and on Oct. 13, 1864, when 16 years of age and by representing himself to be three years older en listed in the Ninth Illinois cavalry, serving with distinction in that noted fighting organization until mastered out, October 26, 1865. I The Clevishes came to Nebraska immediately after the war, settling in Seward county, where William later took up a homestead. He was united in marriage at Lincoln, Nov. 15, 1872, to Miss Elizabeth Cowgei, walking from bis Seward county horm stead, more than forty miles to the capital city, where his bride-to-be resided. William Clevish and bis young wife came to Holt county forty-one years ago lqst, April and settled on a ranch sixteen miles noTth of O’Neill, on which they continued to reside until 1916, when they re tired from active ranching and re moved to O’Neill tjo spend (their df dining years. • 1 | ; ; William Frank Clevish is survived by his widow; a son, Otto Clevish of this city; a daughter, Mrs.. Zoe Lewis of Buffalo, Montana; and a brother, Frank William of Oregon, whose Christian names aTe a reversal of his own. The funeral was held from the Methodist church, Thursday morning at 10 o’clock, the Rev, J. A. Hutch ins presiding, and burial was in Pleasant Valley cemetery north of O’Neill and near the old home ranch. CHARLES ASHER AUTEN. , f • - Charles A.,Auten died at his homo in Paige, Nebraska, at 4:00 o’clock, a. m., Wednesday morning^ following 'several months of ill health. The deceased was born in Carthage, Missouri, Nevember 11, 1870. He came to Holt county in 1880, from Saunders county, Nebraska, where he made his home for several, years. He was married to Mr.s. Anna Richardson, December I 21, 1910, to which union were born four child ren, Charles J., Ralph Harold, Glen Dale and Jack, all ,of whom are living. Charles has made his home in Page for the past few years on account of failing health. Prior to moving to Page he was engaged in farming and stock raising in the vicinity of Page. He leaves, besides hife wife and children, three Sisters and three brothers, Idallu Brumbagh, Inman; Disa Coleman, Sexsmith, Canada; Grace Garnet, Tecumseh, Nebraska; James Auten,-North1 Bend, Nebras ka; Samuel Auten»i Cedahrr Rapids,; Ne braska; John Auten, Klamath Falls, Oregon. The funeral services will be held Friday afternooi? at two o’clock, at the Methodist church in Page, con ducted by, the Rev. Todd, under the auspices of the I. O. O. F. lodge. He was also a member of the O’Neill Encampment and the Muscovites. Burial will be at Page. Trivial Diary Entriee Best Record of Doing$ A hundred times, perhaps, the pen has been taken up with reluctance to tell the story o* an, unexciting day. There has seemed to be nothing worth saying, no happening worth the spoil tag of paper with Ink, says a writer In the London Times. Yet, for habit’s sake and In • determination not to be beaten, an entry has been made, and often, at the year’s end, these entries, which once seemed so dull, are found to have more truth and more enter tainment in them'than many a record of a relatively eventful day. When "there Is nothing worth say ing’’ u diarist is apt to fill in the gup with s little of himself, to give play to his imagination,, to escupe frprn that formality which settles over even the simplest of domestic histories, and to permit himself, as he thinks, to be trivial. Then, indeed, he is writing, as the perfect diarist .must nearly al ways write, for no other eye but his own. He wool#’ he ashamed to pub lish; he would Mash to imagine pos terity looking st (bat singularly trivial page. Yet that Is the page which amuses him when months later he rereads It, anil that certainly Is the page in which, if it survives, his great-grandchildren will have their chief delight. “An empty day,” he tblnlrr as he writes. "What on earth can 1 say of it?” And nine times out of ten it Is on such occasions that the trivial goddess who presides over the fortunes of diarists tricks him into drawing without knowing it a portrait of himself. » •arwve.v-v mr - vt ~w EVERYTHING ALL READY FOR BIG FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION All preparations are completed and everything is ready for O’Neill’s big Fourth of July celebration Saturday. The festivities will begin whq§ Doc Lubker touches off a hundred gun salute at sun rise and will continue until the stroke of 12, midnight. The celebration is going to be one of the biggest and best the city ever has held, with something doing every minute of the time. Two features of the program added too late to be on the printed bills and advertisements are a half-mile running race at the fair grounds immediately after the base ball game between O’Neill and Spencer and the water fight between the O’Neill and Orchard fire depart ments. The Orchard boys, all of whom it is said are web footed and take to water like ducks, are ex pected to put up a very thrilling con test. The big bowery dance pavilion, next the filling station, is completed and a noted orchestra has been en gaged to furnish the music for the dancing. A dance will be held at the pavilion also on Friday night to break the new floor in. Don’t miss the big celebration, for it will be a matter of life long regret if you do. uutttnttmtxxttsxttxtutmtutxmmuititntt LOCAL NEWS. . Frank Brady, of Atkinson, was an O’Neill visitor Wednesday. Twin boys were born to Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Darr, of this city, last Sunday. E. N. Purcell returned Wednesday morning from a short business trip to Crawford. Ben Rodenwall and wife are the guests tof Mr, Rodenwall’s mother, Mrs. Edward Hughes. Mr., and Mrs. E. O. Elvidge and son, Of Sioux City, arc visiting with Mr. and Mrs. George Savage. :» Dih and Mrs. L. A. Burgess and enjoying a visia from the former’s father and sister, C. and Miss Miss Edna Burgess, of Julesburg, Colo rado. Mrs. Grover Shaw was seriously injured Sunday when a firecracker was tossed at her by a youth enagged in the premature celebration of the Fourth. George Brandies and a party of friends from Omaha passed through O’Neill Monday afternoon enroute to Mr. Brandies ranch in Cherry county to spend the Fourth. They were ac companied by Judge Quigley of Val entine. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Gallagher of N Casper, Wyoming, who are enroute by auto to Miami, Florida, where they will make their future home, arrived Tuesday evening to visit Mr. Gal lagher’s mother, Mrs. Ed. F. Gal lagher, and his brother, Edward F. Gallagher. A congregational meeting Sunday morning at 11 o’clock will take the place of the regular service at the Presbyterian, church next Sunday. I The! meeting is for the purpose of voting on the candidate for the pas torate of the church recently heard. All members and friends of the church are invited. Glen Lewis of the Stein garge was seriously injured about the right hand Wednesday morning. He was at work underneath a tourist’s car and had removed the pan when some one in the car stepped on the starter. The hand was caught in the cogs of the whirling machinery and the fingers badly mangled. E. N. Purcell returned Tuesday evening from Crawford, where he dis posed of the Crawford branch of the Purcell Produce company to Nelson Brothers Poultry company of Lin coln. W. L. Caldwell, who has been manager of the Crawford plant, has removed to this city, where he will be associated with the local plant. W. J. Biglin, Charley Stout, Ed Gallagher and Hugh Birmingham went down to Neligh Sunday to qualify in the golf tournament. The three latter returned Monday morn ing and Mr. Biglin remained until Tuesday morning. All qualified in the championship class, in which flight Biglin remained until defeated in the semifinals by John Limly, of Tilden. Miss Irene Cole and a girl friend were bruised and slightly cut Wednes day afternoon when the Ford sedan belonging to Miss Ida Chapman and which Miss Cole was driving, turned over on the highway a mile east of thp William Shaughnesy place. The accident occurred at a sandy spot on the highway. The top of the sedan was demolished and the car had to be towed back to town. Frank Youngkin of the E. N. Pur cell Produce company claims the championship for the largest bull head caught this spring in Holt county. |fr. Youngkin and Mr. Pur cell visited Swan lake Sunday, where Frank snagged a two-pound bullhead. The weight of the bullhead is official and duly attested by affidavits. Other contenders for the championship will likewise be required to file affidavits before their claims will receive con sidertion. I E. M. Gallagher and Frank Dish ner drove to Allen, Nebraska, the first of the week to look after some land interests. North Nebraska’s most famous beauty spot soon again will be at tracting the attention of tourists and others passing through O’Neill. The first blooms in the O’Neill Dahlia Gardens made their appearance Wed nesday morning and it is expected that the entire gradens will be in full bloom within a week. A new ar rangement of the color scheme has been made by Messers E. N. Purcell and Ed O’Donnell, the proprietors, and many new varieties have been ad ded to those in the gardens last year. O’Neill boosters, twenty cars strong and accompanied by the O’Neill band and many beautiful girls, made a tour of the territory adjacent to the city Tuesday in the interest of the big Fourth of July celebration. Towns visited in the tour were Spencer, Bris tow, Lynch, Redbird, Page Orchard, Ewing and Inman. The boosters were accorded a ^oyal welcome at all stops, particularly at Orchard where the men were treated to cigars and the ladies to ice crem cones. Wed nesday evening a similar trip was made to Emmet, Atkinson and Stuart. The largest crowd of baseball fans assembled this year were gathered at the local park last Sunday afternoon in anticipation of the game between O’Neill and Verdel. Four members of the Verdel aggregation were on the grounds in uniform immediately after noon, but the remainder of the team failed to show up. Several telephone messages were received from Bristow to the effect that the missing ones were rainbound at that place but wpuld try to make it in time for the game, but they never showed up. Later reports from the other side of the river were to the effect that it had not rained sufficiently to even damage a new and unprotected Easter bonnet. It is probable that, the missing players were attracted by a game between Bonesteel and Lynch the same afternoon. The absent players were not missed however, as John Kersenbrock using the four Verdel men present as a foundation, quickly assembled a team with him self as captain and first baseman and the ensuing game thrilled the fans to the utmost. Captain Kersenbrock was compelled to add a raincoat to his regular playing costume early in the contest and the game finally had to be called in the seventh when the raincoat also showed signs of dis integrating. The score was 2 to 1 in favor of the regulars. STRAYED—THURSDAY, JULY 2, Irish Water Spaniel puppie.—E. N. Purcell. 11 5-1 CARD OF THANKS. We wish to express our sincere thaqks to our many friends and neighbors for their :1 many acts of kindfiefes shown during the sickness and death of our lovihg mother. Harrington Family. to h———■ ' ■ LEE BROS. WILD ANIMAL SHOW. The elephants are coming! A big yellow car rolled into the Northwestern Railroad Yards Tues day night. Aboard were thirty bill posters, bannermen and advertising agents of Lee Bros. Wild Animal Show. The mere announcement that the big show is coming ^'has caused small boys to become active, performing all sorts of jobs with an alacity that stands in vivid contrast to their de meanor before the first signs of the circus appeared. And likewise quite a large number of uncles and aunts are looking about, raking up ac quaintances among their nephews and nieces. They are saying that they will probably “have to go and carry the children to see the ani mals.” But deep down in their hearts they know they would not miss the show if there was not a child within a thousand miles of here on show Karo Syrup One-half gallon pail Karo 90* White Syrup ....... wUb 40c Fresh Fig Bar OAt* Cookies, per pound _£*rC 60c Palmer’s Home Style Cream Nut Fudge Candy, per pound _ 4 Packages Night Owl Mints, Full of Pep, 100 per cent 1ft* $1.15 Gallon Size Can, De- OQ* licious Prunes in Syrup vdv 2—15c Tins Prince Albert or OC* Velvet Tobacco _ avv 10 Boxes Domino Diamond Om Matches _ OC 6 Large Size Rolls Toilet ilQ* Men’s EZ Work Hose, OC* 2 Pair___ Z3C Men’s Dress Straw Hats, CO Aft Why pay more?_)Zi4«l $L50 Men’s Union Suits 98C Make this Store your Head quarters for Men’s Neck- Eft* wear Silk ties _ UVb If you are the man whose coat callar does not fit, I want to see you. All Virgin Wool Men’s COO Eft Suits _ yZdiwU All Virgin Wool Men’s Grey CC ftft Flannel Dress Pants yUtUu: JOHN J. MELVIN 57 Steps Sells for Less .. -. ' * The city takes what the farmer raises, in cluding the farm help. Think how much more a Bank Account With Safety, means. § No worry over your dollars in the bank t where they are protect by the— DEPOSITORS GUARANTY FUND We offer you this ad ded feature of service here at the— Nebraska State Bank “There Is No Substitute For Safety” I b———M ' day. The press agent ahead of Lee Bros. Show confessed that he was at his wit’s end today. He stated that the big show had gone on increasing year after year until now he finds words inadequate to express the immensity of the show this season. It is de scribed as “bigger and better” than ever before. Sixteen separate tents are neces sary to accommodate the Lee Bros. Show, and they are so large that they cover a small size farm. There is more novelties than ever before. More animals and new features than ever before are seen. The big new patriotic spectacle, “America,” will be a most pretentious production. The? zoo is another feature. There will be a street parade and the show is one that will surely en tertains the youngsters of six and sixty. Lee Bros. Show will exhibit in O’Neill Saturday, July 11th. A STATEMENT TO TELEPHONE USERS REGARDING TELEPHONE RATE ADJUSTMENTS IN NE BRASKA, EFFECTIVE JULY 1st It is the policy of our Company to refrain from increasing its charges for service until every effort has been exhausted to operate satisfactorily on ex isting revenues. But when this cannot be done with out impairing the quality of telephone service, we be lieve it our duty to seek an adjustment in rates. The rates charged by the Company in this state have not been adequate for many years to pay a reasonable return on the value of our property, al though telephone patrons have enjoyed a good quality of service at prices relatively lower than they have paid for other services and products. V Telephone users demand reliable service. Em ployees who supply such service should be fairly paid. Those who invest their money to build tele phone plant to meet the needs of the public for service must be paid a fair return or additional money for growth could not be obtained. We believe that the interests of the public, our employees and investors can be best served only when charges for telephone service are such as will pay expenses and earn a fair and reasonable return on the value of our property. The detailed facts as to our investment, earn ings and expenses, have been presented in our pro ceedings before the State Railway Commission and the Court, and on June 11, such decision was render ed by the Court as permits us to place reasonable rates in effect. We will, therefore, make adjust ments in rates in our various exchanges throughout Nebraska. Following are the charges for the principal classes of service for the O’Neill exchange, effective July 1: NET RATE TYPE OF SERVICE MONTHLY Business, Individual Line . $3.75 Business, 2-Party Line . ,_..$3.25 Residence, Individual Line .. $2.25 Residence, 2-Party Line..-$1.75 Rural, Grounded Line ...„. $1.75 NOTE: Charges shown are net rates (after de ducting the discount). Your bill will show gross rates. The discount will be allowed when bills are paid on or before the 15th of the month for town and rural service. Bills payable at local office. This statement is made in accordance with our policy of informing our patrons at all times as to what we are doing and why, believing that when telephone users know the facts, they will appreciate the necessity for an adjustment in telephone charges. NORTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE CO.
