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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (July 30, 1925)
Just unloaded a carload New Dodge Cars Consisting of 1 Special Business Sedan 1 Business Coupe 1 Coach 1 Touring Car All On Balloon Tires J. M. Seybold Dodge Dealer. O’Neill, Nebraska. A WHITE RIVER FRONTIER DAYS AUGUST 12, 13, 14. White River Frontier Days, that famous Frontier Show in western South Dakota will be given for the thirteenth time on August 12, 13, 14. This issue of The Frontier is carry ing a two page supplement telling of this wonderful show, the famous town that puts it on, and the West-river country in general, and should be of considerable interest to our readers, whether or not they are planning to attend the big show. White River is a town of 500 people, who are putting their town on the map by making it one of the livest towns in the great northwest. The people who live there are not bothered because they are twenty-seven miles from the nearest railroad, but have built good roads to three railroads, the Milwaukee at Murdo, the North western at Winner, and the North western at Valentine, and when asked about not having any railroad, say the towns that have railroads do not use them, and have bus and truck lines. Frontier Days is an old time roun up depicting the days when the great west-river country was one big pas ture, open to all who wanted to use it. That time has long since passed, and that great empire, which really is “great opportunity” is no longer a range cattle country, but is rapidly being changed into one of the richest and most productive farming, dairy ing, alfalfa and hog producing sec tions of the great central northwest. This year for the thirteenth time this wide-awake town is putting on its great show, which has become one of the most widely known in the Unit ed States, and draws its large crowds from practically every state in the Union. The White River show is the oldest and biggest of its kind put on east of Cheyenne, Wyoming, and com pares favorably with both Cheyenne and Pendleton, Oregon, shows. W’hite River is in Mellette County, which is a portion of the old Rosebud , Indian reservation, where still thous ands of Sioux Indians reside. The Indian features usually are a large part of the show, and attract con siderable attention from the thous I ands of tourists who annually visit I the roundup. THE EWING-O NEILL FEDERAL AID HIGHWAY CONTRACT AWARDED Peterson, Shirley and Gunther will be the contractors on the Ewing to O’Neill federal aic^ highway. They were awarded the contract at Lin coln, Thursday at a price of 21 cents a yard or a total of $87,364. The culverts were awarded to K. H. Johnson for $9,640.90 and the guard rail to the Artificial Stone company at 52 cents a foot, or $1,576.12. EMMET PICNIC AND BALL GAME The Emmet Picnic and Ball Games will be held on next Wednesday, Aug ust 5, 1925. It will be for the benefit of the Emmet Catholic church. The picnic will begin at 1:30 p. m. with a game between Emmet second team and Shields Township. The big game between O’Neill first team and Em met first team will begin at 3:30 p. m. This promises to be an interest ing game as Emmet intends to put a team in the field that will make the Holt County Champions hustle. After this game there will be foot races for men, boys and girls. Also a tug of war and weight throwing. The Catholic Ladies will serve supper in the Emmet Hall from 5:30 to 7:30 p. m. A big Bowery dance with music by a splendid five piece orchestra. Dancing will begin at 8 p. m. Coffee, chicken sandwiches and cake will be served during the dance. Also soft drinks and ice cream. Preparations are being made to entertain a large crowd. LON CHANEY WON UNIQUE PLACE AS CHARACTER STAR Famous Actor Has Niche All His Own in Film History. “IN “HE WHO GETS SLAPPED" "(he Hunchback” Becomes Tragic * 'own In Y'ictoc Seastrom Picture. Iii Victor Seastrom’s Metro-Gold wyn picture. “He Who Gets Slapped,” now playing at the Royal Theatre. Sunday and Monday, O’Neill, Nebr., Lon Chaney, greatest of screen char acter actors and make-up wizards, plays one of the few sympathetic roles of his career. Chaney’s career in motion pictures has been a most unusual one. He began his theatrical career on the stage of his home town, Colorado Springs, Colorado, and from there branched out into musical comedy, vaudeville and, for a short-time, into a circus career. He began his screen work as a slapstick comedian in a one-reel com edy at Universal about 1912. That company put him in stock, and he played in a number of pictures, gen erally as the “heavy.” Then came his memorable part of the cripple in “The Miracle Man.” Here Chaney was given a chance to display his remarkable talent for make-up. Immediately the parts began to pour in. He has played in such pic tures as “The Penalty,” “Blizzard,” “The Night Rose,” “The Shock,” “Treasure Island,” “Victory,” “False Faces,” “His Children’s Children,” “All the Brothers Were Valiant,” and many others. His most recent notable part was as the star of “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.” (First publication July 30.) NOTICE. All parties having coyote scalps upon which they wish a bounty, must bring the scalp with both enrs and the tip of the nose to the County , Clerk’s office in person and make an affidavit before the clerk can give them a certificate. Do not mail them as the Clerk cannot issue a certificate Without the affidavit. E. F. PORTER, 9-1 County Clerk | Royal Theatre COOLEST PLACE IN TOWN. - FRIDAY - Hobart Bos A or th and Pauline Starke —in— "HEARTS OF OAK" Comedy !- SATURDAY - Tom Mix in “DICK TURPIN" Comedy “Fighting Ranger" -SUNDAY & MONDAY One of the gretest films of the year. Lon Chaney as the clown is better than in the “Hunchback.” The gay, dazzling life of the circus; the excitement of the sawdust ring; the thrilling story of the inner lives of the performers. A drama of a traveling European circus. At last on the screen!—The circus drama that thrilled New York, Lon don, Paris, Rome, Berlin, Vienna and Moscow,—The trreafest intern ri «*«smS success of modern times. •TIE WHO GETS SLAPPED —with— Lon Chaney, Norma Sherer am? J’ftHfiv Gilbert. Comedy and News. — TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY Bebe Daniels in "DANGEROUS MONEY* * omedy -t THURSDAY & FRIDAV Eleanor Boordman and Ben Ly*m? jk “THE WINE OF YOUTH* Comedy Coming— Zane Grey’s “Border LeRion."' 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They will be used at Norfolk the last week in August, in the $15,000 Rodeo being staged there and will also be used, in the National Legion convention which is to be staged at the Western League* baU park during the National legion convention in October. Not a Road Show The people of O’Neill are fortunate in securing outlaw horses of this calibre for their rodeo. It was made? possible owing to the management of the two big rodeos, decided to lay over and rest here for a few days while enro ute trailing the chuck wagon across the country from the Rosebud reservation. A number of the top riders are in charge of the wagon and will be joined in O’Neill by others who will conduct the contest here. O’Neill vs. Stuart--Aug. 1 The two fastest baseball teams in North Nebr. O’Neill vs. Verdigre-Aug. 2 A game of the Big League Calibre. Under Auspices of O’Neill Base Ball Club Directed by C. H. Blakely Admission 50c Kids Free Rain or Shine <rui>vrtirht oy i 'i. l>uu-.iru..' >» Just One of the Buckin’ Fools