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O’NEILL BALL CLUB TO
PLAY AT ROSEBUD
BRIDGE DEDICATION
The O’Neill baseball club is to play
at the dedication of the Rosebud
bridge across the Missouri river a
few miles below Wheeler, South Da
kota, next Tuesday, September 1. The
dedication ceremonies are expected
to attract a crowd of between twenty
and thirty thousand and the celebra
tion will be one of the largest ever
held in South Dakota. A most de
cided compliment has been paid the
team by the committee in charge of
the big celebration in inviting it to
open the program of the day by
meeting the Gregory club, heralded
generally as the leading amateur or
semi-professional club in South Da
kota. The game will begin promptly
at 9:30 o’clock in the morning on a
special diamond now being prepared
immediately east of north and east
end of the bridge, on South Dakota
highway No. 6, otherwise known as
tbe Blackhilis-Sioux Trail, on which
six national highways converge to
cross the bridge. The diamond is lo
cated immediately beside the highway,
on the north side, and every visitor to
the dedication ceremonies from either
side of the river will pass the dia
mond, as owing to the hills on the
south side of the river none of the
program is to be given there. The
baseball game will be the only one
played for the amusement of the vast
throng, and the atteiylance will equal
if not exceed that of a world series
contest.
The program for the dedication and
celebration is an extensive one, begin
ning with the baseball game at 9:30.
At 11 o’clock a parade of floats from
both sides of the river will form each
on its respective side. Then, to the
strains of Lohengrin’s Wedding
March, played simultaneously by the
famous Rosebud band of seventy-five
pieces stationed at the south portal
of the bridge and a massed band com
posed of the Sioux City American
Legibn band, Dan Desdune’s band of
Omaha, the Mitchell, Yankton, Sioux
Ralls and others bands at the north
portal, Governor McMullen, of Ne
braska, or his representative, will
enter the bridge from the south, lead
ing by the hand a little eight-year
old Rosebud Indian maiden attired in
native costume. At the same instant
Governor Gunderson of South Dakota
will enter the north portal of the
bridge leading a little eight year old
Charles Mix county white boy. The
two parties will meet in the center
of the bridge, where Governor Gun
derson will join the hands of the two
children, symbolizing the union of the
east and west, after which the famous
Mitchell quartette will sing “Blest
Be the Tie That Binds” and the for
mal dedication will follow, concluded
by the playing of “The Star Spangled
Banner” by the bands.
This wtU conclude the morning pro
gram fend at 12 o’clock serving of din
ner and picnic lunches will begin.
Ample accommodations for feeding
the vase throng are being prepared.
The afternoon program will begin
promptly at 1:30 when United States
Senators Norbeck and McMasters of
South Dakota, the governors of South
Dakota and Nebraska, and other
speakers of national reputation will
deliver addresses, the speaking being
interspersed with music, The ad
dresses conclude the formal part of
the program at promptly 4 o’clock,
at which time, in a monster canvas
arena close to the speakers’ stand
Tommy Gibbons of St. Paul, the fa
vorite pugilist of alf import loving
westerners, will box six rounds with
his sparring partner, after which
there will be tweny-five rounds of;
boxing by somewhat lesser but by no I
means minor stars of the pugilistic j
world. A Midway, thronged with
attractions, stands and refreshment
i booths, also has been laid out be
, tween the boxing arena and the base
; ball diamond and a monster dancing
pavilion constructed for the evening
! entertainment of the multitude, ar.d
immediately on the other side of the
roadway leading to the bridge from
| the north and east side a tract has
i been cleared and graded as a park
| ing space for the thousands of auto
mobiles. The parking space has been
: platted out in streets and with stall
j markings for each car, so that any.
' automobile may leave its parking
I space at anytime without interference
from other cars. The parking grounds
will accommodate four thousand cars.
The completion and throwing open
to traffic of the Rosebud bridge which
is a free bridge built by the state of
South Dakota, will open to tourist
travel a vast territory hitherto prac
tically inaccessible from this side of
the river and places O’Neill on the
direct line of some of the heaviest
transcontinental travel. Its con
struction also opens to Nebraska a
vast trading territory not heretofore
reached. The bridge is located at a
point thirteen miles north of Fairfax,
South Dakota, and sixty eight miles
from O’Neill, at a point not exceeded
for scenic granduer even in the Rocky
mountains. A government built high
way in itself a wonder of highway
engineering, leaves the stateline high
way a mile west of Fairfax and de
scends in scientifically banked and
winding curves to the bridge, a drop
of five hundred feet in two miles
which is negotiated by a uniform six
per cent grade which a jiney can as
cend in high.
O’NEILL WINS ONE
AND LOSES ONE
O’Neill split even on baseball games
this week, winning last Sunday from
Verdel by a score of 16 to 2, on the
local diamond, and losing to Elgin at
that place Wednesday afternoon by
a score of 9 to 2. Two double plays,
and three home runs, all by O’Neill,
were the features of the Sunday game.
The double plays were by Carroll to
F. Doyle and by Bazelman to Holi
day to F. Doyle. Holliday hit the
first home run in the fourth inning
and in the fifth Allen and Person each
took one. Verdel was decidedly off
Announcing Important
Changes in Bodies
and Chassis
I
Added Beauty and Utility •
Closed Cars in Color *
No Increase in Prices
All-steel bodies on Tudor Sedan, Coupe
and open cars. Bodies and chassis both
lowered. Larger, more attractive fenders,
affording greater protection. New im
proved transmission and rear axle
brakes on all types. One-piece ventilat
ing windshield on closed cars; double
ventilating type on open cars. Curtains
opening with all doors on Touring car
and Runabout, Closed cars in colors,
with upholstery of finer quality to har
monize; and nickeled radiator shells. 7
Many other refinements now add to
the beauty and quality of these cars.
See your nearest Authorized Ford Deal
er today for complete details.
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^ f W DETROIT, MICH. i
form and did not near play the game j
it is capable of.
A big contingent of O’Neill fans
accompanied the team to Elgin Wed
nesday. and they were joined at Ne- !
ligh bj a bunch of Neligh boosters all
shou ing for O’Neill. Isler, the Oak
dale boy wonder officiated for Elgin.
Mr. Isler is a southpaw, same as
O’NiiH’s premier, and as several of
O’Tsfr ill’s b<”?t ipjgQ swine s
from the left what he did to them
was plenty. The game until the sixth
inning was one of the best exhibitions
of baseball ever seen in north Ne
braska this season, but after the
sixth it wasn’t near as interesting to
the O’Neill and Neligh fans. Elgin
distinguished itself by two home
runs in the seventh and two more in
the eighth, R. Sherry, D. Sherry, Paul
and Beer scoring them in the order
named. A snappy double play from
Allen to Carroll to F. Doyle, one by
Anderson of Elgin unassisted and one
from Isl^f to D. Sherry of Elgin ad
ded excitement to the game. The
Elgin team is rated as one of the
fastest in the North Platte country
and has won fifteen games without a
break. The return game will be play
ed here next Wednesday, when the
result is expected to be reversed and
the fastest game played on the
O’Neill diamond may be looked for.
Neligh already has sent word that
a large delegation from there will be
in attendance and as all Elgin citi
zens are loyal supporters of their
team a large attendance is predicted.
Following are the statistics of the
two games:
Verdell— AB R H PO A E
Smith, c - 4—0—1—9—0—0
Bartling, ss _ 4—0—0—1—4—0
Nygren, p - 4—0—0—2—3—2
Graham, 3b _ 4—0—0—2—0 0
Brown, 2b _ 4—0—1—0—1—0
A. Barta, cf_4—1—1—1—0—0
O. Barta, lb _ 4—1—1—9—0—1
G. Barta, rf _ 3—0—1—0—0 0
Roy Barta, If _ 3—0—0—0—0—0
Totals .. 34 25 24 8 3
O’Neill— AB R H PO A E
F. Doyle, lb - 3—1—0-10—0—1
E. Doyle, c - 3—3-2-13—0—0
Allen, p - 5—2—2-0- 0 0
Holiay, ss - 4—2—22—1—3—2
Persons, rf_6—2—2—0—0 0
Carrol, 2b _ 6—1—2—1—1 1
Mason, cf_ 5—1—1—1 0 0
Beha, If - 3—2—1—1—0—1
Bazelman, 2b 3—2—2—0—2 0
Totals - 37 16 14 27 6 5
Home runs, Allen, Holiday, Per
sons; three base hits, O. Barta; two
base hits, Allen, Holiday, Beha; strike
outs by Allen 12, by Nygren 8; bases
on balls, off Nygren 7, off Allen 0;
double plays, Carroll to F. Doyle,
Bnzelman to Holiday to F. Doyle.
O’Neill .. 23503030 x—16
Verdel 01000010 0—2
Elgin— AB R H PO A E '
R. Sherry, If 4—2—1—1—0—0 i
Paul, 2b ._... 4—2— 1— 2—0-*-0 !
F. Fluery, 3b 5—1—1—0—0—0 !
D. Sherry, lb - 4—1—1—6—0—0
Anderson, ss _ 4—1 l 4 2 0
S. Fluery, rf .... 4—1—1—1—0—0
Beer, cf - 4—1—1—1—0—1
Wingate, c .. 4—0—1-11—0—1
Isler, p - 4—0—0—1—3—1
Totals - 37 9 8 27 5 3
O’Neill— AB R H PO A E
F. Doyle, lb -,. 4—1—1—8—0—1
Allen, p - 3—0—0—0—3—0
E. Doyle, c - 3—0—0-11—1—1
Holiday, ss _ 4—0—1—0—0 1
Higenbotham, cf .... 4—0—0—0—0—0
Carroll, 3b__
Beha, If _
Person, rf _
Bazelman, 2 b_—
Totals j.- 28 2 3 24 8 6
Home runs: R. Sherry, Paul, D.
Sherry, Beer; two base hits Ander
son; strike outs by Isler 12, by Allen
11; bases on balls off Isler 2, off Al
len 3; double plays Allen to Carroll
to F. Doyle, Anderson unassisted,
drive to Isler to D. Sherry.
Umpires, Booze Cole, of Neligh,
and Ross Harris, of O’Neill'.
Elgin --.... 00010134 x—9
O’Neill .. 00000002 0—2
A LARGE DELEGATION
VISITS COUNTY BOARD
A large delegation of citizens from
Dustin, Cleveland, Swan, Francis,
Holt Creelf, Green Valley and Stuart
townships, headed by Wm, Krotter,
of Stuart, were before the board of
Supervisors last Tuesday with several
petitions asking for road designa
tions in their part of the county.
One petition asked that the board
designate the Stuart-Cleveland-Dust
in road a county road. This was done
and the necessary resolution passed.
A petition w&s presented asking for
the replacement of a bridge at Grand
Rapids was by motion laid over to
the next meeting of the board.
A petition wTas also presented ask- i
ing the board to recommend to the
State Highway Commission, the lay
ing out of a Federal Aid road from
Stuart to Burwell. The board spent
most of the day listening to the argu
ments pro and con. No action was
taken by the board, upon the peti
tion. A similar road, No. 48, was
designated from Atkinson to Burwell
in 1919, upon which considerable
money has already been spent and it
is not probable that the Highway
commission wnll designate another
road in that locality unless the other
project is abandoned.
The Frontier, ?2.00 per year.
I “Ain’t Nature Wonderful” I
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By “UNCLE PETE/’ O’Neill, Nebraska. . H
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:: ^ (Courtesy St. Louis Post Dispatch.) ^ *j
“AIN’T NATURE WONDERFUL’’
O’Neill, Neb.
The recent and unusual warlike and
quarrelsome attitude of the bees on
Hank Tomlinson’s honey ranch near
Beaver Flats has led to the discovery
by prohibition enforcement officers of
a large and flourishing illicit liquor
industry over on the south side of the
Calamas River, a few miles from the
Flats. Tomlinson’s bees long have
been noted in and around the city for
their gentle dispositions and their
disinclination to sting anyone unless
they were injured or roughly handled.
Thousands of the little workers from
the 1500 stands on the honey ranch
daily during the spring, summer and
fall, visit the flower gardens and
white clover lawns of thg'’* city or
swarm about the alfalfa and sweet
clover fields of the nearby farms.
Seldom, if ever, was anyone stung by
them, and even then the victim usually
would recall that he had provoked
the assault.
Several weeks ago, however, the
local gardens and florists began to
notiee that the insects were becoming
erratic in their flight, and that many
of them, after loading up with honey
from the blossoms, were just as apt
to strike off to the north, east or west
as to the south, in which direction
from Beaver Flats the honey ranch is
located. They also noticed that the
bees became very angry when they
discovered their error and that on
their way back in correcting it, they
frequently would stop to visit their
spleen on the first living thing they
came across.
So troublesome did the bees be
come that little children were not
permitted to play about the gardens
during daylight hour? and the Beaver
Hats Commercial Club discussed the
advisability of requesting Mr. Tom
linson to remove his apiaries further
away from the city. Shortly after
the bees had developed their warlike
dispositions Beaver Flats residents
who eat honey on their pancakes in
the morning began to notice a peculiar
and biting flavor, not unpleasant but
unusual, in the honey, and the conclu
sion was reached that the insects
were feeding on some new kinds of
booms. Samples of the hone^ were
submitted to Doc Wilkinson, promi
nent local scientist, who reported that
an analysis disclosed the presence of
alcohol in the honey. The doctor
gave it as his opinion that the bees
were feeding on fairly ripe mash, tr
overdoses of which he also attributed
iheir quarrelsomeness.
The prohibition authorities at once
were notified. After several days’
observing the officers captured
several of the bees, apparently the
most intoxicated, when they arrived
at the hives, keeping them confined
until they had sobered up, released
them; first, however, attaching a bit
of cotton to each insect. The hungry
bees immediately started off to the
southwest and the officers by a simple
mathematical calculation of the
angles of the flights were able to plot
upon a county map the point of con
vergence.
Search in this locality, in the
breaks on the south side of the river,
disclosed a number of barrels of fer
menting mash, hidden in the canyons,
and also several large stills. All of
these were destroyed, but the owners
apparently had been tipped off to the
presence of the officers, for no one
was discovered about the place.
BATTING RECORD OF
O’NEILL TEAM GOOD
Baseball fans of O'Neill believe
that the O’Neill team leads the ama
teur and semi-professional teams of
the state in batting. The batting
average of the teams .314 with only
the averages of those players who
have participated in five or more
games figured. With these averages
figured in, the team average would be
nine points. Hank Person, right
fielder and reserve pitcher heads the
list with .464 and Ed Allen, O’Neill’s
star hurler, is next with .385, with
Fred Doyle third with .383.
Catcher Doyle leads the bunch
in hits and runs, having thirty
one hits and twenty-one runs to his
credit in the twenty- one games played
by the team. Eight of the men have
averaged a hit or better per game i
played. Following are the batting
averages, with the runs also included '
although they do not figure in the
averages:
Player Games AB H R Pet.
Person ..11 41 19 7 .464
Allen _ 17 62 24 16 .385
F. Doyle . 17 69 25 16 .383
Farrier _ 7 31 11 5 .354
E. Doyle . 21 88 31 21 .352
Merriman . 8 26 9 6 .347
Bishop .__ 10 38 12 7 .316
Martin .. 6 24 7 4 .292
Harris -- .5 19 4 1 .215
Bazelman _ 21 81 16 13 .198
Beha .. 13 52 8 9 .154
Team average __314
Games won 11, lost 10, total _ 21
Statistics to and including Aug. 9.
FAMILY REUNION HELD
BY PIONEER FAMILY
At the ranch home of C. R. Young,
twelve miles northeast of O’Neill, a
reunion of the entire family was held
last Friday afternoon. The family
consists of seven sons of whom the
youngest is nineteen years of age.
All were born in Holt County with
the exceptioh of the third boy, who
was born in Seward county when his
parents temporarily deserted old Holt
for a brief period in the late eight
ies. Five of the sons are yet resi
dents of Holt county, one is near
Omaha in Douglas county, while one
is a resident of New York state, hav
ing moved there five years ago. Four
of the boys are married and Mr. and
Mrs. Young are the proud grand
parents of nix grandsons and seven
granddaughters, all of whom were j
present with the exception of two.
The family consists of Roy, of Elk i
City, Nebraska; Guy, of Hornell, New |
York; Ralph, of Meek, Nebraska, and i
Orton, Robert, Paul and Walter, of j
Opportunity, Nebraska.
Mr. Young came to Holt county as
a young man with his parents and
homesteaded a portion of his present
ranch in 1883. Ho has lived here con
tinuously ever since with the except
ion of two years spent in Butler and
Cass counties. In 1886 he was mar
ried to Maggie B. Long, a daughter
of anoth* pioneer family wh» came
to the cofhty about the same time.
Both Mr. Young and his wife have
known the hardships of pioneer days
but through it all they have “stuck by
the ranch” and they now have a
goodly piece of Holt county soil as a
reward for their labors. Both Mr.
and Mrs. Young yet enjoy reasonably !
good health and still continue to live |
on the farm and to labor in the place 1
in which they have lived and reared |
their family for nearly forty years, j
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LOCK E-HOFFMAN.
The Methodist church at Cham
bers, was the scene of a pretty wed
ding Wednesday morning, August
26th, at seven o’clock, when Miss
Mildred Locke and Mr. Ray Hoffman
were united in the holy bonds of
matrimony. Rev. R. E. Carlyon read
the marriage lines using the ring
ceremony. They were attended by
Miss Edith Hoffman and Ralph Hoff
man, sister and brother of the groom.
The bride attractive yi a gown of
white satin faced canton crepe. She
wore a veil and carried a bouquet of
roses. Mildred is the oldest daughter
of E. W. Locke. She is a graduate of
the Chambers high school and a
young woman of very pleasing per
sonality. Ray is the oldest son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Hoffman. He is
a graduate of the O’Neill high school
and. a young man of industrious
habits and gentlemanly ways. Both
are popular with a large circle of
friends who wish for them a happy
journey through life. The church
was beautifully decorated in yellow
and white streamers and goldenrod.
Immediately after the ceremony a
three course wedding breakfast was
served at the J. A. 0. Woods home
where the yellow and white color
scheme was also used. The happy
young couple left in their car for a
honey moon trip to the Black Hills.
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We specialize on examining eyes of
children and treating cross-eyes with
glasses. Give your boy or girl an
equal chance with other children. See
Perrigo Optical Co. at Golden Hotel,
O’Neill, on Friday, Sept. 11th. 13-2
Royal Theatre j
mmaatmttHDtjntntnmuuutttmt::::?
COOLEST PLACE IN TOWN.
- FRIDAY -
Raymond Griffith and Betty Comp
son in
“PATHS TO PARADISE”
' Comedy
- SATURDAY -
Tom Mix in
JTEETH”
—with—
Tony and Duke The Dog
A Western, Full of Thrills; Big For
est Fire.
Comedy
and “Fighting Ranger”
-SUNDAY & MONDAY
Richard Dix in
“THE SHOCK PUNCH”
A picture you’ll never forget. A
punch in every scene.
Comedy and News
— TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY —
Pat O’Malley in
“THE TEASER"
Comedy
- THURSDAY & FRIBAY -
ALL STAR CAST
Sylvia Dreamer, Henry B. WalthaN,
Bessie Love and Lew Cody in
“THE WOMAN ON THE JURY"’
Comedy
Coming—
“The Making Of O’Malley"
"Roseta”
“Ten Commandments”
“Sally”