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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 8, 1928)
Out Our Way By Williami /^rf ^raF7 ME^\ /mes.iuem vance /jJ _ WRV 1 corporals 'S . HE SE*-— WRV \ W/ORSe-TRAN-nV. "TW 'OEE OF\ . ME 1 generav. FeR A FORE MAM » DiGnoIV. ree-he SoREUV VOO DOMT 1 VJONi'r BE STfrOLLlN mean me. WRV, t \ AROUND vsiaR x'm a Boss-an' IrovalYv if res I OVERSEER! 'COURSE GO\N' -r SE PolX \ re At nr savin 'That Ayr’ _^ \ BUT re's- y A &$k i/x ni j X _ J?7>.a 'THE SECOMO FkDDLE. „ j.R.w.lUwc, ( ttg u 8 PAT off. lr _._ _ Careless Bondholders As the date approaches for final retirement of the third liberty loan, officials of the United States treas ury fear that numerous holders will retain the securities. While they will be a valid federal obligation af ter September 15, and their face value will be paid whenever they are presented, the investment in them becomes unproductive at ma turity. The wisdom of surrendering the bonds when they fall due. if it is not desired to exchange them for a new7 government issue that is available, is patent. A failure to do so, while occasionally explained by theft, destruction or loss, more often is traceable to carelessness. The investor, not the treasui , pays the penalty for neglect of this soft. Federal securities, although they either have been called or have matured, amount at present to $45, 335,000, it was announced this week. The largest single block is in second liberties. $32,747,000. This issue was called for retirement Novir.eber 15, 1927. The delay in presenting the remaining bonds means that the government has continued to have the use of that amount of money without interest. The same obser vation applies to other of the un redeemed obligations, some of which go back for decades. The situation with respect to second liberties is the more remarkable because of the extensive effort that was made to acquaint holders everywhere with the call date. The failure of all bond owners to respond and pre vious procrastination related to oth er issues, is costing these investors more than $1,000,000 a year in in terest that the money could be pro ducing. In the hope of preventing any considerable addition to the total of unredeemed bonds, in connection with third liberty operations, the treasury is conducting an intensive campaign of information on the subject. While the investment hab tis of Americans are much im proved, compared with former peri ods. the government records referred to indicate negligence. RAILWA Y, HIGHWA Y AND A1RWA Y Although the railways have lost more than one-fourth of their pas senger revenues in the last seven years, the decrease has befn due en tirly to a falling off in day coach traffic, because travel in sleeping . and parlor cars has actually in creased, the western railways’ com mittee on publication reports in a handbook of facts pertaining to rail operations. Estimating the relative earnings, the committee finds that coach travel has fallen off one-third while Pullman travel has increased nearly one-fourth in recent years, although, of course, the much great- | er volume of coach travel makes the percentages for that type of traffic greater, proportionately, than the corresponding percentages of Pull man travel. The information comes at an ap propriate time, coincident, in fact, with the establishment of air ser vices to supplement railroad trains. In inaugurating the air lines, the railroads are undoubtedly, forestall ing outside competition, although the immediate results of the air lines do not indicate a stupendous volume of travel. That the airplane will take some passengers from the railroad in the future is perfectly obvious, but if, in the face of intensive motor compe tition for a score of years, the rail ways’ Pullman travel is increasing, there appears no reason for appre hension that the airplane, w'ith its greater limitations of space than the motorcoach, will cut seriously into long-distance rail travel. The public finds the agency of transport which best fits its needs and patronizes it accordingly. De spite fast automobiles, excellent roads and wrell-equipped motor coaches, the travel on the through trains between eastern centers con tinues to grow. When one notes the Twentieth Century Limited running in three sections daily, with an av erage of more than 300 passengers, there is little reason to apprehend that the airplane, operating against the laws of gravity in lifting its own weight from the ground before it can add the weight of passengers and their baggage, can make a dras tic cut in rail passenger travel over 1 the commercial routes which have met the needs of traveling men in cost, speed and service over a score or more of years Eden of the Inept William F. Jones in Atlantic Monthly In 1922 I had occasion to travel about over the state of Tabasco in Mexico on a river steamer. Boats 1 of this class afford the only means Some Wreck. From Ulk, Berlin. "Have you ever been in a railway accident?” “Yes. I once went through a tun nel and kissed the father instead of the daughter.” -- The campaign has reached this point in Philadelphia, we note bv a letter to the Public Ledger: “What’s the most important letter in the alphabet? The letter H. It’s the be ginning of Hoover and the last of Smith.” - »>.— There are times when even the slenderizing silk stocking fails in its purpose. ( of travel in that region as roads are nonexistent. It was my fortune during my own voyage to have a cabin without a door key. The key had been lost, probably a long time before, for it must have taken considerable prac tise on the part of the Indian cabin boy to open the door. He kept a chair and a stick near my cabin door, and each time I wanted to en ter he stood on the chair and, reaching through the transom with the stick, dexterously pressed on the catch inside. The replacement of the lost key had never occurred to anyone. Why should it as long as the door could, somehow, be opened? Simplicity and ingenuity and at the same time a laborious effort to save the trou ble of ordering a key fitted! There being no other fuel in the region, the steamers burned wood. A number of small Indian villages along the river banks gain their support by cutting and stacking fuel. The steamers stop frequently by day or by night to refresh themselves at the woodpiles. A single plank is laid from the boat to the bank. This affords an opportunity for' the Indians who have carried their loads aboard the steamer with those still coming aboard with wood. To obviate this difficulty, those who are empty handed remain on the steamer until the entire group of wood carriers has come on board Then all go ashore en masse. To make use of two planks seems to occur to no one, although it would save much time. Time, however, can never provoke an argument in Latin America. The top deck, where passengers were permitted to walk about, had lost a large section of its railing on one side. It had been removed so we were informed, along with a number of passengers who had been leaning against it at the time. It had not been replaced because as long as it was not there people could not lean against it. Its ab sence was a measure of safety. All very simple and logical! But when the captain was asked why the rest of the rail was not removed to make the deck entirely safe he '•'mid not answer. --- NO FREE SPEECH London Answers. Little Boy—Mother, the vicar is coming. Mother—What makes you think so? Did you see him? “No; but I saw dad locking the parrot in the coal shed.” *-♦♦ ----. Cause and Effect. From Life. Arne—You know, I think Sallev has finally married Jack after all. Janet—Whv? Anne—Well. she is running around with Bob all the time now. UNBURDENING A Kansas City woman who hasn’t a thing to wear would go downtown tomorrow and get something if she had anything to wear downtown. -» » . ... A 13-vear-old wife appeared in the Chicago divorce court carry ing her doll, and it was up to the judge whether she had a hard life or a smart lawyer. Harry Lauder Parts Hair in Two Places j A Letter to Everybody's Weekly, London. I had a great surprise last night Who do you think came into our shop? No one but Sir Harry Laud er! I was in the shop myself and we were busy, but he sat and waited whiling away the time with his pawky Scots humor. He is up our countryside "shooting films” (to use his own expression). He had been growing his hair long for picture, “Auld Lang Syne,” w'hich is going to be better than “Huntingtower” is I notice Sir Harry is one of the few men I have met who wears two partings in his hair—one at each side. He broke his reputation as the canny Scot the other day by giving a piper a shilling lor playing "The Saftest o’ the Family.” I said to him, “Excuse me. sir. I’ll put your glasses in a safe place.” “Na. na,” said Sir Harry in his in imitable way. “Ah’ll better pit them in a safe place masel” and he put them in his pocket. Inclosed you will find a little sou venir he gave to me—all his own work—it was sketched by him on tha back of a snapshot. Yours, etc., J. R. Moncrieff, 43 Leonard st., Perth. --- . ■ - HE WASN’T PREPARED From Answers, Loudon. The sun was going down when the Boy Scout realized, with a start, that he had forgotten to perform his day’s good deed Anxiously he glanced round him. Then he breathed a sigh of relief. An o’d lady was standing on the edge of the pavement gazing at the traffic as it swept past. The Boy Scout went up to her. "May I accompany you across this busy street, madam?” he asked. "Why, of course,” beamed the old lady. With the Scout holding her arm, the two of them crossed over to the other side. Then the old lady turned to him. “You por little fellow!” she ex claimed. “How long had you been waiting there for someone to take you across?” -■ ■ ■ ♦♦ -—— A SONNET After Christina Rossetti Maurice Baring in the Saturday Review, London My soul is like a garden overgrown. My heart is like a dead pomegran ate tree, A woodland grove bereft of min strelsy, A nest from which the birds long since have flowm I have exchanged sweet manna for a stone. And bartered freedom for captivity; I have foregone my birthright; now have I Nor right nor wnsh to call my soul my own. Yet if I saw you passing in the street. And you should look at me as once before, I think the sun would shine for me once more. And autumn turn to resurrected spring: And I would leave my leaden feet. And feel the impulse of a soaring wing. -—-— Q. What is the most common cause of concrete pavement cracking within a few years after being laid? W. B R A. Cracking in concrete pave ments may be caused by several factors and very often is probably the result of a combination of fac tors. Some of these are; Variations temperature; sub-grade conditions; impact from traffic; and stresses in the concrete resulting from setting up. __ REAL NIGHT OWL Brillion, Wis.—Max Schuler’s chickens were disappearing with such rapidity that he set a trap to catch the thief. Consequently, he caught the biggest owl seen in this vicinity for years. It has a irin.g spread of 55 inches and now Max is wondering what to do with the owl. -- “Why you eat-um dirt, Fishface?” "Whoopee! Catch-um big job in movies.” "How come?” “In movies Injun always blte-um : dust.”—Columbia Jester. J Easiest Way1 to Keep in Style -zpBuj—l—J MAE MARTIN No woman would wear drosses, or blouses, or stockings of a color that’s decidedly out of style or faded, if all of us knew how easy it is to make things fresh, crisp and stylish by the quick magic of home tinting or dyeing. Anybody can tint or dye successful ly with true, fadeless Diamond Dyes. 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Not only nre they at our elbow everywhere to keep things wiihin reach, but how they de light the eye—their lovely designs and beautiful woods. They minister to our comforts, nnd please our senses with their grace and charm. Each year they increase in variety and cleverness, and each year, because of them, our homes grow more attractive. All Comforts of Home Mr. Littleflat—Can’t you hurry and get through with the bathroom, 1 want a bath? His Wife—I have four more waists and six pairs of stockings to wash. If you’re in a hurry for a bath you’ll have to go down to the laundry. r Kill Rats Without Danger f A New Exterminator that is Wonderfully Effective jret Safe to licet ■ K-R-O la relatively harm lea* to human beings, live stock, dogs, cats, poultry, yet is guaranteed to kill rats and mice every time. Avoid Dangerous Polsoes K-R-O does not contain arsenic, phosphor ous, barium carbonate or any other deadly poison. Its active ingredient is squill as rec ommended by the 0. S. 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