The Frontier.
VOLUME XL1X. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1028. NO, 81.
LOCAL NEWS.
A daughter was born Saturday tc
Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Walters.
Miss Kuth Scott has accepted a posi
tion with the Interstate Power Com
pany.
A Christmas program was given at
the Presbyterian church last Sunday
evening.
Edgar Gaines, a state university
student, is at home for the mid-year
vacation.
Mrs. Emma Novak spent Christmas
with her sister, Mrs. Gail Burdick, at
Creighton.
Barney Hines is driving a new Ford
car purchased from the Mellor Motor
Company recently.
Jerry Scott, of Rushville, is visit
ing with his son, Clifford and family
over the holidays.
W. J. McDonough and son, Bobby,
will return tonight from a visit with
relatives in Kansas.
Miss Marjorie Dickson came home
from college at Lincoln Saturday night
to spend the holidays.
A daughter was born Friday to Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Freizen residing four
miles northeast of O’Neill.
Eli Abdouch, who is working in Nor
folk. came up Tuesday night to spend
Christmas with home folks.
Miss Inez O’Connell, the deputy
clerk of the district court, spent Christ
mas with relatives in Atkinson.
Miss Loretta Ryan came home from
Chicago Saturday night for the holi
day vacation. She is teaching.
Miss Genevieve Biglin, of Sioux City
Iowa, came to spend Christmas with
her mother, Mrs. O. F. Biglin.
L. B. Parkinson has resigned his
position as brakeman on the Burling
ton between O’Neill and Sioux City.
George Hanley came up from
Creighton college, Omaha, Saturday
night to spend the Christmas vacation.
Miss Vera Janies, who is employed
; in the Register of Deeds office, spent
Christmas with her parents in Atkin
| son.
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Hough, and Mr.
I and Mrs. James Grant, of Omaha,
spent Christmas at the Wm. Hough
home.
Miss Velma Stahley, teacher in
school district No. 27, at Meek, Ne
i braska, gave a box social last Friday
;evening.
Frank Johnson, of Royal, was visit
(ing in O’Neill last Monday with his
(brother, Mike, the Burlington section
j foreman.
Mr. and Mrs. Loren Richardson
i drove over from Gregory, South Da
I kota. Saturday, returning home the
[following day.
Mrs. Fred Dcgnan, of Buffalo Gap,
South Dakota, came last Thursday to
visit here parents, Mr. and Mrs.
James Davidson.
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Miss Geraldine and Irwin Cronin
came up from Omaha to spend the
holiday vacation with their sister,
Mrs. P. B. Harty.
A family reunion was held at the
Zeb Warner home Christmas day. All
of the seven children, and their fami
lies were present.
John Ilanley came up from Omaha
the first of the week for a visit with
his mother, Mrs. Dennis Hanley, who
has been quite ill.
James Davis, of Calgary, Canada,
J came Friday for a visit at the G. A.
Miles home. Mr. Davis’ late wife was
a <«i.ster of Mrs. Miles.
Miss Luella Lewis went to Crofton,
j Nebraska, Tuesday, where she will
) spend a week with her parents, Mr.
! and Mrs. George Lewis.
Paul Beha, a traveling salesman for
ithe Real Silk Hosiery company, is
spending the holidays with his parents
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Beha.
Mrs. D. N. Loy, daughters, Grace
and Agnes, and sons, Richard and
Donald, left Wednesday morning for
Salt Lake City, Utah, where they will
spend about three weeks visiting a
sister of Mrs. Loy’s.
Your Vacuum
Cleaner can be
operated one
hour for about
lc.
Isn’t It Worth a Penny
POST CARD ?
LEANLINESS is next to
Godliness,” but cleanli
ness is next to impossible with
out a Vacuum Cleaner. As an
aid in this vital task the vaccum
cleaner keeps the rugs and fur
nishings of your home free from
dust and dirt for the small cost
of about one cent per hour of
use.
See your electric contractor,
too, he can suggest many con
veniences for your home.
Interstate Power Company
Miss Marie Bruegman, deput;
i county judge, spent Tuesday and Wed
nesday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs
I F. F. Bruegman at Bristow.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Rodenwald drov<
over from Des Moines, Iowa, and an
spnding the holidays with the former’i
mother, Mrs. Anna Hughes.
Bennett Gilligan came home fron
the University at Lincoln for the holi
I day vacation and has accepted a posi
! tion in the Stout drug store.
Dr. I). C. O’Connor, of Eden Valley
Minnesota, spent Christmas with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. James O’Connoi
and with former O’Neill friends.
Assistant U. S. District Attorney
William Froelich and Mrs. Froelicli
drove up from Omaha and spent
Christmas with O’Neill relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred West drove uf
from Hutchinson, Kansas, last Friday
and are visiting with their daughter
Mrs. Clarence Zimmerman and family,
Clyde Mathers, of Plainview, spent
Friday and Saturday visiting with his
mother, Mrs. Wm. Mathers, residing
east of O’Neill, who has been quite ill,
A. Marcellus was called to Ains
worth last week by the serious illness'
of his father, who submitted to an
operation in a hospital in Ainsworth
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Buelow, of Ra
cine, Wisconsin, are expected to spend
New Year’s Day with Mrs. Buelow’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Harring
ton.
Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Gill, of Cham
bers, drove to Lincoln last Monday
with Ruben Fleet, who expected to
submit to an operation for appendici
tis.
A “blow-out” caused a model T
Ford to turn over at the cemetery
corner last Saturday. No one was in
jured beyond a few bruises and a bad
scare.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Shipman and
daughter, Miss Mae, of Randolph, Ne
braska, came today for a visit with
the former’s sister, Mrs. George A.
Miles.
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Hough and the
former’s father, Clark Hough, went to
Correetionville, Iowa, today where
they will visit a brother and son,
Charles.
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Ambrose Biglin came Sunday from
Casper, Wyoming, to spend Chirst
mas with his mother, Mrs. O. F. Big
lin. He returned to Casper Wednes
day night.
State Adjutant of the American Le
gion, C. W.' Conklin, of Lincoln, spent
Sunday with his father, W. E. Conk
lin, who has been confined at home
with the “fiu.”
The county board of supervisors
went to Lincoln today (Thursday) to
be present at the letting of the con
tract for the nine and a fraction miles
of road south of O’Neill.
W. H. Smith, of Seward, former
state tax commissioner of Nebraska,
stopped in O’Neill a short time last
Saturday for a visit with his old time
friend, J. H. Wise, of this city.
Frank O’Donnell arrived in O’Neill
last Monday from Dallas, Texas, and
is spending the holidays with his
mother and other relatives here. He
expects to return home Friday.
Miss Florence Malone came up from
Omaha Sunday morning to spend
Christmas with her parents, Judge
and Mrs. C. J. Malone. She returned
to Omaha Wednesday morning.
Miss Helen and Miss Hilda Gal
lagher returned home from Loretta
Heigth college, Denver, and are
spending the holidays with their par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Gallagher.
Cars driven by William Wolfe re
siding northwest of O’Neill, and a
stranger collided near the Texaco fill
ing station last Saturday evening
about six o’clock; both cars were
slightly damaged.
A truck driven by Paul Schwisow
and a sedan driven by George Shoe
maker collided near the J. C. Harnish
residence in the southwestern part of
the city last Monday. Neither car was
damaged to any great extent.
Miss Genevieve Grady came home
Saturday night from Denver, Colo
rado, where she is attending college
She is stopping in Denver with hei
aunts, Miss Mayme, Miss Katheryr
and Miss Rose Grady formerly of this
city.
Ed. Reardon, of Chicago, and Mr
and Mrs. J. A. Reardon, of Omaha
I came Saturday and visited until Wed
| nesday the H. ,J. Reardon family. Th«
gentlemen are brothers, and Mrs. J
A.Reardon and Mrs. H. J. Reardor
are sisters.
Mr. and Mrs. Clark Hough receiver
a letter from their son Clark, Jr., whr
| enlisted in the heavy artillery brand
of the regular army in Omaha, stating
that he sailed from Angel Island, of
i the coast of California, on Decembei
22nd, for Hawaii, where he will b<
| located for a time. He sends greet
Mng to his old friends.
< The “flu” epidemic seems to have
• spent its force in this vicinity. There
. are still many people suffering from
■the effects of the disease, but the num
! ber seems to be considerably less than
>1 two weeks ago.
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11 Mr. nnd Mrs. Kay Miles, of Chad
ron, Nebraska, spent several days the
past week at the home of the former's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. George A. Miles
| Fay returned to Chadron Wednesday
evening; Mrs. Miles will remain for a
j longer visit.
A number of prominent citizens of
j Chambers were looking after business
interests in O’Neill Wednesday; among
Uhe visitors was Edward Adams, Fred
Watson, John Walters, Wilson Smith.
Ralph Alderson, Tom Newhouse and
I Oscar Greenstreet.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Brown and
children came over from Broken Bow,
j Nebraska, Monday and spent Christ
mas at the R. H. Mills home. Cecil
just returned from the Omaha mar
kets where he sold a car of fat cattle
that brought the neat sum of $2,800.
Miss Cora Meredith came up from
Omaha last Saturday with Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Hoblet, a division engineer
with the Northwestern Bell Telephone
Company, who were on their way to
Gregory, South Dakota to spend
Christmas with relatives. She return
ed to Omaha Wednesday morning.
The arrest in Omaha, Saturday, of
Roy Kelly, Owen Trapp and Frank
Cirian, is thought to have cleaned up
the mystery surrounding a number of
robberies including the store in Spen
cer, and the bank at Lynch recently;
the burning of an O’Neill car is also
listed as one of the depredations of the
>rang.
Scott Hough has converted the barn
j east of the Mellor Motor company
garage into a chicken hatchery. The
! building has been almost entirely re
modeled and repainted on the outside;
a cement floor throughout with a com*,
; plete sewer system will make the
place sanitary. Ralph Leidy, of In
man, will have charge of the hatchery.
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The residence of Leo Adams, at
Chambers, was destroyed by fire about
midnight last Monday night. Fire
was discovered in the upper part of
the house which spread rapidly; water
was not available in large enough
quantities to extinguish the flames.
The household goods were nearly all
removed. The residence was one of the
finest in Chambers.
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Paul L. Henry drove up from Ge
neva last Friday evening for a short
visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
E. D. Henry. He returned Saturday
accompanied by his mother and sis
ter, Elizabeth. Sunday morning Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Henry and Mrs. E. I).
Henry left by auto for a business trip
to St. Louis, Missouri, returning to
Geneva Tuesday evening.
IF a man connot master his
wants now, he is not fitted
to be a master of money in
the future.
The O’Neill National
Bank
Capital, Surplus and Undivided
Profits, $125,000.00
This bank carries no indebted
ness of officers or stockholders.
INTERSTATE POWER
COMPANY HOLD SAFETY
FIRST MEETING
The Interstate Power Company held
their regular monthly safety-first
meeting of the O’Neill division Wed
nesday at eleven o’clock, in the base
ment of the local office.
Carl Hoblet, division engineer of the
! Foreign Wire Regulations department
j of the North Western Bell Telephone
Company, was present and made a
very interesting talk along safety-first
line and also gave a demonstration of
resuscitation. Manager F. H. Wheeler
explained the object of these meetings
and what the company is trying to do
along the line of educating their em
ployees in first aid work.
The following employees of the In
terstate Power Company were present:
Joseph Johnson, Bonesteel; A. J.
Griffin, Neligh; F. J. Sherry, Elgin;
A. L. Dawson, Neligh; K. D. Fender
son, H. G. Krouse, Fred Robertson,
Carl Oppen, F. H. Wheeler, F. K. Mc
Carty, G. E. Shultz, O’Neill; I>. A
White, district exchange engineer of
the North Western Bell Telephone
Company.
The O’Neill division extends'from
Petersburg to Bassett.
1 HE ROYAL THEATRE
GIVE FREE PICTURE SHOW
The Royal Theatre gave a free
picture show to the kiddies and the
older folks too, last Thursday after
noon immediately following the visit
of Santa Claus and the distribution of
the candy among the children. The
house was packed to the doors.
Mi. and Mrs. Rasley never fail to
do their part toward the entertain
ment of the kiddies at Christmas time.
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Banff Winter Carnival Affords Plenty of Thrills
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Banff, famous summer and winter
resort In the Canadian Rockies, is be
ing tuned up to a high pitch of en
thusiasm In preparation for Its an
,nual event, the Banff Winter Carni
val, scheduled for February 2-9, 1929.
Under the reign of Miss Kay Harri
son. of Vancouver, recently crowned
Queen of the Banff Winter Carnival,
i Banff will participate In a compre
hensive program of winter sports In
cluding tobogganing on Its mountain
itllde. skating, skiing, snowsh ;tng
and all the other winter pas;!
which send the blood pulsing thr. ,h
the vein* of the revelers.
The ski Jump at Banff Is one ot
the most picturesque In the world.
Here, during Cnrulval Week, Jumping
competitions are held for profession
als. amateurs and young boys. To
watch one of the Jumpers come hur
tling down the steep Incline, swoop
dizzily upwards, then descend like a
giant eagle Into a swirl of snow far
below Is to experience the thrill of
a lifetime.
Hockey, probably the world's fast
est game, Is another attraction of
Carnival Week. Both men's and
women’s teams gather at Banff from
the Prairie Provinces and the Pacific
r ast to take part In keenly con
! to -d match The hockey sched
1 ;>1p e.Iso Includes a sr'-tes of senior.
:t;' -mediate an.l J j. >r contests.
| Skating on the Bow Hiver, by
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moonlight, is an experience which
will linger In one's memory long after
the Ice and snow have been re
placed by sunshine and flowers. The
white mountain pea's are silhouetted
i.gainst a clear ei:y and the keen air
vibrates with volet’s and laughter as
graceful forms glide hither and yon.
Competitions for figure end speed
skating alford skating enthusiasts
plenty of opportunity In which to
demonstrate their skill.
In addition there Is 6wlmmlng In
the Cave and Basin, a hot sulphur
pool on the side of Sulphur Moun
tain, old-fashioned 6lelghrtdes be
hind a team of prancing horses, mas
querades, dances and fireworks uear
the Ice Palace, and a dog-sled race
of great Interest to lovers of "huskies''
and other splendid dogs.
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