The Frontier. VOLUME L. " O’NEILL, NEBRASKA. THURSDAY, .JULY 4,1929 NO. 6 You may talk of your French pastries and fine cakes; but when you are really hungry there is nothing like a wonderful slice of McMillan & Markey’s Bread. McMillan & Markey’s LOCAL NEWS. A porch has been built on the front of the residence occupied by Mrs. A. W. Nelson. Miss Catheryn Zastrow is visiting at the home of Miss Leonards Ri ordan, at Ewing this week. Mrs. P. B. Harty entertained the Matrez club at her home Saturday evening. Mrs. Ben J. Grady won the high score prize. Frank Howard is convalescing from a recent operation for sinis trouble; he is feeling fairly well again. — Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Zimmerman are visiting at the home of their son, Leo, and family at Hutchison, Kans. The Frontier is printing a day earlier this week because of the 4th of July coming on our press day. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Oberle and daughter, Neva, left Monday morning for a week’s visit with relatives at Bedford, Iowa. ■ ■■---\ NEW FORD PHAETON (P, O. B. Defrost, ptus charge f<*r freight and de livery. Bumpers and sperm tire extra.) \ The New Ford » will do 55 to 65 miles an hour! THE new Ford is a speedy car—no doubt of that. It will do 55 to 65 miles an hour, and that is fast enough for anyone. You won't need tiiis speed very often, but it’s good to know it is there. Best of all, you can travel at this pace with a new feeling of comfort and safety because the new Ford is such a steady, well-balanced car. You’ll be de lighted with the way it holds the road at all speeds. Come in and drive the new Ford vourself. Youtt wonder how such a really fine car can be sold at such a low price. Roadster, £450; Phaeton, £460; Busmem Coupe, £525; Tudor Sedan, £525; Sport Coupe, with „ nimble seat, £550; Standard Coupe, £550; Fordor Sedan, £625. (Ml price* f. o b. Detroit, plu* charge far freight and delivery. Bumpert and ifwre tire extra.) Mellor Motor Co. O’Neill, Nebraska Attorney George Harrington was J in Norfolk Monday. Muss Catherine Lawler is here ! from Lincoln visiting friends. She ! came Monday and expects to leave soon after the 4th. Inman Leader: Clifford Davis and his mother were in Inman from O’Neill last Monday visiting at the W. H. Kestenholtz home. Bazelnian and Clements have the agency for the Dodge Brothers cars i and trucks. They sold a truck to Uhl > Brothers the first of the week. The Ladies’ Guild of the Prebyter ian church will meet with Mrs. J. H. Meredith on Thursday, July 11th with Mrs. C. F. McKeKnna assisting. -. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Cox and three children came from Burchard, Nebr., Tuesday for a visit with relatives. , Mrs. Cox is a daughter of Mrs. E. B. j Carter. Mrs. Ed Latta and daughter, Miss ! Libby, are guests at the home of Dr. and Mrs. J. P. Gilligan this week. Mrs. Latta and Mrs. Gilligan are sisters. The mercury rose to 101 in the shade last Saturday. Sunday was also a hot one but did not have the melt ing affect that was felt on the precede ! ing day. Frank Brady, state president of the Izaak Walton League, was in O’Neill the latter part of last week conferring with members of the local chapter. J. H. Eveland, of Gordon, Nebraska, was visiting at the home of his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Eveland and with his sister. Mrs. J. S. Ennis last week. Robert A Baker, of Ainsworth, for several years county Judge of Brown county, has been admitted to the prac tice of law. He will open offices in Ainsworth. Miss Fern Hubbard arrived from Chicago last Friday, where she has been visiting for a couple of weeks following the closing of her schoo^, work in Lincoln. Miss Grace Joyce returned home Sunday evening from a two weeks vacation spent visiting with her sis ters, Miss Agnes and Miss Margaret Joyce in Chicago. Miss Ruth Barnard came from Omaha Tuesday morning for a two week’s visit with home folks. Miss Ruth is taking a business course in an Omaha college. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Eikenberry of Lincoln and Lois Carter are visiting with Mr. and Mrs. E. B; Carter. Mrs. Eikenberry and Lois are granddaugh ters of Mr. and Mrs. Carter. Mrs. Ted Riddell left for her home in Scotts Bluffs, Nebraska, Wednesday morning.' She has been visiting at the home of her parents, Dr. and Mrs. J. P. Gilligan for a short time. Arlow Hiatt, the Essex agent, sold two Essex coaches last week; A. W. Holcomb, foreman of the telephone construction crew and Frank Oberle, of this city were the purchasers. j ---- Frank Root, of Stuart, was a guest of his niece, Miss Blanche Basye, of Wolhach, who was visiting lit the Ennis home. Max Stett, of Wolbach, accompanied Miss Basye home Tues day. •' ■ —I A nice rain fell over the northern part of the county Sunday night vary ing from a half inch, a mile north of O’Neill, to two inches at Oppor tunity. Only a light shower fell in | O’Neill. Hank Tomlinson, the Maytag wash ing machine salesman, says that he has found homes for several Mayings recently, among the new homes are Alfred Revell; Henry Schollmeyer and Mabel Hansen. _ Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Blum and daughter, Charlotte, left Friday morn ing for their home at Sheridan, Wyo. They were the guests of Mrs. Blum's parents, Dr. and Mrs. L. A. Carter during the week. Page Reporter: Dr. George A. Clin ton and Miss Edna Mae Wilson, both of Los Angeles, were united in mar riage at that place last Saturday, June 22nd. The groom is the only son of Mr. and Mrs, O. L. Reed of Page. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Zimmerman and children and Harold Zimmerman i drove to Albion, Nebr., last Sunday they joined Mrs. Harold Zimmerman and children and some friends from Hastings, Nebr.; the gathering enjoy ed a picnic dinner and a pleasant af ternoon. A notice to contractors in another j column of the Frontier gives notice I that the O'Neill-Bartlett road will be oiled this fall. Experiments in other parts of the state have proven to the satisfaction of the State Department of Public Works that oiling is the pro per method of surfacing the sand roads. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Griffin and sons, , ( Lane and Billy, two Miss Strattons, ] of Wayne, and Mr. and Mrs. ] Tom Hansen of Tilden went over to * i Lake Okoboji, Iowa, Wednesday where i they will spend the 4th. Miss Cecelia Balch of K1 Paso, Tok., t arrived in O’Neill Sunday for a few Weeks visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Jenkins. Miss Hatch left Kl Paso about June first and has,been touring the west in her car for the past month. The talking pictures are going over big at the Royal theatre at each showing. The picture presented last 1 Sunday and Monday “In Old Arizona" was one of the best pictures that ! has been shown; the talking character were exceptionally good. Page Reporter: A prenuptial shower ' was given at the Anton Nissen home Tuesday evening in honor of Miss Louise Nissen and Mr. Foy Clark. | There were a. large number of guests i present and the prospective bride and ! groom received many beautiful and . useful gifts. Inman Leader: Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Davis and children, Ramona and Claudie of Belgrade, were in Inman l'or a short visit witn friends the first : of the we?k The I j\'M family are ! former res'e’ents of 11 is f.’ace and were on their way home from a visit with relatives at O’Neill. The work of grading the O’Neill- j Bartlett highway has been finished, j Thieson Brothers, who had the grad- ' ing contract left last week for Wuusa where they have the contract for a large block of grading on the Nor folk-Yankton railroad that is being built this summer. Atkinson Graphic: Mr. and Mrs. | Win. Dickerson will leave today for Sheridan. Wyo., where they will stay several weeks for a visit with their 1 son, Harold, and wife. Zane Dicker- , son is taking them from here to Lusk J in his car, where they will be met by \ Harold and taken to Sheridan. Mr. Wm. Lord and son, Klsworth, j also their son, Thurlow and wife and two children of Santa Anna, Calif., are \ visiting friends and relatives at | O’Neill, Page and Ewing this week; ! they expect to visit points in Iowa be fore returning to California. They, were former residents of Page. Pierce, Nebr.,—Convicted of bootlegging, Tom Strong, former j Pierce constable, was sentenced to i serve sixty days in jail and pay a j fine of $100 by County Judge Mc Donald Saturday. Strong who until j recently has been acting as a consta ble in liquor raid, was charged with selling several gallons of intoxicants to a woman. Th residents of this vicinity will celebrate the 4th in different places this year. O'Neill is not putting on a celebration. Riverside Park, twenty five miles north of O’Neill is putting on a big celebration and will enter tain a large crowd. Chambers is also putting on a rodeo; other towns in this locality will make the welkin ring no doubt the day will be observed. Atkinson Graphic: J. J. Hunt of this city suffered a severe stroke of appoplexy about five o’clock Wednes day morning. At this time he is some better. Mrs. Hunt, who has been in Lincoln visiting her daughter, Mrs. Francis Sehrunk, had returned home Tuesday night. Miss Doretha Hunt remained in Lincoln for a long visit. Mrs. A. F. Sauser attended the j graduation exercises of the Army School of Nursing at Washington, i D. C., on May -'list, at which time her daughter. Miss Mary, was grad uated from the school. Mrs. Sauser received a message Tuesday after noon from her daughter in Washing ton stating that she had passed the state board with honors, meaning that | she had three averages of over bO per \ cent, and that she is now a fully reg- : istered nurse. Miss Mary is in the | Walter Reed hospital in Washington, 1). €. Thursday (today) is the national holiday, celebrated in observance of the signing of the Declaration of In- j dependence on July 4, I77tj, following j a desperate struggle by our fore-! fathers to break the bands that were being placed upon them by other na tions. The freedom obtained by their glorious victory is now enjoyed by millions of people who do not stop to think what that freedom really means to them. The younger genera tions today take the conditions as they are; the American people live and enjoy the present. J. A. Donohoe returned home last Monday from a six months trip thru ! Europe. Mrs. Donohoe remained in : Amsterdam, Holland, with her sister I where she will spend the summer. Mr. and Mrs. Donohoe departed early in , January for a cruise of the Mediterra- : nean sea which took them as far east ! as Egypt, they went up the Nile river and visited all of the important cities and villages of the old world. During the past four months they have been the guests of Hon. Chas. L. Hoover, consul to Holland; Mrs. Hoover and Mrs. Donohoe are sisters; during that time they made a tour of Europe. Athator n - '! Radio - Sold Exclusively In O’Neill -—at BOWEN’S VARIETY STORE * Clarence Wredo, Elmer Weidfeldt, Ray Zimmerman and John L. Quig were in Omaha Saturday. They drove home two new Ford cars for the Mel lor Motor Company. Harold Zimmerman went to Hast ings. Nebraska. Wednesday, where he will spend the 4th of July with his family. Mrs. Ed Williams and little daughter accompanied him for a few days visit with her daughter, Miss Gladys, who is attending business col lege. Miss Elizabeth Henry also ac companied Mr. Zimmerman and will visit with Mr. and Mrs. Sam A. Arn old and with the Rev. George Long ■ statf family. !NORTH CENTRAL DEVELOPMENT AND DRILLING COMPANY WILL SPUD-IN WELL JULY 14 '■ The North Central Development and Drilling Company of Sioux City, Iowa, will begin the drilling of a well Sunday, July’14th, in northern puft of , Rock county near the Mariavillc postoffice. The event will be cele brated with a picnic in the grove near by. Interested oil mfen from Okla- j homa and Texas will be present and j will look over the topography of the 1 country both in Rock and Holt county during their stay in these parts. Harry T. Osborne is interested in the promotion of the drilling and has u large block of leases in that vicinity. Mr. Osborne has purchased the rig and drilling equipment of the Bassett | Oil and Gas company at Bassett; as part of the consideration of the pur- j chase Mr. Osborn gives the Bassett , company leases on <540 acres and : agrees to drill a well to the depth of j 1,800 feet; he has been in Oklahoma for the past two weeks loading a rig which is now in Bassett and will be 1 hauled to the scene of the drilling and set up this week; the Bassett rig waa sueh a condition that it could not be used. Those who had stock in the Bassett Oil and Gas company project will be pleased to know that their stock is still alive; that they are entitled to a share of the 640 acre block turned over to the company by Mr. Osborne. Mr. Osborne informs the Frontier that as soon as the well is finished at Mnriaville, he will move the rig to the project northwest of O’Neill. BLOOM FIED DEFEATED O’NEILL LAST SUNDAY What might have developed into a real ball game proved to be a flop Sunday when the O’Neill ball team went to Oakview and met the crack Bloomfield team on the park dia mond. The cause of the disaster seemed to simply be the fault of the umpire who could not detect balls from strikes. He seemed to show but little partiality; both teams suffered ltt