The Frontier
VOLUME L.
O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1929
NO. 12
NO one need find the word “Fail
ure” in the Dictionary of Life.
It isn’t there. It is found only in
the man himself.
The O’Neill National
Bank
Capital, Surplus and Undivided
Profits, $125,000.00
This bank carries no indebted
ness of officers or stockholders.
MASS MEETING CALLED
FOR MONDAY. AUGUST 19
TO ORGANIZE SCOUTS
A Mass Meeting is called for Mon
day evening, August 19th, at the
Legion Hall for the purpose of or
ganizing a town group of Boy
Scouts.
Mr. Farley, chief executive of the
district, will be here accompanied by
two state! officers from Omaha, who
will explain the Boy Scout move
ment in detail.
At this meeting committees will
be appointed to arrange for the or
ganization of the troup.
The parents and all others who
are interested in the Boy Scout move
ment are earnestly requested to at
tend this meeting.
The Boy Scout movement should
be encouraged by the parents of the
boys who are eligible to membership
fn the troup. The Scoijts receivfe
training that is valuable to them in
after life; it tends to make them bet
ter men physically and morally.
Don’t forget the meeting Monday
evening.
Publicity Committee.
localTnews.
Several evenings recently black
clouds appear in the west and south
west but no rain of any consequence
is forthcoming. Sunday evening the
rain gauge showed .06 of an inch,
and the rain Friday evening amount
ed to .08. The rain cloud that ap
peared Monday evening is reported
to have left a little moisture in sev
eral places in the south p&rt of the
county but the northern part report
no moisture.
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Contractors Bonds
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O’Neill, Nebraska.
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Mrs. B. A. Bowell of Opportunity,
has been quite ill during the past
week. Her daughter, Mrs. Brentson
of Lincoln, is with her.
Mrs. C. J. Gatz is entertaining a
number of friends at her home,
complimentary to Miss Joyce Kent,
of Battle Creek, who is her guest.
Mrs. George French, Mrs. O. W.
French and Mrs. M. E. Brouse of
Valentine, Nebraska, were shopping
and visiting with O’Neill friends
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sisco and son
Vernon, of Pawnee City, Nebraska,
drove to O’Neill last Sunday for a
visit at the home of Mrs. Sisco’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Carter,
and with other O’Neill relatives. Mr.
Sisco returned home that evening
while Mrs. Sisco and Master Vernon
will remain (for a longer visit.
Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Gillespie, son
(Bennett and danghter), Mias Mar
jorie, drove to Norfolk Wednesday
morning. Mrs. Gillespie and Miss
Marjorie will remain in Norfolk
while Mr. Gillespie and Bennett drive
to Lincoln where they will arrange
for the latter to enter the State Uni
versity at the beginning of the col
lege year. They are expected home
this evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kirkland,
daughters, Miss Norma June, Lois
Nadine, and son Walter Junior, of
Stanton, Nebraska, came last Friday
for a week’s visit at the Roy Warn
er home. Mrs. Warner and Mrs.
Kirkland are sisters. The entire
party went to the home of Mr. and
Mrs. E. B. Williamson, eighteen
miles south pf Chambers, Nebraska,
last Sunday where they spent the
day.
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Mr. and Mrs. Lee Osborne arrived
home last Sunday from Bronson,
Kansas, where they have been visit
ing the former’s parents and with
other relatives.
Mrs. Arthur Wyant and children
drove to Cedar Rapids, Nebraska,
last Saturday for a visit with rela
tives. They are expected home the
first of the woek.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Tibbets, whose
home is in New Mexico, are visit
ing relatives at Chambers, Nebras
ka. They were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Tibbets of this city last
Monday.
Mty'.s Edna Simonson vfreturned
home Monday from her vacation, to
resume her duties with the Armour
Creameries. She visited with rela
tives and friends at Long Pine, Lin
coln and Omaha. .
John Sidivy, residing near Pishel
ville, in the northeastern part of the
county, has purchased a 160 acre
farm of John Stoural, three miles
south df Verdel, Nebraska, and will
take possession the first of the year.
Mrs. E. D. Henry and daughter
Elizabeth returned home Friday from
a several weeks visit at the home of
their son and brother, Paul Henry,
at Geneva, Nebraska. Mr. and Mrs. |
Paul Henry brought them home in
their car and visited here until Sun
day.
Professor and Mrs. Walter French j
moved from Inman, Nebraska, to
Mead, Nebraska, Monday, where Mr.
French will superintend the public
schools during the coming year.
Professor French has been superin
tendent the Inman schools for sev
eral years.
Miss Gertrude Wrede, who is tak
ing nurses’ training at the Sisters
Hospital in Hot Springs, South Da
kota, is spending her vacation with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Wrede at Agee. Miss Gertrude ex
pects to complete the course in the
near future.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Mellor, and
daughter, Mary Donnarae, left for •
vacation trip Sunday that will take
them to the Black Hills, South Da
kota and Thermopolis Springs, Wyo
ming, where they will visit Mr
Mellor’s mother. They expect to be
away a week.
Dr. C. H. Lubker, president of the
local chapter of the Izaak Walton
League, superintended the seining
of a large quantity otf bass, catfish,
crappie, bull head, perch and other
game fish minnows from the shallow
water holes along the Elkhorn river
last week. The high water last
spring left a large number of water
holes along the streams which should
be cleaned out before they dry up
and kill the minnows.
Mrs. Anna Hills and Miss Sarah
Marley, of Douglas, Arizona, arriv
ed in O’Neill Wednesday of last week
; and visited with their sister, Mrs.
j EHa Riley. They left Tuesday morn
| ing for Adel, Iowa, to visit a sister
| and will also visit a brother in Kan
I sas City, Mo. Miss Marley is super
I vising principal of the Douglas city
i schools. Practically all of the teach
ers who taught at the Seventh street
school in Douglas last year have
j been placed in other schools in order
| to make room for the incoming group
, of inexperienced teachers who will
begin a year’s work under Miss Mar
ley as supervising principal. She has
worked in the Douglas schools for
tw'enty-three years, and also operat
ed a large ranch. She is a native of
Holt county.
P. J. McManus returned home this
morning from a couple of weeks or
more spent at the health-giving re
sorts at Thermopolis, Wyoming. Mr.
McManus tells us that he had a very
enjoyable trip. In speaking of the
trip he said: “We had a very enjoy
able auto trip on which we saw the
Tea Pot Dome and Salt Creek; we
visited the oil fields of Wyoming
where there are over 2,000 derricks;
the tanking station at Casper holds
5,000,000 gallons or more; we return
ed to Casper; we enjoyed a nice auto
trip to Thermopolis with a friend;
the trip covered 140 miles; on the
way we got a view of Hell’s Half
Acre; we arrived at Shoshone at 6:30
and shortly entered Wind River can
yon, 24 miles in length; on No. 20
highway there are four tunnels
through the red stone of the canyon;
it runs paralell to the Burlington
railroad which has five tunnels; ar
rived at Thermopolis at 6:00 and ar
ranged for baths and the drinking
of the water of the Black Sulphor
Springs which greets one every
morning with a rotten egg smell;
after drinking four to six pints of
the water one feels that he would be
i*eady to enjoy a first class break
fast; the weather was intensely
warm during the day; dust was
everywhere for the reason that they
ha^ not had a rain since June first.
After the two weeks vacation I tip
the scales at a gain of twelve pounds.
Mr. Birmingham did equally r.s well;
when we parted at Casper, he was
j looking so fine that his son Hugh
! has no edge on him.”
Frank Mott, residing near Spen
cer, last week lost nine head of his
dairy herd which beeame ill after he
had turned them into a field of sec
ond growth sudan grass. His loss is
estimated at $1,000.
The ladies of the Country Club are
qualifying for the Bridge Tourna
ment, Monday evening, 8:00 o’clock
sharp; prizes every w>eek. The lady
having highest score wins a special
prize in October. Make your reser
vations before Monday noon. Phone
either 27, 71, 196 or 334.
Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Harty, Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Harty; Mr. and Mrs. F.
N. Cronin; Mr. and Mrs. Roy Griffin;
Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Gallagher;
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Birmingham; Mr.
and Mrs. J. F. O’Donnell and Hugh
O’Donnell, attended the golf tourna
ment at Norfolk last Sunday.
The C., B. & Q. depot will be re
plastered, refloored and repainted on
the inside. The workmen are expect
ed to arrive early next week. A
shack has been built near the depot
which will be occupied by L. E. Dow
ney, the agent, and family during
the process of repairing the building.
What might have been a serious
accident, took place on the Givens
farm Friday afternoon when Harold,
the 15 year old son of Mr. and Mrs.
I. S. Givens stepped from a hay rake
with the lines tangled around his
feet. The lines touched the feet of
one of the horses, which frightened it
and the team, starting to run, knock
ed Harold down with the rake. He
caught the tug with his hand and as
he fell; he was dangling under the
frame of the rake, which kept bump
ing him on the head as he was drag
ged along, until he became uncon
scious. His skull was slightly frac
tured and his jawbone broken. The
team was caught after running about
forty rods. At this writing, Harold
is in the Spencer hospital, improv
ing slowly.
Let the extra miles in CON O CO
gasoline buy itforyou —
IF you keep an accurate record of
gasoline costs, you know that ev
ery extra mile you get from a gallon
is so much velvet. In the aggregate
these extra miles represent a hand
some saving—enough to pay for those
greatly desired accessories you’ve had
in mind; perhaps a pair of new inner
tubes or an extra set of spark plugs.
That’s why it will pay you well to
fill only at the Conoco sign—the red
triangle—the symbol of extra miles.
Conoco gasoline is refined to produce
maximum mileage without in any
way sacrificing those other essentials
of a good motor fuel—quick starting
and rapid acceleration. It functions
efficiently at every step in the driv
ing operation with special emphasis
on power and mileage.
Look for the new Conoco Red Triangle. Fill Vr up. Then ipeeJ a-vay for extra unto.
THE CHEATER
CONTINENTAL OIL COMPANY
CONOCO
packed with extra miles
GASOLINE
LOOK FOR THE SIGN OF THE
FILL UP AT
A. and R. Service Station
and
Chevrolet Garage
CONGRESSMAN SIMMONS
VISITS HOLT COUNTY
Congressman Robert G. Simmons
spent all day Tuesday, August 13th,
visiting with his Holt County con
stituents and talking over matters of
mutual interest with them.
Congressman Simmons has been
making a tour of the Sixth District
for the past few weeks for the pur
pose of finding out the needs and
wishes of all parts of the district.
Tuesday evening the Congressman,
accompanied by C. P. Hancock, Coun
ty Attorney Julius D. Cronin, L. H.
Malone and Dr. L. A. Carter, went
to Chambers where he spoke to a
large crowd on his travels in Haiti.
Wednesday he went to Springview
and spent the day, returning to
O’Neill. Thursday morning the start
ed for his home in Scotts Bluff.
MODERN RUSTLERS
ARE USING TRUCKS
It seems as though the days of the
rustler are not yet over, but instead
of the old method of driving the cat
tle off the rang* by means of horses,
as was done in the old days, the
rustlers have turned modern, carry
ing stock olf in trucks. At least
that is what B. C. Hoag, residing
one-half mile south of Venus post
office, just across the Holt county
line in Knox county, discovered Sun
day morning when he found that six
of his best calves were missing, three
steers and three heifers. Mr. Hoag
found his fence cut and truck tracks
where the calves had been loaded.
They are all black. Thus far no trace
of the thieves has been found, but
Mr. Hoag has informed Sheriff Peter
Duffy of Holt county and has posted
a $100 reward for any information
leading to the capture of the rustlers.
FALLS FIFTEEN FEET
WHEN BRANCH BREAKS
Tlie following account of the acci
dent that befell Mermon Chase, the
fourteen year old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Chase, of near Opportunity, is
taken from the Saturday issue of the
Norfolk Ndws. Late . investigation
shows that the young man has a rup
tured kidney:
When the limb of a tree broke,
from which he was watching the
thrilling events of the Norfolk round
up, Mernton Chase, 14, of O’Neill,
fell about fifteen feet to the ground,
about 4:30 o’clock Friday afternoon.
He was taken to a Norfolk hospital
where it was announced he was suf
fering from head injuries and pos
sible internal injuries. The boy com
plained of something hurting when
he breathed.
The Chase boy was visiting with
his cousin, Merle Chase, in Norfolk,
and the two had gone to the rodeo
grounds to watch the contests.
Hospital attendants reported Sat
urday morning that the boy had
spent a “fairly" quiet night, but
would be detained at the hospital
for several days. An x-ray was to
be taken Saturday to determine the
extent of possible injuries.
ROADSTER TURNS TURTLE;
BREAKS BOY’S RIGHT ARM
A Ford roadster driven by Merljrn
Savidge, who was accompanied by
Matt Beha, Bennett Gillespie and
Garland Bressler, turned turtle Wed
nesday afternoon in the Ditch Camp
pasture near the grove, with the re
sult that Matt Beha suffered a brok
en right arm and a number of cuts
and bruises upon his head. Other
members of the party were some
what bruised and badly frightened.
The boys were driving across the pas
ture when they struck some sand
that caused the accident.