The Frontier.
VOLUME LI. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1930. ' No. 5.
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"O’NEILL GENERAL HOSPITAL
IS NOW A POSSIBILITY
O'Neill may soon have a general
(hospital. A meeting was held at the
^Public Library building last Thurs
day evening where a committee of
.five of the representative citizens of
the comunity were named to investi
gate the posibilities of securing a
Tiospital for this vicinity.
For the past few weeks the Lions
Club has been repeatedly requested
to take up the matter of securing a
general hospital; as a result, Dr. L.
A. Carter, as president of the Lions
Club, called a meeting of the pastors
of the city; the mayor; the presiding
officers of the various religious, civic
and fraternal orders; the president of
the Commercial Club; the American
Legion, the doctors and the editors
of the newspapers, to meet in the Li
brary building. At this meeting Dr.
L. A. Carter was unanimously chosen
chairman and George Miles, secre
tary. Miss Anna O’Donnell, Mrs. R.
L. Arbuthnot and W. C. Templeton
were chosen a committee of three to
select a committee of five to investi
gate the posibilities of establishing a
hospital here; the committee reported
the following selection, which was
unanimously adopted: Judge R. R.
Dickson, chairman; J. A. Donohoe, S.
J. Weekes, J. F. Gallagher and J. B.
Mellor. This committee, by .motion,
was instructed to investigate the
feasibility and a working basis of a
hospital and report their findings at
a meeting of the citizens, to be called
by the secretary, George A. Miles,
some time during the latter part of
July.
There seems to be consiaeraoie tie
mand for a general hospital to be
operated by the community where all
the physicians of the county would
have the privilege of bringing their
patients.
A hospital could be equipped at a
relatively small cost to any individual;
one of the plans advanced by some of
those interested is that the rooms be
equipped by the various lodges, so
cieties or churches; the operating
room might be equipped by the phy
sicians of the county.
Several large residences have been
mentioned as being suitable for this
purpose.
The Lions Club is desirous of as
sisting in obtaining a hospital for
O’Neill and are solidly behind the
venture; they will do whatever is re
quired of them in furthering the
enterprise.
The Lions Clubs are always willing
to join hands with all citizens or
groups of citizens in all worthy
ui! ^takings.
], vou are interested in a hospital,
tell le committee and lend what en
cou, . gement you can to promote this
in: ‘ iiution.
HI WY WIND DAMAGES
NORTHERN HOLT COUNTY
A heavy wind that assumed cy
clonic proportions swept through the
northern part of the county about
eight o’clock last Tuesday evening.
The storm came from the west and
did considerable damage in the vi
cinity of Valentine, Ainsworth, New
port, Stuart, and in the community
twenty miles north of O’Neill. The
barn on the Joe Stein farm was dam
aged; the barn on the McClellan
farm was razed; the hi-line poles
were blown down north of the Mid
wav garage; trees were uprooted
and piled in the road. The storm was
not wide and seemed to strike in
spots. Some hail accompanied the
rain that followed but not much dam
age has been reported.
MRS. MARY GAFFNEY
The life of another of Holt coun
ty's pioneers has terminated with
the death of Mrs. Mary Gaffney who
passed away at her home in Atkin
son, Nebraska, June 14th, 1930, after
a lingering illness.
Mrs. Gaffney moved to Holt coun
ty from Scranton, Pennsylvania, in
1882 and settled on a homestead
seven miles southeast of Atkinson,
where she lived with her husband
until he preceded her in death two
years ago.
She was the mother of thirteen
children, eight daughters and five
sons, ten of whom had the consola
tion of being at her bedside during
her illness.
She was a kind and loving wife,
mother and friend, and will be great
ly missed by her many friends and
relatives.
She is survived by six daughters
and four sons: Mrs. John Rotherham,
Ewing; Mrs. Anna Fickle, Denver;
Mrs. Dan Grady, Electra, Texas;
Mrs. Cal Cain, Denver; Mrs. Nellie
Galligan, Atkinson; Mrs. Edward
Flood, Orchard; Thomas, Willie and
Bert, Atkinson, and John, of Electra,
Texas.
The funeral services were held at
St. Joseph’s church at Atkinson, Rev.
Father Pieper officiating, and inter
ment at Calvary cemetery at O’Neill.
Nebraska. The pall-bearers were her
six grandsons, Bartley Malloy, Mich
ael Malloy, James Rotherham, John
Rotherham. Jr., Michael Langan and
Matthew Hynes.
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MAIL DELIVERED WHILE
I*. O. WAITS ON HIGHWAY
The following article appeared in a
Witten, South Dakota, newspaper
and tells of the moving of some of
the buildings. Bob Williams and Buzz
Bowden are assisting C. P. Uhl in
moving the buildings:
“A unique occurrence, which Uncle
Sam probably does not often dupli
cate in handling mail, took place in
Witten Monday when an exchange of
mail was made by the star route car
rier between Winner and White Riv
er while the postoffice was in transit
on its trip to the new Witten town
site, the turn in the highway just
west of old Written, where C. P. Uhl,
who moved the building, held up op
erations for 30 minutes while the
mail was delivered and sorted and
the carrier’s pouch made up for dis
tribution to points west.
The moving of the postoffice to the
new town has required considerable
time, but Mr. Worsley, our obliging
j postmaster, has been very accommo
! dating in delivering mail to patrons
: at the new town, and no one has suf
j fered any great inc onvenience
through the delay.”
JUDGE GEORGE W. WOOD
WILL ADDRESS WALTON IANS
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Judge George W. Wood, director
of the national organization of the
Izaak Walton League of America,
will adress the local Izaak Walton
League, Friday evening at eight
o’clock at the K. C. Hall. A male
quartette will sing; the O’Neill Con
cert Band will play. There will be no
admission charge.
Judge Wood has been prominently
i connected with the League since its
first convention in 1923 at which
time he was a member of the consti
tution and by-laws committee; he
was elected State President of the
Iowa division of the league for three
successive years; he is now serving
as Judge of the District Court of the
10th district in Iowa, to which posi
tion he was appointed by the gov
ernor of Iowa in 1920; he has been
re-elected each succeeding term.
Don’t fail to hear the Judge Fri
day evening.
BURDA—RATIGAN
Anton Burda, of Atkinson and
Sara Ratigan of Stuart, were mar
ried by Rev. O. A. Fortune, pastor
of the Methodist church of this city,
Wednesday, June 25th.
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O’NEILL. NEBRASKA
(HARRY HOUSTON. PLAINVIEW
WINS NORTHEAST NEHR.
INVITATION GOLF TOURNEY
Harry Houston of Plainview, Neb.,
i won the golf championship of north
east Nebraska, last Tuesday after
noon when he defeated Max Golden
| of this city, 4-3, at the close of on
(of the best golf tournaments that
has ever been held in northeast Ne
braska.
The tournament began Sunday
with the registration of 132 golfists.
The qualifying rounds wore played
Sunday.
Harry Houston of Plainview was
medalist with a score of 72. The fin
als of the different flights were as
follows:
Championship Flight: Harry Hous
ton, Plainview, defeated Max Golden,
O’Neill.
Uhampionship consolation: .1 o e
Baldwin, Ainsworth, defeated R. R.
Russell, Omaha.
President’s Flight: Hugh O’Don
nell, O’Neill defeated Kirkpatrick,
Ainsworth.
President’s Consolation: C. E.
Smith, Norfolk, defeated W. K. Eb
inger, Butte, Nebraska.
Secretary’s Flight: F. J. Jung
mann, Atkinson, defeated E. C. Harp,
Long Pine.
Secretary’s Consolation: P. C.
Donohoe, O'Neill, defeated C. E.
Stout, O’Neill.
Director’s Flight: M. F. O’Donnell,
Dallas, Texas, defeated J. A. Dono
hoe.
Director’s Consolation: C. D.
Wood, O’Neill defeated D. H. Claus
on, O’Neill.
Special Flight No. 1: D. V. Fuller,
Butte, defeated C. L. McBride, Or
chard.
Special Consolation: Dr. W. C.
Hastings defeated R. B. M e 1 1 o r ,
O’Neill.
Special Flight No. 2: Bud Fletch
er, Orchard, defeated Arch Brown
ing, Orchard.
Special Consolation: Father
Kearns, Wayne, Nebraska, defeated
j Francis Kay, Page.
THE BRIDGE TOURNAMENT
WAS ALSO A SUCCESS
The Ladies Bridge Tournament
which was held at the club house in
connection with the golf tournament
was a success from every angle.
Miss Anna O’Donnell was in charge
of the program.
The tournament was well attended
both Sunday and Monday by the lo
cal and out-of-town ladies and the
good feeling and friendliness mani
fest among the ladies added much to
the success of the golf tournament.
Visiting ladies were here from
more than twenty of the towns in
northeastern Nebraska; a number of
former O’Neill girls were present;
among them were Mrs. Cora Hilte
brand, Chicago; Mrs. J. A. Devine,
Cheyenne; Miss Grace Campbell,
Cheyenne; Mrs. Constance Wattles,
Hot Springs, S. D.; Mrs. W. H. Mc
Inerney, Cheyenne; Mrs. George M.
Davies, Deere Trail, Colorado.
The prizes awarded for the Sun
day play were as follows:
High score for home ladies: Mrs.
Rex Brown.
High score for visiting ladies: Mrs.
Planck, Atkinson.
Low score: Mrs. C. F. McKenna.
Door Prize: Mrs. P. J. O’Donnell.
The prizes for Monday:
High score for home ladies: Mrs.
P. B. Harty.
High score for visiting ladies: Mrs.
Constance Wattles, Hot Springs, S. D.
Low score: Mrs. J. P. Gallagher.
Door prize: Mrs. H. ,J. Reardon.
JOE STEIN INJURED
DURING WIND STORM
Joe Stein, residing about nineteen
miles north of O’Neill, was quite
seriously injured Tuesday evening
when he was struck by some Hying
object during the windstorm that
passed through the northern part of
the county.
When the storm came up Joe went
to the barn to look after his stock.
When he did not return his sisters
went in search of him; they found
him in a dazed condition; they were
unable to get him to the house; the
phone lines were all down and they
were unable to get assistance until
they went to the home of a neighbor
a mile away. A trip was made to
O’Neill for Dr. Finley. We under
stand that Mr. Stein is suffering
with concussion of the brain, cuused
by being struck in the face by a
board; the barn was somewhat dam
aged by the storm.
EDMOND SATLER
Edmond Satler passed away sud
denly last Friday morning at his
home in St. Paul, Nebraska, where
he has resided for the past month.
Death was caused by a hemorrhage.
Mr. Satler had moved to St. Paul
with the intentions of purchasing a
picture theatre but had not yet taken
possession. He was about twenty-six
years old.
The funeral servjees w'cre held in
Norfolk last Monday.
He leaves a wife, a daughter about
five years old and one sister.
LOCAL NEWS
Editor Ray Crellin, of the Ewing
j Advocate, was transacting business
| at O’Neill, Tuesday.
1 Miss Ruth Barnard is expected to
arrive home Saturday for a short
visit with her mother.
Mr. and Mrs. John P. Mann arriv
ed in O’Neill last Sunday for a visit
with relatives and friends,
F. M. Sparks came up from South
i erland, Nebraska, today for a visit
: with his former O’Neill friends.
Rain has fallen to the amount of
.84 inches this week; Tuesday night
.58; Wednesday .12; Thursday night
i .14.
A son was Dorn to. mr. ana ivirs
i Herman Meyer last Saturday, at
their home about four miles north
| east of O'Neill.
j Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Coyne and
| daughter and Miss Caroline Kennedy
j of Omaha departed for the Black
! Hills last Saturday.
Archie Bowen went to Omaha.
Wednesday to attend a convention of
Radio dealers, which is being held at
that place this week.
Merle and Richard Arnold, of Has
I tings, Nebraska, are visiting at the
i home of Mrs. E. D. Henry, and with
! their former O’Neill friends.
Rex Brown came home from Oma
ha, Friday where he recently sub
mitted to an operation for appendi
citis. He is feeling fine again.
Dr. and Mrs. J. P. Gilligan and sen
Bennet drove to Nebraska City,
Thursday for a visit with their son
and brother, Dr. John P. Gilligan.
Editor Ross Welton and wife, of
Mullen, Nebraska, came1 Saturday
for a visit at the home of the form
er’s grandmother, Mrs. A. Welton,
I who is ill.
Miss Kathryn Grady, of Denver,
visited O’Neill relatives and friends
j last week. She went to Norfolk last
I Sunday where she will visit her
| brother Tom.
Mildred Morris has filed an action
| for divorce from her husband Frank,
! to whom she was married in W’ash
; ington, D. C., on May 5, 1920. Cruel
| ty is alleged.
Miss Ellen Shaughnessy returned
{home Sunday from Lincoln, Nebras
j ka where she spent the past week
! visiting at the home of Miss Mar
guerite Hatch.
Mrs. Ed Williams and daughter
Connie Lou and Miss Elizabeth Hen
ry returned home Sunday evening
from a week’s visit with friends in
Hastings, Nebraska.
Mrs. A. Welton has been quite ill
j at her home in the northern part of
I the city; her children were all at her
bedside last Sunday, and will remain
here for the present.
Marriage licenses were issued re
i cently to Claire Brooke and Mias
Anna Buska, both of Atkinson; Gus
tave Obermire, Catalpa, and Miss
Viola Henning of Atkinson.
Herbert Russ and family, Amelia;
i Mrs. W. T. McKlvain. O’Neill, and
! Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Russ and fam
ily of Butte, Nebraska, spent Sun
day at Lake Andes, South Dakota.
Miss Ivy Langmack, of Sioux City,
Iowa, drove up in her uncle, Mr.
F. Struve’s car, Monday evening to
see her mother, Mrs. F. Langmack,
who left for the hospital early Wed
nesday morning.
Marie Kingsley has filed an action
for divorce from her husband, Claude
M., charging him with desertion.
The petition alleges that they were
married on November 29, 1921, and
lived together three weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Gunthorpe ar
rived here Saturday from Denver,
Colorado, being called her by the
serious illness of the latter's moth
er, who is reported to be somewhat
improved at this writing, .
The business car of the Burlington
carrying Ed Flynn, general manager,
Omaha; L. B. Lyman, general super
intendent, Lincoln; L. E. Caldwell,
superintendent, Omaha, and C. V,
Zeiss, road-master, was in O’Neill
today.
Miss Rebecca M. Robertson of Joy,
student at the University of Nebras
ka this past year, will teach the Pri
mary grades at Davey next year, ac
cording to announcement made today
by the department of educational
service at the University.
Mrs. J. J. Harrington returned
home from Omaha the first of the
week where she has been confined in
n hospital for several weeks. Her
•laughter, Mrs. Helen Buelow, of
Racine, Wisconsin, met her in Oma
ha and came to O'Neill for a short
visit.
M. F. O'Donnell of Dallas, Texas,
arived in O’Neill last Saturday for a
visit with his mother, Mrs. E. O’Don
nell and other relatives. Frank is an
enthusiastic golfist and arranged his
visit to O’Neill so that he could enter
the annual tournament; he expects to
return home Sunday.
bdltor J. b, Hauge of the Meadow
Grove News, accompanied by Mrs.
Hauge and their two children, stop
ped in O’Neill a short time today on
their way to Burke, South Dakota,
where they will visit at the home of
the former’s sister. The Frontier ac
knowledges a pleasant call.
Mrs. George LongstafT and daugh
ter Miss Elsie, accompanied by the
former’s three sisters, drove up from
Hastings, Nebraska, on Wednesday
evening for a short visit with O’Neill
friends. The sisters are Mrs. C.
Woodruff, Chicago; Mrs. J. A. David
son, Los Angeles; Mrs. M. T. Con
nel.v, Kansas City.
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Reising, of
Gary, Indiana, arrived in O’Neill the
first of the week for a visit at the
home of Mrs. Reising’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Phalin. Mrs. Reis
ing will be remembered as Mary
Phalin. Mr. Reising is an instructor
of printing in the Horace Mann
high school at Gary.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mem and son
Edward and Mrs. Ernest Stein, re
turned home Wednesday evening
from a two week’s trip to points in
Canada. Mrs. Oscar Marcott and
children, of Garvin, Minnesota, ac
companied them home and will visit
with her mother, Mrs. Eva Ziemer
and with other relatives. Mrs. Mar
I cot was formerly Zella Ziemer.
The county assessor informs The
Frontier that there is still quite a
number of intangible tax schedules
yet unfiled. He stated that he Is go
ing to give those who have not filed
their returns a little more time to do
so; if they are not filed soon he will
be compelled to report the matter to
the state tax commissioner who will
take the matter up; there is a heavy
penalty for not filing the returns.
Lieutenant F. L. Hamilton, officer
in churge Remount F’urchasing Head
quarters, Kansas City, Missouri;
Captain J. A. McCallam, veterinar
ian, Kansas City, Missouri; George
Bell, Civilian Breeding Expert,
Washington, T). C., were in O’Neill
last Friday for the purpose of buy
ing good horses for the Remount Ser
vice. The government is anxious to
buy good horses but they must meet
the requirements.
A BOOK is not judged by its
cover, nor a man by his appear
ance. The one is weighed by its
contents—the other by his bank
account.
The O’Neill National
Bank
Capital, Surplus and Undivided
Profits, $125,000.00
This bank carries no indebted
ness of officers or stockholders.