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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 25, 1930)
MISS DOROTHY LEE DESCRIBES EXCURSION TRIP The following is a very interesting account of the Cornhusker Excursion of which Miss Dorothy Lee was a member: The second annual Cornhusker Va cation Tour, (of which I was one «f 168 tourists,) sponsored by The Ne braska Farmer, in co-operation with the Chicago & Great Western, Great Northern and Canadian National Railways, departed from Omaha on Sunday evening, August 10th, for a two week’s sight-seeing tour of 6,000 miles in the Pacific northwest. The party traveled in an all-Pull man special train and the conducted tour was most satisfactory to all, as everything was first class and every detail was cared for, so each one might enjoy the vacation to the full est extent. Duluth, Minnesota, the first stop, was reached Monday morning and proved a very interesting city, with its docks and ships, large United States steel works, many nice parks and enormous rock homes built from the native rock. Luncheon was serv ed the party at the New Duluth Ho tel, where the president of the Cham ber of Commerce greeted us and briefly told the interesting facts about the city and Lake Superior. After luncheon we were taken by bus for a sight-seeing trip which includ ed a drive along the north shore of Lake Superior and over the Boule vard Drive, some ten miles along the top of the hills where one could get an excellent view of the city and lake. i uesuay was spent in w inmpeg, the capitol city of Manitoba, Canada, a prosperous city with beautiful rock gardens surrounding their elaborate homes. The sight-seeing trip by auto included views of the Provincial Parliament building and artistically decorated parks. A splendid view of the city was had from the roof of the Fort Garry hotel, where we were served breakfast and luncheon. We also visited old Fort Gary, of which the walls and heavy doors are still presered and are now vine-cov ered. V Wednesday morning a few hours were spent at Saskatoon, Saskatch wan, with a trip to the large Agri cultural College University grounds and the Dominion Forestry farm. Wainwright was reached in the after noon and the party were taken to the Buffalo National Park, covering 197 square miles. There we saw large number of buffalo, elk, yak and deer. The park has been left in a natural stage and (5,000 buffalo are roving there. Many motion pictures of buf falo hunts are made at Wainwright. Jasper was reached early Thursday morning and large, red, open-air autos were awaiting our party and we were transported to Jasper Park Lodge for breakfast. To many this was the most beautiful spot, the lodge grounds being landscaped with picturesque rock terraces, innumer able flowers of mammoth size, var iegated colors and species, all at the shore of the mirrored Lake Beauvert, reflecting snow-capped mountains on every side. A trip was made u p through the Athabasca Valiey to Mt. , Edith Cavell, where many of us walk ed up to the famous Glacier of the j Angels. Mt. Edith Cavell is over 11,000 feet above sea level and was named after a martyred English nurse of the World War. On the route from Jasper to Van couver, British Columbia, we stop ped for a view of the snow-capped Mt. Robson, 12,972 feet above sea level, the highest peak of the Canad ian Rockies. We traveled along the Miette River, across the Continental Divide and thence along the Fraser river. aaiuruay mornmg, arriving iu Vancouver, B. C., Canada's chief sea port on the Pacific coast—a trip was made over the city, where the most beautiful homes, gardens, parks and trees imaginable were seen. The mild climate and long growing season are taken advantage of by the residents of Vancouver and they beautify their homes and parks as to seem unreal. After luncheon at the Georgia Hotel the party went on board the new S. S. Prince David, a large steamship of the fleet operated by the Canadian National Railways in coastal passen ger and package freight service. The ride on the ship was one of the most enjoyable features of the trip for me as many of us explored the ship from top to bottom. After a short stop at Victoria we were served dinner on board and arrived in Seattle at 10:30 Saturday night. Upon entering the city nearly surrounded by water, we could see the reflection of the bril liant colored lights, seemingly too beautiful to be true. All day Sunday was spent in Seat i tie, which is one of the largest cities ■ on the Pacific, built on the water | front. A large number of us Corn j huskers, (as we were often called,) attended the First Presbyterian | church for morning services. The | afternoon was spent in a land and water trip. Crafts of all kinds were seen on the water, and the going through the second largest locks in the world, between Lake Washington and Lake Union, was an experience never to be forgotten. We were ele vated 14 feet, going from salt water to the fresh water; we were told that ocean going vessels were placed in the fresh water to remove the barn acles which clung to the bottom of the ships while in the salt water. Arriving at Longview, Washington I early Monday morning, we were greeted by that Chamber of Com merce. After breakfast at the Mon ticello Hotel, where each person was presented with a huge dahlia, we en joyed a trip around the city and sur rounding country, and were taken through the lumber mills, the largest in the world. Longview is a city only 7 years old and was laid out in blue-print before ever a building was | erected. 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We were taken half way across the six million dollar bridge which spans the Columbia, 195 feet above the river, which also divides Washington and Oregon. Portland, Oregon, (called the city of roses,) was reached Monday noon and luncheon was served at the Mult nomah Hotel, after which our party was divided and taken by small groups through the city street mar kets. Vegetables, fruits and flowers wrere very reasonable, each farmer paying 15c a day for a small space, approximately 6x0 feet, where his display was artistically arranged. Our bus ride covered some 125 miles of scenic beauty, including several large falls, prominent point views, huge rocks, rose gardens, truck gar dens and orchards. The Portland Chamber of Commerce greeted us and presented us with a large, red rose as a souvenir. Tuesday we started home, return ing to Seattle, and through the new Cascade Tunnel, which was 8 miles long; it was completed last year at a cost of $25,000,000. It took us 25 minutes to go through the tunnel, which was lighted at certain places. It has certainly proven to be a gi gantic piece of engineering construc tion. weunesuay morning, upon reacn ing the west entrance of Glacier Na tional Park, we were taken by launch over the beautiful McDonald to the 1 Lake McDonald Hotel where we were served breakfast; ten rode into the mountains, observing the tall, slender trunks of the fir trees, and the densely growing fire flowers which have sprung up since last year’s fire through that area. After dinner at the Many Glacier Hotel, the party was entertained with ancient cere monial dances by members of the Blackfeet Indian tribe, who move their tepees into the park in the sum mer. Four of the members of our party were made members of the tribe. All day Thursday was spent on the train, with only a few short stops. Friday morning we arrived at Min neapolis and after lunch at the New Nicollet Hotel, we took a sight-see ing trip through the residential and lake districts of Minneapolis and St. Paul. There are eleven lakes within the city limits of Minneapolis; the trip ended with a farewell dinner at the Lowery hotel at St. Paul. The train left St. Paul at 8:30 and ar rived in Omaha at 6:30 Saturday morning. There seems to be only one way to describe this trip in a few words and that would be to take the trip your self. Words cannot describe the many wonders we saw and it cannot all be thought of in a short time, but I hope I have written the part that would be most interesting to the readers. The small books containing our sight-seeing trip and meal cou pons were the only important worry we could be bothered with. —Dorothy Lee. mr 1 i4% Jjf He /O Bureau n/Fo-jds. Sanitation j iK. 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Roy Spindler is on the sick list at this time, having a heavy cold, and also a carbuncle, which is very pain ful. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Linn returned on Monday from a week’s visit at Madison, where they both have rela tives. Mr. and Mrs. Gus Johnson; Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Johnson and baby were Sunday guests at the Horace Rouse home. Mr. and Mrs. Dosey; Mr. and Mrs. Hommingway, of Clearwater, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Blunt; Mrs. Blunt is a daughter of Mrs. Dosey. A light frost was said to have oc curred at some places in this locality one night last week, but not enough to cause any damage, and it possibly will be of benefit to the corn. Austin Searles, w’ho was quite ill last week with infection of the bowels was taken to the Spencer hospital; he was brought home Saturday, much better, but not fully recovered. Sunday guests at the Virgil Hubby home were Mr. and Mrs. George Bay; Mr. and Mrs. Edson Sargent, O’Neill, Mr. and Mrs. Eric Borg, Marvel; Wil liam Hubby; Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Borg. Guests at the Frank Griilith home on Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fox, Charlie; Berniece, Ralph and Virginia Rousch; Mr. and Mrs. Will Kaczor and Edward; Hazel Johnson; James and Mary Emma Spindler. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Gannon and children, and Mrs. Rose Gannon, of Inman, came up to Fred Lindburg’s, Sunday afternoon; Mrs. Rose Gannon remained for a few day’s visit with her daughter, Mrs. Fred Lindburg. SUPERVISOR’S PROCEEDINGS. Now, therefore, be it resolved by this Board that the Honorable A. j. Weaver, Governor of the State of Nebraska, be urged to make a fair and impartial survey of the institu tions of the state having the care of mental defectives; that he appoint such committee or commission as he may deem suitable to make a person al survey of such institution, the present accomodations therein, the needs for the future, and the number and types of buildings that should be constructed in order to amply and properly care for such persons as should be confined in state institu tions, and Be it further resolved, that a full mid complete report of the findings of such committee should be made public so that the citizens of the State of Nebraska may know the true conditions and that public senti ment, heretofore uninformed and in different, may be aroused so that suitable and proper legislation may be enacted to meet a condition that is a disgrace to the State of Nebraska and a hazard to its citizens. Dated at O’Neill, Nebraska, this 31st day of July, 1930. Members of the Board of County Supervisors of Holt County, Nebras ka. John Sullivan Hugh L. James L. E. Skidmore John Steinhauser J. C. Stein L. C. McKim E. Gibson Upon above resolution being put to vote by the chairman it was de clared carried and so ordered. On motion the claim of N. W. Bell Telephone Co. for §71.80 for tele phone service for the Court House was allowed and Clerk instructed to draw a warrant on the general fund for same. 12 o’clock, noon; on motion Board adjourned until 1 o'clock p. m. John Sullivan, E. F. Porter, Chairman. Clerk O’Neill, Neb., July 31, 1930 1 o’clock p. m. Holt county board met pursuant to adjournment; board spent the after noon in conference on road matters. 4 o’clock p. m.; on motion Board adjourned until August 26, 1930, at 10 o’clock a. m., unless sooner called by the Clerk. John Sullivan, E. F. Porter, Chairman. Clerk O’Neill, Neb., Aug. 25, 1930 10 o’clock a. m. Holt County Board of Equalization met at the call of the clerk as per arjournment on July 14, 1930. Mem bers present Sullivan, McKim, Stein, James, Steinhauser, Gibson, Skid more, County Assessor Keyes and County Clerk, Porter. Board of Equalization called to or der by the chairman. Minutes of Board of Equalization for August 14, 1930, read and approved. On motion SEV4 of SEJi 23-30-11 was lowered from $480 to §320 and SWVt of SEVt 23-30-11 lowered from §640 to §480. Board spent the forenoon in figur ing on the County levy for 1930. 12 o’clock noon; on motion Board of Equalization adojurned until 1 o’clock p. m. John Sullivan, E. F. Porter, Chairman. Clerk O’Neill, Neb., Aug. 25, 1930 10 o’clock a. m. Holt County Board of Equalization met pursuant to adjournment; all members present; board called to or der by the chairman. To the County Clerk of Holt County, O’Neill, Nebraska: This is to certify that at a session | of the State Board of Equalization | and assessment, held at the State j Capitol in the year A. D., 1930, pur uant to an act of the Legislature of Nebraska, approved April 23, 1928, j the following rate of tax was deter mined and levied by said board for the year 1930 on the total valuation as shown in the abstract of your County Assessor, now on file in this office, and as equalized by said State Board: Total valuation $26,726,163 General Fund 2.12 M on Doll. $56,600 Capitol Fund .22 M on Poll. $5,880 Total 2.34 Mills on the Dollar $62,540 The above amounts will be charg ed to Holt County upon the books of the Auditor of Public Accounts. LOCAL NEWS. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Mauck, Chadron, Nebraska, were over night guests the first of the week of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Ennis. Miss Helen Virginia and Miss Carol June Ennis, granddaughters, were also guests at the Enis home Monday night. Mr. and Mrs. John Weingartner and Mrs. J. Falconer and little son Dick, arrived Tuesday from Kockford, Illinois for a visit at the home of Mrs. J. A. Naylor and Phillip Wein gartner: John Weingartner is a brother to Mrs. Naylor and Mrs. Fal coner is a daughter of Phillip Wein gartner. Mierioan commons was confined to his room for several days as a result of being thrown into the top of a ear last Saturday morning while return ing from a hunting trip in company with Harry Dempsey and Hans An derson. He received a severe scalp, wound and injuries to his back. He is able to be around again. The Bank of Creighton, at Creigh- ' ton, Neb., a state, hank, closed its doors the first of the week. The last statement showed a deposit of SfiOO.-1 000. A rumor was current in O’Neill that this was the bank in which M. F. Harrington wras a stockholder; Mr. ! Harrington is interested in the Na- ! tional bank at Creighton. Jsam Barrett, a young man resid ing near Plainview. plead guilty in district court at Pierce recently, to the charge of chicken stealing, and was sentenced to 1 year in the peni tentiary. No doubt this section of | the state will have an epidemic of i chicken stealing as has been the cus tom for several years. Chicken rais ers should be on the look-out. As we go to press we learn that Dr. ,T. P. Gilligan is very ill at his home on west Douglas street; his sons, Dr. John P. Gilligan of Nebras ka City, and Bennett, who is attend-! ing Creighton college, drove to O’Neill the first of the week, accom panied by Mrs. Ed Latta of Teka mah; Mrs. Ted Riddell, a daughter, of Scotts Bluffs, Nebraska, is expect ed to arrive here Friday. Because of the number of banks that are being robbed in Nebraska and adjoining states, the banks in this vicinity have reduced their ready cash to the low’est possible point and are carrying only just what they re quire for immediate use; the balance is carried in their corresponding bank in the cities. Armed guards are pro tecting the banks in many of the cities and towns throughout the state. Ewing Advocate: While Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tomjack were returning to their home south of town Tuesday their car in some unaccountable way was turned over tw'ice. A little girl, Phyllis about a year ago, was instant ly killed. Mr. and Mrs. Tomjack were badly injured but it is thought not seriously. A little hoy three years old was uninjured. At the place where the accident occurred the grade was narrow and the ditches deep on each side. A number of Odd renews drove to Orchard last Tuesday evening where they visited the Orchard lodge and listened to the report of Grand Rep resentative Tom Fletcher who has just returned from the Sovereign Grand Lodge at Indianapolis. Those who made the trip were: Past Grand Master, J. C. Harnish; H. M. Uttley; E. I*’. Porter; L. G. Gillespie; Dr. L. A. Carter; B. T. Winchell; John L. Quig; W. C. Templeton; Attorney J. II. Meredith; Harry Bowen; Russel Bowen; Elmer Bowen and Harold Lindburg. Mrs. J. S. Ennis attended a six o’clock dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carrol Van Sant, in Omaha last Thursday, in honor of her son E. II. Ennis and family who have just re turned from Australia; those present were Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Ennis, daughters Miss Helen Virginia and Carol June, of Australia; Mrs. J. S. PInnis, O’Neill; Mr. and Mrs. Norman Mauck and son Garey, Chadron; Mr. and Mrs. John Ward and daughter, Miss Ruth, Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hemmingway and daughter, Miss Jean, Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. Archie Land, Omaha. Cedar County News: Eating cane that had become poisoned because of dry weather, caused thp death of 4 milk cows and 2 calves belonging to Walter Miller, a farmer living near Crofton. Dry weather had caused such a shortage in pasture that Mr. Miller decided to feed cane to his cat tle. After the herd, consisting of 20 cows and 1C> calves, had been turned into the cane but a short time, they began to fall over. A veterinarian was called immediately, as every animal in the herd was sick, but out side of four cows and two calves that died right away it is believed the rest will recover. creignton Mews: Una lhierolt of Holt county motored here last Sun day afternoon to see his mother at her home in town. He informs us that he will go to Norfolk Monday morning to consult a doctor in regard to his leg that was fractured some time ago, and of late is giving him. considerable pain. He was accom panied by his sister, Mrs. Hose Web er, and at this writing we have been unable to learn whether he will enter the hospital or not, but we are hop ing it is not serious. Just recently Mr. Thierolf had three of his child ren at the Norfolk hospital to have their tonsils and adenoids removed. HOME OF GOOD PICTURES Friday & Saturday, Sept. 26-27 George O’Brien in Zane Grey’s "LAST OF THE DUANES” This action drama sets a rip-roaringr pace in the greatest of Zane Grey's western romances. Filmed and rec orded amid the picturesque landscape of Arizona. Matinee Sat., 2:30, 10c and 25c. Sunday and Monday, Sepl. 28-29 Featuring Lola Lane, Guinn Williams Stepin Fetchit, Ralph Ince and Wheeler Oakman ‘THE BIG FIGHT” Janies Cruze, America's most famous director has taken David Belascoe’s noted play The Big Fight’ and rnude of it a vivid, stirring talking picture. A vigorous drama with a trembling, tender theme of love, crossed by con flicts of underworld intrigue—it sur ges swiftly and irresistibly to a whirlwind climax. Tuesday & Wednes., Sept. 30-Oct 1 Greta Garbo and Conrad Nagel in THE KISS" The flaming beuuty of Greta Garbo lends added distinction and appeal to the tense dramatic role she portrays . in this picture. A wife, torn by a des perate passion, flaring into tragedy, in an unforgetable scene, she strives for and achieves regeneration in a gorgeous gesture of self-sacrifice. Wednesday is Family Night. Your BOY' Irani* a llcnilngton Portable |>VERY youngster likes to op ernte a typewriter. 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