A THE FRONTIER 1). H. CRONIN. Publisher W. C. TEMPLETON, Editor and Business Manager Entered at the Postoffice at O'Neill, Nebraska as Second Class Matter. WEST NEBRASKA CO l NT IES SHOW RAPID GROWTH Final population figures for Ne braska have just been issued by the Census Bureau in bulletin form. The population of the state on April l, 1930 was 1,377,9(13, which represents an increase of 81,591, or C.3 percent as compared with the population on January 1, 1920. With the one excep tion of the decade, 1890 to 1900 when the rate of increase was only three tenths of one per cent, the decade just closed shows the smallest in crease, In th in number and rate, of any ten-year period since the i-tate was admitted to the Union. The to tal land area of Nebraska is 70,808 square miles. In this area the pop ulation of 1930 is equivalent to an average of 17.9 inhabitants to the square mile, as compared with 10.9 in 1920. The first census of the territory of Neb?.: fca, in I860, showed a popula tion 28 841. The growth of this ai on as a tci ritory and state was very rapid during the next 30 years, until in 1 -» the j-ipulalion wa found to have passed the million mark. The next ten-year period was one of practically stationary popula tion, but. since 1900 each census has shown a slow but definite population increase. There are 93 counties in the state, j of which 50 increased in population between 1920 and 1930, while 43 de-, creased in population. The most pop-; alone county in the state is Douglas, j which includes the city of Omaha. This county also has the greatest . number of inhabitants per square ■ mile. The ; econd county in the state in number of inhabitants, and also in population per square mile, is Lan caster, which includes the city of Lincoln. The most rapidly growing county in Nebraska is Perkins, which has increased in population from 3,907 to 5,834, equivalent to 47.1 per cent, in the past 10 \ irs. Box Butte county is second in this respect, with an increase of 41.1 per cent. Other counties showing an increase of more than 25 per cent are Scotts Bluff, Lo gan and Keith. All of these rapidly growing counties are in the western part of the state. There are 8 cities in Nebraska which had a population of 10,000 or more in 1930. The largest of these is Omaha, with a population of 214, 006, which represents an increase of 22.105, or 11.7 per cent, since Lin coln, the capitol, ranks second in number of inhabitants, with a pop ulation of 76,933, which represents an increase of 20,985, or 38.2 per cent. The remaining cities in this group, in the order of their population are Grand Island, Hastings, North Plat te, Fremont, Norfolk and Beatrice. The three last named cities first ob tained a population of 10,000 between 1920 and 1930. There are 529 cities and incorpor ated villages in Nebraska. For 20 of these cities and villages, the popula tion is :*hown separately for the first time in this census bulletin. The larg est of the villages incorporated with in the past ten years is Lyman, in Scott* Bluff county, with 656 inhabit ants. The smallest Incorporated vil lage in the state is Darr, in Daw’son county, with 56 inhabitants. This village show's an increase in popula tion of 17, or 60.7 per cent, over its population in 1320. A copy of the first series popula tion bulletin for Nebraska, giving the number of inhabitants in each coun ty, election precinct, township, city and village, may be obtained by wmit ing to the Bureau of the Census, at Washington, D. C. —Buy it in O’Neill— BOY SCOUT OFFICIALS MET IN O’NEILL THURSDAY More than fifty Boy Scout officials of the state attended the regular quarterly meeting of the Covered Wagon area of the Boy Scouts of. America, which wu held in O’Neill | last Thursday. The ladies of he Presbyterian church served a s ix o’clock dinner to the guests, in the church basement, i —Buy it in O’Neill — C. TO ( HIGHWAY The advertising agent of the Can ada to Canal Highway Association ; was in O'Neill Tuesday night. Mr. Light was on his wray to Mexico to arrange for entertainment for »an automobile caravan some time the first part of January, to Mexico City.' Anyone who is arranging for a mid- '■ winU trip should bear tl caravan in mind and proceed with it. The organization of all of the states is now complete, according to Mr. Light, and strip maps may be procured of the highw’ay by address ing the association at Ipswich. S. D. He tvas very p’easod with progress in southern Holt and in Wheeler: eou* ties, and it is his information | that if weather permits that the clay; grade south of the oil project will be i graveled this winter. It ; will have a first class road north am j south, —Buy it in O'Neill— THE COUNTY BOARD ASK THAI COCHRAN BE RETAIN El — At a recent meeting of the count; (board of supervisors the followinf resolution was unanimously passec j by that body asking that Roy Coch ran be retained in his present posi j tion in the Department of Publii Works. Mr, Cochran has accomplish ed wonders in the way of road build iing and should be kept on the job. —Buy it in O’Neill— RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the present Secretarj of the Department of Public Works Roy L. Cochran, has been an efficient capable and affable officer, and b> reason of his long service, is thor oughly familiar with the Highway and Bridge program in this state and the needs and requirements oi every community and section of the state, and the amount and eharactet of traffic in nil sections of the state and on ali Highways, and WHEREAS, Ins knowledge of ter rain, soil and traffic, and hia famil ial ity with jhe road program and the experience gained in his service at the head of this Department, make him an especially valuable public servant whose services cannot be di - penacd with without serious loss to th state, and, WHEREAS, the people generally in th's county have faith in his abil ity, tairness and integrity, and I c - lieve he is a great asset to the state government and its road program, and that he should be retained, and, WHEREAS, his term cf office ex pires in January, 1931, NOW, THEREFORE, I move that this Board urge Governor-elect Char les W. Bryan to retain Roy L. Coch ran as State Engineer and Secretary of thi Department of Public Works of this state. L. E. Skidmore E. Gibson J. C. Stein Hugh L. James John Sullivan L. C. McKim John Stelnhauser --Buy it in O’Neill— NEBRASKA RANKS SIXTH IN CAR OWNERSHIP Nebraska ranks sixth in motor car owner, hip with an average of one car to 3.30 people. This constitutes a slightly higher average than one car to each family in the state, There are 413,220 automobiles in Ne braska, according to statistics of the American Research Foundation, and the states population is 1,378,900 Nevada ranks first in car ownership per capita, Roth one car to every 2.8E persons, California second, Iowa third, the District of Columbia four th, Kansas fifth and Nebraska sixth. —Buy it in O’Neill— HAVE YOU GOT A JOB? It has surely been a great many years since those of us who are sc fortunate as to have the means t< provide the comforts of life hai cause for greater Thanksgiving that we have this Thanksgiving. Many hundreds of thousands arc out of work, and have been for a lonp time past. The majority of these have been asking alms. No one know: what will become of them during this winter, unless those who have will share of their means to helj those who now have nothing. Conditions, close times, drouth etc. have worked a severe hardship or the Christian Home Orphanage a Council Bluffs, Iowa. It is unable t< meet the demands made upon it, am with winter at hand, and calls for help from scores who are absolutely without food or shelter, rapidly in creasing as colder weather approach es, appeals are made to good people everywhere to come to the help o' this national child-saving institution Let. those of us who have been bless cd, and who are working and earning share at this Thanksgiving seasor with the unfortunate ones. The Chri.iun Home Orphanage i: non-sectarian and is supported whol Iv bv the voluntary gifts of people The Home was established in 1882. If possible, help this work to the extent of your ability at Thanksgiv ing. Addri ■ The Christian Home Or phanage, r "mil Bluffs. Iowa. Buy it in O'Neill— VERB ASK \ HOGS LOOK GOOD TO .MEXICAN STOCK!!M? Nebraska boys, trained in Nebraska": college of agriculture, are fn Russk showing the Russian peasants how 1( farm the modern wav; Nebraska mules are In India carrying packs fo the British army; and Nebraska hog: arc ihe choice of Mexican stockmei to restock the feed lots of old Mexi t with good porkers. The first carloai of 65 head of hogs went forward a fov dam a;. ) from the Animas Duroi Farms, between Ord and liaicson. Gootting & Gonzales, a Mexicai firm, which is co-opcrating with tin government of Mexico in stockin; ranches of that country, visited prom incut herd" or the Unutu Suites am thon those the Animus herd as the on most 1 ’ o’" to sunply the kind of steel that. is wanted on the ra^ch ,03. The f un i.unngcd with the At i •mm f irms to make one shipment ; month. The shipments go directly 1 1 •• " cf the Mar.Iran firr from v. Inch they are dir! ’‘bated t at’ r sections of that country. Th of dostlmiti . ’ ’■ T <—, ahav.? 12 inMc! north of Mexico City. Ship me,ds by freight require about thre “wee'a. Conor Gi oiling, who negotiated th contract, . >cnt ihree days lately a the Aslmus farm and said on leavin; that the Aslmus herd was the best h had found for the purpose his firr has in view . The climate m the vicln , i!> ci Loon( he mid, is very r.lmlla to that, of Nehraaka, except that th wi: tors are colder. Thanksgiving Day outstanding event in the whole year. Is a sacred, happy institution built into our national life. Family reunions and festive occasions mark this day as an You will want to fill your pantry with choice delicacies for your big Thanksgiving Dinner. May we suggest that you try your Robert C. Moore Grocery Store for those things you need buy. Dates, Fig-, Lemon Peel, Citron Peel, Orange Peel, Nuts of all kinds, Head Lettuce, Celery, Chanberries, Su perb Pumpkin, Sweet Potatoes, etc., together w’ith a complete stock of almost anything you might wish in Groceries, and ail at a price that will undoubtedly save you money. I will be most glad to render any assistance I can in the way of making suggestions oi suitable , foml to buy for your big Thanksgiving Dinner. EDM. GA135, Manager LEMON, ORANGE, C TRON PEEL—Fresh candied peels packed s nitary 4 oz. crtn 10c ENGLISH WALNUT '-New crop, lb.25c K lLOWII DATES—New crop, pound 12c SEEDLESSR AIsInS—4 pound bag 29c l: \m> l$Arlri LRY—45 V., heavy duty $1.99 HUSKING MITTENS—Double thumb, Nap outside, per dozen...$1.29 CRANBERRIES ■ Plump, mealy fruit. Jer-QC — sey Reds. 2 Quarts OUb FRUTE GEL We continue our sale on Frute Gel to introduce it into many more homes. 1 package . 7c H 3 packages . 17c 5 packages . 25c EXTRA SPECIAL ( Saturday) 10 POUND BAG GRANULATED SUGAR 49c (One bag only with purchase of $1.00 or more.) PUMPKIN Superb brand Pumpkin is an extra fancy Custard Pumpkin of the latest pack. No. 2% size cab 15c Oyster CRACKERS Fresh, crisp Farinas 2 pounds _ \ 29 0 —APPLES Rome Beauties Winesaps Jonathans Delicious FLOUR We are receiving a large num ber of compliments on our Pantry Pride Flour. Pantry Pride Flour is milled from a blend of selected mountain grown winter and spring hard wheat. It is a high grade Flour. Try it. $1 OQ Per 48 pound sack I iwJ K. C. BAKING POW DER, large 25 oz. GINGER SNAPS, F crisp and spicy flav ored, 2 pounds 25c BLACK PEPPER, fresh and fragrant with unusual *1 flc strength, % lb. can._ 19' CABBAGE, Fresh, soM, heads for cooking or kraut use, per lb— 2c BUCKWHEAT FLOUR — Genuine Pennyan New York Buckwheat Flour. 5 pound bag _ QUAIL LAMP CHIM NEYS, No. 1 & 2 each VELVET, PRINCE AL- $ BERT, 16c tins, 8 cans SWEET POTATOES, large selected Jersey sweets, very delicious fried or bak ed. Per pound _ 35c W 1 re . _--y 5c Nebraska’s hogs are the principal ' item of the farm income. An abund ance of grain and feeds ani a good 1 climate in which to bring animals to market maturity make Nebraska far known as the hog growing and fecd ' ing state. Last year there were 2, 271.210 head on the farms and in the [ feed lots in the state. Nebraska ranks second in the number of swine on the i farms. . —Buy it in O’Neill— LOCAL NEWS Bennett Gilligan came home from , Omaha, Tuesday. ’ The Catholic ladies will continue . their rummage sale Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Cowperth ' waite made a business trip to Neligh 1 Wednesday. Mrs. Patrick Hughes went to Mc ; Cook, Nebraska last Friday where she will visit with a sister, Mrs. A. Campbell. A daughter was born Tuesday to Mr. and Mrs. Otto Raising at Gary,1 Indiana. Mrs. Reising will be remem- ' bored as Mary Phalin. Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Stanton are the proud parents of an bVfe pound baby daughter, born last Friday; mother and baby are doing nicely. Sister Antonio presented her junior , vie pupils in n in the audi : torium of St. Mary’s Academy, Tues-' 1 day evening. Eighteen pupils took j ' part. Mrs. A. J. Hammond went to Den ver, Colorado, last Friday where she ; will visit for a few weeks with Miss i i Kathryn, Miss Rose and Miss Maymc ) Grady. I j Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Cowperth ' j waite visited at the home of Mrs. | ■ C v.-pe; thwaite’s brother, Chas. Pet erson and family at Springview, 1 Tuesday. Mrs. R. J. Cocking, of Elk City, ; Nebraska, came last Friday for a . visit with her cou. in, Mrs. Della C ; haw. She will remain until after ,: Thnl ^giving. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Milander and von Donnie drove over from Wausa, No m l a, Sunday and visited at the home of the latter’s sister, Mrs. Geo. ‘ Crellin and family. Mar-'.age licenses were issued to T rr> Tomjark and Rernice Ponton, ' both cf Fwing, on November 17th; David \T. Lyons, Clearwater, and ' Adele Brockmoller, Ewing, on Nov - ember 18th. 2 Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Rancri, of Omaha, accompanied by R. B. Has ? elquist, were in O’Neill on a short I business trip and spent the week-end with Bartley Malloy and Mr. and ^ Mrs. C. Wallen. Mrs. Raneri is a sis , ter of Bartley Malloy. Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Sauers attend ‘ ed the golden weddiner anniversary r | • L Ft i lav of ur. AH ; ■ ;! »*,•••