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O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1931.
No. 32
OUR GOOD WILL
AND GRATITUDE
AMID a boisterous
Welcome to the
New Year, we shall
pause to think of our
friends and wish
them Happiness.
GOOD TIMES
BETIDE YOU
MAY Providence
heap its bounties at
your threshold; so
that you and your
dear ones might be
H^>py.
THE FRONTIER
Wm&'iM
MR. AND MRS. MILLARD
CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDING
Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Millard
completed the fiftieth year of wedded
life together last Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Heriford en
tertained a number of the old friends
of Mr. and Mrs. Millard at the Heri
ford home on west Everett street,
Monday evening in honor of the occa
sion. Those present were Mr. and
Mrs. C. C. Millard, Mr. and Mrs. W.
E. Conklin, Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Gil
lespie, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Leach,
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bowen, Mr. and
Mrs. W. P. Curtis, Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
M. Henry, Rev. and Mrs. Benj. Kuhl
er, Mrs. George Fox, Mr. and Mrs.
H. W. Heriford.
The evening was spent in talking
over the many serious and amusing
incidents of the early days.
Mr. and Mrs. Heriford served lun- 1
cheon.
Charles C. Millard was born in St.
Joseph county, Missouri, October 24,
1847; he is now past 83 years old and
is enjoying fairly good health.
Mrs. Millard is past 75 years old
and is also doing her own work and
enjoying good health.
Mr. Charles Carroll Millard and
Miss Carrie Petlan were united in
marriage at Manchester, Iowa, by
Rev. Platt, pastor of the M. E. church
of that city, on December 29th, 1880.
Mr. and Mrs. Millard returned to
O’Neill where they have since resid
ed.
Mr. Millard came to Holt covunty in
April, 1880; he built the first livery
stable in the town; it was erected on
the lots now occupied by the resi
dence of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Graves;
after the railroad came through
O’Neill in 1881, he moved the stable
to the lots now occupied by the Baz
elman store. Mr. Millard says that
when he came to O’Neill in April,
1880, there were but eighteen build
ings in the town, including the out
buildings; Sheriff Barney Kearns was
shot by Billy Reed, the cowboy, the
following spring; Holt county was an
unorganized territory at that time
and extended west to the state line
and north to the Dakota line; the
Ponca Indians were located across
the Niobrara river but were peace
able; there were 14 violent deaths in
the county, mostly murders and
lynchings, during the early days of
the county; the nearest large cattle
ranch was owned by Mr. Bassett,
where the town of Bassett now
stands; Mr. Millard says that he has
a very vivid picture of the town as it
was in 1880; there were two wells in
the street, where many of the settle
ment got their water; one was in
front of the Pat Haggerty store
where the Golden Hotel now stands
and the other was near the Capwell
store, where the Wise & Pettijohn
building is now located; the water
was drawn from these wells with a
rope and bucket; Mr. Millard tells us
that there are but two men now liv
ing in O’Neill who were here in 1880,
they are H. M. Uttley and John En
right; Mr. Enright resided on a home
stead three miles north of town; there
was one saloon here in the early days,
it was called the Cricket saloon; it
operated twenty-four hours a day;
there were other places where liquor
could be purchased but were connect
ed with other lines of business; Mr.
Millard says that most residents had
to burn wood in the winter time and
it sold for flfi per cord.
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Mrs. Elmer Surber, daughter Flor
ence and son George, returned the
; first of the week from Waterbury,
where they spent Christmas with her
I parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Her
rick.
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS GET STILL, ETC.
James Hood, residing on Spring
Creek, about thirty-five miles north
west of O’Neill, was arrested and
brought to O’Neill last Friday after
noon charged in a search warrant
with the possession of still and mash.
The raid was made by Federal Officer
George Bay, assisted by Constable
H. W. Tomlinson and Floyd Pilger.
The officers found a sixty-gallon still,
fourteen barrels of mash, about twen
ty gallons of low grade liquor, six
sacks of sugar, one gas burner, two
pressure tanks and fifteen empty
barrels.
Mr. Hood was released from cus
tody upon his own recognizance, to
appear in court at the request of the
attorney, who was out of the city at
that time.
Federal officer George Bay brought
Lawrence Brudder and Hildred Warn
ke to O’Neill, Tuesday evening and
lodged them in the county jail charg
ing them with the possession of still,
mash and liquor. They were arraign
ed before Judge Robert R. Dickson,
Wednesday, where Brudder plead
guilty to all three counts; he was
given a sentence of thirty days in
jail and a fine of $500.00 and costs.
Warnke was dismissed because of
insufficient evidence.
The raid was made on the Brudder
farm four miles east and two miles
north of Atkinson. Officer Bay re
ports that he secured a fifty-gallon
still in operation, 300 gallons of
mash and 30 gallons of liquor.
County Attorney Julius D. Cronin
returned home the first of the week
from Omaha where he attended the
annual convention of the County At
j torneys of Nebraska, which was held
at the Paxton Hotel, Saturday, Dec
ember 27th.
JERRY KOPECKY INJURED
WHILE TRIMMING TREES
Jerry Kopecky, youngest son of Mr.
and Mrs. Lewis Kopecky, met with a
very serious accident Monday while
cutting down trees at his home south
of Inman. In felling a large tree the
tree fell in the opposite direction
from the way he had planned that it
should fall. Jerry, thinking that he
was running clear of the tree, ran
under it, the tree striking him, crush
ing the side of his head, fracturing
his skull and breaking his collar bone.
The doctor was called, who advised
that Jerry be taken to the hospital
at Norfolk at once. Latest reports
from the hospital indicate that he is
getting along fairly well.
FEED KRUTZ VICTIM
OF UNUSUAL ACCIDENT
Ford Krutz, living south of Inman,
narrowly escaped death, M o n da y
while driving home from town. Some
men were cutting trees along the
road and as Mr. Krutz drove along a
tree fell across the road, falling
squarely across the radiator of the
car, smashing it badly; both lights
were broken oif by the limbs of the
tree; Mr. Krutz wras unhurt.
LOCAL NEWS
Happy New" Year.
The County Board of Supervisors
met Tuesday and are cleaning up the
I year’s business preparatory to ad
1 journing sine die. The new board will
! oganize on Tuesday, January 13th.
The Red Crass nurse, Miss Hazel,
| lias informed the local chairman,
Mrs. Stannard, that she will be in
O’Neill today, ready for duty. Miss
Hazel has been working in the At
kinson school for several weeks. Foq
the next three months she will work
I in the Public School and St. Mary’s.
M i s 3 Elizabeth Patricks is in
O’Neill to spend New Year’s Day
with friends. Miss Patricks has re
cently completed the making of an
atlas of Holt county which will be
i printed and ready for distribution
some time this spring. She is now
doing similar work in Rock county.
Mr. and Mrs. Fay Miles, of Chad
ron, Nebraska returned home Wed
nesday following several days spent
at the home of the former’s parents,
Editor and Mrs. George A. Miles.
Bruce Rummell accompanied them to
Chadron where he is operating the
David Cole cream station.
Several small boys were on their
way to the river l'or a skating party
Tuesday .afternoon; they were picked
ur> by a couple of young men who
were driving a small truck; they had
just passed another load in the road
headed for the river; the driver had
slowed up and was looking back to
see that the boy caught up with them
and in doing so allowed his truck to
run from the grade near the first
bridge south of town; the little son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. McDermott re
ceived a few scratches about the head
but was not seriously injured.
Clearance Sale!
201 Discount on Everythin
BUY CHRISTMAS CARDS FOR 1931
AT THIS REDUCED PRICE.
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