VOLUME LII.
O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1931.
No. 14
JAMES T. REISER
BURNED TO DEATH
James T. Reiser, 43, a wealthy
farmer and ranch owner, was found
in the ruins of his burned barn late
Wednesday afternoon; a shotgun
lay beside the body with a discharg
ed shell in the barrel; the body was
so badly burned that the county at
torney and others who wrere present
could not determine the cause of
death.
The facts connected with the af
fair, as we gather them from parties
v/ho were at the place following the
fire are that during the early after
noon his wife took the car and drove
over to a neighbor’s; Mr. Reiser s
said to have kissed her good-bye
when she left; a carpenter by the
name of Roberts was working near
the residence; he saw Reiser enter
the house after the wife had gone;
some time later Mr. Rogers discover
ed smoke coming from one of the
window’s and after investigation,
found that a box containing some
pillows were on fire in the center of
one of the rooms and that some
clothing in a closet under the stair
way was also burning. Mr. Roberts
threw the pillows out the wundow
and rushed to a tank for water to
put out the closet fire; when he ar
rived at the tank he discovered the
barn was on fire; he immediately
notified the neighbors who assisted
in extinguishing the tire in the
house; the fire in the barn was be
yond control; a granary and some
cattle sheds were also consumed by
the flames; the damage to the house
will amount to about $500; the gran
ary contained about 500 bushels of
oats, and there was some harness,
saddles and hay in the barn; the to
tal loss of property and building may
amount to $5,000.
The whereabouts of Mr. Reiser
was unknown until after the fire in
the barn had subsided; his body was
discovered lying in the ruins of the
barn in what had been a cement al*
ley-way between the mangers; the
flesh had burned away in places over
his body and identification was al
most impossible; however, those who
knew him well were able to identify
articles that he carried in his pock
ets; Dr. Loyal Harmon, a dentist at
Atkinson was fairly sure that a plate
that was found in the body was one
that belonged to Mr. Reiser.
No solution of the whole affair
can be given; no motive can be found
that would lead to suicide and des
truction of his property; the family
is said to be a happy one; the de
ceased was just married to Helen E.
Bausch of Phoenix, Nebraska, on
August 12th of this year, by Mon
signor M. F. Cassidy of this city;
Mr. Reiser is thought to be quite well
fixed financially. Another version of
the case may be that he was murder
ed and the building fired; or that the
barn was discovered to be on fire
and he became trapped while endeav
oring to put out the flames. The sad
affair will no doubt pass as a mys
tery; just what happened will never
be known.
County Attorney Julius D. Cron
in, acting as coroner, after due in
vestigation decided that an inquest
was unnecessary.
The Frontier is not advised as to
whn the funeral services will be held.
CLYDE NILSON PLEAD
GUILTYY TO FORGERY
Clyde Nilson, of Atkinson, Nebras
ka, was brought into county court
last Monday where he plead guilty to
the charge of forgery. Nilson admit
ted forging several checks that rang
ed in size from $5.00 to $16.00 which
he cashed at the Mellor Motor Co.,
Arbuthnot & Reka, George Bressler
places of business in O’Neill and at a
couple of stores in Stuart, Nebraska.
County Judge Malone bound him
over to the District Court; he was
taken before Judge Dickson where he
again plead guilty to the charge;
Judge Dickson gave him a suspend
ed sentence for three years with the
understanding that he would make
the checks good and that he would
violate no more laws of the state; H.
L. James was appointed probation
officer to look after Nilson. Nilson
has a wife and three children.
THE HOLT COUNTY FAIR
WILL START NEXT TUESDAY
The Holt County Fair will open in
O’Neill next Tuesday, which is entry
day. Wednesday will be the first
day of the program.
Wednesday will be Children’s Day
when all children will be admitted
free.
A program consisting ui races,
baseball games and free acts will oc
cupy the afternoons of each day—
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Secretary Peter W. Duffy says
that there will be a nice exhibit of
farm produce, live stock and fancy
work in the exhibit halls; the school
display is going to be exceptionally
good this year.
Plan to attend your county fair
this year and help to make it a good
one.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
HOLD MONTHLY MEETING
The county board of supervisors
have been in session this week. Tues
day the matter of licensing the Tom
Jordan and Ed Hoover dance halls
were taken up; both men were grant
ed licenses to operate dance halls.
The question of granting other dance
hall licenses will be taken up at an
other meeting of the board.
The question of placing the publi
cation of the delinquent tax list was
discussed freely Tuesday and Wed
nesday; the board took the question
under advisement until Thursday
morning when they decided to desig
nate The Frontier and the Atkinson
Graphic as the papers in which the
tax list will be published this year.
NORTHWESTERN INSTALL
MOTOR THROUGH O’NEILL
The Chicago & Northwe6tern have
placed a motor on their lines between
Norfolk and Long Pine; the first trip
was Tuesday afternoon when the
motor pulled No. 11 into O’Neill at
3:50; the motor returned Wednesday
morning at 10:10 on No. 22. The
motor will run regularly on these
trains.
Attorneys Steele and Meserve
drove over from Creighton, Nebras
ko, today on legal matters.
I
LOCAL NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hunter and
Mrs. J. L. Williams spent the week
end visiting relatives at Valentine.
Wm. Bobbet and wife, of Rodendo,
California, were visiting last week
at the E. B. and Dr. L. A. Carter
homes.
Mrs. I. E. Hughes and son Millard
of Denver, arrived Sunday for a vis
it with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.
C. Millard.
Miss Jeanette Protovinsky was in
Tilden, Nebraska last week, the
guest of Miss Mildred Osborne and
Miss Mildred Huston.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Jones and daugh
| ter, of Ekalaka, Montana, who had
i been visiting relatives here, returned
| to their home Tuesday.
H. L. Page left last Friday for a
visit with relatives at Sioux City and
lndianola, Iowa. He expects to be
absent for several weeks.
The Zimmerman cream station
has been repainted and redecorated
on the inside. The new white finish
makes the rooms very attractive.
Mr. and Mrs. Walt Warner and
daughters, Dorothy and Gloria, re
turned Wednesday evening from a
trip to the western part of the state.
Gaius Cadwell enjoyed a visit last
week from his mother, Mrs. Willis'
Cadwell, of Broken Bow, Nebraska,'
and his sister, Mrs. Waas, of Kansas
City. |
Dale Tressler returned home sun
day from a two week’s vacation;
spent with a brother, Melvin Tress-;
ler, at Bird City, Kansas, and with
relatives at Ogallala, Nebraska.
The Odd Fellows lodge of this city
Wednesday evening elected B. T.
Winchell to represent them at the
session of the grand lodge to be held
at Grand Island, October 14 and 15.
Mrs. H. J. Hammond and her three
children, Miss Mary Lois, Miss Mar
garet and son George, returned home
Tuesday evening from an extended
visit with the Grady sisters in Den
ver.
Mrs. Ruth McCaffrey and sons,
Jack and Owen, who have been vis
iting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Meredith the past two weeks, ex
pects to return to her home at Kan
sas City, Saturday.
T. S. Mains returned home Sun
day evening from Omaha, accom
panied by his daughter, Miss Evelyn
who has been the guest of her aunt,
Mrs. Edward Johnson, in Omaha,
for the past four weeks.
Mrs. Willis Barker returned from
Lincoln last week and is assisting in
the County Superintendent’s office.
Mrs. Barker and daughter Norine
will occupy apartments in the Bazel
man house during the school year.
Rev. and Mrs. Geo. Longstaff, of j
Hansen, Nebraska, accompanied by
Mr. and Mrs. Connelly, of Kansas
City, stopped in O’Neill for a short
time Monday, enroute home from a
three Week’s camping trip to Long
Pine, Nebraska.
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Kim
brough, of Geneva, Nebraska, have
been informed that a severe hail
storm came along last Thursday and
cleaned up their crop of corn. Mr.
1 exceptionally good 4-door Pontiac
1 Buick Coupe
1 Dodge Coupe
1 Chevrolet Coach
1 Chevrolet Truck
2-1930 Model A Ford Coaches
1 Model A Ford Town Sedan
2 Model A Ford Coupes
1 Model A Ford Truck
condition and are priced to sell.
These cars are all in first class
Mellor Motor Co.
O’Neill, Nebraska
Holt County Agricultural Society’s
COUNTY FAIR
ONeill, Nebraska
Sept. 1-2-3-4
Entry Day
September 1st
All school children will
be Admitted Free on
Wednesday, Sept. 2nd
Bring Your Exhibits
to the Fair
This is your Fair; lets make it
a good one. Bring in your Ag
ricultural exhibits, Live Stock,
Poultry, Fancy Work, Baked
Articles, Fruits, Jellies. Holt
County has plenty of material
to make a good Fair; bring it
in and lets have a good, old
time Fair.
Plenty of Races
The Racing will be an interest
ing feature of the Fair this
year; quite a bunch of horses
from different points in Nebr,
and South Dakota will be here
to compete for the monies.
GOOD SPECIAL
ATTRACTIONS
DAILY
Franz Groth Duo
The Franz Grcth Duo are an
extra pood feature; they come
highly recoaimended by people
who have seen them work.
Rand’s Canine Review
Rand's Canine Review is an
other Free Act that is sure to
please. These dogs are very
clever and perform a number
of tricks and do things that
one would not expect a dog to
perform.
BASEBALL
Wednesday, Sept. 2
CHAMBERS vs. KEDBIKD
These two teams have won one
game apiece. This game should
prove a thriller. See it.
Thursday, Sept. 3
ATKINSON vs. SPRINGVIEW
Both teams are fighting for the
lead in the North Central Neb.
league. Springview is in top
position at the present time.
Friday, Sept. 4
WINNER, S. D. vs. O’NEILL
The baseball climax for per
haps the 2 fastest teams in this
part of the country. Winner
will pitch Gebo, formerly of
the Nebr. State League, in an
attempt to stop the locals.
O’Neill will be represented by
several Nebr. State Leaguers.
RUNNING RACES EACH DAY
THE TED NORTH
PLAYERS
Will Be in O’Neill 3 Nights,
Friday—Saturday—Sunday,
SEPTEMBER 4-5-6
They will show at the usual
place down town
Playing new, up-to-the-minute
plays. Don’t miss seeing them.
For Premium Lists of
further information
apply to
F. J. DISHNER,
President
PETER W. DUFFY,
Secretary
4-H CLUB EXHIBITS
Team Demonstrations
Judging Contests
Baby Beeves
Swine
Poultry
Garden
Clothing
Cooking
Canning
Rope
Kimbrough expected to harvest 75
bushels of corn from his fields be
fore the hailstorm.
Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Miles and
children drove to Denver, Colorado,
the latter part of last week where
they were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
George Davies and family; Mrs. Dav
ies is a sister to Mr. Miles. They
stopped at Chadron for a visit with
Mr. and Mrs. Fay Miles, enroute.
Dr. and Mrs. L. A. Carter will
leave Sunday morning by auto for
Chicago, to take their grandchildren,
Jean and J. C. Smith, to their home.
They will be accompanied by Mrs. C.
B. Scott. Mrs. J. L. Williams, who
has spent the summer here with her
sister, Mrs. J. M. Hunter, will go
with them to her home in Tipton,
Iowa.
Donald Stannard motored to Col
umbus, Nebraska, Tuesday, taking
his sister, Mrs. Max Janes and
daughter, Margaret Ann, where they
boarded the train for their home at
Bakersfield, California, after an ex
tended visit with relatives in O’Neill.
Mrs. Janes and daughter will stop
enroute at Denver, to visit her sister
Mrs. Willard Jones.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Magirl
celebrated their golden wedding an
niversary last w’eek, as was chronicl
ed in last week’s issue of The Fron
tier. The children returned home last
Monday with the exception of Mrs.
C. M. Head, who remained for a
longer visit with her parents. The
children presented their parents with
a purse of $50 and a set of gold band
dishes a3 a remembrance of the occa
sion.
M. F. Eveland is quite ill at his
home at Everett and Fifth streets in
this city. His daughter, Mrs. C. A.
Hiserote, South Sioux City and her
daughter, Mrs. Ira Glidden, both of
Sioux City, Iowa, accompanied by
Mrs. M. F. Eveland’s brother, George
T. Frame, Sargent Bluffs, Iowa, and
his niece, Mrs. George Nelson and
Mr. Nelson, of Miles City, Montana,
were here Wednesday evening to vis
it Mr. and Mrs. Eveland and Mr. and
Mrs. J. S. Ennis. Mrs. Hiserote re
mained here to care for her father.
WINNER DEFEATS O’NEILL
AT BUTTE LAST SUNDAY
The O’Neill baseball team was de
feated by the fast Winner bunch at
Butte last Sunday, 8-2. (lebo pitched
for Winner while Honeycutt and
Ludke were on the mound for
O’Neill.
O’NEILL LIONS CLUB
TO HOLD PICNIC SOON
The O’Neill Lions Club, at their
noon day luncheon today decided to
hold a picnic soon and to have as
their guests the Lions Club of Bas
sett and the Lions Club of Tilden. No
definite plans have been made as to
the time or location for the picnic.
BEAUCHAMP—LYNN
Archie R. Beauchamp and Miss
Viola Lynn were married at the M.
E. parsonage, Saturday, August 22,
Rev. Benj. Kuhler pronouncing the
ceremony. The groom gave his ad
dress as Stuart; the bride’s home
was in Atkinson, where the young
couple will make their home at pres
ent.
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