The f r ontier.
VOLUME LII.
O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1931
No. 15
SANFORD PARKER
Sanford Parker, pioneer of this
section, Holt county’s first county
clerk and an adventurer in the Dead
wood gold rush of 1876, died in St.
Paul, Minn., Monday, according to
word received by friends and rela
tives in O’Neill.
Mr. and Mrs. Parker had been mak
ing their home in Omaha but had
gone to St. Paul, the home of their
son, Clarence, for a visit. Mr. Park
er became ill there and died after a
short time.
Mr. Parker, who was 80 years old
when he passed away, came west
from Wisconsin to settle on the Nio
brara river in 1876.
Soon after the Parker family ar
rived in Nebraska, the gold rush to
Deadvvood began. A young fellow,
full of ambition and adventure, Park
er set out on foot to reap some of the
profits from the gold discovery.
In the winter of ’76 and ’77 he
walked from his home in Yankton
and from there to Deadwood, a dis
tance of some 450 miles. Although
the trip was exciting, it was one of
hardships and no profit for Parker.
in July, 1878, he returned to the
home of his parents near O’Neill and
that fall he was elected the first
county clerk of Holt county. During
his third term in that position he
was appointed receiver of the United
States land office at Niobrara. Later
he was in the banking business in
the Black Hills. It was during this
period that he was elected to repre
sent three counties of South Dako
ta’s first district at the constitution
al convenion on July 4, 1889. Recent
ly he came from Omaha to O’Neill
where he acted as deputy receiver
for the Nebraska State Bank.
Mr. Parker wras a member of Gar
field lodge No. 95 of the Masonic or
der.
Besides his wife, he leaves two
sons, Arthur, of Winner, S. D., and
Clarence, of SI. Paul, Minn.; one
daughter, Ethel Tinsley passed away
several years ago.
Arrangements have been made for
burial in St. Paul, Minnesota.
THE HOLT COUNTY FAIR
BEING HELD THIS WEEK
The Holt County Fair began Tues
day with a large entry list in all de
partments. in fact the largest in the
history of the fair, we are told.
The displays of agricultural exhib
its are extra good; the farmers are
to be commended for the interest
they have taken in trying to make
this year’s fair a good one; owing to
the drouth and grasshoppers, the
showing this year is considered ex
cellent.
The races each day are interesting
and all of them are run for the mon
ey.
The free acts and free attractions
are good ones.
The ball game Wednesday between
Redbird and Chambers was 9 to 3 in
favor of Redbird.
The ball game today was between
Atkinson and Springview; the score
was 10 to 5 in favor of Atkinson.
Gebo pitched for Atkinson; he struck
out 11 men.
The ball game tomorrow will be
between Winner and O’Neill. Both
teams are spiked up and a tough
match is expected.
THE BRESSLER FAMILIES
HOLD ANNEAL REUNION
Eighty-five members of the Bres
ler family gathered at the Bressler
park at Wayne, Wednesday for their
tenth annual reunion. The Jerome
Bressler orchestra composed of mem
bers of the Frank Bressler family of
Belgrade, furnished the principal en
tertainment attraction.
The family orchestra, which has
broadcast over radio station WJAG,
is composed of Frank K., Mrs. Nel
lie, Esther, Marjorie, Doris, Jerome,
and Lois Bressler.
It was strictly a Bressler party,
and the members of the Bressler clan
agreed that it was the most success
ful of the ten yearly reunions which
have been held.
Those from O’Neill who attended
the reunion were Mr. and Mrs. Geo. j
Dressier and son Gale.
The Bressler reunion association
reelected the officers who served dur
ng the past year to serve for the
coming year also. They are: George
Bressler, of O’Neill, president; S. C. |
Bressler, of Pender, vice-president, i
and A. E. Bressler, of Wayne, secre- j
tary-treasurer.
HESS BAKER LOSES EYE;
HIT BY GOLF CLUB
Hess Baker, of Sioux Falls, S. D.,
well known in O'Neill, was hit in the
eye with a golf club last Sunday.
The following account of the acci
dent appeared in the Sioux City
Journal:
“While practicing golf driving
with Mrs. Baker, G. Hess Baker, this
city, was so seriously injured that it
was necessary to remove his left eye.!
“Mrs. Baker was practicing driv
ing at the time and Mr. Baker was
teeing the balls for her. As Mr. Bak-,
er stooped over to place a ball, Mrs.
Baker, in a backward swing with her
club, struck her husband in the eye.”
ENTERTAINS early settlers
Mrs. Neil Brennan entertained a
number of the early settlers of
O’Neill, Tuesday afternoon at her
home, honoring her sister, Sister
Bernadette, of St. Catherine’s hos
pital in Omaha. Those present were
Mesdames O. F. Biglin, Wm. Daly,
John Golden, Wm. Froelich, J. J. Mc
Cafferty, A. L. Wilcox, A. J. Ham
mond, John Carr, Mike Gallagher,
Henry Bauman, McCabe. J. H. Mere
dith, Sister Isabelle, of Omaha, and
Neil Brennan.
Mrs. Brennan was assisted by her
daughter, Miss Bernadette.
JOHN BRADY
John Brady, one of the early set
tlers of the county, died at his home
in Atkinson, Monday, following an
illness of many months. A large
number of old time friends in O’Neill
went to Atkinson this morning to at
tend the funeral services which were
held at ten o’lcock.
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FIGHTIN’ IRISH LICK
THE CANDY KIDS
Gebo Fans Fourteen. Omaha Players
By Pretty Work
The Candy Kids Never Had a Chance
With “Lefty” Gebo
(Albion Argus)
We promised that we would let
everyone in on our conclusions as to
who would come out on top today.
Glad we didn’t—we would have had
njore trouble explaining than a one
armed man with the seven year itch
and sand-hill fleas. Somewhere there
has been hiding out material that
Connie Mack should not overlook as
completely as we did. His name is an
exclamation. His fast ball a comet
without a tail. His slow ball a feath
er; more curves than Ziegfield pays
thousands for. And a drop like a
bum oil stock. He used to be with
The House of David team in ’28; the
only reason he isn’t there now must
be dandruff. His name is Gebo. If
The House of David has any other
like him the cowboys will need every
thing today, including a direct des
cendent of Abraham.
Really there wrere seventeen other
ball players in suit and on the field
of battle, but with Gebo’s 14 strike
outs, the Candies meagre two singles
looked anemic.
The weather, the wind, the big
score board, the two umpires, three
homers contributed by Gebo’s team
mates. Fleury beating out twins and
Harrington equalling Bambino Ruth
records in lots of games somehow
you didn’t notice them all, least of
all count them. Gebo wouldn’t even
split an infinitive with them.
The Irish, following tradition, got
in the first licks. The first man up
hit the first pitched ball for a single.
Fleury larruped the second pitched
ball far, far out, galloping home with
ease. Two pitches, two batters, two
runs; simple mathematics? No,
simply grand. Then things quieted
down, the Candies being retired each
at the proper time and with no fuss
or muss.
At the start of the third Fleury
again socked the old apple to the
north forty. Same guy, same suit,
another score. In Gordon’s half of
the third Gebo took a new chew of
tobacco; before he could get it going
good he walked two; no damage done,
the next hit an innfield fly, every
body taking advantage of this oppor
tunity to catch up on sleep; the side
was retired.
O’Neill again hurled a bit of Irish
confetti, the Candies came back with
spaghetti, Joe Guinotte taking over
the mound when Kotlik allowed Har
rington a double which he stretched
to three as the center fielder stumbl
ed; Warsham singled, Hoegerl drove
in the counter with a double. When
Guinotte entered the game the count
was 4 to 0 against him, none out and
two on. lie was lucky, Warsham was
caught off third, Gebo fouled a bunt
and Cuddy was retired short to first.
Niemic, next man, attempted to
dispose of several paid admissions
when he lost control of his bat—I
was there, I am here—hurrah for re
flex actions. Niemic reaching first
when short erred; Walsh was the
seventh victim of Gebo'a strikeout
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streak. Ryan got on with a fielder s
choice, Niemic being retired at sec
ond. Steck ended that half of the
inning as he too fell for Gebo’s cur
ves. Maybe that should be spelled
Garbo?
In the sixth Harrington collected
his homer with no one on. Hoegerl
later added the last score of the
game. There was practically nothing
done until the Gordons started out
the eighth by collecting the first two
and only hits of the day. Kunzelman
! and Ste«;k each singling. Gebo wound
up a great day by retiring two more
on strikeouts, bringing his total up
to fourteen. Great boy that Gebo.
O’Neill
Mackey, ss
Flurey, cf
Peterson, lb
Holliday, If
Harrington, rf
Warsham, c
Hoegerl, .‘!b
Gebo, i>
Cuddy, 2b
ab
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4
4
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4
4
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1
2
1
0
3
1
0
1
0
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1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Totals
35 6 11 1
Gordon Candies
Marcusso, If
Masters, lb
Luby, ss
Russell, rf
Niemic, 2b
Walsh, cf
Ryan, 3b
Steck, c
Kotlik, p
xKuntzelman, 2b
xxGuinotte, p
ab
4
3
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4
4
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0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
2
1
0
1
0
1
3 0 10
10 0 0
0 10
0 0 0
0 0
Totals 35 0 2 3
The O’Neill ball team played the
Gordon Candy Co. team at the Al
bion fair on Tuesday.
CHAMBERS ROAD TO
BE BUILT THIS FALL
Chambers will Ret five miles of
road east of town that will connect
the village with Highway No. 13.
The work will be started soon and
will be completed this fall.
Chairman of the County Board,
John Sullivan and others interested
in the road, went to Lincoln, Sunday
where they met Governor Bryan and
Roy Cochran, who agreed that the
road should be built this fall.
County Surveyor, M. F. Norton
will make a survey of the road at
once; A1 Gaddis, supervisor of con
struction for the Department of Pub
lic Works, will be in O’Neill soon
and will assist County Road Super
visor John Osenbaugh in establish
ing a grade.
The road will be graded, clayed
and graveled.
Work on Highway No. 54 will be
continued this fall with Holt county
men who are unemployed and who
can put some time on the road. The
work on the Chambers road will also
be done with Holt county men.
Work on the strip of road north of
Amelia will also be graded and grav
eled this fall; this stretch of road
was let under contract to an outside
contractor some time ago, who will,
perhaps, bring in his own crew.
Mrs. J.. L. Williams, who spent
the summer here with her sister,
Mrs. J. M. Hunter, returned to her
home at Tipton, Iowa last Sunday.
ON KILL MAN SPENT
2 YEARS IN ALASKA
Went With Thirty Others in 1898;
Missed Best Claim
(Omaha World-Herald)
Lloyd Gillespie, a councilman and
insurance agent here for many years,
answered the call of the norhh 31
years ago when gold stampeded
thousands ifcL adventurers to Alaska
and inflardied them to unbelievable
feats of skill and daring.
Jack Meals hud left O’Neill in
1898, explored much of the country
about the Chesna river in Alaska,
then returned and helped organize a
company of 30 men to search for
gold. Supplies for two years were
taken in and cached on the Chesna
river. Comfortable log cabins were
constructed. Thirty head of horses
and six cattle were driven hundreds
of miles to supply power and meat.
One of the feats performed was
the transportation of supplies by
horse-drawn sleds over 250 miles of
mountainous territory through which
| were only narrow trails in snow. No
I accident occurred, however, and they
pushed on to encounter another bar
rier at the Copper river.
Large rafts were constructed for
carying the horses. The men set to
pushing the horses upstream simply
because they were forced to it by
jagged pinnacles and black chasms
which came right up to the edge of
the stream. The Copper river is
rather shallow, especially along the
edges, and here the men pushed and
tugged at the boat and raft for 30
long days and nights.
Thp party finally selected their
promised land in a canyon adjacent
to the Chesna river, and each man
staked out his meineral claim accord
ing to the regulation three hundred
by 1,500 feet. Mr. Gillespie says
there is no thrill in all the world like
that experienced when one realizes
he is staking out his own block of
supposed gold land in the barrens.
Not even the disappointment at not
finding precious metal thereon blunts
the memories of that thrill.
Months after the O’Neill party had
been “at home” near the Chesna, a
“lone wolf” prospector walked in,
carrying every possession he had on
his back. In place of modern machin
ery and methods, he had nothing
save hope, a little tobacco, a pen
chant for originality and hard work,
and a little money.
At the foot of the canyon there
was ai unstaked area considered too
unlikely to bother about. Gillespie
and the others had tramped over it
day after day. They had considered
the last chance on earth.
The man with the all on his back
looked the land over, staked it, hired
rr>en at $10 per day to construct a
dam of sod to get water from a
scanty little spring creek, made
sluice boxes, commenced to wash dirt
and calmly announced his first day’s
operations had produced 10 thousand
dollars in gold dust.
The 30 men during two years out
in the wilderness had practically no
disagreements. There was one fist
fight when oJhn Grady, of O’Neill,
sailed into an Englishman. Later
they shook hands and the gold hunt
ing business-went on as usual.