LEGALS
(First publication July 10, 1917.)
Julius D. Cronin. Attorney
NOTICE FOR PETITION FOR
ADMINISTRATION
W Estate No. 3413
In the County Court of Holt
County, Nebraska. July 7, 1947.
In the Matter of the Estate of
James Mo.rison, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given to all
persons interested in said e t ite
that a petition has been filed in
said Court for the appointment
of R. R. Morrison as Adminis
trator of said estate, and will
be heard July 31, 1947 at 10
o’clock A. M., at the County
Court Room in O’Neill, Nebras
kci
LOUIS W. REIMER,
County Judge.
(COUNTY COURT SEAL) 9-11
(First publication July 10, 1947.)
LEGAL NOTICE
TO: The heirs, devisees, lega
tees, personal representatives,
and all other persons interested
in the Estate of Hannrf M. Mar
ing. Deceased, real names un
known, and the heirs, devisees,
legatees, personal representa
tives, and all other persons in
terested in the Estate of Je:ome
U. Maring, Deceased, real names
unknown, defendants:
You and each of you are
hereby notified that on the 17th
day of May, 1947, Oliver Maring
as plaintiff filed a petition and
commenced an action in the
District Court of Holt County,
Nebraska against you and each
of you, impleaded with others,
the object and prayer of which
is to have determined who are
the owners of the South Half of
the Southwest Quaiter, the
Northwest Quarter of the
Southwest Quarter, and the
Southwest Quarter o f t he
Northwest Quarter of Section
and the North Half of the
Northwest Quarter of Section
13, all in Township 28, North,
Range 13, West of the 6th P.
M„ in Holt County, Nebraska
and to have determined the in
terest of each of said owners in
said property, and to have said
premises partitioned, or, if the
same cannot be partitioned
without depreciating the value
of the shares of the several
owners, then to have said prem
ises sold in the manner provid
ed by law and the proceeds dis
tributed after payment of costs
and expenses, acco ding to the
interests of the parties in said
real estate, and to have such
other and further relief as equi
ty and good conscience may re
quire.
You are required to answer
(said petition on or before the
18th day of August, A. D., 1947.
OLIVER MARING, Plaintiff
By Julius D. Cronin,
9-12 His Attorney
CITY COUNCIL
PROCEEDINGS
July 1, 1947
Council met at regular ses
sion.
Present: Mayor Dishner;
Councilmen: Ray, Corkle, Arm
bruster. Hickey, DeBacker.
Minutes of previous meeting
read and approved.
City Treasurer’s statement for
the month of June read and ap
proved.
Upon motion by Armbruster,
seconded by Hickey, the fol ow
ing bills were allowed.
* On the General Fund:
Holt County —...$ 91.00
Wm. Griffin .— 30.00
O’Neill Fire Dept. 60.00
Beckwith Oil Co. - 39.09
G. E. Miles . 4.00
Nebraska Clothing Co. 25.00
Moore-Noble Co. - 4.39
James Davidson & Sons 10.50
Roy Lowery . 70.00
O. D. French ... 2 '.00
Arbuthnot Oil Co. 2.29
Marcellus Imp. Co. 10.01
The Frontier . 342.17
P. C. Donohoe . 32.40
Consumers Pub. Power 236.32
Arbuthnot Oil Co. - 52 9 ’
Bob Cook . 123.60
Joe Wert . 11 .30
Chet Calkins . 134.00
Ralph Scofield 1’5 70
On the Water Fund:
The Texas Co. .. $ 50.96
The Texas Co.-. 43 80
Northwestern Bell Tele.. 3.05
H. E. Coyne . 80
Arbuthnot Oil Co. . .... 539.93
Consumers Public Power
Dist...—..
71.00
Arbuthnot Oil Co.. 1-70
Bob Davidson ..- 25.00
Bob Davidson _ 70.60
Mrs Je se Scofield __— 3 0 >
O. D. French ...._ 75.00
Motion by Corkle, second d
by DeBacker, that the M yor
be authorized to si n and enter
into the contract with the Texas
Co. to provide oil and grarse
for the City * for the following
year. Motion carried.
Motion by Armbruster, sec
onded by DeBacker. to appoint
a committee of two to purchase
material and hire labor for the
construction of two new pump
houses. The committee is Ray
and Hickey. Motion carried.
Motion by Armbruster, s c
onded by Ray. that the appli
cation for a plumber’s license
by Francis Kelly be granted.
Motion carried.
RESOLUTION
Resolution introduced by
Hickey, seconded by Corkle,
reads as follows:
Resolved by the City of O'
Neill that the mayor be and s
hereby authorized and directed
to enter into a contract with
the Chicago, Burlington & Quin
cy Railroad Co., permitting the
City to construct and thereafter
maintain an eight-inch sanitary
sewer c o sing under its tracks
at Hancock street, and a ten
inch sanitary sewer crossing un
der its tracks at 3rd street, at
O’Neill, Holt County, Nebraska.
Motion by Hickey, seconded
by Corkle, that the above reso
lution be adopted. Roll was
called on the above motion and
the vote thereon was as follows:
Aye: Hickey, Corkle, Armbrus
ter, DeBacker, F.ay. Nay: None.
Ordinance No. 232a was in
troduced by Hickey, and read
for the first time. Motion by
Corkle, seconded by Armbrus
ter, that ordinance No. 232a be
passed on its first reading. Roll
was called on the above motion
and the vote was as follows:
All aye.
Motion by Ray, seconded by
Corkle, that the rule that this
ordinance be read on three dif
ferent days be suspended. R 11
was called on this motion and
the vote was as follows: All
aye.
Ordinance No. 232a was by ti
tle read the second time. Mo
tion by Hickey, seconded by
DeBacker, that ordinance No.
232a be passed on its second
reading. Roll was called on the
above motion and the vote was
as follows: All aye.
Ordinance No. 232a was then
read at large. Motion by Cor
kle, seconded by Ray, that or
dinance No. 232a be passed on
its third reading. Roll was
called on the above motion and
the vote was as follows: All
aye.
Motion by Hickey, seconded
by Corkle. that ordinance No.
232a be passed and adopted.
Roll was called on this motion
and the vote was as follows: All
aye.
Ordinance No. 233a was in
troduced by Armbru ter and
read for the first time. Motion
by Ray, seconded by DeBacker,
that Ordinance No. 233a be
passed on its first reading. Roll
was called on the above mo ion
and the vote was as follows: A’l
aye.
Motion by Ray, seconded by
Corkle, that the rule that this
ordinance be read on three ef
ferent days be suspended. Roll
was called on this motion end
the vote was as follows: AR
aye.
Ordinance No. 233a was bv
title read the second time. Mo
tion by Ray, seconded by De
Backer, that Ordinance No. 233a
be passed on its second read ng
Roll was called on the above
motion and the vote was as fol
lows: All aye.
Ordinance No. 233a was fen
read at large. Motion by De
Backer, seconded by Hickey,
that ^rdinan^e No. '’SS ve
passed on it; third reading. R 11
was called on the above mot on
and the vote was as follows: All
aye.
Motion by /'rmbruser, sec
onded bv Corkle. th t Ordi
nance No 233a be ra s d and
I adopted. Roll was c lied on the
above motion and the vote was
as follows: All aye.
Upon motion the Council was
adjourned unMl Augu t. 5, 1947.
O. D. FRENCH
City Clerk
REDBIRD NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. O. Young, of
Minneola, called at Redbird Ju
ly 7.
Edward Krusman was a call
er at Redbird July 8.
Miss Grace Hoop visited with
Mrs. Pete More several days
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. John Stewart
returned from Lake Andes. S.
D., Monday where they had
been visiting relatives.
Otto Ruzicka, of Dorsey, did
some veterinary work for Ray
Wilson Saturday.
Miss Betty Mellor visited at
More’s last Thursday.
Arthur F. Popstein, of Gross,
was at Redbird Friday.
James Corkle, of O'Neill, was
at Art Bessert’s Friday spraying
cattle with his spray machine.
Mrs. Fred Eppenbach, of O’
Neill, visited with rrda’ives
around Redbird and Middle
branch Saturday and Sunday.
Pete More drove to Orchard
Saturday to consult a do tor
about his eyes.
Charles Richter, of O’Neill,
was a visitor at More’s Satur
day. Mr. Richter is a cous n of
Mrs. More.
Howard Graham and family,
of near Fisherville, autoed to
Redbird Saturday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. James G. Fred
rickson and family visited in
Newport Sunday at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Moore.
Real Estate Transfers
(Editor’s note: A glossary of
he abbreviations follows: WD—
warranty deed; QCD—quit claim
deed. The instruments filed at
the Holt county courthouse are
listed from whom to whom, date
consideration, legal description.)
WD—Wm. D. Reninger to N.
D. Frady and R. R- Jackson 7
7- 47 $1500- All Blk G Adams
Homesite- Chambers.
WD—Fed Land Bk to Aw It
F. Spangler and wf 6-‘a7-4/
$3200- SE'iNEVi- E4SE>4
SWV4SEV4 27-31-9.
QCD — Joseph H. Morgan to
Mary A. and Bea L. Morgan 7
8- 47 $1- NE>4 33- SW, 23
Part NVfe 23- SEF4 21-30-15.
WD—M. S. and C. G. Haynes
to J. B. Reiser 6-24-47 $1- E*£
SE'i- SE^tNEVi 27-33-13.
WD—J. B. Reiser to M. S. and
C. G. Haynes 6-24-47 $500- &
exchange- N'-NWVi- W^NEVi
26-33-13.
QCD — Edw. Zahradnicek to
Louis Zahradnicek 7-7-47 $1
3-29-15.
WD—Paul A. Roth to James
W. Gill and wf 5-10-47 $23 0
Lots 1 & 2- Blk A- Chamb rs.
WD—City Trust Co.- Trustee
to Chas. W. Rothchi'd et al 5-"
47 $4800- W% 35- W%SWV4 26
25-13.
WD — Chas. W. Rothchild et
al to John A. Buhlmann 3-18-4?
$6000- WVfr 35- W^SWVi 26-25
13.
WD — Henry W. Brown to
Walter W. Brown 7-7-47 $1
Lots 5 & 6- Blk B- Chambers.
WD—Walter Brown to Henry
Brown 7-7-47 $1- Lot 1- Blk D
Perkins Annex- Chambers &
Part NWV4NWV4 29-26-12.
WD — Blanche M. Havranek
to Dorothy M. Barrett 7-10-47
$1- SWV4 7-29-13 SEy4 12-29-14.
WD — Dorothy M. Barrett to
Blanche M. Havranek 7-J0-47
$1- NWy4 19-29-13.
WD—F. W. Bigelow to F. Da
na Bigelow and wf 6-9-47 $1
Lots 3 to 8 Inc- & Lots 14 to
19 Inc- Blk D- Carberrys Add
Stuart.
WD — Charles Zarnfaller t o
Wm. P. Morgan and wf 7-10-47
$6000- Lots 2-3-4 & 5- Blk 32
Bitneys Add- Atk.
WD—Margery L. Orr to C. C
Orr 5-15-47 $1166 67- NE>4 NMs
NWVi- SEy4NW'/4- NEy4SW*4
11-33-14.
GRD DEED—Margerv L. Orr
G d., to C. C. Orr 5-21-47 $3,500
Same land as above deed.
WD — Mary Head to Pete
Head 7-5-47 $6400- NEV4 7-29
15.
QCD—C. N. Bigelow to Hazel
Mae Haskins 3-24-47 $300- Lots
9-10 & 11- Blk A- Carber. ys
Add- Stuart.
QCD— Clarence O. Fritchoff
to Alma C. Fritchoff 7-11-47 $1
EVi 9-31-14.
AMELIA NEWS
Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Gill and
Mr. and Mrs. Bud Spath, of
Chambers. Mrs. Boatright and
Mr. and Mrs. Vern Sageser and
Floyd w e re Sunday dinner
guests in the Link Sageser
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Backhaus
visited in the Cap Addison
home Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Chm ns
and family visited relatives at
Do sey Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest White
and Mrs. Ott called at the Bak
er Ritry ranch Sunday
Terry Slaymaker, of Atkin
son. and Patty Ashby, of Me d
ow Grove, spent last week with
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Doolittle.
Mrs. Pearl Winter t: in and
daughter, Margie, of Linco’n
have been visiting Grandma
Backhaus this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Forbes
and son. of Bloomfield, soent
the weekend with relatives here
and at Atkinson.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fuller
ton, of Atkinson end Mr. -nd
: Mrc. George Fullerton and fam
ily visited and had Sunday din
ner in the Harold Fullert n
home.
* Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Barnett
wire Sunday dinner guests in
the Lawrence Barnett home.
Mrs. Robert Kalb return d to
Denver, Colo., July 9 after
spending 10 days with her pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. Beryl Mai
do.
Miss Clarice White returned
to Denver, Colo., Sunday - f'er
visiting her father. Harry White,
and brother. Glenn, and fami y.
On Saturday Gloria Ott, Hil
da Frahm and Margie Ann Sam
mons returned from Denver,
Colo., where they had spent
their vacation.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Wick
ham and Rae Dee were Sunday
callers in the Pete Frahm home.
Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Forbes
sponsored a wedding dance here
Saturday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Llovd Benjamin,
of Los Angeles, Calif., were vis
iting friends and relatives at
Burwell and Amelia last week.
Ernie Adams, of Lincoln, is
visiting his brother, Floyd Ad
ams, and family.
Mrs. Emmett Carr, of O’Neill,
and Bobby Marcellus, of Pico,
Calif., visited several days in
the Art Waldman home.
Mrs. Mary Boatright, of
Pecos, Tex., has been visiting
Mrs. Bud Spath since June 16
Before going back to her home,
she will visit Eureka Springs,
Colo.
Robert Rees visited his wife
and infant daughter in a Bur
well hospital Sunday.
Mrs. Raymond Kenny and
Gordon Brown visited Mrs. Gor
don Brown at the Lutheran h s
pital in Norfolk Sunday.
Mrs. Delia Ernest and Mike
Currans spent several days in
[the James Currran home north
‘of O’Neill.
CHAMBERS NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Stevens.
Mr. and Mrs. Da’e Stevens and
daughter, of Atkinson, and Mr.
and Mrs. Leo Stevers and son.
of Chicago, 111., were guests of
Mr. and M s. Dean Ste ens ni
daughter last Thursday evening
Mr. and Mrs. Virg 1 McKay
and Bonnie, of Chicago, 111, ar
rived here July 9 for a visit in
the Harry McKay home.
Sundav dinner g' erts in the
George Thomson home were:
Mrs. Winterstein, of Lincoln;
Mrs. Dora Backaus and L u of
Amelia; Mr. and Mrs. Rov
Backaus and family and G a ys
Thomson.
Mrs. Letha Cooke and son,
Bernard, left last Thursday for
Oregon to visit relatives at sev
eral different plac s. They plan
to be gone about three weeks.
Mr. and Mrs Robert Ft rr
and children, cf St. Paul,
brought his mother Mrs. Nellie
Starr, home Saturday evening
Mrs. Starr had been visit ng in
her son’s home since July 3.
John Starr remained for a 1 ng
er visit with his grandmother
Mr. and Mrs. John Kasp r e
and Ronald B ien r, of Pain er
came Friday and are vis ting
the Zuelke and L. V. Co per
families at Chambers, the Ralph
Friedrich fami'y at Spencer,
and Sewell Johnson family at
Emmet. Mr. Kasparie is a
brother of Mrs. Anna Zuelke.
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Ca:penter.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Grimes
and Bonnie, and Mr. and Mrs.
Ben Medcalf were Sunday din
ner guests of Mrs. Genevieve
Bell.
Mr. and Mis. C. E. Bii tell
and Dewey and M’\ and Mrs.
Ainie Mace, jr., drove to In
man Sunday where they visited
at the Manuel Cro s r home.
Mrs. Emogene Bower went t >
Lincoln last Thursday for a v s
it with Mrs. Bower’s son, Mr.
and Mrs. Craig Baker.
'^’and Eugene Elkin, of O'
Neill, is spending a few days
with his aunt. Mrs. J. D. tylas
terson, and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Youn?.
Dick. Billie and Buddy and Mr.
and Mrs. Lee Mitchell and f im
ily visited f.i nds at W.us
Sunday.
’ Miss Elsie Jensen, of Hiv
" came Julv 8 and *pent
a week visiting in the Henry
Woods home. Miss Jensen and
vVood were college
friends.
. _ , Dov-d and ctrULen
of Schuyler, w.re guests of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence
t’Mally, and family sev r 1
days last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Peed
nd family drove to Long Pine
Sunday where they visited Mrs.
Bced’s mother, Mrs. E. H. Rus
Jdl. and her sister, Mrs. John
Reynolds and family. Ervin
Hoerle, who had been vis ting
there, returned with them.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Farr, of
Esconedia, Calif, arrived Sun
day for a short visit with he
cousin, T. E. Newhouse, and
family, and Mrs. Clara New
house. They will also visit the
Beryl Waldo family at Amel a
The Farrs formerly lived at
Ericson.
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard New
house and family, of Bend. Oie.
left Monday after a visit here
with his mother and other ril
atmes.
Katheryn Newhouse and Ar
dith Farrier left Sunday for
Lincoln. Katheryn will assist
in the office of Drs. Wright &
Curry for a few weeks. Ardith
will visit her aunt.
Miss Margaret Halva, RN,
went to Lincoln Sunday.
PAGE NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Lamason
accompanied by Mrs. Donald
Lautenschlager and two sons, of
Orchard, drove to Allen Sat
rdav and on Sunday attended
the Brownell reunion there.
Mr and Mrs. Roy Nelson and
daughter, of Lncoin, spent Fri
day until Monday at the home
of M*s. Nelsons parents. 1 r.'
and Mrs. J. R. Russell.
Mr. a^d Mi s. Ha old Kel y
and family spent the weekend
with itlatives at TJden.
Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Stuart
Veda and D. M. spent Surd'ty
d Grand Island at a family re
union.
M . and Mrs. Erwin Kloppen
borg, of Rawlins, Wyo, sprnt
Saturday night at the hem? of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. B.
Stuart.
Mr. and Mrn Orville Finley,
Lois and Dean, of Los Angeles,
Calif., left Monday for Central
"'ity where they will visit M-.
'"id Mrs. F a^k Damon. On
Tuesday Miss Lois will go by
nlane from Grand Island to Cal
fornia. Mr. and Mrs. Finley
nd Dean will go to Mysea,
Ore., to visit Mir. and Mrs.
vVprette Michaelcon.
Mrs. P. E. Nissen went to
Osmond Saturday to visit her
daughter, Mrs. George Luebbers,
and infant daughter. On Sun
day. Mr. Nissen and son, Robert
and family drove there and were
dinner guests of Mrs. Kate.
Fuelbe th. M s. Nissen re'urned
home with them. Other dinner
guests of Mrs. Fuelberth were:
Mr. and Mrs. Anton Nissen. of
O’Neill, and Mr. and Mrs D n
Nissen end daughters, of Page.
Mrs. E A. waller went to
Norfolk last Thursday where
she will spend stv ral davs at
the home of her daughter and
son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. An
thony Craig.
Mrs. Anna ^uten Shaw, of
T ns Angeles, Ca if., spent sever
al days last week at the home
f Mr. and M s. Geo ge P rk.
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Taylor, o'
Troy, O.. arriv d Sunday for a
visit with their daughter and
*on-:n-law, Mr. a^d Mrs. Cha'le
Sorenson at O'Neill and w'th
Mher reMives and freind at
Page. Mr. Tavlor’s nrwthe"
Mrs. Nona Bedfo'd, who h'd
spent almost 10 months at them
home at Page.
Mrs. Genevieve Mumford of
Beatrice came S turday for a
kw davs visit with her brother.
Harley Kennedy, and family, j
Dinner pu sts Sunday at the j
home of Mr. and Mrs. F. M.
Cullen were Mr. and M s. Ro s
Taylor, of Troy, O., Mr. and
Mrs. Dale Stuk«y and two
daughters, of Norfolk; Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Sorenson and
daughter, of O’Neill, Mr. and
Mrs Lloyd Bergstrom, Harry
Cullen and son and Nancy
Heiss, all of Page.
Mr. and Mrs. James Voehl
and family returned Friday
from a month’s visit with Mrs.
Voehls sister, Mrs. W. A. Moore,
and family at Arlington Heights.
Va„ and with other relatives at
Washington, D. C., and in Mary
land. .
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Backer.-, o'
North Platte, spent from last
Wednesday until Friday with
Mrs. Backers mother, Mrs. E. A
Edmisten.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Stevens
-'--'d son, of Lincoln, came Sun
day to spend several days v s
iting Mr. Stevens’ parents, Mr
and Mrs. C. M. Stevens, and
his sister, Mrs. James Voehl,
and family and relatives at
Butte.
Mrs. F.lwin Rubeck and daugh
ter, Kathy, were guests Sunday
of Mrs. Woodrow Gaughenbach,
HENRY VOICES ANOTHER IDEA
Henry A. Wallace, shown
here with Sen. Claude Pepper
(Dem., Fla.), waves to crowds
at Washington Watergate
wjiere he spoke on inte na
tional relations. Recently re
turned from a two-months’
cross-country speaking tour,
Wallace told his Washington,
D. C.. listeners that President
Truman should invite Soviet
Premier Josef Stalin to "peace
' meeting” in Berlin to settle
i differences.
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When You and I Were Young —
Doc Gallagher vs. An Insect;
Winner: The Insect
£0 Years Ago <
July 14. 1887
Mr. Way received a postal
card from his lather a lew
weeks ago on which was writ
ten 3,600 distinct words. It
(S pi city line, but Mr. Way
says he can read every wo.d
of it.
Johnny O’Neill started Fri
day for New Jersey and New
York. He has not decided
whether he will return.
A new paper has been st rt
ed at Clearwater by Fred E
Seeley. It is a six-column fo
lio, republican in politic s, and
the first number has the ap
pearance of being a thrifty
sheet. May it bring a weekly
message of joy to the people
of Clearwater.
Arrangements are being
perfected for the building of
a brick block 40 x 90-feet ad
joining t h e First National
bank building. The same is
to be done by W. G. Palmeu
teer and A. U. Morris & Co.
The building will be two sto
ries high.
Three Blackbird persons
who bought horses of parties
at Eagle Mills are in trouble,
as the horses are said to be
stolen.
A meeting of the Danes for
religious worship was held at
the Andrew Johnson home in
the Blackbird community
Sunday night.
M. D. Long has been build
ing a lengthy, string of side
walk on his lots opposite the
Commercial house. George
Trigg did the work.
The possibilities of balloon
ing for pleasuie, as riding a
bicycle, will soon be made
practical. Henry Hazen, an
aeronaut of some reputation
from Louisville, Ky., was In
Lincoln last week and gave
an exhibition. He inflated a
balloon with gas until 150
pounds was reached, then the
balloon was attached to a
buggy, which traveled the
highway at a good rate of
speed. Then the performer
put on a harness and it was
so constructed that it cau ed
him to stand in the air when
he sailed over miles and m les
of land.
50 Years Ago
July 15. 1897
Quite a crowd of friends
dropped in on Mrs. Henry
Hershiser Tuesday evening
giving her a complete sur
prise, it being her 64th birth
day anniversary.
Several of our citizens are
following the advice of The
Frontier and are painting
their houses. If every house
in town was painted it would
greatly improve the appear
ance of the city.
John A. Harmon expects to
open up a law of. ice in a few
days and settle down. John,
as an orator, is the peer of
any man in western Nebraska
■tnd b< ing a g aduate of the
law school at Ann Arbor, it
is evident that he is well
read in Blackstcne.
While scorching down the
cemetery hill "Doc” Gallagher
ran into a July bug, or locust,
or some other kind of a night
bird, that was going the op
posite direction, and the re
sult was somewhat painful to
his right optic. D.'. Gilligan
removed the insect. He could
n’t tell what it was—it being
quite dead, having been
( owned in the tears “Doc”
shed.
The sportsmen of the city
met in R. R. D.ckson’s o.fice
Saturday evening for the pur
pose of organizing a gun club.
J. B. Mellor was elected tem
porary chairman; Clyde K;ng,
temporary secretary. The pur
pose of the meeting, as stated
at length by President Mellor,
was to the effect that the
young p aii i'* fh cken? should
be protected from the ruth
less slaughter of tne mar et
hunters and the par.i s w o
come out from the cities ar d
► slaughter them before they
are half-grown. A committee
consisting of James O’Donnell,
J, J. Harrington and R. R.
Dickson was appointed to
draft a con titution and by
laws.
The Frontier’s Atkinson cor
respondent, Vern McDonald
writes that Lew Radcliff has
had to change his cream wag
on for a lumber wagon, the
creamery load being more
than he could handle,
25 Years Ago
July 20. 1922
Louis Schroeder drowned
at the Marine station at
Quantico, Va~ and the body
will arrive here Friday for
burial. Louis enlisted in the
World War in June, 1918. He
is survived by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Schroe
der; two brothers and two
sisters.
Commenting of Congress
man Moses P. Kinkaid**
death, the Omaha World-Her*
aid said: “He was called ‘Uncle
Mose’ by people who held
him in high affection. He
was not the kind to load the
Congressional record with
cumbersome speeches. There
are not many ‘Uncle Mose'
Kinkaids left in public life
and the times are not con
ducive to making more of
them. And the people loved
him — and there is no better
epitaph for one who has just
gone.’’
The Farmers Union store
at Emmet burned Saturday
night with an estimated dam
age of $25,000.
10 Years Ago
July 15. 1337
The small grain harvest is
finished and a good deal of
the corn is laid by. Last
week’s rains were a God-send.
Milo Eppenbach, 23, had his
hip severely injured Sunday
when the horse he was riding
fell on him.
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Smith,
of Inman, have accepted a
position in California and ex
pect to leave July 25.
The property of the North
ern Nebraska Power com
pany, on the Niobrara river
north of here, was sold at
sheriff’s sale Monday to the
plaintiffs in the action, the
First Trust company, of St.
Paul, Minn., and Louis S.
Hadley, trustee, for the sum
of 50 thousand dollars.
Mrs. Elizabeth E. Pond, of
California, here for the fun
eral of her brother, John
Crandall, died at the home
of a nephew, Joe Miller, near
Spencer.
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going was rough!
During depression and drouth,
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viding loans when credit was
needed most.
FIRST today!
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eye on the future place a Land
Bank loan FIRST in safety and
security. It gives you long term
— tow interest — pre-payment
privileges — PLUS the under
standing that only the farmers'
and ranchers’ own credit sys
tem can give you.
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