When You and I Were Young —
Foot Race Classic Won
by Fleet-footed Mr. Cres ■■
SO YEARS AGO
May 24. 1888
The procession for the Merr
erial day parade will be in th
following order on Fourth an
Douglas streets: O’Neill corne
bal'd, uniformed rank K.P
IOOF, GAR and all veteran
of the war of 1861-1865, th
public school, Daughters o
Rebecca in carriages, the cit;
council in carriages and th<
citizens on foot and in carriag
es.
"I can out-run anything
you have in tho courthouse",
remarked Snpi. Manville as
he strolled into the record
ing room of the clerk's of
fice the other day. "I'll
match Cress agoinst you for
50 yards", came back in de
fiant tones from Clerk Haze
let.
The match was soon arrang
ed, judges decided upon and
all the preliminaries were per
fected. TTie officials and clerks
all over the court house went
out to see the sport. When the
word was given to “start" the
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gallant little Manville dartei
forth with a becoming smili
hovering o’er his face. By thi
e time Cress got his body in mo
i , tion little Manville was som<
t feet ahead, but as the formei
, j began to untangle his extremi
3 I ties and get down to work he
! 1 gained on the other fellow
f, The judges with one accord le
r 1 clared they had never before
; in their lives seen such splen
■ did running, such perfect
movement, and such easy and
graceful strides. The county
surveyor, after a lengthly de
liberation, decided that Cress
had won by a little over one
inch and three-quarters.
The hotels were crowded
with traveling men Tuesday
evening. O’Neill is a city vis
ited by more commercial men
than any town on the Elkhorn
valley rood.
50 YEARS AGO
May 26. 1898
S. J. Weekes, of this city, is
organizing a company of “rough
riders,” the services of which
he expects to tender the United
States army as soon as the or
ganization of the company is
completed. Members of the
company are required to fur
nish their own horses and sad
dles.
More Holt county real es
| tale has changed hands this
Spring than ever before. Eas
tern people are beginning to
realize the value of land in
this section, and are invest
ing whenever opportunity oc
| curs.
The ladies of the Presbyter
ian church tendered Mr. and
\ Mrs. W. J. Dobbs a farewell
party at the residence of Mr.
and Mrs. F. B. Cole last Satur-1
day. A very pleasant evening
was passed, but all present
were sorry that the Dobbs
were to leave the city. Before
I the guests departed the ladies
presented Mrs. Dobbs with a
silver cake plate as a token
of their esteem and apprecia
tion.
The commencement exercises
of the O’Neill high school will
be held at the rink Friday.
June 3. The program has been
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KRUG SEEKS NAVAJO REHABILITATION . . . Navajo In
dians Descheenie (left) and Sam Ahkean, chairman of the
Navajo tribal council of Shiprock, N. M., display a map of
their non-productive land to Interior Secretary Julius Krug
who has proposed to move 5,050 of the 12,000 poverty-strick
en Navajo Indian families off their arid reservations to more
productive lands. Krug wants a 90-million-dollar appropria
tion to promote agriculture and industry on the reservations.
[arranged with much care and
is exceptionally good through
out. Professor Schubert, of the
conservatory, has charge of the
music, and we are assured of
some fine selections.
The following are the names
of those who will appear in
the chorus: Miss Kittie Dwyer
and Miss Tess O’Sullivan, Mrs.
Evans, Miss Maud Gillespie, C.
R. Schubert, R. S. Kelley, Mr.
Smith and Charlie Stout.
75 YEARS AGO
May 24. 1923
The Elkhorn river got out
of its banks Wednesday for the
first time in several years, as
the result of recent rains, and
local fishermen are preparing
for the annual catfish run,
which Fred Gatz says starts
promptly the first of June.
The O'Neill checker club
at last has a home of its own.
one from which no one but
the wives of the members
can drive them. The club has
purchased the business block
located between the Grand
cafe and the McManus hard
ware and has a 99-year
lease on the ground on which
it is located.
The building now is being
dolled up under the supervision
of Henry W. Tomlinson and
D. S. Arnold and when the
improvements are completed a
grand opening will be held.
“Believe Me, Xantippe’’ was
presented as the annual class
play by the senior class of the
O’Neill high school on Tuesday
evening. Following are the
cast: George Stannard, Carroll
Templeton, Willard Arnold, Joe
Beha, Ralph Mellor, Emmet
Harmon, Chancey Smith, Ger
trude Wrede, Sylvia Simonson,
Hazel Ashton.
The number of long distance
calls that are made each day
between O’Neill and Atkinson
has increased so rapidly that
the Northwestern Bell Tele
phone company has construct
ed an additional circuit between
the two towns. There are now
two long distance circuits con
nection O’Neill and Atkinson.
JOINS TRI-K
PAGE—G e n e Terrill, of
Page, has been named a mem
ber of Tri-K, honorary organi
zation for agronomy students
at the University of Nebraska.
Terrill is a sophomore in the
college of agriculture.
Roekport, Mo., has reported
the formal opening of a wed
ding chapel, flower shop and
photo studio a half mile north
west of the city.
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— O'Neill —
From
The Bakers
of
Old Home Bread
According to scientists, more
plants are being changed from
the category of weeds to use
ful crops as a use is being
found for them.
INMAN NEWS
John Sobotka and sons, Leo
and Gerald, of Norfolk, left
Sunday, May 16, for Lake An
des, S. D.t where they spent a
few days fishing.
Ace Thompson, of Shell,
Wyo., spent last week with his
| brother and sister-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. J. T. Thompson.
Delmont Heck is being em
ployed by a construction com
pany at Wayne this summer.
Mrs. Lewis Kopecky, sr.,
went to Omaha last week to
attend the wedding of a niece.
Miss Loraleen Stamp left on
Monday, May 17, for Layton,
Utah, where she will spend the
Summer with her brother,
Dale Stamp.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fox, of
Atkinson, and Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Newton and son, Melvin,
of Emmet, were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Luben and
family on Sunday, May 16.
Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Keyes and
daughter, Murl, Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Moore and son, Harlan,
and Mrs. Anna Clark spent
Sunday, May 16, with Mr. and
Mrs. A. M. Clark and Mr. and
Mrs. LaMars Clark at Wait
hill.
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Farewell Party Held for
Mervin Butler
EWING—The volunteer fire
men and their wives and their
lady friends gathered in Ewing
park on Monday, May 17, to
hold a farewell party for their
chief, Mervin Butler, and his
wife, who with their 3 chil
dren have departed for Wash
| ington state.
Mr. Butler served on the fire
I company for 25 years and act
, ed as chief for the past 2 years.1
He has lived in Ewing all his
life.
His grandfather, who reared
him, came to Ewing before the
railroad was built and for
years he was owner of the
hotel and livery stable in Ew
ing.
The Butler’s home which
was sold recently, is the orig
inal hotel building that was re
modeled as a dwelling.
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