ILISHCD BY THE FRONTIER PRINTING CO,
LUME XV.
O’NEILL, HOLT COUNTY, NEBRASKA, AUGUST 9, 1894. NUMBER 5. 1
SANS WHISKERS
Interest Told Ae They Are
Told to Ue.
LND HOW IT HAPPENED
Ippeningt Portrayed For General
Edification and Amusement.
Jobb, of Star, was In the city
rice's cream baking powder forty
ke standard.
’rice’s cream baking powder the
Irfect made.
[Mary McGee, of Randolph, is in
1 visiting friends.
[delegates to the congressional
lion returned Sunday.
John McHugh has been visiting
lu Iowa the past week.
jce Hersliiser is enjoying a visit
r brother, Mr. Axelson.
'rice's cream baking powder a*
ipe cream of tarter powder.
lurley returned Saturday inorn
n a month’s work at Crawford.
—
's j5ills cure all liver ills, bilious
undice, indigestion, sick kead
ipson & Son have leased their
ant to Mrs. Lowe, who now has
ion.
J. E. Shore and two, little boys
it week for their borne in Mt
, Wash.
ral Pfunder returned last Sunday
Valentine where be has been
the past year.
flour, corn, bran and all kinds of
i to' the O'Neill Flour & Feed Co.,
tack Manager. 88-tf
) Haley and George Elliott were
'from Valentine Monday attending
rigation meeting.
pertinent communication from L.
py is crowded out this week but
bpear in our next.
i best mutual insurance policy
! attacks of sickness is to be found
Ing Hood’s Sarsuparilla.
|oiph Times: Ralph Evans and
ster, of O’Neill, were in the city
Jours between trains Monday.
Stglin will deliver kerosene and
at your residence or place of
His wagon makes the rounds
pay. ■ 47-tf
fts of O’Neill when on the street
ble to Encounter worse things than
3reen Tree club: the Jew for
ce.
| line of fine toilet soaps was never
complete, fine soaps at all prices
cents to 25 per cake. Call and
Inethem. 4-1
O’Nrilt, Grocery Co.
ke Courant: Miss A. Mullen and
[H. McCarthy, of O’Neill, were the
of Miss Tillie Mullen, of this
I last Tuesday.
Episcopalians will hold services
jSahbath school hereafter in the
I room over Morris’ drug store, to be
rn as the Ladies' Guild Rooms.
c Mathews left yesterday morning
prospecting tour through Missouri
Arkansas. If be finds another
i’s Country” it .is his intention to
e. .
estnut bells are considered out ot
everywhere but in O’Neill, and
here by all but Outzman. He bas
that be calls the Beacon Light that
B*every Friday.
ik Frontier acknowledges receipt
complimentary ticket to the eleventh
ml fair of the Knox County Agri
lral Association, to be held on
ember 4, 5, 6, 1894.
r. Chas. Wilcox and-daughter Louise
yesterday morning for Oregon,
re Howard Wilcox is lying very low
' typhoid fever. The Frontier
bs for a speedy recovery.
lie F. E. and M. V railroad will sell
nd trip tickets O’Neill to Hot
ings. H. D., for #10.65 every Friday
II August 81. Good to return fifteen
s from date of sale.
I J. W. Dobbs, Agt.
|ie junior pencil pusher of this
rnal returned last Thursday from a
through Iowa and South Dakota,
ssys that with the exception of sruaU
u he saw no crops better than are to
<>und in Holt.«
hna Oil,, buttermilk and glycerine
shined, make the finest toilet soap
introduced. Makes the skin soft as
'nt, just the thing for oily skin. Try
>x only 25 cents.
14-2 O’Neill Grocery Co.
Mies Fannie Mathews, of Butte, ar-,
rived in the city Tuesday night from
Sioux City, via the Short Line, where
she had been visiting relatives.
Ewing Democrat: George Brlon went
down to Oakdale Wednesday to consult
Dr. Minton as to the probable result of
the hit ho received in the eye on last
Saturday at O'Neill.
Mr. Cantrall, district Sunday school
missionary, re-organized the Presbyter
ian Sunday school at this place last
Sunday. School next Sunday at 1 o'clock.
Sundays thereafter at 11:45.
Remember when you want a sack or a
ton of flour that we are selling the
"Daisy” and G. A. R., flour at prices
that you'ean afford to pay, and as to
quality there are none to equal. See us.
4-2 O’Neill Ghocbuy Co .
Butte Gazette: His bonot, Judge
Skuse, has adjourned court, pardoned
all criminals in his district and is hilar
ious w
f|(or vkMi the
meeting ndjotmod. -- •
The contention wnnimry enthoelastle
and was one of the most succeestiil that
has ever been held here. In the neigh
borhood of a hundred delegates were
present from western countlps.
MR. JCgRR ■ PROPOSITION.
O’Neill: Neb, Augusts, 1804.
T. V. Golden, Esq., Secretary Niobrara
River Irrigation and Power Company:
Dear Sir—After having gone carefully
over the entire line of the proposed
canal and reservoir sifb of your com
pany, and having examined carefully
into the enterprise, I am favorably im
pressed therewith. There is an abund
ance of good land in Holt, Rock and
Brown counties, which can readily be
watered by storing water in.the natural
reservoir found in Cherry county. The
capacity of the reservoir site is not
definitely known, but is amply sufficient
to water fully 500,000 acres. The water
shed is sufficiently extensive to readily
supply amply the water required, by the
melting of the snows and the spring
floods. The waters of the Niobrara and
the Snake rivers can be turned into this
reservoir and will not only counter
balance any evaporation therefrom, but
will supply a substantial volume of
water from which to draw in order to
water land under the canal.
The construction of the reservoir and
of the canal requisite to put the waters
conserved in the reservoir upon the
lands can readily be accomplished, pro
I vided the people in the counties named
| and along the line of the proposed canal
will furnish the necessary aid to justify
outside capital in taking up the enter
prise and expending the millions of dol
lars that will be required to construct
the reservoir, the canals and flumes re
quired to take water out of the Niobrara
and Snake rivers, and lequisite to put
the water on the land.
We will construct Ibe reservoir and
enough canal and laterals to supply
water to at least 100,000 acres of land in
the counties of Holt. Rock and Brown,
provided the people of those counties
will vote bonds to the amount of 9250,
000 to aid in the preliminary work and
the work of construction of the reser
voir, canal and laterals, and enter into
contracts to make permanent water
rights for at least 100,000 acres ot lands
uqder the canal and capable of being
readily watered therefrom, giving for
such permanent water rights ten dollars
($10) per acre, payable in ten or more
years with 7 per cent, interest, payable
.semi-annually, and pay an annual rental
,nf one dollar a.id twenty-five cents
($1.25) an acre for each acre of land
watered; conditioned, however, that the
farmers are not to be required to com
mence taking water until such time as
they shall need it for their crops, and
they are to be the sole judges as to
when they shall need it
To secure the payment of the money
for the permanent water right upon any
given piece of land, a mortgage will be
given running ten years or more, and
hearing 7 per cent., as above stated. In
those cases where the land is already
mortgaged, a second mortgage will be
taken, with conditions requiring the
mortgageor to pay all taxes and assess
ments. and all interests and insurance
annually from the crops raised on the
land, or otherwise, and in. addition
thereto to pay to a designated depository
such sum on the principal of the first
mortgage as will llqmiate or pay off
auoh first mortgage before the maturing
of the mortgage given to secure the
money agreed to be paid for the perms*
nent water right. In those oases where
there Is already a mortgage upon the
land to be watered, a condition of the
sale of a permanent water right
will be that the title of such
water right shall not pass
and the purchaser shall not be entitled
to his water deed, until he shall have
fully complied with the terms and con
ditions of his mortgage given therefor
in respect to the payment of the taxes
and assessments, Interest and Insurance,
and the payment of the stipulated sum
on the principal; and on failure to com*
ply with any of these conditions the
purchaser shall forfeit bis right, and the
same shall revert to the company at its
option.
This proposition does not involve the
expenditure of any money by the people
at the present time or until ten years
from this time, except the payment of
the taxes upon the bonds and the Inter
est upon the permanent water rights.
On the other hand the farmers and the
people of the counties through which
the canals nnd laterals are constructed
will derive a present benefit If they do
the construction work and receive the
pay therefor. Some Idea of this benefit
may be gained from .the following com
putation based upon amount of canal,
cost of construction, proportionate
amount of water rights to be taken and
the amount of bonds to be voted,
furnished to me by the representative of
the company. This compntation gives
the following results:
ts w
2.1 8
«• I *
Counties to be watered.
| Proportionate amount of land
JP o> _to be watered._
Canal.
g I ft I 81 L‘ttcrttl11
Canal.
Laterals.
is
I
Total ooetof oonstruotlon In county
Si 8
Hi
Bonds to be voted In county.
Amount of water right to be taken
btoounty.
The fact that ao money ie to be paM,
aaidafrom the iatereet and aannai real*
jala when water rights are taken, mast
not be teat sight of. This will, on the
basis of computation famished, give to
the counties in case appfoxinotabr the
following sums: r
Brown county $700,000, or $1,100 for
c&cii voter.
Rock county $018,000, or $1,400 for
each voter.
Holt county $1,066,000, or $506 for
each voter.
If this proposition is accepted, the
bonds voted and tbe contracts for the
permanent water rights taken, the pre
liminary work on tbe enterprise will
be begun at once, and the excavation
on the canal and laterals commenced as
soon as the lines can be ran and the
stakes set. If prompt action is taken
so as to enable tbe work to be begun
within six weeks from this time, the
reservoir can be linished and the canal
and laterals constructed in time to
furnish water for 100,000 acres for next
year’s crops.
The bonds to be voted by the various
counties are to be converted into cash
and placed in the bands of an agreed
depository, to be paid out only on proper
certificate, to pay the running expenses
of tbe oompany, tbe cost of survey and
the cost of construction of the reservoir
and the excavation of the canal and
laterals, and the building of necessary
flumes. Respectfully submitted,
Jambs M. Kerb.
AN EXPLANATION.
O’Neill. Neb , Aug- 7, 1884.
T V. Golden, E&q., Secretary Niobrara
River Irrigation and Power Company:
Dear Sir—I desire to explain tbe prop
osition submitted to you yesterday by
saying in regard to tbe last paragraph
thereof the following, to-wit:
Tbe bonds to be vottd by tbe various
counties are to be placed in some re
sponsible bank, trust company or other
financial insti'ution mutually satisfac
tory to tbe parties, and the proceeds
thereof at par to be paid out as follows,
to-wit: One-third of tbe amount of the
bonds voted by each county to be paid
out for preliminary and running ex
penses of tbe company, if so much is re
quired therefore, no money to be paid
out by such depository except on tbe
order of tbe board of trustees of the
companv upon duly audited bills, ac
companied in each instance by the
proper voucher or vouchers; and the
other two-thirds, or balance, whatever
it may be, to be paid upon the comple
tion of sufficient of the main canal and
laterals to put water upon 100,000 acres
of land under the cAnal Respectfully
submitted, James M. Kerb.
Letter list.
Following Is tbe list of letters remaining In
the postoffleeat O'Neill, Neb., unclaimed, foi
the week ending August 8. ISM:
Mrs. fioorge Haynes Retta Hulflsh
Joseph Heaton M O Olure
W A Kiieoo Mrs Anna Timlin
Edwin Wroth
In calling for the above please say "adver
tised." If not called for in two weeks they
will be sent to the dead letter offloe.
J. H. BxooeP. M.
Wonder what the street commissioner’s
idea is in building culverts and digging
ditches. Does he imagine it will evei
rain again?
It May Una Somuihlag. ’
Lut Friday afternoon a apaolal ar- '
rived In ONelil over the Short Line '
having on board prominent men from
Sioux City and Colorado, among whom <
were:
Ex-Governor Evana, of Colorado; Rob*
ert W. Bonynge, attorney, of Denver;
Receiver Hills, Claim Agent Seaman,
Paaecnger Agent MoNider, Roadmaater
Sboeley, Superintendent Ackley, Sur*
voyor Wakeflela, Receiver Beale, of the ■
Sioux City and Northern and Ed A.
Uanklnson and A. W. Gilbert, promin
ent Sioux City men, , ' -I
Thla prominent party of railroad and
bunneaa men came over the line for the
purpose of viewing the country to the
end of extending the Short Line to
Julesburg, Col., there to connect with I.
the Denver and Gulf line, of which
Governor Evans was the promoter,
The Sioux City Journal devoted con*
siderable space to this subject when the
gentlemen first arrived In Sioux City, \
among other things saying:
me ex-governor, wuo la getting wen
nlong in years, but who la atlll a vigor*
oua thinker and quick of perception,
said to a reporter that the route of the
new line baa not been fully determined
upon, but the company would like to
come direct to Sioux City and tbua have
an independent dlreot route to the gulf.
He alao eald that if the people of Sioux
City will give him 1 per cent, of the
benefit the line will be to them he will
build it right away.
lie further aald: "We have found In
Sioux City an able, organised and
healthy co operation, and from here to
Superior and Duluth, to Mlnneapolla
and St Paul, to Mlllwaukee by way of
Prairie du Ohlen and Madison, and to
Chicago by way. of Fort Dodge and
Dubuque, we find direct connections by
railroads already built, under control of
separate companlea having no connec
tion of their own with the Rocky moun
tains to prevent their oo-operatlon with
us. From O’Neill to Julesburg we have
but a little over 200 miles of road to
build, and the construction will be easy
and cheap, sa it runa through a rich farm
ing country. Thto, with lta connections
with the wbole^Drtbweat, as you say,
but northeast as we say In Denver, and
its direct connections by the Gulf line
with tbewhole Rocky mountain country
from the arid fields of Wyoming via
Cheyenne. Greeley, Denver, Colorado
Springs, Pueblo and Trinidad, will give
direct routea between them. It will
alao give a route to the Gulf of Mexico
and thence by steamship- to Atlantic
jnkHu Thle win give our line a paying
business from'tfcf moment of Me., open
ing, and it onglrt-JM take both lamp
months . and a medaifulh-—*—> .. fm?:
capital to aooompllab it." n ^
nothing ne£H» ;3
am who*
not Incflneh to talk and
Further than this
learned of them while here. They WnrtK-si^
not Inclined to talk and leautneC : -
twenty-five minutes in the aUf. .
The Convention.
The congressional convention for the
Sixth district, which was held at Broken
Bow last Thursday, was largely attended
and was perhaps the most spirited con
ygption ever held In the state. There
were four cannidates before the conven
tion, Matt Daugherty, of Keith county;
M. P. Kinkaid, of Holt; Henry St.
Uavner.of Cheyenne; F. M. Dorrington,
of Box Butte. I
It was the supposition that Kinkaid*
would he nominated on the fifth or
sixth ballot, but the other candidates
combined against him and he was de- ;
feated. j
The convention was called to order at • *
8 p. u. and about 8:80 the balloting was
commenced. By referring to the ballots
which are given below it will be noticed
that there was not much of a change
until the thirty-second ballot, when
Dawes and Box Butte counties, who had
been voting for Dorrington, changed to
Daugherty. Had this strength gone to
Kinkaid he would haye been nominated;
but Daugherty still lacked thirteen votes
and it was, not until the thirty-sixth
ballot, when St. Rgyner turned his
strength over to Daugherty, that he
was nominated, 2 o'clock Friday, morn
ing. Kinkaid's forces stayed together
and would have remained as solid as a
stone wail had they balloted a week.
After tbe nomination Mr. Daugherty
was called up and made an eloquent
speech, which brought forth loud ap
plauses from the convention. Henry -
St. Rayner and Judge Kinkaid followed
with neat and appropriate addresses,
pledging their support to the nominee.
Following is tbe vote by ballot; -
BALLOT.
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Two.
Three.
Four.
Five.
Six...
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Nine..
Ten.
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Twelve.
Thirteen. .
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Fifteen.
Sixteen.
Seventeen.
Eighteen.
Nineteen.
Twenty.
Twenty-one.....
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Twenty-five...
Twenty-six.
Twenty-eeven .
Twenty-eight..
Twenty-nine ..
Thirty.
Thirty-one.
Thirty-two ....
Thirty-three...
Thirty-four....
Thirty-five.
Thirty-six.
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