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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (March 28, 1901)
AN INHERITANCE IN WESTERN CANADA. Indian Reservations and Other New Dit* trtete to He Opened Up Tbl* Tear. •> In the Orest Saskatchewan Valley and the Fertile I’lalns of Asslnlbola. To the Editor, Dear Sir: The past three or four years have demonstrated to a large number of Americans the value of the grain-growing and ranch ing lands of Western Canada. Tens of thousands have taken advantage of the offer made by the Canadian gov ernment as well as of the exceedingly low prices asked for lands by the rail way, colonization and other compan ies. The Experience of those who have been settled there for some little time is of a highly gratifying character. So much so that the Canadian govern ment, who has control of the immigra tion into Western Canada, has decid ed to open up some new districts this year in the well known Saskatchewan Valley and also in the fertile plains of Assiniboia. These Districts are prob ably the most productive in the entire West and in close touch to largely set tled communities as well as being situated on some of the most import ant lines of railway. They are within easy reach of markets, schools, church es and other social advantages. in some of these districts lands may be homesteaded as well as purchased out right at very low prices. Now as to what can be done on these lands. The evidence of the settlers in the neigh borhood of the lands now about to be opened for settlement (some of them being located in one of the best Indian •Reservations) goes to show that the very best results have followed even most indifferent methods. Cases are given where farmers having gone there with most limited means, barely enough to erect a small house and .break up a little land, have in three or four years time become prosperous, all debts paid and money in the bank. The soil in the Districts mentioned, Assiniboia and Saskatchewan, is a rich black loam, fifteen inches to three feet deep. As a settler says, “It appears like the accumulation of decayed vege tation and ashes for centuries (the sub-soil is a stiff, putty clay).’’ On this soil it is possible to raise from 40 to 50 bushels of wheat to the acre, oats :75 to 100 bushels, all of which bring good prices at the local market. For mixed farming these new districts are probably among the best in Western Canada. Stock fatten easily on the wild grasses. Hay is plentiful, and prices splendid. Another settler writ ing to a friend in Iowa says: "The climate is all that could be desired, plenty of rainfall in summer, with no hot, dry winds. On the 28th of Sep tember I saw prairie flowers in full bloom, sweet com, potato and tomato vines that had not been touched a par ticle with frost, and the winters are milder than those in the State from which I came. After the holidays the winter sets in clear and cold, with plenty of snow for good sleighing; no high winds or blizzards are known. Horses live out all winter and pick their own living, while cattle lire all winter In open sheds and around the hay ricks. Wheat, oats and barley are the principal grain crops. Potatoes and all other roots and vegetables do well, the yield being enormous as compared to those in the States. Wild fruits, such as strawberries, raspber ries, cranberries, gooseberries and all varieties of currants yield in abund ance. As a reader of your valuable pa per for a number of years, I feel that I should inform you of the progress and advancement being made in Can ada within the past few years, and the inducements and advantages that will follow settlement in Western Canada. Those who desire information can do as I did, and apply to any Agent of the Canadian Government, whose name I see appears in advertisements appearing elsewhere in the columns of your paper, and when writing ask par ticularly about the Saskatchewan Val ley or Assiniboia Districts. Yours truly, Old Header.’’ A New Yankee Industry. The Massachusetts Frog Company has just been incorporated i.i Maine, with a capital of $5,000, its object be ing declared in the application to be “to buy, sell, breed and import frogs and like animals.” Hall Insurance. From the reports filed in the in surance department of the state the past two years it would seem as though this class of insurance is one of the most important classes carried in the state of Nebraska. One of these hail companies alone has paid the enormous sum of $105,053.4*1 in losses during the past two seasons. No ot-h^r insurance company in the state ti&s paid such a large sum for losses as this one hail insurance company. The management of this company has been more economical than is usually tlie case with insurance companies. Other wise it would not hare been poisible to pay such a large sum for losses. While several hail insurance com panies have ceased to do business the past two years on account of not pay ing losses, the United Mutual Hail Insurance Association of Lincoln, the one above referred to, stands out alone with the proud record of which the officers of any insurance company could feel proud, having paid $4:1,000 more for losses than was paid by all i the other hail insurance companies combined in the state. We can there fore recommend the United Mutual of Lincoln to anyone wishing good protection to his growing crops or to any agent wishing to write hail in surance. A, friend’s faults may be noticed, but "not blamed. He who would save should begin with the mouth. One Man Killed and Another Severely Injnred. SNOWSTORM CAUSE OF DISASTER Passenger Train Under Foil Headway When Collision Occurs—Aged Couple Killed on Kail in Platte County—Mis cellaneous Nebraska Blatters. i'~' 1 -* JOHNSON, Neb., March 23.—A head-end collision on the Burlington, in ■which one man lost his life and another was severely injured, occur red about three miles east of John son. A blinding snow storm was rag ing at the time and it seems to be hard to determine who is accountable for the accident. Between Auburn and Johnson are two or three country sidetracks at the stone quarries. It Is no unusual thing for the freight trains to take these sidetracks to allow the passen ger trains to pass. After waiting some time for the freight, passenger train No. 98, Conductor Cronkhite in charge, left Johnson east, probably be lieving the freight was on one of the sidetracks mentioned. At the same time freight No. 113, in charge of Conductor Burlingham, was stuck in a snowdrift at the point stated. The passenger train got under full headway and on account of the blind ing blizzard none of trainmen on either train knew of the impending accident. The engineer and fireman on the freight Jumped at the moment of col lision. Engineer George McMillen of the passenger Jumped and suffered a broken leg, but Fireman Fred Jansen of the passenger was not so fortu nate. He was caught in the wreck of his engine and scalded to death by escaping steam. No one else was in jured, aside from being considerably shaken up. Both engines were con siderably stove up and several cars were derailed. By Ballet and Rope. HOLDREGE, Neb., March 23.—The suicide of Andrew Johnson, a well-*a do Norwegian farmer, living north west of here near the Westmark post office, occurred Monday. The report is that he first hung and then shot him self. He was dead when found by his wife when she went to call him to breakfast. Mr. Johnson was an old set tler. It is reported that he had been mentally unbalanced for some time. He leaves a wife and two daughters. Train Kill* Aged Couple. COLUMBUS, March 23—Josiali McFarland, aged 78, and his wife, aged 75, were instantly killed at a grade crossing one mile west of the city. They had left home to come to town. About eighty rods from the house the road crosses the Albion branch of the Union Pacific. Train No. 70 struck them on the crossing and they were both instantly killed, though their horse was uninjured. Coal Discovered at Beatrice. BEATRICE, Neb., March 23.—A splendid specimen of coal was discov ered here by workmen who were en gaged in excavating for brick clay, one mile from the postofflce. When they had excavated twenty-five feet they struck a thin layer of shale and directly underneath they found coal. The vein is two feet, in thickness, and Robert Klose, who has a lease on the land, will make further develop ments. Haul;* to the Fenea Post. LEIGH, Neb., March 23— Andrew C. Peterson was found dead, hanging to a fencepost. He had lived with his son Andrew, fifteen miles southeast of Leigh. The man had made a rope out of several pieces of binding twine, tied it around his neck and hung the loop of the other end over the top of a fencepost. When found his lifeless form was in a sitting posture, partially resting on the ground. Rich Ochre Beds. PONCA, Neb.. March 23— De Nore & Ludwig of Ponca have taken a mineral lease on several hundred acres of land. lying at the moutht of the Iowa, near the Missouri, on which they claim to have found valuable deposits of red and yellow ochre. A*k* Bid* on Letter Boxe*. WASHINGTON, March 21—The Postoffice department has issued a call for bids for furnishing street letter boxes to the government for the next four years, for use in cities through out the country. Academy Need* Fund*. CHADRON, Neb., March 23.—The trustees of Chadron. academy met and decided to inaugurate a vigorous cam paign during the coming week to raise funds for current expenses. Rev. Theodore Clifton, D. D., of Chicago, is here and will start the movement b> two vigorous appeals to the people of Chadron for necessary money to pay current expenses for this institution. It is expected that a hearty xesponse will be given. When the cord !s tightest it is near- j est snapping. If Vou Have Rheumatism Send no money, nut write I>r. Slump, Iiaclnr. Wl*., box 143, for r.x bottle* of l)r. slump'* Uheumatlo l ure, eipreu* paid. If cured pay »5.5o; If not It I* tree. A fool is like other men as long as he is silent. Ask your grocer for DEFIANCE STARCH, the only 16 oz. package for 10 cents. All other 10-cont starch con tains only 12 oz. Satisfaction guaran teed or money refunded. You may cook in small pots as well as in large ones. We thank you for trying Wizard Oil for rheumatism or neuralgia, then you will thank us. Ask your druggist. One would rather he bitten by wolves than by sheep. The stomach has to work hard, grinding the food we crowd into it. Make its work easy by chewing Ueemuu's Pepsin Gum. Ask advice of your equals, help of your superiors. Thirty minutes is all the time re quired to dye with PUTNAM FADE LESS DYES. Counsel after action is like rain after harvest. How’s ThlsT We offer One Hundred Dollars reward foran.v ease of Catarrh that cnruiot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props.. Toledo. O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obliga tions made by their lirm. West & Truax. Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.; Waldlng, . Kinuan & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, Ohio. Hall's' latarrh Cure is taken internally, act ing direct, v upon the blood and mucous surfaces of tho system. Testimonials sent free. Price • ftc per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Hall’s Family Pills are the best. we must adapt ourselves to the truth. —Claudius. Aslc your grocer for DEFIANCE STARCH, the only 1C oz. package for 10 cents. All other 10-cent starch con tains only 12 oz. Satisfaction guaran teed or money refunded. Say not always that thou knowest, but always know what thou sayest.— Claudius. Now that the Winter season is past. It is well to cleanse the system and purify the blood with Garfield Tea— an Herb Medicine good for all. When the tree falls every one runs to gather sticks. I do not believo Piso's Cure for Consumption has an equal for coughs and colds.—John P Boyeb, Trinity Springs, Iud., Feb. i5, HHJU. You may light another’s candle at your own without loss. Ask your grocer for DEFIANCE STARCH, the only 16 oz. package for 10 cents. All other 10-cent. starch con tains only 12 oz. Satisfaction guaran teed or money refunded. He who would seek revenge must be on his own guard. $148 will buy new Upright piano on easy payments. Write for catalogues. Schmoller & Mueller, 1313 Farnam street. Omaha. When one foot stumbles, the other Is near falling. \ Are Ton Using Allen's Foot Ease? It Is the only cure for Swollen, Smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet, Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen’s Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad dress. Allen S. Olmsted. l>Roy. N. Y. He who speaks ill of himself is praised by no one. Ask your grocer for DEFIANCE STARCH, the only 16 oz. package for 10 cents. All other 10-cent starch con tains only 12 oz. Satisfaction guaran teed or money refunded. When the wound is healed the pain is forgotten. THOUSANDS OF FAIR WOMEN HERALD PRAISES FOR PERUNA. \ __________________ ■" Catarrhal Dyspepsia and Nervous Prostration Mak6 Invalids of More Women Than All Other Diseases Combined. I * ■ , !%}. • vr IT^Trs.— fTJ.LyncK Pcruna is the woman’s friend every where. It is safe to say that no woman ever used Peruna for any catarrhal de rangement but what it became indis pensable in her household. Letter* From Women. Every day we receive letters from women like the following. Women who have tried doctors and failed; women who have tried Peruna and were cured. Miss Katie Klein, 6125 Bartmer ave nue, St. Louis, Mo., writes: “Peruna has done me more good for catarrh than the best doctors could. I had catarrh so bad. but after taking Peruna it is entirely gone, and I feel like a different person.” Hina Anna Prescott'* Letter. Miss Anna Prescott, in a letter from 216 South Seventh street, Minneapolis, Minn., writes: “/ am sincerely grateful tor the relief i have found from the use of Pe runa, / was completely used up last fall, my appetite had tailed and I felt weak and tired all the time. My drug gist advised me to try Peruna and the relief I experienced after taking one bottle was truly wonderful. ‘•I continued Its use for five weeks, and am glad to say that my complete restoration to health was a happy surprise to myself as well as to my friends. ’’—Anna Prescott A constant drain of nervous vitality depleting the whole nervous system causes the mucous membrane surfaces to suffer accordingly. This is the con dition called systemic catarrh. It very nearly resembles, and there is really no practical difference, between this con dition and the condition known as neu raathenia, or nervous prostration. Peruna will be found to effect an immediate and lasting cure In all cases of systemic catarrh. It acts quickly and beneficially on the diseased mu cous membranes, and with healthy mucous membranes the catarrh can no longer exist. Peruna a True Friend to Women. Mrs. F. J. Lynch, writes the follow ing from 324 S. Division street, Grand Rapids, Mich: The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, O. Gentlemen—“I earnestly recommend Peruna to any suffering woman, as it cures quickly. Last year I bad a most persistent cough which nothing seemed to cure. Two bottles of Peruna did more for me than all the doctors seemed to do. In a couple of weeks I found myself in excellent health, and have been enjoying it ever since. Hence I look on Peruna as a true friend to women.”—Mrs. F. J. Lynch. Peruna is equally efficacious in cur ing catarrh of the throat as in curing systemic catarrh or catarrh of the stomach. Catarrh is essentially the same wherever located. Peruna cures catarrh. Peruna Makes Vou Feel Uke a Wew Person. Miss Mary Coats, a popular young woman of Appleton, Wls., and presi dent of the Appleton Young Ladies’ Club, also speakB in glowing terms of Peruna. A letter recently received from her by The Peruna Medicine Co., of Columbus, Ohio, reads as follows: “I am glad to call the attention of my friends to Peruna. When that lan guid, tired feeling comes over you, and your food no longer tastes good, and small annoyances irritate you, Pernna will make you feel like another person inside of a week. “I have now used it for three sea* sons, and find it very valuable and efflcaious.*’—Miss Marie Coats. Diseased nerves are traceable direct ly to poor digestion, and poor diges tion is directly traceable to catarrh. With the slightest catarrh of the stom ach no one can have good digestion. * Very few of the many women who have catarrh of the stomach suspect what their real trouble is. They know they belch after meals, have sour stom ach, a sensation of weight or heavi-j ness, a fullness, irregular appetite,] drowsiness, gnawing, empty sensations,! occasional pain—they ail know thls;J but they do not know that their troublo is catarrh of the stomach. If they did they would take Peruna. I Peruna cures catarrh wherever cated. As soon as Peruna removes catarrh from the stomach the diges tion becomes good, appetite regular, nerves strong, and trouble vanishes. Peruna strengthens weak nerves, not by temporarily stimulating tbem, but' by removing the cause of weak nerve* I —poor digestion. This is the only} cure that lasts. Remove the eause:3 Nature will do the rest. Peruna re-1 | moves the cause. i If you do not derive prompt and sat-] Isfactory results from the use of Pe runa, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus. Quf Man is the wonder of nature.—Plato. Self-respect is the basis of all good. He who flees proves himself guilty. Bowels Don’t Move? J / » Caused by over-work! Over-eating! Over-drinking! No part of the human body receives more ill treatment than the bowels. Load after load is imposed until the intestines become clogged, refuse to act, worn out. Then you must assist nature. Do it, and sec how easily you will be cured by CASCARETS Candy Cathartic. Not a mass of violent mercurial and mineral poison, but a pure vegetable compound that acts directly upon the diseased and worn out intestinal canal, making it strong, and gently stimulating the liver and kidneys; a candy tablet, pleasant to eat, easy and delightful in action. Don’t accept a substitute for CASCARETS. i'1' $ P •; %)• THIS IS THE TABLET 10c. 25c. 50c. NEVER SOLD IN BULK. DRUGGISTS _ OUAHAMTEEtt TO CVJUC til b«wc| troubles, appendicitis, biliousness, bad breath, bad blood, wind on the stomach, bloated bowels, Toni month, headache, Indigestion, pimples, pains after eating, liver trouble* sallow com* plexlon and dfsslness. When your bowels donrt move regularly you are tywlaf slch. Constipation bills more people than all other dlsenses together. *t Is a starter for the chronic aliments and lone years of suffering (hat come afterwards. Ao matter what alls you, start Caking ( ASrABETl today. Tor will never pet well and be well all the time until you put your bowels right. Take our advlee( start with CAftCAAETS -— ■ fu a ran tee to cure or money refunded* today, under an absolute 449 Ol AKA.\TECD TO CCRE: f!tf years ago the first hoi sf CA.fi CARETfi was sold. Now It In over six million boxes a year, greater than any similar medicine In the world. This Is absolute proof of great merit, and our best testimonial. We have faith, and will sell CA SC A It JETS absolutely guaranteed to cure or money refunded. Go buy today, two f Oc boxes, give them a fair, honest trial, as per simple directions, and If you are not satisfied after using one &Oc box, return the unused &Oc box and the empty box to us by mall, or the druggist from whom you pnrehused It, and get your money baeh for both boxes. Take our advice -no matter what alls you—start today. Health will quickly fallow and you will bless the day vou first started the use sfCAK AKETh Hook free by mall. Add* imUMHUBI CO., See Tsrfc wChitsc*.