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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 31, 1901)
aHH)aiaEiaiaa®isMSEiai^aiai®iajQ2Jar5.r2iasia!S®®nas|3E®1E,®a®®®ra®a,a®,®’‘’' | “A LAUGHABLE CLII j | Attempted Joke by the Witless “Poet’ Makes a bool |j of Himself and a Robber of Three Pop Papers. § —County “ADVANCING” Pops Money. | Three weeks ago The Frontier came out with two pages of “lig- |i % gers” and bold headlines which said in loud type: “Pop papers gj I receive $9,472.04 for printing tax lien foreclosure notices-un awful r| I robbery.” In its last issue, ufter the Independent had repeatedly g § offered to pay The Frontier’s $018.9(5 delinquent tnxeH, if they j-n s would show that Holt county had PAID ONE (JEN 1 to any of the g populist papers for printing these notices The Frontier comes out g ^ with a great scaro head “some things presented for the intelligent [,] S consideration of the individual voter.” j| Under this-land caption they admit that their figures wore ex- | I agerated, and drop the amount Holt county has paid the populist | I papers of Holt couuty from $9,4.72.64 to the small sum of $247 in [a the last three years for printing notices for Holt county. III. I |§| EVEN IN THIS they have falsified. This $237 represents so | much costs ADVANCED by Holt county for the publication of q sheriff’s sale in the items of sheriff’s costs, on land not yet sold, gj every dollar of which is a lien against the land in question and | j EVERY CENT of which will be paid back when the lands are sold q or redeemed, in fact part of this $237 has already been paid back. Oh! How the mighty bubble has busted! $9,472.64 to $237. And |j S now this $237 proves a fake. Oh Dennis! Oh Dickson! Get §j back behind the scenes—everybody is laughing at you. No wonder Ij you wouldn’t meet J. P. Mullen or Johu Trommershausser in joint t’, g debate. The Independent must have had a headache ever since writing ^ §j the above. Wo give it special prominence. Head it and then pj gj paste it on the wall to refresh yourself when tired. This is the igj S greatest peel of thunder heard from the fake mill yet and if the ij Sj campaign run another month who can predict what would boom ij § from the cellar. The Frontier charged and proved, and hereby reiterates, that |j j| the populist newspapers have charged, as shown by their bills on g) Ij file, all of which theyr have either RECEIVED OR IT STANDS |j I AS A CLAIM AGAINST THE COUNTY OR THE LAND, THE | | SUM OF $9,472.04. The Frontier charged and proved, and hereby |j 1 reiterates, that in two bills filed by Sheriff Stewart and paid by ij 1 the county the populist newspapers TOOK OUT OF THE TREAS- [a JURY OF HOLT COUNTY $237. Here are the figures showing the amounts they receive, DIRECT |jj FROM THE TAXPAYERS BEFORE THE MONEY REACHES | | THE TREASURY. | Holt County Independent.$0,118.64 |; | Atkinson Plain-Dealer.2,321.50 | 6 Ewing Advocate.683.00 g | Stuart Hearld.112-50 p Total.$9,235.64 g Here are the figures showing the amounts taken DIRECT FROM g THE TREASURY after it had been paid in: | | Holt County Independent.#78 j| | Atkinson Plain-Dealer.87 ij ! Ewing Advocato. 72 j| Total....- -.#237 1 i Plus amount taken before it got into treasury.9,235.64 pj Total.$9,472.64 |j The only difference in these two items is that the greater sum j| ! never gets into the county treasury, but is tax money held up in the juggling process of the pirates and plunder mongers. The ■[?; smaller sum they went directly into the treasury after. “This $237 represents so much costs ADVANCED"! The tax Ej I payers may want to know why the county is “advancing” money B to the populist newspapers; they' may want to know what business |j the populists newspapers have going to the treasury and calling j| for an “advance,” or what business the populist officials p have in “advancing” the peoples’ monoy. Tax payers of Holt ri county have had a costly experience with this method of “advanc- g i mg” the county’s money and it is time they were awakening to the j| | fact that they are being systematically robbed by this gang of | | bogus reformers who howl about republican thieves to detract [i E attention from their own crookedness. i The Independent is pleading with the voters toelect the populist g ticket. Why? It wants a set of officers that will “advance” it | Is money from the treasury, and it knows if republican officials are jj ij eleoted the depth of the gang’s rottonoss will be shown up | ^iigii3ngwifliniinit!araifamm!?jraromtniit3ininginiiiairaRaiSiiiaijniniit3PPiE[ElBiaBIMgigEMBjg)Blgia'g!glBli i; COUNTY BOARD HAD TO OFFICIALLY j p INTERFERE IN BEHALF OF TAX PAYERS | I I To show that the populist board of supervisors, by unanimous 4 J | vote of these present, has taken official notice of the robbery that is j • > going on in connection with the foreclosure business we republish 4 ! I the resolution passed by the board in which they administer to 4 ' | county attorney Mullen a stinging official rebuke: 4 I I Whereas, It has come to the knowledge of this board that the 4 ; | county attorneys, W. R. Butler and A. F. Mullen, have caused to | ■ . be published in county tax foreclosure oases notices ’costing from 4 $25 to $27; and— 4 ■j; Whereas, In our opinion proper and legal notices can be publish- J ■ > ed at an expense of from $10 to $15 in each case; and— 4 ! [ Whereas, Numerous complaints and protest have been made, 4 ; | and in our opinion justly, against the unnecessarily long and ex- J ■ > pensive notices; and— 4 ! I Whereas, Said notices as now published are an injustice to the 4 ' ’ land owners, whither resident or non-resident, and a useless and I ■ unnecessary expense to the county ns well as to the tax payers and ! I land owners, reflecting no credit on Holt county or its people; there ; ; fore be it— * Resolved, That we do not appiove,and hereby disapprove, of the 4 ! | publishing of such notices by the legal representatives of Holt 4 J J county; and be it further— 4 ■ > Resolved, That our present county attorney be instructed to dis ! I continue this method of making unnecessary costs to the county, i! its tax payers and land owners; and be it further Resolved, That this resolution be spread upon the records and a ' I copy be served on County Attorney A. F. Mullen by the county II clerk, < I *44444444444 Campaign of Shame. No Content with blackmailing I ami assai ing the characters of honest I men in the land of the living, the | Independent last week went to the j utmost depth of depravity by pub lishing a letter written in 1891 by Oscar Wallace of Ewing, which re flects on no one but the writer. Poor, crippled, kindharted Oscar Wallace departed this life over six years ago; and, dear reader, is there any reason under God’s blue sky why the gang of character assassins should not let his ashes rest in peace? Harrington has in his office some old personal letters of Barrett Scott’s that were in the treasurer’s office and he is hawking them over the the county and publishing them in the papers. Shame! Shame! Mr. Harrington! that a man posing as a statesman should resort to this system of blackmailing people! Instead of letting the past bury its dead and the bones and ashes of Wallace rest in the grave the gang of pirates gloat over his remains like so many fork tailed demons and ffiire in the faces of intelligent men their shameful words. .. - An Insult The passion and frenzy of the populist mouthpieces knows no bounds. Their cluims that the cattle men will be at the mercy of the rustlers unless Mr. Blackmer is elected sheriff is as senseless as it is villainous, and is nothing short of an insult to intelligent men. Can it be that they are so abandoned to all sense of decency and honor as to think that voters can be hoodwined into believing Mr. Hall js an enemey of law, order and the commercial interests of the county? Mr. Hall has been the chief peace officer of O’Neill for several years and nobody ever tilled that position any better. As any member of Company M of the Nebraska volunteers will tell you, no officer ever ranked higher in the estimation of a company of soldiers than Lieutenant Hall. The Frontier is very much mistaken in its judg ment if the villainous attact of the populist press is not vigorously re buked by an overwhelming victory for Mr. Hall. Hypocrasy Independent: The Frontier, which was published a day ahead of the Independent this week, held up its O’Neill papers and refused to let one out of the office for fear we might attempt to reply to some of the falsehoods we learu it is going to spring this week. The Smut Mill is afraid to show its colors. The republican leaders are afraid to de beate; look out for corrupt and mis leading falsehoods in its last issue. Thou hypocrite. The issuo of the The Frontier is awaited week by week with fear and trembling by the guilty gang of pirates and plunder mongers. Last Thursday night while The Frontier forms were on the press the gang had their emis saries out t rying to get a copy that they might lire another charge of mud through their O’Neill fake mill as they do every week. They even armed one messenger with a whiskey ^ bottle,which was brandished in front j of a window to induce the temperate and dutiful press feeder to hand him out a paper. Early Friday morn ing their emissaries were again around and after they found out they couldn’t get a paper the fake mill was put to press with the above explanation of its delay. The Inde pendent is usualey published on Thursdays, but somehow it has been oomiug out on Fridays and Sutursday slately. --*-*•*-* Give Up Battle The populist have given up all hopes of electing either Black mer or Trommerhausser. When the pop gang in O’Neill refuse to bet on their candidates you may know they have given up hopes. There was §500 posted in both Atkinson and [ O'Neill this week that Hall and Gil ; more would bo elected but none of [ the populist strategy board wanted ! to take any of it. Dick Johnson of ‘ Stuart though he wanted §100 of it J and put up a §10 forfeit, the re maining §00 to be put up by last Monday night. He concluded, how ever, to not risk it, so forfeited the §10. Trom’s Polices The Independent is having weekly lobor pains in an effort to make the voters of the county beleive that John Tromtnerhausser has been a good populist for these many years, when the facts are he has been a chronic office seeker on the republi can ticket or an applici ut for same federal appointment all the time. In 1894 he was a candidate for the legislator and was defeated by John Robinson. Not satilied with the decision of the voters of the county that he would not be a good man to send to the legislature, he contested Robinson’s election alleging fraud in Grattan township Bnd said the bd-m Irish had counted him out.” He was again a candidate for the legislature in 1896 and got *40 of the state money from Joe Bartley which he still has. He was over whelmingly defeated in this cam paign by Mr. Peck, 'i’rom then though he ought to be appointed to a consulship at Lipsic, Germany, by President McKinley, and because President McKinley did not think him the proper man to appoint, Trom then concluded that his chaoses for getting office was better in the ranks of popism in this county, hence his candidacy for county clerk on tho populist ticket at this time. A Gentlemanly Act Stuart Ledger: Oao of the worst, things the populist county papers can say about Prof. Cahill is that he spoke well of his opponent,Mr. Nor vell, iu his acceptance speech made before the republican county con vention. Now, this is much to Mr. Cahill’s credit. It is the mark of a gentleman and an honest man to treat an opponent fairly. Only a gorilla, a crazy woman and Indians thow missies from ambush. The Ewing Advocate printed a whole column of scurrilous matter accusing Prof. Chill of having no education, business ability, or property in this couuty. Every sentence uttered was false. Prof. Cahill owns the house he lives iu and rents another dwelling in the north part of town. He is a member of the Merchants association, an organization to which not a half dozen men in the county belong. In his two years work in the Stuart schools, ho has brought the school up to a higher grade and better discipline than any town from O’Neill to Ainsworth. --- Thief Only Borrows In hu attempted “explanation” last week the Independent says the county simply “advanced” the costs of printers’ fees collected in county foreclosure cases. Eves lirst denied that the county had paid any print ers’ fees and when The Frontier proved to the contrary by certificates from County Clerk Leis, he (Eves) then says that the money was simply “advanced” by the county to the printers and that they will “pay it back”—some day. On this principle of reasoning, a horse theif who enters the barn of a fanner in the dead hour of night and takes the famer’s horse, the farmer simply “advances” his horse to tho thief, and the thief is to return it some day—if caught. Any horse thief, when caught, is willing to re turn the stoleu horse, if let go un punished. ---- - Stands by Statement Chambers Bugle: What appear ed in the Bugle two weeks ago in re gard to the part taken by Thommer hausser in the division of the appro priation for fair purposes, in which wo stated that Trommerhausser agreed to pay over one half of tho appropriation to the Chambers fair association provided he was allowed to draw the nmouut in the name of the Elkborn Valley association. We repeat that this was the agreement. William Lell and L. G. Lambert said to ns after reading tho article in the Bugle that it was perfectly correct, and added that we had not put the matter severe enough. Messrs. Lell and L. G. Lambert are men who are noted for their honor and they are with us in that matter. As to what was done with tho amount that tho Chambers fair was to have received, we do not pretend to say. g A CHALLENGE j§* The four pop papers of Holt couuty answer the charges we 63 I’, are shaking in the teeth of the hypocritical pirates by shouting gi ijjdl “Liar” ! “Thief defender” ! “Sewer of corruption” ! etc., at gjjji The Frontier. The Frontier challenges the four pop papers or any of their isf fill attorney-at-law campaign writers to show to the people of Holt ||| county that The Frontier has misquoted the public records in ||| (p?j one instance except that S. B. Howard had tiled no bond; it challenges them or any populist in Holt county to disprove any G3 | charge we have made against the gang that dominates their jjjjjjjj 0. party or any charge against Sheriff Stewart or other county ||d officers. f3 anybody defend them. ^ p For the purpose of showing the absolute untruthfulness of the claim of the populist papers and gang of land pirates that they are only commencing foreclosure pro ceedings against land on which there are large sums of delin quent tax, we publish below thirty-three cases out of the hun dreds of similiar ones, showing^ the delinquent tax due when suit was commenced by the county and the printers’ fees collected. The following is a lisL showing fl name of defendant, number o£ | case, numbers of land, amount of tax due, printer’s fee collected and to whom paid: lax rnnrer s Plaintiff. Defendant. Land. Involved. Fee. To Whom Paid Warner SW, 8-32-14 19.29 20.00 Brown NE NE. 23, NW NW, .Eves *20 24-33-14 21.21 17.50 Henry “ Butterfield E% SW, 22-30-9 39.60 37.00 Henry *25. Woods *12 “ Dorsey NE, 33-2S-13 27.07 . “ Dorsey SE, 20-28-13 10.28 . ' “ Carr Sy2 NW, Ny2 SW, '] 20-30-9 7.81 13.00 .Henry “ Clark SW, 13-29-13 11.12 10.00 .Eves “ Scheiner SE SW, Sy2 SE, 15-32-10 2G.G9 20.00 .Eves ltoose Sy. NE. 20-30-14 15.00 12.50 .Eves “ Gibson NE, 18-32-14 25.82 17.50 .Eves . “ llayden SW, 23-32-14 27.84 17.50 ...Woods *9, Eves *10 “ lviuney SE, 7-29-12 21.71 19.00 .Eves “ Bliven NE, 33-32-15 57.44 39.50 .Henry , “ Breen N'/2 NE, SW NE. 17-32-15 33.20 27.00 .Henry “ Wallace NE, 29-31-12 17.81 10.00 .Eves “ tsimpson NE, 13-28-9 14.00 7.50 .Henry Allen NW, 23-29-14 48.91 34.00 .Henry •• Kilpatrick SW, 1-30-1.0 15.03 . Lindeborn SW, 14-31-12 16.35 10.00 .Henry/"* ’ " McEvoney E% NE. W% NW, 4-28-11 10.79 22.50 .. .Eves *10. Woods »i > - Stewart SW, 8-27-12 26.62 19.00 .EvesSlii Franklin Ny, S*S. 12-20-14 9.00 10.00 Henry *12.50, Eyes *12 Fisher SW, 31-25-12 13.40 24.50 ......Henry Fernite SW, 25-32-14 6.35 7.50 .Heirfy Crimes NE, 18-27-10 16.40 7.50 .Eves “ Brmkle SE SE. 6. NE NE, 7, N% NW, 8-27-12 14.36 20.00 Henry “ Chase EC. NE. 22-27-12 18.01 15.00 .Eves Cole SW. 6-28-11 12.45 10.00 .Eves Ellis SC, NC., 5-29-11 8.05 10.00 .Eves “ Bowden EC. W'i, 21-26-14 8.26 24.50 .Heny “ Taylor NW SW, S’/2 SW, 6-31-12 9.70 12.50 Eves Shellhase NE, 4-30-14 20.42 19.00 .Henry i “ Pease SW, 15-29-13 14.04 10.00 .Eves Totals.*651 35 $523 From the above it will be seen that there was delinquent on the 33 quarter sections—5280 acres— $651.35, on a average of $19.77 per quarter section, and in the collection of the same, there was paid by the land owners and tax payers of this county, the sum of $523 as “printers’ fees” to the populist papers of this county. In view of this, is it at all strange, Mr. Tax Payer, that the populist paess of this county are such earnest advocates of this foreclos ure system of, collecting delin quent taxes? An examintion of the records will show that not one single tract of the above described land is owned by a loan company which the land pirates talk so much about. In each case the land is owned by individuals,and in many cases by women, who have their all invested in the land. Because they have suffered one year’s taxes to becoms delinquent, .through perhaps an over sight or the neglect of some agent to pay the taxes, or perhaps through their inability to raise the money with which to pay, their land is taken from them without their knowledge by the conspiracy existing between the county sheriff, the county attorney, the populist papers and the most corrupt gang of lawyers and real estate men that any com munity was ever cursed with. As before stated, the the tax es on the 33 quarters was $651.35, which amount is not half the delinquent taxes owed Holt county by M. F. Harring ton, yet he has the supreme gall to face the intellegent voters of this county and talk of “lax shirkers.” If Harrington, Blr.'k mer, Trommerhausser and their t ilk of bogus reformers that owe their delinquent taxes for the past seven years, would pay their taxes, the tax burdens of the farmers who do pay their taxes would be much less. We have charged and proven to the satisfaction of every intelligent voter whp has carefully read our exposition of the operation of the land syndicate that the forej^ closurer system was not in agurated in this county for the purpose of collecting delinquent • taxes but for the purpose of j premitting the corrupt gang of j land pirates to rob poor people | of their lands. An examination of the above described lands will show that with hut few excep tions the land is of good quality and worth from $300 to $1,600 a quarter. So thoroughly are thsp land pirates organized that they know nearly every tract of land that is of any value lying near j some farmer whom they think ^ has any use for it. The land ' syndicate then watches the land j and if one year’s taxes become J delinquent the syndicate has th<?-jH county attorney commence fore- : 1 closure proceeding and run up unnecesssary costs so high that if the non-resident owner does get knowledge of the action against his land, he is loath to pay the excessive costs to redeem his land, and the land syndicate man makes him a nominal offer j for a deed and usually gets the i land in this way at a very small figure. Where the owner gets no knowledge of the action against his land, the sheriff ap praises the land at a very low figu e and then the land pirates [buy the And at the foreclosure sale at their own price. (Continued on Fifth Page.) L i I
