O’NEILL BUSINESS DIRECTORY
H. BENEDICT.
LAWYER,
Office In the Judge Roberts building, north
of O. O. Snvder's lumber yard.
ONKII.I, NBU.
R. DICKSON
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Koferenoe First National Bank
O’NEILL, NEB
KING
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW AND NOTARY
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Office opposite U. S. land office
O’NEILL, NEB.
JJARNEY STEWART,
PRACTICAL AUCTIONEER.
Satisfaction guaranteed.
Address, Page, Neb
J-JR. P. J. FLYNN
PITYCIAN AND SURGF.ON
Office over Corrigan’8, first door to right
Night calls promptly attended.
Wm. Sardeson, V.S.
In O’Neill Tuesdays and
Saturdays of each week.
Can be found at the Drug Stores.
J^R. G. M. BERRY,
OENTIST AND ORAL SURGEON
Graduate of Northwestern University,
Chicago, and also of
American College of Dental Surgeory.
All the latest and improved branches of
Rouitstry carefully performed.
M. P. KINKAID
LAWYER
Office over Elkhorn Valiev Bank.
O’NEILL. NEB.
j^li. J. 1*. OILLIWAN,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Office in Holt County Bank building
Orders left at our drug store or at my
residence first street north and hall
block east of stand pipe will receive
■ prompt response, as 1 have telephone
connections.
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* Choice ranches, farms and town
lots for sale cheap and on easy
terms All kinds of land busi
ness promptly attended to.
» Represents some of the best
insurance companies doing bus
► iness in Nebraska.
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| Notary Work Properly Executed
lie 1.1MCitalM®ei
specialties:
eve, ear, Nose and throai
, Spectacles correctly fitted and Supplied.
♦ O'NEILL, NEB.
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| A. B. NEWELL
REAL ESTATE
O'NEILL, NEBRASKA
Selling and leasing farms and'ranches
Taxes paid and lands inspected {or non
residents. Parties desiring to buy o
rent land owned hy non-residents giv
q;e a call, will look up the owners am
procure the land for you.
Abstracting Go
Compiles
* Abstracts of Title
ONLY COMPLETE SET OF AL
STllACT BOOKS IN IIOLT COUNT
O’NTKILL, NEK.
HOTEL
-JAVANS
Enlarged
Refurnished
Refitted
Only First-class Hotel
In the City
W. T. EVANS, Pro
Business Chances
7oc gets The Frontier 6 mo.
For farm loans, on reasonable terms
call on Elkhorn Valiev Bank. 13tf
Get the best and purest deodorized
gasoline tor your stoves and lamps at
Brennan’s.
Wanted in family of two, a girl for
general house work. Must be a good
cook. Apply at once at this office. 40tf.
The talk of the town—those new
patterns in wall paper. At Gilligan
& and Stout’s, the druggists. 36-tf
Call and see our new line of jewelry.
All repairing guaranteed.—W. M.
Lockard, at P. C. Corrigan’s drug
store. 38-tf
Get your lamp oil at Brennan’s for
he keeps the highest standard grades
of any one in town; he keeps the
Ecoene oil.
The postofflce is the first door north
of Con Keys’ wholesale and retail
flour and feed store, O’Neill. 41tf.
FOB SALE—ISO acre farm two
miles north of O’Neill, also house and
lot in O’Neill; for particulars inquire
of Mrs. A. Salmon, O’Neill. 44-3mpd
Bead It in IIis Newspaper.
Gorge Schaub, a well known German
citizens of New Lebanon, Ohio, is a
constant reader of the Dayton Volk
szeitung. He knows that this paper
aims to advertise only the best in its
columns, and when he saw Chamber
lain’s Pain Balm advertised therein
for lame back he did not hesitate in
buying a bottle of it for his wife, who
for eight weeks had suffered with the
most terrible pains in her back and
could get no relief. He .says: “ After
using the the Pain Balm for a. few
days my wife said to me, ‘I feel as
though horn anew,’ and before using
the entire contents of the bottle the
unbearable pains had en
tirely vanished and she could again
take up her house duties.” He is very,
thankful and hopes that all suffering
likewise will hear of her wounderful
recovery. This valuable liniment is
for sale by P. C. Corrigan.
American Leather the Best.
American kid leathers are growing
in favor abroad, especially In Austra
lia. Recently one of the largest mo
rocco manufacturers in Lynn, Mass.,
made a shipment to that country of 3,
500 dozen skins, which shipment is
said to he the largest ever made from
there for foreign parts. It Is not so
very long ago when the best kid shoes
were made from skins imported from
B'rance. Now France is buying large
quantities of kid from this country.
How to Avoid Trouble.
Now is the time to provide yourself
and family with a bottle of Chamber
lain’s Colie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy. It is almost certain to be
needed before the summer is over,
and if procured now may save you a
trip to towp iu the night or in your
busiest season. It is everywhere ad
mitted to be the most successful
medicine in use for bowel complaints,
both for children and adults. No
family can afford to he without it.
For sale by P. G. Corrigan.
Violinist Had Fingers Tapered.
Herbert F. Saylor of Quakertown,
N. Y., who had an operation performed
last year on his fingers to acquire a
taper point in order to facilitate play
ing on the violin, writes from Leip
sic, Germany, that the feeling has
been restored, and that the operation
has had the desired effect. It is ex
pected that Mr. Saylor will have many
imitators, and that this new departure
will remove at least one serious ob
stacle to violin playing.—Rew York
American.
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My little sap had un attack of
• whooping cough and was threatened
r with pneumonia; but for Chamber
i Iain’s Cough Remedy we would have
l had a serious time of it, It also saved
him front several severe attacks of
croup,—H, JL Strickfaden, editor
World-IIerald, Fair Haven, Wash.
For sale by P. C. Corrigan.
Qualified for Membership.
I Congressman Lever of South Caro
lina, the “baby of the house,” said the
other day that as the labor question is
a live one in his district ho proposed
to seek admission to some union.
“Why, you are just out of college,”
said one of his hearers, “and never did
a day’s labor in your life.” “Haven’t,
eh?” said the young member, indig
nantly. “Why, the way I’ve toiled to
■ get Democratic legislation out of a
’’ Republican House makes me fit for
membership in a score of labor
. unions”
Better Than Pills.
The question has been asked. “In
what way are Chamberlain’s Stomach
and Liver Tablets superior to pills?”
Our answer is: They are easier and
more pleasant to take, more mild and
gentle in effect and more reliable as
they can always be depended upon.
Then they cleanse and invigorate the
stomach and leave the bowels in a
natural condition, while pills are
more harsh in effect and their use is
often followed by constipation. For
sale by P. C. Corrigan.
Try Chamberlain’s Stomach & Liver
Tablets, the best physic. For sale by
3 P. C. Corrigan.
RAILROADS ASSESSED HIGHER HERE
Figures that Don’t Lie* Prove that Nebraska
Roads Pay More Taxes Thau Those
of Other States.
Official Statement of Total Taxable Values Returned by States CdHa
tiguous to Nebraska, Together with Comparison of Taxable
Values Returned on Lands, Live Stock
and Railroads
Issued Under the Authority of the Railroads of Nebraska.
This is the first o£ a series of articles which will ap
pear, giving full details regarding the taxes paid by the
Railroads of Nebraska, and such information as will enable
you to fully understand who pays the taxes in Nebraska, and
why the various Hoards of Equalization from year to year
have made the valuation on Railroad property that has been
given out to the various counties.
A great deal of this information has been presented
from time to time to the Hoards of Equalization, and it has
been considered by them in their estimates, while other lines
of information, which we will present, have never before
appeared iu print.
The Railroads of Nebraska have nothing to conceal re
garding their tax matters; they pay and pay promptly their
full proportion of taxes. They have more interest in the
successful development of Nebraska than any other single
industry, and at all times want to work with the people of
the state for the public good.
The managers of the Railroads are business men, who
provide for the payment of the taxes charged against their
roads as conscientiously ns they provide for the payment of
their employes. In several instances in this state, the Rail
roads have paid ten times more tax to the counties and s.ate
than they have paid in profit to the stockholders of the com
panies. and this has been paid without complaint, and
promptly, when due.
The stockholders of these companies are relying on Ne
braska's future. They gladly pay the tax charged, so that
the schools can be carried on, and those improvements made
that would show progress and induce other people to come
here and assist in the state's development.
It is on Nebraska’s future that they build their hopes of
profit. There are other roads in this stnte, which by combi
nation with great systems, pay dividends, and in those cases,
they pay more than their proportion of taxes in every in
stance, taking uny other industry of the state in comparison.
All that the Railroads care about in this matter of pay
ing of taxes, is that they receive fair treatment. They
would not bo party to an attempt to defraud the state or
counties of any just tax, but of course the interests of their
stockholders prevent them from allowing an outrageous or
unjust assessment.
In such matters as these, the state of Nebraska naturally
must expect to keep in lino with what la done in other stntes.
They would not want to impose a tax that would prevent
the roads passing through Nebraska, from successfully com
peting for inter-state traffic, because the courts would nat
urally remedy such action in time. The most difficult lesson
to learn in political economy has been equality in taxation,
and it lias never yet been mastered. The Revolution, that
resulted in the formation of our government, was fanned
to flames through resentment caused by unjust taxes. In
our constitution, it was expressly provided that “The right
of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers
and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall
not he violated.” And it was the direct result of this feel
ing of protest against former impositions regarding the col
lection of taxes, and this provision in our constitution makes
the question of equality in taxation in this country, more
difficult than in n monarchy.
If tlio individual or private corporation misrepresents
the \aluc of his property holdings, there is no way of mak
ing him reveal. The Railroads, on the contrary, make
monthly reports and public quotations are daily made of their
securities and every cent of their value is revealed whether
it be real or speculative.
To show the extent to which other property thnn Rail
road property is omitted from taxation in Nebraska, thus
obliging Railroads to pay an undue share of tax, we give the
following statement: e
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STATE. Taxable Railroad Railroad -TAXABLE VALUES RETURNED-- Value Amount mu
Returned. Valuation To all--- Railroads ux ram i ^
Returned. Property. Lands. Cattle. U’r’s.
Nebraska .I *171,747,5113 *26.412,204 .154 2.13 8.79 4.66
Iowa .I 656,462,618 47,828,911 .084 8.117 13.13 6.66
Wyoming . 37,892,303 7,246,212 .191 1.17 16.75 17.14
Missouri .[ 1,001,706,464 98,029,092 .098 7.75 20.92 14.14
Montana . 166,787,595 16,485,670 .093 2.12 17.70 29.63
Oregon . 141,398,518 6,645,943 .04 3.30 |-Not|
North Dakota .| 117,204,485 | 17,367,525 | .143 j 3,39 I 30.60 | 18.00 |
In determining the values of lands in the
foregoing statement, in those states where
they have been separated the Improved
from the unimproved lands, we have added
them together in this anner, taking the
state of Nebraska for instance:
Improved Land . 17,445,819 $60,450,478
Unimproved Land* .... 14,379,214 17.584.677
31,825,033 $78,044,155
$2.13 per acre.
The rate of tax paid per mile is taken
from the report of the Inter-State Com
merce Commission for the year 1. and
the figures are therefore official.
The State of Nebraska has assessed rail
road property at the highest comparative
figure of any of the status named. If y u
take the state of Missouri (which bad the
highest valuation on railroad prop, i y in
1900 of any state west of tl 1
as basis of equalization oi vaia , il iii /
value of land lfl taken In conjunction with
the valuation of railroad property, It would
Oguro in this way:
As 7.75 is to 2.13, *o is 11,600 to 3,188,
or in case the value of cattle was equated
In tho same manner, it would mike tht
equation:
As 14.14 Is to 4.66, so is 11,600 to 3,822.
By averaging these two determinations,
it would make the railroad valuation in tha
state of Nebraska 8.510, Instead Of 4,679,
and it is evident that on a compsrlson of
values of taxes In Missouri and Nebraska,
the railroads of Nebraska have Been as
sessed for $1,169 more per mile tllan they
should be. In other words, the ipllroads
have been paying 25 per cvnt more tax for
tho past ten years than tiny should hav*
paid, were the railroads lor tied In tl'.v Btats
of Missouri
The rata per mile paid ij k trney as Wtown
by Hi: re port of the Inti Vsi lie Com.Vi Vi e
► Commission proves this to te a fact.
Railroad valuation in M •*<•> vr. Ml,(5 1 >: tax paid, by railroads par mile iu MU
! souri, $174.90. Railroal va; u;i)'i in No.-u.ci M 679; tax paid par mile iu Na
i braska, $198.86. Avdrojfs ta; pi.* .u > in -ij.'jn s.n.os, $163.69
Great Britain still has friends with
monfcy to loud.
Fiddler Kubelik has arrived in Eu
rope and is giving his lips a well-earn
ed rest.
To further their seraphic ideals the
Belgian socialists have purchased 1",
000 revolvers.
If the price of meat continues to ad
vance the vegetarian doctrine is sure
to prove very popular.
That Detroit man who has twelve
adopted children may aspire to be the
foster father of his country.
“America is good enough for me,"
said J. Pierpont Morgan. This looks
as if he meant to hold on to it.
John L Sullivan says he would not
trade appetites with John D. Rocke
feller. Nor thirsts, either, probably.
And what makes you ten times mad
der is that the beef gets tougher in
the same proportion that the prices
does.
King Leopold might drop around
to the junk dealers and see what they
are paying this year for second-hand
crowns.
“In South Africa,” says an exchange,
“peace has begun to cast Us shadow
before.” That is a curious thing tor
peace to do.
Edward Everett Hale’s motto is:
“Each for all and all for each. But
perhaps he hasn’t seen J. I'ierpont
Morgan about it.
Mormonism Is Growing.
The number of Mormons in this
country has more than doubled in a
decade, in .1890 there were 144,000;
in 1900 there were more than 300,000.
Nebraska in the Lead.
Nebraska was one of the first states
to recognize the importance of keeping
reliable records of the flow of it's
streams.
Chinese Emperors Coronation.
No crown is used at the coronation
)f a Chinese emperor. A book is
the most important thing about the
ceremony. The emperor is seated
upon tire dragon throne with nine
steps and the book is brought and
placed on a table in front of him.
It contains the privileges and rights
it the head of the Chinese empire,
And after the emperor iias given it into
the hands of the professors of the
[loyal college, it is read aloud by the
president of the tribunal of rites. The
■eremony is completed by those pres
ent performing tho kow-tow. inis
:onsists of knocking the head nine
times against the floor, nine being the
sacred Chineco number.
Could Not Get Married.
A young woman in Paris who re
cently became engaged to be married
applied for her official papers and dis
covered to her horror that a mistake
as to her sex had been made and she
had been put down on the register as
a boy. She also discovered that the
police, believing her to be a boy, had
a warrant for her arrest for not pre
senting herself for military service.
She will now have to prove lior iden
tity, and it will take about six months
to rectify matters.
Yale’s Oldest Living Graduate.
Rev. Joseph S. Lord of Laingsburg,
Mich., who is b'Meved to be the oldest
graduate of Yale, lias received the fol
lowing letter from President Hadley
of that institution: “My Dear Sir: In
behalf of Yale university I am giving
myself the pleasure of sending felicita
tions to its oldest living graduate on
the completion of his ninety-fourth
year. Faithfully yours, Arthur T.
Hadley.” Mr. Lord entered Yale In
1827 and graduated in 1831.
Average Days of Sickness.
Bet. 'n 21 and 30 a man is ill five
and a half days a year on an average,
and between 30 and 40 seven days,
\ In the next ten years he loses eleven
j .lays annually, and between 50»and
tiO thirty days.
President Diaz a Hard Worker.
Among Mexicans the opinion is gen
eral that should President Diaz ceaso
the routine o£ his work he would die.
At 8:30 every morning Gen. Diaz goes
to his office and works until about
1:30 p. m. At 4:30 he goes back again
and scarcely ever leaves before 11,
and often not until midnight. His
time is spent in the hardest sort of
labor and the president would be mis
erable if he could not carry out the
daily program. A journey of any mag
nitude would seriously break into his
personal habits and therefore it is
not thought he will ever visit foreign
countries. He never tastes intoxicat
ing liquors and when at banquets nev
er partakes of food.
Vagaries of the Well-to-do.
The story is told of a financier of
•ligh standing in Boston who frequent
ly spends several hours at a time dis
cussing personal or social matters in
:he midst of business turmoil, notwith
standing the fact that there may be
from half a dozen to a score of peo
ple waiting to see him. Several prom
inent business men take a few min
utes of the different parts of a busy
lay to sleep, and one very wealthy
iieI /cry much occupied man in Chi
cago makes it a habit to sleep between
2 and 3 each afternoon.—New York
Post.
Trouble for Spanish King.
Among the other troubles of the
young King of Spain is that of having
a wife imposed upon him. The Royal
Society of Matchmakers will attend to
the business for him, so that he will
have no trouble until after the wed
ding.
Why He Believed in Fairies.
W. B. Yeats, the poet, tells how
once he argued with a Galway pea
sant who, a rare thing in Ireland
boasted he was an atheist. “But,’
said Mr. Yeats, “you believe in fai
ries?” "Fairies?” said the atheist
“Sure, fairies stand to rayson!”
SCOTT’S
I MlllSION
OF COD-LIVER OIL WITH
HYPOPHOSPHITES
should always be kept In
the house for the fol
lowing reasons:
FIRST- Because, if any member
of the family has a hard cold, It
will cure It.
SECOND- Because, If the chil
dren are delicate and sickly, it will
make them strong and well.
THIRD —Because, If the father or
mother is losing flesh and becom
ing thin and emaciated, it will build
them up and give them flesh and
strength.
FOURTH- Because it Is the
standard remedy in all throat and
lung affections.
No household should be without It.
It can be taken in summer as well
as in winter.
$oc. ami $r.oo, ail druggists.
SCOTT & HOWNE, Chemists, New York.
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Freight via th*
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TRAINS DEPARTi
GOING BAST.
Passenger east, No. 4. 9:57 a. >i
Freight east. No. 24, 12:01 p. II
Freight east, No. 28, 2:36 p. M.
GOING WB8T.
Passenger west. No. 3, 10:00 p. »t
Freight west, No. 27, 9:15 p. u
Vroioht Nr,, 23 Local 2:85.p.M,
E. R. Adams, Agent,
O’NEILL. NEB
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for everything
that runs on wheels.
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Anvone Bonding a sketch and description may
quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an
Invention is probably patentable. Comrounlea
tlons strictly confidential. Handbook on Patent*
sent free. Oldest agency for securing patents.
Patents taken thrcugh Munn A Co. recelT*
tprcial notice, without charge, In the
Scientific American.
A handsomely Illustrated weekly. Jergest cir
culation of any scientific journal. Terms, |8 *
year; four months, $L Bold by all newsdealers.
MUNN & Co.36,BrMdw*»> New York
Branch Office 625 F 8t„ Washington, D. C. .
Richer in Quality than mosl
10' Cigars
VEW>IS*
SINGLE
BINDER
STItAIGHT5^CIGAR
Compare (hem wi(h oUier Cigars and
you find good reasons (or (heir cosUng
(he dealer more (han other brands
FRANK R LEWIS. PEORIA.Ill
ORIGINATOR TIN FOIL SMOKER PACKAGE
hT PH ILLI PS
AUCTIONEER.
Cries sales in either German or Eng
lish. Satisfaction guaranteed. Twen
ty years experience.
ATKINSON, - - NEB.
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COMMISSION HAY
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