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VOLUME XXIV._O’NEILL. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1903. NUMBER 1. I
PREPARATION IS MADE
Everything Ready for Entertaining
People Who Come to Celebrate
PATRIOTIC DOINGS ALL THE DAY
Celebration of Fourth in O'Neill tc
Be Notable Event
Beginning with the customary boom
of gunpowder explosion, the Fourth
will receive do and proper recognition
by the patriotic people of O’Neill and
country adjacent.
The committee has been working
for several weeks and now have plans
and specifications ready. At 10 o’clock
occurs the parade, which the com
mittee assure will be well wortli
witnessing. A handsome $10 robe is
offered for the one having the best
decorated turn-out in the parade, and
an expensive whip for the second
best.
Speaking and specially prepared
patriotic music follows immediately
after and will take place at the Emil
Sniggs building, which will be con
verted into an inviting bowery.
Edward H. Whelan will De the prin
cipal speaker.
In the afternoon occurs the sports,
for which prizes are apportioned as
follows:
Five-mile foot race, $10, $7, $2.
One hundred-yard foot race, $3, $1.
Boys’ foot race, $2, $1.
Fat men’s race, $2, $1.
Sack race, $2, $1.
Horse race, $15.
Tug-of-war, $10.
Standing jump, $2.
Running jump, $2.
Horse pulling, $5.
Stone throwing, $2.
At 4 p. m. tiie O’Neill tire depart
ment will give an exhibition of its
work on a burning building.
Band music, bowery dancing and at
tractions too numerous to mention
will be provided all day.
O’Neill Mention.
Lynch Sun: Attorney McCutheon
of O’Neill was in town the first of the
week. While he was in search of a
new location he was also doing collect
ing for some of the banks over there.
Plainview News: Mrs. C. E. Stout,
Mrs. J. P. Gilligan and Mrs. S. J.
Weekes of O’Neill, were guests at the
J. V. Stout home in this city Satur
day afternoon.
Atkinson Graphic: Frank Camp
bell and Mrs Tom Campbell came up
from O’Neill on Thursday afternoon’s
passenger to attend the ball game, re
turning Friday.
Spencer Advocate: Mrs.J.B. O’Sulli
van is over from O’Neill stopping with
the family of J. C. Morrow.John
McCafferty has gone to O’Neill to
spend the fourth and visit for a week
or two. John’s life and good cheer
will be missed on our streets.
Summer Excursions.
Are now on to all points north, east
and west, via the Great Northern
line, especially low rates being made
this year for summer travel. Tickets
sold daily to St. Paul, Minneapols,
Duluth, Fishing resorts in Minnesota.
Toures to Buffalo and Chicago via the
Great Lakes. Montreal, Quebec, Bos
ton Portland and other summer re
sorts in New England and Cannada.
If you intend making a trip this
summer full information regarding
rates, routes, limits, etc , will gladly
be furnished by any agent, or by
Fred Rogers, general passenger agent,
Sioux City, la.
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will have some
exceedingly low
rates to St. Paul,
Minneapolis and
Duluth during
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figure on spending your vaca
tion at—
Lake Minnetonka
White Bear
or some other summer resort in
Minnesota or north Wisconsin.
Ask any ajrent Northwestern line
for particulars.
Or Address
J. A. Kuhn, A. G. F. & P. A.
Omaha. Neb.
Local Matters
i G. W. Smith lias busines at Page.
J. V. Stout was up from Plainview
' yesterday.
Galena Lumber company deals in
, paints, oils, etc. altf
Martin Walter of Ueloit is doing
business in the city today.
1 Neil Brennan was at Emmet yester
day looking after his mercantile
interests. •
Miss Bessie Snyder left for Allen
Saturday morning, where she will
Spend several weeks visiting relatives.
Sheridan Simmons went to Inman
Monday to do some painting on a new
house recently erected by Mr. Watson.
Mrs. Graham went to Sioux City
. Monday for a week’s visit witli the
family of her son Lish, before their
i removal to St. Paul where Lish now is.
Judge Kinkaid departed Monday
for Lincoln on a week’s absence from
the city, expecting to attend the
wedding of a neice in Kansas before
his return.
H. O. Jackson started witli his
automobile yesterday morning for
Bonesteel, expecting to make Butte
by noon, lie was accompanied by
William O’Connor.
F. B. lie Frees, special agent from
the United States general land otlice,
1 was in the city this week looking up
matters pertaining to the fencing on
government land in this vicinity.
A stiff game of ball was played here
yesterday between Atkinson and
O’Neill young bloods, that was as
good as the season lias aiforded. The
score stood 4 to 5 in favor of the
visitors.
John Ilolloran and wife of Inman
and Mr. and Mrs. Coffin of Burwell
are in the city today. Mrs. Coffin is
a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ilolloran,
and she and husband are over from
Burwell to spend the Fourth.
The new Oliver Visible Writer is
the best educator that a man can put
before his children. It teaches them
to read, write, spell, punctuate, figure,
add, divide and substract. It is the
ready letter writer of the future. At
Hotel Evans. 1-2
Glen, the 9-year-old son of W. A.
Knap living four and one half miles
northeast of town, is a Holt county
youngster that knows how to put up a
battle with wild beasts. Last Monday
alone and single handed he killed a
wolf out on the prairie near his home.
Norfolk News: At a retreat of the
Catholic clergy of the diocese of
Omaha concluded at Omaha yesterday
Rev. Henry Muyssen, assistant at this
place, was transferred to Valentine,
and Rev. T. O’Diiscoll from assistant
at O’Neill to assistant at Norfolk.
Rev. Ferdinand Lechleinner, former
ly of Norfolk, was transferred from
Valentine to St. Libary.
The Frontier is told that Ernest
Stillwell and family, who left Holt
county something over a year ago,
returning to their native home in
England, have returned to America
and are now in Canada. Our infor
mant says their intention is to go to
Seattle, but if they are not suited
their will return to Nebraska.
Martin Truka, who left Holt county
in 1895, recently died in Butler county,
Kansas, where he has lived since leav
ing this section. The administrator
of Mr. Tuka’s estate is anxious to
1 locate the relatives of the deceased.
If this item cames to their attention
they should address W. II. Cuny,
Gordon, Butler county, Kan., for mat
ters of interest to them.
A cloudburst' in the territory be
tween Allen and the Missouri river
has played havoc with the Great
Northern railroad. A few miles east
of Allen a bridge and several rods of
track were washed out. The country
clear to the river has been under
water and no trains on the Great
Northern could get through to Sioux
City Tuesday. Aside from this, Sat
urday train was greatly delayed both
going and coming by a break-down.
Steve McNichols, accompanied by
his mother, went to Omaha Sunday
to visit a sister, formerly Miss Mary
McMichols, but now Sister Laurentia
of the Sacred Heart religious order,
whose life is nearing the end through
ravages of consumption. Sister
Laurentia was formerly one of O'Neill’s
charming andexempliary young ladies,
but entered religious work some years
ago, and her friends will be grieved
to learn of her physical sufferings.
Ominious and threatening clouds
drawn by Tuesday night’s moon gave
nervious and fearful people a
little scare in this vicinity and some
thing a little worse further east. The
weather demonstrations here were
scarcely worth mentioning. An hour
later it reached Norfolk, and this is
what the News says: "At 1 o’clock
this morning a bunch of wind struck
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Norfolk and gave the city a scare
pretty generally. For fifteen minutes
it raved and tore and lashed about
like an untamable shrew. Doors that
were left open went shut with a bang
and through windows which had been
raised, the air rushed in with insane
fury. Hotel guests very generally go
got up and dressed. At the Queen
City a large transom was smashed
ihtoa thousand bits, and made the
sleepers think the world had come to
an end. Trees were broken in some
parts of the city, but little other real
damage was done. Electric wires did
not suffer badly. The telegraph wire
over the Union Pacific line between
here and Clumbus, was cut oil.”
Chicago’s Centnnial Celebration.
The Chicago & Northwestern rail
way announces that much interest is
being evidenced throughout the west
in Chicago’s celebration of t he 100th
anniversary of this city’s settlement
in 1803. 'the celebration will take
place from September 20 to October 1,
next, with a program that includes a’
series of commemorative events that
posses many special features of in
terest. A great naval display will be
a part,of the program, together with
regattas and the spectacular arrival
in canoes, by way of the lake, of 100
Indians, the descendants of tribes
formerly occupying this site, who will
establish a village around a reproduc
tion of old Fort Dearborn, on the lake
front.
Athletic contests, parades, grea
fire works display, patriotic meet
ings and religious services, a grand
chorus, military ineneuvers by gov
ernment troops, and on the conclud
ing day a reception to the president
of the United States and other dis
tinguished guests, all contribute to a
most elaborate program.
Every energy is being employed to
make the occasion typical of that
spirit that has made Chicago one of
the greatest cities in the world.
John A. Kuhn, Asst.G. F. & P. A.
Cultivators! Cultivators!
Now is your chance if you want to !
buy a good one cheap and the beauty i
is I will sell cheaper for cash than
time, but 1 will give any reasonable
time.—Neil Brennan. 48tf
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For Sale.
My dwelling house and lot, two
blocks east of court-house.—Mrs.
Cress. 52-4p.
House to rent.—Dickson & Co 49-tf
Cadets for Revenue-Cutter.
Judge Kinkaid has received advice
from tlie United States Civil Service
Commission that on July 29, 30,31,
1903, an examination will lie held at
Beatrice, Grand Island or Omaha for
the position of cadet in the revenue
cutter service. Applicants must be
not less than 18 nor more than 25
years of age, of vigorous constution,
physically sound and well formed, not
less than 5 feet 3 inches in height, of
good moral character, and unmarried.
Cadets may be commissioned by the
president as lieutenants after two
years’satisfactory service. The salary
of a cadet is $500 per annum and one
ration per day.
A recent act of congress provides
the captains in this service shall rank
with majors in the army, first lieuten
ants with captains, second lieutenants
witli first lieutenants, third lieuten
ants witli second lieutenants, and
that commissioned otlicer in this ser
vice shall receive the same pay and
allowances, except forage, as are pro
vided by law for ollicers of correspond
ing rank in the Army, including
longevity pay. This act of congress
also provides for the retirement of
ollicers in this service at the age of
64 years with 75 per cent of the pay
and allowances of the rank upon which
they are retired.
There are in the revenue-cutter
service commissioned officers, as fol
lows: Captains, about 36, at a salary
of $2,500 per annum; first lieutenants,
about 36, at a salary of $1,800 per
annum; second lieutenants, about 36,
atasalary of $1,500per annum; third
lieutenants, about 12, at a salary of
$1,400 per annum.
It is expected that eigtii or ten ap
pointments will be made this summer
to the posit ion of cadet.
Persons who desire to enter this ex
amination should at one apply to the
United States Civil Service Commis
sion, Washington, I). C., or to the
secretary of the local board of ex
aminers at the places* mentioned
above.
Notice.
Taken up, on June 25 a small white
pig, owner can have same by calling
and paying for the feed and this
notice. Call at Sniggs’ shop.
1-3 F. .1. Manchester.
Wagons.
1 >o you want a first-class wagon at a
very low price? 1 have the old Hick
ory and Stoughton wagons in wide
or narrow tires—will sell trucks with
out boxes. Frank Campbell. 52-4
Brief Mention
It is hardly necessary to state that
when Manns advertise a sale every
tiling will be done exactly as stated—
If you visit their store any time after
the 7thyou will find all summer goods
marked so much lower you will need
no further proof of this—Their object
in giving these sales Is to turn goods
into cash and keep their stock always
new and tip to date.
I have a few very tine buggies that
I will sell cheap for cash or any kind
of old time. They must go someway to
nuke room for a carload of new goods
just coming. Call first and get your
choice. Remember the above goods
must go before July 4.—Nell Bren
nan. 48tf
Anyone who desires to have paper
pering, painting, caleemining and
frescoeing done, it will be to their ad
vantage to see me. I have had over
forty years experience and will guar
antee work to be. first-class. Leave
orders for work at Corrigan’s drug
store or address me at Agee, Neb.
35-2 N. S. Thompson.
1 have the Standard mowers with
latest fmporvements. This mower
will cut where most others will fail
and will out last and run lighter than
any other mower. 1 also have dif
ferent styles and widths of hay rakes.
Frank Campbell. 52-4
Edeu Valley
The rains of two weeks ago some
what reduced tlie stand of corn, but
the present favorable weather is
bringing it on in tine shape, and the
pumpkin and corn dodgers are irritat
ing mother earth with increased zeal
to take advantage of the favorable
conditions. Small grain is growing
rapidly and bids fair to be a paying
crop.
All available muscle and machinery
lias been brougth into play at the
Dissler ranch to harvest the alfalfa
crop. The yield proves satisfactory
and fulfills all anticipations of the
profitableness of the crop in this
section.
tom Simonson and family are enjoy
ing a visit from relatives from Iowa.
Mr. Roberts is cultivating the large
farm on the Redbird, recently pur
chased of H. A. Polk, in a thorough
and systemat ic manner and vegetation
flourishes like the green bay tree.
Dalphus.
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For Sale Cheap.
SE, 17, 32, hi, and W. j NW, 31, 30,
hi., Holt county Neb. Too far away,
will sacrifice. Terms easy. Open to
all agents. Miss Leona L. Lingle,
owner, 1531 Cambria St., Los Angeles,
California. 41-tf
Phoenix.
Ray Coburn made a trip to town,
Friday.
Ralph Coburn was at Turner, Wed
nesday.
Henry Bartel’s spent Sunday at Ben
Kinney's.
Mrs. Bell was a caller at Mrs. Morr’s
Saturday.
Ted Anderson was an Atkinson
visitor Saturday.
F. M. Clevenger was an Atkinson
visitor, Thursday of last week.
Emma Moor spent the latter part
of the week wit h Atkinson friend’s.
Mrs Smith and children of Boyd
county visited at George Parshall’s
last week.
Bert and Ethel Anderson attended
the ball game in Atkinson Thursday
of last week.
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Mid-Summer Festival.
For the mid-summer festival at
Sioux City .1 une 29 to .) uly 4 the Will
mar and Sioux Falls railroad will
sell excursion tickets O’Neill to Sioux
City and return at tire following low
rates: Tickets on sale June 29 to
July 3, with final return limit July 6,
$5.45. On Julyl and 2 we will sell
, tickest good for return day following
date of sale at one fare for round trip,
$4.10. See posters for attractions and
amusements. For further informa
tion call on W. E. West, agent.
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Marriage Licenses.
Judge Morgan has issued license to
wed to the following:
John Jennings and Itosa Johring,
both of O’Neill.
Forrest Smith of Inman and Anna
N. Trabridge of Page.
Perley Jones of Springview, Neb.,
and Annie Stanley of Nordrn, Neb.
The last named couple were married
yesterday by Rev. Father Cassidy.
The Brook Farm Co., have Bulls for
sale and their Dames have weighed 2100
i hundred. Brother stockman come
and buy one of these bulls and grow
1800 hundred ID steers with the saml
feed you grow 1000 and 1200 lb onm
J. it. Thomson Foremaiw
See my big Kentucky jack mx
■ Onward stallion (Standard bred m >e
■ fore breeding mares.
II. McAlli# r.
WHAT SUPERVISORS DID
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Report of Last Session Is Not All
In Yet for Publication
REAL ESTATE LEVY ADJUSTED
Each Meeting as Official Reported by
County Clerk ;
O’Neill, Neb., June 19, 1903.—Board
meet at 9 o’clock a. m., all members
present. {
On the assessment of Con Keys on
lot 25, block 22, orignal town site of
O’Neill, be changed from a valuation
of $275 to a valuation of $200.
The committee of whole reported
that they tind the following to be the
average value of lands in the various
precincts and recommended tha fol
lowing rates of increase and decrease:
Precinct Average Inc. Deo. Cor. Value i
Atkinson.*1 67 II 57
Chambers.. .. 1 33 . 1 38
Cleveland. ■. i an . 10 p.c. 117
Conley. 1 20 5 p.c. 1 £0
Delolt. Ill 20 p.o. 1 88
Dustin. 1 is . 1 18
Emmet. 1 M .. 1 51
Kwlng. 1 27 18 p.o. I 50
Falrvlow t 30 . 5po. 1 20
Frtinols. «0 80 p c. 1 18
Grattan. 1 58 1 58
Green Valley I 28 2p.o. 1 81
Inman. 1 54 2 p.o. 1 57 >
Iowa. 1 23 2 p.c. 1 20
hake. 1 08 20 p c. I 30
McClure .. . 1 511 20 p.o. 1 27
l’atldock. 1 111 10 p.c. 1 28
Pleaaantvlew 1 18 lOp.e. 130
Hock Falls. I 32 . 5 p.o 1 25
Sand Creek.. t 00 15 p.c. 1 22
Saratoga. 1 86 4 p.o. 1 25
Scott. 1 30 4 p.o. 1 26
Shamrock. . 1 57 . 25p.c. 1 £0
Sheridan. .141 . 1 41
Shlelda.118 10 pc. 130
Steele Creek. 1 28 . 1 28
Stuart. 1 75 8 p.c. 1 «l
Swan.. 75 83 po. 100
Verdlgio. 1 72 4 p.o. 1 68
Wlllowdale .. l 25 . 1 25
Wyoming_ 1 00 15 p.c. 1 15
On motion the report of the com
mittee was adopted.
On motion the board adjourned un
til 1 o’clock p. m.
One o’clock p. m.—Board called to
order, all members present.
The following petition was read: ,
To the Honorable Board of Super- i
visors of Holt county, Nebraska:
In the matter of the assessment of
all of Hazeletts’ addition to O’Neill.
Comes now the Rochester Loan and
Banking company, wh6 are owners Of
said property above mentioned, and
represents to yonr honorable body
that in the assessment of the above l
real estate the same is assessed too
high as compared with the value plac
ed on other property of like value in
the city O’Neill. In the assessment
of said real estate the assessor did not
take into consideration the real value
of said property but assessed the same 1
at the value it has formally been as
sessed for taxation, without taking
into consideration its true value.
That the real estate of the city of
O’Neill is assessed at or near one-sixth
of its true value, as will from the re
turns found In the assessors book after
it had been duly equalized by the city
council. But that in the assessment
of the real estate above described it
is assessed for more than its truevalue;
that the property is worth in round
figures about the sum of twenty dol
lars per acre, but that it is assessed
by the assessor for the sum of from
twenty-five to thirty dollars per acre.
That in case this assessment is
allowed to stand this property will be
compelled to pay much more than its
just share of the taxes, and far more
than its true worth compared with
other property of like value in the
city of O’Neill.
That tins complaintant was des
criminated against for that its pro
perty was assessed at a higher value
than other property was assessed of
like value. JFW& complaintant
further represe#* to yonr honorable
body that thejf was filed in the city
clerk’s office M the city of O’Neill,
J une 2, 1903, & omplaint against the
assessments w this property, and ask
ing to have |f>e same reduced so as to
be of equaWulue; and that said city
council setjf ig as a board on equaliza
tion refusjft and neglected to act or
in any ml ner to take up said com
plaint; aw the complaint did not get
any reliw from said city council sit
ting asjP board of equalization; and
, wherea* in said complaint before
said cwr council they were asked to
strika* from the city assessment
the tfilowlng blocks for the reason
that* they are unlawfully assessed
witwn said city, and have been for
se\wal years last passed, when in
trfu and in fact they are not within
1 tlw city limits and are subject to as
swmient inGratten township in Holt
Mjnty, aforesaid, for the reason they
' prise the SEJ of SEi section 25,
> jfownship 29, range 12, west of 6th p.
:j;n., and are not within the corporate
m limits of said city, to-wlt: All of
* blocks 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,12,13, J4,26 and
27. And your petitioner now asks to
have all of said lots in all of said
j blocks transferred from the assessment
_ within the city of O’Neill and trans
ferred to Gratten township where
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