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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 6, 1903)
✓ VOLUME XXIV. O’NEILL. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6,1903. ' NUMBER 6. HOLT .COUNTY IS THIRD Very Fine Showing in Crops and the Live Stock Industry. OVER 58,000 HEAD OF CATTLE Exceed in Number by Only Two Counties in the State. F - The Lincoln Star has compiled a table setting forth the condition of crops, acreage and number of head of live stock in the state by counties. Ilolt county makes an exceedingly line showing, as the following indicates: j Winter wheat, acres. 1,222 a Spring wheat, acres. 4,537 Rye, acres. 13,187 Corn, acres. 87,183 Oats, acres.32,407 Barley, acres. 649 Alfalfa, acres. 1,184 Millet, acres. 2,331 Number cattle July 1, 1903. 58,541 Number hogs July 1, 1903. 19,150 Number sheep July 1, 1903. 5,822 Horses and mules July 1, 1903.. 10,037 The wheat yield is estimated at an average of 18 bushels per acres; corn, with a basis oflOO as normal, is credit ed 80, and oats on the same basis at 92. Out of the ninety counties in the state there are but two counties re porting a greater number of cattle. Cherry county has 88,736 and Custer 78,956. Cherry county has twice the area of Holt, while Custer and Holt are about the same size. Thus consi dered Custer is in the lead with Holt second. Custer county also has the largest acreage of corn, having 224,752 acres. Holt county stands sixth in number of horses and mules, Custer leading again in this with 19,679. Kimball county leads in number of sheep with 27,365 head. Richardson county is in the lead with hogs,having f 38,774 head. There are 11,164,577 acres of crops in the state, divided as follows: Win ter wheat, 1,939,766; spring wheat, 439,612; rye, 343,067; corn, 6,964,048; oats, 1,968,721; barley, 113,717; alfalfa, 238,401; millet, 137,245. The total number of live stock in the state is: Cattle, 2,161,773; hogs, 1,481,164; sheep, 218,711; horses and mules, 539,917, making a total of hoof ed animals of 4,402,665. Tlie draft of the assessments roll compiled by the state board of equali zation shows the following concern >. ing Holt county: p Assessed valuation.*2,429,933 00 State Levy In Mills General. 7 School. 11 University. 1 Total.91 Assessments Charged General. $ 16,946 53 School. 3,631 40 University.. 2,420 JJ3 Total. 22,998 86 ueatn in sardine (Jan. Chambers Bugle: A week ago last Tuesday David Ward and several of his family were poisoned by eating a box of sardines. They felt nothing of it until Wednesday morning when the father and his son were taken sick and in a short time one of the daugh ters was taken. Saturday Drs. Hess and Brown of Chambers and Dr. Thurston of Burwell were called and pronounced it a very serious case of fish poisoning. They had been so long without medical attendance that paralysis had set in and but little could be done. The boy died at 10 o’clock that day and the girl died at 0 o’clock Tuesday morning. The father cannot live and two other child ren are ill from eating some from the same can. Later—Mr. Ward died Wednesday morning. Captures Fugitive Lee Card was captured Tuesday by Sheriff Hall at Hay McClure’s ranch eighteen miles south of O’Neill, i Card has been a fugitive from the law I since June 27. On that date a war rant was issued for his arrest charged with assualting John B. Hodge of Lake township. He immediately dis appeared and the sheriff had been on the look out for him since. The sheriff traced him to North Bend a few days ago but the bird had flown when the officer arrived and had headed back to Holt county. Sheriff Hall took up the. trail again and Tuesday chased tim down at the McClure ranch, •'Tvhere officer and fugitive arrived about the same time. He was given a hearing yesterday and is out on bonds for appearance for trial. Strayed. On or about April 15, from our farm five miles west of O’Neill, a red bull calf about sixteen months old; marked with slit cut in brisket. Also on or about June 1, one yearling steer, branded C J on left side. Suitable reward for information leading to their recovery. 5-tf Ryan Bros. Local Matters Rivard Cross of Atkinson was in town Monday. Dr. George Mullen was over from Creighton Sunday. Editor Raker of Ewing had business in town the first of the week. Sanford Parker, of Spencer, was in town over night Saturday, going east Sunday. Sam Howard, T. V. Golden and A. F. Mullen all had business at Norfolk Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Cole visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lyons at Emmet Sunday. A. O. Perry, of Fremont, looked after real estate business in this sec tion the forepart of the week. The Advocate says Judge McCutch eon of this city expects soon to locate in Spencer for the practice of law. Miss Bessie Snyder returned home last Friday night aftei a protracted visit with relatives at Allen and Sioux City. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. M. II. McCarthy Saturday last, and Mike’s interest in the field trials is perceptibly less. Barney Mullen stepped off the Black Hills passenger Sunday morning long enough to shake hands with a few friends at the depot. Frank Lorge of Hartington, Neb., arrived in ttie city Monday evening for a short visit at the home of his aunt, Mrs. D. II. Cronin. The Royal Highlanders will give a ball in Golden's ball on Friday evening August 14. Everybody cordially in vited. Music by McGreevys’ orchestra. Master John Gilligan entertained about seventy of his little friends at his home last Tuesday afternoon, it being his fifth birthday anniversary. T. P. Mullen returned home Satur day from a trip in Antelope and Madison counties. Tom is in the photo enlarging business and is meet ing with unstinted success. “A Few Sheep” will be the subject of the pastor’s sermon at the Presby terian church next Sunday morning, and in the evening “A Law that Superceeds all other Laws.” Miss Nettie Sclirier came up from her home near Chambers last week on account of the illness of her sister, Mrs. Clark Hough. Miss Sclirier re turned home the first of this week. Labor day, the only national legal holiday in the United States and in Nebraska, will be observed in this laboring state on Monday, September 7, which day has been so proclaimed by Governor Mickey. Bert Blinco was over Monday from Sioux City, his permanent home now. Bert makes occasional runs at his old business on the Short Line, but has has other business in Sioux City which demands most of his attention. Last Tuesday Michael McCoy sold his farm, located • about ten miles northeast of O’Neill, for $2000. A Mr. Smith, of Michigan, was the pur chaser. Five years ago this farm was offered for $500 but no buyer appeared. Mrs. Trueblood, Lind and Donald, depart tomorrow for Lincoln. The two latter will attend school there the coming year. The doctor will remain in O’Neill and get a protracted touch of home without the wifeand children. Mrs. P. J. Biglin and Mrs. J. F. Gal lagher,who had been with their sister Mrs. Coffey at Spencer, she being very ill, returned home Thursday last. Mrs. Coffey is convalescent and was able to come over with her sisters for a visit at O’Neill. The Boston Bloomer ball game,billed for O’Neill, was enacted at Atkinson Sunday. Many attended from here and say it was the best game ever put up in the county. The Bloomers are all ball players, conducted themselves as ladies, and won the game on a score of 7 to 3. The Pleasent Valley Sunday School will give a picnic in Air. Bedford’s grove two miles south of Meek post office, on Saturday, August 15. A good program will be rendered. A Merry go-round and other amusements have been provided for. All are invited to come and enjoy life on that day. A very enjoyable social affair took place last Friday evening at the pleasant and hospitable home of M. M. Sullivan, when Mr. Sullivan’s daughter, Loretto, entertaining a number of her friends at dancing and other social amusements. Mr. I). Clem Deaver furnished the music for the occasion. Three good lainson Thursday, Fri day and Sunday gave the bumper crops another boost and corn has grown another foot since Monday. The government weartherguage show ed a precipitation of 113 inches. A stiff wind Sunday evening broke off corn stalks to some extent in the immediate vicinity of O’Neill. | SPECIAL SALE ON | S Fancy Dishes & Belts I j*j On Saturday, August 8, Mann’s will place on sale their complete $ line of Fancy Dishes and Ladies’ Belts at 33■, per cent 6 discount. This sale will continue one week. 1 K a8asaas»B8B!B«Rj0®^tss®«aa8a^®jae*5aaKj>c»saaK»eKsaca»s«»B«®8S!SSK»tsB(era88aE«ss8»B«ss»a5 FINEST HE EVER SAW. _ I Editor Church Visits Col. Brennan's Park and is Enraptured. Atkinson Graphic: While in O’Neill last Tuesday we saw something which Atkinson badly needs—a beautiful park. The one in O’Neill is owned by Col. Neil Brennan, who left his busy hardware establishment to unlock the gate and show us through the grounds The park consists of about live acres and is the finest sample of landscape gardening and horticultural effort that we have seen in Ilolt county or any where else. The colonel has appar ently had no failures; he has even transplanted oak trees, which every body knows can't be done successfully, and they stand there disputing the old rule with every rustle of their rank foliage. There are all kinds of ever greens, artistically moulded to grace ful shapes by the expert trimmer, ash, elm, box-elder, cottonwood—every kind of an ornamental shade tree im aginable. Then there are apple, cherry, walnut and other trees, .all heavy with their fruitage. At regular intervals are straight grassy avenues in each direction, lending just enough' regularity to the plan to make an ar tistic whole, and there are numberless shady nooks, with rustic seats for picnic parties. In tlie center is a large grassy lawn, decorated with flower beds all in rank bloom. This beautiful place has cost the'colonel much money and laborand lie is justifiably proud of it. A sight of the place ought to be a convincing argument to any eastern man inclined to be pessimistic about Ilolt county’s productive ability—better argument than all the spiels the real estate men can make, and if the city of O’Neill wished to do something very much to her advantage she would make an ap propriation for the maintenance in perfect condition of Brennan’s park. Judges Named Secretary McCarthy of the Field Trials association tells us there are 145 dogs now enterred for the trials billed here for August 18. “W. J. Banghn of Ridgeville. Ind., and William Elliott of Selma, Io., will be the judges,” said Mr. McCarthy in discussing the trials yesterday. “There are about $750 entrance fees now paid in with $10 more for each dog when the trials begin. There is no question but what these trials are giving the country the greatest adversing it ever iiad, for men are coming here from all over the country and there will be a big crowd in attendance. It is a little different this year than last. Last year we had to put up the money, but this year the $1,000 prizes are con tributed by those who enter dogs and the association expects to have $500 left after the trials close.” At the M. E. Church The fourth quarterly meeting for the Methodist church will take place •on Saturday and Sunday, the quarter ly board meeting Saturday evening at 8 o’clock for the transacting, of busi ness. Sunday at 9:30 a. m. will be held the quarterly love feast, followed by preaching at 10:30 by the presiding elder, after which the sacrament will be administered. Sunday [school at 12 m. Epworth League at 7 p. m., preaching by the pastor at 8. Cordial invitation ex tended to all. Amos Fetzer, Pastor. Emmet The republican electors of Emmet township are requested to meet at Emmetlon August 15,1093, at 3 o’clock p m., for the purpose of selecting three delegates to attend the republi can county convention to he held in O’Neill August 17; also to place in nomination a township ticket and for the transaction of such other business as may come before said caucus.—T. II. Maring, Committeeman. Old Settlers’ Picnic A meeting is called at the court house in O’Neill on Saturday, August 15, at 2 o’clock, for the purpose of devising ways and means for an old settlers’picnic sometime in the near future. A good attendance from ail parts of the county is desired. By order of Committee. (ialena Lumber company deals in paints, oils, etc. 51tf THE NEW POPE Cardinal Giuseppe Sarto, Patriarch of Venice, is Chosen. Pius X. was born inRiesi, diocese of Treviso, June 2.1835, and was created cardinal by Leo XIII. at consistory of June 12, 1893, receiving the title of S. Bernardo delle Terme. He is also patriarch of Venice since June, 1893, and bishop of Mantua. He belongs to ecclesiastical congregation of bishops and regulars, sacred rites, indulgences and sacred relics. Cardinal Sarto enjoys great popular ity in his diocese and is honored by all for hts purity, for the strict upright ness of his life, and for liberal ideas. He is a modest and agreeable man, highly cultivated, very kind hearted, still strong and robust in spite of his <S8 years, ilc has never taken great part in the political and public life of the church, but divided his time between study and good works. Although most faithful to the holy see he was pre sented to the king and queen of Italy in Venice. He is considered among the more liberal members of the Ital ian episcopate and sacred college. He is rather timid in expressing an opin ion. It is said Leo III. always thought always thought very highly of him, and d ' *d with him on one occasion when Sarto disapproved Rampolla's policy. The new pope takes the name of Pius X. His selection caused general rejoicing at Rome. Phoenix. Perry Miller visited Mr. Bell Friday. Lena Pamero went to Atkinson Sunday,, Levi 'lull spent Sunday at Charley Keeler’s. Mrs. Carrie Jeppeson made a trip to Spencer Friday. George Lamphier had business in Atkinson Friday. Mrs. George Kirkland spent Sunday at ltoy Coburn’s. Mrs. Nilson visited Mrs. McMane Thursday after noon. Mr. and Mrs. Zenor were at Atkin son one day last week. Louie and Iloy Cobnrn had business in Atkinson Thuasday. Emma Moor was on the sick list the tatter pa rt of the week. Lafe Ames of Atkinson was seen in this vicinity, Sunday last. Mary Bartels took supper at Mrs. F. Coburn’s Sunday evening. Hank Stansberry spent Tuesday at Nelson Ames’ of Catalpa. Edith and Viola Jeppeson spent Friday at John Pamero’s. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson were callers at Mr. McMane’s Thursday. Mary Bartels spent Thursday after noon with Jessie Coburn’s. Mr. and Mrs.Chris Christenson were Atkinson visitors Thursday. Ethel Anderson was a caller at ltoy Coburn’s Monday after noon. Mrs. Pashall and ltoy spent Thurs day afternoon at Roy Coburn’s. Hank Stansberry took supper at George Lamphicr’s Friday evening. Bert Farshall went to Atkinson Friday, returning home tire same day. Lena and Edith Damero were callers at Mr. Jepperson’s Thursday evening. Louis Coburn and family visited at Nelson Ames’Tuesday of last week. Mrs. Kinney and Mrs. Nilson spent Tuesday afternoon at Roy Coburn’s. Henry Stansberry of Iowa visited old friends in this neighborhood last week. Emma Moore spent a day or two at her tather-in-law’s near Atkinson last week. Rudolph Jeppeson and John Pamero were at Spencer and Bristow one day last week. Edna Howe returned to her home at O’Neill Thursday after a week’s stay at Fred Turner’s. Otto Nilson and Rudolph Jeppeson went to O’Neill after bridge lumber one day last week. The dance in Otto Nilson’s barn Saturday night was well attended and, speaking from experience, all present had a first class time. Pete Puffy and Will Townsend of Saratoga, Rollie Twyford, Joe Bigler and Willie Grutsh of Ray and Jess Benson of Turner attended the dance at Phoenix Saturday evening. Friend and Mabel Keeler of Brush Creek attended Sunday school at Phoenix Sunday last. Hank Stansberry and Ralph and Jessie Coburn took dinner at Roy Coburn’s Sunday last. Mr. Damero of Atkinson spent a few days last week with his children at Phoenix, returning home Sunday. - '■■■ .. Brief Mention Sherwin-Williams paints for sale by Galena Lumber company. 61tf Rev. Father Cassidy returned last evening from his eastern trip. All kinds of cider and soft goods sold by O’Neill Bottling Works. 5-tf A dozen or so strangers were In town yesterday prospecting in real estate. Forty tickets were sold by the Great Northern for the excursion to Duluth this morning. Walter Hodgkin left this morning for a.short visit with relatives at his birth-place, Granite Falls, Minn. Lost—on road from Chambers to O’Neill, mileage nook and letteis. Return to Hotel Evans and get re ward. 6-2 Tim Hanley, Jerry McCarthy and John O’Donnell are among the O’Neillites who left for Duluth this morning. Taken Up—Two mare ponies with colts by side, on section twenty-four, sixteen miles southwest of O’Neill.— James Willis. 4-3 Mrs. Anthony Ilarmon of Grand Rapids, Mich., arrived in the city last night on a visit to tier son, John A., and family. Thomas Larkin and son, of New York City, arrived in the city for a short visit at the home of his cousin, Dr. J. P. Gilligan. Miss Hellen Norris of Omaha is visiting her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McLaughlin, and other relatives in the city. Mr. and Mrs. Judge Dickenson and daughter, Miss Gertude, are in the city visiting at the home of their daughter, Mrs. S. J. Weekes. Dr. and Mrs. Corrigan are home after an eastern visit. They were at various places in New York, New Jersey and other eastern states. Mr. and Mrs. C. L* Holm, of Belvi, dcre, III., arrived in the city Wednes day night for a short visit witli Mrs. Holm’s father, N. S. Thompson. Electric lights, water works system and an artesian well are some enter prises the hustling town of Lynch, in Boydy county, will presently under take. The Great Northern will sell round trip tickets to Plalnvlew on August 10 to 14, at one fare for round trip, on account of the G. A. It. reunion at Niobrara August 10 to 14. Tickets good for return up to August 15. You will find some of the best bar gains at Mann’s during August that this firm lias ever offered the public, as they wisli to reduce their stock of summer goods as much as possible be fore placing there fall novelties on sale. Following is Hie prohibition ticket named last Thursday: Treasurer, E. F. Roberts, Joy; clerk, C. L. Morse, Dustin; judge, Wilson Brodie, Brodie; clerk court, J. S. Coppoc, Chambers; superintendent, Louise French, Page; sheriff, J. Isaacson, Page. Chambers Bugle: Charles Moore of O’Neill passed theough town Wednes day on his way home. lie informs us that Mr. Dobson, who resides north of O’Neill, started a few days ago with a car load of horses destined for Mani toba, Canada. This makes the second car load. lie reports a good market there. Tlios. P. Hicks of Chicago and William Hicks of Waterloo, lo., are in the city visiting at the home of ttieir brother, E. P. Hicks. These gentlemen are highly pleased with tne looks of old Holt and her bountiful crops and say they are much better than in the vicinity of Waterloo, Io., where land is worth $75 and $100 per acre. Last Thursday Dr. Trueblood oper ated upon Mrs. Clark Hough for the removal of tumors that had become so numerous in her nose as to close the nasal passage and make the ques tion of breathing a serious one. Thir teen tumors, eacli as large as a good sized bean, were removed. After spending a pretty sick day Friday, Mrs. Hough recovered rapidly and is now thoroughly restored. Notice. Notice is hereby given that all per sons are warned not to hunt upon section 17 and the southeast quarter of section 18, township iio, range 11 west, as they will be arrested and prosecuted as trespassers. 1’ A. Lindberg. Michael McCoy. 4-4 O. A. Widtfeldt. BLOOD! TALE IS TOLD Excited Messenger From the North Comes After Sheriff. CHARLES MOHR LOSES A HAND Hainsville Man Meets With a Bad Accident With Shotgun. * A rattled, excited and frightened messenger came tearing Into town about 1 o’clock Wednesday morning after the sheriff. The cause of his fearfulness, haste and excitement was explained to be an individual liv ing sixteen miles north of O’Neill whose metes and bounds of sanity had overlapped, his wife and children had been killed and consternation reigned among the populace. Deputy Sheriff Thompson was found. He and the excited messenger went hurriedly to the homo of Sheriff Hall and arops ed him. .Judge Morgan was then pulled from bed and with blinking eyes went to his office and issued a warrant for the arrest of Henry Losher Armed wit h the warrant the officers went to the scene of the reported tragic affair as fast as a pair of horses could take them. It seems that the thing had been greatly overdrawn, for when the sheriffs arrived there was neither dead nor wounded. Some misunderstanding had arisen the evening before between Mr. and Mrs. Losher. During the excitement of the hour Mrs. Losher had gone to a neighbor’s and asked him to come for the sheriff to take in chare her iraie husband. By the time the sheriff ar rived the domestic storm had subsided and the wife didn’t want her husband arrested. But the sheriff had the warrant and said he would have to take Mr. Losher to town but that she could dismiss the case as soon as they got into court. This was done by the defendant paying something like $12 costs. The family are industrious, estoemed citizens and their difficulty was simply a personal matter. Loses a Hand Charles Mohr, living in the Hains vllle country, met with a bad accident last Thursday that cost him Ills left hand. He went to hang up a loaded sliotgun when the trigger caught on a nail, discharging the piece. Mr. Mohr got the full charge in the hand and lower part of the arm. He came to O’Neill and Dr. Gilligan found it necessary to amputate the injured member between elbow and wrist. Let the People Know. The editor of the Independent took occasion last week to "throw a few boquetl at Mr. Eves and some cabbage heads at Dr. Trueblood” regarding the school situation in O’Neill. In order to get at the inwardness of the situation and to enlighten the tax payers of District number seven, I ask for a small space in The Frontier. The teachers fund for 1902 and 1903 fell short *400. The income from all sources for 1903 and 1904—the coming year—is estimated at about the .same as last year. To this shortage we have to add the salary of an additional teacher in the high school at *55 per ' month,or $495. This makes practically *900 short for the ensuing year. In addition to this shortage the raising of present salaries, without any grave necessity for it, seems to me to be a bad business proposition and deserving of public censure. 1 am not opposed to liberal salaries, indeed I have always advocated higher salaries than we have been paying, but, at this time, under these linancial circumstances, to add still $200 more to the district’s embarrassment, when no advance had been asked for, except by one teacher, and this teacher's work for the coming year had been greatly lightened by the additional teacher employed, is my reason for opposing these advances. The Independent in its announce ment of the previous week stated cor rectly that the board had accepted the resignation of Mr. Owens on account of the financial situation of the dis trict being such that his request for an advance in salary could not be granted; on the heels of this the board advanced salaries more than was asked and the financial condition of the dis trict was unchanged during the week so far as I know. The distridt is two and one-half years behind in its_teach ers’ fund, consequently the $3,950 that the present requirements for teachers calls for will draw $081.25 in interest before it is paid. This interest will pay better salaries to all our teachers than they will get the coming year without taxing the district a penny more, if we were out of debt. Should we not get out of debt before raising salaries? B. T. Trueblood. Mrs. J. F. Lichty orders The Fron tier sent to her for six months at Sterling, Colo., where she went today.