VOLUME XXv' _O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1905 ~ NUMBER 52.
VALUE OFALLPBOPERTY
What Real Estate and Personal of Each
Tow nship Is Worth.
SCHEDULE OF LIVE STOCK VALUE
Board of Supervisors Hold Session and
Adjourn Until July the Tenth.—
Telephone Assessments.
O’Neill, Neb., June 13, 1905.—
Board of Equalization met and called
to order at 2 o’clock p. m.
Present Supervisors Biglin, Clark,
Keyes, Krammer, Reuting, County
Assessor Cooper and County Clerk.
On motion Supervisor Keyes was
elected temporary chairmap.
On motion the Board adjourned un
til nine o’clock tomorrow morning.
C. S. Gilmour, Clerk,
C. D. Keyes, Chairman Pro Tern.
O’Neill, Neb., June 14, 1905—Board
called to order at nine o’clock. All
members present.
The following amounts were found
to be the total value of all real estate
and personal property as shown by
the books as returned by the assessor:
Precinct, Iteal Estate, Personal, Total
Atkinson.56104 18960 75064
Chambers.50508 27365 77051
Cleveland.32549 15144 47693
Conley.34233 8423 42665
Deloit.36341 13442 49783
Dustin.23436 11799 35235
Emmet.47731 10870 58601
Ewing.54284 34199 83483
Fairview..... ....27158 12571 39729
Francis.37441 19556 56997
Grattan.89676 27028 110704
Green Valley.40205 12571 52776
Inman.57367 15896 73263
Iowa.46665 13213 59878
Lake. 35314 12057 47371
McClure.22272 11559 33831
Paddock..46380 21503 67873
Pleasant View.25859 12080 37939
Rock Falls.43958 15434 59392
Sand Creek.47375 14198 61573
Saratoga.46992 16843 63835
Scott.36850 12087 48937
Shamrock.24451 7659 32110
Shields. 54234 18546 72780
Sheridan.51135 16808 67943
Steele Creek.38486 11877 50363
Stuart.112552 35332 147884
Swan. 15646 7752 23398
Verdigris. 47349 35214 81563
Willowdale.46691 10283 56974
Wyoming.29019 11527 40546
O’Neill City.56344 70288 126632
Arkinson Village. .25468 38962 64430
Ewing “ ..15209 17079 32288
Inman “ .. 4847 10942 15789
Stuart “ .. 8940 25849 34789
Total.$1469149 $673923 $2143072
On motion the Board adjourned
until one o’clock p. m.
One o’clock p. m.—Board called to
order.
The following was found to be the
average assessments of horses, cattle
and mules for the several townships
and villages with the percentage of
decrease and increase as recommended
and adopted by the board:
Precinct Horses Cattle Mules
Av. Inc. Dec. Av. Inc. Dec. Av.
Atkinson 10 23 .. .. $3 14 .. .. 16 00
Chambers 9 60 .... 2 90 1.
Cleveland 8 89 .. .. 3 34 .. .. 9 85
Conley 9 80 .. .. 3 03 .. .
Deloit 9 17 .. .. 3 16 .. .. 9 72
Dustin 8 28 .. .. 3 04 .. .. 9 64
Emmet 8 90 .. .. 3 01 .... 14 00
Ewing 8 80 .. .. 3 54 .. 10 8 87
Fairview 10 20 .. .. 3 60 .... 10 00
Francis 9 00 .... 3 32 .... 8 23
Grattan 10 38 .. .. 3 12 .... 13 62
Green Val. 8 20 .... 3 03 .... 8 20
Inman 6 85 30 .. 2 94 .. .. 10 32
Iowa 9 71.... 2 95 .... 8 00
Lake 8 84 .. .. 3 30 .... 10 16
McClure 8 86 .... 3 18 .... 13 16
Faddock 11 15 .. 15 3 16 .. .. 8 74
Pleas’tviw 7 13 25 .. 3 05 .. .. 8 30
Rock FIs. 8 04 .... 3 16 .... 8 28
Sand Creek 7 01 25 .. 2 81 .
Saratoga 8 16.... 311.... 6 56
Scott 7 65 10 .. 2 55 10 .. 9 58
Shamrock 9 71 .. .. 3 41 . 6 22
Shields 9 51 .. .. 3 34 .. .. 9 43
Sheridan 8 94 .... 2 91.... 7 66
Steele Crk. 9 54 .... 3 02 .... 11 47
Swan 9 10 05 .. 3 08 .... 10 80
Stuart 10 22 .. .. 3 56 .. 05 7 55
Verdigris 10 25 .. .. 3 24 .. .. 7 60
Willo’daie 9 40 .. .. 3 33 .. .. 11 18
Wyoming 8 85 .. .. 3 15 .. .. 6 80
Average 9 03 .... 3 15 .... 9 65
O’Neill Cty 7 44 25 .. 3 72.... 7 83
Atk’n’n V. 8 40 .... 3 42 .
Ewing V. 10 00 .... 3 60 .... 10 00
Inman V. 8 68 .. . 3 04 .... 17 50
Stuart V. 8 60 .... 3 40 .... 14 66
On motion the Board adjourned
until nine o’clock tomorrow morning.
F. W. Phillips, Chairman.
E. S. Gilmour, Clerk,
O’Neill, Neb., June 15, 1905— Board
called to order at nine o’clock a. m.
All members present.
Petition was read from John Carton
asking that a certain mortgage
assessed to him be stricken from the
tax list as the same was not owned
by him.
On motion the valuation of lot 7,
block 35, O’Neill, was reduced from
$400 to $200.
On motion the board adjourned to
1 o’clock p. m.
One o’clock p. m.—Board called to
order, all members present.
Board proceeded to adjustment of
rates of the various Telephone Co’s
in the county.
At 5 o’clock board adjourned until 9
o’clock tomorrow morning.
O’Neill, Neb., June 1(1.—Board call
ed to order, all members present.
On motion the valuation on the nj
34-25-9 was reduced from $25 to $22 an
acre.
On motion board adjourned until 1
o’clock p. m.
One o’clock p. m.—Board called to
order, all members present.
On motion the follow assessments
were made upon the different tele
phones in the county:
Holt county Telephone Co. LOO miles
at $10 per mile.
Nebraska Telephone Co., 3 miles at
$60 per mile.
Ewing and Deloit Telephone Co., 54
miles at $4 per mile.
Interstate Telephone Co., 61 miles
at $10 per mile.
Verdigris Telephone Co., 35 miles at
$7 per mile.
Camp Dewey Telephone Co., 19
miles at $8 per mile.
On motion the clerk was instructed
to proportion the same to the several
townships and school districts
through which the lines pass.
On motion the petition of John Car
ton rejected.
On motion the Board adjourned
until nine o’clock tomorrow morning.
F. W. Phillips, Chairman.
S. C. Gilmour, Clerk,
O’Neill, Neb., June 17, 1905—Board
called to order at nine o’clock a. m.
All members present.
On motion the Western Union Tele
graph Co., was assessed at a valuation
of $3,005 and the clerk instructed to
proportion the same to the several
school districts and townships.
On motion the Board adjourned un
til Monday July 10, 1905 at ten o’clock
a. m.
F. W. Phillips, Chairman.
C. S. Gilmour, Clerk,
DISPLAY OF ART
Fine Work of Pupils at St. Mary’s
Academy.
A very interesting display from the
industrial and art department of St.
Mary’s academy was on exhibition at
the convent for a few days this week.
The display consisted of paintings,
drawings and needle work. It ex
presses it but mildly to say there
were some very valuable and truly
works of art on exhibition. Aside
from a few paintings by Mrs. Leahy,
Mrs. M. F. and Mrs. J. J. Harrington,
the work was all that of the pupils of
the academy, some of whom are mere
mites of children. The pieces of fancy
work showed a wonderful skill with
the needle and a high conception of
art, some pieces being exceptionally
line. The paintings and drawings
were beautiful, some showing a rare
talent for art. A few of the pupils
are studying art with the view of
adopting it as their work and we have
no doubt but that they will make
successful artists. Miss Viertel,
whose home is at Crookston, and Miss
Genevieve McNiohols of Atkinson dis
play exceptional talent in this line.
Assistant State Superintendent
Bishop, who was in the city Monday,
visited the convent and commended
tile exhibition very highly, inducing
the sisters who have charge of the in
struction at the convent, to send an
exhibit to the state fair.
Thirteen young ladies of the convent
were recently granted teacher’s cer
tillcates by the county superintendent.
The commencement exercises of the
convent were held on Tuesday even
ing when a program of exceptional
interest was rendered. While the at
tendence was good it would have been
much larger had it not been for the
storm which kept many away. Rev.
J. T. Smith, pastor of St. I’atrick’s
church here in early days but nowin
charge of a parish in Omaha, deliv
ered an able address.
Tiie graduates were: Mae E. Camp
bell, Helen T. Clark, Lottie V. Grady,
Annie T. McCarthy, Nellie C. O’Don
nell and B. Helen McCafferty.
LOCAL MATTERS.
For farm loans sec Lyman Water
man, O’Neill. 45-tf
J. L. Kloke of Spencer was in the
city Tuesday.
R. B. McFadon of Chadron was in
O’Neill Tuesday.
M. R. Sullivan was down from
Atkinson Sunday last.
David Wixson of Atkinson had
business in town Tuesday.
Fon Rent—Six room cottage in
good condition. 52-tf Belle Ryan.
Wanted—100 acres of Prairie broke
at once—Lyman Waterman, O’Neill.
Miss Mabel A. France of Avoca, la.,
has accepted a position on the Front
ier.
Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Biglin were
Omaha visitors Tuesday and Wed
nesday.
American steel hog fencing 20c per
rod at Golden & Hodgkin’s. Think
it over. 39-tf
Mrs. A. Maring departed Tuesday
for Exeline, Iowa, to be gone for
three months.
Miss Maude Fisher of Laurel was
the guest of Miss Josie Howe several
days this week.
Mrs. B. T. Trueblood came up from
Lincoln last Thursday evening for a
few days’ visit.
$2,000 given for kodak pictures.
Ask for catalogue.—W. M. Lockard,
O’Neill, Neb. 52-3
A steer strayed at my place three
miles south and one mile west of
Scottville. Albert Eppenbaugh.
Miss Mamie Cullen returned home
Thursday evening from a protracted
visit with relatives in New York City.
Shaheen & Saunto have improved
the interior of their store with a
bright new paper on walls and ceiling.
Deering Twine and machine oil,
sepearator, lamp, gasoline, lintseed,
be sure to get the best; Brennan sells
them. 51-3
Daniel O’Connor, who has been at
tending Creighton College at Omaha
the past year, arrived home Sunday
evening.
Philip Sullivan left Saturday morn
ing for his home at Anaconda, Mont.,
after a three week’s visit with rela
tives and friends here.
Charles Wrede, Jr., was in from
Agee Tuesday and took out a load of
plank for a new bridge that is being
constructed across the Redbird.
Edward Larson of Meek was a
Frontier caller Tuesday, renewing for
another year. Mr. Larson reports
flattering crop prospects in his neigh
borhood.
Sam Hubbard of Chambers departed
over the Northwestern Tuesday
morning for Blackfoot, Idaho, where
he goes to look over the country with
a view to locating.
Dean Selah returned Tuesday to
Fremont, where he is working for the
Fremont Saddlery Co., in the capacity
of shipping clerk. He tells us his
mother expects to remove to Fremont.
The local markets yesterday were:
Stock steers, $3.00; fat steers, $4.00:
Hog $4.00; corn — shelled, 371c,
ear, 3Gic; oats, 221c; wheat, 87c; rye,
58c; potatoes, 25c(a>30c; eggs, 10c; but
11c.
Next Monday the annual school
meeting will be held at the high
school building. The members of the
board whose terms of oflice expire
are: Col. Neil Brennan, Dr. B. T.
Trueblood, T. V. Golden and Dr. J.
P. Gilligan. The last two were ap
pointed to fill vacancies and have
served about six months.
Spencer Advocate: Miss Mollie
O’Malley, the efficient saleslady in E ,
Mann & Co.’s store, is taking her
vacation this week. She went over
to O’Neill last Sunday for a visit with
relatives.
Tlie pulpit of the Presbyterian
church will be occupied next Sunday
evening by the Itev. Matthew W.
Wilson, B. A., of the Omaha Semin
ary. Anthem by the choir and spec
ial piece by the Male Quartette.
Children’s Day will be observed at
the M. E. church on Sunday, June 25,
at 8 p. rn. Prof. Mills of Atkinson
will give an address on “Education.”
Special music will be furnished by the
choir. A cordial invitation to all.
John Sturdevant arrived in the city
Monday from Spencer to join his wife
who has been visiting here. Mr.
Sturdevant has sold his drug store at
Spencer and will retire temporarily
from business to take a needed rest.
A social function this evening at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. 0.0. Snyder
promises to be a pleasant event. The
choir of the Methodist Episcopal
church hold a reception for the teach
ers attending Die institute from 7 to
8 o’clock.
Tom McPbarlin went to Sioux City
yesterday to buy new furniture for
the McPharlin Bros.’ barber shop.
After the 4th they will move tneir
shop to the Elkhorn Valley bank
building, occupying the apartment to
the south on the first floor.
The fourth quarterly conference of
the M. E. church will be held Satur
day evening, July 1, and the quarterly I
meeting will be held on Sunday at
10:30 a. m. Rev. Bithell, presiding
elder, will preach and administer the
Lord’s supper.—G. F. Mead, Pastor.
The Rebekahs held a picnic at
Atkinson Tuesday, a number from
here attending, among whom were
O. O. Snyder, J. C. Ilarnish, Jacob
Pfund, C. L. Davis and C. E. Ilall and
their wives, and S. J. Weekes, W. K.
Hodgkin, Bert Harding, Elijah Bab
cock and Sam Wolfe.
Why dont you invest that money of
yours in good land close to town.
Land is sure to increase in value and
is absolutely safe. T. V. Golden has
a few tracts close to O’Neill that he
can sell on good terms at a low price.
Don’t wait for a few years and then
kick yourself because you did not buy
when you could. 49-3
R. J. Marsh and Grant Hatfield
were in Atkinson Tuesday being
overtaken by the storm on their way
home and sought refuge at a farm
house. R. J. says the water and hail
and wind left a scene of desolation
between O’Neill and Emmet and that
the fields are swept as clean of their
crops as though none had ever been
planted.
L. C. Wade, who has secured a sec
tion homestead in the small strip of
territory north of Rushville that was
recently opened to tiling, has been in
the city this week to get his horses
together to take to Rushville. Mr.
Wade says that B. S. Gillespie, Emil
Sniggs and himself have secured home
steads adjoining each other and that
he has built a house upon his and
they are making their home there,
Mrs. Wade now being on the home
stead and that they expect to stay as
the land is too good to let go. He
says there were forty applicants for
each section and that the line-up at
the land ollice on the date of filing
was similar to the one in O’Neill a
year ago. He and the other two gen
tlemen from here sat inline for six
teen hours waiting for the opening of
the land ollice and all three secured
their homesteads Messrs. Gillespie
and Sniggs expect to build soon on
their claims and he tells us that Mr.
Sniggs’ intentions are to dispose of
his business here and to establish him
self permanently there. As to the
value of the land he says a relinquish
ment could not be bought of any of
the homesteaders for $10 an acre. A
new town is springing up on the strip
and things are booming generally.
T. T. Waid returned from Willis
ton, Tenn., last Thursday evening and
expects to purchase a farm and spend
his remaining years in sunny Holt.
Mr. Waid for several years owned a
farm about live miles east of O’Neill,
but always had a hankering desire for
the “sunny south.” Last March he
traded his farm for one in Tennessee!
leaving for that place about May 1.
Hut four weeks was all he wanted of
the land of the Magnolio and Nigger
and as soon as he could do so disposed
of Iris place there and returned to
God’s country. T. T. says the niggers
predominate there at the ratio of 1G
to 1, sixteen niggers to one white per
son, and although lie is a good Bryan
ite the ratio was too strong for him.
The Frontier welcomes Mr, Waid
back to old Holt.
Livery and Feed Barn For Sale.
On account of poor health I have
decided to sell my livery barn and
stock. Will take some good land as
part payment. 1 have a good propo
sition for any one desiring to enter
this business. Will bear the closest
investigation. P. D. Mullen. 52-tf
Yery Low Rates to Asbury Park,
New Jersey,
Via the North-Western Line. Ex
cursion tickets will be sold on June
28 to July 1, inclusive, with favorable
return limits, on account of National
Educational Association. Apply to
agents Chicago & North-Western R’y.
HAIL AND WIND.
Severe Storm Does Much Damage to
Growing Crops.
Tuesday evening between six and
seven o’clock a severe wind, hail and
rain storm struck O’Neill and left a
track of more or less desolation. The
water and ice came not in drops and
chunks but in great volums. The
wind blew with a tremendous force
and hail stones pounded holes in win
dow panes like Japanese cannon balls
in the ships of Rojestvensky.
The storm came from the northwest
and the destructive elements were
turned loose in their worst furry in a
strip of country four or live miles wide
and of uncertain length. The exact
radius of the storm has not been
ascertained. The hail strip begins
about three miles north and ends
about a mile south. From the north
west to the southeast it seems to have
covered a considerable distance. It
is reported there was no hail in the
vicinity of Inman.
Garden products and growing fruit
were pounded into pulp here in town,
trees from four to six inches twisted
oil, limbs torn from others and hun
dreds of window lights broken. Per
haps the worst wreckage of brtiken
glass was at the home of R. R. Dick
son. Dick says his whole north front
was smashed in and declares the hail
stones were as large as footballs.
Many a fine potato patch just in
blossom was pounded into the ground.
Crops in the country met a like fate.
The country northwest of O’Neill
where the hail struck was cleaned up
of growingsmall grain and corn until
it looks as though none had been
planted. We have heard of no build
ings being blown down although
all sorts of structures recei ved a severe
shaking.
The rain seems to have covered a
wide section of country but the hail
was conlined to a limited area.
MRS. WHITNEY WINS SUIT
Petition for Divorce and Alimony
Is Granted.
WHICH AWARDS HER $6,500
Costs in Case Also Assessed to the
Defendant, Who Will File Bill
of Exceptions.
“The court (inds that the defend
ant, George D. Whitney, has been
guilty of extreme cruely to the plain
tiff since the 15th day of November,
1904; the court finds that the defend
ant, George D. Whitney, being of suf
ficient ability to provide suitable
maintenance for the plaintiff, grossly
and cruelly refused and neglected to
do so since the 15th day of November,
1904. The court finds that the plain
tiff is entitled to a divorce from the
defendant for the cause of extreme
cruelty and non-support.”
This is the decree of the court in
the Whitney divorce case. With the
decree the marriage bond is set aside
and annuled, the plaintiff given $8,500
alimony and the custody of four minor
children, the costs in the suit being
taxed to the defendant.
The order of the court provides for
the payment of the $6,500 as follows:
$500 with interest from date every
six months until paid, the first pay
ment being on September 1,1905, and
the last falling on September 11,1911.
The judge’s decree recites that
George D. and Nellie Whitney were
married in Cuming county, this state;
that the plaintiff has been a resident
of Holt county for the past six months;
that the defendant has real and per
sonal property to the value of $15,000;
that the plaintiff is without any
property or means of support for her
self and four children.
The defendant excepted to the de
cree and forty days were granted for
filing of a bill of exceptions.
Additions to Institnte.
The total enrollment at the teach
er’s institute Is 157. In addition to
the list of teachers printed last week,
the following have enrolled:
Middlebranch—Ethel Stevens, Lula
Stevens.
Page—Nellie Reed, Myrta Jackson,
Minnie Knudson.
Atkinson—Nora Hayes, Mary M.
Hayes, Anna Torpy, L. E. Huston,
Anna Bauman, Ella Bauman.
Chambers—Clara Higgins, Nettie
Earl, Mabel Earl, Myrtle Wood.
Celia—Lida FritchiofT.
Inman—Kate McShane, Ellice Craig,
Myrtle McDermott, Ben Gallagher,
Mamie Gallagher.
Dersey—Carrie Carson.
Agee—Ella Lansworth, Clare Lans
worth.
Stuart—Ben Morgan, Josephine
Kozesek, Gertrude Crowley, Abbie L.
Murphy, E. O. Slaymaker.
Harold—Ivy Anderson.
Swan—Maggie Di Groff.
Bliss—Ralph V. Leinhart.
Turner—Leah Gallentine, Alice
Gallentine.
O’Neill—Claire Hopkins, Mary E.
Carney, Nora O’Malley, Anna O’Don
nell, Georgians Cole, Mary Horisky,
Mary M. Ilagerty, Anna Donohoe,
Helen Cassidy, Bea A. Murphy, Rose
Agnes Kelly, Mary Murray, Stasia
O’Fallon, Grace Joyce.
SHOW COMING.
Collin’s Society Circus and Clark’a
Dog and Pony Snow.
The above show attractions, now
making a tour of North Nebraska,
will exhibit in O’Neill on Wednesday,
June 28. The exhibition is spoken of
as one of the finest circus and trained
animal attractions now appearing be
fore the public.
A feature of the show will be a free
exhibition of the marvelous loup-the
loup feat before the tent doors open
for the main show. There will be
but one performance in O’Neill. See
the large posters for defails.
Very Low Rates to Baltimore, Md.,
Via the North-Western Line, for
tickets to be sold July 1, 2 and 3,
with favorable return on ac
count of International Christain
Ehdeavor Convention. Choice of
routes from Chicago. Apply to agents
Chicago & North-Western R’y.
Notice to Warrant Holders.
Warrants from register No. 605 to
617 inclusive are now payable. Inter- >
est ceases after June 22.
J. F. Gallagher,'City Treas.
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Lyman Waterman
NOTARY PUBLIC
Mortgages, Deeds, and Contracts
Carefully Drawn
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