The Frontier
Published by D. H. CRONIN.
UOMAINE 8AUNDBRS. Assistant Editor
and Manager.
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Official paper of O'Neiil and Holt county.
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Germany seems to want to get into
a scrap some where. When a nation,
like an individual, gets where they
are spoiling for a fight some one bobs
up who is able to give it to them.
Printers’ Ink thinks retail advertis
ing has had as much to do with the
development of our industries as the
protective tariff, and its effect has
been to expand every line of trade and
business, and to stimulate advertising
where it was not dreamed of before.
A topic to be discussed at a confer
ence of one of the leading religious
denominations is whether or not
Christians should smoke. An ex
change remarks that it Is reasonable
to suppose that some self-styled
Christians will smoke In the sweet
bye and bye.
Lawson seems to create no special
stampede in the west. There is more
of a disposition to criticise than to en
courage him. He offers the people no
solution of the problem of how to re
lieve themselves of the filchings of
“the system”—that is, none but a
silly one. It appears that Mr. Lawson
has been properly cognomened “Fren
zied.”
It is announced that the Stan
dard Oil company has given the Amer
ican Tin-Plate company an order for
2,000,000 boxes of tinplate, the price
of winch will be more than 15,000,000
and Is beyond doubt the largest order
ever placed for tin. It doesn’t look as
it Frenzied Lawson was going to put
the Standard out of business right
away.
C. J. Malone of Inman is being men
tioned by his friends as an Ideal can
didate for county judge upon the re
publican ticket at the coming elec
tion. The Frontier does not know
whether Mr. Malone would become a
candidate for county judge or not, but
in our opinion the party could nom
inate no better man for this respon
sible position and we believe his nom
ination would be equivalent to an
election.
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' ^ , rW. S. Grimes of Chambers, for four
years a member of the county board,
4* being mentioned by South Fork
>leas an Ideal candidate for county
W. S. is a loyal citizen and
3, and should he enter
candidate would
ti canvass
i be suc
Pc,'ation
(good
BETTER RIGHT THAN RICH
The Independent trys toargue itself
into tlie belief that the stealing of the
tax list was justifiable. Any one who
can read plain English can see it was
the plain intent of the board of super
visors to have the delinquent tax list
published in this paper. The Frontier
goes into a great many more Holt
county and Nebraska homes than any
other paper published in the county.
It would give the notice of the pend
ing suit against property owners the
widest possible circulation, and for
this reason if no other, the supervis
ors, acting as the representatives of
the people, designated this paper as
the medium to circulate notice of the
pending suit. But In steps a pettifog
ging barister as czar and lord and
nullities the will of the people.
The Frontier would infinitely rather
be right than to possess all the spoils
with which the gang of pirates have
enriched themselves; it would rather
have the confidence of the people than
the gold that comes contaminated
through the channels feeding, the
system of hold-up ,and plunder; it
would rather never have a cent’s
worth of county business than to
obtain It by highhanded stealing and
dishonor.
THE LAND GRABBERS.
A study of the delinquent tax list
of Holt county is interesting. A few
years ago a band of hitherto respected
and applauded leaders of reform or
ganized themselves Into what became
popularly known as the land grabbing
syndicate. They put up the talk that
they were going to make the non-resi
aents pay their taxes or lose their
land. The members of the syndicate
were all the while giving out the im
pression that they were contributing
their just share to the support of the
government by paying their taxes and
professed great indignation that land
owners living out of the state did not
keep their taxes paid up. The tax
list discloses that every one of those
chaps who were engaged in the land
grabbing business and making such a
fuss about people not paying their
taxes owe the county hundreds and
some of them thousands of dollars
taxes. No man is to be blamed if he
is unable to pay Ills taxes. The land
syndicate were not only robbing peo
ple of their lands, but have shirked
their taxes when they were able to
pay to an extent that tens of thou
sands of dollars are withheld from the
county treasury, and the taxes of
those who pay are kept that much
higher in consequence.
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E. M. Pollard, a republican of Cass
county, was elected to congress over
his democratic opponent by a major
ity of 3,000 down in the First district
at a special election held Tuesday. A
vacancy was caused in the First by the
election of E. J. Burkett as United
States senator. Mayor Brown of Lin
coln, who was the opposing candidate,
says he was defeated because lie in
sisted on his friends staying at home
and not voting. This is the first time
to our knowledge of a defeated candi
date claiming he purposely defeated
himself.
It is as senseless as it is unjust to
require a man to comply with a law
that he has no means of knowing to
exist. Every session of the legisla
ure turns out a batch of new laws
SS
s id only copies enough of them are
al
lv,er available to supply a few lawyers,
^‘hile there is a hue and cry against
he v breaking and lawlessnes there is
.provision to acquaint the citizens
laws. The way to create
the laws is to make ttiem
new laws should be pub
• iast two papers in each
n this department
ention to the in
arette law to
.tobacco and
rontier
a Ne
cent better. Undoubtedly, if tbe resi
dents of that section understand its
value, ami utilize it to tile fullest ex
tent. For that particular section
there can be nothing to compare with
it, for it takes well in sandy soil, when
it gets root is a good drouth register,
is a prolilic hay crop, is not only hardy
but luxuriant, and can not be pas
tured down by either cattle, hogs or
sheep. Moreover it is highly nutrit
ious grass. When it gets started in
the sandhill country it will immedi
ately begin to make soil, and will
prove Congressman Kinkaid’s 100 per
cent prediction an exceedingly mild
one. The improvement will be 1,000
per cent in a very few years.
Superlative Characteristics.
Chicago Chronicle: How are we to
account for Walter Scott—not the
poet, but the Death Valley miner—
who gave the Sante Fe road a great
sum of money to haul him from Los
Angeles to Chicago, with Ills wife and
dog, in forty-live hours.
Foreigners who visit this country
are amused and disgusted at the love
of Americans fir the superlative de
gree. The'American who is showing
a foreigner sights in this country sol
emnly assures him that this factory is
the largest, that this steeple is the
highest, that this mine is the deepest,
that this road is the longest, that
woman is the prettiest, that this man
is the smartest and that this horse,
bicycle, auto or railroad train is the
fastest on earth.
The foreigner cannot understand
such a feeling and does not hesitate
to call it vulgar. In his country peo
ple try to do things well, but never to
do them on a larger scale than any
body else. If a performance answers
its purpose his countrymen are satis
fied, and if it happens that someone
else wants something different they
are perfectly content and never think
of making comparisons.
Along with this habit of speaking
in the superlative degree the Amer
ican is fond of doing things in the
same way. Everybody in this coun
try is trying to excel everybody else in
something. There is no end of match
es and contests in every conceivable
field, and the proudest man in this
country is somebody who has “broken
the record.”
What disgusts the foreigner is that
this rivalry extends to the most in
signiticent things, and that it ani
mates everybody from the bootblack
up to the president. lie has a whole
some respect for the richest man, but
he cannot understand why he should
take any interest in the girl who has
made the greatest number of jumps
over a rope, the brute who has eaten
the greatest number of eggs and the
corner loafer who has expectorated
the farthest.
We do not mind explaining this a
little to foreigners. The difference
between them and us Is the difference
between an oppressive government
and a free one. The people of Europe
are governed too much. The inces
sant restraint placed upon them in
everything they think, say and do
keeps them in perpetual babyhood.
When they come to this country they
look around them in astonishment
and ask: “Where is the government?”
The next thing we hear from them is
that they are claiming to make the
best article and sell it the cheapest of
anybody in the world. Freedom has
done it.
Any national characteristic must, of
course, have its ignoble and ridiculous
as well as its dignified and important
manifestations. This accounts for
the man who can eat the most eggs or
spit the farthest, and does not detract
in the least from the man who has
made the most money or found the
greatest number of double stars.
The most striking and most univer
sal American trait is the ambition to
excel in something, and Walter Scott,
of Death Valley, is simply a typical
American. His fad is to be associated
with the fastest things on earth. His
latest freak is to contract for a fash
ionable coat to be made in four hours,
and probably the next will be to get
himself shaved in a minute and a
half. He may do some foolish things,
but his fast train was not one of them.
It is an obvious advantage both to the
Sante Fe company and to the world
to know what a railroad train is cap
able of.
If the rest 'of the people were not
substantially just like Walter Scott
his freak journey would not attract so
much atterftion.
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tickets to be sold July 7, 8 and 9 with
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The Diamond Cure.
Tlie latest, news from Paris is, that
they have discovered a diamond cure
for consumption. If you fear consump
tion or pneumonia, it, will, however,
be best for you Lo take that great rem
edy mentioned by V/. T. McGee of
Vanleer, Tenn. “Iliad a cough for
fourteen years. Nothing helped me
until I took Dr. King’s New Discovery
for Consumption, Coughs and Colds
which gave instant relief, and effected
a permanent cure.” Unequalled quick
cure for Lung and Throat Troubles, at
P. C. Corrigan’s drug store; price 50c
and $1.00 a bottle, guaranteed. Trial
bottle free.
The Pacific Northwest
A complete and interesting presen
tation of the scenic beauty and the
rich natural resources and rapid
growth of the Pacific Northwest are
set forth in a beautifully illustrated
booklet recently issued by the Chicago
& North-Western Ry., which will be
sent to any address on receipt of 4c in
stamps.
The Lewis and Clark Exposition
with the very low excursion rates and
personally conducted tours in connect
ion therewith over the North-Western
Line from Chicago aud the east have
created an interest in this subject
never before equaled. For full partic
ulars address W. B. Kniskern, P. T.
M , 215 Jackson Boulevard, Chicago.
_ l-2t.
uent uer uouoie.
“I knew i'o one for four weeks when
I was sick with typhoid and kidney
trouble,” writes Mrs. Annie Hunter,
of Pittsburg, Pa., “and when I got
better, although I had one of the best
doctors I could get, I was bent double,
and had to rest my hands on my knees
when I walked. From this terrible
affliction I was rescued by Electric
Bitters, which restored my health and
strength, and now I can walk as
straight as ever. They are simply
wonderful.” Guaranteed to cure stom
ach, liver and kidney disorders; by P.
C. Corrigan, Druggist; price 50c.
Homeseekers Excursion.
Via Great Northern Line on first
and third Tuesdays each month to
points north and west.
Bate, one first class fare plus $2
return limit 21 days, stopovers allowed
at intermediate points.
Full particular may be had from
any Agent Great Northern Line or
Fred Rogers, G. P. A., Sioux City,
Iowa. _ 34-4m
Modest Claims Often Carry the Most
Conviction.
When Maxim, the famous gun in
ventor, placed his gun before a com
mittee of judges, he stated its carry
ing power to be much below what he
felt sure the gun would accomplish.
The result of the trial was therefore a
great surprise, instead of disappoint
ment. It is the same with the manu
factures of Chamberlin’s Colic, Chol
era and Diarrhoea Remedy. They do
not publicly boast of all this remedy
will accomplish, but prefer to let the
users make the statements. What
they do claim, is that it will positively
cure diarrhoea, dysentery, pains in the
stomach and bowels and has never
been known to fail. For sale by P. C.
Corrigan, druggist.
Lost—In O’Neill on July, 4, 1905, a
gold butterfly stick pin; head a butter
fly set with a pearl. A liberal reward
will be paid tinder for return of same
to this office.
When you want a pleasant laxative
that is easy to take and certain to act,
use Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver
tablets. For sale by P. C. Corrigan.
A good round sum in the bank
gives a man about the most com
fortable feeling he can enjoy. There
are many such depositors in
O’NEILL NATIONAL BANK
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And very few of them commenced
their accounts with any more mon
ey than you have. Why not do as
they did. Start with what you
have and keep adding to it. There’s
comfort in the process.
SEND YOUR LAUNDRY TO
HAMILTON’S LAUNDRY
WM. HAMMOND, Agent.
The only first class Laundry in the
northwest.
Main Hall Conservatory Hall 'I
Morningside College
SIOUX CITY. IOWA
A PROGRESSIVE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE with a FA
CULTY OF 28 MEMBERS, who have been prepared for their I
special departments by graduate study in the leading ^American and Europ
ean Universities. THOROUGHLY EQUIPPED LABORA- ft
TORIES Biology (Botany and Zoology), Chemistry and Physics. A I
NORMAL DEPARTMENT with two-year a«id four-year courses I
for teachers. The ACADEMY as a three-year course preparing for 1
the College. THE CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC is unexcelled
in the Northwest. Courses in Stenography and Typewriting. Strong
Literary Societies. A SIX WEEKS SUMMER TERM. The i
CoUege year opens the SECOND TUESDAY IN SEPTEMBER.
For Catalog and further information, address
Pres. W. S. Lewis, A. M., D. D„ Sioux City, la. |
S torz Brewing Co
Gold fledal Beer
ON DRAFT
ind the renowned Blue Ribbon in quarts and pints
FOR SALE AT O’NEILL BY
WM. LAVIOLLETTE © PEELER & CO
0. <9. SNYDER & GO
Isumber, Goal
Building
Materials, etg.
PHONE 32 O’NEIL, L., NEB.
■jlTIn Three of the Best Indi
L 1110 viduals in Holt County
Will stand at my place north of town as usual this season.
TERMS—Percheron, $12.50 to insure with special and lower rate if service
s required for several mares; Ilamblctonian and Jack, $$ each. Fee becomes
3ue if mares are sold or removed from the county.
Impregnator Used on All Hares not Sure.
Bl. Merrill, O’Neill, Nebraska
YOU GAN GET
CHATTEL MORTGAGE BLANKS
OF THE FRONTIER
LAND I., SALE
I have the following land for sale In Holt
County on easy terms:
se 33-30- 9 wi se &
sw 12-30-10 ei sw 13-31-13
nine 4-30-10 nl nw,
& si se 33-31-10 se nw,
se 20-31-10 j nw ne 6-27-16
se 10-27-11 I sw 11-29-16
sw 21-28-11 I sw 19-30-14
I ne 23 32-16
For prices, terms, etc., oo above, and
other Nebraska lands, address,
E. S. ELLSWORTH, iowa falls, ia
H. E. Howland
Lumber & Coal Co.
Will Sell You LUMBER Cheap
>end In your bill for estimate to 438 North
24lh Street, SOUTH OMAHA, Neb. 3 6m
La Viollette Bros.
MUSIC FURNISHED FOR
Dances, Parties, or Other pub
lic or private Gatherings
rERMs reasonable o'Neili, neb.
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