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sr The Frontier.
VOLUME XXVI, O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1905 NUMBER 24.'
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Again we greet our friends and pa
trons at this glad season with an un
usually choice assortment of Holiday
Goods. Special attention is called to
the pretty things we show in china
and cut glass. Nothing nicer in salad
bowls, nut bowls, cracker jars, plates
and cups and saucers can be found
anywhere. We have a complete as
sortment of these goods, ranging in
prices from 5c to $10.
Albums, dressing cases, manicure,
S military and infant sets, fancy ink
wells, books of all kinds, collar and
I cuff boxes, shaving and smoking sets
and everything that goes to make a
complete assortment of holiday goods
No Christmas is complete without
remembering the little folks. We
have been very generous in this re
spect, as a few minutes in our Toy
Department will convince you.
DOLLS AND DOLL
CARRIAGES, GOCARTS,
TOY TRAINS, WAGONS,
CLOWNS, BEDS AND DISHES,
TRUNKS, COMMODES,
AUTOMOBILES AND FIRE
ENGINES, DRUMS, HORNS,
AND EVERYTHING
TO PLEASE THE CHILDREN.
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PINES WERE DEFEATED
Greatest Games of Football Ever
Seen Here.
SCORE—O’NEILL 15; LONG PINE 5
Warm Game But Cold Weather and
Many Hair liaising Incidents
to Heat the Spectators.
The greatest foot-ball game ever
witnessed in western Nebraska took
place at the new fair grounds on
Thanksgiving day when the sturdy
gridiorn athlletes from Long Pine met
O’Neill’s stalwart eleven. On a field
swept with icy boreal blasts and temp
ered to steely hardness by the frigid
breath of winter those twenty two
grim gladiators waged stubborn war
fare; matched brawn against sinews
and speed against swiftness. In a
game marked by skilful tackling, nerve
thrilling end runs, and awe inspiring
mass plays the home team demonstrat
ed its superiority over the visitors and
won b/ a score of 15 to 5.
The weather was far from agreeable
but despite its harsh inclemency; de
spite the somber, threathening aspect
of the sky; despite wind and snow and
cold, the beauty and gallantry of
O’Neill crowded the grandstand and
marched up and down the sidelines
cheering their favorites on to victory.
Promptly at 3:30 p. m. the shrill
notes of the whistle sounded through
the frosty air.
Long Pine kicked off to O’Neill, the
pork-rhined oval described a graceful
parabola and the game was on. Then
followed an exhibition of straight tcot
ball that is seldom surpassed.
The O’Neill boys smashed through
Long Pine’s line, gaining ground at
every play while the boys from the tall
timber receeded with stubborn re
luctance before the terrible onslaughts
or tire natives of the metropolis of
Holt county.
Steadily, steadily down the iield the
struggling players moved while the
looters on the sidelines yelled them
selves hoarse. First Grosvenor, then
Melvin, then Troummeshauser, then
Coyne dashed through the sweying
Pines towards the goal line. The five
yard line was reached, then Grosvenor
broke through the phalanx of the five
and scored a touchdown.
At this point a member of the
“Alfalfa Club” became excited and so
far forgot the ethical principles upon
which the order is founded as to make
a wager of two to one that O’Neill
would win the game.
Both teams lined up for another
kickoff. This time the natives of the
center of culture and refinement—of
the Athens of western Nebraska-kick
ed off to the denizens of the forests of
evergreens with long excurrent trunks,
and the game was on again. Long Pine
tried a series of line bucks without
success. Then Mahonie the fleet-foot
ed was called and tucking the pig skin
fondly under his sinister fin he skirted
O’Neill’s left flank and sped northward
towards the goal. Sullivan, Coyne
and Melvin started across field to head
him off and the spectators held their
breath in an agony of suspense.
O’Neill’s goal line was 60 yards away
when they started. Melvin was dis
tanced at the 50yard line and the race
was left to three. On they sped strain
ing every muscle while the distance
grew less and less. On they sped,
past the 40 yard line, 30 yard line, past
the 20 yard line, and Sullivan dropped
out of the race. “He’ll get away!”
shouted a voice from the crowd. “No!
Coyne will head him off,” cried anoth
er in response. They were at the ten
yard line and Coyne was but a few
feet from the Hying Irishman. A
hush spread over the multitude and
the players stood stock still in mute
expectancy. The excitement grew in
tence. The harsh winds had ceased
to rage and the lull that followed add
ed to the suspense while the lurid sun
guarded by two Hery sentinels gleam
ed forth through a rifted cloud, light
ing up the striped Held with an un
natural hue and marking the Hying
figures in bold relief against the dun
cloud-heaps in the eastern sky. Coyne
gathered his reserve forces for a des
poi;uo lea p and Mahonie drew a deep
breath for the final spurt. Coyne was
eager to sustain the reputation of
O’Neill, while Mahonie trembled lest
the medal which his great grandsire
had won at the Donybrook races in the
days of Brian Boen should be tarnish
;edbv defeat. They reached the five
yard line and Coyne lunged forward
with arms outstretched but the wily
Hibernian stepped aside, evaded the
clutches of his pursuer and crossed the
goal line.
Then again the excited member of
the “Tame Hay” club spoke up offer
ing to lag a wager of two to one that
Long Pine could not score again. The
half closed with a score of 5 to 5.
In the last half it was only a ques
tion of how many touchdowns O’Neill
could make in 15 minutes, for “Mug
gins” and “Montana Jack” tore great
gaps in the opponents line for Troum
meshauser, Coyne and Grosvenor to
push through. After five minutes
play Coyne rolled over the goal line
hugging the spheroid and lashing his
flukes like a stranded whale. The ball
was kicked off again and mass plays
were repeated till within five yards of
Long Pine’s goal, when Grosvenor
hurdled the lines and scored the final
touchdown for O’Neill.
It is difficult to say who piayed the
best on either side. Sullivan. Trom
merhauser, Melvin, Grosvenor and
Coyne were the best ground gainers
for O’Neill, while Manhonie, Scofield,
Moody and Sullivan, the ward heeler
from Anaconda, Mont., starred for the
village in the woods.
The players and spectators were un
animous in pronouncing the game tfie
cleanest they ever witnessed, and the
O’Neill team feel that it has van
quished a worthy opponent.
The line up was as follows:
Long Pine O’Neill
Kernan.center.Duffy
Dingman.right guard. .O’Donnell
Scofield.right tackle.Dwyer
Moody-Thurber. right end... Sullivan
Fitzpatrick,.. .left guard.. .Hagenseik
Ryan-Wiiite.. .left tackle.Coyne
Mayhood.left end. .Bain-Biglin
R. Keith.quarter back.. Horiskey
Mahonie.left half.Melvin
Desilva. .right half. .Trommershauser
Sullivan.full back.Grosvenor
H. Keith.refree umpire.Kline
Strelou.time keeper_Campbell
Pettijohn and Towle Removed.
The following is the sequal to a
story published a few days ago con
necting the officials of the Valentine
land office with alleged land frauds.
A. L. Towle was formerly an official
of the O’Neill land office.
Washington, Dec. 5. — President
Roosevelt lias removed from office
James C. Pettijohn, register of the
land office at Vaientine, Neb., for par
ticipating in alleged land frauds in
that state, and has demanded the im
mediate resignation of Receiver
Albert L. Towle.
A LIGHT1NGPR0P0SITI0N
jJ. P. Connolly Files His Bill ol
Particulars.
WANTS A 25-YEAR FRANCHISE
Also Warranty Deed of Property In
Which to Install a Plant and City
to Take Street Lights.
The proposition of J. P. Connolly,
of Omaha, for an electric light plant
at O’Neill, was presented to the city
council on Monday evening, but no ac
tion was taken. The council felt that
they wanted to take no hasty action,
but would give all the citizens a chance
to express their views on the proposi
tion. For this reason the matter was
deferred until the January meeting
that Mr. Connolly’s proposition might
be set before the public in the mean
time. The Frontier publishes the
proposition, and the council would
like to have the citizens express them
selves freely to them on the subject or
come out to the meeting in January,
when the matter will again be taken
up.
Mr. Connolly proposes as follows:
First. That if I, the under signed,
will erect and equip, an up-to-date
and tirst-class electric light and pow
er plant, sufficient for your city, that
in consideration of the same, the
Mayor and City Council, shall grant
me or my assigns the right to use the
streets and alleys of your said city for
the purpose of erecting pole line or
lines for the purpose of transmitting
light, heat or power over the same.
Second. That the Mayor and the
City Council enter into contract with
me or my assigns for a period of
twenty-five years, beginning Jan
uary first, 1906, and ending Decem
ber thirty-first, 1930, that the
said City of O’Neill, Nebraska, shall
use not less than eight arc lights
for street lighting purposes, and it is
agreed that the said city will pay me
or my assigns the sum of $8 per
month for each of said eight arc lights
so used.
Third. That in consideration of my
installing said electric light and
power plant, that the City of O’Neill
through its proper officers, execute to
me, a warranty deed, free of encuin
brance, for the property formerly used
as an electric light plant, said deed to
be placed in escrow until such time as
me or my assigns, shall have installed
the said electric light and power
plant, said deed to be delivered to me
within ten days after the lirst light
ing of the said eight arc lights.
Fourth. The price to be charged
for commercial or house lighting pur
poses will be fifteen cents per one
thousand watts, for ten thousand
watts or less a ten per cents dis
count will be allowed, if paid on or be
fore tenth day of the following month,
and for 10,001 watts or over, a dis
count of fifteen per cent will be allow
ed, if paid on or before the 10th of
the following month.
Fifth. It is understood and agreed
between both parties, that all of said
arc lights used by the said City of
O’Neill, shall be known as a mid-night
service, and the power shall be closed
olT at 12:30 a. m. of each day.
Sixtl). It is also understood and
agreed by both parties, that the City
of O’Neill will pay or cause to be paid
t ) me, on or before the tenth day of
each month, the sum of $8 for each
arc light so used by said City of
O’Neill for street lighting purposes
during the life of said contract, and it
is further agreed by both parties that
for any and ail other additional arc
lights to be used for said City of
O’Neill for street lighting purposes
during the life of this contract, the
same shall be paid me or my assigns
by said City of O’Neill at the rate of
eight dollars per month.
James P. Connolly.
NEW RAILROAD.
Talk of Line From Chambers North
west Into Keya Paha County.
Eastern Keya Paha and Rock coun
ties and southern Holt are excited
over the prospects for a uew railroad.
It is supposed to be an independent
company building to the northwest.
It will run in a northwesterly direc
tion, say the reports, from Chambers,
in this county, crossing the North
western at Newport, thence to Cams
and Springview.
A corps of surveyors is reported in
the field between Newport and Cams,
and many regard the road as a cer
tainty.
Loans on farm and city property.—
E. II. Benedict. 44-tf
NEW RIVERHAS FORMED
Strange Appearance of a Stream
That is Working Southeast.
FED BY SUBTERRANEAN FLOW
Rivaling In Extent the Large Rivers
of the State, With Cool, Fresh
and Clear Waters.
Valentine, Dec. 4.-A wonderful geo
logical event has recently taken place
in the sand hills of Nebraska; a great
new river of clear water, rivaling the
Niobrara, the Elkhorn and the Platte
rivers, has suddenly sprung into exis
tance, and is even now working its
way southeastward to the Missouri
river. Already tire new river is more
than 150 miles long, and its waters are
slowly going forward to an outlet to
the gulf. In some places New River,
as it is called, is half a mile wide,
while In others it is only a few rods;
its depth varies from a few feet to 50
feet.
The water by which the stream is
fed is supposed to come from the great
underground flow of water from the
Rocky mountains eastward to the
Missouri. The phenmenon has at
tracted a great deal of attention from
scientific men in the state and the
University of Nebraska is preparing
to make a thorough and exhaustive
search into the reason which led the
underground stream to burst forth.
New River takes its rise in the east
ern part of Cherry county and flows
toward the southeast, passing through i
Brown, Rock, Holt and portions of
Wheeler and Antelope counties. At
present it has reached a point in north
western Boone county and is slowly
creeping eastward toward the Missouri
river.
Very little rain fell in the sand hills
except during the spring, and the cat- !
tie which roam over the hills must be
driven far to water unless there hap
pens to be an artesian well nearby. It
is the great cattle range of Nebraska.
So, when James Wilson, one of the
great cattle kings of Cherry county, I
made the discovery last summer that j
the spring rains had almost filled a
deep depression in the range>here his
cattle roamed, he saw prospects of
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