The Frontier
Published by D. H. CRONIN.
ROMAINE SATJNDERS. Assistant Editor
and Manager.
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Address the office or the publisher.
If Mr. Mortesen can’t do' anything
else, he can resign if he wants to run
for governor.
If there is anything in a name, Mr.
Brain ought to have the requisite
brains to make a good official.
The cattle barons think they are a
much abused set of citizens. So do
Standard Oil directors and stock
holders. _ _
The “records” which were to appear
in the columns of our esteemed con
temporary per announcement Just af
ter election must have been lost.
James J. ITill is said to be behind a
scheme to connect Canadain and gulf
points by an air line road, materializ
ing the long talked of north and south
railway. The announcement that Mr.
Hill would extend the old Short Line
would be of more interest to this
community.
The fulfillment of thelndepentent’s
promise to publish the evidence in the
Whittemore case possibly hinges on the
outcome of the motion fora new trial.
And as there has been no haste In the
adjudication of the depositors’ claims
the official organ of the wreckers is in
no hurry to get any of the evidence be
fore the public.
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If a man can not accept the nomina
tion for one office while holding anoth
er how can he accept a renomination
for the office he holds? The constitu
tion evidently does not contemplate
barring an official from trying for an
other office when his official term ex
pires simultaneously with qualifying
as an official in another capacity.
The cattle interests of Nebraska are
urging the passage of the Cornell
Kinkaid land leasing bill. They have
enlisted the support of the governor
and other state officials and have pe
titioned the Nebraska delegation in
congress tosupport the measure. The
measure authorizes the government
to lease the arid lands ot the west
that are fit only for the grazing of
stock in a manner similar to the
school land leasing system. The
measure seems to suggest a program
for the settlement of a much mooted
question and will be beneficial to all
concerned.
The Atkinson Graphic, we regret to
note, has insulted the Stuart Ledger.
The Ledger retorts with a personal
Jab at the Graphic editor, whom, Miss
Hudspeth says, is ignorant of matters
with which she “has been familiar for
the past forty years.’’ The Graphic
editor should be ashamed of himself
for assailing an old lady, and we think
ills profuse apology is due the
Ledger. __ ^
The esteemed World-Herald takes
this paper to task for not favoring
tying candidates up to mechanically
aevised rules and regulations. This
is a theme on which politicians dififei
and The Frontier recognizes the
World-Herald’s right to “have its
say.” But getting down to the ah
Btract, we are not so very far apart
President Roosevelt has had a singu
larly successful political career and th<
World-Herald will not accuse him o
having followed “caucus rules and con
vention edicts.” In fact convention:
and caucuses have been followini
Roosevelt, because it Is believed hi
stands for a square deal between mai
and man and the greatest good to thi
greatest number. Candidly, thi
World-Herald must admit that Roose
velt represents the people, not th
machine element in politics. Am
The Frontier “will continue to insist1
that the official who “represents hi
people” does not need a set of machin
made rules to go by.
MULLEN’S OPPORTUNITY
If the county attorney wants to do
something to earn the everlasting
gratitude of the. tax payers of tills
county, he should proceed to enforce
the anti-trust and anti-combination
laws of the state against the banks of
the county that have entered into the
most obnoxious combination that lias
been entered into in this county for
years. The county attorney will not
have to investigate far to discover
that the banks have agreed among
themselves to not bid more than 2 per
cent on the county money for which
they have heretofore paid 3 per cent.
That such an agreement and com
bination is illegal there can be but
little doubt. The anti-trust laws of
the state not only make such com
binations illegal, but provide servere
penaltiest for entering into such.
The county attorney has long posed
as an enemy to trusts and combina
tions and if he is sincere he should
get busy and give the tax payers of
this county a practical demonstration
of his ability as a trust buster, by
proceeding against the bank combina
tion.
Because the banks of most of
the other counties of the state pay
but 2 per cent on county funds it is
no reason why the banks of this
county should go into a combination
at this time and agree to pay but 2
per cent for funds they have always
heretofore paid 3 per cent. There
is absolutly no good reason why the
banks of this county should not pay
3 per cent for the county funds when
they solicit and are so anxious to get
deposits from individuals, for which
they pay 5 per cent, and it is said that
some of them are even paying 6 per
cent on deposits. We have yet to
hear that the banks have shown any
great magnanimity to the borrowers
of money by making the interest rate
less than it was last year or the past
few previous years. On the contrary,
we believe an investigation will show
that the banks of the county are
charging a higher race of interest
than that charged by a great majority
of the banks in other counties of the
state. The banks have been treated
well by the citizens of this county
all have made plenty of money—and
it ill becoms them to get so far from
the “square deal” principle for which
all good citizens are now so earnestly
striving.
THE HEPBURN BILL
This measure passed the house of
representatives last Thursday by the
stunning majority of 346 to 7. The
seven votes against the bill were all
eastern republican representatives,
namely: Messrs. Littlefield of Maine,
McCall of Massachusetts, Perkins of
New Yoik, Sibley of Pennsylvania,
Southwick of New York, Yreeland of
New York and Weeks of Massachu
setts.
Representative W. P. Hepburn,
the author of the bill, is from the
eighth Iowa district, and a lawyer by
profession. In closing his debate on
the bill last Wednesday he said that
the measure was intended to, and
did, so far as it could be made, comply
specifically with the recommendations
of President Roosevelt on the rate
question. It gives the interstate com
merce commission authority, when a
rate has been complained of as "un
reasonable” by a shipper, to investi
gate that rate, state whether or not
unconstitutional, and, if found to be
unconstitutional, to name a rate
which is to be just and reasonable and
fairly remunerative, which is to be
the rate to be charged.
This rate, so fixed, is to go into
effect thirty days after it is announc
ed by the commission, subject during
the time to be set asiile or suspended
by the commission or by the courts.
After it has gone into effect it is to
remain the rate for three years.
During this time, the opinion has
be°n expressed by those who have
participated in the debate, that the
rate may also be reviewed by the
courts, and, if found to be in conflict
either with the terms of the act or
with the coustitution by being con
fiscatory, can be set aside by the
courts.
Another important feature is the
i definition of the words “railroads”
and “transportation" in a manner to
include all auxiliary instrumentalities
i of the common carrier, and to bring
! them within the control of the com
I mission. This power to name a reas
onable rate, and the inclusion of the
auxiliaries within the jurisdiction of
the commission, are the new features.
All of the provisions are modifications
of existing law. They include public
ity of railroad methods, which is to be
aided by proscribing a system of book
keeping and enlarging the commission
to seven members, and inreasing
salaries of members to $10,000 a year.
LOANING COUNTY MONEY.
The Frontier: One of the most
cheerful grafts The Frontier knows of
is the loaning of county money to
banks at a nominal rate of Interest.
It gives the banker every advantage
over other business men The banker
is able to get money belonging to the
tax payers at 2 iercent and turn right
around and loan it to his neighbors at
10 per cent. Why should not the mer
chant or farmer, by putting up a suf
ficient indemnity bond, be given an
equal show with the banker? Any re
putable business man or farmer who
has occasion to borrow money would
be glad to pay three times the rate of
interest for county money that the
banks pay.
Independent: Wasn’tthisthesame
policy pursued by the last republican
county treasurer of Holt county?
To a certain extent, yes; and a long
list of reform howlers were the bene
iicaries of that policy. The county
bond register does not disclose, how
evei, that the plan suggested by The
Frontier has ever been in vogue in
Holt county.
Ohio has taken the initiative In
railroad legislation by enacting a law
making 2 cents a mile the maximum
charge for carrying passengers on
railway trains. Other states will
watch the result of this legislation
with interest and no doubt many will
enact similar laws.
CONTEMPORARY COMMENT.
The Columbus Journal thinks that
L. G. Brain of Albion is the right man
for the republicans to name/for state
treasurer. _
The York Republican wants to know
what hope there is for the person who
prevaricates when it would be money
in his pocket to tell the truth?
“A woman never loses interest in
the man she might have married,”
says an exchange. “It he succeeds,
she prides herself on the fact that she
could have had.him. If he fails, she
is equally proud of the fact that she
had forsight enough to turn him
down.” _
According to the Pender Republic,
Mr. Grube, a German farmer livi.ig in
Nemaha county, has just completed
what is probably the largest barn in
the state of Nebraska. The dimen
tions of this barn are 85x85 and 60 feet
high. It holds 3,000 bushels of grain;
284 tons of hay; 2,000 bushels of ear
corn; 150 head of cattle and hogs and
20 head of horses.
The Valentine Republican says the
proposition to divide Nebraska into
two federal districts is properly meet
ing with opposition. It can see no
crying need for such a move which
seems principally for purpose of creat
ing a few more fat jobs at an extra,
useless expense. People of this section
are getting tired of that old dividing
line of the Platte river, which is in
tending to give everything to the east
portion of the state. Better switch
matters by making a north and south
line, dividing the state into an east
and west district.
There are two reasons that appeal
to the Waterloo Gazette why Norris
Brown should not be nominated for
senator but remain where he is in the
service of the state. The first because
of the good he has accomplished and
can accomplish, for there is much yet
to be done. The other reason is be
cause there are older men in Nebras
ka, from point of residence and service
to the party and state, and who could
accomplish as a much, no doubt, for
the people as a member of the upper
house of congress. Among the list of
“eligables” The Gazette gives it as its
opinion that Editor Rosewater of the
Bee is the best equipped of the bunch
for the job.
The Fremont Tribune suggests that
Peter Mortensen, present state treas
urer, can serve the state better as a
member of the proposed railroad com
mission than as governor. It goes
without saying that the nominees of
the republican party for commission
ers—there are three to be chosen
should be capable and trustworthy
men. What would be more proper,
then, than to draft Governor Mickey
and Treasurer Mortensen for two
members of the commission. They
understand the railroad assessment
question thoroughly, both are capable
and can be trusted, and they can pre
form the state an exceptional service
in the capacity named. Possibly
neither would care to have the respon
sibility thrust upon them, but sup
pose that the party should conclude
to draft them.
The question of fence posts is get
ting to be a serious one, says the Ord
Quiz, and thinks that if people will
stop to think a moment they will
realize that the coming decade will
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make this very useful and humble ne
cessity of the farm even more scarce
than it is now. Would it not be wise
to prepare for the future now by com
mencing the planting of trees suitable
for use as posts. Probably no invent
or even in this inventive age will ever
get something that will make a rea
sonable substitute for the post. You
may be sure then that you or your
children will find a ready market for
all the posts that may be harvested as
a consequence of your foresight and
good sense. It will take only about
ten years for you to grow catalpa or
black locust posts and that is not long
to wait. A few acres planted to trees
will prove the best and most profitable
use a part of your land can be put to.
Luckiest Man in Arkansas.
“I’m the luckiest man in Arbansas, ”
writes H. L. Stanley, of Bruno, “since
the restoration oi my wife’s health
after five years of continous coughing
and bleeding from the lungs; and I
owe my good fortune to the world’s
greatest medicine, Dr. King’s New
Discovery for Consumption, which I
know from experience will cure con
sumption if taken in time. My wife
improved with first bottle and twelve
bottles completed the cure.” Cures
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refunded. At P. C. Corrigan’s drug
gist. 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free.
Homeseeker’s Excursion to the North
west, West and Southwest.
Via the North-Western Line. Ex
cursion tickets at greatly reduced
rates are on sale to the territory indi
cated above. Standard and Tourist
Sleeping Cars, Free Reclining Chairs
and “The Best of Everything.” For
dates of sale and full particulars apply
to agents Chicago & North-Western
K’y. _
Sick Headache.
This distressing ailment results
from a disordered condition of the
stomach. All that is needed to effect
a cure is a dose or two of Chamber
lain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets. In
fact, the attack may be warded off, or
greatly lessened in severity, by taking
a dose of these Tablets as soon as the
first symptom of an attack appears.
Sold by P. C. Corrigan’s.
The Jar of
Coughing
Hammer blows, steadily ap
plied, break the hardest rock.
Coughing, day after day, jars
and tears the throat and lungs
until the healthy tissues give
way. Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral
stops the coughing, and heals
the torn membranes.
“I always keep Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral in
the house. It gives perfect relief whenever
any of us have coughs or hard colds. I have
used it for a great many years and so know
all ai'out it.”—Mrs. Mart Obbrtban, Varys
burg, N. Y. _
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JAlso manufacturers of
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POEM OF FACTS.
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Any tool from a penknife to a pick;
Ahodfor the morter, a pail for the water,
Or a trowel for laying the brick;
A hammer to drive in the tacks,
A saw, a hatchet or axe;
A shovel, brace, spade—
Any tool that is made
I’m giving you only the facts,
When I say that this tool you wil find,
In a store that is never behind
That is second to none:
That is A Number One;
Just fix this idea in your mind.
Would you deal with a house that is
square,
That handles hardware that will
wear:
That holds all the trade it ever has
made:
That house holds the record so rare.
NEIL BRENNAN.
I -*■ SMITH’S
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• Pianos and Organs
■ Stringed Instruments, Sheet Music, Music Book
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Pianos and Organs sold on easy payments. Personal attention given- 1
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j LOCKARD BUILDING O'NEILL. NEB.
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A RAZOR GIVEN FREE To The PURCHASER of EACH STROP NONES
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Radiumite Strops, BOo to $2,80; Razors, Si to S3
PASSER LURKS JK" THE USE OF ASY STROP BUT A RADIUMITE t
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