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REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES.
COUNTY TICKET
For county attorney, \V. E. Scott of Atkinson
For representatives, S. \V. Green of Ewing
and I). M. Stuart of Stuart.
St ile senator.F. W. Phillips of Holt
i STATE TICKET
I Governor.Geo. L Sheldon of Cass
Lieut. Governor.M R. Hopewell n» Burt
s c. State.G. (.1 iinkln of Gosper
| Auditor.K. M. S« arl BneninlMMit)
! Treasurer.. L. *1. Brain of Boone
Attorney General ... W. T. Thompson of Hall
Railway Commissioners . ••• ■*•
I .M. .1. Win net t of Lano.ister
. Robert Cowell of Douglan
.J. A. Williams of Piero*
Land Commisnloner 11. M. Eaton (Incumbent)
! Superintendent_J. L. vicBreln (Incumbent)
U. 8. 8enator.Norris Brown of Buffalo
CONdllESSIONAL TICKET
Congressman 6th dlst, ,M. P. Klnkaind. M. C.
The “allied forces of reform” in Holt
county are In the hands of the allied
forces of graft.
Our national wealth has Increased
$10,000,000,000 within "the past live
years and $117,000,000 has been lopped
off the national debt.
The Stuart Ledger has adopted as a
motto: “A square deal for all.” That,
of course, sounds pretty big, but it
would apply better to the Ledger if it
read, “A square deal for none.” The
Ledger editor either purposely misre
presents or else doesn’t know “straight
up.” ^
The issue in Holt county this year
Is clear-cut. The people our demand
ing a prosecuting attorney who is not
under the control of the manipulators.
Mr. Whelan has accepted the nomin
, ation on a platform which In effect
declares that bank wreckers can
plunder poor people and be immune
from justice.
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In explaining her Hop, the Stuart
Ledger editor gave every reason but
the right one. There are letters slil)
in exlstance which if published would
explain why the Ledger editor dropped
a pretended support of republicans.
Republicans refused to be worked b>
a female grafter, hence she is trying
new subjects.
The “Infamous revenue law” made
the taxshirkers come to time, as is
noted by a comparison of the tax list
this year with those of previous years.
Local fusion leaders evaded paying
taxes on the homes they dwelt in for
twelve or fifteen years until compelled
to do so by a law enacted by a repub
lican legislature, and then some of
them bid their property in at figures
much below the amount of taxes.
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Nothing else was expected than
that the local fusion organ would as
sail Mr. Scott, the republican candi
date for county attorney. The history
of the publication has been one of vil
lainous assault since the day it was
founded. It has maligned and vil
ified every republican that ever came
before the voters regardless of who he
was or what he was. Even Michael
the archangel dared not bring "railing
accusation” against the rebellious
cherub, though he “beheld him like
lightning fall from heaven,” but none
escape the malignant attact of this
organ of anarchy and revolution.
It is rather a peculiar and uncalled
for move on the part of the Douglas
county republican legislative ticket
to inaugurate a boycott of Norris
Brovin’s senatorial prospects. It is
claimed that this is done in the inter
ests of Omaha. Such a claim in itself
would naturally array all the rest of
Nebraska against it. If Douglascoun
ty wants merely an Omaha senator
they are entitled to no consideration.
The rest of us want a Nebraska senat
or, and it has never been shown that
Mr. Brown would be anything but a
Nebraska senator if elected, showing
as much interest in one section as an
HON. GEORGE L. SHELDON
Mr. Sheldon, the republican candidate for governor of Nebraska, will
speak at the court-house in O’Neill the evening of Oct. 18.
other. We can not but believe that
the lamented Mr. Rosewater would
have opposed any such an uprising in
his home county.
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Bear it in mind. The county at
torney couldn’t get Pat Ilagerty for
trial in the courts but his signature
was secured to a deed conveying prop
erty to the county attorney’s father.
Ed Whelan has accepted the fusion
nomination for county attorney on a
platform that endorses that kind of
business. _*
Stuart Ledger: Stuart is enjoying
a harvest of prosperity. Hay is bring
ing the Lest price it lias brought in
years. Oats and corn are a fair price.
Potatoes are higher than usual at this
time. Hogs maintain their high prices.
Dairy products have never been bet
ter. With the best corn crop Nebras
| ka Ins ever had, and frost holding ('IT
.ill ii11 iIn' I*. 111 is ripened, the]
I fiii ’m is aie in a position to keep a
stream of corn circulating in the direc
tion of the little towns, whose busi
ness men depend upon the farm pro
ducts for their success.
The Frontier is pleased to note that
Stuart is enjoying a prosperous and
progressive wave,notwithstanding the
terrible tilings the Ledger editor im
putes to the ‘‘republican railroad hire
lings.”
The fusion strategy board lias dug
into the records of a former pop
county judge and found the judge
rendered judgment against W. E. Scott
in favor of a non-resident company.
They don’t say anything, however,
about Scott having a counter claim
against the company for the full
amount of their claim. Back in 1894
M. D. Wells & Co. of Chicago employ
ed Mr. Scott to do some legal work for
them. The only sure way he had of
getting his pay for this work was to
retain his fee out of money collected
for them. Lawyers do this every day
in the week here and elsewhere. They
also not only keep out their fee from
the funds collected for their clients,
but if there isn’t enough to pay the
fee they call on the client for the
balance.
WHO DEFENDS DEFAULTERS.
The Independant claims the cashier
of the defunct Elkhorn Valley bank
was dishonest because he was a repub
lican. That is a sample of partisan
passion which inllames the local fusion
organ. IIagerty passed as a republi
can, usually voted the republican tick
et and once was a candidate for otlice
on that ticket. He enjoyed the conti
dence and esteem of everybody irre
spective of party for many years until
his true character came to the surface.
Then who were ready to defend him?
Eager and anxious and diligent to
keep in the dark as much of the truth
and mystery of the bank failure as
X “Afy highest ambition will be to be-!
| come the peer of our present county X
| attorney, if elected. "—From Edward f
IH. Whelan's speech of acceptance atl
| Atkinson Sept 22, /£06. :
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possible? Who went into the courts
to defend his partner and saw that
the criminal proceedings against the
both of them were thrown to the
winds? Did the republicans? Not
much; it was the fellows who have
shouted political reform for the past
lifteen years while they have had their
hands to the elbows in the pockets of
the tax payers.
But if Ilagerty was dishonest because
he was a republican what excuse do
they give for his partner in bank
wrecking,Iwho was a democrat, a mem
ber of the Bryan club and a contribu
tor to their campaign funds. If their
theory is the right one it must work
both ways and ma^es out McGreevy a
bank wrecker “because he was a demo
crat.” Any school boy can see the fol
ly of such quibbling.
The fusion leaders in Hdlt county
1 !.a>e defended the wreckers of the
Eikhorn Valley bank as they also de
fended a defaulting republican
state treasurer, signing and circulat
ing a petition to the governor for his
release from the penitentiary. Why
should they, the most bitter political
enemies of anything republican, be on
such intimate terms with republicans
who have turned out to be defaulters?
What have they, professed democrats,
in common with republican bank and
treasury looters?
The reader can draw his own conclu
sions as to the “tie that binds” those
professed apostles of reform and the
bank wreckers
Wages and Cost of Living.
The report of the investigation by
the national bureau of labor into
wages and hours of labor covering the
principal manufacturing and mechan
ical industries of the Ihiited States
supplements its recent inquiry into
the retail prices of the chief food com
modities, and emphasizes the improve
ment which is being effected in the
condition of working people. Contrary
to a common impression, tire facts
show that average wages have advanc
ed far more than the cost of living.
In 1905 average wages per hour in
the forty-two chief industries investi
gated were 1.6 higher than in 1904,
and 6.3 more persons were emploped,
the hours of labor per week remaining
the same, so that there was an increase
of 8 per cent in the total weekly earn
ings. But, the average retail cost of
the commodities consumed, the calcu
lation being carefully made on the
quantity and quality usually consumed
by this class, was only 0.6 per cent
higher than in 1904.
The comparisons, of course, are more
striking the farther back we go in the
period covered by these investigations.
The average wages per hour in 1905
were 18.9 per cent higher than the
average for the period from 1890 to
1899, the number of employes 33.6 per
cent greater and the average hours of
labor per week 4.1 cent lower. The
average weekly earnings of all em
ployes were 52 3 percent higher in 1905
than the average for that period. On
the other hand, the retail price of the
principal food articles was 12.4 per
cent higher than the average price
from 1890 to 1899. The power of an
hour’s wages in 1905 was 7.7 per cent
greater than in 1894,the year of lowest
wages. *
The general tenor of these deduc
tions is notably corroborated by the
contemporaneous report of the New
York Jiureau of Labor Statistics of its
inquiries, which are made on a differ
ent basis and independently of the
j national labor bureau. 'I'iie returns
from t he trade union officers in that
| state show an increase of K5.7 per cent
in av rage daily earnings in 1905 over
1897, while tne average number of
days of employment in 190.7 was 272
against 227 in 1897, or yearly earnings
of $791 in 1905 against $.781 in 1897, an
increase of 20.2 per cent.
While the data do not include rent,
clothing and other importantelements
of cost of living, ttiey indicate that
average increased food cost for tlie ex
tensive classes included or represented
in the inquiry is smaller than is popu
larly supposed, and they incontestably
prove the enormous increase of total
or average individual wages.
That family expenses of working
people have greatly increased is beyond
question, but it is also clear that in a
multitude of cases all tlie increase has
not been compulsory by reason of in
creased market cost, but that much of
it is voluntary on the part of the con
sumer through a higher plane of liv
ing. It is to be said, however, that
extravagant buying is not confined to
the wage earner, but is indulged in by
all classes of the community.
Contest Notes.
The Frontier should go into every
home in this county. It is a county
seat paper and contains county seat
news indespensible to the people in
general over the county. Contestants
should bear this in mind and work
every part of the county thoroughly.
Hundreds of new subscribers can be
secured in all parts of the county if
the proper course is pursued.
When two papers like The P'rontier
and The Nebraska Farmer can be se
cured for the price of one, it is a pro
position that no one can conscientious
ly turn down. They are both publish
ed weekly, and The Farmer is the on
ly paper of its kind in the state that
stops when the time is out. During
this contest is the only time you can
secure these two papers for the price
of one.
People of this county know a good
proposition when they see it and are
responding to our offer during this
contest in a very generous way. We
e-xpect to enroll several hundred new
subscribers on this offer and if the
contestants will get out and make a
thorougli canvass of the county ihey
will find their work very encouraging,
and they can roll up a large bunch of
votes to their credit in a short time.
In another column of this paper will
be found the standing of the contest
ants. This will appear in a corrected
form each week. A list of the prizes
with the names of the firms from
whom they are purchased also appear
with tile contestant’s vote depart
ment.
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Afflicted with Sore Eyes for 33 Years.
1 have been afflicted with sore eyes
forthirty-threeVears. Thirteen years
ago I became totally blind and was
blind for six years. My eyes were bad
ly inflamed. One of my Neighbors in
sisted upon my trying Chamberlain’s
Salve and gave me half a box of it. To
my surprise it healed my eyes and my
sight came back to me-P. C. Earls,
Oynthiana, Ky. Chamberlain’s Salve
is for sale by Gilligan & Stout.
We heartily endorse the record of our X
% county attorney, A. F. Mullen, and re- ♦
$ cognize in him an able and fearless ♦
% defender of justice to all alike.—From X
t Populist county platform. X
EWING
Miss Lou Gilmour of O’Neill at
tended the grand lodge of the Degree
of Honor held at Hasting, Neb., this
week, as a delegate from the Ewing
lodge.
The 800 feet additional side track
was completed this week west of the
depot which will enable the railroad
company to handle the increased
amount of business at this point with
more ease
James Good bought a bull and a hive
of bees at A. Randall’s sale last week,
and loaded I hem in a lumber wagon
together, but he wont do so any more,
and S. J. Stites says if he does he can
just consider him not in the deal at
all. All the parties who were “touch
ed” have nearly recovered their norm
al size.—The Advocate.
PAGE
Miss Mary Pollerize of Oaklahoma
City is visiting with Geo. Seefus’
family.
P. C. Curtis and family started for
their new home in California, Wed
nesday.
Mrs. W. C. Kelley left Tuesday
morning to visit with Mr. Kelley’s
parents in Mansfield, Mo.
Wedding bells again ring, this time
at the home of Mrs. Brown. Her
daughter, Nellie and F. L. Hoar of
Pender were united in wedlock, last
FOR Si
E. H. BENEDICT
Tuesday, at 7 p. m., Rev. YV. C. Kelley
officiating.
Mrs. J. S. Noble, living ten miles
north of Page, met with a severe ac
cident last Friday. In raking hay the
horses became unmanageable and ran
away with the rake, throwing Mrs.
Noble to the ground.—The Reporter.
CHAMBERS
The populist and democratic con ven
tion was held in Chambers last Satur
day and nominated J. D. Grimes of
Chambers as candidate for supervisor
for the Fifth.
C. M. Smith secured of the fair ex
hibitors a tine display of agricultural
and horticultural products which he
will place on exhibition in Sioux
City.
The delegates to the republican su
pervisor convention met in Chambers
on Thursday last and nominated C. D.
Keyes, of Inman, as candidate for re
election.—The Bugle.
Exchange! Exchange!
The Ladies’ Exchange will be held
on Saturday this week, in the Reka
building, two doors south of the post
office. Send in your orders early for
the good things for your Sunday din
ner. Home made candies a specialty.
Notice to Debtors
All persons indebted to me must call
and settle the same by October 15,
and save costs. S. S. Woolverton. 15-2
\LE BY
\ O’NEILL, NEB.
Choice farm of 640 acres, black loam,
lies close to school; 2-story 10-room
house, barn 38x40, 20-foot posts, cattle
shed 48x48, another shed 12x48, gran
aries and cribs, wells and windmill, 2
tanks, 2 large groves of ash, boxelder
and other trees, 200acres under cultiv
ation, 200 acies meadow, balance pas
ture, 10 acres hog pasture; 7 miles
northeast of O’Neill; price 25 per acre,
one-third down and balance on time to
suit purchaser. Will consider Missouri
farm, not to exceed $5,000. Some
thoroughbred Short Horn cattle, and
teams and farm machinery that can
go witli tlie place.
A very fine stock ranch of 2,720 acres
3 miles from Ewing, Neb , 2,420 deeded
and 320 school land with lease for 22
years; small amount under cultivation
balance pasture and meadow; 2 good
houses, 2 good barns and other build
ings; watered by Elkhorn river, 4
wells, windmills and tanks; 25 miles
of fence; natural timber enough for
posts and fuel; buildings all new,
painted and in good condition; price
$42,000, $10,000 down, balance in live
years at 5 percent. Will consider as
part payment smaller farm near good
town.
Half section unimproved land 12
miles southw'est of O’Neill, $1,600.
160 acres meadow land 7 miles south
west of O’Neill, $10.an acre.
Well improved 320, good heavy soil,
creek springs and timber, 1 mile from
Middle Branch, Holt county, Neb.
$15 an acre.
Well improved 320 acre farm 15 miles
northwest of O’Neill, watered by well
and creek; $12 an acre.
Stock ranch of 800 acres, good house,
barns, pastures, grove, 100 acres under
cultivation; 1 mile from Emmet, Neb.
Price $8,850.
Very line farm of 160 acres 3i miles
west of Inman, Neb. Good house, 2
barns, 8 acres of grove (large trees), 20
acres of timothy and clover, 40 acres
under cultivation, 95 acres meadow, 2
wells with windmill, fenced and cross
fenced, 40 bearing fruit trees and
more younger ones; all good heavy
soil, nearly level, but rolling enough
to drain. $25 an acre, partly on time
if desired.
Pine farm of 160 acres 8 miles north
west of O’Neill. New and well finish
ed 2-story house 16x24, barn, well and
windmill, 70 acres under cultivation,
90 acres meadow. $25 an acre.
A Large List for Sale and
for Exchange.
List your property with me
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