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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 8, 1906)
The Frontier Published by D. H. CRONIN, ROMAINE SAUNDERS, Assistant Editor and Manager. • 1 50 the Year 75 Cents 81x Months Official paper of O'Neill and Holt county. ADVERTISING RATES: Display advertlsments on pages 4, 5 and H are cnarged for on a basis of 50 cents an Inch one column width) per month; on page 1 the charge Is II an inch per month. Local ad vertisements, 6 cents per line each Insertion. Address the office or the publisher. Klnkald, Phillips, Green, Keyes and Sturdevant “beat them to it.” Where is Whelan’s 500 majority? Fusion boodle has put Stuart pre cinct to the bad. Inman precinct did it right for Keyes and Scotty. Atkinson always does the right thing by a home man—98 majority for Scotty. If the tariff is the father of trusts in the United States, what fathers thorn in England? We didn’t win, but we’re gaining. The fusion majority of two years ago on county attorney had two-thirds cut off of it. O’Neill and Grattan township re publicans—and a good many democrats —stayed by Scott; the nasty work was done at Stuart. A majority of voters in the country precincts wanted Scott for county at torney. Stuart held the balance of power, where boodle was used the most lavishly. The fusion roorback on supervisor sprung in Inman township at the last minute done great work. The Inman fellows would have made it unanimous for Keyes if the fusionists had come a little earlier. The Bryan meeting drew a good cjowd Thursday night liist, but the attendance from the country was very small. A delegation from Brown coun ty were furnished passes to come sev enty miles to hear their inconsistent leaders howl about the railroads. As a sample of how the slander in dulged in by the strategy board “cut Ktnkaid’s vote” at home, Grattan township, which in 1904 gave the fu sion nominee 40 majority over Kin kaid, this year gave Kinkaid an even break with the fusion candidate, 85 votes each. The fusionists claim to have reduc ed the republican majority on con gressman in Ilolt couuty. Kinkaid’s majority two years ago was 625 and this year about 400. There were about 600 less votes cast in the county thia year than in 1904, so that if those who stayed at home would have gone to the polls Kinkaid would have had at least 400 more votes. The percent of his vote this year in the county is greater than in 1904. The World-Herald’s report of the Bryan meeting at O’Neill last Thurs day night was about the richest price of fiction published this season. The parade of “200 horsemen” consisted of a half dozen country boys astride their plow horses. The local managers of the Bryan meeting had their agents out in the rural districts for a week previous to the meeting endeavoring to work up enthusiasm over the “peer less” and announced that they would have a rough rider parade with 500 horsemen in line. Six or eight boys from the country responded and led the procession up the street astride their prancing plow steeds. The World-IIerald correspondent could just as well have made it a thousand as two hundred. ELECTION RESULTS. Throughout the length and breadth of the land the voters have by ballot expressed their faith in the great po litical party under which every ad vance step has been made in the na tion for the past fifty years. Nebraska goes republican by 18,000, Iowa by 20,000, New York by 50,000, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Pennsyl vanir, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Wis consin, the Dakotas, Kansas, Wyon; ing—from everywhere comes the word of sweeping republican victories. The national congress will again be strong ly republican with some new timber to strengthen the Roosevelt policy. In our own county neither side can claim a victory, as it is pretty near an even break between fusionists and re publicans. Republicans get two super visors, ond represenative, state senat or and congressman; the fusionist get two supervisors, one represenative and county attorney. The republican vote was largely increased over two years ago and withal republicans have rea sons to feel encouraged over the show ing made. Had the 600 voters who stayed at home went to the polls in all probability there would have been a republican county attorney during the next two years. THANKSGIVING DAY. November 2U is named as National Thanksgivingday by presidential proc lamation, in which ample cause for giving thanks is stated: Yet another year of widespread well being lias passed. Never before in our history, or in the history of any other nation, lias a peo ple emoyed more abounding material prosperity than is ours; a prosperity so general that it should arouse in us no spirit of reckless pride, and, least of all, a spirit of heedless disregard of our responsibilities; but rather a sob er sense of our many blessings, and a resolute purpose, under Providence, not to forfeit them by any action of our own. Patriotic words wisely and well spoken. Pride is not reckless that glories In splendid achievement. All may be properly proud of what has been accomplished in the past nine years of prosperity. Heedless disre gard of responsibilities it would be if we were to forget the chief cause of that prosperity. To forfeit our many blessings by destroying their source would be an act of surpreme folly. As a sample of campaign misrepre sentation, the Stuart Ledger made out last week that “The Frontier says their legislative candidates are pledged to raise an appropriation for a normal college at O’Neill.” The Frontier said no sucli thing. The Ledger editor should adjust her glasses and read it again. The Frontier did not say that “their ledgislative can didates” were pledged to anything. The Frontier did say that the re publican legislative ticket was fav orable to the proposition—nothing more, nothing less. The Ledger’s guess, as to the editorship of “the live republican papers of llolt county” is also a good sample of the reliability of the new apostle of reform, which is starting out quite as thoroughly un reliable as tire senior at O'Neill. Secretary Rootlscverely arraigned VV. R. Hearst in a speech during the New York campaign. Mr. Root lays the blame for the murder of William Mc Kinley on the Hearst newspapers and quoted from one of Hearst's papers, the New York Journal, to sustain his charges. Mr. Root showed that he had been sowing the seeds of discord an anarchy through his newspapers and had in fact called for the removal The big Sixth stays in the republi can column. .*23«^=r-. SHELDON GOES IN BY NEARLY" 20,000! of Mr. McKinley from national politics by assassination and that McKinley’s slayer was only answering the call of Ilearst’s paper when he tired the fatal shot. That Ilearst represents an element dangerous to American poli tics is the verdict of many thoughtful men. lie would array class against class and create discord instead of pro moting the spirit of peace and the common welfare of all classes. LABOR SHARES IN PROSPERITY. Wage Earners Receiving More Pay and Working Shorter Hours Than Ever Before. American wage earners are enjoying a large share of the general prosperity of the county, says the New York Sun. This fact is shown by an analysis of the recently published report of the United State Bureau of Labor on wages, hours of labor and prices of food. The figures show that the aver age wage earner is working shorter hours than ever before, that he is re ceiving more pay for the short hour week than he formerly received for the long hour week, and that the in crease in his average wage has been so great that its purchasing power has risen, notwithstanding the increase in prices of many commodities. Fin ally, it shows that there has been an enormous increase in the number of persons employed. The report covers the sixteen year period beginning with 1890 and ending with 1905. From 1890 to 1893 the con dition of the workingman was fairly good. In the last mentioned year the general business depression set in and the wage earner suffered with all oth er classes. A clear idea of the extent of the improvement in conditions can be obtained by comparing 1894 with 1905. Such a comparison shows that the average wage per hour has increas ed 21.5 per cent, while the average wage earner, working shorter hours, earns 10.7 per cent more per week than in 1894 and 12.9 per cent more than in 1890. In the meantime the average price of food, weighted according to the average family consumption in the families of 2,567 working men, increas ed 12.7 per cent above 1894 and 9.8 per cent above 1890. Notwithstanding tliis increase, the average wage hour would purchase 7.7 per cent more food in 1895 than in 1894 and 8.1 per cent more than in 1890. Still more import ant has been the increase in the num ber employed, amounting to 42 per cent over 1894 and to 40.9 per cent ov er 1890. The combined effect of the increase in the average wage and in the number employed was to increase the total amount paid in wages per week by 65.7 per cent above 1894 and 59.1 per cent above 1890. If the bureau of labor had secured data as to the total cost of living for the series of years under consideration it would have shown a ilarger incease in the purchasing power of an hour’s wage than is shown by considering the price of food alone, for it it true that while there has been a general advance in commodity prices since the beginning of the present era of pros perity, that advance has been greatest in the prices of agricultural products and raw materials generally. The average increases in prices of manu factured articles have been much less. The increase in the price of agricul tural products, especially meats, lias advanced the cost of food to a much greater degree than the prices of cloth ing and house furnishings have ad vanced. In some localities the cost of fuel has gone up and in some localities house rents are higher, but on the whole the average cost of living has not advanced in proportion to the cost of foods. That manufactured articles have not advanced in proportion to the ad vance in the prices of raw materials and the wages of labor is due to the fact that manufacturing establish ments, especially the larger concerns, have been able to introduce economies that have to some degree offset the greater cost oi labor and materials. One of the most important factors in moderating the advance in commodity prices generally, has been decline in the cost that enters into the selling price of practically every commodity. The average freight charge per ton per mile for 1905, as reported by the Inter state Commerce Commission, shows a decrease of 10.9 per cent as compared with 1894 and 18.6 per cent as compar ed with 1890. The figures for 1906 will show a still further reduction. This rapid decline in the average cost of transportation in the face of greatly increased expenditures for rail road wages and materials and supplies of all kinds has been made possible by the expenditure by the railroads of hundreds of millions of dollars for the betterment of tracks and roadbeds, the elimination of grades and curves and the purchase of more powerful engines and larger cars, enabling them to make large increases from year to year in the average trainload. These railroad improvements have contri buted materially to the general in crease in prosperity of the whole coun try, gi vingemployment to many thous ands of wage earners and distributing enormous sums of money. This work of railroad extention and improvement will continue on an unprecedented scale for some years to come if it is not interfered with by radical legisla tion. A recent review of the work now in progress and projected in trunk line territory alone shows that the roads in that one section have planned for the expenditure of not less than $400, 000,000 during this year and 1907. In the vast region beyond the Mississippi, between the Canadian border and the Rio Grande, thousands of miles of road are under construction and pro jected, and all over the south existing lines are being improved and extended. The Markets South Omaha, Nov. 7.—Special market letter from Nye & Buchanan. —We had a heavy run of cattle Mon day followed by a light run Tuesday. Beef steers are slow to a dime lower; cow stock 10 to 15 cents lower; good feeders are about steady; light and medium grades are slow and dull at last week's decline. It is thought that on account of lack of railroad fa cilities that the western run of cattle will be dragged out a few weeks later than usual this year. Indications seem to be for steady to stronger prices for the balance of this week if receipts continue light. We quote— Choice steers.$5 75(a>6 40 Fair to good. 5 00(a>5 65 Common & warmed up. 4 25(a>4 90 Cows and heifers. 15 00(o)4 50 Thin cows. 1 75(^2 90 Choice heavy feeders. 4 10(« 4 75 Fair to good. 2 00(a4 oo Light Stockers.. 2 50(aH 25 Bulls. 2 00(a>4 00 Yeal. 2 50(<£6 00 Hogs continue their downward course with light receipts. Range $5.80 to $6.05. The supply of sheep is liberal; mut ton is about a dime lower; feeder sheep steady and feeder lambs easier. To Exchange for Holt County Farms or Ranches. 307 acre stock and grain farm, Monona county, la. Well improved, close to town. 280 acre improved farm in Missouri, all lies level, an ideal home. 214 acre grain and stock farm in Monona county, la. Good buildings. 100 acre improved farm in Monona county, la. All good heavy land, 4 miles to towm. 70|acre home, well improved, joins a good town in Monona county, la. Well improved and an ideal home for the person that wants to retire. The above described land is all good and will bear inspection and if you wish to exchange your farm or ranch write me fully giving a full descrip tion of your property and price. I have a cash customer for a strictly lirst class ranch. Fred L. Rarclay, 17 4 Stuart, Neb. Chapped hands are quickly cured by applying Chamberlain’s Salve. Price, 25 cents. For sale by Gilligan & Stout. _ Get your typewriter paper at The Frontier. [the W. C. T. u. corner] l,“J<Vr God and Home and Native £o/td'* j MRS. EMMA KELLEY, SUPT. Tiie North American Review has announced itself in favor of woman suffrage. The city council should be commend ed for its wisdom in having curfew rung at eight o’clock. Children should be off the street and in the protection of their homes at that hour. The great amount of good that is be ing done for the children fhrough the juvenile court is tiie subject of much favorable comment in the daily press. No effort of recent years has accomp lished so much for tiie rescue and re. form of neglected little ones as tiie juvenile court. “We are convinced that the time has arrived when tiie welfare of the nation would be most effectually con served by conferring upon women the privilege of voting and holding poli tical office. We are satisfied that the intelectual equipment of the average American woman is quite equal to that of man,morally, it is admitted, she is his superior,and therein lies the basis of our conviction, that as a mat ter, not of right, but of policy, she should be taken into full political partnership.”—North American Re view. A little over a two months ago the prohibitory proclamation was raised in San Francisco and the city has been under high license since that time. Never in its history has the city had such a recora of crime as has been enacted during the last two months. Unprotected citizens find it unsafe to be abroad and dealers report the sale of over nineteen thousand lirearms. Those who argue for high license should note the effect in San Francisco. V» During the last month the National and World’s W. C. T. U. conventions have been held in Hartford and Bos ton. Never before has there been such a large attendance. Sixty-two delegates and members comprised the party represeniing the British Isles. Nearly all counties were represented and great entliusiam was manifested. No one could read the reports there given and note the progress that has been made during the last year and longer doubt the final triumps of the temperance cause. STUART Mr. Robertson, the postmaster at Hrodie, sent in two sample potatoes, each weighing over a pound. One from the same patch weighed one pound and eleven ounces. Mr. and Mrs. Isenhart got home Monday from Washington where they have been for a couple of months visit ing their two sons. They returned by way of Denver. They are much re freshed and in a great deal better health than when leaving Holt county.—The Ledger. EWING Justin Spittler has been down from O’Neill this week, nursing his right hand which he severely mashed one day last week. Mrs. John Quinn died at her home in Deloit township last Friday morn ing, October 20th, and was buried on Sunday afternoon. W. E. Hailey is down from the Hills again, and will take back with him next Tuesday night, several people who will no doubt find new homes. Frank Shober rolled in two potatoes for us to sample, one being erough for a meal of a good size family, the two weighing three and one-half pounds. Will Gilmour visited with his par ants at O’Neill last Friday and Satur day. He has been suffering several Keyes and Scott lands on ’em in Inman. days with his arm which he scalded with hot grease. We see by the Norfoik News that Ed Perry has purchased a farm south of Norfoik, for which he paid $10,000. Mr. Perry at one time was the owner and landlord of the Elkhorn hotel at Ewing. ITe now runs one of the most popular restaurants at Norfolk Junc tion.—The Advocate. CHAMBERS. Tuesdayafternoon word was received from Lyman Waterman that he would be in Chambers in the evening and that with him would be a Mr. Switzer chief engineer from a London, New York and Minneapolis company with whom he (Waterman) had signed a contract for them to build the road and that Mr. Switzer was desirious of meeting as many of the residents as possible. Mr. Switzer stated that his business was to vertify the report of the resourses available in the territory through which the survey passes as given in by Mr. Waterman, take views along the route, and complete other data for his report. In brief the sit uation is as follows: If the report of Mr. Switzer veirties the statements made to the company by Mr. Water man, then the company is ready to carry out their part of the contract and build the road. Waterman agree - ing on his part to have us do our part as per our agreement with him in re gard to bonds, right of way, etc. Mr. Waterman stated that if it should be necessary for an extention of time on the bonds east of Chambers, that they would bear the election expenses.— The Bugle. ATKINSON Henry Alfs went to Omaha yester day morning to be with his little boy who will be operated upon again for a fractured limb. Alberta Spindler visited with her sister, Anna, over Sunday. She re turned to her duties as assistant coun tysuperintendent, at O’Neill, Monday morning. Mrs. Ed Purdy returned from Omaha Wednesday night where she has been in the hospital for the last ten days re covering from an operation. H'er friends will be pleased to learn that she is recovering and that her former health will soon be restored. W. L. West, John Henning and Geo. Raymer, jr., have been appointed by the county clerk to appraise damages of adjoining property, by reason of a road being opened by petition, begin ning at the northwest corner of sec tion 32, in this township, thence south to a line on First street, then east to the village of Atkinson as far as this street has been vacated. The Graphic. THE GREAT STORM IS OVER J BUT BE SURE TO PREPARE FOR THE NEXT WITH A I RETORT OAK _ Some reasons why the Retort Oak is the most de- 1 siralde stove to buy: |: 1st. Tried and true. li 2d. Economy of fuel, saving one-half. 3d. Cleanliness in operation. 4th. Absence of gas, smoke, smell and dirt. I 5th. Durability. 6th. Floor warmer. I" 7th. Uniform heat, can be regulated to a hairsbredth. 8 8th. Will keep fire 48 hours. j 9th. Simplicity in operation, style and finish—abso- 8 lutely the ninth wonder. j§ At Brennan’s Hardware I The stove that is there with the goods. I