The Frontier
Pnbliihad by D. H. CRONIH,
KOMAINK SAUNDRKS. Assistant lidltor
and Manager.
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THANKSGIVING.
It is generally accepted as true that
the present year has been one of the
most general and lavish prosperity ol
which the present generation holds
m'emory.
Not only has the earth yielded her
increase in bountiful supply to pro
vide for the wants or follies of man
kind, but the commercial and indus
trial puisuits of the people as a nation
are at high tide. Instead of the spect
er of idleness and want, revolution and
discord, that haunts the domains of
other nations and tongues, the Ameri
can people are blessed with prosperity,
«V '
ppape and progress to the fullness,
flj&fcural resourscs, generous and wise
government and a merciful God above
hap given us another year of great
blessings.
*4?he season of the annual rememb
rance of mercies enjoyed and vouched
safe should be an occasion of inspira
tion to better and nobler deeds to each
individual. As a people we are apt to
Say, by our actions at least, as did the
Babylonish king the day he was touch
ed by the divine hand and driven from
the splendor of his capitol to dwell
with the beasts of the field “until sev
eri'times” had passed over him, "is
not this the great country we have
mafle by the might of ourjpower,” and
foiget the source of the peace and
prosperity we enjoy.
Great prosperity is not without its
dangers, such as allurements to luxur
teaand extravagence that lead from
tho'path of rectitude. While there
is much to be thankful for, there are
also.evils to guard against, so that the
feasting and merry making on this an
other Thanksgiving doy should be
mingled with prayers that the great
prosperity we enjoy may not lift us up
in pride and arrogance and cause us to
disregard our moral and civil duties.
. POLITICAL PERFIDITY.
When D. J. Cronin retired as treas
urer of Holt county, he turned over to
his successor, Mr. Chittick, cash to
the amount of $106,361.14, as shown by
the statement Issued by Mr. Chittick
in July last.
TJbis is being held up before the pub
lic as an example of fusion frugality by
the local strategy board with the an
nexed sensational claim that the re
publican officials have squandered $52,
000 of this money in the past eleven
months.
When the fusionists '.were cut off
from the control of the county treas
urer’s office it took away from them
a section of the pie counter they could
ill afford to lose. It had been in their
possession for years and several of their
number had stepped from the treasur
er’s office into business or professional
careers. It had served them as a re
cruiting station for the rising genera
tion and afforded something to fall
back on in every emergency. Being
cutoff all at once from the pie counter
was more than they could stand, so
they have set about to gain control by
an effort to inflame the minds of the
people by circulating the most giaring
falsehoods that desperadoes can
invent.
A little investigation will disclose
to anyone who is searching for the
truth how groundless are the claims
that the republicans have squandered
money saved by fusionists or that the
fusionists in fact saved anything. On
the face of it, it is made to appear that
the last fusion county treasurer turn
ed Over a big surplus of cash to Mr
Chittick. The $106,000 turned over bj
Crortin was accumulated in a nove’
way that shows the perfldity and un
fairness of the fusion bosses. Dar
Cronin knows and the bosses who con
trolled him know that a rank piece o
deception is back of that $106,000. Un
der instruction from the fusion bosses
Cronin held every dollar that came in
to his hands belonging to township
school, city and village treasurers tha
he could possibly hold in order to maki
a showing of a large amount of cash oi
hand at the close of his administra
tion. School, township and city treas
. urerswereafter Cronin for two months
trying to get the money belonging to
them but whicli he was holding up to
swell the grand total to be turned ov
er to Chittick. This was done for
purely political reasons and to be used
just as it is now to inilame and deceive.
1 It was no matter to the fusion bosses
' how badly school boards needed their
money to pay their teachers or city or
township treasurers to meet their ex
penses. The fusionists had to have a
big pile of money witli whicli to make
a showing.
No sooner had Cronin surrendered
the office and books to his successor
than there was a perfect jam of treas
urers and warrant holders that Cron
in had been putting off at the treas
urer’s office demanding their money.
A few items right here at O’Neill will
illustrate this. As soon as Cronin was
down and out Treasurer Chittick was
called upon for the following amounts,
which should have previously been
paid out by Cronin:
O’Neill judgment.$ 1900
Grattan railroad. 2000
O’Neill railroad . 3000
School Dlst. 7, O’Neill. 2800
P. C. Corrigan, warrants. 11000
Total.$20,700
Here is over $20,000 in one buncli
that Cronin should have paid and
hence his $100,000 would have been
reduced that much. These are only a
few of the many similar items Chit
tick was called upon at once to pay out
of the $106,000 turned over by Cronin.
Township and school treasurers all
over the county demanded the money
which Cronin had been holding back
in order to have a big total to turn ov
er to his successor. The fusion bosses
thought that by having Cronin hold
this money he would have a large cash
balance to turn over to his successor
and that a large portion of it would
have to be paid out right away by
Chittick, and then they would manu
facture a little political thunder by ,
claiming the republicans had squander
ed the money turned over by Cronin.
But it is stage thunder that frightens
nobody.
City, village anti school treasurers .
run their legs off after money they t
were in need of and couldn’t get be- i
cause the bosses ordered Dan Cronin, '
the last pop county treasurer, to hold *
every dollar to turn over to his sue- ‘
cessor in order to make a “showing.” E
The pop bosses must think the people s
of Ilolt county are consumate asses to c
be fooled by such trickery.
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Had Dan Cronin paid out the money 1
belonging to city, village and school
treasuries as was his duty to do, in- i
stead of holding it to make a play to
the galleries, he wouldn’t have had so
much money to turn over to Treasur
er Chittick. {
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It looks like the ruling of the rail- t
way commission relative to advertis- i
ing contracts is straining to make a *
point. Under the constitution ser- !
vice may be contracted and paid for j
In any lawful commodity. i
One thing the next legislature i
might do to cut down expenses is to i
repeal the game laws. There is no ‘
use of supporting a horde of game
<
wardens to enforce a law they can’t or j
will not enforce. i
The Republic Oil company, a branch
of the Standard, has been driven out ;
of Missouri. Independent oil compan
ies in that state now say they can
complete with the Standard.
When you hear of a fusionist resign
ing office because he can make more
money at something else you will have
to go out of Holt county to find him.
The “Confidential” Qaack.
Chicago Tribune: Collier’s, in fol
lowing up its crusade against quack
physicians and dealers in worthless
patent medicine, has touched upon one
interesting feature of the business.
This is the regular trade in confiden
tial letters from patients describing
in detail their real or imaginary ail
. ments. The recipients of these letters
, which were written under a guaran
tee of absolute secrecy, bundle them
' together as soon as writers have spent
, all the money they can be induced to
. throw away on one line of treatment.
The letters are then sold or rented to
’ other persons in the same business,
J and the writer begins to receive circu
' lars and personal letters making glow
i ing promises of restoration from the
malady which the victim believeslhim
self to have.
One brokerage company advertises
overone million letters on hand. These
letters are classified. Over 180.000 let
ters describing kidney troubles may be
bought or rented, 2.000 telling of suf
fering from abuse of narcotics, and so
on. Kvery person who has at any
time within the last ten years written
to these correspondence doctors or
dealers in wonderful remedies may be
certain that his or her letter, describ
ing physical difficulties which may
have been kept a secret even from
one’s own family, is on tile in an office
where it may be consulted by any one
willing to pay $2.50 athausand for the
privilege of copying these letters.
Not only doctors buy these letters,
but also other speculators in human
credulity. The sellers of stock in wild
cat mines and in bogus companies of
all kinds make a business of exchang
ing lists, so that what money has es
caped one swindler may be reached by
another. A person who has been an
easy mark for patent medicine adver
tisements was considered by one com
pany as especially suitable for its pur
pose, and until the postofflce depart
ment forbade the use of the mails it
astonished those to whom it wrote by
its intimate knowledge of personal
difficulties.
Professional etiquette forbids a phy
sician to reveal secrets confided to him
by a patient. A sick person or one
who thinks he is sick is foolish if he
does not tell his physician the whole
story,so that the case may be diagnosed
with complete knowledge. But the
most foolish person of all is the one
who writes to a stranger things which
lie is unwilling to tell a neighbor The
physician will respect any confidence
placed in him. The advertising quack
will sell the letters or a copy of it to
iny one who asks for it. A person
who once gets on the quacks’ lists will
oe tormented for years for that bit of
folly.
$100,000,000 Imported Luxuries.
Over $100,000,000 was sent out of the
United States In the fiscal year of 1906
in the purchase of luxuries. This tot
al of $100,000,000 worth of luxuries im
ported in the fiscal year just ended in
cludes, according to the records of the
bureau of statistics of the department
of commerce and labor, over $40,000,000
worth of diamonds and other precious
stones; about $40,000,000 worth of lace
edgings, eraborideries and ribbons; a
bout $7,000,000 worth of feathers, na
tural and artifical; over $6,000,000
worth of champaigne,and the remiand
er miscellaneous articles, such as per
fumeries and toilet articles, smokers,
articles and opium for smoking. If to
this is added the value of tobacco, cig
ars and cigarettes imported, the total
will reach $125,000,000. This grand
total of $125,000,000, including tobacco
and cigars in this class, is more than
double the imports of similar articles
a decade ago, the total for 1896,for the
articles above named,having been $51,
000,000, and in 1906, $125,000,000.
Diamonds and other precious stones
show the largest increase during the
the decade, the total value of precious
stones, jewelery and manufactures of
gold and silver imported in 1896 having
been $7,944,032, and in 1906 $42,120,615.
Of this item of precious stones and
jewelry, diamonds alone formed about
$35,000,000 in 1906, against a little less
than $37,000,000 in 1896. Cotton laces,
edgings and embroideries are the se
cond item in value in this list of lux
uries imported, aggregating $34,000,000
in 1906, against a little less than 11,
000,0001 in 1906. Tobacco and cigars, if
included in this category of luxuries
imported, from the next largest item
in value, aggregating nearly $27,000,000
in 1906, against about $10,000,000 in
1896. Ostrich feathers and artificial
feathers, fruits and (lowersaggregated
nearly $6,000,000 in the imports of 1906
and about $5,000,000 in 1896; and of
this total in 1906 ostrich feathers
alone formed between $2,000,000 ana
$3,000,000 value, the bulk of the re
mainder being artificial feathers,fruits
and flowers. Champagne imported in
1906 aggregated over $6,000,000 value,
against about $3,500,000 in 1896. Silk
laces, embroideries and edgings aggre
gated nearly $4,750,000 in 1896, and silk
ribbons amounted in 1906 to a little
over $2,000,000, against a little over
$1,000,000 in 1896. Opuim for smoking
which amounted to $1,250,000 in 1906,
was about $750,000 value in 1896 Per
fumeries and all toilet preparations
amounted to a little over $1,000,000 in
1906, against $500,000 in 1896; and
pipes and other smokers’ articles
amounted to over $800,000 in 1906,
against $334,000 in 1896.
The bulk of this $100,000,000 worth
of luxuries other than tobacco comes
from Europe.
INMAN
Bert Cates had a broncho, also a
lighted lantern; the first named kicked
the other in the manger, burnt the
barn and so injured another horse
that it had to be killed.
Notices are now posted to call a spe
cial meeting in the village of Inman
to consider the advisability of building
another schoolhouse or an addition to
the present structure. Our population
has increased so rapidly for several
years that ourschoolroom’s seating ca
pacity is overcrowded. Ten years ago
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CONTEST WILL CLOSE MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1907
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§23 Bessie Dillon . O’Neill 30362 «
p2 May Hunt . O’Neill 4200
yia Margaret Sullivan. O’Neill 1800 £g>
_ _ —~ _ IS! Lila Jones. O’Neill 2300 S||
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W • ■ m M Ruth Harnish. O’Neill 3200 py
J S Elsie Lawrence. Emmet 3000 ^
*3 Pearl Robinson. Atkinson 5000
$j§ Genie Ivrier. Atkinson 800 g||l
0 Katie Gallagher. Page 1200 p|
III III First Prize—A Bush & Gerts Piano, mahogany veneer, j£3|
V j I bought of G. w. Smith. g
i 1 Second Prize—A Gold Watch, 15-jevvel movement in a |1|
O ( 20-year case, bought of W. M. Lockard. p|
^9 J j Third Prize—A year’s Scholarship in the Wayne Normal jj||
(L»'Y • cj "'Tjt.' c->"•/ v 1L* “ cTy/ cj y- !L5 v "vv'£3"vcjy-/ Wlyv-U will”'w»
the house was doubled in size; now
there is more room needed and we say
give the young urchins better accom
modations for the development of
their minds and bodies,for in the com
ing generation is the greatest strength
of the nation.—The News.
EWING
As a result of cancer of the bone,
Rob Buffington had to have his left
arm amputated by physicians at Clear
water last week.
J. R. Herron and son, Henry, sold
twelve hogs to P. M. Conger Wednes
day, part of them being spring shoats,
which netted them $184.80.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Jaco took the
early train for Omaha Monday morn
ing, where the latter will have an
operation performed to remove a cata
ract from one of his eyes.
Mrs. P. M. Conger gave a brown
luncheon at her home last Friday aft
ernoon, to the lady members of the
Eastern Star, in honor of Mrs. E. S.
Gilmour. It was a very pleasant af
fair and the guests were royally en
tertained.
L. B. Haneman and Leo Spittler
have constructed a boat with iron
frame and covered with canvass, that
for lightness of weight, far surpasses
anything in that line we have ever
looked upon. As to its sailing quali
ties, the owners claim it will be an en
tire success.—The Advocate.
ATKINSON
Fred Swingley is moving this week
into his tine new residence, which,
when completed, will be one of the
most modern equipped homes in our
city.
A. W. Morell of Oakland, Nebraska,
purchased 320 acres of land, five miles
north of Atkinson, of C. II. Williams
last Saturday. He intends to improve
it and move here in the spring.
Jos. Modecek of Brainard, this state,
has purchased the Bonenberger prop
erty south of Atkinson, and will move
onto the place after having a residence
of considerable proportions erected
thereon.
A move is on foot among the farm
ers to organize a “Farmers Institu
tion,” anyone wishing to become a
member can call at the Graphic office
and enroll their name. It requires
the signature of at least 50 before an
organization can be perfected.
The city council condemned the
stock yards as a nuisance and notified
the proper officials of the railroad to
remove them in thirty days. The
time is up and the stock yards are
still in evidence, instead of being torn
down they are being filled in with old
ties and cinders.
J. P. McNichols’ fine residence
caught fire in the basement yesterday.
The bell rang, the fire ladies respond
ed and were soon at work with a large
crowd of citizens with buckets ready
to assist if needed but the fire had not
made much headway and was soon un
der control after doing damages to the
amount of $100 which is covered by
insurance.—The Graphic.
STUART
John Robertson lost fifteen head of
cattle Sunday at his ranch over north,
of corn stalk decrease. This is the first
case reported this fall.
Mrs. John Ripp departed this morn
ing for Portland, Oregan, where she
was called on account of the severe ill
ness of her mother.
Station Agent Whitney is loading
bis household goods into a car today
preparatory to moving to Battle Creek.
He does not know who will take his
place here.
Dick Walters and family are making
preparations to move to Cassey, Iowa,
where they will make their future
home. They expect to some day this
week.—The Advocate.
Wm. Krotterhas been in Valentine
this week. He bought the old gov
ernment buildings belonging to the
fort and was distributing the lumber
to his various yards.
Judge Macy of Harlan, Iowa, who
wa» out here looking for land, has pur
chased the half section adjoining the
Barclay ranch.
The Interstate Telephone Co. is
building a new copper circuit on the
line between Stuart and Atkinson.
When completed, it will give service
to Omaha, Kansas City and other east
ern points. Fred Valentine of Johrs,
town and Mr. Morrisey of Omaha are
in charge of the work.—The Ledger.
LINGERING COLD.
Withstood Other Treatment But
Quickly Cured by Chamberlain’s
Cough Remedy.
“Last winter I caught a very severe
cold which lingered for weeks,” says J.
Urquhart, of Zephyr, Ontario. “My
cough was very dry and harsh. The
local dealer recommended Chamber
lain’s Cough Remedy and guaranteed
it, so I gave it atrial. One small bot
tle of it cured me. I believe Chamber
lain’s Cough remedy to be the best I
have ever used.” This remedy is for
sale by Gilligan & Stout.
FRED L. BARCLAY
STUART, NEB.
Makes Long or Short Time Loans on Improved
Farms and Ranches
If you are in need of a loan drop him
a line and he will call and see you.
I Japanese^Ger-I
1 man China’are 1
■ I am showing a very large and handsome line of V
W useful as well as decorative dishes in this line. In %
| fact have the most complete assortment to select j
m from to be found anywhere in town. You should M
■ not fail to see my line when wanting fancy dishes,
I also have a very fine assortment of fancy lamps
■ ] and a complete line of dishes in the common ware, f B
B Groceries of all kinds. B
| J. C. HOR1SKEY, Grocer J
Mm Telephone No. ig.