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VOLUM.F XXVU._O'NEILL. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY. JANUARY 17, 1907 NUMBER 30.;
TREASURER PAYS BUNDS
Another Chunk Sliced Off of City’s
Indebtedness.
THIRD ONE PAID THIS YEAR
Water Bonds Go Fast When Sinking
Fund Is Made to Take Them Up.
—City In Good Shape.
City Treasurer J. F. Gallagher has
just taken up two more of the O’Neill
water bonds of $1000 each, which
makes three of the bonds that have
been paid during the past fiscal year,
with over three months of the fiscal
year yet remaining. One railroad bond
has also been paid during the year and
another will presently be taken up.
Financially the city is getting in
good shape, already being fairly well
recovered from the almost hopeless
condition brought on by bad manage
ment some years ago, and the citizens
of the town have reasons to congratu
late themselves as well as the admin
istration to feel considerable satisfac
tion.
There are yet twelve of these water
bonds to be taken up, of $1000 each
and interest. The interest on the
ones just paid amounted to $37.75
each. The bonds were issued in 1892
and are due July 1, 1912. No provi
sion was made to take up these bonds
until last year when a levy was made
at the suggestion of the city treasurer
to create a sinking fund. As a result
of this three of the bonds have already
been paid The rest will come easy
and it is believed all can be paid before
maturity. The city can now see its
way clear to wipe out all indebtedness
within the next few years, by the right
kind of management.
In addition to taking up these bonds
the past year hasentailed considerable
expense on the treasury in the im
provements on the streets in the way
of cement crosswalks and improve
ments in the drainage system. No in
debtedness, however, has accrued,with
a nice slice taken off of outstanding
bonds.
H. W. McCLURE DEAD.
Former O’Neill Citizen Passes Away
At Sioux City.
H. W. McClure, a prominent ranch
. man and stockman, died suddenly
shortly after noon yesterday at his
residence, 1909 Jackson street, of
neuralgia of the heart. For the past
few days he has been confined to his
bed but his illness was not believed to
be serious. At noon he was stricken
and died a few minutes afterward in
bed. He was about 05 years old.
Deceased has lived in Sioux City for
the past fifteen years but had never
engaged in active business life, manag
ing his Nebraska ranches from here.
Besides his wife he is survived by
five children, namely, Frank McClure,
manager of the McClure Commission
company; Mrs. May Shenkberg, H. W.
McClure, jr., of Ewing, Neb.; James
McClure, of Magnet, Neb., and Mrs.
Irene Rice.
The forgoing was taken from the
Sioux City Tribune of last Friday.
The deceased was once a prominent
resident of this community.
In the earlier history of the county
he operated one of the largest ranch
outfits of the South Fork country, near
where the present McClure ranch is
now conducted by his son, Hay Mc
Clure.
In the latter eighties the McClures
moved to O’Neill and Mr. McClure,
with others, started a bank. He sub
sequently sold out and went into the
mercantile business which he conduct
ed for several years and then went to
Sioux City, where the family have
since resided.
We Guarantee 2250 Pounds Extra
Gain for 50 Hogs in 90 Days.
The average fattening hog when fed
“International Stock Food” will make
an extra gain of one-half pound or
more per day over the usual plan of
regular corn fattening. On fifty hogs
this would amount to 750 pounds ex
tra gain per month or 2250 pouuds in
90 days. We invite a practical test,
and if you do not find that “Inter
national Stock Food” gives actual cash
paying results your money will be re
funded by Neil Brennan.
Advertised Letters.
The following letters remain uncall
ed for in the O’Neill postofflce for the
week ending Jan. 12, 1907:
Leo L. Williams, Doctor Johnson,
Miss Mary Tamas, Nellie Thomson,
Doctor Jamson, Miss Fanny German,
H. G. Gillard, Mrs. C. B. Hurlbert,
Carl Joll, Mrs. W. A. Davis, G. E.
Bryson, C. H. Brondt; Cards—James
Reynolds.
In calling for the above please say
■advertised.” If not called for in two
weeks will be sent to dead letter office
D. II. Cronin, Postmaster.
For Sale Cheap.
Eighteen years lease on one half
section good hay land within two
miles of Emmet. 29-tf
Mrs. A. Woolverton.
JUDICIAL DIVISION BILL.
As Framed Up for Introduction
O’Neill Gets Division.
Sunday’s World-Herald published
this dispatch from Washington:
The Nebraska delegation held a long
conference this morning at Senator
Burkett’s committee room, on the ju
dicial division bill, which has suddenly
received an impetus from an entirely
new quarter. The department of ju
tice is pressing for relief in the Ne
braska district, where the business of
the federal court has piled up until the
department feels that either division
or the creation of a new judgeship is
absolutely necessary.
During the congressional recess an
agent of the department was sent to
Nebraska with orders to learn the ex
act situation as to federal court busi
ness. His report was a strong argu
ment for establishing another federal
judge in the state. It was found, for
instance, that Nebraska, with one fe
deral judge, is far behind its docket,
and that there is every indication that
conditions will be worse before they
are better.
-In Iowa, with no public lands,
practibally no Indians, and no recla
mation works, there are two federal
judges, while in Nebraska, with far
more of ordinary business for federal
courts, and a great city in addition,
there is but one.
The department, in short, demand
ing that Nebraska be provided with
more court facilities.
In this situation it is up to the Ne
braska delegation to decide what it
wants, and today’s conference was for
this purpose. For some time Senator
Burkett and Congressmen Kinkaid and
Norris have been acting as a sbb-com
mittee to draft details of the measure.
The plan proposed today and accepted
by all members of the delegation pro
vides for North Platte and South
Platte districts, the former with its
seat at Omaha and the latter at Lin
coln. Divisions in the South Platte
district are to be established at Lin
coln, Hastings and McCook: in the
North Platte, at Omaha, Grand Is
land, Norfolk, North Platte, Alliance
and either O’Neill or Ainsworth, pro
bably O’Neill.
(A later dispatch states that Ains
worth has been dropped from the list
in favor of O’Neill.)
On the basis of this agreement effort
will be made to secure passage of- the
bill at this session. It is proposed to
require that court records of the dif
ferent divisions shall be maintained
at the division seats, and that a care
ful division of territory, substantially
as has been outlined in these dis
patches heretofore, be made among
the different seats. Holding of ses
sions shall be mandatory at the differ
ent places, so that on no pretext shall
the rule be suspended in this regard.
The Markets
South Omaha, Jan. 16.—Special
market letter from Nye & Buchanan.
The week opened with a very good
run, there being6500cattle here Mon
day and 8,000 Tuesday. The heavy
run of 41,000 in Chicago Monday and
their market 10 to 20 cents lower nat
urally had a depressing influence on
the local trade. The demand for
Stockers and feeders is still in excess
of the supply. Light weight Stockers
selling from 3.50 to $4.00; feeders $4.00
to $4.85.
We quote—
Choice steers.$5 50(a)6 10
Fair to good.. 5 00(g>5 50
Common & warmed up. 4 50(g)5 00
Cows and heifers. 4 00(^4 50
Fair to good. 3 50(a)4 00
Common. 3 00(n>3 50
Canners. 1 75(a)2 75
Bulls. 3 00(a>4 00
Yeal. 5 50(^6 50
The hog market still continues to
be steady. Range being $6.30 to $6.40.
Sheep market 10 to 15 cents lower
than last week.
Teachers’ Reading Circle.
The Teachers’ Reading Circle will
meet January 26, at 7:30 p. m. Follow
ing is the program:
Paper—‘‘The Will”—Mary Horiskey
Discussion
Paper—“Teaching Pupils to Use the
Dictionary”—Bessie Jones.
Discussion
Psychologry Chapter X., XI., XII.
Essentials of Reading—Chapters X.
and XI.
Two Couples Wed
Judge Malone had a “double-header”
in the matrimonial branch of his court
Tuesday. Those figuring in the tieing
of the double knot were:
Joseph Eppenbaugh of Minneola and
Myrtle E. Moore of Star.
Charles J. Dougherty of Venus and
Minnie Uusten of Middle Branch.
It is designed to adopt the loose-leaf
ledger system of keeping records in
the county clerk’s office, thereby effect
a considerable saving in the matter of
office help. Under this system the re
cords are made on a typewriter and is
done much more rapidly than by pen.
JURY ACQUITS HALLOCKS
Stuart Woman ami Her Soil Are
Not Held.
TROUBLE AFTER BEING DIVORCED
Story of Discordant Family Affairs
Told in Court, With Much Bad
Language.
The jury brought in verdicts of not
guilty in the suits in county court on
charges of assault against Mrs. Emma
Hallock and her son W. B. Hallock,
charges preferred by the woman’s di
vorced husband, George Hallock.
Separate verdicts were rendered in
each case and both defendants cleared
of the charges and were dismissed.
The jury recommend a reprimand
from the judge on the part of Mrs.
Ilallock’s son, however, and the judge
gave the young man some good advice
and something of a trimming down.
The defendants were each charged
with drawing a gun on George Hallock
and Parker Mulford at the Hallock
farm near Stuart on January 8, on ac
count of which was given in these co
lumns last week. The details, a*>
threshed out in court, differ some from
the published account but the main
facts of the shooting by Mrs. Hallock
and the threatening to shoot by her
son are the same.
It. R. Dickson handled the case for
the defendants and County Attorney
E. H. Whelan prosecuted. The jury
was composed of G. W. Smith, J. F.
Gallagher, Frank Campbell and Sam
Wolverton. The testimony was to
the effect that the home of the parties
to the suit had been a scene of discord
for some years and finally resulted in a
divorce and then trouble over the di
vision of the property. Some sensa
tional testimony was given on both
sides and unprintable language given
to the jury for their consideration. In
fact some of the testimony and side
sallies were so strong that Judge Ma
lone interrupted it once or twice, and
upon arriving at his office this morn
ing opened the doors and windows to
allow the fresh air to ventilate the
remaining fumes of the “swear
words,” as he expressed it.
THE FBEY CASE.
Additional Defendants Named In
Damage Suit.
Last Saturday, on a hearing on a
motion to amend the plaintiff’s peti
tion in the case of Elizabeth A. Frey
of Stuart who is seeking to recover
damages from numerous liquor deal
ers for the death of her husband, the
application was allowed by Judge
Ilarrington and the following names
have been added to the list of defend
ants: John Soutter, Baltbas Soutter,
J. S. Cross, John T. Murphy, N. L.
Guckert, Emil Gall, Edward Maurer,
Joe Wiesner, Jacob Kopp, Wm. L.
Elsasser and Auguste Yager, admin
istratis of the estate of Nicholas
Yager, deceased These are made de
fendants because of their connection
with one or more of the brewing firms
either as retail dealers for the brewer
ies or otherwise.
Special objection had been entered
by the Storz Brewing Co. to jurisdic
tion and motion made to quash, which
the judge overruled. February 4, is
the date set till when the defendants
are allowed to fill an answer in the
proceedings.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ritts of the
Dewey hotel yesterday enlisted the
services of the sheriff to apprehend
their 16-year-old daughter Flossie, who
left town yesterday morning on the
10:40 train in company with Miss Fan
nie Waldron. It was ascertained at
the Northwestern ticket office that
the Waldron girl bought two tickets
for Norfolk. Sheriff Hall wired the
officers at Norfolk to apprehend the
Ritts girl. Mrs. Ritts was consider
able troubled over her daughter leav
ing and while she thought maybe she
had only gone to Norfolk intending to
return In the evening she was never
theless worried concerning her. The
Waldron girl had given out that she
was going to Chicago on a visit and
had asked Mrs. Ritts to allow her
daughter to go as far as Norfolk with
her, but she had declined to allow her
daughter to go. It seems the Wal
dron girl pursuaded the Ritts girl to
go anyway and paid both railroad
fares. _
M. T. Elliott was in town yesterday
shaking hands with old friends. Mr.
Elliott is again a citizen of Holt coun
ty but this washis first visit to O’Neill
since he returned from Lynch to his
old neighborhood near Scottville. He
bought a half section of land four miles
east of his old farm and lias settled
down to farm life again. He says he
was offered $40 an acre for his place
recently, but didn’t know where he
could go to better himself and hence
turned down the offer.
STAND UP FOR NEBRASKA; ?
$337,250,094.86, FARM PRODUCTS
♦ Value of grain and hay produced in j
| 1906 in Holt county: |
| $1,288,971.00 I
THE YEAR'S PROSPERITY
Some Figures Setting Forth the Val
ue of Agricultural Products.
The state bureau of statistics has
Issued their bulletin setting forth in
words and figures ihe products of Ne
braska for the year 1906. From this
the following interesting lacts are
taken.
The year 1906 has been one of boun
tiful agricultural blessings to the hus
bandmen of Nebraska. It liar brought
abundant crops, rich harvests, full
granaries and a general happiness, be
gotten of prosperity, existing in every
section. The combined value of the
agricultural productions of the year
exceed that of any previous year
While the crop season had some adver
sities which perceptibly affected cer
tain crops, a greater acreage together
with greater yields of crops not affect
ed, causes the total of value to surpass
previous records.
The total value of agricultural pro
ducts for 1906 is $337,250,094.86, as com
pared with $334,277,522, in 1905, or an
increase of $2,972,572.86. Tile total
area in cultivation of crops for the
year was 15,272,764 acres, of which 11,
686,896 acres represents the acreage of
the grain crops—corn, wheat,oats, bar
ley, rye and speltz. The total produc
tion of the above named grain crops
totaled, 376,448,817 bushels, the value
of the same being $146,347,642.46. The
value of the soil crops other than corn,
wheat, oats, rye, barley and speltz is
$41,752,452.40. The total value of all
the soil crops and including dairy and
poultry products is $211,850,094.86.
The live stock valuation of $125,400,
000.00 added to the above makes the
combined agricultural products worth
$337,250,094.86. Values of the various
products which make up the agricul
tural output of the state for 1906 are
as follows:
Corn.$89,311,908 68
Winter wheat. 29,603,085 95
Spring wheat. 2,836,718 64
Oats. 21,969,328 64
Barley. 1,256,144 00
Rye. 738,185 50
Speltz. 732,271 05
Potatoes. 2,393,689 4o
Alfalfa.. 10,728,136 do
Wild Hay. 16,133,628 00
Sugar Beets. 1,200,000 00
All other crops. 11,300,000 do
Dairy products. 12,500,000 00
Poultry products. 11.250,000 00
Live stock.125,400,000 00
Total.$337,250,094 8fe
The bulletin shows the products in
bushels or tons of each county and the
cash value of the same. From these
tables the following ilgures are obtain
ed concerning the products of Holt
county in the year 1906:
Wild hay, 617,298 tons.$106,673
Spelts, 107,258 bushels . 58,540
Potatoes, 184,691 bushels. 73,836
Alfalfa, 6,783 tons. 54,264
Rye, 72,387 bushels. 36,193
Barley, 17,720 bushels. 7,088
Spring wheat, 26,695 bushels.. 16,764
Winter wheat, 43,803 bushels.. 28,471
Corn, 2,451,764 bushels. 907,152
Wild hay assumes a position of high
rank In Nebraska through a produc
tion of 2,688,938 tons, valued at $16,133,
628.00. Its acreage is 2,243,221 acres
which yielded 1.19 tons per acre. Four
counties have a production of over
100,000 tons, viz; Lancaster, 158,782
tons; Cherry, 135,491 tons; Greeley,
102,883 tons and Holt, 102,406 tons.
The following table shows the
growth of bank deposits In Nebraska
the past live years:
1890.$ 43,770,311.00
1903 . 102,180,795.00
1904 . 109,214,222.00
1905 . 134,991,211.00
1906 (Nov. 12). 149,433,967.40
Miss Zink is in Lincoln this week.
Minor Mention.
Mark Howard was up from Page
yesterday.
James LaViolette spent last week
In Sioux City.
Dan O’Donnell was up from Staf
ford yesterday.
The big sale at Gallagher’s will close
Saturday, Jan. 19.
Walter Martin left this morning for
Herrick, South Dakota.
Gallagher’s big discount sale will
close Saturday, Jan. 19.
The Degree of Honor gave a dance
at Golden’s hall Wednesday evening.
It. R. Dickson had business at Oma
ha and Lincoln several days last week
and this.
Wedding announcements and In
vitations furnished in the latest styles
at this office.
W. T. Hayes, R. L. Brown and F.
EL Bitney, all of Atkinson, were in
town yesterday.
William Ulrich and Louise Bauman,
both of Atkinson, obtained license to
wed Saturday last.
The examination of Anton Wander
cek by the board of insanity resulted
in the discharge of the patient.
The subject for the Presbyterian
pulpit next Sunday night is “The Two
Ways and The Two Destinies.”
The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th weeks of each
month except Fridays and Saturdays
are Dr. Corbett’s new dates for
O’Neill.
nenry Roseler sold two hogs that
i were a little over a year old to John
O’Malley today for $48. Hogs, like all
kinds of live stock, are good property
these days.
The Frontier expected to be out a
little earlier than usual this week, but
j our papers did not arrive as usual on
i Wednesday, hence are unavoidably de
! >ayed.
Bert Freed and James Armstrong
were down from the west end of the
county Monday and filed an applica
tion with the county clerk to open a
saloon at Emmet.
Taken Up —At my place on January
2, 1907 one black shoat, weight about
SO pounds. Owner can have same by
proving property and paying all ex
pe ses.—T. T. Waid.
W. A. Gannon of near Inman was a
caller Tuesday to arrange to advertise
a public sale of the personal property
of the late Phillip Judd, he being ad
ministrator of the estate.
A girl is reported at the home of
Rudolph and Maggie Eggert of Shields
township, born Thursday last, and a
girl at the home of D. W. and Ellen
Cameron of O'Neill, born Tuesday.
The county board has been busy the
past week settling up with county of
ficers. The reports of the various of
ficers will appear in the regular pro
ceedings of the board as published.
The temperature has readied ten
below zero once during the past week
' and has kept pretty close to the cireu
: lar figure in the meantime. It is ex
, cellent weatlvr for putting up ice and
tlie various cold storage vaults about
town are being filed with a fine quali
ty of the same.
Lee Henry sends us the Boyd Coun
ty Register, published at Butte, he
and his brother George recently hav
ing come Into the possession of the
of the paper. The Register has not
been on The Frontier’s exchange list
heretofore and we don’t know to what
extent the Henry boys have improved
it, but their first few numbers look
good to us. Here’s wishing them
success.
Wanted: By a prominent monthly
magazine, with large, high-class cir
culation, local representative to look
after renewals and increase subscrip
tion list in O’Neill and vicinity, on a
salary basis, with a continuing inter,
est from year to year in the business
created. Experience desirable, but
not essential. Good opportunity for
the right person. Address Publisher,
box 59, Station O, New York.
Mrs. Harriet McMurphy,teacher and
demonstrater of home science, will be
In O’Neill to give lectures and demon
stration in cookery, commencing Tues
day, January 22nd, at Golden’s hall.
Mrs.McMurphy is well known through
out the state, and has lectured before
many of the women’s clubs and other
organizations. This is an opportunity
which does not often come our way,
and we are sure that all ladies, old and
young will take advantage of it. Mrs.
McMurphy will remain six days—giv
ing one lesson each afternoon. Price
for the six lessons, one dollar. Those
desirous of taking, kindly leave their
name with Mrs. W. T. Evans or phone
141.
Creighton News: President W. C.
Caley has called the annual meeting
of the North Nebraska Short Ship
ment Race Circuit to be held at the
Oxnard hotel in Norfolk on Tuesday,
January 22nd. The meetings through
out the circuit last year were very
successful, except where rain interfer
ed, and there is no doubt but what
the circuit has come to stay and this
year more and better horses are ex
pected than ever before. The towns
in the circuit are: Norfolk, Stanton,
Madison, Battle Creek, Tilden, Neligh,
O’Neill and Creighton. Pierce and
Spencer have in two new applications
for membership. John L. Rynearson,
of Madison, is secretary and treasurer.
Here is a puzzle that puzzles every
body: Take the number of your living
brothers, double the amount, add to It
3, multiply by 5, add to It your living
sisters, multiply the result by 10, add
the number of deaths of brothers and
substract 150 from the result.
The right figure will be the number
of deaths, the middle will be the num
ber of living sisters and the left will
show the number of living brothers.
Try it and see.
The Chambers Perchron horse comp
any will sell their imported horse,Dak
ar, (44079). 27094, at public auction, in
the village of Chambers, Neb., Feb. 9,
1907, at 2 o’clock p. m. Description:
Blactc with star, weight 2100, foaled
April 11,1899, imported by McLaugh
lin Bros., Columbus, Ohio, and sold
to the above company for $3,000.
Terms cash, or one years time, on
bankable paper at 10 per cent. For
further information, address J. D.
Grimes, Chamers, Neb. 28-4
With a divlson of the federal court
at O’Neill the way would be paved for
securing a federal building fpr our
town. Perhaps a little effort on the
part of the people will help it along.
Congressman Kinkaid no doubt will
do all he can to secure the location of
the division here. In the state legis
lature, Senator Phsllips has introduc
ed a bill authorizing a number of per
manent normal schools with O’Neill
on the list. This is also something
that should be boosted along. Better
cut out the political broils and unite
in an effort to secure some institu
tions that will advance the com
munity.
Horses are a high priced commodi’
ty this winter, notwithstanding the
gloomy predictions for the noble steed
a few years ago. It is not many years
ago that the horse was said to have
outlived his usefulness and that in the
future there would be no horse mark
et. Reasons were advanced to sus
tain this theory, which was long ago
disproved. A local dealer in ordinary
horse flesh tells us that he offered $350
for a span of work horses the other
day, when the farmer gave him the
laugh and said he wanted $400. One
hundred and fifty dollars is a common
price for an ordinary work horse
around this vicinity now.
M. DOWLING, President JAS. F. O'DONNELL. Cashier
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