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ROM AINU SAUNDERS. Assistant, editor
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Address the office or the publisher.
A fusion ex-county treasurer has
taken the precaution to deed his land
to his brother since an expert has been
put to work on the treasurer’s books.
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It is difficult to see by what process
of reasoning the editor of the Stuart
Ledger approves of the publication of
stories in which the demimonde
figures and condemns stage perform
ances of a similar type.
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Mr. Harrington’s official organ
assures us that the government owner,
ship leagues are proving a howling
success. But, by the way, we have
only this one paper’s word for it,
which is worth less on the market
than “Sure Thing” mining stock.
The Independent has a good deal
to say about the #1200 the county has
agreed to pay for the exporting of the
records of the county treasurer. It is
noted that ft has nothing to say about
the #3,810.00 more in salaries paid the
fusionists in that office in 1905 than
(republicans expended for the same
work in 1900. What’s hurting the
strategy board is that their records
are to be investigated.
The Independent assumes the same
attitude in the matter of experting
the county treasurer’s office it did when
a similar work was undertaken on the
records of a pop treasurer of Grattan
township who stole the tax payers
blind. If their records in the county
treasurer’s office are straight they
have nothing to fear, but from the
howl raised by their official organ the
suspicion is strengthened that some
thing is wrong.
The esteemed ' Atkinson Graphic
charges that O’Neill citizens are the
prime movers in framing a county
division bill before the legislature
which appears obnoxious to the
Graphic. Down in Custer county the
(galloway divisionists lav the respon
sibility of the bill onto Broken Bow.
As the measure originated with a
statesman from somewhere up in the
west end of the state we think both
O'Neill and Broken Bow can prove an
alibi.
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Good for Judge Kinkaid. He has
shown his colleagues in congress that
the Sixth Nebraska district is on the
map and that he will not swallow any
sort of a dose fixed up for him and his
constituency. Congressman Norris
had the judicial division lines drawn
In fine shape for one-half of the state
but a very shabby provision for the
other half comprised in the Sixth con
gressional district. Kinkaid showed
up the inconsistency and unfairness
of1 providing for federal court at a
dozen different places in one-half of
the state and only one place in the
other half. The west end of the state
is Entitled to all it got.
Pat Handley was pronounced an
Immaculate official and everybody de
nounced as thieves and pass grabbers
who questioned his official honesty by
the “wise” man of the Independent
who had “investigated” Handley’s
records. That shining light of reform
got away with about $5,500 of the tax
payer’s money, as shown by the report
of the expert who examined the re
cords. Now that the county treas
urer’s records are in the hands of an
expert the defender of crooked officials
and bank wreckers is warming over
the editorials printed in defense of
Handley and making them do service
for its ex-county treasurers. The In
dependent evidently fears some such
report when Mr. Hovey has finished
his work as that in Grattan township.
In the language of Shakespeare, It
doth protest too much.
LESSONS OF A MURDER TRIAL
From what has developed thus far
in New York’s sensational murder
trial, young Thaw appears to be the
“whitest” one in the bunch. The
artist’s model that unfortunately cap
tivated his Idevotions makes a good
story teller for a crowd of maudlin
rounders, but a larger degree of sym
pathy might have been inspired for
her had there been no evidence of
further llirtations with the one to
whom she imputes the theft of her
maidenly virtues.
The victim of Thaw’s wrath and
good pistol was a fair type of numer
ous lechereous scoundrels who de
bauch society, who after all are not
alone in their sins. They are students
of human nature and mark as “vic
tims” those to whom blighted virtue
is not altogether unpleasant. As a
general proposition, woman have the
remedy for the evils laid bear by the
Thaw trial, and the details of which
makes decency recoil, in their own
hands. Evyeln Nesbit had at least a
partial remedy at law after the fatal
night In the mirrored studio. By her
silence she shielded and thus became
accessory of a depraved criminal. If
she had claimed her womanly rights
and prized her natural heritage by
bringing White to the bar of justice
In all probability Harry Thaw’s hand’s
would not have been stained with
blood and her own fair name remained
unsullied. If every other girl would
do the same with their seducers in
stead of continuing the llirtations
there would be a speedy social reform
ation.
While no modification of the con
demnation of the deeds of bad men is
due, yet let the women, and especially
girls bordering on womanhood, take a
more decided stand. A lesson too,
that comes to fathers and mothers
from the Thaw trial is that they have
a care to their boys and girls. Be sure
that they go to only wholesome public
places and are in appropriate company.
Certain restrictions are essential to
the development of well, balanced
characters and to shield them from
the snares of a perferse generation,
but in future years they will rise up
and call you blessed for it.
Calls It Favoritism.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat: A time
ly analysis is going on of a sectional
scheme that demands the attention of
the American people and that arouses
their indignation the more its motives
and methods are laid bare. Internal
improvements have been organized in
to a job to build up the commerce of
one part of the country at the expense
of the rest. There never was a time
when enlarged facilities of transpor
tation were as urgently needed as now.
Seizing upon this universally admitted
fact and the favorable condition of the
national treasury, the interests in con
trol of the house rivers and harbor
committee have quadrupled the ap
propriation asked from the present
congress. Instead of the average of
the past, which is $19,000,000, the
rivers and harbors committee has
brought in a bill appropriating over
$83,000,000. When the light is turned
upon the bill it is found to be essenti
ally, as far as the interior of the coun
try is concerned, a plan to Improve the
route eastward from the lake by way
of New York, and to turn down the
lakes-to-gulf channel, one large section
of which, that from St. Louis to the
Chicago drainage canal, lias been fav
orably reported on, afteran exhaustive
survey, by some of the most experienc
ed engineers in the government service.
Such a conspiracy as the pending riv
ers and harbors bill at a time when the
people are suffering from freight con
gestion is a grave offense, and those
who are engaged in it, or silently ac
quiescent, will hear from the issue
when they present themselves for re
election.
Allotted to the lakes section in this
bill is about $20,000,000 for the lakes,
which now have a minimum depth of
20 feet in their channelsand main har
bors. Their commerce last year was
three or four times as large as that
passing through the Suez canal, and
was not seriously retarded by any
channel difficulties as far as the pub
lie is informed. Tiie bill proposes the
expenditure of at least $12,000,000 on
tiie route used by the steel trust in its
transoortation of ore and coal between
Lakes Superior and Kne. Last year’s
profits of the steel trust were $156,000,
000, which must be what lias fired the
imagination of the rivers and harbors
committee, inspiring the idea of spend
ing $12,000,000 of government funds to
further enlarge its already commodi
ous waterway. In getting up such a
scheme the river and harbors commit
tee is aware that it must hand around
special favors until it gets votes enough
to hold its lines against all reasonable
protest. Appropriations for import
ant harbors are legitimate, but here
again the committee plays favorites.
It neglects the Delaware and Phila
delphia, and yet slips in an item of
more than $1,000,000 for the benefit of
a real estate syndicate that has set out
to get, at the expense of the people of
the United States, a haven for yachts
and other pleasure boats at Cape May.
Many of tiie items included in the
bill are for insignificant streams and
inlets that will never amount to any
thing in the business of the country.
They are put into catch congressional
votes on the pork-barrel basis, and al
so for the reason that the lake-to-New
York route will be additionally helped
by wasting the money provided for
any other inland section. The bill as
reported is a programme of favoritism
that scaicely takes the trouble to dis
guise itself, feeling sure that its sys
tem of getting votes enough in con
gress to serve its purpose will render
helpless any righteous objections that
I may be raised. If the internal im
provements of this great country are
ever to be conducted on a fair, in telli
gent scale, and by straightforward)
honorable legislative methods, now is
the time to mase a fight for a square
deal. An appropriation, increased to
$83,000,000 is a big proposition, and
when it is observed that the lakes-to
gulf channel is shoved out of it entire
ly it is time for the people of the Mis
sissippi valley, and for others similarly
slighted, to wake up.
KINKAID BRINGS THBM TO IT.
Insists on Recognition of Sixth Dis
trict In Judicial Division Bill.
The Omaha Bee’s correspondent at
Washington sent ills paper the follow
ing on Monday:
The judicial division bill will be re
ported to the full committee of judici
ary of the house on Wednesday and a
favorable report will be made immed
iately thereafter. Judge Moses P.
Kinkaid of the Sixth Nebraska dis
trict, not being enamored of the man
ner in which the judicial division bill
was drawn and introduced by Judge
Norris, started a crusade against it
and by reason of his work with mem
bers of the judiciary committee today
wrote into the bill a new place in
which to hold federal court in the
Sixth district, thereby winning a sub
stantial victory.
When everything seemed to be up
in the air after the final conference of
the delegation, wherein Judge Kin
kaid insisted that some place other
than North Platte in the Sixth dis
trict court should be held and was
outvoted, Judge Kinkaid took up the
whole subject of a new judge for Ne
braska with the judiciary committee,
lie so impressed the committee with
his arguments and incidentally worri
ed the delegation that it was finnally
agreed to leave the whole subject to
Senators Millard and Burkett as a
subcommittee to endeavor to present
the claims of the Sixth district to the
subcommittee of the judiciary com
mittee of the house. They performed
that work today with the result that
Chadron was selected as the official
place in North Platte district to hold a
term of court.
Judge Kinkaid insisted that in view
of the extent of territory and the
number of desirable towns in which
court should be held, if an additional
judge was to be given to Nebraska
that Alliance and Chadron should be
considered, lie wanted both, but the
subcommittee could not see any rea
son why both towns should be includ
ed in the new division bill and accord
ingly cast their vote for Chadron, and
for which Judge Kinkaid has been
contending.
With Chadron named as one ot the
Records special
Dozen price, $4.20
Machine $10, $20
and $30.
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JEWELER & OPTICIAN O’NEILL, NEB.
places for holding court in the North
Platte territory, some changes had to
be made over the bill introduced by
Judge Norris so far as the counties at
tached to the several district are con
cerned. As a result of the realign
ment Cherry county is taken out of
the Norfolk district and put in the
Chadron district. North Platte loses
no counties except on the north, Box
Butte, Sheridan, Dawes and Sioux
I being included in the Chadron district.
! As the bill now stands and which was'
reintroduced this evening by Judge
Norris, places for holding court in the
north half of the state, using the
Platte river as a divisional line, are
Omaha, Norfolk, Grand Island, North
Platte and Chadron. In the south,
Lincoln, Hastings and McCook.
Fiom the beginning Judge Kinkaid
insisted that the proportion of popula
tion preponderated for Chadron, and
going over the satistics he showed the
committee that if the bill was intend
to bring relief to the district court of
Nebraska and at the same time work
out a better condition for those who
were compelled to resort to court,
that Alliance, Valentine and Chadron
were towns to take into consideration.
It was early demonstrated that Valen
tine could not be considered and it
resolved itself into a question of
choice of two places—Alliance and
Chadron, and Chadron won.
PAGE
A. D. Palmer arrived Saturday even
irg to take his place as bank cashier.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Hess,
Thursday, Feb. 7, a nine pound baby
girl.
Ceila and Lea Hunter and Herbie
Stevens left for Lincoln Saturday
morning to attend college.
C. A. Townsend started for Omaha
Monday morning where he goes to at
tend the Hardware Dealers’ associa
tion.—The Reporter.
EWING
E. G. Hobart and wife departed for
Lin wood, Neb., last Saturday morn
ing, where they will make their fu
ture home.
We understand Kay Bros, have di
vided their property interests, John
S. Kay of Neligh, retaining all inter
est in the horses, and J. C. Kay of
Ewing, becoming sole owner of all
their property interests at this piece.
It is now deflnately settled that
Senator Burkett will be the commence
ment orator next spring. His date is
May 22nd. Begin early and tell your
friends about it. We want the house
tilled to the doors that night. It was
through the efforts of Supt. McBrien
that we were able to secure the sena
tor. Other requ'sts were made for
that date, but Ewing got in on the
ground floor.—The Advocate.
ATKINSON
C. O. Fritchoff left Monday morning
for Omaha, where he will resume his
position as mail clerk, after a short
visit with his parents at Celia.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Roche and Mrs.
Alex Hart went to Omaha, Tuesday
morning. Mrs. Roche will go to the
hospital for an operation and Mrs.
Hart will consult a specialist. Mr.
Roche expects to return home Friday.
An explosion of the gas tank con
nected with the lightening plant at
Alex Hart’s store, last Friday night,
caused considerable excitement and
causing the firemen to turn out in
force. The fire was extinguished with
out the use of water and but little
damage was done.—The Graphic.
STUART
Henry Straka brought eight hogs to
the Stuart market which tipped the
beam to 2,650 pounds and netted
$170.25.
The family of Miss Nettie Fisher
will leave for Seattle, Washington, in
a short time. Miss Fisher’s place in
the Krotter Telephone Co. will be tilled
by Miss Pearl Shaal.
Miss Lura Rhodes went to Crete,
Neb., Tuesday to be present at the
wedding of her brother who was mar
ried to Miss Nettie Hall, formerly of
Stuart. Miss Rhodes will visit her
uncle’s family and other relatives in
Clay county before returning.
Murray McCrew brought to Stuart
from the McGrew ranch a banner load
of hay. The gross weight was 16,650
pounds and was drawn by a Spartan
little team that weighed 2,100 pounds.
The team had got too frisky and Mur
ray loaded them heavy to sober them
down a little.
Mr. and Mrs. Zink have rented
Willowdale farm to Wm. Runge. Mr.
Zink will ship the household goods to
Peru and settle down in the college
town for the benefit of the younger
children. Mrs. Zink will go to Okla
homa for a visit with relatives before
going to Peru.
F. C. Harak of Center Point, Iowa,
who bought the Bloom & Haisch ranch
of 1,520 acres, will take poseSsion of
his new ranch the first of next month.
At his sale in Iowa, Mr, Harak recent
ly sold two teams for $1,000. Mr. Har
ak is an experienced stockman with
one of the best equipped ranches in
the county, he will have a wide scope
for the building up of a large stock in
dustry.—The Ledger.
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy a Fa
vorite.
“We prefer Chamberlain’s Cough
Remedy to any other for children,”
says Mr. L. J. Woodbury of Twining,
Mich. “It has also done the work for
us in hard colds and croup, and we
take pleasure in recommending it.”
For sale by Gilligan & Stout.
Advertised Letters.
The following letters remain uncall
ed for in the O’Neill postofflce for the
week ending Feb. 9,1907:
Mr. McGee.
In calling for the above please say
‘advertised.” If not called for in two
weeks will be sentto dead letter office
D. H. Cronin, Postmaster.
What To Do When Bilious.
The right thing to do when you feel
bilious is to take a dose of Chamber
lain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets.
They will cleanse the stomach and re
gulate the liver and bowels. Try it.
Price, 25 cents. Samples free at Gilli
gan & Stout’s drug store._
Break Loose From the
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Farmers Organize to Manufacture and Market
Their Own Product.
If you are tired of milking cows and getting small returns; If you
want more money for your butter fat; If you want to be freed from
the danger of combinations to keep down the price paid you; If you a
want to get the most for your cream, and to have a voice in its manu- fl
facture and sale, you will join the great movement forCo-OPERATION H
that is sweeping over the state like wildfire and become a member of the H
Farmers Co-Operative Creamery and Supply Go. S
It is your only hope of getting your
share of profits from your milch cows.
You do the hard work—you ought to
reap the profit.
Organize! Co-operate! Control the
manufacture and sale. That’s the
only way.
This movement will unite5,000cream
producers in a purely co-operative
movement.
; The society—incorporated under the
law s of Nebraska, has already pur
chased the immense plant, equipment
and business of the Harding Cream
Co., of Omaha, with more than 3.000
patrons and a well established trade.
So we start with a growing, paying
business. No money need be spent in
experimenting or in pioneer work.
Our plant lias a capacity of 40,000 I
pounds of butter, 5,000 gallons of ice ■
cream, 25 tons of ice per day, and a I
good market for every pound we pro- ■
duce.
Members of the association not only
share in the profits of this entire busi*
ness, but also have their butter fat
manufactured and marketed at actual
cost.
Will you, as a cream producer and a $
clear-headed business man, join with
us in the movement for co-operation
and control of our products?
Why not reap our legitimate profits
from our cream?
Why let them go to enrich a corpora- Jf
tion or combination?
Why not be our own masters? \
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