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The Frontier. VOLUMF XXV11. O’NEILL. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 31, 1907 ' """" .. "" .. 7" ' ... .- .. NUMBER 35. DOINGS OF SUPERVISORS Officially Reported for Publication in Newspapers. CONTRACT WITH THE EXPERT Full Text of the Proceedings of the Sessions of the County Board of Supervisors. O’Neill, Neb., Jan. 25, 1907.—Board met and spent the morning in confer ence with D. P. Ilovey, expert ac countant, with the view of hiring him to expert the county records.The following contract was read. O’Neill, Neb., Jan. 25, 1907.—Mem orandum of agreement between E. P. , Hovey and Holt county. This agree ment made and entered into this 25th day of January, A. D. 1907, by and be tween E. P. Hovey of Lincoln, Neb., party of the first part and the County of Holt in the State of Nebraska, party of the second part by and through its board of supervisors, witnesseth: that the said E. P. Hovey for the consider ation hereinafter named to be paid by the County of Holt agress to thorough ly examine and check up all the re cords in the office of the county treas urer of said county of Holt, Nebraska, running back over a period of twelve years, from the 4tli day of January, 1895, up to the 7th day of January, 1907, including said last mentioned date up to the close of office hours, and well and faithfully to report his findings in the said examination to _i. v__: *-i e III UM U V* iwiu * »- WV found, to the party of second part. The said party of the second part, in consideration of the sah work herein named to be performed, agrees to pay to the party of the first Dart, the sum of twelve hundred dollars in payments as the work progresses as follows: Three hundred dollars at the end of each month’s work by the party of the first part duly performed, but three hundred dollars to be held by the se cond party until the work is satisfact ory performed, and the said three hundred dollars or any balance that may remain unpaid shall be paid by ttie party of the second part upon com pletion of the work according to this contract, and the approval thereof by the board of supervisors. The party of the first part further agrees, in con sideration of the premises, to appear in court when and wherever the oc casion may demand, (if such occasion shall arise), upon payment of his ac tual expenses by Holt county. It is further agreed and understood that said party of the first party shall give his very best efforts and experiences towards securing claims and credits for Holt county from the State of Ne braska, towards getting an appropria tion made for repayment of any amount that may be determined as being due to said county from said State of Nebraska, if any there shall be, without any further consideration than the payment above specified. This contract is to be executed and the examine tion above described is to be performed under the direction and supei vision of the committee of the said board of supervisors consisting ol L. E. Skidmore, C. D. Keyes and Ro dell Root. The party of the first part agrees tc furnish and pay for any and all assist ance that he may need in the perform ance of said work. Said examination to commence January 25th, 1907, and to be pursued continuously until satis factory completed at the earliest pos sible date, but not later than May 25, 1907. In witness whereof we hereun to set our hands, and the seal of Holt County, this 25th day of January, 1907, E. P. Hovey, party of the first part. The County of Holt in the State ol Nebraska, by L. E. Skidmore, Chair man; J. A. Golden, Supervisor: C. D. Keyes, Supervisor; Rodell Root, Sup ervisor; J. C. Clark, Supervisor; B.E, Sturdevant,Supervisor; W. S. Roberts, Supervisor; W. P. Simar, County Clerk. M. DOWLING. President JAS. F. O'DONNELL. Cashier SURPLUS * $55,000.00 O’NEILL NAT’L BANK Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent, This Bank carries no indebtedness of Officers or Stockholders >■ Mr. Chairman: I move you that the board approve the contract as agreed to and prepared by committee. Mo tion carried. Minutesof January 19-21-22-23and 24, read and approved. On motion board resolved into com mittee of the whole. O’Neill, Neb., January 26, 1907.— Board continued settlement with county officers. O’Neill, Neb. Jan. 28, 1907.—Board continues settlement with countj officers. O’Neill, Neb., Jan. 29, ’07.—Board continued settlement with countj officers. O’Neill, Neb., Jan., 30, ’07.—One o’clock p. m. Board called to order, all members present. Ewing, Neb., Jan., 1907.—To the Honorable Board of Supervisors, Holt County, Neb.—Gentlemen: Please transfer all money in bond fund oi special fund of school district No. 83 to the general fund of said district. R. L. Butler, Director. On motion the above motion carried. To the Honorable Board of Super visors Holt County.—Please transfer all money in the bond fund of district No. 114 to the general fund of said district. Wm. L. Alder. On motion the above motion carried. On motion the following official bonds were approved: Donald McClel lan, road overseer, district No. 13; H. VanValkenburg, township treasurer, Inman township; John Enright, road overseer, No. 16. To the Honorable Board of Supervis ors.—Gentlemen: I hereby make ap plication for refund of 65 cents person al tax and 25 cents on lot 15 block 9, Village of Page, Neb. I have paid this under protest and ask the amount refund for the year 1906. Total 90 cents. XX. XV. lJlWfili. On motion the above was granted. To the Honorable Board of Super visors.—Gentlemen: I have paid my village tax in Page, Neb., for the year 1906, under protest. Personal tax $6.46 and real estate lot 19 and 20,block 4, 42 cents making total $6.88 and ask for refund for that amount. Christ Rakow. On motion the above was granted. To the Honorable Board of Super visors.—Gentlemen: I have paid my village tax in Page, Neb., for the yeai 1906, under protest, personal 94 cents real estate lots 1-2-3 and 4, block 8, $1 24 making total $2.18. Please re fund the amount to me. H. A. Rakow. On motion the above was granted. O’Neill, Neb., Jan. 25,1907.—To the Honorable Board of Supervisors o( Holt County, Neb.—The undersigned respectfully shows to your Honorable Body that he is a resident of Ewing township that during the month oi April and prior and subsequent there to affiant had and owned some cattle that were then in Scott precinct and that affiant gave in for assessment, the cattle in Ewing precinct,that said cattle were also assessed Scott precinct for 1906 and taxes assesssd against affi ant in the sum of $L65, that same have been paid amounting to $1.65 affiant therefore prays for refund of said $1.65. Harry Stanton. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 25th day of January, 1907. T A rtli Art (Seal; Notary Public. Prayer of the above petition granted, To the Honorable Board of Super visors, we the undersigned, hereby call your attention to the fact that we paid our personal tax including road tax both in Gregory county and Holt counties, being residents of Gregory, South Dakota. We petition youi Honorable body for a refund of $3 each, that amount being paid as poll tax in Holt County. Respectfully, J. R. Wilson, Roy Pinkerman, M. T. Elliott, W. H. Whelan. On motion the above petition was granted. Mr. Chairman: We your committee (Continned on 8th page) LOCAL MATTERS. S. B. Howard came home from Oma' ha Saturday for a brief visit. Miss Anna Lorge of Randolph is visiting her aunt, Mrs. D. II. Cronin. Mrs. George Miles left for Omaha Tuesday morning for medical treat ment. For sale or rent a few choice im proved farms close to town—Jerry McCarthy. 34-3 Wedding announcements and in vitations furnished in the latest styles at this office. Miss Margret McCarthey was up from Randolph for a visit at her home over Sunday. Miss Mabel Martin left for Omaha Sunday morning, for medical treat ment in a hospital. “The Fall of the Apostle Peter,” Is the Rev. T. W. Bowen’s subject for next Sunday evening. P. J. McManus departed Tuesday over the Northwestern for Chicago on a business trip. A hundred envelopes with your name and address printed on them for 50c at The Frontier. Dr. Headrick gives special attention to deafness and catarrh. Will visic O’Neill, Wednesday, February 27. Mrs. Fitzsimmons was a passenger for Chicago Sunday, where she will buy a new stock of millinary goods. Miss Laura Anthoney of Wyoming, is visiting with the family of her uncle, J. C. Harnish. The 2nd, 3rd ,and 4th weeks of each month except Fridays and Saturdays are Dr. Corbett’s new dates for O’Neill. ur. ueaaricK S practice is uniiteu to chronic diseases. Consultation and examination free. Will visit O’Neill, February 27. New five room house in northern part of O’Neill, for sale.—Dorothy Haley, at offlce of county attorney afternoons. 32-tf Michael S. Potter and Kate Belle Summers, both of Chambers, were granted license to wed on the 18th by Judge Malone. J. S. Harrington arrived in O’Neill Sunaay evening after spending some time in Idaho. We understand he expects to move there. Arthur Cowperthwaite took two cars of stock to South Omaha Sunday and from there went on to his former home in Illinois for a visit. D. U. Yantzi will have a sale, adver tisement of which appears elsewhere, on February 26. Mr. Yantzi expects to move to Alberta, Canada. The Ladies Aid society of the M. E. church will meet at the home of Mrs. Bennett Martin, Thursday, Feb. 28. We desire a good attendance. John and Edward Herald left on the early morning train for Millburn, Nebraska, where the former will be agent in the Northwestern depot. A lecture on China will be given in O’Neill Presbyterian church Friday evening, March 1st, by the Rev. J. A. Fitch, EastShuntang province,China. Mrs. H. E. Wescott received a tele gram from St. Paul, Minn., yesterday stating that her father was seriously ill at that place. Mrs. Wescott left for that place this morning. A rare well surprise party was given at the home of Miss Edna Ilowe, in honor of John Herald Tuesday even ing. Quite a large crowd was pres ent and all reported a good time. A few of Willard Hess’ young friends gathered at his home last Friday even ing and surprised him. Willard was surprised but soon recovered and en tertained his guests in a royal manner. Estray.—Taken up, at my place four miles northwest of O’Neill, one year ling steer calf, owner can have same by proving property and paying all damages. W. J. Gray. 33-3 Edison records are the best and so near like the singer or band that one thinks he his listening to the singer or band ana not to a machine. For proof call at Lockard’s jewelry store and hear them. 34-tf Fine green meadow hay #5 a ton in stack. Also two kinds of seed pota toes, and Barred Plymouth Rock chickens for sale.—J. H. McAllister, Agee, Neb. 35-2pd. Plainview News: William Traver shipped his household goods to O’Neill Wednesday afternoon, and his family will follow this exening. They will move onto their farm near that place. A bunch of cattle belonging to the Ditch company and being driven across the Northwestern railroad just west of town last Friaay evening were crashed into by a east bound freight train and three head of cattle killed. C. H. Foxworthy, who recently came here from Boone county, is pre paring to build on the Caldwell ranch, now owned by his father-in-law, Mr. Hunt, as soon as the weather will permit. He hauled out lumber yester day for that purpose. The following K. C.’s went to Chad ron last Saturday afternoon to initiate a class there: A. F. Mullen, Frank Campbell, J. F. O’Donnell, Clarence Campbell, O. F. Biglin, John Sullivan, P. J. McManus, T. V. Golden, Dr. P. J. Flynn and Nell Brennan. It Is understood that article of in corporation are being framed up by the Knights of Columbus to enable them to go ahead with their building project. Definite plans and a building site have not yet been decided upon, but it Is the designed to make these arrangements complete as soon as the articles of incorporation are tiled and approved. Walt Horiskey had to walk to the Northwestern with Uncle Sam’s mail sacks this morning. When he drove up to the postotlice to load the mail bis horse became frighten while he was getting the sacks and ran away. That Is, it started before Walt had the sacks and himself loaded and ran at full speed to the depot with an empty wagon. No trace of Fred Miller, who is sup posed to have stolen 81300 from John Fried of Emmet township last week, has been found by the sheriff. A man answering the description of Miller was located at Lander, Wyo., and the sheriff, accompanied by Bert Fried, the old gentleman’s son, went thither. It was the wrong man, and Sheriff Hall returned without any definite clue to Miller’s whereabouts. Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Corcoran de parted Monday for Omaha,af ter spend ing their honeymoon visiting with Mrs. Corcoran’s mother, Mrs. Graham, and other relatives and friends in this vicinity. From Omaha they go to Chicago and from their to Milwaukee and an to other points in Wisconsin, after which they will return to Cali fornia and do some traveling there during the summer. Their home will be at Stockton, Cal. Frank Dishner returned the first of the week from a trip to southern and western Texas. He notes that the gulf coast country is excessively dry, and is not specially an admirer of the same. He visited Brownville, the town that has achieved considerable notoriety by a regiment of the old Ft. Njqbrara colored troops shooting up the town and subsequently being dis missed from the service by President Roosevelt. George E. Hansen, one of the wealthy and old time farmers of the Blackbird country, was in town yes terday and made arrangements at this office for the advertising matter for a big sale at his place one mile east of Blackbird postottice on Wednesday, March 0. Mr. Hansen is not selling out because he wants to leave the country. He has decided to retire from the farm and spend the declining years of his life in the ease and com fort that the activity of former years entitles him to, and which the fruits of his indurtry are abundantly suffi cient to enable him to enjoy. Lynch Journal: Newton Carson was badly injured Monday morning while falling trees near his home in Holt county near Dorsey. He was cut ting a tree and when it fell it lodged in the top of a second near it. He then f a nnf rl Aiim ihn oaonnH ■) nH I---- -- —-— when about ready to fall his hired man came with a team and hitched onto the first and started to draw it out of the second. When the first tree came down the second fell also and struck Mr. Carson on the head, fracturing his skull. While quite low it is now considered that Mr. Carson will soon recover from the blow. Those who appreciate an excellent production of an entertaining and de lightful play should not forget that “Romeo and Juliet” will be presented at the O’Neill Opera House on Friday evening, February 22. This will be a rare opportunity to enjoy a magnifi cent revival of this great masterpiece. The production, the company, and the play itself, perhaps, form the most popular conception of entertainment allied with fine art. It is a matter of congratulation that the first presenta tion of this great play in this city should be intrusted to a company that comes so highly recommended in every way. Frank Campbell, jr., manager of the O’Neill opera-house, received a letter from the manager of one of the world’s greatest singers, Madame Nordici, ex pressing a desire to fix a date for the great singer to appear in O’Neill. The letter states that the manager will be glad to state terms on which his sing er would appear and negotiations are suggested on the strength of the an nouncement that the Knights ol Columbus will build an opera-house, the singer to appear under the auspices of tiie local order. Madame Nordici is the leading Cattiolic perfor mer on the stage and appears at man} functions connected with the church, PASSES SENATE. Junior Normal Bill Approved by Upper Hjuse. Lincoln, Feb. 20.—Junior normal bill lias passed the senate. The above telegram was received in O’Neill yesterday from Senator Phil lips. This is a measure authorizing state normal schools, one of which O’Neill Is interested in. County Attorney Whelan went to Lincoln Tuesday to appear before the supreme court in behalf of the county in a suit where Rock county is trying to recover some $400 from this county for the care of a young man who was working on a farm in Green Valley township and who was injured while cutting hay just across the line in Rock county. At the time he was in jured his employer took him to New port, where he became a county charge. Rock county is trying to re cover the cost of keeping him. It ap pears the county has a good show to defeat the claims, as it is not properly a county but a township charge and it any responsibility rests outside of Rock county, it is on Green Valley township. _____ Of the play of “Romeo and Juliet,” Schlegel, the German critic, elequent ly remarks: "Whatever is mast in toxicating in the ordour of a southern spring, languishing in the song of the nightengale, or voluptous in the first opening of the rose, is to be found in this poem. The sweetest and bitter est love and hatred, festivity and dark forebodings, tender embrases and sep ulchres, the fullness of life and self anihilation, are all here brought close to each other; and all these contrasts are so blending in the harmonious and wonderful work in a unity of expres sion, that the echo which the whole leaves in the mind, ressembles a single but endless sigh.” At the O’Neill Opera House Friday Feb. 22. rne Markets South Omaha, Feb. 20.— Special market letter from Nye & Buchanan. —Last week prices of cattle continued to improve until Friday when they were nearly as high as any time this year especially on the butcher stock. Monday this week brought very heavy receipts both here and in Chicago, many shipments having been intended for last week but delayed by the high water. Eastern advices were not very favorable and buyeis started out to take off a large slice and sucoeeded to the extent of 10 to 20 cents on all classes of killers. Stockers and feeders remain about steady as usual. We quote— Choice steers.85 250*6 85 Fair to good. 4 600*5 20 Common & warmed up. 4 000* Cows and heifers. 3 000*4 40 Fair to good. 3 000*3 50 Canners. 2 000*2 90 Bulls. 2 25(a)4 00 Veal. 4 500*6 50 Good to choice feeders. 4 250*5 00 Fair to good grades. 3 600*4 10 Stock steers. 3 250*4 25 Stock heifers.. 2 25(<*3 00 Hog values have had a decided jolt this week which has set them back 15 to 20 cents caused by liberal receipts at all points and a slump in provisions. Range 86.70 to 86.80. Sheep and lambs have been kept steady here owing to the fact that a large portion of receipts were forward ed to Chicago. Cattle Wanted. I want abdut forty head more of cattle to pasture during the coming season. Five hundred acres of good pasture and plenty of water. Located five and one-half miles southeast of O’Neill. Address John Bradt,O’Neill, Neb. ^_ 35-2 Auction Sale. I will sell at public auction at my place 3 miles north and 1 mile east of O’Neill, on Saturday, March 9, 1907, one red steer 2 years past, the same be ing an estray taken up by me on July 17, 1906. D. W. Sullivan. 35-2 For Sale. About 2000 trees that will average 2 feet In diameter at the base and run from 60 to 80 feet high This Is the Missouri red cotton-wood and no scrub.—Peter McMorrigal. 35-lpd Bred Poland - Chinas AT AUCTION. At Hart’s Bam, Albion, Neb., March J, 1907. Thirty head of bred Poland-China sows will be sold at public sale. These are tried sows, fall yearlings and spring gelts. They are sired by hogs having a state wide reputa- j tion and are bred to champions or sons of champions. Terms—Cash or bankable note at ten months. Parties at a distance will be entertained free at the Albion House. Write for catalogue. 1C. B. McCORKLE Col. Z. A. Williamson, Auct. D. V. Blatter, Clerk BLIND TO BEST INTEREST Large Sums Drifting to Money and Commercial Centers. SOME TRAGIC FEATURES OF IT Fathers and Mothers Sacrificing the Boys and Girls to Gratify Everlast ing Lust for “Bargalns•” A few cents over eighty-three dol lars was sent in two orders to a Chicago catalogue house from O’Neill just the other day. There is nothing particularly strange in that because it is an every day occurance and pro bably many more orders were sent the same day. But assuming that they were the only two orders and that an eyual amount goes from this one point six days in the week to be added to the already overly swolen fortunes of the opulent merchants of the large cities, you have a steady drain of the community’s wealth at the rate of something like $500 a week. This estimate may be too high or it may be too low. There is no way of getting at the exact figures. It is known that this community and every other community in the United States is being drained continually of Its wealth to build up the large centers of population and emass im mense fortunes in a few hands. Every time a dollar goes away from home for something that could be bought at home every intesest of the community suffers. The home town suffers the loss of business that by right of loca tion belongs to it. The loss of busi ness in the home town means a re tarded progress that has its effect on land values, on town property values and the values of everything produced in the community. There is also another side to the catalogue question that gravely con cerns the firesides of country and town people all over the laud. It strikes at the foundation on which our social structure is built and en dangers the boys and girls oi every community. In talking upon this subject with an O’Neill business man for whom The Frontier has the highest regard this side of the question was forceably brought out. Suppose, Bald he, that one-half—just one-half—of the money sent from tbiB community to* catalogue houses and depart ment stores was spent with the merchants here at home, there would be enough more business that every merchant would need an addition al force of clerks. Then Instead of our country boys and girls going to large cities to find employment, thus putting themselves in places where temptations to waywardness are numerous and instances of yielding to these temptations are frequent, they would be at home and under the in fluence of the parental fireside. It is the girls who can’t find em ployment in the small towns who go from the country to fill the places at the “bargain counters” in department stores and catalogue houses. They are started on a pittance as wages, *3 or 34 a week, aha of course are unable to board themselves, much less buy clothing, when the funds run out that are brought from home. What fol lows? The girl finds herself unable to meet the struggle for human existr ance under these conditions. The manager is called upon, but he is figur ing “bargains” for his patron’s in the country so close—perchance the father or mothi r of the girl—that he can’t see his way clear to raise her pay. But a “gentleman” is called up to see if something can be done to secure a boarding place where the girl can live on her S3 or 34 a week salary. Of course, he has a place. The first thing the young lass from the country knows she is in with a gay set who have plen ty of money to buy theater tickets and dine at hign priced tables but who are getting the same wages as she. The same road is open to her and at the price of her natural heritage she soon is having gay times, too, after working hours. She has got into the school that graduates the students for the brothel and is maintained by the ever lasting lust for “bargains” of the fathers and mothers all over the land. It is high time the parents who are caught by the enticing pictures and alluring figures of the catalogue real ize what conditions they are cringing about, conditions that are dwarfing the home communities and blighting the lives of many of our boys and girls.