The Frontier
PnblUh.d by D. H. CRONIN,
KOMAINK 9ACNDKR9. Asslatunt editor
and Manager.
91 50 the Year 75 Cents Six Months
Official paper of O'Neill and Holt county.
ADVERTISING KATES:
Display advertlsments on pages 4, Band G
*re charged for on a basis of W) cents an Inch
one column width) per month; on page 1 tb€
charge is II an Inch per month. Local ad
vertisements, 6 cents per line each insertion,
Address the office or the publisher.
Mr. Ilarrman, like many others,
shows a disposition to be good since
* he has been found out.
While the Thaw experts have ex
plained a “brain-storm,” an exchange
thinks a cold blooded murder is a
mental snowstorm.
' William Randolph Ilearstannouuces
Ills withdrawal from the democratic
organization of New York. Congra
tulations to New York democrats.
- The divorce industry has received a
get back in South Dakota, the legisla
ture of that state having passed a law
which curtails one of the most thriv
ing industries of the state.
'The government ownership agita
tors are claiming lineal political de
scent from Abraham Lincoln. All
honor to the memory of the great pa
triot, who, nevertheless, in his day
and generation, was the greatest rail
road and corporation lawyer of the
times.
*W. N. Coats, a well known citizen
pf Stuart and former representative
in the legislature, has taken over the
editorship and ownership of the
^tjuart Advocate and added to that
publication a bright editorial page last
wpek. The Frontier welcomes Mr.
Coats to the newspaper fratenity of
the county and looks to see him make
a bowling success as an editor.
Of course it matters a whole lot to
Nebraskans that the Los Angeles
lliinited should be discontinued over
the Union Pacific. Nobody but Paci
fic coast and eastern nabobs ever rode
on the train, and the traveling public
in this state will have no kick because
ttiey no longer have to contribute 3
cents a mile so the Union Pacific can
maintain bewheeled oalaces for east
ern and western millionaires.
kiWall Street Journal: Mr. Harriman
before the Union Pacific investigation,
hard to get at, indifferent to public
opinion, and uncommunicative in his
dealings with the business world, and
Mr* Harriman after the investigation,
smiling, obliging, and talkative, anxi
ous to create good will—what a testi
monial to the magical qualities of one
ot the Roosevelt pills! The investiga
tion has performed wonders even a
ohieving this result.
Xne auuuuiiueiunib tuau me inn
roads will tight the 2-cent passengei
fare law In Nebraska Is probably made
for effect In other sections. On ol
the roads that had been held up as at
example of the “Injustice” of a 2-cent
law complied with the same a day ear
Her than other roads, or twenty-foui
hours before the law became effective
Other roads also put a 2-cent rate int(
effect in the sale of mileage book!
weeks before the law was enacted.
$o doubt inspired by the though
that the absence of his signature ti
the 2-cent bill would invalidate th
measure and actuated by a desire t
see effective passenger rate legislate
enacted, Governor Sheldon signed th
2-cent bill after it was semi-offlciall
announced that he would neither sig
nor veto it. This leaves no loop hoi
on that ground for the raliroads an
whatever action may becontemplal
ed Joy the railroad companies mustb
brought on the question of constiti
tionality.
Grand Island Iudependent: Som
of the democratic papers are re prod u<
ing what they call a good joke on th
republicans. During the last can
paign, the joke-story goes, a forme
populist dug back in his scrap bool
found an old genuinely populist plal
form, introduced it in a republics
convention, and bad it adopted. Bu
that's all that is told. And there i
said to be another chapter—a chapte
containing a still greater joke. It i
said that after it was adopted and th
populist had finished his first laugh,h
grew angry about it and wouldn’t sup
port the platform any longer.
The present high prices of live stock
and other products of the farm makes
it hard sledding for the the political
propoganda masquerading as govern
ment ownership clubs.
Stolen From Exchanges.
Forget eacli kindness that you do
As soon as you have done it ;
Forget eacli praise ttiat falls to you
The moment you have won It;
Forget the slander that you hear
Before you can repeat it;
Forget each slight, each spite, each
sneer,
Whenever you may meet it.
Remember every kindness done
To you, whate’er its measure;
Remember praise by others won
And pass it on with pleasure;
Remember every promise made
And keep it to the letter;
Remember those who lend you aid
And be a grateful debtor.
Remember all the happiness
That comes your way in living;
Forget each worry and distress;
Be hopeful and forgiving;
Remember good, remember truth,
Remember heaven’s above you,
And you will find, through age and
youth,
True joys and hearts to love you.
—Priscill Leonard.
It strikes thinking people that the
sale of 8,000,000 copies of the bible last
year is a rather significant fact. It
means that one person out of every
f/m of oiif AArvul'ifiAri VmiU/tlt. II, hlfolfl
X-I- ”
last year. Why this phenominal de
mand? Certainly there must be some
thing between the covers of this old
book that the people want. On the
very low level of demand and supply
it must be said that the book fills a
great need or a great longing of the
human nature. Its friends contend
that it finds the human hearts at low
er depths and at loftier than any oth
er volume in all the world; that it tits
the human soul as the sea fit3 the
land, as the air fits the mountains.
Certainly as attested by the fact that
men buy by the millions, there must be
something In the claim of its friends.
There must be something in the old
book—which has always had a hold on
Anglo-Saxons—that ministers to some
great spiritual hunger and thirst.
Else 8,000,000 people last year did not
know what they wanted.
The experience of the farmers of the
state with adulterated alfalfa seed
during the past few years is alone
sufficient to warrant extreme care in
the examination ot the seed of out
forage crops, but during the past yeai
another flagrant case of seed adultera
tion and substitution has come to
light. A large number of specimens
of seed supposed to be either meadow
fescue or smooth brume grass have
been sent to the experiment station
for examination. A very considerable
number of these samples proved to be
either cheat or chess alone or contain
ed a large per cent of cheapseed. The
extent to which this adulteration and
substitution has been practiced calls
for a note of warning to prospective
buyers. Chess or cheat is an annual
grass that readily reseeds itself, but
it is to be regarded as a weed rathei
than a valuable forage grass.
An exchange is responsible for this
example of how a boy never forgets ar
unmerited whipping; “A number ol
years back a burly Western Kansas
man gave his nephew, a lad of li
years, an unmerited chastising. Thf
boy promished his assailant a HKt
compliment when he became a man
Now you may think the boy forgot al
about his words, uttered in the heat
of passion, but tbis wasn’t that sort o
a kid. The uncle was about his duties
on the farm one day last winter whei
a husky six-footer came up and gavi
him a glorious thumping. It was thi
15-year-old nephew, only he was si:
years older. Then the uncle sued foi
*1,000 for personal injuries indicted
1 An unsympathetic jury couldn’t see i
* that way and lie took the case to thi
supreme court. Last week that augus
body handed down a decision atlirmini
, the lower court’s decision.”
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■M——«—IS
SUPERVISOR SESSIONS j
Official : Publication : uf : Proceeding *
O’Neill, Neb., February 21, 1907.— 8
One o’clock p. m. Hoard called to or
der, all members present. Minutes of
January 26 to February 21 read and
approved.
To the Hon. Board of Supervisors.—
Holt County, Neb.—Gentlemen: Your
' petitioner represents that he owned
' personal property in Stuart township,
that the assessor listed the same in
Stuart village. This property should
have been assessed in Stuart township
at my home ranch, as I told the assess
or, I ask to have the same transferred
from Stuart village to Stuart town
ship. J. F. McGrew.
On motion the prayerofthe petition
was granted.
Application of Anthoney Welch for
the purchase of school land in north
west quarter 16-29-12, read and chair
man appointed Root, Golden and
Roberts as a committee to appraise
the same.
Application of J. F. Morey for the
purchase of school land in northwest a
quarter of 16-29-14 read, chairman ap- |
pointed Sturdevant, Keyes and Skid
more as a committee to appraise the
same.
Pet tion of James Armstrong and
Bert Freed for license to sell Liquors
at Emmet, Neb., also communication |
or u. Ij. i'onn or inraan, auu nine otu
ers asking for hearing to remonstrate
against the issuance of the same.
On motion the 27 day of February,
was set to hear tire same, and clerk to
notify the principals interested.
Mr. Chairman: Your committee
appointed to inspect the bridge built
by Townsend Bridge Co., at what is
known as Parshall’s crossing, having
performed that duty beg leave to re
port that after viewing the bridge and
hearing report of the committee that
had charge of driving the piling would
say, we And said bridge built accord
ing to contract, and recommend the
acceptance of the same. C. D. Keyes, j
J. C. Clark, W. S. Roberts.
On motion the report of the com- i
mittee was accepted.
O’Neill, Nebraska, January 17,1907. 1
—To the Hon. Board of Supervisors.— jj
The settlement committee having this *
day checked up the Soldiers’ Relief *
accounts with Robert Gallagher, C. “
Boehme and L. G. Lambert,commis
sioners beg to report that we And their
accounts correct as per itimized ac- 0
counts and vouchers turned in by said a
Soldiers’ relief commissioners. r
B. E. Sturdevant, Chairman. 1
Report of Robert Gallagher: 1
Amount drawn 1906.$225 00 c
Amount over paid 1905 . 9 52 v
Amount paid out 1900. 265 52
Due Robert Gallagher.$ 40 52 ^
Report of C. Boehme: t
Amount drawn 1906. 470 00
Amount on hand last report... 7 44 ^
Total.$477 44 t
Amount paid out as per vouch- J:
ers.$461 50 <■
Amount on hand. 8 94 a
Report of L. C. Lambert:
Amount drawn 1906.$416 96 c
Amount paid out per vouchers 352 50 t
Amount on hand. 64 46 t
To the Hon. Board of Supervisors.— 1
Holt County, Neb.—Gentlemen: v
Please transfer all money in bond fund I
of school district No. 232,or any money *
that may hereafter come into said a
fund, to the general fund of said dis- c
trict. Frank Root, Director. 1
On motion the oraver of the above c
. petition was granted.
On motion the official bonds of John s
| Kennedy, road overseer, district No. (
, 53, was approvd. £
On motion tire official bonds of L.M. £
. Rhodes, road overseer, district No. 29, (
! was approved. c
Rage. Neb., Jan. 28,1907.—The Hon. '
Board of Supervisors. Holt County, (
[ Neb.—Gentlemen: A refund of the (
' following taxes paid for the year 1906, £
\ is respectfully asked: P. E. Cliase, (
poll tax $3; P. E. Cliase, guardian poll *
tax $3; P. E. Chase, village tax pro- 8
t tested 60 cents; P. E. Chase, village (
tax guardian *1. I was not subject to <
poll tax in 1906, being 50 years of age 1
in 1905, and was not subject to poll tax 8
as guardian at any time. Very re- *
spectfully, P. E. Chase, *
Verdigris Township.
. i
O’Neill, Neb., Feh. 11,1907.—To the
Hon. Board of Supervisors, of Holt
County, Neb.—I hereby ask a refund ;
of the $3 poll tax paid by me in cash
December 21, 1901, for the year 1901, i
having worked out tax as per labor I
receipt herewith attached. (
O. P. Hanks.
On motion the above refund was <
granted. i
O’Neill, Neb., Feb.—Please transfer
all bond funds belonging to district I
No. 210 that is now on hand in said
fund or that may hereafter be collect
ed into general fund of said district.
Wm. Long, treasurer.
Mr. Chairman: In the matter be- <
fore the board in refence to the west <
half, southwest quarter of 1-28-15,from
the evidence before us and the former ;
record made in this case, 1 move you <
that the county attorney be and he is
hereby instructed to dismiss said case i
B. E. Sturdevant,
J. A. Golden.
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3,000 Pairs of Shoes at I
HALF PRICE 1
2 Pairs Shoes for the Price of I elsewhere
These are all brand new shoes, the latest from I
the market—no 10 to 20 year old discount stock I
on our shelves. I
The sale will commence on March 16th and |
will continue for 30 days, in which time we ex- I
pect to close out our entire shoe stock at O’Neill. |
Store located two doors south of postoffice. |
Anti-Trust Shoe Co. 1
M. L. SULLIVAN, Prop. I
Motion carried.
Resolution, whereas this board did
n the 21st day of April, 1905, design
te The Frontier to publish the notice
jquired to be published by the treas
rer to enforce the payment of taxes
nder the provisions of the statutes
ammonly known and called the Sca
enger Act. And,whereas, it was the
uty of the Treasurer D. J. Cronin, to
ublish the notices required by law to
e by him published for the enforce
lent of the collection of taxes under
lid Scavenger law in The Frontier,
he paper legally designated by this
oard, and, whereas, the said D. J.
!ronin as county treasurer did without
uthority of law and in violation of
iw and wilful disregard of the order
f this board, designate the Holt Coun
y Independant to publish said notice
y law required to published by the
reasurer, and whereas, said notices
iere by the Holt County Independent
ublished said notices, and whereas
leorge Miles has appealed from the
ction of this board to the district
ourt, and whereas this board is of the
ielief that said claims are not legal
harges against Holt county and that
Iolt county is not legally liable for the
ame. Therefore, be it resolved by
his board that the county attorney be
nd he is hereby instructed to appear
nd defend in said actions for tlie
ounty, and if arecovery be had in the
istrict court by said Miles against
he county, that said causes be by the
ounty attorney without delay appeal
d to tlie supreme court for hearing in
CCUruailUc WIIU law, auu
r resolved that a committee of three
ie appointed by this board to be pre
ent at the trial of said cause and rend
r the county attorney such assistance
s may be within the power of this
ward to furnish and to employ coun
el to assist the county attorney in the
rial of said cause if deemed necessary
ly said committee.
I move the adoption of the above
esolution. C. D. Keyes,
Rodell Root.
On motion the above resolution was
.dopted.
On motion Chairman Skidmore be
ng one of the original committee is
lereby appointed chairman of said
wmmittee.
Chairman appointed Keyes and Root
is the other members of the com
nittee.
On motiou the board adjourned to
r0 into committee of settlement.
L. E. Skidmore, Chairman.
W. P. Simar, County Clerk.
O’Neill, Neb., February 24,1907.—4
(’clock p. m. Board called to order by
ihairman.
Mr. Chairman: I move you that we
.pprove the appointments made by
iur county assessor. Motion carried.
On motion board adjourned until
o’clock tomorrow morning.
L. E. Skidmore, Chairman,
W. P. Simar, County Clerk.
O’Neill, Neb., Feb. 27, 1907.—Board
called to order, all members present.
On motion the treasurer was in
structed to redeem erroneous tax sales:
Sale No. 4011 on northeast quarter
18-31-14, to J. B. Fitzsimmons, amount
to redeem $8.30. Sale No. 4012 on
southeast quarter 18-31-32-14, to J. B.
Fitzsimmons, amount to redeem$10.25.
Sale No. 4016 on northwest quarter,
31-32-14, to J. B. Fitzsimmons, amount
to redeem $7.10. Sale No. 4000 on
northwest quaster, 9-31-12, to J. B.
Fitzsimmons, amount to redeem $4.33.
Sale No. 3909 on southeast quarter, 5
30-9, to J. W. Whiffln, amount redeem
$10.41. Sale No. 3975 on northeast
quarter, 18-31-1.6, to John Lorge,
amount to redeem$10.78. Sub tax No.
572 on south half, 3-26-13, this was re
deemed by order «of board 10-23-06.
Cert. No. 9726. Sale No. 4003 on south
east quarter, 5-31-13, to J. B. Fitzsim
mons, amount to redeem $8 25. Sale
No. 3552 on northwest quarter, 22-29-12
to J. W. Whiffln, amount redeem $18.
82. Sale No. 3858 on south half, north
half, 4-30-15, to John Lorge, amount
to redeem $11.05. Sale No. 3652 on
northeast quarter, 17-29-12, to John
Lorge, amount to redeem $20.60.
I move you, Mr. Chairman, that the
county treasurer be and he is hereby
instructed to redeem the above list of
erroneous sales. B. E. Sturdevant.
W. S. Roberts.
Motion carried.
U’iNein, JNeD., ireo. zt>, lauo— ru me
lion. Board of S ipervisors.—Gentle
men: In compliance with the provi
sions of the present revenue law I
have appointed as deputy assessor for
the year of 1907 the persons whose
names and addresses appear below
and respectfully petition your Honor
able Body to confirm said appoint
ments.
N. D. Seger—Atkinson.Atkinson
Wilson Brodie—Cleveland.Brodie
W. D. Cooper—Chambers.. .Chambers
C. L. Elkins—Conley.Harold
John Fundus—Dustin.Dustin
Frank Anderson—Deloit.Ewing
L. I. Pucket—Emmet.Emmet
S. P. Smith—Ewing.Ewing
B. Jones—Fairview.Inez
I. Millspaugh—Francis.Inez
Martin Stanton—Grattan.O’Neill
Domenick Noziska—Green Valley —
.Atkinson
Elmer Gibson—Lake.Harold
Wm. Lell—McClure.Martha
Elmer Rouse—Paddock.Meek
Mike O’Donnell—Pleasant View.
.Atkinson
S. L. Benson—Rock Fall.Turner
Horace Bradley—Inman.Inman
A. L Spear—Iowa.Page
P. J. Fritchoff—Sand Creek.Celia
Wm. Shorne—Stuart.Stuart
Joseph Scholemeyer—Scott..Scot.tville
John Brady—Steel Creek.Dorsey
R. J. Jennings—Shields.O’Neill
Peter Croff—Sheridan.Atkinson
P. J. Kennedy—Swan.Swan
M. L. Wintermote—Shamrock.
.Chambers
Otto Nilson—Saratoga.Phoenix
N. B Coover—Verdigris.Page
Ernest Henry—Willowdale — Disney
Charles Remington—Wyoming.
.Amelia
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S. F. McNichols—O’Neill.O’Neill
Respectfully submitted
W. B. Cooper, County Assessor.
Approved Feb. 26,1907.
pa’ge
Miss Pearl Howard was the guest of
Miss Nellie Barnett at O’Neill this
week.
Mrs. W. D. Townsend and children
of O’Neill are visiting with relatives
here this week.
Miss Lena Towbridge, visited over
Sunday with her parents,returning to
O’Neill Monday night.
Walter and Frank Snyder from Elk ^
Creek, Johnson Co., arrived Tuesday
evening with two cars of goods, as
they expect to make this their future
home.—The Reporter.
Girls who are fond of earrings may
perhaps be Interested In hearing a
few facts about them. Sad It Is for the
emancipated woman of the present
day to learn that these fashionable or
naments were originally a mark of
slavery. In bygone days the slave al
ways wore his master’s earrings. In
the east they were a sign of caste and
were buried with the dead. Some an
cient earrings were very elaborate, and
many statues had their ears bored In
readiness for votive offerings of ear
rings. In England the earliest earrings
were very cumbrous and made of
stone or wood. The eighteenth century
saw the glorification of the earring,
fashionable beauties outvying each oth
er with the rarest and most beautiful
Jewels.—London Graphic.
He Wasn’t Aerobatic.
Miss Prue Dent—Papa says you are
improvident and that he will never
consent to my marrying a man that is
unable to make both ends meet. Orr
vllle Harduppe — Well, I’m afraid I
shall never be able to do so. I'm no
contortionist. Good evening. — Pitts
burg Dispatch,
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