The Frontier
Published by D. H. CHON IK.
KOMAINE SAUNDERS. Assistant ndltor
and Manager.
|1 5o tbs Year 76 Dent* Six Months
Official paper of O'Neill and Molt county.
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, Address the office or the publisher.
How would booz bottle coroner sound
beside the bovine variety?
Now that the Frey case is settled,
let us hear the story of the burned
trunk.
When people decline voluntarily to
get Into legal tangles, the lawyers
coax them to it.
The Lincoln Star takes a poke at
the terminal tax proposition by class
ing it as an Omaha graft.
A stampede among the bears and
bulls of Wall street doesn’t disturb
the rest of the country any longer.
i Our amiable contemporary reports
another “swing to Bryan.” In other
words, the democratic party needs a
poramount.
There Is an element of the “heads
I win and tails you lose” game In
tackling a law suit on a “division of
wie spurn? piau.
It Is clear that the fusion party
papers would rather have the oppor
tunity of criticising the governor than
a 2-cent passenger fare.
The bill by Senator Phillips dis
qualifying Judges or justices to sit in
cases where a relative is interested as
litigant or counsel has passed the sen
ate.
The Bee Is making it a little torrid
for the repudlators. But be it said to
the credit of the present legislature
that only a few have gone back on the
party pledges. An occasional "black
sheep" among a large body of men is
expected. _
It is a satisfaction to note that the
local disturber approves the 2-cent
passenger law. There are some strings
to Its approval, though. It would
have been better satisfied were
the majorities fusion in the house
and senate.
The Boyd County Register raises
' the question as to how much the
,* catalogue houses will contribute to
replace the Whiting bridge. The
Frontier suggests to any of their
' .patrons within hearing that they
.’Invite contributions from that
Source. .. _
.The Slander Mill’s insulting en
deavors to belittle people of reputable
standing in the community is of
aourse greatly elevating the guiding
S&rs of that wonderful work of liter
ature In the estimation of the public.
£(b doubt but ye are the people and
wisdom shall die with you.
mu uc iiuLivcu ujr r luutiui icttu
era who read the resolution adopted
by the county board, published last
Week, that the claim of the Independ
ent publisher’s of over #4,000 for the
printing of the delinquent tax list In
1906 is regarded as unauthorized and
ibfegal. The board will resist the pay
ment of the claim in the courts on
this ground.
In dedicating ten millions of the
fortune left by her husband to im
tve social conditions in the United
tes, Mrs. Sage has hit upon a com
mendable plan to benefit humanity.
This sum is to be plaoed in the hands
of trustees to be used in the improve
ment of social and living conditions by
means of “research, publication, ed
ucation, the establishment and main
tenance of charity agencies and the
aid of any already established.”
Answering an enquiring American
as to whether his highness would visit
this country, this is the way Emper
or William had of saying something
oibe without saying anything: “I
certainly would gladly to so, not as an
emperor, but as a private gentleman,
not for a fortnight, like a globe trot
ter, but for at least three months.
But who would replace me meanwhile,
and what would my colleague, Roose
velt, think if I acted contrary to his
theory of hard work and little play?”
Railroad trains are running regular
ly up and down the Elkhorn valley.
The 2-cent fare is exceedingly popular
with the class that apply at the ticket
office frequently.
Independent: The world is begi 1
ning to regain its conscience. Con
gressman Pollard put it back, and now
the great conscience of George W.
Perkins has smote him hip and thigh
and he goes and puts it back. Is this
the awakening?
Nop’—Pat Handley,Pat Hagerty nor
Ramey McGreevy haven’t “put it
back’ ’ yet. _
The sentence of the federal court for
the district of Nebraska sending two
of the notorious land grabbers to jail
for a year and to pay a fine of $1,500
each, and two others elgth months
and $500 each, if nothing else, is not
likely to entail disastrous results to
the officials prosecuting the case at
the hands of the gentleman witli the
big stick, as was the sad sequel on a
previous occasion.
When one branch of the liquor in
terests sues the other branch for dam
ages it becomes a fight among them
selves. Twisting the law designed to
protect those not in the liquor busi
ness into a means of providing that
the manufacturers and wholesalers
support the families of those engaged
in retailing their wares in case of
death is a legal proposition that looks
rather strained to the layman.
The board of supervisors will make
a great mistake if it concurs in the
Boyd county plan of replacing the
Whiting bridge. No other bridge
proposition should be entertained ex
cept one that provides for the spaning
of the whole length of the river from
one end of the county to' the other.
Nothing short of that will ever satisfy
the insane demand for bridges in
the Boyd county towns that want the
trade from this side.
Mr. Bryan is quoted as saying in a
speech at Boston that the republican
party “has gone on the toboggan slide
so that it has just one man whom it
regards as popular enough to be the
candidate for president.’’ It ill be
comes Mr. Bryan to cast slurs about
“one man.” For a dozen years the
democratic party has not had even“one
man” popular enough to become pres
ident, even though that one man was
the Hon. William Jennings.
The Aldrich maximum freight rate
bill, recommended to the senate for
passage, is good enough as far as it
goes but is not broad enough in scope.
A 15 per cent reduction of rates is
limited to lumber, building material,
grain and fruit. This practically
means that the only relief afforded by
the enactment of such a bill would be
the reduction of rates on grain and
fruit, for those are the only things in
the bill that come under the head of
state commerce. No lumber or build
ing material of any conseqence Is pro
duced in Nebraska aside from brick,
the majority of that class of freight
coming into the state under the inter
state commerce law. The enactment
of the law as proposed will help some,
but it should cover a greater variety
Many modern preachers and lectur
ers devote much time to extolling
the deeds of the Ciosars and Bona
partes that might be more profitably
employed in instruction in the ways
of righteousness. Despots of ancient
and modern times, who were little else
than desperados, are held up to the
minds of the young, both in books and
from platform and pulpit, as patriots
and heros. The bloody and lustful
tyrants that followed in the wake of
Nimrod, the proud and ambitious
monarch who founded the Babylonish
empire, drove the plowshare of de
vastation through the world, set up
thrones over the graves of slaughtered
nations, decorated their palaces with
trophies dyed in blood and made the
earth to resound with the cries of
countless victims of the sword.
History shows that human beings to
the number sufficient to people eight
een worlds have been sacrificed to
the diabolical fury and ambitious
greed of the Alexanders, the Cmsars,
the Uannibals, the Jenghiz-Khans,
the Attilas, Alarics, Tamerlanes,
Marlboroughs, Fredricks and Bona
partes, whose bloody conquests were
nothing short of the most atrocious
and monumental crimes. There are
plenty examples of noble and benevo
I
lent characters, who have been the
worl \s real heros, to draw lessons
from and to set before the youth as
high ideals. A study of the lives of
the great men of piety and learning
will do infinitely more for the up
building of moral character and in
tellectual development than exploit
ing the deeds of the great men of
battle. _
A Norfolk constable has swollen up
under the pressure of the dignity of
his great office and magnilotiuently
commanded a newspaper reporter to
make no mention of a certain court
item. It is needless to say, the “for
bidden” item was published, and
another example given of a petty
official making a monkey of himself.
When officials or i nd i viduals attem pt to
suppressor keep from the newspapers
matters of public concern either by
threats or false statements they! in
variably get the worst of it. An
editor will resppct a reasonable re
quest to suppress this or that but he
can’t be frightened by threats or
hoodwinked by evasive or false state
ments. Whenever this is tried Ihe
thing desired suppressed appears as
well as the suspicious actions of the
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Doings of the Supervisors.
O’Neill, Neb., Feb. 27, 1907.—One
o’clock p. m. Board called to order,
all members present.
D. L. Pond appeared before the
board in regard to the remonstrance
against granting a license to sell li
quors at Emmet, Neb.
Mr. Chairman, I move you that the
2nd day of March, 1907, at one o’clock
p. m. be set as a day of hearing of the
remonstrators against the granting of
a saloon license to Freed and Arm
strong of Emmet, Neb. Motion car
ried.
On motion the board adjourned un
til 9 o’clock tomorrow morning.
L. E. Skidmore, Chairman.
W. P. Simar, County Clerk.
O’Neill, Neb., Feb. 27, ’07.—Board
went into committee of whole.
O’Neill, Neb., March 1, ’07.—Board
continued in committee of whole.
O’Neill, Neb., March 2, ’07.—One
o’clock p. m. On motion C. D. Keyes
in absence of Chairman Skidmore was
elected chairman pro-tem.
Matter remonstrance against grant
ing license of Freed and Armstrong,
D. L. Pond appearing before this board
and was heard. O. B. Lawrence and
Michael Lyons being duly sworn on
oath say that O. B. Lawrence, Bartley
Caffney, W. J. Malloy, T. J. McNally,
C. O. Tenborg, J. T. McCaffery, G. E.
Bevens, Hart Hurley, W. B. Tenborg,
Michael Bouan, Caleb Enbody, Aug
ust Crothe, Denis Kane, Patrick Bar
rett, Wm. Corrigan, W. B. Haigh, A.
C. Purnell, John Dahms, Frank Ten
borg, Joseph McCaffeiy, J. T. Coz.boch,
Chas. Pruss, Con O’Connor, Henry
Pruss, C. F. Englehaupt, Henry Mart
tieldt, Wm. If. Hitchcock, Frank
Pruss, A. Capter, Fred Martens, James
O’Connell, Antheney Welsh, Charles
O’Connor, John Rotherham, Mary
Peterson, Wm. Luben, G. W. Peebles,
were resident free holders of Emmet
township.
Mr. Chairman, I move you that the
case before us wherein D. L. Pond and
others remonstrators, the board in re
frence to issuing Emmet saloon li
cense be closed as far as said remon
strance is concerned, and that the
board take said matter under advise
ment until some future date. Motion
carried.
On motion board adjourned until 9
o’clock a. m. Monday March 4,1907.
C. D. Keyes, Chairman pro tem.
W. P. Simar, County Clerk.
O’Neill, Neb., March 4,1907.—Nine
o,clock a. m.—On motion board went
into committee of whole.
O’Neill, Neb. March 5th, 1907.—
Board in committee of whole.
O’Neill, Neb., March (i, 1907.-Bond
of D. B. Perkins, township clerk, Mc
Clure township approved.
Bond of Patrick Barrett, justice of
peace, Emmet township approved.
Mr. Chairman, I move you that Fri
day the 8th day of March, at the one
o’clock p. m. standard time, be set for
hearing of the remonstrance against
the issuance of liceuse to Freed and
Armstrong of Emmet, Nebraska.
Rodell Root.
Motion carried.
M. H. McCarthy appeared before the
board and made offer of $75 for the
county’s interest in the northwest i of
3-25-13. F. J. Dishner also appeared
and offered $76 for the same land.
Same was referred to the county at
torney for legal advice.
On motion a refund for $3 was grant
ed to L. P. Sorenson he having paid
his poll tax in cash and labor, in
Ewing village for 1905.
On motion a refund of $3 was grant
ed to J. R. Thomas, he having paid his
poll tax in labor and cash in district
No. 25 for 1906.
On motion a refund of $3 was grant
ed to Walter Moore, he having paid
poll tax in cash and labor in district
No. 30, for 1906.
On motion a refund of $6 was grant- j
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Shoe SaJeSj
I 3,000 Pairs of Shoes at j
| HALF PRICE I
2 Pairs Shoes for the Price of i elsewhere I
I These are all brand new shoes, the latest from 8
1 the market—no 10 to 20 year old discount stock 1
g on our shelves. |
!The sale will commence on March 16th and 8
will continue for 30 days, in which time we ex- 8
pcet to close out our entire shoe stock at O’Neill. 1
Store located two doors south of postoffice. 1
I Anti-Trust Shoe 1
I M. L. SULLIVAN, Prop.
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ed to Prentice Smith, he having paid
poll tax in cash and labor in district
No. 36 for the years 1905 and 1906.
To the Hon. Board of Supervisors,
of Holt County, Neb.—Please transfer
$60.55 or all money in bond fund to the
general fund of school district No. 36,
of Holt county, Nebraska.
S. A. Hickman, Director.
Henry Fleming, Treasurer.
Prayer of the petition granted.
To the Hon. Board of Supervisors,
of Holt County, Nebraska.—Gentle
men: I hereby petition your honor
able body to refund me village taxes as
follows:
Personal tax, village of Inman
for year 1904.$3 54
Personal tax, village of Inman
for year, 1902. 4 29
Real estate tax on lots 1-2-3-4
block 1, for year. 2 54
For the reason that erroneous, said
village never having been legally in
corporated. E. R. Baker.
Prayer of petition granted.
This is to certify that E. H. Smith,
has this day paid in the village of
of Page, under protest on personal
tax.$2.37
Farmers Bank. 5.16
On lots 11-12-13-14-15 in block 1... 1.22
$8.75
J. C. ITarnish.
Gentlemen: I hereby petition your
honorable body, to refund me amount
of tax as above, for the reason the
village of Page no longer a corpora
tion. Respectfully, E. H. Smith.
On motion prayer of the petition
was granted.
On motion board adjourned until
nno n’plopb n m
One o’clock p. m. Board called to
order.
Petition of P. A. Lindberg and oth
ers praying for a road in Shields town
ship was referred to Supervisor Ro
berts for investigation.
Honorable Board of Supervisors,
Holt County, Nebraska.—Gentlemen:
The undersigned represents to the
board that he is the owner of 140 acres
in the southwest quarterof section 25,
155acres in the northwest quarterof
section 25, and 57 acres in the south
east quarter, section 25, township 29,
range 12, in Holt County, Nebraska.
That this land is all contiguous, that
from the fact that heretofore a large
part of tills tract was conveyed to dif
ferent parties in small quantities, it
appears on the tax ijst assessed to var
ious parties and in numerious tracts,
thereby giving annoyance to the as
sessor or in making the assessment
and the owner of the land in payment
of taxes. Your petitioner therefore
prays that the assessors books for 1907,
when made up. that the 140 acres in
the southwest quarter of section 25,'
155 acres in the northwest quarter '25
and the 57 acres in the southeast quar
ter section 25, all in township 29, range
12 may each be assessed to your peti
tioner in one body so as to eliminate
the difficulty in assessment and pay.
ment of taxes. Respectfully.
D. A. Doyle.
On motion the prayer of the petition
was granted.
Rev. Abbott appeared before the
board with a petition for the assign
ment of the county tax sale to the lots
3-4.5-6.7-8 in block 14 O’Neill. Signed
by J. P. Gilligan, Rev. Abbott and 165
others, was read and on motion was
referred to the county attorney and
tax committee for legal advisement.
J. A. Douglas appeared before the
board in regard to his claim for services
as assistant county attorney in the
case of the State of Nebraska vs. Bar
ney McGreevy.
Chairman appointed Root and Keyes
as the committee to view the report
on the value of the northwest quarter
of 3-25-13.
Mr. Chairman: I move that the
committee appointed to view land in
northwest i 3-25-13, also view any oth
er lands in that vicinity that Holt
County is interested in, and report to
this board. Motion carried.
On motion board adjourned until
nine o’clock tomorrow morning.
L. E. Skidmore, Chairman.
W. P. Simar, County Clerk.
O’Neill, Neb.—9 o’clock a. m.
Board met and went into committee
of settlement.
O’Neill, Neb.—One o’clock p. m.—
Board called to order.
Mr. Chairman: After checking up
the county officers of Holt county, I
have become convinced that the coun
ty judge and clerk of the district court
should add to their system of book
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expense showing each and every trans
action in full as to amount of cash re
ceived and paid out, I would also re
commend that they be furnished with
receipt books numbered numerically
and that they give receipts for each
amount of cash taken in, showing on
stub of receipt, the transaction in each
and every case, I move that sutiable
day books, ledgers and receipt books
be purchased for said officers, and that
we hereby order said officials to en
stall the same in their system of ac
counts. B. E. Sturdevant, Chairman
Settlement Committee.
Motion carried.
To the Hon. Board of Supervisors,
Holt County, Neb.—Your petitioner
would respectfully ask your honorable
body to refund village tax, paid in the
village of Page as follows:
Real estate tax on lots 1-2-3-4-5 block
5, 30 cents. Real estate tax on lots
16-17-18-19-20, block 5, 37 cents. Said
tax paid under protest. J. W. Wagers.
Petition granted.
To the Honorable Board of Supervi
sors.—Your petitioner is hereby called
to my personal tax schedule for 1906,
for Page village, in which I am assess
ed for improvements on school land,
as a matter of fact I had no leased land
in 19G6, and therefore ask you to re
fund me the amount paid on such. I
also ask for a refund of 68 cents, said
amount being paid by me as village
tax in Page village on personal proper
ty, said tax being paid under protest.
W. H. Tucker.
On motion prayer of the petition
was granted.
To the Hon. Board of Supervisors,
Holt County, Neb.—I hereby petition
your honorable body for a refund of
$1.56 village tax paid in the year of
1906, in village of Page, said village
having been disorganized on account
of not being legally organized, same is
paid under protest. E. E. Hunter.
On motion prayer of the petition
granted.
To the Hon. Board of Supervisors,
Holt County, Neb.—I hereby petition /
your honorable body for a ret und of $10,
village tax paid in the year of 1906, in
village of Page, said village having
been disorganized on account of not
having been legally organized, and the
same is paid under protest.
C. H. Cherry.
On motion prayer of the petition
was granted.
January 1,1907.—To the Honorable
Board of Supervisors.—Gentlemen: I
beg leave to submit my report of the
Sheriff’s office for fees,lmileage and ex
penses earned by me for the year end
ing December 31, 1906.
County fees.$ 777 60
Mileage fees.— 765 20
Expenses. 1423 75
Total.$2966 55
C. E. Hall, Sheriff.
March 1, 1907, checked and found
correct. B. E. Sturdevant, Chairman
Settlement Committee.
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