The Frontier Publlihld by D. H. CRON IK. ttOMAINK SAUNDERS. AssliUnt hdltor and Manager. n 60 tbe Year 75 (Jents Six Months Official paper of O'Neill and Holt county. ADVERTISING RATES; Disp.ay advertlsrnenls on pages 4, 5 and 1 re charged for on a basis of 60 cents an Inch otieoolumn width) per month; on page 1 th< Oharge Is II an Inch per month. Local ad vertisements, 5 cents per line oaoh Insertion, Address the office or tbe publisher. Omaha must be trying to outstrip some other judicial precincts in Ne braska in causing the godess of justice to weep. _ 'Someone should set the political pot onto the Are pretty soon in Holt county by giving out their name for consideration at the primaries. Atkinson Ledger: Going into a man’s pasture and stealing his hog is a small crime compared to going into a kitch en and stealing the honor of a servant girl. “Honor’’ thus "stolen” is usual laid on the shelf with the invitation for the bandit to take it. The Infant Spanish prince is equip ped with name sufficient to distinguish tym from other kids. The royal babe has been christened Alfonso Pio Cristlno Eduardo Francisco Guellermo Carlos Enrique Fernado Antonio. ■The report of the grand jury on conditions in Lancaster county dis closed another nest of grafters to be rooted out. The sheriff’s office has served as an especially product field to line the pockets of incumbents by questionable methods. This has been made possible by the operation of a fee system that was wrong to begin with. Putting the office of sheriff on a salary ba3is will do away with the fee graft. _____ ‘‘We arc confronted with the un fortunate situation that the general atmosphere and feeling at the State University of Nebraska is against religion," says Bishop Williams of the Episcopal church. The University, being a state institution, should stand nq(ther for nor against any religion, but as the process of education in volves the development of some sort of religious sentiment, either atheistic or a believe in a supreme being, the bishop probably means that atheism is the natural result of the University influence on the students. The tend ency of some educational institutions has long been in that direction. The intellectual achievements of man are made paramount until the student beoomes imbibed with the notion that man is superior to all else in the un verse and a spirit of self-worship takes the place of the religion that “mother taught,” or the “general atmosphere against religion" the bishop complains of. < t t Lincoln Journal: Secretary Boot disagrees with the view that frequent elections are a bad thing, and does not favor the idea of making elections come at greater intervals than they do now. “The greatest, most useful educational process ever known in the world,” he says, “occurs every four years in the United States when, dur ing a presidential election, some 15, 000,000 voters are engaged for months in reading and hearing about great and difficult questions of government. ” .L ius is a siae oi uie matter uiat is often overlooked. If the only business were the business of buying and sell ing, and the only factor in the gener al welfare were undisturbed buying and selling, the fewer elections there were the better it would be. In fact, elections might profitably be done away with altogether, and the func tions of government be left with t man, or group of men, whose interests lie in undisturbed business conditions The English believe their manage ment of tropical colonies is immensely superior to American management because their administration is better When in their superior intelligenci they see something that needs to b< done by their subjects, they issu orders and it is done. The Americai way is to try to induce the natives t do the same thing voluntarily, a slow er and for the time being a less efflci ent method. The same distlnctio might be made in American goverr ment of themselves. Elections d< mand a slow and tedious process c interesting and educating the votei and involve an uncertainty to businei that is often trying to commercial interests. With the general uplift in citizenship involved comes, however, the greatest possible ultimate safe guard to business. If Only They Knew. "If only we did what we plan to do For those that we love the best. If only they knew on the journey through We walk withthem toward the West! If only they knew half tile thoughts we’ve thought, The prayers for their pilgrimage, 'Twould brighten the way where the path is fraught With cactus and scrub and sage. "But how can they know that we love them best? Aye,how can they know our thought? And how can they feel what we’ve not confessed Or know what we have not wrought? And sadly they trudge with their heavy load, Heart hungry o’er barren sod, Heart hungry for that which could make the road A Paradise trail to God! “My friends, as we Journey the way aiong, Let’s do what we plan to do; Let’s say all the words that will start a song Out under the skies of blue. Let’s do all the deeds that will pheer the way, Let’s tell all the joy we feel, And never put off till the close of day, Tlie loves that we meant to seal! “Suppose that today we begin anew, Subscribe to a nobler pact Suppose that we never forget to do, And never neglect to act! Suppose that we halt in our own affairs And pause, ere we reacii the bier, To say just a word to the one who cares, That somebody wants to hear! Supervisor Proceedings. On motion a refund of *3 was grant ed to Charles Crowell, he having paid poll tak in cash, in road dist. No. 32, in 1906, and he having made affidavit that he is over 50 years old. On motion a refund of $3 was grant ed to Henry Wabs, he having paid poll tax in cash and labor, in road dist. No. 9, in 1906. On motion a refund was granted to Myron Thronton for $3, he having paid his poll tax in casli and labor, in road dist. No. 28, in 1905. To the Honorable Board of Super visors. I respectfully ask you to refund me the sum of $3.08, said amount hav ing been paid by me as 1906 village tax in Page, said village having been disorganized.—H. C. Howard. On motion the prayer of the petition was granted. To the Honorable Board of Super visors of Holt county, Nebraska—We hereby petition your Honorable body for a refund of all village taxes of 1906 levy, paid by us under protest, on the following described property: Clock 1, lots 1 to 20 Inclusive.20c Clock 2, lots I to 20 Inclusive. 20c Clock :i, lots 1 to 10, anil 15 to 20 inclusive..24o Clock 7, lots 1 to » Inclusive.54o Clock 10, lots 1 to 0, and 10 to 20 inclusive. 4So Clock It, lots 1 to 10 Inclusive.llo Clock 12, lots 1 to 10 inclusive.i2o lllook 13 lots, all of.lOo Clock 14, lots 2 to 20 Inclusive.27o Clock 17, lots 1 to 7 Inclusive.25c Clock 18, lots 5 to 10, and lit to 20 inclusive.28o Clock 19, lots 1 to 19, and 12 to 20 Inclusive.40c Clock 20, lots 1 to 20 Inclusive.40c Clook 21, lots 1 to 20 Inclusive.40c Clock 22. lots 1 to 9 and 11 to 20 Inclusive.. .:Wc Clock 25, lots 1 to 20 inclusive .2!o Clock 27, lots 1 to 20 lnoluslve .21c Clook 28. lots 1 to 20 Inclusive . 21c All ip the village of Page, Holt county, Nebraska, said village being disorganized by reason of having not been legally organized. Signed: Pacilic Townsite Company. By W. J. Wagers, their Agent. Upon motion the prayer of the petition was granted. Honorable Chairman Board of Sup ervisors, Holt county, Nebraska.— Dear Sir: Your petitioner represents that he purchased at tax sale for the taxes of 1903 and 1904 and paid subse quent tax for 1905 on lots four, section fourteen in township thirty-three, range thirteen, in Holt county, Ne braska, and obtained certificate of tax sale No. 320 therefor. Your peti tioner further represents that said land was put on the tax books for said years by mistake and that there is no land of that description in Holt coun ty, Nebraska. Your petitioner there fore prays to have refunded to him the amount paid by him for said tax sale certificate and subsequent tax re ceipt, together with legal interest thereon, making a total, including in terest, of *9.75. Dated March 28,1907. J. B. Fitzsimmons, By T. Y. Golden, His Attorney. On motion the prayer of the peti tion was granted. O’Neill, Neb., April 24, 1907.—Be fore the Honorable Board of Supervis ors of Holt county, Nebraska.—Gentle men: The undersigned, your petition er, represents to your honorable body ’ that he was erroneously assessed for school purposes in district No. 226, for the year 1906, in the sum of *1.21, which amount was paid on the 15th ! day of April, 1907, as shown by the > treasurer’s receipt No. 4522, in con i nection with personal taxes due Holt i county, Nebraska, from the under } signed; that vour petitioner was er roneously assessed in that he does not live within the boundaries of school - district No. 226 and is not-subject to i school tax, being a resident upon sec . tioft nineteen, township twenty-five, range sixteen west, said territory be ing unorganized as far as school dis 1 tricts are concerned. Wherefore your 8 petitioner respectfully requests the s refund of the amount of school tax so paid in the sum of *1.28. Henry Shebesta. liy L. G. Gillespie, His Attorney. Mr. Chairman: I move that a re fund of *1.28 be granted Henry She basta, out of the funds of school dis trict 226, that being paid by him in school district 226, for the year 1906 for the reason he is not a resident of the district.—Rodell Root, J. C. Clark. Motion carried. Upon motion the appraisement of the committee on the north half of section sixteen, township twenty seven, range thirteen, of *7.33 per acre was accepted. Upon motion the appraisement of committee on the west half of section sixteen, township twenty-nine, range fourteen, the northwest quarter at *12 50 and the southwest at *7.50 per acre was approved. Mr. Chairman: I move that the clerk be and he hereby is instructed to advertise for bids for heating plant for court-house.—C. I). Keyes, Rodell Root. On motion board adjourned until 9 o’clock tomorrow morning. L. K. Skidmore, Chairman. W. P. Simar, County Clerk. O’Neill, Neb., May 1, 1907.—Board sailed to order, all members present A refund of *3 was granted J. N. Tlbbets, he having paid poll tax in road district 51 for 1906, when he should not have been assessed, he being over fifty years of age and not iable to poll tax. A refund of *5.58, the amount of an jrroneous tax sale on the part of the sei nel of 5 31-10, one acre, being tax for the years 1894 to 1903 inclusive, was granted 10 j. as. murnan. Page, Neb., April 10, 1907.-TO J. C. liarnisli, County Treasurer. — Dear Sir: Herewith tax receipt No. 3311 issued to L. Morris and subsequently Assigned to me, and also receipt for 1904 tax on lots 1, 2, 3, and 4. When in O’Neill yesterday I paid for the redemption of lot 4, $2.35. It seems that I am not entitled to a refund of this amount. Very respectfully, C. A. Townsend. The above refund was granted. Mr. Chairman: I move that we re consider our action of July 25, 1900, Supervisor Record 1, page 11, that all Action on road petitioned for by W. T. Ivusel and others in McClure township be deferred until the owners of the land affected by said proposed road save their consent to the establish ment of said road without expense to the county. Motion carried. Mr. Chairman: I move that we Allow that part of the road petitioned for by William T. Kusel and others, viz: Beginning at northwest corner of section 36, township 27, range 10; Llience west on section line to north west corner of section 36, township 26, range 11, as near as practicable; thence south one mile from northwest corner section 36, township 26, range 11; also south one mile from the north east corner of section 36, township 26, range 11. Also have platted one mile load from southeast corner of section 31, township 26, range 10, to northeast corner of section 31, township 26, range 10. And that the following persons be allowed damages in the sum of $15 to W. T. Kusel, $25 to E.E. Frisbe, and the claims of Gallagher & Birmingham for $150, Albert E. Pierce for $50 and H. H. Wilson for $50 be rejected.—C. D. Keyes, Rodell Root. Motion carried. To the Board of Supervisors of Holt county: We, the undersigned electors residing within five miles of the fol lowing road proposed to be changed, ask that a public road be changed as follows: Commencing at a point where the public road leaves the section line running east and west between the southeast quarter of section 1 and the northeast quarter of section 12, in township 26 north, of range 9 west, and thence due east along said line across the Elkhorn river and east to the public road, and ask that the old road be vacated as far as as to the place where the road crosses the Elk horn river where the old bridge now is, in Holt county, Nebraska. Signed by B. P. Smith and twenty seven others. I, B. P. Smith, hereby waive all claim tor damage by the change of the within road and state that I am the owner of the northeast quarter of section 12, township 26 north, of range 9 west in Holt county, Nebraska. Mr. Chairman: 1 move that the petition of B. P. Smith and twenty seven others be granted, and clerk and surveyor to record and platt the same. Motion carried. Adjournment taken until 8 o’clock p. m. Eight o’clock p. m.—Board called to order, all members present. Report of E. P. Hovey read as follows: O’Neill, Nebraska, May 7, 1907.— To the Honorable Board of Sup ervisors of Holt county, Nebraska. —Gentlemen: in compliance with the contract entered into January 25, 1907,1 have made a complete examin ation of all the records of your county treasury lrom January 4,1895, to Jan uary 8,1907, (botli inclusive) and sub mit herewitli a report of my findings in the same. The work done includes the check ing of every receipt issued, to tire “cash book” or other record of first entry; the additions of the columns: the distribution to the different funds receiving the same; the posting of these items to the collection and dis bursement record; and, finally, from this record tothe“Treasurer’s General Ledger.” In this “General Ledger” all receipts are credited to the funds, and all disbursements charged to them. Treasurer’s statements and final settlements are made from the balances shown in this “General Led ger,” and such statements and settle ments have been carefully examined. In brief, every dollar has been traced from the stub, or duplicate of receipt issued, to the account of final entry, and all charges made against such fund have been verified: the additions of credits and charges proven, and all balances checked. I find only small amounts of actual money involved in the errors that have peen made, as the cash accounts are kept in the “General Ledger,” and these are correct in the main. Accompaning this report are balance sheets showing the condition of the treasury at the close of the term of each treasurer, and the amount turn ed to his successor; and the funds to which it belonged. These balance sheets show the figures left by the county treasurers and a list of “errors and corrections” also attached of the errors found. The report also includes balance sheets showing the amount of money in eacli fund of the thirty.three town ships in the county, together with statements indicating the amount in each school district fund in ihe county: the “Apportionment Fund,” “District Fund,” “Bond Fund,” and “Special Fund,” are all shown separately. These school district balances are the ones left by the treasurers; and a lengthy list of corrections to be made in the various sub-accounts of the school districts is also attached. These entries pro and con will bring the sub-district accounts in balance with the “General Ledger” accounts, when these shall have been corrected according to the figures and data sub mitted herewith. While, as stated, the cash accounts have been fairly well kept, the sub-ac counts prior to January, 1906, have not fared so well. At the close of the term ending January 3, 1906, an un usual condition existed. A credit bal ance of $4,918.80 in the “General Led ger account of the Special Fund” ap pears, while credit balances in the sub funds by which the treasurer would settle with school officials, amount to only $1,965.54. In the district levy fund, as kept in the sub-ledgers for the various districts for the same period, a total of more than $33,000 was shown, while only $30,257.90 was shown to their credit in the "General Ledger” account. The Bond Fund was more than $200 out of balance. All of these accounts have been cor rectly kept for the year ending Janu ary 8, 1907, but the discrepancies as found in the accounts to January 3, 1906, will need to be corrected as per statements attached. As shown by the list of changes to be -jade, the sum of errors in the cash account of former Treasurer Mullen leaves $3.30 due from him to the county. The sum of $1.18 is due from H. R. Henry. The difference between the charges and the credits in the er rors in the account of D. J. Cronin, as shown in the statement attached, is $4.13 in favor of the treasurer. This however, does not take into account the matter of the “Docket Fees” col lected by Treasurer Cronin, and by him credited to Lis “Fee Account” insteading of crediting them to the “County General Fund” direct as pro vided by law and custom in other counties. Reference is made in this particular to the last examination by State Examiner E. J. Robinson, and Kin wnnnni- tLrt eumn inr>l lii^ Imr tho opinion of the Attorney General on this subject. The attached error sheet shows a total of 65 cents of debit errors, and 2 cents of a credit error during the one year term of R. E. Chittiok, ex-treas urer. This leaves a net balance due from Mr, Ohittick of 63 cents. With these exceptions, all accounts of this treasurer are found to have been cor rectly kept. With the assistance of your mem bers, practically all of the vouchers upon which the disbursements were made were found. The few exceptions to this were thoroughly looked up and either the District Treasurers’ re ceipts, or a cancelled check for the amount were found. The accounts of this county with the state have been thoroughly gone into, and the levy as made and extend ed for every year has been veritied. One of the results already secured is a refund in the sum of $402.62 by state warrant, which is now in your county treasury. I acknowledge efficient as sistance in this connection rendered by Mr. Phillips, your state senator. All tax lists to including 1900 have been gone over, and the uncollectable taxes have by your order been stricken from the lists. This will net the county credits of over $1,000, which will reduee the balance due the state in a like amount. In conclusion: I am indebted to each member of your board for every assistance and courtesy extended. Also, to the various county officials and their assistants whose records I have examined in connection with the work of the county treasury. Respectfully submitted, E. P. HOVEY, Accountant. Upon motion the report of E. P. Hovey as read was accepted. Mr. Chairman: I move that a vote of thanks be tendered E. P. Hovey for the efficient manner in which he has checked up the records of the county treasury. Motioned carried. Upon motion the claim of E. P. Hovey for $300 was allowed. Upon motion board adjourned until eight o’clock tomorrow morning. L. E. Skidmore, Chairman. W. P. Simar, County Clerk. QUEEN OF BEAUTY. Miss Della Carson, Popular Choioe In Chicago Tribune Contest. Beauty contests have recently been the rage both In England and the Unit ed States. The young woman who won the first prize in the Chicago Tribune’s beauty contest is a simple Chicago working girl, Miss Della Carson. She was crowned as Chicago’s queen of beauty after winning the prize for comeliness over 6,000 competitors In a contest that Involved a $60,000 wager Copyright, 1907, by Chicago Tribune. MISS DELLA CARSON. and the expenditure of $25,000 In ad vertising and prizes. A rich young man residing in an eastern state was visiting a friend In Chicago and hap pened to show him a photograph of his sister, remarking It was a pity Chicago could not produce a woman equally beautiful. Out of this incident grew the $50,000 wager, the Chicago young man stnklng that sum on his ability to find a young woman who should be de clared by competent judges the equal In good looks of the eastern young man's sister. The Chicago Tribune took up the matter and made an offer of $25,000 In prizes. Professional beau ties like artist’s models were barred. Miss Carson Is a medium blond and twenty-four years of age. She Is a ste nographer, working at a salary of $12 a week, and hns been supporting her self since she was nineteen. The picture Is published by courtesy of the Trlbuna The Junior Normal State Superintendent J. L. Me Brien has given out the following advance information regarding the location and organization of junior normal schools: LOCATION AND TERM. In accordance with the authority vested me by law, I have located state junior normal schools at Alliance, Al ma, Broken Bow, Geneva, McCook, North Platte, O’Neill and Valentine for the year 1907. All these schools will open June 17, continue seven weeks, and close August 3. The ses sions will be held in the high school ounaings 01 me puune auiuui uioim.ua of the aforesaid towns. FACULTY. The faculty for the O’Neill junior normal school is as follows: Principal, Dr. H. K. Wolfe, of the University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Instructors, Supt. N. C. Abbott of Tekamah, Supt. J. G. Mote of O’Neill, Supt. O. E. Bowen of Pierce, Supt. G. M. Hopkins of Bock county, Supt. John Scheie of Keya Paha county, Principale C. E. Claus of Butte, Mrs. F. M. Hawkins of Stanton, Miss Eleanor Lally of Lincoln; Eegis trar and treasurer, Supt. Florence E. Zink of Holt county. In each school the instructors are men and women of schoolarship, exper ience, and integrity—men and women of well-known and approved educa tional opinions. They are among the ablest school men and school women of the state. They are acquainted with the public school system, with the needs of the public schools, and especially the needs of the rural schools. lEach instructor is pe culiarly fitted for the work and the school assigned. COURSE OF STUDY. The course of study willcomprise all subjects required for the first, second and third grade county certificates. Classes will also be organized for those who desire to work on subjects re quired for the professional life cer tificate. EXAMINATIONS FOR TEACHERS’ CER TIFICATES. Examinations for teachers’ certifi cates will be held at the junior nor mal schools on the regular J une and July examination days, conducted under the regular rules and regula tions for examinations for county cer tificate. JUNIOR NORMAL EXAMINATION AND CREDITS. The junior normal schools examina tion for credit at the state normal schools and at schools authorized by law to grant teachers’ certificates will be held the last two days of the junior normal school, August 2 and 3. In determining the final junior normal credit the junior normal examination will be counted as one-third, the class instructor’s daily markings and oc casional tests, averaged, will be count ed as one-third, and the class instruct or’s judgment of the worthfulness or the student-teacher’s endeavors and his estimate of the teacher’s capacity to instruct as one-third. Before any student is entitled to credit in any subject in junior normal school work, he must pass with an average in these three points of at ieast 70 per cent, and be in attendance not less than thirty days. Twenty-four weeks of attendance and satisfactory work at a junior normal school and a two year high school education or its equivalent * will entitle a student to an elementary oittuc 11 wiu me ntaoc uunuai schools. No junior normal credit shall be given on less than six weeks’ attendance in each year. ENROLLMENT FEE. Tution is free. An enrollment fee of $2.00 will be charged each person enrolled at the junior normal schools, which will entitle such person to a season lecture course ticket, free of charge. Teachers who enroll for the institute work will be charged an in stitute fee of $1.00 and entitled to a free ticket to whatever number of the lecture course may be given during that week. The aforesaid fees do not entitle any teacher to the rights of an examination for a teacher’s certifi cate. The examination fee for a tea cher’s certificate is $1.50 as provided by law. No examination fee will be charged for the junior normal school examination for the junior normal credits. LECTURE COURSE. There will be a strong lecture course maintained at each of the junior nor mal schools free to all the teachers en rolled. This course will enclude some of the best lecture and musical talent in America. RAILROAD RATES. The new two-cent passenger law makes it unnecessary to bother about reduced rates on the certificate plan. No reduction beyond what is imposed by the new law will be granted by any railroad. The straight two-cent fare amounts to the same as the former rate of one fare and one-third on the certificate plan, and teachers will not have to worry about taking a receipt. JUNIOR NORMAL BULLETIN. The junior normal bulletin giving complete information relative to fac ulty, course of study, rates of board and lodging, lecture course, and all junior normal matters will be printed / and distributed not later than June 1. If you do not receive a copy by that time, address the State Superintend ent, Lincoln, Nebraska, or the princi pals of the junior narmal school where you desire to attend. GOOD TEACHERS IN DEMAND. No well qualified teacher need be without a good position at a good salary next year. The aggregate raise in teachers’ sal aries for the year closing over the year past in Nebraska is $350,000. The aggregate raise next year over the year closing will be at least $300,000. An aggaegate raise over half a million dollars in teachers’ salaries in two years speaks volumes for the work the teachers have been doing. The raise in teachers’ salaries is due in a great measure to the heroic efforts that over 6,000 teachers put forth last sum mer in attendance at approved sum mer schools in this state, in order to meet the rigid demands of the new certification law. It is evident that the certification law will work no hardship on the well qualified teacher. In the matter of salary observe four things: First, qualify for your work; second, demand a better salary; third, * never underbid a fellOw-teacher;fourth never cancel a contract without first being released by a majority of the school district board. During the past four years, witli only five junior normal schools,we had nearly 4,000 teachers in attendance , With these schools increased in num ber to eight, we confldentialy expect an increased attendance and a greater success for the future. Yours for better schools, better teachers and better salaries. J. L. McHrien, Superintendent. Sore Nipples. 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