The Frontier
Published bj D. E. CaONIIf,
KOMAIVK SAUNUKltS. Assistant uditor
aud Manager.
II 50 lht> Year 75 (dents HU Months
official p iper of O'Neill and Holt county.
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CANDIDATES BEFORE PRIMARY ELECTION
Tuesday, September 3,1907.
.1. C. llarnlsl) is a candidate for the
office of county treasurer on the re
publican ticket, subject to the action
of tlie primary election September 3,
1907. _
William 1*. Simar, present county
clerk, is a candidate for nomination
on the republican ticket at the pri
mary election September 3,1907.
CJ.J. Malone is a candidate for the
nomination on the republican ticket
for the office of county judge at the
primary election to be held September
3, 1907. _
Florence E. Zink is a candidate for
nomination for county superintend
ent on the republican ticket at the
primary election September 3, 1907.
I)r. E. T. Wilson of O’Neill is a can
didate for the office of coroner on the
republican ticket subject to the ac
tion of the primary election Septem
ber 3, 1907.
A. W. Scattergood of Ainsworth Is a
candidate for the nomination on the
republican ticket as judge of the 15th
judical district at the primary elec
tion to be held September 3,1907.
To the republican electors of the
Fifteenth judicial district.—Gentle
men: I hereby announce myself a
candidate for the nomination for the
olllce of district judge in this district
and request your support if you deem
we worthy. W. 0. BROWN.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
To the republican electors of the
Fifteenth judicial district. —Gentle
men: I hereby announce myself as a
candidate for the nomination for the
olllce of district judge in this district
and request your support if you deem
me worthy. J. A. DOUGLAS.
The price of oil will probably go up
a few cents on the gallon now to make
good that $29,240,000.
Our esteemed contemporary is not
making any reference to a “shortage
of ice” or the need of a cooler to keep
its “type from melting."
The Standard Oil company has been
squeezing the public for many years
and there is general rejoicing that the
courts have tlnally got hold of the old
sinner and assessed a tine of nearly
$30,000,000.
Miss/.ink has a clear field for re
nomination and re-election as super
intendant. The fusionists evidently
cottld not find anyone who cared to
take the uncertain chances of oppos
ing our popular superintendent and
they will make no nomintaions for
that olllce.
Crop reports say there will be a
bumper yield of corn In Nebraska
this year. We will hope this is true,
but there is no tangable evidence to
that effect yet. A a matter of fact,
corn is about three weeks behind,
“roasting ears” have not even readi
ed the market yet.
The largest fine ever imposed by a
a United States court was assessed
against the Standard Oil company by
Judge Landis of the federal court in
Chicago last Friday. The total fine
amounts to $29,240,000. The company
was found guilty of violation of the
federal laws some some weeks ago
Tlie tine will have to be paid in cash.
D. B. Jenckes of Chadron, has an
nounced himself a candidate for the
republican nomination for district
judge, subject to the action of tiie
republican primaries, September 3.
Mr. Jenckes is 48 years of age and has
been a resident of Nebraska since
1888, except five years he spent on
the Pacific coast. He graduated,
from the law school of the University
of Wisconsin and was admitted
to the bar in 1883. He has never
held public office nor been a candidate
for an office but lias devoted his time
exclusively to the practice oi law, in
which he has been very successful.
Duripg his residence in this district
he has been very active in republican
politjcs and i3 quite well known
throughout western Nebraska. _
SELECTION OF JUDICIAL CAN
DIDATES.
The republican electors of the Fif
teenth judicial district have an im
portant and far reaching duty to per
form at the September primal ies. It
is the geographical location of the
candidates to be selected at this elec
tion.
Ever since the district has Dari two
judges, for the convenience of the
bar and litigants, one has been select
ed from ths east end of the district
and one from the west. While there
has been only an imaginary line divid
ing it,this custom has been followed
faithfully by both political parties.
The nomines of the opposition will
be Judges Harrington and Westover,
as they are the only candidates seek
ing the nomination on the fusion
ticket, one being from Holt county,
in the east end and the other from
Sheridan county In the west end of
the district.
In our humble opinion, good politi
cal foresight and judgment makes it
nearly imperative and would insure
republican success next November if
the republican electors would select
a candidate from the east end and one
from the west. Although the east
end of the district has the most votes
we believe it only fair to those in the
west that a member of the bench be
selected from that portion of the
district.
Those seeking the nomination on
the republican ticket are: D. 15.
Jenckesand J. E. Porter of Dawes
county; W. C. Brown of Keya I’aha
county; A. W. Scattergood and L. K.
Alder of Brown county: J. A. Douglas
and F. N. Morgan of Dock county.
The Frontier has no pet candidate
in Ithis race nor are we advocating
tiie selection of any particular man.
We have known the various republican
candidates for several years and know
that they are all well qualified to till
the otlice of district judge with credit
to themselves, their party and con
stituency. But, we believe that the
welfare of the party in the coming
campaign imposes a special duty upon
eaclirepublican in the d istrict to satisfy
himself as to the qualifications and
location of the several candidates and
vote for the candidates whom he
believes is the best qualified, taking
into consideration ability and location
that the best interest of the party
and the public in general may be sub
served.
W. 0. Brown of Springview, Keya
Paha county, announces himself a
candidate for the republican nomina
tion for district judge subject to the
action of the primary election Sep
tembers. Mr. Brown is fifty-three
years of age and has been a resident
of iKeya Paha county twenty-one
years where he has devoted himself to
the practice of his profession and has
been very successful. He was a mem
ber of the senate in 19015 and was
chairman of the senate revenue com
mittee and was also made chairman
of the joint legislative committee
that dratted the revenue law now in
operation in this state. His work
upon this committee has been highly
commended by republican leaders
throughout the state and we believe
that should lie be nominated and
elected lie would make an able, just
and fearless jurist.
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There is no lack of good timber for
district judge in the republican fold.
Nearly every county in the district
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but Holt has one or more candidates
for the nomination.
L. K. Alder of Ainsworth announces
himself as a candidate for the repub
lican nomination for district judge
subject to the action of the repub
lican electors at the primary election.
Mr. Alder made the race several years
ago, in the days of huge populistic
majorities, and went down to defeat,
and he believes he is entitled to the
nomination at this time when the
chances for success are so bright.
WE AT HE FOUND.
Commissioner of Commerce and Labor
Shows Up Standard Oil.
Washington, Aug. 4. —The report of
the commissioner of corporations on
the oil industry, dealing with prices
and profits, has been made public In
his letter of transmittal, Commission
er Smith says that the Standard Oil
Company is responsible for the course
of the prices of petroleum and its
products during the last twenty-five
years; that the report shows that
prices would have been lower during
this period under normal competitive
condition and in the absence of any
such overshadowing combination as
has actually existed. He continues:
“The Standard has repeatedly
claimed that it has reduced the price
of oil; that it has been a benefit to
the consumer and that only a great
combination like the Standard could
have furnished oil at the prices that
have prevailed.
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1 JUV.1 I UNO VI UI1VDV/ V1UI lUkl JO uia
proved by this report.
“Tlie Standard has consistently
used its power to raise the price of
oil during the last ten years, not only
absolutely, but also relatively to the
cost of crude oil.”
The letter continues:
“The total dividends paid by the
Standard from 1882 to H)0(i were $551,
922,904.50, averaging thus 24.15 per
cent per year. Tlie dividends, how
ever, were much less than the total
earnings. Exact information as to
these earnings is available only for
the yeais 1882 to 1896 and for the
years 1903 to 1905, inclusive, an aggre
gate for these years of about $714,000,
000, but from these figures the earn
ings for tlie other six years may be
estimated with some degree of cor
rectness, and it is substantially cer
tain that the entire net earnings of
the Standard from 1882 to 1906 were
at least $790,000,000, and possibly
much more.
“These enormous profits have been
based on an investment worth at the
time of its original acquisition not
more than $75,000,000.
“Furthermore, the rate of profit on
tlie capitalization has increased great
ly. From 1882 to 1894 the net earn
ings averaged about 15 per cent on
the capital stock or trust certificates
outstanding, while the average net
earnings for the period from 1903 to
1905 were about 68 per cent yearly
“These rates of profit and their
great increase are strikingly confirm
ed by the known profits of one impor
tant Standard concern, tlie Waters
Pierce Oil company. The lowest rate
of profit on its investment was in 1896
—23.3 per cent. It increased in near
ly every year thereafter until in the
first six months of 1904 the profits
were at the rate of 47.2 per cent per
year. Moreover, the rate of prolit of
this company has increased not only
in proportion to its investment, but
also per unit of products sold. The
average profit on illuminating oil for
the years 1895 to 1899 was 83 cents per
barrel, while from 1900 to June, 1904,
the average prolit was $1.32 per barrel,
with similar increase of profits on the
important by-products.
"A further verification of the prolits
of the Standard was afforded by com
putation of the profits of certain of
its individual refineries. In 1904 the
rate of prolit on investment in these
refineries and in the marketing con
cerns distributing their products was
as follows: Ilefinery at Lima, O., 37
per cent; Whiting, Ind., 45 per cent;
Sugar Creek, Mo., 35 per cent; Neo
deslia, Kan., 35 per cent; Florence,
Colo., 02 per cent; or a weighted
average of 42 per cent, about 2.3 cents
per gallon of crude handled. This ex
cludes the profits on pipeline busi
ness.
“The following facts are proven:
Tlie Standard has not reduced mar
gins during the period in which it has
been responsible for the prices of oil.
During the last eight years covered
by this report (1898 to 1905) it has
raised both prices and margins. Its
domination has not been acquired or
maintained by its superior eiliciency,
but rather by unfair competition and
by methods economically and morally
uujustifiable. The Standard has
superior eiliciency in running its own
business: it has an equal eiliciency in
destroying the business of competi
tors. It keeps for itself the profits
of the first and adds to these the
monopoly profits secured by the
second. Its profits are far above the
highest possible standard of a reason
able commercial return, and have
been steadily increasing. Finally, the
history of this great industry is a his
tory of the persistent use of the worst
industrial methods, the exaction of
exorbitant prices from the consumer
and the securing of excessive profits
for the small group of men who over a
long series of years have thus domi
nated tlie business.”
DIAMOND DUST
Brunswick a Winner.
Tlie Brunswick ball team came up
Monday night and crossed bats with
the local team on our diamond Tues
day afternoon. The local team was
badly crippled on account of the in
ability of some of our players to play
upon that date. Frank Biglin was
out of the game on account of a
smashed linger, he mistaking the
aforesaid finger for a bolt in setting
up a binder, and cracked it with a
hammer. Harry Dowling took his
place at short and played a remark
ably good game although the lirst he
has taken part in for about live years.
The game was lost on errors of Brad
ley, one of omission, and cost us two
sc res and the game, the score stand
ing two to three against us.
The Brunswick team is composed of
a lot of good gentlemanly ball players
and played the game from beginning
to end with energy. Perry Dunaway,
of Plainview, was on the rubber for
the visitors and held our boys down to
six scattered singles while he made
fifteen of them lay down the willow
on three strikes. Bradley allowed
four hits and fanned five men.
The O’Neill boys seemed to lack the
ginger necessary to play good winning
ball and were it not for a few dumb
plays could easily have walked off
with the victory. But they went
down to defeat but promise better
results the next time.
The game started out in league
style and the first three innings there
was nothing doing on either side. In
the fourth the first Brunswick man
up was given free transportation.
The next man up fanned. The next
got first on a bunt to short who threw
out the first man at second. The
next up got a hit and slow work by
the field allowed the man ahead to
score while the man who got the
hit was thrown out at second. In
our half of the fourth Bradley went
out, pitcher to first; Dowling got a
nice single and Hanley got first and
Dowling second on an error at short.
Then Dave Grosvenor done the un
expected and secured a nice single
scoring Dowling and putting Hanley
on third. Things certainly looked
good here but Sullivan and Hammond
fanned the air and the side was re
tired with the score even up—1 and.
In the fifth Carl Fosberg got first
on an error by Sullivan and Johnson
got first and Fosberg second when
Bradley dropped Johnson’s pop up.
Nagle got first on a drive to Gahagan
who tagged Fosberg at third, but
Johnson took second. Orinklow got
a hit and scored Johnson while
Nagle went out from Wilson to Ma
girl, G. Fosberg went out on a fly to
right field and the scoring ended for
that inning. When O’Neill came to
bat for their half of the fifth they
were determined to tie it up and
with the head of the batting list up
it looked good and they succeeded too
and that after two men were out.
Gahagan went out on a pop-UD to
second; Magirl fanned. Then Wilson
was given free transportation and
immediately stole second and third.
Bradley was also given a pass and
Wilson scored on a passed ball. Brad
ley stole second but died there as
Dowling struck out, but the score was
tied two all. In the sixth the boys
uimi j:\iiLCiupe uuiiubjr fucutuu in uu
win tlie game and they succeeded as
they made another run,- which gave
them ttie victory. McClure got a hit,
but went out at second when Dun
away hit to short. Clifton went out
on a pop-up, but Cox got a hit which
put Dunaway on second, Fosberg got
lirst on an error by Bradley and Dun
away took third and scored a moment
later on a low pitched ball which
struck Wilson’s protector and pounc
ed out on the diamond and was not
fielded in time to head him off. This
was the error of ommission that lost
the game, Johnson stopped proceed
ings by fanning. There was nothing
doing after that each team getting
but one hit during the balance of the
game, neither side getting a man past
second. Score:
O’Neill.0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0—2
Brunswick.00011100 0—3
Hits: O’Neill (>: Brunswick 4. Er
rors: O’Neill 5; Brunswick 1. Struck
out, Bradley 5; Dunaway 13. Batter
ies: O’Neill: Bradley and Wilson.
Brunswick: Dunaway and Fosberg.
Umpire Fosberg.
GAME AT NORFOLK.
About fifty enthusiastic fans and
fannettes accompanied the ball team
to Norfolk last Thursday where they
crossed bats with a fast aggregation
representing Pilger but who were
picked from several of the teams east
of there. It was a pretty exhibition
of the national game and the four or
five thousand people who were pres
ent knew that O’Neill was on the
ground. The following account of
the game and the boquets handed
the O’Neill crowd is taken from the
Norfolk Daily News: It was a beauti
ful exhibition of base ball which
northern Nebraska fans witnessed on
Thursday afternoon between fast
teams from Piiger and O'Neill.
O’Neill came down to win but Piiger
took the game. The score was 2 to 0.
It was literally a pitchers’duel. O’
Neill landed on Schwartz for only
three straggling hits throughout the
nine innings and Piiger only took one
more oif Balltosser Bradley. Bradley
put nine strike-out feathers in his
cap and carried out the anti-pass law
to the letter. He hit four batters,
though with the ball. Schwarz drop
ped seven by the strike-out method,
issued transportation to three and hit
one batter with a pitched ball. Pii
ger fans thought Umpire J. C..ombs of
Spencer gave them the wrong end of
it in a decision toward the last but
Umpire Coombs, postmaster at Spen
cer, has been trained by the govern
ment to keep his head, so he just
stood pat. Standing pat, by the way,
was about the thing to do, consider
ing the Irish song dished up by O’
Neill girls. And although the dia
mond was covered for a little while
with a swarm of men as thick as
Hies, the umpire emerged with his
life and the game went on to a vic
tory for Piiger.
Meier, O’Neill’s third baseman, who
had recently tried out with the West
ern league team at Lincoln, made the
only two-base hit of the day. There
were three stolen bases during the
day. Meier stole two and Ritchley
took one. Richley was O’Neill’s first
baseman—formerly a Fremont player.
Bradley, O’Neill's pitcher, is also
from Fremont.
One score was made by Martin for
Piiger in the third. Two men were
out when he stepped up to bat. As.
sisted by hits which Larson and Dryer
pulled out, and an error on the third
basemans’s part, Martin crossed the
plate. Then the crowd yelled. This
was the only square until the ninth
when Montgomery went around, as
sisted by an error and by Oilman’s
hit.
There were moments of dramatic
intenisity. At times O’Neill would
get a man on third and things looked
up for Holt county. Then Schwartz
would settle down to business and an
other goose egg would go down on the
board.
Score by innings: It. H. E.
Pilger. ...oO 100000 1—2 4 4
O’Neill...0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0—0 3 3
Summary: Two base hits, Meier;
stolen bases, Meier (2), Richley; bas
es on balls oil Bradley 0, off Schwartz
2; struck out by Bradley 9, by Schwarz
7: hit by pitched ball, by Bradley 4,
by Schwartz l, Umpire, Coombs.
Pilger AB R II PO A F
Martin, ss .4 1 0 0 3 2
Larson 2b..4 0 2 2 2 0
Dryer, lb.4 0 1 9 0 0
Tift, c.4 0 0 7 0 1
William Rocker, 2b.. .4 0 0 3 2 1
Montgomery, rf..4 10 10 0
Oilman, cf.4 0 1 3 1 0
C. Montgomery, If-4 0 0 1 0 0
Schwartz, p.3 0 0 0 2 0
Totals.36 2 4 26 10 4
O’Neill
Meier, 3b.5 0 1 1 1 1
Wilson, c.4 Or 0 7 2 0
Richley, lb.4 0 011 0 0
Bradley, p.4 0 0 2 7 0
Grosvenor, if.4 0 0 1 0 0
Sullivan, rf.4 0 0 0 0 0
MaGirl, 2b.4 0 1 1 1 0
Hammond, cf.4 0 0 0 0 0
Biglin.ss. 3 0 1 2 2 2
Totals.36 0 3 27 13 3
Norfolk News Boquets.
Billy Wilson, whocaught for O’Neill,
was at one time a popular football
player at the University of Nebraska.
Sanford Parker, manager of the
O’Neill team, said that the squabble
during the game here was the first in
which the O’Neill team had mixed
this season.
It is said to be probable that Pil
ger and O’Neill will play another
game at O’Neill on the second day of
the O’Neill races, week after next.
Why not a baseball carnival in Nor
folk to play out the championship be
tween O’Neill, Atkinson, Pilger, Stan
ton, Pierce, Plainview, Brunswick,
and a few others?
That O’Neill bunch was certainly
on earth. There’s nodenying the fact
that they’re alive up in that country.
Some of the Norfolk women were
sorry to see O’Neill lose that ball
game because the third baseman was
so handsome.
When you see a well dressed, well
groomed man in this part of the coun
try, one with his hair cut as it ought
to be, freshly shaved, with well press
ed clothing, patent leather shoes and
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4j» pale children is magical.
*§* It makes them plump, rosy, active, happy.
X It contains Cod Liver Oil, Hypophosphites
X and Glycerine, to make fat, blood and bone,
and so put together that it is easily digested
5^ by little folk.
^ ALL DRUGGISTS; 50c. AND $1.00,
perhaps a' white necktie—you may
make up your inind that that man is
from O’Neill.
Sanford Parker, receiver of the
United States land office and manager
of the O'Neill baseball team, said he
had umpired a good many ball games
in his lifetime but that he never um
pired a perfect one yet. “If the um
pire is upright and fair, and does the
best he can, that’s all that can be can
done,” says he. “And even at that,
he will make mistakes.”
To evidence the driving association
management’s appreciation of the
visit of the O’Neill young ladies to
Norfolk Thursday when their presence
and songs added a pretty touch t > the
races, the officers presented a box of
the best candy from Norfolk’s candy
factory to each of the young women.
Those who were complimented by the
Norfolk association were: Miss Camp
bell, Miss Evans, Miss McManus, Mrs.
Mellor, Miss Clark, Miss Ryan, Mrs.
Murphey, Miss Cain, Miss Van Gilder,
Miss Wilson, Miss O’Fallon, Miss Mor
row, Miss McCarthy, and Mrs. Evans.
Supervisor Proceedings.
O’Neill, Nebraska, July 8, 1907
Board of supervisors met pursuant to
adjournment, all members present,
for the purpose of equalization of
taxes. The state board of equaliza
not having reported the levy, and no
further business appearing, board ad
journed until July, 18,1907.
L. E. Skidmore, Chairman.
W. P. Simar, County Clerk.
O’Neill, Neb., July 9, 1907.—Board
of supervisors met in regular session,
all members present.
Petition of P. F. Rakow. lion.
Board ' of supervisors Holt county,
Nebraska, Geutlemen;—Your pet
itioner represents that his wife, Mrs.
Laura Rakow, was assessed for poll
tax in Verdigris township for the
year 1906, and that same was paid in
cash through the Page State bank,
and your affiant represents that sile
was not assessable for poll tax, and
respectfully requests that the $3 so
paid be refunded. Respectfully,
H. F. Rakow.
On motion the prayer of the peti
tion was granted.
On motion the Depository bond of
the Emmet State bank as a depository
of county money, at the rate o! two
per cent per annum, was approved.
On motion the bond of F. W. Scrip
ter, as road overseer district No. 32,
was approved.
On motion the report of the ap
fraisers on University land, all of
ec. 4, Twp. 26, R. 11, at $7.50 per
acre was accepted.
On motion board adjourned until
July 12, 1907.
L. E. Skidmore, Chairman.
W. P. Simar, County Clerk.
O’Neill, Neb., July 12, 1907.—Board
called to order, all members present.
Resolution by Mr. Roberts, super
visors of Holt county. I move you
that we accept the proposal of E. Roy
Townsend to repair, restore and re
build the substructure and the ap
proaches at the Whiting bridge as per
his proposal in his plan and specifica
tions and at the price stated. And I
further move you that we accept the
proposal of E. Roy Townsend to build
a superstructure on the substructure
on what is known as the Whiting
bridge, wiien the said substructure
and approaches thereto are repaired,
restored and rebuilt as per his propos
al in his plan and specifications at
the price stated therein, to-wit: For
repairing, restoring and rebuilding
the substructure $2,115; for building
the superstructure on the repaired, re
stored and rebuilt substructure $6,575.
I further move you that we enter
into a joint contract with Boyd coun
ty for said work at the prices above
stated, J. A. Golden, supervisor 3d
dist., Holt county, Neb. 1 second the
the motion of Supervisor Golden, .T.
C. Glark, supervisor 1st dist.
On motion the above resolution was
adopted.
Application of Ferdinand Rip for
the purchase of school land in section
36, township 29, range 16, read, and
tlie chairman appointed Supervisors
Root, Sturdevant and Clark as a com- *
mittee to view and appraise the same.
Application of Frank Dlugosh for
for the purchase of school land in sec
tion 16, township 29, range 16, read,
and the chairman appointed the fol
lowing committee to view and ap
praise the same, Supervisors Root,
Sturdevant and Clark.
On motion a refund of $3 was grant
ed to John Hopkins, he having paid
poll tax in cash and labor in road
dist. No. 13, year 1906*
On motion a refund of $3 was grant
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