V; . . v * %• The Frontier. _ • __ VOLUME XXV1I1 O'NEILL. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1907 ’ " NUMBER 23 EXCEEDING_LAST YEAR Value of Giaiu ami Forage Crops a Third More Than a Year Ago. FIGURES ON PRODTCTS OF STATE Market Prices of Eight Principal Farm Products Runs Total to Over Two Hundred Million. Omaha Bee: Grain men of Omaha have been astonished at the low esti mate made by careless dealers and an unreliable newspaper, as to the value of the Nebraska grain, some placing it as low as *92,000,000. Careful figures have been compiled by J. H. Hamilton and other members of the grain ex change, showing the value to be from 100 to 110 per cent more than the esti mate Of *92,000,000. When the estimate of yield by coun ties was made public by the Union Pacific Railroad company Monday, showing an increase in the production of winter wheat,' rye millet, alfalfa and all kinds of hay, all of which are more valuable than last year, the es timates of the grain men were verified and the *92,000,000 looked more like *200,000,000. The estimated production of winter wheat in the state as shown by the Bee’s statistician is 48,686,823 bushels and No. 2 hard is worth 92 to 934 cents per bushel; 3,064.120 bushels of this is spring wheat, which is said to be waiting for the markets at from 91 to 924 cents per bushel; 58,969,400 bushels of oats have been grown in Nebraska during the last season and they are worth 40 and 45 cents a bushel on the Omaha market at the present time. While the corn crop is estimated at 80,859,000 bushels, as against 223,947 000 last year, corn is worth from 49 to 51 cents per bushel. The following is the estimate on ail Nebraska crops, as compared with actual production last year: Product. 1906—Bu. 1907—Bu! Wheat. 49,976,360 48,586,823 Corn.223,947,000 180,859,200 Oats. 79,576 517 58,996,400 B.rley. 3,187,800 2,529,300 Rye. 1,580,080 1,819,990 Potatoes. 8,845,920 7,95?,720 Alfalfa.*1,102,692 *1,200,000 Wild hay..'*1,996,100 *2,158,000 *Tons. On this table the value of these farm products for the two years is as follows: Product. 1906. i907. Wheat.8 33,893,9^4 $ 44,699,879 Corn. 81,859,390 90,429,600 Oats. 23,872,955 24,878,488 Barley. 1,593,900 2,263,440 Rye. 948,048 1,272,993 Alfalfa. 11,026,920 13,200,000 Wild hay. 17,964,900 21,580,000 Potatoes. 4,422,960 5,506,904 Totals .....8175,672,997 8203,792,303 This does not include the value of the live stock, butter, eggs, poultry and other dairy and farm products, all of which show an increased value of the record-breaking totals of last year. FOR SALE—SWi section 7, town ship 29, range 12, 160 acres. The L. Finnegan farm eight miles northwest of O’Neill. Submit price and terms. Am willing to make terms easy with one quarter cash down. Address, Chas. E. Head, McAlester, Oklo. Pa; For Third Nebraska. Adjutant General Schwarz has re crived a warrant from the auditor of the War department for 85,228.81 to pay the officers, band and field staff of ahe Third Nebraska regiment for ser vices during the Spanish-American war, says a Lincoln item in the Oma ha Bee. This sum makes about 8205 for each captain, less 20 per cent which has to be paid to the lawyer who lobbied the claim through. The letter received by the adjutant gener al said some of the officers had been cut out, but whether the names of W. J. Bryan, George L. Sheldon and Gen eral Schwarz are included in the list turned down the letter did not say. Advertised Letters. The following letters remain un called for in the O’Neill postofflce for the week ending November 23,1907: Will Brentson, Charles Gatewood, John Mista, L J. C. Relchard. Postal H. H. Crapo Allen. In calling for the above please say "advertised.” If notcalled for in two weeks will be sent to dead letter office R. J. Marsh, Postmaster. Galloway Balls For Sale. A few extra tine young Galloway bulls for sale at W. A. Gannon’s place, two miles north of Inman, Nebr; also six head of bull calves and short year lings at Henry Thierolf’s, Star post office, Holt county, Nebr. .This is a good opportunity to get good breeding stock cheap and right at home. 22-3 No ice. The annual election of officers for O’Neill lodge number 153, A. O. U. W., will be held at the hall, Tuesday, December 3, 1907, at 7:30 p. m. All members are requested to attend. 22-2 L. G. Gillespie, Recorder. LOCAL MATTERS. Go to Horiskey’s for Mystic Hour. C. W. Moss of Amelia was In town Tuesday. Ed Whiting was over from Spencer last Saturday. Miss Nellie Skirving is up from Omaha this week. Frank Charles of Chambers had bus iness in town yesterday. Miss Ada Mills is spending the week with friends at Alliance. A. J. Shearer of Chambers was an O’Neill visitor Monday. Dr. Gilligan was at Hainsville Tues day on professional business. For Mystic flour, the best on the market, go to Horriskey’s. 21-3 Abe Saunto made a business trip to Sioux City the first of the week. L. G. Gillespie is spending a week or two with his parents at White Clay, Nebr. Jason Barnum came up from Nor folk Monday, where he had been the past year in the hospital. FOR SALE—Thoroughbred Poland China boars.-William Mather, O’Neill, Nebr. 22-3 Tee schools closed yesterday for Thanksgiving and will remain closed until Monday. WANTED—A boy at once at the Northwestern depot to drive Ameri can express wagon. 19tf Mrs. Duxbury of Calidonia, Minn., is visiting at the home of her mother, Mrs. Adaison, in this city. Ed F. Gallagher, Clarence and Frank Campbell and John Boyle au tomobiled it to Atkinson yesterday. Buy your overshoes and other foot wear at Skirving’s, the place that sells the best at the lowest prices. 23 R, W. McGinnis af Lincoln, proprie tor of the Amelia creamery, was an O’Neill visitor the first of the week. Mrs. Belle Chambers of Herrick, S. D., is in the city visiting at the home of her mother, Mrs. Bennett Martin. Deputy County Clerk Smith and family went to Atkinson Tuesday evening and will remain until Monday. A nice line of men’s and boy’s cloth ing at ,Sklrving’s store. And the prices beat anything you ever saw be fore. 23 GIRL WANTED—For general housework. Highest wages for com petent girl.—Mrs. Whelan, O’Neill, Nebr. 20-tf. Underwear, hosiery and shirts of all kinds at Skiiving’s. If you think you have been paying too much, try his place. ' 23 Clerk of the District Court Harmon is making up the docket for the next term of district court which convenes on December 9th. Parnell Golden arrived home from Mem tana last Friday afternoon and will remain by the home fireside until after the holidays For all lines of gents’ furnishings go to Skirving’s store. You can get a little bit the best at a little lower figure at bis place. 23 While on his way to the Black Hills last Friday John Biglin stopped off here and spent Saturday and Sunday visiting his parents. Mrs. Michael Gallagher left for Chey enne. Wyoming, Sunday night where she will spend a few weeks visiting her daughter, Mrs. A. Baker. John Boyle, formerly in the First National bank here, now attending school at Omaha, visited with O’Neill friends a day or two this week. Nye Schneider Fowler Co. are on the market for hogs regardless of what my competitors say to the con trary.—J. T O’Malley, Agent. 22-2 County Treasurer J. C. Harnish went to Onawa, Iowa, Friday last, re turning Saturday. Mr. Harnish says they are having an excess of rain over in Iowa.. Father Moore, E. II. Whalen, Roger McGinnis, John Hopkins and Hugh Coyne, were at Creighton Sunday to attend a Knights of Columbus initia tion. Lost—On or about October 19, on the Wilson road southwest of Emmet, a dark short overcoat. Finder please leave same at McCaffrey’s hotel, Em met. Bert A. Parshall files a demurrer in district court to the petition for di vorce of his wife, Elnora L. Parsnall, alleging that the same does not state a cause of action. Mrs. Emily Thavenet died at her home in Emmet township Saturday last of pulmonary aedema, aged sixty one years. The remains were shipped to Madison, Nebr., Monday for burial. Edmund H, Clark of Inman and Mrs Eva Dryden of Clairmont, N. Y., were united in marriage by County Judge Malone last Friday. The groom is seventy years of age and the bride fifty-two. Janies Shanner,general of the fusion forces of Verdigris which always goes two to one republican, was among the Page people in attendance at the Folks trial in county court the iirst of the week. Mrs. M. H. McCarthy and Mrs. G. A. Miles entertained at cards at Mrs. McCarthy’s home Thursday and Fri day evenings last. They were “mar ried peoples’’ affairs and highly enjoy ed by the guests. Editor Smith of the Chambers Bugle was in the city last Friday evening on his way home from Sioux City where he had been the past three weeks nursing his brother through an attack of typhoid fever. I am prepared to write fire, light ning, tornado and wind insurance in the best of companies, both old line and mutual, at the best of rates. If you are in need of any insurance give, me a call.—L. G. Gillespie, O’Neill, Nebr. 22-tf The case of the state against John Foreman of Emmett, for the alleged theft of $128 from Henry Brandt, was before Justice J. A, Golden Monday. Justice Golden deemed the evidence sufficient to hold Foreman to the dis trict court for trial on $500 bonds. ESTRAYS—Taken up at my place half mile north of town, one black yearling steer and one red yearling heifer. No brands. Came to my place about Oct. 21st. Owner can have same by paying cost of keep and of this notice.—A. Merrell. 19-5 The regular meeting of the W. C T. U. will be held in the M. E. class room, Wednesday, December 4th, at 3 o’clock prompt. Mrs. McRobert, superintendent of “current events” will have charge of the program. All members urged to be present. Visit ors always welcome. About thirty Odd Fellows went to Inman Saturday to attend the funeral of Edward Johnson, who met a tragic death there last week. Funeral ser vices were conducted by the Methodist pastor, Rev. W. H. Munnsell, and the remains were shipped to Ashland, Nebr., for burial. FOR SALE—Southwest quarter of section 7, township 29, range 12, 160 acres. The L.'Finnegan farm, eight miles northwest of O’Neill. Submit price and terms. Am willing to make terms easy with one quarter cash down. Address, Chas. E. -Head, Mc Alester, Oklo. 22 2 Last Saturday County Judge Malone performed the ceremony that united in marriage Myron L. Gilbert of Ewing and Mrs. Harriett Griffin of Clearwater. The groom gives his age as thirty-three years, while the bride confesses to having seen fifty-seven winters and summers. The Plainview News thinks it strange, indeed, that some men think so much of their bird dogs that they will not allow them to be on the street in the evening, but will allow their boys to stay out half the night. Don’t you i hing it would be a wise plan for those fellows to give the boy an equal chance with the dogV Miss Eunice Ensor, instructor ir music in the summer normal school at O’Neill last summer, is in the city to spend Thanksgiving, the guest of Miss Zink. Miss Ensor is the musical su perintendent of the South Omaha schools. It is expected she will again have charge of the musical work of the summer normal here next year. The local hog market has reached the lowest ebb touched in several years, prices dropping off from $6 per hundred to $3 per hundred in the past few weeks. A good many are being marketed, even at the $3 figure. Over 100 head were put on the market here Tuesday at that figure. Hay contin ues at a fair price considering the general condition of the markets, sell ing on the local market at from $3 50 to $1.50 per ton, baled. While in Omaha some two months ago attending the Rebekah grand lodge, Mrs. O. E. Hall lost a new $35 coat which she left in the check room of a clothing store and when she called for It the coat was gone. An Omaha attorney was in O’Neill a few weeks later and learned of the incident. He kindly took the matter up with the clothing house without charge to Mrs. Hall and compelled them to make good the loss, which they did by sending her a new coat this week. Dr. E T. Wilson of this city has a photograph of Dr. William 03ler, who gained national fame some time ago by an alleged staa*ment that men reach the limit of usefulness at forty and should be chloroformed at sixty. Dr. Wilson is acquainted with Dr. Osier and says he gives no credence to the chloroform story as Dr. Osier is not the man to make such a state ment as attributed to him. He is up wards of sixty years himself, and his mother died but recently at the age of over one hundred. FOLK BOY GUILTY Corn Stealing Case Involving 30c Makes $90 Costs. Thirty cents a bushel is the latest Quotations on corn. This is authentic Qnd conies from a jury of six O’Neill !ien whose judgment of the value of rain is equal to any member of the rain exchange. The jury in the case of the state Qgainst Charles Folk, a young lad of Terdigris township, last night at 10 ti’clock brought in a verdict of “guilty iccording to the information,” and ilxed the value of the goods stolen at 3b cents. The case was an action in petty larceny on complaint of John Irwin, Who claimed the Folk boy had stolen 4 bushel of corn from his field on November 17. The trial of the case Was begun Tuesday in County Judge Malone’s court, with the following Jury: Claud Derby, Ira Lapham, Frank Phalln, Mike Ryan, Arthur puffy and Frank Biglin, all of O’Neill. County Attorney Whelan prosecuted *nd L. C. Chapman defended the Folk boy. A large number of witnesses Were examined and many people from the Page neighborhood attended the trial. The law requires a twofold restitu tion, hence the boy has to restore 60 bents. He was lined $1 and costs, Which will amount to about $90. Sentiment is not so much against the boy as other members of the family Who are said to be responsible. Peo ple in the neighborhood of Page have been bothered by petty thieving for a tong eime and they feel that a stop Should be put to it. The Markets South Omaha,November27—Special market letter from Nye Schneider Fowler Co. The cattle have been coming along very liberally the past week consider ing the condition of the market. The receipts in Chicago have been even more liberal and their market weaker proportionately. It now takes very good corn fed steers to fetch $5 60. The choicer kind of stickers and feed ers have shown less decline than any other kinds. While we do not look •fqr much improvement before the first of the year still we think values are down about to bed rock. We quote: Choice dry lot beef, corn fed$4 75@5 50 Fair to good. 4 25(a>4 75 Choice range beef. 4 00(5)4 85 Others down to. 2 75(5) Choice cows. 2 75(a)3 40 Oanners & cutters. 1 00(5)2 00 Veal calves. 4 00(a0 00 Bulls, stags, etc. 1 50(5)3 00 Heavy feeeders. 4 00(a)4 50 Medium. 3 40(5)4 00 Stockers. 2 50(a)4 00 Stock heifers . 1 75(5)2 75 Nearly another $1 has been taken off the hog prices since our last letter and they have reached the $4 mark so much predicted and even below. They are now down to a value where packers want hogs. Range $4 to $4.15. Sheep are suffering another severe decline this week, which will bring them to the lowest point of the seas on. Educational Notes. The Holt County Teachers’ associ ation will hold a session December 14, at O'Neill. The following program will be rendered at that time: “The Disturbing School Element, How to Control It,” Supt. J. F. Pow ers, Stuart. Discussions, Supt. J. G. Mote, O’Neill, Miss Minnie Miller, Atkinson. “A Teacher’s Preparation,” Miss Celia Gorby, O’Neill. Discussions, Supt. R. R. Hill, Ewing, Miss Alice Harper, Page. “What Should be the Equipment of a Model Country School,” Miss Laca Pillen, Mineola. Discussions, T. M. Gushee, Inman, Miss Maud Lumsden, Atkinson. Supt. I. A. Downy, a member of the teachers’ reading circle board of the state, will talk on reading circle work. Supt. Robert Thomson of Randolph will give his illustrated lecture on The Birds of Nebraska. A banquet will be given in the even ing during which time the Stuart band will give a few selections of music. Florence E. Zink, County Superintendent. County Deposits. According to the bank statements for November, Holt county has $50, 500.17 on deposit in twelve banks of the county. The sum is apportioned off as follows: O’Neill National.$9,818.17 First Natipnal, O’Neill. 0,782.00 Atkinson National. 5,500,00 First National, Stuart. 5,500.00 Inman State. 2,000.00 Citizen bank, Stuart. 5,500.00 First National, Atkinson. 5,500.00 Chambers: tate. 4,000 00 Ewing state. 2,500.00 Pioneer, Ewing. 2,500.00 Fidelity, O’Neill. 5,500.no Emmet state. 1,500.00 Total. .$50,500.17 M?NOR MENTION I am prepared to write fire, light ning, tornado and wind insurance in the best of companies, both old line and mutual, at the best of rates. If you are in need of any insurance give me a call.—L. G. Gillespie, O’Neill, Nebraska. 22-tf A. Baker arrived in the city last Friday afternoon and spent Saturday and Sunday visiting relatives and friends here, leaving for his home at Cheyanne, Wyo., Sunday night. Dell says he is well satisfied with his new position as it enables him to be at home all the time. The positions pays #2,600 a year. » Oscar Hoxie and Jake Ernst, jr., ad mitted taking the box containing $15 in money from the Thomas saloon Wednesday of last week when brought before Justice Golden. Ernst plead guilty to having taken #5 of the money. The law requires the resti tution of double the amount stolen, so Ernst paid back $10, besides $1 fine and the costs amounting to $7, mak ing a total of #18. Hoxie paid the other #10 with #10 additional, #1 fine and $8 costs, making a total of #29. The saloon got back #30 for the #15 stolen. Miss Florence Zink attended a meet ing of the state junior normal com mittee at Lincoln last Saturday to ar range the work for next year’s nor mals. Dr. II. K. Wolfe of the University of Nebraska, who super intended the normal here this year, will head the O’Neill normal which will open June 8 for a six week’s term. Plans are being made much earlier for the 1908 junior normals than for those of this year. The attendance will probably be increased as well as the schools being made more effectual, though they were very successful last summer. A correction of the Omaha and Lin coln paper’s figures on district judges in the Fifteenth district is in order. They are 200 votes short on Douglas’ vote in Boyd county and thus make it appear that Harrington carried Boyd by 83 votes. Douglas got 903 votes in Boyd instead cf 703, as published by these papers. Mr. Douglas had a majority of 117 over Harrington in Boyd county and Jenckes a majority of 93 over Westover. According to the Omaha and Lincoln papers Har rington carried the district by 440, whereas the majority is 240. David Moore, better known as “Roscoe,” is in the city after an ab sence of about two years. He got in to trouble after leaving here with the South Dakota authorities and then with the federal authorities. The main cause of his trouble is believed to have been bad associates and after the experiences of the past two years seems determined to set himself square with the world, and his friends here show a spirit of helpfulness. He learned the cement workers trade while at Sioux Falls and is now assist ing in the building of the sidewalks at the Knights of Columbus building. Farmers down about Lincoln have taken the right method to bring the packing houses to their milk. The drop in the price of hogs one half the past few weeks inspired farmers down that way to go into the city of Lincola with dressed pork. The price of meat remained about the same, notwith standing the decline of the hog mark et. So these farmers butchered their hogs and peddled the meat around Lincoln and sound a customer at near ly every house. The people secured good meat at a reasonable price and the farmer received a good price for his hogs. One way for wives to help their hus bands observe the injunction not to covet their neighbor’s better half is some sort of regard for personal ap pearance about the home. A woman who would not appear upon the street except she were togged out in the latest style has no compunction at ap pearing before her family day after day garbed in any sort of an old gown and frequently going around with one of her husband’s old coats on, with her head bundled up in rags. Person al appearance has much to do with the (preservation of personal charms and the retention of sponsal harmony at the fireside. Mrs. J. C. Horiskey was badly burn ed about the face and arms one day last week. The furnace fire had died down to a few smoldering embers, which she undertook to revive with some kerosene and a match. She poured a quantity of the inflamable fluid on what looked to be a mass of black, ^cold and dead coal and then closed the furnace door. Then she lighted a match to ignite it. Gas rap idly accumulated in the furnace from the kerosene and when Mrs. Horiskey opened the door to apply the lighted match a tlame of fire burst right out into her face. The burns were quite severe, but the healing process will bring about a speedy recovery. SUES FOR $5,500 LOAN A. J. Shearer Brings Action Against Prudential Insurance Company. MORTGAGE, BUT NO MONEY PAID After Signing Notes and Giving Mort gage Comrany Fails to Furnish the Cash. A. J. Shearer has filed suit in dis trict court, through Attorney M. F. Harrington, against the Prudential Insurance Company of America, one of the (.Id time concerns of New Jersey, for #5,500 and interest at seven per cent from July 12, 1907. The suit, or rather the petition of Mr. Shearer, discloses a rather un usual proceedure. The Prudential, while primarily an Insurance com pany, does a loaning business also. J. A. Durland of Norfolk is their agent for the northern section of Nebraska. Last summer Mr. Shearer, it is alleg ed in his petition, applied for a loan of $5,500, the loan to be secured by a mortgage on real estate located in this county. The company’s real es tate inspector was sent out and made an inspection of the land Mr. Shearer offered as security for the loan. The loan was approved and a mortgage ex ecuted against the land by Mr. Shear er and his wife, also one note for #5,500 to run five years and ten inter est notes of $137.50 each. The whole proceeding was in cor rect form and approved by the com pany, the petition states, but the money Mr. Shearer was to get was never paid over, The mortgage was placed on record and Mr. Shearer, ac cording to his petition, finds his prop erty encumbered to the extent of #5,500 for which he received nothing. He now brings suit to compel the in surance company to pay him the #5,500 agreed upon, with Interest at the rate of seven per cent from July 12,1907, the date when the mortgage and notes were executed. FOR SALE—Southwest quarter section seven, township twenty-nine, range twelve, 160 acres. The L. Fin negan farm, eight miles northwest of O’Neill. Submit price fcnd terms. Am willing to make terms easy with one quarter cash down. Address,Chas. E. Head, McAlester, Ok’o. 22-2 Methodist Chnrch Items. On Friday evening of last week the members and friends of the Methodist church came to the parsonage and filled it full to overflowing. But for the fact that so many stayed out of doors, we should not have known what to do with them. Tne purpose of the gathering seems to have been to “pound the preacher and his wife.” In spite of the crowd, we had a delight ful evening, got better acquainted with the people, and will try to de serve the many good things that were left behind. The usual services will be held at our church Sunday, beginning at 10 o’clock a. m. with a class meeting led by Mrs. O. O. Snyder. Sermon by the pastor at 10 30, subject, “Seeking a Kingdom and the Result. ” Sunday school at 12 m. Plenty of room and a place for any and everybody. C- me and study the lesson with us. The J unior League service at 3 o’clock will be led by Miss Ethel Conklin. We should like to see every Junior in his or her place. At 6:30 p. m. we expect to have a very interesting Epworth League service, to which all of our young people and any others who wish to attend, are cordially invited. Sermon by the pastor at 7:30 p. m., subject, “The Lord’s Side.” To this, as to all other services of our church, you are cordially Invited. Prayer meeting Thursday evening at 7:30. T. S. Watson, Pastor. For Sale. Southwest quarter section seven, township twenty-nine, range twelve, 160 acres. The L. Finnegan farm eight miles northwest of O’Neill. Submit price and terms. Am willing to make terms easy with one quarter cash down. Address, Chas. E. Head, 22- 2 MoAlester, Okie. Closing Out Sale. Going absolutely out of business here we have decided to sell our entire stock of men’s overcoats, men’s suits, boys suits of clothing at wholesale prices. This is not a discount sale: this is a closing out sale. You will get factory prices on anything we have in the store. We have about 5,000 pairs of shoes of all kinds for men, women and children. You can buy all you want of them at wholesale prices. Remember this is not a dis count sale, but a closing out sale. All goods will be sold at factory prices while they last. Come early and get the best selections. 23- 2 Sullivan & Co., O’Neill, Nebr.