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VOLUME XXIX. O'NEILL. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY. JULY 30.1908 NUMBER 6
LINING OP FOR PRIMARY
Chapman for Republican Nomination
for County Attorney.
WHELAN A CANDIDATE AGAIN
Socialist Candidate Also in the Field.
—Petitions Probably Hot All in
Before Last Day.
It is probable that the names of all
candidates for county offices will not
be in before the last day for filing,
Saturday. Those who have tiled their
petitions with the counoy clerk to go
on the piimary ballot are: For county
attorney, L. C. Chapman, republican;
E. II. Whelan, democrat and populist;
Durant Hunt of Page, socialist. Sup
ervisor First district, Henry Henning
of Sand Creek, republican; John A,
Golden of O’Neill, Third district,
democrat and populist; J. D. Grimes
of Chambers, Fifth district, democrat
and populist. There are republican
candidates in two supervisor districts
and fusionist in one to tile yet, besides
candidates for representatives.
Thursday morning three additional
petitions to those already on file were
filed with the county clerk. Conrad
Kramer comes out for the republican
nomination for supervisor in the
seventh district and N. D. Segar for
the demo-pop nomination. H. A.
Allen of Atkinson tiled a petition to be
placed on the ticket for the republican
nomination for representative from
the west end of the county. The
balance of the petitions will probably
be filed Friday.
Methodist Church Items.
Next Sunday morning an opportun
ity will be given for any, who desire
to do so, to unite with our Church,
either on probation or into full mem
bership. The rite of Baptism will be
administered to such canidates as may
present themselves at that time. The
subject of the morning sermon will be,
"Called to be Discipiles.” The subject
or our evening discourse will be, “At
tend to your own Affairs”. We most
cordially invite everybody to attend
these services.
Sunday school at 9.45 Sunday morn
ing. The committee on Sunday school
Picnic will be ready to report at that
time. Be on hand to hear it.
I he Class Meeting will follow imme
diately after the morning service.
We, somehow, expect to see the larg
est attendance of the year next Sunday.
It will do you good to stay and partic
ipate in this service.
Junior League service at 3 o’clock
Sunday afternoon. All boys and girls
are invited to attend the service and
to unite with our League.
Epworth League service Sunday eve
ning at 7 o'clock. Subject, “How
Jesus Masters Our Prejudice.” Reub
en Butler is to lead. We especially in
vite all young people to atted and take
a part in this service.
Prayer Meeting and Bible Study
Class Thursday evening at 8 o’clock.
To this as to all services of our Church
we extend a cordial invitation to
everybody, especially to the strangers
who may be visiting in our city.
T. S. Watson, Pastor.
Kola Items.
Mrs. Victor Howarth lias received
the sad intelligence that her brother,
serving in the United States navy and
stationed in Florida, was accidently
drowned while bathing.
Jacob Pfund, sr., went to the county
seat last week for a few day’s stay.
Mrs. and Miss Monroe returned last
week from West Point. They dis
3 covered that during their absence
some hungry cuss had broke into their
smoke house and made away witii a
quantity of ham, shoulders and side
meat.
Over Thirty-Five Years.
In 1872 there was a great deal of diar
rhoea, dysentry and cholera infantum.
It was at this time that Chamber
lain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy wasfirstbroughtintou.se. It
proved more successful than any other
remedy or treatment, and has for
thirty-five jears maintained that rec
ord. From a small beginning its sale
and use has extended to every part of
the United States and tomanyforeign
countries. Nine druggists out of ten
will recommend it when their opinion
is asked, although they have other
medicines that pay them a greater
profit. It can always be depended
upon, even in the most severe and dan
gerous cases. For sale by Gilligan &
Stout.
The demand for false hair among
women has created a large trade be
tween Chinese cemeteries and Amer
ican ports.
LOCAL MATTERS
A good range for sale.—Mrs. James
Sullivan. 2-tf
J. M. Hunter of Hainsville Is in
town today.
E. H. Whelan had business at Sioux
City Tuesday.
Sheriff Hall had business at Atkin
son Wednesday.
Wanted—Two girls for hotel work.
—Dewey Hotel. 6-3
Second hand buggy for sale cheap.—
D. J. P. Gilligan. 3-4pd
Ray Colield departed Monday for a
visit at Vermillion, S. D.
Dr. G. M. Mullen was over from
Creighton the first of the week.
Judge Malone spent the heat of yes
terday on his ranch near Inman.
Dr. Corbett, Dentist, in O’Neill
August 17, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26, 27.
FOR RENT—My farm of good hay
land, 160 acres.—Peter McMonigal.
For Sale—Lot 12, block 13, original
town of O’Neill.—John Gruesch. 5-tf
Mrs. V. Alberts and daughter de
parted Monday for a visit at Davis,
S. D.
Fred Reed and family departed
Tuesday for Pierce, Neb., where they
will reside.
J. A. Donohoe returned last Satur
day from an extended visit at Seattle,
Washington.
We understand Ab Wilcox expects
to move to town from his farm near
Ray postoffice.
L. L. Mandeville started for his old
home in Iowa Tuesday to participate
in a family reunion.
A good second-hand Peering binder
for sale cheap; in good repair. In
quire of P. S. Hughes. 5-tf
Get in the social whirl and go to the
Bonheur Bros show. Me and my best
girl have decided we will go.
The arrival of a daughter is reported
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Kaos'.or of Blackbird last Saturday.
W. E. McRobert is home after sev
eral weeks spent at the Battle Moun
tain sanitarium at Hot Springs, S. D.
Friday is the day, thirty-first is the
date. You get the girl before it is to
late.
Flashy colored posters are up adver
tising the O’Neill races, which take
effect and are in force August 19, 20
and 21.
J . D. Grimes, who wants the fusion
nomination for supervisor in the Fifth
district, was up from Chambers
Tuesday.
Miss Beatrice Cronin entertained a
number of her young friends at a lawn
party at her home last Thursday
evening.
Thirteen 2-year-old steers were kill
ed on the Perkens ranch in Chambers
township last Saturday night. They
were insured.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Mann of Chicago
arrived in the city last week and will
remain a couple of weeks visiting rela
tives and friends.
It’s pretty hot weather, but the
effects noted in the corn fields this fall
will more than compensate for the
present sweat drops.
Jim La Violette went to Stuart yes
terday to “bill the town” for the
O’Neill races. From there he goes to
other towns westward.
Its coming at last. The Bonheur
Bros, dog and pony show. Its the
“real goods,” tested and not found
wanting in the least detail.
The Womans Christian Temperance
Union will meet in the class room of
the Methodist church on Wednasday
evening August 5, at 8 o’clock.
Mrs. F. M. Pixley and son, Norman,
left last Saturday morning for Bar
num, Minn., where they will visit Mr.
Pixley’s parents for several weeks.
The total enrollment of the O’Neill
Junior Normal this year exceeded that
of last year by twenty-six. The en
rollment last year was 152, this year
178.
Tuesday afternoon the “kidlets” of
the east and west side engaged in a
base ball combat on the diamond on
the public school grounds. The east
side lads won.
J. M. Shivley, deputy state commis
of public lands and buildings and can
idate for nomination for commissioner
was in the city Thursday last ascer
taining the feeling, which is quite
favorable, as to his condidaey.
Father—“And so you want to marry
Mr. Brown, my dear. Well, now, do
you think that he shows the proper
industry in his calling.” Daughter—
“1 should think so: why, he’s called
nearly every night for a month.”
TheFrontierisrathershort on space
for news matter owing to an unusal
demand for space for legal notices
Hence the usual amount of reading
must be crowded out until the notices
are run the required number of times.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Record of the Official Proceedings of
That Body.
O'Neill, Nebr., July 14, 1908.
Board of supervisors called to order
in regular July session at 10 o’clock a.
m. All members present. Minutes
of June 18th and 25th read and ap
proved. Upon motion board adjourn
ed until 1 o’clock, p. m.
C. I). Keyes, Chairman.
W. P. Simar, County Clerk.
O’Neill, Nebr., July 14, 1908, 1 p.m.
Board called to order, all members
present.
O’Neill, Nebr., July 14, 1908.
To the Ilororable Board of Supervis
ors:
Your attention is called to the at
tached receipts for 1900 and 1907. My
tax for 1900, on a valuation of $169 was
$7 48, on the nei swi nj sei and sei
sei 27, 57, 15. On the same valuation
in 1907 tlie tax is $14.67 the levies
being the same except a township tax.
As this is an error I ask you to grant
me a refund of tie difference in tax
amounting to $6.00. Respectively,
A. D. Coville.
Upon motion the prayer of the pet
ition of A. D. Coville was granted.
O’Neill, Nebr., June29,1908.
To the Honorable Board of Supervis
ors, Holt county:
In the interest of the countv I
would ask you to redeem from erron
eous tax sale the s£ nj and sei 4, 30,15.
Said sale number 3858 being for the
1905 tax and the records of this office
show the 1905 tax paid before sale was
issued, and order a refund for said
redemption. Respectfully.
J. C. Harnish, County Treasurer.
By C. P. Hancock, Deputy.
Upon motion the prayer of the pet
ition was granted, and a refund grant
ed to the county treasurer to redeem
the same.
Mr. Chairman: I move that the
southwest quarter of the northeast
quarter of section 1, township 31,
range i0, be redeemed from erroneous
tax sale, number 3099, for the year
1904, and treasurer is hereby ordered
to redeem the same and a refund be
granted the county treasurer for the
amount of the redemption.
W. S. Roberts,
J. L. Roll.
Motion carried.
Mr. Chairman: I move that the
county treasurer be ordered to credit
school district number 256 with $2.25
and charge to school district number
123, error on the west half of the
southwest quarter section 24, 32, 14,
year 1906. W. S. Roberts,
J. L. Roll.
Upon motion board adjourned until
9 o’clock tomorrow morning.
C D. Keyes, Chairman.
W. P. Simar, County Clerk.
O’Neill, Nebr., July 15, 1908, 9 a. m.
Board called to order and upon
motion went into committee of the
whole for the purpose of auditing
claims. At 12 o’clock the board ad
journed until 1 o’clock p. m.
0. D. Keyes, Chairman.
W. P. Simar, County Clerk.
O’Neill, Nebr., July 15,1908, 1 p. m.
Board called to order and coutinued
in the committee of the whole until
5 o’clock, p. m., at which time board
adjourned until 9 o’clock tomorrow
morning.
C. D. Keyes, Chairman.
W. P. Simar, County Clerk.
O’Neill, Nebr., July 16, 1908, 9 a. m.
Board called to order. All members
present but Rocke and Roberts. On
motion board went into committee of
the whole until 5 o’clock p. m. at
which time board adjourned until 9
o’clock tomorrow morning.
C. D. Keyes, Chairman.
W. C. Simar, County Clerk.
O’Neill, Nebr., July 17, 1908, 9 a. m.
Board called to order, all members
present but Rocke and Roberts. Up
on motion board went into committee
of the whole until 5 o’clock p. m. at
which time board adjourned until 9
o’clock tomorrow morning.
C. D. Keyes, Chairman.
VV. P. Simar, County Clerk.
O’Neill, Nebr., July 18, 1908, 9 a. m.
Board called to order, all members
present but Rocke and Clarke. On
motion board went into committee of
the whole. At 12 o’clock the board
adjourned until 1 o’clock p. m.
C. D. Keyes, Chairman.
W. P. Simar, County Clerk.
O’Neill, Nebr., July 18, 1908, 1 p. ra.
Board called to order, all members
present but Rocke and Clarke.
Mr. Chairman: I move that the
chairman appoint a committee of
three members of this board to go to
Boyd county to investigate all claims
against the bridge fund of Holt coun
ty, where the counties of Boyd and
Holt are joint debtors, and that the
chairman of this board be chairman
of this committee and the chairman
to take the county clerk and all un
paid claims against Holt county that
originated in Boyd county.
J. A. Golden.
W. S. Roberts.
The chairman appointed the follow
ing committee: Roll, Hickman and
Clerk Sima>\
Whereas, at the delinquent (scaven
ger) tax sale held tile month of No
vember, of the year A. D. 1905, by the
treasurer of Holt county, Nebraska,
numerous lots or parcels of land and
town lots were bid in or bought by the
board of supervisors of said Holt
county and held In trust by said Holt
county;
And it further appears on the rec
ords of said county that the tax sale
certificates on some of the lands and
lots are unredeemed and now held by
Holt county;
Be it resolved that the board of su
pervisors instruct the county attorney
to proceed at once to acquire title by
what is known as the scavenger law
as provided by chapter seventy-five
(75) laws of 19015 to the following lands
and lots in Holt county, Nebraska,and
a list of said lands and lots be lurnish
ed the county attorney by a commit
tee of this board.
Be it further resolved that the
county attorney be and he is hereby
instructed and directed to publish all
notices required in the olllcial paper
of Holt county, Nebraska, The Fron
tier. J. L. Roll,
W. S. Roberts.
Motion carried.
Mr. Chairman: I move that a com
mittee of three of the members of
this board be appointed by the chair
man to furnish a list of lands and lots
to the county attorney on which title
is to be acquired on scavenger law and
that the chairman be one of the com
mittee. S. A. Hickman,
W. S. Roberts.
Motion carried.
Chairman appointed Roll and Gold
en as the other two of the committee.
On motion the board adjourned un
til August 4, at 10 o’clock a. m.
C. D. Keyes, Chairman.
W. P. Simar, County Clerk.
The Live Stock Market
South Omaha, July 29. — Special
market letter from Nye-Schnelder
Fowler Co.
Our cattle market opened up simil
arly to last week with a heavy run
and a break on Monday. Both beef
steers and cows stuff declined from 10
to 15 cents and the feeders are dull
and slow with prices about the same
as Friday. Although the offerings of
corn fed steers continue light at this
market they have been more liberal at
Chicago and the good quality of the
western ranges has in a large measure
supplied the demand, so that the few
corn fed steers that were here suffered
the same slump in prices that other
cattle did. Receipts are lighter to
day and the prospects are that this
week will be a repetition of last week,
with the decline of the forepart of the
week recovered.
Conditions are extremely dull in the
hog market. With the lightest re
ceipts we have yet had the values con
tinue to slide down every day. Pack
ers do not seem to have any need of
the offerings whatever and are in
different as to whether they get any
or not. The provision market has
been declining also. Some of the
wise ones thinks this is being manip
ulated and that after the close of this
month values will take an upward
course again. At the present, how
ever, there is no indication of this.
Prices are 20 to 30 cents lower than a
week ago.
Sheep and lambs have been in mod
erate supply and the market is active
to 10 higher, with prospects fair for
the balance of the week.
Obituary.
Abraham F. Rouse was born in
Okland county, Michigan, on Novem
14, 1832, and died July 17, 1908, age 75
years, 8 months and 3 days. lie was
married to Elizabeth Van Voorhes on
November 7, 1853, who survives him.
To them were born six children, two
of which died in infancy. Their eld
est daughter, Ada, died at the age of
twenty, Ills other children are Al
phonzo L. Rouse, Elmer II. Rouse and
Mrs. Nora Griffith. Mr. Rouse was a
veteran of the civil war, having en
listed in 1863 and served till the close
of hostilities. He was among the
early settlers of Holt county, coming
here in 1880. Everyone who knew
Mr. Rouse or had dealings with him
can give personal testimony to his
worth as a citizen and a man. lie
was an ex-empliary type of plain,
honest manhood, which was the ad
miration of all who knew him.
CARD OF THANKS.
We wish to express our thanks to
the kind friends and neighbors for
their help and sympathy in the death
and burial of our beloved husband and
father.—Mrs. Elizabeth Rouse, A. L.
Rouse, E. II. Rouse, Mrs. Nora
Griffith.
MINOR MENTION
Cl,irk Young of Disney found a dead
cow among Iiis herd Sunday morning
killed by lightning during the night.
The same was insured in one of C. E.
Downey’s companies.
William Flavin, who sold out here
last February and has been prospect
ing in the west with a view to locat
ing, returned to O’Neill last week and
may conclude to remain.
The Golden Furniture and Hard
ware company has added a neat and
substantial little cement building to
their extensive properts and will use
the same for storing oils etc.
A change has apparantly been made
in the democratic program for state
senator. E. S. Eves’ petition has
disappeared and J. A. Donohoe has
entered the arena for the nomination.
Rev. W. V. Daily, a cousin of Mrs.
J. F. Gallagher, who is spending the
summer among Nebraska friends, Is
expected over from Spencer today,
where he has been visiting the past
two weeks.
The Valentine Republican reports
the sale of a 3,000-acre ranch near
Merriman to Burlington railroad
officials for $59,000 cash. A Burling
ton official also recently bought a large
ranch in Rock county.
Abe Saunto has bought the building
which he has occupied with his store
for several years. The property had
been in the hands of an Omaha brew
ing concern for a number of years
past. The deal involved the payment
of about $1,800 back taxes.
Mrs G. A. Hamilton arrived in the
city Monday from Leavenworth,
Wash., to spend a few weeks at the
home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. O.
E. Hall. Mrs. Hamilton is convales
ing from a very severe spell of sickness,
and expects to remain here until fully
recovered.
The Old Settlers’ annual picnic will
be held in Ernest Stein’s grove, six
teen miles north of O’Neill, on August
14. The committee in charge extends
a cordial invitation to everybody to
come to the grove that day and have
a good time. See small bills for par
ticulars.
The “little fellows" went to Page
last Friday and were ingloriously de
feated on the base ball diamond. The
boys account for their downfall in the
circumstance that the Page kids got
the “big men” to help them. On
Saturday the O’Neill high school boys
defeated the Ewing team in an inter
esting game at Orchard.
A soaking rain fell Saturday even
ing that put the finishing touches on
the small grain and insures the larg
est crop harvested in many years. The
rain was general throughout north
Nebraska. Some damage was done by
lightning in Rock county, a farm
house near Basset being destroyed and
a large store at Long Pine badly
damaged.
County Clerk Simar and Supervisors
Roll and Hickman drove over to Butte
Sunday. They constituted a com
mittee authorized by the board of
supervisors to check up the bridge ac
counts with the officials of Boyd
county, and they went to Butte for
that purpose. Mr. Simar returned
Tuesday with Roy Townsend in the
latter’s automobile.
Tiie sheriff’s office receives many
descriptions of men, and some women,
who are wanted at various places all
over the country for various ciiraes.
An odd description was sent to the
sheriff the other day from Central
City, where a German is wanted to
answer the charge of a certain crime.
After the usual details as to size and
looks, the description closes by saying
that the fellow is “easy to sweat” and
that his “feet smell bad.”
An “old settler” gives it as his belief
that its better to plant corn early even
if the young stalks get nipped with
frost than to plant late and have the
corn frosted in roasting ears. He says
he tried the scheme this year of plant
ing a small patch of corn in April.
It went through two freeze ups but
came on thrifty with warm weather
and had fine roasting ears by the 25th
of this month. This, he thinks, dem
onstrates the advantage of early plant
ing.
A complaint was filed in Police
Judge Wise’s court Saturday by Mar
shal Coyne against three agents of the
Supply company of Omaha who have
some business in town and adjacent
territory selling groceries. The arrest
was made on the strength of a section
of the city ordinance providing that
peddlers pay a licence. The grocery
men overlooked this formality and
their arrest followed. The defendants
were taken to police court and furnish
ed bonds for their appearance for trial
Monday. A continuance was asked
by the city authorities Monday until
Friday and the same was granted.
Meanwhile the grocery men are at
liberty. __
STRAIGHTEN THE RIVER
County Surveyor Makes Plat of
Short Cut.
TAKF. CROOKS OUT OF ELKHORN
Believed Great Saving May be Effected
in Matter of Bridges.—Winding
Channel South of Town.
Suveyor Norton is preparing a plat
of a route for the proposed straight
ening of the channel of the Elkhorn
river just south of O’Neill. The pro
ject has been under consideration by
the board of supervisors for some
time. The proposed change entails
the cutting of a new channel north of
the river bed commencing at a point
about 500 feet west of Hagerty’s lake
and running east nearly on a straight ;*
line to the river just below the 75-foot
steel bridge just south of town. This
would carry the river under that i
bridge, some 500 or 000 feet north of
the present river bridge. !
Mr. Norton thinks this change 1
would effect a great saving in bridge 3
expenses, besides affording a much |
better drainage. The channel along j
the route proposed would cover a dis
tance of nearly three-quarters of a j
mile. As the river now Hows it covers i
a mile and a half over the same ter- |
ritory. By the straight route there is
a fall of about six feet to the mile and
the increased velocity of the current J
would carry off nearly three times the
volume of water, hence the 75-foot
bridge would answer the same pur- j
pose that now requires the 225-foot
bridge. Mr. Norton thinks that a
straight channel would save in bridge 1
repairs in ten years an amount equal
to the cost of changing the course of
the river.
Use Calves For Bait. s
There are a good many fish stories
on the market, but now comes one
with all the dignity and importance
of a press dispatch from Worthing S.
D., that is the best yet. During the
high water, the story runs, large pike
and carp made their way up a drain
age canal, with the result that Henry
Hanson, a farmer, lost a calf, carried j
away by a giant pike. The farmer
heard a noise among his cattle and
going out to investigate and found \
several calves standing belly deep in j
water and noticed one little calf
making a desperate effort to pull its
tail free from something. He waded
out cautiously toward the calf and
just as he caught it a monster pike
lashed the water all over him, and for i
a moment he was blinded. Wiping
the water from his eyes, he found the f
calf was being dragged toward deep
water. He made a desperate effort to
reach the animai, but It was dragged
under and drowned.
LOW RATES EAST
via
THE NORTHWESTERN LINE.
Low Round-trip rates will be made
from points on The North Western
Line for the Prohibition National Con
vention, Columbus, Ohio, July 9th to
13th, B. Y. P. U., Clevland, Ohio, July
Oth to 8th; National Educational
Association, Clevland, Ohio, June26th
to-July 1st; G. A. R. Encampment,
Toledo, Ohio, August 27th to 30th
and Knights of Pythias Conclave,
Boston, Mass., July 31st to August 3rd.
For full particulars apply to agents, j
Chichago & North Western Ey. 2-6
A small territory four and a half
miles northeast of Page was cleaned
out of growing grain last Saturday j
night by hail. It was the same gen
eral storm that passed over a large
section of north Nebraska, with the
addition of the hail. An area com
prising two sections was affected.
Those who sustained the loss of all or
a portion of their crops were: Fred
Cronk, Charles Judd, F. C. Baxter, F.
J. Limmerman, Elmer Smith, Ed.
Coon, E. C. Grubb and Herman Brandt
Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy Would
Have Saved Him $100.
“In 1902 I had a very severe attack
of diarrhoea,” says R. N. Farrar of
Cat Island, La. “For several weeks
I was unable to do anything. On
March 18,1907,1 had a similar attack,
and took Chamberlain’s Colic, Chol
era and Diarrhoea Remedy which
gave me prompt relief. I consider it
one of the best medicines of its kind
in the world, and had I used it in 1902
believe it would have saved me a
hundred dollar doctor’s bill.” Sold by
Gilligan & Stout.
For Sale.
A big handsome base burner, nearly
new. Includes pipe, stove board, etc,
5-2pd R. J. Marsh.
The Prince of Wales is receiving an
enthusiastic reception in Canada.