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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 6, 1908)
t The Frontier. <! VOLUME XXIX. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6,1908 NUMBER 7 WILL GET IN T03 GAME O'Neill Will Organize a Professional Ball Team. FIRST GAME NEXT SUNDAY Strong Team to Operate During the Next Two Months.—Get Some ot' Last Year’s Players. A committee consisting of J. F. O’Donnell and D II. Cronin canvassed the town last Saturday to ascertain if our sport-loving people were willing to contribute to the support of a good, fast ball team in this city during the months of August and September. The committee met with splendid success, raising about $350 in cash and getting the promise of that much more to be paid on September 1. The successful financing of the team being assured, a meeting was held in the office of Dr. Berry in the evening for the purpose of organizing. After a thorough discussion and a report of the soliciting committee it was de cided to perfect an organization by the election of a board of directors of nine citizens, they to have full control of the team and select such officers as they deemed necessary. The follow ing were elected as directors: Sanford Parker, Ed F. Gallagher, J. F. O’Donnell, Dr. G. M. Berry, D. H. Cronin, S. J. Weekes, J. J. Thomas, Arthur Ryan and O. F. Biglin. At a meeting of the directors Ed F. Gal lagher was elected chairman, J. F. O’Donnell secretary and treasurer and Sanford Parker manager. It is the intention of the manage ment to put a good, fast team in the field, as good if not better than that which won glory for O’Neill on the diamond last season. Ray Bradley, who was one of the star twirlers on the team last season and who has been pitching fast ball for the Oska loosa team of the Central association this summer, has been secured and will report here August 12. Phil Primley, another of our last season’s pitchers, will also again wear an O’Neill uniform, and Bill Wil son will probably do the receiving. Other fast players will be secured so that by next week the O’Neill ball team will be in shape to contest for the supremacy on the diamond with the fastest aggregation in lis part of the state. The first game of the season will be played upon the O’Neill diamond next Sunday afternoon with the Plainview team. Plainview has one of the fastest teams in this section this season, having lost only three or fou» games out of twenty played. The game promises to be fast and interesting, and should be attended by all lovers of the national game. Phil Primley will do the twirling for O’Neill. Game called at 2:30. Sioux City Journal: Nebraska was admitted to the union in 1867. In every presidential election, save one, it has followed the example of Iowa and given its electoiial vote to the re publican candidate. The exception was in 1896, which was a hard times year for Nebraska, when it voted for Bryan. South Dakota was admitted iu 1889. It cast 'ts lirst electorial vote in 1892 for Benjamin Harrison. In 1896 the hard times pinched it over to Bryan, but it lias been back in the re publican column since. It was the hard times that carried these states in 1896, and not Mr. Bryan. Both states are now enjoying prosperity, and tiie natural thing to anticipate is that both will keep company with Iowa in giving support to Judge Taft. There are those who place Nebraska in tiie doubtful column, but the reas on for doing so is not as good as it was in 1900, when the state went against Bryan and for McKinley. No one thinks seriously of putting South Dakota in the doubtful list. Corporation or Trust? Atkinsen Graphic: Our friend Eves, of the Democrat, says we do not know the difference between a copor ation and a trust and since we have considered tiie question, will admit that it is a little mixed in our mind and we will call on our esteemed broth er to straighten us out >and explain, for instance, what is tiie Clipper mine, a coporation or a trust? We know that a good many Holt county citizens trusted tiie officials of tiie company and put up many a good hard earned dollar trusting to get it back and fail ing in their trust does it make the company a corporation or is it still a trust where trusting individuals can still put their money? Card of Thanks. We wish to express our thanks to all tiie kind friends for help and symp athy during the six month’s sickness and tiie death of our beloved baby, Lauretta. — Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Fouts. LOCAL MATTERS Miss Anna Coyne spent Sunday in Ewing. Brownie Ward was a Norfolk visitor Sunday. Edward Adams was up from Chamb ers Tuesday. Wanted—Two girls for hotel work. —Dewey Hotel. 6-3 Base ball at the ball park Sunday afternoon at 2:30. G. F. Durland of Plainview was in the city Tuesday. Hogs keep around the $6 mark on the local market. W. G. Arganbright of Atkinson was in the city Tuesday. Its about time local republicans were organizing a Taft club. O’Neill vs. Plainview at the ball park next Sunday afternoon. S. S. Wymore and wife of Stuart registered at the Evans Monday. Dr. Corbett, Dentist, in O’Neill August 17, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26, 27. Frank Clark returned last night from a two week’s stay in Omaha. For Sale—Lot 12, block 13, original town of O’Neill.—John Gruesch. 5-tf W. W. Bethea of Ewing was circul ating among O’Neill friends last Fri day. J. H. Bellar and C. N. Cams, both of Neligh, were O’Neill visitors on Monday. S. Demin was down from the ex treme northwest part o(f the county Tuesday. For Sale or Rent—My residence in the northern part of the city.— John Dwyer. 7-tf A baby girl came to brighten the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Townsend yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Hancock spent last week with friends and relatives at Inman. The O’Neill race meet begins two weeks from yesterday and continues for three days. A. J. Johnson, cashier of the Bruns wick State bank, was an O’Neill visit or last Sunday. Mrs. D. McGrane of Norfolk is in the city visiting at the home of Mrs. C. B. Hancock. Atkinson defeated Stuart on the Atkinson diamond last Tuesday, by a score of 17 to 2. A baby girl is reported at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Werner of Em met, born July 30. I am still headquarters for the best flour in Holt county for the least money.—Con Keys. 7-lpd Mrs. A. B. Sweet of Atkinson is in the city, visiting at the home of her sister, Mrs. Deveson. A good second-hand Deering binder for sale cheap; in good repair. In quire of P. S. Hughes. 5-tf Lovers of base ball should attend the game next Sunday afternoon and cheer for the home team. Mrs. E. S. Eves, Master Howard and Miss Mina, departed Monday for a visit at Summerfield, Kan. Andrew Gallagher came up from Laurel Tuesday for a short visit with his many friends in this city. A small building has been erected on upper Fourth street for the oc cupancy of Thomas Tierney. Mrs. M. O’Neill returned Sunday from Omaha, where she had been in a hospital for a few weeks. Levi Van Valkenberg, the old time apostle of the genuine Jacksonian brand, was up from Inman Tuesday. Jame9 Armstrong, sr., is slowly im proving and it is hoped that he will soon be recovered from his sick spell. A. N. Huse, junior editor the Nor folk Daily News, was in the city Fri day last in the interest of his paper. On Tuesday Judge Malone issued license to wed to John E. Lesline of Persin, la., and Alice May Norton of Stuart. Phil Primley arrived in town Tues day, the first of the ball players to line up for duty on the new team just started. Miss Margaret Harrington, who has been visiting at Hancock, Mich., the past eight months, returned home Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Mann left Tues day for their home in Chicago, after a ten day’s visit with relatives and friends here. M. F. Ryan went to Stuart Sunday evening, having accepted a position in Harry Shank’s general mercantile establishment. He expects to move his family there in a few weeks. “Slumber parties” are getting to be a popular diversion. There was no such thing in we older codgers’ young er days, but there was many a “slumb erless” night in keeping up the social pace. N. J. Lorge of Wilmont, Minn., ar rived in the city Tuesday evening for a visit at the home of his sister, Mrs. D. H. Cronin. Wanted—Two or four good work mares, weighing from 1,400 to 1,000 each. Address, William Flavin, O’Neill, Neb. 7-1 Dr. John Gallagher came up from St. Louis, Mo., last Thursday to spend a few weeks visiting his parents and other relatives here. The Richters were in town yester day from their fertile domains over north and took out a new horse power threshing outfit. Mrs. L. E. Carscallen and children returned last Thursday evening from Tilden, where they had been visiting relatives the past month. D. A. Doyle went to Norfolk Mon day to hear the address of his uncle, Rev. Father Nugent, at the Chautau qua assembly that afternoon. Mrs. Roy Smith and little daughter departed this morning for Lincoln, where they will visit with relatives the remainder of this month. The board of supervisors convened Monday as a board of equalization to consider any further kicks the taxpay ers might offer on this year’s assess ment. Miss Maggie Hurley arrived in the city Monday from Cody, Wy., where she has been teaching the past two years, and will visit with friends here for a few weeks. W. K. Hodgkin came up from Lin oln Thursday last and will go out to the farm some time this week to re main for about a month, when he will return to Lincoln. Ed F. Gallagher, Sanford Parker, Charles Stout and Frank Camped, jr., drove to Atkinson Tuesday in a “smoke wagon” and took in the Stuart-Atkinson ball game. The children and some of the older members of the Methodist Sunday school enjoyed an outing yesterday, passing the time in picnic style in Mr. Doyle’s grove west of town. Corn is in need of a sprinkle of rain again, which would also be acceptable as an equalizer of the temperature, which has been holding up to a white heat at a pretty steady gait for two weeks. Reports from Ainsworth indicate Bryan enthusiasm there is about on a par with the same at O’Neill. An at tempt to organize a “Volunteer” club failed because nobody attended the meeting. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Twitchell of Oma ha arrived in the city last evening. Mr. Twitchell will be a member of the O’Neill ball team during the next two months, holding down a position on the intield. C.W. Moss was down from Atkinson Monday. Mr. Moss says he and Mrs. Moss recently returned from a five week’s trip along the Pacific coast, from northwest Oregon to Los Angelas, Cal. J. J. Thomas went down to Omaha Sunday, returning Monday. Mrs. Thomas, who has been in a hospital there for the past month, is getting along nicely and will be able to return home in about two weeks. Mrs. Graham and children, who have been visiting friends here the past three weeks, returned to their home at Omaha Tuesday. Miss Mar garet Hunt accompanied them for a two week’s visit in Omaha. John Ryan, who has been one of the popular and efficient clerks in Mc Manus’ general mercantile establish ment, left Tuesday night for Valen tine, where he has accepted a position in the leading store in that town. Lew Combs was up from Ewing Tuesday swapping yarns with his O’Neill friends. Lew has just return ed from a two month’s visit with relatives in New Jersey and says that old Holt looks better than ever to him now. Rev. M. F. Cassidy and O. F. Biglin left Monday for a trip to Albion and Greeley to look over new church build ings recently put up in those towns with the view of getting some “point ers” for the proposed new Catholic church here. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Halloran of In man and their daughter and her hus band, Mr. and Mrs. Coffin of Burwell, were in O’Neill Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Coffin have been visiting at the Halloran home since Friday last. Mr. Halloran and Mr. Coffin made a short call at this office while in town. The city levy is gradually decreasing, which is a pleasing bit of information to the taxpayers whose groans had been becoming louder year by year by reason of heavy taxation. From a levy of 52 mills a few years ago it is now down to 35 mills, the levy made by the council this year. This is a reduction of 5 mills from last year’s levy. Lauretta, the eighteen-month old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Fouts, died last Friday evening after an ill ness of about six months. The funeral was held Saturday afternoon, the re mains being interred in the Protest ant cemetery. Harvesting is about over and the threshers are getting their rusty machinery oiled up to separate the grain from the cliatl. The weather has been just about Ideal all through havest and there will be no loss on account of spoiled grain. The Frontier is always prepared to furnish wedding announcements and invitations in the lastest fashions. The dainty, properly printed kind cost no more than poorly prepared in vititations. The Frontier does them right because it has the facilities. R. R. Hickson had legal business in Norfolk the first of the week. While there he heard Senator La Follette of Wisconsin deliver his Chautauqua lecture Tuesday afternoon. Dick says he is a pleasing speaker and one of the longest winded orators he ever heard. An Atkinson girl hinted to a young man recently that her thimble was worn out. He sent her a new one next day with a note which read, “I send you a thimble for fingers nimble, which I hope will fit when you try it. It will last you long If it’s half as strong as the hint you gave me to buy It.” J. P. Gallagher is getting quite a reputation as a fisherman. In com pany with his brother, Dr. Gallagher, he was out on the South Fork Tues day and succeeded in landing a 7i pound pickerel, which he had at the store a few hours Wednesday morning to be admired by the disciples of Isaac Walton. C. B. Moore of Oakdale, field secre tary of the state executive committee of the Young Men’s Christian asso ciation of Nebraska, was in the city yesterday to enlist aid for the associ ation work and also to secure a local representative here. D. B. Grosvenor formerly represented the association at this point. James Early, the expert farmer and stcgjk raiser from the Eagle, was in town Monday with a load of heavy porkers which he sold to local buyers for 8o.90 per hundred. Jimmie gen erally has something to sell when he comes to town that the local dealers consider worth as fancy a price as the markets will stand. The “old settler” who use to get his choice of as iine water melons as ever grew for a "dime thinks three cents a pounds is a pretty stiff price to pay for them now. Many wagon loads of melons have gone begging for a buyer on the O’Neill market in years gone by when everybody raised them, but about all that is offered now is an inferior variety of imports, and they at an extra vagent price. The town has had two lire scares within a few days. A brief blaze last Saturday at the home of Mrs. Ryan in the east part of town brought out the iire department and the usual crowd of excited citizens. About one o’clock Tuesday a blaze was discovered in an old building at the rear of Bentley’s store. An alarm was sounded and the lire department responded and soon had the lire extinguished. The dam age was slight in both instances. Although Kansas has been exceed ingly fortunate this year in an agri cultural way, a paper gives these in stances of hard luck: A man had a garden located on a hillside. He went out to get some potatoes for dinner and in prying out a potatoe it got away from him and rolled down the Hillside wrecking his residence. The next day one of his watermelons was kicked by a horse and sprung a leak, drowning seventeen of his wife’s ducks. For the second time during the month of July, John Leese of Mineola was called upon to mourn the death of a near relative. He received a message last week announcing the death of his sister, Jennie Lease, age 42, at her home in Alpina, S. D. She had suffered from cancer for a year. Her many Holt county friends mourn her death and extend the relatives their heartfelt sympathy in their bereavement. Mr. Lease’s father died a few weeks ago. Boys in knee pants look bad pulling cigarettes and there is either a laxity in home training or an alarmiDg pervercity in the rising generation that makes the cigarette boy so num erous. Boys of very tender age who make and smoke the deadly little white rolls are plentiful about town and they do not seem to want to con ceal it. There is a law forbidding the sale of tobacco to children, the enforce ment of which is as important as that of the pure food law, and some ex amples should be made of those who persist in disregarding it. THIRTY PER CENT INCREASE State Board Hits Us Hard.—Com mittee Goes to Get Reduction. The state board of equalization, in adjusting real estate values, give the values returned by the assessors of Holt county a boott of 30 per cent. They have raised the valuation from $1.60 per acre to $9.85. It is believed by the county assessor and board of supervisors that this is an unwarrant ed increase. Therefore Assessor Skid more, Supervisors Keyes and Rocke and Messrs. S. J. Weekes and T. V. Golden went to Lincoln Monday to endeavor to induce the board to see I-Iolt county real estate values as they are and reduce the same to the origin al figure. Seven sixty per acre looks like a low average for land, but in a large county like this comprising all kinds of soils, from the two-dollar-an-acre sand hill land to sixty-dollar-an-acre farm land the average is about right for assess ment purposes. The raise made by the state board does not effect city and village prop erty. _ Methodist Church Items. Next Sunday morning the pastor will take for ills subject. "The Sword of the Spirit.” This will be the final sermon of the series on, "The Christain’s Armour”. In the evening, we will take for the subject of our discourse, “David; or, From a Sheepcote to the Throne”. Everybody is most cordially Invited to attend these services. The class meeting, at the close of the morning service, is always interesting and helpful and we are glad to have all friends tarry with us for a half hour. It will surley do you good, and encourage us. Junior League service at 3 o’clock Sunday afternoon, to which we cordial ly invite all boys and girls. The Jun iors are wide awake, and ready to do what they can to help. They have paid five dollars on the pastor’s salary, and are planning other good deeds. Epworth League Sunday evening at 7 o’clock. For this service the young people are responsible, and every Ep worthian should strive to be in his or her place every time. The subjcpt for Sufifiay evening is, "Unselfish for Christ’s sake.” A splendid subject, and we will have a good leader ap pointed. Sunday school Sunday morning at 9: lo. We have a wideawake school and we are pleased to have our friends come in with us. A little more atten tion to matter of being on time, would add greatly to the interest of the op pening service. “Better late than never” ; but, better, never late. Prayer Meeting and Bible Class every Thursday evening at S o’clock. We have a delightful time studying the Sunday school lesson, and should be glad tohaye all of our friends come in and take a part with us in this ser vice. Mrs. Kelly, wife of the Rev. W. C. Kelly of Osmond, Nebr., with her two children, was a visitor at the Meth odist parsonage Tuesday. T. S. Watson, Pastor. Big Horse Sale. I will sell at public auction at the Northwestern stock yards in O'Neill, on Saturday, August 15, beginning at 2 o’clock, p. m. seventy-live head of good western horses. Some broke, all good, young well bred horses. Rem ember the date. L. L. Frye. Joseph Zabarowski of Inman towife ship filed complaint in Justice Gold en’s court against Henry Kasperski, also of Inman township. Zabarowski alleges that he fears for his life and the safety of his personal property. Kasperski was brought before Judge Golden Monday afternoon and on ac count of the absence of an interpreter the case was continued for thirty days. ___ Jack Warner is setting the pace for corn growers this summer. He has a field of superb corn just south of the Northwestern tracks in a patch of ground that has been considered al most useless because of a rank growth of weeds taking posession and it be ing a wet spot. Jack didn’t succeed in killing off the weeds, but has got about the nicest piece of corn in the country in spite of them. United States senator W. B. Allison of Iowa died suddenly of heart disease at his home in Dubuque Tuesday afternoon. Governor Cummins has already announced himself a candid ate to succeed him, and there promises to be another warm political scrap in Iowa. Jupiter Pluvius is teasing a little today, with indications of something more substantial to follow. The O’Neill ball team goes to Plain view next Tuesday to play them a return game. PRIMARY LIST COMPLETE All Ready for the Contest for the Nominations. ALL APPLICANTS IN AT FINISH A Few Instances of More 'rr n One Wanting the Nomination for the Same Otliee. The list of candidates has been com pleted for the primary election and show some new names in the political arena. Among these are J. A. Dono hoe of this city for the fusion nomin ation for state senator and J. U. Yantzi for the republican nomination for supervisor in the O’Neill district. The complete list of candidates follows: Republican—F. W. Phillips, state senator; H. A. Allen of Atkinson and W. W. Bethea of Ewing, representa tives; L. C. Chapman of O’Neill, county attorney; supervisor First dis trict, Henry Henning of Sand Creek; Thi id district, J. U. Yantzi of O’Neill: Fifth district, Conrad Kramer of Stuart; Seventh district, G. E. Moore of Inman. Fusionisls—J. A. Donohoe of O’ Neill, state senator; H. R. Henry of Disney and T. J. Wilbernof Atkinson, representatives; E. H. Whelan, coun ty attorney; supervisor First district, Otto Nilson of Phoenix; Third district, J. A. Golden of O’Neill; Fifth district, J. D. Grimes of Chambers; Seventh district, N. D. Segar of Stuart. Populist—S. M. Aldridge of Atkin son, supervisor First district. Socialist—Durant Hunt of Page, county attorney. Phoenix. Otto Nilson had business at the county seat last week. Lynn Stockwell is spending the week at his home In Butte. Jesse Anderson is tiere from Nortli Dakota visiting friends. Mrs. C. Keeler called at the Parshall home Saturday morning. Lucy West has returned to Iowa, after a two week’s stay here. Several people from here attended the dance at Dave Lamphler’s last Saturday eAening. Bert Anderson, who came down from Haley, N. D., two weeks ago, is working for Ray Coburn. Henry Bartels and Mabel Keeler took supper with Mr. and Mrs. Hai men Damero Saturday evening. Friend Keeler and wife spent Sun day at Mrs. Coburn’s and that even ing took supper with Mr. and Mrs. Sylie. Mrs. Ray Coburn, Ruth and Ralph, and Bert Anderson went to Butte Saturday afternoon, returning the next day. Mrs. Damero and Lena and Mrs. Sylie and baby were visitors at the Manchester home near Turner Sat urday last. Rollie Twyford will entertain the devotees o( the light fantastic with a barn dance Saturday night, to which he bids all welcome. George Sylie went over to Wallace Johnson’s at Ray Monday to meet Abe Saunto and Sam Abduor, who came out on the stage from O’Neill that day. We learn that Ed Ellrs has disposed of his farm and other property here and expects to leave with his family this week for New Mexico, where they will make their home. Mabel and Jessie Keeler went to Anncar Thursday last and spent a pleasant day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh O’Neill. Their visit was also profitable as they brought home several quarts of buffalo berries. Family cares evidently weigh heavy on the shoulders of the married men of this community who used to be heard from on the base ball diamond. They tackled a team of single fellows last Saturday and were pretty badly "trimmed.” Ray Items. Nearly everyone has their grain har vested. Mr. Charles Bigler dug a well for Mr. Kidd a few days ago. Mrs. Twyford visited Mrs. Con naughton Tuesday forenoon. May and Edyth Connaughton were Sunday visitors at W. R. Johnson’s. Quite a number from here attended a dance at Dave Lampher’s Saturday evening and had a very nice time. Mr. and Mr. Kidd, Alice Wagner, Jack Gordon and his mother and Mr. and Mrs. R. Twyford were visitors at Stern’s Sunday. Granulated Sore Eyes Cured. "For twenty years I suffered from a bad case of grauulated sore eyes,” says Martin Boyd of Henrietta, Ky. “In February, 1903, a gentleman asked me to try Chamberlain’s Saive. I nought one box and used about two thirds of it and my eyes have not giv en me any trouble since.” This salve is for eale by Gilligan & Stout.