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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.
