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The Frontier. VOLUME XXIX. O’NEILL. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY. JANUARY 21, 1909 NUMBER 31 LOCAL MATTERS Oranges 20 cents per dozen at Hor iskey’s. 30-2 Good oranges at Horiskey’s, 20 cents per dozen. 30-2 Cash paid for hides at Davison’s harness shop 29-tf House to lent. Enquire at Galla gher’s store. 2Stf Get oranges at lloriskey’s grocery, 20 cents a dozen. 30-2 Don’t let your horses shiver in the cold; get some blankets at Davidson’s harness shop. 29-tf Miss Fannie Millard departed Mon day for a visit at Sioux City and Cher okee, Iowa. Go to Davidson’s harness shop for whips, blankets and all kinds of horse furnishings. 29-tf Bliss Native Herbs, the greatest of family medicines at Albert’s Harness and Shoe Store. 30-2 W. M. Kelly arrived home Monday after a fortnight’s absense in Iowa and South Dakota. Dr. Corbett, Dentist, will be in O’Neill, Feb., 1 to 4 , 8 to 11,15 to 18, 22, to 25 inclusive. It is reported that the Niobrara river is the highest at present it has been for ten years. Try some Bitter Dick Medicated Salt Brick for your horses. Alberts Harness and Shoe Store. 30-2 Conrad Wettlauffer was a caller Tuesday, renewing his subscription to this household necessity. I have some eastern money to loan on farms in Holt county: See R. H Parker, O’Neill, Nebr. 25-8 pd Miss Frances Menlsh visited with friends in South Omaha last week and a portion of this week. Arthur Ryan was passing around the cigars Monday on the arrival of a daughter at his home that morning. We have a few special prices on sewing machines, drop heads from $5.75 and up. Albert’s Harness and Shoe Store. 30-2 For Sale—My residence property at a bargain, if taken at once. Cash payment, and balance on time if de sired —H. P. Dowling. 31-tf Walter Laviollette, who has been at Groton, S. D., the past year where lie has a position in a drug store,spent last week visiting at the home of his parents. 1. P. Gallagher departed Tuesday on a trip to St. Louis and St. Joseph, Mo. While away he will make his purchases of spring and summer mer chandise. Dan Kennell, son of Chris Kennell, who resides northwest of town, re turned last night from a six weeks visit with relatives at Stratford, Ontario, Canada. Highest cash price paid for hides. Also have hides tanned for robes and coats. See some of the work and get prices if you are interested; all work guaranteed first class,or will exchange &s we have a few select robes already on hand—Albert’s Harness and Shoe Store. 30-2 OPERAHOUSE ONE NIGHT ONLY Friday, Jan. 29 THE SUCCESS OF THE CENTURY aROYAL SLAVE | WITH Walter Hubbell as Apila SUPPORTED BY A STR0N6 CAST The Most Powerful and Gorgeous Scenic Production EVER IN THE CITY SEE The Great Valcano Floating Island by Moonlight The Palace of the King and the most elaborate and awe inspiring Marine Spectacle ever presented up on the American stage. EXTRA SPECIAL FEATURE First and only appearance in this city of the original SHEATH GOWN GIRL PRICE ----- 50 Cents Sanford Parker, receiver of the United States Land office, was in Grand Island last week as a witness for the government in 8ome land cases that were tried in federal court. W. IF. Clevish, one of the old-timers of Rockfalls township, was a caller at these headquarters this morning and advanced his subscription and that of his son-in-law, who is a resident of South Dakota, to 1910. The secretary of the Holt County Agricultural society requests us to announce that there will be a meet ing at the office of M. H. McCarty hon Monday evening, January 24, and all members of the society are requested to be present. W. W. Mills tells us his sale last week was one of the best held this winter and that it netted him nearly double the amount he expected. M. T. Elliott was the auctioneer. Mr. Mills expects to make his home in O’Neill but will visit at Meadow tlrove before locating here perman ently. A Baker, special agent of the inter ior department in charge of this dis trict with headquarters at Cheyenne, Wyo., was in the city Saturday and Sunday visiting relatives and friends. Mr. Baker was on his way home from Omaha and Sioux City where he had been taking depositions in some land cases. He left for home Sunday even ing. Prof. N. C. Abbott of Tekamah, late fusion candidate for state super intendent, known in O’Neill for his connection with the summer normal school and the curious but flattering letter issued previous to the primary, has been appointed superintendent of the state institution for the blind by Governor Schallenberger. The Farmers State bank of Hadar, Nebr., was dynamited by robbers last Monday night and $1,940 stolen. The residents of the town heard no com motion during the night and it was gearly 9 o’clock Tuesday morning be fore the citizens of the village were aware of the robbery. Hadar is a little town in Pierce county five miles north of Norfolk, on the Bonesteel line of the Northwestern. The sudden break in temperature from extreme cold to spring-like weather indicates that summer can come as quickly as it disappears. Monday was quite like a day in April, after ten days of severe freezing. Tuesday the light blanket of snow nearly, all disappeared and water ran in rivulets like a day in spring. The Frontier is not prepared to promise its readers that winter is over. “In Mexico” is one of the numerous song hits in “A Eoyal Slave,” which will be seen at the opera house, Jan. 29. Perhaps no better idea of the rich, pulsing nature of Mexican life could be had than by hearing those splendid melodies, characteristic of the people and the time. Sung by sweet voiced singers, they carry their hearers back to the days of Maxi milian, In the land of sunshine and of flowers. F. E. Harrison, formerly of Black bird, this county, but now in the real estate business at Gregory, S. D., was in the city the past week. Mr. Harrison called yesterday at this office and renewed his subscription. He had not yet heard that his home town had won out in the land ottice fight but upon being informed that it had expressed his delight, and said he believed it would result in a great boom for Gregory. The hearts of the feminine contin gency of the audience at the presen tation of “A Royal Slave,” which comes to the opera house Jan. 29, will flutter when the magnificent gowns worn by the Countess Inez are seen in all their gorgeousness. She wears six altogether, a different gown in each act and two in the first act. It requires a handsome women, who assumes the role of the Countess, to display these gowns to advantage. The following have been drawn on the jury for the May term of district court: G. W. Dobney, John Veiquist, Charles Wrede, sr., Merle Richards, Z. Prothero, Charles Berger, Sam Becker, Ray Coburn, W. Joyce, David Baker, Fred Seibert, J. M. Jackman, James Carney, Joseph Iloriskey, Frank Campbell, F. H. Molz, Charles Crandall, A. C. Purnell, W. H. Sloan, Elmer Merriman, A. D. Haveus, By ron Gray, John Fundus, Samuel G. Coover. Charles Larson, one of the hustling and progressive farmers near Meek postotlice, has adopted modern meth ods of showing what can be done growing corn on Holt county soil. He arranged ten specimen ears of corn in a row and photographed them on postal cards. Mr. Larson was in yes terday and favored The Frontier with one of his cards. It shows a display of as fine corn as can be produced any where and indicates that Mr. Larson not only knows how to raise good corn but Is also somewhat of an artist with a kodak. W. J. Walker of Scottville was a caller at these headquarters Monday last. Mr. Walker says the people in his section of the county are getting the railroad fever as many believe that the Burlington will extend their line from Orchard up through north ern Holt,crossing the river near Butte and extending on into Tripp and Meyer counties, South Dakota. Res idents of the northeastern part of| the county are hoping their belief will be confirmed as a railroad through that section would greatly enhance the value or their land, 'besides giving them a closer market. Lewis Savage, a brakeman on the C. B. & Q , was crushed to death be tween two freight cars at South Sioux .City last Saturday, He had worked on the regular freight running into O’Neill for a year or more until re cently, but at the time of the ac cident was working on an ice train. His home was at South Sioux City. He leaves a wife and two children. This is the second brakeman that has been killed on the Burlington this month. An accident similar to that at South Sioux City occurred at Oakland a sohrt time ago when a brakeman was crushed between the bumpers. Ed McBride was elected janitor of of the court house for the ensuing year by the county board last Fri day morning. Tnere were four ap plications for the position: Ed Mc Bride, John Horiskey, William La violette and Ira Lapham and it re quired two ballots to secure an elec tion. On the first ballot McBride, re ceived three votes and Horiskey and Lapham two votes each. On the second ballot McBride received four, Horiskey two and Lapham one. Up on motion McBride was then made the unanimous choice of the board and he will assume the duties of his office on April, 1,1909. “Back” Berry of I’addock was in town Tuesday and spent a few min utes with The Frontier force. Al though Back has lived on the banks of the historic Niobrara for thirty years or more he says he learned something new this winter relative to the timber products of his section. He tells us he entertained a college man at his place a few days this winter and through him learned that over forty varieties of timber grow on his place, something he had not known before. Mr. Berry also tells us he has made arrangements to enlarge and improve his already somewhat famous fishing resort. He will have a new dam built and increase the size of his fish pond and expects to have one of the best in the country when it is com pleted. S. H. Trussell of Little, who has been a reader of The Frontier since its establishment twentynine years ag”, was a pleasant caller at these headquarters Monday morning and advanced his subscription to January 1, 1910 Sam says he has received the weekly visits of the “old reliable” so long that it would now be impossible to keep house without it. Mr. Trus sel, who owns one of the finest ranches in Holt county, consisting of 1000 acres, has rented the same and will remove to Ewing about February 1, where he will reside and enjoy the rest that years of arduous labor en title him to. He has advertised a sale of his stock and farm machinery which will be held on Friday, January 29. Eighty-two head of cattle and twenty-four head of horses and mules will be offered for sale. Public Sale. Having sold my farm one mile north of O’Neill fair grounds I will sell at public sale on Jan. 27, 1909, all my personal property. 7 head of horses, 56 head of cattle, 20 cows most of them will be fresh soon. One thoroughbred Hereford bull, with pedigree, 19 head of thrifty shoats, 8 dozen chickens, 12 hundred bushels of corn, 25 bushels timothy, 35 bushels millet seed and all my machinery. See big bills for particulars. Dan McCarthy, Owner. J. A. Cowperthwaite, Auctioneer. District Court Dates. Dates for the terms of district court to be held the comming year in the several counties of this judicial dis trict are as follows Holt — May 31st.December 6th Boyd — March 1st_September 20th Rock — March 15th. .September 13th Brown — April 6th_November 8th Keya Paha.. .April 12 — October 4th Cherry — April 19th — October 11th Sheridan. .June 28th. .November 15th Dawes..June 14th_November 22nd Box Butte. .June21st.. December 13th Sioux — April 5th — September 13th C. S. Evans Passes Away. C. S. Evans, a former citizen of this county, founder of tiie Alliance Trib une at O’Neill which nourished dur ing the days of populism in the early 90’s, died at Norfolk last Saturday. Mr. Evans homesteaded a quarter section of land eight miles southeast of O’Neill over twenty years ago, now owned by E. J. Godfrey, later started a paper at Inman which he conducted for a time and then when the popu list tide began to rise came to O’Neill, resurrected John McDonough’s old Tribune outfit and started up the Alliance Tribune which finally became merged into the Holt Gobnty Inde pendent. The Norfolk News of last Saturday gave the following account of the death of Mr. Evans: Waiting for a roll of paper of the right size to “try out” a new perfect ting press of his invention, asking for life long enough to put his plans into operation, to bring his last and most hopeful invention into practical shape, C. S. Evans, newspaper editor and inventor, died at 7:30 o’clock Sat urday morning at his home, office and workshop on East Norfolk avenue. Mr. Evans lias been in poor health for a long time. But he could not tear himself away from his office, his paper the weekly Times-Tribune, or his invention, a new perfecting press of which he had hoped great things. The dead editor was sixty-seven years old. IIi3 wife, the same age, also in the most feeble health, has been for a number of weeks past with a daughter at Meadow Grove. Evans, himself, would not follow her but in sisted on staying with his work. Bo for some time past he has lived alone. Since Christmas he has printed his weekly paper without help, put ting in his spare time on the new press which was to revolutionize npwspaper printing in the smaller offices. It was a hermit existence, yet lie clung to it, bringing his “case” of type from his office into the living room that he might get up a few “sticks” each day. Evans was taken sick Thursday night. He was alone in Norfolk. His relatives were notified but his wife could not come through the storm to his bedside. His daughter, Mrs. J. L. Dunn, and her husband came from Meadow Grove Friday morning and were with him until he died. Death was caused by peritonitis. Born in New York and spending a considerable part of his early life in Iowa, Mr. Evans went to O’Neill about twenty yeaas ago publishing a weekly paper there for about five years. Before that he had edited the Boone County Republican in Iowa, fend had other newspaper experience. After leaving O’Neill he published a paper at Meadow Grove until he came to Norfolk in 1896. Mr. Evans started a daily news paper in Norfolk during the Bryan campaign and received support from such enthusiastic Bryan men as Senator Allen of Madison and the late G. A. Luikart. The paper ran as a daily for a time and was after wards continued as a weekly. Dying, Mr. Evans’ thought turned to the new press, which was separated from him by only a thin wall. He had a model made of the press ready for trial and was waiting for a roll of paper the right size to give it a trial Meanwhile his children had been notilied hut save for the daughter, Mrs. Dunn, could not reach here in time to see him. The following children survive: Alfred T. Evans, in Arkansas, Raymond Evans, Dallas, S. D.; E. E. Evans and Walter P. Evans, Des Moines, la.: Mrs. J. H. Custer, Omaha; Mrs. J. L. Dunn, Meadow Grove. Mr. Evans, in addition to IPs press, has had on the market for some time a paper folder, which is being manu factured in Omaha and which is used In many north Nebraska printing places. Earlier inventions had never resulted in profit to the inventor, although a force pump had a big sale. Ladely-Spindler. A very pratty wedding occurred on Tuesday, Jan, 12, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Justus Spindler, when their daughter Iretta was united in the holy bonds of wedlock to Mr. Henry Ladely of Kennebec, S. D., Rev. Ham mond of Lynch officiating. Having lived in Holt county all her life, the bride needs no introduction. She is esteemed by all who know her and wiil be missed by her many friends here. The groom is one of Red bird’s prosperous young men who, among others took a homestead in Lyman county three years ago and has resided there sine.e. He showed his good judgement by making one of Pleasant Valley’s fairest daughters his wife. About eighey guests witnessed the ceremony. The young couple received many beautiful and costly gifts as tokens of esteem from their numerous friends. The good wishes of all accompany them to their new home.J *** A Prolific Boss. Lynch Journal: Five calves in two years from one cow is the record that Sam Bridges has made and be says that she is not a high blooded animal but just an ordinary A 1 milker. Two years ago in March she gave birth to two tine calves and one year ago in February she gave birth to one fine calf and last week, the 12th, she again presented her owner with twins and all five of the calves are extra good animals and the mother is an extra good milker. Notice. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will not allow any hunt ting or fishing on the grounds or in the streams running through lands owned or controlled by this company. All persons who violate this notice and caught upon said land will be prosecuted for trespassing. Elkhorn Valley Irrigation Co. 31-4 A. U. Roundy, Manager. Educational. Notes. By the County Superintendent. The North Nebraska School Folks’ Club will hold its second annual banquet at the Oxnard hotel in Nor folk, Jan. 29th. at 8 o’clock. Instead of the usual number of toasts, a round table discussion of “The In dustrial and Manual Phase in Edu cation” will be led by Dr. A. O. Thomas of Kearney. The School Folks Club was organized a year ago with an enrollment of sixty three charter members. It is a social or ganization for both ladies and gentle men in educational work. The N. N. E. A. will hold its twenty third annual meeting at Norfolk Mar. 31st, April 1st and 2d. The com mittee is now preparing a most ex cellent program. This office is send ing out blanks for a “Compulsory Attendance” report from each dis trict in the county. This report will give the name of each pupil in the district and the exact number of days each has attended. The law requires each pupil between seven and fifteen years of age to attend school at least twelve weeks and not less than two thirds of the entire time that school shall be in session during the school year. Those on account of mental or physical incapacity and those living more than two miles from school are exempt under the law. Methodist Church Items. At the Methodist Church, nextSnn day the usual service will be held, be ginning with the Class Meeting at 10 a. m. This is always a profitable ser vice and should be well sustained. Sermon by the pastor at 10.30 a. m., and at 7.30 p. m. The subject of our morning discourse will be, “Tha Model Church”, and in the evening our theme will be, “Worthy Employment for All”. We most cordially invite everybody to attend these services. Sunday school at the close of the morning service. We always have an interesting session of the school and are always glad to have our friends tarry with us for the study of God’s word. Junior League service at 3 o’clock Sunday afternoon. We are glad so many boys and girls are getting inter ested in the work of the Junior League, but there is yet room for others. We most cordially invite all boys and girls to this service. Epworth League service ot 6:45 Sunday evening. This is an interest ing and helpful service especially for the young people, all of whom are cordially invited, but we are also glad to have the older ones come in with us. Prayer meeting every Thursday evening at 8:30, to which we invite all who would care to spend an hour in prayer and the study of God’s word. The Ladies Aid society has elected the following officers for the current year: Mrs. Clara Gordon, president; Mrs. Flora Barnard, vice-president; Mrs. Pearl Curtis, secretary; Mrs. May Snyder, treasurer, The last year was a very successful one for this society, and the prospect is good for the future. SPECIAL SALE Jan. 22 to Feb. 5 v For the next two weeks we will have a special sale in order to reduce our stock to make room for our spring goods. Our prices are always low and our patrons can know that the low prices always prevelant at this store reduced to special sale prices means the greatest bar gains ever offered in O'Neill. Below are a few of the bargains we offer: j Best outing flannel, all colors per yard.8ic Percale, 32 in. wide, per yd- 8k I Ocklawaha, extra heavy shirt ing, per yard.9ic Cotton flannel dress goods, yd 9|c White and fancy colored oil cloth, per yard.17c | Dauntless dsnim, extra heavy 12ic Damascus table cloth, per yd 25c Linen table cloth, 64 in. wide per yard.39c All woolen dress goods at cost Heavy bicycle hose, all sizes, s per pair.15c : Heavy woolen hose for children per pair.15c Ladies' heavy fleece lined hose 15c Ladies' all wool hose, pair.. 25c 6 pairs heavy shoe strings for 7c Extra nickle plate, non-corrisive safety pins, all sizes, doz.. 3c Fine pearl buttons, per doz.. 3c Needles, hooks and eyes, pins and thimbles, 2 packages for 5c Ladies' union suits, each .... 50c Heavy quilts, each.1.25 Men’s every-day-shirts, each 39c Men's black satin shirts, all sizes, each.39c Men's blue handkerchiefs, 28 in., each.6c Bed spreads, extra heavy, at 1.25 Overalls, 2 buttons on each side, stripe and blue, pair 75c Boy's wool knee pants, sizes 8 to 15 years, per pair... .50c As I do not expects to handle clothing hereafter I will sell all the men's clothing on hand at cost. Men's curduroy suits, light color, at $3.50. We carry a splendid line of shoes, every pair guaranteed. Below are a few of our prices on groceries: Electrohoid, tele girl, Japan tea to close out, per pound-35c Arm and Hammer brand baking soda, per package.7c Best gloss starch, per package 7c Corn starch, per package.7c Choice Alaska salmon per can 11c Good tomatoes per can.11c Sugar corn per can.7c Mother's crushed wheat, 2 bxs. 45c D. ABDOVCH 1 Next Door Golden Furn. Store O'NEILL, NEB.