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VOLUME XXIX.
O'NEILL. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 1,1909
NUMBER 41
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OPINION OF ATTORNEY GENERAL
Can Repair the But Not Build a
New Bridge.
The legal opinions as to the repair
ing or replacing of the Lynch bridge,
which was s.wept away by high water
a month ago, are now available for the
guidance of the supervisors of Holt
and Boyd counties. County Attorney
Whelan took the matter up with At
torney General Thompson to ascertain
if this county had authority to con
tract for repairs or reconstruction of
the bridge under the existing condi
tion of the bridge fund The attor
ney general replies that the board has
such authority and also that should
i hey refuse the adjoining county could
ci llect a share of the expense if they
made the repairs.
Mr Whelan in a letter to theattor
i ey general, sets forth (the piesent
lO iditlon of the bridge fund in this
county and directs several questions
to the head of the legal department.
He says the bridge fund for 1908 is
totally exhausted, nor is there any
thing left from previous years. The
1909 levy will approximate $13,000.
Judgments, of about $10,000 are now
standing against the bridge fund with
$1,000 more in sight, which will make
$20,000 by July 1. “The levy for 1909
cannot therefore, even if collected in
full, equal more than 63 per cent of
the judgment indebtedness against
this fund.”
“This disproportionate indebted
ness, ’ says Mr. Whelan, “has been
c msed for the most part through the
necessity of rebuilding and keeping in
repair these four bridges across the
N iolirara river, and for the past two
years all such work lias been done
under the emergency clause.”
It was for the purpose of ascertain
ing whether the county board had the
authority to proceed with bridge re
pairing that the aid of the attorney
general was enlisted and the points
involved are embodied by Mr. Whelan
in a series of nine questions. Does
the law permit a county board to de
clare emergencies for the repair of
bridges? Can the adjoining county
compel this county to enter into a
joint contract to repair said bridge, or
upon its refusal can the adjoining
county have the bridge repaired and
compel this county to contribute?
These are the main points although
other details are inquire into.
The attorney general holds that the
county board has a right to declare an
emergency relative to any bridge that
needs repairs hut cannot construct an
entirely new bridge under an emer
gency pretex. He also holds that an
overdrawn fund is not sufficient ex
cuse for refusal to repair abridge
where needed and that an adjoining
county can compel a joint contract for
the repair of the bridge. According
to Mr Thompson’s construction of
the law this county cannot at present
enter into a contract for a new bridge
at Lynch and all we can do is to re
pair the damaged bridge. This is the
view taken also by tlie county attor
ney and some members of the board
of supervisors. A new steel bridge
has been talked of, but this would
mean additional indebtedness against
the bridge fund of $12,000.
The county board meets next Mon
day when it is expected that the
bridge matter will be disposed of in
some way. __
For Sale.
A good live room house and barn 12
feet wide by 40 feet long and eleven
acres of land, joining the town of
O’Neill. M. n. McCarthy. 38-4
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A Breeze From the Windy City
Mrs. Marie Keough appeared at the
opera-house Sunday evening according
to announcement and in a sympathetic
appeal, supplemented with numerous
references to personal achievements
as well as personal thrusts from race
and religious view points, held the
attention—approvable or otherwise—
of one of the largest audiences ever
assembled for a similiar occasion
while she handled the liquor proposi
tion. She remained over Monday and
spoke again that evening. She was
in the city under the auspicious of the
Womans’Chrisaian Temprance Union,
of whose work as a national and
world-wide organization she spoke in
highest praise.
The main feature of Sunday even
ing’s talk was a sympathetic appeal
for sobriety and the abatement of the
liquor traffic, and abounded with il
lustrations of the practical effect of
persistent liquor drinking familiar to
all. She first became interested in
the children side of the liquor traffic
when as a member of the board of edu
cation of Chicago she came in contact
with diseased, deformed and crippled
children of inebriated parents and had
an active part in establishing a school
for these little unfortunates. She
gradually widened her scope of
work and is now on the platform to
raise her voice against the licensed
saloon. ,
Barring, perhaps, a tendency to dis
play personal vanity and a keen dispo
sition to reflect on other races and re
ligions, her address was well received
and contained some wholesome truths
for old and young.
O’Neill usually turns out a critical
audience, hence they were not slow to
condem some features which marked
the speech of Monday evening. It
was even more profuse with race and
creed feeling than the one of Sunday
evening and precipitable disapproval
was manifested by the audience. She
paid her compliments to the town in
a general way that made the people
feel that she ought to stay out west
a while and fumigate with Nebraska
breezes the Chicago smoke and dust
from her brain and lungs.
Asks £30,000 Damages.
Another railroad damage case comes
from Dawes county to be tried in the
district court of Holt county. A suit
has been liled against the Chicago &
Northwestern by Frank Hoffman, ad
ministrator of the estate of George V.
Glover, deceased, asking for $30,000
for the life of Glover who died at
Chadron November 12,1907, his death
alleged to have been caused by injur
ies sustained on the defendant com
pany’s railroad.
Glover was a brakeman working for
the company and about 2 o’clock on
the morning of November 11, 1907, the
petition sets forth, started for his
home from the railroad yards in Chad
ton and was struck by a crain while
crossing |a railroad track, sustaining
injuries from which he died the next
day. The petition alleges negligence
on the part of the railroad company
because it “failed to give notice or
warning to said George Y. Glover of
the approach of said car, and that the
movement of said car, at said time,
in the dark, without a light and with
out a brakeman thereon, and without
giving natice or warning of its ap
proach, was a reckless, careless and
negligent act.”
Glover left a widow and three minor
children and the suit is brought in
their behalf by the administrator,
through M. F. Harrington and R. M.
Johnson.
A Sad Death.
One of the saddest deaths that has
cast a gloom over our midst in a long
time was the passing away yesterday
morning of Martha, daughter of S. F.
McNichols. Martha had been hover
ing between life and death since Sun
day and death came not unexpected
to the relatives and friends. She had
been ill for about two weeks, having
come down with tonsilitis on March
18 or 19. The tonsilitis was appar
ently under control and would have
proved nothing serious had not sep
ticaemia or blood poison developed
and was the immeadiate cause of her
death.
Martha, age 15 years, 11 months and
22 days, was a charming young per
sonality who was beloved by the en
tire community for her exceptional
loving and cheerful nature and her
many friends can hardly become
reconciled to the fact that she ip gone.
It is a peculiarly hard blow to the
immediate family as it is less than a
year that the mother and grand
mother were laid away. The father
especially feels the blow as he and
Martha were great companions. She
was a member of the graduating class
of St. Mary’s academy and had she
lived would have no doubt had a
bright future.
The remains were shipped today to
Colo, Iowa, accompanied by her
father, brother and sister. Her
mother is buried there, having taken
ill and died there when she went to
attend the funeral of her father a
little over a year ago.
Pencil marks can sometimes be re
moved from white paint by gently
rubbing them with bread crumbs in
the direction of their course (not
across), or by rubbing with a slice of
lemon or raw potatoe. In more ob
stinate cases all traces can be removed
with a soft piece of linen moistened
with pure turpentine or benzine,
taking care to wipe it off quickly
with a dry rag afterwards. The
polish can be restored to the surface
by lightly rubbing with a soft rag
dipped in a very little pure linseed oil,
or by just polishing with a little
whiting. If the pencil has left in
dentation marks they can be got out
by laying a piece of felt that has
been wrung out of water over the
place, then pressing a very hot iron
over the felt.
Notice.
The annual meeting of the electors
of Grattan township will be held at
the court-house on Tuesday, April 0,
1909, at 10 o’clock a. m., for the pur
pose of making settlement with the
township treasurer, making levies for
the ensuing year and transacting such
other business as may properly come
before Jhe meeting.
J. C. Carney,
Township Clerk. '
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To Let, Sell or Trade.
I offer the Pfund building in O’Neill
for rent, sale or trade for land. Ad
dress Geo E. Hansen, Leonie, Neb.
38-5pd
The ladies of the Presbyterian
church will hold their usual Bazar on
Saturday, April 10th, at the McManus
Annex.- In addition to the regular
offerings, there will be a Dutch booth
and a Dutch garden. Everyone
should patronize this unique bazar.
I own and offer for sale or rent the
best farm on the Elkhorn river, five
miles west of O’Neill. Big timber and
blue grass pasture, good hay and
splendid land.—Peter McMonigal.
MINOR MENTION
The Portland (Oregon) Daily has the
following to say about “Tilly Olson”
which will play at the opera-house
Tuesday evening, April Oth. The
usual Sunday turnout was present at
the Empire theatre yesterday to greet
“Tilly Olson.” This play was written
to play to the same patrons as “Ole
Olson” and “Yon Yonson” and lias
succeeded in getting the game. Tilly
is a Scandinavian girl who has enough
adventures to sat isfy a dczen ordinary
heriones, and all the time these things
are happening she is making the audi
ence laugh. Tilly is a servant girl on
a farm, but leaves to go to Minneapo
lis, where she frustrates a bank rob
bery. Of course, Tilly is tilways doing
something funny and tills is what she
is expected to do. Aimee Commins
is playing the Swede girl this season
and she appears to be successful, for
the Empire patrons liked her. Be
sides the fun written in the play,there
are a number of specialises introduc
ed at odd moments when the play stops
tb take a rest. The specialties went
well. _
O’Neill has just had a kidnapping
sensation. The kidnappers have not
been apprehended but the stolen
“child” is reported to have arrived
safely home. A pet dog belonging to
an O’Neill woman was “kidnapped”
and a letter addressed to the owner
demanding that $24.25 be deposited in
the vacant lot between the two ceme
teries on last Friday night or the “kid
nappers” would mutilate the dog by
cutting off his tail, punch out his eyes
and clip his ears. When the dog dis
appeared the anxious mistress sup
posed it stolen or that it had come to
a tragic end by taking poison, but the
letter seemed to explain the disappear
ance of the canine member of the
family. In great excitement she tele
phoned her husband that she had
news of the lost dog. He couldn’t
carry the joke any farther. He had a
gool laugh out of it, but it is also said
ids wife hasn’t spoken to him since.
It took the last day for tiling peti
tions for nominating candidates for
city offices to stir things up. Last
Saturday was the last day and peti
tions were circulated that day placing
in nomination D. A. Doyle for mayor
and one for Sheridan Simmons nom
inating him for the same position.
Doyle’s petition was tiled that night,
but Simmon’s was not tiled so ttie
candidates for city offices are as fol
lows: Mayor: O. F. Eiglin, D. A.
Doyle. City Clerk: Clarence Camp
bell, Herb Hammond. City treasurer:
J. F. Gallagher. Councilmen: First
ward: D. H. Cronin, T A. Quilty.
Second ward, Frank Campbell, M. H.
McCarthy. Third ward: C. E. Hall.
Plainview Republican: The death
of Tobias Jasek still remains a mys
tery. His frientft at O’Neill have
failed to locate the money, gold watch,
ritle and valise which Jasek had when
he left Wisconsin. Shortly before
leaving for O’Neill Jasek wrote that
if his friends needed money he would
be pleased to send them some. The
friends at O’Neill are now convinced
that Jasek was the victim of foul
play. It is thought that the two
suspicious strangers who boarded the
freight train at Copenhagen that
night for Sioux City were not in that
vicinity for their health but for the
wealth of Tobias Jasek.
I have a 400 acre good pasture,
running water, and will - take a
limited number of horses to pasture
for the season of 1999, at 40 cents a
head, per month.—George E. Hansen,
Leonie, Neb. 41-2pd
An Oakland, Calif., pai er contained
the following account of Jack Sul
livan’s tight with A1 Neill, before
the Oakland sporting club on March
19th. From this account it seems
that Jack was entitled to the decision
but was given the worst of it by the
referee: “Montana Jack Sullivan,
who furnished the main event with
A1 Neill, had the decision about as
far as from here to Yokohama, but
Eddie Smith wore his smoked glasses
again and could only see enough of
Sullivan’s hard work and lead over
Neill to give him an equal break.
Sullivan showed his liking for a longer
route by slipping one over on Eddie,
just to show his disapproval of this
decision, and Mr. Smith went down
for the count of nine. When he was
able to remove his above-mentioned
smoked glasses, all he could see was
Sullivan’s brother, on whom he pro
ceeaed to seek “revenge.’’ Sullivan
is packing around a nicely-painted
eye today to show that Eddie still
knows the game, from one angle, at
least.”
Two candidates are now out for
mayor and both state they have a
platform. Candidate Biglin says he
stands for a “clean up” of the town,
conservation of resources and public
improvements. Candidate Doyle’s
platform is similiar with the material
addition of the “daylight saloon”
program. That implies closed saloons
at night. No bitterness nor vindict
iveness seems to animate either can
didate who say they will pleasantly
abide by the “will of the people.”
Last Tuesday M. J. Vaughn sold
his farm, three miles west of this
city, to John J. Schmahr, of Saline
county, receiving 84,800 therefor. For
several years Mike \7ailghn was a con
ductor on the Burlington railroad
with headquarters at Alliance, hav
ing moved here from that city a year
ago. Mike says that he has no inten
tion of returning to railroading but
will hang around here and re-invest
his money in Holt county soil as he
says there is more money in that than
swinging a .lantern and punching
tickets. __
E. E. Halstead of Ponca, president
of the Fidelity Bank, was in the city
Tuesday and attended the annual
meeting of the stockholders of that
Institution that evening. The old
officers were all re-elected and a divi.
dend of ten per cent was declared and
10 per cent was added to the surplus
fund. The stockholders expressed
themselves as highly pleased with the
prosperity of the bank under the guid
ance of Cashier O’Donnell, the deposits
having more than doubled since he
took the management, less than a year
ago._
Mr. and Mrs. David Brion of Ewing
celebrated their sixtieth wedding
anniversary last Saturday. They are
among the most prominent citzens
of that thriving village, Mr. Brion
for years conducting a general mer
cantile establishment there, and last
Saturday they celebrated their wed
ding anniversary by keeping open
house and received the hearty con
gratulations of their townspeople.
J. P. Mann & Co.
| CARPETS & RUGS]
As we are the only people in the
county that carry a stock of carpet,
linoleum and matting in the piece,
we feel that we can save you money
on your spring bill over stores that
order from catalogue houses; and
we know it will be more satisfactory
to you, as you can see the goods on
the floor before making your pur
chase.
Sanitary Extra Super—Moth
proof and reversible 36 inches
wide, 35c.
Double Extra Super—Worst
ed and wool, 36 inches wide,
50c.
Superior Extra Super —
Worsted and wool, 36 inches
wide, 65c.
Double Extra Super—All
wool, 36 inches wide, 75c.
Smith Axminister— Dark
and light patterns; 27 i.iches
wide, $1.15 per yard.
Smith Saxony Axminister
Rug— 9 ft. by 12 ft., $25.00.
Smith Saxony Axminister
Rug—9 ft. by 10 ft., $19.00.
Electra Axminister—9 ft.
by 12 ft. $27.00.
Electra Axminister—8 ft.
by 10 ft., $22.50.
Lancaster Art Square—9 ft.
by 12 ft., all wool, $10.
Ventnor Wilton Rugs—Sizes
3 ft. to 7 ft. long, $2.75 to $7.
Axminister—Sizes 2 to 7 ft,
long, $1.25 to $5.00.
Floor Oil Cloth—4, 6 and 8
quarter, 35c square yard.
Floor Oil Cloth—Oak border,
4 quarter, 50c square yard.
Imported Printed Linoleum
—2 yards wide, 62 ic square
yard.
Granite Inlaid Linoleum—
2 yards wide, $1.00 square
yard.
Chinese Straw Matting—36
inches wide, 15 to 25c.
Jap Matting — 36 inches
wide, 25 to 40c.