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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (July 15, 1909)
0^C The Frontier. VOLUME v O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 15,1909 NUMBER 4 •DIES ON G. & N. W. TRAIN I. R. Smith Expires On Way to Hot Springs Hospital. HOLT CO. MAN DIES IN BERLIN Mr. Spangler Taken 111 On His Way to the Old Country and Is Taken From Ship to Hospital. Word was received here this morn ing that I. E. Smith died last night on the Black Hills train near Long Pine. In company with his son Sid ney Mr. Smith left last evening for x Hot Springs where he expected to remain at the hospital. He had been in failing health for a long time but none of his relatives or near friends suspected that the end was so near. Mr. Smith was one of the land marks of this community. He was the first sheriff of Holt county and was also coroner at one time. For many years he was in the livery busi ness in O’Neill and was one of the prominent figures of the early pioneer days. Some ten years ago he went to Deadwood and conducted a livery there for several years, returning to O’Neill about three years ago, living on his farm two miles south of town with his stepdaughter and her family. It is understood the remains will be brought to O’Neill today for burial. Charles Spangler was in from the Agee country Monday. He tells us that his father died at Berlin, Ger many on June 29. Mr. Spangler left here in April for a visit to the old country. lie was taken sick on the ocean and was in serious condition when the steamer landed at Berlin. He was met at the steamer by his brother who took him to a hospital where he remained until his death. Mr. Spangler was 68 years of age and his son says had never before been sick a day. His death brought to a sad culmination plans for a happy visit with friends and relatives in Mr. Spangler’s native land. He came to /this country some eighteen or twenty years ago and settled on land north east of here and has many friends in that section of the county who regret to learn of his death. Mr. Spangler was the father of Mrs. S. A. Merrill of this city. _ LOW RATES EAST Via the Northwestern Line. Excursion tickets to New York City, Boston, Toronto, Montreal, Que bec, Niagara Falls, Atlantic City. The Best of Everything enroute. ^ For full particulars, apply to any ticket agent, The North Western Line. For Sale. We will sell to the highest bidder for cash, the school house, in district No. 9, located NW, 26-30-12', in Shields township. The sale will be held at the said school house on Saturday July 21, at 2 o’clock. 3-3 T. J. Donohoe Director. I have on hand a splendid line of ily nets. Now is the time to purchase and save your horses.—J. H. Davi son. 1-1 Instructions to Homesteaders. Department of the Interior, Gen eral Land Otlice, Washington, D. C., July 9.—Register and Receiver, O’Neill, Nebraska.—Gentlemen: In response to your question of June 29, 1909, your are advised that when, in accordance with the last proviso of Sec. 3 of the Act of April 28, 1904, (33 Stats. 547), commonly known as the Kinkaid Act, one who made an original entry of 160 acres or less, ap plied to exercise his preferential right of additional entry, under the 2nd Sec. of said Act, and when, by reason of a controversy with another home steader, who attempted to exercise a similar right to the same land, the question as to who was entitled to make entry of the tract involved, re mained for a considerable time un determined, the successful party in such a controversy, who makes entry ui der the 2nd Sec. of the Act men tioned, will be allowed credit for residence upon the land so entered from the date of his application there for, provided that at such date he was actually residing, either upon said land, or upon that embraced in his original entry. • Very respectfully, S. V. Proudfit, Acting Commissioner. The Live Stock Market South Omaha, Neb., July '8—Spec ial market letter from Standard Live Stock Comimssion Co. Cornfed cattle are in active demand at the opening of this week with the good handy weight kind selling a shade stronger. Cow stock Stockers and feeders ruled lower. We had a liberal supply of western cattle also for the first time this season and the range beef sold fairly well around $5.25 to $5.40. It is expected there will be a fair sprinkling of western cattle from now on and growing heavier as the season advances. We quote: Choice corn fed beef.$6.50(a)$7.00 Fair to good. 6.25(g) 6.75 Others from.3.00(a) 4.75 Cornfed cows and heifers ' 5.60 Good butcher grades. 3.75(g) 4.75 Canners and cutters. 1.75(g) 3.25 Veal calves. 4.00(g) 6.75 Bulls, stags,etc. 3.00(g) 5.00 There is rather a light run of hogs with Kansas City practically out of the market on account of the Hood. Shippers took the bulk of the hogs Monday and packers took what was left at prices about 5 lower. Bulk $7.60 to $7.65, top $7.80. There was a very fancy load here Tuesday at $7.90. There is a liberal run of sheep with prices 10 to 15 higher and western spring lambs making a new high record of $8.65. Call for Caucus. The republicans of Grattan town ship are cailed to meet in caucus at the court-house in O’Neill on Satur day, July 17, at three o’clock p. m., for the purpose of selecting one dele gate to attend a county convention on July 19 and also to nominate a township ticket and to transact any other business that may come before the caucus. James Crowley, Committeeman. SUMMER ^ A I fij« 20 per cent f\ Mi Discount On all Summer Goods I am giving a discount of 20 per cent. This in cludes the following lines: Summer Lawns Children’s Gauze Under Summer Dress Goods wear, Belts, Collars and Dress Ginghams Purses, Parasols Shirt Waists, Ladies’ Skirts Men’s, Ladies’ and Muslin Underwear Children's Oxfords Men’s Underwear, poros Straw Hats knit and balbriggan. Embroideries Ladies’ Gauze Underwear Laces This sale is now on and the first to come is served best, so come early and take edvantage of the discount. J. P. 6ALLA6HER LOCAL MATTERS Bacon and Hams at Home Bakery. Jay Gilmour was up from Ewing yesterday. I have some hay land to rent. See R. H. Parker. 4-2 Frank Charles was up from Cham bers yesterday. Royal Highlanders meet Monday night, July 19, at K. C. Hall Mr. and Mrs. Harry Reed are the parents of a son, born July 7. Mrs. John Skirving visited at Stuart Saturday and Sunday. Dr. Corbett, Dentist, will be in O’Neill, July 19, 20, 21 and 22. County Attorney Whelan was in Lincoln on business the first of the week. J. A. Cowperthwaite left yesterday morning for a short business trip to Dallas, S. D. Wanted—Boarders and roomers at a private house. Call at Frontier office for information. 4-2pd Lost—On Saturday, gold rimmed eye glasses. Finder rewarded.—T. J. Fleener, O’Neill. 4tf The latest Edison records on sale at Reka's store, also four minute records and attachments. 4-4 Jas. B. Ryan and William Froelich went down to Omaha Tuesday after noon to attend a horse sale. County Assessor Skidmore was up from Ewing Tuesday last looking after the duties of his office. Fred Barclay, the hustling real estate dealer of Stuart, was looking after business matters in the city yesterday. Farmers have been busy the past week hauling out twine getting ready for the harvest which will commence next week. J. L. Chapman, one of the promin ent real estate dealers of Randolph, was in the city Monday looking after business interests. Shady O’Neill, Hugh McKenna’s fast little pacer, won first money in the 2:19 pace at Auburn last week. The purse was $400. Miss Bea McCafferty left last Satur day morning for Butte, Mont., where she will spend the next couple of months visiting relatives. John Horiskey is back at his old job carrying Uncle Sam’s mail bag to and from the station and talking as much as ever between trains. Zeb Warner was in from his farm north of Emmet Tuesday. Mr. Warner says that crops never looked better in his section of the country. Dr. E. T. Wilson leaves this after noon for Chicago where he will spend the next three weeks visiting rela tives and friends. He expects to re turn home about August 1. Architect A. H. Dyer of Fremont was in the city Tuesday conferring with the building committee of the Odd Fellows regarding their contem plated building on Fourth street. Judging from reports that have reached this city the Atkinson police force gave some of their visitors a rather warm reception at the cele bration there a week ago last Satur day. Mrs, S. J. Weekes left for Neligfc yesterday morning where she will join her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Judge Dickinson, of Omaha, and spend a couple of weeks camping near the city. If you need help of any kind, tei as many people as porsible. There are more than 40,000 people who sub scribe for The Omaha Bee. You car tell them all for one cent per word pei day. Write today. Charles Stout left for Tekamah, Neb., yesterday morning where he will spend the balance of the week visiting relatives and incidentally take in the race meet which is held there this week. Pure Food Iuspector Murray was te the city this week looking over the grocery stores, meat markets, drug stores, hotels and bakeries and we understand ordered some alterations as to sanitary conditions. Have you a farm to sell, or ex change? It costs only a cent a word per day, to run an avvertisement in The Omaha Bee. It will reach over 40,000 subscibers and is almost sure to find a buyer. Write today. Waterloo Gazette: Will Graves, who is now located at O’Neill, visited Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey P. Ooy and other friends the past week. Wifc has a jewelry and repair shop at O’Neill and is doing well. Good bay land for sale being the Si township 23, range 11. 320 acres located about three miles southeast of O’Neill. I need the money, act quick and give me a fair offer write to C. O. Johnson 082 Cottage St. , St Paul Minn._ 4-1 Wanted—Intelligent man or woman to take territory, and appoint can vassers to sell our water filters. Ex clusive territory, and nice profitable work for the right party. Seneca Filter Co , _Seneca, Mo. J. B. Mellor, Arthur Ityan, and Charles McKenna left for Tekamah, Neb , yesterday morning to spend a ^ouple of days attending the race meet held there this week and incl dently see Hugh McKenna's fast little mare, Shady O’Neill, go after first money. _ Col. Neil Brennan’s new residence is progressing rapidly under the ac tive swing of saws and hammers. The colonel’s park is one of the finest resident spots in the country and with a line new house will make a beautiful home. The house is about 36x10, two stories an will be finished up in modern shape. The case of Mrs. Anna Perry against Franklin Lemon, which grew out of the purchase of the Lemon show by Perry last winter and which was filed in the district court here about a month ago, lias been trans ferred to the circuit court of the United States, Norfolk division, by Judge Westover on application of the defendant. _ Holt county republicans will hold a convention next Monday to select delegates to the state convention and organize the central committee. The caucus for the three wards in O’Neil) will be held Saturday evening and one delegate from each ward selected to attend the county convention. Formal notices for the caucuses have not been issued but all republicans who can are expected to interest themselves in the caucuses. Harry Hiscock of Scottville and Miss Eva Davis of Star were married by County Judge Malone yesterday morning. Mr. Hiscock is one of the energetic and prosperous farmers of Scott township, while Ills bride is the daughter of one of the leading families of eastern Holt. Their many friends, throughout the northeastern part of the county, will extend con gratulations and best wishes for a long and happy married life. A slight change was made in the forSe of instructors this week at the summer normal. Miss Sheenan of Columbus, who had been teaching music, drawing and observation, had to leave to fill other engagements and the vacancy caused by her departure has been filled by Miss Dele Connolly of Colo, la., who is spending the sum mer in the city and who will finish out the term. The normal continues to July 30. _ scrmner Hustler: Mr. oiorvai Pfunder and Miss Hazel Fairbanks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Fair banks, of this place were quietly mar ried Wednesday morning at 6:30, by Rev. M. B. Harrison. Only the im mediate relatives of the contracting parties were present. The young couple left on the morning train for Omaha where they will remain a short time; after which they expect to go west, for a few days. Mr. Pfunder is employed by the North western Railway company as brake man, and the young couple will make their home in Scribner. The Burlington passenger from Sioux City, due Tuesday night, did not arrive until Wednesday morning. The train smashed into a flat car be tween Osmond and McLean, disabling the engine so that the engine on the freight leaving O’Neill at 5:30 that evening had to be sent for to pull the train through. The engineer had instructions to “pick up” the flat ear at a certain bridge but through a con fusion of orders the flat car had been mislocated and the passenger en countered it a mile or so away from the point it was supposed to be. The train was moving about eight miles an hour when it struck the car. No one was injured but the passenger engine was badly disabled. The High School ball team met their Waterloo last Sunday when they went up against the aggregation from Royal and were trimmed, 8 to 1. Ryan done the twirling for O’Neill while Fosberg performed like service for Royal The game could hardly be called a good one as errors were rather numerous, the errors of ommission being about as numerous as the errors of commission. There are many points of the game that the boys will have to show more familiarly with than they did last Sununy before they can hope to be very successful against a ball team of even fair class. Ryan was inclined lo lie a little wild and wold pitches and passed balls were responsible for part of the runs made by the opposition. Fosberg held the High School-boys down to two hits and would have scored a shut out but for rather poor work on the part ol his support in the last inning. Methodist Church Items. Glass meeting at the Methodist church every Sunday morning at 10 o’clock. This one of the most profi table half hours of the whole day to those who participate in it. Next Sunday morning the pastor will take his subject, "The Sword of the Lord and of Gideon;” and for his evening discourse, the saving Touch.” To these services we most cordially invite everybody. Sunday school at the close of the morning service, to which everybody is welcome to tarry with us for an hour’s study of God’s word. Junior League service Wednesday evening at 1:30 to which we cordially invite all of the boys and girls. Prayer meeting every Thursday evening at So’clock. Our friends are all invited to come in and spend au hour with us in song, prayer and testimony; a delightful and helpful service. The Ladies’ Aid Society will meet in the class room every Tuesday after noon at 2 o’clock. All ladies of the church and congregation are invited to meet with them. T. S. Watson, Pastor. The lied Bird correspondent of the Lynch Journal says; A meeting was called at the Scottville school houseby John Quig assisted by Joe Shellmeyer for the purpose of organizing a new telephone company. In answer to the call Joe Shellmeyer, John Quig, W. J. Walker, J. B. Murnan, J. A. Pinkerman, M. Hull, Garrett Mott, W. J. Wilson, and M. Sanders as sembled at the school house and the liedbird Telephone Go. was organized with the following officers: W. J. Wilson, President; Garrett Mott, Vice President; M. Hull, Secretary; J. B. Murnan, Treasurer. This new com pany will take over the old Thiessen line or build a new one from Red Biid south to the Walker brothers ranch and west from J. B. Murnan’s to Pete Garroll’s. The subscribers on this line up to date arc Red Bird Store, W. II. Wilson, Garrett Mott, Mike Hull, J. A. Pinkerman, Clyde Mur nan, J. B. Murnan, Walker Brothers, and Pete Carroll. John Quig with drew at the last moment on account of a deal to sell his “Kiote Korner” to an Iowan. Mrs. T. P. McPharlin returned today to her home at Buffalo, S. I). BDBLINTON WANTS LAND Officials In Town Negotiating For Tract for Sand Fit. FURTHER TALK OF EXTENSION Believed by S)me That Road Will Be Extended Soon and That It Will Go More Than One Way. Supt. Flynn of Omaha, General Road Master Bowen and Mr Charles ton of Lincoln, all of the Burlington, came in last evening in a special car and remained in town today. They are negotiating for a tract of land northwest of town to open a gravel pit to secure gravel for ballasting the Sioux City line. These and other Burlington otlicials have been in the city several times of late and while they give out no information many attach significance to the attention that is being paid to the O'Neill line. There are three possible exten sions in view and it is reported from Lincoln, the Burlington headquarters in this state, that when the road is extended from O’Neill it will go in more than one direction. One of the three possible extensions is north across Boyd county, another south to Ericson and the third southwest across a large stretch of country where as yet there is no railroad. 750,000 Acres Government Lands open for registratson daily, July 15th to August 5th, in the Coeur d’Alene Reservation in Idaho, the Spokane Reservation in Washington and the Flathead Reservation in Montana. These lands are to be opened uuder the G. S. Homestead Laws, at $1 25 per acre up to $7.00, payable in easy annual installments. Registration takes place at Spokane, and applica tions may be sworn to at Coeur d’ Alene, Spokane, Kalispell or Mis soula. Round trip homeseekers tickets at special low rates via The Chicago & North Western Ry, July 20th and August 3rd. For informa tion apply to Ticket Agents The North Western Line. Ainsworth DemooraU Miss Edna Barnard and Miss Thomas of O’Neill are visiting at the home of Mrs. Han nah Collins in this city. Miss Barnard is a neice of Mrs. Collins. Here We Are! A Lincoln 5-ct. ^ i ■ wmmmmm For QUALITY it beats any 10-CENT CIGAR made by the Trust in Tenement Houses and Sweat Shops. So try a LINCOLN and see how you like it. NONE BETTER.