The Frontier Fabliihcd by D. H. CEOS IS. II 50 the Year 7ft Dent* 81* Month! Official paper of O'Neill and Holt county. AllVKHT1BING KATEB: Olapmy advertliraenM on page! 4, ft and I re charged for on a bmla o! Ml cent! an Inoh one oolumn width) per month: on page 1 the charge lc It an inch per month. Looal ad lertlaements, ft cent* per linn each lmertlon. Address the office or the publisher. The uctupses will begin to make themselves scarce the latter part of the (week. Teddy is due to reach New York Friday. It Is rumored that Sheridan Sim mons Is thinking seriously of becoming a candidate for the democratic leg's, lative nomination. For alienating the affections of a married woman of the metropolis an Omaha man will have to pay her hus band $16,000 00, according to a Doug las county Jury. Any woman who will allow an "affinity” to wean her from her chosen spouse Is not worth one hundreth part of that sum. A prominent O’Neill democrat says that Bryan will go down to defeat If he enters the race for the democratic senatorial nomination. He avers that there are fifty democrats In this city who would not again support the •‘peerless one” at the polls. A defeat wouldn’t scare Billy any, he must be used to it by this time. Willis E Heed of Madison has filed as a democratic candidate for United States Senator. This makes three candidates that are actively seeking the democratic nomlnatlou and peti tions are being circulated throughout the state for the pupose of having the name of W. J. Bryan placed upon the omclal ballot as a candidate. Demo cratic poltlcts promise to be unusally warm the next two months. A petition is being circulated among O’Neill democrats, and is being quite liberally signed, urging ;W. J. Bryan to become a candidate for United States (senator. The petition was circulated by Sheridan Simmons, the victim of many a democratic defeat. Prominent among the signers of the petition was Arthur F. Mullen, polit ical and legal counselor of Governor Shallenberger, and, tncldently, State Inspector of Oils A call has been Issued for a state convention of the Democratic Aid Soceity, once known as the Populist Party. Tney will meet In state con vention at Grand Island on July 26th, for the purpose of adopting a state platform and giving such aid and sup port to the democracy of the state, who meet in state convention in the same city on the same date, as the bourborns may require. How the mighty have fallen. Holt County Bankers. (Continued from page one.) Emmet State Bank, Emmet. Ed. F. Gallagher, O’Neill. 15 T. F. Birmingham, O’Neill. 15 M. J. Dally, Park City, Utah .... 10 W. P. Daily, Emmet. 10 Total. 60 Chambers State Bank, Chambers Jennie Frank. 80 Jacob Frank. 15 S. S. Varney.. 60 I. Baldwin. 5 J. C. McGowan. 5 W. J. Doherty. 5 Total. 1«0 Farmers State Bank, Page E. H. Smith. 15 A. D. Palmer. 15 M. Smith. :. 10 M. O. Palmer.. 10 Total. 50 Page State Bank, Page. Fred Brechler. 20 Otto II. Mass. 20 George Brechler. 30 Clara Haman. 18 L. F. Mens. 12 Total. 100 The Inman State bank and the Bank of Dorsey did not file a list of their stockholders with their assess ment schedule and therefore they do not appear in the above list. Notice. I am agent for the Jones pit or pittless scales, 3 to 5 ton or over, wood or steele frame, as you desire. The scales are set up and can fce seen and Inspected in front of Biglin’s coal yard. Every scale sold by Jones is fuarranted to give satisfaction If set up according to instructions. If you don’t know me ask for Paddy, Patsy or P. J. Blglln, the coal man. 45-tf COMMENTS*OF “THE EDITORS On the Recent Meeting of the Edi torial Association. Valentine Democrat: Want of space this week forbids us giving more Ilian a brief account of the E. V. E A. at O’Neill Saturday, June 4. We en joyed a good time there, visiting with the fraternity and O’Neill citizens We especially have reason to kindly .remember the attentions of our host, Col W. T. Evarisand Geo A Miles, for their royal entertainment The The following officers were elected: A. II. Backhaus, president, W. L Kirk, vice president, I M. Rice, Sec retary-Treasurer. Valentine was chosen as the meeting place next June and we all go to the lakes fishing. Pierce Leader: The editor of the Leader went to Plainview last Fri day afternoon, where we were joined by Editors Henry of the Plainview News and Kirk of the Creighton News, and that evening went to O’Neill where, on Saturday, we at tended the 13th annual meeting of the Elkhorn Valley Editorial asso ciation. The editors were well cared for and a very enjoyable and profit able meeting held. The next meet 1 — _ -111 U<. Unlrl n t. Ifnlrtnllna Itllian If is planned that the editors will enjoy a few day’s camping on the lakes south of Valentine. The officers elected for next year are: A. H. Backhaus, Pierce, president; W. L. Kirk, Creighton, vice president: I. M. Rice, Valentine, secretary-treasurer. Ewing Advocate: The editor was in attendance at the annual meeting of the Elkhorn Valley Editorial As sociation held at O’Neill last Satur day. Only a few members were present yc t at the session held at the K. C hall in the afternoon, many subjects of interest to the craft were brought up and discussed. It was decided by vote to meet next June at Valentine, each person attending to provide him self with all the known kinds of tish ing tackle, preparatory to visiting a certain lake where the black bass re side in numbers. In the evening the visiting members were royally enter tained by Mr. and Mrs. Geo. A. Miles at their home, a dainty lunch being served and the editors enjoyed a cou ple hours of their possible and other wise stories. This concluded one of the most interesting and profitable meetings ever held by the E. V. E A. Plainvlew News: The writer, In company with Editors Kirk, of Creighton, and Backhaus, of Pierce went up to the ‘ Emerald Tinted City” on the Burlington last Friday evening and attended the annual meeting of the Elkhorn Valley Ed itorial Association which convened in the Knights of Columbus ball at that place Saturday afternoon. Owing to the rain and disagreeable weather the attendance was not large but a very Interesting meeting was held, never theless, and some Important subjects, relative to the business, were profit ably discussed. The writer, In com pany with Editor Donovan, of the Madison Star-Mall, who by the way, Is a dnputy state ga ne and fish war den, and Salesman Cochran of the Carpenter Paper Company, got a rig and about 4 o’clock, Saturday, drove out to the hospitable James Early ranch on the Eagle creek, 15 miles uuruiweKb ui vj Heiu uuu uuugub Bne lot of speckled trout. We cer tainly enjoyed the whole trip very much and were entertained in royal rtyle. The people up there are hlg haarted and hospitable and one can’t help but have a good time among them. Madison Star-Mall: The writer was in attendance at the Elkhorn Valley Edltoral asoclation last Saturday which convened In the city of O’Neill. While the attendance was not large it has not been our pleasure to have met a group of more energetic and more up-to-date newspaper men. There was no special program arrang ed but each one in attendance took part in the proceedings aud every thing was discussed from the price to be charged for patent medicine ads to what should be paid for ready prints. Those two noble patriots, Dennis Cronin of The Frontier and George Miles of tire Independent, to gether with the entire population of O’Neill did everything in their power to make It pleasant for the newspaper bunch. Saturday evening at the re quest of James Early, one of the pio neer citizens of Holt county, Frank Cochran, traveling representative of the Carpenter Paper company, Lee Henry, of the Plainvlew News and the writer were taken out to Mr. Early’s beautiful home which consists of a large two-story house, barns and sheds galore and 1400 acres of land through which runs Eagle Creek, a graveled bottom stream which con tains thousands and thousands of trout. Mr. Henry Is a good trout flsher. Ooobram is a little better and modesty alone prevents the writer from stating who had the largest number of the forty-eight taken by our party out of that beautiful stream. If any of our friends desire to go trout Bshing we would earnestly recommend that they immediately proceed to get Into the pood graces of James Earley, his estimable wife and accommodat ing son, Ed., and if they find a better cook than Miss Susan, who by the way is classed among the roost handsome young ladies of Holt county, we will give them a year’s subscription to this great family necessity. Creighton news: This editor went to O’Neill last Friday to attend the annual session of the Elkhorn Valley pencil pushers, held there Saturday. There was not a large attendance, but we hail a very interesting session. We talked shop, exchanged ideas, swaped yarns and all got many valu able pointers, we were all sorry when the session came to a close. In the evening the members of the asso ciation were entertained by Ithose jolly, whole souled people, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. A. Miles of the O’Neill In dependent, at their cosy home, and we passed a very pleasant evening. O’Neill has two as fine a newspaper boys as you’ll find in any town, genial fellows and real live men. Dennis Cronin has been publishing The Fron tier for low these many years, and he is not an old man either. He can tell you all about the early history of Holt county, politcal and otherwise, _ 1 ...I 4 I ll. 4-11 4 I ti I -. — . . # 4 l, - i»uu »» iiuv ■ U/ v in u kicn uuii »11 vvu ui v>iv Frontier will reveal. Geo. A. Miles has not been there quite as many years as Dennis, but he has exper ienced the ups and downs of pub lishing a paper and at present is in a hot controversy with the board of supervisors over a little of some something like $5000.00. The courts will probably decide the matter. The association made their headquarters at the Evans hotel, and Landlord Evans won a warm spot in the hearts of every one of the boys. O’Neill is a good town tilled with a genial class of people and their cheery greet ings as they extend the glad hand makes one feel right at home. Many new residences in course of construct ion were noticed, along with other improvements. They seemed to have a hunch that the census would reveal about 2000 souls within their city limits and Sanford Parker impressed it on our mind that “we are still growing.” The association meets next year at Valentine and this editor is looking forward to a “warm time” out on Hackberry lake. Ike Rice of the Democrat and secretary of the association already has our order. LOCAL MATTERS I have a lot of cane and millet seed, cheap.—Con Keys. Miss Clafa Hopkins, who has been teaching at Cody, Wyo.. rhe past year, returned home last week. John Mullen, who is a studentin the State University, ireturned home last week to spend the summer va cation. Miss Genevieve Mullen went down to Omaha last Saturday morning for a protracted visit with friends in that city. F. H. Mills of Dubuque, Iowa, and A. E. Mills of Minnesota, aru in the city visiting at the home of their brother, R. II. Mills. Miss Julia Dwyer of Butte, Mont., arrived in the city last Friday for a protracted visit at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Dwyer. Emil Zimmerman, a member of the TTnitPrl SL»tt>a Navv’g hnanir.nl nnrnc arrived borne Wednesday for a visit with Ids parents, Mr and Mrs. Henry ^Immerman, and other relatives. Mrs. Adrian Smith, formerly of this city but now a resident of Madison, S. D.t is in the city vlllting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. David Stannard. Mrs. Smith is a sister of Mr. Stannaid. Mr. and Mis Sanford Parker left Tuesday for an automobile trip through Boyd county and Gregory, Tripp and Meyer counties Sin Sonth Dakota. They expect t» be absent about ten days. Farmers in all parts of the county are camplaining abjut the poor corn stand, many alleging that they have but half a stand. Cut worms are said to be the principal cause of the poor stand and not poor seed. The excavating for the addition to St. Mary’s Academy has been com pleted and several car loadi of brick are now on the ground and it is ex pected that the contractor will have a force of men here next week to com mence work on the building. S. L. Thompson, who has had charge of Skirving’s store the past two years, resigned his position last Friday and purchased the Ideal res taurant of M. F. Kirwin. As a cook Sam is without a peer among the masculine inhabitants of this city and will undoubtedly make a success of the business. Miss Elizabeth O’Malley has taken Ills old position at Skir ving’s. Gollmar Bros, circus drew an im mense crowd to the city last Friday afternoon and evening. At the after noon performance 3600 people were present and all went home feeling that they had secured their money’s worth. The attendance at the even ing performance must have been nearly 1000. The performance was high class and the managers allow no confidence men to hang around the J.WWK.HjCT.’Wl W' '■'UW.m.JSn !>» show to relieve the unsophlsicated of tneir hard earned coin. It is believed that the show treasury is at least 84,000 richer since their visit lo this city, as they entertained the. largest, crowd that has ever attended a tent ed exhibition in this city. The summer term of the Wayne Formal will open June 20th. This term continues eight weeks. Pre paration Is made to care for 1,000 students nicely. More than 150 daily classes will be organized, including: beginning, advanced and review in all common and higher branches, with special classes for those preparing to teach, for experienced teachers, for country teachers, for grade teachers, for high school teachers and princi pals. We have the best equipped Manual Training school in the state. For catalog and futher particulars, write, President Fred M. Pile, Wayne, Nebraska. The editor of a newspaper is often accused of leaving out certain items of news purposely, because of a dis like of the person to be mentioned, or from prejudice, or another cause. This is all bosh. The editor has a ' million different things to think of in connection with the issue of one paper and it is not surprising if he miecos an il.om npp'ieifinu 11 ir nr cnmn. times forgets one which has been call ed to his attention. Nine out of ten psople you ask for news items will tell you they can’t think of any. But in most cases they expect the editor to think of them all and criti cise him If he falls in a single item The best way is to give Lite editor credit for what he does find and men tion and for some things that he finds and doesn’t mention. A. A. Sivisend of Minneola was a business caller at this office last Mon day. Mr. Sivisend has been a resi dent of the Minneola country for years. He was there before the drought-destroying days of the early ninties and seen his neighbors leaving droves seeking some promised land. He resisted the temptation to leave, however, and for several years his neighbors were few and far between and they were men, who, like him self, determined to fight it out {in old Holt. Several of those who left in the early days have come back and sev eral others would come back if they could. Those who stuck are now all well fixed financially and any of them could retire and live in comfort the balance of their days. Mr. Siveisend says the country in his neighborhood is rapidly tilling up and in a couple of years more northeastern Holt will be as densely populated as it was before the exodus commenced. The Sewerage System. The city council met Tuesday night for the purpose of opening bids for the construction of the sewer sys-. tem. Only one bid was submitted, that of H. J. Cathro of Omaha in the sum of 919,901.35. This sum exceeds the estimate made by the engineers in the employ of the city and a strict investigation will be made by the Mayor and Council as to the estimate made by their engineers The firm of engineers employed by the city are among the very best in this country and their value placed upon the work is deserving of every consideration, and until it is demon strated beyound all doubt that they I VUUIltiWLbU HIO 'Mil IX I Uv VUUI I [ oil will uphold I hem and will prub- [ ably re-advertise for bids. Mr. Catnpen, the senior membur of j the engineering firm, was emp'oyed t by the government to make the pie- [ imlnary survey for saniiary sewers } along the Panama canal, in the con- ! »'■1 11 «»*U«!WMP am J.H4.VII VMmseseWWWJMe isuu^WSW***! W" ‘ 1 '. ,-■) f 4 ^^Chcap and Big Can Baking ^k Powder is Only Big in Size - Not% in Satisfaction—Not in Economy M A large can and a small cost does not make baking powder cheap— I or even less expensive than Calumet—the high-quality, moderate-price kind. It certainly cannot make it as good. Don’t judge baking powder to ■ this way—the real test—the proof of raising power, of evenness, uniformity, ■ __ wholesomeness and deliciousness will be found only in the baking. H .(alumeta/ f not made by tki I ha better baking powder than you have ever used be- PiT f TlAV'E I fore. And we will leave it to your good judgment lor I tlljlJjyir. I I proof. Buy a can today. Try it for any baking pur ■ pose. If the results are not better—if the baking is not ^ / * % Calumet is medium in price — but great in satisfaction. Free—large handsome recipe book, illustrated in colors. . . M Send 4c and slip found in pound*can. Calumet Received Highest Award—, I 'Illilf'nrtVl^ ^^^^^V/orld’s Pure Food vSw Chicago See Us Before You Buy ^FLOUR^ We have several brands, all of them good, and will make the lowest prices to you. All Kinds of Grain and Feed Agents for all makes of Cream Sep- | arators. Bring us your Cream as we pay the highest price. Zimmerman # Conklin SUCCESSORS TO J. H. WISE if | The following animals are [§ 3 for service this season at my [a place just north of O’Neill: 1 Two Black Percher- jfj 3 ons, Graden and | 3 7 ra] | Norman. g 3 nl One Hambletonian, 1 Starlight. | Two Large Spanish @j Jacks. I 0 §1 p NORMAN is a three year-old and is a handsome horse in every way p while GRADEN is well known to the breeders of this community. 0 In addition to my old I also have the Mandeville Jack. He is a j| | black, five years old and as good as the best. 3 The fee is $10, to insure. If mare is sold or removed from the | 3 county fee becomes due at once. This will be enforced. Best of care eS 3 will be taken to prevent accidents, but will not be responsible should [a 3 any occur. ' || ] A. MESREL. O'Neill. Nell. | Ba@i5iaHaiEicarajDii3MsisEE®EJSiaiaaEiaEisi3itEiSiaii0Eia)§E®iaiia0isia)aEi@iD'JiEiE!asj& DR. J. P. GILLIGAN Physician and Surgeon Special attention given to IIS EASES OF WOMEN, DISEASES OF THE EYE AND CORRECT FITTING OF GLASSES iailway Mail Clerks Wauled 'he Government Pays Railway Mail Clerks $800 to $1,200 and Other Employes up to $2,500 Annually. Uncle Sam will hold spring exarnin tions throughout the country for rail /ay mall clerks, custom house clerks tenographers, bookkeepers, depart mental clerks and other government osil ions. Thousands of appointment dll he, made. Any man or woman ver 18 In city or country, can get iu truction and free information hy /riling at once to Bureau of Instruct ion, J69. Hamlin Bldg., Rochester, ew York 34-ly theO’BEILL ABSTRA6T*60. % Compiles Abstracts ol Title rHEONLY COMPLETE SET OF AH STRACT BOOKS IN HOLT COUNTY E. H. BENEDICT LAW