The Frontier
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OlBolal paper of O'Neill and Holt county.
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Addreaa the offlc* or the pabllaher.
Removal from office is the
thanks Dr. John W. Russell, sup
erintendent of the hospital where
Thaw is confined, got for disclos
ing to his superiors a plot to bribe
Thaw out of the asylum.
Taft’s enemies haven’t been
able to find an excuse for laying
the responsibility of the Balkan
war upon him, but they have
ample reasons why he is the
cause of the Mexican revolts.
Turkey signifies her willing
ness to yield Adrionople in the in
terests of peace, which happy
event seems again about to be
realized. Little by little the Turks
are yielding up their European
posessions.
English sufferagettes have got
in bad by their rough tough
methods of exploiting the ballot
box. It is hard to believe, how
ever, that the women are alto
gether to blame. The high born
English dame is proverbial for
decorum and ladyship. Condi
tions that are not understood this
side the Atlantic no doubt obtain
which drive the women to shear
desporation. Lady Parkhurst
says it is an upheavel in remon
strance to the English white slave
system. She believes if the
women are given the ballot box
they can effect reforms in this re
spect, and intimates that they are
not going to let up until they win
or are all sent to jail.
Congress may consider taking
up the Dr. Friedman tubercular
cure if experiments now being
made in this country warrant it.
It appears that in the Friedman
discovery congress will have an
opportunity to do something of
real benefit to all sections of the
country, as was done by the en
actment of pure food laws. Ap
propriations can well be made
lor the establishment and main
tenance of institutions for the
treatment of people afflicted with
tuberculosis. Resonable fees
could be charged those able to
pay for it and those who were
not able to pay taken in free. The
discoverer of the serum, now in
America, shows no signs of want
ipe to exploit his discovery for
financial gain as he administers
the treatment to poor as well as
pch.
Two Views.
* A view of the democratic esti
jhate of party success in Nebras
ka is set forth in the party’s chief
ftolitical organ, which says:
£ What the rank and file of demoorats
f ant Is for Governor Morehead to as
for a second term and build up
his personal influence enough to over
come the republican majority two
mats hence. And, give us good dem
ocratic appointments and make his
administration so popular that the
appointees will have a prospect to
hold their offloes more than two years.
Ex-Governor Holcomb made himself
popular with the party that elected
him, and he gave us a long lease of
power.
The foregoing makes it clear
that the principal concern of Ne
braska democrats is to hold the
jobs.
In contrast to this, their nation
al standard bearer takes a more
exalted view of the trust bestow
ed to his keeping. In President
Wilson’s inaugural address this
expression of high ideals is found;
This is not a day of triumph; it is a
day of dedication. Here muster, not
the forces of party, but the forces ol
humanity. Men’s hearts wait upon
up; men’s lives hang in the bal&noe:
men’s hopes call upon us to say what
we will do. Who shall live up to the
great truat? Who dares fail to try!
I summon all honest men, all patriotic
all forward-looking men to my side,
God helping me I will not fall then
If they will but counsel snd sustali
me.
THE LEGISLATURE
What’s Being Done by the State Law
Making Body at the Capital.
Lincoln,March 3.—LastThurs
day the house took up for join
consideration H. R. 54 by McAl
hater of Dakota, making a om
mill levy for extension of the Un
iversity at the farm site and H.
R. 345 by McKissick, which pro
vided a levy of one-half mill for
the same period of six years for
the extension of the present city
campus, and the erection of ad
ditional necessary buildings there
on. After six hours of heated
and sometimes stormy debate, the
house killed the McAllister bill
for removal to the Farm by a
vote of 68 to 59, and recommend
ed for passage the McKissick bill
for the extension of the present
down town site by a vote of 80 to
18. Later in the week the Mc
Kissick bill was presented for
final consideration and was passed
by a vote of 77 t0 10,
This action is the direct reverse
of that taken by the senate during
the previous week at which time
the senate by a heavy majority
on a separate question, which re
flected distinctly the removal
question, voted for removal.
The outcome of this situation
is considered by competent obser
vers to be a problem. With the
house and senate divided on this
question, the probable outcome
will be, that while removal is de
feated at this session the appro
priation for the University will
probably be limited to a liberal
maintenance of its current activi
ties, and that any appropriations
for new buildings at either site
will fcul of passage and the ques
tion of University removal be left
hanging in the air for another two
years, during which time to
secure final settlement of the mat
ter the electors of the state will
have to express their wishes for
the final guidance of a succeed
ing legislature.
McAllister of Dakota county,
in a set speech which had been
reduced to manuscript form, lead
the fight for removal, and made a
logical and connected argument
in favor of his position. Cronin
of Holt was an able second in
the effort for removals, the gener
al line of argument presented by
the removals being along the line
that genuine economy in the
handling of this question meant
looking ahead in the years to
vcome, and building for the needs
of the state in the future in the
face of the fact that the mistakes
of the past could not now be
remedied except by looking the
matter squarely in the ■ face, and
making the start now that the
state should perhaps have made
12 or 15 years ago. Pearson of
Frontier, in a short but very effec
tive speech also supported the re
moval idea and Hoffmeister of
Chase, followed in the same sup
port.
The supporters of the down
town campus were led by Palmer
of Clay, also in a set speech re
duced to manuscript in which he
presented many alleged statistics
covering the presumed cost of re
moval and other relative ques
Uons affecting the financial side
of the question as it related to the
tax payers of the state, and the
students who work their way
through the school. Potts of
Pawnee, in an impassioned speech
of half an hour took up what he
referred to as the dollar and cents
question affecting removal, point
ed out the already heavy demands
of state institutions on the tax
payer, the necessity of consider
ing the needs of other state in
stitutions not yet amply provided
for, and therefrom argued the
necessity of not involving the
state at this time in the heavy ex
pense of removal, which is esti
mated at varying amounts from
one and one-half to three millions
of dollars. Norton of Polk also
declaimed earnestly against re
moval, while Mockett of Lancas
ter followed with one of the most
logical and \clean-cut arguments
in favor of the present site that
was offered in the debate. An
offer by the city of Lincoln to
subscribe $100,000 in cash to the
extension of the present down
town campus was declared by
Nichols of Madison to be not
other than a bribe and denounced
as an improper effort to influence
the final conclusions of the legis
lature on this question.
Gov. Morehead, early in the
week, sent to the Senate his ap
pointments tor state Board of
Control for confirmation by the
senate. While this message was
not made public, it is definitely
understood that the men named
• for this board were Henry
t Gerdes of Richardson, C. H.
' Gregg of Buffalo,and Chas. Grafl
: of Cumming. At a caucus held
by the republican majority of
the senate on the following day,
the appointments were referred
to a committee of five to report
to the senate their conclusion on
these nominations. This report
may not be forthcoming for a
week or ten days, and many
rumors are afloat as to the prob
able action of the senate thereon.
Common rumor predicts all sorts
of action ranging from the prob->
able confirmation of the three'
men proposed to the rejection of
the entire list. The matter is suf
ficiently complicated that in fact
no one at this time can for-cast
the action of the senate regarding
these appointments.
During the week by vote of 50
to 30 after a hot debate extend
ing over two hours, the house
recommended for passage the
McKissick bill abolishing capital
punishment; recommended for
passage the Bollan bill giving
votes to women on all subjects by
a vote of 45 to 38. As this is a
constitutional amendment requir
ing 60 votes to pass it through
the house, the prospects for its
passage are apparently not good
judged from the vote above given,
although seventeen members
were absent and not voting and
from these it is possible the bill
might gather enough additional
support to pass though this re
sult does not seem probable.
The time for bill introduction
having passed, and no one but
the governor having authority to
introduce a bill, at the request of
standing committee, Gov. More
head near the close of the week
sent to the house a special mess
age and introduced three hills;
one for a $50,000 appropriation
for a new building at the girls’
home at Ceneva; one for $25,000
for an infirmary at the state hos*
pital at Kearney, and one for
$3,000 for the completion of the
woik of the code commission and
the publication cf the current edi
tion of the statutes. Only the
last of these bills received a re
commendation from the governor
in the message accompanying
them.
The house spent an entire
afternoon in a wrangle over the
licensing of pool halls outside of
incorporated cities and villages.
Some of the radical drys in the
house immediatefy scented a*"
foundation for some sort of ir 1
boot-legging or carousing pro- 1
position, and it was not until other I
of their brethern of the same
faith explained to them that pool 1
halls were already in operation (
in these small settlements without •
any regulation of law whatever, '
and that this bill was an attempt J
to regulate what already existed, !
and not to create a condition not ^
existing, that their opposition was '
withdrawn and the bill received '
practically'unanimous approval.
Late in the week the finance, 1
ways and means committee pre- 1
sented to the house the bi-ennial ■
appropriation bill for the mainten- !
ance of state institutions, the bill 1
carrying a total appropriation of '
$250,000.
Among the items passed on
during the week by the senate^ '
was a recommendation to place 1
on general file for passage H. R. !
3 and H. R. 21, the house bills 1
creating public ownership of I
telephones by county purchase or ]
establishment. I
The senate passed the bills
creating a state department of .
weights and measures, and an act
providing for working the con- !
victs of the state on public works
and public roads, The senate j
showed its decided disapproval of
an effort to in some degree make ]
a monoply of the state banking
business by defeating by a vote
of 9 to 16 a bill by Marshall of
Lancaster, which gave descretion
to the state banking board to re
fuse a charter to a proposed new
bank in any locality where the
board might conclude there were
already enough banks. This
proposal was attacked along the
line of creating at least a sort of
monoply of the banking business.
The house killed the bill by
Quiggle, providing for a plan of
f50,000
To loan on First Farm Mortg
ages in the next 30 days. Call
and leave application before
inspector arrives, j* j*
JOHN L. QUIG, O'NEILL NEB.
FISHERS “I
Big Closing Out Sale
Furniture and Hardware!
As my lease on the building we are now occupying will expire on May ist of this year, and I
we have decided to change our location we are going to close out our immense stock at a great B
sacrifice to us. Our stock is too large to move and we could not afford to move it anyway. So 1
we have concluded to give the people the benefit by slaughtering profits on the goods. 'These 1
articles mtSst be sold before May ist, and we are going to make prices on them that will make it
an object to the buying public to carry them away. Our stock is all up-to-date stuff and clean
and each department carries a complete line. We are not quoting ahy prices as we want you to
see the goods and examine the quality before we astonish you with the low prices we are putting
on them. _ 1 *
These Goods Must go Regardless of Our Profits
Below we list some of the articles we are offering, but everything in the store is on the list 1
Read them Over and see if there isn t some thing in the list you need, then come in and let us cive I
you our price: b
Stoves Forks Tables Springs
Ranges Spades Rockers IMattresses
Heaters Shovels Chairs Sanitary Couches l
0.1 Heaters Bolts Book Cases Spring Cots
Stove Pipe Screws Buffets Couches
TinWare American Woven ' China Closets Window Shades
Granite Ware Wire Fence Library Tables Curtain Rods
Aluminum Ware Steel Posts Tabourelts Wall Molding
Wash Boilers Farm Gates Side Boards Plate Moulding
Wash Tubs Barn Door Tracks Dressers Clothes R icks
OilCans Paints Commodes Ironing Boards I
Mail Boxes Varnishes Hall Trees Pictures
Clothes Baskets White Lead Hall Racks Linoleum
Cutlery Linseed Oil Music Racks Matting D
Tools Machine Oil Go Carts Rugs B v
Ammunition Washing Machines Chiffoniers Kitchen Cabinets i
Guns Clothes Wringers Davenports Garden Seed
Rope Window Glass Beds jg
nTMF — — I ^® f®c^ that we are offering the public a great opportunity to save H
|T| ^ I/ I money as all our goods are seasonable. The goods must be sold by H
M May 1st and it will be your fault if you do not get what you need |
T T^i.21 IVr vt 1 By the first of May we shall have made arrangement for our new
^ H 1,11 fl Y JL °cation and the rich bargains we are now offering will be a thing
M of the past. Call and investigate the purchasing power of your dollar
Never before have we offered such bargains as we are now offering. The short time we have to close 1
this stock makes it necessary for sweeping reduction in prices. The opportunity is yours at our expense '
FISHER FURNITURE & HARDWARE CO.
... ...A
•eorganization of mutual insur
mce companies into stock com
panies.
The bill by Qates of Douglas,
warding to a sheriff his entire
:xpense account when pursuing
:riminals was also defeated, as
vas also the bill by Mallory of
3ox Butte providing for a con
titutional convention. Only a
ew days previously, the senate
lad killed a similar bill by a
leavy majority.
The bill by Gates of Sarpy, to
permit saloon at Ft. Crook,where
hey have been denied for six
'ears past under a special statute
prohibiting a licensed saloon with
n two one-half miles of a military
posf, was defeated by a vote of
\2 for to 44 against.
During the week the house
passed the Hardin bill interpret
ng the bi-ennial constitional
imendment of last year, whereby
f this bill becomes a law it is
probable the tangle in the amend
nent will be cured and no gener
il election held this year, 1913.
Hie bill to incorporate villages of
00 inhabitants passed after a
ong fight, its opponents alleging
hat it was an effort to extend the
pooze business. This was dis
proven by many of their own col
eagues from the small settle
nents, who claimed that it would
NEWCOMERS, WELCOME
\
Come and see us. We have
helped the old settlers to
more money for their cream;
we will be glad to help you.
It will also help us. We have
done much toward making
Holt county a profitable
place to live. Come in and
see a modern, complete
creamery.
Mc6iNNIS CREAMERY CO.
O’NEILL, NEB.
11-^
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John Moler’s
Big Closing Out Sale!
16 miles north and 2 west of O’Neill, 3 1-2
miles west and 1-2 south of Meek, on
Tues., March 11th
12 head of Horses, 26 head of Cattle,
28 head of Hogs, farm machinery,
30 tons(of hay in stack, 300
bu. corn, 300 bu. side oats
k everything will be
sold, no by-biddidg.
not aid license advocates in any
case and would give the little
places authority of law for need
ed improvements. Among other
laws passed by the house were
the following: Fries bill, giving
35 cents per hour for judges and
clerks of election; creating a con
dition on forestry to report on the
feasibility of reforesting the sand
hills otherwise barren. Norton’s
bill to work convicts on public
roads and house roll 441 provid
ing for the labeling of all convict
made goods. Both the senate
and the house adjourned Friday
to meet Monday. The senate is
well abreast of its labors while
the house has yet a mass of bills
on general file that would require
three months for consideration.
Helvey News Bureau.
