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L 'ITie Frontier. • ■■■ ■ - V ■ ^ ' 1 . * VOLUME XXXIU. O’NEILL. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY, MARCH 27.1913 NUMBER 41 CITY ELECTION TO BE HELD NEXT TUESDAY Old Officers All Candidates for An other Term. 2 CANDIDATES FOR TREASURER • ' Third Ward Also Furnishes Contest for Alderman.—Mullen Withdraws for Mayor. The nominations having all been made by the usual petition method, another campaign for the city election next Tuesday is on. The campaign, however, is decidedly tame as there is neither issue nor fight for office. There are two candidates for city treasurer and two for alderman In the 3d ward. The nominations on file with the city clerk are as follows: Mayor—O. F. Biglin, for reelection. Treasurer—C. P. Hancock; J. F. Gallagher, for reelection. Clerk—H. J. Hammond, for reelec tion. First ward—D. H. Cronin, for re election. Second ward—M. H. McCarthy, for reelection. Third ward—0. E. Hall, for reelec tion; J. H. Meredith. Members Board of Education, three year term—T. D. Hanley, Dr. P. J. Flynn. A petition was filed nominating P. D Mullen as a candidate for mayor. Mr. Mullen has since declined the nomination. The following have filed applica tions for saloon licenses: R. J. Marsh, J J. Thomas, W. J. O’Connor, Arthur Ryan. The Live Stock Market South Omaha, Neb. Mar 25.—From the Standard Live Stock Com mission Co. „ Cattle receipts were light at the beginning of this week, we presume partly duo to the storm. Heavy beef steers were slow and a little lower. Handy weights were steady and cows and butcher stock was active and strong. There was little change in Stocker and feeders values excepting the commoner grades, which were slow sale. We quote: Choice beef.$8 25(388.80 Common Beef down to. 7.50 Choice Corn fed cows. 6.80(38.15 Good butcher grades. 6.00(36.75 Canners and cutters. 4.00(35.90 Veal calves. 6.50(39.60 Bulls, stags etc. 6.00(37.25 Good to choice feeders. 7.60(38.40 Common gradesdown to ... 6.25 Stock heifers. 6.00(37.25 The hog supply is rather light again this week with the market still mov ing upward. Bulk 88 85 to 88 90, top $8.95. There is a moderate run of sheep with muttons about steady and lambs a little lower. Japenese Art Sale. April 1st is the date of the fine dis play of Japenese art goods. Will be in the corner of the new Golden hotel, There will be Japenese hand paint ings, Lacquer paintings, vegetable colors, sepia and water colors, choice linen pieces, silk scarfs,- neck-wear, and a host of other things that ladies love. The ladles of O'Neill are kind ly solicited to come and enjoy the afternoon and evening with us. WIL also serve Japenese wafers and tea icre cream and cake. Adv. Ladies Aid, M. E. Church. Chamberlain’s Tablets for Constipa tion. For constipation, Chamberlain’! Tablets are excellent. Easy to take mild and gentle in effect. Give then a trial. For sale by all dealers.—Adv Why Make Butter? Why Not Sell Cream? It's work to make butter; let us do the work. The average price we have paid for but ter fat in cream for churning at O'Neill since Dec. 1,1912, has been 31c. What did you get for butter? Come and see us. mcginnis creamery co. O’NEILL, NEB. 4 FLOODS FOLLOW CYCLONES Nebraska Metropolis Storm Swept and Eastern Cities Inundated. The last published figures on the casualities of the Omaha cyclone last Sunday evening places the number of dead at 152. The injured are many times this number and property loss unestimable. A general account Of the storms will be found on the inside pages of this issue of The Frontier. Former O’Neill people living in Omaha escaped injury. A. F. Mullen sustained the loss of two houses which were wrecked, his place of residence being one of these, but the family es caped uninjured. It was reported early in O'Neill that some of Thos. McLaugnin’s daughter’s fane ily, Mrs Norris, were killed as T. B. Norris and daughter were reported In the list of dead. This is a brother of Mr. McLaughlin’s son-in-law. Following close upon the storms which wrought devastation and death not only in Omaha, but in various towns in Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and Missouri, comes the news of unparal led destruction and death by floods in Ohio and Indiana. Twelve hundred are reported drowned at Dayton, O., where the water attained a depth of 30 feet in places. Nearly the whole state of Ohio and northern Indiana have been devasted to an extent that makes it a national calamity, and President Wilson has issued an appeal for contributions to be sent to the national Bed Cross for aid to the many thousands who have bad their homes and property swept from them. now Nebraska brows. Tbe State Board of Agriculture has been studying the increase of crop production and farm values In Ne braska for the period since tbe census of 1900; this study of the principal crops from 1902 to 1911 shows an en couraging increase in valuation ot Ne braska products. In this period of eight years the corn crop has increased in total value thirteen per cent; the value of the wheat crop has Increased twenty-hlne per cent; potatoes show eighty-two per cent of increase; the bay crop jumps to 163 per cent apd the value of horses 155 per cent. In dairy cattle there is an increase of 30 per cent In value and swine 70 per cent, while the total value of all farm property has increased 178 per cent in the ten years since the census of 1900. When it is remembered that Ne braska now stands second in the en tire Union in the per capita value of farm property It requires no gift of prophecy to predict that tbe census of 1920 will show this state in undis puted leadership of tbe agricultural column. This situation should be en couraging to every interest connected with the development of Nebraska. Revised Figures. The Frontier’s informant of the loss of cattle in the southwest part of county during the blizzard two weeks ago was either not posted on losses in his neighborhood or careless as to the statement made. As his statements wera given as verification of reports previously heard they were published on the supposition of accuracy. Super visor Hubbell of Inez, however, says they were far from such. Instead of 110 head reported lost to one man ihe number should have been six, which was the largest individual loss in that community. A few others lost from one to three head, Mr. Hubbell says: The largest single loss we have been able to learn of and verify with any degree of certainty was sustained on the A. T. ranch in Wheeler county, where out of 3,000 head 45 perished in the blizzard. These were among the herds kept at the West End and this number got into a pond hole and perished. One Unconstitutional Joke. The Springview Herald says of the Nebraska stallion law, which seems to serve no other purpose than to furnish jobs for the fee collectors: “The law was declared unconstitu tional by the district court in and for Howard county in the eleventh judici al district, and has been carried to the state supreme court, and until that court sustains or reverses the decision of the lower court the law is inoperative, and has been since it was declared unconstitutional by the dis trict court and all acts under it since that time are void and without auth ority of law, and at the Dresent time there is no stallion law In Nebraska, and will not be unless the supreme court should reverse the decision ol the lower court. At the present time, the stallion board, in collecting fees, are proceeding without any authority whatever.” | Typewriter paper at this office. LOCAL MATTERS Claud Hancock had business In Bas sett Sunday. George Pharam departed Tuesday for a visit in Iowa. Frank Pizley made a business trip to Omaha Tuesday. Judge and Mrs. Malone were up from Inman Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Anton Toy are the parents of a girl, born Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Griffin arrived home Monday from their eastern trip. The Misses Zella and Zepba Ziemer are spending the week with their sister at Allen. T A A ..1.. ..inU last week at the home ot his parents, Mr. and Mrs. 0. E. Howe. Congressman Kinkaid departed Fri day last for Washington. The extra session of congress convenes April 7. Fannie Scott, daughter of the late Barret Scott, was married on March 14 at Kansas City to Claude W. Flag ull of that city. Clarence Johnson, G. L. Hoppe and P. K. Franzman, three Wheeler coun ty men, were up from Francis the first of the week. John Culbert departed this morning for a visit with his daughter in north western Washington. He may con clude to remain there. William Anderson of Chambers came up Friday from Omaha, where he had been to consult an oculist. Mr. Anderson went home Saturday. O. O. Snyder arrived home Tuesday from a business trip to Fremont and York. Mr. Snyder says'they have a foot or more of snow in the southern part of the state. Miss Ruth Evans, who was visiting friends in Omaha, left there for her home Sunday afternoon in time to escape the tornado which wrought such disasterous havoc in the city. G. B. Conwell writes from Lander, Wy., that he has taken a homestead near Shoshoni, where he expects to take up bis residence at once and whither he wants “the good old Fron tier" sent. Christian Spenler and Anna Bellar, both of O’Neill, obtained license to wed last Saturday. On Monday Judge Carlon Issued a similar document for Albert Ziech of Boyd county and Annettie Smith of Holt county. While Chambers people are not say ing very much about it, yet it is learn ed from pretty reliable Bourses that the Burlington officials look with favor upon the report made to them by the Chambers Commercial club as to the statistics of southern Holt. IThe general manager of the road, in fact, looks upon the report with such favor that he will go over the ooontf] as soon as spring opens up and take the matter of extending the O’Neill life up with the directors., Gordon Journal: Mrs. McOaskey, who has been clerking at the Ooieman & Ross store for some time, has re signed her position and will leave soon for California. Miss Helen Caa siday of O’Neill, an experienced and up-to-date dry goods lady, will serve in Mrs. McCaskey’s place. Assessor Tom Coyne has been on the job the past week getting the books, schedules and other supplies in readiness for the precinct assessors to begin work next month. The asses sors will have a meeting in O'Neill Friday of this week when instruc tions and equipment for the work will be given them. Justus Spindler filed suit in district court Tuesday against Katherine Spindler praying for divorce. They were married in O’Neill last October. Plaintiff alleges extreme cruelty. He says that in February defendant tried to kill him by administering poison in his food. Several Instances are cited in the petition wherein plaintiff al leges he had been roughly treated by his spouce, who finally drove him from the house which be says Is hie and was bought by him last fall. The woman is now in possession of the place, and plaintiff asks for a decree of divorce and the peaceable posses sion of his own fireside. Probably the largest attendance ever at any Sunday school of the coun ty was that present at the Eastei services 01 the Presbyterian Sunday school in O’Neill last Sunday. The service was held in the opera house and was attended by 800 or more ol all denominations and no denomtna tion. The official count was 706, but some few got away without being re corded. The large attendance wai due to strenuous efforts for victory it the contest with the Presbytenai Sunday school at Atkinson. The large attendance here last Sunday placed the O’Neill school far in ad vanoe of its competitor. Jesse Mills and Miss Maude Snigg! were married at Orchard Wednesday The wedding took place at the homt of the groom’s sister, Mrs. Bay Sco field. Mrs. B. H. Mills and two daugh ters, Miss Elsie and Martha, were it attendance from here. The younf couple came to O’Neill last night, anc will set up bouse keeping in the neai future. Both bride and gioom an well and favorably known by every body in this community, where they have always resided. Jesse Is the eld est son of B. H. Mills and is one of tbi finest lads among The Frontier’i ecquaintance. His bride is the only daughter of Emil Sniggs and is i young lady of exceptional qualifies tlons and good sense. That tbei: union may be a means of happlnesi and prosperity to both is the wish o their many friends, SLASHED WITH RAZOR O'Neill Girl Has Unpleasant Exper ience With Rejected Admirer. Word was received here Tuesday by the girls parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Meredith, who left for Omaha Wed nesday to investigate the affair, that Miss Mabel Meredith had been hurt in Omaha Sunday evening and was in a critical condition at a hospital. It was reported that she had been struck by a falling timber in the cyclone swept district after the 6torm. An Omaha paper, however, assigns another cause. It says: Jealousy Is supposed to have been the motive of an assault made upon Miss Mabel Meredith, a stenographer with the Burlington railroad, at 10:S0 o'clock Sunday night near Eight and William streets. Two dangerous rozor cuts on her back and a severe gash across her face represent the work of her vindictive assailant. Miss Mere dith is now at the Presbyterian hos pital, attended by Dr. Loney. She will recover. Mrs. L. Hahn, with whom the injured girl lives at 1408 South Eight street, was also slashed while attemping to save her young friend, but not badly hurt. She is at her home. Dectectlve Lahey, who was on his way home near the scene of the trouble, heard the shrieks of the wounded girl as the man wielded his razor, and hastened to her assistance. By the time he arrived the whole neighborhood was up and in arms, but the assllant, nevertheless, made hiB escape. Miss Meredith, bleeding ter ribly, was hurried to the hospital nearby. Mrs. Hahn was taken home. Detective Lahey yesterday secured an admission from the injured girl that she had been keeping company with a young man whose identity is known to the police, but recently broke off with him. A few days ago he sent her a letter saying that if she did not at once resume her friendly relations with him, he would do her serious harm. She thought little of the affair and It passed from her mind. Sunday night, with Mrs. Hahm, she attended a theater, and the couple were on their way home when the young man approached through the darkness, produced a razor and at tacked her. Mrs. Hahn attempted to interfere and was cut. An arreBt is expected. Who Owns the Ten? Somebody over In Boyd county Is wanted to claim a ten dollar bill that has been watting the last three years for something to turn up that would disclose the owner. The tale of the bill is this: A short time before the Northwest ern railroad built into Boyd county two young men sold some hogs to Oon Keys of this city. They were paid for the hogs with what money Mr. Keys had on his person at the time and a check for the balance on Hag erty’s bank. They got the check cashed and lost $10 of the money they got at the bank. Though dellgent search was made for the money at the time by both these young men and Mr. Keys it could not be found. About three years ago Mr. Keys was telling the inoident to a friend, who said he had found the money. Oon then undertook the responsibility of taking the ten into custody and locatf ing the owners. This latter he has been unable to do, though he says he still has the ten and would like to locate the owner. He has neither the name nor address of either of the men, and the man who found the money is now died. Con says there were some things connected with the incident that will enable him to iden tify the real owner Bhould he ever show up. If he Is still in Boyd coun ty, the gentleman better come across and get the money, thus relieving our friend Con of a harrowing respon sibility. Richard Grant White in his'‘Words and Their Uses,” says: “Transpire means to breathe through, and so to pass off lnsenilble. The identical word exists in French, in which lan guage it is equivalent of our perspire, which also means to breathe through, and so to pass off insensibly. The Frenchman says J’ai beaucoup trans pire (I have much perspired)—in fact, transpire and perspire are etymolog ically as near perfect synonyms as the nature of language permits; the lat ter, however, has by common consent ; been set apart in English to express the passage of a watery secretion through the skin, while the former is properly used only in a figurative sense to express the passage of knowledge from a limited circle to publicity.” Hay Business for Sale. On account of wanting to go in business in Denver, Oolo., 1 will offer my bay business for sale. Office and hay barn, storage about 1,000 tons. I handle from 100 to 160 cars of hay : each month, have over 600 good cus i turners along the line to ship hay to which you can go ahead and do bust* ■ ness with without any trouble, but I ; am obliged to sell, If 1 can get some | where uear what is right. Write or . see me. Frank Valla, 40-tf-adv. O’Neill, Neb. LARGE DONATIONS FOE AN ELEGTKIC RAILWAY Sioux City to O'Neill Proposition Receiving Substantial Aid. PADDOCK PEOPLE GIVE $1,000 That Amount Contributed for Survey. —Farther East Farmers Are Lib eral With Check Book. Residents of northeastern Holt be gin to feel that their time has come for a railroad. Moreoriess confidence is felt that the electric line, plans of which are now being worked out t>y the promoters, Omaha and Sioux City men, will go through. The route pro posed Is from Sioux Oity to Center, Knox county, thence west and north, through the northeastern portion of this county to O’Neill. A spur is to be run fromOenterto Niobrara, where will be the source of power, the Niobrara river being ultillzed for that purpose. Farmers along the route are donat ing liberally to the enterprize. Ernest Beavers tells us 91,000 was raised In Paddock township last Saturday for thesurvey. Jim Plnkerman says that farther east, over along the Knox county line, some large individual con tributions are being made. Last week Josh Davidson, living near Stoney Butte, gave the president of the company a check for 91,000, Tom Crow contributed 9350 and many others from 9100 to 9200 each. Jim says it Is the best looking proposition for a railroad they have had yet out through that country. A Letter From Mrs. Kane. Emmet, March 24 — Editor Frontier: In the plea made by W. E. Scott of Atkinson, against the issueing of a saloon license to Wm. Cuddy at Em met, Mr. Scott made the statement that the death of Dennis Kane was caused by Emmet whiskey. I wish to say that this is a false statement and an injustice to Dennis Kane, deseased, ad well as myself. X take this means to correct the false statement made by Mr. Soott and to right the character of Mr. Kane. Ellen Kane. *The Mother’s Favorite. A cough medicine for children should be pleasant to take. It should be effectual. Chamberlains Cough Remedy is all of this and is the mothers’ favorite everywhere. For sale by all dealers.—Adv. PAID ADVERTISEMENTS. Gilt Edge flour $1.10 at Bszelm&n’s. Fresh Bread at the O'Neill Bakery. Bazelman’s,store for ladleB’ hats and suits. 30-tf I have some good seed oats for sale. —Con Keys. Pltohfork handles 15c each at Brennan’s—38-4. See J. E. Parker for auto trips. Phone 37 or 22.-39-4. Fine Candles and Hot Chocolate.— McMillan & Markley’s Bakery and Candy Kitohen. 22-tf. 1 have an awful nice black Jers>y cow, just fresh, 6 years old, to sell for $60.—Con Keys. Dr. Corbett, in O’Neill first four days, In Atkinson two days every week, beglng April 1. Try Frank and Vince Suohy’s tailor shop for French Dry Cleaning. Their work can’t be beat. 1-tf. At 7 per cent Interest I have east ern money to loan on farms.—R. H. Parker, O’Neill. 40-4. Cement blocks, cement culverts and all kinds of mason work.—Andrew Schmidt, phone 204. 41-2. For Sale—House and lot one block east of the school house. Terms reasonable.—D. W. Cameron. 9-tf For Sale oi Bent—My 80 acre pas ture on the Bedblrd, EJ, SEJ 29-11. Good grass and plenty of water.—D. J. Harrington, White Biver, S. D., lock box 417. 38-tf For Sale—Having leased the new Golden Hotel, I will sell my furniture and fixtures of Hotel Evans at a bar gain; will make prices right.—W. T. Evans. 39-4pd We do French Dry Cleaning in our shop of all ladies and gentlemen’s garments. Nothing but first class work turned out. At Frank and Vince Suchy’s tailor shop. 1-tf Arnold and Widner have a lot of good cattle of all descriptions, consist ing of cows, calves, heifers, steers and some extra good bulls which they will sell to please purchaser. See L. W. Arnold, O’Neill, Neb. 31-tf $50,000 To loan on First Farm Mortg ages in the next 30 days. Call and leave application before inspector arrives. J* «A j» JOHN L. QUIG, O'NEILL NEB.