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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (April 17, 1913)
/ The Frontier. * ' VOLUME XXXIII. O’NEILL. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY, APRIL 17,1913 i NUMBER 44 1 i * - i. DIFFERENCE OF OVER $10,OOOJN_THE BIDS Board of Education Consider Propos als of Contractors. CONTRACT NOT YET AWARDED Meeting Monday Evening Adjourned for One Week.—Bond Bids Are All Rejected. Tuesday evening in tbp district court room the board ol education held a meeting for opening bids sub mitted by contractors for the new school house and also the bids of financial agents for the bonds. Some twenty-five or thirty strang ers, representing construction com panies, plumbing concerns, brick manufacturers and banking interests, were at the meeting beside citizens of the town. The bids for the school house were opened and read and showed a range of prices from $41,474, the lowest, to $52,225, the highest. Nine bids in all for the construction work were sub mitted. The bids for the plumbing and heat ing showed a range of prices of from $10,400 to $11,850. James Davidson of this city was the lowest bidder on the plumbing. All bids were rejected but three of the lowest for the construc tion and three of the lowest for heat ing. The bids on the bonds were all re. jected as not offering enough for the issue. The board adjourned until next Monday evening to further consider the matter and probably at that time let the contract and consider new bids for the bonds. Kearn's Mine in Big Suit. Mayor Biglin shows us a paper from Salt Lake City containing an account under red head lines of a big law suit in which Tom Kearn’s Silver King Coalition has to pay $880,000 to a rival mining company at Salt Lake, the Silver King. Consolidated company. The Coalition company was takiog ore from the Consolidated company’s property, the question of ownership being so determined by the United States court of appeals at St. Louis recently. The Salt Lake paper says the loss falls principally upon Thomas Kearns and David Keith. As Mr. Biglin remarked, if any body had told Tom Kearns when he left here thirty years ago that he would some day have a judgment of nearly a million to pay and be able to pay it he would have thought it a big joke. 1 NOTICE ! Monday, April 21, is designat ed as City Cleaning Day. Every person within the city limits is hereby notified to haul off, cart away or destroy all rubbish of every hind and description on their properties. Remember that next to Godli• > ness comes cleanliness. JACK KANE, Chief of Police. Death of Aged Citizen. Mrs. Prussia Coykendall died at her home in this city Mondy, April 14, age 80 venn, 4 months and 11 days. The (uueral was. held ypsterday from the Methodist church, conduced by thp pastor, Rev. Haiold J. Armitage, anpl was generally attended by the neigh bors and old friends of the deceased. After a hymn by the choir, Rev. Armitage read a scripture lesson from St. John’s Gospel and the Revelation. Mrs. Armitage sang as a solo the sub" lime old hymn, “There’s a Land That Is Fairer Than Day.” The pastor offered prayer and the choir rendered another hymn. Rev. Armitage said there were many passages of scripture he would like to use as texts upon this occasion. He referred to the deceased as an ex ample of Godly living and expressed the hope that his hearers might be impressed with this example. Mrs. Coykendall was one of the early settlers with her husband and family in eastern Holt county. The family moved to O’Neill from the vicinity north of Page in the early 90’s and she has resided here most of the time since then. Of her immediate family she is survived by one daughter, Miss Alice of this city, and one son, Ar thur, who is in the government im migration service down along the Texas and Arizona boarder. She also has a grandson, Earl Corbett of Sioux City, who with his wife and child were here to attend the funeral. Large Tariff Bill. Congressman Kinkaid sends The Frontier a copy of the new tariff bill, H. R. 10 Introduced by Representative Underwood. It is a voluminous doc ument, comprising 218 printed pages. From Schedule G, agricultural pro ducts and provisions, it is found the bill provides a tariff of 10 per cent ad yalorum on all live stock, except horses and mules of the value of 8200 each or less which is $15 per bead. Horses and mules over that value comes in on the 10 per cent ad valorum rate. The following are the rates on grain: Barley, 15 cents per bushel of forty eight pounds; barley malt, 25 cents I per bushel of thirty-four pounds; bar ley, pearled, patent or bulled, 1 cent per pound; buckwheat, 8 cents per bushel; oats, rye and wheat, 10 cents per bushel There Is considerable of a reduc tion in tariff rates on all these pro ducts over the schedules now in force. The free list comprises some thirty* three pages of the bill. The bill also provides what is des cribed as a normal income tax, “that there shall be levied, assessed and paid annually” by every citizen of the United States,a tax of 1 per cent upon the amount reoeived over and above *4,000. In addition to this Is a 1 per cent tax on sums between 820,00b and #50, 000, 2 per cent between this and #100, 000 and 3 per cent over that amount. Administratrix Gets Judgment. Kosa V. Hoffman as administratrix of the estate of George Glover was given a judgment in district court yesterday morning against the North western railroad for #4500. The judg ment was entered in the retrial of a personal injury oase, which upon mutral agreement of the parties to the suit was tried to the court with out a jury. The case was first tried nearly four years ago to a jury which, on June 4, 1909, rendered a verdict for the plain tiff for #20,000. The railroad comp any took the case to the supreme court. That tribunal sent the case back to the district court of this coun ty for retrial. Judge Dlbkson’s order directs each of the parties to the action to pay their court costs. John Barleycorn On Top, Chicago special: Drink is the cause of the wrecking of most homes whose affairs came under the Chicago court of domestic relations in the last year. The novel court is about to close its second twelve months and Judge Gem mill has compiled its report for that period. Three thousand Biz hundred and ninety cases were heard this year. Nearly seven thousand have been handled in the two years of the court’s existence. Following are the causes of domestic trouble, as tabled today by Judge Gemmill: Liquor, 42 per cent. Immorality, 14 per cent. Disease, 13 per cent. C 111 temper, 11 per cent. Wife’s parents, 6 per cent. Husband’s parents, 1 per cent. Married too young, 4 per cent. Laziness, 3 per cent. “Perhaps the best feature of the ; court’s record,” said the judge, “is i that reconciliations have been brought ; about in 50 per cent of the cases of | separation that came before it.” The jail building is being finished | off at a place of residence for the : sheriff. The upstairs apartments are | undergoing some alterations as to ar rangements of rooms, the walls are being hard finished, bath installed and outside entrance built. When finished Sheriff Grady and family will move into the same, occupying the upper portion of the building. The lower story is all completed for the i safe keeping of prisoners and care ol | insane patients. Comes to Trial. A number of Ewing people were In town yesterday and today In atten dance at the trial as witnesses and otherwise of E. L. Davies vs. the vil lage trustees In whloh the plaintiff seeks to have the village board per manently restrained from installing a new pumping outfit for the town water works. The main difficulty seems Co lie a rivalry over which of two dealers in the town shall furnish the outfit, which it seems to be pretty well agreed by all is badly needed. An effort was made by the plaintiff to have the case continued until next month. The defendants claim this was to allow the newly elected tillage board to come into control before the present difficulty is settled. Judge Dickson proceeded with the trial of the case. The defendants claim there is Immediate need of providing a new outfit for pumplbg. The plaintiff charges that the board did not go about getting an outfit legally. Ad journment of court was taken last night until 4 o’clock today to allow time for more witnesses to be brought from Ewing. Boy Accidently Shot, Jesse Harrison, a boy 14 or 15 years old, living four miles southeast of Emmet, was accidently shot by a neighbor boy about the same age, Harry Kestenholtz, Tuesday after noon, with a 22-callbre rifle. The boys had observed a gopher run under a water tank and got the rifle to shoot the gropher. Jesse located the little striped back rodant under the edge of the tank and told the other boy to come and shoot it. Harry became a little excited and pulled too soon. The ball entered Jesse’s cheek bone just below the right eye. He was brought to O’Neill at onoe and Dr. Ollllgan dressed the wound, which was causing the boy excruciating pain, but felt thankful that the bullet did not strike a little higher up and put out his eye or possibly resulted fatally. Will Initiate Large Class Next Sunday afternoon some fifty five or sixty new members will be received into Charles Carroll of Carrollton Council Knights of Colum bus of O’Neill. Great preparations are being made by the members of the order here for the event. The initi ator work will be in charge of the team from Ihe Lincoln council, under the direction of W. E. Straub, state deputy. A large attendance of out of town Knightp is expected as well as all members of the local council. *A banquet will be spread by Evans & Evans in the new hotel in the even ing for the Knights. > --- Notice As we have sold our store and expect to move away soon, we ask all who are indebted to us on book account, tc please call and settle at once, as we do not wish to place these accounts In the hands of a collector. Call at store for settlement.—Adv. Fisher Furltnre & Hardware Co. For Rent—12 room house, one block from schools and church, can be used for rooming and boarding.—Mrs. John Skirting. 44-lpd. MINOR MENTION A gold medal to the school boy or girl between the ages of 10 and 16 who writes the best composition, not to exoeed 800 words, on the repair and maintenance of earth roads, Is to be awarded by Logan Waller Page, director, office of public roads, United States department of Agriculture, Washington, D. 0. All compositions must be submitted to Mr. Page be fore May 16. 1913, and the medal wjll be awarded as soon thereafter as the compositions can be graded. The composition may be based on know ledge gained from books or othei sources, but bo quotations should be made. William Ouddy, through his attor ney E. H. Whelan, has filed an appeal in district court In the Emmet saloon case. License for another year was denied Cuddy by the 41ounty board on March 18 on the showing by the re monstrators of violation of the llquoi laws. Cuddy now goes to district court in the hopes of overruling tbs decision of the board. Lee Downey and Blanch Gherrj were married this morning at the home of the bride’s parents at Page Rev. Murten officiating. .Only rela lives of the young couple were pres ent at the wedding. They will make their home at Royal, where Mr Downey Is station agent for the Bur lington. The groom is a son of Mr and Mrs. C. E. Downey of this city. Last Friday T. V. Golden filed a complaint in county court against George Stulcas charging him with the theft of a carpenter's bench and some saw horses, value of all being 99. The defendant gave bond in the sum of 9300 for his appearance at the hearing, which was set for the 15th, and then continued for a week. J. B. Berry arrived In O’Neill last Saturday from Oalifornla, where he had spent the winter, going out to his home In Paddock township Sunday. “Back” says- the freeze up in the orange country did lncabcuable dam age, not only destroying the frutt, but killing the trees as well. Government statisticians have figured out that the United States supplies 14 percent of the Imports of foreign countries and takes 9 per cent of their exports each year. This 14 per cent represents 92,376,476,000, and the 9 per cent 91,352,000,000. Chambers Bugle: Harry Putnam has acv*«pted the position of butter maker in the McGinnis creamery at O’Neill and left Wednesday to take up his duties at that place. VIEff ELECTRIC ROAD WITH SOMESOSPICION Not All Have Faith In Proposition or Intentions of Promoters. WANT ASSURANCE OF SINCERITY Others Believe the Slotix Oity to O’ Neill Electric Line Will be Built and Put Their Money Into It. George Bay of Meek was in town Friday and Saturday. Speaking of the proposed electric railway through northeastern Holt,* Mr. Bay says he can see “nothing to it.” Be believes the promoters are in the game merely for what money they can bleed from the people on the promise of a rail road. He says he knows the same outfit has worked at least two other communl.ties of the state, each time under a different company name, but they have built norallroads any where. There were some things at the start which made Mr. Bay suspicious, as well as others out that way who de clined to contribute to the jackpot for “the survey.” At the first meet ing held the promoter—one Nelson asked for 9100 to get the thing “start ed.” Nothing less than 9100 would do. A collection was taken and 963 raised though Mr. Promoter would rather had the hundred. Again at another meeting 93,000 was wanted to “make the survey” and nothing^lse would do. However only 91,000 could bn unlnnil M. turn It down. Many of the well off farmers of that community whodeollnedtocontrlbute without some assurance other than the mere say so Of promoters that the road would be built, say tbat they will help with substantial donations but the road will have to first be con structed and equipped for service. It Is the opinion of a good many of them that the thing as now up is a fake and that those who have paid over their money have merely contributed to the support of some fellows who are following an easy means of liveli hood. On the other hand, many have faith In the project and have Bhown their faith bv paying in their money. At the rate of $25 apiece $1,000 was raised a few weeks ago through the north east Jart of the county to carry out the preliminary work. Forty per cent of this was paid over to the promoters, the balance being held for payment if developments warrant so doing. The promoters of the road claim that it it is shown by the engineer’s report that the line can be constructed at a cost not to exceed $20,000 a mile-they have the promise from foreign capitalists tbat the money will be furnished to carry the project to completion. Some Bad Iadian. Rushville Standard: Jdhn-Gets the-Gun-Quick, a Sioux Indian from Pine Ridge, stole a horse one day last week and hiked out for liberty. A phone message was received at Chadron to be on the look out foi him, ' and he was spotted by city marshal 1 John Morgan and arrested but while 1 the officer and J. P. Morgan, the city 1 water commissioner, were in the act ' of placing him in jail the Indian i made an unexpected move and from 1 seemingly nowhere pulled out a number 45-bore Colt’s revolver and ■ putting it so close to the marshal > that he could see the ball magnified j to double it size, backed himself to his stolen horse keeping his oaptors > well covered, saddled his steed and . made good his escape. Immediately the alarm was given and 500 pistolB ’ and shotguns were brought into re quisition by citizens. Automobiles J were called for and willingly placed at * the disposal of the posse; but Jobn r Gets-the-Gun-Quick disappear among t the bushes or city dumps and could 1 not be found. He made his way back * to the reservation, shot his wife and three children, and was later captur a ed by the Indian police. r For Sale—600 bushels Early Ohio 1 potatoes at 30 cents per bushel. 2 e miles west and 6 miles north of O’ Neill.— E. J. Revell. 44.-2-pd / if you put money* in the hank Yes, that home you think of buying when you have the price, need not be a dream for long if you open a bank account Even a dollar will start that Economize on your expenditure and commence today, here, where we welcome just such acceunts as yours. We will help you. NEBRASKA STATE BANK JAMES P. O’DONNELL, Casiiier 5 PER CENT INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS 33FThe depositors of this bank are protected by the deposi tors' guarantee fund of the state of Nebraska. S. S. Welpton. President. O. F. Biglin, Vice President | SPECIAL SALE | I Some Bargain Prices on Exceptional Qualities I -. - ■ - . .. - - - - .- --- - - - — .. » - — Men’s $5 Walkover Shoes, per pair . . Ladies’$5 Walkover Shoes, per pair Men’s Oak brand overalls, per pair 75c Boys’Oak brand overalls, per pair \ . 40c Men’s work shirts, each . . . . 35c DRY GOODS AND DRESS GOODS Black silk 40 inches e nn Muslins, per yard . . 9c 30-inch silks in colors 73 Damask.fable cloth Percales, per yard 10c 75cv““’ *' p*r y‘"> 400 American Indigo calico 3c 011 cloth, per yard 13c Extra quality ticking Window shades, each 20c assortment of patterns, per yd. | $ E. J. SALEM ■* | The New Store In old Postoffice^ Bld^ext door to Biglin j MILK1I We want MORE milk. If you have 5 gallons or more a day please I call. High prices paid. Come and see us. ^ j* || McGinnis Creamery Co. 1