000,000. Losses are subdivided as
follows:
GREAT BRITAIN—800 officers kill
ed, 4,000 wounded; men, 15,000
killed, 60,000 wounded, 25,000 mis
ing.
FRANCE—Total causalties, 1,100,
000, of whom 180,000 have been
killed.
RUSSIA—Total causalties, 1,800,
000, of whom 250,00 have been
killed.
BELGIUM—30,000 killed, 58,000
wounded, 30,000 captured.
SERVIA—Total causalties, 170,000;
said by Austria to have been cap
tured, 80,000.
GERMANY—250,000 killed, 850,000
wounded, 400,000 missing.
AUSTRIA—Total causalties, 150,
000, of whom 160,000 have been
killed.
Expenses are subdivided as fol
ows:
GREAT BRITAIN—$225,000,000 a
month, or $1,225,000,000 at the
end of the year.
FRANCE—$300,000,000 a month, a
total of $1,500,000,000.
RUSSIA—$250,000,000 a month, a
total of $1,750,000,000.
GERMANY—$300,000,000 a month,
a total of $1,500,000,000 at home,
in addition to paying the expenses
of her ally, Turkey.
AUSTRIA—Estimated to total $1,
000,000,000. '
In addition, all the warring nations
are said to have lost as much as they
have spent by the paralyzation of com
merce and industry. Owing to this
tremendous cost, financial authorities
say that the war must end within the
next five months.
A NOONDAY WEDDING
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Address the office or the publisher.
Nebraska never made much pre
tention as an apple growing state.
But all the same it is producing 2,866,
000 bushels annually.
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They say Speaker Clark’s new auto
mobile bought with the $4,500 ap
propriated by congress is the swellest
thing that ever rolled down Pennsyl
vania avenue.
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The powers responsible for the
wreckage in Belgium thank the
United States for its generosity. Sure.
Will Uncle Sam have a share in the
dividends when the indemnities are
collected ?
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Two Nebraska college bred steers
recently sold on the South Omaha
market for 11 %c a pound. They came
from the state university farm. A
course in a university is a good thing
even for a steer.
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Wheat reached $1.34% per bushel
on the Chicago market Monday. The
supply is pretty well in the hands of
the speculators now who have man
aged to juggle prices up to about
double what the farmer got for his
crop. It is the old story of the“ulti
mate consumer” paying the freight.
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The legislature was not long in
working out the preliminaries. Repre
sentative George Jackson of Nuckolls
county was placed in the speaker’s
chair and Senator Phillip H. Kohl of
Wayne secured the honor of president
pro tern with very little fuss. If the
whole session is pushed along this
way, glory be.
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Sentiment and tradition are more
forceful than logic, and cold commer
cialism gives way under the senti
mental spell. The people who pro
test against the exportation of horses
to the war zone have raised no voice
throughout the years to stop the
slaughter of hundreds cf thousands of
animals yearly for food. We have
noticed nobody come forward defining
the difference in cruelty in slaughter
ing a horse on the field of battle and
knocking a beef in the head in a
slaughter pen.
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Congress has passed the bill ex
cluding illiterate aliens from the
United States. Exception has been
made in behalf of Belgiums. The bill
passed by such a large majority that
the president’s opposition is without
avail. It can hardly be gainsaid that
congress has acted in accordance with
the wish of the majority of the citi
zens o* the country who have felt the
continual growing need for the literary
test immigrant low. Just now was the
opportune time for its enactment.
S *ts
We are offiering unusual
values in our Men and
Young Men’s Clothing De
partment.
$22.60, $26 values. .$18.75
$18.50, $20 values.. 15.75 i
$15, $16.50 values... 13.75
$12.50, $13.50 values. .9.75
$8, $10 values. 6.75
These suits are the very
best that money can buy
and we guarantee satis
faction.
With Europe torn and rent by battling
armies no doubt many faces will be
turned toward America when the
armed legions disband and this reform
in the immigrant laws, while not ex
cluding the thrifty and desirable, keeps
out not only the criminal and vicious
but the ignorant and unlearned as
well.
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A Modern Indian Marriage.
Chadron, Jan. 5.—An Indian wed
ding -with James Galligo as groom and
Miss Josephine Richards, bride, took
place here yesterday. The best man
was James Eagle and the bridesmaid
Miss Angeline Kills Above. The bride
is a granddaughter of the late Chief
Red Cloud, as is also the bridesmaid,
all being from Pine Ridge Agency, S.
D. County Judge Slattery performed
the marriage rite and was rewarded
by a fee of $50 and a fine saddle horse.
The groom is a highly prosperous
young rancher of South Dakota. His
wife’s dowery is 1,500 head of white
faced cattle and 600 high bred horses.
A $5,500 automobile will take them
on an overland tour to San Francisco
for the Panama exposition as soon as
spring opens.
Dean of Conductors Retires.
Atkinson Graphic: William A.
McMonagle, a popular Northwestern
engineer with Long Pine as his head
quarters, celebrated his seventieth
birthday anniversary on Christmas
day. The celebration was marked by
the announcement that Mr. McMonagle
will retire from active services at the
end of December. He has been em
ployed as engineer between Norfolk
and Long Pine for many years and has
been in continuous service of the
Northwestern for thirty years and re
tires on a pension.
Large Alimony.
One of the largest judgments for
alimony to be entered for record on
the judgment records of the district
court of this county for some time was
entered up by Clerk Harmon yesterday.
The judgment cames from the district
court of Stanton county and is for
$30,000 alimony in a divorce case of
Mary Ryan vs. Timothy Ryan, res
idents for the past twenty years or
more of Stanton county. The defend
ant is rated as owning real estate to
the value of $53,200. a portion of this
in Holt county, hence the filing of the
judgment here.
The board of supervisors adjourned
yesterday after being in session two
days to close up the business of the old
board. Bonds of the new members of
the board and other county officials
were approved as well as the bids of
the various banks of the county for
county funds at 3 per cent were ac
cepted and their bonds approved. The
only change in court house officials is
that of county clerk, P. C. Kelly suc
ceeding S. F. McNichols. Mr. Kelly
retains the present force in the office.
On the board the following changes
are made: T. W. Hayes of Atkinson
succeeds Mr. Stuart, H. U. Hubbard of
Chambers succeeds Mr. Farquier and
Henry Bauch of Pheonix succeeds F.
O. Hammerberg. The new board will
meet January 12.
WAS HEAVY DRAIN
Cost in Men and Money Computed by
Foreign Statisticians.
A copyrighted Press Publishing
company’s despatch says that at the
end of the old year foreign statisti
cians computed that five months of the
greatest war of history had cost the
nations involved 6,000,000 men (killed,
wounded and captured), and $7,000,
Blair Man Comes to O’Neill and Weds
Relative of Business Man Here.
The sacrament of holy matrimony
was solemnized in St. Paul’s church at
high noon on Tuesday by Rev. Father
Wells, assisted by the local pastor,
Rev. Claude R. Parkerson, uniting in
marriage Mr. Herbert J. Cooke, of
Blair, and Miss Florence Stockton
Pound, of this city, . The service was
plain, the nuptal mass being omitted.
The high altar was beautifully
adorned with roses and carnations,
and ablaze with lighted candles.
The bride, who was unattended, was
given away by her mother, Mrs. M.
S. Pound, a sister of W. W. Stockton,
of the O’Neill Clothing Co.
The wedding dinner was served at
the Golden hotel. The bride and
groom left on the afternoon train for
Omaha and eastern points and will
make their home at Blair where Mr.
Cooke is in business.
Mrs. Bertha Stradling, of Blair, a
friend of the bride, was the only out of
town guest at the wedding.
M. L. Wintermote and son, Aurley,
return Sunday from Omaha, where
they had been the previous three
weeks, the latter being in a hospital
where he underwent an operation for
appendicitis. The young man returns
slightly reduced in flesh, but getting
along fine after the ordeal. They wept
out to their home near Chambers Mon
day. M. L. tells us he expects to go
to Wyoming this spring and again be
come a poineer holding down a home
stead, having filed on a half section of
land near Douglas. Mr. Wintermote
is one of the pioneers of the South
Fork valley and civilization having
reached a high stage there he has de
cided to move on into untamed regions
and help sow the seeds of culture in
the erstwhile realm of the rattle snake
and cowpuncher.
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Over
coats
Our overcoat stock is still
very extensive and we can
fit you out satisfactorily.
$25, $27.50 values. .$18.75
$20, 22.50 values... 15.75
$16.50, $18.50 values 13.75
$12.50, 13.50 values. 9.75
$8, $10 values. 6.75
Rarely can you buy an
overcoat at these prices
during zero weather.
T0T
. MEN’S FUR COATS Men’s Flannel Shirts
$40 Russian Dog Coat at.$32 $2.50 Values at.$2.00
$30 Russian Dog Coat at. 24 $2.00 Values at. 1.60
$25 Russian Dog Coat at.20 $1.50 Values at. 1.20
$20 Russian Dog Coat at. 16 $1.00 Values at.80
Special prices on Mackinaws and Sheep Lined coats
O’NEILL CLOTHING CO.
Get this hunch—Come in and see us. W. W. Stockton, Manager.
mm STILL AFTER
COOMJOPERVISORS
Injunction and Accounting Asked for
In Suit Started in Court.
H. M. Uttley, who a number of
times the past six months, has charged
members of the board of supervisors
with violating the statutes, Monday
filed a petition in district court against
the several members of the board in
which he asks for an injunction re
straining the board from any further
alleged acts in violation of the
statutes and implores the court to
render judgment against these seven
dignitaries of the county for the total
sum of county funds alleged to be un
lawfully expended, the amount of
which the court is asked to determine
by judicial investigation.
The petition contains some eight or
ten typewritten pages. It charges
violation of the statute in well nigh all
the actions of the board. Among these
are alleged excess of salaries and mil
age drawn by supervisors, payment of
come $18,000 to the Western Bridge
and Construction company without
contract, payment of other claims for
which no contracts exist, refunding
taxes, unlawful clerk hire in the court
house, postage for the assessor and
expenses of attending a convention by
that official, disposing of public
property without disclosing in the
record the transaction and numerous
other allegations.
Injunction is asked preventing the
board from paying any claims for
which no contract exists, and an order
that the board pay no claim for “labor
performed, services rendered or sup
plies furnished” where a person pre
senting such claim has not been pre
viously employed by the board.
County Attorney Petitioned
Subsequent to bringing the action in
district court, a petition was filed with
County Attorney Hodgkin asking him
to bring action for the removal of
Supervisors Tomlinson, Hubbell and
Sievers from office and putting up to
the county attorney whether M. H.
Sullivan should be included in the ous
ter proceedings or not. The petition
is signed by H. M. Uttley, John Car
ton, J. J. McCafferty, T. F. Birming
ham, A. F. Clevenger, Peter McMoni
gal, Michael Slattery, Peter Ryan, F.
B. Pine and W. M. Burk.
Similar charges are made in this
petition to those filed in court. The
board has failed and refused, it is
alleged, to appoint road dragging com
missioners in each township in the
county during 1912, 1913 and 1914. It
has failed to exact from the county
officers a quarterly statement of fees
received as provided by statute, failed
to apportion road tax to the several
road districts, and charges of unlawful
transactions identical or similar to
those filed in court.
The petitioners believe that under
sections 8328, 8329 of the revised
statute of 1913 the county attorney
should take steps for the removal of
the supervisors mentioned from office,
and in'the event of his not doing so the
petitioners allege they will apply to
the court for an order compelling him
so to do. Mr. Hodgkin informed the
petitioners he would investigate the
charges.
Members of the board regard Mr.
Uttley’s suit as the result of personal
pique, and think their official actions
will stand the searchlight of investiga
tion. fn the mean time they are losing
no sleep over it.
LOCAL MATTERS.
Clyde King went to Omaha Mon
day.
George Harrington went to Omaha |
Sunday .
Henry Lorge was up from Wynot
the past week.
R. J. Marsh made a business trip to
Ewing Monday.
W. T. Hayes, of Atkinson, was in
the city Monday.
Lester Gill, of Stuart, had business
in the city Tuesday.
R. H. Mills and son Ralph visited
at Orchard Tuesday.
C. P. Siders, of the Mineola country,
was a caller Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Tyler Scrivenof Cham
bers, were in the city Sunday.
Walter Wyant is confined to his bed
with inflamatory rheumatism.
Alex Searl, of Atkinson, had busi
ness at the court house Tuesday.
P. J. McManus and Andrew Schmidt
were Northwestern passengers for
Omaha Sunday .
Miss Lucile Meredith returned yes
terday from a New Year’s visit with
friends in Omaha.
Clyde O. Nelson and Elsie Spence,
both of Pheonix, obtained license to
wed Thursday last.
George Pharam returned Tuesday
from Atlantic, Iowa, where hehadbeen
since previous to Christmas.
Mert Derick and Oliver Rishling,
two of Ewing’s prominent stock men,
were in the city yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Arbuthnot, of
Council Bluffs, Iowa, are visiting with
his brother, Robert, of this city.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Donohoe de
parted Monday for Lincoln* for a
week’s absence from town.
H. W. Robinson, C. P. Wade and
William Hayes, allof Page, came up
yesterday and were in town over night.
The Royal Highlanders held in
stallation of officers and served supper
at the meeting of the lodge Tuesday
evening.
George Tomlinson of Mineola, came
up from Page Tuesday night and re
turned home via Page Wednesday
afternoon. j
Miss Ida Craig returned Monday to
Superior after spending the holidays
with her parents here. Miss Craig is
teaching at Superior.
L. S. Smith of Ewing, formerly of
the City Meat Market of the city, stop
ped off between trains Monday after
noon on his way to Stuart.
Frank Martin, who came over from
Dallas, S. D., to spend the holidays,
returned Tuesday from a trip over to
bis former abode in Loup county.
Chambers Bugle: Mr. Brown of the
Ditch Co. was down the first of the
week putting out cattle to winter. He
placed over 600 head in this vicinity.
The ice men, now storing the usual
supply, say the Elkhom is yielding up
i 14-inch coat of the best procured for
some years. And the weather is ideal
for securing the same.
A New Year’s dance Monday even
ing at the K. C. hall was a pelasurable
event for the public. Manager P. C.
Donohoe always shows the people a
Blood time on these occasions.
J. U. Yantzi left Monday to go to
his new territory, the southern part
of Nebraska and Kansas. Mr. Yantzi
is traveling salesman for the David
Cole Creamery Co., of Omaha.
Anton Soukup, of Page, was a pleas
ant caller Monday, renewing his al
legiance for another year. Mr. Souk
up says he fared well last year in the
way of getting crops, having the
largest yield of corn he ever had.
Senator Robertson left Sunday for
the seat of legislative and executive
activity. While the senator knows of
nothing unusual to come before the
legislature this winter, he thinks the
session will continue as long as usual.
The boss has gone to the seat of
government for the winter to parti
cipate in the deliberations of the learned
law makers and has left the reservist
in charge of the sanctum. As he is
fresh from the big prairie of tall grass
something may slip from the end of
the pencil to offend a gentleman, in
which event you can lick the editor
when he gets back.
A company has been organized at
North Platte to locate oil wells in that
region, encouraging indications of oil
in that part of the state having been
recently discovered. The development
cf such an industry in that section
would be of local interest in this com
munity because another reason would
se added for the long hoped for ex
tension of the Burlington.
A Norfolk News special says that
i midnight fire at Atkinson burned
cut the interior of the Allen bakery
Sunday night. The fire started inside
she building and gained so much head
way there was no saving of anything
n the building. There was little wind
which enabled the firemen to keep the
lames confined to the one building and
contents. The loss is about $1,500.
The chiropractic doctors met in Lin
coln a few days ago and appointed
committees to ask the legislature to
create a state board of examiners,
whose duty it shall be to examine all
persons who may wish to practice
chiropractics in Nebraska. Fees will
be imposed, making the board self
sustaining. The governor is author
ized to appoint the members of the
board.
Atkinson Graphic: High noon De
cember 25, at the beautiful new home
cf the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John Shaal in Stuart, occurred the
marriage of A. Clayton Perry of At
dnson to Miss Pearl Shaal. Mr. Perry
was born in O’Neill and has grown to
manhood in Holt county and is the
ion of our well known real estate man,
.— c
A. Ojarry, who is an old pioneer, ~
residieome thirty-one years in Holt
and jd counties. Mr. and Mrs.
Perry 11 make their home in New
port \Jre Clayton is engaged in the
hotel tiness.
O. iBiglin went to Omaha Mon
day tcttend the implement dealers’
converin. He goes from there to
Hastiri to visit his son, John. Mrs.
Biglinso went to Hastings yester
day.
Mr. d Mrs. H. W. Tomlinson of
Mineol(returned from Omaha Mon
day nia where they have been visit
ing wi his sister’s family, Mr. and
Mrs. MH. Blubaugh, also Mr. and
Mrs. A*. Henry.
Mrs. irl P. Smith of Ewing, ac
companl ,by two of her children
Esther d Claude, arrived in the city
Saturd^and visited at the homes of
Ernest d George Henry and Fred
Sparks’litil Tuesday.
Edwa; Adams of Chambers was a
caller ajhis office and for about the
thirtiethtime renewed for another
year. 1 Adams is one of the old
timers | is always a pleasure to
meet. I
Franklalla, accompanied by his at
torneys, L H. Meredith and H. J.
Boyle, wit to Omaha Wednesday, he £
having abase coming up in district
court the! over a consignment of hay
to Omahanarties.
J. K. Aberg of Willowdale pre
cinct, lostpne ftiger and portions of
two othersin a lorn sheller that was
at work ai his ilace last Thursday.
He was caight W reaching back of
the gears oj the ifcchine to remove an
iar of cornj 1
Frank Bijlin wai at Chambers Sun- jj
day to embalm the body of William
Leirman, of Amelia, Vsho died Satur- J
day evening while seated in a chair at |
the home of his; daughter, Mrs. Wal- ~
ters, at Chambers. Tl£ remains were
sent to Beemer for intejment.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. bout were host
and hostess to a scor of guest who
participated in th« obsauies of the de
parted year last Tjirsday night.
Seven o’clock dinner ws served at the
Golden. The guests v*-e then taken
to the home of Mr. andslrs. Stout and
the evening spent at fe card tables.
Mr. J. F. O’Donnell al Mrs. W. T.
Evans had the honor t making the
highest scores.
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Powerful Interring.
An announcement j great im
portance to the theatreroers heralds
the engagement of “ThjLion and the
Mouse,” the phenomenaluccess of the
last two years.
“The Lion and the Ibuse” has all
the elements of populary—a power
ful central interest; ai intense love
story wherein the lovei are in peril
many times; and a gad portion of
comedy. Added to thisjhe people of
the story move in the“most select
circles” and talk of milljns as though
they were juggling coppr cents. The
seats are on sale for ‘Hie Lion and
the Mouse” at Pixley’s dug store.
James McMahon, of Fancis, was an
O’Neill visitor the first <3 the week.
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MR. ’Ml: ,
We invite you to Deposit your finds J
j in this bank for the reason that all depostors
are protected by the Depositors’ Guarrantee
Fund of the State of Nebraska.
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That the Deposits are amply protected
in State Banks was exemplified in the failure
of the State Savings Bank of Superior, Ne
braska, a few months ago. Shortly after the
bank closed the depositors were paid in full,
together with interest up to the time the bank
suspended payment. I
At the same time the First National
Bank of Superior failed and up to this time
the depositors have not received a cent, and I
prospects of ever receiving a substantial por
tion of their deposits are not very bright.
The harvest of the farmers and stock
men is now at hand and they will soon be dis
posing of their products and will want to de
posit their surplus funds. jj
Kindly keep this bank in mind, as this
is the only bank in O’Neill operating under the j
Guarrantee Law of the State of Nebraska.
Nebraska State Bank