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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1915)
'' The Frontier. VOLUME XXXV. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1915. NUMBER 82. FAIR SOCIETY MAKES REPORT AH Bills Paid and Over $500 Now in Treasury.—Statement of Re ceipts and Expenses. Secretary P. C. Donohoe of the Holt County Fair association has prepared the following report for publication: Receipts Donations.$ 78.40 Collections, on premium book 195.50 First day general admission and grand stand. 227.25 Second day general admission and grand stand. 960.95 Third day general admission and grand stand. 789.90 Concessions. 95.00 Appropriation from County of Holt. 875.00 Total.$3,221.80 Disbursements Paid in premiums.$ 446.85 D. H. Cronin, printing pre mium book. 149.50 Chas. Richter, manager Dor sey base ball team... ... 40.00 W. F. Cuddy, manager Emmet base ball team. .. 60.00 C. W. Kirkland, manager At kinson base ball team. 45.00 C. W. Henifen, 1st in one-half mile race. 7.50 C. C. Fouts, Blue Rock, in one half mile race. 20.00 L. M. Shultz, Star Light first days race, second. 15.00 W. F. Cuddy, manager Emmet base ball team. 40.00 W. Rouse, umpire first and secand day and expenses.. 16.00 H. Mullen, mailing premium books. 1.00 A. Hammond, water boy to .. ball games. 1.00 F. A. Ives, free for all race, first. 66.00 C. R. Laning, free for all race, second. 38.15 F. A. Benard, relay race, first 40.00 • Cecil Brown, relay race, second 24.00 R. H. Linhart, county race, krst. 45.00 A. P. Noble, county race, second. 35.00 Tim Ryan, manager O’Neill base ball team. 120.00 Thos. Joice, work. 8.00 L. M. Shultz, horse race, third 12.00 Harry Jordan, auto race, first 25.00 Frank Valla, auto race, second 12.50 Joe Parker, auto race, third. 12.50 Rees Printing Co., tickets and banners. . . . .. 27.20 Hennegan & Co., lithographs etc. 30.60 John L. Quig, insurance on buildings. 40.00 W. E. Wanser, one-half mile dash, first. 12.50 Bert Paxton, one-half mile dash, second. 10.50 A. Boyd, carpenter. 4.00 Elmer Merriman, police. 6.00 F. J. Biglin, tacks and tickets 2.00 A. G. Pchroder, hauling band to fair grounds. 5.20 C. X1. Fouts, horse race, first. 17.50 Jas. Davidson, plumbing and sewer. 127.55 G. A. Miles, printing. 26.75 D. H. Cronin, printing. 15.00 John Handley, work. 2.50 Neil Brennan, hardware. 9.75 Jordan & Warner, hardware.. 4.05 B. A. Harding, work. 12.00 Arch Wyant, slow mule race... 5.00 Ryan & Froelich, hay. 33.60 W. R. Lewis, mowing grounds 7.00 Gilligan & Stout, base ball and record book. 1.60 Zastrow & Clinton, painting buildings. 12.20 John A. Harmon, filles in dis trict court. 2.75 P. C. Donohoe, salary and ex tra help. 110.25 W. M. Mather, county race, third, $10; work, $3; less aa, . 11.w John Horrisky, night watch and work. 22.00 two toilets. 30.50 Thos. Griffin, carpenter. 39.07 D. D. Harrington Co., mdse... 2.75 O. O. Snyder, building. 671.95 O. F. Biglin, sports foot ra cing, etc. 50.00 Frank Schmidt, taamps. 10.00 O. F. Biglin, chair 1192. .90 The Spirit of the West ,ad.. 12.10 P. C. Donohoe, stamps, ex press, etc. 6.75 B. A. Harding, work. 7.00 Will Keefe, umpire and exp.. 7.00 Minnie B. Miller, expense to exhibit hall. 3.91 Lindquist & Palmer, mdse... 10.72 F. M. Pixley, merchandise... 2.30 C. E. Hall, dray. 6.75 Galena Lumber Co., two posts .42 City of O’Neill, water. 3.00 Total.$2,703.87 Total Receipts.$3,221.80 Disbursements. . . $2,703.87 Balance on Hand.. 517.93 $3,221.80 $3,221.80 Must Proceed to Trial. Judge Dickson has directed that Messrs. Sievers, Hubbell, Tomlinson and Sullivan of the present board of supervisors, Stuart, Hammerburg and Fauquier of the old board come into court with their answer in the Uttley suits argued last week, and the case will be tried out upon its merits. The motion to dismiss is thereby overruled and some of the transactions of the board the past year or two will be aired and passed up in court. C. L. and F. G. Summers of Page were in the city Tuesday. LOCAL MATTERS. Dan Canfield went to Ewing Mon day. Rev. F. M. Cassidy went to Omaha Monday. R. J. Marsh was in Norfolk Monday on business. J. L. Shanner was up form Page Friday last. Sheriff Grady went to Atkinson Monday evening. T. F. Birmingham had business in Omaha the first of the week. L. S. Butler came up form Ewing Sunday and wes in town over night. Miss Anna Fallon left Thursday for Kearney, where she will attend school. D. M. Stuart came down yesterday from the city of the same name in western Holt. Mrs. A. F. Mullen came up from Omaha yesterday to attend the Clarke funeral today. Mrs. E. H. Whelan left for Omaha Tuesday, for a visit with her sister Mrs. McCormick. Byron Stokes of Creighton and W. E. Stokes of Plainview were O’Neill visitors yesterday. A hundred head of fat steers were shipped to South Omaha yesterday from Center Camp. The supervisors are at work check ing up the records in the various offices at the court house. Nels Cain and daughter departed last evening for Rosette, Wyo., near wher Mr. Cain has a homestead. A. C. Purnell and S. A. Hickman and Otto Halne of near Atkinson were business and social callers Tuesday. I. N. Boggs started yesterday for St. Louis with two car loads of horses which he will put on the market there. Jess Mills and Bert and Max Powell went to Clearwater yesterday to fur nish music for a dance there last eve ning. Attorney E. H. Whelan and Walter Wyant left Tuesday for Lincoln to take depositions in the Wyant vs. Wy ant divorce case. Miss Alice Barrett came up from Sioux City Friday night to spend a fortnight visiting at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Barrett. Undertaker Frank Biglin was called to Page this morning to prepare for shipment the body of a man by the name of Andrews, who died there of pneumonia. Judge Dickson and Reporter C. B. Scott departed Sunday for Butte to held court. They returned Wednesday in a car, Attorney J. A. Donohoe be ing in the party. Mrs. Ivy Henry and daughter went out to H. W. Tomlinson’s yesterday to visit relatives and friends before returning to her home in Omaha the last of the week. L. E. Vequist, who came down from Ekalaka, Mont., where he is home steading, a few weeks ago and has been visiting his folks northwest of town, was a caller Monday. Representative Cronin came up from Lincoln Friday, returning Sunday. Mr. Cronin says things are working smoothly in the legislature and he an tisipates an interesting session. John McHugh, a resident of O’Neill back in the dreary dry years, has been elected head of the Sioux City com mercial club. Mr. McHugh is presi dent of the First National bank of ( Sioux City. J. M. Hunter went to Lincoln Mon day to represent the Holt County Ag ricultural society at the meeting of the state society. J. D. Grimes also went down in behalf of the South Fork Fair association. Judge Carlon Monday officiated at the wedding of Frank E. Seger and Viola Osborne, both of Atkinson. The couple were attended by a brother of the groom and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Seger. W. T. Kusel, a rancher near Whit ney, Dawes county, had business at O’Neill and other points i n Holt county last week and this. Mr. Kusel called on The Frontier, of which he is a reader, while in town. The Yoeman lodge fed a consider able portion of the “down town” ele ment of our citizens on oysters and chicken Monday evening. The spread was served in the bulding formerly oc cupied by the land office. Sunday next, January 24, there will be vesper service and sermon in the Episcopal church at 7:30 p. m. On the following Sunday Bishop Beecher will administer comfirmation and preach at 7:30 p. m.—Claude R. Parkerson. Mrs. C. P. Siders and daughters Er ma and Ethel of Opportunity, boarded the morning train Friday for Bogard, Missouri, where she went to visit her father, brothers and sisters that she has not seen for about nine years. She expects to be gone two weeks. Business should be active with O’Neill real estate men. Many stran gers, from the Mississippi to Texas, are coming in to investigate the layout in the greatest agriculture and stock region of the state. Now is the time to buy land and subscribe for The Frontier. The mild storm that touched Holt county last Saturday was a howling blizzard farther east. Omaha ex perienced a heavy fall of snow that blocaded street traffic to a con siderable extent. A mere trace of snow fell at O’Neill and the ther mometer stood at about 20 above all day. John Hazelet, a resident of O’Neill some eighteen or twenty years ago, arrived in the city Saturday from Se attle, Wash., and visited over Sunday with friends here. He departed Mon day for Denver, and will return to Seattle by way of San Francisco. He is interested in mining business in Alaska. - ■■ ■ FROM US WILL AGAIN WE WANT TO SELL YOU SHOES AND HOSE FOR JUST ONE SEASON. AFTER THAT OUR SHOES AND HOSE WILL SELL THEMSELUES TO YOU. OUR SHOES FIT: THEY LOOK RIGHT AND SAT ISFY. SO DO OUR HOSE. HARTY BROS. & MULLEN ROBERTSON HAS A SENATE FILE Senator From Holt County Wants to Fix State Leavy For Salaries of School Teachers. Senator Robertson of this county has introduced a bill in the legislature for a state levy to pay salaries of school teachers. The provisions of the bill follow: “Section 1. There shall be anuaiiy levied by the State Board of Equal ization a levy upon the grand assess ment roll sufficient to provide a fund ninety per cent of which added to the temporary school fund shall equal the estimated amount of wages or salaries of all teachers employed in the com mon schools of the state for six months each year. “Section 2. On or before July first of each year the state superintendent of public instruction shall secure from the county superintendent of each jounty a detailed estimate of the imount required in each district of the :ounty for teachers’ wages for six months during the ensuing year, to tal number of months taught, the jvages and salary per month and the ampliation of the same for the county: Provided, the minimum wages paid mder this act shall be not less than ifty dollars per month. The State Superintendent shall have power to re vise and equalize these estimates in such manner as shall in his judgment secure the fairest distribution of the benefits of a common school education )ver the whole state at the least cost vith efficiency. He shall deduct from ihe total amount temporary school ’und from all other sources and- shall lertify to the State Board of Equal zation on or before July 25 of each r'ear his estimate of the total remain ng amount required to comply with ;his Act for the ensuing year, together vith the data on which said estimate s based. oecuon es. i ne state Board ot equalization shall thereupon make a evy upon the grand assessment roll )f the state such that ninety per cent pf the same shall equal the amount certified to said board by the State Superintendent, which levy shall be iuly certified to the county clerks of ;he several counties as are other state evies and collected as are other taxes. “Section 4. The proceeds of the evy described in the preceding section shall be apportioned and distributed to ;he several counties and school dis tricts of the state by the state and :ounty officers charged with the ap portionment and distribution of the state temporary school fund on the pasis of the amounts certified by the State Superintendent of instruction to the state board of equalization and shall be expended only for teachers’ ■vages in the school districts. “Section 5. Each school district in she state shall maintain the number of months school in the year now re quired by law and shall provide for ill expenses of maintaining such school, beyond the amounts received ander the several state supportion ments, in the manner prescribed by law. “Section 6. The state legislature shall biannially appropriate ninety per sent of the amount of the levy required herein for teachers’ salaries and wa ?es to be apportioned and distributed in accordance with the provisions of this act. “Section 7. Each year after the first year’s operation of this Act, the State Superintendent shall in addition to the estimated amount of the tem porary school fund for the year, de duct from the total estimates of all the county superintendents as revised by him any amount of the preceding year’s levy for the purpose of this Act, in excess of ninety per cent thereof, which are certified to him by the state treasurer as paid into the state treas ury and he shall certify the remainder to the state board of equalization as the amount to be raised by the levy of the next ensuing year.” MINOR MENTION. City Weighmaster Jennings had a cargo of business Monday. As a star ter in the morning thirteen loads of bales were lined up for access to the scales. At another time during the day eight loads of corn waited their turn in a procession. And this was only about ten minutes work of the day’s total. Dan Cronin, inanager of the Nye Schneider elevator, reports heavy ship ments of corn from his elevator. The corn is being shipped to Wyoming and Colorado points. It is a question of getting sufficient number of cars to supply the demand for grain from this point. The same is also a perpetual question with the hay shippers, and at that the railroads complain of slack business. P. C. Kelly, recently inaugurated county clerk, is something of an early bird and has it over any other official of the county and probably of the state, by a considerable space. P. C. breakfasts at 6 and thirty minutes later is on the job in the clerk’s office. This may account for him continuing a bachelor. No woman could be expected to put up with such unreasonable habits. There is an old saying that you have to go away from home to hear the news. Now comes the information from Sioux City that a merchant prince of O’Neill who has stood in vulnerable to the darts of tiny Dan has become the prey of a beautiful blonde and is about to become a married man. It is probable, however, that the Sioux City fellow is mistaken in the man or has been misinformed. Ed Hughes assayed the role of brakeman in the railroad yards Tues day and thereby came nearly losing a finger. He undertook to couple cars and was “caught in the act.” The lit tle finger of his right hand was badly smashed and all but severed. The other hand also sustained slight in jury. Ed says he had no business try ing to perform such a stunt or he would sue the railroad company for damages. The high school basket ball team have struck their gait and are now cleaning up all comers, after suffering defeat the first few games in the in itial stages of the organization. Last night at the high school gymnasium they defeated Stuart in a splendid ex hibition of basket ball playing. The count stood 32 to 15. Saturday night the local boys also carried off the laurels in a match with the Plainview high chool team on a score of 34 to 6. Patrick Clarke died at his home in this city Tuesday morning after an illness which had kept him in bed for some eight weeks. He was a native of Ireland and was 78 years of age. He is survived by nine children and his wife. He was the father of Mrs. M. R. Sullivan living north of town. Two daughters, Anna and Helen, and one son, James, were present at the death bed. Funeral services Were held this morning at St. Patrick’s church and the remains interred in the Catholic cemetery. Butte Gazette: A meeting of the Butte Commercial Club was held Wed nesday morning, and it was decided to go before the board of supervisors in a body and ask that steps be taken to build a bridge over the Niobrara river south of Butte. After a conference it was decided to push the matter to some sort of a settlement, and to back up the board in their efforts to work in harmony with Holt county. Steps will at once be taken to get the matter h shape to have the state aid securec and the bridge built. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Gallaghei were pleasantly surprised by about thirty of their old time friends and neighbors on Monday evening, the oc casion being their forty-seventh wed ding anniversary. To say a good tim« in the good old way was enjoyed by all is putting it mild. It was disclosed that Dick Jenning and Henry Stanton were stars in their day in stepping ofl some fancy dancing and they were in duced to execute some artistic moves to jig time. John Horriskey has kept a little more uf> to date and showed the bewildered spectators some fancy turns in the hesitation waltz, grape vine, etc. The game of “forty-five" was valiantly contested, but to the satisfaction of all, Wm. Joyce and O, F. Biglin were declared champions. Lunch was served after which all went home feeling they would like to spend another evening at the hospitable home of Mr. and Mrs. Gpllagher. O’NEILL MENTION Bassett Leader: St. Margaret’s Guild was entertained by Mrs. Preble on Tuesday evening of this week. The evening was spent very sociably and a delightful lunch was served. Miss Hazel McPharlin of O’Neill was a guest of the club. Waterloo Gazette: We overlooked mentioning last week of the visit the Saturday previons of our niece, Miss Lucille Meredith, who came in on the morning train and left at 2 o’clock for O'Neill, so that she might be home for her school work Monday. Miss Mere dith’s father^ J. H. Meredith, made us the first visit since we have lived in Waterloo, when he came in Thursday evening last and remained over until Saturday afternoon. “Joe” had been in Omaha on business before the fed eral court and getting through with his cases earlier than he expected found time to get acquainted once again with the Riggs family and meet some of the Waterloo friends. Riverton, Wy., Review: Two gen tlemen from O’Neill, Nebraska, were here last week looking the ground over with the object of installing a telephone exchange. They met with some little opposition however, but we do not believe that they were of suffi cient force to keep them out. It is really too bad, that men who are seek ing an outlet for their capital, should be thwarted in their efforts. But such is life not only in the wild and wooly west, but often in the effete east. Lets hope for the best, at any rate. Heart Disease Takes McGrew. Norfolk News: Stuart, Neb., Jan. 20.—John F. McGrew, one of the wealthiest men in this section of the country, dropped dead of heart disease last evening in the affice of William Krotter Co., while discussing a matter of business. He owned over fifty quarter sec tions of land in this vicinity and also had extensive real estate holdings in California. OVER THE .COUNTY Chambers Bugle: Reed Grubb re turned Wednesday from Brimson,Mo., where he and family have been visit ing for some time. He is so well pleased with Missouri that he sold his house and lot here to Bert Wilson and will return to Missouri to live. Ewing Advocate: Ten of Ewing’s whist players went to Orchard Wed nesday night, engaging in contest a like number of Orchard enthusiasts. The games were played in duplicate and at the close the Ewing bunch was found to be winner by 28 points. Af ter the session a splendid supper was served. A return series will be played in the near future. Inman Leader: E. Sirr, residing eight miles southwest of town, last week received word that his cousin, Louis Sirr, who is serving in the French army in the European war, had been wounded in battle during the early part of December, being shot through both legs and is now in the hospital. Mr. Sirr has three cousins in the French army and Louis was the first to be wounded. Atkinson Graphic: Wash Eton, a resident of Dustin township, aged 69 years, died at his home January 6 and funeral services were conducted Sat urday by the I. O. 0. F. lodge, of which he was a member. Interment was made in Cleveland cemetary near Dustin. Deceased was an old settler in this county, a homesteader and own er of considerable property. He was unmarried and has no near relatives here. A cousin, J. W. Eton of Filer, Idaho, and an aunt some where in Illinois. Inman Leader: Geo. Colman had three coops of his famous Rose Comb Rhode Island Reds at the Tilden poul try show last week and won first prize on cockerels and third prize on hens. While at the show Mr. Colman pur chased the pen of pullets that won first money and also six cocks, which will be added to his flock this year. George also won first money for the exhibit coming the longest distance. Dewit Derby won first on Rhode Is land Reds. Out of 285 exhibits at the show 138 were the Rhode Island Reds. Excellent for Stomach Trouble. “Chamberlain’s Tablets are just fine for stomach trouble,” writes Mrs. G. C. Dunn, Arnold, Pa. “I was bothered with this complaint for some time and frequently had billious attacks. Cham berlain’s Tablets afforded me great re lief from the first, and since taking one bottle of them I feel like a different person.” For sale by all dealers. 30-4 RANCH rOREMAN TAKES POISON Quaffs Deadly Strychnine and Soon Expires.—Leaves a Wife aid Three Children. A Ewing physician called Coroner Wilson Monday evening to tell him of a suicide southwest of Ewing. The circumstances of the case rendered it unnecessary for an inquest and the coroner did not go to the scene of the suicide. The Frontier got Editor Benson Of the Ewing Advocate on the telephone yesterday and he furnished ns with the facts. James Simmons, age about forty years, foreman of the Dierks ranch twenty miles southwest of Ew ing, in the Goose lake country, took strychnine Monday afternoon and died soon after. Despondency over bad in vestments and other worries were sup posed to have prompted the act. He took a vial of strychnine crystals from the house, went to a stock tank and put in water, drinking the mixture. He was helped to the house by a ranch hand and expressed regret for the act before expiring. The body Was taken to Ewing and shipped to Oak dale, where four brothers are living, for burial. He leaves a wife and three children. Simmons came to the Dierk ranch last fall from Oakdale. Husband Enjoined. Last Thursday Izetta L. Hagensich filed a suit for divorce in district Court against Oscar A. Hagensick and asked for an injunction restraining the de fendant from assigning or otherwise disposing of a certificate of deposit in an O’Neill bank for $600 and a note in his possession of $400. The certificate of deposit and note were obtained from the sale of a house and lot. The petition states that the lot was a gift from her mother to the plaintiff, a short time subsequent to their mar riage, which was on July 24, 1812. They later built on the lot and made their home there until selling the property. Judge Dickson grantedtheinjunction upon the plaintiff furnishing a bond of $200, the same to stand until February 1, when the case will, be tried to the court. In the suit for divorce general al legations of cruelty, jealously and non support are made. Also that on Octo ber 28 last plaintiff left home to care for her mother, who was ill, and has not returned because of threats alleged to have previously been made by her husband that if she went to her mother’s home she could not again re turn to him. Exams For P. M.’S. By an order of the president, com petitive examinations will be held throughout the country on February 20 to fill the positions of fourth-class postmaster for as many of these of fices as have a compensation of $800 per annum or more. Examinations in Nebraska wflb be held at O’Neill, Ainsworth, Creighton, Fremont, Genoa, Grand Island, Ne braska City, Ord, Superior, Wahoo, Wayne and York. The offices to be supplied are Berlin, Boelus, Burkett, Carroll, Center, Colon, Inman, Morse Bluffs, Royal, Scotia, Springvirw, Stockham, Strang and UnadHla. The examinations are open to per sons residing within the territory of the office where appointment is to be made. Application blanks for exami nation may be had at any office where examinations will be held or at office to be filled by appointment. It took 700 men to catch three coyotes down, in Cummtng county. What has become of the old time hunter that ordinarily could bag that many single handed ? J&n. 30 ' Will be the last day of *5 the discount Sale. In the mean time take j advantage of the lug bargains offered. I have still in stock a bunch of dandy rugs at \ wonderfully low prices. Shoes, Under Wear and Dress Goods at reduced prices. J. P. GALLAGHER