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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (April 15, 1915)
The Frontier. VOLUME XXXV. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1915. NUMBER 44. VOTE ON BONDS ON 18TH OF MAY New Township of Coleman Wil Decide Whether to Aid Railn^d. May 18 is the date named in the proclamation for special election in Coleman township to vote on the prop osition of issuing bonds in the sum of $7,000 to aid in the railroad project of the Niobrara Electric Light, Power & Railway Co., of which Hugh O’Neill of Ann Carr is president. The petition for permission to vote on the proposition, signed by fifty or more property holders of Coleman township, was filed with the board last week and the petition granted and proclamation made calling for the election May 18. The company proposes quite an ex tensive line of railroad building, ex tending from the Ann Carr country , into South Dakota on the north and south through O’Neill to Erickson. Mr. O’Neill, president of the corpora- . tion, tells us he is saying nothing for publication, in fact is noticably reti - cent on the subject. STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP " ■ < Statement of the Ownership, Manage- ] ment, Circulation, Etc., Required by the Act of August 24, 1912, of The . Frontier, published weekly at - O’Neill, Nebraska, for April 1, 1915: i Name of Post-Office Address Editor, D. H. CRONIN, O’Neill, Neb. Managing Editor, D. H. CRONIN, O’Neill, Neb. Business Manager, D. H. CRONIN, , O’Neill, Neb. Publisher, D. H. CRONIN, O’Neill, NsbrflskE Owner, D. H. CRONIN, O’Neill, Neb. : Known bondholders, mortgagees, and • other security holders, holding 1 per 1 cent or more of total amount of 1 bonds, mortgages, or other se- i curities: None. ] D. H. CRONIN. j Sworn to and subscribed before me , this 15th day of April, 1915. , (Seal) C. P. HANCOCK, , 44 Notary Public. [ My Commission expires March 21,1916. A Quiet Home Wedding. ( On Monday evening promptly at ! 8:30 at the home of the bride’s mother, Mrs. Anna Hughes, Roy Madison and ] Elizabeth Rodenwald were united in marriage by the Rev. G. W. Bruce of i the Methodist Episcopal church. They will make their home on a < farm north of town. Their wide circle 1 of friends wish them happiness and - prosperity. 1 - 1 Crop Residues Worth $3.50 a Ton. 1 “Do not burn cornstalks or straw but plow under all crop residues,” 1 is the advice of the department of ag- < ricultural chemistry at the University ' Farm. Cornstalks and oat straw are 1 worth $3.50 a ton as fertilizers. Be- 1 sides returning nitrogen, phosphorus, 1 and potassium to the soil, they help to ! improve the texture of the soil by in- 1 creasing the humus content. j Stomach Trouble Cured. Mrs. H. G. Cleveland, Arnold, Pa., ] writes, “For some time I suffered from 1 sfomach trouble. I would have sour '• stomach and feel bloated after eating. ' Nothing benefltted me until I got ; Chamberlain’s Tablets. After taking ■ two botles of them I was cured.” For ■ sale by all dealers. 42-5 . SATURDAYJPECIAL Overalls.75c These are the regular $1 values. Nothing cheap about them but the | price. Better come in and see them; You’ll be glad you did. Work Shirts . . 40c The regular 50c values. They are | full cut. Sizes 13 up to 19 in regulars, | stouts and slims. Work Socks 3 p irs 20c I A seamless hose that gives you your money’s worth. Better invest igate. _ O’NEILL CLOTHING CO. K. A. POUND O’NEILL, NEB. L. E. SOUKUP l-rirm,„ LOCAL MATTERS. J. L. Quig departed Wednesday for Harlan, Iowa. Senator John A. Robertson came up from Lincoln Monday. J. P Mullen of Emmet was in the city Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Linder went to Ewing Saturday. W. H. Parks and J. L. Shanner were up from Page Friday last Miss Anna Brennan of Omaha is visiting friends and relatives in the :ity. Lee Boyer of the Western Paper Co. of Omaha was calling on local printers :oday. George Sanders was in the city over fuesday night from his home near Scottville. Mrs. Jack Hayes of Atkinson is visiting at the home of her daughter, VIrs. H. D. Grady. Henry Lorge came up from Wynot vesterday to look after some business natters here. Missionary services are being con lucted at St. Patrick’s church, under he direction of Jesuit priests. The state legislature having ad ourned Tuesday, Mr. Cronin got back 'rom Lincoln Wednesday night. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. S. J. B. John son a seevn and one-half pound girl ast Saturday. All doing nicely. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Campbell went o Norfolk last Saturday for a few lay’s visit with Mrs. Campbell’s >arents. me supervisors convened toaay. Vmong the matters to be determined vill be the repairing of bridges, many if which were damaged by the high vater last week. Col. Barney Stewart came up from ^age Friday, going to Inman Satur lay to hold a sale. The colonel re urned to O’Neill Saturday night and vent back to Page Sunday. Dick Porter of Chambers returned 'esterday from Lincoln with Mrs. 5orter, who after remaining a short ime in a sanitarium there would stay 10 longer. Mr. Porter says his wife is omewhat improved but not well yet. The Norfolk News says that the Clkhorn river was “several mileswide” it O’Neill during the high water last veek.. The facts were grossly mis epresented to the News. The river at 10 time exceeded eighty rods in readth. Inman News: C. J. Malone of this ity, has received notice from the post ffice department at Washington, of tis appointment as postmeaster at In nan, to succeed Chas. Smith, resigned. Ve understand that Mr. Smith will be ppointed as assistant postmaster. Word was received today by friends if the family here of the death at /erdigree yesterday of Mrs. John teddy. The body will be brought to 5’Neill today and burial will take ilace tomorrow. The family formerly esided on a farm here north of town. Mr. and Mrs. Clark Hough came up rom Chambers yesterday morning xpecting to return in the afternoon, mt were delayed by having a hind vheel of their buggy smashed. A vagon was backed into the buggy vhich stood at the lower livery barn, mashing the wheel. Mr. Hough has o send to the factory for a new wheel, ind in the mean time borrow a buggy o get home with. As a part of the courses prescribed n normal training, the class at the ligh school taking that course will usit the Emmet school tomorrow and ilso the school in district No. 36. The ourse requires that the students visit wo normal schools during the year, diss Mary Waters of the high school ind County Supperintendent Minnie B. diller will accompany the class on heir trip, which will be made with lutos. COUNTY BOARD WANT TO INCREASE THEIR SALARIES The county board of supervisors are dissatisfied with their salaries and want to raise them. The law under which they were elected fixes their sal ary at a maximum of $500 a year each, or $4 a day. They are also allowed mileage. This is the salary in counties under township organization having between 15,500 and 20,000 inhabitants. As the law cannot be changed, it occurred to some of the members of the board that if the population of the county could be established at more than 20,000 inhabitants, it would in crease the salary of each member to $650 per year. At their last meeting they consulted the county attorney as to some means of fixing the popula tion at more than 20,000 which would pass in law. The county attorney has taken the matter under advise-ment. A rough and ready method of arriving at an estimate of population is to multiply the total vote of the county by five. As the total vote has never exceeded 4,000, this would not make the 20,000 required to increase the salaries. Anyway, many courts have allowed that the ratio of five is too large. However, the attempt of the board to better its condition in a financial way, would naturally be quite popular with all county officers as it would result in an addition to all the salaries with one or two exceptions. Fred Swingley of Atkinson was in the city Friday last. D. L. Jouvenat of Atkinson had legal business in town Wednesday. J. C. Horiskey departed Monday on a business trip to Omaha and Sioux City. Miss Mary Morgan and Miss Ella Bouman of Atkinson were O’Neill visitors Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Harrison went to Valentine Saturday night on a visit to their daughter. Miss Minnie Miller went to Ewing Wednesday to pay a visit to the schools of that town. Mark Howard came up from Page Monday, reporting the roads fairly good for a car over that way. Miss Margaret Stansberry of Nor folk was visiting last Friday and Sat urday with Miss Goldie Martin. Mrs. C. E. Stout and daughter, Mrs. S. J. Weekes and Miss Constance Adams were Northwestern passengers Friday last for Omaha. William Simpson has bought John Miskimins’ meat market, the Sanitary, where he has been employed as meat cutter for several years passed. , M. R. Horiskey went to Sioux City Monday to take the examinations which come periodically in connec tion with his work as railway postal clerk. Mrs. Lee Baker and son Ralph were up from Chambers Saturday. Ralph attained license at the county judge’s office for the marriage of himself and Emma Russ. Avery Jones came up to this city from Ewing Sunday night and will visit his parents and acquaintances for a couple of weeks before accepting a job with his uncle, L. S. Smith, of West Point, Nebraska. The snow is gone, except in spots where great drifts have been pro tected from the rays of the sun, the flood waters have subsided and the springtime for which everybody had been longing is here. A young farmer from out in the lorth river country took on a tank load of booze in town Monday and was jailed. A sympathetic friend tore the lock from the city’s drunk coop during the night and let out the young fel low, who hiked for the gulches. The Deming Theatre company en tertained appreciative and pleased audiences at the K. C. opera house three nights this week with comedy and drama and vaudeville specialities that have been pronounced by local critics the best in O’Neill for a long time. Two or three weeks ago J .L. Quig started a proposition to organize an Holt county base ball league. All the towns in the county were written to with th' hopes of enlisting them in the enterprise, but up to this time no re sponse to Mr. Quig’s communications have been received. Lincoln News: The murder case of Jess Cochran came up for trial at Pender before Judge Dickson of O’Neill, who presided for Judge Graves. The case was postponed for thirty days, owing to County Attorney J. A. Larkin being disqualified, he having brought an action for a divorce for Cochran’s wife. This the judge considered sufficient to disqualify him. Judge Dickson also ruled that Con gressman Reavis of Falls City was not entitled to appear for the state, hav ing been employed by the murdered man’s relatives. The commissioners will appoint a special county attorney to handle the case. January 17 Coch ran shot and killed John Jump, Jr., claiming that he had alienated the affections of Mrs. Cochran. Mrs. Brown, divorced wife of Fred Brown, has made application under the state pension law for county aid for the support of her two children. She and the children have been making their home with her parents north of Page. Last week her father, Mr. Granger, brought them to O’Neill with their household goods with the under standing that Brown, who has been employed at the Wyant garage, was to take care of them They stopped at the garage when they drove into town and called Brown out. A few words were exchanged and Granger says he asked Brown if he had a house to put the family in. Brown replied that he hadn’t, and presently got in the taxi and drove up town. Later he left town, it being ascertained that he went east on the Northwestern early next morning. The children were taken back to the Gran ger home this week and Mrs. Brown is still in O’Neill. The divorce was granted some two years ago, it provid ing alimony for the support of the children, none of which, it is alleged, has been paid. At the meeting of the Holt County Fair association last Friday evening it was decided to hold a four-day’s ses sion this year, the same to be held September 21, 22, 23 and 24. A special meeting is to be called to alter the constitution so as to permit of holding the annual meeting soon after the close of the fair. St. Peter’s De Alcantara church at Ewing brings an unusual suit in dis trict court. The church trustees set forth that they are a legally organ ized religious corporation The cor poration is trying to convey good and sufficient title to a parcel of ground at Ewing sold by it in 1909 to Dominick Bohn. A suspicion of a cloud attaches to the title by reason of the deed from the grantor to the church corporation back in 1888 giving the initials of. the grantor, B. L. Simpson, instead of the full name, Burnam L. Simpson. The :hurch trustees asks the court to re move the cloud. An O’Neill real estate dealer tells af renting a farm to a young man some weeks ago who paid $100 down an the rent and gave his notes for the balance. He came back to the real estate dealer a few days ago and in formed him that he could not take the place, explaining that he had expected to be married when he rented the place but that his fiancee had with drawn her promise. In the wisdom of the law makers, there is not the easy remedy for a breach of matrimonial promises when the man is the injured party as there is when the woman is the victim, and all they get out of a deal 'ike this is the experience. •T«e snows and mud having dis ippeared and summer’s sun blazing forth, Biglin got out his classy new Dodge car Monday and proceeded to demonstrate its utility and gentility iround the town with free rides for inybody that had time to take a spin. ‘She” runs like a Waltham watch, speeding along without a ripple. The Frontier scribe boarded the car and ■hased the sunbeams for half an hour, vith Frank at the helm and Policeman lack Kane for protection. Getting in in auto after being snow bound for ’our months is like letting the bird from the cage. Frank is a good Iriver, not being hampered with speed ’right and on the fine, open stretches »f road sent it along like a rifle ball, tts a great little machine for power, speed and beauty and Mr. Biglin an ticipates a great demand for them the ;oming season. That outsiders can step into a town and separate people from rolls of money for which home business men tvould be jailed or lynched if they at tempted it are every day occurences ill over the country. Itinerant “eye specialists” have recently found a fruitful field at O’Neill. One old :ouple The Frontier learns of was separated from $75 perfectly good money for two pairs of glasses for the iged lady of the house whose eyes are affected, when, local authorities on fitting of glasses say, a pair of $2 lenses for the spectacle frames the old ady already had would have answered the purpose just as well. The late P. r. Barnum used to say the American people loved to be swindled. I knew a fellow once who paid $15 for a pair of nose glasses cut from a window pane, but he was a young fellow merely buying glasses for adornment. O’NEILL MENTION Atkinson Graphic: Mr. and Mrs. Frank Heuton of O’Neill spent Sun day at the home of the latter’s parents Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Ennis. Orchard News: A deal was closed last Saturday whereby J. J. Blair north of Orchard traded his farm for a ranch north of O’Neill. Neligh Register: Messers Harry Bennett, Colonel McNight and Arthur Guild went to O’Neill last week to make final proof on the former’s claim on the Willow. Norfolk Press: Reverend Father Carmody has been transferred to O’Neill where he will be assistant to Father Cassidy, Father Gleason going to Vista. Cluster Bud Spray. As soon as the buds in the clusters of apple and pear trees begin to separate and turn pink, it is time to spray for scab, black rot, and various leaf-eating insects including the spring cankerworm, according to the College of Agriculture. The spray consists either of four pounds of copper sul phate, four ponuds of lime, three pounds of arsenate of lead, and water to make fifty gallons, or of one and one-half gallon of commercial lime sulphur, three pounds of arsenate of lead paste, and water to make fifty gallons. THOMPSON IDENTIFIED Chicago Mayor-Elect Former Holt County Rancher. Norfolk, News: Ewing, April 13.— William Hale Thompson, who was elected mayor of Chicago at the recent election by an unpreceden ted plurality, was years ago a patron of Ewing, being a foreman and general manager of the Thompson ranch southwest of Ewing and owned by his father. “Billy” Thompson, as he was called here, was a young man of pleasing address and by his many social qualities made everybody his friend. The popularity which he en joyed while in Ewing seems to have been well deserved as his enormous vote received in his mayorality con test very plainly attests. If Mr. Thompson doesn’t make Chicago’s hoodlum element stand up and take notice before his term of office ex pires his many friends in this vicin ity will have missed their guess. Con< gratulations from a number of his Ewing friends have been sent him and their receipt has been duly honored and acknowledged. To Found New Town A news story from Sioux City says that a new town on the bank of Chystal Lake, about one and one-half miles from South Sioux City, Neb., and two miles from Sioux City, Iowa, is being planned by wholesale and re tail liquor dealers of both cities. The plan is said to be the establishment of liquor houses at a point known as Laketon, on the Burlington tracks, where a number of buildings are lo cated which might be made adaptable for business. James Flynn, a saloonkeeper in South Sioux City, declared himself as believing the idea could be put into i practical form and that he expected some sort of an organization develop ment within the next few days. He states that there already were enough buildings at the point spoken of and 1 it would be easy to convert them into i suitable locations for saloons. The new town would prove popular, inasmuch as South Sioux City goes “dry” on May 1, and Sioux City, Iowa, enters the same column the first of : next year. Should the plan fail in Ne braska a new town may be located on ( the banks of McCook lake, just across the river in South Dakota. County Clerk Fees. The quarterly report of P. C. Kel ley, county clerk, shows the following < fees collected at that office: Jaunary.$ 278.10 February. 245.15 March. 615.90 April 1 to April 6. 92.35 Fees as clerk of the board.... 100.00 Total.$1331.50 Notice. Sealed bids will be received by C. F. Naughton, township clerk of Crat tan township, up to 3 p. m., Saturday, April 17, 1915, for filling up a wash out on the grade south of the Iler shiser bridge. Also for grading the road east from the Round House from where the C. B. & Q. railroad crosses the section line to the South East cor ner of the II. Hoxie farm. For further particulars see J. J. Kelley, O’Neill, Nebraska. 44 For Sale. Second hand automobile >in good re pair and in good running order. Will sell cheap. 44-4pd. Dr. J. P. Gilligan. WE GUARANTEE OUR SHOES AND HOSE | Jin NOT ONLY DO THE MAKERS STAND BEHIND EUERY PAIR OF SHOES AND HOSE WE SELL BUT WE STAND BEHIND THEM TOO AND MAKE GOOD ON EUERY PAIR WE SELL LET US SELL YOU SHOES AND HOSE FOR JUST ONE SEASON AND AFTER THAT YOU’LL NEUER GO ANYWHERE ELSE FOR THEM. HARTY BROS. & MULLEN LAND TRADERS IN LA W SUIT Two Des Moines Men Settle Dispute In District Court. G. W. Bowerman, C. J. Noe and son Clyde Noe, all of Des Moines, Iowa, concluded the final chapter in a trade involving a quarter section of land in the sand hill country between Dry Creek and South Fork south of O’Neill in the district court in this city Tues day. Bowerman, who had sold the land to Noe for $1,600, taking as payment four lots in the village of Griffin, Ind., and a mortgage for $1,000 on the Holt county land, to run five years, brought action to forclose the mortgage and obtained a decree of the court to that effect. The trade had been made With out either of them ever having seen the land and Bowerman not knowing of the value of the lots in the Indiana town. The court found that these lots were practically worthless. A decree of foreclosure was entered for the plaintiff and fifty some dollars paid for a tax title by one of the defendants allowed to stand as a lien upon the land, granting the plaintiff the privi lege of paying the amount of the tax lien into court within ten days. A motion for a new trial was made by defendant’s attorney but overruled md exceptions entered by the defend xnt’s attorney. The case of Atkinson vs. Benjamin vas settled by plaintiff paying de pendant $75, defendant to pay the :ourt costs. The case of Hugh A. Allen of At rinson against John R. Smith, a resi lent of Oklahoma, was tried Wedhes lay . Allen had bought a quarter sec ;ion of land in the northwest part of dolt county of Smith for $1800. Dif place of payment and transfer of 'erences arose as to the manner and itle, which resulted in bringing the ■ase into court. Decree was entered ’or defendant, who was directed to (xecute a deed upon payment by Allen )f the balance and interest due on the leal, $933.20. Costs were assessed to lefendant. The Stock Market. South Omaha, April 13.—From the Standard Live Stock Com. Co.—Our ast week s advance in the cattle mar ket brought in most too many cattle his week, and as a result 16c to 20c ias been sliced off values. Packers leld back on the beef steers and made i very slow draggy market. Butcher stock remained about steady. Stock jrs and feeders were fully steady with i brisk demand. We quote: Good to choice cornfed >eeves $7.50 to $8.20, common kinds iown to $6.50. Good to choice cows ind heifers $6.35 to $7.25, fair to good $5.60 to $6.30, canners and cutters $3.75 to $5.50. Veal calves $7 to $10. Bulls, stags, etc., $4.75 to $6.25. Good to :hoice feeders $7 to $7.86, common grades down to $6. Stock cows and neifers $6.50 to $6.85. Stock calves $6.25 to $8.25. Light receipts of hogs at all points has brought a sharp advance in the market. Bulk $7 to $7.10. Sheep and lambs are maintaining their high level of prices with a good demand.