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NEBRASKA
PROSPERITY LEA6UE
A Statewide. Nonpartisan
Orwamzatlon of Tax
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VICE-PRESIDENTS ^
WESLEY P. ADKINS 1
SOUTH OMAHA
JOHN ALBERTSON
MERCHANT. KHPtR
DR. C. C. ALLISON
•UROKON
GEORGS ANTIL
INVESTMENT.. .LAIN
Z. M. BAIRD
NARTINBTON
J. L BAKER
MANUFACTURE.
J. W. BENDER
FARMER. HUMPHREY
ALFRED BRATT
INVESTMENTS. SINOA
CHAS. H. BROWN
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS
W. J. BURGESS
HARRY V. BURKLEY
PRINTER
W. M. BUSHMAN
35' STORAGE
ALBERT CAHN
5 MANUFACTURER
5 ; LOUIS S. DEETS
33 STOCKMAN. KEARNET
■55 E. M. FAIRFIELD
:5£3 REAL. ESTATE INVESTMENTS
t 3; JOHN N. FRENZER
££§ REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS
253 DR. R. GILMORE
53 PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
3S T. V. GOLDEN
S55 CAPITALIST. O'NEILL
3 FERDINAND HAARMANN
S3 MANUFACTURER
J. J. HANIGHEN
CONTRACTOR
SMS FRED D. HUNKER
-XX ATTORNEY. WEST POINT
JgK FRANK B. JOHNSON
SSS OMAHA PRINTING CO.
SI c. J. KARBACH
SXS INVESTMENTS
MSS HON. J. T. KEELEY
553 VALENTINE
' P. J. KELLY
55 MERCHANT. NIOBRARA
FRANK B. KENNARD
SMS CAPITALIST
55: JACOB KLEIN
SSS MERCHANT. BEATRICE
55 bud latta
■mb RANCH OWNER. TEKAMAH
i p—y E. M. F. LEFLANG
V 255 CAPITALIST
' S55 G. W. MEGEATH
53 COAL OPERATOR
JOHN A. MOHRBACHER
INVESTMENTS. WVMORS
222 SOPH US F. NEBLE
SMS FRANK A. NIMS
J. J. NOVAK
33 BANKER. WILBER
533 j* J. O’CONNOR
5S? ATTORNEY
225 GEORGE PARR
SMS MERCHANT. NERRASKA CITY
53 HON. WATSON L. PURDY
535 LAND OWNER. MADISON
■ THEODORE REIMERS
225 STOCKMAN. FULLERTON
KH CARL ROHDE
55? RETIRED FARMER. COLUMBUS
JOHN G. ROSICKY
255 PUBLISHER
£55 J* c- Roth
33 INVESTOR. FREMONT
V 22" JOHN SCHINDLER
W 555 STANTON
J 5S w. H. 6CHMOLLER
'MMM JOBBER
fesi THEODORE H. SERK
325 STOCKMAN. NELIOH
§iS •. E. 6HUKERT
555 MANUFACTURER
HARRY E. SIMAN
S3 WINSIDE
5 v';r: PAUL F. SKINNER
aS MANUFACTURER
F— A. F. SMITH
*aS JOBBER
N. A. SPIES BERGER
25S WHOLESALER
HON. P. F. STAFFORD
225 NORFOLK
a5 WILLIAM STORK
£33 INVESTMENTS. ARLINGTON
E3K ROBERT C. STREHLOW
SE5 CONTRACTOR
GEORGE a. TYLER
S5S INVESTMENTS. HASTINGS
553 A. J. VIERLING
ESS PRES. PAXTON a VIERLING
S3 Iron works
KS THEODORE WI DAMAN
5S STOCK BUYER, AURORA
C. B. WILLEY
SIX ATTORNEY. RANDOLPH
S3 S. N. WOLBACH
pS MERCHANT. GRAND ISLAND
gS B. M. WOLCOTT !
553 MERCHANT. CENTRAL CITY
555 HON. OTTO ZUELOW
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Does Prohibition |
Prohibit ? (
Testimony of Two Reputable
Witnesses of Res Moines, Iowa
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The First Witness:
. Extract from an editorial which appeared in The Des Moines
Evening Tribune of June 6, 1916 s
“The Evening Tribune has asked a
half dozen men recently who ought to
know, and they agree that liquor can
^ now be bought openly at more places
v3 _ than when we had saloons ”
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The Second Witness:
Extract from a news article, prominently displayed on the
first page of The Des Moines Capital of February 19,1916:
“Des Moines banished the saloons a
year ago last Wednesday.
“But Des Moines today is consuming
liquor at the rate of a million dollars*
worth a year—mostly whiskey.
“Des Moines is receiving two car
] J loads of liquor a day.
r “This is at the rate of 750 carloads
a year or fifteen trainloads of fifty cars
each.” * * *
Here we have the testimony of two responsible Iowa newspapers that
Statewide PROHIBITION does not prohibit.
In Nebraska, under our Local Option, High License Law, the people of any
community are granted an opportunity to say whether or not license shall
be issued governing the sale of alcoholic beverages.
In future articles we will present evidence proving that Nebraska, under
that law, has made great progress from a moral as well as from an eco
nomic standpoint.
The Nebraska Prosperity League
OPPOSED TO STATE PROHIBITION. IN FAVOR OF LOCAL OPTION, HIGH LICENSE
President, L. F. CROFOOT Treasurer, W. J. COAD Secretary, J. B. HAYNES
Send for our literature. OMAHA, NEB.
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EARLY DAYS IN O’NEILL.
(Continued from page four.)
. and I am going to refer to such thing!
as I think will be interesting. Among
the items we find that new settlers
continue to flock in; that a bull train
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At Last--A One-Adjustment
Cream Separator
"DEFORE you buy any cream separator, come
* in and look at the Primrose. But one ^
adjustment is needed to keep it in perfect oper
ating condition. This adjustment is a simple
one for keeping the bowl at the correct height—an
adjustment that you or your wife can safely make.
The adjustment is made from the outside of the
separator by either raising or lowering the bearing
containing the hardened steel poinU upon which the
spindle revolves. A slight turn with a screwdriver, perhaps
once a year, does the work.
The Primrose is a well-constructed, close-skimming,
durable cream separator, one it will pay you well to buy.
When can you arrange to see it ?
International Harvester Company of America
(Incorporatsd)
Primroae cream separators are sold by
NEIL P. BRENNAN, O’Neill, Neb.
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passed west Sunday; that the election
being over all are glad of it and should
now pull together in harmony; that
track laying is progressing at a lively
rate; that Center precinct should be
called Texas precinct; that it is hoped
Mr. Townsend will make a good com
missioner; that the editor thinks he has
a well of the purest, softest water in
the valley; that when the electors laid
Uncle Jimmy on the shelf they did a
foolish thing;that JoeLamloisfeelsthe
defeat of Hancock as much as any of
the boys because his pocket is light;
that B. S. Glliespie of Saratoga called
on Tuesday and reported quite a large
increase in the population over his
way; that Peter Dutcher and Linda
Daily were married yesterday; that J.
E. Estep of Kepa Paha says he would
like to have seen that democratic ma
jority in Holt but that he will submit
without a grumble; that Herko Koster
of Niobrara, is now a stalwart republi
can, and that the Duke’s heart was not
in the cause when he was talking for
democracy, and that “Old Ironsides”
will henceforth help support the men
who build churches in Dakota; that B.
S. Gillespie had an examination before
the justice at Keya Paha and was ex
onerated from all blame for the part
he took in the unfortunate shooting af
fair of November 1, and the parties
arrested on the charge of assault with
intent to kill also had an examination
and were discharged, and The Frontier
adds, “Here let the matter rest, and
may it prove a lesson to those who
think to take their revenge for a real
or fancied wrong, in a manner con
trary to law or sound judgment;” that
O’Neill is one of the most healthy
places in the world; that when the
votes homeward flew, the republicans
set up an awful crew; that Barrett
Scott, the general dealer of Red Bird,
called Sunday on his way to Fort
Niobrara; that coal is being used as
fuel at the court house, when it would
seem that wood would be much
cheaper; that Daggett Bros, are build
ing an extension to their store build
ing; that John C. Prouty of Paddock,
called on his way to Sioux County,
Wisconsin, to spend the winter; that
Sam Thatch, right of way agent for S.
C. & P. R. R. Co. was in town on
business, and that although Sam is
religious and a democrat he says,
“D-n the election;” that the new
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road opened west of Atkinson through
township 30, makes the trip to Fort
Niobrara seventy miles shorter, and
that there are good bridges over the
Pine and Plum.
From the legal notices we find that
Chas. L. Bridge has taken up as strays
fifteen Poland China hogs, described as
one sow and fourteen shoats; that
Chas. O’Conner has taken up one
brown pony mare; that Thomas Malloy
has taken up ten head of catle; that
Bernard Kearns has taken up one red
bull calf; that those advertising to
make final proof on homesteads appear
as follows: Richard Chestnut, Nov.
20th, N1\! 33-29-12 with witnesses,
John P. O’Donnel, Thomas Gallagher,
Patrick McCoy, Patrick S. Hughes, all
of O’Neill; John O. Katthoffer, De
cember 9th, SH NW EH SW 25-29-12
with witnesses, Patrick McCoy, James
Carney, James Coughlin, John J. Mc
Caffeerty .
Under the head of “County Collect
ions” we glean a few items as fol
olws :
Atkinson—“Put” Wheeler has his
store nearly finished; John Rdbertson
has erected a barn for the accommo
dation of freighters; Sagendorf has
his billiard table in running order;
Captain Peter Cassidy has organized a
company of soldiers, and arms are ex
pected in a few days; owing to the
result of the election, Sagendorf is
looking old, Wheeler is cross and Bill
Merrill tore the rooster out of his
paper and in doing so spoiled it and
had to borrow one to read. The cor
respondent factiously adds, “We are
all greenbackers now.”
Cleveland—George Bastido has gone
after his threshing machine; the or
ganization of a Presbyterian church is
being talked of; Gilbert Cleveland Sr.,
and Fred Coburn are building on their
claims; Mrs. Gulick has had lumber
hauled from Niobrara to finish her
house; the next meeting of the Cleve
land Temperance Union will be held at
Squire Hudson’s, February 14th; work
has begun on the school house, to be
completed December 1st, and three
months of school will be held this
winter; we have one of the finest
tracts of farming land in the Niobrara
valley and it is only a question of time
until Cleveland will be one of the
largest towns in the state.
Pleasant Valley:—Pleasant Valley
is located in town thirty-one, range
seventeen west, and times are lively
with people coming in rapidly; people
are excited over the prospects of a
railroad; J. T. Woods’ family is grad
ually increasing, with nineteen at pres
ent, and he thinks about all of his
boys have gotten home; John N. Har
vey has returned with his family and
is building a large house.
Fort Niobrara:—No more dobeys to
be made; church every Sunday by the
post chaplain; lots of music here until
ten every night: the main buildings
are almost finished except the court
house; a large prairie fire has been
visible here for three days and nights;
a ranch of ill repute three miles be
low the town is a nuisance; Lieuten
ant Paddock is restored to his duty
after being wounded in the late Ute
fight; Major Upham has gone to New
York to attend his sister’s wedding,
leaving Captain Paine in command;
the murderer John Costigan, has been
taken to Fort Hartsef by Lieutenant
Cherry for safe keeping.
Bazille Mills:—Several ponies and
a few head of cattle were lost in this
vicinity during the storm, which was
the most severe ever known around
here so early in the season; George
A. Brooks is putting up a woolen mill
about one and one half miles below
the village on Bazile Creek, and is to
be 38x40 feet, two and one-half stories
high; while a great portion of the
bluffs adjoining the Bazile, Verdigris
and other creeks in this section are .
almost too rough for successful farm
ing, there is no better range to be
found anywhere, the hills affording
good protection from the winds and
storms.
There were no display advertise
ments in this small sheet except small
cards of Sanford Parker, County Clerk,
Ex-Officio Clerk of the District Court
and Register of Deeds; Cleveland &
Uttley, Attorneys at Law; Sam Wolf, !
Carpenter and Builder, and one of J. A. '
Morris’ calling attention to the best
road to the Black Hills, Niobrara and
other points up the valley, by way of
the bridge at New Port. Mr. Morris .
calls attention to the fact that he owns .
the bridge across the Niobrara river, ,
that it is fifty five miles from O’Neill, .
thirty five from Atkinson, on a hard, .
smooth road with plenty of water and j
wood all the way. He says his :
charges for transportation are j
reasonable, and that he also keeps a
full line of general merchandise, wines,
liquors and cigars.
I believe I have about exhausted the
contents of this little “weakly” paper.
The other copy to which I referred
contains only two pages and is dated
May 19th, 1881, and to this I probably
will refer in due time, in case I should
prepare another installment for pub
lication.
To Hugh O’Neill:
I have before me the issue of The
Frontier of the 13th inst., in which you |
at great length attempt to prove that
my memory is sadly deficient, while as
a matter of fact I thought it was
fairly good. I am willing to submit
this to the judgment of those who have
followed me in previous articles.
However, my good, very good, and
very old Irish friend and co-patriot,
boiling down your various statements
and eliminating the chaff from the ,
substance, I do not see that there is
very much difference between us, at ‘
least not enough to call for coffee and 1
pistols, or even as you suggested, a 1
gallon of hard liquor. What seems to
hurt you the most, my dear old boy, <
is the fact that I refer to you as being
“erratic.” In using that word I did
not look up the dictionary meaning,and
certainly did not mean to reflect on
your well known stability of character
or steadfastness in politics or religion.
In all these respects you claim to have
always been consistent, never having
changed your politics or religion. Now
Hugh, I do not now recall that you
ever had any of either. Perhaps in
that regard is where you claim to be
consistant. All right. Let it go at
that. I will square with you the mat
ter of calling you erratic right now by
apologizing most humbly, and apply
ing the word to my self and not to
you, because I know darn well that I
am one of the most erratic cusses that
ever came down the pike. How’s that,
my boy?
Relative to that first O’Neill drink
of mine. I am going to prove to you
that I am right and you are wrong. I
am willing to admit that I may have
been in error with regard to the
character of the material that entered
into the construction of the little
building in which was located the '
saloon, and even that the bar might
have been constructed of pine boards
instead of a cotton wood slab, and also
that it might have been a cutglass
demijohn instead of a Hostetter’s bit
ters bottle, but I do insist that old
Hank McEvony was the bar tender
and that the liquid drank was called
whiskey, and at this time no peach
brandy was produced, and also that
there was no one present but the
aforesaid bartender and myself. These
admissions on my part certainly dis
poses of the minor matters in which
you said I was in error, and I think
I am now able to fix the almost exact
date, which exactly agrees with my
statement in that regard. If you will
refer to my first article you will find
that I did not say that I came to
O’Neill in May, but that it was the last
of May that I hauled the lumber to my
I remained there a couple of weeks be
my horseback ride from Brush Creek
fore making my first and only trip to
O’Neill up to that time. Mrs. Mathews
has a remarkable memory and I know
from years of experience that she
is seldom in error. She says I got
back to Wisconsin on the ‘23rd of June,
and as I remained in O’Neill only a
day or so, this would fix the date of
my horseback ride frmo Brush Creek
to O’Neill about the 18th. You say
that the day was in June or July, and
you see we agree on this.
And now, Hugh, I am disposed to
agree with you that at some time the
peach brandy episode occurred, but it
must necessarily have been later on.
At any rate I am not going to contra
dict you in this matter, and 'will even
admit that I may have used some real
strong language.
I will insist that there was lots of
water on the streets of Niobrara when
Mrs. Mathews and I arrived at
Towles’ tavern, and Mrs. Mathews
says that Mary Ann Kearns, she
thinks, was then working for Mrs.
Towle, and when looking at the nasty
green water reaching to the sills of
the back door of the hotel remarked
that she wished she was at home in
O’Neill. Mary Ann was the sister of
Barney, and she afterwards married a
Mr. Testman of Norfolk. At least this
is to our best recollection.
My dear Hugh, I certainly do agree
with you that when you married the
daughter of my old friend, Hi Hodg
kin, you were fortunate in securing a
good woman, and I am glad to know
that you have so happily lived together
these many years.
It was my impuression that Gus
Hagenstein did not come to O’Neill
until after I did, but of course I must
have been mistaken in this, because
you evidently had greater reason to
remember the correct date of his com
ing than have I. By the way, Gus was
a mighty good Dutchman, and I hope
he is doing well in his Spencer home.
You refer to certain happeningsthat
awake some pleasant and unpleasant
memories, and in case I continue these
writings will in all probability refer to
them. In the mean time, my good
friend, accept my good wishes for your
continued success and happiness, and
believe me when I say that I ap
preciate the early friendship that ex
isted between us. May God bless and
and yours.
This morning (July 24th) I received
the last issue of The Frontier, and am
re ry much surprised that my last install
ment covered so much space, I fear
that I am encroaching, and possibly
ilso imposing on the good nature of
the readers, hence will call a halt for
this time at least.
I notice that you indulged in a little
lelenting, but presume it was done for
the best, and of course I have no
Ejections. I am pleased that so few
srrors have been made. Will call your
ittention to the fact that the proper
lame of the man running the ranch
south of Emmet was Frank Lovell,
lot Love.
By an advertisement in The Fron
tier, I notice you are soon to have
moving pictures taken of O’Neill. I
vish it was possible for me to be there
hen so as to get my portly figure (230
xiunds) into some of the scenes. I
lope that I will some time have the
ileasure of seeing the reproduction of
,hose films.
Re
ATHEWS.
McGraw & Roland
PRACTICAL AUCTIONEERS
Farm Sales a Specialty.
Cry Sales Any Place.
Phone 301 for Dates.
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PREPAREDNESS
When in Need of Any Thing in
Veterinary
ine, you will find us prepared to treat
liseases of all domestic animals. We
>erform any and all Surgical Opera
ions. We have state license and have
lad years of successful practice.
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'. C. Pouts. A. J. Fouts
Phone No. 275, O’Neill, Neb.
7-4
FARM & RANCH LOANS
Very attractive rates on Farm
loans; very liberal privilidges to
pay—also handle Ranch Loans.
‘it;
You will do yourself no harm
to write me. X will get on the
ground, and will endeavor to
give you prompt service.
FRED T. ROBERTSON,
Chambers, Neb.
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to loan on Farms at 6 per cent,
redeemable any time. Building and
loan loans payable in monthly,
semi-annual or annual payments
earning 8 per cent, compounded
each six months. Can save you
from $200 to $300 per $1,000 in
paying off your Building and loan
loan. Can save you from 30 to 50
per cent of the cost of your farm
insurance.
L. G. Gillespie
O’Neill, Nebraska
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