Kodaks, $6.00 to $65.00
Brownies, $1.25 to $14.00
W. B. GRAVES
Editor Huse Goes Up.
Norris A. Huse, editor and half
owner of the Norfolk Daily News, has
accepted the position of vice presi
dent of the American Press Associa
tion and will leave Norfolk about
January 6 with his family to make
his home in New York City. He will
be manager of the advertising depart
ment of the organization with which
he is to be associated and will become
•. a stockholder in the concern. The an
I pointment carries with it flattering
salary considerations. Gene Huse,
now business manager of the News,
will become editor and publisher, al
Ihrough Norris will retain his’ interest
in the Norfolk Newspaper.
Danger Signal.
If the fire bell should ring would you
, * run and stop it or go and help to put
out the fire ? It is much the same way
I with ee cough. A cough is a danger
signal as much as a fire bell. You
should no more try to suppress it than
to stop a fire bell when it is ringing,
but should cure the disease that causes
the coughing. This can nearly always
be done by taking Chamebrlain’s
Cough Remedy. Many have used it
with the most beneficial results. It is
especially valuable for the persistent
cough that so often follows a bad cold
or an attack of the grip. Mrs. Thomas
Beeching, Andrews, Ind., writes:
“During the winter my husband takes
cold easily and coughs and coughs.
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is the
best medicine for breaking up these
attacks and you cannot get him to
take any other.” Obtainable every
where. • 26-4
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Senator Robertson on Sale
of School Lands.
Joy, Neb., December 12, 1916.
Editor Frontier: I have read your
editorial on the article in the Lincoln
Daily News in opposition to the sale
of the school lands, and it seems to me
you are entirely too modest with the
news.
There is a reason for the stand
taken by the News and it might be
just as well to speak right out in
meeting and tell the reason.
In 1897 the law v thdrawing th<
school lands from sale vas passed ant
went into effect and 10 lands hav<
been sold on leases n tde since then
but on leases made lefore July 1
1897, the option of bu ing was giver
and there has been s ne sales com
pleted on such leases.
At that time there w s good reasons
for withdrawing the lands from sale
one of the reasons being the low price
of lands. Every old settler will re
member how land in the western part
of the state could be bought at al
most any price you might offer, no
difference how low.
Another reeason was the loss of a
large amount of the permanent school
fund through the defalcation of the
State Treasurer.
This amount had to be made up by
taxation and the permanent school
fund replaced. Neither one of these
abjections to selling will hold at the
present time. Under the present sys
tem of handling the permanent school
fund it is kept invested in bonds of
listricts and municipalities that bear
5 per cent interest and it could not be
ost as it was when it was farmed out
to favorite bank at a low rate of in
terest and then lost in a bank panic.
At present, prices are high on every
thing, this includes land as well as all
crops and live stock raised on land and
there is a good demand for land and
money is plentyful and easy to get, so
there is no question but what the land
would bring all it is worth and the
state could then help the districts and
municipalities that had bonds with
this money and we would get 5 per
cent on the full value of the land
instead of less than 2 per cent as sug
gested. It comes with poor grace for
the eastern counties of the state to
oppose the sale of the school lands for
the school lands in their counties have
nearly all been sold, most of them at
the minimum price of $7.00 per acre.
They are in the good farming portion
of the state and are now wot>th from
$100.00 to $200.00 per acre. They are
assessed and pay taxes in the school
listrict, township and county in which
they are located and the state school
fund gets nothing only the interest on
the small amount in the permanent
school fund for which they were sold
and as before stated this was nearly
all lost and has been replaced by tax
ation. The state school apportion
ment is made up of the interest on the
permanent school fund, rental on
school lands, fines, licenses, etc., the
greater part being rental from school
lands and is apportioned to the
counties and school districts on the
basis of the school census.
Now let us see how this works out
as shown by the Auditor’s report for
the years 1913 and 1914, taking only a
few counties so the comparison can
be made:
County 2 years, paid rental and in
terest, received apportionment.
Holt .$22,433.99 $15,191.21
Boyd . 19,507.72 11,779.92
Lancaster . 3,598.63 75,115.31
Douglas . 506.52 149,838.73
Lancaster county the home of the
editor of the News receives $71,516.68
more in apportionment than it pays in
[WANTED!
Horses and Mules
*
We will pay the highest market
| price for good horses weighing from
| 1050 to 1500 pounds and from 5 to
| 8 years old. Horses must stand be
jj tween 15 hands and 16.V must be in
I good flesh and broke. No light grays
j wanted. Extra price paid for good
{ draft horses and farm mares. We
I will also buy mules, 5 to 9 years |
f old, weighinging from 1,000 pounds
up. Ws corns for bminsss, not to
visit, and never miss a date. We
| buy more horses on billing than any
firm in the west.
Monday, Jan. 1,1917
> KENNEDY & SNYDER
The Live Wire Horse Buyers
Big Specials
At
Butman's
We are preparing to give you the
coming year bargains bigger and
better than ever. This week we have
some very good bargains and we think
it would be worth your while to come
down and look our goods over before
buying elsewhere.
We have clothing at a price that
will beat all competition.
Regular $24.00, $25.00 and $26.00
suits at .$15.00
Regular $18.00, $19.00 and $20.00
suits at .„.$9.00
Underwear—
Men’s $1.25 Values at . 95c
Men’s $2.00 Wool values at .$1.45
Boys 75c, choice at. 43c
Mananaws, Regular $9.50, $9.00
$8.00 Values, at .$5.50
Mackinaws, Regular $9.50, $9.00
and $4.50 Values, at .$4.25
Overcoats, Regular $15.00, $14.50
and $14.00 Values, at .$6.50
Overcoats, the Latest Styles, just
arrived a few days ago. All
$20.00, $19.50, $15.00 Values,
at . $10.00
BIG 11c SALE ON SATURDAY
From 7 a. m. to 11 p. m.
We have lllbs. of 25c coffee at $2.50
Macaroni, .. 11c a package
Matches, 11 boxes ./.. 44c
Corn, 11 cans .$1.21
Peas, 11 cans .$1.21
Baking Powder, . 11c a can
Catchup, .11c a bottle
Salmon, . 11c a can
Toilet Soap, 11 bars for . 55c
• All regular 10c bars.
Light House Cleaner, 11 cans .... 99c
Oyster Crackers, 11 pounds . 99c
Oyster Shells, 11 pounds . 11c
Corn Flakes, 11 packages . 55c
11 GALLONS OF OIL.77c
Remember from 7 a. m. till 11 p. m.
Saturday, December 30.
Bran per sack .$1.20
Shorts per sack .$1.45
Oyster Shells, 100 pounds . 90c
The reason we are selling at such
a price is because
Money Talks at
BAZELMAN’S
STORE
rentals and interests while Holt county
pays $7,242.28 more in rentals and in
terest than it receives in apportion
ment and the school district, township
and county in which the school lands
are located receive no taxes from the
school lands.
The News speaks of school lands be
ing leased at $50.00 to $75.00 per
quarter section while adjoining lands
lease for $400.00 or more per quarter
section. Let us see about this too.
School land is just native prairie
until the renter puts some improve
ments and labor on it and this puts
the value into it. This increase be
longs to the renter and not the state
and he should have the benefit of his
work and not be compelled to pay
more rent on the value hehimselfputs
into the land. All over the western
part of this state we have men who
have leased school land since 1897,
have gone on the land and improved
it and in many cases built houses.and
spent the best part of their lives
there. I believe the school lands
should be sold find these men should
have the right to buy their homes
without opposition, at a fair valuation,
and on reasonable time, if desired, at
5 per cent interest. These lands
would then be assessed and pay taxes
in their own school district, township
and county and the man who had
built his home on school land could
own it and the state would get more
money for the school fund from the 5
per cent either on the purchase price
of the land or invested in bonds than
we get under the present system.
Yours truly,
JOHN A. ROBERTSON.
—
Downey-Pound.
At the stroke of noon, on Wednes
day Rev. Dean Wells of the Episcopal
church pronounced the words that
united in marriage Miss Fereida
Downey and Kenneth Pound at the
home of the bride’s parents in the
northeast part of the city. The
ceremony was quiet and simple, it be
ing the wish of the contracting
parties, only the immediate relatives
being present.
The bride, a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Charels E. Downey, is a native of
this city and one of O’Neill’s most
charming ladies. By her winsome
ways and lady-like demeanor she has
endeared herself to a host of friends
in this city and all extend congratu
lations upon this occasion.
The groom is one of this city’s most
promising business men and one who
is bound to become one of the leaders
in his line in this section.
To this estimable young couple The
Frontier tenders its sincere congratu
lations and good wishes for a long
and happy journey on the sea of
matrimony.
Regarding Sale of School Lands.
Lincoln News: Senator Roberts
son of Holt county get3 into the de
bate over the sale of school lands with
a long communication to The News,
from which we extract the following:
“It comes with poor grace for the
eastern counties of the state to oppose
the sale of the school lands, for the
school lands in those counties have
nearly all been sold, most of them at
the minimum price of $7 an acre.
* * * Lancaster county receives $71,
516 more in the apportionment than it
pays in rentals and Holt county pays
$7,242 more in rentals and interest
than it receives.” The senator doubt
less thinks these are smashing argu
ments. In effect he says, “you people
in the east bilked the state school
fund out of much money by getting
land for $7 an acre that is now worth
at least $100. Why not let the people
out in the west have the same op
portunity?” For that is what this ar
gument amounts to. Lancaster county
is entitled to receive more than Holt
county from the funds earned by the
school lands, because she has more
school children, and she will continue
to get more no matter whether the
school lands are sold or retained.
Holt county ought to pay a larger sum
in rentals and interest because she is
using more state land for private
profit than is Lancaster. The question
is one that ought to be decided on its
merits as a business proposition for
the whole state, not with regard to
the profit any section may get out of
the result.
Lincoln, Neb.—Declaring that the
real motive behind the movement to
secure legislative consent to a sale of
the school lands of the state is a de
vice of land grabbers to exploit the
school children of Nebraska, Land
Commissioner Beckmann tells the
governor, in his biennial report, that
the effort should be defeated. Mr.
Beckman says that it would be poor
judgment to sell these lands at this
time because land valeus are moving
upward and that within a few years
most of these holdings will have
doubled in value. Because the state
dissipated a part of its holdings years
ago by selling them for $7 an acre,
when today they are worth $100 or
more, is not a good reason, he says,
for disposing of the remainder in a
similar manner. The big prices cat
tlemen are receiving is cited as a
reason for believing the grazing land
will be in great demand. He points
out that, as a result of a systematic
effort to secure reappraisals of land
now under lease $42,219 n year has
been added in revenue.
World-Herald: Settlement of the
question of selling the state school
lands should be comparatively, easy if
the members of the legislature look
at it from a business standpoint.
There is just one root to unearth.
If it can be clearly shown that the
proceeds of such sales can be invested
to better advantage than in the lands,
then the sale should be made. If
not, then the land should be kept.
The probable increase in the value
of the lands year by year should be
taken into consideration. Figures
showing this can easily be pbtained
from these counties where the lands
were sold years ago, and where land
values have since risen considerably.
To look at the matter concretely:
If a thousand dollars cash proceeds
from the sale of the lands earn more
than the lands will, plus the expected
increase, during a period of years,
then it is foolish to contend that the
land should be retained. If each
thousand dollars invested in lands
earn more than equal investments in
other lines, then it is unbusinesslike
to advocate the sale.
The one suggested outlet for the
money is in purchase of bonds of
various subdivisions of the state. The
legislature, in determining or not this
outlet will be available in the future
to as great an extent as at present,
must look at the problem from the
standpoint of the entire state, and not
from the standpoint of any particular
section.
Lincoln News: A reader calls at
tention to the fact that Senator
Robertson of Holt county, in his letter
to The News the other day, gave
away his case when he emphasized, as
an argument why the lands in the
western part of the state should be
sold, that those sold for $7 in the
eastern part of the state are now
worth from $100 to $200 an acre
It centered the spotlight on the fact
that Mr. Robertson wants western Ne
braska people to reap the same profit
that eastern Nebraska people got be
fore the folly of the policy became
apparent. The trouble with the
scheme is that while it possesses
elements of apparent fairness, it har
to do with individual private for
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Pay Cash and Pay
Less
1 Trial Sack of Puritan Flour . $1.25
10 Pounds of Peaberry Coffee
$3.00, and Cream Can, 50c;
total, $3.50, now .$2.39
Borax Washing Powder . 4c
35c Package Pancake Flour. 20c
25c Package Oatmeal . 19c
25c Cake of Hershey’s or Run
kel’s Chocolate . 17c
10c Jello, any flavor. 7c
30c Swan’s Down Prepared Cake
Flour .19c
1 Quart Jar of Prepared Mustard 10c
16c Package of Cream of Wheat,
2 for . 25c
3 Packages of 5c Gum . 10c
2 25c Sacks of Rice. 39c
10 Bars of Flake White Soap 34c
10 Bars of Beat Em All Soap .. 29c
3 5c Boxes of Tooth Picks . 9c
12 Pounds of Horse Shoe
Tobacco . $4.99
$1.25 Dish Pans . 50c
$1.00 Water Pails . 50c
80c Deep Pudding Pans . 39c
85c Sauce Pans . 39c
12 10c Cans of Velvet Tobacco .. 96c
12 10c Cans of Prince Albert
Tobacco . 96c
Up Where the
Prices are Down
JOHN MELVIN
Eastern Nebraska has no rights to
anything that is denied to western
Nebraska, but western Nebraskans
have no right to loot what is left of
the heritage of the school children
based on the fact that a generation
ago the legislature was so short
sighted as to permit eastern Ne
braskans to do a big job of looting.
Back of the whole demand for legis
lation to sell all that is left of our
school land is the fact that a com
paratively small number of men in
the localities where the land lies hope
to personally profit. This land may
never be worth $100 or $200 an acre,
but it will be worth two or three
times what it now sells for. Why not
let the school children reap the
profit?
Subject For Bug House.
Newman Grove Reporter: We hate
to write for fear of annoying you, but
now the time has come when we
must ask you the question; a question
that has cost us many sleepless nights
and much anxiety. As much as we
hate to write you this, you will under
stand the importance thereof when
we tell you that homes and lives have
been upset by similar troubles.
At first we though to appeal to
someone else, but fearing that they
might not comprehend our distress,
we appeal to you. We do this with a
heavy heart, but hope you will for
give us as you are the only ones we
dare trust with such serious questions.
We ask you to put aside all work that
may rest upon you this moment and
give up your closest attention to this
problem, for fear others might see
it. But once ugain we ask you to de
cide for us the perplexing problem.
Hear it is:
If Albion Argus that the Tilden
Citizen St. Edwards Sun, do Genoa
Leader, who will make Elgin Review
his Clearwater Record, or must
Pierce County Call a Humphrey
Democrat or a Creston Statesman,
from the Fullerton or perhaps the
Lindsey Post.
The Columbus .Telegram says, “Let
the Platte Center Signal the answer
to the Oakdale Sentinel, but if she
doesn’t must the Newman Grove Re
porter ? or must Madison Chronicle I
the fact that Norfolk Press suit?
Bro. Martin of the Battle Creek En
terprise says: “Wire the Norfolk
News to sweep out padded cell No.
13 for the Newman Grove editor. If
he isn’t ready for it Shield’s a Tam
ora Lyre.”—Orchard. News.
If the Laurel Advocate Wausa Ga
zette would Neligh Leader? And
would Page Reporter at the Royal
Post on the O’Neill Frontier with a
Verdigris Citizen or a Plainview Re
publican? Please enlighten us.
Based on the Rushville Standard it
is hard to say, but if we could have
Ord Quiz the Cody Cowboy as to the
wanderings of the Merriman Maver
ick and perhaps Spencer Advocate
that Crawford Courier, we might as
certain.
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Grievously Disappointed.
•'Have you found out why Jinks it
looking so depressed these days?”
‘‘It seems that a friend of Jinks was
tn financial difficulties and Jinks offer
ed Ills help."
“Well?”
"His friend took him up.”—Richmond
Tlmes-Dispatch.
Pugnacious Doves.
Pence lovers had better find anothet
bird to become symbolical of their
Ideas, for the dove is not a bird of
l>eace, but is one of the most pugna
cious little fighters. In fact, the dove
fights a large part of its waking hours.
--Washington Star.
His Reasons.
“They say the widower who has Just
married again was all broken up when
bis first wife died.”
“That is why he was so anxious to