Cure for Cholera Morbus.
“When our little boy, now seven
years old, was a baby he was cured of
cholera morbus by Chamberlain’s Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy,”
writes Mrs. Sidney Simmons, Fair
Haven, N. Y. “Since then other
members of my family have used this
valuable medicine for colic and bowel
troubles with good satisfaction and I
gladly endorse it as a remedy of ex
ceptional merit.” Obtainable every
where. 8-6
(First publication August 30.)
(W. J. Hammond, Attorney.)
Notice For Petition For Administration
Estate No. 1017.
In the County Court of Holt County,
Nebraska, August 29,1917.
In the matter of the Estate of Joseph
Winkler, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given to all persons
interested in said estate that a petition
has been filed in said Court for the ap
pointment of Barbara Winkler as Ad
ministratrix of said estate, and will be
heard September 17, 1917, at ten
o’clock A. M. at the County Court
Room in O’Neill, Nebraska.
(Seal) C. J. MALONE,
12-3 County Judge.
The Best Laxative.
To keep the bowels regular the best
laxative is outdoor exercisA Drink a
full glass of water half an hour before
breakfast and eat an abundance of
fruit and vegetables, also establish a
regular habit and be sure that your
bowels move once each day. When a
medicine is needed take Chamberlain's
Tablets. They are pleasant to take
and mild and gentle in effect. Ob
tainable everywhere. 8-5
FEEL ALL USED UP?
Lots of O’Neill People pe.
Does your back ache constantly ?
Do you have sharp twinges when
stooping or lifting?
Feel all used up—as if you could
just go no farther?
Why not look to your kidneys ?
Why not use Doan’s Kidney Pills?
O’Neill people have done so.
They tell you the result.
Mrs. A. Sanders, O’Neill, says: “I
was having a great deal of backache.
It was such a steady, tiring ache as to
about wear me out and I felt weak, run
down and nervous. Not until my
kidneys began acting irregularly did I
know what was causing the trouble. I
had heard about Doan’s Kidney Pills
so I bought some at Gilligan & Stout’s
Drug Store. I received relief quickly
and I have had no need to use them
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don’t
simply ask for a kidney remedy—get
Doan’s Kidney Pills—the same that
Mrs. Sanders had. Foster-Milburn
Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
Crude Oil Kills Lice.
Hog oilers are the cheapest and
most efficient means of ridding the
hog of lice, says the department of
animal pathology of the College of
Agriculture.
One application of crude oil kills
both lice and nits. The most con
venient method of applying the oil is
by means of a hog oiler, of which there
are several good types. They are
always ready and require little at
tention. The best oiler allows the pig
to rub the oil on any part of the body.
The oil may also be applied with a
sprinkler, spray pump, broom or
brush. If there is any indication of
skin disease, the parts may be scrub
bed with a broom or brush so as to get
the oil into the skin. When crude oil
is used, the appearance of skin and
hair is greatly improved.
Card of Thanks.
To the many neighbors and kind
friends who assisted us during the
death and burial of our beloved father
we desire to extend our heartfelt
thanks.
George Bay,
Henry Bay,
Mrs. Lena Grossman.
i! SHE CHANGED!
jj HER MIND j
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By RUTH GRAHAM %
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The full September moon shone
down upon a little cabin on the dry
prairies of western. Kansas, lighting
up the faces of a young man and wo
man who were slowly walking up and
down the open space before the door.
“1 was so happy, Rachel,” the man
said, glancing at the strong, beautiful
face of his companion, “when I heard
your school up in the Wyoming moun
tains was closed and you were coming
home. 1 thought you were coming to
stay this time. I hope so, for. Rachel.
I’ve loved you a long time.”
Dan Southard leaned toward the girl
to study the effect of his avowal on
her.
But Rachel Winton betrayed no emo
tion.
She merely turned her dark eyes
from the man's eager face and looked
off across the moonlit prairie.
“I’ve been working and waiting, Ra
chel,” he continued, his voice husky
with feeling, “until I had something
to offer you. I was sure you wouldn’t
give up teaching for Just anything—
you’re not that kind,
"But I’ve loved you ever since two
years ago, when we all came out to
these prairies together In our covered
wagons. I remember, after* we were
here, how bravely you worked to help
your parents get started off comfort
ably before you went with your uncle
to Wyoming to teach that ranch
school.”
"Dan,” she exclaimed almost sternly,
"I haven’t ceased to remember our old
house, which father lost on that se
curity debt, the house we were forced
to leave when we came here! Mother
and I were not very brave, for we
shed tears most of the way, though no
one knew it. We came because It was
the only thing to do, but this pioneer
life Is a hard, hard one.
“In my heart I am at war with it
and always have been. It takes away
youth and kills all high and noble am
bitions. See how mother has aged dur
ing the two years we have lived here.
It makes me bitter. That's why I go
back to teach. I’m going to make
enough to take them away from this
life.”
“But, Rachel,” he pleaded, "you shall
never work as your mother has had to.
I promise It.” Then, suddenly, with a
catch In his voice, "Say, girlie, there’s
no truth In the report about your car
ing for that rich Wyoming ranchman?”
“Mr. Miles has been very kind to
me,” she answered without pretending
not to understand. “He has offered to
let father and mother have the lovely
home he owns in Denver if I’ll marry
him. It would be an ideal place for
them to end their days In.”
“My God, girlie! I couldn’t stand it
to see you the wife of another!” the
young man cried, his strong frame
shaken with emotion.
“You mustn’t care so much, Dan,”
she returned, tender pity for his suf
fering making her tones kind. “Get
a better girl to share your home—one
who will love you enough to make the
best of this hard life.”
“Never, never, Rachel!” he answered,
with passion. “I love only you. If
you could but read my heart and see
how much, you would surely care Just
a little for me. Your ranchman, rich
as he is, will never love you as I do.
Rachel! Never!”
“I couldn’t love any man well enough
to give up all I enjoy and settle down
to this isolated life, this continual
treadmill of drudgery,” she retorted,
turning away; then in a milder tone.
"Forget me, Dan.”
Forget her! That he would never
do—he never could. There was a time
—It was when they lived in their cov
ered wagons and camped at night by
the trail; yes, and even after they
were settled here—that he had thought
she cared for him.
Those bad been the happiest days in
Southard’s life. He had never dream
ed that she hated those free, rolling
prairies so intensely.
Blind to this, he had been tolling on
his new claim to get things in good
shape before asking her to marry him.
Bitterly now he felt that it was all
labor lost, for without Rachel Winton
nothing was worth while.
After gazing at the girl a moment in
silent reproach Southard walked over
to his tethered horse, mounted and
rode away.
The moon climbed higher as Rachel
stood looking after the vanishing
horseman.
“Poor Dan!” she murmured. “He
is so strong and good. Father and
mother love him like a son, but I just
can’t, can’tl" And the tears gathered
In her eyes.
“I was Intended for something bet
ter. If I wasn’t, why should I dislike
the rough, crude ways of pioneer life
so terribly?”
With this question on her lips Rachel
Winton entered the cabin, where her
parents were already asleep, and
sought her couch.
For a long time she* lay awake, her
mind, much against her will, busy com
paring young Southard and Mr. Niles.
Dan's dear cut but somewhat boyish
face lost nothing by comparison with
that of the bearded, rOlddle aged ranch
man who had been wooing her per
sistently toe the- pastiJ’sar.
Life with one meant the unceasing
drudgery of the prairie farm; with the
other, wealth to enable her to live
wherever she might choose herself and
also give her parents a comfortable
home.
But which of the men held the key
to her heart?
Really she could not tell.^Jjut she
grew drowsy making herself believe
she would be able in any event to
compel her mind with its power of
judging wisely to control her heart.
Toward midnight she was aroused
by a strange pungent smell pervading
her little room. Her breathing was not
quite free. What could it mean?
She lay for a minute dazed, yet with
what sense she could command, trying
to discover the cause of the odor that
was gaining in strength and stifling
power.
Suddenly a great crimson light illu
mined the small window. With a
quick movement Rachel sprang from
bed, and as she did so there came to
her ears the rapid beat of a horse’s
hoofs on the prairie road.
Then she heard Dan's voice burden
ed with awful Import.
“Rachel!” he called. "Mr. Winton!
Get up! Get up quick! The prairie is
on fire!”
“Father! Mother!” the girl called,
running to their bed. “Get up! Do
you hear? There is a big Are. Yes,
Dan,” she called from the window as
she helped her mother to dress.
“There’s not a minute to lose,” South
ard called back. “The Are is sweeping
this way as fast as a strong wind can
bring it.”
There had been no rain for three
weeks, and everything was as dry as
tinder.
The Wintons understood the terrible
danger impending.
Not only the cabin, but stock, crops,
even they themselves, were at the mer
cy of those leaping flames.
“Bring the blankets, quick!’” shouted
Southard. Obeying him instantly,
Rachel dragged every blanket out of
the house.
Dan had ridden his horse to the little
spring in the hollow and was rapidly
filling every pail he had been able to
find about the place.
Acting under his directions, the girl
mounted her father’s pony, and she
and Dan carried water for Mr. and
Mrs. Winton to wet the blankets, this
being their only means of fighting the
fire.
How they worked and fought! It
seemed as if the whole world was ar
rayed against them, and all the while
the moon looked down, cold and un
caring, while the fire swept fiercely on
ward until it caught in a row of dry
cornstalks that reached nearly to the
cabin. Here the battle must be fought
with renewed energy.
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grain assailed their nostrils, scorched
their throats and blinded their eyes,
but with hands tom and blistered they
toiled on.
When the old couple fell back over
come Dan and Rachel took their places
with the heavy wet blankets and work
ed side by side. Inch by inch they beat
back the angry flames.
Even in that> terrible situation the
girl felt a singular strength and cool
ness In working' by Southard’s side.
She felt that the enemy must yield to
such grand and compelling superiority.
When the fire attacked them from
another vulnerable point it was Dan’s
exhaustless energy that saved the day.
By sacrificing a patch of rijc grain,
through a prompt back fire, the foe
was met and made to recoil In wrath
ful flames upon itself.
After a time the great body of the
fire swept away northward, having
consumed everything of the Wintons’
except cabin and stock.
With a thankfulness In their hearts
for the preservation of these, the old
couple entered the house and threw
themselves upon the floor.
Then Southard and Rachel came back
with weary, lagging feet from their
last successful onslaught.
“Everything’s safe now, Rachel,” he
said huskily, starting toward his horse.
“Dan,” she questioned, a queer chok
ing in her throat, “you are not going
now?”
He stopped and looked at her. She
had never appeared more beautiful to
him than now, with the marks of that
great fire battle upon her face and
tattered dress.
“All we have left we owe to you,
Dan,” she went on, noting his scorched
face, bleeding hands and burned cloth
ing.
Then she placed her blackened hand
on his shoulder. How he trembled
under that touch!
"I don’t feel as If I could bear to
have you leave us, Dan.” There was
a tender pleading in her tones.
“The danger’s over, Rachel,” he re
assured her, “and I must ride all the
way to Westfield before daybreak.”
“Why to Westfield?” she asked.
Without a word he pointed across
the blackened prairie toward his claim.
Only a mass of smoking ruins mark
ed the place where his house and stable
had been. She understood.
“You left all you had to come to us,
Dan,” she said, with a sob. “Now you
have nothing left. Without your help
everything here, even our lives, would
have been sacrificed. Oh, Dan, the light
•of that fire has given me a sight of my
own heart! I see that the true life for
xne Is right here, and if you’ll let me
I’ll help you make another home.”
“Rachel!” he cried. “You can’t mean
it! Do you really love me?”
“I have loved you all the time, my
: knight of the prairies,” she answered
! ns his strong arms gathered her to his
I breast.
A time came when the home was re
! built and all the other property re
! stored. The pair lived a new and a
, different Ufe.
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PAID advertising
Paid announcements will ap
pear under this head.
If you have anything to sell
or wish to buy tell the people of
it in this column.
Five cents per line each week
for announcements in this col
umn.
USED FORD FOR SALE—P. V.
Hickey. 9
FOR PRIVATE BOARD AND ROOM
enquire at this office. 9-tf
WANTED—GIRL AT THE BAKERY.
—McMillian & Markey. 12-1
WHY PAY MORE? MEALS AT
all hours, 25 cents.—Beha Hotel.30t
WANT TO BUY A STOCK RANCH.
—J. W. Ressell, Ceresco, Nebr. 12-2
FOR SALE — POTATOES FOR
Planting, $1.00 per bushel.—Call Fir
171. - 12-1
WHEN YOU WANT BETTER
Shoes we have them. — Fred
Albert. 46-tf
FOR RENT—THREE ROOMS FOR
light housekeeping.—Enquire at this
office. 9-tf.
WANTED—A GOOD GIRL FOR
general housework.—Mrs. S. J.
Weekes. 9tf
FOUND—ON ROAD SOUTH OF
O’Neill, an auto headlight glass.
Call at this office. 11-tf
FOR BEST FARM AND RANCH
Loans Quick, vyrite or call on B. E.
Sturdevant, Atkinson, Nebraska. 6-8p
WANTED—A PLACE TO WORK
for my board while going to school
in O’Neill.—Raymond Stevens, Mid
dlebranch, Nebr. 11-3
FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN—E%
Section 35, Township 31, Range 10,
Holt County, Nebraska.—Geo. H.
Gallup, Jefferson, Iowa. 6tf
“SPECIAL PREMIUM” AT THE
Fair—For the Best Team of Draft
Mare Colts, Cash $5.00.—W. S.
Roberts, O’Neill, Nebraska. 12-2
Q YEARS EXPERIENCE IN KO
«J dak finishing,. Developing any
size roll, 15c; Pack, 25c; Post Cards,
5c; Prints, 5c. 20 per cent discount
for cash.—W. B. Graves. 45
TAKEN UP—AT MY PLACE ON
Sunday, Aug. 5, four yarling steers.
Owner can have same by proving
property and paying expense.—Frank
Pribil, Jr. 9
FOR RENT—438 ACRES,175 ACRES
under cultivation; 17 acres alfalfa;
158 acres in pasture. Balance hay
land.—Con Wettlaufer, R. F. D. No. 1,
O’Neill. 10tf
AT THE 5-10 AND 25c STORE
Ladies’ Bungalow Aprons 50c. Ex
tra good union suits 60c. Ladies’ vests
25c. Men’s half hose, Nelson Knit,
good quality/, 12 pair for $1.15. Ladies’
and gents neck ties 10 to 35c. 8tf
WHY PAY 60c FOR A FLY SPRAY
when you can get a Spray and one
gallon Fly Oil for $1.00. Fly Oil, 1
gallon 80c. Fly Oil, one-half gallon
40c. We still have some ground horse
feed left at $3.00 per cwt. Special
price on ton lots. Bring your wheat to
the mill, we are ready to receive it.—
O’Neill Roller Mills. 7tf
THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS FAR
mers as well as Fighters. Two
million three hundred thousand Acres
of Oregon and California Railroad Co.
Grant Lands. Title revested in
United States. To be opened for
homesteads and sale. Containing
some of the best land left in United
States. Large Copyrighted Map,
showing land by sections and descrip
tions of soil, climate, rainfall, eleva
tions, temperature, etc. Postpaid One
Dollar.—Grant Lands Locating Co.,
Box 610, Portland, Oregon. 4-13
Liver Trouble.
“I am bothered with liver trouble
about twice a year,” writes Joe Ding
man, Webster City, Iowa. “I have
pains in my sides and back and an
awful soreness in my stomach. I heard
of Chamberlain’s Tablets and tried
them. By the time I had used half a
bottle of them I was feeling fine and
had no signs of pain.” Obtainable
everywhere. 8-5
Notice to Trespassers.
You are hereby notified to absolutely
keep off of my land and stay out of
my pastures.
7-tf R. D. SPINLDER.
Placed.
“On what grounds do you claim ex
emption ? ”
“Short-sightedness.”
“That’s all right. They will put you
up in the advanced trenches.”—Judge.
Just the Thing for Diarrhoea.
“About two years ago I had a severe
attack of diarrhoea which lasted over
a week,” writes W. C. Jones, Buford,
N. D. “I became so weak that I could
not stand upright. A druggist recom
mended Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera
and Diarrhoe Remedy. The first dose
relieved me and within two days I was
as well as ever.” Many druggists
recommend this remedy because they
know that it is reliable. Obtainable
everywhere. 8-5
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The Empress Garden
“Omaha’s Bright Spot”
The Restaurant and
Amusement Center for
Holt County Folks while
in Omaha.
P. H. PHILBIN, Prop.
Repayable Any Day
No Renewal Required
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MATURES IN 20 YEARS
The CONSERVATIVE
SAVINGS & LOAN
ASSOCIATION
. OMAHA
JOHN L. QUIG, Agent
For
Holt coUNty
O'Neill, . - Nebraska
BULLS FOR SALE
65 Registered Herford Bulls
ranging in age from 9 to 16
months. Have a few 2-year
old and one 3-year-old. En
quire at this office. 6tf
DR. O. K. TICKLER
VETERINARIAN
PHONE | DAY
108 | NIGHT
O’NEILL - - - NEBRASKA
E. D. MAYFIELD
Successor to
BOWEN BROS.
DRAY, BAGGAGE AND ,
. TRANSFER LINE
Your Patronage Solicited.
Phone 184 - - O’Neill, Neb.
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MONEY!
Do you want an optional farm
loan? Do you want to take up
the loan you have and pay less
interest? I can make your loan
for less commission and lower
interest than any one else.
Buy or build a home on the
monthly payment plan. I will
furnish the money to build ifyou
urnish the lot For further in
*
formation write or see
L G. Gillespie
O'Neill, Nebraska
WHEN IN OMAHA VISIT THE
Swot wm Bmuiwe
DON’T OO HOMS SAYING!
I DIDN'T VISIT THE QAYETY
A VARIED LIST OF
.SUMMER TOURS
GLACIER— The climax of the rugged grandeur of the Rockies—an ideal
vacation land.
YELLOWSTONE —— The land of geysers, painted canyons, forests and
waterfalls, via the Cody Way in automobiles—the scenic adventure
of the Summer.
ESTES PARK—Colorado’s most beautiful vacation land, by automo
biles from Loveland or Lyons. Burlington service offers both
routes.
THE BLACK HILLS—Picturesque and cool; the land of scented
-pines and medicinal waters, cool nights, trout streams and auto
mobile drives.
THE BIG HORNS-The Western Adriondacks; locality of quaint
mountain ranches.
THE ABSAROKAS—Reached via Cody Scenic Road to Yellowstone.
*al?i® «?“**** "^locality of splendid tourist ranches. Send
for publications: “Glacier,’’ “Yellowstone,” “Estes ” “Scenic
Colorado, “Ranch Life in the Buffalo Bill Country,” “Dude
Ranches, Big Horn Mountains,” “The Black Hills.” Let us help
. y°u Plan y°ur vacation in any of these attractive localities. 1
H. G. FREY, Ticket Agent.
L. W. WAKELEY, General Pasgr. Agt.
1004 Farnam Street, Omaha, Nebraska.
I Makes millions think—and makes the
■ same number swear if it stains their
I wearing ajiparel. (
8 Uur business is to remove stains
B n v are removable, and we sew on
8 a“ buttons that are missing on the '
m men’s shirts we finish, which is a
jr pleasant surprise for the men.
t 9AO ti ..®®* yes, we do family washing .
m 1 fiat S Ito either rough or dry or finished ready j
* for use.
f O'NEILL SANITARY LAUNDRY
DR. L. A. CARTER 'J
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Successor to
Dr. E. T. Wilson.
Glasses Correctly Fitted.
Office and Residence, Naylor Block.
Phone 72.
O’NEILL :: :: NEBRASKA
EDWARD H. WHELAN
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Pit AC TICE IN ALL COURTS
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O’NEILL, NEBRASKA
The O’NEILL
ABSTRACT COMPANY
Compiles
Abstracts of Title
THE ONLY COMPLETE SET OF
ABSTRACT BOOKS IN
HOLT COUNTY.
(Ehe Sanitary
)Jlfteat Market
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We have a full line of
Fresh and Cured Meats, Pure Ho»*»
Rendered Lard.
Wm. Simpson
Naylor Block Phone 150
FRED L. BARCLAY
STUART, NEB.
Makes Long or Short Time Loans on
Improved Farms and Ranches.
If you are in need of a loan drop
him a line and he will call and see you.
OR. J. P. GILLIGAN
Physician and Surgeon
Special attention give to
DISEASES OF THE EYE AND
CORRECT FITTING OF
GLASSES
Walter P.Hombach, M.D.
Physician and Surgeon
Office over Pixley’s Drug Store.
Phones 218-202-12
DR. H. MARGARET FROST
OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN
Naylor Building O’Neill, Neb.
All Diseases Treated
Phone 262.
W. K. HODGKIN
Lawyers
Office: Nebraska State Bank Building.
Reference: O’Neill National Bank.
O’Neill, :: :: :: Neb.
monel
Title Abstractors
Office in First National Bank Building
J. H. Davison
A Full Stock of Everything in
Harness and Horse Furnishings
SHOE REPAIRING
Guaranteed Goods and Satisfied
Customers. Highest Price Paid for
Hides. Come and See Me.
O’NEILL, NEB.
THE CITY GARAGE
Walter Stein, Prop.
Auto Livery jg
All Kinds of Repairing. We have
competent Workmen. All Jnds of
Oils and Automobile Accesaries. Old
Campbell Garage, O’Neill, Neb.
FEED & AUTO LIVERY
At the Old Mullen Barn.
Day and Night Service.
Phone 195
Roberts & Son