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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 18, 1919)
Supervisors’ Proceedings. (Continued from page sixA_ Amelia, and he will get you a refund of $2.70 difference in levy. R. E. GALLAGHER, County Treasurer. P.y W. E. Conklin, Deputy. Josie, Nebr, July 30, 1919. Hon. Co. Commissioners, O'Neill, Nebr. Sirs: Please‘rectify the mistake in my tax. My land is in school district No. 245 in which the levy is 30 mills, but by mistake I was taxed in district No. 247 in which the levy is 35 mills so the difference would amount to $2.70 as you will see by the county treasurer’s letter which I enclose. Please transfer my tax money from district No. 247 to the account of district No. 245 and oblige. F. M. ROOSA, Josie, Nebr. Mr. Chairman: I move that the prayer of petition of F. M. Roosa be granted. F. C. WATSON, H. U. HUBBARD. Motion carried. Minutes of meetings held August 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 1919, read and approved. At 5 o’clock p. m., on motion ad journed until 9 o’clock a. m. August 26, 1919. W. T. HAYES, Chairman. E. F. PORTER, County Clerk. Resolution of Sympathy. Whereas it has pleased Almighty God to take from our midst Mrs. J. L. Hoge, a true friend and member of our Local. We the members of Table Land Local No. 773 take this means to express our sincere sympathy to the bereaved relatives and order this resolution printed in the Nebraska Union Farmer and in The Frontier and a copy spread on the records of the Local. MRS. M. A. WHALEY, MRS. H. W. SAUSER, MRS. L. W. KNAPP, Committee. Ord Aeroplane Wrecked. An accident in which his aeroplane was wrecked prevented Earl D. Barnes of the Ord Aeroplane company from giving an exhibition at the Holt county fair Friday afternoon, and it was through no fault of the fair management that the visitors were disappointed. The following letter from the Ord Aeroplane company, re ceived by Secretary Frank Campbell of the fair association is self ex planatory: “Frank Campbell, O’Neill, Neb., Sept. 13, 1919. “Dear Sir: We had a wreck and telephoned to Grand Island for them to fill your date for us, which they promised to do. Last night I received a letter from them saying they were unable to go. “I do not know if they notified you or not, which they should have done. We may get a new ship, and if we do will make your town just for pas senger work, notifying you when we will be there. “Yours respectfully, GLEN AUBLE, Secretary.” STRAIGHTEN THAT BENT BACK. No need to suffer from that tired dead ache in your back, that lameness, those distressing urinary disorders. O’Neill people have found how to get relief. Follow this O’Neill resident’s example. Mrs. E. B. Jones, says: “There was a dull, ache and stiffness in my back. When sitting still, I could stand it, but when I went to get up, I had to pull myself up and then I could hardly bear the knife-like pains. To even bend a little or walk around, hurt me. I knew my kidneys were causing the suffering, because they acted irregu larly. Two boxes of Doan’s Kidney Pills completely relieved me- On two • occasions since when I felt I needed Doan’s, they did just as good work as ever.” Price 60c, at all dealers. Don’t simply ask for a kidney remedy—get Doan’s Kidney Pills—the same that Mrs. Jones had. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. High-Browed Folk. “This is going to be a hard fought case.” “Why do you think so?” “Four celebrated alienists have been engaged.” “But how about the lawyers?” “They are all smart fellows. It takes a pretty sharp lawyer to get a * dement out of an eminent alienist that a horny-handed juror can under stand.”—Birmingham Age Herald. Methodist Ministers Assigned. The following ministers have been assigned to Holt county tovims within the jurisdiction of the Nebraska Methodist conference at the session of the conference at Lincoln Monday: O’Neill—The Rev. W. W. Rust. . Ewing—The Rev. J. E. Jones. Inman—The Rev. F. E. Urwin. Page and Venus—The Rev. R. M. Fagan. The Atkinson and Stuart churches are not within the jurisdiction of this conference. DANGER IN RAPIDLY RAISING LAND PRICES United States Department of Agri culture Warns Farmers of Prob able Consequences. Washington, D. C., September 12.— Prices of farming lands in many sec tions of the United States, especially in Iowa and the other Corn Belt States, have risen with such rapidity that serious consequences may be ex pected, especially with the return of normal conditions. This is a warming to farmers issued by the United States Department of Agriculture. Speculators, many of them busine. s nren of the cities, in many cases have reaped big profits by buying and re selling without making any substan tial contribution in return. Farmers have sold land at prices that seemed high, and then have bought again at still higher figures, losing thousands of dollars in the exchange. The bona fide farmer who purchases land at present high prices may find the re turns on his investment abnormally small if earnings should decline when normal conditions are restored, and may find himself seriously em barrassed if he has financed the pur chase largely on credit. That is a summary of the situation as it is viewed by investigators of the Bureau of Farm Management sent out by the department into the regions of most marked speculative activity. Here is a summary of their advice which is broadly applicable probably to the majority off farmers in the regions af fected, though it may not fit every in dividual case: Much of the present speculative activity has been due to the fact that speculators have been able to catch some farmers unawares, buying their farms at a much lower figure than was justified in relation to prices in ad joining regions. Therefore you should be careful about selling to a speculator who is buying to sell again. If it Is worth more to him it probably may be worth more to you. Iff you own a farm and desire to continue farming be very sure before selling that you can obtain out of the proceeds of your sale as good a farm as you have sold. If you desire to purchase a farm you should be very sure that the price you pay is fully justified by the probable net earnings of the farm when condi tions become more normal. Be careful that the buyer of your farm is able to complete his payment on March first in case he fails to re sell. In general it is safe to require an initial cash payment of one-third the sale price. Be cautious about speculating your self. Especially do not buy on a narrow cash margin with the expecta tion that you will be able to sell and obtain the necessary means of settling your contract. You may not be able to effect a sale. A land “boom” may collapse suddenly. AEROPLANE WRECKED ANOTHER SECURED Butte Gazette: Lieut. Stratton, the aviator, arrived here yesterday after noon, landing in the Reinheimer field east of town. Afterward he flew over to the fair ground, and shortly after ward started up with a passenger, John Adams of Anoka. Something seemed to be wrong with the engine, and the plane got up slowly. In pass ing above the Dereg farm, he at tempted to “zoom” over a telephone wire. The machine rose to about seventy-five feet high, and then turned sharply down, striking diagonally, and completely wrecked itself. Stratton and Adams both escaped practically unhurt, Adams only having a small piece of skin scraped from his leg be low the right knee. He was proudly showing the wound as a sort of souvenir. The lieutenant escaped without a scratch. The accident attracted a large crowd of sight seers and many of the bro ken parts of 4.he machine were carried away as souvenirs. The landing gear and both lower and one upper wing as well as most of the wooded braces were completely smashed. The motor was intact. Work was at once com menced by the Strattons on the work off taking the machine apart and crat ing it for shipment. This is said to be the end of the flying game for Stratton. It is his third accident and he stated to friends that it was time for him to quit. The Fair Association at once got busy to locate another machine and soon announced that another aviator had been secured and he will arrive ready for business this morning at 9 o’clock, from Tyndal, S. D. Passen gers will be taken up and iff you have had a longing to see how it feels to be above the clouds or at least in that direction, now is your chanqe. An Extremist. v “Isn’t Nextdore’s wife rather fond of an argument?” “Is she? Why, that woman is so ford off an argument she won’t even eat anything that agrees with her.”— Boston Transcript. Ladies’ Hose . 25c Men’s Half Hose . 30c Children’s Hose . 15c Boys’ Rib Black Hose . .. 25c, 30c, 35c Don’t fail to see those plated knives and forks, per set . $1.20 ABBOTTS VARIETY STORE. SPRAGUE TIRE 1 ENDURANCE The thing that will impress you most about I Sprague Tires is their wearing quality. They do give you MORE mileage and cost you less 1 liTthe end. This is because of the way they | are made and the materials that go into them. Sea Island Fabric made from the strongest cotton that grows, is used exclusively in Sprague Tires. This fabric weighs \1\ ounces to the square yard and has a pulling wearing—strength of 900 pounds to the square yard. Compare this to the 10 to 14 ounce weight and 500 to 700 pound strength of ordinary fabrics and you will better understand why Sprague’s give you so | much more mileage. Pure Para Rubber the best of all rubber, goes into Sprague Tires. Tread and sidewalls of these tires are 75 per cent pure para rubber. Oversize—Hand-Built Sprague Tires have an extra ply of fab ric. They have more rubber. That’s why they weigh three to five pounds more than ordinary tires. And then, the bet ' ter fabric and better rubber are built into Sprague Tires by hand. I There’s no guess work about Sprague Tires. You can depend on Spragues to cost you far less in the end. • Sprague’s Tubes and Tires Are 8old by J. B. MELLOR, O’Neill GILL & DOBNEY, Stuart SKILLMAN JUSTICE, Long Pine PATCH & HALDOWSON, Bassett CONGRESS SCANS SUMS SPENT BY PRESIDENT Gets Details of Hundred and Fifty Millions Given for War Pur poses and Doled Out. Washington, D. C.—Forced to do so by the Republican Congress, in re sponse to its resolution, President Wilson has submitted detailed ac counts of the expenditure of the $150, 000,000 given him at his own request for war purposes. These are deemed unsatisfactory by Chairman Good, of the House Appro priations Committee and other mem bers of Congress, because they are in many instances vague and general, and because they reveal the cost to the people of unchecked authority and the tendency toward participation by the United States in the government of all natit.ns. For instance, members are shocked to find that the President has out of his fund given $5,000,000 to relieve the condition of Russian civilians in the Archangel dstrict. Several thousands of American troops are there, though war has not been de clared upon the Russian government since it did not make good as one of the allies. Another five millions was given to “improve economic conditions in Russia.” Anarchy is generally conceded, in dispatches through the State Department, to prevail there, and this sum was given to remove it. Mlembers of the appropriations com mittees, accustomed to scrutinizing every penny of the money of the people, are sceptical of the results ob tained by these five millions. Though the United States has noth ing to do with the government of Si bera, $4,000,000 was paid out by the President for the Transsiberian and Eastern Chinese railways for a pur pose not yet learned. Another item is $117,000 for the American Railway Mission in Russia. The expense of several other missions to study condi tions in Russia were disbursed from this fund also. For the expenses of the President and his large entourage in the partici pation in the making of the treaty of peace at Versailles and for the De partment of State generally in this connection, there is an expenditure by tlie President out ofhisfundof$8,393, 246—this during a period of about five months. Bernard M. Baruch, Wall Street manipulator and the President’s technical adviser, got $150,000. An allottment of $60,000 to the State De partment and $10,000 to the Depart ment of Labor the Chief Executive re fused to explain because confidential. For carrying the government along while he was in Europe and refused to call Congress in extra session, several large sums are given the de partments, including $2,868,000 for war risk. Runs News Stand Without Hands, There Is n boy running a news stand In Union square. New York city, who has no hands. He opens and closes hi# stand, opens and folds his papers and passes (hem out to customers without delny or difficulty, and makes change like an expert. Lou Young Is his name. He lost both hands In an explosion whin thir teen years old, but that handicap did not hinder him from going Into busi ness and making {^success of it. <‘The cripple who has spunk Is w good as nnyone else,” he says. ... ..■■—■■—I For Wyoming and Montana Hay & Grain Bought to Order Will pay $2.00 per ton above the market price | for No. 1 Hay f. o. b. cars. Will pay 10c per bushel above the market price for grain in carload lots f. o. g b. your station. Will buy Feed and Grain, Prairie Hay, Alfalfa, | Clover, Timothy, Syrup, Oats Straw, Oats, Barley, Corn, Rye, Potatoes, Etc. How much for hay in the stack and allow use of the place for feed and pasture? Farmers hold and t list * your Produce for the benefit of the drouth stricken states. They need your assistance. MARTIN A. PETERSON Branch Manager The Western Hotel Box 482 O’Neill, Nebr. f rwnrMnnironr .— .. 1 .——| Chesterfield CIGARETTES —of Turkish and Domestic tobaccos-blended Satisfy ? I’ll say so ! THIS Chesterfield cigarette does more than please the taste. It gives smokers a new kind of cigarette enjoyment, the one thing they’ve always wished for in a ciga rette — Chesterfields let you know you’re smok ing—they go straight to your smoke-spot— they satisfy. It’s because of the blend— an exactly pro portioned blend of the finest Turkish and Domestic tobaccos. And the formula for this blend is the manufacturers secret It note cannot be copied or even closely imitated. rSrSEtiXtS: Today-ask your dealer for "these ciga firm and fresh, whatever K rettes that satisfy, the weather.