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The Foandinjf of G’Nelil,
By General John O’Neill
Miscellaneous Questions.
Q. Where is the United States
Land Office for the land in Holt
icunty
- A. At Niobrara, in Knox county,
about forty miles from O’Neill City.
Q. Will the settlers have to go to
this office to have their papers made
cut ?
A. No, they can go right to Holt
county and select their claims, and
have their papers made out before an
officer of record in the county and
send thorn on to the land office. I will
attend to this business for all who
come out with the Colony, free of
charge.
Q. Can I join the Colony by start
ing after you do?
A. Yes, you can join the Colony
at any time that suits your own con
venience, but there are three things
which you should take into considera
tion:
1. By going out alone, you will
likely have to pay more for your rail
road fare, and after leaving the rail
road, which is about one hundred miles
from O’Neill City, it will not be so
pleasant or convenient to travel alone,
particularly if you cannot afford to buy
a team of your own.
2. If you do not get there soon
after the first of May, you will be too
late to put in the spring crop.
3. The place which I have selected
for this Colony, which place I regard
as one of the most desirable in the
west, will have a town, at, or near the
center of it, and those who get there
first, as a matter of course, will select
the best and most desirable farms and
those nearest the town.
Q. Are there many inhabitants in
the towns which you have located.
A. No If there were, it is not
likely that there would be any goven
ment land to be taken up around them;
but if we get plenty of men and wo
men out there, which we are likely to
do, we will soon have them inhabited
It don’t take long to build up a town
in the west, nor for the Irish people
to populate any place.
Q. How many families do you ex
pect to have with you this spring
1876.
A. Judging from the number whe
have written to me stating that thej
intended going out, and the numbers
whom I have seen, I expect to have
about five hundred and fifty families
and would expect1 twice this number
only I have been delayed in getting
around to many places which I hac
expected to visit.
O. How are the roads leading t<
r It county
A. On account of the peculiar char
acter of the soil the roads in Nebrask:
are all good.
Q. Will you select a farm for mi
and keep it until I get out?
A. I am not allowed to do this fo:
any parties, excepting officers or sold
iers. If an officer or soldier will sene
me his discharge papers, with powei
of attorney to act as his agent, I wil
do so with pleasure. He will have tc
pay the government fees, $18, and twe
dollars additional which +he Registei
and Receiver are allowed to charge
when applicants do not commence set
tlement immediately after filing theii
application. He must commence set
tlement in person within six month;
from the time his application is filed
or forfeit his right to the land. The
applicant is bound by the acts of his
agent or attorney the same as if h<
were present.
Q. Would it not be better for i
man to go west himself, and trave
around and select a place to locate?
A. A man who has plenty oi
money, may suit himself better by
1 traveling and seeing different locali
i ties, but traveling in the west or any
place else, is expensive, and persons
having only a few hundred dollars,
cannot afford to spend money in this
way.
Q. What will it cost for a family
to get to Holt county?
A. The amount will depend on the
number of persons comprised in the
family, and also on the point from
which they will have to start. An ap
proximate idea of what it will cost
can be found by inquiring at the near
est railroad station the fare for immi
grants to Wisner, or Columbus, Ne
braska, or Sioux City, Iowa. The ex
pense from these points will be only
a few dollars for each person. The
railroad and stage fare from Omaha,
to O'Neill City, emigrant fare by way
of Wisner are $8.50.
Q. What are the conditions on
which I can join the Colony?
A. There are no conditions re
quired. Each person is perfectly free
and independent of the other.
Q. Is the climate of Holt county
colder than it is in the southern part
of the state?
A. So far as I can learn there is
not much difference between the cli
mate of Holt county and that of other
counties in the southern or middle part
of the state. It is certainly a very
healthy place to live in.
Q. How deep do you have to dig
for well water?
A. From ten to forty feet.
Q. Is the land in Holt County hard
to break?
A. No. One team of horses or one
yoke of oxen can break from one and
a half to two acres per day with ease.
Q. Can wagons, farming imple
ments, stoves, etc., be had at O’Neill
City?
A. Yes, at manufacturer’s prices,
freight added.
Q. Can horses and cattle be pur
chased near the settlement, and how
are they selling?
A. Horses at from $175 to $250 per
team; oaten from $80 to $125 per yoke,
cows from $25 to $45 can be had at
different points in the Elkhorn Valley
on the way to the settlement.
Q Can I get pine lumber for build
ing purposes?
A. Yes, at Yankton, about 80 miles
from O’Neil! City; Wisner, aobut 100
mile ; Colum’ us, about 100 miles, or
Cioux Clity, about 125 miles. We will
so on have caw mills in the pine regions
west of the settlements, which will
give up pine lumber much nearer and
H.eaper than it is at present. John
May bury, carpenter and builder, at
O’Neill City, will furnish all necessary
. information about the price of lumber
and the cost of putting up buildings
O. Of what material are the cabins
. built?
A. The cabins are built principally
of hewn logs. There is a saw mill for
sawing cottonwood and other lumber
within twenty miles of O’Neill City
Cottonwood costs $20 per thousand
Wood for fuel and ordinary purpose
costs nothing hut the price of hauling
There is enough wood, for fuel, in Holt
county, to last the s;t»hrs for many
years, or until they can raise plenty
of their own.
Q. Is there any stone for building
purposes
A Yes. There is plenty of lime
stone close to all of thu settlements
i Q. Is there much government land
to be taken up in Holt county?
A. Yes. Over a million acres.
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Q Can i c«t r claim elom to a
creek or rl^tr
A. Yes. But, as a general thing
the land is better for farming pur
poses back from the creeks or rivers.
Q. Can I get a claim with timber
on it?
A. There are but very few good
! claims untaken in Holt county that
have timber on them. The timber is
on the rivers, creeks, gulches and rav
ines, but you can take a claim in the
pine region with plenty of timber
on it.
Q. Can I take up two claims at the
same time.
A. Yes you can take a homestead
and a timber claim or a pre-emption
and a timber claim at the same time.
The government fee for entering a
homestead or a timber claim is $14
each, and a pre-emption $2. No man
can get a homestead no matter how
long he served in the army without go
ing to live on it.
Q. What are the prospects for a
man getting along in your colony?
A. As to how a man can get along
if he has his health will depend mainly
on himself and his own exertions. Our
colony is no place for idlers, but any
sober industrious man who has enough
of money to get a start on a farm can
do well.
Q. Which is the best time to go
All f 9
A. .Either spring or fall, the for
mer preferred. If a man goes west
in the spring he builds himself a small
house of logs or cottonwood lumber.
He then plows a few acres, and plants
corn and potatoes in the sod. His
cow is staked in a rich pasture, his
patch of green vegetables grows in
front of his door, and four months
after his arrival at his new home he
is at home indeed, with food growing
on his own farm for his family and
his cattle.
Q. Is there a good site for a flour
ing mill at O’Neill City
A. There are several excellent mill
sites on the Elkhorn river close to
O’Neill City, and there will be plenty
of business for a mill this fall.
Q. Have you had any failures of
crops from drouth in your county
A. I have never heard of any.
Q. How are the settlers in your
county occupied?
A. They are all working on farms
and a majority of them are settled
around O’Neill City and Atkinson.
Q. What sort of a place is your
settlement for mechanics?
A. Any of the following trades can
do well by putting up shops at/ O'Neill
City and Atkinson, and taking up
claims outside of the, towns: wagon
makers, blacksmiths, carpenters, shoe
makers, tailors, tinsmiths, bakers,
harness-makers, masons, bricklayers
and plasterers. They can get their
claims worked for them by men in the
settlements, who will want such arti
cles as they make or manufacture.
Q. What sort of a place is your
settlement for a doctor
A. A1'good doctor who is not too
anxious for making money for a year
or two could do well by locating at
f' ther of the settlements, and growing
ip with the place.
Q. Have you a church at O’Neill
City
A. A church building which can be
sed for a church and a school-room
" the present will be commenced im
’iately. The site for the building
i already been donated, and also
ts in the town to be sold to assist in
rccting it. Rev. P. J. Bedard, who
has been attending the place ever since
we went there will take up his resi
dence at O’Neill City this spring.
Q. Is there a store at O’Neill City?
A. Yes, a large general store
where you can get everything you may
need.
Q. Are there many single men
going out?
A. Yes, entirely too many. I would
advise every single man to get married
before going out, are now enjoying
convenient to have a helpmate on the
farm.
Q. Are your own family in Holt
county ?
A. Yes, and my wife and children,
who were all sick with fever and ague
before going out, are now enjoyink
excellent health and like the place very
much; my own health which had been
very poor for years is now excellent.
Q. How many days’ travel from
the railroad to O’Neill City
A. By stage two days and by
wagon four days.
Q. Is there any fish or game in
Holt county?
A. Yes. Plenty of fish in the
rivers and creeks, and game of all
kinds on the prairie and in the timber.
Q. Which do you consider the best
to settle on, prairie or timber land
A. I shall allow Bishop Ireland, of
St. Paul, Minnesota, to reply. In a
recent letter he says: “We have in
Minnesota large bodies of timber land,
but I would never induce a settlement
upon them; a man’s life is near at its
close before he has been able to open
a farm of any size. Moreover, facts
are too patent before us; those who
settled ten years ago on prairie land
are to-day rich, while those who, at
the same time, chose the timber, are
comparatively poor.
SUPERVISORS’ PROCEEDINGS.
(Continued from last week.)
pointed to locate, which will run
i through my farm, commencing at the
northwest corner of Section 1, Town
ship 31, North of Range 14 West of
the 6th Principal Meridian in Holt
county, running thence South on the
Section line between Sections One and
Two the distance of one mile to the
southwest corner of said Section One
<'f the above named township. If the
road is put through it will cut through
the best land on the place. It will be
hard to make a road there that will
be passible all times of the year on
account of the land along the creek
being swampy and besides the road
would not be used enough to justify
the expense of building it. There has
[ alWayl been & i’otd thwugh th# pla:«
that has been open to the public at all
times, that has never been to no ex
pense to the county.
If the road is put through it would
damage the farm considerable owing
to the way it is situated and I figure
the damage in consideration to the hay
and inconvenience to the extent of
$1,500 on said project, providing the
road is put through.
Yours respectfully,
LEON W. TERWILLIGER,
Palmyra, Nebr.
Mr. Chairman: In reference to the
above road petition, it appearing that
all requirements of law having been
complied with I move you that the
prayer of the petition be granted and
that the clerk be instructed to draw a
warrant on the road fund in the sum
of $240.00 to Mr. L. W. Terwilliger,
that being the amount of damage re
ported by the Appraisers, and the
County Surveyor be instructed to sur
vey and plat the road.
C. E. HAVENS.
L. L. LARSON.
Upon same being put to vote by
Chairman it was declared carried.
To the Honorable County Board of
Holt County, Nebraska.
We, the undersigned, being the own
ers of the land adjacent to the pro
posed road, hereby petition your hon
orable body to grant and establish a
public road, described as follows, to
wit:
Commencing at the southwest cor
ner of Section 35, in Township 32,
North of Rartge 15 West of the 6 th
P. M., in Holt County, Nebraska,
thence North on the Section line to
the northwest comer of Section 11,
of said township and range, thence
West on the Section line 80 Rods,
thence North at right angles One
mile, to the Township line, between
Townships 32, and 33, of said Range,
there to terminate. And we further
ask for the Vacation of that part of
Road No. 11, former No. 8% Road
Record Page 13, Supervisors Record
“A,” Page 320, not shown and not in
cluded in the description of the Road
as here prayed for.
If the road be established as above
described we relinquish and waive all
claims for damages except for the
amount set opposite our names, which
sum we agree to accept in full satis
faction for all damages to our respect •
ive lands as follows:
James E. Deming, NW‘,4 SE^4,
Section 3, Township 32, North of
Range 15 West, Amount of Damages
None.
James E. Deming hereby agrees to
furnish free of charge, a strip of land,
sixty-six (66) feet wide, for the new
strip of road included in this petition.
We, the undersigned, are interested
in the establishment of said road and
reside within five miles of the said
proposed road and we have each given
the location of our land and residence
opposite our respective names in sec -
tion, town and range:
Elmer Harris, NW14 SW of Sec
tion 2, Township 32, North of Range
15 West), and ten other signers.
The State of Nebraska, Holt County,
ss:
Personally appeared before me,
Chas. J. Wilson, a Notary Public in
and for said County and State, duly
commissioned and qualified, James E.
Deming, who being first sworn ac
cording to law, deposes and says that
he is personally acquainted with the
parties whose names appear on the
within petition and that each of them
reside within five miles of the within
proposed road and are legal petition
ers for the same.
JAMES E. DEMING.
Subscribed and sworn to before n.e
this 12th day of June, 1924.
(Notarial Seal)
CHAS. J. WILSON,
Notary Public
Mr Chairman: In reference to the
above petition it appearing that) Mr.
James E. Deming agrees to furnish all
the road way asked by said petition
free of charge to the county, I move
you that the praper of the petition be
granted and the County Surveyor be
instructed to survey and plat the
a tunc.
L. L. LARSON.
E. GIBSON.
Upon same being put to vote by
Chairman it! was declared carried.
The following claims were audited
and on separate motion allowed cn
General fund:
L. E. Skidmore, board session $42.60
Lenora Naughton, salary three
weeks clerk’s office . 60.00
Opal Ashley, salary for June 80.00
Anna Donohoe, stamps, ex
press, etc. 20.00
Anna Donohoe, salary for June 158.33
E. F. Porter, express county
supplies . 3 75
E. F. Porter, salary for June 166.66
Peter W. Duffy, salary for June
and expenses . 162.75
Peter W. Duffy, Investigations,
mileage, etc.-. 51.C5
B. T. Winchell, salary for June,
clerk’s office ... 104.17
L. L. Larson, board session .... 36.80
Harry Bowen, salary for June 110.CO
J. M. Hunter, salary for June,
postage and express . 159.8'
Holt County Farm Bureau, June
expense claim .,.. 274.41
C. J. Malone, salary for June,
county judge . 183.84
John W. Hiber, salary for June,
assessors’ office . 80.00
Margaret L. Donohoe, salary for
June, assessors’ office . 80.00
Scott Hough, facing curb,
cement . 147.29
Winnie Shaughnesy, salary for
June, County Supts. office ... 80.00
C. C. Bergstrom, salary for June,
mileage, etc. 102.03
Mae Winchell, salary part of May,
all of June .::. 98.48
Julius Cronin, salary 2d
quarter and stamps. 330.00
Dorothy Dunhaver, salary for
June. Attys. office . 80.0J
C. L. Harding, tarring jail
roof . 7-20
E. Gibson, session board . 40.0 )
The following claims were audited
and on separate motion allowed on
Road fund:
C. E. Thomson, helping county
surveyor . 5 9.00 j
L. L. Larson, road work, insp. 50.00
E. Gibson, inspecting bridges, j
e£c. 40.00
John Suliivan, road work and
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Inwpctlng ..... 91.001
Harry Sullivan, maintalner
work .9.00
C. B. Nellis, road work . 14.701
C. B. Nellis, road work 14.7)
L. C. McKim, surveying, fete. 33.00
P'red Lowery, livery, super
visors . 47.10
Roy Williams, road work . 1.50
K. Frechel, road work . 4.9b
Frank Kohlachmidt, road ,
work . 8.10;
Geo. Tomlinson, staking road
for grading . 16 00
H. C. Bender, helping county
surveyor . 4 £0
Clair Hayne, surveying . 6.00 j
Lee W. Hayne, Surveying . 6.00j
J. B. Mellor & Co., repairs .... 31.13
Geo. H. Jones, rebuilding fence
on highway .t. 9 00
Stein & Zeimer, repairs . 36.85!
Stein & Ziemer, repairs . 28.02
The following claims were audited
and on separate motion allowed in the
Road fund:
J. W. Sorensen, . $ 48.00
John J. Rhode . 21.00
I. R. Harding . 15.75
W. S. Devall . 12.25
Walter Richards . 25.20
Paul Bittner . 2.50
Louis Klimenti. 21.00
Frank Weichmann . 35.70
Chas. F. Scholz . 19.60
Lewis W. Barthel . 14.85
Joe Doas . 7.20
Casper Larson . 20.00
Thomas J. Donohoe, Jr. 4.20
Claude Liermann .. 16.00
Victor Rockword . 13.50
O. A. Kilpatrick . 6.75
Harry McDonald . 2.70
Cris Nelson . 13.95
Tommy Maring . 10.50
Wm. L. Roche . 9.00
Geo. F. Shoemaker . 13.50
Geo. C. Hollopeter . 27.00
John Bratelic . 31.15
L. M. Rhodes. 18.00
Ed Welton . 32.85
Carl Crawford . 31.50
Bernard Gardzelweski . 5.40
John Connelly. 9.10
Thomas Donohoe, Jr. 4.20
Dan Lynch . 9.00
Aug. H. Smith.' 19.60
O. A. Kilpatrick . 15.75
At 5 o’clock p. m. on motion board
adjourned until June 27, 1924, at 9
o’clock a. m.
L. (J. McKIM, Uhairman.
E. F. PORTER, Clerk.
O’Neill, Neb., June 25, 1924, 9 a. m
Board of Equalization met pursu
ant to adjournment, all members
present but Larson. Board called to
order by Chairman. Minutes of Board
of Equalization for June 17 and 18,
1924, read and approved.
County Board of Supervisors, Holt
County, Nebraska:
On behalf of myself I object to the
assessment for 1924 on the ES% of
Section 8, Township 25, Range 12, and
on behalf of Mrs. Clara Kirkpatrick.
I object to the assessment for 1924
on the NE of Section 8, Township
25, Range 12, both in Conley Town
ship for the reasons as stated below.
T. V. GOLDEN,
The Sflate of Nebraska, County of
Holt, ss:
T. V. Golden, being first sworn,
says that he is the owner of SE!4 of
Section 8, Township 25, Range 12, in
Holt County, Nebraska. That he has
been unable to rent said land for any
purpose, that there is not to exceed
30 acres of said land that is suitable
for cutting hay, the balance bunch
grass, and that 30 acres mowed is not
first class hay land and has not been
cut for several years. That the land is
valued by the assessor at $1,390 whi’h
is $390 more than the amount for
which I would gladly sell the land.
That I am agent for the owner of
NE^ of Section 8, Township 25,
Range 12, which is about one-half
good hay land, balance second quality.
That I get for her less than $75 a
year Tental. That the assessment in
1923 was $2,070 and for 1924 $2,720.
Of course it has not increased in value
since last year. In my opinion this
last named tract is worth $2,000 and
no more.
T. V. GOLDEN.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 18th day of June, 1924.
(County Clerk Seal)
E. F. PORTER,
County Clerk.
By B. T. WINCHELL,
Dnnnfv
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Mr. Chairman: In reference to the
above protest I interviewed the as
sessor in Conley township, concern
ing the valuation placed on the land
mentioned and he refused to lower the
valuation placed by him on said lane
and further stated that if the valua
tion was lowered on this land
the land surrounding should be lower
ed accordingly. I myself inspected
the land and am in accord with the
assessor and therefore move that the
(Continued on page four.)
First publication July 24.)
NOTICE OF REFEREE’S SALE.
By virtue of an order of court di
rected to me by the District Court of
Holt County, Nebraska, on the re
porti of the Referee appointed by said
court, in the case wherein Anna B.
Schmidt is plaintiff, and Anna E.
Newman, Nee Schmidt, et-al are de
fendants, to sell at Public Vendue at
the Front door of the Court House in
the City of O’Neill, Holtl County, Ne
braska, the following described real
estate, to-wit: * „„
The South 45 feet of Lots 9, 10, 11
and 12 in Block 17 of Hazeletts Ad
dition to O’Neill, also beginning at a
point 35 feet South and 45 feet East,
of the S. W. corner of Block 17 of
Hazeletts Addition to O’Neill, Ne
braska, Thence South 225 feet, tfhence
West 45 feet, thence South 203 feet
more or less to the section line on the
South side of Section 30, Township
29 North Range 11 West 6th P. M.,
thence East along said Section line
602 feet, thence North 428 feet, thence
West 557 feet to the place of begin
ning, being a part of the W% of the
S. E. !4 of»the S. W. Section 30,
Township 29, North Range 11 West
6dh P. M. being all of Blocks 19 and
20 of Hazelets Addition to O’Neill,
except Lot 8 of said Block 20 as sur
veyed and recorded, for cash, and in
compliance with said order I will offer
said real estate as above described
for sale and will sell the same to the
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highait bidder for Mak In hand on
the 4th day of September, 1924, at
the hour of 10 o’clock A. M., at the
front door of the Court House in the
City of O’Neill, Holt County, Ne
braska.
Dated this 23rd day of July, 1924.
STEPHEN J. WEEKES,
8-5 Sole Referee.
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Meet Monday night of each week at
band hall at 8:00 o'clock.
Clifford B. Scott, Leader.
E. D. Henry, Secretary-Treasurer.
PUBLIC LIBRARY HOURS.
The Public Library will be open
each day except Sunday and Monday,
from 2:00 until 6:00 p. m.
MARY McLAUGHLIN, Librarian.
ST.PATR1CK’S CHURCH CATHOLIC
Sunday Services: First Mass 8 a.
m.. Second Mass 9 a. m., High Mass
at 10.80 a. m. Vespers 7:30 p. m.
Daily Mass 8 a. m.
Catechetical Instruction foi First
fommur’rants 3 p. m. Tuesdays and
Thursdays.
Confession, Saturday from 3 p. m.
to 6 p m. and from 7 p. m. to 9:30
p. m. Children’s Confession, First
Thursday every month at 1:30 p. m.
Very Rev. M. F. Cassidy, Pastor.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
SERVICES:
Sunday School at 10 o’clock.
Preaching service at 11 o’clock.
Sunday evening at 8 o’clock.
Wednesday evening at 8 o’clock
bible study.
You are welcome to all of these
services.
Please note the change of time and
change in the order of the services.
GEO. LONGSTAFF, Pastor.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Sunday Morning Service, 10:00 a.
m., Sunday School 11:00 a. m., Young
People’s Service 7:00 p. m., Evening
Service, 8:00 p. m.
Midweek Services: Tuesday, 8:00
p. m.; Young People’s Prayer Ser
vice Wednesday 8:00 p. ni., Regular
Prrayer Meeting, Thursday, 8:00 p. m.
Rev. J. A. Hutchins, Pastor.