The Founding of O’Neni, By General John O’Neill Q Which is the healthier state, Minnesota or Missouri? A. I believe Minnesota is. y. How often do you pet the mail at O’Neill City? A. Twice a week, at present, but e will soon pet it once a day. (''Neil! City will 1 e made a money ; der postofficc the first cf next July. he representatives of our state, at Washington, are very kind in procur i,,<; every thng they can for us there. Q. How many months of winter in Nebraska A. About three months, with fre • ut intervals of mild sunny days. Q. When does plowinp commence a Holt county? A. You can commence plowinp new < ,.und from the iirst to the tenth of May; old ground when the frost is out. Q. Is the land in Holt county good for wheat A. Excellent. Q. Would it pay to bring a stove along, A. Not unless several persons join together and charter a car. Q, Is there any alkali land in Holt county A. No.- not an acre, y, What do the settlers use l'or .fuel? A. Wood. There is every indica tion of coal in the county. Q. Is there goodJ)rick clay in Holt county ? A. Excellent. Mr. Daniel Donahue, of Chicago, is going out with the colony to start a brick yard. He says he can make brick there to sell at for £4 per thousand. Q. Do you raise broom com in Holt county A. Yes. And a young man from C iicago is going out with the colony l -tart a broom factory. O. Had a man better go out him first, and after he gets fixed send his family? A. Practical experience would indi c- to this to be the better way. Q. Where is your nearest market? A. At lac doors of the settlers. The immigrants going out buy up everything that the settlers have for sole. Q. Have you good water in Holt county? \. No better can be found any ’ ice. Q. Can u number of families, old ' "ihbors, get their claims together A. Yes. Q. Is it necessary to be an exper ienced farmer in order to get along? A. No. If you are only willing tc work you can soon learn all that is neccessary for you to know. Q. Can a person get a place tc board for a while? A. Yes. But you must not expect to find first-class accommodations. There are no houses for rent. Q. State the exact location of O’Neill City and Atkinson? \ O'Neill City is located in Sec lb i 39 township 29, Range 11 west, Ukinson, in Section (5, Township 29, 'hinge 1-1 West. The settlements arc located between latitude 42 and 43 near longitude 99. Q. Can soldiers get their pension 1 k pay, etc., at O’Neill City V. Yes, the same as they can get i; any place else. Q. Have any of the expeditions h e the Biack Hills gone through your 1 ice? . Yes, the first expedition that at out in the fall of 1874 went lb rough our place, and a number have "one through since. Men are now going by that route every day. 0- Hc-es a man who abandons his -claim for over six months forfeit his right to it. A. Yes. Q. What about lost discharges? A. Soldiers who have lost their '^charges should write to the Adju f mt General of the State in which they i alisted ror certified copies. Q. Is Holt county a good place for e Surveyor and Civil Engineer? A. There will be considerable work Surveyors on the railroad this cummer, but persons who contemplate going out should write to me first, and j I will try and secure positons for j t hem. * Q. Is there a good opening for busi j ness in your settlemens A. Yes. Stores and hotels will be I required at all the towns. Q Is you Colony a good place for J clerks to find employment A. No. We have plenty of excel lent clerks in the Colony now all work ing on farms; but if young men will go out and take up land and work it ! situations will seek them after a while. Neither do we need any professional politicians, we have plenty of raw mu Iteiial on hand. Q. What is the distance from New j York to O’Neill City. A. About seventeen hundred miles. Q. What is the distance from Chi | cago to O’Neill City? i A. About seven hundred miles. Q. How late in the fall can you | plow in your settlement? A. Some seasons up till December 1st. Q. Can I take up a claim and send a man to live on it and make improve ments for me? A. No. Y’ou must live on it your self and make it your actual home. Q. Can I declare my intention of becoming a citizen at or near the set tlement? A. Yes, at the County Clerk’s office of the adjoining County-seat. Q. Is Holt county yet organiped? A. No, but we expect to have it legally organized immediately. Q. Are the houses in the settle ment dose to each other? A. Yes, from a quarter to half a mile, some closer. Q. How do you manage for stab ling of stock A. Good stabling for stock can be ... tructed with but little expense by the use of a few posts covered with straw or hay—some build sod houses for their cattle. Q. What if a homesteader is in debt? A. His homestead is exempt from H.ib’iity for any debt contracted pre vious to his perfecting his claim to the land. Q. Is stock raising profitable in Holt county A. Stock raising is considered a very profitable business from the fact that it costs little or nothing to keep them—some men double their money every year by raising stock. Sheep do well there. How Are the Necessaries of Life As To Cost.. As a general rule, groceries, dry goods, and articles of domestic use are a trifle dearer, the common neces saries meat, flour, grain, potatoes, etc., are much cheaper than in the Eastern States. Can Servant Girls Find Employment? Servant girls are in good demand all over the state, and receive from $2.5: to $4.60 per week. Grown up boy and girls can be of great assistance t their parents, either by helping ther < t the farm or by working out. Can Farm Hands Find Employment? Yes. in almost every county of the state, at from $15 to $25 per month with board. Irish Emigrants Aid Societies. Since the publication of the follow ing letter, I have had numerous in quiries from parties who want to be assisted in getting to the west, and a.sl ing if they could be assisted by the societies in Chicago. To which I re plied, that it is not the intention of the societies in Chicago to extend their operations beyound this city, or to parties whom they do not know; nor are they yet in complete working or der; moneyed men are usually slow and cautious, and must see their way very clearly before taking hold of any thing new, no matter how good it may be. I expect, however, that before many months the socities here will be in proper shape, and I hope to see similar societies established in every city and town in the Eastern and Mid dle, and some of the Western States. I would respectfully suggest to mV correspondents and friends that they | l.i ng this matter before the different 'eties to which they belong, and if any of those will make the necessary n! rangements for meetings, and invite me through their secretary, I will at fParts Supplies Hemstitching I The Singer Shop t and Second-Hand Sewing Machines All Makes'Cleaned and Repaired , [i W. A Guy, Manager f O’Neill, Nebraska I liiiiiii^' ^I Farm Loans; Fire, Lightning, Tornado, Wiud I | storms, Cyclone, Hail, Auto, Compensation, PuH :- | I Liability, Property Damage, Collision, Accident, R I Health and Life insurance, see I Phone 9. L. G. GILLESPIE, O’Neill, Neb. i tend and address them on the subject, and assist in organizing Irish Emi grant Aici Societies. I shall expect societies who invite me to pay my ex penses while there, nothing more. As I intend to travel and select locations' for a number of colonies this spring and summer, I will be able to give considerable information on this sub ject. Irish Emigrant Aid Societies can be organized in Canada as well as! in the United States, but I will not promise to go there to assist in organ izing them, I would be afraid of hav-‘ ing my expenses paid too well. When these Irish Emigrant Aid' Societies are once started we can easily establish Banking Loan Asso ciations in connection with them. Letters addressed to me at O’Neill City, Holt County, Nebraska, will reach me. Burke’s Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, De cember 27, 1875. Editor Irish World: On looking over the report of the Land Commissioner at Washington, as published in the newspapers, I find that during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1875, there were disposed of, under various acts of Congress, seven million seventy thousand two hundred and seventy one (7,0/0,271) acres of Government ’and. How much c-f th's land has been purchased or Taken Up By The Irish F'eople I have no means of knowing, but I fear that they have secured but a very small share of it. Although there has been a decrease of two million four hundred and sixty thousand six hun dred and one (2,460,601) acres as com pared with the previous year, yet at the rate at which it was disposed of last year, all of the good land belong ing to the government will, ere many years roll by, be in the hands of in dividuals, and the Germans, the Swedes, the Norwegians, and the Rus ;ians will become the principal land owners of the great Northwest. Un less they bestir themselves in time the Irish people of this country will con tinue to be the “hewers of wood and carriers of water.” For The Landcd-F’roprietors. I am well aware that the Irish World has done a great deal of good for the last few years by imparting information on this most important subject, yet much still remains to be done. There are thousands of poor families in the large cities, both East and West, who could do well on Gov ernment land if they only had the means to take them to it, and get a start on a farm. Now, the question is, how can these people be supplied with the necessary means, for it is but poor comfort tor them to know that Uncle Sam will give each of them a farm almost for nothing. “Alas!” they will say, as many of them have said to me personally and by letter, “we have No Money To Take Us West, Or to get a start on a farm, and but very poor prospects of being able to ;et any in these hard times, when we are so sorely tried to get a mouth tall ro eat for ourselves and our fami lies.” I believe I have read and care fully studied every letter that has been published in the Irish World for the ’ -st two years under the head of “Lands and Homes,” but I have yet to lot ice a satisfactory answer to the •mestion: “How can the poorer classes -vf our people be assisted to the West nil getting a start on a farm” My ovations in traveling through the r< t for the last four years fully con is me in the opinion that no class people prosper better on the land hen do the Irish. Now I am well '.ware that there are very many char itably-disposed people amongst the wealthier classes of our race in these United States, and that thousands of them would willingly contribute of their means to assist their more un fortunate countrymen in bettering their condition. But this is a work that will require millions of money to carry out on a grand scale, and I have but very little faith in attempting it on a charitable basis. When you can show to men of means how they can invest their money safely with profit to them selves, and at the same time to do in calculable good to others, you ap proach them with an irresistable argu ment. Here is my nan ut uperauon. In every parish in each of the cities and towns of the Eastern and Middle States there are a number, more or 'ess, of wealthy men. Now let these men, or a few of them with the as sistance of the parish priest organize in “Irish Emigrant Aid Society,” and 'ot one of their own number, or a re '•'ahlc man from amongst those who are going West, visit any of the West ern States or Territories where there "a plenty of government land and elect a suitable place for a colony, and ct the same tv'me locate a town site, hich shall be owned by the Society, f a portion of this town-site can be set apart for the benefit of the settlers who will locate around it, and another oition to assist in building a church( •ud supporting a priest for a couple f years, or until the settlers are able ' o '•'•nrw.it him, and as the settlers "‘‘I! I’1' sufficiently numerous in each s.-tt’emont. to elect their own men as s-ho 1 trustees, they can employ rvMi teachers for the public s b ol.l Then lot the society select ueb men of their parish as desire to •o West and c,'ft’e Unon The Land -.’ooted, and loan them the -mcti farming implements and cat th-v riav need, and put up a • ' ’ : *»Hng a mortgage on every ' 'if that they supply, so as to secure '■.’mmselves at least for the greater ■ ' -i of he money advanced. Of •t , tbwill be some who will a little money themselves, and •• >” not need much assistance, while '■tbe-s again will have sufficient money “f their own. This will be the start ing point for a colony. Now, the moment you can get one hundred families located around a town-site, it at once becomes worth from twenty- j to thirty thousand dollars; and when you have two hundred families around it, it becomes worth from fifty to sixty, or perhaps one hundred thous and dollars, and in five or six years may treble this amount. Every man who has watched the Rapid Growth Of Towns In The West Will agree with me in this estimate. Town-sites should be located with a view to making them county seats, which, in cases of this kind, is very easily managed. Now, you may think that this is giving the owners of the town-site too much for their invest men, but, in the first place, I desire, in order to get moneyed men interested, to hold oat to them very superior in ducements, and, in the second place, I want to protect them against any losses that they may sustain by any of the colonists who may be disposed to act dishonestly. Of course, the society will have to be very careful in select ing the men whom they assist, and know that they are honestly disposed. When it becomes known that a colony has once been started in any part of i he West where the land is good and the climate healthy, then men of means, farmers, mechanics, merchants and others will soon flock there, and bring money with them, and furnish employment to poor men, and in a few years all will be prosperous and happy, and be able to build their own churches and schools, and support their own priest, and have their own society. The Work Commenced In Chicago. As I have always believed in prac tising what I preach, I commenced in this city a few weeks ago to organize societies on the plan suggested, and at the present writing have two societies partly organized, and expect to organ ize six societies in this city alone. When I get through here, I will be pleased to visit any other city .or tov/r. in the country where the people are willing to organize on the plan sug srested, and assist them in any way that I can. JOHN O’NEILL. SUPERVISORS ’PROCEEDINGS. (Continued from last week.) The following claims were audited find on separate motion were allowed on the bridge fund. Fiank Barrett, labor . $ 6.00 Frank Valla, labor . 1.50 Ed Sparks, labor . 13.50 C. B. Nellis, labor . 7 .60 Wm. Sparks, labor . 14.25 Geo. Meals, hauling trip . 4.60 J. W. McDermott, labor . 10.50 D. J. Sullivan, labor . 15.00 C. L. Hull, labor . 8.70 Garold Nellis, hauling . 15.98 Ed Sparks, labor . 15.00 Delegation from Steel Creek town ship appeared before the board in the matter of a County road. To the Honorable County Board of Holt County, Nebraska: We, the undersigned, being the own ers of the land adjacent to the propos ed road, hereby petition your honorable body to grant and establish a public county road, described as follows, to wi t: Commencing at the southeast corner of Section 12, township 21, Range 9 We t, thence North 1% miles to Road No. 296, thence along said Road No. 29G as recorded, to Road No. 4 North of the northwest quarter of Section 1-31-9, thence along Road No. 4 to the northwest corner of Section 6 31-9, thence South 1907 chains, thence 5.89 degrees 10 minutes West (on the Carson Road) 25.24 chains, thence North 34 degrees 40 minutes West 18.32 chains, thence North 60 degrees West 273 chains, thence North 78 de grees West 7.79 chains, thence North 41 .degrees West 4.44 chains to the north line of Section at a point 23.24 chains West of the northeast corner of Section 1-31-10, thence West to the northwest corner of said Section 1 31-10, thence North on Road No. 43, 4% miles to the one-fourth section corner west of Section 12, Township 32, Range 10 West, near Red Bird Post Office and there terminate. 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 re spective lands as follows: A. F. Treinies .NE 12-31-9 Airs. Louise Treinies .^...NE 12-31-9 and 47 other signers. We, the undersigned, are interested in the establishment of said road and reside within five miles of tihe said r-rorosed road and we have each given the location of our land and residence opposite our respective names in sec tor town and range: B. B. Thomas . NW44 1-31-9 A W. Tomlinson . NE14 25-31-9 Louise Volquardsen . SE 23-31-9 C. T Marston . NWAi 1-31-9 Joe Jerahek . SW% 2-31-9 Henry Kranig. J. E W-ley . NE%NEV4 10-31-9 Lloyd Phelcs . NWAi 4-31-9 V. V. Rosenkrans .SE^ 4-31-9 Mr. Chairman: I move you that the petition of A. Treinies and others for the establishment of a County road be granted and that the road over the fol low’nfch P. M. being all of Blocks 19 and i.0 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 highest bidder for cash 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. NEBRASKA CULVERT AND MFG. CO. AUSTIN-WESTERN ROAD MACHINERY | ARMCO CULVERTS Everything In Road Machinery Western Representative L. C PETERS O’Neill :: Nebraska .... ■-/ DR. L. A. CARTER Physician and Surgeon I Glasses Correctly Fitted. Office and Residence, Naylor Blk. -Phone 72 O’NEILL :: :: NEBRASKA W. F. FINLEY, m.D Phone, Office 28 O’Neill Nebraska George M. Harrington 1 ATTORNEY-AT-LAW • I PHONE 11. 1 O’NEILL, NEBRASKA. ’ WH—Wlili i llli IWI NEW FEED STORE! In the Roberts Bam in connection with the * Feed Barn. All kinds of feeds and hay carried in stock. We make de livery. We do custom grinding. Office, 336. Res. 270 or 303 ROBERTS & HOUGH -....... - ■ - ■ - - - - THE O’NEILL ] ABSTRACT COMPANY —Compiles— “Abstracts of Title” THE ONLY COMPLETE SET OF I ABSTRACT BOOKS IN HOLT COUNTY. j DR. J. P <3!Li. I *• AN Physician and burgeon Special Attention Given To DISEASES OF 1 HE EYE AND CORRECT FITTING OF GLASSES H. L. BENNETT GRADUATE VETERNARIAN Phone 304. Day or Night. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA. 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-PATRICK’SCHURCH CATHOLIC Sunday Services: First Mass 8 a. m.. Second Mass 9 a. m., High Mass at 10.30 a. m. Vespers 7:30 p. m. Daily Mass 8 a. m. Catechetical Instruction foi First (ommun’cants 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 aible 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. 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 >. m.; Young People’s Prayer Ser vice Wednesday 8:00 p. m., Regular 5vrayer Meeting, Thursday, 8:00 p. m. Rev. J. A. Hutchins, Pastor.