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REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.
For Judge of the Supreme Court,
A- M. POST.
For University Kegents.
C. V. KALEY,
J. N. DRYDEN.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET.
For Count- Treasurer,
A. C. BARRY, of Buchanan Precinct.
For Count- Clerk,
W. M. IIOLTRY, of Sutherland.
For Sheriff,
CLAUDE WEINGAA'D, of North Patte.
For Supt. Public Instruction,
BERTHA THOELECKE. of Osgood Prect
For Count' Judge,
A. S. BALDWIN, of North Platte.
For Surveyor,
CHAS. P. ROSS, of North Platte.
For Coroner,
N. F. DONALDSON, of North Platte.
For Commissioner, First District.
WM. WOODHURST, of North Piattc.
THAT 1896 LEVY.
The Era in its issue of October
14th seeks to show that the raise in
the valuation of all taxable pro
perty, except railroads and tele
graph lines, made in 18 by order
of the populist board of county com
missioners only caused an extra
taxation of $3,243.00 Now let us see
what the facts are.
By examining- the recapitulation
of taxes levied in 1895 we find that
the gross amount of taxes levied
for that year for all purposes was
$124,648.68. The recapitulation of
all taxes levied for 1896 was S140,
922.48, making the difference six
teen THOUSAND, TWO HUNDRED AND
SEVENTY-THREE DOLLARS AND
eighty cents in the increased tax
ation. It may be true, as the Era says,
that the count' general fund was
benefitted but $3,243.00 by this
enormous advance in taxation, but
it is not true that the state, city or
school authorities are responsible
for any part of this increased taxa
tion. The maximum rate of taxa
tion for these several municipal di
visions is fixed by statute. The
city may levy ten mills for all pur
pose, except water tax; the county
fifteen mills for all county purposes
except interest and principal on
" bonds. The school districts are
limited in the same manner, and as
long as property has been assessed
at one-fifth actual valuation these
different municipal sub-divisions
could only receive the amount that
would by raised by levying the law
ful rate on such valuation.
But when the populist county
commissioners ORDERED the as
sesors to change the basis of valua
tion from one-fifth to one-fourth
they caused not only an increase of
taxation for county purposes, but
for ALL purposes. And it sems to
us only an aggravation of the wrong
the' have done the tax-payers to
say their taxes have been in
creased the sum of $16,273.80 in
order that these county commis
sioners might have $3,243.00 more
to disburse.
The strangest part of this trans
action is that by reason of the fact
that there was no increase in the
valuation of railroad or telegraph
lines in 1896. The whole of this in
creased taxation of $16,273.80 was
wrung front the common people that
our populist officials so dearly love.
The foregoing figures ot taxes
levied for 1895 and 1896 may be
found in the tax-lists for those
years, now in the county treasurer's
office.
Precincts and School Districts Robbed
for the Benefit of the Populist Ring
The tendency of public officials
is to expend all the money that can
be wrung- from the taxpayers, and
this fact has caused our legislature
to put a limit on the taxing power.
Thus the county is limited to 9
mills for general purposes and 15
mills for all purposes except inter
est and principal of bonds. The
maximum levy is also fixed by law
tor school district, cities etc
And it Is a rare thing- to find the
levy less than the maximum rate.
Taxes are high now and have
been for some time, yet we find that
the populist legislature enacted a
law and the populist governor ap
proved it, which enables our popu
list county officials to indirectly in
crease taxes for the benefit of the
county general fund, besides caus
ing a great injustice to a portion of
our tax payers.
The county treasurer's annual
statement shows that the balances
in the several precinct bond funds
aggregate the sum of $16,367.46.
These funds are annually increas-
A STARTLING
Cost of County Government Under
Populist Eule as Shown by the
County Eecords.
A Comparison of Expenditures
a Period of Five Years and the Expenditures of the
Populists for a like Period.
A Chapter from the Official Records of Lincoln County.
The populists are asking the support of the people ot this county on
the record they have made for economy and reform, and their organ has
challenged comparison with the former republican administrations. It
refers with glee to the fact that in 1887, under republican rule, it be
came necessary to vote $20,000.00 bonds to fund the floating indebted
ness. We propose to make a comparison between republican and popu
list administration from the official
purpose of this comparison we will
1887 inclusive, when the republicans
the five year period of 1S93 to 1897
trol.
The assessed valuation of property in the county during the first
mentioned period was as follows:
1883 $1,439,S51
1883 1,542,677
1S85 1,543,541
1886 1.301,969
1887 1,812.833
Total $7,640,161
Total divided by five gives the average $1,528,032
Ou the average valuation during that period there was levied by the
county commissioners for county purposes 15 mills on the dollar, making
an average annual levy of S22,02O.4S.
But the populist organ says that it became necessary to issue twen
ty thousand dollar bonds to tund the floating indebtedness in 1887.
That's true, but such debt had been accumulating for twenty years
previous, and to be fair in our comparison there should be added to the
amount levied during that period one-fourth of this bond issue which
will give us the following result:
Taxes levied in five years, 18S3 to 1887, . . . . : $114,602.40
Add one-fourth of bond issue 5,000.00
Total $116,602.40
Which gives us the total cost of maintaining the county government
in five years of republican rule at Sll0,GO2.4O.
Under the five years of populist rule from 1893 to 1897, the assessed
valuation of property for taxable purposes was:
1893 : $2,727,000
1894 2,49S.9S7
1895 2,510,205
1896 2,937,028 '
1897 2,559,833
Total $13,333,053
Total divided by fivegves the average $2,666,610
A 15 mill lev', which was the amount levied on this annual average
would amount to $39,999.15 average tax for each year, and in five years
would amount to the sum of $199,995.75, the 'cost to the tax-payers of
five years of populist rule trom 1893 to ,1897 inclusive. If we subtract
from this latter sum the cost of operating the county from 1883 to 1S87
we will find how much more was expended in five years by populist rule:
Cost of county government 1893-1897, QlAA QQE 7EJ
five years, under populist rule Yyyyyi
Cost of county government 1 883-1 887, D11( AO Afi
five years, under republican rule 1 j UUtC"v
Dilfewe
0
Repub
in iavor
The difference of $80,393.35 is the price that the tax-payers have
paid for the privilege of having a REFORM (?) GOVERNMENT. This
makes an annual average increase of $16,078.67 in the amount expended
under populist management over the cost of the county government un
der republican rule.
The basis of the foregoing figures is taken from the official records
in the county clerk's office and can be verified by any tax-payer.
What think you, disinterested tax-payers? Is it not time that, we
put a stop to such waste of the public money by "turning- the rascals
out."
ing in amount and for the next ten
years will average $30,000.00.
The statement also shows bal
ances due the several school dis
tricts of the county to the atnrunt
ef $13,946,53. These balances dur
ing the next ten 3'ears will prob
ably average $15,000.00.
Under the law as it stood prior
to the passage of the law reterred
to above these funds were put out
at interests and the interest on the
funds of each precinct or school dis
trict was credited to the respective
precinct or school district and thus
helped to reduce the taxation in
such precinct or school district.
But now under the provisions of
this new (sec. 4 chapter 23 session
laws of 1897) all of this interest is
to be taken from the precincts
and school districts and placed to
the credit of the county general
fund, thus giving our count' offic
ial that much more money in ex
cess of 9 mill levy to squander.
The precinct funds being mostly
sinking funds of a permanent na
ture, not subject to dimiuunition
from year to.year have drawn 5 per
cent interest. This on an average
amount of $30,000.00 would amount
to$1500.00 per annum or $15,000.00
taken fromjthese precincts in ten
3'ears and converted into the county
general fund.
We can hardly conceive of a more
inequitable law.
Take the case of one ot these pre
cincts that have voted bonds to
build a bridge across the Platte
rivers such as Nichols, O'Fallons,
Birdwood, Brady Island or Max
well. The taxpayers in these pre
cincts pay into the county general
tund 9 mills on the valuation of
DISCLOSURE!
Made by the Republicans for
records of the county, and for the
take the period of five years 1883 to
were in control and compare it with
when the populist? have been in con
$80, 393, 35
their property the same as the rest
of the county, but in addition to
this they are compelled to contrib
ute to the count)' general fund all
of this interest on the monej' that
has been collected from them to pay
for their bridges. The $15,000.00
that the precincts will under this
law contribute to the general fund
would go a long way to reduce their
precinct taxes if so applied. The
same is true of the school districts.
Unlawful Work of the Populist County
Commissioners
One of the ways the populist ring
have raised money beyond the law
ful levy for general fund purposes
to squander in salaries, fees and
perquisites is illustrated by the
following facts:
Section 77 of chapter 77 ot the
Compiled Statutes limits the
amount that can be levied for gen
eral fund purposes to nine mills on
the dollar valuation. This is man
datory and the county commission
ers have no right to expend a dol-
Jlar for general fund purposes be
yond that limit. But this wise
provision of the statute has been
set at naught by the populist ring.
Year after year they have delib
erately made excessive levies in the
bridge fund with the intention of
transferring a portion of such levy
into the general fund. The follow
ing is only a sample of what occurs
trom year to year:
The bridge levy for 1895 amount
ed to $9,539. There was drawn
against this levy $4,971.90 for bridge
purposes, leaving at ihefcend of the
year$4,567.10 in this fund unexpend
ed. With this large balance in the
bridge fund there would have been
rule
no need to make a levy for that
fund in 1896. But in place ot so
using this balance we find that it
was transferred to the general fund
and a new levy made for the bridge
fund of 8,811 dollars, against
which there was drawn' warrants
for bridge purposes to the amount
of 4,035.10, leaving- a balance
of 4,776.90 not expended at the end
of the year. With this large bal
ance in the bridge fund, we find the
board making a new levy of two
mills in 1897 for the bridge fund
with the undoubted intention if not
already carried out of transferring
this balance of 4,776.90 to the gen
eral fund.
Thus in two years the ring has
misappropriated out of the bridge
fund
1895 levy 4567.10
1896 levy 4776.90
Total 9344.00
The Populist treasurer and board
are responsible to the county for
every dollar of this misappropria
tion and a judgment could be
secured asrainst them on their
bonds for the amount.
The officials we understand are
relying upon sec. 4 of chapter 18,
compiled statutes for their authori
ty for making these transfers.
This law reads as follows:
'That the board of county com
missioners of the several counties
of the state may appropriate to the
county general fund any county
sinking fund not levied for the pay
ment of any bonded indebtedness;
also any county moneys from what
ever source, excepting moneys
levied for school purposes, that re
main on hand in the county treas
ury and are no longer required for
the purpose for which the same are
levied."
It is evident that th is law does not
authorize the transfer of any part
of a bridge fund which is one of
the permanent funds of the county,
but was intended solely to apply
to transient funds such as a balance
in a sinking fund levied to pay
bonds when the bonds were all
paid or a balance in a judgement
fund after the judgements were all
paid and even in the case of these
transient funds, an excessive levy
made with a view of transferring
the balance to the general fund
wonld be void.
The supreme court of Nebraska in
discussing this law on page 257 of
the 12th Nebraska supreme court
reports says: "The limitation on
upon the rates of taxation is for
the protection of the taxpayers, and
to secure economy in the expendi
ture of public moneys. It is the
evident intention of the law that
only the amount required in any
particular fund in one year shall be
levied and no more. If the law
limits the levy for the ordinary
county revenue to ten mills on the
dollar valuation, no greater sum
can be raised for that purpose by
levying more than is required for a'
sinking fund or any other tax, and
then transfering the surplus to the
general fund. If the law could thus
be evaded it would afford no protec
tion to the taxpayer whatever."
That is exactly what the county
board have done. They have de
liberately made the excessive levys
for the bridge fund with the inten
tion of transfering the surplus to
thegeneral fund and thus indirectly
compelling the tax payers to pay in
the two years of 1895 and 1896 the
sum of 9344.00 into the county gen
eral fund in" excess of the lawful
limit.
DEER, CREEK
Mrs. A. LeBounty returned home
Wednesday trom a visit with her
parents in the east part of the
state.
H. H. Johnson has gone east
on a visit.
Frank Speck and family have
moved to Gothenburg. where
Frank has secured a position in
the mill.
A. Holderman has moved to J.
R. Shaw's farm.
Os Wilmeth has been plastering a
new house for Frank Fletcher.
Will and Ed Uoughtaling have
returned from Dakota.
Several pops from this part of
the county heard the silver orator
deliver his address at North Platte.
If Chas. Wallingford does not
stay out so late he will not be so
sleep' when he goes after a load of
hay.
There was a dance at Wm
Peterson's new residence at
Ingham Friday night.
Ingham is to have another eleva
tor soon. The new firm will also
buy stock.
Fred Wilmuth and wife of
Frontier county were visiting with
North Platte triends before leaving
for the east.
Rev. Sprague, of Farnam,
preached at the Shaw school house
last Sunday night; also. Tuesday,
Wednesday, and Thursday, even
ings.
Wm Larue is moving his barn
from the bottom to the hillside; a
good move.
Everybody Sajs So.
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40 YEARS THE STANDARD.
Hons L. Hammond Mndc Postmaster.
Washington, Oct. 20. Tha following
appointments of presidential postmas
ters were announced : Iowa David S.
Wilbur, Rising Sun. Nebraska Ross
L. Hammond, Fremont.
Two State Banks Quit.
Lincoln', Oct. 15. The State bank of
Clay Center, with a capital of $15,000,
and the Citizens' State bank of Elwood,
with a capital of $J 5,000, have been
granted permission by the state banking
board to go into voluntary liquidation.
Bars Petition Candidates.
Lincoln, Oct. 20. The 15 days limit
of time for filing tickets by petition ex
pired yesterday, and no petitions hav
ing come in only the regularly nomi
nated state tickets will appear on the
ballot. The certificates of nomination
and sample ballot to the county clerks
were all sent out today.
United Presbyterians at Pawnee City.
Pawnee City, Neb., Oct. 17. The
synod of the United Presbyterian
church for Nebraska and Colorado con
vened at the Second United Presbyter
ian church here last evening. Dr. Gil
christ of Omaha was elected moderator,
and Rev. O. H. Mitchell of Summer
field, Kan., clerk.
Damages For a Dead Husband.
Fairbcry, Neb., Oct. 18. In district
court in the case of Kate Smiley against
Zimmerman & Bannister and their
bondsmen for 5,000 damages by reason
of the sale of liquor to George S. "Will
iams, under the influence of which he
killed her husband, the jury returned a
verdict of $1,000 for the plaintiff.
Will Have Case Reviewed.
Lincoln, Oct. 13. Chairman Dahl
man of the Democratic state central
committee says that he will apply to
the courts to have the action of Secre
tary of State Porter revciwed in the
matter of the decision that the "Na
tional Democrats" are entitled to have
their ticket go on the ballot under that
designation.
Take the Hat Pin From His Lung.
Hastings, Neb., Oct. IT. Herbert
Crow, the young man who was stabbed
by his sweetheart, who used a hat pin
for a weapon, was compelled to be again
operated upon yesterday. He felt a se
vere pain . near his left lung, and it
finally became so severe that he could
hardly breathe. He was taken to a
physician's office and an operation was
performed. The steel pin was soon
located in the left lung. A surgical in
strument was inserted which fastened
onto the pin. which was soon removed,
The piece of steel measured just four
inches.
Trains Collide on a Curve.
Fremont, Neb., Oct. 17. A bad
wreck occurred on the main line of the
Elkhorn near the Chautauqua grounds
north of the city yesterday. Regular
freight No 27, westbound, collided with
a special loaded with sheep. The en
gineer and fireman of each train saved
themselves by jumping. The engine of
the special was thrown off the bridge
and smashed into kindling wood and
scrap iron. The first car of sheep was
badly wrecked, though the trucks still
remained on the track, and the front
end of the westbound engine stove in.
About 100 sheep were killed.
Odd Fellows Fleet OHlcers.
Lincoln, Oct. 21. The grand en
campment of the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows of Nebraska began its
26th annual meeting yesterday and will
continue three days. In connection
with the encampment is th? meeting
of the grand lodge and the Rebekah
order. There is a large attendance.
The encampment last evening electi d
the following oniccr.s : Grand patriarch,
A. D. 'Allauiund, Arap.iho? ; grand
senior warden, L. F. Kai-ncs, Platts
nionth ; graud hifrh prirst, Janus Tykr,
Lincoln ; scribe, I. P. Gage, Fremont ;
treasurer, Sam McClay, Lincoln ; junior
warden. K. C. Hedrick. Tctumsei. ;
grand representatives, F. R. Bryan ,
Omaha, J. S. Hoagland, North Platte.
EX-SENATOR PADDOCK'S DEATH.
Taken With Heart Disease He Passes
Away Suddenly.
Beatrice, Neb., Oct. 10. At 1
o'clock Sunday morning death came to
ex-Senator Algernoou S. Paddock, the
prominent Nebniskan being taken with
heart disease. His wife aud daughter
were by his bedside at the Paddock
hotel when he passed away.
The funeval of ex-Senator Paddock
will be held Tuesday afternoon at 4
o'clock at the Paddock hotel. The re
mains will be taken to Omaha for in
terment. Algernon S. Paddock was born at
Glens Falls, "Warren county, N. Y.,
November 0, 1830 ; was educated at an
academy in his native town, taking
there the regular Union college course ;
in the early spring of 1S57 he came to
Nebraska aud was soon afterward ad
mitted to the bar. Ho look a prominent
part in the general development of the
territory and afterward of the state.
He held a number of minor state
offices at different times. He was
elected United States senator from Ne
braska as a republican to succeed
Thomas W. Tipton, receiving nearly all
the votes of both Republican aud Dem
ocratic members of the legislature ; took
his seat in the senate March 4, 1875,
and served until March 4, 1881 ; was ap
pointed a member of the Utah commis
sion in June, 1882, by President Arthur,
on which he served until Oct. 1, 1886,
when he resigned ; was again elected
United States senator in Jan. 1887, to
succeed Hon. Charles H. Van "Wyck.
His term of service expired March 3,
1893.
Since that time he has retired to pri
vate life and given his attention to pri
vate commercial enterprises.
THEATER DISASTER.
THREE KILLED AND TWENTYcSIX IN
JURED AT CINCINNATI.
Falling or the Plastering Gives Warning
of Impending Catastrophe, Otherwise
the Death Koll "Would nave Been
Much Greater.
Cincinnati, Oct. 17. "The Danger of
a Great City," on the stage of Robin
son's opera house last night, was cut
short in its performance by a tragic
realization oftho actual dangers of a
great city. The house was fairly well
filled, not crowded. A little before 8 :50
o'clook a lady in the audience says she
heard a creeping noise which continued
for five minutes before the catastrophe.
She gave it little attention, thinking it
was part of the performance. Presently
the plastering began to fall in particles
at first, but enough to alarm some of
the timid or cautious, who retired. A
little later the plastering began to
shower down in great chunks. It came
from the ceiling above which supported
the dome. There was a rush from the
gallery which was not very well filled.
The balcony was soon emptied. Those
in the dress circle retired as promptly
as possible, and strange to say, without
an apparent panic. The crowding of
these to "the door obstructing the pass
age from the parquette, which amounts
in a measure for the number of casual
ties. Nobody expected at the moment
any other danger than from the falling
plastering.
Suddenly and with a great crash the
great central truss of the ceiling, 80 feet
long and SO feet wide, came plunging
down. The ends of it struck on the
two gallery wings and doubled it up in
the center, sending it down into the
parquette with a great scattering of
joists and timbers. Nothing on the
stage was harmed. Of course there
were moans of the injured aud as often
happens, loudest from those least hurt.
The news spread rapidly and there
was a rush of patrol wagons and of
firemen to the scene. The salvage corps
with its wagon was first on the ground,
and it was followed by all the police
patrol wagons, who carried the injured
to the Cincinnati hospital.
The list at the hospital showed three
dead, five dangerously, if not fatally
wounded, and 26 more or less scriously
iujured. In addition to these a large
number, probably 25 or 30, were so
sligtitly injured as to bo ablo to walk
home. Of the dangerously injured at
the hospital several will require ampn
tation, yet everyone is refusing to sub
mit to the operation. A score of sur
geons volunteered their assistance to
the hospital corps. A sufficient number
was accepted. The scene in front of
the hospital door was a sad one. Hund
reds of people gathered there, clamor
ing for the names of the injured. An
attendant stood at the door with a list
of those brought to the hospital and
answered these anxious inquiries. Many
names were inquired for that were not
in the hospital list.
WINDSOR A WASTE OFSMOKING RUINS
Three Thousand Homeless toss, S3,000,
OOO Origin of Fire a Mystery.
Halifax, N. S., Oct. 19. Historic
Windsor was devastated by fire Sunday
morning. For six hours, beginning
shortly before 3 a. m., the fire, fanned
by a violent northwest gale, raged so
fiercely that the local fire department
was utterly helpless to overcome it and
within half an hour after its discovery
the mayor began to call for outside as
sistance. Long before noon the town
had been eaten up almost completely,
the area covered by the flames being
nearly a mile square and of the four
hundred or more buildings occupying
the section barely half a dozen scorched
structures remain.
The latter is the only hotel left stand
ing. No Nova Scotia town has ever
been visited by a conflagration of such
dimensions. Of the 3,00 people that
inhabited the place few have homes of
their own today. Over 3,000 have been
taken in by the residents of the sur
rounding country and neighboring
towns, while the remainder of the suf
ferers have gone to Halifax or are
sheltered in army tents erected in the
vacant plots by a detachment of British
troops from the garrison city. The
disaster is appalling in its extent.
The origin of the fire is mysterious.
A severo lightning storm passed over
the town before the flames burst forth
and some think the barn in which the
fire started may have been struck by
lightning, but many strongly suspect
that the conflagration originated
through the carelessness of some
drunken man.
When morning broke the site of
Windsor was a scene of desolation with
hundreds of frantic, thinly clad and
destitute men and women and children
rushiug back and forth through the
smoky streets. Fortunately no lives
were lost, although the streets were
perilous with flying bricks and slabs,
which the fierce hurricane drove like
thunderbolts from the roofs. In the
hurry and excitement horses and cattle
in the stables were forgotten aud mai y
perished in the flames or were srrtfo
cated from smoke.
SPANISH SHIP AND MANY LIVES LOST.
Purser ami One of the Passengers Heath
Mariel With News or the Disaster.
Havana, Oct. 17. The coasting
steamer Triton, from Havana to Bahia
Honda, nroviuce of Piuar del Rio. has
been wrecked between Dominica and
Mariel, on the north coast of that
nrovincc. The steamer went ashore
this morning during heavy weather,
crouuding about eight miles from the
coast. The purser and one of the pas
sengers have arrived at Mariel.
Among those who were lost were five
army officers and 77 soldiers.
The Spanish gunboat Maria Christina
aud the tug Louisa have left this port
for the scene 01 the wreck.
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NOTiCE TO NON-RESIDENT DEFEND
ANTS. The Defendant?, Joshua Hall nnd Elizabeth Hall
will take noUce that on July 30, 1897, Uenry Cole,
plaintiff, filed his petition in the district court of
Lincoln county, Nebraska, against said defend
ants, the object and prayer of which are to fore
close a certain mortgage executed by Joshua Hall
and Elizabeth Hall to the Nebraska Mortgage
comr any of Harvard, Nebraska, that prior to the
maturity ot said note the said Nebraska Mortgage
company duly assigned, endorsed and delhered
and transferred the same to this plaintiff who is
now the legal owner and holder of the same, up
on the southwest quarter of section 29, in township
9, range 88, situated In Lincoln county, Nebraska,
to secure the payment of a proiuisory note dated
August 1, 1889, for the sum of J 150.00 with interest
thereon at the rate of ten per cent per annum
from August 1, 1891. That there is now duo and
payable upon said note and mortgage the sum of
?1j0.00 with interest at ttn per cent per annum
from August 1, 1591, for which sum the plaintitf
prays for a decree of foreclosure, and sale of snid
premises. Yon and each of you are required to
answer said petition on or before Monday, the 15
day of November, 1897.
Henry Cole, Plaintiff.
lJy Hurd k Spanogle, his attorneys..
NOTICE TIMBER CULTURE.
U. S. Land Office, North Platte, Neb.,
September 28th, 1897. f
Complaint having been entered at this office by
Joseph D. Hawkins against Henry McNeil Smith
for failure to comply with law as to Timber-Culture
Entry No. 12977, dated July Mb, 1889,
upon the southwest quarter of section 4, town
ship 9 N.. range 20 W.. In Lincoln county, Ne
braska, with a viw to the cancellation of said en
try, contestant alleging that claimant has failed
to cultivate or cause to be cultivated any part of
said tract for the past three years and has not
planted or caused to be planted any trees, seeds or
cuttings on said claim since date of entry. The said
parties are hereby summoned to appear at this
office on the 12th day of November, 1897, at 9
o'clock n. m., to respond and furnish testimony
concerning said alleged failure.
lulo JOUiN r. iiiiS.iiAiS, Kegister.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Land Office at North Platte. Neb.,
October l'Jth, 1897.
Notice Is hereby given that the following-named
settler has filed notice of his intention to make
final proof in support of his cl.tim, and that said
nroof will be made before Register and Receiver
at North Platte. Neb., on November 27th, 1897, viz:
CHARLES K- BAKER,
who made Homestead Entry No. 16.147, for the
northesat quarter section 31, township 9, north
range 30 west. Ho names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence upon and cul
tivation of said land, viz: Joseph U. Dnrbin, of
Wellfleet, Neb., Robert P. Chase, Calvin R. Piper,
of Maywood, Neb., William C. Elder, of North
Platte, Neb.
JOHN T. HINMAN,
69-G Register.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Land Office at North Platte, Neb., )
OctolHsr l.Sth, 1897. J
Notice is hereby given that the following-named
settler has filed notice of his intention to make
final proof in support of his claim, and that said
proof will bo made before Register and Receiver
at North Platte, Neb., on November 30th. 1897, viz:
CECIL TUELL.
who made Homestead Entry No. 1R029 for the
southeast quarter of section 5, in township 10,
north, range 31 west. Ho names the following
witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon
and cultivation of said land, viz: James II. Joliff,
William Jolifr, John McConnol and George W. Mil,
ler, all of Somerset, Neb.
JOHN F. HINMAN,
89-8 Register.
iNOTICK FOR 1TRLICATIO.W
Land Office at North Platte, Neb., )
October 18th, 1897. )
Notice is heroby given that tho following-named
settler has filed notice of his intention to mako
final proof in support of his claim, and that said
proof will be mado beforo Register and Receiver
nt North Platte, Neb., on November 30th, 1897, viz:
JAMES H. JO LUFF,
who made Homestead Entry No. l.Vi'.K). for the
southwest quarter section 32, township 11 north,
range 31 west. He names tho following witnesses
to prove his continuous resilience upon aud culti
vation of said land, viz: Cecil Tuell, William
Jolllff, John McConnel, George W. Miller, all of
Somerset. Neb.
9-8 JOHN F. HINMAN, Register.
BROEKER'S SUITS
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We have been making garments for
North Platte citizens for over twelve
years, and if our work and prices were
not satisfactory we would not bo hero
to-day. We Folicit your trade.
F. J. BROEKER,
MERCHANT TAILOR.
SMOKERS
In search of a good cigai
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1
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Plumber, fcoiter
General Repairer.
Special attention given to
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