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Our lands are ideal sugar beet lands Sugar beet factory in sight of our lands
We have ioooo acres of the best land in the Valley for sale No land more than
three miles from shipping point Our lands adjoin the town of La Junta the county seat
of Otero county which has a population of 7200
Prices Low Terms Easy
Our water rights are unexcelled We have just completed the best reservoir in the
State of Colarado and in addition have an ample river decree All lands sold by us are
watered by the OTERO CANAL This insures you abundant water
Alfalfa nets 40 per acre in our section and is very easily raised Forty acres of alfal
fa will educate the children and leave you a comfortable margin Compare this with the in
come from 160 acres in Iowa Nebraska or Illinois Desirable land at a reasonable figure
is fast disappearing Dont Delay
Cantaloupes net from 75 to 150 per acre each year We are in the Rocky Ford
District and our market is established
La Jounta is the end of three divisions of the Santa Fe Ry and has the railroad shops
which employ 1200 men whose payroll is 90000 per month We can ship our products
direct to Kansas City Chicago Denver or Los Angeles
Our public school system is second to none
Prices run from 20 to 1 IS per Acre
Very liberal terms with six per cent on deferred payments
The land of the Otero Irrigation District ut Li Junta Colorado offers irresistible in
ducements to the homeseeker
Transportation facilities are the very best
The climate is pleasant the year round
The farm tracts are close to a rim city with good schools and this community offers
every social and industrial advantage that the farmer is seeking
There are 10000 acres now for sale in small and large tracts not far from Rocky
Ford in the very heart of the most productive cantaloupe and sugar beet district
I invite correspondenc and will be glad to furnsh you with circulars maps etc and
we snarantee that if you investigate this proposition and find it misrepresented either by us
or by the literature of the LA JUNTA LAND CO we will pay the entire expenses of your
trip For further information address
GENERAL AGENT
H L KENNEDY
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At La Junta Colorado located 9 miles from Rocky Ford in the famous
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County Commissioners Proceedings
McCook Nebraska January 4 1910
The board of county commissioners met pur
suant to adjournment present S Premcr C H
Gray and H S Lofton county commissioners
and Chas Skalla county clerk
The minutes of the meetings held November
30 and December 20 were read and on motion
approved
Petitions of county officers asking for doputy
and clerk hire for the year 1010 were read and
considered and on motion one deputy was al
lowed the coutty treasurer at 1000 per year
one deputy at 800 and one assistant at 510 were
allowed the county clerk provided always that
the fees of the offices pay such salaries
On motion the appointment of H V Conover
as deputy county treasurer made by County
Treasurer C Naden was approved
On motion the appointment of Millie Elbert
as deputy county clerk made by County Clerk
Charles Skalla was approved
The following official bonds were examined
and on motion approved and ordered recorded
and placed on file
C Naden county treasurer
Lowell M Higgins county sheriff
Elizabeth Bottcher pounty superintendent
Millie Elbert deputy county clerk
H W Conover deputy county treasurer
Casper Vontz justice of the peace Alliance
precinct
William Hiersekoru justice of the peace
Beaver precinct
Butler A Jones justice of the peace Indiano
Ia precinct
R H Thomas justice of the peace Red Wil
low precinct
S R Smith justice of the peace Red Willow
precinct
P S Heaton jnstice of the peace Willow
Grovo precinct
J L Boagland constable Alliance precinct
F M Jennings overseer of highways district
No 1
Charles Mundy overseer of highways district
No 4
George Traphagan overseer of highways dis
trict No 6
H K Bixler overseer of highways district
No 7
S V Frye overseer of highways district No
9
Joshua Rowland overseer of highways dist
rict No 16
Samuel Ellis overseer of highways district
No 17
C 11 Angell overseer of highways district
No IS
On motion C B Fowler was appointed as ov
erseer of highways for district No 14 Valley
Grange precinct
The following depository bonds were approv
ed and ordered placed on lile and the banks
giving the same were designated as county dep
ositories
McCook National Bank 15000
State Bank Indiauola 6000
Farmers Merchants Indianola 1309
State Bank Bartley 5000
Bank of Danbury 6000
On motion the board made the following or
der and the clerk was instructed to file a cert
ified copy of the same with the clerk of the dis
trict court
To tho Honorable R C Orr Judge of the
Fourteenth District in and for the State of
Nebraska
We the undersigned county attorney and
county commissioaers in and for Red Willow
county and state of Nebraska would most res
pectfully inform your honor that so far as we
know there is no necessity for calling a grand
jury at the January term 1910 term of the dist
rict court and for said county and would
most respectfully request your honor that there
be no grand jury called at the above described
term of court
Sidney Dodge County Attorney
S Premer County Commissioner
C B Gray County Commissioner
F S Lofton County Commissioner
On motion the county treasurer was instructed
to refund to Talbot McCord the sum of 2 being
the amount of 1309 poll tax illegally assessed
against him and paid by him under protest for
the reason that he is under 21 years of age
The following claims were allowed and the
clerk was instructed to draw warrants on the
road funds of the respective commissioner dist
ricts as follows
George E Carr road work in East Valley
precinct commissioner district No 2 10 00
Milau Beeson road work in East Valley
precinct commissioner district No 2 9 CO
Percy Hall road work in East Valley pre
cinct commissioner district No 2 6 00
Harry Webber road work in East Valley
precinct commissioner district No2 1 50
P A Premer road work in Alliance prec
inct commissioner district No 2 6 00
A J Crawmer nails for overseers comm
issioner district No 2 2 00
August Nothnagel road work in Willow
Grove precinct commissioner district
40
No 3
And on the general fund levy of 1909 as fol
lows
J S LeHew state vs Pade tustice fees 7 90
fees 6 45
H I Peterson state vs Pade sheriff
D W Colson state vs Pade juror fees 1 10
Elmer DeLong state vs Pade juror fees 1 10
R L Okerson state vs Pade juror fees 1 10
W W McMillin state vs Pade juror fees 1 10
W M Lewis state vs Pade juror fees 110
Barney Hofer state vs Pade juror fees 1 10
William Nothnagel state vs Padewitness
fees
J W Burtless state vs Pade witness fees 1 40
Lavilla Burtless state vs Pade witness
1 4U
fees
William Sigwing stnto vs Pade witness
fees 1 50
J L Sims juror November term district
court 200
W S Henton juror November term dist
rict court 2 00
Julius Ilinz juror November term district
court 2 00
John Breitlmg juror November term dist
rict court 2 00
Q R Miles juror November term district
court 2 00
C G Wilhelm juror November term dist
rict court 2 10
C F Waterman juror November term dis
trict court 3 00
Charles Bell juror November term district
court 2 00
E U Gallatin juror November term dist-
rict court 2 00
Peter Fosseu juror November term dist- j
rict court 2 CO
Frank Uutiedt juror November term dist- j
rict court 2 00
Henry Conrad juror November term dist
rict court 2 00
James Bcrgin juror November term dist
rict court 2 00
W A DeMay Lumber Co lumber 38 40
Bullard Lumber Co lumber 8 20
Perry Bee Co lumber 121 76
E G Caine Co lumber 211 95
J Ii Kelley premium on insurance policy 90 CO
E F Osburn fees state vs Shafer 10 75
E F Osborn fees state vs Roush 7 75
E F Osborn expenses in Bryant insanity
case 3 00
E F Osborn fees state vs Rowland 5 00
On motion the board adjourned to meet Jan
uary 5th 1910
S Premer Chairman
Attest Chas Skalla County Clerk
McCook Nebraska January 5th 1910
Tho board of county commissioners met pur
suant to adjournment- Present S Premer C B
Gray and F S Lofton county commissioners
and Chas Skalla county clerk
The followiug depository bonds were approv
ed and ordered placed on file and the hanks giv
ing the same were designated as county deposi
tories
First National Bank McCook 15000
Citizens National Bank McCook 15000
The semi annual report of Claudia B Hatch
er county superintendent as to the condition of
the institute fund was examined and on motion
approved and ordered placed on file
A motion was made by Lofton seconded by
Gray that W B Whittaker be appointed as
justice of the peace for Willow Grove precinct
to fill the vacancy caused by the death of II H
Berry Motion was- carried unanimously
The official bond of W B Whittaker as just
ice of the peace for Willow Grove precinct was
examined aud on motion approved and ordered
recorded and placed on lile
On motion the county treasurer was instruct
ed to refund to Harvey Burgess the sum of 215
that being the amount of personal taxes illegal
ly assessed against him and paid by him under
protest for tLe reason that his live stock was
assessed in Lebanon village and school district
No 6 when it should have been assessed in dis
trict No 5 and in Lebanon precinct
On motion the county treasurer was instruct
ed to refund to C E Likens of Indianola prtc
iact the sum of 250 being the amount of ptll
tax illegally assessed against him in IMi ai d
paid by him under protest for the reason that
he is over 50 years of age
On motion the county treasurer was instruct
ed to refund to Thos L Everett of Tyrone pre
cinct tho sum of 250 being the amount of poll
tax illegally assessed against him iu 1909 aud
paid by him under protest for the reason that
he is oer 50 years of age
The claim for tax refund of Clarence Bunstock
for too high valuation of his 1909 personal proi
erty was on motion rejected
The claims for tax refunds for John M Far
rell aud J M fcarrell for too high valuation in
lUto of the nw and w hf of sw of 29-2-26 and the
se of iie and e hf se of was on motion re
jected
The claim for tax refund of H L Kennedy of
221 being interest on 189s personal was on
motion rejected
The claim of tax refund of Lottie Kennedy of
540 claiming too high valuation of lot 12 in
block 11 2nd Addition to McCook was on mo
tion rejected
The lolloping claims were audited and allow
ed and the clerk was instructed to draw war
rants on the county general fund levy of 1909as
follows
C Nadeu county treasurer office expens
es for 1609 23a 36
McCarl Cordeal premium on county
treasurers bond 300 00
Charles Skalla fourth quarter salary1909
as clerk of board 75 00
Charles Skalla canvassing elections 1909
primary and general 13 00
Charles Skalla recording official bonds
androads1909 90 00
McCook Republican stationery and print
ing for county treasurer 9 ii
Hammond fc Stephens Co carbon paper 5 CO
Nebraska School Supply House supplies
tocounty superintendent 3 00
McCook Hardware Co nails claimed at
440 allowed at 3 90
MiddletonRuby work and material on j
heating plant 3 0
E FOsborn salary deputy sheriff j
ber1909 25 00
E F Osborn summoning jury November j
term 1909 15 73
E F Osborn jailor fees December 1909 3 00 I
E F Osborn hoarding prisoners Decem
ber 19U9 1C0
E F Oslrn attoudingdistrirt rourt six
days 12 W
M B Hogau paintiug and calsomiiiiug
jail 96 8i
Statu lonru ii Co appearance docket for
clerk of court 26 59
Claudia It Hatcher 8 ilary fourth quarter
1J09 290 00
Ciaudia H Hatcher ollico expenses foirth
qiarter 1909 20 9
- Premer commissioner services and mil
eaKe 17 5
C B Gray commissioner services ami mi
leage ClO
F S Lofton commissioner services and
mileage 9 fct
Palmer Hotel boarding aud lodging jury 13 W
The board proceeded to examine the commis
sioner record to determine the amount of salar
ies aud mileagu each commissioner drew from
the county during the year from Jan 1st 19C9
to January 5th 1910 aud found the following
S Premer 378 19
CBGray 291 i
F S Lofton 365 It
Total 1 031 M
On motion the board adjourned to meet
January lith 1910
S Puemek Chairman
Attest Chas Skalla County Clerk
McCook Nebraska January 6 1910
Tim board of county commissioners met pur
suant to adjournment Present C Ii Gray
F S Loltou aud Edward Sughroue county
commissioners and Charles Skalla county
clerk
On motion the application of L M Higgins
county sheriff for tho allowance of ono deputy
at a salary of -5 per mouth was granted
The appointment of J W Dutcher as deputy
sheriff made by County Sheriff L M Higgins
was on motion approved
The depository bond of the Marion Stat
Bank for U0O was examined aud on motion
approved and said bank designated as a county
depository
J S LeHew ex justice of the ieace of Willow
Grovo precinct having liled a hold over bond
the matter was placed before the board by a
motion made by Suphroue seconded by Lofton
that said bond be approved The chairman or
dered the clerk to call the roll and the roll call
resulted as follows Yay Sughroue lNay
Lofton and Gray 2 Motion was declared lost
The board commenced the examination of tho
accounts of Charles Skalla county clerk and
continued the same throughout Ilie day
On motion the boaid adjourned to meet Jan
1
uary 7th 1910
C Ii Guay Chairman
Attest Chas Skalla County Clerk
McCook Nebraska January 7 1910
The board of county commissioners met pur
suant to adjournment Present C H Gray
F S Lofton and Edward Sughroue county
commissioners aud Charles Skalla count
cler
The board continued the examination of the
accounts of Charles Skalla county clerk and
after a careful examination liud the following
to bo a true and correct statement of all fees
earned received and disbursed by him from
January 1st 19U9 to January 5th 1910 both
inclusive
Total fees for recording and filing from
January lit 1909 to June SOth 1909
as per July report 1 036 95
total fees for recording and fil
ing for July 1909 fc5 85
tor August 1909 7a 53
For September 1903 133 73
ForOctober 1909 1J C3
tor November lHJ 137 35
For December 1903 128 50
Jan 1st 1910 to Jan 5th 1910 12 25
Total fees for recording and filing from
July 1st 1909 to January 5th 1910 700 90
Total fees for recording and filing from
January 1st 1909 to January 5th 1910
both inclusive 1 797 83
Received August 14 1909 first quarter
salary as clerk ot county board S 73 IM
Received August 11 1909 second quart
er salary as clerk of county board 73 W
Received October 5 1909 third quarter
salary as clerk of county board 73 00
Received November 30 1909 for compil
ing ll OJ tax lists 533
Received December 20 1909 issuing
certificates of election 31 73
Received January 4 1910 fourth quart
er salary as clerk of county board 75 CO
Received January 5 1910 canvassing
elections primary and general 13 U
Received Januarys 1910 recordingoffi
cial bonds and roads 00 19
Total amount of all fees from January
1st 1909 to Januarys 1910 2 735 92
DISBURSEMENTS
Paid county clerk 1 500 00
Paid deputy county clerk iffJ 00
Paid assistant Sadie Coyle 15 00
Paid assistant Matie Elbert 430 10
Paid excess fees in county treasury 92
Total disbursements 2 763 92
The following claims were audited aud allow
ed and the clerk was instructed to draw war
rants on the county general fund levy of ICQOas
follows
Caarles Skalla office expenses fourth
quarter 1909 4113
C Naden transporting pauper 2 61
George Fowler janitor December 1903 30 to
George Elbert work in court house- 2 23
Sidney Dodge fourth quarter salary as
county attorney SCO CO
On motion the board adjourned sioe die
C 1- Grai Chairman
Atte t Chaells Skalla County Clerk