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County Commissioners Proceedings
McCook Nebraska June 20th 1910
The board of county commissioners
met in regular session qresent C
B Gray F 3 Lofton and Edward
Sughroue county commissioners and
Chas Skalla county clerk
The minutes of the meetings held
May 31st June 1st and June 2nd
were read and approved
The following claims were audited
and allowed and the clerk was in
structed to draw warrants on the
county general fund levy of 1909
as follows
P S Heaton appraising dam
ages road No 431 4 50
N J Johnson appraising dam
ages road No 431 4 50
W M Itozell appraising dam
ages road No 431 4 50
Samuel Premer viewing road
No 433 7 00
Chas Skalla cash advanced to
Hitchcock county for view
ing road G 50
Peter Foxen viewing road No
435 3 70
Peter Foxen viewing road No
43G 4 80
J F Cordeal viewing road
No 437 4 00
T A Roland surveying road
No 435 and making plats 8 90
Peter Foxen chain carrier
road No 435 2 00
Walter Campbell chain t car
rier road No 435 2 00
T A Poland surveying road
No 436 and making plats 10 10
Peter Foxen chain carrier
road No 436 2 00
Walter Campbell chain car
fare paupers
W B Whitaker railroad fare
paupers
W B Whittaker meals for
paupers
R W McBrayer wiring in
court house-
S V Frazier work in court
house yard
M Mathes janitor March 22
to April 22 and extra work 32 50
M Mathes janitor April 22
to June 1st 40 00
Mathias Tines assessing Al
liance precinct 33 00
T M Campbell assessing
Box Elder precinct 39 00
A J Greer assessing Dan
bury precinct and postage 57 20
R M Hill assessing Drift
wood precinct 43 50
J W Randel assessing Ger
ver precinct 39 00
Albert Weeks assessing Grant
precinct IS 00
Fred Bamesberger assessing
Missouri Ridge 33 00
P D Brooks assessing North
Valley precinct and postage 43 7S
W H Meyers assessing Red
Willow precinct 4S 00
W T Owens assessing Ty
rone precinct and postage 39 20
J C Moore fees State vs
Lane
J C Moors fees State vs
Smith
J C Moore fees State vs
Quadour
E F Osbom fees State vs
Quadour
J S LeHew fees State vs
Smith
H I Peterson fees State
vs Smith
Hazel Smith fees State vs
Smith witness
E F Osbom fees State vs
Smith witness
R M Osbom fees State vs
Smith witness
rier road No 43t 2 00
T A Rofcind surveying road
in Tyrone precinct 11 00
T A Roland drawing speci
fications for cement bridge 8 00
T A Roland cover on office
desk 75
Elizabeth Bettcher salary as
superintendent April 1910 90 00
Li M Higgins salary as sher
iff April 1910 100 00
L II Higgins boarding pris
oners and expenses April 3S 45
L M Higgins boarding pris
oners and expenses May IS 50
L M Higgins postage 1st
quarter 1 54
J W Dutcher summoning
15 jurors 9 00
H N Rosebush cement work
in court house 41 00
C Nad en freight advanced 15 06
W B Whittaker railroad
66
7 99
50
6 60
3 60
2 10
2 10
3 15
2 10
4 50
3 05
1 10
1 10
1 10
E H Doan fees State vs
Smith witness 1 10
J C Moore fees State vs
Rowland 6 55
William Sigwing fees State vs
Rowland witness 1 50
Earl Kelley fees State vs
Rowland witness 2 SO
Ed Kelley fees State vs Row
land witness 1 80
H I Peterson fees State vs
Rowland witness 1 10
E B Nelson fees State vs
Rowland witness - 1 SO
C A Rodgers fees State vs
Rowland witness 3 50
C B Gray commissioner ser
vice and mileage 116 10
F S Lofton commissioner
service and mileage 92 30
Edward Sughroue commission-
er service and mileage 109 10
C W Barnes printing notic
es 1 45
Danbury News printing no
tices 3 00
F M Kimmell printing no
tices for treasurer 2 00
F M Kimmell printing road
notices No 431 7 50
Indianola Reporter printing
assessors notice 3 40
The two claims of F M Kimmell
for printing commissioners proceed
ings 2268 for February and March
and 1734 for April all at the rate
of 33 1 3 cents per square are re
jected as he has no contract with
the county for printing proceedings
The claim of the Indianola Report
er for printing commissioners pro
ceedings of 2475 for March and
April at the rate of 50 cents a square
was rejected as he has no contract
with the county for the printing of
proceedings
A motion was made by Lofton that
the claims of H C Higgins of 3150
for January and of 8850 for Febru
ary and March for Janitor fees be re
jected The roll was called voting
Yea Lofton Gray 2 Nay Sugh
roue 1 Motion declared carried 0
The following claims were audited
and allowed and the clerk was in
structed to draw warrants on the re
spective funds levy of 1910 as fol
lows
Commissioner District No 2
John Tines road work Alli
ance precinct 17 25
JohnTeter road work Alli
ance precinct 6 00
Casper Vontz road work Al
liance precinct 16 50
P H Callan road wonk Al
liance precinct 9 00
George Teter road work Al
liance precinct 23 00
Hamer Harry road work Al
liance precinct 13 50
James K McDowell road
Alliance precinct 25 00
Virgil Brush road work
North Valley precinct 0 00
J M Brush road work North
Valley precinct 9 SO
Lucian Harte road work
North Valley precinct 9 00
Jack King road work North
Valley precinct 1 50
J W Arbogast road work
North Valley precinct 1 00
August Magarin road work
North Valley precinct 21 00
F M Jennings road work
North Valley precinct 33 25
Fred Bebe road work North
valley precinct 9 00
Charles Albee road work
Fritsch precinct 6 00
Martin Bergin road work
Fritsch precinct 3 00
Frank Blake road work
Fritsch precinct 6 00
Frank Hill road work
Fritsch precinct 5 00
George W Wheeler culvert
work East Valley precinct 15 00
Elsie Bush culvert work
East Valley precinct 12 00
Charles Kerst culvert work
East Valley precinct 1 S7
J C Fritz culvert work East
Valley precinct 1 S7
D W Bush jr culvert work
East Valley precinct 2 64
Fred Wilson culbert work
East Valley precinct 6 65
W P Elmer culvert work
East Valley precinct 16 00
Commissioner district No 3
John L Schilz road work
Coleman precinct 6 00
Mike A Schilz road work
Coieman precinct 24 00
Philip Moore road work
Coleman precinct 9 00
Mike Moore road work Cole
man precinct 6 00
D B Reisher road work Per
ry precinct 6 00
H K Bixler road work Wil
low Grove precinct S2 37
Lee Arnett 2 road drags 39 56
W N Rogers 100 loads of
reck 75 00
J F Sellin road Avork Wil
low Grove precinct
Road district No 2
cinct
2 00
Alliance pre-
BURTON THATCHER
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is almost phenomenal as a musical
genius He has sung In grand opera
juid in the most celebrated oratorios
of the land With his clever pianist
Miss Mary Wilson Cook he will de
liver a lecture recital at
CHAUTAUQUA
J K McDowell road work 10 25
George Teter road work 12 50
Road district No 3 Fritsch pre
cinct
Charles Albee road work 9 00
Martin Bergin road work 9 00
Ben Cobum road work 9 00
Len Coburn road work 9 00
Clarence Hill road work 3 00
Frank Hill road work 7 50
Road district No 10 East Valley
precinct
Geo W Wheeler sharpening
grader blade 150
Geo W Wheeler supplies 150
Geo W Wheller road work 31 92
Guy Ritchie road work 2 22
Elcie Bush road work 14 25
F A Hadgkin doad work 3 37
Road district No 11 Tryone pre
cinct
F A Ho lgkin road work 3 37
1908 1 50
Road district No 14 Valley Grange
precinct
John Peabody road work 9 00
Dert Shields road work 9 00
Gleen Shields road work 6 00
Otto Hesterworth road work 13 50
Henry Hesterworth road work 6 00
Will Nothnagel road work G 00
Sam Hughes road work 2 50
On motion the county treasurer
was instructed to refund to David M
Stern the sum of 2160 being the
amount of 1908 taxes illegally levied
on west half southwest quarter of
19-3-29 by reason of a clerical er
ror on the assessment list
On motion the county treasurer
was instructed to refund to C F
Lehn the sum of 277 being the
ammount of taxes illegally levied
against lot 17 block 10 original Mc
Cook in 1906 when aaid lot was
city property said taxes being er
roneously 8old to C F Lehn
On motion the claim of W S
Coleman for 4800 for the special
sidewalk assessment levied by- the
city of Indianola in 1909 against- lot
13 block 29 Indianola and paid by
him under protest was rejected
On motion the board adjourned to
meet June 21st 1910
Attest
CHAS SKALLA County Clerk
C B GRAY Chairman
McCook Nebraska June 21 1910
The county board of equalization
met pursuant to adjournment pres
ent C B Gray F S Lofton and Ed
ward Sughroue county commission
ers T A Endsley county assessor
and Chas Skalla county clerk
The minutes of the meeting held
June 16th were read and on motion
approved
A motion was made by Skalla sec
onded by Lofton that the valuation
of the improvements of 35000 on
lot 6 in section 29 3 30 of Chas
W Kneeland be stricken from the
assessment list as there are no im
provements on said land Motion car
ried unanimously
A motion was made by Skalla se
conded by Lofton that the valuation
of the improvements of 10000 on
lot 3 in block 2 1st addition to Mc
Cook of Mrs Mae Trammell be
stricken from the assessment list
as there are no improvements on said
lot Motion carried unanimausly
A motion was made by Endsley
seconded by Skalla that the im
provements on parts of lot 9 in block
11 West McCook of John Condon
be raised from 10000 to S0000
said John Condon having been not
ified by the county assessor to ap
pear before the board Motion car
ried unanimously
A motion was made by Skalla
seconded by Sughroue that the as
sessment of the McCook Electric Co
be fixed at 4000000 Motion car
ried unanimously
A motion was made by Endsley
seconded by Lofton that the follow
ing changes be made in the 1909 as
sessment of horses
Alliance precinct add 20 to
horses
Box Elder precinct add 15 to
horses
Driftwood precinct add 15 to
horses
Grant precinct add 20 to horses
Lebanon precinct add 15 to hors
es
Red Willow precinct add 20 to
horses and 0 to mules
Tyrone precinct add 10 to
horses
which raises will not bring these pre
cincts above the county average of
horses as returned by the pre
cinct assessors The roll call result
ed Yea Lofton Gray Endsley and
Skalla I Nay Sughroue Motion
declared carried
Motion was made by Endsley se
conded by Lofton that we reconsider
the action taken by the board in the
matter of the McCook Electric Cos
assessment The roll call resulted
Yea Lofton Sughroue Gray Ends
ley i Nay Skalla 1 Motion
declared carried
A motion was made by Endsley
seconded by Lofton that the assess
ment of the McCook Electric Co be
fixed at 3250000 The roll call
resulted Yea Lofton Gray Ends
ley 3 Nay Sughroue Skalla 2
Motion declared carried
A motion was made by Skalla sec
ond by Lofton that the board of
equalization now adjourns until the
srnte board of equalization and as
sessment has completed its work and
I made its report to the county board
fnr thpm to mako the levy The
of the chairman and clerk
Attest
CHAS SKALLA County Clerk
C B GRAY Chairman
McCook Neb June 21st 1910
The board of county commissioners
met pursuant to adjournment present
C B Gray F S Lofton and Ed
ward Sughroue county commission
ers and Chas Skalla county clerk
The following claims were audited
and allowed and the clerk was in
structed to draw warrants on the re
spective funds levy of 1909 as fol
lows
Commissioner district No 3
L H Vollbrecht running grad
er with engine 210 00
W T Clark road work with
grader 34 60
Road district No 7 Willow Grove
precinct
H P Waite Co road plow 14 00
Road district No 14 Valley Grange
precinct
H P Waite Co road plow 16 00
Robert Johnson road work 12 50
Road district No 13 Goundville
precinct
H P Waite Co road plow 16 00
On motion the board adjourned to
meet July 5th 1910
Attest
CHAS SKALLA County Cterk
C B GRAY ClraHsnaa
Real Estate Filjrjrjs
The following real eatate fillings
have been made in tlie ttourtty Clerks
office since our last report
Alrin Anderson sing to J J
Klein wd to 3 in 6 6 Mc
Cook 275 00
H J Johnson et ux J S
Wunderlich wd to se qr
nw qr ne qr sw qr 56
in 6-3-57 1 00
Charles F Lehn et ux Gen
evia Stansberry wd 4 in
7 7th McCook 250 00
Joseph Stansberry et ux Car
son Wood wd to 3 in 7
1st McCook 1600 00
Joseph R Stansberry et ux to
Addie Russell wd to 2 in 4
7th McCook 1S00 00
Lincoln Land Co to Joseph R
Stansberry wd to 10 in 11
2nd McCook 2 3 in 4 and
2 in S 7th McCook S50 00
William L Zint et ux to V
Franklin wd to w 50 ft 13
14 15 in 21 McCook 2500 00
Samuel D McClain et ux to
V Franklin wd to same as
above 2500 00
James E Ludwick sing to J
Wesley Ridenour wd to 10
in 14 2nd McCook 2250 00
The Safe and Easy Way is the Best
To do housework thoroughly takes
time and strength but theres no
need of using more of either than
is actually required Save a little of
both Half an hour saved here and
there makes a big difference at the
end of the day Throw away all
your oldfashioned cleaning com
pounds that contain caustics acids
alkalis and grit Use Old Dutch
Cleanser for all the things for which
you formerly used scouring bricks
washing powders and scouring soaps
You know what these things are
the cleaning scrubbing scouring and
polishing you usually dread Try
Old Dutch Cleanser See how it
digs down and brings forth a spot
lessly clean surface with half the
work you ordinarily put into clean
ing Then youll know why Old
Dutch Cleanser is the favorite with
millions of housekeepers
McConnell for drugs
Letters on Poorly Printed
Stationery Go Into the
ptep ill
21 jCrfwj M iH jS
A classy looking letter head wins atten
tion and puts the recipient Into a pleasant
frame of mind for the letter underneath
We Print That Kind of Stationery
BURNING THE DEAD
A Custom That Can Be Traced Back
to the Earliest Ages
Cremation has been practiced by
most of the nations of the earth from
the earliest ages and although in pa-
I n smmftfnu If- ntni Itnvfk tnLnn fill
meeting shall be subject to the call fa -- - --
form of lire worshiping there can be
c it clerk but at
of the chairman and
ndopUon by thj
least three days notice of such
dents wag fQr the mosJ part nrompt
meeting shall be given to all ed by otner tmin reiigj0U8 reasons
hers of the board Motion carried un Greeks ascribe its introduction to Her-
animously and the board of cules who huving sworn to transmit
znttnn ndlntimpd subiect to the call the bodv of Artrus to his father
thought this the most convenient way
of fulfilling his promise According to
Homer the burning of the dead was a
common practice among the Greeks
long before the Trojan war but the
earliest record of it Is amoug tin
Scythians who inhabited the vast re
gion known under the name of Tar
tar Slender accounts handed down
concerning the manners of some of tin
ancient natives of Hindustan also al
lude to the custom The Idea of puri
fication by lire was in nil ages univer
sal and with good reason Some be
lieved that the body was unclean after
the departure of the soul and it was
therefore deemed necessary that It
should be purified by fire Ovid ex
pressed the general opinion of his time
when he said that the soul was not
completely separated from the body
until the latter was consumed on tin
pyre The Athenians invariably after
a battle burned the slain
WHIPPED BY MACHINERY
Automatic Fhjggers Used by Several
European Armies
Automatic flogging machines are In
use amcuig the military forces of sev
eral EunopeiMi nations For many
years the whipping was always done
by soldiers- under the comtnnud of an
ofifcer andlhft punishment varied ac
gokHus to th if njeiwuimi relations rsul
sfstingjbetwiu the soldier uujljjhtsnle
tmi 4tiwas to correct tills disaflvau
togetiatthe dodging inacJxIne was in
vented
Tiietuncriii fe automatic An ngtlou
and lis soon HsthoeulmTt Ls Jasteneil
in position a arcing ia tightened or
IoohuI to gAAigu the exact force 7l
OF A loi rter is moved over a
dlUl to tlie loiilo number of ti okus
and the nvelitttt lKiu Is started
With perfect regularity the victims
back is scourged by tle throngs the
handle of the whip being moved by i
screw device after each stroke so that
the lash docs not fall on the same spot
throughout the punishment
Each blow is of uniform severity
and as soon as the required number
has been given the machine comes to
a rest and the offender is released
with the assurance that the exact pun
ishment ordered has been meted out
to him Harpers Weekly
The Last of the Ruffs
In 1702 the rage for ruffs such as are
seen on many monumental effigies be
gan to decline A writer in the Lon
don Chronicle of that year says of gen
tlemens dress Their cuffs entirely
cover their wrists and only the edges
of their ruliles are to be seen It is
said that a distaste for ruffs Avas first
created so far back as 1G13 when a
woman named Turner wore them on
her trial for the murder by poison of
Sir Thomas Overbury The French
revolution of 17S much influenced
British fashion and the picturesque
cocked hat and rallies then gave way
generally to round hats and small
cuffs The period of their final disuse
cannot be easily determined as men
of old fashioned or eccentric habits
have worn rallied shirt fronts within
quite recent memory similar to those
which according to Planches His
tory of British Costume originated
in the seventeenth century
The Conductors Baton
According to the investigations of a
Frenchman the credit of inventing tha
conductors baton belongs to Lully tw
composer who eventually had rause to
regret his invention Ilefore he adopt
ed the baton conductors were in
of pounding on jorr with
their feet or c piig their hands to
mark the time Lully found it weari
some to keep his foot eos ly in mo
tion and so usil a stick to sirike the
floor and beat ti ut II- us tl a tue
six feet long 0e uy he broui
down the pole Vv th s it i
struck his four t --
wound lie paid no t nrri to t
matter The wr e
ultimately hw deirn Alter
his time eondm tors tiled more ami
more to improve the b toti and it was
ultimately i roia o s ---it fri
They wok- t America af
er a EroiK ai Ifnryiroou
ConrTT j rt nHv -
hurt Over on tin ulii side you de
clared 1 was a jewel and you haven
repeated it since - have mm
aboard
Hfat eauricr d Jeorge iltx up
a warning finger If I declared you
a jewel I might have to pay duty You
know these customs men are terribly
strict these days Chicago News
Quiie Yilling
Tardon me governor began the
street beggar
Certainly dear fellow answered
the gentleman from Tennessee What
are you guilty of Buffalo Express
In the Swim
Congratulations old chap You are
seen everywhere with Lord Bunk
hurst
Yes I have rented him for the sea
son Louisville- Courier JournaL
Self respect Is the prnerstone of all
We Are Ready to Print Yours virtue HerscheL
JLa i
Incorporation Notice
Notice is hereby given that the
McCook Irrigation Water Power
Company a corporation heretofore
incorporated under and by virtue ot
the laws of the State of Nebraska
has changed and mended its Articles
has changed and amended Its Arti
cles of Incorporation as hereinafter
stated
Article V of said Articles of Incor
poration is amended to read as fol
lows to wlt
The capital stock of said Company
shall be Fifty Thousand Dollars
5000000 and shall be divided in
to Five Hundred 500 shares of One
Hundred Dollars 10000 each
Certificates of such stock when is
sued shall be signed by the Presi
dent and Secretary and shall be
transferable only on the books of
the corporation and at all meetings
of the stock holders each share shall
be entitled to one vote which vote
may be cast either in person or by
proxy
The capital stock may be increas
ed or diminished by vote of three
fourths of the issued shares thereof
at any regular meeting of the stock
holders or at any special meeting
duly called and held for that purpose
Article XI of said Articles of In
corporation is amended to read as
follows
This corporation may incur an in
debtedness of Thirty Thousand Dol
lars 3000000 and shall not at any
one time permit its indebtedness of
all characters to exceed this amount
Rrovided that such indebtedness In
excess of Ten Thousand Dollars
11000000 must be authorized by a
vete of three fourths of the issued
stock of the Company
These amended articles wdre filed
in bhe office of the County Clerk of
Red Willow County Nebraska on the
3rd day of June 1910
Dated this 3rd day of June 1910
W H FERGUSON President
JOHN H KELLE1 Sec and Treas
Sea First publication June 9 4b
In the county court ol Red Wil
low county Nebraska
In the matter of the estate of
Winifred Glynn deceased
To all persons interested in the
estate of Winifred Glynn deceased
You are hereby notified that on
the 20th day or June 1910 P F
McKenna administrator of the estate
of said Winifred Glynndeceased filed
in said court his final account as
said administrator and his petition
for a determination of the heirs of
said deceased and the distribution
of said estate and for his discharge
as such administrator that said fi
nal account and petition will be hear
on the 9th day of July 1910 at the
hour of ten oclock a m at the
county court room in McCook in
said county at which time you may
appear and show cause if such ex
ist why said account and petition
should not be allowed
It is hereby ordered that notice to
all persons interested in said estate
shall be given by publication of this
order in the McCook Tribune a news
paper printed and published in said
county for three successive weeks
prior to the day set for said hear
ing
Dated this 20th day of June 1910
J C MOORE County Judge
Seal
First publication June 23
The State of Nebraska Red Wil
low county ss
To all persons interested in the
estate of E Ralph Earle deceased
Whereas Ella M Earle of said
county has filed in my office an in
strument purporting to be the last
will and testament of E Ralph Earle
late of said county deceased and
said Ella M Earle has filed her pe
tition herein praying to have the
same admitted to probate and for the
issuance of letters testamentary
which will relates to both real and
personal estate
I have therefore appointed Thurs
day July 14 1910 at the hour of
nine oclock in the forenoon at the
county court room in said county
as the time and place for the hear
ing of said will at which time and
place you and all concerned may ap
pear and contest the allowance of
the same
It is further ordered that said pe
titioner give notice to all persons in
terested in said estate of the pen
dency of this petition and the time
and place set for the hearing of the
same by causing a copy of this or
der to be published in the McCook
Tribune a newspaper printed and
published in said county for three
weeks successively previous to the
day set for the hearing
In witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and official seal this
21st day of June 1910
J C MOORE County Judge
Seal
CORDEAL McCARL Attorneys
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