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RAILROADS OF NEBRASKA
LOSING THOUSANDS
PAY MILLIONS TO PEOPLE IN WAGES, TAXES
AND FOR SUPPLIES EVERY YEAR
It is a strango fact, but nevottho
lcsa true that in times pant tho peo
ple of tho average stato havo not re
garded their railroads as tin "inrtua
try" and jot, next to agriculture,
thoro is not a single Control or West
ern state in which tho railroads do
not pay out moro monoy for labor and
supplies than docs any other singlo
enterprise, howovor largo. Wo brng
about onr fertile farm lands and ro
jnico that our oIHoh aro filled with
big faotorles with big pay rolls which
oroato a market for farm products
but wo forget that moro working
men's families depend upon tho rail
roads for a living than upon any
other ono industry in eithor tho aver
ago stato or tho nation and that their
wolfaro is thorcforo closely linked to
that of tho farmer and tho merchant
not merely becauso they furnish
him freight and passenger Borvioe,
but becauso tho millions they dis
burse in ono way and another con
tribute tromondously to tho prosper
ity of tho stato in which wo live.
Thus, for instance, tho railroads aro
tho largest taxpayers In tho stato of
Nebraska, their taxes for tho calendar
year of 1913 having amountod to over
$2,553,000 and this tidy sum contrib
uted its full sharo toward tho support
of every public school, publio highway
and other rovonuo expense of tho
state.
In round figures, tho railroads of
Nebraska are valued at approxiraotely
$275,000,000 monoy whioh, in years
gone by, was invested in thoso groat
artorios of commerco by thousands of
men and women who livo all over the
U. 8, anil in Europe and without
whoso llnanoial aid tho wonderful
nroKresB of our great commonwealth
would havo been impossible.
During tho last year tho railroads
of Nebraska onsployod 80,624 mon and
women in this stato, and paid to thorn
over $20,000,000 in salaries and theso
millions did their full share to create
a profitable market for Nebraska farm
products and to uphold tho volumo of
business of Nobraska grocers, oloth
ers, dry goodsmon and others who de
pond upon publio pattonage.
In othor words, when tho pooplo of
Nebraska look at their railroads in
tho light of an industry whon thoy
look at tho figures on tho other sido of
the lodgor they will find that not
only do tho railroads return to them
in ono way and another practically
overy dollar thoy collect within the
stato for froight and passenger sorv-
ioe. br.t that a number oi lines are
actually doing this business at a loss,
whilo with others tho margin of profit
is so small that it doesn't bogiD to
pay a fair return upon the capital
invested.
In this oonneotion, wo wiah to di
gress for a moment to quote somo sta
tistics whioh should have had a place
in a former artiolo. Jt costs an evor
ago of 7 mills per mile to haul a ton
of froight in tho United titutes, where
as in England it costs 2.33 cents, in
Gormany 1.42 oonts, and in Franco 1,41
cents. In tho United States tho aver
ago wages paid to railroad employees
aro $2.23 por day, in England $1.15,
and in Gormany and Franco not over
$1 per day. Tho English railroads are
capitalized at $205,01)0 per mile, in
Frnnoo at $137,000 por mile, in Gor
many at $114,185 whilo in the United
States tho stook and bond capitaliza
tion averages only $08,000 por mile.
In vlow of this romarkable compari
son, do Amorioan railroads deserve
tho wholesalo denunciation whioh hns
boen heaped upon them?
Losses Under Present Rates.
As ovidon.ee of tho justice of tho
pica of tho Nobraska lines that three.
oont passongor rates should bo ro
etorod, during tho fiscal your ending
Juno 80, 1013, tho Missouri Paciflo
loBt $153,DG0 on tho total volumo of
its Nebraska business both stato and
interstate included. Tho Missouri Pa
ciflo has 381 miles of railroad in tho
. stato and tho abovo dofioit moans that
Jtffiastainod an aotunl operating loss
"of $1C0 por mile upon properties val
ued by the enginoer of tho Stato Hall
way Commission, at $32,033 GO por
mile. During this time it paid $1,207,
200,04 in salaries to its Nobraska em
ploy eos and over $105,000 in taxes,
During tho oalondar year ending
December 81, 1013, tho St. Josoph &
Grand Island Railway sustained an
aotual operatiug Iosb nf $80,494 or a
deficit of $708 per milo on proporties
valued by tho enginoor ot tho State
Hallway Commission at $22,590.46 per
milo.
During tho samo period, tho Book
Island, whioh has 240 miles of road
within tho stato, showed not earnings
of only $194 per milo upon properties
valued by the State Hallway Com
mission at $48,043.92 por milo. Dur
ing the year 1914, tho Book Island
earned only a littlo moro than $10,000
on all its NobraBka business, whilo
in the mean timo it paid out moro than
$1,500,000 in salaries, taxes, for tics,
fael and other supplies and matorialB,
The Northwestern, whioh is ono of
the stronger lines of tho stato, has
1,005 miles of road in Nebraska upon
whioh during tho calendar year end
ing Deoember 31, 1913, it oarnod
$1,180 per milo. Tho physical valua
tion placed upon tho Northwestern is
35,430.39 per mile, whioh moans that
on this basis it earnod only a little
better than 3 por cent on its invest
ment. In a greater or a loss degree
the samo conditions prevail with ref
erence to several othor lines. Since
the abovo fignroi wero compiled ami
they aro taken from the report of tho
Nebraska Builway Commission and
therefore should bo entitled to the
highest publio conildonoo as to their
oonaeryatlsm u reduction of 20 per
cent in interstate froight, known as
Order No. 19 has gono into effect
and this means, thorcforo, that from
this time forward tho showing of tho
various roads will be much lower than
the figures citod abovo whioh woro
based upon, railroad inoomes before
the 20 per cent freight roduotion went
into effect. While both freight and
paweagec rates have boon inadequate
for ii lumber of years in Nebraska
and dj(rilag states yet in the pas
songor department they aro nothing
shoit of confiscatory nnl litiu-o tho
plea of tlio railroads that tho throe
cout passongor rates bo restore.. In
vlow of tho facts and figures quoted
above, is thoro a single fair-minded
citizen in tho stato of Nobraska who
will contend that the railroads aro
not entitled to help? Is not tlio pros
ont situation an impossible ono and
does it not mean inevitable wreak and
ruin to several thousand- miles of rail
road which are intensely cssontial to
tho well-being of lmudrods of towns
and farming enmmunitios throughout
thostntp?
Losses Growing Continually
From these figures, whioh uro open
to absolute proof, it can bo soeu that
the Nebraska lines aro not only sus
taining a loss amounting to thousands
of dollars annually ou tbeir traffic,
but that with an ovufinoreaBing cost
of oporation theso losses uro ooustuut
ly growing houvier and if tho sorv
ioo to tho publio is to remain efficient
and adequate, and if tho railroad in
vestments or tho stuto aro not to bo
driven to tho point of confiscation, the
peoplo of Nebraska must, through
their rato-utakiug authorities, consent
to a return to tho three-cent passon
gor faro which was abolished without
a duo regard for increasing labor nud
supply cost or an udequato interest
return upon tho millions invested in
Nebraska railroad properties. What
industry is there in tho nation whioh
could havo tolerated a roduotion of
ono-third in its incomo -on a largo vol
umo of its business during tho lust
Tew years without coining to grief?
Four years ago, as governor of New
York, Juntico Hnghos, of tho United
States Supremo Court, vetoed a two
cent pntsonger law enacted by tho
Lcgislaturo on tho grfiund that it was
an urbitrary prooeduro which t.id not
take into consideration a fair return
upon tho railroad properties of that
state and few men stand higher in
tho esteem of tho Awerioun people
than this great jurist who did peruups
us much as any otlior nuui in the
country to break up illegal nud uufuir
practices ou tho purt of largo cor
porations, Ho too, tho Supremo Court of Penn
sylvania hold that a two-cont passon
gor faro was unconstitutional in thut
stato bocausoit was essentially con
fiscatory. This high court took tho
position that cnpitul invested in rail
roads, us well as in other lines of
privato proporty, is eutitlod to ourn G
per cent on a fair capitalization, und
that tho arbitrary enaotrnmit of a two
cent farn rendored suoh u return upon
tho linos in Pennsylvania impossible
It also took the position that railroads
not only havo the right to insist upon
a fair return upon both froight and
passongor business, but thut it is
tholr duty to do so in order that ono
class oi patrons may not uo com
pelled to pay an inequitable rato to
mako up tho lossos sustained in an
other department.
If the arbitrary enactment of a two
cent pasRenger rate is unfair to tho
railroads of Now York i,nd Pennsyl
vania, whero thoro aro largo centors
of population and whoro the nution's
greatest density of freight tonnage
naturally exists, how muoh moro un
fair is such a rato in a purely agri
cultural Btato like Nebraska, which
has a total population of only a mil
lion and a quartor with no largo man
ufacturing contoiB?
Tho reader is familiar with tho ro
cent G por cent moreaso in froight
rates grantod by tho Interstate Com
merco Commission to Eustern lineB
and again, as tho commission wisely
says, if tho pieoarious ilnanoial condi
tions oroatod by tho Europoan war
rondors tho increase necessary, how
muoh moro aro tho weaker Wostorn
lines, which aro compollod to exist
almost altogether upon uu agricul
tural patronago, ontitlod to somo sub
stantial rolief? Tho population per
square milo in Massachusetts 441,
In Now York, 204, in Pennsylvania
181, iu Ohiu, 122, whilo in Nobruska
it is only 10, If undor theso oircum
Btanoos tho Eustern lines need relief,
can thoro bo any doubt about the jus
tico of tho ploa raido by Wostorn
roads?
Facing Grave Problems
Unquestionably wo aro facing somo
of tho gravest problems that ever con
fronted us ns n Nation and theso
problems grow largely out of a ar
whioh is without precodont in history.
True, with a rapidly inorouBiug cost
of operation on tho ono hand aud re
duced rates on tho other, it was mere
ly a inattor of timo until tho railroad
question was bound to bocotno press
ing but tho great tradogy across
tho soau has suddenly resolved into an
aouto oriels a problem whioh might
othorwiso have beon solved gradually
and without any far-reaching indus
trial disturbance.
Tho Unitod States is a hoavy dobtor
Nation. During the average year our
balanco of trade against tho rest of
tho world amounts to approximately
$500,000,000, but on top of this wo al
ways owe approximately another
$500,000,000 whioh heretofore wo have
been ablo to staud off by Belliug Eu
rope industrial securities to thut
amouut. Now, howover, tho great
warring countries havo nerved notioq
that they not only oxpoot us to pay
our debts above our trado balauco in
gold, but that iu addition thoy look
to us to buy baok from thorn hundreds
of millions of dollars worth of Amer
ican securities whioh uro now held
abroad. It wus to deliver this grim
mossugo that Sir Georgo Paish, of the
English Exohequer, paid his recent
visit to tho Unitod Statos, and whon
he got through making his statement
to a group of big Now York bankers,
an old veteran financier who has sur
vived many u llnanolul storm ro
marked to his profoundly silent au
ditors, "Tho sheriff, with a writ, ia
ou tho doorstep."
That u great nutlon-wido crop next
year will give us tho largest trado
balances wo havo over knowu is un
doubtedly true and yet, with having
to finance all onr monotary needs at
homo from thin time ou und buying
baok millions of foreign owned secur
ities, tho future at best is precarious.
Uowovor, tho hoAviest strain of nil
will come when the war comes and
whon Europo begins to rebuild tho
hudredt of millions of dollars worth
ot property whioh has been destroyed
for this poriod is certain to forco the
highest interest ralei the world has
over known, und if at that time
Amorioan railroad securities aro not
earning a fair return upon tho in
vestment, nothing can prevent, them
from going into tho financial scrap
heap and it is to prepare for this
omorgenoy to keep railroad securi
ties from becoming u point of national
weakness, whioh will bring tho whole
temple of American investments tum
bling down over our hculs to pro
tect tho hundreds of banks, lifo and
ilro iusuranco companies, etc., whoso
assets are largely invested in railroad
bonds, us well as tho railroads thom
solvos this is tho feir which is grip
ping hundreds of financiers, aud stu
dents of economic conditions in tho
present hour men, many of whom
horetoforo havo nevpr soariously con
cerned themsolves over tho troubles
of American railroads. In tho pres
ent instance, therefore, tho railroad
crisis is of tiomendous importance bo
causo in it is involved tho still greater
problem of the integrity and safoty
of the wholo superstructure of Amer
ican businoss. That wo cannot shove
it aside by a broadside of demagogic
platitudes or minimize it by employ
ing tho Htratogy of an ostrich is ap
parent to all thinking citizens who
aro seriously conoorned in their .own
and their country's futuio welfare.
Up to People of Nebraska
In few other states havo tho rail
roads had a larger sharo in progress
and development than in Nebraska,
whoso broad prairies thoy holped to
convert from tlio hubitut of roving
herds of buffalo and uuvugo Iudims
and from that hour to this thoy liuvo
contributed their full sharo to u story
of thrift aud entorpriso which swells
with pride tho breaht of every truo
Nobraskau.
Tho last federal census report shows
that from 1900 to 1910 tho general
value of Nebraska farm lauds iu
oreaBcd 15G por cent and iu view of
theso facts, had tlio men und women
who put hundreds of millions of dol
lars into Nebrusku railroad securities
years ago invested their money in Ne
braska farm Iviids, would not tho in
vestment havo proven infinitely more
prolltablo to them? And have not
tho railroads played a tromondouspart
in thoso advancing land values in tho
past, and will they notulsn havo much
to do with tho valuo which will bo
addod from this time forward? Have
not tho interests of the farmer and
tho railroads always gono hand in
hand in this groat Western couutry?
Did thoy not couquor tho wilderness
together und would the progress of
ono have boen possiblo without the
ether? Should not tho railrouds of
this state, therefore, havo tho good
will and friendship of tho farmer when
all thoy ask is that thoy be permitted
to earn a reasonable incomo upon thoir
investment?
Splendid as has beon our progress in
tho rmst, Nebraska today stuuds mere
ly on tho threshold ot her truo destiny
We have' ample room for thousands of
additional tillers of tho soil. Su, too,
our splondid inland towns and cities
plead for factories in order that we
may ourselves produoo muoh of tho fin
ished merchandise for whioh our peo
ple spend many millioni of dollars an
nually. Again, wo still need hundreds
ot miles of new railroad inileago be
fore wo shall bo ablo to muko tho most
of our agricultural and commercial
possibilities and tho millions neces
sary for the construction of theso fac
tories and these added transportation
facilities will not bo forthcoming uu
loss wo tront fairly tho millions al
ready invested within our midst
. No stato can rise higher than its
pooplo. Tho stato is what its people
mako it. Wo aro all dependent upon
eaoh othor. Tho wolfaro of tho town
and tho surrounding farms depends
upon a spirit of kindly co-operation
botwoon those who livo iu town and
thoso who livo upon tho farm. With
out splendid littlo iuland towns wo
would havo n rural atmosphere which
would urivo overy bright country boy
aud girl to the cities whilo without
tho farms tho t wus would wither and
dio Even so it is with our great com
monwealth as a whole a common
wealth whioh for it own sako aud for
tho sake ot tho grout uatiou of
whioh it is a part should oontributo its
full sharo to tho "Now Doy" to' whioh
tho Prosidout referred so beautifully
in a reoent address a day fraught
with a broauor unuerstandinir and his
tico for overy man or interest, whother
great Or small. At this moment
thoro aro half u million mon ont of
work iu Now York City, uearly 200,000
in UUioago, almost lUO.OOOin tit Louis,
whilo tho Kansas City Commercial
Club for tho first timo in tho history
oi mat spicnuid city is grappling with
tho problem of thousands of idle mon,
Truly it is a timo to think I
The Course of Empire
Slowly but surely tho oourso of om
piro is moving westward. Her lands
impoverished in fertility, New Eng
land, us well as tho great nations of
the Old World, today look to tho Corn
ueit tor iooubiuiis acti sooner or
lntor the conter of this mighty nation'
wealth will bo found hero amid the
rioh valloys ot tho Missouri and the
Mississippi, whioh, iu poiut of pro
ductiveness, are without an equal in
any similar urfca upon tho habitable
globe Hero our peoplo ato assured
that Nature will alwajs sooner or lator
amply reward honest thrift und Indus
try. Hero our families uro farthest
removed from thoso influences whioh
corrode ard corrupt oivilizatiou. Hiiro
Amorioan manhood and womauhood
find their broadest opraitunity, nud
with a commonwealth so rioh in prom
ise aud so muoh in need of additional
capital with whioh to develop its ro
sources, can her peoplo do u wiser
thing than to ray to tho world that
evory dollar iuvoBted iu Nobraska en
terprise and industry ahull be permit
tod to earn a fair return for its own
er from this time forward ? Would
not suoh a declaration be fair? Would
it not bo infinitely wise bb u matter
of pure businoss policy ou bohnlf of
our groat stato?
It is becauso Nebraska railroads
bolievo that Nebraska peoplo will ba
gonoronsly f air onco thoy know tho
Iruth about tbi great question that
has persuaded them to mukn thin ap
peal through tlio publio prs. In do
ing so they have tried In statu their
sido of the story fairly. Thoy have
made no attack upon unyono or
sought ti appeal to prejudiopnnd
tltnt the reader may accord to them
the samo credit for sincerity whioh ho
claims for himself that ho may be
willing to raiso his voico iu defense of
their rights ns ho would expect others
to do in his hohalf under similar cir
cumstances this is all the rnllronds
of Nebrusku ask. (Paid ndv )
1 Items of Interest
I from our Exchanges I
Wynot Tribune: J W Albrey has
started a Bkntinp; rink in the brick
building on the east end of Fifth
street.
Pender Republic: Born to Mr and
Mrs Albert Means, Jan 7th, a boy.
Mother and child doing fine J B
Walden is in Lincoln this week. He
was appointed one of the committee
of auditors for the Farmers Mutual
Ins Co.
Pender Times: Will Leonard was
down from South Sioux City this
week visiting relatives. He expects
to move to the vicinity of Ponca
where he has purchased a farm ....
Mr and Mrs Martin Maloney of
South Sioux City are the grandpar
ents to a baby daughter born to Mrs
Hiram Baker. The Baker family
now resides at Allen.
Emerson Enterprise: Mr and Mrs
Aug Andresen, of Hubbard, visited
relatives here Saturday and Sun
day. . . .Jessie Mansfield and William
McKinley drove over from Homer
Tuesday transacting business..
Thomas Ashford was over from Ho
mer last Thursday. He spent a
large part of the day here and made
the Enterprise a pleasant call.
Winnebago Chieftain: Bob Small
was down from Homer on buisness
Tuesday... .Sam Deeringis reported
to be on the sick list the past week ....
George Barnett Jr was down from
Dakota City Tuesday afternoon be
tween trains ...George McBeath
dropped into town a short while
Tuesday afternoon on business ....
Mrs Prof Demel, of Homer, spent
Wednesday afternoon at the Rav
Hughes home .. .Mrs Emma Wilcox
went to "Homer Tuesday evening to
spend the balance of the week visit
ing at the George Thacker home.
Allen News: Deputy Grand Mas
ter A E Bagley, H R Hill. T J Over-
boe and Albert Waddell were at
Dakota City Monday night and in
stalled the officers in the IOO F
Lodge. On Friday night they go to
South Sioux City to install the offi
cers of the same order. . . .Leonard
Boyle and Miss Lucy Onderstall were
married at ten o'clock last Wednes
day morning, at the home of the
bride's parents at Merrill, Iowa.
These estimable young people have
the well wishes of all as they start
out in life. He will farm the Ike
Boyleplace, northwest of town.
Goodrich, N D, Citizen: Wednes
day morning Mrs Ella Hazelgrove
and family left for Valley City, N D
where they will make their future
home. Mrs Hazelgrove was induc
ed to leave Goodrich only because of
the school advantages offered her
children by the Valley City Normal
school. -
Many of the friends of Mrs Hazel
grove gave a farewell party in her
honor at the A A Hendricks home
Tuesday evening. Mrs Hazelgrove
has been prominent in church circles
in Goodrich and will be greatly miss
ed by a large number of friends who
wish her happiness in her new home.
Lyons Mirror: M M Warner was
in Omaha Friday to see his sister,
Mrs R C Bauer who is on her way to
California from Calome, S D . . . .Thos
Ashford of Homer was a Mirror call
er this week. He is a son of the late
Mr and Mrs Thomas Ashford who
settled in Dakota county in 1856. . . .
United States Marshal, W P Warner
a cousin of M M Warner wss a Mirr
or caller this week. His father,
Gideon Warner first came to Dakota
county in 1857 . . . . Wm Schultz re
ceived a letter from his sister, Mrs
James Hidder of Spokane, Wash,
stating that she is recovering from
a severe attack of grip. The Hidders
formerly lived here and in Dakota
county.
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Dakota City. Neb , Januarj 7, IBIS.
TIic board of county commissioner,, met
pursuant to adjournment. Members pres
ent: Oliver w Fisher, chairman, A Ira
Davis.
Boara approved trie following bonds towlt'
Geo. Cain for sheriff.
John II. llllcman for deputy sheriff.
Wilfred K. Vos for superintendent ot
public Instruction.
j. ti. Hunger ror coroner.
Martin Maioncv for jutitice of the in ace of
Covington prtelncL
j ni. King tor justice oi inc peace oijuma
dl precinct
J. H. Smith for justice of the peace of St.
John' precinct.
Krcd Schmidt for constable elf Dakota
precinct
C. U. Doollttlc for constable of Dakcta
precinct,
J. L. Uaidegrove for constable of Coving
ton precinct
A, ,. MatliwlK for counstable of Coving
ton precinct.
W. W Joyce for road overseer district No
b.
K. I. KIchoMt fo- road overseer district
No 5.
John Sohn for road overseer dlhtrlct No.
II
mHurIi MctCeeverfor road overseer district
No. H.
Ncls Anderson for road overseer district
No 16.
Joseph Hacan tor road orcrser district
N. 21
lUard adjourned to meet January 13, li)is,
In regular session.
January 1.', 1915.
The board of county commissioners of
Dakota county. Nobrnskn, met In rexulnr
session. It being the suconil Tttosdnv in
JnuOnry. Mombers present, Thomas Long,
chairman; A.Ita Davis, Oliver W. Klslier,
nnu money t. rrum, county attorney, nliu
Geo Wllklus, county clerk.
When the. following pioccedlngs were
bad,torvlt:
On motion, Thomas Long Is chosen filial r
man of the Ilonnl for the ensuing year, he
being ono of tlioCoinmlssnuers, who'o term
e.xplies In two years,
llonrd npproves report of Margaret Mur
phy, Uounty .Superintendent. Itcpoi't
shows
Collections nud cash on hand .....1289.71
Disbursements for Instltuto, etc... . lgo.tie
Ilnlnncfl on hand Jnn 7tli, 11)16, und
paid to Wilfred K. Voss, Superin
tendent elect 82 70
llonrd npproves official bonds ns follows
Louts N Smith, for county surveyor. Matt
McKlvergan, for overseer of rond district
no its, nans iionniKEon, ror overseer or rnmi
district no 20.
Hoard names the following banks In I)n
kotn county, Nebraska, to-wlt:
Hank of Dnkoln Oity, Dakota City; Bank
of Dakota Uounty, Jnaksou; Keetulty Ntnte
Hank, Homer: Homer State Hank, Homer:
Hubbard Stato Hank, Hubbard; and Hank
oi HoutiiHioux uuy, soutn Hloux Olty. ns
county depositories, and directs tho County
Taensurorto distribute all county funds
among them according to their capital
stock.
Hoard fixes salaries of deputies for ensu
ing year of tho following olllcors, to-wlf
County Olerk, the sum of twjo.on
County Treasurer, the sum of rtXUX)
Sheriff tho sum of 720.IX)
llonrd selects the nnmos of sixty persons,
of snld county, from which the l'etlt Jury,
for the rcgulnr February, 1015 term of tho
district court of Dakota county. .Nebraska,
is to bo drawn.
Hoard orders county clork to correct per
sonal assessment or Wellington Smith of
Homer, Nebraska. Ho liavlng boon assess
ed with a lil.OUO.OO real estate tuortnge,
which is also assessed to tho real estate se
cured thereby.
Hoard orders county treasurer to chnrgo
account ot commlssouer district no '2, of
Dakota county, Nebraska, with the sum of
$.7)0.00, tintl credit sumo to nccount of com
mtssonor district no 1, ot snld county. Snld
sum bolng part paymont of a certain loan
mrtdo coinmlssoner district no 2. by com
lnlssonor district no 1, on Soptember 22, 1013.
Hoard awards contract to Dakota County
Herald, North Nebraska Eagle, Homor
Star, und Dakota County llecord, the items
uereinniier speciueu ror prices sot opposite
each Item, ns follows: Dollnquest Tux List;
Lands 20 cents per description, and lots 10
cents per description, same to run three
Issues. All county notices nt tho rate of
JJ.U) por square often lines, or fractional
part thereof, and CO cents por square for
oneu succeeuing issue, ana commlssonors
proceeumga nt tne rate or Siy cents por
Nqunro oi ion linos, or n action lunreol.
Each newDDHDOr to nubllsh ull nroceedlntrs
of conunlssoners, notices and delinquent
tax list.
Hoard awards contract for nrlnllnir letter
heads and envelones to Dakota Cnuntv i,v-.
ord for prices; towlt as follows;
Letterheads, full sheet, Ji.ifl per M. and
11.73 per D; half sheet ti.40 per M and J1.43
per u.
Envelopes, white, No 6i. M per M; Ma
nilla, No iu J3.CO per M; and Manilla No 11
S3.GUperM.
To North Nebraska Eagle board awards
contract for furnishing following Items:
Uar dockets at 40c per opening.
Legal blanks, full sheet, $3.00 per D; and
UOperM; halt sheet. liSO per D, and K1.75
per Af; quarter sheet. Jiuo per D. and J3.BQ
per M; eight sheet, JI.75 per D, and A00 per
Claims allowed on county general fund:
Harry Foltz, repairing windows I l 00
M J Foreshoe, taxes paid In error 3 90
OE Martin " " " a 30
L C Smith & Sons, rent for typewriter 3 ou
Thomas v cGee, livery and surveying 0 00
J E Munger, board of health S 75
John H Iteam, same 3 75
James Flynn, same , 2 oo
flcoll Haase, same 3 0
Lucllc Hoagland, services on scaven
ger records 3 60
Myrtle Uaughman, same no oo
Margaret A Murphy, 4th quarter sal
ary and expense 270 05
Howard J Rocicwell, salary of deputy
sheriff, etc 155 32
Frank Mahon, 4th quarter salary, toll,
etc 14S 88
Miles THellly, hauling sand, carpen
ter work, etc 108 00
Miles THellly, boarding paupers, to
bacco, etc 119 02
Huse Publishing Co, printing official
liallots.ete 176 20
'Fields & Slaughter Co, for 1UK tons
egg range coai mu iu
D 0 lleffernan, stamps, express, etc.. . Vi 43
Hurt Kroesen, publishing commis
sioners' proceedings 14 32
D E Palmer, fuel for the court house. 15 00
Mell A Schmtcd, publishing delin
quent tax list 44 C"
Dakota City Light & Power Co, light,
etc ,. 15 40
Henry Krumwledc, fuel for court
house 15 75
Knowlton & Manning, provision for'
paupers., 33 14
John Ryan, same ,., K8 10
D F Waters, same 72 40
Claims allowed on bridge fund:
Thomas Sullivan , II 00
Claims allowed on commissioners' district
Nol:
A D Ramsey, grading and repairing
grader S 0 50
John FBerger, grading" days, 2 men
and 2 teams .- 23 37
H M Doals, hauling drag and dragging
roads 4 00
Herman Sundt, 1 hours dragging road 13 00
Claims allowed on commissioners' district
No 2;
Geo Deroln, 2 days wore, man and
team $3 00
Treff I'eroln, road work., 300
Trcff Deroln, same 70 00
Joseph Hagan, same 12 50
Joe Leedom, same 20 ro
John Hartnett, same IS 00
U JCoblelgh, same in oo
Louli Smith, same 2-1 On
Andrew Gelsbers, same 00
Claims allowed on commissioners' district
No 3.
John FHerger. for grading 38
Claims allowod on road district fund:
WOHetkes, todays road work, man
nandteam, district No 2 .....$ 0 00
Thomas Sullivan, l day roao wort, -
men. one team, district No l)
5 00
Louis Knudsrn, road work, district
No9 8 00
MTHeacom. 11K days 2 men, 2 teams,
road work, district No 0 120 00
Hoard adjourned to meet February 1. 1915.
George Wilklns,
County County
Hint publication 1-11-lw
PK011ATK NOTICE TO CHEDIT0118.
In tho county court of Dakota county
Nebraska.
In the matter or tho Kstnto of Luthor
llurUen, deceased.
Notice U hereby ulvon, that tlio creditors
ot tho snld deceased will meet tho ad
ministrator of snld estnto. Ix'foro me. coun
ty judgo of Dakota county, Nebraska, 11 1
tne rounty court room lu snld county, on
tho lBtli day of February, lt)l&, ami 011 tho
14th day ofjul
liy, tviD, at iuo' ciock n, 111,
the purpose of presenting
,11115, at 10 0' clock a.
each duv for
tholr claims for examination, adjust
ment and nllownnco. Six mouths are
allowod for creditors to present their
clnlms and ono year for tho admin
istrator to settle snld estate, from tho
Uth day of January, WIS.
This notlco will bo published In tho Dako
ta Uounty liernld for four weeks successive
ly prior to the 16th day of February, 1010.
witness my hand, and sent of said court,
this 11th day of January, A. I). 1015.
ti, V. M0IC1NI.KY,
hrai.,1 County Judeo.
Tho Herald 1 year, $
BALANCE SHEET
Summary of Collections, Disbursements, Balances for the Year
Ending Jarjuarv 6, 1915-0. G, Evans, Treasurer.
COLLKCTION3
To cash on hand , $39426
To scavenger collections. ..., '
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fo 1900 tax collected und orevious
Mo 190L tax collected
To 1908 tax collected
To 1910 tax collected...'
To 19U tax collected
To 1912 tax collected
To 1913 tax collected
To 1914 tax collected
To tax paid under protect
To bcIiooI land principal collected
To school land interest collected.
j.o sciiooi ianu isase collected , 159 87
To inheritance tax collected f 224 02
To miscellaneous collections county general,.'..! '.!..'.'. 1 105 14
To linen and license , -, ," 900 00
To auto license " " 272 00
To interest on county deposits !. !'.!'.!'.!'. !'.".". .!".!'. 528 32
To school tax collected from Dixon county I 31 00
.! II ..
ro redemptions 3727
To fees !.!.!.".'.!!!!! '.'. .'. 132
To excess fees returned by D. G. Kvans, county treasurer 671
' $108329
DISHURSRMENTS
By htate treasurer's receipt '. .$11735
By county general warrants redeemed K. 9064
By county bridge warrants redeemed.. .' 1127
My county road warrants redeemed '. 6333
By sctioo land ret und
By 1913 scavenger collections distributed
By drainage district No. 2 warrants V
by swamp ditch warrants .v
By Covington judgment , , .. ' . . "
By school bonds ' ........
By school orders paid '. ..."......".!!. .
By inheritance tax, costs ....:. ,.. .'. .
By protest refunded
By district road warrants
By boutu Sioux City water bmds - 625
By Homer water bonds 5C0
By city treasurer's receipts South Sioux Cltv '..'. !'.. 3471
By village treasurer's receipts Dakota City .- 200
By village treasurer's receipt's Homer 428
By redemption 3679
By county treasurer's clerk hire 124
By county treasurer's commission 1431
By fees 240
$71137
HALANCKS
State funds . .-."-' S 1385
County road district No. 1
County road district No. 2
County road district No. 3
Swamp dttch
1904 scavenger collection
Inheritance tax
Covington judgment
Drainage district No. 2
County general fund
County bridge fund
Special bridge
Soldier s relief fund.-
Covington annex
Road dragging fund
Dakota Citv bond
School district fund
Fines and license fund
South Sioux City water boid
Homer water bond
Road district fund
IMIUtlfcSUIl UUIIU ....1
Hubbard bond , . . . ,
City of South Sioux City
Village of Emerson
Village of Dakota City..,
Village of Homer ,
Village of Jackson
Redemption fund
Total cash on hand $37192 10
Wo do Hereby Certify that wo havo examined tho above statement of D G
Evans, County Treasnror or Dakota county, Nobraska, for tho six months end
ing January Ctu, 1915. To the beet of onr knowladgo wo believe each collec
tion has boon oorreotly outoretl and properly acconnted for, and that tho Vou
chors und othor items of Credits wore iu proper form anil correotly entered
and that the footings woro voriiloil by usandfontid correct, and that tho abovo
statement of Balanoes agree with said accounts in said County Treasurer's
General Ledger.
O. W. FISHER, )
' ' THOS. LONG, County Commissioners
A. IRA DAVIB, )
Dakota City
Grocery
3 Cans Corn
2 pkgs Post Toasties,
3 Cans of Peas
2 pkgs Corn Flakes
2 large cans Tomatoes
3 qts Cranberries
2 pkgc Pcttijohns
We have a large assortment of
Heavy Men's Underwear, Duck
Coats, Wool Blankets, Comforts,
and Sweaters that we are' closing
out at about cost price.
L.
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