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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 17, 1902)
Count)- Commissioner' ProcccdlnRi. Alliance, Nkh, Oct. 17, 190a. Board of county commissioners met in regular session as provided by law. , Present: Geo. W, Locr, chairman Geo. W. Duncan and Frank Caha, members. Attest: S. M. Smyser. clork. It appearing to the board that in the year 1901 tho Allianco Dairy assofcatlon was assossed for personal property in the sum of $165, and for $i5oin the year 1902, and that in each of said years said dairy association had no ucrsonal property sub ject to taxation, and that in each of said years lot 73 of the County nddition to Alli ance, property of, said dairy association, was doubly assessed, to-wlt: at tho sum of $400, and that the illegal taxes lovied on account of said personal assessment amount to 520.06, and that tho illegal taxes assessed against said real cstato amount to $25.43 and that the same has been paid under protest and application for refunding said illegal taxes has been made. It is therefore ordered by the board that said illegal taxes above mentioned be re funded to said association. Tho board proceeded in a body to in spect'tho county property at tho poor farm and on returning adjourned until tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock. Geo. W Loer, Atest: 1 , Chairman. S. M.' Smyser, Clerk. October 8, 1902. Board met pursuant to adjournment. Present, same officers as on tho first day. Tho following polling places were select ed by tho board; Doisey precinct Office of W. M, Io denco in Hcmingford. Nonpareil precinct 'Nonpareil school house. Wright precinct Wright school house, Lawn. precinctLawn postofficc. Liberty precinct Caha school house. Snake Creek precinct John Henderson's house. Running watorprecinct Hoffman school house. Box Butte precinct Fairviow school house, Boyd precinct A. S. Reed's house. Lake precinct Residence of Henry Beach, Duncan's Addition, First Ward precinct Corbin's hall. Second Ward precinct City council chamber. Tho board proceeded to select a list of sixty namos from which jury for tho No vember term to bo drawn, and filed said list with tho clork. Ordered by the board that balances re maining in the various'funds hereinafter mentioned bo transferred to the county general fund, to-wit: Bridge fund $676.00 Road fund ....'. .4 ,. 276.75 Advertising fund. ....".:. , . 45.00 Poll tax .,,t. 54.00 Total r. $1,051.75 Board adjourned until tomorrow at 9 o'clock a. nv s Geo, W. Lokr, Attest: Chairman. S. M. Smvser, Clerk. October 9, 1902, Board met pursuant to adjournment. Present, same officers as on tho first day. It appearing that in 1901 Emory Abley was doubly assessed on his personal prop erty, to-wit: assessed both in Wright and Nonpareil precincts, it is ordered that $3.69 be refunded to him by the county treasurer. Ordered that $2.17 tax paid by G. L. Taylor, under protest, be refunded, for tho reason that the property upon which said tax was levied in 1900 was assessed in both Nonpareil and Lawn precincts. The following claims were examined, allowed and tho clerk ordered to draw war rants on the county general fund in pay ment thereof, to-wit: Claimant. Nature of (Jliilai. Warrant. J. W. Baumgardner, salary as supt. schools. .$206,75 Alex. Muirhead, money advanced pauper , , . . . 5.20 W. M, Iodence, lumber for culvert. 4.60 Win. Mitchell, salary and offico rent county attorney. .....', 192.50 Actieson & Joder, hardware and oil for court house. 3.10 Anna Warner, boarding paupers,. 121.25 H. F. Pardee, boarding jury. , , . . , 6.50 B. V. Reeves, painting. 7,00 State Journal Co., supplies, ....... 4.50 Auburn Telephone Co., telephone three months C.00 Joseph Manion, work on roads.. . . 6,00 S. M. Smyser, expense account .... 9.90 D.A.Paul, juror Bean inquest... 2.00 R Shetler, " " ... 2.oo D.I.Cheney, " " ... 2.00 A.H.Pierce, " " ... 2.oo A. M. Miller, " " ... 2.oo A. D. Millett, ' " ... 2.00 E. P. Sweeney, acting coroner, Sheldon inquest , 14.50 W. W. Norton, juror Sheldon in quest , 2.00 L- A. Shaw er,' juror Sheldon inquest 2.00 Chas. Glinsdale, " " . . 2.00 Joe Thornton, " " . . 2(0o J. D. Douglas, ' " . . 2.00 Nate Hart, " ..- 2.oo State Journal Co.', supplies. ....... .70 I. L. Aoheson. supplies 4.65 Geo. Reitmier, janitor 60.70 Frank Caha, commissioner 23.00 Geo. W. Duncan, " 18.00 Geo W, Loer, " 23.00 C. A. Burlew, supplies for pauper. 14.40 F, E, Holsten, glass and setting. . , 12.00 Geo. Darling, coffin fJ, Firster. . 30.00 Board adjourned toTJecember 2, 1902. Geo. W, Loer, Attest: ' . Chairman, S. M. Smvser. Clerk. FORCING A FASHION. - -- Hovr Itntb Wero Introduced to tho South African Bnrnftca. Andrles Da Vllllers, n Boer, was tho person who first Introduced huts among tho South African natives, sttys tho Hatters Gazette, and profit, not phi lanthropy, was IiIh motive. Ono morn ing many years ago he chanced In Port Elizabeth to' come across a consign ment of damaged hats offered fof n mere pong. He bought the whole lot packed, them away in his wugoii and started for Kafllrlnnd. When he reached Tcmbulnnd, ho un loaded his stock, opened his kegs of liq uor, without which no trade was made In those days, and began business. But ho found his venture likely to prove nn unprofitable one. Tho natives did not want hats. They wanted blankets and heads and looking glasses and nbovo all liquor, but they looked asknnco at hats. Then a bright Idea came to An dries. Ho wanted to Introduco those hats, ire did introduce them. His sim ple expedient was to refuse to sell any thing to a Kafllr unless ho bought n hat too. The Kaffirs wanted his goods, so they bought the hats. When n Kafllr buys anything, he feels bound to make use of It The na tives therefore donned their head geai and returned to their kraals. Now ap peared tho brilliancy of tho trader's Idea. Fashion rules tho world. ,It Is as strong In Africa as In America, and when those who had stayed at home Baw tho travelers return In all tho glo ry of this strange covering they felt behindhand and old fashioned. Their desire to possess the la'tcst thing In hnts Iiecamo Intense. They paid An dries a visit nnd his stock no longer hung heavy upon his bauds. Tho hnts wero soon sold. This happened some time ago, and now every trading storo keeps a supply of hats constantly on hand. They arc said to be manufactured expressly for tho natives, and no one who glances at tho show will doubt It A JUGGLER'S TRICK. Clever Feat of Hlnnlon Performed by pit Kant Indian. Tho wonderful feats of East Indian jugglers havo formed tho theme of many a letter from travelers In tho orient, but nono Is more surprising than that for which nn old scadog vouches. While ho was an oQlccr on board a P. and O. steamship two natives enmo aboard at Madras, ho says. They were a Juggler and his assistant After they had performed a number of minor feats and gathered qulto n crowd around them they called for a sack and n piece of sailcloth. These having been provided, the chief Juggler made a small tcntllko etructuro with tho canvaB and some stools. Ho then placed his assistant In tho sack and allowed a sailor to tlo tho knot which bound him a fast pris oner. This done, the chief carried tho sack into an open Bpacc, warning tho people to stand back some distance, and then carried, on un animated con versation with his assistant whoso re plies could bo distinctly beard coming from tho sack. .Suddenly tho chief rushed forward, picked up the Back nnd dumped It overboard, where, to tho hoiror of tho passeugets and crow, it sank out of sight Immediately tho captain rushed for. ward nnd seized tho man, under the full belief that he had murdered his companion, but the Juggler only smiled and, pointing to tho canvas, asked that It bo raised. This was done, and the supposed drowned man was discovered squatting on the deck. So realistic had been the throwing overboard, however, that It was some timo beforo tho surprised passengers could realize a murder had not been committed. Church and Workmen, It would be an exaggeration to say that all working people feel antago nistic toward tho church. Their general attltudo Is rather that of Indifference. The thinking poor are well enough aware that there Is nothing unnatural In tho situation nnd that If tho tables were so turned that world advantage shifted to their Bide It would probably remain unchanged. At times their feel ing, especially toward the clergy, Is cu riously sympathetic "Sny," remarked a labor leader of vivid mind to the writer "sny, I'm awfully sorry for ministers. Most of them are real good men. They know well enough what Christ meant, and they'd like first rate to preach If they dared. But, Lord, how can they? They've got to draw their salaries; they've got families to support" All this quite without n touch of Irony. Vlda D. Scuddcr In Atlantic. Pnllluor Out the Veau. Susie, aged four, bad been out In the country on a visit On her return she urged her mother to let her keep a cow. "But, Susie," said tho mother, "there is no one hero to take care of tho cow and milk it" "Oh. yes. I'll do that mamma." "Can you milk a cow? How do you do It?" "Oh, I know how. I'll just pull tho pegs out like tho man does." Llppln cott's. Tho neaponslbllltr. Anxious Father Do tho best you can for him, doctor. That la all I cau ask. If it Is tho will of Providence Surgeon Don't try to place the re sponsibility on Providence In this case, Mr. McJoucs. You bought the toy pis tol for tho boy yourself. Ilia Art. "Oh. Mr. Growelle," gushed Miss Nupsou, "bow did you over learu to paint such beautiful pictures?" "I asked a man once," replied tho art 1st "and bo told me how." Indianapo lis News. A CONTRAhi 1., IJOYS TOWN AND COUNTRY LADS IN THE STMJGGtLE OF LIFE. Of tho Men Who Unto Achieved Great Prominence In Pubtlo A flair a the Itnrnl Dor Are nt Leant Twen ty to One Over the City Lnila. A country boy'a lack of opportunity Is his best equipment for the serious strugglo of life. This sounds paradox ical, but It Is true. It Is Just as truo as the opposite proposition, that tho greatest hindrances a city boy hns to contend with nro tho opportunities which beset him when young and pur buo him till ho begins tho real business of life, n business which each Individu al must carry on for himself. For the city boy everything is mndo as easy as possible. Even pleasure becomes to him au old story before he Is out of his teens. Brought up in tho feverish rush of a place where great things nro hap pening day by day, bo bccs tho world with a cynic's eyes and despises thq small things which, like the bricks it a house, go to the upbuilding of char acters and careers. He believes in us ing largo markers in the game of life; for pennies and small units of valuo ho has little tflBto and scant regard. The conditions surrounding tho c6un try boy nro as different as possible. There Is n deal of regular work that overy country boy must do, and this regularity of employment mostly out of doors, inculcates industrious habits, while It contributes to a physical de velopment which In after years Is just as valuable aB any athletic training that can bo bad. II 0 cannot run as fast perhaps as those trained by a sys tem. He may not be able to Jump bo high or so far or excel in any of the sports upon which wo bestow so much tlmo and from which wo get so much of pleasure but his development en ables him to buckle down to the hard work In which hours arc consumed and from which very little or no Im mediate pleasure Is extracted. His strength may bo something like that of the cart borse, but tho cart horse is to bo preferred where a long nnd stendy pull Is required. Tho thorough bred raco horse has a fine flight of speed nnd cauters with delightful lightness and graco along the park bridle paths, but the heavy work Is tho work" most In demand, nnd for that we want the draft aulmnls every time. Enthusiasm Is tho spur to endeavor, and at tho samo tlmo It Is tho savor of life. Tho country boy whose nmbl tlon hns taken him to town comes filled with enthusiasms. Even tho lit tle things are novelties to him, and as bo accomplishes this and that bo feels that bo is doing something not only interesting, but valuable. Hb simple tastes havo not been spoiled by a mul tiplicity of gratifications, and so he is glad of everything good that tcomes his way. At thirty. If ho leads a clean life, he has more of the boy in him than his city cousin hns left at fifteen. He does what Is before him because it Is his duty, while the other Is apt cynically to question the value of do ing anything and ask, "What is tho usr Of the men who have achieved great prominence nnd high influence in our affairs of state the country boys are at least twenty to one over the city lads. Nowadays Indeed our cynical city lads look upon men who take nn nctlve In terest In public affairs us rather low fellows and quite beneath their associ ation nnd notice. But the country boys are nt tho top In other Hues of endeav or. In finance they are pre-eminent, and the grent bank presidents today in the great cities nearly all learned to read and to cipher iu country schools whero birch nnd ferule had not suc cumbed to tho civilizing Influences of scientific pedagogy. Our great rail ways wero In the main built by them, aud today the administrators of theso great companies nro In great measuro from farms and country villages, from places where work began In early In fancy aud a sense of duty developed while still the lisp of childhood lin gered. Soino city boys, however, nro of Buch sturdy stuff and endowed with such natural gifts that they succeed by rea son of their Inherent superiority. Oth ers succeed abundantly because they havo used their opportunities wisely and In real life have pursued the same course which enables so many country boys to win famo and fortune. Tho more honor to them for having sur vived their too great opportunities. But tho country boy when be comes to town reaches out for the high places. Though not all And scats of the mighty, nearly all of tho exalted sta tions are filled In the end by men of country birth and country rearing, for they usually start out with the sound theory that what Is worth having Is worth striving for. John Gilmer Speed in Brandur Magazine. Scotch Civility. A. lady went out In search of two others who bad gone out for a walk some time before. She met an old man and asked him if ho saw two ladles pass this way. "Na, nor 1 wlsna look In' for them." Sho met, another and asked the same question. "Na. but there mlcht 'a been ten pass't for onythlng 'at 1 ken or care." At last she met a boy and asked the same question. He replied. "Na, I dldna Bee ony ladles, but 1 saw two mil wives." Scottish American. tils Iloy'a Future. "Are you educating you son for any particular calling?' "Yea." "What?" "Well, he made bis own selection, and as near as I can find out be is edu cating himself to be the husband of an heiress." Chicago Post W. 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