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VOLUME XIX
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY. NEBRASKA 8 THURSDAY. OCTOBER 3!, IHI2
NUMBER 47
Why Build a Court House
The Grand Jury Investigated Fully and Said a New
Court House is Badly Needed
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A Fire, of Which There is Always Grave Danger, Would be a Calamity. Look at Hamilton
Custer Counties. The Old Court Houses, Which Were Fire Traps Like Ours,
Burned and Valuable Records Were Lost, Causing Loss to Property
Owners and Endless Amount of Litigation
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About uint' month! rttfo the Grand Jury of Box Butto County in matting their
final report to the court, in substance made the following report Concerning the
need for a new court house in Box Butte County:
First. "The vaults in which are stored the records of all real estate titles mv
not tire proof.
Second. All office rooms are small, inconvenient, inadequate, congested and
not properly equipped for caring for the business of the county. The vaults are
filled to their capacity and a reat deal of labor and delay is occasioned in furnishing
information to tax payers.
Third. In case the records should be lost the re-establishment of titles in the
county would cost the tax payers a great deal more than the erection of a new build
ing for the county.
Fourth. In conclusion the grand jury recommended that it was high time
some action should be taken in the voting of bonds for the construction of a new
court house, the present building being in a dilapidated condition, and a disgrace to
the county.
What a New Court House Would Cost
In view of the amounts appropriated for the construction of court houses in
adjacent counties, as shown below, it is not thought the amount of $75,000 for a
suitable building, properly equipped and furnished, is more than the people of Box
Butte county should appropriate. Following is the assessed valuation and cost of
court houses in adjacent counties:
Cheyenne county, assessed valuation, $2, 220,026 Cost of courthouse 00,000
Dawes county, " " 2,190,078 Cost of courthouse (50,000
Sheridan county, " " 2,840,668 Cost of courthouse ."0,000
Box Butte county, " " 2,010,271 Cost of court house 7.'),000
In the above figures in cite or two instances the cost of furnishing the court
house is not included, but in the appropriation for Box Butte county, the complete
equipping and furnishing is contemplated for the amount stated.
Cost of Court House to Tax Payers
As taken from the county records the following is the assessed valuation of all
property m tne COnnty for the past seven years:
1006. $1, 063,678
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1,108,960
1,526,189
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1,016,689
2,016,271
, An annual levy of two mills on the present basis of
turifs more than sufficient to pay the interest on the bonds,
alxjve that in the past seven years the assessed valuation of
doubled and it is but fair to assume that in the next twenty years or the
which these bonds would mature the assessed valuation will le three times
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Box Butte county has
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is at present. This will result from vacant lands being patented, raw land leing
improved, and increase in iopulation. With this condition existing a two-mill levy
would make sufficient to pay all interest and create a sinking fund to retire thelionds
at maturity.
In order that the property owners may know the approximate annual cot to
them in cents for each quarter section of land owned we give below the average real
value per quarter as shown by the wunty records for 1012 assessment, the tax to be
paid on each quarter on a basis of thirty-five mills, which is the average figure for
the total tax and the additional tax per quarter on account of a two mill levy to pay
interest on and create a sinking fund for the lxnds:
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Your Titles are in Jeopardy as Long as the County Records are
Stored in the Old Court House
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To the property OWtter Who owns hi home, valued from $2,000 to $3,500 and
whirl) is assessed at from 1,2(H to $1,7)00, the cost per annum would be from Ho to
t'K)c. Do you not think that a ood court house would iner. ase the value q your
property much more than this amount ' In other words, on a basis of Sl.oon aciual
value of taxable property the ooat per annum will in 10c.
We have carefully canvassed the tax payers of the county. We Hud, on i art
ful and painstaking investigation, that it is the unanimous desire and wish of every
tax payer in the county who desires to work for his own interest and who fully un
derstands present conditions and the proposition of ballfling the new court house,
that these bonds be voted, We invite the fullest Investigation of the proposition.
This committee has carefully tfOQe into the matter and the figures given and Mat.
ments made are accurate and given after due deliberation.
Kvery tax payer and resident of the county will rind it to his Interest to attend
the meeting at the city hall in Alliance on Saturday afternoon, November 2nd.
Very respeetfullyl yours,
0OUBT BOU8K PUBLICITY IX)MMITTSI
Following is a statement of
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
ALLIANCE, NEBRASKA
at the close of business
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October 30, 1912
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts
Overdrafts -United
States bonds
Redemption fund
Banking house - 1 -Cash
and Demand Reserve
Total resources
LIABILITIES
Capital -Surplus
- - -
Undivided profits -Circulation
-Deposits
Total liabilities
$477,703.13
506.56
51,000.00
2,500.00
10,000.00
244.134.71
$785,844.40
$ 50,000.00
50,000.00
10,373.46
49,997.50
625,473.44
$785,844.40
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This smashes all records for bank deposits in
northwestern Nebraska. The deposits are larger
than ever before in the history of The First National
Bank, with total resources of over three-quarters of
a million dollars, and the splendid condition of the
business today is the result of a healthy and steady
growth during the twenty-three years since its
organization.
This is not an abnormal condition caused by a sudden large deposit.
The following comparison of deposits shows a steady growth leading up to
the present high mark:
August i, ui2, Deposits,
September I, i c i 2, Deposits,
October I, ui2, Deposits,
October 10, 1012, Deposits,
October 25, 1012, Deposits,
October 30, ni2, Deposits,
$407,(42.6i
441,671.73
183,43436
57V38-0
504,250.94
625,474.44
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You Can Bank on the Old Reliable
First National Bank
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
CHAS. E. FORD
S. K. WARRICK
R. M. HAMPTON
F. J. WAS
EUGENE E. FORD
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