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8flte 0rth Platte Jlmi1feM Wrtbmt
SIXTEENTH YEAR.
NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1901.
NO. 100.
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Increasing Business, Have
You Noticed Tfiat
It has and it's our low prices that does it. We are
giving- the public prices on our line of goods that
can't be equaled in western Nebraska. We arc at
present over stocked on
Bed Room Suits,
That wc arc letting go at 20 per cent off the regular
price. That means 40 per cent less than you can
buy any place else. We have a beautiful line of
Combination Book Cases and
Writing Desks
that wc arc selling at prices within reach of all. A
swell line of couches at reduced prices. Now is the
time to have your pictures framed. Remember we
save you at least 50 per cent on your frames. Our
line of furniture is the most complete in North
Platte. Come in and get our prices.
Ginn
A fine line of undertaking Pgoods. A good
hearse in connection. Mail and telegraph,
orders promptly attended to.
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3 it is always well to be prepared for
S cold weather. When you are up against a j
2! blizzard, it is not always easy, to have a 3
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Acorn Stoves and Ranges 2
5 The Genuine Round Oak. !fc
2 The finest line of Heaters in the city. 5
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NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA,
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foundation
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built the
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He has Galloways
of both sexes for sale.
75 head in herd.
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COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS.
January 2, 1901.
The following claims were
audited, approved and allowed:
Andrew Gustafaou work on bridges
$14.00, A, E. Scigucr lumber 25.85,
Job. M. Ray poormastcrs expenses
2.21, F. II. Longley medical supplies
on sheriff's order 44.95. The claim
of School Dist. .No. 2 lor 1.00 for
rent of building for- election was
rejected. -fT.
The following official bonds for
assessors were approved: Rose
dale, W. W. Grave; Whittier, 13. L,
Caress, Hinmnn, G. V. Palmer;
North Platte No. 1, W. II. Boyer;
Sellers, II. Bullard; Birdwood W.
M, Cox, Hall John Gutherlcss,
Road overseer district No. 16
Andrew GiiBtaajijg-Justice of the
peace Deer CretrflffpTecinct J. M.
Sander. Boardcfjolirned until to
morrow. January 3, 1901.
Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment, present Woodhurst and Car
penter commissioners and county
clerk.
Claim of 13. A. Cary for 3.15 for
supples allowed, Win. Woodhurst
salary as commissioner 146.00
allowed. The official bonds of R.
Schofleld assessor lor Wallace
precinct and A. -D. Dean Joverseer
Dist. 35 approved.
Board adjourned sine die.
January 3, 1901.
Board met as provided by law,
present McNeel. Carpenter and Mc
Cullough commissioners and county
clerk, The following bonds were
approved: Assessor Buchanan
precinct S. C. Wills, road-overseer
district No. 14 A, C. Donaldson,
District 41 John Pallett, District 57
P. J. Donaldson.
The following claims were
audited and allowed in full on the
bridge fund: Clias. Toillion 21.00,
Wm. Johnson 78.85, Chris TeiiBen
8 25, Geo. Colin 6.00. Board ad
journed until tomorrow.
January 4, 1901.
Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment, present full board and county
clerk.
The following claims were
audited and allowed in full: A. IS,
Seigner lumber 5.30, A, Aber
crombie livery team 4.50, Wm.
Lock lumber and spikes 15.00. J. C
Federhoot meals for jurymen 6.50,
Nils Lafdovel work on bridge 3.00,
Saml. Funkhouser bridge work
26,00, J. B. Toillion bridge work
18.00, W. B. Hauser bridge work
15.00, iv. Carpenter services as
commissioner 132.75.
The county treasurer wasdirccted
to refund to Wm. Sherman two
dollars tor taxes paid under
protest.
The settlement of W. K. Covell
road overseer Dist. No. 30 received
and certificate ordered drawn on
his district.
The county clerk is hereby
ordered to notify all road overseers
that they must do all bridge work
in their respective districts by
warning out those liable to a labor
tax.
January 5, 1901.
Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment, present full board and county
clerk.
Claim of Ilenty McFaddcn for
nursing Erastus Combs for $48.00,
allowed on general fund for 36.00.
Claim of South Side Ditch Co. ot
125.00 for putting in bridge dis
allowed. The board then took up the roads
that were pending their action.
In the matter of road No. 218 the
county "surveyor b instructed to
perpetuate the government corners
and plat the same whenver the
petitioners agree to furnish neces
sary help to make the survey.
The petition for road No. 12
came jp for final hearing and was
granted on the condition that the
road overseer of District No. 1 pay
all damages assessed by appraisers
of slid road.
Petition tor road No. 250 came up
tor final action and was granted and
declared a public highway provided
all damages assessed by appraisers
be paid by road districts No. 33
and 34.
Clerk is instructed to notify road
overseer of said districts of said
action ot the board.
Adjourned until Monday, Jan
uary 7, 1901.
Irrigation Iteaervolrf,
Shafroth of Colorado, has intro
duced into the house of representa
tives a bill providing "for the con
struction of reservoirs in the arid
laud states, and for the disposal of
lands reclaimed thereby." It has
been referred to the committee on
public lauds, and while it is not
likely to be adopted at this session,
it 'will serve the purpose of bring
ing the irrigation problem definitely
before congress,
Under the terms ol the bill the
geological survey is directed to sur
vey at least four practical reservoir
sites and irrigation ditches from
the reservoirs to the public lauds to
be irrigated, in each of the arid
land states; and to make a report
to the secretary of the interior, who,
if he deems the project practicable,
shall have the works constructed,
providing that the cost of them in
any one state Bhall not exceed
$1,000,000. The Btates to be con
sidcrcd as arid land states within
the meaning of the act are Califor
nia, Oregon, Washington, Idaho,
Nevada. Utah, Montana, Wyoming,
Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, South
Dakota and North Dakota. The
sum of S13.000.000 is to be approp
riated for the work.
Upon the completion of each irri
gation project the lands to be
irrigated thereby are to be subject
to homestead entry after notice by
the secretary of the interior upon
condition that the entryman after
making final proof of settlement
shall pay to the government the
sum of $2.50 an acre; and no single
entry shall exceed eighty acres. It
is further provided "tint when the
major part of the land intended to
be irrigated from each reservoir has
been duly located upon as afore
said, the management of the reser
voir and irrigation ditches con
nected with the irrigation project
shall be turned over to the said
homesteaders, who shall manage
and maintain the same cither as a
body or through a corporation to be
formed by them."
It will be perceived the bill is ol
an experimental nature. It pro
vides, not for the beginning of a
comprehensive system of irrigation,
but only for making certain tests.
Moreover, the terms under which
the tests are to be made arc not of
a wholly satisfactory character.
Not less than four reservoirs with
attendant ditches are to be con
structed in each state, and yet the
total expenditure for the state is
not to exceed $1,000,000. That will
be an average of but $250,000 for
each set of works. It is safe to say
beforehand that such tests will not
be adequate to determine the prob
lem of freclaimiug our arid landB.
It will be but a repetition of that
scattered and wasteful expenditure
which has so often marked the un
dertakings of governmental work.
Many reservoirs will be begun,
none of them will fully conserve the
waters ol the district, and some ot
them may never be completely
finished,
Even as it is, however, the bill
merits commendation. It serves at
least to raise the question of con
set ving our flood waters and re
deeming our arid lands. Perhaps
it would be impossible to procure
the passage of a better measure at
this time. The main thing now is
to get the work begun, and for that
purpose the Shafroth bill may be
as good as any congress is likely to
be persuaded to adopt in the neat
future. San Francisco Call.
STATE NEWS.
Free mail delivery at York soon
will be established,
The skeleton of a mammoth has
been unearthed at Kimball,
Congressman Burkett is working
for a goverment building for Platts
muuth. DandelionB were in bloom recent
ly on the prairies between Superior
and Guide Rock.
A telephone company is being
organized at Carlson for the pur
pose of running lines among far
mers. The Nebraska Belgian Hare com
pany, with a capital stock of $5,000
lias been incorporated at Fremont.
IF AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION
Is worth a pound ot cure,
then why not wear a . . . .
and save doctor and drug bills.
We have them for men, women
and children from 50c up.
O. F. IDDING8
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Yards and Elevators at
North Platte, Neb.,
Sutherland, Neb.,
Julesburg, Colorado.
NORTH PLATTE MILLS,
(O. F. IDDINOS.)
Manufacturer of
HIGH AND MEDIUM GfeADE FLOUR
BRAN AND CHOP FEED.
Order by telephone from Newton's Book Store.
The contract has been awarded
for the erection of a new bridge
1,700 feet long, across the Platte
river in Scotts Bluffs county.
One of York county's largest
cattle-feeders, A. B. Test, recently
shipped 150 head of extra choice
tat cattle to Glasgow, Scotland, at
fancy prices.
The old settlers of Pawnee coun
ty, Nebraska, and Nemaha coutity,
Kansas, will hold a meeting at
Pawnee, Jan. 19 to arrange for a
re-union to be held sometime in the
future.
Three prisoners confined in the
Madison county jail took a notion
to escape. When discovered by the
sheriff they had almost succeeded
in digging a hole through the wall
of the jail.
The gold mine between Mllford
and Crete is now being worked. Mr.
Dillcnbeck, who owns the mine,
says that experts have examined
the out put and Bay it will go
about $10 to the ton.
While attending a church at Fre
mont the celluloid comb adorning
a lady's hair caught fire from the
too close proximity to the stove,
but was extinguished before any
serious damage was done.
The Nebraska & Gulf Railroad
company has asked the commis
sioners of Thayer county to issue
$10,000 worth of bonds for the ben
efit of the proposed new road from
M losing Water, S. D., to the gulf.
A petition is being circulated at
Columbus, addressed to Governor
Dietrich, asking that a proclama
tion be issued to the people of Ne
braska requesting them to contri
bute to a fund for the aid of the
families of Boer soldiers.
A stangcr at Columbus was
about to be sentenced to jail for
petty larceny, when he exclaimed
that he waB about to become sick
with smallpox, and the judge gave
him a slight fine instead, on con
dition that he would leave town at
once.
David George, a white man, and
Fiank Janis, a half breed Indian, in
dulged in a fight at Valentine, in
which the halt breed was stabbed
Any One Of
Our Customers
will tell you that his treatment
while dealing- with us has been
fair, courteous, honorable. You
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mendation. Our wares are in
accordance with our methods
always of the first grade, al
ways at genuine-value prices. Wc
are looking1 for your custom.
Wilcox Depaftment Store.
Chamois Chest Protector
Worth Platte Pharmacy,
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in the back by the white man. The
trouble arose over a charge made
by Janis that George had Btolen his
horse.
A large manufacturing company
has made a proposition to South
Sioux City to locate a plant at that
place if given a bonus of $1,500 to
pay expense of moving. There is
every prospect that the bonuB will
be raised.
An effort is being made to secure
a pardon for B. J. Valek sent to
the penitentiary from Sheridan
county for perjury. He was con
victed of swearing falsely in order
to save a friend in a case in which
a young woman had brought bas
tardy charges. While many have
signed the petition there are many
who are making a bitter fight
against the granting of the pardon.
ECZEMA'S
ITOH IS TORTURE.
Eczema is caused by an acid humor in
the blood coming in contact with the
skin and producing great redness and in
flammation ; little pustular eruptions form
and discharge a thin, sticky fluid, which
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hard, dry and fissured. Eczema in any
fonn is a tormenting, stubborn, disease,
and the itching and burning at times are .
almost unbearable; the acid burning
humor seems to ooze out and set the skin
on fire. Salves, washes nor other exter
nal applications do any real good, for as
loug as the poison remains in the blood
it will keep the skin irritated.
BAD FORM OF TETTER.
"Vor three years I
had Tetter on my
hands, which canned
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their natural alie. Part
of the time the disease
was In the form of run
nine aorei, very pain
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much discomfort. 1'our
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to lie cured, and they
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me. I took only three
bottles of 8. H, H. and
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This was fifteen yenrs
azo. and I have never
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