LOST-A STEED.
I A Tale of Two Nations With a Local
Application.
; WHEBE18 THE NEBRASKA STEEB?
of tfco Cattlo lodnitry — in*
Qrmu Oota tha of tho Woat
•ra (Mill Karkafc
The story has not heretofore been told
of the paeelng of the cettle-r&lsing Indue
try In Nebraska and the west. Yet It is a
story thot Interests every former, every
stock-reMr end every feeder. It le • true
story, end the telling of It could be made
to fill volumes. It Is a tale of two nations,
and Whatever thrilling there may be about
It Mates to the.fiilgratlons of the Mexican
steer In the United States.
It Is now two years and a few weeks
slnoe the first shipments of Mexican oattle
to the United States, under the benevolent
provisions of the Wilson bill, crossed the
border into Texas and sought a market In
Kansas City, Omaha and Chloago. Slnoe
that time many hundreds of thousands of
oattle from Mexico have oome Into the
United States and entered Into competi
tion with our western oattle, the effect be
ing a treat diminution of the number of
cattle between the Missouri river and the
Rooky mountains and a very considerable
lowering of the prloe of beef produdts.
• It will readily be remembered that un
der the provisions of the McKinley law a
specific tax Of 110 per head was laid upon
oattle Importations to the United States.
This tax reelly placed a prohibition on
oattle importations, and by protecting the
home oattle-reiser enabled him to control
the home market and sell his beef on the
hoof at a profitable prise. It will also be
just as readily remembered that when the
i Wilson bill went Into effeot, August 27,
1804, It changed the tariff from 810 per
bead, spedflo, to 80 per oent, ad valorem.
This 88 par oent on the appraised valua
tion Is virtually no bar at all, affords no
protection to the native Industry, and
amounts to nothing ns a reyenue pro
ducer, because \ht> average valuation Is
about 88.80 a head and the’ tax would bo
but 10 cants on that valuation. This
brings a Bexloan steer over the line for 88,
to use round numbers. This Is a brief
statement of foot.
•he Dee)las of the Oattle Industry la Me
The returns of the oounty assessors of
the stale of Nebraska, made to the audl
'tor of the stats,, tell apothpr Interesting
story. They-ebowHhaf In 1«M, peertous
*o paange of the Wilson hOl, there
{Were la Nebraska end assessed tor pur
poses of state revenue, 1,800,878 head of
wattle.* Their total valuation was 66,117,
880- The average valuation upon whloh
taxes were paid was 88.98, virtually 84 per
[head. And this Is 81 more than the aver
age Alue of Mexican oattle upon the mar
ket after they have been admitted to the
.United States and the tariff has been
paid.
The returns of the assessors In 1885
• showed n reduced total of 1,008,887, valued
i •* 84,188,794, or an average of 88.87 per
bead. The loss shown In 1895, as oom
' pared with 1894, Is 828,481 head. The loss
• In dollars of assessed valuation was 8984,
498, with a loss on the average valuation
of B oents per head. This lots was not
only to farmers and oattle raisers as
sources of wealth, but was also aloes to
. the state for purposes of taxation and de
« riving revenue.
„ Before paeslDg to the assessors' returns
for 1808 it Is fair to say that them was oon
< stderabli loss to the state In the number
of oattle caused by the drouth of 1884; but
that will only partially aooount for the
loo, and a vety considerable portion of It
most be attributed to the workings of the
’ Wilson bill. There wss a fairly good crop
(In 1888 and termers who had sacrificed
their oattle the year previous began to ln
oreaee their herds again. Indeed, from
. 1888 to 1888 there should not have been
•07 further loos, because the Impoverished
'Korda wbie again being built up and the
aeoesoort’ returns ter 1888 should have
shown a substantial and onoonraglog
- gala. But the contrary le shown.
! The 1886 return* showed a further de
crease to 1,080,flat head, being a net loss of
1 88,809. Bat while the number was de
. creasing and the market falling, the vel
. nation over 1896 was ralitd In order to
make ends meet in supporting the oounty
, and state governments. The valuation
for this year la 84,208^59, which U an In
crease of 878,068, orSl cents per head, for
revenue purposes.
The dednotlen Is Inevitable, in the light
of the above showing, that more n*.
' tnral oehsee have been undermining the
cattle Industry In this state. What these
i are will he shown further on.
t*f Maxleea Cattle Imps*
wemm wnioh la printed below
wee clipped from the regular telegraphlo
■ oolumna of Mm Omaha World-Herald of
the date of October IS, 18M, and oomment
upon It la mmaceaaary.
«**•”■Atratalead of
£g£h?*dsKnrtMSiMs as
o» *«a*oo wm contribute MO.
$W headaf fat cattle to the Markets of the
Halted Mata* during the neat few months."
Ae an evidence that the trainload of cat
tle referred to above reached the Chicago
market It la bnt necessary to reproduce
the following paragraph from the market
< newe of the Drorere* Journal published
at the Union a took yards, Chicago, Oc
tober fo, lOOt. one day after the appear
anoo of the above telegram In the World
Herald
mums! at
George UC-.
tommdntyoa fhewhai
was about lu per seat
JJterket. The fvskL. was hu.is par oar.
jpdthe settle net tea UO.H per head. Mr.
tteeeoweajeWWI pleased with this trial ship
ment and will coottnusto send cattle to this
i earn freto the
atiaUass. Maa
Oausalea. They
a and the ad ve
- ... was MuO, which
.of their valuation on
tht was 1161.At per esr.
< Mr. Cheeeeman certainly had reaeon to
be pleated with a net profit of nearly til
per head and U he la atlU in the boelneea
he la undoubtedly nsiibiwV the markete of
the United Btntee with the oheap oattle of
Muloo
On Ootobar M ISM, -only three days
after this ehlpment was received at Chi
cago, ex-Preeldeat Harrtaon made the fol
lowing refovaaoe tp Mexico’* gnat oppor
. tnnlty npddp JM WUeoa hill, and the
■■CljrfldlftkiffliO.ten epeech
>wu|IMW, 1AB..
aa ar‘cmooa
I came over. In it 1 noticed • dispatch from
Mexico, to the effect that trade has greatly
wakened up In the exportation of horses,
mules and cattle. Under this new tariff blit
they have taken the markets which belong to
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. In Canada bust*
ness is also Improving. These people can
bring goods in cheaper than ever before, be
cause there Is more of a mifrknt, and it Is per
fectly natural for trade to be good in Canada
and Mexico,'*
Hls reference to the markets of Ohio,
Indiana and Illinois would have applied
just as well then to the markets of Iowa,
Nebraska and Wyoming. The effect be
gan to bo felt in the states west of the
Mississippi and on the Rocky mountain
slope Immediately. The telegram first
quoted above and the extract from the
Drovers' Journal and ex-President Harri
son wore used in the Sixth congressional
district in this state two years ago, but
the evil was then so new that the farmers
of that section oould not be aroused to a
realization of its magnitude. It affects
now the entire state and all of the Missis
sippi and Missouri valley states, and is
really one of tha most important ques
tions that appeal to ths interests and in
telligence of the farjners of thU great
section.
An Interview With a Mexican Cattle Im
porter.
Men who are In the bualneee of import*
ing Mexican oattle to the United States
■re not very communicative when asked
for information and for this reason it has
been difficult to got at the inside of the
business as at present conducted or to
learn from a person competent to make a
statement just what the effeot of Mexican
Importations has been. Suoh a person
was found, however, who has been en
gages in the business for two years, has
been in the cattle business all his life and
whose patriotism is In excess of his love
of gain at the expense of the oattle rais
ers and in antagonism to the best Interests
of his state. This gentleman gives many
important faots, the only stipulation be
ing that his name should not be used.
The gentleman giving this information,
who is a prominent man and well known
to thousands of people in Nebraska, states
that during the nine months ending
September 1,1896, 816,000 head of Mexican
cattle were brought over the line Into the
United States. Of this number, he says
that about thirty thousand head have
gone Into western Nebraska and that not
less than fifteen thousand have replaced
Nebraska grown cattle.
There aro many buyers In western Ne
braska and eastern Wyoming. They do
but little shipping by rail. The plan is to
buy large herds and bring them over the
old Texas trail. These herds start over
land about April 1 and It will be notlcod
that they get Into Nebraska after the an
nual assessment has been taken and are
disposed of before the next one comes
around. Sixty to seventy-five days are
suffloient for the trip. The cattle are per
mitted to drift through, the cows drop
ping their young in transit, and bringing
them through;without lose. Five tfaeus
•fid ‘is a small herd. There are many
herds ranging from 6,000 to 16,000, but a
herd of 7,600 Is about the average, they
graze all the way through and fatten as
they travol, the only expense of transpor
tation being the pay of hordere, whioh
will average about 86 cents per head. No
feeding of grain is required after they
reaoh the north, and indeed they oannot
be fed on grain until they have been hore
a year.
If shipment was made by roll the cost
would tie In the neighborhood of 03 per
head.
The average value on the Mexican side
is 08.60 per head for steers weighing eight
to nine hundred pounds and for cows of
corresponding weight. The tariff being
but 60 cents on that valuation makes the
net prioe to the buyer 03 per head. A
western stockman has an offer to lay
down this grade of cattle by the carload
at a net oost of 06 per head, at a point 800
miles inland in'Nebraska. Can any Ne
braska farmer compete with the Mexican
oattle raiser with this enormous disad
vantage staring him in the facef Cer
tainly not, any more than he can oompete
with the oheap wheat of Argentine and
India.
Ball shipments to American markets
are principally to Chloagoand Kansas
City, and the stock yards at the latter
Kilnt are filled nearly all the while with
exloan oattle. This produot Is used
largely by paokers and goes into cans to
oompete with native beet. The meat is
not so good, but when it Is onoe In the
can the consumer is none the wiser. The
effeot has been, says our informant, to re
duce the prioe of oows and oommdn beef
oattle In Nebraska from an average of
about 186 a head to an average of about
•17, entailing an average loss of about 18
per head. Considering the fact that there
are enough oattle grazing In Moxloo on
the perpetual summer ranges to supply
the markets of the United States, it would
appear to be only a question of time when
the oattle lndust™ in this country will be
entirely destroyed.
It is estimated that at least twenty-five
thousand “feeders” have been consumers
of Nebraska oorn every year until the
Mexican Importations oommonoed. The
oost of fattening has been 18 to 16 nor
head. Under the new oondltlon of things
this Is principally lost. Feeding yards
have in the past maintained a good looal
market for oorn in many localities, and it
has usually been the custom to pay a little
more than the local market quotations for
oorn for feeding purposes. Mexican cattle .
Will not eat oorn, hence there is no hope
for building up feeding yards with Max
loan importations. They are kept princi
pally on the ranges until ready for
wnuguror, buu mw uusi ui mtuuttmzvncti
meantime Is bat a trifle.
Another serious loss to the fanner and
the stock raiser Is In the hog. Two or
three thousand hogs oan be fattened with
out additional expense for feed In the
yards where one thousand head of cattle
are being fattened, and the demoralisation
of our feeding Industry outs off In this
manner another very great Item of profit
and source of wealth.
It Is not generally known, but Is never
theless true, that tea western army posts
and Indian agencies are supplied from
these Mexican nerds, and the contractors
for beef supplies are the principal persons
now engaged In that business. Thus the
Nebraska farmer enters into sharp com
petition in the Chloago and Kansas City
markets, where an immense product Is
used by the packers, and again on the
west In supplying beef directly to consum
ers for whom the government is the pro
vider.
These cattle are not shipped to market
8s Mexicans, nor are they known as suph,
ut appear In the market reports as Tex
ans. The cattle Industry In Texas has
also received a severe blow, and com
8Taints are very loud upon the Texas oat
le ranges.
Why Cattle Caa Be Balsed Be Cheaply la
Mextoe.
As before stated, Mexican oattle range
in an atmosphere of perpetual summer.
The ranges are of great extent and cost
the oattle raisers comparatively nothing.
No fend&s are required. Immense herds
roam at will for months. If herders are
needed, and not a very great number Is
ever required, their compensation does not
exoeed 86 cents per day, nevor In fact ox- {
seeding 37 oents, all in Mextoan money, of
course, worth at the present time but 68
oents, gaugod by the American standard, i
No Nebraska fanner oan escape the pay- ;
ment of taxes, there is a fixed value to his
lands, the oost of raising and feeding is
baaed on the American system and cost of
labor, and he oould not, if he would, be
.able to compete now or ever with every
thing fitted to the Advantage of his Mex
ican competitor.
A wealthy citizen of Lincoln Is fitting
up a large ranch or hacienda in Mexico.
He sees an opportunity there for Investing
tho capital that he hoe accumulated In
this state in farming and cattle raising,
because Mexico furnishes cheap lands,
cheap labor and a desirable climate, while
the United States supplies the market for
cattle at enormous profits. UnclPsam
furnishes tho market “for a song,” and
even sings the song himself. Lands worth
flic to ISO an acre in the United States are
offset against lands equally good in Mex
ico, producing two crops a year, for 11 per
acre ip Mexican money, or S3 cents in
American coin. The Lincoln gentleman
referred to, writing over hls own signa
ture. says: -THE ONLY RELIEF TO
THE FARMERS OF THIS COUNTRY
WILL COME THROUGH PROTEC
tiun.” law tuts ts true of oar cat
tle Industry there is not a particle of
doubt, and It is of the cattle industry
alone that this article is Intended to treat.
Home Observations Hade In Texas.
A resident of the Republican valley in
Nebraska, who spent considerable time in
Texas two years ago, before and after the
Wilson bill went into effect, had his atten
tion drawn to this matter very sharply
through frequent association with cattle
men and familiarity with the cattle
ranges. The Texas oattle-raiser, who has
a decided advantage over the northern
fanner In cattle raising, declared that he
oould not compete with the Mexican, with
the change to a 30 per oent tariff, owing to
the great difference in cost of raising in
favor of the Mexican. It was considered
in Mexico that there was a good profit in
a steer when sold on a basis of $1 for each
year of its growth. That is, II for a year
ling, 13 for a two-year-old, and IS for a
three-year-old. It seems unreasonable to
suppose that a steer oould be sold accord
ing to such a scale of prices,, but the Mex
ican can do it and be good money ahead.
The small farmer in Mexloo oould not do
it, of course, but farming in Mexloo is
conducted by wealthy men and the raising
of oattle is carried on by owners of im
mense herds.
The cattle-raisers of Texas have tens
and tens of thousands of aores of grazing
land under fenoe at great cosU The land
has a cash value ana demands a rental in
American money that would buy nearly
two acres of land In Mexico. They also
maintain large establishments, pay their
herders good wages, and consequently
were not prepared for the competition that
was thrust upon them by the Wilson bill.
There are government contractors in
Texas as well as in the northwest, who
have large contracts to supply the tribes
in the Indian country, ana these contract
ors were the very first to buy their beef
oattle on the Mexican side and leave the
Texas cattle-raiser to hold th9 sack.
So there has been a great loss to the cat
tle Industry in Texas and the oomplalnts
from that state, all of whloh are justifia
ble, are both long and loud.
Robert F. Porter os Cattle Importation*.
The distinguished statistician,' Robert
F. Porter, compiler of the census of 1890,
in an article printed slnoe the above was
written, and printed in the Omaha Bee on
Sunday, September 18, goes into this mat
ter of cattle importation at considerable
length. Briefly summarized, we find:
First, that under the McKinley law the
tariff Was 19 op eatae one year old or less
and MO. op catJCle over, one year old. Sec
ond, that under the Wilson bill the duty
wan changed to 30 per cent ad valorem,
which opens the way for “fraudulent in
voices and undervaluation.” On this head
Mr. I>prt»r states that Mexico might, for
instance, send in cattle and value them at
IS per head, duty 40 cents; Argentine at
18 per hoad, duty 60 cents; or Canada |5
per head, duty $1, The following table
shows the importations for six years, the
year 1896 being the first full year under
the Wilson bill;
Number. Value.
. 26,760.| 171,916
. 9,668. 63.659
. 2,086 . 20,889
. 8,119. 84,668
. 1,280. 18,355
.227,636. 1,891,694
These cattle sold in the United States at
an average price of 116 per head, giving
the foreign shippers a net profit of about
13.500.000. It is further shown that these
oattle were imported under an average
appraisement of 13.54 per head. Both of
these statements, as to average prioe of
•15 and average valuation of 18.54, sustain
the statements of our Informant under
the heading, “An Interview With a Mex
ican Cattle Importer, ” and the compari
son will be found particularly valuable
and interesting to the person seeking
light. *
Again Mr. Porter shows that our ex
ports have fallen from 894,856 head in 1890,
874,679 in 1891 and 894,607 in 1893, to 889,850
in 1895, a loss of over one hundred thous
and in that year, under the operation of
the Wilson bill, and a net shrinkage in
value of about ten million dollars. Mean
time, betvwen 1898 and 1896, the number
of oattle fn the United States had de
creased 5,000,000 head, or from 87,000,000 in
in 1898 to 83,000,000 in 1896.
Mr. Porter sums up his conclusion in
these words: "Thus is the withering
effect of the dead hand of democracy felt
in both agricultural and industrial en
deavor, and In no industry is the lesson so
clear as in the oattle and hide trade. I
have shown that this legislation intro
duced uncertainty where certainty ex
isted; it brought about undervaluation
and instigated fraud; it increased impor
tation to a point where it no longer be
came profitable for American farmers to
raise oattle; it reduced our herds at homo
6.000. 000 head; it decreased our exporta
tion 100,000 head, making a loss of $9,000,
000 to tho oattle raiser; and lastly it
brought about a depreciation of $60,000,
000. And for what? That Wilson and
Bryan and a few other visionaries might
try an experiment. That an ‘objeet fee
son’ might be given the people. If there
is any other reason it is not apparent, for
the changes were as absolutely senseless
as they have proved disastrous.
Year.
1890
1891
1893
1893
1894
1895
it ought not to be necessary to Nk this
question. There is but one thlngto do,
and that one thing Is to vote for Repub
lican candidates for oongress, who will
when elected assist in placing a tariff on
cattle importations that will again give the
fanners of this country the control of the
Amerloan live stock markets.
In no one respect has the fanner lost so
much as in this one Industry, and his loss
will soon run beyond computation if the
evil is permitted to continue. He is as
sailed on all aides by the cheap farm labor
of other countries, who oan sell to him on
his own doorstep cheaper than his own
cost of production. He cannot go out of
business. He must live. Self-preserva
tion Is the first law of nature. He has
learned that there Is such a thing as a pro
tective tariff that proteots, and it Is dawn
ing upon him that in no one particular is
this so true as in its application to the cat
tle industry.
The facts here presented are given to the
farmers of Nebraska for their careful con
sideration. They have not been over
stated. It has been the intention te pre
sent them in a thoroughly conservative
manner. A great dear more than has
been said could be written and printed
upon the subjeot, but it has been the ob
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covering the essential points, so that* It
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
CONSOLIDATED NOTICE.
TIMBER CULTURE FINALPROOF. NOTICE
FOR PUBLICATION.
United States Land Oitice,
O’Neill, Neb. Sept. 15.1886.
Notice Is hereby given that Willie Anderson
of Cvrene. Missouri, has filed notice of In
tention to make final proof before the Regis
ter and Receiver at their office lu O’Neill,
Neb., on Saturday, the 24th day of October,
1890, on timber culture application No. 6286,
for the NWti of section No. 84, in township
No. 27, north, range No. 18. west. He names
as witnesses: James Holden. T. V. Norvell,
E. E Hanna and Al. Ayers, all of Chambers,
Nebraska.
Also, Willie Anderssn, one of the heirs and
for the heirs of Adonlram J. Anderson, de
ceased, on timberculture application No. 0285
for the SW ^ of section No. 27, in township
No. 27 north, range No. 13 west.
He names as witnesses: James Holden. T.
V. Norvell, E. E. Hanna and Al. Ayers, all of
Chambers, Nebraska.
11-6 John A. Harmon, Register.
TIMBER CULTURE. FINAL PROOF.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
United States Land Office, I
O'Neill, Neb., August 15, 1800.1
Notice Is hereby given that Agnes T.
Bentley has filed notice of Intention to make
final proof before the register and receiver at
tlielr office In O’Neill, Neb., on Friday, the
25th day of September. 1886,on timberculture
application No. 6290, for the NH Ne‘4 N'/»
MW', of section No. 83. in township No. 28
north range No. II west. She names as wit
nesses: Joseph Musel, of Inman, Neb , J. E.
Harding, Cyrus H. Bentley and H. M. Weekes,
of O’Neill. Neb.
6-6np J win A. Haiimon. Register.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Land Office at O’Neiij,, Neb. I
August 8. 1886. f
Notice Is hereby given that tho following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof in support or his claim,
and that said proof will be made before the
register and receiver at O’Neill, Neb., on
Septemoer 19, 1896. viz:
ELSIE B. HOWARD. H. E. No. 14421,
for the SE(i SK‘t WH SEV* section 5, and
NWJ| NEK» section 8, township 26, north,
range 11 west. 6th p. M.
She names the following witnesses to prove
her continues residence upon and cultiva
tion of. said land, viz: Ellas E. Perkins,
Rudolph Mielke. Robert Starr aud John
Reitz, all of Little, Neb.
6-n John A. Harmon, Register.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
» Land Office at O’Neill, Nob.,
„ , . . . July 17,1898.
Notice Is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of bis Intention
to make final proof in support of his claln* J
and that said proof will be made before thv f
Register and Receiver at O’Neill. Nebraska! )
on August 28.1896, viz: >■*“-*■
CHARLES M. BROWN, H. E. No. 14889,
for tlie.EH N'F.Si and EH SEtt section 30,
township 27, north range 12 west.
He names the following witnesses to prov
ide continuous residence upon and culti
vation of,said land, viz: Gotlleb Nlemand,
Carl Niomand, Andy Walch and Ignats
Walch, all of Chambers, Nebraska.
3>8np. John A. Harmon, Register.
NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENTS.
James C. Bullock and Mary E. Bullock non
resident defendants: Notice is hereby given
that on the 18th day of August, 1896, Kirby
and Howe the plaintiff In this action, filed
his petition in the office of the clerk of
the district court of Holt county, Ne
braska, the object and prayer of which Is
to foreclose a certain mortgage executed by
Mary E. Bullock and James 0. Bullock upon
the northeast quarter section 27, township
83, north range 16, west 6th p. m.. In Holt
county, Nebraska, which mortgage was ex
ecuted and delivered to plaintiffs and filed
for record on the 6th day of January, 1869,
and recorded in book 66 of mortgages at page
343; that there Is now due upon said mort
gage the sum of 6460,00.
You are required to answer said petition
on or before the 16th day of Ootober, 1866, or
the same will be taken as true and Judgment
entered accordingly.
10-4 H. M. Uttley,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENTS.
John Newman, Tresa Newman, J. F. Bras
ford and Mrs. Brasford his wife, whose first
and full name Is unknown, non-resident de
fendants. Notice Is hereby given, that on
the 28th day of August, 1866. Equitable Se
curities oompany.the plaintiffs In this action,
filed his petition In the office of the olerk of
the district oourt of Holt county, Nebraska. ■
the object and prayer of wbtbh Is to foreclose
a certain mortgage executed by John New- M
■nan and Tresa Newman upon the north hajpa
of northeast quarter, southeast quarter of
northeast quarter and northeast quarter ot \
northwest quarter section 34, township 31, >
north range 12. west 6th p. m.. In Holt county,
Nebraska, whloh mortgage was exeouted and
delivered to Farmers Loan and Trust Co.,
and filed for record on the 16th day of Feb- ~
ruary, 1886, and recorded In book4S of mort
gages at page 256; that there Is now due upon
said mortgage the sum of 6426.00.
You are required to answer said petition on
or before the 16th day of October, 1886. or the
same will be taken as true and Judgment
entered accordingly.
10-4 H. M. Uttley.
Attorney for Plaintiff.
IN THE COUNTY COURT.
Before G. A, McCutchen, County Judge.
J. L. Biddle non-resident defendant: You
are hereby notified that on August 18, 1886,
Henry Watterman administrator of the es
tate of Barret Scott deceased, commenced an
action In said court against you and Amos
Sargent and James Sargent to recover the
sum of 6125, now due upon a promissory note
given by you to Barret Scott and at the same
time the said county court Issued an order of
attachment which said order was placed in
the hands of the sheriff of Holt County, Ne
braska, and on the 18th day of August was
levied upon the store building, counters and
shelving situated In the 8E)4 of the SE!4.
section 4-31-10 In Holt County, Nebraska, as
your property, and that on the 22nd day of
August 1866 said case waB continued lor 66
days for publication of this notice at that
time judgment will be entered against you
and an order to sell the property unless you
appear and show cause why the same should
not be done. Henry Watterman, Plaintiff,
Administrator for the estate of Barret
Scott. 163
LEGAL NOTICE.
John Price, Thomas Carberry and Mrs. A.
J. Traver, (first name unknown,) defendants,
will take notice that on the 7th day of Sep- ,
ternber, 1886, Helen A, Berry, plaintiff herein,
filed her petition In the district court of Holt H
county. Nebraska, against said defendants,
impleaded with Nebraska Loan and Trust
Company, also a defendant, the object and
prayer of which petition are to foreclose a
tax lien held by the plaintiff upon and against
the northwest quarter of section ten (10.) In
township twenty-nine (29,) north of range
sixteen (16.) ’west of the 6th p, m„ In Holts
county, Nebraska. That on the 6th day off
December, 1889, E. W. Adams purchased saidf
premises at private tax sale according to law
for the delinquent taxes levied on sala prem
ises for the year 1888, and paid for said delin
quent taxes. Interest and costs, at, said tax
sale, the sum of 625.03. That on the 25th day
Of September, 1890, said E. W. Adams paid
the taxes levied on said premises for the year
1888 and whloh at the time of such payment
were delinquent, and that said delinquent
taxes with Interest amounted to 614.38 at. the
time they were so paid by said Adams. That
the taxes levied oh said land for the year 1890,
became delinquent and on the 28th day of
August, 1891, said Adams paid taxes amount- ,
ing with interest to 614.90. That the taxes
levied on said land for the year 1881, became
delinquent, and on the 30th day of September
1892, said Adams paid taxes amounting with
interest to 817.80. That taxes were levied on
said premises for the year 1802, and said
taxes became delinquent and on the 3rd day
of October. 1893, said Adams paid said taxes
amounting with Interest to 620.50. That
when said Adams purchased said premises
at said tax sale a tax sale certificate was duly
Issued to. him by the treasurer of said Holt
county and that said premises have never -
been redeemed from said tax sale and all of *
said taxes constitute a valid lien on said
premises. That On the 24tb day of July, 1893,
said E. W. Adams, for a valuable oonstder- j
atlon. sold and assigned said tax lien upon I
said land and all Interest he ever possessed J
on said land under and by virtue of said tax
sale, and under and by virtue of all taxes
ever paid by him on said premises to this
plaintiff who is now the owner thereof, That
there is now due the plaintiff on said tax lien
the sum of 6168.06, for which sum With Inter
est from this date at ten per oent. per annum.
laintlff prays lor a decree, that defendants
e required to pay the same, or that said
premises may be sold to satisfy thp amount
found due.
You are required to answer said petition
on or before the 19th day of Ootober, 1886.
Dated this 10th day of September, 1886,
10-4 Helen A. Berry, Plaintiff.
LEGAL NOTICE.
Johann Daniels, Cheok H. Tonoray, Emma
Toncray and Mrs. B. A. Lester, (first name
unknown,) defendants, will take notice that
on the Tth day of September, 1806, Helen A.
Berry, plaintiff herein, filed her petition In
the district court of Holt county. Nebraska,
against gald defendants impleaded with Ed.
F. Gallagher and Nebraska Loan and Trust
Company, also defendants, the object aud
prayer of which petition are to foreclose a
tax lien held by the plaintiff upon and against
the . east half of the northeast quarter of
section six (0,) and the west half of the north
west quarter of sectlon|flve (fi,) In township
twenty-five (25,) north of range twelve (12,)
west of the fith p. m., In Holt county, Nebras
ka. That on the 5th day of December, 1580,
E. W. Adams purchased said premises at
private tax sale In accordance with law for
the delinquent taxes levied on said premises
for the year 1888, and paid forsaid delinquent
taxes. Interest and costs, at said tax sale the
sum of 818.80. That on the 30th day of Sep
tember, 1892, said E. W Adams paid the taxes i
levied on said premises for the year 1801. and
which at the time of such payment were de
linquent, and that said delinquent taxes with
interest amounted to 812.35 at the time they
were so paid by said Adams. That the taxes
levied upon said land for the year 1802, be
came delinquent and on the 3rd day of Octo
ber, 1803, said E. VV. Adams paid said taxes
amounting with Interest to 814.86. That when
said Adams purchased said premises at said
tax sale a tax sale certificate was duly Issued
to him by the treasurer of said Holt county,
and that said premises have never been re
deemed from said tax sale and all of said
taxes constitute a valid lien on said premises
That on the 24th day of July, 1803, said E. W.
Adams, for a valuable consideration, sold
and assigned his tax lien upon said land, and*
all Interest he ever possessed In said land un
der and by virtue of said tax sale, and under
and by virtue of all taxes ever paid by him
on said premises to this plaintiff, who Is now
the owner thereof. That the s is now due
the plaintiff on said tax lien the sum of 872.T5,
for which sum with Interest from this date at
ten per cent, per annum plaintiff prays for a
decree, that the defendants be required to
pay the same or that said premises may he
sold to satisfy the amount found due.
You are required to answer said petition /
on or before the 19th day of October, 1896. —A
Dated this 10th day of September. 1898. x.
10-4 Helen A. Berry. Plaintiff. i
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