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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 13, 1902)
* The Frontier. VOLUME XXII. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1902. NUMBER 33. Story of Their Doings as Continued From Week to W eek.—Bonds • Approved. BILLS ARE ALLOWED BY THEM Many Ma ters of Interest to the Tax Pay ers Itemized By the Clerk for Publication. The following opinions of the coun ty attorney were read and ordered placed on record. Qnestion of mileage for delivering ballots. To the honorable board of super visors of Holt county: Gentlemen—Regarding the ques tion whether a person who delivered the ballots under the direction of the clerk is entitled will say: That the statute is silentas to what fees shall be paid the person for de livering the ballots. The statute provides that county or municipal clerk shall cause the same to be de livered to the various judges of elec tion the proper number of ballots. The expense of delivering these bal lots is to be borne by the county. The county clerk has authority to make'contracts with the persons that he employes to do the work. In the absence of a contract as to what should be charged, a fair and reason able amount should be paid. The dis tance traveled and the amount of time spent should be considered. Yours respectfully, Arthur Mullen, County Attorney. Question: Has the county board the right to refund taxes paid by mis r take? h O’Neill, Neb., Jan. 17,1902, To the honorable board of super visors: Gentlemen—Regarding the ques tion asked whet her the county board have the legal right to order a refund on taxes erroneously paid, will say T that you have legal right and it is your duty to order a refund of taxes in all cases when it appears that an error has been made in the payment of the taxes. If a party pays on one description of land, when in truth and in fact, he thought he was paying on another the tax should be refunded; or if a party ordered a tax paid on one description and through an error a receipt was issued on another,descrip tion of land the tax should be refund ed. Yours respectfully, Arthur Mullen, County Attorney. In regard to mileage paid to spec ial deputy sheriffs. January 28, 1902. To the honorable body of supervis g ors of Holt county: X Gentlemen—It is my opinion that special deputy sheriffs, who make service of the processes as provided for in section 2918 of the 1901 statute, are entitled to 5 cents mileage for each mile actually and necessarily traveled while making the required service. Yours respectfully, Arthur Mullen, County Attorney. O’Neill, Neb., Jan. 29, 1902. Board met pursuant to adjournment. All members present. Minutes of the proceedings of the session of January 28 were read and approved. > John S. Leis, trustee for the sale of ' lands belonging to Holt county, pre sented the following report: O’Neill, Neb., Jan. 29,1902. To the honorable board of supervis ors of Holt county, Nebraska: 1, John S. Leis, trustee, beg leave f to report the following: That I sold the following lands as trustee for Holt county: To sale of SiSl of sec. 32 twp 34 range 14 w for.$400 To sale of NiSWi and SEJ SWi, sec 27, and NElSEj sec 28, twp 28, range 12w 0pm for.350 To 2 abstracts.$ 10 50 To taxes paid. 30 24 To use of team 3 days to view the land at $2 50. 7 50 Treasurer’s receipt. 695 70 Total.$750 00 $750 00 As trustee I ask to have the report accepted and approved and to be dis charged as trustee. Respectfully submitted John S. Leis, trustee. Subscribed and sworn before me this 29th day of January, 1902. E. S. Gilmour, , County Clerk. On motion the report was received, adopted and trustee discharged. ' Communication from M. R. Chit tick in regard to taxes for 1901 was referred to committee on taxes and tax titles. Committee on taxes and tax titles presented the following report: Mr. Chairman: We, your commit tee on taxes and tax titles find that the Ewing State bank was assessed on bank stock for $3,350.10 for the year 1901, and we further tind that the county board reduced the amount to $1,500, that being the amount said board thougtit just and proper as com pared with assessment of other banks in Holt county, and we further tind that the bank stock is assessed to M. Lt. Chittick of Ewing, Nebraska. We, your committee believe this a fair assessment on said property and therefore recommend that it be left as it appears on the tax list for 1901. John Moler W. S. Grimes H. C. Howard Committee. On motion the report was adopted. Mr. Chairman: I move you that the county attorney be requested to file a written opinion as to the legal right of the board of supervisors to rectify the excessive high valuation placed on the real estate of the village' of Page by the board of equalization. H. C. Howard Frank Phillips The resolution was adopted. Moved and seconded that the clerk serve a copy of the above resolution op the county attorney. Whereas, It has come to the knowledge of this board that there is now pending in the district court of Holt county, Nebraska, some three hundred cases brought by the county attorney of this county to foreclose the county’s lien for taxes, many of which have been pending since 1899, And whereas, It is claimed that much of the land involved in said ac tions is not worth the taxes and costs, And Whereas, It seems necessary and proper for this board to investi gate these cases and determine how they should be disposed of to the best interest of the county, And Whereas, The board is not in formed as to the legal standing of these cases and cannot with an exam ination of each case at great expense to this county be informed as to the standing and condition of said cases and the land involved; Therefore, Be it resolved by this board that the. county attorney is hereby directed to at once prepare and file with the county clerk a detailed statement and report on all pending actions wherein Holt county is plain tiff in actions for foreclosures of tax liens. TSach case to be on a seperate sheet. Said statement to show the title of the case, its number, the de scription of the land involved, and for what years and the amount of tax Eor each year. Also to contain a statement of any tax not involved on land on which foreclosure has been commenced giv ing the amount due for each year, and ilso to further inform this board whether or not if all the necessary parties were made defendants and the conditions of each case as to service an defendants and whether decree has been entered and if so whether the land has been offered for sale and I f VI At OAlrl til A 1*AA A AM t All rtf, \ II HAM The county attorney to give this board in each case any further infor mation that he may have that will aid the board in its investigation. Frank Phillips Conrad Kramer On motion the aoove resolutions were adopted and tlie county clerk ordered to serve a copy on the county attorney. The following petition was pre sented: O’Neill, Neb., Jan. 23, 1902. To tlie honorable board of super visors of Holt county, Nebraska: Gentlemen—On August 23, 1899, I paid to F. B. Pine, treasurer of Steele Creek township, the taxes on the Wi NEf and Nt NW1 of 19-32-9, the amount paid being $11.99. This is an erroneous payment for'I never had any interest in the above described land. Tlie land that I intended to pay on and which I then owned and is still owned by me is the EJNE1 sec 11, and EJNE1 sec 11, twp 32, range 9. Since the time I paid taxes on the land in 19-32-9 my land in sec 11 and 11-32-9 has been sold at tax sale. Tlie amount necessary to redeem same at this time is $15.72. Your petitioner respectfully prays that tlie amount erroneously paid on the WINE* and NJNWi 19-32-9 be refunded to him and in addition the sum of $1 the ac cumulated costs on tlie tax sales, the to al amount of the refund being $15.99. Nick White. On motion tlie following bonds were approved: Rees Prin ting coinpanv for supplies. Peter Clausen, treasurer of Pleas antview township. On motion board adjourned until one o’clock, p. m. MAT10NBILLB00MEB Strong Opposition Brought to Bear to Prevent the Measure Passing. IT HAS MANY FATAL DEFECTS 3*lieve Its Passage Would Help Out Corpor ations and Woik Hardships for Homesteaders. Omaha News: From this time on the local members of the National Irrigation association lines toward the defeat of the bill now before con gress. George If. Maxwell, secretary of the association, and chairman of the executive committee, who was in Omaha yesterday, stated that was the direction in which all of the efforts of the body are now being exerted. The compromise bill, as it is known he says, has a number of fatal defect s, which would make its passage in advisable. Under its terms, one provision is made for the actual settlement of land by homesteaders, as the land is not thrown open to contract for the small settler until after the map of the irrigation canals has been laid out. On this account it is feared that the big operators would step in and take the choicest tract, before the smaller men wouia nave a cnance. me law limiting tlie holdings of any one man to 160 acres could be avoided by hav ing the employees of the big operators take out claims. By the pending bill, the government holds no control over the interstate streams, and it would be possible for the state highest up the stream to take practially the whole supply. In this case Nebraska would be shut out high and dry by Colorado and Wyom ing. Individual congressmen have other objections to the bill, Mr. Maxwell says, and it is considered impossible to secure its passage. Looks Like Business. - This bit of information from Nio brara looks like the Elkhorn road means business in Boyd county: Con tractor Larson, who has the contract for blasting out the two miles of Mis souri river bluff at the mouth of the Niobrara river for the Fremont, Elk horn & Missouri Valley extension into Boyd county, has completed the quar ters for his men near the works and this week the blasting of the rocks will begun in earnest. A few experi mental blasts have already been made with black powder, which proved un satisfactory. Dynamite will be used in the real work and when the bluff is ready for the steel, it will be one of the most picturesque pieces track of on Northwestern system. The bed of the road will be solid rock. General Manager Bidwell and Mr. Cook, the right-of-way man, were both here the latter part of this week and expressed themselves as being well pleased with the progress of the work. Decided Statement A special from Sioux City of Feb ruary 8 makes this positive state ment: “Abel Anderson of this city, and interests identified with Com bination Bridge company, will build the Atkinson & Niobrara-River rail way from O'Neill, Neb., to a point in Gregory county, South Dakota. The road will be an extension of the Great Northern’s short line into the portion of tlie Rosebud Indian reservation, soon to be opened to settlement.” People hereabout have pinned none too much faith to the rumors of the Short Line extention into the country north of us, but railroad events are shaping tliem-selves lately so that it looks more probable for the eonsuma tion of this scheme. The above special is decided in its statement and we can look for dirt to fly soon in this neighborhood. -• Matrimonial Judge Morgn’s marriage record shows the following for the past week: William Tibbes of Craig to Miss Emma Ermer, of Chambers. Jesse Loucksand Miss Odessa Smith, both of Inman. Fred A. Preinus to Miss Mary Buterbories, both of Ewing. Daniel Harris to Miss Hattie Thayer, both of Star. Two Stallions for Sale On Saturday, February 22, we will have two stallions at Henry Zimmer man’s barn in O’Neill for sale. One Shire and one Norman, ages 5 years. Will be sold at private sale for cash or on time. Warranted sure fold getters. It will pay you to see these horses. Nebraska Horse Co. 33-2 The case in Justice Slattery's court, John Fallon vs. D. A. Doyle, was post poned from the 10th to the 17th. MINOR MENTION Bale ties at Brennan’s. M B Toms for sale.—J. B. Berry Paddock, Neb. 2-w Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Jackson went to Stanton Monday. T. V. Golden had buisness at Fre mont the first of the week. Attorney R. R. Dickson was; at tending court at Basset this week. For farm loans, on reasonable terms call on Elkhorn Valley Bank. 13tf A. L. Rous of Blackbird was a caller Monday, renewing for The Frontier. The wroking society will meet with Mrs. Hicks, Wedensday, Febuary 19. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Harrington en tertained at their home on last Satur day evening. Tom Enright set the pace for the bowlers at the alley this week, run ning up a score of 231. ' Ernest Stilwell was up from South Fork country the first of the week. He was figuring on holding a sale in the near future. Owen Killoran is advertising a sale at his place ten miles north of O’Neill. We understand Mr. Killoran expects to leave this section. I’hillip Heckel of Scottville town ship was before the board yesterday with a petition for re-locating a road in his neighborhood. B. W. Postlewaite, James Barnes and J. W. Sprague of Scottville town ship and H. R. Sprague of Hainsville were businessing together in O’Neill Wednesday. Judge and Mrs. J. J. Harrington gave a reception to a company of young people at their home on Mon day evening and a very pleasant social time was had. Frank Prebel came in with a cara van of seven wagons yesterday from his place over in the hay belt with some iifteen or twent y tons of as fine baled hay as you would want to see. Bert Thomas, one of Dorsey’s enter prising young men, was in the city Tuesday closing up a deal for the purchase of a quarter section of Steel , Creek’s best real estate Bert knows a good thing when he sees it arid be lieves in investing his spare means in something substantial. PETITION FOR BRIDGE Residents of Northeast Holt Want One Over Niobrara River Near Lynch. PROBS WOLF WITH A FORK And Then Be>ti Oat lu Life With a Club.—A. B. Newell I tues Unique Advert.s meet. M. T. Elliott and Tom Crowe have been camping in town the greater part of the week armed with a petition copiously signed for the building of a bridge across the Nio brara at Lynch, which they expect to present to the county board for its careful consideration at the first op portunity. The board is now check ing up, but will go into regular ses sion about next Wednesday, when the fate of the petition will soon be de termined. Atkinson Graphic: Mr. Trout, living a mile and a half west of town, brought in a wolf Thursday which he bad killed in a novel manner. He saw the animal making himself com fortable near a hay-stack, and slipped iround and jabbed him with a pitch fork. Instead of nerforatinir him in a vital part as he intended he merely pinioned him in the flank, so that all he could do was to hold on and holler for help. Mrs. Trout heard the dis turbance and when she saw what was iccuring came to the assistance of her husband with a club, with which the wolf was dispatched. A. B. Newell, one of O’Neill’s most mergetic real estate men, has just issued 5,000 copies of a unique adver tising card. The card is in the shape if a folder and shows diagrams of three large ranches in Holt county which Mr. Newell has for sale; also ither advertising matter. It is per haps the largest and best designed piece of advertising matter of the kind ever put out in O’Neill and loubtless will bear much fruit. The printing was done at The Frontier ittiee. Mr. Newell went to Fremont Wednesday to attend a convention of •eal estate men and incidentially cir :ulate some of his cards. 1 Teeth or photographs at Corbett’s, i 6th to 39th of each month. 39tf. A nice line of mens’ pants for sale cheap at John J. Harrington’s store. 31-3. Sheriff Hall returned Tuesday even ing from Omaha, where he had gone with Mrs. Hall for medical treatment. Mrs. Hall was taken to a private hos pital and will need to remain for some weeks. Will Carson of Steel Creek was in town last week and closed a bargain whereby lie becomes owner of the McWhorter ranch of 400 acres on which he has made his home for some time past. Every body is grateful for a modera tion in the weather. For two weeks md a half severe cold reigned, but on Monday a thaw came, losening up the Ice and snow and bathing the streets In pools of water. J. G. Wendell was at Sioux City last week attending a sale of horses. Mr. Wendell is interested in the Nebraska Horse company, and is spending most of his time on the road buying horses. Rev. Gorst, D. D., will preach at the Methodist church on next Sunday evening. The services will be the beginning of revival meetings in which Rev. T. C. Webster of Central city will assist. Everybody cordially mini'll. Principal Owens of our public schools Is occupying his spare moments pre paring a prospectus for the O’Neill iummer school for the coming season, rhe faculty this year will be the same is that last year. The prospectus is neatly designed with an attractively engraved cover, and will contain several important articles on educa tion from some of Nebraska’s leading educators. The school will open on I une 30. Postmaster Newman of Minneola registers a kick against the way his Family is being treated under the quarantine for smallpox. All of the Family, six in number, except Mr. Newman himself, are under quaran tine at their home near Dorsey. Mr. Newman is at Minneola. He makes complaint that no one is allowed to idminister to the needs of the family. He says he discovered last week that they were out of food and fuel and •omplains that the health regulations ire quarantining his family without naklng necessary provisions for rel ieves and friends to administer to their comforts. 1[cr ©e c oooooooooocooo oooo»oooc ooo©oo©o ooo300000ooooocooo l ww WILL BEGIN A WW DISCOUNT sale: on Children's and Youth’s Clothing | Saturday, Feb. 15, continuing 2 weeks. j I Special bargains will be offered in these lines, and if you are interssted it will pay you to call and investigate r. ■ s ::