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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 27, 1902)
IN HOLT COUNTY. 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BEST Wiftd mill, Corn gheller of any sige or kind, Plow, Disc Cultivator, Hay Sweep. The BEST y Stacker, Ruke, Mower, Binder, BEST Steam or Horse Power Thresher, BEST Machinery of any sort. The BEST Place is at warehouses of TT/VITT Q 1\JIfZ C Proprietor of the Elkhorn Valley ■ 1AL 3111000 Blacksmith and Wagon Shop. The best of Repair Work in Wood or Iron. Horse Shoeing a Specialty and Satisfaction Guaranteed. KILLED LABOR AND NEW TYPE ENABLES US TO PRODUCE ARTIS TIC RESULTS ^ -J'HE FRONTIER PRTG. CO. ~rrn.-gx v .-r : a : i. uia a -:'in —ui; ( THE BEST AT 1 THE FRONTIER Story of Their Doings as Continue! From Week to Week.—Bonds Approved. BILLS ARE ALLOWED BY THEM Many Ma'.ters of Interest to the Tax Pay ers Itemised By the Clerk for Publication. O’Neill, Neb., Feb. 4. 1902. Board met pursuant to adjourn ment. All members present. Minutes of session of January 29tl; were read and approved. The following communication from ex-County Clerk W. W. Bethea was read. To the Honorable Board of Super visors: My attent ion has but recent!) been called to the double leaded ar ticle in the Independent, and later tc your resolution. 1 am somewhat sur prised that the otherwise astute editor of the Independent has been sc slow in getting onto this transaction. I would like to call your attent ion tc the facts in the case. The statute provides that the county clerk shall receive $1,500 pei year; it also provides that the count) clerk shall receive a salary of not tc exceed $400 per year as clerk of the board of supervisors. I would refer you to the compiled stautes of Nebras ka for the year 1901, page 648, which, in part , says as follows: “For performing the duties of clerk to t.llP DAlint.v Pfimmictsinnovc nrirl tending to the business of the county, such salary per annum to be paid by the county quarterly as the com missioner of the county shall allow, not exceeding in any year the sum of four hundred dollars.” This section was in force in 189(i. Acting on this law the board passed the following resolution on July 1<>, 1890, and will be found in supervisor record E, on page 009. “That the county clerk shall be a lowed the sum of $200 for service as clerk of this board, provided the fees of the clerk’s office pay it.” 1 would also refer you to the report of the attorney general for the years 1895-0 which will be found on pages 20 and 21. He says: “For this the statute provides that the commissioners may allow him a salary to be paid quarterly not to ex peed $400. lniny opinion this $400 is air allowance for the specified duty, and is not covered or limited by sec tion 42 in the amount of fees, and that tho clerk would be entiteled to whatever was allowed him by the eommisioners as clerk of the county commissioners, in addition to the $1,500 arising from fees.” This report is to long to copy in full, but can be found in W. R. But tler’s office. I will further say I con ferred with the county attorney in re gard to this matter and his opinion was the same as the attorney genera 1, 1 will venture the opinion that more than half of the county clerk’s of tho st at eat t trot time not only received $gO,Q for one year but received the fuh amount of $ too for each year. The above is m> explanation of the matter so far as 1 have been able to look up i he law at this £ime. If I am not entitled to this money it will be returned without any expense to the county. I would like to call your attention to one instance. The year 1894 being my first year as clerk 1 failed to. fife my claim for making the ta.\ list at the July meeting, thinkir\g ft would be better to waif until f had complet ed the w;oTK before asking the board tq afip.w it, Rut tire fund was ex hausted and I had to carry it over until the fallowing July and then set timer n fliemimt rPlwr liof made in forty aero tracts that year and my claim was $1,000. In this transaction the county saved $112 in tlie way of interest. I sold half of this warrant when allowed at a dis count of $25, the total loss to me being $137. I will further say that during the time I carried this claim 1 paid tlie First National bank the sum ol $07.70 interest on borrowed mopey H conduct the office, This claim, yyfll be found entered on my fee book at fgee value, or$V.ooa In justice if not hi law I should be reimbursed for the loss I sustained in tins case. Since writing the above I find by consulting council that there has beer a case decided by the supreme court covering this case, the decision being given June 3, 1897, State ex rel vs. Russell, 51 Neb,, page 774 (71 North west Reporter, page 785.) Acting or this decision, l have turned over t the county treasurer $200 vyRU in terest from January Si, 180.7, amoun of interest $70.80, receipt No, 79, JR reading the above case you wil note the judge of the district court held that the county clerk was entit led to retain and not account of$4ot as clerk of the board, but was reversed by the supreme court. 1 attach here to an explanation of W. R. Butler and make it a part of this report. Re spectfully submitted. W. W. Bethea. O’Neill, Feb. 1,1902.—To the Hon J (Table County Board of Holt county, j t -Gentlemen: In the matter of an allowance made to W. W. Bethea, ex county clerk of Holt county, ofcer- 1 tain money for performing the duties j of clerk of tHe county board for the t year 18SW, I respectfully desire to in-jt form you that, as county attorney of Holt county, I was asked for an opin- ' ion as to whether the clerk was enti tled to anv fees for this work arid my opinion was that the clerk was enti tled to such fees as the board was will ing to allow, and my opinion was governed by the written opinion of the attorne y general, A. S. Churchill, dated January 25,18i)5, which opinion 1 regard as the law unless otherwise laid'down by the supreme court of Nebraska. Respectfully yours, W. R. Butler. On motion tile above letter was or dered to be entered on the records and made a part thereof. Application from David Moler for position as janitor was read. Petition from Ed McBride asking to be appointed constable for Grattan township was read. On motion the prayer of the peti tion was granted and Ed McBride was appointed constable for Grattan township. On motion the application of David Moler for janitor was laid on the table. Communication was read from county treasurer in regard to refund- fl ing tax to Caroline W. Fuller amount- I ing to $11 and referred to committee I on taxes and tax titles. The bond of Harvey Ross, road J supervisor of district number 0, was approved. On motion the board adjourned un- f til Tuesday, February 11, 1902, for the e purpose of continuing settlement with county officers. R. J. Marsh, Chairman. E. S. Gilmour, Clerk. _ O’Neill, Nebr., Feb., 11 1902. s Board met pursuant to adjournment * at 9 o’clock. All members present. Minutes of session of February 4 were read and approved. On motion B. W. Postlewait was ' appointed justice of peace for Scott ^ township to fill vacancy. On motion Hiram Stearns was ap- 1 pointed justice of the peace for Rock 1 Falls township to HI) vacancy. ®On motion the sum $270.89, the amount paid by W. W. Bethea be ' transferred to the general fund. Committee on bonds recommended 1 that the bond of the Ewing State 1 Bank be approved to the amount of J five thousand dollars. On motion the recommendation was aeccepted and bond approved. On motion the following bonds were approved: B. W. Postlewait, justice of the s peace, Scott township. Hiram Stearns, justice of the peace, . Rock Falls township. j On motion a refund of taxes was al lowed to Nicholas White amounting to $11.99, amount of taxes erroneously paid on the W{ of NEi and NJ of 1 NW119-32-9 and the clerk was ordered | to draw warrant for said amount. On motion Wm. Lower was ap pointed road overseer for district number 50. On motion John A. Lease was ap pointed road overseer for district j number 12. On motion the claim of C. L. El- ( kins for $14.50 was rejected, the sher iff having already filed a claim cover ing the same spry ice, n.. ... . V... _.. ... .• ^ v-'u mv wuviiiuft vianus , WCte allowed car the general fund: IV H, Cronin, printing.$ 48 72 Geo. A. Baker “ . 8<X) c . 7 33 | State Journal Co. 18 50 j John M. Stewart fees. 4G 00 , . 10 20 . 57 30 . . 56 30 ‘ . 28 8.7 J . 240 00 ' . {>2 90 * . 36 55 . . 2565 J J. P. Hauser elec.3 00 E. F. Porter ........ 4 00 S. S. Ililej; .. 4 00 1 Split (list np 128 . 4 25 , allowed 3 oo. Seh dist no 73 .. 4 oo allowed a oo. Williams & Davis mis. 65 63 Jennie Norvell 40 00 Wm. Lell 44 00 J. M. Douglas 10 70 T. V. Norval 102 (X) M. B. Deck 41 Q5 [ Conrad Cramer 81 to ‘ B. T. Trueblood 8 00 ' Taft & Thomas, ... ....... 6 75 ' Edward l^lieliin, ...._ 3 00 ' Et IF Benedict . 24 00 ' allowed $22 00, On motion board adjourned until ' one o’clock p. m. Feb. 11, 1!X)2, 1 p. m. ( Board met pursuant to adjournment, | all members present. ( On motion the publishing of the , proceedings of the board be let to the ( O’Neill Frontier, Atkinson Graphic , and Stuart Ledger at one third legal , rates to eacli paper. On motion t he board adjourned* up- i til Wednesday, February 19. at 0 ( o’clock, a. tp(., for the purpose of con- ( .. *7?tSJ?!*Tf.c..L . - ■: \. -^f. 'iSSSSSBBBHB | Novelty’’"^ $ _ Clearing Sale In order to reduce onr stock of Jewelry, Silverware Novelties, etc., we will next week sell at a GRAB SALE by taking a thousand articles, valued as high as #10, and placing I them boxes which will be put on sale at ; 25 Cents a Box. With each box we give a ticket and the one holding the greater | number of tickets at close of sale will be given a handsome mounted clock as a present, absolutely free. Grab a Bargain before it is too late. We expect to lose money on this sale, but we I are going to reduce our stock jut the same, and our patrons will be t given some rare bargains. i F. B. COLE & SON O’NEILL, NEB. inuiug settlement with county oflic rs. It. J. Marsh, Chairman. E. S. Gilmour, Clerk. O'Neill, Neb., Feb. 10,1902. The board of supervisors met pur uant to adjournment, all members resent. Minutes of the session of February 1, were read and approved. On motion T. U. Sa relit wasappoin ed road overseer for district nunibei 1. The following communication fron ounty attorney, Arthur Mullen, was ead: O'Neill, Neli., Feb. 7, 1902. To the honorable board of supervis rs of Holt county: Referring to your communicatior egarding your legal right to rectify he excessive valuation placed on tin eal estate in the village of Page bj he hoard of equalization for the yea 901. I have made a thorough investiga ion of the law and the facts in thii use with a view of finding if possible nne authority for you to act anc ive relief in this matter. It is self-evident that a glaring in isice has been done in the equaliza ion of the taxes on town lots in this ounty. 1 am convinced that the oard of equalization proceeded on ar rroneous and inadmissable principle f the equalization of the taxes or own lots in this county. The question you ask is not one y tlocal justice, but the bare lega reposition of whether or not yoi ave the power to give relief. The nswer to that question must be ir he negative. The supreme court o: his state has long since declared tlial lie power of the county commission rs to equalize assessments or gram ny manner of relief against ovei ssessments (except to refund illega axes paid under protest in the man er provided by law) can only be ex rcised while sitting as a board o qualization and that power is limitei o a period of time beginning on tin rst Monday in June add lasting no jss than three nor more than thirty ays. You not only have no power t< ct in this matter but In the even ou did aet you would be liable oi our official bond for the amount o axes released, discharged, remitted o ouumited. The persons aggrieved ii his instance are not without ; etnedy. The proper proceedings ii he proper court can and will rectif; he error. Yours respectfully, Arthur Mullen, Co. Atty. The following communicat ion fron lounty Attorney Mullen was read. February 17,1902. To (lie honorable board of super iso rs: Gentlemen--Regarding your reques o prepare bonds for the printing o he proceedings in The Frontier ituart Ledger and Atkinson Graphic vili say that t lie law provides tha he proceedings of the county boari hall be published in one newspape if general circulation in the county. As the law officer of the county, leem it my duty to call yourattentioi o the fact that you cannot legally le he printing of the proceedings of tin ounty board to three different news •apers. Bonds prepared under sucl ircumstances would not bind tlie per on signing the same and I, am no lear as to whether or uot the count; rould not be liable for the cost o m Wishing t he same. H *s w-ith no desire to in any wa; nterfere with your policy of lettiiq he printing of the proceedings that ] all your attention to this matter. As a lawyer I could not afford to at tempt to draw a bond and pronounce it legal when no legal bond could be drawn. If it is your desire to have these bonds prepared irrespective of the legal phase, I will gladly prepare the same, but will not pronounce , them legal. Yours respectfully, Arthur Mullen, Co. Atty. On motion the Holt County Far mers institute be granted the use of the court house free of charge for . their meetings. The following communication from M. II. McCarthy was read: i Feb. 17,1902. To the honorable board of super visors of Holt county: Gentlemen—Your petitioner repre sents that on January 18, 1901, Caro line W. Fuller paid the 1900 tax on NWi 18-27-10 and by some mistake i this land was sold at tax sale and said Caroline W. Fuller redeemed said land . from said erroneous tax sale at a cos of $11. Wherefore, your petitioner . asks that you i nstruct the county treas i urer to refund to him the sum of $11, the amount paid on redemption of said erroneous tax sale. Receipts hereto attached. M. H. McCarthy. Petition of Dell Akin praying for relief from taxes erroneously assessed to him in Francis and Green Valley townships in the year 1901 was read and referred to committee on taxes and tax titles. On motion the petition of M. H. 1 McCarthy in case of Caroline W. Fuller be referred back to him for more definite statement. On motion board adjourned until one o’clock p. m. TENNYSON’S •EGOTISM. rhe Famous Poet Was Fully A wars sf Bis Fra-emlnent Posltisn. The London Academy reprints from Charles Stewart's recently issued autn [ biography, "Reminiscences of Legal ind Social Life In Edinburgh and London, 1850-1900,” the following rem iniscence of Tennyson: "With Alfred Tennyson In his latter years I had fre quent oportunltles of meeting, both in London and at his country home. Per sonal intimacy with great authors is a dangerous experiment, especially with great poets, for their imaginative writ ings have stimulated one's ideas about their personality until one foolishly half expects to find their genius dis playing Itself In every word and action it their daily life. Tennyson fulfilled such an unreasonable ideal perhaps as well as any man could, for his per sonal appearance, with which every one is familiar, was, of course, mag nificent, and his manners and habits of life were dignified, if a little poeti cally eccentric. But the adulation i which he received from his family and friends was somewhat satiating. I have seen Mrs. Greville, a woman her self of the most brilliant talent, ac tually prostrate herself on the floor before him, just as I have seen ladies ■ qf high rank literally sitting at the r' feet of Sir Henry Irving. Tennyson , would have been more than human If , be had resisted the effect of this hero worship. A little niece of mine was I one day standing beside his chair; , he lifted her up and placed her on his knee and then put her down, saying: 'Now you can say you have sat on Tennyson's knee.’ It was kindly i meant, but there was a self-conscious ness in the words and in the act which : was not infrequently to be observed lu . the paet.” i, -' Veracity In Snath America. “There is one thing to do said in favor of our style of government,” said the South American dictator. “What is that?” “It promotes veracity. When some one itarts a rumor that ; a high official is going to relinquish office, you can pretty near depend on its coming true.’'—Washington Star