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The Frontier.
Published by D. H. CEOS IN.
KOMAINE SAUNDERS. Assistant Editor
and Manager.
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Official paper of O'Neill and liult count).
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Address the office or the publisher.
The Inman News puts it “ex-Gov
ernor Dietrich.”
It requires a real patriot to accept a
government job to which there are no
perquisites attached.
Missouri has a running mate for
President Roosevelt in the person of
Cyrus P Walbridge of St. Louis, who
will have to hustle if he outstrips
John L. Webster.
The young and energetic king of
Spain expresses a desire to visit the
United States. Come along, Alfonso;
your royal highness will be properly
entertained.
Wreckage by land and sea abates
none with the new year. A sunken
■hip in the Straits of Juan de Fuca,
oil Washington coast, with the loss of
fifty lives and a wreck on the Rock
Island near Topeka, Kan., with seven
teen killed, are among the latest.
According to reports from Washing
ton, the government contemplates
the expenditure of some $500,000,000
on public roads, of which sum $308,000
is provided in the bill for Nebraska.
’Tisagood work and more appropriate
than sticking millions into an army
and navy..
xn uie senator metricn trial me
court held that the accused was not a
senator at the time the contract was
made with the government in leasing
a building for the Hastings postofflce.
The senatorial prisoner was discharg
ed and he goes to Washington to as
sume his legislatives duties an acquit
ted man in the eyes of the law. At a
critical moment in the trial, counsel
for the senator raised the question' as
to whether his client was a senator at
the time of the alleged shady trans
actions and the court decided he was
not. Thus ended Nebraska's senatorial
sensation without the calling of a
single witness, and the wind knocked
out of the prosecution. Senator Diet
rich now says he will call upon the
United States senate to make a full
i,- . . • A
and unbiased investigation of the al
I 'gations which still seem inadequate
ly exploded.
Norfolk News: Congressman Kin
kaid of the big Sixth bids fair to make
his presence felt in the national legis
lature during his term of office. He
is a hard worker and is getting next
to things as they are done there with
remarkable facility. His constituency
is already beginning to feel that they
have an able representative in the
judge, and before his term is closed
the entire state may take pride in the
fact that he is one of the delegation
from here. Even if his piesent rec
cord is not Improved upon, his dis
trict can do no better than t<J return
him for another term at the earliest
opportunity. He is of the sort that
Nebraska needs in congress and is
certainly a magnificent improvement
over former representatives of the
Sixth district in recent years.
SUPERVISOR SESSIONS
Official : Publication : of : Proceedings
O’Neill, Neb., Jan. 4, 1904.—Board
called to order at 1 o'clock p. m.
Present: Blglin, Grimes, Howard,
Keefe, Moler, Simar and Phillips.
Minutes of session of November 6,
1903, were read and approved.
On motion D. W. Cameron was re
quired to furnish a bond of $200 for
completion of his contract of side walk
around the court house grounds. The
above motion was carried.
The following petition was:
To the Honorable Board of Super
visors ui Holt county, Nebraska.—
Gentlemen: The undersigned repre
sents that he was assessed in Pleasant
View Township for the year 1903 at a
valuation of $62 and that the board of
equalization raised the valuation to
$167 and that he paid taxes on the
valuation of $167 when he should have
paid on the valuation of $67. He
therefore asks your honorable body to
refund him the amount $6.65, the
amount paid in excess.
Tax receipt is hereto attached.
Hugo Alps.
On motion the above petition was
granted and the clerk was Instructed
to draw a refund warrant for $6.65.
The following petition was read:
O’Neill, Neb., Dec. 2, 1903.—To the
Honorable Board of Supervisors of
Holt county, Nebraska.—Gentlemen:
The undersigned respectfully repre
sents to you that he is the owner of
south 1 of NWJ and north 4 of SWi
section 7 township 25, range 16, that
in writing to the county treasurer to
know the amount of taxes he gave
him the wrong description, and paid
taxes on October 25,1902, on the south
4 NEJ and north 4 SE4 35-26-15 for the
year 1902 as will see by receipt hereto
attached. He further states that he
does not own the land on which he
paid the taxes for the year 1902 and
the same was paid erroneously and
ask you to refund him the amount of
$8.92 and that the same be applied in
payment of taxes on land first above
mentioned.
G. M. Hadley.
By P. J. O’Donnell.
On motion the above petition was
granted.
The following petition was read:
To the Honorable Board of Supervi
sors of Holt county. Nebraska.—Gent
lemen: The undersigned represents
to you that in the year 1902 he was
assessed in Ewing township on person
al property at a valuation of $8 and
labor tax $3, which tax he paid on
January 29, 1903, as you will see by re
ference to the tax books of 1902.'
He also represents that he Was as
sessed on the same property for the
same year in Ewing village. Having
paid tire taxes in Ewing township for
said year lie asks that the taxes assess
ed to him in Ewing village for the
year (1902) be stricken from the tax
books. Dated Ewing, Neb., Nov. 30,
1903. Joseph Sehober, Jr.
On motion the above petition was
granted.
The bids for building bridges
between sections 20 and 21-29-13 and
between section 19 and 20-33-14 were
opened and considered by the board.
On motion the contract for the con
struction of the above named bridges
was awarded to E. Boy Townsend.
The following request was read:
Atkinson, Neb., Dec. 16, 1903.—To
the Honorable Board of Iloltcounty.—
Gentlemen: You are hereby request
ed to transfer all excess bond funds in
S. D., No. 213 to the general funds.
Anton Prussa, Director.
On motion the above request was
granted and the county treasurer was
instructed to make the transfer of
said funds.
The following petition was read:
To the Honorable Board of Supervi
sors of Holt county, Nebraska.—Gent
lemen: Your petitioner, E. L. Brooks,
of Knox county, Nebraska, represents
to you that during the year 1888 he
was a citizen and resident of the vil
lage of Atkinson, Nebraska, and was
engaged in the general merchandise
business. That his stock consisted
mostly of second-hand merchandise, a
great portion of which was damaged
and shelf worn. That the enter value
of said merchandise did not at any
time exceed the value of $2000. That
the assessor of Atkinson township for
the year 1888 either through error or
accident assessed said stock for the
sum of $1520, that said assessment was
grossly unjust and excessive and said
stock should not have been assessed
for more than the sum of $400 as com
pared with the assessment made that
year of the other stocks of goods in
said village. That at the time your
petitioner had no experience in busi
ness matters and knew nothing of the
laws regulating taxation in the state
and took no steps to secure a proper
assessment of said property. That
petitioner removed permanently from
Holt county, during the year 1888 and
never since had a residence therein.
That the taxes levied against him for
said year is the sum of $96.48 and
while the same is unjust and oppres
sive, still your petitioner is anxious
and willing po make a just and equit
able settlement of the same and now
offers to confess judgment for $50 and
cost of suit, the same to be in full
settlement of said taxes. Petitioner
prays your honorable body to enter an
order instructing the county attorney
to commence suit in this county for the
recovery of the amount of said taxes
and upon an offer being filed by your
petitioners to confess judgment for
$50 and cost of suit, that said county
attorney shall accept said offer and
fully release and satisfiy said jugd
ment upon the payment of said
amount, arid that upon the payment
of the said sum of $50 to the county
treasurer he shall strike from the
tax list of said county said taxes as
sessed against your petitioner for the
year 1888.
E. L. Books.
By L, C. Chapman, his Attorney.
The following resolution was read:
Now on this—day of \ January, 1904,
E. L. Brooks of Knoxcountv, Neb., by
his attorney L. C. Chapman ofO’Neill,
Neb., filed his petstton in writing
praying for relief from a grossly ex
cessive and erroneous assessment for
the year 1888, made upon certain per
sonal property then owned by said
Brooks and situated in the village
of Atkinson in said county, and
offering to confess judgment of
the sum of $60 and cost of suit
tlie same to be in full settlement of
said taxes; and it appearing to the
board from the evidence produced
that said assessment was erroneous,
unjust and excessive and it further
appearing to the board that the said
Brooks has not been a resident of this
county for more than fifteen years
and that he has no property in this
county wherewith to satisfy said taxes
and it appearing fm’ther that the in
terest of this county will be better1
subserved by accepting the offer made
by him rather than litigate the mat
ter in another county.
Therefore be it resolved that the
county attorney be instructed to com
mence suit in this county for the re
covery of the amount of the taxes due
from said Brooks and upon an offer
being tiled by said Brooks to confess
judgment for the sum of $50 and cost
of suit that the county attorney ac
cept said offer and fully release and
satisfy said judgment upon the pay
ment of said amount, and upon the
payment of the sum of $50 to the
county treasurer said treasurer shall
strike from the tax list of said county
the taxes against said Brooks for the
year 1888.
The above resolution was adopted.
The following petition was read.
To the Board of Supervisors of Holt
county, Nebraska:
We, the undersigned electors resid
ing within five miles of the following
road, ask that a bridge be built across
Honey Creek on section line between
section 15 and 22-31-12 said bridge to
be about 32 feet long and IP feet wide.
Signed by Wm F. Clevish and 30
others.
On motion the above petition was
granted for a sixteen foot bridge and
Supervisor Moler was instructed to
construct said bridge.
On motion the board adjourned un
til 9 o’clock January 5, 1904.
F. W Phillips, Chairman.
E. S. Gilmour, County Clerk.
O,Neill, Neb., Jan. 5, 1904.—Board
called to order at 9 o’clock a. m., all
members present.
Minutes of yesterday’s session read
and approved.
<D. W. Cameron presented his bond
for the completion of cemeint side
walks around the court house grounds
which was upon motion accepted.
On motion the following claims were
allowed upon the road fund:
L. S Butler.$ 6 70
L E. Skidmore. 4 00
C. E. Hall. 159 55
J. N. Kay. 5 70
Philip .Heckel. 3 10
J. A. I’rommershausser. 5 70 „
John Stites. 2 00
Henry Martfeld . 6 00
G. A. Taylor. 3 95
Frank Thayer. 2 00
Harrison Stites. 2 00
John L. Darr. 3 10
L. A. Combes. 5 70
On motion the following bonds were
approved:
D. J. Cronin, county treasurer.
E. S Gilmour, county clerk.
(Continued on Fifth page.)
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