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Republican Management.
Books of the Auditor show the
State’s Finances.
STATE OF NEBRASKA, Office of
Auditor of Public Accounts, Lincoln,
Neb., Oct. 18, 1904.—Hon. John H.
Mickey, Governor, Lincoln, Neb.—Dear
Sir: Complying with your request of
October 17, 1904, 1 transmit herewith a
certified copy of the Condition of the
floating debt of the state on January
2, 1901. - d on September 1. 1904. Amount
of float i debt January 2, 1901, (1,748,
892.70. To this floating debt should be
added the amounts of house rolls No. 437,
being the miscellaneous deficiency bill,
and No. 478, being the miscellaneous
claims bill, these being debts Incurred
by the former administration, and
amounting to (182,786.97; making a total
of (1.931,628.67.
Amount of floating debt on September
1, 1904, (2.083,296.66; being a net Increase
of (161.666.99.
In addition to the above deficiencies
there were wolf bounty claims to the
amount of (19,000 on Ale In this ofTlce,
for which the twenty-seventh legisla
ture failed to make an appropriation.
These were subsequently puid by the
twenty-eighth legislature. These claims
are also a legacy from our predeces
sors and are properly chargeable to the
former administration.
During the years 1901, 1902, 1903 and
1904, we have made appropriations for
permanent Improvements, a list of which
Is hereto attached.
For 1901:
New fireproof wing at Hast
ings ...I 50,000.00
For purchase of Btate fair
grounds and buildings . 35,000.00
Standpipe at Norfolk . 3,500.00
Haatlngs asylum, new kitchen 6,000.00
Hastings asylum, new water
works. pump, etc. 600.00
Geneva waterworks construction 1,200.00
Boys' Industrial school, nuw
barn . 400.00
Rebuilding penitentiary . 76,000.00
Normal school, waterworks
construction . 3,400.00
State capltol waterworks con
struction . 4,500.00
Purchase of land, Beatrice ... 16,000.06
Total .3193,600.00
For 1903:
New normal school at Kear
ney .$ 60,000.00
Building at state fair grounds 3,000.00
New chapel building at Peru.. 43.600.00
Additional land at Hastings
asylum . 16,000.00
Insane hospital at Norfolk ... 100,000.00
Hospital at Lincoln, building
barn . 6,000.00
Soldiers' and sailors’ home.
Grand Island, erection of
store building, quartermaster s
bu<idlng, laundry building,
etj. 16.600.00
Soldiers' and sailors' home,
Milford, new hospital . 20,000.00
lna< lluta for feeble minded
yotirh, cold storage plant _ 2,500.00
Institute for (cable minded
youth, new kitchen . 1,000.00 :
Deaf and dumb Institute, Oma- j
ha, waterworks construction 6,500.00
Board of public lands and
buildings, street paving ad- .
Joining capltol . 10,000.00
Penitentiary budding, furnish- 1
Ing same, and erecting 240
steel cells, and sewerage ... 126,663.00 '
Soldiers' and sailors’ home, !
Milford, power house, etc.... 13,600.06
Total .3411.663.00 '
This makes total permanent Improve- j
ments for the four years of (606.063.00. <
Stats of Nebraska, Office of Auditor .
of Public Accounts, as.: I, George An- ‘
thes, deputy auditor of public accounts
for the state of Nebraska, do hereby
certify that the above and foregoing, to ,
which this certificate la attached, la a
true, complete and correct oopy of the
outstifcdlng floating debt of the state of ,
Nebraska on January 2 1901 a true cor- ,
rect and complete copy of the amounts i
appropriated under house rolls No. 437 and 1
478 during the Twenty-seventh session of !
the legislature; also a true complete and \
correct copy of ^outstanding floating i
debt of the State of Nebraska on Septem- t
her 1, 1904; and also a true and correct
copy of appropriations made for perman
ent Improvements by the twenty-seventh
and twenty-eighth legislatures, as the
same appear on the records and flies of
this office.
Witness my hand and official seal this
18th day of October, 1904.
(Signed.) GEO. ANTHE3.
Deputy Auditor Publlo Accounts.
(Seal)
The way to assist Roosevelt is to
elect congressmen who will uphold his
policies; and elect a legislature that
will select a Roosevelt United States
senator. Half-way measures will
not do.
INV1TK COMPARISON.
Much of the discussion of the com
parative expenses of the different ad
ministrations Is childish because the
real merits of the matter are not
reached. The people of Nebraska are
less concerned over the total amount
of revenue collected than they are over
the honesty and skill of Its adminis
tration. They do not expect their pub
lic Institutions to be run on the scale
of expenses that prevailed during the
hard times period. All they ask Is that
the work be done well and without
extravagance. If the wards of the
state Increase In number, they are
willing to meet the additional outlay.
They only Insist that the tax collec
tions be limited to necessary expenses, ‘
and that the Institutions be conducted 1
without lavlshness or scandal. In this
respect the record of Governor
Mickey's administration Is so much
superior to that made by the fusion
Jsts that no direct comparison Is pos
sible. The state could not afford to
return to the disorganization and tur
moil that prevailed from four to eight
years ago If the support of the Institu
tions were made as a free gift. A com
parison of cost that does not Include
an estimate of the quality of the ser
vice Is virtually worthless as a guide
to the voter.—State Journal.
Candidate Berge, In a speech at
Omaha, declared that he was In favor
of taking the railroad terminal tax
away from the counties and school
districts of the state, where It Is now
distributed, and giving it all to the
elty of Omaha. How do the people
like to have their revenues traded off
for Omaha votes?
The way to vote for Roosevelt is to
vote the republican ticket straight.
One cross at the top of the ballot will
do It, and you will make no mistake.
lifv _f_ _ — _
A Love Letter.
Would not Interest you If you’re
looking for a guarnteed Salve for
Sores, Burns or Piles, Otto Dodd, of
Ponder, Mo., writes: “I suffered with
an ugly sore for a year, but a box of
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured me. It’s
the best Salve on earth. 26c at P. C.
Corrigan’s drug store.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
Proposed Constitutional Amendment.
The following proposed amendment
to, and convention for the revision of,
the Constitution of the State of Ne
braska, as hereinafter set forth, in
full, is submitted to the electors of
the State of Nebraska, to be voted
upon at the general election to be
held Tuesday, November 8, A. D.
1904:
(Senate File No. 114.)
A Bill for a Joint Itesolution recom
mending to the electors of the state
to vote at the next election of mem
bers of the Legislature for or against
a convention to revise, amend and
change the Constitution of the State
of Nebraska in accordance with Sec
tion 2, Article 15, of the Constitution
of the State of Nebraska.
Be it Besolved by the Legislature of
the State of Nebraska:
1. That it is deemed necessary to
call a convention to revise, amend and
change the Constitution of the State
of Nebraska.
2. That the electors are recommend
ed to vote at the next election of
members of the Legislature for or
against a convention to revise, amend
and change the Constitution of the
State of Nebraska.
3. That at sucn next election of mem
bers of the Legislature on the ballot of
each elector voting at such election,
shall be printed or written in such
manner that the elector can indicate
his preference under the law the
words: “FOB calling a convention
to revise, amend and change the Con
stitution of the State of Nebraska,”
and “AGAINST calling a convention
to revise, amend and change the Con
stitution of the State of Nebraska”;
and if a majority voting, at said elec
tion shall vote for a convention, the
Legislature shall, at its next session,
provide by law for calling the same.
1, Geo W. Marsh, Secretary of State
of the State of Nebraska, do hereby
certify that the foregoing proposed
amendment to the Constitution of
the State of Nebraska, and providing
for a Convention for the revision of
said Constitution of the State of Ne
braska, is a true and correct copy of
the original enrolled bill passed by the
Twenty-eight session of the Legisla
ture of the State of Nebraska, as it
appears from said original bill, on iile
in my office, and that said proposed
amendment and revision of the Con
stitution of the State of Nebraska is
submitted to the qualified voters of
the State of Nebraska, for their adop
tion or rejection, at the general elec
tion to be held on Tuesday, the 8th
day of November, A. D. 1904.
In testimony whereof, 1 hereunto
set my hand and affixed the Great
Seal of the State of Nebraska.
Done at Lincoln this 5th day of
July, in the year of our Lord One
Thousand Nine Hundred and Four, of
tlie Independence of the United States
the One Hundred and Twenty Ninth
and of tills State the Thirty Eighth.
(Great Seal) Geo W. Marsh,
6-13 Secretary of State.
BRIDGE NOTICE
Sealed proposals will be received at the
office of the County Clerk. O’Neill, Nebraska,
until 12 o'clock noon, NovemberfHh, 1904, for
tho building of a pile and stringer bridge 24
feet long and Hi feet roadway aoross Dry
oreek, on the line between section MS and 34
Township (27) Range (14) west of the Util P.
M. Bidders will be required to furnish their
own plans and specifications. All bids to be
sealed and marked, ‘'proposals for bridge.”
The board of supervisors reserve the right
to reject any or ail bids.
K. 8. GII.MOUR. County Clerk.
J. O. HAKN^^Deputy.
Take cold easily? Throat
tender? Lungs weak? Any
relatives have consumption?
Then a cough means a great
Cherry
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Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral. It
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“ 9«r 40 years I have depended on Ayer's
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25c„50e„ 91.00. j. o. srvit OO.,
^J^drugglstsj^^ foj* aaMiHMaiMiiSSa
Weak Lungs
Ayer’s Pills increase the activity of
the liver, and thus aid recovery.
LEEK & GATZ
MEAT
Market
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Fresh and Cured
Meat of all kinds
o a 0 <3 3PLS-A- •
Bean the The Kind Yoe Hare Always Bougit
A Tax Payer on Divison.
(Continued from page 1)
IIow docs the voter like such
manipulation of figures, to bolster up
a cause that can not be sustained by
truth and honor?
It is true that the levy in Holt
county has been high, very high, but
the valuation has for several years
been very low, and the taxes have
been therefore low, much lower than
the counties of Knox and Antelope on
the east and fully as low as the sand
hills, known as Rock county, on the
west.
V^IIC M1UUJU JCUiClUUCl, UUWCVCl,
that a great amount of money was
necessary to build bridges over the
Niobrara and Elkhorn rivers all of
which are permanent improvements,
and will not have to be built again,
and Antelope county has no Niobrara
river and Rock county lias no Elkhorn
river to bridge.
I now have before me the necessary
figures obtained from the records of
Ilolt county and Rock county to make
a comparison of one township in each
county, as to the taxes in such town
ships.
Township 31 range 16 is in Holt
county and just across the line in
Rock county is township 31 range 17.
The tax for 1904 is as follows in
Rock: NEi 1-31-17, $5.80; SE* 1, $8.02;
NEi 12, $8.37; SE 12, $11.63; NE 13,
$8.76; SEi 13, $5.14: NE! 24, $4.02; SE!
24, $4.82; NEi 25, $6.02; SE 25, $4.02, or
a total of $66.60 for all the quarter
sections (excepting the school sec. 36)
in township 31, range 17, Rock
county, which joins Holt county in
twp. 31, range 16. Joining the above
landss the tax for 1904 is as follows:
NWi 6, $3.23; SWi 6, $3.23; NWi 7,
$9.92; SWi 7, $9.59; NWi 18, $4.86;
SWi 18, $4.86; NWi 19, $4.86; SWi 19,
$3.93; NWi 30, $3.98; SWi 30, $2.48, or
a total tax on all the quarter sections
joining those given in Rock county of
$50.99, a difference of $15.61 less in
Holt county than in Rock county, or
more than 30 per cent greater in Rock
than in Holt.
The comparison in the above town
ships is very fair for the reason that
nearly all the lands on both sides of
the county is unimproved and there
fore the value of improvements are
not included.
I will now give a brief summary of
what has been proved in this article.
1st. The taxation on real estate of
the same quality and value is less in
Holt than in either Rock or Antelope
counties.
2nd. The statement of those who
favor divison that small counties can
be conducted at less expense per
capita is untrue.
3rd. Holt county’s financial condi
tion Is first class and there are no
dificits or debts against the county.
4th. In the event of the county’s
division the new counties will have to
issue a large amount of bonds to estab
lish themselves, transcribe the
records, build court houses, buy furni
ture, books etc.
6th That the cost of transcribing
the records for Meadow county will be
not less than $40,000 and for Elkhorn
$20,000.
6th. That the statement made in
the Atkinson Graphic as to comparing
Holt county with Rock and Antelope
counties is false and libelous in giving
the salaries of the officers, total ex
pense, deficit and the amount of tax
on 160 acres in Holt county, and also
false as to the salaries of officers, levy,
rate, surplus, total expense and the
tax on 160 acres in Rock county. In
fact there is nothing whatever true in
a certain circular called“Some reasons
for dividing,” or the table in last
weeks Graphic, excepting the valua
tion of the three counties and the
levy and rate for Antelope and Holt.
And now in conclusion, I wish to
say to the voters, that if I was a man
without property excepting town lots
in Atkinson or Ewing or had an
assurance of getting a county office in
one of the new counties, or being a
capitalist with the hopes of dickering
or trading in county bonds and de
preciated county paper, I probably
would favor division.
But I am none of these, I have no
money to speculate with. I hold no
office and will hold none. I have no
town lots in Atkinson or Ewing. I
have however, real estate in the
territory which is sought to be named
Meadow, also property, real estate
and personal, in the proposed Elkhorn
county, and I would consider it a
irreparable calamity to myself as well
as to every other disinterested tax
payer in Holt county, to have a divi
sion of the county at this time and
more particularly on the lines as
proposed.
If it is the desire of the voters of
Holt county to severely injure the
northeastern part of Holt county for
some real or fancied wrong they have
been subjected to, of course they
have the power, but it is not the
part of wisdom to bring ruin on your
selves and your neighbors in inflicting
that punishment.
A Tax Payer.
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| CLOAK AND FUR. SALE §
I Thursday, Friday and Saturday |
1 October 27-8*9, 1904.1
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mentioned we will have an g
extra large stock of Ladies, g
Misses and Childrens Cloaks 11
and Furs which we wi 11 be g
prepared to sell at prices with- g
in the reach of all. We make g
this statement and are prepared If
if to back it up. We guarantee M
fto give you better values for If
your money than can be found S
<§ elsewhere. Our object in hold- ||
fing this sale is to do a seasons S
Cloak and Fur business in three j|
H days and we are willing to sell m
fon very small margins. Do fi
not buy until you have looked g
Iover our line. This extra stock g
will be here for the THREE j§
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the dater, Thursday, Friday g
I and Saturday, October 27, 28 g
and 29. ft
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Bliss Native Hefbl?20§dnays°treatmeiit for II 5 X&jSf &5^
and money refunded If not benefltted. Also Q\ **■ v jBmK
Wheeler SI Wilson Ball Bearing Sewing Mach. | S\ * I Office first door south of U. S. Land Office
iJ. H. WISE ^ v E GRANT HATFIELD
FLOUR AND FEED ^ m ^ 3»P»
Recently equipped with an engine and : 0 w K Restaurant kk<
feed mill and will do all kinds of feed W _ •
grinding at any time. First door east of flA —** O OE PUNCHES » TroSP
N , _„_„„ ._ [M] gal T Served as desired at all hours. Nice assort- TMI
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mas. laura cress q | The O'NEILL BOTTLING WORKS H
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Groceries, Confections and Frnit Q < Sn^63 gul
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I Jownship Printing!
bij iIHIBI looks Hogs.$4 40 Eggs. 15c !§
Ip Fat steers. 3 00 Wheat. 85c Properly Ip
1 $1 each 0S.“na..hel.':2o« SS Printed I
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Hi TT , . , _ . ,, r* > H All Kinds of Grain Bought
pKta Handle product of Stanton Millls, than 5 h _ . a ..
which there is no better flour made (0 q H ana °oia MK
«S 777777 ? 5 d. w. cameron If $
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jafik Sfqnip and TTancv ^E ^ < Manufactures Cement Walks, builds «gK»
WHW DtaPle ana * ancy groceries K. ^ Foundations, Caves, etc. In fact all
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