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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 14, 1907)
SUPERVISOR SESSIONS Official : Publication : of : Proceeding [continued from last week] I move you that the clerk be in structed to furnish the O’Neill In dependent with a copy of super visor proceedings for the year ’07 to he published without cost to the county. —J. A. Golden, J. C. Clark. Motion carried. On motion the hoard adjourned to 9 o’clock tomorrow morning. Jan. 18, 9 a. m. — Board called to order with all members present. The following official bonds were approved: Constable—Tob Hen derson, McClure; town clerk— George R. Boomer, Swan, H. S. White, Wyoming, R. K. Cosner, Dustin; town treasurer, D. L. Noziska, Green Valley, Nicholas O’Connell, Sheridan, Leslie I. Puckett, Emmet, W. jj. Graver, McClure, P. J. Fritchioff, Sand Creek; justice—A. E. Pierce,Mc Clure; road overseer—John Wal ters, 51 Chambers, B. Richmond, 64 McClure, S. A. Segar, 33 Sheridan. To the Honorable Board of Supervisors of Holt county, Ne braska: The tax committee hav ing examined the county records in the matter of the 1905 tax of $1.24 assessed against 7-29 acres in ne% of nw^, sec. 32-29 11, Holt county, to E. H. Bene dict, tind there is no such tract of land in said quarter, and hereby move that said tax be stricken fiom the tax list of Holt county. —J. C. Clark, B. E. Sturdevant, Rodell Root. Motion carried. To the Honorable Board of Supervisors of Holt county, Ne braska. — Gentlemen: Please transfer all money in special fund of school district No. no to the general fund of said district.— Fred Cronk, director. On motion petition was granted. 1 o the Honorable Board of Supervisors.—Gentlemen: Please transfer all money in bond fund of school diftnct 156 to the general fund of said district.—C. E. Frar rier, director school district 156. On motion petition was granted. County Board.—Dear Sirs: We have in school district 143 $40 in bond funds which we would like to have you change to the general fund of said district.—Yours truly, Ed F. Humpal, director. On motion the transfer as above was granted. To the Honorable Board of Supervisors of Holt county.— Gentlemen: Please transfer the sum of $10.84 or any other sum now in the hands of the county treasurer belonging to the bond fund of school district —, all bonds having been paid.—M. P. Sullivan, director, Jacob Hirch, moderator. On motion the above was ordered transferred. Application of Jos. McCaffrey for the purchase of n of sec. 16 27-13 was read and chairman ap pointed Supervisors Root, Sturde vant and Golden as a committee to appraise same. un motion tne communication of the county' attorney was order ed spread upon the records. Honorable Board of Supervis ors of Holt county, Nebraska.— Gentlemen: To your question referred to me, whether you may make an order to strike from the tax lists levied for an unauthorized purpose, will say: Sec. 164 of the revenue law of 1003 provides as follows: “No county or town board, city council, or village trustees, shall have power to release, discharge, remit or com mute any portion of the taxes assessed or levied against any person or property within their respective jurisdictions for any reason whatever. Any tax so discharged, released, remitted or commuted, may be recovered by civil action from the members of such board, council or trustees, and the sureties on their official bonds, at the suit of any citizen of the county, township, city or village, as the case may be, and when collected shall be paid into the proper treasurer. Nothing in this section contained shall be construed to prevent the proper authority from refunding taxes paid, as provided in sections 162 and 163 of this chapter, not to in terfer with the powers of any' officers or board, sitting as a board, for the equalization of taxes.” This leaves you the au thority' to refund the taxes upon demand, but would forbid you to cancel the taxes cn tnasse. The tax payer must proceed according to the second method provided in section 162 of the revenue law, in cases where the tax is void, which is true of the village taxes of Page. Thej' must matte a written request to the treasurer for a refund with in 30 days after payment; the treasurer must submit a copy of this request to you, whereupon you make an order directing the treasurer to refund the illegal portion of the lax. If demand in writing is not made within 30 days after payment, the right to the refund is waived. This me thod does not apply where the property is not taxable at all nor where it has been twice assessed in the same year. In the latter case, the taxes must be paid under protest according to the first me thod provided in section 162 of the reqenue law. The sections of the revenue law referred to above are general sections 5083, 5084 and 5085 of Brown & Wheeler’s statutes, which you are using. Very truly, E. H. Whelan. On motion the board adjourned until 1 o’clock p.m. One o’clock p. m.—Board call ed to order. Hiram Stearns ap peared before the board in regard to the road petitioned for by him self and others. Mr. Chairman: I move you that a committee of three mem bers of this board be appointed to view the road petitioned for by Hiram Stearns and others, and also view the section lines be tween sections 13-24, 14-23 and 15-22 and report as to the best route for road. Motion carried. On motion a refund was grant ed to M. O’Donnell of $3, he hav ing paid his poll tax in cash and labor for 1906 in district 32. On motion a refund was grant ed to H. S. Septer, he having paid his tax in cash and labor for 1906 in district 19. On motion the board adjourned until 9 o’clock tomorrow morn ing. Jan. 19.—Board caueci 10 order and on motion went into com mittee of the whole to continue settlement with county officers, remaining in such committee un til 4 o’clock p. m. Jan. 22, 1907, when the board convened in bu sinees session, the following being had and done: Mr. Chairman: I move that inasmuch as road district No. 62, in Green Valley township, had no road overseer for the year 1906, and a number of tax payers are charged with poll tax in said district for the said year, that when a tax payer shall show by affidavit that the proper amount of work has been done bj' him in said district to entitle him to a road receipt that the treasurer be, and is hereby, instructed to accept such affidavit in lieu of a road receipt. — Rodell Root, W. S. Roberts. Motion carried. O Neill, Neb., Jan. 16, 1907.— Honorable Board of Supervisors of Holt county, Nebraska. — Gentlemen: Your petitioner respectfully represents that he is the present owner of the sej^ of sec. 34, twp. 31, range 15 west; that prior to the purchase of said land your petitioner examined the numerical index in the office of the county clerk of Holt county, Nebraska, and the alphabetical index in the office of the clerk of the district court of Holt county, to ascertain if any action was pending against said land; that your petioner found no evidence on either of said records of any lispendence, or any other evidence that any action was pending against said land; that subsequent to the purchase of said land your petitioner discovered that on Oct. 2, 1899, the county of Holt com menced an action to foreclose apainst said land for delinquent taxes for the years 1895 to 1897 inclusive; that the title of said case is the county of Holt vs. W. E. Damson, which case will be found in appearance docket No. 15, Pa£e 298, ^e number 6044; that said W. E. Damson has no interest nor never had any inter est in said land, and the action and notice in said case was er roneons on the part of the county attorney in commencing said ac tion against the land in question; that by reason of said erroneous action your petitioner was de ceived as to the true status of said land; that an examination of the records show that the taxes on said land are delinquent since the year 1892; that your petition er is willing to pay said taxes since the year 1892, with accrued interest to date, provided your honorable body will instruct the county attorney of Holt county to dismiss the erroneous and illegal action now pending against said land. The taxes, with accrued interest against said land, amount to approximately $235, which, as before said, your petitioner is ready and willing to pay provided the erroneous and illegal action against said land is dismissed. At the time said action was com menced and until the time the title was conveyed to your peti tioner the title of said land was in the name of Elijah C. Dickerson. As before stated, W. E. Damson has not, nor never did have, any interest in said land. Very re spectfully, S. J. Weekes. On motion the above petition was granted. On motion the following bonds were approved: Town clerk—J. Fracis Stoddard, Francis, S. M. Aldridge, Sand Creek; justice— Ole E. Torake, Saad Creek; road overseer—Fred Dobrovoley, dist. 35, S. J. Widman, dist. 49. On motion a refund was grant ed R. E. Chittick to reimburse him for money paid out in re deeming erroneous tax sales, No. 572 for $24.27, No. 2625 for $19.65 and No. 3912 for $10.20, and clerk ordered to draw refund for same. On motion a refund was grant ed to L. A. Simonson for $3, he having paid his poll tax in cash and also in labor for the year 1906 in road district 25. To the Honorable Board of Supervisors: Your petitioner respectfully asks that you refund school tax paid in district 88, as he lives in school district 83, Ewing township, and not in 88, Verdigris township, and has no property in said district 88.—L. A. Combes. Petition granted. To the Honorable Board of Supervisors: Your petitioner re spectfully asks you to refund him $3 labor tax erroneously assessed and paid in cash by him in road district 17, Conley township, for 1906. Your peritioner further states that he is 59 years old and not subject to poll tax.—James Thompson; by W. J. Doherty. Petition granted. On motion the claim of B. E. Chittick, county treasurer, for $963.79, expense account 1906, was allowed and the clerk order to draw warrant for the same. On motion the board adjourned until 9 o’clock tomorrow morning. Jan. 23, 9 a. m.—Board called to order, all members present. Minutes of Jan 17 and 18 read and approved. Mr. Chairman: I move you that the following papers be giv en the publishing of the supervis or proceedings for the year 1909: The Frontier, Atkinson Graphic, Stuart Advocate, Ewing Advo cate and Chambers Bugle, they to divide one legal rate between them. — C. D. Keyes, B. E. Sturdevant. Motion carried. Mr. Chairman: I move you that The Frontier of O’Neill, be designated as the official paper for the year 1907. The above motion carried. Mr. Chairman: I move that the claim of Ed F. Gallagher agent for Fidelity Guarentee Co. in the sum $135 for county treas urer bond. C. D. Keyes, J. A. Golden. /"V . • .1 ^ 1 • Un motion the above claim was allowed. On motion board went into com mittee of whole to continue settle ment. O’Neill, Neb., Jan. 24, 1907.— Board continued settlement, un til 4 p. m. at which time board asked to sit as a board as superui sors. Mr. Chairman: In the matter of the personal tax of F. E. Craw ford for the year 1905 the said F. E. Crawford having left the state in April 1905, and not having left any property in this country, and his farther offering to pay said personal tax less than $3 poll tax assesses against said F. E. Craw ford, the undersigned hereby move you Mr. Chairman that said $3 poll tax for the year 1905 be strick en from the tax list. J. C. Clark, B. E. Sturdevant. O’Neill, Neb., J an. 24, 1907.— Mr. James Mullen has this day paid his personal tax in village of Page amounting to $38.45 of which $6.17 is village tax which was paid under protest J. C. Har nish treasurer. Gentlemen: I respectfully re quest your honorable body to re fund $6-17 village tax as above, and obliged. Respectfully, James Mullen. Prayer of above petition was granted. Bond of C. H. Beatte, as town ship clerk of Emmet, was ap proved. Ray Items. Mrs. Estella Twyford visited Mrs. Ross Tuesday evening. The remarkable change in the weather makes us think of spring. Mrs.Ed Harding was a pleasant visi tor at Jim Harding’s Tuesday after noon, Emery Thavenet passed through here enroute to O’Neill one day last week. Ed Harding and Matt Ernst were over in this neighborhood on business Tuesday. Mrs. Ross lias been sick for several days, she is feeling better at the present time. Johnnie Grutsch and H. Twyford and family spent Sunday afternoon at R. Twyford’s. The three Mchaley brothers called on R. Twyford Sunday, they were wanting to purchase a good team. A fine baby girl arrived last week at tlie home of Henry Alfs, also a new girl at Lee Morrison’s living near Turner. C. H. Bigler went to O’Neill Tues day to consult with a doctor about a sore on his face, it seems gradually getting worse. Wm. Townsend from the Honey Creek visited friends on the creek a few days and also visited the school in district 33. Clias Bigler of O’Neill was out to . the farm and made a short visit and also visited his son and daughter, Mrs. Morrison. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Twyford and Mr. and Mrs. R. Twyford spent a pleasant afternoon at Mrs. Thavenet’s one day last week. Phoonix Pick-Ups Mary Bartels was at Spencer Thurs day. Charley Christensen returned from Carlock last week. Howard Wagner is staying at L. G. Coburn’s at present. Chas Reiser of Badger was a Phoe nix visitor Monday. Henry Bartels was a caller at Mrs. F. Coburu's, Friday evening. Arleigh Moore was a caller at Hugh O’Neill’s Saturday._ _ L. G. Coburn and H. J. Stansberry were Atkinson visitors Monday. Mrs. Damero and Edith were callers at Mr. Thavanet’s Sunday afternoon. Sam Abdnor and George Syble spent Wednesday evening at S. W. Ander son's. Otto Nilson and wife drove to Spencer Monday, to consult Dr. Skel ton. Andrew McKathnie returned from the west last week, after an absence of three years. Hugh O'Neill and Arleigh Moore were callers at Mrs. Coburn’s Satur day afternoon. Mrs. Lewis and Walter, also Frank Haynes and wife, were visitors at James Garin’s Monday. Frank Damero and family, and Ben Kinney and family were visitors at the Nilson home Sunday. Henry Stansberry visited at the Keller home the forepart of the week and reports a pleasant time. Otto Nilson has been laid up with an attack of rheumatism the past week, but is better at this writing. Mrs. Cady and children returned to their home near Bassett after a four week’s stay with relatives here. Ray Coburn and family, who have been laid up with colds, etc., for a couple of weeks, are somewhat better at this writing. Ruth Coburn was quite sick last week with a bad cold, Dr. Skelton was called from Spencer. She is better at this writing. Miss Mills and Isabel McKathnie planned a surprise party for Mrs. Keller Monday night, it being her birthday. A pleasant time was had by all present. Mrs. Coburn, accompanied by Ralph and Jessie, were at Spencer Friday. Mrs. Coburn went to consult Dr. Skll ton in regard to her injury, received last August, He informed her that it was Improving as well as could be ex pected and she feels she has no cause to feor. Neglected Colds Threaten Life. I From the Chicago Tribune.! " ‘Don’t trifle with a cold,’ is good advice for prudent men and women. It may be vital in the case of a child, proper food, good ventilation, and dry, warm clothing are the proper safe guards against colds. If they are maintained through the changeable weather of autumn, winter and spring, the chances of a surprise from ordin ary colds will be slight. But the or dinary light cold will become severe if neglected, and a well established ripe cold is to the germs of diphtheria what honey is to the bee. The greatest menace to child life at this season of the year is the neglected cold.” Wheth er it is a child or adult, the cold slight or severe, the very best treatment that can be adopted is to give Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. It Is safe and sure. The great popularity and immense sale of this preparation has been at tained by its remarkable cures of this ailment. A cold never results in pneumonia when it is given. For sale by Gilligan & Stout. Skin Disease of Twenty Years’ Stand ing Cured. I want you to know how much Chamberloin’s Salve has done for me. It has cured my face of a skin disease of almost twenty years’ standing. I have been treated by several as smart physicians as we have in this country and they did me no good, hut two boxes of this salve has cured me.—Mrs. Fannie Griffen, Tory, Ala. Chamber lain’s Salve is for sale by Gilligan & Stout. GREAT | Sacrifice Sale! commences at our store on Monday, February 18 ^nd_wijj_continue_untn further notice. jO Per Cent off or\ ev.ll of our Dress Goods Calicos at 5c per yard Outing flannels at actual cost. Men's heavy fleesed lined underwear 75c suit. Duck coats, slicker lined, usual ^ „OW $1,43. Men fs pants, 73c to $2. Boy’s duckcoats 83 c to 98c Caps 37c to 73c. I 25 per cent off on men's (®L women's shoes I Sweaters 43c to $2.25. Dress shirts 44c to 75c. Work shirts 39c. Men's overcoats $4.25 up to $11. Ladies' furs 65c to $3.43. Corresponding discounts on everything except groceries Shaheen (&L Saunto i mriimi ——i———im M.M.Sullivan THE HUSTLING Auctioneer of Live Stock, Farm Ma chinery, Household Goods and Real Estate, flakes a specialty of handling stocks of General Mer chandise. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED & REFERENCES FURNISHED For dates and terms, write, call on or phone me at O’Neill, Neb.