# 9; ■& 2 ^ Don’t neglect your cough. Q <0 v I* cooper iuttu uveiftcci uisuii^l nutnbei 54, one year. VV J Malloy road overseer district number 63, one year. F O Hammerberg road overseer dis trict number 47, one year. A G West road overseer district number 3, one year. Hugo Lat/.el road overseer district number 55, one year. James Gaughenbaugh road overseer district number 18, one year. Wm Haynes road overseer district number 42, one year. John Robertson township treasurer Si uart township, one year. Joseph Schindler constable, Grat tan township, two years. Jake Bauer constable Heloit town ship, two years. Charles Dobney constable Stuart township, two years. Gustave Danms township treasurer Emmet township, one year. Geo. Brechler township treasurer Verdigris township, ot e year. John Ilalloran township treasurer Inman township, one year. W R Johnson township treasurer Rock Fails township, one year. John Ziska township treasurer Green Valley township, one year. Wm Gumb township terasurer Wyoming township, one year. Henry Wabs township treasurer Saratoga township, one year. Ernest M Beaver township treasurer Paddock township, one year. Anton Prussa township clerk Green Valley, one year. John Prnss township clerk Emmet township, one year. Edward Gilg township clerk Sher idan township, one year. Richard Alderman township clerk Stuart township, one year. T S Roche township clerk Iowa township, one year. A L Rouse township clerk Paddock 4 township, one year. Florence E Zink county superinten dent Holt county, two years. M F Norton county surveyor Holt county, two years. C J Malone county judge Holt coun ty, two years. On moti. n board adjourned until one o’clock p. m. One o’clock p. m. Board palled to order, all members present. Mr. Chairman: We, your commit tee appointed to examine the proposed road petitioned for by L E Harding and others, beg leave to report as fol lows: We have been over the route and believe that the best route for a road would be as follows, beginning four rods east of the section corner, as established by Surveyor Norton, run ning south from that point about twenty rods to a traveled road, thence in a southeasterly course on the road now eraveled to the bridge over Eagle Creek. W. S. Roberts, C. D. Keyes, J. C. Clark. On motion the report of the com mittee was adopted. Mr. Chairman: I move that we grant, and do hereby grant, the road petitioned for by A L Harding et al, in conformity of committee’s report. J. A. Golden, » C. D. Keyes. Motion carried. Mr. phairman: I move that we allow the claim of M A Ross in the sum of $100, same being claim for damage in above road. J. A. Golden, C. D. Keyes. Motion carried. Mr. Chairman: I move that all money in Special School fund in (list. No. 177, be transferred to general fund of said dist. James Brennan, By W. S. Roberts. Seconded by Rodell Root. Motion carried. To the Honorable Board of Super visors: As there appears to be an error in the treasurer’s tax books, with reference to lot two (2) and the southeast quarter (SEi) of the north west quarter (NWi) and the south half (Si) of the northeast quarter (NEi) of section eightet n (18,) town ship twenty-live (25), north of range thirteen (13). I hereby petition your honorable body to have the same cor rected. Lot two (2) is described on the tax record as the northwest quarter (NWi) of the northeast quarter (NEi) where it should be the southwest quarter (SWi) of the northwest quar ter (NWi). The receipts for the years that the taxes have been paid on the above described land have all been written as the south half (Si) of the northeast quarter (NEi) of the northeast quarter (NEi), the north west quarter (NWi) of the northeast quarter (NEi) and the southeast quar ter (SEi) cf the northwest quarter (NWi). As the record now stands they do not show that the taxes were ever paid on the southwest quarter (SWi) of the northwest quarter (NWi) of this section, the records of the govern ment land office show that the NWi of the NEJ has never been patented. Yours respectfully, F. J. Dishner. On motion the prayer of the petition was granted. On motion the official bond of E. T. Wilson, for coroner was approved. On motion the board adjourned until nine o’clock tomorrow morning. O’Neill, Nebraska, December 18, 1907. Board called to order, all mem bers present. On motion a refund o $2.50 was granted to Mrs. Carrie Hess, she hav ing been erroneously assessed with poll tax for the year 1907, in Chambers township. O’Neill, Neb., Nov. 26, 1907. To the Honorable Board of Supervisors: 1 hereby call your attention to the taxes on the north half of the north east quarter of 17-26-11, for the years 1903, 1905 and 1906. By looking at the assessment as it now stands correct d by the county assessor you will see that 1 paid tax on this land for these years the same as on an entire quar ter. I therefore request you to refund me ths amount of *12.70, tills being one half of the amount paid for these years, I having paid $8.71 in 1903, $8.41 in 1903 and $8 27 in 1906. See tax re ceipts attached. Respectfully, J. W. Reitz. On motion the prayer of the above petition was grunted On motion the certificate of John A. Harmon, clerk of the district court, in the matter of the judgment f M. A. McOalTeriy, was referred to the county attorney for his opinion as to the fund to allow the same on, or if a judgment should be levied for same. On motion was granted to J. C. Harnisli, county treasurer, for $21.08 and $26.05 respectively, to redeem the NE1 and NJ SEJ- section 13 27-10, ana SYV’i NEi and SEl of section 11-32-11. Application for the purchase of school land by lessee, Ann Fritzslm mons was read, for the purchase of the south half of the southeast quarter of section 30, town 27, range 9, west. Same being University land. The chairman appointed as a committee to appraise the same, C. D. Keyes, J. A. Golden and L. E. Skidmore. On motion board adjourned until one o’clock p. ra. One o’clock p. m. Board called to order, all members present. On motion the board accepted the steel bridge south of O’Neill one half mile. On motion the claim of Townsend Bridge Co. for $2121.90, tiled the 11th day of November, 1907, was rejected. On motion the claim of Townsend Bridge Co for $2556 10, tiled the 17th day of December, 1907, was rejected. On motion the claim of Townsend Bridge Co. for $2122 95, tiled the 11th day of November, 1907, was rejected. On motion the bond of J H McAl lister township clerk of Shields town ship was approved. On motion the board went into committee of the whole, for the pur pose of auditing claims O’Neill, Nebraska, December 19, 1907. Nine o’clock a. m. Board called to order, all members present. O’Neill, Neb., Nov. 1, 1907. To the Honorable Board of Supervisors of Holt county: Your petitioner, J. Q Howard, states that he is the owner of what was laid out as Park addition to O’Neill and that the same has been vacated and all of said addition has been assessed as a part of the north half of the northeast quarter of 31-29 11, 60 acres, and that the taxes asses sed to this tract have been paid. Petitioner further states that lot 1 and 2, in block 2, of Park addition were sold for the taxes for the years 1896 to 1904 and the 1905 and 1906 taxes were paid subsequent to this sale. I ask that the co.nty board order this sale redeemed. There be ing a double assessment on the pro perty. Respectfully, John Q. Howard. On motion the prayer of the peti tion of John Q. Howard was granted. On motion the bond of P J Lans worth justice of the peace for Shields township was approved. On motion the bond of J J Garin road overseer diet. No. 9, was ap proved. On motion the bond of O L Hansen road overseer of diet. No. 52 was ap proved. On motion board adjourned until ooe o’clock p. m. L. £. Skidmore, Chairman. W. P. Simar, Cierk. Don’t Take the Risk. When you have a bad cough or cold do not let it drag along until it be comes chronic bronchitis or develoos into an attack of pneumonia, but give it the attention it deserves and get rid of it. Take Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy and you are sure of prompt relief. From a small beginning the sale and use of this preparation has extended to all parts of the United States and to many foreign countries. Its many remarkable cures of coughs and colds have won for it this wide reputation and ex'ensive use. Sold by Gilligan & Stout. Local option in sixty-two of the one hundred and fourteen counties in Missouri goes into effect this month. Stomach Trouble Cured. If you have any trouble with your stomach you should take Chamber lain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets. Mr. J. P. lvlote of Edina, Mo., says: “I have used a great many different medicines for stomach trouble, but find Charaberlain’sStomach and Liver Tablets more beneficial than any other remedy I ever used.” For sale by Gil ligan & Stout. The population of the territory of Alaska is reported by the governor to be 31,000. _ Fever Sores. Fever sores and old chronic sorps should not be healed entirely, but should be kept in healthy condition, This can be done by applying Cham berlain’s Salve. This salve has no superior for this purpose. It is also most excellent for chapped hands, sore nipples, burns and diseases of the skin For sale by Gilligan & Stout. Dr. Corbett, dentist, in O’Neill De cember 23, 24 and January 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 30. 26 OLD TIN CANS. The Way They Finally Disappear From Human Sight. Few people realize what becomes of all the ohl tin cans, tin pans, kettles, buckets, coal hods and the like. They dually disappear from human sight and knowledge and are seen no more. Science shows that they evaporate. When a tin can is cast away and for saken it begins its downward course by becoming rusty. The tin oxidizes or, in other words, unites with the oxygen surrounding it in the ntmosphere, and the oxide of tin gradually takes leave of the iron by evaporating into the air. while some of it is washed away by the rain into the earth. After the tin is gone the iron of the can follows the same course that has been pursued by the tin. It oxidizes and becomes the familiar reddish brown substance known as Iron rust. The metals have no wills of their own, no affinities, no understandings, and therefore no in tentions as to their present or future course. They do nothing of them selves. But electrical forces do their work for them. These forces unite the atoms of the metals with those of the oxygen. Then the molecules of these oxides are carried away by the atmos pheric electricity and disposed of ac cording to circumstances. If n small bottle or orner piece oi glass be placed on damp ground and an old wornout tin bucket Is turned over it, the particles of Iron oxide will be taken away by electric currents from the old bucket and will be de posited partly on the glass, the re mainder going into the air and the earth. Deposits of iron and other met als are thus carried around by elec tricity in the atmosphere from place to place all over the earth. Chlorine by electric power picks up atoms of gold and goes with them to the ocean, where they are as much at home as salt. All metals can exist in a state of vapor; therefore they are to be found not only in the atmosphere around this earth, but also in the at mosphere around the sun and the stars. If a ray of sunlight is bent out of its course, as it is by drops of water in the case of the rainbow, the familiar seven colors of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet are spread out side by side. When these spectra or streaks of light are scientif ically investigated about 500 dark lines are formed also among the colors, and these lines represent shadows cast by elemental substances in the atmos pheres of the earth and the sun. Light made artificially and not passing through the atmosphere of the earth and the sun does not have these dark lines. By means of the spectroscope, a grad ually invented instrument now in use, but credited to several scientists, well known elements have been compelled to register their addresses in bands of light. Among the first to write them selves down were sodium, potassium, magnesium, calcium, chromium, nickel and iron. And the same apparatus led to the discovery of new metals, such as cesium, rubidium and thallium. All these are found to be in the sun’s atmosphere. By means of the spectro scope the one hundred millionth part of a grain of sodium in common salt becomes as discernible and unmistak able as the side of a house. This won derful modern instrument has enabled scientists to find out what the peo ple who inhabit the planets in the solar system of the dog star Sirius, fot example, have to eat, for without ni trogen they could have no beans or spring peas, without sulphur no mus tard, horseradish and water cresses or anything of the kind, although the peo ple would be confined to vegetable diet. They would also be without light bis cuit for breakfast or any fermented liquors.—Baltimore American. What He Felt Like. It was the first time he had sung in an Episcopal choir, and he felt strange ly out of place in the vestments he wore. The other choristers looked com fortable enough, but the new one was sure he would trip on the skirts of his cassock when he went up the chancel steps, and he know that If he did not stop perspiring his clean linen cotta would be sadly mussed. The opening prayer had been intoned by the rector, and the singers were in line waiting for the introduction to the processional to be played, when one of the basses whispered in the new man’s ear: "You’re a tenor, aren’t you?” "I suppose so,” he replied, "but I feel like a twospot.”—New York Times. Picturesque Newfoundland. Newfoundland has been styled a rough stone with no interior, and doubtless to the passenger on some At lantic liner, seeing its bold headland jutting out into the ocean, with its weather beaten cliffs standing gray and cold, the description may seem a fitting one. But to those who know it well, who have seen the fir clad val leys, Its clear lakes and streams and hillsides tinged with the red and gold of autumn, it Is a rough stone with a very fair interior.—London Strand. A Piece of Homely Truth. “Do you expect people to believe all that you tell them?’’ "That is not the idea,” answered the sagacious campaigner. “The way to |wln the hearts of the people is to tell them what they already believe.”— Washington Star. Anxious. Sick Man (who is a collector of coins jand also very rich)—I made out my will today, Reginald, and left you my col lection of coins. “Which one, uncle—the one In the bank or the one iu the cabinet?’’—Lon 'don Tlt-Blts. A model husband’s the noblest work of woman.—Indianapolis Star. A DESPERATE FIGHTER Courage and Daring of Colonel James Bowie. HIS DEATH IN THE ALAMO. Dramatic End of This Brave, Generoua and Determined Spirit — The Way the Fearless Fighter Once Protected a Preacher In Texas. One fine summer morning in 1833— the year that Santa Anna seized the presidency of the new republic of Mex ico—a small party of horsemen crossed the Sabine river about sixty miles from Us mouth and entered Texas ter ritory. Most of them were clad In buckskin and armed with rifle, pistol and knife—a rough, determined look ing crowd, with two notable excep tions, one clean shaven, dark skinned, with n bright, restless eye that scan ned the woods constantly, ns if in search of an enemy, and the other a small, mild mannered man, whose gen eral appearance betokened the preach er. These two were riding in front, talking earnestly of the convention which had just been held at San Fe lipe do Austin and of the possibility that Texas might one day become an independent state. Suddenly some one in the party behind them started a song with a memorable chorus— When other states reject us. This is the one that always takes us. From that jingling rhyme some de rive the name ‘Texas.” Certain it is that this great new land took in and sheltered many a fugitive “who left his country for his country’s good.” That prince of pirates Latitte had sail ed away from Galveston ten years be fore, and his thousand freebooters were scattered to the four winds, but crowds of adventurers from nil parts of the world were pouring in, with many of the better class, to swell the tide of Texas immigration. The little band Jogged on and finally reached the municipality of San Augus tine, then a mere collection of rude log huts, with one or two adobe structures built by Spanish missionaries. Here the preapher posted a notice that the Uev. Henry Stephenson of the Metho dist denomination would hold a meet ing in the evening. At the hour named the house was crowded to overflowing with rough, desperate men, all armed and ready for any fun or fray that might arise on such a novel occasion. The minister gave out a hymn, and it was sung with spirit. Then came the text, but not another word would the crowd hear. They hooted and yelled, shot off their pistols, crowed and bray ed in derision. The tumult was deaf ening. The quiet little preacher stood his ground bravely, though in his heart wishing he were well out of it. With difficulty his traveling companion forced his way to the front, still carrying his rifle and a huge knife in his belt. The wild cheer that broke from the crowd sounded in the ears of the preacher, now thoroughly alarmed, like the howls of a pack of wolves or the yells of Indians hungry for scalps. But in stead of jumping upon him this strange man, with restless eyes flashing and long black hair streaming over his shoulders, Jumped on a bench and, throwing his hat to the ground, shout ed in a stentorian voice: “Men, this man has come to preach to you! You need preaching to, and I’ll be blanked if ho shan’t preach to you! The next man who disturbs him shall fight me! My name is Jim Bowie!” The effect was magical. With quiet, respectful attention the rough audience listened to the sermon, Joined heartily In the closing hymn, and not a few persons came up to shake hands with the little man and apologize for the rough reception they had given him. A month later at the first camp meeting ever held in Texas some of them be came members of the church, and in 1838 the cornerstone of the first Prot estant house of worship in the republic was laid in San Augustine. The man whose timely aid proved so effective was Colonel James Bowie, ana the knife In his belt was the noted “bowie knife,” given to him by his brother, Rezin P. Bowie. It was made of a large file, strong, of admirable temper and gave Its name to a family of terrible weapons not yet extinct, Crockett met Bowie for the first time in the Alamo, and he writes in his journal: “While we were conversing Colonel Bowie had occasion to draw his famous knife, and I wish I may be shot if the bare sight of it wasn’t enough to give a man of a squeamish stomach the colic. lie saw I was ad miring it and said he, ‘Colonel, you might tickle a fellow’s ribs a long time with this before you’d make him laugh.’ ” Brave, generous, determined and en terprising, James Bowie sought adven ture for its hazards, and he was natu rally among the first to take up arms for Texas independence. Three more desperate men were never brought to gether than Travis, Crockett and Bowie as they took their last stand within |the walls of the Alamo. Sick and help less in bed on that last terrible day, !Jim Bowie died fighting. As a Mex ican ran forward to kill him he roused [himself by a supreme effort, caught his nssailaut by the hair, plunged the fatal iknife into his heart and fell back dead, j When the story of his death was told ,to his mother in Louisiana, she said. j“I am sure Jim never died with a [■wound In Ills back,” and, with a quiet ismile, turned again to her household [duties.—Exchange. W | Gratitude is a fine virtue, and yet it is wearisome when carried beyond due bounds.—Le Sage. Your Hair Contrary? Is it inclined to run away? Don’t punish it with a cruel brush and comb! Feed it, nour ' ish it, save it with Ayer’s Hair Vigor, new improved formula. Then your hair will remain at i home, on your head, where it belongs. An elegant dressing. 1 Keeps the scalp healthy. Does not change the color of the hair. j j JkFormula with each bottle / Bft • Show it to jour liners "J th«n do »» h» We certainly believe this, or we would not say so. Ayer’s Hair Vigor, as now made from our new improved formula, is a great preparation for the hair and scalp. Stops falling hair. Cures dan druff. Promotes the growth of hair. -Made by the J. C. Ayer Co., Lowell, Meaa.—— Big Fine Jnstifiab'e. Herbert Knox Smith, commissioner of corporations, has come to the de fence and support of Judge Kenesaw M. Landis of Chicago in his action in imposing a tine of $29,240,000 on the Standard Oil Company several months ago with a detailed statements design ed to meet statements made by Stand ard Oil people and the Chicago and Alton Railroad people scoi alter the immense fine was imposed for rebat ing. In the closing paragraph of a statement of several thousand words Commissioner Smith says: “The Standard undersold compet tors in the great Southwest by means of this fi-cent rate to the St. Louis gateway, and, having undersold them and driven them out of that territory, it then raised prices to a monopoly figure so that its marketing concern there was making over 090 per cent on its capital stock in 1904, and for 'a long series of years had been making profits extortionately high. These profits were thus based on this secret discrimination, which has been in existence over fifteen years. “The enjoyment of this discrimina tory rate was well worth many mil lions of dollars to the Standard, and most emphatically justified the im position of a great line when that rate was linally discovered and conviction was secured thereon.” “Joshua Simpkins,” a rural comedy which has been presented continuous ly for several seasons on the road, will play an engagement in this city at the opera house, Monday evening, Jan. 6. ■‘Joshua fciimkins,” is a comeriydrama, well acted by a company said to pos sess more than ordiuary merit, in ad dition to which several pleasing specialties are introduced. A com plete orchestra compos, d of profes sional musicians discourse incidental music, which assists to make the play the success it is. This feature is claimed by the management to be gilt edged, and, it is said, rar exceeds tiie usual orchestra by theatrical com panies. 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