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Supervisors Proceedings.
O’Neill, Neb. Jan 6, 1913 —To the
Hon County Board Holt co: Through
error your petitioner was assessed for
36 head of cattle in Saratoga precinct
for the year 1612, as I am a resident
of Pleasantview precinct and listed
these same cattle to the local assessor
as evidenced by the tax schedules for
Pleasantview precinct and had paid
this tax. Your petitioner prays for
an order to strike the tax assessed
against this property in Saratoga
precinct. Fred Johring.
Subscribed and sworn to before this
6th day of January 1913.
S F McNichols, Co Clerk
Seal By P. 0. Kelley, Deputy
On motion prayer of petition was
granted.
On motion board adjourned until 9
o’clock, tomorrow morning.
S F McNichols, Co Clerk
Th D Sievers, Chairman
O’Neill, Neb Jan 16, 1913, 9 o’clock,
a m —Hoard met all members present.
Mr..Chairman: I move that you a
committee of three be appointed to
confer with the Boyd county board in
regard to repairs at the Grand Rapid
bridge, and that the chairman be one
of this committee. H WTorallnson
.T O Hubbell
Chairman appointed Stuart and
Hammerberger as such committee.
Mr. Chairman: I move you that a
committee of two be appointed to
view the bridges over the Elkhorn
river in Inman township.
II W Tomlinson
J O Hubbell
Motion carried. Chairman appointed
Sullivan and Fauquier as such com
mittee.
On motion board went into a com
mittee of the whole for the purpose of
making settlement with county
officers. Five o’clock, p m bard ad
journed until 9 o’clock tomorrow
mornlDg. S F McNicbols, Co Clerk
Th D Slevers, Chairman
O’Neill, Neb Jan 17,1913, 9 o’clock,
a m.—Board met all members present.
Jan 17 and 13 Board continued settle
ment with county county officers and
committee work on bridge at Badger
crossing on the Niobrara river. Board
adjourned until Jan 20tb, 9 o’clock, a
m. S F McNiqhols, Co Clerk
Th D Sievers, Chairman
O’Neill, Neb Jan 20, 1913. 9 o’clock,
a m.—Board met all members present.
On motion the following claim was
allowed against the general fund. M
R Sullivan, Co. Treasurer *1181.72.
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board go as a committee of the whole
to view the bridges and roads at
Inman on the Elkhorn river.
M P Sullivan
J O Hubbell
Motion carried. Whereas there has
been a petition presented by the resi
dents of Chambers to vacate certain
alleys in the town of Onambers, now
therefore, Mr. Chairman, I move that
the following householders of Cham
bers village be appointed to view the
west half of the alley running east
and west in block a between lots 7 and
8 and the east I of alley running east
and west In block c and the alley run
ning east and west in block b and re
port to the board.
F O Hammerberg John Lienhart
Chas A Fauquier Geo Anderson
B Attwood
Motion carried.
Mr. Chairman: I move that this
board go as a committee of the whole
to view the bridge and road at Inman
on the Elkhorn river. M P Sullivan
J O Hubbell
Motion carried.
On motion board adjourned until 1
o’clock, p m.
S P McNicbols, Co Clerk
Th D Sievers, Chairman
O’Neill, Neb Jan 211913,1 o’clock,
p m—On motion board went into a
committee of the whole to continue .
settlement with county officers. Five
o’clock, p m board adjourned until 9
o’clock tomorrow morning.
S F McNiohols, Co Clerk
Th D Sievers Ohairman
O’Neill, Neb Jan 23 1913, 9 0’cjock,
a m.—Board met all members present.
On motion board continued settle
ment with the county officers. At
5 o’clock p m board adjourned until 9
o’clock tomorrow morning.
, S F McNiohols, Co Clerk
Th D Sievers Chairman
O’Neill, Neb Jan 23 1913, 9 o’clock
a m.—Board met all members present.
On motion board contlnuedsettlement
with county officers. Five o’clock, p
m. Board adjourned until 9 o’clock
tomorrow morning.
' S F McNiohols, Co Clerk
Th D Sievers, Chairman
O'Neill, Neb Jan 24,1913, 9 o’clock
a m.—Board met all members present.
On motion board continued settle
ment with county officers. Fiveo’clock
p m, board adjourned until 9 o’clock,
tomorrow morning.
S F. McNiohols Co Clerk
Th D Sievers, Chairman
O’Neill^Neb Jan 25, 1913 9 o’clock,
a m.—Board met all members present.
Atkinson Neb Jan 211913.
Mr. W K Hodgkins, O’Neill, Neb.
Dear Sir: We the undersigned of
Atkinson ask that you will employ
some competant help to assist in the
case of assult we would suggest that
it be J A Donohoe, C E Havens, E J
Mack, Paul Segar, WP SI mar, AT
Hart, A E Kelley, R L Hanks, T J
Douglas, 0 W Moss, W S Morgan, W
B Arganbright, H A Powell, A H
York, E J Kilmurry, Roy Woods, Roy
Traner, W T Hayes, CO Wilkinson,
John Nelson, W P O’Brien, Frank
Bitney, Wm. Reislnger, H A Allen,
W S York, G 0 Whisler, Jay Hughes,
J T Bouman Robt A Hart, D W Akin
Geo Spence and Jess Newton.
Mr. Chairman: I move that J A
Donohoe be employed to assist the
county attorney in the case of the
State of Nebraska vs Merle«Tooker
and in the case of the State vs Harry
Siebpln. H W Tomlinson
D M Stuart
Motion carried.
Atkinson Neb Jan 2, 1913.—To the
Honorable Board of Supervisors, Holt*
County, Neb. I, Fred Hitchcock
your petitioner do hereby certify that
|1 was erroneously assessed with labor
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Scott & Bowse, Bloomfield, N. J. 12-43
tax In AtklnBon village for the year
1012, which tax I have paid, and I
hereby petition your honorable body
bo refund same to me as I belong to
bbe Volunteer Fire Department of
Atkinson, Nebr and am not subjeot to
i lobor tax. Fred Hitchcock
Subsbribed and sworn to before me
this 2nd day of January 1913.
I R Dickerson, Notary Public
On motion prayer of petition was
{ranted.
O’Neill, Neb Jan 16 1913 —To the
Hon Board ot Supervisors, Holt county
Nebraska.
Gentlemen: I have been assessed
for 19 head of cattle in Wyoming
township which was listed and assess
ed In fairview townshiy, 1 would ask
bo have the assessment in Wyoming
ttricken from the taxt list.
Respectfully,
G W Traver
Subscribed and sworn to before me
mis iota aay or Jan a u isju.
S F McNichols, Co Clerk
On motion prayer of petition was
granted.
O’Neill, Nebraska Jan 22, 1913.—To
the Hon Roard of Supervisors.
Gentlemen: 1 was erroneously
assessed for 30 head of cattle in
Saratoga township. These cattle
were listed by me In Pleasantview
township and ask that the tax In
Saratoga township be stricken from
the tax list. Zeb Warner
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 22 day of January 1913.
S F McNichols, Co Clerk
On motion prayer of petition was
[ranted.
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I THE BRAMBLYf
COTTAGE I
The Story of a Rescue I
By CLARISSA MACKIE |
Leander Klttredge leaned over the
fence and scrutinized the Inquiring
stranger, who carried fishing rods and
basket “What sa-ay?” he drawled,
cupping one freckled hand around a
large and leathery ear.
"I asked If there was good fishing
In the lake,” repeated the man pa
tiently.
“Sometimes there Is and sometimes
there ain’t,” returned Mr. Klttredge.
with an enigmatic smile.
“How's that?”
“It all depends on Faustina Stand
ish,” chuckled Leander. “It all de
pends on Faustina!”
The stranger looked puzzled. “Who
is Faustina Standlsh?”
“She owns the lake and it’s her say
so whether there’s fish to be caught or
not.”
“Oh, I didn’t know It was private
property! The people at the hotel said
any one could fish there.”
“Belongs to Faustina. It's her say
so.”
“Where does she live?”
“Down In that brambly cottage at
the Bhore now. In the winter time
she moves up to her house In the vil
lage. Some day Faustina ’ll get ketch
ed by a high tide or something and
cottage and all ’ll float off.” Leander
shook with silent mirth.
“Tide! I thought It was a fresh wa
ter lake.”
"It's a bay—nothing more or less
than a leetle salt water bay, with just
the teeniest outlet to the sound.
Standlshes have always owned the
bay, and now It’s Faustina’s, and she’s
got a cottage down there that has Its
feet In the water sometimes. She nnd
that grampussing old black cook,
Cleopatra, have It all to themselves
from June to October.”
“No harm In asking permission to
fish?” ventured the stranger. And,
following Lcander’s guiding finger, he
turned into another woody road that
led him down to the water’s edge.
Davis Emery paused In sheer admi
ration of the tiny bay, perhaps a quar
ter of a mile In diameter, Upped by a
snow white sandy beach with a back
ground of gently sloping pastures and
cedar clothed hillsides. Directly op
posite was a rift In the white beach
that showed the channel, with a dark
rim of tho sound beyond. The sky
was blue, and the water reflected the
pure tint. The tide had been an un
usually high one, for bits of dried
driftwood were floating away from the
high water mark. Long lines of dead
seaweed undulated with the sweU of
the ebbing tide.
Nowhere along the beach was there
a sign of a “brambly cottage” such as
Leander Klttredge had described.
Not far from where he was standing,
however, there was a small building,
whitewashed outside and in and speck
lessly clean. An Indignant clucking
from a nesting box In one corner re
vealed that this was a chicken house,
and It was evident that the tide had
lapped the floor of the building, for
the sand lay in little riffled, damp
lines.
It this was Faustina Standlsh’s
chicken house her brambly cottage
could not be far away. But look as
he might up and down the beach he
saw nothing save a sweep of wet sand
and glistening pebbles.
All at once Emery saw it In the most
unexpected place. There, bobbing
drunkenly In the middle of the little
bay, was a small white cottage over
run with red roses. The water swashed
around the tiny porch and broke In
white foam against the sides of the
building. From a small Iron chimney
smoke poured forth as If this unex
pected trip on the water had not hin
dered the round of domestic duties.
Up on a balcony above the porch a wo
man was sitting composedly, reading
a book.
There was only one thing for Davis
Emery to do and that was to rescue
the damsef as quickly as possible. In
order to do that he must have a boat,
and, looking about, he soon made the
unpleasant discovery that there were
three very capable looking small boats
adrift on the bay. He raced madly up
the shore and found nothing save a
broken oar half burled in the salt
grass. With this in bis band he went
back to the chicken coop and there
behind It, resting on the sloping bank,
were the outlines of a flat bottomed
skiff beneath a covering of tarpaulin
and dried seaweed.
After fifteen minutes labor be had
the covering cleared away and the
boat afloat Rowlocks there were
none, but Emery could paddle even
with a broken oar, so he pushed off and
Went bobbing slowly toward the bram
bly cottage, which was also bobbing
on the tide and headed straight for
the narrow, wicked looking channel.
Perhaps the girl had suddenly
thought of the channel, for all at once
she arose and went to the railing and
leaned over and looked long and anxi
ously at the course of the cottage. She
saw Emery Just then, and in response
to his hall be heard a faint response.
The current was stronger now, and
the speed of both cottage and skiff
was accelerated, so that Emery did not
gain much on the little house, but after
awhile his strong, steady persistent |
strokes counted for results, and Just
when he was beginning to feel the j
7
strain of bis hurried efforts a ware
brought the skiff to the edge of the
porch and he reached out and grasped
the edge. In another instant he was
standing on the boards, ankle deep un
der water, and making fast the painter
of the skiff to the railing.
As he turned from this task tbe-door
opened behind him and revealed the
girl of tbq balcony standing there.
Brown as n'berry were hair, eyes and
brow. Her skin was deep cream, with
a powdering of golden freckles across
her lovely face. Even in that moment
of danger Davis Emery realized her
beauty, and he drew a sharp breath of
admiration. But the girl's voice, soft
and cultivated, brought him back to
the urgency of the situation.
"If you have come to help us," she
sold quickly, “you can best do it by
keeping us out of the channel—if you
can.”
"I’ll try,” said Emery promptly.
“Have you got a heavy rope or a chain
aboard— l mean in the house?"
"No, but there is one in my motor
'wnt See—it is in the same current
and will soon reach us! If you can get
aboard and start the engine you can
easily pull us out of tbe current."
By the time she had finished speak
ing Emery was back In the skiff and
paddling away with his broken oar. it
was a matter of minutes before he bad
boarded the large motorboat, started
up the engine and caught up with the
brambly cottage. The girl cheered him
heartily as be paseed around to tbe
rear of the building, where be fastened
a stout chain to a ringbolt in the back
porch and. starting up the engine once
more, had tbe satisfaction of feeling
that the cottage was drawing steadily
in his wake—out of the current and to
ward a low sandy shore.
All at once a large black face sur
mounted by a bright bnndanna turban
appeared at one of the windows.
“Fo’ de Ian's sake, man, huccome yo'
heah?" she demanded belligerently.
“Hev yo' ask Miss Faustlny yit?"
“1 have Miss Faustina’s permission
to tow you to safety," laughed Emery
heartily.
"Dat’s all right den. But dere'a
folkses always tryin’ to take llbyertlea
wid Miss Faustlny, and beFe only too
easy wid ’em. But dey don't git by
me; no, sab!” Cleopatra withdrew her
brilliantly adorned bead, and Emery
heard her clattering among tbe pots
and pan8. Presently her voice sounded
once more.
"Man, ef yo’ could manidge to git us
ashore down by high bar 1 could gtt a
mess o’ clams for dlnnah!” she called
amicably.
"I’m under Miss Faustina’s orders,"
returned Emery.
At that moment the girl appeared at
the back c^oor. "I don’t know how to
thank you for your kindness In rescu
ing us,” she said sincerely. “If we had
gone on the rocks In the channel I am
afraid we would have fared badly.
When our cottage suddenly drifted oft
at 7 o’clock Cleopatra and I bad just
arisen and were upstairs. 1 thonght
we would simply float across the bay
to the other shore and we could easily
be towed 'back from that point, so I
felt no alarm until 1 discovered we
were In the current and making for the
channel. We owe a great deal to your
pluck in getting us Into smooth water."
"I'm mighty glad I happened along."
responded Emery. "Now, would It not
be a good plan to beach the cottage on
the sand here? And when the tide
shifts late this afternoon. It will be
comparatively easy to tow It back to
Its location with this boat."
Faustina agreed heartily, and In an
other half hour Emery had skillfully
maneuvered the brambly cottage to a
temporary resting place not far from
the high bar which showed a long
strip of mud flat In the falling tide.
Cleopatra descended to the sand with
clam rake and basket on her arm and
trudged to the mud flat
Emery assisted Faustina Standlsh to
land, and when he had made both
house and motorboat secure beyond
any encroaching wave he sat down be
side her on the sand and explained
how be had happened to Invade the
shore of her little bay. Of course the
service he bad rendered her and the
spirit of the adventtire In which they
had both taken a part rapidly pro
moted a friendship that was not bro
ken for many months, and then for
a most excellent reason.
Cleopatra presently summoned them
to an appetizing clambake, which, com
bined with the meal she had been bus
ily preparing, quite rounded sout a de
lightful morning.
It was sundown when the brambly
cottage was once more securely moored
above high water mark near its old
resting place. Davis Emery's permis
sion to fish In the bay contained many
added privileges, such as calling upon
Faustina Standlsh once In awhile and
enjoying Cleopatra’s culinary triumphs,
for Cleopatra approved of Davis Em
ery.
Ills basket was empty and his lines
quite dry us he passed Leander Klt
tredge’s back fence at sunset Leander
was there playing with an awkward,
long legged colt
“Hev a good ketch?” grinned Lean
der sociably.
Emery found himself smiling at a
sudden recollection. "Very," be said.
"Found Faustina and the brambly
cottage, did ye? I reckoned she’d let
ye fish—never heerd of her refusin’
anybody yet—but of course, nobody
ever knows what notion a woman’ll
take Into her head!”
“See you again,” said Emery In fare
well, and as he walked home through
the quiet woods he wondered If Faus
tina Standish would ever "take a no
tion” to like him better than anybody
she had ever met and it turned out
that Faustina did that very thing, and
so when their friendship ended love be
•«n and remained ever after. j
