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THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
February 13,, 1902
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State Affairs
Now that the reform forces of Cus
ter county have been given a good
drubbing, they ought, to get together
and work harmoniously. The Kern
Hiatt feud of long ago, which has
been transmitted from one to another
end kept eternally alive, finally re
sulted in the complete overthrow of
the reform forces there. Now mat
Kern has removed to Colorado and
Hiatt is teaching school in Guam, both
the early principals in the feud are
gone. Why should there be any more
bickerings . and heart-burnings over
thim? Get together, boys, get together.
' Peter Ebbeson has sold the St. Paul
Phonograph to C. B. and S. B. Manuel,
and these gentlemen have consolidated
it with the St. Paul Press. The reform
newspapers will miss Mr. Ebbesons
earnest writing in behalf of better
government The Manuels will run
the consolidation as a democratic pa
per. ; '
At its last sitting, February 6, the
supreme court handed. down opinions
in 63 cases, 20 of which will be offi
cially reported in the Nebraska Report
and 33 known as "unreported" opin
ions. But one of the cases decided is
of sufficient public importance to be
noticed in The Independent. Com
ment on this appears elsewhere under
the heading, "County Funds." Of the
53 cases disposed of at this sitting the
court affirmed the judgment of the
district court in 34; 12 were reversed;
1 writ of mandamus was denied; and
In 6 cases wherein rehearlngs had been
granted, the former judgment of the
supreme court-was adhered to.
About nine months in the year Bro
Phelps of the Howells Journal con
ducts his paper wholly along local
lines and makes no editorial comment
whatever. The Independent realizes
that every local paper must devote
most of its space to news, and local
news at that, but it would seem that
a bright paragrapher like Bro. Phelps
could devote at least half a column a
week to editorial.
A YEAR OF GREAT GROWTH
President Robison of the Bankers'
Reserve Life Association Shows
a Remarkable Record for
NEBRASKA'S GREAT COMPANY
1145 Policies in Force at the End of
1901 Representing $3,421,000 at
Risk Mostly on Nebras
- ka Lives.
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Since the publication last week of
the annual report of President Robi
son to the stockholders of the Bankers'
Reserve Life association the manage
ment of this popular young life insur
ance company has been in constant
receipt of words of congratulation.
Compared with the experience of
the leading eastern companies, the
great growth of Nebraska's favorite
life association is phenomenal.
AT THE END OF ITS 4TH YEAR
the Bankers' Reserve has more out
standing insurance than the North
western Mutual of Wisconsin reported
when It closed its sixth annual report,
and within $24,000 of the aggregate
of the National Life of Vermont after
sixteen years of energetic effort.
The premium incomes of these com-'
panies also fall short by comparison
In other words, the Bankers' Reserve,
In the face of a competition never
experienced by any eastern company,
shows at the end of its fourth year
A PREMIUM INCOME OF $111,311.72.
This is 38 per cent increase In a
single year, during which year the
Bankers' Reserve wrote $1,766,000 In
new Insurance.
- The savings from the first year's
premiums on the business of last year
is more than sufficient to pay all death
losses and the premiums on $1,777,000
of Insurance.
;. Not only has the expense beeen re
markably low, but the conservative
policy of the company which rejected
over $100,000 in risks offered has re
sulted In
T THE LOWEST DEATH RATE.
The company had only four death
claims In 1901, aggregating $10,600, of
which sum $5,760 was paid by reinsur
ance, leaving the net expense to the
Bankers' Reserve' at $4,750. These
claims ' were paid immediately upon
proof of loss. .
' The company closed its books De
cember 31, 1901, without a single un
paid obligation and with" net "cash
able assets of nearly $50,000 standing
to the credit of the policy holders.
- Write to B. H. Robison, president
Bankers Reserve, Omaha, Neb., for
full particulars.
THE BANKERS' RESERVE LIFE.
by an act in 1858 for South Australia
and a similar act for all Australia in
1862. The immediate result of his ef
forts was the adoption of a title regis
tration system similar in character in
different countries as follows: Queens
land in 1861; New South Wales, 1862;
Victoria, 1862; Tasmania, 1863; New
Zealand, 1870; British Columbia, 1870;
Western Australia, 1874;-- England,
1875; Ontario, optional with counties,
and in Manitoba and the Northwest
Territories In 1885.
The system has been highly suc
cessful in Australia. By 1881 nearly
nine million acres were held under
the act, and at present nearly all the
lands (not owned, by the public) are
under it. The system is in nearly
universal nse in British Columbia and
Ma'jitoba Illinois in 1895 adopted It,
optional with counties,, but power war
conferred on the recorder to deter
mine all questions affecting title, and
the supreme court held this to be con
ferring judicial powers on him and
declared the act unconstitutional.
(People vs. Chase, 46 N. E. 454.) The
act was afterward amended and sus
tained in State vs. Simon 52 N. E. 910.
The same year (1895) Ohio attempted
to adopt the system, but made the
same mistake as Illinois. (State vs.
Gilbert, 47 N. E. 551.) Massachusetts
adopted a similar act in 1898 and -tz
constitutionality was upheld by the
state supreme court without division.
A writ of error to the United States
supreme court was dismissed in 1900.
It has also been adopted in Califor
nia, Oregon, Montana, and Minnesota;
and some steps have been taken in
Virginia, Texas, Colorado, Utah,
Rhode Island, Missouri, and Alabama.
The commissioners appointed by our
supreme court have reported and the
court has filed all papers with the gov
ernor. Mr. Crites opposes the system.,
but Messrs. Hand and Tipton favor it.
No two of them, however, agree upon
the best course to pursue. Crites and
Tipton join In a majority report, giv
ing a bill which at least partially
meets the approval of both. Mr. Hand
files a separate report and bill.
According to Mr. Hand, the two ob
jects sought by the adoption of the
Torrens system are (1) to do away
with an expensive, cumbersome and
generally unsatisfactory system: (2)
substitute therefore a simple, less ex
pensive one giving certainty to titles.
Among the errors and defects of our
present system, Mr. Hand mentions
(1) want of evidence of genuineness of
signatures of grantors, witnesses, and
of officials taking acknowledgements:
(2) want of evidence of heirships and
next of kin in many cases; (3) the
record of a deed is not evidence that
it was ever delivered. Deeds left in
escrow are sometimes prematurely de
livered and find their way to the re
corder. So with deeds executed by a
person near death which are never
delivered. (4) Under the recording act,
an unrecorded deed is good only as .o
persons having notice of it. ,(5) The
record does not disclose incapacity of
grantor to contract. (6) Recital in a
deed as to whether grantor is mar
ried or single is only prima facie evi
dence of fact recited. (7) The fact of
adverse possession does not appear.
These and many others. One case Is
mentioned where 144 defects in the
record evidence of title were pointed
out; and the investigation ran through
a period of over four months.
As to accumulation of records, Mr.
Hand points out that from the time of
the Chicago fire (1871) to 1895 the
records of Cook county filled 5,000
volumes containing over 2,326,800 in
struments. In Cincinnati there are
about 2,000 volumes of record. In
Suffolk county, Massachusetts, in one
year the instruments recorded were
24,000, filling sixty volumes. He then
asks: "With such accumulations at
the present time, what will be the con
dition one hundred years hence?" It
is estimated that the Torrens system
will require not over one-tenth of the
book space.
THE TORRENS SYSTEM
Short Excerpts From Mr. Hand's Excellent
- Brief on Tuts Method of Trans
- ferriog Titles
- Sir Robert R. Torrens did not in
vent the system which bears his name.
A " system of registering land title?
has - been in operation over six hun
dred years. Some form of title regis
tration has been in operation in differ
ent countries as follows: In Vienna
since 1366; Prague, 1377; Munich, 1440;
'f Austria. 1811; Saxony, 1843; Hungary,
J 1849. Sir Robert, becoming interested
in the question, desired to have some
, such system adopted in Australia. He,
9i went to Prussia and Bavaria to study
y l the operations of the system in vogue
;5 then, and returned enthusiastically in
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Searchers after further information
regarding this system are cited to 32
Central Law Journal, 160: Outlook
July 6, 1901; 6 Har. L. Rev. 410; Arndt
vs. Griggs. 134 U. S. 320; U. S. vs. Fox,
94 U. S. 315; McCormick vs. Sullivan.
10 Wheat. 192; Christian vs. Yount,
101 U. S. 352; Scudder vs. Sargent, 13
Neb. 102; Keene vs. Sallenbach, 15
Neb. 200: Tyler vs. Judges Court of
Registration, 177 Mass. 71. These ar
ticles and cases cover some of the
points of interest to lawyers.
Whatever technical objections may
be urged against it, the Torrens sys
tem In some form is bound to come.
Every year the burden of transferring
titles to land becomes greater, and it
is the height of folly to say that there
is no help for it. The only diffieuicy
is to get started right and to educate
the people to ubo the new system.
Later The Independent desires to glva
an abstract of the bill reported by Mr.
Hand, or perhaps give It entire, believ
ing that with his firm grasp of the
subject he has covered the ground
thoroughly.
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We understand that our state treas
urer has with-pulled himself from be
ing a candidate for re-election.
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to compete with the pauper farmers
of the world. If cotton is furnished
a factory in New England and in old
England at the same time and at the
same price, the farmers in America
have to pay just about twice as much
for a shirt as the farmers in England.
It would take twice as much wheat
or corn to pay here as it would over
there. . '
It would' cost but a few thousand
dollars to stretch a telegraph wire
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, touch
ing the large business places. The
postofflces could be made th tele
graph offices. But no, that would bust
a corporation.
Lincoln city council and the con
gress of the United States are agitat
ing the question of raising salaries.
The judges are to have two or three
thousand more; then congressmen will
come next. Any way to use up the
surplus in the treasury.
The Babcock anti-trust protection
bill was beaten in the committee o?
ways and means by only one vote.
That shows that there are at least a
few in congress who are in favor of
letting free trade in on the trusts.
Another failure of a state savings
bank, at Detroit, for over a million.
Who knows when we can have gov
ernment postal savings banks? Those
who vote for all of these bad things
have no grounds for complaint.
What good does the bank inspector
do as long as he cannot detect bank
ruptcy or fraud in a bank? Mosher's
bank and the Bellwood bank were
both run for years by fraud and were
doubly bankrupt all the time, and yet
the inspector could see nothing wrong.
The fact that he reported the banks
all right and sound led many innocent
depositors into the trap. A guido
board that sends the traveler th
wrong road is much worse than no
guide at all.
Less than half of the Indians in the
Indian territory are full bloods. It i
just about so with the negroes in this
country. This goes to show that m
about one thousand years more ther
will be no Indians or negroes in this
country. It is universal that the
dark skinned man or woman prefers
a companion with a lighter skin, other
things being equal. The tendency Is to
fade out. No two races or nationali
ties can live under one government
without intermingling and becoming
one people. There are no Irish; Ger
mans or French in the second genera
tion here.
The chancellor of our state univer
sity, and of all other colleges and uni
versities; should be furnished with
two cold, wet blankets, one to throw
over the wild football games and the
other over the fraternity houses. Ball
games are carried to a crazy extreme.
They bring together nearly the same
kind of crowds that prize fights and
horse races do. They divert the minds
of the students from their studies, ani
in several cases players have had to
fall back in their classes in different
colleges. A little home game is net
so likely to work harm. Young peo
ple are easily carried off their feet by
excitement. A wet blanket will cool
off excitement and the sensible
students will see the point and desist
Discouragement is better medicine for
such things than encouragement. Then
fraternity houses need a wet blanket,
of discouragement. We write from
experience. We are ready to grant
that the young people of today are
just as divinely human as they were
sixty years ago. They do not like
fun and snort any better. This liking
will be stimulated too much when you
put ten or twelve boys or ten or twelve
girls into a house, with only a cook in
supervision. Story telling, jesting
and joking, with card playing, chess
and checkers will take the place of
study in too great a degree. The same
students put into home families will
make much better progress in their
studies. A wet blanket of discourage
ment is needed to throw over the es
tablishment of fraternity houses.
Bank depositors need to be secured
joist as much as bill holders.
The election of United States sena
tors by the direct vote of the people
is agitating congress again. The
measure will be killed again in the
senate, for a majority of the senators
know they can not be re-elected that
way.
No one should be allowed to vots
at a city election except they have
paid city taxes on property withiu a
year, Outsiders are not allowed to
vote in any other corporation election.
The growers of wheat, corn and
cotton are compelled to sell the pro
duct of their labor at the world's free
trade market price without the least
nrotection of law to increase the price.
L Jnptt&LjvJs&v -to ear aeXUthiiiaLve
harms him." 1 1 ventured at the time
to say that I thought that William Mc
Kinley was the only Christian in view
at the trying ordeal. Why 'so many
of , the church Christians and their
ministers lost all control' of them
selves and forgot their duty to Christ
i.nd the martyr, I am unable to say.
The scriptures say we must have no
idols. McKinley was not idolized by
all. In the numerous tumults many
were silent that had respect for him
so many, in fact, that the question
was often asked, "Why do we not hear
from them?" In all affairs of either
sorrow or joy that cause excitement,
the thoughtless men rush to the top
and often make much trouble which
later on has to be settled by the silent,
deep-thinking and intelligent minds,
for the assassination had come through
a combination of causes. , All history
teaches wisdom of right doing and fol
ly of wrong doing. Some time ago at
an Episcopal church convention, . it
was declared that "McKinley was slain
by the spirit of our age, the spirit of
lawlessness full-grown to maturity
and malevolence, and that other chil
dren of this same evil spirit are clos3
about us on every hand."
The lawlessness of Cain was but an
outgrowth of the laws of cause and ef
fect in man's departure from natural
equality. Are we raising Calns in our
boasted advancement? During the ex
citement many people declared that
more laws should be made and carried
out to protect those in authority. Do
people forget that such laws are made?
If they are not carried out, who is to
blame? There is but one answer, and
that is, of condemnation- of those in
authority. When will Americans learn
to act strictly in accord with the laws
now already made? Recorder Goff of
New York said at a club dinner: "Laws
never made man or woman virtuous.
Anarchy is an idea, and you cannot
suppress an idea. If it is right, It is
bound to triumph;, if it is wrong, it
will die of itself."
I claim my right as an American
citizen to criticise freely, without fear
or favor, the acts and utterances of
all in authority. I. cannot treat them
as lords or masters in any sense, for
are they not our servants, elected by
us, not only to make, but to enforce
laws and keep peace between man
and man? But a short time ago some
corrupt politicians deliberately forced
one courageous man out of one posi
tion into another, so that he could no
longer Interfere in their wicked
schemes, and behold a most signal
and disastrous reversal of their plans.
Roosevelt, a man of destiny, becomes
president, while his successor, Gov
ernor Odell, develops ability to rise
above aims and standards of machine
politics. History emphasizes the ex
actness of God's justice.
GEORGE HALSEY TUTHILL.
169 Flatbush ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Reconcentrados of Our Own
The president appoints a special rep
resentative to hobnob with the British
aristocracy at the coronation of King
Edward, but he hasn't time to send
a representative to South Africa to
investigate the British atrocities.
Sentinel, Ottawa, O.
MR- HARDY REPLIES
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Anarchy and Retribution
Editor Independent: When the
president was assassinated and an
archy was used as a cover for the un
godly doings of a multitude of unright
eous people assisted by their ill-gotten
and much worshipped gold and
for neglect of enforcing laws, retri
bution had to come. I had cause to
open a dictionary to find out the mean
ing of the word anarchy; when I found
It was a state of society in which thu
laws were not enforced, and the In
dividual did as he pleased with Im
punity, I closed the book and my
mouth also, for who has not broken
laws? Who is not breaking them and
who is not liable to do so when so
many laws are made by man to the
detriment, not for the betterment, of
the poor sufferers of humanity? Many
thoughtless individuals commenced to
abuse the free press and free speech;
people and ran wild in their condem
nation of nearly everybody and every
thing. Among the first to be killed off
at once was John G. Wooley and th?
old prohibition party just because Jonn
once had occasion to say that the li
quor traffic had been cornered in the
White house at Washington, D. C. The
most ignorant of all would have it that
socialists were all anarchists, and they
had but little respect for William J
Bryan and his admirers, while all
gold worshippers of any party or erred
were admitted to swell the ranks of
some of their hypocritical gatherings.
A part of the press and some of the
pulpiteers tried hard to outdo each
other in proclaiming what kind of
death the poor unfortunate murderer
should suffer. I will not write out
their disgraceful utterances, for too
many of them were under the control
of the devil's spirit and were not gov
erned by Christ-spirit or even the last
words of their great and courageous
commander, who spoke these words:
'-.L 'iJt1 .GLol'g --WaV , co bo. Tin nun
Has Some Comment to Make on the Xdi
tor'a Position a Joint Debate on
State Matters
The statement has been published
several times in my column that neith
er the proprietor nor the editor of the
paper are in any way responsible for
what appears in it. Our first arrange
ment with the proprietor was to the
effect that we could write our own
opinions without let or hindrance. Yet
when the fusion legislature was
slaughtering the party, we were not
permitted to criticise their actions.
The people have since criticised it at
the ballot box. The proprietor was
at that time at the front on the battle
line.
When we write a mistake or error
we are much better pleased to have it
corrected than to have U confirmed,
especially if it is something bad about
a man we voted for. We acknowledge
we do not swing our war club as mod
estly or as politely as many others do,
but we aim to express our own honest
sentiments without sugar, salt or par
ty whitewash. We were told by an
Omaha travelling man that there were
four banks on the string, while, but
one of them was summoned before
the grand jury. That was the reason
for increasing the amount mentioned
in the indictment: Those who think
we wera "delighted" with the transac
tion that smirched the character of
a man whom we twice voted for are
mistaken, for we were shocked and
grieved. It was as unexpected as the
explosion of a volcano would have
been in the middle of Omaha.
We were told some years ago that
the office of state treasurer was worth
eight or ten thousand dollars a year;
that, with more than a million more
that has gone in chunks is sufficient
to Buspect a home of thieves. We re
ferred to the state treasurers "as a
whole" and our "sweeping" broom was
made of many splints. ;
We have not heard of a state officer
criticising the secretary or oil in
spector. The agent of the bond secur
ity company appeared at the state
house for the purpose of cancelling the
bond of the oil inspector, but was
talked off by the other state officers.
Does not that look like standing up for
each other? It cost the bond security
company quite a little pile in the end.
We were told by a man now in the
state house that there always have
been counties in the state that could
pay off their old bonds and would do
it if they could get money at a lowe.
rate of interest on new bonds, and
were informed of the fact. We know
of one county in that fix, and have
seen the bonds. There have been two
opportunities for purchasing govern
ment bonds at a little or no premium
in the last ten years.
We did not intend to charge Mr. Me
serve with dividing money among the
state officers for we did not then be
lieve that he put any into his pocket
to divide. It is a fact that too muca
money has been held by the treasurer;
more of it could have been paid out
on the state's debt. Paying debts is a
safe deposit for money. Within the
last six months $5,651.47 has been
paid in as interest on deposits. At 2
per cent that would make the amount
over a half million deposited. When
ever any school money has been lost
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ers have had to stand the loss; then
why should they not have the profits
if there are any? The reason we fav
ored the one fund system was because
it would afford the treasurer no ex
cuse for holding so mucn money.
There is no reason for paying one
state debt and not another. We hone
a law will be passed requiring the
treasurer to make a monthly report of
every item of money received and ev
ery item paid and where the balance
is, if there is a balance.
The editor-in-chief admits about all
the wrongs we uncovered. We were
not ignorant of the fact that school
money was put into new warrants, but
state money could have been used to
pay off old warrants. If we are right
ly informed every fund was overdrawn
and yet state money laying in the
treasury. We can't expect the next
fusion administration to avoid all the
known wrongs unless some one, or
thousands kick.
We have cherished the idea that the
readers of The Independent wanted the
whole truth without regard to who it
hit, when, or where. If our methol
has driven away subscribers we will
try to overlook the bad things in our
party, but we promise not to white
wash them. ' H. W. HARDY.
(The Independent does want the
wh.j truth; but it does not desire to
have guesses and surmises stated flat
ly as "the whole truth.' For example.
Mr. Hardy takes the unsupported word
of an unnamed, unknown travelling
man that "there were four banks on
the string" (whatever that may mean)
as his excuse for stating that the In
dictment charged Mr. Meserye with
embezzling "ten or fifteen thousand
dollars," instead 'of $3,000. What pos
sible connection could that travelling
man's statement have to do with thg
indictment?
Does Mr. Handy believe that it is
the duty of every fusion ex-state offi
cer to rush into print denouncing the
action of ex-Secretary Porter and ex
Oil Inspector Gaffln? Most of them do
not pose as "literary fellers." As to
Porter's case, there is no doubt he has
the protection of the law as laid down
by the supreme court; but The Inde
pendent believes that very few pop
ulists will sanction the course he took
a course taken with full knowledge
of all the circumstances. In Gafifin's
case it is different. Poor Gaffin. Wer
all the facts known, he is deserving of
pity rather than condemnation. Of
course Mr. Hardy has the rist to ex
clude mercy and charity from his soul
it is so easy to point the finger of
scorn at an erring brother. So easy
to call him a scoundrel with never a
thought of helping him to do right.
Again it must be said that Mr. Har
dy confuses his ideas of what he
thinks oueht to be with what really is.
Any treasurer who attempted a "one
fund" system would be an embezzler
sure enough in about the second day
of his term. Does Mr. Hardy advlsf
open violation of the laws of the
state? Doesn't Mr. Hardy know that
there are several funds which the
state has no moral right, under any
laws whatever, to use for any other
purpose than the purpose for which
thpy were Intended? Take the Mor
rill fund of $25,000 a year and the
Hatch fund of $15,000 a year which
come from the United. States govern
ment; would he use these to pay oft
old general fund warrants? Take the
temporary school fund, which comos
from the collection of the state school
tax, the interest and lease rentals of
school lands, and the income from
securities on hand: would he use thl3
money for paying off old general fund
warrants? Twice a year this fund is
distributed among the various coun
ties according to school population;
under Mr. Hardy's financial scheme
there would be no distribution; he
would have the money all absorbed in
paying debts that have no connection
with educational matters.
The law provides a way whereby
any county may refund its hisrh rate
of interest bonds into bonds of lower
rate. Any man with common sense can
look it up. He doesn't need to take
the bare word of any "man now In
the state house." The fact is that un
der ' Treasurer Meserve's administra
tion all these issues of county bonds
werfi looked after with the closest at
tention and Mr. Hardy ought to know
it. Mr. Hardy claims that "state
monev could have bpen used to pay
off old warrants." Will he point out
when and from what fund, under Mr.
Meserve's term, any money could have
been used leerally in the way he indi
cates? There are only two funds (the
general and the temporary univrsitv)
that can be "overdrawn." Would Mr.
Hardv use up the permanent educa
tional funds, the temporary school
fund, and all the funds which come
from ths UnitPd States government to
pay off the debt owine by the general
fund? If so? he would be a very un
safe custodian of public funds. Ed.
TWO FINE ORCHARDS..
At Corning, Cal., in the great Sacra
mento Valley, are . two twentyacre
tracts planted to choice fruits. One
of these is set to prunes, Jthe other to
olives. Scattered among the. trees of
both orchards, to give variety, arV
peaches, pears, plums, apricots ' and'
almonds. Trees on both tracts are set
22 feet apart 90 to the acre. The
prune orchard is bordered, on three
sides by a row of large fig trees, which
make fine shade and bear heavily.
Trees are 8 years old and just coming
into full bearing. In 1900 they pro
duced 8 tons of prunes, at $60 per
ton. This orchard faces county road,
which is graded and gravelled like a
boulevard. It also fronts the princi
pal business street'of the town and lies
just across the street from May wood
Addition to the town of Corning. It
is valuable for building lots. Qwi
and a third acres diagonally across
from its s. w. corner sold two years
ago for $500 cash. It is one-half mile
from depot, one-half mile from can
nery, five-eighths mile from school
and one-half mile from drying house.
Forty rods east and across the av
enue from the north end of the prune
orchard lies the olive tract. This
contains the richest soil in the col
ony. Twenty acres planted . to Man
zanillo, Nevadillo and Mission olives.
One-half of these are 7 years old an(
bore first commercial crop last year,
260 gallons at $1 per gallon. The bal
ance of the trees are younger. The
olive is of slow growth, but when
mature it produces the most valuable
fruit that grows- . : ... .
The location and soil conditions of
these orchards are most favorable, 110
miles from Sacramento, three miles
from Sacramento river, giving trans-'
portation by boat as well as by rail.
Both tracts are level, without draws
or waste land. Trees in this section
of the state are free from scale or In
sect pest. No thunder, wind or dust
storms. A rainfall of 26 inches renders
irrigation for single crops unneces
sary, while 25 to 40 feet wells furnish
abundance of , water for, irrigation
where more than one crop or where
orange or lemon trees are desired.
These tracts were purchased and
planted for a home, and have been
carefully cultivated. Because of
changes in family they are now of
fered for sale. Prunes, $4,000; olives,
$3,000. Address "Orchards," care of
Independent.
Our 1902 catalogue of Nursery Stock
and Seeds is a money-saver. Get it.
Seed potatoes, $1.00 to $1.50 bushel;
apple trees, 5 to 6 ft., $12.00 per 100;
plum trees, $10.00 per 100; 60 varieties
strawberries; seed corn. We pay
freight. Send for catalogue, 52 pages,
free. Everyone answering this ad.
and cut this out and send 10c silver
can select 20 cents' worth of seeds
from our book. J. M. T. WRIGHT
NURSERY CO. Portland, Jay Co., Ind.
NOTICE TO NON-BESIDENT
In th District Court of Lancaster County, Ne
braska. Charles SiUrraTe Ely, Plaintiff, vs.
Eameetioe EIt, Defendant.
To Earnestine Ely, defendant in the a ho ye
entitled canse: Yon are herby notified that
on the 13th day of Pehrnary 1902. the plaic tiff.
Charles Sitgrara Ely, filed in the District Court
of Lancaster County, Nebraska, his petition
against you, the object and prayer of which is
to obtain a decree of divorce from you diswly;
In the bonds of matrimony.
You are further notified that unless you ans
wer said petition on or before the 24th dny of
March 1902, said petition will be taken aa con
fessed and decree entered araiastyon as prayed.
Dated this 13th day of February 1902.
CHARLES S1TQRAVE ELY,
By Doyle A Berjre. Hia Attorneys '
The Humphrey Hardware Co.
NOTICE OF INCORPORATION
Notice is hereby given that the undertirnad
have formed a corporation under the lavrs of
the stat of Nebraska.
1. The name of the corporation is THE
HUMPHREY HARD WARE COMPANY.-
2. The principal place of transacting the
business of the corporation is the city of Lin
coln, Nebraska.
3. The general natnre of the business to be
transacted by the corporation is the buying and
selling at wholesale and retail hardware of
every aind and description, tools, implements
and cutlery of every sort, grain and seed of
very description, carriages, buggies, wagons,
and all manner of vehicles used in the trans
portation or conveyance of porsons and prop
erty. The doing and transacting of a general
storage business. The purchasingowning and
leasina of such real estate and personal prop
erty as in the judrment of the board of direc
tors of said corporation, or the general man
ager of its business, shall be necessary or expe
dient in the transaction of its business, and the
sale, conveyance or other diiiosition of any or
all of said property.
4. The capital stock of the corporation is
thirty thousand dollars, divided into shants of
one hundred dollars each. The stock is lobe
paid in full at the time the corporation is au
thorized to commence business.
5 The corporation commenced on the 10th
day of February J 902 and terminates on the 10th
day of February 192', unless sooner terminated
by the action of a majority in n Timbers and
amount of its capital stock, or by operation of
law.
6. The highest amount of indebtedness or
liability to which the corporation shall at any
one time subject itself shall not exceed one
half of its capital stock.
7. The affairs of the corporation are to be
conduct id by a board of three directors, and its
officers are to be a president, secretary and
treasurer.
Dated thia 10th day of February. 1902. '
SARAH M. HUMPHREY.
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LKOaL NOTICE.
To' William' L. Kachu, adminittrator of the
estate of Edward B. Kaehus,' deceased, Mrs.
IT-... A.af nimannknnwnJamri M . Riiirll. M rm.
Riddle his wife, first name unknown. Gibbons
Gray Cornwell.rrusiee.jessie uooaaii.aamints
tratrit. J. & D, Newman, S. 8. Hall, first name
unknown. . Lemon cVTabor, John A. T. Hibbs,
nonresident dtfendants. Yon are each he eby
notified that on February t, 1902,Hiram J. Kent
as plaintiff began an action in the District
Coort of Lancaster county, Nebraska against
you and other defendants to quiet and confirm
in the plaintiff the title to lots 11 and 12, block
11, North Lincoln an addition to the eity of
Lincoln, in said county, and for a decree ad
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