CAMPAlGN'FUNDS' r t
Contlnnation of Report nrun Fw
AVeeke Ao Account of the Vnrloue
Count ira With State Committee
Two weeks ago The Indebejident
published part of the report of the
chairman an J secretary of the populist
state committee showing the account
between the various counties and the
state committee. Chairman "Weber re
ports that contributions are beginning
to rAim in and the outlook is that the
counties generally are getting awake
to the fact that funds are needed.
Following shows the net balance due
on August 15, 1902, for the counties
reported the last two weeks:
Adams 84 10
Antelope . 30 00
Baner 10 00
Blaine 9 50
Boone 38 75
Box Butte 17 62
Boyd 25 38
Brown 16 00
Buffalo 87 25
Burt 67 95
Butler 62 00
Cass 134 25
Cedar 75 22
Chase 21 00
Cherry 37 25
Cheyenne 34 15
Clay 38 82
Colfax 85 00
Cuming 45 50
Custer 82 95
Dakota 41 05
Dawes 19 50
Dawson 42 90
Deuel .- 23 00
Dixon 42 85
Dodse ..." . 142 25
Douglas 669 67
Dundy : 8 00
Fillmore .' -78 98
Franklin 26 35
Frontier. 37 18
Furnas 68 45
Gage ..: 165 70
Garfield 17 50
Gosper 7 80
Grant 11 00
Greeley 19 "o
Hall 38 00
Hamilton 34 00
Harlan 35 00
Hayes 14 65
Hitchcock 24 )
Holt 34 10
Hooker 5 00
Howard 28 00
Jefferson 76 34
Johnson 52 00
Total heretofore reported. .$2,766 22
Continuing the itemized report for
the remaining counties, the following
explanation is necessary "a" means
"old debt of 1900;" "b" means "as
sessment for 1901;" and "c" means
"assessment for 1902." Note the bal
ance due from your county or your
precinct, and consider yourself a com
mittee of one to collect funds and
clear op the balance. Send to the
chairman, B. R. B. Weber, Hotel Del
lone, Omaha, Neb.
KEARNEY a $28. b $24. e $24; to
tal, $76. Payments, a $62.74. b $2.25;
total. $64.99. Overpaid on old account.,
$12.99. Due on 1902 account, $24. rre- -cinct
quotas: Blaine $1.65, Cosmo $2.16,
Eaton $2.10, Grant $2.46. Hayes $1.83,
.Liberty $2.07. Lincoln $2, Logan 81c,
Lowell 96c, May $1.44, Minden $1.44,
Minden No. 2 $1.62, Mirage $1.26. New
ark $1.17, Oneida $2.05, Sherman $1.62.
KEITH -a $6, b $6, d'$6; total, $18.
Paymenta $1.1)5. Balance due, $16.05.
KEY A PAHA a $9, b $8. c $8; to
tal, $25. Payments, a $5.50. Balance
due, $19.50. Paid since May 28. $2.10.
Net balance. $17.40. Precinct Quotas:
Burton $1.98, Custer $3.30, Garfleld
paid. Holt $1.86, Keya Paha $2.58, Mc
Guire $2.40, Mills $1.86. Norden $1.68,
Pine $1.74, Simpson 54c.
KIMBALL a $1. b $2. c $2; total,
$5. Payments, a $1, b $2; total, $3.
Balance due, $2.
KNOX a $40, b $34. c $34; total,
$108. Payments, a $12.05. Balance
due, $95.95. Precinct quotas: Bo
hemia $1.53, Central $3.24. Cleveland
$2.52. Columbia $1.17, Creighton $12.33,
Dolphin $2.61, Dowling $1.44, Eastern
$4.95, Harrison $1.92, Herrick $2.34,
Hill $2.25, Jefferson $2.52, Lincoln
$4.77, Logan $2.34, Miller $3.60. Morton
$10.17. Niobrara $6.12, Peria $2.16,
Raymond $5.76, Santee $2.34, Spade
$1.53, Sparta $3.33, Valley $3.15. Ver
digre $7.47. Walnut $3.87. Washington
$1.92, Western $2.97.
LANCASTER a $142, b $116, c $116;
total, $374. Payments, a $65.30, b
$2.78; total. $68.08. Balance due;
$205.92. Paid since May 28, Grant No.
1 $2.50. Oak $2.05, Waverly $2.25; to
tal. $6.S0. Net balance, $199.12. Pre
cinct quotas: Buda No. 1 $2.52. Buda
No. 2 $3.64. Centerville $5.25, Denton
$3.57, Elk $4.97. Garfield $2.24, Grant
No. 1 paid. Grant No. 2 $3.50, High
land $3.S5. Lancaster No. 1 University
Place $3.92, Lancaster No. 2 Bethany
$3.15. Lancaster No. 3 Havelock $S.21,
Lancaster No. 4 Normal $2.03, Lincoln
1st $7.49. Lincoln 2nd $8.12. Lincoln
3rd S19.39, Lincoln 4th $17, Lincoln
5th $16.24, Lincoln 6th $11.62, Lincoln
7th $9.52. Little Salt $3, Middle Creek j
$3.64. Mill $3.10, Nemaha $8.12. North
Bluff $3.85, Oak balance $2.50, Olive
Branch 9Sc. Panama $3.71, Rock Creek
$3.71, Saltillo 1st Roca $2.87. Saltillo
2nd Hickman $2.80, South Pass 1st Hol
land 90c, South Pass No. 2 Firth $3.22,
Stevens Creek $3.36. Stockton $4.34,
Waverly balance $2.20, West Lincoln
$3.29. West Oak $4.06, Yankee Hill
.S4.55.
LINCOLN a $29. b $26. c $26; total.
$81. Payments, a $4.30. Balance 'due,
$76.70. Precinct quotas: Antelope
$2.40, BIrdwood $1.52, Brady $2.24,
Buchanan $1,04, Cottonwood $2.4S, Cox
$1.60, Deer Creek $1.68, Dicklns 96c.
Fairview 16c, Fox Creek $2.08, Gar
fleld $1.28. Gaslin $1.12. Hall 56c, Hin
man $2.64. Hooker $2.12. Jeffrey $1.76,
Kern $1.28. Lemon 32c, Maxwell $2.48,
Medicine $1.04, Miller 40c, Myrtle $1.20.
Nichols $2.56, North Platte No. 1 $8.96.
North Platte No. 2, $7.52, North Platte
No. 3 $5.04, Nowell 88c. Osgood 96c,
Peckham $2, Plant 64c, Rosedale $1.92.
Sellers 64c. Sumerset $1.20, Sunshine
32c, Sutherland $3.04, Table 48c. Vro-
man $1.84. Walker $1.92. Wallace
$3.28. Well $1.28, Whittier 96c, Wil
low 31.04.
- LOGAN a $3, b $4, c $4; total, $11.
Nothing paid.
LOUP sl $4. b$4.,c'.$4: total. $12.
Payments, a $6.35, b 26c; total, $6.61.
Balance due, $5.39. ' Precinct quotas:
Kent 85c. Little York fi. Newton $1.10,
Sawyer 80c, Strohl $1.05, Taylor $L35.
McPherson a $4.42, b $4, c $4; to
tal, $10. Paid, a 25c. Balance due
$9.75. ,
MADISON a $42, b $36, c $36; total,
$114. Payments, a $42. Balance due,
$72. Precinct quotas: Battle Creek
$0.30. Deer Creek $2.22, Emerick $2.82,
Fairview $4.20. Green Garden $2.76,
Grove $2.82, Highland $3.84, Jefferson
$4.38, Kalamazoo $2.22, Madison City
$5.46, Madison (outside) $2.40, Nor
folk $4.38. Norfolk No. 2 $6, Norfolk
No. 3 $4.80. Norfolk No. 4 $3.12, Nor
folk No. 5 $7.20, School Craft $4.44,
Shell Creek $4.08, Union $4.08, Val
ley $2.10, Warnerville $2.58.
MERRICK a $25, b $22. c $22; to
tal, $09. Payments, a $29.60. Balance
due, $39.40. Paid since May 28. Mid
land $2. Net balance, $37.40. Precinct
quotas: Central 65c, (Central City)
Lone Tree No. 1 $7.10, Chapman $3.10,
Clarks No. 1 $2.15. Clarks No. 2 $3.45.
Lone Tree No. 1 $7.10, Lone Tree No. 2
$4.25, Loup $4.40, Mead $2.65. Midland
$3.05, Prairie Creek $3.40. Prairie Isl
and 40c, Silver Creek $5.30, Vieregg
$2.50.
NANCE a $22, b $20. c $20; total,
$62. Payments, a $7, b $20; total. $27.
Balance due, $35. Precinct quotas:
Beaver $2.30, Cedar $3.85. Cottonwood
$1.40, Council Creek $2.65. 1st Fuller
ton $2, 2nd Fullerton $2.85. 3rd Fuller
ton $2.10, Fullerton twp $1.95, Genoa
$4.45. Loup Ferry $3.15, Newman $5.70,
Prairie Creek $4.15, South Branch
$.45, Timber Creek 83.70.
NEMAHA a $45, b $38, c $38; total,
$121. Payments, a $13.50, b $5.90; to
tal, $19.40. Balance due. $101.60. Pre
cinct quotas: Asplnwall $4.48. Bed
ford $7.28, Benton (east $2.16.- Benton
(west) $2.48. Brownville $7.36, Doug
las 1st $7.52. Douglas 2nd $8.32, Dou
glas 3rd $9.60, Glen Rock (north)
$5.52, Glen Rock (south) $3.20, Island
$1.84, Lafayette , (north) $4.88. Lafa
yette (south) $4.56, London $4.88. Ne
maha $6.16, Peru $10, St. Deroin $1.04,
Washington (east) $3.36, Washington
(west) $7.60.
NUCKOLLS a $38, b $32, c $23; to
tal. $:02. Payments, a $9.50, b $10.25;
total, $19.75. Balance due, $82.25. Pre
cinct quotas: Alban $2.03. Beaver 1st
$5.32, Beaver 2nd $5.18. Blaine $5.11.
Bostwick $1.89. Elk $4.34. Garfleld
$1.33, Hammond $3.29, Hardy $5.32,
Highland $3.64. Liberty $4.97. Nelson
$7.35. Nelson (east) $2.94. Nora $4.55,
St. Stepnens $6.72, Sherman $3.71,
Spring Creeiv $5.67, Victor $10.22.
OTOE a $58, b $48, c $48; total.
$154. Payments, a $38.25, b $20.50; to
tal, $58.75. Balance, due, $95.25. Pre
cinct quotas: Belmont $3.90. Berlin
$3.30. Delaware $4.26, Four Mile $5.34,
Hendricks $5.34, McWilliams 1st $2.04',
McWilliams 2nd $3.54, Nebraska City
1st $6.36, Nebraska City 2nd $7.86,
Nebraska City 3rd $7.38, Nebraska
City 4th $7.86, North Branch $3.24,
Osage $2.28, Otoe $4.08, Palmyra 1st
$4.50, Palmyra 2nd $4.56, Rock Creek
$4.08, Russell 1st $4.62, Russell 2nd
$3.90, So. Branch $4, Syracuse No. 1
$5.40, Syracuse No. 2 $3.42, Wyoming
$4.26.
PAWNEE a $28, b $24, c $24; total.
$7.6. Payments, a $9.25, b . $10.50; to
tal, $19.75. Balance due," $56.25." Pre-'
cinct quotas: Clay $3, Clear Creek
$4.55, Miles $3.71, Mission Greek $2.87,
Pawnee City 1st $6.30, Pawnee City
2nd $5.32, Plum Creek $4.90, Sheridan
$5.60, South Fork $8.47, Steinauer $1.82,
Table Rock 1st $4.62, Table Rock 2nd
$3.43, Turkey Creek $3.78, West Branch
$2.24. .
PERKINS a $6, b $6, c $6; total.
$18. Payments, a 25c. Balance due.
$17.75. Precinct quotas: Eckery $1.35.
urace $2.79, Hoghland $1. Liberty $1.87,
Lisbon $1.17. Madrid $2.34, Marvin 81c.
Sawyer $1.62, Valley $1.62, Woodson,
$1.62. Yankee $1.98.
PHELPS a $26. b $22, c $2; total,
$70. Payments, a $10.10, b $25.06; to
tal, $35.16. Balance due, $34.84. Pre
cinct quotas: Anderson $2.95, Center
$2.95, Cottonwood $1, Divide $2.80,
Garfield $4.10, Holdrege $2.30, Hold
rege No. 2 $3.50. Industry $2.55. Laird
$2.90, Lake $3.25, Prairie $2.35, Roqk
Falls $1.60, Sheridan $2, Union $1.35,
Westmark $1.70, West Side $1.80, Wil
liamsburg $1.65.
PIERCE a $23, b $20, c $20; total,
$63. Payments, a $23. b $23.50; total,
$46.50. Overpaid on old account, $3.50.
Due on 1902 account. $20. Precinct
quotas: Allen $1.29, Blaine 66c. Dry
Creek $4.77. Eastern $1.05. Foster
$1.14. Logan $1.05, Mills 45c, Pierce
$3.36. Plum Grove $2.28, Slough $1.08,
South Branch $2.13, Thompson $1.32,
Willow Creek $1.62.
PLATTE a $53, b $44. c $44; total.
$141. Payments, a $64.50, b $25.09; to
tal. $89.59. Balance due. $51.41. Pre
cinct quotas: Bismark $1.80, Burrows
$1.89. Butler $2.31. Columbus $6.09. Co
lumbus No. 2 $4.14, Columbus 3rd $3.72.
Columbus twp $4.20, Creston $3.15,
Grand Prairie $2.58, Granville $6.03,
Humphrey $2.79, Joliet $1.56, Lost
Creak $4.44. Loup $1.56, Monroe $2.11,
St. Bernard- $3.87. Shell Creek $2.31.
Sherman $1.80, Walker 96c, Woodville
$1.65.
POLK a $35, b $30, c $30; total,
$95. Payments, a $40.05, b $39, c $30;
total. $109.05. Overpaid, $14.05. Hur
rah for Little Polk.
Nuckolls County
The fusionists of Nuckolls county
have drafted Hon. R. D. Sutherland
and forced him to make the race for
county attorney a position he filled
several terms before his election to
congress. Evidently they know what
they want and are not bashful about
asking for it but Mr. Sutherland is
one of those men who will do his duty
wherever he may be called, and his ex
perience in congress will make him a
better county attorney than ever. It
would spoil some men; they would
feel too puffed up to look at anything
short of a United States senatorship.
George W. Ewing, clerk of the dis
trict court, sends The Independent a
copy of the resolutions adopted by the
ropulist county convention, which
was held the 13th:
"We. your committee on resolutions,
beg leave to repqrt the following:
"We, the people's independent party
of Nuckolls county, Nebraska, in coun
ty convention assembled, do reaffirm
the principles set forth in our national
platforms adopted in 1892, 1896 and
1900, and further that we heartily in-
Uncle Sam's
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requires physical and mental
ability of a high degree to
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high tension to which the
nervous system is constantly
subjected, has a depressing ef
fect, and soon headache, back
ache, neuralgia, rheumatism,
sciatica, etc., develop in severe
form. Such was the C2se of
Mail Carrier S. F. Sweinhart,
of Huntsville, Ala., he says:
"An attack of pneumonia left me
with muscular rheumatism, headache,
and pains that seemed to be all over
me. I was scarcely able to move for
about a month when I decided to give
Mr.v Pain Pills
and Nerve Plasters a trial. In three
days I was again on my route and in
two weeks I was free from pain, aad
gaining ia flesh and strength
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Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind
Valley County
dorse and reaffirm the splendid declare
ation of principles adopted by our
state convention held at Grand Isl
and. We congratulate our people on
the high character and splendid abil
ity of the ticket nominated by the
Grand Island conventions, and urge
the fullest possible vote be cast for
them in this county, thus contributing
our full share to their triumphant elec
tion and the redemption of the state
from republican misrule. And we ex
press our highest commendation of
the course of our representative in
congress, Hon. A. C. Shallenberger,
and pleuge our best efforts to secure
his re-election. We desire to call spe
cial attention to the fact that the Fowl
er bill (introduced in congress on
April 4, 1902, and favorably reported
by the committee on banking and
currency on April 5, 1902) is the most
dangerous measure ever introduced In
the congress of the United States, and
we unqualifiedly condemn the action
of the Nebraska State Journal, which
editorially declared on Sunday, Sep
tember 7, 1902, that the said bill was
not introduced in the present congress,
and was therefore a 'dead' bill, thus
seeking to divert attention from that
most infamous measure, that pos
sesses all the evil monopoly features
of the old United States Bank inten
sified an hundred fold, and all the in
security of the 'wildcat' currency of
the fifties."
KING AK-SAR-BEN VIII
THE MAJESTIC MONARCH OF THE
QUIVERA IN ALL HIS PUIS
SANCE AND GLORY.
UNCOVERS TO THE PRESIDENT
Upon the Occasion of His Visit to the
Realm, oaturday, Septem
ber 27th.
The reign of each ruler of the King
dom of Quivera lasts but a twelve
month. The glory of the coronation
is enough to last his royal highness
a lifetime ana hence each succeeding
year brings us a new king. The pres
ent sovereign, more gracious and more
glorious than any predecessor, will be
honored by an official visit from Theo
dore the strenuous, the mightiest of all
the contemporaries of our present
most puissant king.
THE BANKERS' RESERVE LIFE
with a loyalty inborn and enthusiastic
greets the distinguished occasion with
more than ordinary interest. No ruler
of the union has ever been more in
terested in the welfare of the whole
people than the distinguished guest
who comes to attend the coronation
of King Ak-Sar-Ben VIII. and he will
congratulate the people of the young,
aggressive home life Insurance com
pany. He will learn that in its brief
career it has achieved the distinction
of building up in this community a
$5,000,000 LIFE COMPANY
in five years. He will be pleased to
know that the present prosperous year
will add another million to this total.
He will be more pleased to know that
the available assets of the company
are equal to five times its actuarial
liability. Its losses are promptly paid.
No company in the union has a smaller
death rate or a more desirable class
of risks.
B. H. ROBISON, PRESIDENT,
announces to the world that the Bank
ers' Reserve Life Association offers
to its policy holders a liberal, up-to-date
policy upon terms which the best
insurance,, authorities of the land ap
prove. He invites attention to the
splendid names of business men in
cluded in its risk of policy holders. He
needs more agents to push the1 busi
ness. The people believe in the pol
icy of supporting home industry and
they are particularly favorable to the
' BANKERS' RESERVE LIFE.
(Issued under authority of those
who are opposed to corporation domi
nation in. Nebraska.) .-
The county of Valley is the home of
the republican candidate for treas
urer, Peter' Mortensen. Mr. Morten
sen was put on the ticket because the
Union Pacific knew its man, and he
was also eminently satisfactory to the
Burlington. But Mr. Mortensen has
troubles of his own which will take all
ti-s skill' and manipulation of the tax
bureau to settle for him. It would he
hard to find a county where a hazy,
misty, foggy condition would help the
railroads but more, and we advise the
editors to; hurry out to Valley county
and to take with them a machine that
will manufacture not only fog, but
smoke also, and if it will make smoke
of the pitch pine variety, It would be
better. It will take something pretty
dark to keep the people from seeing
it. Conditions in that county have re
quired an increased amount of money
for public purposes.
The amount of railroad tax levied by
the fusion administration in 1897 was
f6.100.51. in 1901 this amount was In
creased to $ 6,598.15.
But th$ private taxpayers of that
county paid only f22.808.69 in 1897,
while they were compelled to pay $34,
257.87 in 1901.
The railroad taxes were increased
nearly $500, but the taxes of the people
were increased nearly twelve thou
sand dollars.
The railroad taxes were increased 8
per cent; the people's taxes were in
creased 50 per cent. The taxes of the
people were increased six times as
much as, th railroad taxes.
Yet, in the face of this, abominable
outrage, Mr. Mortensen refuses to
promise any increase' in railroad tax;
ation. He is dodging it like Mr. Mick
ey; and every sensible man knows
that the man who is dodging is with
the railroads. What the corporations
want is a dodger, and in that respect
Peter Mortensen is an ideal candidate.
Investigator, in Omaha World-Herald.
Again Offered to Independent Readers
The Theo. Noel Company are again
making their offer to send a package
of Vitae-Ore on trial to every sub
scriber of the Nebraska Independent
or friend recommended by readers,
and every person in need of medicinal
treatment of any kind should be cer
tain to accept the same. Their offer
occupies space on page 5, and all can
profit by reading it through careful
ly. This medicine was discovered
many years ago by Theo." Noel, the
president of the company, at that time
a prospecting geologist, and since its
introduction has been instrumental in
giving relief to thousands upon thou
sands of ailing people throughout the
country of all manner of diseases, a
number of which are enumerated in
the advertisement. Thecpmpany de
sires no one's money whom Vitae-Ore
cannot benefit, and for this, reason do
not olt er the medicine for . cash, . but
desire each person to test it(before pay
ing for It and none need "pay unless
benefited and satisfied. . The. company,
is regarded as reliable, is well known
to the reading public, have what they
claim and will do as they agree. A
large number of readers have already
accepted the offer and can consequent
ly testify concernig the, merits of the
medicine, but those who 'have not
should not hesitate to give V. O. a
trial according to the' liberal offer
made by the Theo. Noel Company.
Write at once, mentioning The Independent.
Cedar County
(Issued under authority of those who
are opposed to corporation domination
in Nebraska.)
In some of the counties it is about
impossible to get the collections ac
curately and in such cases it is neces
sary in discussing tax matter to take
the assessment.
The assessment for the year 1893 on
property other than railroad property
in Cedar countyv was f 88,752.41
The amount of railroad taxes levied
in that, year by Joseph S. Bartley and
Engene Moore, then comprising a ma
jority of the state board, were f 9,794.08.
The amount of taxes assessed in 1901
in Cedar county against property other
than railroad property, was. f 116,
154.59, while the railroad taxes for
1901 assessed by the present state ad
ministration were only f8,991.29.
Tho taxes of the plain citizen in
Cedar county were increased nearly
f28,000, while the railroad taxes were
decreased by the present administra
tion more than fSOO.
The taxes of the people were in
creased last year more than 30 per
cent above the taxes levied in 1893 and
the railroad taxes ought to have been
increased at least that amount.
But instead of increasing the taxes
the state administration decreased
them more than 8 per cent. These
things ought to be easily understood.
The people's taxes go up 30 per cent
and the railroad taxes go down 8 per
cent.
The editors of the railroad tax bu
reau mightj put these figures in their
fog mill and see whether they can
make them look misty. Investigator,
in Omaha World-Herald.
An Attractive Offer
The Randolph Mercantile Co., whose
advertisement appears on page 8, are
making a most attractive and unique
order to parties buying goods direct
and cutting out the middle men. Write
them; it will interest you.
Knox County
(Issued under the authority of those
who are opposed to corporation domi
nation in Nebraska.) -
When the mist makers of the rail
road tax bureau get over their tired
feeling they might take their fog ma
chine up to Knox county and .try to
make things look hazy.
The light has been shining up there
and ) people havg been investigating
and already the leading republican
paper in the county has bolted the
state ticket nominated by the rail
road tax dodgers. ;
The Niobrara Pioneer is republican
in national politics, and its editor,
Mr. Fry, is a brilliant and vigorous
writer. He sees plainly enough that
unless the railroads are driven out of
the control of the republican party
that the state will be lost not only
this year, but in the national election.
There are other republican papers; in
Knox county that are willing to see
the people victimized by the railroads,
but the great injustice being done to
his neighbors was -too much for Mr.
Fry. ' .-. - ;
The amount of taxes paid by private
citizens in 1893 under the state admin
istration of Joseph Bartley and Eu
gene Moore was $ 53,340.94, while the
amount paid in 1901 was f 86,512.12.
Taxes of the plain citizen were in
creased more than f 33,000 in a year.
But how about the railroads? Bart
ley and Moore taxed them in , that
county f 6,460.61. The present state
administration taxed them f5,600.85.
The railroad taxes in Knox county
were reduced more than eight hun
dred dollars below the figures of Bart
ley and Moore.' The railroad taxes
were decreased more than 12 per cent,
while the taxes of the people were in
creased more than 60 per, cent.
It is no wonder that the Pioneer
bolted. When it comes to helping the
railroads dodge their taxes Joe Bart
ley and - Eugene Moore have to lift
their hats to the present administra
tion. The man who votes the repub
lican ticket this year in Nebraska
will surely have .to grit his teeth
and hold his nose while doing so. In
vestigator, in Omaha World-Herald.
Good Lands
Special attention is called to the
Woods Investment Co.'s advertisement
on page 2 describing the irrigated
lands near Ft. Collins, Colo., that
they are now offering for sale. The
importance of a large reservoir system
cannot be overestimated as irrigation
direct from the river is quite often no
irrigation at ail. The growing demand
for lumber and the terrible devastation
of the forests by fire has to a very
great extent removed the protection
that has heretofore been provided for
the mountain snow, thus allowing it to
melt rapidly and go off with a rush
during the flood season, leaving prac
tically no water for the ordinary stea
dy supply that in past years has been
sufficient to mature the crops. These
new conditions show conclusively that
the only practical solution of the
problem is the storage of the waters
in reservoirs in time of plenty and re
leasing them in time of need. This is
what has been accomplished by the
North Poudre Irrigation Co. Perpet
ual water rights are included In the
price asked for .the lands. The reser
voirs are fourteen in number and have
cost more than one million dollars.
They cover an area of over four thou
sand acres and have a storage capacity
of three billion cubic feet We have
investigated the proposition offered by
this company and can assure our read
ers that money invested in these lands
either for speculation or for a perma
nent home will produce safe, sure and
satisfactory results.
Washington County
(Issued under authority of those who
are opposed to corporation domina
tion in Nebraska.)
. The gentlemen of the railroad tax
bureau who are manufacturing smoke
in which to envelop the railroad tax
question and make it look hazy to the
voters might turn their attention to
Washington county. It furnishes an
excellent example of the amount of
"distribution," which other counties
get by way of distribution when prop
erty is taken from the local authori
ties for assessment and given to the,
republican state board.
The Blair bridge has been assessed
locally by the authorities of that
county, but in 1901 the railroad com
pany concluded that they would get
rid ol the local tax upon the theory
u.at the bridge was a part of the com
pleted railroad and ought to be dis
tributed in value all along the road.
They have gone into court and are
contesting fl,890 of taxes assessed by
the county authorities on the Blair
bridge on the ground that there was
no authority for the assessment. But
while they are seeking, to evade these
taxes not a single dollar of the value
of the Blair bridge has been "dis
tributed" among other counties. The
republican state officials were too busy
grabbing railroad passes for them
selves and their families and friends
to find time to look up this important
matter. The mist disappeared in mist,
and" the republican state administra
tion winked the other eye.
In the palmy days of Benton; Hill
and Mosher in 1891 the railroads and
the Blair bridge paid In taxes to
Washington, county fl8,222.78. The
amount paid last year on the same
property was only fl4,724.11. Hence
the railroads paid Washington county
last year under the present administra
tion of the so-called "redeemers," $3,
398.57 less than was paid ten years
ago, under the reign and misrule of
the Bentons, Hills and Moshers.
Even while the railroad tax has
been decreased it is not so with the
private citizen. In 1891 the plain citi
zen of that county paid f 57,642.42, and
In 1901 the plain citizens paid $96.
868.17. Hence the people paid on their
property in Washington county last
year $29,225.75, more than in 1891.
The contrast is rather striking. The
railroad and bridge taxes have beeu
reduced nearly $3,400, while the taxes
of the people are increased more than
$29,000. The fog makers might turn
their attention to this county and do
a little explaining. Investigator, in
Omaha World-Herald.
BRYAN DATES
The state committees announce the
following dates for meetings to be ad
dressed by Hon. William J. Bryan:
October 8 Falls City, forenoon;
Pawnee City, afternoon; Table Roqk,
evening.
October 9 Tecumseh, afternoon;
Auburn, evening.
October 10 Springfield, forenoon;
Papillion, afternoon; Plattsmouth,
evening.
October 11 Ashland, afternoon;
Wahoo, evening.
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There is no doubt that there is a
novement among a lot of capitalists
and trust magnates to annex Hayti
on the ground that it is the "duty" of
this government to set up a stable gov
ernment there. The moment that that
is attempted, every South American
republic will become an avowed enemy
of the United States, each fearing that
its turn may be next. Their , defense
will be to make European alliances
and it will be the end of any respect
for he Monroe "doctrine among the
powers of Europe. Nothing would
have a greater tendency to throw the
whole world into war than an at
tempt to annex any South American
republic. This Beveridge imperial
madness may yet set all the nations
of the earth to slaughtering each other.
There is a strip of country, the most
fertile in Nebraska, lying along the
west side of the Missouri river be
tween Omaha and Sioux City, much of
it twenty-five miles fr6m a railroad.
The people who reside there have been
trying to get a road for more than
twenty years, but "by authority of the
railroads of Nebraska" they are not
permitted to build a road,' although
congress has given the right of way
through the Indian reservations. Ev
ery once in a while the announcement
is made that work is about to begin.
But it never begins and never will as
long as the railroads own Nebraska.
It would reduce traffic on one of the
lines of the big combination, which
sails under the title "Railroads of Nebraska."
The republican plurality in the First
Maine congressional district at the
recent election is 5,237, against 7,763
two years ago; in the-Second, or Lit
tlefield's district, it is 5,622, against
7,776; in the Third, 7,712, against
6,816; and in the Fourth, 8,482, against
10,068. The total republican plural-'
ity is 27,053, against 32,423 in 1900, or
a loss of about 16.5 per cent The re
publican plurality on governor is 27,
538, against 34,132 two years ago, rep
resenting a republican loss a little
larger than in the case of congress
men. Projected over the country, such
a decline In the republican majority
would mean the overthrow of the re
publican majority in the nouse. There
seems to be something wrong with this
imperialistic high tariff business, but
don't forget that Mickey, thinks he is
running for governor. ", . , ".
If a candidate's residence happens
to be in a ward, township and county
where the opposing party has had for
years a large majority, the talk that
he can't carry any of them amounts to
nothing, but when a candidate resides
in a ward, township and county where
his party has had a big majority and
under his management has later been
casting majorities on the other side,
it is pretty good evidence that the men
who now him have no confidence in
him and their judgment is bound , to
influence others. That is the condi
tion of "our man Mickey."
For Sale
A 320-acre farm 8 miles north of
Holbrook In Gosper county; house of
11 rooms and two cellars, bricked and
cement floors, soft water cistern, good
well and mill with two stock cisterns.
100-bbl. capacity; barn, cribs, gran
ary, chicken house, hog lot, correls,
etc.; also blacksmith shop. 200 acres in
pasture, enclosed with three wires,
timber grove and wind break; over 100
acres under cultivation; school house
on S. E. corner of place. Terms, not
less than one-third down, balance on
reasonable terms. Price, f3,500; will
do a little be.ter all cash; reason for
selling, chango of business. Call at
farm S 2-5-24, or address Richard
Cawthra, Holbrook, Neb.
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Here's a new proposition for you to consider. We pay
the freight and deliver this bill of groceries to your railroad
station for 10 dollars. Everything first-class and guaranteed..
Special Combination No. 84.
50 1D3. best fine granulated sugar.
8 lbs. Lion or Arbuckle's Coffee.
25 bars laundry soap...
3 lbs. best tea.,
1 lb. pure pepper
2 lbs. best baking powder
5 pkgs. best yeast cakes
3 pkgs. best soda.
3 cans lye
2 lbs. fancy evaporated peaches.
6 lbs. best raisin3
lb. best ginger
6 lbs. best rice....
6 lb3. California prunes
2 lbs. choice mixed candy..
8 lbs. rolled oat3
3 cans oysters
1 largest box matches . ..
2 bottles lemon extract
2 bottles Vanilla extract
1 box starch
3 pkgs. stove polish
3 10c cakes tar soap
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All the above packed securely and
delivered free to our railroad station
for $10. Every article warranted to
please you.
Combination No. 86.
50 lbs. best fine granulated sugar. $1 00
8 lbs. L,ion or Arbuckle's coffee. 1 00
3 lbs. best tea 1 50
6 lbs. best rice. 50
3 10c pkgs. stove polish 25
1 lb. pure pepper 25
3 cans lye 25
2 lbs. best baking powder 50
16 lbs. fresh rolled oats 50
12 lbs. flake hominy..'. 50
6 lbs. choice large raisins.. 50
2 pkgs. yeast cakes 10
6 lbs. choice prunes 60
1 large pkg. matches 25
3 boxes gloss or corn starch 25
8 10c cakes tar soap .. 25
1-2 lb pure ginger . 20,
1-2 lb. cinnamon 20
6 pkgs. soda 50
25 bars laundry soap 1 0")
$10 00
All the above packed securely and
delivered free to our railroad station
for $10. Every article warranted to
please you.
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