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VOL. 2.
HZRISOZLnT, 1TEB, 1, 1890.
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THE SIOUX COUNTY
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MImmmu A Pattcrsoa, Proprietor).
F. E. V. V R. R. Tim tsbK
Going West. Coin East,
ko. 91, pawn(fer, S:31 I Vo. ttf, nise n(fer, tSO
No. SS, freight, II :35 So. M, freight,. 3 :05
HARRISON MARKET.
torn per hundred GO
Oat per hundred H1-- 90
Short per bundred 75
Bran per hundred t.... 75
Feed hopM-d per hundred B. 1 00
1'otHtoen per hundred t 1 00
Bntter per t 20
FH Pef Jof 10
roultry per do .
1 75(38 00
4
Onloun per . ...
Beim per Tf
4
4 50
5 50
15 00
CohI per ton
Wood per cord - ,
Lnniber iiHtlve per in. ft
4TCorrected every Thursday.
Fresh pies at the restaurant.
Paints and oils at tire drug store.
Farms bought and sold by S. II.
Jones.
Harness made to order out of No, 1,
oak leather, at Cunningham's.
We have a few cloc ks for sale cheap.
Cull soon at the drug store and get one.
A full stock of saddles, whips, col
Jars, halters, pads, etc., at the harness
shop.
C. E. Verity, of the Bank of Harri
son, is having an addition built on his
residence proierty.
For a neat job of repairing on har
ness, call on II. A. Cunningham, propri
etor of harness shop.
Asa Davis is around with his as
sessors' book, interviewing the people in
regard to what they are worth.
If you want the very best terms on
farm loans, go to the Bunk of Harrison
before making application elsewhere.
We have added a full line of window
glass to our stock. Call and get prices.
Griswold & Maksteu.ei!.
TJie Elkhorn people are fitting up
stockyards at this point, and it is report
ed that a water task will also be put up.
We liave the biggest stock of hard
ware, implements and furniture ever
shown in Sioux county. Come in anil
look us over. Gkwwoi J & Marsteixer.
On Sunday, May 4th, Rev.
vorufTscnboI house in the morning, and
at the Bddarc school house in the even
ing. All are invited to be present.
After the action of the district court
in the matter of Rosa & Thompson
stock, and the disolving of the at tach
ment of Brookmire & Co., the next lein
in order, is that of Tollerton & Stepson
Co., as secured by II. T. Cobley.
J. W. Robinson is having a well put
down ou his place a few miles southeast
of town and will erect a wind-mill as
soon as the well is 'completed. E. A.
Weir is next in order and will have his
well, pump and wind-mill in running or
der in a short time,
O. W. Greger informs us that some
one took his wagon from near the West
Hat creek road, between April 22d and
28th. The wagon - had a rough elm
tongue and one hind wheel was dished
the wrong way, and there was no box on
it. Any information left at this- ollice,
Reading to the recovery of the wagon,
will be suitably reward.
A number of pet names liave been
giver) to this paper in the columns of the
gang organ. One of the latest is "vul
gar apology." That is a good one. Dur
ing the past week, five have ordered the
"vulgar apology" sent to them, during
the week before that five others express
id themselues desirous of receiving the
"vtiigar apology" each, week and the
week prior to th it, three expressed the
same wish. It appears from that, that
tli apology is acceptable to quite a mini-
Vk. '
In regard to the opinions expressed
by voters ou the bond question as pub-
lished in The Jouinai. last week the
Herald says the parties were wantonly
.misquoted for the purpose of deception.
The Jocks al defies the gang organ to
name one person whose opinion was giv
p ami misquoted. The Herald evidently
jtees in those opinions of his own col
leagues, the fact that ouly himself and
.a few other disgruntled kickers have the
guil to oppose a measure that will prove
fit such universal beneilt so he thinks to
mislead some one by saying they are
,untru.
R. Wilson says his horse, "Norman,"
.will be found at his farm, one mile
southwest of Harrison, during the sea
jton. The horse is 7-eighths Norman
f ercheroD, and 1-eighlh Cleveland Bay;
Wits bred from imported stock by James ,
foliock, of Lake county, 111., who is one ;
f.tb largest Importers and breeders
VMfttQf Chicago. Norman is a draft
iborse, S years old and weighs, when in
Ood flesh, 1,700 pounds. Parties want
ing to raise valuable colts will do well ,
(to see this horse. Mr. Wilson is so busy j
ritli bis farftiing Umt In cannot spare
MM to make any other stands with bis
, but ouo always btJavwd t boat.
Read our new clubbing offer.
For farm loans go to S. H. Jones.
ilea is at all hours at the restaurant
Dance at the hall Friday evening,
May 9.
Any kind of cake desired made at
the restaurant.
For mixed paints, oils and varnishes
go to the drug store.
When you want a nice clock call on
Griswold & MarsUller.
Foil Sale A good span of mules,
cheap. J. II. Kartell.
Bargains at eastern price in any
thing in the harness line at the new
shop. We want a large number of people
to take advantage of our new clubbing
offer.
When you want a farm wagon,
plow, harrow, or anything else in the
implement line call on Griswold & Mar
steller. By taking advantage of our new
clubbing offer you can get a large
amount of good reading for a small
amount of cash.
If the party who stole the wash
boiler from my premises will call, lie can
get the cover, as they should he together.
L. J. Simmons.
Dr. Shafer reports the arrival of a
boy at the residence of R. Hinder last
Monday morning. The father is re
lated as feeling capable of stepping
over a church steeple.
A few days ago, J. W. Robinson put
his horses in the pasture of Grant Guth
rie. The animals got to running and
came in contact with the barb wire fence,
and both were cut quite Wully, although
they are likely to recover.
Strayed From my place on April
Oth, five head of horses, one sorrel mare
and two sorrel geldings branded inverted
IJ and R connected, on left shoulder; one
gray fil toy branded i.) on left shoulder
and one sorrel sucking colt.
Leonard Cout.
The replevin case of Gayhart against
Constable Columbia came up in the
county court on Monday. The result
was that the property was left In the
hands of the plaintiff and costs and $10
damages assessed against the defendant.
court.
The Journal has received, through
the courtesy of Senator Paddock, a few
pounds of sugar beet seed from the de
partment Of agriculture, to be distri
buted to the farmers. We have also re
ceived a limited quantity of seed from
the Grand Island factory. This is sim
ply for experimenting and we are in
formed that one-fourth of a pound is
sufficient for that purpose. The seed
can lie had, free of charge, by calling at
this ollice, all that is asked is that the
seed le planted and cultivated carefully
and a report of the result and a few of
the beets be brought to us that we may
send them away to be tested.
The county treasurer is exerting
every effort to collect the delinquent
taxes, but a large amount is found to
1 uncollectablo, as the parties to whom
the taxes were assessed as well as the
property, are out of the county. War
rants are culled in and cancelled as nip
idly as the funds accumulate. In this
connection it may be slated that should
enough lie collected so that it would re
duce the amount required to pay oil the
indebtedness, no more bonds would lie
issued than enough to pay out. Should
the county bourd issue bonds in excess of
the indebtedness they und their bonds
men would be liable for the amount of
excess issued.
A great kick is made by some lie
cause an ex.rt was not employed to go
over the records prior to submitting a
bond proposition. That is a peculiar
point to raise. Any one who can llgure
can find out the indebtedness of the
county. It does not require an expert
to do that. What an expert is employed
for, is to Hnd how much the county has
been defrauded out of by former olllcials.
The report of County' Attorney Walker
shows that the county has been defraud
ed, but an expert can find exactly the
amount. He.goes over thy records, fee
books mid bills liled in the county oliices
and if the charges nisde and those due do
not correspond he reports it to the coun
ty board. It has been charged that the
ex-treasurer retained illegal fees. An
expert knows what the law allows that
officer for certain work, if in going over
the books he finds ho has retained more
than he was entitled to, the charge can
be sustained and the amount recovered
from him or his bondsman. H it is found
by tl expert that lie has not retained
more than lie was legally entitled to, he
would be cleared of the charge and stand
before the people us an honest man, and
the same applies to all the olllcers. The
expert lui.t.ness has no bearing whatever
on the (piestion of bonds. The indebted
ness, is known and has got to be met and
it is for the voters to decide on May J M
JW it it ,t0 bi AMtt
Better Clubbing Offer Than E4r.
We stilll continue our former clubtSig
offers and in addition submit the follar-
ing proposition to those who wish to. et
papers cheap: J
For $2.25, cash in advance, we Mill
send The JochnaL one year and the Owi
aha Wtekly Dee until I.ecemler 1, 190,
or we will send The Journal one year,
the Weekly Dee until December 1. 180,
and the X braxka Farmr, the leading
weekly live stock and farm Journal jof
the state, published at Lincoln, Nebjr.,
for one year, all for Thb Journal
one year and the Kfbrankr Furvu-r otie
year for only $2.60. J
These most liberal offers should xt
taken advantage of by every one. Co
not delay but take advantage of tlMfce
offers at once. 8
The Journal clubs with all publica
tions and will save its friends money vif
they get papers, magazines or periodi
cals in connection with THE Jot nNAL. if
This applies to all new subscribers slid
also to those now taking The JounifAL
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who pay for a year in advonee. j
As to Conf rihiil ions. ;
Editor Journal: I noticed in last
week's Hcrahl a purported interview un
der the heading "Makes Men Bitter,"
wherein the' early settlers of Harrison
are mentioned as having donated of thejr
slender means for the purpose of getting
a water supply for the infant villagjfe.
I do not deny that they did so, and it Js
nlso adinitt'd that the burden was fo.
heavy one for them to bear and there s
no class of people in the universe whode
serve more credit than do the pioneers o
a new country, rr tl.ey pave the wsjtf
for others who follow to make honifb
without having to undergo the fric
tions which inevitably befall the Bill
setters. I would like to ask the instf
viewed of the Herald if those early dona
tions were made for the' purpose of lift
ing a salary to some political favoriU?
do not think there is a single one J
the purpose of getting a water supply
would have given a cent for paying a
town marshal and street commissioner
that was not needed, or to pay a village
clerk $10 per year or a village treasurer
$7.r per year. 1 A man who would have
advocated that out of every $28 donated
toward securing a water supply, $10
should be paid as salary to some political
pets would have been considered a luna
tic, and yet the organ of the old gang is
kicking because some of the taxpayers of
Harrison have obtained an injunction,
restraining the collection of an illegal
levy of taxes made for the purpose of
paying political favorites big salaries.
There is not another village in the state
of Nebraska that it costs over 5 100 per
annum to run. But Harrison, that lias
had such a hard struggle for existence
since it was first platti.il, must be run at
an expense of about $1,000 per year, as
is evicenced by the following items:
VIIIhko Marshal, 2fi per month 300.00
street co'iimtiMlo.ii-r, H2.J.0 per mo. 160.00
Viilitife clerk lSO.OO
VtlluKO tre.nurer 75.0!)
l'liiupliift water . OTI.WI
Total... f. 7.1.00
There waif no demand for any of the
above expenses except for pumping wa
ter, and no one would object to paying a
good, heavy tax for necessary expenses,
but to have un assessment made for
nearly three limes what the law pro
vides, with a larger portion set apart for
olllcer's salaries than for any other pur
pose, does not indicate that the ones
who made the levy considered the wel
fare of the town as much as they cared
to provide for their friends, Q.
A (tout ion Marshal.
Speaking of dog tax I wish to further
call the attention of the village board,
but nirtre especially the marshal, to the
fact that it is his duty to dispose of at
sight mad dogs nnd common curs that
are diseased either in mind or body, and
those not possessed of sufficient merit to
secure the protection of a single friend.
This applies to bitches and their sons.
' Tax Payer.
Homo Keekers Excursion.
Excursion tickets will be sold from
points east, of the Missouri river to sta
tions on this line, on May 20lh, Sept. 9th
and 2:irJ. and Oct. Mill. Tickets will lie
good for return, thirty days from date of
sale. Stop over priveleges will be al
owed in either direction during life of
ticket.
Wells Drilled!
I have a goo well drilling machine
and am ready to drill any sized well on
short notice. Terms good nnd prices
,lpw, Pos,tofflce, Harrison.
From Cottonwood.
Editor Journal: In your par for
the last week or two I have seen a call
issued by the count v commissioners for
an election to vote bonds to pay up the
debt of the county $15,000 the call
says is needed to do it. That is a large
sum in the eyes of a farmer like me so I
got curious to know more about the
matter and see if that much money was
needed, so one day I happened in town
and having some time to spare I went
up to the court house to inquire of the
officers there how things stood in regard
to the debt of the county, and this is
what I found out there.
The first place I went into was the
county clerk's office and I asked the
county clerk about the amount of mon
ey required to pay off the debt. He
said I could look the books over and see
for myself, so he showed me the books
that he keeps his accounts in and 1
found on them claims that have been
allowed against the county amounting
to $7,1715.58 for which no wan-ants have
been issued, and then the clerk showed
me claims not acted on yet that amount
ed to $1110.80 so that all the claims
amounted lf7,7Kp).HH. 1 fuund out that
these claims do not draw any interest
and that warrants will not be given out
for them this year because the law will
not allow this year's taxes to lie used to
pay oil' old debts unless there is money
to do it after all exenses for this year
are paid, so that the only way to do is
to borrow money and pay them now or
else wait till the owners sue the county
and get a judgment against it and then
borrow money to pay the judgment and
costs, or el.-.e pay big taxes for years
enough till all are paid. The last way
would be hard on us farmers, as hard up
as we are now-u-days. Some folks in
my neighborhood have been talking a
good deal nbout the big estimate that
the county commissioners made in Janu
ary for the county expenses this year
and trying to make us believe that the
whole sum, about 37,000 could be laid
right on us this year and we would have
to pay it. I looked that up too, and
found that all the estimate, as they call
it, amounts to is that it is just simply a
guess the county board makes in Janu
ary of each year as to what it may cost
they cannot levy a tax any greater than
the estimate, they usually make the
guess big enough. I found that when it
came to levying the taxes the law would
not allow the board to lay on over a cent
and a half to the dollar assessed valua
tion, for all county purposes, and that
is the limit, so the estimate cuts no par
ticular figure in the tax business. 1
don't feel so scared as I did about, esti
mates, for 1 know the hoard can't get
over the cent, and a half limit when it
comes to the actual levy of taxes, even
if they wanted to. So all the fuss is
made by a few folks wljo want to de
ceive the people. The ones who talk it
most know better or would if they had
any idea of what truth is like. 1 found
out that the old officers had levied all
the taxes the assessment would bear
every year since the county has been
taxed and have issued county warrants
on their levy every year for all the law
would allow except on the road fund for
lSp(9 and as that was .small it got, over
looked, probably.
1 then went into tlie treasurer's office
to see what 1 could loam. 1 talked with
the treasurer a while and told him I was
a settler in Sioux county, living on a
homestead, and that 1 didn't como to
town much and wasn't much acquainted
up in Harrison but that I had heard
something about bonds and that the peo
ple were to vote soon to bond the county
to pay what it owes and so I wanted to
know what the county debt was, so far
as ho knew, so I could tell my neighbors
when I got home. He said he would tell
me tiie U.'st he could and so lm brought
out Ins books and showe 1 them to me.
Ho showed me the valuation of the
county for the last three years, and that
the levy for county taxes had been a
cent and a half on a dollar (all the law
allows) every year since there has been
a county hern. I copied the valuations
and here they are:
1887, :S97,97H.C4; levy 15 mills, $3,024.08
im, 613,113.00; ' " " 7,093.73
lHb9, 843,Od3,03; " " " K.1MU-0
Total levy for three years,$21,BU.U0
He told mo that warrants were issued
up to 85 per cent of the levy. I then
asked what became of the other 15 per
cent. The treasurer showed me his
books in another place and alter, tlgure
ing a while 1 found that 10 por cent, of
all the taxes collected in Sioux county
before this year had gone to the treasur
er as commission, so that only leaves 5
per cent unaccounted for and I found
that no wurrauts were lmvn on that
until it was collected. Now, 85 per cent
on the 131,811.30 is $18,539.01 which is
the amount of warrants drawn for the
lust three years except, a small sum of
500 or so left in the road fund of 1380
and probably overlooked, as I said below.
The treasurer further showed me that
there are now $6,313 81 of unpaid war
rants out yet and that he had $10 on
band to pay on that amount. He said
that there was $7,000 in delinquent taxes,
nearly all personal, as the real estate
taxes were paid up quite well. I asked
how much of these back taxes could lie
got? He said it was hard to tell be
cause a good deal of them had been run
ning a long time and a good many per
sons had left the county owing consid
erable sums so that it will be slow work
getting in these taxes and that not more
than one-third to one-half of them can
lie counted on for certain. I said I had
lieen told that all these taxes were good
and that lots of men didn't pay their
taxes because they had rather wait and
pay 10 per cent, interest, but would paj
if asked to do so. He said he would like
to know the names of all those people so
he could ask them to settle at once as
the county was not loaning any money
now-a-daj s.
After looking over the books in the
county offices I went out and talked
with folks around town and struck some
who did not favor bonds. Those fellows
tore around at a great rate and said the
county was going to rmn and nil that.
1 asked them what the county books
said. Oh, they said, you must take our
word for alj this. We know nil about
the matter. We held offices up at the
court house. We don't need records,
our word is good enough. 1 then asked
some of them, "Are you some of the
old county officials?" "Yes," they said.
"Some of those same ones" said I, "who
were beaten fairly and squarely at the
polls last fall and then wouldn't give up
but had to be turned out by a delegation
of citizens?" "Yes," they said, "the
very same." "Well," I said, "I should
think that as you made those debts that
the county owes that you would favor
the bond matter so that the debts would
be paid and cause no trouble." oo the
bond scheme is all right'' they snid, "but
you see we did not originate it so it is no
good." That showed "a dog in the man
ger policy" didn't it?
I then went home and talked it over
with my neighbors ard told them about
it this way: "Now I have been up at
Harrison and looked at the county books
and I have found that the old set of offi-
them, and spent the mopey and a great
deal more. They have taxed us $31,811.
30 in the last three years and have got
us into nearly $8,000.00 debt besides, und
what have we got to show for it? Just
the debt, that is about all. Thev have
n't tried to collect taxes that were slow
but have let them run so that they will
be lost in a great measure because the
parties taxed have gone, bag and lug
gage, out of the county and can't be
found. They took good care though to
take ten per cent, of all the taxes they
did get, as commission, which is more I
find than the law allows them. You
couldn't put a set in that could do much
worse. The county is owing $7,785.88
that no warrants are drawn for besides
the $0,813.81 of unpaid warrants which
with $500 interest on the warrants
amounts to $15,099.69, and to pay all
this there are back taxes amounting to
$7,000.00; half or more of which can't be
collected. Now when our county board
have found ju.st how matters stand they
tell us that the best that can lie done is
to turn this debt into bonds at 0 percent,
interest to run 20 years so that it will be
settled and the county will save costs of
suits on unpaid claims. The county will
not owe any more than now but it will
be in such shape that the payment of it,
can bo put off' 'till the county is better
settled and more improved so that it can
pay easier, and then, too, the people who
come in after the county shows it is
worth something, nnd who will reap the
benefit of our hard work in settling the
county, will have to bear a part of the
burden and not let it till fall on us poor
.settlers now. Why it would be a great
tiling if we could borrow more and not
have to pay taxes for live years to come
except enough to pay the interest. Then
to think of the very crowd who made
this debt and aro responsible for this
state of afliairs, opposing the very solu
tion of the trouble. They cry 'robbery
a job to deceive the people, to put
j money in their pockets,' and all that,
j Now 1 tell you neighbors 1 have been up
j there and looked over the county books
and have done some figuring, and 1 find
the new officers wont steal if they want
to; and I'll tell you why: The other fel
lows didn't leave anything, and if these
bonds are issued and sold there is a place
for every dollar of the money right
away, so the treasurer can't ruu a bank
on it or loan it out to anybody. He
wont have time if he was disposed to do
it.
I found too, the trouble with a lot of
those fellows who are howling so much
against bonds, you see they can't un
derstand that there are men in the coun-
ty who obey the law of the land volun
tarily and wiio can work for the people's
good without scheming to rob them at
j ,t,h same Urue. Tbey r t,uUt that way
so that when anyone proposes anything
to get the county affairs in good shape
they at once howl, 'A seeme to rob the
leople; look outT You see they judge
all men by themselves.
"Now in conclusion neighbors, I can
just tell you this; that it is the best
thing you can do to vote for these bonds
so that the debt of the county can be
out of the way until the county is older.
Uon't pay any attention to those howl
ers. They have got you in this fix and
want you to stay in it. They have
taxed you all they could and have spent '
the money, and for what? L'o you know
of any improvements, anywhere, that
the county has made? Ver3' few you say
and of small value. These men ask you
to oppose this bonding because they
don't want the county to prosper under
the officers you elected last fail. They
don't want to give theui a chance even
to see what they can do. They can't
give you a truthful account of the new
officer's doings in their paper up there,
simply us a matter of news even. If
you do not vote bonds now vou will
have to do it before long for these debts
will have to be paid somehow because
the holders of claims will not let them
stand as. they do now without drawing
interest much longer. They will go to
work and force payment and you will
have the costs to pay extra. I think it
is the best way to pay up now when we '
can do it as cheaply as we will ever be
able to do. These claim holders will get
judgments against th county and then
the county board will have to levy a tax
at once to pay these judgments. The
law says so as you will see if you look
in the Statutes of 1887, on page 624.
The bourd cannot issue bonds for more
than the county owes anyway, so they
can't get you into trouble."
I got warmed up Mr. Editor because
I want to see Sioux county prosper, and
I think it is in a fair way to do so if the
people will try and help it along, and it
makes me get riled when a lot of men
wont to ruin the county just because
they can't run things their way. Now
in conclusion I want to say to my fellow
farmers, "vote for those bonds and get
this old debt out of the way."
A. Granger.
The assertion in the H(Tcdd last week
o wait a year b nibYenWniretfieyca ""'
realize any money for their services, as
the old officers did, is rather flimsy. The
bills for the year 1890 are to be paid out
of the levy for 1890 and warrants can be
drawn as soon as the levy is made. In
fact, the county officers have no more
interest in the issuing of bonds and pay
ment of the old debt of the county than
has any other tax payer. They will
loose nothing except their proportion of
the additional taxes which will be forced
upon the county by the bringing of suits
by those holding allowed claims for
which no warrants can be issued. Some
are led to believe that no suits will lie '
brought. f such persons will investi
gate they will (hid by the history of oth
er counties that parties holding allowed
claims which draw no interest and for
which there is no provision for payment
are not at all backward in taking steps
to put their claims in shape so that they
will be paid some time and also so that
they will draw interest until they are
paid. The rate of interest on such judg
ments will be 7 per cent, per a'nnum,
which, in addition to the cost of suit,
will have to be paid by the tax payers of
the county.
THE
IMPORTED PERCHERON
STALLION,
BARBARIN
1Q256. I10135.!
Will make the season of 1890 tit my
place on Waroonuet creek, 3 miles west
of H. F. Coffee's, except Fridays and Sat
urdays when he will stand at Minlrose.
ifrljtl Inn and Pedigree. Barbarin is
"a black-gray; star in forehead; foaled
March 27, 186; imported 1888; weight
1,800 lbs. Bred by M. uorchene, Uom
nuiiio of Coujognes les Sablons, Lie
pitrtnient of 0ne. Qot by Rouillard
01S3, he by Favori, belonging to M.
Uhanipeoo. '
TERMS--$15 toin.
jsure with foal.
Due and payable when the mare is
known to be w,tli foul .r upon her re
moval from the county or change of
ownership. v
Care will bo taken to prevent scoMtt,l
tout l win bt mnonttbHi for noae.
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