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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (May 22, 1890)
0 The ioux County Journal, "VOL. 2. HARPuISOlT, IsTEB., ZMZATST 22, 1890. STO. 36. THE SIOUX COUNTY Simmons i Patterson, - Proprietors, 1 ' 7S "5 I mi 1 m in 10 F. F.4 Jf.VR. R.TinM.tsMe. (Join West. oln(f Eat. St. , iKUMritRrr, :M I vQ. , p:i-w.igt.r tl-M No. flciitht,...)! 1 No. "4. freight l.m HARRISONMARKET. Corn per linndre'l 1I . O t j pr Imixlred P'. Short-per hnnilnst ft Bran jut huinlrt-d 9 Feed -r hoppo-l - per hu-elre-l I'ot.'itoi-per handre-l ft RuttT-M'r Kggj-prrdz Poultry -per tior 1 75g S m Onions -per t 4 Beano per ft ..... . 4 "0;il per ton... .... 4 jo Wcxxl-jwrcoril . V) I.njiitHT-natlve per in. ft 15 01 "('orrt'Cti'(l every Tliur.flny. Fresh pin at the restaurant. Paints and oils at (lie drug store. Tim well fit E. A. Weir's place is being sunk rapidly. Any kind of cake desired m:ule at the restaurant. Harness made to order out of No. 1, oak leather, at Cunningham's. Two more windmill arrived here during the past week to be put up near town. Call and see the complete line of har ness, Kiddles, whips, lap-dusters, etc. at the harness shop. A nice ruin visited portions of the county last night. Only it little sprinkle fell at the county seat. If you want the very liest terms on farm loans, go to the Hank of Harrison before making application elsewhere. The board of county commissioner met to-day at ten o'clock. Hume im portant business is to come before them. An error occurred in the item in our last issue regarding the los of horses. It should have been, J. M. Robinson, where it states that J. W. Robinson lost a horse. The departure of 3frs. Post makes an excellent opening here fur some one with a millinery and dressmaking es tablishment. It is a good location for some one. E. L. Uulpin leaves to-day for the north. This leaves Harrison w ithout a barber. Some knight of the razor who is looking for a location will find an (inning Iwru .... Keep it before the public, that Har rison wants a flouring mill ready for op eration by the time the growing wheat is ready to be made into flour. It is an ex cellent opening for a puller. Some of our citizens complain that stock allowed to run loose around town haR been damaging their gardens. It is singular that people will continue to let their stock run at large, contrary to 1 law, unless they desire to create trouble ; and litigation. On last Tuesday night 51m. L. A. Post, who has been conducting a millin-1 ery and dress making establishment here for a long time, quietly packed up bur goods and departed. It is supiosed that she has gone to join her husband who is near Custer City. As soon as The JorTOfAL quoted the , law in regard the legal qualifications; iieocMsary lor a village trustee, E. O. j Hough resigned as a member of the; Wtrd. His prompt action in the matter j is commendable. If matters are con-1 ducted legally and economically all will j lie well. I On May 13, 190, Mr. Dennis O'Con-j nell and Miss Elizabeth Gaybart werej married at Crawford and started at once j for the east to spend the honey moon. J The bride is the daughter of County 1 Treasurer Cmyhart, and has the good i wishes of all Tor a. sale and prosperous voyage over the matrimonial sea. The question of growing fruit in this section f country is frequently dis cussed. It appears that Mr. Ridpath bus faith that fruit will do well here and has contracted to plant an orchard and care for it until it bears. The contract is made with Thos. Holly and the orch ard will consist of one hundred and sev en apple trees and also some other vari eties of fruit, The Hirakl acknowledged in its last , issue that Messrs. Gayhart and Jones are ' ready and prompt to call in outstanding warrants as soon as payment of taxes en- i aibles there to do so. In view of the j tatenient made by the fusion-ring-orgau in Its issue of the previous week, insinu-! ating that county funds were not paid out promptly, it is evident that tnat pa-1 per does not hesitate to make misleading statements in fegard to county ollicials. j The question of growing time grnss-; in this section of country is in a fair j way to be settled, and that, too, favora-' ble to that kind of crop for this locality. II A. Priddy lias abont two and one half acres of clover and timothy which bid fair to do exieedingly well. Others have also put out tame grass wed and II report excellent prospect. It will not be long until Kioux county will tie noted as much for its fine tame glasses as it has Ijeen in the past for ill natural -productions in that lis, j ' For farm loans go to S. H. Jones, f Mortis at all hours at the restaurant, j For mixed) paints, oils and varnishes go to the drug store. We want a large number of people to take advantage of our new clubbing offer. By taking advantage of our new , clubbing offer you can get a large ! amount of good reading for a small ! amount, of cash. ! (. H. Turner informs us that in ad- dition to operating his store in Harrison ' h" h is a crop of groin on bis farm in An- t-loe precinct of one hundred p.cres. 1 One of lus neighbors, Henry l eister, has j an equally large crop. There is no I question aliout Sioux county being an ! agricultural district when the farmers ! put out as large crops as they have this I siisnn. j About twenty pounds of sugar beet !fe.d has lieen distributed among the farmers of this county from TtlE Jorit NAt. office. Rut a small quantity was given to each one as it was only intend ed to make a test. It is to lie hoped that careful attention will be given the crop so that nil the information possible can lie obtained. A large nunil-er of ap plications have lieeu made for seed since the last was dealt out and more than double the amount of seed would have been gladly planted by our farmers bad it been obtainable. Machinery by the car-load is being shipid west on the F. K. & M. V. for the development of the oil wells in Wy oming. The indications are that the oil business will lxj vigorously pushed from this time on. The building of the 'beyennu & Northern road, making a di rect line to t cover, and the development .f the great coal fields on the B. & M., all tend to assist in the development of this section of the country. All the peo ple employed in the oil and mining oper ations will bo non producers in the agri cultural line and will have to lie suppli ed from other places and this locality lie ing situated near to 'the mines and oil (ields, will have a decided advantage over the territory further east. The attention of the Imard of village trustees is called to the statute in regard te the publication of a financial state ment semi-annually, Chapter 14, sec, 09, paragraph 31, on page 183 of the statutes of W! rcails as follows: X S .Tf.-jfitinncUt statement. J T)ie win; n''IrnxWrVthairWuHe' to be piititjslif.l semi iinnn. illy, tt stntmiient of the receipt ot ttie corporation ami sources ttiertsil, anil ait ltp;ni?,ei soeoiiat. of i'SpfHt!ttirM, with ft slutciiieiit of the ftnaiieiul condition of the eity or villnge. Luring the past year, no such state ment has been published. Why such niglect? If the village is to lie run ac cording to law, let the law be complied with. The residents of tho village have a right to know what is done with the funds received by the village treasurer. I-et the statement lie published, The JoniSAL has been making some inquiries as to the amount of small grain buing grown in this locality this season. It is fotind that there will be somewhere between 1,500 and 2,000 acres of wheat, oats and llax on the tabbi land, surround ing Harrison. This will make an excel lent opportunity for some one to bring in a threshing machine. The fact of wood being plentiful and coal cheap ren ders the operation of a steam thresher advisable and we are informed that par lie are already contemplating the pur chase of that kind of an outfit. Now what is wanted is some one who will put up a mil! and elevator so our farmers will be able to market their crop or have it converted into Hour without having to haul it to other towus. The above estimate of crop does not include an acre of wliat is being rairtl in the valley north of the pine ridge, and a large acre age lias tieen put in there. A mill and elevator would be certain to prove a paying investment and gome one must le found who will take hold of the mill project. It is reported that a number of horses have been stolen from the north part of the county recently. The Uunn Brothers have lost four head which they are satisfied were stolen, and O. 11. Turner says three of his are missing. It looks as if those recently missed by Leonard lJout might also have been stolen, It appears that the stealing of horses is becoming too frequent to tie pleasant to the settlers and the result is that they are becoming aroused in the matter. It has been suggested that the farmers and stock men organize lor mu tual protection. It is quite evident that something will have to bo done, for by the lime word can bo brought to the of ficers the thieves will have secured so good a start that It will lie hard to over take them, and in the country through w hich they would Iw likely to pnss tele graph lines mid mail mules are not very plentiful. Those interested ill the pro tection of their stock should certainly give their tltention to this nuttier, if any of our readers have any views 0,1 the matter or any sngKestions to make to the si k owners, we shall l; ph ased to pulJisJi tljeru. PERSONAL. E. A. Weir spent Sunday in Chidron with relatives. Herry Brundiire passed through Har rison the first of the week on a business trip to Wyoming and made a pleasant call nt Tire Jot'iiSAL office. ' J. H. Cook Arrived home from Fort McKinney on Saturday. Mrs. Cook is a reat dtl U-tter, but is not yet strong tiioOt;h to travel. C E. Verit.y of the B.ink of Harrison, made a business trip to Chadron on Mon day. Mrs. E. B. Price and daughter, Miss Wiza. were in Harrison on Suturdav. H. E. B. Nash, representing J. M. Wolfe & Co., publishers of the. N'brnyk'i Htnte, aiiz"ttiir, was in Harrison on Sat urday nod called at our otlii-e. H. T. Zt-rbe was in Hirrison on Tues day and -a!p d at our oflice. P. E. Met Yea, having got his crop in trood shape, leaves today for the Black Hills. Ho will be absent about six W(- ks. E. J. Wilcox was in Harrison on Tues day and called at these headquarters. M. J. Fritz, assessor for Sheen Crei k precin.-.t, was in Harrison on Tuesday. 1 ie n ports that pin ol Hie county as settinif new setll'Ts, and prospects of rnpid development. He added his name to our list of readers. The question of attracting settlers and capital to Sioux county is tho most important one Wore our people. How best to do this is the query. With the large amount of crop now growing, the excellent prospet ts for good yield of all kinds of grain, the natural advantages of the county, all cause the settlers to feel that there is a bright future in storo for Sioux county. The prevailing opinion is that more can be done to induce se ttlers to come lu re and also to firing in moral capital at lower interest, by our countyi being represented at the state fair than in any other way. Parties who know Hie result of such work say that Sioux county lost a great deal by not making an exhibit at the state fair in 1H0. Let us profit by past experience and not make the same mistake twice. Sioux county has natural advantages over any other county in the state of Nebraska and when people find it out they will come here to live and help build up the country. It is to be hoped that the farmers will take a little pains to pre pare something for the exhibit. Fo not expect sonii one else to do it all, but let each make it his personal business to have some article ready to use in mnlfc, mg up.tin exhtbiu iou't,,,b.frttieV f crowding. If an exhibit is made let it be large enough so that it can be seen. Sioux county is large and it is a Ions distance to Lincoln, and it would not be a good plan to go to the slate fair w ith a handful of stuff. Prepare wheat, oat.s, corn, rye, flax, barley, potatoes, onions, beets, radishes, in fact, everything grown by the farmers. Then get good, liberal samples of the various native grasses, w hich t-xoel thoseof any other lo- j cahly m the state; samples of stone; of pine and other varieties of timber, etc a matters not vvtiat tt is so that it is prixiueed in Sioux county. Iet the farmers begin this at once and all can be done without cost or inconvenience to any one. Then it is also to be hoped that the matter of organizing a county agricultural society will be taken up bj some of our people. The movement would meet with tho hearty approval of all who wish to see the county settled and the land made valuable. By begin ning now and working in earnest, good results ifre sure to reward the efforts made. There are some important matters which should have the attention of the people and also of the county board at' some time in the near future. One of them is the better arrangment of voting precincts and polling places in the coun ty. The polling places should be made at school houses or similar places when ever practicable, as such plaoes are far better than at a private house. It would also be a good plan to change the boun daries of the voting precincts in some iustano.es so as to render it more conven ient for the voters. Another very im portant matter is the re-districting of the county. At present the county is not divided as contemplated by the stat ute, which says it shall be divided as nearly equal, as possible, according to population, That would necessitate some very material changes. It is early now and the matter can be taken up and such action ns is for the best interests of all taken. These matters are of a na ture in which the people are interested and all should consider them. In the matter of polling places the voters of various precincts should discuss the mat ter among themselves and after deciding w Inch is the best and most convenient place lor holding elections and then get up a petition uskirg thu commissioners lo locuitt the polling place at the desired point, 'ibis will also apply to the the changes in the precinct boundaries. The matter ol redisricting the county .or commission! r districts is certainly one In which all should belrnely discussed and the opm ions arrived at should be made known to the co'iiniisaouers in order that they may act. intelligently in the matter. Xoufrose Items. Crops are growing nicely. Weather just splendid now days. Corn will tie king in Sioux county if the acreage is any indication. M. D, Jordon, with a few men to heir him, lias been busy the past week planting: trees on his timfier claim. Jos. Kirst lias also been fulfiling the requirements of the law regarding his timber claim on Whitehead by putting in the required amount of trees. The click of the corn planter can be heard now-a-davs in everv direction. Herman Konr.tth Is putting in about one hundred acres of corn this season. John A. Peters was at the county seat one day the past week on business. The Wasst.-rburger boys, on Squaw '-reck, in connection with their father, are herding aliout one hundred head of cattle west of their place this season. Henry (i.ij hart, the genial clerk of County Treasurer Cayhart's store at Montrose, lias been filling anil stocking up tho pa -.t week with a full assort ment of dry goods, notions, boots and eboes, and with a choice lot of groceries which be is selling at bottom figures. Hi nry is a vhole Routed fellow and is also doing quite a business in repairing watches and clocks. Anything in that line is done with neatness and dispatch. Give him a call and lie convinced. If ever ye traveler should loose your way and by mistake should happen to discover this burg, call at the restaurant and you will be well taken tare of, Uiiele" understands bis business and can dish up food in first class style. Mr. A. W. Mohr seems to meet with good success here lit Montrose with his imported stallion as fanners are taking advantage of the opfiortunity and are patronizing Mr. Mohr's horse by breeding and improving their stock. County Treasurer Gaybart seems to be of the idea that the defeat of the bonds was about the right thing but has expressed the opinion that all those tax payers who voted against bonds (and of course they being a majority of the tax payers of the county) should . now step Coward and pay up their delinquent taxes and show the minority that the county debt can lie liquidated without bonding. f avid Anderson has just received another car loud of corn on siding three, on the B. & M. K. P.., which he is dis- (58Mlj!fflf jfTW'Wftts- pfr 100 poun-hr. i ave has been doing quite a business in the wny of handling different kinds of grain for the benefit of tho farmers, not forgetting himself however. Barney Piekenbrock bus taken unto himself a claim on Jim creek and is now busy planting corn and also talks of put ting up a house. That's right Barney. Now girls look out. According to rumor the newly ap pointed P. M. of Montrose seems to be in a bad pickle as he has for the past week been trying hard to get. an assistant P. M. and also a place to move the oflice in to but so fur has failed and in all proba bility he will have to buy or lease a piece of ground and put up a building for that purpose. As rumor has it he says he did not want the oflice, bit that the siimo was forced upon him by 1). P. 1J. and others. Sorry for you Jimmy. The farmer's alliiu.ee of Montrose met at the Montrose school house on Satur dan, May 17, for the transaction of their regular monthly business. The attend ande was a very limited one. Seeming ly the farmers are very tardy and do not take enough interest in the matter to make the alliance a success. Mr. Claus Christenscn, the assessor for Montrose precinct, has been busy for the past two weeks making the assessment and will about finish this week; which I think will lie done in first class style as be is an old hand at tho buisness. Talk about. Sioux county when Mr. Reinders, of Montrose, is already cutting hay. Can you show me another county where In the month of May The people are a-making hay? D. P. Luefy. Warbonnet Sews. William L, Parrish, of Wyoming, was here last week. He has rented his farm to F. Todtenhaupt. Justice Garten has erected a large barn on his farm on Monroe creek. John L. Kay and Jerry Will Jr., are taking cure of the S E cattle near Van Tassel creek. The Warbonnet people need another saw null as Hie one here can't saw enough to supply the people with lum ber. Frank Femesig has some good work horses to trade for cows. Wtu. Noreisch and Win, Schoncbnuni ore. in Newcastle Wyoming. F. H. t oeshor will preach in school house No, !2'.' at 10 o'clock next. Sunday, Latur Win. Noreisch returned home are interested and , Tuesday having hurt Ins foot by acci- lent. We have a fw clocks for sa) cheap. Call won at the drug fctore and &1 one. (1 X VJ3 CO o td d CD r I (D 05. 3 O 0 . 0 0 0 00. m r- a . .-1 r- m i -vf3 S3 1 a. K9"K2XI bo' 1 MOE 00 9 I OCX II I i11; TT HbU ttnr rtm Uto AB. to mm. KT I I -1. ri.fS.B-. irio ess t 1 f jj y.. .! 1 v fT . ' s , - T iS7l