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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 13, 1896)
ifo&W-CPimiy Journal. Sabacnpajon Price, 2.Q0 jL. ). $lmraon. Editor. Knured t .the HbttHoo jtost ortl.-e u JllSCAT, FlBRL'AKY 13, 1S0S. -Itie .pent Vate fair wil,l be held at jDmaha Aug. 27M to Sept. 5th, The ffa at the jaldier home nt Orand Island are aiJ to be io a disgrace jul condition and the governor will in vestigate. In this connection Thk Joi'R al wishes to repeat tbat a civil service f vr ami a commission to enforce it is vvery much needed in Nebraska. .ioux county, wit!) it four hundred voters and only two delegates to conven tions does not count for much in politi cal matters, but if it could be arranged ,o that the four northwest counties .would go unitedly into the district and Jtajte conventions the republicans of the north west would get some recognition. Northwest Nebraska ban a candidate or stite auditor in the person of Mr. G. . Eokle of Cliadron. Mr. Ktkles is county attorney of Dawes county, and is .i gentleman of high standing and ability. He is a republican from the ground up. and the section w here he live will place his claims before the tate convention very strongly. Sewurd reporter. Matt iJaugherty lias written to the -hairman of the republican congressional i-ommittee of the Cth district to the ef fect that lie would not be a candidate for .the nomination. Matt knows it is no picnic to make a camaign in the bit; .sixth and that the fellow who does get 7tbe nomination has got to make a des terate tight if he wins a seat under the dome of the capitol. Jfieorge Brooks, of Bazile Mills, i C'aking a preliminary canvass for tlie (i-ipii,oJicAn nomination for state treas urer. So far he is the only man north of the Platte who has announced him- flf. He has a wide acquaintance in tlie .state and will likely have a strong fol lowing in the convention and any fellow .who has a desire to be the custodian of Nebraska's cash-box for the next term will do well to keep an eye on Brooks. The act that the recent issue of gov ernment bonds was all subscribed for by people of this country demonstrated a nnnaberof things. It proved that the country could get along, even if F.ng jj ind does not want its securities; that a iiond syndicate is not needed; that there i a lot of gold in this country, and that lie people still have confidence in the government and its ultimata ability to jiueet its obligations. The fact that the northwest part of t'hp Mte is putting forth two candidates .for delegate to trie national republican onvention is likely to result in tlwt ile J -at of both. Such a thing world be 4'ist cause for regret. To avoid it The "J')CIU!.U. would suggest that the north- .vest give its united support to H. M .Wilson for delegate to the national con tention and then give the same kind or support to F. W. Smith as a candidate r state senator. Box Butte county jias never had a republican candidate for i lie upper house and it might be a good ;.lan to try it this year. It is not at all improbable that Sena tor Allen will be tendered the empty Minor of the populist nomination for resident, and Secretary Morton bus lieen -ei)uently mentioned as an aspirant for Iss democratic nomination for that high dtlc. Of late it is roported that Gen. ..(anderson is an out-and-out candidate ;r the republican nomination for the dlief executive of the nation. Now if Vila M. Bittenbender can be induced to - a candidate before the cold water con tention tlie lists will be filled. Nebraska m furnish leaders in all parties. With II the nominees from Nebraska the mat tor of location would be eliminated from ,' lie campaign. Stand up for Nebraska. The state board of public lands and buildings has appointed James White head of Broken Bow as agent at the pen , tuotiary. His duties are to look after na business management of the institu rioin lltf 0or oonflijt with the work of warden. Mr. Whitehead was not an ;.ppljcaqt for the place, but the board .'"red a man for the place whose integ r ty could nojt be ouestioned and hence Jiia election. It was a high compliment in l!'.nl: !?u was worthy of it. If all ;'fljcibj who have appointments to mnke .""MW W9 tne mpl set by ti e i? an ct men who ore capr-j-to'pf winniog their own living for su,h I'fTHft: ther than giving them Tn fawning .yophanU who have come to ."WSir flpl people -w them a liy 5'W there wo4W he far e reR.sf,n ftM. .im.pluiut of mismanagement frf public jtfutfs. The fellow v.lio bas so jiue 4M-ri'iHin.'e ui to think he ti;ust have a jivinj at the uad'of tha public, whetl) h is- worthy of it or not deserves to m Utrmi tvwM, mmi tb, ptacee jriren to The Coaaty Affairs. The county comomaiontrj at their Last meeting cleaned up the work of 1"?93 and ordereti warrants for all claims for which the county was liable, except a i tew claims about which tltere was some question. The warrants issued for ttie year 1SW were as follow : General fund. $3,103 15; bridgd fund, $424 41; road fund, $76 50, soldiers' re lief fund, I?.'.. 00. Making a total ol I $.-,62!.Ofl. Tlie warrants issued against the gener al fund include all court expenses, ol which between $1,500.00 and $2,000.00 went to pay the costs of tlie cases of tin state against the Slatterys and Stone ding and Alters. With one-third cf the total expense of running the county hav ing been brought on by criminal pro ceedings which could neither 1 foreseen nor avoided bv the county board, the record certainly shows favorably to the way in w hich they conducted the affairs of the county. No lieavv bridge work has been doue but a number of small bridges have la-en built and miil for. In the matter of roads no big claims for damage hive been allowed, as is evidenced. To conduct the business of the county the commissioners were in' session as n board of commissioners 15 days an 1 a a board of equalization. ID days, that be ing the shortest lime in which the work of equalizing the assessment was ever done in tlie county. In addition to that work the Uiard has looked after bridge matters in various parts of the county. The total cost to the county for ser vices rendered by the commissioners for the year 195 was as follows: B. F. Johnson, $4.00; M. J. Weber $113 30; Frank Tinkhani $1:12.50, making a total of $331.80. The reason that the bills ol Weber and Tinkhani are larger than that of Johnson is that the bridge matters have taken more of their lime, the bridges all having been constructed in their districts. Tlie decrease in the assessed valuation of tlie county in 19") of $73,12J 1)'.) from what it was in 194 m;ule it hard for tlie board to avoid an overlap, but they suc ceeded by close liguring. How they will succeed this year remains to be seen. It is hoped that no criminal prosecutions will be necessary, and if any cases do arise it is hoped tint the official. s whuse duty it is to look after such matters wiil lie pretty certain of their ground liefore putting the county to a lot of expense. The amount of revenue which can lsj raised this year cannot lie estimated un til after the assessors make their returns. One thing is known, and that is that the population of the county continues to decrease, some estimating that it is less than half w hat it was w hen the census was taken in 1390, and a good many others are preparing to leave in the near future-. That, naturally means a reduc tion of the total valuation, and there appears to be no proiect of a change lor years unless something extraordinary happens. Business men have settled down to exp'.ct audi condition, and no one would advise a friend to invest his money in a new business enterprise here, and the saute rule w ill nj ply to the af fairs of the county. Kigid economy is all that will make the revenue meet the expenses, but economy does not mean a penny wise and pound f.xdish ixdii y, but the present board has not shown itself of that make-up. There isn't a family in Nebraska that can afford to do wilhoul a gotnl general paper during this year 191. The semi Weekly SuteJ.uicii.il, published at Lio coln, is the pajier tbat most thoroughly suits the needs of Ntbraskans, because it is edited especially for Nehraskans, and in addition to all the stirring national and foreign enls, it prints more state news than any other paper and gets it to readers from two to liv days earlier than the old-fashioned weekly. The m;ignili- cent Washington bureau of the Journal will be an especially imirtatit feature this great news-making year of 111. The Journal's foreign service will come into great play during the war scares and Journal readers will get all the news. When you take a pafier take the best you can get for your money, and in Nebraska this means the Semi-Week I) State Journal. You gel 104 papers a year for $100 wh.ch makes it almost as good as a daily. Always recollect, you get two pars si week,.one on Tuesday and one on Friday. The Journal is offer ing $250.00 in cash prizes to sgents, le sidts liberal cash commissions. It will pay you to get up a club. Just From the Press. A very attractive publication has just been issued by the passenger department of the Burlington Route. It hears the title "The Newer North-west" and de scribes in a most interesting nud read able fashion those portions of northern Vyoming and the Black Hills of South Dakota which are readied by this com pany's lines. The scenery, towps, mines, people and industries of these two remarkable sec tions of country are treated pf with al solut fldelety. 800 pages with illustra tions, sent on receipt of 10 cents io sump. J Fj.iXf IS, O.P.& T. A. Omaha. Nebraska Don't forget that TlIK Jo' fifr. ' a Ir.tye HnbhinK list i.r,i wlun w Umv? i reari.nu matter i. r K... . , i.i., .11 Lad i v n, yr rU;r. We can u ve r - ,.0 Good rifs furnished on short notice. I U.-1 1 a 1 1 1 a drivers ami quiet saddle horses ulwsys on hand. (lood nccimmoda lions for trjiis i.-iit customers. Horses boarded. TERMS REASONABLE. GIVE ME A CALL. N. D. HAMLIN, FKOPKIKTOR. -the COMMERCIAL BANK. ESTABLISHED 1800. Harrison, 3. E. B::kwstm, I'res.dent. D. H. ORIS AUTHORIZED CAPITAL SS0 000. Transacts a General C0RRESPOXDKXTS: AllUilPAN F.XCIUVi.K NATKiXAt. lAMt. New York. Omaha National Bnk. Omala. Fikst National Bank, Chadron. Interest Paid on Time Deposits. nrDEATTS SOLD ON ALL PARTS OF ELT.OPE. YOU WILL FIND ME AT THE OLD STAND WITH BA.IG-A.IISrS FOB GEO. PIOiVEER PHARMACY Drugs, Medicines, Paints & Oils. JEWELBY, CLOCKS JlsTlD FAITCY Q-OOIDS. CALL AND SEI. NO THOUBLE TO .SHOW 0X)L8. J. E PIIIXNKY, PROPRIETOR. HAItP.IW), .VF.KIiASKA. The Inter Ocean It the Moat Popular Republican Newspaper of the West and Has the Largest Circulation. TERMS BY MAIL. DAILY (without Sunday) $4.00 per year DAILY (with Sunday) $6.00 per year The Weekly Inter Ocean $1-00 - PER YEAR Aa a Newppr THE INTER OCEAN IcMpn abrsaM of tha timea in all raapecu. It aparm neither paina nor extxna In aecunng ALL THE NEWS AND THE BEST OP CURRENT LITERATURE. The WTcekly Inter Ocean As a Family Paper Is Not Excelled bf Any. It'?"1 ht aomathina of teurect to aaob mmber of tha &atllr. Ita USZhi TOOTH'S DEPABTMEHT la tha vary baatof Its Idad. Ita LITER. ART FEATURE8 arc ona qaalad. It la a TWELVE FAOE PAPER and contain the Vawa of tha World. POLITICALXV IT M REPUBLIC AH, and elraa Ita raadara tha banatt of tha ablaat diacoaatona on all Uva pouticl toptca. It ta tonbiiahad in Chicago and la la aooord wltb tho paop a of tha Wrat la both politic and lltaratar. Ptoaaa raataibar tnat tha prtaa of TSX WEEKLY III TEH OCEAN la evur on duixak ran Addraaa THB INTER OCEAN, Chicago. Feed and Sale Nebraska. C. F. form, Vice-President. WOLD, Cashier. Banking Business H. TURNER Sioux County, THE LAND OF THE HOME STEADER. Free Homes (or More Than 5,000 Men. A new county withi schools, churches, railroads, etc., AND 800,000 ACRES YET OPEN TO HOMESTEAD ENTRY. Contains over forty-five miles of rail oad and has no county bonds. Hioux county in tlie n(irtlipt county "f NVlr;i.k.'i. It ik iilmut thirty unl- etit iinil et hy nUmt wvriity iiuli north atul jtouth ami t-untuina OVER 1,300,000 ACRES "f lanL There are niorf bright, p;irk hnn, Hit i:i i I fttrmuis 111 the count r llum ran Iw funnJ ill the xHnie area hrii in the Htiiln. It has more pine tinihrr 11 it th.in nil th rifst of the tutl' i on. I urn i Ilx ,'raste! an the rirlwt titiil nmi-t mi tritious know n so thut for Un k-;roiiij .t is uiivxcfllnl. TIif soil vhHi-s from a Iwavv flay to i liliht SMtuly loam mid is iamhle of pro 'lin ing exi -vlli-nt 1 ros. Tim jiniK'ijml criM are small j;raii ami vejji-taVk-s, ulllioiih ffmxl corn I rtiwn in th valleys. Tliu wrln-ut, oat rye uml Imrlfj' iuk nil of tiiiiiniwlly hn '(ii.ility anil coiimiuiiil the IiiIkssI mai kct prn es. Tin! water is pure anil refivshinj; am is found in abuiHlam Hi all jkh ts ol tin vounty. The county is practii ally outofdulu tnj has oVf r foiiy-live miles ol r.ulniai within lis honlers, has a gissl hrii I, i-ouri liouse ami the 111-iessary lixlures lol' run mii the ixiuiily ami thel . lias iwvti lieeu one dollar of louuly bonds isnusei and Ik-iicb taxt-s ill be low. The Kremoiit, Elkhoru & Missour Valley raiiriwd cronnea hioux L-ouutt I coin east to i.-t and the 11 & M. hai .ilsjlit lilteeil miles of Its line III llti iiorlheiLst urt of the county. Tlie climate is more pleasant than thai of tlie eastern sii'liuu of Nebraska, There is still OVER 800,000 ACRES j of land in Sioux county yet oen to i Homestead entry. It is letter land und mora desirably loi-utcd than that loi it huh such rushes are made oil the os.'ii mj ol a reservation, There is no rail road land in the county and for thai reason its settlement lias Leea slow (01 no special elfort to (jet settlers 9 made, as was 1I0110 in the enrlvdavsol tins aettlemeul of the eastern mri of the slate. Good deeiled land can be purchased at reasonable rates with Kuveriimeiil land adjoining so tliat a person who wunls more tli.ui one cpiarter sec tion can obtain it if he has a little minus. Tltere are about 1,500 ieople in the county and there is room lor lliousaijdi more. liarri n i the -ounty seat and is sit uated on the F. E. A M. V. railroad, and i as good a town a the thinly aetlled i-ouiitry den alids bchool houses and jliurcln;s lire pro if ided in ulniost avery settlement and are ept up with the limes. All who desire to get a homestead or auy land cheap are iuvitd to i-ome and - the country for themselves and judge if its merits. Homesteads will not be ibtainable much longer and if jou want ui use your right and gel NK) acres ol ,and from Uncle Sum free it is time you vera about it. liook at This Llat if western cities; Chicago St. Joseph Omaha Ijncolu Hi. Ixmis lJnvr Kansas City Ueudwoood It does'nt mutter which you intend iM'iiU. The nurlington Route la the "iv .hue lo all as it is to un one ol I'U'c-rtiHing matter and full informa tion about trains ant! rilea on a rlifa tion. i. ritATOt, . T. A T. A. Omaha, Nb. OfflCIAL'OIUCCTORV. static ornrhHs: Mliw t. It.ilruuili i;orrnr H k. Mfior l.iaU iiMiit .-om J. A. t'tper sreieturjr tu im kaaciia Moor Auitilor Juarlt S. Hsrllry TTmHrvr A. s. i imrrhlli . Aiuirny iwtl H. i: Ku-ii Ijnot i oimituMrr H. M.torhell mi runllt- lnliu. Wun CONi.KIOKAL HM.K.liATION : John M. Thurstou f. . -iiWn-. onsSs Him. V Allen I . . SmiUir, KI1 J. B Mwl, lHitfr-iimi 1-1 llt., I Iik"i 1. II. Xrrn-r, " M - lmh o. I W. lklf kIiii " l " rullrum k.. J. llHliier, " i h " Aur,ir V. K. AiiilirB, " " K.-U ! . it. kuui, " IH " Krokra Imw JflililXKV: A. M. Post hil l Juntli-r. (Vilnnil.ii T.ii. IUrrioii .n'tf Juilif... or mil I. land r. I.. Soririil Vn-U- Jll'IH", vll I II. A I inpls'll-.l'l' Ik sin) lb'lol Ul, l.lmolil UrTKKXTII Jl UK I II. HlsTUKT: M. I". K t'lkxiil J'Klif.-. ii'V.-tll H . II. 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" " " s'o-i'Hon lo Un- ( liliilren's li. i,irtiii. ni, ami -Hinr i.irl. sinl ha. n Mnnltilv vi,,a,.,ii, t,y 1 cl.-t.r-t-',l I i-ol'lc. In wlili li sr llai-iiaMI linis.rlni t iiii-.lli.n of I In- hour of I, Hit, .,t to t),r ,,a, r reili-f. Ix-t 11. bav.. your u)i.iHitlon st om-. 1 on rM tin in- vsliii. fr y,mr ., tIHI, lt la nmsIU- to H-nn- In M11y mhi r iiiar-itlnc. Tin. Miijf.tr.tii.' inn-ynr lor in. Or 'it tnoiitha for - m ((uir .Ml .lifT.-r.-ol Karini-nU sre aliown i-ueli year, IHilUTitaof ll f ,re ,,. tntimlile l,y .nlwrlls-ra .. t 4-. l-srll. , M Ic eojiy (win, iMiu rn i-iiai ) .i r 10l. 1 lU JaokoTIM HI.ismisu lai., 110 Hltli Aitiiniu, Srw Vork. 4 linkaiLorma. nxi.r !., THE SIOUX COUXTV JOURNAL kivl l)r:M(ll.T S K AMII.V M Aii AIN K. fcifi.l Vour Siilairrl,tloin In Ihl. um, ,. 5 North-western LINE r.. E. A M. V, R B. .. tha IsmI to and from tha SUGAR BEET FIELDS -pr- , KCHTII FBAa.