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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 12, 1896)
aA(WlsVts 40 THE SIOUX COUNTY o I J. hluimoiiH, Editor uml Prop. F.Lil.YE. K. Tim table. Going WmL liotng Kant. io. , mixed. W 0 'o. . lulled 7:o J. E. PHINNEY, M. I. Pbjrsirlaa and Harriwa. All calls given prompt attention. Ofllce In Drug Stare. IJAKRWON. NEBRASKA. NOTICE TO SETTLERS. The rules of (lie local land ofliee have recently been amended no tliat settlers to make Una I proof ahull settle with the publisher before sending in their applica tion. All parties desiring to make final proof run liuve their puwrs made out at TlIB Jot'HN At, oftk-e, free of charge, anJ promptly transmitted to the land ofliee ho that no tune will lie lost. For information rend The Jothsal Old papers, five cents per dozen Tub Journal ollice. Call at The Jovrnai, office and have your final proof inrnrg made out. It will cost you nothing. home of tlie young triple hail a dance at Woodmen ball on Tuesday evening and a pleasant time is reKrted. It 1 K. V. Smith iimteud of W. R. Hmith who has opened the new meat market. Head his advertisement in an otlwr column. A party was given on last Thursday evening by Misses Minnie and Mable Warneke. About forty of their young friends were pre.serit and a good time is reported. Philip Unitt started Monilay evening with his shipment of cattle for Seward. Mrs. Unitt nnd their daughter who came up with him also departed the same evening. .H. C. iJonne had a horse shot re cently. It seems to be getting quite a common method of dealing with neigh liors' stock. If some one i convicted of it be w ill wish that be bad gone accord ing to law. P. N. Kirkpatrick and John Finley b:gged a five-prong' deer on Tuesday, which weighed 1 10 pounds after it aa dressed. TilE J.K'KN.vl. family cnjoyei wiiiie fat, juicy venison steaks. Cards are out announcing that the marriage of Mr. W. L. Hoyt and Miss Itusa lJeBock will take place at the Bo- duro Presbvteriiin church on WednexLiy, Novemlier If. lfli. A reception will le given at the home of the bride's parents In theeveniiig. A few days ago B. L. Smiick, V. A. Hester and K. K.Smith took in a Imnd of sheep which had drifted down from Wyoming. It was foil ml that they lie longed t P-r jwn & (Janz and after the party from whom they bad strayed had settled with the Imys County Treasurer Uiehle took them on a distress warrant for delinquent taxes. Mr. Brown came down ami paid up the taxes aud the cheep were turned over to him. It is reported that a special land in spector has been at work in the vicinity ' of Lusk looking up the government land which is fenced, and it is understood that be will recommend to the depart ment that the fences be torn down. Should the same thing be done in this locality there would l much wailing. It is bard to see any reason for the re moval of such fences so long as the land is not filed uisin and the rights of the public are not interferred with, If winter keeps on at the gate it has atarted it will l a cracker jack. Sever ul inches of snow has been on the ground for some days and it is reported us being deeper in all directions than it is here. The snow interferred with the train so that it did not arrive from the east until the middle of the afternoon on Tuesduy and east of Cbadron trains were blocked. If this is to I taken as asam- ple of the weather likely to prevail for the next four months ieoile who have stock for which they have but little feed are likely to sustain considerable loss. Arrangements are lieinjr made for a grand McKinley ball at the court house on Thanksgiving evening, November atJUi. The dance will 1 free and the committee propose to make it as pleas ant as possible for oil. While it will lie in honor oY McKinley all are invited to attend and have a good time, as the only advantage the McKinley fellows will have vill be that they will pay the bills. Further particulars will be given later. Let. every body who enjoys dancing attend. Arrangements are being erfccted for lira holding of farmers' institutes all over the stale during the winter, Uood speaker will be provided to address the gatherings on topics of most, interest to U various localities. This part of the tale has interest somewhat ditfering from Um eastern part ami an address which would help tin people get better returns for their effort would be appre ciated. The time of such meetings hei e imd the themes to be discussed will he Ifiven in litjie to allow all interested lo PERSONAL. Mr. and Mrs. Jamet Bourrett arrive.) h una on Saturday. A. F. C'hristain made a trip to Craw ford tiie lirst of the week. John Messing was serving his country as a juror this week aud remembered to call at this office. John Tinnin was here this week look ing after his case against the B. & M. E. D. Satterlee was up from Cbadron this week meeting old acquaintances aud looking after some matters io court. Train Master Birdsell, Dispatcher Mar vin, Conductors Coutaot and Dodge of Alliance, Agent Laws, of Spear II sh, Roadmaater Dunlap and Section Fore man McCarty were here as witnesses in the case of Tinnin vs. B. & M. At the meeting of the village board on Saturday evening the chairman was instructed to take action looking to the putting up of a windmill to pump water for the town. It is beyond question that the water supply for Harrison costs more in proportion to the amount used than in any other town in the state, and the machinery now used is getting prat tv well used up and will have to be re- placed before many years. At present it costs as much, if not more, to have fie pumping done for two years as windmill plant would cost, and now the town, has nothing to show for it at the end of the time. With a windmill plant the supply would be more regular and ought to run for years without any ex ivuso to speak of. It is hoped that the board will not let up until a windmill is at work. There is a good deal of talk in rela tion to the question of free range and herd law and the matter will, in all proliability come up in the legislature There are those who differ on the sub ject and who have what they consider good reasons for the position they occu py, and if uny desire lo express their views through the columns of The Jiil'KSAL, on either side of the question, its columns are oien to them. All that is insisted Uion is that the articles lie free from abuse and personalities anil that the writer's name be published with the article. Anonymous articles have but little weight, and a writer should not be afraid or ashamed to let his identity be known. There is no poli tics in the matter. It is a straight busi ness proposition and should be treated as such. The vote given to County Attorney uuthrie in the receiit election was a compliment worthily liestowed, While Ins experience as a lawyer has not been extensive bis natural ability and care ful study enables him to handle the bus iness of the ollice in a satisfactory man ner and ioux county lias never had a more honorable, painstaking county at torney. He has a Jiersoual indeiendence which leaves him free from the influence of any ring or gang, and in the perform ance or his duties lie knows neither friend or foe, nnd he is broad-minded enough so thai those with whom he has had controversies in the oast will be accorded the same treatment that they would receive from him had they al ways been on the best of terms. There are thone whose minds are so narrow and souls so small that they allow a little difference to rankle within them forever, but County Attorney Guthrie is not constructed on that plan and Sioux county is the gainer thereby. The result of tlie election in the first commissioner district wherein Frank Tinkham was re-elected by a ma jority of thirty over 8, L, Ellis, is a compliment to the official record of Mr. Tinkham. Mr. Ellis is a good man and would have made a good commissioner liad he elected, but there was a feeling that Mr. Tinkham was entitled to an en dorsement, and although the district is strongly populist and Mr. Tinkham is a republican, and Mr. Ellis is a populist still the former got a handsome minor ity. Another factor in the case was that some of the active ones in the popu list party know that in order for them to gel any office themselves it is neces sary to kill off some of the stronger men in the party. A year ago they forced M. J. Weber to lie a candidate for clerk when his defeat was inevitable, and thus laid him on the shelf. Mr. Ellis was known to possess considerable strength in the county and next year might want to be a candidate for one of the offices that are worth fighting for. Some of the schemers of his party recognized that 'and also knew that whoever ran against Tinkham for commissioner would be defeated. A good opportunity was thus offered to put Ellis out of the way by making him a candidate for commissioner. It worked just aa tlie schemers desired and one more obstacle was removed from their path to office. Just From the Treat. A very attractive publication has juat been issuod by the passenger department of the Burlington Route. It bears the title "The Newer North-west" and de scribes in a most interesting nnd read able fashion those portion of northern Wyoming and the Black Hills of SouUi Dakota which are reached by this com pany' line. The scenery, towns, mines, people and industries of these two remarkable see lion or Country are treated of with ab solute fldclcty. 200 page with Hluatra tiona, sent on receipt of 10 cent in stamps. J.MAWM, u.r.ea I. A. Omaha, NtbraaVm lHSTKIfT ( (HUT. Jacob Slonekinff CoatU-trd of Rut II off llM-f. Hi ran Rit-karaNon Forfeits His Bond. District court convened on Monday with Judge Westover presiding. The Docket was little larger than common, but it proved to be the most imporUnt term ever held in Sioux couuty. The Urst day was occupied io the ordinary routine way, liearing motions, taking judgements in defaulted cases and other matters w hich could be attended tu by the court without the intervention of a jury. The outside attorney who were pres ent were D. B. Jenckes, Judge Cnles, A. IS. Fislier and E. D. Halterlee, of Chadrou, VV, 11, Fanning and E. W. Daily, of Crawford, and A. W. Agee, of Aurora. The following is the disposition made of civil cases: John Tiunin vs. C. B. & Q. railroad company, motion of defendant to sup press allldavits sustaiued aud the case continued on showing of plaintiff. Michigan Saving aud Loau Association vs. O. Uuthrie, et ul., sale confirmed and deed ordered. Ren.slow Crosby vs. E. O. Hough, sale continued and deed ordered. Samuel Southwortli vs. Lewis M. liabb, sale continued and deed ordered. Michigan havings Bank vs. Thomas Dunn, decree of foreclosure. Michigan Saving Bank vs. John Dunn, decree of foreclosure. M. I Ayers vs. A. J. Hodge, decree of foreclosure. (i. W. Hester, et al., vs. Henry Linde man, error in justice court; plaintiff to (lie petition within 30 days. Win. H. Male vs. O. W. Cobb, decree of foreclosure. James H. Cook vs. Charles Biehle County Treasurer, to be submitted i chauiliers. Michigan Saving and Loan Association vs. H. A. Cunningham, decree of fore' closure. Louisa J. Jacobey vs. Franklin Jacob- ey, decree of absolute divorce granted. Win. H. Mule vs. John Moseley, de cree of foreclosure. bmeha Noreisch vs. C. fc,. ochilt, e at., plaintiff's motion to include othe parties denied, and defendant allowed to re-lile answer. County of Sioux vs. F. E. & M. V railroad, demurrer of defendant sus tained. Wm. H. Male vs. P. J. Nortbness, de cree of foreclosure. In the case of the State vs. Harry Brown the prosecution was unable to procure a material witness, but the court refused to allow a continuance taking the ground that the prosecution has all the machinery of the law and the right to incur any necessary expense in bringing criminals to justice, and the defendant was discharged. In the case of the State vs. Hiram Richardson the defendant did not appear and the court declared his bond of two hundred dollars forfeited. The case of the State vs. Jacob Stone king, on the charge of cattle stealing was called for trial and the following tiersons were accepted by both sides as jurors: D. W. Hamaker, J. H. Bartell, John Messing, F. J. Miller, II. Ooedda, Z. F. Antrim, II. M. Warueke, L. H. Bowdish, Samuel Beekley, George Oillruor, J. F, Lacrone and Corwin Lewis. D. B. Jenckes was appointed by Judge Westover to assist County Attorney Guthrie in the prosecution, and E. W Daily looked after interests of the de fendant. The state presented a strong case and the defense made tbe best show ing it could under the circumstance. The case was given to the jury at noon on Thursday and about ten o'clock that night they brought in a verdict of guilty, and recommended leniency on the part of the court. Next morning when court convened Mr. Daily asked until after dinaer to look up matters relative to asking a new trial. When that time arrived Mr. Daily had decided that there was no grounds on which he could reasonably ask for a new trial. Judge Westover then asked the de fendant if he bad anything to say why sentence should not be passed upon him. A negative answer was given. The court reviewed at some length the im portance of the live stock interests to this part of the state and the necessity of the enforcement of the law in order to protect the property of the taxpayer. He said that considering that this was the first time the defendant liad been convicted of a crime and also that the jury had recommended mercy on his pari, and the further fact that it was the first conviction ever brought about in Sioux county Im would impose a light sentence. He then stated that the de fendant should be confined in the peni tentiary at hard labor for three years, no part of the confinement to be soli tary. Judge Westover then slated to the public that should other convictions be had on the charge of stealing stock, the court w6uld Increase the penaly un til the maximum of ten year was inflicted or the practice of stealing stock broken up. Sioux County, THE LAND OF THE HOMESTEADER. Free Homes for More Than 5,000 Men. A new county with schools, churches, railroads, etc., AND 800,000 ACRES YET OPEN TO HOMESTEAD ENTRY. Contains over forty-five miles of railroad and has no county bonds. Sioux county is the northwest county of Nebraska. It is about thirty miles east and west by about seventy miles north and south and contains OVER 1,300,000 ACRES of land. There are more bright, spark ling, small streams in the county than can lie found in the same area elsewhere in the Mate. It has more pine timber in it than all the rest of the state combined Its grasses are the richest and most nu tritious known so that for stock-growing it is unexcelled. The soil varies from a heavy clay to a light sandy loam and is capable of pro ducing excellent crops. Tlie principal crops are small grain and vegetables, although goixl corn is grown in the valleys. The wheat, oats rye and barley are all of unusually fine quality and command the highest mar ket prices. The water is pure and refreshing anil is found in abundance in all parts of the county. The county is practically out of debt and has over forty-five miles of railroad within its borders, has a good brick court house and the necessary fixtures for run ning the county and there has never been one dollar of county bonds issused and hence taxes will be low. The Fremont, F.Ik horn & Missouri Valley railroad crosses Sioux county from east to west and the B. & M. has about Kfteen miles of its line in the northeast part of the county. Tlie climate is more pleasant than that of the eastern portion of Nebraska, There is still OVER 800,000 ACRES of land in Sioux county yet open to homestead entry. It is better land and more desirably located than that for which such rushes are made on the open ing of a reservation. There is no rail road land in the county and for that reason its settlement has been slow for no siecial effort to get settlers was made, as was done in the early days of the settlement of the eastern part of the state. Good deeded land can be purchased at reasonable rates with government land adjoining so that a person who wants more than one quarter section can obtain it if he has a little means. There are about 1,500 people in the county and there is room for thousands more. Harri:ion is Ihe county seat and is sit uated on the F. E. & M. V. railroad, and is as good a town as the thinly settled country demands. school houses and churches are pro vided in almost every settlement and are kept up with the times. All who desire to get a homestead or buy land cheap are invited to come and soe the country for themselves and judge of its merits. 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