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.Ilk
tf iWMtt hLftl Mf. her year. Keck d
KMMMffMML ' Kverv mmr or
" MMiiW aV--'4a adjoining toutla
'I !mM advertise laatr breads in Tax Jura
states all over Um state. It
Mil saving mmt for you
SE3 CB3DL
it eonrlction of w; puny
eteaJlag or disfiguring any brands
beeenglag to the etulerajg-unl
t
01".
r.K.JAHDTs
an.-
El-
am left Mr
I hip f Cattle.
ax Cosuitv. He-ska.
Pml UMee. MewiU.
ttKOMCS SWAKSON.
jCkUU hraaded 1 j
on toft aide
on left shou
Mar, IMfl eldlr Creek,
jay Mack knMM u above being estray
saffraaa say range, discovered by auy body
gjvtae; mm Information will be rewarded.
Wdna, Ft. kobloauu. Nebraska.
J. I. ITor-tor.
Cattle BrnJl
m
In left hip.
Aim RnrxM Branded the e !
.boulder. Kange, Souttwwt of
Audrears. Pat H;ce A dtlress
Harrison, Nell
1IKNRV W AKNEKE.
J. M, fASKBK.
Jtmnm breaded oa
CaUleasaseoa left
r
r
S I Mt boaMer and
hip.
jjtHP aaradedFjaol-ackot 1
taakomkaaa. "" I I
Baaaaoa ItoMiar Crwk aad WUIUs Klver.
Address. Ft. kobiaaoa. Nebraska.
PSKFUKKEK 1JVB STOCK Co
Branded oa left alp of Cattle
aad on left eh of Mora ,
Raageou Deep Creek.
Creek Ue Htoek Co..
J. H. HlLBHT, foreman,
tiles. Nebraska,
CHAKLM NEW MA!.
The kraad represented in thle notice
aad breaded any where on toft aide
af eattte, aad ever lap 'at f roai the
Alas the aaiua brand on left thigh of
balonfa to the undersigned
Caet Spring, eoeth part fo
qr cnaaiJte Nw,
Barrlaon. Nebraska.
SAMUEL KXOR1.
Cattle braaded
any where on
left aide of the
animal.
Range on ITnl-
rie log and Mon
foe Creeks.
Addraaa,IIarriaon, Xebraaka
RWARO.
I aril! pajr fi 00 reward for aarh hexd
fQkTaCBivUU'cboran
waaitlaMT Uw or tatrh tu
Mr a lama Bimr oa Bunaiav
r, aJao flMiM for proof u
1
awict may pvraoa ua lawfully bajaJuug
Mf of.BBKi horaaa.
W. J. A. tUlTL
oa right thigh
an right Jaw Also, I have
on left thigh
alanine, ahtax Co. Vebreeka
f 1 Rraaded aa
' ' . I kadaataft
: UnQ"
i I V
TUCKER. .
left eboatder of uoraea
aide of eaUle.
right aide
right aide of eattte too.
1 RHwr. aaar Glra.
i ad Ir a. Ulen. Mvtaraaka.
JI.A nHSXETCMMt.
Amuatfnm I
r.
M an MteMe.
It 41. .Jaw I BamaMI' s"b'
"' "m. - aV. T MKMMUIi.
.aa , fla ear eattia,
rnmm nu ii i
':' i 1 11
MffflMAUh
' t : : tJhT ar Irthj i a kaad
, aV aawawWa. ,
'. ' Mlahia aaraaRa.
'at tie hranit
ed oil left side.
Uange on
Kunnlag Water
Creeek.
BWf. O. Addreaa Harrison. 5etiranka.
FRANK SITTTO.
Cattle branded
aide and aunie en
der ?f liorxea.
Alao aouie of the Itono-n
tie are branded m si'le
atiualder mmiic aa dtitvrib-
above baand.
oil tll left
loM uliolll-
anrt ( Ht.
hihI Hi
el lur the-
Addrewi, llnrriHAii, Nebraska.
Presjs-Joitrnal
Thchsday. June 2. IWi.
y. linrke, Pr.
fcSTKKKU IS TDK II T OKKK K AT ll.Ut
UlsitNNKIlU. AxSfcXSU CLASS MATTBR
OFFICIAL PAPER
Ol SIOUX COUNTY.
One Dollar Per Year.
OCTAVE IIAKKIS,
Cuttle brniidrd
H.H flllUWU Ull
left sldu wltli
left ear clipix-d.
KniiKe on Run
ning W'utcr,
V. U. Addreox, Maisilaiid, Si-br.
J. R. IIL'NTKK.
Stock hrandtNl
in right
Hide or hip. Aiidre, Kil. u.nr, Koiiniun
llarriwii. Neb.
County Maaa.
The PKENR-Jm-nNAL Iuih primed a lim
itetl nuniln-r of niapa on Manilla card
IxianJ which run be wcnred for 10c rach.
They will also be given aa a premium to
new Mibwriberti.
A. It. KKNNKDV.
Cattle llranile
1
un HlKllt ft ip
hltoulder
P. 0. Adilreim, Crawford, Nebraska.
Kl). MAS4IN.
Cattle Bianded
Range oil Ran
Sen -:eft- iilite
7i
AdUretw AKule, Neb.
ItoilKUT r. SKKCK.
on lel t Hide
Cnitle llruiided
ItanKe oa
AIho Cattle brnueil I (.ill on left li
-ilur.itder or Hide.
Itunge on
itannlng Water. I', o. Addrewi
AKrtte, M-braxka.
AfiTIOa OF "BOARD OF EQUALIZATION" EXPLftlNED
Reduction In Valuations by County Assessors Obliged the Coard to
Make Similar Reductions in Railroad Valuations.
Curclal Invatl-ation Fhoxrs that Ncbr -ska Kni roaJs Are tUl Aaaessed Too Hf,"h. Compared
W.h All Other froircrty in tile tnt.-, Xotwthst mtl in LedutioDS AJo 1
-y.. -.. Kvlorm lloarJa in ths Ldltjr '90s. (
(Taaaea Unrler the Anll.orltr of the Railroada of Nebraaka.)
Tor eef et It has been quite trenerally contended
"hit the rni:"oads thnnld be required to bmr t!:cir just
rhare of taxation." N'ebranka haa hd a fuocefslon
m reform administration, who used tb!a argument rs
cn of the ccntial n'anki of the platform which
thev aere e'.ecled. There hae been a aucrettalon of
cbarcec In tha political complexion of whp.t i known
aa the Board of Eqt?,,'',-t!on. comoifed of 'he Qv''rT'r,
Treasurer and the Auditor of R-nte. Dtirintr these 'ic
rrlve rnnvastea the rtl!roa! hnve not pres'n'td th r
File to the peoile. but !n e-'-h case have m led un
til the pnrtVi whom th pe-iple ahsu'1 sdoct were
e 'i ted to oi V , and 'hfn nreaented the que "on of
railroad taxation to them when they acted aa oJ..c?rs of
thle Board of Equalliatlon. Thua It cons tst C" '"I
the paat ten yeara there have b??n re .uil!ian. c"tj
erratic and popoullat itovernora and member of thla bo rd
In auceeaalon. Theee men elected to o.T.re have b"'n
rc irc. entatlve dtlzena and men of 'r'cgrlty and hoir -who
have taken an oath to do whet the;- con-fide-' J
risht In the lnterete of the peo; !, and In aubscr! -ln
to thla oath, they at th esrr.e time awear to do
the'r duty In accordance wilh the law.
The fol'.owini tihle will how the relafh-e a-'s-rnent
of each adtnlnlatratton for thi? pps: t-e'v e.-i.-s,
(howlne the amount aaseeJed acai.l't land's, io:s. -eoral
property and all property In the stale curing the
varloui adtnlniitratlona:
pirernor.
P-irtr.
Ye-tr.
Th-tyer V'-i b"cn
U I", -rpt
Crovnre r.e'.H'-'!' n
Crour.se l.e-'-Ji'i'e-n
J'lco-Tih p.-mui:t
)-'o!comb Poi-I 5t
Knlcorab P!9jlt
K.i comb roi ul t
Pnyntrr Pnp-:!'t
Toynler Vr
Ssvnce ' r.c?"'j-!caa
I Yetr. I I.nd I.
ir"9 j r i".T'.s
1 Si 'i. - I
n t "
it. s'.5';!'t
l'.-j s' ".""v?
J 7 7" "
1. i r
!? " 1 "
if-i I "i :.j..os
Pari. Prop.
Rtflroad nd
Te'" t"nh.
All P-on.
f
rAi.-M trri pwi t .--.
f SM M 9.ia MfM) 1 i
47 s4 f-9.IiS if ' mt 1:T5.'54
j- f, 'c ff- i r-3 f- r; y-'7" fl
t' r.n " t t.(?' v ir
is-1,-63 ti.:r..n i: : ' 3 K ;!
'et r f $ '""I 1 " ' '
axi . ? .. j!i'-?""i r'.T'-.si
m,ci.9:o ,'.r;.i-9 i,6.;i.Mi ir.o.tii
From th'a etitetnent It w!I! N ti th-.t t r!!rn"d
twI elffr'-h rroocrty hsd a vvuat'or- ! i !J r-;i
I ,r cent le't thsh It v is In U). and r.at !"-.s en a'.--o
at?ffiiti for 10 W) ' er cent If , will e the :
I'eraor.al pro, "ty ha ireed IT x-r r, t t n
lime time. Tve ory rroperr- th-ir a ear , to rh-iw
anv lncreane whatever !i In the Item of LusOa, wiiich
hewa an Increase of 7 per cent.
How-ver. we five hr a trent of the !n!raee
In ''p.nTlt!e .-i-4c--1 in h fo!!cw'nfT Cems rort'1
I" rs and 1501. whi-h r'rrn i d he conlderrd !mg ri h
t.itse apparent Increaat-a and decreases In aaaeeitnent:
Per Cent
Asf f led In 1WI. Increa'e
-!w acru UIilmrcved 8.5
.ijn.OlS ca-.t'.e 42
4-fl,fiv3 ."-heep I'D
1J
IX
Aaeased In 1T3.
B74 lSft ocrrr Sir- r-vM T
i.. 'T.TfT acres un.mrovcd 1
1, cattle
"9 ?c ,heo
1 1 fiiT 1.S0.77? hO
i'tCS mlfi a railroad 8.7U2 mllea railroad
Now. how are all thef- decre?ee and variar!ona In
frefament brought about' Jn V.T. and If the aaseescra
through the v; r o-is (iwnl'i ao materially redjeed t.-.e
Meiriaent of ur.da. lo'n and "i-rsonal property thit the
rallpoud al:ir.t:n :en by I he Board of Equalization
Jr -tor Te.i: ' ati- i.vj that figure whir a wou.d
obtain en ecusl.ty in fixation aith other property.
Uwlnjt to' tho Minf 'Tf ni !nrre-- .tment
ef r-si'road orpiratl?-. th Prd nf E-jna.lratlnt wjj
iVtc ed fro-.i tnat-rialiif re'clne the same In l, r;d
In that v,ar the ral ror.d-" paid prac'lmliy twenty-five
Jer cent more tax than they In Jjetlce ehould have
on. ' '
n r.ne accuaed Governor Kolcomb of bc.r.s any n-
friet-J'v to the railroad c.-r-emt!on th-n the law wo'ld
.re"!ie h!n to be. Vu in I'.flV the presentation waa ma4a
to the board in euch a ma wr that n m.trlal redac
tion waa made In ti-e aaciaament of the rallroida In Ne-
brsska. Thst hearil act-d In thin m'trr uner their
oath, wh'ch el?ff thm - equiUixe tha usees-cd va,:"
of the rsr.re'' 'Jil m--'t that at3etrm-it cor:'i..-m it
vsihatletw f'ecei en other property. The a-vyiitaent
mrde tt thee tlm waa only Iflr to h. romran.eii 1
p ft them tack near to where they ehould have L.a
placi.
TTrrwevfr. the lccul atraeatora continued to re'uee '
a!ua'on en lanie, lots and .raora rr-'y. V-fll l'l'S.
the rairos-" wc arin payin twei.'y-fve per cnV
tnore tr-st than they, under the conadtut.on and la,
ehe'd be reovlred to do.
Elnce lf?S th local sKvii!oni have incried the vnl:s.
tlon a little, but at waa ehown In a f'Ttr.-r e-lvcti'c-ment,
the rsilrorf. were aaed 71 1C'1 per mile r.-,r
value than thy tihou'd have been in !."), r.d are st;ll
paying more th'n their fair portion of ta-e.
Durlna; the ver of bard time In Nebraska the
rallroada atceotel this Injuntlce and paid the taa
chireed. hoilne by the aaslatance thus rendrred the
poorer count'ea of tre a'tll to tide over the unfor
tunate condition of affaire, and In many Instances thy
aid tha tax charged while their ftockhoidera got th,:a-
fr
ne
Beveral members of tne ueara or iio,tini:Tsi:on tnai
hs baen elected In the last ten years were honestly
impressed with the belief that rallmed t orpora'Jo- a
ware not nayine their Just portion of tax, but when the
ficte havs been Is Id before them they in each Instanue,
lrre-ject!v of psrt, rstepeotetl their oath .nd went n
hr in tax'n! the rav.-oad tliai thsy cou!d S3 ril
till In their con-!ence believe that thy were rlv'rn that
equality In taist'nn trueranteed under our c"'tut!eii.
In our rrt nrt'ele we will give seme of the oe'tii'i
rTrdinr tV"1 chsne mads In valuation for a ser-s
of year. Thsns firure will be plven. not to antag
onlT any Interc. b-jt merely aa Inforraath n.
8om eorporatiors may not be payl-x thr share of
tase but an lnventlsaUoa will show that they are net
railroad corporation.
Th" changes m:tde in the valuation placed on diCer
ent kind of property through the state of Nebraska have
been erratic and hardly explainable. From the apear
ftnee of the report made, it ia erident that the county
aseaaors have valued the property within their respective
counties more with a view of adopting' a valuation that
would raise sufficient money for the county purposes,
irreapective of any determined value. The result is that
the various counties do not coincide at all in regard to
pries cf ssy article whi';h hn!l have a (general relative
value.
"We give below a stntement of changes in values re
ported on those items w tich are generally reioiruized aa
having a relative v:u; throughout the state:
ber of homesteaders were atill perfecting titles to their
property and were relieved from taxation in that interim.
It shoRld also be noticed that in Omaha from 1893 to l'All
the following building permits have been issued:
1803. ,...Sl,268,08.-;.O0
1894 612.7-j4.00
18')5 506,117.00
18 291,153.00
1897 1.298,6r7.M
iovo ... 1,3&1,ZC,7.00
1S99 1,005,634.00
1900 1,001,845.00
1901.. 1,627,304.00
1339 1 1S93 1001
VAM.'B VAtCB VAI.ITR
Improvefl Land, acres..,, $ 4.05 $ 3.94 S 3.61
Unimproved Land, acres. 2.3 2.07 1.13
Horses 1C.05 12..V4 7.01
Cattlg 4.79 4.18 4.43
Mnles 21.37 14.46 8.07
HoKs , 1.13 1.33 1.06
Sheep ,. .59 .81 .68
Franchises 1,013.57 143.10 154.71
Water Craft 357.34 L474.0O 4,81
It will be noticed that while the tendency lias been
to report lower values on all these items, they have not
been reported on a gradual decline in all' cases. The
highest asaeament made in the atate on tn st classes of
property wag in 1893. In that year improved lands in
Doagtaa coantr were assessed at S15.43, while in 1900
they were assessed at but 111.82. In Clay county im
proved lands in 1S93 were asseaaed at 55.39, while in 1900
they were assessed at but 3.13. In Lancaster county in
IMS lands were assessed at 15.93 and in I'm at but $4.62,
while in Baline county they reported improved lands in
WM3 at a valuation of 110.55 per acre, which were reported
in 1900 at but $3.43. ' Ho it wonld appear to an investiga
tor that Saline county needed mo.iey in 1893, and that
their immediate- wants were not ao preasing in 1900, but
this Change in valuation of their property obliged the
railroads in that county tn fay ont-fttk of the taxn faid
im tht touuly for the year 19(0, while in 1S9J they only
were obliged fo pay one-tenth of the amount collected.
aWmc newspa per critics who advocate a material
Relvaace in the assessment of railroad property on
ifsnt of their betterment and conditions, and the im.
aruvameats that have been made in the past ten years,
aMM afcfulljr consider the figure given in Bulletin
It will be' noticed that there haa been an inerrau
km acreage erf improved land returned for taxation
njiUBliirjr to 627 Pr Mni- th land reported in 1889
TUa w account! for by the fact that in 1889 large nam.
Total H,972,796.00
This increase in building in the cities, and the vrst
increase in taxable improved lands, which should have
added a hundred millions of dollars to the grand assess
ment roll of the state, would much more than make up
for any amount of improvement on railroad property in
the same time. In other word, improvement in the
state has more than kept pace with improvement in the
railroads.
These decreases of valuation in Douglas and Lan
caster counties were to such an extent that there was not
sufficient taxable property returned in the citie of Lin
coln and Omaha to raise sufficient revenue on which to
successfully carry on the city administration without a
tax levy that would be almost prohibitory, and to-day the
rate of valuation is placed so low that the rate of taxa
tion is entirely out of line with any other city in this
section of the country. These cities succeeded in having
a special law passed for the purpose of raising revenues
in these two places, and to-day they report one set of
valuations for city taxation and another for that of the
atate and county, and the result is' that in their reports
the values for taxation for county and state purpose
practically run riot.
A marked example of the injustice done the cities
themselves by this arrangement is for reports to go oat
that the assessed valuation per capita in Omaha i the
loweat in any city west of the Mississippi, which would
indicate to the casual investigator that the place waa
poverty stricken, and at the same time this low valua
tion oblige a high levy that throwa an investor into
panic.
It ia the high levy for taxation that to-day prevents
. that natural rush of improvement in Omaha that ia aeen
in other citie. Now investors do not know that they
can invest here and only pay tax on one-tenth of their
investment, and the agitation to tax stock and bonds of
railroads in addition to their other value would confirm
them in a belief that they would not bu fairly treated.
ViilUciCi pay 10 4-10 Per Cttrt d Toxc9 Paid In Nebraska,
IF30
English Shire Sta
ion
Will make the Heaeon of
1M2 aa follows: Tuesday ev
ening and Wednesday of each,
week at Al LfitlioffV farm 9
miles eart of town; the bal
ance of the week at our barn
in Harrison.
TEKMS:$8.00 to insure colt to rtand and suck; money
due and payable at once in case mares are disposed of, or
removed from the county.
Dieckmann & Lacy
:pThe Commercial Bank.
HARRISON. NEBRASKA.
:-
DIBECTOBS.
C. F. Cokkke, President. F. W.Clakke, Cashier
Cm as. C. Jamkson. H. S. Claukk, A. McGinley
Stockmen having use for a bank at this point may rely oc
us to handle their entire Banking busmen.
We are pre pared to take care of our trade at all timeM
1 000CiC0C0 f0004 (00440404-CO
THE PIONEER PHARMACY.
Dr Litis.
DruKtSist's Sundries,
Paints. Oils. VnrnisrieS,
2 Books and Stationary.
G)j J. E. PHINNEY, Proprietor.
Jr
STALLION
s i
c
-.; VtetVia; Ti'i i "tn J
Will make the
season at my place
on Monroe Creek
7 miles north-west
of Harrison.
PEDIGREE
WISDOM JR., Sired by imported CLYDE, Dam seven-
eights SliIKE, weight l,f00 iiounds.
PRICK:-S.0O, to insure living rolt. The money for
service of .Stallion will be due and payable at once in case
mares are sold or removed from the county.
I will pasture mares through breeding season, free of
charge.
ROBERT KEEL.
J. I.KVaR.
Cattle branded
UN I.KFT SIDE
Tout Office AdilrM. ChudrOH NebiusUii-
Cattle branded
Cattle branded
Cattle hra.idud
at o.
on left ld.
un lef t
("I'Ik.
On l-eft lllp
W.SHY WKItE, Koremsn
P. O. Address, (lien, eb
NKII, JOIIKAN.
PUP
f1
llorw-s and cut
tle branded nn
either side, same
a on cut.
JOHN T. 8XOW.
a pe
on left shoulder
hrsndMl on luft shoulder
nntl ( little plY on L-ft side.
l'ot (ifllce Addrewi,
1'iitiiek, lisiiieO. wyo.
JOHN" A. HANSON
Ww - M f
r L. 1
Owns the follow
ItiKhrsnd iietllh-
er:
AIho HQ on cut
tle anil lnrM
cat lie on li-rtilde
hors on left
boulder.
Ktinxeou Mllver Kprlni snd eiwt nfsut
no. I'ostnfflce HarrlMon Neb
AXItllKW CBItlTlA?4
And Cattle lirsudi-d
nidi', lilid llorsei on l
A'
on left
Jaw,
ddre, rWnlsrr, Vi l,rs-li,
1 i
' dp J
Cattle hrssd
Hi on leftside
Mine ent
and horss
brsnded on
left should
same a eel
urn th pr.oi rty o Andrev fhrlstisn an
range ti'lbiil.u y In Van f'nmri Sirliign.
Ai('ll'-.,
hiuity. vy
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