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JUDGE GDTTEIMUM
Governor Mickey, upon receiving
a tbe resignation of Judge H. M.
Sullivan at once appointed tbe Hon.
C. L. GutlersoD, of Broken Bow, as
Judge of this, the l°th Judicial dis
trict. Mr. Gutteraon at once enter
ed upon bis official duties and this
week baa been bolding an equity
term of court at this place. It was
Mr. Gutterson’a first term and be
meats with general favor. He bas
been a resident of Custer county for
fifteen years and baa built up a good
practice, beiDg a lawyer of great
ability aDd of much experience. It
has been nine years since we have
had a republican judge on tbe bench
iD tbia district, but with this ap
pointment we can join in tbe old
familiar chorus:
There'll be no more poullst there.
There'll be no more poplist there.
In this court of appeal, it is pleasant to feel
That there’ll be no more populist there.
The question of equalizing the
railroad tax throughout Nebraska is
occupying the atteution of the legis
lature at present. The Omaha peo
ple and citizens, whose residences
are in the larger cities of the state,
are contending tor a raise in the val
uation of railroad property in the
cities, and the railroad companies,
in turn, claim that if this ts done it
will greatly reduce the valuation ot
their property in the country, and
thus reduce the revenues of outlying
school districts and villages, tra
versed by the railroad*. The citizens
of Omaha claim, through their rep
resentative, that they only received,
last year, from the B. & M. railroad,
as city tax, $079.59 The city tax
alone paid by the B. & M. company
to the village of Loup City for last
year amounted to #340.91, a little
more than half what the city of
Omaha received.
It may be interesting to our read
ers to know how it is that Loup City
receives more than half as much
city taxes from this road as does the
great city of Omaha, with its mag
nificent depot and all of its other
very costly improvements and net
work of side tracks and main lines,
which are valued at $8,000,000 00.
This is a difficult proposition, both
to put before the people intelligently
and to point out the defects and sub
stitute beneficial remedies, and we
predict that the members of tbe leg
islature will have their hands full in >
their attempt to solve the problem.
Under the present system, tbe state
board of equalization has the power
to place tbe valuation on all railroad
properties in the state, which they
done, estimating the value, includ
iDg all road beds, rolling stock, de
pots, slock yards, etc.’ to be $:l,000.
per mile, on the baisis of one fifth
valuation, and then giving each
county, school district, township,
and city or village theirshare of this
valuation just in proportion to the
number of miles of road bed in
each.
By this method of railroad taxa
tion it would seem that a school
district in the country which has
only one mile of track running
through it would be allowed to
taxes from the same valuation as a
village with ouly one mile of road !
bed, but has an additional valuation
in depot grounds and other properly
amounting to thousands of dollars;
or in fact a country school district
would get the same valuation per
mile as does the great city of Omaha
with her additional millions of dol
lars worth of property in perminent
fixtures.
Tue Omaha people contend that
this is unjust and that they should
be allowed tbe right to have the city
assessor assess the railroads for city
taxes, the same ss it has for other
property.
Ilailroad officials claim that if the
cities were allowed to have the city
assessor place a valuation upon tbe
city railroad property, their estimate
value would greatly reduce llie value
now given to the balance of their
property under the present system,
nud that the outlying dia’riots would
greatly suffer by reason of that
fact.
Hut would this necessarily be so? t
Could not the state board o! j
equalization bold the present values
Of $3,000 per mile on the road hed
and rolling stock, even if the cities
were given the right to make
an additional assessment on city
railroad property for city taxes?
lu our judgement they wouid then
he paying none too much taxes. As
it is, it is quite evident that the com
panies are paying their proportion
of taxes outside of city improve
ments, but many thousands of dol
lars might be added ns city tax and
yet not be considered as double tax
ation.
It is plain to be seen that the city
of Omaha and other largo cities of
the state are not receiving their
full proportion of taxes from the
K. It. Cos, and it is just as plain to
understand that the balance of the
territory traversed by these roads
are getting theii just dues. For in
stance: The different, railroad com
panies, not long, ago paid into the
treasury of Sherman county as last
years taxes the sum of $13,584.39
as their proportionate part of the
taxes tor this county.
The great contention stems to be
that if the cities are allowed to in
crease the valuation of K It. city
property, will the state board of
equalization cut down the tax values
on all road beds. If this is to done
then we are in favor of Omaha help
ing to bear the bunion, because the
railroad companies and the great
agricultural and stock raising por
tion of the state Iuih helped to make
Omaha what sne is to day and have
contributed tenfold to her prosperity.
LINCOLN LETTISH
Lincoln, Ntb, Feb. ft lft03.
Fmitor North westers:— The
legislature has not been in session
tlie past week but the special com
mutes for the framing of a revenue
bill have been very busy, and have j
accomplished a great deni. In this \
work it is understood that the com
mittees have drawn upon the Neb
raska, Kansas and Missouri revenue
laws, and the general belief is that
if they are given reasonable time a
bill will be prepared which will be
acceptable, and will produce the
much desired revenues for the state.
One of the important points
which has come before the com
mittee is the change in the assessor
system There seems to have been a
unanimous agreement that the pres
ent system of elective precinct as
sessors is defective, and the cause
of many of the present ills. The
plan adopted by the committee
is the same as that of eeveral of
ihe eastern states: One or more
tax commissioners, an elective coun
ty assessor in each county, and
enough appointive deputies in each
county to do ihe assessing. There
is also the provision that assessors
can not do the work in Ihe precincts
where they themselves live.
Tliie question of valuation does not
seem to have jet been entirely set
tled. It was sgreed by the commit
tee that the present system is no
system at all, and some desire to
assess all properly at its actual cash
value. Others are of the opinion
that property should be listed atcash
value and then assessed at a valua
tion of one-fourth or one fifth, as is
the practice in Iowa, Illinois, and
other states, absolutely fixing the
fraction by law, so as to preven'
gradual reduction in the rate. The\
hold that this would give the actual
figures, ami at, the same time would
keep the levies near wlnt they are
now, thus avoiding the tendency
toward extravagance. Both ideas
have adherents in the legislature, and
if ja probable that the\ will prnvok*
considerable discussion when the bill
gets into the two houses.
The disturbing question of local
taxation of railroad terminal* wil
not be handled bv the revenue com
mittees, thev having decided by vote
that this question should come up in
connection with the bill proposing
changes in the Omaha chatter.
In the preparation of the new
measure much care is being taken in
the matters relating to the collection
of taxes, and the committee is said
to unanimously favor the provision
for n seal for county treasurers, so
that good tax deeds may be given
after a reasonable length of lime, in
stead of making it necessary to go
the old circnituons and expensive
w»y through the courts This prop
osition has been up before the leg
| Ulatures several times before, bn'
I was never adopted.
TUFNTV FIVBCr.N'Ta A SIOMTH
Most things you buy have increas
ed but. The Lincoln Daily News, the
brightest evening paper in Nehra.-k-,
is mailed at the old price of Twenty
five cents a mouth. Thousands of
Nebraskans in town and in country
have beeu on its subscription list |
sear after tear, and will join in its ;
praises. It is independent and
stands wilti the people ou the great
questions of the das. There is not
a dull line in it. Its market reports
are the very latest. Three editions j
are printed daily, enabling it to j
reach many portions of the state a
head of ail competitors. The rural
rou'es are rapidly increasing in circu
lation, and people gonealy who
want a paper cheap in price, but not
in quality are subscribing for The
Lincoln Daily News. Why don’t you
do likewise?
NOTICE TO USDOSVNKR81
To all whom it may concern:
The comlsaioner appointed to vacate a
part of lload No II), commencing a-, the
south east corner of Sunny Slope ceme
tery, which is located on the noil li west
quarter of Section 10, Township 15, Range
15 west, in Sherman county, Noli., and run.
lug thence in a north westerly direction to
where said road No. Id intersects with road
No. «5, terminating nt said Intersection,
lias reported in lavor of vacating said
road, and all objections thereto or claims
for demnges must be Bled in the county
clerk's otttce.on or hesore noon of the 28th
day of March, 1813, or such road will lie
vacated without referance thereto.
Dated this 88th day January. 1903.
liEO. II. (iiRHON. County Clerk.
Iluii'l Worry.
Tills I* easier said than (lone, yet it may
lit) ot sonic help to consider the matter,
ir the cause is something over which you
have no control it Is obvious that worrying
w ill not help the matter in the least, On
the other hand, if within your control you
have only to act. When you hare a cold
and (car an attach of pneumonia, buy a
bottle of Chamberlain * Cough Keinert y
and use It Judiciously and all cause for
worry us to the outcome will quietly dtw
Hppear. There In no danger of pneumonia
when it Is used. For sum by Odendahl Bros
City Dray
AND
Transfer Line.
J. W. &A. T. Conger, Props
Our ice will be delivered to any part
of the city free. Tile Ice house will he
opened but once a day, and that will
he from 4 to R o’clock, a. m.
All kinds of hauling will he given prompt
attention and will make a specialty of
moving household good. We solicit your
patronage.
CONGER BR03.
LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA.
I
tlucnnarloii) From Croupe
During a terrible and sudden attaet of
croup our little girl was unoouscious from
strangulation, says A. L. ttpafford, post
master.of Chester, Mien , and a dose of One
Minute Cough Cure was administered and
repeated often, it reduced the swelling
and Intiauiation, cut the mucus and shortly
the child was resting easy and speedily re
covered. It cures coughs, colds, Latirlppe,
and all through! and lung Troutdes. One
Minute Cough Cure lingers In the throat
amt chest and enahles the lung to contrib
ute pure, health giving ojgeti to the blood.
Odendahl Bros.
TflEDFORD’s'
BLACK-DRAUGHT
THE ORIGINAL
LIVER MEDICINE
A
A sallow o ’ ” * *
are common indications or liver
and kidney diseases. Stomach and
bowel troubles, severe as they are,
give immediate warning by pain,
but liver and kidney troubles,
though less painful at the start, are
much harder to cure. Thedford’s ,
Black-Draught never fails to bene
fit diseased liver and weakened kid
neys. It stirs up the torpid liver
to throw oft the germs of fever and
ague. It is a certain preventive
of cholera and Bright’s disease of
the kidneys. With kidneys re
inforced by Thedford’s Black
Draught thousands of persons have
dwelt immune in the midst of yel
low fever. Many families live in
perfect health and have no other
doctor than Tliedford's Black
Draught. It is always on hand for
use in an emergency and saves
many expensive calls of a doctor.
Mullins, S. C., March 10,1901.
I have used Tliedford’s Black-Draught
for three years and I have not had to go
to a doctor since I have been taking it.
It is the best medicine for me that is
on the market for liver and kidney
I troubles and dyspepsia and other
P complaints. K«v. A. 0. LEWIS. (
biliousness
This signature Is on every box of tho genuine
Laxative Bromo=Quiniiie Tablets
the renjcdy that cures n cold In one day
• II' TV CKNTH SAVED
Tilt* ,'h-mi-Weekly Malt* Journal is
#1,00 per tear unit the Western
Swine Breeder is 50 cents a tem,
but if you send Ope Dollar to The
State Journal you can get both psp
eras while year. The Journal is
the paper of all papers to read legis
lative news and the Swine Breeder is
a hummer. Ask them for a sample
copy if you hav’nt seen it. Lincoln
is the center of all things of a state
nature and The Journal prints more
state news than any other paper.
BRIDLE NOTICE,
Seated bids, wiiti plan.s and speridea t tons
will l>e received at the. oUlee of the county
clerk of Sherman county, Nebraska, at
Loup City, in said county, on or before
noon ot the third day of March, 19U3 for Jhe
building of all the bridges that may be re.
qttired to be constructed by said county dur.
tug tbe term of one year from the letting
of the contract; for the construction of said
bridges, such bids to be by the lineal toot
and contract to be let for the building of
sncli bridges as may be required at a »podd
ed sum per lineal foot, plans, specifications
and bids to bn made on wood midges, on
low water . i idges and on high water bridg
es Plans i r low water bridges to be pre
pared to suit quick and heavy currents, to
belt; to £4 feet long, and the high water
bridges to bo spans Jl to 40 feet long, with
suitable approaches. All bridges to be set
on good, long oak piling and span timbers
tobaful. length of span. Bids also to tie
tiled for replacing spans In Loup river
bridges In said county,'that may require
replacing during the term of one year.
The county board reserves the right to
reject any or all bids.
Dated at Loup Oily. Nebraska, Jan
uary .‘list, won.
OBo. Unison, County Olerk.
Burlington
Route
TIME TAHUS,
LOUP CITY NJ£BH.
Linooln,
Omaha,
Ohloago,
St. Joseph,
ECnnwis City,
St. Louis,
II lid All potllls
Eii.it null south.
Denver,
Helena,
Butte,
Salt Lake City,
fort laud,
San Kranolico,
and all point*
West.
UUliNS I.KAVK AS KOLI.OWS1
GUING K AST
No 52 Passenger.
No. <;o Freight._
,. 1J:10 p. ui
_U.25u m
GOING WKST
No. 51 Passenger
No. 58 Freight...
11:07 p. lu
1:40 p. ni
.“loeptng, dinner and reclining clmlr cars
(».. ita tree) on through trains. Tickets
soil! aiel baggage checked to any point In
the United states or Canada.
For Information, map#, time tables and
I ckols call on or w 1 lie to It 1,, AKITUIH
Agent. Or J. Francis, Gon’l Passenger
Agent, Otnalia, Nelmiska.
No. 8i’> leaves daily except Munday (pass
enger) 8: a 111
No. ss leaves Monday. Wednesday and
Friday, (mixed 1 18 :80 p. in.
No. tni leaves Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday, (mixed 1 a.65 p. m. )
So. 87 arrives daily except Sunday (mixed
l?,05 p. in
No. 85arrives dally except Sunday (puss
eiige') 7:35 p, m.
First class servlc and close connections
east, westand south
U. P. It AIWA Y.
II, J. Clifton, Agent.
Cherished
by Judges
Quality
' Awarded
Cold Medal A
9 Paris Exposition 1900. .
SoldbyT. fi ELSNER, loupCtfy N« b
TO OVKK A COM) IN ON fc OAV.
Take Limit tve Bromo Quinine Tapletn.
All druggists refund Ihe money if It fails to
cure. M. W. Grave's signal ure Ison each
OO*. c
LOl’I* CITY MARKET REl’OR l\
Correct oil Week 11.
Wlieai . ■> $ no
Rye. . vo to :U
Gate. 21
Corn.. .. 25
lie);*, per owl. h 10
Stockers, 91 eer» and llelfers. Il ia
Cows. 8.00 2 60
Butter. .if
Kbk«. 11
Eugene
Field’s
View* on Ambition and Dys
pepsia.
"Dyspepsia,” wrote Eugene Field,
"often incapacitates a man for endeavor
and sometimes extinguishes the fire of
ambition.” Though great despite his
complaint Field suffered from indiges
tion all his life. A weak, tired stomach
can’t digest your food. It needs
rest. You can only rest it by the use
of a preparation like Kodol, which re
lieves it of work by digesting your food.
Itest soon restores it to its normal tone.
Stren
gthenmn
isfying,
Envigorating.
Prepared only by E. C. Pr'Vitt.v Co., Chicago.
Xuu $1. bubble coubaius 'i‘/t buaes the Wo. i
rVr ale by ODKNOAHL DlitW.
What i on doin’ neighbor’;1 I'tlping
Rill. Whet’M Rill doin’? Helping
liuiidy Wtiai’s Mundy doing? Help*
in’ Mother. Wiist’s moiher Joins?
I’Hking. Rocky MouiHhIo Tea. Sens*
inle familyOdendshl Bros.
TIE GIG SHOW STORM
OF LAST WEEK WAS
about as fresh as anything you read about
unless it be the line of groceries that
SWANSON & DAHL
ARE NOW OFFERING TO THE TRADE
Remember the place: IN OLTMAN BUILDING. TWO
DOORS WEST OF POST OFFICE
Fall Line cl Groceries at Competition Prices:
FRESH FRUITS: We carry a full line of fresh fruits, such as
apples, orauges, banuas, and lemons. We order in small lots and about
twice a week, thus keeping a supply of the freshest and best constantly
on hand.
DRIED FRUITS: Finest in the market. All kinds and prices
right. Vou should try some of our peaches, apprecots, raisins pears and
prunes.
CANNED FRUITS: The best brand that has ever been pul oa
the shelf.
FLOUR: You will never find a poor sack or Aurora flour, the
kind that we handle. It is the same this year as last, if anything better.
That's why we hvndle it, and that's why we can guarentee every sack,
and if it is unsatisfactory will refund your money.
SYllUFS: We are headquarters for syrups and give full measure
and an excellent quality.
SUGAR: Don't think that we will not meet our competitors on
sugar. We sell sugar by the pound or sack.
COFFEES: Best of Mock and Javu brands. The Yale is the
superior. We have it m several different grades.
EVERYTHING IN THE GROCERY LINE: Don’t forget that
we are headquarters tor everything in the grocery line, und that we will
be pleased to have you call at any time.
BUTTER, EGGS AND CHICKENS: We want your butter, eggs
and chickens, and will pay the highest, market price for them. You
can trade it out at our store, or we will give you a coupon book which
will be good in exchange for goods at t tw store < r at the clothing store
of Johuson, Lorentz and Co. next door.
I
Soliciting a fair share of ycur patronage we are,
Yours Respectfully,
SWANSON & DAHL
+&J. I. DEPEW®»
Blacksmith Wagon Maker,
J*»OOl X>00<**£
My slioi) la tlio largest and best equipped north of the Platte River.
I have a four horBe engine and a complete line of the latest Improved, ma
chinery, also a force of experienced men who know how to operate It and I
turn out a Job with neatness and dispatch.
MY PRICES ARE REASONABLE AND PROMPTi
ATTENTION GIVEN TO ALL CUSTOMERS.
Soliciting your patronage I am
Yours respectfully,
J. I. DEPEW, Loup City, Neb.
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A. P. CULEY, President.
W. F. MASSON, Cashier
FIRST
OF LOUP CITY.
General Banking
BusinessTransacted.
Paid up Capital Stock $20,000.,
CORRESPONDENTS:
Seaboard National Bank, New York City, N. Y.
Omaha National Bank. Omaha, Nebraska.