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About The Loup City northwestern. (Loup City, Neb.) 189?-1917 | View Entire Issue (June 26, 1903)
ASHTON NEWS DEPARTMENT. JOHJY jF. SJIMITH* Eocal Editor and •Idvcrtisintt Solicitor. Devoted to the Interests of Ashton. FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1903. Started, April 3, 1903. THOS. JAMROG, -DEALER IS Hardware, Stoves and Tinware and si complete stock of WAGONS, BUGGIES w FARM MGAHINERIf, Come to my store to buy. I can please you both in quality and price of goods. ASHTON, - - - NEBRASKA. HIGHEST MARKET PRICE -PAID FOR Live Stock. Bring your 8tock to the ASHTON | MARKET. | Jf.'A l I will pay ALL the market affords. J. P. TAYLOR, Live Stock Dealer, ASHTON, .... NEBRASKA. -o-1 now have possession of the-o_ B & M. ELEVATORS and will pay highest market price for grain at MCALPINK, LOUP CITY, SCHAUPP SIDING, ASHTON AND FAR WELL. Coal for Sale al Loon City and Ashton, fill Bey HOGS AT SCHAUPP SIDING AND FARWELL Call and seo our coal and get prices on grain. E. G- TAYLOR. FARMERS AND BREEDERS! Before securing stallion service for the season don’t fail to see my stallions, to-wit: PRAIRIE, PRINCE*. « Thoroughbred Clvdsdale Bay. HOMESTEAD DICK: a Norman and Clyde ENGLISHSHIRE Stallion, weight 1700, 9 years old, named Tax Payer. PRAIltlE PRINCE ia a large bay Clydesdale, 5 years old, weight 1800; is a full blood Clydsdale, registered iu tbe American Clydsdale Association. The certificate of registry and pedigree can be seen at my barns. HOMES TKAD DICK is a thee-fourths Norman aDd one fourth Clyde, weight 1G00 and is four jeart old. My jack My terms for stallion service are reasonable. These horses will stand at my barn for the season of 1903. R. L, DOBSON, ASHTON, — — — — NEBRASKA. Island GGAnrie abb MAmm ibeeb. IRA T. PAINE & CO. MONUJVIE N TS. MARBLE GRANITE AND ALL KINDS OF CEMETERY WORK. BEST OF MATERIAL. LOWEST PRICES FOR GOOD work. See us or write to us before giving an order. GRAND ISLAND, - NEB. LOCAL NEWS. —Steve Novak took possesion of bis new blacksmith shop Monday and is now ready for business —Mr. and Mrs. Cha9 Taylor and Mr. and Mrs. Karl Lendall of St Paul visited at Ashton last week. — Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Beushaus en entertained a number of relat ives and friends with an ice cream dinner Sunday of last week. —Andrew Garstka is very busy repairing county bridges the past week. The Davis Creek bridge was looked after the fore part of the week. —A new crossing from the bank to the post office was put in by onr village road boss last week and Ash ton streets have been graded up some. Let the good work go on. —Mrs. J. 0. Badura Las been at St. Paul the past week taking med ical treatment at the Gotham Hos pital Mrs. Badura had to undergo a surgical operation which was suc cessful and she is now on the quick road to recover}’. ' —A. pleasant ice cream and strawberry social was given by Mr. and Mrs. I. M. Polski to many Ash ton triends last Friday evening. The berries and cream were a home product of the Polski 40 acre farm. The sociable is reported to us as a very pleasant affair. Ye Ashton editor caD taste berries and ice even up to date. —A fine ten pound baby boy came to enliven the home of our esteemable blacksmith and inventor, Able Sack, on Saturday noon of last week. Able is proud of the new young inventor and has been carry ing around a smile ever since the happy event, togather with the usual round of cigars. —Miss. Mary Goe, aged 20 years died very suddenly at the home of her parents near Ashton on Mon day June 22nd. of inflamation of the bowels brought on bv vigerous exercise and eating ice cream im mediately after enjoying a dance. Medical attendance was bad but nothing eould be done to prolong lile. The deceased eDjoyed the very best of health and was a favorite with all her aquaintances. The heart felt sympaty of the entire com munity is extended to the bereaved parents and relatives. The funeral took place at Choyjuee cemetery today. Supervisor’s Proceedings. Hoard of supervisors met as per adjournment of Jane loth. 1901. at 9 o’clock A. M. Present : I), C.Grow, chairman and all members of the board ; also (I. H. Gibson, Clerk by Chits, tlibson. Deputy. Tliere being no business of equolization before the board, the board was in session all day with out any business. Hoard adjourned to meet June 17th. Loup City Nebr. June 17th. Hi03, Board of Supervisors in session this day as per adjournment of June lltli, 190.1. to finish tlieir work as a board of equalization. Present: D. (’. Grow, chairman W. O. Brown, John Maeiefskl, Andrew Garstka, Win. Jakob Peter Tliode and IV, II. Chapman, supervis ors and <1. H, Gibson, elerk. The following business was transacted, to wit; There appeared to be a mistake in the assess ment property of the <1. A. It. Hall Associa tion and the elerk was authorized to confer with the assessor of Harrison township and ascertain the facts and to change said assess ment if so directed by the assessor. It appearing that the assessor of Ashton towhsliip had failed to assess the Nebraska telephone property in Ashton township, the clerk was instructed to place the same on the assessors book ol said towuship at tvoo.oo or tin* same its last year. The following is the valuation as found by the assessors anil aqaallzed by the county board upon all property In tho comity; Total value of real estate. $ 539.788 00 .railroads. . . 197,(131 00 *' " " personal property 197,005 00 Total. 834,424 00 County average: Land per acre 1 50: Hor ses 5 68; Cattle 8 90; mules, 5 25; Sheep .55. Township equalization: Oak Creek —Horses, add 80 per cent; cattle, add 4 per cent: mules add 85. LoupClty Tillage.—Horses, add 5 per cent: cuttle deduct 41 per cent: mule add 86 per cent. Loup City Township.—Horses, deduct IT per cent; cattle, add 16 per cent, mules, deduct per cent. Rockville.—Horses, add 30 per cent; cattle, add 20 per cent; mules, add 28 per cent: sheep, deduct 15 per cent Ashton—Horses add 11 per cent: cattle, add 8 per cent; mules, add 98 per cent; • heep, deduct 45 per cent. Logan.—Horsps deduct 26 per gent; cattle add 7 per cent; mules deduct 41 per cent; sheep, add 3! percent. Wash iagtos.—Horses, deduct 25 per cent: cattle, deduct 5 per cent; mules deduct 31 per cent. Kim —Horses, add 15 per cent; cattle, de ducts percent: mules, add 15 per cent. Webster.—Horses-; cattle, add 7 per cent; mules add 41* per oent. Harrison,—Horses deduct 15 per cent; cattle, add 2 per cent: mule* deduct as percent: sheep, deduct 15 per cent. Seott —Horses, add 5 per cent; cattle de dtet 2 per cent; mules, deduct 2 per cent. Hazard —Horses, add 10 per coat: cattle, add 7 per cent; mules, deduct 5 per cent; sheep, add 37 per coat. Bristol.-Horses, add 30 per cent; cattle, add 17 per cent; mules add 11 per cent; sheep, add ten per cent. Clay,—Horses, add 3 per cent: cattle, do ublet 2 per ceat: mules, deduct 1 per cent; sheep, add 06 per cent. COUNTY LEVY AS MADE FOR IWIX General fund: 8!4 mills. Bridge fund 4 mills. Hoad fund y, mill. Refunding bond iat , 0 mills. Bridge Bond int. 2 mills. it. K. Bond iat., 3 mills. Total number of mills levied. 24. l!y motion It was ordered that the county levy for i!>o:s be placed the same as for h*e2 and that the township levies be made as rec ommenced by the different towmship boards By Motion the board as a hoard of equaliz ation adjourned slue die. G II. (iiusoN, Clerk. Loup City Nebraska, June 18th,, 1903. Board of Supervisors of Sherman comity met pursuant to adjournment of June 8th, 1903 as a board for general business, Present: 1). C. Grow, chairman and all members, also county clerk, and the follow ing business was transuded, to-wlt : Hoard proceeded to poor farm to view road. 1 >y motion board adjourned to Juno 18th, 1903. Board of Supervisors in session this day as per adjournment with all members present. Tlie bonds of the following persons were first approved : \Y. fl. Hayes, overseer Hist. 36. I. C. l'rut, township clerk, Scott township. Tlie matter of the personal tax ol P O Frame, for 1903 on cattle temporarily in this county was taken up, and it appearing from an affidavit of the assessor in Leap township, Buffalo county, and tlie taxes paid there, it was by motion ordered that tlie said tax be stricken from tlie tax list. By motion it was ordered that tlie propos ition of Henry Jenner, tiial lie would pay *5 00 fora tax certificate 011 60 by 110 feet in block it, Benschoter’s 1st. addition to lamp City be, and the same Is hereby accepted as tlie mini mum price for said lots. By motion it was ordered that s. N. Sweet land. Trustee make a need to I). W. Titus for tlie James Drake land, now held in trust by him, and that lie accept S500.00 for same. It appearing that It. 1). Hendrickson had been assessed for the poll tax for 1902 in Web ster and coup City townships, it was by motion ordered that the said poll tax in Loup City township be stricken from the list. Continued next week. New Zealand Ivy Tree. New Zealand has an Ivy tree which has a thick, short trunk and heavy branches. It is not a climbing plant. Wealth in Few Hands. Ninety per cent of the wealth of the United States is held by 10 per cent of the people. Authoress Dies in Africa. Mrs. Heckford, known as an author ess, died recently at Pretoria, South Africa. World’s Increase of Population. The world's population is increas ing about 500,000,000 a century. Will Live in Washington. Former Senator Pritchard of North Carolina, now associate justice of the Supreme court of the District of Co lumbia, has purchased a fine house in University park, Washington. French Ships Bounty-Aided. France grants bounties to builders of large ships. During the past year thirty-eight large sailing-vessels were built in French ports of 2,000 tons or upwards. Flying Fish. Flying fish do not usually rise more than three feet above the sea, but they have been known to fall on a deck as much as twenty feet above the water. Famous Composer Still Lives. Edward Cox DaviB, composer of the famous "Lincoln Funeral March,” is still alive and a resident of Des Moines. Ia. Our Superiority In Coal. Britain’s coal measures cover 9,000 square miles, against the United States’ 222,500 square miles. Bank's Burglar Trap Didn't Work. In its account of the recent bank burglary at Allen, the Emporia (Kan.) Gazette explains that the trap sot by the bank for robbers did not work. The trap In question is unique enough to be interesting. “Above the vault," says the Gazette, “was a thin ceiling and about a ton of sand above it. This was there in case cracksmen should attempt to blow open the safe, when the ceiling would burst at the explosion and the sand fill the vault, making it impossible to get at the safe. However, the ceiling did not burst and the sand remains undis turbed.—Kansas City (Mo.) Journal. Official Paper OF Sherman County and. get Your Neighbor TO SUBSCRIBE FOR IT. THE PAPER THAT THE PAPER OF THE largest eipeuLATiON published in the county. The paper that publishes all tho SUPERVISOR'S PROCEEDINGS AND IS READ BY [Nearly 5,000 P60PL6. YOU SHOULD THE BEST VtliTlHJM, in thjs aourytry. Riysst display of ADVERTISING TYPE FACES. we have also over so joib wps F/qsss Ana For mis Reason Yon ShoQld Also come To THE NORTHWESTERN Offisb For Fide Job'Work, Ws Do Job Work • Qetter, [Neater and Qtiiehjer Than you can cret it done at most country print ing offices. We also liaye an elegant display of FINE WOOD TYPE FOR POSTER WORK. Sale bills, hand bills and poster work a specialty