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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (June 24, 1915)
v ri-ii i n.nqejxr nu,v.. .$ wwtrwtt.rp1r.i . .iV tn 11D CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF 1 ' - ' A vm m V2I & ." 1 LI Ii- . ii-". h' THE RED CLOUD CHIEF Ral Cloud, Nabraakew PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY Bntered In the I'oitofltcc nt Bti (,loid, Neb. m Second Clr Matter' A B. McARTHUK . Vi)iir.)ftiir.n THE ONLY DKMOOUATIO PAPKH IN WKHSTKH COUNTY We are nwarc tlmt our mayor and city council have their IihikIs full in preparing the culverts and streets for large quantities of water and that the most pressing business should lie tak en up llrst, but hlnec we stnrtpil out this spring to have a clean city the wliolo Hummer thru, and since the veed are filling some of the streets and nlleys, wo trust that time may noon be npared to the mowing uiachlne. A movement is on foot for a full celo brat I on of somo sort. The plan Is to have fcomethitig dllTeretit, sotnellilnn that will express t'.io individuality of Ilcd Cloud and' surrounding country. .Many of our folks havo a vague Ideu that home tiling ought to he done b,nt tho exact plan has not yet 'crysta'llzed i mi that It can be presented (Minutely. . The plan Is meeting uith'giiientl com- mcndatlon and we inny expect "somi thing to tin n up." .,-, ." Jn about four weeks the 'summer chautauqua will be In full suing' and it is time now to think about nttcjnil ing. In another coluuiu wlllbe fonritl tho Hue tip' for this year 'rook It over carefullj. We will not say .that tbis Is tho greatest aggregation that ever was asseinbktl on any stage, but wro are confident that you w'ill rJml much in the coming attraction Unit will please and delight you. A Chau tauqua audience becomes nioro ami iporcdltllcult to please as the years go by and the management has its hands full in finding the right taleut for the increasing demands. TIiIh year ought to be better than last as last year's, was better than those that went be i'Jtore. The State Fire Commissioner is again warning the people of the dangers con nected with the coming celebration. ' ppurth of, July cau&astiJe d&3 ase of explosives on the national boll JttRfVWVl JUv'Zejift BUflng v ouruiigion ivouiejiias issqean tnelabf Jeb?eWln!d rfttJ'imTus- wrywotou win De pleading to cUJl mi,'A iu.1 vVi & aja-1 '"i '-.1 :c dron Bnd grown-ups -wnb" have-. fallen V- jNje $nt war in Euro'pW.ougljtl of ten elaborately colored febignttfre? tqcaustfusto change ourewVar osyrVtt&'i'ccnery of the Rocky mount- Independence Day. We ought to ceMain( lac,er National Park, the Yel I IniMtitntiA Vntlntinl fl)..a.t ....! 4 1. A.. . .... ii.i. .i... i ' uibic iuib uy uecause we are ai peace mod not to commemorate any war. These loud sounding crackers are not enly dangerous they spoil the whole day for the most part and as the Fire - Commissioner recommends, their sale ahould be prohibited by all cities aud towns iu the state. Loss of life, loss of property aud loss of the peace senti Jnent ought to bar all noise from our txelebrattng. Farms For City Property Anyone wanting to' exchange their town property tor a farm this is your opportunity. L. 1. Albright. Weekly Weather Forecast Weather forecast for the week be ginning Wednesday, June 23, '15 issued l)j the U. S. Weather Ilureau, Wash ington. D. C , for the Upper Missis "Bippl Valley aud Plains States: Bhowers are probable about Satur day, the 20th, and again on Sunday, the 27th. The temperature will be ww w ins seasonal average. .I - M ; I Special Notice to Piano Purchasers I ,Th'iSchmoner &' Mueller Piano" Manufacturing Company's ipeciaj represenUtiv.e will be in your lo cality, within two weeks and would be glad to see in person anyone aesmng to purchase a strictly high grade piano or, player piatoo at factory price. We are not placiiig ln: local dealers as formerly, an at,. this time, will give all special inducements to uojr(tenns;of$6 per nioiith. guaranteeing a saying of from one to two hundred dollars. ' " Coiildyou ask for a betterproposition antl from a "P"0 .Jfty-. yrs success, one who .guarantees Hfeenty-fi y.earj.Wholesale and TCtaitaealers b Stejinway AiSonsStegerA'Sohs. Weber. Emerson. Hardman. McPhail Lindeman. Schtnoller & Mueller and twenty-three other well known makes. . A :teer TMfMiMtb OmV. Will W tt.mWflWfci HKBHrUl 1NAVALE Little Not ma Waldo Is sick with the tnump? Mrs. lllnnt Is Improving after a few days Illness. Mrs. Hoy Stlckney, who lias been quite ill Is improving. The bridge across the creek north of Inavalc is impassable. Mr. Ilnby and daughter Mrs. Atwood went to lied Cloud Tliuisday. Talk about high water. I guess Inavale knows a little about it now. Mis George Hastings returned Hat unlay morning from her visit in the east. The Children's Day exercises at both churches have been postponed indefi nitely. Roe 1'etikol taken a loud of cream and eggs to Red Cloud Tuesday for Mr. Rush. Mrs. Clarence Reed and son, Kstell, who have been laid up with the mumps are Improving. Monday and Tuesday the mail nud gioceiles were taken out to the river brldo in a boat. Mr. J. Barker, went to lied Cloud Monday toUrlng home, a toad of meat for Mr. Leonard.,' ' ' j Wlldn Uu'int'i-(iiken a load of egga to Red Cloud' Tuesday for C. A. Waldo and W. .Wpnderly. Miles Putmiiiii ami family, living. west of Inavale, had to move out on account ot the high water. Mr. Donald llartwell and wife Walked to lied Cloud and back Satur day In less than llve'hoiirs. Mi' W. H. Cloud- was hit cm the head by 'ii large hall stone Friday night and quite badly Injured. , .The crops of a number of farmers living noi th and northeast of Inavale were badly damaged by hall Friday night. Sluco Saturday about forty people from here have been to Rl rot ton to view tho damage caused by the high water last week. Their being no traltis since Friday night, Mr.-- llurgess the postmaster, went to Red Cloud Monday and Tues day' to get the mail. Last Tuesday morning Messers. Bush and Leonard taken the train east and Sunday evening they walked into town from the west. Novel Advertisement - By Burlington Route 07 poster-stamps, and has lisued lunniwr noiiuiim i ui is. nuu wie IWC California expositions, and also two of the heroes of the Great West, Col. V. F. Cody (Buffalo Bill), and Cetieral Custer. These pictures me well exe cuted, Btid are perforated so that they can be detached aud pasted iu albums or aillxed to envelopes. They are be ing distributed from nil Burlington passenger and ticket unices. Children In almost every community of tho United States have taker, up the craze with a keenness and thor oughness that Is astonishing. In many communities there Bre young sters who have collections of from 500 to 1,000 different stamps. Card oT Thanks We desire to extend our heartfelt thanks to all friends, members of the lodges and churches Tor their expres sion of sympathy and help during our recent bereavement. Miis. E. W. Ross Mrs. J. A. Ronv Mihs'Marie Ross I y Watch Your Children Often children do not let parents know they are constipated. They fear aome-' tiling dutaatef ul. . They wiQ like Rexall Orderlies mild laxative that tastes Uc sugar. .. Sold only by us; 10 owtc H. E. Qrjca Drug Co. Ji '.5.1 . n.il n t. I. ..... . a lipt The County Board Of Equalization Red Cloud, June 15, 1915 The County Board of EqutliZitlon mo. in regular session with all mrm burn preient, viz: T: J. Chuplfn, W G tUffman, Floyd McCi', Paul Storey, Grant Shidler, J. O. Butter and J. J. Garber. Board called to order by the clerk of said board. On motion Floyd Mc Call was chosen as chairman of board of equalization for the enduing par in the matter of the re asseupment cf water pipe line of the It. B. Co. and the lots 2 and 3 In a4 of section 23, town 2, range 11, r.bw coming on for hearing, It waa moved and seconded that tho hearing be set tor the 21-1 day of June, 1915, at 10 o'clock, pm. Carried. ' in 'he matter of the 'assessment of Ht4 13 3 10, It wai move J and seconded that the assessment cm mid qmrferbe and is hereby reduced fram $1918.C0 to Slf 80 00, assessedvalue. Cat tied. 1 1 i tie matter of the assessment of thus-! of section 20, town 2, range 10, now cctning on, for hearing and ar'j jst merit in assessment in accordance with surrounding (and. It was moved and seconded, that .the assessed value on said land for the ye,tr1915, be reduced frpm $"IG00 00 to $1400 00, Carried. in the matter of toe assessment o government I6.t- G and lo'- 2 ot gov. 7 9 1 10, invas m.iv,ed;Bpd seconded that the assessed value on said land in the sum of $705 be reduced to $625. Cur ried. . In the matter of iq assessments of (he improytmrntB on the se4 5 2 10, in the sum of $1300, it waa moved anu seconded that i he 'assessed value on sa'd improvements ,be. reduced $1-10, thereby reducing thcassessed value of said real estate from $1795 to $1655 Carried. ' ' ' On motion the board adjourned until June 16 h. , ,, . June 16 the board met as above. Now cornea Dr. Damerell before the board and asks the board for a reduc tio.ioi $1000 on the asstsied vulue of his proirky on account of being' dam agtd by tire. On motion the above anJ foregoing reduction wbb granted. On motion the Chicago Lumber Cu's. Assessment of Bue Hill, Neb., for the year 1915 was reduced jn the" sum ol $1500, actual vaiue. O.i motion board ao'Juurned to June 17ch. June 17. h board met pursuant to ad journment. Members present as above . In the matUf of the iesesiment on lot 9 ano'lO block 24 Ued Cloud, it wit mwed. .and secoficiKd'thtt, the a sen menton tai'd-lott'be and is reduced from $710.00'to $400.00 actual value. Carritd. v in me maiier ox inc. assessment oi 'c ...iu ir,s'n.l4ii." Ui vuiu umu w "iu.,7Y .x - V - i,-lojr?n.one,renget10, "It 'was Kept U. 16 movd-afid aecoiaed that! sniije be re duced from $4,6d0.00 to $l,O0O.COactUbl value. Carried. Moved and seconded that the First National Bank of Blue Hill, Nebraika, be asked to appear before the Count) Board of EqiahzatOn of Webster County, and show cauBei' wbv $1,400 00 should not be added to its vuluaronfo tne year lyi.-j. said matter to be heard on Mondhy, June, 21st. Motion carried On motion board ajjurned to June 21, 1915. Kfu Cloud, Nkb., June 21st, 1915. County Board of Equalization met pursuant to adjournment, with mem bers present as follows, viz, Storey, Hoffman, Chaplin, Butler and Uurber. McCall and Shidler being absent On motion Storey was made tempor ary Chairman of said board after which it was moved aud seconded that said board adjourn to meet June SUad. Motion carried. , Juue 22nd. Board met as per above adjournment with members present as above In the matter of the assessment of 10,891 feet of pipe line extending from Red Cloud to the Springs (Uup.vn as tbe Maurer Springe) and three acres of land around said springs, jctiown as lots S and 3 as shown by Surveyor's map on file in the County Clerk's office of Webster County In the Sonjii West quarter of section '23 town 2 range ,11, came on to-be- heardIi. ill Blackledga appeared iu behalf of tha Vblcago, Burljngton & Qulnoy Railroad Com. pany and County Attorney. J. Mun day, in behalf ot thiConnty. After evidence waa adduced and argument of oounsal, it was moved and' seconded, that the said, above described property be and is herabj ordered aeaeaaed..br the County Assessor for the yekfa 19f and 1U1S. Carried. , ! r, , The Chicago. Burlington &iQulncjr Railroad Company qbjects and ezoepta to the decision of the board herein' and gives notice of appeal to the 'district conrt. ' ' , v ,-'Jejf: On motion C J. McCallum'a schedule ot asseasment for the year pf 1915 was and. is 'transferred from' the city of Red Cloud to 'Garfield preeiaet. " v . , On motion-the Aaseaeor's . boots and flies for the1 assessment of al jjaajind personal property-as presented ?'& Assessor for the year 1915 be accepted d Approved. On motion Board adjonrsed to mejai' X call of Clerk. ,) , , V , , ' t , to ISt.Vff to loan oil Kraal emie Hail and Flood Sweeps . Republican Valley (Continued from llrst page) the llrst ward, east of the Agricultural Karrn, considerable cement walks were washed nuay. The county commissioners went over part of the county on Monday to Kct a line on the damage dune by the stoim to the rcwiN and bridges. They estimate that it will take iu the nelgli boi hood of about one bundled 'lions and dollars to replace and ivpnlr the bridges 'tloue. The river bridge south of town still stands, but the center piers have settled consldeiable. Hail did several thousand dollars wot Hi of damage to plate glass fronts In the business district of Superior and lloldrcic. At the latter place, It is repoi ted that hall fell which meas ured eleven inches in circumfeience. At (Julde Uoclt h severe hail storm mowed donn till small grain iu a strip een miles wide, dlrectlv Iioithof the city. Com will have to 'he ruplaiited. Near'y oveiy farm house in the district had every wimiotv Icnnulcecl out, and most of the buildings will have to be leshlngled. Some live stock was hill ed and fin in implements ven washed fiom farms and down tho creelc to tho liver. The home of Will Hagan was struck by lightning and totally wreck ed. Several families irr the bottoms in tMst Guide Buck were forced to move out, and nearly all cellars were tilled with water. At al out .'I o'clock S.iturdav n oi-nlnir lilvertun and vicinity was visited by the most teirlHc and damaging lain stoini in its history. In the midst ol the clow ii our, which lasted for nioie than an hour, the peals of tho Ihebell rose above the slot in and thunder, and though the Hie, which was caused bv an explod'rr'g lamp iu the basement of the hotel, was extinguished befoie tire volunteer lire depaitmeut arrived, had the the department not been called out probably a dozen lives iu the town would have been lost. Thompson cieek rose very rapidly and when ut the Usual high water mark, a bi east of water three or lour, teet high, came rolling down, sweep ing all' in iu puth Tue bridge ut lllveitou was swept nway in an instant and the railroad bridge wrecked befoie tho eyes of numerous spectators, tho basement of the hotel was tilled to the ceiling, the creek cut across the north side of towu a half mile wide, tilling the basement of the school house three feet above grouud, aud the basement of the Congregational chuich and about forty residences were Hooded from oue to four feet deep on the tlrst floors. Had not the rail road grade cut out west of the depot the whole town would probably have lo-n llooj ed and half of it swept away. Thomp son creek has changed its channel iu numerous places along its course tak ing out all the bridges and doing much damage to the adjacent lauds At the Klverton bridge tue creek channel Is now. doubled iu width and the current Is shaving the edge or Mill street ileal ly thtr-full-le'ifglh of trie-street i On 'Mill 'itvectAtheL old Put Fuller barn wa'ca.rrAed Aivay, all, tbe Jowar residences flooded arjd tile' Clfas. Mor gan bOuseOVeiCoffjbe fouudauou? ' North ot the' State Bank., alooir, the west side of .Gold r treat fpr.mqrothuu, Imlf n. mllA. Miirl .tukrnllaV- uiliti' tTc ,B', . W?v .uciparaijer wun ine Icrtek along the east.baulf, or eighteen for 'more barn.'b'ht'three "remain and theeou eaoWeud' ot the strttti-cn Llghent laud. At the bend of thj creek back ot the II. B. Sell residence at tbe upper end of Gold street, tbe creek ha-, left the cement mill dam standing high and dry and has moved its olmutiri some two hundred feet eastwaid, taking all the land lu its path, and seriously threatening three or four iell6iices. John Sehriuer had barely moved bis two tlueshiiig separators, two engiues, a corn shelter, automobile and other micbiiery from his imrn and sheds when the bindings all went down the Hood. J. D. Fulton 1 st his barn and sheds aud a crib of 1,000 bushels of ear corn. The Que new concrete residence of J. K. Morris was Hooded to nix In ches deep in the parlor. The new concrete residence of Milo Moore, just above, escaped with the basement lull. Of twenty oue houses on Gold street, north of the Methodist church, not one escaped the Hood. More than half tbe adjacent real estate to each resi dence lias been torn away, aud all the properties badly damaged, some total ly wrecked In South Rlverton the houses were similarly flooded but most of these escaped the current. The most seri ous loser of all is W F. Jennings. He ancl his family escaped with nothing save what they have on their backs. Iu l'Jli Mr Juiiuiugn purchased about seven acres of land in South Rlverton, fronting on the crck, and had erected of cement blocks one of the finest two story residences ot the town. Mr.. Jennings and his wife were visiting a brothar,tn Bladen over Friday. His property waa caught In the current of the flood, sthe residence was 'washed flat to the ground, tbe out buildings were all floated away aud the land practically-destroyed. Mr. Jennings tradv after. a previous flood,' moved, iJlV blacksmith shop from tbe bridge to Higher ground. ' ' At this writing the full extent of the storm has not been determined. A sohooLhouBe three miles abova town waa floated1 away,, and considerable slock i reported lnt.-A very-sever hall storm sklrted.Rlfertoc'a few miles to the north, .devastating a, strip of country about tpree miles wide- apcl1 many mllsn length. The Republican rUrer rstt f above high water 'mark Ut thitpoinr. ' - -i :, - Tbe-rn cm t debated Question Is "How much .rain fell?. -Gene Hunter was-l potty v inat tpere waa x isenee pa he had eaugnfctbet tench jpstraigtft edged cokTng.veeMl 6 rncheablgrJT'J. A. WlUU-a farmer two miles southeast of town.-caught-a half bushel feed bucket, with un-Inch .-straight sides full of water. Pete Ivsrson, one mile north of town reports that ai dip'plng tank sitting' In the clear at .bis place, wjth, three straight sides twentjplx Inches deep, and one side flaring waa filled to overflowing. Numerous reli able reports have comedo of -tan inch asulk ouckets .having, fbefa tlUed to twerftawitt'. 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