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THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
APitlL 11, 1907.
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NEBRASKA
5ff!Oi:FOLK is to be paved and pro
videdwith a system of sewerage
and drainage. Some further improve
ments needed, according1 to the Press,
are:
fA system of street grades, and the
l arking of residence streets.'
Uc-fore the city grows much older,
and before property becomes more val
uable, a park committee should be ap
pointed who will look to it that space
is purchased and set aside for breath
ing spaces and beauty spots. Norfolk
lias grown eo rapidly that these mat
ters have been given little thought.
A few acres should be secured for a
city park, and . something should be
done toward improving- and beautifying
it.
The fire bell tower should be taken
down. It makes an unsightly appear
ance to passengers coming in from the
north and north-east. The fire bell can
be placed on the city hall if necessary,
but we hope the day will soon come
when a modern fire alarm system can
be installed".
Do not forget to raise our crossings;
they are entirely too low.
'Get 'away from th cross roads vil
lage idea and get the city habit, ,
The new municipal waterworks at
Alma will make a flat rate of $8, and
each user of city water is entitled' to
40,000 gallons for this amount of
money. For each 1,000 gallons over 40,
000 an additional charge of twenty
, cents per 1,000 gallons will be made.
This rate is about one-third higher
than that charged by the municipal
water plant in Lincoln.
The approach of Arbor day brings
the following Nebraska law into notice:
Section 3 of article 4 of the compiled
statutes of Nebraska: "That the cor
porate authorities of the cities and vil
lages of the state of Nebraska shall
cause shad trees to be planted along
the streets thereof."
Sec. 4. "For the above purpose a tax
of not less than one dollar, nor more
than five dollars, in addition to all
other taxes,, shall be levied upon each
lot adjacent to which trees are to be
planted as aforesaid and collected aa
other taxes."
Sec. 5. "Trees shall be annually
planted when practicable on each side
of one-fourth of the streets in each
city and village In the state of Ne
braska, until all shall have shade trees
along them not more than twenty feet
apart." -
Sec. 6. "The corporation authorities
aforesaid shall provide, by ordinance,
the distance from the side of the street
that trees shall be planted and the size
thereof."
Sec. ,1. "Provided the owner of any
lot or lots may ' plant adjacent thereto
where ordered as above in the manner
and of the size prescribed, and on
making proof thereof by affidavit to
collector, said affidavit shall exempt
Baid owner from the payment of the
aforesaid tax."
Sec. 8 provides a penalty for injuring1
r destroying shade trees and Sec. 9
exempts business lots.
Madison county was organized in
1868. Its area is 57K square miiea. Popu
lation 16,976. Miles of railway 68.46. Ac
cording to the Norfolk Press the prices
of best tillable land are, $50 to $90 an
acre. Grazing land, J15 to $30 an acre,
population of towns: Norfolk 3,883;
Madison, 1,479; Newman Grove 996;
Battle Creek 506; Tilden 533; Meadow
Gsove 237: Warnerville 67, Crop aver
age in 1906: Corn 96,580; wheat 6,437;
oats 71,816. Improved land, 28885 acres.
Unimproved land. 55,626. Government
land. none. School land. 10,675 acre.
Shipments of miseelaneous products
for 1906. Butter 23.644 pounds; dressed
poultry S,E3 pounds; flour 4,344,000
pounds; eggs 240,000 dozen; live poultry
207,864 pound-!; mill feed 240,000 pounds;
fruit trees: apples 45,884; pear 814;
peach 3,100; plum 11,07; cherry 14.596.
George Douglas and Harvey Meyer,
resident of Pox Putte county, took a
itw days' vacation trip into the south
eastern part of the county. For amuse
ment thy took along a few traps.
Their vacation netted $173 for 1.019
murtkr.it skin.
'hM"' count), on the t'-olorado bor
lias !pTirvcl Its share of the
rl in farm value. I.iUlo land Is no-w
ofTerwt for irmti ien uu!ut.v n
turn . A fw offers fiom a real cMat
ailvfrtl.itniTt ar hh follows : r.ijrnt
humli't'il rr tt 1-2 mlK'i mii H of lin
perial. 3'u drHid, Ho rrhool Unite run
rAr.x Ih year, nothing but rieh black
ttttil t ir down tf writer, no flnr v bt
land in .-.w.ka. Price Including
rh, in ;... tit m h ml land. 15.000.
Threo hmit wn! tuertty eer nn
rr.. if. it: rttr, Z H.- Meat of '
Ct; i . i . r o:ui-r m'i! !;'.,
H-tni ;:. T tor fKuif-, barn.
one of the best grain and stock farms
in the county. Price for 30 days,
$4,500. v
Two hundred and forty acres fine
level land, unimproved, 4 1-2 miles from
Imperial. Price $10 per acre.
Six hundred and forty acres im
proved with a good 7-room house, barn
for 8 horses, granary, corn crib, milk
house, slieds for 50 tattle, all under
good wire and farm ground fenced out;
180 in cultivation, brings one-third of
crop delivered in town, good well,
windmill, tanks, cistern; 70 feet to
water, 9 miles to town. Price $10 per
acre.
Fifty quarter sections from 3 to 10
miles from Lrfimar, $1,400 to $1,600, each.
. Nine hundred and sixty acres all in
one body 6 miles north of Chase, most
all good level farming and no improve
ments. Price $7 per acre.
Nine hundred and sixty acre ranch
11 miles northeast of Imperial, 480 acres
deeded, 480 acres Kinkald homestead,
well improved, good 5-room frame
house, good barn 20x4"). sheds, corrals,
well, windmill,, all under fence. Deeded
land is level black sandy loam. Home
stead is handbills, but fine gracing
land. Price, $4,000.
One hundred and sixty acres unim
proved level hard land, one mile north
of Chase. Price $1,300. Most, of thus land
lies in the valley of what 1s called pry
creek, 10 to 15 feet to water and would
make a fine alfalfa farm.
Two -hundred and forty acres one
half mile from school hous'j in Impe
rial, all level land, black sandy loam,
good improvements. A good home for
anyone. Prico $4,000.
trees along road lines; another, the
avoidance of Jocal disputes, neighbor
hood quarrels and hard feelings arts,
ing from mistaken or disputed lines of
public highways and of division lines
of quarter sections."
County Surveyor Joel Hull of Kear
ney county, warns the farmers' to pre
serve their landmark". II says: "I
desire to call your attention to the uni
versally acknowledged fact that the old
land marks made by the United States
surveyors are fast disappearing; that
at the present date not many of those
original marks made, more than forty
years ago to perpetuate the section
and the quarter section corners, even
after a most critical and careful search
can now be found.
"It is for the public benefit and for
the general welfare'of your community
that those corners be plainly and per
manently marked for several reasons
one is, for the more correct work of
your road overseers who can thus have
undisputable lines to work on; another,
for the more accurate lines for the set
ting of telephone poles, planting per
manent fences, hedges and ornamental I
Could Nebraska have done two years
ago what has been done within the
year past, her name and the names of
her leaders would have filled the maga
zines along with Wisconsin and Mis
souri, LaFollette and Folk. Of all the
legislatures in the country in this year
of mow or less free legislatures, the
Nebraska legislature has put through
the program called for by the temper
of the times with the greatest thorough
ness and the best grace. Two years
ago this would have been revolution
ary. As it is the new medicine is text
for such roaring from the direction of
Wall street that a Xew York paper
thinks Nebraska has all the railroads
of the country terrified or else they
are doing a skilful bit of acting. The
Nebraska legislature has done nothing
to injure any legitimate business, but it
has lifted the state into the group of
the four states best equipped hy legis
lation to control their political affairs
through the common citizens: Wiscon
sin, Oregon, Oklahoma aud Nebraska.
Scotia Buffs county will not have a
saloon next year in any of its incfr
porated towns. This county was the
home of Sam P. Cox, murdered for his
opposition to licensing saloons in h's
town. In this connection it is worth
relatin?? that the brewers doing busi
ness in Texas seem to have gratified
the close connection between saloon
brl lawlessness and prohibition. The
brewers' association have filed with the
state of Texas a bond for $500,000 guar
anteeing the enforcement of the new
anti-gambling law so far as it concerns
the saloons. They have raised a fund
of $100,000 to maintain air inspection
service, and will see to the prosecution
of any saloon keeper who allows a
BETTER THAN SPANKING.
Spanking does not cure children of bed
wetting:. If it did there would be few
children that would do it. There If a
conititutkl etun for thui, Mr M,
Summen. Box 414. Notre Dame. Ind.,
will send her home treatment to any
other. She sks no money. Write her
today If your children trouble you In this
way. Don't blame the child. The chances
are it rant help it
gaming device of any sort to be dis
played in his place of business. Theru
wero until recently under county op
tion eighty dry counties in Texan.
There are now seventy-two. The gain
for the brewers is said to have come
from the fact that they drove out the
dives where they existed in prohobi
tlon territory.. This convinced the peo
ple of the willingness of the liquor
dealers to operate according to law if
allowed to run under legal auspices,
fly taking on themselves the extra ex
pense of law enforcement caused by
their business the brewers put the en
tire cost of the liquor business upon the
persons who buy their goods and those
dependent on them, a policy that will
doubtless save them from, the opposi
tion of some non-drinking tax payers.
Among the good bill that failed to
get through the legislature at the last
moment were measures regulating the
Pullman company, prohibiting the issu
ance of franks, providing for recipro
cal demurrage and preventing t.h
watering of corporation stock. Put so
many good bills were passed that no
body is scolding over the failure of a
fejv minor measures to squeak through.
A bill that received very little atten
tion during its course through the legis
lature wax the one prohibiting the
brother or other near relative of a
judge from practicing in his court un
less by consent o.f all parties. Thee
Jg gossip around the capitol that this
was aimed at Mike Harrington and his
brother "Jim."
LONG SERVICE IN THE HOUSE
Record Held by Late Representative Ketcha m
WASHINGTON The high records
of Bervice in the lower house of con
gress made by the late John H.
Ketcham of New York and Speaker
Joseph G. Cannon, within the last three
years, compel the reconstruction of the
tabulation of long tenures in the na
tional house of lepiesentatlves.
For many years the name of Repre
sentative Holman of Indiana held the
place of honor at the head of that
list. He was the only representative
in more than a century of congress
with thirty years of house service to
his credit.
Eventually Mr. Ketcham supplanted
his thirty year record with one or
thlrty-tbree years. Both died in office.
With occasional lapses their constitu
encies stood by them to the last. Ho
these two long tcmures aTe finished
fixed quantities.
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