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About Hemingford herald. (Hemingford, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1895-190? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 6, 1895)
.,, ( tJ. f - M w llrfalit jM1am "M KrWL. IK .r T RP- j .- - jtt-. V VOL- 1 i C0IPAR1S0N BETWEEN BOX BUTTE AND J wt-a rtnf TxrrnV.QWrtTiT n r" . WCE SUCCEED IN GBTIG THE COUNTY SEAF AND BE DOMINATED BY A POLITICAL RING THEN THERE WILL BE NO nnM-o ADTanw i COMPARISON. aui; uiawj.jf iuL iMKJii. io , solf evident fact, and to the think- ing mind needs no demonstration, but very often enornious and de strticttve evils, are allowed to creep into governments, local, state and national, without ap- -parent thought on the part of UlUMJ upuil W11UIU rui umueu eventually falls withhe severest weight and the most galling op pression. Ever since the crea tlon of the world history tells us that hr places where aargenum' ber of people are congregated in fane place and under ohe govern- ment that corruption has domi nated local authority, to the det- riment and degredation 01 the - masses or thepeople. If exam- pies were necessary to prove this assertion we wpuld ask the reader to refer his memory to the rot- tenness and debauchery in local 'government unearthed in New 'York City by Dr. Parkhurst and others during the past two years, aLooIc at affairs in our own city of "w Ji I ahj! j-h v n n4ll ritir4 4 VillUllUr, UL1U AJ UUi4Jt3 OlUi UUUIVi home let us compare our presenjb 'condition with that of he county 'north of us, Mother Dawes, whose.ffovernment has been con- Mother Dawes, dieted by a ring' of ''Chadronpol- Iticians since the organization of the county. Chadron is a town about the size of Alliance, and makes preterfsions of being a metropolitan city, and of course must put on aristocratic airs, hence they at once bonded them-' twenty years, located at tho most ship is the native soil of manhood. ' selves and the count.for $80,05o : central and convenient toyn in t "If," said Franklijn, 'you would to build a court house. In the the county. It can be reached have a faithful servant, and one bourse of a year or so theextrav ;by all the people of the county that you liko, servo yourself." ftgahce of metropolitan humbug- at less expense; of travel than . Fortune prefers a 'lover to a mas 'frery had so involved Jhe finances, from any other Eoint to which it ter, and submits with Impatience Jiat the unsuspecting people were might be removed, especially if to control', but he that woos her induced to vote $80,000 funding " l6nds, and so It has gone until the present time. The people over there are just beginning to awake to their folly. The ma- jority of the men who have engi- iioered this business pay no taxes In support c-f the useless extrav 'agances they incur. Every man 'who owns a quarter section of bind in that county is today com" pelled to pay from 14 to 22 jaxes upon it each year, while 'juakacross the line in Box Butte 'county, upon tho same kind of proceeding, rarely ever heard of taxation we should cast a unani land and with the same improve in tho history of any county, mous vote to keep the county seat inents, taxes are from $7 to $9 per quarter. Who can gainsay thd fact that the men who have had charge of the government of these counties" aro no'j; rospon pibte for things as wo jfind the"m today, to the everlasting shame of the one and the unpaid and unpayable credit of the other, The reader may inquire what' is the, object of all thisVand let us -y-right h'oro flmt Alliance, or rauier;a "ring- ui amuuue jyu ticians, who have But little or no Interest in, the wejfare of anyone but themselves (the records show that' the great majority of the prime movers in the action to move the county. seat aro delin quent in ttye payment of their taxes from 'three to Six years) are now exerthjg every effort to, bring about the same state of affairs in this county J;hat wo havo noted above. The declaration on the part of AlllaucO that no expense will be incurred, that nqt bonds r. I i HEMINGFORD. IMMMMMHMIMHMnMMMMMIMMMWMnMM will be voted, that they simply ant to abide the -will of the peo ple, is an insult and a slander i upon the intelligence of the cltt i8hip of Box Butte county. "Whom will thitf proposed removal Tit tlA rniintv mbit benefit? Xjot every voter askhlmaeltthisquos- tion, and. then find an-Miiwer it he can in the smooth talk; of political shyster from the hotbed 'of moral and polca! corruption " already exists in the city of MymcQ To our lnd ihM :vlglt tiung to do is to stop rigm now, and not force upon ourselves tli$ heavy expense of ah extra elec tion, at a time when there are people in tho county, and plenty of them, too, who will suffer be- fore the winter is over lor the actual necessities of life. 1 An Answer io Alliance's False Pretenses. At a time when after vears of economy and strict adherenco to business rules, to rid our county of dobt, andatattime when the county officials .jhavo, through their faithful discharge of duty to tho people of this county, al-1 most achieved the object they have sought to accomplish thpse many years years of drouth, crop failure, business depres- sion and financial stringency a self-appointed class of Individ uals, across the bloody chasm, in that wicked hamlet of Allianco, have ' conceived the idea of re- moving the county seat for their nv --fcv n 1 Vv- n l 4-1 rt UV1A OpCUlUl UUUUXLU iUU. ItUKZX propose to remote it right away, without much ceremony or desire 6 to consult the washes and inter to consult the washes and Inter ests of the, people of the county. Qur county is aTpwhfaUaosti out of out of debt, our warrants are worth their face in the markets of the world. We have a court house plenty good enough to transact all tho business of this county in for the next fifteen or relocated at Allianco. Wo Have ail tiie necessary iurniture ana fixtures and paraphernalia that is needed for the convenience of jhe officers, and an abundance of room for all concerned to do tho Imsiness of the county. This i precocious idea of attempting to remove the county seat in the face of the foregoing facts, and the people of tho county are per- I fectly satisfied with its present ! location, is an unwarrantable whose affairs have been as wisely and judicially administered as have the affuirg of this county during past years. Removal of i the county seat at the present time is a luxury which the Pe-; pie can welf tdeny themselves, and one which the greater major j ity of them do pot care to assdpo , in the face of hard times. Lot ' us see. Removal qf tho county i seat would mean a loss of tho block of lots upon which tho court house stands, a loss of the court house, a loss of all tho ex pen sos of carrying on the elec tions. When once removed tho fino work would thon really bo- T?Qfl,M Kocin ,,iOfl0 gin. Rent would begin, unless the. generous people of Allianco would give the cpunty the inoff- able pleasure' of doing business like Henry Hier at his office on thb curbstone in Alliance. Rent at Alliance for all the offices would not fall which in ten far shortof $1,800, for Alliance 'booroarH" to ovaHfcet. pernicious scheme of county scut year, would amount epougtrsignera'to ck an ekion. r removal BOX BUTTE COUNTTi fc to 116,000, all of VM ft tovcu uv umuK uuruir,KWi u, now located at Hem' ffrioM: THo county scat once xey V ed to. A4il anco, there would atanbestasHd, a combined effort to shape pttfetk opinion in favor of buililrig court house jail, for the habttii tiotiofsowe of the "400," Mtd awaynroukt go a big, sM-feee-ing bond as another lncury the people of Box Butte Hiy, because "ae'dtiae- ctttfiVitt hail would sil,in the AitTt mar Some argue tlat a bod on cowity would not bo such thing after all. it would be aiy easy way of staying off adebtfor other peopl&"frpay, while wo would be reaping tho immediate benefits, in the way of convent enco and luxuries, which wo might as Well enjoy, because lifo is short All well informed poo pie will agree that soon uf tot a bond has been fastened upon a county a fund has, to be created by levying a special tax each year .for, that purpose, to pay off the bonds wh?n they come due. This fund will lie idle for waiiv years, during all of whicKltTmjS. the people will be paying interest jn gold on their gold bearing' bonds, and they aro inrealiynot' slaving on tneir ueot, xof tieir posterity or other people must pay. In justice to our peopla.evory citizen of the county should pbn- t dot well, the subject of a pro posed removal of the county seat, and take no part in a scheme iq favor a few self chosen individu als. to the detriment of tho many wh0bejieve in letting well enough alpno. v.. -fc'-V. Grains of Gold. The only solid understanding which a man can havo concerning commerce, the arts, or more serious knowledge, must come from tho depths of Iub own opinion. Hard- with opportunity and importunity, , win semom court nur in vain, we should enjoy oar fortune whjn good, have patience when reverses come, and nover employ violent remedies except in case of necea- sity. To havo freedom is only o havo that which is absolutely nec- essary to enable us to be wht we ( ought to bo, and to possess what i maintain our rights and protect j the producors of wealth tho farm ers from foolmh and unnecessary at Homipgford. J, O. McCokkle. 3tekrslscn.d 3Jtms. Mayor Sharrock of Edgomont was in the city Monday, in the in- torests of the Interstate Townsite ' company C. C. Clark of Bedford, 8. D., visited his brother, A. MM this week. The townsite company that own the site here also ovn Hemingford and are as much interested In the Hiicccss of that town da thov r of this. The people up hero aro warm supporters of Hemingford or f18 county seat, as they thor- ' oughly understand that our inter- 5 ak identical. Box Butte poo- pe in the vicinity of Marsfend will work earnestly for Homing- ford, as well us the rest of the voters in tho north half of tho county, in fact the whole ponula- tion up here is a nnit upon the a . " . m nuannn -nrwi ir vi.mii tut iv nnaoi i i a fnrnainMi rt rmu nfriiirinn fir tiih NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, DEC 6, 1895: , vor.pixiK What war the attraction. Tom? ThVSunday School people in "tend to have a Christmns tree Quite an interesting time at Sun day School last Sunday. The editor in chief of this jour nal was visiting in Boron last Monday. The county seat question is the to'oJfl of the. day.. and all aroin'honso and countv omens cn 1m J ityafift letting it remain whero it is, at present, so Allianco had bet- ter "drop thatt9yBt6r." j Tho prospect for a good crop next year is excellent, as there is raoro snow on tho ground now than ikero has been for vcars. and tho hfedieations aro that,, we will havo (Mi nioro in the near future At all dvenfg the drouth is broken, and with plenty of moisture Box Butte can't be leat fpr good crops. A few selfish .lawyers of Alliance arc again attempting to revive the ,HLh -&2, i.M-Li .- dellniUlv iettlod bv the matbrity of ftiffitoplo of this county. Thoy WUbF have an exceedingly poor dpjnion of the intelligence 61' those (ow&61hey,ipfopoee to present tkeir arguments on the county seat removal matter. In their recent Meeting it will be recalled that they declared it was not. intended tliat bonds bo voted to erect a court house.. This resolution re minds one of the puppet figures which traveling show, men used to crry years ago. They consisted of two figures, fastened t to buok, in such a way that when looked at from cither side they ap peared to be but one. This reso lution is explained to tho people of .Alliance as meaning that the town will not Mue' bonds: to. Tbuild the court house, but that tho county will. To tho people outside of Alliance tho cither side of this double-faced proposition is turned. It is announced that the moaning of the resolution is that tho county will not bo asked to issue bonds, but that tho town of Alliance will defray the expenses of erecting a new court house. But the taxpay ers of Box Butte county may be sure that theso Alliance lawyers .will nevertheless do all in their power to force tho county to issue bonds, from which the town will derive all the benefit. They dare not" advocate the issuing' of bonds by the town" of Alliance, for tho reason that a majority qf hor peo ple would very sensibly xefuso to support the county seat removal proposition, if they thought thoy would havo to bear tho undeniable burden. They well know that the "game is not worth th.e candle." As for removing the present court house building from Hom irfgford to Allinnce that is impos sible tho deed of gift to the county precludes it. To reiuovetho county seat frOm Hemingford to Allianco requires a three-fifths vptc for tho latter town. When the ffrst fight took place Allianco failed, and she has never polled as many votes as thon, conclusive proof of tho padded roturns. How then can Alliance hope for success, when threo-Jif ths a. ot the total vote of tho county is necessary r It is a "forlorn hope." ! An injustice to the people of Box Butte county is about to bo perpetrated, in compelling them to h which. Jfter it is over, will ot have changed tho present situ- ation. The farmers as well as tho town people need not bo reminded that wo are yet experiencing hard times. Crops are none too good, and we cannot afford tho expousivo luxury of this election. Let tho voters of Uox JJutte county, when . " . approached, forcibly express tneir The taxpayers uf Box Butte oountv. from an Allianco Hbmd- nninf urn in U,nM !,. .Q..lr ,K,'U . rw.uM .. , uw.uiuuc.vn, l..l.l the gang of unscrupulous politic ians of that city got tho best of the county's funds. This will bo strenuously denied by that crowd, who arc at present posing as county benefactors. It was men tioned in tho Alliance mooting that tho buildings necessary for court rented iu Alliance for loss than it takes to keep tho court houao at Homingford in repairs. If this is a act then Allinnco is too poor a town to havo a county sent Of any county, but it in not tho truth, and tho taxpayers will find out that it was political gushing, done before election as an attempted vote getter, ' and shows what a smal percentage of good, practical, hors, souse tho Alliance paoplo give tho taxpayers ;redltfor- Alliance has her round hotu80 f .vi!h 1 vot nd thw is the key noto to e "Wuoe affair. They think that ih hf vo thoP vok,' Hml on " ground want tho county seat:. The benefit to Allinnco from a pecuniary point will not bo great. To rent a few rooms for court house and offico purposes aad pat the resi dents of Bof Butte county to all the expense of traveling from all corners of the county except the southeast is something that the fair-minded people of the city I 1U. "u'" T- T K ' ho,r vot. thf 1t9 ; outs-dor it is purely a schome nl K Vl A Avh4 rii Xrf ftfc nAArt kk d M AKK " P y """ -" YTIIU iIB DU1UU UUUUIUgO, (V111UIJ, owing to the late orop failures in tho county, he is unable to rent, and desires to saddle the county witkrthe rent for. the. . A build ing suitable tor court house and county offices is one that is not built every day, in fact the plans havo to bft perfected, with tho uses of tho bfficos and thoir locations, with regard to dispatch iu thq transaction of tho business of tho county. Where iu Alliance is there such a building? Tliey prom ise rooms; any little place in the state could promise tho BRme. In the fulfillment of their promises is when tho taxpayers will find tho sharp end of tho forked Btlck now being prepared in Alliance. If tho county seat is moved rooms will probably be furnished. That is not doubted for a minute, but the officials of tho county, when they aro in tho offices for business, and. the unfitness of the place comes to them as forcibly as it secoesarily must, from tho plaiu faot of there being so place in Alliance suitable, then the philanthropic citizens will have thoir inning: "If yon don't liko what wo furnish we wall build you the necessary place, according to plans that you can draw your selves. It wold bo cheaper to build than to move tho county seat again. Advertise for bids for a fino court house; the county must; have buildings suitablo to its im portance." Hero is where Alliance is counting on getting hold of the county funds, and when this time comes, if it evor does, and it will only be by tho taxpayers forgetting every business principle ever learned by them. Then tho cry will go up on high: ''God help tho taxpayers, for wo cannot'' Allianco is not in this struggle for hor health, or the benofit of Box Butto county. All tho fino sayings of her executive commit tee aro weighed before being ut terod, every one of thorn when made is i play on tho boards, giving, them a wide scope of action; grand stand plays aro as plentiful' with tliem as bugs in Juno, but tho taxpayers can form their ideas ctf tho weigh of the fco. li 7 ear- 'imf R PAPKttjfa TPnv.v. , READ AND HAND TO YOUR NEIGHBOR. promises made by Alliance men from their past life. History ro peats itself; and by the past wo must judgo tho future of tho tax payers bf Box Butto county. Keep those sentences in mind, and thon scan carofully the ac tions of Alliance In times past, and a very fair estimate, can bo made of thO'prbmfseB Aow'bding scattorod broadcast. Again, by past actions of pooplo thoir char actors for veracity in thor future can bo counted on. Think woll, taxpftyerarof-this county, beforo you allow your voto to bo pledged for Allianco. Sean tho record of tho promisors, and your votes will sure bo for Hemingford for the county seat. On one side is s court house, vault, offices, and all. the etcet .eras that go to make Up an ele gant county seat, all free. On tho other what is thhf' And echo has to answer ,jSH$t '(Tbw baro yromieeft of a awmmmii) for the Mj&i wdhmseytf V. & city aro'proffWi&MjiliSF'th county into a detftoi ATloAst 1,500 for election pfy&et nud tho Lord only knows what, else afterwards, on tho ploa that they cau rent offices cheaply in Alli anco for county purpoeos, Tho intended fraud on the taxpayer has not evert fur enough to hide the sharp clawstmdernaath. Tax payers and county commieelonerM think well before you senior tho people of Box Butte countygen tle In peace, can become lions in war, and a day of retribution will surely como to the onos itru mental in this burdeningtof the county with indebtedness. Our qltifsens are now, in the fight, and are thoro.to win. Use every means at hand, see every one, agitato tho facte, slww'Ufp the parti of Allianco, and when the election is hold Hemingford will bo on top for good. A Shrewd" Bueine e Man While in Alliance last month I had a talk with a "repreecatativo bueinese man," who has resided there wnce the town started. Ho gave me to understand that Hem ingford was the proper place for the county seat, but said: "You see it is to y interest to have 'it here, as X have property , here, and if we qdkl get the county seatr think there would be 'some gaokeifs, areund, and I can unload my jteoje erty, and I tell you, the first oksMHN I get I am gotag- to do it; bt if I. intended to h6kl toy properly I . Would want the county seat to stay where it is, Ikxsmse I pay all tho taxes I can stand right now." Now then, aro we as taxpayers and laud owners going to vote for Alliance, pcoplo to sell their real estate tyo lot us keep down taxes and, keep our county out o debt. Wq cau cite to our neighbor Dawes county,, where the Chadron ring Iwndedtho county for a WftOO court house. They aro now carry ing 100,000 bonds, and yon esq take 40 cents oh the dollar for;, your county warrants, or, nothing, I, for one, feel proud of BoxButt county. Let every voter take, hw matter into comidTitioo, Vrn down tho Alliance ring and keep down taxoa. H.'K. Giffl. Mayor A. L. Sharrock $ Edgo mont spent two days la, city the first of the wek ctfcileting; among the boys. he liir-SUto Townsite company know a rustler when they nd Mimt a4 Hing f ord is extremely forfoijfjte in hav ing the backing it km ia the fight now on hand Mr.i&eyook aa organizer of raW &$fa audie the. right man i tkVnjpW yiif to mako oar AlUtmce. Irieiwk (?) Vhide outJ';. " v' t '.. K '" ' :". . y.i'r- n' . m i f mwptpaKamftmjtyqt- aiiiww