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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (March 22, 1900)
Pnbtlilied erorjr Thnnday at the County Boat. . M , AMBIBKUM.V , - liclllor A Offlco In Cnster UlocU , Fonrtli Are.-tr JCnUred at the pottofflao * t llrolieii Hoiv , Nob. , M i < MjoDCUl u.maUcr for traniniliBlou itu "ugh tb U.S ; Malls. SCH801U1T10N i'HIOK ! Ono Yew , In arutic . $1.00 REPUBLICAN CITY TICKET. For Mayor . KO UOYBE VOT Clerk . , . .W WCOWLKS ForTrewnror . S H HOYT TorCltV Engineer , . K K MoOLUUE For Police Jndgo . KMILr O'SCHWIND ron coUMriLMEN. FlrHWaril . WJ WOODS Second Ward . ALPHA MOIIO.AN Third Ward . I A ItKN AU nupuvnoAX cur laATroint. RESOLVED' That wo congratulate the prceont oity Bovorument upon its ocono mlcnl administration of thu affairs of the city and commend the prinolplo adopted by the presunt admuiBtrntion of making the revenues for each year pay tlio run ning expciiccs of tnld oity lor tbo year. 2nd , That wo favor eeomerny when ever It may bo practiced In city affaire nd rccomond that tbo present system be continued. 3rd , Hesolvod , That wo hero by pledge the nouilneoa ot this oovontion to nbiui- by tbo vote cast in the oity upon the qucntion of license. BROKEN Bow , NEB , , March 10,11)00. ) The republican county conTonlloii ot Cniter county | i hereby called to conreno at tlio north aide Oporn Houio , llroksn Bow , Nob. , at ton p'clock a.m. .Saturday , April at , 1000 , for thu pnrpoeo of placing In nomination ono county at- toroey and to elect IB delegates to the etnte con tention to bo held at Lincoln , Neb , ) Mny 2 , 1000 , ntSp. m. , and 18delegate * to the coiiKroialonnl t Kearney , Nob. , April 28,1000 , Also deluimtes to the eenatorlal and representative conventions , tlmo , place and representation not yet flxod , and for the trantActton of auch other business as may properly conio before I ho convention , linsli of representation , ono delegate at large for oacb township nnd ona for OTOry ten votes or ranjor fraction thereof cast for lion , M 11 , Hcoso for Supreme Jndgo at Jail general election. The seTornl townships ore entitled to representation as follows : Algernon 0 Hayes 3 Kllfoll 10 Aniley 13 Arnold 7 llerwyn 6 UrokonUow 88 Cliff 6 Ouster P Delight 0 Klnu 3 Uouylai Orovo H Blk Greek 0 Grunt U Qarflcld 5 Lillian Loup 9 Myrtle Barfont 8 Triumph 4 Victoria Wood Hirer 10 West Union 0 Wcstervtlle Wajns 6 Totnl 100 It Is recommended that township primaries beheld held Saturday , April 14th , that no proxies bo nd milled and that the delegated present cast the full YOU of their township delegations , liy or- d r ot Commit to * . It. ItoriE , Chairman , E. O'Schwlnd , Seo. THURSDAY , MAROIJ. , 22 , 1000. In President MoKinloy's oiler to England of the "good olliooru" of Uuolo Saui , in settling tbo difference between England and theBoors. It depraves the domo-pops of another opportunity to howl. At the demo-pep state oonvon- 'ion in Lincoln Monday , they im- ployed the police force to proven ! Clem Deaver and his middle of the road associates from entering the convention hall. It is said Bryan directed the management of the convention from behind the screens. The rofusaal ot the demo.pops to let the middle of the road delega tion into the convention hall at Lincoln Monday resulted in about two hundred of the delegates hold , ing an independent convention , at which they elected delegates to populist conventions to bo hold at Cincinnati. They elected a state central committee and will nornnate a state ticket. If the claims of Bryan and his followers were true in 1800 that the adoption of the gold standard would make money worth JiOO cents on the dollar " , farmers who are now getting | ! 4,2G for their hogs and cattle and 36 cents for their corn are in fact getting twice that amount as we ate still under the gold standard. Mr. Sheldon has concluded his week of journalism in which be claimed to bo runing the Topeka Capital as Christ would run it , Mr. Sheldon took in $07,000 from the entirepriao , but wo huvo not jet hoard of him distributing it among the poor or dividing it equally with the mechanics and writers who assisted in the work , When Christ was hero he did not engage in enterprises to benefit himself but for the benefit of others. In this ease it seems that Mr , Sheldon has been the only ouo to realize a profit. Stunt * DOJH. Whstover differanoe of opinion there may bo upon the tulvirtabilily of Hinoking for men , tlioro i none as to itn pcniloioiiB offcot upon boyn. it offootH the action of the heart and reduces the capacity of the lungn. Young men who are being trained for athletics arc not permitted to smoke by their trainura beoausu , u thuy say , 'it is bad for the wind. " The argument that v/ill appeal most forcibly to tlio boy is thai smoking will stunt hiu growth. It hnu been proved that youthful smokcra are Hhortor and weigh less than their comrades who do not smoko. Gig * arottca are particularly injurious. Nicotine , the active principle of to- bacoo , is said by cbctninta to be , next to prusicacid , the moat rapidly fatal poison known. The tender tissues of a growing boy c&unot absorb serb even a very ftnall quantity of it without most injurious rosultH , Ladies' Home Journal. In spite of the war in the Phillip , pinea the national income is exceed ing the coming face to face with another old time problem viztwhat to do with the surplus. Wo have had that problem to moot before , when the country has boon under a Protective Tnrlff regime , In fact , that was the question most frequen tly aekcd during the PrcHidoutial oamaigu of 1888. Max O'Koll ' , then , as now , on a visit to tins country , oxjlaimcd apropos of tins national problem : "Happy the country whoso only diilioulty ia in knowing what to do with ita sur plus. ' , Ho would not have had any occasion to envy us a few years lat er , say in 1803 or 189-1. Cleveland wit'u his Free-Trade policy , soon relieved tis of any dim'onlty it knowing what to do with the sur plus. In fact , ho very soon reliovec us of any surplus at all and furuia od us with a doiicit. But with a banishment of Free- Trade the delicit disappeared nnc our national income has ouco more begun to ozccod the national outgo and it looks as though the old prob loin might como back. There are no signs , however , that the people of the country are doing ain worrying over the protest. The ; appear ralhor to agree wiih Max O'Kell , that the country whose chief diftioully is found in handling its surplus cash is not in a very bat way. The people of the countiy know what it is those days to have surplus in their own pockets , am they find it very agreeable. AMKH IOAN ECONOMIST. ASSESSMENTS NOT EQUITABLE The manner of assessing property h CuBtor county AS pructicud by tuo assess ore encb year probably ( lees not ditto greatly from the custom of assessors o other counties , Hut nnyotio wuo wll tnko the time to Investigate tuo praotioo established In this county will find tlio oauso of general complaint by property owners of tuolr nsecssuionta. I net cud ot complying with the law and nsacesluK property nt. Its cash vnlno they ilx n speoillo value on various ( irtlolep. To Illustrate , they classify the Innd into township under the head of lot , 2nd , Ud 4th and 5th classes Thou they place a vflluo upon the Innd In the sevoial class es that in their opinion corresponds with the comparative value , To ilhifctratu , they Ilx thu valuation of farm land In Broken Bow township at from $2 to $16 per acre , In Anoloy townnhlp from § 1 to $ U , Ollff from $1 to $7.60 , Wayne from 81 to $7.00 , Aiuold fiom 75 oents to 4 dollars. Stallions and jacks from 50 to 400 dollars , These values give tbo minimum and maximum value nnd then they pREHOil n resolution instructing to Hat all property at ono-fourth vnlun. In other words at ono fourth of the epccitlo value placed upon the property and no the real value. The practice Is unjust , tiret , because it does not provide for nu equitable assessment. Land cannot be classified by township In Cuator county and equal justice done to all. Every towubhip hns land that admits of com- parlaoo as good , boltur , best. For Instance - tance , there m y be laud In Victoria township worth as niuuh as any land In the county , yet under the clnsMacatioi It cannot bo valued for more than seven dollars and iilty cents per aero ntu listed for taxable purposes for more than 91.85 cents. The sauio ulaeu of land In Ausloy or Algernon township would bo valued at et4 per acre and listed at S3 50 pur acre. Then toke jacks and stallions as another illustration. The valuu la placed at 860 to 8100. The value Isfur from being In proportion to thoprlooput upon onttlo. Just recently a citizen of Broken Uow Imported a etttlllon that weighed 1GOO , which cost 81,00 per pound. This horse the assessor can only BBBoes at 1100 and list foi J100 for taxes. The mau who Invested his sixteen hundred dollari lu 3 your old ateers at $10 par head would huvo them assessed at MO per hi-nd and llstid at 810 cnch or 100. On his 81000 Investment he wulod > ny taxi'Hon $100 wlillu the man who nvoatcd In n sixteen hundred dollars torso woulu pay faxes on but onu Kindred dollars. The same practice Is uloptod for nil clauses of property. The uatom of fixing upon a specitic value or property and then listing It at one- ourth that value is not only uujual but inluwl'ul demoralizing in eHtot and pur- ury. The law which the usaestor tnkes ils oath to obey , requires that properly hall bo assessed nt Its actual cash value. To list at ono fourth or one.tilth Its ca h value is un evasion for which there R uo legitimate excuse. The plea that is other counties do the same la not euf- iolont grounds for anyone olao doing the It , neither Is the plea that to as * sees at caah value would raise our taxes. 1'he etato and county board ot rquallzn * tlon la constituted foa thn express pur pose of equalizing tbo taxcn and should they neglect or fall to do > ro have a remedy. They can be mandnmasod and compelled to do their duty. Bui wo do not approhcnd that there would be any cntieo for complaint from that source. It Is after Iho assessors returns are in Unit the board of equalization makes the levy. The levy is made to correspond with the revenue required for stnto and county expense. If the valuation of the county was found to bo four million. In- stnad ol two million the number of mills levied would bo just half the number re quired had the valuation been put nt two millions. The state board of equal ization Is created for the purposoof equal izing the taxes for stuto purpose be tween counties. It Ouster county as sessed her property nt its cash value and Douglas county hers for one-tenth its value the correct proportion would be ono mill against Ouster county to ton mills against Douglas. Hence wo would not have to pay any more than ouryhtire of tlie state tax. The effect mornlly la deplnrnbU. Not only do assessors per jure themselves but It educates the gen eral public to regard an oatb lightly and cannot help to have n very dem irnllzlng effect upon the body politics. Wo regard the custom of sufficient magnitude to demand the rtttcntlon ol the attorney general and the county attorneys of the state. If no other measures onn put a atop to tbo open violation of the law they should not stop short ot prosecut ing every violator to the full extent of the law. Ao tbo state board follows the Btimo practice with property under theii control they should also bo dealt with accordingly. We nro Informed that in no instance they assess railroad or other property under their supervision for more than ono.fourth Its value. Washington Letter. ( Special C'orrc i > otiJi'tico. ) WABHINUTOK , D. C. , Jlurch 17 , 1600. In the first seven months of this fiscal year the importations of foreign - oign wool v ere nearly two and ono quarter million dollars loss than in iho corresponding months of that commodity. Protection seems to bo offering A moricau wool-growers a good opportunity to supply the American manufactures with the raw material needed , February's returns of exports and imports , as printed by the Treasury Department , show an increase of $8,500,000 in imports and of $20 , 000,000 in exports , as compared with February , 1808. Thus our foreign trade still continues to expand under a protective tariti. That the "tariff tax1' is not so much of a "burden" as the Democrats would have the people believe , is evident from the fact that , out of $86,77 4JOOO of imports , no leas than 631,000,000 were admitod free of duty. The following little table is about all that is necessary to shut up those few gentry who still in sist that silver is a live issue. In view of the 1800 Democrats state ments that our money circulation could not increase without the adoption of free silver , these Ujjures are intonating and illustrative of how very wrong a Democratic can bo. l' r capita lu tli UulUJ SUttt. 1890. 1807. 1808. 1809. $21.10 S22.49 $24.71 25.00 Bradstreot's , that trade journal so liberally quoted by Democrats in 1800 , ia not now endorsed by them as "good campaign reading. " In 1800 the condition of the country obliged such journals to print accounts of failures , strikes , business depression , reduction of wagoa and the like , all of which Silventcn loudly attributed to the pold standard. But the conditions have aervnd and now Hradstreot's and other trade journals reflect the great prosperity in the country by tolling of business activity , faotories working owrtimo and yet turning away orders , increases wages , etc , , all of which transition liai oucurod under thu same gold utandard which , until "expansion" appeared upon the political horizon , JMr. Bryan said was the vciy worst thing in thu world , and under which the United States coubi never bo prosperous , It will be remembered that in 1808 a party of silver Republican patriots , among whom was Senator Pottigrew , made a tour of Japan for the purpose ot finding out why that country had abandoned the sil * ver standard for thojgold , and also to earn how the cold ; standard watt working. They returned iu safety , jut for some reason their report was never heard from. The mys tery is now solvod. The Japanese Minister of Franco hrs just is sued a full oillcial report showing that the gold statdard has been of prcat ; advantage to all olussca iu Japan , clearly accounting for * the vast improvement over the condi- lions found under free silver. This may explain why the members of the self-appointed Pettigrow commis sion suddenly dropped the Japanese gold-standard question like a hot cake and turned their attention to other lines of opposition. The pledge of the republican party with reference to money baa boon fulfilled. The new currency law breaks the "ondleaa chain , " and at thu aamo time establiahod a autlioiont guaranty fund in the Treasury to maintain at a golc value every dollar of currency in oirulation in the United States what cvor Its form may bo. It makes the reserve fund for rodomp tiou of paper money $150,000,000 instead ot SIOO.OOO'OOO , anc authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to increase the reaeivo whenever it goes below $100,000 000 , by exchanging the paper cur renoy thus redeemed for gold in the gouetal fund , or by sale o bonds if necessary to keep the reserve servo up to ita proper figure. The fact that the notes redeemed can not bo used again to moot dotioien oioa in the ourrout revenues and only by exchange for gold obviates the possibility of pumpicj ; the gold out of the Treasury by the "endless chain , ' progress whiol proved so disastrous a few year ago , while the fact that the law ape ciiioally names the dollar of " 25.8 grains gold nine-tenths fine , " as th unit of value , puts an end to an ; possible question as to the valu end accoptibihty pf America ) money in any part of the world and of the relation of any one o our dollars to any other dollar. F.A.1I. Coal. Try Wilson Bros , for all kind of hard and soft coal , and see i they do not merit such favors iu quality , weights and price. s28-4 FOR SALE : Six room house and quarter block of land or wil trade for Linooln property , 34 2m R. E. GLASS. Cattle Pastured. I am prepared to pasture from 400 to 500 oattlo during the Summer - mor season. Good pasture anc running water. Prices reasonable. For portioulara call on me four miles east of Broken Bow or write at Broken Bow. Louis RAPP. fe J \K".V rv Karl's Cfover Root Tea Beautifies the Complexion , Purifies tlio niood. slvrs a KrMh , Clear Skin. CuresCun * etlpat on , Indigestion , nnd nil Kruptlons nt the bkln. An oyrcenlilo Laxative Nerve Ionic. Sold on absolute jruarnmteo by all 0 rut-elst 3 at SBc. , CUc. and $1.00. S. C WELLS 4. CO. , LEROY , N. Y. 8OLC PROPRIETORS V. 0. WOHNAI.L I'roMilcnt. .1. A. IUHRIS Crtsriler. . . . , . . . . , . A. J. H01IEHTSON.VIco-I'r . W. D. DLACKWKLL , Aea't Cttblor Farmers Bank of .Ouster County , BROKEN BOW , NEB. Transacts a General Banking BusinosB. County Claims and Warrants Bought. Has n full line of Drugs , Paints and Wall Paper. Also a Fine Line of Books , Stationery , Toilet Articles , eto. Store on corner of Fifth avenue and Main street , Broken 13ow , Nob. 9. U. IIUHNIIAM. President , Lincoln , Neb II. G , KOdKUS , Cnahler , Broken Bow. J. M KIM13ERL1NQ , Vice-Pros. , IJrokon Bow. S. 11. HOlT , Ass't Cashier , BOW STAT BROKEN BOW , NEB. GEN&RAL BANKING BUS1N ESS i TRANSACTED. - - n UIKROTORB : S. U. UurnhatnJ J. M.KImbcrllug. S. U. lloyt. H. G. Rogers. United ) States Nation * ! Hank , Omaha. Phonlx National Bank , Now York.aFirstNunon ! l Itank , Lincoln , Nebraska. Ml TOcff3qngiTOEuatTOi ioN iv ) nrfgi roiTOim3 hpi CTCT [ I We are still in tte [ Lumber business and we | solicit a share of your patronag-e for the coming spring and summer and if price cuts any figure , we jan sell you Building Material that will p not fail to please you. Also our Summer Coals are the best and clean. Look ou.t for ou.r next n Foster & SmitluLumber Co. A * I Once Was Lost , but How I Have Found It. i 3"r 4CT > < [ Where ? At my door. At the Eagle Grocery. What in the world is it , my dear ? It is at the Eagle Grocery , a mam- m th stock ef Groceries ; and at the lowest prices you ever hoard of. The Eagle has been reading the papers and keep- mt : posted on what was being offered for sale. They don't say anything about Torbacker and Candy , and other good things like that. It is not pickle dishes you want now , it is Candy. The Eagle has 2,000 pounds of candy for sale cheap , jiistmas committees are invited to call and get my prices. , , j/neinber the place , on the big corner , jnst east of First National Bank. W. S. SWAJT . . , Proprietor. AOTOOTCEMJ31TT:3 : a I wish to bay to my Friends and Patrons that I am now located in the Now Brick Building , on WOHI Ride of Square , whore I will be better prepared to HOTVO them than ever be fore. F. W. HAYES , Jeweler and Optician. o VT . We own and occupy thn tallest mercantile building in th * world. We have t. over s.ooo.ooo customers. Sixteen hundred clerks are constantly Ut. engaged ulling out-of-town orders. U U OUU QKNKUAl. CATA1 OGUE Is the book of the people it quotes \v hole ale Prices to Everybody , has over 1,000 pages , 16,000 illustrations , and Co.ooo descriptions of articles w ith prices. It costs 71 cants to print and mall ctxch copy. We want you to r avu one. SEND FIFTEEN CENTS to show your good faith , and wi-'II sen 1 you a copy FREE , with all chargi-b prepaid. V ; MONTGOMERY WARD & CO"lehlB'B ? SlA'SSloll8lreel '
