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l The water works plant owned
f by.the city would solve the
electrice light question and pro\'e
a source of revenue suflicient to
p y all expense of its operation
with a surplus for city improve-
ments. \
Senltor Henry M. 'reBel' hls
I been reelected to the Unitad I
: States Senate by the democrats
of Colorado. 'l'hey had just I
I enougli'votes to elect. The re1 1
I publicans refrained. from voting 1
or being counted by absenting
themselves from the session.
A veteran of the Spanish war
recently appealed to the Secretary
of the Interior a case in which he
claimed a pension on account of
corns that he had contracted oy
wearing army shoes. The de- I
partm'ent after exhaustive
, an 1
course of reasoning , comes to the
conclusion that corns are not a
pensionable disability. The decision - I
cision says : Corns are inconvenient -
ient , but are seldom incapacitating -
ing , and when ther : are the
remedy is simple and within the
reach of anyone. 'l'he oldier's I
patritotism ought not to terminate -
nate with his nilitary service.
It should prompt him to go to a
chiropodist rather than to the
pensionoffice.-Nebraska Farmer. '
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Since writing the editorial on
the "Land "
Leasing Question ,
which appears in these columns ,
the state legislature has adopted
a resolution in opposition to the
DietrIch bill , and recommending
that cpngress amend the Homestead -
stead iaw so as to provide for the
homesteading of a section of
land in the sand hill conntry in
compliance with our editorial in
last week's RUPUDLICAN , As the
action of the legislature practically -
ally kills the Dietrich bill , it is
to be hoped hat the next session
of congress will pass a bill embodying -
bodying the section homestead ,
for the semi arid land that is not
subject to irrigation. Snch a
law will in a very short time
populate the entire north west ,
with at least one family on a
section , . that is now without pop-
ul3bon.
A Good Sltowlug.
The following is a copy of the
report of the register of deeds ,
C. O. Lind , for the year 1902 :
Total tee , . received. . . ' . . . . . . . . . ! 04 ( ,57 ! l5
Clerkblre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 70145
Po tlIle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . , . . . . 45 SO
Recordlnlr 10r colln : ty. . . . . . . . . . 2 30
Depil ty salary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 700 00
Relll.ttr' . .alary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 SOO 00
Excel8 fees turned In to Co. Tr. . I 70s ( ,0
Total. . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . $4 ( ,57 liS
In order that you may be able
to realize just how good a showing -
ing Mr. Lind's report makes , we I
submit herewith the report of
Mr. Lind's predecessor , C , H.
Jeffords , for 1901 :
To&:11 receipts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ $3 ( , ( ,4 55
Expen.e. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299100
Excea.f.eiturued : In toCo. Tr. . ( , ( ,7 55
Total. . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ J U4 55
From the foregoing we find
that Mr. Lind did $993.30 more
business in the same length of
tune than his predecessor , for
$41.15 less expense and turned
into the county treasur ) ' as x-
cess fees $1,041.05 more money.
Whether the difference is charg- .
able to republican management
or prosperous cond1tion of the
times , credit is due to republican
administratiop. I
'rite ' OUf Water Works.
Tb.e question of voting bonds
to purchase the water works
plant is one of the most i1l1por-
ta11t questions that confronts the. .
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city. 'l'he importance of prompt
action can not be successful den-
cd. The question should be submitted -
mitted and the bonds voted b -
fore the sale of the water works ,
which is ! ; 'ebruary 1H. Should
that revenue law which is now
contemplated by the legislature
pass before the city is prepared
to close the deal on the terms
offered we have no surity but the
purchasing price will be double
or we wiU be compelled by the
franchise to pay thriblc the
hydrant rental we are paying
now. While the law i1 ! an uncertainty -
certainty we hare the opportunity -
ity to purchase the works at a
1igur within our reach. Ifve
wait until the earning capacity
of th 'tlant i. ; trebbltd by the
act or the legislature will not
HIt' value of the plant increase in
th same ratio' ( 'rhen : is no use
to haggle over the matter longer. I
We have got the bear. How can 1
we with honor best let go. 'rllere
is no alternativc , 'we must let go
now or a greater evil will be our
oom. That is to continue to
pay a 7 mills hydrant rental on a
'aluation increased fiye feM (
[ ) ver the present assessed valua- (
lion during the remainder of the (
life of the franchise and hj ve an
! mpty treasury and no water
works at the end for our money. - . 1
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'rhe objections to the land leasing -
ing bill now pending in congress
is not confined to an , ) ' particular
: lass orlocality. 'l'he recommen-
: lations of the governor to the
legislature does not fa\'or the (
bill nor does the cattle associations
Df the state. 'rhe legislature
will recommend congress not to j
pass it. Several of the western '
Cattle Associations have passed
resolutions opposing the bill but
express themselves in favor of a
lease law if properly drawn.
We are of the opinion that the
gm..ernment land should not be c
leased on any terms. A better 1
solution of the vexed question
would be to amend the homestead
law so that in the semi arid
localities where the land can not
be irrigated , so as to allow a
person to homestead a section or
two of land instead of a quarter
as now.
Could this be done there would
be scarcely any government land
subject to homestead entry in
north \Vestern Nebraska in the
next twelve months. The influx
of homeseekers from the edst
would populate every section in
the north west part of the state.
It would encourage the g-rowth
of small ranches and make the
san hill country the most profitable -
table part of the state. And as
we stated last week , in a very
short time the taxes deriyed from
the land and property kept would
be a Sv trce of revenue for the
counties and state far in excess
of the amount the govermnent
might realize from its leases.
We hope that President Roose-
velts recommendations that a
committee be appointed to investigate -
vestigate and report on the best
method to dispose of those lands
will be adopted. 'rhis will g'e
an opportunit ) . to present the
best interests of the state ,
which will result in an amendment -
ment to the Homestead act so as
to allow a person a homestead of
a suft cient amount of land to
maJe a comfortable living and
result in populating of the territory -
tory and the utilization of every
acre of the sand hills.
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Omaha AgnhlRt the UUl'al COllutle ! ! .
As the people had been led to
expect , the city of Omaha is
arraying itself against the rural
counties , school districts and vil-
ages of the state in the matter of
railroad taxation. 'rhe latest
scheme is being exploited in the
legislature. 'l'he attempt is he-
ing made to change the law seas
as to permit Omaha to assess the
the railroad terminal properties
locally , instead of allowing the
taxes to be distributed equally
along the lines , as at present.
Illustrating the disastrous effects -
fects UpOll the outside communities -
ties that would follow the carry- ,
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ing out of the Omaha scheme ,
we wo ld state that for the year
1901 the Union Pacific and B. &
M. roads paid in school taxe
alone to the school districts : dong
their lines in Custer co"nt ) ' , $5-
l)2 .23. If Omaha is permitted
to work the local taxation
scheme , as the city officers declare -
clare they intend to do , these
Custer county districts must lose
from twelve to fifty per cent of
their J ailroad tax.
It is well known that the railroads -
roads are interested in the up-
building of all parts of the tate ,
and that 1 wreb ) ' they build up
their own busin'ess. The valuable -
able railroad properties located
in Omaha are not then : for the
sole b nefit of Omaha. but for
the benefit of the whole systems.
The che1Ue has just been attempted -
tempted iu Illinois , where Chicago -
go wanted to grab the railroad
laxe for local purposes. The
Llttorney general stood for the
people of his state , and del red
lhat the scheme would result in
1 loss of at least twenty per c nt i
in taxes to each of the aut side
: ounties. The case went to the
: ourts , and a few days ago it was
lecided against Chicago and in I .
: aver of the rural counties. The
) maha real estate boomers desire
:0 : gel around a decision like this
Jj' legislative enactment , and
; hus depri\'e the outside counties
md districts of Nebraska of from
5 to 75 per cent of the railroad
taxes which they have heretofore
: eceived.
, It is a good time for members
) f the legislature from the interior -
terior of the state to be constantly -
ly on their guard against this
'langerous movement. 1'here
will be no division of sentiment
among those who inform them- i
: ; elves on the question.
Omaha has built up its tr de
and gained its wealth because of
the toil and produce of the rural
: ommunities. The grab game in
the matter of railroad taxes looks
like base ingratitude. It is like
an attempt to kill th goose that
laid the golden egg. It would
seem to be in order for the con-
stitltency in the counties all over
the state to notify their representatives -
tatives in the legislature of their
disapproval of the Omaha scheme.
In the new revenue law promised -
ed , a higher valuation will be put
upon rail'road property as well as
other property , but Omaha nor
any other terminal city should
receive more than its proportional -
portional share of the increase.
'fhe Mortgage Recorll.
The mortgage record of Custer
county for the year ending Dec.
31 , 1 Y02 , shows that there have
been 551 farm mortgages tiled in
amount $335,424.13 , and there
have been 71)8 farm mortgages
satisfied amounting to $374,060.46
'rown and city mortgages fi1ed
66 amounting to $33,823.52 ; town
and city mortgages released 45 ,
amounting to S3,918.45 ; the
chattle mortgages tiled amounts
$3(1),247.65 and that the chattle
mortgages satisfied amounts to
5387,978. Y1. In add ition to the
above there have been farm
forclosures No. 18Y , amounting
to $2000.00. 'rhis gives a total
amount fi1ed 5738,494.30. 'l'otal
satisfied $1,003,747.80. 'rhe
amount satisfied is $265,253,50 ,
more than the amount filed.
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The 1)I1I11I(1lue 'l'CI1Cbcr .
Reliable advice from the
Plulippines indicate that the
American school ma'am has conquered -
quered the little brown people
through their children , and is
adored by all classes of the people -
ple for her goodness and tacf.
'rhe atTection of the Philippine
children for the devoted young
women who went out a year erse
so ago to do pioneer work in the
schools of the islands , is Raid to
be intense and they \ro so followed -
ed to their homes by the children
that it is an absolute embarrassment -
ment , and they have difiicult ) , iu
preserving an'thing like privacy
in non-school honrs.
' 1'wo hundred thonsand l'ilipino ;
children are gathered in the day
schools by the 4,226 American
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They have Inude friends everywheite
They have proven their merits to consumers
. Our trade now realize that they can prty more
money elsevhere , but cann t obtain better ceftees
than we can furnish them. .
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night attendance at the night
schools average 15,000. "From the
presidcnte to the smallest urchin , "
writes Division Superintenden t
of Education Moses , "the admiration -
tion for the American women in
the provinces is unfailing and
never ending. " So the worst
fears of the "antis" up Boston
way of the enslaving tendencies
of the educational system of the
Philippine government are Justi-
fied. The school ma'ams are
riveting the last and most ilti-
mate fetter on the subjugated
people and destroying in them
that aspiration for independence
and Aguinaldo that bubbled so
fiercly in every lDsurgent heart
only a few short months ago.
Worst of all , the school ma'ams
are teaching the boys and girls
the English tongue which will
forever bar. their way back to
liberty in the future. 1 f they
learn the lan.T1.tage ( and read
American books and newspapers
thty arc lost.
They will want to be like the
American , and that in the estimation -
mation of the "antis" and Dr.
Shurman who is on the fence ,
.will'complete their ruin.Vhat
a burden of remorse will bow
down these poor little Yankee
school ma'ams one of these days ,
when they wake to the enormity
of thcir offence against the
liberty and independence of the
Filipinos.-State ourna.1.
Hog Ml1rkets l' mpured.
\Ve have interested ourself in
the past few weeks in comparing
the hog markets of the several
towns in the county as published
in the local papers in their respective -
spective towns to see whether
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Prealdeut Count.- Club , DeBto. .
DlU'bor , JUeb. .
"After my first baby was born 1 did not
aum to reltilin my strength althouh , the
dodor gave me IS tonic which he coruld.
ered very .uperlor , but trutud of ! dUnS
better I grew weaker every.day. . My hua.
band Inlbted that I tAke Wine of Cardut
for a week and .ee what It would do for
me. I did tAke the medicine and wu very
grateful to find my atrcnsth and health
.Iowly returnln ! . In two week. 1 wu out
of bed and In a month 1 wa , abls to take
up my u.ual duties. I am very cnthusl.
utlc In It. praise. "
Wine of Cardui reinforces the9rg&nl
of generation for the ordeal of pra,8'-
nlUlcy IUld childbirth. It prevents mll'
carriage. No woman who takes Wine
of Cardui need lelU' the coming Gf her
child. If Mrs. Unrath had taken
Wino of Cardlli be/ore her baby came
she would not have be n weakened as
she W S. Her rapid recoIhould
commend this great remedy to cverr
expootant motlier. Wine of Cardui
regulates the menstrual flow.
WINEoFCARDUI
there was any reason why farmers -
ers as ncar Broken Bow as any
other market shoul take their
hogs to other points. In the
past six weeks with one or two
exceptions the price'p : id by our
local buyers on the day we go to
press have been higher than at
any other market in the county.
Sargent prices have kept nearer
the price paid in Broken Bow
than either of the others. Two
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weeks ago the pnce quoted at.
Sargent was ten cents below the
price paid here. When hogs are. .
on the rise , one day , some times
makes a difference on the prices
as quoted' For instance last
week on 'l'hur day hogs were
selling for $5.95 in B oken Bow ,
the day we went to press , on the
day following the Sargent paper
quoted them six cents in Sargent.
The same price was paid hcre on
that date.
'rhe following are the prices
quoted last week in the following
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Ansley , $5.80 ; Broken Bow , 55.95 ;
and Sargent , $6.00 on Friday.
Had the REPUBLICAN been
published on Friday as were the
other papers quoted from instead
of Thursday the price would have
shown up with the highest quotation -
tion as that was the advance
made on the strength of the increased -
creased p'rice in the Omaha
market.
These comparrisons show up
favorably for the dealers in Broken -
ken Bow and removes any cause
for complaint upon the part of
our merchants for the town not
drawing its share of the farmer
trade. As a matter o'f fact we
have heard no such complaints
for several months and it doubtless -
less is because the fanners as a
rule are bringing t1 eir hogs
where th y can get the most
money for them.
The RnpuDLIcAN and Inter
Ocean , $1.50.
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