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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 15, 1907)
, ' -If" " " . ' ' " 1' ' , ' , W&'j1 . - . . . " . . , . " I' " " , ; ; .r } " ; _ " - . . . . ,1. i . . " . . . . r : : " - > /t.- ' , . - . . . . . - . \ . The State Capital Iatters of Oeneral Interest rROM . . . . . . \ Nebraska's Scat of Oovernment ; " - State Levy Seven Mills. The stn.te board of assessment com. . ploted its worle , with the excoptlon of entering n final order , by ordering an Increase of 15 pOl' cent In the vnlu\ . . . . . ' tlon of mercl1nndlso In Douglas county . - and a reduction ot 6 per cent on mol" . . chandlso In Lancaster county and levying a total state tax of 7 mUls on the dollar valuation , 'This Is the same levy thntA was . made last yenr , but under the In. crreased valuation ot all property In the state will produce n. larger rove- nuo. The 1 mill tax for the redemption - tion ot outstanding state warrants and the 1 mIll tt.'C for the supvort ot , the unjverslty are lovles required by " law and the board cannot cll ngo . them , The levy for the general fund , ' \ \ was Increased trom 4 Y.I mills to 5 I , mills , mnklng n total of 7 mills. Not " - levy wns mndo for a 1Ichool tax. A sectlon of the stntuto rcqulreG such n " t tax , but the leglslaturo sought to re. peal thl tax and showed Its Intention , " , by re QaHng n section of the statute ' " thnt provIdes for a tax of that nature t ; ' ' : . and defines 110W the tnx sball be ex. pended. It wns the opinion of the \ board that In vi ow of the repealing act of the legislature and ilia further fnct that the legislature approprr'oted ' 100,000 for the support of we ale .school districts and high schools no - scbool tax should be levied. . The total assessed valuation of the state will not be definitely Imrtn un tit Secretary Bennett maItes complla. . , , ' . tloD'S embodying changes In vnlues o , I ' 'I ' . " : , dered by the board. With the excep. . . ; ; ! , ' tlon of ilie 5 per cent reduction in . : . ' , \ . merchandise In Lancaster -county no , . : , , : " ; values were decreased by the board , : < , . , t\nd many Increases were 'Ordered. . : : ; . , -rho tolal assC'Ssed vAluation 'Of the : ' ; " , state before the board equaUzed was : : 'i $328,700,337. On this basis the at. . - " : ' .i : nunl "tax. for state purposes for the d , : " " general fund wlll be $1,643,500 , 'Or $ ; ' , ' 87OOO for the olennlum. The legis. . lnturo a 1 > ropriated $3,3 8,729 charge- . able to the general fund tor the bl. . 'j' \ -cnnlum , exclusive of Items vetoed by . . . . . . / . Governor Sheldon. With consider. ' .able revenue from fees 1Uld o illO l' " sources the general fund levy , it Is . I' r -confidently cxpe ted , will cover the ' . . expenditures authorized by the legis. 1t , Jt ; , 1ature and for the Urst time in many years the state will 1ccep withll1 - Its Income. At the same time the 7 ; " : _ rom levy w11l provldo $328,700 annu- ' : .aUy for the wIpIng out of the tate . . , . : < debt and the same amount annually , 'for the university , nnd $50,000 annu. aUy for the school district and . $50OUO for high schools. ' \ - State Treasurer's Report. 'I - ' . ' " . state Treasurer L. G , Brians : reo I . port for the month 'of July -shows n balance of $439,175.23 on hand , of , which $433,671.35 Is cash on deposit . . . . In stn.te depositories and $5,503.88 ash on hand , The redemption fund , : ! , ( derived from n one-mill tax levy , [ . , " : " ' If . : amounted to $23,109,69 during the , , . r. . , . month and about the same amount , was paid out for the redemption 01 'outstanding stnte warrants. The to- i' . tn.l trust funds uninvested , including ' ' $145,550.22 In the permanent schf > ol tfund , 115 $148,680.55 , The totnl stnte ) ' Y funds Invcsted In intorelllt bearing eo- f . . . .curltlC\5 Is now $7,672,167.82 , an In. ' , crease of $64,332.62 during the month. ( These investments comprise $6,635" } 137.35 In bonds nnd $1,037,030.47 in . state warrants. . \ - . . . Jones Owns Traction Stock. 1\11' . Jones of the state Journal was \ _ In. witness in the suit med before the " r' , state railway commission by the clt , .to compel the Lincoln Traction com , , pany to l six fares for 25 cents. Jones said he owned some stock In .tho traction company , but it mver ' . . Ihad Infiuenced him In the least when writing editorials for ls paper : 1tG - the people who C'ontrolled the Journal did not own traction stock. . . : It was brought out that the cttlzen'l ! . 'company got power cheapo1' trom the : gas company than the trnction com , I pany could get It. , - Railroads Stop Discrimination. The complalnt.ofthe poultry dealer , 'I' , - lat Aurora. . that the railroads dlscrim. Inated against him by charging him local rates when he filled a car with poultry en route to San Frnnclsco and i allowed the paclelng companies the bo nefit of the through rates , has had ; f'csults. All 11.1'0 now charged the .11 ' " - - . . . same rate. : Seward Wants Track Scales. A number of citizens of Sewart1 have petitioned the state railway com , mission to compel the rnllroado cnter' ing that 'town to put In track 'ScaleE for the weighing of coal , grain and merchandlso In carload lots , as pro vlded by law. ' , . I ' . Checking Up Exprens Re.porta. The state railway commission la go ing investigate on Its own accoun1 the finances or the various exprcsf companies doing buslncss In"thh state. An eXl1ert w111 be sent out tc . checle up the receIpts and expend tures'at some of the stations and th < original entries lookc.i Into. 'l'hes ( will bo used In connection with th < reports 1I1ad with the commislson b ) the e press com panics , 'l'he commls . . , Elon probably will ma1w no order It the matter of exprcss rates until thh - has been attended to. 9 . ' ' " " ' ' " ' : ; " , " , . . . . ' ' . . . . . . . . 'I f Railroads Turned Down. ! The official reco1'\t of the board 0' ' equalization , m\1ch debntod , hns nt Inst been adopted. The state .board I tllsavowed former resolutions Intro- duced by the Union Pacific attorne's I and adoptel the rollowlng. after can. I Bulting with Attorney Genernl - son : ThomP-1 'Theren9 , The board havln& , hael un. del' consideration and Investigation abstractR ot the properly asscssod for I taxation In the several countlos In the state returned to thllz bonrd , and havIng - I Ing he rd all the testimony ndduced by the l1nlon Pacific and Burlington railroad compnnles reduced to writ. lng , as , vell as ether evidence con. sJdered by the board and not reduced to writing , and having Imowledgo con. cernlng the valuntlon of the difroront classes of property within the sovernl counties of this state , and after hoar. Ing the argument of counsel and be. . Ing fully advised In the pr mlses I tbereforo bo It i Resolved , That the classes of property - erty doslgnated below In the counties herolnatter named shall be Increased' and decreased by a per centum ns fol. Iowa : Be It further , Resolved , ndj\1l1ged' and ordered by said board of equalization nnd aS1esa. ment of the state ot Nebraslta , That the elasscs of property Indicated In the above named counties bo Increased and decreased by the percent m hore. Inbeforo named , and that the assess'- ments In all coun es not Increased or decreased be ndjudgod to be the proper , fall' , true and equitable assess. ment and equalization In such coun. ties ; that the assessments mnde In the several counties ot this state and returned to this bonrd by the county boards of this state , as equalized by this board and as set forth In this resolution , Is n fnlr , true and equitable assessment and oquallzatlon of 11.11 the property wi/thin this state : and that the protest , petition and remonstrance of the Union PacifIc Ralh'oad company be overruled and denied ; to which the Union Pacific Railroad compnny excepts. The Anti-Bucket Shop Bill. Attorney Geneml Thompson has given County Attorney T 'rroll , of Lancaster county an opinion In 1'0' gard to the meaning of the anti. buclet shop bill. 1\11' . Tyrrell hns received - ceived tbe opinion , but hnr : ; not announced - nounced what course he Intends to pursue In regard to prosecution ot l1orsons who may be operating In violation of the law. The attorney geneml la 's stress on the terms of the bl11 which mnke It unlawful for any person to lccep an of , fice for the pretended' buying or sell. Ing of grain or stocks or bonds with. out any Intention of receiving Gnd puaylng for the propeerty so bought or without any Il1tentlol1 of doUyerlng the property. This Is the offense con. deomned by the statuto. 'rho fact that the buyer has the means or or. ing does not alter the case It he leeps a place with the intention stated. "In my opinion , therefore , " says the nttornoy general , ' 'It would be a" violation - lation of the act quoted for one havIng - Ing bona fide connections with the Chi. cage board of trade or a board ot IIko organization and plan , to carryon within this state n brokerage cOpImls. slon business , tnke orders that are transmitted to the board of trade without the stnte , the members ot the board of trade having grain storage elevators and guarantees nnd Is at all , times prepared to make actual dellv. erles of the commodities contracted for , which such a uusiness Involves pretended sales without any Intention of delivery. Otherwise , storage and delivery facilities could be mere de. vices to evade the law. " Threshing Machine Center. Ltncoln is n center of the thresh. ing machine Industry. This yenr It w11l stand second a'S a distributing center for threshing m chlnos In th8 United States , being exoeeded only by 1\lInnonpoIl8. Heretofore Kansas City has been ahead of Ll coln , but the poor crop in the south has cut down their sales materially. Conservative estimates put the sales of threshlnll machines from Lincoln at ' 1,000,000 I this yeQr , And say that this is n drop from last year , 'fhat means that I 200 complete outfitll and more than Ulat many separators will bo shipped I from that city this season , I - , Asse sment of Interurbana. ValINe correapondlng with the assessments - sessments of the various counqr ns. sosllors were llxo'd by the state board of assessment and equalIzation an the Interurban railroads of Nebrask. . . I 'rho Oml ha , LltJcoln & Boatrlce road I was valued at about $90,000 , the Om. I aha & Southern interurban at $ DOOOO I and the Sioux City , Crystal Lake & I Homer road at $10,000. I - Firat ArnDt Under New Law. County Attorney McCutchan of Doyd county has reported the arrest I of a butcher of that county charged . with solllng diseased mcnt. This Is the first arrest under the now pure food taw. J'ood Commlsloner Johnson ordered a vlrorous prosecution of the case. A nne of ' 100 Is provlde(1 ( for the otrenao. ' . Sheldon and McBrien at Normal. The visit of Governor Sheldon and State Suporlntendent McBrien to the McCook junior normal school was . . notable ovent. The governor and state superlntendont both addressed , the normal and ilie third annual graduating - uating exercises of the ellhth ad of the Red Willow county schoolrJ. In the cvenlng a 'reception was tendered - derod the governor at the McCook commercial club rooms , where hun , drol1a of cltlzon and members of the junior normal paid tholr respects W the chief oxecutlve ot the state. . , . , . . , . . - " J M'KINLEV MONUMENT To Be Dedicated In BUffalo Sept. G. Former Residents Invited. The beautICul v'hllo marble shart erected by the state of Now Yorle 11\ Nlngara Square , DulYalo. N. y" to the memory of President Memnley , Is to bo formnlly dedicated Thursday , Sept. . 6 , and the event will bo the centrnl teaturo of nUffalo's Olll 11011\0 Wee Ie , , Sept , 1 to 7. Former re8111ents of Duf. r falo and the public at Inrgo arc cor. dlally Invited to attend the dedlcathm. . . . : . . ' : . , The l\IcKlnley monumenl was llnnuml I and executed under lho direction ot a commission pf prominent men , at n cost of $150 , OO. Gov. Charles E. I Hughes , with his ftulUtary starr , will tnliC part In the ceremonIes and Presl. dent Roosevelt aUll former President I Grover Cleveland have been Invited to attend and speak. l\1lUtnry \ pat'udes will bo u feature of the occasion. . Evidently Needed Burial. "Tho late Gen. Thomas H. Ruger , " said a Stnmford mnn , "was , meo many I army fficers , an authority bn good . I cooldng , but he detested rnnk , high. cheese. At n dInner ho Bald that a very rank cheese was once left at hIs headqunrters to bo called for , nnd aft. er tt hnd remnlned unclnlmed two dnys he posted this notice : " 'If the cheese sent here addressed to Private Jones Is not cnlled for In two days It will be shot' " Important to Mothers. Ernmlne : ; carefully onlY bottle ot OASTOnrA , a Bate and Bure rcmcdylor Infante nnd chlldrcn. and Bee that It _ Bears the . SIgnature ot . , . . lD Ueo..For Ovcr 30 Ycars. . The KInd You ! Iavo Always \ught. . Approaching Nature. Some men think they can't "gel next to , nature , " properly without tnk- Ing along two quarts of whisky and a box of clgars.-Judge. It Cures While You Walk. Allen's Foot-Ease is n ccrtnin cure for hot , sweating. callolts , nnd 8WOllCII , nchill feet , Sold by nil Druggish1. Price 25e. Don't acccpt nny substitute , Trinl pnclmge FIU E. Address Allcn S. Olmsted , Le n y , N. , Y , Growth 01' New York. 'New Yorle city Is. now growing at the rate ot about 415 persons ench day. Does Your Head Ache ? If flO , get n ox of Krause's IIcadnch Capsule3 of ) 'our Druggist. 25c. Norman Lichty Mfg. Co. , Des Moines , In. Some men are so smart In a busl- bss way thnt people do not care to I do business with them a second time. Guns , Traps , Decoys , Etc. Lowcst pricl'R. 'Vrite for Free cntalog No.1. N. W. Hide & Fur Co. , l\linnenpolis. Lewis' Single Binder Cigar lms Oa rich tnste , ' Your denIer or Lewis' .Factory , l'coria , 111. When they enter a theater women should check their hats and mell their thirst. Jllrll. WIDIIlow's Soqthlng Syrup. For children teetlllng , Bortens the gUI'D , reduces In. QlIommaUor allays paIn , cures wind collu. 25c a botUo. I It's ensy to dress a profitable business - ness In the gnrb ot respectability. 8heUs " " " " "Leader"and "Repeater"and Repeating Shotguns make a killing combination - tion for field , fowl or trap shooting. No sm keless powder shells enjoy such a reputation for uniformity - ity of loading and strong shooting qualities as " " and " " "Leader" "Repeater" brands do , and no shotgun made shoots harder or better than . the Winch ster. THEY AftE MACE FOR EAOH OTHER PIT Be PIT LESS SCALES. , } 'or 8tcct IInd Wood J < 'rnme. . f".L and up. Wrlto UB IJor"ru YOU bur , \Vo L'\VU yuu moncy. All ( ] , ! 'umps IIndVlml 1II11. UI < I\LlUIl : : UIIU8I. . . II H. h , . . ' " , " , , . . - . . . - NO GAIN AND SOME LOSS. Nelohbor's Comn1Cmt In Which There Seems a Strain of Sarcaol1'l. - "Yes , " the lender ot the nmateur brnss balHl was sa'lug , "It's curious to sco whnt'Ull otteet learning to pIny a horn hns on some IHH'UOIIS , t used to bo a prett ) ' gOOll lmsu sing. er , hut 1 can't sing worth a cent now. " "Does learning to 1lll\Y a horn spoil the voice ? " asteed his next.door nolgh. ' ' 'bo "It did mlno. " "lIow do ) 'OU nccount for It ? " "I don't lenoho \ \ to nccount for 'It. Strains the vocnl chorlls , pel'- halls. All t lenow Is thnt. I blow my volco out through the mouthpiece 'ot my cornet , " , "Did ) ' 011 hnve a good voice ? " "Evcr'lJolly Bald so. " tIIrhen It's 1\ great pit ) ' ) 'on over learned to pIny 1ho1'l1 , " rojolncd his neighbor , shnlclng his hend sndl ) ' . "I -er-lhlnle I should have enjo'ed henrlng you slng.-Youth's Com. pl\nlon. FEARFUL DURNING SORES. Boy In Misery --J2 Years-Eczema In Rough ScaleD , ItchIng and In. flamed-Cured by Cutlcura. "CutiCUrlhns lut a stol1 to twelve 'cars of mlsory I 11l\ssed with my son. As nn' Infant I notlcClt 011 his bOdy a red spot and treated same with durer. ent remedies for about five ) 'onrs , but. when the Bpot begull to get larger I put him under the cnro of lIoctors. Under their treatment the dlseaso' ' spread to four dlrferent parts ot his I body. During the dny It would get i . rough nUll form lIlto scales. At night. It would bo crncliCd , Inllamed and bad. ly swollen , with terrible burning nnd itching. Ono doctor told mo that my son's eczemn. was Incurnble , atHl gnvo It up. I decided to give Cutlcura 1trial. . When I had used the first box ot Cutl. eura Ointment there was a great 1m. provement , and by the tlmo I had used the second set of CuticUrlnemedles m ' child was cured. Ho Is now twelve years old , and his sldn Is as 11ne and smooth as sllle. Michael Stelnmnn , 7 Sumner Avenue , Broolc1 'n , N. Y. , April 16 , 190 . " For Better or Worse. A census.taleel' mudo his 1'0\llHls In an Isolnted village. He gnve ono of his official pnpers to a woman that she might 1111 In the required answers. One of the questions , Instend of read. ing "l\lnrrled or single , " had It "Con. dltlon as to marriage. " The womnn filled III the nn wer thus : "Awful hard up beforo. 'Vuss arter. " -4 " - , _ - - - - , . . > - . : : : : : : ; : = : ALL WOMEN SUFFER It'om the same phY tcaltllsturbnbces , aUlI t.ho nat.ura . of theil' In mnn ' cases , quleldy drift dutlcSl nto the horrors of n1l1clllds of female complulnts , organlo troublcs , ulccrn. tIon , fulllug antI dlsplacemeuw , or perhaps Irregulnrlty or suppr lou cuuslng baelmcho , nenOUBuess , h' " rltnblll ty , nUll slecplessnclol3. \Yolllen , . o.crywherc should re- mem er that the lu dlclne that holds the record for the Inrgest uumber or MRS. A. M. HAGERMANr-J nct.ual eures of fomnle 11Is Is Lydia E. inl\hatn's Vegetable .Compound mndo from stUl\Jle nnth'o roots am1 herbs. For more than thirty yearn It hns been ho \ plug women to be strong , rcgulntlun' the functonsllCr. ! fcotly anll O\'orcomlng pain. It 11M nlso lU'Ovollltsolllnvalun.ble In IJrc. pnrlng lor chilli birth ntHl t.he Chnnge of Life. Mrs. A. 1\1. ItaJrernlllt1ll , of I1ny Shore , L. I. , wrltcsDear Mrs. Phllcham-ul : sutferCll from 11111111ne0111cnt , l'xccsslyo antI painful funettons so thnt I hnll to lie down or sit sllll most of the time. r } 'lun. N. Plnltlmm's Vl'Erctnble Con\pounll has made mo n. well woman so thnt I am uble to atlenl1 to mv t1utleH. I wlsfl ovcry sufforlng WOllllUl would try Lyl1ln. . l'lnlchnm's Vegetable Comp un und see what rollef n wlll give them. " f\IO \ Mrs. Pinlchaan's .Standing Invitation to Women Womcn suffcrlng from any : form of temnle Illness 11.\0 Invltoll to write Mrs. Plnkhnm. at I.yun , 1.1MB. for ILllvlco the I'K the h's. I'iulchnm who has been ndvlslng slele wOlUcn free of charge 101' moro lhlln twenty ycnra , ntH1 hofore thnt Rho' usslst' ll hOl' molhor.ln-lnw Lyl1hL E. l lt1k. hnm In nl1ylslun' , 'l'lrefore aho Is espcchllly well qunUflCll to guld slcle WOlUon bncle to hcalth. ; , Of 'Course. "What malees ) ' 0\1 so nlJsont mind. ell ? " "Woll , I tollPCll to thlnle one da- " "Yes ? " "And my thoughts ran on nUll on- " " \Voll ? " ' 4And I haven't cnugl\t \ U11 'with 'em yet.-ClevclatHl Leadol' . The lggest trap.shootlng event or the year. Imowu ns the Grund Amer. lcnn IIandlcalJ , heM nt Chlcngo In Juno last , resulted In an overwhelming victory tor Winchester Shells. With these the ProCesslonnl Chnnwlonshlp was won b ) ' W. R , Crosby , of O'Fnllon , 111. . and the Amateur Chaml110nshlp hy IIu h 1\1. Clarle , of Urbanu , 111. She Understood. "Whnt makes yon thlnl , thnt Tim. mlns Is Idenlly murrled ? " "Becnuse one duy when 11e InYlled mo to dinner und wo were Inte she merely nsked whether the homo tenm w n. " . I SmOkCI'R hl\\'o to cnll for l.ewiR' Ringle il1llcr I , ciltal' to rt it. Your dcnlI' or I.ewili' .1.'nclory , Peodn. III. Our Idea of a lonrol' Is a mun who rests before he gets tlt'ed. - SiCK HEADACHE PosUh'ely cured by CARTERS theac [ .tuID.PllIs. Th Y' PolliO relrevo DI InLE tr\I"fl'OIll DYlIl'cp ln , , hI' tlhrt'oItlounml'l'ooU < nrty I VER EntlnQ' . A l , rt < , ut rem. Dlnhlel8 , Nnll. elly for ! PI LLS . 8cn , DroWMhlt' q , nnll Tn..to In tll031olltb , Cont. . e.l TonlttlU , Vntll 111 the 8ltto , TOUPID LIVEIt. Thcy regulnte lho I1owels. Vltrely ycgotnblo , SMALL PilL. SMALL DOSEI SMALL PRICE. _ v-v J Genuine Must Bear CARTERS Fnc.Similc Signature IVER .4 _ PILLS. / . . .P REFUSE SUBSTITUTfS. DAISY FL. Y } rlJ-t n , \3 \ ' : ; ' U1" .r : ' ' 'l't. \ , : . " . T ' ; ; : . tllo fllUre . . . .on. . ' " n.at and cl..n I a"11 IIMal11.nlal. , . I Bold hraUd. " , . . . . or "Cllt hy nU , l il ' d J.rjt . : : HO IJ . .n , 4. . . . . , HUGIIL' " . II. T. Itr Jc. : : Thompson's Eye Water - - W. N. U. , OMAHA , NO. 32 , 1907. w. La DOUCLAS $3aOO . & $3.50 SHOES ? d LD aHoES FOR EVERY MEMDER OF THE FAMILY , AT ALl. Pl1Iorm , 5 . On1ln To any one whD can pratte IV. L tiijJ16ii.1 VeiO DouQlas doou not mah lr 8011 Reward moro Man's $8 & $8.l U sllOoa thall IUf olha , . mnnufacfuro , . . TIlE nt ASONW. J. . Douglas shoes nro'l"orn 111 IIU , vnlkll of IIfo thrill any other mnko , Is hccnuso a their oxeollimt style , eM.nttlng , 1I111 ! supcrlur 'fellrlng qualltleK. 'ho seloctlon of the Icathers Dill ! other mntorlnls tor cRch prlrt of the shoe , nlltl O\'l\ry dotal ! of lho mnkln Islookcd nCter It ! the most cOlllpJetoorgnnlzlI tlon of ulofllltcllllcnt"forcmcnnJIII skllIell hoornnkor" , who rl'C'h'o ! the hlghet "nltcs paid III the shoo IJIIlustry. DlIII "hOBO workmnllshlp ennnot bo oxcollo.l. . If I couM tllko youlllto lilY tllrlto lnclorlcs at IIrocltton,1Ilnss. , 6uIl shOlY you hOlY cnrefnlly 'V. I , . HoughI8hol's Brit 11111110 , you " 'I"oulll then uJIIlefslnllll why lhey holt ! their shnpo , fit better , wenr lonlor nll.1 nro ot ! treator vnluo thlll1 : any ether mnke. MI' $ .4- GIlt Eda and $8 Gnfd Bond SImon cannot be equalled at . Brloe. W. I , . ] ) ougJI1B stam"l his nll1l10 alllllirico 011 the hottom to , " YOU ngllinst 111111 l'rlC68 ulllllllforlor . "hoC's. Tnlu , No SutoRt II litO. Holet by the host 8 Iroto"t ovury\vtlcro. FIUI " .Iq , J > J/cld , U'N uclu.irriU. [ :1.1.100 mat/td fret. 'V. J. . ) ) U U 0 Jut-H , Uruektull. 31. . . . . . . . , T'h is Is What Catches Me. ! . . 16oz.-one-Thlrd More StarGh. . . . , . . . . . II I