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F. M..E. M. KIMMELL , Editors and Publishers. Official City and County Paper. © PKKCH Of Honorable James Laird in the .House of Representatives , December 18,1885. * A Manly Defense of the Settler * Mr. Sparks Roughly Handled. The house having under considera tion the report of the committee on the revision-of the rules Mr. Laird said : Mr. Speaker" There is a .question of great moment to the country which T ' have the honor to represent and to the country west of tho Missouri river , and for that'in at tor to the entire country. On < thc 3d of April , 18S5 , the commis sioner ot' the general hind office issued the following order : SUSI'KXSION OK KNTIUE.S. Final action in this office upon all en tries of the public land ; ? , except private cash entries and such scrip locations as are not dependent upon acts of settle ment and civilization , is suspended in the following-localities , namely : All west of the first guide meridian west in Kansas. All west of range 17 west in Nebraska. The whole of Col orado"except land in the late Ute reser vation. All of Dakota. Idaho , Utah , Washington , New 31 exico , Montana , Wy oming and Nevada , and that portion of Minnesota north of the indemnity limits of the Northern Pacific railroad arid east of the indemnity limits of St. Paul , Minneapolis and Manitoba railroad. In addition , final action in this office will be suspended upon all timber en tries under the act of June 3d , 1878 , also upon all cases of desert land entiles. W. A. J. SPARKS , April 3 , 1885. Commissioner. As appears by the rep'ort of the com missioner of the general land officethe , number of pre-emption entries made during the year was 47,946 , which .he says would cover 7,671,300 acres of land. The number of homestead en tries made during the year is placed at 50,877 , embracing an area of 7,415- 885 acres The number of pre-emption entries unacted upon under the opera tion of the foregoing order at the cl'ise of the fiscalear was 32,374 , and the number of homestead entries unacted on was 28,811 making a total of set tiers' claims unacted on of Gl,185 , which would represent 6,789.600 acres of land. The commissioner states that final proof was made in 22OGG of the 50,877 homestead entries , but does not state that patents issued in jny of such cases. It is fair , therefore , to.presume that no patents have issued to any of the 22- , 066 homesteaders who have made final proof. This would give 3,530,560 acre ? to add to the 9,7ftO'GOO making a total of 13,320,161 acres of homestead and pre-emption land suspended. To any one conversant with the land laws of the United States , it 'is known that any homesteader or pre-emptor of the public lands , having complied with the laws as to settlement and improve ment of the tract taken by him , can make final proof on the same at the ex piration of six months , and on the pay ment of the minimum or double mini mum price , as the case may be , receive a final receipt on the land , which final receipt , unper the decisions of the Unit- ed States and the decisions of the state supreme courts , has always been treated as absolute title , and would be treated so now but for this ordeij , which oper ates as an impeachment of title , as well as an impeachment of the good faith of 84,251 settlers making the settlements and proof thereof. As the report of the commissioner re latos to the 30th of June , 1885 , all of the persons who had made entries by that time would now be entitled to make final proof and receive their final re ceipts for these lands , if they could show , as most can , compliance with the law as to settlement and improvement. This would make the number of home stead and prc cmption settlers on the public domain of the United States now entitled to patent , or to claim patent , as shown by the report , 84,251 that is 84,251 persons , heads of families , rep resenting at a fair estimate a popula tion of 252,753 persons , under the ordi nary operations of the law entitled pri- ma facie tonn absolute title to 13,320- 160 acres of land , and now deprived of their rights by the order cited. But for this order the government would have received from the sale of these lands to these settlers the sura of $15,650,200 ; this bcinu at the minimum rate of $1.25 per acre for the 13,320- 120 acres of land ! 'hung up" under the order , and the settlers would under fair circumstances have been able to procure credit on these same lands of from $16- 650,200 to $23,310,280 over and above the sum paid to the government. Thi * sura if so raised by mortgage of the lands is necessary and would be used by the settler in making life on the claim possible during the winter and provid ing &ecd for the spring planting. In the face of this order the settlers can not , so far as 1113 * knowledge goes , raise a cent on their land ? . ' In this con nection I beg to submit as a. part of my jemarfcs a letter addressed to myself I written , ou the 15th of this month from a constituent 1,600 miles nvray , the writer is an intelligent man , located in the heart of the agricultural district in Nebraska , vfhich is affected. DEAR SIR : The actions nnd rulings of Commissioner Sparks in regard to the issuini : of patents as affecting deed ing and mortgaging land on final re ceipts will almost depopulate southwest Nebraska unless it is reversed. The idea of prohibiting people from obtaining money enough to live on while they are trying to improve this "Great Ameri can Desert" appears to me most ridicu lous. The effect of the whole matter will be to force the homesteaders to sell their claims for whatever they can get and' leave the country and go back to the densely populated cast ; and of course the lands will fall into the hands of the cattle syndicates. It would look very much like this was the intention of thn commissioner ' 'to a man up a tree ; " but the niorc charitable view to take of the case is that Commissioner Sparks has never lived , with a wife and half dozen ragged children , in a sod house for four or five years trying to prove up on a homestead. Yours sin cerely , . The order in question , it will be no ticed , applies t > all lands west of the first guide meridian west , in Kansas , and all west of range 17 west in Nebras ka. An examination of any map of" those states will show that the suspen sion affects fully one half of the area of each of those states named. More than this , the order , it will be observed , op erates to withdraw from settlement in' ' the states and territories west , south west , and northwest All the lands owned by the government now being sought for settlement by the peopleex cept those in the south , arc practically unavailable to the people wanting homes. It must be born in mind that million aires do not migrate to Nebraska , Kan sas , or Colorado. The people that go there go much as the first settlers came to the colonies in the old time. They bring neither gold nor silver. They are without resources ; their only property is their willingness to work. Their wealth is in the future. They are sur rounded by no splendor except that of hope. They are sustained alone by the faith of things not seen. In the light of the extraordinary con sequences of evil to the present and fu- tuie of the states and territories affect ed by this order , it becomes pertinent to inquire upon what authority of law and what warrant of fact this wholesale slaughter of the rights of 252,753 citi zens of this country is based 1 The au thority of law is raised by construction , by implication , and that is raised by what is called evidence furnished by the published report , of eighteen special agents who arc relied upon to impeach the sworn evidence of 83,241 claimants and 1G5.502 disinterested witnesses , and who must have sworn for them , and ii addition to this the official finding of th trusted local land officers of the govern ment. Some of the evidence ( report ? ) of th special agents would seem to commcm itself to the ridicule of all reasonabl men by statements of this kind : ' T give it as my opinion that in Kan sas , Nebraska and Dakota the propor tion is 90'per cent , to 10 per cent , o bona fide and possibly successful cul ti valors. " Here the gentleman is speaking o ! timber culture claims , and , on the. strength of this opinion of a man him to hunt down these settlers of the fron tier , an order issues pending not onl } to timber culture patents , but all patents Yhcn before , with the approval of civ ilized men , was the opinion of an in former taken as ground for the suspen sion of the due course of law ? No one froni the west , that region which has suffered most from the aggressions o ) the landed corporations , but will sympa thize with the commissioner in his effort to protect the public domain from the encroachments of the corporations of all kinds , whether cattle kings , so called , or railroads. We do not object to the suspension of timber culture entries or to the sus pension of any cntr } ' of whatever kind ivhenever a specific charge of fraud is made against that entry. We do pro test ngainst a cloud being cast upon the lonest claims of settlers on the agricul tural lands of Nebraska and other states nnd territories by the dust raised by 18 spies whose official heads hang upon the slender thread of the caprice of an ad ministration mad with reform , and a de- mrtmcnt which seems to breathe an at mosphere of suspicion , and which ap- ) ears more than willing to see in the sweat-stained face of the western settler i masked and contemptible scoundrel , ntent on robbing the people of their ; reat patrimony , the public land. Does not this congress understand hat in Nebraska , where c\"ery hundred ind sixty acres of agricultural land is vorth from ? 500 to $ lOUO , as soon as satented , and where there arc from five A } twenty-five claimants for every claim ; vhere every man has the right to con- esb an } ' entry , fraud upon the public do- nain is an impossibility ? Does it not > cciir to the honorable commissioner hat he is doing in these states and tor * itorics. where the land is valuable for igriculture , the very thing that.the land ji-abbers nnd thieves want done ? This order makes it impossible for an mnest settler to raise a dollar on his mal receipt ; failing in this he must ibamlnn the land , or stay on it to starve. Hie result is plain , he is compelled to ; ell , to sacrifice for almost nothing what las cost him the torture of long toil to ; et ; his claim is "gobbled" by the land : aji i-y , . . , . . { * shark , the c/\ttl syndicates , and he is sacrificed to a special agent who rides through the region of "suspected lands" in a pulace car and writes lurid reports of crimes and shnmcs that smack of the sensational , that ought no more to be received as evidence of the character of the homesteaders than the illustrations in the Police Gazette ought to be re ceived as evidence of the fireside moral ity of New York. Mr. Speaker , these men arc poor good proof they are not rascals. They arc not prepared for a siege , much less ran they withstand for ye-tra the firn of till the official batteries. They bare some rights as human beings ; they are not wholesale liars. Men no not commit perjury by the hundred thousand. This order covers half a continent. Men do not sin by the continent they do not attempt to take an empire by perjury. Men are not punished geo graphically , or condemned by the mil lion without their day in court. The rea sonable doubt which saves the wretch trembling for his life , "the presumption of innocence" which guards us all , speaks for these men and demands that the heel of the department of the inte rior be taken from the neck of these settlers. Let ihc power wliiuh has been too long trusted to the committee on appro priations be taken from them and given to a committee which will take the time to see and know for itself before it will permit a great department of this gov ernment to be prostituted through im position on the one hand or credulity on the other into an engine of oppression. Give the power of this department into the hands of a committee who will re member that the presumptions of law do not change with a change of admin istration. THE Northwestern has finally invaded "Q" territory , and we imagine that the coming spring will witness unusual ac tivity in railroad building. These power ful corporations will sooner or later lock horns. SENATOR HECK seems to be raising regular "old Ned" in the anti-bi-metal- lists' camp these cool days. While Senator Evarts , it appears , lias set the Wall street bankers frantic by an an nouncement that he will deliver a speech during the present session on the line. NOTE TO CREDITORS. " * " O Having disposed of our meat market to Hrowcr Bros. , we desire all parties who are indebted to us to call and make immediate payment , either to W. B. Whittaker at the old stand or to S. H. Colvin at his office. 28 2t. CHURCH & WHITTAKRR : TO STOCKMEN. Sorghum seed , $1.25 per bag , in new two-bushel bags , delivered on cars at Blue Hill , Neb. Address , 27-tf. M. WILSON , Blue Hill , Neb. DISTRICT CONVENTION. The Woman's Christian Temperance Un ions , of the 8th Judicial District of Nebraska , comprising the comities of Franklin , Fumas , Diinily , Hitchcock , Harlan , Kearney , Hiclps , Gosper , Ked Willow , Frontier , Ilayes , Chase , and Webster , are invited to meet in mass convention at Oxford , January 12th and 13th , for the purpose of perfecting district organi zation and discussing methods of work. Young Woman's Unions are especially re quested to send representatives as their work will be made prominent Reform Clubs and all other temperance organizations are invit ed to send visiting delegates. 3Irs. S. M. I Henry , national W. C. T. U. evangelist , wil be present. We also expect to secure the aid of Mrs. Mary T. Folsom , state superintend [ nt of Young Woman's work , and Mr. C. J Holt , who is well known in the district. Mem tiers of the W. C. T. U. will receive free eiv tertainineut , and they are requested to wea : the white ribbon. The B. & M. will give thi isual convention rates , viz , one and one-third farelfor round trip , on compliance with th following conditions : Buy your tickets to Oxford , paying full fare , and take a receip from the local agent. This receipt , wher signed by the proper officer of the convention ivill entitle the holder to one-third rate on re- : uni trip. CI.AKA C. GnAi'ix , District Present. A fifty cent bottle of Chamberlain's Cougl Remedy is fully equal in intrinsic ralue to a lollar bottle of any other preparation in use. Sold by M. A. Spaldiiig and Willey & Walker. II. T. ANDERSON , Loan Broker and Accountant , MCCOOK , - NEBRASKA. Hooks opened , written up and adjusted Of- Ico over Green's drusr store4.328 inos. McCOOK GRAIN MARKET. ( Corrected every Thursday morning1. ) Jo. 2 Wheat , por bushel 40a4 io. 2 Hye , per bushel 27 < 3i30c larley. per buahcl 203.35C Inta , por buaticl 2U4 2oc lorn New , per bushel IRJSCOc torn Old. por buHhoi 23@30o [ ay wild , per ton ? t.OOQj.iyj lulled Hay J7.00a89.00 ] , IVE STOCK , PHODUCE , ETC. loss Live f3.25@3.50 otatoes , ( Irish ) per bushel 305i35c luttcr , per pound I a22c lags , per dozen 15@l"c 'onnir Chickens , per dozen ? 1.50$2.00 Id Chickens , pcr'dorcn $2.25$3.UO LEGAL NOTICE. The accounts of the late W. H. Dolan arc in 10 hands of Messrs. Colfer & Cordcal for col- iction , all persons indebted will please settle ith the above named flnn.or the undcroiffned. Persons having accounts against W. II. Co in , deceased , will 01e them with H. M. Ash- lore. county judjce , for approval , and they ill be settled indue time. J.V. . DOLAX , Administrator , idianola , Neb. , Doc. L-3,1KC. 30 BEGGS' CHEEBY COUGH SYETJP i a perfect success , " ii what we hear on all des by those who havo used it nnd find it a > rtain cure for coujfhB. coldg and all bronchial oublos. For sale by M. A. Spaldinj ? and 8. L. roon. LE AL NOTICE. 0' In the matter cf the estate ot William H. Dolan , deceased Notice is hereby jjlvcu to all ponons bavin ? claims and demands ujrcinst William ii. Dolun , deceased , that the time tiJted for ailnjc claims against said estate la six months from the- tirst Monday la February. 1S J. All persons are rsyuired to prost-nt their claims with the voucher to tho county judge of tin ? said l d SVillow county , Nobnidkn , tit his oJJiee there in , on or beloie the llrst Monday in July , 1S&0. and that all claims so filed will be heard before Raid judke , the first Monday of each month at 9 o'clock , A. > ! . , in the order siid claims are filed , and that the udministnitnr ( Jnmcs W. Dolun ) is allowed twelvo months from the 1st day of February , 1J0 , in which to settle the business of said estate , and 1 direct Unit , said administrator jrlvo mitico hereof by publication for four consecutive weeks of the time unii placoof hearing such chiinis in ac cordance herewith in THE McCooK TKIHU.NE. a newspaper of general circulation In s.iid county. H. M. ASIIMOUK , County Judgfc. December 27th , 1&:5. "Mt. Notice of Dissolution of Partnership. Tho partnership heretofore existingbetween J. W. Uolan and V. Franklin , under tho llrm names of "The led ! Willow County Hank , " of liiditinolii , Ncl ) . , and "Tho Citizens Hank of McCook"of McCook , Neb. , is hereby dissolved by limitation nifd mutual consent. All notes and accounts due The Hcd Willow County Uank will be collected by J. W. Doian. who assumes all liabilities of the said Ked Willow County Hunk. And all notes and accounts due The Citizens Hunk of McCook will bo col lected by V. Franklin , who assumes all liabili ties of the said Citizens Hank of McCook. Witness our hands and souls 'on this first day of Jummrv , A. D. , 18N5. J. W. DOI.AN. IL.S.-l V. FK.VNKLIN. [ L. S.l FINAL PKOOF NOTICES. LAND OrncK.AT MCCOOK. NEB. , t January oth , Is&i. f Notice is hereby sivcn that the followinjr- nuuied settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in support of hij claim.and that iai l proof will be made before iteuister or Heceiver at McCook , Neb. , on Monday , Feb ruary 15th , IfcSG , viz : Horace H. Easterday , homestead entry Ifi" , for tho N.W.Ji of section 22 , township 4 north , ningcBOvrcEt. He mime tho following witnesses to prove his coutin uous residence upon , and cultivation of. said laud , viz : James H. PattersonCharles Angel William Coleman and Milton H Cole , all o JlcCotik , Neb. ! 12 G. [ , . LAWS , K LAND OKFICU AT MCCOOK , Nini. , I November 3Dth , 1885. f Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of his hitentioi to make final proof in support of his claim and that said proof will be madebcTore Ueyis ter or Itccciver at McCook. Neb. , on Saturday January Oth , 18i-5 , viz : C. Howard Moulton H. E. Oil , for the east ii northwest H cast southwest ? i of suction 30 , township 2. north o ranee 28 west , ( i P. M. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous resideac upon , and cultivation of. said land , viz : G Lloyd Clark. Alfred B. Fuller and Ernest Fill er of Indianola. Neb. , and Hari Meyers of Me Cook. Neb. 27 G. L. LAWS , Register. LAND OFPICKATMCCOOK. NKD. , i No vumbcr 28th. 1885. f Notice is hereby given that the following- named settler has filed notice of his intcntioi to make final proof in support of his claim and that said proof will be made before Kcgis tor or Hecei ver at McCook , Neb. , on Saturday January Oth , 1SS5 , viz : Lorenzo I ) . Hovey , II E.2348 , forthesouthwest y of section : ! , town ship 1 , north of range 28 west. Ho names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon , and cultivation of , said land viz : C. It. Ncwberry. J. C. LalTerty. Oregoi Washburn mid S. S. Graham , all of Danbury Neb. 27 G. L. LAWS , Register. LAND OFIMCIS AT McCont : , NEH. , i December 2Gth , lbS5. f Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of his intentiot to make final proof in support of his claim and that said pi'oof will ho imiue before Keg istcr or Hecei ver at McCook , Neb. , on Satur day. February titli. 1 5 , viz : Kobert J. Squire I ) . S.2240 , for tho southeast quarter of sectioi 4 , township 2 , north of range 30 west , U P. M He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon , and culiiviitioi of , said land , viz : J. L. Gray , LewisStarbuck C. H. Pate and Alphcus Starbuck , all of Me Cook , Nub. 31 G. L. LAWS. Register. COMPLAINT NOTICES. " U. S. LAND OFFICE AT McCooK , NKII. , Dec. 18th , 1883. Complaint having beon entered at this olficc by William Holian against Benjamin A. Ken yon for failure to comply witn law as to Tim ber-Culture Entry No. ! : U , dated at McCook , Neb , Nov. 23d , 18S ) , upon the southeast U 01 section 2G , township 4 , north of range 2G west in Hod Willow coimty , Neb.with a view to the canceilation _ of said entry ; contestant alleging that thcsoid Hciijamin A.Kcnyou has failed to break or cause to be broken , or cultivated in any manner , fivcacresorany number of acres during the last year , of said tract of land ; the said parties are hereby summoned to appear at this oflice on the lOrh day of February. 188(5 ( , at 1 o'clock. P. M. , to respond and furnish tes timony concerning said alleged failure. 30 G. L. LAWS , Register. SHERIFF'S SALE. NOTICE is hereby given that by virtue of an order of sale issued by tho Clerk of the District Court of Red Willow county. State of Nebraska , on the 2d day of December , 1885. and to me directed. I will at 10 o'clock , A.M. , on tho 13th Day of January , 18S6 , at the front door of the Court House in Indi- nnola , said Court House being the place where the last term of said District Court was held , within and for said Red Willow county , and State of Nebraska , offer for sale at public auc tion , tho following real estate , lands and tene ments , to-wit : Lot No. (14) ( ) fourteen , in Block No. (27) ( ) twenty- seven , in tho Town of McCook. Red Willow county , Nebraska , taken on order of sale to foreclose a real estate mortgage , ns the prop erty of William C. LaTourctto and Irene B. LaTourettc and ordered sold by the Court to satisfy n judgment against them and in favor of The Citizens Bank of McCook. Nebraska , for the sum of (52,575.02) ( ) two thousand five hundred and seventy-flvcdollarsandsixty-two cents , and f 9.03 costs and accruing costs , de creed a first lien. And a judgment against said defendants in faror of Isaac L. Ell wood & Co. for the sum of ( 1.170.90) ) eleven hundred and seventy dollars and ninety cents and de creed a second lien upon said premises. And a judgment against said defendant. W. C. La- Tourettc in favor of The Great Western Stove Company for ( $1,118.00) ) eleven hundred and eighteen dollars and decreed a third lien upon said premises. And a judgment ngainst said defendant , W. C. LaTourctte , in favor of The Iowa Barb Steel Wire Co. for ( $2,131.00) ) two thousand wnc hundred and thirty-one dollars , and decreed a fourth lien upon said premises. And a judgment against said W. C. LaTour- ette in favor of The Bridge and Bench Manu factory Co. for the sum of ( ? 33.00) ) thirtv-cight dollars , and decreed a fifth lien upon the said premises. And a judgment against said W. C. LaTourette in favor of The Nebraska Manu factory Co. for the sum of ( § 114.00) ) one hundred and fourteen dollars , and decreed a sixth lien upon said premises. And a judgment against iMd W. C. LaTourette in favor of Simmons Hardware Company for the hum of ( $ l.Hii.30) ( ) Dightccn hundred and sixty-six dollars and thirty-nine cents , and decreed u pevcntli Hen upon btid premises. Hcndcred by William ; ; nslin. Judge of said District Court at tlie November. lhS5 , term thereof , to-wit : On the 1th day of November , 1K-5. At the time and place of said sale due attend- ince wil ) be hr.d by the undersigned. J. W. WKbitoitx , Sheriff , 25 Hed Willow county , Neb. F. E. COCHIIAN , Attorney. ANY ONE 'n need of a good liniment , please call at our itorc and get a bottle of BK ( I'S TiioriCAL Oir , , me of the most perfect medicine ? ever pro- luccd. and warranted to cure ccalds , burrs , iruises , utc..and relieve pain of all kinds. For J ale by M. A. Spalding and S. L. Urccn. | It-end 10 cents postage , and we will mail you FKIE a royal , valj j uablc , sample box of goods . that will put you in the way of laking more money at once , than anvthing Ise in America. Both sexes of all ages tnn vc at home and work in spare time * , or allthe line. Capital notrequire J. Wewillatartyou. mmcnse pay sure for those who start utonco. 4-25-lyr. STINSON & Co. , Portland. Maine. I WANT A GOOD COTJGH SYRUP" i a very f requcnt request in our Trade and we ivariably give the person making it Itana'H UEIUIY COTIOH SYiicr , as we knowitto be the eat and most reliable on the market. For lie by 31. A. SpaldSnff nnd S. L. Green. o I-U a. CO DC DCO o CO D. D.LU LU QC McCOOK , West Dennison St. NEBRASKA. If ffl ( INCORPORATED UNDER STATE Paid upCapital , $50:000,00 : , : DOES A Gener Business , Collections made on all accessible points. Drafts ilra\vn dkivth on tlu i > rincij > : il cities of Europe. Taxes paid for Non-Residents. Money to loan on farming hinds' , village and personal property. Fire insurance a speeinlh. Tickets For Sale to and from Europe , CORRESPONDENTS : V. FKA.MCI.I.V , President. First National Bank , Lincoln , Nebraska. r JOHNIt. . CI.AKK , Vice-President. The Chemical National Bank , New York. \ A. C. KEKHT , Cashier. -T1 - ] T - i ItMlllI ! Mill DEALERS IN LJ Sash , Doors , Blinds , Lime , Cement , A iMl A -YARDS AT- Berirand , Elwooa,0xford , Edison , Arapahoe , Cambridge , Indianola , McCookCuIbert- son , Stratton , Trenton and Benkelman in Neb. Yurrsa and Akron in Colo. C. E. MePHERSON & CO. AndReal OFFICE : West Dennison Street , McCGOK , NEBRASKA. The First National Bank OF McGOOK , NRBRASKA. PAID UP CAPITAL , - - $50,000.00. DOES A GENERAL - : - - : - BANKING BUSINESS , Receives and Pays Deposits. Buys anfl Scilc Exchange en New York. Chicago and Omaha , and all the principal cies : of Europe. * 'IRE INSURANCE WRITTEN IN RELIABLE CO.'S. OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS : [ QS32 SOCIiTZlI. , rcriit : , i. C 23LL , r. 223771T , : : : iicr. 3. X. ? 2223. 71a-j i6t. ( OfFrBM & IIiKVncil. ) ( A jaact ! Supt. J5. & M. } ( Of Etrby ( arpener Co. , Chicago. )
