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VOL XIII
S ESTABROOK
COUNTY
SURVEYOR
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Office at residence east of M E church
VALENTINE NEB
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THIS AND THAT
CominQ Event
independence Day Juiy 4
Pppullst Convention July 9
Teachers Institute August 15
Cobs for sale at the mill
Woodruff Ball was a Cody visitor in
ftown thls week
New potatoes are being sold by local
market gardeners
Farmers are marketing considerable
new hay these days
820 feetOf new crossings have been
laid in town this year
Ja8 Hull expects to move into his
new house next week
The republican state convention will
he held in Iineoln August 10
Mae Davenport is keeping books for
Davenport Thacher this wees
Ira Bovee of Thedford registered
at the Valentin House Monday
Wanted A girl to begin work on
July 5 Enquire at The Donoher
The county commissioners are al
lowing bills at a great rate this week
L W Handy and R Hansen traded
farms Monday and each got a bargain
Bob McQuade made final proof on
bis homestead south of town Tuesday
Master Lavergne Sparks went to
Ghadron thiB week to visit his grand
mother
Projf Watson assisted at the Box
HButte county institute in Alliance
last week
Mrs A B Watson returned Suuday
night from her visit with relatives in
Creighton
A E Thacher is in Omaha visiting
friends and seeing the sights at the
Exposition
Wanted To trade for bicycle
Either ladies or gents frame- Enquire
at this office
E Newman of Texas beef con
tractor for the reservation was in the
city Monday
W M Anderson and F Bobinson
of Cody were in town the first of the
week on business
Anderson Bros of Cody shipped in
Ave cars of tock for their rauch the
first of the week
Prof sG A Lovejoy was in town
Tuesday -ad made the heart of the ed
itor dance with joy
J E Thackrey commenced building
a new house east ot Wes Holsclaws
the firs ot the week
Miss Anna Sageser completed her
term of school near Simeon last week
nd is now in town with her father
and brother
The Epworth League gave a picnic
at Lake Minnechaduza Monday even
ing took their bathing suits along and
enjoyed a swim
John A Smith of Wahoo Peter
Piper Papillion and Willie Wales of
Wakefield registered at The Donoher
tor breakfast yesterday
F M Sageser went to Longpine
Saturday afternoon and remained un
til Sunday night Queer how bright
eyes will attract a man
The Donoher has built a neat new
awning in front of its north sample
room adding much to the convenience
of its commercial patrons
Mrs J S Davisson and daughters
Mae and Mrs Ilobert Good visited
with Mrs Ilobert Martin Thursday
last Ainsworth Home Rule
Rev and Mrs Bassett went to Val
entine yesterday Mrs Bassett will
remain some time for treatment with
Dr Evans Norden Borealis
The F E M V will sell tickets
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War ta78jgo into effect ton or
row Stamps must be placed on il
checks drafts notes deede mort
gages receipts ec ranginp In val
ue from one rent up No dodument
win be legal without t ese stamps
Be careful in your business transac
tions therefore and lick your own
stamps
The Longpine Chautauqua will bej ISffSo 2SS
neia irom juiy zz to August z Cleveland
Ive F M Sisson ot Omaha is pres
ident H W Learn Longpine secre
tary
New sidewalk hsa been laid in front
of the Sparks property on Macomb
street Sidewalk has also -been built
by H Stetter John Simpson and J M
Bates
A card from George Fitzgerald of
Arabia says he is now braking on
the Santa Fe load with headquarters
at Newton Kans Everything is pros
perous in Kansas
Dr H P Belt arriyed this morning
from Milton J T and immediately
left for Rosebud where he will take
the position left vacant by the resig
nation of Dr McConville
Tickets to Hot Springs S D good
returning within 30 days will be gold
by the F E M V at one fare for
the round trip on June 30 July 5 nd
19 August 9 and 26 September 10 and
20
Six fine mules arrived from the east
Tuesday for the use of 6 troop 8th
cavalry Capt Ellis says he expects
about fifty head of horses soon to fill
the troop A dozen recruits are want
ed at once
A H Ferguson returned Saturday
night from Elkhart Indiana where he
had been visiting a sister and daugh
ter whom he had not seen for about I
23 years He also visited the exposi
tion at Omaha while gone
At the annual school meeting Mon
day evening O W Morey and Gy H
Hornby were elected members oftbe
school doard to succeed F M Walcott
and G P Crabb The meeting voted
a 22 mill tax for the ensuing year
B F Carter was in Brown county
last week looking after stock business
for the F E Mr Carter reports
everything flourishing in our sistsr
county and says that both the stock
and farming Industries are making
good progress this year
W P Hunt breeder of
thoroughbred poultry Light
gray Brahmas and Barred Plymouth
Rocks Hawkins and Dustons strain
Best on earth Eggs 13 for 1 Call
and see my stock at Mrs H Razeys
Valentine Neb west part of town
Bennett Irwin and Fred Hoyt re
turned from Nevada last Tuesday
with 730 head of fine cattle which will
be trausf erred to Mr Tinnins ranch
With the 665 head which arrived Fri
day this makes 1395 head consigned
to Irwin Tinnin in 5 days Rush-
Qilie Recorder
The county commissioners granted
Irwin C Stotts a license to run a sa
loon at Cody Saturday Frank Mogle
evidently changed his mind as he did
not appear to ask for license We
feel certain that Mr Stotts will give
the residents of Cody a thoroughly
respectable saloon
John Ferstl is raising strawberries
and selling them to our citizens That
is not a very great surprise but when
we consider the size and quality of
these berries it is more than that We
got a quart of them Saturday and
there were just 26 berries in the quart
How is that for Cherry county
Newt Grooms Albert Haley Etna
Brechbill Perry Swearingen Gene
1 Hutchinson Martin Becker and Dick
Osborne brought hogs in from Sparks
Tuesday morning and sold to Geo
Schwalm at 3 The boys made the
trip during the night but even with
this precaution a large sow of Perrys
died on the road
Judge Morris of Johnstown was in
town Saturday on legal business We
went down the road on the same train
the Judge patronized and all he did
was to gaze contemplatively on the
picture of a billy goat tacked up in
the car and sigh for ONeill Of
course we dont intend to let the Ains
worth papers get hold of this
The editor went down to Longpine
Saturday and returned Sunday night
with Mrs Good and the baby Once
more he thinks life is worth living
even if he does have to jiggle a
huHv arriaoro on linnr nr fro nnh
2 3 and 4 July 5
good returning
July
dav aud ge out of bed at daylight for
fare for the round to
at one trip points
within 200 miles of the selling station
F L Brewster of the Norden Bore
alis has been appointed postmaster of
his town vice L E Stanley removed
We congratulate this latest addition to
the ranks of the printer Nasbys iu this
state
the accommodation of a little bunch
of humanity which already likes to be
tickled with a mustache
J A Hooton proprietor of the Val
entine House has established a free
bus line from the depot to his hotel
and requests us to announce that when
citizens arrive home on trains he will
carry them to their residences free of
A G Shaw says he will give a free charge All that is necessary is for
performance of his Wild West acta you to take a seat and tell the driver
en the Fourth Mr Shaw is under where you want to go This is a good
contract to visit Europe this summer business etroke by Landlord Hooton
and may have to leave though oefore j and has already brought nim a nice
that time lot of trade Use the buss its free
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Table
Valentine
Woodlake
Valentine Village
F K M V Jt it
Western Union Tel
Wagner Car Co
total valuation of
Av value of
TINE
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Publlsked for Fonr Years as
AS EQUALIZED
Horses
B
52
13
55
3
14
12
40
18
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13
Vi
8
18
36
2
2
10
9
23
14
22
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CO
Commissioners Proceedings
Valentine Nebr June 14 1898
Board of county commissioners met
in regular session as a board ot equal
ization
Present P Sullivan chairman
W A Parker and T P Spratt Con
tinued in the business of equalization
until the evening of the 18th and ad
journed to June 20 1898 the board
having adopted the following schedule
of percentaggs in order to adjust equal-
Ration between precincts
See table above
June 20 Board met in reguTar
session as county commissioners
On motion petition of John E Nye
to change road to section line between
sections 28 29 30 and 31 was
granted and the commissioners heard
application of 1 C Stotts and Frank
jogle of Cody Nebr for liquor
license and ordered petitions publish
ed and set Saturday June 25 at 10
oclock a m as the time of hearing
application of I C Stotta and 2 oclock
ot the same day for hearing applica
tion of Frank Mogle Whereupon the
board adjourned to Jun3 21 1898 and
took up equalization
June 21 Board met as per ad
journment
On motion Ira Johnson was apv
pointed road overseer for road district
No ijy
On motion Arthur Heath was ap
pointed road overseer for district No
17 Whereupon the board adjourned
to June 22 1898 and took up equal
ization
June 22 Board met as per ab
jnurnment Adjourned to June 23
1898 and continued in the business of
equalization
June 23 Board met as per ad
journment
On motion petition to grant roads
on all section lines in township 35n
range 28 and have the same surveyed
and opened up except those already
surveyed was rejected Whereupon
the board adjourned to June 24 1898
and continued in the business of equal
ization
June 24 Board met in regular
session Adjourned to June 25 1898
and continued in the business of equal
ization
June 25 Board met in regular
session as a board of commissioners
On motion the petition of I C
Stotts of Cody was taken up There
being no remonstrance or complaint
license was granted upon pymeut of
50000 Whereupon the board ad
journed to June 27 1898 and con
tinued in the business of equalization
June 27 Board met in regular
session as a board of commissioners
On motion the clerk was ordered to
instruct the county treasurer to trans
fer 2000 from the bridge fund to the
tjounty general fund 1000 from the
road fund to the county general fund
19600 from the advertising fund to
the county general fund 32000
from the interest fund to the county
general fund Warrants turned back
to general fund 81
On complaint of F M Walcott that
the assessment of George H Hornby
was too low notice was served upon
the said George H Hoinby to appear
and show cause why his assessment
should not be raised George H
Hornby appeared in person and with
counsel The county attorney called
upon George H Hornby to testify be
fore the commissioners in behalf of the
county The said George H Hornby
was instructed by his attorney to re
fuse to testify or be sworn in behalf of
the county C R Watson was then
called and sworn and gave testimony
Plaintiff rests Defendant rpsts
After hearing the evidence the board
finds that the stock of merchandise f
George II Hornby should be assessed
nL A 1111 TL 11 1 1
The Valuation of the various Pcecincts of Cherry County
CHERRY COUNTY INDEPENDENT
demoOrat
VALENTINE CHERRY CO NEBRASKA THURSDAY J JNE 30 1898
is
as Given Below Some Valuation are Baisetl
and pme are Lowered
NOTE R raised L lowered Figuresrare the per cent of increase or decrense
PRECINCT
Dewey Lake
Eli
Enlow
Georgia
German
Gillaspio
Irwin
Kennedy
Keyane
Lavaca
Loup
Minnechaduza
Merriman
Mother Lake
Nenzel
Pleasant Hill
Schlaele
Sharps Ranch
20
45
22
12
3
24
i
10
5
2
22
i
14
3
4
6
39
Jl
10
Mules
It
75
6
bi
10
13
35
CO
I3
44
56
8
16
21
iJheep
L i K L
i
IS
16
19
03
19
5
57
30
9
64
10
h
64
54
148
64
38
36
84
18
18
IS
18
18
IS
Land
R I
9
10
115
11
58
126
179
10
6
23
28
9
30
2
33
29
ii
22
h
12
40
2
Lots 1tnls
VultmVatn
802
862
78
137
141
3336
61950
Per
Valtn
17989 45003
1B752 399
1205
13744
104u9
11677
4624
9091
10J44
14942
9
77 29194 3771
87 7092 23579
16487
43519
16723
40875
21471
59595
3485
6139
CVM
40201
49688
4 5756
7889
1709
the coupty 6730C 410030 1137083
l juuu xu ib mererore considered Amos Strong messages Morgan cas
and adjudged that the stock of mer 1 Amos strong fees state vs Morgak
chandise of Georee H Hornbv be as- Robert Good puu election proclamation
sessed at 5UUU Whereupon the
board adjourned to June 28 1898r and
tcok up the business of equalization
Robert Good count job printing
Amos Strong boarding prisoners
Continued on last page
Total
Valnt
62992
58649
28P0K
51619
31880
71272
891 1
15230
72188
2C93S 41SS
4- 1 1
8032O
21361 18438
19312
10174
4716
19287
13878
14361
22469
7812
23003
11273
5Q289
30965
7309
16688
10274
10699
6692
21663
12236
9004
40561
7560 1
41139
12103
35975
24152
95050
29298
29475
35239
20418
37056
111638
405756
7889
1709
Grand totaj of valuation Si 614419
horses 537 mules 758 cattle 6 91 sheep 82c land 95c
Whereupon the following levies were
made
Mills
County Ueneral FuDd 9
County Bridge Fund t 3
County Judgment Fund u
county Road Fund VA
County Sinking Fund 2
Vflcntliie Precinct Bond Fund iys
The school district bond levies were
made as follows
No
i
20
23
47
49
70
Mills
C
4
1
7
2
No
7
26
33
48
65
71
Whereupon the board of
tion adjourned sine dine
Mills
o
12
15
16
3
10
t
June 28 Board met pursuant to
adjournment members all present
Ou motion the Clerk was ordered to
draw warrants on the Judgment Fund
for the following amounts
Geo H Hornby 55 55 Jacob Stetter 855 55
TC Hornby 9 25 CCParker S5 55
On motion the judgment in favor i
pf Alfred Lewis for the amount of
12018 was applied on delinquent
personal taxes
On motion the following delinquent
personal taxes were deducted from the
jndgment of 7092 favor of E Ol
mesher
For 1806 S20S2 for 1897 2055 Total S4137
Amount of 29 55
On motion the following claims were
allowed and warrants ordered drawn
on the county general fund
C O Davis election clerk
W E Jones election clerk
8am Gregory election judge
J A Saults election judge
Wm Enlow election judge and returns
Wm Enlow house for election
S Q Spain clerk of election and returns
J A Gee election cierk
M Dunham election judge
S E McAlevv election judge
W H Wilkinson election judge
School district No 31 use ot House
Hiram Cornell rent court noose May ov
Amos Strong searching for Al Morgan
Thomas Fowler assessing- Kewanee
J W Daniels assessing Dewey Lake 97
Amos Strong boarding persons
Amos Strong jailors fees
J H Searby assessing Minnechaduza 97
Frank Fischer wood for county
State Journal Co snppfies
2r00
2 00
2 00
200
19-50-
208
200
200
2 00
2 00
200
66 67
25 00
24 40-
4160
18 00
46 50
60 20
2 75
1935
A C Riemenschneider assessg Boiling Spgs 53 60
G A Waggoner assessing Lavaca 97 am
ount claimed 575 40 allowed 63 00
W A Parker com oners fees 5 60 rejected
P w Pruden assessing Merriman r97
amount claimed S94 80 allowed 8500
S J Hutchinsford jge of electn and retrns 9 50
W L Cohee judge of election
J6hn Maxwell
HA Daniels clerk of election
H S Lockwood clerk of election
Geo Schwalm house for election
W D Kicketts assessing Eli at amnt claim
ed59 00 allowed
David Hendershotjdge electn and retns
Geo Hendershot
Geo Schulz
Wm Danofsky clerk
James Galloway
Schoordistrict No 43 use of house
K K Kainford clerk of electn and returns
Stanislaw Krajewski clerk of election
Joseph Wisser judge of election
Ed Satterlee
Joseph Nolette
Dist No 47 use of house for election
Max E Viertel com fees 4 rejected
EdOrmesher assessg Schlaale 97 claimed
6220 allowed
H F Holliday coroner jury
WAMetzgei
LE Stuart
Peter Vogt
A C Riemenschneider coroner jury
Clarence Cutcomb
Alfred Lewis coroner inquest
Honey Parker goods for poor
C 11 Bailey
P Sullivan commissioners fees
Max E Viertel
W A Parker
Geo Elliott salary 21 quarter 1897
Geo Elliott expenses 2d qr 1897
Amos Strong returning Irwin assessment
State Journal Co blanks
Amos Strong jailors fees boardg prisrs
F M Walcott salary 2d quarter 1897
I Hiram Cornell rent June 1897
200
200
200
200
200
55 00
730
200
200
200
290
200
700
200
200
200
200
200
55 00
100
100
100
100
100
100
14 38
1035
4 70
66 80
43 20
44 60
100 00
2115
9 75
225
105 00
162 50
66 67
616
21 SO
20 00
155 00
29 00
Sampson and Dewey get through
with it but if the people of Cher
ry county want something more
NO 23
THE SPAN SH NAVY
This is about all that will be
loft of it for the
vounjj
King
to
take home as a souvenir when
substantial to take nome with them we would advise them to prVchase
their goods from us as by so doing they will make a saving of
Fine line of plain and fancy jew
elry constantly on hand
Repairing promptly executed and
done in the best manner
Full line of sporting goods
A M MORRISSET
ATTORNEY
AT LAW
VALENTINE NEB
Mill Prices for Peed
Bran bulk 50c per cwt 900 ton
Shorts bulk 60c per cwt 1100 ton
Screenings 35c 600
Chop Feed 70c 1300
Corn 50c
Oata 80c
iYC
10 to 20 We are headquarters for summer dress goods straw hl
underwear boots and shoes
Grand Window Display on Jnly 4tli
Davenport Thacher
GENERAL MERCHANTS
A fa Vni 1 GOING TO DO
ANYSPRING CLEANING
The Largest and Finest Selected Stock of
WALL PAPER
In Northwest Nebraska
WHITE LEAD OIL COLOKS and VAKNISII at - - -
Elliotts Drug Store
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Intervention
No indeed We have carried on the war against
King High Prices too long- to think of giving np
now Great slaughter among summer goods this
week Prices are way down
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POPl FIZZ BANG
WSH go the firc eraekers on the
FOURTH OF JULY
I OUR MILLINERY
Will go about as quick on that day It pleases the eye andsella on first sight
BE SURE TO SEE OUR DIS
PLAY ON THE FOURTH
O M SAGESEH
TONSORIAL
ARTIST
Hair cutting and shaving
Shop in the W H Moses building
HOT AND GOLD BATHS
O W MOREY
WATOHMAKEE - AND - JEWELEE
C A Wells
I L EFNER
J B Wells
WELLS BROS
DENTISTS
Office over
Clierry County Sank
50 YEARS
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Designs
Copyrights c
Anyone sending a sketch and description ejst
quickly ascertain our opinion free whetaer or
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