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THURSDAY , JULY 15 , 1909.
Political Announcements.
Having filed my application I
_ , hereby announce myself a. candi-
_ date for the republican nomination
for the office of county clerk of
L i , , Cherry county , Neb. , to be voted
, ,1" on at the primary election to be
held in said county on August 17 ,
1909. F. A. CUMBOW.
Having filed my application I
hereby announce myself republi
i ' can candidate for the office of
county superintendent of public
, instruction of Cherry county , Ne-
: .braska : , ' to be voted on at the pri-
, . mary election to be held August
17 , 1909.CORA
CORA THACKREY , Sc. B.
I hereby announce myself as a
candidate for tjie republican nomi i-
. , nation for the office of county
superintendent of public instruc-
' , tion of Cherry county , Nebr. , at
" .the primary election to be held
, : . , August 17 , 1909. I will advance
the educational interest of the
county to the best of my ability if
nominated and elected.
, _ , H W. FUNKE , Sc. B. ,
Principal of Cody Schools.
, . , Having duly qualified , I desire
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, : to announce myself a candidate
: , for nomination to the office of sup-
. erintendent of public instruction
, of Cherry county , Nebraska , on
the republican ticket at the pri
mary election , August 17 , 1909.
I am a graduate of the Fremont
; : . : Normal College. I took the de-
. . gree pf Bachelor of Science and ,
S have a professional certificate.
. . For the past three years my wife
. and I have held and improved a
. : homestead in this county. I was
' two years principal of the Cody
school and ' one year principal of the
Crookston school. I changed last
year because Crookston is nearer
to our homestead. I have been
engaged school work for ten
years. , If elected will fulfill the
: duties of the office to the best of I
my ability. Respectfully ,
D. F. STORY.
The. Political Kettle.
Politics have been rather , quiet
. . the past week with the exception
! of a little stir in the situation for
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' county superintendent and county
judge , which now have to go onto
the ticket the same as other offices ,
according to a decision of the su
preme court handed down Tues-
day and reaching Wendesday
in the daily papers. Those who
had prepared petitions for those
. offices or were preparing petitions
had to change their plans Immed
iately , and now three non-partisan
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teacher candidates have become
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republicans and filed for the nomi-
a , nation for county superintendent
h , - \ . on the republican ticket.
D. F. Story of Crookston , whose
' " - . announcement appears in this pa-
per , is a graduate of Fremont
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Normal College and has had sev r-
, ' al years' experience as a teacher.
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H. W. Funke of Cody , whose
. announcement also appears in this
, . paper , is a graduate of Hastings
college , and Miss Cora Thackrey 1
is a graduate of the Kansas State
Agricultural College at Manhat , I
tan , Kan. , and each of these canc c
didates hold the title of Bachelor c
\ . of Science and have the right to I
, the title Sc. . B. as an addition to 1
their names. I
They can't all be nominated this (
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We hope the best one of the three / J
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" which one do you want ? Cherry j
.county has succeeded under a lady I c
superintendent , but of late there It i
has beep some talk for a man for t
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the place. Many still believe , i
however , that a lady should be at :
the head of a corps of lady teach- :
ers. Let the people decide.
Non = Partisan Act Void.
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Lincoln , Neb. , July 12.-As
predicted in thetV orld- Herald ,
the supreme court of Nebraska
.today dealt a death blow to the
Dbnohoe non-partisan act , de-
signed by the last legislature to
remove ' judicial and educational
offices from the partisan scramble
for places.
No decision was filed , the judg- i
es signed a memorandum. A
formal opinion may be filed later.
There was no authentic informa-
tion as to the views of the judges ,
although it is stated that Judge
Dean was the jurist .who believed
that the act was not fatally : ] ) defec
tive.
Judge Reese did not sit. The
judges met late this afternoon and
were in consultation for several
hours and about 6 o'clock the
memorandum . . . was filed with Clerk
Lindsay. "
Candidates for supreme judge ,
regents of the state university ,
district and county judges and
county superintendents will now
file their petitions for party pri-
maries in the regular manner. It
is believed that a motion for a re-
hearing will be promptly over-
ruled.
The court memorandum follows :
"The members of the court were
of the opinion that the provisions
of the act under consideration ,
prohibiting political parties from
in any ; manner whatsoever indors-
ing i , recommending , censuring ,
criticising or referring to any can-
didate for the office of chief justice
of the supreme court , judge of the
supreme court , judge of the dis-
trict court , county judge , regent
of the state university , superin-
tendent of public ipstruction , are
void being in conflict with and re-
pugnant to section V of article 11
of the constitution , being the bill
of rights which provides :
Every person may freely
speak , write and publish on
all subjects , being responsi-
ble for the abuse of that lib-
erty. '
"And also section 19 of article 1
of the constitution , which pro-
vides :
'The right of the people
peaceably to assemble to con-
sult for the common good ,
and to petition the govern-
ment thereof , shall never be
abridged. ' "
One member was of the opinion ,
however , that these provisions of
the act'were not properly Before
the court for its consideration and
not necessary for a determination
of this case. Four members were
of the opinion that the act might
be sustained if the foregoing were I
the only defects therein. Five
members of the court were of the
opinion that so much of the act 1
under consideration as prohibited j
more than 500 electors of any one c
county signing the petition of any
candidate : for the office of chief
justice , or judge of the supreme
sourt. was void , being repugnant
to section XXII , article 1 of the C
bill "rights , which provides : ]
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drance or impediment to the
right of a qualified voter to
exercise the elective fran-
chise. "
Four of the court were of the
opinion that the aforesaid limita-
tion formed " . an inducement to the
passage of this act , and the entire
, act must fall. One of the mem- ,
bers , not concurring in the judgI I '
ment , is of the opinion that , the
aforesaid , limitation is void , but
that with such limitation stricken
out , the , act can still be sustained.
The remaining members of the
court did not consider such limita-
tion formed an inducement to the
passage of the act , and thatthe
entire act must fall. One of the
members , not concurring in the
judgment , is of the opinion that
the aforesaid limitation is void ,
but that with such limitatation
stricken out the act can still be
sustained. The remaining . . mem-
bers of the court did not consider
such limitation void , but main-
tained that the act is valid. The
majority of the court holding that
the act is void , the judgment of
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Reese , C. J. , absent and -not .
sitting. , V orId- Herald.
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Valentine , Neb. , June 15 ; / ' ' JQ9. ,
Board of Equalization met in
regular session. Present ; A' E.
Moms , chairman comity c m.mis-
sioners ; Jas. Mone , N. S. Rowley ,
J. T. Keeley , P. H. Young. '
Board sat for the 'purpos of
hearing complaints regarding : ' as
sessment for the year 1909 , ad-
journing j from day to day until , the
night of June 17 , at which date
they adjourned to Thursday , June
2-1 : , at 9 o'clock a. m.
J. T. KEELEY , Co. Clerk.
Valentine , Neb. , June 21 , ' 09.
Board of county commissioners
met in regular session. Present :
A. E. Morris : , chairman , Jas. Mone . ' ,
N. S. Rowley , and J. T. Keeley , elk.
Matter of the application of Wal
ter W. Covell for a druggist's , " t per-
mit to sell malt , spirituous tfn'd ' vin-
ous liqours for medicinal and me-
chanical purposes , only , in the vil-
laga of Brownlee , Cherry county ,
Nebraska , taken up and said per-
mit was granted upon condition
that said Covell forward to , the
county clerk his certificate licensing
him as a pharmacist , furnish good
and sufficient bond in the sum of
$5OdO and comply strictly with all
laws regulating such cases.
Board spent the remainder of
the day in ascertaining the ssflssed
valuation of the property. within
the various school districts for the
year 1909.
Board adjourned to June 2209. ' ,
June 22 , 1909.
Board met as per adjournment ,
members all present. ' N
The Kilgore State Bank was & l s-
ignated as a county depository
bank . .and the surety bond presented
by them covering the deposits was
approved.
G. W. Gaskill was appointed road
overseer of district No. 5 and his
bond approved.
Matter of the petition of E. W.
Wright et al for the establishment
of a new precinct in the county to
be known as "Middle Prong" pre
cinct taken up and said petition
was approved and the new precinct
established , comprising the follow-
ing territory :
"All of townships 25 and 26 of
ranges 36 and 37 , west , 6th : P.-M. ,
said territory formerly being a part
of Buffalo Lake precinct. " The
voting place in said new precinct t
was designated to be at John Col-
lin's residence in section 12 , town-
ship 25 , range 37. s
Poll tax of $2.50 assessed to John
Rehberg of Merriman precinct for
the year 1908 , ordered stricken from
the tax list of said year , he being
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exempt.
The following refunds were order-
ed made to the within named hold- -
ers of tax sale certificates , the lands '
conveyed } by same having been can- '
celled by the government ; and er
roneously assessed and ' old for t "
taxes ; : J. K. Lee , tract No' < 383 and I
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'H. C , Wear , certificate of tax sale
No. 131 , year 08 , $11.90 ; John Cha-
loud , tract No. 415 , year 06 , § 6.79 ;
J. \V. 'Whiffin , tax sale certificates
No. 420 and 400 , year 08 , ' $11.50 ;
F. J. Schnorr , tract No. 1426 , year
06 , $16.04. "
Refund of $18.53 ordered made
to W. E. Haley on tax receipt No.
3265 for the year 1905 , the owner
holding a receipt for said taxes and
also a redeemed sale.
Board adjourned to Wednesday ,
June 23rd.
Jnne 23 , 1909.
Board met as per adjournment ,
members all present.
The board continued the work of
ascertaining the assessed valuation
of the property in the various school
districts' preparatory to making
bond levies for the year 1909.
Adjourned to June 24th.
June 24 , 1909.
Board of equalization met as per
adjournment. Present : A. E. Mor-
I ris , James Mone , N. S. Rowley , J. T.
Keeley.
The county assessor having com-
pleted the assessment of all prop-
erty for the year 1909 , the board
spent the . forenoon in i examining
his abstract assessment and find-
ing all property . equally assessed
throughout the . county : said abstract ,
i was approved as returned by said
county assessor. '
Whereupon the board adjourn-
ed sine die. J. T. KEELEY ,
Clerk.
June 24 , 1909.
Board of county commissioners
met as per adjournment , members
all present.
W. D. Armstrong , county treas-
urer , having filed his resignation as
treasurer , of Cherry county , with
the county clerk on June 23 , 1909 ,
the same taken up by the board of
commissioners and duly approved
and accepted.
The county clerk is instructed to
advertise for bids for furnishing to
the county one (1) ( ) car load of cor-
rugated metal culverts , the size and
number of same to be according to
the specifications on file in his said
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office.
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Board adjourned to Tune , 25. .
Contest Notice. '
U. S. Land Oflice , Valentine , Nebraska : \
June 21. ! ,1909.1
A sullicient contest affidavit having been tiled
in this office by Leon E. Shepard , contestant ,
against ! homestdad.entry No. 0130 : , made July
17. ' 1908. for the N / SWU , N' / SEJ.1 , section 3J. :
township 82 : : , range :9 : . hy William A. Smith
contestee in which it is alleged thnt said Wil
liam ] A. Smith has wholly abandoned said land ;
that he has changed his residence therefrom
for more than six months last patt ; thai said
land is not settled upon and cultivated ; by said
party as by law required , and he has failed to
cure his laches up to this date. '
Said parties are hereby notified to appear ' re-
sooud. and offer evidence touching saul \ llz-
tion at 10 o'clock a. in. , on August 23 : : l , long , ue-
fore the register and receiver at the United
States land office in Valentine Nebraska.
the said contestant having , in a proper affi
davit , filed July 14 . 1909. set forth facts
which show that after due diligence personal
service of this notice cannot be made , it is
hereby ordered and directed that such notice
be given by due and proper publication.
M 27 4 LUKE AI BATES He ister.
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Contest Notice.
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U. S. Land Office , Valentin'1 Nebraska , I
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A sufficient contest affidavit having been filed
in this office by Bert P. Itipley contestant ,
against Homestead entry No. 180'2 : . made
March 13 : 1006. for E ; ' . section 20. \ \ % W % . SE4' ;
SW1 ! : , S f 8E 4 , NEJ4E4. ! ; ! . section 25 , township !
27n , range 316t.h I * . M , by Rolla R. Lewis
contestee. in which it is alleged that said
Holla It. Lewis has never established a residence
on said land that there is no house on said
tract that the land is not cultivated or Impiov-
ed according to law , and tint claimant main-
tains a home elsewhere than on said land all
of which defects exist at this date and have
not been cured.
Said parties are hereby notified to app ° ar
respond and offer evidence touching : said allega-
ton at 10 o'clock a. m on Ausust 9 , 19W. be-
fore J. H. Welton , U. , . Commissioner. Mullen.
Nebr. , and that the final hearmg will he held
at 10 o'clock a , in. on August 16 . 1909 , be
fore the register and receiver at the United
States land Office in Valentine Nebraska ,
Tne said contestant having , in aproper affi-
davit filed May S , 1909. set forth facts
which show that aft r due diligence personal
service of this notice cannot be made , it is
hereby ordered and directed that such notice be
given by due and proper publication. :
25 4 H ! ; . OLSON , Receiver.
Contest Notice ,
U. S. Land Office , Broken Bow. Nehr ska. {
June 19. 1909 , i
A sufficient contest affidavit having been liled
In this office by Leah E. Griffith contestant ,
againsr Homestead entry No. 29W : , made Oc-
tober 25. 1902. and homestead entry No. 3631 ,
made June ! : S. 100-1 , for all of section 19. town-
ship ! 5n ; ; , range 33W , Gth I' . M. . by Benjamin A.
Anderton , contestee , in which it is alleged that
Benjamin A Anderton has wholly abandoned !
said tract that he has } failed to reside upon ,
cultivate and Improve said tract , as required
bv law , that thoe is no house or place ot habi-
tat t ion on said tract and that claimant main-1 .
tains a home elsewhere than on said land , all of
which , defects exist at this date and have not
been cured.
Said parties are hereby notified to appear re-
spond and offer evidence touching said allfg'd- I
tion at 10 o'clock a. m. on August , 1909. be-
fore John H. Welton. U. S. Commissioner , at
\IuJlent Nebraska and that the final hearing I
will . be held at 10 o'c ock a m. . on Augtut 5 . 1909 ,
before the register and receiver at the United I
States Laud Office. Broken Bow. Nebraska.
The said contestant having in a proper affi
lavit , tiled May. to , 1900. set forth tacts which ,
show ; that after due diligence personal service
of this notice cannot be made , it is hereby
ordered and directed that such notice be given
hv due and proper publication. .
: : i1 i H .JOHN REESE : , Register.
Notice of Sale.
I will sell at D. A. Hancock's ranch on
section : i3 : : , township 153 , range 25 ! , one red .
white [ face steer 2 ! years old , left ear frozen
on * or cropped oil ; one reel white face steer ,
Doming two years old , left ear cropped , on
the 27th ( day of August , 1\M \ ) ! ) .
U. G. WELKEK
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