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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-05-24
REFORM IN TAX ASSESSMENT WITH
LOW RATE MAY BRING FACTORIES
Carefully Written Argument by Leading Citizen who Discusses
the Subject ExhauStiyeH.

important the discussion OF the question
The Pilot for publication IS well worth
reading having been citizen well vesed in the subject
and whose standing community give his uerances weight
To THE EDITOR OF THE PnoT:
ut is proposed property this city and assessed
possible it's value This certainly the only
lust method but is question whether that
be attained leap probable that the different
boards review the different sections of the
will construe alike with their spirit
expected that full value will be assessed other
wise their meeting would not have agreed
to everybody knows that and
county they average much but will be
provement-a step in the right direction.
Percentage of Increase.
Would good plan the throughout the
state certain percentage of increase former
percentage adding property until gradu
av the full value will be reached Thus
bng the different sections
of the state annually preventing dverg
between the different districts
which happen district full value assessed and
simply increase of uncertain percentage over
mer assessments The Tax laws either not perfectly
clear or and therefore, the question of
value is difficult determine Is the law requiring
mortgages just one? If could
change all other for those
giving each other notes for full value could
thus double the city valuation of real estate
What marvellous wealth would gain! We could
bond our How happy
we ought to be is there would be add
ona having into the city the
outside other simply from the
Sellers acknowledging the bargain and binding the
former to pay for the property at future time
Everybody knows the efore
sequenty listed There other similar that could
aci+e
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-05-24
Property Assessed Higher.

Property city assessed higher from year
high but the
who do wish SELL
compelled higher each successive without
re receiving for the increased This is the
case with all holds for his and that
taxation the time,
from half three half cent within the last
ten years part increase accounted for however,
the deficit of the previous All of which makes
harder The question will
the rate proportion to the proposed increase
in valuation? feel richer after the list
is made after paid OF the
Board would anywhere the former
centage from experience that the tax levy
expenditures coming to be gagged
raised from certain
O valuation.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-05-24
Cites Instance of Unequal Taxation.

GAS an instance TAXATION the following is good
ample of to to the last assessment the
city, assessed at from $4,000
each while the largest department
in Chicago from $4,000 100000 OF
that in another this competition
with them but that the in Manowoc
higher proporonate then those other
part of the state including Milwaukee, besides having ber
ally contributed building of factories and other things
cities asked to Chicago striving
taxation down cent 20 cent
full
people induce factories locate and remain
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-05-24
Chicago & North Western Railway.

Mol No andb
7nakin a duh 1makg ions
The Columbus journal., 1900-05-02
The Way 70 70 to California

is in . tourist sleeper, personally con-
Quoted, via the Burlington Route. You
don't change cara You make fast time.
You see the finest scenery on the globe.
Your car is not 20 expeusively furnish
ed - . palace sleeper, bot it is just a.
clean, Just - comfortable, just a. good
to ride in-and nearly S2lOO cheaper. It
has wide vestibules; Pintsch gas; high
back seats; uniformed Pullman porter;
clean bedding; spacious toilet rooms;
tables and . heating range. Being
strongly and heavily built, it rides
smoothly, il warm in winter and cool in
summer.
In charge Of each excursion party is an
experieoced excursion conductor who
accompanias it right through to Los
AngeleaL
Cars leave Omaha, st. Joseph, Lincoln
and Hastinss every Thursday, arriving
San Francisco following Sunday, Los
Angeles Monday. Only three days from
the Missouri river to the Pacific Coast.
including . stop-over Of ~ hours at
Denver and ~ hours ut Salt Lake City
two Of the most interesting cities on
the continent.
For folder giving full information, call
at any Burlington Route ticket o@ce. or
write to J. FRANCES,
Gent. Paasenaer Agent, Omaha. Neb.
The Columbus journal., 1900-05-02
personal &<'ti'..

Editor Dale i in Omahs today.
: Dr.. Evans v,s in Lincoln Thursday.
Editor Psschal vas in Omaha over
Sunday.
John Peters Of Albion W. in the city
Thursday.
L @. Psttseson spsnt Sunday in
Humphrsy.
Mm Lanktrss Of Genoa vas in ths
city Saturday.
c. b. Swallow Of Humphrey vas in
town Monday.
J. E North has returned from his trip
to the Black HillA
Ed. jenkins returned home Saturday
last from Madison.
Aiss Grace Lubksr returned Monday
from . visit to Schuyler.
Mr.. and Mn Henry Gas visited
friends at Duncan Sunday.
Mr. and Nm 8. E. Marty were in Oma-
ha Wednesday and Thursday.
]. N. Heater made . trip to Ulysses.
David City and Schuyler Thursday.
Nm v. A. Mscken and daughter, Miss
Mamie, visited in Omaha last week.
MA George Willard and daughter OF
st. Edward visited in the city last week.
MrA F. W. Farrand went to Lincoln
Monday to visit her sister, Mn Rhone.
Paul Krause and two sons Harold and
Clyda OF Albion visited relatives here
Mr.. and Mrs. a.. Hudson came down
from Silver Greek where they
visited their son, Horace.
Mrs. J. D. Stires Of this city, and Mira
Green Of Genoa, went to Hastings yes
terday to attend meeting OF the Eas-
tern Star.
Mn. Harry Coolidge and two children
arrived in the city Monday from the
Black Hills and will visit with h. p.
Coolidge and family.
Charles Wise of Fort Madison, Iowa,
arrived in the city Wednesday last and
will probably leave for his home this
Tuesday, after . pleasant visit with
mother and sisters.
Ms. F. A. Coleman Of Mason, Mich,
arrived in the city Wednesday last, and
viii make an extended visit with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. 8. Freeman of
this city. It was in August, 1894, when
Mr.. and Mrs. Coleman went to Michigan,
and this is the first visit to her old
home.
The Columbus journal., 1900-05-02
COLUMBUS MARKETS.
Enquire OF Herrick.
-Mielenz for best photos.


Fine job work done at THE JOURNAL
Office.
DIR. Naumann, dentist, Thirteenth
street. tt
Blank farm leases for sale at The
JOURNAL Office. tt
DIR. Baker, physician and surgeon,
ONCE Olive street. tt
.-Mn. c. T. Stillman vas taken very
sick Sunday evening.
DIR. L C. voss, Homeopathic physi-
cian. Columbus, Neb.
PIANO FOR SALE. For particu-
lars inquire Of Dr.. Miealer. 4s-pd
DIR. r d. Mexican dentist, over Pol
locks, 18th and North streets.
Harley Dussen goes back this Tues
dav to his school work at Omaha.
s. You that need stock scales, call on
Il. Schuster. He can save you money.
DIN Martyr, Evans 4 Gssr, odhcs
three dsors north oe Ffisdhocs store. 4
For fne witch repairing, call On
Cad Frosusl, 11th st., Columbus, Nso'
The Columbus journal., 1900-05-02
Duk<nu Dho<nc OF all kinds and
DOttVM Il 0VIVO the REST at

SaIeys. no Money IN ADVANCE. u
May services will be held in the
Catholic church every evening at !: 80,
beginning this Wednesday evening.
When you wish good, neat, clean
handsome work done in the line of
printing, call at The JOURNAL Office.
Charles Brake formerly resident
here, is thinking of investing in property
at Fulda, Murry county, Minnesota
Bishop Williams of Omaha is ex-
pected here Sunday, when he win hold
confirmation services in the Episcopal
church.
-Wm. Schilz makes boots and shoes
in the best styles, and uses only the very
best stock that can be procured in the
market. tt
Married, at Platte Center Tuesday,
April Is, Frank p. Clother and Miss Ida
F. Schroeder. After May 5, at home in
Ulysses.
jacob Gerber of the vicinity OF Dun
can submitted to a surgical operation
last week in which one Of his eyes was
taken out
-Pure-blood Andalusian chicken eggs
for Matching. Call on or address Mn.
Otta Hummer, miles east Of Silver
Greek, Nebr. 4t-pd
Series of the Land, Loan 4 Build
ing Association opens Friday next.
Patronize your home institution, and
save money.
FARMERS, ATTENTION. You
can get an s-foot Freeport Galvanized
steel windmill from A. Dussell & Son
for only $500. tt
-Mrs. Paul Hagel and MrA. G. A.
Schroeder went to Schuyler this Tues
day to attend the funeral Of their aged
aunt, Mrs. vath.
This Tuesday is the annual meeting
of the stockholders OF the Building 4
Loan Association. Every stockholder
should be present.
For Q good sst OF handmade harness
or anything else in the harness line, call
on F. H. Rusche. He will make the
price to please you. tt
Miss Lydia Sturgeon is now filling
. good position - stenographer for an
attorney in Omaha, after . course in the
business college Of that city.
DR.. Naumann can serve you in any.
thing that u known to the dental pro.
fession. Aluminium plates. gold plates
crown and bridge work, etc, etc.
For the remainder Of this year we
can furnish Tn CoLulDus WKzKLl
JOURNAL and the Lincoln Semi Weekly
Journal for $l.AO cash down.
There viii be business nesting oi
the Womans Club at ths home Of W. A
McAlister, Saturday afternoon, Nay 5
Tor the purpose Of amending the consti
tuition and BYLAW Members ars urged
! 70 b present
The Columbus journal., 1900-05-02
Sbort-nOrn Cattle,

Choicsly-bssd Short-hoen cattle, of
either ssx and Ill agaA constantly kept
on hand for sale, at reasonable prices.
Also viii hsys high-grsde, short-horn
COWS Of Ill ageo, GOOD mixers and to Be
fresh soon. Call or address
C. X. DAVIES,
2mchtf Silver Greek, Nebf.
The Columbus journal., 1900-05-02
OMAHA PRICES.
Fitzpatrick will give
you goods at Omaha
price& Follow the
crowd and see.

-Childrea Vbo are weak, fretful or
troublesome shoald b eiven few doses
Of WHITES CREAM VERMIFU0E.
Thsy viii thsa bsoome Strong, healthy
and setivs, havs rusy cheeks, bright eyss,
VIII b happy and laughing Ill The day
loae. PfieA 8 entA 4 Haints and
Ro1loGk Z ca
The Columbus journal., 1900-05-02

Mss n. Lou Ormsby Of this city,
Who u in Paris cultivsting her vuies, Il
spparsntly making the best oe her splen-
did opportunities and taken . place ol
no small signi6cance . . vocalist in
that great city abounding With the best
talent Of the world This week Chicago
and other eastern papers received cable
grams announcing Aiss Ormsby's sue-
en- in recent public appearance in
Paris. To please . Parlian audisncs ia
the extent that it win b cablsd to tha
United States i certainly quite . tn
umph, = such . recognition = usually
extended only 70 thoss vhois fams i
already sstablahsd.-CsatrA City Non
parsl
The Columbus journal., 1900-05-02
WE ANNOUNCE THAT STOCK OF
Groceries, Crockery.
-. Glassware, Lamps. Etc.,
Columbus, Nebraska.
Just give answer to my questions,
Tell me what the world would be,
Without joy or love or sunshine
Neither bird, nor flower nor tree2''

Neither bird. nor flower nor trse?'
Peter Coppen drove in a lot of cattle
Monday morning for shipment.
Dave Martyr is home from Omaha,
where he attends medical college.
DO not fail to see our S-foot galvan-
lied steel mill for $500. A. Dussell +
Son. tt
G. w. Clark has been elected treas
urer OF Humphrey, and r P. Drake
clerk.
Prof. Rothleitner's room secured the
half holiday for best attendance during
March.
Concert this Thursday evening in
the opera house, complimentary to Prot.
Garlichs.
The oldest son of Henry Roelli liv-
ing on the Island, is quite sick with
anteritis.
-WANTED--A girl to do housework.
Inquire at the store or residence, of J.
81. Galley. tt
L. A. Ewing, the poet laureate Of
the Humphrey Democrat, was in the
city Monday.
If you are thinking of getting an
aluminium plate, go and see samples at
DR.. Naumann's. tt
Buff Cochin eggs for sale for hatch
ing, one block north of new High school.
w. J. Mitchell. It.
About $500 has been subscribed
towards the erection OF a soldiers mon
ument at Madison.
DIR. McKean's method of making
aluminium plates places them on an
equality with gold.
Miss Celia Wagner closed an eight
months term of school in the Adamy
district last Friday.
After May l, real estate taxes in
Nebraska are delinquent and begin to
draw interest at ten per cent.
The Columbus journal., 1900-05-02
YOU MUST SAVE

labor to save money. Our Rock Island
planters will plant anything from beet seeds
to beans in hills, drills, or checks. and 80
are just the thing for gardens and farms.
These and other implements do for Springs
work what mowers and reapers do for the
harvest, i. e., reduce labor to a minimum.
Farm operations are best when done quick
ly. Come and examine our wireless Corn
Planters and Riding and Walking Listers.
Also have a full line Of Fine Buggies.
uErnv rnnRER
The Columbus journal., 1900-05-02

Miss Rosa Berney and Anton Heng-
gler were married this Tuesday morning
at $40 in the Catholic church. John
Henggier and John Adamy stood up
With the groom and Misses Julia Heng
gler and Emma Kersenbrock were the
bridesmaids. The bride was beautifully
sttired in white satin with orange bios
SONS and veil. After the ceremony the
happy couple with the many guests
drove to the home of the Rroom's Pc
rents, Mr.. and Mn. George Henggler,
eight miles north Of town where the
wedding breakfast was served. The
couple have the best wishes of their
many friends and acquaintancea
The Columbus journal., 1900-05-02

Program for the G. e. social at the
home of Leonard Hohl Friday evening:
Piano solo, Alfredo Post; vocal solo, Mae
Davis; recitation, Carrie Parks; piano
duet, Marjorie Williams, Ethel Heinrich; !;
vocal solo, Tena Zinnecker; piano solo,
LOra Becher; vocal solo, Eulalia Rckly;
cornet solo, Mr.. Long; song, Ceciljan
Club. Everyone invited to come and
bring their friends; admission 15c at the
door.
The Columbus journal., 1900-05-02

-Envslopss with your return card
printed On them, Tor 50 cents . single
hundred; for larger quantities, and dif-
fefent grades, call at Tn Jou1AAL
of|fce for prizes.
The Columbus journal., 1900-05-02

When the liver fails to secrete bile,
the blood becomes loaded With bilious
properties, the digestion becomes i'm
paired and the bowels constipated.
HERBINE has q direct action on the
liver and excretory organs, and q few
doses will cure any case Of biliousness.
Price, 50 cents. A. Heintz and Pollock
4 Co.
The Columbus journal., 1900-05-02

The public are strictly forbidden to
hunt upon the whole Of section 8. IN
which il located the Irrigation Pond.
Any persons trsspassins Will be prose-
cuted to the full limit Of the Law.
15-nov-y w. L. ERNST.
NICK ADANY.
The Columbus journal., 1900-05-02
A BOYS MOTHER.

JAMES WH1TCOAB Riley.
NJ mother she's 20 good to me,
II I was good a. could be
couldn't be ss good. No. sir,
Can't any boy Be good - her,
She loves me when I'm glad or mad;
She loves me when I'm good er bad;
An what's the funniest thing. she says
She loves me when she punishes-
don't like her to punish me;
That don't hurt, but it hurts To SEQ
Her eryin'-nen crJ; an nsn
We both erJ-an' Be good again.
She loves me when che cuts and sews
Ny little cost and Sunday clothes;
An when my ps comes home To tea
She loves him most q much - me.
She laughs and tells him all said.
An grabs No up an pats my head;
An hug her an hug my ps,
An love him part' nigh much IS ms-
The Columbus journal., 1900-05-02

Under date Of April q, A. n. Jen-
ninRs writes from Fitzgerald, Ga, that
they had been having stravberries over
two weeks, and nearly that long ago
some Of the moro eutefprising ones had
new potatoes; some have corn 8 to 10
inches high; peaches - large - the end
Of your thumb. There will be . large
fruit crop in the colony this year, e.
pecially grapes; strsvberries started in
at . cents . quart, then 20 and ON down
10 8 for 8 cents, and later will get some
lower, lasting until July. The earliest
oats are heading out now and they arc
in al stages from that down, according
to the time they were soved last fall or
the fore part Of the winter.
The Columbus journal., 1900-05-02
uU10C,NR&XY6

ehoicsly beed; . isv vell-bred sovs lsfl
Tor aalA Call sooa. OK DAy@
e slye Ctook, Nohg.
The Columbus journal., 1900-05-02

Cyclists should always carry bottle
Of BALI.ARD'S SNOW LININENT, in
cass Of accident, II spilled Immediately,
it will subdue the pain, prevent swelling
and discoloration, and quickly hsal the
wounds. Price, . and 50 OcentA A.
Heint4 and Pollock 4 Co.
The Columbus journal., 1900-05-02

B. < NJ TIME TABLE.
Gar.!a. beaver,
Unaha. Wele0o.
chs a:o. Bettes
ST. iss~ph. salt Lake Ctty.
ksasas City. Portlana, .
II losis sad all pOiats San Fraacisr0 anA all
rast and south. Poiats west.
TRAINS DEPART.
No :. Passenger. daily except Sunday. 30 a. m
No 3, Accommodation, daily except
SATURDAY,. $50 p. m
TRAINS ARRIVE.
No Il Passenger daily except Sunday. StO p. m
No. 81 Accommodation. daily except
SUNDAY 80 p. m
The Columbus journal., 1900-05-02

-Rheumatism is conceded to have its
origin in . poisoned condition Of the
blood, and to be most successfully treat
ed by HERBINE, which acts upon the
liver, kidneys and other blood purifying
organs, thereby divesting the system Of
the offending agents. Price, 50 cents.
A. Heintz and Pollock & Co.
The Columbus journal., 1900-05-02

-THI CoLuMBus JOURNAL il now
thirty years old, all Of which time it has
been under the able management Of n.
K. Turner. The Auxiliary knows Of no
other Nebraska paper that has placed
50 many years behind it under the same
ownership and Management. - News
paper Auxiliary.
The Columbus journal., 1900-05-02

-Mn b. H. Hewitt Of Shelby, va in
the city Saturday on her way to Chsy-
snne. Wyo., called there BY the death oe
her nephew, Albert, tho 17-ysar-old son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Smith, we'll known
to many Of our readsrA The young man
died during an operation for appendi-
citis.
The Columbus journal., 1900-05-02

George 8 Truman, with his friend,
Mr.. Fideld, called at JOURNAL head
quarters Friday. Mr.. Truman has re-
ported for TIE JOURNAL, the state of
the weather, as observed near Genoa,
since the year 1875, and these monthly
summaries now make q very important
element of the local history by their
fullness and accuracy, always unques-
toned.
The Columbus journal., 1900-05-02

Louis Hedberg died at his home
near Palestine. Sunday evening. he
had been complaining little. On Fn-
day he went to get some potatoes out OF
the cellar, to plant; while in the bin be
was stricken with paralysis. Mr.. He'd
berg was SON. -in-lav of Mr.. VIM. Matsou,
and was still a young man.-Monroe
Looking Glass.
The Columbus journal., 1900-05-02

Don't despair because you have a
weak constitution. The vitalizing prin-
ciple of HERBINE will assuredly
strengthen it. In every drop Of HER
BINE there is life. There is q stimu-
lating, reRenersting power, unequalsd in
the whole range Of medicinal prepars-
tions. Price 50 cents. A. Heintz and
Pollock & Co.
The Columbus journal., 1900-05-02

Piles are not only most painful, but
also very dangerous, a. the inaamed
nodules are very apt to take on mslig-
nant action and cancer Of the rectum is
produced. They should be cured. Ia
BLER'S BUCKEYE PILE ONT
MENT will cure the most obstinate
cases. Price, 5Ocents in bottles. Tubes,
Is cents. A. Heintz and Pollock 4 Co.
The Columbus journal., 1900-05-02

A new forage plant something like
corn is said to be unequalled as hay
plant; if cut as soon az it reaches two or
three feet high, it can be moved from
four to seven times, and yields, accord
ing to the latitude, several tons of dry
hay per acre at each cutting. Mr.. Cor
bin purposes planting q seed OF it where
every one here concerned may see the
stalk-in the q. P. park.
The Columbus journal., 1900-05-02

"A cOmpIlmentary concert viii be
given Prof. E. A. Garlichs Thursday
evening at the opera house, the follow
ing persons taking part on the program:
d. b. Wheeler, tenor soloist, Of Omaha;
Alvin Poole, violinist. of North Platte;
Miss Ethel Galley; City Band; High
School Orchestra; Miss Lora Becher;
Grace Church Choir and others will
assist. Admission 35c.
The Columbus journal., 1900-05-02
You do not help to
pay high rents If you
buy Dry Goods at the
White Front Dry Goods
Store. Follow the
crowd.

Rev. Weyef has accepted tho call
from the Presbyterian congregation to
become their pastor. He vii begin his
work next Sunday. Rev. Weyer il still
. student Of the Omaha Seminary and
will make weekly trips until his studies
are finished.
Word has been received here Of The
marriage at Perry, Iowa, last Thursday
Of Miss Mary George to Harry Wagoner.
Miss George will be remembered here -
. daughter Of Mr.. and Mn John George,
formerly residing here. Mr. Wagner i
young business man Of Perry.
&C. A. Bsindley v.s among those who
remembers seeing the frst passsneer
train which arrived in Columbus, On the
Union Pacific ffom Osnaha. It W. in
1856, 81 yeazs ago. No wonder that b
ID the best man now living to give ~ the
first creditable history Of the county oe
Platte.
In the American Monthly Review Of
Reviews for May, Pfof John r Com
mons, the leading American authority
on the subject Of peopostional rspressa-
tation, describes the NV Belgian sysesm,
under which the lint elsetioos no about
to be hsld. Professor Comnons shOvD
how The system would work Il sppEsd N
New Tosk City electiooA
The Columbus journal., 1900-05-02
= d. STIRE4.
A33oRUBY At LAW.

ODc>. Olivs =. up-stairs in First Nafional
Bank Wd'g.
~ CoE1Dus. I'm 1AsxA.
The Columbus journal., 1900-05-02
Eleventh Street,
Golumbus Journal.

WEDNESDAY, MAY =. 1900.
The Columbus journal., 1900-05-02

e~AII notices under this heading will be
charged at the rate Of 81 year.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-26
NOTES.

The Mikahala has received n
thorough overhauling on the marine
railway.
The dredger at the new slip, foot
OF Richards street, was being repaired
yesterday.
The Yorihime Maru came inside
and took the berth Of the Nippon
Maru directly the latter vessel left yes
terday.
H. NJ. BOWS yacht Abble NJ. has been
htted with cabin. She will be able
now to accommodate with sIeeping
room four persons.
The British ship Hollywood is dis
charging her cargo of nitrates at the
old Fishmarket wharf she is to take
several hundred tons of rock ballast as
stiffening.
The Kaena is engaged towing scows
from Eva OF the old Fishmarket wharf
The scows are loaded with the debris
or the Chinatown fire and lowed far
out to sea and dumped.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-26
NOTICE.

PERSONS OWNING SAFES IN
the burned district, and desiring to re-
move the same, are requested to make
written application therefor to Rob
ertsOn &c Wilder, attorneys for the
Board of Health, giving a description
thereof and the locality of same at the
time of the fire.
Dated, January %, 1900.
C. B. WOOD,
5451 President Board of Health.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-26
Rough at Kauai.

The Ke Au Hou which arrived from
Kauai ports yesterday morning
brought 5000 bags of Kilauea sugar for
w. G. Irwin &c Co. Purser Chaplain
reports that on account of the rough
weather at Kilauea the steamer was
compelled to stop loading. The wealth
er all over Kauai has been very stormy
No information could be Obtained of
the steamers at other plantations. The
Kauai channel was very rough on the
nomeward trip, with strong fair winds.
The following is the report of sugar
LETT on Kauai: Kilauea, 1850 bags.
H. NJ. 10000 bags; NJ. S. Co., 400
bags; L. p, 1000 bags; X. p, 5000
bags: No passengers were carried
either way.