Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 5, 1881, Page 2

WEST POINT Beeoming Quite a Manufictur- ing Towm---Good Water Fower. A Crooked Land Transaction--Pol itios==Other Items. Correspondenco of The Beo. West Poixt, Oc [NoTE.-A portion of th: West Point letter was lost in tl ne, 80 T must patch up the remaining s as best I can,—RANGER.| 1 West Point beeame noted as the Jand office town for a vast region of country, and it rapidly grew into im portance, Thon the railroad came, and ran through to a terminus at Wis ner, which tended to draw trade to the latter town, Then the land office and a large number of transient people went with it Small but lively towns sprang up on all West Point beeame noted for empty houses and an air of decay. MILLS, About this time a few of the “never say die” sort of men put their heads and purses together and gave to West Point the most extensive list of man- ufactories that can be found in any city in the state, Omaha excepted. The entire volume of the Elkhorn river is utilized and the power it gives is sufticient to make this a Ncbraska Lowell, 1 described these buildings several years aro substantial, ¢le- want and extensive, an honor to the State, a menument of enterprise; and now that they are beginning to em- ploy mechanies and be profitable to the investors, others are preparing to f low in the footsteps of their prede sors and maac this a manufacturing went sides, and e West Point Butter and Cheese Association is now making 2,000 pounds of butter per week, thus util- izing the product of 460 cows and paying for their milk 1} centsa quart. ‘An addition to the paper mill is to be made this fall; new machinery is to Do put in and then hay, straw and rags will bo turned into paper. new clevator is nearly construct- ed, ‘A brick yard that has a capacity for turning out 30,000 brick per day is in full blast. 1t has all the latest ma- isa very important in- » residences and been erccted this at many some stores have Beason. POLITICS. shraska has been enrsed with a traflic drunken, disre able set of politicians, Tt is strivil to throw off the incubus, but it still clings in many places and notably in West Point. Du g the last eight years that 1 Tiave traveled in this section 1 have Se0N an ex fessional gambler made into u district judge. 1 have seen a prosecuting attomey drunk while in attendance at court. T have heard a member of congress tell stories that would do credit to any den keeper of the third ward. I have known a drunken postmaster to go around anointing everyone, strangers and all, with Limberger cheese, I have known legislators to poddle their influence and their votes. Some of the above daisies are now holding office, and if more in- formation is wanted apply at Tug Bee oftice and inquire for rnum truly, The present member of ennfircn» has been recently doing a little land business, In June, 1869, E. K. Val- entine bought some Cuming county school ]xuu{ paid one-tenth of the principal and paid_interest for four years, but has paid nothing upon it Bince that time. On May 10, 1881, he surrendered this land to the state, and leased it over again on the same day and now holds it for future specula- tion. Commissioner Kendall, it is claimed, has violated the law, rules and usages by not giving thirty days’ time for bids and competition on these lands; and Valentine, our honorable(?) member of congrees, has thus got rid of paying six years’ interest due the state; hence just so much money for the support of Nebraska's schools can now go via Valentine's pocket to the support of those institutions which Val. loves to patronize. In the olden time our present M, C. was once an ad interim prosecuting attorney, and while so acting lus pet sonnenschein was presented to the grand jury for indictment as a perpe- trator of election frauds, It was claimed to be a plain case and the jurors all voted for indict- ment, Val was asked to do his duty —draw up the papers and prosecute the man, Tlis Val declined to do, and when urged even went so far as to state that he should go right into court and clear the aceused if the grand jury insisted on indicting him. The grand jury concluded that it was useless to do anything, and the mat- ter was druppeli These school, land and graud jury items came from a prominent official, who will confron® the frisky Val with proofs if he dares to make any denial. A long list of additional items of a very interesting nature was destroy- ed in the Btanton cyclone, and this letter has been delayed by the neces- sity for obtaining some important memoranda carned away at that time, For business review seo advertising pages. RANGER, —— Becretary Kirkwood and the Sen- ate. Sloux City Journal. There is a good deal of interest in ohitical eireles in Towa to know what Kne fate of Jowa's member of the Gar- field cabinet 1 to be. The impression {n:evnih to & wide extent that Secore- ry Kirkwood will soon bo called upon to retire from the head of the interior departmont. The ground for this feeling rests upon the presumption that a practically new cabinet is to be formed the president, and upon a knowl- ge of fact, well understood here in Jowa, that Gov. Kirkwood, as a member of the senate, was not man- xd‘:ztconkling, nui.l u(l} . the further y }mfioedmgtw hicago con- vention last year, he :'.";. not a Grant boomer, t Gov. Kirkwood's @ @ senator or his preference as to o “ | of candidate will his case with President / yet wholly a matter of spe . That this spec ulation is indulged in, without any prompting from Washington, in- dicates the ground in public cstima- which President Ar- thur stands. At iy rate, if there are to be side the Kirk- wood side—the Garficld side~is the overwhelmingly popular side among Towa republicans. If it shall appear that Secretary Kirkwood is displaced from the eabinet heeause of his politi- cal action in the past and the bent of his political sympathy as between men aud factions 1n the republican party, an uprising in Towa i behalf of the old war governor will be among the most natural results in the world. There is no probability that Secretary Kirkwood at this day would resign his seat ip the cabinet for the pur- pose of coming home to be a candi- date for return to the seat in the senate he resigned last March. He would do nothing of the kind. Indeed, under any circum stances under which he might at this time return to the state, it would be doing violence to his well known rep- utation for modesty and to his knowl- edge of the fitness of things to pre- sume for & moment that he would tion upon offer himself as a candidate for tho senate. He elected [to resign his seat in the senate, and the flattering prospect of are-election, to take the place offored him by Gen. Garfield; and if the fate of Garfield’s death should throw him unex pectedly out of the publie service, he wouldac- cept that situation, and in all proba- bility prefor to go into retirement, leaving the Senatorial ficld to the con- test of his political assc 08 now in the race. That is to say, he would not feel that he had, and would be the Jast to assert, any claim upon. the sen- atorship. But if he should come back to Towa labeled by the new adminis tration not wanted because considerations those “1to which we red a very dull ima is equal to the task of forming a picture as to the feeling that would come to the front among Towa republicans. The republicans of Towa would be hot. The impulse would be to find a way to exhibit to the country and to the administration the tact that an offen- sive thing to Towa republicanism had been done; and so the return of Governor Kirkwood to the senate, with or ,without his con- sent, against his protest if need be, would naturally suggest itsclf as a means of making vindication and of declaring position. That any such situation 18 likely to be tempted by results at Washington it is only guess work now to say; but that the people of Towa arc talking much about it, goon to show, with the rest, what a thorough Garfield state Towa is, and how strong a place in the confidence - |and love of the people Old Sam Kirk- wood has. NORFOLK NEWS, Wonderful Improvements In the Last Three Years, Correspondence of The Bee, Norrorg, October 3,—One glance at the map and any one can see the importnucunf Norfolk, It is at the junction of the forks of the Elkhorn and hore is also the union of the Creighton branch of the 5.C.& P.R.R, with the main line. The great Union Pacific reaches out a pair of iron arms from Columbusand already they have caught Norfolk and are securing a goodly portion of her heavy shipping business, and to this the BEE says Amen, Not that we love the U. P. intensely but because we love Omaha, and via. the U, P. means vis, Omaha. I'he Chicago, 8t. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha raiiroad is sending a branch to Norfolk, and it will be in town within thirty days. Norfolk is the best built city in the Elkhorn Valley. Brick blocks are common and the tumble-down- shanty store is going out of style. 1 visited Norfolk three years ago, day’s drive away. The change that has been wrought since then is won- derful, 4 IMPROVEMENTS, During the last few months Nor- folk has built over a hundred dwell- ing houses, ranging in cost from one hundred to six thousand dollars, a round-house, the depot hotel (a mag- nificent building for a frame one), several brick and other stores. THE FUTURE, A commodious and elegant union depot will be crected when the . St. P. M. & O. meets the U, P, A bank with §50,000 capital is soon to be opened, A woolen mill is aleo in prospectus, there being the very best water power hore and several manufacturers here looked over the grounds and are now considering the inducements offered. A fine Catholic church is now be- ing built and all the tunds necessary to finish it have been raised. Lots have been purchased for an Episcopal church, Three Norfolk churches now point their spires heav- enward. A new school house is contomplated. ODDS AND ENDS, One of the finest buildings in town is that of Henry Fuhrman, the whole or part owner of six stores in as many towns. Mr, Morsis Mayer, the Nor- folk manager, gave your representa- tive material aid in his work and showed himself to be a live, public spirited man, There are many more things that presidential | cents, should be said of Norfolk, but space does not permit. On the next visit, however, wo hope to give a more de- tailed and complete showing of the resources and progress of this ener- getic city of the north. For business review see advertising pages. RANGER, N the Effocts. R. Gibbs, of Buffalo, N, Y., writes: “‘Hearing your Burnook BLoop Bivreus favorably spoken of, I was induced watch their effects, snd find that in chronic diseases of the Dblood, liver and kidueys your bitters have ig marked with success, I have myself with best results for t the liver; and in the case of a fr mine suffering from dropsy. the effect was warvelous,” Price %100, trial size 10 oetBeodlw when the nearest railroad was yet a | P! THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 5 1881 Buidoek | A BOLD STEAL. How Cuming County Pays for Running a Railroad. Some Stray Information for the People to Consider, Correspondence of The Bee West Poixt, September 23.—Have you ever taken the trouble to look up the tax which the Fremont and Elk- horn R. R. Co., have paid in this county? If 8o, you will bear me out in the assertion that we are paying a pretty high figure for the privilege for of Thaving & railroad through Cuming county. There are now soime 27 61-100 miles of road in the county. Previous to this year there were but 22 12-100 miles, which wore assessed 876,049, the company paying $3,000.05 tax. The 27 61-100 were assessed the next year for 882, 140, the ccmpany paying $2,413,00 tax. 1t you look at the above figures you will discoyer some interesting facts. It appears that the additional 5 40-100 miles are assessed for 86,001, a trifle over §1,000 per mile. Compare this with other property in the county. You will find that the company paid 81,405,96 less tax for 27 61-100 miles than they did for 22 12:100. Since 1871 and up to 1880 they paid §42,652 tax and the county has paid $80,000 interest on the bonds donated to the company, leaving 837,348 tho county pays for the privilege of having a railvoad, about $3,7534 per year. It appears that the railroad has deprecinted in valuo every year, while all other prop- erty has increased. In 1872, 22 12-100 miles was valued at 8210,247, while in 1880 it is enly worth $82,140, with 540-100moremiles. Railroad politicians in the county tell us that the railroad company do not pay expenses, and if the assessment is correct, we are forced to believe it. But might not the assessraent be wrong! It would pay for some one to make a compari- son of the assessment of the railrond with the ether property in the county and see how it compares. At the present rate of $3,734.00 per year when we pay the bonds we will “pay $137,340.00 more than the railroad company paid taxes to the county. Now, T don’t pretend to know how much the road cost per mile or how much it is now worth, but if we take the basis for computing the value at what the extra five milos were assessed for say 1,200, which if assessed at the same rate as other property, two-fifths of the value, it would make the value $3,000 per mile. Those mformed on the sub- ject can judge for themselyes, It is enough to know that the county built the road if the above value is correct and now have to pay the company about 4,000 every year in bonds to keep it running. That added to the freight and passenger fees make a nice little sum for some one. It can easily be seen that politicians don’t like to fight the railroad but would rather do their bidding. AN An Eloguent Tribute. The Massachusetts republicars never cvme together in convention without saying something to the point. The following is an extract from the resolutions passed at the late conven- tion in the old Bay state: ‘‘Abraham Lincoln and James Abram Garfield sprang from the class called ‘the plain people.,’ Both were disciphned in early life by poverty and toil. Both bade them aspire to strive to be hon- est, and to serve their country; rose from obscurity to the first place in the affections and confidence of the nation; were elevated to its highest honor; proved their right to rank among the wisest and bravest of earth; died the death of martyrs to duty and patriot- ism, and are enrolled among 31@ im- mortal whose virtues and whose fame are no longer tho exclusive possession of a varty or a land, but the ride of all mankind and precious her- itage of all coming ages. The admin- istration of President Garfield, al- though cut off almost as soon as it had began, will be memorable in our annals as one of rapid and splendid statesmanship. It vindicated, in an unparalleled contest, the constitu- tional prerogative of the executive of- fioe. It successfully comploted the great work of refunding the public debt, notwithstanding the embarrass- ing situation created by an incompet- ent congre: It overthrew a power- ful conspiracy of plunderers of the treasury, and prepared their indict- ment. It introduced into the post- that will make it self supporting while increasing its usefulness.” Set Back 42 Years. “T was troubled for many years with liidney Complaint, Gravel, &e.; my blood became thin; I was dull and inactive; could hardly crawl about; was an old, worn out' man all over; could get nothing to help me, until 1 got Hop Bitters, and now I am a bo; again, My blood and kidneys are all right, and I am as active as a man of 30, although I am 72, and 1 bave no doubt it will do as well for others of my age. It is worth a trial,”— (Fath- er.)—Sunday Mercur, oot1-15. —— FREE OF COST. 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