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Covrilght 1909 , by C , E. Zimmerman Co.No. . 5
It need not be a dream auy longc , i
you have found the riijht girl. Conic
into our store and you will find the right
ring and you \vill also find our price8
equ 1 to those of any in- the land. Be
sides we are here where you can walk
right in to us ; and where your friends
and our customers come to buy ; so even
if we wanted to , we could not afford to
sell you anything but honest goods
This fact should surely be sufficient to
insure tts yout patronage in anything
yur may need in thu jewelry line.
CUSTER COUNTY i
FINANCES
Cash in Banks at Close of Business
September. 30 , 1910.
Broken Bow State Bank , Broken
Bow , Nebr. 8432.78
Security State Bank , Broken Bow ,
Nebr. 7795.99
Caster Nation * ! Bank , Broken
Bow , Nebr. 7979.78
Peoples' State Bank , Arnold ,
'Nebr. 3000.00
Farmers' State Bank , Arnold ,
NebrA 2500.00
Farmers' State Bank , Merna ,
Nebr. 4000.00
Home Bank , Mcrna , Nebr. 5264.03
Bank of Merna , iVlerna ,
Nebr. 4000.00
Mason City Banking Co. , Mason
City , Nebr. 6000.00
State Bank , Anselmo , Nebr. 8000.00
First National Bank , Callaway ,
Nebr. 8000.00
State Bank , Callaway , Nebr. 5000.00
'Farmers' ' State Bank , Callaway ,
Nebr. 4000.00
Farmers' State Bank , Oconto ,
Mebr. 4000.00
State Bank , Oconto , Nebr. 2500.00
Farmers' State Bank , Ansley ,
Nebr. 4000.00
First National Bank , Ansley ,
Nebr. 8000.00
Citi/cns' State Bank , Comstock ,
Nebr. 4000.00
Farmers and Merchants' Bank ,
Comstock , Nebr. 3000.00
State Bank , Saruent , Nebr. 6000.00
First National Bank , Sargent ,
Nebr. 5000.00
State Bank , Berwyn , Neb. 1000.00
Kount/eBros. , ( Neb. Fiscal Agency )
New York , N. Y. - 1924.52
Total 113397.10
Gun Club Tournament
The Broken How Gun Club will
hold a registered tournament here
on Oct. . 11 and 12. It will undoubt
edly be the > biggest affair of Its kind
the local club has over pulled off ,
mtinycelebrnties will attend and the
people of the county can have a
chance to see some of the crack she
of the day. The prizes are many an
costly and thosewhocomo from afar
will have the satisfaction of com
peting for somehtlng worth while
A preliminary shoot occurs on Mon
day. On the following days there
will bo shoots both in the forenoon
and afternoon. After the regular
program on Tuesday and Wednesday
a premium shoot and special gun
event ( sliding handicap ) are offered
Among the well known shots who
will be here are Captain Hardy , Goo
Carter of Lincoln , Marshal Sharp of
Omaha , Bert Manning Hastings , II.
\V. Viotmeyer , Colorado , and Chris
Gottelied of Kansas City.
The I K lo IlnlliiiK.
The second annual Log Rolling of
the Broken Bow Modern Woodmen
will take place hero next Wednesday
If the weather man does the right
thing and regulates storms and high
winds to the wishes of the people ,
there will probably be the biggest
gathering hero the Woodmen ever
had. All of the camps in this sec
tion of the stale will be represented
and hundreds of people will take pa
In the celebration. The streets will
monopolize the attractions during
the day , while the opera house is to
be the Kcono of the night's program.
It will be a carnival of day and nigh
with lots of sport , good attractions
and excellent music. The $100.00
trophy cup won by Ansley last year
will be competed for by various for
ester teams , while another beautiful
trophey cup has been prepared for
the Royal Neighbors in their com
petitive drills.
There are also prizes in cash for
the best floor work , the camp send
ing the largest percentage of mem
bership and the camp sending the
Inrgest delegation. Not the least
pleasing feature of the occasion are
the unlimited quantity of good thing
to oat that will be on tap to all visit
ing Woodmen free of charge.
Fire broke out in P. M. Towsley's
barn , Tuesday , and was under fright
ful headway before discovered. A
nuitiber of citizens apparently dis-
covcripg it at the same time gave the
alarm , the firebcll was rung vigorously
and the firemen were soon there in
force but the fire had reached a build
ing belonging to Mrs. W. D. Hall
opposite the alley and also the adjoin
ing barn belonging to N. T. Gadd
A heavy stream of water was pour
ed on the flames and the fire brought
under control before it could reach
any of the other buildings in the
vicinity. The firemen did excellent
work and many of the citizens also
did valiant service in placing the fire
under control.
We understand that the property
was fully covered by insurance.
Hinting Not Allowed
Tlio pudlic is hereby notified that
no hunting will he allowed on my
farm , north of Broken Bow.
18-21 William D. Grant
For Aylhing in Up-lo-Date Groceries
We have Gold Medal Crete ,
Hampton , Callaway and Bro
ken Bow Flours
California and Colorado
Peaches
All Kinds of Canning Fruits
\fe Invite Your Patronage
J. N. PE ALE
Phone 161 THE GROCER Phone 180
Agent for De Laval Separators Cream Station
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Hon. C. H. ALDRICH
Republican Nominee For
GOVERNOR
\Vill be at Broken Bow ,
WEDNESDAY , OCTOBER 12 , 1910
And Will Address The Public at 2 O'clock p. m ,
Some out and hear him and find out for yourself what
lie has to say of the paramount issue of the day. : - : It
is Woodman day. : - : Help swell the crowd. : - :
REPUBLICAN CAUCUS
SATURDAY , OCTOBER 15 1910
2 p. m.
PITY HALL - - COME OUT
( iHOUXI ) TO PIUCKS
Louis Hooknaii Moots A lloirlillc
'Xenth The Wheels of u
Louis Booknau , ono of the pioneer
residents of Ouster county met death
n a horrible manner Sunday morniii
while trying to board a moving froig
train at Hazard , about thirty-five
nlles east of here. Mr. Booknau
owned property in Sherman county
ind went down to Hazard Saturday
night in order 'to attend to some de
tails regarding it. Sunday morning
lie was ready to return homo and
signifying his intention of boarding
No. 47 ad riding as far as Ansley ,
the nearest railraod point to West-
ervlllo , his destination. Instead of
No. 47 an extra freight came along
ind Mr. Booknau seeing that it did
not stop made an effort to catcli ono
of the cars. Being an old man ho
was probably not sure of his footing
and tlio bystanders wore horrified
to see him drop between the cars on
to thcralls. The wheels passed over
both legs severing them completely ;
and then as If to prolong the awful
seght a bnikebeam caught the body
and drew it under where it was
ground to a shapeless mass. Thir
teen freight cars passed over the
spot where he fell and when the re
mains were gathered up pieces of
sacking and cloth had to bo used to
hold the particles of flesh and bone.
The remains were taken to Ansley
and put in u coffin. They were
moved from there to Wcstervllle , at
which place the funeral occurred on
Tuesday.
Louis Booknau was about 05 year
o age and had lived In Ouster conn
ty nearly thirty years , having orig
inally come here from the state of
Iowa. For a number of years ho ru
a hardware store at Westerville and
later on v/ont into the stock business
and then farming on a large scale ,
lie bus always prospered , from the
business point of view , and at tlio
time of his death was counted union
the wealthy men of the county , his
fortune being estimated somewhere
in tlio neighborhood of $150,000.
He had never married and during
the past two years bus made his
headquarters at Lincoln , living there
with ills sister Jennie. Many of his
business interests were centered In
the- county , however , in and about
Westenllle , and he spent much of
his time up hero looking after them ,
Mr. Booknau is survived by a sister ,
two brothers and u half brother ,
Press Booknau , who lives about nine
miles ei'St of here. Ono of the bro
thers lives In Iowa and the other
in Washington. Miss Jennie resides
at Lincoln.
Clti/.ens' Lecture Course
Tlio first numder of the coming
course will bo on Oct. 24. and Is the
Bartllotto Concert Co. , the highest
priced attraction of the year. Other
are the Uunhar Quartette , Montavlll
Flowers , Alton PPackard , Gore , the
blind senator , and Thos. F. Brooks
The course all told costs the com
mittee about $700.00. Season tick
ets are $2.00each , but a prlco of $1
has been made for children and stud
outs including high school and CUB-
tor College. Tickets may bo used
by any member of the family.
CLAIM PETITINOS
ARE NOT LEGAL.
Mandamus Proceedings Commenced
to Compel the County Board to
Reconsider their Action.
MANY IRREGULARITIES
Jos. Plgi-nan on behalf of the anti-
dlvionists of Ouster county has com-
mcnced action in the diarMct court
for a writ of mandamus to require
the hoard of supervisors to assemble
and .et aside the order to submit , the
question of dividing Ouster county
and erecting thorcfrom tlio pro
posed now counties of Corn and Rose
Only ( tlio petitions of these two
named proposed counties nro qucs-
tloncd. The plaintiff asks that ho bo
permitted to offer evidence that the
said division petitions have not been
signed by a majority of the legal
voters in the two counties ramod.
The action of the cotituy board
in granting these petitions \\as some
what unusual. When the northeast ,
or Corn comity petition came in Mr.
Plgman filed a request asl.'iig that
tie ! petition bo laid over for thirty
days , In order to glvo the anti-dlvi-
sIcnLits a chance to thoroughly ex
amine it. A tie vote wai had on
the matter. Supervisors Morris , Gilmore -
more and Grlnt voting to reject tlio
Plgman request , while S ipcrvlsors
Dewey , Cushman and Foley voted to
subtain the request. Supervisor Head
lo was absent. The folioing day
the presence of Supervise : Ilcadloy
was secured and ho joined with the
first named Supervisors in rejecting
the Pigman request.
Phalrman Morris then appointed
a committee consisting of Supervisor
Grlnt. Gllmoro and Dewey to examine
ami report on the petition. Super-
vlaors Grlnt and Gilmore submitted
a majority report declaring that the
petition was signed by a majority of
the legal voters of tlio proposed
county , the said majority bolng 31.
Supervisor Dewey submltU.l a mill-
oiitv report , stating that ho did not
bolJovo that the petition hod the re
quired number of signers and recom
mended that the Plgman request bo
grai.ted.
.U this point Jos. Plgman filed a
sncond protest declaring that the pe.
tltion was referred to the committee
at 10:30 : a. m. and that the time
which had elapsed from that until
the report of the committee which
was made on the afternoon of the
same day , was utterly insufficient
fi > r a reasonable Investlgat'on ' to bo
made. Plgman further statad In his
protest that the committee of Super-
vUnrs had taken no stops to ascer
tain the actual total number of legal
voters in the said territory and that
there had boon no evidence before
the board to show the same. The ma
jor'ty report granting tin- petition
wap carried by a vote oJ 4 to 3
Supervisors Morris , Grint , Gllmoro
and ilwulloy voting to order the
election and Supervisors Do\voy. Cush
man and Foley voting against it.
The southeast , pr Rose county po.
tition was rushed through in prac
tically the same manner. The com
mittee reported that the petition
had a majority of 15 of t'lo legal
voters lu Bald proposed couity. Mr.
WellNowWnatDo You Tkink of IT ?
Isn't IT A Dream ?
P.'gman protested against tlio allow-
ug of this petition without proper
iivetslRntlon in much tlio same
nnnnor as before , . A vote was taken
uul tlio pctaiUoa was pronlptly grant-
cd , the same Supervisors voting for
uul against It as was ilono hi the
granting of tlio Corn county petition.
Since this action of tlio Hoard ,
these petitions have hoen thoroughly
invcls-gntod by people living in ev
ery township within the two pro.
posed counties in question and it Is
known beyond any doubt whatever
that both petitions arc far short of
necessary legal signers. Many names
appear on the pclttlon twice and in
one or two cases , even three times ,
and some gross irregularities will bo
brought out when the matter Is thor
oughly sifted In court.
In several division olotions hold
In Cintor comity , it has been known
that the petitions in one or moro of
the proposed counties have been II-
legal. Last year the northeast peti
tion was not a good ono and a few
of the division leaders of that part
of the county wore acquainted with
this tact. Owing to the tremendous
volume of work and tlio heavy oxen -
[ ) en o involved in proving these
fac'tp , the question has been allow
ed to go to a vote In years past , but
'ho ' work of tlio division leaders In
forcing through their petition lias
become so bold that the anti-dlvi-
hlonlsts from all over Ouster county
have not only requested , but demand
ed that a stop bo put to this kind
of work.
If the petitions are legal , there is
no disposition on tlio part of any
body jn Broken How or any other
part of Ouster county , to head off
the election. The division cam
paign engenders bitterness and
hard feelings , and it Is bad
enough to keep up this strife when
the petitions are regular , but It is
a whole lot worse when the election
is called on faulty petitions , because
tlio election would be Illegal and tlio
campaign of bitterness would avail
nothing In case of division success.
The sontlment. In about three-fourths
of Ouster county is so strong against
division that it would bo utterly
itr.potiH'blo for tlio matter to oven
como to a vote , if the division leaders -
ors who circulate these petitions
were compelled to show au actual
majority of the volora.
If the antl-dlvlonlsts of Ouster
county do not prove beyond any
question of doubt that tlio petitions _
are far short of a majority of legal
signers , there will ho no attempt
to head off the vote on this ques
tion at the coming election. But ,
If on the other Irand they prove what
this Drtlclo states they can , and will
prove , then it would bo wrong to al
low the question to go to a vote on
Illegal petitions.
Nearly A Tragedy
In all probability Earl Cooper wil'
never come nearer crossing the Great
Divide without actually doing so , that he
did late Monday afternoon , when a team
of horses hitched to a Wtigou of sand ,
crashed into the mower he wns seated on.
The team which belonged to Billy Martin
took frieght in some way near the depot
and started to inn south. Scattering
send in many directions , they swung
around the corner by Anderson's dashed
on a block and tried the same thing in
front of the Security State Bank only to
he met by a serious obstacle. Cooper
was seated on a mower handling his own
team when the runaway horses struck
him , knocking him from the seat , and
straddling the machine. For a minute
it looked as though he would be tramp
led to death but in some uiiracleous way
he escaped their feet and came out al
most uninjured. His shirt was ripped
up the back where the pole struck hint
and he was somewhat bruised , but fortu
nately no bones were broken , and ac
cording to his own statement he was con
siderably more'freightened than hurt.
LIGHT LIGHT
LIGHT
We are in the light business , have been dealing in good lights for a
number of years. We always satisfy the customer that is wanting more
light. We have secured the agency for the well known Angle Lamps and
fixtures. Upou their arrival we will announce it through the columns of
our papers.
We will also have tn stock stand , vase and hanging lamps of all
kinds. We have in stock good burners , good chimneys , goqd wicks , good
oils and
Everything in Good Healthy Food Products
A.11 goods sold by us are Pure and protected
by the National and State Pure Food Laws ,
J. C. BOWEN
TUADK
PURE OLD CIDER VINEGAR
MAIUC
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