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VOL. XXIX llltOICUX 1K\V , CUSTI5U COUNTY , XKUKASKA , THUHSDAY , OCTOII13 H Ul , 1010. NO. 20
CopTrtfht 1909 , by C. E Zimmerman CoNo. . 25
Among teh few personal ornmcnts
that modorii convention permits .a
man to wear , about the only thing
In which there has been a radical
change In style is the watch fob ,
,1 which has replaced the watch chain.
, This is one instance whore the pre
vailing style is sensible , as there are ]
many points in favor of the fob over
the chain in appealance and use-
fullness. Wo have watch fobs in
endless variety of styles and prices
Fell Down Stairs.
Mary the 8-year-old daughter of
A. Jj. .Lruuier met. wiui a auriuuu .in
cident Tuesday afternoon while play
ing on the steps at the side of the
store. The people inside the store
heard a lall and rushing to the en
trance found the child lying uncon
scious at the foot of the stairs.
Dr. Pennington was summoned
and found the little girl had sus
tained a concussion of the brain.
She did not regain consciousness un
til in the early hours of the morning
Dr. Pennington says the child is get
ting along reasonably well ; but Is no
out of danger.
Crooked .Lines Provoke.
A voter near Ansley writes "that
I am so provoked about the division
question .that I do not know what I
ought to say to express my disgust
of the whole matter when I see the
map of Custer county marked in such
crooked lines. He says it shows to
any good citizen of the county that
they have been1 drawn by crooked
men of very bad interest. I do not
see why any sane voter * would try
to divide the county on such lines.
I have heard several say they will
not vote to divide the county on
such lines.
Division Fight lU-fore The Board.
As a result of the mandamus pro
ceedings brought in district court by
Joseph Pigmnn against the county
Hoard of Supervisors , that body has
been in session all the week gonig
over the petitions of the two propos
ed counties of Corn and Rose. It
has been a hard fight and a consid
erably mixed up aitair. Judge Sul
livan and his associates have con
tested the petitions name by name ,
while Attorney Clements and other
representative divisionists have work
ed as hard on their side of the
house. In order to dispose as
quickly as pos&ible of the mass of
evidence introduced the supervisors
have been holding three sessions a
day , every ono being attended by
crowds of interested residents of
the county whose sympathies arc on
ono side or the other.
On Monday night the examination
of the Corn county petition was con
cluded ; but the supervisors did not
pass on it at that time. The work
is now consentrated the Rose
county petition , and from the evid
ence introduced by the nntl-dlvision-
ists on Wednesday it would look as
though they had considerably the
best of the game. The healing will
probably last the balance of the
week. '
CONGRESSMAN
GEO. M. HITCHCOCK'
IN BROKEN BOW.
He Spoke at The Opera House last
To 1(5 ( People uf Whom About
75 Were Voters.
HIS SPEECH WAS ! NOTII : )
FOR WHAT HE DID NOT SAY *
Congressman G. M. Hitchcock of
Omaha spoke to a fair sized audienc
at the opera house last night whcero
but little enthusiasm was \munlfost-
ed , there were probably 125 people
present including women and child
ren. There were about 75 voters
besides C. W. Heal , J. A. Ollte , Ross
Moote and W. B. Eastlmm , who oc
cupied the platform with the speak
er.
er.The congressman , not unlike most
men is not an eloquent speaker and
several left the room before he was
half through. No women loft when
ho told his twin baby story as they
were up to the front where they
could not get away but some others
did.
did.He
He complimented W. J. Taylor
for his energy and fighting qualities
and condemned Congressman Kln-
kaitl because he did take positive
stand with the democrats on tariff
measures and bocnusn he bought 1GO
acre tract of conl land in Alaska
through Ballingcr when Bullinger
was a private citizen.
Mr. Hitchcock on'ltted to compare
the amount of work Congressman
Kinkaid had done for the Nebraska
homesteader with his own work in'
the same congress.
Nor did he mention his part in
of state funds. ' ;
The announcement that Hartley
is coming back to Nebraska to ex
pose the whole deal between him
self and Hitchcock doubtless was a
gentle reminder that to ignore any
referanco to that matter was the' .
better part of wisdom. !
It was distressing interest to note
that he did not say a word in favor
of his friend and running mate , Jim
Dahlnmn.
It was not so much a surprise
that ho forgot to speak a good word
for W. H. Eastlmm , democrat can
didate for Land Commissioner , J. A.
Ollls , democrat candidate for the
state senate and C. W. Heal , editor
of the only democrat paper In the
county and his party's nominee for
county attorney , all of whom sat on
the platform with him , but for him
to entirely forget his own townsman ,
Jim Dalilman , the democrat candidat
for governor was too bad , for even
a democrat candidate for the Un
ited States Senate.
He told us that his first vote was
for a republican president because
his father was a republican but that
his pccond vote wns for the demo
crat ticket from due consideration
of the political parties. He express
ed his regret and surprise that the
entire west had not been democrat
ic all these years , but had come to
the conclusion it \\as because so
many of the Abraham Lincoln soldi
ers had taken the ndvlro of Horace
Groely and gone west and they wore
still votin the republican ticket.
Ho stated Mat there was no use
trying to deny the question but
what the tariff is still the issue be
tween the democrats and republicans
Ho stated that the government Is
imposing a consumption tax upon
the people of the county six times
greater than was thtir tax for state
and county taxes That every thing
they consumed and used wore taxed
out of reason and the cost of living
had been greatly increased. That
the manufactories and trusts of the
east were the sole benefactors.
The old thread bare argument of
American goods selling cheaper In
European countries than at home
was again rehearsed and urged as
the reason why a protective tariff
fSSBSOK
APPLES WINTER APPLES
Jonathan , Ben Davis , Ganos , Winesaps. They are all
winter apples and in tip to'p condition.
Pure Mrple S3rrup , Pure Sorghum , New Orleans
Molasses.
Then you want that Pancake Flour and Buckwheat
for your breakfast. We have it , the best.
We Buy Test and Pay Spot Cash for Your Cream.
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J. N. PEALE
PKone 161 THE GROCER * PKone 180
Agent for De Laval Separators Cream Station
was a hoax and a fraud upon the
western consumer. The tariff upon
wool and cotton goods wore among
the Items specified was greater than
was required to protect the Ameri
can from the cheap labor of foreign
countries. Again he omitted to say
that the western sheepralser and
the cotton grower of the south were
among the benefactors of high
prices for wool and cotton and that
the American farmer who produces
the corn , wheat and meat to feed
the great army of high priced lab
or in the manufacturing centers
whose emplojnuiit Is made contin
uous by our largo < . \jKrl 'ratio , como
In for a share of the bcnelits of high
prices for their products.
He proposed as a remedy for the
high tariff on consumption an In
come tax But ho again omitted testate
state that such a-law had been en
acted by a democrat congress and
was declared unconstitutional by the
United States Supreme Court. Ho
Scensured Sen'ator Burkett for not
voting with the democrats when they
attempted to insert an income tax
clause in the tariff bill in the last
session of Congress , but he failed to
give Senator Burkett credit for
drafting a resolution which was pass
ed that provides an amendment to
the constitution so that an income
tax may bo constitutional. He ac
knowledged such a resolution W"s
passed by the republicans but cen
sured it as being too far around ,
stating that able lawyers were auth
ority for the statement that an In
come tax Is constitutional , not with-
Vhnti/lltirr tlisi Ittrrlmot nniivt ITI tlm
land had decided otherwise. Ho
plead with the progressive rcpubllca
to support him because he had voted
with the progressive icpubllcan in
congress , lie was careful not to
stair f'-e ' r > pct facts in the case by
saying u . , l some times some of the
progressive republicans voted for
democrat amendments against repub
lican measures. For such republica
who live in other states ho mention
ed personally but did not say a word
complimentary to Congressman Norris -
ris who Is-a candidate for re-election
in his own district.
Space forbid a complete review
of the entire speech which consum
ed more than one hour and half of
time , but the whole of it was along
the same line.
His personation was upon the part
ho took in congress about the invcs
tigatlon of the Government Land Of
fice in which Secrtary Ballinger was
Implicated but in that he acknow
ledged he appropriated to his own
use the magazine article of Glavls ,
a republican clerk in the land office
was the author.
FUN AND FINKS
Two Cherry County Farmers Hnvo
to Pay for n Iloo/.o Frolie
On The Train.
II. O. and C. S. Jelinck of Wood
Lake , Cherry county , paid a forced
visit to the people of Broken Bow
one night last week , and were the
guests of Chief Towsley and Mar
shall Draper during their brief so
journ. It appears that the Jellnoks
had been to Omaha on a business
and pleasure trip and when they
started for home , determined to lay
over a few hours at Ravenna where
they used to live , and whore also
many friends reside. Now Ravenna ,
be it known , is a town of much
mirth and gaiety , and along its
streets are many emporiums wherc-at
the thirsty traveler from the sand
hills and other parts of the map
may regale himself with"joy water"
The Jellnoks , meeting old friends
and remembering days of yore , pro
ceeded not only to load themselves
Internally , but to store sundry and
divers bottles in suitcases and re-
ceptales about the clothes.When No
39 pulled into Ravenna , they were
loaded for bear and other small game
and when the train started they had
securely planted themselves in a
couple of seats and' were trying to
drown all rememdranccs of the partIng -
Ing that had just taken place. At
Ansley they had so for recovered
themselves as to fire an empty bottH
or two at the people on the platform
At Herwyn the fun wns fast and fur
lous and empty bottles soared thru
the atmosphere like English spar
rows around the back porch.
It was at this stage that the con
ductor pulelly took a hand in the
game and telephoned ahead to Bro
ken Bow for the marshall to bo at
the depot. Upon the arrival of the
train Messrs. Towsley and Draper
were very much In evidence and pro
ceedcd to escort the Cherry county
citizens across town to the steel cag
where they were loft to blissful re
pose for the night. With the com
ing of the dawn , however , matters
assumed a different aspect. One
Jolinek was poved and the other was
peevish ; both had seal brown tastes
Jn their mouths and they wanted to
go homo. But it was Impossible to
allow such guests to depart without
asking of theni a souvenir in fond
remembrance of the occasion. They
were accordingly taken before Jus
tice Fodgo who Informed them that
twenty dollars and costs would about
'
touch the right spot. This they paid
with many lamentations as to what
could have been done with the
money if they had not Included Bro
ken Bow In their tour. Chief Tows-
ley dlstroyed a quantity of liquor
they were carrying with thorn.
Senator J. P. Dolllver of Iowa dlo
at his home in Forte Dodge Satur
day evening Oct. 15th after a brief
illness. Ho was not thought to bo
In n critical condition by his friends
The day of his death ho was up and
about the place and expressed to his
friends that he expected to bo able
to resume work in a week. Senat
or Dollivor had served six termsIn
Congress and had been In the Unit
ed Stalls Senate slnco 1899 and had
three years more to servo on his
present term. No man of his state
lias over had so loved a following as
Senator Dolllver had attained. Ho
was yet a comparltlvely young man
, only 52 years of ago and was rapIdly -
Idly becoming a power In the United
States Senate. Ills death removes a
great man and his loss will bo felt
by the nation as well as by his own
state. From a humble start ho has
gradually attained his greatness. A
mong his first law cases was before
the late Micheal Morrlsey who was
a justice of the peace In Iowa be
fore Mr. Morrlsoy moved to Ouster
county. When the Senator accom
panied Theodore Roosevelt to
Broken Bow in the McKlnlcy cam
paign , Mr. Morrlsey was ono of the
first of Custcr county's citizens to
meet him and extend greetings.
} IN THE SUM OF,00. . .
Ktlgar A. Job Hound Over to the
District Court for Stealing
From Electric Light Co.
Charged with having burglarized
the tool house of the Custor Elec
tric Co. of this place , Edgar A. Job
who claims to bo only nineteen year
old was taken before County Judge
Holcomb last Monday afternoon and
bound over to the district court
in the sum of $500. The tool house
of the company was broken into last
Friday night , and upon information
received here from the authorities
at Ravenna , Sheriff Kennedy went
to that place last Saturday and re
turned Sunday morning with three
suspects who had ben arrested with
some of the stolen property 'on thorn
When taken into court , Job assum
ed nil the blame and said his com
panions were not implicated in any
way. He said he ran away from
the state reform school three years
ago , where ho had been placed at
the instigation of his father but
had returned to that Institution and
was no\\ out on parole. lie says
hid homo is at Tablle Rock and that
liH was origiamilly sentenced to the
rolorm school for a term of seven
years on a charge of Incorrlglblllty.
Job had been working for the
electric light company a short time
previous to his arrest and on the
night of the robbery , went to the
tool house to got some clothes be
longing to him , which ho claimed
were locked up there. According
to his statement , he had been Imbib
ing a quantity of "Fire Water" and
'
and was not responsible for his
actions when he broke the lock and
after securing his personal effects ,
went further and appropriated some
of the belongings of the company.
He says the theft was committed
without the knowledge of his com
panions , which ho Joined later on.
The only thing Judge Holcomb
could do was to bind the young man
over to district court after ho had
plod guilty ; but County Attorney
Gadd will put himself in communi
cation with the reform school autho
itlcs and ascertain If the prisoner
can be returned there , as he has
shown' a decided preference to that
place over the penitentiary.
ISt-publican Caucus Held ,
The republican township caucus
was hold in the City Hall Saturday
afternoon , Nor Hartley , officiating
as chairman and J. B. Klump acting
as secrtnry , Immediately after
caucus the primaries were declared
open and at five o'clock when the
polls closed the township ticket was
found to have been nominated ; for
township clerk , L. Cushman ; town
ship treasurer , Ross Pickott ; for the
road overseer of district No. 1 , A.
I. Routh ; for road overseer of the
district No. 2 , O. E. Egglcston ,
Kem Wiihl Gets Contract.
At a special meeting of the con
tract and building committee on the
now City Hall , Monday morning , the
bids were opened and the contract
for the building of the new City
Hall was awarded to Kem Wall , of
this place , his bid being the lowest
out of three others. Jt is under
stood that the work of erecting the
now building will bo pushed as rapIdly -
Idly as possible. Mr.Wall's bid was
for $9,974.
BARTLOY TO THE
NEBRASKA STATE
COA1MITTEE.
former Treasurer Seeks Chance To De
fend Ilimsrif on Charge of
Democrat Candidate.
WANTS TO MEET THE COMMITTEE
'
WIRES REQUEST TO BYRNES
DENVER , Oct. 18. ( Special Tel
egram to the Omaha Uco. ) "Never
run up the white flag , " said ox-
State Treasurer Joseph S. Hartley to
night as ho filed his telegram to the
chulrmiin of the democratic committee -
too of Nebraska , asking permission
to appear before the committee with
0. M. Hitchcock to refute the charge
that ho was a blackmailer , as made
by the democratic candidate.
The telegram sent to Chairman
Byrnes is as follows :
"Ullbort M. Hitchcock , your can
didate for United States Senator , has
publicly called mo a blackmailer ,
Will you permit mo to meet him be
fore your committee and allow me
the privilege of answering any ques
tions ho or any member of the com
mittee may desire to ask mo , con-
voniing my relations financially and
polltlffnllywlthhlm ? If you will gran
the privilege , 1 will thank you. "
Mr. Hitchcock's statement in the
papers yesterday that Joseph S. Har
tley had attempted to blackmail him
rnd was using Edgar Howard for
his tool wan read by Mr. Hartley in
JJo-ivor last night and the ox-stato
treasurer will defend himself from
the charge. lie said ho would bo
in Lincoln the fhst of the week ,
probably though ho snld any one
1 who read the Hitchcock statement
and compared it with the fac-slmilcs
of the Hitchcock lettorB to him cer
tainly could have no doubt of the
truth of Howard's charges.
In his possession Mr. Hartley has
many notations and memoranda of
Ills transactions with llltchocock and
these records disclose more startling
sensations than the records given ou
for publication by Edgar Howard.
Those papers Indicate that Mr. Hitch
cock settled a debt of between $500
and $6,000 for $1000 and a note for
$ fiOO , a total of $1,500 , They Indi
cate he not only failed to pay the
principal of the note , $ U,000 , but ho
paid only about three-fifths of the
interest on th loan.
TOTAL DEBT $0,000.00
The $3,000 note was dated Sept.
28 , 189S , and bore Interest at the
rate of 7 per cent. The note was
renewed Sept. 25 1895. Settlement
was made Oct. 12 1901 at which
time the total debt Hitchcock owed
the ex-treasurer was In the neigh
borhood of $0,000. At that ( .lino ho
pledged the $1,000 and gave his not
for $500 due Nov. 12 , 1904. This
note was paid.
The memorandum kept by Hartley
shows that Hitchcock came to Lin
coln to see him and said he would
not pay the note and that if suit
were brought the state would prob
ably take the matter up and "If anyone
ono gets the money it will bo the
state , " Hitchcock is quoted as say
ing.
On ono occasion Hartley says he
drew upon Hitchcock for $500 when
the latter was In Washington and
Hitchcock said if the note and evi
dence of Ills various transaction
had accompanied the draft ho had
ever demanded to know how he had
come Into the possession of a $3,000
note.
SOLICITED LOAN.
"Why should not HUchocock de
mand to know when ho solicited and
obtained that loan in 1893 , " remark
ed the ck-stato treasurer.
Mr. Hartley hesitated about mak
ing any Btaomcnt in answer to Mr.
Hitchcock. Ho said :
"Mr. Hitchcock's statement was
more of an evasion than a denial
of Mr. Howard's charges and In fact
should not necessitate anything from
me. "
Hartley's ill feeling towards Hitch
cock dates from their mooting in
the Lincoln hotel Juno M , 1904 at
which time ho says Hitchcock flatly
lold Hartley that the paper wns out
lawed and that If Hartley started
action against him ho would bo llabl
under the criminal libel law and
that might mean a ropitltlon of his
"former trouble. " Omaha Hco.
South Omnlm Live Stock Market.
Special lie-port
South Omaha. Oct. 19,1910
Cattle : 28.000 for 3 days , good
cattle steady ; common recovering a
little ; corn fed steers also improv
ing , top last week 7.50 for lG221bs. ,
medium G.50 to G.7D. Heat range
beef average 5.00 to 5.00 ; common
and medium grades plentiful at 4.25
to 4.90. Top feeders this week 5.75
for lOlOlbs white faces. Looks as
if feeder buyers In future will have
to depend upon SOO to 100011) . steers
at 4.00 to 5.00. Good cows bring
3.75 to 4.25 ; heifers 3.85 to 4.50 ;
medium grades 3.35 to 3.05 ; can-
1101-8 strong at 3.00 to 3.30. Good
light veal calves 0.00 to 7.00heav- ;
lor medium quality 4.00 to 5.00 ;
best stock calves 4.25 to 4.75. Hulls
unchanged at 3.25 to .00. Indica
tions point ton liberal run this and
next week but decreasing after Nov-
1st. Seem as If feeder buyers shoul
not delay longer.
Hogs : Light receipts have main
tained the market but today prices
rule 5 cents lower. Hulk 8.55 to
8.(55 ( ; top 9.00. Look for a fairly
well maintained market the balance
of this week unless excessive sup
plies are recolvord.
Sheep : Receipts very heavy 125 ,
000 for 3 days. Fat sheep stronger
but feeders considerable lower slnco
last Avcoks report. Best 52'to GOlb
lambs now 6.215 to 5.05 ; 45 to 5011)
4.25 to 5.00 ; 35 to 45 11) , 3.75 to
4.50. 2 and 3 year olds breeding
owes scarce at 4.00 to 4.50 but feed
er owes plentiful at 2.75 to 3.25.
Look for a liberal run for balance
of October and rapidly decreasing
supllcs thereafter. Pretty good op
portunity now for those still wanting. '
feeders.
National Llvo stock Com. Co.
Local Trophy Shoot.
The Broken How Gun Club hold
Its local gun shoot last Friday on
the regular grounds. There was a
good attendances and some very fair
scores were made. Had the wind
been a little more moderate the aver
ages would have been undoubtedly
been higher. For the Balllstor
trophy , Ray Gadd was first with a
score of 18x25. Fred Roeder JVB
second took the Hunter Arms Co. ,
trophy with a score of 17x25. The
Dupont picture , third prize was won
by L. C. Cross , score 15x25. No.
4 , Wilbur Holcomb , 14x25. No. 5 ,
Leo Dean , 11x25. In the practlco
shoot , Hort Manning , of Hastings ,
made 51x75 ; Franklin,50x75 ; Al C.
Cross , 48x75 ; AVllbur Holcomb , 44x-
75 ; J. G. Van Cott , 45x50 ; Ray Gad
30x50 ; Fred Rccder , 31x50 and Leo
'
Dean , 30x50.
LIGHT LIGHT LIGIJT
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
I our papers.
i We will'nls6 hnve tn stock stand , vase and hanging lamps of all
kinds. We have in stock good burners , good chimneys , good wicks , good
oils and
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J Everything in Good Healthy Food Products
Jt
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All goods sold by us are Pare u id protected
by the National and State Pure- Food Laws.
J. C. BO WEN
TRADi :
PUKE OLD CIDER VINEGAR
MAIUC
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