Slate Historical Society
er ( Dountvj IRepublican
VOL. XXIX. BROKEN BOW , OUSTER COUNTY , . NEBRASKA , THURSDAY.DECEMBER 8 , 1910. NO. 27.
Jewelry the Gift of Gifts
Advance Shopping
All you per pie know the benefits of earl } ' looking- .
You know you miss the crowds and all that sort of
inconvenience.
You know how much easier it is to exactly suit
yourselves whsn all lines are almost untouched.
Then why not take advantage of these advantages ?
Our stock is at this minute complete from collar
buttons to diamonds. It comprites the worthiest goods
that we could buy with our 11101103' , or that you can buy
with yours.
You may make your selections now at your leisure
and by paying a small deposit may have them laid aside
for you until the "eventful day. "
YOU are invited ta avail yourself of this privilege.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
City or Broken JJow
D. R. Rockwell , Mayor.
J. S. Squires , Pres. of Council.
R. S. Kims , Treasurer.
11. D. Pickett , Clerk.
Couiicilnien
1st Ward , J. M. Klmborllng , E.
P. McCluro.
2nd Ward , James Ledwlch , C. II.
England.
3rd Ward , J. S. Squires , D. C.
Konkol. - - , -
4th Ward , S. L. Cannon , W. B.
Eastham.
Auction of School Liuul
Notice is hereby given that on the
19th day of December 1910 , at one
o'clock P. M. at the office of the
counfy treasurer of CuSter county ,
the Commissioner of Public Lands
and ' Buildings or his authorized , re
presentative will offer for lease at
public auction nil educational lands
in said county which have been de
clared forfeited for non-payment of
rental or interest. , as follows :
All 1G-1.J-23 Byrou B. Davis.
WNW A 1G-14-19 II. Lomax
Dated Nov. 21 , 1910. R.B.Cowles
Commissioner of Public Lands and
Buildings.
Rev. Doward will speak on "Re
ligious Indifference" at the Christ
ian church next Sunday evening.
The morning services will be as
usual , Sunday School with conimun-
li/n and sermon.
NEW TELEPHONE SYSTEM
An Up-To-Dato Change That Puts
IhokiMi How In the Front
Rank.
The entire telephone system of
Broken Bow underwent a decided
change last Thursday night , the old
grounded circut being discarded for
good and giving place to the com
plete common batteries throughout.
For several months past , while the
new exchange was In course of con
struction , gangs of workmen and ex
pert . .linemen have been , kept busy
| preparing for the changs , and the
llnal jump from one system to an
other was made an thureday. Brok
en Bow can now boast a metallic
circuit that is second to none in the
state , as far as efficient service and
up-to-date equipment is concerned.
i The new exchange Is a handsome ,
two story , pressed brick building
with half basement. On the first
floor are the manager's offices and
business departments. The second
floor is given over entirely to the
exchange work and long distance ,
while in the basement arc depart
ments belonging to the repair gang
and linemen. According to Manager
Claude Cunio , this building Is the
most complete telephone exchange
in the state , with the possible xe-
ccption of Omaha and Lincoln.
ORTELLO
A nice snow visited us Sunday.
F.V. . Bcckler and wife visited
at Ingrain's Saturday and Sunday.
Theio was no Sunday School at
Sunshine Sunday on account of the
snow.
Ray Pollard Is husking corn for
J. M. Ingram.
COFFEES
We now have a splendid line of premiums with our
Nnoxall Cofi'co , just in. Wo invite your inspection of our
lino. Knoxall Coffee 30e per pound.
-Pancakes
Call on us for all kinds of flour. Buckwheat. Corn
leal , Graham , Self Hiring 1'ancake flour and Packags stuff
reatot Foods
Quaker Oatmeal , Mogul Oats , Kcllog's Toasted Corn
Flakes , E-C Corn Flakes , Quaker Puffed Kioe and Wheat
Petti John and Uncle Sam's Breakfast Food.
The Eagle Grocery Store.
The Square Detvl Store Phone 58
COl'RT HOUSE PETITION FILED.
Alter Thorough Investigation , Com
mittee Appointed To Cherk
Petition Returns Favor
able Report.
CONTAINS 2033 NAMES
At a recent mass meeting of a
goodly number of citizens of Broken
How and Custer County held for
the purpose of ascertaining what
could bo done towards building a
Court House for Custer County ,
to replace the one destroyed by fire
about ono year ago , It was decided
that , owing to the conldtlons In
which the records are kept , imme
diate steps ought Mo be taken to
ward providing a suitable placa for
their safe keeping. It was gener
ally understood that the members
of the board of Supervisors were' '
heartily in favor of submitting the1 ,
question to a vote of the people but
owing to the fact that the 5 mill
levy proposition was defeated the. '
board did not feel like assuming
the responsibility of ordering an e-
lectlon without sonio evidence of
the people to calling for such order. \
A committee was Immediately ap
pointed , of which L. H. Jowott was
chairman , to see that petitions wbro
circulated throughout the county. {
The petition circulated in substance
asked that a 7 mill levy be voted' '
on the assessed valuation ( which Is
only 1-5 of the actual valuationof )
Ouster County. This levy to be di-
\ICACI in two years , 4 mills to be
levied for the year 1011 and 3
mills for the year 1912 , AND NO
MORE.
The petltlpns were started out on
Friday Nov. 25th and in Just onoi i
'
week from that date were presented ,
to the board by Mr. L. II. Jewett ,
t t
at 10 a.m. with the signature of
2033 of the legal voters of Custor
County. Supervisors Dewey , Gilmore -
more and Headley were appointed
to check the petition and between
4 and 5 o'clock on Saturday after
noon brought In the following re
port :
The following resolution wns of
fered by Ifdward Foloy.
Whereas this Board has just pass
ed an order providing that the
question of authorizing this Board
to make a special levy of four mills
on the dollar of the assessed valua
tion of the property of the County I
of Custer for the year 1911 and a
further special levy of three mills
on the dollar of the assessed valua- .
tlon of said property for the year
1912 , with which to construct a
court house and jail bo submitted
to the voters of said county at a I
special election to be held on the
9th day of January 1911 ; And wher
as many of the electors of said
county , before voting at said special
election upon said question , are do-
slrous of knowing the kind of court
house and jail to bo constructed ,
and the same total of the sanieiAnd
Whereas the county now owns
In the hands of Us Treasurer of
$13,000 derived from insurance of
the court house burned : And whereas -
as the nggreate amount of said two
special levies is and will be approx
imately $51,000.00 , And Whereas a
lire-proof building of given dimen
sions will cost not to exceed twen
ty per cent , more than the building
of the same dimensions not fire
proof :
Now , therefore bo it resolved by
this board that In case said propo
sition carries , and this board Is au
thorized to make said two specla
levies , that the court house con |
structed shall bo fire-proof , It shall
cost , when completed , not to exceed-
$00,000.00.
That If said proposition carries
nt said spcrttl election , this Hoard
shall adopt plans and specifications
for the proposed new court house
and shall then advertise for bids for
the construction of said building ,
and shall let the contract not ox-
ceedhfg $ GO,000.00 to the lowest re
sponsible bidder who will furnish
satisfactory bonds that said build
ing shall bo constructed according
to contract , and shall bo fire-proof ;
constructed of material and work
manship of highest order , and of
the kind and nature specified in the
plans and specifications , and that
the same shall bo completed within
the tlmo provided bytho contract.
And that in addition to the mater
ial in the ruins of the old court
house ; there shall bo an cxpondeo
not to exceed $4000 in the construc
tions of a fire proof jail.
This report was unanimously adopted -
dopted by the board and the ques
tion will bo voted on January nth.
It Is useless to go into detail with
the many reasons why a court house
ought to be built. Division was fair
ly beaten by a largo majority at the
last election and there ought to bo
no question in the minds of fair
minded people that it is an expen
sive proposition for the county to
keep on paying rent for office room
and paying for the keep of prisoners
in some neighboring county joil , as
Is the situation at the present time.
Broken Bow precinct built the court
house that was recently destroyed
Is it just and fair to ask them to
build another now after Custer Co.
has attained the wealth and pros
perity of which she today may truth
fully boast. We do not believe that
a fair minded people will look at it
thus , neither do we believe they
will bo misled by argument tending
to prejudice them against a Just
cause. It Is the duty of every man
to excercise his right of franchise
and If the entire vote of Cucter Co.
Is polled on January 9th there will
be no question as to the outcome
of the 7 mill levy election. 7 mills
will raise in round numbers $51,000
This added to the $13,000 insurance
money now on hand will amount to
$64,000. Considering the price of
material at the present time this
amount Is merely sufficient to con
struct a building without furnish
ings ar.d one that will only bo suf
ficient to meet the requirements of
'transacting the county business.
HISTORY OF
FORM Ell CUSTEIl COUNTY
HOMESTEADER.
First Township Clerk of Algernon.
Tolls of Arkansas and Is Jn-
\itcd J'.ack to bo Hunt ;
Invitation Declined
If a mr.n should live by farming
and cai puttering until ho was 50
knowing nothing of grammar or rhe
toric , and then wako up some fine
morning and find that ho had writ
ten a book with a sale af ono mllllo
copies , he probably would pinch him
self to learn if he was dreaming. If
he should write three books with
total sales running close to two mil
lion copies , and then a fourth book
that IB selling- now at the rate of
10,000 copies a month , his astonish
ment woi.ld bo even greater.
Marl m Hughes of Stlllwator has
.done Ml this. Ho can hardly toll
ilhow It happened , but his publishers
CHRISTMAS
IS COMING
Wo will hnvc a fine line of Fresh Sweet Candies.
Fresh Nuts of all kinds , C andicd Pineapple and Cherries ,
Holly , Evergreen , Candles of all eolors , Popcorn for the
litth' folks , Tinsels of hri ght colors , and anything you will
need for Christmas.
We will ho pleased to fill special orders for Christmas
goods.We
We have David Cole's Fresh Scaled Shipped Oysters in
sanitary cans. We sell from the "Artiu Oyster Carrier "
which keeps them in perfect condition.
FRESH CALIFORNIA MAMMOTH CELERY.
J. N. PEALE
Phone isi THE GROCER Phone 180
Agent for De Laval Separators rcsm Station
have the recordi. Hughes In the
author of "Throo Yeais In Arknn-
saw , " "Adam and Eve In the Gar
den of Eden , Die Dam Family , "
and "Oklahoma Charley. " the latter
Just from the jiross. Hughes was
not good at driving a bargain and
got only Jfi,0000 from his first thro
Looks , whllo aOhlcago publisher that
bought the rights to "Three Years
In Arkansaw" cleaned up more than
$100,000 from Its sales.
*
If describing the quaint customs
and telling the rude uncouth natlvo
Jokes of the "hillbillies" and the
"crackers" In the exact words and
manner of the latter bo llterato.theii
Hughes IB on his way to a place In
the Hall of Fame. Hut It may bo
safely doubted that "Three Years In
Arkansaw" Is literature , though the
American public , mostly on rail road
trains , has bought a million copies
HIS BOOKS ANGER ARKANSAS.
Hughes' books have caused much
amusement. Likewise , In Arkansas
they have caused more wrath than
anything else that was over written
about that state. After the book
was published Hughes received num
erous urgent Invitations to come
back to Arkansas and get killed ,
lie refused the Invitations as fast
as they came. Ho has a lingering
suspicion that ho may never go back
to Arkansas. Down In that state
the story Is circulated with pleasure
that Hughes was sent to the ponltcn
tlary for writing the book. Once a
bill was Introduced In the Arkansas
legislature forbidding the sale of
the book In that state , according to
Hughes , but after the bill had pass
ed -several readings the Icglshij
laturo was adjourned on account of
an epidemic of smallpox , and the
bill died.
HE'S A CARPENTER AUTHOR.
Hughes was born In Sherman
county , Indiana , in 1854. Ho has
roamed all over the west , taking a
homestead many years ago in Ous
ter county , Nebraska. Ho came to
Oklahoma when the country was
opened to settlement in 188 ! ) . Ho
Is 58 years old and has moved 5G
times , which ho thinks is a good
record as a mover. For a number
of years he was a carpenter nt
Guthrio.
In 1805 Hughes moved to Hatton
Gup , Ark. , nearly a hundred miles
from a railroad In any direction , anil
opened a store. He has never boon
able to explain to himself why ho
went to Hatton Gap , The natives
in that particular locality wore a
source of endless entertainment to
Hughes. In letters to relatives In
other states Hughes described the
things ho saw and heard. His spel
ling was poor , his grammar bad , but
his language was vigorous and direct
One day ho was struck with the idea
that ho might bo able to write 11
book about Arkansas. Ho began
saving his letters , and after ho mov
ed to another state wrote "Throo
Years In Arkansaw. "
The Illustrations in Hughes' books
belong to the cockloburr school of
art. The originals are his own ,
drawn with a pencil , after which
they are copied by the professional
Illustrators. Hughes writes slowly
and laboriously. His cleverness la
mostly in his selng keenly the hu
mor of the doings and sayings of
the natlvo and In reproducing them
with all their local atmosphere.
Hughes has not the slightest Idea
of "highbrow" literature. Hut his
stuff brings the money Kansas
City Star.
MARRIED
The home of MR. and Mrs. E.
Gschwind was the HCCIIO of a very
qulot but pretty homo wedding law.
Sunday cvp. , when their daughter
Mies Lena and Mr. Fred Heavers ,
of Hepburn , lo\\a. , were married.
I'Promptly at six o'clock the bri
dal party , entered the parlor and
thorp Rev. .J. E. Aubrey , of the Prat-
bytorlan church , spoke the words
which made them man and wife.
The bride wore a charming gown
of light blue persian silk , and hoi-
only attendant , Miss Roxey Porter ,
was attired In a gown of old rose
silk.
Immediately after the ceremony
the guests wore Invited to the din
ing room where they were served
with a sumptions wedding.
Mrs. Heavers IB the youngest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gschwlnd
and has grown from childhood In
our midst. She Is a graduatu < >
Gustor 'College and for the past
three years has been employed an
stenographer bore.
Mr. Heavers Is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Heavers , a prosperous
farmer of Hepburn , la.
Mr. and Mrs. Heavers loft on the
early morning train Monday for
Hepburn , la. where Is employed by
the Electric Light Co.
Congratulations and best wishes
from a host of friends go with
thorn to their now homo.
SILVER WEDDINC
Mr. and Mrs.V. . R. Hovoy colo-
sary at their homo near Cumro , Nov.
brated thl'lr 25th wedding nnnlvoi1-
124. The dinner wan served at noon
to about one hundred guests , and
the festlvo board was graced with
almost every desirable eatable.
The brldo'8 cake was a whlto
pyramid , beautified by whlto flow
ers and green leaves.
Tokens of appreciation were re
ceived In the form of much useful
and valuable silverware and many
other presents.
Guests from a distance woro- :
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Hovoy , of Cus-
ter , South Dekota ; Ml < m Houln
Swope , of Hroken Bow ; Mr. and
Mrs" . A. Jennings , Mr. and Mrs. Mil-
house , Dr. Hush and wife , Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Johnson , Miss Hattlo Pal
mer , L. Johnson , and J. HaiiHoy of
Sunnier ; and Mr. and Mrs. Ilahn ,
Miss Mallnda Halm , Miss Mary
Summcrvlllo and Miss Donna Moore
of Millor.
Mr. and Mrs. Ilovoy are both Ncb-
rasklaiiH by birth and have spent
most of their lives In Ouster Co.
They have but ono child , a boy
three years of ago.
A regular shower of letters and
post cards came from all parts of
this country , wishing them - happiness
ness and the best of all thlngs.botU
In this life and the ono to come.
MRS. JAMES ( JOVIElt DEAD
Mrs. James Govlcr died Nov.25th
1910 , aged 71 ! yrn. , 11 mo. , 5 da.
She was born at Seagely , England ,
Dec. 2th , 1830 , married to James
Govler , July 18 , 185:5 : , came to Wis
consin In 1805 , moved to Nebraska
In 1884. x
To Mr. and Mrs. Govlcr were
born 13 children , 9 boys and 4
girls , 7 of whom are living in com
pany with her aged companion ,
James Govler , to mourn her loss ,
The funeral WUB conducted by
Rev. R. Hollls , at Welssort , Neb. ,
Nov. 27. 1910 in the presence of a
large sympathizing congregation who
followed her to her last resting
place.
OAKLAND
AUTOMOBILES
THE GOING KIND
TIRES , SUNDRIES AND SUPPLIES
Automobiles and Gas Engines Repaired and Rebuilt.
Oakland Cars give Service Satisfaction and Real Assurancej
REAM BROS.