ASHTON NEWS DEPARTM ..
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JTOIIJl* I\ SMITH, Isocul Editor and •Idrcrlisinff Solicitor.
Devoted to the Interests of Ashton. FRIDAY, JUNE 6 1908. Started, April 3,1
THOS. JAMROG,
-DEALEK IN
Hardware, Stoves arid Tinware
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and a roiuplrto stork of
WAGONS, BUGGIES % FARM MACHINERY.
Come to my store to buy. I can please you
botli in quality and price of goods.
ASHTON, - • ■ NEBRASKA.
HIGHEST MARKET PRICE
-PAID FOR
Live
Bring your
Stock to tlie^
ASHTON ^
MARKET. (
I will pay
5 ALL
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market
affords.
J. P. TAYLOR, Live Stock Dealer,
ASHTON, - - - NEBRASKA.
-o-1 now haFe possession of the-o
B & M. ELEVATORS
and will pay highest market prioe for gram at
MCALPINE, LOUP CITY, SCHAUPP SIDING,
ASHTON AND FARWELL.
Goal for Sals at Loop Clly aid Asia. Will Bay
HOGS AT SCHAUPP SIDING AND FARWELL
Call ami see our coal and get prices on grain.
OR. G- TAYLOR.
FARMERS AND
BREEDERS!
di service fur the season don’t fail
to see my stallions, to-wit:
PRAIRIE. PRINCE: n Thoroughbred Clvdsdale Bay.
HOMESTEAD DICK: Norman and Clyde
ENGLISHSHIRE stallion, weight 3700, 9 years old,
named Tax Paver.
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PUAIKIK l'UINCK ia a large bay Clydesdale, 5
years old, weight lisOO; is a full blood Clydsdale, registered
in the American Clydsdale Association. The certificate of
registry and podigree can be seen at my barns.
HOMESTEAD DICK is a thee-fourths Norman and
one-fourth Clyde, weight iGoOand i- four years old. Mv jack
My terms for stallion -vi< • arc easonablc. These
horses will stand at my barn for the season of 1003.
R. L DOBSON,
ASHTON, — — — NEBRASKA.
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MONUMENTS.
MARBLE GRANITE AND ALL KINDS
OF CEMETERY WORK.
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BEST OF MATERIAL. LOWEST PRICES FOR GOOD
work. See us or write to us b'efore giving an order.
GRAND ISLAND, - . . NEB.
LOCAL NEWS.
— >lr. Kd. Artliaud left here fora
visit to relatives at Central City last
Monday.
—The assessed valuation of Ahs
ton twp. is a little over $<;0,000. a
bout $1,000. less thau last year.
— Owing to the inclemency of the
weather the village hoard did not
meet as contemplated Tuesday
night.
—We are informed that the Ash
ton “Forties” will meet in regular
sesaioii for general business on
Jund 22nd.
— Thoa. Jam log and family now
enjoy the music from an elegant
piano which Mr. Jamrog purchased
direct from the factory.
—Mr. and Mrs. Emil Dold were
' gladened by the arrival of a baby
boy last Monday night. Mother
and child ar« doing well.
—Miss. Swentowski accompanied
by her brother who has been visiting
here for a few days left for the sum
mer vacation for their home in
Grand Island Inst Monday,
—The St. Izydor Polish society
will hold thier annual picnic at Knut
zen’s park on Sunday, June 14lh.
1003, weather permitting. Every
body cordially invited. The admis
sion will be resonable.
— Mr. and Mrs. K. G Tay lor and
family attended .services at farwell
Sunday last, returning to Ashton
in the afternoon accompanied by
Mr. and Mrs. 0. II. brown, who
visited friends here over Sunday
—It has rained here incessantly for
the past week and is getting ao long
since we saw a ray of sunshine that
we almost forget what one looks
like. The farmers have been be
hind in their work and the wet
weather don’t seem to help them out
much as far as progress in farm
work is concerned.
- A young lad giving his name as
Vincent Johns, accompanied by an
other lad passed through Ashton
Friday last. L. Jaydecki enter
tained them over night and accer
tained that they were hound for
Marquette to u^lt relatives. They
took Saturday’s* flight and it was
afterwards learned that they were
truants oil' on a runaway seige.
•—We are informed that the Lin
coln Towusite Company have re
fused to lay the sidewalk on some
of thier property in town, owing to
the fact that they claim that the
sidewalks will coat more than the
three lots are worth. Lincoln Land
Company’s land in Ashton don’t
seem to he worth much when it
cornea to assessments or village im
provements but wnen it is for sale
the price soars skyward.
— Mr. hd Artbard, the principle
of Ashton school, and Miss. Clara
Swentowski. teacher of the primary
room, closed a successful term of
school here Friday May 29, thereon
our board thinking it advisable
signed contracts for Mr. Artbard
and Miss Swentowski to teach the
next term in the district. Their sal
aries however were reduced five dol
lars owing to the fact that a janitor
will be hired the coming year to
do the cleaning up of the school
rooms, which has been previously
done by the teachers.
5. Calczewski and family anil
Tlieo. Jutnrog and daughter. Miss,
Clara Jamrog came homo from the
recent wedding at Farwell on a spec
ial train the evening of that event
which was last week. The trip,
though costly, was deemed necessary
owing to the rough weather pre
vailing and was recorded as the fast
est special train trip made out
side of the main lines of the road
in tho past year. Engineer (lormag
and fireman Inczclozwho had charge
of tho train were entertained and
especially rewarded for their fast
trip.
—The Farmers Elevator Co. of
Ashton had a very interesting meet
ing at Ashton last Wednesday.
A majority ot the farmers and stock
holders were present and the sub
scription of stock swelled up to
$2,000, and an effort is being made
with great success to have the min
or subscribers double up on their
subscriptions and swell tho fund to
$3,000 and then the erection of the
new Ashiou elevator will be pushed
to completion for the fall crop.
There is an unusual a wakening of
interest and with the combined
efforts on the part of the producers
it bids fair to be a big s uccess.
—The equalization meeting of
Ashton township was held Monday
ns by law provided, and was a well
attended meeting. Several reduct
ions in land assessments were made,
as also were several increases on the
various properties. Various appeals
were also entered. To use a slang
phrase, “it would jar you” to see
the different phrases in nature of
the human being exhibited at a meet
ing where the tax of a few cents
more or less on his or her property
is concerned. The actual assess
ment on all properties iu Ashton
township oi any other township in
Gherman county as tar as that is
concerned is not according to values
but about one tenth of value of
what should be given in; yet our
assessors and county board
assess at one fifth valuation. Then
comes a kick on assessment. Our
assessors have been liberal. A good
horse is worth $50.00, a eow20.00, a
good hog it seems is only worth
about $1.00. Land is only on an
average worth $10.00 an acres.
Money don't seem to bo worth any
thing (in Ashton township anyhow)
unless you want to borrow it. And
still all those who seem to know
the duties ol’ the assessors and our
county board better than they do
themselves, pose a3 the art of consi
stency and as such are a success.
—Ashton is to have a school
houso second to but one in our
county, (Loup City.) At a special
school meeting Saturday night it
was decided to build an addition to
Ashton school house on the east, to
be same size as the present rooms
making a large 4 room school build
ing with large commodious hall and
stairway. On this plan the tower
will be in the middle and there will
be two entrances, one on the south
and one on the north. After much
discussion as to the advisability of
appointing a building committee it
was decided to have the present
school board have charge of all
the proposed improvments and have
full power to build the school house.
The work of getting plans, specifi
cations and bids is alrcudy under
way. As to funds for building,
Ashton district has about $2,800 in
the treasurcy at the present time
and if more is needed to run and
build the school, the coming year
a school levy can he made at the
annual meeting. Ashton has not
had a school levy in several years.
A suggestion is now going the round
that Ashton have its school house
moved on Us present foundation to
as to face the south, then build the
addition on the south which will
place the main entrance facing the
east on the main street. This is
a grand suggestion if it can be
moved or. its foundation successfully
at a small expence and the board is
giving it due consideration.
Mineral Wool.
Mineral wool, which Is used for
packing around boilers, furnaces and
pipes to retain heat, to deaden walls
and to keep out cold, Is made from
furnace slag by blowing air through
It while molten.
New Machine Gun.
The Cleveland machine gun, firing
twenty-five one-pound projectiles at
one pull of the trigger, has been tested.
The gun weighs 450 pounds. It fired
800 shots In a minute without heating
the barrel.
The Result of
a Kiss by Proxy
"Jerry Hapgood Is a mean old tiling
not to let mo go riding. Auntie said
I could, but Jerry helped her to get
into the 'mobile, and said, ‘Some other
day. girlie, you can go; the ’mobile
is too small to-day!’ Such a story!
It’s just liko it always is. Auntie Nell
only laughed, and got all pink. O,
dear! I wish they’d get runned away
with, I do!”
And tear followed tear down Detta’s
chubby cheeks.
Meanwhile Jerry and Nell were spin
ning along the beautiful Maine coast.
Their journey was ended at the fa
mous lighthouse, where the keeper's
wife provided a delicious lunch and
plunged Nell into an enjoyable con
fusion by asking. “Will your busbar.?
like any more milk, marm? ‘
After ward they wandered r>\ . r f'
rook-, pi king he few >iij flu . i
that grew in i. ere. U-. a: ti
rock? into the whistling we:,, v
watching the waves go by, us wci
doing other delightful thi;, t;
happy couples are wont to do.
As they started for home, Nell
flashed a mischievous look at the
young man.
“Weren’t you mean not to let Detta
come with us?”
“I suppose so,” said Jerry, “but if
you knew' how I’ve tried to get you
to myself for a moment, to tell yea
something I’ve wanted to for a 1 g
lime—can’t you guess why I left her
behind?”
“You have known mo exactly live
weeks,” put in Nell, saucily.
“Don’t joke, Nell. Can’t you see I
am in dead earnest and I—”
There was a loud crack, a whiff . r
steam and the auto came to an abrupt
standstill.
wnat under the canopy is the mat
ter with the thing?” was Jerry's query,
as he wildly pulled at the lever, which
refused to budge.
Then suddenly the machine gave a
jerk and a twist of its own volition.
“Hang on!" roared Jerry, as it
started forward at full speed. “Don't
jump unless I tell you.”
Nell bravely set her teeth, resolved
not to scream, though wild with f
All the tales of autos running wile l- !
through her mind as the s; ;>ed :
creased.
“We are in for it, Nell, unless 1 can
steer it straight. To think I've brought
you Into this," groaned Jerry.
“Jerry! Look—the bridge!" and Nell
clutched his arm tightly at sight of a
primitive-looking structure with a
single rail on either side. “I’d just
—as soon—blow—up, Jerry—but I
don’t want to—drown.”
The next minute they tore across
the rickety bridge in safety, only to
see loom before them an ominous
curve, with a stone wall guarding a
small farm. There was a crash, and
next instant two figures were flying
through the air.
A week later Nell awoke at the far
away sound of a little voice. “Auntie,
my own auntie, won't speak to mo
’tall,” it said, and then there was the
sound of hitter sobs.
Slowly Nell opened her eyes.
“What's the matter Ducky?” she
asked faintly.
“O!" with a soft squeal of delight,
“you isn't dead, and I ain’t a mur
There was a crash, and next instant
two figures were flying through the
air.
derous. Jane said I was a murderous;
’cause I wished the 'mobile would run
away, an’ it did, but i didn't mean it,
roally. Auntie Noil," and Dotta snug
gled her little face close to the while
one on the pillow, “Jerry got huned,
but not so bad ns you. He only
breaked bis leg, an’ it’s in a white
stone thing.”
“There, there, you must not talk any
more,” said the nurse; “let auntie go
to sleep again.”
Nell looked up in surprise.
“A nurse? Have 1 been ill? Jerry
—is Jerry hurt’’
Read the Wiesters,
“The auto ran away; don't you re
member?" asked the iu so gently.
"Mr. Hapgood only fractured his leg
and you are both getting along nicely
now.”
“O, that dreadful ride, I remember,"
answered Nell, with a shudder
"Where am 1. and where is Jerry"'
with a slight tinge of color in the
pale face.
"They brought you both into this
old farmhouse, and Mr. Hapgood is
just at the end of the hall.”
The days passed slowly to Jerry, in
spite of the fact that he was under
the same roof as tiis divinity. He was
weighted down with the thought that
he had almost killed the girl that he
loved,
“She will never care for me now%"
he said to himself twenty times a
day.
A severe strain of the ligaments in
conjunction with the broken limb and
his mental worry, caused a high fever
and intense liervoi" n ;>ss, Nell over
heard their i nurses discuss
ing the c. -<• . ;u day
"I don't like . ■ , ■ ...
ankle is . • mi .. on., i ■ ■. -r seems to
think it will < no a:i right, hut I
don't know. I've 11 some pretty
bad cases, but no dr;:; like this, it's
as black as ever, ; id if.', time that
the swelling Went d An."
Then Neil heard whispers of “gan
grene,” “eimiiar case,” and "he
doesn't take enough nourishment,
either. 1 belic-w he is fretting about
her.”
The blood throbbed in Nell’s tern
Detta climbed gently onto the bed.
pies Was it possible that Jerry was
in dan- . ? Nurs; had aid he was
fretting about her; suppose «Uc- were
to send liim a comforting message?
Tho color flamed over thro Fit and
brow at the thought. She knew he
loved her V. mid it be unmaidenly to
let him know that she, too, cared?
Slip thought a moment, then her
eyes danced mischievously.
“Detta! Come here!’' she called to
the child, who was playo-g with her
doll on the floor. “Do you want to
have a secret with Auntio Nell? ’
“The never-tell kind?” said the
child, crossing two litth fingers under
her chin.
“Yes, dear.”
Detta listened intently as Nell whis
pered in her ear. Then she rati swift
ly down the hall to Jerry’s room
She peeked cautiously in at the
door. The nurse wa: out. Detta
climbed gently onto the bed and close
to Jerry’s ear before she said:
"Auntie Nell said I was to call you
uncle Jerry, and she sends you this.”
“This,” was a moist little kiss
Whether a kiss imprinted on one’s
cheeks by proxy will cure a broken
limb I am not prepared to say; but
certain it is that Jerry’s swollen ankle
began to mend from that bout, and
Dt tta told Aunt Nell that his nurse
(!, irod there wi. • a “wa n al change
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a sclu n.e ft-r <• a > into
table and industrious citizens.
t of
tramp settlements in the n ood
of several of tlie tow ns.
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