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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1900)
An Intorcitlug 1'togtnm Rctilcrod Urobort , OlniBtcad and CllmboU carry cII llio 1'tcm- Inmi JntcrcilliiK paper by ,1,1) , llocin. Tlio opening of the Oroarn Sop. an tor Station at Broken Uon Monday was favored witli pleasant weather , and while the attundanoo WRH not as largo as the imporlnnoo of the OCOOBBOU warranted the show ing , wnu very creditable. By ten oolook fnnnors with their WIVOB , began to arrive , many of thorn bringing one or moro cans of milk to the station , By elovan oolook the crowd hnd grown HO largo that not half of them could tind standing room in the building , wlioro all wore anxioiiB to crowd in to witnoHH the process of the oro'im being nop- orated from the milk , The Broken Bow Orchestra was in evidence and discoursed IUUHIO on the outside to those who had to wait their turn to got in side. 1 ho Beatrice Croatnory Co. , was represented by General Agent YV , W. Marplo , Hupt. of StatioiiB , J. O , AloUurry and col lector G. 11. Prime. Among other guests who wore interested obaerv < ors wore VV. J , Wallace of Sargotit and N. 0. Tarlton of Walworth , uiomboiin of the Sargent Cremory Co. , aud Phil Campbell o Goorg town. The amount of milk brought in for the first day waH larger than waB generally anticipated and tuiti noon tl'e Boparator waB kept busy in deposing of the milk. The party bringing in the largoBt Amount was H. F. Grabort , who had in hie four cans 2G1 pounds F , M.Olmstoad had 185 pounds am II. J. Cliueboll 108. The tola amount brought by all was 'J142 pounds which Mr. Marplo Haid was ii bettor allowing than the average At 11001 those who had proparot lunch ropaird to the Woodman hal whore free coileo was furnished ana a aooial time was enjoyed. At two oolook mooting was called to or do by President C. II. Miller and th following program was rendered. First was music by the orohostr which was highly appreciated President C. 11. Miller started the exorcises oil by giving a short and interesting address , relating several interesting cxporioucus in Nebraska farming. Ho thought that Custer County was especially adapted to the dairy buisucus. At this junction G. 11. UuEsom ( avorod the audience , which now crowed the hall with a vocal solo , who was accompanied on the Piano by L , E , Bull. Mr. Uuasom is a tine uiugor and he was heartly applauded. J. D. Ruatn favored us with a well written paper , ropl to with valuable information and suggestions relating to iarmiug block raaising and the dairy. Mesdames Quttorson and Stucky sang a duet , who were aooompined on the piano by Mrs. E. it. Pcrooll , Mesdames Gutterspn and Stuokoy are among ; Broken Bow's most pop ular singers and as is usual , they mot an appreciative audiauco that \\i\a lavish in its apphuso. C. L. Guttoraou , svho was horn on a dairy farm in northern New York and waB brought up in the buisness , made an excellent spoach in advocacy of dairy busiuoss for Custor County and Nebraska. He said those who followed dairying in this country were the only class of people "who have- the dead mortal cinch on their business , " while all other business is effected and some times completely paruly/.od by hot winds , drouth or hail , the man depending - pending upon his cows for his sup port could not bo driven out. Uo advocated improving the milk OOWB and providing shelter and food for them and good returns was sure to follow. His talk was prac tical and full of intercut. Aa B , W. Blair who had boon placed upon the program for a song wan not present , Mordatuos Stuokoy and Guttorson responded to call aud again favored the audience with another duet. "The bonotitB to bo derived by farmeie" was assigned to W. 11. lloodor of Morna , but an ho was not present. 11 , Anderson was ( sailed and gave an excellent and enthusiastic talk on the subject. lie contracted the expense aud uncertain of farming with the dairy buisness aud presented several good arguments in favor of sup porting the creamery station ; his remarks wore well received and enthusically cheered. L. E , Boll then rendered a piano aolo , reooivmg an onohoro. The closing address by W ; W. Mftrplo AVas interesting and able and highly appreciated , At the conclusion of hin address he announced the names of the parties who had won the three prizes foi bringing the largest amount of milk on that day Ii. P. Grabort who won first prize was presented with a ton gallon milk can , worth $2 25. F , M. AhnHtead winriorof the second priio was given ono dallnr , ami 1. J Cliueboil fifty cents for the third priio. lie stated that the cream of but two parties had yet been tested. The cream of C. II. Miller tested 4 per cent aud that of J. II. Stewart 4.3 per cent , both of which m above average , v'.ttvv-v.'arY.viMhU' < r < V' . * 'iW ; . ' / * ' < v.1/1 * ; * ' ' ? . : fV > < | ! f ff/-v : fc' 1 $ , I" I JJ.TJ g ? fiP t&S ft' < V 'P' . 'P'i 'i.l ! i | S I SI i We guarantee the 19 pound Quad-stay Eagle Track Racer to "Stand Up" to road use. Our line includes the Eaale Snel ) , Columbia , Fowler , and Elfin Juvenile. Our prices' 20,25 , 30 , 85 , 40 , 50 , 60 and § 75. Typewriter , Gun | and Bicycle Repairing. | Edwin F. Myers. f > - \ . .ttAttwm . yM On Monday but three milk routs had ho on provided with carriers. For the South-Went J. H. Palmer was Hoourcd to deliver the milk to the station ; in the North-East W. P. Wootors ; and the South route L. O. llobluo. ' 1 ho E t and South East had not yet completed arrangements - monts for carriers. Pory Foster of Mason City has charge of the Station hero , and Mr. McCurry will remain several days to com plete the work ot establishing route and eooing the work start oil. The price paid for cream in 18 cents at the present time. Upon the whole the outlook ie very favorable for the Station to bo a BUOOOHB here , trusts it certainly as every one shall bo. For the benefit of those who could not be present wo herewith with publish the p ipor road by J. D. Ream one of the successful farmers of Ouster County. "Tho farmer who succeeds beat In any country whether It bo new or old , Is the ono who adapts his methudM and enter prises more nnarly In harmony with the resources aud conditions ot tuo country. Ho nttompta to conform his Idona and experiments to natures requkomonts ruthor tlmn to attempt to bend natures laws and forces to 6uit his preconceived ideas. The most of us Ouster county farmers cumo hero Imbued with the Idea that wo could make a good living by crowlnx strain for the market , and wt did not stop to examine into the coudl tloua and reason RH to the resources o the country and Inquire as to the enter prises for which it was best adapted But wo proceeded to apply our precon ceived ideas anO oven when the short crops and failures oamo we failed to lonrn many useful lessons they should have taught us for wo were still deterrn Inoa not to ohauKO our Ideas , consequently quently our cry was for some method by which wo could grow corn and whoa during these drouth periods. This crj for now and bettor methods was al right for we ought to push the Invcstiga tion along these Hoes much farther ami mote thoroughly than wo have yet done because wo must do some farming hero aud if we succeed wo must do it Intelli gently too. Hut while we are adopting bettor methods and awakening to the value of more thorough and oarefu work wo must also awake to the lac that nature never intended this for a grain growing country in the aomtnoi acceptance of the term. Those hills am canyons were never intended for the plow and the ouo who conceives the bee plan for converting their nutrition grapBos Into oaeh and carries his plan in to effect will bo the successful man. It Is a fact that this country does pro duce largo quantities ot gram and Ii years of good crops wo do it very cheap ly too. But we must give up the idea of depending entirely upon grain grow Ine for the marker , Wo must recognize that the conditions require that grain growing and stock raising should go hnud In baud and that the dairy shoulc form an Important feature of the etock Interests , The average American farmer and moro especially the western follow ha become BO accustomed to doing thing on a large soalo that It has become a second nature to him and he has learned either consciously or unconsciously to dosplao the small things in hli farming operations. Ho is bullion the whole stxlo plan and aeoins to shun the rctai features of farm economy. Hut let mo suggest that wo Gusto county farmers bettor somewhat contrao our largeness of views and more nearly adjust our Ideas to suit the changing conditions aud the natural resources that wo Hud hero. Tbo day for money making In the bonanza wheat Jlolds of the great west Is passing away these en terprises are being trauBfered to other countries where land and labor are both cheaper. The Improved American machinery has been scattered all over the world and the sort ot Russia the coollo of India und the poor laboring cluisus of all the for eign countries are being taught the arts of the American farmers and today the labor of tbo American wheat grower comes In competition with the labor of this ignorant class of foreign puoplo who often receive but , eight to twenty-tlvo cents per day for their labor. Is It not plain that the American farmer must diversify his enterprises and take up hose lines of work best suited to his urroundlng conditions and best caten ated for the employment and develop ment of his superior intelligence if ho desires to aecoro and mentula the com- orts ot lto ( that now marks the differ ence between his condition of the farm aborors In many foreign countries. It you will visit the dairy districts of Iowa , Wlscoubln and other western states where they once grow grain for the market , you will now ilnd that nixed farming forngo crops , dairylug md poultry raising Is the general em ployment ot the farmers. And ihero il will Ilnd a country that denotes ibrift and order , thoroughness of work aud management and also a prosperous people. Shall wo continue to compete with the Ignorant foreigner with his low wugeu , his Initu and hovels , until wo are reduced in a like condition , or shall wo profit by aud emulate the example of our farmer friends In our sister states who have abandoned the extensive or wholesale plan and adopted the Intensive. Wo stnilo at the Now England Yankee on account ot his careful economical methods. Hut lot mo say to you that If wo Cuoter county farmers would adopt some of Yaukec thoroughness and watchfulness and care moro for the Beemlugly small things about the ( arm , wo would eucceed much bolter than wo now do and what Is moro the time is not far distant when wo must do tula or reap still greater diasHter us the result of our neglect. The establishment of successful skim ming stations at different points in tbo country will result In much good by Il lustrating to our people not only the value of thorough and careful work but the necessity of it. There is probably no other business that so quickly responds spends with bet'er returns for thorough manngtment than does the dairy and probably none other that shows the lack of It more quickly. The man who lipnglus that the dairy can bo successfully managed In the same slip-shod hap'httzzMd manner that most of us folhw in our farming will ba bad ly disappointed. It is a business that provide ) a broad Held for the diligent application of In telligence In Ha management. Of course the skimming station rolie-'ea the operat or ot much of the Intricate features of tha regular dairy. But even with the .station as wo now have it , there la much for most of us to learn. We are told by these who ought to know tliat not only good breeding Is necessary In order to produce the good dairy cow , but also that the feeding from the time the calf is dropped until It is developed into R cow , is of great Importance. They tell us that ono line of feeding tends to make good care of the dairy cow are also essential in the management of all other kinds of stock , And as the dairy business spreads over our county and our people , become edu. cuted as to the conditions it re quires , the practice of allowing the cattle to seek shelter behind a barb wire fence during a blizzard and the hogs to sloop in an open unpro tected yard without bed or shelter will have passed away and the more business-like and profitable method of careful housing of all stock in cold stormy weather will have tak en its place. And again I Ray , bid the dairy business a glad welcome on account of the valuable lessons it will totoh in other lines of work upon the farm. ( Concluded next week. ) Clubbing Kates. The REPUBLICAN offers the best lates on subscription you can got auvwhoro. See our nriocH. I Hi FOR THE NEAREST CORRECT ESTIMATE OF THE CENSUS FOR 190O OF YOUR OWN STATE , The Weekly lleo will gt o aiv y.Sl&.000 In premiums for the closeai estlmnto of the popu lation of-your own state ne nuuouuced In the 1000 ctitn-UB. Think of III | 15,000 in premi um * I Kuch 8iilcrlbcr > 'lll guess on bin own state , thus egtlrnatlnK the population with which ho la thu most familiar. The flrst.'prom- him will bo iivurdod to the ono making tbo closeetlcBtliuttto of iho state In which bo Urea. ( Th t le , closer than the guc s of any other subscriber on lili o\vu etato. ) Kor example , It thu ucnrettt climate Is miulo by u Nebraska person , which U 30,000 t oin the correct 1000 census population of Ncbraeku , ho will got 1st prize ; but If man In Iowa weto within 1W,999 ot the correct figure of Iuw , the Iowa man would got 1st prize , uiul the Nebraska man Slid prize. In cast ) ot a Uo , the estimate rcovlTtd first will bo awarded the premium. All territories , 1) . O. aud Nevada are barred and tbulr Inhabitants may catlmato Nebraska liintoml. Kach cellmate mutt bo accompanied by $1.75 , eubecrlptlon price of The Omalm Weekly Ilee , thoKruaU'ut western weekly , and The llluelrat- cd Hco , a splendid western vreukly news maga- itno , uoth for ouo your. a beef animal of the calf aud another ino of ( ceding tends to produce the ualry cow The man who succeeds in dairy ing eoon loarna that a laok of a suf ficient supply of good pure water for his OOWB. The laok of a prop er quantity , quality and kinds of feed. The laok of shelter from the cold and storms or the laok of gentle - tlo handling and regularity of milk ing , any of those things and many moro will tend to lesson the ilow of milk and thus out down his profits. And when ho obtains this know ledge ho will begin to realize that all these essential features in the The Illustrated Dee . 51.00 The Weekly Bee . 63 The Inter Ocean . 1,00 The Farm Journal . 1.00 The Globe Democrat . 1.00 The Toledo Blade . 1.00 The Kepnbllcan . i.jo We will furnish you the whole list ono year for $3.96. Or we will give you The Republican aud illustrated and Weekly lloifor . . . 32.40 The Republican and Inter Ocean for . 1 .50 Tnc Republican and Globe Democrat for. . . . 1.50 The Republican and ToUdo Blade for . 1 .50 To anyone who accepts any of the above oilers between now and the first of January , 1900 , we will give the Farm Journal for five years flee ; or to anyone who pays up. Novr ia your time. Coal. Try Wilson Bros , for all kinds of hard and soft coal , and see if they do not merit nuuh favors in quality , weights and price. a28-4t 1st 10 room housi'andlot in Omaha , value ami-Cash IjOOO 3rd-0n OhlckMlugl'lauo. . 600 Uh-Caih 500 5th-0no Kluball Piano . . . . 450 Bth-Caiu 200 Tth-Cash 200 100 8th-Ca/h Dili to lOtli 10 Sowing MachluAi , tfin valuedut 350 each ODD 50 Caih Premims , 810 each 500 lOOCash Premium * , $ S each uUU Farm Implements , Wagons , Bug. gles , Musical Instruments , Ouut , Household furniture , ngijree gating 0 | Other premiums , Uooks , Pictures , to. , worth $1 or moro each ij GRAND TOTAL $15,0(10 , ( TOTHFPFOPTF IVJ JLJLJLJL/ JL/wI L/Ju OF BROKEN BOW AND VICINITY , Having- recently opened up a DrugS ore in the Reality Block , south side of Public Square' , known as the I intend to make your , ' town my future home > and ask you for at least a share of your Patronage. > Fair Dealing1 , Quick Sales and Small Profits , we will try to please all. We are strangers among- \ strangers and all we ask is to prove to you we mean ! what we say. Come in and get our prices aud > make our acquaintance. Yours to Please , . . \Jg > . TOking , BROKEN BOW , NEBRASKA LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ALL Booooaooioo POLITICAL PAP-nS IN THE WEST o o Always American Ahvays Republican o o o THE WEEKLY INTER OCEAN SUPPLIES ALL O o THE NEWS AND BEST CURRENT LITERATURE e .o .oe e q Every Column is Bright , Clean and Packed with News < < 4o The Literature of its columns is o o equal to that of the best maga o o zines. It is interesting to the e 9 children as well us the parents. o 9O e E INTER OCEAN is a WESTERN NEWSPAPER , and while it o o I brings to the family THE NEWS OF THE WORLD and gives its o o waders the best and ablest discussions of all questions of the day , it Is in o full sympathy with the ideas and aspirations of Western people and discusses Ito literature and politics from the Western standpoint. & , $ & , < & & & & & &jtjt o o o $ f .00 PRICE ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR $1.00 o o o THE DAILY AND SUNDAY EDITIONS OF THE INTER OCEAN 2 ARE THE BEST EVER SEEN IN THE WEST. & THE INTER OCEAH'S NEWS IS EXCLUSIVE. ? § Price of Daily by mall $ -1 00 per year f I'rlce of Sunday by mall 12 01) ) per year 2 Dally and Sunday by mail $ o 00 per } ear THE bUSTER IIICAN Is the only republican newspaper publishedjin Broken Bow and is up to date with news at the County Scat. It is the oldest paper in the county , and having the largest cir culation iti is the BEST ADVEETISTO MEDIUM published in Custer county. The subscription price is only IDolleuc * - a- As an inducement to all in arrears or new subsoribsra who pay a year in advance , we will furnish the FARM JOTOIffAL FIVE YEARS from the brut of January FREE. This is a farm journal in which all farmers , gardeners and house keepers would bo interested. f < T TTlOnDTTvT/p / < TTPtTI t/LUBBIW& LIST - > with the Inter Ocean , Bee , Journal and other'pauors , Ad dress , ' The Custer County Republican , Broken Bow , Nebraska ,