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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (May 31, 1900)
tfuoiei tfo. Republican I'nblltljuil ercry Thursday nl tUo County Sent. U. 9lt AMHUKUltY , I tutor TWX-Otllcu in Cnotur 11 lock , Fourth ATO.-JJI * BuUrcd nt tlia pottofflco at Urobeii Dow , Nub. , * tt cunil.clAt | m Uer for tunnulfhloii ilnuu li theU. H. Mallfl. auiisuJUiTiuN I'UIOK : One Year , In ( Klvatiro riiUKBDAY , MAY 31 , 1900. ItlTUULlUAN T1CUKT. Kor Presidential Elector * . JU1JN N NK8U1T , Hurt. A B WINDHAM.Cass. ED ROYSIfi , Ouster. J L JACOHSON , Douglas. J L KENNEDY , Dough * . F b" LANQER , Sulino. L VV FLAG UK , Buffalo. S 1' DAVIDSON , JohDHou. For Qovernor , CUAS H DIET1UOH , Adams. For Lieut. Qovernor , E P SAVAGE , Custor. For Secretary oCHmtc. Q W MAKSH , Richardson. For Auditor. OUAd WESTON , Sheridan. 'Bar Treasurer. WM. STEUFFElt , Curaing. For Attorney General. FRANK N PROUT , GAGE. For Com I'ub Landa * and lildgs. G D FOLLMER , Thayor. ForSupt I'ub Instruction. W K FOWLER , Washiugton. The people olooled Taylor of Kontu Icy but the legiulattvo throw him on . The voters will now have another chance to paba upon the question. KontuokianH now have a chance to repudiate the blot on their fair state prt'petratcd by the democratic logiblalurc , in counting out tlu > honestly elected state oflicurd. The Nebraska Dairyman. If you Bnccecd in getting a profit out of your cows , you arc entitled to bo termed a ' practical dairy man. " You can do this if you will mix a little brain work with the business. It is getting that lima of year when you will bo obliged to be moro particular in cooling the milk to be taken to the separator. Are ycu provided with a cooling vat to eot tbo cans in ? ' A Ohadron Hhcup man is now worth'$100,000 winch ho made in nine years. Nine years ago ho was washing dishou in a chop house in Casper , Wyoming. Ho started in nVn'herder'nt ' $35 a month and board , and from that a nucleus was 1 brmcd which led to his present bUOOOSK. A Kansas farmer nsar the Ne braska state line south of Red Cloud , recently sold a car-load ol popcorn to a Chicago dealer. Hi received $450 for the car load f. o. b. loading station. The Burlington will endeavor to induce farmers in Nebraska to raist moro barley , than in former yeurp. The demand by brewers in late years is so great that the supply does not reach the necessary re quirements. Secretary Wilso n saya the two Philadelphia merchants , who art serving prison sentences for violation - tion of the dairy lawn in selling oleo for buttnr do not deserve com mutation , and should Horvo their terms for the good of humanity and out of respect for the old cow The lively demand for gooc horsoa should induce the intelligent farmer to improve his stock ant raise a few strictly good breeds each year. Don't go into it on a big scale , but bo prepared to offer a good animal or two occasionally when a buyer comes around search ing for desirable stock. At Kansas City , Mo. , on the 28th of February , fifty head of Hereford * * from the herd of T. F. B. Sotham of Chillicolho were sold at public sale and quite a nuinbrr wore pur * chased by Nebraska brooders , among the purchasers being William Humphrey of Ashland , who paid $5,100 for ono bull and $1,000 for another. The Station Breeding farm at Madison , paid $1,500 for one bull and W. N. Rogers of Mo- Cook , exchanged $000 for ono cow. The Danes carry the distinction of being the best butlcrmakers , and the reason for this is attributed to the fact that in no country is scien tific dairying eo thoroughly practi ced as in Denmark. Every farmer with cows should sow an acre or two of sugar boots. In winter months they make a eplonded and profitable food for oown as well as an excellent addi tion to the ford of brood sows. It is not a bad idea in Nebraska to experiment with sugar boot raising for the day in our opinion in not far distant when boot sugar factor ieo \\ill bo convo uontly located over our slatt s Feed in the eastern ( tales used by oi'r < lairymun , it is oalim.ilOi ! coHlH from 25 to JI5 cents niori1 than it doi'H the wcslurn dairyman , ard for HUH condilion the west can easily cotnpelo with and place their prodnclH on the eaNtnrn markctH an cheaply as the fanner in the Now England Ntalon , and yet dairying is emi of the principal fea'uroH ol the oaHlo.n farmer and many allirm it lo bo the most profitable part of the 'arm. The Tnellli Census. Juno first , which is tomorrow the several onumurators who have loon commispiorcd by the United States authorities will enter upon their woik of taking the census of the United Stalls The work ro- ] itiros the asking of a largo list of ] iu'Htion > > , but as ouch enumerator s pledged to secrecy , a violation of which subjects him to a njvere > onalty , none need have any fears of their private affairs being made l > nblicby them responding promptly lo all interrogations. The following is a list of enumerators that enter up on their work to morrow in Custor county. .lumen W. Palrflold Mason City Tliomils Wright Atulcy I'd I' Milts Arnold John o. Tuylor H rWjn llorncu K. Kinncily Ilrokun now DnrlUH M , Amelltrry llroliun How Jitrnen M. Fixl o Ortellit Jehu K. Fniworthy Kynu OcorRo It. Malr t'.clliiwny biumml I. . Ulavcr Wocotl William Krnnkllu TnlTord JAIIRB Clilltlck Ktim 'icntfo W. Clmllln Mrnm ( IcorKo W. Ucwoy ( Inlus Uuwullcn I ) . CJuurio ; ( jumrn Fred 1C. Dolano Lee Park Howard P. titivate HurL'cnt EniilH Hcott Anpulmo Kubliifl 1) . MlllH " -'cstervlllo JohnC. Prcduiotii Wulworth Frank K. Van Antwcip I-oili The Tesls of Social How are wo to know whether our civilization is advancing cr receding , whether the condilion of the present generation is moru comfortable and roiined than tliut of Ihe preceding generalion , whether , us a nation , we are bettor off than wo wore fifty years ago ? Statesmen and coonomiulH have suggested several standards by which to judge : The per capita wealth , the poiconlago of illcgili male births , the position and treat ment of wcmon , the rale of illilorucy , and Hie ownership of properly , particularly of fauns and homes. Of these standards the last two boom by far the mout pf autiuablo , and accordingly Congress has dir ected the Constts Oilico to aHcertain how many months each scholar ban attended school during the preced ing year , what proportion of the people can read , write , and speak English , how many families own their homos or farms , how many rent them , how many own them subjecl to morlgago or other incumbranco. In the com ing census , every territorial divis ion of the country and tvory sepa rate clement of tl'o population will have a chance to show what proportion tion of tlio.r number own their homes and what proportion can read or wrile. The praolical applications of these teats or standards are found in their employment as suffrage qualifications. People differ about the relative merit * , as sullrugo qualifications , of the ownership of property and the ability to road and write , but there is no doubt of the immense significance and import ance of the two classes of facts. In France , in 1801 , there wore about 1,500,000 owners of laud ; England , whith about the same population , hfid only 325,000 laud owners , while the United States occupied an intermediate position with a population about 70 per cent great er than that of France and a little ever 0,000,000 families who owned their homos or farmn. No ono can doubt the signiiicanco ot these figures in explaining social condi tions in Franco and England and the United Statos. They represent the difference between our laud system , the syntom of large land holding in England , and that of small proprietorship in Franco. It is hard to overestimate the value of such information or the interest felt in it by statesmen and social students in general. Take the race quotlion , for instance , at * a single illustralion of a largo claps of similar questions. In 1880 , 70 per cent of the colored population was illiterate , while in 181)0 ) this proportion was less than 57 per cent. Not only did the proportion of colored illitorales decrease between 1880 and 1800 , but iho. absolute number of such persons diminished , Whether the colored population will make as admirable a showing in 1000 is a question of the utmost significance. The territorial distribution of Ihe illiterate population is another question of great interest. In 1800 the porcontcge of illiteracy in the Nort.i Atltt'itic States was 0.10 , it1 the South Alantic Slates HO 80 ; in the North Central Stales the rale was 0.70 , in Iho South Central group 20.7'l. In the last Ion years Iho Houtli has had a magnilluonl In dustrial development. Whether this material progress hay reunited in a higher state of oJucalion ; whether iho bunolilH of progroHi have been shared by iho manses , or Itave been secured mainly by the ' richer olnHSCH , are quealiotiM 'which will bo partly answered by the KtiitifilicH of illiteracy in the South ern Slates for 1000. Another problem of great importance portanco is the increase of tenancy as opposed to the ownership of rea property. From 1880 to 181(0 ( the miiiihor of farm tenants in iho United States increased at least H8 per cunt. Thin incnaso was general * - oral , but greater in the South Athntio and South Central divin- iotiH of the United States than in other parts of the country. In general , the thirleott original stales , rich in wealth , trade , and manu factures , are those in which the porconlago of ownership of farms and homes is loweHt , and in keep ing with the fact , Htatisliut * of val uation show almost universally thul tenancy is mosl common where land h most valuable. With the exception of the Italians , foreign- born persons of every nalionalil } exceed the Americans in iho degree of farm ownership. Each slalo , county , and city , the Get man population , iho Italian population , and every other ele ment of our people has a distincl intetoHt in seeing thai ihe-slaliflticH of literacy and ownership which apply u them are correctly repre sented in the next ecu imp. Those are the standards according to which Ihey will inevitably bo judi > cd. Pacific Railroad Settlements. WaHhinglon , May 31 ih. "The sotllemejt i f the Pacific Railroad indohlodtu't-B inutU bo ranked as one of the greatorit achievements ol President MoKinloy's administra lion , " slid Gon. Charles Dick , Member of Congicps from iho Ninloonlh Dietricl of Ohio , ami Socrolary of Iho Rup tblican Na tional Committee , today : "All efforts , either by Congress or the Executive departments prior to 1807 , wore of hltlo avail in pro tecting Ihe Governments interests in these roads. Iti fact , there were grave doubts whether llc Gov ernment would Hiiccoed in boina reimbursed , evcu in part , the vas sum expended by the United States in aid of their construction. But the Government has realized in casher or Us equivalent , within iwo years the Him o $121,421,071 out o : about $130,000,000 lhal was duo and mora lliun half the moujy collected was for accrued interest that had not boon paid. "The diflooveiy of gold in Cali fornia ; the rapid inoroaso in wealth and population in the torriloiy west of Iho Rocky Mountains , anc a movement on the part of thooldo States to establinh clones connec tions during the Civil war with those outlying communities , lee Congress in 1802 lo authorize the constriKUian of a railroad to the Pacific Ocean. The direst bonofi lo bo derived by iho Governmen was Us uno for posln. , military , am other purposes. The act of July 1 1802 , chartering the Union Pacific Railroad Company , was not suf ficiently liberal. , ami therefore nothing was accomplished under it provisions. Though the Unioi Pacific Company was organized no ono was found who would venture money in the oonslruction of the Ou July 2 , IbO-J , CongreHs amend ed Iho aol of 180-2 , by making pro visions moro favorable lo the com panion. The act of 1802 provided that the Government should have a firht mortgage on the property of the company , while the acl of 1804 provided substantially that , for the bonds the Government should issue in aid of the construction of the road , it should take a eeoonu mor tgage. Two companion were or ganized under the provisions of the act of 1801 , and entered energeti cally upon the work of construction. The road was built from the Cali fornia end eastward by the Cen- lial Pacific Railroad Company , and from Iho Missouri River weslward to the common mooting point at Ogden by iho Union Pacific Com pany. "Their lines were uuiled Ma ) 10 , 800 , anticipating by moro than oven years the time required by CongrosH , The Union Pacific Jompany constructed 1,034 miles , ml the Central Pacific 743 miles. The road of the lattoi company was itbsequontly extended 140 miles , and the line ? of Iho Iwo companies rom iho Missouri River to San Francisco represented a mileage of 1,917 rnilce. 'In aid of thoBo roads and con necting branchts , the United Stales issued bonds lo the amount of $04 , . 023,512. Failing to be reimbursed 'or the interest paid on those bonds , it became necoHsary , in protection of the intorcHtb of iho Government , to PIIKH the acl of May 7 , 1878 , uiown an iho < Thurman Act. ' This act provided that the whole amount of compensation which might from Jmo to time bo duo to the railroid companies for services rendered the Jovornmcut should bo retained by the Government , one-half to bo ipplied to the liquidation of the in- loresl paid and lo bo paid by iho United Slates upon the bonds is- siiud to ou-h of iho companies , the other half to bo turnou mlo a sink ing fund. But it goon became ap- jarent that , with the approaching maturity of bonds issued in aid of the roads the provisions ot the Thurmau Act' were nol adcqualo lo Ihe protection of the Govern ments interests. Efforts wore per sistently made looking to a settle iiioiit of this vast indebtedness , but withoul success. So recently as the Fifty fourth Congress an attempt wan mai.o to pass a bill to refund the debts ot the Pacific Railroad Companies , but it was dofoalod in the House by a vote of 107 nays and 102 yeae. "On January 12 , 1897 , " oontiuuei Gen. Dick , "tho day following the defeat of the funding bill , the At torney General wa informed by the President that default had oc curred in the payment of the Unioi Pacific i ml the Kansas Pacific in debtedness lo the Government , and ho was directed to make arrange ments lo hcoure , as far as praclioablo Iho payment of their indebtedness. An agreement was entered mlo bo- iwaon the Government and the reorganization - organization committee of the Union Pacific Railroad , by which tl o committee guamtiled , shoulc iho Government undertake lo en force Us lien by sale , a minimum bu for the Union and Kansas Pacific linen that would produce to the Governmenl , ever and above an ; prior lines and charges upon the railroads and sinking fund , the no sum of $45,754,050.00. In perform ance of this .tgrcemoul the bid wa guaranteed by a deposit of 44,500- 000. "Bills wore then filed in th United Stales Circuil Courts for Ih foreclosure of Ihe Government lien The decrees entered tor the sale o Iho roads not being t-alisfaclory to Iho Goverr-mcnl , papers wore prepared - pared for an appoal. Thou iho re organization commilleo came for ward with an offer to increase il bid lo $50,000,000 instead of $45 , 75 15,00.09. Subsequently , lo soltl all points in dispute , the reorganization ization committee decided to ab ai.don this second bid and to in crease the minimum amount lo b offered for iho property to § 58,548 , 223.75 , being tLo total amount due the Government on account of the Union Pacific Road , as started by the Secretary of the Treasury , in- eluding the Hum ol $4,510,308,20 , cauh in Ibo sinking fund. Such an amount was bid by the reorganization tion commilleo on November 1 , 1807 , and Iho sale was confirmed by iho court on November 0 , 1807. After the confirmation of tLo bale , iho whole amount wau paid inlo ihe Treasur ) ot iho United States in con venient installments , thus relieving the Government from any lotm whatever upon its claim lor prin ciple and interudt ihtu upon us sub sidy , and bringing lo a linal and mojl satisfactory termination one ot these longHlauding and trouble- homo questiouf. "In the cisu of the Kantaa Pac ific indebtedness , by decree of the court an upset price on the tale ot the property was fixed at a sum which would yield lo iho Govern ment $2,500,000. Thoro-orgauiza- ioii committee in conference with ho Government declared its pur- .oso of making no higher bid than hat fixed by the decree of the court , BO that the Gi vernmenl waH confronted with tlto danger of re ceiving for its lolal lion upon Ibis iue , amounting lo nearly § 13,000- 000 , principal and interest , only the atiin of $2,500,000. Hclioving the interest of the Government required - od lhal an eflorl should bo in rule to obtain a larger sum , and the Gov ernment having the right to redeem the iucumbrances upon the pro perty , which were prior to the lion of the Government subsidly , by laying the sums lawfully duo in re spect thereof out of the Treasury of the United Stales , ihe Presideul , on February 8 , 1898 , authorized the Secretary of the Treasury to pay the amount lawfully due upon the > rior mortgages upon the eastern and middle divisions of said road. "Then ihe ro-orgamzilion com- miltee of the Kautas Pacific offered to bid for the road a sum which would realize to the Government the whole amount of the principal of Ibo dobl , $0,303,000 ; It was bo- iiuvod that no botlor price than Ihis could be obtained at a later date if the sale should bo postponed , and it was doomed best to permit the sale to proceed upon the guaianteo of a miumum bid which would real ize to the Government iho whole principal of its dept The wale thereupon took place , and the pro perty was purchased by the re- organizaeion committee. The sum yielded lo ihe Governmenl was § 0 , 303,000. Il will thus be perceived that the Government secured an ad vance of $8,803,000 on account of its Hoc , over and above the sum which the courl had fixed as Iho up set price , and which iho reorganization ization committee Ind declared was the maximum which they were will ing to pay for the property. "Tho rosuilt of those proceedings against the Union Pacific system , embracing the main line and the Kansas Pacific line , is Unit the Government has received , on ac count of its subsidy claim , the sum of 804,751,223.75 , which is an in crease of 18 , 907,103 70 over the sum which the re-organization com- millee first agreed to bid for the joint property , leaving duo the sum of $9,588,000.19 interest on'the Kansas Pacific subsidy. The pro- sedition of a claim for this amount against the receivers of the Union Pacific Company in 1893 resulted in securing to the Government the further amount of $821,897.70. DR. HYATT ON THE WEATHER. luterostliifir Talk Hoforo the Y. M. II. A. In St. Louis. The Globe-Democrat , in reporting .1 lecture by Dr. H. J. Hyatt , the local weather observer , delivered at the Young Men's Hebrew association club house , saya the doctor U > ld how he makes the weather , tind twice u day issues proclamations as to what it is and is to be. "Noah , " said Dr. Hyatt , "was the first weather prophet. He predicted the great Hood , and so firm ly did he believe in his own prediction that he built the ark for the safety of himself and his family. Since then the human race lias always boon eager to know in advance what the wcathor is to be , and so great lias this anxiety been that charlatans have taken ad vantage of it to issue almanacs and weather prognostications for any period ahead for a small consideration. Areas of high and low , " said Dr. Hyatt , "move from west to east with the mo tion of the earth. A high barometer indicates good weather , with cold in the winter , and low indicates unset tled weather , with rain , or snow , ac cording to the seaaon. Storms tiavel from west to east generally , but there are many exceptions , and these some times cause the falluio of the fore cast. Local thunder storms and tor nadoes are often the intcrruptors. No section of the country is exempt from such a toinado as St. Louis had in 1890 , although many localities claim reasons why they are not subject to these storms , but sooner or later these localities get their share of the storms. The forecaster must depend to a very large extent upon his experience and Judgment , and it is not safe , as a rule , to make forecasts for longer than thir ty-six or forty-eight hours ahead. Special maps on blackboards are made for the merchants' exchange and the cotton exchange , and so much Interest do the members take In it that they are able to draw their own deductions. The winds blow from a high barometer toward a low barometer , and when these 'highs' and 'lows' are shown ou a map mariners are unable to take advantage of the approaching weather and to so shape their departures from port. The maps are of Incalculable advantage to shippers of perishable freight , to merchants and to commis sion men and to farmers generally. " friunlil ) , Kfonoiiir , SpcurHy. 'Miolrno ICA ! f. r'IMo IiiHtirancii Is fomul In the Kqully of tliu Contract , llmKcKiininy of , Manattmeiitatlil ; ! the Security for tlioil'ayinent. ( ' Tit 12 OIUUINAL T. ' . : f- L ? § Bankers Life Association , S i fjJi SPA- Ucs Oluiucs , Iowa. fo'fj KuWAni ) A. TRMI-LK , President. Orftiuilzcd.iInlftlBt , 1879. Guaranty Famljfor wifely. Hurliln | ) Fund for protection , bunirvlicd by 3CCO'icpo Itory batiks. yitj Securities dopoeltcd wltti the etuto departnicut. C'oiisorvatlvu motliods. 1'rofcrrtil HUitiIxiw Hates Quarterly PaymcnlB. for ratui iul full informntlon , call on or aildros * IS J. A. HAItEIS , & 1 Agent for Ouster County , Nob. Olllcu at Fanners Hunk of Cutler Cocnty , llrokcn llnw , Kub. Jffi. . C'oin'enlion Dates. Itepubllcnu National Convention at Philadel phia Juno 1'J. Pop State Convention Grand laland Jnue 27 , Fiihlon Btiilo ConTontlon Lincoln July 9. Democrats National Convonllon Kanesa City July I. Is This Plain Enongh- If you have a nagging cough and arc loosing flesh , go to a drug store. Hud got a bottle of Shiloh's Consumption Cure. Take two- Ihirds of it , and then , if you are not benefited , return the bottle to the drtiggiHt , and wo will return your money. Isn't that fair ? No one could auk more. 25 els. 50 ots. and $1.00 a bottle. Husliols of Money. Thrown away by women annually in the purchase of cosmetics , lotions and powders , none of which ever. accouiplis HH object. Beauty depends - ponds on healthy blood and good digcHtion , bitch as Karl's Clovei Root Tea guarantees you for 25ois. and 50cta. per package. Take it iind wo guarantee your complexion. Is This Plain If you have a nagging cough and are losing flesh , go to n drug store , and j-ct a bottle of Khiloh's sumption Cure. Take two thirds of it , and then , if yon are not beno- i titted , return the bottle to the druggist , and ho will return your j money. Isn't that fair ? No ono could ask moro. 25cte. , SOots. and & 1.00 a bottle. Sold by II. G. Haoborle. WANTISU Several persons for Diatriol Office Managers in this state to represent me in their own and surrounding counties' Willing - ing to pay yearly § 000 , payable weekly. Desirblo employment with uiidual opportuities. UoforonccH exchanged. Enclose solf.addrcseed stamped envelope. S. A , Park , 520 Caxlcu Building , Chicago. ii Worse Than War. Hundreds are killed in war. but hundreds of thousands uro killed by consumption. There would bo no deaths al all cauted by this terrible disease. If people could bo made to understand thai Shiloh'B Cough and Consumption euro is a auro euro remedy if taken in the early slages. 25 otfl. , 50 els. and Si. 00 a bottle. Druggists will rclurn ihe money if a euro is not affeoled. Nothing Like It. You should romembot that no other medicine is like Slnloh's ConL suption Cure in any roHpeot. if other remedies have failed to relieve your cough or cold , that is all the moro reason why you should iry Shiloh's. Always sold under a positive guarantee. If it does nor help you , the druggist must give back your money. 25ctH. , SOotn and § 1.00 a bolllo. Is The Time To Subscribe. The Slate and National campaign for 1900 is now on. Every body should koi'fj posted. The National campaign as well as the stale's bidn fair to bo both exciting and interest ing. No body who has any inlor- exl in the result of the campaign should be without , n county ami slate paper In order thai every cilizens in Custer county may keep pOhted , wo have decided to make a pprcial price on the Kui'uituoAN so as put it within the reach uf evorbody. To all new subscribers as well as to all who pay up arrearges we will fur. nieh the Ku'UHMCAN for 25 cents lethe the flrsl of January 1001 , or iho RKPUJJUGAN and State Journal to Jan. 1st 1001 for 75 ; iho Now York Tribune or Bee and IlKruBUCAN for 65 cents to January 1st I'.lOl. Kansas City Journal and KKPUBLICAN 60 cents.