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: l'hursda } ' , Sept. 11 , 1902.
REPD BurAN TkKET.
state Tlokot.
For OOTCII1Or-
J. H. IICKEY , of Polk.
For 1.lenlenl\nl'"ornllr- (
. E. O. McGILTON . , of Douglas.
For 8ecetuy IIf tl\t.-
GEOI GE W. MARSH ,
Of Itlcbardlob.
For Tre Aorl1r-
PETER MORTEN8EN ,
Of Valle , .
For Aadltor-
CHARLES \VESTON ,
Of Sbcrldln.
! j'or AtlorMv.Qcnoral -
FRANK N. PROU'r , of Gage.
For Comml.Hlunur I'ullilo Lftndelnd Dolldlllg.-
GEORGE D. FOLLMER ,
Of NackoUe
,8or Comrnl 810ner I'nblle Illetruttloo-
WILI.4IAM K. FOWLER ,
Of Wublagton
Congrosslonal Tlokot.
For Coolrc. ! : mln. Sixth DI.lrlet-
M. P. KINKAID ,
.
Of O.t III.
Ropresontatlve Tloket.
For I ! Jlre.ootRtlvc Mth Dl trlrl-
t A. H. COPSl14Y , of Westerville.
S. C. WALDRON , of Over.
: : : , j
County Tloket.
, For Counl , Attorn'l-
I I A. R. HUMPHREY.
, I
Broken Bow Township Tloket.
I I" " Fat lIapenl.or , Tblrd DI.trlct-
f ' G. H. THORP .
,
For 't'ownsblp Clerk- ' ,
. - A. D. BANGS.
For Town8hlp Treaeurer-
J. M. KIMBERLING.
For TowOJhlpepe.or
\ W. M. VANNICE.
Fer Ro d Ovore .r D' ' r II' No I-
I L. CUSHMAN.
P'ur , n II " 1 III CI , .J _
) JOHN KENNOYER.
Her hu.\d " , . -to I ) . , In " 8-
j
.f L. McCANDLESS.
ff . For HOII . v- . . . . to , let /It. / . 4-
1 LEONARD HERSH.
For Ito d UV"I. r D' ' . , Irt01. / ' . . . . . .
, j , ; C. E. RECTOR.
1fj \ For Herd ( ) \ ' , r. . . . , Oh. . I Sn 0-
q' ' HENRY REEDER.
\ Fo , nUI\U ov.c r)1. \ . ' r n. . " 7-
1 J. N. WEST.
" II
/"J / lI'p"hll h"nr1'
I i A republican primary will be
.
t. ' .1 he d in Westerville , on Saturdar : ,
W September 20 , 1902 , at 2 o'clock
t p. m. , to nominate a township
, ] ticltet , elect eleven delegates to
, I supervisors convention and to ,
, ? - transact any other business that
i } . may come bel ore the meeting.
! - , D.1SAVILLIt , Com.
) : t'J ;
! } 5. Vall tor SUIIInhwrs ! eOltventioll or DlH'
I' trlct No 1.
1 , A convention of the republicat1
de gates of supervisors distric1
No.1 , of Custer county , is hereb )
called to meet'at Sargent , Ne.
braska , Tuesday , September 2
1902 , at 2 o'clock p. m. , for tIt (
purpose of nominating a candi ,
date for supervisor , and tIu
transacting of such other busi ,
ness as may come before th
meeting. The townships com
prising the district are entitle , <
to the following number 01
delegates :
_ DOllll1uIGrove..9 .
Sanrent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
\Vcl < tcn.l\lu. \ . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . , .1\
'fatal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
A. II. COl'SltV , Ch'm. Com
,
The republican candidate fo
governor , Hill hi Mainc , was re
elected Mon ay by 39,000 major
ity. 'l'he democrat vote fell oj
fifteen per cent. from last elec
tion , and the republican vote on ,
per. cent. 'l'hads a fairindex 0
the sentiment throughout th
country. The unprejudice dem
ocrats desire to let well enougJ
alone and the ) ' ei tIler vote tbl
republican ticket or stay at hOlli !
on election day.
, -
Perhaps no quality is morl
I characteristic of the work 0
Booker T. Washington than thl
sanity of his point of view. Hi
article "Problcms in Education' '
in the September CosmopoJitaJ
de.als not only with the work 0
Tuskegee Institute but with th
cd cational needs of the entir
colored p pulation of the Unitel
I
States. The race-problem is not' '
one which can be left to settle
itself , and every' thinking man r
wouinn should r ad this valuable
confribuHoh to a discussion
whose importance will increase
r'It1\'r \ Wan d rrens ( ' i" t he years
. ) 'o e.
f _ _ _ _ _ . _ . _ - - - .
. " Secr : JrQf' the trcaul' ! ) 6haw
I ! \t' ' , . .d c' t1 Htlissed. without
: it\fg "I receive hb re igllation ,
1 a department clerk , drawiLlg a
$2,000 salary , who has been running -
ning an investment association
which purported to have an infallible -
fallible system of playing the
races. On the printp.d circular
of the association the statement
was.made that its'Tr aurer , Lor-
enzo G.Varfield , "holds an important -
portant positi n in the Treasury
Departmen. 'rI1 s' fact aJonc 'js
an evidence of the respectibility
f the association. " The circular -
ular contained stactics showing
the results of all races on the big
tracts since J allurary 1 , the number -
ber and percentage of favorites
that had won , and also the results
I achieved by the association's
ystem.-The Catholic News.
In making the effort to present
a , faIrly complete series of studies
of the leaders in our American
business world , the editors of the
Cosmopolitan believed that they I
would be rendering a distinct :
service to the general public.
Every effort ha ! ) been made not
only disinterested writers , but at
the same tillle to have the work
done by men of large experience ,
who would be capable of understanding -
standing difficulties surmounted
and apprecintitlg results . accom-
plished. Certaini.r no serial ever
presented in the Cosmopolitan
has beeu so widely read by the
general : pub1i'c. Before the conclusion -
clusion it is intended to co\'er fhe
industrial world-those who
direct in manufactures , commerce
banking , insurance , publishing ,
transportation-'all the 'pursuits
'in ' 'which organizing talent has
bee'n required to achieve present
develop I1 nt. 'In ' the September
issue an iitsight into the careers .
of John W. Gates , Charles R.
Flint , Sir Hiram Mixin , H. H.
Rogers , John Arbuckle and others
is p'resented.
The voters of Custer count )
need have no fears but wh i
either Mr. Copsey or Mr.Vald. .
ron , if elected , to the legislature ,
will do aU that is possible fOJ
them to do for Custer county ,
whether it be school interests 0 ]
any other. Mr. Copsey ha
spent years in teaching schoo :
a'nd has been a member of
,
school board most of the timl
since he has been a resident 0 :
l the county , and being conversan'
with the law and its practica
r workings , is competent to sug
gest any possible improvements
, They are both successful farmer !
and stock raisers , which especial
- ly qualifies them to represen
this district.Ve have no desir
. to say a word against Mr. East
man and Mr. 'fooley as we re'
- gard them as good citizens am
worth ) ' of respect. ut Mr
Eastman tried it two terms 1
the legislature an did not ac
complish anything great , whel
he had the majority with hit ]
. and was turned down two year
ago in the count ) ' convention
r Could he be expected to do mor ,
with the majority against him
Mr. 'roole ) ' has just completet
I four years in public service an
: _ was turne4 down by his OW ]
e. party because the ) ' thought ht
f had been supported by the pubU
e long enough. Is his ability Sl
much greater than either of UII
republican . candidates that hi
should be favored ? A vote fo
Copsey and 'Valdron will be wel
pln ed and no cause to regret i
in the future.
'rco Trade audl'reo mot.
The book issued by the demo
cratic congressional committel
" for tIle inspiration of that party'
speaker and the instruction 0
the voters in the present cam
paign contains 377 pages almos
entirely devoted to two subjects "
About one-third of the voluml
- - - . -
---.r-
is fined with censures of the I
Atnerican army's conduct in the
Philippines. The remaInder is
chiefl ) ' devoted to denunciation
f the policy of protection to
home industries. Reciprocity is !
de5crib d as a humbug and worse
, thJ1 ! prft ( ' . tion.
'l'he head and front of the
army's offending , from the view-
I point of the democratic authors
of this book , evidently is that it
put down 1awlessness and restored - I
ed peace and order in the islands.
The democratic substitute for
this policy is , of course , that we
shall lea ve the islands at once
and permit their people to resume'
those throat-cuttmg diversions
which we so cruelly interrupted.
Because , while the American
people have prospered under the
protective policy as never before
in their history , trusts have also
flourished , these democratic leaders -
ders would abolish protection out
of hand and substitute for it absolute -
solute free trade. '
"Ii'ree trade , " they observe ,
"would open our markets to benefit -
efit our own country. " Free
trade is their remedy for trusts
and all the ills they ascribe to
protection. Free trade with all
the world is the goal they set for
the nation and to which the } '
promise the democrn.tic party
will lead. I
The American people have had , ' .
however , considerable experience.
'of the democratic policies of free
trade and free riot , and do not
care for anymore.-Inter Ocean.
J. J 'foolei : Reply.
Broken Bow , Nebr. , September
10 , 1902.-EDIToR R PUDLICAN :
-I have read your editorial under
the head , "Demogogery in
Politics" in which you critlcise
somewhat aeverely the proposition -
tion relative to the apportionment
of the ' state school funds presented -
ed 'in the Beacon two weeks ago.
Having furnished the data upon
which the Beacon article was
based and knowing that you desire -
sire to be fair in the matter I beg
I t he indulgence of space sufficient
to give the official figures relative
, o the same. It is not in any
sense a political quesfion hence
.1 can see no impropnety in presenting -
senting these facts and figures in
I the RnpuDLIcAN.
Reducing aU funds received
from fines aud licenses the apportionment -
portionment inDougla9'countylast
year from the state funds alone
. was as follows :
Amount apportioned each district -
, trict from the one-fourth share in
] December. . . . . . . . . . . $143 73
June. . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . 188 90
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Total for the year. . . $332 63
Not deducting anything fet
fines and licenses the apportion-
l ment in Custer county for the
same period was as follows :
Amount apportioned each district -
trict from the one-fourth share in
December. . . . . . . . . . . . $ 7 15
June. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 25
Total fqr the year. . . . $16 40
Under the-law the three-fourths
S is pror ted and it would be the
- some in each county , viz 63 cents
in Dec mber 1901 and 84 cents in
June 1902. 'flius it will be seet1
_ that a district iit Douglas county
last year with thirty childrel1
- drew from the state funds $376 , 7
while 'a district in Custer county
. with the same number of children
:1 : drew $60.50 making a net difference -
ence in fa\for of' ' the former of
just $316:24. I want to go 011
:1 : record with the statement that
not 25 per c nt of the countf ) '
districts of our county can pos.
sibly raise $37,6.73 a year from al ]
e sources , including state appor.
tionment and a of 25 u11lls.
levl
My'remedy in brie is this : Let
the State Superintendent make
the apportionment of the one-
II fourth share as well as the three-
fourths. For illustration let us
suppose there id to be distributed
at any time $400,000 among the
schools of the state. Enable him
b ) ' amendment to the present late , \ '
to take one-fourth of the total
amount or $100,000 and divide it
b ) ' the number of school districts
in the state entitled to share. If
there were 5,000 districts each
would receive $20 from the one.
fourth share whether it happened
to be located in Douglas count } '
or Logan or any other count ) ' .
- Let' the other three-fourths be
distributed as at presrnt , so muclJ
for each child of school age.
While some ma ) ' consider the
idea preposterous I believe thai
- children who through no fault 01
their o\vn happened to be bOrl1
out here on these western prairies
e are entitled to the same consider.
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-
at ion when these funds created
for the purpose of assisting in
the maintenance of schools in
pioneer communities , are to be
distributed as those born and
reared in more favored localities.
This is my position briefly ,
though I hope plainly stated if
it be demoEfogery then I am a
demogoger If down right deception -
tion then I am a deceiver. How.
ever this may be there is plenty
of time to investigate the pro-
posi tion , and I am one of those
who have the fullest confidence
in the loyalty of the people of the ! ,
county to our public schools. I
am quite willing for the thinking
people to pass upon it. .
Appreciating your liberality in
giving space to the foreg0111g ,
I remain , Yours truly ,
J. J. TOOLItv.
Mr. Tooley , from the foregoing -
ing article , seems to think that
because Do glas county has been
fortunate in building of a large
school population that she
should be compelled to share her
state apportionment with Custer
and other less fortunate counties
of the state. It is the socialistic
idea of compelling the rich to
distribute their accumulations
equally with the rest of mankind ,
however profligate.
The school law very justly provides -
vides that the common school
fund shall be prorated equally
among the children of school age
in the state , the apportionment
being made to the several counties -
ties of the state. 'fhe county
having 100 children receives the
same numberlof cents per pupil
as the county having 10,000.
'rhe law , as we before stated ,
prO\'ides that each county superintendent -
erintendent shall take one-fourth
of the amount apportioned his
county and divide equally between -
tween the several districts of the
county. 'rhe remainder is apportioned -
portioned on the per capita'basis.
The counties with but few districts -
tricts and a large school population -
tion of course receives a larger
sum from the one-fourth amount
thanl would a county with a large
number of districts , although it
had the same number of scholars.
It is a fact that in Douglas coun-
t.r , of which Omaha is a part ,
and which has her schools all
under one management , that the
districts are few compared with
her large school population. Because -
cause of this fact the one-fourth
r the amount apportioned to
Douglas county gives the rural
districts aJmuch larger amount
of money than a . school district
in Custer county. But his remedy -
edy will not accomplish the end
sought , and would not be just if
it would.
His proposition to have state
superintendent take one-fourth :
of the common school fund and
divide equally would not equalize -
ize the apportionment as nearl ) ;
as is done now. The one-fourth
basis does not now make an equal
distrib tion to the number of
pupils to the district.Vith the
exception of Omaha and Lincoln
I the inequality is so small that it
does not material1y effect.
The only strictly equitable
method that the common schoo ]
fund can be distributed is to prorate -
rate it on the school population
of each school district. This
l would give the district with lOG
. pupils the same per scholar as
the district with 10,000 pupils.
In order to help out the weak
districts the legislature arbitrar-
TO CURl ; ; . . . . . COI.D IN ONE DA. V
Tllko LuatITo : Urom. . QuInine Tabletll. AI
IlrugRllt refund tbe moUl'Y It It fa\l8 to cure.
R W. Grove' . elguaturo Ie on eacb lIox. Ir ! > u. .
.
Soft
Harness
You can witte your h. . . .
IIP'-8 ' 111 Buft 81 Ii IIto\'e
uud aa tough Ii''Ir. . . by
udlng lUltt CllJliar -
IIUIIII 011.'ou l'an
J uitbt'u IlIIlIfII-mak. Ie
Jut twice . ' " luue WI 1\
UrdluuUy would.
EUREKA
Harness Oil
makee a poor look tor bar.
II IlItll lIew. MIL I at
pur. . Ileav ) ' bodlN aU. No
JIl'ClaJly Pf\PIII'l'd ! to wlUl.
81&Ul1 tbQ wealbfr.
150"1 enrYlVb.ra
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ily decreed that after the state
superintendel1t had m'ade an
equal distribution of the funds to
the several counties that the
county superintendent should set
apart one-fourth of that amount
and divide it equally between the
districts regardless of the amount
due them on the prorata basis.
It was not with the view of
equalizing but of fostering the :
weak districts that each county
was made to share in the promotion -
tion of its own schools.
Suould the law be changed as
MI' . Tuul ) ' suggests by having
the state superintendent apportion - ,
tion one-fourth of the school' '
fund to each of the school districts -
tricts of the state , the amount
received by Custercountysay$8-
OOOinsteadof the being divided -
ed into 250 parts would be di vided
by the number of school districts
in state and would be less than it is
now. 'fo illustrate , we will say
for convenience that Custer county -
ty has 200 school districts and is
entitled to $8,000 of the apportionment -
tionment on the prora ta basis.
One-fourth of that is $2,000.
Divide the $2,000 equally between -
tween the 200 districts and each
receives $10 and $6,000 would remain -
main to divIde equally between
the districts on the prorate basis.
Mr. Toole"s plan would have
the state superintendent take
of the $8,000 which would be
$2,000 and divide it equall ) ' between -
tween all the districts of the
state. If there are 5,000 school
districts it wouldamount , to 40
cents to each district in Custer
county , instead of $10 as under
the present law , from the due
from the state fund. As there
are more counties with a smaller
school population than Custer
than there are with a larger , we
doubt seriously whether the
amount from the other count es
of the state would give us as
much of the fund as we now get.
Every county now gets exactly
the same based on her school
population. Omaha may
have grounds to complain
against the rural districts of
Douglas county but the rural
counties have no grounds of com-
plaint. 'Ve still insist that the
scheme is preposterous and ) vhile
Mr. Tooley may have been honest -
est in his misconceived notion
it is deceptive nevertheless
as many of the unwary believed
in it.
(
- 14 . .
Notice to Delmquent 1'RxpRycrll.
- -
As you ought to know , personal -
al taxes are due October 1st of .
each year , and are delinquent '
and subject to distress warrant
being issued Feb. 1st of each
year following. Land tax is due
Oct. 1st , deliquent May 1st , and
advertised Oct. 1st , and sold to
highest bidder , or at private sale
Nov. 1st after date of becoming
due , so govern yourselves accord-
ingly. 'l'he law says ) 'ou shall
appear at the treasurer's o e"
and pay ) 'our taxes , and if ) ' : Jl.t
do not , the county treasurer shall
collect personal taxes by distress
warrant after the above dates.
I be1ie\'e that nearly everybody
wants to pay their taxes without
costs , and I have concluded to
take this means of notifying
ever'one through the press. Do I
not neglect this matter , " but attend -
tend to it as soon as possible , as
I do nat want to make you any
extra expense , but I must and
will collect delinquent taxes according -
cording to law , as I believe that
was what I was elected your
treasurer for. 'V. A. GHORGl\ ,
7 tf ' '
County'l'reasurer.
l\IIanuol of Soli Culturo.
SCUll me a 2-ccnt stamp and I will
mail ) 'OU copy of C lnpbell's Soil CuI.
ture 1\Ianual-a valuable work that every
fanner ought to have. J. FRANCIS ,
I
General Passenger Agent , ,
13-16 Om ba. i
Croup.
Usually begins with the symptoms -
ptoms of a common cold ; there is
chillness , sneezing , sore throat ,
hot skin , .quick pulse , hoarseness
and impeded respiration. Give
frequent small doses of Ballard's4- .
Horehound Syrup , ( the child will
cry for it ) and at the first sign
of a croupy cough apply frequently -
tly Ballard's Snow Liniment ex-
ternall ) ' . 50c at Ed. McComas'
Broken Bow and Merna.
LOW R..T H A.tn. .
TUro' Tourl8t Hlcepora to Wnsb-
IlIltn. . .
The Burlington Route has authorized
the low rate of $34.25 from Broken Bow ,
Ncbraska to Washington , D. C. , and return -
turn for the National Encampment , G.
A.R.
Tickets on sale October 2 to 5 , in.
clusive. Good returning until October
14 , but extend to Novemher 3. 1 2 , may
be securc ! } .
'l'hro'tourist sleepers Omaha to Wash-
in ! , ' on , October 4. Double berth $3.00.
Ask the Burlington agent , or write
J. FRANCIS.
Gcneral Passenger Agcnt ,
12-15 Omaha , Nebr.
-1
f/f
This slgnaturo 10 on cvory box of the genu'luo
Laxative Bromo"Quinine Tablets
f the rowed , . that tClU'eli cold fa 0118 day
, Reducing Sale !
Wanting to make a change In my building
and business I will commence Sept 1 , to
Fl.edLee : al.ly : S"toclE. :
FOR CASH FROM
5 TO 15 PER CENT. DISCOUNT ,
Or will sell my entire stock. 1\1y stock consists of
Hard , yare , Tinware , Stoves , Harness , White
: Sewing Machines , Carpets , FurnituI'e , 1m. .
I plements , Buggies , Spring Wagons , Farm
: Wagons. Etc.
All persons indebted to me , book account or note , a11 ( same be- ,
I , , ing past due , will please call and. . . . . . . . . . . '
SETTLE UP SAME.
CEO. WILLINC. \
A Complete Line of Undertaking Goods.
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