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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 29, 1903)
u - tItt ! tet oro. 'tpubUr ' n PnbUahod enr ) ' 'l'hnraday at the COQnt ) ' ea\ . , - - D. M. AMsnElmr. . . J-dltor : U.1'Iflr.e \ OueLer Dlock. Fourth An.61' , 'i &ntl'rcl\.t the pOitomco lit Droken Dow , Ncb . a. BUOOIH-4In.es mlltlAlr tor trlUlem1p lon throl1 11 _ the . U. K , Mnllll. . . . . . - - - ' - . epDt" " m ION PUteR ; ODe Yoar.blMv IJCcI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , \.OO \ - - - \.DVKItTISINO nATltS. .llIe loluOn. : , p r month , 7 .00. Ono.hlllt eol. IUDD. pcr mmtli ! 5Un' tluarler column , pt'r 1II0nth. fJI.ro Leee tbAn quat\fr ! column , recent cent ! pl'r Illch pllr month Or-rd ! on Dtst page , ( ,0 oents IJcr Incb , t-or I m'ontli I ! . c' " "v"ttl'lnll & cfln ! ! per line ellch ICier' tlt'll. " . . . . Ilnd onl4)rloln. I No" " J ' .rch hire eoclables ) , . " ' ' \ ' . 'l ! rnlltlr'f I. cbnrl ( d. ooo.bn1f tRtee. 13' olel ) ' t1oUce 11011 re.lliation. , oOllonalt rntce. I Wer.1dhlll t otl C ! rree. baIt prlcp tor publlnlng ! lAt ot pto nte Dollth nollc811 tree , hl\U prlc' for publishing I obituary notices , end clltds ot tbanks. LflaI : notlce.e at ralee r"ded ( by , 'lItotce ot l'ebrlllu. ' , " - - - - , Thursday , Jan ary 2 , 1903. l The water works plant owned f by.the city would solve the electrice light question and pro\'e a source of revenue suflicient to p y all expense of its operation with a surplus for city improve- ments. \ Senltor Henry M. 'reBel' hls I been reelected to the Unitad I : States Senate by the democrats of Colorado. 'l'hey had just I I enougli'votes to elect. The re1 1 I publicans refrained. from voting 1 or being counted by absenting themselves from the session. A veteran of the Spanish war recently appealed to the Secretary of the Interior a case in which he claimed a pension on account of corns that he had contracted oy wearing army shoes. The de- I partm'ent after exhaustive , an 1 course of reasoning , comes to the conclusion that corns are not a pensionable disability. The decision - I cision says : Corns are inconvenient - ient , but are seldom incapacitating - ing , and when ther : are the remedy is simple and within the reach of anyone. 'l'he oldier's I patritotism ought not to terminate - nate with his nilitary service. It should prompt him to go to a chiropodist rather than to the pensionoffice.-Nebraska Farmer. ' . Since writing the editorial on the "Land " Leasing Question , which appears in these columns , the state legislature has adopted a resolution in opposition to the DietrIch bill , and recommending that cpngress amend the Homestead - stead iaw so as to provide for the homesteading of a section of land in the sand hill conntry in compliance with our editorial in last week's RUPUDLICAN , As the action of the legislature practically - ally kills the Dietrich bill , it is to be hoped hat the next session of congress will pass a bill embodying - bodying the section homestead , for the semi arid land that is not subject to irrigation. Snch a law will in a very short time populate the entire north west , with at least one family on a section , . that is now without pop- ul3bon. A Good Sltowlug. The following is a copy of the report of the register of deeds , C. O. Lind , for the year 1902 : Total tee , . received. . . ' . . . . . . . . . ! 04 ( ,57 ! l5 Clerkblre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 70145 Po tlIle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . , . . . . 45 SO Recordlnlr 10r colln : ty. . . . . . . . . . 2 30 Depil ty salary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 700 00 Relll.ttr' . .alary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 SOO 00 Excel8 fees turned In to Co. Tr. . I 70s ( ,0 Total. . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . $4 ( ,57 liS In order that you may be able to realize just how good a showing - ing Mr. Lind's report makes , we I submit herewith the report of Mr. Lind's predecessor , C , H. Jeffords , for 1901 : To&:11 receipts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ $3 ( , ( ,4 55 Expen.e. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299100 Excea.f.eiturued : In toCo. Tr. . ( , ( ,7 55 Total. . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ J U4 55 From the foregoing we find that Mr. Lind did $993.30 more business in the same length of tune than his predecessor , for $41.15 less expense and turned into the county treasur ) ' as x- cess fees $1,041.05 more money. Whether the difference is charg- . able to republican management or prosperous cond1tion of the times , credit is due to republican administratiop. I 'rite ' OUf Water Works. Tb.e question of voting bonds to purchase the water works plant is one of the most i1l1por- ta11t questions that confronts the. . .Ji. . .JW . . ; . . . . . , , . . , - - - - - city. 'l'he importance of prompt action can not be successful den- cd. The question should be submitted - mitted and the bonds voted b - fore the sale of the water works , which is ! ; 'ebruary 1H. Should that revenue law which is now contemplated by the legislature pass before the city is prepared to close the deal on the terms offered we have no surity but the purchasing price will be double or we wiU be compelled by the franchise to pay thriblc the hydrant rental we are paying now. While the law i1 ! an uncertainty - certainty we hare the opportunity - ity to purchase the works at a 1igur within our reach. Ifve wait until the earning capacity of th 'tlant i. ; trebbltd by the act or the legislature will not HIt' value of the plant increase in th same ratio' ( 'rhen : is no use to haggle over the matter longer. I We have got the bear. How can 1 we with honor best let go. 'rllere is no alternativc , 'we must let go now or a greater evil will be our oom. That is to continue to pay a 7 mills hydrant rental on a 'aluation increased fiye feM ( [ ) ver the present assessed valua- ( lion during the remainder of the ( life of the franchise and hj ve an ! mpty treasury and no water works at the end for our money. - . 1 - - I 'l'he 1IUldl , { , se ( ! ucstlon. 1 'rhe objections to the land leasing - ing bill now pending in congress is not confined to an , ) ' particular : lass orlocality. 'l'he recommen- : lations of the governor to the legislature does not fa\'or the ( bill nor does the cattle associations Df the state. 'rhe legislature will recommend congress not to j pass it. Several of the western ' Cattle Associations have passed resolutions opposing the bill but express themselves in favor of a lease law if properly drawn. We are of the opinion that the gm..ernment land should not be c leased on any terms. A better 1 solution of the vexed question would be to amend the homestead law so that in the semi arid localities where the land can not be irrigated , so as to allow a person to homestead a section or two of land instead of a quarter as now. Could this be done there would be scarcely any government land subject to homestead entry in north \Vestern Nebraska in the next twelve months. The influx of homeseekers from the edst would populate every section in the north west part of the state. It would encourage the g-rowth of small ranches and make the san hill country the most profitable - table part of the state. And as we stated last week , in a very short time the taxes deriyed from the land and property kept would be a Sv trce of revenue for the counties and state far in excess of the amount the govermnent might realize from its leases. We hope that President Roose- velts recommendations that a committee be appointed to investigate - vestigate and report on the best method to dispose of those lands will be adopted. 'rhis will g'e an opportunit ) . to present the best interests of the state , which will result in an amendment - ment to the Homestead act so as to allow a person a homestead of a suft cient amount of land to maJe a comfortable living and result in populating of the territory - tory and the utilization of every acre of the sand hills. - . . - . - - . - - Omaha AgnhlRt the UUl'al COllutle ! ! . As the people had been led to expect , the city of Omaha is arraying itself against the rural counties , school districts and vil- ages of the state in the matter of railroad taxation. 'rhe latest scheme is being exploited in the legislature. 'l'he attempt is he- ing made to change the law seas as to permit Omaha to assess the the railroad terminal properties locally , instead of allowing the taxes to be distributed equally along the lines , as at present. Illustrating the disastrous effects - fects UpOll the outside communities - ties that would follow the carry- , iI. . . . . . . . " " ' . . . , ing out of the Omaha scheme , we wo ld state that for the year 1901 the Union Pacific and B. & M. roads paid in school taxe alone to the school districts : dong their lines in Custer co"nt ) ' , $5- l)2 .23. If Omaha is permitted to work the local taxation scheme , as the city officers declare - clare they intend to do , these Custer county districts must lose from twelve to fifty per cent of their J ailroad tax. It is well known that the railroads - roads are interested in the up- building of all parts of the tate , and that 1 wreb ) ' they build up their own busin'ess. The valuable - able railroad properties located in Omaha are not then : for the sole b nefit of Omaha. but for the benefit of the whole systems. The che1Ue has just been attempted - tempted iu Illinois , where Chicago - go wanted to grab the railroad laxe for local purposes. The Llttorney general stood for the people of his state , and del red lhat the scheme would result in 1 loss of at least twenty per c nt i in taxes to each of the aut side : ounties. The case went to the : ourts , and a few days ago it was lecided against Chicago and in I . : aver of the rural counties. The ) maha real estate boomers desire :0 : gel around a decision like this Jj' legislative enactment , and ; hus depri\'e the outside counties md districts of Nebraska of from 5 to 75 per cent of the railroad taxes which they have heretofore : eceived. , It is a good time for members ) f the legislature from the interior - terior of the state to be constantly - ly on their guard against this 'langerous movement. 1'here will be no division of sentiment among those who inform them- i : ; elves on the question. Omaha has built up its tr de and gained its wealth because of the toil and produce of the rural : ommunities. The grab game in the matter of railroad taxes looks like base ingratitude. It is like an attempt to kill th goose that laid the golden egg. It would seem to be in order for the con- stitltency in the counties all over the state to notify their representatives - tatives in the legislature of their disapproval of the Omaha scheme. In the new revenue law promised - ed , a higher valuation will be put upon rail'road property as well as other property , but Omaha nor any other terminal city should receive more than its proportional - portional share of the increase. 'fhe Mortgage Recorll. The mortgage record of Custer county for the year ending Dec. 31 , 1 Y02 , shows that there have been 551 farm mortgages tiled in amount $335,424.13 , and there have been 71)8 farm mortgages satisfied amounting to $374,060.46 'rown and city mortgages fi1ed 66 amounting to $33,823.52 ; town and city mortgages released 45 , amounting to S3,918.45 ; the chattle mortgages tiled amounts $3(1),247.65 and that the chattle mortgages satisfied amounts to 5387,978. Y1. In add ition to the above there have been farm forclosures No. 18Y , amounting to $2000.00. 'rhis gives a total amount fi1ed 5738,494.30. 'l'otal satisfied $1,003,747.80. 'rhe amount satisfied is $265,253,50 , more than the amount filed. - - - - - The 1)I1I11I(1lue 'l'CI1Cbcr . Reliable advice from the Plulippines indicate that the American school ma'am has conquered - quered the little brown people through their children , and is adored by all classes of the people - ple for her goodness and tacf. 'rhe atTection of the Philippine children for the devoted young women who went out a year erse so ago to do pioneer work in the schools of the islands , is Raid to be intense and they \ro so followed - ed to their homes by the children that it is an absolute embarrassment - ment , and they have difiicult ) , iu preserving an'thing like privacy in non-school honrs. ' 1'wo hundred thonsand l'ilipino ; children are gathered in the day schools by the 4,226 American , . . . - _ - - - , ' ' " ' ' ' < r.- ; ; ; ; : . ' . . . . " ' - - ' " ! I to . ' . . . - - - . - - Our Roasted Coffees . .A.1vvays : FI.igb."t ' . .A.1vvaysUn..iforxn. : . ) Y I .A. 1 ays : E Wresb. c > r1d's EJe 1 ; , i They have Inude friends everywheite They have proven their merits to consumers . Our trade now realize that they can prty more money elsevhere , but cann t obtain better ceftees than we can furnish them. . - - - and Filipino teachers while the night attendance at the night schools average 15,000. "From the presidcnte to the smallest urchin , " writes Division Superintenden t of Education Moses , "the admiration - tion for the American women in the provinces is unfailing and never ending. " So the worst fears of the "antis" up Boston way of the enslaving tendencies of the educational system of the Philippine government are Justi- fied. The school ma'ams are riveting the last and most ilti- mate fetter on the subjugated people and destroying in them that aspiration for independence and Aguinaldo that bubbled so fiercly in every lDsurgent heart only a few short months ago. Worst of all , the school ma'ams are teaching the boys and girls the English tongue which will forever bar. their way back to liberty in the future. 1 f they learn the lan.T1.tage ( and read American books and newspapers thty arc lost. They will want to be like the American , and that in the estimation - mation of the "antis" and Dr. Shurman who is on the fence , .will'complete their ruin.Vhat a burden of remorse will bow down these poor little Yankee school ma'ams one of these days , when they wake to the enormity of thcir offence against the liberty and independence of the Filipinos.-State ourna.1. Hog Ml1rkets l' mpured. \Ve have interested ourself in the past few weeks in comparing the hog markets of the several towns in the county as published in the local papers in their respective - spective towns to see whether - - - Mrs. Fred Unra.th , Prealdeut Count.- Club , DeBto. . DlU'bor , JUeb. . "After my first baby was born 1 did not aum to reltilin my strength althouh , the dodor gave me IS tonic which he coruld. ered very .uperlor , but trutud of ! dUnS better I grew weaker every.day. . My hua. band Inlbted that I tAke Wine of Cardut for a week and .ee what It would do for me. I did tAke the medicine and wu very grateful to find my atrcnsth and health .Iowly returnln ! . In two week. 1 wu out of bed and In a month 1 wa , abls to take up my u.ual duties. I am very cnthusl. utlc In It. praise. " Wine of Cardui reinforces the9rg&nl of generation for the ordeal of pra,8'- nlUlcy IUld childbirth. It prevents mll' carriage. No woman who takes Wine of Cardui need lelU' the coming Gf her child. If Mrs. Unrath had taken Wino of Cardlli be/ore her baby came she would not have be n weakened as she W S. Her rapid recoIhould commend this great remedy to cverr expootant motlier. Wine of Cardui regulates the menstrual flow. WINEoFCARDUI there was any reason why farmers - ers as ncar Broken Bow as any other market shoul take their hogs to other points. In the past six weeks with one or two exceptions the price'p : id by our local buyers on the day we go to press have been higher than at any other market in the county. Sargent prices have kept nearer the price paid in Broken Bow than either of the others. Two . weeks ago the pnce quoted at. Sargent was ten cents below the price paid here. When hogs are. . on the rise , one day , some times makes a difference on the prices as quoted' For instance last week on 'l'hur day hogs were selling for $5.95 in B oken Bow , the day we went to press , on the day following the Sargent paper quoted them six cents in Sargent. The same price was paid hcre on that date. 'rhe following are the prices quoted last week in the following - - markets. Callaway , $5.70 ; Ansley , $5.80 ; Broken Bow , 55.95 ; and Sargent , $6.00 on Friday. Had the REPUBLICAN been published on Friday as were the other papers quoted from instead of Thursday the price would have shown up with the highest quotation - tion as that was the advance made on the strength of the increased - creased p'rice in the Omaha market. These comparrisons show up favorably for the dealers in Broken - ken Bow and removes any cause for complaint upon the part of our merchants for the town not drawing its share of the farmer trade. As a matter o'f fact we have heard no such complaints for several months and it doubtless - less is because the fanners as a rule are bringing t1 eir hogs where th y can get the most money for them. The RnpuDLIcAN and Inter Ocean , $1.50. _ . - - - - r . - - - - ri i . . . , . . . .i , . . . . . . , . . . , . . . . I Before You uilJ , Consult. . . . . . , PAPINEAU & DRAKE , n ContractoJei aDd BuiXder. . : Estimates Furnished Free With Plans and Specifications. _ ' UlWl _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . " ; . ! J , : ' . . . " : : " Ji.r" : .r-a.t ' ; : : ' n. { i . . . i . , . : , IJL' ; ; " . " : . r . . .I"'it' . " 1.- . ; . ! . : ; ' L. : " ' . I'r . . . . .J. : e . : " . . , . " . . : ; ' " ' . ' : : if- ! . ; . . . : . . . . : " . ' ' ' . ' . . ' : . ' . ' ' . L" ' : ' ' , ' ' ' . . i. ' . . ' . ' ' . " ' . ' ; ' L. , ' ' ' . ' . ; \ - : i : . : } . . , 'j EA G LE GROCERY . j : . . , .i. " \ : . _ , . . ' fti . . ( . . . M : ' " .1 ' . All parties indebted to tbe Eagle Grooery , are requested @ to oall and aottle their aocount by.ollab at onoll. I muat bave ! : money to p"y bills , I oannot dQ bUBinQ8B on wind. " : t tt Yours truly. ' . f , W. S. SWAN. , I I I ProprIetor. . 10 Bars . of Soap for 250. t , , ? 911sl : 2t1./ ' . : ; ! ! : : ! l'lJ l' : . , ; ! ll : t. ; i'/flr'I'J..tlr : . : . : , ' . : ' ' . 'f'At. . : ' . . ' . . . . . . . ! ? Ifl.rr . : ; 't : ; . 7.1 : 't 4 : /t. : { { : .ff ; : ; ; . ' ; 't'J : ; } , ; .j ; : . ho ; : , t.j ; . : .ti.t ; " "q' Rumu. R..I. Ander.on . . . . . . , J. . , C. . . . Moore . " . . . , ANDERSON & MOORE. ctrLaud. : : tor nle 8Dd rent In Cultor count , and adjoining cODntles. Eqnltles IInd . . . mortgacel bongbt and .old. Abstract. promllU , aDd neath madll. Olllcu-Mllt'l ' ! : I "et , 8et""lIu 41h , and IItb Avenues , Broken Dow , Cuter county , Nebraska. : N tt * CLOSI G JT ! SALE ! II 'I { J H av I na bought the goods of the , ' - : . . I' . . ; it Carlos Second Hand Store , I will Ji CLOSE QUT THIS STOCK _ ' \'k . \ ' ' \ , ' , at a Bargain. Those desir'I I' Ing to purchase anything in ; I 7I' my line will find it to their in- I 7r\ \ ! ! . tfjrest to call at once as these ? t ; 1' goods must be sold. 71 'I ; /T' want le-qall . and ee goods and get prices if yon J : bargr1l1s. .r. ? i U@ Location- Realt ) . Dlock , Sonth Side * ) r 't of Public Square. < * * > J"U'J : : ) .A. . * < ? 1 .j . - . \