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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 26, 1905)
. - . If , I . : . . Il l I i < Hu ter QIo. JtepubUcau t . l'nlJUshcd every Thor day ilL the Oonn\y oa\ . - - - - - I ) . M. AMSUElUtY. ' . . Editor I Bn\ered nt the Ol\omco at Uroken ( Jaw , Noh. , IS sooond-Glllllft maUor tor Iranftmlnlonhroogb tbo U. Ii. Malia. - - - - - 8UIJU1Ul'TJON ! ! l'mOR : One Ynllr.lnllllvRllcO" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ' 1.00 In OOlllor lIIock , 1I'00rlb ATI ! . _ _ _ Olnco _ _ _ _ n _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ADVGIlTJIINO : ! nAT 8. Une colomn , IHJr roonth,17.00. Ono.halt co.- oron. or monthJ &I.DJ tloarlor column , 1101' , month , 1JI.60 , IAlftft than qoarter colomn , ro ' " . loch Ilor month. COlIl.IIJIIJr on I1rllt laRo. GO con 11lor \ IDOh , per month Local advortlftlnjt & c01I11I par IIno each In.or. Uon.Notloo ot church talrll , lIoclllhloft and onlortaln. I monl.ll where mOlloy III chur/ol / , ollo.holt fIItOIl. /ioclot ) ' noUco. IIntl reMlutlonll , ono-half mICR. . \ , WOIlding nutlet'll troo. halt 11 rico for publishing IIl1t ot Ilrcllnllt.A. noll\b notlooll tree , hAlt prlCf4 tor IlObllshlnK obituary noli COlI , ami cllrdA of thallks. Lolnll1ollcod al rllLlI1I provldod by .llIlutoll at Nohrll.ka. - - i 1'hursday , October 2 ( " 1905. ) Republican Ticket. H'J'A 'J'I : . I'nr HUIlfellle Jullw- , , , CharloK II. tetloll. 1"ur UlllvorMlty H"lfenIK- v. J. J'rllftl. 1'ro.lrlck II. , \ ht > lltl. COUN-I'\ ' . 1"IIr J.uhrIJ- . 'f A. H. JllIl1Illhro } ' . Jlmk"l1 JlUIl' . " Pur Clerk- ! JIIII. I'lifulall. ' Jlruk"11 JlIIII' . 1.'lIr 'l'wallu rer- " J. I . Can'lIoe. Henrlfl'loWII. , } "lIr Hhcrlf- " J. S. SlIIlth. Oallall'I } ' . ' 1"lIr HOIClllicr IIf DI'I - 1 , . Johll ' 1.'IIO" . IImkoh IIl1w. I.'or HUllorlllh'III'lIl- ! M.l'IIICklloy / , WClllcrvlllo. 1.'lIr Hurv"'lIr- Jo' . I' : . VlIIAIII\\'or. . ' . 1.1)(11. I 1.'lIr CIII'IIIIOr- , , UF. J , II.Iorrull' ! , I\lImla , 'I'OWNSIIII' . r ( , 'lIr J 1I lIce of th. ! I'ce- ! I I' : . C'Schwltlll. : l"ur Clork- A. U. lIa IIIC . t I.'or Trrlllllrer- . J. S. MIII'IIOIIX. Pur Ollllllllhlo- 1.1' : . Cui" " . . IWAU OVltltSlmlS. nlllirict Numher 1- 1A. . A. Walchor. IIllltrlcl NUlllhor2- NUlllhor2W. . W. Jllllhn\ > . DIMlrlcl NIIIII cr 3- 3J , . A.0118. . 1IIIIIrict Numher 4- O. I , lflfolsOIl. District NUlllh"r 5- \V.J.Clay. . IIlstrlct Numher 6- , 6J. . G.llo'ce. IIIKlricl NUlllher 7- J I. . Clllihllllll. I \ . . . A. R Humphrey is a lawyer of j high attainmcn.s. He is a f graduatc of the Iowa I4aw School , a man of twenty or more years t experience in the practice of law , and can be relied upon itlmatters of law and equitr. 'rhe republicans have a list of candidates that needs no defense. 'l'hey each are capable and , worthy of the offices for which ! they were nominated. In casting ! your vote see that your mark is oppositethe name Republican and you will make n mistake. 'l'he Beacon and his "Hepubli- can" corrcspondent seem to have a special spite at Rcv. H. M. . : : . Pinckney , the republican cantli- M. date , because he is a Methodist. Too bad that al1 the candidates could be "broad " no gaguers" seas as to please the Beacon and his "republican" ? co-laborer. In voting for Joe Pigman for county clerk you can make no mistake. His record as deputy clerk is unimpeachable. lIe is a fine p nsman , a mathimahcian , genial disposition , honest in every particular , man of high moral character , a prominent - nent church member and in every respect worthy of the public patronage. 'l'he Courier-'l'ribune has bc- come a very strong advocate of Sheriff Richardson since giving up the county division matter. What spel1 has comc over Editor Brega ? Only a short timc ago he was advising his friends to support no u an from Broken Bow or that was against diVlsion. Now hc wants everybody to vote . against his own townsman , J. S. Smith , and for C. U. Hichardson of llrolen Bow. , - - - The following extract from Aesop's Fable is commended to the notice of the Beacon's correspondent - respondent , who calls himself a republican : "A Hog having ; cOl1ceived a hatred against a I Lion , challenged the lion to more tal combat. At the appointe(1 time he presented himself ; but having freshly rol1ed himself in a muck hole he was clothed in . , panoply of fi1 the 'l'he lion dis. daining to touch so ( lisgustin an object , the hog went awaJ t F. W. HAYES , , jeweler and O > > tician I J West Side Square , Broken Bow , i Nebraska. . ! j , I ' . " . ' ' . . . : --v ; : : . , . - ' - Ayers - I Do you like your thin , rou h , short hair ? Of course YOIl don't. Do you like thick , heav , smooth hair ? Of course yell do. Th n why "air Vigor not be pleased ? Ayer's Hair Vigor makes beautiful hea s of hair , that's the whole story. Sold for 00 years. " ( IonVII nAII,1 A'er' nalr ' tor ' VIA'or n 101lA' ) . limo , It h. 111111'.1. " wlIlI.IIrflll Ionlr 111111. . rOllorlll hClIl\lollllho IIIIIII . . . RII'I.IIL ! : \ hllir I\I. ' Lho InlllO 1111I0. ( , rovlllK 1IIIIIollllhi .Irl'nlll ! ! . " UII , J. W. TA'rUAI , 11111 < 111I,11111 , ' 1' . fll.OO R hotl1o. J.o. A " 1m ( ' 0. . All < lr1l1 ! 1.11. for TlIwoll. Mo. , . , - - I Weak Ha.ir . , boasting that he had vanquished the lion. " Popul lts : Political Tactics. 'rhe Beacon under the head of " \Vhy'raxes are Higher , " acknowledged - nowledged the truth of our article - ticle two weeks ago 111 which we gave figures from the records proving that the onice of Register - ter of Dceds netted the ClUl1ty $ ( ) ,51C.81 more in the past four years than it did the four years previous under populist adminis- tration. But he carefully 'omits giving the difference in surplus turned into the county by Mr. Lind , but attempts to defel1 < l the populist administration by stating - ing it cost $2,675.48 more to transact the business four years than it did the populist for the same length of timc , or in other- words about $500 more a 'year. It always costs more to earn two dollars than it does one , but in this case a verr smal1 per cent of outlay was required to thribble I the amount turned into the coun- tv treasury from this onice. ' ! 'he Beacon falls back on the i statement that when the populists - , lists took control of the county "that an indebtedness of $40,000 existed and that in ten years the indebtedness was wipped out and that the republicans have had control of the county five years and there is now an indebtedness of $20.000. " If the statement was a fact it might be a matter I worth of discussion , but nei th- er of the three propositions are true and we 'defy the Beacon or the populist fol1owers to prove them from the records. In the . first place there never existed an . indebtedness at the close of any i fiscal year since the organization I of the county of $40,000. Second , the total indebtedness of the coun- t1 January 1 , 1900 , when the popu- llsts were elected to office , did not exceed its credits. Third , the republican - publican par.ty has not had control - trol of the county five years. A republican board has had control of the finances but three , times in the past five. Last year wr had a republican board and the year previous the board , was populist , as is the case this year. The county was not in debt J anuarr I , 1905 , when the populist board assumed control , ' $20,000. 'rhe exact indebtedness - edness of the county is $9- . 144.87. 'rhe republican board met an indebtedness of $8,141. 78 : created by the populist board the I year previous and ran short about $9,000 of estimates which was caused by the excessive rains and high waters which required an unexpected expense in replacing bridges. Most ot the indebtedness - ness that appeared on the rccords Januarr 1 , 1905 , was due to S8- 000 inheirited from the populist board. Another fact to be . remembered is tHat the county levy was one mill less under re- publican board last year than it . is thi year undcr a populist board. l Shinn's Record. I 'l'hc RIU'unr.ICAN had hoped L , that a deccnt campaign could be carried through this year without - out having personalitieb : brought r into it , but the Beacon is like the hog that will return to the wal- low. Last week as well as the t week bcfore it came out in ( le- fence of H. J. Shinn's record and , last week associates the name of John Heese with the transaction in a way that makes it necessary , for us to take the matter up that a false imression \ may not be created aga1l1st an innocent man. The Beacon says : "While acting as County Judge from 1890 Bnd includin 189-t , thcre were ccr. tain fees of his o icc carned but uncal. but at the time of settling with him , the count ) ' board found his account with the county just and corrcct. Irollt ycars luter , the demnt1l1 was mntle for Shinn to pay thc cOllnty the alllollnt 01 these uncollectcd fces. Rathcr than have . , . . ' . > > t' . . . , " ' > "TO , , I ' > ' _ " "O . . , . " " . troublc , Shillu paid thc county $550. At the salllc tillle hllf predcccssor , j\ulRC Reese , WII ! ! sucd on exactly n slalllllar clllllll , Rcese rcfuscII to scttlc thc lIIalter and it WIIS carried to the suprcme court anel scttlcII In Reese's { 'I\'or. "If Rcese oweel the coun ty nothing and thc highest tribunal in the state snld so , thell Shilln owed the county nothillg and the couut ) . Is just 'f,550 hetter off. 111 other worrls , Shinn lIIade the county a 110nation of SS5o , ulld ) 'ct III the 1II0st villiflllous IIne1 Iletesable IlIanller. he is assailed alldnccused of elllg "short in his accounts" with the cOllllt ) . . . . In the firsl place it is not true that Judgc Heese's case ever reached the Supreme Court. It was tried in the District Court when Judge Sullivan was on the bench and it was found thal Judge Heese had turned over to the county more than the ll\w required - quired and the county board reimbursed - imbursed him for the amount. Further than that Judge l eese hired a clcrk at his own expense to write final prooffs and in that class of work the cQunty was tone no expense. If Judge Shinn was assailed in a "vi11ianous and detestable man- ner" it was the populist countv board that was in power , with Geo. Carr as its chairman that made the charges and instituted the suit against Mr. Shinn. It was a matter with which the republicans - publicans had nothing to do. It was when the matter was fresh in the minds of the people eight years ago when the populist volers were In the majority in this county by sevcral hundred votes that he was defeated for reelection on that issue. 'l'he populists were 011 the inside - side and should have known the facts then and doubtless voted as they werc convinccd was the right thing to do. It is no time now for the Bcacon to try to force this man Shinn onto the people by companng his records with that of John Reese who was found not guilty by a populist juc1ge and populist county attor- ner. It is not logic nor good reason to say' because two men are sued for stealing a horse , whcre one confesses and the oth- er den ies arid is tried and found not guilty that one who confessed is lilewise innocent. Nor is it fair to compare the innocent man who prove l himself innocent with the one who confcssed his guilt and settles for one fourth the amount with which he is charged. All That's Left of Fiatism. Ollr mlmirablc contcmporary across the way wOl1l1ers how any enc coull1 have tilt : tcmcrity to refer to the issuiug of an irredt.cmablc papcr moncy now. Of coursc this is an awful thrllst at populists who a few ycars ago wcre dcmunlHug currcncy rcform. Thcre was and is now , no experimcnt about our idcas on cur- reucy. We advocatccl gold , silvcr anll papcr , all a fuIllcgal tcndcr and ncither one cOllvertible into the other. That was the money of the constitution. There is where we stood , and there is whcre we stanll today. . We are rcady to debute the qucstion at any tunc and placc with any man or sct of mcn on carth. Put up or : ; hut up.-Beacoll. The above are strange , mysterious - terious foottracks ofthe palmy days of a few years ago of fiat- ism which every bed ) ' , excepting the chairman of the populist central - tral committee of Custer county , havc long considered d'ad and decayed. Even such lights as Col. Moses See Wetmore , W1lliam J . and "Coin" .Bryan Harvey , after shooting over 'l'aney county , Mo. , one of the most famous preserves in the annals of. gunnery-these three monumental figures of the immortal campaign of ' % no longer desire to discuss the dead slcleton that the editor of the Beacon is so willing to debate with "any man or sct of men 011 earth"-and then to "put up or shut up. " Everybody , it is evident - dent , has "shut up" with the lone exception of the sixteen-to-wun chairman of thc pop central committee - mittee of Custer county. Such heroes of fiatism as William - liam J. Stone of Missouri , who so often fired both barrels at once in the face of an approaching crises , and the dil ver-tounged Heed of Kansas City , who spole with so much sublime eloquence at the muzzle of a Winchester- these who were the brighter stars in constellation which more than once moved over the country - try and revolved around the hunting lodge of Col. Willi m Jennings llryan as their central sun-have waited and accepted the light and longed for the planets to return to their orbits to restore the cause of nature- but the Beacon editor-not he t follow in the footsteps of men of such stature and weight and come down from the pliocene pcriod , when the behemoth strode the earth and the lcviathan left tracks for future generations to see. Whereupon , the Bcacon wrongs the great chieftains of its part ) ' in long speculating upon who or what made the tracks in Custer county , or whcn they were made therc. 'l'hese footprints , according' to the Beacon , are sup. posed to be found in rock that hardcncd in a remote geologi . . . - ' . . . . , - . . . . . . . _ . . , ' . " . . t - . . iI " - . - 4 . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . - - - . , . , . - - . . . . . - _ , " - . . . _ , , . " ' " t , . . ISIIDIc.- " A Practical Demonstration of the - Marvelous ' Quick Meal Range t'i 'I ' WILL BE GIVEN AT OUR . I STORE , BEGINNING . . . I II I Monday , October 30 , 1905 , . AND CONTINUING FOR ONE WEEK. , J . au are corcHnl1y im.ite(1 to attend nt1l1 sce for yourse1f n Pirst Class Rangc that is guaranteed to do thc work Y of an ) ' range at an } ' price , with Icss fnct. We will havc a SpccicI Demonstrator with us , from thc factory , to show you the mcrits of thc grcatest Rangc cvcr malle. Quick Mcal Rangcs are ill daily usc in morc homes throughout the country than any othcr range. THE ONLY RANGE A SOLUTEL Y AIR TIGHT ! A Hunge so constructcel that all the hcat is utilized andnollc waste' ! . 1'0 cvery purchascr of II Quick MCIlI Rangc during thc wcck , we will give , ahsolutely frcc , a bcautiful sct of cooking utensils. Free..Hot Coffee and Biscuit Served..Free G. W. APPLE ' ! Broken Bow , . . ' Nebraska.I I : ' . _ _ . .t , ' " _ _ _ , - _ ; _ _ . , _ - , I. . . . _ - : . - - . - - - - - age , and in each of the reported cases only - one track is found. What feet made them , and when ? Let the boots of the chairman of the Custcr count , populist committee - mittee be fitted 1IIto the deprcs- sions. Some kinds of boots sometimes leaves a track which ling-ers long'r than thc scent , and which , in Custer county , has led to the end of the trail , but not until after the quarry was safely burrowcd. Editor Beal's boots are always unmistakable. They leave what. the pcople of Custer county have laarned to call a "splay" marked on the surface. 'l'he Bryan boot is Hat and broa ; the boot of "the plain people , " "the common people , " and without - out the high-arched instep and slender ou tlines of the aristocrat. 'Ve suppose the single track upon which the cditor of the Beacon is travclling over proves nothing more than that the "monster" of a stable currency , which by the way Mexico , th only remaining nation on earth has adopted since the appearance of the above in last week's Beacon - con , has escaped these valiant hunters and is still abroad , seeking - ing whom it may devour. But w1th the trail once struck in Cus- ter county , it can be followed to where the des trover has its lair. Give the dogs b t the scent and t.hey will soon be in full cry. To horse , gentlcman , to horse-for ! the chairman of the Custer county - ty populist committee is the only - ' ly "man or set of men on earth" who is willing' to "discuss this questton with any man or set of men on earth. " . Fusion Tactics Against Chancellor An. drewlI and the State Univer. lIity Disapproved. ' 1' . . . . ( By C. 11. JlaycrhnITer. ) EDI'l'OH RJWUnr.JCAN-Drag- : ing the Univcrsity into politics trough critisim of Chancel10r Andrews , in a political way , must certainly prove injurious to that institution in the estimation of some persons. It appears to I me that the building up of Nebraska - . braska University and the pres- i tigc it has gained since the advent - . vent of its present chancellor is one of the things of which evcr ) ' Nebraskan mar well be proud. Of course it is to be deplored that its buildings are so jammed together , there is such a lack of elbow-room. And bcvond this the Universities greatest failing is a general lack of funds. Being personally of an economical - mical turn of mind I can appreciate - ciate the sterling virtues which prompted our legislators to be saving. But I am of the opinion that it is a false economy. I have had occasion to observe closely the conduct of our University - versity during the last half dozen years , and I think it is the best investment t.he people of this state have e\'er made , and I deplore - plore that more generous appropriations - propriations have not becn made. It may be that our chancellor tloes make an occasional mistakc , - - but that is only mort11 ; and we shouM not fail to give the Chancellor - , cellor credit for -the excellcnt work he has done. Pcrnaps , if the politicians who are fighting the Chancellor , had not been so , parsimonious ili their public express - " press ions , the question of accepting - ing the Hockefeller gift had never - er come up. I am not an admirer - er of "the system , " but when a great and good institution like Nebraska Univcrsity 1S not pro- I perly supported , I might even be tempted to accept "tainted" .t money for its sake. , If the World-Herald and similar papers could only become rational - al in their critisim of expenditure - ture there might be some justi- l ficatlOn. i , ; . Another thing is duc to the Chancellor , viz : A fairconstruc- J tion of terse sentcnces by their context , and moreover by his life and reputation as a whole. And , from this point of view the Chan- t cell or is in excel1 nt standing. I 'l'he one thing that surprises \ I me is that graduates of the Uni- I versitv have not at once come forward to set the public mind aright in this matter. ) { . . I Let us accord a gencrous treat- . tV ment to the University , and rather - ' er put our shoulder to the' wheel and help it along. I Hespectfully , ' T. C. 1-1. BA ymmOltF En. Mrs. Pearl Towslej' left last Saturday morning on a visit to Ncwcastle with her sister Cora. . . - 1 . 1 II Who ope Who ope , , . ' NDH like a war whoop , but is on ly a SOli cllstomer exprpssing his joy and satisi'ae- I 1' ' tion at buying his hi 11 of goods where he ( 'all , get the lOST , GOODS for the least money. ! GrEE : ; "VVE3I2 : : ! ' . A lmost forgot. U ot a car of woven wi l'e , barb , ' wire and nails. Don't " .MISS" that wlwn you" ' , build fence or "house a barn. " : El..c > c1 : vve11 dO C > : D..B.e1.s2gl.H P Q - Ray , pardnlll' , wo got just the o. 11 eater you need and at the price to suit your pocketbook. Best Stove , Nicely It'inished , Good I Heater , Low Price. Lower price yet-Arr COST. "VV C : : > EJ.A. : . ' 1' . S. again-Got "ycr" gun ntlll ammunition , \Vn got thcm , too. COIIIC . ' ' . ' . . . I on. Gct 'cm while you , nccIl 'cm. 1' S. IIl1uucr : time. " - 'fell cvcr'hod ) ' you see aI/out that car of Fnrniture we got COlli tu 11I111 bc the lirst herc , Poet Ball ? i. : Surc thing with enc of our nevcr brcak lamps , Just the thillg , . ' \ _ ' - \ II Roc k well . . & K 0 n k.e I. , I . . . . . . _ A. 'v. .I. 'VOOIH' OJ.I ) "TA.N" , . 1 ' . : - - . _ < _ _ c- . . . . . - ; ; ; ; : : ; ; M _ _