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WhrD matter IA IIt or wood ba cclcctrotnlclI
II. lIat tlrlcc of U Celltll I'er luchlIllIlClecnlumll ,
for each IIIRcrtlulI , tWII ur nlOre trlRertlullR.
Special "osltlulI , IIllIltlo IlIsertlulI , IS celltll tICr ,
Illch. Metal balll ! I'lcclroH , tWo ur mure tlIIICH. ,
10 culltl ! tlCr IlIcll. l'aYlllelltA to be made IRt uJ
each "Iuuth. - i
Local advrtl llllt 5 centll "er IIlIe eacb IlIser.1
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Canl ! ! 011 firAt ! 'aIlO 60 cellt8 per luch Iler
mOllth. . .
Notice oJ churcll tairA , slIclableR :11111 enter.
latrllUlItH ! where 11I01101 18 cllarlCCll , oue-Ialf :
ratcR.
Death nollce ! : frce , hair : r"r publl blulr
obituary nul ICe. .
Card of Thankll. 9J 1 : ' . . .
LClCalllutlccH at rat vruvhlclt by statutes of
Nubrallka.
Soclet } . lIoticeH alllll..qollltiolls , olle-ha : : 1.\leR
WClh1l1l1 : ' lIollccs ftee. hair prlco for ItMt 0
pnsclltH.
I utered at IIroken IIIIW , NebraRka , for trails.
' 1I18S1011 III the Ullitell I''ates mallll at HCCUIIII
cia ! ! ! ! rate8.
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'l'hursday , April 9 , 11)08.
'rhe ruml town is fast becoming -
ing a city in its general appoint-
tnents , accomolations ( manncrs
and style , in the mcans of disseminating -
seminating the latest ideas , Ind
conveniences among the surrounding -
rounding ( arms. By means of
1nveshncnt and improvcmcnt the
country is getting nearer and
nearer to the city , nearer to the
many advantages and comforts
which hum ln ingenuity is de-
vising. The prescnt is an era of i
luxurious living , and every rural
bome has , or can have , the in-
vastiture of a palace of former
ycars. Even the isolated farmer
or ranch. house now has its tele-
plionic connections , its mechanically -
ally rendered music , i t5 rich furnishings -
nishings , : hooks , pictures and
uther evidenccs of culture and re- .
fincment , and _ that sturdy independence - :
pendence which is the harbinger I
of contentment.
'l'he boost in the price of meat i
is the natural sequence to the
hysterical actions of the cattle
men last fall-who disposed of
their holdings at sacrifice prices
because they 'feared there would
be a long drawn out panic. So
much poor stuff was rushed to
Ul rket th t the country was left
w1thout the u ual amount of cattle -
: tle to fatten for this season and
I good meat is now , scarce. The
bigh price , therefore , is only tbe
natural result. This is , at leasti
I , , the explanation of the trust-antI
the trust ought to know. 'l'here
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will be some st ak eaters , however -
ever , who will decline to give it
credence.
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Why wouldn't it be a 'good
thing for us all to be candidates
all the time-candidates for the
go d will , honor and esteem of
our fellow men ? If good fellowship -
ship and considerate thoughtfulness -
ness , of the material and social
welfare of others is becoming in
the candidate for political preference -
erence , why won't they work well
in the daily deportment of the
citizen whose sta.ke is greater
than that of mere office getting.
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Being , by the force of his oc-
, c pal ion , a persistent factor in
the way of straightening out
tangles of one sort and another-
the averag : newsp per men takes
a just pride in his work and derives -
rives much wholesomc satisfac.
tion from efforts which are con.
ducive of faith in human nature
and goodness-and tJle large pos.
sibilities attendant upon patient ,
loyal effort in every good cause.
Cynics in the profession are the
: exception , and not the rule.
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finding fault because Mr. Taft
insists upon ' .hinking some of his
own thougbts , and does not intend -
tend to say Amen to everything
Roosevelt has said and done.
This indicates how impossible it
is to please lall the people in
American politics , and especially
that class of people who intend-
under any and all circumstances
-to be displeased.
It is a matter of such serious
suspicion a1 almost to amount to
solid conviction with some people -
ple that there is no middle ground
between government control of
industry and industrial control of
government. Sucb folks learn
slowly , but tbey are due to arrive
in the course of human events.
Those who are distinguisbed
for even moderate wisdom do not
expect perfection in gover ment
-national , statc' or city.- but
they do xpect , and rightfully ,
the enforcement of sane laws and
punishment of wrong-doing.
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Even the goat is , supposed tc
possess a sense of humor , but J
cautious person who has had ex.
perience with animals will tbin
about .eleven times before
atempting to impose upon it.
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POOL HALLS.
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At the Election Tuesday , Brolen Bow
Voted to Dispense With Pool
and Billiard Halls.
NO LICENSE BY 150 MAJORITY.
Oconto is tbe Only Town in the County
Reported to Vote in Favor
of Saloons.
Like many preceding elections
the one pulled off in Broken Bowen
on 'I'uesday of this wcek was
" and uneventful"
"quiet beyond
the mcre fact that a complete set
of city o cials , with only Ot1l
ticket in the field , wcre elected
and the further fact that pool and I
billiard halls are to be closcd. '
'l'he legal voter also expressed
their opinion as to whl'ther or not
the poor halls should remain.
'l'he average Broken Bow voter ,
of the legal breed , is a frisky
critter , and until the polls closed
and the votes counted . , it would
not have been a cinch to bet
either way on the outcome of the
question which had to do with
the dispcnsing of that article
which cxhilirateR , intoxicates
and stcals away the brain. On
this q estion in 1906 the vote
was 16 ( , against and 52 for. Last
year it was 1,6 against and 86 for.
'l'his year it was thought quite a
number who have heretofore voted -
ed against saloons would reverse
their vote because of the forcing
of a vote on the pool halls and
' . ' ! ith this idea in their minds the
no saloon people worked vigorously -
ously against defeat and suc-
ceeded.
The vote in Broken Bow , in
detail , was as follows.
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l\1ayor-W.A.GcorlCc. . . . . . 114 7j ! 75 267
JCRK Galllly. . . . . . ! j b 13 27
Clcrk-I . S. lluicolllb. . . . . l1K ! i' ) 93 300
'l'reaHllrer-J. G. r.CGllant. 120 ! i7 95 : ! 01
1 IIIC'r-A. J. VallAlltWeql lib ! ! 90 191
Police J'Rt'-lI. J. 5hlulI. . . 117 ! l7 90 I'H
Aldermall-E. 'l.aylor. . . . . 101
J. S. Baisch. . . ! l5
JaN. LClhvlch. . ' 90
J. R. 'l'ealCardcn 84
I.'ur Salo. I11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 111 : ! b ! ! 9
AlCalllst Salooll. . . . . . . . . . . . 111.0 77 75 23K
b'or l'oolllatl8. . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 31 49 IJ1
Allalnt lloolllaIJII. . . . . . . . 73 51i iii 182
Majority all"alnHt R"lu01l8 149 ; majorIty
all'alllRt pool halls SO.
There was a total of 350 votes
polled , divided among tbe several
wards as follows : 1st , 138 ; 2nd ,
99 ; 3rd , 11'3.
For school directors , there were
four candidates with two to be
elccted and the result was as follows -
lows :
1st 2nd 3rd T'l.
Loren Cornett. . Sf > 63 49 198
A. R.Humphrey YO 72 7' ; 239
L. H. Jewett. . . 125 97 % 318
A. P. John on. . 67 43 57 167
It is reported that Oconto voted -
ed in favor of saloons by one ma-
jority. If this is correct Oconto
I is the only town in the county
favorable to booze , which is ure-
lya IIPlug for Oconto. "
Out of 167 votes Callaway gave
a majority of 21 against the sale
of liquor. During the past year
it has had saloons.
S'argent turned over a new leaf
and will try and worry along
without an appetizer before
breakfast during the next twelvl'
: months , tbe majority there be-
ing' unlucky for the saloons-13
against license.
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No Ficticious Liquor Sbipments.
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At Wasbington n Monday of
this week , after extended hearings -
ings and exhaustive arguments
bj' the members of tbe senate
committee on the judiciarj" , that
committee agreed upon a bill
dealing with the shipment of
liquors from one state or territory -
tory to another state ur territory.
The measure is comparativc.1y
simple in form , providing that
tbere shall be no "C. O. D. "
packages of liquor shipped in inters -
ters tate commerce where fictitious -
tious name are used , and that
the name of the consignor and
consignee shall be stated plainly.
'rhe provision is designed to
eliminate the practice of railroad
and express agents acting as
agents for liquor houses.
There were numerous bills before -
fore the subcommittee dealing
with every phase of the question
and particularly tbe ' sought to
give to a state the nght to con-
trolliquor shipments the moment
they entered the bord r of the
state. 'l'emperance organizations -
tions all over the country desired
. this feature to be incorporated in
tbe bill so as to give the wildest
. . latitude to a state in exerc1sing
its police powers.
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A Blood Purifier Without Alcohol
A Great Alterative W1thout Alcohol
A Doctor's Medicine Without Alcohol
Ayer's Sarsaparilla Without Alcohol
W. publl.h OUI' formulas
banllh nloob01
A ' from our medlolnfu
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.lJe I .s I oonoult dootor your
Aycr's Pills are liver pills. They act
directly on the liver , make more bile
secreted. This Is why they are so valuable -
able In constipation , biliousness , dys-
p'cpsia , slek.headache. Ask your doctor
If he knows a beller laxative pill.
-Made by the J. O. AyeI' 00. , Lowell , M.- .
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Only n Family Expisode. .
T4ast SUUlmer a Brokcn Bow '
hOllIe-on the north side-was
troubled with a couple of rats
who were doing light housekeeping -
ing in the cellar. Rats in the
garret are bad , but rats in the .
cellar arc worse. l ats , as is well I
known , are fond of anything in
thc cating line. 'l'hey malC
short work of the cake for company -
pany or the Sunday pie and don't
stop 3.t ham , eggs or other edibles -
bles that are placed in the cellar.
'l'hey skim a pan oi milk quicker
than a silver spoon call do it and
take cheese with pie-just tbe
same as up-stairs peoplc. 'l'hese
rats lived high for several weeks
and a leaf had to bc taken out of
the extension table as the little
food they left for the upstairs
dinner looked lonesome on it.
Something had to be done and
an advertisement in a magazine
told how to do it. A certain I
wise man had so constructed a
rat reducing poison whereby the
rat was killed and ground to
asbes by the ingredients. It added -
ded relish to his food and after
eating it , all tbe rat had to do
, was to lie down and die. It
might crawl behind a brick , but
that didn't matter because the
stuff turned around and te up
the rat-tail , smell and all. Ttle
great ral exterminator was secured -
cured , an applc pie buttered with
it an "first call to dinner" in the
cellar was sounded. Then the
rats hurried in and ate at the
Jirst table , and withdrew. quite
according to program-and died.
But the next number on the program -
gram did not come off as advertised -
tised , for 111 a few days no one
could get ito the cellar with a
lantern. The lantern would go
out and so would the fellow who
carried it. The dead rats were
speaking the1r pieces and their
penetrating remarks were very
loud. The cellar was not used
by either rats or family for two
tl1onths. J. C. says he believes
tbeibesl rat poison is a steel trap.
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Mrs. Morrow Fatally Burned.
Monday morning at about 8
o'clock , Mrs. Elizabeth Morrow ,
residing in tbe south part of the
city was seen by Claud , son of A.
C. Crawford , to run out of her
bOllIe with her clothes burning.
lie summoned his father wbo
bastened to the unfortunate
womans assistance , but before he
could extinguish the fire shc was
so terriblv burned that death resulted -
sulted at 11 o'clock Tuesday
night.
It had been her custom to
start the fire with kerosene which
she attemptcd to do Monday
morning , as usual , but this time
there were some li ve coals in
what appeared to be perfectly
dead ashes , and an explosion
followed which set fire to her
clothing. F11lding she could not
extinguish the fire she ran out
doors.
Mrs. Morrow was the wife of
Beniamin F. Morrow who died
about two ) 'ears ago. M.r. and
Mrs. Morrow came to Custer
county twenty-tbree years ago
from Clark county , Missouri , and
baye no relatives here. At his
death Mrs. Morrow cam into
possession of $3,000.00 and the
property in this C1 ty. Of this
sbe gave $1,000.00 to the Masonic -
sonic lodge of this city , nnder
certain conditions , and made a
will to divide the balance equally
between a nephew and a half
sister of Mr. Morrow.
Postmaster Jewett has been
her adviser in business matters
and it is understood the will
names him as executor of the
estat . In response to telebrrams
sent to relatives in l\I i : ) OUri he
has received replies they cannot
reach here.for the funeral , which
will be held this afternoon at 2
o'clock from the Presbyterian
church. The deceased was about
6 years of age.
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Will Compete for
Prizes.
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A meeting was beld in Lincoln
on April 2n , by the men from
d i ffercn t counties in this state ,
who have charge of the county
worle in connection with the
national = corn exposition , to be
held in Omaha in December next.
Mr. J. D. Ream was sent there
as a delcgate by the Custer county -
ty Agricultural So iety , _ nd he
comes back greatlv enthus d
over what tlat ! eXIOsition ) may
do , not only 111 the way of advertising -
tising for the different sections
of the state , hut also for what it
may accomplish in teaching us
how to raise hettcr and more
corn , Oand how to uandle our
other grains to better advantage.
Mr. Ream , will be ! JUperinten-
deut of that worlc in Custer
county. He is , as we all know ,
alive to what good farming
'means to us. In order that Cus-
iter county may be well represented -
ed there , he suggests tha we
have a manager in eacb precinct
who will see to it that several of
his neigbors , young and old , en-
gage in planting one : : acre of
corn with the best seed they can
find for their locality , and give
that corn special attention.
' 1'horough bed corn would be preferable -
ferable , if well acclimated.
All tbose entering the contest
had better send their names to
Secretrry Jules Haumont , at Broken -
ken Bow , so that they may gc.t
all the bulletins , which will be
issued on corn growing. It is
hoped that tbere will be a reward
for those whose corn score over
75 per cent Last year a man
from Pawnee county brought
home over $400 in corn premiums
from Chicago.
Wheat , . oats and barley will
also enter into tbe contest , and
we hope that Custer county will
be well represented in tbat line ,
for thousands of people from all
over the Unitcd States will see
those exhibits. T4et every precinct -
cinct get interested in this matter -
ter , and do not fail to send in the
name of your precinct manager.
Each one will pick the best
fifty ears out of his corn , and
one expert will then go over it
again and pick the best twenty
out of that , before sending it to
Omaha. Your exhibit , mayor
may not at your selection , lor as
may be later deemed best , for the
safty of the exhibit , compete in
our local conte ts at the differen t
fairs.
'l'he county fair will offer
premiums to ncourage those who
enter into this work , and will see
to it that the exhibits reach
Omaha in good shape and without -
out expense to the contestants.
1'he real estate men in the different -
ferent localities ought to take a
special interest in this for a good
exhibit at tbe corn exposition
from Custer county will advertise -
tise us more favorably than anything -
thing else we can do.
Let Ius take hold , and make
this a success for Custer county.
Address all communicatio s to
J. D. Ream or to Jules Houmont ,
Broken How , Kehr.
Disastrous Prairie Fire.
Last Sunday afternoon a prairie
fire was stdrted , north of Gandy ,
by some cbil ren who were allowed -
ed to carry matches. The fire
burned northward to the Dismal
river , at Duuning , cleaning almost -
most everything in its path ,
many hundred head of cattle
perishing.
'l'he fire burned east and south
toward Anselmo from the river
almost as fiercely as it had spread
desolation on its nortbward
course , but a change in the direction -
tion of the wind retarded 1ts progress -
gress and it burned out in the
northwest part of tIus cC'lunty.
A letter from Carl Foote , residing -
siding near Dunning , says he has
nothing left but the house and
barn , and to save thelh he was
compelled to fight desperately.
He cxpre ses himself as thankful ,
however , as most of the settlers
did not save their buildings. '
Armstead Hicbardson , a colored -
ed gentleman , who was on his
claim near Dunning , was in Broken -
ken Bow last night and said that
he Ilost everything exct'pt the
clothing be wore and a span of
horses wbich aided him to escape
with his life. According to bis
statement everything- was laid
waste by the fire covering an
area of more than 25 miles
square.
Dry V lley DoiniS.
'l'he stock market is a "hum-
mer" and the price of hogs went
up 30c p r hundred in one day at
Chicago'last week , and fat cattle
correspon ingly are quite high ,
and daily R'oini ( hic-her , follow-
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short lime till $7 pork is here ,
What is to prevent it , as there
ale no hogs ? Farmers were compelled -
pelled to get rid of their hogs as
they had no corn and could not
buy any as there were none for
sale here. We shall see one of
the greatest hog scarcities the
country has seen for many years
and a very high price as a result. : I
We have been experiencing
some changable weather the past
few days. S01C1 days very warm
t hen inside of a few hours a bear
skin was needed.
W. S. Wescott , one of the oldest -
est settlers in the east end of the
county , passed away last Tuesday -
day at the age of 82 yean , and
was buried in the Wescott cemetery -
tery last Thursday.
Broose shipped out their cattle
last week tbat were fed at Sar-
gent. There wert : 18 car loads of
cattle and 4 car loads of hogs.
'l'hey sold at their yards for $6.70
per hundred.
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Mrs. A. H. Copsey , of Broken
Bow , is visiting her children and
other friends here this week.
Ray Tierney , who bas taught
the Copsey school the past seven
1110nths , finished his work there
last Friday. We hear nothing
but praise for the young man.
Frank Huxtable , of Halsey.
was shaking hands with many of
his old time acquaintances here
day last week.
Elmer Cannon's fat cattle top-
eel the market in Omaha last
week. 'We und rstand they sold
for $6.75 per hundred. Score one
more for Westerville.
We Isuggest the n me of our
highly educated ex-county superintendent -
intendent , JohnG. Lewis , for the
officl' of state superintendent , a
position that he is well qualified
to fill.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Risen are
feeling happy over the arrival of
a new baby girl that put in an
appearance last Saturday.
Mrs. Bert Lanphear , who , with
her husband , recently moved to
Rock county , is visiting her son ,
Guy , here this week.
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Mr. Dnyless Is working for J. L. Cole. 1' "
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The following persolls are just reco\-
ering from a sle e of the chicken pox :
Chns. Tnppnll , Mnud Cnlten , Chns. nnd I
I4eln Kooler.
Wnlter Cole left lnst week fur Monroe ,
Nebr. , on a business trip. .
M. D. Cnllen enjo'ed a few' dnys visit . ;
Inst week with a nephew from St. Louis , tl
Missouri.
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splnt Inst Friday with Mrs. Chas. Heaps
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l\I. D. Stone's Sundayed with Mr.
lIepshlre's on the east Table. ,
Miss Mabel Routh arrived home Satur- " I
dl\Y night from her enjoyable sojourn in I
Rug ! > y , North Dnkotn. i
Nine McComBs spent Sundny afternoon - I
noon with Mr. Strickler on the Enst :
Table.
1D. . Callen's were entertained at R. ,
N. NorcuU'sln the Dow , . on Inst Sunday.
On last Snturdny evenluE { Miss Zoc
lshop entertnined about thirty.five of
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hcr young friends in 'a very pleB5iBnt I '
mnnner. Games of different kinds were
Indulged in until the Usunl hour cnme to
enjoy the delicious refreshments that .
were served to the merry guests , nll de-
luring they had all had a very nice time
l1uleed. ,
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Lumber , a large assortment
and complete slock for Builders'
to : : hoose from. Let us estimate
on your contracts. W always
try to please.
H.T.BRUCE & ,00.
Lumber & Coal
South side.
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I-Iorses and Oattle thrive on it.
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