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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (April 23, 1908)
DUtt CUSTER COUNTY 3PUBLICAN , VOL. XXVI. BROKEN BOW , OUSTER COUNTY , NEBRASKA , THURDSAY , APRIL 23 , 1908 , NO 46 Hear mo In nilud wlicn you want a good watch for tlic'leastiinoncy. llcar me In ml ml when the wife asks for alcluck In tlio homo. Hear me In mind when you want watch , clock or jewelry repalrluir. Hear me In mind that my exper ience In this businessctiablcn me to Hell the very liett irnodR. to do the very bent \\ork. I charvo for the irooda and work only , nothluir for the experience. ( radnatn of the Chlcacro Onthalnilc College. WALL PAPER Arc you thinking nhont what simile mid pattern would look best the price and the other Papering Problems ? We've solved n'good ninny let us help you to decide. We have n lot of Paints and Oils that arc worth talking about. JS.&J.FBaisch , . . , DRUGGISTS. GOTO ON THE PRINCIPLE that the best wins , we adhere to the policy of al ways giving the best possible value for the very least money. There's consideaable satisfaction in trading at a store where you know it's impossible for you to make a mistake. You always have the privilege of your money back. SEEDS OF ALL KINDS Garden and Flower Seeds in packages and bulk. Only the purest and freshest -seeds kept in stock. 4 It is impossible to obtain seeds that are purer or 1 fresher than those grown by the well-known and 1 long-established seed men whom we represent. 1I I Good vegetables and flowers can be obtained only from good , fresh and pure seeds. PHONE No. 5. NOKTH SIDE , BROKEN BOW , NEBR. 'I'HADK Pure Old Cider Vinegar MAKK . u .1p Commerical Hotel J. E. ISZABD. Prop'r , Broken Bow , - - Nebraska Free Bus to and from Depot. JUST THE REAL GOOD KIND Shepparcl & Burk Phone 125. South Side Square Through the Sunny South. Glimpses from a Car Window by G. R. Russotn on a Trip from Kansas City to Brownsville , Texas. Continued from Ijast W Just passed a pumping1 station with several large oil tanks , but no questions asked. This must be a first class brick country , judging- the color of the soil , wouldn't have to burn them to make them red. Farming here athong the trees and stumps. This makes me feel sad when I remember how many times I have had my ribs punched with the plow handles until I would almost lose my breakfast and make such awful wry faces when an old stump root would ily back and whack me on the shins. I can almost see the blue spots yet. and then dear old mother would say , "son , be patient , and don't have evil thoughts. " God bless her dear old soul , there never was , and never will be , any one in this world as good to a way ward boy as our clear loving j mothers. We are now passing- through another small town. I see from my window a machine baling corn shucks. Something new again. That is a lesson in farm economy , and may be of great benefit to a Nebraska man. We are now passing one of the silent cities of the dead , telling us that death brings his conquer ing hand in all nations and climes wherever mankind is found. "Kate , " an other small town. This country here looks much better to me. We will soon be in the great state of Texas , which we have known of , lo , these many years , and have heard so much about , but have never seen. We have just pass ed the last town before we cross into Texas. Everything looks all right here and moving in good order. Plowing and planting one minute , and into the hills and timber the next. We have just arrived in Deni- son , Texas. It is a city of 15- 000 inhabitants. A division station with a monthly pay roll of40,000. It is a great rail road city with lot ? of business enterprise. Here we took supper and changed cars. The car , "Cora , " the private diner and sleeping car , run by the Allison , Kichey Land Co. , was to go a different route from what our ticket called for , as we got our ticket on the same routing the rest of the Custer county fellows did. did.As As we were pacing the plat form , grips in hand , ponderingin our mind where we would sleep , L. F. Frary and J. M. Turner , the managers of the diner and sleeping car , "Lura , ' seeing us in this dilemma , gave us a special invitation to make our home with them and their jolly good natured - ed crowd , of whom we will have much to say in the succeeding pages of this story. This we did instanter and were soon domicil ed among the many strangers un known and ( unacquainted with any one of them on the car , "Lura. " It is 6:30 : p. m. and night will soon be here. Every thing looks like summer. Trees are green and everything looks fine. This is an old settled country. Soil looks good and wheat looks immense. Corn be ing planted , the season is two months ahead of Nebraska. What a great , beautiful sightlto see the wild fruit trees of the woods in full bloom. The inspir ation is so bewitching I almost wish I was a boy again , roaming the woods , climbing the trees and the many pranks of boyhood life. life.List List stop before dark , Whites- borough. A fine town in a fine country. I'm sorry night is here , but 've must rest our eyes as well as the body , and take up the sketch of the trip in the morning. This , our first days travel , and this sketch of our trip , has all been caught on the Ily , as we have come , and if this part of mystery story does net interest the reader , 1 have the pleasant satisfaction to know that I have done the best I could while flying through space at the rate of fifty miles an hour , and this I do know , I have been kept busy , no idle moments to waste. And , as the evening twylight brings a welcome kiss to "greet the close of the dying day , and the silent shades of night fall and hover around me , as I look at the twilights' fading glimmer and see the twinkling orbs of Heavenly beauty kissing away the shadow and gloom of night , 'tis then I lay me down and sleep and dream of home , sweet home. Good night. March 19 , 1908. After a good nights' sleep and rest , we take up the work of the second day of our trip. Of course at the rate of speed we were going an all night ride we passed over all the northern part of'Tcxas ' in the night , and this part of Texas we had to sketch on our return trip , and we will give the readers a short chapter at the close of my story. My first night on the diner and sleeping car , "Lura , " was very comfortably spent , considering the rapidity with which this car was hurled through space with that "Katy Flyer" engine , but being of a bashful disposition and unacquainted with the pas sengers of this car , we were in clined to keep still and listen un til we would iret our bcarintrs. We soon had" the pleasure of knowing that there was with this car a fine lot of the jolliest , and all-around best lot of fellows to bfc fouu.l from any state , unless it would be from Nebraska , and best of all , we had a number of the finest ladies from the old sun flower state , and the chief lady cook , Mrs. S. E. Barriuger , was an exceptionally fine lady , and one of the best cooks too , which statement every member of the party will bear testimony. The two lady waiters were also fine , pleasant , accomodating ladies , and were ever ready to assist in the help and comfort of all. Here we first met Mr. S. M. Scott and his estimable family. They were on their way to San Ajitonio , where their home now is , for the present. And last , but not least , Mi. J. M. Turner and L. W. Frary , superintendent and manager. These two gcn- teicmcn are men 01 uie American type , and know how to take care of their people , and if you don't believe this , try one trip with them , and I assure you that you will get value received , and the best all around good time of your life with such a lot of good , jol ly people , with those from Custer county , Mr. Ilipsley , Mr. Blake- man , and two of Litchficld's good citixeus. How could we be lonesome in such a good natured company , and it did not take your humble servant long to wake up to the fact that there was no respecter of person , and we had all things in common , and every fellow was every other fellows companion and friend , and this union of friendship and good will from all to all , made this trip one of the most delightful ones we ever had anywhere at any time in our lives , and will live in our memory as long as we are permitted to enjoy this God given faculty of memory. We now wake up in Austin , Texas , the capitol of the great state of Texas. I only caught a few meager glimpses of this beautiful capitol city from my car window , as we passed through on my onward trip , but I will give this beautiful city a brief mention , with a little history , in " my closing chapter ot this "nar rative. It is just delightful to see the beautiful trees and the lovely wild flowers by the roadside. This is another grand picture for the artist to paint. The woods look like a big park everywhere. What a contrast in 24 hours ride. From bleak , brown hills and val leys to the life , vigor and beauty of the woodland with trees of many varieties and miles of sweet smelling wild flowers of various beautiful colors. What an object , and what a picture lesson if we only had the power and the abil ity to sketch this picture in its wonderful beauty as we sec it in its natural state as planted by the hand of Almighty God ! We here see corn up and culti vated , the first time. This looks a little premature to a man from Nebraska , especially in the month of March. Ju-tt passed through a small town its name I can't give. The sou uere looks very black and rich. More corn up and looking fine. Great fields of listed corn. We arc Hearing another small town. The country here is a little rough , but we are soon out of it into a most beautiful coun try , looks just like eastern Ne braska. A short stop and I amen on the ground in a small patch of wild flowers. Do you wonder why I am so elated over these myriads of beautiful flowers ? How could it be otherwise on tfic 1'Jth ' day of March , and I from where the flowers bloom not un til June. Well , here we go , for the car conductor says all aboard. Well , I didn't take a board , I took a bunch of flowers. The gong has sounded and breakfast is ready. Four at each table , stee 2x4 feet. Little crowded for some of us fat people ple , but , nevertheless , we get there just the same , stay there just as sure and leave perfectly satisfied , contented and happy. First course , cream of wheat ; second course , pork chops , pota toes , toasted bread and butter , lea and coffee. This is enough , haven't time for any more , get ting behind now. Here we arc in a fine country , but lots of small houses or shacks. Thought I had seen enough of these in Oklahoma , but , oh my , here arc whole vil lages of them. All they need these houses for , I suppose , is to go in out of the rain. We are now entering a beautiful valley where fine gardens abound on either side of the railroad for miles. Onions , cabbage and other garden truck by the hun dreds of acres. I am told that much of this laud has been bought for $250 per acre. Lots of it is irrigated. I sec alfalfa ready to bloom. This makes me think of old Nebraska in June. I tell you it looks good to see al- talfa growing anywhere , and the country that can and does grow alfalfa is alright No. 1 , almost No. 2. We arc now in San Marcas , a beautiful city of about 5,000 pee ple. The finest Normal school building11 have seen yet. J am told there is being erected one of the finest Baptist colleges here in the west. We arc now leaving this city , and are looking for something'better farther on. To the west arc shacks , rocks , gravel and moss coverci1 trees in abund ance. The scene is fine. The fields arc full of workmen with cultivators , planters and all kinds of implements. Snmc plowing corn , some planting , and this is Texas life. How grand these beautiful trees I now sec ! How I would like to lie down in the sli.-ulc of some of them trees and sleep and dream of old Nebraska in the good old summer time ! Now into a deep cut but soon out into a fine country. Trees on one side , and fine farms on the other. Con tincd on I < ant 1'neu. Disinfectants cost little and do much to prevent the ninny illiiL'sst-H which their owe origin to UCIMI.S. .Kcjculnrly disinrect sinks , basins , dniins , toilets , garbage caiiHj musty cupboards niul other suspicious spots around the liouce. "Housccleaning Time" should witness the liberal use of n gdod disinfectant for spring lets loose countless germs which cold weather has kept iu subjection. Ktl. McConia ? offers you these Good Disinfectants Chloride of Lime , Chloro Naptho- leuin , Carbolic Acid , Crude Car- holic Acid , Formaldehyde , Sul phur Candles. Ed. McComas Druggist BROKEN - - BOW 10 Per Cent Drop In Farm Machinery Just stop and consider what this means to you. A Gang Plow with tongue , that we sold before the drop for $58.50 , you can now purchase at $52.85 S57.00 Gang Plow . now ? 51.30 38.50 Sulky Plow .now 34.05 37.00 Sulky Plow .now 33.50 10.00 Walking Plow .now 14.40 14.00 Walking Plow . now 12.00 10.00 Breaking Plow .now 9 00 45.00 Climax Lister .now 40.50 45.00 Tribell Lister .now 40.50 35.00 Corn Planter .now 31.50 42.00 Corn Planter .now 37.00 15.00 Lister Disc Cultivator . now 13.50 17.00 New Western Cultivator , now 15.30 29.00 Pivotal Dandy Cultivator now 20.10 29.00 14x10 Disc Harrow i now 20.10 31.00 16xH > Disc Harrow , now 27.90 10.50 Three-Section Pipe Harrow. . now 14.85 I have many other farm tools that L am giving the same discount as on the above , which will make them a great bargain. All of the above dis count prices must be spot cash. G. "W. Apple Broken Bow Nebraska.
