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CUSTEE UNTY REPUBLICAN ,
VOL. XXVII BROKEN BOW , OUSTER COUNTY NEBRASKA , THURSDAY , JUNE 11 , 1908. NO.
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I Some watches run when
hanging up , stopou their backs ,
| Some watches "HUN" in any
position , but keep time in
none.
Some watches are like some
j people yon must humor them.
S Such people and such waches
j are not desirable companions.
4 A watch that is not reliable ,
'
'consistent , faithfel and timely
at all times , under all cpndi-
jtion , in every climate and in all
< positsons , needs treatment.
a Let me see the face of your
swatch. * The hands may be on
a strike because of overwork.
I
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College.
That's What
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HOTTIRED
TIRED
PERSPIRING
PLAYED OUT
You Need
Something
COOL
HEALTHFUL
REFRESHING
INVIGORATING
You Will Find It at Our
SODA FOUNTAIN
We are not stingy with our ice ,
therefore our Soda Fountain i *
always as cool as ice can make it.
We use the best fruit juices and
soda syrups , consequently our
drinks are delicious.
JS&J.FBaisch
, , . ,
DRUGGISTS.
The Quality Store
THE HOOSE OF LEADERS
Vigor Breakfast Food , lOc package for 05
.Blue Belle Pears , nicer than fresh ones 15
Fancy Evaporated Peaches , worth 20c 15
Buffalo Chop , special Jap Tea , worth 50c lIb 35
l/2\b. \ can Fine Cut Tobacco , worth 25c 15
Eldorado Caster Machine Oil , per gallon 40
Dandelion Killer , guarantaed 1 50
Pure Olive Oil , per bottle , 65c and 35 '
Liquid Smoke for Meats its great i bottle 75 i. >
Peanut Butter , fine for sandwiches , c and 15 /
Pure New York Maple Sugar , 1908 make , per Ib 20
Electric Wall Paper Cleaner , makes your walls
< 4 look as good as new. Costs about 25 cents a room.
Try it.
Lipton Teas and Chase & Sanborn Teas and
Coffees.
Pure Healthy Food Products.
PHONE No. 5. NORTH SIDE , BROKEN BOW , NEBR.
TRADE
Pure Old Cider Vinegar
MARK
Commerical Hotel
J. E. ISZAKD. Prop'r ,
Broken Bow , - - Nebraska
Free Bus to and from Depot.
JUST GROCERIES
THE REAL
GOOD KIND
Sfoepparcl & Burk
Phone 125. South'Side , Square
Beautiful Sunshine
and Splendid People
Glimpses from a Car Window by G. R.
Russom on a Trip from Kansas
City to Brownsville , Texas.
Continued from Lam Week
' Brownsville , Texas , March 24 ,
1908 , 6 a. tu. : We are now leav
ing this historical place , where
we have been , for about 33 hours.
Our next destination where we
will make our next short stop is
Victoria , Texas. I will have the
privilege and opportunity to take
i short rest while we are travel-
ng on our return trip from this
place.
But I must tell you one little
joke for fear I might forget it
and as I have been rather serious
most of the time I hope you will
pardon me for indulging m the
telling of this one story. You
will remember the engagement
nade by Dr. Gibson for some of
the Mexican ladies to come to
the car on last evening at 7
o'clock with an exhibit of some
of their drawn work , as the
doctor was very anxious to have
some ot their stuff. But in the
ateness and delay at the town of
Matamoros Dr. Gibson did not
how up on time. The ladies
came , as Mr. Frary informed us
this morning , and the number as
he stated to us was no less than
30 of these Mexican women with
their display of drawn work , and
he joke was these people at the
car didn't know Dr. Gibson had
worked this game on them , and
were unprepared to meet this
emergency of buying the enorm
ous amount of this drawn work ,
especially intended to supply the
needs of the doctor. As Mr.
Prary stated to us , it must have
been a fright the large amount
of this drawn work they had
brought for this special occasion ,
and with such eagerness of plead-
'ng , such determination in sell-
ng that it almost caused a panic
at the car , and Mr. Frary's strong
nervous system was taxed to its
utmost in trying to convince
these ladies that one who had
made a special request for them
to come to the car was not
present and his whereabouts
could not be ascertained at this
time , and with deep humiliation
and much disappointment these
kind ladies must take back with
them the much coveted stuff that
Dr. Gibson had been so eagerly
"coking for , pming it as the
finest needle work of modern
times. I don't know how the
doctor and Mr. Frary fixed this
matter up , as I was sitting on
the steps at the stern end of the
car watching the sun rise up out
of the earth.
I never saw in all my life , a
more beautiful sunrise. It was
delightful to see this orb of day
peeping up out of the earth , as
it were , scattering the lovely
sunbeams over the sparkling
dewdrops , kissing the earth with
hs electrial glory and warming
rays so essential to the well fare
of all mankind. Of all the scenes
I had witnessed thus far on my
trip , nothing was more impres
sive , more grand and beautiful ,
more soul inspiring than this
lovely sunrise in this great ex
panse of territory in this far
away south land.
After a car ride of about 8 hours
we come to the fine little
city of Victoria , Texas. Popula
tion about 8,000. But Mr. Scott
had a side trip planned for all
that cared to go and see a small
patch of 20,000 acres of railroad
land north of the town of Edna ,
Texas , and the whole crowd went
on this side trip except the lady
cooks and a few of the men. We
started on this trip soon after we
landed in Victoria.
We commence the story of this
side trip now , 4 p. m. , March 24.
Mr. Scott bought and paid for
all of our tickets of this trip
and our supper and breakfast
was furnished by Mr. Paul , who
resides at Elcam'pa , Texas. And
here we go for Edna , Texas.
We are passing through some
fine country , not many houses
but thousands of cattle in sight.
Our first stop is Telfeuer station
with stock yards. Here I see
cattle , horses and a few sheep
now going through some timber
and brush. This looks pretty
flat and wet but fine lookingjland.
Some people die here , as we have
'just ' passed a small cemetery. I
see one church at this station ,
Inez. A nice little town. The
depots have one room for the
negroes aud one for the white
people. Sonic small shacks ,
timber , brush and over a
small creek. Lots of timber in
places more cattle and fine laud ,
just as nice as yon ever saw as
far as the eye can sec.
Next stop Edna. Here we get
otf and travel iu vehicles to the
promised land. A fine small
city , a county scat. There are
some small houses but many nice
fine dwellings and a number of
good large buildings. Several
churches , court house , school
buildings and many signs of a
wide awake , industrious aud
energetic citizenship.
We did not stop here after
arriving only long enough to
walk from the car to where our
rigs were in waiting for us. We
left this place at just 5 o'clock
for a twelve mile drive over some
sandy road through lots of timber.
After an eight mile drive we
stopped to change teauis'as it was
soft wheeling. There had been
one of those Texas pour downs
you may have read about. There
was mud and water and we found
this out to satisfaction on
this trip.
Here we are at the junction of
roads waiting to change one of
the teams. About one half mile
from the residence of Mr. Bob
powers , an old time southerner.
He owns a large amount of land
and has much hired help , I am
told. We are right in the woods
among the moss covered trees ,
close to a garden fence made of
timber set in the ground on end
close together. Nearby are some
old rail fences that always do
and always will take us back to
our boyhood days of long ago. I
sec a plank house , stable and
shed nearby and one sweet little
girl milking one cow and letting
two calves milk the other one.
I tell you children look good to
me in such lonely places and I
feel just like' singing , at this
time , one of the verses of the
poem I have the honor of compos
ing , entitled , "Jesus Loves the
Little Children. "
Jesus gives the little children ,
As the ( lowers along llfes way ;
And their presence brings the sunshine
To the home of earth today.
All around are ( lowers of beauty ,
Fragrance sweet and brightest hue ;
Hut the dearest household treasure ,
Are the children loved and true.
This is a fine place for a
picture. The boys who are here
with me will all remember this
place and these suroundings
when they read this part of the
story. Some of the boys walked
on while the teams were being
changed , but we have been deeply
absorbed in these surroundings.
Now we are ready to go to the
place of somewhere that I have
never yet seen. We are passsng
through some fine woodland.
Some very large trees , the largest
trees , the largest I have yet
seen in south Texas. Here I see
some very large beautiful moss
covered trees. After passing
through this fine piece of timber ,
crossing a nice little stream of
clear rippling water , we come tea
a fine scope of prairie land , but
as it is growing late I am unable
to judge of its beauty or quality.
I tell you this is a pretty lonesome
place to me , no house in sight
and darkness upon us. If I were
alone under these circumstances
I would be tempted to climb , a
tree and look for the beacon
light of some habitation. But at
this time , in this lonely place
and darkness around us , some
one suggested that we sing some
good old familiar song. I think
it was Mr. Frary , and we started
out on the "Sweet liycand Bye , "
and the whole crowd caught
the inspiration and there was
music in every soul for the next
half hour. There was such a
vibratian of melodious sounds
that the frogsceased their doleful
lamentations to listen to these
old camp meeting songs. We
soon felt like this old earth was
a good place to live after all
when our spirts are tuned in
unison and sweet harmony of love
to our tellow man.
After quite a drive of several
miles in the darkness we pulled
at a ranch house , a regular stop
ping place for land seekers , with
every convenience for comfort ,
stoves , tables , dishes , canned
goods , bunks to sleep on , benches
to sit on , in fact a complete out
fit. When I saw this I was
agreeably surprised for I had left
my overcoat at the car at Victoria
and I had been fearful we would
have to camp out on this wet
ground and was not used to such
a strenuous life. But here we
are , just as happy as a big sun
flower in this monster building ,
large enough almost for a State
Democratic convention. We
sure had room enough for a camp
meeting if we could have had the
people and preacher. We had
the singers , there were ten white
men aud one colored man. If
ever you saw Kansas fellows have
an appetite these fellows did
tonight. Our lunch consisted of
canned tomatoes , sardines , bread
aud butter , hot coffee , boiled
eggs , boiled ham , and for an
appetizer , mustard and onions.
I don't believe I ever saw as
much grub hide away in the
short space of time in all my
travels. It was quite late and
the way this lunch did diminish
was a caution. There was not
one of the crowd ever thought
about looking for the medicine
chest before supper what would
happen after eating such a sup
per , I made up my mind as long
as there was plenty of mustard
we were alright , as there is al
ways so much virture in a
mustard plaster on special occas
ions.
ions.Many
Many of the scenes and trans
actions in life we may and will
forget. This is one of the
delightfully pleasant times that
will be indelibly stamped in lifcs
memory with each one , that com
ing years will never efface.
After supper the boys were all
treated to cigars by Mr. Prary.
I did not dare take part in this
pleasant indulgence as there
might be a case of habeas carpus
proceedings and myself unable to
prove an alibi. The evening
was passed in smoking , cracking
jokes , making ready the bunks
and having a general good time
till bed time , which all agreed
should not be later than 10 , as we
must rise early in the morning ,
continue our trip to the promised
land , make the investigations ,
purchase if suited , make the
return to Edna , and catch the
train for Victoria at 11:40. : But
on this trip wiflh the two
flyers , Mr. S. M. Scott , Southern
Pacific aud Mr. Frary , The Katy ,
one pulling the other pushing ,
everything wont fore and aft.
The book keeper had some
items of the evening to jot down
aud did not get a fair start with
the other boys in sleeping to the
sweet music of the frogs. It was
not very long after the boys re
tired until the mystic power of
the invisible something kissed
their eyelids still , and then , Oh !
my , such a conglomeration of
Coiitlucil on Itist 1'auo.
Drug Talks
Worth Heeding
Twcuty-t\vo ycnrs Is n pretty
long time to be in business con
tinually In one place but this store
1ms Unit record to its credit nnd
doing tlie largest drug business
in town. A safe store to tic to.
Our Drug Store
is n helpful server of the public.
A store to which yon can conic in
confidence , getting absolutely just
wluit yonr doctor orders nnd put
together ns he would wish. We
cmi serve yon better than nny
other drug store am. Prcscrip- '
tions only filed by registered
druggists.
Ed. McComas
Druggist
BROKEN BOW
10 per cent
DISCOUNT
O3XT T .T.
Farm Machinery
Just stop and consider what this 'means
to you.
A
$42.00 Swede 2-row Cultivator price cut to 37.50
15.00 4-shovel Juker Cultivator price cut to 13.50
17.00 4-shovel No Name Cultivator price cut to 15.30
18.00 4-shovel New Western Cultivator..price cut to 16.20
29.00 4-shovcl Pivotal Dandy Cultivator. . price cut to 26.10
29.00 4-shovel Dutch Uncle Cultivator. , .price cut to 26.10
25.00 14x16 Disc Harrow , . . . .price cut to 26.10
10.50 Three-Section Pipe Harrow price cut to 14.85
10.00 14-inch Cricket Breaking Plow. . . .price cut to 9.00
13.00 16-inch Kansas Breaking Plow. . . .price cut to 11.70
14.00 18-inch Kansas Breaking Plow. . . .price cut to 12.60
J have many other farm tools that I 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.
We Carry in Stock ,
Deering Mowers , Deering Swing Stacker ,
Deering , .Jr. Overshoot Stacker , Deering 4 wheel
Push Sweep , Deering 3 wheel Pull Sweep ,
Deering 2 wheel Pull Sweep.
G. W. Apple
Broken Bow Nebraska.