CUSTEE COUNTY REPUBLICAN , VOL. XXVII BROKEN BOW , CUSTER COUNTY NEBRASKA , THURSDAY , SEPTEMBER 17 , 1908 , NO. 15 % / Who Needs a Watch How much do you wish to paj ? Come here for n pi.oo Watch. Or a $200.00 one. Or all prices in between. We are Watch specialists. It is a branch of our business that we think just about the most important of any. We personally select all our time pieces , and we mean it when we tell you that today we are able to _ meet your watch needs with particular advantage to you. For years we have studied watch values from one eud to the other aud you can safely trust -our exper ience. Headquarters for dU School .Books ' Tablets and School Supplies Ed. McCOMAS Druggist and Jeweler BROKEN BOW , NEBR. Was Called to Anselmo. Dr. T. W. Bass was called to Anselmo last Thursday evening by telephone announcing- ser ious illness of his brother , An- drian Bass , who was suffering from a sunstroke received several weeks ago. I''or awhile it was thot he would not survive , but his sturdy constitution and courage pulled him through and at this writing he is doing exceedingly well under the circumstances. Dr. Bass returned home Friday night. luii'JlliiiiiC11"1 ' ! ! ' " " " ' " ; WE BUY } CREAMS ii 4i i ij i S j \ i * 4 0 4-3 cn 03 03 WE BUY CREAM OUR LINCOLN LETTER Perhaps the most important news item of the past week was the announcement that Scrctary Taft would cuter the campaign in person and make a tour of a considerable portion of the country speaking enroutc. The trip as now planned embraces the states of the Central West and Nebraska is reasonably sure of a visit from the Republican candidate for the presidency , lie will find a genuine western welcome and a boundless enthusi asm awaiting him in Nebraska , the home of prosperity aud pro gress which has flowed largely Irom Republican policies wisely administered in stnte and nation. Nebraska only awaits election day to prove the sentiment , "Nebraska for Taft. " Automobiles are still regarded somewhat as a luxury and when the people purchase luxuries jtis , an incontestable proof of prosper ity. The automobile ther mometer may be taken as a fair index of the prosperity teper- ature of Nebraska under Repuli- can administration of state and national affairs. In 1866 a very limited number , perhaps less than 100 , were owned in the entire state. Today 3,700 of these luxurious vehicles are reg istered in Nebraska and a great many of them are the property of Nebraska farmers , which will prove even to a blind man that Hepublican prosperity is general among the people. Governor George L. Sheldon , Republican candidate for reelection tion to the office he has so ably filled for the past two years , is this week on a campaign tour addressing the people of various localities on the issues presented by the Republican party. The strength of Governor Sheldon and his party in Nebraska lives in the performance in the past of every promise made the people of state and the confidence of the people that every promise made this year \vill be redeemed by its performance. To Clinch and make permanent the progressive legislation of the past two years the people need George L. Sheldon in the governor's chair and the Republican party on guard in the legislature and in every st .te office. There is little doubt that the people will see this accomplished in the Novem ber election. Nebraska Republicanism is progressive. It makes a good record and striving always for better things and goes on and makes them better. For the past two years under State Treasurer Brian the adminis tration of the finances of the state have left no possible open ing for a single word of criticism ard progress is shown even on the enviable record established by his eminent and able prede cessor . Investment of the per manent school fund in excess of two millions were made from January 4 , 1907 , to date , at an interest rate of one-half per cent ] higher than in previous years , 390 Sacks Old Wheat FJour Now On Hand $ HAVE just received a car of old WJ wheat flour and now is the time to buy. New wheat flour is always sticky utul never gives satisfaction. We hive the Celebrated brands of flour Auiora , Broken now aud Mason City. In 500 Ib lots we will de duct 10 cents a hundred. In 300 Ih lots we will deduct.- , cents a hundred. It you have not the room we will store the flour for you free of charge , liny now while the old wheat flour lasts. We guarantee every sack. J. C. Bo we n TIIADK Pure Old Cider Vinegar MA UK 390 Sacks Old Wheat Flour Now On Hand & WE BUY KEAM CD M < g. ' - Uj o S 9 20 Es M CD WE BUY CREAM netting an additional income of nearly eleven thousand dollars per annum on this item alone * i hcse securities average about 15 years to maturity making a total increase in interest earn ings tor the full period of about ยง 164,000. Thus do the people profit from the well directed and the conscientious labors of State Treasurer Brian aud the foregoing going- but one item in many of uis efficient administration of the state treasury. Until Secretary of State Junkin suggested the provisions of Senate File , 358 , which was passed at the thirtieth session of the legislatue and become a law , foreign corporations and asso ciations were permitted to come into Nebraska in competition with home corporations , without paying a fee or license tax of any kind. Under the law above noted they are now required to pay the same fees as domestic institutions of like nature. Un der this law the income of the secretary of state has been in creased from $22,46310 for the two years ending November 30 , 1906 , to $41,990.30 to this date and will reach , approximately , $50,000 for the full two year term ending November 30 , 1908. Another illustration of practical business judgment applied testate state administration and inci dental profit to the people for their investment of confidence in the Republican party and its representatives administering a public trust for the people. No subject touches every home in Nebraska more closely than the public school system of the state. How has this great trust been discharged by the Republi can party ? By the careful in vestment of school funds by 'the Republican state treasurer and the wise and efficient handling of the state school lands by the Republican commissioner of public land , these two assets of the public schools in Nebraska are now earning a sum annually that represents 20 per cent of the entire cost of the public schools of the state , relieving the tax payers of that proportion of the schools. Republican administra tion always shows a profit both in good government and money for the people. Candidate Bryan has talked so much and so thoughtlessly that it is not news to be told that another bad break has been re called which puts the Peerless in a difficult corner. Just how he was proclaiming his love for and interest in the working men of the the country because he is GEORGE L. SHELDON II1J WILL BK ULUCTKD GOVERNOK running for office and wants votes. Nothing is too good for the working man just now but it was not always thus , Last week a workingtnan who heard Candi- kate Bryan speak at Weeping Water in 1890 declared that Bryan said in that speech in answer to Congressman's Cou ncil's support of protective tariff , that he ( Bryan ) "was tired of hearing about laws made for the benefit of the men who work in shops. " Newspaper files of that date have been reviewed and prove that candidate Bryan used the exact words quoted. He was talking to farmers at Weeping ing Water and evidently thought that a "roast" of shop workers would make him votes. He no doubt expressed his real senti ments. What do the men who "work in shops" think of them ? The Republican party has named its candidate for the legis lature in every district of the 'state. A Republican legislature 'means a great deal more 1o Ne braska than a mere party victory. It means progressive legislation lu the interest of the whole pee ple. It means a permanent flinching of all reform measures aud a permanent establishment > f all the square deal policies nacted into law by the last Ke- publican body. It means that progress shall go on in Nebraska and not be halted by an incom petent and ractionary Democratic control. It means the people 3)iall ) rule as the people did rule iU ! the last session , when every Republican platform promise was redeemed by being enacted into 1&W , It may be undignified to accuse Candidate Bryan of ' 'talking tbrought his hat" but no other CMrrent phrase quite so aptly describes the cris-croas attitude of the Peerless when his talk is cpmpared to his platform. At the state fair , Lincoln on Sep tember 4 , the three time candi date said : "My friends we are more stingy in making appro priations for the farmer than any olfher large class of the people. " T hat is true of Candidate Bryan's party but not of the Republican fiarty wliich has appropriated 35 millions per year for the farmers' rural mail delivery and 15 mil lions per year for the farmers' agricultural department , the two departments employing 49,000 people in the service of the farmer. Candidate Bryan's platform denounces the "increase of officeholders" and threatens to largely reduce the number. The increase is made up of these men working for the farmer. Bryan wants them discharged ( in his platform ) and says we are "stingy" Vith the farmer in his talk. Which does he mp.au ? Or is he talking through his hat ? There is one general statement in the Republican national plat form of this year worth reading every day. It declares : "The great accomplishments of Presi dent Roosevelt have been , first and foremost , a brave and im partial enforcement of law ; the prosecution of illegal trusts and monopolies ; the exposure and punishment of evil doers in the public service ; the more effective regulation of the rates and service of the great transporta tion lines ; the complete over throw of preferences , rebates and discriminations ; the arbitration of labor disputes ; the amelio ration of the condition of wage- workers everywhere ; the conservation vation of the natural resources of the country ; the forward step in the improvement of the inland waterways , aud always the earnest support and defense of every wholesome safeguard which has made more secure the guarantees of life , liberty and property. These arc the achieve ments that will make Theodore Delicious Drinks Our Soda Drinks arc goods drinks for you to drink during these sweltering days. They cool and refresh. Ice Cream Soda lOc Worth It Jib ? 06 J.hoft ! DRUGGISTS. The Quality Store Roosevelt hia place in history , but more than all else the great things he has done will be an inspiration to those who have yet greater things to do. We de clare our unfaltering adherence to the policies thus inaugurated , and pledge their continuance under a Itepttblican administra tion of the government. " These statements arc known to be true by every intelligent citizen of our country. As a fitting scqual to this declaration , President Koosevelt , on receiving the news of the nomination of Secretary Taft for the presidency said : "I feel that the country is in deed to be congratulated upon the nomination of Mr Taft. I have known him intimately for many years and I have a peculiar feeling for him , because through out that time he worked for the same object with the same pur poses aud ideals. I do not be lieve there could be found in all the country a man so fitted to be president. " Docs this leave question as to who will best carry to completion the real Roosevelt policies ? Railroad Taxes. If a fusionish tries to tell you a story about railroad taxes , cut out these figures , and shoot them at him. They are the story the record of railway assessments tell. tell.In In 1895 , Governor Crounsc , and a republican assessment board , assessed the railroads of Nebraska , at their full value at $27,939,176.50. This was when the law required assessment at full value. In 1897 , under the administra tion Governor Ilplcomb , a popu list , and .1 populist board , assess ed the railroads at their full value , at $25,561,720,20. A de crease of' over $2,000,000 from two yars before. In 1907. under the administra tion of Governor Sheldon , and a republican assessment board , the railroads were assessed at one fifth valiiu , and the figures at which tiiev were assessed were $53,036,796.97 , which if assessed at full value as in former years for taxation purposes would have made a full value of over $265,000,000. The railroads have been build ing no new road during the past year , and very little improvement owing to the legislation in this state , which vas put in effect two years ago. The railroad assessments are the same this year as last. St. Paul Republi can. Morris Brown to Speak at Sargent. Norris Brown is to speak at Sar gent on October 2d. , so says Chairman Pigman who has his authority from the State Central Committee. Mr Brown is a fine talker"and should be greeted by a Irrge audience. Wagon and Grain Burns * Last Saturday , near Arnold a lpad of grain was set fire by a threshing engine and before it could be put out the wagon aud grain were burned. Roy Phicfer was severely burned while trying to put out the fire. Subscribe for the Republican. BEYOND OUR EXPECTATIONS BARGAIN WEEK PROVES A SUBSCRIPTION - SCRIPTION GETTER- \ ! OLD SUBSCRIBERS PAYING UP. Indications arc That Our List Will Be Doubled. Advertisers and Rcad > crs Will Receive The Benefit. Three More Days. When we announced our Bar gain Week we did not suppose that we would meet with the suc cess that vfc have so far this week. Every mail brings new names to be enrolled among our large family of readers. The old subscribers are paying up and taking advantage of our cut rate for the week. Everyone but our competitors , likes our plan of a Bargain Week and we like it also. Our list arc climbing right up to the top notch and if they keep coming the balance of tke week as they have the forepart we will have to order more mailing gal leys ] There arc only three more days in which to get the Republi can for SOc per year and if you have not taken advantage of our low rate you should do so at ouce. Remember the hour for closing1 our Bargain Week is Saturday night. September Hth ) at 6 o' clock. All letters mailed on Sat urday , however , will be receiv ed. Death of D. W. Thompson. D. W. Thompson , formerly a resident of Broken liowj died in Eureka , California , August ? 9th , aged 64 yefirs. ' IJor a jiutnber of years he was in the hardware bus iness in this city and has many friends in this county vho will be pained to hear 'of his death. Mr. Thompson had been suffer' ing for several weeks wtth stomach ach trouble , but was able to at tend to his business. It was on ly a few days before he died that his illness took an acute form The relatives have the sympathy of his many friends in Broken Bow. To Select Chairman. A new chairman and secretary of the Republican County Central will be selected next Saturday ac cording to the rules of the new primary law. These two offices should be filled by the best mer in the party ; for on them depends the management of the campaign and as the time is short until election , they should be men who can devote their time exclusively to the work. The Callaway Fair. The Second annual fair at Cal laway will be held September 22 , . 23 , 24 and 25 , the week folio win tp' the Custer County Pair which is being held in Broken Bow. Lib eral purses are offered for racing , premiums on exhibit are standard and the peopletof Callaway guar antee everyone who attends a fine time. GOOD KIND Sheppard & Burk Phone 125. S mth Side Square