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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 22, 1908)
3Ulo lllit Librarian Hooltt ? CUSTEK COUNTY REPUBLICAN , . . . . . . . . asa . , .r.i , , . , , ' . . - - . , . , = = . - . = . , " " ' - . . -TTfil VOL. XXVll BROKEN BOW , CUSTRK COUNTY NKRKAtilCA , THURSDAY , OCTOBKU 22 , 1')8. ( ) NO , 20 Fhey All look ri B' B n n i Me to ie , To be BUro. You are not : i watch maker. How sllouhl you know the ill- loTonce * That Is Just why you should liuv that watch of a substantial , located hoine Jeweler-.i pucuhele you know of whom you are buying and have the assurance ot a business reputation anil guarantee that Roes with e\er > sale. The best advertising I lime done ilurlnif the yeai s 1 have been here , develops In the watches 1 have sold from month to month. It Is my Idea of .store-keeping to make people satisfied : they come again anil send olheis. 1 think It pays. How Can we accommodate you ? This is an accommodating store We do lots of things for otir customers which slorkcepers do uot usually do. We do them because we can not help beiiiK willing to work , and glad to see our customers happy. We like to have people feel good whenever they come here. U &J.F.Bal8Ch DRUGGISTS. The Quality Store Mr. Republican , it is tiuu you were jfeUiny ; busy. Young' man , your first vol < should be cast for Tuft am the party _ of _ progress. 1C very Democrat in the stat ( of Nebraska will vote this election. There should be IK stay-at-homes in the Kepubli can ranks , either. FRANK KOLOUCK TO ASYLUM. Ill : AUDI : rUACIII-R AND PUPILS LINK UP AM ) MARCH. URIiW ( iUN ON CARPfiNTIiR. Used Pitclifnrk and ( iiin Trying to Keep Sheriff and Divorced Wife From Getting Her llelongiis ! | | After He lind Run Her Off. Frank Kolouck , a Bohemian who lives north of Sargeut was brought to this city by Sheriff Kennedy last Saturday and taken before the Insanity Board. The Board found him to be un sound in mind and ordered him to be taken to the asylum at Hasting- . Kolouck will be remembered as the man who was arrested in 1906 for beating his wife with a club until he broke her arm and nearly killed her. He was taken before the Board of Insanity at that time and found to be insane , lie was taken to the Hastings Asylum then but was released in about three months on the strength ot his good conduct. He returned to his place north of Sargent. His wife died soon after his return. Kolouck was not content to live a life of single blessedness and advertised for a wife. His second wife , whom he secured through the advertisement , seems to have baen nerved about as the first one was. He beat her nearly all of one night , and continued - , tinued his abuse until she man aged to break away froul htm early in the morningland walked to Burwcll. He seemed to con tinue his dangerous mood and sometime later she secured a divorce in Valley county. She then , in company with the sheriff of Valley county , came canu over to the place to get the the things that she had taken to the place since she married him. Kolouck met them with a pitch fork. The sheriff disarmed him and knocked him down and Kolouck stalled to the house to get his gun. The sheriff suc ceeded in getting the gun away from him and Kolouck had to be content to watch them load up her belongings. He was not willing , however , to allow them to gel away without making making another attempt to stop them and he again charged the sheriff with the pitchfork. This time IK * was given a prclty good thumping and the sheriff was * 3 < J ( T J BROKEN HO W CUSTER COUNTY \ 1V 1 V 1I I We aio headquarters for Breakfast Foods 1 'ijKamo Coffee in one pound cans is the finest blend of coffee in existance. Order a can per Ib. 30c * * > " * ! Tea Leaf brand of Japan Tea is a perfecl lea in lact it is all tea , no dust. In , 'J ' and 1 pound pack ages. . . perIb 50c ' 'New Kvaporated Apricots , dirt cheap per Ib 15c * " Thc Premium Soda Cracker , finest in the land pfr box $1.00 anT All Grades of Coal Oil , rod or regular as you want it , same price. 70c for 5 gal per gal. 15c "The finest looth picks. Kamo hard wood pk. 5c "i Fresh Bread daily , Lonergan or Blair's per loaf 5c "The Lamp Season is close at hand. Watch us for Lamps. We will have all kinds very shortly : : : : -Highest price * paid for Fresh Butter Eggs Cream v ar. o. V 4 Agents for Chnse ( ioods purchased of us delivered TUADK I'urtHit cldrr & Sniiborn's livered free to uo\ parts of Teas and Coffees. the city MARK. p ' .r "y , I able to get into the buggy and drive off before he could make another attempt to stop him. Matters ran along without any serious trouble until last Thtirs- ay when he went over toono ot1 i is neighbors where they were epairing Ihe roof on a hoine and ordered the carpenter to gel iown elf the roof where he was working. Kolouck had lib gun over his shoulder at the time but he carpenter supposed that he wan only fooling and passed it off as a joke. Kolouck however refused to lake it in that light and leveled his gun at him with an order to get down or take the consequences. The carpenter saw then that there was no jok ng about the matter and com- jlied. Kolouck was pursuaded o go away and allow the carpiMi- cr to continue his work. He was , however , uot content with what he had dote and he conceived the idea of going over o the school house and laking charge of things. lie seemed to think that a little drilling was he first essential to proper caching and he ordered the eachcr and pupils to line up and and march around according to his instructions. The teacher and the pupils were so badly scared after the. ex perience that they did not care o give him another chance and here was no school until after le was taken in charge by Sheriff Kennedy Friday. Friday morningKolouck be came enraged at a horse on his ilace and got his gun to ahoot t. He fired at the-horse , miss tig it and hitting a bull in the face * . .Wueu found .by-Sheriff Ken nedy h ) was peacefully washing- nis dishes. Kennedy took him by surprise and he made no at tempt to resist arrest , though he nsistcd for a time that he could not understand. J. H. Lemon. S. C. Walden and Loren Blixt of Callaway who were in the city Wednesday reported to Sheriff Kennedy that J. II. Lemon who lives west of Callaway has been acting as though he is u'nbalanc ed. Lemon according to Ihe re port has been carrying a gun and occasionally goes out and calls at people and acls in an irrational manner. Lemon has been in Ihc asylum three times before. lie was there the last time for about three months in l'M7. He has done no damage as yet and has not drawn or used his gun but the people of the neighborhood in which he lives arj afraid that he may become more dangerous in his actions. Sheriff Kennedy went over to Callaway today lo arrest Lemon and bring him be fore the Board of Insanity. Prospective Railroad. County Clerk Pigman reports having received a letter from J. T. Brown of St. Lotus with re ference to the building of a rail * road from Callaway to North Porl. The writer states that a company is being organised to build the road from Callaway by way of Candy , Tryon , and Hutchinson to North Port. The B. and M and the U. P. already have roads through North Port and this road would connect Callaway and the other points with them. Read the Republican care fully. Every page ifi printed at home and contains some thing that will interest you. Republicans should remem ber that work is what counts and be at it. Mathews and AinKberry , for representatives , suit the majority. STORE BURNS AT CALLAWAY $20,000 STOCK GOliS UP IN SMOKE \VIINISIAY : ) : ) MORNING. ORIGIN 01' ' riRIi A MYSTliRY. Secrcl Societies Also Suffer Loss. Tire Company Worked Hard to Save Building And Stock Hut Could Not. Matlicws it Mathews' store wilding- and large slock of gen eral merchandise was entirely destroyed by lire Wednesday morning at about three o'clock , n Callaway. The loss is CiUi- at about $20,000. Smoke was discovered coming from one of the upper rooms by someone and the alarm given. It was not long until the lire company was on hand , but the exact location of the lire could not be located until it had gained sued a hold the building could not be saved , and it burned vsith about $17,000 worth of merchan dise. The buildjtiff was of wood and burned very rapidly. Some of the goods were saved but all more or less damaged. The firm cirried $2,000 insurance on the building and $12,000 on thcratock. It is not known at this writing whether the firm will rebuild rigut away or not. Matbews & MathewB enjoyed a large trade from Callaway and surrounding country and it is hoped by their many customers that the firm ifi soou be' doing.business on the old corner in a new building- . It was very fortunate that no wind was blowing , for had there been as there was the night be fore , all the buildings on West Main Slrcct north of Mathews & Mathews' store would have burn # cd including the Pacific Hotel. The water svorks system prov ed a valuable acquisition lo Hie city , as with its aid the lire was easily continiMl to the burning building , although one oilier frame building stood only about live feet away. The fire had seemed to spread in between the siding and plastering and roof and could not be located until it was beyond control even with the volume of walcr thrown on it. The fire company did nobly for their first bailie. A Smooth Street Faker. C. A. Bogardus , who claims lo be the champion quick shot of the world , and owning a cart ridge factory in Springfield , Missouri , held forth on the streets of our city last Friday afternoon and ovening. Mr. Bogardus is one of the smoothest street fakers in the west today. His mission here was to sell books at $1.00 per book making a profit of about OOc on each book. He advcrli/.ed that he would lecture on Ihc popular lopics and , afler sizing up.lhe crowds which gathered to hear him , he worked on their sytripaties by talking from a Democratic standpoint. Being a good iudge of human nature , he accomplished what he was after he sold books by the score , lie sympathized with those who have been following after Bryan in his search for some theory that would land IPIII in the White House. Told tin- blushingly how Missouri would give Bryan 100,000 majority , when the Democratic leaders of i that state are frantic for fear the state will go Republican. After a half hours Howery talk , in which he had elected Bryan 1 and had succeeded in working up his hearers lo the point when the dollars he was after would come easy , he got down lo busi ness and sold books lo the unsus pecting at a prolil of % c per book. ICverywhere he goes he sells books , because he sympa thizes with the minority party. In Missouri he talks Republican ism , and the dollars come his way. In other places he has talked Socialism , Populist , Pro hibition , Anti-Prohibilion , and in fact any old thing thai would draw dollars Ihe easiest from his listeners pockels. Mr. Bogardus is without doubt a fine rillo shot but his political i rgumeuls wTll carry no weight with thinking men. Meetings Succcisful. The political meetings held under Iho direction of the Repub lican central committee in this county have been unusual I v sue cess in I. The meeting lusl night at the Hose Valley school house was a decided success , Judge Humphrey and L. II. Jewell spoke to a good siac audience of fanners. The meeting at Ansel- mo which was addressed by Deputy Labor commissioner Ryder proved i'llerestiiig and enthusiastic. The imeliugH : at the Kicc school house Tuesday evening and at the Robins-on school house last evening \\ere well attended. The farmers all over Ihe county where the meit- ing-s have been held have shown an exceptional interest and en- Ihusiasm. N. T. ( ladd , II. W. George , and .1 , A. Amsbcrry arc making- lour of Ihc county ripe a hi tig at the school houses. The speakers and parly workers are sending in lo chairman George very favorable report's from all partsof Ihe county. Draw Land. Three Custer people secured farms in the Rosebud land draw ing. W. E. ICvana of Sargent was the first Custer county man to secure a place. He drew num ber 210 , Harry Wcrber of Sar gent drew number 718. Rev. John D. Brady of Ihis cily drew number 1043. II is estimated that one-third of those who were successful in drawing will not take the places. Rev. Brady expects lo lake his if he can make proper arrangemenls lo live on il. Presiden' Bile of Grand Island College conducted the services at the Bapist church Sunday morn ing , lie preached at Mcrna Sunday evening. The Young People's Societies of the Methodist and Baptist churches invite you to be present at a Hallowe'en parly given by them at the Temple Theatre Friday evening , Oct. 31 , 1'JOS. SHELDON TO THE PEOPLE. rill : GOVERNOR WRITliS A l.lilTER TO ins coNsmurr-NS. WORK OP MIS ADMINISTRATION. He Calls Attention to the Legislation I-nnctcd for the People and Shows What the Results Have Keen in Two Years. To Tint PICOPT.K OK NKUKAHKA : I submit for serious consider ation the following statement showing what the Republican parly under the present adminis tration has done in Nebraska. G13ORGK L. SHELDON since 1'JOd ' for good government and the public welfare : Reduced the slate debt froai Si , ' . ) 17,000 to 600,000. Ucduced passenger fares to two cent a mile. Reduced express rates 25 pat cent. Reduced freight rates on grata livestock , fruit , lumber , and coal lf > percent. Saved shippers and pasaengars in reduced rates $6,000,000 , with out reducing wages of employees or prevented reasonable earnings on capital invested. Increased the value of railroad property for purpose of general taxation $5,654,441. Increased tin : value of railroad property for municipal taxes in cities and villages , by means of terminal taxation law $18,627,525. Passed an act to prevent cor- rupl lobbying and corrupt prac tices affecting legislation. Abolished the free pass evil by enacting and enforcing Ihe anti- pass law. Enacted a stale-wide primary law requiring political parties to nominate their candidates , in cluding congressmen and United States Senators , by direct vote ( .Continued on page 8. ) TUB ? DE&I THE KtAL Sheppard & Burk Phoiio 125. S > utli Side Square