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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1909)
Ulet Librarian 8 ltijr IN ' VOE , XXV I iBROKEN BOWo'cJUSTOUR COUNTY IjfisjBRASKA , THURSDAY , JANUARY 2t 1909 NO. 33. " ' "V . * . . u _ i - i , * _ v LOOKING AFTER JUDGES CHANCES , * t ATTOUNBY SULLIVAN' IN LINCOLN IN .INTEREST . OP 5'SHALLENBERG. * . ' ER COURT" . A J * j .a JAYCOR " ' wANTS * V'AcfioS ' ' He is Uoiil 'Nothing to Push His Claim to a Place on /H _ ? tlie Supreme Bench and docs < Jfe L not know what will be done. rit. _ sj uru * Lincoln , Nebr. Jan.'IS.Spec ( ial to the'REPUBrjCAN ) * It is un derstood here , that Judge Silas A. I I O V ' i Holcoinb of Broken Bow , recently appointed to the Supreme bench cm what is popularly called the tJShallenbejfgfcr court ; " is to bnug the test suit in that matter and ftf byAttorneyHomer -Sul- t _ lijjan. , of : ( the ( home town.JFor . reasons that a re.obvious tlie trend of opinion hcie , both professjon/il Aand lay , against the probabil- . -bM.J-V. ? - ' " , , - - > 'i. i. "j-V ' ity of successful contest on the ' part'of GoV Shullenbcrgers ' ajp- I/ointeds1 ( n tUls'Tnat/fet1. / ' J J < " * ' ' ' ' Representative Taytof faf'Cu'st'eV , j > to daytseryed'nQtice on thedemo- .crats.of .the House that he c'diisid- . ered the bankiujg.question-'arid the physical valuation.of railways the most important promises made in the last Democratic platform and tha.t he'would insist that the joint committtees of tne , Senate and House formulate bills'qn.these . subjects pttan sarlyjday and pre sent , them , for consideration , [ nti- ' ' ' ; aU .hat j't ; % lid /So | he would inauire as to the , reasons \ ' ' * ' l * "i' ' ,1 t' H ' ' \ ' > tor the ( failure to dp so. Representative Miller of Custcr 1 'mteriUxspre'seht'a ' bill'in ' , 'the ' near future provi'ding for the/evy- / ing 9f school taxes o'nt.'ihe prop- 'erty of unorganised School dis- trfcts'to pay % fdr tlie' tuition of the" pupils ofsilch * territory1 attend ing school inother districts. 'J Senator .Ollis of Valley who represents Custer county in the Senate is one of the most prolific -of the Senator in the matter of proposed new laws , he having no less than ten to hisvcredit at this time -dealing "with a variety of subjects. F. 13. II. ta A " I / ' ' When'Jud'ge Silas A. Holcomb C } Ya.s "I " AiY ? the .abovc article , he statedrthat he had not been form erly notified of his appointment and had ta"kcn no action-with ref erence , to , it. . 4The Judge , said that he didnot .know . what pro cedure would be followed , because he had no knowledge of thev sit- uationsiuj incoln. . _ j " " * * * rt 1" * * " - < t : + 'l - Attorney. IK M. . . Sullivan , left .for I/incoln Monday t night and .J \ fi i * ' ' * 1 l ' ' l * i the press' dispatches indicate , as the above article says , that he will look after Judge Ilolcomb's interest while there. .The . , ques tion of when the test case will be tried , seems to be an1 uncertion - one arid1 iHs > not definitely ! known before just what court the case * * - ' i will be tried , when it does couie * to a triali > ' The\vliolc , , question rests on the proposition of whether or not the canvass of the votes on the " -constitutional ametldments ' by-th'tf St'ate canvassing board was legalt w If it 'was legal ; Governor SheH don'S' appointments iwill istadd and JudgeiDean will retain hisi I position on the bench. If , the canvass by the State Board was not legalf then "Shellenbergcr's co urt wjl Intake the placebo f .the one appointed by Gov. Sheldonr S& Emil Rqperjias returned from 4 ! isVisYl'fo'DiInmn aAd' l report's everythingIbokmg fihe iu that viciuitf - * " * - " ' ' - * * " * n / n < * f A . v i . < ' O'BRVAN COPSnY NUPTIALS , _ . _ . . j ! ' - 1 + All Auspicious Wedding At j Sun-rise. At The Roman Catholic Church. r i ii ' ' ' ' * ! ' f < > ' f , In th prcsence of a few rela tives' anfl friends , Miss Maybelle OeleMiiie O'BrV.an . daughter ol Mrs MaryM. O'Bryan and Dr. Herbert Alouzy Copscyj of AI liance , were united in uianiage at eight o'clock Wednesday morn ing at St. John's Roman ( Catholic Church , i The irapressijvc ring ceremony was used. Father Don nelly ouicia\ed at the Ceremony and the , inip.tial mass w lich fol- lowed it. Airs. A. II. Sluckcy presided at'the Organ and Fred Bajsch ac ed as us : ier. The Bridal Chorus fro grin announced the approach 'of the wedding party , and ( O Prom-1 ise m ' whs 'played ' di.riiig-the ccrelnony. During the Jnass Mrs. Stiickey 'an'd -Mrs" -"Nldvis aug 4i"Ave MaHa,1" SailtuS , " ' and the uKyrie"'froln -Moaarts Mass. Mrs. Stuekcy sang "Giye f ' fe ' ' Thy Heart ; " ' , r -.The bride and'vgrpom , entered the church /qljowed by the br'ides- ' atjd , grpoinjStq.aii , sister and brother cf [ je bcidc , and took their placcs euQath. , b. bitnchulaf- iuimensc calla'iilHes and'feruS an'd ' b'et'ween'jpeclestals Entwined with ' smilax " and ' sitrmclunled by bunches of * pink c'a frla't'ibns' ' : T-he rjew'df ttic'bridal'cbuplc ' was dec orated With viblets "smilas-ond white satrn ri'bbou.J ' . _ . r , , "Tlie bride'was'ch arming.in > ji > priiicessg'owii : of1 white : crepe > de chene trimmed ' 'in 4-einbroidered I net. . .She wore a. tulle vei ) .and .oacrtecVa Bhpwer jsf Jnjdc rotes. t .The ' bridesmaid , ' M'ijs.s Bea ripe 'O ' Br-yan1 was attired * in a > pit k silk Jissue gown tijmmed in val lace ajidcwore a\yhit.qpicturv ? hat. Fpllo wing } the , marriage a five course breakfast wa ? served , at ; the home of Mr. ' and 'Mrs. | Frcd Hayes. ' ' Covcr ji Vfercr"aSTor twenty. T , he \ dining rooul' was artificially fighteflr * * Thq brides cake rested on ail' ' embroidered centre piecCj4sUrrOU'n'dcd by pink carnations. Single candle sticks wiih white candles and pink shades' stoo'd near thefourrorncrs of th'er table. ' 'FcStbbus of suiilaX1 uudvhitc . carnations . . . . . * > , ' . . _ were * jH. .suspended i\ \ K from the ceiling to the four corners of "tfe table. ; "Mrs. Hayes was as- sistcHn serving by Mrs , Gilliugs. The grooms gift tp the bride , was a brpoch , set witih pearls ana diamonds , The ojLher gifts in cluded solid silver , I cut' glass , cHimi amlsubstantiai ; checks. Airs. A II. Copscy.of Lincoln mother of the- groom ; represented the Copscjr .family. } At seven "o'clock ( tthe \ even ing a , four , course dinner was serv- e"d. ( DheJ bride -and ! groom left on the midnight train for Alliance where they will be at home to their , friends aftqr Feb. 25th. The congratulations of the .Ru- PJBBTJCAN are extended to the newly married couple , THAT f AGREEABLE NATURE ' ' > > rvl , -t * & ; 5f p YOUR REALISTATE ' ' ' < tAX , 3TAt' 1 il 4 ( JIIE COUNTY GOVERNMENT GETS ABOUT 'f nv > t t , i 1-1 ) ) , f. ) ' > ; JDWJFTJ ! UlfcYOUJl TAXX. . SCHOOL FUNDS ' ARE URGE Avcrage./raX'Paycr / Pays Over Tno Dol.i ' ' lari1 SCIi3o1r Ta * . 'To'\Tach \ Dollar > ' . / 1 -.1 . > \ < - Of County -Tax On Real : - \ r ; > r . : , ' t ( ' 'On tBe lower1 'pa1 : t 6f this p'agd ] will be-found'a statement ol the realvestate tax for this year. 'with'Tefcrence ' to'cosbof running * the State , County , 'Precinct , and the school districts , shows , about the same resultsas , , jvere | broughd out in tli'e ' personal tax statc-m ut ' ' ' ' dt'last weelri * A liille figuriug'willsfio\v that the total 'amount ' of the product 'funds to be collected on the real estate is $30,067 , the total amount of the school fund' to be collected is $63,5-18 , the total amount of the State tar is $25,661 and the total amount of the County tax is S28',73 y. A moments reflection will show tKat the schboj lax is over twice the amount of the County tax and ) tne Precinct taxes- call for a total 6f about * > 2,000' more than the County tax. Very little attention is paid by the average voter.to the meetings of his Township Board and to the levying of , the township taxes , and very few , if jany of them , realise at the same time that the average tax payer , ia paying more Township tax than he is county tax. k Tie } people of the' county are inclined to be liberal in providing- funds for the maintenance of their schools , but wb'en they do his it is well for them to , reniem- ber , 'aS-thc statement sUows,1 th'a't j the average tax payer , pays over 'twice 'as much School tax as he'i does qouttty { ax.1 The prevailing1 custom among , the , 'tax payer's ' t assuming , that jthe county officers jartf responsible for ail of the inoiiu < e collected on , taxes aud-thfc idea vis to commonly , , expressed , that the county olfloers areresponsible for the use' add expenditure bf nil , of JbJs 'monty are 'easily dispr'dv- ed by"a few"moments1 reflection ou'the'lstatefiueut. , ' ' > , ' ' " The township , funds kre'ex1 pendedj iii * t.ho to.wqship where they * areiraised. . The special road fund gbes'to pay fhe damage1 claims tiu''r6ads" ( .the ! towWship' bond tttxgioeS tb j > ay the bonded indtrcs'a oil the1 ' towhshii ) , h'e boll . lax-cotleclfed on ( he--pdr- snt scjicnfc ; 'ayj.1 ib tp rJisbp ui personal property and real estate go into the hands 9f'the township ( treasurer to be used'id ' such > a . manner as the. township'board shall direct. In'the mattc'r of'the ' school dis'- , tricot" f UnttsJ ' ( he band tax is used ' tQipaj ; off the'bptHied indebtncss on , the schopl district , the highf school tax goes tp pay the cos ? of the high school tuition of stu dents from the district to tilt high'school and the district tax go'es for the ihaintciidiiGc of the. district schools fbr the current i ' 'i i j i year. s j It will be noticed that the * jj t State lax collected on the real eState - ' tate is a little over $25,600 anil the county tax is $28,700. The County tax is about $3,000 , great- er'than the'State tax. It will be nojtclth'at the county tax of $28-j 700 ( s about one fifth of the total tax collected in the county on real , estate. ' v" 1 " M-ax Drake who has been at tending a prepa'tory ' Schbol In Il linois returned to the city "Mon- iday evening. .Max , las , bcenjsick most of the iinie since Christmas vacation and Has ! comb homlj to I f f . , i < 1 -Real Estate ' Tax' For'The ' - List ; > The - Year " * . ' r " * . , . - > V i * * k.l i f i. . iiv , TOTAf , V1LLAOIJS VAIATJ : , .NICS4 2UIH ? \VtlorvllIc.v..X.M. . ' ' , .SH'rtlo , . . .11. . . . . ' -Algernon . . 2' < Vit < ) aawn XMli Uullght ll)0' ) > 37 , Arnold * , li 14' ' Lillian . ' . . . . < : , KlkCrert ; . , . . W st Union M..7. . . ' . . . . . * Tiiumph . - . . 126850 Aiiiha . iqS272 Jlurwin. lWXi ( Ulim . , HW.'K iwrx ) l.iye8.iV ! Ili71 13U58) ) Value ot lut in 4105436 " , j HTATK TAX : TY TAX TAX * TAX. 8977 31 , Mil oi 3W 75 JW ) S 133 ol HIM if. ! < WJf ! 41 ' rlBj ij 't151 r * < - " IOAH % 1407 I'l 17SI 0 HI06 Oj yt IHfiJ U4 4134 VI us n f.3l . ID TilflTJ 1813 1H Jll W - MHI b * : w - 437 3lj 1JU 2 70 Q2 6S 75 ] 1'JKTU 3 < i in icwo 12 li70 S2W 63 Jill ! 724 IS < 11 07 i21lj 7f M'J 4T 72731 20 3J * t > J2 1217 7d i330 ; iwia.w1 . 121 44 i' > 2 Hi' ' 837 95 wa07 , 10 37 t > 57 07 7.V > UU U' 101 ( J ! inoo 24 112' ) 91 41 13" 15 1J03 71 01 102 0V H3S W | 114 ( K ) 181 < * 24 CK WJT1 1M ClO S70J4 3'C UI 8U ( Jl 4 / CROOKHAM J'LIKGS CUSTCR * * " ' r * i. "s * " * * \ Co.fltlcrs Alfnlfa I.niul Host Real Btatc Iinestnient A Alan Can ' .Make t f ' > ' In The Cbunlry.- ' f / Gco. I Crooiiham of Ke'arucy , was in the city on business Tues day and made the Editor a'pleas ant visit. Mr. ' Crookham is the owner of a largo ranch , of 2400 * ' acres on the South Loupand owns real estate iu six other states , lie says lhatithere-is no place on the globe that he likes better than Custcr county and wishcsHio had all of his jnouey invested here. He is very enthusiastic over the raising of alfalfja.tandvcx- pects to put out a large-part-of- his South Lottp ranch in alfalfa in.the nexbfcw ycnr.s. t He slates thattthcy have three alfalfa mills in.Kcarwcy and'hc\ believes that one should be put iu .at' Broken Bow. lie says ( liat'tht ) Kearney people invested in s > omc 'nlachin- ery that costithcm in the neigh bbrhood of-fs.'OdO ' and fqund it uu- satisfTactory.i .jtc1. ? , ' Theyihavc-since tnudc , ! ? onle machinccy tliahcosjk 'about'51,000 ' and hcvsayavtheyiarcj-idjiihg a big business < \vith itnow lie thinks that Custor Bounty i3i the best placaan catith for growing alfalfa uud that there ii no reason why some of the Custct county'people should not follbwUifiexample of Jfiearncy , purchase.or utakc some of the inachiucry.ithey arc using atK varney auct.-dp ai.big.business On thd alfalfa croih..i. ' - " " " ' ' " ' ' ' . . k i ) : " , rJ'"i' ' ' Out O 1 -Riii'uifuciA' ' 'S 'machinery ' for th'c ' Ibst two weeks has been tinner and engine' experts 'o city 'puVih wb i/ri& / last week on the gasoline' ctlglnc and thi week thu HKi'UimiCAir is b d o tjic' BeacD for 't'lfc' ' < ? f. ' tliejr tyres ? j/ } / printingt'he ' paper. The/rollers / on the "Kit- I'unucAN press haVe been bdth6i'- i ig a great deal lately'and' 'the' ' press is , laid'up tfiiH .week waiting foe repairs. " , . ' " ' ' . l ' * . . . . ' i ' J.i --j - j , ' Bfoken Bowy Honored ; . - ( Israe.1 Laucl s ganders ha'sbeeh' elected President , of thc'"Scuibr ' Class pf Trinity College , ' "Hart- iford Conn * , for.lhe Spring term. lie 'was"albO eldcted chairiiiun of the Senior Promenade Committee. Xariders was captain of last years base ball leam > has played on the- football team hree years , and has been , a member , of the tr icl ? team and Glee Club. tiHe is a mcnnben df the DQltaPsi , , rjiterflity : < Thei Trinity Tri'pod.- .1 . > . i Word has been received that Demainc 'jJedwichvho ' is attending - ing the Valparaiso Univcrsity < in Indiana n ct vit i'au'accidc'nt last week v/hile skating. J e * feTam } ] cut quite a gash in hiS forehead ; The services ofVphyslcian' were ' 'neces'Jary to'sdiiV Upllihdt\oiuid : _ , ' . * . ' , . . . , T l HcltlliA'iiUN ' Jud w vJ ! Total old I T773 45 well ' > > * 300 W ; I' ' 8 1 71 5'U 27 5358 (11 SIWs 12 r . * J . 5117 30 , j2) 14 i Wli 1145 23 I ; li > 7.67 old 1015 36 82 , 43ll 81 , wpll SI37 iij 0 01 > , 1 5S KS [ 42T7 W U - 4150 J ,52 r yi\ \ 1. . (4760 7C 4177 71 5807 Sl 073L ( * J ! I ! ' 4'Wf . ' . 170 02 , 4JW Wj il ( < .H4 " . | 41 AGRIOSMURAL L CLOSES M Wlil-K.Oj1 INSTRUCTION BVUlMVERSlTIf " ' ' I'lufes'OKS'riNlSIIEU SATUjWAQ. TIIH yUVARI ) OP TUB. PRIZE'S , Mrs. L , iMCCahtycss Had Tlie Bcsi l.oal of Bread * * ( Mr4Uft . Osbbfn Best Jtidirc of Bread. J. D. A \ \ ilson 1 , . , Corn ijtulfiin 'Contcsf ( J. \ \ \ 'Prcdniofe Won ' , llo Judging ' ( * , < Contest. jt.t - -The-ScliooUoLAgricuUure Domestic , Scfejicc held in this. city Under "the4 auspices of thcr Fanners Institute Section of the Agricultural Educational Dc- pArtme'nl of hc'State Uuivcrsiiy closed last 'Saturday ' The total enrollment of' meu'wa" 161 and the total enrollment fof womeu. was 111. * "J A The program. in thc mcn's see- tiou consistcdfof' ' IdbWfes , discussions - - sions , dcmoustratidnsA and judg ing contests. Aratttdyi was made of the propcn 3CMid c6ru to usej different methods * selecting' . I growing , and caring tor the seed j and demonstratitfe c. aminatioas. were made for tlie'diTfcreut types of corn. Tlie soil t. problems in volved iu corn * i culture were brought out and xUsdftssed iu Ice * tures and dcmpnstratlons- . In the in&tructionsbu animalsv 'the "COtnpositian-0/.iiood , the di * and care ofucaUlti.an'd hogs the proper utcbhojlafof judging stock ( alfalfa , cJoverbiMthc soil waa the 3ubJ2Qt-pf thejec ure on Fri- were ? taken up xvath ; lucturcs by Uni versity professors -and others , 05 subjeptii'of - i Merest to people aeekingf agricultural , education. In. the hog judging contest J Wt'PxcdmoretOok.first ( prize , JL li. tOsborn.wotijsQcpqd . premium and Pawl McC sliu , jwaa the ucr-pf-thirrf-pri .u-tln the ing. of-Poland China hogs J. W. Rrednjorcvas firt ( [ J. E. Osborit second , and , , G vrge Russom thirds ' In scOrj.ugv tne Durocs Paul McCashmvon.ffirst place J& . W. ( Prcdmore. , s conl aud G , IJ3. , ' Rector tjjlr j.'f , , u- , In the contest.Jqr prix2son the bqst.tQii car.siof cprn exhibited O , T. Phelps tpokrficstj place with a scoring of,86.2 , | T-he corn exbi- , biied by Mr. Phelps was consid ered to , , ( be the j-be t corn evtjt shown in Custer Qounty. The standing of the fiye parties who exhibited ( the best ten .ears cf Su.2 Oscar Tappan 7f < . J.'D. Ream 77.S Qra , Barnes t 77.2 Florian Jacobs 76.5J was prcridentr of the Custer County Farincrs2In stilfutehq instpjcted the judge * * to give thdprcmiums to xhe ne\t exhibUors below lyitn. For thi reason Misjj Baru'es ' received the third pre'mium and Miss Jacol v the fourth. rl.u > Jthc contest for the bo t single ear of corn the exhibitors ralifj'cd'a's -'follc/ws : " ' 'Ho'mer Hti 'ert , first ; Kate Bir- 'neSjS orid:14.1 , E Demming ? , thinj } ! Clifford " Johnson , fourth > Ora , Barnes , "ti f"th ; J. D. Ream , sixth ; J. , 'G , B.rQu .er , seventh ; Vincent Stodrjv eighth. 1 ( Id the judging contest to see , wtib could score5 the exhibits , the [ nearest ib the correct scoring- 1 ( Continual pn ? Page 2) )