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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1909)
TJ1K REPUBLICAN , OUSTER COUNTY , NEBRASKA. CUSTCR COUNTY UliPBlJLICAN I1 PER ANNUM' ' , -KATES. Wliefo nlhKer ts * t on tvoml Iu < so1ectr0ir ) > e a ll t pnceof twettit i n' * i > er incli.sliwocol- tiiun. for well linonlon. two orniura lii Mlo i iSc itt it rlucti. Hiwrui IMHUIUU , Hindu In- uirtlim 20 cents per inch , Mutal 1) . se. 1uatro , two or iiiiuii time * . I * wnu iwr Inch. I'nyuiimi Jlrot of ( ( ! iliniuli. , , . . Meal n < IveriUiufr Ov cents for line cacliln- clnircli cliurcli fair * , MieliiWwi ami Is oliurtfru , nnc e , half t tie * ( r , Caril ol Thanks , fOc ir.rt. . r ( ( al itotlc H at r.i'M provlilnl statutes of . . . - r.nc \Vllnir notlcei Iicu.tiali Uflcu lor i.m of presents/ ' presentsi i i ri' atilroi < iii ISow , Ndirantia'or trans mls-loii.lii tliis Uulteil Statvs nulls at'ac'coiiJ class ratcrf. 'O. Myers , , litlilor and Publisher. A DU1 Y-UP Tilt : . COMAll-KCIAL CI.UC' ' A Commercial club was re cently 'Organi/ed in Broken Bow for the purpose of secur ing greater unity and more -effective work in bui'ding up the ' .its inter citaudiboosting . est. ' .LJlje organization of ithis -club was taken as an indica tion that the entire popula tion of .the cj.ty was ready to stand together for anything ' which was for the interest of the cjity. Tlie pojiimevcirif club has no jurisdiction. wiiat ] , 'eveiyover the municipal water question'but-the ' officers 'of the'chAb should be intereste'd 'In ' seeing that the interest of the water system .is properly cared for. ; They should be interested in seeing that the oiunic'lple'o\yriersh1p' ' of the water sj'stem is made as great u. success as possible. In case of this kind the1 watei takci : is bound to make his pocket-book one of the fjrsi considerations when the water 'bill comes around , and if the rate seems high to him , ' he may feel like desserting the city in its attempt to make u rciimiciple ownership of the plant to the interest of every- 'body. In the large majority of these cases , if the matter is property presented to them .ami they are brought to un- ii ' doTsltmd the reason for the iif high rate , or in case of- error if their complaints 'arc prop erly adjusted , the } ' will re main water takers under the city system instead of a pri vate establishment. ISie Munieiple Ownership problem of the city water works was undertaken , because - cause it was believed to be to the interest of the majority of the people of the city. It \vas undertaken because the promotes d | the' idea believed , Ihut better .water could > be se cured at cheaper- rates under the okl , system of private own- --Grain pi ' ' 1 Jnie rates a I : the present time s'eem to be high , but they are high , because it is necessary to use part oC the money collected on water rent to put the water system in proper condition and not , be cause the municiple qwncr- ship.plan is not really a , suc cess. The fact that the wat er system has been and is in fcad4condition , makes it all the more necessary that they should have the patronage and influence of every man in Broken Bow , and the fact that the present high rates are due to the necessity of collecting additional money , in order to < make repairs gives promise of a lower rate in the future. The officers of the club should use their influence to see that every man who is now a. water taker remains as such and should try to secure the enthusiastic co-operation of -all of the people. -"GAS AND RECritlC LIGHTS. It is expected that another electric light" man "Will be in the city the first of next week to look iip the question of putting in an electric light system here. The people of Broken Bow fieem to be practically agreed that an electric light system siioiiiu UL- in jr.a ULput , . puny can . be- found who will put in a private plant under a fran chise which is satisfactory 1o the people. Koine people seem to believe that more sat : isfactory results can be ob tained by combining the pres ent gas" company with the new electric light company. Their idea seems to be that under such a proposition , the gas company could furnish gas for fuel purposes and the electric light company could be used for lighting purposes and to furnish power. Other people believe that better re sults for the consumer will be obtained by keeping the two companies seperate. They point out that with two separ ate companies , there will be competition in ratesand it , would not be necessary for the city council to insist upon a minium rate , because the rates would , be made low by competition. In support of their'argument'for ' giving a franchise 'to an electric light Company separately , they point out. . 'the ' fact , that a mu nicipality very , often finds jt difficult to deal with a corpor ation which has a inonopoly. When a corporation becomes definitely settled , it Is. some- tiinps diin'icult to compel them t'o give as low" rates as they should ' ami when the } " have their franchise , ' they feel they are' in a position' to be inde p6ndent. If. . the city council finds it ttdvisible to grant , a franchise to the gas. and electric lig company , , they should be cer tain jthat tjhe franchise gives them 'power to properly reg ulate'the companies and place1 them in apposition to insist upon the cohipahy charg ing such 'a rate as will give it no more than a fair profit. WALTER w. WATERS. . Candidate For County Supcriiitcndcnt-r- ' His Qualifications. Walter W. Waters , who in this issue of the I KPTIIU.K 'AN announces his candidacy for Coupty Superintendent is es sentially a Ouster Count1" pro duct. Walter us a boy attend ed the conntiy schools of this county and was graduated from the Broken Bow High School after an. attendance of five y G a r s. Immediately thereafter he was a teacher of country schools for several terms. He was graduated from the higher course of State Normal School at Peru , Nebr. , in 1S')8. ) Since that time he has been employed as principle of village anil town schools and later as superin tendcnt of city schools , lie" holds a professional state cer tificate good for life and has kept himself posted in educa tional affair , by attending and Diking an actual part in prom- nent conventions of teachers laving attended as an actual member three national meet ings ; viat Chicago ' 111. , Cin- cinnata , Ohio , and Asbury PaVk , New .Jersey. He was for four years a member of an exclusive organixatiou known as the Nebraska Schoolmas ters Club. He has had a very valuable experience in every department' our public school system as teacher in country , town and village schools and as city superin tendent. He has also been on the teaching force in summer schools and teachers' insti tutes , lie is practically Ouster County product. At present he lives on his farm in Berwyn precinct and teach es during the fall and winter months ; farming during the creping season. Till : WATKR KATES. Some of the Broken Bow people are threatening to put down wells and have their own water system , because their rates fov the past six months have been so high. The wa ter commissioner stale ; * that in some of these cases , he thinks the high rate has been due to a leak or the improper working of the water meter , while in other cases the high hacrge is due to the excessive THE NEW CHICK use of water. The' commis sioner says that three-fourths b the people who paid in ad vance on the flat rate last July and" have' since put in a meter'liave received rebates. This he thinks is positive' evi dence that the judicious use of water under the ineter sys tem is qheaper , to the consjam- er , than , the .flat .rate. . He thinks that this is not a loss to the city in any sense be- " caus f'if , co'sts the city-sb much to piimp eveiy gallon'of water , and if a water taker puts .in a meter and is more saving in nsijig , his water , it means , thatt the city wilt .not have the wa ter to pump , and consequently lose nothing through the re bates they have made. - ' The water commissioner es timates that about , $2OQO of : the aijiQ.unt collected on water rents in the last year , has been paid put for repairs on the . .water"system. . The'puinphouse ' at tlie time the city1 purchased .the pi ant was in very bad con- ditidn and 'moreover , some of the water 'mains had to be re paired. The boiids voted .at the time the water system ? was .purchased.provided only for the purchase price of the system' ' and made "no " allow * a nee' ' whatever ; for the-cost of putting the'wateisystem in good condition. The result is ; that the cost.of the repairs must come out"of the money " " paid for wate'r re'ht. ' An investigation will show that tlie'-water rates in' Brok en Bow are considerable high er than , the water rates , in some , of the municipalities where their \yater system is in good i epajiy but , the muni cipalities having lower rates , are not' compelled tq use" a good share of the moiiey col lected o'n water rents to re pair up' an old : system , which was anbad' condition. The water tjpmmlssioner estimate es that it will be rfecessary to pay out jn the neighborhood of $3.000 in the next year to repair up the water , systein and ge't it iii proper' working ' ' " order. Ta.kirjgall these things into -flo-d < nr v now y OOLlib Away ? That sounds like ( i funny question , addressed to every cit izen of this town-and community , but it's really a serious ono. Listen : There .w now jiut completed u niagnificcnl build ing of red bfick exterior and concrete interior right in the business heart of one of the biggest , of American cities. It occupies a whole block and calls itself in a large lettered sign "The Largest Monolithic Building In the World. " It has many floors , with about a hundred acres of iloor spare. The entrances arc of solid inarble. The floors arc beautifully tiled. Altogether it is a credit to , - m -"jIiaac : ! = * * affrrr-.r-in . a o the big city in which it stands. Oh , it's a 1im Dandy ! Now , how many bricks have you sent to the city to go into this big build ing ? Honest , how many ? Of the hundreds of thousands of bricks put into the walls of this building the city where it stands has contributed not a single red brick. Coun try people , the people of small towns and cities far away from the big me tropolis , have sent in the bricks for the construc tion of this splendid edi fice. You hmy have sent in ' a few hod's of bricks yonr- ge'lf without knowing it. Listen : This .magnifi cent structure , which or naments a city you prob ably never will see your self , is buijt of bricks bought with the dollars of people living in towns just like ours towns that would like to have some new brick buildings themselves now and then. Every dollar contributed to the city building fund means a nice , hefty hod of bricks for this big , beautiful skyscraper , "largest in the world' * of its kind. This building was put up , through the kind donations of their unknown country qonsins , by a firm that ran a small sloro in that city a Cow years ago. But this firm conceived tjio cute idea of having thou sands of strangers contribute bricks to build its fine , large , new store. And the building is a Mail Order Store. See ? consideration , it fo only fair to I'xpuet that the fate will be high until such n time as the cily council i able to gil the- water system repaired up in ! good working' oi'der.Vlun ' j this is done the rates should I ho , and no doubtt will ho low er. lOach individual ca.so whore an excessive charge i.s claimed by the water laker should , accoVding to the fran- tliise he , taken before thewat , er committee ot.tl e city coun cil.The franchise provides that the water taker shall pay his bill under protest and then take it to the water commit tee and haye it decided on its nerits. As to what should be done * in icach one of these cases is a matter to be left to the water committee. The people of > Broken Bow nirchased this water system md started out to opera.te. , it on the plan , of municiple own ership. II is work 'undertak en by the people of Broken Bow through their represeii- : atiVcs. the-city council- , and s a work which should have the united support of'all the ) eoplo of this city. No un- lertaking. can be .really . suc- cesful without the united sup- )6rt of the people behind it. This statement of facts' is offered largel } ' as an explana tion foi * the present condition1 ind is given m the : hope that ; hei-e'may-be a bettdr "under standing among the people1 of rhiscity and a anore .enthusi astic spirit of'.co-operation . in a work that is. to the interest of the whole city. 4 Watches Made Right ; * < Kvery .tick Ijiat. llmt watch , of j'ours ( nucs virile it'nccds , clean- IIIR uicaiis'u 'shortening 'of its' life. , ' A cleait-.wntch is just about flic- tionless ' . . J. I ' A ( lirty watch is a watch-that is . ticking its ; ; wnvtoides.ructiou. ; ) . ' y- - - . - . - . - . < Dou't you know that out ; repaiV ( lepartnient exists for the purpose ' ' pose of p'iUti'ug ' 'wrong watched 'Tis a fact. . , , Can we oe of service to YOU in j this particular ? " ' ' ' ' ' r. } ; ' r * ! ' \ t Come in andlet us show you the man features''of the' Moore i Glass Oven . Door Range that at- traded so much attention at the 1 School cf Agricultural last week is * ' xMiss Myrtle Kaufman king in structor ofDomestic Science at the State University knows a "Ky gccd stoveShe was so well * ( * & pleased with the Moore ( Hass Ov en Door Range furnished "by Mil | lor & Kennedy that she unhesi tatingly tendered her testimonial to them. Miss Kaufman says ; I do not hesitate to endorse the the Moo e Glass Oven Door Range which 1 used during the Domes tic Science Short Course at Brok en Bow , I find it a Great Fuel Saver , a Quick and EvenN Baker and the Glass Oven Door enabled 1 me to tell the exact condition I of the food without cooling the oven which certainly gives better results- Myrtle Kaufman. Come in and let us talk stove. | We will tell you all about it.