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VOL. XXVII BROKEN BOW , OUSTER COUNTY NEBRASKA , THURSDAY , MAY 27 , 1'JO'J ' NO 51
DISTRICT COURT
PROCEEDINGS
Alay Term Lasts a Litt'c ' Over Two
Days.
MANY DIVORCE CASES UP
District Clerk's Office is Running Shorten
on Fees on Account of Small Am
ount of Lctigation May Cut
Clerk's Salary.
The May term of the district
court opened in this city Mon
day and adjourned Wednesday
morning to September7th. .
About forty decrees were render
ed by Judge Hosteller. The
term was an unusnal one in that
no witnesses were summoned by
the county sheriff and the fees of
the district clerk's office on the
business of the term did not
more than about half pay the
regular expenses of the office.
The law provides that the fees
of the clerk's office shall pay all
salaries in connection with the
office and if the fees are not suf
ficient the clerk's salary is cut
accordingly. This shortage of
business may mean that District
Clerk Mair's salary for the year
will be cut in two.
Aribther npticeable feature of
this term was the number of
L divorce cases. Nine divorces
were granted.
In the case of J. B. Dunn vs
Clarence Pursel the court found
in favor of the plaintiff in the
sum of $43.00 and costs. The
court ordered that the lot de
scribed in the petition be sold to
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OPEN AIR BAND \ *
CONCERTS STARTS
Send Your Dollar to any Member of
Committee to Help Make up Fund.
The open air band concerts be
gan last Saturday. The second
one will be next Saturday even
ing and the third will be given
Monday eveaing. Every resi
dent of Broken Bow will have an
opportunity to hear these con
certs. Twenty concerts will be
given. The committee believes
that every citizen of Broken Bow
ought to be willing to contrib
ute one dollar towards paying
for these concerts. That will
make the concerts cost him five
cents each. Don't wait for the
committee to call on you for the
dollar , hand it to one of the
members of the committee. They
are H. G. Myers , S. R. Lee , and
Ramah Ryerson. The list of
contributors will be published
each week until the necessary
amount is raised. The follow
ing is the list for this week :
HO Myers Jl 00
SIlLee 1 00
llama ! ) Kyerson 1 00
CThostensen 1 00
SL Miller 1 00
W II Kennedy 1 00
Ullle Mcdoogan 100
Alvlullurk I 00
Myrtle Lyell 1 00
JMPeale I 00
"
JBOsborn . 100
AMSnyder 100
Aubrey Martin ' 100
FWUuckley 1 00
WH Schaefer 100
JEIszard 100
CSMartln 1 00
OHMevls. . , 1 00
Emma Maupln 1 00
Ocollatcli 1 00
Harry Hangs _ 1 00
Jas Downs 1 oo
WM Swan 1 (0
Sam Green , 100
0 House 100
JKHerman 1 oo
FrankKern 1 00
FJCrable 1 00
Joseph Robinson 100
HenryTuttlc 1 00
i .Walter Harris 1 00
JWScott 1 00
A J Elliott 100
Gee Willing 100
fcDGeorge 100
James Led wick. . . 1 00
joltn Kecse 100
judllay 1 00
Maurice Ryerson 100
RKRycrson 1 oo
OWahl 100
OUSnyder lee
J UHollandsworth 100
CATTLE DIPPING
WORK PROGRESSES
Dr. Pritcltard and his Staff of Men are
"Doctorin g" 30,000 Head ofCattle.
Dr. W. T. Pritchard , Govern
ment cattle inspector , was a pas
senger for Anseluio Wednesday
where he was going to continue
the dipping of infected cattle.
Dr. Pritchard stated that he and
his force of men had dipped
about 13000 head of cattle this
spring and they have about that
many more to dip before they
will ha e covered the infected
territory.
Dr. Pritchard was going to the
Cook ranch west of Anseluio ,
where they are dipping this
week. Dr. Hutsell is working
the territory from Gothenburg to
Arnold. Dr. Boardman is work
ing in \\\z \ \ vicidity of Dunning
Dr. Miller is now at Burwell and
is covering Loup and Garfield
counties. Dr. Schneider dipped
about two thousand cattle on the
South Loup last week and is
now assisting Dr. Boardman at
Dunning
These men were all over the
territory and are now going back
over and compelling every man
who has infected cattle to dip
them. The territory will all be
inspected again next fall and an
other dipping crusade * made and
if the cattle men co-operate with
them and do everything in their
power to see that no trace of the
disease is left Dr. Pritchard will
recommend to the department at
Washington that the quarantine
be removed from this district.
HIGH SCHOOL
COMMENCEMENT
A Busy Week for Graduating Class and
Instructors.
Commencement time is always
a busy one for the young gradu
ates and the commencement peri
od of the city schools seems to be
no exception to the rule. Last
Friday evening the juniors gave
a reception to the seniors in the
Temple theatre. The decora
tions were neat , tastely and very
pretty. An elaborate banquet
was served by the juniors and a
number of toast were responded
to. The following was the pro
gram for the evening.
TOASTS
Toastmaster Charlei Mulllus
"Most Grave anil Noble Seniors , "
Congratulation
"Greeting to the Seniors of Naughty-nine
"Warne Soper
Response Orrllle Richanlsoii
"To the High School Teachers"
Gaius cadwel
Response TThe Upper Classmen of 1909" . . . .
Supt. J. M. Mclndoo
"The cordiality of the Naughty-nines" . . .
Alva Reed
"High School Hells of 1009" Paul Dean
"The High School Spirit"
Eglantine Sklllman
Today is the annual exposition
day for all rooms of the schools.
The rooms are all open to visit
ors and examples of the work of
the year are on exhibition in
each room. The work in all of
the rooms shows careful and
painstaking efforts on the part of
the teachers.
Friday evening the commence
ment exercises will be held in
the north side opera house. The
twenty-four graduates will each
be allowed five minutes in which
to deliver an oration. This class
of twenty-four is the largest that
has ever graduated from the
Broken Bow schools.
March Uerenlce McComas
Invocation Rev. J. K. Aubrey
"Welcome Song" Class ' 09
"He Sought Cathay , He Found America" . .
Mabel I'lnckney , Salutatorlan
"Kroebel and the Kindergarten"
ninlle Heckwith .
"Resolved : That Trusts and Monopolies
are Injurious to the People Financially"
Atllrmatlvc , Clara Davis
Negative , Harry Dorrls
"Driving the Stakes" Mildred Hall
"Under Our Flag. , , . Julia uaumont
Vocal Duet "Sailing Away" Smart
Ethel Rockwell and Florence KlmberllnK
THE STORY OF THE DAY
A scran of paper , with a ( cv > verses S
written In a scrawling hand , Is the JC
precious possession of an Omaha man X
whose father was the captain ot A , x
the llrst company of sharpshooters X
enlisted in Missouri , distinguished V
later In the perilous adventures of X
"Shelby and Ills Men.1 A major In V
Shelby s command , much love I and K
honored by his men and the enemy JJ
as well , later an author and newspaper - X
paper man of note , wrote the verses , > \
He was John Newman Edwards , of V
Missouri , and here Is the poem , pubX
'llshcd , perhaps. In a nei\ spacer for X
the llrst time : X
"THE 11MIB AND TUB flllAY.1 X
( Hy Major John N. Edwards , exConx
lederatc Army Olilcer ) X
"O , mother , what do they mean by X
blue and what do they mean by V
WaslK-a'rd from the lips of a little x
child as she bounded In from play. V
The mother's eyes filled up with tears X
as she turned to her darling lair , X
And smoothed away from her sunny X
brow its tresses of golden hair : X
"Why mother's eyes are blue , my X
sweet , and grandpa's hair Is gray , X
Yet the love we bear our darling J
ch'ld grows stronger every day. ' X
"Hut what did they mean. " persisted S
the child , "for I saw two cripples ; $
today : O
One said that he had fought for the Q
blue , the other one for the gray. Q
They sat on the stone by the barnyard - O
yard gate and talked for an hour O
or more , si
Till their eyes grew bright and their O
hearts grew light al lighting their 0
battles o'er. Q
No he of the blue had but one leg S
and the othe- but one arm , Q
Their smiles and tears mingled in
love and their greeting was kind O
and warm. J
They laughed and talked of their bat0
ties won till it made my young 5
blood thrill. O
The leg was lost at the Wilderness
light and the arm at Malvern t ?
; Hill. " 1 }
; Then the mother thought of other X
, days , two stalwart boys from her X
, riven , X
J How they knelt by her side and lispN
[ Ingly prayed , "Our Father Who X
! Art in Heaven. " N
, How one wore the blue , the other the X
| Kray , and had passed away from N
Her sight- : X
i Had gone to the realms where the N
, blue and the gray are merged In X
colors of light , fj
"Lincoln , the Emancipation"
Nettie Jensen
"The Law of the Harvest".llessle Johnson
' Allan MarLeod" ( A Storiette )
Pearl Johnson
Some Needed Reforms In Our coin ,
inerce' Florence Klmberllng
"A Visit to l-jlmwuod" Frances Laugson
"The Influence of Home Life upon Per
sonal Character" Uerenlce McCcmas
O'.riV Quartitta-"Atter Days" Parts
Florence Klmberllng , Alva Read , Uslher
Heal , Ethel Rockwell
"Fling but astoile , the Giant Dies1'
Ruth McSherry
"Tlie drubbing Hoe anil the Axe"
UuyOlmstead
"Geographic Influences" Alva Read
"How Far that Little Candle Throws Its
IJcain" Orrllle Richardson
"Modern Chivalry" John Robertson
"The Alms and Kudsof Kducation"
Kthel Rockwell
Piano Duet Chromatliiue" Knur/ Liszt
Frances Langson and Orrllle Richardson
"Character liulldlng" Vera Rupert
"Resolved : That Immigration Is Detri
mental to the United States
Atllrmatlvc , Fred Russoni
Negative. Hsther neal
"Poe's Place In American Literature
Sc6tt Salisbury
"The World's Orchestra" Orali Squires
"The Tyranny of Custom"
Kglantine Skillman , Valedictorian
"Farewell Song" Class ' 09
.Presentation of Diplomas , A. R. Humph
rey , President Hoard of Education
IJenedlctlon Rev. N. T. Harmon
Monday evening in the Temple
theatre the high school gradu
ates will be initiated into the
alumni association.
REPORT NATIONAL
CONGRESS G. A. R.
Mrs. XaMeiers Describes Yorktown Chap <
ter Meeting and Tells of Au
tomobile Endurance
Race.
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By MHS. .A L XANDKKS
( Tlie following letter was received too late
for last week's Issue : Kdltor. )
The last meeting of Yorktown
Chapter D. A. R. was held tins
month at "Bloomingdalc , " the
lovely country home of Mrs.
Charles S. Weiscr. There was a
large attendance of members
who responded to roll call with
patriotic quotations. A few
quotations called forth spirited
discussion ; in fact many times
during the meeting the members
seemed to be all talking at the
same time , and to one ( laughter ,
at least , it seemed a minaturc
national congress , the excitement
and enthusiasm at times reach
ing fever heat.
Routine business was quickly
disposed of and the remainder of
the afternoon devoted to the re-
reports , verbal and written , of
the national congress.
Miss Mary Lanius , regent of
the local chapter , entertainingly
and graphically told of the meet
ing of the 18th Annual Congress
of the Daughters of the Revolu
tion in Continental Hall , Wash
ington , D. C , the latter part of
April. The Vice-President of
the United States , the French
ambassador , and other distin
guished guests , graced the qcr.a-
sion by their presence. A burst
of triumphant music from the
Marine band announced the ar
rival of the President General ,
Mrs. McLean. Every daughter
was on her feet in an instant ,
cheering at the top of her voice
and all thought of factional dif
ferences were thrown to the
winds. Mrs. McClcan called the
congress to order , and after a
short devotional service conduct
ed by the chaplain , delivered her
address. She said , "Daughters ,
we have come home ; home to
our own roof ; " she styled Conti
nental Hall a mausoleum of
memory. There was pathos in
her voice when she spoke of her
[ retirement to the ranks , and of
her love for the work , declaring
her term of office held some of
the sweetesth ! ours of her life.
The Daughters all over the hall
threw kisses to her , while they
wiped tears from their checks.
At the close of her address the
applause was deafening and
Vice-President Sherman was the
first to grasp her hand. Then
followed addresses by Mr. Sher
man , the French cmbnssador and
Judge Stockbridgc. Mrs. Klla
Wheeler Wilcox was introduced
as a woman of "intcruationr.l
fame. " One of her poems was
read , also a letter from 10x-Prcs-
idcnt Roosevelt.
Thursday was election day ,
the day of all days to the
Daughters. The supporters of
the insurgent candidate , Mrs.
Story , of New York , felt confi
dent of her election. None tht
the less optimistic were the ad
herents of the administration
candidate , Mrs. Scott , of 111
Two large boxes were placed on
the stage , one at each side. Bal
lots'containing a list of all the
offices , with blank spaces left for
the names of candidates , were
distributed by the pages. The
list of offices to be filled and the
names ol candidates were printed
in large black letters , on paper
stretched over a large board.
Ballots were folded in the center
and stamped with the date of
the month. No ballot was de
posited until the voters name
had been checked oil and her
badge inspected. The Daugh
ters never before saw such an
exciting time , as was witnessed
in Continental Hall that day.
Amid the din of voices , the dele
gates cast their votes state by
state. The tellers were engaged
all through Thursday night
counting the votes. Mrs. Scott
won by only "eight votes. Every
day during the week Mrs. Mc
Lean received tokens of regret
from the different states , in the
form of roses and llowers of all
kinds and more substantial gifts ,
including three massive pieces
of solid silver from the Daugh
ters. In her farewell address
she thanked the retiring officers
for their efficient services , As
the last strains of the "Star
Spangled Banner" were wafted
over Continental Hall the 18th
congress of the D. A. R. faded
into history , but will never be
forgotten by any one who attend
ed it. A number of social func
tions were given during the
week , including a reception by
President and Mrs. Tafl. Many
of the delegates were veritable
"birds of plumage. " Election
eering was rampant during the
week and delegates forgot to eat.
Thursday morning at eight
o'clock ray sister and her hus
band with their minister and his
wife and self , as their guests ,
started for Lancaster , in their
big white Steam touring car.
The distance is twenty eight
miles and we made the run in
one hour and ten minutes , pass
ing through two cities and two
towns and crossing the mile and
a quarter railroad bridge over
the Susquchanna river in one
minute and a half that did in
deed , seem like Hying through
space. The country lopked
beautiful and the two counties
are well called the garden spjls
BUCKEYE RANCH
SOLD LAST WEEK
Largest Real lislate Deal liter Aladc in
This County. New Owners will '
Make Extensive Improve
ments.
The largest real estate deal
ever made in Custer County land
was closed by I A. Rcueau last
week in Omaha when the Buck
eye ranch of 5,400 acres fifteen
miles south of the city was sold
to P. M. Walker and M. Math-
( Oontinued on page b )
FARAIER BURNS TO'
MEET OSCAR WASEN
Will Wrestle' Champion Heavyweight
on .Inly Illi
WILL PLAN FOR AUTO PAUADIi
A Meeting of all Auto Owners Will lie
Held Here Next Thursday to Make
Plans Tor the Parade.
The general committee on the
Hh of July celebration has ar
ranged to have Farmer Burns
wrestle Oscar Wascinthc ( chaiu-
pion of the state in the heavy
weight class , on tlie evening of
the celebration. Farmer Burns
will bring his tsvo boys with
him and they will give a free ex
hibition during the day.
Wascui wrestled Gotcli , the
champion heavy-weight of the
world , in Council Bluffs Tuesday
evening. Wascui is the cham
pion heavy-weight of Nebraska
and the match here with Burns
promises to be ti very interesting
one. It \yill be the greatest
match ever seen in. this part of
tlie state.
The committee on sports is ar
ranging for some new , novel and
strictly up-to-date sports. The
committee promises something
in the line of sporis that has
never been seen in this part of
the country. They are.trying to
arrange for a game of push ball ,
a game that has probablj" never
been played in Nebraska. A
girls sewing race will be another
new feature.
The committee 'appointed to
arrange for the automobile pa
rade for the Fourth of July celc-
br Cion has cajlajl.a meeting" of
all "of " the automobile owners in
the county to be held itiMcGraw's
office next ' 1 hursday evening. The
automobile p.inule committee
consisting of McGraw , Conrad ,
Martin and Talbot , desires at
that time to take up the ques
tion of the character and the ex
tent of the decorations for the
aulos for the celebration. The
committee must know this in ad
vance in order that the material
necessary' may be ordered. The
auto parade will bo one'of the
finest attractions on the day of
the celebration. The general
committee offers throe prices to
the prettiest atitos in the parade.
The prices will be $15 , $10
and ? 5.
TEAM AND BUGGY
STOLEN SUNDAY
Yoniijr Man Hires Team of I. . Ciisliman
and Disappears.
A young man giving his name
as Roy Norris and claiming to
be the son of a veterinary sur
geon in Superior , Ncbr' , hired a
team of L. Cuslimaii about 10 a.
m. , Sunday and has not been
heard of since. Norns claimed
that he was looking for a loca
tion for his father and he want
ed to drive around a little.
There is some indication that he
took a s uthcrnlv direction , but
no definite information can be
found t'J trace him. Sheriff
Kennedy sent information to all
of the sheriffs and police officers
in the surrounding country Tues
day evening , giving them a de
scription of the nuh and team.
Gush man describes Norris as a
young man about twenty years
of age , five feet eight or ten
inches high , and weighing about
150 pounds. lie wore a white
felt hat with leather baud , a
brown suit of clothes , and tan
shoes.
The horses will weigh about
850 pounds each. One is a bay
horse and the other a brown
marc. The buggy was painted
red.