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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (June 17, 1909)
9) * ) * HUi Llbutitt " * k Cosm COUNTY REPUBLICAIXL VOL. XXVIII BROKEN BOW , OUSTER COUNTY NEBRASKA , THURSDAY , JUNE 17 1009 NO. 2 GREAT PROGRAM FOR 4TH OF JULY Celebration in This City on .Monday , 14 July 5th. I * . GRAND FLORAL AUTO PARADE Two Base Hall Games , Two Balloon Ascensions , Wrestling Matches , Ac robatic and Contortionist Ex hibition , Fireworks and Sports. The program lor the coming Fourth of July celebration On July 5th in this city is announc ed on gage 3 of this issue. The program speaks tor itself. .It showa that the celebration will bs just what its managers claim --the greatest one ever under taken in the western part of Ne braska. No city in this part of the state has been able to secure as good a program as is arranged f for the celebration in this city * ' and the committee guarantees 4' that everything announced on the program is just what it is advertised to be. The committee is expecting fifteen thousand people to come here for the celebration and plans are being laid to see that they are properly taken care of while they are here. The com mittee will instruct the marshals of the day to see that no auto mobiles are running about on the main streets and public roads leading into the city before the time of the automobile parade which starts at 11 a. in. * This is done in order to give the far mers an 'opportunity" get into the city and have their teams taken care of without danger of their scaring at the autos. Every precaution will be taken to see that the automobiles cause no trouble. Two base ball games will be played during the day between Broken Bow and Ansley. These will be played at the Broken Bow base ball park and twenty- five cents admission will be charged. Two moving picture shows will be going all day. The admission to this will be ten cents for adults and five cents for children. Farmer Burns , who was at one time the champion wrestler of the world and who at the pres ent time holds the world's cham pionship in the middleweight class , will wrestle Oscar Wasern , the champion heavyweight of Nebraska. Wasern has met some of the best men in the world and comes here with a reputation be hind him and a determination to win. The match will come off at 7:30 : in the evening and fifty cents admission will be charged. 1 he automobiles for the grand floral auto parade will meet two blocks west of the Methodist church at 11 a. m. Every auto owner in the county is urged to decorate his car and take part in the parade. The committee offers three prizes of $15 , $10 and $5 for the prettiest autos in the parade. The committee appointed to arrange the comic parade is get ting up comical costumes for 150 people. It is expected that this will be one of the funniest features of the celebration. The noon hour is left open so that those who bring basket din ners may get together in the park and enjoy a "dinner like mother used to get up. " The first balloon ascension wil go up at 1 p. m. This will be followed by the address of the day by Rev. Chas , W. Savidge of Omaha. Rev. Savidge has r married several thousand people and the committee otleis a priiw of ten dollars to any couple ihat will iillow him to nn n th tn alter tin : close of his jcltlns The rest of the afternoon will be given over to the penny showers , the wrestling1 exhibition , the ex hibition of contortionist and ac robatic work by Baby Alberteua , .he great eight-year-old acrobat , and the races and other athletic contests arranged by the com mittee. Farmer Burns' two boys who are thirteen and sixteen years old will put on the exhibi tion wrestling match. These boys have traveled over the state wrestling at the county fairs and are recognized as being the two greatest wrestlers in the stale of their age. Partner Burns will referee the match and will give1 a free lecture on the art of wrestling. A new and novel feature will appear in the exhibition of Baby Albertena. Her work has al ways been exciting and marvelous but-the greatest of all the per formances ever put on by her will be the human frog act put .on just after supper. The comical pranks cut up by this human frog will delight the children and bring- forth their merry laughter. An open air band concert will be given in the evening in the public square. The second bal loon ascension will go up at 9 o'clock and will carry a lot of fusees making a grand fireworks display as it soars unto the air. A large quantity of fireworks has been secured and these will be started off at 9:16 : and will last for an hour and one half. COUNTY COURT . SETTLES CASES Three Disputes Taken Into Court and Two Men Found Guilty of Offenses and Fined. The law suit between I. A Reneau and W. J. Woods in which Reneau sued Woods for a sum of money , resulted in a ver diet for Reneau in the sum of $1.00. Reueau paid the costs amounting to $6.00. Diah Woodruff , S. S. McCon. nell and G. L. Grookhaui , of Georgetown , were in the city today. Woodruff and Crookham had some trouble this week over cattle getting through the fence , a few blows resulted. Crookham was charged in county court with assaulting Woodruff. He plead guilty to the charge and paid a fine of twenty dollars and costs When the case of the State of Nebraska vs Roy Norris came up in county court this week , Norris waived preliminary examination and was bound over to the Sep tember term of the district court for trial. Norris is the young man who drove L , , Cushman's team off about two weeks ago and left one of the horses at Eddyville and the other horse and the buggy at Lexington and then rode to Sedgewick , Colo. , and paid two days board on twenty cents. Norris is under age and he was placed in charge of Sheriff Ken nedy while awaiting his trial in September. Kennedy secured him a job on Claris Talbots ranch and Norris' wages will be used to reimburse Cushman for his expense in get his team back. George Lortz , a young man who has been working for George Bush , was up in county court this week charged with carrying concealed weapons. Be f xxI I Q S 1 I 1ft 1 ftQ § 1 I 1I I REV. CHARLES W. SAVIDGE . Who Will Deliver The Fourth of July Address in This City on July 5lh. Q > SO C was found guilty and fined $1 and costs. Some trouble arose between Bush and young Lortz over the possession of some coyottes and Lortz is charged by Bush with having drawn a revolver and having threatened to use it. REV. C. W. SAVIDGE SPEAKS JULY 4TH Will Alakc Two Addresses in Interest of His Work on Day Prior to Cel ebration. Rev. Chas. W. Bavidge , of Omaha , who will deliver the 4th of July address in this city will make two addresses here ou Sun day , July 4th. Rev. Savidge is considered by many people as being one of the greatest preach ers in the country. He has married several thousand people and is devoting a great deal of his attention to securing life mates for men and women. Rev. Savidge will speak in the morn ing on "A Leaf From My Own Religious Experience. " The subject of his address in the afternoon will be "Have You Found Your Mate " COMMERCIAL CLUB MEETS WEDNESDAY To Hear Report of President II. l.oniax. II. M. BUSHNELL WILL SPEAK. V Smoker at Temple Theater Wednesday OVeniiig to Give the Members of the Club an Opportunity to K'now What is , Being Done. Hon. H. M. Bushnell , presi dent of the Nebraska Associ ation of Commercial Clubs , will be iu the city next Wedncsdi y and will address a meeting of the local Commercial Club in the Temple Theatre at 8 p. m. , in the evening. Prcs. II. Loiuax , of the city club , will give a re port of what the Broken Bow or ganization has been doing since its organisation Mayor Dan Rockwell will preside and five minute comments on the report will be made by W. A. George , II. M .Sullivan and II. G. Myers Plenty of lunch and cigars will be on hand for consumption. The object of this meeting is to get the citizens of Broken Bow together and give them an op- THE CHILD'S TURN twt IOHC HAD..THE EST t prRT CARE. - THl HtAUH/ PRtVtNTlON of . CONTAGION H ! ! porltinity to learn what the club is doing for the city. The com mittee desires that every man in. Broken Hr > w , rotranlli' q of whether ho is a member ur not , bo priseitt at this meeting. H. Loiuax , F. M. Hubleu and 1C R. Purcell , have been ap pointed as a reception commit tee to entertain Mr. Bushnell while he is in the city. The committee appointed to arrange for the smoker consists of George Turner , Dr. W. V. Beck , Dr. F. W. Buckley and II. G. Myers. GLIDING MACHINE FALLS 4000 FEET Professor Sorensen , of Berwyn , lias Nar row Escape. MACHINE BROKEN : MAN UNHURT - HURT Sorensen Raised His New Flying Ma chine to a Height of 1000 Feet by a Balloon and Fell to the Ground in less aMinute / and a Half. Prof. U. Soreuson , of Berwyn , made one of the most daring as censions with his gliding ma chine last Sunday evening that was ever known. The machine was raised to a height of 4000 feet by a balloon and when he cut loose from the balloon he fell to the ground in less than a min ute and one-half. The machine was smashed all to pieces , but Sorensen came out unhurt. When the balloon left the ground carrying the machine it went like a shot and the rudder struck on the ground in such a way as to break it off. This ac cident was not noticed bv Prof. Sorensen and he cut loose from the balloon at a height of al > out 4000 feet , thinking that it was in perfect condition for Hying. The machine upset and started for the ground with lightning speed. Prof. Sorensen went coolly to work to check its rapid fall as much as possible and suc ceeded in getting it right side up. It then continued a spin ning motion until it hit the ground , taking about a minute and ouii-half to fall the 4000 feet. feet.This This was Prof. Sorenson's first attempt to Ily the machine and he set to work at once to rebuild it and make another trial. The machine will be on exhibition in Broken Bow on July 5 , the day of the great 4th of July celebra tion. Prof.Soreuson will make two balloon ascensions on that day. One of these will go up in the evening carrying a beautiful dis play of lireworda. ENROLLMENT REACHES 216 Junior Normal Management Compliment ed by Sup ) . Purdue. INSTITUTE CLOSES THIS WEEK A Number of Very Interesting Chape lalKs Made Social Given for Teachers Last Saturday Evening in Chapel Hall. The first two weeks of the Junior Normal in this city which constitutes the teachers institute closes this week. The law re quires that all teachers shall be in attendance at this institute. The total enrollment to date is 216. Many of the teachers are preparing to take examinations at the end of this week to secure certificates and many of the school boards over the county Continued to page eight. SUPERVISORS HEAR PROTESTS Citi/ens Object to I.ami Valuations by Deputy Assessors. ' County Live Stock Valuations. Some Road Matters Conic up for Coir slderatlon Equalization of Person al Taxes fur 1909 not Fin ished. The attention of the County Board of Supervisors has been argcly taken up this week with he hearing of protests on the valuations of real estate by the leputy a sessors. Protests have ) ccn made by John Sweeney , Charles Scholz , Frank Weisen- ridcr and II. M. Marquiss , of this city ; M. 13. Gordon , of vlcrua ; C. D. Hcluis , of Analey ; Joe Right of Berwyn ; Jackson , Dye , of Comstock ; S. A. Kelley , of Mcrua , and William Uartuer , and Ellis Hauson , of Oconto. These men were all before the > oard in person. . Ilcury Brown , of Oconto , was here as a witness a one of the hearings. The Kapp road and the Wise road will be taken up this week. J. F. Rapp , J. O. Taylor and Tud Kay , are here looking after their interests in the Rapp road. A. II. Wise and Alfred Cooper are in the city to appear before the board when the Wise , road comes up for consideration. The work in equalising the jcrsonal property has not been completed. According to the returns mada by the deputy assessors there are 33,171 headof horses jn the county. The total value of.these s $2,028,299 and the average value per head $61.14. The dep- ily assessor found 1,915 mules subject to taxation. They are valued at $133,215 and this gives them an average value per head of $69.57. The average value of the mules is aoout $3.50 higher than the average of the horses. LMie returns show 99,976 head of , cattle valued at $1,855,0-14 , mak ing an average value of $ ,18.55. 0,958 head of these are fat cat tle valued at $302,481 , giving an average of $43.61. The stock cattle number 92,873 head rnd arc valued at * 1,448,503. The average value is $15.60. The re ports show 82,912 hogs in the count } ' . These are valued at $522,307. The schedules show quite a wide difference in the valuations made by the different assessors and the changes made by the board of equalization will be published next week. ODD FELLOWS WILL BANQUIIT Celebrate Twenty-fifth Anniversary of l.ocae Organization. PROGRAM AT LODGE ROOM Grand Master Miller Will be Here to Take Part in the Program , Re- bekahs Prepare Banquet. On Monday evening , June 28th , the Odd Fellows of Broken Bow will celebrate the 25th an niversary of the organization of the order in this city. On this occasion the Grand Master of the State will be here , and a special session will be Leld in the hall at 3 o'clock in the after noon , At 8:30 : o'clock a very in teresting program will be ren dered in the lodge room , and at 10 o'clock the members and in vited guests will repair to the Temple theater , where a ban quet , prepared by the Rebekahs , ( Continued to puge eight. )