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CDSTER UNTY REPUBLICAN ,
VOL. XXVIII BROKEN BOW , CUSTER COUNTY NEBRASKA , THURSDAY , AUGUST 6 , 1909 NO. 9
OLD SETTLERS
HAVE PICNIC
Large Crowd Gathered in City Wcd
ncsdny.
EX-GOVERNOR ABBOTT SPEAKS
Old Settlers got Together to Talk Over
' old Times.
The annual picnic of the old
settlers of Custer county was
held in this city Wednesday. A
large crowd of people gathered
together for the affair. Those
who brought their dinners sat
down in the shade on the south
side school grounds for their
picnic lunch. Free coffee was
served ,
The parade formed at 1 :30 :
p. m. It was led by the Broken
Bow band. The members of the
Commercial Club formed in line
vearing linen dusters. They
marched around the square and
up to the Lewis Stock Company's
tent where the in afternoon the
following program was rendered :
Invocation . . Rev. Buswell
v.
Address of welcome .
. Mayor Rockwell
Response .
. Pres. J. M : Fodge
Singing . Male Chours
"The Yankee Still Ahead" . . . .
. Olive Pickett
" The Visit of Mrs. Perkins" _
. Violet Larson
Address. . . .Ex Governor Abbott
Short speeches , Judd Kay , Jo
seph Haefele , James Liudley ,
Mr. Hartley , J. D. Ream , J. R.
Dean.
The following old settler's
prizes were awarded :
Oldest Mftlo Se'ttfn'iv'Floriari * ' fciV
oX 187u
Oldest Fenule Settler , Mrs W.
0. Holey , 1875
' * 3 First Born Male Child , Allia , J.
VanAntworp , July ! , 1882
Firnt Boru Fouule Guild , Grace
Bradburo , Feb. 2G , 1885
Winners of the races were as
follows :
Sottleia of 70'a , Edwin F. Mjors
'Stilers prior to ' 85 , Frank Doty
Bo. a rae , under 12 year ? , Clif
ford MoUurmick
Girls nice , under 12 years , Siiban
Kirlqiatrick
Tug of War boLwjon B ttlora of
'SO'a find 'OU'a was won by BOitlors
of 'SU'd
Frank Doty was selected captain
and the following took purt ;
' 80'e U. R. Miller , J. G. W.
Lowi * . B. E. Ash ,
' 90'a A. R. Humphrey , II. F.
Grabeit , John Longfellow , A. L.
Weaver , E. E. Ilogaboom
SPECIAL RACES.
Special boys rnco , Rabbit Conrad
Loug man's rnce , participated iu
by Joe Rtul Cloon Cannon , Clyda
Carlos and John'Campbell , won by
Olydo Cnrlos
Colored race , Alexander
The officers elected were
J. E. Cavenoo , president
D. C. Konkel , 1st vico-prosident
J. J. Douglas , 2J vioo-preaidont
E R. Purcell , sec'y-troasuaor
Mrs. 0. L. Guttcraou , luatoiiau
REPUBLICANS
BE CONSISTENT
Follow Resolutions and Noniiiianle Clean
Progressive Men.
The Republicans of this county
in mass convention on Saturday ,
July 24 , adopted resolutions com
mending senators , La Follette ,
Nelson , Dolliver , Cummins ,
Crawford , Bristow , Burkett and
Brown for their stand for pro
gressive Republicanism iu the
senate fight over the tariff bill.
What do you suppose these men
would say about a county judge
who helps a railroad select a
jury whcu the interest of one of
his constituents is at stake. Can
the Republicans of this county
consistently endorse these progre
ssive statesmen and then nomi
nate a politician of the old type
like A. R , Humphrey for county
judge ? They certainly cannot.
The only thing lor us to do is to
be consistent , follow the spirit
of the resolutions , and put a
food clean man on the ticket.
COLLEGE PEOPLE
TO HAVE PICNIC
Cusler County People who Have
Attended College Will go
Into Country.
The College Club ot this city
will give a country picnic * Fri
day evening , August 14. The
college men of the county got
together for a banquet at the
Burlington hotel about three
months ago' and this country
picnic was planned at that time.
The ladies will also take part in
the picnic and every one in the
county who has' taken all or a
part of a college course is eligible
to attend.
Dr. Buckley , Dr. Fordyce ,
Willis Caldwell , Nel Gutterson ,
Adah Bowen and Edith Lomax
will be on the program for toasts.
Edwin F. Myers will act as
toastmaster. It is the intention
of the college people to maintain
a permanent organization and
neet occasionally for a good
time socially and listen to a pro-
jraui.
DUTCHMAN VALLEY.
- E.arly last Saturday .morning
the pick tiers began to come to
the grove of Martin Bates to
spend the da ) ' . At noon dinner
was spread under the trees and
after it was cleared away an in
teresting program was rendered
n which all willingly took part.
After the program Rev. Syden-
ham gave an effective talk about
the importance of little things.
He was'followed by Rev. Jack
son. When the speaking was
ended , the young folks flocked to
the ball ground where Bcrwyn
and Broken Bow were contesting
For the supremacy. They were
Iriven to shelter , however by the
approaching storm and the next
two hours were spent in wailing
against the weather man , and
wondering which team was
ahead when the game stopped ,
and when at last the rain ceased ,
everybody agreed that the picnic
had been a "thundering" success.
Alf Sloggett has his threshing
about done and will soon begin
threshing for the rest of the
neighborhood.
Corn in this vicinity was but
slightly damaged by hail last
Saturday.
Vivian Slogget is moving in at
Lou Rapp's place north'of Trip-
lett's , where he will take up his
abode for the next year.
Ira M. Foster went to Potn-
eroy. Iowa , Tuesday.
M. D. Welch , of Berwyn , was
a city visitor Sunday.
C. G. Etnpfield , of Anselmo , is
in the city today.
Miss Pearl Eddy , nf Merna ,
visited friends in this city the
first of the week.
Lewis Roberts , of Omaha , is
visiting this week with his sis
ter , Mrs. P. A. Walton.
The remains of Willie D. Rog
ers , son of Mr. and Mrs. W. D.
Rogers was shipped to this city
this week for burial. Mr. and
Mrs. Rogers are former residents
of Broken Bow and now reside in
Huron , S. D.
FACTS ABOUT
COUNTY OPTION
Resolution Passed by Republican Con *
vent ion.
Was Passeds a Substitute
Anti Saloon Resolution was not Passed
by the Convention and Should not
Have Been so Reported'
Editor Chief :
Referring to the editorial in
the HKPUBUCAN of this morning
concerning the resolution offered
by me favoring county option in
the Republican convention which
was adopted as a separate reso
lution , I do not tnink that Judge
Humphrey can in any way be
criticised for this resolution not
appearing in the state papers
with the platform adopted by
the county convention. The
platform adopted was written in
duplicate while the resolution I
offered was a single type written
page. A copy of the resolutions
offered by the committee was
furnished the reporter , it being
a carbon copy of the resolutions
adopted by the convention.
My resolution was a single copy
and was retained by the secre
tary of the convention. If it
had been drawn in duplicate and
a copy furnished the reporter it
would have gone with the others.
Judge Humphrey supported the
resolution I offered on the floor
of the convention and the reso
lutions offered by the committee
covered the same matter as my
resolution , but not in so many
words.
Surely no blame can attach to
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Humphrey' for 'this resolution
not appearing as intimated by
the REPumjcAN , N. T. GADD.
July 30th , 1909.
The above communication was
published in last week's issue of
; he Chief in reply to an editorial
.n this paper.
I have no desire to enter into
a controversy with Mr. Gadd ,
but he has seen fit to rush into
print in reply to a statement of
mine and I feel that it is a duty
I owe to myself and to the read
ers ot this paper to state the
facts in the case. I have said
nothing about Judge Humphrey
that I did not feel certain was
the truth and I do not intend to
change my policy.
So far as my criticism of
Judge Humphrey's action in not
informing the reporter for the
state papers that the county
option resolution had been
adopted is concerned I am more
certain now than I was last week
that my position was correct-
Mr. Gadd was the first man to
complain to me about Humph
rey's failure to get the county
option resolution in. He criti
cised Humphrey for his action
and stated thit he had person
ally wired it to the State Jour
nal the following day. When I
asked him what reason he
thought Humphrey could have
for not including it in the report
he stated as his only reason that
it was his conviction that Hum
phrey has been a high license
advocate and does not now and
never has favored county option ,
Had Mr. Gadd not have made
this statement I would not have
written the editorial , so that he ,
himself , is really responsible for
my criticism of Humphrey on
this point. Just why he should
make such a statement to me
and then publish a statement
taking the other side I cannot
say. I leave this for the people
to judge. If any one doubts
these statements I can bring a
sworn statement of myself and a
witness to back up iny words.
So much then on Mr. Gadd's
position in this matter and we
will proceed to a consideration of
the communication written
abuve.
The applause which greeted
the introduction of the county
option resolution showed that
the delegates regarded it as the
most important part of the reso
lutions. I stated last week that
this resolution was passed as a
substitute to the anti-saloon resolution
elution in the committees report.
I have telephoned to Secretary
Dunn at Callaway and I find that
the secretary's records back me
up in my statement. This then
makcH the resolution a part of
the original resolutions of the
committee and the anti-saloon
resolution in the state papers
was not adopted by the conven
tion and Mr. Humphrey should
not have given the reporter
the impression that it was
adopted. The facth that the
county option resolution .was
written on a separate sheet of
paper has nothing to do with
the question and is absurd when
used as an argument in Humph
rey's defense. Why didn't Hum
phrey tell the reporter that the
most important resolution adopt
ed by the convention was not on
the paper he handed him ?
Docs the "elimination of the
open saloon" and county option
mean the same thing Mr , Gadd ?
No one but Humphrey knows
whether he supported the resolu
tion on the floor of the conven
tion. He said he wouldn't ob
ject to its passage. The vote
was taken by yeas and nays.
Did you hear Judge Humphrey
say > x > a Mr. Gadd ? It would be.
political suicide for him to
openly oppose it when the senti
ment was so strong * for it and
Humphrey is dot looking for
"political suicide" just now.
If Mr. Gadd desires to answer
this I will give him space in this
paper for it next week.
HBRIIBRT G MYKHS.
J. N. Ottun , D. V. Joyncr , N.
D. Ford and J. F. Wilson , were
candidates who were in the city
for the Old Settlers picnic.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis and Mr.
and Mrs. Hamilton of the Lewis
Stock company were guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin at din
ner today.
Mrs. A. L. Xanders and daugh
ter , Irene , returned Wednesday
evening. George is expected
home last of the week. Lducks
has gone to Red Cloud to play
base ball this summer.
Supervisors Grint and Lee are
in the city this week. They and
Supervisor Cushtnan constitute a
checking committee to go over
the books of the county officers.
Mrs. Delia Richards and her
little boy and girl came down
from Alliance last Friday and
visited Saturday and Sunday
with her mother , Mrs. P. A ,
Walton.
Mrs. F. M. Rublce left Wed
nesday for Culver , Indiana , to
visit her son Kenneth who is
attending the military academy
there. Mr. Rublee accompanied
her as far as Grand Island.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Swan and
Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Prettyman
returned Friday from their trip
to the coast. Swan says that
they saw some very good country
but none of it was better than
Custer County.
Vera , the thirteen year old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. R.
Deming , died Monday morning
from a rupture of the appendix
caused by an absess which de
veloped from a case of appendi
citis. Rev. Aubrey preached the
funeral sermon ,
A GREAT CUSTER
COUNTY FAIR
Is Heieg Planned by the Fair Associa
tion.
Sorenson's Aeroplane to Ply
DC Carver Will be Here With His Diving
and Ducking Horses niul Novelty
Racds Using Five Horses.
President Sullivan and Secre
tary Orr of the Custer County
fair association arc getting up a
very strong program for the
county fair this fall. They have
just signed up a contract with
Prof. Sorensen , of Berwyn , to
make a Might with his new Aer
oplane. Sorensen is the man
who rose 4000 feet in the air
with his aeroplane recently and
fell the distance without
getting hurt. Since his first at
tempt to make the flight he has
been remodeling the aeroplane
and making several improve
ments on it. Mr , Sorensen be
lieves that his new aeroplane
will be an improvement over all
others in the country and he as
sures the officers of the fair as
sociation that his machine will
stay in tlie air under his control
when he makes his exhibition
flight during the fair.
They have secured Dr. Carver ,
of Madison , Wisconsin , to give
an exhibition with his trained
bucking horses. Dr. Carver has
five trained bucking horses.
These horses will be handled by
expert riders and the bucking
will be no fake either.
The novelty races which prov
ed to be. > such an attraction a
couple of years ago , will be a
third event on the program
which will add greatly to its
attractiveness. Each of the rid
ers will probably use five horses ,
changing horses every mile in
the race.
SPECIAL ELECTION
. ON SCHOOL BONDS
District Asked to Vote $35,000
In Bonds For High School
Building.
The members of the school
board at a meeting this week act
ed on the petition asking them
.o call * a special election to vote
bonds to build a high school
building , and have issued a no-
, ice calling an election on Sat
urday , August 28. The vote
will be on the question of the
issuance of bonds in the sum of
$35,000.
The board has contracted for
Lhe use of two rooms in the
Custer College building for
which they pay $60 per month.
These rooms will be used the
coming year and until more
raotn is provided by the district.
The new building will be used
exclusively for the the high
school students.
The board and President Cor
net , of Custer college , have ar
ranged to hire a music and draw
ing teacher. The teacher will
devote half of his time to the
public schools and half to Custer
college.
A VISirfo
VISirfoMT.
MT. VERNON
Martial Scenes Witnessed at
Encampment.
Mt. Gretna is a spur of the
South mountains and is near the
main routes of travel between
Philadelphia and Harrisburg
and only nine miles from Leba
non , The Pennsylvania Chau-
tauqua association owns 85 acres
of laud enclosed by a high wire
fence. The cottages arc subject
to many restrictions during the
month of Jnly. This is the 18th
annual chautauqua assembly ,
now in session , modeled on the
lines of the New York chautau
qua and presents a splendid pro
gram for the entire month.
Thirty.five acres adjoining are
owned by the United Brethren
church under the name of the
the Cottage Camp Meet
ing association and arc not
enclosed. This year the camp
meeting begins the 3d of Au
gust and continues for ten days.
At the same time the Y. W. C.
T. U. will hold their annual en
campment on the chautauqua
grounds. Here is also a reserva
tion of 5000 acres mostly wood
land , owned by the Colcuian es
tate , and adds much to the at
tractiveness of a summer home
for the resident population of
nearly 3000 people. The first part
of September the Missionary La
dies Cofcrencc of the Presbyterian ,
church in the U. 8. A. will be
held here. A beautiful lake
called Concwago nestles at the
foot of Mt. Gretna , in the very
lieart of the South Mountains.
Beyond the opposite bank the
state guard and the regular
army frequently camp. At one
end of the lake is a large boat
liouse , where boats cau be rented
by the month or for 25 cents per
hour. Directly across one of the
four lovely rustic summer houses
over-hangs the lake. At the
other end are bath houses and a
fine beach. Nearly opposite are
the ice houses. Way above the
end of the lake , perched nearly
on top of the mountain , is a fine ,
large , new liotel called , The
Concwago , and is reached .by
flights of steps or a narrow
gauged railroad that runs be
tween the station and the rille
range. There are nearly 800'
cottages built right in the
woods , also two tabernacles , a
number of stores and hotels. A
resertoir and pumping station
supply the entire grounds with
excellent water. The sewerage
system is complete. The grounds
are lighted all night by elcctric-
ty. Fire protection , telcgragh ,
telephone , postal service , and
aundry are provided. The
nights are always cool and pleas
ant and you will marvel at the
fact that there is perfect immu
nity from mosquitoes , but there
arc gnats or oats bugs , or some
thing that bites ; there is not the
cast question about the bites , as
[ could prove j'ust ' now , if it was
at all necessary. I call Mt.
Gretna the "city in the woods. "
The trees are mostly chestnut
and evergreen , very tall , either
( Continued to I'ngc ; i )
Miss Ora Squires started Wed
nesday on a months visit with
friejds in York and Omaha and
points in Iowa.
D. M. Amsbcrry returned from
his vacation trip to Seattle this
week. Mrs. Atnsberry will re
turn the last of the week.
Mrs. N. E- Boyd , who went to
Lincoln in February for treat
ment , returned home Thursday
much improved in health.
Miss Alice Fisher , who has
been visiting Miss Mary Morgan ,
returned to her home in Has
tings Wednesday.
Floyd Rockwell , the piano
tuner from York is here for
days. He is a factory expe
ed man. Leave your orders at
the Burlington ,
Mr. and Mrs. R. Ryerson ,
Pete Ryerson , and Mr. and Mrs.
Wash Rankin constituted a party
that started Wednesday on a
coast trip to be gone for a month
or six weeks ,
