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Herbert G. Myers , Editor and Publisher
Hay , Emerson , bow about the
fact that the primary law enabled -
abled about one hundred Demo
crats to vote for Humphrey ?
"Was there any lameness about it
in that particular ?
The statement made by the
Chief that the editor of this
paper "connived with the Demo
crats for Democratic votes , " in
the primary campaign is an ab
solute falsehood and we call
upon the editor of the Chief tp
produce his evidence to prove his
charge. Over one hundred Re
publican voters in Broken Bow
township were pledged to go to
the primary and vote for N. D.
Ford for county judge. There
was ample evidence for two
weeks previous to the primary
that a large number of Demo
crats in this township expected
to vote for Humphrey and Ford
would have carried this town
ship if the Democrats had stayed
out of the Republican primary
here.
Ghosts , Emerson , nc\cr stand
for "revenue only. " That must
be the reason why they have
haunted you so during the cam
paign ,
If a man who stanOs for prin
ciple is a Democrat , 12aicrson ,
what political stripe is a man
who stands for anything that
will bring in the revenue ?
It is plain that there could ba no
particular connection between
the candidacy , or the possibility
of the candidacy of the editor's
"brother 15:1" : for congress or
any other office and the nomi
nating of a good , clean man for
county judge.
Seems a little- queer that
Emerson Purcell sees so many
phosts in the nolitical carnnaitrn
this year. They always say that
a man who sees ghosts is a little
off the track in some way. There
must be something haunting you
Emerson or you would not be
seeing ghosts all of the time.
It is an easy matter to say
that what has been said by this
paper about E R. Purcell's work
in politics is a "fake aitack , "
but why don't you prove it
Emerson ? We challenge
you to prove that the charges
made against you are false. We
are not throwing rot as you are ,
we are stating undeniable facts ,
If taking a stand for honestj
and a fair and square deal ir
politics makes a man a Demo
crai , then the editor of this
paper is a Democrat , but the
people at the recent priman
election did not sec in to take the
matter that way. They seem tt
think that a square deal was tlit
best policy in Republican poli
tics , at least they voted thai
way.
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yon are thinking of something in
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are showing a good 4
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IF you want a mower to cut your
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o
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When the votes are counted
next November you will find ,
Emerson , that the editor of this
paper has been a member of the
Republican aid society.
Glad to know , Emerson , that
this paper was of some assist
ance to Humphrey in the pri
mary campaign. Would have
been awful sorry to have seen
him receive a. worse defeat than
he got.
Primary laws , Emerson , are
not put on the statute books for
the benefit of the man who is in
politics for revenue only. Pri
tnary laws are enacted to enable
he people to defeat the man
bo is in politics for revenue
and elect the man who gives
: > rotnise of serving them as hon
est , conscientious public ser
vants.
George Porter , Kepublican
candidate for register of deeds ,
was a visitor in this town for an
hour'or two Tuesday morning.
George's popularity throughout
the county and his known effi
ciency as a qualified official , was
a little too strong a combination
for the average Republican office-
seeker to run up against , so he
had no opposition for the nomi
nation. He found time while in
town to call at this office and
talk about the old days in Mason
City , when he helped as a boy to
run off the Transcript on the old
Army press. The editor then
didn't have to wear spectacles tc
see the nicks in the type.
Mason City Transcript.
P regressive Nebraska Republi
cans are sadly in need of a
leader a live wire like LaFol
lette , Cummins , Bristow or Bev >
eridge who will draw to hin
the thousands upon thousands of
Nebraska tnci. who believe as do
the Republicans of Wisconsin ,
Iowa , Kansas , Indiana and Min
nesota , the states that furnished
the senators who held out to the
last against the Aldrich-Payne
tariff bill. The great majority
of Nebraska Republicans are the
same sort of people as the Re
publicans of the five states men
tioned , but while the latter are a
known , organized and powerful
force today , expressing their
voice through their national
leaders , we here in Nebraska are
resting on our oars , silent , im
movable. The rest of the
country doesn't know we are on
earth. Lincoln Star.
A voice from far off Custer
county cries the failure of the
direct primary there on two
counts (1) ( ) It is expensive. (2) ( )
The farmers will not turn out to
vote , so that tue "ring-rulers" of
the town control the results.
Yes , the direct primary is expen
sive. The first cost of popular
government is ever large , much
larger than despotic government ,
which is the cheapest of all in
first cost since it requires no
elections at all. The despot's
rule is costlier in the long run
by reason of the force required
to keep his subjects in subjec
tion Self governing people ,
being themselves responsible for
the acts of government , require
no such restraint. In the long
run they operate more happily ,
as well as more cheaply. Note ,
for instance , with how much
more satisfaction they accept di
rect primary nominations , made
by themselves , than convention
nominations made by a boss ,
though their own nominations
may be of no higher quality.
And the farmers stay at home
and let the towns make the nom
inations. Very well , Democracy ,
of which the direct primary is a
facility , can only set men free
and give them means of saying
so. It cannot make them exer
cise their freedom. If the far
mers elect to allow the town people
ple to govern them that is an
argument against farmers , not
against direct primaries , State
Journal.
Better keep still , Emerson , or
else produce evidence to prove
your statements.
II. C. Chase , one of our live
real estate dealers and one of our
heaviest tax payers , brings up
the following figures which will
undoubtedly be of interest to our
readers. The following figures
are on two quarters of land one
in Sherman county and one in
Custer. The quarter in Custer
s better improved and lies near
er town by three miles than the
one in Sherman county and is
valued at about HOOU.OO more
ban the quarter in Sherman ,
but instead of being taxed
higher the taxes are as follows :
For the year 1907
Custer Sherman
$16 21 * 22.39
For the year19C8
Custer Sherman
$16.72 $21.99
For the year 1909
Custer Sherman
$24.12 , 131.96
This does not go to show that
the citizens of Custer are over-
riden with taxes , but plainly
goes to show that it is not a di
vision fight for the lessening of
taxes , but division to definitely
gain a county seat for Callaway ,
Ansley and Sargent. Do we ,
the citizens of Mason City and
community , want division with
these facts staring us in the
face. If not what are we going
to do to prevent it. It is high
time we were waking up and
looking the situation squarely in
the face. Our neighbors al
Ansley are busy constantly witb
teams and automobiles in the
territory surrounding our towc
securing votes for their cause ,
while we , like a bunch ol
"Dubs" are laying idle and doing
nothing to offset this work.
Mason Citv Star.
EMERSON'S PRAYER.
It is said that Bro. Purcell has
memorized the following prayer
and was memorizing it the other
day as he went into Judge Hum
phrey's office for a legal notice :
0 , Almighty Dollar , our ac
knowledged governor , preserver
and benefactor we desire to approach
preach thee on this and every
other occasion , with the rever
ence which is due superior ex
cellence , and that regard which
should always be cherished for
exalted greatness. Almighty
Dollar ! without thee in the
world we can do nothing , but
with the we can do all things
When sickness lays its palsying
hand upon us , thou canst pro
vide for us the tenderest of
nurses , the most skillful physi
cians , and when the last strug
gle of mortality is over and we
are being borre to the last rest
ing place of the dead , thou canst
provide a baud of music and an
escort to accompany us thither ,
and last , but not least , erect a
When you buy
toilet soap
you want soap , not pre
miums. Don't pay for
something y o u do n't
by buying from canvass
ers their sweet-scented
wares. You want a soap
that will leave the skin
white and soft and leave
a pleasant order.
We sell Tar Soap , Glyc
erine Soap , Oat Meal
Soap , Cocoa Oil Soap ,
Castile Soap , Carbolic
Acid Soap , and soaps of
all kinds. All of them
are high grade and you
will get your money's
worth in SOAP if you
by them of
Si n , LEE
The Busy Druggist
magnificent monument over our
graves with a long epitaph to
perpetuate our memory.
And while here in the midst
of misfortunes and tetnpations
of this life , we perhaps are ac
cused of crime , and brought be-
bre magistrates , thou , Al
mighty Dollar ! cinst secure to
us a feed lawyer , a bribed judge ,
i packed jury , and we go out
cott free.
Be with us , we pray thee , in
all thy decimal parts , for we feel
that thou art the one "altogether
ovely , and the chiefest among
ton thousand. "
We feel there is no true condi
tion of life whence thy potent
and all-powerful charms are not
felt. In thy absence how gloomy
is the household , and how deso
late the hearth-stone ; but when
thou , Oh , Almighty Dollar ! art
with us , how gleeful the beef
steak sings on the gridiron , how
genial the warmth that anthra
cite coal or hickory wood diffuses
throughout the apartments and
what joy continues to dwtll in
every bosom.
Thou art the joy of our youth ,
and the solace of old age. Thou
art the favorite of the philoso
pher and the idol of the lunk
head. Where an election is to
be carried , Oh , Almighty Dollar ,
thou art worshipped the world
over. Thou hast no hypocrites
in thy temples , or false hearts at
thy altars. Kings and courtiers
bow before thee and all nations
adoie thee. Thou art loved by
the civilized and by the savage
alike with unfeigned and unfal
tering devotion.
Oh , Almighty Dollar ! in the
acquirement and defense of
human liberty thou hast placed
armies in the field , and navies on
the ocean. At the uplifting of
thy powerful hand their thunders
would break and their light
nings flash. Thou hast bound
continents together by the tele
graphic cables ; and made the
varied products of our country
available to all by a perfect .net
work of railroads. The forest
has been prostrated and the des
ert made to bloom as'a rose.
We continue to regard thee as
the hand-maid of religion and
the twin sister of charity.
Oh , Almighty Dollar ! be with
us , we beseech thee , attended by
an inexpressible number of thy
ministering angels , made in
thine own image , even if they
be but silver quarters , whose
gladdening light shall illumine
the value of the penury and
want with heavenly radiance ,
which shall cause the awakened
soul to break forth in acclama
tions of joy.
Almighty Dollar ! thou art the
awakener of our energies , the
guide of our footsteps' and the
goal of our being.
And now , Almighty Dollar ! in
closing this invocation , we real
ize and acknowledge that thou
wert the god of our grandfathers ,
the twofold god of their children
and the threefold god of their
grandchildren.
Permit us to possess thee in
abundance and in all thy varied
excellencies is our constant and
unwavering prayer. Amen !
Three million acres of govern
ment land to be opened for set
tlement about October 1st in
South Dakota. Uncle Sam's
greatest land drawing. These
lands to be opened under the
United States homestead laws.
For reliable information about
these lands , send 25 cents ( sil
ver ) for our interesting little
booklet , "The Cheyenne and
Standing Rock Reservations , "
tells about the history , topogra
phy and soil , climate , rainfall ,
who may take homesteads , etc. ,
compiled by state historian. In
cludes also up-to-date map of
South Dakota showing lands to
be opened.
If you are interested in secur
ing 160 acres of this rich land ,
wrap up a quarter and send for
this booklet and map at once.
Address Homestead Informa
tion Bureau , Pierre , S. D.
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Work time alarm
Medicine time alarm
Train time alarm
Get up time alarm
At prices that wont alarm
A good nickel alarm clock
Price , $1.00.
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NOTICE OP SCHOOL DISTRICT BOND
ELECTION.
Notice Is hereby given that
a special elec
tion Is hereby called In and for the school
district of Urokcii Bow , in the county of
Custer and State of Nebraska , to be held on
Saturday , the 28th day of August , 1809 , and
there will be submitted to the legal voters
of said school district at said special election
the question of voting school bonds In the
sum of * 35,000.0o for the purpose ot erecting
a new school building and for furnishing
the necessary aperatus and furniture there
for , said school building to be built within
the corporate limits of the City of Broken
Bow , and to provide for the annual levy of \
tax to pay interest on said bonds as it be
comes due In January and July of each year
and to further provide for a Milking tund to
be levied by the board of education , begin
ning A. D. 1919 , and each year thereafter ,
until said bonds are matured , tor an amount
sunlcicnt to pay said bonds at their matur
ity , said bonds to be due and payable A , D.
iwu , and to draw interest at the rale of 4J4
per cent Interest , payable setnl.annually ,
principal and Interest payable at Kouutze
Brothers , the Fiscal Agency of the State of
Nebraska. In the City of New York. Said
bonds to be drawn in Ihc of
sum $1,00000
each and to be signed , sealed and delivered
ai provided by law and in accordance with f
the provisions of Sub-division u , of Chapter
79 , wheelers' complied statntifnr iww
Said election shall be held between the
hours of 9 o'clock a. in. , and ? o'clock p. in. ,
at the city hall on the south side and at the
old college building on the north side of said
school district.
The tickets at said special election shall
have printed on them :
"For the Issuing- bonds , "
"Against the issuing ot bonds , "
Dated August 2nd , 19o9.
1 I. A , R. HUMPHBET ,
L. H. JEWETT , i President.
Secretary.
NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENT-
NONRESIDENTDEPEND
ANTS.
To Prank Payton and '
Nancy T'ayton , non
resident defendants :
You and each of you are hereby notified
that on the 17th day of July , JW , Charles
Oovler Hied in the district court of Custer
county , Nebraska , his petition against you ,
tlieobject and prayer of which are to obtain
a decree against you quieting and continu
ing In himself the title and possession to the
west half ( wJ4) ) of the southwest quarter ( sw
M ) of section 5 ( S ) , township seventeen (17) )
north of range eighteen (18) ( west of the Otb
P. M. In Custer county , Nebraska , decreeing
that you have no estate or Interest in said
premises , enjoining you from claiming any
Interest therein adverse to the'plafntllf and
from interrupting his use and enjoyment
thereof and for general equitable relief
with costs ot suit.
You and each of you are required to
answer said petition on or before the 20th
day of September , 1909.
Dated this 11th day of August , 1909.
aia-sz 4t CHAIILES QOVIEH , Plaintiff.
By SULWVAN & SQIRES , His Attorneys.
Notice.
Parties knowing themselves in
debted to S. P. Great & Co. are
notified to call at the Great
home and settle , either by casher
or note. All unsettled accounts
will be placed for collection
about the 14th of Aug. , 1909.
J22-A.12 S. P. GROAT & Co.
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not three years but to
satisfy you.
Enclose the surface
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coat or two of
Lucas Tinted
*
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and if it is not satisfac
tory to you , we will
furnish paint and
painters to repaint it.
Fair enough ?
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-A , H. SOUDERS--
[ Successor to Ed IsfcComas.