CUSTEE COUNTY REPUBLTCM.
7OL. xxvni BROKEN BOW , OUSTER COUNTY NEBRASKA , - THURSDAY , SEPTEMBER 2 , 1909 NO. 13
BOY ARRESTED
FOR BURGLARY
Editor of "Western Boy" Has
Eight Burglaries to His
Credit Case set for
September 30.
Guy W. Ohnsted , the nineteen
year old son of Mr. and Mrs. F ,
M. Olmsted of' ' this city , was
placed under arrest Tuesday
afternoon charged with burglar
izing George Apple's hardware
btore on two different occasions ,
lie was released from the custody
of the sheriff on $300 bond given
by his father and his prelimin
ary hearing was set for Septem
ber 30. Young Olmated had
confessed to entering Apple's
store on December 28 and April
21. The first time he went in
with a key which he had taken
from Apple's desk and the second
time he entered through the
basement window.
About six weeks ago Editors
Beal , Purcell , and Myers got
together for a sort of a confer
ence to consider the advisabiKty
of getting out a search warrant
to search youag Olmsted's ' 'Wes
tern Boy" office for printing
material that it was believed he
( Olmsted ) had taken from Ihe
different printing offices. It
was decided that the better plan
would be to give the boy a
chance to straighten up and
make a good citizen. The men
went to the "Western Boy" office
and young Olmsted was told that
they had become convinced
that he was stealing from them ,
that he was a young man who
had made a mistake , and that
he would be given an opportunity
ifehten the matter out
without being proscecuted pro
vided that he would promise to
turn everything over and quit
his stealing. He readily agieerl
to do that and began to the as
tonishment of the men to pile nut
about $200 worth of type , loads ,
s u * s , rules , job printing material ,
etc. The men were convinced
that he had taken some things
from each of the offices but uad
no idea that he had the volume
of stuff that he did.
The matter ran along then un
til } ast Saturday when Mr.
Myers dropped into the office to
talk with Dr. Cole , who has an
office in the same building , and
noticed some of his type and
other material there. He , with
Roy Stratton , of the Beacon
office , went to the Western Hey
office Monday morning , after
young Olmsted had returned
from a picnic on the South Loup ,
to get the property.
A thorough search of the
office was made and Olmsted ad
mitted that he had stolen each
article as it was brought to his
attention though he made no
attempt to find things and turn
them over. He claimed that he
had stolen nothing since
he had been caught about six
weeks ago and that everything
he had was stuff he had at that
time and did not turn over as he
uyreeu.
A speed meter was found in
the office and he admitted steal
ing this and a faucet from O. H.
Conrad. A pearl handled
knife and a ball of
twine he stated after much
questioning had been taken trom
George Apple while he was work
ing for him. Mr. Myers told
him that he must take every
piece of stolen property that be
had back to the man he had
stolen it from and tell him when
and where he got it. This he
agreed to do.
Two suspicious looking keys
were found in one of his desk
drawers and these were found to
resemble very much the keys tu
Apple's store building. When
asked after dinner for the keys
young Olmsted stated that he
had thrown them in the Creek.
Mr. Myers then told him that he
was convinced that the keys
were the keys to Apple's store
and after inquiring how he came
to find out that they were he ad-
milted using them to enter the
store on December 28 and stated
that he went into the store on
April 21 through the basement
window. He had to go in the
second time through the base
ment because Apple had changed
the locks.
Mr. Myers then took him to
Apple's store where he gave a
list of the stolen property. He
secured $15.50 from the safe the
first time he entered the store
and took s.qnic shells , pocket
knives , and oilier small articles
such as lie could carry in his
pockets. One striking thing
about this is the fact that a
little over $4 * in silver was in
the sale at the lime and he took
but $15.50. This would seem to
indicate that it was his intention
to talie small amounts so that
it would not be noticed. The
second time he was in he secured
but $1.65 in money from the cash
drawer and some shells , a ham
mer , a searchlight , a Yale lock ,
a box of small locks , six or eight
knives , a large ball of twine , a
pair of scissors and a 23 revolver.
After giving tli3 list he went
-with Mr. Myers to a place alone *
the creek south of the Olmsted
residence where he had what was
left of the stolen property buried.
This wher returned to Mr. Apple
-was valncdra'raboutlO > ! * e < * ti i
He also admit ted having brok
en into Mrs. Ellis millinery store
one night without gelling any
thing , and in one other place
about $50 worth of property was
secured. lie has later admitted
stealing a l t mington typewriler
from Custer College building lasl
winter. ' he total value of the
property taken from the three
newspaper offices isa'oout $200.
SOCIETY mMS- : ,
JJy Mrs. Am.ui > la tj. X iiuU'rs ,
I'AKUWRM , 1'AHTV.
Miss Adah D. 1 Jo wen gave a
f rcwcll kenr.ington Thursday
afternoon at her pleasant home
in the north part of the city in
honor of her friend , Miss Nell
Gutterson , who will shortly re
turn to her school duties at
Rochester , New York.
Invitations were issued to
about forty-five young ladies ,
who came prepared with an un
usual variety of dainty and use
ful fancy work.
During the afternoon the fol
lowing program was given :
I'iauo Holo. . . . Miss Hilda Kiissow
Vocal solo Miss Hva Cad well
I'lano solo Miss Ina Sullivan
Violin solo Mrs. Gcortre Ktissom
Piano solo Mis * licrnlcu McCoiuas
Vocal solo Miss Irma James
Head til if Mrs. James K. llermou
I'lano solo Miss Frances I < . Wilson
The guests enjoyed an after
noon of rare pleasure.
A delicious course supper was
served by Miss Bowen , assisted
by Misses Eleanor Richardson
and Miss Imilda Irene Xanders ,
Orange punch was served during
the afternoon.
SURPRISE PICNIC.
A few of the D. of H. friends
of E. R. Purcell dreamed of giv
ing him & surprise basket picnic
on the lawn of his home in the
north part of town last Monday
evening.
The dream materialized
Emerson was undoubtedly a very
much surprised man , but then ,
so were the picnic party , when
for various reasons , they found
it impossible to hold the picnic
'on ' his lawn.
After some discussion the
bountiful supply of good things
were transferred to the lawn at
the Episcopal rectory.
Atcr Ihe picnic feast the party
scattered about the lawn in
groups and enjoyed themselves
in a social way. Late in the
cveni-v watermelons raised on
the Jilliii'b | fjrm were served the
guests. The same party are lay
ing plans for another picnic in
the near future.
LIFE IN JAIL
IS WEARING ONO.
Man Under Tliirly Day Sentence Anxious
To Get Out.
Charles Davics , the New
Helena blacksmith who was sen
tenced to thirty days in jail
about a mouth ago was released
Tuesday. Davics seemed to take
jail life coolly at first , but the
last few days he was in he show
ed very clearly that it was wear
ing on him. lie received a let
ter from his wife a few days ago
stating that theii baby was very
isick. This together with the
monotony of looking through
the jail bars changed his counte
nance from a pleasant one to a
serious look , and brought forth
a continuous spell of crying. He
was charged with obtaining
money under false pretenses.
While in Omaha about a month
ago he pretended that he was
sick and wrote to his partner
and obtained money on that
plea.
GET A BIG VOTE
Carried on Both Sides of School
District. School Opens
Monday.
After an interesting , but one
sided election last Saturday the
school bonds carried by 263
votes. The most of the strength
of the opppsition to the bonds
was on the south side of the dis
trict , but even at the south poll
ing place the bonds carried by a
majority of eleven. The majority
on the north side was 253- The
necessity for the building and
the desire of the people for good
school facilities was so strong
that the opponents of the bonds
were not able to make much
headway. An inspector examin
ed the boilers of the furnaces in
both of the school buildings this
week and found them in safe
condition. School opens next
Monday.
J. M. Kimberling is in Frank
lin this week. He expects to re
turn to the cily Monday.
Dr. Bass has moved his office
from over McComas' lo the
rooms up-stairs in the Todd
building.
D. W. Lantcrman and daugh
ter , Merle , returned this week
from a visit of two weeks in
Custer , Okla.
John Dalton , who has spent
the past year at the naval acad
emy at Annapolis , Md. , is ex
pected home the last of the week
to spend his vacation with his
parents. John ib now a guest at
Christian Brothers college at St.
Louis , Mo.
Manager Great of the north
side opera house has secured the
Benjamin Stock company to play
ever } ' night during fair week.
Mr. Benjamin and his company
have played to crowded houses
whenever they have been in
Broken Bow and the people of
this city will be glad to know
that they will be here fair week.
COUNTY FAIR TO
BI } GREAT SUCCESS
The Admission Pee Will Not Be
Raised to Fifty Cents as
Previously Announced.
The itoard of Directors of the Agri
cultural , Society arc putting forth every -
ory possible effort to nmko the coin-
Ins county fnlr u success. In this
effort IUo Uoard la keeping constant ,
ly In JwW two thong * . -J. The first
Is to/Jtmiko / the Fair inulructivo by
dome \rifjratliuj the posslblltles of this
oounty.flts soil and the Importance
of HOGimtlnntcil , the advantages ol
breeding the best possible classes ol
homes , Cattle , and hoga. The second
thought < of the Hoard la to make the
fair entertaining.
All classes of people attend the
Fair. S ome attend for the purpose
of cdndatlon , others to bo nmuse'd
In each class there Is an Infinite vn-
rlety of minds. Of those desiring In.
formation , ono will probably confine
his Investigation to the cattle depart
ment ; another to the horao depart
ments still another mnyii ot see the
various sklnds of millet , corn and al
falfa'1 , ' Others may care little or noth-
ingrapr any of those and give theli
Oiirtrb' attention to the stables where
nr fjiouBPd the race horses , and to
th * jracps upon the track. Still oth-
iy4 take little Interest In any ol
tilings but bo greatly Inter-
.u the aeroplane , the diving
; < > r the riding of the "out-
I bucking steers ,
so' and satisfy all Is the
tlfb management of the
ilr , and this they feel con.
ftdeni'lfihey can do from September
14th. t the 17th. inclusive. But
they cannot do this alone. They
must have the assistance of the citi
zens oftlie county.
Them .must bu a large and varied
exhibition of agricultural products.
You have a part of these products , 11
not all growing on your farm at ; this
mojnent. > * A 'itUeefforton your part
of the various products yon have
the arrangement * of them In tastj
order and the bringing or sendlnp
of them to the Pair will bo a great
aid to the Society and yon will be
surprised at the pleasure you derive
Irom this work , yourself.
The happiest woman at the Fall
last year was the ono who hai
some eighty different varieties of ag
licullurnl products. It is true shr
took homo In aggregate premium ?
something like $ GO , but the real pleas
tire was In the raising and selecting
of these products and the cxhibllon
of them to the hundreds of interest
cd neighbors. Won't you take hold
.U onc'p and prepare something foi
exhibition ? If yon haven't anything
in the farm products , that you desire
tr exhibit , look through your few
yard and yon will bo surprised at the
number of splendid chickens , turk
cys , geese or ducks that you will dis
cover mo worthy of exhibition. Look
your horses and' mules over and sec
If there Isn't something there that
you would take pleasure In exhibit
lug-
In the list of premiums for horses
and mules , lot 1 , are thoroughbreds
Six different premiums offered ; one
for stallions , three years old ; one
for stallions two years old ; one for
stallions or fllleys one year old , one
year old sucking colts , mares three
years old and over , fllleys two years
old and under. The aggregate ol
Hi > ; : premiums la for first premium
a if2fi , for second premium Is $1U.
Lot 2 h the standard bred , name
promnlni. Lot ! ! Is I'ercheron , Nor-
nan a i.l Belgium with the same dlf
'ore-lit classen.
Lot < 1 , Shiror. and Clydes. Lot C
In the heavy carriage horses. Lot
7 , be < t farm teams. First premium
$ ti , second premium Is ? U. Lot 9 la
mules with five different classes ;
first class Is jack of any ago ; sec
oad class la mule two years old 'an\ '
over ; 3rd. mule ono year old and under
dor ; fourth , nlngle mule , sucking
colt ; tlfth , pair of mules three years
old and over In harness. Lot 10 Id
sweepstakes with four classes. In
thH lot , to the owner of the best
etalllon la paid a prmolum of $20 ;
best mare $20 ; best miiro with suck * .
Ing colt showing breeding qualities
of mare Is $15 ; and best colt $10.
CATTIE DEPARTMENT : In this
department six premiums for short
horns are offered. First premiums ag
gregate ? 2G , second premiums $12
some Jerseys with the same premi
ums ; Holstolns , the same ; Horfords
same ; Galloways and Polled Angtm
the same , and the aggregate premiums
for Hweepstakea Is $80.
Class -I la the hogs with thirty-
three different premiums.
In the poultry department Is an ag
gregate of four hundred premiums ;
first In each class $ t , second GO cents
In the farm product department
thoro. la paid an aggregate of 125
premiums besides the special prom
luma ranging from $1 to $1 ! first prem
lums ami fifty cents to $2 for second
.premiums.
There la n Bpeclal premium foi
farm products as follows : $2 each
and a season ticket for a collection
of not leas than fifteen varieties
which must Include corn , wheat
oats , potatoes , millet and alfalfa In
proper form for exhibition.
While wo mention the aboo as n
special premium , In fact It IM not a
premium. It Is simply a reward for
us many as will bring In this special
exhibit. Every ono who brings the
fifteen varieties In proper form arc
given the season ticket and $2.
There la a special premium also ol
$10 for sucking colts , four In iiumbei
by same sire. Owners not nessarl-
ly the same.
If you have never exhibited before
do so this year. You will find It i
real pleasure , and while no single la
very largo the premiums will pay you
something for the trouble. Your rca
pay , however , will bo In the pleasure
yon derive from the effort.
Attractions. .
The cost of attractions this ycai'
la the greatest over paid out by the
Association and will unquestionably
bo the greatest and give the most
pleasure. The diving horses from n
forty foot tower will certainly please
every ono. It Is the perfection of
this class of amusements. A few
yeais ago a fake attraction of a div
ing elk was advertised. The manage ,
mont of the Fair sent a ropreaenta
live to witness this exhibition whc
dhcovored that Mister Elk had to be
dragged to the top of the tower and
then pushed off Imto the pool below
and the Association refused to make
a contract with the diving elk. Thosi
horses of their own accord and n
the command of their owner from
below , Dr. Carver , walk up the long
incline to the tower , proudly , In style
and with seeming pleasure. On
reaching the platform at the top ol
the tower , they walk out to the
marginstand there with arched neckH
intelligent faces , proud of the achlev
ment they are about to accomplish
and at the word swing out Into the
air , descending In a circle to the
pool beneath. There Is not an at
traction in the world like It.
The management guarantees to paj
back to every person who attends
the Fair his money If ho is not
pleased with tills performance. Many
of our citizens saw the performance
at Grand Island a year ago. Out
former sheriff N. E. Armstrong could
not talk of anything else for a week
and was often heard to say that he
would not have misaod seeing thin
performance for a hundred dollars.
The Interest In tills performance if
perfected and Intensified from Ihe
fact that the horses are ridden by r-
beautiful and cultured yo'ung woman
In their wild leap to the water below
The poolof water Into which the hors
es dive la twenty by twenty font with
a depth of sixteen feet of water.
The performance of Lady Weaver
the moit famous guldelesa wonder in
the world , never falls to aroiino the
enthusiasm and affection of her au
dience. Her every movement dlsclos
es grace , activity and strength , and
the Intelligence she displays Bcemn
to be human. She will make her
nllo on this track , decked In1 her
ribbons , bunting and flags , In 2:15 :
without a cart and without a driver
The three relay races , ono each da >
will greatly please the audience. The
management la anxious to secure all
the entries possible In these races ,
Hero Is an opportunity for the young
men and the young ladles of the
county who love horse and ' horse
back riding to earn some good prem
turns.
The Aeroplane.
Prof. Sorenspn asmiroa the manage
ment that he has his aeroplane com-
plftto. It Is built upon the plnn | pi
the aeroplanes of thu east , pictures
of which arc frequently seen In the
leading dailies of the country. While
Prof. Soronsen's escape from his for
mer experience seems miraculous , It
is believed ho wlU make good In his
effort at the Fair without an acci
dent. The management , on learning
of his fall In his first experiment ,
hesitated somewhat to engage him
fearing ho might meet with another
like accident and felt that they could
not afford to allow him to greatly
endanger his lire or loao It In the
presence of a la-rgo audience ; but ho
has awsured them that thcro la no
danger and they finally decided to
engage him and have done so , and
ho feels moat confident of a sceoaa-
fiU' flight.
Because of the enormous expense
of premiums and attractions , and be
cause the surrounding counties all
have charged fifty cents admission ,
the management for a while fell that
It would bo necessary to raise the ad
mission this year to fifty cents , but
they have become satisflcU that the
attendance will bo sufficiently large
EO that they can pay out without
charging the extra fifteen ccutH at
the gate and therefore have determ
ined to announce that only thu usual
price of thirty-five cents admission
will be charged.
Slock Markets.
South Omaha , Sept. 1st , 1909.
There has been a good run of
cattle here this week , but sup
plies have been made up largely
of western range stock. l'cw
corn-feds have been offered , two
loads of the E. T. Graham steers ,
from Crcston , Nebr. , selling at
$7.50 this week , averaging 1550
Ibs. This price is top for the
week and at the top for the sea
son. Good beef is steady to
strong for the week , wkich is
also the case with desirable feed
ers. Good cows arc steady , with
others a shade easier , feeders
of good flesh and quality have
been strong , others slow and
weak. Good to choice heavy
feeders arc quotable at $5 to
$5,35 ; fair to good $4.65 to H 85 ;
good to choice light and medium
weights $4.15 to S4.50 ; fair to
good $3.65 to $4.
The hog market today opened
a nickel higher , but closed with
advance lost. Bulk' sold at $7.65
' ' ' M '
to $7.90 ; top $ S.l6. *
CJAY ROKINSON & Co.
FALL OPENING.
Next Sunday will be the fall
opening day at the Presbyterian
church , Subject 11 a. in. ,
"Open Doors. " This contains a
message to those just entering
school , and gives a general out
line of the church's work for
the coming season. 8 p. m.
"The King's Insurance Com
pany. "
New singing books have been
purchased for the C. E. and the
evening services. You are cor
dially invited.
J. E. AuwutY , Pastor.
ELTON.
Farmers are busy putting up
hay.
Charley Ktlmore- visited with
Albert Powell's Sunday.
Albert Kleeb and wife were
county seat visitors Monday. /
Mr. Ilollcubeck purchased
some steers of Mr. Mottiiiger
last week.
Miss Uernice Piper , who has
been spending the summer in
California , returned home Mon
day.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Mot-
tinger , of Merna , were visiting
near Elton the first of the week.
Chub Spencer has purchased a ;
telephone on the Fanners line.
Miss Mabel Pinckney , of
Broken How , has been hired to
teach the Elton schools.
E. Mottinger , who has been
under the doctor's care for some
time , is some better at this writ
ing.
ing.Mr.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Pirnie and
daughter , Elsie , went to Merna
Friday to visit Mr. Piruie's
brother.
Two automobiles made their
way on the table by the lone
tree road Sunday. We think
they found rather rough travel
ing ,
