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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 23, 1909)
U 1 MU > UW USTEB COUNTY XXVIII BROKEN BOW , CUSTER COUNTY NEBRASKA , THURSDAY , SEPTEMBER 23 , 1909 NO. 16 WILL GRANT NEW FRANCHISE 's Time to Built Lighting Plant Was up Saturday. Sterling Alan May Get It. Early has Slimui no Indications of lla\in Commenced Erection of Electric Plant. The additional thirty day. tunwbic'i was pranted J. W K.iil , ( f Columbus , in which to bi i" construction on his elec tric light plant was up last Sat urday and there is nothing to in dicate that he has done anything to enable him to hold the fran chise. Mayor Rockwell and President Taylor of the city council were out of the city last night so that the regular meet ing of the council could not be held. It is probable that a spec ial meeting of the council will be held in the next few days and Karly's franchise will be delared null and void. A proposition has coine to the council from O. P. Sell's who wanted the fran chise at the time it was granted to Eirly and the council will consider this at the next meeting. It is understood that O. J. Shaw , of Aurora , who was also an ap plicant tor the franchise when it was up last spring , has other business which is holding his attention and he will not make an effort to get a franchise here. FOUR HURT IN TRAIN WRECK Four Allies East of Litchfield Last Alonday. Crew Did Not Follow Orders Two Freight Trains Run Together Near Litchfield Injuring Four of the Crew. A headon collision between two freight trains took place four miles east of Litchfield , last Thursday evening. Freight train No. 45 aad an extra ran to gether and twenty-five freight cars and two engines were jam med up into the length of five cars. No one was killed though the two engineers , a brakcman and one of the firemen were in jured. These four men were un der the wreckage. The train crew on train No. 45 is supposed to have been to blame for the wreck. They failed to follow orders. The loss of live stock was heavy. The two engines were completely demolished and 25 cars were total wrecks. EDWARDS HAS JUMPED BOND Did Not Appear in Court to Renew IKs Bond. Said To Have Gone To Canada. Disposed of All His Property and Left This City on Horse Back. W. E. Edwards who was ar rested some time ago on the charge of cattle stealing waived preliminary examination and was bound over to the district court for trial in the sum of * 250. Ac cording to law Edwards should have appeared at the last term of the district court for the renewal of his bond but he failed to dose so and his bond which was sign ed by his father , T. W. Edwards , was forfeited. Application for an increase in the bond was made by County Attorney Gadd before Judge Humphrey several days before the last term of the dis trict court and Judge Humphrey refused to grant the n quest for an increase. Edwards was in count } ' at that time and County Attorney Gadd got an intimation that he expected to jump his bond and made the application for an increase in the bond to 8500 in order to try and prevent his oscnp. ' . It is not known just where Edwards is at .this time but it is thought that he may have gone to Canada. 1'he best information that can bo obtained it dicatcs that he left this city on horse back. Mefo'c leaving he disposed of his personal property and the crop on the place rented by him. THREE TAKEN TO HASTINGS ASYLUM Two Men and a Woman Found Insane By Insanity Board. HENRY LEMON TAKEN AGAIN AlR.'and AIRS. W. B. Kennedy and MR. and Airs. Hugh t'enoyer Took Them to Hastings Alonday Mr , and Mrs. Hugh Kenoyer and Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Kennedy went to Hastings Monday to take three people to the asylum there. They took Henry Lemon , of Stop Table ; Mike Tully , of McKinley ; and Mary Ilaines , of Ansley. Lemon was taken to the asylum last winter and was allowed to return to bis farm after he had recovered. His crazy spells seem to be of short duration. Tully has been work ing on Phil Tierney's ranch on the South Loup. His particular craze seems to have been that he wanted to nail everything up and he sometimes used shingle onails where he ought to use spikes. A Reporter's Experience. As an illustration of the queer ideas , at least one person has , of what would be of interest to the reading public , the reporter for this paper , a short time ago , approached preached a lady at tke station and after the usual questions were asked and answered , the re porter received quite a shock , when she volunteered the information mation that her waist measure was thirty inches. As the re porter bowed thanks and moved away , she said and I wear a number nine shoe ; my usua ] weight is 185 peumls ; I wear a with a smile and a wave of the hand the reporter assured her no other information was neces sary , but by this time every one in the station was fairly convul sed with laughter. This week the reporter soltcted a news item from two line look ing ladies standing on the plat form at the station and while rapidly jotting down the item noticed one of them lean slightly forward to follow the point of the pencil , when the reporter said , "don't look at my writing , " as quick as a whistle she inquir ed , "shorthand , " the reporter an swered "No ! Hicroghyphics , " well said she of the Juno like form "you better not let them get cold. " F. M. Sharp of Dunning was in the city last week with a fine exhibit of farm produce from the vicinity of Dunning. The Blaine County exhibit brought down by air. Sharp won eleven firsts and three seconds which shows con clusively that the so-called sand hills around Dunning produce some fine stuff. M. S. Anderson has been ap pointed post master at Etna vice J. T. Edwards resigned , POSSIBLE WATERWAY SCENERY If the Big Corporations Secure the W atcr-Power Rights of the Country at Large , as President Roosevelt Feara. SOCIETY ITEMS. Uy Mrs. Amanda I. . . Xandcis. Cl-ANS ENTERTAINED. Rev. and Mrs. W. II. Xamlcrs entertained the Hill Neighbor hood Clans at the rectory. The affair was entirely informal and apparently much cnjnycd by the various tribes. ODU 1EUOWS SURPRISED. At the regular meeting of the I. O. O. F. lodge last Monday night about twenty-five mem bers of the sister Rebecca lodge called upon them. The call was a surprise and in honor of the 58th organization. Refresh ments were served by the sisters and the evening spent in a de lightfully social way. THEATRE P RTY. Judge and Mrs. C. L. Gutter- son entertained their guests dur ing the county fair by giving a theatre party in their honor last Thursday evening at the opera house. The Benjamin Stock Co. presented "Tempest and Sun shine. " The guests were Mr. and Mrs. Leu Wilson , Mcrna ; Miss Laura Cutler , Merna ; Mrs. Stady , Buffalo , N. Y. BIRTHDAY SURPRISE PARTY. A very pleasant surprise was given Tuesday night for Ray Lanphear , son of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Lanphear , in celebration of his twenty-first birthday. Verbal invitations were issued to about twenty-five young lad ies aad gentlemen , who met at the home of Mr , and Mrs. Ben Holcomb. Just as Ray was think ing of retiring the company of young people appeared upon the scene , tahing him completely by surprise. Games formed the evening's entertainment. Late in the evening refreshments were served by Mrs. Lanphear Ray was presented with a hand some gold ring , perfume and a number of books. FASHIONABLE BREAKFAST. Mrs , Alpha Morgan entertain ed at a nine o'clock brcakfas Tuesday morning in honor o Mrs. Stady of Buffalo , N. Y.who is the guest of Mrs. Len Wilson of Merna. The shades in the dining room were drawn and the room brightly lighted by lamps and individual candles in brass candle sticks placed upon the table. Covers were laid for ten. Beautiful hand painted place cards were used. Resting on a centre piece beautifully embroid ered in nasturtians was a vase on which was a conventionalized design of nasturtians and filled with the same bright flowers with heir spicy fragrance. Mrs. Joe vlolyncux and Mrs. Len Wilson iresidcd at the table. A dclic- o us and substantial course brcak- 'ast was served. Those present ind invited were : Mesdames Vlolyticux , Leonard , Hayes , Gut- crson , Rublee , Lonergau , Xan- ders , E. R. Purcell , Cox , G. Tur ner , Mrs. Leu Wilson , Merua ; Mrs. Stady , Buffalo , N. Y , SIIAKESPEAKE CLUB. Last Monday afternoon the regular weekly meeting of the Shakespeare Club was held as usual with Mrs. CL. . Guttcrsou. The occasion proved to be a sort of Wayside Inn , between the reading of all the historical playa cf the great myraid author , ending with his King Henry the VIII , and taking up of his fanci ful plays beginning with A Mid Summer Right's Dream. In con nection with the plays , the his torical research has extended from the Renaissance , or New Birth , through Queen Elizabeth's reign. Monday afternoon Mrs. A. 11. Stuckey was hostess at the intellectual feast prepared for and served table-d'hotc at this Wayside Inn. The first course consisted of apt quotations from Henry the VIII. This was fol lowed by a most substantial course , everything being served a-la-Henry the VIII. Miss Ada Bowcn played his light , airy and graceful dances as interpreted by German. Mrs. Rublee had pre pared an unsavory dish on the rise and fall of far reaching and death dealing human ambition , as illustrated in the lives of Henry's greatest minister , Car dinal Wolscy and his successor to coyal favor Archbishop Cranmer. It fell to Mrs. Frank Taylor to serve his Majesty the King , and this she did , it is almost need less to say in no uncertain way Miss Ada Bowen sang the song that occurs in the play , callec Orphens with his Lute , arrauget by Parker. Mrs. Gutterson was the last one who contributed to this intensely interesting intel lectual banquet ; she served , "The Reformation , " English and Con tiucntal style. Russcl Leserv. Mrs. Elis E. Russel ot Love land , Col. , and Col. Leserv wer united in marriage at the M. E parsonage last Tuesday evening at six o'clock. Rev. Thompson performed the ceremony. The bride wore a cream cloth suit. After the ceremony Col. and Mrs. Leserv enjoyed their wed ding supper at the Commercial Hotel where they will spend a few days before leaving for the cast to visit relatives of the bride. Mrs. Russel arrived in this city lust Saturday and is a woman of prepossessing appearance. Hewitt-Lloyd. The niarriago of Miss Mildred Hewitt and Mr. Charles W.Lloyd was solemnized at five-thirty o' clock Tuesday evening , Sept. 14 , at the home of the bride's par ents , Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Hewitt , at Junicata this state. The Rev. Chase of the United Hrcthcreu church officiated. The bride and groom were unattended. Immediately following the ceremony a wedding supper was served Only the near relatives of the bride were present , Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd were the guests for a few days of the bride's sister , Mrs , Bcu Kellogg at Oakland. They arrived in the Bow the first of the week and re at present the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Huckleberry. Two years ago the groom came 0 this city from South Bend , ndiana and is a member of the irm of Lloyd & Huckleberry. ONE KILLED ONE INJURED tccl Truss Falls on Two Men Near Alasou City. One man was killed and an ther badly injured by thebreak- ug of a chain on a railroad wrecking crane Tuesday evening at a bridge being constructed by 1 gang between Mason City and Litchfield. T he "men were at- erapting to swing a five ton teel truss of the bridge and had t hoisted in the air when the hain broke and the two men were caught under it. The dead man is 0. L. Cole , le has a sister living in Denver and the body was shipped to Denver this morning. His neck was broken and the right should er and side were crushed. He was about 30 years old. The injured man , Edward C. Kingston , is about forty years of age. His home is in Phillips , Wyoming , He has two sisters iving in York and one in Gard ner , Kansas. His right leg was crushed below the knee. The eg was amputated above the tnee this morning. He is in the city hospital. The two men had been work ing with the gang but a short time and owing to their inexper ience did not take proper precau tions to avoid accidents. Both of the men were rendered uncon scious by the fall. Cole never regained consciousness. Kings' ton came to soon after the acci dent. Iver Johnson was arrested on the fair grounds last Friday by Sheriff Kennedy. Johnson was wanted in Grand Island on the charge of stealing a suit case. Sheriff Dunkelof Grand Island came up Friday evening and got him. Sheriff Kennedy went to Jeff erson City , Missouri , Monday to arrest a man who is charged wi'h obtaining some stuff of Walter Harris under false pre tenses. The fellow claimed to be representing a Denver commiss ion firm and got Harris to ship the sl uff and when the sightdrait reached Denver the bank inform ed Harris that no such firm was doing business in Denver and they knew nothing about such a firm , COUNTY FAIR GREAT SUCCESS Large Program Was Carried Out as Advertised. Crowds Largest in History. Ten Thousand People Saw Hie Perfor mance Last Thursday People Well Satisfied. The county fair last week was the most successful in tho. his tory of the county. The pro gram advertised was so strong- thai many of the people thought it would not be carried out and were agreeably surprised to Hud that everything advertised ac tually appeared , The only dis appointment of the whole fair was Sorcuson's inability to get his aeroplane to lly. This was due to the fact that the wind did not blow hard enough. He had made a llight in good ah ape at Ucrwyn a few days before and confidently expected that he would be able to repeat the trick at the fair but the wind failed him on Wednesday and Thurs day and he broke it all to pieces trying to get it to lly Thursday. Dr. Carver's wild west show was a great success and the div ing horses and the girl who rode one of them off the forty foot tower were the sensation of tha fair. The racing was good- The relay races were especially exciting. The exhibits of farm produce were hardly as good as would be expacted. A partial list of the prise winners is printed on page three. The remainder will be published - . . next . week , , . - - < * LET THE DIVISIONISTS ANSWER If Callaway , Sargent and An- sley want chatauquas why don't they go down in their pockets and pay for them like Urokcn Bow does. If Callaway , Sargent and Ans- Icy are so anxious for county saats why don't they offer to pay the expense of transcribing the records for the new counties and not ask the tax payers to foot the bill ? If Callaway , Sargent and An- slcy are so anxious to boom their towns for county seats , why [ lon't they olfcr to build new court houses for their respective new counties and not ask the tax payers to further their selfish ends. If Callaway , Sargent and Au- ley are so anxious' for a full set of county officers why don't they advance some reason why the tax payers should go down their pockets for $300,000 or more dollars to build court houses , transcribe records and support three extra sets of county officers. If the town booming division leaders of Callaway , Sargent and Ansley are so anxious to boom their own property interests , why don't they offer to give bonds guaranteeing to pay any addit ional taxes that may fall on the farmers of the county through the building of three court houses , transcribing three sets cf records and supporting three sets of officials ? The town boom ers are the fellows who will get the benefit of a division of the county and they ought to be wil ling to pay for what they get. About twenty-five members of the city commercial club went to Callaway in automobiles this morning to take in the Callaway fair.