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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.