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COSTER COUNTY REPUBL M
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70L. XXVIII BROKEN BOW , OUSTER COUNTY NEBRASKA , THURSDAY , SEPTEMBER 30 , 1909 NO. 17
HERSHEY , HOME OF
CHOCOLATE KING.
Opening of Camp of 1st Regiment at
Mount Grctna. Baltimore's
Attractive Surroundings.
Mus. AMANDA L. XANDKKS.
The town of Horahoy Btands nl
most In the center of 1700 acres of
flio funning land , with hero and
tlicro tracts of timber , tiwuy off to
the north stretches the Bine Moun
tains , shrouded In hazy mist. The
country Is like rolling parnrn , heautl
fiuj by stately trees and fine.farm
homos. All the land within the range
of ordinary vision Is owned by "the
chocolate manufacturer , Hershey , whc
started In business in New York , but
owing to a combination of unfortu
nate circumstances , ho was obliged tc
throw up the Idea of making that
place his permanent home. He re
turned to his native state , to Lan
caster , In the vicinity of his present
home , where , after some years of trlaU
aad successes , he finally sold out
at a handsome figure and at once
began to Invest the proceeds In farms
until now he owns and controls 1700
acres in the center of which Is the
lively new town of Hershey. There
are Hershey houses , Hershey stores
llershey Trust Co. or bank , Hershey
public schools , eighteen miles of Her
shey railway , an Immense Hershey
earage , a fully equipped , up-to-date
fire department with 150. members
Tli * second floor contains a comblna
lion blliard and pool table , reading
table and writing table , all free foi
the exclusive use for the firemen
A fine large park full of at
tractions. This day the Sunday
Schools of Myorstown were holding
their annual union picnic in the park
Myerstown Is east of LeUpnon , sC
llie-schoola came on hie1 ateam cars
It was a bright , beautiful day and
many people from the towns and
country around , came to the picnic
so that there was little wonder , thai
after leaving our marketing at a near
by Hardware Store , we found the
big summer trolley car , crowded from
end to end and all along the sides
At first glance , we thought it hope
less to try to get aboard , but aftei
Borne desperate effort on the part oi
a few kindly disposed passengers , w
succeeded in finding standing room
llany people were compelled to wall
an hour for the next car. We stood
until wo reached Annville. quite H
largo town and known far and wide
for Us co-educational Institution 01
College , under the jurisdiction of the
United Brethren church.
Another ride of four miles , up hill
( Continued on last page. )
COUNCIL ANNULS
EARLY'S FRANCHISE.
Revokes it Because no Work Has Been
Done. Sells After it Again.
J. W. Early's electric lighting
franchise was annulled at a meet
ing of the city council held last
Friday. Early was granted a
franchise last May. The council
at first asked for a $500.00 forfeit.
'Early asked that it be lowered to
(100 00 and the council after
some consideration of tbe matter
consented. He was given sixty
days in which to commence the
erection of his plant. His sixty
days was up the 10th of July.
On August 18th at his request he
was giyen thirty days from that
date , That gave him until the
18th of September to commence
his work or about fou - months
from tbe time his franchise was
granted. He has done nothing
and gave no indication of doing
anything up to the time of the
council meeting last week so the
council voted to. annul his t fran
chise on { he ground that he bad 1
not fulfilled 1m agreement to
commence work on the dates
stated.
O.'P. Sells , of Sterling , Col. ,
has a proposition bclorc the
council and it is quite probable
that he will be granted a fran
chise. His franchise this time
gives the city better rates than
any franchise he has submitted
before.
CONFIDENCE MAN
AWAITING TRIAL ,
Alan Who Changes Names Often to
Secure Goods Without Paying for
Them is in Jail.
Sheriff Kennedy rcturncil lust Fri
ilny morning from Levnnon , .Missouri
whore he went the Monday previous
to got u man who was hero on
June first and claimed to represent
a commission firm in Denver. When
the man was hero hu claimed that
Ills name was F. E. Parker and that
ho was out representing Parker Bros
Commission firm of Denver mul
was shipping produce Jo them. lie
obtained $10.00 worth of eggs from
Walter Harris anil wrote him a alght
draft on the Parker Commission firm of
Denver. When ( he draft reached
Denver .the hank marked It no funds
and Informed Harris 'that no sncli
'irm was doing business In Denver
'le also ran a hotel bill of about $1,1
at the Grand Central and paid it
with one of his worthless slghtdrafts.
Information was received hero
which Indicated that he wna nndei
arrest in Levanon and was serving
a jail .sentence. Harris went to Le-
vanon on September 5th and Identi
fied him as the man who had gotten
Us eggs on Juno 1st. Sheriff Kennedy
went to Jefferson City with requlsi
tlon japere and returned Friday
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uorning with his man.
When here in June ho claimed that
his name" was F. E. Parker. In Mis
souri he went under the name of
F. E. Bell , and it Is reported that
ho has been -operating in Kansas un
der the name of F. E. Green. Judge
Shlnn Is looking after his case and
his preliminary trial will not be set
until ho can get an attorney from
Lincoln.
ANSLEY BURGLARS
.EASILY CAUGHT.
Arrested in this City and Confession
Secured by Sheriff licmtedy.
Property Returned.
E. II. Galnes store of hardware and
groceries In AiiHley was broken Into
last Sunday evening. About thirty
knives , six razors , three or four box-
PS of cigars , some smoking tobacco
and three dollars In cash was taken
The men took two of Dr. Ilanna's
horses and his saddle and n saddle
from the Chrisman livery wtable.
y > y rode out of town a short dis
tance and noticed a freight train an
proachlng. They then unsaddled the
horses , turned them loose and rode
to IJroken Bow on the freight. They
sold Chrlsman's saddle to J. II.
Spain for ? C.50 and disposed of Ilan
na's to Robinson & Tuttle for ? 5.00.
Sheriff Kennedy and Deputy Slier-
riff Craig received word of the rob
bery and began searching for the mci
They arrested one of them at the stock
yards and the other was found in the
feed rack of a stock train passing through
the city Monday evening. When arrest
ed they gave their names as Harry kueck
and Elmer Johnson.
The men were kept in separate cells iu
jail and not allowed to see each other
until they had confessed to the jobbery
and told the story as given above , They
had twenty-seven of the knives , some
cigars and tobacco on them when arrest
ed and they claimed the rest of the
stuff was hid in Ausley and in Broken
Bow.
Bow.They
They entered the store through a rear
window. All of the stolen
property has been found by the
officers and everything will be returnee'
to Mi. Gaines ,
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It's carlointij < jrauf towatch UU
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SOCIinY ITEMS
lly Mrs. Amamlu L. X
LINIW SIIOWUR.
Next Saturday afternoon from
three to six o'clock , Ibe L/idics
of the Presbyterian church , will
be at home with Mrs. J. G. Bren-
izer in honor of Miss Irraa James ,
who will leave shortly for her
home at Mays Landing , N. J.
Sixty invitations have been is
sued. The affair will be a linen
shower in appreciation of Miss
James' services as pianist for the
Presbyterian church. That Miss
James will be fairly deluged with
handsome , useful and ornamental
linen there is no question. Very
elaborate refreshments will be
served. The decorations will be
flowers and autumn foilagc.
CHOIR KNTISKTAINEI )
Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Kern enter
tained the members of the Pres-
bytesian choir at their pleasant
home in the north part of town
Wednesday evening1 , in.honor of
Miss L/ibbie Brenizer , who will
leave next week for the east.
There were four musical contests.
The decorations were sweet peas
aud autumn vines.
Refreshments were served at a
late hour. Musical designs dec
orated the small cakes. Mrs.
Kern was assisted ia serving by
the Misses Doris Porter , Ruth
Papineau and Margarita Nichol
as , members of the choir.
I' . B. O MEETING
The regular monthly meetings
of the P. E. O. were resumed
last Pridy afternoon with Misb
Mary Heck as hostess. There
was a large attendance of mem
bers. Mrs. Addie Hall , of Sid
ney was the guest of honor.
The afternoon was spent in a
social way. Dainty refresh
ments were served.
NATIONAL 1' . K. O.
Mrs. J. E. Wilson will leave
next Monday for Mt. Plesanton ,
Iowa , where she goes as state
delegate to attend the national
meeting of the P. E. O. The
first chapter was organized by
seven young ladies , students at
the university at that town.
Mrs. Wilson will also visit in
Bloom field add Red Oak before
her return to Broken Bow.
LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.
The acini-monthly meetings of
the Ladies' Library Association
will be resumed next Wednesday ,
Oct. 6lh , with Mrs. Sullivan.
iioritr , SUPPUR.
Friday evening a party of
six young ladies took supper at
the Grand Central Hotel , a
table Tieing reserved for them.
Later they took in the moving
[ Mcture show.
DANCB AT MURNA.
Last Saturday a number of
young people weut to Merna to
attend the dance gotten up by
Frank Cutler. They were the
Miss Hazel Molyneux , Willa
Ucan , Abbie Wilson and Mary
.Morgan aud.Messers Earl and Ho
mer Molyneux.
LINGER T.ONGUKS MEET.
The ladies of the Linger Lon-
Club held a business session
last Friday afternoon with the
president , Mrs. J. K. Hermon.
At this meeting it was decided
to meet forte nightly. The first
meeting to be with Mrs. Holcomb.
Ur. Buckley and Herbert G.
Myers were elected members of
the Club. Every alternate week
the ladies of tbe Club will
iiave a meeting to be known s
the Koffee Klotcb. Annex. The
first meeting will be held with
Mrs. Dorthy Maulick.
c. n. SOCIAL
Last Friday evening the Chris
tian Endeavor Society gave a
social at the PreEbytcrUn manse.
There were about forty-five En
deavors with their friends pres
ent. Gimes formed the evening
amusement. Dainty refresh
ments were served.
WINNER I'AHTV
Last Monday evening Mr. and j
Mrs. Will Jenkins entertained at
6 o'clock dinner , in their pleas-
apartments in the Dierks block ,
in honor of George and Laucks
Xanders who have since left for
the east. Covers were laid for
eight. During the evening the
party attended the moving - picture
ture show.
NOT CLAMORING
FOR ALL REVENUE.
Paid Out of County Treasure , Fads
Show that Broken How is Not
llojjinjr Everything.
If the Broken Bow fellows are BO
much interested in the welfare of
tlio tax piyora of the oounty , why U
it thut ihoy are ulBinoring for all
the revenue in eight ? Oallaway
Qucon.
If the nbovo Btatomont waa found ,
tul on fact a man might bo led to be.
lieve that ho ought to vote for divis
ion in order to change conditions ,
hut it is not a atatoino&t of fact.
Lot UH BOO whnt the fauln in the case
\Yhnt souroeH of rovouuo are
there fur which the people of thia
oily may clamor ? There ia the bridge
fund , the road fund , the UBO of the
county's money which ia dop isitcd
in banks , the printing of tlut Hup
plica for the county , and tha publi
cation of the road notiooB and board
) roceedingu.
What was the total ouiount of
tnonoy drawn trom the bridge fund
n 1008 ? The trtuba of the warrants
n the county clerk's ofllco show
that the total amount paid out by
ho county for bridges aud repairs
was $ lC,75ct.OG. How much of this
amount wont for bridges and repairs
n Broken Bow township ? Tbo
warrants show that only $089.95 of
: his amount was paid out for bridg
es and repairs in Broken Bow town
ship.What
What wan the bridge levy for
1908 ? SJJ milla.
What was tbo valuation of Broken
Bow township and city in luOB ?
mS.liiO.
How mtioh , then , did Broken Bow
city and . .township pay into the
bridge fund ? $1837 8 < .
Broken Dow paid in $1887.80 and
drew out $680.95 , then how much
did Broken Bow pay towards the
building aud repairing of bridges in
otbor parta of thu county ? $1147 85
The county road fund is used to
pay the expanses of plotting , survey
ing , adverlieiug aud laying out roads
in the county. What wan the total
amount paid out oi the county road
fund for this purprtu iu 1908 ? The
atubs of the warrants in the county
clerk's otlico show that $1045.25
was paid out of the read fund in
1908.
How much of this amount was
spent in Broktn Bow township and
city ? The warrants chow thai $28 DO
was used iu Broken Bow city tud
township.
The county read levy was mills
in 1008 and the valuation of this
city and townahip wan $785,120 , BO
that Broken Bow township ant
paid $183 78 into the road fund and
and drew out $28,30 , then , how
much went to pay for roads in other
parts of the county ? $155.48 ,
The fic'.a then show that instfix
of Broken Bow hogiog all of t
revenue ae charged , she ia gelling
the benefit of only 35 per cent o
the money she pays into tbo bridge
fund and onlv ID per cent of the
money alio pays into the road fund
She is helping to support other part
of the county instead of making any
thing off of them.
How about the county's money
whore is it deposited ? A ntatemen
made by County Treasurer Cavenee
on September 2let , showed that
$30,384 was depoaited in banks in
Broken Bow on that data and $08 , *
774 WBB deposited ia banks of the
county located in other towns in tbe
oounty. Broken Bow was , on that
date , then getting the benefit of the
uao of only 30 per cant of the money
on deposit and it will bo noted thtt
tbe checks in payment of wairanta
are drawn on tbe Broken Bow banka
and the amount of money in them
varies , while the money in other
banks in the oounty is about tbe
tamo.
How is tbo contract for printing
tbo county supplies let ? Tha hoard
of Biiporvibors ndvortiias for blda ,
and tbe contract ia let to tbo lowoit
bidder. Tha newspapers outside of
tbo county seat , tben , h v. tbo attna
opportunity to got tha business nv
the papers in Broken Bo * . If the
printers in Broken. I ow gat the
business it is because it iirfinancial
ly to tbo county'a interest to give it
to them.
How did tbo county board deaino
the question of who should got the
publication of tbo road notice * and
the county board proooudiiiga toe
this ytrnt ? LJida wore submitted by
the newspapers of tbe cpunty. It
was given io tbo Ouster Oounty
Deacon because its bid was lower
than that of tbo papers outside of
Urokuu Bow. Had lliu ImsinosH
boon given to paper * outeido thlH
city , it would hmo con the county
from J2&U ( o $500 inure thxn it now
costs.
On the whole , U is evident , than ,
I hat Brukeu Bow bolpa to build tha
bridged tind roudu in other parti of
the count } ; that only UO per cent of
the county'tt inonny is deposited in
Broken Bqw banlct ; tbut the print
ing of county supplies aud the pub
lication of the load uoticon and th *
board proceedings bjr papers in ( h 9
city it duo to the ftot that tbe ooim *
ty aavoa money by doing it * The
charge of tbo Oallawny Queen ia
without foundation.
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TRIAL LIST IN DISTRICT COURT.
The following oasoB have been aat
for trial during the h'cat wok of the
Ootobar term of court which oara-
menoeu next Monday morniug at 0
o'clock :
Monday , October 4.
U J Tlorney v Win O Amaboi ry
UierltH l.uin. & Coal Oo v O U R > Q tt a
W IS Tulbot VB Uuutur Oounty
lurwyu Htato Bank va Uhuu W Adam *
Tuesday , October 5
Kuarnoy Tel. Uo v Oconto Tel. fix.
MiirU Uttinpbull va cuntor Nftl'l llutifc
otnl
, \Vodnondajr , October C
Win R Yuunir va John Ditlu
J i GnuoT M Oo ; VB' ! ' q aobli | gu
Jaui en Louirlirah va Ford Btiaw * . !
DOKonkul VBBl OJi-oat f
ThiiroJny , October 7
Hoary B Muu.Hol v A J Elliot
M E Vandunborir ve Thomas A Jaqkion
Lee Paine vs llomor McKolvle
Friday , Oo aber 8
Mat how II UlftHBoy vs Jackson Dye
State of Nebraska VB Wtn K Wllllard
ynurduy , Or to bet r U
Htuto u ( Nebraaku va John Uutlor
Htato ol Nebraska va Win Edward *
tkato ot Nobruska TS Otiurlau H Moore
REPUBLICAN WILL
CHANGE HANDS.
Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Amsberry Will Take
Charge of Paper Next Week.
Mv first years lease on the
Custer County Republican expires
tomorrow. I have the privilege
of leasing it for a longer time
but do not care to do so. I also
have an option on the purchase *
of it , but the price I consider
much too high.
Mr. and Mrs. D. M , Amsberry
will take charge of the editorial
work next week Mr. Amsberry
has published a paper in this
county for twenty-five years and
the people of the county are
familiar with his editorial work.
Daring the last year the paper
has grown from a four page to
an eight page home print , the
subscription list has jumped from
1000 to 2250 aud the advertising
patronage has increased three
fold. I want to take this oppor
tunity to thank the people cf this
city and county for tbe kindly
assistance which has made this
growth possible. Without their
assistance and words of encour
agement it would have been im
possible. I owe my friends a
debt of gratitude aud I retain a
feeling of kindliness toward those
who have at one time or another
criticised my editorial policy. I
could not possibly satisfy every
body and I have pursued the
policy which I believed to be
right aud to the interest of the
majority | of the people of the
' county , HERBERT G , MYURB ,