Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-05-01
Local
Mention,
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ed again.
Ramah Ryerson is transacting
business at Etna this week.
Rev. B. II. Hunt and wife of
Georgetown, were city visitors
Tuesday.
The Weissert store aud post
Office were moved last week one
mile south of its former location
near where the M. f. church
stands.
Lloyd Rusk of Ryno, died last
Saturday evening about 3 o'clock.
He only lacked three days of be-
ing twenty-five years old at the
time of his death.
Mace Forsyth, who has. been
in poor health, is spending a few
days at his fathers, near New
Helena, with the hopes of recup-
Grating his health.
Wright Rankin of Brewster,
accompanied by Mr.. Philpot of
Nebraska City, who has cattle
ranch i'll Logan county, was Wis
ting in the city Monday.
f. G. Brock of Merna, called
Monday and had his name en-
rolled for the official paper of the
county. He reports the small
grain in his vicinity as looking
fine.
n. J. Ottun of Round Valley,
was friendly caller yesterday.
He says the worms are still thick
in his vicinity and that he will
postpone planting his corn for a
couple of weeks yet in the hopes
they will leave.
s. Powell of Weissert, was a
friendly caller at this Office yes
terday. He says his small grain
has been badly damaged by
worms and wind, but that Bose
Campbell has as fine a field of
winter wheat in the neighbor-
hood as he ever saw.
Leonard Dady Of Mason City,
was city visitor Tuesday. He
says that while the army worms
has done considerable damage to
wheat and rye in his vicinity,
that they have not destroyed the
whole crop. That they only
take two to three acres of the
field.
Diah Woodruff Of Georgetown,
left here Tuesday night for Hy-
annis to look after his ranch.
He has 500 head of cattle there
that he has not visited for eigh-
teen months. He is feeding two
car load of four-year-old steers on
his home ranch that he will put
on the market in a few weeks.
The demo-fusion state central
committee met at Lincoln last
Wednesday and decided to hold
their state convention at Grand
Island, June "a. The democratic
committee had decided to meet
at Lincoln, but Didn't Put it
Back Porter, whose influence
seems to be above par in the pop
ulist councils insisted on holding
it at Grand Island, where he Sc
cured his nomination few years
ago.
l.. p. Scritsmier of Wisconsin,
was friendly caller at this Of
fee Tuesday in company with
his brother, X. p. Scritsmier of
| Lillian, this county. 1t is his
first visit with his brother, who
has been a resident of Custer
county for the past eighteen
years. He expresses himself as
being very lavorably impressed
with the quality of our soil. He
is an extensive farmer in Wiscon-
sin, where he has resided for %
years, and numbers his acres by
thousands. For the past five
years ,he has been dealing in
grain and runs an elevator in his
home town.
]. H. Edmiston, who, for sew
eral years kept the demo-pop ship
af1oat, left his cattle ranch at
Thedford the first of the week
and went down to Lincoln to see
how "Uncle 81" and his court
reporter are getting along, and
incidently attend the meeting OF
the state demo-fusion committee.
Mr.. Edmiston has not yet for
gotten that he was not appoint
ed court reporter, but he consoles
: himself that while "Uncle 81" is
supreme judge, he has a cattle
ranch, about ten by fourteen