Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-04-17
Hon. w. ]. Taylor of Merna,
Has a friendly caller Yesterday.

was q iiICuulD SdilSl OF thiS
Office yesterday.
Will Hubbard and wife of
North Platte are visiting in the
city with relatives.
Ned Savage of Sargent was in
the city Wednesday as witness
in the Scribner case.
A pound Social will be held in
the Baptist church at Merna
Friday night April Is at s p. III.
All friends of the church are
invited.
The remains of Mrs. Tom
Trumbull were BROUGHT here
from Dunning Wednesday morn
ming for burial in the Broken
Bow cemetry.
The Ladies Aid Society of the
u. B. church will have an apron
sale and serve ice cream week
from next Saturday, April 20.
The place will be named later.
A. A. COLON, who recently
left here for the west, writes
under date, of April 7 that he
has located inThe Dalles, Oregon
where he has settled down at
house keeping. He is going to
engage in the commission bust
ness and will handle fruits, veg
ietables, flour, feed, fish etc.
He says it is a lovley town of
about 1000, located on the Column
bia river.
The case of John Scribner of
Sargent, who is charged with
keeping a gambling room and
gambling devices, occupied the
time of Judge Armour Tuesday.
and part of forenoon Wednesday.
There were about 30 witnesses in
the case from Sargent and vicin-
ity. The attorneys in the case
were County Attorney Kirkpat-
rick and c. II. Holcomb for the
state, and attorneys Moon Of
Taylor, Wall of Loup City, and
Gadd of this city, were for the
defendant. The attorneys for
the defendant labored hard for
their client and made the very
best defence possible to save him
but they did not succeed. County
Attorney Kirkpatrick had so
well fortified himself with evil
dence against the defendant that
it could not well be overcome.
A majority of the witnesses for
the state claimed protection
against incrimanating themselves
andmaking their tesfinonyuseless
for the state. Bat out of the great
number of witnesses were found
some who remained true to the
state, satisfying the court that
that there was probable cause
for the charge. The defendant
was put under bonds for his
appearance at the next term of
the district court.
S. M. Doris, our genial towns
man and proprietor of the Cen
trail blacksmith shop, is not only
a blacksmith, with all the high
attachments the name implies,
but is progressive. Not being
satisfied with the old method of
pounding out iron and steel by
muscular force, he has manufact-
ured a machine with a power
hammer attachment, that not
only works like chrrm, but does
the work neatly and with dis
patch. A power hammer of the
latest inventions costs from $50
to SIPS. By his ingenuity, Mr..
Doris has made one that per-
forms highly satisfactory work.
The power is furnished by his
gasoline engine, which runs the
hammer at the rate of $50 strokes
minute, and is capable of go
ing as high as 200. The ham
mer weighs twenty pounds, and
is capable of hammering out as
many pillow lathes day as can
be heated by four forges. Yes
terday afternoon we called at the
shop to see it operate. One man
at the furnace with a Royal
blower could not heat the iron
more than one-fourth fast enough
to keep the hammer employed.
A six inch slab Of steel was heat
ed and before the second was
near hot Mr.. Doris had a shovel
plow lathe drawn out, made and
ready to trim. The hammer is
controlled by the foot with a
freddie. and can be thrown off or
on in an instant. AS a labor
saver, the machine is great
success, and highly commends