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Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-02-12
Farmers Wife Gets a Share

Most farm papers are gotten up
with the idea that they are read
only by the man who runs the
farm. Probably they are, because
there is nothing in most of them
to interest anyone else, and very
often it is pretty dry reading for
him. There is one farm paper,
however, that is not built on this
plan-The Twentieth Century
Farmer-whose editor has kept
the whole family in mind in get
ting up the paper. There are
two pages that are given over to
the things that interest the far
mers wife, and page for the
young folks. Besides this she al
ways reads the stories, Frank Car
penter's letters of travel, the poul'
try department and some Other
departments.
You can get sample copy free
by writing to the Twentieth Cen
fury Farmer, 1850 Farnam street
Omaha Neb., or, better still, sub
scribe for the paper. Price, IS,
for three months trial subscription
or $l.00 for whole year. 1t is
big dollars wroth, "a to 4S page
every week, handsomely illustrat
ed and chock full of the very bes
reading in every issue.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-02-12
PUBIICLAND SALE

Lincoln Nebraska, Fe brunry y, 1903.
Notice 10 hereby given that iu Pursuance OF in.
structions from the Commission OF the General
Land Ofce. under authority vested in him by
Section PASS, L. s, Rev, Stat as amended nv the
will proceed to offer at pubic sale on the 18th
day Of March, n' xt, at this ONCE, the follow ng
tract OF land to wit; nwk. swA Section 80,
Township II, RangelO W, se4, DeI4 and swA
nw>4 Section 4, township 10, range 20 W, swA
sex section 10 township IA range 20 ". Any
and all persons claiming adversely the above
described lands are advised to file their claim In
this office on or before the day above designated
for the commencement OF eaid sale, other Sist
their rights will be forfeited
W. A. GREEN, Register.
as 4O-l6 ALyA K KENAARE. Receiver.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-02-12

Grounding day had hardly
passed until we were reminded of
St. Valentines day, February
18th.
Are your cattle wintering fair
ly we'll on the leeside of wire
fence with little hay thrown to
them for the wind to blow away?
Edward Engles Our efficient
mail carrier missed only one day
during the storm and then it was
not his fault as there was no
mail delivered to Mckinley from
the Bow.
Oh the snow the beautiful
snow. All would be glad'if down
the river it would go with a rush.
The days thawing and nights
freezing has made the roads. al
most impossible for lnshod
horses.
G.. A. Griffith was agreeably
surprised on Friday night Janu-
airy the 80 when thirty two of his
neighbors came in to remind him
of his birthday. After supper
the evening was spent in music
with few old time games. The
guests returned to their homes
wishing him long life and many
more happy birthdays.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-02-12
- ~ sSEH-NO.

Ms. Topper is making quite an
extenned visit at her old home in
Iowa.
Mr.. Ed. Scott started Monday
morning to visit his old home in
Illinois.
Mrs. F. G. Wilson has been
called to Broken Bow to attend
a severe case of illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. Is. Atkinson
have been visiting relatives for
the past few days in Me rna.
Rev. Mathew has organized an
Epworth and a Junior League.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-02-12
SCHEDULE OF BROKEN BOW mA,,s.

Pouch for west will close at p. m, except
Sunday when II will close at 6:i5 III.
Pouch, east for train No. ~ CLOSES at 4 N
and for No. "A closes at, $3.50 AIN. Mail for Anslsy
and points east Of Grand Island carried on train
No. a.
Oconto via OF Ryno and Tuckerville, daily ex-
cept Sunday closes, at z u IN : returning same day
Galloway via, Mckinley daily except Sunday
closes at n m, returning same day.
Round Valley via Green and Elton close al 2
IN. Tuesday, Thursday and saturdays, returning
sam day.
ARRIVES at Il. 80, Tuesday Thursday aud Satur.
day returning leaves at Il, 80 same day.
Onlcs hours from 800 a IN TO 800 p m Sun
week days from a. m to s p m. SUNDAYS s:S0
o. m. to . a. m. General delivery not open sun
day morning as heretofore. L. HJEwsrT. p M
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-02-12
CONSTRUCTIVE SERVICE.
In the District Court OF Custer County, Nebraska
John b, Griffith, Plaintiff.

CONSTRUCTIVE SERVICE.
In the District Court OF Custer County, Nebraska
John b, Gri1ith, Plaintiff. ..
Christina Anderson, ct al Defendant.
Christina Anderson, defendant, will take notice
hat on the 10th day of January, 1908, John b.
Griffith filed his petition in the District Court OF
Custer county Nebraska, against said defond'
ants the object and prayer of which are toforecose
a certain mortgage ex cuted by defendant.
Christina Anderson, to defendant, The Nebraska
Mortgage and Trust Co.. and assigned aud de-
livercd to plaintiff, uUOn tho south west quarter
of Section IA. Township 49, north OF Range Is,
West OF 9th p. m. In Custer county, Nebraska
Said mortgage given to secure the payment Of
a certain promisaory note datsd March "a, 1894.
for the sum ~ $500 CO. and due and payable on
January LIST, 1901, and fourteen interest notes in
ne sum Of $40. 50 each of even date with princi-
pal note the first OF which fell due July let 1894,
and one failing due every six months theresfter
That there IL now due upon said note. interest
notes, mortgage and taxes paid TO protect pla n
tlffe security the sum OF S64l 80 for which sum
together with intereft from this date Mt 10 per
cent per annum, plaintiff prays for decree that
defendants be required to pay the same or that
said premises may be sold to satisfy the amount
found due and for such other and further relief Or
| nay be just and equitable.
You are required 10 answer said petition on OF
before the 2nd day Of March, 1908.
| Dated january 10 1908
JOHN Is GRIFFITH, Plaintiff
3l3S-S By SIMON CAMERON, Attorney
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-02-12
United States Land Office,
North Plat, Nebr. JHuuary,2O, 1905

Notice Is hereby given that In pursuance to In
strLctiors from the Commissioner OF the a. neral
Land ONCE under authority yesei in him by
Section PASS, Revised Statutes, u, S.. as amended
by Act OF Congress approved February Do. 1895
we will procred TO oier nj public sale at 10 o'clock
a. III. on the It'll day OF March, 1903, at this ONCE
the following tract OF land viz: hw4 sek. Sec.
ton IS, Townst Up 10, north OF RaDso u west ard
Lot l, Section Townships, north OF Range p,
west 9th p NJ. All persons claiming adversely
IN above described land are advised TO die their
claims on or before, the day designated for the
commencement o. said sale, otherwise their
claims will be forfeited.
Dated at the United StateA Land ONCE. North
Plata, Neb., this Goth day OF January. 1908
32-37-l0 GEO. Il. FRENCH, Register.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-02-12
NOTICE OF PUBLIC LAND SALE,

Broi en- Bow, Nebraska, January 10, lSOb
Notice 10 hereby given that In pursuance OF IN
structiors from the Commissioners OF the General
Land once, under authority vested in him by
section PASS Rev. Stat, as amended by the act
proceed TO offer at pu bic sale on the twenty ufth
day OF Fet rusry max, this Cf1ire the following
tract of land, towlt: The neA OF the seA OF See
ton IL, Township IS Orth Range 20 wosr OF the
9th Z. NJ. Any ana all persons claiming sdver
sely the above described lands are advised TO die
their claims in shia tice or before the dav
above designated for the commencement OF SAID
sale, otherwise their rights will be forfeited
30 Sill JAMES WHITEHEAD Register.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-02-12
PUBLIC LAND SALE.

Lincoln, Nebraska. January 10, 1903.
Notice Is hereby given that iu pursuance OF In :
Btructions from the Commissioner of the General
Land Office. under authority vested IN him by
section PASS, US. Rev. Stat. AZ amendep by the
act Of Congress approved February %, 1895, we
day OF February. next at this office, the following
tract Of land, to wi nek SEA section "a, Town
ship 10 n. Range 20 W, Any and al persons
claiming adversely the above. cribed lands are
advised to file their claims In this office be-
fore the day:sbove designated for the commence.
ment OF eaid SALE otherwise their rights Will be
forfeited. W. A. GREEN, Register.
% 37-9 ALyA u kEENNARD, Receiver.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-02-12
CouolY Court Custer County, Nebraska.

10 the helrs and next of Kin Of James o,
bates, Deceased,
You are h TebY notified that Claude h Bates
OF said deceased, has filed his petition ~ said
estate OF James o Bates deceased, ard that q
guardian ad litens be appointed Tor his minor
children. Said matters have been get for hearing
for February 18th 1903 at 10 o'clobks IN, at the
County Court ROOM in Broken Bow, Nebraska,
when all interested parties may appear and be
heard. }. A. AHAoUh.
y So-l3 lEALl CsaRty JuaSs.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-02-12
Custer County Horticultural Society

The following program of the
Custer County Horticultural So
ciety will be rendered at Ansley,
Nebraska, February IS, 1908:
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-02-12
In The County Court of Custer County, Nebraska.

In The County Court Of Custer County, Nebrask a.
TO The Creditors and Heirs Of John W. Warner ,
Deceased.
Take no ice tha' Efhe E. Warner, widow, has
filed her petition Ia this Court asking that all the
property OF estate OF said deceeasd, after the
payment OF the funeral expenses and costs Of adj
Illustration, be turned over and set apart Ia
her; also that the administrator J j. Tooley has
also hed his petition IN this court asking that
upon the setting apart to said ~idow all said
property, that the estate be decreed TO be iu-
solvent aud hat he be dischar ged, and for such
other relief may be just aud lawful. Sid
matters have been set for hearing at the County
Court room al Broken Bow. Nebrasko ON the i4th
day OF March, 1903 at 10 o'clock a, M, after four
weeks publication in the Custer County Repuoli-
ran newspaper published In this county, At
which time and place all parties Interested will
DO beard concerning the "a me.
Dated February 7, 1903.
353s-ls tsEEL1 j, A. ARMOUR, County Judge,
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-02-12

For SALE OR TRADE:-For
young cattle, fresh mich cow.
ENQUIRE at this office. % If
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-02-12
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.

All advertisements under this head will be
charged for at legal rates. viz: 81 90 per square
for htst Insertion and DOC per square for each
subsequent insertion.
A "square" IL ten lines or fraction thereof.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-07-30
Ancient Needlework.

Some of the oldest needlework eXtant
was found in Egyptian and Egypto-
Roman tomhs-a rough sort of tlaxen
cloth. like the bath toweling of our
own day. 1t has loops of wool worked
with some kind of needle. raised on
one side of the stuff only, and kind
of tapestry partly woven and partly
outlined in needlework. The mummies
which an Unsuitable modern curiosity
has disturbed are wrapped i'll linen, as
less liable than wooden cloth to the
ravages of moth, and the art of weav-
ing the flax that grew so plentifully on
the banks of the Nile was probably
learned by the Israelites during their
sojourn in Egypt.
Ezekiel speaks of fine linen with
broidered work from Egypt Linen
seems the natural ground and founda-
ton of all embroidery. 1t often lasts
longer than the work itself, can be
cleaned and will not fray or wear out.
as do more costly silks and satins.-
London Spectator.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-07-30
An Old Recipe,

Here is a recipe for the bite of mad
dog taken from the Universal Maya
zine of knowledge" published by John
Hinton at the Kings Arms in Newgate
street, London, May, 1853: Take the
youngest shoots of the elder tree, peel
off the outside rind, then, scraping off
the green rind, take two handfuls Of
it, which simmer quarter of an hour
in five pints of ale. Strain it off and
when cold put it in bottles. Take
half pint, make warm the first thing
in the morning and the last at night
and be sure to keep yourself warm;
also battle the part affected with some
of the liquor warmed. the dose to be
repeated the next new or full moon
after the first. 1t is good for cattle as
we'll as the human species"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-07-30
Whims of u Horse.

The better the horse the more spirit
he has. The disposition of an Arab
hunter is thus described by Sewell
Ford in Horses Nine" No paragon,
however, was pasha. He had tenn
per- and his whims We're as many as
those of a schoolgirl He was paricu-
lar as to who put on his bride. He had
notions concerning the manner in
which currycomb should be used. A
red ribbon OF bandanna handkerchief
put him in a rage, While green, the holy
color of the Mohammedan, soothed his
nerves. A lively pair of heels he had
and he knew how to use his teeth.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-07-30
ROCK ISLAND SYSTEM.
Low Rate Bulletin.

No need to stay at home this sum-
mer. All sorts of low rates are Of
fered by the Rock Island-and they
apply to all sorts of places. Note
these:
TO California, in June, July and
August. To Colorado, in June, July
and August, To Detroit and Boston,
in July
Particularly low are the rates to
Colorado which will be in force
early in July.
Detailed information as to
through car service, cost of tickets,
etc, will be furnished by nearest
Rock Island ticket agent, or by writ
ing. JOHN G. FARMER, D. p. A.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-07-30
Rural Delivery Notes

The purpose of the rural free deliv
cry service is to give postal facilities
to those who have none, to carry the
mails daily to remote communities, the
residents of which would have to trav-
ell from two to twelve miles daily to
receive their letters and papers. In or
der to secure and maintain this service
there is one condition absolutely eS-
sential-the roads must be good.
At Lafayette, Ind. all the mail box
eS along the rural carriers routes are
of galvanized iron of uniform size and
painted and are nailed on posts high
enough to bring them level with the
postal wagon.
The development Of the rural free
delivery service has been accompanied
by the discontinuance of 4 great many
small post Offices and star routes. This
is a saving to the government that is
expected to amount to between $6,000,-
GEO or $7,O00.00O during the next fiscal
year
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-07-30
Favor National Aid plan.

Iowa is rapidly coming to the front
In the campaign of education and Or
ganization for road improvement. At
the Des MONIES good roads convention
resolutions were adopted favoring ma
tional aid in cooperation with states,
counties and municipalities in a GER
era scheme for road Improvement.
One of the arguments advanced in f.
vor of the national aid plan is that it
will tend to equaliZe the distribution
of the funds appropriated by congress.
1t is pointed out that. While large
part of the revenues collected by the
federal government comes directly or
indirectly from the farming population,
only very small per cent of the ap-
preparations is spent in the rural dis
tricts. The spending of national funds
for building and improving highways
would relieve this injustice to some ex-
tent and would tend to stimulate the
farmers interest in public affairs more
than almost anything the government
could do
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-07-30
ROAD REPAIRING.

How to Keep n Highway In Good
Condition.
In paper read recently before a
farmers institute Charles Williams of
Connersville, Ind. gave the following
interesting POINTS on road repairing:
"Now. some points on how to keep
roads in good condition and how to r."
pair them. road must have constant
attention if it is to be of any use or
value
whenever rut forms it should he
repaired at once. The road should be
graded in the spring and graveled in
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-07-30
The President ON GOOD Roads.

In his address before the national
good roads convention President Roose-
welt made some good points Among
other things be said
at is the habit of Rofm building tina
gives to a people permanent greatness.
1.-The development of the iron road
has been all that ONE could wish, b; .
it is mere presumption to consider gooti
railways as substitutes for good high
ways.
I'VE want to see cities built up, but
not at the expense of the country dis.
trictS.
'sIf the winter means to the average
farmer long line of liquid morasses
through which he must painfully force
his team if bent on business and
through which he must wade or swim
If bent on pleasure, if an ordinary raiI
storm means that the farmers boy anG
girl cannot use their bicycles, you have
got to expect that those who live II
the rural districts will not find farm
life attractive.
eve should all encourage any checf
to the unhealthy flow from the country
to the city"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-07-30
For Men Only!

100000 acres Of new railroad land
timber and prairie mixed, in Central
owned by Northern Pa
ciiic, thrown open for immediate set
Element. VIII be sold to actual set
tiers for the next ninety days only, at
from $500 to $1,000 per acre, one
third cash, balance in 5 equal annual
payments at 6 per cent. Go out at
once and settle your 100 before the
great rush. For particulars see or
address THE POSTMASTER,
7-23-tf Elkhorn, Iowa.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-07-30
Animals In Fire.

When Cyprus was the center Of the
copper industry. it is asserted that a
four footed animal with wings lived in
the hottest furnaces among the fire and
Furthermore that it would die instantly
upon being removed from its natural
element, the flames. The salalnander
of old was also a creature which did
not dread the fire. Some say that it
could eat fire and spit flames, others
that its breath would ignite all cDmbus-
tibles. Pliny says, This animal is 50
intensely cold as to eXtfnguish fire by
doth
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-07-30
settling a Hote, Bill In Portugal,

In Portugal when the traveller asks
for his bill the landlord pleasantly rubs
his hands together and answers,
-Whatever your eXcellency pleases to
give
This will not do. for the traveller is
sure to offer too little or too much and
to be thought either spendthrift or a
niggard so he has to make a speech,
thank the landlord for his confidence
and beg for detailed statement.
Then the landlord. politely deprecat-
ing anything of the kind, is slowly per-
suaded to check off the various items
upon the fingers of his hand, with q
long argument before each successive
finger is done with and doubled down.
'What does it come to?' asks the
traveller, taking out his purse at last.
when the hand and the account are
closed.
What, did his excellency not add
up?"
His exoellency having been incapable
of this act of mental arithmetic, the
addition is gone over again. from the
little finger backward, with finger OF
two perhaps representing forgotten
items brought into account from the
other hand.
The sum total is gladly paid. and host
and guest are mutually content, the
guest knowing that he has not been
overcharged more than perhaps q
thumb and two fingers.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-07-30
DEMANDED EVERYWHERE.
Americans Awakening to the Value
of Good Highways.

OF Good Highways.
The awakening of America to the
value of good roads is one of the most
remarkable things of the last decade
For perhaps twenty-five years the voice
of the prophet has been heard here and
there in the United States, as in MasSa-
chusetts and New Jersey and perhaps
elsewhere, but practically these were
the voices of men crying out in the
wilderness.
Foreign travel has brought acquaint-
ance with foreign good roads, and men
have come back determined to do their
utmost to transform the United States
from land of highways so bad that
language fails to do justice to the sub
feet into highways so attractive that
everywhere there is ease of transporta-
ton and of communication and the
joy of living in the country without
feeling absolutely cut off from access
to the city.
Nowhere is this movement for good
roads more remarkable, according to
the manufacturers 1LptDItl, lllull III lile
south country. This begins in the re-
gion south of the Potomac with the
projection and construction of interur-
ban trolley lines. The trolley lines.
now amounting to thousands of miles
in the total, are followed by the deter
mination to make the roads suitable
for travel at all seasons of the year.
~ ~ oil e,o1l ipyc, If
the nature of Virginia roads in winter.
They simply are more famous or infa-
nous, as the case may be, than other
roads because so much more of history
has been acted over them. But every
where throughout the south, as the
Record shows, there are general awak-
ening and a universal demand for in
terurban railways and with that like
demand for the highways with the
hard surface-in other words, for the
good road that is always ready for
business and is invaluable for every
country that builds It.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-07-30

An old English solicitor used to say
a mans requirements for going to law
We're ten in number, and he summed
them UP as follows: First, plenty of
money; secondly. plenty Of patience:
thirdly good case; fourthly, good
solicitor; 1ifthly, plenty OF money;
sixthly, a good counsel; seventhly, a
good witness; eighthly, a good jury;
ninthly, a good judge; tenthfy, plenty
of money.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-07-30

the fall The road will then be hard
and smooth and the gravel will be
packed down, but not Worn out before
bad weather sets in. 1t depends on
what shape the crown of the road is in
what the condition of the road will be
for travel through the winter. If the
crown is in good shape it will shed the
water to the side bitches, and if they
are in good shape the road will remain
dry and solid.
Now, l will tell few ways to spoil
good road:
The surest way is to use the road
grader and pile all the mud, sod and
weeds from the sides and bitches into
the center of the road. This makes the
road soft and muddy, and it will be
impossible for the next coat of gravel
to unite with the old roadbed The re-
suit IS the road will be spongy The
best plan is to @rape it up into piles
and haul it To some gully, Of which all
roads have n few, and dump il there.
THE road grader is good road
builder in the hands of man that
| knows how to use It. but otherwise he
will do Il great deal of damage
another way to spoil u road IS 10
make the crown 50 steep that all the
travel Will take the center. The result
is the road is Worn ont in the center
and no use has been made of the re-
mainder of the road. The center is Gu
up by three gulleys, which hold water
and cause the road to be soft and mud
| Shanpn
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-07-30
BADLY Behind Time.

'NChartpy, DEAR" said young Mrs. Tor
kfns, isn't it a pity that the morning
newspapers are so much behind time r.
'In what respect?"
''Why, they never print the 1rann Of
the winner of a horse race until the
next day, when it is too hate to bet"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-07-30
He Tried Again.

Tess-Oh, yes, l feel pretty sure of
him. l rejected him when he proposed
first because l was positive he'd try
again.
Jess-And you were right. He did
try again, and l accepted him.-Phila-
delphia Press.