Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-05-28
Il LOCAL MENTION. n
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Warren and Mrs. Lang were
city visitors Saturday.
Another fine rain visited this
locality M onday night.
w. II. Cline south of town,
had horse killed by lightning
last Friday evening
The REPUBLICAN Office ack-
nowledgeS a friendly call from
Senator Fries Tuesday.
The REPUBLICAN acknowledges
a welcome call from j. l.. Nc
Clean of Weissert, Monday.
Grand Island is making pre-
partitions to celebrate the Fourth
of July in the old fashioned way.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Clay of
Ansley, are the proud parents of
a boy that arrived in their home
last Friday.
J. S. Francis, one of the enter
prising merchants of Merna, was
a city visitor Tuesday. The
REPUBLICAN acknowledges a
welcome call.
J. G. Maulick of Senaca, Kan,
arrived in the city Sunday night
to look after his property interest.
| The REPUBLICAN acknowledges
a friendly cali.
Mrs. A. A. COLON of Gothen-
burg, was a city visitor on
Thursday and Friday of last
week, The REPUBLICAN ack-
nowledges friendly call.
The final eighth grade ex-
animation sent out by the State
Superintendent will be given to
any pupils presenting themselves
at the Court House at Broken
Bow, Neb. June or 3. Papers
will be graded by County Supt.
Heavy rains in the vicinity of
Wahoo Sunday night washed
away portion of the Union
Pacific track. A passenger tram
was caught between two wash
outs and could go neither forward
nor backward until the road was
repaired the next day.
Jas. E. Wood, one OF the sub
stantial farmers living east of
the city, brought eleven hogs
Monday to the Broken Bow mar
ket for which he received the
nice little sum Of S211.60. They
only lacked few cents of bring
ing him $40 head. 1t would be
hard to convince Mr.. Wood that
the condition Of the farmers is
no better than five and ten years
ago under democratic times.
Upon the advice of the Execu-
tive Council of the Custer County
School Boards Association we
have called meeting of school
officers to take place Saturday,
June 9th at the Court House,
Broken Bow, Neb. The objects
of the meeting are the discus
sion of new school laws placed in
immediate effect by the last
legislature and other matters
: which should come before the
annual district meeting.
{ Galloway is to have a public
hall. The Union hall Associa.
ton has been incorporated for
! the purpose of building a hall
to accommodate the several
lodges of the town and public
meetings generally. The in.
, corporators are h. e. Brege, v
A. Vangreen, e. w. Lichten
berger. J. ID. Wieland, II. II
Andrews, J. l.. Hanc ock, Ed
Bennett and Harvey Mahan
r The capital stock is fixed a
d. 50, 500 and the shares at IS.
Claude Pickett, who has held
the position of principal of the
l Eddyville school the past year
r returned home Saturday evening
t having completed his schoo
D. year, No better evidence of Mr.
0 Pickett's efficiency as an instruc
d tor is needed than to state tina
Y he has been reimployed for an
\. other year at an increased salary
t 1t is pleasing to note the success
+ generally attained by the grad
g yates of the Broken Bow schools
+ 1t not only speaks we'll for tn
e individual members but for tn
school.