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Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1905-08-31
Great Northern Extension.

Work was commenced Monday morn
ing on the grade for the Great Northern
running west of Glendale. From its
present terminus it will cut across the
Milwaukee track then swing to the
south, paralleling the Milwaukee till it
passes the city limits. The grade will
then turn west and strike near Nels
Goldberg's place in Glendale township,
west through R. E. Grifin's south
quarter and will cross the Elm river at
Frank Warren's place. 1t will then
proceed southwest through James
Scott's place towards section IS, town
ship 129, range 65, where the company
has purchased half section of land,
and where new town will be plated.
The town will be about fifteen miles
southwest of Glendale. 1t is believed
the Great Northern is heading fo1
Leola, the county seat of Mcpherson
county. The new extention, it is said,
will be ready to haul this years crop.
Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1905-08-31
Captain Price Dead. /.

Captain A. F. Price, a well-known
character of these parts, being former
ly resident of Sargent county, died at
St. Barnabas Hospital in Minneapolis
on August 21st. The captain died after
an operation for what was thought to
be appendicitis, but the cause really
was general weakness of the vital
organs.
Captain Price was register of deeds
of Sargent county being first elected in
1886. Shortly after his reelection two
years hence he was appointed United
States marshal and served one term,
being displaced by the Cleveland regime.
After his term of Office expired he re-
turned to Fremont, Ohio, his former
home and was engaged in the lumber
business. He came out to Dakota last
spring and has been in the West mostly
since. He leaves a wife and two
daughters.
Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1905-08-31
State School Of Science.

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The State School Of Science at Wah-
peton Is q high grade institution sup
ported by the state and offering both
elementary and advanced courses in
mathematics, the sciences, political
science and history, modern languages
and engineering. Splendid buildings,
laboratories, libraries and work shops
make the school one of the best in the
state. The instructors are experienced
and thorough and every opportunity is
offered to make the work most useful
and helpful. The new mechanical
building will afford opportunity fo1
work in forging, steam and gas en-
gineering, bench and machine work in
wood and metal. Short courses for the
winter term. Tuition in school is free.
Plan to attend during the whole year.
For information address President
E. G. Burch at Wahpeton, N. d.
Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1905-08-31

Some of you fellows who never had a
million dollars like we editors do not
know, of course, of what the big pile
consists. We will put you on. When
you have a million dollar bills and pile
them up flat on one another, and want
to take one of them off the top, you
will have to reach up 275 feet. If you
laid them end to end you would have to
walk liz miles. If you had that
amount in silver dollars the pile would
be 1 l miles high. And so on. We know,
because we tried it the other night,
but the blamed bed slat broke and we
woke up.-Minot Independent.
Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1905-08-31
Presbyterian Church.

As the pastor has been called to
Edgeley to receive some new members
into the church and administer the
sacrament Of the Lords Supper, the
pulpit will be supplied next Sunday by
B. G. jackson who will preach both
morning and evening. Mr.. Jackson is
now in charge of the church at
Edgeley. He is we'll know here and
we will all be glad for this opportunity
to hear him again. Mr.. Jackson will
also speak at Crete in the afternoon at
three o'clock.
E. P. Lawrence. Pastor.
Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1905-08-31
The Latest Shoot.


The scores made at the shoot of the
Gun Club on Friday evening were as
follows: Elmer Mccartney II, Charles
Marshall 20, Shabino 81, Kennedy ID,
Wilson 20, Young 9, Brown IA, Bush Is.
Second shoot: Kennedy Is, Wilson
10, C. Marshall 16, E. Mccartney 81,
Young l, Bush Is.
The boys think that Young not only
takes the cake but the whole bakery.
1t is tie now between the pill mixer
and Rube Thompson, the land pusher.
But wait till Rube gets his own gun.
Young won't be in it then.
The Gun Club was. on the grounds
again yesterday afternoon for what was
perhaps the last shoot of the season.
Several scores of 25 were shot and q
few pairs of doubles.
The best scores out of 25 were: Will.
son 21 and 20, Bush 22-2O, Ripson g.
Chas. Marshall "a. Doubles Wilson
10 out of IL, Marshall out of IL.
Farmer Guyott, who was watching
the finn from the bench, said: "Don't
come out my way boys, I want a few
chickens left for myself" !"
Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1905-08-31
MUCH PLEASED
WITH COUNTRY
Nebraska Man Gets 800 Acres ol
Our Land
Purchased from Marshall McC Cartney Company
for Something Like $23 Per Acre-
Purchaser Thinks This Country
Has Great Future.

DR.. Joseph A. Dieffenbacher, of
York, Nebraska, this week bought 800
acres of Dickey county dirt from Mar
shall Nc Cartney Company.
This land is all farming land and in an
interview with DIR. Dieffenbacher, he
stated that the purchase was simply
matter of dollars and cents with him.
That he found upon careful inquiry that
this land produced annually as many
dollars for acre-as in York coun-
ty, Nebraska, where it sells from $40
to $85 per acre.
''This is my first trip to Dickey coun-
ty" said the doctor, and to say that 1
am surprised at the prosperity of your
farmers and the splendid opportunities
for the poor man or for the investor, is
to put it mildly. The land have pur-
chased lies from two to seven miles
distant from Oakes and is practically
all broken up and in crop. One-half
section is well improved. Think of it,
I bought 800 acres of land for little
less than $4,000 and there is, at a low
estimate, $40, 600 worth of crop on it.
Of course, do not get the crop, but
where could you go and buy as produc-
tive land for less than $50 per acre?
''No, this land will not be put on the
market. You people do not realize
what your land is worth. Say, this is
great country and it's developments
have just commenced. I only wish /
had more of it. My old friends, Frank
& Son, certainly did me favor when
they persuaded me to come up here. If
you see any of my friends up here, tell
them for me not to go away without
getting hold of a piece Of this land.
Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1905-08-31
Two Oood Games.

Oakes and Lidgerwood had two good
games of ball the past week. The first
game was played at Lidgerwood with
DENLY, Speaker and Frank Bush at the
points for Oakes, and Hobza and Nc
Clellan for Lidgerwood. The result:
RH E
Cakes. !. oooo-s s 4
First Baseman Battle received bad
accident in the fifth inning. He went
after hard drive by Hobza and in get
ting it his thumb was broken so the
bones protruded. John had the thumb
redressed by DR.. Boardman when he
arrived home and it is now getting along
nicely.
Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1905-08-31
SEWER AND WATER
MAINS COMPLETED
Oakes Now Has a System That
Cost $4,000
All We lack Now Is the Water and the City Au.
thorities Are Doing All They Can to
Get the Contractors to Work

The sewer system of Oakes will be
completed this week. The men are now
engaged in putting in the manholes and
catch basins.
The system commences at the Jim
river and comes up Union street run
ming as far east as Sixth street. On
Second street it runs four blocks south
and one block north, on Third street
four blocks south and two blocks north,
on Fourth street two blocks south and
one block north, on Fifth street two
blocks south and one north, on Sixth
street two blocks south. The water
mains have been extended some farther
on some Of the streets, and the water
viii be accessible in nearly every part
Of the city,.
= The main line of sewer is 15-inch to
Fourth street and 12-inch from there to
Sixth street. The laterals are 1O-inch
for two blocks back from the main pipe,
and 8-inch beyond. The watermains
are of 6-inch for main and 4-inch for
laterals.
Oakes now has a water and sewer
system that cost nearly $50, 900. 1t is
something the city needed, and some
thing the city will appreciate. more as
its citizens come to use it. When we
get the artesian water that is promised
every citizen should hasten to get the
proper connections made that the filth
and dirt may be carried away and thus
improve the sanitary condition of the
city.
Some little annoyance is felt over the
failure Of Giesen & Tolvstad, the ar
tesian well contractors, to get the well
down. They are now engaged on a
well at Frederick, where they had some
trouble which is, holding them back.
The city authorities here have been in
communication with them, and got a
reply this week that they could not come
until the Frederick we'll is completed.
This is rather indefinite as to what time
they will get here, and the city has
written the bond company that the con-
tractors have not lived up to their con-
tract, and have asked that they get to
work at once or forfeit 500, the
amount Of the bond. The we'll was to
have been finished the first of August.
Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1905-08-31
NOTICE TO DOG OWNERS.

1t is hereby ordered by the
city council that all dogs must
be licensed before September
10, 1905. Penalty will be i'm
pounding of all dogs without
collar and license tag on after
that date. Call at the city
treasurer and get your receipt
for dog at once.
w. T. BROWN,
City Auditor.
Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1905-08-31
Lutheran Service.

Services at Clement at eleven O'Clock,
and at Gronbeck's school house next
Sunday the third of September, at -four
O'Clock. K. L. Kleveland, Pastor.
Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1905-08-31

Dear Gus: have solved the mother
in-law problem, just give her regular
ly HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea. 1t
will make her healthy, happy and do
cile as a lamb. IS cents, Tea or Tab
let's. A. j. Young, druggist.
Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1905-08-31
Cakes Gets Back.

A return game was played here on
Friday, and it took eleven innings to
settle it. The score:
RHSO
Cakes. 4O211O1OOO l-1O IA II
Lidgerwood 2O122OO2 z 5
Batteries Oakes, Speaker and john
son; Lidgerwood, Hobza, Stevens and
Mcclellan.
Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1905-08-31

Gopher Warrants Payable.
All gopher warrants prior to 1905
series are now payable.
Hans Lee,
County Treasurer.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-02-23
Grave Trousie unseen.

1t needs but little foresight, to
tell, that when your stomach and
liver are badly affected, grave
trouble is ahead, unless you take
the proper medicine for your dis
ease, as Mrs. John A. Young, of
Clay, N. Y, did. She says: II
had neuralgia of the liver aud
stomach, my heart was weakened,
and ] could not eat. was very
bad for long time, but in Elec-
trio Bitters, found just what
needed, for they quickly relieved
and cured me-" Best medicine
for weak women. Sold under
guarantee by Lee Bros. druggist,
at SOC bottle.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-02-23

great deal more to the company,
and it could we'll have afforded to
well paid the city out of the in
creased value. The company
could have well afforded to have
issued stock to the amount of ten
thousand or fifteen thousand
dollars to the city for an exclusive
right for ten years and then had
good margain of profit left.
See the ordinance as published
in this weeks issue Of the RE-
PUBLICAN.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-02-23

can assure the tax payers that
will be done.
The 1895 tax was levied the
last year of ]. H. Browns admin
istration as treasurer, but under
the old law did not become due
and delinquent until the year
following. For the four succeed
ing years when most of the 95'
tax was doubtless collected H.
Lomax was treasurer, but as
there has been delinquent taxes
collected on 95' by every treasurer
since, the payment of the excess
evidently can not be Justly charg-
ed up to any one treasurer with
out an investigation of the re-
cords.
The error, if one is more than
likely due to corrections made
by the county clerks, III making
up the tax list from which he
certified the amount due the
state auditor.
The corrections are usual made,
one at time as the tax payer
finds an error, in his taxes and
the corrections are not certified
to the state auditor and the orig
inal charge stands against the
county right or wrong, for more
or less. In this particular year
of 95' it appears there was a
large number of errors or one
large one made by the county
clerk in his certificate.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-02-23
Thursday. February %, 1905.

Nebraska Methodists are plan
ming All important Missionary
convention to be held in st. Paul's
Church, Lincoln, February %,
March 2. The purpose of the
convention is to bring together
the state, Conference and District
officers of the different organic
atoms of the church, the pastors
and representatives from the
local churches and young peoples
societies within the bounds of
Nebraska, for the consideration
of some of the problems funda-
mental to the Christian occupat-
ion of the unevangelized nations
and also for prayer, fellowship
and conference concerning meth
DDS and the best helps available
for the fulfilling of the great
missionary purpose of the church.
The keynote of the gathering is
announced as Nebraska Method
ism and World Evangelism.
The convention will be dele
gated body. Among the speak
ers will be some of the best of the
denomination.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-02-23
Telephone Franchise Passed.

AT the meeting of the city
council last Friday night the
telephone ordinance granting the
Central Telephone Co. a new
franchise was put upon its third
reading and passed. The ordin-
ance is not exclusive, the object
being to give the county lines
that wish to establish a central
in Broken Bow. The franchise
is granted for a period of ten
years. The city reserves the
right to place wires and fixtures
on the telephone poles for use of
police and fire alarms and requires
free phones at the city hall and
water works plant,
In providing for twenty four
hour services, the company is al
lowed to charge five cents for
each connection between 10o'clock
p. M. and 8 o'clock A. NJ.
The Central Telephone Co. is
required to connect with all other
telephone lines ent ering the city
and charge not to exceed 5 cents
for each connection, the outside
lines to have the option of con-
Meeting or establishing a central
of their own.
A charge OF one dollar for resi-
dence property and dollar and
fifty cents for business houses, as
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-02-23

The ordinance as a whole is on
the lines that the company have
been doing business since its
first organization, the main diff
erence is that the terms are now
fixed by ordinance. a new feat
ure is making the company res
ponSible for double the rate, for
allowing the phone or lines to re-
main out Of order, and making
the connecting with county lines
obligatory and fixing the rate for
connections. Upon the whole,
the ordinance appears fair to the
telephone company, outside lines
and the public in general. There
is a question in the minds of
some if it would not have been
better to have given the Central
Telephone Co. an exclusive fran.
chise, with the provisions for the
county lines to connect and then
charged the telephone company
reasonable fee for the franchise
right, for the benefit of the city
finances.
An exclusive franchise would
have made the plant worth
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-02-23
The South Loup Electric Railway.

P. F. Campbell of Georgetown,
was among our friendly callers
Saturday. Mr.. Campbell has
taken an active interest in the
proposed Grand Island, South
Loup and Candy electric railway,
and still feels that the project
could be built if those along the
proposed route would manifest
sufficient interest. But up to the
present that has not been done.
He informs us that when the
straw vote was taken last fall in
the several township to ascertain
whether they would favor bonds
for the road, that only ten of the
sixteen townships along the pro-
posed line responded, and in
those townships where the vote
was taken there were those who
gave active opposition.
When the secretary at Grand
Island sent out letters to capital
lists, giving the data gathered,
with the hopes of enlisting an
interest, no response was receiv-
ed from any of them. He re-
CARDS that the cause of this was
because so few of the townships
had made a showing, and the
active opposition by some along
the proposed route. He argues
that if the residents along the
proposed route have not enough
interest to take the preliminary
steps to secure survey and es-
innate OF cost of building and
equipping the road, that capital
lists will not be inclined to invest
in the enterprise.
A practical engineer to de-
tetmine the cost in building the
road and the cost of water power
atiGeorgetown to operate it, he
regards as one of the first
requisites necessary to success.
AS the greater population and
wealth is on the eastern end of
the proposed route, il devolyes
upon the people of Grand Island,
the precincts of Hall, Buffalo,
and the eastern portion of the
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-02-23

has been the rule i'll the past is
provided by the ordinance.
The ordinance further provides
that parties using one or more
phones shall have a rate of one
dollar month for service over
the entire Central telephone sys-
TEN in Custer county and within
a radius of fifty miles of Broken
Bow, provided the number of
calls does not exceed thirty in
a month. In case the calls eX-
coed thirty per month a charge
of fifteen cents per call will be
allowed charged. The Telephone
Co. is required to keep and MAIN
tain good and efficient operators,
in its central office at all hours
of the day and night and to fur
nish good and prompt service.
The Telephone Co. is required
to keep all receivers and wire in
good working order without adj
ditional expense to the subscrib-
ers and on failure to do SO the
company shall forfeit double the
prorate amount of rent for the
time the telephone is out Of order.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-02-23
That County Board Contract.

Some two or three weeks age
the officers of the county board
by authority of the board entered
into a contract with S. O. Sails.
bury, an attorney of Lincoln to
pay him one half the proceeds oil
any amount he might find due
from the state to the county
arising from over payment OF
state taxes. 1t appears that
Salisbury had made the discovery
that a number of the counties of
the state had balances to their
credit with the state treasurer
arising from the county treasurers
paying to the state treasurers
more than the amount charged
against them.
His theory was that as these
amounts were usually small no
one county could afford to go the
expense of ascertaining the
amount due, but as he would
enter into a contract with several
of the counties he could afford to
make the research of the records
that was necessary, but that he
could not afford to do it for less
than SO per cent OF the claims.
The board not being aware of any
such claims against the state en-
tered into contract with Salisbury
on his own terms. 1t was upon
learning that the board had made
that kind of a deal Senator Fries
looked the matter up in the state
trcasurer's Office and found that
the records showed that Custer
county had paid to the state
treasurer Tor the year OF 1895,
So, 399.57 more than was charged
against the county. He writes
us that he at once filed a claim
with the Legislative claim COM
mittee to have the amount re-
funded to Custer county without
the assistance of Mr.. Salisbury.
He thinks the board acted hastily
IN entering into a contract to
pay him so per cent of what he
could find due the county, and
suggests that had the county
board requested him or either of
the other two members of the
Legislature from Custer to look
the matter up they would have
gladly done il without the county
having incurred one cent of ex.
pense.
AS ii now stands should the
county get the $3,399.57 due il,
means that Salisbury will get
half of it unless some citizen files
protest against his claim. We
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-02-23

road in Custer county to
bear the greater part of this pre-
liminary expense. Unless these
localities wake up to the situa-
ton and to a man put their
to the wheels, the en-
terprise must fail.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-02-23

Burlington February Bulletin.

Very cheap one way rates to California.
Puget Sound and the Northwest country,
March Isl to May 18th
Cheap rates east to Washington, d. c.,
for the Inauguration. Send for printed
matter and write for information. Des-
cribe your trip and let me advise you the
least cost. l.. w. WAKELEY,
General Passenger Agent,
Omaha, Nebraska.
II. l.. ORMsBY,
35-3S Ticket Agent.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-02-23

Send your laundry to the Grand
Island Steam Laundry. M arg uiss
Bros. Agts.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-08

To increase the capital OF The Nevada Ma
toIlal Bank OF San Francisco from three
million dollars (S3, GOO, ,OOO), divided into
thirty thousand 10000 shares OF the par
value Of one hundred dollars (S100 00) each
share 10 six million dollars (S6 COO. O0O)
divided into sixty thousand C60. .GO0) shares
q ne par value Of one hundred dollars
(SIOO o0l each share
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-08

CHICAGO NEWS STANDS:
Sherman House; p. Q. News Co. Great
Northern Hotel: fremont Eouses Auditorium
Hotel; Palmer House
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-08

NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS OF TUF
BANK OF CALIFORNIA - NOTICE TS
HEREBY GIVEN that in pursuance of
resolution OF the Board of Directors OF The
Bank OF California. a corporation Organized
and existing under the laws OF the State o.
California passed and adopted on Tuesdav
The 3lst day of January. 1905. al regujst
meeting Of said Board duly held at No 4oo
California street, IN the City and County az
San Francisco IN the State OF Calfforasa
gthe same being the banking house and prfn-
ctt,sl place OF business OF eeid corporatfon
and being the building where the Board of
Directors Of said corporation usually rneetsl
a meeting OF the stockholders cs said cor
roration Is hereby called for and will be held
At No 400 California street. IN said CITY
ard County OF San Francisco (the same be
Ing the banking house and principal place
of business OF said corporation. and being
the building where the Board Of Directors
q said corporation usually meets), on TUES
DAY the 4th day Of April, 1908. at three
O'clock in the afternoon Of said day, for the
purpose OF considering. deciding and acting
upon the proposition 10 increase the capital
stock OF said corporation. The Bank OF Cali
fornie from three million "a, 600. 000) dollars,
divided into thirty thousand go. .000) shares
cf the par value Of one hundred CO0) dol
lars each. four million q. 600. 00o) dollars,
70 be divided into forty thousand 90. .000)
shares Of the par value OF one hundred OO0)
dollars each. By order OF the Board of d.
rectors. Dated Jan 3ist. 1905 ALLEN
n. CLAY. Secretary OF The Bank OF Cali
fornis.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-08

BAD tenants elected for 81: collections made !:
city or country. Pacific Collection Co. 4f5
Montgomery ST.. rooms 9-10. tTel.gsfain $3.50
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-08
IS rooms; well located on NE. CO

oS rooms; well located on NE. corner where
the rent is less than 81 per room well fur
nished apartment-house; near Larkin ST.; al
ways full and clearing over $500 per month;
vestment for $4,000; with us exclusively.