Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-05-24

Jas. Coffman was friendly
caller at this Office Tuesday.
B. F. Morrow, of Georgetown,
was visiting in the city Tuesday
10. Taylor, of Berwyn, was a
friendly caller at this office yes
terday.
B. C. Emp6eld, postmaster OF
Anselmo, was social caller at
this Office Thursday.
Supt. Birdsell, of Alliance, was
a city visitor yesterday. This
Office acknow edges genial call.
Nj. C. New, of the ]. C. Bowen
store, Omaha'd last Sunday and
doesn't look any the wotse for so
doing.
Ras Anderson left Monday on
visit to Denmark, his old home.
He expects to be gone three
months.
Miss Edith Stevenson went to
Galloway this morning and will
visit with "the old folks at
home" till next Sunday.
Charles Martin and Charles
Heaps shipped eight cars of stock
and A. Wolfe a car of hogs to
South Omaha last Sunday.
]. C. Maulick, of Seneca,
Kansas, arrived in the city Tues
day to look after business inter-
ests and visit old acquaintance.
Geo. o. Waters and his daugh-
ter, May, left yesterday for Co.
lumbus to attend the funeral of
Walter Waters seven months old
child.
Amos Rickell, who has been
employed at the 3. & M. depot,
left Monday night for Sheridan,
Wyoming, whhre he has accept
position in the company's shops.
b. F. Empfeld, of Custer pre-
cinct, was in last Friday with
the returns, having completed
the assessment of the township.
This Office acknowledges a well
come call.
This locality was favored with
a fine rain last Saturday night
and another good rain Monday
night, AS most Of the corn is
planted the farmers generally
are ready for the rain. The
alfalfa and small grain will be
greatly benefited by it.
G. E.. Caldwell and family left
last Thursday for Grand Island.
Mrs. Caldwell and children will
visit there with Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. Kiser, while Mr.. Caldwell is
looking up new location. He
will visit Kansas with the view
of purchasing farm.
The Tooley livery and feed
barn, just west of the CONNER
cial hotel, is rapidly nearing COM
pletion. 1t is commodious and
we'll arranged and will undoubt-
eddy be more literally patronized
than the old one, which was
taken down to make room for it.
There are a large number of
new housee being built in Broken
Bow, but there far too few for
the demand. If Broken Bow is
to grow it must have more homes
to rent. A few frst-class modern
flats would pay handsome rate
of interest on the investment.
Claude Currie has been made
manager of the Ravenna Tele-
phone system, that is owned by
the Nebraska Telephone Co.
1t was rendered to Oscar Ans
berry but he declined to take it
and Claude accepted it as mat
ter of necessity but he perferred
to remain in Broken Bow and
work in connection with the sys-
tenn here.
Rev. Lincoln Mcconnell, who
recently conducted evangelistic
meetings in the tabernacle in this
city will deliver a lecture in the
Broken Bow Opera house on the
evening of June 8th, proceeds for
the benefit of the Young Mems
Christian club. Rev. Mcconnell
needs no introduction or eulogy
in these columns as the citizens
of Broken Bow will know-with
this announcement-that a rare
treat is in store for them.
The park now looks handsome
in its summer attire, but there
should be several more seats,
receptacles for waste paper and
the walks praVeled The n,rI,