Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-05-17

city visitor Saturday.
w. A. Tooley's new barn is
enclosed and is rapidly nearing
completion.
w. f. Rankin shipped two cal
load of cattle to the South Oma'
ha market Tuesday.
District Court adjourned last
Friday night, having completed
the business before it.
T. w. Edwards and wife left
Tuesday for Des Moines Iowa to
attend the Presbyterian Assem-
bly,.
Jud Kay returned Tuesday
from Omaha, where he shipped
two car load of cattle the latter
part of last week. .v.-,.. ..u
Henry Zimmerman, of Anslcy,
was a city visitor Saturday MORN
ing between trains. This Office
acknowledges social call.
The band will give an open air
concert-free to everybody-in
the park Saturday evening of
this week, beginning at 1870
o'clock, weather permitting.
Manager Pickett and Miss
Leila Holcomb, of the Central
Telephone company, spent Mon
day at Ravef1ria, attending to
company business at that point.
w. S. Southland, of Douglas,
who has been here in charge of
the Brock Nursery stock for the
past week, left for home Tues
day morning, having sold the
remnant. -''.-'- -''--''-''----.--' ' f.
w. C. Nixon, our old time
friend, of Grant township, was
city visitor Friday, having
brought in his report as deputy
assessor. He remembered this
Office with social call.
t.s
J. M. Fodge, president of the
County Sunday School Conven-
ton, came down Tuesday morn
ing to attend the Sunday School
Convention. He remembered
this Office with a social call.
]. D. J. Senior, of Sargent, is
in the city, having come in Tues
day night to be in attendance at
the lawsuit case of Cummings
VS.. Alternately. He made this
office a business call yesterday
morning.
b J. A. Evans, of Spring Creek,
was a social caller at this Office
Monday. He says that most of
the people along the route be-
tween his place and Broken Bow
will complete their corn planting
this week. .... a...
Jesse Wilson has purchas the
building located on the. lots re-
Gently purchased by the Masonic
Lodge. He will move the build
ing to his property between J. J.
Wilson and Alpha Morgan's resi-
dences, where he will fit it up for
dwelling. /
T. II. Winchester, of Hayes
township, was in the city Mon
day with his returns as deputy
assessor. He informs us that his
township has largely increased
the last year in population by
new settlers locating on govern
ment land under the Kinkaid
Homestead Law. ...,
For several weeks the Chief
Office has been in the hands of
the carpenters and masons who
have been making extensions and
remodling the building. The
office is now very conveniently
arranged for comfort and con-
venience. Both the office, COM
posing and press rooms have been
enlarged, which will greatly help
the proprietors in caring for
their extensive business.
The Appointment Division of
the Pension Office has been
abolished. This was made nee
essary because of the fact that
no new clerks are needed to carry
on the work. Even with the
increasing number of applica-
tions for pensions and for in
crease in pensions. The present
force of the Office will be able to
handle the business for some time
to come. The pension list is de-
creasing at an alarming rate. If
it continues to fall as rapidly as il
did last month, the entire roster
will be wiped out in nineteen
wears. Commissioner Waruar IN