Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-05-30
News Of a Local Nature


MS Is lnueeu loNCly WSdtuSl
for the weeds.
Every load of hay brought
into Broken Bow is eagerly
sought by citizens, regardless of
price which is up and coming"
Miss Ollie Pickett went to
Dunning last week and will visit
her brother, Capt. Pickett, until
the opening of the Junior Normal,
the 18th of next month.
1t is just as necessary that
Broken Bow be attractive as it is
to have its business great or its
morals sound, but the appearance
of the city hall building does not
indicate that this is a fact.
Those Broken Bow ladies who
invested in much summer
weather toggery are becoming
very weary of waiting for
weather that will permit of it's
wearing without appearing to
be crushing the season."
The dog muzzling ordinance is
being inforced in several neigh
boring towns, but isn't necessary
in Broken Bow. Our CANNES
are not of the beligerent or crazy
sort and, anyhow, this city is
not crowded with purps.
Doctor Pickett attended the
annual meeting of the State
Eclectic Medical Assn in Lincoln
last week and reports one Of the
best sessions ever held, the adj
dresses delivered and the papers
read being very entertaining and
instructive.
The Broken Bow small boy
wasn't long without an occupa-
tion after the close of school.
This week he has been very busy
on the banks of Muddy creek
using all the persuasive powers
he can command in an effort to
induce bull heads to partake of
feed he has prepared for them
with a "string TO it."
The board of supervisors are
scheduled to assemble at the
court house next Tuesday, the
4th day of June, to clean up a
bunch of business matters that
has accumulated since adjourn
ment two months ago, and if the
members are as full of vim as
usual, it won't take long to
accomplish the task.
w. S. Stevens, of Comstock,
postmaster and dealer in general
merchandise was in the city Mon
day and Tuesday. Comstock is
a lively burg and good business
point and with newspaper would
become more so. He realizes
this and says it would also be a
profitable investment for some
printer who can get up newsy
sheet.
Although a large number of
farmers were in town last Satur-
day most of whom attended
Ranney's sale of horses at Rich
ardson's barn, the bidding was
not spirited, less than half of the
SIS were sold and they were
captured at very low prices.
The fellows present did not seem
to be hungry for horse flesh and
no amount of persuasion could
excite them to the extent of
taking liberal bit.
J. A. o. Thomas has just at
tached an auto-sparker to the
gasoline engine in his Broken
Bow Steam Laundry and he is
not only we'll pleased with the
results, but wonders how he
managed to do without it so long.
1t is an insignificant little con.
traption, but supplys satisfaction
in large quantities. Mr.. Thomas
has put in a number of new
machines during the past year
| and will have to add more if the
business continues to increase as
it has during that period.
Mel Steinman ceased tickling
the soil on his plantation, two
miles east of Weissert, long
enough to visit his county seat
town, Monday, and while here
was held up by representative
of the REPUBLICAN for his
opinion of crop prospects and hi
thought that corn would come
out all right, thanks to the soak
ing rains the latter part of las
week. He believed, also, tina
winter wheat would be Johnnie
on.the snot when the time cam,