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Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-10-31
Works Hard and Conscientiously.

No member of the board of
supervisors has worked harder
and more conscientiously for his
constituents than has Roy WEIGH
and the voters of his district can
not do better than to re-elect him.
1t is poor policy to retire super
visor at the end of the first term
just as he is beginning to learn
how to attend to business on the
board. Custer is large county
aud its business calls for a hign
grade of executive ability on the
part of its board of supervisors.
No man, however capable natur-
ally, can hope to attain his great
est usefulness during the first
term. During the past two years
Mr.. WEIGH has taken hold of the
work he found waiting for him
with great interest and he is now
in a position to do more good for
his constituents than could any
new man who will have to put in
his first term in learning what
Mr.. WEIGH has already learned.
The voters of the Second super.
visor district will exercise good
business sense by giving Roy
WEIGH a chance to serve them fol
two years more.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-10-31
Business at the Postoffice.

The counting of all mail that
passed through the Broken Bow
postoffice for one week, seven
days, from Oct. 13 to 19 inclusive,
upon an order from the post
master general, to determine the
number of pieces handled and the
revenue derived, shows that
there is plenty of work done in
the Broken Bow office, yet had
the count been made last week,
instead of the previous week, the
total number of pieces would
have been at least 5000 more.
Postmaster Jewett informs us
that during the week there were
1896 letters and 1901 postal cards
handled, the revenue being
$1l4.26 therefrom. The total
number of pieces handled, which
includes newspapers and pack
ages, was 11,752 and the total
revenue was $134.46.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-10-31
Webb Confesses His Ignorance.

ut is very unsatisfactory to
transact business with the county
officers by letter."
The above statement is one
that is commonly used by divis-
ionists to convince the voter that
smaller counties would be better.
To cllnch the argument the
statement is often made that Mr..
So and So has written numerous
letters to the county seat and got
no satisfactory reply to his inquir-
les. 1t has just come to light
that our artful friends, the divi-
sionists, have resorted to the
trick of writing letters of inquiry
so ambiguous that their inquiries
could not be intelligently answer
ed without further correspon-
dence. l say, that this is a trick
they are trying to play for the
reason that it comes from mer
who certainly know better. Fol-
instance, the following from E
M. Webb, of Galloway, to the
county treasurer: "Do l owe any
real estate taXes?" The county
treasurer replied: "Please give
number of land on which yor
wish to pay"
Webb'sBreply; 1.-THE numbers
of my land are swA neA, seq
nwA and lots 2 and 8 of section
5-14-23. l got my patent from
Washington, Feb. 10, 1906. Ii
looking over the REPUBLICAN il
the list of land for sale, Nov. 4
l note the following description
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-10-31
To the Voters of Custer County:

In times past it has been custo-
mary for county officers who were
candidates for reelection to spend
weeks campaigning over the
county. This we have not done.
We have refraiued from making
any personal canvas during this
campaign, and have been at our
offices every day attending to
business, although our opponents
have been busy among the voters
all over the county. That we
have failed to visit you at your
homes and to solicit your support
in person, is not because we
would not have been glad to meet
you, to renew old acquaintance
and to make new ones, but be-
cause we did not believe we had
any right to neglect the public
business for our own personal
benefit. We naturally desire re-
election if the people think we
have earned it, and we are viii.
ling to leave it to you to decide
that matter for yourselves. II
reelected we promise to continue
our work in the future as in the
past, and whatever the result, we
shall accept your verdict and bt
satisfied. A. r. HUMPHREY,
County Judge.
GEO. B. MAR,
| Clerk Dist. Court.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-10-31

VIZ ne, Ell nwH section 5-l4.23.
Now, what / want to know, does
this mean me or have you got
the wrong description of my
landl | supposed chat / had
paid all taxes assessed to me for
1906"
Treasurer Cavenee replied, g,v-
ing the amount of tax for 1906,
against the above land.
A few days later the treasurer
received remittance of S8.55 from
Mr. Webb and in the letter ac-
com panying the remittance was
found this language: 81 was rot
assessed on land in 1906 and did
not get patent from Washington
till Feb. 10, 1906, hence this mix
up. do not think ] ought to
pay this tax. but am no kicker
Now all of this from the Hon.
E. M. Webb, ex-newspaper editor,
ex-representatlve and ex-several
other things, now which do you
think is the correct interpreta-
ton. that Webb is so ignorant
that he did not know that all
land on which proof had been
made prior to April l, 1906, was
liable for taxation for that year,
or did he let his land taxes GO
and have the land advertised on
purpose to have something to
roar about? Or did he think
that by withholding his patent
from the record, which he did,
not fling it till August 10, after
the assessor had made hisreturns
for the year 1906, that he would
steal one years taxes from the
people of Custer county? Place
your own construction on it, it
must be one or the other. No,
Mr.. Webb, you can't do that; our
county Offices are run on more
systematic plan than that, intend.
ed to catch just such shysters as
you, which 1 am glad to say are
not very plentiful in Custer
county.
Now, Mr.. Webb, go out over
the county and bawl it out about
what time you had getting
taxes Strengthened out.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-10-31
Horserace Looked a Fake.

A horse race was pulled off at
Candy, last Saturday, between
Ed. Sweeney's horse, Sweet
home, and king Alphonzo", a
Candy horse. The race resulted
in favor of the Candy horse by a
nose. 1t is thought by many of
the Broken Bow supporters that
the race was not on the square.
The track was new one, made
on very sandy soil, the sand be-
ing scooped to one side and into
this the Broken Bow horse was
crowded by the Candy rider,
"Sweethome" running the last
eighth mile in sand half way up
to her knees.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-10-31

The telegraphers' strike may
be still on-theoretically = but
practically it is ended-a failure
on the part of the strikers. This
is only onother illustration of the
futility of strike-as method
of settling Observation-Disclosures
big corporations and labor unions.
Since this strike of the telegraph
ers was inaugurated the REPUB-
LIcAN has sent more kilograms
than during the six months pre-
vious and in every instance has
received prompt replies. To fully
realize that the recent telegraph
ers' strike which is still claimed
to be in full force and Effects a
miserable failure, one has only to
consult the columns of any daily
newspaper and there he will find
as complete telegraphic news
reports as has ever been furnish
ed the reading public. If the
undertakers union will strike and
refuse to bury a man until he's
dead, or an infant before it's
born, then you can safely bet or
the winning of one union strike
otherwise don't bet on strike
winner.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-10-31

The size of the majority against
county division this fall depends
upon the voters going to the
polls. The REPUBLICAN predicts
that if the full vote of the county
is polled the majority will BE- two
to one against division. Those
who believe in strong, united
and influential county should
urge their neighbors to go to the
polls as the larger the vote the
greater will be the majority
against division.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-10-31
constipation retard re-
Cure these with Ayers Pills.
Vote the Ticket Straight.

In the heat of the division cam
paign, republicans, who may be
favored on either side of the
question, should not overlook the
importance of electing the entire
county and state ticket. What
ever may be your views on county
division, that should not in any
way, prejudice you against the
nominees of your party. Every
man has perfect right to his
opinion on the question of divi-
sion and whether he is for or
against division is a matter of
his own personal right. Pay no
attention to the demagogue who
attempts to make capital against
the candidate or that one on
county division. We venture
nine times out of ten they never
heard the candidate against whom
they are insinuating, express an
opinion on the question, and, as
matter of fact, all they know is
hearsay from some one that knew
no more about the facts than the
man in the moon. Be true to
your party and its nominees, vote
as you think is to your individual
interest on the question of divi.
sion and the REPUBLICAN will
guarantee that the candidates
will be true to you in all publ:
matters,
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-10-31
An Important Office.

The Office of county Judge is,
perhaps, the most important one
in Custer county today. Thou
sands of dollars worth of property
are reported to the court in
estate matters for settlement.
The interest for each person
must be safe guarded and a
proper distribution of the estate
made. In addition to this the
interest of the minor children
and heirs must be looked after.
Guardians and administrators
must be kept right in the man
agement of estates. In matters
of this kind the lawyers of this
county agree that the present
county Judge, A. r. Humphrey,
has made record in his two
years as judge of the county
court that is excelled by none.
In all matters before him the
litigant and the attorney have
elected to try their cause before
him and without a jury. But
one jury case has been tried in
the county court in two years and
that at the request of the judge
who had acted as attorney tor
one of the parties before the
action arose. Of the great num-
Der of cases tried but few have
been appealed and in those tried
in the district court on appeal
the judgment of the county court
has been affirmed in each instance.
This is a record that is worth the
consideration of the voter when
he comes to cast his ballot,
Judge Humphreys ability as a
trial Judge has never been ques'
toned. 1t saves litigation and
losses incident to it to have d
county judge that knows the law
and has the courage to enforce il
in his DEGREES and judgments
On the record he has made, Judge
Humphrey should receive the
UNANIMOUS vote of the county,
He has saved the taxpayers
money on every turn and hi
election means a continuance o.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-10-31

Don't get excited if you see
wheel-barrows, gas ranges or
burial caskets coming through
the postoffice under the guise of
post cards. Articles of such ex-
traordinary size and bulk have
been pouring in of late that the
foregoing is not so far fetched as
it may seem. The tickle public
has been veered somewhat from
its penchant for "frosted" cards
and leather articles labeled "post
cards"-which look as much like
post cards as the muley end of q
muley cow-are confidently mail
ed every day with little, insig'
nificant 1.cent stamp pasted or
them. Footballs - nearly life
like in size-are the latest, but
every mail carries miniature sofa
pillows, dolls, baby shoes, match
boxes and other bulky affairs
even unto "Teddy Bears. ST
don't be surprised if someone
CLUES 1-cent stamp to your bes
Teller and he comes to yon vi;
the postoffice as mail matter.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-10-31
Zumbrota Zephyrs.

Miss Myrtle Kiny of Broken
Bow, was sewing for Mrs. w. w.
Bishop fro m Thursday until
Saturday.
Stewart Lanterman moved his
threshing machine south of the
Bow last week and will thresh in
that locality for awhile.
Miss Carrie Fox is attending
to the household duties during
Mrs Callens illness from rheuma-
tism.
]. T. Cole drove home SO head
of stock Friday that were being
pastured south of the Bow.
Ben Holcomb, B. B. Sands and
E. B. Barber sold quite number
of cattle last week.
]. 7. Cole and family and
Bertha and Charles Koozer we're
very pleasantly entertained at w.
w. Bishops last Sunday.
jill. Koozer, wife and daughter
returned Tuesday evening on No.
80 from Kenesaw. Mr.. Koozer
reports his father slightly inn
proved.
M. D. Stones is having their
house repaired.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-10-31
They Never Stop to Think.

The division agitators argue
as an excuse for dividing Custer
county that most of the counties
of the state are small counties
and as many of them are strong
financially that either of the pro-
posed new counties of Custer
would be as favorably situated.
They never stopped to think
or, are purposely blind to the
fact - that the Typography of
Custer county will not admit of
dense population as will most of
the small counties in the eastern
part of the state-nor can the
entire area be utilized to the
same advantage as can counties
where every quarter section can
be occupied by a family and farm
ed successfully. A farmer to
succeed in Custer county should
be the owner of enough of the
rough land to provide pasture for
all the stock for which he can
raise feed for the winter. The
farmer who has but a quarter
section of land is an exception in
Custer County. A very large
number have section or more
and not few count their acres
by the thousands. Large farms
are indispensable to success at
mixed farming-as asconsequence
the population per square mile
will never be great, as long as the
inhabitants depend, as they do
now, upon stock raising and
farming for living. Just take
either the northeast or northwest
quarter of Custer county, as it is
proposed to cut them off, and
their population would not ex-
coed half the population of Grand
Island. There is no more gov
eminent land in the northeast
lquarter and less than 1000 acres
in the northwest quarter of the
county. There is no prospect OF
increasing the number of farms
above what they have now unless
you decrease the acreage pei
farm. Do you know of farmer
who is contemplating cutting his
farm and pasture in two? Suct
cases are very rare. The tend
ency is the reverse. The increase
, of acreage per farm means thu
decrease in population rathe
than an increase. An increas'
of population in the towns will
be limited to the demand of tn,
country surrounding. The popu
/ lation of town or city is Deepen
dant upon the country around it
, unless it is a manufacturing o
: railroad center. AS none of tn
, towns of Custer county have an,
: prospects of either, none of then
t can hope to attain great proper
A tions-nor can either of the quar-
ters-aspiring to form indeper
dent counties-hope ever to hav
: much greater population tina
l. they have now-what increas
(: they do have will be principal
: of the towns and no benefit to tn
d country, except in what they cor
l. sumo. The small number c
n Office seekers and would-be count
y seat spectators, that might prof
n by dividing the county will nc
e justify the end.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-10-31

Lovers of pure Havana cigars
are warned to purchase their
favorite brand of smoke at the
present price of the weed, as an
increase in the price of imported
tobacco is expected within very
short time. Unsettled weather
in the spring and through the
growing months contributed to
decrease the output and the
Caban planters and growers are
experiencing financial pinch as
a result.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-10-31

Seven cities have filed appli-
cations for the National Repub-
lican convention of 1908, namely:
Seattle, Chicago, st. Louis, Kan
sas City, Denver, Boston, and
Pittsburg. The national COM
mittee will meet in Washington
on December End, and there, by
ballot, decide upon the city in
which the convention shall be
held. The city securing the con.
vention will have to pledge al
least 500, 900 if the Philadelphia
convention is any criterion, as or
the occasion Sos, 900 was paid fol
the hall and $4,000 for other ex'
penses-a total of S95,000.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-10-31
The jamestown exposition will

Line jamestown exposition Will
soon pass into an unregretted
oblivion and then the people will
be asked to travel out to Seattle
to see the Youkon exposition and
to not forget that a well-filled
purse will enable them to greatly
assist the development of the
Seattleite's bank a u n t.
whether they e(attle) or don't
see-atall.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-10-31

the policy that has obtained in
the Judges Office for the past two
years. You have confidence in
Humphreys ability and good
Judgment. Vote for Humphrey
for county Judge.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-10-31

BY close inspection of the
hole you might see some trace of
Foraker-but Fairbanks is not
even discernable--and m i G h t
have pulled the hole in after him.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-10-31

If some people would devote
their time to the promulgation Of
sociability rather than socialism
the country would be better off.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-10-31
Thursday, Oct. 81, 1907.
Republican Ticket.

0pputy Treasurer
J. L. CAvENEE.
A. r. HUMPHREY.
HORACE F. KENNEDY.
JOS. PICMAN.
clerk of District Court
GEORGE b. MAR.
eeunty supt. of Schools
II. M. PINCKNEY.
unity Surveyor
L. f. VAN ANTWERP.
ooRnty Coroner
L. e. COLE.
DISTRICT.
Supervisor District No. d
r. r. WEIGH
Supervisor District No. A.
GEORGE L. CARR
supervisor District No. o.
HERBERT E. MYERS
BROKEN Bow TOWNSHIP.
u.s.. MoLYNEUx.
Clerk
j.. 8. McGRAw.
Justice of the Peace
J. M. FoDGE, EMIL. G. SCHW1ND.
Constable
p. M. TowsLEY. e. F. MALLoY.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-10-31

Entered at Broken Bow, Nebraska, for trans.
MISSION In the United States mails at second
class rates.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-10-31
tustsr Suuatl .sguAlioau
oNg DOLLAR pBE war.
AnvERTIsING RATHs.

Where uattet IL sat or wood baso elcctrotypes
4 hat price of 12H oCaits per inch, single column
far zach Insertion, two or more Insertions
k,acisl position, single insertion, Is cents per
tnnh. Metal base electros, twOor more tinins
n cents per inch. Payments to be made lst OF
sncn month.
Local advertising cents per line each inser'
tiou.
Cards on nrst page 90 cents per inch per
mouth.
Notice of church fairs, sociables and enter.
tainments where money is charged, one-hah
rates.
Death notices free, balf,ri Tor publishing
obituary notices.
Card of Thanks, so CT =.
Legal notices at rat provided by statutes OF
Nebraska.
Society notices and resolutions, one-ha'i ra,es
Wedding notices free, half price for 1881 o
presents.
Milford chronicle., 1907-08-02
The Public Schools.

At meeting of the Board Of Educa-
tion Monday night. the tax rate was
fixed at the same amount as last year,
Nearly one thousand dollars Ofthe float
ting debt has been paid off and hand
some balance remains in the treasury.
The schools will begin term September
18th. AS there is some misunderstand-
ing in the minds of some parents, we
repeat what has been heretofore stated
that pupils whose parents live outsideo of
the district are admitted to the schools
above the sixth grade free Of tuition
charges. These are paid by the State.
For all below the seventh grade tuition
fee Of fifteen dollars per annum is
charged. Payment of taxes in one dis
trict does not entitle parents to send
to the school of another district
Milford chronicle., 1907-08-02
FARMERS WILL COMBINE
TO BUY THEIR PHOSPHATE.

The farmers Of Delaware who are as.
sociated with the grange movement
have combined, successfully, in order
to get their fertilizer for the com ing
autumn and spring at a little more
than cost, and with absolutely salts.
factory analysis. The result is that the
trusts will not profit by the fertilizer
used on Delaware farms during the en-.
suisg year, as the farmers will get the
usual low price in spite OF the large
combination Of everything.
Through an executive board the farm
ers received specifications for supplying
this fertilizer, probably 900 tons, upon
an absolutely cash basis, delivered this
autumn, and probably large amount
next spring. The cash is virtually guar
anteed by the grange, which clocks
over" each purchaser.
Under the specifications considered |
all kinds of valuable fertilizer will be
furnished-the very vital compound
which make fruit grains and vegeta.
Dles grow even on unproductive land.
In this array is included South Caro-.
ina rock. dried blood, murtate potash,
chloride potassium, fish scrap, pulver-
zed bone, (both raw and steamed) aci.
lulated bone, tankage and mixtures.
There were q large array Of bidders,
,ut the contract fell to the lowest bidder,
Delaware man, Jesse L. Shepherd Of
Mr. Shepherd also secured
his contract in another part of the Pen
lsula.
Milford chronicle., 1907-08-02
church News.

Presbyterian Church.-The pastor
will preach Sunday morning at Il
O'clock on "The Causes and Cure OF
Dependency" Sabbath School at 10
O'Clock. Evening meeting at O'Clock.
Topic, 1.-THE Care Of the Body"
Avenue NJ. E. Church. - Divine ser.
vice at 1915 a. m. with sermouette by
the pastor. Rev. E. n. Cantwen, of
COrdova, Md, will be present and assist
the minister in the celebration. Music.
"Send Out The Light" by Charles
Gounard. Joseph b. Holland will speak
to the congregation, explaining the
plans for the free singing school, Notice
the change in the hour Of morning ser.
vice to lO.45 O'Clock, to last during the
month Of August Epworth League
service at 6.35 p. m, Miss Jennie Stan
ton, leader.
Milford chronicle., 1907-08-02
SHORT LOCAL BREVITIES.
Items Of Interest in Paragraphs About
Milford and Vicinity.

August sth will be "Big Thursday
at Bowers.
Don't fail to see the calico suits on
the ball field Tuesday.
Go and see the ball game on Tuesday
next. Proceeds for the poor this winter.
The Keystone Guard will play at the
ball park on Tuesday next, the ROOse-
velt's and Bryan's.
The Mothers Prayer-meeting will be
held in the Avenue NJ. E. Church next
Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
The w. c. I. U. meets with Mrs.
James B. Goslin on North Walnut
street next Tuesday evening at 80
o'clock.
Prof Daniel w. La Rue, former
of the Milford Public Schools.
has been elected principal of the Public
Schools at Augusta, Maine.
Milford chronicle., 1907-08-02
Wants to Know the Wan.

Aaron Thomas purchased a pair Of
overalls at G. D. Abbott's store two
weeks ago, and in one Of the pockets
he found a paper on which was written
the following; "Whoever gets these
overalls please write to Miss Dora New.
some, Smyrna, Del, and send their
picture" Mr.. Thomas is a middle.aged
married man, and he passed the paper
over to bright young farmer to do the
act.