Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-06-06

=
is visiting relatives in the city
this week.
Get the fever and replace the
old boards in front of your prem
ises with either a cement or brick
walk.
Messrs. S. h. Lee and Alvin
Burk spent last Sunday in Kear-
ney, guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Andrew Lee.
G. w. Kirkpatrick, who,resides
near Merna, left last Saturday
tor VanBuren, Indiana, where he
will visit for four or five weeks.
Mrs. w. d. Grant, who is visit
ing at Verona, Mo-, sent large
bunch of beautiful flowers to the
Spanish American war soldiers
for Decoration Day.
]. A. o. Thomas, of the Steam
Laundry spent Saturday and a
part of Sunday in Alliance visit
ing his aged mother who recently
fell and was severely injured.
From last Friday until Monday
evening of this week Will Clay
enjoyed visit from his mother,
Mrs. w. H. Clay, and sister, Mrs.
II. ]. Williams, both of Ansley.
More residences will be built in
Broken Bow this year than in
1906 and there was a bunch of
them then-close to one hundred
and still there's no empty
houses, not even upstairs rooms
for rent.
The frame for Andrew Snider's
new and modern residence, south
of the south side school building,
is up and being inclosed. Mr..
Snyder will have handsome and
commodious home when it is
completed.
Walter Harris, of the Blue
Front Cream station, left for
Kansas City Tuesday morning OH
business proposition which will
consume several days time. Dur
ing his absence Clarence Gault
has charge of the station.
Glen c. Ream, who has been
attending the Iowa State college,,
at Ames, taking course in
mechanical engineering, reached
home last Thursday for the sum-
mer vacation, intending to return
10 the school work next fall.
The county supervisors met
Tuesday and are busily engaged
cleaning up big batch of busi-
ness that has accumulated since
the board adjourned in March.
Next week-according to law
the members will sit as a board
of equalization.
w. J. Wantz, wife and two
sons, left yesterday and will be
absent from the city during the
summer, visiting in Illinois and
Indiana. His health has not
been good the past few months
and he hopes by change of
climate it will improve.
If you see Don Marquiss, who
lives miles east of the city and
he is stepping high and lightly
as if walking on air, don't be
afraid of him, he won't hurt you.
He feels as though he lived with
in 4 miles of heaven since yester-
day morning when he became
yapa sweet little girl baby.
Thos. D. Gill, who resides near
Milburn, accompanied by Eddy
Holmes, was in the city one day
last week and, while occupying
the upholstered diavan in the
REPUBLICAN sanctum, took oc-
casion to inform the associate
scribe that the outlook for a good
crop in Custer county this year
is very promising, the recent
rains being conducive to its grow
ing pIoCilVlties'
The Alliance Times of last
Friday says: "Rev. L. F. Har-
mon, of Broken Bow, who is
making a specially of lectures
with selected list of themes, is
in the city and will remain about
a week probably giving Alliance
audiences an opportunity to hear
him about the first of the week.
His speciality is abraham
Lincoln" and according to the
recommendations of press, pulpit
and public our people will be we'll
repaid for time spent In hearing
him."
Much work is being done on
tho SfraafS NV the city xuhara tba