Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-02-21
News of a Local Nature


ranch, II miles south of Broken
Bow, has filed for record in the
Office of the register of deeds
contract to convey the same TO
the original owners, Heenan and
Finlen for consideration Of
SIS, 100000. The tract comprises
s 27S acres. 1t is understood the
ranch is to be divided into medi-
um sized tracts and offered for
sale.
On Monday c. w. Bowman
sold his residence property in
THY CITY TO Frederick A. Bertran
for So, 400 90, accepting 200 acres
Of lard in section 3, town II,
range 20, at So, 90 as a part
of the consideration. Broken
Bow is good enough tor Mr..
Bowman, however, and he inn
mediately invested in another
home-that of James Whitehead
on the north side, paying
therefor TIL , sum of 81, 900 90,
possession to be given June 1st.
Ed. Hall, of Lawton, Okla
homa, a brother of Walter and
Charley Hall and cousin Of M. d.
Callen, arrived in the city Mon.
day and will visit for an indie
finite length of time. He has
been suffering with malaria aud
comes here hoping a change of
climate will properly tone up his
system and make him johnny
on-the-spot, wide-awake citizen,
able to perform full days work
once again.
Do not overlook the advertise
ment of the public sale of William
Frey in this issue. Mr.. rrey has
for years been among the pro-
gressive breeders and farmers of
this county. He is closing out
his ranch business to accept
responsibles position with Dierks
Lumber & Coal company at
Kansas City, at a good salary.
Everything upon his ranch is Of
first quality. His policy has al
ways been to produce or pu'rcha se
only the best of everything. His
cattle and horses especially, are
as good as the best produced up
on the thoroughbred breeding
farms Of Iowa and Illinois
There will be bargains at this
sale. No one desiring first-class
animals can afford to be absent
from this sale.
On the 18th Of last month
Mahan Bros. store at Galloway
was robbed, part of the plumber
being pocket knives. Sheriff
Richardson sent out notices de-
scribing the property stolen and
last week received word from the
marshall at Mullin that a man,
whom he describe :, had been
been selling knives there, but had
| gone to Alliance. From the de-
scription given Sheriff Richard.
son spotted him as Ira Cumpston
who formerly conducted a pool
room at Galloway, Telegraph
ing the sheriff at Alliance to ar
rest the man he left at once for
that place, but upon arriving
learned that Cumpston had gone
to Hays Springs, where two Sis
tiers reside The sheriff at Rush
Vile was then wired to arrest
him, which he did. Deputy
Sheriff Thompson went there
and returned this morning with
Cuppston who not only confessed
that he, and he alone, did the
| job, but turned over most Of the
stolen property to Deputy
Thompson.
Manager Roy T. Walker came
in from Hill City, South Dakota
Tuesday, bringing with hin
samples of ore from mines owned
by the Gold Medal Mining com
pany, composed of citizens o
tuis vicinity, all of whom art
highly elated over the possibili
ties of the rich deposits in thei
possessions. The samples art
certainly fine specimens of golt
} bearing quartz and Mr.. Wake
says there's plenty of it and just
as rich which anyone can prove
to his own satisfaction by visi
to the property. This is no
like the many mining companie
; that advertise shares for sale an,
> claim the price will advance at
certain date for the mere sake o
getting money for shares in
worthless mine, because thi
company is composed of Custe
l county people and they do no
care to sell shares to Tom, Die