Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-10-03

Some of the weather prophets
are predicting an early winter.
That won't be muchchange from
what the people of this section
have already experienced.
S. A. Robinson, cashier of the
Oconto State bank, was transact
ing business in the city Monday
and-like the editor of the Reg
ister-plugging for Oconto.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas Kaupp and
Mesdames James Osborne and
Frank Shreve constituted a party
that took in the Galloway fair
last week-from start to finish
and report a good time except for
the rain on Friday. They went
Tuesday and returned Sunday.
The Broken Bow band fur
nished music for the baseball
tournament at Ravenna last week
and it is reported on good author
ity the boys acquitted themselves
admirably and won the plaudits
of all who heard their sweet
strains of harmony.
Ellis Kennedy, who sells every
thing from hair pin to real
live range steer with crumpled
horns, at Halsey, came down
last Sunday night for few days
visit with parents and-the
marriage record at the court
house does not say whC-yet.
During the storm in the wee
sma' hours of Monday morning
lightning danced merrily around
in this vicinity and succeeded in
putting between forty and fifty
phones out of business for a time.
superintendent Lee Pickett acted
promptly, however, and had 'em
lined up and going again by
afternoon.
The court house contingent to
the Galloway fair consisted of
Treasurer Cavenee, Clerk of
Court MAR, Judge Humphrey
aud Sheriff Richardson. They
took in everything from the
merry-go-round to seven dozen
and a half division arguments
and willingly admit it was the
best (af) fair ever held in Noble
county-in order to please Dick.
The surveyors on the Broken
Bow Western railway went out
again Sunday to straighten out
few kinks and set permanent
grade stakes. They expect to
be thus engaged for about two
weeks and Immediately there
after grading on the road-bed
will be commenced with the in
tention Of completing at least
twenty miles this year.
A letter to a Broken Bow
friend from Miss Ida Lambretch
states that her fathers health
has not improved as they hoped
it would since they went to Long
Beach, Calf, last spring, but
they all enjoy the climate and
the ocean very much. She had
just returned from Los Angles
and saw Mrs. F. M. Currie and
daughter, Lilas, who stated they
liked living there.
Scott Cooper and son, Earl,
reached home last Saturday from
a visit of couple of weeks at
his old home in Missouri. He
says some of the bush-whackers
down there lowed he'd have to
be shown all over again, but he
soon convinced them that his
residence in Nebraska had served
to endow him with wide open
eyes and a vision Of several
blocks-arounq the corner and up
an alley.
VIM, Price and brother-iu-law
of York county have purchased
800 acres of land near Ansley and
are building new barn thereon,
They will take possession next
spring, Mr.. Price was out in
this section two weeks ago and
was very much impressed with
Custer county. Rents were high
in York county and Mr.. Price
thought he would purchase a
home of his own. Mr.. T. w
Edwards one of our esteemed
citizens has know Mr. Frice fol-
twenty-five years.
Frank Davine. residing neal
Georgetown, was in the city last
Thursday and stated that he was
just beginning to feel his old
time self again Stree a shock from
a stroke of lightning few week
ago. Frank was pumping waite,
DURING a StOru1-it being a ueceS