Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-09-19

down Tuesday to visit his mother
and take in the fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Cover, of
Mason City, helped swell the
throug in the city this week.
Herbert G. Myers, republican
candidate for supervisor district
No. 3, made us a pleasant call
Wednesday.
Hickman G. Webb have sold
their livery and feed barn to
o. E. Eggleson. Mr.. Eggleson
took charge the first of the week.
Broken Bow Equality club will
meet at the home of Mrs. Deming
on September ~, at p. m. All
members are requested to be
present and be prepared to settle
their dues.-Mertrude King.
Angelo Dundero, brother and
son, of Anselmo, all OF Italian
birth, made us pleasant call to-
day. Angelo is a prosperous
rancher and says he likes to read
the REPUBLICAN, cause it don't
take long.
c. w. Redfern of Oconto, who
has been a subscriber to this fam
lily journal over twenty years,
dropped in the Office Wednesday
and advanced the editor a little
change with which to carry on
business during the cold winter
months.
c. c. Connely, who has been
residing at Candy the past seven
years, was in the city this week
visiting relatives and attending
the Custer county fair as he has
done every year for the past
twenty-five years-regardless of
wind and weather.
Died-at her home in Berwyn,
Nebraska, Mrs. Emma Hopkins,
the beloved wife of William Hop
kins, aged AZ years and 20 days.
Funeral services were held at the
M. E. church in Berwyn, at 3 p.
m, September IL, 1907, conduct
ed by Il. Bells. The remains
were inferred in the GAINESVILLE
cemetery.
Several new frames for resi-
dences have appeared in the city
during the past few days. Every
house that can be built in Broken
Bow is badly nee ed, as there are
a good many families greatly
embarrassed because of their in
ability to secure convenient living
quarters.
Ross Armour left on Tuesday
morning for Lincoln, where he
enrolled at the State University
for 6-year course in engineer
ing. He was accompanied by
his brother, Attorney Martin
Armour, who will hang out his
single in an Iowa town.
The republican voters of
Berwyn township are called to
meet at the Berwyn school house
on Saturday, Sept %, 1907 at
2 o'clock P. M, for the purpose of
nominating township ticket
and to transact such other bust
ness as may legally come before
them,-R. r. WEIGH, Com.
Thos. w. Myers became the
owner of nice piece of property
last Friday by purchasing of
Sarah ]. Fool a parcel in section
80, township II, range 20, for the
sum of $1,000. This is tract of
about four acres Of ground, three
quarters of a mile east of the
square, the intention at present
being that his son Charlie will
occupy the premises. Mr.. Myers
has acquired good property and
the sale goes to show that the
Broken Bow realty prices are 60
ing higher and higher day by
day.
James Chlttick, the old-time,
energetic and progressive farmer,
who lives a half mile south of
Etna, has been engaged as man
ager of the Farmers Cooperative
association at Gothenburg, which
deals in grain, lumber, coal, etc,
and has decided to quit farming
that he may be better able to
attend to his duties at Gothen-
burg. He is advertising public
sale OF horses, cattle, hogs and
farm machinery, on the farm al
Etna, on Wednesday, September
Is, beginding at 10 a. m.
Julie Simonson returned to the
city Monday night from his east.
erJ trip of nearly three months