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

Halsey last Friday and visited
her son, Ellis, who is the mer-
chant prince of that burg.
Tom Stuckey has accepted a
position with the Watts News
and Music Co., and is ever alert
to attend the wants of patrons.
Mrs. c. H. Harbaugh, Mrs. c.
w. Beal and sister of c. w.
Willis arrived in the city today
from Decatur, Illinois, on visit.
The Sixth and Seventh grades
of the Broken Bow schools have
a football team and
will make the hair fly before the
season ends.
II. M. Pickens of Berwyn, who
with his son has been visiting at
his old home in York state for
the past three weeks, returned
home today.
w. w. Burton, of Merna, is in
the city on a business mission
today and declares that his town
is rapidly growing to be the best
in the county.
w. M. Vannice and wife re-
turned from a seven weeks visit
in Iowa and Missouri. They
visited their old home in Burling-
ton, Iowa, the first time in many
years.
Some people kick about delays
in getting telephone calls. If
they would think Tor a moment
that even with delay the service
is worth the price as it usually
beats the time of making
personal trip-or writing letter.
Fred Baisch reached home
Tuesday from a visit of a month
at Denver and vicinity and
reports an exceedingly pleasant
trip, while his looks indicate
that his stay in that high alti-
tude greatly benefited his
health.
Ed. Walton, who has been in
Ohio for the past seven years
arrived in the city last Friday
evening on a visit with relatives.
He is son of p. A. Walton and
was for a number of years a resi-
dent of this city where he has
host of friends.
Those of our citizens who Wis
tied Omaha last week during the
Ak-sar-ben carnival, report an
unusually large crowd of visitors
and numerous pockets relieved
of purses, yet withal hilarious
aggregation of humanity from
all parts Of the state.
The cement walk between the
Custer National bank and depot
will be completed this week.
The city authorities have GER
tainly earned the plaudits of our
people for having pushed the
building of cement and brick
walks and crossings this year,
and it is predicted that by the
end Of next year every board
walk in Broken Bow will have
given place to cement or brick.
S. P. Groat, president of the
Broken Bow & Western railroad
company spent Monday and Tues.
day along the line surveyed and
is highly pleased with the route
selected from Broken Bow tc
Loup City, as it traverses grounf
where but few cuts and very little
filling will be necessary, thereby
greatly reducing the cost of con
struction. He says the company
expects to have a good share O.
the grading done before the close
Of 1907.
The board of supervisors, after
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yesterday evening to meet agar
on December 18th. The session
although short, was a fierce one
a great volume of business being
transacted and that new pencil
sharpened to point by Deputy
Clerk Osborne was worn to ;
frizzle in recording the proceed
ings. The session was - il
fact - so strenuous that afte
the first day Supervisor Morris
did not have TO brush th
hair back on his forehead. l
stood straight up.
Joe Dagen, an employe of tn
Broken Bow Milling Co., met will
an accident last Saturday after
noon which may loose him tn
use of his right hand. He wa
standing with his hand restin.
on one Of the wheat elevatin,