Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-04-02

for Northern Iowa, to inspect a
piece Of land offered him in trade
for Custer county realty.
Zeb Phillips and George Reed,
a pair of good, honest farmers in
the vicinity of Arnold, were
transacting business in the city
and hobnobbing with friends,
Monday.
Richard Brega, of Galloway,
the champion of county division,
spread his name on the register
at the Commercial hotel in this
city, Monday. He was enroute
to attend the county division
meeting at Ansley.
With half a dozen new houses
in course of construction in the
northwest part of town-already
so soon this spring-indications
are there will be somewhat Of a
something doing in the building
line doing in Broken Bow this
year.
McGraw and Caldwell report
having negotiated, and last week
consummated the sale of two
good properties, as follows: The
George Carr farm of $40 acfes, at
New Halena, to E. Knoll, for
$4,000. And the Mary Leslie
farm, consisting OF 100 acres,
near Gates, to Amos w. Young,
| for So, 400. This is evidence that
Custer county soil is looking up,
| James N. Peale, of the Cash
Grocery, left this morning for
California and will be absent
from home for several weeks,
visiting various points in that
state in the hope that a change
of climate will improve the con.
dition of his health, which has
not been anywhere near up to
standard for some time past, and
"Jim's" many friends hope twill
be even so and that he will return
with the rosy hue of youth be.
decking his estwhile alabastei
lcheeks.
| w. B. Eastman and Jess Candy
went to Lincoln and attended, as
Especially invited guests, ban.
quet Tuesday night rendered the
democratic editors of the state
by William Jennings Bryan.
The gentlemen returned home
yesterday highly elated, ant
somewhat inflated with an idea
they had been gone and did it
in impersonating "a editor.
Eastman says that Gandy's re-
spouse to the toast: "How I'll:
done 10 get what you want" wa:
certainly taking, but to inspire
confd ence he should give prac
teal demonstration of his theory
Several of the old boys wht
seemed to be "afraid for scared,
| because Of the small pox bug
aboo, and took on the virus from
, a vaccine point, are not feeling
, we'll these days and are careful t.
steer clear Of friends whom they
know are so affectionate they can
not converse without hanging or
to ones ARMAND especially the
vaccinated one. Mayor Georg'
is chief high ranger of the gans
: that is suffering-both nigh
and day-and he says now tina
he wishes he had either takel
, the small pox in reality or beel
quarantined on suspicion.
City Marshal Shackelford i
making tours of the alleys an,
peeking into the back yards thes
days-when his duties will per
mit-and these little investiga
e tons OF "hissen" are closely fol
f lowed with notice-personall
Y served-to "clean up at once o
E something will be doing that vii
r be expensive and may cause yo
r to say something out loud and i
= a blue colored tone of voice.
+. Clean up; let that be the slogan
y Don't spend your time signin
r an agreement that you will, jus
to get your name in print blu
t clean up. That's the idea tn
REPUBLICAN has been advancin,
o. for several years.
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