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Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1909-02-18
COLLIER WILL CASE SETTLED JUST
BEFORE TRIAL WAS TO BEGIN
HALF ESTATE TO MRS. PESTER
Some Divorces Granted, Other Estates In
Process Of Settlement, A Number
OF Minor Cases Up For Ad.
judcatiOn

Quite a number OF cases were
settled at this term of the Dis
trict Court. The greater per
cent OF them was not tried before
the jury. When the matter of
settlement Of the Collier will case
came up on Thursday, after the
jury for the trial had been select
ed, an ag, eemeut was reached be-
tween Mrs. Margaret Poster and
the other heirs who were attempt
ing to break the will of John
Collier. According to the will
Mrs Poster was given the major
part of the estate and the other
heirs contended that Mr.. Collier
had been uuduly influenced IN
making the will and insisted that
it should not stand.
G. l., Gutterson and Aaron
Wall were appointed by the
Court as guardians ad Item for
Roy Poster, a minor. a contract
Of settlement between the parties
were submitted to the Court for
its approval on behalf of the
minor, Roy Poster. The Court
found on the evidence that the
rights of the minor under the will
we're doubtful and considered
that the settlement of the estate
according to the contract was for
the interest of the minor ard
authorized the guardians at litem
to sign the contract for the min
or. The case was then dismissed
as per the articles of settlement.
Under the contract of agreement
Mrs. Margaret Poster is to re-
ccive one half of the estate and
she pays the cost of the litigation
incident to the settlement. The
estimated value of the estate is
about 100000 and this gives Mrs.
Poster about $4,000 less the
costs.
In the case Of Jess Hopkins vs.
Farmers q Merchants Ins. Co.,
Jury trial was waived and the
Court found on the evidence for
the Insurance Company and the
action of Hopkins was dismissed.
G. Ii. Holcomb was attorney fer
Hopkins and A. l.. Chase repre-
sented the Insurance Company.
The case Of the Eastern Bank
ing Co, VS. Custer County was dis
missed. The Eastern Banking
Company was attempting to COM
pei the County tc refund taxes
paid on land before they found
that the title was not good. X.
A. Moore represented the Eastern
Banking Co., and n. II. Gadd de-
Tended the County.
The case of c. II, Doxsee VS.
w. II. Sailing was dismissed and
the costs taxed to Doxsee. X. T..
Rrigga was attorney For DoXsee.
The sale Of the real estate in
the case of Oval Leep VS. Ella
Pettis ct al was confirmed. The
Court allowed S. A. Holcomb SIS =
90 for acting as guardian ad litem
and Ross Moore $500 referee.
Sullivan and Squires were attor-
neys for the plaintiff.
The Court confirmed the sale Of
the real estate in the Caldwell es-
tate aud ordered a deed to be
given. A. II. Johnson was at
lorney for the plaintiff.
in the case of the Dierks Lum-
Der Co., vs. George Dewey ct al
the Court found $2o4,75 was due
the Dierks' Co. and that they had
a valid mechanics first lien for
the amount. The Court author
continued on page eight)
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1909-02-18
PERCENT OF INCREASE IN COUNTY MUCH
LESS THAN FOR OTHER PURPOSES
TOTAL VILLAGE TAXES FOR 1908
One Tenth of The Amount of Taxes Col
Iected in Villages Goes to The COun
ty-Big Increase in School
Precinct and Village Taxes

On the lower part Of this page
will be found a comparative state
ment of the taxes for ten years,
The part covered is from 1893 to
1893 with the omission OF the
year 1902. The records of the re-
capitulation of the taxes for 1902
could not be easily found i'll the
County Clerks office and it is for
this reason that the year 1902 is
Omitted.
Last year was a year i'll which
the real estate was assessed and
consequently the valuation OF the
real estate is much higher this
year than it has been any year
during the last four years, but as
is shown by the statement and
in spite of all the assertions and
in spite of all the evidence to the
contrary, the statement shows
that the total amount of the
taxes assessed IN the county for
the year 1908 is $500 less than it
was for 1907. On the other hand
it will De noted that the State
tax is about $4,000 higher than it
was last yea1; the District School
tax is So, 500 higher than it was
last year; the High School tax of
$2,739 was assessed this year as
against nothiJg for that purpose
last year; special road tax is
So, 200 hig her than it was last
year; the Township tax is $4,000
higher than it was last year; the
Village Fund tax is about $4,000
more than it was last year; the
Village Bond tax is about ST., 200
greater; the Village judgement
tax is 81, 400 greater, and the side
walk tax is $697 greater.
The statement shows then, that
the County tax is about the only
one where all increase in the as
sessment has not been made. The
assessment statement shows that
there is about $4,000 more taxes
assessed against Custer County
this year than was last year, but
this $4,000 has gone TO an in
crease in the State, in the school
in the Precinct, and in the Vii
iage Funds.
Let us turn for moment to a
consideration of the increase
from 1898 to 1908. The State
taxes show an increase from $50
100000 to $4,000, 90. The
amount Of state tax is today about
three times the amount Of taxes
in 1898. The county tax in ten
years has grow1 from $4,000 to
$4S, 600 or an increase of about
$4,000. This shows an increase
of about SO per cent in ten years.
lie District School tax has
grown from $47, ,ooo to Slo3, 900.
This shows an increase Of about
12o per cent.
The District Bond tax is about
$4, less in 1903 than i. was in
1898, showing that the bond in
debtness Of the School district is
being paid off.
The Special Rold tax in lS9S
was $3.50, while in 1903 it was
$l5,727. The Special Road tax
for 1903 is then about forty times
Z the tax levied in 1898.
The Township tax has grown
from 50, 200 in sos t. $4,000 in
1913, This shows an increase OF
little over 500 pei cent.
The Township Bond tax has
reduced from 5000 to S2,5Sf,
showing that the Bond indebtness
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1909-02-18
REAM REPLIES TO DORIS
Doesn't Think the City Should own
Meters Gives Some Figures on
The Water Works,
Editor Republicans


Editor Republican,
| notice in last weeks paper
that one Of our townsmen who
has purchased an interest in the
water system would like to have
a few questions answered through
these columns, and mentions the
fact that the "Water Commits
sioncr is required to prese
a report every three months,
and would like to see t Ii c
same published, 1t is feared
that a detailed report would
expose the fact that II / S
name, as we'll as many others,
would be found among the list OF
delinquents in the past, and while
our record book has been at the
council rooms on two different
occasions, during council meet
ings, at neither time was it even
opened, aud for this reason the
report that the ordnance requires
to be presented to the council was
not prepared.
However we are to answer
! questions regarding the water
works system that would be Of
interest to the public iii gen
eral.
In regard to the question as to
the ownership Of meters, would
say that | have been in a position
to observe both sides Of the ques-
tion, having on one hand purch-
ascd, installed and collected for
the meters that have been install
cd, and on the other hand have
been compelled to install one of
those SIS. 90 machines for myself,
and will state that ] disagree
with him on that subject. The
people in the outer portions of
this city are already heavily tax
ed to help pay for the bonded in
debteduess caused by the pur-
chase OF the water work S
system, and they do not even
have fire protection, to y
nothing Of tn c m ny OF Ii er
advantages, and ! agree with
most people who understand the
matter that it would be heaping
insult upon injury to double the
taxation upon them III order that
the city might own the meters
while we who use then, get the
benefit Of fire protection and
water for domestic purposes.
Owing to the great amount of
water misappropra ted and vast
ed and on account of the expense
of pumping the water, the city
council saw fit to pass a meter
ordinance IN order that the city
would receive pay for what water
was pumped, for a decrease in
amount wasted means also a
decrease in amount of coal need
cd to handle the pumps.
| 1t also equali2es the rates SC
that the person who uses a small
amount, pays upon the same
bais as the larger consumer
paying for what he uses. Some
say they have been paying toe
much for their water. The
following is the bais upor
which the charges have beer
made, the cost to consumer be-
ing $500.
Meter 50 40
Extension Sl,S5
Meter box $1.bO
Connections 90
This totals *l3.45 cost, leaving
Continued on page thrccJ
! YEARS.
Illagc Fuud. Irrigation
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-02-25
FORECAST OF COMING MODES.
Reasonable Certainty That Hats Are
to Be Smaller.

Hats and toques, turbans and their
trimmings for the coming spring are
already under consideration.
Hats, perhaps more than any other
feature of dress, are most uncertain
indications in the between seasons of
what the modes of spring and early
summer will really be. Always there
is the freak hat, the ridiculously-
portiOned toQue and the fearful and
wuniersome tumble of what to the
casual observer seems the odds and
ends of many a flower and ribbon
shop made into one far from homo
geneOus whole, to top, but not adorn,
the feminine head.
1t would appear just now that the
immense hats psrpetrated on com.
pGratively inoffensive public last sum.
mer and autumn have been Telegated
to permanent back shelf, for the so
called picture and large hats that are
the latest creations of the French
creators Of millinery are but moder-
ately large, while the extremely small
toque is to be pushed to a momentary
victory The word momentary Is used
a4visedly, for while the extremely
small chapeau spells comfort for all
but its wearer. whose eyes it cannot
protect, it is the most trying of all
millinery creations, and requires
youth, beauty and plenty of hair, and
perfectly arranged couture to bear
its trying exposure of every defect OF
face and couture.
AS for the very large Moujik tur
bans that have been and are still in
evidence, they are dying the natural
death of all uncouth fashions, for no
woman looks well with her head ap.
parently buried in a cushion that bids
fair to eclipse her entire head and
face
Turbans are among the latest crea.
tiOns, and those in jet are especially
smart in Paris just now.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-02-25
Practical lcehouse.

space sufficiently large, that the sides
of the building are kept from becom-
ing warm by the cool current which
passes from the ground up and into
the ice chamber. A 12X1S-inch blind
at each gable permits a free circula-
ton of air and is in my estimation
better than cupola as there is more
of draft over the ice. AS is shown
in the cut there are double doors four
feet wide extending from the founda-
ton to the caves. A 4X4-inch scantling
put in the peak for attaching a double
pulley, facilitates the handling Of the
ice; the man in the wagon sets the
tongs in cake and another man in
the doorway seizes it with his tongs
as it is drawn up; in this way only
three men are necessary at the build
ing, one TO unload and two to pack
Beneath the building a number Of
eight-inch tiles are set on end with
little piece of board over each; on the
dirt floor is six inches of sawdust The
cakes of ice are set on edge, each tier
being finished and covered with
layer of sawdust before another is
begun. II is better not to have the
cakes too close together, so that the
sawdust will sift down between. Saw
dust is better than cracked ice to fill
in with, as it does not leave air spaces
and also prevents the cakes from
freezing together so solidly. When fill
ing. loose boards are placed in front
OF the doors and about ten or twelve
inches back of them is filled in with
sawdust. Our icehouse is filled from
pond about a mile away. Ice saws
are used, and the cakes cut from 25 to
30 inches square; a common wagon
box will hold two tiers, 80 cakes of 49,
inch ice. The capacity of this ice
house is 40 tons, but of course any
size could be built on the same plan,
and larger one would keep the ice in
much better condition
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-02-25
Very New Stocks.

Metallic laces have become so popu
lar that, besides the gold tissues and
filets for galloon trimming the new.
est stocks and yokes are being fash.
toned Of tucked metallic fabrics This
sounds impossible, but the newer
tulles in gold and silver are of a white
silk weave, with an under thread OF
metal sheen showing through and pro
ducihg an iridescent effect.
Many of the new stocks are made
entirely Of black velvet, except the toy
fr.ll, which is lace, and the added lace
Jabot When the stock itself is made
of lace a wide butterfly bow Of velvet
is worn in front
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-02-25
BARLEY AND OATS.
Experiment of Growing Mixed Crop by
Ontario Experiment Station.

Barley and oats grown as mixed
crop at the Ontario experiment sta
lion, gave in 1907 the highest yield of
grain, 1879 pounds per acre. where
four pecks of each were used per acre.
The mixture of Manshury barley and
Daubeney oats has been found to ripen
well together and to produce lrge
yield of grain. The results with crop
mixtures of y and eight kinds Of
grain, in combinations made up of uni
form weights of seed, or of quantities
in the same proportion as when the
crops are grown separately. showed
the supremacy of Manshury six rowed
barley when used in this way In the
average Of six years work and the re-
suits of "a tests this variety repre-
scented 176 per cent in the mixture.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-02-25

"On my last trip through country
towns. said a travelling man, Il met
drummer who had queer side line
He was buying up old church organs
and was shipping the woo3 back TO a
violin manufacturer in New York. He
SAID that the make OF y!Vilas thought
that wood that nad done service in
one OF those little cabinet organs was
the best he could find for the average
middle and he paid that drummer a
small commission on every WORKOUT
organ he could pick up"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-02-25
His WAS A NOBLE LOVE.

rs the contract of dover properly
drawn up, signed and Witnessed -
asked the court of Bum.
Yes sighed Gladys Golden.
There are no loopho!es through
which your wise lawyers of Philadel-
plia might Creep"
Not a loophOle," said the fair
Gladys
And your fathers holdings in
Amalgamated WhalebOne, American
Cheese and MacarOni and Tin Soup
plate 6's have not been affected by
the recent depression?"
No. dearest" answered Miss Gold
en-, firmly.
Then / love you" said the noble
count; and two fond hearts beat as
one.-Judge.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-02-25

Have the terrors of the French revo-
luton been exaggerated? A French
woman mentioned in Sir Mountstuart
Grant Du6's diary had lived in Part
through the last 80 years of tn
eighteenth century, and when asked
for her impressions of the tragic
times of the terror replied: The
whole affair has been vastly exag-
gerated.. For my part, | never found
it necessary to abandon my weekly at
home days"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-02-25
Revelations of CoIor

Colors tell a tale. Feminine lug
ubrity shows painful affection for
musty blacks for sickly fawns and
qrewsome grays. Those of overflow
Ing vitality, on the other hand, love
bright colors-orange scarlet and
blue. People of amiable, but rather
indefinite character, show decided
preference for pale shadowy shades
pale-blue, pale-pink, white or cream
Gentlewoman. London.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-02-25
Country of Contrasts.

Armenia is country of strong con-
trasts, of opposite extremes, of heat
and cold, light and shade, drought and
moisture, and contains many myster-
les awaiting solution. The ethnologist
is still in doubt as to what branch of
the great European family the Ar
menian people belong to; the philolo-
gist has not yet classified their Ian
guage, the antiquarian knows next to
nothing of their early history.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-02-25
As He Saw II.

Mrs KnoX-One can tell a good
deal about people from their facial ex-
pressions,
knox-Been absorbing wisdom from
patent medicine almanac?
Mrs knoX-NO. Take Mrs. Jabber-
ton, for example; there's a great deal
OF character in her mouth.
knox-Yes-other people s.-Chica-
go Daily News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-02-25
Other Folks Jov.

We should be churlish creatures If
we could have no joy in our fellow
mortals joy, unless it were in agree
ment with our theory of righteous dis
tribution and our highest ideal of hu-
man good; what sour corners our
mouth would get-our eyes, what
frozen glances. and all the while our
possessions and desires would not ex-
actly adjust themselves to our ideal
George Eliot.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-02-25
A BeQinninn.

Judge Puffer-How do, Henry?
Well, yew don't git down our way
very often?
Uncle Henry-No; stay pretty
clus to home. Wouldn't "a come to,
day but Marthy s been readin' bout
President Roosevelt wantin' farmers
to improve, so she couldn't rest till
I'd come an get my teeth tinkered.-
Judge
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-02-25
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A PRACTICAL ICEHOUSE.
There Is Yet Time to Build and Fill
One.

The usefulness of ice on the farm
can scarcely be exaggerated, and
wonder that such a small percentage
of farmers possess a convenient stor-
age. We have stored ice for about fit
teen years. Five years ago the ice
house was remodeled and the follow
ing is description of the present. plan,
writes a correspondent of Rural New
Yorker. 1t is 12x14 feet and u feet
high on a two-foot stone foundation.
The studding is oak, 2xS inches,
sheathed on both sides and filled be-
tween with sawdust From the stud
ding two-inch Turing projects out
with the siding on this, making an air
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-02-25
Indian Philosonhv

Quanah Parker, a Comanche chief,
recently visited an ice plant in an
Oklahoma town. He was much inter-
ested in everything pertaining to the
plant. After he had been shown
throughout the building, he remarked:
White man smart White man
heap smart White man smarter than
God. God make ice in winter: white
man make ice in summer."-Judge.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-02-25

ter went away to boarding school and
left him in the house alone with the
old servant. At vacation time she
came home, a budding flower of
beauty and innocence, to depart again
leaving the place lonely and desolate
AT last she was graduated, returning
TO make home happy for her father
Her willing spirit flew far ahead of
the train and dulled its swiftness into
plodding. The duty she owed her pa
rent was uppermOst in her mind-not
as a duty, but as love, as a persona
fcation of affection which she would
JOY in portraying by making his days
full OF sunshine and comfort. She
would be the mistress of his house
and the rose of his heart.
To her sorrow, upon reaching the
station she was met by neighbor
who advised the girl her father had
been called out of town on urgent
business. Arriving at the home, she
found telegram awaiting her. Merry
ously tearing open the envelope, she
read:
Have married a widow with five
children. VIII be home tonight"
Father"
"Oh, how could he?" moaned the
girl as she threw herself prone upon
the divan and wept Then rising reso-
lutely, she brushed away her tears.
Why should she Judge? He was her
father, ripe and mature in his iudg-
ment. But now she would have to
give up all her cherished plans for
making him happy! There would be
another-and five children!
At Z o'clock the door-bell rang. In
moment the daughter was clasped
in the arms of her parent.
'Where-where are they?" she
asked, bewildered. as her gaze dis
closed none but her father
Where's who, dearie?" asked the
parent, a suspicious tremor making
itself manifest at the corners of his
lovable mouth.
"The-wid-I mean your wife-and
the"
"Oh, left them in Brandon"
I'm Brandon?"
Yes. you see the man wanted to
change cars there, so | came on
home
What man."
why, the man I married"
But you telegraphed me you mar
ried widow with five children?" non
plussed.
Yes, | did. I married a widow and
five children to the man"
"Oh, father" cried the girl hiding
her face in his big overcoat, how
could you?"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-02-25
Not for Hans

Hans came in from his ranch to
7n' a horse. I've got the very thing
you want" said Ike Bergman; its
hne road horse, five years old, sound
IS quail, S175 cash down, and he
goes ten miles without stopping"
Hans threw up his hands in protest.
Not for me, he said-"not for me.
| wouldn't gif you I'VE cents for him.
| live eight miles out, und I'd half to
walk back two miles"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-02-25
Coifures for Sprinu Hats.

The couture becomes less volumin.
Gus and more natural. Some of the
false puffs are being put aside and the
hair arranged more closely to accom-.
modate the new spring hats, which
will not need the abundance of hair
which was almost necessary TO prop
up the dropping winter ones Gau2e,
silver and gold bands are now drawn
quite closely over this hair to hold it
down.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-02-25
Use FOR THE HANDKERcHIEFs.
Easily Made from Leftover Sewing
Room Materials.

Materials.-Piece of velvet Is inches
by 9 inches, one piece of satin IS
inches by 8 inches. one piece of sheet
waddiug is inches by 9 inches First
powder the wadding with some good
sachet. Now lay it between the velvet
and satin and sew all three together
on three sides INSIDE OUT. Turn the
right side out now and blind-stitch the
fourth edge. Double the whole in
halves, having the velvet side out Sew
up one side and half of Othsr two sides.
Now turn over one of the portions mat
is still unsewed Thus:
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-02-25
TRANSPARENT Sleeves,

these days unless it is of rough cloth
as part of the waist fabric. Trans.
parent sleeves are everywhere. They
are of net, chiffon, filet, tulle and lace
and are worn on cold days on the
street under a coat.
They are conspicuously transparent,
however, even In the house when the
coat is removed. Added to their thin.
ness-and this is the point-will be
strips of the thickest fur to weigh
them down.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-02-25
A Practical Proof

DO you believe in the story of some
peoples having supernatural powers"
Il didn't till ! met a dentist who
operated on young Brassy, and per-
formed a miraculous feat"
What was it?"
He killed Brassy's nerve."-Ralti-
more American.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-02-25
Cows Milk for Colts.

Cows milk is often used with ad-
vantage in feeding foals Foals suf-
fering from distemper cannot always
take solid food satisfactorily, and may
be nurtured on cows milk. The foal
may be taught to drink by pouring it
upon the grain feed; the young thing
eats the moistened feed, and by tip
ping the pan it soon learns to drink
the separated milk.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-02-25
II is STRANGE,

1T is really beyond comprehension
that every great cattle farmer, who is
the owner of a valuable herd and
knows it to be infected, does not take
the simple precaution of isolating his
calves from the full-grown animals OF
his stock and feeding them on unin-
fected milk. DR. Bang.