Broome, was the man of the hour when the potash town wanted a paper, and the Antioch News was the result. Broome, as a public man and publisher, has had a lifetime of experience in western Nebraska. When 'Gene Heath left for other lands the old 'Gene Heath's Grip was passed to the stewardship of Frank Broome. The editor in chief during his whiil upon the sea of journalism, "exchanged" with the Grip, regarding it as one of the most valued weekly papers that came to his desk.

No county in the state can show a higher standard of progressive papers than the county of Sheridan, and the people of the county will bear the same critical analysis.

Mercantile Progress

From the time that Tom Grover opened his store in Gordon, and Henry Crow and Cal Weeter in the Rush Valley section, or T. Thompson at Hay Springs, mercantile affairs have had a high part in the county progress. Nowhere is there found a more up-to-date character among men in the mercantile lines. Individual effort has always been of the honorable order that inspires traders to know that they are getting a square deal. Then there has been some co-operative effort in marketing and buying that deserves honorable mention.

Outside of the railroad towns in both the north and south portions of the county, there were early established country stores. There were Albanv, Adaton, Hunter, Grayson, Lavaca, Mirage and many other places, some of which still maintain stores, and some of which are abandoned. S. Dewey who was early at Mirage closed out his business after a number of years.