THJD RtiPll3LiCAN ) , OUSTlflU COUNTY , NEBlUBlvA , Wfct 'A "WT /"ir i Is iLasy io Find Suggestions Here. No matter what sort of u persoai you wish to please ir what price you want to pay , you can't spend five minutes wi llumt finding something suitable OUR FULL LINE OF HOLIDAY PACKAGE _ _ . . IIUPU- n-iimrra i i J - - itI ri i 1 Perfumes is now on display. Mo gift more suitable for a young lady. IN TOILET SETSMANICUKE ? ETSCOMBSBRUSHES LEATHER GOODS CIGAR GASES. SMOKING SETS , TOBACCO JARS , And so many other useful presents for Indies Go-ntlomen and Chil dren that there is no need to mention them. You must see our line to appreciate it J.F.Baisch THE QUALITY STORE . , . . . . , . . Hl.i nltill liulUgl-Mili ID fit l'J ' lill.liM li itulllllli nfjjl.iitna.1iit i News of The State Capitol. . . 11Y SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. Official Bond Trust. For some years past state officers have generally offered their official bonds through the t'lie surety companies , instead oi the personal guarantee of friends ( orracrly the customary method. T.his year state officers-elect think they smell a "trust" among the guarantee companies and arc justly indignant in con sequence. Premiums on the official bonds desired by these officers have advanced over 100 per cent since the last bonds were taken out and the fact that Several companies bid the same price to one inquirer give color to the "trust" suspicion. The governor's rate has yone up from S49 to $120 for a two year bond. Here is some work for a Demo cratic "trust-busting"legislature Will they rise to the occasion and make it "easier to hold of fice , " the'one thought dearest to the heart of the Democratic politician. Dinner to Retiring Chancellor. A dinner was given to retiring Chancellor Andrews of the State University on the evening of December 8th , at Lincoln by the Faculty Men's Club ot the Uni versity at which the regents of the University , the faculty and many prominent citizens met to lo honor to the retiring chancel lor. Toasts were responded to by Regent F. II. Abbot , Chancel- or Andrews , Governor-elect Shal- lenberger. Governor Sheldon ad vocated expanding the Universi ty and adding to its real property and increasing its funds and in cidentally the pay of the faculty. Governor-elect Shallcuberger said in part : "I am rather of u saving dis position and somewhat conserva tive along this line , yet I can say that when it comes to trimming oppropriations it will not be on the educational budget. " Brian Against "Mill Levy. " State Treasurer Lawaan G. Brian announced his opposiou to the "mill levy" theory for the support of the Slate University , at the dinner given to Chancellor Andrews by the faculty at Lin coln last week , at which function TINDER & O'RORKE Auctioneers I Broken NcbKtfka Terms Reasonable ' Satisfaction Guaranteed A. H. TINDKK Pnone No. 33 w. H O'UORKR For dates at our expense. i1" the University regents were in attendance. Treasurer Brian advocates the appropriation of a flat sum for the University , gives some sound reasons for his posi tion and states his conviction that the people will approve of generous support of the state's greatest school and can be trust ed to know just what it costs per year. This he thinks is certain ly true when the cost to the tax payer is stated in plain figures , Mr , Brian showing that the man whose property is worth $500 now pays 10 cents a year to Uni versity support or $20 per year if he is worth the goodly sum ol $100,000. Sine New Candidates. Tile number of Democratic candidates for speaker of the house at the next session of the legislature has been considerably argumeuted during the past week. A round half dozen are now entered in the fight and the end is not yet. Among the lead ing candidates at this time art Ralph Clark of Richardson , C. W. Pool of Johnson , H. R. Henry of Holt , A. R. Bowman ol Nuckolls , W. J. Taylor of Custer W. S. Shoemaker , or perhaps W. S , Stoecker , both of Douglas. It will be a merry fight and the prospect is for a sufficient num ber of political broken bones to satisfy the most exacting critic > l the sport. Opens Corn Exposition. Governor Sheldon opened the National Corn Kxpoj-iiioii a Omaha , Ojccmtcr 'Mb , oftcrin * , the principal address , in whicl he said in part : "We are gathered here today to see the very best which can be produced iu all parts of the country , and we arc j lad to have giti.it exposition on Nubiaska1 soil , wbeif tbcio arc men who I giving their lives to make our agricultural products better. " ! Nineteen utates utul vime ; foreign latulj ale fupmaunlu't at tlu > ccrn ahu'A , nearly iS.UOn eais ot corn arc on exhibition and prizes aggregating S50.00U arc subject to avard. NebrasKans for Itcvisioo. Apparently well-founded re- ) orts concerning prominent Ne- jraskans at Washington tame to Lincoln during the past v. tick HON. ELMER J. BURKETT , Representing Nebraska In the United States Senate. and are of a character to be of general interest to the people of that state. These items of news say that Senator Burkett has squared away for a real and gen uine revision of the tariff and will give special attention to the reduction of the lumber and steel schedules. Congressman 13. M. Pollard of the First district , defeated at the recent election , has announc ed in Washington , his candidacy for 1910. Congressman Noiris of the Fifth district has received many congratulations from members and Washington friends on his escape from the Bryan wave of November. WON'T ATTACK APPOINTMENTS Governor-Elect Shallenberger Admits Impossibility of Ousting Ncu Supreme Just ices. That the frequent assertions , alleging that the democrats would attack appointment of r * . , i. . . 1. . . . . . . 1. . . . . T.rr.T. . . . . . . -j. . . ains In Furniture , Carpet and Rugs. 1PECIAL BARGAINS .On Sewing Machines at THE FURNITURE MAN. Successor to BOWMAN & ANDERSON. At the OLD STAND. Real Estate. City Lots and Property bought and sold. Farms rented. Taxes paid for non-residents. Will buy some good paper. Call and see me. the four new supreme justices made by Governor Sheldon , is little more than a day dream of democratic politicians who "want office for what there is in it , " is indicated by remarks made by Governor-elect Shallenberger while at Lincoln last week. That the fight would made if there were any possible prospect of success for the democratic con tention is generally believed , but .the hard fact remains that the j action of Governor Sheldon in so | clearly lawful and regular as to leave no opening for successful democratic attack and the mana gers of that office-hungry organ- fixation seem to be reluctantly abandoning the manufacture of an "issue " Mr. Shallenberger probably expressed the opinion of the leading "statesman" of his party when he said in Lincoln last week. "If I were to appoint four dif ferent judges from those nainul by Governor Sheldon , there would be no way that I know of to seat them except by calling out the militia , and that is far ther than I should want to go. Thus doth another democratic hunger for office go unappeased. Unprecedented Normal Growth. Mr. A. O. Thomas , president of the Kearney'state normal , til ed his hieniol repott with the gm'ernar during the past week. President Thomas finds from an examination of the statistics that the Kearney normal lias grown at a rale precedent in lhc > United States. During the fust X three years of the school 2,100 students matrictilated. President Thomas recommends the comple tion of additional building to tin : extent of & 100.000. The total appropriation asked lor the iu-\t two years is S210)0l ) ) . ITS ALL IN BEING A BOY \J