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wish the Journal o n .nad for another jear af
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previously notifj l- ' discontinue it.
CHAXOK IN' IJ::E3S-When ordering n
elia&K in then Mn-- -ub-criborshlionM ltoure
to give their old ..- v. .i their new address.
What has become of tho new party
that Mr. Brj-au was going to invent?
A woman never cares how old she
gets inside. jut so ii doesn't show
outside. St. Joseph News.
And now, if report may be trusted.
the Jap fleet hr. ftarted to meet the
Russian snips f Admiral Itojest-etc.
It is a Rood be1 that when they meet
they will boih be going tho same
direction.
The engineers who are to bnild tho
Panama canal estimate that tho cost
of it will bo far in excess of tho sum
amed bv tho engineers who made
the first estimate, beforo tho contract
was let. Thoso who havo built houses
and had dealings with en nrchitect
know something about such matters.
It does look lii:o a reasonable propo
sition' that win a the farmers have
more corn to ship tho railroads will
have more corn to haul and freight
rates can bo rednccd. This is tho
principle that J. J. Hill is acting on
in sending ont the" feed corn spacinl."
Prosperity for cno industry means
prosperity for another, nud so on
through an endless chain.
What would life in Omaha bo with
out -Roeewatc r .- Ho represents a
strenuous lifo of r. slightly different
pa'ttern from that of Roosevelt, but
tolerably strfnnjus nevertheless. A
libel suit Tfcfcn breaktast would be
a little strong fv r most of us, but
Rosowater seem;, to lilio it just about
as much as ha enjoys being in con
tempt of tho baprenie court of Ne
braska. It will certainly bo a public calam
ity if the OdoII machine in New York
beat's Chauneey Depcw out of his seat
in tha Uniied t arcs senate. Gentlo
aaen and scholars are both rare enough
in tho publi" tci ice, and when you
you find bith in tho parson of one
man he is valcubio enough to keep. A
railroad prei I nit, a classic soholar, u
United States Senator, a polished oi
atbr and arbiter elegantiae. all in one,
has not 'appeared iu our public councils
since tho old school days.
The best people of all political
parties are against "machine" domin
ation. Under our present primary
system tho politicians and not the
people make tho nominations. Tho
direct primary Fvstem, whereby tho
peoplo themselves nominate the can
didates, has I nn substituted for the
old'systcui m Minnesota and Wiscon
sin.. Why can it not bo cdopteil by
our next legi&iture'r Will net soino
one of on'- Platte county delegation
introduce such a bill?
The editorial observations of the
Omaha Bee to tho effect that tho best
results from Nebraska legislation de
mand the abolition of tho professional
lobby will find wide endorsement over
the state. By the accepted defintion
of lobby it moans, tho exerting of in
fluence upon the law makers with the
riew of obtaining favoritism at their
hands. It follows that a state which
claims as high a percentage of liter
arcy as docs Ncbraskka should bo able
to elect a legislature sufficiently in
tellicent to know its own business
without the per.-uading influence of a
professional lobby, and tho Bee's sug
gestion that stringent means to abolish
that institution bo adopted is perti
nent and opportune. Hastings Tri
bune. There was a man in our town and
he is wonderous wise, for when ho
marked the prices down he then did
advertise. And when he saw his trade
increase, with all his might and main
he marked still lower every price and
advertised arum. And when he ad
vcrtised again, his rivals stamped and
swore, to seo folks rush with might
aad main to re'ronize his store. And
While they sat in solitude and saw his
castome win, the man behind the
oounter stocd and raked the shekels in ;
and when he raked the shekels in ;
and saw his custom rising, he took a
goodly lor of tin and kept on advertis
ing!' Each week a generous sum he'd
sink, -which demonstrates full plain.
the more one pays for printers ink!
the greater is the gain. Ex.
The recent decision of the United
States supreme court in the Nebraska-
Missoui' boundary dispute is one of
considerable importance to the river
stages. A man likes to know, when
he'goes to bed at night, what state
he -will ra'i e in when he wakes up in
the. morning. However, there must
still be complications. Apparently the
decision means that a boundary line
is established at tho center line of an
old' bed of the river and slays there
forever after.' however the old river
' . nay move around. Thus the river
.might move entirely into one state
mad a citizen of thatstate might still
wain possession of .his farm which
. would, however, be at the bottom of
' tae- river. No doubt these questions
would ba somewhat simplified by a
failer, report of the decision as written
" -LV OLD STORY.
- Six weeks ago a young girl from
near Huron, S. D., arrived at Omaha,
going thitherat tho solicitation of a
man who met her at her home on the
farm while he was peddling clocks
and other things in that vicinity. Her
parents denied him permission to call
nn hr thnrfi and when he went to
Omaha he opened correspondence with
her and induced her to come to him.
Shortlv after . coming ho abandoned
her, when she drifted into an evil re
sort. Half starved and thinly clad sho
finally foundjherself in police court,
whereupon her f atherwasjiotifiedof
herhereabouts andber""cbndition.
He cane after.her and carried two re
volvers which he yearnee1 to use on
the person of the betrayer of his
danghter.
Tho world is full of such pictures
with their dark andjlisinal colorings.
Usually the man is to blame. Thesa
libertines roam at will like roarine
lions, seeking whom they may devour.
They delight to prey upon innocence
and the unsophisticated. They lure
their victims to destruction and leave
their bones to whiten .where they fall.
There are no compunctions of con
science with them.
The cirl who wenc to Omaha was
silly and deluded. She know little of
the world "and since so many ethers
have yielded under like circum
stances, it was little wonder she maae
the perilous journey. Once in Omaha
the vultures were thick about her.
Not only did sho abandon the path of
virtue but she pnt mnrder in tho heart
of hor father and sadness iu her homo.
Justice as it is moted out by ir.en ai
ccrdinc to their understanding of the
essence of it, would vindicate the
father if he had killed his dinghtor's
betrayer, but there would ever have
been'in that household the spocter of
the dead. "
Had the girl regarded tho arivicn nud
counsel of her parents she would not
havo taken the fatal plunge. Had h;r
parents possessed that subtle Influence
thatbiuds parents and cnild together
in completo confidence and rospoct
thero would have been no tragedy in
tho life of their daughter. There waF,
of courfio, tho 6amo obligation on tho
parr, of tho parents of hor betrayer to
thoir son. and tho world oughc to de
mand tho same spoilers purity of tho
boy as of the girl; but until it does,
tho danghters must bo protected from
the snares that are set for them. The
best protection is that found in the
home, whore the dancers are explained
and made known and where the enemy
is confronted with a barrier built by
virtue that is a conviction, and by an
alTectionthatisa fortress against evil
Fremont Tribune.
PROGRESS.
It is gratifying to the mangomcat of
tho Journal to seo onr subscription
list lengthening ont and to bo adding
new names to our list of advertising
patrons.
We havo been acting on tho theory
that circulation is tho basis of bnccess
in tho newspaper business. Wo havo
therefore spent much monoy to im
provo the news feature of the Journal
and in offoringjothor inducements for
subscriptions.
Frankness compels us to confess that
our expenditures for theso purposes
havo up to this time exreeded our in
come from increased advertising and
added subscriptions. Tho climax has
been passed.howovor in this direction,
and we are convinced That ilio money
thus spent in advertising our business
has been well spent.
Our circulation has increased to the
point where we feel that we can pos
itively guarantee the advertising pa
trons of the daily and weekly Journal
the largest circulation paper iu flat to
county.
And tho end is not yet reached. Our
circulation is increasing on an aver
age of at least fifty subscribers per
week. Tho circulation of tho Weekly
Journal in the city is falling off rap
idly and being replaced by tho daily
Journal, just as we havo desired. But
tho country circulation of tho weekly
Journal has more than made up for
tho losses in tho city, making its ad
vertising space moro valuabio than
ever before.
With tho increase in our daily cir
culation, it becomes moro imperative
for Colnmbns business men to offer
their wares in tho Daily Journal, to
reach their city trade. We havo never
asked the business men of Columbus
to support the Daily Jcnnral because
of the fact that a daily newspaper ad
vertises and quickens the commercial
activities of a city.
We hove asked their support only in
dirpct proportion as they could use its
columns to stimulate their own busi
ness, knowing that our ability to help
them is in direct proportion to our
circulation. With theso facts and
principles in mma we earnestly so
licit our share of the holiday patron
age of those who have anything to
buy or sell and we also solicit the co
operation of our friend in our con
stant warfare for increased circula
tion. CATALOGUE HOUSES.
The Omaha Trade Exhibit of De
cember 31 will say :
During the holiday season catalogce
concerns reap a harvest. Patrons of
catalogue houses forward their orders
to Chicago and other eastern cities by
thousands, and millions of dollars are
6ent out of the western country to holp
swell the bank accounts of the cata
logue house magnates of the cast. In
my youth I used to hear my father
talk of the circus coming to town and
the harm it dirt in a business wav.
At that time I could net understand
how a circus could hurt anyone, con
sequently when 1 heard him remark
that it took thousands of dollars ont
of the country and left nothing in re
turn, the statement did not app eal to
me very forcibly. Since I have grown
up however I havo had called to my
attention this taking of cash out of
that portion of tho country wnere it
rightfully belonged.
Merchants no longer care about the
circus for what little cash it removes
from their part of the country which
while on its rounds docs little damage
when compared to tho vast amount
that is taken out by tho catalogue
house. The circus did leave some
thing in its wake. It raid for
the feeding of tho animals: the em
ployers of the "show bought their
dinneis and spent their mosey in the
stores of the town and in other ways
the show co-operated with the com
munity. But tho ' catalogue house,
what does it do? Not a cent of money
docs it return to the community for
that which it takes away. Almost all
communities of recent years have
come to realization of the harm a cir
cus does by withdrawing the money.
To overcome the evil the various cities
and towns 'have passed ordinances
which levy a tax upon every show
which appears. la the case of cities
like Omaha this tax amounts to $300 a
day for each show, and it is paid into
tho city treasury and reduces the taxes
of the citizens that much. There is
no such como back from the catalogue
house. Not one cent does the cata
logue house pay back to the commun
ity. When -the -catalogue house pa
tron sends his money east it is gone.
He does not hand it to the neighbor,
wno may hand it back to him within
a week.
Supposing that there was but one
dollar in your communitv and that
some catalogue patron got it into his
posoosion and sent it east to buy some
thing from a catalogue concern. Busi
ness m yonr country would stop.
would it not, until eomo stranger came
along with another dollar when com
mercial operation might be resumed.
Well, every dollar yon send ease is
doing tno same thing that one dollar
would do only it happens that your
communitv is prosperous and that
other dollars aro constantly coming in
pr.jiiieut for grain, hogs, etc.. but they
don't coma from tho catalogue con
cern, bocane ibe catalogue concern
buys nothing from you. Thore is no
co operation there, noft a bit. When .
you sond your dollar to n mail-order
horso thoru is no reciprocity ; it is
goiio for good. If yn spend it iu
your honr-i store it is still within
reafli
If it wero passible for any one
conntv to provide by law or otherwise
that no dollar which came into it
couli' be sent out. witbiu two years
that county would be sj much richer
than its iiHiciiborn that they would
I'Pgiii to fit. up aud lonk about ttlu-ui
and wender what it all uieaur. Not
only thar, but they wonld not be slow
to .-.dnpt tlio same system. This sys
tem pursued to a conclusion would
have tie effort tf enriching the cuoti
try dittricts at theexpensnof thecitus
for tin re.on thst Hie oifien do not
produce but iivu upon the country. It
would be iai possible for eveiy dollar
whi'h eii'U'j within its boundaries
to bn iclaiiu'd In- ibo inhabitants of
that county for tho reason that many
of them would havo to t sent out for
manufactured products. JIohc of them
could b kept witbiu tho stata nt
Icn-t, and iu the lung run this would
have l he effect of making the statu
richest in tua Union, livery dollar
that 1 hp.-Mit in the state where your
farm or home is situated Los the effect.
of a ding to its value. Lund values
11-3 high in Illinois because within its
boundaries :ue located large commer
cial centers. When a dollar is sent to
a Chicago catalogue house it assists
in building np Chicago and at tho
same timo it increases the value of
farm property surrounding that ci4y.
THEORY AND PRACTICE
Th difference between tho old
school engineers of theory aud the
new school engineers of practice is illus
traced again in the Panama canal esti
mates. Tho commission which was
appointed to compnto the probable
cost of tho canal was composed of
honored members of the old school of
gentlemen, naval officers, army officers,
etc. They made an estimate accord
ing to thoir lights. The commission
was headed by a retired rear admiral.
Now it comes to the actual digging
tho ditch and another company of ar
tificers is appointed by the president,
headed this timo by n railroad build
er, a man who has engineered cuts
and fills end bridges and tunels in real
life.
The estimate of this latter body of
working engineers is found to be con
iederablv larger than the first estimate
made by the honorable commisison of
Ihcoriot--.
Without doubt, tho best way to car
ry out a feat of engineering is to put
in the hands of engineers, men of prac
tical scientific attainments, without
regard to social or political qualifica
tions or honorable record "n statesman
ship cr arms or other professions.
And this, in the end, will prove to be
the chief point of difference between
our attempt to construct tho canal and
Frauce's attempt. The political part
of the project is finished. The United
States will put the work of construct
ing the canal into the hands of engi
neers ; France gave it to politicians.
Tho United States will fight the trop
ical fevors by means of scientific san
itation; France trusted in Provi
de nee. The United States will join
the two great oceans at the point
where France squandered thousands
of lives and millions of treasure.
TO PA Y THE FIDDLER.
Anent the difficulty of providing a
iuita bio place in which to hold the
inaugural ball at Washington and the
proparaiton for a like diversion at
Liucolu. the suggestion that such
luucfions at the public expense be
cut out, commends itself to many
people. They are enjoyed but by a
minute fraction of the taxpayers at
whose expense they are given, and it
is very hard to make the average tax
payer understand why he should be
taxed to provide amusement for a fa
vored few. The truth is that taxes
are levied for no such purpose, but
to enable the government to exercise
its constitutional functions. We de
cry paternalism, but it is difficult to
conceive of a more extreme form of
paternalism than that of providing a
swell entertainment at the public ex
pense. If those who core for such
functions want them, let them provide
them at their own expense and not
sponge them at the expense of the tax
payers. The government has no more
right to appropriate money for the
amusement of a few self-constituted
social leaders than it has to provide
Christmas trees for the' children. In
fact there is far more excuse for the
latter than for the former.
It is a good old rale that those who
dence should pay the piper. Those
unwilling to do that should not dance
ONE DIFFERENCE.
The Fremont Tribune printed fifty
fix pages last week in its daily and
tri-weekly editions, and its pages
were bulging with advertising. Fre
mont his two newspapers and supports
them or rather permits two good
newspapers to help her support her
self. Uolumbus has four newspapers
and has the pleasure of witnessing the
athletic stunts of four newspaper
business managers every day in the
year in a foot race to the back yards
of the merchant for a few cast out
crumb3 upon which to subsist. Still
we newspaper men are a cheerful lot
of beggars here in Columbus. We
associate together fraternally, without
forming a "combine" against the
business men. We refuse to solicit
foreizn advertising from Montgomery
Ward & Company and other mailorder
houses, out of regard for a few of onr
regular patrons who are extremely
liberal. And we refrain from rout
ing the merchant of the genus par
aeitUB who lives from the results of
his brother's advertising and looks
upon his own yearly ad in the local
paper as an act of charity.
COLUMBINES.
According to dispatches, a French
officeris of the opinion that "the
Russians cannot boldfPort Arthur and
the Jananese cannot take it." Anyone
who thinks he can figure this out iB at
liberty to do so.
A Detrcit wotnnn was present id
with a ouo-iHinnd tnrlr'dco KCh as i
use! in thu rapid fire guns iu the navy
SIih dm d it as n hammer aioucd tbe
bnase, with !hn rsulr tjiir thi is now
all shoi to ntor--.-. ' Worltl-HeraW
trigiit gi t p a (dirruig atticle do
nocneing tin " g'-vi-rntiH'iit for the
tiiiirder of ii-ffiiIfn woiiiin. irNlfir
i hi- iiifdr-tt as : t x:. hiicd it is
chartta it lht government didn't
Is a n :vv ibiTtij wi.nld to n one
toci'd shells.
f -.:
V.; hnvo long been in search or a
good guilt when, wttu to fKin the dear
people t-o that wo might hv without
work. Patent, medicine olnra the
wnlest field unit tho sorest mle, rnd
the returns are all profir. Bur. yonr
vierims are almost eiitiiely from the
poor, the ignorant, and tho sick.
Ihongh it is against nur pri-ioples,
wo shall havo to try ftid irako an hon
est living until wo can hgnro ont a
gralr. i hat will touch iLmk-o who can
atToril to bn tocchfd.
GENOA.
i'roiii Tii" Tin.'.)
Harry Sliilniitu nt. to Lincolu last
Thursday and retnmtd Saturday with
hi daughter Miss lluzel, who has
been attending tho Ws!eyr.n univer
sity Throe Indian buvs. who loir the
school Fridav av.d Ftrnok ont for tie
homo topee on tho Omaha reservation,
wet o captured at Hooper Suuday and
brought back to Cti-noa Monday.
Marriid, at t ho home of the brido's
parent?, iu Gtaoa, on Wednesday
ovening, Deceuibsr 21, 190-1. Mr.Stevo
L'at ties', jr., Mi-K Ida Grace Clark,
Rev. John Mad ley officiating. The
young couple wero xaiscd near Genua
and have hundreds of friends who
wish them happiness and prosparity
in their journey through life. They
will reside ou a farm cast of town.
Four young bloods drove down
from St. Edward Sunday evening.
Thev appeared to have no particular
business except to kill time and horses.
The drive was made in fort-five niin-
1 utcs rather fast driving, but quite
expensive for the young fellows, if
they square accounts with their livery
man. A few minutes after the quar
tetto reached Genoa, one of the horses
dropped dead.
Dr. Homer Davis returned from
Omaha Tuesday where he went Mon
day to accompany Sam Anderson, jr.,
to the Methodist hospital. Anderson
is the man who had his right arm
mangled in a corn shelter a fow days
ago, and it was deemed best to place
him whero he could receive the con
stant attention his injury demanded.
While his arm is in a bad condition,
the hospital physicians are confident
that it will not be necessaryto ampu
tate it.
Mrs. Sarah Ostenson died at her home
in South Genoa. Sunday evening in
the 8.1th year of her age after an ill
ness of several months. Funeral
services were held at the residence of
K. E. Horton Tuesday afternoon, and
the remains Interred in the cemetery
south of town. Deceased was born in
Norway in 1819, and came to America
in 1881, settling near Genoa, where
she has since resided. Her husband
died in the old country a short time
previous to her departure for America.
She leaves three children, Charles
Ostenson and Mrs. Peterson of Genoa,
and another daughter who resides in
Norway.
. On last Saturday evening Mrs. M.
Cannon was surprised at her home by
tho members of the Ladies Relief
Corps and their husband, who, at
eight o'clock, went to her home in a
body, and after knocking at the front
door walked in. To say Mrs. Cannon
was surprised is saying but little, as
she expected nothing of the sort that
night. Mr. Stevens, in behalf of the
corps, presented her with a handsome
rocking chair to show the regard and
esteem in which the corps held Mrs.
Cannon aa their president, which office
she so efficiently filled during the last
year. Bountiful and delicious refresh
ments were served at ten o'clock by
he corps ladies. Those present were
Messrs and Mesdames H. Lewis, H.
Stevens, John Matson, D. O. Davis,
F. D. Goodwin, Frank Richards, Wm.
Houser, W. A. DeMoney, A. Smith,
H. Colb, Arthur Little, Wm. Kennedy
and Mesdames Sarah Honser, D. A.
Will aid.L. L. Green, A. Eaittand J.
M. Perigo.
Genoa.
From the Leader. 1
Four of St. Edward's young bloods
came tearing into town Sunday even
ing in a two seated rig and just as
they got opposite the billard hall one
of their horses fell dead. From reports
from farmers along the road it would
indicate that they made rapid time,
as several on hearing them pass, sup
posed it to be a run-a-way team.
There seems to be no doubt but the
horse was killed by over exertion and
if so the Leader hopes the matter will
be taken np and that they will be
punished to the full extent of the law.
There ought to be a law allowing a
whipping post for such cruelty. They
were all full of Bng Juice as usual.
Charlie Miller of Monroe township
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' THE JOURNAL will give this Beautiful Piano to the Platte county young lady receivr
ing the most votes from Journal subscribers before noon, FSBFOJARY 15th, 1905. This
Piano is standard. It is not the cheapest, but one oi the best grades made by Story & Clark.
It is the most expensive and best Piano ever given away by a Nebraska newspaper. You
have to see .the instrument to appreciate it.
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action supports, nickel-plated pedal :i:trd With -raduatinjr pedals and practice mtiis!"r, c.Hiipn-ntn v.rt-;!auk. Height. 1 feot, S inches; width 5 feet fi
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through this cqntest only, of $3.00 a yiar for the Daily Journal by mail, or $-1.00 delivered I.y carrier iu th" city, if paid in advance.
Those who send their subscriptions direct to us .-hould give us instruction as to whom their votes s-hall he e::t for.
Contestants for the $)00 piano should get to work early, a- it will be ea-ier to iret ulwri:ition- now than af:er the cv.nity has been can
vassed by others.
Remember this is a piano of .standard make that is sold for S"00 by R. W. S'aley and guaranteed by him as well as.the company. Young
ladies, go to Grays' and see this instrument, if you want it, cut a coupon from thc.Journai, write your name on it and send it in. That starts
you. Every town in Platte county should have a contestant ami the country should be represented. One stands as good :i show as another.
The contest will be absolutely fair, the votes being placed iu a closed box, to be opened only at the eht-v of th' contest in the presence of the
contestants.
Write the name oi your favorite
on this Coupon and send it to
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met with a bad accident yesterday
while working around a corn shelter.
We have not learned tho particular;;
bnt he broke his arm near the should
er his arm was not injured otherwise
however.
S. J. Ellis brought to this otlice
this week some wheat thut had bcon
killed by the Hessian flv, and sr.id
they were working to his wheat to
some extent. This is tho first report
of the appearance of this pest in this
section and the Leader hones it will
be the last.
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.
Search for Dead Man's Sister
Chief Of Police Sclmck has been
trying to locate a certain party today,
bnt has utterly failed to find any clue
to the whereabouts of tho woman.
The following telegram was received
by the Postmaster here, which ex
plains the situation :
Fort Morgan, Colorado, Dec. 2C,r.-01.
Post-master, Colnmbns, Nebr..
James Marry found dead in his
room this morning, his sister in Co
lnmbos whose husband has- been in
saloon business. If you can locate them
wire instructions.
E. S. Aster, Coroner.
The Holiday.
The Christmas day was celebrated
in Colnmbu by many family reunions
and happy children visited by Santa
Clans. As the holiday came on San
day this year, Monday was almost
universally observed as the legal holi
day. All the bnsmees houses and shops
were open in the morning but were
closed in the afternoon.
The Journal force wero allowed the
vacation with others, which will ex
plain why onr subscribers failed to re
ceive the daily last evening. The
daily telegaphio news service wa9 not
sent to ms from Omaha yesterday,
which would have prevented our pub
lishing the daily had wo so desired.
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Name
Addreca
In tho Journal's
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Emigration.
Hunteniann called at tho
August
Journal ofiico Monday to have hiH ad-
dress changed from Leigh to Cordoa.
Md. Mr. Hnntemann and family, to -
cether with Wm. Asche. Louis Asche.
Mrs. Chris. Seholotghaner and familes
left Columbus Monday afternoon for
Cordova. Md.. where they huvc all
bought farms and will make their fu
ture homes.
With tho emigration of the?o old
settlers who havo lived here iroai iif-
teen to twenty-live years, Platte connty
is losing some of her best German
families. Thev are all well-to-do and
hichlv resnected citizens. They aro
leaving, not because they are tired of
Platte county but because Platte
county lana has becamo so valuable
that they decided to hell it and buy
cheaper lands.
Land at Cordova. vh;ch is aLout ""
miles from Baltimore is valued at from
"30 to SO per acre. "Vlx. Hu uteinann
bonsht his farm for $30 an ai:re a few
months ago. Ho has since been offered
$10 for it.
Platte connty is already represent-e-I
at Cordova by Henry lluntermann.
Henrv Plascc. Kudoinh Plaie, Henry.)
Quothomcr, L.oais Eehrens auu Air.
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iiener. j.uo ireii;iiL on wiu mo tu.a
of household goods shipped by tho
Hcutemaun party last week amounted
to .$SC0. The passage faras for the
party which numbered about twenty
people, amounted to ftGO. Tho freijjbc
urmir nrnr thn V. iC-.M and thO T)as-
sentrers went over the Union Pacific
th'o Milwaukee and Pennsylvania,
changing cars only a Chicago and
Philadelphia.
Hicii School Program.
Following is tho program as carried
out by Miss Graham's division of the
hiirh school Fridav afternoon :
Pn.;ainn "Thn TT5fht: nf the
,,-jT , ,',.-,, r, "
Eidicnlons." Carl Roen I
Essay, "Tho Acropolis at Athens,
Ira Kotterton
Recitation," Poor Little Jco"Mattie
Abts
Essav. "Under Pericles," John'
mi
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&B & vU? if
HiiM
isfiji &tf Sad i.i
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?;"00 Piano Content.
KeatPi
Rpcitaticu,
'Inlantilo Cnriosify.
j oniFe Marty
j Piano Duett, "Chevalier
! oen and Alary Howard
' Kecitation "Iei'hbors":
Susie
Flora
i Younger
Debate, "itesolved that Cremation
should not take tho placu of burial
Affirmative, Jess 1'etturton and Ward
Powell: negative, Hoy Stires ami
Mamie. Elliott.
Violin solo, Walter I'oettchi r
, fssay, "niy irii. uur west oianuo
i Kinsman
' Kecilation.-Grig-.-)yStatioa"'Lonite
I Weaver
j Piano solo "Rolhue iJiflow.-," Sita
j Lohr
Essav," Lewis&CiarksExr.editiono, "
' Din Albert
i iiccita-ion'Tuo college OiI Cau"
Hofcfcie Munro
I Essay, "The Pyramids ".Myron Gray
I Recitation, ""viistierary SwiMhos."
Hazel Millard
Piano duett, "Mazurka," .Nellie
Evans and Katie Stenger
Tho debate was denied in f.-.var of
tho aflirmativn. Tho judges were.
Prof. racCor, Uarrv Jerome and Mar
garet Nar.rnann.
Auctioneer
When you have anything to fell,
employ Bruco Webb, the auctioneer.
Long distanco telephone east rural
route i"o.'3, Kumj.hrey, Xcb. Dates
made at the Journal cflice Columbus,
iNeb
References : Bank of Ottis cc Mur
phy, Humphrey ; First National Bank,
Humphrey; First National Bank,
Madison; State Bank, Madison; Citi
zens State Bank, creston. Call up tho
Journal office and say what you want
to selL You can get tho best fale
bills and the b?st auctioneer, and saves
time and money.
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Cylinder Corn Shelter
Can do more and better work
Hum any other shelter eold.
Our wagons will not scatter
;- .ir grain uhileon the road to
market or overtax your horses
with needless heavy draught.
Buggies and Carriages
ok Tin: iati-htaxd iiKsrr siakls.
All Ivimldfif
('ARM DH'LEMENTS.
Come aad look our stock
over beforo buying : : : :
rIi!;-eKsmit!i work anel
Horse .Shoeing done on short
noth-y.
LOUIS SCHREIBER.
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ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Utxiws OiiTc St.. fourth door north of First
NrtiocHlIJank.
. J'OLGMUnSNEBKASKA.
6. J. GflRLOW
Lawyer
OHIco oror
Cnlsunbns Stato Rank CohimlHlS. Nek.
ft. M. POST
Attorney : at : Law
Columbus. Neb.
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