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THE TELEGRAM'S DEFENSE.
With that plausibility and withal
air of pstroaage for which the editor
of the Telegram is noted, he enters
anon a defense of the management of
the oomaty' affairs, and incidentally
of his own easiness methods. In this
defease he first seeks to impress his
readers with the fact that the Journ
al has made a most egregions mis
take in pointing ont the acts of "offi
cial mismanagement.
Bat the Joarnal is not on trial. The
before the people of this
ty is whether the affairs of the
are ia competent hands. Now,
aa thas far been developed by
the laveetigation resulting from the
Journal's inquiry addressed to the
board?
First: That, while tin law allows
no sapervisor to receive more than
fSOoa year, two members of the board
for' the year just pact drew more than
that amount, one of them exceeding
the legal amount by more than $300.
Second: That in the month of De
cember, 1903, the Telegram furnished
the coaaty a year's supply of blanks
at $15.00 per thousand, when such
bleaks are worth $3.75 per thousand
according to thn Telegram's own bid,
their only bid on file in the public re
cords. Third: That when this exorbitant
charge was brought to the attention
of the board, they found with all due
oolesnaity that it was justified by an
imaginary bid and contract which is
oa He somewhere, the Lord knows
where. It was not introduced in ev
laeaoo before the solemn tribunal who
tried and acquitted themselves, but
Its existeace was taken for granted
because it was manifestly necessary,
ia fact indispensable for a verdict of
complete and honorable whitewash.
Foarth: The Telegram defended
itself against the charge of holding
ap the county in 11)04 by proving con
clasively that it got away with the
goods in 1903.
Fifth: The Telegram, in both its
Eaglish and its German edition, ex-
the supervisors for drawing
pay than they had coming by
-king with oracular gravity that
it is "recklessness run mad" for any
saaa to speak or thiuk sacrilegiously
of each honorable men.
' Sixth: The Telegram finds public
se atlment pretty evenly divided be
tween pity and contempt for the un
fortunate Journal, and casts the de
oidiag vote itself on the 6ide of pity.
Verily, pity is akin to love.
. The Journal pleads guilty once for
all to the charge of. blasphemy. We
admit that we harbored the opinion,
aski gave atteranoe to it that certain
of- the members of the democratic ring
ia Platte county were fashioned a
little less than the angels, and Lord
help as., we believe it yet. Confession
Is good for the souL
The Telegram objeots to insinuation
a boat the supervisors. We are pre
pared to substitute facts andfigures
if preferred, and we will take those
facts 'and figures from the official
'records of Platte couty, if so be they
ara there yet.
She Telegram seeks to draw Walter
Phillips into the three-sided contro-
of Jouraal-Telegram-Supervis-It
save the Journal insinuates
that Mr. Phillips withdrew the Tele
gram's bid and contract from the
eoaaty records in order to shield his
political frieads. The Journal does
aat pretend to kaow what became of
that aid aad contract. It does know,
however, that the county pays a
eoaaty clerk and the law makes him
the oastodisn of just such documents.
It does kaow that when those docu-
were wanted in an investigation
the official' conduct of the
ty board ia its dealings with the
then those docuniants were
aat to be foaad in the clerk's office.'
X shay were lost accidentally, what
a.ooauaeatary on the conduct of the
soffiioe! U lost intentionally.
meatary on the integrity
afthaoakdal who lost them! Choose
ja therefore, Brother Howard. Which
will yoa take? The Joarnal
aot be surprised if the bid and
might yet be foaad. Bat if
found, there be people in
hie world seeaa enough and irreverent
to ask what might have beea
these while absent from their
repository.
ROCKEFELLER.
The editor of the World Herald yes-
fsjrday devoted a column and a half
to the Journal's defease of thechaa-
atttar aad board of of regents for an-
: the donation of Rockefeller to
fund". Referring to
L's statement that the
woald lie
of the private
i af Colambas oitiaens toward the
that woald
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agiae what woald happen if a notor
ious keeper of a Columbus bagaio
should offer to give to the little met
ropolis of Platte ooaaty two thirds of
the sum necessary to erect a high
school gymnasium, provided the good
citizens of Columbus would donate
the remaining one third. We imagine
that there js-ouldbe; something doing
ia the enterprising city of Columbus"
The editor of the .World Herald misses
the real'pointlat issue. We can un
derstand how some people may be
opposed to the acceptance of "private
donations to be be mingled with the
public f uads for the maiatenaace of
public institutions. Bat whea the ob
jection is made not to the mixing of
private with'publio money bat to the
character of the individual donor,
there is certainly llittle room left for
argument.
If a certificate of honesty is to be
required of every donor, who will act
as a committee to pass upon the certi
ficates? If the editor of the the
Herald and .the editor of the Joarnal
were on that cemmittee, we would
agree on a verdict of "sot good" in
the case of the Rockefeller cartif icate.
Bat others might not agree with us.
And other donors might be the same
kind of men as Rockefeller, but act
ing on a smaller scale their meanness
might be less notorious than Rocke
feller's. Robert G. Ingersoll might
have offered two-thirds of the cost of
the Temple to the regents. The editor
of the World Herald might be willing
to accept this donation, or if he is
strictly." orthodox,-" he might object
to a temple "erected toTthe memory of
Ingersoll." In fact the criticisms that
might bey made upon the character
of any individual (donor in the
world, if a searching investigation
were made in each case, would differ
only in number from those made
against Rockefeller.
The fallacy of the "editor of the
World Herald lies in assuming'that
the Temple is to.be "erected in honor
of John D. Rockefeller. " SThe fact'is
the Temple is to be"erectedby"the
regents of the state university to be
used by the societies of the university.
The fact that" Rockefeller 'giveslthem
a part of the money is simplylan in
cident. If their right to acceptfpri
vate donations atall ia admitted,
then their ability to secure private
donations from auy source whatever
should not only not be critici&cd.but
should be oommended. Let Rocke
feller sit in the same pew with honest
men and with them drop moneyin
the basket. If it is right for the one
it can not be denied in the casejfef
the other. """
We deny that the man who bestows
a gift "creates a debt of gratitude."
Gratitude is never a debt. We never
feel grateful because we owe it to a
benefactor to feel grateful. True grati
tude rests on a higher plane. The
citizen who subscribes to the erection
of a building for pnblio use'gets Mb
reward in, the pleasure that comes
from voluntary sacrifice for the public
good. He is one of the public If
the pnblio owes him a debt of grati
tude, he is placed in the absurd posi
tion of owing himself a debt of grati
tude. Every school building in Omaha,
from the World Herald's point of
view, should be branded "a monu
ment to the memory of Vice,"for
the license money of vice has donated
constantly to their erection and main
tenance. While we may all abhor the
license system, has this system of do
nation barred from the school libraries
excellent text books on the evils of
intemperance? The fact is the school
officers and teachers do not consider
the source of their income in the plan
ning of theirfbaildings and the selec
tion of books for their libraries. And
it is equally true that the people of
Nebraska and the officers and pro
fessors of the university will not con
sider the Rockefeller element in the
Temple.
The editot of the World Herald'says :
"It is bnt a short step from the erec
tion of the Rockefeller Temple to
Rockefeller domination in tne univer
sity library." This proposition is as
absurd as it is to argue that text
books on the effects of narcotics will
be thrown out of our school libraries
because those libraries are paid for
out of saloon lionises. And it is the
absurdity of such argument and the
tendency it has to prejudice people,
igaoraat of the real conditions,against
the university, that is harmful.
We do not question the Herald's
declaration of friendship for the uni
versity, but we do assert that its argu
ments, bassed on fallacies and senti
ment, do have the effect of injuring
the university.
The regents, aad aot Rockefeller are
building the Temple, and it will be
dedicated, not to the" memory of John
D. Rockefeller," bnt it will be de
dicated ia the name of the people of
Nebraska, to the welfare of their sons
and daughters.
OBEY THE LAW.
Economy and honesty in public life
is the watch-word of the hour. Party
ties are looser than they have ever
been before. The eyes of the people
are opening. The results of the last
election show that the death knell of
graft and corruption has been sound
ed. The people are demanding, not
democratic officials, not republican
officials. They want Roosevelts and
Folks.
The same voters in
who gave Roosevelt
majority, will vote to
Platte county
his charming
keep graft and
corraptioa out of Platte county gov
ernment. They will insist that the
supervisors shall draw no more than
the law permits. They will insist
when the law says that the county's
printing shall be done on the basis of
competiitTe bids, that the law shall
not be openly violated. They will in
sist that when the law says that only
legal rate shall be paid by the
coaatr for printing the supervis
ors proceedings aad delinquent tax
Uan that aa additional 25 per cent is
aot paid to a democratic paper.
The people of Platte eoaaty will not
stand mach longer to have their tax
es paddad for the benefit of the graft-
Obey the law
ia spirit.
If the law
it
"Tie true, 'tis pity,
Mmk pity 'tis, 'tis true."
PUT IT BACK.
Th4 Telegram can not andentaad
whv one day the editor of the Joarnal
expressed faith in the honesty of the
board of supervisors and the next day
"threw mud" at them. The answer
is tasy. The editor of the Journal did
nor know.,at the time of the "investi
cr.lion" that Supervisors Ernst and
Bander had drawn more than the law
allows for supervisors services.
The editor of the Journal got this in
formation jest "after ' the "investiga
tion" and at the came time discovered
that the Telegram had the money
in its pocket for work at $15 which it
agreed to do in its 1904 bid for 3.75.
Supervisors Bender, Kieman and
Ernst were cot careless in the matter
of the specific items complained of.
The Telegram Company was not
guilty under the bid of 1904 for the
specific items complained of. Old not
the editor of the Journal do the manly
thing to retract those charges openly
and frankly?
The Telegram seems to forget that
the figmes in the Journal's complaint
were accurate and that they show on
their face a loose condition of county
business methods. Tee Telegram
seems to forset that the editor of the
Journal had the right, after the inves
tigation, "to keep right en investigat
ing with the vie;v of f inline oat
the rest of the rottenness.
Now this is not a personal matter
with thn Journal. Oar relations with
the Telegram management have been
mofit pleasant. We would prefer tot on
tince those relation?. The present
couutv officers and Fupervfcors nave
always be n most courteous to us. We
would prefer to continue those pleas
ant relations. We are not cum plain
ing of the supei visors as men. We are
not" beslimiug the naraos of good citi
zens.' The Journal is criticising the
official conduct of Supervisors Ernst
and Bender for violating the law. The
Journal is criticising tho methods of
securing the county printing. The
law presumes that tho famishing of
printed supplies shall go to the lowest
bidder. The law is cpeulr end com
pletely defeated by pt and present
methods in I'htttu county. Kot one
fifth of the supplies actually used by
the cuuuty va furnished bv bid.
The Telegram has been able to under
bid all competitors by knowing th(B
facts nud bv collecting in advance, as
it'did in the com) pret-onf , an exorbitant
price for supplies that other bidders
believed they Auald have to ftirriiidi.
Can it bo that n newspaper is in
contempt in Platte county lor unearth
ing official corruption? Can it be
that the editor who ha3 the conr
ace to strike straight from the should
er, unmindful of whether the blows
strike men of high or low place in
political or social life, is regarded aa
"object of pity," by the, taxpayers of
Platte county? Wo think not.
We do not wish to be hard on our
brother, however. We shall not take
undue advantage of him and expose
all of his practices in the county print
ing business.
We do ask, however, that, as an ex
ponent of honest and low taxation, that
he pay back to the people of Platte
connty the money he got in 1903 for
printing the supplies that he agreed to
print for less than half the money in
1904. That action wouid convince the
taxpayers that the editor of the Tele
gram is really in favor of low taxa
tion. The Telegram has pretty nearly
convinced every body in these parts
that "corporation abuses" are respon
sible for high taxation.
We also suggest that Supervisors
Ernst and Fender "pat it back." If
they are backward about volunteering
this action, we suggest that other
members of the board introduce a
resolution to that effect. And if other
members of the board feel backward
about doing this, perhaps it wonld be
well for some of the" common "people
to mail the suggestion in care of the
district court.
THEODORE THOMAS.
With the death cf Thedore Thomas,
passes the man who has probably done
more than any other to popularize
good music in America. It is a rare
thing nowadays to lino a man of ar
tistic cifts who employs them for
purely artistic ends instead of trim
ming to the commercial breeze. The
Thomas orchestra is known to every
Chicagoan and to countless thousands
over the country. It has toured the
country for years and played thous
ands ot concerts, yet it has never once
plaved trash.
Thomas could have made a fortune
by making the concession to depravity
and ignorance which is made by
Sousa, Innes. and in fact all the band
masters, who switch in a little rag
now and then for the delectation cf
the gallery gods and about ninety
per cent of the pit, if truth were told.
But Thomas believed that the masses
could be educated to music as well as
to anything else. And he didn't care
whether they could be educated or
not. He would do the best he could
for them by giving them good music,
and if they didn't like it they could
go scmowhere else for their music.
He steadfastly refused to sacrifice bis
artist ideals for money. Of course he
died poor in worldly wealth.
Thomas was the conductor who de
manded nnd got from his instruments
perfect unity of tone.- He insisted
that twenty fiddles should sound not
like twenty fiddles but like oae fiddle
multiplied by twenty in volume,
aiacy stories are told of his abnorm
ally acute perception of the slightest
variation in pitch or tone quality of
anv of his instruments. Oae maga
zine writer not long ago related that
when the entire orchestra of aiaety
pieces was playing, Thomas notioed
and remarked upon a new quality of
tone in one of the 'cellos.aad it after
wards transpired that the player had
slightly changed the position of the
sound post in his instrument! Other
stories equally marvellous are told of
theacuteness of the great director's
ear. Of course, such anecdotes bear
rather more evidence of the inventive
powers of 'the relator thaa of hi ver
acity, but they indicate the estimation
in which he was held by mamemns.
Theodore Thomas was the
pictarasaae of amcrlraw :
and the most waaiiiiaaliiai hi bis
musical ideals. The world will aever
kaow how suocessful he was labia
attempt to edacate the masical taste
of the public, bat such faithful
long continued effort caaaot be with
out result. His greatest praise ia that
he scood f or art ia aa age aad a land
of commercialism.
IN COLORADO.
During the first week in January
the attention of politicians will be
fastened upon Colorado, where the
Republicans seem determined to keep
Governor James H. Peabody ia office
for two years more, notwithstaadiag
the 4act that his Democratic competi
tor, Mr. Alva Adams, has, on tho face
of the returns, nearly tea thoasaarl
plurality, although the votes of five
Denver precincts have already beea
thrown out by the Supreme Court of
the State, on the ground of fraud. It
seems that, under the Constitution of
Colorado, the Legislature or General
Assembly i empowered to canvais the
vote for State officers. In that body
the Republicans have a majority of
at least thirty. Many of the Repub
lican leaders insluding it is said.
Senator Wolcott. have made up their
minds that the Legislature shall throw
out the votes of about 1800 Democratic
precincts, and thus give Governor
Peabcdy a plurality of about 3000 votes
in the state. Th-y allege that there
is a precedent for such a urowduro
Not all of the Republican member nf
the Legi-latnre however regard the
prozramme with approval, and if a
we of them b"i:Id combiun t
oppose it the plan could not be carried
out. it i not surprising that th-D-uourutK
in gtMiril. and th Union
miu?rs in particular, should be exas
pTntfd at t!.M prospect f lrsiug wh
'hey uatntall- deem the liwfol fruit
nf victcty. It is in-prot able., how
ever, that recourse will be mart to
vinlencs for the purpose of seatiogMr.
Adams in the Governor's chair, bo
on wo, as Mr. Peabody is backed by the
Legislature, he will continue to con
trol tbe militia. Experience has taught
the miners of Cripple Creek that there
in nothing to be sained by argaing
with the master of lesions. It Colo
iado IU publicans, however, catu fir
the good opinon of ruluokets, they
will shrink from snch a high-banded
prosaedins: as throwing out the vote
of 1600 Democratic precincts, while
counting every Republican ballot. Wo
have no UonbS that thero was a troctl
deal of fraud at the last elect ion in
Colorado, but we find it bard to be
lieve ihut it was couiiutd exdusively
to Democratic precinct. Errper's
Weekly.
BURKETTS RAILHOAD APOLOGY.
There is a rumor abroad to the
effect that Mr. Barken, if eh cted to
tbe United States Senate, will oppose
President Roosevelt's purpose to mop
railroad rebates and rate discriinii.
ation, by enlarging the power of tht
Interstate Commerce commission.
This rumor is probably wholly un
founded. Mr. Burkett is certainly too
astnte a politician to have failed to
observe the "writing on the wail" in
the late Roosevelt landslide, even
though he should feel personally un
der obligations to the railroads and
opposed to the Roosevelt program.
To make sure on this point, however,
why do not the members of the prei
ent legislature "stand pat" and rofuse
to vote for Mr. Burkett or any other
candidate for the United States senate,
until he has openly pledged himself to
support ihe Roosevelt railroad pro
gram? Congressman McCarthy has express
ed himself emphatically in favor of
this program. The solid west will
favor it. And the present legislature
is in a position to force at least one
Nebraska senator to favor it. We
should be proud to herald tbe news
that Platte county's representatives
had taken a firm stand on this ques
tion. The people will stand by the
President in his demandfor a sane and
reasonable pnblio control of freight
rate. Jf Mr. Burkett is not big
enough to stand with the people on
this subject, then he is not big enough
to be a United 8tates senator and he
should be turned down with a sadden
ness that wonld stand as proof that the
people are determined to command,
not only their congressmen but also
their senators.
Mr. Burkett, tell the people "where
you are at" on the Roosevelt program,
or make room for a canditate who will.
.4 GOOD BEGINNING.
The legislative branch of Nebraska's
state government, which opened its
twentv-ninth session on Tuesday, baa
made a choice of officers that augurs
well for the republican party and the
people of Nebraska in general.
The new speaker of the house, Hon.
George L. Rose, is not only well
equipped to discharge the functions de
volving upon tbe presiding officer of
the popular branch of the legislature
by reason of his experience as a law
maker, but possossoo that rare gift of
good horse sense that has been display,
ed in a superlative degree by Uncle
Joe Cannon in the national legislature.
While the opposition press has classed
him with the partisans of one railroad
corporation. Mr. Rouse has alway ex
hibited a sturdy sense of independence
from corporate domination, aad while
he may be safest trusted for fair treat
ment of all interests he is free from
corporate subserviency and will not
submit to corporate dictatloa.
In the selection of Heaator Jennings
as president of the senate the upper
house has been equally felictioas. .Like
Speaker Rouse. Senator Jennings is
eminently qualified by srpetlanus as
a lawmaker for discharging tho daties
of president of the seaate aad, like the
speaker of the house, he also is level
headed and clear visioned.
Having made a good beginning in
its organizatioa,the legislature is now
fairly in a position to make a ammor
able record by proceeding with the
work before it with deliberatioa, and
devoting its energies to tho revlsioa
of oar laws that will iasure for the
people of Nebraska more economic aad
efficient admialstratioa aad afford
them relief from burdens that they
hare beea compelled to bear by
govemmeat ia ooaaty, city aad
paid
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visors'
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through this contest only, of 83.09 a year for the Daily Journal by mail, or S4.00 delivered by carrier in the city, if paid iu advance
Those who send their subscriptions direct to us should give us instructions as to whom their votes shall be cast for.
The contest will be keen from now on. No time can be lost if you would win. It. W. Haley sells this piano lor S"00. It is a prize
worth having.
THE LOBBY.
Governor Mickey will make many
friends in Nebraska by his frank and
open attack made on the corrupt legis
lative "lobby," in bis messsajte to tho
legislature. His words should be
quoted in every Nebraska newspaper
and the people should insist that their
representatives act upon his sugges
tions. Here are his words:
"The bane of every legislative body
is the subsidized lobby. Vicious leg
islation is not the result of ignorance,
but is rather the result of prejudice
influences which ought not exist, and
which certainly ought not to be toler
ated within the hall, cloak room, or
offices of any deliberative body which
has power over the destinies of a
people. Nebraska is ot different
from other states in that it has suffer
ed in yean past from the attacks of
a conscienceless horde of paid retain
ers whose sole mission was to debauch
the membership of the legislature in
the interests of questionable enact
ments, directed against the public
or conferring special privi -
leges upon oertaia beneficiaries. Such
influences ought to be banished from
legislative environment. I recommend
that sack action be taken as will pro
tect your membership from the on
slaacht of private and corporation
lobbyists who seek to accomplish
pernicious ends by the exercise of un
due influenoe being careful to draw
the line of demarcation between the
corraptioaist on the one side and the
honest and antrammeled advisor and
oouaselor oa the other."
The German supplement of tbe
Telegram has come sorrowfully to the
oogolgriflM that the Journal is a
evil. We are tickled to
it. If a newspaper can make
itself accessary, it hT in pretty good
Pat it back.
COLUMBINES.
If there is anything more ridiculous
thaa a grey hound whea he is cold, we
don't kaow what it is.
The youth of our neighboring vill
age, David City, are progressive. They
have organised a secret band which
greats membership only to those young
hopefani who can prove that they have
atolaa saawthiag of value aad got
away with the goods. The other day
they held ap a man at the point of a
gaa, and sosae of them got caught,
which axes ltd to the exposure of some
of the secrets of the order. It is too
sad, too bad, Vow that wo remember,
this ia sac sumo town whose female
ooaAlagant triad to hug the national
gaard to death last summer. And now
tho boys go wrong. Bacramenshy'
We shall expsot tho David Oiy papers
to oosao pcomply to tho rescue.
Now a soieatist thinks behaedu-
STORY & CLARK
PIANO GIVEN AWAY!
us on subscription we will credit one
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covered an "Ent i-toxin or auti-cotne-thing
which will 'prevent weariness.
You just take a tablet or two in tho
morning and then start in turning the
washing machine or sawing black oak,
and yon keep - it up lor twenty-fenr
hours or so and never know anything
about feeling tired. We are sorry to
pnt a damper on the fond hopes of
this scientific gentleman, bnt we can't
approve of any such. It is another
concession to commercialism. Oce cf
ihe greatest luxuries of this life U to
heave into.port ac your lowlv thatched
cottage in tho dusky twilight, so all
mighty weary that you don't holievo
you could go another block for money,
and then after absorbing a few pork
chops to settle down in your bamboo
chair and rest np. What would be
come of home, sveet home, if u fellow
never got so tired thac he had to go
there? Tbe plowman who homeward
plods his weary way would, under the
new dispensation, turn the mules into
the hay and then ekato np town and
play billiards all night ; and the di
vorce courts would ba working over
time. It wonld be a great saving too
it people never got hungry, lint tncrj
is Uncle Johnny Rockefeller who
hasn't been hungry since '82, and he
offers two million plunks for one
more -experience of the sensation. No.
we are sorrv.but we can't endorso anv
lsuch foolishness. Even the Lord
reefed on the seventh day.
Humphrey.
(From tho Democrat.)
F.T. Walker of Columbus was in
town tho first of the week.
John M. Uondring of Columbus
was doing business in town yesterday.
Fred Fuchs .and Frank Brockhass
were Columbus visitors Monday.
Petre Mang and daughter of St.
Bernard were Columbus visitors Mon
day. Louie Maier left yesterday for Grand
Island to attend a business college this '.
winter.
Jo?, firokhacs and John Facchs
went to Cedar Rapids yesterday to vis
it friends a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Elaworth Dixon of the
Creston neighborhood were Columbus
vistors Monday.
Cha. Savidge, of Tarnov, lost a
calf about a year ago and nothing was
heard of it until last week it returned
home as mysteriously as it disappear
ed. Will Schram of Columbus was in
town yesterday. Since the first of the
year Mr. Schram is traveling for a
Council Bluffs house and will make
this territory with headquarters at
Columbus.
T. B. Berends, of tbe Oldensbccn
neighborhood went up to Pierce last
Friday night to visit relatives a few
days. He was accompanied by his
yoaag nephew, Ernest Reece.who had
been attending school here for come
time.
Boosters for Sale.
Twenty Thoroughbred, Rose Comb
Brown Leghorn Roosters far sale.
John Marolf, Leigh, Nebr., Route 1.
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THE NEWMEASURE.styiel measurements.
Wonder of the
Nineteenth , Century.'
Endorsed by all the Lead
tag Tailors and flodlstes
r Wherever Introduced.
therefore you can cut a
$ person ju3t as easily s for the nost perfect fer.
Dress Cutting- Academy,
firs. A. C. BOONE, Mgr.
211 Eleventh St., Columbus, Neb.
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Harry Bratt began work as assistant '
f cashier in tbe First National Bank
on Monday morning last.
Mr. Fred Stires of Columbus has
been a guest at the O. . Green resi
dence dnricg the holidays.
Harold Wake and August Skoog re
turned to Lincoln Tuesday to resumo
their work at the business college in
that city.
The main excitement in town this
week has been caused over the posses
sion of a saddle raffled off last week.
A Polander across tbe river held the
winning number but was not present
at the drawing and before ho received
notice of the fact young Burt drove
ever and purchased his chance for$2. 50
and then came back and demanded
the addle. On being refused with
out an order from the Polander he se
cured the services of a lawyer and re
plevined the saddle. The papers, how
ever, were served on A, M. Hortcn,
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great many won-
.der why the teachers
aad j scholars of the
Standard r Garment
Cutting Schools are so
snccesful J in i getting
a perfect fit on every
, form i, without chang
ing a lioe. This can
be i easily accounted
'.for as toe "Standard"
is the only system in
the worldLthat is al
lowed to use the "Vic
tor', measure.' This
' little invention in it
self .is a perfect won
der, and every tailor
and j dress maker 5. who
has seen it used de
clares it to be the only
truevmode of getting
correct 'measures. It
I is iJj entirely different
"from".all5of the old
Witn it you can aeieci
in a? moment where
there'are any changes
to be made as it brings
cut every outline of the
human form, end
garment to fit a d;fonned 2
who filed a declaimcr claiming he had
nothing to do with the Fad die. that
he sold it to another party who raffled
it off. This caused the plaintiff to
withdraw the ?uit and pay nost. Tho
last reports were to the effect that
tbe saddle has disarreared. and that
the Polander had Fecured a lawyer
and is going to put up a fight. Public
opinion ia pretty strong along the line
that the whole proceeding is a rotten
attempt to banco the Polander and
mar cause certain people bushels of
trouble and tho majority of people
hope it will.
Miss Mabel Thurston, who has been
spending the holidays witn relatives
in thiB city, returned 'to Omaha today
to resume her studies in the business
college at that place.
fl. M. POST
Attorney : at :
Columbus. Nab.
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