The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, January 11, 1905, Image 4
"' V- J .:.. r r- t Mat 11, 1879. Columbus Journal. GeKuattou Nebr. b, Colombo. Nebr., aa . rbBLUHED WEDNESDAYS BY Criiabss Jraml G. (UCOKFOBATED.) TUSKS (MP nmsoBirnoii: atz oaiaSoo. ....... I!I .75 wTMESDit. JAN. 11. 1KB. mrmisi . itoctt. nag. f ALB The date opposite yoor name on r wiBpser BQOV8 to what tune yoor ' naid. Thaa JanOS ahowa that haa been received an to Jan. 1. 1MB. 1 1 Feb. 1. 1905 and bo on. When payment .tne date, wtucn answers aa a receipt, Laaged accordingly. MWONTINnANCES-Ueeponiiible rabecrib an will continoe to receiTe this jnnmal until the Hheraare notified by letter to ateconunoe, all inrnrum maet be ttaid. If ion do not i (ha Journal continued for another year af- tartfc time paid for lias expired, yon eliocid "poaikwilj notify aa to discontinue it. CBANGR IN ADDKESS-When ordering a ctaaea in the address, subscribers should be euro to give their old aa well as their new address. 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 aha "Temple aba Joama Baaksahaol rimaatfum ' Mssajssast I ess plseim nf isfiPsrln ') lallsr flnaatina. the editor of the -T " VsBBsmU aJaasBBmaJat MM 4XaM flasMaslsattaOmB' .V... . Tha high jafcool '? lf(',L2al in'aaaai" wSMIMIIiVaai - i, - - JBTja-MssBt of nut jownat oeauas to a fair parallel, let him im- 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 to the Bieae f or visors' uaidia violattoa of law. fill the fill at; thk oMiani ooatiaae to permtfthls violation? GO AND SEE IT AT GRAYS' THE JOURNAL will give this Beautiful Piano to the Platte county young lady receiv ing the most votes from Journal subscribers before noon, FEBRUARY 15th, 1905. This Piano is standar&QIt is not the cheapest, but one of 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 instrumentrto appreciate it. HOW TO GET VOTES: 1. Get a newcashsubscribcrto the Weekly or Daily Joukxal. 2. Get present'subscribers to pay their subscription iu advance. 3. 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During this contest ONLY, every subscriber who pays Sl.O or more, iu advance, on subscription to the Weekly Journal will recive a year's subscription to either the Los Angeles Times Illustrated Weekly Magazine or "Der National-Farmer" and "Dos. Familicn-Jouriial" (German). This'is not one of those contests where the winning contestant gets everything and the subscriber gets nothing. In order to put the Daily Journal in every home in Columbus and on the rural mail routes. leading out of Columbus, we oHl-r a special'rate, 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 &322S3&SZ3S2 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. aaaaaaaaaaasaaaaaamaaaaaaaaaamaaaaamaamaMaMamM aTMBnBBBBmBBammBaaaajnaaaaHBsms vote to the young lady that y.u miy djshjnate. v TNE YET GREATEST INVESTIOHOF THK CRSSSMAKIR'3 FRIINO .: ,m . -.. ? jrFT?y''JaITIy c '.ik2t IbU-tV1 IsPj J asm 5 JfjstitomZamiiLi ? WkrLik'TTKlJI e rwj 'usjsatrti 'tv 2akWmFlJ-&i-' 5 liffittiPrx f. aTt 2HtriMK: . i 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. Genoa. ' rFromirioKpauer.i 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, ml STORE. I k: .i iWkzSSfe3' Every dollar will givc- SIMPLEST. TNEIIIETEEMTK CENTHIV. :a 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. 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