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CHANGE IN AD1KE5S-When ordering a
chaneinrliea:llrtpnh-cril'3ifrlic.uld Iwt-uro
to give their old as ell as their new addrcha.
Now will thoy pat it back?
Bryan and Watson both have per
iodicals in which to make known to
the public their ideas of how it ought
to be done. It is now up to Sir. Par
ker. The worst that could be said about
atormanism, has been eaid bj Senator
Kearns npon his retirement from the
senate: "I am about to retire lrom
this place of dignity. No man can re
tain this seat from Utah and retain
his self-respect after he discovers the
aethods by which his election is pro
cared and tho objects which the
church monarch intends to achieve"
Senator Kearns of Utah, in retiring
from the United States senate felt
called npon to add his mite to the
sentiment against Mormonism. The
senator was defeated for re-election
by Mormon influence, so bis assertions
may not be altogether reliable, but
nobody will question very seriously
that there are numerous violations of
the hw in Utah in tho matter of
polygamy.
The Fremont Tribuno hits the" wolf
bounty" proposition fquarely on the
head and it tells the whole story :
"The legislature is about to enact a
law providing for the payment of f
bounty for evey wolf scalp taken and
delivered to the proper authorities.
It was only recently that wolf boun
ties constituted a large item in :i very
liberal expenditure nf btate money.
.And now the bounty is to be doubled,
is order to stimulnto wolf raising and
scalping. People expect too much of
the state."
THE RATE QUESTION.
To reach a definite conclasioaon
any important subjeot it is well to
have a few facta pertinent to the sub
jact. This is true even in the matter
of railroad regulation. Our legisla
ture has before it several "railroad
regulation" bills.' Two of them are
for reduced freight rates, and one Of
them is for a railroad commission
clothed with ample regulating power.
The railroad commission proposition
wculd not be matured for several
years, even if it were started now.
Meanwhile, should not one of the
freight rate bills be passed? If our
legislators look into freight rate
statistics, they will not find cause to
look upon American railroads as rob
bers. They will find cause to view
with pride the fact that the United
States enjojBj the lowest freight rates
of any country in the world, taking
into consideration the average rate for
long and short hauls for the whole
country. On the other hand they
will find local freight rates in Ne
braska mnch higher than in Iowa and
many times higher than the average
rate for the whole country.
The following table shows the
average rate per ton per mile in the
leading countries of the world in 1901 :
United States, 75: Germany, 1.40;
France, 1.4S; Great Britain, 2.10.
With reference to the "railroads
commission" proposition, our legis
lators can find some very interesting
statistics in the latest report of the
Interstate commerce commission.
This report shows that in 1902,
thirty states had railroad commiss
ions. Twenty of them were" strong"
commissions, having authority to con
trol freight and passenger rates ; ten
effect of all his editorial1 utterances.
People are suspicious of the public
man who says "I am the only perfect
behold me !" And every intel
ligent man in America knowd that
Tom Watson does not speac the truth
when he Fays: "It is known to all
men that the Free Press which our
ancestors were so proud of, ntd from
which thev expected so mnch, is no
longer free. Almost without excep
tion, those newspapers which control
public opinion are themselves con
trolled by corporate influences which
are hostile to the peoplo and dependent
for their ill gotten wealth upon the
class legislation and special privileges
which are runious to the general pros
pority,of the country."
The perodicals which really control
public opinion in this country are
none of them, controlled by "corpor-,
ate" or other endue influence.
of them were "weak" commissions,
not possessing that power. In 1890
there were only fifteen "strong" com
missions, as against thirteen "weak"
ones.
Relative to these facts the report
says: "Daring the past twelve years,
so far as tho expressed will of legisla
tures is concerned, the tendency is in
favor of more effective control over
rates."
Columbus is now encouraged again
With tho hops that its power canal is
to become a reality. Tnis timo it is
to be financed by a company that is
back of the trolley company that, is to
build several lines out of Umaua to
neighboring cities. We sincerely hope
Columbus may realize its hops, but
since the trolley company is yet. in a
somewhat nebulous Ftate we fear
work on tho en mil will nor begin at
once. Fremont Tribune
No one is better qualified to detect
"nebulous 6tites", aa applied to pow
er canal projects than the talented ed
itor of the Fremont Tribune, lie's
had experience.
The wonderful resources of this sec
tion of Nebraska worn qnito forcibly
brought to our attention Inst week
While making tho trip to Columbus
on the evening freight train. At
early every station there was a long
Wait while stock was being loaded.
From Albion and Cedar Rapid
branches there were picket! up fcrty
two cars of cattlo and hogs, requiring
two engines to pull the tram from
Geaoa into Columbus. As it was ten
O'clock before we arrived at the latter
place, we had ample time to contem
plate and cogitate upon the boundless
possibilities that exist for the resi
dents of this most favorable locality.
Albion News.
The railroads present -the argument
that there is no use granting the in
terstate commerce commission power
to enforce their decisions from the
fact that only a few cases have been
decided in which the railroads did
not comply with the ruling of the
court, and the further fact that the
decisions rendered have been expen
sive to the public. It would seem,
rather, that this is an argument why
the railroads should not oppose the
movement in favor of giving the com
mission power. If there are no de
cisions in favor of complaints and the
cost of the commission is so large the
railroads should be grateful and at
any rate should not fear a commission
which accomplishes so little. If.
however, the carrying corporations
honestly desired that the people should
receive more for their money, as they
imply, they will undoubtedly be ac
commodated when shippers are assur
ed that their efforts to get equal rates
will be of some avail. The fact that
at present tho commission is power
lo?s to enforce its decisions is suffici
ent to prevent the filing of complaints
with tho consequent effort that such
.-nils mean to the person or persons
doing tho prosecuting. No rfolkNews.
8peaking of the soicalistic tendency,
what are we to think of the action of
g1 in going into the oil reiiuing
business; Govenor Hoch explains that
the state has no desire to establish a
pablio monopoly ; tent it is merely
attempting "to compel a monopoly
'already existing to bo decent." I3nt
if the state refinery proves a success,
will Kansans be desirous of giving
lisp when normal prices are restored:
That is the important question. We
however, be thankful that a
for Standard Uil nbuses is to
fee tried. Also, we may be glad that
' the president has instructed the de
partsaent of commerce and laborto
iavestiagte Standard Oil operations
ia all parts of the country. This most
powerful of monopolies does not bear
daylight well, therefore, let the day
light in. Kansas! Hoch! Public
Opinion.
The World Herald, commenting on
the proposition that crimnal proceed
ings be institued ngianst the beef
ays: 4: For the past eight years
atic newspaper have urged the
authorities to invoke the aid of the
orisainal indictment for the purpose
of protecting the public from the im
positions of this tract. It is srranse
"that the penalty now generally ad
mitted as impressive, exemplary and
mndoubtedly deterrent, was not long
ago inflicted upon men who. having
. firmly established their monopoly,
' have shown no consideration Tor the
cattle raiser en the cce hand and no
asercy for the consumer on the other."
The editor of the World Herald need
aet think it so4 strange" that its pen
alty has not been "inflicted" before,
if he will recall that the American
people did not know they had a law
which carried these .penalties until
they had a "Teddy" Roccvelt for
President. Ee will remember that
.President Cleveland and his demo
cratic Attorney General declareu the
anti-trust law unconstitu
id refused to test it in the
TOM WATSON'S MAGAZINE.
"Tom Watson's Magazine"has been
launched. And it was not launched
with that easy grace which character
izes the lannching of our great battle
ships. The ropes were all cat at once
and tho huge fculk of political war
fare dropped into the troubled sea of
democracy starting billows that will
test to the utmost the strength of the
very few democratic craft that are
still afloat. The old cracked liberty
bell and a small circle around which
is written "Equal Rights tn all,"
"Special Privileges to None," adorn
the title page which announces that
tho magazine will appear monthly and
be sold for ten cents a copy or one
dollar a year.
The editor anonounces the purpose of
his magizine in these words: "This
masazine is founded for the purpose
of making them an independent, ener
getic effort to create a public senti
mnt which will bring the enlighten
ed conscience of the nation to the
making of its laws." Then he nro-
coeds with a paragraph which will
weakea,aad should weaken, the saorai
APOLOGIZE.
The World-Herald and the Telegram
both take occasion to call our atten
tion to Mr. Bryan's denial of any con
nection with the notoriousFoster lease
of the Standard Oil Co. As usual,
tho Telegram wants somebody to
neologize Right at this moment we
cannot remember a time when the
Telegram didn't want somebody to
apologize for something. The .article
of the Journal eaid expressly that the
report was given on the authority of
tho Washington corresnondent of the
Chicago Tribune, and furthermore
our article closed with these words:
"It will doubtless develop that
Bryan is an innocent partner of Rock
efeller in this alleged fraudulent
lease."
We call npon tho Telegram to apol
ogize to Grover Cleveland, to Pres
ident Roosevelt, to Secretary Mor
ton, to Governor Mickey, to Congress
man McCarthy, to Postmaster Kramer,
to Superintendent Kern, to Rev. Ul
mer, to Principal Britell, to Editor
Burrnss. Against each and all of these
gentlemen the Telegram has made
accusations which have been denied.
Its charges, moreover, were not given
as telegraphic news reports, were
not backed by any authority, and did
not contain a pious hope that they
might prove to be untrue. They were
made on the authority of the Colum
bus Telegram, without reservation.
And yet they have been denied.
When one man says something about
another man and the other man cate
gorically denies it, somebody's'a liar.
On the locio of this conclusion we
challenge the world. Such cases arise,
and when they do arise it is merely a
question of honesty and veracity be
tween the parties to the incident. In
the one case herein noted it is up to
the Chicago Tribune and Mr. Bryan.
In the other it is up to the Columbns
Telegram and the gentlemen above
enumerated.
If
'corporate control" of the press is
as universal as Mr. Watson sucgesiF,
the pnblic may well question the
purity of "Tom Watson's Magazine."
The arrangement . of Tom Watson'6
Msgazine is similar to that of the
"Review of Reviews." The" first
pages ore devoted to political discus
sions and the rest of the magazine is
given to short stories from the pens
of well known writers
The editor, in his first issue, ad
dresses himself to " W. J. B. : to Pres
ident Roosevelt" "TheShipSnbsidv:'
"Hearst, the Myth;" "Mr. Bryan's
Race in Nebraska;" "Let the Green
backs Alone;" and "En route to Roy
alty." And he dipped hi pen in fire
when he wrote.
Discussing the r-tcent election he
says: "Carefully studied, the election
of Nov. 8, 1904, affords more encour
agement to reformers than any event
which has happened since the Civil
War. In smashing tbn fraudulent
scheme of Gorman-Hi!'-McCarrec-rel-mont
the people proved that there
was still such a thing as pnblic con
science. The wholo P.irker campaicn
was rotten from incenticu to final-
fiasco and the minner in which the
masses rose and stamped the life ont
of it was profoundly refreshing."
Continuing Mr. Watt on says: "At
least a million Independents voted for
Roosevelt because they were hell-bent
on beating PArker. In the past they
were moved to do this because of the
belief that Roosevelt himself leans to
radicalism."
"Gorman receives a diubbing at the
hands of the talented Georgian that
has to be read in foil to be appreciat
ed. And his" discussion of the
ship subsidy is a masterpiece of con
densed argument, with which very
many republicans agree. ,
In fact Tom Watson says a great
many things with which good citizens
generally agree, it is a matter of
regret that the opinions of this brill
iant and distinguished American
should bear, many of them, tho taint
of pessimism, the result perhaps of
unsound health. At all events, Tom
Watson's Magazine will count as a
force for purer government, and it
will prove as helpfnl to republicanism
of the Roosevelt stamp as it will be
destructive to democracy which just
now has no stamp.
Devoting himself to Mr. Bryan, Mr.
Watson says:
Wonld you be so kind as to tell us
when and where you will commence
ti reorganize the Democratic party?
Yon promised to begin "immediate
ly after the election. What iB
your construction of the word "im
ediately"? And what did you really
mean by "re-organize"?
"Your party is fully organized from
top tn bottom from Tom Taggart,
the gambling hell man, down to Pat
McCarreen, the Standard Oil lobbyist.
How can you reorganize a party so
thoronghlv organized? Von can't do
it, you are not trying to do it, and
you must bavo known all along that
you couldn't do it.
"Watch out, William! The people
have loved you and believed in yon,
11.. THEY PUT IT BACK?
Will they pat it back? Countr At
orney Latham was asked by the Platte
county n per visors for an opinicn
charge niede hv the
Journal to the effect that Supervis
ors Ernst and Bender, had orawn mote
than the law allows for snitcrvisors
service?. Mr. Lit;m;n's opinion was
read bt'fero the supervisors this morn
icg ai:;l the tditor of me Journal
cbenced to "drop in Murium the read
ing uf it. Mr.' Latham's opinion
agrees in every detail with tho Journ
al's statement of the law. lie sayB
that the law limits a supei visor to
$300 a year and that he can not legally
draw moro than that amonnt. The
opinion was placed on general file
withont debate and without anv
offers to "put back" the amounts
drawn in violation of law.
Several qnestions naturally suggest
themselves at this time. Why did the
supervisors wait for the Journal to
make theeo charges before asking for
tho opinion ot the county attorney?
Why did thov not ask for it last Oc
tober when Supervisor Di drich made
a motion to disallow Mr. rJrnst's bill
for services, on tho ground of illegal
ity and when this same motion failed
to receive a second? If Mr. Diedrich
knew that Mr. Ernst had at that timo
overdrawn his legal allowance, how
docs it happen that tho other super
visors would not even second. Mr.
Dicdrich's motion? And whv. when
Mr. Diedrich vote 5 against the allow
ance of Supervisor Bender's last bill
on the same gronnd, did Mr. Bender
cancel his name from the resolution
previously signed by him, endorsing
the work of Mr. Diedrich en the board?
Does it look as if the supervisors have
not had sufficient notice that these
bills were being paid contrary to law.
Will they try to set np their resolu
tion calling for Mr. Latham's opinion
as a plea of ignorance of the law or
as an evidence ttnt they themselves
started tho- investigation which has
J uncovered their illegal practices? It
matters not how the qnestions are an-
'swered. The important thing is that
the democratic county attorney has
placed himself on record to the effect
that the supervisors who have drawn
moro than $300 for a year's service
on tho hoard, owe tho connty the
difference between that amount and
the amounts they have actually co-
lected. The question is, will they pay
it back?
Now If these supervisors offer the
The 4th of March will "bo interesting,
not only because it will mark the be
ginning of Mr. Roosevelt's second
term, but also because it will witness
tbe close of some prolonged Senator
ial careers, and . the breaking of all
rrcords for continuous and combined
service in Congress and in tho Senate
bv Mr. W. B. Allison, of Iowa. On
the day named Mr. Cockrell, of Miss
ouri, will have served" thirty contin
uous years. Mr. Stewart, of Nevada,
who will vacate his seat at the same
time, was a member of the Senate
earlier but for twelve years was absent
from the body. Mr. Mitchell, of
Oregon, was also a member of the
Senate when Mr. Allison took his
6eat March 4, 1873, but the former's
service has not been continuous, there
having been a gap of .ten years. On
March 4 Senator Allison will have sat
continuously in the Senate irist thirty
two years, having previously been a
member of eight years of the House of
Representatives. The record that he
breaks is that established by Senator
Morrill of Vermont, who died on Do
om ber 28.. 1889, and who, had he lived
two month and one week longer,
would have served continuously thirty
two years. Harpers' Weekly.
excuse that they have earned more
than $300 by actaal work, our answer
is that they could not earn more than
the law allows any more than the
President of the United States conld
earn more than his legal salary. A
supervisor who cannot afford to ac
cept the job at tho legnl (alary
should tarn down the job. If the job
is worth mere, let us all get together
and change the law. The Journal
will help.
Meanwhile wo suggest that the snp
'ervisors ask for the connty attorney's
opinion on the following questions:
Does the law provide for the print
ing of the supervisors' proceedings
at five-fourths of the legal rate?
What is the relation between the
supplies famished the connty by the
Telegram Company, and the supplies
called for in the contract? Are thero
evidences of fraud in the matter of
making estimates for and the furn
ishing of eaid Bnpplies? When these
qnestions are answered,. wo have some
moro to ask.
COLUMBINES.
We wonder if a doctor looks through
the saran glasses when he examines
one of his good friends for lifo insur
ance and then for a pension.
-r-
bnt your course in the last campaign
has shaken vonr popularity to its very
foundations. Beware how you trifle
with tho radicals. If yon want to
come with us, come and be done with
it. If you want to go to the Belmonts
and Tttggarts, go and be done with it.
Be assured of this, William you
cant' ride both horses!"
Forecast for Colnmbns: Fair and
colder, with snow and rising temper
ature ; partly wet in sidewalk por
tion. J. M. Curtis, forecaster.
only
that
newspapers have urged"
procedure?
Is it not "strange" tlurt it i
"the last eight years
The progressive citizens of the state,
an element that is growing larger
every year, will be rojoiced by the
fact that the legislature has passed
the appropriation bill for the state
university. The appropriation carries
an increase of instructors' salaries to
the amount of $50,000. This will not
be much when it is divided up among
some two hundred people and spread
out over twelve months, but it is
something. The teaching force of jthe
Nebraska university has long been un
derpaid in most shameful manner,
compared with the instructors of
neighboring institutions of lower rank.
A new generation is growing up
which realizes the importance of edu
cation as a moral and material asset in
the greatness of a common wealth.
We are indeed happy to note that
our old friend the Telegram has come
out of its shell and gone to roasting
us again in English. This is much
better than that painful silence. At
the same time we want to go on reccrd
with an expression of our apprecia
tion of the delicacy which led the
courtly editor of the Telegram to
hand it to us through the German
Supplement and refrain from calling
attention to our shortcomings in
English. We have no doubt that this
was done under the impression that
we couldn't read German, and it wss
mighty thoughtful of him.
The United States senate in fas. be
coming one of the most unpopular
bodies of men in the world. No
doubt they have been given the worst
of it in a good part of the criticism
that has recently been aimed against
hem. However, when the New Yo:k
World begins to pat the senate on the
back for the way it is blocking the
movements of the president, it cer
tainly looks pretty bad for tbe once
glorious United States senate. The
eoaunendatioa of the NewYork World
is about aa. bad a black eye as any
body oia receive.
According to the Lincoln Star, a
DesMoines nrnister recently preached
a sermon on George Washington.
Alluding to the well known fact that
the father of onr country me1 to
swear liko a trooper, on occasion, the
minister said: "Good, strone oaths,
used in condemnation o wrong, are
commendable and leave no stain on
the character of the man who utters
them. " Of course this does not prove
tbe case, being merely the opinion of
that particular preacher.
The man who in this vale below
Doth rave and rant and swear,
Because misfortune, want and woe
Attend him everywhere,
From me no sympathy will get,
I here end now declare.
As long as he will go and bet
His coin upon two pair.
Who doth not know what misery, .
What brimming sorrow's cup, .
Awaits the man who thinks that be
Can bluff with aces'up !
Behold him stake his hard-earned
dongb,
The toil of many days
VN hen lo ! some heartless skunk doth
show
Throe measly little treys.
Talk not to me of mortal grief
Or sinful tempter's snare
That b-nds to sorrow's rocky reef
And maelstrom of despair.
The wees that to this flesh belong,
I solemnly declare,
Are due to women, wine and song
And betting on two pair
THE BlilDGE QUESTION.
The strict letter of the law forbids
the county (.upervisor? to perform any
bridge woik at a roM t three hundred,
dollars withont lira: advertising for
bids. That woulu' take fonr weeks.,
The flood carried away the north ap
proach to the Loup river bridge south
of the city. People of the city and
farmers beyond the river Buffer great
loss and inconvenience while tbe
bridge is out. Our two supervisors in
this district, Louis Held and Julius
Ernst, view the situation from a horse
sense stand-point. They know that a
technical construction of tbe law
would forbid repairing the bridge
without advertising for bids. They
also know that delay would work great
hardship and loss upon the public.
They have not waited to get permis
sion of the Columbns Journal. They
have ignored all technicalities, and
already have a large force of men at
woik repairing the damage done by
the flood and within a few days thev
will have the bridge ready for travel.
Columbus is fortunate in having n
pair of supervisors like Held and
ttrnsr, who have the courage to do tbe
right thing at the right time. Of
course they will be criticised by a few
pertouK, bet they may bo assured oi
the endorsement of a great majority
of people on both sides of the riven.
Columbus Telegram.
tn discussing this article nf tho
Telegram's we wish to preface our
remarks with tbe statement that the
Journal always has and always will in
the future stand with the supervisors
regardless of their political faith in
every legal, honest and reasonable
transaction performed in the interests
of Platte County. On the other hand
the Journal has criticised in the past,
and will continue in the future to
criticise the supervisors, regardless of
their political faith, for every illegal,
dishonest and unreasonable transaction
performed in hostility to the interestof
Platto county.
In the first place tho Columbus
Journal most earnestly favored tho
immediate repair of the bridge in
Question, and the Journal editor's
name on the petition requesting im
mediate action stands as proof of that
statement. In fact the editor of the
Journal was requested to carry the pe
tition to the supervisors, but a Colum
bus business man advised against it.
Ho said" Yon better not. They would
probablv "table" it if you presented
it, jnst as they did your request for a
copy of the supervisors' proceedings,
to print free of charge to the county
the same work for which the taxpay
ers are paying more than the legal
rate to democratic newspapers."
So much for the Journal's attitude
toward the supervisors in goneral and
the work on the Loup bridge in paiti
calar. Now let ns examine the Telegram's
statement that" the strict letter of the
.law forbids the county supervisors
to perform any bridge work at a cost
of 300 dollars -without first adver
tising for bids" and its opinion that
"Columbns is fortunate in having a
pair of supervisors likeErnst and Held"
because it assumes these supervisors
ovorstepoed the technical provisions of
tha law, in their eagernesss to sub
serve the public good.
If the Telegram states the facts and
the law correctly, the Journal wishes
to endorse every word of its commen
dation of Ernst and Held. If the Tel
egram misstates the facts and tbe law
in order tn throw undeserved bequets
to cover up other known unlawful
transactions of these same supervisors,
then tbe Telegram is guilty either of
unexcusable ignorance or of willful
falsifying for political effect.
What are the facts and tho law in
the case?
1. Piaite county has a yearly con
tract with the Standard Bridge Com
pany for the bulding and reparation
of all bridges. The connty would
therefore be liable in damages to this
company if it should 'advertise for
supervisors may be compelled by man
damus to proceed to make repairs
Within twenty-four hours of receipt of
said notice. ,
It is evident, therefore, that these
supervisors whom the Telegram buries
with boque ta. not oulv tiid not display
"courage" in waiting 'or a petition
signed by tho editor uf th? Journal
and others, before proceeding to per
form this emergency work, bnt that
the" technical" requirements of the
law could have been employed to force
them to do tho work several days
sooner.
We are 'not criticising these super
visors for the few days of unwarrant
ed delay. In fact they are entitled to
credit for acting according (o law.
But we aro not in favor of ' throw
ing boquets" at officials on the theory
that they are violating tho" technical"
provisions of a law for the public good,
when as a matter of fnct thev are
simplv doing what the "technical"
requirements of the law command.
It is prettv tongh tn r.;-.d reports
from Rnssia rbese day's bat it is a
great, compensation to ba able to look
in the next column and read that the
heathen little Japs have made one
more score m tho process of wiping
the present Russin government off the
face of the earth.
ft. ill. POST
Attorney : at : Law
Columbus, Nfib.
T D. 8TIHK8,
TTORMBT AT LAW.
OSsa, Olive 8t,, fourth door north of First
National Bank.
COLUMnrjH. NEBRASKA.
DR. GflftS. H. PLrtTZ
HOMEOPATHIC
PhysiGlan and Surgeon.
P. O. Block :
Colnmbns
6. J. OflRLOW
Lawyer
Office over
Columbus Stuto Bank
Columbus. Nob.
BEGHEB,
HOGKENBBROBR
c AJUJiMDcnr
a unntnDijn
Rml Estate
Insurance
Loans
Choice list of Lands for sale.
We are prepared to supply the
spring demand for dwellings
and lots. We have money to
joan on real estate in small or
large amounts for from 1 to 10
years.
We have an endless assort
ment of strictly up-to-date
Clothing. They are sold
right. Don't go shabby
when for a lew " plunks "
you can look well and feel
well. Good fit guaranteed.
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GREISEN BROS.
COLUMBUS,
..11th Street..
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NEBRASKA
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FARMERS! Srs
disc apart and
ship it by freight to our Bhop nd hav
it rolled on onr new SHOW'S ROTARY
DISC SHARPENER. W and the
mnnnfactnrers guarantee that it will
do bolter work and stay shnrp twico ub
long. Tli reason is, in rolling a, disc it
is made ?s to ;?,. of an inch larger and
the steel is made hard and smooth, mak
ing it cnt easier. We will pay lh
freight ono way. or, if you will takoyour
disc apart and bring in nnty th blades.
we will nllowyoifJSe off tho bill. Tho
price ia 20c per blade. We also handle
the New I. D. Plow a plow thnt we
guarantee- in every way to work where
any plow will work and to pull easier
than any plow made.
H. G. PERSON,
Up-to-at Blacksmith.
13th Street. Celinlms.
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i Home Restaurant and Meat Market
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Thebestofeveihinginthe eating
line. Meals at all hours, day or night
Fresh Fish every day during Lent
Kersenbrock & Burke i
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DONT WASTE GRAIN!
Cheaply Made Wagon
Will Waste Enough
Grain to Bny a
Good One.
Our wagons will not scatter
your grain while on the road to
market or overtax your horses
with needless heavy draught.
t The P. D. SMITH CO.
-11 TTi n.cls Byiilriingr
-La,texiLL, Egira, and
Soft Coai. llPxices xigrEit
J lards on lJth Street, near B & M depot. Both Phones t
HENRY RIEDER, Manager.
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jSQME PAINT FACTS
1. Vktc Uzracd OH to tho foamdaUen of a Vulat DnrrJ,:i:ir.
."."YAV"1 prejaoasw agauavsi jceaarauxral Palati fa h.i
Buggies
and Carriages
!-All Kinds of-
FARM IMPLEMENTS.
oa Uic fact Uict not of
8. All paint is first
jaixea
waUfe Intcrtw oil.
ui paint is first gTMEaallato a TBICJtF!ASTE Jihrit,.j.
Vttl
Cheap one way rates to California
Paget Sonnd and the Northwest conn
try, March 1st to May loth. Very
cheap round trip rates to the South
and southwest, February 1st, March
7th and 1st. Also cheap one way rates
to the same country February 1st and
March 1st".
Low homeseekers' excursion , rates
February l6t and March 7th and 2lBt
to eastern Colorado, the Big Horn
Basin and North Platte Valley where
there is excellent chance of getting on
the gronnd floor ahead of the crowd
and pick np bargains in in igated land.
Cheap rates east to Washington, D.
C, for the inauguration. Send for
printed matter and write for informa
tion, uesenne your trip and let me
advise yon at least cose.
L. F. Rector, Ticket Agent.
ii.w. waKeiey, uenerai rass. a.
Neb.
bids," as the Telegram suggests.
2. The term' three hundred dollars"
which the Telegram nsss, does not
appear in the bridge statute. The
Telegram editor most have had in
mind the statute which limits the sl-
ary of supreme supervisor Ernst to
$300. Perhaps Ernst and the editor
of the Telegram havo been laboring
under tho impression all along that
the $100 belonged in the bridge statutr.
Possibly that explains why Mr. Ernst
has overdrawn the legal limit for his
services and the editor of the Tele
gram has failed to perform his func
tion as a "reform" editor by calling
attention to that fact.
3. Even ifPlatte county did not have
a contract covering the repair of the
bridge in question, still the law does
not require tbe superverisors to adver
tise for bids, in case of emergency.
Here is the law : ' Provided further
that if any bridge or bridges may need
immediate repairs on account of the
same having broken down or on
account of extraordinary high water
or fire or other cause an emergency
shall exist, tbe county board chall have
the power to declare that the public
good requires immediate action to
prevent inconvenience and damage
and may proceed to buy material and
hire labor and repair any snob bridge
or bridges."
Another section of the lair provides
that In ease of such emergency, npon
written notice of three taxpayers, the
a?" Our horse shoes stick
and don't lame your horses
TRY THEM.
LOUIS SCHREIBER.
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Wine of Cardui
Cured Her.
213 Sooth Prior Street.
Atiaxta, Ga., March 21, 1903.
I suffered for four months with
extreme nervousness and lassitude.
I had a sinking feeling inmv
A "'
stomacn wnicn no medicine seemed
to relieve, and losing my appetite
i Decame wealc and lost my vital-
uy. in tnree weeks 1 lost fourteen
pounds of flesh and felt that I most
find speedy relief ta regain my
health. Having heard Wine of
Cardui praised bv several of tnw
inenas, i sent tor a bottle and was
certainly very pleased with the
results. Within three days mv
appetite returned ana my stomach
troubled me no more. I could
digest my food without difficultv
ana tne nervousness gradually
ainununed. Aatnre performed
her functions without difficulty
ana x am once more a nappy and
well woman.
OLIVE JOSEPH.
Tian lllanlaraaaraasBtCaavl
Secure a Dollar Bottle off
Wine of Cardui Today.
Of Duroc-Jersey
& Poland China
EOS!
Registered, and as good hogs as
can be found anywhere in the country.
Consisting of 45 HEAD BROOD
SOWS, 30 HEAD FALL PIGS, and
Ssme BOARS.
20 Head Cattle, Bulls and heifers,
7 of which are pedigreed Poll Durham,
as follows:
Four Cows, 4 years old.
One Bull, 2 years old.
One Buil Calf 10 months old.
One Heifer Calf, 10 months old. ;
Selected from two of the best herds ;
in Iowa.
For Catalogues adIrcs3 C. G. Johnson after Feb. 12. -
0. G. JOHNSON :
:
Farm 2 miles
West, f Oscaafa.
Nebraska.
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