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CHANGE IN ADDRE8S.en ordering a
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TASK OF THE REPUBLICAN SU
PERVISORS. It is not a difficult one. To act in
accordance with law is not hard. It
is the attempt to administer law in
the interest of self or of personal or
political friends that makes the work
of a puhlic official difficult And the
the three republican sapervisors
elected last fall were elected, not by
politicians with axes to grind.but by
voters who want the county business
administered economically and accord
ing to law. Just a plain common
sense business administration, that is
all the taxpayers expect. Will a
plain common sense business admin
istration necessitate any changes in the
ni.t business Dolicv of the
f i
the board? Yes, some very radical
changes and it is easy to name some
ofthem.
1. A sudden halt in the payment
of illegal salaries to supervisors.
2. A careful auditing of the bills
and fee books of the sheriff and other
officers to cut out excessive fees and
illegal mileage charges.
3. A change from the unit system
to the item system of awarding con
tracts for printed blanks and supplies
to kill the printing trust which for
j'ears has fattened on the public funds
and to prevent the building of another
similar trust.
4. A reduction in the allowance
to the official papers from 125 per
cent of the legal rate which has been
paid for years, at least to the rate al
lowed by law.
o. In the matter of county bridges
the public will expect the new board
. .a 1I il
at least to audit the Dills oi ine
Standard Bridge Company and when
a charge for a "car of lumber" ap
pears, to find out how much and what
kind of lumber the car contained.
And the acceptance by a supervisor
of free transportation from a bridge
company should constitute ground for
ousting that individual from office
and cancelling the contract with the
company. There is no room for
Standard Bridge Company lobbyists
on the board of supervisors.
It was a desire for the changes
enumerated above which induced the
people of Platte county last fall to
elect three republican supervisors. It
is up to those supervisors to' make
rood. Xo one who knows the men
elected or has studied their record,
doubt sthat they will do it. And they
will be ably assisted in their reform
program by at least one of the hold
over democratic supervisors, who has
been dubbed a "political shyster" by
an official democratic paper for stand
ing up for the law.
Nebraska is to cut a big figure in
the canal project, according to present
indications. The governor of the
zone is a Nebraskan. the collector of
revenues is a Nebraskan, the head of
the Panama fire department is a Ne
'braskan, the superintendent of educa
tion is a Nebraskan, the chairman of
the senate committee on interoceanic
canals is a Nebraskan, with several
other Nebraskans in minor positions
und with J. E. Market on the waiting
list to take up the work of feeding the
workmen, when they really get busy
in that neighborhood. It would be a
mighty severe blow to Nebraska to
have the Panama canal prove a fail
ure. It must not be, it cannot be.
Fremont Tribune.
This is the time of year when par
ents invest the savings of a year in
books and other gifts for the children.
The average mother knows better
than to feed pickles to the baby and
the average father will not give his
five-year old boy a razor. But few
fathers and mothers know what books
to buy to give the proper mental
nourishment to their children. And
there is just as much danger of poi
soning the mind of the boy or girl, or
at least of arresting its developments,
with bad or worthless books, as there
is of poisoning or arresting the de
velopment of the body with poisoned
or worthless food. What books are
bad and what are good? This ques
tion is as hard as it is important to
answer. And the Journal, with the
hope of helping the fathers and moth
ers of Ptatte county to get the proper
books into the home library has asked
the Columbus city librarian, Miss
Geer, to prepare a short classified list
of the best children's books, which list
is added to this article:
Before going to echo 1.
Mother Goo:e. Brownie Book,
Red Ridinjrnood, Oinderilla,
Jack andihe bean-stalk.Sleepingbeantr
Babes in the Woods'. Aeeop'a Fables
From 7 to 10.
Grim's Fairy tales, Alice in Wonder
land, Editha'a Burglar,
Bird's Christmas Carroll,
Adventures of a Brownie,
Little Lord Fauntleroy,
Robinson Crusoe, Pussy Meow,
Dicky Downey. Beaatifol Joe.
From 10 to 15.
Eight Cousins, Rose in Bloom,
Under tba Lilac, Little Men,
Little Women, Old fashioned Girl,
Jack in the Rookies. Timothys Gcest,
Black Beauty, Five Little Peppers
Little Colonel books.
Juan ana Jaani'a, Stories of the Gor
illa Country, Lost in the Jangle,
The Pilot. The Spy,
Swiss Family Robinson,
May Bartlets Step-mother,
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbace Patch,
Lorey Mary.
"Lest v e forget" that this is the time
of year when i e ple do acs of c'.mrity
and pay their honest debts if they
have the price, we are pained to re
mind our editorial brother of the Tel
egram that he hasn't paid us that
'tainted hundred."
Penitentiary Sentences.
Asa result of the district court
proceedings last week, three young
men capable of making their brain
and mnscle count for good in the
world were given penitentiary sen
tences and the excesr lve use of intoxi
eating liquor figured as the chief
cause in each cae.
John Font got four years for at
tempting to commit rape on a Polish
woman in South Columbus. He had
been drinking heavily.
Harry Edwards got eighteen months
for stealing goods from the Burling
ton station and his act was the result
of drink and bad companions.
Bert Browning got one year for
assaulting the conductor on a Union
Pacific train and a pascenger by tbe
name of Poroupile. And Browning
was drunk.
John M. Specht of Platte Center was
released on the charge of embazzle
ment brought against him by J. H.
Eersenbrock fur appropriating to his
own use $40 worth of beer.
$50,000 Building For Columbus
Columbus may draw a $50,000 build
ing at this session of Congress.
Congressman McCarthy has intro
duced a bill in theHouse to.that end
and Senator Millard Las introduced
the same bill in the senate wnich has
been twice read and referred to the
committee on Pablio Buildings and
grounds. The text of the bill follows :
Be it enacted by the senate and
Honse of Representatives of the Uni
ted States of America in congress as
sembled. That the secretary of the
treasury be. nd he is hereby, author
ized and directed to purchase or other
wise provide a site and cause to be
erected thereon a substantial and
commodious building, with fireproof
vaults and suitable fitxnres, for the
use and accomodation of tbe United
States pofitotfice and other government
offices in the city of Columbus, State
of Nebraska. The site and bnilding
thereon, when completed upon plans
and specifications to be made and ap
proved by the secretary of the trea
sury, shall not exceed in cost the sum
of fifty thousand dollars. No pur
chase of site nor plan for said bnild
ing shall be approved by the secretary
of the treasury if the same involve an
expenditure exceeding the sum of fifty
thousand dollars for site and bnild
ing. The bnilding shall be unexposed to
danger from fire by an open space at
least forty feet on each side, includ
ing streets and alleys.
Letter From Ed Fitzptrick
A most interesting letter from Ed.
Fitzpatrick was received at the Co
lumbus postoffioe last Saturday. And
tbe part moat interesting to Ed's
many Columbus friends is the state
ment that he has been appointed post
master at Empire, the second largest
citv on the isthmas a eity which
will soon be augmented by 10,000 of
TTncle Sam's ranal employes. Ed.
wrote hi letter in installments, a
little each day while on board ship
from New York to Panama. A nart
of the letter mct interesting is given
below :
Nov. 26. The fog whistle got busy
this morning; we ran into a school of
sharks, there must have been fifty of
them. It was a fine sight. This morn
ing they found a stow-away on board
and now he is scrubbing the deck. We
pass Cape Hattaras about 3 o'clock thic
p. m.
Nov. 27. This noon we had the pleas
ure of watching tbe flying fish. It is a
very beautiful Bight to see tbe fish fly
about one hundred yards some three
feet above water. As yet I have not felt
the least hit sea-sick. I eat three good
meals a day and could eat four or five.
This morning I had to get vaccinated;
every one on shipboard bus to go before
the doctor or return on the' nest ship.
Nov. 28. The weather is netting very
warm. The officers came out today m
their duck suits and I am dressed like I
usually am in July at home. We pap&od
Waitlin's Island this afternoon and Bird
Rock Island this evening. Nine o'c'oek
we came in 6ight of Fortune L!aud,
where we are to take on some intern
and transfer mail. Tbe litfhi house heie
is out of "biz,- so onr ship ir Blumtiug
off rockets and blowing the horn con
tinually; think thoy are whittling for a
pilot.
Nov. 21). -The decks are crowded this
morning at r:-h) to s.e Fortune Island.
We are out about a mile. .lu-t passed
Castle Rock Island. It. is a very beau
tiful island with a large lighilioi.se on it.
These islands are surely interostin; wo
caii 8c e tropical trees and native-' huts
very plainly. I took a picture of C-istle
Island. This afternoon wo came in sight
ot Cuba and ran along the east co.ist
within two miles from shore until dark.
For awhile we could soo ll.iii on the
east. Cuba is, from what we con LI see,
a most beautiful place. The mountains
are covered with large palms and every
thing looked so nice and en-en. The
snn is getting very hot. We have had
the electric fan running all the time for
the last day.
Nov. 30- TiiANKSGiviNc. Beautiful
weather hut extremely hot.
Dec. 1. Last evening I sat on the
hurricane deck until 11 o'clock with my
coat off and sleeves rolled up taking in
tbe cool air. This neon wo came in
sight of South America. Talk about
beautiful scenery well, this was grand!
This evening at 7 o'clock we dropped
anchor in Lamar bay, about half a mile
irorn coion mm urisuu. it is a very
beautiful sight to see the beach lighted
with some hundred lights. We will
have breakfast and pull in for shore,
so I'll cut this short and write after
landing.
Corozal, Dec. 4. Landed at 7 o'clock
and got orders to report at Aneon for
instructions, so crossed the Isthmus and
landed in Panama at 1 1. 1 ho trip across
was grand, just liko.a city park all tho
way. Mr. Weidman, (cheif fire depart
ment, Lincoln) and I had dinner with
Gov. Magoon. Saw Mr. Cook the Post
master General and he appointed me
postmaster at Empire. Empire is the
best P. O. on the Isthmas. At present
Colon is the largest on account of for
eign mails, but in a very short time
there will he about 10,000 laborers at
Empire and I will have my hands full.
Don't have to go to work for several
days, so am traveling around, have a
card that is good for sixty trips between
here and Panama. Asked Cook if I
could go to Gature and he fixed me up
with a pass and he asked me to look up
a P. O. site, So I went and had a nice
visit Sunday with Elmer Smith. lie
nearly fell over when ho saw me. Going
to Panama on next train, will writo
again when I have time.
El). FIT7IWTKICK.
Poultry Show-
The largest and most scccessfcl
poultry show in the historv of Platte
county is in progress in Columbus
this week.
The large Easton bnilding on Ele
venth street is occupied by more than
a thousand domestic birds as fine iu
quality as can be seen anywhere in
the civilized world.
C. H. Rhodes of Topeka, Kan., a
poultry jndge of national reputation,
assisted by David Larson of Wnhoo,
Nebraska's leading poultry expert is
doing the weighing end the vnriou
mysterious stunts with the feet,
feathers and combs of the birds which
determine on what pens the blue rib
bons are to be tacked.
, The prizes are all awarded but tie
secretary could not prepare a list of
the winners for this issue of the Jour
al. The largest entry of the show was
matte bv Swartsley and sou who have
over 100 birds. P. J. McCaffrey
second with about 50 birds.
The most novel attractions of tho
show are a pair of African geese ex
hibited by H. O. Rodehom, and a
monkey exhibited by John McAllis
ter. A noteworthy feature of the show
is the large increase in the number
of outside exhibitors which more
than takes the places of several of
the leading local poultry raisers who
for some reason dropped out this year.
Goerge H. Winslow superintendent
of the show, deserves great credit -'cr
the arrangement of birds in the build
ing. Every bird is placed where it
can be seen, and broad aisles are ar
ranged, making it possible for a larce
crowd to pa's bstween the rows of
pens.
The receipts at the door have been
large. It is expected that Thursday
and Friday will be the big days
For Coats.
Now is the time to buy your Fur
roats before they advance. Russian
rnlf coats have already ad vanced .$, 00.
Others are sure to follow on account of
raw materials advanring. I have a fine
assortment in prices from 910 to $30. It
will pay you to lok them over.
F. II. Rnsche, 11th Street.
Votice.
Mrp. Victoria Maslnnka, harbur luft
my ted and board, I hereby decline to
be responsible for any debts which
she may contract after this date.
Anton Maslonka.
Columbus, Neb , December 13. 1905.
37-12
Coal.
We still hava a good supply of Rock
Spring nut and lump, Kcmmerer
lump, Carney lump. Hocking Valley
lump, Carney Egg, Carney nut, Weir
nut. Rock Spring Slack, Hard coal, nut
and stove sizes also fur nace coal.
Newman & Welch.
zuii:n!iiiirrmi:!MU!U!i!:!mi!iuu!:i!tr
Satin flfn
cars tgo.
3mu::ni!!uii;iiimumizi!umuiiui!iins
( From the files of Journal Nov. 29, 1S71 )
The snuw is raid to be live f i et
doep on the level in th3 region of
L)ue Trie. Seventeen persons have
died from extreme cold m London.
MesbrB Olson and Magauson hate
completed the residence of Andrew
Snll iu Stevens addition.
Rev. J. E. Eiliott wilt deliver the
f hnnk'-giviug sermou at the Nebraska
Aveuue church.
(From tiles of Jonruul Dec. (5, 1S71)
EgU are selling at Liucolu for 40
cent? n dozau. ,
Slunshtered hogs aro selilus iu this
market at 4 cent a pound.
A Nabrafika sno.v storm is ona of
nature's grand exhibitions and must
b3 witnes?d in person, boforo any one
cau fully comprehend its magnifi
cence. Washington, December 1. The
monthly debt statement for Novem
ber shows r. redaction of IS4.020.S0.
Louis Phillipps has removed his
boot and shoe store to his new busi
ness house oc Washington Avenue op.
pasito the court house.
Major Troth of tho Indian reserva
tion has received iustrnctions from
headquarters o rer-aiv-i and entertain
the Grand Duke l'.i.s whilo en his
buffalo hunt in Nebraska.
Chas A Speice, Snpt. of schools in
Platte county anuounces a teachers
meeting to be held in this city.
Married, Novcmb3r 1, lull at the
home of H W. Hoefelman in Colnm
bus by Elder Hudson, H. W. Hocfel
tnan to Miss Carolino Kuennemann ;
also Joseph Schlessser to Miss Anna
Hoeirelruan. E J Baker of our city
was uiarriea the 29th to Mis-s Mary
Jonis of Mont Vernon, Ohio.
Koute 4
Jack Dineen is balding a new ma
chine shed.
Dan Bray and Bojd Dawson shelled
corn:this week.
,A. E. (Jnninbell with his wife and
dauugter Mar.ie viaited iu Columbus
Fridnj.
Chnrles and Ed. Majborcer had n
rnnnwav in Columbas this week,
whiio kfiuiiuK lnmber. No dnrnaco
was done, though a load of lainnor
was tipned over.
Chailos G:;?sruaii butchered a beef
Mcndav
.!ohn Rssiui and family spent Bun
rtav at the home of Robort Wollbarg
Rev. Munro will attend a special
meeting of his church in Lincoln the
latter part of the week to elect a
successor to Rev. H. Bross as stutn
superintendent of home mission?.
HOLIDAY
EXCURSION
RATES
To accommodate holiday
travelers a rate of one fare
and one-third for the round
trip to many points on the
Union Pacific and its con
necting lines, has been
placed in elFect by the
UNION PACIFIC
Dates of Sale, Dec. 22, 23,
21, 25, 30, 31, 1903, and
Jan. 1, 190G; with final
return limit, Jan. !, 1901J.
INQUIRE OF
W. H. BENIIAM, Agent.
Santa Giaus is en His Way
now from the Klondyke with presents
galore for the little ones and the big
ones. lie can't come down the chim
ney if you havn't one. Christmas
joys should be enjoyed in the bosom
of your family at home. If you
havn't a home the niot sensible pres
ent for wife, son or daughter would be
a deed for a comfortable little home.
We will sell you one that will increase
in value stcadilv on ea-y terms.
Becher, fhcksnberger
& Chambers
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Citron, Orange and Lemon Peel
Sweet, Pure Apple Cider
Figs, Dates, Walnuts, Almonds
Pecans, Filberts and Brazil Nuts
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in Once Tried Always Used.
idoliday China
A iUio assortment of Fancy Pieces in
Haviland, Japanese Austrian, Ioga, Norse
Ware, etc , etc., at all prices.
Fancy Plates, Olive Dishes, Mayonaisc
Sejs, Cups and Saucers, Bon Bons,
Hair Receivers,Comb and Brush Trays
Salads, Hand Painted China and Rich
Cut Glass Lamps, Hanging Lamps,
Fancy Meta) Lamps.
MAPLE SYRUP We handle the Log Cabin i
Brand i
Strictly Pure Michigan Buckwheat Flour. i
Christmas Trees
Christmas Candies
A most careiuliy selected stock and a
large assortment. Quality and purity are
essential in candy.
Henry Ratz & Co.,
Nebraska Phone 29. Independent Phmes 29 and 229.
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Kansas City Southern Railway
LOWEST KATES EVEK MADE TO
Southwest Missouri, Indian Territory, Arkansas,
Louisiana and Texas
Datcs or Sm.e November 7 ami 21, December ." and ID.
STorovns on goinsr and return trips.
Limit 21 laj s from date of sale.
Tho tirie of immigration Las turned to the soutb, where land is cheap
and crop3 abundant The Land of Fulfillment. No othor section of
the country promises snch great return from products of the soi! ami
increased values.
ITS WORTH YOUR TIME
Write for free illustrated literature.
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Kansas City, Mo.
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Trust Bakine Powders sell for 45 or
SO cents per pound and may be iden
tified by this exorbitant price.
They are a menace to public health,
as food prepared from them con
tains larce quantities of Rochelle
salts, a dangerous cathartic drag.
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OF OMAHA
EYE SPECIALIST
EXPERT OPTICIAN
Uist Equipped Optirnl Ottiers
In The West
in the front rooms over Pollock
& Co.'s Druu Store. Will be in
Columbus offices Sunday, Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednesday of
each week. Sjcctacles and eye
glasses scientifically fitted and
repaired. Eye Glasces adjusted
to any nose.
CONSULTATION FREE
Wm. DIETRI6HS
House. Sign
and Carriage
Painting
lain and ornamental FalntHm all
Kinds. Gitu er Gatmtr.
nil.TuI.2tt. COLUMKUS. NKB
R. W. HOBART
Attorney - at - Law
Rooms 10 and 11 New Columbus State
Rank Ruilding.
fi. M. POST
Attorney : at : Law
Columbus. Neb.
Brick House Herd Durocs
100 March and early April pi8 for
Summer and Fall trade. Cnu furnish
in pairs or trio?, not related, at bargain
puces. Write or call for pricra or des
cription. RFD !, Columbus. J. J. BARNES
DONT WASTE GRAIN!
A Cheaply Mado Wagoi
Will Waste Enough
Grain to Buy a
Good One.
Our v.ajrons will not scatter
yournrain whileontherondto
market or overtax your horses
with mjedlrss heavy draught.
We fceop only the Latest and REST in
Buggies and Carriages
-All Kinds of-
FARM IMPLEMENTS.
W&- Our Itorso shoos stick
aistl don't lame your horses
THY T1IEH.
LOUIS sCHREIBER.
G. J. GftRLOW
Lawyer
OHico over .
(blumbus Stato Hank GOlUmbUS. Mek.
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ATTORNEY AT LAW.
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For Sale By
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Hats, Caps, Cloaks and
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