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i B! Columbus gjottroal. Columbiu, Netr. ataa4acts Peatoa.ea. Cohuab . Bahc aa .rf.rtaaa stall aattar - riBBSoraoBMurnoa: Uwiw, lartl.inataa i statists CU oil ilAOKtawav WDNUDAY. JUNE 90. MW. 8TBOTHEK & STOCKWELL. Proprietors. llXlIWAITBadaU opposite roar name oa f ou saver, or wrapper afeowa to what time joar abaet Iptton la paid.. Una JanOS ahowi that pavaaaat baa haas received ap to Jan. 1. MOB, Pak to Fab. 1. UK aid ao ob. Wbaa payment la MHla.tha eata,waiea aaawen aa a raeaipt, anil ba amaacai aaaoaiiacb. DibWNmUaJfCaW-KaiiMBatble aabacrib ra will aaatfana ta racaiva taia Joaraal aatil tba pabUaaersare aotalad by letta to diacoattnaa, aaaallattavmaae aaatbapald. If yoadoaot via fee Joaraaleoatiaaed tor another year af ter tba tlaM Bald Car baa expired, yon ahoald Btvrloaalr aottfj aa to dJeeoatlaaa it CHANGE IN ADDKE8B-Whaa ordariac a jamais llnaibliaai.enhanrihrriihniilil tittwnr Co aia taak old aa vaU aa tbatr saw addraaa. The national banks of Omaha have on deposit $54,573,000 -$8,200,000 more than they held last year. Good! The products of the Loup and Platte will be protected. The senate has voted to place a duty on sand. Two cent fare has received another jolt Judge Williams of Philadelphia has declared the new Pennsylvania law unconstitutional. Kansas is harvesting a 70,000,000 bushel wheat crop. In a few days Nebraska will beat work gathering in a crop equally as large. While Judge Oldham was presiding over the harmony dinner at Kearney, his 18-year-old daughter eloped with a youth and went to Lexington where they were married. Oklahoma is known as a state where crime goes unpunished by the courts, and a record of graft entitles a politi cian to promotion. There is room for moral reform in Governor Haskell's domain. Madison county has the largest horse in the world. It is 20 bands and 1 inch high; 11 feet 8 inches in length, and weighs 2,890 pounds. The admirers of Jim Dahlman are talking of purchasing the nag and presenting it to him to ride in his cowboy stunts. The state railway commission has decided that Nebraska railways must not charge a lower rate for hauling flour into Omaha thau they do for transporting wheat. The decision will help the Omaha millers and give them a monopoly of the flour business in the Nebraska metropolis. The "Aid rich creatures" have de cided to increase the duty on old rags imported into this country from Eu rope. This will mean an increase in the price of children's hose. The only regret is that the rate on rags was not raised to a figure that would make their importation prohibitory. Without Jim Dahlman's support Mr. Bryan could not hojie to win in the contest for Burkett's seat iu the senate, and the announcement that he will not be a candidate does not sur prise his friends. The decks are now clear for Governor Sballenberger if he desires to bump up against the Omaha cowboy. At a little town in Arkansas, says the Atchison Globe, the Methodist and Presbyterian churches are located near to each other. One Sunday morning the Presbyterians were heard singing. "Will Theie Be Any Stars in My Crown?" The next Sunday morning the echo came from the Methodists, "No Not One." A new issue has been introduced in to Nebraska politics. Lincoln, of course, is the place where the new issue was incubated all great reforms ori ginate in the capital city. 'Judge Frank G. Hammer has announced himself as a candidate for supreme judge on the platform that no more le gal hanging shall be permited in Ne braska. Another "reformer" has appeared in Lincoln. He is a member of the Ne braska Pharmacetical association, andF0WS a mighty power capable of turn wants the members of that organiza tion to revise prescription prices. If there is an Aldrich in the association the revision will probably mean an in crease in cost to the patient who con sonMs the salt, water and other ingre dients compounded. At the Kearney .meeting Governor' Shalleaberger pointed with pride to the work of the late legislature, re garding with particular satisfaction the aajnnrr in which that august body feed the on-partisan scheme for the ejection of judges. In a republican state, from a democratic standpoint, it certainly a most thoughtful and stroke of statesmanship. Beatrice San. DEVELOPING OUR NATURAL RESOURCES. In 1850 farmers living within 150 miles of Chicago hauled wheat to that city and sold it for 35 cents a bushel. The. transportation question at that time was one of the reasons assigned for. the low price of wheat. The great lakes was the main commercial road to the east, and traffic through the Strait of Mackana was in its infancy. The population-of the United States was about 27,000,000, but increasing at a rapid rate. In 1850 the trans portation facilities in the west were confined to the navigable rivers, and it was not until 1857, when the Han nibal & St. Joe railway extended its line west that the rumble of a locomo tive was heard in the valley of the Missouri. With the building of rail ways came the development of the West and an increase in the price of farm products. While the great mass of the people did not appear to realize the part the West and Northwest was destined to play in the development of the country, yet there were far-seeing men who seemed to have a prophetic vision of the future. Senator Norvile of Michigan, was one of the pioneers who as early as 1843 appeared to realize the advan tages of cheap transportation for the products of the western farmer, and introduced a bill in the United States senate providing for a grant of land for the building of the Sault Ste Marie canal. Henry Clay said that "the money might as well be wasted for a project in the moon." But the canal was built, notwithstanding the protest of the Kentucky statesman, and opened for business in 1855. The first year 14,500 tons of freight passed through the canal, and it was not until 1876 that the million ton mark was reached. In 1890 the tonnage had reached 9,000,000, exceeding the ton age of the Suez canal nearly 2,000,000. In 1896, 100,000,000 tons of freight passed through the canal. A writer in the New York Tribune asks "what does lOO.OOO.OOOtons of freight mean?" and then proceeds to answer the ques tion: "To handle it required for eight months the services of 1500 lake cap tains, 3,000 mates, -15,000 sailors and 100,000 landsmen. It is nine times as great as the tonnage that passed through the Suez canal; twice the combined aunual tonnage of London and Liverpool, two of the world's greatest seaports, and more than 50, 000,000 tons in excess of that which entered and left New York. "If the total amount of grain which was carried in 1906 were made into flour, and to it were added the flour tonnage, the aggregate would make 42,936,683 barrels. From a barrel of flour 250 one pound loaves of bread can be made. Estimating that every person eats an average of one-half pound of bread daily, this tremendous supply oi ureau wouiu leeu zi.-iocv 341,500 people for one day." Since 1896 the tonnage passing through the canal has reached figures so colossal aa to be almost beyond com prehension, and the predictions made by Senator Norveil have been more than fulfilled. Wilhin the past three years scores of vessels from 3,000 to 9,000 tous carrying capacity have been added to the lake traffic. Eight of these new vessels have an aggregate of 65,000 bins of freight an amount equal to 1600 ordinary cars or more than fifty trains. There is now an effort being made to revive interest in water transportation to take advantage of the streams nature has blessed the country with. The natural water powers of the New England states have made it possible for that part of the country to manu facture and put upon the market goods cheaper than a country without natural water pawer or a coal supply can compete with. In developing water facilities by building the Sault Ste Marie canal cheaper transporta tion for goods coming and going were secured. In developing their natural water powers the New England states were practically without competition as a manufacturing center. Aside from the Missouri, Nebraska has no navigable rivers. But the state has rivers which nature has so constructed as to make subject to the engineering skill of raa:i. Right by Columbus ing the wheels in a thousand factories and mills. The water that passes down the Loup it is hoped will soon be harnessed and controled for industrial purposes. When the Columbus Power Canal shall have been completed and in operation and the power it develops utilized, Nebraska will become a strong competitor of the New England states and the coal and oil producing districts of the country. Like Senator Norvile, Mr. Babcock may yet live to see the development of his scheme for a power canal realized, and Columbus the principal manufacturing city of tne western plains. The department of agriculture is sues figures to show that the depreda tions of rats cost the country a hun- dred million dollars .yearly. Other statistics Havebeen printed that purpor ted to reveal that losses inflicted by mosquitoes which keep would-be resi dents out of otherwise desirable re gions, by forest fires, by floods and various other calamities which are assumed to be preventable. The net aggregate of these figures so enor mous that they inspire the suspicion that they are result of zeal rather .than regate of these figures is so enormous authentic, the country would be grow ing poor so fast that most of us would apparently be headed straight for the almshouse. Philadelphia Bulletin. AN APPENDIXLESS TOWN. Between $4,000 and $5,000 in mon ey has left this community since Jan uary 1 for operations for appendicitis. The operation, hospital expenses and trimmings which are added by doctors and nurses amount to $250 for each patient, and there have been iu the neighborhood of twenty cases since the above stated time. The charges of the doctors who operate is a little less than stealing not much, though. He slaps you on an operating table, orders an understudy to apply ether, grabs a knife, cuts a half moon in the district just northeast of your right hand trou ser pocket, reaches in a band, pulls out your entire stock on hand of in testines, fingers around a few moments until he finds a little sprig that looks like the top end of a stock of aspara gus, takes a pair of scissors, clips it off, drops it into a spittoon, takes a needle and thread and closes- the incision. He is a half hour and charges $100. If he makes a mistake and clips off your solar plexus and you never come out from the influence of the ether, he simply reports your case hopeless, and when the funeral services are over the relations bring in a soul stirring obit uary to the local paper claiming "that the Lord needed you in his vineyard and he took you for his own." If the gangrene ptomaine poisoning, heart burn or any other ache or pain sets in and it is necessary to have your bay window torn out and some false work substituted, he finds out first what your financial circum stances are, and if the report is favor able, he calls in one or two more "as sistants" of the hospital and they go into your fat. This attempt at re modeling will cost from $400 to $1,000 more and consumes about three hours' time. The charges in this case de pending on thst all important report as to your finances. You take all the risk and pay al I expenses. He assures you of nothing. He takes no risk nor stands any chance of losing a cent, no matter what becomes of jou. If you put your team into a livery barn and pay for their keeping and they are stolen, the liveryman would be re sponsible for them, but when you put your life in the hands of surgeons you do so at your own peril. In other words, you protect your mules more than you do your own life. A law should be framed to regulate their charges, also to punish fur ignorance carelessness and especially misrepre sentation. Much of it is a downright graft and should be stopped. Anthon (Iowa) Herald. TRANSFORMATION OF COXEY. "General" Jacob Sechler Coxey, couimautlerof the army of the unem ployed that marched to Washington iu 1894, has uuderiakeu many things and failed. Even his army, when it reach ed thexWhite House, was put oft' the grass by the police. For years in various ways and at numerous times he has urged upon Congress measures designed to give steady employment at reasonable wages to every man seeking work. But uot one of these measures has ever been accepted. He even opened quarry and orgauized a steel and saud com puny for the purpose of carrying out iu his own way the doc trines he preached. But in 1905 he went into bankruptcy with large out standing obligations. But in the last few years "General" Coxey has become a promoter on the personal, not the altruistic scale. He now owns gold and silver mines and somewhat exclusive deposits of arsenic. Aud the arsenic seems to be the real "dope" that has transformed the com mander of the Commonwealth Army into the seeker of special privilege. Although he is said to be rich, he is in Washington to ask congress to put a duty on arsenic, now imported free, for the reason that he has to compete with compound arsenic. Ostensibly he wants the consumers of arsenic poisoning to have the real article to use in their business, but practically he wants to add to his wealth by.controll ing the arsenic market He wants "protection" to the extent of one and one half cents a pound. If his grasp ing purpose is accomplished, even his old followers, if in despair over the loss of their leader, should they seek to'end their existence by means of this particular brand of killer, would be forced to pay tribute to the man who has deserted them. But please mark this Coxey is at last" on a line of advocacy that pro mises success. He is richhe has tak en an expensive suite at one of the best hotels in Washington; he is no longer the picturesque champion of the poor, but a well garbed advocate of self-interest. And the "men in control of Congress are very likely to listen to him, if for no other reason than be cause, be is asking for something he does not need. Kansas City Star. . HOW STEPHENS RECEIVED NEWS OF LINCOLN'S DEATH Lincoln's assassination occurred only a few days after the surrender of the Virginia Army under General Lee. I was at home, in Penfield, Ga., at the time of the surrender, on sick furlough; but had not heard of it. My sick furlough expired, and I was fifty-six miles absent from my post of duty; and thereforcgreatly worried all old soldiers know what itlneans to be absent from duty without furlough. I communicated my worries to the Rev. N. N. Crawford, D. D., of Pen field, and Mr. Crawford told me not to be troubled about it that if I knew what had happened I would not bother myself. Mr. Crawford said he had no right himself to give me "the news that would relieve with regard to my absence from duty, but he informed me that if I would call on Alexander H. Stephens, then Vice-President of the Confederacy, Mr. Stephens could tell me something that would put my mind at rest This 'was on Monday afternoon, April 10, 1865; but it was not until -the following Friday that I took the train for Crawfordsville, Ga., where Mr. Stephens lived. Upon entering the railroad car my old friend, Judge 8. B. Hoyt of Atlanta, hailed me and told me that he had news for me. "Old Abe is dead," he said. "What? I exclaimed. "Yes," he went on, "they killed him in a theater in Washington last night." I replied, "Good! Good! Good!" in such a tone that it attracted the atten- tion of the whole car. And when the news was made known at least a half dozen men joined me in my exultation, and we had a regular glorification over Lincoln's death. Arrived at Crawfordsville, I sought Mr. Stephens at his home, "Liberty Hall," told him of my predicament with regard to ray furlough having expired, and asked him for the infor mation which my'friend Mr. Crawford had said that he would be able to give me. Mr. Stephens informed me at once that General Lee had surren dered on the previous Sunday, April 9, to General Grant, and that I need be in no hurry about returning to my duty so as to deliver the Confederate property in my hands to some United States officer. Then I told Mr. Stephens the news of the assassination of Lincoln, which I had picked up ou the train on my way to Crawfordsville. Mr. Stephens was smoking his pipe. He was a great smoker always smok ed a clay pipe with a lougstem. After I told him my news he must have con CHAT NOT ALWAYS PLEASANT Suggestive Magazine Title That Brought Up Anything but Agreeable Memories. Lord Northcliffe, England's greatest lewspaper man, entered tne publlsn .ng field at 24 with a penny weekly .'ailed Answers. He followed Answers jp with Heartsease, Pansy and other oenny weeklies of a similar type the type that is indicated by the" name. Then came. Home Chat, a great suc cess. Discussing Home Chat at the re cent Munsey dinner in New York, Lord Northcliffe said: "I had fears about the name at first. When I mentioned the name to a famous Liverpool humorist, he frowned and shook his head. "'Home Chat oh, that will never do said he. 'Think, Alfred, of the un pleasant topics it suggests! Home Chat! Doesn't it call to mind a string 3f such phrases as these: 'Are you go ing to buy me a motor, car or not? Sit ting up with a sick friend, eh? don't you think that story is getting a little stale? Jimmy's boots are worn out. I'd love to go abroad next summer. Do you think I'm made of money? Well, you needn't expect champagne and pheasant on washday. The coal's all gone. Mother says she will spend the winter with us if we put a gas heater in the spare bedroom. The baker won't wait another day.' " PROOF OF SENSE OF HUMOR. Its Possession by Women Shown Their Treatment of Phrase in Marriage Ceremony. in One of the party of English suffra gettes that recently visited this coun try attended a social function, during the course of which there was present ed to her a gentleman who seemed dis posed to poke fun at the principles so dear to the lady and her following. "All this goes to show, my dear young lady," said he, "how utterly you women lack a sense of humor." "I perceive you share the general error in that respect," said the suf fragette. "That women lack humor? Yes." "Really, sir, you're most unobserv ant," continued the suffragette. "There is in every married woman's life at least one occasion when Bhe evinces the keenest sense of humor." You astonish me!" exclaimed the man. "May I ask you to particular- lie?" "Certainly.. Does she not get by the love, honor and obey' part of the mar rlage ceremony without fo much as a snicker?" Mother's Life Saved by Child. A little boy, nine years old, saved his mother from being murdered by his father in the Rue Mauzin, Buttes- tinued smoking for ten full minutes perhaps fifteen in complete silence. He was visibly affected. Finally he found his voice and said: "&Y, that is sadder news than the surrender of Gen. Robert . Lee" At this moment I could not realize why he said this. It seemed incredi ble to me that he Alexander H. Stephens, Vice President of the Con federacy should be so deeply and so keenly affected by the death of Lin coln, who had done more than any other man to crush the Confederacy. Mr. Stephens appeared to divine my thoughts, and he explained to me. The substance of what he said, with the news of Lincoln's taking off still fresh upon him, is as follows: "I very much fear that our good Southern people have never under stood Mr. Lincoln. He was a great and a good man. I knew him well and intimately, and the fallen Confed eracy could have gone into no safer and more humane hands than Mr. Lincoln's. "For months, to my mind, the ulti mate surrender of the Confederate cause has been but a matter of time. Whilst I felt the approaching dissolu tion keenly, the poignancy of regret and despair was greatly mitigated at the thought of being in the hands of Mr. Lincoln, a noble, great and humane man." Mr. Stephens spoke very feelingly of the high esteem in which he had held Mr. Lincoln for nearly twenty years as one of the best and greatest men of the country. He said that Lincoln's good nature, kind heart and liberality of sentiment always showed him to be a man of unusual mold and that he very much feared his successor, An drew Johnson, would never be able to fill his place. "As far as his duties of President of the United States would permit him," said Mr. Stephens, "Mr. Lincoln was a friend to the Southern -people. Under his administration, had he been permitted to live, the South would have fared far better than under that of his successor, Andrew Johnson, who is a shrewd, cunning politician and will hesitate at nothing to humble the South. He appears to be a natural born politician, a hater of the South, and her peculiar institution, slavery. He will not spare the slaveholders in any manner whatever. "This, sir, is the reason that to me the assassination of Abraham Lincoln is sadder news thau that of the sur render of General Lee." Dr. R. J. Massey in Uncle Remus's Home Mag azine for June. f Chaumont, France, recently. The boy's parents, named Yienard. had frequent quarrels, owing to the hus band's drunken habits. The other day tne man returned home in a worse condition than usual, and when hi? wife remonstrated with him ht knocked her unconscious on the floor, then, throwing himself upon her seized her by the throat, declaring hie intention of strangling her. The lit tie boy, weeping with terror, seized a knife, which was lying on the table, and, rushing at his father, Inflicted two serious wounds on his head. He also nearly cut off two fingers of the hand which his brutal parent raised to save himself. The neighbors, hear ing the uproar, rushed In and put ai. end to the struggle. Vienard was su seriously Injured by the son's attack that he had to be taken to the hos pital. i When Woman Fails. Women laugh too little. Whethei this is due to their lack of humor 01 to childhood's training in gentle man enrs may be questioned. Certain it U that a hearty laugh In a woman's voice is rare music. An audience o; women rustles with amusement, bul seldom laughs. A group of girls gig gle, but do not laugh. A woman read ing the most brilliantly humoroui story seldom gets beyond a smile When Sir Walter Besant, in his clevei skit, "The Revolt of Man," pictured the time in the twentieth centur when women should have usurped al! power political, ecclesiastical and social he shrewdly noted that laugh ter had died out of England; tha. when men revolted against their fem inine tyrants they came back to theli own with peals of laughter. Quanab (Tex.) Observer. Church Too Poor for Offertories. The bishop of Bath and Wells, whe Is making a tour of his diocese, visited one of its smallest parishes recently says the London Daily Mail. This'ii the parish of Langridge, which con slats of four farms and six or sever cottages. The income of the living if 33, and the rector, Rev. W. Burland pays for everything himself. When he entered upon the living Mr. Burland found that the offertorier on a Sunday amounted to ninepenct or a shilling, and so, as he explained to the bishop, be declined to hurt th poor people's feelings by collecting from them. An Anti-Swearing Bill. It was stated at the West London police court recently that members of the "Victoria Swearing and Outinf club," which meets at a Hammersmith public house, are fined a penny if thej swear between 1:30 and 2:30 on Sun days. Any member who. is not shaved on Sunday Is fined a penny and s member who introduces a friend If lned if the latter swears. WHITE CLOUD FACTS Quick Rotation Suction Direct Air Pressure Three in one without wear of clothes NO RUB NO PINS- NO WEAR NO COGS Our Red Devil Motor will do the work for you with very little expense. Call in and let us explain the facts. JOHANNES & KRUMLAND FLY NETS ALL KINDS AT' LOWEST PRICES Light Buggy Nets, $2.50 to $3 50 Heavy Cord Nets, $3.00 to $4.50 Heavy Leather Nets, $6.50 to $10.50 L. W. WEAVER & SON OF INTEREST TO MOTORISTS. Literary Shrines That Attract the Modern Pilgrim Who Travels in an Auto. 11 . j .u manner 01 men aim wumeu mc worshipers at literary Shrines, even thnoa r nnn..i.. mnri.n Ato.c, m. those of popular modern deities. Pi erre Loti's house and that of Edmond Rostand are known of all winter birds of passage at Biarritz, and Americans from all the states have been known to journey to the southeast of Eng land expressly for the purpose of ga zing at Mr. Kipling's coast-house at Burwash, at Henry James' house at Rye, or at Ellen Terry's cottage at Winchelsea. Memories of Shelley, Byron, Brown ing and Landor crop up every once and again in the Italian tour by road or rail, but how many who have made the entrance to Italy via the Riviera gateway have ever cast an eye on the modest little Chalet des Pins abutting an the Route d'ltalie at Cap Martin, just after Monte Carlo, and before Menton is reached? Not many, doubt less. It is here that Mr. and Mrs. Williamson, the co-authors of the first and only automobile novel, have their winter rest house. How many good things in automobile fiction have been thought out and worked up here! This little corner of the Cote d'Azur has then a very welcome shrine for the lit erary motor pilgrim. To Overcome Boils. A French doctor has had great suc cess with scattering boils by applying at the first sign of inflammation com presses wet with equal parts of tinc ture of arnica, tincture of iodine and spirits of camphor. Continue until the trouble seems to be passed. If with the compresses one drinks sulphur water or redclover blossom tea It will help to scatter the boils and over come the tendency. Real Attractiveness. A magnetic personality is often more powerful than ability, and is often, very often, placed in the bal ance against It. It is therefore advis able to exert oneself to the utmost to cultivate that wonderful charm to the highest degree, and she who has it not is not so much to be pitied as blamed, for it is, more or less, within the reach of all. Daylight and Twilight. A sad nature sheds forth twilight. A merry and mirthful nature "brings day light. A suspicious nature insensibly Imparts its chill to every generous soul within its reach. A bold and frank nature overcomes meanness in men. Firmness makes them fine. Taste directs, stimulates and develops taste. Henry Ward Beecher. Magazine Binding I Old Books I I Rebound I a Tt -fosvt- -iVki otivrfkintv in 4trso Ka1 H I binding line bring your work to I I &e I I Journal Office I I Phone 160 I NO TEARS NO SWEARS IN THE DISTRICT COURT OP PLATTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA. Inii5? n,,,tt?rif tho tateof Teter P. Riede. Jjweaaed. Order to thow cause. Thia cause coming on to be heard on the wrfi- llOB OK KHlnm A. KimIm ailminlitMtM. M.t k estate of Peter P. Riede. deceased. praying for license to tell t undivided one-half nf Int nnmkaxii........ Vi it n iM number three (3) and the j Dlock Bnml-.7-,"-yr.M :.". 7"":,"""J iLindaay. in Platte county.Nebra8ka, forth? I purpose of paying the debts anil i-lnlm ll.ua.l ! against the estate of Peter P. Riede. deceased. ana suoitw costs and expense of administrating his estate, there not being sufficient personal Property to pay said debt and esenae. It is therefore ordered, that ail persons inter ested in said estate appear before me at the court boose in Colnmbun. Platte county. Xe oraska,pa the 10th day of Jnly. Wi. at 2 o'clock Vr al day, to show cause why a license should not be granted to r'aid administratrix to sell said real estate. I' ?'"' ordered. that ln9 ottier be pnb Usned for four successive weeks in The Colum bus Journal prior to said henring Tv. . .. . Gko. II. Thomas, Judge. Dated May 27tb, 190l. IN THE DISTKIGT COURT OF FLATrE COUNTY, NEBRASKA. In the matter of the eotateor Hepry H. Becher, John Lester Heclur nnil Kntherint Becher, minors. Thia can?e came ou for LwtrliiK on the petition of Susan Bei-hr. miarriian if !lnw H Ibwhur John Lester Hecber ant! Kntherine Bwhor.' minors, prat in? for litvn.-o to bell :in undivided three forty-eightha (3-4S) interest in all that por tion of lot number ueveu (7). in Section number thirty-three (33). Town ceventfrii tl7) north of range one (1J east or th r.tli l M. iu 1'Jatte county, Nebraska, lyiii we?t -f a line becinniiifc ataaixteen and teventy-oeven nu hundredth I1C-77) chaiiid east of the rvctiou lino bntneen Sections thirty-two (32) aud thirty-three (33) in the Township ant Kanice aforenaid, and running thence north and south acrosd eaid lot No. seven (7.) Also an undivided three foity-eixhths (3-4M) interest in all that part of lots numbered five (5) and six 6) In Section thirty-three (33). Town seventeen (17). north of KanKeone (1) eaotof the Wh P. M. in Platte county. Nebraska, lying within the following boundaries, viz: Com mencing at a point on the north nidi) of said lot IX (6) thirtT-on and uanrilv-lw-n nnu hun dredths (31-72) chains east of the .Section line between Sections thiny-two (33) and thirty three (33) in the Township aud Kangu aforesaid. Thence south to the sooth side of taidlotsix (6), thence east along the south boundary of .ald lota six (6) and five (5) to a iint forty-teven and fifty-nine oue-hundredths 147..19) chains east of the Section line betuoeu aid Sections tnirty two (Sit) and thirty-thre (.') Thence north acrofs said lot live (5) to the north bonudary thereof Thence e;t aloug Hih north boundary of said lots five (f) and siz (it) to the place of beginning. Also an undivided three luenty-foiirths (S-i-'t) interest In the southwet-t quarter (S. W. ft) of Section twenty-evven f.J7) in Townhhip seven teen (17) north ol ltanxt"o (2) rht of the 6th P. M in Platte county. Nehni-kii. Also an undivided thre-twelttlis 3-l'i) inter et in lot number one (I) in lh.ck nnmtter one hundred and eleven (111) ami lot number five (5) in block number one hundred anil forti-six (Ilti). all In the city of t olninbun. 1'Jutt county, Ne braska. Also an undivided three forty-efchto (3-48) in terest in the northesht iimrter ( N. K. ',,; of Sec tion number twelve (1-') in Township sixteen (18) north of Kangn fivo (3) we.-t in Nancit comi ty, Nebr-ska. for the purpose of having the pro ceeds of the sale of said property pnt out nt interest or invested in some productive stock, and waa submitted to the Court. On consideration w hereof, it is ordered that the next of kin of the said Henr) H. Heche r. John Lester liccheraud Katherine Kecher. and all trsons interested in the estate herein de scribed appear before me nt the court house in the city of Columbus, i'lattecoanty. Nebraska, on the lOthtlavof July, HHfJ.nt the hour of ' o'clock p. m., there to show cause why a license should not be granted to said Susan Becher, guardian of said minors to sell the above de scribed real estate. It is further ordered that this order be publish ed for three successive weeks in The Columbus Journal prior to the Paid day of hearing. (jeo. II. Thomas. Judge. Dated May 27, 1909. First-class printing done at the Jour nal ollce. 4 i 3 i r 1 1 M 13 i kVA tH yv j'?; SJ,. t '.-':?-. J. ! -. ,.? ."Vji--vs. -. -jljgLi1. - - v. .. : J:-:.. .-. -,;! : s- .&&& ;-..; . '' : - -.- - w .-.!st- - -W- tL