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CHANGE IN ADDBEBS-Wfaan onlerina a ohaaoe la the address,sabcrib8rs abonld be aara to atta their old aa well aa their new address. CALL FOR REPUBLICAN COUN TY CONVENTION. The republican electors of Platte county, Nebraska, are hereby notified to meet in delegate convention at tbe Oity Hall in Columbus, Nebraska, at 2 o'clock p. m , Monday, July 26tb, 1909, for tbe purpose of electing delegates to tbe republican state convention, selecting a conuty central committee and transnct ing such otber business as may properly come before tbe convention. Tbe republican electors in tbe various wards and townships are requested to hold caucus, at their usual voting places, Saturday, July 24, 1909. from C to 8 o'clock p. m., to elect delegates to the county convention. Representation is based on tbe vote cast for Hon. Geo. Sheldon for governor st the last regular election, each ward and township being entitled to a delegate for every fifteen votes cast or major part thereof. The various wards and townships in tbe county are entitled to tbe following representation: Columbus, 1st ward. 4 ." 2nd ward. S " 3rd ward, a 4th wan!. 8 Columbus township. Hicmark. 4 Sherman 3 Creeton Shell Creek. 3 Grand Prairie - Humphrey 3 Butler 2 Loup - Lost Creek 4 Ilurrows 1 Granville. 3 Monroe. 3 Joliet 3 St. Bernard 2 Woodville 4 Walker 10 Monroe voting place 4 Oconee voting place 1 Total VI By order of Platte Connty Central Committee. R. 8. Dickinson. Chairman. Bkht J. Galley. Secretary. Dated July 12, 1909. Guaranty Bill, Donohoe Bill ami Bill Bryan are now consigned to the same scrap heap. What is a democrat, and what does the democratic party stand for now that they have repudiated their former stand on the tariff question. President Taft is not a party man. He has more backbone than half the republican and democratic senators. He has informed Aldrich that there must be a downward revision of te tarin". The people's independent party will hold a convention at Liucoln on July 27. Haifa dozen men will probably assemble, adopt a platform endorsing the Sballenberger administration and then adjourn. A state wide cleariug house to guar antee security to bauk depositors has been planned by some of the promi nent bankers of Nebraska. All bauks that can pass the examination aud desire to enter the association can do so. As usual, Mr. Bryan has butted in with some sage advice and tells Presi dent Tail what amendments should be added to the constitution. It requires no great physical or mental effort to dictate a letter of complaint, while watching the $2,000 Jersey heifer and spavined mule nip grass at Fairview farm. The Albion Argus speaks of the decision rendered on the so-called non partisan law as "a dirty republican trick." The republican party had nothing to do with the court's decision. The trouble with a certain class of politicians is that they imagine every decision handed down by a court is bought and paid for if the decree does not happen to be in accord with their political ideas. Deputy Labor commissioner Mau pin is developing a new industry in con nection with his office. He has or ganized a state federation of labor and had himself elected president of the same. He has seen to it also that the federation was so organized that it can gel into politics if it wants to and from the reports of the initial session it looks as if it will want to right away. It may be all right for a state officer to indulge in political side, shows but the Nonpareil suspects that the people of the state would prefer to have Mr. Maupin attend to the duties for which he was appointed, particularly since he laments that he has so much to do as labor commsssioner that he -seeds extra office help. Central City Nonpareil. AFTER KRAMER'S SCALP. The republican county convention, called to meet in Columbus, Monday, July 26, will elect delegates to the state convention and select a county committee. There is every indication of a con test between the Post and anti-Post factions over the selection of the com mittee. The Post faction is hostile to the reappointment of Carl Kramer as postmaster. Charges of pernicious political activity and various other alleged offenses have been filed against him. Mr. Kramer does not deny that he has worked in the interests of the republican party; he pleads guilty to the charge of training with what is known as the Taft crowd in Platte county; he also pleads guilty to the charge that he is a friend of Senator Burkett, and of having been an active and energetic supporter of the princi ples of the republican party for many years. He does not deny the fact that he has stood for'his party candidates when some of the men who are now after his official scalp were making populist speeches and voting the pop ulist ticket. Every charge made against Mr. Kramer by the Post faction reflecting upon the duties and responsibilities of his office, has been investigated and found to be uutrue. Regardless of politics, the people of Columbus are satisfied with Mr. Kra mer as a public official, and if the selection of a postmaster were left to a vote of the people of Columbus, Mr. Kramer would be the choice of the people by a large majority. It is doubt ful if twenty-five men could be found in Columbus who would sign a petition asking for Mr. Kramer's removal on the ground of incompetency or neglect of duty, and every fair-minded man in in the city has a right to feel indig nant over the treatment that our post master has been subjected to by a little faction of cheap politicians whose only desire in securing Mr. Kramer's removal is to give one of their number an opportunity to get his job. SHALLENBERGER FOR SENA TOR. Lincoln dispatch: An effort is be ing made by some of the democratic leaders who are not after office them selves, to avoid the clash they fear will prove disastrous next year between Mayor Jim Dahlman of Omaha, run ning for governor on a liberal plat form, and Governor Sballenberger on the plauk that democracy and decen cy have permanently tied up in Neb raska aud that this excludes the liquor interest from any consideration in de termining party policy. These two gentlemen made plain their ideas at the recent Kearney bauquet. The peace pact proposed is that Sballenberger shall switch to the senate and that Mayor Jim shall have no op position from him for governor. Each is to give the other support, and as both men have strong followiugs this might prove equally advantageous. If they oppose each other for governor it is regarded as certain that party factional strife will be engendered. There is a job lot of difficulties in the way of arranging such a pact, such as the ambition of sundry other gen tlemen for both places, but the men who are engineering it think they can make such a showiug that opposition can be" either frightened out or badly beaten. Two of the governor's recent appointments were not offensive to the liquor faction of the party. H. E. Newbranch, editor of the World-Herald, uamed for university regent, is against both county option and prohi bition, and tried to get the governor to veto the daylight saloon bill. The other is that of Rev. Mr. Huff to be chaplain of the prison. Huff was in dorsed last winter for senate prayer maker, by Senator Ransom, who said, "Here is one preacher who is not for prohibition." TOM JOHNSON'S DREAM. Mayor Tom Johnson of Cleveland has auother scheme, this time not ori ginal with him, but borrowed. A charitably inclined man of wealth is donating $25,000 a year to aid in unit ing all the various "reform" move ments into one, aud Mayor Johnson proposes to raise more money and when the isms have beeu cemented tie them onto the democratic kite. If it works it will be more difficult than ever to tell what is a democrat, but that is the least of Mayor Johnson's troubles. The democratic party has absorbed so many isms in the past that its plat forms have resembled an old fashion ed crazy quilt, but Mayor Johnson is confident that a few more patches and bits of local color will not hurtand the assimilating process can proceed while he and his friends are enjoying the offices. While plausible in his argu ment about what could be accomplish ed in carrying elections by uniting all the various isms, Mr. Johnson offers no proof that hitching onto the democrat ic kite would land the various "re formers" nearer their ideals than they FOR SALE Several good Residence properties cheap. Small cash payment down, balance on easy pay ments. Call at once. A Texas Fruit Farm on the Gulf coast of Texas for $210. $10.00 down and $10.00 per month. No interest. No taxes. Geo. H. Winslow now are. The failure of the democrats to slick together on present issues and the hopeless split in the party when it was last in power is not encouraging to ultra reformers whose ideas are as much at variance with- democracy as with republicanism. Omaha Bee. Last year -the Post faction in the republican party of Platte county demanded that they be allowed to con duct the campaigu. Their demand was complied with. No opposition was made to the selection of a county com mittee. What was the result? The republicans sustained the worst defeat in the history of the county. Fac tional fights in a party always tend to strengthen the opposition and weaken the cause of the factionists. Stop quarreling. There's nothing to be gained in a factional contest. THE BIG CHAUTAUQUA Many new features strong lec tures on live topics. Entertainers, the best that can be heard anywhere. The greatest variety in first-class music that an experienced manage ment can assemble. Many features for old and young. Attend the Chautauqua. Hesperian Male Quartette Haven't heard the Hesperians? Then don't miss their opening con cert when they arrive on the Chau tauqua program. "Hesperians Great" is the universal report from Chautauqua Secretaries everywhere. This company has been singing thirteen years and its repertoire is away above the average. Its individual and team work are of such excellence that comments on the Hesperians are always flattering. Peter MacQueen, F.R.G.S. "Footprints of Stanley and Fore prints of Roosevelt" is the title of Dr. MacQueen's new African lecture. His wonderfully colored views and excellent lecture combine to make his programs among the most inter esting and instructive of the entire Chautauqua. Since the first of January, eight of the leading magazines have had ar ticles on Africa by Dr. MacQueen. Hear the MacQueen lectures at the Chautauqua. Virtues of Orange Sandwich. "If only I had known sooner -about that little trick of the orange sand wich for giving castor oil to children, how many awful struggles both the baby and I would have been saved," said a mother who had been told by the doctor to give her baby this un palatable medicine. The orange sandwich is simply a small quantity of orange juice put into a spoon with the needed amount of oil added and over that enough orange juice to cover the oil. This is an excellent method for taking either castor or olive oil. It has been recom mended several times, but is such a really valuable discovery for mothers that it is repeated for the benefit of the few who have not tried it and who still look forward to a scene every time such a dose must be given. His Game. "He always patronizes that one res taurant." "Who, Stinjay? Yes, there are wait resses there, you know." - "But he doesn't care for the girls." "No. but you don't have to tip grls.'" 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Arctander, a Minneapolis lawyer who has spent several summers with Mr. Duncan, gained access to his notebooks aud talked with the Indians about the work of their idolized leader. The man who has credited Metlaka htla is a sturdy Yorkshiremau, deeply devout, yeteudowed with rare common sense and an eminent business faculty. In J857, at the age of 25, he lea his home and friends in England aud landed at Fort Simpson, British Co lumbia, with the determination to give his life to uplifting the Tsimshean In dians. The story of how he learned superstitions, put the medicine men out of business, overcame and converted the old chiefs, escaped murderous at tacks on his own life, became the ter ror of the whisky traders aud even beat the Hudson Bay company in its fight against him all this makes one of the most impressive tales in the his tory of Christian missions. At the age of 77, Mr. Duncan is still the master spirit of Metlakahtla, of its church, schools, stores.factories, salmon cannery, etc., and lives beloved by the whole loyal aud industrious communi ty. He has never married. His whole life has been spent in his work, and any one who looks upon that pretty little city, with its two-story frame houses, its large cannery build ings, its city hall and $10,000 church the largest in Alaska all built by the Indians themselves from lumber cut and shaped in their own sawmill, will agree that it is a glorious showing for a life work. Mr. Arctander's book is full of dra matic incidents from Mr. Duncan's career. No sooner had the white mis- sionery fairly gotten his day school es tablished than he began to run afoul of the medicine men, whose business he was undermining. The head chief sided with them, aud one day, after the missionary had refused to close the school for certain heathenish rites, the chief and a group of followersjn war paint enterf-d the room on murder bent. They had been drinking. The chief advauced, brandishing an ugly looking knife, while oue of the other Indians called out. "Kill him. Cut his head off. Give it to me, aud I will kick it on the beach!" The little Englishman caludy stood his ground, though he thought his last day had come. Suddenly the chief waver ed in his purpose, and Mr. Duncan be came aware that another Iudiau the one from whom he had learned the lan guage had slipped iuto the room be hind the others and was standing with a loaded pistol under his blanket, ready to shoot the chief dead the mom ent he did auy harm to the white man. The half-druukeu warriors siuuk away. In time this chie who tried to kill him became Mr. Duncan's most devout and faithful helper. The younger missionary soon found that he would have to get his converts away from the degrading contact with the whites arouud Fort Simpson so he induced them to build a new towu called Metlakahtla. He taught them how to construct houses, make boats weave cloth, build a sawmill; also how to observe Sunday, deal justly with each other and live a devout, re ligious life. His hardest fight was agaiust whis ky. t One day a Russiau trader ar rived with a schooner, and it was re ported that he intended to sell liquor. Mr. Duncan went ou board and told him he would have to let his vessel be searched. When the Russian indig nantly demanded his authority, he said: "Authority? I have no authority, Too Pat. A pun is often the easiest as well as the lowest form of wit. An example of the kind of pun to be strictly avoid ed is given in the following story; taken from the Chicago News. A cus tomer went into a music store to look over some songs. "How do you sell your music?" sha asked of the clerk. "It depends on the kind you want," said that individual. "We sell piano music by the pound, and organ music by the choir." The customer did not buy any. Youth's Com Dan ion. Outside the Curriculum. "We had to practice Chopin foi three hours to-day, mamma." Mrs. Parvenoo Really, my dear shoppin' is all very well, but your papa sent you to the ladies' hacademj to learn music an' that sort o' thing." Tit-Bits. sir, except the authority of self-defense. My life is in the hands of these Indians. They are my friends now. But if you takeaway their reason I will have nothing to defend my life with. And I ain going to prevent your plac ing my life in jeopardy if I can." "How?" "Do you see those Indians on the beach? They are only waiting for a signal from me. The moment they get it they will rush aboard this boat, overpower your crew, beach your schooner and burn it with all its con tents. They will do it at one word from me. They are obedient to me now. If they get liquor they will ser ve the devil, and not me, and the first thing he will tell them to do may be to kill me. Will you let me search your vessel peaceably, or shall I give these men the signal?" No liquor was sold from the schoon er, but when the trader complained later to the officials at Victoria, Gover nor Douglas wrote to Mr. Duncan, not censuring him for taking the law into his own hands, but inclosing a com mission as justice of the peace, so that thereafter he had lawful jurisdiction over 500 miles of the coast line. Many of the cases he handled are ex tremely dramatic and interesting, as Mr. Arctander has transcribed them from Mr. Duncan's notes. After Mr. Duncan had labored suc cessfully at Metlakahtla for, thirty years the Church of England sent out a bishop to rul- over him and his con verts and spoiled everything. This is the only dark chapter in the story. The bishop knew nothing about the Indians, and he seems to have treated them in a domineering way, that soon had the whole community in turmoil. Then the missionary society demanded Mr. Duncan's resignation. At last the Indians took matters into their own hands and voted almost unanimously to abandon their homes, public buildings, mills all the fruits of a lifetime of labor rather than live under the odious authority that had supplanted their beloved teacher. And so it comes about that of the 948 in habitants ot the village, 323 went over into United States territory to build New Metlakahtla and begin all over again under the indomitable William Duncan and the Stars and Stripes. That was in 1887. In the interven ing years these industrious natives have created the neat modern town which the tourist sees today on An nette Island, carrying ou peacefully all the industries aud many of the diversions of a civilized community. Their largest enterprise, the salmon cannery, supports the majority of the population. The town has a brass band and a pipe organ, played by skilled Indians. A chorus of forty voices recently gave Handel's "Mes siah" with credit. There has not been a case of bloodshed iu the community for forty years. There is a jail, but it lies empty year after year. Every body goes to church three times on Sunday. What white community can show a like record? Mr. Duncau's methods of discipline; his early use of whipping, even for serious offenses; his ingenious scheme for holding wife-beaters in jail until the wives asked for their release; his clever aud masterful way of bringing the Hudson Bay Company to terms when it tried the high-hauded tactics of a monopoly these and a score of other matters help to increase one's respect for the "grand old man" of Metlakahtla. Mr. Arctander has written his book in the strongly religious spirit of Mr. Duncan himself, and while he has few literary graces he has a gift of dra matic narrative that makes the various episodes effective. The volume is full of human, religious and sociological interest. It is appropriately illustrated and is published at the price of $1.50 by the' Fleming H. Revell Company of New York. Edwin L. Shuman in Chicago Record-Herald. The Price of It. "There," said Borem. "that's what I think you should do in the matter. I'm no lawyer, but this is just a little bit of advice that costs you nothing. What do you think of it?" "Well." replied Wise, "it's worth it." Catho lic Standard and Times. With More Voltage. Pennsylvania scientist found that a common horsefly was not affected by an electric Bhock strong enough to kill a horse. Hardy bird, the horse fly? Try it on the boll weevil and see where he ranks. New York Her ald. A Unique Specimen. "The rain may fall on me, but not on thee, sweetheart." sighs an Ala bama poet quoted in the Washington Herald. There's the first man we ever heard of who could carry an umbrella to a lady's satisfaction. Foster Bros. Piano Co. Thurston Hotel Block We handle such well known makes as the Player Pianos Pianos Cecilian Corl Auto Player Clarendon Bush & Gerts Haddorff Baldwin Poole Howard Lawson Ellington Price & Teeple A. B. Chase Krell and twenty other well known makes. Call in and look over our complete line before buying aaaHiiHBHHHaHMiBawMiMauMiaMMiiaHMaHaiaiBaaiHaMM Foster Bros. Piano Co. Thurston Hotel Block Columbus, Neb. If you need help of any kind, tell as many people as poBible. There are more than 40,000 people who subscribe for the Omaha Bee. You can tell them all for one cent per word per day. Write today. IN THE DISTltlCT COUKT OF I'LATTK COUNTY, NEBKASKA. In the matter of the estate of Ilenry II. Heclior, Johu Lester Hecher and Katharine Uecher, minors. Thin cause came on for hearing on the p?titiin of Sunn Uecher. Kuardian of Henry II. Uecher, John Lester Becher and Katherine Ib-cher. minora, prajiiiK for license to sell an unilivuletl three forty-eighths (S-4$) interest in all that por tion of lot number seven (7), in section namber thirty-three (33), town seventeen (17) north of range one (If eart of the 6th 1. M. in Platte connty, Nebraska, lying nest of a iiue beginning at a point sixteen and seventy-seven one hun dredth (lit-) chains east of the section line between sections thirty-two (.:i2) and thirty-three (St) in the township anil range aforesaid, ami running thence north and t-outh across said lot No. seven (7.) Also an undivided three forty-eights y:'-l) in terest ill nil that part of lots numbered the i."i and six (ti) in section thirty-three (X! town seventeen (IT), north of range ono (1) east of the tith P. M. in Platte county, Nebraska. lying uithin the following boundaries, viz: Com mencing at a point on the north side of said lot six (ti) thirty-one and seventy-tuo one hun dredth' (31-72) chains east of the section line between sections thirty-tuo (.:.') and thirty three (33) in the township and range aforesaid. Thence sooth to the south side of said lot six ('", thence east along the south boundary of said lots six (6) and five (.') to a point forty-teveu and fifty-nine one hundredths (17-VJ) chain east of the section line between said sections thirty-two (32) aud thirty-three (33), thence north across faid lot five (5) to the north boun boundary thereof, thence west along the north boundary of said lota five (") and six (") to the place of beginning. Also an undivided three twenty-fourths (:U!I interest in the southwest quarter (S. W. '4) of the southeast quarter (S. E. 'i of section tuen-ty-'eveu (27) in township seventeen ( 17) north of range two (2) wrest of the 6th P. M. in Platte county, Nebraska. Also an uudividedthree-tuelfths (.'t-12) interest in lot number one (1) in block nuinler one hun dred and eleven (111) and lot number live ("i) in block namber one hundred and forty six tll'). all in the city of Columbus, Platte count j, Nebraska. Also an undivided three forty-eighth XP3) interest in the northeast quarter I N. E U ) of section number twelve (12) in township -is teen (!)) north of range five (5) west in Nance county, Nebraska, for the purpose of having the proceeds of the salt of said property put out at interest or invested in some productive stock, and was submitted tothecourf. On consideration whereof, it is ordered that the next of kin of the said Henry II. Hecher. John Lester Uecher and Katherine Uecher, ami all persons interested in the estate herein de scribed, appear before meat the court house in the city of Colnmbns, Platte county, Nebraska. on the 14th day of August. UH, at thehonrof ' o'clock p. ra., there to show cause ulij a licence should not be granted to said Susan IWher, guardian of said minors, to sell the above de scribed real estate. It is further ordered that this order l pub lished for three successive ueeks in The Colum bus Journal, prior to the sunt diy of hearing I 5fo. II. Thom s, Juiige. j Dated July 13. 1909. Dates for JULY 27 28 29 30 BIGGER PURSES FOUR DAYS BETTER PROGRAM Columbus WHY NOT TRY THE PACIFIC HOTEL COLUMBUS, NEB. The big brick hotel one and one half blocks south of west depot cross ing. 25 rooms at 25c; 20 rooms at 50c; meals, 2oc. HARRY MUSSELMAN, Pnpriitir HOSE HOSE HOSE We cany a complete stock of all kinds of Rub ber Garden Hose, ranging in price from 9 cents to 20 cents per foot. Do not fail to examine our Magic Endless Hose, we will cut this hose any length up to 500 feet in one piece, without coup lings or splices. J net the thing, if your present hose is not long enough th reach where required. 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