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But Nine Days Remain to Share in These Amazing Clean Sweep Prices
As it is our definite policy never to carry goods from one season to another, every dollar we have clipped from our prices means a dol
lar saved to you, if you buy HEBE and NOW.
You'll find every article in our store now bears a price which instantly proclaims a saving
that is worth while and one sure to appeal to every person of a saving inclination
In addition to the list named here, you'll find in the store many other values of the same money saving possibilities
SEASONABLE MERCHANDISE SWEPT OUT BY THE BIG BROOM OF LITTLE PRICES
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Dress goods, worth up to 60c, just to clean them out 396
Dress goods, consisting of plain and fancy weaves, worth up to $1.00 K0
Clean Sweep Price 0?C
All fancy silks, worth up to 65c, Clean Sweep Price 45C
One lot fancy ribbons, worth up to 50c, Clean Sweep Price 39C
Millinery
All Ladies' Winter Hats, regular price $2.50 to $3.tf ,
Clean Sweep Price
.98c
AU Ladles' Winter Hats, worth up to $5.tt Clean
Sweep Price $2.5t
AM Ladles' Winter Street and Dress Hats, . worth up
to $7.51, Clean Sweep Price .. $3.75
Towels
One lot of bleached Turkish Towels, four for. 25c
15c Turkish Towels at 9c
2c Turkish Towels and unbleached Towels at 17c
25c Extra Large Turkish Towels at .. 21c
Misses9 and Children's Coats
Thur, Jan. 13, 10th day of sale, Choice of Misses coats left $4.00
PrL Jan. 14th, 1 1th day of sale choice of Misses coats left $3.75
Sat. Jan. 15th, 12th day of sale choice of Misses coats left $3.50
Mon. Jan 17th, 13th day of sale choice of Misses coats left $3.25
Tue.Jan. 18thv 14th day of sale choice of Misses coats left $3.00
Wed. Jan. 19th, 15th day of sale choice of Misses coats left $2.75
Thur Jan 20th, 16th day of sale choice of Misses coats lelt $2.50
Fri. Jan. 21st, 17th day of sale choice of Misses coats left $2.00
Sat. Jan. 22nd, 18th day of sale choice of Misses coats left $1.00
CLEAN SWEEP
ONLY ONE ITEM TO A CUSTOMER
5 yards Apron Gingham
5 yards All Linen Brown Crash
5 yards All Linen Bleached Crash 39c
10 yards Fruit of the Loom Muslin 79c
10 yards gray and blue Calico 45c
Clean Sweep in Ladies' Suits and Coats
We never carry goods over, the suits and coats offered are the late season styles. They are marked to
go at the lowest price quotations, affording you rich savings on fashionable garments.
Thur. Jan. 13th, 10th day oi sale your choice of any Ladies coats left $11.00
Fri. Jan. 14th, 11th day of sale your choice of any Ladies coats left $10.00
Sat. Jan. 15th, 12th day of sale your choice of any Ladies coats left $9.00
Mon. Jan. 17th, 13 day of sale your choice of any Ladies coats left $7.50
Tue. Jan. 18th, 14th day of sale your choice of any Ladies coats left $5.50
Wed. Jan. 19th, 15th day of sale your choice of any Ladies coats left $4.00
Thur. Jan. 20th, 16 thday of sale your choice of any Ladies coats left $3.00
Fri. Jan. 21st, 17th day of sale your choice of any Ladies coats left $2.00
Sat. Jan. 22nd, 18th day of sale your choice of any Ladies coats left $1.00
KANSAS' SAMPLE
OF FR0H1TII
believe that
upon the
liquors, but
Kansas has laeai law
subject of intoxicating
I do not approve of mis-
representing the facts relative to its
1 enforcement simply to relieve public
officers who fail to do their duty from
the censure -which they deserve.
J. T. Allensworth, a lawyer of Lin
coln, said:
"While attending the United States
circuit court for the district of Kan- j
u at Leavenworth for three or four
jlays this week I learned considerable
regarding the enforcement or rather
enforcement of the prohibitory
liquor law of that state. Leavenworth
la now ia the second year of her ex
perience under the commission form
of government, and the city appears
to be prosperous, and in the matter
of public improvements is in appar
ently a better condition than at any
time during the last twenty-five years.
for which period I have been ac
analnted with its history. In the
matter of the enforcement of the
law against the sale of intoxicating
liquors, the condition is deplorable
aad seems the more so possibly be
cause of the Impression that the peo
ple elsewhere generally have that the
law is being strictly enforced in that
state.
"Within two blocks of the business
caster of the city I saw four 'joints,'
as sweh places are called in that state
whet intoxicating liquors were being
old without any attempt whatever at
concealment except that the room in
which such sales were being made
was in the rear of another room which
fronted on the street and which ap
parently was a cigar store.
"Tuesday of the present week was
the soldiers' pay day and the city in
the venlng and night of that day. In
the vicinity of the 'joints' referred to,
was the scene of more drinking and
drunkenness than Leavenworth could
have rivalled in her palmiest of ante
bellum days. Between the hours of
5 o'clock on Tuesday evening and 3
o'clock on Wednesday morning the
'Joints' in question were filled with
men of all grades and descriptions
and a constant stream of them was
flowing in and out of these places in
a fashion that resembled a bargain
sale. On Tuesday night before the
hour of 10 o'clock I saw not less than
.twenty drunken men upon the street,
some of them so drunk that they
could not avoid colliding with people
whom they met
During the forepart of the night
the police of the city attempted to
arrest a drunken soldier because of
some altercation between him and a
private citizen. About one hundred
soldiers from the regular army at
tempted to prevent it and did prevent
the arrest until a special call was
sent to the headquarters of the army
at Fort Leavenowrth and a detach
ment of armed soldiers came to the
city and put down the riot
"I was informed by one who knew
whereof he spake that no less than
two hundred 'joints' were being op
orated in the city of Leavenworth
and there Is absolutely no attempt
whatever to prevent the illegal sals
af Intoxicating liquors. To say that
tile lid is on tight in Leavenworth
i an untruth.
H ant prohibition republican andj
UTTER FAILURE.
(Portland Dally Argus, Nov. 20, 1909.)
"The utter failure of prohibition to
prohibit Is only one of the counts in
the indictments of the system. Its
positive evils are even more demoraliz
ing than its negative evils. What it
does is worse than what it does not do.
The crop is abundant Law violation
leading to general disrespect of 1 all
law; the debauching of politics, the
promotion of bribery and perjury;
the hypocrisy and humbug engendered
by it; the snivelling cant on the one
hand and the sneaking methods on the
other that are fostered- by prohibition
these and many more evils are what
follow the futile attempt to compel
abstinence by law. On the single mat I
ter of perjury Chief of Police Har-1
mon of Biddleford, this week, gave
damning testimony that is worth
noting, accompanied as it was by a
vigorous denunciation of the nrohlbl
tory law. Chief Harmon nas headed
the Biddeford police force for many
years, and no one will question that he
Is an expert witness. In the course of
the trial of a liquor case in the muni
cipal' court Chief Harmon declared
that the Maine prohibitory law had
made more liars and perjurers .than
all the other laws on the statutes com
bined. He denounced the law as be
ing wrong In principle and In its work
ings, and even went so far as emphat
ically to declare his belief that a man
arrested for violating the prohibitory
law was justified In going into court
and committing perjury in order to
clear himself. This is the view of an
official who has been chief of police in
Biddeford for sixteen years ample
experience for a thorough knowledge
of the prohibitory law. Its operation
and its results. And the conclusions
of Chief Harmon are the conclusions
of about every sheriffand police chief
in the state, if they would express
their honest convictions as to the re
sults of their experience."
WOULD NULLIFY
LEGAL VOTES
For the first time in the history of
the campaign for state-wide prohibi
tion, a prohibition paper has
just admitted that so-called coun
ty option is county prohibition.
This admission was made in a
late number of the Nebraska Issue,
which is the organ of the Nebraska
Anti-Saloon League. An editorial un
der the caption of "Our County Op
tion Bill" undertakes to explain the
terms of the county option bill the
league will present to the next legis
lature for action. We quote from the
editorial the following sentences:
"The proposition is so phrased as
to submit the question of county pro
hjbltlon. tfith vge of the. peopleat
a legal election." " " "The
strength of the bill is in the unique
phrasing of the proposition to be
voted on; it is this, 'Shall this county
become anti-saloon territory?' the
vote being 'yes' or 'no.' If a major
ity vote 'yes' thereafter no licenses
are to be granted within tne county.'
"If by any chance a coun
ty falls to become anti-saloon terri
tory It doesn't vote wet It simply
does not vote 'dry.' All laws remain
as before and all 'dry territory within
the county remains 'dry.'
This is not another liquor law. It Is
distinctively a temperance (prohibi
tion) measure."
The reader will note that this bill
is styled a county option bill by the
prohibitionists and yet the language
used by the organ of the Anti-Saloon
League makes It clear and self-evident
that it is Impossible for the man
who casts a ballot for the wet policy
to have his will registered In an
election as contemplated by the bill.
In view of this fact why is the voter
to be given a ballot enabling him to
vote "No?" For no other purpose
than to deceive! All votes cast for
the dry policy will have the full force
and effect that every legal ballot ought
to have In any state, but the votes cast
for the wet policy are to be shorn of
full force and effect. This means
that all the voters who may wish to
favor the license policy are to be dis
franchised. In many counties a ma
jority of the voters would cast bal
lots for the wet policy under the pro
posed law.
CONDITION IN
STATE OF MAINE
The prohibitionists argue upon the
ory; the license advocates argue upon
lessons of the practical effect of pro
hibition. Anti-prohibitionists contend
that conditions in Nebraska under the
license system are far and away bet
ter than conditions in Maine under
the prohibition system. The only way
that such argument can be proved is
to present facts about conditions in
prohibition states.
Many Maine newspapers are now
condemning prohibition in pursuance
of a campaign for the resubmission of
a constitutional amendment for th6
repeal of prohibition in that state.
These newspapers do not hesitate tc
condemn prohibition in the strongest
terms. Their recent utterances would
more than fill a newspaper page. In
this connection is given only a brief
editorial paragraph from The , Port
land Dally Argus of October 29, 1909
The Argus' comment was predicated
upon like comment in the Lawrence
Telegram and in the Haverhill Rec
ord. The Portland Argus is the chief
dally newspaper of the state of Maine.
The quotation is as follows:
"Maine police officials are beginning
to send liquor dealers to jail for ille
gal selling. If they are not careful
they will spoil the business down
there." Lawrence Telegram. "No
danger. Maine people will have their
rum, laws or no laws." Haverhill
Record.
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Columbus Light,
Heat & Power Co.
"Maine people will have their rum.
laws or no laws. Well, that comes
pretty near being the basic facts of,
the Maine situation. It Is a fact
demonstrated by fifty years of fare!
cal prohibition failure In the home
state of prohibition. Out of all the
humbug and pretense and hypocrisy
of Maine prohibition the truth sticks
out that the people of Maine are very
like people elsewhere; that about the
same percentage of them and it is a
very large percentage use liquor In
its various forms oc abuse It, have
done so all through the prohibition
regime and wfll do so as long as It
lasts. The demand for liquor Is so
large and so Insistent that, apart from
the legitimate-sources of supply. It
can and does maintain a great Illicit
trade, a trade that has never been
stopped for a single day throughout
the half century of Maine prohibition
notwithstanding all the pains and pen
alties piled up in the statute book.
Maine is in favor of prohibition In
party platforms and stump speeches,
but 'agin its enforcement' or In fa
vor of enforcement only against the
other fellow."
North Dakota Blind Pigs. j
'The Grand- Forks correspondent of
the Fargo Forum Informs us, says
the Bismarck Palladium, that there
are at the present time 1,791 blind
pigs in. North Dakota assuming
doubtless that the possession of a
government tax receipt for the retail
sale of intoxicating liquor is prima
facie evidence that such liquor is be
ing sold. Is correct Manufacturers
carry on a cash business with their
North Dakota customers and there ia
no complaint heard from these out
side houses that there Is any falling
off in their trade. On the contrary.
North Dakota accounts are the very
best that' many a Minnesota and Illin
ois' wholesale house has on his books.
And so the farce, goes, merrily, on and
,fs" made the medium for personal ana
political exploitation by cowardly
politicians, who are often themselves
hopeless victims of the drink habit
and who care nothing about the moral
aspect of che question, so that they
can continue themselves in the lime
light of personal notoriety.
His Share.
Councilman I've come to see If you
will subscribe anything to the town
cemetery. Old Resident Good gra
cious! I've already subscribed three
wives. London Telegraph.
A Cinch.
Dubbins Do you know where 1 can
find a lot facing south? Stubbins
Why not try around the north pole?
That's a very likely place. Judge.
A Merger.
Customer There used to be
two or three little bald spots on the
crown of my bead, away back. Ar
they there yet?
' Barber No. sir; it ain't so bad
all that Where those spots used n
batr sir," there's only one now. Chicago
Trftmne.
A Hard One.
"When," be demanded, "will you nav
this bill?
Satlling, we waved him toward our
confrere.
"You must ask," we said, "the pur
zle editor." Exchange.
Nothing great was ever achieve!
without enthusiasm. Emerson.
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Favors License Policy.
(Plattsmouth Journal.)
As between prohibition and high 11
cense, we favor license, the only
proper manner of governing the
liquor traffic
His Time Wasn't.
"Time Is money."
"Cut that He out!"
"Why do you call It a"
"Say,1 I've just done ten years in the
penitentiary and come out busted!"
Cleveland Leader.
Hard en the Egg.
Fat Lady Yes, sir: that's the beauty
of keeping fowls. If hever 1 ran short
o meat or I'm In a "urry. I always fall
back on a negg. London Bystander.
Be true to your word and your work
and your friend. O'Reilly.
REMOVAL SALE
At Helphand's
Prices cut to the bone on everything
found in the store
We are glad to announce to the people of Columbus
and vicinity that we are going to move to
our own quarters
FIRST DOOR WEST
The "Square Deal" motto has in
creased our trade so that we
need larger quarters to
handle it
We want to. move as little as possible!, hence this
Great Removal Sale
It will pay you to attend this sale, as you can get seasonable
merchandise at cut prices.
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