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r i r mW yjyi Z5 wtl LMuugeraui See that Stripe! That is distinctive of Cooper.Wells&Cos Style No. 69 One of the best known 25 cent stockings made. 2-ply Egyptian vami with sufficient twist to give most wear. We recommend No. 69 to our pat rons because we believe in it. Comes in black only. Sizes . to 10 Try It J. H. GALLEY ITEMS OF INTEREST AMtlON. From the Newt. Mr. and Mrs. (Jlurence Miller arrived here Monday moraine; from Alliance to ut tend the wedding of his Bister. Miss Laura, to Mr. Clyde Bullock, which took place Wednesday. Mayor Iloaford issues a note of warn ing to drivers of uulomohilas in Albion. There is too much recklessness indulged in which will .sooner or later result in a disaster. The laws of the state ami city should be strictly enforced as a security to both automobile owners and the gen eral jmlilio l'ublic sentiment will up hold such strict enforcement by those in authority. Do it now, instead of wait ing until someone is killed or an expen sive car is demolished. HUMl'llllEY. From the Democrat Barney Eckholt and Miss Eva Bode wig went to Uolsmhus Wednesday to get a permit to marry from County Judge Kattermau. The wedding will tnke place Wednesday, July nth. Dr. and Mrs. Condon returned from their Texas trip last week. Since the Doctor's return he has been out on the farm putting up alfalfa. ITesnys that it is more pleasant to put up h:ij in Nebraska than to try to enjoy your vaca tion in Texas or Kansas City. Judging from a bunch of wheat which Hubert Braun brought to the Democrat otlice this week, the wheat in this part of the county has not suffered very much, from the dry weather. The stalks stand 62 inches high anil the heads are large and well tilled. It is a new kind of wheat for this country and Mr. Braun is trying it this year for the first time. It is called the Ked Cross wheat. 1IKLI.WOOD. From the (Sazptti. Mr. Bern Mulgruc of Columbus mid Miss Agnes llauey of near Rising City, were united in marriage the latter part of last week. The young couple have the well wishes of their many friends in this community. May their cup of happiness always keep running over. Judging from the color of the wheat crop in this vicinity it will he about ready for harvesters about the 4th, when undoubtedly many will celebrnte. The crop we believe, will bo fully as good as last year. Corn is growing rapidly and the oat crop looks good. Once upon a time there lived a woman who had four sons and who nibbed her wish riug aud wished for a daughter. "A daughter,'' she Miid, "would be Such a Help in my work." Her wish was granted, and now that the girl is grown, her mother, when she irons milled HutTy things, and gets refreshments ready for a party, and cleans up the parlor, and sews on pretty things for her daughter, and works hko a slave, is often remind ed of her wish. But, after the manner of mothers, she doesn't reali'e that she is not getting any help. FRISCHHOLZ BROS. SHOEtS CLOTHING Gents' Furnishing Goods RELIABLE GOODS AT RIGHT PRICES. FRISCHHOLZ BROS. 405 11th Street, i.. Not f rnn But Lot of Hard Wear in Them. 505 Eleventh Street Columbus ABOUT OUR NEIGH BORS AND FRIENDS CLIPPED FROM OUR EXCHANGES QKNOA. From the leader. Will Welch is hauling tile out to hia farm this week. He shipped in three car loads which he will use to drain some of his land. Too many people trying to live without working great overcrowding in the so called professions too few real farmers there you have some vital causes for the high cost of living says an exchnnge. Two months ngo the fanners were busy plowing up their winter wheat for purpose of planting corn. Only a com parative few fields looked as though they would yield enough to pay for the cut ting. Then followed a season too cold ami dry for corn and many farmers are compelled to replant, and the crop pros pect looked bad indeed. Croakers and pessimists got busy. Three weeks ago it rained and things began to look up a little, yet no one believed a half a crop was possible. But that three weeks brought a change that would be wrought in no other country on earth. Many of the lieids of wheat left standing will make a full crop and there is very little that will not mako half a crop, oats will make an average crop und corn has made a phenomenal growth, and everybody is happy. Stand up for Nebraska. PLATTE CENTER From theSignul. It looks now as though the potato crop would be a light one around here this season. The lack of moisture at the right time was disasterous, and vines that were not closely guarded against hugs have been greatly damaged, anil in ninny instances entirely destroyed. Word has been received from A. G. Parker, who has been sightseeing in the west. He was then leaving Boise, Idaho, for Portland, Oregon, and expected to reach home in about a week, lie will again assume charge of the U. P. depot about the 15th of July. Charley Englehorn arrived home last Saturday evening from a four year's ser vice in the navy. He looks very strong, hearty, and has seen a good deal of the world, as a rare opportunity is always given Tor travel and sight-seeing to those in this branch of the service. Charley served on the battleship Maryland and was discharged in San Francisco ifoe Wittey came down from his home stead in Cheyenne county Tuesday for a short stay. He looks as though the sun shone out there most of the time and that he stayed out of doors all the time. Joe says that he came after Paris green to kill lilies on his potato vines, the na lives out there shoot the bugs, but he is afraid of a gun and haB to use poison. Life's Percentages. It sometimes happens that a man plays an errorless same because he ac cepts mighty few chances. The man In the right garden is pretty sure to have a better fielding record than the shortstop. Atchison Globe. Columbus. MONROK. From the Republican. The Ifland boys took their merry-go-round to Oolambus Wednesday, to get ready for the Fourth. Mr. and Mrs. John Keeler were np to their Boone county ranch last week, and report a good rain there last Friday. Flossie Riley returned home Thursday accompanied by Miss Anna Potter who will spend the Fourth visiting her sis ters. Mrs. L. Riley and Mrs. Harry Hill in Ilersbey, Neb. Mr. find Mrs. Clifford Rhodes who have been guests at the A. C. Loucks home, left Wednesday for Kearney. After a visit with Mr. Rhodes' brother at that place they will return to their home in Idaho. . Mrs. Henry Claybum and daughter Pearl returned home Saturday from their sojourn in the Black Hills. They were accompanied by Mrs. Claybum's two neices, the Misses Sutherland, of Custer, S. IX, and her grand-son, Everett Ghnes of Grand Island. W. J. Aart arrived last week from F.vansville. Ind., where he has been making his home since leaving Monroe about four years ago. He was accom panied by his wife and baby, and they are visiting Mr. Hart's sister, Mrs. Jacob Smyer. Jack is now employed in a factory at Eyansville, being assistant foreman. The annual school meeting of District 7G was held in the High School room on Monday, June 27. at 10 a. m. There was a large attendance and all business moved along with precision and dis patch C. W. Hollingshead and John Gibbon were elected trustees, after which the matter of the eleventh grade was taken up. After a spirited discussion a motion prevailed that the chair appoint a committee of three lo whom the matter was referred with instructions to obtain estimates of the cost of a building, and if found practical to petition the board of education to call a special meeting to vote bonds for its construction. Nine months of school was voted to commen ce on the first Monday in September. The clerk was voted $15 for his expenses and work. On motion the sum of $32.(i was certified to the County Board an ne cessary for school purposes. $24.'& for high school fund and $l(i.5u for library fund. The following committees were appointed: Auditing accounts of clerk anil treasurer, Mrs D. W. Jenkinson, Mrs. W. A. McWilhaniP, W. T. Stroth er. On estimates of installing higher grades and building, Curtis Holling hend, II. L. Smith, Mrs. Gipe. OKNTItAI. CITT. From the Nonpareil. The new freight depot on the Union Pacific is going up rapidly. We use the word "new" with some reservation as it appears that most of the material that is going into the building is that taken from the old passenger depot Just how the building now under construction will look when completed is therefore a matter of speculation. We trust that the finishing touches wiil be of a kind lo give it a better appearance than the old building had. A live electric light wire coming in contact with the limb of a tree furnished a spectacle for Henry Lee and his fam ily and the neighbors for a few hours Friday evening. The wire has been in contact with the tree for some time and once before a shower of sparks coming from the point of contact gave evidence of the power of the current. Friday evening the wire brushed against the tree again and the result resembled a fireworks exhibition on the Fourth of July. Mr. Lee finally called Engineer Anderson and had him fix the wire, the sparks endangering the bouse. The fifteen-months old baby of Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Mulford. who lived on the Barge farm west of town got bold of a can containing kerosene Friday evening last and urank a large quan tity of the liquid. Dr. Boyd was summoned at once and reached the home within twenty minutes after the baby had drank the kerosene, but when be arrived the little one was in convulsions and death resulted within an hour. The kerosene stood in a bak ing powder can and it is thought the baby drank several ounces of it. This makes the third case of this sort. Dr. Boyd has had in the past year. In the other case, however, but a small amount of the liquid was taken into the stomach. SUIIUYLRR. From the 8nn. The contract for the building ot the Platte river bridge was let last Monday by the Board of County Commissioners to C. E. Beaty. Work will be commen ced just as quick as material can be got ten on the grounds Frank Goellmen, n man sent down from Clarkson to serve a county jail sen tence for drunkenness, was adjudged in sane last" Wednesday and taken to the asylum. It is not known where he be longs. He seemed all right for more than a week and suddenly beraine a rav ing maniac. Deputy Chrastil took him away Wednesday evening. Last Thursday a middle aged man came to town and proceeded to work the citizens on a few credentials which he carried saying he was deaf and dumb also paralized on one side. Things moved along very nicely for him for a while and he had about all he cared to drink when he went to Dr. Bevington'e office for aid. It happened that just at that time the doctors of Colfax county wereybaving a meeting there and the fellow was put through a tesL Dr. Bevington suggested a clinic and started to get the operating chair ready. The fellow protested not in writing but with bin tongue. The fake was thus discover ed and the police arrested him. Friday Jndge Smith gave him ten days, and the city is getting a little gratis work done on the streets. COLUMBUS MEAT MARKET We invite all who desire choice steak, and the very best cuts of all other meats to call at our market on Eleventh street. We also handle poultry and fish and oysters in season. S.E. MARTY fc CO. Telephone No. 1. - Columbus, Neb. The Animals In the Zoo. The sleeping hours of the animals nt the zoological gardens in Regent's park vary as much, according to the families to which they belong, as do their other characteristics and habits. The oraug outuug goes to bed at sun down, draping its head in a blanket and refusing to see visitors after dusk. It Is also an early riser. With the lions, tigers and other members of the cat tribe the night finds them at their liveliest, and they sleep most between the midday meal and supper time. The eagles go to sleep just about the time their neighbors in the owl cage are waking up. while the bears during the winter months apparently sleep all day and night too. The residents of the monkey bouse object seriously to being disturbed after dark, and If one of the keepers happens to take a light into their quarters they scold him un mercifully. On the other hand, it would probably take a dynamite bomb to arouse the rhinoceros, and it is not uncommon, the keepers say. to find rats biting boles in its thick bide with Impunity. London Mall. A Ban on Patterns. I "There is one kind of correspondence sometimes received by women clerks that makes heads of firms hoppiug mad," said the pretty stenographer. "That is dress patterns. They don't mind letters and magazines, but if a girl wants to keep on good terms with her employer and maybe kesp her job' she had better advise patiWn compa nies to scud their communications to some other address. I know one em ployer of about 100 girls who has put up notices in the workroom to the ef fect that no patterns can be received at that otlice. Xot many men go that far. but all hold the same grudge against patterns. A girl who has a new dress to make up can't help spreading the pattern out the minute she gets it. Then every other woman In the office becomes interested. Noth ing is so disorganizing to women clerks as patterns. Nothing takes up more time that belongs to the firm, so you really can't blame the bosses for putting a ban on patterns." New York Press. I Rural Amenities. Fair Passenger-But. good gracious, why didn't the train stop here? It is supposed to. Porter -Yes. miss, but the engine driver has quarreled with the station master. I'elo Mele. The Ghautiuqua Prtgran tA FEAST OF REASON AND FLOW OF SOUL Great Lectures Inspiring Music Refined Entertainment Chautauqua Reading Circle Seton Indian School for the Children f Invite your frijtnds in the East to visit you during Chautauqua week. f Plan to spend all possible time on the assembly ground. Get into the spirit of occasion. Meet the lecturers face to face. J Read the catalog of the assem bly and co-operate with the management to make the as sembly an annual affair for our town. F Get your season tickets early for the whole familythen use them. A Comfortable Chautauqua Scene. 40 Weatherwax Brothers Quartette They sing delightfully, and two of the brothers are readers of great abil ity. They are features of the CHAUTAUQUA LOCAL KKl'KESESTATIVE-Salary 00 to 5159 monthly. Extra cominlhion anil office ex penses. Iteprwntativo mart have enfficient ctu-h to can? Mock to supply the demand creat ed by Now I.iws and other condition. Send references. Position permanent. Rapid ad vancement to Rood man. Addrvsa Stands Thayer, Sales Director, 400 National Bank Com merce Building. Minneapolis, Minn. iaaaaaaaaH IsaWPe'P-TiSSSixajlfilaa lsEv&53aaaaiatfaflaaaH mwswsEswswswsTSBBBBKawswswswsaBwJ LEIGH. From the World. Chris Scbwanke purchased the Matzen Bros., farm yesterday for which he paid 8125 per acre. Mrs. George Brubn recently lost a part of a valuable ear-ring aad regained pos session of it in a strange way. The other day she butchered one of her chi ckeas and fonnd the lost treasure. The German Lutheran congregation held it's annual missionfeast at the Boe tel grove last Sunday. An immense crowd was present and the collection was the largest ever received at a similar event in Leigh. Andrew, son of Rudolph Jenny was taken suddenly ill on Friday evening. Dr. Eby was called, remained with him moat of the night, but little relief could be given the boy as appendicitis was the trouble. A surgeon and nurse were summoned and an operation was per formed on Saturday afternoon, at the Jenny home. Andrew is getting along as well as can be expected, but only those who have suffered the pangs of an operation knows how to sympathize with him. ST. KDWAHD From the Advance. N This office is in receipt of the good news that Mrs. Nellie P. Conk of Woon socket, S. D.. a former St Edward girl has received the nomination for superin tendent of schools of Landborn county, S.D. This week St. Edward friends and re latives of Miss Rella Rockey and Mr. J. M. Kennedy were much surprised to learn of their marriage on Wednesday of last week, June 22, at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mr. Frank Rockey, at Hedrick, la. Mrs. Jas O'Donnell was a pleasant caller at our otlice Tuesday it being her first trip uptown since her accident last March. Her many friends will be glad to hear that she U now rapidly nearing complete recovery which she attributed to the many acts of kindness from her friends. nOWKLLS From the Journal. Jos. Bayer marketed four 14 -months old pigs here a few days ago the com bined weight of which was l.tJOTi ponnds. The largest animal of the four weighed 4.ri0 ponnds aad N. B. Jensen, who bought them, said it- was the best hog for its age be ever saw. They were high grade Poland Chinas A freak of nature is a verigated yellow and red ruse, which gives it the color of a ripe orange, which is in full bloom in the editor's yard south of the printing office. The bush was laden with its usual large number of light yellow roses in May, but this belated blossom Is en tirely different in color, but otherwise is of the fragrance and size of the ordinary roses grown on the bush. r Go Out Into the Union Pacific Country Where there are greater opportunities and less competition; where nature is generous in both climate and soil. It is in this section that thousands will find homes in the next few years. GO VIA UNION PACIFIC Low Homeseekers' Fares First and Third Tuesday of Each Month During 1910 To Many Points in Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, Oregon and Washington For information relative to rates, routes, etc., call on or address a B. G. BROWN, Agent,- Columbus, Neb. 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Cleverton - And she believed you. didu't sheV "How could she help it? Why. 1 be lieved it myself."-I.ife Without Trimmings. 1'nyne. an examiner :it Cambridge university, whose questions were al v:iys of a eeuli:irly o.:isier:itiug na ture, once asked a student nt a special examination to "give a definition of happiness." "An exemption from Payne," was the reply. vj I i&roHMiay "The Safe Road" Electric Block Signals Dining Gar Meals and Service "Best in the World" Electric Light Always Ready Brilliant Clean Safe Have your home wired Columbus light, Heat & Power Co. The right party caa I xwiint mi cxcalleat itoeitioB. alary orcommiKfiou for Colaaba and vi cinity. HtatoKe,foraieraceafatfoB aud ttivrt reference. Address I4)CK BOX 438. Lincoln, Neb. THE TULE WEMT No. 11 .. , No. 13 No. 1 ..... No. y ..... No. No. 15 No. 3 No. .1 No. 21 No. ia...., No. -i No. 7 . . . BOUND. .... HHUin .... 1:38 a lu ....10:24 am ....!!: am .... 3.HXipm .... 0:23 pru .... HiOpui .... 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