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The Columbus Tribune - Journal
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THE LATEST TRAFFIC SQUAD.
Published by
The Tribune Printing Company
Columbus, Nebraska.
Make Every Farm In
the Land a
School
Admitted at the Postofflce at Columbus, Nebraska, as second-class matter.
ALBERT J. MASON, Editor.
MILLARD S.
BINNET, Business Manager.
CHESTER J. MASON, Circulation Manager.
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NEBRASKA HUMILIATED.
Sickening in the extreme are the details of Nebraska's
latest disgrace the carrying ont of the mandate of a law
which is nothing short of a relic of a barbarism which civiliza
tion should long ago have relegated to that background where
such things belong. We refer to the murder last Friday of
Thomas Johnson, an Omaha negro, convicted and sentenced to
death for a murder which he committed two years ago.
Lincoln dispatches say that a hundred and fifty people
witnessed the horrible scene, a scene which ought never to be
allowed to take place among an ostensibly civilized people. A
scene which, if even under stress of extreme circumstances,
must take place should be allowed the sacred surroundings in
cident to the passing of a human life from time to eternity.
Yet, we are told, these men brought there through an inhuman
sense of the morbid, freely discussed the situation, comparing
it with other similar occasions of the past as children would
discuss a Sunday school picnic.
The Tribune-Journal has no fault to find with the officers
in charge in their enforced relation to the ghastly occurrence.
The fault lies with the law which bade them to cause it to take
place, and which they must do unless convniced that the ver
dict was wrong in accordance with the law and the evidence.
The warden of the penitentiary and the hang-man must do their
duty; they can't help it. Yet the officers in charge recognize
the disgrace and inhumanity of the punishment to the extent
that no man can ever know who it was that touched the fatal
button that let fall the trap, hurling the victim to his death
an admission that while the system is wrong, the state is too
far in the rear to take an advanced step and abolish the method
which must ever stamp us with the taking of that which we
cannot give and which we have no right to take away.
Nebraska has established for herself a reputation which
she must maintain as to her high place among the sisterhood of
states in education, in politics, in statesmanship. In criminal
law, she has relieved the governor of the responsibility for
pardons and placed them in the hands of a board; may her
next step be to erase this remaining dark blot on her fair name
and abolish once and for ever the unholy crime of legal murder.
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Jones In Hew HoreM.
By Professor LIBERTY H. BAILEY. Director
of the New Yes State College
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ANNOUNCEMENT.
With this issue we commence the publication of The
Tribune-Journal, a consolidation of The Columbus Tribune
and The Columbus Journal. The consolidation took place last
Thursday, being effected by the purchase of the equipment,
subscription list and good will of the Journal by the Tribune.
During the past two months, since The Tribune came into
the hands of he present management, its policy in political mat
ters has been independent, but henceforth it will be published
as a republican paper, and shall endeavor at all times to give
to our readers a clean, live and up-to-date newspaper.
All the Journal subscribers will continue to receive The
Tribune-Journal, the date of their subscription corresponding
to their date on the old account. In case of those who have
been subscribers to both papers, the date of their subscription
will be found by adding the time paid ahead on one paper to
the time on the other and proper credit will be given. In case
the subscription is in arrears, we kindly ask you to call and
settle the arrearage at your earliest convenience.
The subscription price of The Tribune has always been
one dollar per year; that of The Journal $1.50 per year. The
subscription price will remain at one dollar per year UNTIL
JULY 1, 1911, ONLY. On that date the price will be raised
to ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS PER YEAR.
A TEACHER IN ERROR.
We had thought that the time had passed when teachers
did not know how to pronounce words used in common every
day life. We do remember one teacher some years ago, whose
knowledge of the English language and its vocabulary was so
limited that she could not see the difference between the words
"trump" and "triumph"; her pronunciation was so peculiar
that she called it "pec-n-lar" with the accent on the "pec."
The current number of the Nebraska School Review pub
lishes the following extract from a statement by Superintend
ent Elsie Littell, of Wayne county, and speaks well for the boy
and his regard for his mother:
We heard during the past week that a certain teacher in Wayne
county almost whipped a boy because he insisted on pronouncing the
word "colonel" properly when she wanted him to pronounce it
co-lo-nel, (with the second syllable long and accented). She kept
him after school and learned that his mother had taught him how to t
pronounce it and that for the present he was going to think she knew
more than the teacher. Such mistakes are inexcusable on the part
of a teacher.
Good for him, but pity the poor teacher who did not know
enough to realize that it was possible for her to make a mis
take herself sometimes. .
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IWrt to Heart
if Talks.
A niEMB OF NAN.
Let-in Urelm say house ay the sMe eff the
rosd
Wher the race of mum pass by.
They are coo, they are, had, they art
weak, they are etroar.
Wise, f ooUeh, and ao am I.
Then why ahauld I sit la the seeratr's
eat
Or hurl the cynic's aaa?
Let me live ta my houae ay the alia f
the road
Aad be a friend of au.
The man who wrote these llass, Baas
Walter Foes, died recently.
He wu called one of our minor peetsv
but he wrote one poem, of which the
above Is the coaeludlag Tfrie,
wiU keep his memory fragrant
a year.
The poem Is entitled "The Howe by
in ika MmonmlnlitT of every went to
TRAIN THE CHILDREN. This responsibility cannoi do
DELEGATED to the school or to any other agency unless
1 the went DESIRES to give up the children wholly into
the hands of an institution, and this the farming people of our coun
try do not care to consider.
If the farm family murttake a real part in the educational devel
opment of its children it must then have some kind of an ESTAB
LISHMENT for the purpose. If the country child is to be educated
xesponsivelyito ita environment and to the better outlook for country
life the educational agencies must have such facilities and equipment
aa wfflirelate them closely to the.real affairs-and the common thought
of the community. The schoolmust be a part of the out of doors,
and fields and woods and cropafand livastock must be UTILIZED
EDUCATIONALLY.
We can never develop eountry life effectively until the homes
and the schools are organised collectively. We must project the
ahoolINTO THE fHOME and the home linto the school.
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Tummm amoulb bk Ja PIECE OF 'LAND DEFINITELY , SET
FOR THE CHILDREN! AND THE YOEJNQ FOLK. TO E USED FON
THE FURFOtE OF j DEVELOPING INTELLECTUAL INTEREST IN
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A REMARKABLE CASE.
One of the most remarkable letters that has heen published
in the papers in this part of the state for a long time was
printed in the Aurora Republican last week. In it a young
woman tells of her disastrous experience with, a young man
of the town, giving his description in detail, but not publish
ing his name, and warning the other young people of the town
against him.
Aurora has a reputation of being one of the cleanest little
cities in the state. Now, whije advertised as having a man
of this kind, it might not be out of place to suggest that they
place a stamp of emphatic disapproval on him by subscribing
a substantial fund to prosecute him and thus not only preserve
their own reputation, but that they expect to see to it that
no one shall disgrace it without suffering the consequences.
There is no question but tjjat there would be less grief
if the voung women would be more careful of the class of com
pany they keep, and when they learn of a man's crookedness
to drop him like a ton of lead, and warn others to keep in the
clear.
We feel that no words of commendation could lie too strong
for a young lady who for the benefit of her girl friends would
sign her name to a published article of this kind, bringing as
it naturally would, her own plight into the lime light. Cer
tainly it is an example of as unselfish an act as could be done.
.WEST.
TH WILL ALSO PROVE. At NATIONAL BENEFIT, At IT WILL
RESULT IN MINCING TO MANY EAftTER PEOPLE TO WHOMf
THE WT It SIMPLY A ' PART OF THE MAP A KNOWLEDGE
AND UNDERSTANDINGOF 'THE COUNT). IT WILL MAKE THEM
BETTER APPRECIATE 'THOU COUNTRY.
Stimulating theiinceresttthat easternersftwotifil have'in the trip to
the Side of the Bos? aaa was sag- i the west and a Tmit'tottheiexposstion is the) DESERE , to see the city
that within. five years rehabilitated itself landiraises tbe money to
finance whattistfuro tofpToroione.of the IfOSTiELABORATE EX
POSmOIB 4h world; ha4Teriseen.4 .
lMMIMSmilllMMMI'MMiMIMI'
J Rested by a DaaMur Ja Homer, "H
was a friend of awn aad a Utm by
the aMe of the road."
Therefore yoar "roidatde settle-
atents" society'a atoet practical ap
proach to good samaritaalaaL
The way to be a frlead of God la to i
be a friend to sua aaa, gooa, aaa,
ladlfferent bnauatty.
It la the thing worth while.
Human life Is ao abort that aaost af
the things men grab for teem gro
tesque in their paltry cheapness. Lofty
claims, lavish display, pride, exclaatTe
ness and scorn, how they aarlak wheat
placed alongside the rlrtaes of ceav
mon kindness, charity aad aeighberu-
If Doc Bixby does not watch out the poetical (?) scribe
of the Genoa Leader will steal his reputation.
IN TIMES GONE BY
Interesting Happenings of Many
Years Ago, Taken From the
Files of This Paper.
Forty Years Ago This Week.
Ephraim Pilling and Miss Catherine
Gerding were married by County
Judge Hudson. Mr. Pilling is still a
resident of this county, now living at
Creston.
Thirty Years Ago.
Colfax county warrants were selling
at par.
A very heavy rain had fallen in the
Elm Creek valley, the water standing
a foot deep in T. C. Ryan's store at
Platte Center.
Twenty Years Ago.
Olive street had been graded, al
lowing the water to run down to the
lower part of the city.
President Harrison was on a tour
of the west, and visited at Omaha. A
large number of Columbus went there
to see the president.
Tan Years Age,
George W. Hulst died at the home
of Dr. D. T. Martyn, where he had
been staying. He had been ill for
three years.
Clark Cooncy died at his home near
Genoa. He was a brother of Mrs.
Martin Hayes, of Platte Center, and
was well known in this county.
The Columbus base ball club had
started out for a tour of the neighbor
ing towns. The first game was lost to
Ulysses by a score of five to four.
Five Years Ago. -
Two marriages of Columbus young
people were reported Seth Braun and
Miss Olga Egger and Paul Gaver and
Miss Anna Ewert.
Mr. Brumbaugh, of Omaha, was In
the city, a guest at the home of his
sister, Mrs. C. W. Betterton. The
brother and sister had not met fori
thirty-two years, and the brother
found his sister on this occasion by ac
cidentally seeing her name In a tele
phone directory.
"Where the race of asaa go by
By the dusty, frcqosntesVwaya which
BMke men's thereaghfares, where the
caravans and the coauaoa paople go
To Uve down there by the aide of
the road, to Uve la that frlaadly frame
of mind which sees la every
brother, that is to be a friend of
To befriend la to serve.
And ao the friend of' sua will try
to make some pale facetbrightar, greet
the weary pilgrus. glvetbe cap of wa
ter, smile the ripples ef healing toi the
fainting heart and ttftiap the faUea..
A friend of man!
There could be aa greater Ufa.
When twice a taoaaaad years have
flown, still pleased are the reads and
highways of the Holy Laadibecaase of
One who Uved down by the aids of
the road and was.the Friend of sua!
I Parents Should (Teach
Children Economy
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By 9AMUELI W.ALLERTONi Economist
t4atiajaiitiittlMittsttaseailllllliM
AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
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Y boysiare to inherit wealth. butMhev will be the sadder
for it. SjThey aretnnaaingtthe reftl blood training of self
making.! v
The lborwho is m UG&INST 1 MAKING HIS
OWN WAY is fanthemost SELFt RELIANT. The scions of the
wealthy areiaatigfied,Vforthe mostfpart, to be NONENTITIES.
IP EVlPay MAN (AND N WOMAN' IN THE WORLD DOES HIS AND
HER DUTY EVERY CHUfiD WILL BE TAUGHT TO SAVE. THEY
WILL THUS BE TAOQHT TO BUI CO CHARACTER . ND CREDOS
Having sold the Columbus Journal
to Messrs. Mason Bros, and M. S. Bin
ney, the new proprietors of the Colum
bus Tribune, I desire to thank the
friends and patrons of the Journal for
the courtesies accorded me during the J
four and one-half years I have bad
charge of the paper. The two papers
will be consolidated under the name of J
the Tribune-Journal, and all subscrib-J
ers to the Journal will receive that pa- j
per. Hoping that you will accord the m
Tribune-Journal the same courteous
treatment accorded the Journal anderS
the former aunagement, I remain,
Tours truly,
R. O. STROTHER.
serves notice also that from this time
on she will publish the names of all
offenders and will see that they are
prosecuted to the full extent of the
law. It Is against the state law to
slaughter song birds, but like a good
many other laws it is not enforced.
A few determined persons, like the
Norfolk editor, could force obedience
to it if they care to take trouble to
J walk about and get the evidence. Kill
ing these birds is not only a wanton
and mean act, but it is a foolish one,
since without them our crops would
not amount to much. Lincoln News.
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EDITORIAL VI
COMMENT BY
Day.
OUR NEIGHBORS
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Wanted Man and team to take
charge of the Haller medicine route In
Platte aad Colfax counties. Good
wages gaaraateed. James T. Bonner.
Route 6. Columbns, Independent
naeae Htt. . ,
The editress of the Norfolk Press 1st
a militant person. She Is a lover of
birds, and the other Sunday, while-listening
to the robins singing 1st the
trees, she noticed a man come aJeaa;
and kill one or more of them. la last
week's paper ahe names the man and
calls what he did a cowardly, brutal
act. She says that ahe may make an
eaemy for life of the man. "hut he
killed oar feathered frlead and If we
do act call aim to account for H he
kill all
Mathers'
Galveston News:
In all the words of our language
that gathering of many tongues weld
ed Into an accepted Anglicized whole,
rich in words of endearment, of ten
derness and of sentimen no other
has the force and compelling power
of that simple little word mother.
To each of us it has its own person
al meaning and application, yet to all
of us it means the same.
When we speak the little word of
six letters our eyes grow tender. When
It occurs In our thoughts when we
see it written or printed It carries us
back away back aa though by some
magic, to the days of childhood
maybe to babyhood aa far as memory
can reach, and about ft are wowen the
Joys and sorrows of human life so
closely that loving hearts have burst
out in a demand that our mothers
shall have one day of the year set
aside In their honor and known as
Mothers' Day.
It la planned that we may all do
honor to our mothers publicly as well
aa In secret, yet even In the sreetness
of thought of this movement, many
cannot Join, for mother to then means
Just mother, not tmothers, and the
thoughts of the heart are often most
Jeaolaaly guarded. The teadreaesa la
aa many of as coaosaL
The shrine upon which mother is
placed can not be apawoached even by
those who know and feel just as we
do. ,
As men and women! row older, as
the cares and responsibilities of life
compass them about, tfliey may forget
much that life has held but never
that part associated with their
mothers. ,
One little word carries .them back
like the wind to the days w&en moth
er was everything counselor, friend, .'
confidante, partner, the healer of!
nurts and the fair judge of difficulties '
ust next to God.
And thHu nlrfoi. nonnin . ...
as the white carnations are worn on!
the streets, are living in the Dast'
that mother made sweet, giving heri
all honor that younger minds could I
not accord her even in thoir vnniiin I
and wishing, many dim-eyed, that
they could again kneel by her and
pray
"Now I lay me
Down to sleep, t
F I pray the Lord
t ' My soul to keep." ' ". i
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To kneel there again, and say the
Prayer that just would begin to run
too fast on little tongues, in the dav
that was mother's then Just as there
J a Mother's Day now.
Far County Treasurer.
I shall submit my name to the dem
ocratic electors of Platte coanty as a
candidate for the nomination for coun
ty treasurer, subject to the decision of
the party primary. I solicit the sup
port of all democrats who approve my
party record aad who believe I am
competent to perform the duties of the
omce.
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EDMUND MILES,
Of Joliet Towaship.
Wanted A girl for general house
work, rive dkdmra per week for the
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