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Columbus itribnnc-3ournal 8 Historical Seciety x NUMBER 15 COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, JULY 12, 1911 VOLUME 42 4 if ''I f if The Columbus State Bank Points to its long record of success fully caring for the needs of its custo mers with just pride, and asks for future business on its past record. The Oldest State Bank in Nebraska Gray's July Clean Sweep Sale, Julv 8th to 22nd. Insurance nr "has L. Dickey na. evry description. State Bank Build- The Baptist Sunday scnool is en joying a picnic at Steven's lake to dav Miss Ruth Manger is entertaining Hiss Tht-lma Gates, at Silver Creek ! This wwfc ' I Miss Geneve Jones 1-it the last of the wek fur a two weeks' visit with : friemis at Seward. P A. Peterson will leave todav for . lnlmrit- tnvvfi fin.ii? Vw th.i ci.piniiu ' - ..... , ... '. 1. v.,.. J . fc.H. . 1 IWK.J f illness of his mother Mrs. Juiitis Nichols will give a nine ! o clock breakfast Thursday in honor or Miss Liueh. of New York City Mrs. Karris has returned to her home m Waterloo, after a week's visit with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. H. Pueschel. Insure vour time, health and awi- : dent insurance. One dollars per i month. C. L. Di.-key State Bank J Building. Mr. and Mrs. A. I Rush and ohil- dren left Saturday for a two weeks' trip through Colorado, stopping at Denver Salida. Colorado Springs and other points of interest- July is not as popular a month with the brides as June. Judge Katter maa having issued only one mnrnase license this week, that being to Mr. Elmer F. Ranibo. and Miss Minnie Wilhelm. of Columbus. Misses Mazie Magill and Hazel Clark returned yesterday from Cres ton. where they had been visiting friends. They were accompanied home by Miss Alta Anson, who will visit with them for a time. Mrs. E. H. Chambers returned ! Monday from a two weeks' visit in Omaha, the guest of Mrs. E. O. Ham ilton and Mrs. J. J. Sullivan. While in Omaha Mrs. Chambers was the honored aueat at a luncheon given by Mrs. Hamilton at the Happy Hollow club and also one given by Mrs. Sullivan at the Fild club. 80 Acres of land within 2 miles of Col umbus is offer ed at a bottom price for a quick sale Inquire of Elliott -Speice-Echols Go. P. B. Smith and family, who have made Columbus their home for the past four years, left Wednesday for Omaha, where they will make their future home. The Presbyterian Ladies' Aid so ciety will give a tea at the home of Airs. H. J. Horstman. corner of 15th and Lewis. Wednesday, July 19th. Sherbet and cake, ten cents, and luncheon 15 cents. Hours for serv ing, 3 to 9 p. m. Everybody invited. There will be a base ball game at the park next Sunday afternoon at 'J -20. between the Owls and the Eagles. A small admission fee will be charged to cover the cost of the grounds. Both orders are confident of victory, and both are putting in dome strenuous licks in practicing. i In a Ieter to The Tribune-Journal. I J. W Louis states that he and Mrs. ' Louis reached their destination. Pinckneyville, Illinois. Saturday .after a vry pleasant trip. Although rather , fatigued from heat and continued ' travel they were feeling fine and en joying life. i Rev. Samuel Harkness is nursing a j couple of sore fingers this week as a , result of having caught on a fishhook , Monday afternoon. The hook tare one ; finger quite badly and lodged in the ' next one so that it was necessary for him to cut it out with a knife, rather : than tnar it out. Did you ever see a moving picture stir a large audience to a storm of applause? Well, that was what hap pened last Saturday evening at the , Lync. at the close of the film show ing the wonderful Sheridan's ride. ! The film was accompanied by the ' playing of patriotic airs by the or chestra, but even the pictures them- ; selves were so stirring that every one t n'lu inrandnlr inrapaiirofl m atrarv fi. ture. M.r Washburn is certainly to be congratulated on the quality of pic- ! tures shown in his house. There ia a mild 3uk ns n the ronud amoug the members of the Owls and the Eagles Arrangements were being made for a ball game be- r.VPen the members of the two ordeis. ami tiuj committee were discussing i the matter when -ihe question of-ad- ising cim P- "Have 7 an i i U I in good standing who is a printer.' aslteu a memoer or tne Eagie committee. "Certainly: some of the Tnbune boys are Owls." answered the Wise One. ,4Well." re- joined the High Flier. -Harms is an Eagle, and w think he should have the printing." So the argument wore on. Finally one suggested that a coin be flipped to decide the matter and Harms won. so the Biene gets the printing. X. B. This is not a naici advertisement. w D WUaoIl retuRUMl Monday from a Tiree weejs' trip through the west where he had been looking over the country. Ke visited Seattle. Portland. Los Angeles and was in San Francisco at the time of the last earthquake on July 2. He says the sensation of the earth quaking under one is first strange then startling and makes one realize the utter help lessness of his position. As soon as the shock was felt, people rushed out into the middle of the streets to get away from the walls, which might fall at any time. Later he said he went to the Union Depot, where many people were leaving the city in the fear that the awful days of 190C might be repeated. He says he likes the way San Francisco is built, but had no particular love for Los Ange les. According to the records in the of fice of the county clerk Tuesday afternoon, four candidates for county treasurer, four for county judge, and j each for county clerk, clerk of the district court, coroner and super intendent have filed their names to go upon the ballot at the primary election next month. All are demo crats. For treasurer the names are William J. Voss. Otto E. Heuer, Ed mund Miles and Louis Schwarz. In addtion to these there are one or two others who have announced their candidacy through the local press, and numerous others whose names have been mentioned. The candi dates for county judge are Judge Hat terman. Former Judge T. D. Robi son. of Humphrey; Former Judge W. X. Hensley and Judge O'Brien, of Columbus. John Graf has field for re-election as county clerk, and J. L. Brunken has announced his candi dacy for the same office, but has not yet filed. Henry Gaas. C. M. Grnen ther and Fred S. Lecron signify that they are wiling to make make the necessary sacrifice for the service of their county for another term in their respective positions. Henry Lachnit lets the papers say that he will also be a candidate, hut he haa not yet paid the county treasurer the necessary five dollars to make It of ficiaL No republicans have filed for any county- office at this writing. John Smith, of Bristow. who had been here for a two weeks' visit with his wife and daughter, returned home Friday. He was accompanied by his daughter, Miss Ella, who will visit with him and her brother at Wag ner. South Dakota, for a couple ot weeks. Rev. Win. Xandera will leave this week for Indiana, where he will en joy his summer vacation. He ex pect to visit different point in the state, but will spend most of hia time at Lake Michigan. Mrs. Xandera ex pects to spend a part of the summer in the same state. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. McQuown re turned aStnrday from a visit of sev eral days with Mrs. McQuown's moth er at St. Paul. They report that the season has been very dry in Howard county, that the small grain is a very short crop and the outlook for corn ia discouraging. A whole regiment of knights of the tie pass appeared before Judge O'Brien bright and early Monday morning, acting under orders of Chief Schack, who had assumed temporary command. The regiment, which num bered twenty-four able bodied men. was ordered to proceed to some other place, which they starting out to do. lost no time in A new departure at the 1911 State Fair. September 4th to 8th will be the Coin Turnstiles at the General ' spent the week-end with relatives at Admission gates. Instead of the ens- Eellwood. ternary stop and purchase of a ticket 1 , , , . , . . -, ,.- u - I Harrv and John Richards, of Fre- at an outside ticket office, the fair " - , .it , -- it !. ,..-, .. mout. spent Sunday with Mr. and visitor will walk to the turnstile and . ' lay down his fifty-cent piece which Mrs' D- B- Ricnani3 drops into a slot, releaaea the lock t Mr ami Mrs. c. g. Easton. of Cam and permitting the person to pass Drjjge are thtt guests this week at through. Therefore when you come ' home o( Qtto Rummer, to the State Fair this year be sure to j have a 50-cent piece, as nothing else ' Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Richards re will unlock the turnstile. turned home Thursday after a brie! visit with relatives at Oakdale. There will be no new Xorthwestern passenger station at Humphrey, at - and Mrs. Fred Fuerst and Miss least not for the present. That was liable Fuerst. of Battle Creek, spent the ruling made by the state railway commission last week in the case wherein the citizens of that town through their attorney, R. P. Drake, had asked the commission to cause the road to build a new depot and to have closer to the town the pres ent one is. The town-people argued that they produced sufficient revenue tojustify the expense, but when the matter was sifted to the bottom, it , was found that the expense would be considerably in excess of a year3 revenue. The depot will be enlarged and the platform surrounding it also, and it is likely that a permanent side walk will be constructed from the depot up town. Following an illness of a year and a half, resulting from a fall on an icy sidewalk, at which time she fractured j her hip. Mrs. Rowena R. Gray died , at ner nome last inursuuy ""- For several days beiore the ena came, she had been unconscious, and no hopes were held out for her recov ery. She was bora at Ellington. Connecticut. March 12. 1S40. and later moved with her family to Gales burg. Illinois. While a student at Knox College, she met Sidney C. Gray, and on March 7, 1SG1, became his wife. Five children were born to this union, of whom two sons. Clin ton C. Gray and Arthur M. Gray, both of Columbus survive. They were among the early settlers of Columbus township, living for several years on what is now a part of the Sheldon land northwest of the city, moving to Columbus in th early nineties. Mrs. Gray had for a number of years been a member of the Congregational church, and it was there that the last sad rites were paid to her mem ory Sunday afternoon, at which time a large concourse of friends and neighbors gathered to pay their last tribute of respect to her who had been their friend. The court room at the court house was crowded last Thursday after noon, when the case of the state against George Henggier. of Bis mark township, and his five sons. George, Alois. John. William and Peter, was called for a preliminary hearing. The charge was that mem bers of the Henggier family had de stroyed a bridge in Bismark town ship. The question was brought up that the bridge was on the private land of Mr. Henggier, where it had no right to be. County Attorney McElfresh went back in the case to a time two or three years ago. a num ber of witnesses testifying that they had seen some of the Hengglers tampering with the bridge at that time. After the state had introduced all its evidence. Attorney Hensley. for the defense, moved to dismiss the case and discharge the defendants, introducing no evidence in their own behalf. County Attorney McElfresh fought this proposition vigorously, with the result the court decided the evidence sufficient to hind all the defendants over to the district court, each of the six being bound for five hundred dollars. George Henggeler, St., furnished thm basis tor alL WHEN WE DELIVER COAL to you. you know that you are get ting the best Coal and the moat prompt service possible. TRY OUR ALFALFA MEAL For Feeding Your tive Stock IT WILL PAY YOU T. B. Hsri Craa C. PHOXES: Independent 20 Bell 138 J. A. Marohn. of Schuyler, spent Thursday at the home of S. E. Baker. Otto Merz. Jr., returned the last of the week from a visit at Xeola. Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Price and children Thursday at the home of Otto Fuerst Mrs. E. G. Brown and sons. Harry and Jay. will leave Thursday for a two weeks' visit with relatives at Ames. Iowa. Mrs. H. S. BossetXBca. . and chilf dren returned Thursday from a week's visit with relatives at Grafton 3nd Lincoln. Martin Wirhmnn nf 5r Pnul fin. nesota. arrived the first of the week for an extended visit with his uncle. Otto Fuerst. Mrs. J. J. Dodds and children and Miss Anna Dodds. of Cambridge, ar rived home Thursday for a brief visit """ "--"-. Misa Halcomb wfao haa been tfae ge,,st Qf John McCItmahan for the pajJt WQ fQr $ Anln! herhome in Osceola Miss Ethel and Charles Grady, who ha'e been visiting at the home of John Quinn. returned to their home in Grand Island Saturday. Miss Kate Merz. who has been the guest of Miss Xelle Hall at Boulder. Colorado, for the past six weeks, re- turned to her home Saturday. Mrs. John Grant, of Xorth Platte, spent several days at the home of Mrs. John Quihn last week. Mrs. Grant was enroute home after an ex tended visit in Michigan. ARE YOU TROUBLED WITH HEADACHES ? This present warm weather may seem to you to be the cause for that headache which troubles you. Instead, it mar be the first symptoms of eyestrain. It will be far better to come here and have your eyes examined than to dose yourself with medi cine in an effort to relieve it, A pair of glasses titled by an ex. pert optometrist here will no doubt relieve the pain, thereby relieving the eye of strain. 1 charge nothing for a prelimi nary test to find if glasses are needed or not. I do charge $3. 00 for a complete diagnosis, but this fee is deducted when glasses are ordered. ED. J. N1EWOHNER OPTOMETRIST. Mrs. G. E. Wniard will the Jolly Sevaateen club evening. entertain Thursday Mr. and Mrs. Fred Perry returned to their home in Fremont after a brief visit at the home of H. C. Bean. Miss Bean accompanied them home for a week's visit. Miss Eleanor Rusche entertained Miss Vera Thompson, of St. Edward. Monday. Miss Thompson was en route to Osceola for an extended visit with friends. The funeral of Robert. Buckley, a brother of Mrs. John Dolan and Mrs. William Dolan, was held at St, Bona venture's church last Thursday fore noon. Mr. Buckley was a young man. thirty-two years of age. and had died the Sunday preceding at Aberdeen, South Dakota. For the past few years he had been traveling with carnival companies. Mrs. Albert SherralL of Camp Crook. South Dakota, who has been here visiting with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Todenhoft for the past month, will return to her home Sun day. She will be accompanied by her brother. C. F. Todenhoft, who will go to Hot Springs for a month's stay. Maurice Meyer, a former Columbus merchant, but now ot St. Joseph. Mis souri, was in the city last week, shak ing bands with old-time friends and acquaintances. Mrs. J. K. McFarland received news last week of the death of her mother, Mrs. Bertha Diefenbach. at her home in Spokane. Washington. Mrs. Diefenbach enjoyed good health until three weeks before her death, when she suddenly began to fail and continued to grow worse until the. end. She leaves four sons, all of whom live in the west, and one daugh ter. Mrs. J. K. McFarland. She form erly lived in Platte county, and will be remembered by many of her form er friends and neighbors. Judge O'Brien held a night session of his court last Wednesday even ing. the case being one In which Mr. Lulu Randall appeared against John Criss. whom she charged with fight ing. The evidence developed that Mrs. Randall had gone to the bar ber shop where Criaa ia employed and: tried to collect a bill, which be de clared he did not owe. She then called him a dead-beat and said other things that ronsed his ire. and he or dered her out of the shop. When she refused to go. he pushed her out. The court decided that be had acted right in the circumstances and the case was dismissed. President Frischolz, of the com mercial club has received word from Washington that it cannot be defi nitely stated at this time just when the government road expert will be here. It appears that when the or iginal agreement was made it was with the understanding that he would be here sometime in the months of July, August or Septem ber, and as the first of July drw near, Mr. Frischolz wrote to Wash ington to see if he could ascertain anything definite as to when he would be here. The man will be here in due time, and before winter we will have a good road between the Loup and Platte river bridges. In another column of this paper will be found the call for the repub lican county convention and the re publican caucuses in the several townships. The business to be con ducted will be important and repub licans all over the county are es pecially urged to read and heed the call. Carl Kramer returned Monday even ing from Buffalo, Xew York, where he hed gone several weeks ago to at tend the meeting of the bead camp of the Modern Woodmen of America. Since the close ot the convention. Mr. Kramer has been visiting relatives and sight seeing in Xew York City, Washington. Chicago and other large cities of the east. Speaking of Wash ington, he says that if a person wants to go sight-seeing, that is the great place to go. While there he witnessed a session of congress and heard Sen ator Cummins, of Iowa, make his great speech. He also visited the li brary of congress, which, ia the great est institution of its kind in the world. In spite of all these things he was very glad to get home, declaring that with whatever conveniences the eastern people might have, Xebraska has them all beaten in every point that goes to make up a happy and prosperous life for everybody. Speak ing ot the convention. Mr- Kramer reports Tha no place for holding the next meeting was decided upon, the delegates leaving the matter in the hands of the executive committee. The work of the convention was not completed, and when they adjourned it was to meet again in Chicago next January, at which time and place they will definitely dispose of some of the matters now under conaidera- tiOB. Mr. and Mrs. Frank, Darr, of Oi ha, came up to spend Sunday at the home of J. B. Cwtto and other rela tives, returning Moaday. Mesdames Perry Losbaugh, C. J. Scott. A. Anderson. E. Kuehnel and C. W. Ray will serve a 15 cent lunch Wednesday afternoon in the parlors of the Methodist church, beginning ar 4 o'clock. Miss Adria Lay is visiting with the family of G. S. Lay. of Buffalo. Xew York, at heir summer home at Fort Erie, Ontario. She was ac companied by Miss E. M. Stevenson, wBo will visit at other eastern points. Children's Day will be observed Tuesday evening by the local camp of the Royal Xeighbors at the Hercben han's hall. Appropriate exercises, consisting of recitations, dialogues, instrumental and vocal music will be rendered by the children. Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Luchinger re-turnt-d Tuesday frost Milwaukee. Wisconsin where Mr. Lachinger was been attending the National conven tion of the Swiss Grentli society which was in session last week at tnat place. Before returning hone they visited relatives at Montcello and Monroe. John Branigan has installed a new vulvanizing apparatus in his garage. so that be is now prepared to take care of all troubles that may arise with automobile tires, both at home and those that might stop here while enroute through the city. Mr. Brani gan realizes that these improvements all go to make his place more up-to-date, and it is against bis nature to be at the rear of any procession. Considerable surprise and no little regret was expressed at the meeting of Engine Company Xo. 1, ot the fire department last Monday evening, when Louis Maier tendered his resig nation as foreman of Hose Company Xo. 2. as well as a member ot the company and department. Mr. Maier gave his reason for his act that he has now served his time in the depart ment, and that the work interferred seriously with hia business. The i niwiy efectei Xete Nelson, to- fill the vacancy caused by Mr. Mater's resignation. The Platte county automobile asso ciation will hold another meeting at Platte Center on the evening of Sat urday. July 22. at which time it is expected a permanent organization will be effected. President Feaster has spent much time the past few days in touring over the country and stirring up an interest in the matter, and be is very sanguine in the belief that the Platte Center meeting will be a monster. About thirty motor ists have- already signified their in tention of going from here, and it is likely that as many more may de cide to go before the time comes. Considerable enthusiasm is reported from all the towns in the northern part of the county, as well aa from Leigh and Xewman Grove. There can be no question but that the associa tion will be aauccesa and become a power of good far every one who will make himself interested in it and its purposes. At the meeting of the city coun cil last Friday evening, estimates for the running expenses of the city for the next fiscal year were filed. The estimates provides for the raising of J24.065 for the genral fund. $600 for parks. $1,500 for maintaining the public library, $5,000 to pay far the combination chemical and hose wagon. $4,840 for the water works sinking fund and $9,410 to pay inter est and make deposits in sinking funds of various bonded Indebtedness of the city. These items foot up a total of $45,415. Bids were also opened for the material and laying of water mains extensions or ordered some time ago. Bids for the material were filed by eight different compan ies, the bid of the successful bidder being as follows: For four Inch pipe, $20.50 per ton; for six inch pipe, $23.15 per ton; special castings, $55 per ton. a total of $6,005.50 for the entire amount. The successful bid der for the placing of the extension Is to receive $13 each for six Inche valves. $10 each for four inch valves and $25 for each hydrant, an esti mated total for this item of $527; a grand total of $6,542.50. The contract for the material goes to the Ameri can Cast Iron Works, of Kansas City. Missouri, while J. M. Diefenbach is awarded the job of placing it. A reso lution was passed declaring that since there is now a balance of $?, 297.1a in the water works sinking fund, that $7,000 be set aside to take up seven of the bonds, at the next in terest paying date. A communication was read from the board of education in which it was stated that $2250 would be needed for the city schools for the next year. PILO relieves quickly It requires hut a few aiautes of your tiaeeack uav a tew application of Nyai's PUo and Ike persistent tor ture associated wiUi piles la baaisaed. There in oo aeed of your suaVrlBtf day in and dav out unable tu pefora your duties, uaafale to secure rest eitaer day or uiKbt oa account of 'tae Incessant pain Nyal's PUo affords tlwoMt instant r. lief, and if used perslsteaMV will in variably effect a cure. I relieves PUo la not aa experiment it oas proved its menu aud we are posutive it wtU do as represented. Fifty casts the hex. Besides tfood goods you get good treatment at our store. Always glad to nave people cone in and look arouiL woetber tney want to buy or not. We wait on you promptly, give you wbat you ask for but never teatte anyone to buy anytbing. AT DACK'S Gray's Joly Gleaa Simp Sale, July 8th to 22mL Israel Gluck is up from Omaha to day. Thomas Askew, ot Council Bluffs, was a Columbus visitor Sunday. Miss Catherine McGann, returned to her home in Albion Tuesday after a week's visit with Miss Francis Schilr. Mrs. Robert McCray and her sister, Mrs. J. B. Gilmore, of Grand Island, went to Platte Center yesterday for a visit with relatives. Mrs. P. A. Peterson entertained her brother, W. B. Miller, of Lindsay, Monday. Mr. Miller was enroute to his old home at Calmar, Iowa. , Porter Xest, Xo. 1107, Order of Owls, meets every Thursday evening in Hercbenhan's hall. H. W. Porter, president. C. J. Mason, secretary. The new addition to the Gottberg garage is now completed, and with it this house has become one of the largest automobile houses in this part of the state. J. EL Oiscbner has moved into the new garage recently built for him by L. W. Weaver on the lots at the cor ner of Fourteenth and Murray streets. Mr. Dischner has a very good location here and one of the finest places in the city. Manager O. H. Washburn of the Lyric is having the work on bis new building pusbed right along. The new building will stand on the lota formerly occupied by the Airdome. and will bave a seating capacity of about six hundred, and will be one of the best equipped little theaters in the state. Robert, the thirteen-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Miller ia a patient at St. Mary's hospital, where he sub mitted to an operation for appendi citis Monday morning. He had been visiting friends at Humphrey, and was taken sick while there, being brought back last week. He Ia re ported this morning to be resting easy. The board of supervisors met yes terday for a short session. Two of the matters to come up before them are the opening of the bids for print ing the ballots for the primary and general elections, and the considera tion of the matter of the proposed new bridge across the Loup river near Monroe. John Gibbon and L. Franklin, representing the Monroe Commercial club, appeared before the board yesterday afternoon. No action haa been taken aa yet. but those who are interested seem to have no doubt but that the bridge will be built with in a short time. JULY I, TIE IE SYSTEM Try a few Shares in the Cokanbas Land, Loan Association Becher, Hockenberger k Chambers ommmmumm