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". -.vrW . . . Colttmbus ribtttte-3attrmL dF v- -?-j - C- Volume 42 Columbus, Nebraska, September 6, 1911 Number S3 ! i ' lr s & rCost of Guarantee of Deposits The cost to the State Banks for the De positors Guarantee Fund is very great. The protection afforded, costs you noth ing. Secure this protection by depos iting your money with this Bank. Columbus Will Jenkinson. of Monroe, was a Columbus visitor Friday. Mrs. William Rosso is spending the week with friends in Spnulding. Miss iMaggie Frischolz is .spending the week with friends at Humphrey. Miss Frances .Merz went to Lindsay Friday to spend a week with friend.-. Ralph Fuerst of Madison, spent Fri day at the home of his brother Otto Fuerst. Miss Stella Matzen went to David City Saturday for a brief visit with friends. Miss Marie Zinnecker, of Omaha, Spent Thurday and Friday in this city visiting relatives. Fred IMath left Friday for a vacation trip of a week. He will visit Denver and other Coloado points. Miss Hulda IMath retimed Friday from a two week's visit with her sister Mrs. Hoy Carter at Norfolk. Mrs Homer Robinson and daughter Stella returned Friday from a month's stay at Colorado Sitings Colorado Mrs. D. T. Martin and sister Mrs. Hulst left Thursday for Chicago where they will be guests of Mrs. Rhodes. LittlejHelen and Eleanor Lindherry. of Omaha, arrived Friday for a viryt of several days with friends in thecTty. Miss Anna Merz returned Saturday: from Fremont, where she had been ' the guest of friends for the pa.t two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Matzen. of Leigh spent Friday at the home of Mr. Mat zen 's parents Mr. and Mrs. T. K Matzen. Mrs. Carl Rhode and nephew Will Mack, left Friday for Dubuque. Iowa, where Will will attend school the coining year. Miss Frnestina Rohde is expected home the last of the week from Atkin son. Kansas, where he has been visit ing relatives. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Gray and daughter Miss Geraldme returned Fri day from a month's outing at Colorado Springs, Colorado. Mrs. Anna Riekert and daughters returneed Wednesday evening from a visit of three months at the home of Mrs. Rickert's parents at Areola, Ill inois. Misses Florence ami Mona Rossiter. of Omaha, spent the week-end with Miss Gladys Vath. Friday afternoon Miss Vath entertained a few friends in honor of her guests. Mrs. William Lohr and Mrs. Will iam Clark and little son went to Omaha Monday to spend a few days with friends Before returning home Mrs Clark will visit relatives at Stromsburg. Miss Lucetia Miller, of Lincoln spant several days last week with Miss Margaret Willard. Miss Miller taught music in this city for several years, but recently moved to Lincoln taking up the same work there. 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 Co. J State Bank Carl Rhode made a business trip to Lincoln Saturday. Will RIoedorn went to Lincoln to day to attend the fair. Arthur Wilson spent Saturday and Sunday with the home folks. Miss Reebe, of Belgrade, spent Mon day at the home of William Lohr. .1. S. Rosserman will spend Thurs day in Lincoln attending the fair. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Kummer went to Lincoln today to attend the state fair. Mrs. Wm. Basse and little son, of Madison, spent the week-end at the Otto' Fuerst home. Hans Krenti, of Granu sland, has been a guest this week at the home of Theodore Moersen. Herman Zinnecker and Foster Bal lou, of Osceola, spent Sunday with relatives in this city. Misses Helen Brugger and Esther Lubker spent Mouday with Mrs. Will iam F.rnst. at Duncan. Carl and Frank Rohde and Fred Babcock. are spending this week in Lincoln attending the state fair. Miss Anna Gass returned Sunday from Shell Creek, where she had been a guest at the home of Adam Schmidt. Mrs. Edwin Keating and son, who have been visiting Columbus relatives returned to their home in Fremont to day. Miss Margaret Leach, who has been the guest of Miss Helen McAllister re turner, to her home in Fullerton Sat uroay. M. Brugger is entertaining his two brothers Andrew and Thedore Brug ger. of Protland Oregon, who arrived today. Misses Amy and Olive Mahood went to Monroe the first of the week. They will teach in that vicinity the coming year. Miss. Fannie Britell. who has been visiting Colun.bus friends for the past two weeks will return to her home in Wayne Friday. Miss Amelia Getts, who has been visiting relatives here for several weeks, will leave Saturday for her home in O'Neil. G rover Long returned the first of the week from Ord. where he had been spending his two weeks vacation with his parents. Mrs. Mable Swift returned Wednes day from Memphis, Missouri, where she has been spending the summer with her parents. Mrs. Martin Schilz and children, of Platte Center, arrived the first of the week for a ten days visit at the home ! of William Schilz. Miss Pile, who has been the guest of her sister, Mrs. C. L. Dickey, re turned to her home in Council Bluffs the first of the week. Mrs. F. H. Rusche and son Carl left Saturday morning for Omaha, where they will spend a few days visiting friends, then going to Lincoln before returning home. Mrs. Brown, who has been visiting at the home of her son, E. G. Brown, left the first of the week for Omaha where she will visit a daughter before returning to her home. R. J. Louden, of Humphrey, is in the city today, having come down to visit his sister, Mrs. I. L. Huffman, of Newman Grove, who submitted to a serious operation a week ago. He rejtorts that his sister is recovering nicely from the effects of the opera tion, and hopes that she will soon re cover her former good health. The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Con gregational church gave a farwell party for Mrs Dibble this afternoon at the home of Mrs. C. H. Dack. Mrs. Dibble will leave Friday for Lin coln, where she will visit for several weeks before going to her new home in Worthington, Minnesota. Rev. Dibble will preach his farewell ser mon Sunday morning and the last of next week will leave for his new home. prwH Bt jiaaaaaaaW WINTER IS COMING and along with it you will want COAL for your comfort. See us about it and you will have SOME MONEV LEFT after your coal is bought. Coal of all kinds for range, furnace or heater. T. B. Hord Grain Co. PHONF.S: Independent 20G Bell 18S Dr. and Mrs. Vallier went to Grand Island Tuesday to attend the marriage of the doctor's brother, Dr. Vallier, of Ord. After a few days visit at Grand Island they will continue tlieia trip to Missouri, where they will visit for several weeks. Matt Abts returned yesterday from his eastern trip, and insists that he came alone, despite the reports to the contrary that had been floating around town as to how he would come back and who would come with him. Matt is a good fellow alright, and has enough of a saving sense of humor to see the joke, althi ugh he swears he is abso lutely serious in denying the reports circulated. The public schools will open Monday September 10. The districts for the various grades will not be changed this year, but will remain the same as last year. All children who are five years of age, or wijl be five years of age by January 1 are eligible to eoter kindergarten September 11. All children of these ages south of the track will attend the Second Ward, and those north of the track the third ward schools. Columbus has been working under a new system of delivery since Mon day of this week, when all the grocery stores of the city stopped the task of delivering groceries to the homes of the citizens and M. H. Rathburn took it un for them. Mr. Rathburn has di vided the city into sections, or dis- J tricts, and placed a man in charge of each district. He has an entirely new equipment of wagons and mules, hav ing five rigs in tne city, although it is expected that four will be able to handle the work ordinarily, reserving the fifth team for Saturdays and rush days. A schedule of time has also been laid down, and if a customer wishes groceries on a certain delivery the order must be in in time to be filled, as the deliveries will be started on schedule time. About a hundred jteople representing nearly all of the business houses of the city undertook a booster trip Tues day of last week. The trip was taken under the auspices of the German Al liance, and the principal objects were to boost for the German picnic to be held here next Tuesday and also for the new court house. The first stop was made at Humphrey, where the patty remained for about an hour, after which they proceeded to Lindsay, where dinner was taken. After din ner they took their journey homeward, stopping at Corn lea, Tarnov and Platte Center, arriving home about supper time. The occasion was enlivened with music by the Columbus band, and addresses wera made at the vari ous stopping places by Messrs, G. W. Phillips, Carl Rohde, Charles Segelke, Louis Schwarz, Jerry Carrig, William O'Brien and W. M. Cornelius. An other similar excursion will be taken next Friday, the line to be taken to include Creston, Leigh and probably Schuyler and Richland. Next Tuesday is going to be a big day among the German population of Columbus and vicinity, when they as semble here to celebrate their Volks fest. Arrangements have been made for special trains to run here from Lincoln, and visitors are expected from a number of neighboring cities, particularly Omaha, Lincoln, Grand Island and Madison. A feature of the celebration will be a street parade, which will form at Orpheus hall at 2 o'clock, and march through the busi ness portion of the city, and thence to Kopetzky park, where the exercises will be held. The parade will be' headed by six mounted horsemen, who will be followed by the speakers, the city council, German Veterans Colum bus band. Land-wehr-verein, Sons of Hermann, Gruetli, Maennerchor and Orpheus societies, floats and auto mobiles. It is possible that the fire department may also be represented in j the parade. The program at the park J is to consist of a number of selections ' of music and addresses, after which the crowd will proceed to enjoy them- i selves in the various methods which ' will be provided for them. ' Humphrey Marshal Ordered Out. The village of Humphrey and its board of trustees came in for a round in the office of Governor Aldrich last Friday, when the trustees were sum moned to appear and show cause why each and all of them should not be turned out of their official positions because of their alleged failure to enforce the laws at the time of the tournament and carnival last July. Considerable testimony, much of it evidently more or less contradictory, was introduced in the evidence. At the close of the taking of testimony, both sides said they had no arguments to ofTer, and the governor rendered his decision, as follows: "In this matter of the charge of nonenforcement of the law and law lessness, " said the governor, "it is plain that the only legally appointed police officer during the carnival was Frank Echolt, village marshal. The special policemen chosen by the vol unteer fire department were not legal ly selected and had no authority to make arrests. The village board was careless in permitting the town to be policed without authority from it. While the board was negligent, it comprises good men, some far above the average, and they say they acted in good faith. The evidence to my mind shows that the marshal is abso lutely disqualified to hold the posi tion he holds. His conduct on the witness stand, his brazen denial of statement he is alleged to have made before Father Florence, the parish priest, who would have no motive to tell untruth, his denial of the word of others, makes me think he is disquali fied. I believe the statement of the men's stories of the conditions describ ed by the marshal to them and if this were a criminal case I would say the marshal told an untruth, to put, it mildly. "Members of the board say they did not see any violations of the law but they were in their stores most of the time and looked about them only when going home or walking up the streets. Debauchery was undoubted ly going on during the carnival and the marshal did nothing to stop It. If he is not discharged 1 shall direct ouster procedings against him in the supreme court. The attempted assault upon Dr. Cndoon by the marshal was entire ly uncalled for, no difference how much provocation he had. The time has passed when disputes in civilized communities are settled in that way. The town of Humphrey has had a good name and the only way any community can miantian a good name is to enforce laws against lawlessness. There was some testimony to show that the sa loons were open there on Sundays three or four years ago, but that the practice was stopped by the village board after a complaint had been filed." School supplies 5 and 10 Cent Store. Mrs. P. H. Echols will entertain the Alpha kensington club Thursday aft ernoonjat her home. TheSanchouci club will give a char it)' social, at Herchenhan's hall, this afternoon and evening for the benefit of a poor widow and her large family. Members of the local nest of Owls and their families and a few invited friends enjoyed themselves at a picnic at Stevens' lake Sunday, about a hundred people being present. The daj' was spent in games and visiting, and a big picnic dinner was served at noon. Cross Eyes Straightened Without an Operation! Cross eye is nothing more or less than misplaced or strain ed eye muscles. By relieving the muscle strain the eyes soon resume their normal position. This is especially true in young folks. In the grownups it takes longer, but as long as vision remains in the deviating eye, there is a chance. I have made the straightening of cross eyes a specialty and the number of cases I have cured will amply bear mt my statement that no operation is necessary. Ed. J. Niewohner Jeweler aid Optometrist BEST COAL Lowest Prices Rock Springs, Maitland, Canyon City, Hanna, Pennsylvania Hard Coal, Semi-Anthracite, All kinds Steam and Fur nace, Franklin County, Illinois, Coal. Satisfaction Guaranteed Geo. A. Hoagland Professor E. J. Huntemer, who held the position of manual trainingfire department to be the guests of the teacher in the Columbus a few years ago, was married last Saturday to Miss Claire Moran, of Wayne, at her home in that .city. Mr. Huntemer is now instructor in manual training at the state normal school at Wayne, where the young people will make their home. Mrs. H. B. Robinson and daughter Stelle returned Sunday evening from a visit of several of weeks at Colorado Springs, Colorauo. They had the mis fortune to be on the train whose rear coaches were derailed at Kersey, Colo rado. They were badly shaken up as they were in the last car, but suffered no injuries and arrived home on sched ule time. Platte county now has another new state bank, located at Tarnov, ac cording to articles of incorporation field last week. The incorporators are Peter J. Ternus, G. H. Gray, J. W. Hutchinson and George P. Bissell. Until recently, Mr. Ternus has been cashier of a bank in Humphrey while the other gentlemen are residents of Central City. The new bank is in eorporatd for $10,000. The Tribune Printing Company clostd a contract with the Carpenter Paper Company, of Omaha, last week by which the local firm becomes man ufacturers of sales books for the later. The Carpenter company has thirty eight men on the road, covering prac tically all the territory west of the Mississippi and it is expected that the contract entered into last week will make quite a difference in the busi ness at this plant. Mr. and Mrs. Milton Bower, accom panied by Mrs. Bower's cousin, Fred Whittmore, of Omaha and Messts. Bii. ney and Umland, of this city, came out from Omaha Monday evening with Mr. Bower's new touring car. The machine is a Lexington, five passen ger and forty horse power. Mr. Bow er says that 'the railway proposition1 is a wornout joke with him and hence forth he will make his territory in the most approved fashion, via auto. W. J. Roberts, of Lindsay, was in the city Saturday on his way home from Sterling, Colorado, where he had been looking up a location. The many irienus oi Air. Kooerts win De glad to know that the divorce pro ceeding started against him by his wife a few weeks ago, has been with drawn, and that everything is ami cable now in the Roberts household. The family expects to move to Ster ling. Colorado, shortly, where Mr. Roberts will locate in his profession of musical instructor. Mrs. F. O. Judkins, of Fullerton, and Buss Helen Wise, of Denver, ar city Tuesday rived from the latter morning and visited during the day with Mrs. Judkins' son, M. S. Binney, before leaving for Fullerton Shortly after their arrival in the city a tele gram was received saying that two hours after their departure from Den-' ver, Mrs. Judkins' brother had died. Mr. and Mrs. Judkins will- arrive to morrow and will accompany the body to the family burial place at Shenan doah, Iowa. M.ss Wise will spend the coming week as the guest of her cousin, M. s. Kinney, in wis city. The Humphrey Democrat of last week contained an account of the death of the Rev. George Meyer, w which took place at his old home in Osnabrook, Germany, August 16. Father Meyer was a brother of Theo dore Meyer, of this ciy, and was well known to many people in the vicinity of Humphrey. A peculiar coincident of the case was the fact that Joseph Meyer, his nephew, died here the next morning following the demise of his uncle, and had been making arrange ments to go to Germany for a visit. Father Meyer was buried in the ceme tery near the church where he receiv ed his first religious training, and where he received the inspiration to devote his life to the cause of his church. Labor Day la Cohmbva. Perhaps there has never been a more enjoyable celebration held in the city than that of last Monday, when labor took a rest and the city fire de partment' entertained the citizens at the anual firemen's day demonstration. For several years while the large la bor centrals were paying tribute to la bor, the Columbus fire debpartment has taken the day in hand as one of their very own, inviting all local or ganizations to take part with them. For some reasor the carpenters' union did not participate in the celebration this year. The program was carried out exact ly as advertised with the exception of the carpenters' union race, which, as they were not represented, was turned over to the painters. Prior to a short program, a parade. consisting of the city band, the mayor and city council and speakers, the painters' union and the fire depart ment had marched through the princi pal streets of the city, the line of march commencing at the city hall and ending at Frankfort park. Here the literary program was carried out. Mayor Held delivered an address of welcome to the labor unions and the city for the day. John C. Cleland of Fremont, one of the veteran firemen of the state, and I one of the founders of the state fire men's association, and its first presi dent, was introduced to speak for the firemen. He gave a brief history of the state association, told of some of his early experiennces when he first knew Columbus, some forty years ago, and of the growth of this city toge ther with the neighboring cities, and complimented our officials on equipp ing the department with efficient fire fighting aparatus. Judge William O'Brien addressed the labor unions, calling attention to the fact Labor is one of the three great cardinal fibers of our social and econ omic system, the others being land and capital. He declared that withall the statesmanship of the nation, we were still apparently, as far from a solu tion of our economic problems as ever. Following the program at the park, the sport program was taken up. The following is a detailed account of this part of the exercises. 1. Boys' foot race, twelve years and under: First, balTpad, F. H. Rudat Co., Rex Kuntzleman; second, catch ers' mit, D. H. Gipe, Earl Colton; third, pocket knife. Rothleitner&Co., Joe Berne v; fourth, pocket knife, Boyd & Ragatz, Clarence Newman; fifth, cash 50 cents, G. W. Viergutz & Co., divided between two boys. 2. Boys foot race, fifteen years and under; first catchers' mit, H. A. Phillipps Co., Arthur Thomas; second pocket knife, Gray's hardware depart ment, Charles Schutt; third, watch chain, Carl Froemel, Chester Clark ; fourth merchandise one dollar, F. W. Herrick, Louis Gutzmer; fifth, one dollar tickets. North theater, Ray mond Thompson; sixth, one whip, H. G. Person, Bert Rector. 3. Girls' egg and spoon race, under fifteen years; first, hat, two dollars, H. H. Stires, Helen Hewitt; second, bracelet, A. Brodfuehrer, Elsie Kent; third, one pound candy, Pollock & Co., Ida Deitz; fourth, one pound candy, Speice & Bower, Gertrude Kuehnel; fifth, scarf, Wood Smith, JTora Hock enberger; sixth, one vase, F. K. Strother, Hazel Tschudy. 4. Ladies' nail driving contest : first, merchandise, four dollars, Gray Mer cantile Co., Mary Bock; second, hand bag. Purity Drug Store, Mrs. A. J. Mason; third, six pieces music, W. M. Fontein, Mrs. J. T. Christ; fourth, bottle perfume, Chas. H. Dack, Mrs. J. E. Bartholomew; fifth, two pound box candy, Wm. Poesch, Mrs. Mary E. Smith; sixth, one pound box candy, J. E. Whitcomb, Mrs. Ray mond Haney. 5. Ladies' footrace: first, $4.00 box candy, Columbus Candy Kitchen, Ruth Christ; second, 12 pieces music, R. W. Saley, Mrs. A. J. Mason; third, bottle perfume, Carl Hinching, Mrs. Alert Fish; fourth, petticoat, Chicago Store, Mrs. Raymond Haney; fifth, petticoat, David Helphand, Mrs. Mary Bock; sixth, merchandise one dollar, Mrs. LaBook, Mrs. R. H. Miller; seventh, pair house slippers, Willi am Schilz, Mrs. J. E. Bartholomew. 6. Firemen's foot race: first, rocker, Henry Gass, Chas. Hirschbruner; sec ond, pair $3.00 shoes, J. H. Galley, Roy Rector; third, $3.00 hat A. M. Gray, Motto Mowery; fourth, pair $2. 00 dress gloves, Gerharz-Flynn Co., C. E. Shaw; fifth, box cigars, Wm. Bucher, Ed. Branigan; sixth, stein, E. J. Niewohner, J. F. Brewer; sev enth, $1.50 merchandise, E. A. Harms Louis Lohr; eighth, Rhode Island Red rooster, J. E Fullmer, A C Boone, 7. Officers' race, fire department: first, one ham, Otto Merz, C E Shaw; second, $1.50 merchandise, S. E. Mar ty & Co, Ferd Brewer; third, $1.50 merchandise, G. A. Plath, A. T. Mitchell; fourth, sack flour, Columbus Roller Mills, Guy M. Matson; fifth, sack flour, Elevator Roller Mills, A. D. Jenson; sixth fifty cents bread, C. C. Jones, A. C. Boone; seventh, pail grease, Louis Lutjeharms, E. R. Lau ner. 8. Men's free for all race, 50 yards : first, wire stretcher, Joe Miller, E. B. P. S. Barn and Roof Paint Is made from the highest grade metallic pigments that can be secured ground exceedingly fine in pure linseed oil, and the neces sary japan. Hand-mixed dry Ve netian Red. "Ironclad" Paint and ordinary barn paints (made of low-grade materials) receive prac tically no grinding, and are neces sarily coarse and gritty. This coarse mixture is so hard to apply that a painter will wear out a good brush in attemptingto spread it properly. Furthermore, three gallons of such mixture will not cover as well, or -go as far, as two gallons of B. P. S. Barn and Roof Paint, nor wear nearly as long. At G. Dickenson; second, box cigars. Theodore MoersenFloyd Drake; fourth. whip, F. H. Rusche, B. W. Miller; fifth , whip, E. H. Reed, R. E Chad wick; sixth, whip, L. W. Weaver & son, Gerge H. Wonnacott. 9. Firemen's relay race: first, three boxes cigars, P. B. Derrington, Wm. Kurt, Jacob Wass, Pioneer Hook and Ladder Company; second, two boxes cigars, M. F. Bitner and Barkalow Bros., Bissell Hose Company; third, two boxes cigars, H. Herchenhan and C. Wunderlich, Engine Company No. 1. 10. Carpenters' union race: first, hal. ton Illinois coal, T. B. Hord grain Co., R. E. Chad wick; second, case canned peaches, H. W. Abts Co., Ho mer Guiles; third, block plane, Johan nes & Krumland, G. H. Grub; fourth, sack flour Echols & Kumpf, A. Nord lund. 11. Painter's union raDe: first, half ton coal, Carl Kramer, Homer Guiles; second, stepladder, Geo. A. Hoagland, R. E. Chadwick; third,, 3 pounds coffee, Columbus Mercantile Co., G. H. Grubb; fourth, sack "Schmidt's Patent" flour, E. N. Waide, A. Nord land. 12. Ladder climing contest: first, 10 pounds butter, Columbus Cream Co., Chas. Hirschbruner; second, gentleman's umbrella, Frischolz Bros.. Roy Rector; third, box cigars, W. L. Boettcher, Ed. Branigan; fourth, box cigars, Chas. Sturek, J. F. Brewer; fifth, whip, W. J. Voss, Henry Albers; sixth, pair wooden shoes, C. A. Lutz, W. F. Lohse. 13. Tug of war:, first, three boxes cigars, H. . ttrodfeuhrer, C. Shan non, fred bchultz, Pioneer Hook and Ladder Co., and Bissel Hose Co. ; sec ond Engine Co. No. 1., two boxes cigars, E. Gutzwiller and W. E. Ea hart. 14. Hose coupling exhibition by R. H. Miller for one box of cigars, don ated by Raymond Haney. 15. Water fight, fifteen minutes to a draw between Carl Seipp and Walter Giger and Frank Pfeifer and Charles Hirschbruner. $15 divided between the four participants. The following cash contributions were received: $2.00 Columbus Light Heat and Power Co. ; $1.00 each from Columbus State Bank, Becher Hocken berger and Chambers, First National Bank Commercial National Bank Ger man National Bank, Dussel and son, John M. Schroeder, Tribune Printing Co., Elliott-Speice-EcholsCo., Nichols and Graves, L. A. Gates, Ryan & Byrnes, Baker Ice Co., Buschman and Neator, J. M. Janing, R. S. Palmer, Winslow & Holden, E. H. Tiffany, and Karr-Newlon Co. ; Fifty cents, G. W. Viergutz & Co. Three boxes of cigars were donated to the department by Vogel and Mos chenross. A, J, Schaaf and Sam Gass Sr., and two boxes to the city band by W. J. Wass and W. A. Green. A pocket book by L. H. Leavy, dress shirts by H. F. Greiner and S. Bordy and a whip by A. Klug remain ed uncalled for for the reason that there were more prizes than entries in events they had been placed. An opportunity to get a farm near Columbus Buy the w. y. MASON Farm while you have the chance. Becher, Hockenberger & Chambers s i. Smmlmm