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The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-09-02

known that the railway was to build
a bridge which would take the bust
ness away from this town and allow
the building of a new city where the
river was spanned.
Appropriately the new town became
known as Mobridge and 1t Is to-day
what Evarts was several years ago. .
fiourishing, hustling little burg with
everything ahead of its Inhabitants.
and whatever their past may have
been. is forgotten.
While Glenham received many OF
the Evarts people with open arms. the
greater majority went to Nobridge.
for they declared they saw greater
possibilities there because business
could be more easily transferred from
Evarts to Mobridge.
So If you should happen to be In
the vicinity of Mobridge. ask the post
master, the man at the wharf, the sta
ton agent at the depot or almost any
body the road to where Evarts once
was and take jaunt down that way.
It's only a few miles south and wheE
you imagine what the little city once
was and what it is to-day, perhaps you
will be repaid for the stroll. Mo-
bridge is to-day typical little west
ern town where some one or other Is
continually erecting shack which he
and his family call home. Homes
spring up in the night and when their
owners grow tired Of them they are
either sold for fire-wood or some ono.
perhaps poorer, accepts them for .
small sum.
Western hospitality. tradition.
which Is told in fiction works and
which actually exists, is one Of the
first themes of Mobridge and tho
stranger. poor or wealthy, is just as
sure of welcome under Mobridge roofs
as he would be under his own. OF
course there are cattle rustlers in
that part of South Dakota, but thanks
to real western COW tactics, they are
few. Vigilance committees have made
stealing cattle such hazardous
method of ekeing out a living that few
care to risk their health In that man.
n0r
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-09-02

which the west produces moving east
in the direction of Aberdeen, you
would have seen a bluecoated minion
of the law stalking along the passen-
ger depot squirting tobacco juice at
the station agents dog. but to-day
even the dog is missing from the
scenery thereabouts.
Moving day started several months
ago and the freight train conductor.
leaving with the last load of live cat.
tie which was to pass out of this
typical American city, was almost
moved to tears as he stood on the
rear platform of his caboose when the
train reached rise in the plain and
looked back upon the town which had
been his "hang-out" since he entered
the employment of the road.
The writer, making a quick trip
from Evarts to Aberdeen, was loung-
ing in the caboose. The sight became
unbearable to the railroad man and
he re-entered the trainman's apart
ments. I've seen that there burg grow
up from the time when ole Jess Atkins
lived in a shanty down by the river
just south O. town and owned six head
O. cattle. There warn't no spur from
Aberdeen then" he soliloquized. but
Jess used to drive his cows across the
prairie to where the river jines the
Moreau and there they'd ferry the hull
outfit across for couple O. dollars.
Then he'd have a nice long ride to
Aberdeen.
"Once when Jess wife and darters
came down to live with him, the ole
man was ketched by some rustlers
from up north and they stole his
pony, COWS and money. Jess had to
hoof 1t back to his shack. Well.
sence tibet time I'd be s'prised how
the place has growed. was on q river
sidewheeler then. l was the pilot
Well, pretty soon Evarts was doomed
and all US young cubs got the fever
to stake OF bit o land and set up in
some kind O. bizness. We didn't care
much what and We didn't know what
it'd turn out to be when we staked.
well. finally 1 accepted a loocra-
tive job as brake on this line and five
years ago got permoted to con-
ductor. l amt goin' to suffer, whom
soever. as they've give me a job dom
tn same thing from Cakes to Aber-
deem when l get through with this
trip"
And the conductor is not TO-
through the western air and in every
home in Evarts when it became
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-09-02

bridge, received most of the Evarts
people. When everybody had left, the
railroad tore down it's depot, great
gangs of men jerked the tracks from
their cedar ties and the short line
from Aberdeen was a thing Of the
past.
Across the barren plains between
Aberdeen and Evarts millions upon
millions Of cattle of every description
had been carted in great long freight
cars to be eventually disposed Of in
Chicago. Milwaukee, st. Louis, New
York, Buffalo and in fact all of the
big eastern marts of trade. On August
1, 1908, came the Official ending of the
town. All its books were closed on
that date; its employees were officially
dismissed then and their salaries to
that time were paid them, although
most Of the public officials and their
families had left Evarts several weeks,
some of them months before.
The casual observer, perhaps in a
launch may 60 up to the landing at
tAC SChtCA VI LILO eS"A oAN SASAS SAS
his craft for q tour of inspection, but
his efforts to unearth the mysterious
about what was once Evarts will be
fruitless, for everything of any value
whatsoever has been carried away
and scarcely a stick of wood was left
by the economical natives, who now
call themselves citizens Of other
South Dakota villages.
Scores of towns have suffered the
same experience which befell Evarts,
but the latter's passage to oblivion
was Serhaps more sudden, more spec
tacular and more regretted than any
which have got into the public prints
In a decade or more.
If you had happened" into Evarts
two years ago and then dropped few
days ago you would pinch yourself
twice to see If you were awake. This
by reason of the contrast. Two years
ago you would have seen roughly clad
cattlemen hurrying hither and thither,
engines putting along the sidetracks.
trainloads Of some Of the best cattle
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-09-02
Effect Of Sun Baths.

The taking Of sun baths is one Of
the most healthful things in the
world" said Evan T. Roberts, of Gin
cinnati. Several years ago 1 visited
Germany, and while there was taken
down with nervous prostration.
called in the best specialists of Ber-
lin. They told me needed more ex-
ercise. more fresh air and more sun
light. The first thing they made me
do was to take sun baths. stripped
and would 60 out in the yard every
morning and lay for 40 minutes in the
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-09-02
Money in Apple Orchards.

Tasmania has long been known A.
the apple land of the south, but few at
home have any real idea Of the money
that can be made. and is being made,
out Of apple growing in that island.
Last year, for instance, there were
many small orchards in the south
which returned as much as 1000 bush
els to the acre, and one owner of four
acres. who picked over 1000 bushels
Of marketable fruit, which he sold at
four shillings bushel, reaped a gross
return of $500. As his expenses at
the outside would not be more than
f100. his profit an acre worked out
at something like Els. OF course,
this was an extreme case, but Or
chards of 20 acres and upward aver
aged full 500 bushels an acre, and
yielded a clear net profit of quite
FL. 500 in each case The area actu-
ally planted at the present time In do
nestle and commercial orchards is
about 10000 acres, and upward of half
a million cases of apples were ex-
ported to this country last year-Bri-
tannia.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-09-02

in the nOrth-central part OF South Da-
kota. was no exception to the rule in
its early life, but to-day if you should
happen to paddle up the Missouri past
where the waters of the Moreau enter,
the first thought that would enter
your mind when you struck the former
site of Evarts. would be that a cyclone
had wiped out the place.
However, such is not the case.
Evarts is now only western plain
and this by it's own volition. Only a
few weeks ago Evarts was the big
gest cattle-shipping center of the
United States. To-day there is no
Evarts. There is not even q railroad
track; the big shipping depot has
been torn down, here and there a
splinter left when the buildings were
taken away, tells the tale of q once
fourishing city.
And the whole reason for the people
of Evarts getting out of their chosen
town was because the railroad wanted
to find suitable spot on the Missouri
river to build a bridge. The railway
officials were extending their line to
the coast and the worst obstacle in the
path of the. gigantic enterprise was
to find a place to hang the bridge
Eventually the engineers settled upon
. site several miles north of Evarts
and at that point a flourishing town,
Known IS Mobridge sprang up Evarts
people were offered any site for their
town that they might select along the
extension.
Then the exodus began. Husky cat
tlemen hitched horses and oxen to
their houses and barns. some tore the
edifices down, and they were hauled
across the prairie, much like the
schooners Of '49 fame. Glenham and
Mobrfdge, the latter's name being a
contraction Of the words Missouri
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-09-02
Rushing Things.

almost fractured my skull.
Murilla-How?
Estelle| agreed to give him a kiss
for every shooting-stRr l saw, and as
they were scarce he gave me a whack
on the head that made messee about a
million.-Half Holiday.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-09-02
Hourglasses for PuLpits.

The Commute sermon is a purely
modern invention. as is proved by the
number of pulpit hourglasses that
are still to be found in many old
churches. In the register Of St Cath
crimes. Aldgate, the following entry.
dated 1864, occurs: Paid for an hour
glass that hanged by the pulpit, where
the preacher doth make a sermon.
that he may know how the hour pass
eth away, one shilling" A modern
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-09-02

"Some years ago ny three little
girls had a very bad form Of eczema
Itching eruptions formed On the backs
of their heads which were simply COW
cred. tried almost everything, but
failed. Then my mother recommended
the Cuticura Remedies. washed my
children's heads with Cuticura Soap
and then applied the woaderful ONT
ment, Cuticura. did this four or five
times and I can say that they have
been entirely cured. I have another
baby who is so plump that the folds Of
skin on his neck were broken and even
bled. I used Cuticura Soap and Cuti-
cura Ointment and the next morning
the trouble had disappeared. Nine.
Napoleon Duceppe. Al Duluth St.
Montreal, Que, May q. 1897"
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-09-02
What IS Pe-ru-na.

Are W claiming too much for PeYuno
whom We claim it 70 b IN effective
remedy for chronic catarThf Have We
abundant proof that Peruns II In Yeal-
ity such catarrh remedyf Let N SEQ
what the United States Dispensst0ry
says Of the principal ingredients Of
perunA>>
Taxi 1or instance, the ingredient
hydrastis canaaensis. or golden seal.
The United States Dispensatory says
Of this herbal remedy, that Il u largely
employed in the treatment Of depraved
mucous membranes lining various
organs Of the human body.
Another ingredient Of Peruns, cory
dalis formosa, is classed in tho United
States Dispensatory a touic.
Cedron seeds 10 another ingredient Of
Peruna. The United States Dispense
tory says Of the action 81 cedron that
It il used n . bitter tonic and In tho
treatment Of dysentery, and in inter-
mittent diseases - Q substitute for
quinine.
Send to Us for . free book Of testi-
monials Of what the people think Of Pc
runa rs o catarrh remedy. The best
evidence is the testimony Of those who
have tried 1t.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-09-02

broiling sun. 1t was not SO hot, but
felt so to me, as ! was unprotected
Well. sir, in a few days began to feel
better. In three weeks l was pro-
nounced a well man. The sun baths
certainly did the trick for me-"
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-09-02
Heard In the Rain.

Seeing the sun shining through the
rain a Georgia youngster said to
Brother Dickey:
is the devil beating his wife be-
hind the door,"
Il dunno, honey" said the old man.
Hits my opinion dat eff de devil got
a wife he amt sayin' a word ter no
body!"-Atlanta Constitution.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-09-02
No Thirst in Munich.

Munich. with a population of over
$4,000, has, on an average. one es-
Enlistment for the sale of LIQUID re-
freshments to each 319 persons, ex-
elusive of the floating population.
which b large one.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-09-02

pulpit glass-probably the only one
Of its kinds to be found in the
Chapel Royal. Savoy. It is an 1S-min-
ute glass, and was placed In the
chapel on its restoration in 1867
Westminster Gazette.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-09-02
aasehall 1oehnicalitY.

A few weeks ago some boys Wer0
playing ball in an apartment house
yard. A colored waiter came out OF
the kitchen and In a very crsss man
ner told them to STOP right away.
One boy, who had gone 70 get a drink
came back and found the others max
ing ready to leave; he asked WONDER
inely, What is the matter?" and an
other one calmly answered. the game
was called OF ON account Of dark
moss
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-09-02

Smallest Human Bone.
The smallest bone in the human
body is contained in the drum of the
ear.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-09-02

Hong-kcng's Fine Harbor.
The Hong-Kong harbor has a water
area of ten miles. and is regarded as
ore of the finest in the world.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-09-02

MEXICAN towns and cities,
especially in the west, spring
up in a night and generally
they flourish and develop
with each year. Evarts, sit
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-09-02
CURED HER CHILDREN.

Girls Suffered with itching Eczema
Baby Had . Tender Skin, Too
Relied on Cuticura Remedies.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-09-02

When a rich man Is seriously III he
sees a lot of people standing around
waiting for his old shoes.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-09-02
WHAT DID JOHNNY MEANT

Johnny's Pa-See here. young man.
How do you expect to get on II you
never see things? You must look for
things-always keep looking as do.
JOhnny-Gee!
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-08

II YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
Behind every bottle of Blue Ribbon
Vanilla and Lemon. IL years of pop
ularity, and growing in favor every
day
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-08
Stories Of. q Streets and Town

girl. 4 believe you've said the same
thing to lots of girls. l know lots of
other men have made that Identical
remark TO me-"
You blast my hopes and my life
when Won talk So said the summer
Young man. i don't like to think of
any other mans telling you he adOred
YOU more than any one else ever did.
In the first place, he wouldn't be tell
ing you the truth. because he would
be leaving me out OF consideration.
Not knowing about my special brand
of affection, of course, he would be
innocent OF malicious pcevaTicatiOn:
still. the crime would be his. It would
worry me to think l had caused a fell
low man to tell an untruth. In the
second place. / don't see how you
could ~et we'll enough acquainted with
so many men that they could reach
the point OF declaring themselves.
Didn't you feel it in the air that
was on the way? Couldn't you nave
sat and waited for me-
Il see myself sitting and waiting
for any one" said the Pensacola girl
derisiveIy. Especially a man : didn't
know existed till this summer! But
go on. I like to hear you put words
together
The young summer man shifted the
position and sighed. That's all il is
to you, of course he said with gentle
sadness.
Fine" said the Pensacola girl.
| "OnIy you should be standing leaning
one elbow on a mantel while. l, sitting
in a low chair with my chin on one
hand. gaze into the electric light be-
hind red glass in the CRATE. Ny 9th
er hand and arm should be dragging
Imply across the arm of the chair
next the audience. That would express
the mental exhaustion and emotional
agony / was going through. MOUTnfUl
muted chords from the orchestra.
Sympathetic tears from tle audience
You haven't any heart" said the
summer young man, cOnversationally-
There may be a fOur-cylilder twenty
horsepower organ pumping blood
within your chest, but il isn't a heart.
don't know what il is. | don't care.
If ventured my private personal Opin-
ion | should say it was merely ma
chine for producing cement bricks or
steel Orders. Don't you like being
made love to-"
oh" said the Pensacola girl in the
tone of one suddenly enlightened so
that's it,"
Did you suppose I was reciting a
recipe for cold cream2" asked the
summer young man. bitterly. Il would
nave you understand that 7 have been
pouring out my passionate neart. and
this is all the thanks / get for it,
I'm just as serious as YOU are"
declared the Pensacola girl, amiably.
Anyhow, this is Tuesday and I'm in
variably serious on Tuesdays. What
ever l may do during the rest of the
week. just as sure as Tuesday comes
around I"
See here" broke in the summer
young man, stopping her swinging by
the process of grasping the hammock
fringe, "all joking aside"
Were you only joking?" asked the
Pensacola girl in heartbToken accents.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-08

HAS tlis been but a jest-and l so
young and-and trUsting?'
"BOshi" growied the summer young
man, settling back against the porch
pillar
There ensued a silence.
Aren't you going to -er-going to
make love to me any mOTe2" the Pen
sacola girl asked at last
What's the use!" growled the sum-
meT young man
You never can tell till you try" she
suggested
You'd never believe me If I said
things for twenty-four hours straight
he said. When I'm actually in earn
est-when II means so much"
Chin a tTi1e higher, eyelids drOOp-
ing" prompted the Pensacola girl in
an entirely friendly tone
The summer young man gritted his
teeth and stared at her hard She
looked back, calmly.
Il wish I knew" he remarked as
though to himself, whether or not you
mean what you don't say"
Just as much as you say what you
really mean abe said. sweetly-
Anyhow" said the summer young
man as he got TO his feet" I've two
weeks more vacation, and If in that
time I can't find out what we both
mean I'll jump of the earth
Go ahead" said the Pensacola girl,
with singular ambiguity.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-08
1t was long after midnight.

1t was long after midnight.
The North Hill man sat on his front
steps listening to the dismal hoWlS OF
restless canine
II was a hot night, AMI the North
Hill man. who had caught the last
special Saturday night car had drop
ped YEARLY down in front of the big
front door tc speculate on the proba-
bility of sleep. A long drawn howl
from the aforesaid canine had decided
him He would remain outside a
while and enjoy the night breeze, in
place of tossing reStleSSly about in
the hot bed room upstairs.
Awful racket" commented the big
policeman as he saunteTed up the
street.
Terrible" agreed the man on the
steps.
Those bowls are enough to raise
the dead
We'll I should say So
MAKE the cold shivers chase up
and down your spine"
They are fierce"
Wonder you don't make a com
plaint?"
WE'LL am just waiting"
MAY | ask what" but the inquisi-
tive copper got no further; one glare
from the man on the steps had
squelched him. He felt in fact that
he had carried the conversation a bit
too far.
After the North Hill man had men
tally made calculations as to the full
effect of the squelching process, he
cleared his throat deliberately, looked
full into the eye of the minion of
the law. Then he said:
IF you consider that the precise
purpose of my remaining out on my
particular dOOrsteps at night is any
affair of yours, you are badly mis-
taken.
eff I want to listen to all the dogs
in Pensacola howl until day break, it
is still none of your business.
II may not make a single complaint,
and still be on the safe side OF the
fence from representatives of the po-
lice force who talk too much.
However, for your express benefit
in the matter I'll explain. The truth
is, I'm waiting to find out if that is
my dog or my neighbors dog. If it is
my dog-wen, you know we all nave
to put up with UnseemIy noises these
hot nights. but If its my neighbor's
dog-blamed if | don't go out and
shoot him myself. /"
But the questioning copper was at
that moment rapidly beating it, up
the street, in the direction of safety
and the police station.
How many times have you said
that before?" severely inquired the
fluffy Pensacola girl who was spend
ing a week at the popular Bayshore
resort The Pensacola young man sit
ting at her feet on pile of pillows
looked up quizzically.
Never" he replied. cheerfuIly
"H'mi" commented the Pensacola
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-08
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MISUNDERSTANDING
AS TO RIGHT DATE

A number of merchants signed
petition last May to keep their
places of business closed from June
to October L, and while some OF
them are still keeping their places
closed, few of them remained open
last Friday afternoon. This is be-
lieved to be due to misunderstood
ing, and while il Is true that the
proposition was to keep closed on
Friday afternoons until October 1,
some of the merchants are under the
impression that the time limit was
Sept l. Those who remained closed
are very much concerned.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-08
". II. TRIMMER
"A YEARS OLD
odd Man" Remembers The
Journal on Happy O.
CdSIOn.

The Journal is just in receipt of the
following self-explanatory letter from
its old friend. VIM. H. Trimmer, Of
MoliIno, Florida:
74th Birthday.
Moline, Fla. Sept. Z, 1908
7 take the liberty of sending to the
editor of the daily Journal upon this,
the 74th year of my birth, the little
present of wine, trusting that you Will
drink TO the continued health of the
old man. God Almighty was indeed
richly blessed me with the most per
feet health and l pray daily 10 be
spared to see the completion of the
Panama Canal and PensacOla's pOpU-
latiOn $4,000
Respectfully,
VIM. H. TRIMMER
Also ear of corn sent by w. p.
Miller. a worthy citizen, as a cuTiOs-
ity grown in his field, and gathered
a day or two ago
TRIMMER
Neither the wine nor the ear of corn
has vet arrived, but the Journal begs
TO thank its old friend for his remem-
brance and to express the hope that
he may not only live 10 see the Pana-
ma Canal completed and PensacOla's
population $4,000, but that his now
more than three score and ten years
may be heightened until ne reaches
the centenary of a long and useful
life.