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The Columbus journal., 1908-10-28
change from the party that does things
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change from the party that does things
to the party that promises thingss
The Journal believes that the farm
ere of Platte county are men Of good
common sense; men who are unwilling
to vote for change simply for the
sake of q change. The lamentable
failure of the Democratic party for
the past fifty years ought to convince
you, farmers of Platte county, that
the defeat of Judge Taft next Tues
day would mean a decrease in the
price of every bushel of corn you raise;
a decrease in the price of every bushel
of wheat marketed, and less money
for hogs, cattle, butter and eggs. And
when such conditions are reached the
price of your land will decrease in
value. Past experience ought to con.
vince you that the Democratic party
is incapable of governing this country
intelligently and carry out the policies
of Theodore Roosevelt.
You have a grave responsibility
placed upon you next Tuesday. You
can vote to continue your present
prosperity, or you can vote to place at
the head of this government a theorist
and an experimentalist whose prophe-
sizes have proved false for the past
eighteen years and whose election to
the presidency, backed by Demo
cratic congress, would inflict upon the
country a period of commercial and
industrial depression and deprecated
values.
Be on the safe side and vote for
Taft and Sherman and the policies of
Theodore Roosevelt.
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-28

A lowering of land prices SO an
acre would amount to $3.50, 400, in
each township. One Taft vote in the
corn field on election day might lose a
precinct.
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-28

Nebraska farms and Nebraska farm
products are high priced now under
Republican rule. Bryan's election
would change this condition, for there
would be . period of doubt and un-
certainty during which industry would
lag and food prices and land prices
70 down.
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-28
FREE RURAL DELIVERY.

IAON<AA
The Democratic national platform
chargesthe present administration with
extravaganza. Mr.. Bryan was men,
Der of the Fifty-second Congress, and
Of that Congress Senator Gore said that
it exceeded the Republican one bill
lion dollar Congress by forty Millions"
and this in the teeth of the fact that it
was elected ION retrenchment and econ
omy, the free coinage of silver and the
repeal of the Mckinley law"
What we're the appropriations ofthe
sixtieth Congresss S1,OO8, 1904, 1874.
What would the Democrats curtail if
they were in power? The postofice
appropriations.
Approving the Panama canal and
favoring its speedy completion, uu-
mindful of the heroic efforts that Presi-
dent Roosevelt and William Howard
Taft have made to push the completion
of this colossal undertaking, unmind-
full Of the frightfal expense and the
Democratic discouragements that have
logged every step of its progress, the
Denver platform specifies the extra
vagance of the administration in add
ing 23,7S4 ofiiceholders, at an expense
of $751; 56,OOO, in the past six years of
Republican administration.
It was unkind of the Denver plat
form writer's to make such q general
statement. Had they gone further in
to details, the American farmer would
have been grateful for the facts. A
very casual investigation would have
shown that six years ago this country
had only 8,466 rural routes. Today
it has 1920, serving sixteen million
farmers. That means over thirty
thousand increase of office holders in
six years right there. Shall Congress
curtail that expense? The expense of
the postcffice department alone has in
creased over seventy million dollars in
five years.
1t has been said that Mr.. Cowherd,
when he was in Congress, introduced
the bill establishing the free rural de-
livery. He did not. In 1890, when
John Wanamaker was postmaster gen.
eral under President Harrison, he was
instrumental in establishing what was
known as the Village service deliv-
cry" giving free delivery to all towns
of less than ten thousand inhabitants
that previously had not enjoyed such
delivery. With the election of Mr..
Cleveland and q Democratic Congress,
of which Mr.. Bryan was a member,
that system was abolished. Its abol-
ishment aroused the people in the ru-
raj districts and Congressman Sperry
Of Connecticut, Republican fled petit.
ton after petition from the village
folk and farmers of his district asking
for the extension of free delivery. By
1897 eighty-three of such routes had
been established. In 1900 the coun.
try had ZIG. By 1902 it had 1901.
The next year it doubled, and the fol-
lowing year it doubled again. By
1903, the nation had 1919, and by
1905 the number was doubled again.
Certainly President Roosevelt has
given the farmers their share of the
of6ceholders. And it would be we'll
for the farmer to ask, will the Demo-
Gratis curtail the rural delivery if they
are given the power q they curtailed
the village delivery when they had the
J powers-St. Joseph Gazette.
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-28
DEMOCRATIC DUPLICITY.

Mr.. Bryan, in his speeches, and
nearly all the men who are on the
stump for him, have attempted to
prejudice the minds of voters against
Judge Taft by abiding to him as the
of the corporations and men
of great wealth, and in the face of the
Haskell exposure and the fact that the
Clarks, Belmonts, Crockers and a
score or more Of other men, whose
wealth ranges from ten to one hundred
millions of dollars, have contributed
to the Bryan campaign fund, the Dem
ocratic candidate and his spellbinders
continue to charge the Republican
with being the representa-.
tive of special interests. The fact of
the matter is Judge Taft, as the heir
to the Roosevelt policies, is opposed
by the interests which the Democrats
insist are supporting him. Only last
week IN attempt was made by the
head officials of the Burlington rail-
way to induce their employees to vote
for Bryan. Other allied interests are
also using their influence in favor of
the Democratic candidate. In. the
eastern states Democratic speakers are
promising laboring men that the duty
on Canadian -four, meat, butter and
eggs will be removed and these pro.
ducts admitted free of duty, thus
cheapening the wheat grown in Platte
county and the butter and eggs
brought to market by the wives Of
Platte county farmers. These same
Democratic speakers tell the factory
hands of New England and other
eastern states that their wages will not
be reduced, for the reason that the
mills in which they labor will be SUD-
piled with free raw material-includ.
ing wool and hides-when the Demo.
Gratis revise the tariff: In Nebraska
Democrats are telling farmers that
they are being robbed by q Repub-
lican tariff Law, that when the Demo
Gratis repeal the Dingley tariff act
they will have cheaper shoes, clothing
and hardware, and in some places
attempts have been made to make the
farmer believe that they will receive
more for their products than is now
paid if Bryan defeats Taft.
Promises are cheap. But the Dem
ocratic party cannot fool the people
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-28

Every republican farmer who does
not get his vote into the ballot box on
November 3 casts half q vote for
Bryan and half q vote against himself
and his home.
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-28

Farmers now get high prices for
lands and farm products, and at the
election November 3 should not risk
. change from Republican rule.
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-28
Let we'll enough alone"

Farmers who voted for Cleveland
in 1892 thought they wanted a change
but they didn't. Don't repeat the
experiment next Tuesday.
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-28

Mr. Sherman elected and they cannot %
National has sufficient money
requires for printing post
travelling
other details that make the
successfully KNOW has passed law
solicit from corporations We
individual voters R
would contribute dollar to the
able the things that the voters
want Sherman Will help?
chairman of State Finance
Committee appears following send direct
and will receive the official receipt OF the Republican M
tonal Committee Respectfully.
FRED ". UPIIAM,
Contributions order Of the
following State finance committees:
Colorado Whitney Newton. Denver.
Idaho Hon Frank F. Johnson. Wallace
Illinois. Frederick H. Smith. Peoria.
Hon Lafayette Young. Des Mones
E. Grimes. Topeka.
John n Bagey Detroit
L. North Second street. st Louis
Montan on A. NARROW Helena
Nebraska, John Omaha
Hon ]. W. Reynolds. Santa Fee
A. buchanan Buchanan
Oregon. H. w. Coe, Portland
o. w. Thompson, VerMliOn
Hoge Seattle.
w. "a Michigan avenue
Chicago Illinois
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-28
FOR THE FARMER TO PONDER.

TEKAMAH, NEB, Oct. 20.-A very strong follower Of
William J. Bryan into the implement establishment
of one of Burt coun thriving towns day last week
and purchased lumber wagon for which he paid $40
cash. After paying it he remarked: Lets didn't
buy one of these wagons of little over four
teen wears ago for $6O The dealer replied, 81 think
you did"
"hat shows what the trusts doing to the farmer"
said the purchaser.
The dealer studied moment and said, "If you re-
member you hauled 600 bushels of corn to pay for
that wagon too don't you? Now, you will haul me 600
bushels of corn this week next will let you have this
wagon give you new two-seated carriage, new two
seated spring wagon separator and give back
the $40 you just paid me-" :.
The farmer had nothing more to say He went out
and hitched his team to the wagon and drove home
to get another load of 60-cent corn.
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-28
REPUBLICAN TICKET.

For President.
VIZ. H. TAFT.
For Vice President,
JAMES SHERMAN.
For Goveenoe,
GEORGE l. SHELDON.
For Lieutenant Governor.
Mr.. HOPEwELL.
For Secretary Of State.
GEORGE c. JUNKIN.
For Auditor of Public Accounts.
6ILAS &. BARTON.
For Ssats Treasurer.
LAWSON G. BRIAN.
For State School superintendent,
&c. BISHOP.
For Land Commissioners.
EDWARD B. COWLES.
For Railway Commissioner.
IA WILLIAMS.
J.F.BOYD.
For State Senator.
JAMES A. FIALA.
For Representative 18th District,
JOHN SWANSON.
For Representative 9th District.
w. g. EVANS.
For County Attorney.
&. ]. CARLOW.
For Supervisor.
GEORGE ROLLIN, Creston,
C. A. PETERSON, Walker.
GEO. H. WINSLOW, Columbus.
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-28

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prom New York Journal.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-05-12
Hive Number Details.

wall of the hive it is not necessary n
write so it cannot be erased.
Notice that a bent crate-staple 8,
used instead of a straight one or a
nail. 1t is done for the reason that
the latter would soon be driven into
the wall OF the hive-bodies when tbesa
are handled, and the numbers" could
not be hung on them. With the bent
staple, explains Bee Culture, this ia
quite overcome, for it acts like a
spring, and will not go deeper into thu
wood. With this springIike pressure
the tin n~umber-plate is held firmly
after it has been hooked in place
Such a staple is put on each end of all
hive-bodies so that, no matter which
end is placed forward, there will be
such a staple on which to hang the
number. 1t is not necessary to un.
hook the tin for making records on the
back. Just stoop down beside the
hive; lift up the lower end of the tin
on its staple hinge, and examine the
notes or add more. These will be up
side down after the tin is turned up,
and are readily read from the top.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-05-12
Thwarting a Conspiracy
By Inez Haynes Gilmore
Copyright

He came swinging out of the Flat.
iron building into a piercing hurly-
burly of sound and color and move
ment. He paused a moment TO
breathe the whipping briskness OF the
air, then started at a ~leisurely gait
Suddenly he clapped his hand, as II
In tardy remembrance, to an inner
pocket and drew out a letter. He a
Just inserted a vandal finger ID the
flap when his glance, playing casually
ahead, caught on that, in the crowd,
which impelled him to put the note
back unopened into his pocket.
She was strolling uptown. There
was the same appearance of uncer-
tainty in her graceful, unhurrying gait
that marked his own. She was dressed
all in gray-gray broadcloth suit,
gray shoes, a chinchilla turban with
a saucy gray plume, a chinchilla
scarf, crossed on her shoulders and
falling to her waist, a huge heart
shaped wad of chinchilla, that was a
muff, suspended from her neck by a
silver chain.
A curious impulse caught him. 1t
ran riot in his brain for a white-hot
instant. 1t crystalized into a definite
intention. He stopped at her side.
81 beg your pardon" His tone was
pleasant and filled with an easy defer
ence. I'm sure that I've met you
somewhere, haven't 1? VIII you let
me walk up the avenue with you?"
The girl stared at him aghast.
He was a tall fellow, his clean
shaver, fair skin Drowned and red
dened by an unreasonable burn.
Her stare lasted an instant. Then a
naughty color fiared into her face. 1t
wiped out the look of aloofness in its
expression and brought out the pride
in it. Certainly mott" she flung
%freezingly to him.
He resumed his hat equally. Her
shocked profile darted past him. 1t
paused halfway.
Yes" she suddenly conceded, turn
ing i~mpetuously to him, you may
walk a little way with me. I would
like to have a few minutes conversa
ton with you"
He placed himself at her side. She
walked a few moments in silence. He
waited.
Now" she began imperiously, turn
ing on him with a suggestion of men,
ace in her air, will you kindly tell
me why, out of all the women on
Broadway, you selected me to sp-
proach in that i~nsufferable way?"
He looked embarrassed.
"Well-I-the fact is-I-T'
THE fact is" she took it up heat
eddy, that after looking me all over,
you concluded that l was the kind of
girl who would respond to such an
overture"
Her face flashed Indignantly up in
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-05-12
American Astronomers.

When Lord Kelvin died the world
showed that its imagination had been
seized by the quality of the man and
by something in his work deeper than
technical achievement and larger than
a mere list Of scientific discoveries.
That quality and hat deeper signif-
canoe were the mans imagination, his
scientific projections of thought into
the unknown. 1t was suggested at the
time that the American mar of science
n letters is deficient in courage,
imaginative sweep. the power to make
large co%rrelations. Whether or not
this is true in general, there is one
branch of science in which the Ameri-
can has shown daring and largeness of
vision-astronomy. We, the "practi-
cal" people, are a~ssiduous star-gazers,
independent and constructive. The
work of the late Prof. G. A. Young, of
Rowland and s. p. Langley in solar
chemistry, the ~audacious conclusions
OF Prof. Percival Lowell from surface
markings on the planet Mars, and the
varied labors Of the chickering's and
Prof. Simon Newcomb-not to men.
ton many other workers in this field
make an important contribution TO
imaginative science. No other mani.
festation of the theoretical mind exists
in this country amid such happy CON
ditions. The Youths Companion sug.
gests that the clearness of our air has
no doubt encouraged observation. The
most remarkable progress in the
manufacture of large lenses during
the last 80 years was made by the
Clarks of Cambridge. and their sue
cess is at once the cause and the re-
suit of the fact that there are nearly
as many large instruments in the
United States as in all the rest of the
world. Draper, Lick, Yerkes and other
rich men have put into the hands of
astronomy a magnificent equipment.
In this one subject, at least, circum-
stance and spirit have Joined to pro
mote the searchings of imaginative
science.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-05-12
POULTRY HOUSE FIXTURES.
Everything Should Be Movable So as
to Render Cleaning Easy.

The fixtures in the poultry house.
should be fastened, but everything
should be movable, because this great
ly facilitates keeping things clean and
in good shape. AS a matter of fact,
1t is next to impossible to clean out
and %renovate a poultry house unless
all interior fixtures and appliances
are movable and can be carried out
side the building. More than that, il
the roosts and nests are attached to
the walls, it is absolutely impossible
to prevent lice and mites from spread
ing over the entire building and lodg-
ing in the cracks in the walls where
they can scarcely be reached.
The best roosts are those that are
all on the same level and not more
than two feet from the ground, says
the Epitomist We have our perches
only Is inches above the ground for
Plymouth Rock fowls. By having the
perches all the same height. crowding
for the highest positions is avoided
while by having them low it is easier
for the birds to get on and of and IN
juries to the feet or bodies OF the
fowls in jumping or falling or getting
pushed off are avoided.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-05-12
closes lts poors al Last.

The Ship tavern at Greenwich, one
OF the most famous of London's river
side inns, has closed its doors after an
existence extending back to the days
of the great English statesman, Will
liam Pitt. 1t was at the Ship tavern
that Pitt instituted the famous min
isterial whitehall dinners" during his
term of 16 years as a member of the
ministry. In the days when Green
witch vas a fashionable riverside re-
sort the Ship tavern became known
all over the world. 1t was when Will
liam Pitt was prime minister, 100
years ago, that he introduced the Gus
tom of a yearly gathering, at the close
of the parliamentary session, of the
cabinet ministers. the judges OF the
high court, and other members of the
government to partake of a banquet
at the Ship tavern, Greenwich, known
as the ministerial whitehall dinner.
It's feature was whitehall, for which
delicacy Greenwich is famous. The
ministerial whitehall dinner at the
Ship tavern was continued regularly
from the time 1t was instituted by Pitt
until 1880. From that time the GUS
tom was not observed regularly, and
ten years ago 1t fell into entire dis
use.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-05-12
cAcKLEs.

A small flock, well kept and cared
for, will be more profitable than a
larger one indifferently handled.
The poultry business is n of many
phases, each of which requires lnaF
vidual study and local treatment
A successful breeder says tha1
energetic m~ediocrity is more prolnc
of results than indifferent brilliancy'
Try feeding dried alfalfa hay ana
clover, scalded, during the winter
months, and watch the egg supply III
crease.
Don't overlook the fact that sun,
flower seed and millet are both IoOu
for chickens during the mouiuns
period.
Pullets should be fed wheat HnI
oats, and beef scraps, If the latter eau
be had. Also give them milk IN a'
form.
Filth and vermin are the Creates
obstacles to success in the pouis
business. Keep the vermin ava !"
cleanliness.
OOn I sell on your pest u Am
Save the best and procure a soou Wv
and prepare to improve your n
each year.
A surplus rooster is an expen
ornament in the poultry yard. Ea NV
kill the surplus ROSTERS before
eat double their value. -,
Give clean water and plenty OF n
feed a variety Of cracked ana WIZ
grains, mostly in a dry state' ssr
birds out of the grass in rain OF Az.
1t is too much to ask a bird 70
nish enough blood for its eu ,hs
and that of a colony of lice. hou,
vermin and give the chickens d su,d
An old hen and her chickens uv IN
be turned out for a sun bath' u az
the dust and some exercise as sou .ss
weather is warm enough and
strong. he
Don't wait for mites to appeal LITE
fore beginning to fight them. tsII
wash the house twice during ue EEK
and kerosene the perches every
or two
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-05-12

rou dropped his Handkerchief"
his direction and then away. He saw
that the light glinted through the
transparent bridge Of her ~disdainful
little nose.
i thought nothing Of the kind" he
asserted with equal spirit.
I'm tell you exactly why 1 spoke 70
you" he said simply. Il did not tell
you when you first asked me because
what happened to be the truth. In NV
case, is what men always say under
these circumstances. l was afraid Won
would not believe It. You caught NV
eye at once, because you seemed sucb
a mouse of a creature-that gray is so
soft. Them have always ukad
women to part their hair in the mid.
die. AS you came nearer l had hon.
estly had-a sudden conviction that
ia met you somewhere, though |
couldn't, OF course, think where. 7
spoke 70 o on impulse. 1t was .
queer business. / don't understand
now why did it. The the
words were out Of my mouth I knew
definitely, that I'd never seen Won no
fore. was sorry-on my honor. But
! was first attracted to you, believe
me. because you looked so girlisb-so
different | think your new clothes
are all right"
on, I'm so glad. l should have
felt uncomfortable all this evening 20
you hadn't said that. You see INV
friend is the b~est-dressed girl / know
They walked on in silence for a mo.
ment. Il think you had better leave
me now" She smiled in spite of her,
self; but she stopped. "Good-by." she
said i~nfiexibly.
He lifted his hat resignedly. She
nodded and walked on.