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The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-10-06
WHY CREMATION ISNT'S
POPULAR.

Cemetery superintendent, holding a
yearly convention just like less melan-
choly organizations, declared them
selves in accord with the view that the
time Of compulsory cremation of the
dead is not far distant. In support of
this expressed opinion it was pointed
out that cremation has grown, not ex-
actly in popularity, but in favor as a
sanitary meansof disposing ofthe dead,
until now the number of cremations
yearly Is more than double those of
the preceding ten years.
This question of cremating the dead
is not wholly an economic or sanitary
one; in the main, it is sentimental. In
some cases religious creeds and strong
prejudices are maintaining q stubborn
resistance to the idea of destroying the
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-10-06
INSTANCES OF YANKEE LUCK
Uncle Sam Has Been Remarkably For.
tunate In Acquiring Territory
Rich In Minerals.

Now comes the report from Luzon.
Philippine archipelago, that discover
les of gold bearing ore have been
made that promise great richness, the
Washington Post says. Press dis
patches state that some of the assays
run as high as $4,000 to the ton. A
year ago it was announced that great
coal deposits underlie a good portion
of some Of these islands. and that in
case the supply over here is e1-
hausted, as IS feared by the experts,
the world may warm itself for q con-
siderable term of years on the prod
uct of our far eastern possession.
All of which calls to mind the re-
markable luck of Uncle Sam in acquir.
ing territory that produces mineral
that Is the envy of the entire world.
Alaska, the despised. Is sending out
gold enough every year to pay for her
self. Copper mines of untold wealth
have been discovered there, and
railroad is being built inland from
Seward to tap them.
Still back of this the United States
acquired from Mexico the Gadsden
purchase, vast stretch of apparently
worthless land. That strip of 1t across
Arizona and New Mexico was long
known as "the land that God forgot"
Yet American prospectors went into
1t. and at first opened up gold and
silver mines that paid prodigiously.
Still later attention was turned to the
copper deposits in that region, and
such busy towns as Bisbee sprang up
along the frontier. supported entirely
by the copper mines.
Recently Arizona has taken her
place as the greatest copper-producing
commonwealth in the union, and that
region lying about her southern bor-
der has come to be known as the
greatest copper-producing belt in the
world. Michigan and Montana have
been relegated to second and third
place. and the cactus-covered south
west has been given the palm.
Truly it seems that wherever the
Yankee sticks his pick in the ground
he turns up fortune.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-10-06
Power Conferred by Gold.

rover CONFERRED oy COLO.
It IL q somewhat curious fact that
the English-speaking nations own
nearly all the world's productive gold
mines.
! Thus England. with its Canadian,
Australian and South African mines,
Is credited with 81 per cent, and the
United States with ~, making an q.
gregate Of SO per cent, while all tho
rest of the world gets the remainder
Of II per cent.
According to the statistics for 1907
the amount Of gold mined In the whole
world was 19.764.07S ounces. valued at
nearly $420.000.00. Of which $34s. 000,
600 worth was produced on soil held
by two English-speaking nations. This
Is an enormous source of power.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-10-06
He Knew.

He Knew.
Gen. Leonard Wood. at sadinuer In
Newport, praised q soufae.
Good cooking is q boon to man.
kind" the general said. We should
none Of US feel above It, none Of m
men or women. am rather in sym,
patty with the bitterness Of Scroggs.
Mrs. Scroggs. after a very unsatis-
factory dinner, said shriuy:
when you married me, young
man. you didn't marry q cook!'
Well said Scroggs. and his tone
was very bitter-well. you needn't
rub Il in"
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-10-06
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The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-10-06
Too Fat to Drown.

George Lawes. traveller. who wa,
sentenced to three months hard Ia
Dor at London (Eng) police cour,
recently for embezzlement. is In the
fortunate position Of being unable to
drown himself.
After his defalcations had been dis.
covered Lawes made up his mind to
take his life, and wrote a letter to his
wife stating that he had gone to com.
init suicide. He then went to a near.
by park and threw himself into the
deepest part of q lake.
To his surprise he did not sink;
every time he thrust himself under
the water he came to the top again
like cork. At length, in disgust, he
swan ashore and walked him.
He was too fat to sink" a police
man explained to the magistrate.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-10-06

Thomas A. Edison was asked what
caused the electrical disturbance of
Saturday. eff I only knew whence it
came or what caused it," he replied,
"then might claim to know some.
thing Of real value to the human race.
I suppose it was caused by some dis
turbance of the electric fluid under the
crust of the earth. The earth, you
know, is the godmother of electricity;
at any rate it is an enormous reposi.
tory. Of that I feel assured. But
that is about all I do feel reasonably
certain about in relation to the matter.
tits reported to have put all wires out
of business for q time in an area COW
ering part of New England, New
York and Pennsylvania. I expected
an electric storm, if that is what you
want to call it, when l was running a
wire in Boston many years ago.
Every one of them has been local.
That of Saturday was local. As I
said before, something went wrong
with the fluid waves down under the
crust of the earth and We we're cut off
from wire communication with the
world in the territory affected for an
hour or more. You know As much
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-10-06

Il seems strange tAat tAougA He.
brua was the ssat q the earliest civ.
iltsation in Palsstins, today the In
habitants Of the Surrounding country
are wild and fierce and spend their
days roaming about with their Aoeks.
camels and asses, travelling fro0 val
ley to valley in search Of food. pitch
ing their tents. just - their a1eestosD
did 1000 years aso.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-10-06
Her Grievance,

Never mind" said Socrates, you
nay disappr0ve of me. but posterity
Will.lend IN attentive ear to my teach.
1nGs." That's what exasperates me-"
replied XAntippe. ITO think a man
would 60 to such lengths in order to
have the last word!"-Washington
Star.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-10-06

That the fSherman's net might be
1llsd to overlooking" was the prayer
q a Edinburgh minister in an Eye
mouth church recently. and the fol-
lowing night such quantities of fish
were caught that . boat load had to
- thrown overheard.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-10-06
PnovjdontlaI Eseape.

The old lady had had q severe ILL.,
ness, and she was relating its vicissi
tudes to . friend or two in the
grocer's shop when the minister came
In. ITS only by the Lords mercy"
sAe piously declared. that I'm not in
heaven tonight Guard.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-10-06

In . police court In New Yeek ~
other day . magistrate asked . won
IN. . witness: Are you . ffisad a
the prisoner?" mo. I'm Ais mother
in-law," replied the woman. without
any particular show Of feeling.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-10-06
Qualities % cultivsts

Thoughtfulness for others. genss.
osity. modesty, and selfrssDsct are
the qualities which make . real gea-
tleman or lady. - distinguished froo
the veneered article which common
~ goes By the 1ame.-Thomas HuE
ley.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-10-06
HARMoNIzERs AND PARASITE

Discussing The Lawyers Func.
ton" writer in the current Atlantic
monthly takes as his text the inscrip'
ton above the statue of law in the con.
gressional library at Washington read.
ing. s"Of law there can be no less &C.
knowledged than that her voice is the
harmonizer of the world" and in its
application divides the whole class Of
lawyers and parasites" When is a
lawyer a harmonizer and when q
parasite?" is asked and to find the ans.
wer to this question an attempt is
made to analyze the lawyers function
under the three.fold fields of advice,
litigation and lawmaking.
In the realm of advice, we are told,
a lawyer may choose between counsel
ing his client how to uphold the rights
secured to him by the justice of his
cause, ard how to obtain benefits from
the application of technicalities and
the use of the weaknesses of the parti.
cular statute Of precendents under con-
sideration, whereby he may attain ad-
vantages inconsistent with fair play
between man and man. Every time a
lawyer helps perpetrate injustice he
ceases to be harmOnizer and becomes
a parasite, even though the client will
ingly defrays the expense, which, how.
ever, is finally shifted onto society, as
whole.
In litigation the lawyer who en-
deavors by every means to present
fully his clients case and point out the
defects in his opponents opposition is
fully meeting his responsibility to give
a conscientious judge all the informa.
ton obtainable, and promote speedy,
as well as just settlement. On the
other hand the lawyer who attempts
by artiice to becloud, distort and sup
press, creates distrust in the law and
makes for injustice for all litigants.
1t is in lawmaking that the lawyer
can most easily choose his work. Most
Of our laws are made by lawyers, and
those who devise schemes for personal
or selfish purposes of clients as con-
trasted with the demands of the COM
mon good, "are remarkably plain ex-
amples of the parasitical class" The
possibilities oflawmaking are equalled
only by the possibilities Of unmaking
laws, where again the line of denmark.
alton is fairly clear. As defined in
this article, this line depends, not so
much on whether a lawyer believes a
law to be for the good of the majority,
but rather, whether he seeks to over.
throw statute of questionable merit
by fair construction ofthe constitution
or undertakes to find out if by any
possible construction lof the constitu.
ton or the statute he may may over.
throw the law entirely, regardless of
its value to the community.
The only excuse offered for the par.
asites in the legal profession, is that
they may have been unable to make a
living from legitimate practice. The
ultimate disappearance of the parasite
cal lawyer may be hoped for if the
lawyers, who are thermometers, cut
loose from those who are
either wilfully or Involuntary para
sites, and SO discredit the latter that
their usefulness will be at an end, even
according to their own standards. All
Of which may reem to be shadowy, and
in the dim future, but still holds up
an ideal which should have an elevat.
ing effect on the present.-Omaha Bee
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-10-06
THE MESSAGE FROM MARS

THE MESSAGE FROM MARS
Some where Mr.. Percival Lowell,
the astronomer, says something like
this: I'VE are great doors but bashfal
thinkers" His reference, was to
mank ind and he was writing from
Mars. Probably this scientist, who
has popularized the daring theories of
his labors, had much to do with the
intellectual phenomenon that a first
thought concerning the magnetic dis
turbance of Saturday was that here
was the expected message from Mars.
Manifestly We are losing some of
our bashfulness of thinking. Hear
the Unconditional learned ones protest
that it was not q Martain message
and that, in imagining such a thing,
the popular mind runs in faddists
grooves! All the same, it is signifi.
cant sign in our mental zodiac that
We leap 35 million miles of space in
our latter day reckonings of what is
possible. And it is wholly fine and
worth while that we are much more
impressed by the Is million miles
which Mars has clicked off from the
farthest reach of its distance from us
than We are by the s. million miles
which remain to be bridged.
We have our scientists to tell US
that big enough blot on the Earth's
surface could be noted from Mars, as
a similar blot upon Mars could be OBJ
served by us. We already have as
tronomers, turned economists, who
would demonstrate a worldwide DEM
ocracy on Mars from what they assure
US is system of canals and fertile
zones to husband and distribute an
imperiled food supply.
A spirit of mental unrest, of greater
reaching inquiry than any fostered by
an historic renascence, has been won.
derfully stimulated, too by wireless
telegraphy, by flying machines, by
thought transference, if you please.
Mankind is getting chummy with its
astronomers, its philosophers and its
pioneering thinkers. Its sentiment
is taking wings, and, better still, it is
taking rudders.
Well, maybe, as a practical fact, it
was not message from Mars, that
magnetic explosion" of Saturday
so far as concerns any conscious effort
Of the inhabitants of Mars. But, in
another sense, our very acceptance of
its possibility did constitute a message
from Mars, as Mars stands now, an oh.
ject of our aspiring, unbashrul think
ing-Kansas City Times.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-10-06
browns lt Out.

And sometimes when opportunity
knocks at a mans door he II 20 busy
using his little hammer on his neigh
bors that he doesn't hear It
The copper era., 1909-04-15
Two Bad Accidents.

Cosme Cruz, cageman in the Joy shaft was accidentally killed Tuesday morning by falling from the cage at a point between the first and second levels. The cage was loaded with waste lumber, and it is supposed the board upon which Cruz was standing struck the shaft timber, throwing the unfortunate man over the side of the cage. Cruz dropped about 150 feet, into 90 feet of water. It is sup posed the man was dead before he struck the water.
 Crispin Mendoza, a brakeman on one of the A. c. motors, was in formally injured Tuesday about noon by being jammed in between the cars and the timbers of the tunnel lead ing to No. 6 concentrator. The brakeman was given the signal to change switch, and in getting back to the moving string of cars was un- able to get to his accustomed place, and in some manner became wedged in between the side timbers and the cars. It is thought the injuries re- ceived by Mendoza will prove fatal. -MOrenci Leader.
The copper era., 1909-04-15

The assessed valuation of Gila county will exceed S6,OOO,OOO this year, notwithstanding the fact that the assessed valuation on copper is nearly one-third lower than at the time last years assessment was taken in the opinion of County Assessor R. E. Merritt, says the Silver Belt. Last year the valuation of property within the county was fixed at about five and one-half millions. Of this amount over one-third represented
 the copper output. At the average price of copper for the last year upon which the assessment is levied the valuation of other property within the county will have to be in- creased nearly $I,OOO, ,OOO to bring the figures up to the mark which Asses sor Merritt estimates they will reach.
The copper era., 1909-04-15
StOckmen Seek Lower Rate.

An effort to force the railroads to give Arizona stock raisers lower rates to California points will probably be the first case brought before the Arizona railway commission.
 Dan McDermott, John Norton, John Hurley and Dwight B. Heard met in the office of the latter for the purpose of discussing movement to put the matter before the stock raisers of Arizona before filing a complaint with the commission.
 During the progress of the dis cus:ion, Auditor Sims Ely, who is one of the members of the Arizona com mission, was called in, and in few words expressed a readiness to give any complaint the cattlemen may file immediate attention.
 The basis of the complaint will probably be that Arizona cattle rais- CTS are now entering the Californa market with difficulty and heavy loss is sustained because of alleged dis crimination of the railroads in favor or other points.
 After the meeting, Norton said that what the Arizona Cattle Raisers' association now wants is rates that will put Arizona cattle shipping points on competitive basis with points that ship to Los Angeles from Nevada, Utah, Texas and northern California.
 This move on the part of the Ari- zOna stockmen by the National Live Stock Association, which is planning to take up for all the cattlemen of the west the discrimination that is worked against certain points. Their complaint will be filed direct with the interstate commerce commission.
The copper era., 1909-04-15
Cattle Dying on COchise Ranges.

Despite the fact that two or three good rains and snows have come dur ing the past month, they came too late to save all the herds on the ranches in the Sulphur Springs Val ley and adjoining territories.
 There had been no rain during the fall and early winter, and the forage became so poor that the cattle were made thin and weak, partly for lack of proper nourishment, and partly be- cause they had to travel such long distances for water.
 The Courtland Times says that dur ing this month the COWS are calving and many of them are not strong enough to bear the strain. The result is that many have died on the ranges east of Courtland during the past two weeks.
The copper era., 1909-04-15
Must Pay City And County Tax.

The City Attorney of Prescott holds that the law taxing telephone, tele- graph and express companies l per cent ot their earnings, does not pre- vent cities from taxing these same companies, and will so inform the city council at Prescott in d written opinion.
 Prescott holds that the intent of the legislature was to provide for the collection of territorial taxes, leaving cities and counties to tax these public service corporations in the same manner as they are now doing.
 Recently the Consolidated Tele- phone, Telegraph & Electric company of Tucson notified City Tax Collector Barnett of Phoenix that it would not pay any city taxes, taking the posi- tion that the law of the legislature exempted them from all taxation ex- ce2t per cent.
The copper era., 1909-04-15

A car load of McDougal roasters were received last week by the Cop
 per Queen shelter in Douglas. It was decided sometime ago to install plant of McDougal roasters at the Queen smelters for the purpose of removing sulphur from concentrates and ore carrying heavy per cent. of sulphides. The Wisconsin Steel and Bridge company have the contract for erecting a steel building 49x54 feet for the accommodation of the roasting plant. The work of putting in the foundation for this building is now going on. It is expected that the roasting plant which will consist of four McDougal roasters will be ready for service in four months.- Douglas International.
 Senator Beveridge and other knock CTS of Arizona should sit up and take notice that ia the matter of copper production alone Arizona has more than doubled its production in the last decade, says the Journal-Miner. Last month witnessed the enormous output of 26, ,5OO,O of this valuable metal within this territory, while the year 1908 recorded for Arizona a pro- duction of more than 294, ,000, 900 pounds of copper. This was above B, 100000 more than the territory $ nearest competitive record. This showing raises Arizona from the foot of the copper producing list of Uncle Sam's domain to the top within a period of twenty-four years.
 The increase in the school census of Arizona as indicated in the bien- nial report of the superintendent of education for this territory is grati- flying. So also is the increase in salaries paid for competent teachers. All of which shows an upward ten dency in educational lines, advance mcnt from a social standpoint, says the Journal-Miner. The figures as revealed by the report above men, tioned are for 1908 and are as follows: The school population numbers 34,- 299 for the year 1908. Number of male teachers employed, 109; number of female teachers employed, 536. Average monthly salary of men, S99. 50; average annual salary for men S661; average annual salary for women, S506.
The copper era., 1909-04-15
Rich Lands Thrown on the Market.

Rrouzed by his weeks of sojourn un- der southern skies and brimming over with vitality, E. H. Hartman reached New York to all appearances a re invigorated man after his trip over the network of Hartman roads in the west and southwest and in Mexico.
 'I have been made to asy that we west coast of Mexico," he said. "What should have been said was that we already have constructed it. The line is now completed from Nogales, Arizona on the Mexican line to Mazat- ! Ian, Mexico, and in reality a new coun- try has been discovered by this rail- road construction. In one tract opened up by irrigation 600000 acres of the best of land are made available forcultivation and opened to market. American help needed in the develop ment? Yes, in a dirsctive way. There is plenty of labor>buEAmerican D initiative and executive ability will count here as elsewhere "
 Mir. Hartman said he found in the west and southwest a vastly changed sentiment toward the railroads. With such a sentiment there would be en- couragement for the railroads to go ahead with development work, he thought.
 "Repeal of oppressive state laws is imperative" he declared, eff the rail road lines, the people need and that the railroads want to build are to be constructed. Asked as to possible wage reductions by the railroads, MT. Hartman said:
 We have not even considered the matter and shall not sO long as we can afford to pay"
 MT. Hartman said about Sl ,000, 900 had already been spent on the South ern Pacifc's Mexican line extensions and not improbable an expenditure of $50, O,OOO,OOO altogether would be necessary to complete the work.
 Hartman said the Southern Pacific expected to make a success of it's irri- gation plant in Southern California, despite the difficulties which he de- clared were being put in the com pany's way by the government.
 "We saved 6OO,OO0 or 100000 acres of valuable arable lands for all time by our prompt work at the time of the Colorado river inrush," he said. ssI am convinced that we acted only four or five days ahead of the time when that land for all practical uses would have been forever lost to re- clamation.'