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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-09-07
3td day Of September A. D. 1909.
(Signed)

3rd day Of September A. D. 1909.
(Signed)
]. T. LOGAN,
2aco shares.
J. D. GRoEsBEcK,
1000 shares.
E. K. SMITH,
Witness: 200 shares.
z. w. SUTHERLIN.
S. o. WILLIAMS.
F. A. LEONARD,
Clerk and ex-Oficio Recorder and No
tary Public in and for Caddo Par
ish. State of Louisiana.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo ::
I have examined the above and forego-
ing act of incorporation of the National
Lumber and Creosoting Company, and
find nothing therein contrary to law,
and I hereby approve the same. Signed
officially at the City of Shreveport, Cad
do Parish, Louisiana, on this the 4th day
of September A. D. 1900.
]. M. FOS III Elk,
District Attorney of the First Judicial
District in and for Caddo Parish,
Louisiana.
Endorsed: Filed and recorded the
4th day of September A. d. 1909.
A. S. HARDIN,
Deputy Clerk and ex-Oficio Deputy Re-
corder.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo:
l hereby certify that the above and fore
going is true and correct copy of the
original act, as the same now appears
on file and of record in my Office. Given
under my hand and seal of Office this
4th day of September 1909.
F. A. LEONARD,
Clerk and ex-Officio Recorder
Caucasian September S, 1909.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-09-07
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

A meeting of the stockholders of the
kalmhack Company Limited is hereby
called for September 80, 1909, at its of
hee in Shreveport, la, at IL m, for
the purpose of increasing its capital
stock $4,000 to $4,000, to change the
name of said company, and for any
other matters that may come before
said meeting.
]. New. FORD.
c. D. KALMBACH.
JOHN HENDRICK,
Directors.
Shreveport La, Aug 70, 1909.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-09-07
ARTICLE VII.

No stakeholder of said corporation
shall ever be held liable for its contracts
or its faults in any further sum than the
unpaid balance due on his stock; and no
informally in organization shall have
the effect of rendering this charter null
or void, or of exposing any stakeholder
to any loss beyond the amount of the
unpaid balance due on his stock.
In witness whereof, the said parties
above named have signed this act of in
corporation in presence of E. w Suth-
erin and S. @. Williams, competent
witnesses, at the City of Shreveport,
caddo Parish, Louisiana, on this the
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-09-08
The Country Telephone.

1T may seem hard to yOu," said the
woman from a small town visiting a
New York friend. to have a limited
telephone service, but it saves you a
great deal of annoyance. ! wish my
friends had to pay for every tele-
phone call they make. In our little
town we have. of course, an unlimited
service. and some dear friend calls
me up about every ten or fifteen min
utes every day to ask how the baby
is, or if noticed what queer gown
Mrs. Blank had on at the lawn social.
or what brand of oil / use for my
salad dressing. or some other trivial
question that she certainly would not
ask II she had to pay five or ten cents
for the privilege. My friends never
seem to think my time is of an: value
should be money ahead If We all had
to pay for our telephone service &C
cording to the number of calls or the
time used. That would waken my
friends to the value of time. l wish
they all lived on long distance lines
1t certainly would educate them as TO
the value of time"
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-09-08
MOST RARE OF AUTOGRAPHS.
That Of Thomas Lynch, Jr., sisner Of
Declaration Of Independence,
Worth Much Money.

What is the most expensive auto
graph you ever sold?" inquired the
reporter
THAT Of Thomas Lynch. Jr.." an
swered the dealer. The reporter
looked perfectly blank. Never heard
Of him." he confessed. a.
We'll, he was q signer Of the Dec
laration Of Independence He signed
1t as proxy for his father, who was
Ill at the time Soon after he went
to sea and was never heard of again.
Now. autographs Of Declaration sign
ers are much sought by collectors.
None approach. In rarity those OF
Thomas Lynch. Jr. In fact, so far a.
I know. there is only one in existence.
This Is afixed to an autograph let
ter address by Lynch to George
Washington. which lends 1t additional
value. 1t was owned at one time BY
Jared Sparks, president of Harvard
college. Subsequently 1t passed to
Thomas Adds Emmett, from whom I
bought 1t for the sum Of $4,000. l sold
1t to Augustin DAILY. who was keen
collector fol-. $500. Later
Epmet repented of letting the auto
graph 60 from his POSSESSION and %.
cured it from DAILY for $3.50. present
ing It afterward to the LenOx library.
New York. where 1t now is" ...
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-09-08
INCOME TAX PROGRESS.

As the income tax amendment goes
down the list of states its fate remains
uncertain. At first guess it was sup
posed that, being already in the demo-
cratic national platform, the demo
cratic states would tumble over each
other to record their affirmative votes.
Maryland democrats ignored the SUBJ
ject, and they were not forgetfal. The
Cleveland democrats will almost Ger.
tainly follow the same course, though
the Hearst wing will be for the tax.
The Connecticut legislature ignored it
neither republicans nor democrats try
ing to bring up the question. Georgia
deferred action.
1t may be predicted that the tax
amendment will be passed by the nee
essary number of states, but the open
opposition in both parties is remark.
able, considering the general tendency
of political discussion since the su-
preme court passed on the principle a
few years ago.
The sluggishness of the democrats
IS almost unaccOuntable. Either they
were not wholly sincere when they de-
claimed on the decay of the supreme
court or they do not like now to add
burdens to their difficulties in popu.
lous states like New York. On the
mesger returns so far recorded it can
not be said that the south is strongly
for or against the amendment. Any.
how, that is scarcely the point. The
significant feature SO far is that the
democrats of the south do not show
that they care much what becomes Of
the amendment. They handle it as
they handle many planks Of their
platform. They have the custom Of
consenting to a declaration for i'm.
mediate campaign purposes which they
do not among themselves at home de.
fend. Then the southern democrats
get at their birth = predisposition to
uphold the original articles of the
constitution. The income tax amend
ment will ultimately be adopted, but
assuredly the state of the parties at
the moment shows only a remarkable
proportion of Indifference and nom
committalism.-Omaha Bee.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-09-08

Uncle Sam has lots of land left to
give away to actual settlers that will
be valuable some day when the rain
belt travels west. Forty.five years
ago what was known as the rain belt
had reached the eastern borders Of
Nebraska. Since that time the belt
has moved across the state to the
Wyoming line. The last congress
passed what is known as the enlarged
homestead act, which throws open Co.,
600, 900 acres of land to settlers under
the homestead act. The lands subject
to entry under the enlarged home
stead act are non mineral, non timber
ed lands, not susceptible Of irrigation.
II the rain belt continues to travel
westward for the next forty-five years
at the same rate it has during the
past forty-five years much of the
land now subject to entry under the
enlarged homestead act will become
valuable for agricultural purposes.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-09-08

Nebraska was "ferninst" the railroads
80 Thompson lost out. Then he saw
. new light. He sold his railroad
stocks. He started q daily paper,
hired capable newspaper men to run
it, and made it q success, and he got
a job as ambassador to Mexico.
Pretty soon, his newspaper began to
hammer the railroads and other cor.
porations as hard as the progress
ives had hammered Thompson. Now
Thompson has become so good PRO
gressive" that he is being doomed for
senator in opposition to Burkett, who
vote'l against Aldrich often enough to
make him a pretty fair representative
Of Nebraska progressive" sentiment.
it Thompson, with his millions still
intact, had not decided tn return to
Lincoln.-Aberdeen, S. D. News.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-09-08
The Flow of Solids.

The idea of flow is generally assO
ciated with the movement of liquids
and gases, and indeed the term fluid
is usually restricted to these tive
states OF matter.
Nevertheless it is beginning to be
understood that nearly every sub
stance is capable of a movement con
responding to the idea of flow, ana
that such thing is absolute rightly
does not exist.
The flow of solids OCCURS i'm such
mechanical operations as the drawing
of wire, the manufacture of drawn
tubing, the production of various
shapes in the forming press and in
the spinning lathe, and all these are
we'll known to the engineer. To the
general observer it is apparent that
We have in the mountain glacier an
example of continuous flow of an ap
parently solid mass, and that. too,
without rupture or disintegration.-
Casters Magazine
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-09-08

business or promoting the Interests of
litigants. Furthermore. this Chicago
lawyer made the assertion that un-
der the system in its present state the
poor man in denied justice. Iudict-
ments of the legal fraternity along this
line have come increasingly in late
years, and from lawyers, courts add
teachers of law. Mr.. Gilbert in his
address made no ATTACK on the court"
He had nothing to say about the
bench or the bar leaning towards rich
men or corporate interests. 1t was
not an appeal to prejudice or an as
suit on lawyers. He was merely point
ing out the inertia of the legal pro-
fession, the standstill policy, the con-
servatism and deadening worship of
precedent and "things as they are, "
when other professions sciences, arts,
and industries have been making long
strides forward in sympathy with the
spirit ofthe age. In q speech . year
or so ago President Taft referred to
the cumbersomeness, the delays, the
antiquated and complicated inherited
procedure in the courts as the greatest
evil ofthe times. He placed it above
any other single object calling for re-
firm and revision. 1t is evident that
many leaders Of the bar are alive to
the demand upon the legal fraternity
to advise more modern methods of ad.
ministering justice. The bar associa'
tons have been giving more and more
attention to the subject, and while,
"large bodies move slowly" there are
good prospects that in the course Of
time radical overhasling Of antiquated
methods will be undertaken.-Topeka
Capital.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-09-08
CUSTOMS ON BANKS ISLAND,
Probably One Of the Most Curious ;:
That Mans Aunt Decides E.:,om
He Shall Marry.

In the second of two lectures on
THE Secret Societies of the Banks
Islands," given at the Royal Institu
ton. London. Eng, Mr.. w. H. r. Riv.
ers said that in one of the ceremonies
of the secret societies they had a
hundred dances and a hundred songs
Decorated men came in pairs from
various directions. They carried blad
ders. which they dashed against the
trees. making loud reports. Then
they gave q special dance.
The three main features in the
kOlOkolO performance were dances.
killing pigs and the payment of PEG
pie taking part in the dance. To give
a magnificent kOlOkOlO was one of the
best ways of obtaining social kudOs.
Tn people had no regular chiefs, and
the men rose to the top through these
secret organizations
One function of these societies was
the protection of property. A mem
Der of a society put up certain sign,
called taboo. and that protected him
from people not connected with his
society. Societies, therefore. with
few members were extremely popular,
and In consequence tended to become
large. That was one of the factors
which led to the growth and increase
of the societies.
II two men had a dispute about the
of land one of them would
put the mark of his society on the
land. The other man also put the
mark of his society on the land. The
result was that neither of them could
60 on it.
The sister of a mans father had
absolute voice as to whom he should
marry.
The secret societies were called
Dead Mems Societies. and there
were q large number of things which
pointed to the ceremony of initiation
being a stimulation of death.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-09-08
The Worlds Biggest Town

tons Of coal annually. In its bound
aries men find employment At 1900
different and distinct occupations,
Seventy almshouses are insufficient to
care for the needy of the city, for there
are thousands ofbeggers on the streets.
The Bank of England, the moet re-
markable banking institution in the
world, is in London, and gives employ
ment to over 1000 clerks. Great as
London is in many particulars, it is
behind New York in many things. 1t
has no skyscrapers, as we interpret
the world, which may not be such a
disadvantage, but the same cannot be
said for the dearth IF hotels, those of
London being far below the standard
of New York. Of all kinds, London
has about 1900 schools, and its public
school system is increasing and improv
ing, with the result that many private
schools of inferior degree are discon.
tinued. London has about so theat-
res, counting moving picture shows,
which have invaded the city within
the past few years. London has the
bestsystem ofsubways, or underground
street railways, ofany city in the world
as we'll as::the oldest system Of any ex
tent. It sends manifestations to all
parts of the metropolis, and is a great
help to travel. Eighteen bridges span
the river Thames which intersects the
city.-Atchison Globe.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-09-08
LOOK WELL TO THE KITCHEN.
Writer In Houston. Post Comes For.
ward with Variations on Old
Theme Of "Feedinq the Brute"

There 10 . great deal in the old say.
ing that the way to q mans heart IL
through his stomach. II he isn't we'll
fed he is going to give trouble. Feed
the old brute well and let him smoke
in the house and he will be as tame
as the family horse. but be careless
about his feed and he is apt to swear
and cut up like . balky mule. There.
fore. 1t Is wise for every girl to look
well to her kitchen education. 1t Is
true that man Is hooked in the par
l0r. but 1t is the kitchen that enables
you to hold him.
A kitchen is to the home what the
engine-room is to a power plant or a
locomotive to a train. II things go
wrong in the engine-rOom, there's the
devil to pay. II the locomotive is out
of fix, the train must be switched to
the siding. If the kitchen is not COM
petently and efficiently conducted the
old man will fly OF at q tangent and
possibly swear where the children can
near him. Moreover, he is apt to find
to eat down town where pref
ty girls with white. fluffy-fringed
aprons. dimples. ribbons and things
do the neutrality-suspicious. Post.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-09-08
TURN FROM CAREER OF CRIME.
well-Authenticated Fact That Chill.
dren Of Crooks Seldom Follow
In Parents Footsteps.

It is q curious Mct-one all at W
rance with the doctrines of heredity.
but borne out by police records-that
the children Of crooks. Of all classes.
rarely turn out to be crooks them
selves. Deeper study of the subject
might reveal that they are possessed
Of the criminal instincts. but that the
tragically close example Of the pun
ishment and wretchedness that attend
q criminal carer has been a terrify.
ing deterrent. The fact. at any rate.
remains. The "Rogues' Galleries" Of
Scotland Yard. New York and Chica-
60 may be studied in vain for the
photographs Of q father and son.
Criminals are ever alert to keep
their children from adopting similar
lives. The rage of old. ugly Moth
er" Mandelbaum. the famous receiver
of stolen goods. was frightful when
she found that her daughter.
whom she had been at unstinted ex.
pense to educate. had secretly mar.
ried Sammy, the Jew"-Koehler. q
thief with whom the old criminal had
long traded. She disinherited the girl.
and flock Of relations were the bene
ficiaries of her ill-gotten money. In
her Chatham square headquarters
Mother" Mandelbaum maintained q
room where thieves could smoke and
drink, but she felled with a bronze
lamp q pickpocket who attempted one
night to invade the private parlol
where she was overseeing her daughr
ter's French studies.-Everybody's.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-09-08
Sod Houses In Canada.

II you read that a family lives in q
sod house. you may conclude that
poverty compels 1t; but this is not
true on the Canadian prairies. wherG
sod houses are the advance agent Of
prosperity.
The hOmesteader who obtains q
slice of that rich wheat land doesn't
wait to grab riches from the soil
Even II he were minded to build he
would have difficulty in doing 1t. fol
there is no lumber handy. So 1t is
better to wait until the locomotive
catches up. -..,
If you start out from any Of the
towns which are springing up almost
overnight In the fertile stretches Of
Saskatchewan or Alberta, you will
strike first well ordered farms and
substantial houses. but II you get
away ten miles or more the sod houses
will begin to appear.
II is not unusual to see signs of
luxury about these sod houses. They
are comfortable abiding places. cool in
summer and warm in winter
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-09-08
Watches Grow Tired.

II suppose" said the matchmaker to
friend who had just handed him his
watch for repair. you do not know
that watches, like human beings,
sometimes don't go for the very rea.
son that they are tired out and need
resting.
Sometimes . watch Is brought to
me which is all right Nothing about
It out of order, and 1t 10 fairly clean
When they become sulky and refuse
to run. except by Ats and starts. the
best thing to do Ia to lay them aside
for q good rest. The mechanism in
. tired watch seems to be in per.
feet condition. but 1t just won't work.
The fact IL that long and faithful
service has thrown it slightly out Of
adjustment In perhaps q dozen differ.
ent places. Scraping and cleaning and
readjusting q fine watch are the
worst things that could be done to It
A months rest will, instead, cause
the works slowly to readjust them.
selves. and at the end Of that time.
after careful oiling, the watch will 60
a cheerfully a. ever"
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-09-08

London, the capital Of the United
Kingdom, is marvellous city. if there
were nothing more than its size to ave
the visitor. The old city Of London
covered but 800 acres, and was . town
of some importance at the time Of the
Roman invasion. But it hasgradually
spread out, and taken in suburbs until
now the total area covered is some
thing like 500 square miles. In this
area are 100000 people. or nearly
twice a. many as in New York. And
the town is growing still. Of its pc.
pulation, 81 per cent, are estimated to
be Of rural birth, showing conclusively
how country people flock to town. It
is estimated that the population Is in.
creasing at the rate of 2O5 persons
every day. Every four minutes .
birth takes place in the metropolis, and
every seven minutes there is death.
London has the enormous aggregate of
10000 miles of street, and % miles of
new streets are added annually - the
average for recent years. There are
upwards of q million foreigners resi-.
dent in London. 1t contained more
Jews than Palestine, more Roman
Catholics than Rome, more Irish than
Belfast, more Scotchman then Aber-
deem, more Welsh than Cardiff. The
saloons or public houses of London are
SO numerous that, if'pIaced side by
side. they would make q frontage IF 81
miles. London consumes 5000, 900
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-09-08

DEATH HOLDS THE WHEEL.
In Omaha few days ago woman
was run down by an automobile and
so badly injured that she died in q
hospital few hours later. The man
who was running the machine mar
rowly escaped lynching so great was
the Indignation Of the people who wit
messed the accident.
In Chicago q man was arrested yes
terday for running down and killing a
girl. A man is in Jail at Los Angeles
chared with the same Offense. In
every paper you pick up you may
read such stories. The mania for
speed seems to oyerwhelm auto drivers
and rather than miss their fun they
are willing to pay fines at the police
station.
1t is not difficult, and one does not
require the mantle of the prophet to
foresee the end of all this. The laws
governing motoring will become 20
stringent and the penalties so severe
that there will be no satisfaction in
owning or operating machine and
the beautiful red buzz wagon will be
put out of business at least in the
towns. There will be so many rules
regulations to be observed that a
motorist won't be able to navigate at
all without breaking some of them.
1t isn't long since most of the citi.
zens Of Missouri carried guns and
shooting was the popular outdoor
sport! There followed so many kill.
ings and shocking accidents that the
strictest laws ever heard of have been
enacted and are now in force in that
state, and the gun-toter gces to the
penitentiary. The inocent hunter,
trying to shoot polecat or mongoose,
is apt to be gathered in and sentenced
to hard labor for five or ten wears.
thus helping to pay off the score
against all the gun-play fools in Miss
ouri's history. 4
The automobile is getting into
equal disrepute; it is now regarded a.
a deadly weapon rather than as q
vehicle, and the motorists of q few
years hence will be paying for the |
foolishness of present day |
chauffeurs. All Of these daily killings |
are catalogued and they will be pre-
sented to state legislatures and others
lawmaking bodies, as arguments |
against the modern Juggernaut; and
before long every penitentiary will
have an annex for the accommodation
Of auto driver.-Empor;a Gazette.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-09-08
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The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-09-08
NOTICE.

At special meeting of the stockholders Of
the Ele, atOr Roller Mills 60 held at the, Office
of the pany at 10 o'clock a. III. AZ Columbus,
Nebraska, August 9Th. 1909. the following r.so-
linton y ssed by unanimous vote of all the
stock issued:
Resolved, That Article of our incorporation
he and il hereby amended to rad:
Article !. The authorized stock Of this corpo-
ration shall be S5oOOO.GO, divided into shares of
SlOO 90 each and nEmb ered from To 800 consecu-
lively To be subscribed and paid a. required by
a maj Ority of the Board Of Directors AT a To be
by certificates, signed by the Presf-
dent and n'ersigned by the Secretary
19t PAUL a. JAEGGI Sec'y.