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The Columbus journal., 1909-06-09

Senator Burkett is making . hard
fight for free lumber, in the interest of
his Nebraska constituents. Following
is part of his speech on the subject:
"In making a tariff bill we must con.
slider the best interests of the greatest
number of people of this country. In
my opinion it is of more importance to
the people, it will build up more indus
tries. and it will enable the people to
support more industries, if they can
have their lumber cheaper. 1 am one
of those who believe that by putting
lumber on the free list it will reduce
the price of lumber to the consumers
in this country, and if it does not I am
here to ask the question which asked
the senator from Washington several
days ago, when he was making his
speech: lift will not reduce the price
of lumber, why are the people repre-.
senting those states wherein lumber is
located 80 much concerned about the
proposition to reduce the tariff? In
making this bill of 1909 we ought at
least to bring it up to 1909. When
We put logs on the free list, and that
was = good many years ago, it might
have been possible to float them down
the river. But conditions have chang.
ed since that time. When the timber
got farther hack from the streams they
had to manufacture it to meet the
requirements of the transportation
facilities. It was quite natural under
the protective theory that the rate on
lumber should be higher than
on rough lumber. But today We have
gotten rs far away from the rough
lumber rs We are from the log PROPOSE.
lion. You cannot buy stick Trough |
lumber today in the retail yards of the |
Mississippi valley, and that condition |
has prevailed for ten years. Why,
Because the lumber manufacturers |
nave found that it is more profitable
% handle finished lumber than rough
lumber. They have found that they
an save more in freight rates than it
'osts to finish it. So when you reduce
he rate On rough lumber and leave .
liaerential on finished lumber you are
the entire question, because
he rough lumber is not of any import
nee in the lumber controversy. In
ny opinion this dif5srential on lumber
simply . humbug.
A good man passed away at his
'ome in Fullerton on June 2. His
aneral Was held last Friday and q +
The Columbus journal., 1909-06-09
REyIsIoN-wHIcH wAY,.


Senator Lodge, always faithful to
the Massachusetts, cotton and wool
manufactures declared in the senate
last Tuesday that there has been no in.
tention or promise Of . downward ne.
vision of the tariff. Senator Aldrich
had previously signi6ed the same opin-
ion. In the west ct least; no man who
went through thelast campaign awake
doubted that the republicans expected
to revise the tariff downward. How
can men high in the national councils
make assertions 80 glaringly contrary
to the obvious factsf
The senators who take this position
rely for technical justification, no
doubt, on the national platform. This
promised revision "by the imposition
of such duties as will equal the differ
erence between the cost of production
at home and abroad" This does not
specify that the changes shall be down.
ward.
Political platforms are usually made
subject to liberal construction in order
that all sections and interests may
please themselves with it. In the ab-
sence of established facts bearing on
the difference between cost of produc-
ton at home and abroad q politician
in a cotton, wool, lumber, steel, sugar
or glass manufacturing district might
tell his people that this tariff plank
meant higher duties for them, while
the farmers might be assured it meant
revision downward for them. No
doubt this is what Aldrich and Lodge
told their business proteges. That is
one place where the tariff as local is,
sue comes in.
But there is one representative of
party aud interpreter of its promises
who stands not far section of an in.
terest, but for the party and country rs
q whole. His utterances, more than
platforms or the words of senators de.
notes party policy. The man is the
party candidate for president. In his
acceptance speech Mr.. Taft said:
'The tariff in q number of schedules
exceeds the difference between the cost
of production of such articles at home
and abroad" At Cincinnati last Sept
ember he said: ION the whole the
tariff ought to be lowered" At Mil.
waukee two days later he said: an
practically every case in which ade.
quate protection has been given =
the necessity for maintaining the tariff
at the former rate has ceased"
These and many similar utterances
of the presidential candidate look like
the promise and intention of downward
revision. The senators aud represen.
tatives with interests to serve may de-
cline to be bound by presidents pro-
mise. Well, then, no more needs the
veto vested president to be bound by
their performances.-LincOln Journal.
The Columbus journal., 1909-06-09
a Thin.

@ Thin.
PearHClarence boasts that he d
wrapped up In himself.
Ruby-Gracious! Isn't he afraid he
vim catch cold?
The Columbus journal., 1909-06-09

People who get results advertise in the
Journal.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-12-24
Cold at West Point.

West Point, Dec. 1S.-Special to The
News: The severe winter weather
prevalent to the last three weeks
still continues to the almost total
stoppage of corn husking, and other
farm work. One snow storm succeeds
another with very little prospect of
change. Street thermometers regis
tered IL degrees below zero yester-
day morning. ..
The following officers of the local
lodge of the Modern Woodmen of
America have been elected for the
ensuing year: ]. H. Redebach, coun-
Gil; Frank Miller, advisor; August
Hanft, clerk; B. c. Herman, banker;
H. S. Raider, escort; William Whitta-
ker, Waterman; Fred Kloth, sentry
j. d. Romig, manager.
William August Hagt, an inmate of
st. Josephs Home for the Aged, died
in that institution on Saturday.
William Breitbarth and Miss Chris.
tine Roth were united in marriage by
Rev. William Harms, the pastor of the
German Lutheran church.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-12-24

ton saloon. Livingstone declares En-.
! body only had 500 gold piece and not
the sum he claims to have had
/ Train No. 8 on the Northwestern.
which left Norfolk for Omaha at 6
o'clock last night was delayed several
hours at Beemer by reason of car
going off the track and blocking the
main line. The passenger train, due
into Omaha at 1920, did not reach
Omaha until some time after midnight
The household goods of M. Gregg
rian, who died at Omaha some time
ago and who bequeathed his savings
to number of hospitals at New York
and Omaha, were sold at public auc-
ton Saturday afternoon. Many Nor
folk people who knew Gregorian were
surprised at the number of fine books
which made up Mr.. Gregorian's library.
Postmaster Hays is in receipt of
communication from Washington ad-
vising him that the bids in the regula-
/ ton screen wagon service of the post
office department must be filed with
the assistant postmaster general by
January 4. No civil service examina-
tion is necessary for these positions,
and a good opportunity is given to
those looking for government posi-
| ton, who fear civil service eXamina-
ton.
The school board of the st. Paul
Lutheran school met Friday night and
decided the school would close for the
Christmas holidays December "a. The
vacation will last two weeks. Christ
mas program, including a Christmas
tree, will be given by the students on
the evening of December "a. The
Christ Lutheran school will also close
next Friday for the same number Of
| days as the ST. Paul church. A tree
, and an elaborate program has been ar
ranged by Professor Steffen and the
| students.
Santa Claus is receiving quite a
quantity of correspondence from Nor
folk children, who will probably be dis
appointed if he fails to respond to
their many requests. One of the let
tiers addressed to "Mr. Santa Claus,
Fridget Zone" was received at the
| local postoffice. The envelope bore
no stamp. In the letter, written in a
large, childish hand, were the follow
ing words: Dear Sanity: Well, San
ty, it Is near Christmas, so / will rite
and tell you that / want large drum
and big horn. Your friend" etc.
Uncle Sam ought to install Santa
Claus at the dead letter office, local
clerks say.
Rev. August Leutheauser, former
pastor of the Christ Lutheran church
of this city, died suddenly at his home
at Concord, Neb., Friday. He leaves
widow and a number of grown-up
children to mourn his loss. The funer-
al services will take place at Concord
next Monday. Rev. J. P. Mueller and
probably all of the Lutheran ministers
of the towns surrounding Norfolk will
go to Concord to attend the funeral.
Rev. Mr. Leutheauser came to Norfolk
in 1879 and for five years was pastor
of the Christ Lutheran church. He
was succeeded by Rev. e. G. Meyer,
who was succeeded by Rev. J. P. Muel-
Ter, the present pastor.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-12-24

Hunt repeatedly denied that she had
eloped in Paris with the prince and
her husband repeatedly declared that
he never desired to see her again. But
soon a message was carried between
the hotels, and he called on her at the
Prince George.
Obviously Mr.. Hunt had decided to
forget or cancel his belief that his wife
left him at the dinner table in n fash
ionable Paris hotel last June and that
when he went to her room he found
a note pinned to the pillow saying that
she had fled to be free. The story Of
the $4,000 worth of jewels which the
prince had induced her to carry away
and of her husbands pursuit and re-
covery of the gems is now a closed
book between them.
Mr.. Hunt is II years old and his
wife 90 They were married eight
years ago, when she was known as one
Of the most beautiful girls in Detroit.
When, after the prince had fled from
his fair companion in Paris she hur-
ried back to New York. She planned
to go home to Detroit, but the grow
ing probability of reconciliation with
her husband evidently held her in
New York.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-12-24
SATURDAY SETTINGS.

Ira NJ. Hamilton was at Battle
Creek.
Louis Smith of Long Pine was here
on business.
Will Schultz went to Berlin, Canada
for Christmas.
w. c.. Weistrand of Wakefield was
here on business.
Robert From of Pilger was in the
city calling on friends.
Eugene Cook of Lamro, S. D., was
in the city on business.
Burt Weston and Robert Louis OF
Pierce were in the city on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. August Ziemer of Hos
kins were in the city calling on friends.
August Dignan has gone to Clinton,
Ia, to spend Christmas with his
brother.
Miss Erna Wilde has returned from
Pierce to spend the holidays with her
relatives.
R. B. Hall, who has been travelling
in the Black Hills, has come home to
spend the Christmas holidays.
Miss Inez Viele, who has charge of
school at Niobrara, is here to spend
the holidays with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. Fl. Viele.
Miss Verna Coryell left Lincoln for
Belvidere, Neb., where she will attend
the wedding of her cousin, Miss Wini-
fred Hanson, which occurs the 22nd
of December, after which Miss Coryell
will return to Norfolk for her Christ
mas vacation.
Miss Lillian Degner and her school
mate, Miss Ellis Plaisted of Brecken-
ridge, Mimi, who has been here visit
ing with the Albert Degner family,
have gone to Sioux City to visit school
friends. Miss Plaisted goes home
from Sioux City and Miss Degner will
return here.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. George M.
Farley, son.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Os-
tendorf, a son.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Emil PRIDE
now, daughter.
The Ben Hur lodge will have a meet
ing Monday night, the Goth, for cleo
ton of officers.
Ice skating is reported very good
at Klug's lake. Preparations are be-
ing made by large number of the
young folks to do some stunts on the
ice Sunday.
Constable-elect Finkhouse was on
his first lob" Friday afternoon. serv-
ing papers on an out-of-town man who
was getting ready to leave the city.
Mr.. F1nkhouse was filling Constable
Flynn's place during the absence Of
that officer.
Nightwatchman Livingstone of the
Junction declares that Elmer Embody
Of Emmett Is mistaken In the allega-
ton that he was robbed in the juno
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-12-24

organ recitals and church concerts and
liederabends (vocal concerts) crowd
upon one another so fast that one Is
bewildered and doesn't know what to
do-and all are good. Poor artists
don't appear on the concert stage here
unless they happen to be Americans
who want to have the reputation of
having given a concert in Berlin. These
latter distribute the comps" with a
lavish hand, rent hall. give concert
and easily live down the newspaper
comments, secure one or two favorable
criticisms from little and unimport-
ant papers and return to America for
a triumphal tour. News travels slow
ly, and with the big ocean between
most of it never arrives.
I'll close this rather disconnected
collection of gossip and garbled facts
because my paper has run out-as well
as my supply of ideas. That they
run out together may be hard to be-
lieve-in fact | have no doubt even
very favorable critics will be forced
to conclude that the ideas ran out on
the first page.
Mac Harding.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-12-24
CANTONWINE is GUILTY.
Former Armour Merchant Convicted
of Perjury on All Counts.

OF Perjury on All Counts.
Sioux Falls, S. d., Dec. 1S.-The jury
in the case of j. C. Cantonwine, on
trial for several days on an indict.
ment charging him with perjury, after
being out only few hours returned
a verdict Of guilty on all counts in the
indictment against him.
Cantonwine formerly was a promi
nent merchant of Armour, being rated
as worth $150,000, and on the morning
of September IS, 1908, created a great
sensation by declaring that the safe
in his store had been robbed the night
before of $4,000 in cash.
For some time before the date of the
alleged robbery his financial condition
was known to have been impaired
Following the alleged robbery his cred
itors, who had aggregate claims OF
about $65000 against him, instituted
involuntary bankruptcy proceedings
against him. On the day required by
him to make an answer he filed a pc
tition in voluntary bankruptcy.
The indictment against him alleged
that in addition to making perjured
statement to the trustee in bankrupt
cy relative to his financial condition
he concealed the $4,000 which was
alleged to have been stolen, in addi
ton to other cash and property, with
intent to defraud his creditors.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-12-24
Doesn't Know the Old Town.

81 don't know the town. | find a
few old landmarks, but I can't place
them. Norfolk has grown remarkably
in eleven years."
George A. Latimer, formerly Nor
folk attorney but now practicing law
in Spokane, has not been here in
eleven years and he finds great
many changes. He says he knows
none of the people he meets on the
street, save now and then an old-timer,
and he can't place the buildings that
he finds.
81 had hard time trying to make
out The News Office" he said. "The
Auditorium, next door, wasn't here
when I left Norfolk"
The federal building has been built
since then, as have a number of other
big buildings.
81 find the residence district par
ticularly changed" Mr.. Latimer said.
Its full of timber, and when l left
it was bare. l find house on every
lot and have no idea who lives where
Mr.. Latimer was in partnership at
Spokane for time with A. E. Barnes,
formerly of Ponca and a brother of
Supreme Judge ]. B. Barnes of Nor
folk. For the past three years, how
ever, he has been member of the
firm of Plummer & Latimer.
Mr.. Latimer stopped in Norfolk to
visit with Mrs. Latimer's mother, Mrs.
Mary Davenport, and other relatives.
He leaves tomorrow for home, going
by way of Sioux City.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-12-24
Hold-up Man at Wymore.

Wymore, Neb., Dec. 18.-After four
hold-ups in Wymore last night the
capture of man suspected of the
work was effected. He made his es-
cape, however, while an officer was
taking him to the Jail.
The first victim of the hold-up was
o. Crustifick, a barber, who lost no
money but had a finger badly bitten
In fight with the bandit. T. O'Hara,
Burlington auditor was robbed of "a
by masked man who put pistol in
his face while he was sitting at his
desk in the depot building. Mike
Arone, a machinist, was ROBBED near
the coal chutes. Two men did the
job but got only S5 cents.
A little later section man was as.
saulted by two men when he refused
to give up his money He was In bed
III bunk car at the time.
At 8:45 Officer Schlanken arrested
''Bish" Polak, an old offender who has
served time in the county jail and
pen, and who answered to the descrip-
ton OF the hold-up man given by
OHara and Aronea. Poiak was In a
pool hall and at the door broke from
the officer and ran. Three revolver
shots were fired at him and It In
thought one took effect In the arm.
Polak turned into an alley and has
not been found.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-12-24
Norfolk Masons Plan BuiIdinq.

A Masonic temple is planned fol
Norfolk. The two lots at the south
west corner of the intersection Of Mad
ison avenue and Fourth street, dag
onally across from the postoffice, have
been purchased by Mosaic lodge No
55, A. f. e A. NJ, for the purpose O.
erecting building in the not distant
future.
The lots, 44x9O feet in dimension
have just been bargained for at $2750
The building, while it is not yet defin
itely settled, is likely to be three sto
ries high, it is said, with the lower
floor for business rooms, the second
floor for offices and the third floor fol-
lodge purposes.
This will make a slightly corner OF
the Fourth street and Madison avenue
intersection, with the 100000 federal
building on one corner, the $4,000 Y
M. c. A. building on another and the
Masonic building on a third.
Definite plans have not yet been
adopted, nor is it known just when
the building may be erected.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-12-24
Newspaper Postage Rates.

Madison Chronicle: President Taft
urges in his message, and with good
show of reason, that the rates Of post
age on magazines and periodicals
other than newspapers should be in
creased. The points he makes are
that they are hauled on an average
of several times as far, and that they
contain a much larger average pro-
portion of advertising. The Omaha
Trade Exhibit believes that newspaper
postage should be doubled and maya
zine and periodical rates still more
greatly increased. Before increasing
newspaper rates it would be well to
cut out franking privilege abuses and
look we'll to the price paid by the
government for carrying mails, which
President Taft says averages more
than nine cents a pound. Isn't there
little graft in mail carrying con-
tracts? They far exceed average ex-
press rates, which are exorbitant.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-12-24
Wayne Normal Notes.

The Misses Carroll Van Conett and
Robertson, and Mrs. Pile were Sioux
City visitors Saturday.
The advanced class in elocution gave
a public entertainment In the chapel
Thursday evening under the direction
of the head of that department, Miss
Margaret Carroll.
Harry Sherbahn, who has been such
a faithful student, has certainly turn
ed out some fine work in the manual
training department. Harry for years
was sufferer and not able to be in
school. However, pluck and industry
have made up for this break and he
is now able to take his place with the
most favored not only in the manual
training but in other work.
The new term will open January
3. Reservations are being made for
rooms and the indications are that the
attendance will be as large as 1t was
year ago.
The Y. w. C. A. girls held a profit
able bazaar last Saturday evening.
The net receipts were over $35. This
association will send Miss Robertson
to Rochester, N. Y, as a delegate to
the international conference which is
held quadriennially. The Y. M. G.
A. will send Mr.. Chinn as their re-
preventative.
Professor Kemp of the public
schools was on the hill Saturday to
watch the boys at their manual train
ing work. Mrs. Pile deserves much
credit for having made it possible that
this could be arranged for the boys.
Miss Kingsbury spent Friday after
noon and Saturday in Wakefield. The
public schools were having an exhi-
bition of the Turner pictures and Miss
Kingsbury was there with her talk
on are and artists. Miss Kingsbury had
charge of an art exhibit at one of the
national expositions and that supple
mented by year and half in Europe
makes 1t worth while to hear her.
While in Wakefield she was the guest
of Mrs. Haskell.
On Tuesday of last week Professor
Hunt9mer gave a talk on pottery be.
fore the Acme club and again on Fri
day before the high school. On Sat
urday of this week he will speak to
the students at the college. The pot.
terry on exhibition was loaned to the
art department of the federation. Mrs
Wilson and Mrs. Pile while in Lincoln
at the state federation made arrange
ments for it to be sent to Wayne
1t is fine collection and certainly has
done it's part in Wayne.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-12-24
A Prophet. Guess Yes.

Burke Gazette: Over six months
ago the Gazette predicted that the
railroad would not strike any of the
towns now established in Trip coun-
ty except Colome. Also that it would
go north of Lamro and south of Wit
ten. 1t seems that the Gazette is
some prophet. The Western Townsite
company of Dallas secured from the
railroad townsite rights in Trip coun-
ty, and three new towns have been
plated, all of them on the railroad
right of way. Winner (Which name is
Significantly is about two miles north
east of Lamro. This town is bound
to be a hummer and the county seat
of Trip county. 1t is reported that
most of the business men of Lamro
take a sensible view of the situation
and are getting ready to move to
Winner. They realize that while there
is sometimes some personal satisfac-
ton in bull-headed fight against
long odds, 1t does not pay. Lamro has
been built to goodly proportions, and
no one will deny that if the people
about it they could maintain a town
there for long time. But what's the
use? Eventually Winner would kill
them off; and so they will move to
Winner, and with their help that town
will get a quick start and will sur
pass all records for fast and substan-
tial growth, for investors will know
that it is permanent.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-12-24
LOVE SoFTENs HIS HEART.
Aged and Wealthy Californian For
gives His Erring Young Wife.


New York, Dec. 1S.-"Not If she
crawls to me on her hands and knees
will | take her back" John Wright
Hunt, the wealthy Los Angeles hotel
proprietor, said after returning from
Europe last June, after his wife had
eloped with Russian who styled him.
self Prince Tcherniadieff.
"She was a dear, sweet girl before
she met that man and have the full
est confidence in her STILL" John
Wright Hunt said two weeks ago after
he had called on his wife at her rooms
in the Hotel Prince George.
Nothing to say" Mr.. and Mrs. John
Wright Hunt declared when they dis
appeared from their hotels Saturday
and drove in separate carriages to the
station to take train for the west.
For they didn't want anybody to know
of their reconciliation.
Since Mrs. Hunts return from Eu'
rope November % she had been at the
Prince George until Saturday. Her
husband was at another hotel. Mrs.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-12-24
Hoskins.

R. M. Waddell, his wife and little
son, of Phillip S. D., were here visit
ing relatives this week.
William Moratz and Ben Ruhlow
are working with the railroad bridge
gang.
Mrs. o. Garwood Of Winside, is Wis
iting here.
One of Andrew Colander's little
daughters is quite sick with appendi-
citis.
Miss Blessing of Coburn Junction
visited at her brother-in-law's, B. e.
Crouch, over Sunday
School will close December "a for
a two weeks vacation.
The following were stock shippers
from here this week: R. Kaun, cat
tie; Charles Chapman, cattle; Eric
Staun, cattle; H. WEIGH, cattle; M.
Benedict, cattle; F. c. Schroeder, cat
tie; William Behmer and Gus Schroed-
er, hogs.
d. S. Lord spent Sunday with his
family at Randolph. ~