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The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-02-09
THE MUTUAL BOYCOTT.

1t was to he expected that the farm
ers would finally get into the game Of
boycott. The first sign Of rural inter-
est was q rumor from Kansas that the
farmers were going to refuse to buy
any of the product of city labor in
reprisal for the activity Of the city
laborers in boycotting a farm product.
It can be seen with half an eye that
the successful elimination of the two
boycotts together would settle the cost
of living probably for all time.
The cost of living is due to two main
lines of necessities, food and shelter.
The food is furnished by the farmer;
the shelter, including raiment, lumber
and the tools wherewith to produce
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-02-09

ton policy, the pure food law, the en-
ployers' liability Law, the meat inspec-
ton bill, the rate bill, and even went
further than he Was recommending
and voted for two or three things even
moro progressive than he recommend.
ed, such - the valuation Of railroads,
which Was offered by Senator La
Toilette.
81 think President Taft's recent
messages must convince the people who
read them carefully that he is adher.
ing strictly to these policies. In fact
he has even gone further in his con-
servation policy than President Roose-
welt did and this mornings press has
IN interview with Mr.. Pinchot endOrs.
ing the Taft message. He has gone
further in some particulars with re.
ference to corporation control than did
President Roosevelt. l regret that l
did not agree with President Taft for q
ship subsidy. But with all these pro-
gressive ideas am in strict accord.
81 want to be in harmony with our
president, the leader Of our party. 1
shall try to stay in harmony with him
as long as he stands for the progress.
sive ideas that are calculated to keep
our legislation up with the develop
ment of our industries, and our com.
merce and with the elevating standard
of our social and moral affairs shall
stand with him. And while ! am
here working hard for what l believe
is right I hope the good people Of Ne.
braska who have stood by me in the
years that are passed, who known
what my career has ben, and who
know that for twelve years l have
fought the battle of progressive re-
publicanism in state and congressional
conventions will stay with ne during
the coming battle. 1t seems to me
that my record for u dozen years en-
titles me to the support for a second
term Of all unprejudiced anu good
minded people.
Every truly yours,
az. j. BURNETT"
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-02-09
LANDES SHEPHERDS.
frsneh Peasants Who Are Experts In
Walking on Stills.

French Peasants Who Are Experts In
Walking on Stills.
There Is vast district in France
where the entire community goes
about and transacts its business on
stilts This district is called Lies
Landes."
The Inhabitants, who are among the
poorest peasants in France. gain their
subsistence by fishing, by such little
agriculture as Is possible and by keep
ing cows and sheep. The shepherds
make use Of their stills for two pur-
poses-frst. because walking is quite
impossible on account Of the sage and
underground Of brush, and. second,
because the height Of their stills gives
them q greater range Of vision.
The stills generally are about six or
seven feet high. Near the top there is
q support for the foot. which has a
strong stirrup and strap. and still
nearer the top a band Of leather fas-
tens the silt firmly to the leg just be-
low the knee Some stills, especially
those made for fancy walking and for
tricks. are even higher than seven
feet, and the man who uses these
and he must be an expert-can travel
as fast as ten miles an hour. The
lower end Of this kind Of silt Is
capped with a sheep bone to prevent
its splitting.
Some Of these Landes shepherds are
wonderfully clever In the management
Of their stills. They run races. step
or jump over brooks, clear fences and
walls and are able to keep their bal
ance and equilibrium while STOPPING
to the ground to pick up pebbles or to
gather wild flowers. They fall prone
upon their faces and assume their
without an effort and
In q single moment after they have
thus Frustrated themselves Technical
World Magazine.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-02-09

The officers of the democratic state
central committee have called mass
meeting of the party to gather at Lin.
coin on February 18th to participate
in a dollar banquet. Evidently the
writer of the call had in mind the
Whedon gathering at Lincoln few
days ago when he said: "a republican
administration finds itself repudiated
and condemned by multitudes of re.
publicans because it has departed still
further from democratic principles. u
And then the writer of the call adds:
"The country is hungry for democ-
racy," and ''the future of the republic,
as depending on political and industrial
liberty, is involved" The call has the
same old sound that the platform Of a
democratic convention annually rings
out for the public ear. The future
of the republic does not depend alone
on any political party. The republic
will exist whether the democratic
party is successful or not, and the
claim that the life of the republic
depends upon democratic success
sounds silly-extremeIy so. The
republic has passed through some
critical periods in its history-periods
in which had the democratic party
been in power would have resulted in
turning back the dial of time to mid
night gloom. But the republic would
have survived even if the calamity of
a democratic victory had delayed its
onward march. The democratic party
is not the republic. The intelligent,
law abiding and patriotic people, and
the spirit of patriotism and fairness
which dominate them is the rock on
which this republic is built, and a
democratic defeat and a republican
victory will not undermine and cause
it to crumble.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-02-09
UNCERTAINTIES OF HISTORY.

When We consider that Hudson did
not discover New York bay, but that
Verrazzano did; when We consider
that Fulton did not invent the steam
boat, but that Fitch did; when we
consider that Bell did not invent the
telephone; that Morse did not invent
the telegraph; Gutenberg did not in.
vent the printing press; that Morton
did not discover anaeathesia; that
Darwin did not discover evolution;
that Shakespeare did not write Ham.
let" that Homer did not write the
"Illad;" that Calico did not say, and
still it moves" that Wellington did
not say, up, guards, and at them"
that Washington did not win the bat.
ties of the Revolution; that Robes
pierre did not create the Reign of
Terror; that Nero was not monster;
that Cleopatra was not beautiful
when We reflect that history is emilia
zoned with the titles of usurpers and
that true merit lies unchronicled in
the grave, let US address a word or
two of apology to that much berated
enemy of truth, the newspaper. If
history, with a thousand years leisure
at her disposal, cannot find out just
who set up a new throne or pulled
down an old one, let US forgive the
reporter if he misspells the Christian
name of the prominent citizen who was
thrown from his automobile at $50 a.
m.-New York Evening Post.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-02-09

them is furnished mainly by the rest.
Now it is plain that if the city people
refuse to eat the farmers' product and
the farmer refuses to use the city's
product an excessive cost Of living will
be utterly impossible. To begin with,
everybody will have cut his purchases
in two. IL the second place each
person will use only his own products,
and SO being both producer and con.
sumer the cost is matter of total in
difference to him. 1t may be admitted
that the city people will find certain
disadvantages in going without food.
So too, the farmers, especially in this
climate, will feel somewhat the lack of
shelter. But as each side has volun.
tarily entered upon this step We must
presume that they know what they are
about.
1t is q matter of extreme interest and
qualification to note the spirit of CO.
operation which the farmers have
manifested toward their boycotters.
This is best manifested in the move.
ment reported from Minneapolis
wherein stockmen are said to be pledg.
ing themselves to ship no stock in the
next sixty days. While the intention
Of this is ostensibly to embarrass the
middlemen who are supposed to take
too large a share of the meat As it
goes 20 market. it really helps out the
cities. If the stockmen ship no meat
to the city the city boycott of meat
becomes automatic and 80 an unques-
toned success. IF the railroads could
be induced to stop moving trains and
nature to blockade the wagon road
permanently with snow, the boycott on
both sides would be perfect and the
millennium at last realized.-State
Journal.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-02-09
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The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-02-09

The editor of the Ainsworth Star.
Journal believes that insurgency
should be tempered with judgment
and discretion and not run mad"
Evidently the Star-Journal man is not
numbered among the frenzied reform
ers who refuse to cross the bridge with
Taft. He prefers good company to
remaining on the opposite side with
Whedon and the other anti Taft and
anti Burkett shouters.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-02-09
Bread and Pipe Baker.

The lecturer ut the cooking school
sometimes enlivened her remarks with
an anecdOte.
1.-THE eighteenth century baker she
said, WAS a pipe cleaner as we'll. just
as the barber a little earlier was II
surgeon. Everybody in those. days
smoked clay pipes. provided the same
as cups or spoons by the coffee houses
Well, each morning waiter carried
his masters stock Of pipes. some hun
dred perhaps, to the nearest bakery:
The baker would boil them, then dip
them In liquid lime, then bake them
dry. They came out Of the oven as
sweet and white as new."-Philadel
phia Bulletin.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-02-09
A VICTIM OF WORRY.
The Man Who 10 Always Expecting
Some Kind Of Trouble.

The Man Who 10 Always Expecting
Some Kind Of Trouble.
There Is always q cloud On his face
because he IS constantly expecting that
something unfavOrable Is going to hap,
pen. There Is going to be a slump in
business. or he Is going to have loss.
or somebody Is trying to undermine
him, or he is worried about his health,
or fears his children will he sick or
90 wrong or be killed.
In other words, although he has
achieved quite a remarkable success,
yet he has never really had happy
day In his life All his life this man
has been chasing rainbOws. thinking
IL he could only get little farther on.
a little higher up, he would be happy.
but he Is Just as far from it as when
q boy.
I believe this condition has all come
from the habit Of unhappiness which
he formed during his hard bOyhOod
and which he has never been able to
overcome. He has learned to look for
trouble. to expect 1t. and he gets 1t.
have been his guest many q time.
He has a beautiful home. a very
charming wife. a most delightful fam
lily, but there Is always the same cloud
on his face. the same expression of
anxiety, Of unhappiness. Of forebod-
ing.
A little properly directed training In
his boyhoOd would have changed his
whole career. and he would have been
q happy, joyous, harmonious man in
stead Of being discordant and unhappy.
There Is everything In starting right.
What is put into the first Of life is put
into the whole Of life.-Success Maya
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-02-09
Degrees of Hunger.

'I'm simply starving" cried the
short story writer at the Hungry club.
II wish they'd begin dinner"
II never saw you when you weren't
starving" said the poet
I'm never as hungry as you are.
though" the short story writer declars
ed. because write prose"-New
York Press.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-02-09

Governor Marshall of Indiana went
into Office on the liquor issue, and
now wants to stay in Office by exclud-
ing the liquor issue from the next
campaign. Nothing like playing them
both ways.-Omaha Bee.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-02-09

Jim Dahlman has gone to Excelsior
Springs to get into training for his
fight against Shallenberger and the
prohibitioDists.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-02-09
Prodiaal.

Prodi9al.
THAT fellow seems to be extrava.
CANT"
"Hopelessly. He spends his own
money Just as II 1t were the govern
ment,pALouisville Courier Journal
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-02-09
No Panic.

No Panic.
I'VE had q bad fire scare In church
today"
GOOD gracious! Was there panic"
Not to notice. The minister preach
ed on the internal regions. New York
Journal.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-02-09


out the Dutch standard, and the people
would not have presented to them as
fully the argument on the other side.
l have not replied to all this heretofore
but have trusted to the good Judge.
ment of the people to work out the
problem in their own way, realizing
that when l came up for reelection
whatever doubts and difficulties there
were in the peoples mind l would try
to meet. l may have made mistakes
in my eleven years in congress. but l
have never lodged q vote and have
never cast . vote that I did not hon.
estly believe was right, after every pos
sible effort to find out what the right
was. l have never equivocated, and
everybody knows, who wants to know
where I stand on every public ques.
ton.
ut is some qualification to me not to
be assaulted on more than q single
point after eleven years of public SER
vice. doubt if there are very many
men who have gone so long with 80
little criticism. l have voted always
for progressive legislation, stood with
President Roosevelt in every syllable
of the progressive legislation which he |
l supported his conserva.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-12

1t Is an element in our politics which
has taken possession Of The hearts OF
The people The voters Of the stale are
against Joe Cannon for. anything. any
time. They nominate ted the man French
and defeated the man Hamer as stern
rebuke TO joe Cannon. his methods and
his policies.
Tom Hamer has simply received q
lemon for his loyalty 10 an old friend
of his father. He may BE- entirely ssDs-
fed with his status. even In defeat!
French. however, will be watched close
" bv his constituency. They viii be
pleased 10 see him 'in5urge He Is
only an "at home lnsurgent' UP 10 date
The people expect some points" They
require results, He. should be familiar
With the game, having played II before
lie should let the people know Of his In
surgent alignment very early after his
re entrance In congress.
IF he takes his place a1oneside the
brand of insurgents represented by Fofn-
dexter and by Murdock he will succeed
and his success will he an spprccianle
surprise 10 an insuTgent constituency
who regard him as tiinld beyond neces-
sitv. and slightly amateurship for one
who has been possessed OF his great op-
portunitV
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-12
Tooele Republican Convention.

Special tu The Tribune
TOOELE. Sept. 1.-THE Republican
county convention will be held in Ophir.
ttah. at ~ a m, Tuesday. September 20
TOT The purpose of nominating the follow
ing officers Representative commission
or Tor iour-ycar term, commissioner for
tWo-ycar term, clerk, sheriff. attorney
recorder. treasurer assessor. superinten-
dent of schools and surveyor This con
Ncntion will consist of ffty-fvo dele
gales, based on Il vote Of twenty or ma
loritv fraction thereof cast FOR Josoph
Towel Tor congress a the last election
Ihc convention Will be made I'D as fol-
lows: Tooclc, fourteen; GrantsviIle
~,, Twelve, IN, Mereur six; .0phir. four; Yer
non three; Stockton, three: Clover, two:
Lake Point, two, Ioscpa, two; st. John
two Deep Creek, one, and Lake View,
ono. ''
In addition 10 The nominations above
thiS convention will select twelve dele
gates to attend the Republican state
convention 10 be held in Ogden Monday
September 26. There will also be sclcc-
TED county central committee. and such
other business will be transacted as shall
lawfully come before the convention
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-12
GEORGE LOCKHEAD IS
NOW At FINAL REST
Many Tributes Paid to Man Who
Lost Life in Auto
Accident.

Special 10 The Tribune.
OGDEN, Sept tI.--ln the presence OF
large concoursc OF relatives and friends
William Stevenson Lockhesd. who was
killed In an automobile wreck on the
Hot Springs road last Tuesday after
noon, at the Fifth ward meeting house
this afternoon ~ oclock. Bishop H. e.
Jacobs conducted the services.
The Scottish Cronies and the United
Commercial Travellers OF Ogden attended
the funeral in a body and with members
OF the Caledonian society Of Salt Lake
City. preceded the cortege 10 tho City
cemetery whero the grave was dedicated
by. Archibald Mcfarland.
a ouartette composed Of Mrs. Tillie
Hancock Poutsr, Mrs. Mary Jones. Has
bert Anderson and Orson Griffin. sang
several selections. followed by duet by
Mrs. Poultcr and Mrs. Jones and roo
by Mrs. Mary Farley. The speakers were
Frame. Ray Townsend and Bishop
Jacobs
Mr. Lockhead was born in Glasgow
Scotland. October 4. 1873. Els parents
arc George and Elizabeth Stevenson
Lockhard Of Ogden. Hc was baptized
into the Mormon church when lad and
with his parents. brothers and sisters
came TO Utah in June. 1889. lie was
married to Miss Pearl Hellewcll July 3
1905, and his widow, with three children,
survive him.
Al the time OF his death he was city
"a lesman for tho Hemenway & Moser
cigar stores AT Ogden, having been pre-
Scowcroft & Sons company and the
Fred i. Kierel company.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-12
MANTI FARMERS OBJECT
TO SPECIAL TAX LEVY
Special ia The Tribune.

Special 10 The Tribune
MANTI, Sept. IA meeting OF the
farmers OF Manti was held last evening
In the Commercial club rooms for the
purpose of taking some action regard
Ing the 80 cents per acre special tax levy
on farming land and 10 cents per lot on
city property which has recently been
levied by the city council.
The expressions at the meeting were
emphatlcally against the levy as made by
the city council. on account of IL being
cXorbitanr 1T was pointed out that un-
der TINS levy approximately $500 would
be paid into the city treasury while the
actual expenditures OF the city for the
distribution Of irrigation waters would
not exceed 500 FOR the Irrigation season
of 1910.
Heretofore all the farming lands ud-
jacent TO Manti City. except about 300
acres which were segregated from the
city about three years ago. have been
w,,dlu the corporate limits of the Sity.
and have paid "A full city tax; this" tax
has kept up the irrigation system and the
cost OF distributing the waters TO the
farms.
In April Of the present year tho re-
mainder of the farms were segregated
from the city. and hence. were not liza
bic for the city tax, as heretofore These
conditions brought on the special acre
age tax levy.
Alot1er inlllS lHdl Is puZllnS inc larm-
ers Is the fact that in March OF the pres
cnt year the city made n special tax
levy OF is cents per acre on the 900 acres
which was then outside of the corporate
limits. while Il levy of 30 cents per acre
was placed on lands recently segregated.
On this point the farmers arc demanding
an explanation
The meeting elected n committee OF
eight, consisting OF Alex Barton J. 4.
IIougaanI, George b, Cox, Luther Tut
tie, j. r Nelson, .. ID. Voorhus p II.
Madsen and Alfred Alder to meet with
the city council on September II and
present their objections This committee
was instructed To ask for a reduction of
this special tax levy so that the money
collected therefrom will cover the cX-
penses for which the lands are liable
and no more.
According TO an agreement entered into
between the farmers and the city coun-
ell some few months ago, the farming
lands and city lots are TO stand the eX-
pense Of keeping In repair all headgates
and mains OF diyerting the waters from
the channels. the keeping open OF the
fourth channel from the inilabtable
portion of the city. one half of the eN-
pensr OF keeping in repair the south
channel from the city TO Sanpitch river
and one-balf of the expense of Keeping in
repair the dams at the mouth OF the
canyon.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-12
BEAR GOT THE SACK,
AND WAS SATISFIED

Special Ia The Tribune
EPllRAIM, Sept. 11-Town President
H. f. JorGenson of Salina returned from
n trip 10 tho mountains during the week
and relates the following bear story.
lie states that a Mr.. Madscn. who is
hcrding sheep for Joseph Jorgcnson was
nearly frightened to death by a bear
"nllc roaming around on the mountain
sac. AS the young man was reaching
TO pick some berries he was met face
TO face with huge cinnamon bear, and
as ne took first step the bear moved
towards him, This frightened Mr. Mad
sen, and he ran down the mountain tho
animal following close on his heels. The
iister he ran the faster bruin ran and
when he saw 1T was useless to run and
that the bear practically had him he
turned on the ferocious animal. 1t was
n question of doing something I'm self
defense or be stricken down and per
haps killed by the bear, He had no
weapon, SO he used sack in his hand
He switched the bear over the face as
fast as he could. The bear would crab
and tear the sack and did this until one
end was In strings. But the man kcrt
hitting with the sack until he was ghn
to give up in despair. when. to his; 81.
prise, The bear turned aud quietly walked
away.