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The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-06-29
UNPROGRESSIVE AMERICA.

We of this big republic complacent.
ly affirm the glory of our national
achievements. and are not without
temptation to acclaim them As proof
Of superior craft and judgment. But
herein do We forget that We are on re-
cord As having cast our vote against
every move that has contributed to
the present century development. We
raised our voices in contemptuous pro.
test against the first projected rail.
ways. Had the locomotive awaited its
signal from the people, it would not
yet have started. When the electric
telegraph was shown to US We brushed
it aside As toy. and laughed its in.
ventOr to scorn when be offered to sell
us his rights for a few thousand dol.
lars. We put into Jail as an impostor
the first man that brought anthracite
coal to market. We broke to pieces
Howes sewing machine as an inven.
ton calculated to ruin the working
classes: and We did the same thing 10
the harvester and the binder. We
sc"rne'i the typewriter as plaything.
We gathered together in mass meet.
ings Of Indignation at the FIRST propos.
al to install electric trolley lines. and
when DR.. Bell told Us he had invented
an instrument by means of which We
might talk to one another across the
town We responded with accustomed
ridicule. and only the reckless among
US contributed to its being Clifford
Howard in The Atlantic.
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The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-06-29

Although Mr.. Bryan was 5000
miles away, the reach of Ohio demo-
Gratis was long enough to give him a
black eve. This swat, added to the
one delivered by Governor Shallen-
berger, makes two discolored optics for
The Peerless in one week. But wait
until Bryan gets back! Therell be
something doin' in the ranks of the
unterri6ed.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-06-29

After screaming for twenty years for
q postal savings bank law, the demo.
Gratis in congress lined up against the
measure on its final passage. You
can't trust q democrat to support even
his own party platform.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-06-29

of whom $4,000 were negroes. In
1905 the membership had increased to
be 736, $40 with nearly 10000 church,
es. worth Observation-Disclosures
Sun.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-06-29
TREASURES KINGS INHERIT.

Both Windsor castle and Bucking'
ham palace are overlooking with treas
ures of every description-plate, pic
lures, jewels, statuary. books and relic.
Of enormous historic value. When the
late king came to the throne he found
valuables of all kinds locked away
undisplayed and uncatalogued, and
worse than all-absolutely unprotect.
ell from fire.
During his all too brief reign King
Edward effected a complete revolution
In the first place be installed electric
light all through both the chief royal
residences, in the second he put in
every possible appliance and arrange.
ment for fire fighting. and after that
extended the royal library. inspected
the gold pantry, and had all the vari.
Gus treasures Of the two palaces prop.
erly inventoried and displayed.
The value of the plate alone which
King George inherits is almost inesii-
mable. The so-called gold pantry at
Windsor consists Of two large fire proof
store rooms in which is kept plate of
an estimated value of l,75O,ODO
pounds.
The gold plate which is used for
state banquets weighs over five tons.
1t is not. Of course. all solid gold. II
the larger pieces were gold they would
be too heavy to move at all. Some Of
the epergnes take four men to lift.
These are of silver gilt. 1t takes one
man to carry two dishes or eight plates.
The latter are of pure gold.
There is not much ancient English
plate in the gold pantry. Charles l.
melted down all the plate Of his day
and coined it into money. But there
are some exquisite foreign pieces.
among them great silver fiagon taken
from the flagship If the Spanish
Armada, and the famous Nautilus
cup, made by that master Of the art,
Bevuto Cellii. There is q shield by
the same great Italian, and the won
derful gold tigers head taken from
Tippoo Sahib's throne after the storm
ing of Seringapstam in 1890.
Thistiger's head is marvellous work
Of art. 1t is life sized, and its teeth
and eyes are cut out of pure rock crys-
tai. Another relic captured ut the
same time is the jewelled bird called
the Una" In shape it is like a
pigeon, with peacock's tail. Its
feathers blaze with precious stones,
and magnificent emerald hangs from
its breast. According to an old India
legend. whoever owns this bird will
rule India.
There is also a shield formed Of
snuff boxes and valued at 5000 pounds, |
md a great quantity of beautiful cups |
md salvers, among them q rose water |
Of silver designed by the late |
prince consort, and weighing nearly |
J, 900 ounces.
Detectives who reside at the castle
Is ordinary officials guard these vast
treasures of plate, and also the jewels
which are locked in another under.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-06-29

Governor Shallenberger refused to
squander $4,000 Of the tax payers
money by declining to call an extra
session of the legislature at the demand
of the Bryanites.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-06-29
"SCRAPPING" A CITY.

"SCRAPPING" A CITY.
In New York lately . twenty story
building has been torn down to make
way for a new sky scraper. Less than
twenty years ago this building. good
one for that period, cost two million
dollars. Because it was not quite up
to the highest present standards it is
thrown into the scrap heap. The
owners find it profitable to throw away
. fairly good building to make way
for . better one.
In Lincoln the same thing is being
done on . smaller scale. A good sized
building that is yet profitable is soon
to be in the hands of the wreckers,
making way for q modern Office and
bank building. American business,
with its unbOunded enterprise and
nerve" does such things constantly.
Buildings, machinery. ships are scrap
ped the moment better buildings and
machinery are to be had. The cour-
age to throw away good materials
because they fall short Of best is one
Of the secrets of American commercial
development.
As the American city begins to catch
step with progress and actually to lead
the march it grows evident that the
heroic treatment bold business men
give their buildings and manufactur.
ing plants it must face also. The
business man who worries along with
out Of date machinery falls by the
wayside. SO it will be with the out of
date city.
Forty years ago the city Of Paris
practically threw itself into the scrap
heap. remodelling I" a great extent its
boulevard system at enormous expense.
That gave Paris beauty since paid
for over and over again by visitors
who came to see. How we'll satisfied
Paris has been with that move We may
judge by what is now to be done.
Paris has decided tospendslSO.O OO. 900
to remodel the city further. What
Napoleon III did to the inner city, is
now to be done to the suburbs. These
are to be remOdeled according to the
hest obtainabIe plans. In addition
there are to he more "down town"
parks, better streets, better schools.
aud s7.OOO.OOO are to be spent in de-
molishing the city's plague spots. the
unssnitary tenements where the white
scourge thrives.
Chicago already has the plans laid
for drastic remo.leling Of the city.
New York is engr"ssed in the problem
Of making itself over in keeping with
it's new needs aud the competition Of
other cities. Smaller cities everywhere
are moving in the same direction.
The moral for young city like Lin
coin is clear. A stitch in time will
save more than nine here. Foresight
is rarer than hin.isight, yet, contrary
to the rule. much less expensive. Our
errors thus far can be corrected at
little cost. By planning intelligently
far ahead. IS the city plans commission
We may escape the necessity
some years later Of choosing between
tearing the city down and letting it
rot down. BY reserving our open
spaces now. We escape paying enOr-
mously for park spaces at some future
lime. The future Of any established
rity rests largely with the foresight Of
It's present citizens.-State Journal.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-06-29

The insurgents in the republican
state convention of Minnesota numbers
less than dozen. All the other del.
egates voted to endorse the Taft adj.
ministratiOn.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-06-29

Who are the corporation agents at
democratic banquets that are suppress
ing Bryan's letters. Is chairman J.
Z. Byrnes one of them?
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-06-29

Listen t" the bowling roar of char
mony" in the democratic camp. Too
many generals want to lead the fight.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-06-29

The democratic party continues to
make good As q party of protest.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-06-29
Three Brilliant Entertainers

smith 0amron. the Potter Craftsman
will deliver 4 lecture on the ceramic
arts. subject of vital and growing
interest. He brings with him an old
fashioned kick wheel" and makes
'essels OF clay the while he talks to
he audience at Chautauqua. 81
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-06-29
Airy.

I'm looking for II breezy march,"
said the ban,lnEISter In a Chestnut
street music Store the other day.
''IIow about this one dedicated to
the Aero club:" the faCefiOus clerk
asked
II suppose II Is written for wind ill.,
Nrumenfs." the bandmaster countered.
"Well. the air Is easy" the clerk shot
back. AMI the Interchange stopped
Philadelphia Inquirer
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-06-29
KEEP YOUR EYE ON the
BURLINCTON'S new MAIN Line
THROUGH CENTRAL, WYOMING


well started it's great wealth producing era that
not only appeals to farmers looking for lands upon
which to establish homes under most favorable conditions
but appeals the Business Professional man. Mine
atOr and Manufacturer towns that sprngn
where raw material in plenty be handled at profit
The business opportunities consist of locations for
Banks General Stores Creameres Blacksmith Shops Butcher
Shops Barber Shops Bakeries Harness Shops Hotels
Restaurants Farm Implement Dealers Lumber Dealers Flour
ing Mills, Canning Factories Furniture Factories Lawyers
Doctors and Dentists.
WORKMEN NEEDED: All kinds of labor is in great
demand and the highest possible wages pad carpenters
get from $500 to $500 per day. farm labore from $4,000
$4,000 month; there is not an idle in the Basin.
CHEAP RATES: Landseekers' excursion to look over
this new country, June 9TH and 2lst, and July 5th.
D. GLEN DEhvER. General agent
MOIII|II|IyIUIII Land Seekers information Bureau
OJ.,kY.| 1904 Farnam Street. Omaha Nebr.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-06-29
Poor Timpers!

Poor Timpers!
II have just made IL valuable dis
cOvrry." announced Timpers.
What is it," asked TwiSGS
I'm Il food
All. the j"ke is on your friends"
How is tlaf:'
"Iou know something they don't
think you Know Birmingham Age
Herald
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-10-07
WASHINGTON NEWS.

President Taft has announced that
in his message to congress in Deem
Der he will recommend the %appropria-
ton of 1000, 900 to begin the work Of
fortifying the Panama canal. MI. Taft
has always favored the protection Of
the canal and thinks the time has
come to begin work. The president
will also recommend to congress that
provision be made for two new battle
ships of the Dreadnought class.
Negotiations for the arrangement of
a reciprocity agreement between the
United States and Canada will be
opened next month. 1t was learned in
Beverly that the British ambassador.
Mr.. Bryce, has assented to the nego-
tiations being carried on directly be-
tween Canada and the United States,
without the formality of being con-
Quoted through the British embassy.
Confirmation of the report that a
petition for the dissolution of the
American Sugar Refining company has
been completed by government OIL
cials has been given out at Washing
ton. It was learned that the present
intention at the department OF justice
is to file the suit in New York in .
few days.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-10-07
FOREIGN NEWS.

The cholera epidemic, which, orig
mating in Southern Russia, already
has claimed more than 100000 victims,
is stretching its way across Asiatic
Russia and is officially declared to
threaten the province Of Amur, in
Southeast Siberia, separated by the
Amur river from Manchuria.
The monastery of the Spanish Jes-
uits at Aldeia-Ponte, Portugal, has
been closed by a government decree
and the Jesuits expelled from the coun-
try. The latter are warned that if they
return to Portugal they will be ar
rested.
The Zeppelin W., the latest model
of Count Zeppelin's big dirigibles. was
totally wrecked by the explosion of
one of the three motors located in the
stern %gondola. Three of the airship's
crew were seriously injured.
An epidemic of scarlet fever, the ex-
tent of which has not been determined,
has been discovered in the foreign sec
ton of North Winnipeg. Within the
past two weeks 200 cases have been
treated.
Two thousand Arabs have been
killed and wounded in a clash be-
tween warning tribes in Bassorah,
Asiatic Turkey.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-10-07
The IMPORTANCE
Of SIZE IN HOGS.

III an address before the Kentucky
farmers institute Professor j. D. De-
trich had the following to say In re-
gard to the size of hogs:
I think | am quite safe in saying that
early maturity and quality have been
overemphasized during the past years
during all the time that hogs have
been bred. People want a hog that
viii mature early. l want a hog that
will grow big. When the market de-
mands a hog that weighs 225 to 275
pounds, why do we want a brood SOW
that weighs 900 pounds? 1t is just
this-this size and thriftiness become
their characteristics and are transmit
ted. A pig that is from an 800 pound
Sire and dam will grow larger than
from a 400 pound sire and dam. and
the larger the parent stock the sooner
you will be able to get your pig to the
market weight and the less feed it
will require to do that. Therefore. If
you can feed a pig that comes from a
400 pound sire and dam to weigh 800
in ten months time. you ought to be
able to feed Il pig to weigh 300 pounds.
from an 800 pound sire and dam. in
seven or eight months time and use
less feed, because. as a hog approaches
maturity he grows slower. and it takes
less for him to eat. The older a hog is
the less it requires for him to eat.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-10-07
TO PREVENT JoLTIMG.
German ~invents Substitute For the
Pneumatic Tire.

German Invents Substitute For the
Pneumatic Tire.
Automobiles undoubtedly will hail
with delight the invention of a former
German infantry officer by the S of
which the running of all automobile
over n pavement curb would result
in the occupants Of the car feeling no
jolt. 1t is asserted that cobblestones
and uneven country roads may be nc
gotiated in automobiles with as much
freedom from discomfort as is expert
enced by passengers on railroad trains.
In reporting the invention to the
state department Consul Talbot ].
Talbot of Brunswick, Germany. sends
the following translation describing it:
1.-THE greatest difficulty in automo-
bile construction has been the pneu-
matte hopping of the wheels. The
tires are a constant source Of worry
and, in case of explosion. of danger
to the owners of such vehicles. AL!
substitutes. such as spring wheels or
solid rubber hoops. have failed to sup
plant the pneumatic tire. The solid
rubber hopping is too dear and. be-
sides, does not possess the requisite
elasticity.
"a former German infantry officer
has apparently succeeded in solving
the difficulty. He has shifted the
point of elasticity. which formerly
consisted of metal spring plates under
the body of the wagon. to the axles of
the wheels by IN ingenious angle lever
system. The result is astonishing.
The inventor uses ships cable for
hopping. but even with wooden wheels
he can maintain a completely elastic
course over cobblestones. country
roads, ETC.. as the wagon jolts are no
longer up and down. but move in Il
horizontal plane. forward and back
ward. He can cross the pavement
curb without the occupants Of the au-
tomobile feeling a jolt, as the body of
the wagon is not raised, as formerly.
but drawn under"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-10-07
Coins Of Aluminium.

After many months of discussion
and experimenting the French govern
ment has decided not to adopt alumni
ium coinage. This is on the econ
mendation of the commission of scien-
lists whom the government appointed
to consider the subject. A certain
number of aluminium coins were
made as u test. but the lightness Of
the white metal. which vas n Of its
chief recommendations. has condemn
ed it. A five centime piece Il cent?
made of aluminium weighed only 10
grams as against 5 grams III bronze,
and it is thought that a coin SO light
would slip through the fingers. espe-
cially the rough fingers of a workman.
Tests are now to be made of bronze.
containing 10 per cent of aluminium.
which. if adopted. will reduce the
weight by one-half. This combination
of metals possesses a fine golden vel
low color. and the coins made Of it
will therefore be perforated so that
they may not be mistaken for twenty
franc pieces.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-10-07
POLITICAL NEWS.

P~rogressiyes victorious in three
out of the twenty-five congressional
districts Of ILLINOIS in the primary cleo.
ton. Henry S. B~outell, standpatter
Republican, who has represented a
Chicago district in congress for twelve
years. was defeated by Frederick H.
Gansbergen, a progressive. George E.
Foss, standpatter and head of the ma
val affairs committee of the house,
won the Republican nomination in the
Tenth district by about 500 votes
after a hard contest. Speaker Joseph
G. Cannon was renominated in the
Eighteenth district by a majority close
to 5000. He vas opposed by Henry
B. Downs, a progressive of his own
city.
Primaries held throughout New York
city show the relative positions of
Theodore Roosevelt and the old guard,
who are fighting for control of the
coming Republican state convention,
to be practically unchanged. Roosevelt
will have the support of practically the
entire delegation from New York
county, numbering 100, while his op-
ponents claim 100 of the 142 delegates
in Kings, "a in Queens and 8 in Rich
mond counties.
In the progressive storm that swept
over the state of Washington the old
guard of the Republican party lost
nearly everything. Miles Poindexter,
a progressive leader in the present
house, was nominated tor United
States senator by 10000 plurality, car.
rying every county in the state. Two
and probably three progressives were
nominated for congress,
Complete returns from the Maine
elections show that Frederick w.
Plaisted (Dem.l vas elected governor
by a plurality of nearly 5000. Demo
Gratis also elected two of the four On.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-10-07
LEAD IN MONTANA.
Ores In the Bearpaw Mountains May
Prove Valuable.

Ores In the Bearpaw Mountains May
Prove Valuable.
The approaching exhaustion of the
worlds richer known lead producing
districts gives special interest to the
study Of any possible source of lead in
countries where increasing prices or
improved methods may soon make
wen low grade deposits valuable. Ac-
cordingly the United States geological
survey has published a report by l.. ].
Pepperberg on the little known lead
field of the Bearpaw mountains. in
Montana.
The region considered was long ago
prospected for gold and silver. but no
valuable mineral deposits were found
until about 1888, when work was be-
gun on a vein of argentiferous galena
nea Lloyd. A claim on this vein was
patented in 1892. but work was sus-
pended because it proved to be un-
profitable. Since that time several 9TH
er claims have been patented, and
some work has been done. though no
ore has yet been produced.
Tho rocks in this region are widely
mineralizcd. The ores We're probably
deposited by hot waters ascending
from great depths. Later. during the
long continued wearing down of the
Bearpaw mountains by erosion and
weathering. the metallic minerals were
dissolved. carried down again into the
rocks by rainwater and redeposited
in concentrated form within moderate
distances of the surface.
The ore contains a little gold, forty
OF fifty ounce Of silver to the ton and
so OF GO per cent Of lead and is easily
crushed and concentrated. More
thorough prospecting in this region
may develop ore bodies of greater
yalue.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-10-07

gressmen and have a majority of
legislature. This will mean the cleo
ton of a Democrat to succeed Eugene
Hale in the United States senate.
In a speech at Riverside, L. l., Theo-
dore Roosevelt said that he is not
talking revolution in declaring his new
political creed. Neither is he making
an appeal to mob rule. In a stanch
defense of his doctrine of the New
Nationalism" he declared that he was
merely urging the application of old
moralities to modern conditions.
No difference between the so called
"progressives" and regulars" will be
recognized by President Taft here
after, but all party leaders will be
treated alike as Republicans in the
matter of federal support. The pres
ident's views to this effect are given
in a letter from Secretary Norton to
a Republican leader of Iowa.
Returns from the Republican con-
gressional primary in the Eleventh
Kentucky district show the nominal
ton of Caleb Powers over d. c. Ed
wards by a majority of 1000 votes.
Powers, who was a famous political
prisoner, regards the nomination as
his vindication.
James Gray, a we'll known newspa-
per man and former mayor Of Mime
apolis, is the new Democratic nomi-
nee for governor of Minnesota. His
nomination was made by the state
central committee after it accepted
| the resignation of John Lind from the
ticket.
The Utah Democratic state platform
demands a prohibition law, direct prf-
mary elections, the election of United
States senators by popular vote, the
initiative and referendum and recall
and a tariff commission.
Colonel Roosevelt expressed salts
faction over his victory in the Repub-
lican primaries in New York county
and at the same time said he was to
| take a hand in drafting the Republican
state platform.
Democrats will write the constitu-
ton of the new state of Arizona. In
the election of delegates to the consti-
tutional convention they won at least
| thirty-fve of the fifty-two seats in the
| convention.
The Montana Republican state con-
yention renominated Charles N. Pray
for congress. Several futile attempts
were made by the ~progressives to
stampede the convention.
President Taft's administration, Sec:
rotary Ballinger's conduct in Office
and the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill were
endorsed by the Wyoming Republican
state convention.
DR.. Woodrow Wilson, president Of
Princeton university, has been nomi-
mated for governor by the Democrats
| Of New Jersey.