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The Columbus journal., 1911-07-19
Call for the Republican County Con-

Call for the Republican County Con.
vention.
The republican electors of Platte
county, Nebraska. are hereby called
to meet in DELEGATE convention In
the city of Columbus, in Firemen's
hall, In the North opera house, on
Monday, the 24th day Of July, at 2
o'clock. p. m, for the purpose of elect
ing eleven delegates to the state con-
venti0n to be held in the city of
Lincoln, Nebraska on the 18th day
Of July, 1911, and to elect a central
committee, and transact such other
business as may publicly come be-
fore the convention.
It Is recommended that primaries
be held In the several townships and
wards on Saturday, July %. 1911. for
the purpose Of electing delegates to
said county convention: said primar-
les to be held at an hour designated
by the township or ward commit
teeman.
The basis of representation for
delegates to said convention shall
be one delegate at large, and one
delegate for every fifteen (15) votes,
for major fraction cast for Senator
Elmer J. Burkett for preference for
United States senator at the last gen.
eral election.
Said representation to be as follows:
Columbus, First Ward =. ........ 5
Columbus, Second Ward .. .. .. 5
Columbus, Third Ward =. .. III
Columbus, Fourth Ward .. .. 90. 8
Columbus township :. =. ........ z
Bismark township .. .. ........ 4
Sherman towsnhip.. .. :. ........ 4
Crest0n township .. .. =. ...... Z
Shell Creek township .. .. ...... 3
Grand Prairie township .......... 3
Humphrey township =. .. ...... 3
Butler township :. =. go. ...... 4
LOup township .. .. .. .. ...... 2
Lost Creek township =. 80. 80. 6
Burrows township =. =. ........ 2
Granville township .. .. ........ 4
Monroe township =. =. .......... 4
Joliet township =. ...... ........ 4
st. Bernard township .. .. ...... 3
Woodville township go. .. go. 4
Walker township ...... 600. ....10
Oc0nee, Monroe" 900. .......... 4
Oconee, "Oconee" .... .......... 2
Total number of delegates. .1O9
It is recommended that no proxies
be allowed, and that the delegates
present cast the vote of the entire
delegation on all matters which may
arise.
BRUCE WEBB.
Chairman
c. N. McELFRESH.
Secretary.
The Columbus journal., 1911-07-19

Total number Of delegates. 100
It is recommended that no proxies
be allowed, and that the delegates
present cast the vote of the entire
delegation on all matters which may
arise.
nDrYCrS w, mn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-29
WITH THE LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER

A LMOST hermits in their isolation
"a among the waters of the Potomac
and Chesapeake are the keepers of
the lights that guide the pass ng ships to
their destination. In their tiny cottages
of from four to eight rooms these men
live, depending in most cases solely upon
the lighthouse service vessels for food
and fuel One man must always be on
hand to care for the light, and the un-
written law that commands the captain
Of ship to be the last to leave in I me
of stress applies also to this lighthouse
keeper in case of the destruction of his
home.
About sixteen lighthouses are scattered
along the Potomac and in the Chesapeake
ray. In addition are the light vessels,
stationed In the deepest water. equally
as detached from the mainland as the
lighthouses. There are also a number of
smaller ghts; these, however, burn for
several days and nights without atten-
lion. They are not built to accommo-
date a keeper and are cared for by yes
sells of the service.
The life OF the lighthouse keeper in one
of the shore stations is more or less COM
monplace. His only intercourse with the
OutSlue WOTlu Is through the passing
ships, and he seldom has an opportunity
to sit the nearest town oftener than
once every three or four months About
every third month tender drops anchor
at his home and leaves with him fuel.
food and water. This periodical call and
the signals from the various steamers
are about the only deviations in his more
or less monotonous round of days
His home is in effect a small cottage
supported at a sufficient he ght above the
water to prevent destruction in time of
storm There are, however, two varieties
of lighthouses. One is known as the
screw pile light or bug light as it is
commonly called, and the other is a
caisson foundation light. The former is
a lighthouse held high on an iron frame
work fastened into the sand below the
water by enormous screws. A shelf is
often made into this framework under
the house, and here the keeper stores his
fuel and sometimes his water tanks. Oc-
will sweep this away, making his condi-
ton a serious one. The possibility of
such an accident however, is taken into
consideration in building the Light, and
such occurrences are rare. The caisson
light has foundation of solid masonry.
Each lighthouse keeper is supplied by
the service with fuel and water. but he
must buy his food with a portion OF his
salary. When he Is SO situated as to be
unable to reach the marketLas ii most
generally the case-his food is purchased
by the men Of the service and the cost
deducted from his pay. His remittance Is
80 cents a day, and his small home In
the midwaters. This, however, he must
furnish himself.
When he leaves his home for short So
journ upon land he lowers his small boat
that * swung na:.r thu door and in that
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manner makes his way to a nearby town.
This boat is often, too, the means of saw
ing his life if the condition of the light
house becomes dangerous. Perhaps one
of the most dangerous stations is that in
the Virginia waters named Thimble shoal.
1t is at the present time a wreck and
through its lifetime often a scene
of catastrophe. 1t was so located that il
in passing it a vessel made a mistake In
calculations a collision was the result.
Dur ng the past year such an occasion
proved fatal tugboat appeared in
sight of the lighthouse keeper with sew
eral barges In tow. The vessel passed sue
cessfully, but in swinging around the
barges were thrown against the light
house. knock .ng one portion of II away.
This upest the stove and fire resulted.
The house was entirely destroyed and the
iron framework twisted and bent by the
heat. The keeper made brave effort to
preserve his home, but was forced to
abandon 1t. barely escaping with his life.
In the deeper waters of the Chesapeake
a lighthouse is impracticable and In Its
stead light vessels are stationed at vari-
Gus points. These are manned by COM
plete crew but none of the mems families
is allowed on board. These sh ps remain
stationary and each man lives this re
for at least three months at time be-
fore he has "shore leave. Food and
fuel are supplied to them by the tenders
in the same fashion as are the light
houses.
These lighthouses and light vessels of
the Potomac are typical of those through
out the United States. Owing to the
many rivers. bays and lakes of this coun-
try the lighthouse service IS perhaps the
largest in the world Several or the
cotntry's Presidents have taken particu-
partment, letter VIZ item by Thomas
jefferson, stating his belief in the ad-
yantaees of the service and the necessity
OF reliable men. is carefully preserved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-29
A Pard0nabIe Mistake.

NTHE cold weather is coming on, and
We shall soon see some very re-
markable cold weather motoring suits
The speaker sat in his New York off,ca
He resumed:
TN be glad when cold weather motor.
ing Clothes are made more slightly They
give US such shaggy look now. don't
.hey: DID you ever hear about the per-
forming bear?
Well. country hotel, a good dea,
1requented ny motorists. took in a show
man and MS performing bear. and one
morning the bear escaped from the stable
- Every body fed before the snirnA.
The hotel man. however. pursued II cour-
aSeously. 1t entered the hotel mountad
the stairway. pushed open a bedroom
door and vanished
Then the hotel man, close beb,rd
mead from the bedroom an angry ex.
ciamation In feminine voice and tha
words: '"e
George. dear. how often have 7 for
oldoen you to come into my room with
out knocking-and in your automobiIe
coat. too!''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-29
The PerverSe Husband.

John COLLIER, the secretary OF New
} Yorks board of moving picture GEN.
sors, said the other day:
ITS no good getting up objectionable
picture plays We never pass them. In
fact, We turn them down so inya riably
that It seems to me the composers of such
plays are animated by a spirit of per-
versity. They remind me OF old Uncle
Jethro Husk
Uncle Jethro sat fishing on the bank
Of tiny rivulet when a stranger stopped
beside him and said:
.. Is II possible that there are any fish
in such a small stream as that@
mo. there amt none Uncle Jeth
grunted.
+" But you're fishing.
Yep said Uncle Jeth
what, then, Is your object?
My object. said Uncle Jeth is To
show my wife | amt got no time to sifs
the ashes -
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given discretion by Congress to make
contracts with mail carriers without
designating the methods of transporting
the mails. The routes thus established
were marked on the records of the de-
rartment by star to distinguish them
from certain routes where the method of
transportation was designated in the con-
tract. In time these Independent routes
were called star routes in the depart
ment. and grave abuses which crept into
the service on these routes in the west
in the seventies gave rise to the famous
star route scandals of that period
1t was by act of Congress in 1861 that
the first overland mail route between st.
Louis and the Pacific coast was estab-
lshed. The service was first performed
by mounted carriers, much after the
style Of the earlier pony express. This
and other overland routes were after
ward served by stage coaches. and later
still by the transcontinental railroads.
The steamboat was pressed into the
service of carrying the mails in 1913.
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request on Congress fer an appropriat on
of S,n,0sp to cover preliminary expenses
OF establishing u parcels post on rural
mail routes, and an equal sum 10 estab-
lish a parcels post I'm city delivery scrv-
ice.
penses of the establishment Of this rural
parcels post are betrayed and ii is IN full
operation il will bring In sufficient reyc-
nue. TO meet not only its cost. but also a
surplus which may be utilized To pay the
expenses OF a parcels post in the city.
Another step contemplated is the estab-
lishment of general parcels post on all
railway and Steamboat tr importation
routes. and for this purpose eg station
will he requested at the coming session
of Congress.
Copyright. 1911, by William L. Altdorfer.)
ito realize what million let alone what
billion, is. l overheard two laborers
talking about millions behind that hill
there the other day.
If / was a millionaire said the first
laborer. he threw a shovelful of dirt
into cart, I'd go To the Pla "a Hotel in
New York. I'd hire front bedroom and
I'd tell EN- to call me at o. And then.
when they came the next mornin' at q
and called me I'd shout. GO away.
don't have to get UP. I got money.
After he had shoveied a while i'm
silence the laborer turned to his COM
panion and said:
. And what would you do. pard IL you
was a millionaire?
THE other la borer Strengthened UP from
his task with a sigh.
I'D have half a foot more length put
to this shovel TO save me poor back he
said"
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three classes of routes and the remunera-
ton for them were established.
Mails were first carried by railroads in
1882. A contract made the preceding year
with two star route operators designated
that daily mails should be carried be-
tween Philadelphia and Lancaster, Pa.
This contract was changed in November,
1882. and the contractors allowed four
hundred dollars more compensation for
transporting the mails by railroad trains
to West Chester A list of mail con-
tracts was furnished by the Postmaster
General to Congress in 1886. and in that
list one railr,>ad route is mentioned-route
1896. from Philadelphia to Reading, fifty
eight miles. Service by railroad increased
very rapidly from this time on In many
cases the star route contractors were al
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ment in 1910 it was possible to send
letter from Portland, Me-. to Washing
ton in twenty-seven days. which fifteen
years before required forty days in the
passage. Today the same letter would
travel between the two points in as
many hours as 1t required days in 1910.
AS time passed and the development
of the country advanced faster means
of carrying the mails were demanded,
and in 1886 the pony express was tried
out. The feature of this service was re-
lays of horses which were ridden to the
limit of endurance and then exchanged
for fresh ones. The rider either dis
mounted from the weary horse and took
new mount or the mail sack was
handed to a fresh rider by the man COM
ing into the station, without any delay.
This service was faster than the stage
coach. but 1t proved too expensive and
was maintained only in a few places
after 1898
1t was in the stage coach and post rider
days that the Postmaster General was
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Some experiments had been made prior
to that time. but in that year a law was
enacted authorizing the department to
make contracts with steamboat lines ply
ing between one post town and another
The remuneration for the service was
placed at three cents for each letter or
packet and one cent for each newspaper
carried. With the increase of steamboat
traffic the Postmaster General was per-
mitted to make contracts with steamboat
companies to carry mails In all parts of
the country. In 1887 the steamboat serv-
ice was 974 miles. From 1850, when 1t
was .. 725 miles, the service increased rap
idly until 1t reached A., $50 miles i'm 1895
Since then there has BEEN a marked de-
crease In that form of transportation.
due to other more rapid means OF travel.
The railroad mail service was author
ICED by Congress in 1916 Under this law
the department. was permitted to enter
into contract with railroads without ad-
vertising for bids. BY subsequent act
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through the tangle of forest and mountain
trails of the eighteenth century.
The Continental Congress in 1915 re-
solved to establish system of posts for
the purpose of conveying letters and in
teilirence through the colon es. and Ben
jamin Franklin first Postmaster General,
caused the establishment of a weekly
mail service for every city Of the country.
The next step In the evolution of mail
transportation was the utilization of the
stage coach. In 1886 and the following
year the government experimental with
stage coach routes and found them quick
er and safer than the post riders, and in
the latter year the Postmaster General
was authorized to make contracts with
stage lines for the carrying of the mails.
In 1870 twenty stage routes had been es-
tablshed and by report of the govern
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lowed to use the railroads where they had
employed other means Of transportation,
but as these contracts expired the gov
eminent made contracts with the railroad
companies direct.
The first mail clerk for the railroad
service, John E. Kendall, was appointed
in May. 1887. John Ellicott was appoint
ed in June. 1887. and John Mitchell in
February, 1888, the last named to run
between Washington and Philadelphia.
In 1897 the United States had ,437 miles
of railroads and mail was carried on 974
miles, at total cost of $sO7, "A At first
the bulk of mail carried on railroads was
letters, the cars of that early period not
being equipped for newspapers. Later.
however. not only single cars but entire
trains have been devoted to newspaper
mail alone, running at enormous speed
from the big cities, to outlying towns. In
1915 mail was carried on $500 miles of
and the railroad service en-
rloyed forty-three clerks. The system
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walking to the automobile. The horse,
mule, donkey, bicycle, motor cycle and
automobile are used by carriers in diff
ferent parts of the country. The means
of transportation is varied the form
of the letter box into which the carrier
deposits his letters.
In Alaska Hawaii and the Philippines
many primitive methods of carrying the
mails are in vogue, that in the service
can be found at any time all the modes
of travel known to the history of the
race. And it is likely that all will con-
tinue i'm use for many years to come,
even if the aeroplane takes its place
among the fast carriers of the coming
years.
Postmaster General Hitchcock is an
earnest advocate of the parcels post, and
for this purpose he is urging a special
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7 TN Gle S MS Mail

I TN CT E S A MS Mail
- Pouches to Be Carried
Through the Air-Postrnas-
ter General Earnest Advocate
of the Aeroplane-First Test
of Aerial Mail Carrying Pro-
nounced Success = Pioneer
Aerial Postran Earl L. Ov-
ington-Evolution of Uncle
Sans Mail Carrying Facili-
ties-From the Day OF the
Pony Express and the Stage
Coach TO the Aeroplane.
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MiIIionaireS?

TOHN ID. ROCKEFELLER, receiving the
J Rockefeller Family Association at Po-
cantico Hills, said to young Rockefeller
who was talking about billionaires:
MY young friend. do you know how
long 1t would take you even to count a
billion? It would take you. counting a
hundred a minute and working eight
hours a day Just sixty years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-29
The Divine Compassion.

nICHARD LIE GALLIENNE. in his
N studio in Darien. Conn, was talk
ing about divorce. illness, old age and
the other evils flesh is heir to-
Mr. LIE Caffeine paused. his clear eyes
softened, and. tossing back his heavy
hair, he said:
What immense compassion God must
have when even We poor worms feel
PITY
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has expanded to a mileage of 215.0O and
a clerical roster of nearly 5000 names.
The use of trolley cars to carry mails
has grown up slowly, and mostly for
local routes over short distances. The
service is naturally limited in scope and
never can compete with the longer-dis-
tance and more rapid steam routes. The
use Of pneumatic tubes is limited to about
five miles of service pipes in the cities of
Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago
and St Louis. 1t Is operated at cost
of something over $5OO,OOO year.
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ROM The day cf
TIC pony express
Z q stag" coach.
y hen i letter re-
gGfed weeks and
I months to
rea i outlying set
t!egent. Of the
oung republ c. TO
the pr sent day.
many changes have
taken place IL the
manner ~ carrying
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Uncle sam. mail pouches And now we
have the greatest charge III ali-the aero
plane has been called into service. and
hereafter Il viii play very important
and distinctive part n the speedy de-
livery oi the mail
The story u The evolution and progress
Of the carriage o. the United States mail
= unusually interesting. During the rast
l@5 years Uncle Sam has employed many
peculiar devices to speed the parting mes
sage or its WAY lie has taken advantage
OF every possible means at his command
10 rush the matt TO its destination as
quickly a. possible. and now he intends
10 make use 81 tine latest invention Of
man. Postmaster General Hitchcock be-
lieves air fiers will soon become the mail
carriers Of the United States. No other
appliance offers anything TO he COM
pared with the aeroplanc in point of
speed. and that j. one ~ the great oh
~. % - obtained in the transportation
~ mails, This Was the statement made
- Mr Hitchcock when questioned re-
gardng IN latest method Of Cncle Sam
10 hasten the delivery Of the mails.
Mr. Hitchcock Is thoroughly alive to the
possibilities OF the aeroplane as mail
carrier lie Is gathering from every for
elSn country In tie world every bit of
informal on relating 10 experiments in
the carriage of mails by aeroplane, and
IL go firmly Convinced OF the usefulness
or the aeroplane in carrying mails that
he has made request OF Congress for an
appropriation of $4,000 with which TO
make further tests by this method. In
support Of this request the head of the
Post Office Department said:
''The establishment OF regular service
Of this nd IS hardly more doubtful than
was the first experiment of carrying mail
by rail in 1887, or going back still farther
when mail was carried by stagecoach
way back in 1856. The success OF air
routes for mail service depends greatly
upon the development of the aercplane
itself"
The first real test of carrying mail
through the air was made at the aviation
meet at Nassau Field September -. which
was a distinct success. The first pouch
carried weighed ten pounds. and was
made up of go letters and l.2SD postal
cards. most of them OF the souvenir va
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Rural free delivery, which has been
Installed in the last twelve years, en-
ploys all means of transportation, from
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y - So s
lkx 20 sa,la x-=x3As~ BY He
Sammy and
The mints making mighty small dollars Nowadays Money
still talks but has dropped whisper and the butcher
and the baker and the landlord hardly hear speak,
hasn't much live and prices
keep rising you'll be using market basket purse
you'll bring back your marketing in pocket book
When a boy dollar had long ways co. but it
managed to make the journey without in,ping.
Heaven knos the family needed every penny you could earn
but you .Oere well fed and warmly clad
At whch point memoirs we'll change subject and
consider Sammy, the errand boy
In the midst of all your coeitatons YOU hadn't houeh
of him.
He's such insignificant factor your that you
forget that you're mighty big consideration in his
You're the who him S. per, and these uery
the high cost of living you
Automobile upkeep isn't disturbing her anyupise She isn't
wasting time considering whether she afford reecorate
house this the winters decided problem
and SO is the winter cold
She's reached the conclusion that Sannys breakfast won't
be zig last his parcel of lunch
formerly ereu be cotton than his suit
thanks to Schedule kO
Blu fill in the details YOURSELF You probably think up
few additional points.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-29
By Herbert Kaufman
Sammy and High Living.


and because have felt the angs of poverty and still
wear the in picture what would
for boy take Sammy place and go Sammys pace
to by the light of the North Star fight the chill winds Of
dawn and tramp the frosty pavemen bitten the bone blue
and the yoke Of routine under rules and regua
tions that the souls of husky peppery bully snap
ping at his heels
The idea isn't appealing, eh?
But don't dismiss it because it's unpleasant Dwell
until thoroughly appreciate the between Sanys
lot and the surroundings of and them the
of God and Humanity and their name, too give Sammy
better DEAL
When creation planned the Almighty allowed for
carefree years in every Gfe
Sammys been cheated His mother can't afford let him
haze them.
And from the brutal standpoint of dollars you
afford do BETTER but that isn't the which
You'll rich grinding child down the last
and won't by making less profit of his
time.
The most he is pitiabe pttance He isn't old
enough for bigger job You can't raise his age but you
raise his wage.
High living hasn't shrunk your many dollars half
his measly feu.