DAILY PERSONAL NEWS
Short Items of Interest, From Fri
day Evening's Daily Journal
Mb
Ed. Snodgrass was a business visitor
in Pacific Junction the forepart of the
day.
Max Strucklin departed for Lincoln
this morning on the early Burlington
train.
Etrl C. Wescott was looking after
some business matters in Omaha this
afternoon.
Mr9. T. E. Parmele and son. Jack,
were visitors with friends in Omaha
this afternoon.
Henry Snoke, of Eagle, was a visitor
in the city today to attend the meeting
of deputy assessor.
Mrs Henry Hennings was a visitor in
Omaha today.
J. W. Bookmeyer was a business
visitor in Omaha this morning.
The Misses Olive and Standfield Jones
were visitors with friends in Omaha to
day. Earl Travis returned this morning
from Omaha, where he visited a few
days.
Mrs W.H. Newell and daughter, Miss
Bernice, were visitors in Omaha today
with friends.
Mrs. M. E. Cooper and son, Clifton,
were visitors with friends in Omaha
this morning.
Little Janet Brantner has been quite
sick for the past day or two with an
attack of stomach trouble.
Edward Roth, of Chicago, was tran
sacting some business in the city this
morning, and departed for Omaha this
noon.
Walter E. Paling of Glenwood was a
visitor in the city today down to attend
thejassessors meeting.
I. B. Appleman was a business visit
or in the city this morning, having mat
ters to attend to at the office of the
county judge.
Or. Haggard and wife of Nebraka
City, the successors of George H. Grif
fin and wife at the Masonic Home,
departed for Omaha this morning.
Chas. Hennings and son, Fhillip, from
near Cedar Creek, were visitors in the
city this morning, looking after some
business at the county treasurer's of
fice. Harry White departed with his father
this afternoon for Yankon, South Dak
ota, where he will work with him t n
the tracklaying ga.ig of the Milwaukee
railroad.
Elder George Wavus of the "Faith
Home Mission," of Tabor, Iowa, was a
visitor in this city this afternoon, a
guest at the home of A. B. Eichelber
ger. X A. Patterson, of Weeping Water,
was a visitor in the city this morning
looking after some business matters at
the office of the register of deeds.
Frank Stanley returned this morning
from a trip extending over a week at
North Platte, where he is looking after
Ahe sale of some land at that place.
D. W. Foster of Union was a vis
itor in the city last evening and this
morning, having some business at the
court house, and will remain over to
morrow. Byron Clark returned this morning
from Lincoln, where he has been look
ing after some legal business for the
past few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Findly, of Lincoln,
came in last evening on number four
teen, and stopped over night on their
way to Red Oak, Iowa, and departed
for their destionation this morning on
No. 6.
Misses Mary and Sophia Tews, of
Omaha, came in this morning, and are
visiting in the city, the guest of their
brother, George Tews, and north of
town with their sister, Mrs. John
Beck.
Rev. J. W. Davis, of Nehawka, the
minister of the Methodist church at
that place, was a passenger to Burling
ton, Iowa, this morning where he goes
to visit with friends and relatives for a
few weeks.
Columbus Standleigh, of Manchester.
New Hampshire, was visiting with
friends in the city this morning, and
will make an extended visit before re
turning home, visiting other point in
the county.
' H. G. VanHorn was a brief business
visitor in Omaha this afternoon, where
he is looking after some business con
nected with his music store at this place.
Mrs. Henry Walker and children re
turned this afternoon from Pacific
Junction, where they have been for
some time visiting with grandpa, A. W.
Fields and wife.
A. L. Searle, Insurance Examiner,
departed for hi3 home at Lincoln this
afternoon, af cer having been in the city
to examine the books of the Degree of
Honor of the A. O. U. W. and the
Platte" Mutual Insurance company, both
of which he found to be in excellent
condition. j
C. L. Herger was a visitor in Omaha
this afternoon.
Will Murray, jr., of Mynard, was a
visitor in the city this morning.
Sheriff C. D. Quinton was a visitor in
the metropolis this afternoon.
Fred Patterson, from Bock Bluffs,
was a business visitor in the city today.
Willis C. Bartlett of Elmwood was a
visitor in the city this morning, having
some business matters to look after.
County Clerk W. E. Rosencrans was
a visitor in Omaha over night on busi
ness, returning home this morning.
F. L. Kreuger and wife were passen
gers to Glenwood thi3 afternoon, where
they will visit with relatives and friends
for a few days.
John Parker departed for Omaha and
Council Bluffs, Iowa, today, where he
will visit with friends and look after
some business as well.
A. Maphew of Omaha departed for
home this afternoon, after, having
been in the city for the past few days
looking after some business matters.
J. W. Sage bought two fine buggies
which he has just placed in his new
barn, and which he will use to show his
horses.
C. T. Richards from South Bend
deputy assessor for South Bend pre
cinct is in the city in attendence at the
assessors meeting today.
Miss Zetta Brown was a visitor in
the city last evening at the home of
her parents, returning to her work this
morning at the bank at Murray.
J. A. Jones, from Minneapolis, was
a visitor in the city last evening, look
ing after some business, and departing
for the east on the late Burlington
train.
Uncle Joseph Stendyke returned last
evening on the Burlington from a few
days visit with friends at Council
Bluffs, where he was a guest at the
home of A. A. Becker.
J. I. Corley of Weeping Water and
Henry Snoke of Eagle, both attending
the assessors meeting here today, were
pleasant callers at Journal headquarters
and found the latchstring dangling on
outside.
Henry Johnson was in the city the
first time yesterday, after having been
laved up for some with a tumor of the
i stomache, while looking rather peaked
he is able to be around, and that is en
cou-asrement that he is on the road to
recovery.
Ld. Israntner, who bought him a
place north of the city some time ago,
is having some three rooms built onto
the house which will make it more con
venient and a model country home. The
work is being done by T. J. Isener, the
contractor.
George Mapes returned this morning
f roma trip to Sedgwick Colo where he has
been assisting C. D. Cummins getting
through with his household goods and
farming machinery, and says that they
made the the trip all right, and that
Mr. Cummins has a fine farm.
W. F. Gillespie of Mynard was a
visitoi in the city last evening, stop
ping on his return from South Omaha,
where he was on the market with a car
of cattle and hogs. Billy says that
the markets are looking up some, that
both hogs and cattle have advanced
from the prices prevailing but a short
time since.
County Judge A. J. Beeson is having
some repairs and remodeling done on
his residence, which is to add to the
comfort and convenience of the home;
among which is enclosing of a rear
porch with screens for the purpose of
using it for a summer dining " room.
Chas. E. Carbill, the carpenter, is do
ing the work.
Three of the Greeks who have been
making their home at this place this
winter, since the layoff during the fall
departed for Holdrege, where they will
work for the Burlington on the track
at that place.
J. M. Meisinger was a visitor in Om
aha this morning, where he goes to
visit his son, Henry, who is in the hos
pital at that place, after having been
operated upon for appendicitis. Re
ports say he is getting along nicely.
V. T. Kuncl, the baker, is a rustler
and keeps up the pace of improvements
in good shape. He is placing a new
awning in front of his bakery today.
He has his new oven ready for use and
is now better prepared than ever to
take care of his rapidly incresing busi
ness. John Wunderlich, assessor, for Ne
hawka precinct, and District Koester,
assessor for Weeping Water precinct,
gave the Journal a pleasant call today,
and while here Mr. Koester added his
name to our Weeping Water list of
subscribers to the Old Reliable. With
the exception of a year or two Mr.
Koester has been a resident of Cass
county for many years.
Hie Plattsmouth Journal
PUBLISHED WJCKKLY AT
PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA.
It. A. BATES. PUHLISHKU.
Entered at the poatofllce at Plattsmoutb, Ne
braska, as accundulaaa matter.
We soon will be giving the front yard
a massage with the lawn mower.
At any rate, perhaps his "next
message" may wake up a bunch of
congressional sleepers.
The lay of the hen is a bit more sub
stantial than the lay of the currrent
crop of spring poets.
As near as we can discover, there is
no clue to the Shaw presidential boom.
But why call such a silent thing a
'boom?"
If congress should really pass an anti
trust law which really could be enforced
wouldn't that be really rather unpro
fessional? Ship subsides and navy colliers seem
to be related to each other, if the atti
tude of the senate is to be taken to
count for anything.
LaFollette has issued his catalogue
of plutocrats. Full information as to
its contents may be had by referring to
he Congressional Record.
It looks now as if a lot of repub
hcans will ero to Ghicajro just like so
manv messenerer boys with a missive
for Taft.
An Ohio exchange rises to remark
"Common honesty is what is needed in
this country." By the way what is un
common honesty?
Just by way of a belated suggestion,
but does the restoration of the motto to
the gold coin increase trust in the
republican party?
AN exchange has a long article on
"The Cost of Living Again." Why
"again?" The majority of us are in
terested in the cost of living "now."
Now forth comes "ye country editor"
with his screed on the ' 'outlook for the
fruit crop." No decrease in the price of
the "landlady's delight" brand of prunes
however.
The upward movement of beef and
mutton prices, and the likeihood that
pork will also advance, comes as a shock
to meat consumers whowpre not aware
that prices were what would be called
"down."
The democrats of New York refuse
to follow the republican example set by
Indiana and send a playwright to their
convention. Augustus Thomas had his
ambition for a delegateship to Denver
ruthlessly cut off in its early childhood
Illinois has. instructed for Uncle Joe
and adopted a standpat platform. The
republicans of that state are so consist
ent in their dislike for tariff revision
that they refer to it in their platform
as "tariff adjustment."
Judge Landis, who fined the Standard
Oil company $29,000,000, knows a hawk
from a henshaw. A laboring man was
fined 1 cent without costs. In this in
stance, however, the government was
paid the fine.
"What's the matter with Pittsburg?"
asks the Boston Transcript. "Sorry,
but we cannot answer the question
without taking all the space in the
paper," says the Omaha Bee. But if
it were printed, would the paper be
eligible to the mails?
New York's pretended boom for Gov
ernor Johnson, does not seem to be cut
ting much of a figure so far in the west.
Indiana, Illinois and Iowa are the latest
to endorse the candidacy of William J.
Bryan. The fact is the democrats of
the country are gradually finding out
that the New York grafters are using
Governor Johnson simply as a cat's-paw.
If not Johnson it would be someone
else. Those who greatly admire the
Minnesota governor are surprised that
he would allow these disgruntled fellows
to make a tool of him.
How dense we have been. We have
thought all along because of the pro
nouncements of our President, that he
proposed to stop stock jobbing and things
of that sort down in Wall street. Now
comes the announcement that all
his tirades, abuse and pronunciamentos
aredirected against the "bucket shops."
He has sent a letter to a friend of his
over in Wall street saying so. How
very consistent is our President, our
strenuous President. The unfortunate
feature of the whole affair is that the
"bucket shops" get their quotations
from the New York stock exchange
and the New York stock exchang
could not cut off the quotations if they
tried, because it does not want to try,
Yet our President says that his railings
are meant for the squelching of "bucket
shops." It strikes us the only way to
stop an evil is to stop the evil. To cure
an ulcer the surgeon uses a kite and
goes to the bottom of the infection, let
ting out the pus. If Doctor Roosevelt
really wishes to cure the diseased con
science, why does he not apply the same
treatment and puncture the seat of
disease Wall street?
Here's a sweet piece of news to cer
tain shareholders: The sugar trust has
an annual earning of $9,000,000.
Judging from the mortality reports
in the United States Senate we could
conclude that it is no health resort.
A newspaper is a private enterprise
and the property of the owners just the
as the farm, the store, the shop, or any
other industry. The newspaper is not
a public utility to be used by everyone
who may desire. The publishers are re
sponsible for everything printed, wheth
er written by them or somebody else
and they have a perfect right to either
print or exclude anything they desire
There is now another bill before con
gress allowing rural mail carriers $1,200
per year. If this bill passes the rura
mail carrier job will be worth having
and will give a man something to live
on and take care of his teams. If the
parcel post bill should pass he will have
to spend a little of his money to buy
dray line and a few extra teams.
" Congressman McKinley, of Illinois
uncle Joes campaign manager,
claims at least 140 delegates already for
him in the Chicago convention. If about
twenty years younger Speaker Cannon
might stand some show for the nomin
ation, and we only hope he does. Or,
it may be that his dotage will cut some
figure with the grafters who will be in
control at Chicago.
If, as the "big stickite" fears, "it
may be impossible" under the federa
law to prosecute criminally those who
are responsible for the sending out from
Patterson, N. J., of what he calls an
"anarchistic and murderous publica
tion," this merely proves once more how
ill-directed were the excited efforts to
suppress anarchy after the death of
McKinley.
The late republican state convention
is reported to have been so smoothly
oiled and the machinery so perfectly ad
justed by the engineers in advance of
the date of its holding that they had to
do was to ratify or stand helpless to
prevent its easy capture by Victor, the
son of his father, who did things Brown,
with the Field in his favor. It was
very well played Shel (don) game. How
do you like such political manipulation,
and how much influence did the body of
the convention have in shaping the
results? Great is the grandstand play
of the "reformers" who are in the
political saddle of republicanism
in
Nebraska to day! Bah.
The perpendicular pronoun in the
White House has delivered himself of
"another." This latest load of "I,"
"me" and "my" was delivered to
congress Wednesday and has been duly
printed in small type. There is practi
cally nothing new in the message save.
perhaps, the recommendation contained
in one of the last paragraphs for a re
moval of the tariff on wood pulp as a
means of protecting our forests. The
message i3 apparently a reiteration of
"me and my policies" inasmuch as he
calls the attention of congress to former
recommendations and in doing so em
ploys his volume of multi-syllabic adjec
tives. The message in the beginning
states: "In my message at the open
ing of the present session, and, indeed,
in various messages to previous con
gress, i have repeatedly suggestea
action on most of these measures."
"These measures" refer to nearly all
of the pet plans of the president and
are too well known to enumerate. We
rather suspect, however, that his sug
gestion as to the placing of the wood
pulp on th"e free list was tacked on
after he had heard of the threatening
!peech of Representative Williams.
Touching upon the revision of the tariff
he recommends that data should be at
once gathered, but upon the point of
real and immediate revision he is silent.
"Economy" for the Campaign.
The session of Congress immediately
preceding a presidential election is a
good time for members of the majority
party to talk economy, and republicans
in Washington are, accordingly, talking
it with both ends of their tongues.
After a long debauch of extravagant
expenditures and of still more extra
vangant taxation, the pruning knife
may be applied with benefit both to the
revenues and to the morals of the party
responsible for the waste; but the con
dition of the treasury and of the revenue
does not call for parsimony in appro
priations for uses that are necessary
and beneficial.
Western and southwestern members
should not listen with patience to any
suggestion that there is not, or will not
be, money enough for the beginning of
comprehensive work on a deep water
way, for the relief of commerce in the
most productive part of the country.
That work will pay for itself twenty
times over within a few years after the
first boat of heavy draft passes through
it. The real economy is not to postpone,
but to begin and complete it as quickly
as possible.
When republican leaders in Washing
ton talk economy it is generally the
items in which special interests are not
concerned which they propose to trim.
It is not surprising, therefore, to
hear that they propose to hold down
appropriations for the department of
agriculture, the one branch of the gov
ernment which, in promoting increased
production of wealth, has directly re
turned to the people many times every
dollar it has cost.
It is not necessary that appropriat
ions for that department should include
provisions for aid to agricultural edu
cation in the public schools of the
states. It is better that the states and
local communities support those schools
absolutely, without aid from the gen
eral government. But the grudging
hand should be nowhere visible in the
appropriations for the vastly valuable
work which the department of agricul
ture is carrying on.
For forestry, for the study of soils,
biology and entomology the department
should have every dollar it can use to
good advantage.
Let the republican congress hold
down expenses and prepare to reduce
taxation; but the country will not be
fooled by a false campaign cry of
economy" exercised to the detriment
of its real interests.
YESTERDAY AT THE
HIGH SCHOOL
Superintendent J. W. Gamble Ad
dresses the High School, at the
Opening Exercises
For some time past Superintendent
Gamble has made it a practise or mak
iner or furnishiner an address for the
High school schorlars, and yesterday
he talked to them himself of Mt. Ver
non, the home of the "Father of His
Country." Georee Washington. The
light which he gave to them of the sur
roundings, and incidentally some fea
tures of the character of the surround
ing country, was such as would enable
them to better understand the home
and vicinity where George Washington
grew to manhood. With this talk was
also coupled many incidents which went
a great ways in giving a better under
standing of the character of the man
who sacrifices his life and fortune for
the sake of liberty for himself and his
fellow-man.
Departs for Colorado
This morning J. G. Richey departed
for Grenada, Colorado, where he goes
to oversee the work now in progress at
the ranch owned by the Cass county
Land company. A large number of
acres of which it is expected to do of
breaking, begins in a short time.
The company has recently purchased a
traction gasoline engine, with which
they will pull some six or seven gang
plows, breaking from fifteen acres and
upward per day.
A Girl Has Joined the Household
J. H. Goodreau and wife are rejoic
ing over the arrival at their home of a
fine baby girl, who is to make their
home its abiding place. When we seen
the proud father this afternoon, he was
wearing a smile that would not wear
ff. The mother and daughter are do
ing nicely.
Asserts Her Rights.
Evidently the following lines were
written by some old maid, who has been
waiting an opportunity to assert her
rights. She certainly is not well posted
on the men of Plattsmouth. At least
not so much so as to make a distinction
between the married and single, as
these love sick verses fell into the hands
of a married man and were handed to
the Journal for publication:
Dear and Respected Sir:
I send you this, your love to stir.
In matrimony's busy whirl,
'Tis you I've chosen first of all
On whom to make a leap year call.
Your heart and hand, I ask not in jett.
But hope you'll grant my fond re
quest. And send to me without delay,
Your answer, be it "yea" or "nay"
But if your heart does not wedlock in
cline, To join your heart and hand with mine
Then Leap Year's law you must obey,
And down to me $5 pay.
Besides, sir, a handsome dress,
I ask no more and take no less
You may think this letter funny.
But I must have either manor money.
So, now, kind sir, send these in reply.
Or let me be your wife till you die,
If you think I'm a dandy.
Send me back a box of candy.
If the writer's name you can guess.
Send this back to her address.
A Silent Admirer.
Lover's Lane, Prospect Hill.
Blow at Rights of State
The supreme court of the United
States has given a body blow to all at
tempts of legislatures to give railroad
legislation. The attorney general of
Minnesota attempted to enforce the
state freight law, and the railroads
secured an injunction from federal
court. The attorney general thought
that the law of the state should be en
forced and disregarded the injunction.
He was fined for contempt and this
case the highest court has now decided.
He must pay his fine. What can states
do when federal judges step in to pro
tect the corporations?
Isn't it about time that congress en
joined the federal courts from bossing
everybody. The state certainly has
never given anybody authority to pre
vent its acting within its constitutional
rights to regulate its internal affairs.
Has the federal court usurped authority
over states and state legislatures?
Land For Rent
25 acres of land two miles south of
Plattsmouth, Neb. Will be rented for
cash or grain. Inquire of
Frank McElroy.
THS CELEBRATED JACK
BEEN HILL, JR.,
Will make the season of 1908
at the farm of the undersigned
at Rock Bluffs, seven miles
south of Plattsmouth.
I live in a green painted cottage,
barns across the road, right on
the mail route through Rock
Bluffs.
BEX HILL, Jr., is a sure foal
getter, and has stood several
seasons in this county. lie
is eight years old, black with
white points, stands high and
weighs 1050 pounds.
TERMS: $12.00 to insure colt
to stand and suck.
SAM 6. SMITH
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