The - Plattsmouth - Journal
i 1 Published Semi-Weekly a! Plattsmouth, Nebraska CZZ3
R. A. DATES, Publisher.
Entered at the Postoflice at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, as second-class
matter .
$L50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
(let out jour garden seed.
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Drag the roads.
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The Easter lid will soon be on.
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The one date In the year that the
Irish never overlook is March 17.
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Senator Dolliver might have added:
"If this bo 'hysteria' make the most
of It."
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The avalanches in the northwest
are JuBt a portent of the landslides
coming next November.
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The cost of living has Increased 66
j.t r rent and a man has to live high
w hether he wants to or not.
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The last few days have afforded an
Invigorating reminder that there has
bo n no Increase In the price of balmy
sunshine.
mistake when he passed up the base
ball diamond for the pulpit.
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The oil rate law-passed bythe Demo
cratic legislature of 190a, has saved
to the oil consumers of the state
many thousands of dollars, and has
worked to the advantage of the In
dependent refineries of Kansas and
Oklahoma. All attempts of the G. O.
P. managers to deprecate the good
effects of this law have been thwart
ed by the evident fact that oil is
cheaper, the freight rate less and
the quality of the oil consumed bet
ter. The G. O. P. organs that strive
so faithfully to belittle the work of
the Democratic legislature confine
The sugar trust is in contempt of themselves to mere . assertions, but
court In New York for failure to pro- always carefully avoid any appear-
duce books and records demanded by ance of dealing with the real facts,
the federal grand Jury. The sugar :o:
trust appears, indeed, to be In con- The trouble at the Peru Normal
tempt of everybody, excepting con- school caused by partisan Republican
gress. ' members of the normal school board,
",0, has reached an acute stage. Employ-
There are $686,000,000 of national L, are reBignlng in disgust. claiming
bank notes In circulation, backed up that the reBdent director (Shellhorn)
by government bonds. There are ,g lns8tlng that they piay politics in
$342,000,000 of the United States 8tMd of attending strictly to their
notes backed up by a gold reserve, duties. The other day the engineer
and $4,000,000 of the treasury notes, and two or three others threw up
none of hlcn circulate very extensive- their Jobs rather than submit to the
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ly In the Journal office. Shellhorn political demands, so It Is
:o: alleged, and as a result the electrical
Don't hit, strike, assault or beat a plant was "dead." and the school
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One Chicago firm bought $60,000
worth of postage stamps last week.
While the name of the firm is not
given, the suspicion Is unavoidable
that It was one of the mall order
houses.
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Why not instruct the street com
missioner to drag the two avenues?
Now Is the time to do the work. In
fact, all the streets should be drag
ged right away. The streets are In
fine shape for that kind of work.
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The Kearney Commercial club has
launched a boom for Kearney as the
capital city of Nebraska. One of
of the slogans to be used will be
"Kearney to be Nebraska's Capitol."
We admire their grit, but feel for
them In a sad disappointment that
awaits them. When Nebraska's capi-
tol Is removed from Lincoln it will
go to some point near the geographl
cal center of the state. The taxpay
ers will favor such a move because
It will be an impossibility to ever re
move It from the geographical cen
ter.
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Another law passed by the last
legislature Is deserving of more than
passing notice. It is the law requlr
There are a lot of other men be
sides Senator Aldrlch who think they
could run the government better than
it Is being conducted.
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No, my friend, 1910 Is not a leap
year. 1912 will be a leap year and
the Democratic party will celebrate it
ly leaping Into power.
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We don't know on what meat Hon.
J. Cnesar fed that he grew so great
but we'll bet it wasn't porter house
uteak at the present prices.
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Ist we forget, let us remember
that Peary has never proved that he
reached the pole either. Cook may
not be the only pole faker.
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rural mall carrier or Uncle Sam will would have been without light had ,ng 811 palnts sold ,n the 8tate t0 be
fine you $1000 and chuck you Into not Principal Crabtree induced a man accurate,y ,abeled and Provides a
prison for three years. If you want to run the dynamos until an engineer heavy penaIty for any one who 8ellfl
any exercise o that kind, lick an edl- could be secured. Politico-Preacher
tor. He is not protected by federal Ludden, who has long drawn illegally
statues or game laws. He is In the a salary as secretary of the board, has purlty reC0nIzed ,n the Unlted
flax seed or linseed oil that does not
answer all the chemical tests for
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ALCOHOL 3 PER CENT
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Promotes Difonflwtfii-!
ncss and RestXontains neittKr
Opium.Marphine nor Mineral
not Narcotic.
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ness artdLoss OF Sleep.
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It is rumored that John A. Ma-
guire will have opposition In Lancast
er county for a renomlnation. We
hope not, as Mr. Magulre has made a
most excellent record and Bhould have
not the slightest opposition for the
renomlnation.
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It behooves Mr. Pollard to be at
home looking after his congressional
not' yet made good his threat to "ex
pose Crabtree." The secretary is con
fining his rebuttal to loud and voci
ferous noise, the one thing that has
made him famous In Republican conventions.
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TAFT'S LOSS OF ritKSTIGK.
The Sun recently called attention
to the failure of President Taft to
I States pharmacopoei. The pressure
brought to bear to defeat this bill,
and to have it vetoed after it was
passed, was terrible. This, of itself,
was evidence of the necessity for such
a law.
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Here is a record of which J. W.
Crabtree should be proud, and the
citizens of this great state of Nebras-
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PERFORMANCE
President Taft danced with Speak
er Cannon the other night, which is a stones unturned
reminder that some forms of doming j
Ate more sinful than others.
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Interests. It Is said that Havward lmwi ine "Pauons or me punnc m08t proBperous condition: "Presl
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I in mis, i ne ursi year oi ma aamin-
eveu matting an attempt to organize
Ilayward clubs In Lancaster county,
and It is no telling how soon he will
invade Mr. Pollard's own county for
the same purpose. Billy is leaving no
ka regret that he should bo dismissed ,n Whkh of
at the time when the school was in its
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istratlon. At the beginning of his
term In the white house he was be
lieved to be a an of broad views,
with the courage of his convictions,
but many of his best friends now
admit that he has disappointed them.
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'The An.otiiftn hens furnished 16,
'000,000,000 eggs to , the American
market every year. These figures are
;a)most beyond cackle-atlou.
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It "in the old, old story. The senate
organization fears to kill the postal
savings bunk bill outright, so resorts
to the plan of amending It to death.
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Secretary Halllnger's defense Is that
lie hns "violated no law." It Is re
called that Oet-Rleh-Quick Walllng
ford used to make the same boast.
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Colonel Gordon was able to at
tract more favorable notice during his
60-dny term In the United States sen
ate than moat senators can get In six
years.
Took an Important and
dent Crabtree found the school an rainrul, rart.
Insignificant institution with 812 Considerable amusement was creat
students and now leaves It six years ed yesterday afternoon by the antics
later with an enrollment of between of a ,arge number 0f U8Ually 8ta,d
. . . ana quiet piattsmoutn people wno
1,600 and 1.700. The number of 8at down tn g Bettee wMch gtood ,
graduates annually going out of the front 0f August Gorder's harness shop
school has been increased from 45 Inland implement store. People who are
1904 to about 180 in 1910. And at usually very dignified and who sel-
tho snma timo that the nnmher In I 6 ' 6
the ordinary would come down the
me scnooi nave increasea me sumu- K Qn the bench and 8udden,y
ard of the work has been steadily rise with a convulsive start that sur-
ralsed.' prised and amused those who wit-
:o: nessed the move.
Good roads are the greatest bles- chief Amlck was asicrr ?:cse who
The assessors will soon be at their He began with an apparent Intention
work and the taxpayers of the state of reforming the tariff downward, but
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will realize more than ever the good when the standpatters had had every
work of the last legislature in provld- thing their own way with tne Payn
ing for the election of precinct as- bill he commended It, instead of de
scssors. It is no longer possible for noundng It. In so acting he fell be-
the state board of equalization to low the standard set up by a Demo-
arbltrarlly raise or lower the assessed cratic predecessor. When unfaithful Ling that can come to our people, came down the street and engaged
valuation of a "county, and the pre- Democratic senators failed to make Farmer, laborer and townsman all I Frank Wheeler in conversation, the
iinit nHUPiiHmint lu nififto mnr unna- the. rates of the Wilson tariff bill ac- hAr in thir nrtvnntnirpa hut of -11 latterlnvitlng him to take a seat on
... , I me seiiee. lue i-uiei wuo is a quiei,
ble by reason or tne fact mat me wa wim anie-eiecuon promises rre- the farmer, wnetner lana noider or confindlng man sat down and
assessment Is made by one thorough- sldent Cleveland signified plainly his tenant, Is most benefitted. They en- wheeler told him very mysteriously
ly familiar with the local conditions, disapproval and refused to sign the hance land values, economize time in that "something Is about to happen"
:o: bill. He accepted the responsibility which he can market his products and 8ure enough it did. The chief
III Hnnn a i A A e 1 Vic nrn4 nftfl M
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Iipuiueu 4iuu BurpriHeu iuuk uu uis
whenr market prices are at their best. fape and made ft bee Hne down the
Its promises. President Taft prefer- We want good roads and believe it is street toward the Missouri river.
red to follow and applaud where helln order for road overseer, precinct, What he said is quite unnecessary to
was played on them. One man la
particular was so mad that he wanted
to fight but Frank Wheeler Is a pret
ty big man and the pugilist thought
better of his intentions.
The secret of all these strange ac
tions is found in the fact that Mr.
w'heeler had nailed some strips of
zinc across the settee and connected
them up with a small battery which
was stored inside the store. At the
proper time, the current would be
turned on and the man setting on the
chair would get a shock which would
start his back teeth. There was a
great deal of sport going on all af
ternoon with the settee and those
who were loafing around In that lo
cality had much fun watching the
antics of the victims. Some of them
Blmply got a good shock and left at
once. Others were all tagled up by
the shock and were unable to move,
being held helpless by the current.
It was fine fun and those who stood
across the street in Herman Spies' had
some fun over it.
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When that Ohio law prohibiting
minors from smoking in public places
rocs Into effect an Increase may be
looked for In the Insurance rates on
barns.
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The reformed reformer thinks
everybody who doesn't take his advice
is going to hades. If they did not no
loubt they'd find the would-be re
former there.
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Speaker Cannon danced a clog at
the white house Thursday night.
Heretofore Mr. Cannon has confined
his cloRglng to matters of progressive
legislation.
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Now Is the time to look out for
the roads. Drag them now. Don't
wait till next week but commence
the good work tomorrow, and keep It
up to the end.
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The west Is eager to have a postal
savings bunk but it romu ns soon
.see the bill defeated as to have the
deposits placed at Wall street's sole
advantage.
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Senator Dolliver speaks with the
air of a man who would rather have
n nttaek ot "hysteria" than to be a
victim of fatty degeneration of the
jierreptlon.
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Hilly Sunday, tho evangelist, clean
ed up $10,091 In 6 weeks at Youngs
lown, Ohio. Kvldently Hilly made no
knows very little about woman s
work, . He has Instructed his census
enumerators In case of a woman do
ing housework lu her own home with
out salary or wages and having no
other employment to make the entry
on the census lists as having no occu
pation. If UncUv will drop in on
Plattsmouth, he will find that such
woman have considerable of an occu
pation. In fact they are occupied
about 16 hours out of every 21.
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Lawson G. Brian, state treasurer
and one of the normal school dlrec
tors who prefers playing politics to
the building up the educational In
stitution of the state, has practically
announced his candidacy for the Re
publican congresslonul nomination In
the Third district, if Intense partisan
ship Is a recommendation or congres
sional offloi in these times, or If the
"standpat" doctrine Is acceptable to
the Republicans of the Third district,
then Mr. Rrlun hns. many things to
eeonnnend him.
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The normal school board law enact
ed by the Democratic legislature, and
which was declared void by a partisan
supreme court, would have made im
possible such disgraceful scenes as
have been witnessed In connection
with the IVru institution during the
past two or three months. Hut to
take tho management of that big
Institution out of the hands of tho
Republican machine did not strike the
Republican machine tenders ns n good
political move, hence the willingness
to sacrifice the educational interests
of tho state In order to advance the
Interests of the G. O. P. machine.
could not approve. If, as he said in district, county, state and federal gov- reppat-
his speech at Newark, N. J., a few eminent to move out in the matter V C' ork' , J,"9 ,g
and sat down with Mr. Wheeler only
a., lub UrnB,mpCiS uunc oi creuuug permnueiu ruaus uvu to Bud(enly remember that his razors
In hammering the administration,' li are to be found in many ot the older needed honing or something equally
is because he has neglected a great countries of the world. Let us rise vital was wrong, and he, too, also
opportunity. He Is still personally up above the quagmire of maudlin, left wlth 80rae expressions on his
4. , . lips not neara ot in Sunday scnooi
I'uijuiui. lucto is j'ri m inc iuico i Dtfiiorivtts Btfiiiiuitrui aiiu iiaiiuwucoa
books.
Sheriff Qulnton came down the
street and like the others, espied the
Inviting Beat which he at once pro
ceeded to occupy. Like the rest, he
remaining years of his term a chance and welcome co-operation from any
to regain lost ground. This he can or every quarter. Shardron Chronl
do by remembering that he la presi- cl.
dent or the w hole country, not of a I :o:
party least of all of the greedy, Bel- The men who handle the trains of suddenly came to the conclusion that
. . . , . ; v. L. L , j ... v . . he was needed some where else and
hbii, uiiru-proieeiionisis section ui ins i.NeurusKu, me passengers wuo luljejj
party, ne Knows, or snouia Know, mereon, ana me snippers vn.o pairon- John Thomas was another who did
that the monopolistic "trusts he pro- Ixe them, should not overlook one a ground and lofty tumbling stunt
fesses to' wish to reform are built up law enacted by the last legislature which threatened to break Gorder's
by the tariff. If he does not know House Roll 374. This Is known as the window into a thousand pieces. He
.i.ii . i i j .1.1 ... l ...... . , . . , sat down and suddenly went over
this, his party Is In advance of him. "full crew bill, and it not only , . r . , , . .
backward narrowly missing going
For him to defend a tariff which makes for the safety of railroad men, tnrough the window. Like the others
strengthens the hold of the monopo- but for the safety of the traveling he then left the scene.
Telegraph Office at Platte River.
The Missouri Pacific is preparing
to commence work at once on their
new bridge over the Platte river and
also to do bank widening and cut
widening. To facilitate this work
they have opened a new telegraph
station at the river and installed a
day and a night operator there. Jim
my Norton has been given the place
of day operator while Joe Stakata will
hold ddwn the night end of the Job.
Both these young men are Platts
mouth boys and have learned the
business in this city. They are ex
cellent selections for the jobs and
will acquit themselves with credit in
their new capacities. The object of
the office at the bridge Is that the
trainmen and work trains may be
kept in closer touch with train move
ment over the road and to prevent de
lay to through trains. As the build
ing of the new bridge will take some
eight to ten months and the work on
the cuts and banks will also take
some time, the office is likely to be
In service for a year at least. The
office was opened Sunday when the
Instruments were cut in on account
of the ice gorge.
lies distresses his best friends. "No and shipping trade. This law com
amount of defense or explanation by pels all passenger trains over five
the president or anyone else," says cars In length to have a crew conslst-
the St. Paul Pioneer Press, a Re
publican Journal, "will convince the
American people that the hedges of
the Republican plnttorm hsve been
kept. The tariff law, when all de
fense of It has been weighed, . re
mains as a dishonorable deception."
Lawyerlike quibbles from the presU
dent ns to the intent of tho platform
are unbecoming to his high office. His
seeming lnBlncerlty In the tariff mat
ter may throw doubt upon his direct
ness In other measures which ho is
proposing to congress. He still has
opportunity to regain public confi
dence If he will sink the partisan tn
the patriot, the politician in the
'statesman. Raltlmore Sun.
lng of an engineer, a fireman, a con
ductor, one brakeman and one flag
man. The necessity of a flagman In
these days of Intensive railroading
will be recognized by every traveler.
Freight trains must have an equally
largo crew, and main line local
freights carrying passengers, doing
switching and carrying merchandise
must have three brakemen. Not only
does this make for the safety of the
public and the employes, but It In
creases the opportunities for the em
ployment of railroad men.
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L. C. Sharpe Is looking after his
business in Omaha today, going to
that city on the morning train.
Wm. Hohlshuh also did a tumbling
act which served to tickle Herman
Spies and other spectators, he mov
ing suddenly with a surprising alac
rity.
There were a good many others
who went through some strange and
amusing performances, and some of
whom got real mad at the trick whkh
Fully nine out of every ten cases
of rheumatism Is simply rheumatism
of the muscles due to cold or damp,
or chronic rheumatism, neither of
which require any internal treatment.
All that is needed to afford relief is
the free application of Chamberlain's
Liniment. Give it a trial. You are
certain to be pleased with the quick
relief which It affords. Sold by all-dealers.
Mrs. E. S. Barstow of Omaha la
spending several days In the city
making a visit with Mrs. C. S. Forbes.
The Doctor's Pirst Question
"How are your bowels?" This is generally the first ques
tion the doctor asks. He knows what a sluggish liver
means. He knows what a long list of distressing com
plaints result from constipation. He knows that headaches,
bilious attacks, indigestion, impure blood, and general
debility are o.'ten promptly relieved by a good liver pill.
We wish you would talk with your own doctor about
this subject. Ask him at the same time if he approves
of Ayer's Pith. Do as he says. , c.A,)Fr Co.. 1.11 AW
