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Broken Bow has a wonderful lot of
trouble. They may yet lose the coun
ty seat, and now they aro after the
Junior Normal, one of Broken Bow's
pets.
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They do say that the lobbys of both
house and senate have been very con
spicuous by the absence of a certain
gang that formerly predominated
there.
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Of the vote on tho location of the
Panama exposition, Latta and Ma
gulre voted for New Orleans, while
tho other four from Nebraska voted
for San Francisco.
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The proponed new Canadian treaty
nausea real grief among a numbor of
congressmen who have always re
garded "reciprocity" as a meaning
less word that sounds well In the
party platform.
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The Union Pacific has dodded to
double-track its lines from the Mis
souri river to tho Pacific coast, which
Is another indication that the rail
road managers are not as alarmed as
they pretend.
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Quackenbush, of Nemaha, Is a good
Introducer of bills, but he does not
seem to be a good hand In Rotting
them passed. 80 far lie has Intro
duced more bills than any throe mem
bers of tho house.
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The governor has been asked to
produce the proof of the alleged vio
lations of the election laws In Omaha.
Now, as Mr. Aldrlch made his threats
"to do things" lot him walk tho gang
plank with his papers.
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When J. Plerpont 'Morgan, the
money king, tarried at Washington
last week he met a Massachusetts re-1
publican of some prominence, who
asked: "Mr. Morgsn. what do you
think of the busint outlook?"
"First rate," said he. "all oer the
country, outside of Washington."
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San FraniUo wins out in the
house over New Origan in the con
gest for the Panama ipoitioo. This
may be all right, but we dont think
so. New Orleans would have twice
as many people and the exposition
would he a bigger success there on
account of the location.
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"Home rule" for cities In Nebraska
was given a great boont in tho senate
Tuesday, when Senator Hengan's bill
for a constitutional amendment al
lowing cities over 5,000 to frame
their own charters. Every member
present, twenty-nine, voted for the
proposition. It Is tho proper thing,
too.
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The bill to establish an agricultural
college In southwestern Nebraska
seems to have a great many support
ers outside the logt&laturo, and wo
believe the committee to which the
proportion has boon referred, should
weigh the matter well before deciding
adversely. Exlovernor Shallonbcr
ger is a strong supporter of tho bill.
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Tho Schcelo-Wert man contest case
is now up before the house at Lin
coln. This la a case from Seward
county. Schcelo had two majority
on tho face of tho returns, and Wcrt
nmn contests on the ground that the
present member received two more
votes than ho was entitled to. Tho
wholo sum and substance is that Mr.
Schecle is opposed to county option
and tho contestant is for county
option, and the oounty optionlsls aro
working for Wertman nlmply be
cause he would Increase their vote
one more.
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More old settlers liave .paused away
this winter than At any soaaon ot the
same period In the sort lemon t of the
' country. This a not only lb cane la
Platismouth, Nebraska
Publisher.
Ca-ss county but it seems to have been
general throughout tho state. They
have finished their task and now
thousands of happy, prosperous peo
ple are enjoying the fults of the soil,
believed to be worthless for farming
purposes, till the pioneer, by persist
ent efforts, induced nature to send
the crystal drops in copious show
ers from what was once almost a
cloudless sky. Peace to the ashes of
every one of theso passing pioneers.
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If the fallacious fear of cheap
wheat Is going to roconcllo tho farm
er to wearing the chains of the count
lews trusts, then there Is small hope
for our ultimate redemption from ser
vitude to the protected Industries. It
Btenis to have escaped notice that ac
cording to the figures complied by
the bureau of statistics at Washing
ton, Canada, where wheat Is alleged
to be so cheap, Imported wheat from
the United States during the calen
dar year 1910 amounting In value
to $1,072,432, while we did not im
port a dollar's worth of their Cana
dian cheap wheat. The query Is, if
wheat is so cheap in Canada, why did
they send here for so much? Lincoln
Star.
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One of the constitutional amend
ments that Senator Volpp would like
to see submitted provides for the
election of senators for a term of four
years, one-half to be elected every
two years. He would also like to
have them paid an annual salary of
$250 during their term of office.
Cnder the present law the amount is
limited to $300 for the session of the
legislature wherein they sit The
amendment means a raise from $600
for four years to $1,000. The Joint
resolution, as drawn, leaves it for the
members of the house to fix their
own salaries when It comes before
that body for consideration. It is
undoubtedly true that outside of the
farmer who have leisure during the
winter months and others who have
retired from active business and have
all kinds of time on their hands, no
man worth having as a legislator but
la a loner from spending three months
at law-making, at the 'present salary.
To secure a raise In salary, however,
It must be pretty conclusively shown
that we don't get good men now. How
many of the senators will agree to
that proposition? Perhaps If they
would ipromlse not to waste so much
state money on unnecessary employes
the people would give them a boost in
salary. Lincoln News.
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The bill Introduced by Represent
ative Evans, of Adams county, pro
viding for a closod primary, is a good
one and ought to pass. The open pri
mary was merely an experiment, and
has proved a failure. It Is being used
by the advocates of the old conven
tlou system to condemn the whole
primary system, but the people are
convinced that the prtmary principle
is right, and are not going back to
'he old system of boss rule and coiv
veution manipulations, simply be
cause the open primary has developed
Foiuo bad features. Experience was
all that was needed to teach the peo
plo the advantages and disadvantages
ot tho primary system, but because
n lhtakes were made It is not right
that tho whole principle should be
abandoned. It Is the best that there
should be separate ballots for each
party, and not that a blanket ballot
embracing all of the party columns
bo given to each voter. Evans' bill
provides also that the voters shall
havo the right to express their pref
crence for presidential and vlce-presl-c'ontlal
nominees, and also that dele
gates to national conventions Bhall bo
clectod directly by the people. This
Is but carrying the primary idea to a
greater length, and ought t meet
with the hearty support ot all f rlenda
of good government The more near
ly the nomination and election of
public officers reflect the popular
will, that much harder will It be for
political gangs and corrupt organiza
tions to obtain their ends. We be
lieve in a return to the closed pri
mary system, and for an extention of
that system as provided for by Evans
In his bill.
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COI NTV OPTION FAILS.
Though the year is yet young the
Indiana legislature has already
passed, and Governor Marshall has
signed, a bill repealing the county
option law and establishing the sys
tem of local town and township
option, as we have it In Nebraska.
County option lived in Indiana for
only a little more than two years.
In Ohio, where the county option
law is, we think, somewhat older
four years in force, if we remember
rightly a bill repealing It and re
establishing local option Is on Its
way through the legislature.
In Oregon, where county option
had been enacted Into law, tne people
themselves, at the last general elec
tion, repealed It by means of the
Initiative and referendum; and en
acted iby the same means a law for
local option.
This Is how county option has
worked, dn three important northern
states, within only a few years.
It has not proved to be, what Its
Nebraska advocates claim It will be
here, a "settlement of the vexing
liquor 'problem for many years to
come." It hasn't been a settlement
at all. Neither has lit been a settle
ment of the evils of intoxication and
lawlessness that result from drink.
Quite the contrary, in Indiana, ac
cording to Governor Marshall's mes
sage to the legislature, it was pro
vocative chiefly of lawlessness, per
jury and disorder.
In the south the experience has
been much the same. States that
resorted to county option at once
strove to get rid of it by substituting
state prohibition, and having tried
state prohibition some of them are
going back to county option again.
Nowhere has the law "settled" the
problem or remedied the evil.
Local self-government, and the
strict enforcement of strict laws for
the regualtlon of saloons, are the best
means that have yet been devised for
the control of the liquor traffic. And
education, the spread of (intelligence,
the pressure of Industrial necessity,
the Joint Influence of press and pul
pit, all resulting In the erection of
higher and better standards of mor
als and living these represent the
sureet and most rational methods for
minimizing the evils of excessive
drinking World-Herald.
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The trust Is generally faithful to
Its trust. 1
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Colorado has a lady member of Its
leglsalture who keeps them all guess
ing. Her name Is Riddle.
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Does anyone really know what the
population of Plattsmouth is? Now,
don't all speak at once, please.
lot
Well, Mr. Groundhog had the op
portunity to come out of his hole and
see his shadow. Now, what about it?
Six more weeks of winter, of course.
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Teddy Is advertised to break loose
again about the 8th of March. Don't
he know when he has had enough, or,
rather the people have had enough of
him?
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Senator Norrls Drown Is against
Lorlmer, and wants blm expelled
from the House of Lords. That ought
to settle the whole buslnessC-Lorl
mer must walk the plank.
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The majority of the legislature are
democrats. And where matters ot a
political nature come up, they should
hew to the line on democratic prln
clples. Don't think you are pleasing
your constituents by playing the
hypocrite.
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The reports ot the visiting com
mlttees of inspection to the various
institutions of the state, are that they
are In fine condition. They could not
expect to find them otherwise after
two years of as successful admlnls
tratlon as Governor Bhallenbegerr
has given us. He Is a business man
and knows how to run things.
County option Is not proceeding
very fast. The optlonlsts have put a
muzzle on Poulson, evidently, and
seem to be doing considerable quiet
work. Those members of the legisla
ture who are opposed to county
option do not seem to be well organ
ized, and if county option wins It will
be their own fault
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The capital removal bill has been
reported favorable. The capital re
movers have been working very
quietly, and believe they have enough
votes to pass the bill in the house
without amendment. Lincoln is
making a vigorous - personal fight
against any proposition to permit the
people to say whether that city shall
continue to be the seat of govern
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Don't forget that spring will soon
be here. Let us all be ready to do
our duty. Let us "See Plattsmouth
Succeed," only on a greater scale
than last year. "Onward, right on
ward" with enegry and enterprise,
and we will see our city Improve
wonderfully again In 1911. Let us
"all pull together," and there will be
no cause to fear the result.
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Hunt up your hustling clothes,
boys. It will soon be time to don
them. If the old suit has worn out,
get a new one, and let us be in readi
ness to boom Plattsmouth and her in
stitutions with the dawn of spring
for all that Is out. Remember the
good work done last season, and let
us renew those efforts on a bigger
scale.
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Senator Culberson, in bis address
to the Texas legislature last week fol
lowing his re-election to the United
States senate, attacked Roosevelt's
"New Nationalism" In a most hurtful
manner, and among other things Sen
ator Culberson said: "In the election
last November 'New Nationalism'
was strangled. The proposition which
this dogma involved to merge the
executive and Judicial functions, as
well as the whole reserved power of
the people into a supreme executive,
who should be steward of the general
welfare unrestricted by law has
been the arguments and dream of
every tyrant since the world began."
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FACTS AIIOIT NEBRASKA.
The biennial report of the secre
tary of state gives in condensed form
this Interesting Information about
Nebraska:
The territory of Nebraska was
organized May 30, 1854.
The territory was part of the
Louisiana purchase tract ceded by
France to the United States In 1803.
The first territorial legislature was
held in Omaha, commencing January
15, 1855, and the twelfth and last
session convened at Omaha January
19, 1867.
The territory sent 3,157 men to the
union armies during the civil war.
Nebraska was admitted to the
union as a state on March 1, 1867, by
proclamation Issued by President An
drew Johnson.
The seat of government was per
manently located at Lancaster, the
present site of Lincoln, July 28, 1867.
The first state legislature was held
In Lincoln, January 7, 1869.
The present state constitution was
adopted November 1, 1875.
The extreme length of the state
east and west is 412 miles.
Its greatest breadth north and
south is 208 miles.
Its area Is 76,080 square miles or
49,212,000 acres.
Number of votes cast in 1868 was
9,772.
Number of votes cast In 1908 was
271,491.
Nebraska's population In 1900 was
1,066.300.
Nebraska's population in 1910 was
1,192.214.
Gain In last decade, 125,914, or
11.8 per cent.
As a nutshell compendium, this Is
worth preserving.
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THE FA KM Kit AM) THE TARIFF.
The lower house of thn Nebraska
legislature has shown wisdom In de
ciding to be first sure ot Its facts be
fore It adopts a resolution declaring
against the adoption by congress ot
the Canadian agreement. That agree
ment represents the first substantial
step that has been taken in many
years In the direction of honest tariff
reform In this country. The only ob
jection In the guise of an argument
that it is possible to urge against It
R that it deprives the American
farmer of his "protection" against
the "cheap pauper farm products of
Canada."
And that objection Is the veriest
sophistry. It is especially so as ap
plied to Nebraska. The great staple
farm products that Nebraska pro
duces are articles that more than
supply the domestic market; they are
articles of export. Nebraska wheat
must compete in the great markets
of Europe with wheat from Canada,
from the Argentine, from India and
Russia, and the price fixed there, in
open competition with the wprld, is
the price paid here at home, less the
cost of transportation and other fixed
and necessary charges. As long a3
Nebraska has wheat to export a tariff
of a dollar a bushel would not add a
penny to the price, except in cases
where the great stock gamblers of
New York and Chicago get a corner
on the domestic supply and then run
up the price, squeezing the rest of the
country, and protected by the tariff
against a foreign supply that might
come In and break the corner.
There is no more reason why the
Nebraska farmer should be protected
against the Canadian farmer than
why he should be protected against
the Dakota farmer, and the Iowa
farmer, and the Kansas farmer. All
of them have to look to Liverpool to
fix the price of their wheat when they
have wheat to sell it is only when
the farmers have been stripped of
their wheat that the market gamblers
attempt to establish a fictitious price.
The Canadian agreement lets In
lumber free and that means much
to the Nebraska farmer. It lets in
wool free when on the backs of sheep
driven across the border and cheap
er wool means dollars in the pocket
of every person who wears clothes. It
opens up a wider market for articles
of American manufacture, and that
means more work and a chance for
better pay fo rthe American laboring
men who constitute the "home mar
ket." Cynical protectionists have sneered
for years at southern and eastern
democrats who were for tariff reform
so long as It didn't reduce duties on
articles which their own districts pro
duced. That sneer has done much to
discredit the cause of democratic
tariff reform. " Let it now be made
possible for that same sneer to be
fairly directed against the tariff re
formers, both democratic and repub
lican, of the great west! The west
can never hope to win its long fight
against the tariff policy whlcb builds
up the east at the expense of the west
unless it shows that it has the cour
age of its convictions, that It Is sin
cere, and that it dares to be con
sistent
And let all real friends of honest
tariff reform bear this fact In mind:
The adoption of the Canadian agree
ment will be the entering wedge for
the razing of the high tariff wall be
hind which the trusts are sheltered.
That tariff has been made possible by
fooling the farmer Into the belief that
he got a parj of the benefit Once let
the farmer see that this is not true
once let him find himself exposed to
the full rigors of Canadian "competi
tion" and realize that he is not only
unhurt but actually benefited and
he will no longer be the stool pigeon
for the trusts and their tariff graft
ing World-Herald.
Hotter Live In a Tent
on your own land than pay rent for
a mansion on your neighbor's land.
Think it over, talk It over -with
your wife.
Become Independent
Others have done It, wny not you?
Start today. Come and see us and
loam what a very little ready casta
will do for you.
W, E. RQSENCRAHS & SOI
Notice of Order to Show Caune.
To Laura J. Wallinger, widow, and
Roy Ceorge Wallinger, Guy Charle
Wallinger, Harley Henry Wallinger,
minor children, the sole and only
heirs of John H. Wallinger, and to
all persons interested in the estate ot
John H. Wallinger, deceased:
You and each of you are hereby
notified that the following order to
show cause has been made in the fol
lowing matter:
In the District Court of the County
of Cass, Nebraska. In the matter of
the estate of John II. Wallinger, de
ceased. Order to Show Cause.
Now on this 28th day of January,
A. I)., 1911, this causa came on to be
heard by the undersigned, Judge of
the District Court for the County of
Cass, State of Nebraska, upon the
petition of Charles W. Stoehr, ad
ministrator of the estate of John H.
Wallinger, deceased, praying for
license to sell lots Eight (8) and
Nine (9), in Block Three (3), in the
Village of Cedar Creek, County of
Cass, State of Nebraska, or a suffi
cient amount thereof to pay the debts
allowed and outstanding against the
estate of said deceased, and the ex
penses of the administration thereof,
it appearing from said petition that
there ia insufficient personal estate
of said deceaesd. In the possession of
said 'administrator or belonging to
said estate io pay said debts and the
expenses o' administration, Basil S.
Ramsey a'nd William C. Ramsey, at
torneys, appearing for said petitioner.
11 1 - nu . f ,1 ,1 rrk.i n
persons Interested in said estate ap
pear before me at the Court House
in the City of Plattsmouth, County of
Cass, State of Nebraska, at the hour
of nine o'clock a. m., on the 7th day
of March, A. D., 1911, to show cause
why a license should not be granted
to said administrator to sell the
above described real estate belonging
to said deceased, or bo much thereof
as shall be necessary to pay the debts
of said deceased and the expenses of
administering his said estate.
And It Is Further Ordered, That
all persons interested in said estate
be served with this order by the pub
lication of a copy thereof in The
Plattsmouth Semi-Weekly Journal, a
newspaper published and of general
circulation in said county and state,
four successive weeks, prior to said
day and hour of hearing.
Dated this 28th day of January,
A. D., 1911.
By the Court,
Harvey D. Travis,
Judge.
Basil S. Ramsey, and
William C. Ramsey, Attorneys.
Notice of Chattel Mortgage Sale.
Notice is hereby given that on the
10th day of February, 1911, at the
hour of 10 o'clock a. m., the under
signed will offer for sale at public '
auction and sell for cash to the high
est bidder at the front door of the
postoffice In the city of Louisville,
Cass county, Nebraska, that certain
wooden bridge constructed by the
Calhoun Construction Company over
and across the right of way and rail
road tracks of the C. B. & Q. Railway
Company, In Section fourteen (14),
Township twelve (12), north of
range eleven (11) in Cass county,
Nebraska, to satisfy the indebtedness
secured by a Chattel Mortgage dated
June 16, 1909, and recorded in the
office of the County Clerk of Cass
County, Nebraska, on June 22, 1909,
at 8:20 o'clock a. ra., which mort
gage was made, executed and deliv
ered by the Calhoun Construction
Company as Mortgagor to Hugh Mur
phy Company as Mortgagee to secure
the full performance by the said Cal
houn Construction Company of the
terms and provisions of a certain
contract for grading, etc., entered
into by said Calhoun Construction
Company with said Hugh Murphy
Company and that the amount due
under said mortgage Is the sum of
three thousand one hundred and sev
enteen dollars and eighty cents
($3,117.80); that default had been
made in payment of said sum and no
Bult or other proceeding at law has
been instituted to recover said debt
or any part thereof.
Dated this 14t.h day of January,
1911.
Hugh Murphy Company,
Mortgagee.
By W. II. Herdman,
Attorney.
Plymouth: Hocks For Sule.
Barred Plymouth Rock cokrels
for sale. $1.00 each. Murray 'phone
3-K. Mrs. J. W. Yardley.
"The Wolf," Eugene Walter's
drama of the Canadian Northwest,
which scored a tremendous success in
Plattsmouth early in the season, will
be presented at the Parmele theatre
Tuesday evening, February 7th.
Do you want an
AUCTIONEER?
If you do, get one who has
Experience, Ability, Judgement.
Telegraph or write
ROBERT WIKINSON,
Dunbar, Neb.
Dates made at this office or tbe
Murray State Bank. . ,