The Fiattsmouth Journal
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Gel ready to celehrate.
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(iood government is democratic
government. Watch us "point
with pride" to the adminislra
iion of President Wilson.
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The residence of Stale Auditor
W. It. Howard was burned in
Omaha Sunday about noon, while
(he family were a I. church. The
loss is estimated at. $10,1)00, with
an insurance! of tjsi.OOO.
Aeording to the weather bureau
at Washington, springtime
weather, with fair skies and nor
mal lempcral nre, is promised for
this week to all sections of the
country.
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If any two o.f (he numerous
fad inns in Mexico could ever
iisri'c long enough to formulate
a plan of action, there might lie
some hope of enforced peace in
t tint country eventually.
They nre 'now using eggs to dis
perse the suffragettes in England.
Eggs are too high in American to
waste in that kind of a manner,
unless they are very stale and
condemned by the food inspector.
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lion't let anything deter you in
booming for I'lattsmoulh. If you
are a resident of this city you cer
tainly have ils prosperity at heart.
The man who makes his home in
this town is not loyal to tin; coni
munily if he is not favorable to
all that is good for the Iowa, for
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It seems like a joke to learn of
aoli-lnist laws in New Jersey. Hut
they have Iheiu good ami strong,
and they were recommended by
President Wilson while he was
governor of that stale. This is
sullici-nl to convince the public
how he will stand on the trust
business as president of the Tint
ed Stales.
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President Wilson will lake n
hand himself in training legisla
tion with congress. With the co
operation of party leaders in the
house ami senate, he proposes to
work over larilT, currency and
oilier important measures, even
before they are introduced and to
lend the weight of the admin
istration to the support of the
.bills.
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The jail proposition has been
hanging' lire for u long time. The
old shack that has been used for
jail purposes is a disgrace to the
county. Every sensible voter ac
knowledges we need the structure
badly, to save the money we pay
other counties for keeping' our
prisoners. Then why not support
the i? 12,000 proposition and he
done with it?
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Carl (1. l'ricke will be u can
didate for re-election to the office
of city treasurer. Carl has cer
tainly made good, and if com
petency counts for anything he
phouKl certainly he re-elected.
President Wilson evidently is
not in favor of neopotisin. Ho
ba: noli fled the various depart
ments lliat he will not endorse the
appointment of any of his rela
lives for positions. Woodrow bo
lieves in "culling out"" relatives,
and we believe he is right about
it, too.
at Plattsmoutb, Neb.:
Lei's wear a green badge
in'xl Momlav in honor of SI.
Patrick.
.Mailers
-I v cs for
ar- arranging 1 Ih.mii
Plalf siiioulh's biggest
l -ar yi'i.
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W'lio will Ih Hi- next chief of
! : Don I put in a man who
hasn't the. coinage to do his duly.
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While lb- biking sutl's
didn't help their cause much, they
should have improved their health
on the open road.
everything that is good for Platts
mouth bcnclils every citizen who
owns a home here or even con
templates buying a home in the
future.
Someone has proposed a law
against the onion, which is strong
enough to take care of itself, so
we refuse to rally to ils support.
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Only about eighteen days more
and the pay for the legislators
will slop, ami after that time, ex
pires, tin.' members will not tarry
long in Lincoln.
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The many real cslako transfers
made so far this month shows
that Cass county farms are
changing hands even at the high
figures they have reached.
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Hurglars have grown so bold in
Chicago that they even rob the
sheriff's office. Next thing you
know (hey will .steal the news
agencies and sent out censored
reports of their Crimes.
The fact that Cass county had
no jail worthy of the name cost
something like a thousand dol
lars. This being the amount it
look to Imld desperalee riminals
from this county in Omaha and
Lincoln. Nehawka News.
Vice President .Marshall re
marks that the room assigned him
is like a monkey cage without the
P-anuls. Mr. Marshall has not.
promised to be as silent officially
as some of his predecessors have
been.
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To get a new jail for Cass
oiinly it will cost a taxpayer with
thousand dollars' worth of
properly just. ,ju ,-,.Ms and one
with ten thousand dollars' worth
f taxable properly SJ.00. This,
remember, is paid in one year,
and Dial settles the whole busi
ness.
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The "Made in Nebraska" show-
in Omaha is a commendable one,
and thousands of visitors from
various sections of the stale de
clare it one of the greatest stunts
ever pulled oil' in the metropolis.
It is another demonstration of the
fact that Omaha never does things
by the halves.
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Missouri has joined the states
whose legislatures have ratified
the amendment providing for the
election of United States senators
by direct popular vote. This is
likely lo be the XYHth amend
ment to the constitution. Legis
latures seem lo bo approving it as
fast as it can be reached
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Illinois is now without rep
resentation in the United States
senate. No one has been elected
lo fill Iioriiner's place, and Sen
ator Cullom's term expired on tho
llh of March. The legislature
lias failed so far to select a suc
cessor to either one, and no doubt
the governor will at least name a
man for tho short term, and ho
will be a democrat.
President Wilson lets the office
seekers understand that lb- door
lo the While bouse. is for circula
tion of air and not. for candidates.
In an address before a meeting
of a Federation of Commercial
clubs at Moberly, Mo., a few days
a no, a farmer admitted that the
farmers of this country are the
most independent class on earth,
and said "(hey are gelling so d d
independent that we can't do any
thing with I hem." The fact is,
they have seen the time when they
were under obligations to the
oilier fellows, and now the oilier
fellows are compelled lo lake
some of I heir own medicine.
II. is preposterous to even think
of the large taxpayers voting
down the -fl-,000 jail proposition
for the privilege of saddling upon
themselves a debt of if 250,000 ori
30O,0O0 fur the removal of the
county seat, when we boast of one
of the prettiest, and most sub
stantial court houses in the slate
of Nebraska, or any other state,
for that matter. The big farm
ers are not in tho habit of voting
a debt of which they will be call
ed upon to pay the biggest por
tion. :o:
And ex-President Taft retired
smiling, feeling, no doubt, that
the American people have been
kind to him. Which is true, sure
ly, for be has held office since he
was 21. And the people will re
member that kindly smile, nl
Ihough they voted him down
cheerfully and in no uncertain
manner; even as they disagree,
I bey w ill remember Taft as a man
wilh courage of his convictions,
and a game loser. And those nre
qualities all people admire.
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The Nehawka News, in giving
on account of the meeting of the
suu'ragelisls of that town, says:
"Clippings were read from vari
ous newspapers showing lo
what extent the movement has
grown, bold at home and abroad.
Among others was one from the
Plallsmoulh Journal to the ell'ect
thai, 'II was nothing but a lot of
dd hens that wanted I he ballot.'
The president commented on this
iy wishing the Journal man was
there to see the 'pullets' in the
audience, he might, change his
mind." We'll bet that Ihe Jour
nal was Ihe only paper I bey read
I hill hasn't played Hie hypocrite
wilh Ihe suffragists, ami Uiey
should not feel sore because we
fold the truth. We are not so
much afraid of the "pullets" as
we are of Hie "old hens," when
lliey uet I heir feathers ruffled.
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President Wilson was in
augurated one week ago today,
ami it was an event that will ever
be .remembered as one of Ihe
greatest and grandest events of
character in Ihe history of
this nation. The democrats are
all proud of the new president,
and the nation at large will also
soon realize that Woodrow Wil
son will prove equal to the
emergency. l ew presidents have
been inducted into office with the
best wishes of nearer all the peo
ple. In the interim between elec
tion and inauguration be made no
statements intended to alarm any
class, and being the president of
all the people, it is natural they
should wish him well. Selfishness
and patriotism combine to that
end, and most of us have a little
of both. And it speaks well for
the country as well as for Wilson
that the administration and
political policy may bo changed
without alarm, and no greater ef
fect than a largo celebration of
the outs coining in. After which
it is well to remember that the
future depends a great deal more
on yourself than on the adminis
tration. Politics of any brand
bears no panacea of prosperity for
the shiftless, and, played the
other across, an industrious man,
unless ho is an industrious post
master, is not likely lo bo greatly
hampered by tho shifting of tho
statesmen.
Mr. Taft wes a good loser, for
be wool oof smiling.
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As marchers the women who
walked to Washington were not a
success.
The democrats in congress were
unanimous in the re-election of
Champ Clark for speaker.
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Tin' HI lb4 that a man w ants
her- below is just a little more
than I lie other fellow has got.
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The average reader has to keep
prei! well posted on Mexican af
fairs to he able to tell which is
Ihe rebel army.
SI ill lb- university removal
(pi-slion is on in Lincoln and
seems to be getting more exciting
around the slate house.
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The ex-officeholders who were
ready to step down and out yes
terday can now organize a "back
to the soil" movement.
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Every apple grower in Cass
county should be a member of
Ihe Eastern Nebraska Fruit
("1 rowers' association.' It will pay
every man with an orchard who is
anxious to grow belter apples, and
such fruit as will always find a
heller market. Hon E. M. Pollard
of Ibis county is president, of the
association and manages one of
the largest apple orchards in Ne
braska. The solution as to the cause for
Ihe high cost of living lias not
been reached yet, nor is there any
probability that it will be very
soon. So just as well keep on
sawing wood ami eat just what
our earning:; will buy.
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If file Soiilh Omaha packing
houses waul lb- friendship and
patronage of the Nebraska farm
ers they imisi make up their
minds to pav them inueli for
Ilieir slock as they can ire l ;il
otlii-r packing rili-s. This I hey
haven't been doing.
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i diloi inl comment from Ihe
London papers upon President
W ilson's address are unanimous
in praising it as coming from a
man of great ability. The Ameri
can press also give Ihe address
favorable comment, and the most
of lln-m believe Woodrow is go
ing to make good in every par
I icular.
They must have a very "effici
ent" police force in Washington
when I hey will stand around and
allow a pack of roughnecks to
slone the women in the suffrage
parade last Monday. Such a
scene is a great disgrace lo any
town, and much more so when il
occurs in Ihe national capital of
our country.
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If the legislature is nut very
careful il will adjourn without do
ing anything that is of real bene
fit to the great mass of taxpayers
the road and bridge question.
I'hese are matters in which the
whole stale is interested, and the
legislature should not be so slow
in looking to Ihe interests of its
const iKiency.
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The Commercial club is now in
belter shape lo do for Platts
nioulh than ever before. Live
wires are being added to the mem
bership every day in the week, and
as they are enrolled, a suit of
hustling clothes is at once pre
sented to them, and they are not
slow iii getting onto the job to
boost for a belter and more pros
perous Plattsmouth.
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When the taxpayers figure
what the if 12,000 jail proposition
will cost them, Ihe unprejudiced
can soon become convinced that
the amount to each one is but a
mere drop in the bucket The tax
payers will save money by voting
for the proposition right now be
cause it will save I hem money
which will have lo be paid lo other
counties for keeping prisoners
The price of hogs is still rising,
and so is the already high cost of
living.
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We now have two living ex
presidents, but don't look for any
reunions.
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The hen and fruit tree men, real
hardbinsers of spring, are begin
ning to cackle,
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In enjoying the tirst breaths
of spring, use a Iillle precaution
against the pneumonia germ.
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You are in mighty tough luck
if you can't mortgage your farm
or home for enough to buy the
kind of an automobile you want
for this summer.
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Considerable commotion in
Washington on inauguration day,
but it must, be admit led we change
presidents more gracefully than
they do in Mexico.
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The legislatures of Maine and
Massachusetts have just refused
lo submit constitutional amend
ments providing for woman suf
frage in those states.
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President Wilson comes to his
high office with many preplexing
problems lo face, but his rare en
dowments and his able cabinet
will be prepared lo mod them.
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There is no question as to the
wisdom of President Wilson in
the selection of his cabinet. They
are all men of acknowledged abil
ily and well fitted for each in
dividual position.
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This has been an open winter
in many parts of our common
country, and you needn't be sur
prised if someone arises lo blame
Hi- democratic party if there is
a shortage of Hie ice crop.
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Yoling to tiix ourselves out
rageously for the benefit of some
town centrally located may be
logical, bul we. do not think the
laxpavers of this commuuily will
so ievv il. Nehawka News.
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Many of the women who march
ed in the parade last Monday at
Washington are reaping the bcnc
lils of folly. They are suffering
from bad colds, and a number are
threatened with pneumonia.
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According lo Ihe sugar beet as
sociation's report, sugar should
be cheaper than il has been in ten
years, and (lie bulletin slates that
if it is not cheaper the fault will
be wilh the grocery stores.
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In some stales all that is re
quired for a man to be able to
start a bank is 1 lie price of a
nioiilh'.s'office rent and the ex
pense of having the sign painted
on the door. . Responsible bankers
themselves protest against such a
lack of property safeguards for
depositors.
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Will Maupin's Midwesl for
March is full of good things, and
it cnntirTues better with each suc
ceeding mouth. It is truly a Ne
braska publication and devoted to
principals lo the best interests of
the stale. It should be in Ihe
hands of everyone who believes
in Nebraska and Nebraska in
stitutions. It should have at least
20,000 subscribers in the state
for which it, is doing so much
gool.
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Mr. Hryan, quite properly, is
Ihe premier. His appointment
was inevitable as was that of
James (1. .Maine to the same posi
tion. He is exceptionally qualified
and has now before him a splen
did opportunity to give to his
party and his country unselfish
service of lasting value. His mil
lions of admirers will rejoice thai,
though thrice rebuffed in his
ambit ion lo attain the presidency,
he has at, last landed in a position
only a little short of that exalted
ofhVp, at tho hands of a president
whose nomination he made pos
sible. World-Herald.
"STAY ON THE FARM."
Iii a few week n.vv, when Ihe
frost is utf Ihe pumpkins and
(here is no more fodder in the
shock for the simple reason that
il has all been fed up lo the dairy
cows and fattening steers, and
when the thrushes will begin to
sing in the hedge rows and the
smell of new plowed soil is in the
air, we will.begin to hear the notes
of another singer, the "back to
the farm" lyrist. Armed with a
number of brilliant ami alluring
word pictures of the "rosy-cheeked
milk maid," or Ihe "honest
plow-boj wlii'slling his way home"
ami wilh bints oV worlds of fried
chicken, "garden sass," etc., for
the asking, he will stir up the
hearts and minds of thousands of
urban dwellers with unrest and
a longing for the sweet, simple
joys of rural life.
Every once in a while the fool
killer takes a firm grasp on his
axe handle and smites mightly
some post which has been abroad
in the land for many moons. One
of these days he will light on the
"back lo the country" pest and
there will be another period of
qui-t and peace in the land.
Far be it from us lo say that
the country would not be able to
give ample support to a much
larger population than inhabits it.
There is scarcely a farm in the
whole southwest which is farmed
up lo ils full capacity. Intensive
methods on smaller acreage will
eventually prove the accepted
method of farm procedure, unless
we are mistaken.
Hut it is not the sort of fann
ers (?) the "back to the farm"
advocates will send to the rural
districts which will make this
change an accomplished fact. One
family out of ten, perhaps, thus
sent to the country would find
success there in the direction thev
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anticipated. -Doomed to disap
pointment, before they even com
menced their venture there would
be no benefit derived by anyone
from their having attempted lo
adapl themselves lo conditions of
which lliey know nothing. The
men who will make the most of
farming possibilities in (he future
are Hie men who have grown up
on Ihe farms made a careful study
of belter methods of farminer.
Give us someone lo sing convinc
ingly a "stay on the farm" song,
but chase the "back lo the farm"
mistake "back to the woods."
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The many friends of Frank
Sheldon, the Nehawka merchant
and all-round good gentleman and
citizen, are laying plans to boost,
him for grand treasurer of the A.
O. U. W, There are no belter
men- anywhere in Nebraska than
Frank Sheldon, and there are none
better fitted for the position. This
order has a big following here in
Plaltsmoulh. and he should have
the support of all four, of the
lodges. Frank Sheldon, while
very unassuming, is a gentleman
and scholar, and would grace the
position of grand treasurer with
not only credit lo himself, bul
with the honor and. digtuly that
such a high position demands.
Every member of the A. O. U. W.
in Cass county should unite in
endorsing his candidacy.
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When a newspaper, and only a
pretended one at that, will stoop
to falsehood in an effort to carry
a point, it is certainly in very
poor business. The magnificent
court house structure is just as
good today as it was the day il
was dedicated, except for the gen
eral wear and tear that is general
with all public buildings. There
is no use in lying to prejudice the
taxpayers, for the building shows
for itself. It is a structure that
will last one hundred years longer,
much to the gratification of the
chief taxpayers of Cass county.
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Says the Nehawka News: "One
good way to put a stop to this
county seat removal clatter i3 to
vote FOR the jail proposition. And
it will also be the cheapest, way
to settle it."