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MONDAY, AUGUST 16, 1911
PEATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
CO-OPERATION
OF MERCHANT
AND NEWSPAPER
A Common Interest Is Manifest and
Getting Together Means That
Both Are Benefited.
From Saturday Dally.
That the business and professional
men of- any city or town must co
operate with one another in order to
succeed, is self-evident, without giv
ing any of the numerous examples of
what has been accomplished fcy the
pull-together process.
It is true not only of the business
and professional men, but of all other
people who are interested in the
growth of their home towr.
Recently an editorial association
was held at Aledo, Illinois, and or.e
of the addresses was delivered by
Mr. D. E. Farr, a representati? of
the merchants, who was a thorough
believer of the co-operative method of
procedure in municipal as well as
personal affairs in a town.
Mr. Farr emphasized ths import
ance to a town of a newspaper
stand by the merchants well.
He also emphasized the power of the
newspaper to do a greaf. good for the
community if given tau proper en
couragement. Along .h line of co
operative effort, he gave the follow
ing illustration:
I recall seeing a cartoon not long
ago that aptly illustrates this point.
The title of this set of cartoons was
'Co-operation.' The first cartoon is a
street scene showing a bucket of oats
on the sidewalk on either side of the
street and a couple of mules in the
center of the street hitched together.
Each mule is straining to reach the
bucket of oats en his side of th-j
street and, of course he does not make
any progress because they are ap
parently of equal strength and each
is only pulling against the other.
Finally, however, they apparently
reach a realization that brute
strength, when pulling against one
another, will never enable them to
get the oats. So they get their head
together and discuss 'Co-operation'
with the result that they both start
together and eat the oats in the
other bucket. These cartoons show
very graphically the folly of pulling
against one another, and the wisdom
of co-operation. The business men.
the professional men, the newspaper
men, the ministers, the farmers and
all other citizens of Aledo should
pull together for the benefit of all,
and I think you folks will probably
find this has been done to some ex
tent before you leave our city, and
I would like to have a working motto
'Co-operation pull together,' and it
might be well for us to bear in mind
the graphic illustrations of the team
of mules going after the oats.
"I think that the word co-opera
tion is one of the grandest words I
have ever heard. A man recently
said that co-operation is the most
beautiful word in the English Ian
guage. I believe he is right, too. Why
is it a sign of sanity an absolute
Mgn of sanity that you men come
here for your semi-annual conven
tion, to exchange ideas and co-oper
ate, and I can prove it.
"A keeper of an insane asylum re
cer.tly was out walking with fifteen
of the inmates and a man, a frien
of his, met him and said: 'Fred, are
you out here all by yourself?
would think that you would feel
afraid that they would jump on you
and beat you to death. I wouldn't go
out walking with those fifteen in
sane men for all the monev in the
world. You couldn't hire me to do it.
And the keeper just patted him on
the shoulder and said: 'Don't get
alarmed,' and he pointed to the
fifteen fellows and said in a very
low tone of voice, 'Those fellows
can't get together. Without coming
together they can't act. Singly they
are afraid. Now, isn't that a fact?
It certainly is."
Getting Along Nicely.
From Saturday Dallr.
Henry W. Baughman of near Cedar
Creek, who had hi3 right arm torn off
e few days ago at the Cedar Creek
gravel pit, is reported as getting along
nicely, and his wife and daughter,
who visited him at the hospital yes
terday, were assured that the patient
was showing great improvement, de
spite his severe ordeal, and bright
hopes are entertained for his recovery.
W. II. Heeney and son, Bernard,
from near Weeping Water, were in
the city for a few hours today looking
after some business and visiting with
county seat friends. .While here Mr.
Heeney called at the Journal office to
renew, his' subscription to the paper
for another year
Returns from Trip East.
From' Friday's Dally.
This morning Harris Cook returned
home from his vacation r trip to the
east, which he has been . en joying, . iri
company with Leonard Meisinger
The boys on their trip east spent a
week in Chicago, as well as a tour to
Niagara Falls and Buffalo, which was
most thoroughly enjoyed, and en route
home stopped at Detroit and Tort
Huron, Michigan. En route Harris
lost his traveling companion, who
stopped off at Michigan City, Indiana,
for a few days' visit v.ith friends,
and will not return home fo a few
days.
NEW BUSINESS MAN
AGER OF NEBRASKA
LIGHTING GO. HERE
From Saturday s Daily.
This morning Mr. R. L. Ponsler ar
rived in this city to assume his duties
as business manager of the interests
of the Nebraska Lighting company.
Mr. Ponsler has been connected with
the Red Oak company at Shenandoah,
Iowa, for some time and comes here
highly recommended and is a most
pleasant and genial gentleman whom
the people of Plattsmouth and the
patrons of the light company will find
most agreeable to do business with.
The change in management is made
so that Mr. R. C. Wood, the former
manager, can be placed in charge of
the construction work on a number of
new lines projected by the lighting
company in Iowa. Mr. Ponsler, in
company with Mr. G. W. Manlove, was
busily engaged today in meeting a
number of the business men on Main
street, and as soon as the office work
has become thoroughly familiar to
the new manager he expects to be able
to meet the patrons of his company
personally. He is a young man, but
has had considerable experience in
this line of work and is well pleased
with this city and the residents with
whom he has come in touch during the
time he has been here.
PRELIMINARY WORK
ON SIDEWALK THAT
IS GREATLY NEEDED
From Saturday it Danv.
The preliminary work for the per
manent sidewalk on the east s.de of
the William Holly building on Main
street is getting under way and soon
the work of making the fill for the
walk will be commenced. The old
board walk will be removed and the
areaway under the walk filled with
dirt, which will close up it up, as the
owner of the building has decided that
it is useless to maintain it in its pres
ent condition, and accordingly the r.ew
walk will be made on the new fill ;
soon as it has settled sufficiently. The
walk along this building will not be ns
wide as that on Main streat, as the
travel there is not very extensive, but
will be made in such a manner that
should it be decided later to make the
walk wider it can be done without a
great deal of work or expense. This
is the last section of board walk in
the business section of the city and
they are hard to find even in the resi
dence section, as the property owners
have in the past few years placed
many mile:? of permanent walk along
the streets of the city which is con
stantly being added to, and there is
hardly a session of the council but
that it tak;s up two or three petitions
for walks and acts on them.
MR. AND MRS. LANG
HERE FROM THE CANAL
ZONE MAKING VISIT
From Saturday's Dallv.
A. R. Iang of Balboa Heights,
Canal Zone, who, with Mrs. Lang,
have been visiting at the home of Mrs
Lang's mother, Mrs. Peter Terry, west
of Mynard, departed for California
Wednesday afternoon. He will at
tend the N. E. A. at Oakland, as well
as the exposition, and visit friends at
San Diego and at Orange. Mr. Lang
has been superintendent of schools of
the Canal Zone for two years. He has
a corps of teachers numbering sixty
five, twenty of whom are colored and
who teach the colored schools of the
zone. He will return to Panama about
September, 15th, but Mrs. Lang will
remain until a month later. Before
going to the Panama canal zone Mr.
Lang engaged in school work in
Wyoming.
FOR SALE Mule, 3 months old. In
quire at V. Balohlavy, on Maiden
Lane.' . - 6-9-2hwkly
HOME PATRON
AGE AND COST OF
DOING BUSINESS
Some Practical Suggestions to tae
Retail Merchants and Patrons
of the Home Stores.
From Saturday's Dally.
Much of emphasis has been placed
upon the fact that the average retail
merchant of today must add a too
large percentage to his profit account
in order to cover the expenses in
cident to the conduct of his operations.
There is, doubtless, reason for the
charge that the cost of doing business
is higher than it might be made, if
there were eliminated many features
which have become common to the
conduct of merchandising. If busi
ness were placed upon a strictly cash
basis, for instance, the capital re
quired to handle it would be less, and
a further t.r.' iny mijrht be effected in
the elimination of all losses through
the accumulation of bad accounts. If
consumers were satisfied to enter a
store and make selections for their
requirements, carrying home their
purchases, as they were handed over
the counter, there could be charged off
a very considerable item for the de
livery of goods, and the solicitation of
orders. There are other directions in
which money could be saved undoubt
edly, but the fact remains that the
people do not desire that these econo
mies be instituted. There is a demand
for credit accommodation and for
service, and buyers will patronize the
stores which afford these facilities, so
that it would be practically futile to
reduce the cost of doing business up
on a comprehensive scale, although
the merchant who does not make
every effort compatible with the de
mands of his trade to hold the ex
pense account in check is certainly
unwise.
So far as the public is concerned,
however, the cost of doing business is
the element that brings profit to the
community, rather than to the retail
trade itself. Practically every item in
the expense account goes to the sup
port of activities which are indispens
able to the support of the town in
which the merchant is located. If it
costs him 20 per cent to do business
that means that he is paying out for
clerk hire, for rent, for taxes, insur
ance, and the various items making
up the total 20 cents on every dollar
which goes into his cash drawer from
the sale of goods. That 20 cents does
not enrich him. It goes into the
pockets of the people themselves. It
enriches the property owners, by mak
ing his holdings the more valuable
It assists the producer, whether he be
a manufacturer or a farmer, for it
supports consumers who make a better
market for their products. It is the
element that contributes to prosperity
and progress, for it is active money,
and active money is the only kind of
money that really does any good to
mankind.
There is a great deal of misconcep
tion, of actual fallacy about the sav
ings that accrue from sending money
away from the home town for mer
chandise. Experts who have given the
subject the closest investigation, as
sert that it costs the mail order houses
from 5 to 10 per cent more to do busi
ness than it does the regular retail
merchant, so that when actual values
are considered, they cannot sell
cheaper than the home dealer, but it
foes make a vital difference where
the 20 or 25 per cent of the cost of
purchases is expended. It means that
the community is being deprived of
the money which is its very life blood,
for it is the money that passes from
person to person, performing some
useful function with each interchange,
and adding to the wealth of the people
as S whole. The cost of doing busi
ness, whether high or low, is a useful
expenditure to the man who buys the
goods. West Coast Trade.
JUDGE ARCHER SECURES PEN
SION FOR MRS. ALICE SAGE
Judge M. Archer, who has handled
the pension cases of several hundred
persons during hi3 practice in this
city, Saturday afternoon received
notice from the pension department at
Washington that the application of
Mrs.t Alice Sage of this city for a
widow's, pension had been granted aod
that, s(be would.be given the sum bf
$12 per' month, dating from the time
of filing the application. The case
was one that required considerable
work on the part of the judge in se
curing the facts for the department,
and he feels well pleased with the
success he has met with.
Letter files at the Journal office.
Now Feeling Better.
From Saturday's Dally.
Charles G. Beeson, who has been
home for the past few days suffering
from a bad attack of something in the
nature of the grippe, is now feeling
better and is up and around and ex
pects to be able to return to his duties
at Omaha by next week and feels that
the rest here at the home of his
mother has done him a great deal of
good.
FAIR ATTENDANCE AT
OLD SETTLERS' RE
UNION THE FIRST DAY
From Saturdar'i t)al?y.
Parties from this city who were in
attendance at the Old Settlers' re
union at Union yesterday report that
quite a good crowd for the opening
day was present, and young and old
alike were entertained very pleasant
ly with the different attractions on
the grounds. The old residents of the
county were addressed yesterday aft
ernoon by Congressman C. F. Reavis-,
who made a most pleasing impres
sion upon the large crowd with his
remarks and presented a very able
statement of a number of the leading
questions confronting the nation at
this time, which was thoroughly ap
preciated. Today will be the big day at the
reunion and will bring to Union all
the older residents of the county who
are able to reach that place to join
in a day's visit with each other and
recount old times and pioneer days in
Cass county, while the younger gen
eration will enjoy themselves at the
various amusements provided for the
occasion. The Holly orchestra of this
city furnished the music last evening
at the Becker hall for the dance, which
was one of the features of ths enter
tainment program and was quite
largely attended. This morning quite
a large number from this city went
to Union over the Missouri Pacific,
while a great many drove there in
automobiles to enjoy the day's out
ing. FIRST REAL BATTLE
ROYAL FOR SOME TIME
IN PLATTSMOUTH
From Friday's Dafly.
Last evening about 5:30 quite a
disturbance was occasioned at the
saloon of William Hinrichsen, when
a number of parties from near Rock
Bluffs became involved in an alterca
tion with Jack Neilson, a man work
ing on the farm of John Urish, near
Mynard, and soon a general mix-up
occurred, in which there was a great
many blows struck, and as is usual,
the one attempting to stop the fight
ing got the chief damage. Mr. Urish
and Mark White, who were attracted
by the noise, attempted to quell the
outbreak and Mr. Urish was struck in
the. nose by one of the combatants, but
was unable to tell which, and a
spitoon which was thrown by some of
the warriors, hit Mark on the hand
infficting quite a gash and retiring
him from the front of the battle.
Acting Chief Jones and Officer Grebe
arriving on the scene began a general
round-up of the men, and Neilson and
John Smith were escorted to the city
bastile, where they could calm down
Bystanders who had dipped into the
game made it really worse than it
was by insisting on a general clean
up of everybody connected with the
fight by arresting them, but several
of the parties residing south of this
citv made their iretaway. Smith was
leleased on a cash bond to appear to
day for trial, and Neilson received a
fine of $10 and costs this morning in
Judge Archer's court.
This morning Officer Jones rounded
up William Shera, one of the men who
was reported as being mixed in the
fight, and he was taken before Judge
Archer and fined $5 and costs on a
charge of being drunk and fighting,
which he paid and was released. The
police acted promptly in the fight and
the participants will all be given an
opportunity in settling the matter by
paying a fine.
John Urish and son, Virgil, who
were mixed in the affair, were fined
?5 and costs on pleading guilty, in
order to be able to return home and
not be forced to stay and await trial.
The Clerk Guaranteed It.
"A customer came into my store the
other day and said to one of my clerks,
have you anything .' tnat will cure
diarrhoea?' and my clerk went and
got him a bottle of Chamberlain's
Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoe Remedy,
and said to him, 'if this does not cure
you, I will not charge you a cent for
it.' So he took it home and came
back in a day or two and said he was
cured," writes J. H. Berry & Co., Salt
Creek, Va. Obtainable everywhere.
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WON BY THE RED
SOX YESTERDAY
The Nehawka Team Outclassed, but
What They Lost in Playing Made
Up in Good Fellowship.
The fifteenth straight victory for
the Red Sox was witnessed by a fair
sized crowd and the Nehawka lads,
who were the opponents of the crim
son hose legions, were humiliated by
the score of 13 to 2, and it really
should have been a shutout for the
locals if it had not been for the loose
playing and kidding indulged in by
the locals in the seventh inning of the
comedy of errors. Loberg, who done
the mound act for the Nehawka team,
came far from filling the bill as a
pitcher and was found at will by the
Sox, although the fireworks did not
fully commence until the fourth in
ning, when five crimson hosed lads
tallied with scores and broke the
shaky defense of the visitors up com
pletely, as well as shattered the
leputation of Mr. Loberg as a slab
artist.
In this inning Pittman was retired
on a fly to right field, while Smith
was given a lease of life by Loberg
and Parker hit by the pitcher. At
this time the decision of the umpire
while Craig was at bat occasioned a
great deal of discussion. Craig was
batting when a ball delivered by the
pitcher was knocked out in the dia
mond either by. the batter or through
hitting the shoe of the Nehawka
catcher, and this was called a fair
ball by the umpire, and on it Smith
was retired at third, while Craig
reached the first sack safely. Beal
was walked by Loberg and was fol
lowed by Parriott with a hit to short,
and on this Parker and Creig both
registered at the plate. Herold, who
was next up, placed a clean hit to the
left garden that brought in Beal and
Parriott; Mason, with a grounder to
f-hort was safe, as through an error
the ball wa3 not handled fast enough
and Herold scored. Greko ended the
inning by being put out at first.
In the fifth six more runs were net
ted by the locals, when through time
ly hitting, together with the errors
of the visitors, they swamped the Ne
hawka team. Pittman, the first up
was walked, and was sacrificed to sec
ond by Smith, scoring on the drive of
Parker to short, while the runner was
safe at first; Craig followed with a
grounder to short that was not
handled in time, and scored Parker on
the wild throw to first to catch Craig
Beal hit to short and Craig register
ed on the wild heave of the pill to
first; Parriott laid down a grounde
to third which was not handled clean
and in throwing to first to retire
"Bradley" Beal came home with an
other run. Herold hit to third and got
away on the error of the third sacker.
Mason was walked. Greko was re
tired by Loberg to first, but on this
Herpld and Mason both scored. Smith
ended the inning by being railroaded
short to first.
Two more runs were made in the
eighth by the locals, giving them a
total of thirteen.
The two runs of the visitors were
due to the looseness of the Sox ma
chine, and for a moment thrilled the
rooters for the visitors, but in vain
as the odds were too great against
them.
The tabulated score of the game
was as follows:
RED SOX.
AB. BH. R. O. A. E
Beal, cf... .... 4 2 1 3 1 f
Parriott, 3d 5 2 2 2 3 2
Herold, c 5 2 2 G 2 0
Mason, If 4 0 11 0 0
Grekok. p 5 1 1 1.3 0
Pittman, 2d 3 2 2 1 2 1
Smith, rf 2 0 0 1 0 0
Parker, ss 3 2 0 1 4 1
Craig, 1st 5 2 111 0 0
Total 36 13 10 27 15 5
NEHAWKA.
AB. BH. R. O. A. E
Anderson, cf 3 0 1 2 0 0
Miller, c 3 0 1 7 1 0
Ruthledge. 3d..... 4 1 0 3 1 3
Mason, 2d . 3 0 0 0 0 0
Kimldorn, ss 4 1 0 3 2 0
Nelson, 1st 3 0 0 6 0 1
Loberg, p 4 0 0 0 3 1
Moose, If i 0 0 2 0 0
Johnson, cf 3 0 0 0 0 0
Total 33 2 3 24 7 6
In the last two innings Greko was
given a rest and Mason and Beal
were called to the mound to work on
the visitors, which they done to satis
faction and the baseballists from our
southern neighboring village were un
able to connect with their puzzling de
livery. The attendance was only fair
and will not net a large amount of
"kale" for the boys. The Nehawka
team were a nice appearing bunch of
young men and worked hard in the
game, but were clearly outclassed.
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New tie every week
New sport shirts In stripes
C. E. Wescott's Sons
Everybody Store
Somebody is going to get a suit of clothes FREE!
Bring samples of wheat to our store before noon Sat
urday, August 21st.
MISS ANNA WARGA
ENTERTAINS FRIENDS
IN HONOR OF COUSIN
From Friday's Pally.
Yesterday afternson Miss Anna
Warga entertained a few lady friends
in honor of her cousin, Miss Mona
Herman, who is here from Chicago,
Illinois, for a month's visit with rela
tives and friends. At 5 o'clock in the
evening the daintily arranged table
was set on the cool and commodious
porch of the Warga home and here
the jolly party proceeded to enjoy a
most delightful dinner, consisting of
spring chicken galore, together with
sandwiches, salads, lemonade, fruit
and ice cream and cake. During the
afternoon a number of kodak pictures
were secured of the young ladies,
which will be greatly enjoyed by them
as pleasant mementos of the happy
occasion in which they had participat
ed. The evening was spent in listen
ing to a number of musical numbers,
both vocal and instrumental, and the
guest of honor, Miss Herman, who i3
an accomplished musician, gave a
number of very much appreciated se
lections. About 7:30 the jolly party
were taken out for an automobile ride,
which brought to a close a most de
lightful occasion. Those enjoying the
hospitality of Miss Warga were:
Misses Mona Herman of Chicago,
Marie Nesladek, Hilda Brinkman,
Amanda Sattler and Mr. and Mrs.
Jess F. Warga.
George P. Meisinger, jr., wife and
Mttle daughter were in this city Sat
urday attending to some matters of
business, and the little daughter will
lemain here for a week's visit with
her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob
Meisinger.
riving daily. They comprise the latest designs in all
the new colors. Also, a complete line of Blue Serges
in up to the minute models. Come in and give them
your most critical "once over."
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
From Fridays rjailv.
George H. Falter to Philip
Thierolf, part lot 11, block
28, City. Consideration. .$3,500.00
D. J. Pitman to S. B. Bar
rows, lot 3, part lot 2,
block 16, Latta's addition
to Murray. Consideration 2,900.00
Lizzie Pearlman to A. J.
Trilety, part SW quarter,
NE quarter, part NW
quarter, SE quarter, 21-12-13.
Consideration 1.00
F. W. Fowler to P. J. Mar
shall, lot 5, block "A,"
Treat's addition, Weeping
Water. Consideration ... 1.00
P. J. Marshall to Francis M.
Fow1QW 5, block "A,"
Treat's addition to Weep
ing Water. Consideration 1.00
G. V. Voss to B. L. Philpot,
lot "E," block (k River
side addition, Weeping
Water. Consideration.... 1.00
Annie Voss to B. L. Philpot,
lot "D," block 0, River
side addition to Weeping
Water. Consideration 1,500.00
John Garber to Herman
Pall, lot 1, block 1, Man
ley. Consideration 215.00
August Theile to Farmers'
State Bank of Avoca, part
lot 6, block 13, Avoca.
Consideration 975.00
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