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PLATTSMOUTII SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1913.
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R. A. BATES, Publisher
SIBSCHIPTIOX PUICKj fl-.O PEIl VEAIl l.V ADVANCE
THOUGHT FOR TODAY.
Wait not till your you are
backed by numbers. Wait not
until you are sure of an echo
from a crowd. The fewer the
voices on the side of truth, the
more distinct and strong must
be your own. Channing. 4
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OUR NATIONAL CONCERN.
Democrats do not want to get too
confident.
Wheat has almost reached the dol
lar mark again.
:o:
Fat political jobs never have a
chance to seek the man.
:o:
It is almost useless to waste hints
on narrow-minded people.
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De on the alert. Be ever ready
when opportunity knocks at- your
door.
:o: '
The president's message appears in
full in the Semi-Weekly edition of the
Journal.
:o :
The cigarette hasn't any advantage
over the corset so far as health is
concerned.
Christmas business is fine for those
who invite the people to come to their
stores to buy.
:o:
E.?au sold his birthright altogether
too cheap. But in those days they
didn't know very much about politics.
:o:
The date of the marriage of the
president is Saturday, December 18.
"The wedding will be simple" simply
fine.
:o:
It is said that Andrew Carnegie now
has only twenty millions left. The
poor fellow; and right in the face of
winter, too.
:o:
Look over the Journal to know
where to buy your Christmas presents.
The merchant that advertises always
has the goods.
:o:
Carranza may be president of
Mexico, but he will perhaps not vent
ure to sit down in the presidential
chair without moving it within reach
of the back door.
:o:
Those 2,000,000 copies of New
York's new constitution being dis
tributed for the voters to read, will
be considered as very available mis
siles to throw at cats on the back
yard fence at 2 a. m.
:o:
After some have given wedding
presents, costing hundreds of dollars,
to the president, who does not need
or care for them, it will, of course,
come hard to find a dollar to give to
the poor.
:o:
Iowa will be dry after January 1.
That's nothing. Iowa has been dry
several times before, and they never
suffered to any great extent for the
drinkables, if they were wanted bad
enough.
:o:
The republicans of Nebraska have
one candidate for president they can
always fall back on, "Cheap Wheat"
Webster of Omaha. John L. will no
doubt remain a candidate until after
the convention.
. :o:
No one in thi3 country understands
what the chancellor of ha duchy of
Lancaster is, but the duties of the post
appear to be a little less exacting than
those of an American vice president.
It has to be wished on to somebody,
too.
National efficiency and security are
the keynotes of the message of Presi
dent Wilson to the congress. These
he urges as a part of a policy of
"America for Americans," referring
not alone to the United States but to
the brotherhood of republics on this.
hemisphere.
In his discussion of the course of
the administration toward Mexico the
president makes it plain that whatever
has been done has had in view not
only the rights and welfare of the
people of Mexico, but the binding in
closer bonds of neighborhood and com
munity of interest of all the Ameri
can republics. It has been done with
a view of teaching our neighbors on
the two continents that it is the de
sire of our own government to be their
companion and co-worker rather than
to assume to be looked upon as their
guardian, an attitude that has long
be.en offensive to their pride. Its pur
pose has been to teach the rest of the
American people Uncle Sam's under
standing that " all of the governments
of America stand, so far as we are
concerned, upon a footing of genuine
equality and unquestioned independ
ence." Whatever may be the suggested
short-comings of the president's Mex
ican policy, those who criticise it most
severely must admit that it has com
manded the co-operation and endorse
ment of the other American republics
and has restored their confidence in
us, which had been shaken.
In recommending an increase of the
standing army the president makes
it plain that it is not a war army he
is urging, but merely such an army as
current experience shows to be nec
essary in times of peace.
"We shall always see to it," says
he, "that our military peace estab
lishment is no larger than is actually
and continuously needed for the uses
of days in which no enemies move
against us."
The increase he recommends is from
102,985 men all told, as at present, to
141,843, an increase found to be ne
cessary for the duties which the army
now has to perform upon our conti
nental coasts and borders, in the Phil
ippines, in the Hawaiian islands, on
the Isthmus and in Porto Rico.
Next the president recommends pro
vision for a civilian army of 400,000,
recuited at the rate of 133,000 per
year, to undergo short periods of mili
tary and sanitary training in camp
during a stated active period, and'to
thereafter, its men being civilians en
gaged in the ordinary pursuits of life.
There has been much misrepresen
tation of the president's proposal for
the increase of the army. It has been
found in evidence in the newspapers
of Nebraska, and it does seem as if
the president's concise statement
ought to relieve it some.
The proposal as to the increase of
the navy is not new. It is simply car
rying out what has been in the minds
of congress as a tentative and sanc
tioned program for years, except that
there has never before been declared
a definite period in which it should
be executed. The president's plan
fixes the period at five years. It is
simply a revival of the two battle
ships a year policy, with its essential
auxiliaries.
President Wilson brings forward
again as a part of his preparedness
program his plan for the building of
a government merchant marine as the
neuclu3 of an enlarged American ma
rine, serviceable as a naval auxiliary
whenever it may be needed. Its pur
pose is to relieve the United States
from its present necessity of haying
its goods piled up at the seashores
awaiting transportation whenever and
wherever foreign ship-owners and for
eign governments permit or consent.
As part of the general policy of pre
paredness and pan-Americanism the
nresident recommends the enactment
of legislation fulfilling our obligation
to the Filipinos and the people of
Porto Rico in clearing the way "for
the great policies by which we wish
to make good, now and always, our
right to lead in enterprises of peace
and good will and economic and po
litical freedom."
After pointing out to congress var
ious methods by which the increased
revenues may be raised without im
posing severe burdens, the president
gives expression to a protest against
the un-Americanism disclosed in this
country during the European war. It
is a strong and courageous protest
against conditions that have been
humiliating to Americans. In a mes
sage dealing with a variety of topics
of great importance the president's
discussion of this one painful subject
is the item that will command widest
approval.
Men who assume to discuss our na
tional policies should not again at
tempt to do so until they shall have
read this candid and convincing ex
pression from their president, who has
been in closer touch than they with
all the currents that have beset the
government during the past two years.
Lincoln Star.
:o:
It will take colder weather before
the modern girl feels perfectly com
fortable in her low necked waist.
JO ;
Evening parties frequently wind up
by singing the new popular songs,
which are chiefly notable as something
that nobody knows.
:o:
After kicking because their wives
spend $10 on a new winter hat, some
men will go out and drop $15 or $20
in an hour's game of poker, and never
tell their wives.
:o:
If a man issues a fictitious check on
a fictitious bank, signing the check
with a fictitious name, and it is cash
ed by a fictitious person, what would
be the nature of the offense?
:o:
Teddy Roosevelt is pne ahead of
Bryan, even in Nebraska. A petition
was filed to place his name on the
primary ballot for president, but no
such request has yet been made by Mr.
Bryan's friends.
:o:
It is hard to tell what Governor
More-head will run for next year. He
is as sly as a mouse and as quick as
a cat. When he does make a leap in
to the political arena, and the gover
nor allows no flies to roost on his bald
head very long at a time.
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The irresponsible critics is always
sobered by responsibilty. Roosevelt
did not have any wars during his
seven years in the presidential chair,
and Mr. Bryan has had no wars to
deal with, and these two criticize the
president and administration without
responsibility.
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The Red Cross seals have all the
significance of the regular Christmas
stickers, but that does not begin to
tell their story. In addition to a
Merry Christmas and a Happy New
Year greeting, the Red Cross seals
typify as nothing else of their kind
dose the real Christmas spirit of love
and sympathy and service for a
brotherhood of suffering humanity.
They carry a message of helpful in
terest to forelorn hearts which can
not be directly reached, however
much we may be willing. They give
expression to the best impulse that
comes from the heart that of help
fulness to the unfortunate victims of
poverty, misery and distress. They
represent a real and potent effort to
translate this spirit of helpfulness in
to efficient service toward alleviating
the sorrow and suffering which follow
in the train of the Great White
Plague. They give joy alike to the
heart of the sender and to the recip
ient and help to save the life and hap
piness of some less fortunate brother
beyond the personal reach of either
who has already or who rr;iy become
the victim of tuberculosis. And
tuberculosis is so largely a community
sin. Placed on correspondence, Christ
mas gifts, pay envelopes, they carry
at once a gladsome message, & cher
ished hope and a sympathy tnat can
not be misunderstood.
Vernon will hereafter be an air
Castle.
:o:
The early boom is not always as
fortunate as the early bird.
:d.
A comic opera based on the Ford
peace cruise may appear any day.
:o:-
Christmas comes but once a year
and we should all be of good cheer.
:o :
The war baby scare in England has
been supplaented by a birth famine.
:o:
A new merchant marine bill will be
introduced about the first of the year.
:o: .
The women had the first word in
congress and no doubt will have the
last.
:o:
Four radically different plans for
national defense will come before con
gress.
:o :
Those enthusiasts for Roosevelt in
Nebraska should kindly return the
colonel's hat.
:o:
The peace terms of the French
under secretary of war will arouse no
hilarious enthusiasm in Berlin.
:o:
It is said of many jassacks
that they mean well, and a good many
are disposed to give Henry Ford that
much credit.
:o:
Booms for governor are easily ex
ploded and scattered to the four winds
of the heavens. You will hear of
others later on.
:o:-
In the United Stales there were, by
the census of 1910, 17,332,277 males,
and 44,0S9,9S9 females, or 104.4 males
to each 100 females.
:o:
It may not be any safer for the
automobiles to carry glaring head-
ights, but it tends to make the other
fellow get out in the ditch.
:o:
It is fairly easy to write something
that no one can understand, and label
it "High Thought," but common sense
is more difficult to spread on paper.
:o:
In view of the fact that $4,000,000
is to be saved on the rural delivery
service, congress will no doubt feel
justified in spending $5,000,000 more
for marble postoffices.
:o: ,
There is a whole raft of knockers
on the administration at Washington,
but that is expected, especially at a
time when the administration is trying
to do something for the people.
:o:
It seems pretty hard to get a can
didate for president who says he
wants the republican nomination.
Hold on a moment we hear there is a
fellow by the name of Estabrook.
:o:
Government reports show that the
trade of the United States in fruit
and nuts has doubled in the last de
cade. Exports and imports together
amounted to $92,840,172 in 1914.
:o :
Don't neglect the little ones during
Christmas time. Make their little
hearts leap with joy on Christmas
morn when they open their eyes to
see that Santa Claus has not forgot
ten them.
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There is a widespread feeling in
this country, when any more Ameri
cans are killed in towns on the Mex
ican border, that a few of our soldiers
ought accidentally to discharge their
guns across the ilne.
n
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A large number of voters have evi
dently resolved to support no one for
president unless he promises to ad
vance all wages 50 per cent, reduce all
taxes, divide up the money in the
treasury per capita, and establish a
six-hour day of labor.
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Box Social Friday, December I7th.
The pupils and teacher of the Amick
school, district No. 55, a mile west
and two miles south of Mynard, will
give a box social and entertainment
Friday night, December 17th. Ladies
please bring boxes and gents their
pocketbooks. Ruby Edgerton,
Teacher.
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Local New;
From Friday's Daily.
N. H. Isbell and son, Walter, were
among those going to Omaha thi
morning, where they will visit for the
day, taking in the sights.
Mr. and Mrs. R .E. Foster and
children of Union motored to this
city this morning for a short visit
with Mis. Foster's parents.
John S. Rough and wife of Ne
hawka, who have been visiting in Oma
ha for a short time, returned this af
ternoon to this city, en route to their
home.
L. D. Hiatt, the Murray merchant
was in the city last evening for a few
hours en route from Omaha, where he
had been spending the day, to his
home in Murray.
County Commissioners C. E. Heeb-
ner and Henry Snoke departed this af
ternoon for their homes at Nehawka
and Eagle, atfer being here attending
the meeting of the county commis-
rioners.
Mrs. Tom Will and little son, James
of Hennessey, Oklahoma, who were
here visiting at the home of Mr. Will's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Will, de
parted this morning for their home
in the south.
J. R. Lee, wife and little son came
in this morning from their farm
home, west of this city, and departed
on the early Burlington train for
Omaha, where they will visit for the
day taking in the sights.
Mrs. C. A. Moore of Riverside, Il
linois, who has been here visiting at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. II. Smith,
departed this morning for her home
in the east. Mrs. Moore will be re
membered by a number of the older
residents as Miss Teresa Humphrey.
From Saturday's Daily.
Paul Heil, who is attending school
in Omaha, came down this afternoon
to spend Sunday with relatives in this
locality.
John B. Kaffenberger departed this
morning for Omaha, where he will
visit his sister, Miss Gladys, at the
hospital in that city.
Frank Finkle and son, John, came
up this morning from their home near
Union and spent a few hours here
looking after some dental work.
Tom McCully and daughter. Miss
Maude, residing south of Plattsmouth.
were in the city Friday visiting and
trading with the county scat business
men. '
George Sayles departed thin morn
ing for Cedar Creek, where he was
called to attend the funeral of the late
Mrs. Catherine Brodbeck, this after-
noon.
Mrs. Herman Gartleman and little
niece, Lola Strickland, departed this
morning for Omaha, where they will
enjoy a short visit with relatives and
friends.
Mrs. Will Jean and two sons were
among those going to Omaha this
morning, where they will visit for the
day and look after some matters of
business.
Torn Ruby motored in this morning
frorr. his home west of Mynard to
spend a few hours here looking after
the week-end shopping and visit with
his friends. '
P. II. Meisinger came in this morn
ing from his farm home and spent the
day here visiting -vith friends and
looking after some trading with the
merchants.
Ben Beckman, who has been visiting
in Omaha with relatives for a few
days, returned home this afternoon on
No. 24, atfer a most enjoyable visit
in the metropolis.
Mrs. J. A. Johnson of Courtland,
Nebraska, who has been here visiting
her mother-, Mrs. C. P. Sydenbothan
and family, departed this morning for
her home, going on the early Burling
ton train.
Joseph Svoboda came in last even
ing from his home at Lawrence, Neb.,
to attend the funeral of his aunt, the
late Mrs. Joseph Svoboda, which was
held this morning.
W. II. Miller departed this after
noon for Lincoln in company with his
son, W. R. Miller, of Memphis, where
Mr. Miller, sr., will enter the
sanitarium to undergo treatment for
rheumatism, from which he has been
a great sufferer for some time.
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Till-: NORTH PLATTE VALLEY, frequently called the "ScottsblufT
country, ' making a more wonderful showing every year in its produc
tion of irrigated crops, sugar beets, alfalfa, potatoes, wheat and oats; it
s becoming one of the richest localities for breeding and fattening: of live
stock. lany Government irrigated holdings of lfiO acres are being reduced
to 80 acres, making it possible for land seekers to secure SO-acre tracts ir-
igatcd under the reliable system of the Government on terms that will
never r.jrain be duplicated. All we can ask is that you visit the Valley'ard
et our agents put you in touch with reliable firms. Ask about the crop
tor.nage, the increased population, and note the general prosperity; this
will tell you what advance in land values you may expect there in the next
five years.
Or write me for the Purlington's new publication, "North Platte Valley."
Let me help you go there and see for your self this
locality which is the talk of the West.
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