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PLATTSMOUTH SEMI.WEEKLY JOURNAL.
MONDAY, MAY 8, 1916.
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PIBLIMIKI) SEMI-WEEKLY AT PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA.
Entered at Postoffice at Plattsmouth, Neb., as second-class mall matter.
R. A. BATES, Publisher
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THOUGIIT FOR TODAY
The sooner a man convinces
. himself that gold and glitter
J have no connection with happi- J
ness, the earlier he is liable to J
arrive. Emilart. v
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The overcoat feels good yet.
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Everything white goes this sum
mer. :o:
Life's mysteries: A toast for wo
men and a roast for men.
:o:
Deing a bandit has a tendency to
keep a person out in the open air.
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Summer weather seems a long time
coming, but when it does come,. look
out for squalls.
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Nothing ventured, nothing gained,
yet you stand a chance of keeping
what you have.
THE ALLIES NEXT.
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What do you think Plattsmouth
has a woman who looks younger than
she says she is.
:o:
It is not until after the stars come
out that a man regrets that he did not
make hay while the sun was shining.
:o:
No man is always wrong and no
woman is always right. Please re
member this, you married rag-chew-ers.
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Some people believe that before
freeing the Filipinos some American
cities should be freed. And they
are about right.
:o:
Six months is a good, long time for
candidates to keep plodding over the
country for "promises to vote" and
then maybe not do it.
:o:
John Wunderlich is gaining strength
right along, and by the time the elec
tion rolls along he will gain sufficient
followers to land him in the sheriff's
office where he properly belongs and
where he will prove a competent,
faithful and sociable official.
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Never before in the history of Ne
braska were so many municipal and
school improvements been made and
others under way. And never before
in the state have such reports been
made of the improvements in char
itable institutions. Stand up for Ne
braska. :o:
We are with the "sob squad" re
garding the hanging of a woman down
in North Carolina. It is a serious
proposition to hang ladies. It is real
ly ungentlemanly to do so, and espe
cially in this particular instance where
the lady's sole offense is confined to
killing her husband.
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One thing' to do to make Platts
mouth more cityfied i3 free mail deliv
ery. We have been promised this
when we made our sidewalks good.
That time has arrived, and you can't
find a city of five thousand population
in Nebraska with better sidewalks
than Plattsmouth. Let's now stand
up for our rights and push the mat
ter. Push will do a whole lot in that
direction.
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Billy Sunday raid in one of his Kan
r.as City tirades, that "he will bring
hell up so close to his audiences that
they'll think they can smell it." Now
suppose one of our church preachers
would make such a remark in the
pulpit, do you suppose the congrega
tion would stand for it? Probably
some few in the congregation might
If there is any religion in a man that
will make remarks like that, we can't
see where religion comes in.
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This will be a busy world when
peace returns: After such vast rav
ages the repair will be on a like scale,
v nwinViPf-. ran tell when the war will
end, but every one of the combatants
is more or less disappointed. The na
tions piling up debt at the rate of five
or six billions a year cannot stand the
strain indefinitely. Ruthless militar-
: f o discount because it sees
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: -ormnt do what it expected.
Armies of colossal size are in the
deadlock of trenches, ana supeiareau
naughts are chiefly concerned in avoid
ing exposure to.suuu.
With hopes once more high for a
final and satisfactory adjustment of
the differences between Germany and
the United States growing out of the
use of the submarine in warfare, in
timations are again advanced that the
wrongs committed against us by other
belligerents will be given the atten
tion they require. A Washington dis
patch dated April 29 says:
"With plenty of intimations at hand
that Germany has about decided to
accept the United States view on the
submarine question, it was learned to
day that the next move by this gov
ernment on the international checker
board will be against violations of in
ternational Jaw by the Anglo-French
governments.
"As soon as the German contro
versy is out of the way it is the in
tention of the state department to as
sail vigorously their hold-ups of neu
tral mail and commerce. It is con
tended that the replies to former pro
tests, now on file in the department,
show conclusively that American
lights have been constantly violated
and that admission is made that these
violations are illegal."
A vigorous stand by the American
government against wrongs done this
country by the allies, the srime as
against the wrongs committed by Ger
many and Austria, is devoutly to be j
wished. It would be salutary in more
respects than one. It would do much
to solidify and unite our people on the
sound basis of Americanism, healing
the divisions and dissensions that are
based on conflicting European inter-1
ests, and that are working serious
damage to the body politic.
There can be no question, in the
opinion of this newspaper, that Presi
dent Wilson has long had such a
course in mind, and has been hoping
or an opportunity to pursue it. Un
fortunately circumstances have con
spired against him. He has felt that
German wrongs against American
neutrality were more serious than the
wrongs committed by the allies, for
the reason that they caused the loss
of American lives. He has not deem
ed it dignified or proper to mix the
issues, and to barter or dicker with
one belligerent on the basis that it
would resnect our right if we could
persuade the enemy to do likewise.
He has therefore kept pushing con
stantly for an independent settlement
of the German differences, with the
intention, immediately they were ad
justed, to take up with equal firmness
the differences with Great Britain and
France. While many have criticised
the wisdom of this policy, none has
been able to say that it was not logi
cally and consistently pursued. Un
fortunately, however, by its very na
ture the president's policy has made
it impossible to avoid the appearance
of bias favorable to one belligerent
ind hostile to another. That appear
ance will be dissipated just as soon
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as, witn tne uerman controversy out
of the way, the president is left free
to show" equal firmness in his defense
of the rights of American commerce
on the high seas.
Seldom in our history has an'Amer
can president been obliged to deal
with problems of such magnitude and
difficulty as constantly have confront
ed Mr. Wilson. His most earnest crit
ics should bear in mind that it is im
possible to judge him fairly except on
the basis of .his program as a whole
Thus far one part of it has been un
duly but unavoidably emphasized in
the public notice while another very
important part has escaped attention,
World-Herald.
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The low-neck dress is yet in .style
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patch
Patch up a quarrel and the
soon comes off.
:o:
Any self-respecting woman will de
ny her own footprints by saying they
are too big to be hers.
:o:
We have always believed that these
graduation orations are not half as
painful to the audience that is com
pelled to hear them as they are to the
young men and women who are cefm-
pelled to deliver them.
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Citizens should not let up on the
clean up business. Dirt arid rubbish
is easy to collect. There is no prop
erly owner but what has a few spare
moments in the morning and evening.
and it won't hurt anyone to put in a
little time to the clean up business, es
necially on your home property, to
keep it cean, beautiful and admirable
You may begin swatting flies now.
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The farmers are very busy these
days. '
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Brace up, old man, greens and corn
bread are ripe.
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If you are a Fordite, now is the
time to crank up. -
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"War an the dandelion" should be
the Plattsmouth slogan.
:o:
The new moon may have a tendency
to give us more pleasant weather for
awhile.
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Once again, it is almost time for
the peach crop to go into the hands of
a receiver.
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Many of the events which we now
believe will be historical will prove
merely hysterical.
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"What will Bryan do now?" is
asked. Do as he pleases, the same as
any other American citizen.
:o:
Why not give Ireland and the Phil
ippines home, rule both at the same
time, and then try to pick the winner?
:o:
One old lady in Plattsmouth has
discovered that parties in this town
are given with a double purpose to
entertain some and snfcb others. '
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A cynical writer says women are
taking up the views men have discard
ed. If they don't take up any except
those which men have discarded, they
won't accumulate very many.
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Given a lawn mower, a rank growth
of grass and an "I'll-do-it-in-a-min-ute-dear"
husband, a wife can frame
an ultimatum that makes President's
Wilson's last note look like a beatitude.
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More than three months have
elapsed since the president sent the
Brandeis nomination to the senate.
Government by and with the advice
and consent of the senate is being well
illustrated.
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Every once in a while some fellow
get3 sore over an item that appears
in the Journal. Thore is no call for
such a thing as it is no desire on our
part to humiliate or injure the feel
ings of any one. In fact, if we
thought they were going to displease
them, their names would never appear
in print in this paper.
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Will Sutton carry Omaha at the
eneral election? many are asking. It
will be a funny Omaha if he does, un
der present conditions. He did carry
it for judge, but he then stood in with
the bad element, as he considers it
now. A man who changes his policy
for a chance at the' pie counter cannot
expect the voters to retain confidence
in him. There is no use talking, if
the race for the republican nomination
for governor had been left to Sutton
and McKelvie, the latter would have
defeated the former by a two to one
vote in the state. The people do not
take kindly to a man of Judge Sut
ton's disposition, and they do not be
lieve such a man will make a success
ful governor for the state at large.
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THE DEATH-DEALING FLY.
"Regarded in the light of recent
knowledge the fly is more dangerous
than the tiger or the cobra. Worse
than that, he is, at least in our cli
mate, much more to be feared than
the mosquito and may easily be
classed, the world over, as the most
dangerous animal on earth." This is
a carefully prepared assertion of a
high authority writing in a current
magazine. It supplements what sci
entists have long been saying.
Longer than memory of man run
neth the fly has been recognized as a
pesky nuisance, but it has also been
regarded as a hygienic blessing in
that it cleans up decaying matter that
otherwise would fill the world with
disease. So 'mankind has fought the
fly only' half-heartedly. The "fly
brush," ingenious traps and curious
wide domes placed over dishes of food
were followed later by vile poisons,
then" sheets of sweet, sticky paper,
then door and window screems that
seemed-to have carried the war on the
fly to perfection.
In all this flies were treated merely
as persistent nuisances, harmless ex
cept for their annoyance, and it was
a war for comfort only. Now that
the fly is known, upon almost limit
less authority, to be even more dan
gerous than the fever-carrying mos
quito, we may fight it with more re
lentless determination. It is a fight
not for individuals to wage alone, but
for municipal and state boards of
health. The fly is to be exterminated
by cleaning up the filth in which it
breeds; and as the filth goes away
many other evil3 besides the fly will
go with it.
THE TARIFF OUT OF POLITICS.
Three bils have been introduced in
congress, providing for the creation
of a non-partisan, non-political tariff
commission. The bills have been in
troduced by Senator Gore of Okla
homa, Congressman Rainey of Illinois
and Congressman Neely of West Vir
ginia, all democrats.
The Rainey bill has been approved
by the president, and an early action
on the measure is expected soon. The
following excerpt from the National
Monthly concerning the bill tells of
the intent, purpose and provisions of
the measure.
It (the non-partisan tariff commis
sion bill) provides for a commission
which treating tariff subjects from a
strict standpoint of economic science,
the needs f commerce, agriculture,
and the wage earning public, shall
eliminate politics from the question,)
and make it as it should be, a matter
of sound economics, based on the wel
fare of industry and commerce in
their very legitimate form in a work
tariff for the people and free from
any infusion of politics.
"All of the three bills referred to
represent careful and conscientious in
vestigation into the requirements of
legislation necessary to make the non
partisan tariff commissioa an accom
plished fact. The Rainey bill, which
has the approval of the administra
tion and was reintroduced into the
house March 27, after revision of the
bill submitted by Mr. Rainey in Febru
ary, provides for a commission to be
composed of six members to be ap
pointed by the president by and with
the consent of the senate, not more
than three of the commissioners to be
members of the same political party.
The first members chosen, would, un
der the provisions of the bill continue
in office for terms of two, four, six,
eight, ten and twelve years, respec
tively. The term of each is to be des
ignated by the president who would
also designate biennially the chairman
and vice-chairman.
It is provided that the successors of
the first commission would be appoint
ed for terms of twelve years, except
in case of any member chosen'to fill'a
vacancy for an unexpired term.
The clauses of the bill to establish
and define the powers of the commis
sion are such as to create comprehen
sive authority for all purposes of in
vestigation and research necessaiy
for information on the tariff subject.
'It is intended, says Representative
Rainey, to make the commission per
manent. The president in his speeches
throughout the west recently, declared
for a Permanent Tariff Commission.
We have therefore inserted a clause
in the bill providing for a permanent
annual appropriation for each fiscal
year hereafter of $300,000 with which
to meet the expenses of the very im
portant work to be performed by this
board.
"The Taf t Tariff Board was created
simply by executive order to expend
r. certain sum of money each year.
This bill creates a distinct, independ
ent establishment of the government
with its duties well defined by law
and with its permanency absolutely
assured.
"It, in my judgment, insures in the
future tariff stability and whenever
revisions appear to be necessary it
will make it possible to make such re
visions intelligently."
"The democratic party is not now,
never has been and never will be the
enemy of successful business.
"The move now being made to bring
this matter to a head in congress is
correctly interpreted, all over the
country, as marking a direct and de
cisive step toward the adoption of the
permanent, non-partisan tariff com
mission plan."
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Governor Major of Missouri, who
is a candidate for vice president on
the democratic ticket, is an old friend
of the writer. We have known Gov
ernor Major for thirty-five years, and
have seen him advance from postmas
ter in the house of representatives at
Jefferson City to state senator, attor
ney general, and at present governor.
We would have no hesitancy in sup
porting him for vice president, only
for the fact that our own Governor
Morehead is a candidate for the same
position. And as one of our sacred
principles has always been "home
first the world afterward," we are
in duty bound to support Nebraska's
great governor, John H. Morehead,
for vice president.
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"Chickens come home to roost," "a
setting hen never grows fat," etc., but
they go to your neighbor's garden and
flower patch to scratch and that's
what raises h . An "old hen," hu
man or otherwise, can always scratch
up a row. If you must raise chickens
in town, keep the bird variety out of
your neighbor's garden, and the hu
man variety muzzled. . ,
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A lot of fellows who are bragging
about what they would do if they were
President Wilson, haven't brains to
do what the code of Nebraska tells
them to do if they should happen to
be elected justice of the peace.
A poor politician, like a poor poker
player, is always a bad loser.
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There are signs of a clash between
the president and the house on the
army reorganization bill. We hope
not.
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Civilization is a commodity that can
be purchased in the open market. It
can be purchased by maintaining
schools, art, music, good roads, insti
tutions to care for the helpless, and
similar activities of organized society.
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The race is seldom won by the horse
that is swift at the start but goes to
the steady goer that can pick up in
the last quarter. In the race of life
the steady, studious, reliable plodder
has the prospect of a fine finish mark
ed by success throughout middle life.
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The World-Herald has gotten safe
ly housed in its elegant new building,
one of the finest newspaper structures
in the west. The World-Herald de
serves fine quarters and it surely has
them now. One of the greatest news
papers in the west, it has striven for
years for a Greater Omaha, and has
the satisfaction of seeing itself re
warded with great success. We hope
to see the World-Herald go onward
and upward and improve beyond the
most sanguine expectations of all
concerned.
It is indeed pleasing to note how
the American people are standing up
for President Wilson. President Lin
coln, in the beginning of the civil war,
had just such a time as President Wil
son is having.. There were many sym
pathizers of the south in the north,
but as soon as Grand Old Abe made
them understand what he was there
for, it was not long until it was a
united north against a solid south.
TheAmerican people should stand by
President Wilson in his efforts to pro
tect America and American institu
tions. :o:
PASSING OF THE VETERANS.
During the month of February, the
shortest of the year, 3354 pensioned
soldiers of the civil war, and 2298 of
the widows of veterans, are recorded
as having died in - the twenty-nine
days. In January, the next preceding
month, the loss was 3851 veterans and
2104 widows. In the two months a to
tal of 11,041 civil war soldiers and
widows passed from the rolls of the
living. At this rate the mortality
among civil war veterans and widows
would be G9.000 for the year. On Feb
ruary 29 the civil war pensioners num
bered 374,S4S, which is all that re
mains of the more than two millions
enlisted. The diminution is more rap
id as the years go "By. Over 100,000
pensioners will have died during the
present congress, whose two years'
tenure ends March 4 next. Congress
cannot fail to see that the time to
consider the pension legislation before
it is short. It should be considered
promptly and disposed of definitely.
Its course largely depends upon the
recommendations of committees, and
these are often slow to move, not act
ing at all in many pension matters,
but turning them over as unfinished
business for a succeeding congress.
The period is past for further delay of
this kind as far as the surviving sol
diers of the civil war are concerned.
The country as gratified by the gen
eral response of the national guard to
the call for volunteers now heard.
Every state can be trusted to be in
line when the occasion demands it.
These patriotic, self-sacrificing young
men are not thinking about future
pensions. Nor were the volunteers of
1861-65. A high sense of duty to the
republic of which they were proud to
be citizens, and whose preservation
was dearer to them than their lives,
was the feeling that impelled them to
enter the service of their own free
will. It is true that the pension pol.
icy of the government has always
been liberal. The fact ought to be a
source of universal pride. If the
United States should ever neglect or
undervalue the men it summons to the
field a strange and humiliating change
must occur in the American character.
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Relations between Russia and Great
Britain are said not to be as pleasant
as they might be, because Russia can't
find out what Britain is doing with
her land forces. If Kitchener doesn't
see fit to let his home public in on the
secret, it seems as though he might at
least let his allies know whether he
has any forces at all.
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Next Sunday is Mother's day.
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What we need is less war talk here.
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The man with a good home in
Plattsmouth ought to bo happy.
The German reply io not satisfac
tory to the English press. Of course
not.
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And to think that a few months ago
people were complaining of. Roose
velt's silence!
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It i? very apparent that April made
up its mind not to celebrate Spring un
til after Easter.
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Mr. Brandeis is almost as terrify
ing to the renate as the national pro
hibition amendment.
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Each silver-tongued orator ought to
have something to say that is worth
while, but many times they don't.
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Did you notic2 the number of auto
mobiles parked Saturday afternoon?
Old Plattsmouth is doing the business
these days.
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The rich. Chicagoan who recently
died and left all his money to his law
yer probably figured that he would get
it, anyway.
GERMANS STILL
GAIN IN TNE
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RDUN REGION
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The fly seems a little late coming
around to see us this year. But don't
worry, he'll be hero in plenty of time
to get in his work.
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If, as a St. Louis clergyman says,
the secret of longevity is the loose
collar, may not a ball gown be looked
upon as a ticket to great age?.
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If some people could see themselves,
as other people see them as "they
pass by," maybe th?y would not feel
as important as they think they are.
NIVELLE TO SUCCEED FETAIN
Paris, May 8. -General Robert (J.
Xivelle has been appointed command
er at Verdun, succeeding Henri Phi
lepe Petain, who will be commander-in-chief
of the group of the central ar
mies in the sector between Soissons
and Verdun.
London, May 8. What seemingly
is a new offensive, with its objective
the capture of Verdun, has been start
ed by the Germans northeast and
northwest of the fortress. In both of
the sectors gains for the Germans are
chronicled in the latest French official
communications.
'Chamberlains Tablets Have Done
Wonders for Mc."
"I have been a sufferer from stom
ach trouble for a number of years,
and although I have used, a great
number of remedies recommended for
this complaint, Chamberlain's Tablets
is the first medicine that has given
me positive and lasting relief,'.' writes
Mrs. Anna Kadin, Spencerport, N. Y.
"Chamberlain's Tablets have done
wonders for me and I value them very
highly." Obtainable everywhere.
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The first president of Ireland didn't
last long.
Attractive Tours Summer 1916
TO THE EAST: - v
The usual circuit tours to Atlantic seaboard, Near England and Canadian
resorts, will comprehend attractive tours, going one way and returning an
other, through the eastern country. ,
TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS:
Commencing June 1st, to Colnrado and Utah, Denver, Colorado Springs,
nitou and a hundred other localities. Rail and auto tours to Estes Na
tional Park, the most quickly reached of all the Mountain Parks.
PACIFIC COAST TOURS:
Commencing May 1st, with still lower special fares June !te to 16th, July
23rd to the 30th. General daily dasis special, 55: round trip.
THE BLACK HILLS AND THE BIG HORNS:
Right near you and easily reached for a short vacation. Black Hills cities
are spending thousands of dollars on auto tourist roads through the Hills
You can leae Eastern Nebraska in the afternoon and be among the Hil's
next morning. Ask for Big Horn booklet of ranches. Speak early for ac
commodations during Jnly or August.
We have publications describing all ttiese rum mer
localities and tours. It would be a pleasure to
supply you. ' .
R. W. CLEMENT. Ticket Agent
L. W. WAKELEY, General Passenger Agent,
1004 Farnum Street, OMAHA, Neb.
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