THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1921. PAGE F0TT2 PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOUBHAL Cbe plattemoutb journal PUBLISHED SEIII-WEEKLY AT PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA Entered at Postoffice, Plattsmouth, Neb., as second-class mall matter R. A. BATES, Publisher SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $2.00 Christmas is almost here. o:o Leaves have fallen from the trees, and so have we from beeveedees. o:o There is no cause to swear off on New Year day. You can't get any way. :o: Nothing has come down except the hope that something would come down. :o: The most remarkable decline in prices is always on an article you never need. :o: About this time of the year our friend that didn't know it was load ed bobs up. :o: Some people say, "Give us this day our daily bread," and then sit down to wait for it. :o: A New York woman says her hus band slaps her every day. This is en tirely too often. o;n Some wise men are letting their whiskers grow as preparedness for Christmas neckties. :o: A Pittsburgher had two wives liv ing in the same house. This house shortage is terrible. :o: The turkey has reached a price at which he can no longer be considered a Thanksgiving bird. :o: The weather man says he is eighty per cent correct, reserving twenty per cent for holidays. :o: Abont 750,000,000 pencils are sold in America yearly, but we can't 1 learn who buys them. o:o A former governor of Idaho has proven a governor can be honest by dying in the poorhoufie. . -n I i The postcard, delivered after 41 years, shows Hays succeeded where other postmasters failed. :o: One reason why we admire the busy bee is that he provides honey for us, as well as for himself. o : rt Mary Garden announces she has 150 pairs of shoes and that alone spoils her marriage expectations. :o: The Journal has a large stock of books Just the kind for a Christmas present for the grown son or daugh ter. :o: If China's finances are so bad, why don't she call on the chink laundrymen in this country to help her out? :o: The various foreign delegates say they like the idea of laying cards face up on the table at the disarm ament conference, but this does not necessarily mean that they have no cards up their sleeves. "It don't take a man long to bag bis pants at the knees, and to make a finely tailored suit look thoroughly disrepu table that's the man of it," avers Dainty Dorthy. But she goes on to explain that the man who is making use of our cleaning, steaming and pressing services is keep ing his clothes in much more presentable condition than when he got acquainted with us. And it doesn't cost much, either. 'MKa in r Goods Called for and Delivered VTTSV- OPPOSITE. s3-5jCURNAL OFFICE Ibb PER YEAR IN ADVANCE Don't be. a miser; coffins have no pocketbooks. :o: Joshua couldn't make the modern son stand still. :o: Without enthusiasm nothing very great can be accomplished. o:- It isn't what a man stands for, as much as what he falls for. :o: Germany's mistake has been in making her mark instead of earning it. :o: Why does a woman always turn her back to her companion when she opens her purse? :o: Keep out of debt. Then if oppor tunity knocks you won't be afraid to go to the door. :o: The man who says saccharine ia the sweetest thing known never slept until 10 a. m. -:o:- There are some women in our com munity who have the art of gossip down so fine that they don't need an automobile in order to run down a neighbor. o:o If you are looking for Christmas presents for young or old, don't give the Journal the go-by, we no doubt, have what yo uwant. :o: We shall expect the war game to end when the homely girl who is good has more admirers than the pretty girl who is naughty. :o: Evidentlv the tariff makers have forgotten that Europe owes this country a lot of money that it will be unable to pay if trade is hobbled. :o: It would please us very much if one of those poets who love3 the au tumn leaves so much would come t around and rake ours out of the front yard. -:o:- If a limitation is to be placed on naval craft, how about aircraftj which, according to some military experts, is even more dangerous than battleships? :o: The American people smoke a mil lion and a half cigars each day. That is, they look like cigars, but at least a million of them neither smell or taste like cigars. :o: If the disarmament conference takes away all our weapons, we can!the buck" usually finds bis ladder of still fight with our fists. Also, as- Ring Lardner says, bear in mind wej ctill Viivp .Turk nem-nspr. I :o: Along the Atlantic seaboard all the flappers believe that a ten-year naval holiday means that naval offi cers won't have anything to do but dancg for the next decade. :o: A Trinceton professor complains that he can't live on $10,000 per year. He is quite right. That much salary would kill the average pro fessor in a very short time. :o: What has become of the old fash- : ioned mother who. Just about this season of the year, used to send Johnny and Mary to school with asa I foedita bags about their necks? ! :o: j Are you looking for Christmas ! presents for the kids? Come to the j Journal stationery department and see what a fine line of picture books : and other suitable articles for the kids. :o: Premier Briand goe3 home per fectly confident that he has won his case for France. It has been noticed that some of our own statesmen are unable to distinguish between ora . tcry and legislation. ! :o. j If the third party movement Is a success, the present republican ad ministration will be responsible for it. McKelvie and his whole gang of bloodsuckers should be fired. Every body says that except those who hold positions under the governor. 0:0 Senator Watson declared ten days ago that he stood ready to prove the charges he brought against the American army, but thus far he has not produced a ' scintilla of proof. Watson is merely a prevaricator who knows he is prevaricating, and wh,at his motive may be, even Watson can not tell. The truth of the matter is that Watson is a cowardly and con temptible pacifist who, if he had re ceived his Just deserts during the World War, would have been put In Jail for sedition. TO TELL THE TRUTH The individual who gets ahead in the world Is the man who pauses once in awhile to indulge in rigid self analysis'. What is true of the individual is likewise true of the people as a whole. If there was" ever a time in her history when Nebraska ought to have a period of self analysis, that time is now. We indulge in a great deal of talk concerning our virtues, boast much of our resources, but we have, as a people, deliberately shut our eyes to our defects", our drawbacks, our glar ing faults, the things that are keep ing behind in the march of progress. It is rare indeed that you find a man who has the courage to indulge In straightforward, common sense talk. On the contrary, we have grown so accustomed to cheap praise, the fawning flattery, and the meaning less mouthings of diet, and the rough verbal menu served is a shock to our stomachs. :o: PATRIOTISM AND COURTESY We have been intending to say something on this subject for several days, and it may as well be said now as later. The first duty of every American citizen is to show the proper rever ence and respect for the flag of his country and the national anthem. We teach these to our children in the public schools, but there are hundreds of grown persons here in' Plattsmouth who are either ignorant ' or grossly careless in both matters. During the Armistice day in thisj city not one person in fifty uncov-; ered when the colors passed by, or gave any form of recognition to the flag of their nation. If this had happened during the World War, large-sized sec tion of that conflict would have been pulled off in the streets of Platts- ; mouth. We were very prompt, in those days, to salute the flag, and also stajid at respectful attention when the "Star Spangled Banner" was PIared- but nowadays we are eeemingly indifferent to both the American flag and the national an them. It ought to be Instinctive with all persons, men, women and children, to show proper recognition when the flag passes by. Such an act Is not on ly a recognition of what the brav est and best men of our land have died for. If you belong to the class of peo ple who quit being patriotic when American, courtesy. don't neglect this little -:o:- PASSING THE BUCK If you want to rise to the top in your business or line of work, you must have the quality of accepting responsibility instead of evading it. The man with tendency to "pass uccess nag oniy on rung. Business will stand for almost . , . . . . 1 V. Y. - I anyimng irom a man u lie uas uo x ll. -ll. courage 10 say, i es, iuai s uuj iaun. But I won't make the misttake again." Such a man stands out, like a shot gun at a disarmament conference, among the millions who continually are evading responsibility passing the blame to other people or exist ing conditions. The evasion of responsibility seems to be an almost universal human failing. - Savages people the earth with evil spirits to blame things on. The Chinese for thousands of years blamed their famines on the god3 of rain, flood, sun and insect pests. All this was nothing but self-hypnotism the rearing of Imaginary devils on whose shoulders blame was piled. Along came American engineers. They discovered water a few feet un der the surface. "Behold!" they say to the Chin ese. "The famine is your own fault. Sink shallow water wells, irrigate your fields, and famine will end." Today we have civilized America, caught in the simple economic law of cause and effect, blaming imagin ary nothings for existing conditions. Experts delve into the past, find that prices and production in prev ious years moved up and down like waves. Hence, they reason, we are( not to blame for conditions, we are Just caught up and carried along by a natural process. We have psychiatrists, blaming the unsettled mental and moral state of the world on Intangible, imagin ary things like "the cosmic urge," the "wave of social hysteria," etc' These gentlemen attract wide fol- lowings, for the world is always on! the eager looking for anything new,' on which it can shoulder the blame, instead of people accepting the truth' and taking their, own medicine. This is the truth: That we are master of our own destinies that man is responsible for man's troubles. :o; Read the ioora&i want-ads. CORN AND WHEAT - A corn crop of 3,152,000,000 bush els in the United States alone cou pled with recent favorable reports on world wEeat and rice crops sug gests that the world's supply of bread and meat will be little below normal 'despite the shortage In the wheat fields of Russia. A 3,000,000,000 bushel corn crop in the United States alone means probably 4,000,000,000 1 bushels for the entire world, for the United States usually produces three fourths of the world's output. I A n rK V t c V. ? rr rTn prnn r i 1 1 1 iic means in turn an unusually big meat supply, especially pork, for a large part of the corn of the United States is fed to swine 011 the farms where It 13 grown and the meat thus pro duced distributed to all parts of the world is far greater valued than that of the corn In the natural state. With the changed conditions of production and transportation in Europe result ing from the war, the demand of the world upon the United States for bread and meat has continued down to the present time and the promise of an abnormally large corn crop in dicates that we shall be able to re spond to the world demand fcr meat as well as breadstuffs. Already in nine months of the current year for which figures are now available, we have expected more corn than in any full year since 1906, while the quantity going in the form of pork products in the current year is 20 per cent greater than in the same months of 1920, though the value i.: probably less by reason of the re duction In priced. Even at the re duced prices of wheat and corn ex ports of pork products, chiefly pro duced from corn, will be nearly $300,000,000 in valu9 and the corn export in the natural state approxi mately $100,000,000. The value of the pork products exported from the United States in the past decade ex ceeds $3,000,000,000 and of corn ir the natural state about $400,000, 000. The wide distribution of our corn in the form of pork is illus trated by the fact that the exportf of bacon In '1920 went to 90 differ ent countries and colonies, hams tr 85, lard 38, and sausage 83 countries and colonies. The tremendous of our corn croj: three-fourths of that of the world accounts for the fact that we have far more swine than any other coun try, for swine are most convenient process of transforming corn intc human food, especially for exporta tion, and corn Is the most useful food for swine, except for the pro duction of the "bacon hog" which is chiefly fed on the smaller grains, wheat, rye, barley, etc., with an ad mixture of dairy products, and at those lying north of the corn belt of the world but producing ample sup plies of the smaller grains above named. This close relation cf the number of swine in the United State; coincidental with the growth in corn production and as a consequence the United States alone has about one half of the swine of the world while it produces about three-fourths o the corn of the world. It is only in very recent years that our corn crop has crossed the 3,000, 000,000 bushel line or that of the world's crop output the 4,000,000, 000 bushel mark. The world was slow in adopting this new food grain which Columbus carried back from Haiti under the native name of "maize" on his first return voyage but it gradually spread through southern Europe where it was desig nated as "maize" in recognition of its Haitian title above named, and after its introduction in southern Europe extended slowly over the other continents. At present, the corn crop of the world is normally: Unit ed States 3,000,000,000 bushels, Europe as a whole 500,000,000, Ar gentine 300,000,000, Asia as a whole 100,000,000, Africa about 75,000, 000. The corn crop of the United States has been stated as holding first rank in the value of our farm output, hay ranking second, cotton third and wheat fourth. -:o: TESTING FOR CAPITOL WALLS Forty-eight tons of iron rails had been placed upon testing apparatus on the state house grounds Monday afternoon, with no settling of the four feet square column except what is described as the taking up of the clack. The settling of the apparatus Into its position in the ground is slight but is not counted as a pene tration of the earth. By nightfall it was expected sixty tons of iron would be in use. A total of 500 tons is to be used before the test is- finished. En gineers say it Is possible that test will show that the foundation of the new capitol may be laid in the loess soil which .is probably forty feet deep but that it is not believed the foun dation of the tower in the center of the building can be laid in that soil. The soft sandstone below- the loess soil is to be tested later. Tests now being conducted will be of use for all future building in Lincoln. It is said by engineers that nearly every large building in Lincoln has settled some. The tests will also be of use to con tractors who undertake excavations on the capitol grounds and are ex pected to make a saving in cost of , construction. . j HAS GOOD WORDS FOR COUNTY AGENT Searl S. Davis, One of Well Known Young Fanners of Near Mur ray Gives His Opinion. Several years ago the cotton raisers of the entire south were in desperate straits on account of the destruction wrought by the boll-weavel. A clever scientist in the Department of Agri culture at Washington thought he could control the pest if he were given the chance. An appropriation was made and with the aid of col lege trained young men he went into the south and began work. In a! comparatively short time the boll- wfavel wa3 being controlled and the cotton raisers were able to go 011 with their fanning with a feeling that they stood a chance to make a success of the cotton crop. The department of agriculture pre pared to call in its field workers, but the cotton raisers had found to many benefits from these young college j trained men in the virions cnaintiesj that they urged their congressmen; to make such necessary arrangements! that the cotton raircrs could still j have the adantages of these men.! The result was a l.iw making it pes-1 ?ible for not only the cotton raisers, j but all farmers in the entire United! States 1o get the benefit of the ser-j vires of trained men in meeting the various local The govern- nent pays $1,200 per year, and thej iounty raaues up tr.e ret, tne amount, varving in different places. 1 That the farmers of the country ire benefitted by the county ;rent is ;vn:e:ieed when we realize thr.t out if three thousand counties in the United States, twenty-fonr hundred )f them are taking advantage of o:,t of County Airent bnipes, u it, .vcre charged entirely to the farms, imounts to ?1 per 1G0 acres. Dur - ng times such ns these there should' e rigid economy along all lines, pub- 'ic and private. All tax payer know Ihnt taxes are tco high and that :very effort must be made to limit ixpenr.es in the county budget. If mr county agent cannot show tlir.t he is a profitable employee, then he hould be dismissed. If our county; turns, he should be retained. In the program for the County Farm Bureau there are many lines of ictivity. some of which are Logs, cat - le, poultry cluo. pig club, soil, seeds, jopiiers, T. U.. disease-, among live; tcck end plants, county fair, cost -ecords, hot lunch clubs, sewing ?lubs, culling, pre-fair work, cloth - ng. remodeling, snort cuts, dress - "having, millinery, health and meal fanning. , Let us consider in particular one if the progressive and mo-.-t valuable activities of County Agent Sr.ipes the cast year. He has introduced into ass county the new variety of wheat nown as Kan red. It is a Detter ..1.1 : . 1 A..l.nll.A !'K,U,U lUli:l uau u- ui c. 1 luiii nit- -.vt-i uiuucui nine jy Snipes and oft ered to any farmer .vho wanted to pay for it and make 1 trial, there was an increased yield n this county of nine thousand bush- ;ls. At threshing time this wheat would have sold for $1 per bushel. ' Let's hr.ve a good turnout and show In this one matter we credit Snipes the "Hills" we appreciate their hos with paying bis own salary for sev-! cit ality. What do you say, "Al?" ?ral years. lie is making good fi - aancial returns on the money iifvest- d in Farm Bureau work and we would be making our condition wor.e rather than better if we were to dis - pense with a county agent. .Murray, Nebraska. REPORT ON RAILROAD WORKERS j At the annual meeting for the elec- Washington, Nov. 2S. Class cne.tion cf officers, December 21st, the railroads, comprising those which have monthly receipts in excess of $1,000,000. employed 1,1C1,S72 per- ons in July, 1921, at a wage cost of $21 4.339,3S5. according to a re- Dort nublished bv the interstate com- merce commission today. The report, was tne nrst or a series compiled un - der provisions of the transportation act to show the aggregate number of. employes, their classification, wages, wori.iiis nours aim uiner uiiiit. 1-1 1 J .. H. .1 . ra 11.. 1. i ; .. i l ; tj-' JL IIICJ nUlRVIS il&Lru '111 Hllrt.V a IV- 4. ir.tr. -i :c!j - . r'U l, id.i. i trc t-iitsfiiie u u mciu- tive officials, receiving average monthly pay of $523. Thero were ap- proximately 373,000 persons work- ing on maintenance of way, 450,000! on maintenance or equipment anu 2S9.283 on train and engine trans-! portation service. Average rates ofj pay for forty-eight classes of em-i ployes. ranging from messengers to; general managers', were found bv' the .- i i -.!. i. : i? f coin pansouj iiiu luwesi ueiii; pu-i u. month. BONUS BILL IS BOUND TO COME. Washington, Nov, 2S. Senator Watson, republican, Indiana, dis cussed with President Harding to night matters which may Le included n the message to congress next week. upon which the president is working. As his personal opinion. Senator Watson expressed the belief that 'nothing in the world" could prevent enactment during the regular session of a bonus bill. . One new source of revenue had become available, be said, through the announced inten tion of the British government to be gin annual payments of approximate ly $200,000,000 on the war debt to the United States. FOR SALE A Rock they 4tw number of Barred Plymouth cockrells at $1.00 each, while last. OTTO SCHAFER, Nehawka, Neb. FOR SALE Scotch and Scotch-Topped Short horn Bulls, just weaned. Big Bar gains, if taken at once. 4wks-w SEARL. S. DAVIS, Murray, Neb. Buy a Schmoller Plover Piano forXmas. Best in the West Sold en terms c 3 to 5 years' time Uprights, special Xmr.s prices, SrUO and Up Players, special Xrias prices, S 1G5 and Up Baby Grands, special Xmas prices, SS05 and Up Guaranteed for 25 years. We ship instruments anywhere. Fill in and mail coupon at once. Schmoller & Mueller Piano Co. 1514-16-18 Dod2e St., Onfaha, Neb. trrmf'of6 S6n1, without obligation, complete information, description and GranJ UpriKht Player (Mark "X" after one interested in.) it irre Address or R. Town F. D. SCHMOLLER & I514-1C-1S Doce Street Oldest Music i 4 V V IftEfiiCJiN LEGION NEWS By the POST ADJUTANT , 4 V-i- 1022 dues are now navable. j Annual elcciiou of ofticers Wed- 'netdav ni.ht. December 21st The Auditing committee is prepar- jng ;i voluminous-report for presen- tation at the Dec. 7th meeting. TLg football stor .i over ar.rt n renort will' be frrth"omin on this! activity ceinber "COO the next meeting on De - th. ould bei In fact pc-r.ibers in 1022" fhou the flcgan It can he done. ,it sbould be ea:v with our present ilow dues nn-l fine rlnlirnnms. j it is reported . several dark horse rrndidte-i are being groomed to en - ,ter the rrte for post commander at the annual election December 21st gi-;n - have been made by Itov Hol- " iy inviting strangers in the city who are Legion members to visit the club j rooms. These will be piaced in the ; depots and hotels. - There 13 strong talk of a banquet j some time after tLe first of the ye-jr at which Legion members and citi- zens generally would meet for an evening of entertainment and re freshment. Increasing numbers of members are gathering at the club rooms to 1 j-i - . a -m a l sPn: meir evenings now mac com weii i'r na iui iii u:iu liie uasis uuni er shed a radiant and welcome glow of warmth. I.enion men are invited guests of riatUraouth lodge No. 733, B. P. O. Elks next Tuesday night, Dec. 6th. . The post will soon have four pa;t commanders. Frank Smith, Au- brey Duxbury, Wm. Shopp and Emil J. llilrl, whose tsrm expires next ; month. The polirv established by ! Pn.t Commander Duxbury when he Yours truly, I rcfu?od to be a candidate for re SEARL S. DAVIS, (election two years ago is a good one. jand its continuation will result in 1 placing new men at the helm each year. present of! icers will submit reports ot the past year's work. Perhaps the most surpriring pf these will be that showing tne large number or claims : successfully handled by Post Service OHicer .4 uorey Duxbury. the tact that his services were given wholly - wirnoui cnarge manes ms emcieut work all the more commendable. At no time has he been slow or backward ! in taking up the claims of unfortu- I . , .-.. .1 . 1 ...nn.miT uuie lumi ;iuea t.iiu. yi cccu nns mem r,,-irt ... r. i-o t, . li t c Li UlC uiviliuirui 111 d nuj lut-i. ' j i . r. -!-. - umuu retuna, uiiaiiuuica ai iug pense of his own business, and a vote of thanks not only from the Legion, but all ex-service men and citizens in- , - NOW Starting Sunday, Nov. 27 The book that amazed and thrilled the country! Now the year's greatest screen sensation! A vivid, pulsating story of today of tem pestuous love between a madcap Eng lish beauty and a bronzed Arab chief. When an Arab sees a Z?3Z?Z. 'iHWBws. i an Arab sees a woman he want s he takes her. LOUISE FAZENDA fspfwHs1 firs .1-. ...... -..-1-1 i. l.'r llil 11 l ' urn ..... .mi in a two-reel comedy stream "A RURAL CINDERELLA" SILVERMAN'S ENLARGED ORCHESTRA Prices Matinees, 25c; Nights, 40c, SOc, 60c & Mueller Piano or - w r w &,X.""t Jk- State. MUELLER PIANO CO. Phone Douglas 1623 Kouso in the West teresting in seeing that the soldier gets a square deal, is due Mr. Dux bury. DEFENDS SENATOR WATSON Plattsmouth, Neb. Nov. 2Sth, 1921 Mr. K. A. Bates, Proprietor The Journal Dear Sir: I will thank you for a little space to correct some inaccurate state ments made in an editorial appear- ! JRs m mis evenings journal m re Senator Watson of Georgia and the M - harSe3 made b hirn asainst some i of the officers of the American Ex Peditionary Force in France. ( P!a3 no charses against the art ile rmy I J""1 x LIle eullurlil1 L i 1S asserted: "He has not produced a 1 :"nui OI. Pr?01" ir.,tne wn.ter t ' ine eauoT,a m question aa reaa I v.ongreiondi iwcora lorine lasi three or four weeks I do not believe he would hare conscienciously made such a statement. There was plenty of proof read into the Record by Mr. Watson and from ex-service men too, who were in France. Why not inves tigate? The editorial further sayS that "Watson is a cowardly and contemp tible pacifist." It is evident from this expresion that the writer of the editorial doe3 not like people who want peace, and has a feeling of hat red towards any one who believes in settling questions without resorting to the nrrors of bloody war. and i possibly this cannot be helped, but any one, in my opinion, who would class Sen.tor Watson as a coward is uninformed concerning that gentle man. It is my Judgment that the voice of no braver statesman was ever heard in the halls of the Con gress of the United States, and al ways on the side of the people who are eternally being robbed for the benefit of the 100 American Cru saders for profits. Yours Respectfully, J. M. LEYDA. STRAYED Strayed from my pasture, south west of Cedar Creek, one light red muley steer. Weight about 450 or 500 lbs. Anyone seeing same please take up and notify A. O. AULT, Cedar Creek, Neb. FOR SALE Toland China pigs 10 weeks old. $6 each. d&w Phone 3513 A. O. RAMGE. For Sale t r 1 i, 1 41 Kfl If nnr- I Willie liuta tmincio, " ' I T. Clairort cnasen soon. airs. iwy i o, -eorcibttj. I " Journal want ads pay. Try tnem. SHOWING Engagement Lasting 2 Weeks CHESTER CONKLin i w.",r.i;);'.)' .1 thrKr va ffiVBv . --,.. ff7i -n v. w