PfiaTE T'lIlLLIi t Cbe plattemoutb lournal f PBUSHED fiEMI-WEEKLY AT PLATTSMOUTH. HEB&ASXa btart4 fct PMteCle. FlattK&ootn, Nab. m ooB4-elaM mall ma.tvr R. A. BATES , Publisher STTBSGBLXPTIOIV PRICE (2.00 PER YEAS IN ADVAXd THE GOLDEN RULE Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, do ye bo even unto them; for this is the law and the prophets. Matthew, 7:12. :o: After Christmas comes the head ache. :o: One horsepower is equal to 746: watts. :o: Pneumonia claims one-tenth of all who die. :o California still from all reports. ha9 a dry party. -:o:- It takes but 30 seconds to turn out a perfect baseball bat. :o: Some day the microphone may be mightier than the sword. :o: Girls read so many dress hints, then Jus hint at dressing. -:o:- New York City claims a population of nearly 6.000,000 people. :o: Bicycles are so popular in France that there is one to every seven per- sons. -o- A woman In St .Louis stole to get her husband out of jail. If he doesn't want her, we do. :o:-- Summer is better than winter. In winter the water Is so cold- very few poets drown themselves. :o: Nor can the weather do as much to a woman's hat as can be done to it by an envious neighbor. : o : If the violators of the Volstead law were all convicted there would hardly be anybody left to carry on. :o: jury is io sin rum gr t, they are at It they ad better sift the Anti-Saloon League graft, also -:o:- And here's Paris arresting British military spies, and everything is all normal as it was before the war. :o: The Prince of Wales probably; iiu V! """U6"L uu""'"6 might stick on a horse by riding side- addle :o:- - There Is considerable talk of a Dic tator for France. Maybe it would be better to place her in the hands of a receiver. ' :o: V The Shenandoah hearing ended, thank the Lord. What next? KeeD the Judges busy,' so they will earn their salaries. :o: If an automoDiie just naa to mi something it shouldn't hit another auto. It could do a little good by hitting a motorcycle. :o: Times change but people do not, men who used to let their horses stand In the cold unblanketed now let their radiators freaze up. :o: "Dear me" sighed Old Jackie Coo- gan to the veteran Ba.by Peggy, "do you remember back In October, when the Charleston was still popular?" -M-I- I-I-l-I-l-f"I-M ! I I Dr. John A. Griffin Dentist J I Office Hours: 9-11; 1-5. Sundays and evenings by appointment only. PHONE 229 Soeuuchsen IJuiliing ovuiuivuku Auiitimg M T T..y.i,.T. t.T .l.,f l, I t ii T T T r fl Hudson and Essex MOTOR CARS! United Statoo Tires! DEPEND A OLE REPAIRING! Phone 58. Plattsnouth, Neb Swearing off time is almost here. :o: Storms make us appreciate sunshine. -:o:- Last call for Christmas shopping. Do it now, or never. :o: Seven women will sit in the next general assembly of New Jersey. :o: A Merry Christmas to all the read- era or tne journal ana everyooay else. ; IO: I Everybody owes the Lord some thing, but he doesn't crowd them as 'other creditors do. -:o:- Santa Claus is coming. Better be good and save your credit if you want to get anything. -rot- Kites carrying weather-recording Instruments have flown as high as four and one-half miles. :o What will you give father? Why, give father some asbestos gloves to wear while opening the bills. :o: Women can't cuss simply because verv few of them listen to their hus- bands long enough to learn how. :o. Sometimes you see a girl just nat- urally walking around looking as if gne was standing under some mistle- toe -o; Ornate see-:? to l a-e th ir usual nu ,j,er 0f j,. ndit-. .n:! from a : r- ports tfcey to be very busily engaged. I :o: Money has a curious effect on peo- pie n causes some to spend a month's wage for something they would not work a day to get. had visited most of the United States For America was brought to birth :o: and Canada. t n the proposition that human equal Jack Dempsey is fighting now al- In -Washington, the members of the ity and liberty are possible of at most as much as he did during the committee learned very quickly that tainment. And the men who gave war. That bov is certainlv a glutton v, i ;i;tioo fronnhi co .in o ho nitinn its f nil enn Hence never fr himself punishment. I 'o: I The rapid growth of the radio has brought on a threatened shortage of , " atr that mav result In leeislation ,ooking toward conservation of the ozone. :o:- Rahhi Wise savs Jews must accent Jesus as a man. not myth. The noted Hebrew leader abandons old belief of his- race Christ's teachings. Jewish, he now declares. :o: We have never understood why we allow George Washington to still di rect our international relations. We might as well hire Julius Caesar to conduct whatever trench warfare we may haTe -:o:- Be careful about the kind of booze vou drink duriner the next week - - - or BO- Itm mi&ni 100K mce WIlu lilies all around you, hut you wouldn't have the satisfaction of knowing it. :o: The revelation that two prohibition ; agents turned into the treasury hotel bill for nearly $1,000. indicates' I that It might be cheaper for the gov- CI J . me senate restaurant. -:o:- Senator Borah says the conditions tt the farmers is one of the tragedies of the great war. We are older than Borah, and we are here to say that the agricultural tragedy has been in progress ever since we can rememotr. :o: i French financiers think It possible the government might borrow a bil-: lion dollars in the United States. Perhaps so, but France ought to real ize that American bankers will make very different terms than the Ameri- can j loans. government made for former v A SONG FOR CHRISTMAS Chant me a rhyme of Christmas Sing me a Jovial song And through it is filled with laughter, Let it be pure and strong. Sing of the hearts brimmed over With the 6tory of the day Of the echo of childish voices That will not die away. Of the blare of the tasseled bugle, And the timeless clatter and beat Of the drum that throbs to muster Squadrons of scampering feet. I But, O, let your voice fall fainter, Till, blent with a minor tone. You temper your song with the beauty Of the pity Christ hath shown. And sing one verse for the voiceless; And yet, ere the song be done, A voice for the ears that hear not, And a verse for the sightless one. por though it be time for singing a merry Christmas glee, ' Let a low. Bwppt voice of nathos Run through the melody. James Whitcomb Riley. -:o:- JUNKET DE LUXE Congessional junkets, whether to Panama, Hiwaii, Japan or some other pleasant vacation land, are outdone considerably by the present Illinois Junket De Luxe. A controversy arose recently in the Illinois legislature re- garding the period for which public utility franchise should be granted, Illinois had been granting such and sinew was all-important, franchise for periods of 20 years, and Then, in 1917, we entered the certain public service corporations World War. And the khaki-clad had been urging that the period be ypung men who went over announced lengthened. So the legislature creat- to the world though they didn't ed a commission of fifteen members, realize it that America at last had the sole purpose of which was to grown up. find out the time length of such So now. just coming of age, franchise invarious cities, states and America is troubled by the self nrtions throughout the world. The rustionincrs ?nd doubts thut always r, . .mi Hrni rrparr-n,1y h-d not crn- -ffi't the boy who overnight, hs ii i !. :"n ' !? '- , cs'cli c de- r-o OTie a rnnn. part :. nt and rccordlnsly set out to et first hand information on the subject. Recently, the commission appeared in Washington. In the meantime, the body has made a trip to Europe and terminated by a vote of congress at any time. This information could h&yQ begn eecured through the ex- ... . . - ... penauure oi two cems ior a fc(.amP and possibly an additional cent for hands and then let mankind make a sheet of paper and an envelope. ithe most of it. Having performed its important! That machinery we have. And we mission in Washington, the commis-' will gain perfect liberty and equal sion left for New York and Phila- ity just as soon as every citizen grows delphia" After a brief rest at home during the holidays, the members of this magnificient junket are sched- uled to go to Vancoumer, Seattle.' San Francisco. Los Ansreles. El Paso, I New Orleans, etc. No doubt, the com- ' mission will find it convient to visit Florida in the middle of the winter .social season. Is there any wonder that, even that is needed. j though costs of our federal govern-' We do need new theories of gov ment in the United States is mount- ernment. We do not need automatic ing rapidly? -:o:- DR. BUTLER'S GOOD NEWS In his letter to Mrs. Victoria Seg german, who criticised his attitude on prohibition, Dr. Nicholas Murray But- aler of Columbia university assualts POhlbltlon without gloves. He ca ills! it something worse than the combin ation of the Puritan and the black leg. It is an alliance of the paid lob byist with the bootlegger He de - - clares that the attempt to "establish nation-wide prohibition by constitu-J tional amendment is the most colossal failure in the history of government,! and Judged by its consequences, the most immoral undertaking on which any government ever embarked." Prohibition, he says, is against tern- perance, because it is itself intern- perate. It has nothing to do with the suppression of the liquor traffic, On the contrary, it has developed that traffic to an unheard-of extent, from the first demand to preclude an with colossal untaxed profits. It has actual study of the "return," and restored the traffic in states that had providing for the opening of lists( almost, If not entirely, destroyed it. of names and total payments only. J It does not suppress the saloon, but. The second year of this revelation' has merely driven it out of sight. It of business between citizens and the is anti-Christian, because the use of , federal government ha9 shown some wine has been sanctioned and it has new features and they do not add to been the sacred symbol in the Chris- the slight approval given the act. tian church. It is also a sacred sym- Business men are found to be "pad bol of the Jewish religion. Prohibi- ding their returns" iu order to make tion "has brought in its train a cor- a better showing. ; ruption and an immorality, public and private, that can never be meas-; nevertheless true, that the citizens ured." Jor firms, corporations or companies. Dr. Butler declares that the driving filling income tax returns at the ap of prohibition out of the country has pointed time, which is between Jan become a moral issue, and he adds uary 1 and March 15, may, make a that he knows from his wide corres- first payment according to the pondence, particularly with former schedule indicated and later make a prohibitionists who have changed revised return, with the figures great their views, that whatever tide there ly changed. The actual carrying out may have been toward prohibition of this plan has been detected by has definitely turned. This is good government experts, the intent be news. ing fradulent and unfair, but there WHAT'S THE FUSS ABOUT , When a boy is changing from a boy into a man he grows very self-con- cious. Usually he begins to see a lot of flaws in his make up that he never suspected before; his boyish assur ance gives away to rodents of doubt when he wonders if after all he isn't a pretty poor sort of specimen. It's a perfectly natural stage in his development, and the finer the boy is, the more deeply he will suffer from these fit9 of self doubt. ( Something of the same sort is hap-' pening to America right now. J Writers of the "aren't we awful" school are having a great vogue. Those fiery little radical weeklies can. find hardly anything good about American life. They picture the na tion as involved in a perfect tangle of Injustice and greed and oppression and they can, see very little hope any where. Well, let's look into things a min- ute and see about it. The years from the Revolution to 1917 might be called the period of America's youth. The country had no time for anything but growth. There was a vast continent to develop, hugh cities to build, great industries to establish, desert lands to reclaim, rivers to bridge, mines to dig in short, the whole towering fabric of our modern civilization had to be woven. And so there was little time leit to devote to arts and letters. Ameri- ca had to ignore them. This was of necessity. The task of building bone The panaceas and isms that our radical writers hold forth may or may not be very worthy things. The fact remains, however, that America never is going to work out her sal- vtion by formula. supposed that these things were ob- tainable by decrees of congress. They strove only to put the machinery for . . .-, ,r-;T,,i' cumpwii! to understand that those words mean and to desire them above all and not before. j Year by painful year we advance, slowly America shakes off the old blindness and doubts and fears and suspicions. Gradually the spirit of neighborliness and friendliness take 'root in our hearts. And that is all schemes to make democracy work. We need only to understand Just a little more clearly the importance of kindly tolerance. And that will come, in time. Our frantic critics may even help it to arrive But as to losing sleep over their cries of alarm forget It. -:o:- PUBLICITY OF RETURNS It was urged when the publication 0f income tax payments was advocat-; 'ed in congress that business sharpers would use the facts and figures which would be obtainable to interfere with- and belittle the affairs and activities Qf rival companies and concerns. That a merchant -would be able to I 'judge the success being made by a rival, through a published report of his tax payment, was claimed, and that the facts subsequently proved well founded. But even so the law went into effect, decidedly modified it is not generally known but- is no way of checking such a prac tice except by the repeal of the pub licity law. The government, it is said, does not pretend to guarantee the correctness of the tax lists, as submitted. The lists opened to the public are not in tended to be an endorsement or a warning, but they will be so regarded by the business public so long as they are open to inspection. In the time elapsed since the first publication of income tax payments it does not appear that the govern ment has profited at all through this course. Ordered opened by congress for the supposed purpose of checking attempts to defraud the government through public exposure and com ment there has been no perceptible movement to overhaul and reassess individuals or corporations. If the department charged with the collection of revenue had not al ready begun action to require new estimates and win for the treasury additional amounts in the way of in come taxes, the publication of names and totals has not been of any real value to the public. The discovery of "padding" for the single purpose of fraud is a strong argument for the repeal of a useless or even some what dangerous law. :o: ENFORCING THE LAW A prominent member of the bar, a man of splendid education, good Judgment, and thoroughly versed in public affairs, strolled into the edi torial rooms of the Daily Journal a few days ago, and spoke thusly: "I liked your editorial on prohi bition enforcement. It was a cool, calm, dispassionate and instructive discussion of the subject." The visitor paused long enough to borrow a cigarette and a match and continued. "But why don't you njritate an enforcement of all the laws, enually and uniformly, instead of puttine: all the stress on enforce ment of the prohibition laws " Tt was a fair question, and is en titled to a fair answer. Why, bless your soul, that is ex actly what is being done not merely here in the state of Nebraska, but throughout the nation. Only, the way to enforce laws equally is to enforce them unequally. That is, enforcement should be equally proportioned to resistance. If a law is resister one ounce, one ounce of pressure should be applied to enforclng.it.- If the resistance is one pound, the enforcement should be a pound. And if the resistance is a ton, the only way to make enforce ment effort "equal" Is to enforce it a ton. So, an ounce of effort on one law and a ton on another on another is precisely the way to be "equal" in enforcement energy. Whenever the wets want the pres sure on prohibition enforcement re duced to one once, they ran easily bring that about by reducing their own efforts against it to the 6ame amount. -:o: TEN YEARS AGO The 1925 copy of "Who's Who" Is an Interesting book interesting for what It does not contain. For neither the name of Warren G. Harding nor Calvin Coolidge can be found in it. Who will be president 10 years from now? Will it be some man al ready well known all over the coun try or will it be some one who is practically unheard of now? Truly, our American life elevates the obscure in rapid fashion, some ties. :o: Farmers of the Ozark region will receive $300,000 for rabbits this year, it was estimated by Springfield produce brokers. Frisco officials said 150 carloads of rabbits were handled in the 1925 shipping season. :o: Mayor-elect Walker of New York has been denouncing politics in the schools. He deserves credit for that, even though he may now feel that there shouldn't be politics anywhere except at the city hall. :o: They had a dinner in Ios Angeles. It cost 60 a plate. But their mouths were open so wide they couldn't chew. -tor- Send your friends New Year cards from Bates Book Store. Truck and Transfer L - I - N - E Call Phone 342-W or see me at the Vallery Sales Pavilion, Plattsmonth Wade Porter Live Stock Hauling a Specialty. NOTICE Whereas, Lloyd Mashburn. convict ed in Cass county, on the 10th dayj of June, 1920, of the crime of breaking and entering, has made application to the Board of Pardons for a parole, and the Board of Par- dons, pursuant to law have set the hour of 10 a. m. on the 12th dav of January, 1926, for hearing on said application. All persons interested are To the Defendants: Alfred Thomp hereby notified that they may ap- son: Joseph McCreary; Doris Amyx; pear at the State Penitentiary, at Fred Amyx; Raleigh Amyx; Cora Lincoln, Nebraska, on said day and Barnett; Cecil Barnett; Myrtle Car hour and show cause, if any there ter; John Carter; Blanche Steven be, why said application should or son; Bert Stevenson; Mary Ann Wat should not be granted. son; John A. Horning; Anna Britt; CHARLES W. POOL, j the Unknown Heirs, Devisees. Lega- Sec't., Board of Pardons. N. F. HARMON. Chief State Proba. Officer, ORDER OF HEARING on Petition for Appointment of Administrator. 'deceased; Robert It. Livingston, de- The State of Nebraska, Cass coun-: ceased; Alfred Thompson, deceased, ty, ss. j and Joseph Mc Creary, deceased, real In the County Court. I names unknown; and all other per- In the matter of the estate of sons having or claimine; any inter Christina Barr, deceased. jest in or to Lots 1, 2. 3. 4, 5, 6. 7, On reading and filing the petition 11, 12, 13 and 14, in Block 2 in of Earl V. Barr, Mary Etta Long Thompson's Addition to tlie City of and George M. Barr praying that ad- Plattsmouth. in Cass county, N bras ministration of said estate may be ka, real names unknown: granted to John Long as Adminis-. You and each of you are hereby trator: , notified that on the 23rd dav c,f No Ordered, that Monday January j vember 1925. the plaintiff in the 4th. A. D. 1926. at 10 o dock a. m.,if0I.?K0ing entitled cause filed his is assigned for hearing said petition. ! I)fct5tion in lhe District Court of Cass when all persons interested in said countVi Nebraska, wherein vou and matter may appear at a County Court otherg are maue r,art;e defendant, to be held in and for said county, for lhp p)ir,H)He of obtaining a decree and show cause why the prayer of from said Court. quktincr the record petitioners should not be granted: utlo in piaintifr to the following de and that notice of the pendency of scrjbed real estate, to-wit: said petition and tne Hearing tnere of be given to all persons interested J in said matter by publishing a copy; of this order in the Plattrmoutii Journal, a semi-weekly newspaper, nrintert in Kairl rniintv. for three' successive weeks, prior to said day of hearing. Dated December 10, 1925. A. H. DUXBURY. (Seal) dl4-3w County Judge. LEGAL, NOTICE In the District Court of Cass coun ty, Nebraska. August G. Bach, Plaintiff, vs. Michael Preis and Louisa Preis, De- To the defendants Michael Preis anu L.ouisa t-reis; You and each of you are hereby notified that August G. Bach, the plaintiff, filed his petition in the District Court of Cass county, Ne braska, on the 25th day of Novem ber, 1925, against you, the said Mich ael Preis and Louisa Preis, defend ants, setting forth therein, that the plaintiff sold and delivered to said defendants certain goods, wares and merchandise, all of which merchan dise were necessaries of life for the support and maintenance of said de fendants and their family, and there is now due plaintiff from defendants for said merchandise the sum lt $184.10, and interest thereon at 7 per cent per annum from November 7th, 1922, and in order to collect the same, plaintiff has commenced a suit in attachment and levied upon your real estate in the City of Plattsmouth, Nebraska. You are hereby notified to appear and answer said petition on or be fore the 18th day of January. 1926. according to law and the rules of said court, or judgment will be en tered against you by default, and your real estate sold to satisfy the same. AUGUST G. BACH. By Plaintiff. ALLEN J. BEESON. d7-4w His Attorney. NOTICE OF SALE In the District Court of Cass coun ty, Nebraska. In the matter of the guardianship of John Warga, mentally incompe tent. Notice is hereby given that in pur suance of an order of James T. Beg ley. Judge of the District Court of Cass county, Nebraska, made on the 8th day of December, A. D. 1925, for the sale of the real estate hereinafter described, there will be sold at the south front door of the court house, in Plattsmouth, Cass county, Nebras ka, on the 4th day of January. A. D. 1926, at ten o'clock in the fore noon, at public vendue to the high est bidder for cash, the following de scribed real estate, to-wit: Commencing at a point thirty rods north of the center of Sec tion thirteen (13), in Township twelve (12) North, Range thir teen (13), east of the Sixth Principal Meridian, in Cass coun ty, Nebraska, running thence west along the south line of Lot thirteen (13) five chains and fif teen links, thence south three chains and eighty-seven links, or to the north line of Pearl street, thence east along the line of said street five chains and fif teen links to the west line of Maiden Lane, thence north three chains and ninety links to the place of beginning, except the right-of-way of the Missouri Pa cific Railway Company across the northwest corner thereof; also known as Lot one (1). in the southeast quarter (SEU) of the northwest quarter (XWU) of Section thirteen (13), Town ship twelve (12). North. Range thirteen (13), east of the Sixth Principal Meridian, in Cass county, Nebraska. Said sale will remain open ONE HOUR. Dated this 14th day of December, j A. D. 1925 JAMES WARGA, Guardian of John Warga, Mentally Incompetent. C. A- RAWLS. Attorney. dl4-3w It's remarkable how quickly the anthracite operators snatch at a strike settlement to which the min ers won't agree. And vice versa. I NOTICE OF SUIT In the District Court of Cass County, Nebraska Fred Vincent, Plaintiff Ts- Alfred Thompson et al Defendants App. Dock. Page Su3 i tees, rersonal Representatives and 'nil . , U.nnA , ,-. . , 1 J .1 ail uiucri i cisuuB luicifMfU ill lliw several estates of Jonathan Adams, deceased; Mary Ann S. Britten, form erly Mary Ann S. Adams, deceased; Eveline Swindell, deceased: Susan E. iBrookhart. deceased; Susan E. Shoip, Lots 1. 2, 3. 4. 5. C, 7. 11. 12, 13 and 14. in Bloc two (2), in Thompson's Addition to Plattsmouth, in Cass county, Nebraska , as against you and eac h of you and others and by such decree to wholly exclude you and each of you from all estate, risht, title, claim or intere.-t therein or to any part thereof, and to have a certain niortp-.f oerii.g said premises given by one Oran S. Thompson and v. ife to the dt f n!ant, Joseph McCreary, decreed to have ben paid end satisfied and the rec ord title to said premises forever freed from the claims of said defend ants and forever quieted in Pluin- .ti are required to answer said petition on or before the ISth day of January. 1926. or your default will be entered in said cause and a Decree granted as prayed for in Plaintiff's petition. Dated: December 2nd. 192T.. FRED H. VINCENT. Bv Plaintiff. JOHN M. LEYDA. d3-4w His Attorney. NOTICE In the District Court of Cass county. Nebraska. Ida F. Appiegate; Jessie A. Potter; Julian E. Appiegate; Palmer C. Appiegate and Delia A. Anderson, plaintiffs, vs. Herman M. Nye; Eliza Barnum; Thomas G. Barnuiu; J. F. Hartman, real nonie nnVnown; John Hull; Anna Maria Jennings; Gorpe Jennings: Otoe County National Bank of Nebraska City. Nbr::ska; John II. Bay ley; Edward Goodcn ough; Charles E. B'lyley; Jennie F. Bayley; William Ilorripan; E. W. Barnum, real name unknown; Henry W. Moore; Milton Tootle; Ftosdell Stokes; George W. Hunt and Le Ap piegate, and nil persons having or claiming any interest in the west half of the northweEt quarter (N'W'i ) of section twenty-seven (27. townshtp (10) north of Range Thirteen (13). east of the Sixth Principal Meridian In Cass county, Nebraska, real names unknown, defendants. To the above named defendants: You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 21st day of December, 1925, Ida F. Appleptite; Jessie A. Potter; Julian K. Apple gate; Palmer C. Appiegate and Delia A. Anderson, plaintiffs herein filed their petition in this action in the District Court of Cass county. Ne braska against the above defend ants, the object and prayer of which petition is to quiet title to the fol lowing described real estate, towit: The West Half of the North west Quarter (N'W'i ) of Sec tion Twenty-Seven (27), Town ship Ten (10). North Ranee Thirteen (13). East of the Sixth Principal Meridian in Ca. county, Nebraska. You are required to answer said petition on or before the 8th day of February, 1926. Dated this 21st day of December, 1925, at Lincoln. Nebraska. IDA F. APPLEG ATE, JESSIE A. POTTER. JULIAN E. APPLEG ATE. PALMER C. APPLEG ATE, DELIA A. ANDERSON. Plaintiffs. By Frederick J. Patz, Their Attorney. 5w NOTICE TO CREDITORS The State of Nebraska, Cass coun ty, ss. In the County Court. In the matter of the estate of Thomas Walling, deceased. To the creditors of paid estate: You are hereby notified, that I will sit at the County Court room in Plattsmouth in said county, on Janu ary 11. 1926. and April 12. 1926. at 10 o'clock a. ni.. each day, to receive and examine all claims against said estate with a view to their adjust ment and allowance. The time lim- "J ?r P?"1.".'? f JVS! from the 11th day of January, A. D. 1926. and the time limited for pay ment of debts Is one year from said 11th day of January, 1926. Witness my hand and the seal of said County Court, thin 7th day of December, 1925. A. H. DUXBURY, (Seal) dl4-4w County Judge. School supplies at lowest prices at Bates Book and Stationery Store.