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MONDAY, OCT. 2, 1927. t 1 i -i ,3 5 be plattsmoutb lournal PUBLISHED SEMI-WZESLY AT Hatr at PoatcXlc. PlAttamouth. R. A. BATES, Publisher SUESCEJPTION PEICE 12.00 "Where there's so much smoke there must be a lady." :o:- The National Hank of Greece has opened a real estate department. :o: Some appear to think of religion only as something to fight about. -:o:- Gold wire has been drawn so fine that 3,500 yards of it weight only one ounce. :o:- Lots of us didn't choose to come back from cur vacation, but we came just the same. :p Capt. Courtney seems to have won the world championship for jockey ing on the starting line. :o: Mrs. Coolidgi brought back a bit of Blrck Hills slang With her. She now speaks of mud as "gumbo." :o: If it is a "special refinement" put on the car to serve as a talking point, it won't do anything but rattle. -:o: The trouble is that a lie travels by radio, while the truth loafs around waiting for the roads to dry up. Nevada is now a state without a street car, but anyone can walk over into California and wait for one. :o:- The people of the frozen north have some queer customs. Cannibal ism still exists to a certain extent. :o:- One way for dad to make the cost of living decline is by declining about half the requests for spending money. :o: A postcard a yard long and two feet high invited Postmaster General New to attend the postal clerk's conven tion. -:o:- It is estimated that S7 per cent of the big Jobs are heldby men who don't care a darn who is tennis cham pion. :o: Indiana seems to be the only state that has seriously tackled this prob lem of what to do with the ex-office holder. :o:- The capital city has just retired a negro fire captafn. He Is C. E. Gib son, once cook on Admiral Dewey's flagship. :o: If it is true that women decide 80 per cent of all purchases, it only proves that males love peace more than victory. -:o:- The fact that Senator Heflin wants all speeches in congress broadcast by radio is going to make hard going for that innovation. :o: Since returning to Washington President Coolidge has b n very busy sounding administration leader? on the advisability of calling an extra session of the senate, or of congress as a whole. -:o: Charlies Ross kidnaping was re called to mind when Walter Ross paid $226,000 for a seat on the New York Stock Exchange. His brother, kidnaped at the age of four in Phila deplhia in 1874, was never found. -:o:- On the slab that marks the grave of Quentin Roosevelt in a remote spot in the Aisnn Valley, a corres pondent covering the American Le gion convention tells us, are the words: "He has outsoared the sha dows of our night." :o: In the United States deep interest is taken in the result of any election in the Free State. Our people have only the heartiest good wishes for Ireland under its present form of gov ernment and for the Irish people who have given it their approval. PLATTSMO UTH. NZBSASSA Nb cosd-cltta matl matter PES YEAS 13 ADVAKC3 .1 China is not the only -country having civil war just now. :o: The friend of order has made half his way to virtue. Lavater. -:o:- Americans will construct a $400, 000 power plant in Manchuria. :o: Muzzle up your thoughts if not pleasant. No need to coddle them. :o:- Important question: Why cannot there be invented an odorless onion? The conscience is the safety valve, but some don't seem to be aware of lit. -:o:- "Tinie is a balance wheel," says one. It is so with the escapement looked after. -:o: Today's heavyweight prize fighters demand a purse that weighs at least as much as he does. -:o: Scientists say fat men are dumber than thin ones, but the women can't see much difference. :o:- Pur coats will be worn shorter jthis year except mother's ( of course. It will be worn longer. -:o: ! rglish gills e:t more than Amer ican girls, actrrding to a London hotel and rest iiirr.nt manager. :o: We find this florist's announce ment: "Say it with flowers. We make a speciality of cactus plants." :o: Modern style may be imperfect, but it isn't necessary to take a few safety pins along in case of emergency. :o: Scientists hae produced more per manent finish f jr ens but nothing yet invented beats a locon.otive. to: The average vacationist returns freely decorated with tan and quite often thoroughly trimmed otherwise. :o: More than 500.000 pairs of leather slippers made abroad are being brought into the United States this year. 1 :o: There aren't many grave issues when a candidate helps himself to a cigarette instead of offering you a cigar. :o: llie Irisa -loct"rs ti ' have re tained the C -sf;r've government in power but by a margin regrettably nairow. -:o:- Charlie Chaplin says he is through with marriage, but Charlie is a comedian and maybe that is just an other joke. :o: A New York physician contributes something valuable to medical sci ence. He finds that moonshine re moves warts. -:o:- We imagin President Coolidge's next statement, if any, on the sub ject will be, in full, a3 follows: Nothing doing. :o: It is estimated that almost a mil lion persons deserted the country for the city last year, and thousands of them don't know why. :a: ' Continued talk of Coclidge is a disturbing confession of a poverty of worth-while leaders from the party of "intellect and culture." :o: Two architects in Paris have built a house of which any room m y have sunshine at any moment of t:.e day, provided the sun i3 shining. :o: Nebraska is not the only sta'e sending memorials to congress a ! vising it what to do. There must 1 e a hundred or so for the clerk to read. REPRISALS' AND A TRADE WAR One trouble with tariff reprisals against France has been made plin by the publication of a list of the commercial treaties which the state department is now negotiating. Only three countries Germany, Esthonia and Hungary at present' accord most-favored-nation treatment to the United States through treaties. Of these, the agreemtnt with Germany is most important, but the value of the Germany concessions may easily be exaggerated. The concessions' of Germany to France, which the Unit ed States also obtains under the most-favorable-nation clause, were most ly on products which do not enter largely into American export trade. Meanwhile, treaties with 14 other countries, providing most-favoraed-nation treatment, are either being negotiated or are awaiting ratifica tion. Some of these countries, notab ly Toland and Czecho-Slovakia, are closely linked with France and would almost certainly stand with her if this country should resort to tariff reprisals. Besides the commercial treaties under negotiation, there are a number of provisional agreements inactual operation which can be terminated on short notice, and to the immediate detriment of our trade, in the event of a tariff war. For these reasons the administra tion is likely to go slow in invoking the 50-per-cent penalty on French imports, as permitted under the Ford n y-MeCumber act when there is evi dence of discrimination against American trade. The desire of France to arrive at an amicable adjustment is indicated by the news that a spe cial commission is soon to leave Paris for Washington to discuss the tariff question. This move on the part of France should put an end to talk of a tariff war. THE JOHN JINKS PARTY The national league party in Ire land says John Jinks has been fired. John Jinks, the deputy from Sligo, says that isn't the case at all he has quit. Be that as it may, the Cosgrove government still is supreme in Ire land, and for no other reason than John Jinks himself. John Jinks was expected to vote against the government. He was a member of the National League par ty and that's the way. The vote of John Jinks was needed to break a 71-71 tie in the Dail. Republicans, led by De Valera, and Laborites, led by Tom Johnson, had counted on John Jinks' vote to break the tie and place Johnson in office, with De Val era his right hand man. When voting time came in the Dial. John Jinks was not there. He had heard the debate. He knew what his constituents wanted, party or no party. So he had just slipped out of his seat and left the hall. Then the fun began. It was thought that John Jinks was kidnaped. Some accused the red faced saloon-keeper from Sligo of standing at a bar somewhere and for getting to vote entirely. They said everything. But the plain facts of the case were that John Jinls decided to quit the National party and suprort Cosgrove because his constituents wanted it. His folks back in Sligo came ahead of any party. He acted for them. John Jinks can think himself. He stands out in Ireland as a glorious j chaaracter. There be those who call j him traitor. He acted as Sligo de sired that he should act, and all the powers in Ireland or Britain could not move him. Sligo Go Bragh! The John Jinks party against the world! -:o:- When Mr. Borah pleads that law enforcement is essential to good gov ernment, every sensible person must agree with him. But when Mr. Borah argues that law enforcement has nothing to do with respect for the law in question, and when he sas's that the issue of prohibition is not before this country now, "because that, as a policy, has been settled," he is, in, our opinion, talking non sense. :o: Back in 1919, eight years ago, a distinguished engineer, Charles F. Kettering of Dayton, Ohio, inventor of the electric starter for automo biles, told the Knife and Fork oTub of Kansas City that the time was not far distant when a man could turn a switch in his living room at home and hear a concert in New York. His audience smiled indulgently at the inventor's enthusiasm. -:o: Down near Union the other day an angry farmer booted several boys out cf his apple orchard. A short time later the boys returned to the farm er's house and asked him to Join their football team. :o: If there is any talking to be done after this Indiana politicians un doubtedly will choose the radio. CHAUNCEY THSIFT Sixty-five years ago Chauncey M. Depew deposited $10 in a New York bank and found that the sum had grown by compound interest to $1,100. If you don't believe it, fig ure it out for yourself. Here we have a striking illustra tion of the truth of what the bank ers are always telling us the way to have lots of spending money is not to spend it. Of course, while preaching thrift, we must admit that Chauncey M. De pew who was then a comparatively young man-V-about thirty, perhaps could have had one whale of a time on $100. He could have indulged in a veritable orgie of wine, women ar.d song, and enjoyed a spree that today could not be duplicated for lss than $2,000. However, that's not the point in our argument. Suppose, to make the point we started to aim at, Chauncey leaves his $1,100 on deposit for another 65 years. He will then have $20,000 or $30,000, or $50,000. You'll have to figure it out for yourself. Computing compound interest always did make our head swim. And suppose he leaves the accu mulated sum, whatever it may be, on deposit for another 65 years after the Co year period we have just men tioned expires. Then he sure to have something like a million dollars. Then, ladies and" gentlemen, there will be no longer any necessity for thrift, Chauncey will be on Easy Street, and can spend freely when ever he feels like it. The only fly in the ointment is that Chauncey is now 95 years of age, and 130 years hence he will probably have lost his capacity for enjoyment. :o:- THE COTTON PANIC Cotton dropped $7.50 a bale as the result of a small panic in trading cen ters when a bulletin prepared by a government clerk in the Bureau of Agricultural Economics prophesied that cotton prices would decline, causing tremendous loss, estimated at $S0,000.000, to the crop's market value. Secretary Jardine has been bombarded with protests from the South against the action of the bu reau. This is an illustration of how mischievous bureaucracy can become. In 1920 the Republicans had a fine slogan, namely, "More business in government and less government in business." It has, however, never be come anything but a slogan. It is true, as a result of the budget sys tem and its careful administration, there has been more business in gov ernment. But government shows an increasing tendency to put its fingers into private business. The man in the Agricultural Eco nomics Bureau who wrote the bullet in about cotton prices succeeded in giving governmental authority to a mere prophecy. It was a costly il lustration of thesis now being ad vanced everywhere that what we must do is to simplify government, abolish many boards and bureaus, and keep government within its proper limitations. There is an old aphorism in proper limitations. There is an old government is a necessary evil than necessary. :o: A man was placed in jail in Arkan sas a short time ago for selling liquor. He was allowed the run of the jail. In the course of his ramble over the building, he discovered a cache where the sheriff had a store of intoxicants hidden away. The man sold this to customers through the. bars at a dol lar a quart and realized the neat sum of $350. You simply "can't keep some business men down." :o: Modern fairy tr.le: "Then the lit tle girl left for her home in Califor nia, flying the 2,000 miles in a car penter's plane with an outboard motor." :o: Once upon a time there was a city, town or hamlet that did not expect to get one or both 1928 conventions. As We Grow Older Proper Kidney Action Is More Than Ever Important. AS we grow older, there is t apt to be a gradual slow ing up of bodily functions. The kidneys are the blood filters. If their action becomes slug gish they do not thoroughly cleanse the blood of poisonous wastes. This tends to make one tired and achy, with often nagging backache, drowsy headaches and dizziness. A common symptom of imperfect kidney action is scanty or burn ing excretions. Elderly people recommend Doan's Pills. Thi3 tested diuretic is endorsed the country over. Ask your neigh bor! DOAN'S PI6Lf Stimulant Diuretic to the Kidney Foatei-Milbura Co,,Mf g. Chem.,Bufflo,N.Y. WHEN BETTER AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILT .. BUICK WILL BUILD THEM 5 l.t .WBI?..r . -.7' f ft' You Need Never ChzngeYom Oil if You Own a Buick - Last year Buick said: "Change your oil only four times a year." Buick tests at the great Proving Ground of General Motors at that time had shown that oil changes would never be necessary, with the Oil Filter to remove impurities, and with the Crankcase Ventilator, Thermostatic Circulation Control and Automatic Heat Control to prevent oil dilution. Now, more than a year has passed, and Buick owners in every section of the world under every climatic condition have also proved that you never need change your oil if you own a Buick re plenishment and inspection of the Buick Oil Filter only are required. Sedans 1195 to 1995 Coupes 1195 to 1850 Sport Models 1195 to 1525 All prices f. o. b. Flint, Mich., government tax to be added. The G. M. A. C. financing plan, the most desir able, is available. The model illustrated above is the Five-Passenger, Four-Door Sedan, Series 115, fl295. THE SPANISH HEIR The Spanish council of state, head ed by General Primo de Rivera, vir tual dictator, has chosen King Alfon so's nephew. Prince Alfonso de Bour bon, successor to the throne in place of any one of the king's four sons. It ha3 long been known that the eldest son and legitimate heir, the Prince of Asturia, is an invalid. Prince Jaimo, the second son, is deaf and dumb, a physical condition which re moves him from any possibility of in heriting the throne. Prince Juan, the third son, would become indirect in line for the crown did not an inher ited weakness of his morther'3 fam ily incapacitate him and his younger brother, fourth son of the royal couple. Unfortunately these Spanish royal children have a definite ten dency toward haemophilia, inherited from their maternal great grand mother. Queen Victoria, of England. This characteristic of excessive bleed ing has placed the lads in constant danger of fatal hemorrhage. There was rejoicing in Spain years ago when sons were born to King Al fonso and Queen Ena. The Spanish people felt that the beautiful, blonde Englishwoman was demonstrating her sense of resopnsibility toward her adopted ' country in providing heirs for its throne. Since that time many things have happened. There has been a great war, and the power of kings is not as unquestioned as once it was. But even amid all this change, Ena's sons would have had their right to the crown, did not the barrier of ill health interpose. :o: The movies, of late, seem to have turned unanimously to campus as a background for their stories. One after'' another the 6tudeut films ap pear, bearing such titles as "College," "The Drop Kick," "Cue Minute to Play.' and so on. Moreover, they all follow pretty much the same pattern as the one invented by Burt L. Stan- dish for the adventures of Prank Merriwell at Yale. :o: PEACHES FOE SALE I have peaches for sale, which will ripen early in September Will those wanting them phone me at either Murray phone 54 or 1803. Mrs. Sadie Oldham. a25-tfsw 9 J? BUiCKIQ28 Wahoo, Nebr. SPOTTED P0LAN CHINA B0AES I have three very fine Spotted Po land China boars ready for service. These are excellent animals. Geo. E. Nickles at the Lumber Yard, Mur ray. Ko sooner do we get excited over the unfair eight-day opinion some visiting European has of the United States than a Republican congress man spends a week in the Philip pines. SHERIFF'S SALE State of Nebraska, County of Cass, ss. f By virtue of an Execution issued by Golda Noble Beal, clerk of the Dis trict Court within and for Cass Coun-j The State of Nebraska. County of ty, Nebraska, and to me directed, I ' Cass, ss. will on the 25th day of October, A. By virtue of an Order issued by D. 1927, at 10 o'clock a. m. of said Golda Noble Beal, Clerk of the Dis day at the South Front Door of the trict Court within and for Cass coun Court House in Plattsmouth, Ne- ty. Nebraska, and to me directed, I braska, in said county, sell at public will on the 25th day of October, A. auction to the highest bidder for D. 1927, at 10 o'clock a. m. of said cash the following real estate, towit: day. at the south front door of the Section Two (2) Township ; court house in Plattsmouth, Ne Twelve (12), Range Twelve braska, in said county, sell at public (12). auction to the highest bidder for The same being levied upon and taken cash the following described prop as the property of J. V. Maynes, de- erty situate in Cass county, Nebras fendant to satisfy a Judgment of -said fca, to-wit: court recovered by J. D. Cranny (by, i,0t numbered 21 in the north- assignment of A. Li. Osier) plaintiff against said defendant Plattsmouth, Nebraska, September 17th, A. D. 1927, BERT REED Sheriff of Cass County, Nebraska. SHERIFF'S SALE State of Nebraska, County of Cass, ss. By virtue of an execution issued by Golda Noble Beal, Clerk of the District Court within and for Cass county, Nebraska, and to me direct ed, I will on the 22nd day of October, A. D. 1927, at 10 o'clock a. m., of said day, at the south front door of the court house at Plattsmouth, in said county, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash the following described real estate, to-wit: Lots one (1), two (2), three (3), Block thirty (30), Original Town of Plattsmouth, Cass coun ty, Nebraska The same being levied upon and taken as the property of W. Roy Newton and Maud Newton, defend Strine and Sara Strine, Defendants, ants, to satisfy a judgment of said to satisfy a judgment of said Court Court, recovered by The Plattsmouth recovered by Mabel M. Bloom, Plain-j Loan and Building Association, a tiff against said Defendants. corporation, plaintiff against said de- Plattsmouth, Nebraska, September fendants. 17th, A. D. 1927. Plattsmouth, Nebraska, September BERT REED, 17th, 1927. Sheriff Cass County, BERT REED. Nebraska. Sheriff of Cass County," sl8-5w. ' Nebraska. William Howard Taft rounded out 70 years of a useful life a few days ago. The occasion brought an out pouring of good will messages and Mr. Taft deserved them. He is an American that all of us, regardless of political views, can be proud of. In attempting to capture Nanking, capital of southern China, Gen. Sun Chung-Fang and hi3 Shantung vet erans employed a style of attack of which there are comparatively few successful examples in the history of the world. SHERIFF'S SALE I east quarter of the southeast quarter of Section 24 in Town ship 12, North, in Range 13, East, described as follows Commencing at a point 211 feet north of the southeast cor ner of the said northeast quar ter of the Southeast quar ter of Section 24, Township 12, North, Range 13 East of the 6th P. M., thence running north on the east line of said tract 82 feet; thence west parallel with the south line of said tract, 511.70 feet, more or less, to the centre of the public road; thence south C5 46' 30" west, along the centre of said road, 89.92 feet to a point 211 feet distant from the south line of said tract, measured at right angles thereto; thence east, parallel with said south line 549.1 feet, more or less, to the place of be ginning, containing 43,451.8 square feet, more or less iThe same being levied upon and 'taken as the property of Orval A i