Shovel the snow off yoyr side
walk and enjoy a clear conscience
in that respect at 'least.
Joe Parriott remembered the
rural carrier Monday and pre
sented Ed Knapp with some
fresh pork.
The condition of Willie Yates
doesn't improve and he is suffering-
a great deal. It is hoped
there will soon be a change for
the better.
The young man that has a
horse and cutter was strictly in
it this week and was the envy of
all the other fellows who were
not so fortunate.
A number of our citizens were
intending to go to Lincoln Tues
day to see Norris Brown elected
United States senator, but backed
out on account of the storm.
Victory lodge No. 195, I. 0. 0.
F.t installed their officers Satur
day night
Noble GrandHarry Russell.
Vice Grand E. A, Howe.
Sec, y Dr. W. W. Frazier.
TSeas. John I. Dressier.
We did not learn the names of
the other officers installed.
C. W. Roberts has bought Mrs.
Ellen Flack's residence property
in Nemaha, paying $1350 for it
He gets possession Feb. 1, but
will not move in at that time, as
he will build an addition and
make repairs previous to moving.
We are glad to have Mr. Roberts
become a citizen of our town.
Work is being pushed as rapid
' ly as possible on the Farmers'
and Merchants' Mutual telephone
line. The switchboard has been
installed in Rufus Rowen's home
and the wires have been stretched
in town and on nearly all the
country lines. The linemen are
now working on the line to Shu
bert.
The Advertiser is not up to its
usual standard this week on ac
count of the absence of one of
our angels, Miss Grace Peabody,
who has been In Auburn for the
. past eight days, having her eyes
treated by Dr. Dillon. She sends
word that she will be home to
morrow, so we will be all right
again. '
E. E. Hill went to Filley last
Saturday and visited with rela
tives oyer Sunday, and then went
' with his wife to Lincoln where
they attended a wedding of his
brother, C. E. Hill, who was
married to a Miss Hill. Mr. and
Mrs. E. E. Hill returned home
Wednesday afternoon. C. E.
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Another Passenger Train
It now seems to be an assured
fact that we will have another
passenger train soon. The train
now running from Nebraska
City to Lincoln and return will
run from Lincoln to Falls City,
via Nebraska City and Nemaha.
Superintendent C. B. Rodgers
of Wymore informed F. L. Wood
ward a few days ago that this
had been decided upon, and all
that was now necessary was ap
proval from headquarters, and
this would undoubtedly be given.
Supt. Rodgers said it would take
about thirty days before the
change went into hffect. Train
master Rice told Nemaha parties
the same thing, and the trainmen
say this will be done. We under
stand the freight now running
from Nemaha to Beatrice will not
lay over at Nemaha but will go
on to the city, and that the
Nebraska City and Falls City
freight will be discontinued, the
passenger train carrying the
freight from Nemaha for Shu
bertand Verdon. Mr. Rodgers
says the new passenger train
will lay over at Falls City over
night, leaving there for Lincoln
about 5 o'clock a. m., getting to
Nemaha about 6 o'clock. Re
turning the train will get here
about 5:30. This will enable our
people to go to Lincoln and return
the same day, having about three
hours in the capital city. It will
be a great accomodation to Ne
maha, Brownville, Peru and
Shubert.
Clarence Williams Acquitted
Last Friday afternoon, after
being out almost three days and
nights, the jury in the case of
the State vs. Clnrence Williams,
charged with murdering his
father, Isaac Wiliiams, returned
a verdict of not guilty.
After the first ballot, we under
stand, the jury stood ten for
acquittal and two for finding the
prisoner guilty. On the first
ballot eight voted for acquittal.
The two men who stood out so
long were L. L. Jesse of Howe
andS. P. Robertson of Brock.
About 10 o'clock Friday forenoon
one of these gave way, and at
j j i i t -
wo tne last one consented to a
verdict of acquittal.
The dark, dismal, gloomy,
cloudy weather still continues.
We haven't caught sight of the
sun for a week.
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HOW TO SHOW A PROFIT.
Tricky Bookkeeping Puts Lossos on
the Profit Side.
The prlntod report of a municipal
electric light plant In Indiana Iiah Just
been received. It shows a profit. There
Is no question about II. It shows a
large profit. The figures are there in
blaclc and whlto, and they show a
profit equivalent to 30 per cent of tho
gross lucoino and 18 per cent on the
capital invested. That la what we call
a profitable business.
How was this plant able to make so
good n showing? In a way so simple
that any municipal plant could adopt
It with success if Its superintendent
were good at figures. And tho best of
It Is that it makes competition by pri
vate plants Impossible because well,
stockholders are too inquisitive.
In the first place the fixed charges
for Interest on the capital Invested and
for depreciation were entirely Ignored.
Then no allowance was made for taxes
lost by having municipal Instead of
private ownership. Next, while full
charge was made against the water de
partment and the city offices for light
and supplies, the superintendent con
veniently forgot to charge the lighting
plant with tho water usod in its boil
ers and condensers or with its share of
the salaries In the city accounting do-,
partment. Insurance was also over
looked. Finally, to make assurance of
profit doubly sure, a number of items
properly pertaining to maintenance
were charged to "new construction."
At the same time the charge for street
and public building lights wus quite as
high as In surrounding clUes served
by private companies, which had some
how or other to provide for nil these
omitted items.
It is perhaps needless to add that ex
cept for the judicious way In which the
superintendent prepared his report n
considerable doflclt would have, appear
ed Instead of the gratifying profits. Of
course the taxpayers will have to pro
vide the money to mnko good these pa
per profits, but they may not for some
years see the connection between their
profitable plant and the higher tax
ruto, and meanwhile are happy In the
contemplation of its profits and will
doubtless testify enthusiastically to tho
benefits of municipal ownership.
From the above we may deduce the
following rule for showing a profit:
First, omit all Iteiqs of expense that
can without too much danger of de
tection be saddled upon the general
tax list or other departments; second,
charge in as vague a way as possible
to new construction as many items of
maintenance as may be necessary to
Bhow a large profit (N. B. The profit
must bo large to provide for the con
tingency of some carping critic discov
ering one or more of the concealed
Items of expense and ruthlessly draw
ing them forth from their hiding
places;)
If the above rule Is scrupulously fol
lowed there seqms to be no reason
why every municipal plant should not
show a profit "Concerning Municipal
Ownership."
GONE OUT OF BUSINESS.
Millions Sunk In Unsuccessful Munici
pal Lighting Plants.
During tho past few years at least
sixty cities and towns In the United
States have sold, leased or abandoned
their lighting plants. In a few case
they still retain their distributing sys
tem, buying the current from some
company; but In most instances they
have gone out of the business entirely..
A number of other places have made
unsuccessful efforts to dispose of their
plants.
As with few exceptions municipal
lighting plants have been In operation
but a short time, this Is a remurkablo
showing of failure and one, it need
hardly be said, that Is sedulously avoid
ed by those who for ends of their own
are urging other cities to make similar
experiments.
As it usually takes some years for
a city to realize how great a burden
It Is carrying in Its lighting plant, It
Is probable that the number of admit
ted failures will increase rapidly from
now on, for, as an eminent electrical
engineer recently said, "There are al
ready Indications that a considerable
number of these municipalities which
have engaged in improper undertak
ings are entering upon a period of
financial difficulty."
Faults Enough as It Is.
The political machine that dominates
New York city Is strong because large
powers are delegated to it, and the ex
penditure of 1100,000,000 Is given ab
solutely Into its keeping. We have
faults enough without municipal own
ership In most of the cities' of this
country, and the ordinary business
man falls to see the wisdom of making
the situation more complex and dubi
ous than it is by adding the problem
of municipal ownership with all that it
implies. Binghamton Herald.
Who Would Fine the City?
An exchange notes tho fact that a
city council recently fined a water
company $1,000 for supplying Impure
and unwholesome water. That Is right.
But if tho waterworks had been owned
try the city
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP.
All Right I Theory, but Broaks Down
In Practice.
Theoretically there Is so much in
municipal ownership of public utilities
that the practical carrying out of Its
attractive features appears simple and
of no serious moment, and for a mu
nicipality to take over and run water,
lights, sewerage and oveu transporta
tion appeals to taxpayers, and the
trade is made without the first assur
ance that the conduct of these proper
ties will be along practical and busi
ness lines.
It is tho failure to assuro the prac
tical that works the evil, for municipal
ownership is a general ownership, and
a general ownership results too easily
In its being no special business of any
citizen or taxpayer to look Into or In
quire after the conduct of the proper
ties under control. This leaves the
management to a few, who soon find
that thoy have only themselves to ac
count to, that people are too busy to
demand accountings and taxpayers
accept any kind of report, just
so there is the appearance of all being
right and light, water, sewerage, etc.,
are glvon.
It is this Indifference and neglect on
the part of taxpayers to take note of
municipal affairs which make munic
ipal ownership of public utilities a
hazardous aud expensive matter. The
theory of municipal ownership, with
Its groat saving to each taxpayer, tho
extru service given and the great prof
its resulting, can all be placed In fig
ures beforehand, but it Is a failure un
less the taxpayers shall give earnest
and serious heed to the conduct of
these public utilities, for unless this is
done they will wake up some day with
broken down properties and a big bond
Issue to make good. Newbern Week
ly Journal.
Aa a Socialist Sees It
Every recognized authority on So
cialist economics, from Marx to Ferri,
has been and Is an avowed economic
evolutionist. They all without excep
tion recognize that public ownership
under capitalism must come before the
full Socialist programme can meet with
realization.
When the Socialist party shall suc
ceed to power In municipality, state or
nation It will fall heir to the holdings
of its capitalist predecessors. Every
dollar's worth of property that we can
wrest from private capitalism through
public ownership will fall into the
hands of the Socialist party without a
struggle upon Its succession to power.
International Socialist Review.
What Government Is For.
It Is'the appropriate function of the
government to safeguard the individ
ual and to see that the game of busi
ness Is fairly played, that the cards
are held above the table and that ev-i
erybody Is given a square deal. It Is
not the appropriate function of the
government to sit in the game. Hon.
Leslie M. Shaw.
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