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About The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (May 24, 1909)
The . Plattsmouth - Journal f fAMii Ssmi-Weeklf at Plittsajcth. Ktbnski t R. A. BATES, Publisher. Entered at the Postoffice at PlatUmouth, Nebraska, as econdlass matter. $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE large number of families who cultivate the beautiful in and about their homes. Along the lines in which they are leading, will very community grow into its host and highe.-t life, if their ta.-tes, moral attributes ami love of home fully harmonize. The jioor old Omaha I Ice hates the bank guarantee law, sinijdy becaue it was enacted by a democratic legislature. It would have been loud in its praise had it been made by a re publican legislature. Consistency, thou art indeed a jewel, of the first water. The State Journal finds fault with Governor Shallenber- frf.r'a -niIral 1.U1 Sin- Mr .Tniirnjil nlenvp comnnre the filer- V i (3 1U111VUU J 11 9 . v y 2 ' - - - 4' CJ urcs with those of Governor Sheldon in the same length ot time of traveling. Don't misrepresent such things because the eems like man was made to suffer on account of the senseless whims of the law instead of the law being made governor disagrees with your politics lor the benefit or man. At any rate there is scarcely an enterprise, however meritorious, but what some measly techni cality of the law would set at naught if some little "it" sees proper to assert its authority. NewspajxTH that have an itching to become sensational can easily find material in plenty to fill its columns with spicy matter that tickets the sensibilities of the man with "itching cars." Hut this pajn-r has no desire to profit by the misfor tunes of others, nor assist the tongue ot the slanderer in the distribution of poison throughout the community. The Minden Courier savs that nothing will come of the efforts to prevent the government from running a job print ing office, to the loss of all printers, until the newspaper peo ple get their heads together and insist that all candidates for Congress shall give proper pledges in this matter. And the Courier is just about right about the matter, too. According to a decision of Assistant Attorney General Martin, saloons can run after 8 o'clock in the evening to sell cigars and soft drinks, unless there is a city ordinance to prevent such. The best wav for the saloon men to do is to c'ose at the lawful hour and give the fanatics no opportunity whatever to complain, an opportunity they will watch for. The report that Governor Shallenberger had tendered Chris Guentlier the secretaryship of the state banking board turns out to be all moonshine. The position has to be filled by a hanker of three years experience. Another matter is, Mr. Guentlier is now clerk of the district court of 1 Matte county, with a salary greater than that of the secretaryship of the inking board. Judge Dean, who was appointed one of the four judges of the supreme court by Governor Sheldon, and who claims to be a democrat, sends us one of his petitions for re-election for the purpose of getting signers. e have no serious objection to Judge Dean, but under circumstances, which we do not care to mention in print, we do not feel that we can consistently sup port the judge. Lincoln had another flood Mondav night. Kvidentlv this flood business has been transferred to Lincoln, and there is very little said in the Lincoln papers on the flood question now. hen IMattsmouth was bothered with floods a few vears back, the Lincoln papers, and especially the State Journal, was eternally talking about the removal of the H. & M. shops from this city to Ilavelock on account of the floods. How about the removal of the state capital from Lincoln on this account? With all our floods no one has ever been drowned. Anally, if honest people shim you, if they ostracize yuu, if they tail to act toward you as a "true member of the community, don't complain your mail order house will perhaps send you a catalogue of their latest and most approved !uusiuuie ior svmpathv. It would be a substitute, not a genuine article, else it would scarcely come from your mail order house. And now the city of Boston is out with an announcement that it will hold a big exj)ositiou in 1920 to commemorate the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers. Beans of all varities in every state of cookery will be the principle exhibit. Colonel Bates of the Plattsmouth Journal was in town several times last week. The Colonel is making the rounds of the county in the interests of his paper, preparing a special edition, and will receive patronage from all the different towns and will, in this forthcoming edition, give a "writeup of the towns and business men. We enjoyed very much visiting with him and informed the mayor it was our wish that the Colonel be given the keys to the town. Weeping Water Republican. Grand Island is after the state capital, and in speaking of the project, the South Omaha Democrat, Senator Tanner's pa per, says: "Grand Island is a pretty live berg and if the real live ones over there take up the capital proposition and go Some of the republican papers claim that the last legis lature made to many appropriations. They are the last fel lows lo complain. A larire portion of the monev spent bv the last legislature was for debts repudiated bv the ronubli-Ufter it strong it will make one of the issues of the campaign can letr slature two vears ago. Democrats do not believe in aner it strong it will make one ot the live issues ot the cam- . . " . - - . - . . . . I i Ml T l ,. paign. wi course u win. n is simply a question or tim when the capital will go further west, and if Grand Island will get a move on her, she can cause Lincoln to believe that she is not the "whole cheese" in Nebraska by any means pudiating the state's debts. And it was mostly money due to people of the state, at that. Despite the fact that Lincoln has no saloons already the News of that city says: " Alimited amount of boot-legging is doubtless going on in Lincoln." llvidently prohibition is not working so charmingly as the Lincoln fanatics thought it would. It will be no trouble to get a drink in the state capital when vou want it, if vou only get on to the ropes. It was ever thus in all prohibition towns. Senator lollivcr of Iowa, in a speech in the Senate at Washington attacked the woolen and cotton schedules of the I'ayrc turilT hill one dav hi-t week in one of the most vitriolic , pecches ever delivered, lie said in reply lo a question from Scnattir Aldncli that he v !'s in favor of a tariff aw that the republicans wouldn't have to be explaining during the cam iai''ii next year, .sol cn a Memoerntic senator coumi pe more condemnatory of the proposed bill than was from Iowa. he senator A Lincoln corrspondent of the Omaha World-Herald savs: "Humors of a new political combination have been floating about this city for several davs. united States Marshal War ner of Dakota City is to be candidate for governor, it is stated, and he will tie up with Senator Burkett. Along with this re port is the rumor that a complete slate will be made up. Bur kett wants tf chloroform a few of the tactions which have been I'oiined within the republican ranks. A. W. Field is regarded a possible senatorial candidate and he is urged to get into the race to oppose Burkett. The latter will have formiddable opposition in his home county. County Attorney F. M. Tyrrcl i:d George H. Tobv are likelv candidates for congress. Will llayward of Nebraska City, State Chairman Keifer of Nelson, Dan Kilhn of Adams and Senator Movers of Rock Countv, have gubernatorial ambitions, llayward is supposed to have the support of Vic Kusowator. 'I he high and excessive -1 of living is coining to 1m one of the regular topics ol conversation. .Not a week passes hut some one or more (-1 the necessaries ol lile distinguish es itself bv advnncinir in price. Last winter the price of eggs was the talk of the town, the. huinbie hen was caricatured, tlio punsters made their stale jokes about fresh eggs. With the advent of spring the egg market began to behave, but tlu price of potatoes and bread the two great substantial went skyward. And that's the wav it goes. If it isn't one thing, A Bi? Undertaking1. A few weeks since we began the work of getting out the Thirtieth Anniversarv Edition of the Plattsmouth Journal, and we thought when the undertaking was commenced we would have had it completed ere this, lhe edition will be much larger than at first contemplated, as we have not over looked a town and community in Cass County. The enterprise has grown upon us and cannot be completed for one month, as it's another. The man who works for a fixed salary of for we have much work yet to do ujton the same. We hope that wages and tries to support his family, is simply up against those who are interested in this edition will' bear with us it all the time. The jov of receiving a iroodlv sum in the pav n little while longer, and we assure them that when it is envelope is short lived. The man whose wages is sufficient to satisfy the people who sell him the necessaries of life is in luck. It takes a lot of money to ward off starvation in these stirring times. Home and What it Stands For. A community is indebted to every man who builds and main tains an attractive home. Mverv time he lifts n hoe to uproot a weed; every time he makes a rose to bloom out of the barren- M this great advertising medium. ness; every time he strokes his picket fence or his house with finished, it will be something of which all will be proud. This edition will contain many views ot residences in the county and villages located in the county, accompanied by T . a ill .. 1 aa I . i. uoscriMJVfi iwiic-ups oi me same, una we expect to inane n the greatest advertiseing edition of Cass County that was ever produced. Wo expect to make one more round of the var ious towns ere we close the forms lor tins great edition, and give all who desire to do so, an opportunity to take advantage United Effort Necessary. The time has arrived when the people of the smaller towns throughout this great country must strike a blow of such force that will not only stagger the octopus of mail order monopoly, but will cripple it to such an extent as to make its total disability simply a matter of a short time. Too long has this gigantic vampire stretched out its blood thirsty tentacles, and sucked the very life blood from our smaller towns and villages, until its evil effects are no longer to be tolerated. In order to get rid of this impending evil there must be concerted action bv all interested in safeguard ing local home trade and local industry against the assaults of the mail order monopoly. With united effort, all march ing under the same banner of Local Home lrade, success is assured and business interests which have long suffered from ie effects of this evil genius will revive. Merchants now despondent will take hope and courage; new buildings will spring up to meet the demands of Local lome lrade; mechanics, clerks and laborers will be employed and the money now going out of the villages to enrich the fw . will be spent among the many. Turn to Democracy. Thomas L. Hisgen, the millionaire Massachusetts re- ormer, who last year was the candidate for Mr. Hearst's Inde- endence league for president, has given out a statement an nouncing in effect that hereafter he will act with the demo cratic party. His reasons are sound and sensible. In the first place, he savs, the recent campaign demon- onstrated that the battle for reform must be fought out within he lines of the two old parties. It is for the progressive and mtriotic citizen to decide with which party, then, he shall ally limself. Through which is there the greater hope of the ac complishment of reform? Mr. Hisgen decides for the democratic partv. "Intelli gent radicalism," he says, "is in the aseendenevthroughoutthe world." And ''within the ranks of the democratic party the radicals far outnumber the conservatives in everv doubtful tate." The republican partv on the other hand is more than ever lefore the stronglv entrenched home of "the autocracv of wealth." For many years "the interests" were held at bay during the l.oosevelt administration, but "one bv one their tools are returning to place and power." Mr. Hisgen forsees that those who expect to see Mr. Booscvelt again the remibli- an candidate in 191 2 will be disappointed- "Business inter sts" he says, "will unite strong predatory interests to prevent mother radical heing placed in the presidential chair bv means of the republican organization." I he democratic party, he admits is bet raved and corrupt- d by bosses ill the large cities, but the great mass of its voters ire radicals, soundly progressive, and readv to follow progres sive leadership. It is in this party, therefore, that he sees the hope of the future. Uus is the common sense of the situation. There are al ways two great parties, one conservative, the other radical; one representing largely great property interests, the other representing more largely the interests of the common people. When the citizenship deems it most important to guard Against radical or advanced ideas lie should act with the con servative party. When, on the other hand, he sees privileged wealth too strongly entrenched in government and recognizes the need for a housecleaning that will displace government Vy the powerful interests and install government by the people and for the people he should act with the radical party. i iv goou many patriotic ana ininKing men, who cannot fail o see the strongly reactionary tendency of the republican party since the last election, will reach 'the same conclusion Hisgen has reached and turn to the democratic party as the logical means of advancing progressive ideas and policies. A or Id Herald. the paint brush, he is performing a public service: and for his There is iustice in evervthing. if we onlv make it so. We public spirit deserves more recognition that he who subscribes should all favor home industries, but are we doing 1 1 r to build a monument to the inemorv of some dead hero. have six cigar factories in Plattsmouth, under the management I he home is the beginning of a!! the good impulses ot our of home people men who employ all together, twenty or twen I i 1 . t 1 i . i I I 1 A civilization: and no worthier, iionicr munition can possess t he tv-ivo men. who a so make their homos nere. inow is it rigu ' ' ... - - . . ---y - - . . icart of any man than that which concentrates and consecrates for our merchants, whose cigars, to give outside or foreign ci his life in the possession of a home whose outward beauty gars the preference to those made at home! We note tha shalltharmonize with the peace and happiness within, livery some are doing this, and the Journal regrets to see this. Our ii.. t . i I'n- i i iii . i i prouy iioine every wnoro speans in aiiuring words to mo manufacturers mak as good cigars as are inaao nuywiiert stranger. It whispers in the language of the Bowers, in breath manufacturers make as good cigars as are manufactured any as sweet as their perfume, that here are comfort, health and where on earth and it is not proper for our dealers to shove prosperity; that here those who have labored for years are to the front and push the sale of these foreign goods to the comcni to amtie to mo eua, loving not oniv ineir own root tree, I in urv of home enterprises. It would he diiierent, pernaps if our home manufacturers did not make a better grade o cigars than those made outside of town. Let every smoker lefuse to smoke anything but home-made cigars. That is the way to show that you are really lor home institutions nrst last and all the time." Don't talk about building up home in but the beautiful valley or hilhop and the gentle breeze to re fresh it. Kach neatly kept home emphasizes the faith of the whole community in iiseii; it is a lactor in uxing the permanence of a village; it adds to the marketable value of all propcrtv, There is power in the lesson it teaches; there is a living in-Litutions unless vou intend to practice what you preach. liucnce in us winning example, coniagoous iikcwisc in tuo pro pngatioii of good as in the scattering of sinful thoughts and The Farmer's Interest wicked deeds. What would vour farm be worth in a cityless country So wholly kind, trustful and benevolent is the meaning of A irroat manv of vou farmers complain now that you have no the cosy home amid its setting of flowers and grass plots, that the advantages of a large city at your doors, though you are it is taken everywhere as an emblem of faith and all the virtues do'mir the verv thing that reduces that city, town or village we love most. instead of trying to help build it up. It is a common thing It is not always the home that wears a woeful and no- to hear a farmer complain of a dead village, of a lack of busi idocted exterior that is as desolate within, but it is verv nearlv ness nn.l n lack of interests there. Whoso fault is it? Are always true that the household which is discordant and broken vou patronizing the merchants there are helping to build u tin morally betrays itself in grounds neglected, gates unhinged hvsupportinir it with vour trade! and a general tin can, broken bottle appearance fore and nft. No. With tile idea in your mind that you will save a few ii i... i . i. .. ..l i rtM . I I? i- j - ...... i i i. ::.... il gives one u miuuuci id iuuiv ihii Mini kiihmii piciuro. 1 HO continue 10 aeprive juur ciiuicne, umi riwuiin- summer is hotter and more oppressive, the winter more drearv reliant of their support, and so long as you don't com ii txI tiinchinir in n neighborhood that is made cheerless hv Ihn nlnin if there i no Diiblic librnrv in vour town, if no plavs are abandonment of all home pride. ' presented at your theaters, if no public spirit is.shpwn by your IMany a lown owes more iiiau pernaps ii realizes to ino( leliow eilizoiis, ii mere is no lactones 10 give employment, um BIG REDUCTION ON PLUMBING -:-GOODS AIR PRESSURE WATER SYSTEMS! Withiu the last sixty days we have made some extraordinary low purchases on Plumbing Goods, and have the largest line of Bath Tubs, Closets, Lavatories and Sinks ever shown in riattsmouth at remarkable reduction in price: Bath Tubs, white enameled $15.00 and Up Lavatories, .... 6.75 and Up One-Piece. white enameled Sink and back 9.75 and Up Low-Down Closets 14.50 and Up 18x30 flat rim Sinks, white enam (led 3.00 and Up We can also make Kewaunee Air Pressure Water Systems nt a big reduction over former prices, ke member you can see what you get when purchasing from us, as we have six styles of tubs, six styles of lavatories and three styles of closets in stock and on display. JOHR BMP Plattsmouth, : : : Nebraska.