The
- Plattsmouth - Journal
Published Semi-Weekly i Plaltsoth, Nebraska
R. A. BATES, Publisher.
Entered at the Postoflke at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, as second-class
matter.
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The motto of the trusts seems to
be "Every little lit added to what
you got makes a little bit more,"
Judging from their last tariff bill.
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And now, lets' all get together
and have a fall carnival that will
make you and yours and me and
mine enjoy ourselves as never bo
fore. :o:
That Chicago Jury who heard the
(Jingles case decided In effect that
Ella was not guilty, hut she cer
tainly had been having awful
d reams.
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The city council seems to be pro
ceeding upon tho theory that these
long summer evenings tho city
doesn't need light, and In the win
ter time it is too cold to put them
up.
Colonel Blxby of the State Journal Is
trying to out-nationlze Carrie Na
tion In bis war on the rum demon
His column every day sizzles with
horrid facts and fierce tirades
against the demon drink. The
colonel seems to regard tho drink
proposition as worse than the last
legislature, which he so deplored.
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That was a cruel trick of the Los
Angeles people, if the report that
they painted all the rocks around
their city a golden hue bo as to de
ceive the tenderfoot from the east.
Wonder how the delegate from here
fared?
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The man wanting to earn big
sums of money can probably get a
good run for tho coin, if he will bet
on Senator Aldrlch permitting the
senate to recede very much from the
tariff schedules as ho fixed the in in
his little Aldrlch bill.
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Something, presumably the Gal
veston storm, caused tho weather to
cool off yesterday, making It more
comfortable for man and beast, for
all of which wo are thankful, al
though we don't want others to suf
fer becauso of our comfort.
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That Omaha saloonkeeper who Is
persistently bin king his head against
the 8 o'clock law had better wait
and sen whnt the supreme court
ways about It before lie loses all his
good coin In fines. Ho may not have
to lose any more If he quits now
nd is good.
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Anyway tho Democrats can play
baseball. Tho fine drubbing they
gave the Republicans In the congres
sional ball game makes one winning
issue they embraced. And this Bug
Rests the thought that it might be
good politics to declare In favor of
more baseball In the party platform
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Why Is it that te road to the
ferry is left in the shape It now is?
This is an important inlet to the city
and well repays keeping in shape
Tho commissioners should be called
upoi) to bring this road up to a con
dltlon for travel at once, for it Is
badly needed. A lltt'e grading and
attention to the bridges and the
work is done. The ferryman are
not alone In their complaint, nnd it
should be heeded.
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Till: IlASDIJ.UJi hi:.so..
President Taft may be able to get
tho conferrees together over the din
ner table, on tho tneory that the
way to reach a man's heart Is
through his stomach, but thnt won't
upell much with Heritor Aldrlch If
reports bo true and looks don't de
iclvo. He seems to have no heart
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Tho higher tho tariff tho more the
profits for the trusts. That's one
reason why thcro la small chance of
tho common people securing any re
duction In the charges on the neces
Itlcs of life the tariff barons have
to recuperate the money they spent
on the campaign last fall, and it
mndo a big pile.
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After all, one of the things which
helps a town Is to get the peoplo of
the surrounding country interested
In coming Into It to trada That's
why you, Mr. ItuslneKHtnan, are lu
terested In helping out tho fall car
nival, liaise a big fund, boom the
nhow and fill the city with people.
You'll see whero It pays you.
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Tho Commercial club Is moving
for hitching racks ror tho visitors
In (he city from tho country, ami it
is a movo In tho right direction. The
city Is deplorably short on thcis
and tho farmers will appreciate the
efforts to mako them more safe In
Now is the halcyon season for the
baseball bug. In the mid-summer
when the sun besets fiercely down
upon the pavement and the ther
mometer Is striving vainly to get
out of the top of tho tube, then does
the fan tear himself loose from the
cares of business and the worries
that enshroud the day and hie him
to the baseball ground where he can
watched eighteen trained athletes
toll and sweat and suffer that he
may bowl himself black In the face
and melt down his collar with ex
cited perspiration. And mayhap,
there may be a chance to mob the
umpire, that merry game which is
the goal of every true baseball
lovers' ambition. Mayhap even, the
umpire can be lynched or burned at
the stake. All this is possible upon
the days when Old Sol Is perspiring
and trying to shrivel up humanity
with his rays. And this Is tho glad
some baseball season as humanity
knows It the world around. Once
It existed only' In the land of the
free and the home of the brave, but
now It knows no land nor clime
From the snow-capped homo of the
frigid Esquimaux to the sunbaked
cannibal isles of the South Sea, th
season bVats Its way the year round
And for those who are doomed by
the iron heel of trade and com
merce and cannot enjoy the sport
by sitting on the bleachers and
throwing pop bottles at the umpire,
there Is tho ever-ready newspaper
with the game right off the bat, and
none can gainsay htm who asks
"What's the score." Truly, the sea
son Is good.
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Is It because they fear the voice of
he p-ople at the next flection. Is it
because they have read the signs of
the times ailght and see defeat and
disaster spelled large upon the po
litical horizon for those who vote
for this Infamy? Undoubtedly that
is why the press states the position
of the Nebraska senators is uncer
tain. With the people aroused, with
the Republican press of the middle
west in arms against this bill, with
the merchants of the entire country
uniting In telegrams protesting
against the enactment of the Ald-
rlch-Payne bill into law, they read
defeat and disaster, and they hesi
tate. But when Senator Aldrlch
cracks his whip, as he will, If push
ed, the votes of E. J. Burkett and
Norrls Brown will be cast for his
bill, it may bo he will not need
them. It may be that he can secure
enough so-called Democrats, re
creant to party faith, to carry his
measure through and thus permit
Burkett and Brown to save their
faces. Only that and nothing more
will servo to have them cast their
votes against this bill. If their votes
ould defeat the measure, they can
be counted upon as Doing cast for
It and not against it.
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Galveston Is throwing quite a few
bouquets at Itself on account of suc
cessfully weathering, the big Btorm
few days ago. From this distance
and a study of history, It stems per
fectly Justified.
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convince him that the obstacles to
Us placs are too great to be over
come. Thus vanishes the hope of
the people that the president would
stand for them In the contest with
the trusts.
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Comlskey has signed a genuine
Cuban for the Chicago White Sox.
Wonder if the color line will be
drawn when he gets into the game.
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Plow Shoes!
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The Lincoln police nave a man
on their hands who went bad
mentally after about twelve hours
In the town. It took with him a
little quicker than the average but
few live any great length of time
In that town without showing
symptoms of mental distress.
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A pronounced Socialist is slated
to be premier of Franca. And yet
France has been classed by Prof.
David Starr Jordan as being "de
cadent." It looks mightily like
progress to see a Socialist at the
head of the government and de-i
cadency Is not geenrally regarded
as progressive.
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President Ebbetts of the Brook
lyn baseball club dislikes to have
the spectators get all the amuse
ment out of the umpire baiting.
He has Just registered a big kick
with President Pulllam of the Na
tional League on the work of the
umpires, alleging they seem to think
because his club is not in the front
We're ready for Spring plowing with a splendid line of Plow
Shoes the best that's made We are showing several good
styles and we guarantee every pair of Plow Shoes we sell.
The leathers are tan, raw hide and Kanganoo calf,
double or single soles, bellows tongue, nailed shank.
" " ALL SIZES! i
Half,
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S2.00, $2,50 $3,00 lo $3,50
If you are interested iu good Plow Shoes, Sir, you'll be in
terested in ours, for Plow Shoes could not be made better.
Fetzer s
Shoe Store.
REPAIRING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.
tlon of a few ounces of common
sense Into some of the motor boat
ers would not be amiss and would
save a lot of expense on the county
in holding inquests over the late
lamented.
Death in the Waves.
George Click Orr, son of James
ranks, they can decide against it w- 0rr' eneral a"0" the Ml8'
.... .. . . , sourl Pacific at Atchison, was
with impunity and a strong voice. . . . .
drowned Thursday morning on the
uoi to it, fcDDie, oia lau. wirh t San Dlceo. Cal. Mr. Orr
:o: was married on June 21 to Miss
That San Francisco young wo- Florence Guerrler of Atchison, and
man who applied to the police for they were on their weddlngtrlp. He
a certificate showlnr she wna ws bathing on the beach and was
young woman and complaining that
carried out to sea by a breaker be-
Plattsmouth bad a big Fourth of
July last year, and It will have a
great big fall carnival this year. All
helps a little.
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The man who refuses to make
the big fall carnival a success hurts
himself as well as his neighbors.
Do your share and let the people
see that Plattsmouth can do things
right when it starts In.
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Fairbury raised $2,600 for a
Fourth of July celebration. The
committee of the Commercial Club
must have $1,000 for the fall festl
val. Is Fairbury mat much llvller
than Plattsmouth?
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If every business man does his
share and contributes to the suc
cess in proportion to the benefits he
will derive from the fall festival were Baloon8 in Lincoln, In May ,I8 father ha8 tred many fase8 ln
there should be no trouble in rals- ana June tnere were none- Ye ,n this city and is well known to mem
Ing all the money needed and then botn tne ,atter montha Blxby hers of the bar, and many others,
some. This should be made the waa hur,lng verbal Javellns at H wh0 8ympatnlze deep,y wlth h,m ,n
biggest thing even given here and rum demon and trylng to 8tem hls
if all do their Bhare It will be. lnroad8 unon hls neighbors, only to
:o; see the street railroad company
As soon as Aviator Latham ac- brazenly tell him his work was for
fore helD could reach him. His body
she was constantly being arrested ha8 not been found.
as a man by the police, will have Mr. Orr had Just been appointed
to change her sex or her clothes, local attorney for the Burlington
It Is usually considered easier to and Rock Is,and at Atchison. He
........ ... . was 25 years old. Ills father and
do the latter than the former and . . . .
mother are now in Canada and have
she can escape the annoyance by not bften reached by a message.
following the sensible plan and get- new houRe, all furnished, was await
ing Mr. and Mrs. Orr's return.
Mr. Orr had been repeatedly
warned about the danger of the
breakers, but as ne was an expert
swimmer, he did not heed the warn
ing until it was too late. Omaha
Bee.
Mr. Orr was a son of Hon. James
ting some women's clothes.
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The latest published figures on
the street car traffic between Have
lock and Lincoln shows that the
street railways carried ln April 26,-
740 passengers, in May 39,270 and
ln June 43,464. In April there Vv 0rr- of Atchison, Kas.,
ana counsel ior tne in. r. ranroaa.
his loss.
Ouch! I KM!.
The Nebraska City News, the
oldest paper in the state, and noted.
compllshes the feat of flying over naught but that those who desired ai8t)( as being printed in a grave
the English chamuil, look for a t0 mix with John Barleycorn would yard the inhabitants of which walk
revival of the alr-shiD scare which travel to Havelock to do bo. about at times like real live people,
:o: prints this: "Things are so quiet
Senator Brown comes out this ,n Lincoln since it has become a
has been pervading the "tight little
isle" for the past eight months.
German and French air-ships will
disturb John Bull's dreams worse
than ever.
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WHAT TIIKY WILL IM.
After all, the Galveston flood and
storm was quite a little affair. A
quarter of a million dollars is said thnt substance It declares the su
to be tho extent of tho damage Vme court as at present constltut
with n toll of a dozen or a dozen ed- woul(l declare an Income tax
law unconstitutional and that the
mornln In an extremely nolnted dry and Plou8 town tnat The L,n
, . . ; coin News remarks 'Lincoln has so
Interview concerning the recent re- ,Ho ,,
luviv l.-ni7ii l vuaw n urn Duiiir-
marks of Supreme Justice Brewer thing does break loose the novelty
on the proposed Income tax amend
ment. Senator Brown criticises
the Brewer Interview and states
of it brings out the populace in
big numbers. Even a dog fight will
create a crowd In the twinkling of
an eye lash.' Poor, old Lincoln."
Lincoln News.
ARE YOU GOING
TO ALBERTA
Harvesting and Tresliinj; in Pro
gress Can See U'liat Lund
is Producing.
Tuesday, August 3, Is the date of
the next excursion to "Sunny Al
berta," Canada! This will be the
best time of all the year for pros
pective purchasers to look at Al
berta land as small grain will Just
be ready for cutting and threshing.
One can see at a glance exactly
what the climate and soil will pro
duce. Crop prospects in this fam
ous wheat belt have not been better
in 20 years, which means that the
price of land there will continue to
advance ln price.
About 30 or 40 farmers, business
and professional men of Cass coun
ty have already made purchases In
Alberta. Land-seekers from some
15 or 20 states are flocking there by
the thousands, most of them buying
a quarter section or more before
they return. Six years ago this land
sold at from 2 to $5 an acre; to
day, it is selling at from Ji2 or $15
up to $50 an acre. ,
The Canadian Pacific Rx R. Co.
advanced the price of its lands 20
per cent on July 15 and further ad
vances are sure to come as the home
seekers continue to rush into that
country.
If you cannot possibly get away
to go on Aug. 3, you can go on the
next excursion day, which will be
August 17.
Alberta grows the best wheat to
be found, the yield being from 30
to 55 bushels per acre. Oats yield
from 60 to 100 bushels and barley
40 to 80 bushels. You can pur
chase first class dry land within 2,
3 or 4 miles of a market at $18 an
acre and irrigated land at $30 an
acre. Where can you buy land at
tnat price that will grow such large
crops?
Terms: One-tenth down and bal
ance in nine equal annual pay
ments. For further particulars, call upon
or write, George L, Farley,
Local Agent,
Coates Block, Plattsmouth, Nebr.
Hire's Itoot Beer at Goriti'i..
Ice Cream Soda at Gerlng's.
The public press states that there
land a half lives. This is a heavy
price to pay, but considering what
only way to obtain one is to amend
U doubt and uncertainty about hnwnrnpd ft luni,)(,r of yearg ogo ,t the constitution as he proposes to
what Senators Brown and Burkett
will do when the conference com
mltteo reports the tariff out for con-
Is cheap enough.
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do. Certainly he Is right In his
criticism. Judge Brewer's remarks
At this distance a glance over cnn bo construed in no other way
slderatlon by the senate. Just why lhe tPHtlmony 80 far glven ln the and clearly Indicate a strong pre-
thls uncertainty exists Is not clear. nqulrv tnt0 Uie dealh of Leut. Sut-M'"" existing In the court against
ineso two senators cannot expect to ton, Beems to lead to the belief lhla form of taxation. It does not
have a report come from that com- that the mother who 80 persistently ,n best of taste for the
mlttee which will give the relief the .-.,. ,,, inniPV haA , supreme court when he seizes unon
people demand. They are too ground8 on whlrh t0 ba80 hor do. an opportunity to decide what may
shrewd for this. They must know mond8. Tho doad lloutonnnt doe8 become a question before him In ad-
tliat no committee with a member
ship such as this conference com-
ATTENTION
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mlttee has will knowingly vote to
submit a tariff bill carrying any rad-
not appear to have been the worst Tnrp-
In the crowd by any means.
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One more the
grim reaper
by the now
Senator Cummins announces that claims some victims
leal reduction ln trust-mado goods, he wants the tariff reduced on man- familiar route of the fast gasoline
The very reason which Impelled ufactures as well as on the raw launch and the submerged log. Par-
Speaker Cannon In selecting the material. When Senator Cummins ties operating these boats upon the
house conferees to pass over several gets his wish, the Democrats will rivers of the land seem to take
members who were entitled to mem- do the tariff revising, not tho trusts small account of the damage which
bershlp upon It, and Instead appoint and manufacturers themselves, may happen and tho lives which
others was purely and simply be- Cummins is right In his contention may bo lost by recklesMy dashing
cnuso lie knew thes0 others favored but In a woefully wrong crowd to tin and down stream In them. The
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sKy-nigu lanir ami could lie do- get what he wants. Missouri river, for example. Is
ponded upon to sand put for the :o: dotted with snags and sunken logs
highest possible rules. One con- This mornlnir It in ald"th which IU lust beneath th surfncK
force In particular. It Is slated, was president Is Retting a better Insight of the water, jet It has not been
leaving their teams. Tho expense In I Iolntct bwause h favored a high into the obstacles confronting his uncommon to see young and giddy
tariff on lumber. free raw material lilnn " RurnrU. nrnnni rnrlnr nimllv tin n,l down
With this condition confronting Ing Isn't It? Ren. Aldrlch seems stream In a gasollno boat serenely
Messrs. Burkett and Brown, why In after all to bo a bliiKor man than unconscious of the fact that the?
small and the benefits largo
the racks be put up at once.
Let
The impression gains ground (hat1 there uncertainty as to their votes. I President Taft and to bo ablo to 'are flirting with death. The Injec-
Let us show you our line of Hay Tools. We are
sole agents for Star, Louden and Ney Hay Tools and
cnn compete with anybody, no matter where located,
on prices. Let us show you the
London Hay Fork Returner
and snatch pully, which saves you almost half the
time and labor necessary in unloading hay in a barn
at an expense of less then $5 00. Once used it will
never be discarded. Also mower sicklcy and sections
of all standard makes.
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