The - Plattomouth - Journal
CZZD Published Semi-Weekly at Plattsmouth, Nebraska m
R. A. BATES, Publisher.
Ei'.jrjl at PJito.1ij4 at PhtH.u-wth, Nebraska, s ftcon c is
matter.
f!.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Cook and IYary cun settle their
dispute at t lie iliautauquaa next Rea
son. :o:-
Sunny Jim Sherman, acting vice
president, Is not making much noine
these days. Fuct Is n vice president
amounts to but little at any old
time.
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Vie Itosewal.er for senator, Tom
Majors for governor and Will Hay
ward for congress is now one of the
slates on the Republican side of the
house. A rather queer combination.
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if Ed. Tutt Is elected Kherlff of
Cass county, he will guarantee, that
he will not have the audleity to run
for n third term. Is It right for a
county official in a county that has
so many competent and trustworthy
men, to ask for a third term? You
know Jt Is not.
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Frank K. Schlater Is serving his
lirst term as county treasurer, und
hns filled the office to the entire sat
isfaction of the taxpayers of Cass
coutny. Do you, Mr. Voter, find any
cause for n change? You know you
do not.
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T. J. Majors is Hn out and out
candidate for the Republican nomi
nation for governor next year. When
Tom was a candidate for governor
several years ago ho tore the Repub
lican party wide open. Will he do
ho again? The elder Uosewater,
now dead, was the cause of Senator
Major's downfall at that time.
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Can you point to a county super
intendent In Cass county that ever
filled the position more energetically
and with greater competency than
Miss Foster? Remember her excel
lent qualifications as you go along,
and that she has to deal with over
100 female teachers and only about
fifteen male teachers In the county.
She deserves the support of every
tter who hns the Interests of the
schools of Cass county at heart.
The editor of the Nebraska City
News Is a very consistent cuss, if
one does not care what he says. A
few weeks ago he took the Journal
editor to task for expressing himself
In regard to Henry Richmond for
chairman of the Democratic Btate
committee, and now he Is caught In
the same act of crltlzlng. Listen to
what ho has to say about Mayor
Dahlnian: "The News In all kind
ness would say that tho state of
Nebraska does not Want a man of
the stripe of James Dahlnian In the
governor's chair. We believe he
could not be elected should he re
ceive the nomination, and we believe
that flovernor Shallenbcrger can be
elected. The time has passed when
brass band and pyrotechnic displays
can win an election in Nebraska. The
people are thinking for themselves,
and when a voter goes to tho polls
he has studied the question thorough
ly and will vote as conscience dic
tates. Dahlnian is a big enough man
for Omaha, but not for the Btate."
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Says tho Ited Oak (la.) Epress:
A Linden farmer wa3 recently fined
$50 for selling stale eggs, and an
Elliott farmer's wife comes out In
defense of the culprit and threatens
to keep her eggs at home. We hard
ly bellove there will be an egg
famine, however, as long as eggs
command almost the price of a hen
at every dozen. There is abouf. as
big a percentagd of dividends from
tho average hen as from any other
source on the farm, and this is not
counting the eggs that havo been sat
upon until proven unfertile and then
washed up and taken to market. We
do not believe many farmers of this
vicinity a'e guilty of doing such a
thing, but we have heard of several
in other localities who made a spe-
flaky of dropping In a few eggs over
which the old hen had hovered for
a week or ten days Into the basket
with the fresh ones. It is certainly
no fault of the consumer who pays
from 18 to 20 cents a dozen for eggs,
and should not be his mlsfortdne, If
there are a few bad ones in each lot.
Dolled eggs are among the most
delectable of dishes these days, but
it puts a decided damper on the cook
as well as the epicure when one Is
found boiled that was about ready
to feather out. The honest farmer
will not objec t If the merchant can
dles his eggs, and that Is what should
bo done with every piece of hen fruit
which comes to town.
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It Is not expected that the con
sumer will get the full benefit of all
the Jokers In the Payne-Aldrleh bill
for nearly a year. There are a lot
of them to come.
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From reports all over the state
the third-termer is getting It in the
neck everywhere. When a candi
date is elected on that Issue after
running two or three times we can
no reason for trying it himself.
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The discovery of the north pole
seems to be in dispute between
Peary and Cook. From all reports
It looks like Peary was trying to rob
Dr. Cook of his honors. Pity that
the doctor didn't bring a piece of the
pole with him, then he would have
had a cinch.
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Ni:V IIOMKNTKAIt LAW.
In speaking of the new homestead
law, the Lincoln Journal says:
"There are seven states and two ter
ritories where the settler is permit
ted to enter upon 320 acres of land
belonging to Uncle Sam, instead of
Hie 160-acre homestead tract, which
Is the limit everywhere else. Hut
It is only a certain sor.of land that
our benellclent government will let
loose Into private hands In this large
sized chunk.
. "Congress on February 19 of this
year passed what Is called the 'en
larged homestead act.' It was to
permit the' settler to take a sufficient
acreage of non-mineral, non-timbered
and non-irrigable land, so that
while he might 'dry farm' on a part
of It, the remainder might be allow
ed to lie fallow each season, that
congress enacted this measure. The
provisions of tho law apply only to
certain lands In Colorado, Montana,
Nevada, Oregon, Washington and
Wyoming, and the territories of Ari
zona and New Mexico. Up to the
present time there have been desig
nated by tho secretary of the In
terior ns prima facie subject to entry
under this act, In round number:
20,250,000 acres In Colorado, 26,
000,000 acres In Montana, 1,550,000
ncres In New Mexico, 1,300,000
acres In Oregon, 3,500,000 nrres in
Washington, and 11,000,000 acres In
Wyoming. Large areas In Utah have
also been designated under a special
provision In the act. '
"Under the enlarged homestead
act, resldenco must bo established
on the land by the entryrnan within
six months from date of filing, and be
continued, together with cultivation
and improvement of the land, for
five years. The law requires that
ono-elghth of the land bo cultivated
beginning with the second year, and
one-fourth of the land beginning the
third year, the latter area being re
quired to be cultivated each year
thereafter until date of final proof.
The fee to bo paid the register and
receiver at time of original entry Is
not exceeding $10. The commis
sion pnyable at the same time, also
at date of final proof, are 3 per cent
on the cash value of the land. No
pnyment for the land homcsteaded
under the act Is required to bo made,
except In cases where the lands were
formerly embraced In Indian resrva
tions and are required by law to be
disposed of at a fixed price for the
benefit of the Indians."
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That fellow In Omaha who it. try
ing to get his automobile from the
young woman whom he thought he
would marry is merely another il
lustration of a fool and his money.
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Well, the state fair got one good
day's sunshine, anyway. That's more
than Old Sol would give the Platts
mouth carnival, but next year we will
have about six good bright, sunshiny
days.
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Louisville Is to have a street fair,
and right here it can be remarked
that if Louisville has one It will be a
daisy. Louisville always does things
the right way, and it's clean, moral
street fair will be just what you want
to see.
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From the quotations iu the wheat
market the last few days, it looks
like Patten was back at the old stand
and doing business Just as he did a
few months ago. It looks like the
shorts were due to get another good
squeezing.
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Dissatisfaction over the tariff does
not die out. The Republican papers
of the middle west still continue to
devote their attention to decrying
the act of congress, which belied
their party In the face and they
speak with prescience. Defeat Is In
store for the majority which passed
this act, one of the most Infamous
In the annals of tariff legislation in
the United States.
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The dash for the newspaper center
In New York may be said to be fair
ly on now. Peary Is coming In from
Labrador with his story of how he
discovered It, while Cook is on his
way from Copenhaven with the true
and exact facts as to how he made
the trip. Drooklyn will be a storm
center in about ten days, and there
will be a polar wave In sight when
both these Artie heroes get there.
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The Democratic county ticket Is
one of the best ever placed before
the Cass county voters. It deserves
the support of every one regardless
of party lfllliations. The candidates
are Individually pledged to a safe,
economical and non-partisan admin
istration. A- vote for the straight
Democratic ticket is a vote well
placed whether you be Democrat, In
dependent, Populist or Republican.
It Is clean, capable and honest.
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The patronage of the state fair
excursions from this section this year
was the poorest In years. There
were several causes for this in ad
dition to the bad weather. One of
them Is the dissatisfaction with Lin
coln In general on account of the
dictatorial spirit It dlsplaye toward
other parts of the state which do
not agree with Its policies. The re
sult of Lincoln narrow-mlndness can
be figured by Its merchants in dol
lars and cents this year.
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LDWAKI) II. IIAItP.lMAX.
Vain, Indeed, are worldly things.
Surrounded by everything which
colossal wealth could buy, with every
pleasure at his door which the pos
session of millions could secure, and
with every means which this same
vast storehouses of riches could pro
duce to allay or avert the Inevitable
end, Edward H. Harrlman went to
his reward Just as the commonest of
men.
it Is a curious study why men
strive and strain to secure the little
things of the earth, to mold them
Into such shapes as their fancy may
dictate, to accumulate and pile them
up until the end Is beyond human
ken and still strive for more. There
comes a time when all this endeavor
goes for naught when these things
of the enrth which have been bulld
ed with so much labor and upon the
blood and toll of millions of fellow
men, can comfort the possessor no
more. When their possession seems
so pltably smalt and mean In the
presence of that great, vast creation
called death.
Edward H. Harrlman was one of
those who had toiled and builded
vast things In his life, laboring him
self and shaping the labor of mil
lions of his fellow men all for the
little fleeting glory which goes with
the possession of great wealth for
a few fast flying hours. He lived
long enough to- hear the fulsome
adulation of those who worship the
g-jlden calf, Just as he lived long
enough to hear the painful and pov
erty stricken cries of the thousands
who were the hewers of wood and
the drawers of water that he might
be rated a3 among the great men
of the world.
And hearing all these things he
continued on, struggling to the end
in the hope that tomorrow would
bring into his maw something more
which today was In the possession
of someone else, but for which he
had an insatiable longing. And thus
came his end. Still with the ever
reaching, the unceasing grasping for
the goods cf others, he sank into
that last dreamless sleep from which
none awake.
In many respect a great man, Har
rlman was the embodiment of the
latter day gospel that he who can
by craft outwit his neighbor and
take from him his miserable, petty
goods cf the world, Is truly great.
That he who can find laws framed
to his liking and so finding, rise to
great wealth through their opera
tion, is truly great seems a latter
day tenet deplorable, as it Is.
Yet to him has come the end, just
as inevitable, just as inexorable as
It comes to the dull earth clod who
toils and sweats day in and day out
for a miserable portion to keep the
spark of life aflame. So It Is with
all and it must always be. Great or
small, wealthy or In dire poverty
that Ommnlpotent Ruler calls them to
him and they go. Harrlman was but
a man.
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CAITI'AMZIXtt THE T.AKIFF
The Lincoln Evening News Is be
accused by some Republican papers
of being Democratic because of Its
stand on the new tariff bill. Here
is one of its editorials which shows
why: j
"Lincoln people who are suspect
ed of having surplus money to in
vest In alluring propositions are Just
now given an excellent illustration
of how the promoters utilize the tar
iff for their own ends, how they cap
italize It and issue Block on It. The
mall of these fortunate persons con
tains a prospectus and a letter. The
prospectus is intended to help sell
stock In Missouri zinc mines. It
tells In large letters this frank story:
"New tariff causes tremendous re
vival In district. Ore prices advance
with a rush. Low grade mines be
ing reopened." There is a quotation
from a newspaper of standing in
which It Is shown that 69 mines on
the big capitalization already made
72 per cent, for the first seven months
of 1909.
"The letter contains this: "Gen
eral Hancock was much criticised
for stating that the tariff was a local
Issue. We are all more or less sel
fish and are willing to let the tariff
be taken off the other fellow's Indus
try, but want It kept on ours. That
Is why we, who are mining lead and
zinc, mnde such a fight in Washing
ton for protection against the im
portation of Mexican ores. We suc
ceeded and the results are most
gratifying. What effect it has al
ready had upon our Industries is
shown by the enclosed pamplet."
"Another circular gives the Infor
mation that zinc is selling In Missouri
as high as $52.50 per ton, and ex
plains this by saying that the smelt
ers are taking the ore in the antici
pation of much higher prices for
spelter, which is commercial , zinc.
People who buy household utensils of
zinc Will be pleased to know that in
order to boost the price of zinc min
ing stock In Missouri and thereby
enable a hundred of promoters and
owners of the ground containing zinc
bearing ore to accumulate a pot of
money, they will have to pay at
least 20 per cent more for what they
need In that line. These poor little
Infants have only been making 72
per cent In seven months on their
capital Block, and they need more
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LOUISVILLE. MSB.
Good Clean EVIoral Shows
Open Air Free Attractions. Grand Base
Ball Tournament. Games Every
Day. Band Concerts each
and Every Day.
FUN FOR DOTH OLD AND YOUNG
help. Zinc ore has been on the free
list. It is now $20 per ton, thanks
to Joe Cannon, as the zinc district
papers proudly claim. This will ab
solutely shut out all competing ores
from Mexico, which were low grade
anyway. The Missouri district will
command the market and fix the
price of zinc, ore and spelter both.
Under the old tariff big fortunes
ought to be made, If the promoters
don't wildcat the district and water
their stock to freely, which they
nearly always do. The people who
use zinc products in their homes will
foot the bill. They will have to be
cause the new tariff puts in the
hands of the men who own the zinc
and smelt it into spelter the dub
wherewith to get what they ask.
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The British Geographical society
will hate to pay that prize money,
which has been a standing offer to
the discoverer of the north pole for
many years, to an American. Cook
Is an American, and what will affect
the British public most, is that he
Is an American of German descent.
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A good farmer can and does pro
duce enough food in a single season
to keep his family for ten years. As
suming that the things aside from
food cost as much labor, he ought to
live In comfort for five years for one
year's labor. Can he do it? Who
gets the balance of his products?
Will the farmers never get wise to
the ways and means by which his
wealth is transferred to useless cap
italists? :o:
School teachers in the country
districts havo heretofore, in their
work found it necessary to under
take the giving of box suppers, or
other form of entertainment, in or
der to secure funds to provide a few
books for the school library. It will
not be necessary for them to do that
kind of work much longer, for a new
state law requires each district to
set aside annually the sum of ten
cents for each pupil of school age as
a library fund. This sum will be
small in some districts, but it will
start the foundation for a library
create a sufficient amount to estab
lish a good little library for each
of the country schools. There ought
to be great care exercised In the se
lection of the books purchased, and
In most cases the selection will be
of the right kind. A consultation
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on the part of the teacher with the
superintendent will result in get
ting together a library of Inestima
ble value for the school for years to
come. The state library commission,
too, will be very helpful In this work,
but the establishment 'of a fund for
the country schools Is one of the
best laws enacted of recent years.
The time will come when each coun
try school will be proud of the li
brary at the disposition of its pupils.
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If the only third-termer that is a
candidate this fall should be elected
that will give others a license to be
come third and fourth termers in fu
ture campaigns. Do you want to
establish this rule? Is not two terms
in a county office enough for any
man? We think so, and so do you.
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A Hurry Up Call.
Quick! Mr. Druggist Quick! A
box of Bucklen's Arnica Salve
Here's a quarter For the love of
Moses, hurry! Baby's burned him
self terribly Johnnie cut his foot
with the axe Mamie's scalded Pa
can't walk from piles Blllie has
boils and my corns ache. Its the
greatest healer on earth. Sold by
F. C. Frlcke & Co.
IX TOl'NTV CO MIT.
State of Nebraska,'
County of Cass, ss.
In tlie matter of the estate of Levi
Itiisterholtz, Iieceased.
To All J'ersons Interested:
You are hereby notified that there
will be a hearing upon the petition of
the executrix for final settlement of
said estate before this court at I'latts
mouth. In salil county, on the 5th dav
of October, 190!), at 10 o'clock a. ni
That all objections. If any, must be
riled on or before said day and hour of
meeting.
Witness my hand and the seal of
the said county court of said county,
this 9th day of September, 1909.
(Seal.)
ALLEN J. BEESON,
County Judge.
SIIEHIFF'S SALE.
By virtue of an order of sale, Issued
by James Robertson, Clerk of the Dis
trict Court, within and for the County
of Cass, State of Nebraska, and to me
directed, I will on the 16th dav of Oc
tober, A. I). 1909, at 10 o'clock a. m.,
of said day, at the south door of the
Court House, In said county and state,
sell at public auction, to the highest
bidder, for cash, the following de
scribed real estate, towlt: Lots five
15) and six (6), block four (4), in
Munger's First addition to the Vil
lage of Alvo, In the County of Cass,
State of Nebraska, the same having
been ordered sold under decree of
foreclosure, by said court, to satisfy a
decree of judgment In the sum ot
$795.45 and costs recovered bv Mell
elnth P. Stone, executrix of the last
will and testament of Isaac Stone, de
ceased, against Belle Bennett, liov
Bennett, Wlllard L. elites (or Clyte).
Eva Evalone elites (or Clvte), a
a minor, and Wlllard L. Clites (or
Clyte), her natural guardian, Elmer
Bennett and Maude Bennett, his wife,
Arzilla Foreman (nee Bennett), and
(Jeorge 1 Foreman, Jr., her husband;
Earle Bennett, a minor, and Belle Ben
nett, his natural guardian, defendants.
Iated at J'lattsmoutli, Nebraska,
July 19, 1909.
C. D. QL'INTON,
Sheriff.
Banisey & Kamsey, Attorneys for
BlaintliT.
for Autumn
ticket agent; he has latest advice
W. L. PICKETT, Ticket Agent.
L. V. Wakuluy, G. P. A., Omaha.