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About The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (April 27, 1911)
The Plattsmouth - Journal t ; 1 Published Semi-Weekly it R. A. BATES, Entered at the Postoffice at Plattsrr.outh, Nebraska, aa aecond-claaa matter. fl.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE The war in about over anain in Mexico. -:o:- Jpid you observe Arbor day as you should have done? :o : "Did you answer Mayor Sat tler's appeal and clean up Satur day? . . .... :o: r- About every man in Mexico ap pears to bis an insurgent against the idea of having anyone else run things. :o: According to the recent act of the legislature precinct assessors will hold over the same as county assessors. ;o: It is one of the paradoxes of life that the more expensive your flfching tackle, the lighter your fish basket is apt In be. :o : In view of the way the supreme court makes over our laws, is con gress degenerating into a kind of a nominating committee? :o: It is said tin- acts of congress on March i may be illegal. Hut the supreme court says most of their acts arei llegal, anyway. j-io: If Mr. 1 i a, wants his star bat tery to practice their curves right in front of Douglas, Arizona, he at least ought to put up a hack fdop. () . Another large crowd of farm ers, their wives and daughter were in town Saturday, and busi ness among our merchants was fenerally good. It used to foe mighty convenient for the Itouglas, Arizona, people to step over the line when a policeman came along, but now they have to pay for it. The most humorous feature of th reciprocity debate is the spectacle of numerous special in-' Uresis trying to -disguise them-' selves as western firmer. :o: ...Wednesday is the nindy-sec-nnd -anniversary, of American Odd Fellow-ship, and I he day will foe observed by that order throughout the United States. :n: . Now that the postotllces are be ing closed Sundays, some men will have to hunt around and find something other than business to worry about that day. The steel trust is going to see if its employees are overworked, foul no one lakes any pity oil the poor government clerks who sometimes miss afternoon tea. . . . i -:o: . . Parasites damaged the peach crop to the extent of $3,000,000 last year, according to the depart ment of agriculturej . Sometimes the frost does a great kindness to put the peach crop nut of misery :o: Hut few are aware ol the fact that by an act of (he last legis lalure, in effect now, the alary of street commissioner is raised to $3 per day, councilmen J 100 per year, ami city attorney f 450 per year. . :o : Tv i iemocruis in congress arc (putting the republican president in favor of Canadian reciprocity which leaves the standpat repub licans with nobody In quote ex cept themselves. :u: Ex-Secretary Hallinger un nounces that lie is through with Plattsmouth, Nebnski Publisher. public life. Hut if the democratic investigators in congress have their way public life is not yet through with Ballinger. -:o- If . President ( Djae does not emerge frptn (I her barn cellar and remove his crappers out of range of .our baok yard, someone else will be hiring the help, and he will be up in the back lot hoeing the corn. : . ta - No man should have a statute until he has been dead seventy five years, says ex-iovcrnor Long of Massachusetts. It would save the sculptors embarrassment to have no one living thai knew how thfir subject looked. :o: They are separating church and state in Portugal. As the min ister can no longer he policeman, the tendency of the American hoy to stand on his head in Sunday school will soon foe observed. :o: We make an awful fuss if the boys play three-old-cat within reach of the dining room win dows, foul the Mexicans are still popping over the Arizona people while indulging their spoil of insurrections. :o: favorite The Daughters of the American Revolution are calling each other self-seekers and picayune politi cians. The next time we have a vacancy in the posit inn of fighl ing editor we know where to look for a likely candidate. :o: N The insurrectos demand the surrender of Juarez, foul if they only knew it, they are much more comfortafole sleeping on Mother Karth than they would be in one of those already tenanted Mexican beds. Tfoe old standpat crowd that runs the' republican end of con gress would still like to fill the senate with Lorimers, and still lacks inlcrcfcl in any proposition to reduce the cost of the people's food. The reciprocity measure has passed the house. Norris, K in kaid and Sloan voted against it, while Maguirc and I.ofoeck voted for it, with I.atta afosent. That's where the Nebraska delegation lands. -:o;- It won't do to get ton sanguine in a democratic victorv next vein-. 1'his paper prefers tn wait until we see what the present congress does ami who is to foe (he can- tidate for president foefore we do any shouting. :o :- The act prohibiting the throw ing of broken glass, crockery, nails, tacks, foeer Lollies and like substance into any public, high way, bridge, street or alley, f now in force. A penalty of $5 to $100 for. the violation of any part of this law. Hon. W, H. Puis of this county is the author of this bill, and it is just the proper thing. :o: Hold-ups are becoming very freipienl in Lincoln, and no less than three persons were robbed of watches and money in the past week. One employee in the rnil- " roiniiiisisoiicr s omce was robbed of $100 and bis watch and charm, the latter containing a diamond. And all in the "Holy iv. .....ii !.. "i- vouni ativise our friend- who visit Lincoln to leave their innn.y and watches at their hotel before starling out after it gets dark. We regret to learn of the death 1 of James (iillesnie. for twenty-six years editor of the Memphis (Mo.; Reveille, which occurred on April t'J. For M-vcral years the writer was editor of the Mem phis Democrat, and during our business career in that city we ever found Jim flillespie a gentle man and a man w hom il w as al-j ways a pIcuMire to meet. A Chris-1 tian gentleman, kind and charita ble to all. Thus another good inau has passed from the scenes of this life to realms beyond. ... r - :o: GROUND FOR INTERVENTION. In determining the reasons constituting sufficient grouiui for intervention in the Mexican troubles, our legislators must bej caeful that they do not sacrifice a dozen lives to save one. j It makes one's blood boil to read the reckless acts of both parties to the Mexican strife, in doing their lighting at a point where innocent non-combatants may foe killed. It is a slap in the face at neutral rights that would never be permitted by command ers representing governments that knew what international 're sponsibility means. Hut one must also think of the thousands of Americans now residents in Mexico, Ironi the Rio flrande to Yucatan. What are the fever-blooded masses of Mexico's under world going to do to them, if they should learn by telegraph that our troops had marched across the border? Hitterly as our citizens along the border foave cause to resent the lawlessness of the contending forces, il will save a big bill in American blood and cash if they can remain safely in the vegetable cellar during such time as the bullets are flying over tfoeir heads, j Uncle Sam could well afford" to pay for any time they may lose in this way. :n: WHAT NEBRASKA IS DOING. In 11M0 the agricultural prod ucts of Nebraska aggregated in value upwards of 350,000,0(10. In 1U10 the live slock products of Nebraska aggregated upwards of $'.'00,000,000. In 1910 the manufactured products of Nebraska aggregated upwards of $2,000,000. In 1910 the stale of Nebraska produced and added to I he wealth of the nation upwards of $700, 000,000. This is more than the gold and silver production of the United Stales and its dependencies for eight years. No other slate yielded so much wealth per capita. No other state can show so great a production of wealth in proportion to popula tion. No other stale made such rapid strides forward in the de velopment of agriculture and manufacturing. No other stale produces as much wheat, corn, oats and rye per acre as Nebraska. Nebraska s development has foeen great it should foe greater, and would foe if .Nebraska's re sources and possibilities were made known to the world. The legislature failed to make pro vision for advertising Nebraska to the world. ' This was a criminal mistake that will foe realized ere another legislature meets. . . . The thing now for Nebraska's newspapers and commercial foodies to do is to get busy in ad vertising as far as possible what Nebraska lias to offer to the; honieseeker and the investor. It offers the following: The finest climate in the tem perate rone. The best educational and re ligious facilities. Th cheapest homes wherein the industrious and I he frugal may become prosperous and 'in dependent. The best opportunities for in vestment in manufacturing enter prises. A warm, hearty welcome lo everybody who wants to foe some- j acres of land! Sixteen million that await cultivation and prom ises bountiful reward- to those who intelligently cultivate. In everything good Nebraska offers the foot and the most. Of things h;.d .Nebraska has the least. I.et all the world know the truth -about Nebraska I Weekly. Will Maupin's -:o:- The bucket shops in Nebraska are now a thing of the past. :o: A ffirm paper puts it this way: "Why not live on a farm, where money grows, instead of the city, where 'money goes?" :o: The success of municipal gov ernment, whether commission or otherwise, depends entirely upon (he character of the men chosen to office: :o: Plattsmouth has a new city at torney in the person of A. L. Tidd. The appointment was made by Mayor Saltier and confirmed by the council. :o : What about a Fourth of July celebration? It is about time to begin preparations. Plattsmouth is noted for her big celebrations, and we always get the crowds. :o: It is noted in various quarters that much of the lawlessness in municipalities occurs on pay days. As a preventive, pay-day might foe abolished. Hut loraging day might come next. :o: An ostrich farm has been start ed near Sidney, Nefo. The pro moters say the climate in western Nebraska is really better adapted to ostrich raising than either California or Arizona. Japan has over ti. 000,000 students in its public schools and universities. Evidently the mikado is thinking of ..omeihing else than annexing the United Stales. :o: The coverts of Omaha are after the shnrl-weight fellows. It would be a good thing for some in this city to look a little out or they may foe-- snatched up when they least expect to foe. We just want to give them timely warning. :o: No more open primaries in Ne braska now. That law is a thing of the past, and the next primary will be a closed nue. Two years' experience with the open way of voting was sufllcient lo convince many people il was not the proper method. Decoration day next in order. This is a day that is sacred in the memory of all veterans of the civil war. Hut a few more years and the sons of these old veterans will have to take up this work, if the work goes on after they have all passed away. Have you ever though! of thai? :o ; , The vote on reciprocity in the house, 201 to 8-, was "a disap pointment to the republican lead ers." They fear the reciprocity will prove so satisfactory thai it will open the eyes of the voters to' the folly of the whole high tariff 1 scheme. . Aud, then where would the "republican leaders" be? Kansas City Star. :o: .Curtis Ouild, jr., recently ap pointed ambassador lo Russia by the president, is a man of sterl ing ability and statesmanship. If he does notlring more than to compel Russia to observe Ihe treaty relations with the United Slates with respect to Hebrew American citizens he will earn lasting credit. Heretofore these have been practically a dead let ter. :o: Judge Kenyon, the new senator from Iowa, was one of the ad ministration trust busters. He was assistant attorney general and helped tn prosecute unlawful body. trade combinations. A republican, he is said to foe progressive, but not radical. If Senator Kenyoii will use the same endeavor to bust the tariff trust as he did to check the abuses of mnnopoli-s that grew out of it he will have a place on Hie pedestal of public esteem. :o: The world's product ion of cot ton has trebled since 187, while that of wool has nearly doubled. Hut while the consumption of cotton in this country has kept pace with the production, the consumption of wool has declined considerably, the price falling from 48 cents in 1880 to about 30 cents at the present time. This is due to the high tariff on wool manufactures and the consequent falling off in its use. What objection the opponents of the re duction of duties in schedule K can make under this showing is hard tn understand. It looks as if the continuance of the present duties or further raising them would put the woolen industry out of business altogether. :o: THE FUTURE GOVERNOR. The Journal has not foeen given of late years to I lie honniintr of candidates, yet we do not believe it to be out of order tn say a few words in behalf of a gentleman whose record we closely watched in the recent session of the legis lature. That gentleman is Sen ator John II. Morehead of Rich ardson county, whose home is at Falls City. The people who know him best are the highest in his praise, as would he natural, foul there are others, who have prob ably never had the pleasure of the gentleman's acquaintance.! who have watched his record more closely than we have in the .sen ale, who are of the opinion that he will foe the next democratic candidate for governor of Ne braska. John H. Morehead came to Ne braska a penniless boy, and by his indomitable energy became one of Ihe (vadium citizens ,,f (he state. He gave much of his time to the profession of school leach ing, at a time when business and conveniences had to foe gotten foy hard work, hut he was a stayer, and gradually went "onward and upward," and foy his honesty and integrity won the confidence and respect of all with whom he came in contact. He was treasurer of Richardson county for two terms, and for many years cashier of the First National bank of Falls City, both positions where honesty and integrity prevail. He has held other positions of great honor, and when he was elected to the slate senate the people com plimented him with a large ma jority, republicans and democrats alike voting for him. And in the organization of Ihe body, Ihe moment Ihe eyes of the senators lit upon the fine countenance of John H. Morehead there was no use of looking further for a presi dent pro tern of that body and he was elected foy the solid vote of Ihe democrats of the senate. His record is as clear as crystal all through life. Honest, able, con scientious, and these are three j essentials that make a good gov- I ernor, and all these John H. More- head possesses, and these will make him governor of Nebraska. :o: SITUATION CLEARING The tension over the Mej situation, due to the flLrhtino- the contending parties so close to the international line as to cause the death of a number of Ani.-ri- can citizens and Ihe wounding of, others, non-combatants, has been j for Ihe time relieved foy the evacuation of Agua Prieta foy the rebels, said tn have been caused foy a desire tn avoid pnssifole intervention on the part of the United States, and the assurances of the Diaz government to the de partment of state that it would use all its power to confine the contlict within reasonable dis- ,nnCe insj((, ,he M,,xcan nM The president, -it H'oms, though endeavoring to place responsifoil- ity upon congress for interven tion, would have ordered the ad vance of the troops iiilo the Mexi can territory immediately had ron;fres failed to act and the Mexican government not given it guarantee of the cessation of hostilities within limits danger ous to the lives and properly of record as being otherwise an tagonistic. Temporary relief is felt. Rut the situation is not entirely clears ed up. Federals are holding Juarez, just across .the Rio irande from El Paso, and the in surgents are daily threatening a strong attempt at its capture.,. What may occur at other points along-the border is problemati cal. The embroilment that the invasion of Mexico, even for the purpose of stopping fighting so near the line, might lead the United States into, is con templated with much concern. That it would be regarded as an act of war is liltle doubted. - The ultimate consequences might be exceedingly grave. The joinder of federal and insurrect.or troops to resent American invasion would not foe an impossibility, and the moral effect upon our relations with the Soulh American repub lics, which look upon American power with suspicion, would be exceedingly bail. The situation continues delicate and develop ments along the border will be, awaited with considerable anxiety. :o: -r. ALL TO THE FARMER, FREE. If the farmers' free list bill foe comes a law, says the New York World, the remission in duties, will foe more than $8,000,000. The cotton growers of the south, it is estimated, will save $1,500,000 on a 13,000,000-foale crop. On sacks to ship peanuts, potatoes and kindred farm products there will be .a saving, Mr. Kitchen, who arranged this list for Ihe ways and means committee, thinks, of from $3,000,000 to $1,000,000 Free lumber vvll savV western home builders not less than $20, OoO.OOO. Taking the duties from the products of the steel trust will save aooui 9u,uuu,onu. mis in cludes fencing and baling wires. At the present price of flour there should foe a cut of $1.17 a barrel. The public- generally should save more, in proportion from boots and -shoes, salt, leather goods and harness. :o: The demcorats found fifty names on the rolls of house em ployees all drawing salaries, and tiol one of these persons could be found in Washington. As far as tould be learned none of them had any duties to perform or work to do. Their names were drop ped, foul this is not the end of the matter. It is suspected that there are a number of others who per form no services and thev will b. treated in the same manner. It is claimed that in every depart ment at Washington there is the same stale of affairs and has been for many years under tfoe repub lican rule. And Ihe people pay the freight. CATARRH i - jj . g 3 5al w .jjS3 1 ; HAY FEVER ELY'S CREAM BALM Appll4 Inl th naalrila quickly abwk4. CIVIS RKLIIP AT ONCK. It cloaiiscs, Boothes, heuls auiI protects th disused liHMiiliruie resulting fnm Ciitarrli and tlri vn wuy n Cold in tit Heid quickly. !ton-4 the henj-es o( Taste ami Smell. It is 3iinT to use. Contains no injurious drnu. No men-nry, n eoculne, no mor. phtm- 'J he IioukuIi..,! remedy. , Tri'V. .Vt rents t irui;itts or 1 y m il. ELY BROTHERS, 56 Krren St., New Yvn
