The- Plattsmouth - Journal
C? MllshsJ Semi-Weekly it Plittansstt, Re&rsski c
R. A. BATES, Publisher.
Entered at the Poatoffice. at Plattamouth, Nebraska, aa second-class
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Several prospective candidates
arc already feeling tins pulse of
the dear people.
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Colonel Roosevelt celebrated
Old Home week by going through
the Bronx zoo the other day.
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A fine program is being pre
pared for the celebration in
Plattsmouth the Fourth of July.
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Mr. Diaz broke the usual South
American precedent in failing to
carry off the national treasury in
his tronser's pocket.
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Mr. Diaz is aide to see that the
people didn't want him, but the
painted Lorimer is -still nailing
his martyr's halo to bis chair.
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A Pittsburg jury has decided
that a woman has a right to put
her feel on her husband's face.
As she usually puts them on his
neck anyway, what's the dif
ference? :o:
The tobacco trust lias also "got
it in the neck." Doubtless the
W. C. T. U. will agree with the
Buprenie court that the tobacco
trust is one of the bad truusts.
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Bradstrect says trade is below
anticipations. " But was there
ever a time when our air-castles
did not turn out to be a pretty
common-place sort of a shanty
after all?
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The government is suing the
New England milk trust. Perhaps
wc shall now learn that other
things than cutting the forests
have been draining New England's
water supply.
Aviator Gilbert shot the eagle
that attacked him in the Paris
Madrid race. Molhrsists who are
bothered with people lingering on
the cross-walks may feel this to
be a helpful hint.
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Mayor Gaynor says he'll not
slop tb o newsboys from "holler
ing." To any sane-minded man
the merry pipe of little fellows
starling an honest battle with life
Is as heartening as Hobin Red
breast singing in the tree-tops.
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Senator I,a Folletle has con
cluded a four days' speech on
I.orimer, but that's nothing com
pared with the oralion we are get
ting ready on the people who say
Ihey don't want their names in the
paper.
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Tho national house has abol
ished the Jobs of 35 policemen at
the capitol. We favor a popular
aubscriplion to put them back.
They are needed to keep their
flyes on the congressmen every
moment.
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Oovcrnor Wilson says it Is a
good thing for legislators to be
unmarried. In our belief, bow
over, before making laws one
should learn to obey, and where
can one learn obedience belter
than in matrimony
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The Burlington wreck last
Monday morning will cost, the
company several million dollars.
The blame, of course, has to be
laid on Hoineone, nnd from all re
ports a poor telegrapher will be
branded as the guilty one.
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Our Atlantic, fleet officers were
heartily welcomed by King Fred
crick of Denmark. Anybody hail
ing from the same country as bis
dear friend. Dr. Cook, would no
doubt get the palace guest room
and pumpkin pie for dinner.
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How deathly sick one gets of
the word "pact," which the head
line writers like because it is
short. The good United Slates
word "treaty," Mr. Telegraph
Editor, will cost you only two let
ters more and will make your
readers feel better.
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A democratic caucus has been
called to devise anti-trust legisla
tion to comply with the supreme
court's Standard Oil decision.
Republican congressmen also de
nounce the trust when they're
home, but did you ever hear of an
anti-trust caucus in Washington
before? Kansas City Star.
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There are a number of good
citizens in Cass county who are
abundantly qualified to fill the
ofllce9 which are to be filled this
fall without giving some officers
a further lease who have now been
there so long they think they have
life tenure. (live others a
chance.
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The new agricultural college
has been located at Curtis, a small
town in Frontier county. The site
is said to be an ideal one for the
location. This leaves such boom
towns as Broken Bow and Hold
ridge "in the soup." Wo think a
grave mistake j being made In
not locating the college at one or
the other of these places.
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There are many people in Cass
county who do not believe in giv
ing any one man a life tenure up
on any ofllce in Cass county. And
there are others who do not be
lieve even in a third term. The
people turned down the greatest
general in the Union army for a
third term General Grant.
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Tramps seem to be giving
freight trainmen considerable
trouble, and in some instances
they are compelled to use violence
in keeping (hem olT trams. The
law in this slate now is to the
cfTect that they shall not allow
such people to ride, and that
trainmen must use every effort to
keep them from boarding f rains.
Usually the brakemen hae been
very kind to the "Weary Willies,"
but the law must be enforced to
protect the railroad company.
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La.ving politics aside, Will Hay
ward is n gentleman whom all
who know him will regret that. he
is to leave Nebraska. Be is a
good citizen, an able lawyer and
should have fared better at the
hands of the republican party.
This makes three prominent
young republicans who have dis
carded polities for a more busi
ness and prosperous life, and two
of those are ex-Governor Gcorgo
L. Sheldon and ex-Congressman
Ernest M. Pollard. But such is
the way of polities. Sometimes it
pays best to die young in -the
cause.
From the present outlook
(us livers has the lead In the
race for the republican nomina
tion for sheriir of Lancaster
county. While in polities Mr.
Myers and the Journal dilTer, but
we have never allowed flu's to
divide our friendship. In speak
ing from the standpoint of qual
ities, (ius llyors possesses all
the essentials to fill any office to
which the people of Lancaster
county will elect him. The
abend's office is one that be is
able to till to the very letter, and
we will bet a coonskiu (and kill
the coon and skin it ourself) that
if he is successful in securing the
nomination he will make one of
the most competent and energetic
officials of which Lancaster coun
ty ever boasted.
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THE LUMBER TRUST.
The lumber trust is now to
have its day in court. The public
is groaning under advances in
lumber prices, with which the
higher labor have raised the cost
of house construction 33 to 50
per cent. They want to know
whet her this advance is caused
by the scarcity of forests or re
straint of trade.
No legal power will ever pre
vent two or more merchants from
agreeing to sell at a uniform
price. But few of the combines
have been satisfied simply with
making such agreements.
There has always been a
minority of dealers who did not
care to enter into such (jeals.
The trusts have had a perfect
right to represent to this
minority their view of the ad
vantages of uniform prices. Had
they contented themselves with
simple argument of this type the
Sherman anti-trust law would
never have existed.
The whole trouble has been
that they have invented a system
of reprisals to discipline those
wlio saw things in a different
light. And punishment is a func
tion belonging exclusively to the
courts.
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Remember "The Day We Cele
brate" at Plattsmouth.
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The decree ordering the to
bacco trust to dissolve ought to
create a big demand for cuspidors.
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There is no argument against
expending money for good roads,
and he who attempts It displays
his Ignorance.
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Senator Lorimer's resignation
is ardently hoped for by the legis
lators, who find one jackpot every
8i years pretty slow doings.
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Although the postofllce depart
ment has ceased having a deficit
the government can be' depended
upon to And some other way to
spend the money.
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Standard Oil may be able to
accomplish its dissolution all
right by hiring a painter to go
around and letter over their signs
Willi different corporation names.
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Burlington surveyors have been
maneuvering in the yards and
around the shops for a few days,
which is an indication that some
thing is going "to be did," and
right away quick.
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The insurrectos who tried to
npp'y one last kick to President
Diaz's stern, learned that it never
pays to pound the ground in order
to make the earth turn around
fffster.
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President Taft's shoes are II
size, width EE. In view of this
fact, it would hardly bo wise for
the young men to hang around
after 10 o'clock when they go
courting Miss Helen.
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Champ Clark is pretty smart In
many ways, but his chief smart
ness conies in when he sees parly
trouble brewing to keep his mouth
closed. If some other people we
know would do the same it would
be better for the party.
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Dr. Wiley has begun another
crusade. This time it Is against
the sale' of condensed milk. He
says that "it endangers the life
of every child to whom It is
given." What's the matter with
the old-fashioned milk? Kids will
thrive on that.
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The fact has dcvclonnd ilmi Mo
anti-reciprocity movement in the J
United Stales has been developed
by the Wall street firm of Arden
&. Graham, and the firm has been
subpoenaed to give testimony be
fore the senate committee. That
movement was never inaugurated
by farmers, as every man of sense
knows.
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To the man who does not want
to sell his land at any price, the
value of that land is a matter of
secondary consideration. But
good roads give the man who doe3
not want to sell his farm the
same advantage that they give the
man who does want to sell. They
give him an increased value for
his products and pay a dividend
every time he needs the market.
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No town entertains her guests
on the Fourth of July more royal
ly than Plattsmouth. Everjbody
"knows that, and that is the reason
they are all coming here to cele
brate this year. The Red Men will
leave nothing undone that will
add to the pleasure of all who
come to Plattsmouth on the
Glorious Fourth. Come and bring
your entire family and have a
good time.
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The fact that good roads in
crease the price of farm lands is
not the potential argument in
favor of good roads. Good roads
make farm lands more valuable
only because they make farm
products closer to the farm and
because they keep the markets
accessible to the farm every day
in the year. That is the reason
why farmers should believe in
good roads.
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"Plattsmouth is now one of the
best towns in Nebraska, a.id I am
thinking about buying property
and coming here with my family
and making my future home
here," said a prominent traveling
man the other day to a Journal
reporter. Come on; we will meet
vou with open arms. There is no
better town on earth In which to
make your home. We have been
here now ten years and ought to
lnow something about the good
qualities of the old town.
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If we ever go to the United
States senate, congress or the Ne
braska legislature again, we are
going to introduce a bill to regu
late the size of bank checks and
drafts, and we believe the bank
ers as well as individuals will
r"ise up and call us blessed. As it
is, there' is no uniformity, and
Iheer are almost as many dif
ferent size and shape of checks as
there are banks in the United
Stales. The checks range in size
from 2x5 inches to 5x12. By the
time they are folded once or twice
they make an inconvenient bunch
of paper to handle. How much
easier it would be if they were
all of a uniform size and shape.
Of course an editor is not bother
ed much by handling large checks
or large numbers of checks, but
this space is dedicated to those
who do, and we hope the time will
come when some standard size
will be adopted by bankers and
individuals who have checks and
drafts made.
LUMBER TRUST TACTICS.
It may look like a hair-brained
suggestion, but why should not
the investigation of the lumber
trust extend to the origin of tho
troubles of John Dietz, the con
demned murderer of Cameron
Dam, Wisconsin, and the opera
tions of the trust which drove him
info a murderous mania through
his persecutions?
Of course the suggestion will
be heard that John Dietz fs a
murderer and entitled to no such
consideration. But is he? There
is no denial of fhe fact that Dietz
was for years persecuted by the
lumber interests. He says it was
the lumber (rust that was doing
it, and the lact that Eddie Hines,
the Chicago millionaire lumber
man, who has attained nauseous
notoriety as the man who profes
sed boast incly that it was he who
"put Lorimer over," and who was
the recognized lumber trust lob
byist and corruptionist at Wash
inglon, evaded service of sum
nions as a witness in the Dietz
case, seems to lend color to the
claims of Dietz.
It was because Dietz sought to
compel the lumber interests to
pay him for the use of his prop
erty that he incurred their enmity
and became a victim of their
persecution. That he shed blood
is not conclusive evidence against
him. Each of us is entitled to de
fend his property, his family am:
his life in case they are assailed,
ven to the taking of life. Even
a court, subject to bias and in
fluence, as courts sometimes are,
cannot take that right away
from us.
Everything that has transpire.
in the development of the Dietz
case has indicated that the in
fluence of the lumber trust
dominated everything at Cameron
Dam. John Dietz was taught to
realize that he could not hope to
contend against that influence,
and maddened by the conscious
ness of his utter powerlessness,
be seeni9 to have determined to
die in an attempt to maintain
what he deemed his rights, even
against the decrees of courts he
believed to be subject to hostile
influences.
There are undoubtedly few of
u who would refuse to submit
to seeming injustice inflicted by
a court and resort to the rifle for
protection, but it is impossible to
get away from the idea that John
Dietz was goaded by injustice in
flicfed upon him into a murderous
mood, and that there is some
thing heroic in the desperate
course which he and his family
pursued to retain possession am
control of what belonged to them.
If it could be disclosed that the
courts and their officers were un
duly responsive to the wishes of
the trust and oblivious to the
rights of the .persecuted in
dividual it would be a legitimate
inquiry in the uncovering of lum
ber trust methods. Lincoln Star
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Your straw hat may look seedy
It may be of last year's style;
The world will overlook that fact
If you wear it with a smile.
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Fine growing weather.
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Is it getting warm enough for
you?
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Plattsmouth is to have evening
band concerts.
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Big time in Plattsmouth on the
Fourth. Bring the entire family
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There should bo no forgiveness
for the suckes who bites when he
sees the hook.
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Did you ever think of it? While
you are criticising others they are
doing the same to you.
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Those automobile drivers who
refuse to check their speed ought
to be made to get faster action on
their check books.
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Sunday canoe accidents are the
regular thing now, and will con
tinue so until the canoes are pro
visioned only with cambric tea.
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The business man or farmer
who is not in favor of good roads
13 a back number. And back num
bers are hard to find in Cass
county now.
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It is all in having confidence
that makes the prosperous towns
and cities. Most of Plattsmouth's
people have the confidence, and
that, is why we sing.
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Now then that the tobacco trust
has been pronounced an illegal
combination it begins to look as
though the American Tobacco
company will have to smoke up.
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According to a statement issued
from the headquarters of the
socialist party, thirty-six cities of
the United States have elected
socialist mayors since January t.
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Plattsmouth had a big celebra
tion last year and everybody went
home pleased. Now the Red Men
want to please them again this
year. And don't you fail to b
here.
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College students in Ohio will
not longer be permitted to vote in
college towns unless they make
oath that they expect to make
their permanent residence in these
towns.
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The army is to have woolen
clothes instead of worsted. For
further information address "Ole
Black Joe," care Georgia Cotton
Fields.
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The Commercial club will make
a big effort to reorganize the old
B. & M. band, an organization that
had a national reputation fifteen
years ago, and was a great ad
vertisement for Plattsmouth.
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There is no need for any man
to be idle now. The farmers are
paying high wages and there
seems to be plenty of work here
in town for those who want to
work. Work, however, don't
seem to agree with some fellows.
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The postofflce department is
said to be paying a profit. But do
they ugure in the cost of all these
.?t00,000. postofllces put. up in
places where $500 to $1,000 year
ly rental would provide ample
quarters?
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London hotel prices for the
coronation were fixed so high
that the bulk of American tourists
will skip London. Personally we
think it would be a much grander
sight to see the Order of Dish
washers exemplify the work of the.
Soap Suds Degree.
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Governor Harmon of Ohio has
placed the judiciary of his' state
beyond the clutches of the politi
cal bosses by making it c con
dition that all judges in the state
of Ohio be elected on non-partisan
ballots. Such a. method in Ne
braska will be brought about just
as soon as tho people elect a few
supreme judges who are honest
enough to not make it a business,
to kill every such law that is en
acted by the legislature.
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What is the use of a man in
sisting on running for ofllce when
his friends advise him not to do
so? Those friends learn more
regarding his prospects than he
will ever know until after the elec
tion. If the voters were more
outspoken before the primaries
there would not be so many disap
pointments after the general elec
tion. If you are for a candidate
tell him so, and if you feel that
you cannot support him tell him
so. He will think more, of you in
the end. Too many tell a can
didate one thing and then act
eight to the contrary.
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Did you know that the average
American family can't have as
many woolen blankets as it had in
I860? Figures dug up by the
Wall Street Journal show this.
Each family buys on the average
just half as many yards of woolen
blankets as if bought fifty vears
ngo. Why? Simply because the
United States can't produce much
more than half the wool it uses,
and the tariff makes the price too
h'gh for people to afford blankets
f so expensive material. They
have to use adulterated wool or
cotton, instead. That's one place
where the tariff comes home to
every man, woman and child.
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Shetland Ponies.
Colts and matured Shetland
Ponies for sale.
William Gilniour,
Plattsmouth, R. F. D.
Miss Ivy Spies, who has been
ill for some lime, was reported as
not so well today.