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About The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 19, 1911)
The- Plattsmouth - Journal r- Published Seml-Weekl at Plattssouth.-Nebraska R. A. BATES, Publisher. Entered at the Postofllce at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, as second-class matter. fl.5 0 PER YEAR IN AD VANCE The Democratic Ticket For Judges Supreme Court. W. I). OLDHAM. V. L. STARK. J. R. DKAN. For Regents University. JOHN E. MILLER. C. T. KNAPP. For Railroad Commissioner. C. K. RAHMAN. For Judge of the District Court First District. HARVEY I. TRAVIS. For Clerk of the District Court. JAMES T. REYNOLDS. For County Clerk. I). G. MORGAN. For Treasurer. W. KELLY I OX. For Sheriff. DON C. RIIODEN. For Superintendent of 8chools. MARY E. FOSTER. For Surveyor. FRED D. PATTERSON. For Coroner. E. RATNOUR. For Commissioner Second District. C. M. KEYl'.I'.RT. For Police Magistrate. M. AIiriHER. :o : Tli' iiiclani holy days arc here, Willi weary iiruldems vexed, Vacation rust so much this year lie can't. atTord one next. :o : Flection Tuesday, Novemher 7, only three weeks lienee. :o : I.orimer anil StepheiiMin the Slush Fuml , Twins of the sviiale. :o : Tripoli is another hriht ex ample of a nation that has heen "Man. linn P't" for several hun dred years. :o: It is hopei). however, thai the i Chinese I'l hels have a better idea! than the rcl of the world as to what they are fighting about. :: The people art not caring so much about politics as they are in securing Rood, competent men for the various ofliees to be tilled on November 7. ;o : The courts, according to Presi dent Taft, "typify what, we shall meet in heaven." The theory may be entirely tenable that sat an was the first "snitch" to be disbarred. :o :- in electing Don C. Rhoden to tho sheriffs office the peoplo can depend upon having an ofllcer who will do his duty and will not lag in the performance of thai duty. :o : Vice President Sherman regards conservation as all rot. It is hardly necessary to add that Mr. Sherman is regarded, oven in standpat circles, as a vice presi dential impossibility. :o: From the positiveness with " which some people claim the guilt and others the innocence of tho McNamara brothers, such a littlo formality as a judge'or jury seems unnecessary. :o : Anxiety Is expressed about the 'Americans at'Wu Chang, which the Chinese rebels have captured, but probably the only calamity with which they are threatened is the non-delivery of their laundry bundle. :o :- A St. Louis doctor says thoro are not more than throe men in the United States who drink enough water. If the other two ever visit Plaltsiuoutn, we trust they will call at this ollice so that we may all become acquainted. :o: Nebraska will be, well rep resented in the national caucus of insurgents in Chicago. C. 0. Wheedon of Lincoln is among the number. :o: Taft is now defending his policies in Oregon and will soon be on his return trip. Everywhere he goes they have the Dig One on the defensive. :o: The world unrest now shows up In China. The insurgents there have taken to arms and are winning victory after victory and entering city after city. :o: Anyone who is writing a history of the United States should oiu.it some of these details about the president and congress and put in a full chapter on the battle of the Giants and the Athletics for the world's- championship. Mr. Taft's travels are con siderably made fun of, but there are a good many political truths not to be nequired by commun ing with Washington ofllce-hold-ers arid running over to New York to take Wall street's tem perature. :o : W. K. Fox should be elected to the ofllce of county treasurer, be cause the mo-t of the taxpayers know that he is competent to fill the position and a genuine clever and accommodating gentleman to do business with. A vote for Kelly Fox will be a Vote for the ri-'hl man. :o: W. J. Hi-van's trip over the slate has been greeted with im mense crowns, aim ins speeches have 1 n well received by the people, which is an indication that they are aroused to the fact that the leaders of the republican parly are standing in with ,,. trusts who are robbing the west ern farmers to enrich the eastern money sharks. ;o: . Those who know Don C. Rhoden best know that h possesses the manhood, energy, courage and willingness lo faithfully perform the duties of sheriff. Don was reared to manhood in Cass coun ty, and has nlways had the in terests of tho county and its peo ple at heart; and, withal, he is a nice, clever gentleman. :o: For heaven's sake and for the sake of our own city and the peo ple residing therein, give us an all-night lighting service. We are away behind other towns much smaller than our own in Ibis respect, and we could just a9 well enjoy such a servco if the rowers higher up would put their shoulders to the wheel and push. :o: When one deliberately lies about a candidato it generally reacts upon tho opposing can didate. Take it for granted that the man you aro talking to has a9 much sense as you have, and that ho will trace a false report as quick as you xvill, and it will prove worse for you than if you had left tho lie unsaid. The voter is al ways alert to campaign lies. :o: . No county superintendent of schools has over taken as great interest in the success of the pub Mc schools of Cass county as has Miss Foster. She has been un- tiring in her efforts to "improve each shining hour" in making I hem better and better. Those interested in the public schools know as well as we do that she has been incessant in her work in the interests of pupil and teacher. :o: What's become of those trans continental aviators'? It seems like a case (if biting oil more than one can chew. :o: The college freshmen are now being 'hazed for infringing on the exclusive rights of the other classes to be fresh. :o: The federal district court of Ohio has ordered the dissolution of the Electric trust. This com pany has had on too high a volt age for some time. :o: Somebody is always discovering a new theory of how the Maine was wrecked. There seems little danger that the country will fail to remember the Maine. :o: A famous New Y'ork paper is getting tiresome with its praises of "big business." If Solomon were alive be would say there is nothing new "in" the Sun. :o:- The people are learning every day that the east is continually maneuvering for schemes to "pull the wool over the eyes of the west and get our surplus earnings." :o: Portugal is lighting some, too. Hut one of our dam-breaking Hoods does more slaughter in a few minutes than the combined carnage of the lighting in Mexico, Portugal and Tripoli for the whole year. :o: Suffragettes are following and interrupting the candidates in the Massachusetts election, but they would win more popular favor by giving an exhibition of their prowess in the creation of pump kin pie. :o:- The insurgent republican caucus in session in Chicairo are bound to effect a national or ganization, and it is a fori tone conclusion that they will never consent to support Taft. C. O. Whedoii is there and is making his presence felt, too. :o: Wall street has riot decided yet who they want to fill the position recently made vaacnt by the death 'f Judge Harlan on the supreme bench of the United Stales. The sharks are waiting perhaps until the body of the eminent jurist gels cold before making their ap pointment. :o:- Ex-Congressinan W. L. Stark, candidate fpr judge of the su preme court, is one of the ablest and cleanest men in Nebraska, llesides being an able lawyer, he possesses the confidence and re spect of all who are fortunate enough to know him. His home town is Aurora, where he stands very high with all the people, ir respective of party. :o: Tuesday, November 7, is the ellection. Study the candidates well and voto for those whom you think are the best fitted for the various positions. If this is done we do not fear tho result. Every candidate on the ticket at the bead of this pago is abundantly well qualified, and their records in this respect and a9 good citizens will bear the closest inspection in every particular. . -:o:- Tho Lincoln Star is responsible for tho assertion that Theodore Roosevelt is dividing with Clifford Pinehot the expense of opening the campaign of Senator La Fol lettee for the republican nomina tion for president of the United Stales. There is rne thing quite evident. If Teddy makes up his mind to defeat Taft for tho nom ination he will most surely ac complish tho work. Clell Morgan is serving his first term as county clerk, and no one can truthfully say that he has not performed the duties of the office in a most acceptable manner to j all who have had business wit ti j the ollice. His record as a citizen ' and official is one to be proud of and these is no reason why lie should not be elected for the second term. :o: Keep it before the voters of Cass county that James T. Rey nolds, candidate for clerk of the district court, is as well qualified for the position as any man under the sun, and that he is a gentle man and a scholar, and one w ho it is a plesaure to meet. He resides on a farm in Liberty precinct, where everyone is his friend, and where all can attest to his good character and splendid citizen ship. In the office of the district clerk every man will get a square deal under his administration. :o : The progressive movement is a struggle to wrest the control of the government in the nation and slates from the representatives of special privileges and restore it to the control of the people, and that was the object of the insurgent gathering in Chicago this week, which indorsed La Follette for! president and urged a direct primary, where the people can have a voice in the selection of candidates and delegates to all conventions. The convention, as a whole, wa very enthusiastic. :o: . There is one thing certain, if Don C. Rhoden cannot be elected without going around and lying about his opponent, he will never be elected. He is as square a man as there is in Cass county and will riot resort to any under-hand fame to make a few voles. And if elected to the ollice of sheriff the people will find him performing the duties of the ollice in an up right and business-like manner. He i a man who will prove equal lo any emergency and possesses the courage to perforin the duties or the slieriif's oMjcc without fear or favor to friend or foe. .o .- The campaign in Cass county has heen very quiet so far. The liwi'iers are attending strictly to their farm duties, and if a can didate desires to see them he must go to their homes to do so, unless he can catch them in town on Saturday. The farmer is riot like he used to be many years ago. He is not a hide-bound partian when it comes to electing county officials. He is not voting for a candidates because he is a repub lican or a democrat, but he is in vestigating the standing and qalilications of every candidate, and will vide for the ones he thinks is best fitted. :o: There are many traits of char acter in the person of W. K. Fox, candidate for county treasurer, which the voters cannot help but admire, lie is quiet, unassuming, but has a cheerful smile for everyone he meets. He is just such a man as the peoplo love to do business with, and besides be ing a clever, sociable gentleman, he possesses every qualification to make an efficient and faithful guardian of the interests of the taxpayers of Cass county in the most responsible position in the gift of the voters. In electing him to this position of honor and trust there will be no mistake made. :o: The editor of the Louisville Courier has to go away back to the date when ho was in his swaddling clothes to cite a case where a democrat was elected to a third term in the district clerk's office, but which does not in the least comparo with the case of the present incumbent as a pap sucker. He goes back to the date of the incumbency of W. C. Sho walter, who was elected to tho third term as district clerk, when the nomination for the third term was forced upon him, because there was no one else to run. Hut he hadn't previously served in any other position, like the present incumbent, who served eight years in the county clerk's ollice previous to his election as district clerk. Then, again, the present district clerk had an opponent each time for the nominal ion and there was no cause for his can didacy for the third term, nnly that he can serve a few friends more, acceptably than anyone else. Hv electing James T. Rey nolds the people can depend up on an official who will serve all alike who have business with the district clerk's office, and no set of lawyers will be shown special favors at his hands, but all will get a square deal. Those who think that "a public ollice" is not "public graft," and run to ac commodate a certain ring will vote for James T. Reynolds, who will give all a fair and square deal in the performances of the duties of the ofllce. :o: The Journal has never said one word regarding the competency of the present clerk of the district court. And no one can point to a word that we have said regardng him personally. A man who has served the. people as long as he has should be qualified to fill any position in the court house. And an experience of sixteen years will make most any ordinary man competent. But that is not an object on the voters have against the present incumbent, They be lieve he should give other deserv ing citizens a show, while he takes a rest from the laborous duties and cares of ollical life. James T. Reynolds, one of the most efficient men in Cass county and one of the best men in the coun ty, will make a most worthy suc cessor to the present incumbent. He is a farmer and never held an elective ollice, and we will wager that if he is elected he will never want to slay there any more than two terms of four vcars each. -:o:- FIRE DAY. Holidays and days for special observances are getting to be so numerous that the calender mak ers do not pretend to keep track of theiri, and the citizen is privileged to select from a tremendous assortment in de termining upon his days off work, says the Lincoln Star. Hut there is one day picked out for special observance that may be turned to the general benefit if only properly observed. It is Fire day, which comes November 3. Tn some sections it is more properly designated "tire preven tion day," for its purpose is to in stall into the public mind the idea that greater precaution is necessary for avoiding the enor mous annual waste from con flagrations. It does look as if the property owner who carries no insurance would hjmlly need any drilling on how to guard most effectively against fires that would entail loss upon him, but experience seems to teach that he is jus -s careless as is the one who rests in the security of a liberal in surance policy. If it is possible to drill people into the exercise of greater precaution, and thereby actually cut down the number of fires and volume of losses, it would perhaps somewhat remotely, mean great saving to property owners gen erally. Tho first fruits of such increased care would perhaps in sure to the insurance companies in largest measure, but in the end it must result in a tremendous saving to the owners of property. For insurance companies fix their rates according to the volume of their losses. Every year which sees a heavy fire loss sees rates boosted. Stales which disclose the heavier percentages of losses are the ones wherein the policy holders have to pay the higher rates for insurance. r7 AnrA , is i 0 so HAY FEVER ELY'S CREAM BALM Applied Into th nostrils Is quickly absorbed. CIVES RELIEF AT ONCE. It cleanses, soothes, heals and protects the diseased membraue resulting from Catarrh and drives away a Cold in the Head quickly. Itestorea the Houses of Taste and SmelL It is easy to use. Contains no injurious drugs. No mercury, no cocaine, no mor. phiue. The household remedy. Price, 50 cents at Druggists or by mail. ELY BROTHERS. 56 VMrren St., New York, Perhaps a few years of adequate observance of Fire day might result in considerably re ducing both the losses incurred by insurance companies, and that would certainly result in the establishment of lower rates" for insurance. It seems to be an ex periment worth trying, for one of the problems of the age is how to reduce the immense sums lost annually through destruction of property by fire. :o : With the coming of cold weather and the starting of fires in the healers, the danger from fires is largely increased. Some chimneys become defective, but you will not know anything about it until after your home has been injured. Look well to the flues before starting any fires in your heaters. It may save you much uneasiness. -:o:- W'ith as many competent men as Cass county can, boast of, there is no excuse fur any county official asking for a twenty-year lease on the offices in the court house. Ileeause an official is "a good fel low" is no reason why a man should hold on until he lias be come a very rich man. It is ask ing loo much of the voters of Cass county and many voters have come lo the same conclusion. NOTM'K TO IIM K W THUS. yVnloil Itf.lu u-m i.o -.-...i i i... ,u. ' "in i,t- mnu-ii iiy uitj I ounty Jude of Cass County, Nebraska, uir ine construction or a new roail and necessary culverts commencing at the , south bridge of the Missouri l'acitlo Hallway Company, In Section one (1), Township twelve (12), Kanse thirteen In said County. Sealed hi. Is will also tie received by said Judge for the removal of a steel bridge in said section one (1). All work to lie done according to tha plans anil specifications on tile with the County Clerk of said County. All bids must he tiled with the ( ounty Judne of said County on or be fore November lid, 1S11 at 2 o'docK p. tn., at which time the Countv Com missioners will act on said bids. The said County Commissioners re serve the rlirbt to reject any or all bids. Iated October 9th, Ittll. Allen J. Iteeson, County Judge C. A. RAWLS LAWYER Office First National Bank Building Do You want an AUCTIONEER? If you do, get one who has Experience, Ability, Judgement Telegraph or write ROBERT WIKINSON, Dunbar, Neb. Dates made at this office or the Murray State Bank. Rates Reasonable DR Herman Greeder, Graduate Veterinary Surgeon (Formerly with U. S. Department Agriculture) Licensed by Nebraska State Board Calls Arswered Promptly Telephone 378 White, Plattsmouth 2 II ill ( 'vsS7 lit. inm-nniriMHtr-T ,.