-The Plattsmouth Journal -
r Published Seml-Weeklj at Plattsmouth, Nebraska CZ
R. A. BATES, Publisher.
Entered at the Postolfice at Plnttsmouth, Nebrauka, as second-class
matter.
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If ignorance is bliss fctd
sorry for tin' fellow who known
it all.
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Tin Commercial Hub should
interest itself in a better lighting
system for Main street.
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Senator La Follclte continues
to run as bard as any of them,
even if not quite so fast.
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When a man stops to knock
you, you need not fear any com
petition from him in your line.
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Hoii't forget Mothers' Day
next Sunday, May 12. lo honor
to the memory of your dear old
mot her.
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We don't imagine that a fair
fculTragetle candidate for presi
dent could do more foolish fussing
than Hilly and Teddy.
A doctor says I hat card playing
titucllies the mind. Fvidcnlly the
doctor never sat in a game with
two good poker players.
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There's nothing nobler than the
exercise of self-sacrifice, ho
everybody is generous enough to
let somebody else exercise it.
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A few congressmen are in
dolently silting in their seats at
the capital, when they Hhould bis
at home electioneering for some
body. :o :
Tom Law son says the "black
devils of the System must be
warned," but when anyone is sent
out to warn them lie usually ends
2y joining lliein himself.
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The pope of Home must feel
awfully lonely when he thinks
that everyone else that amounts
to anything has been put into the
Ananias club.
The more our business men
Lliink about the new lighting sys
tem the more they feel favorable
to the proposition. Such a light
ing proposition will prove a big
boom for the city.
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It is fortunate in view of the
high cost of dolls and jumping
jacks, that some men can be
entertained by walking twenty
miles o capture three or four
flngcrling trout.
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It seems the republican papers
are more anxious for Mr. Hryan's
nomination than the more ardent
democratic friends of that gentle
man are. And why? They could
answer, but they won't.
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All this campaign talk is de
moralizing to good newspaper
work. We observed a journal the
other days that thought the
panicr skirt could In; adequately
covered in only a column article.
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Herman Iiiers, the democratic
candidate for lieutenant gover
nor, is a brother of W. F. biers,
the merchant at Louisville, and is
in the same business as his
brother, at (roham, York coun
ty. He is of (iermaii birth, and
li!e his running mate for gov
ernor, lion. .John II. Morehead, is
a clean, intelligent business man.
lie served one term in the stale
senate and is a genuine good man.
We know him.
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Now is the time for those who
desire good roads to get together
and organize for action. Otoe
county has organized a Motor
club and every man who owns an
auto will join with the organiza
tion in its efforts to secure better
mads. That's just the kind of an
organization that should get busy
in Cass county, and it can't get
busy any too soon for the benefit
of everybody who uses the road-.
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While we do not believe Ciov
ernor Aldrich is to blame for the
sejrous trouble that happened in
the penitentiary, we do believe
that had he heeded the warning of
Chaplain Johnson the most of the
trouble could have been averted.
Hut some men pretend to know
more, when they know less, than
other people. The real ailment
with the governor is he is greatly
afflicted with the "swell-head."
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Newspapers generally are talk
ing of inaugurating the "pay-as
you-enter" system with subscrib
ors. The Journal has enjoyed
such a system for several years
and it works line.
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If Mr. Ismay's boat should run
into the iceberg belt going home
it is possible that he might
venture to olTend the captain's
dignity by mentioning the subject
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The? picture men secured good There is one thing certain we
lllms of the killing of the Paris cannot have an up-to-date light-
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nindits. A good, industrious and ing system unless the taxpayers
nterprising burglar has talents of I'laltsnioulh are willing to pay
that would make him a success in for it. Plattsmouth should be
Hie moving picture business. more abundantly able to pay for
:o: the cluster system of lighting the
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Why do some papers continue city than many towns one-third In speaking of the parcels post
to mention Mr. Hryan's name for the size of our city that have them. J fallacy, a writer in the Western
president when that gentleman After once installed the people i truthfully says: "The centraliza
tions and counter accusations.
The eflVr-t will be t eliminate
both Theodore and William from
contest, but it is a very amus
ing: quarrel as it stands. hr a
l"iig time Taft refrained from al
luding to HoosevHt by name, hut
in hrs Ho-lnn speech the presi
dent attacked his loved predeces-.-or
in no uncertain way. The
public in the meantime is in tin'
position of the woman who cried,
"io it, husband; go i(, bear.'
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What aboutt lie cluster electric
lights? Let's tin away with the
"Id gas lights for a more modern
system of street lights, like they
have in cities all over the coun
try. No one can tell how much
more beneficial they should prove
to the city, not oniy in the manner
of lighting the city, but in the way
of addvertising Plattsmouth as a
modern, up-to-date city. Towns
not one-half the size of our city
are provided with such lights. In
every other way Plattsmouth. is
up with the times, and why not
with a lighting system? The
Journal editor has conversed with
a number of our prominent busi
ness men on this question and
they all agree that cluster lights
is what we ought to have. Those
who come down on Slain street of
an evening with their families for
a stroll would enjoy these lights
to such darkness as we now have.
And then, again, such lights
would prove a big advertisement
for Platlsuiouth. Let the business
men unite in one general appeal to
the city council to inaugurate
such a system and it will be
forthcoming.
far belter condition. Now, whose
fault is it that they are no! ?
- Two Fine Kentucky Bred Jacks! -
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NO OCCASION FOR DISSENSIONS
There is no sound reason for
serious disagreement among the
democrats. The wishes and am
bitions of individuals have not a
feather's weight compared with
the interests of the party and its
bright prospects. There are no
present vital national questions
on which all democrats do not
substantially agree, and we shall
not attract the confidence of the
country by letting Mich differ
ences as I here may be about other
matters mar the parly harmony.
The deirocrats of the country
are united on the general issue of
arid" reduction. They are united,
with rare exceptions, on specific
measures of tariff reduction as
passed by the democratic house.
They are united against trust
monopoly and trade regulation by
competition.
They are united in favor of an
income tax and placing a part of
the federal expense burden on
wealth.
They are united for the popular
election of United Stales senators,
for publicity in campaign ex
penditures, for relief of the peo
ple from the growing costs of
public administration.
Democrats like Governor Har
mon and Mr. Hryan disagree about
such innovations as the initiative,
referendum and recall, but they
are agreed that these have no part
in a national platform.
Not before in twenty years, not
since Cleveland's last election to
the presidency, has the party been
in such accord on the great public
issues of the time.
Jl - CROW!
las repeatedly said he would not would never want to do without
under any circumstances be a them. The good these lights
candidate? , Most certainly three would do in advertising the city
times is enough for any man to would amount to more annually
sacrifice himself in behalf of his than the cost of the system. Let
party. us all work for such a system of
:o: lighting and if we all pull lo-
Champ Clark seems to be gain- gelher.it will be no time before
ing friends hy the thousands we will have the most heautiluliy his home abandoned and he must
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every day, and in every stale in lighted city of its size in the west. ; go to the city to become an em
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the Union. Ho is the man to ;(); t ploye of one of these institutions
unite all factions of the demo- jt js lnp general impression I wn'("'' l11'1 m:" 0111 of business."
cralic parly, and if harmony is (nal American Indians are al fl nas ,),','l suggested that tin
vanishiiiK race that they are lcil' appoint a water inspector ami
also a gas inspector. We cannot
lion of trade which would result,
should congress pass a parcels
post measure, would be a menace
of far-reaching prop'ortions. If
trading is done by mail, cutting
out the town and country mer
chant, he will be driven out of
business, his store will be closed,
Heef is (he highest for twenty
years, and still going higher, and
boarding house hash is reduced
to potato wilh a slight meaty dis
coloration visible under the
microscope.
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If ambitious authors desire to
get their stuff into the country
paper they would do much better
with a treatise on the cultivation
of beans than with poems on the
Titanic disaster.
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When John II. Morehead is
elected governor the people of
Nebraska will be assured of one
thing certainly there will not be
so much hoi air around the gov
ernor's otllce as at present.
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Whether at home or abroad,
always speak a good word for the
town in which you live. It will
surprise you what an added re
spect for the town you will have
after you have followed this rule
for some time.
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Unlike some others, the en
gineers and the railroads think
they would prefer to put money in
(heir own pockets, rather than
have the satisfaction of taking it
out of the other fellow's pocket,
so they agree to arbitrate.
all that is necessary to insure
success Champ is the man that
can do the work.
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Will Pfoltsinoulh celebrate this
year? Numerous inquiries have
been made in regard to the mat
ter. If we do celebrate, the Com
mercial club should have charge
of the matter, and they should de.
ride n bo ut the mailer pretty soon.
If we celebrate let's have a rous
ing one.
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Our friend, llulmer, of the Ne
braska City News, thinks thai
Mayor (iaynor of New York and
Governor Marshall of Indiana will
he the ticket nominated at Halti
inore. While the Journal differ
with ils friend on this proposi
tion, we must acknowledge that
stranger things have happened.
Louis !'. post, a prominent re- upon deaf
rapidly dying out. Such is not
the truth. The Indians of our
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country are not a vanishing
race." The latest official census
places them at 322, 000, as against
270,000 en years ago. They are
not "a dying people." They are
not passing from the stage of
human afTairs, forced out by ad
vancing civilization, but are a
growing people, who have much
of their way ahead of them. There
are many civilized Indians who
make good citizens. There are a
great many more Indians in the
country than there were when
Columbus llrst discovered
America.
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In 11MH he democrats advised
their republican neighbors against
voting for Hoosevelt for presi
dent but (heir suggestion fell
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(License Certificate No. 5333, J. 867)
JIM CROW is a Kentucky
Bred Jack, seven years old, black with
white points, and is 13 hands hijrh. He
is a very high grade animal and a sure
foal getter. He will make the season
of 1912 at the livery barn of D. C.
Khotlen, in Murray, Nebraska. You
will make no mistake in breeding to this
Jack. His colts speak for themselves.
The Celebrated Young Jack
Jesse James, Jr.
(License Certificate No. 5334, J. 867)
JESSE JAMES, JR., is a
young Jack corning your years old, Ken
tucky bred, and black with white points,
stands 13J hands high, foaled July 24,
1908. Jesse James will make the sea
son 1912 at my farm, 3J miles southeast
of Murray, to a limited number of
mares. He is a sure foal getter and his
colts are of the finest quality, big bone
and large animals.
TERMS ! The following terms
will apply to service of both Jacks:
$13.00 to insure a colt to stand and
suck, if paid within 30 days after due,
If not $15.00 will he charged. All due
precaution will be taken to prevent ac
cidents, but owner will not be respon
sible should any occur. When mares
are sold or removed from the county,
service fee becomes due and payable
immediately, and under all circum
stances must be paid.
-W. F. MOORE-
im.-iniisiuac
ears. In 11)08 the
publican, sizes up Teddy House- democrats argued that Taft was
veil as follows: "There is noth- not the nroner man to elect as
ing in our political situation more president, yet the voters of- the county, and they have invariably
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"niniium i n, in iiir. iioosevfii. a country nam no ueeu io me mean- i comniaineu oi me serious con
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see anything particularly wrong
in such a proposition and
especially as regards water. We
have been having some very bad
water, such as has not proved
very bentlcial to the health of the
community. The gas has also
been very poor at times, and many
times not just exactly what it
ought to be. As long as so many
of our people are interested in
both good water and good gas, we
think it is no more than right and
proper that such inspectors be
appointed. They have such in
spectors in other cities and why
not in Plattsmouth?
Escapes an Awful Fate.
A thousand tongues could not
express the gratitude of Mrs. J. E
Cox, of Juliet, III., fur her won
derful deliverance from an awful
fate, 'typhoid pneumonia had
left me with a dreadful cough,
she writes. "Some! tunics I had
such awful coughing spells
thought I would die. I could get
no help from doctor's treatment
n-other medicines till I used Dr.
King's New Discovery. Hut I owe
riy life io this wonderful remedy
for I scarcely cough at all now."
Oniek and safe, it's the most re
liable of all throat and lung
medicines. F.very bottle guar
anteed. 50c and l.no. Trial
bottle free at F. G. Fricke & Co.
H-M-H HH-I H-I-H "H-i
NEW BARBER SHOP
IN CEDAR CREEK.
I wish to announce that I
I- have just opened a new
-I- barber shop in Cedar Creek, 4
and hereby solicit the trade 4
of the community in that 4
J line. Also notary public 4
J work done. S. J. Reames.
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lhere have been mute a num
ber of people in Plattsmouth dur
ing the past week from various
sections of Cass county, coming
in automobiles, some coming from
the west side of the county and
others from the south end of the
popularity. It is a popularity of Mugs of the democrats. Now that
a democratic crisis of a deina- Taft says Hoosevelt is unlit to oc
gogic despot in the conlldence of copy ' that exalted ollice, and
plulogogic schemers." Hoosevelt contends that Taft is
:o: entirely loo small to succeed him
The city should do something self as president, the argument
wilh Ihe water franchise. If (hey of the democrats in l!M)i and 15)08
do mil want Io grunt the franchise appear to have been correct, ami
le them say so. There is no use now we feel no hesitancy in urg-
dillydallying on this question any ing that if Ihe republicans have
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longer. Let the council either confidence jn the statements of
act or sumnit nie proposition to either Taft or Hoosevelt or in
a vote of the people. They will bolh of them they are in duty
soon decide it. bound to support the nominee of
:o: (he democratic parly for president
1'he government has begun suit in Ihe forthcoming election
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iigaiusi me iiitrvesier irusi. in I :o:
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!!)() 1 eddy ordered a suit against Taft says Hoosevelt doesn't
this same trust dismissed. 'It know what n square deal means,
musl have been one of his good and Hoosevelt says Taft is a paid
trusts then, the same as it is now, emissary of the I rusts,, and if he
in Teddy's mind. All trusts that isn't a democrat, he is certainly
support Roosevelt are good trusts, a horse thief. The public will
of co'-'-se. read with interest these accusa
dition of the roads within a dis
tance of live or six miles from
Plait smouth. Why this should be
the case we cannot understand.
Is it because the mail overseers
are not, doing their duties and lb
farmers along these highways re
fuse or neglect to drag them?
Certainly these roads should hi
placed in as good condition as in
other sections of the county, but
they are not. The complaint,
coining as it does from those win
have business at the county seal
is not a very good recommenda
tion for the road overseers, am
the farmers by whose homes these
roads run should certainly take
as much pride in having them
kept in as good shnpe as those in
other sections of the county. It
seems to us, in fact, that tin
roads within five and six'iniles of
Plattsmiiulh should be kept in a
C. A. Haw Is and W. A. Robert
son went Io Papillion Sunday aft-
rnoon to appear in some import
ant litigation in Ihe district court
of Sarpy county.
The Demons of the Swamp
are mosquitos. As they sting
they put deadly malaria germs in
the blood. Then follow the icy-
chills and the fires of fever. The
appetite flies and the strength
fails; also malaria often paves the
way for deadly typhoid. Hut Elec
tric Hitters kill and cast out the
niaalria germs from the blood;
give you a fine appetite and re
new your strength. "After long
suffering," wrote Wm. Fretwell,
of Lucama, N. C, "three bottles
drove all the malaria from my
system, and I've had good health
ever since." Best for all stom
ach, liver and kidney ills. 50
cents at F. G. Fricke & Co.'s.
MITiri; III,' AIMIIMSTII tl'lllV
To All Persons Whomsoever:
isotlce Is hereby g ven that n net!
tlon linn been Hied In the County Court
of Cans County, Nebraska, entitled
In the Matter of the KstHte nf Timmua
J. Fountain, Iieeeased, anil alleging
iiihi rmii neceasen uieu leaving no last
win ana testament ana pravlng for ail
ministration upon his estate.
A hearing will he had nnnn until
petition on the ISth day of May, 1912,
at the County Court Koom at I'latts-
moutn, isuiirasKa, at 10 o'clock A. M.,
when any ami all objections to such
petition will be heard, and letters nf
administration be granted to Isabella
A. Aictrinness or some other suitable
person "to proceed to the settlement of
sain estate.
Witness mv hand and the sesl nf said
Court at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, this
itiu nay ui aprii, ivii.
teai) ALLi'iN .1. IJKKSON,
Count v .In dire
I). O. DWVEI5, Attorney for Kstate.
XOTICK OK SI IT.
Cora L. Sliav. Sarah M. II ess WnltnnA
Hess, Franklin W. Creamer, Ada May
CreHiner, John A. Wright, Kthel
Wright, John Oroff, sr., I'hoebe tlroff,
Charles J. Uroff, Ira C. Oroff, Mary A.
(Sroff, Clara J. Uroff and Ilellce 13.
C,ro(T defendants, will take notice that
on the 2UU day of April. 1912, Isaiah U.
Creamer, plaintiff herein, tiled his
petition, In the District Court of Casa
County, Nebraska, against said de
fendants and others, the ohieet nnd
prayer of which are to determine the
rights of all of said parties in and to
the west half of the north east quarter
of Section 13, Township 10, North,
Kange 9. Kast of the lith 1'. M., In Cass
County. Nebraska, and to partition the
SHine arcorii ng to me resnectlve rla-hta
of the parties to said action and If the
same cannot be equitably divided that
said premises will be sold and the pro
ceeds thereof be divided between the
parties according to their respective'
rights.
Vmi and each of you are required to
answer said petition on or before the
arn iiav or June, lvu.
I luted this 24th dav of April. 1912.
ISAIAH 1.. CI IK AM I'M!, 1'lalntllT.
Hy 1. O. UW iMK, His Attorney.
MITICK OF SAI.K.
Notice Is hereby given that by virtue
or a chattel mortgage, dated June 1.1th
1!M1, Hiid duly tiled In the ollice of the
county clerk or Cass County, Ne-
urnsKa, on t lie ;nmi nay or June. 1911
nnd executed by Harry Mattlco to Hen
1MII, to secure the payment of the sum
of $1100.00. and upon which there Is now
due the sum or ;ioo.70.
The said Hurry Mattlce, having
ananuoneii tne mortgaged Property
nereinarter iiescrmeti anil thereby mnk
Ing default, and said mortgagee deem
Ing himself Insecure in the payment of
said sum: that no suit or other pro
ceedings at law having been Instituted
to recover said debt or any tmrt then'
of therefore, I will sell the property
inerein uescrineu io-wii:
One Avery lCnglne, It, horse-power
one Avery thresh Ing separator No. 37.16
with wind stacker and seir-fecder com
plete, and ono Avery water tank, nt
public auction at the house of Nick
Krledrlch, one mile south of Murray. In
Cass County, Nebraska, on the 11th dav
of May, 191'.!, at 2 o'clock p. m. of salil
dnjJated April ISth, 1U2.
BEN DILL, Mortgagee.
Laying Concrete Walks.
Messrs. Parniele and Falter are
putting a six-foot concrete walk
on Vine street from the west line
of the posloflice bit to Sixth street.
J. II. McMaken is doing the con
crete work. As soon as this walk
is in Streight & Streight will lay a
five-foot concrete walk on Vine
street on the north side of their
business block.
Lame back is usually caused by
rheumatism of the muscles of the
back, for which you will find noth
ing belter than Chamberlain's
Liniment. For sale by F. G. Fricke
& Co.
O BREEDERS
-ATTENTION-
I wish to announce that all my horses
nnd Jack will make the season of 1012,
at my farm, 1 mile south of Mynard:
HUBERT,
Belgian Horse.
the celebrated
COLONEL, the great breed
ing English Shire.
PR I ZELANDER, the
thoroughbred trotting horse.
TOM, the mammoth sure foal
getting Jack.
,. TERMS ! $10.00, which ap
plies to all horses, and $15 00 for the
Jack, to guarantee colt to stand and
suck. All care will be taken to prevent
accidents, but owner will not be re
sponsible for any that may occur.
V. A. FIGHT