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About The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 2, 1912)
-The Plattsmouth Journal Published Semi-Weekly at R. A. DATES, Entered at the Postolfice at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, as uecond-clas matter. $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE Th. m t' I a ii-in 1 1 day; ha vi ((line Of which tin.' poet sings The candidate's laid mi the Willi ol InT useless thins: -liclf Tin- gasman dreams nf bigger hills, The butcher's prices soar The foot, hall (lend is on the held In (iiest of linmaii gore. :o: Thanksgiving Day was general-' ly observed in I'lat t smoul li. What's your guess mi Christ mas cidor this year preen or white? Did that turkey remind you of "the high cost of living" at L'3 cents a pound? It's funny what a lot of ap parently intelligent people, can't see things the same way you do. :o: Christmas is now longingly looked for nnd tin- early advertiser is going to reap the benefits of the holiday trade. :o: It is rumored that l'lattsinnuth will have two more saloons next spring. There are plenty here now for all necessary purpose. :o: Won't woman suffrage make it, pretty hard for a bachelor to be elected to anything? Hut il may not; husbands don't stand so blamed well with the women folks as they may imagine. It is reported I hat a slate-wide crusade has begun against deal ers in and sellers of rigarcl les. It is stated that prosecutions are to he commenced on dealers general ly who sell cigarettes ami loliacco in anv form to boys under IS years of ape. The incoming legislature will becalled upon to appropriate million and a half more money for the maintenance of thirty-eight state depart incuts of the govern menl than was levied lor I lie saint purpose in l'.Hl. This looks hard ly possible, but it is a fact, and i the appropriations are increase" this lime to Ibis extent, whal w he the extent of the increase lt years lie nee", Ianicl II. Wheeler, who passei away at his home in Omah; Tuesday niahl, was a pioiiee resident of I'lal I sinout h and re sidetl here for many years. II was very prominent in public af fairs of the city, s.rviim one i two terms as mayor, and al differ ent times members of Ihe city council. He was a good man. an excellent citizen and possessed many friends. ;n : The business men of I'lalts iTioulh seem lo be very well sat is Tied with the manner in which the Journal transacts business. We have always endeavored to do! business on business principles and give our patrons all the same kind of treatment. We have estab lished that kind of'a reputation and expect to continue in that line. We do not expect to charge any more for work now Ihan be fore we purchased the News Herald out fit. The business men of I'laltsinouth have found us fair and square in Ihe pasl ten years and they will find us the same as long as we continue in business. Ami furthermore, we expect lo continue the tight for the best interests of the old town at all limes and under all cir cumstances and hugh to the line of "Home First the World Af terward." Plattsmouth, Nebraska Publisher. Tin' Onl look now takes a very discouraging view of the counlry's future. Jiul happily the Outlook's outlook, like the Out look's potili cal preferences, is not shared by the great body of the people. Those who had lo rat pork and beans yesterday instead of high priced turkey can take comfort in the relied ion that t he condit ion of their stomachs will be just as good today and their pockclbooks belter. Fifed ive January 1, railroads will ship dogs as baggage only when securely muzzled and they won't let I hem travel except as baggage, which two regulations are expected lo effectively muzzle the situation and the dogs. Slate Auditor ltartnn now :o : wants a stale insurance commis sion, now that, hi! is about to step down and out of the auditor's olllce. Why did he not favor such a proposition four years ago wheii lie went into the ollice? He I wanted the pull all to himself, that was the why. -:o: The lovely fall weather we have een enjoying for the past I wo or hrec weeks is still willi us, great ly lo he sal isfael ion of I hose who hae outdoor work. A greal deal of such work can be done in Ihe nevl two weeks if Hie line, sun shiny weather will continue lhat onir. :o; The friends of C. M, irucnl her ire pushing thai gentleman for collector of internal revenue, to succeed Moss Hammond of Fre- nionl. Chris is a good man for the place and has done about as lunch for the success of the democratic parly in Nebraska as any one man in the stale1. -:o: . The story of the "Seven Little (Inventors" who told floosevelt, the people were clamoring for him, is a sad one. Slubbs, of Kansas, was defeated in his sen atorial ambitions; (Hassock of West Virginia. Osborn of Michi gan and Mass of New Hampshire were mil even renominated, and lladley of Missouri has been elim inated. I'.Vell Wall street opposes the Carnegie plan of pensioning ex presiilenls. Why don't Mr. Car negie tiive his money lo those' who need charily Ihe poor people? lie always wants lo give his ill- golleii gains to lliose who are al ways abundantly able to lake care of I hemselves, and w here Ihey w ill gel him more nolorily among Ihe big bugs. i :o: An exchange has suggested that the .met hod of marking the ballot be taught in Ihe High schools of the stale. It is a good suggestion. We have courses in civil government and the mark ing of the ballot is one of Ihe paramount duties of the citizen II would be along the line of in struction uf a very practical nal ure. -:o: The Washington press tli? patches inform us that' there is lo be greal activity in the matter of trust prosecutions between this and i he end of the present presi dential lerm. A hurry up call has been sent to the department of justice, directing that all the trust prosecutions which the govern ment has in hand, under the Sher man act, seventy-ono in all, arc to be so handled that they will be entirely disposed of before the fourth of March next. Ain't it funny? Kansas has a democratic governor for sure. :o: The scarcer hogs and cattle, be come the higher will be the price, regardless of presidents or parties. Some men are such chronic knockers I hemselves that they nev er hear I he knock of oppor tunity at I heir door. :o : I'lat I Miionl h is a good place to buy your holiday goods, and our merchants are prepared to serve. I be public in great variel ies. :o: II is for scientists or political economists lo explain why before the advent of cold storage eggs were both fresher and cheaper. :o: Hear in mind thai, it is a duty you owe to yourself, your family and Ihe best interests of your county lo trade at your home town. One serious objection to a general European war is that il would have to get its commis saries from the United States, and provisions are already at war prices hero now. :o: Mr. Taft says that he will do all he can to build up the repub lican party, but, with no purpose of being its candidate again for president. But how is it with Colonel Roosevelt ? He has not '"'f'11 "card fl'01i " '' matter, -:o:- Thai Mr. Mryan will be Presi dent Wilson's secretary of slate seems to he all settled, except, that Mr. Wilson has not intimated that he will make the appointment, and Mr. Mryan has not, intimated that he would accept it if tendered him. Today is hc last of November and we have had no serious weather so far, II is indeed very orlniiale Ilia! we haven't, as there is danger of a shortage in the coal supply, by a shortage in sufficient cars lo haul what is necessary to supply the demand. :o: The citizens of Falls Oily ten dered (iovernor-elcct Morehead a big meeting and banquet on his relurn from Kxcelsior Springs, where he had been sojourning for about two weeks. The people of Kails City, irrespective of party, are proud of (lovernor Morehead. :o: Senator J. K. Cordeal of Red Willow county proposes to in Iroilurc a bill in Ihe coining legis- a I lire permit ling traveling men, railroad men and others whose uiploy menl necessarily takes I liein away from home, lo vote al elections, even I hough absent from their home town. There should be nothing wrong about a bill like that, 1 lit- executive am aw coni- millee of the insurgent organi.a ion of Woodmen of Nebraska held a meet ing in Lincoln Wednesday night .mil decided to bring an in- .Itineliou suit against the head olllcers of the order to prevent. I hem from putt ing the proposed increase of rales into elTect Jan uary I. The suit will be brought in Hastings next Monday, provid ing the ruling of the Illinois court be finally overturned by the ap pallale court. :o: 'I'll o town of Fighly-Four, Washington county, Pa., with a population of 700, never has had a republican voter. Once, many years ago, a republican went to the town lo go into business, but did not remain until election time. highty-Kour look ils present name when Cleveland was elected president in 188J. Previous to thai time it was known as Fifty Six in honor of the election of President James Iluchanan. Now, after twenty years, tho residents propose to petition the post mas ter general to change the name of Ihe postofllce lo "Nineteen Twelve," in honor of Wood row Wilson's election. Keep it before the people: "Do your Christmas shopping early." :o: There is no truth in the report that an order had been issued sus pending the new rate of the M. W. A. :o: China is reported to be about to gii In war with Russia. The almanacs can safely announce that there will be some fighting in i!i:t. :o: Thanksgiv ing day we heard one of our citizens say: "Let's all I urn over a new leaf on the first tif January ami resolve that, we will not knock on the town for one year, and see if we do not feel heller and live happily for one year." Now, if we could gel. all our citizens to agree, lo a resolu tion of (hat kind, and live up to it, we know it will be the best thing that ever happened to Platts mouth, and that there would be a great deal better feeling among all classes than ever before. :o: The 1912 corn crop of Nebraska has shown a gain of six bushels per acre over the yield of 1911, which is credited by Frank G. Odell, secretary of the Rural Life congress, to1 the seed corn cam paign inaugurated by the publicity bureau of the Omaha Commercial club. From ,07(,057 acres this year there was a yield of 1 64, 37(1, 78C) bushels. From (5, 1 18,035 acres in 1911 the yield was 133,100,305 bushels, a gain of 31,000,000 bushels on 1 42,000 fewer acres. This gain, at 50 cents a bushel, which is a very low appraisement, amounts to $18,223,000. This amount, Odell figures, was the value of the seed com. :o: A quarter of a century ago there were few men in Nebraska more generally' known to the cilizens of Ihe stale Hum Itauiel II. Wheeler, who died Wednesday al his home in Omaha, in those J days Mr. Wheeler was secretary j of about every stale-wide nr. anization that was vorl li ser ing, j including the board of agri cnllnre. lie was a notably com panionable and lovable man, and his home, which was in thai day in Plal Isniouth, was one of Ihe most hospitable and congenial in the state. For more than twenty years he had made his home in Omaha, where he prospered in the insurance business. Lincoln Star. :o : There is no such urgent neces sity for currency legislation as the Wall street crowd pretend there is. The currency of Ihe Foiled Slates is the best in Ihe world and brings a premium over gold in every civilized country on earlh. A greenback, n national bank note, a gold or silver certifi cate is taken at par by merchants in any country, and is usually at a premium even Willi tlicin, specially where there is any trade wilh Ibis country. If is not the curency, but. it is (he handling of credit, upon which 95 per cent of Ihe business of the world is done, that these bankers are interested in. The democratic, party will take ample tiine to draft such legisla tion as is necessary, and when it is presented to congress, it will contain no scheme whereby credit can be monopolized by a lot of big banks in New York City. :o: Drives Off a Terror. The chief executioner of death in Ihe winter and spring months is pneumonia. Its advance agents are colds and grip. In any attack by one of these maladies no lime should be lost in taking the best, medicine obtainable to drive it olT. Countless thousands have found this o be Mr. King's New Discovery. "My husband believes it. has kept him from having pneu monia inree or lour nines, writes Mrs. Ceorge W. Place, Rawsonville, VI., "and for coughs, colds anil croup we have never found its equal." Guaranteed for all bronchial affections. Price 50 cents and $1.00. Trial bottle free at F. d. Fricke & Co. Tne Journal office carries all kinds of typewriter supplies. THE SIX-YEAR TENURE. Contrary to a very general im pression, the proposal to limit the presidential tenure to a single term is not new. At the very be ginning' of the republic, when the great statesmen of that period were struggling wilh the mighty problems before them, the matter of t be president ial term wa much discussed and vexing theme. All sort? of suggestion were offered, ranging from life tenure to a single term of four year. When it was finally decid ed to make the presidential term four years with eligibility for re eleclioii, a single vote in the con vention was the determining factor. President Tafl and the repub lican leaders have expressed their approval of a six-year tenure with ineligibility fur re-election either to a succeeding or a non-consecutive term, and the demo cratic platform upon which (lov ernor Wilson has been elected contains the same declaration. Therefore it. seems reasonably certain that this question will oc cupy' the attention of congress al the coining session. And as the suggestion is approved by leading men of both great parties, there probably will be no opposition except from the bull moose con tingent. It can hardly be expect ed that Colonel Roosevelt will favor the proposal. Had there been such a law last spring no bull moose party would have been formed; and if the amendment is adopted wilhin the next four years, in all likelihood there will be no such thing as a bull moose candidate in 191(1. The whole I bird term movement was based on Roosevelt's ambition lo get back into the presidency'. Unless he can be a candidate four years hence In- probably will have little further interest in Ihe bull moose cause. The great advantage lo ihe country in limiting the presi dential tenure to a single term of six years wiliild be, as pointed out by Mr. Tafl, the enabling of the president to devote all his time to his official duties. Kvery presi dent would know that he had but one term in which to perfect his policies and carry them out, and he would, not be distracted from his purpose by the necessity of laying plans for re-election, al most from the day of his in auguration. Each president would have the courage to do what he believed was right, unem barrassed by the threats of his enemies that they would "beat him for re-election." A president would be in large measure exempt from the attacks of his enemies within the party, and at the ex piration of his term he would re lire In private life with indiffer ence as lo whether or not he had played the political game to tin; salisfaclion of the politicians. Could Shout for Joy. "I want lo (hank you from the bottom of my heart," wrote C. li. mer, oi i.ewisiuirg, . v.a., "for nie wonderlul double benefit I got from Fleet ric Hitters, in curing me of both a severe case of stom ach trouble and of rheumatism, from which I had been an almost helpless sufferer for ten years. It suited my case as though made just for me." For dyspepsia, in digestion, jaundice, and to rid the system of kidney poisons that cause rheumatism, Flectric Bit ters have no equal. Try I hem. F.very bottle is guaranteed to satisfy. Only 50 cents al F. (J. Fricke & Co. BIG BARGAINS IN USED MOTORCYCLES We have 3 used motorcycles, in good running order, for sate cheap If sold at once. H. Stelnhauer & Son, Plattsmouth, Neb. You will find that druggists everywhere speak well of Cham berlain's Cough Remedy. They know from long experience in the sale of it that in cases of coughs and colds it can alway s be depend ed upon, and that it is pleasant and safe to take. For sale bv F. 0. Fricke & Co. The Journal for Calling Cards. DECIDE YOURSELF The Opportunity Is Here, Backed by Plattsmouth Testimony. Don't lake our word for it. Don't depend on a stranger's statement. Read Plal I moul b endorsement. R.ad Ihe statements of Plaits mouth fit i.ens. And decide for yourself. Here i one case of il : Herman Tiekoctler, contractor, Ninth and May si reels. Plaits. mulh. Neb., says: "I gave a public statement in praise of Moan's Kidney Pills in 1!NM1, after they had given me greal relief from backache and lameness. am glad to confirm all I then said. My trouble has never returned. My kidneys caused me much trouble and I here was a dull, tired feeling across my loins. If I slonpeil or slraighleneil. my back hurt me and in the morning I was all tired out. I beard so much about J loan's Kidney Pills that, finally got a box. They promptly relieved every symptom of my complaint." For sale by all dealers. Price r.u cents. Fosler-Milburn Co., Muli'alo, New York, sole agehts for Ihe Foiled Stales. Remember the name Moan's and take no other. Wood Wanted. Those of our subscribers who desire to pay their subscriptions in wood are requested to bring it in before the roads get bad, as we desire to place it in the dry. Corne in with it, boys, right away. Fresh Lobsters and Crabs at the 0. K. Restaurant. Short orders will be our specialty, but we are up-to-date on regular meals. Sinnolt & Egenberger, proprietors. When you have a bilious attack give Chamberlain's Tablets a trial. They are excelelnl. For sale by F. O. Fricke & Co. Cabbage, apples and cider for sale by S. O. Cole. 12-21-CtwkIy We are now handling a complete line of coal. Call and let us quote you prices for your fall and winter coal. We handle wheat, oats, corn and chop of all kinds. Ind. Telephone 297 Nelson Jean & Go. (T53223252! eal Estate Bought snd Sold ON COMMISSION! Insurance Placed in Best Companies! Farm Loans and Rental Agency Virgiiiullis im.ii'tf Mr-ma ROBERT WILKINSON DUNBAR L.J. HALL UNION Wilkinson & Hall -AUCTIONEERS- The holding of successful sales is our line. Our interests are with the seller when it comes to getting every dollar your property is worth. For open dates address or call either of us at our expense by phone. Dates can be made at the Journal ollice. WILKINSON & HALL. and FEE H