-The Piattsmouth Journal -
dD Published Seml-Weeklj
R. A. BATES,
Entered at the l'ostolf.ce at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, as seeond-clas
matter.
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
STOOD UNDER THE MISTLETOE
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She stoo.l tieiiealli (he mistletoe, 1
Hie liulelier s boy was there;
Uul he (Hit not the custom know,
Or else lie didn't dare.
A plumber and a tramp or so
Were seen to pass that way.
She stood beneath the mi.-t b-toe
Eleven hours a day.
The outcome was a dreadful blow
Unto this ancient miss.
,Shc stood beneath the mistletoe
And never got a kiss.
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Only one more day to consider
that new resolution.
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The old year appears to be go
ing out in a blaze of autumn sun
shine. It is a beautiful finish for
a splendid year.
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' Even eggs will be transported
Jiy parcels post. The rural mail
carrier may soon be complaining
that the yolk is heavier than he
can bear.
Five years from now, according
lo a fashion authority, hoop
skirts will be in general use again.
Hut cheer up; the world may come
to an end before that lime. Who
knows?
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Mr. Morgan's .statement that it
is impossible to organise a money
trust is discouraging. Hut of
course his saying so does not
make, it so.
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Nineteen seperalely named
grades of eggs are on the market.
Probably the eighteenth and nine
teenth arc handled by men in
oxygen helmets, with long
shovels.
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Ir. Mary Walker is confident
that a strong odor of onions,
maintained continuously, will
drive away contagious diseases.
Those who prefer an abiding odor
of onions lo contagious diseases
will no doiilil be interested.
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Mrs. Carrie Chapman Call
wants American women lo adopt
the trousers costume of the
Chinese women and go barehead
ed. Hut why is Mrs. ('.alt so
strongly opposed lo matrimony?
If is certainly a good institution.
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If you have fail ti preach il; if
yon have doubts bury I hem ; if you
have joy share it; if you have sor
rows bear it. Find the brightest
, side of things ami help others to
a sivbl of it also. This is the
sure-1, way and only way lo pass
through the year HH.'l cheerful
and happy. Try it.
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In speaking of the parcels post
the New York Kvening Journal
ends a long editorial on the sub
ject as follows: "If the merchants
in the country, ami the local
editors throughout 1 lie country,
understand the parcels posl as
well as mail order houses under-
stand il, they would know thai the
parcel:; post will prove to be the
greatest blessing the country edit
ors and country storekeepers have
ever known. With the parcels
post the local merchants' pros
perity must increase at once. And
with Hie parcels post the country
editor .' ill, for the first time, come
inlo his own. The parcels post
will yie to the country merchant
u deli cry system as good as that
of I he greatest, city department
store, and to the local editor full
vu!"r "or his important services
to f at ion." Of course we. can
not pule what the New York
paper says on the- matter, and can
only hope that its words will prove
true. It will lie all right if they
Jo, a - d it will be all wrong if they
don't.
at Platismoutii, Nebraska
Publisher.
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Now iv l!M;f. We t, . n ' t like
1. t:i ,n, j vvjj j,,, a rj,( jf
t In- people chouse lo make il so.
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I II may lie li ne, as fieneral Wood
alleges, that more money is spent
annually for automobile (ires than
for the upkeep of the navy, but
what does it prove ? Certainly not
that Ihe cost of the navy mainten
ance is too small.
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There is one good resolution
that all progressive citizens can
adopt with good grace, and that
is to adopt a resolution lo do all
Ibcy can in the year 191.1 for the
benefit of Plattsmouth.
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As Plattsmouth has been more
prosperous in 1912 than any other
city of Ihe same size in Nebraska,
it should encourage everyone who
has the true interests of the town
at heart to renew their efforts for
l'Jl.'J in their good work lo "See
Platismoutii Succeed!"
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We admonished the young
ladies in the beginning of the ex
piring year lo do their husband
shopping early. Hut it seems that
many of I hem failed lo heed our
advice, and now- Hie final rush
is on.
Although the rules of the new
parcels post admit, of the trans
portation through the mails of
eggs, butler and poultry and Other
farm produce, we have heard of
none of the mail order houses
offering to take this produce at
Ihe highest market price in ex
change for goods. If farmers
would actually attempt such a
transfer they would soon learn the
relative value to I hem of the mail
order house ami the country
store. Omaha Trade Kxhibit.
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Many of Hie best observers of
affairs political in Washington,
express the opinion that Mr. Wil
son is himself going to be Ihe
president and that bis conferes
will be men of all factions of the
democratic parly. Mr. Wilson
goes inlo the higher olllce with a
good record as a state executivt
behind him and with a betlcr sup
port, so far as Ihe best business
and political sentiment of Ihe
country can be support, than any
president elected in many years.
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President Tall has concluded
lo accept the professorship in
Yale university. This wives him
S.VOOII ii venr and li.'iv him frii
lie did think at llsrl of practicing
law, but he says that if he shouli
do I his he would find himself be.
fore judges whom he had himself
appointed. I'elicacy, therefore
would prevent him from pursuing
this course. With the Yale pro
fessorship he can wabble about
make speeches, deliver addresses
and shine as an ex-president, a
position that eminently suits a
lazy man.
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Oeneral Patrick II. Harry, a
grizzled veteran with one arm, has
just been appointed lo the posi
tion of commandant of the na
tional soldiers' home at Los
Angeles, (leneral Harry has long
been a conspicuous citizen of Ne
braska. He has served in the
legislature from Greeley county
and was adjutant general of the
stale militia for a time. The
position that comes to him is one
of importance and he is highly
favored in getting it. The
soldiers' home at Los Angeles is
one of the sights of that wonder
ful city.
Don't forget! The Journal
office Is prepared to do all klndi
of fancy Job work. Qlve ua a trial.
Welcome .New Year, welcome,
may yrni do a well as the oi.
Frank Munsey is now support
ing 'ilin in the New York Press,
Hie pap"!' lie ti tit ti t lo lioost
M.oosevelt. W'ouldii'l that cork
von?
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There is a rumor that one of
Hi" F.nulisli suffragelles threw a
brick at Sanla Clans, but no one
li.-Iii'M's hey are get ling mean
iioimh lo do (hat.
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Those" soul hern cities thai, are
lling Nebraska's supply of the
early winter snow need not feel
mibarrassed. There will be no
tard feelings.
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Some people are so super
stitious that I hey predict ev il for
the new year because of it being
1913. They don't like the 13. Hut
they will have to write it that way,
just the same.
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An Idaho editor refused to print
a Roosevelt speech on Idaho
justice, through fear of contempt
of court. It has come to a pretty
pass when people fear the wrath
of the courts more than the wrath
of Roosevelt.
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Mary Gardner says she has lost
twenty-five pounds by staying on
the water wagon. That might by
in impressive temperance sermon
if it were not that many thousands
of good women who have never
been off the water wagon have
each gained more than that.
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Holchkiss, the Grand Island
cilizen who indicted inhuman
punishment upon an adopted son
for Hie alleged offense of having
iroken into the house to get a
few apples, was sentenced to a
term of sixty days in jail by the
court. He has appealed for a new
trial and given bond. He lied the
boy up by the thumbs, gagged
him and removed his clothing be
fore applying a buggy whip
mercilessly. The rock pile, is
serving its best purpose when
men like this are working on it.
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It is a somewhat odd circum
stance that while the year just
closing has witnessed the adop
tion of the most important in
novations in the hi-tory of the
poKtoiiice department, the same
year was marked by a poslollice
order that is iclrogressive, stupid
and will cause a great amount of
inconvenience to the public. The
closing of stamp and delivery win
dows and the refusal of the de
partment to allow hotels and other
institutions to get their mail on
Sundays offers a strange contrast
lo the enterprise of the postal
savings banks and Hie parcels
post. II is understood that after
January 1, Sunday mail deliveries
lo hotels will be slopped and
travelers must either go without
I heir letters or wait over at
points of delivery an entire day
In either case a hardship will be
imposed upon a large part of the
public and no real saving will re
sult.
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Governor-elect Morehead has
announced the following appoint
ments: W. T. Kenton of Kalis
City, warden of the penitentiary;
Ilev. N. T. Harmon, Lincoln
deputy warden; Ilev. P. 0. John
son, Tecumseh, chaplain of the
penitentiary, and Phil Hall, Lin
coin, adjutant general. Mr. Ken
ton has been elected sheriff o
Richardson county four terms in
succession, and his selection is a
good one. He was born and rear
ed in Richardson county. The
deputy warden is the present
chaplain of the penitentiary, and
Rev. P. C. Johnson was chaplain
of the penitentiary previous to
the tragedy that occurred last
summer, and was kicked out be
cause he told Aldrich tho condi
tion of affairs in that institution
Mr. Hall is a son of Dr. P. L. Hal
and if he is a follower in the foot
steps of his illustrious father he
cannot help but be the right kin
of man for most any position.
Good-bye, Old Year, good-bye!
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Hoosto for everything that is
Hood for Plattsmouth in 1913.
K.vitv citizen should be a booster.
The Falls Cily Journal trep.;
pays Ihe following compliment to
W. T. Kenton, Governor-elect
Morehead's appointee for warden
of the penitentiary, which dem-ou-dra'es
(he high esteem in
which Sheriff l-'enlon is held in
his home town and county:
" io crnor-elect Morehead and
Sheriff Kenton have authorized
the announcement of the appoint
ment of Mr. Kenton as warden of
the slate; penitentiary. II. has
been generally understood that
Sheriff Kenton was lo receive the
appointment, but until today no
authorized statement has been
given out. The State Journal
stated that for family reasons Mr.
'enton had declined the offer of
penitentiary warden and had ac
cepted that of state fire warden.
his was a mistake. While we
are glad Mr. Kenton has been ap-
ointed to such a responsible
position we are sorry to have' him
and his family leave our cily and
county. As county sheriff he has
been indefatigable in his efforts
o delect crime and punish offend-
rs and perhaps no county officer
has received greater praise and
ommendation for duty well per
formed than Sheriff Kenton. We
feel thai he is in every wav
pialilied for this responsible posi
tion arid will exert everv effort to
ive to (he stale the best dial is
in him for Ihe management of the
penitent iary."
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We hear little of the "little 'red
chool houses" in these days, but
their successors, the rural
chools, are rapidly coming inlo
their own, according to the na
liona! bureau of education. After
a period of long neglect, it is de
faced that the rural schools are
in process of regeneration. A
bulletin just issued slates that
xperienced teachers with es
sential knowledge of rural life and
acquainted with the needs of (be
ommiinil ies they serve are doing
for the rural districts what the
pioneer teachers of former gen-
rations did for Hie city and town.
Old ramshackle buildings have
ceil lorn down and replaced by
il.lract.ivf little buildings, not,
necessarily larger lhan those they
displace, but constructed on lines
of beauty and utility. Attention
is called lo the fact that for near-
y a century American education
has developed considerably as a
city and town mailer. Now it is
held that better rural schools will
have a tendency to -equalize the
ulvantages of the city in educa
tional opportunity and will meet
a greater economic need by in
creasing the efficiency of the com
ing generation as producers on
Ihe land.
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THE HAPPY NEW YEAR.
Tonight "when the cock crows
to mark Ihe hour of twelve," Ihe
year of ll I "J will be ended and Ihe
new year of 1913 will be before us.
Kach of us will make somo new
year's resolutions, either formal
ly or informally, and proceed to
break them in the next few weeks,
as we did a year ago and the year
before thai.
Hut really New Year's resolu
tions don't mailer. They are a
harmless sort of amusement for
those who look upon them in that
light and hardly more than that
lo those who try to lake them
seriously. The man who makes
a resolution just because it is
New Year's, usually intends to
break it when he makes it. If he
didn't he would make the resolu
tion some other time and stick
to it.
The year 1912 has been, wo be
lieve, a pood year for most of our
readers. With trouble and dis
aster in some parts of the world,
Nebraska, Cass rounty and
Plattsmouth have been blessed
with their share of prosperity,
pood crops, good weather and
average pood health. No storm n
of a really serious nature, or dis
aster of any kind has visited this
section. Everyone has prospered
and has a right to be glad for the
year thai is so near over.
The Journal wishes for each
of its readers a very Happy New
Year, not just as happy as the
past year, but much better. None
of u. no matter how well he a
prospered, but is sorry for some
thing- which have happened in the
year ju-t closing. None of all
our readers but will base some
thing to regret, we fear, when the
year 1913 has passed into history.
Hut the Journal hopes and trusts
that Ihe year which will arrive in
a few hours will prove, for each
one of its leaders, a belter, hap
pier year than the' last. Let every
one for whom we make this wish
make one resolution and let that
be to be decent and give the world
and society a fair return for what
he expects to receive from them,
then the dawn of 191 i; will mark
the closing of a year which has
not proven a failure or disap
pointment to many. Again the
Journal extends to not only every
pa'-.i of the paper, but to every
person, the right hand of good
fellowship and wishes thein all a
most prosperous and Happy New
Year.
DICKINSON
IS DEPOSED
M, J. Knell) Appointed General
SUPT. MERTSGHEIMER RESIGNS
Disagreement Among Eleven Receiv
ers in Charge of Company Brings
About Shakeup Dickinson Retains
Place of Vice President.
Kans:s City, Jan. 1. Edward Dick
inson has been deposed as general
manager of the Kansas City, Mexico
and Orient railway and M. J. Knelly,
formerly a division superintendent for
the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
railroad, named in his place, according
to an announcement from the railway
headquarters here. The resignation of
Frederick Mertscheimer as superin
tendent of motive power also was an
nounced. Disagreement among the various re
ceivers who have had the railway
company in charge for several months
Is said to have brought about the
shnkeup. Counting the receivers ap
pointed for the subsidiary companies
nnd those named in different states,
eleven receivers have charge of the
Orient company's affairs. There are
three for Kansas and Oklahoma, two
for Texas, two for Mexico, one each
for the Kansas City Outer Belt Rail
way company and the Townsite com
pany, two for the International and
Union Construction company, the last
named concerns being subsidiaries of
the Orient.
It was stated that Mr. Dickinson re
tains the place of vice president, but
liaa merely a "thinking part" in the
affairs of the road.
16 OFFICIALS INDICTED
C, H. and D. Heads Charged With
Manslaughter.
Indianapolis, Jan. 1. Sixteen offl
ctals and directors of the Cincinnati,
Hamilton and Dayton railway and two
trainmen were Indicted on charges ol
Involuntary manslaughter by the
Marion county grand Jury in connec
tion with it& Investigation of the
wreck on that road in a suburb on
Nov. 13.
Sixteen persons were killed when a
passenger train ran Into an open
switch and collided with a freight train.
Those indicted: Daniel Willard,
president; George F. Randolph, vic
president; George M. Shrlvcr second
vlco president, Tlaltimore; W. C. Loree
of Cincinnati, general manager; II. B.
Voorhees of Cincinnati, general super
Intendent; R. B. White of Indianap
oils, division superintendent; 0. 0.
Murray, George W. Perkins, I F.
Loree, II. P Davison, Frederick W
Stevens, Joseph Wood, E. R. Bason, F.
D. Underwood. Harry Bronner and
Norman B. Ream, officials of the rail
road; Carl Cross of Indianapolis,
brakeman on the freight train; Willli
York or Indianapolis, engineer on th
freight train
RAIL OFFICIALS ARRESTED
Three Charged With Manslaughter In
Connection With Wreck.
Bridgeport , Conn., Jan. 1. Vlc
President Henry J. Horn, Genera!
Manager Benjamin R. Pollock and DI
vision Superintendent Charles N
Woodward of the New York, Now
Haven nnd Hartford railroad wero ax
rested on bench warrants here,
charged with manslaughter In conneo
tion with the wreck of the Springfield
express at ' Westport on Oct. 3, la
which seven ocrsons wore killed.
FARMERS DO NOT
LIKE TAX LAWS
Secretary Odsll Inquires Abast
Rural Gonditicns.
OF REPLIES.
Eighty-one Per Cent of Those Sending
Replies Declare That Some Change
Should Be Brought About Seed
Co-n Situation Demands Caution.
Lincoln, Jan. 1. Secretary Fnmk G.
Odell cf the Nebraska rural life com
mission has completed an analysis of
several hundred replies, which he sent
wit some time ago to the farmers of
the state covering every county, tend
ing to show there is dissatisfaction
over the taxation law. Among the
men who answered the questions sent
out SI per cent said they regarded
the tai laws unsatisfactory. Fourteen
per cent suggest a remedy by the en
tire abolition of the personal tax; 11
pe cent declare in favor of a removal
of the tax on Improvements on real
estate and substitution of the single
tax; S per cent thlnV that the income
tax is the only remedy, Trhlle 5 per
cent want larger exemptions. Follow
ing are some of the questions asked,
with the answers brought down to a
percentage:
"Are the schools In your nelghbor
fcood training boys and girls satisfac
torily for farm life? Yes, 11; no, 89.
"Do the farmers In your neighbor
hood get the. returns they reasonably
6hould from the sale of their prod
ucts?" Yes, 35; no, 65.
"Are the renters of farms in yonr
neighborhood making a satisfactory
living and accumulating profits whtcii
tend to enable them to become owners
of farms?" Yes, 23; no, 17.
"Are the farmers and their vive
about you organized to satisfactorily
promote their mutual buying and sell
ing interests?" Yes, 8; no, 92.
"Have the farmers In your neighbor
hood satisfactory facilities for doing
their business in banking, credit, In
surance, etc.?" Yes, 82; no, 18.
"Do the farmers and their wives
and families In your neighborhood get
together for mutual lmprovebent, en
tertainment and social intercourse as
much as they should?" Yes, 17; no, 83.
"What In your Judgment is the most
Important single thing which should
be immediately done for the better
mont of farm life in Nebraska?" One,
practical education for farm life; two,
good roads; three, co-operation In
business.
Farmers to Be Cautious.
Professor C. W. Pugsley, director of
agricultural extension, states that ex
amination or corn at the corn shows
thus far held Indicates that while tho
seed condition is much better than at
this time last year, the seed corn sit
uation is such as to demand caution on
the part of farmers. Institute work
ers fled corn containing a large per
centage of moisture and liable to se
vere Injury in case of excessive cold.
The Jppnrtment recommends that all
seed corn tie selected as speedily as
possible and put in a dry place and
that careful tests be made for ger
mination before planting. Up to the
present time, according to Professor
Pugsley, dead ears have been found
In nearly all exhibits nt the corn
shows. Indicating that it is not safe
to plant without a preliminary test.
Inspection of Guard.
Lieutenant F. C. Test, Twenty-sec-end
infantry, special Instructor for
the Nebraska guard, has been ordered
by the war department to begin the
'"spection of the Nebraska guard Jan.
10, 1613. The inspecticn will begin
with company C of the Second regl
tnert.. at Nebraska City. At tJie con
clusion of the Inspection of the Ne
braska guard Lieutenant Test will In
spect In ancther state.
Golden Wedding at Callaway.
Callaway, Neb., Jan. 1. Mr. and
Mrs. Rohe't M. Dickson celebrated
their golden wedding at their home,
neven miles west of here. Some fifty
relatives and friends were present.
Fifty years ago at Danville, 111., Rob
ert M. Dlckron and Miss Mary Ann
Wells were united in marriage. They
are the pa'jits of ten children, six of
whom ar . now living. Mr. and Mrs.
Dickson came to York county, Nebras
ka, In 1W, and In 1882 moved to Cus
ter county, where they have since re
sided. Roth are In excellent health.
Curtis Has New Light Plant.
Curtis, Net)., Jan. 1. Curtis took
on a ful! glory suit when the big dy
namo la the electric light Jower hous
and accumulators were for the first
time called upon to do fluty. The
plant Is an ample one, ownod by the
city, and will be fully utilised by a
large per cent of our people.
24 IN STATE SANITARIUM
Douglas County Patients at Kearney
Tuberculosis Hospital.
Kearney, Neb., Jan. 1. Potcr Elsas
eer. county con mlsaloner of Douglas
Munty, arrived in Kearney, bringing
with him eight patients from Omaha
end Soutb Omaha for treatment In
the slalA tuberculosis hospital, which
Imreasea the number of patients now
being treated to twenty-four.
Thrb patients were discharged as
sufficiently benefited to return to
their homes, where they can care for
themselves.
