START THE
New Year Right!
Resolve that from now on you are oing to inves
tigate and find out for sure where you can get the
best clothes values before parting with your hard
earned money.
Resolve that all things being equal you are go
ing to give the home merchant the preference, and in
order to do that you are going to "Try Plattsmouth
First." Compare all offerings and weigh all state
ments carefully then come here. That's the way
you will learn how much you can save by trailing
here.
Our Semi-Annual Clearance Sale
offers you an unusual opportunity to save money
all prices reduced 5 to 50 per cent.
Suits at $7.50, $10.50, $13.50
former value $10 to $20
Boys' Suits $1.50, $2.45 and $4
Sweaters 30 and 59c
C. E. Wescott's Sons
ALWAYS THE HOME OF SATISFACTION
IE m OF IHE
It
Are They Roceiving Fair Com
pensation for Their Labor,
and If Not, Why Not?
From Sntiinluy'H bully.
'l'lic problem of llii' woman ami
the labor pics.inn thai, is every
4;y being brought In (lit; atten
tion of the public in some manner
that shows bow the women and
girls earning small salaries are
compelled to live. One of the
best articles on the subject, was
written to the World-Herald from
a subscriber a I. Kearney, and Hie
condition t hat prevails there is
Ihe same all over the stale, al
though in some localities the
cost of living is no) quite as high
as that prevailing in Kearney.
The arlicle, which covers thor
oughly the telephone problem,
was as follows:
My excuse for trespassing on
your lime and .-pace is: First,
your well known good nature;
second, that our paper, with its
great, inlluence, has always stood
for Ihe rights of labor ami Ibe
bet l.eriueii of the conditions of
labor on many lines we owe di
reclly to your inlluence. Hut there
is one class of labor, a very im
portant, cla.-s, whose rights seem
to be entirely ignored. In all this
country I have never seen a single
individual villi manhood or nerve
enough o advocate their rights,
f refer to the "telephone girl."
and I trust vou w ill use your great
influence to have the legislature,
so soon to meet, in tiv by law, a
minimum price for their labor.
These girls are paid now at
least here in Kearneyl (be pitiful
sum of $jn per month. After
serving for one or two years I here
is a possible raise of S'.'.rii) and
Mien a possible r raise, making
a maximum wage of :.'". The
nighl operator ujrl gels :.;. r,il
and the chief operator from -S : t r
to a SO.
aaaaagaccs
January Travel Bulletin
TO THE SOUTH llomeseekers' excurnionn arc announced for January 7th
and 21st, and February 4th and 18th. Theyjfuruish low rates for a most at
tractive southern tour. Southern tourest farca every day with longer limits;
many of these tours include going one way and returning1 another.
DENVER, COLO.-NATIONAL STOCK 5H0W, Januaty 20tli to 25th
Speciel rates January 18th to 20th.
LINCOLN, NEB.-Great Convention to Organize Agriculture. Week of Jan
uary 20th to 24th. Twenty-two Societies meet for the advancement of Ne
braska Agriculture
Corn Improvements
State Horticultural
State Dasrynien
Dairy Cattle Breeders
Nebraska Rural Life
Hoiiieeeker' Excursions to the West and Northwest first and third Tues
days during I'M'.). Very low rates to Pig Horn iSasin. Wyoming. Colorado, the
mm
Wee of January i i d 5
Overcoats $8, $10, $12
former value $11 to $20
Boys' Overcoats $1.50 Up
Fur Lined Coats $3.65 Up
good education. They are com
pelled, on making application for
These girls are necessarily of
a position, to bring references of
a good moral character, and then
they are asked this ipicsliou:
"lo vou live at home?" What
business is if of the telephone
corporal ion w hether f h t live at
home or not ? Is it, because I bey
are so interested in their moral
welfare.' Or is il because I hey
know Dial the sum they pay I hem,
would not be sufficient to board
and clothe them? Supposing
these girls Were compelled to pay
their board, how much would they
have left from SL'O per month?
Would thai sum dress Ibem as
they must be dressed? Suppose
they should present themselves at
Ihe ollice dressed otherwise, how
long would I hey hold I heir posi
tion? Mow many of us using the
'phone know what these girls
have to contend wilh? Hvcry flav
in the week, including Sundays,
they must stand at. the board wilh
Ihe nervous s, stein keyed up lo
the breaking point doing Ihe best
they can and they must always be
pleasant and polite. Patrons be
come impatient, ami in language
more forceful Iban polite com
plain because of delay in making
a long distance connection. How
many of Ibem know through how
many "centrals" their call must
pass before reaching its destina
tion? How many know the al
most superhuman elforl the oper
ator is making to gel their call
I lirougli ?
No one understands bet ler I hail
Ihe "telephone girls" that the suc
cess or failure of the system
resis wilh them. If the girl makes
a mistake in the lime the patron
talks and charges too little the
dill'erence is deducted from her
pay. A large majority oT Hie him:
distance calls come in through
booths located in different parts
of the city. The money to pay
for these calls is dropped in at the
booths. The dollar, half dollar,
ipinrlcr, dime and nickel each
make a different inelalic ring as
it is dropped in; Ihe ring oi the
tpiarler ami nickel are very much
alike, The operator must tell bv
these different sounds the piece
of money put in and so gel pay
a DEE
Combined Apple and Corn Show
State Swine Breeders
Nebraska Horse Breeders
State Live Stock Improvers
Many others.
far VVcHt and Northwest, including the Pacific Const.
R.W. CLEMENT, Clerk
L. W. WAKLLEY,
General Passenger Agent, Omaha, Nebr.
for the call. If she mistakes a
ring ami charges too little, she
must pay the. loss from $20 per
month, or 07 cents per day; if
compelled to pay their board, it
would cost them at any restaurant
in Kearney at least 75 cents per
day. How much would they have
left to clolho and room them
selves? ,
The solution of that problem
can only be reached by the in
tricate way of figuring known only
to a corporation and the chief
factor used by them in its solution
is "board at home." I have tried
to give the public some idea of
what these girls have to endure.
A few evenings since I heard one
of them say to her father, with
tears running down her cheeks,
"Papa, it's killing me. Killing
me! And oh, it seems to me life
is so cheap at the little, sum of
l!7 cents per day!" She did not
understand the, extreme com
mercial age in which she was liv
ing. She thought Ihe, ideal law
of love and charily promulgated
by the Nazareuo still held sway.
She did md, know that com
mercialism, that respects neither
Ood nor man, had thrown a vejj
over that law, and under the new
dispensation human life wilh its
hopes, asperal ions, ideals, ambi
tions must go into the hopper of
insatiate greed. If we cannot or
will not protect, our children, our
boys and girls, (hen let us as a
nation lay aside Ihe cloak of
Christ in which we are mas
querading and stand before the
nations of the earth for what we
are hypocrites.
IHE DOUGHTY
IRS HE DEFEAT
Casket Ball Game With Auburn
Was More of a Slugging Match
Than Social Contest.
from Saturdays Dull
The live doughty warriors,
representing the Plaltsmoufh
High school in the basket ball
game at Auburn last evening, re
turned this morning on the early
Missouri Pacific, train, and after
their experience at the Nemaha
county city believe! that they could
qualify for the prize ring. The
contest was a slugging match
from start to finish, and as the
local boys were considerably
liirlller than their onnonenls lliev
I '
jbad what Ihe poet would term "a
fat chance to win.
The first half oT the game re
sulted in a score of i) to 5 in
favor of Auburn, and during the
second half, on the protest of the
Auburn leant, Don Arries, the .tar
of the local team, was put out ot
the game, which greatly disheart
ened bis (cumulates and they did
not. enter into the game with their
usual form. The floor resembled
the forum in Home in ancient
days during a conflict of Hie
gladiators at times, with Ihe
mangled forms of the basket ball
"sharks" scattered over the en
lire ball. The boys from here
feci confident that in other locali
ties and with fair work by Ihe
referee they could secure a victory
from Ihe Auburn team. The final
score in the contest resulted in a
victory for Auburn by a score of
:(.' to I S. Hul wait' till we get
I hem up here.
Very Pleasant Dance.
t'loin Hut ui tluy r Daily.
Another very pleasant number
of Hie series of dancing assemb
lies given by Mrs. Kvcrrlt Kalon
ai Woodman hall last evening and
proved most enjoyable to the
young people present, who danced
for several hours to the strains
of the delightful music. Quite a
large number of the young people
have been attending the dancing
; lessons and are becoming very
proficient in the latest styles of
'duneiiiir.
Palaces of Thebm.
The palaces of old Thebes, tu Egypt,
were probably the largest and most
wonderful ever erected by the baud of
man. One of them was ttio container
of a central hall 80 feet in height, 3'J5
feet In length and 179 feet In breadth,
the roof of which was supported by 134
columns 11 feet In diameter and 70
feet In height. Tho cornices were of
the finest marble, Inlaid with Ivory
work and sheathed with beateu gold.
From the point of view of artistic
beauty, tho Parthenon, of course, still
holds the palm and is likely always to
hold it. New York American.
Ancient Mussel.
There are gigantic mussels whose
ago is assumed to be comparable only
with Hint of tho Cape Verdo baobab
treo and tho big trees ot California,
which live for G.000 years. Indeed,
there appears no particular reason why
mussels should ever die, though it Is
also true that, considering tho sort of
life a mussel leads, there seems no
particular reason why it should ever
have lived. London Express.
TO BE REAPPOINTED SUPER
INTEfiDEHT STATE FISHERIES
from Saturday's Daily.
The Lincoln Journal says:
"W. J. O'Hrien, superintendent of
the state fish hatchery at South
iJend, stopped in Lincoln yester
day on his way home from Falls
City. He went to Richardson
county to give advice and counsel
to the owner of a large private
pond where an effort is being
made to raise fish. Incidentally
Mr. O'Hrien called upon Governor-elect
Morehead. He was as
surred by the governor-elect that
he would be reappointed to his
present position, a dace be has
held for nearly twenty years un
der both democratic and repub
lican administrations. Mr.
O'Hrien knows more about lisb
Iban any man in Nebraska, and
on account of his efficiency as a
superintendent of the hatcheries
lias been retained in the state
service. During the adniinisl ra
tion of Governor Poynler be was
removed and an inexperienced
man pi. iced in bis position. The
result was so disastrous to the
hatchery and its stock of lisb that
no governor since that time has
seen fit to appoint a superintend
ent untrained in fish culture. Mr.
O'Hrien obtained his first train
ing in the. state fisheries of
Mich iban and wilh years of
practical experience now ranks as
one of Ihe leading nulhnril ies on
fresh water fish. Huihlings ex
cepted, the stale hatcheries of Ne
braska rank high among slate in
hI Millions of Ihis kind." The
Journal is more Iban well pleased
lo learn of Mr. O'llrieu's reap
pointment to the position he has
so ably filled for so many years.
He is competent, and a gentleman
in every conceivable wav.
ONE-LEGGED H FROM
Pil IMBIDES TOO FREE
LY OF CORN JUICE
From Saturday's Dally.
Last evening the residents on
Main street were greatly alarmed
at the loud and boisterous lang
uage of a man evidently under the
inlluence of- liquor, and many
hastened lo the scene of action
and discovered that the police
were escorting Ihe gentleman to
jail, despite his lonml and profane
protests. Tho first notice that
the police had of the man was
when Officer Trout, coming down
Ibe street annul 7:.'U), heard a
loud crash at, Holding's store, and
upon invest igation found lhat. the
man had fallen against the door
of the store and was loo drunk lo
gel. around, and with the assist
ance of some byslaudesc he was
gotten as far as Ihe corner of
Fourth street, all Ihe time swear
ing at. the lop of his voice. Chief
of Police Itainey arrived at this
lime and gathered Ihe man up ami
hustled him on over lo the hastile,
where he was locked up. The man
had only one leg, and when that
became so thai he could md man
age it he was in very bad shape
and should be glad that the offi
cers look him in. lie arrived in
Ihe city yesterday on the .' : 2 0
train from across the river, and
with pnnr judgment imbibed too
heavily of our superior brand of
corn juice.
This morning Chief Hainey
escorted Ibe one-legged gentle
man lo the Hurlington station,
where be was put on the train for
his home at Stanton, Iowa, and
Ihe city was well rid of his pres
ence, but if he should repeal, the
show of last evening it will go
very hard with him.
Glen Perry Resting Easier.
From .Siiturdity'a DhIIv.
The condition of Glen Perry,
who was severely injured by be
ing I brown from a load of wood
in a runaway New Year's day. is
reported as gelling along very
nicely, although severely bruised
and complains a good deal of his
head, but is apparently getting
along as well as could be expect
ed under Ihe circumstances.
We wish lo call your attention
to the fact lhat most infectious
diseases, such as whooping cough,
diphtheria and scarel, fever, are
contracted when Ihe child has a
cold. Chamberlain's Cough Hem
edy will ejuickly cure a' cold and
greatly lessen the danger of con
tracting these diseases. This
remedy is famous for its cures of
colds. It contains no opium or
other narcotic and may be given
to a child with implicit, confidence.
Sold by F. G. Rricke Co.
Don't forget! The Journal
office Is prepared to do all kinds
of fancy job work. Qlve us a trial.
Another Operation Today.
From Saturday's Daily.
This morning Fred Kehne and
wife, leading wc( of tiii-. city,
departed for Omaha to be present
at the hospital When their son,
August, is operated on for ap
pendicitis today. August has been
troubled a great deal by this for
several years ami has been unable
to do any work to speak of and
finally decided that while be was
in good shape to have the opera
lion performed.
FINE SHOWING FOR MU
TUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
From Saturday's Dally.
The directors of the Farmers'
Mutual Fire and Live Stock Insur
ance company of Cass county
held I heir annual meeting this
afternoon at Ibe office of Ibe sec
retary, J. 1. Falter, in Ibis city,
and examined the books of the
various officers of Ihe company
ami the amount, of business lhat
had been done during the past
year, and found Hie alVairs of the
company to be in a most Halter
ing condition. During the year
just closed the company wrote
3 57,8 15 of new insurance and
paid out for losses Ibe sum of 1,
8(r. The expenses of the com
pany were $210.0 4, and they have
! 4, -4 0.1.5 !) in the treasury at the
present, time. The total amount
of insurance carried by this com
pany amounts to $1,500,000 and
certainly is a splendid showing
for a small mutual insurance
company, and under fhe skillful
management of the present offi
cials Ihe business will be greatly
increased during the coming year.
The stockholders in Ihis company
are all well-to-do Cass county
citizens and Ihe officers are some
of our 'most successful men in Ihe
founly and their ability is shown
by Ihe able manner in which Ihe
affairs of the company have been
conducted. The company always
make a policy of prompt, set I le
nient of all claims and has always
given perfect, sal isfaclion to Ibe
policyholders.
Light Snow Last alight.
From Satuiaay's Dally.
This city was visited last night
by a light snowfall. Ihe first of
the season, and although it did
nol amount, to a great deal, it bad
a very wintery appearance and
served to make everyone feel in
bid ler spirits, as this fall and
winter has been very dry and the
wheat feels the need of moisture
very much. From now on we can
expect snow al most any time as
late January and February are
usually Ibe most .stormy months
we have in I his climate.
A I)es Moines man had an at
tack of muscular rheumatism in
his shoulder. A friend advised
him lo go to Hot Springs. That
meant an expense of ?150 or more
He sought for a quicker and
cheaper way to cure it and found
it in Chamberlain's Liniment.
Three days after the first applica
tion of this liniment he was well.
For sale by F. G. Fricke & Co.
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LOW prices in regular sell
ing, with the added benefit of a
reasonably deep price cut, on every suit and overcoat
in the house, blue serges and fur overcoats included.
makes this the genuine clearance sale of the season.
We can offer greater variety to
those coming early.
The following reductions from reg
ular prices will be made:
All S15.00 suits and overcoats SI 1.25
" 18.00 , 13,50
" 20.00 15.00
" 22.50 16.25
" 25.00 18.75
" 27.50 20.00
" 30.00 22.50
Reductions on sheep-lined coats:
Al S 5.00 sheep-lined coats $3.75
6.00 4.00
7.50 5.25
" 10.50 8.00
J&M di&&r !
Manhattan Shirts Stetson Hats
DEATH OF ANOTHER FORMER
CITIZEN OF PLATTSMUTII
From Saturdays Dally.
Notice appears in the stal
papers this morning of the deal
at Cheyenne, Wyoming, of J. Ii.
Pronger, who formerly resided ia
Ihis city about twenty-live years
ago. The I'ronger family, when
living here, occupied u house that,
stood on the lot between the Par
niele theater and the residence of
William Haird, and the father,
George Pronger. was interested in
the carpenter business with th
late James Hodgert for a number
of years. J. E. Pronger was in the
employ of the Union Pacific and
died at the Union Pacific hospital
of pluro-pneumonia. lie leave
a wife ami five children and one
bl ot her, J. T. Pronger, of Denver,
and one sister, Harriett, of Chey
enne, to mourn his loss.
HAVE TO SERVE A
TERM IN REFORM SCHOOL
From Saturday's Dally.
The sheriff and chief of police
yesterday brought six boys up be
fore County Attorney Taylor,
charging them with throwing coal
at one of the drivers for the Kgen
berger Coal company and other
wise behaving in an incorrigible
manner, One of the boys, Ed
Maybee, was brought up in county
court last, summer and was sen
tenced o the reform school, but,
Judge Heeson suspended sentence
during his good behavior, but he
will, now have to go to (he reform
school. The oi lier boys Chalnier
and Herl Smith, Albert Gardner
and Carl and Louie Kopiskie
were turned loose, after a severe
lecture by Ihe county attorney ou
the fate that awails them if ibey
do nol mend their wavs.
MORE ABOUT THE CHILD
From Saturday's Daily.
The county authorities, who
have been looking up the matter
of the attempted child abandon
ment case here Tuesday, ' have
learned from the conductor on
the early morning Missouri Pa
cific train that the woman alight
ed from that train on Tuesday
morning, and tin; members of Ihe
train crew are of the opinion thai,
she boarded the train at Auburn
lhat morning. The authorities at
Auburn have been notified of the
matter, but as yet. no reply has
been received from them. It is to
be regretted that. Ihe girl did not.
notify the authorities at once of
Ihe inal tor, as Ibey could have
Ihen secured Ihe woman before
she could have made her getaway.
When ordering flour ask your
grocer to send you a sack of
Forest Rose Flour Ihe best flour
Sell your property by an ad in
the Journal.