The Plattsmouth Journal
Published Semi-Weekly at Plattsmoutb, Neb.:
K. A.. IIATICS, 1 illll
Entered at the Postoflice at Plattsmouth, Nebraska as second-class matter
yi.FiO PER YEAR IN ADVANCE :
The "clean-up" order is always
in force, ami you should iut in all
your spare time arouinl your
premises. It won't hurt you in
the least.
A Milwaukee judh'e has decided
that it is all right for a wife to
strike her husband"? affinity, and
yet there are women who go about
shouting for their rights.
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Lverything is booming in
I'lattsmouth; the knockers have
taken to the woods. There are a
few cranks in town yet who
should have accompanied them.
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An Indiana man with $150 in
coin in his pockets fell into the
water and was drowned while try
ing to land a big fish. The boy
with the pawpaw pole is still
a head.
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Tu defense of the proposition
for a strong navy it should be re
membered that tin) United Slates
has nearly (5,000 noies of coast to
paired and the l.asK cannot be per
formed by a small fleet.
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The man who thinks President
Wilson is not onto his job is bad
ly mistaken. Woodrow is right
I here 'with the goods, and the
American people have great con
fidence in his manner of doing
business.
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Omaha's population now totals
1 (58,48 i. Show us the person
who says .the Nebraska me
tropolis is not forging to the
front in population as well as in
everything else that is calculated
to make it one of I lie greatest
cities in America.
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Militant British sulTragelles
are said to have damaged prop-
rty to the extent of $5,0110,(100 in
three mouths. They have injured
l heir cause by ioi"iiee more than
can be stated in dollars and cents,
lot only jn Unhand, but in
America also,
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Colonel T. II. Tibbies of Oma
ha suggests a way out of the
dandelion jungle. He .says be has
sown sweet clover around his
shack, and that il drives out the
dandelions and oilier bothersome
weeds, and yield come fodder
worth as much ns alfalfa besides.
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The fact that a change in the
tariff disturbs business is a
strong argument against the pro
tective system. Anything in
legislation that builds up artifi
cial conditions in business is
class legislation pure and simple.
It is the enrichment of a certain
people at the expense of the whole
people.
Kvidently some people are not
so enthusiastic for road drag
ging as they were a year ago.
What's the matter?
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Swat "with a high hand and
out stretched arm." Swat from
the rising sun to the setting
thereof. And swat him hard and
plenty.
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Some wise old gink has said
that "the guilty llee when no man
pursueth," which may account for
I lm nervousness of some people
in this town.
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An aeroplane consigned to
Mexico has been lost on the way.
In case of defeat it would have
been handy in striking a bee line
for the American side of the
border.
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The change in the adminislra
ion at Washington hasn't bad any
effect on the internal improve
ments in Plat I smooth. Improve
ments keep right i n. Keep 'em
going.
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II' rabbit serum is to be a cure-
all for cancer, as declared by Dr.
N'owidl, we will have to doll' our
bats to Mr. Cottontail for all the
damage he lias done in times
past.
The month of May is a notable
one in Mexican history. So many
days are claimed for celebrations
and dedications that washday and
payday have practically been
abolished.
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The Lincoln papers are author
ly for the announcement that the
Anti-Saloon League of (he state
bad decided to male a fight for
stale-wide prohibition in 191 i.
Come on, boys I
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One late view is that the dande
lion is"a thing of beauty and ajoy
forever." Because it is a plant,
a product of nature, it ought to be
given permission to grow where
it lislelh! Tell it to Mayor Dahl-
inaii.
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A table in Mr. Cannon's lalt
Washington residence has been
sold for the fancy price of $1(5 be
cause il is said to lie the table at
which Mr. Cannon often played
poker. Then "si. Hiding pat" on
a full hand iiui-l be popular in
Washington.
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"I am not the kind that con
siders compromises when 1 once
lake my position. I have taken
my stand for the present bill.
Knoiigh said. I am not looking
for or accepting compromises."
President Wilson. Hurrah for
Woodrow, the man of grit!
"There is no place like home."
IMitllHii'Mith i our home. Let us
make it the very best home on
earth. This can be done by a
continuation of lieaulifying our
homes.
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From the reports of our Kan
sas auto visitors Saturday, the
roads between Plattsmouth and
Omaha ami also between this city
and Nebraska City are not in a
very good condition. The good
roads advocates do not seem to
be lining up in the proper shape
this season. Of course the fre
quent rains may have had some
thing to do w ith the slow work on
the roads. (Jet busy, gentlemen,
get busy!
The man who, once honored
and elevated to public otlice, and
straightway forgets his obliga
tion to those w ho were responsible
for his election, is not destined to
hold such office a great while, and
no matter on which ticket he is
elected, if he so far forgets his
true friends as to lend encourage
ment to one who is not loyal to
his party, he is not the kind of a
man who has the true interests
of his party at heart.
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People from various parts of
the county are asking every day:
"When will work be commenced
on tin. new jail?" We do not
know. But what we do know is
that there is unnecessary delay in
I he matter. The commissioners
do not necessarily have to wait
until after the levy is made to let
the contract. The levy has been
voted, and contractors know that
the money will come in time, and
can place I heir bids with tins un
derstanding.
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Neighboring cities are watch
ing l lie recall or Mayor Houston
of Nebraska City. The chief ex
ecutive of our sister city is giving
the people all kinds of trouble,
and many are disposed to believe
that he has partially been justified
in so doing, and the outcome will
be watched very closely by other
towns, who like the commission
form of government. There are
numerous towns with officials
whom they would recall if they
only had the power to do so. But
they are not large enough to
adopt the commission form of
government. j
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Kdgar Howard of the Columbus
Telegram, an intrepid tighter for
the right, is now battling against
the practice of school children
selling tickets for ( nlertaininenls,
on the streets and in business
houses ami offices. Ktlitor Howard
believes this practice should be
slopped, lie feels thai the pub
lic should not be pestered by
school children who are sent out
for the purpose of "boosting"
school entertainments. He goes
on the theory that very few par
ents like to have their children
placed iu the role of beggars and
says that tickets are bought from
I hem not because the entertain
ment has any particular merit,
but because it is iot the custom
to "turn down" a child.
What a wonderful system of
highways we would have if good
roads talk made good roads.
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It is very pleasing to the Jour
nal to notice the great interot
our business men are taking in
the Commercial cl lb. It denotes
that we are all pulling together
for a Greater Plattsmouth.
Under a ruling of the supreme
court state banks may escape all
taxes. Most banks hold real
estate mortgages far in excess of
the amount of their capital stock.
If mortgages owned by banks are
lo bo deducted from capital stock,
as held by the supreme court,
there will be nothing left upon
which state banks may be taxed.
"The state and county will owe
these banks instead of the banks
owing state or county taxes," said
one state official.
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The census reports show that
where there were but 39 Japanese
farm operators in the Pacific
slates in 1900, there were in 1910
some 2,215, a remarkable in
crease in numbers, but as the
acreage summary proves, not
producing a proportionate in
crease iu Japanese ownership.
'I he report of the immigration
commissioner shows that within
the last three years the number
of Japanese residents has actual
ly decreased 1,933. These are
facts and figures over which Cali
fornia is raising such a disturb
ance. The people of the Golden
stale should be made to undei
stand that, they have no authority
to plunge this entire country into
a bloody war, without giving the
national government an oppor
tunity to amicably adjust matters.
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I liscriminale legislation on the
pari of California or any other
stale of the Union will undoubted
ly cause protests and possibly
whose citizens are thus restricted,
whose cili.ens are thus restircted.
II behooves Mr. Bryan and the
national government lo use all
diplomacy iu dealing with such a
situation. But California and thi
ol her states on our western coast
are the ones vitally concerned in
this matter, and the ones which
inu.st deal with it directly. It is
rather hard to believe that their
attitude is not based on some real
foundation. If trouble can be
averted it should be done, but if
our western states find it neces
sary to use drastic measures in
dealing with a real menace, the
federal government can do noth
ing but spporl them, if matters
come to an absolute crisis. The
principal of "America for Ameri
cans" ought to be as sound on one
coast as the other, and if the im
migration which comes seeking
admission cannot possibly be de
veloped to lit into American
progress we certainly are justified
in raising the bars, and raising
them high. II is a sane asser
tion that Secretary Bryan will use
every effort in his power lo
amicably adjust this deplorable
situation with all the haste pos
sible, and to the best interests of
all concerned.
Of the six largest winter wheat
states, Kansas ranks first and
Nebraska second in acreage and
production. The remaining four
are Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and
Ohio.
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If democrats .put democrats
into elective offices it would seem
a very poor return for such favor
and about the climax of base in
gratitude for those so elected to
turn down their friends as soon
as they themselves were com
fortably enscounsed at the pie
counter. A party's strength lies
in its unity. It was good politics
for the republicans and it will
prove good politics for the demo
crats to follow the precedent.
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About 500 or 600 High school
cadets of Omaha are looking for
a suitable place to camp for ten
days or two weeks. They could
be induced to come to Platts
mouth if the proper place can be
secured for them. If the rifle
range is not finished up by. the
middle of June the time they
want to come why not look
around for some other suitable
place? But it is probable that the
rifle range will be completed by
that time. The Commercial club
should get busy.
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The Outlook, in an article on
the woman's suffrage question,
contains the following, which
sizes up the condition and stand
ing of a majority of the women
of the United Slates on the mat
ter, and they are facts as they ex
ist: "The fact that practically all
woman suffragettes are opposed
to asking women whether they
wish to vote or not confirms our
belief that only a small minority
of women favor this political
revolution. And we repeat what
we have often affirmed before
that it is neither democratic nor
just to impose on women the duty
of sharing the responsibility in
volved in active participation in
government without first ascer
taining whether or not she wishes
to assume this responsibility from
which hitherto she has been ex
empt." For time out of mind, the frog
industry iu Wisconsin has been a
source of revenue to the people
of that state. In I he first place,
they sell them to tourists who
w ish lo use I hem for bait for
muscalonge, and the next place,
the t ratio in hotel. and restau
rants is great. Now the legisla
ture has passed a bill making it
unlawful to take, catch or kill any
frog, or have in his possession
any living or dead frog or parts
of frog, or to sell or to offer for
sale any living or dead frog or
parts of frog, between November
1 and June 1 next following. It
also makes it unlawful for any
hotel or restaurant, boarding
house, club or private family to
use or serve as food the hind legs
of frogs at any lime. Why the
frog should be thus protected, is
not stated, for hitherto thousands
of frogs have been shipped to
Chicago, New York and other cen
ters, and the industry is lucrative.
The people of Ibis country are
sweetening the sugar trust wilh
an annual bonus of ? 1 3O,nrt0,00i)
in tariff taxes. Aed yet you oc
casionally hear men oppose a re
duction of the tax who never did
own a stalk of cane or a sugar
beet.
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A. Grove, treasurer of a local
store at Milton, 111 , placed $500
in bills in a wallet prior to going
to a bank to deposit. He had oc
casion to go to the stable, and
when he passed a stall where a
calf was tied, the animal nipped
the wallet from his pocket and
Gi 'oves did not notice it. Back in
the store he missed it, and after
a search found that the calf was
chewing the wallet, money and
all. Taking it out he found a ball
of chewed up money and leather.
It will be sent to Washington for
possible redemption.
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Graduation day, with all its
flowers, will soon be here. You
can already scent the fragrance
of blossoms. Our people have al
ways taken great pride in our
schools, and no student ever car
ried away a diploma but took it
with the best wisnes of our peo
ple. Speaking of the rapid ap
proach of another graduation day
reminds us that there is nothing
more pleasant in the busy hum
drum of after years than to per
mit your mind lo wander back to
the days of school life, the sweet
memories and incidents that come
up, the smiling faces and pleas
ant countenances; Uie old school
house door, that has so often ad-
milted you, swinging back and
forth on its great hinges; the very
walls speaking forth of hanny
hours; while at your side stands
the noble teacher who has watch
ed your every move, and is as
much interested in your success
as you are yourself.
The story of the Kentucky girl
who led a posse against her moon
shiner brothers shculd be taken
with a grain of stilt . Such pro
cedure is against all (he rules of
the motion picture plays.
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The first assistant postmaster
general, acting under instructions
form Postmaster General Burle
son, has mailed a letter to every
democratic congressman to fur
nish the files of the poslollice de
partment witli all papers in their
possession bearing upon the
qualifications and general fitness
of persons recommended for such
positions, so that immediate ac
tion might bo taken. This is as
it should be and no olhe rcourse
should ever have been thought of.
The people at the polls last No
vember certainly expressed
themselves in a very emphatic
way that, they desired a demo
cratic administration, and the
only way lo give a thoroughly
democratic administration is to
put democrats on guard in every
conceivable appointive position.
And men who are known to have
always been loyal to tho parly
not one who is a democrat only
when he has friends on the demo
cratic ticket but one who always
stands by his party nominations.
MR. HENRY PECK AND HIS FAMILY AFFAIRS
By Gross
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