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The Plattsmouth Journal
: Published Semi-Weekly
A. 11AT10H, J . 1 1 1 ll it;
Entered at the Postoffice at Plattsmouth, Nebraska as second-class matter
fV?f PER YEAH IN ADVANCE --
THOUGHT FOR TODAY.
J A riHuipr tin- pitfalls in our
- way i
Tlif best oT us walk
J. blindly.
J O man, be warned, watch
J. and pray, !
J. And judge your brother
J. kindly;
Help back his feci if they f
J have slid, i
I- Nor count hint still your
.J. debtor;
h Perhaps the very wrong he
4 did 4
J Has made yourself the
better. 4
Alice Carey. 4
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There is something peculiarly
appropriate about the national
organization for a sane Fourth of
July, having its headquarters in
Milk street, Boston. Neverthe
less, we are for it.
. :o:
Every stranger that comes to
Plaltsniouth goes away with
praise upon their lips for the
enterprise of our citizens in keep
ing up with the procession in im
provements and cleanly condi
tion of the town in general.
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Some writer is worried about a
possible invasion of this country
by an army of 150,000. Where
would they get the transports and
what would they do when 20,000,
000 men of fighting age rushed to
give them a spank and good duck
ing? :o:-
China is the fourteenth nation
to indorse the peace plan pro
posed by the United Slates, which
is to think it over a long time be
fore resorting to hostilities. It
will at least put the hotspurs into
the background a long step to
ward safety and sanity.
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From the army (hat started out
yesterday morning with scythes
on their shoulders we suppose the
weeds were "slayetl" right and
left in some sections of the city.
It is a great move on the part of
the city, and we hope it. will be
kepi up until every weed in (own
falls by the wayside.
The reason, probably, I here has
been no decision by the t'niled
Stales supreme court in refer
ence to the two-cent fare in Ne
braska is because the rale in this
stale has not, been attacked in the
courts. The roads here have
probably held the matter in abey
ance to see how the wind, blew
elsewhere.
MR. HENRY PECK AND HIS FAMILY AFFAIRS
9tAB TAKE IT. i JitfT
mavc th xr zoc snoot
I IY Fd THIS 1U,
"e to put it neniiy
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at Plattsmouth, Neb.:
There is mi use talking about a
panic under-Hit: present admin
istration. President Wilson and
his cabinet are not going to have
it that way, and Secretary of the
Treasury McAdoo gave Wall
street so to understand in a ery
few words the other da v. Good
for Mac.
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The fact that there is just now
a tremendous flood of old potatoes
on the northwestern markets is
one well worth investigation by
that branch of the government
which is looking into storage
houses, where much of the secret
of the high cost of living is in
hiding.
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A Plattsmouth young man who
owns an automobile, and who has
been "going" with a young lady
a long time, has decided that he
can't support a wife ami an auto
mobile. Which one do you sup
pose tie will give up? At the hour
of going to press tie hadn't given
up the automobile.
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Tomorrow (Sunday) June 22,
Old Sol will have ended his ex
cursion north and starts south
again to give us another winter.
Some people no doubt wish it was
a little cooler right now. But
don't get in too big a hurry; the
cold, chilly blasts will be here
soon enough to suit the pocket
books of most of us.
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Judge Travis has decided in
favor of the petitioners who want
to oust Mayor J. I. Houston of
Nebraska City, charging him with
extravagance,' ami naming Paul
S. Topping as the candidate to
make the race for mayor in his
stead. An election will be held.
Nebraska City has experienced
more or less trouble ever since
they adopted the commission form
of government.
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The Tekamah Herald is an
other paper that is opposed to
having any association say that
publishers shall incur the expense
of getting out a boom edition to
advertise the resources of the
stale, without consulting over
one-half of the newspapers of
the state. The Herald says: "The
Nebraska Press association, at its
recent session, resolved to, issue
or have all Hie papers issue spe
cial editions o boom the stale.
Wliv should that special expense
fall on the newspapers? Would
il not benefit the whole stale? If
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so lei ine winui' Maie pa tor ii,
what is not worth pain for is
not worth having, is an old rule
and .1 good one. Most of (lie
papers use pa ires of space during
each year for free boosting pur
poses, that should be enouirh."
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News fnun Washington says a
man declares ho has a scheme to
i
I ''lil.i lJ.. .iiti- mil i.f fh rik.ifcl-
er." It is not likely, however,
that the present administration
will look with favor on such a
proposition at the present time,
at least.
About the lirst few real warm
(lavs we have there are a whole
lot of people who hae it that the
crops are ruined, no matter if a
good share of it is already made
ami ready to harvest. There has
been plenty of rain this spring
and would it not prove more
profitable to take advantage of
some of the few dry days to get
ritl of the weeds instead of worry
ing about the crops, which are
doing remarkably well and call
for no calamitous bowling what
ever? :o:
Senator Marline of New Jersey
one of the three senators in
vestigating the dastardly Out
rages perpetrated upon the min
ers of West Virginia by the
mine owners themselves, is a man
of the hour. He has shown no
disposition whatever to shirk the
responsibility placed upon his
shoulders. He talks straight from
the shoulder to the mine bosses,
and tells them they are not fit to
do business in free America. Sen
ator Marline has demonstrated
that he is the proper person on
such committee, and proposes
that the dastardly mine owners
shall be punished for their
cowardly treatment of the men
and tlieir lamilies in tneir em
ploy shooting them down like
wild beasts of the forest.
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Wonder what has come over
the spirit of his dreams? Friend
Hales of the Plattsmouth Journal
is now defending our "business
governor" from "kicks that won't
hurt him." Then why waste time
and space in defending against
that which will not hurt. Hear in
mind, it is the truth that causes
the hurling. Anyhow, Col., -When
the Platlsinouth post mastership
is given out, the Herald sincerely
hopes you will not have cause to
change your tune on any of the
"great" men in your party. Lin
coln Herald. With all due respect
to our friend, Huckins, we beg
leave to inform him that our dis
appointments" have been so many
in the past, fifty years that we
have become hardened to fate. We
have winked and voted for those
whom we imagined were our
friends, only to be hooted at when
asked a favor from them, and yet
we feel ready to rally to the
democratic standard when duty
calls. We do not feel that it is
our duly to resort to abuse in
older to gel even with those who
I urn against us. If one is a
democrat from principle he must
l i . i I fill .. a
neiiionsi raie ine laci ny ins acis.
And no matter how muchly we
may desire the poslollice, if we
fail in our aspirations, we are
slill a democrat, and will always
he found in the front rank when
duly calls. Thai's the sort of
people that brings success to the
democratic party.
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Another reason the farmer is
independent is that he doesn't
need tit take a vacation to get
plenty of exercise in the open air.
Eagle, the fourth town in size
in Cass county, now boasts of an
electric light plant. If that isn't
enterprise we don't know what
you'd call iU
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There is an ordinance pro
hibiting the tiring of combustibles
inside the corporation on any
other day than the Fourth of July.
Still it is being done in various
parts of the city with impunity.
There is not much use in having
ordinances unless they are en
forced. There is enough risk in
tiring them on the Fourth without
doing so when there is no oc
casion for it.
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KEEPINQ IN THE SWIM.
The fear of being called a
"tight wad" colors the whole life
and dictates most of the actions
of the average American, says
Colonel Henry Watterson. The
truth of his assertion no one can'
dispute. Few of us can deny a
pule. Few of us can deny
share of the general weakness.
We are afraid of being suspected
of stinginess. Consequently we
buy things we don't need and do
many things we don't really want
to do just because our neighbors
do. What "they will say" is the
bugaboo in many a home. Yet
what do "they" do for one? When
the strain of "keeping up appear
ances" finally causes bankruptcy,
where are the friends of days of
plenty? Somewhere else. It
would be good for all of us if we
thought less of "they" and more
of plain "us." This is not selfish
ness. It is common sense. We
are put in this world to live our
own lives in our own way, pro
vided that in doing so we disturb
no one else in the same right.
I!y bowing down before Ibis
false idol of "they" we shackle
ourselves in the most galling of
chains. Because what "they will
sa" is so much an unwritten law
in this country we see pleasant
lit I ie people w ho would be per
fecllv happv and comfortable if
they lived within their means,
anvthiiig but happy. Families on
S'.'j or 8IJ0 a week aspire to own
automobiles. Men who ought to
he buying homes belong to the
fashionable clubs. Women well
able to do their own work keep
maids. The well-to-do try to
emulate the very rich in enter
tainment and display. Many who
would be healtiher and stronger
for walking a mile or so to the
place of employment take street
cars. Families that would be
stranded if wages stopped for a
week fritter away countless
nickels and dimes in theaters,
motion pictures and excursions.
We want to stand well with our
friends anil neighbors and we
foolishly think the way to do it is
lo "keep in the swim." IHit in
comes are not like rubber bauds.
They won't stretch.. And in try
ing to please everybody we please
nobody. The right kind of friends
do not call one stingy for trying
to live within one's means
I & i (Fflf 3 ' fcT 5oie OP TMCSe
Plattsmouth has not done much
braugimr about her natural
scenery, but it affords many
beautiful spots in her shady
groves tm high knolls overlooking
the Missouri river that are
beautiful enough to make sum
mer resorts. Nice place in which
to spend a week's outing.
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Leo Matthews has resigned the
position of secretary of the
democratic state central com
mittee to accept the secretary
ship of the state board of control.
Of course there is more money in
the latter position and it would
not appear just exactly right to
attempt to hold both positions.
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MEXICANS OR AMERICANS.
Persistent attempts on the part
of the Huerla government in
Mexico to gain the recognition of
President Wilson and the United
States raises a suspicion in the
minds of many that there must
be some hidden force back of the
government to urge this persist
ence. The suspicion is, however,
ol enlireIv new and to us seems
iji.0iv ,n ho i onuiv rrminH
less.
That American capital has
been much interested in Mexico,
as well as the Central American
states, is well known. The sus
picion that these interests have
been instrumental in many of the
uprisings in. those countries is
probably not entirely incorrect.
It has been claimed frequently
that American interests have
taken the plan of finding some
promising candidate for leader
of a revolution, financing the pro
ject and putting him in power,
taking for their pay abundant rich
concessions in the way of lands
or privileges. That this same
plan has been tried out on a
larger' scale than. ever before in
Mexico recently seems quite prob
able. The hypothesis that two
rival American factions, each
backed by almost unlimited cap
ital, may be promoting the
revolution .which has kept our
sister republic to the south in
such a turmoil for so long seems
not entirely devoid uf foundation.
II seems that some ideas of
this have appealed to President
Wilson, as he has considered the
advisability of giving official
recognition to the new govern
ment . Not as easily hoodwinked
as Ambassador Wilson, who has
been in the midst of the turmoil,
he hesitates to take such a step.
In view of the very strong sus
picions, if they can be called
nothing more, we believe Presi
dent Wilson does well lo withhold
the recognition sought. The
American nation cannot well af
ford to make itself parly to pro
moling tlie selfish interests and
ends of even her most prominent
citizens, and the sooner they find
il out emphatically the belter off
will I lie rest of fie country be.
Here's hoping that this country
will never be dragged into any
sort of dill'ienlty whose chief aim
and purpose is to put more money
into the pockets of her already
over rich financial adventurers.
What a pitiful tab of woe Jos
eph M-'Hii.-ii is attempting to put.
up. The money has been spent,
ami what good has it done any
one? He isn't any better than a
lot of other fellows that hae
gone wrong, and he should suffer
the consequences the same as
ot tiers hae.
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The suffragettes in Illinois al
ready want to "rule the roost."
Tliev demand that Governor
lHiune sign the woman's suffrage
bill without awaiting the opinion
of the attorney general as to its
validity. What does a constitu
tion amount to between the right
to vole and the sufi'ragetles, any
how "J.
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"The wish i? father to the
thought.',', evidently, when the re
publican papers intimate that
there is a friction between Presi
dent Wilson and Secretary Bryan.
How the opposition papers would
like for something of this
kind to happen. But don't hold
your breath, gentlemen, till such
a thing happens, for you may
never recover from the effects.
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While generally speaking, post
masters are as prompt and
courteous in the handling of mail
matter as circumstances will per
mit, there are enough of the
other kind to make it desirable to
have the receiving of mail stamp
ed on the back of envelopes. The
department cutting out that back
stamping was not necessary and
ill-advised, to say the least. Im
portant letters can be held back
longer than necessary if so de
.M'red, from parties who perhaps
are not on friendly terms with the
postmaster. For instance, during
political campaigns. Postmaster
General Burleson has made a
grave mistake in this ruling, we
canuiiiiv neiieve.
Ros Hammond of the Fremont
Tribune hits the nail pretty
squarely on the head as follows:
"Tin' Nebraska Press association
has appointed a committee to re
port a "sane and common sense"
tax plan at its next meeting. This
will be a sweet boon for the legis
lature, at no session of which has
there ever been such a measure
introduced or passed. The secret
of the committee's appointment is
that a single-tax crank caused
such a resolution to be introduced
and it went through by default.
The editorial association exists
for the purpose of advancing the
cause of publishing and printing.
When it gets this business learn
ed reasonably well, so the finan
cial credit of editors and publish
ers will be respectable it may
broaden its scope of inquiry and
field of usefulness to include,
other lines. For our part, we are
of the opinion a committee on
tuberculosis should cMne before a
committee on tax reform. For
publishers are more likely , bave
tuberculosis than they are to have,
properly to tax. Property is not
infectious. The shoemakers of
the Nebraska Press association
would do well to keep their lasts
; close at hand."
By Gross
Jill
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