The Plattsmouth Journal
: Published Semi-Weekly
M. A.. HATBH,
Entered at the Postoffiee at Plattsmouth, Nebraska as second-class matter
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THOUGHT FOR TODAY.
J As you grow ready for it
J somewhere or other you will 4
find what is needful for you J
J in a hook, or a friend, or,
J best of all, in your own 4
J thoughts, the eternal
J thought of speaking in your
J thought. George Macdon
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When
charity
sin.
it begins at home,
covers a multitude of
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Ikm't forget the fall festival.
It is about time to begin prepara
tions. :o:
II skirts gel, much tighter every
v.unan will have to have a motor
car or an invalid chair.
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A Plattsmouth man who re
cently quit boozing, is telling his
friends thai he is standing right
beside the water wagon, with
spurs on his shoes.
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A refreshing shower visited
this vicinity this morning, which
had the, effect of cooling off the
atmosphere. Small favors, how
ever, are thankfully received, and
we hope for larger ones very
soon.
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It isn't really back to the farm
movement unless those going
back have return tickets; one
must get away before going back,
and one escape is generally
enough. :. . ,
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Senator Urislnw of Kansas did
not seem to get very far in his
attack on Mr. Bryan, but that
isn't the main cause of Senator
Ilristow's uneasiness; that cen
ters around a place to light.
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Law and order is said to have
disappeared from nearly every
one of (he Mexican stales. If
each would announce what it
wants the situation would be at
least less than complete chaos,
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Some democrats are of the
Opinion that they are nil her slow
at Washington in slicing the
patronage pie. Don't, be uneasy,
boys, you'll gel what's coming to
you between now and I he first of
January perhaps.
II is said Hint Bridgeport,
Conn., i"1 She cheapest place in
the con. ill) lo he sick in, and
Cairo, Illinois, the cheapest place
lo die in. Hut the railroad fare
between them amounts lo something.
MR. HENRY PECK AND HIS FAMILY AFFAIRS - -
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at Plattsmouth, Neb.:
Pul.ll.l.or
Congress seems to think live
weeks is long enough to debate
on the new tariff measure, which
is one of the few instances in
which the people are fairly unit
ed in agreement with congress.
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The war department gives it
out that the Panama canal will
be ready for emergency purposes
by fall, and the Pacific tleet will
probably go to the Atlantic coast
next spring.
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What is the use of thanking
the weather man for a change in
the weather, when the moon
simply starting on its northern
trip is the true cause for the
change? Put the thanks where
they belong.
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Keep agitating the fall festival.
11 is perhaps opposed by a few
who think it will cost them a few
dollars. And yet they do not
Ihink of the dollars that will be
returned them in trade. Look at
the matter in the proper light.
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The sooner the administration
gets rid of Henry Lane Wilson,
ambassador to Mexico, the belter
it will In; for all concerned, lie
has shown himself particularly
unqualified for the position, and
as a diplomat he is certainly a
poor slick.
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Guatemala offers five scholar
ships in its schools to American
boys and girls in order to pro
mote the Pan-American spirit.
The opportunity is more in line
with manifest destiny than a
Cecil Rhodes scholarship at Ox
ford. :o:
If Nebraska can now produce
Ihe corn crop prospects indicate,
it will beat all the boom editions
ever put out as an advertiser. It
is producing the stuff that counts.
Hlue Springs (Neb.) Sentinel,
That's no lie; but a common
sense view of the matter.
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Happiness is the inalienable
right of childhood. Give a child
half a chance and it will make a
joy of life. God made it care
free. The sorrows of life and
death are like a dream to il.
"Heaven lies about it" and it sees
isions beautiful. Its father is
Hie noblest and wisest of men.
lis mother the dearest ami ten
ilei'cst and best in the world,
livery pleasant man and woman
is its friend, and the world is a
line and wonderful place that it
hope's later to explore. It lives
Ihe life of the heart and of the
imagination and has no troubles
except when the tyrannical hand
of some adult rudely deprives il
of legitimate joy.
For several years the Mexicans
have been acting like they had
been eating watermelon pickles.
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Ex-President Taft has lost
forty pounds since leaving the
White house. Hut he will have
to lose more than that to con
vince an anxious world that he is
pinmg away.
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The people who do their trad
ing in Plattsmouth expect a fall
festival or some kind of a car
nival in this city this season, and
there is no use to stand back on
a few dollars to give it to them.
We should not be behind other
towns. frt
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Let it be remembered for all
time to come that this section of
the great state of Nebraska is the
garden spot of the world, and that
Plattsmouth is one of the best
market towns in the west, where
the highest prices' are paid for
products and the merchants sell
all classes of goods as cheap as
any city in the state.
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Attorney General Mclleynolds
will seek to dissolve the Hell Tele
phone in Oregon, Washington,
Montana and Idaho. This means
a dissolution of the trust in all
Ihe other states if the suit is
successful. A more complete
trust never existed than the Hell
Telephone company. We pray
Ihe Lord to hasten the day when
a complete dissolution is effected.
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South Omaha lioers' Journal
Stockman: No one is very much
surprised at the row kicked up in
the senate over the extension of
the advantages ami curtailing of
the cost of the parcel post. The
senate stood out against Ihe
inauguration of the parcel post
system for years and although its
popularity was proven as soon as
jit was introduced that august
1,,mI' Ctti t i 1 1 be counted on lo
hammer it in every way possible.
It is not dilllcult to discover (he
tine Italian hand of the railroads
and express companies . in the
senate's opposition to the ex
tension of the advantages of the
parrel post.
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There is no question that Mr.
Hryan is a wealthy man, and the
biggest part of his money has
been accumulated in lecturing on
Ihe chaulaiiqua circuits. And be
cause of this fact, and Ihe fact
that he is in greater demand than
anyone who is employed to lec
ture, a great fuss is raised over
Ihe country, and public men now
in Washington, who sometimes
led ure (whenever I hey get a
chance) are now criticising him
because he leaves his office in
Washington to fill chautauqua
engagements. Like every public
official, Mr. Bryan is entitled to a
vacation, and if ho chooses to
spend that vacation on Hie cliau
lauqua circuit, whose business is
il ? Nobody's but W. J. Bryan.
Let the critics be fair in criticiz
ing Mr. Bryan, and cast Ihe moat
out of their own eyes before do
ing so.
While the university fight is on
the people may take a notion to
remove the institution from Lin
coln to Grand Island or some
other central point where the
citizens would contribute a suf
ficient amount to buy the ground
upon which the same could be
located, without expense to the
state. Why not?
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THE MEXICAN MESS.
When the rest of the world
calms down a bit, or even more
frequently, Mexico manages to
attract more than passing atten
tion by capturing a few Ameri
cans, or threatening to blow up
the ambassy, or holding a street
parade with anti-American ac
companiment played in loud
tones. That is the signal for the
war department to sit up and
take notice, and make a noise like
intervention.
So long as it amounts to no
more than noise on this side of
the border, the tired taxpayer will
be patient and much enduring,
and he rejoices that Mr. Bryan
drinks grapejuice, and is a man
of peace. As a matter of fact, a'
conquest of Mexico wouldn't be
Hie playful and profitable pastime
it was when Cortez hung the In
dian sign on the last of the Mon
lezumas, nor even the simple
cinch it "was when Zach Taylor
and Win field Scott cleaned up the
series jn that league. Not that
America couldn't whip the Mexi
cans aplenty, but it would take
longer and more men than in the
brave days of old.
Army men who sludy such
things figure it would be a two
years' job, requiring a larger
army than is now in service, and
there is every reason lo believe
il wouldn't be worth the money,
particularly for those who would
have lo do Ihe fighting. There
fore it seems certain I hat the best
plan is to pull the big bluff when'
necessary, while the Mexicans i
are permitted to fight it nut
among themselves, something
they are disposed to do with great
regularity.
At this distance there may be
some wonder thai Mexicans are
displeased with American philan
thropists who go south to de
velop (he natural resources of our
sister republic, but Ihe fact that
they are gives the hunch for a
fairly successful guess; it may
be they want more than their
share of the profits of Ihe de
velopment. Bui, whatever the
occasion, the row in Mexico is
not. our war, and no patriot should
be eager to tear his shirt in be
half of permanent government
and high purposes south of the
llio Grande unles he has an in
vestment in that country.
Meanwhile, bluffing is well
enough, and even protection lo
citizens in that troubled territory
should be supplied, if the needs
of the occasion demand it, but
there is no reason for rushing
riotously in to punish those who
show such a sweet disposition to
punish each other. War is what
General Sherman said it was, in
Mexico and elsewhere.
Summer is cool in Colorado be
cause the altitude is almost as
high as the price of other com
modities out there.
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Mulhall is certainly working up
some of them around the capital,
at least there is considerable
squirming among the former sen
ators and congressmen, as well
as some of the present members.
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Of course it will be easy
enough for Uncle Sam to give
Mexico a much needed "drub
bing," but whipping a Mexican
neither improves him nor re
stores peace. But all will agree
that something should be done
with the greasers unless they stop
murdering Americans,
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Edgar Howard of the Columbus
Telegram is hankering to make a
war record. In case of war with
Mexico Howard is ready to head
a regiment for the scene of blood
and carnage. There are plenty
of younger men, Edgar, to do
battle when the call to arms is
made. So keep your seat.
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The law emphatically says that
no one under 10 years of age
shall drive an automobile, yet
nearly every day in the week chil
dren considerably under this age
are permitted to drive cars
through the streets and byways.
This is one of the laws that the
officials should see enforced. It
is a dangerous practice lo permit
children to run any machine that
takes the mature judgment of a
man at times to manage.
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II. 11. Schneider of Fremont,
once a most powerful man in re
publican stale politics, is dead.
He died in his automobile while
reluming from the doctor's olllce
lo his home Saturday morning.
The writer was slightly acquaint
ed with Mr. Schneider, and al
ways found him a gentleman and
s(.,rt,
He was an able man,
full of business, and in his de
mise Fremont loses one of its
most foremost citizens. Peace
to his ashes.
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If the resolution recently
adopted by the officers of the
Sarpy county democratic com
mittee is a straw showing the di
rection in which the political
wind is blowing, President Wilson
is popular with the democrats of
Nebraska. The resolution called
upon the democratic congressmen
and senators from this slate to
support the administration in its
tariff and currency ideas without
any amendment offerings or other
conditional action. This is as it
should be, and the democrats
everywhere should instruct their
congressmen and senators to
stand together in support of the
administration. Everything de
pends upon the solidity of the
democratic forces. Otherwise it
may be the ruin of the party. A
party divided against itself can
not hope to win in future battles.
Stand by President Wilson and he
will safely steer the old ship to
shore.
Some people may delight in
going away to spend their vaca
tion, but yon notice they are all
glad to get back home and even
if their pocketbooks are a little
lighter.
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The time is not far distant
when astronomers will be able to
make accurate predictions of the
weather at least six months in
advance, is a statement made uy
Prof. Edwin B. Frost, director of
the Yerkes' observatory at Wil
liams Bay, Wisconsin.
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There are no better towns of
the size of Plattsmouth in Ne
braska or any other state. We
are keeping up with other cities
in more ways than one, and no
one comes here who has been
hero before, falls to nolo the
immense improvements made in
the cily in the past twro or three
years. Property has advanced
greatly in price, new residences
are going up and the older ones
greatly improved, and the busi
ness houses make a handsome
appearance. Jn fact, evidences
of new life has preceded every
thing. Every citizen should take
pride in keeping things moving
to the end of a still "Greater
Plattsmouth."
"Who is responsible for boost
ing prices, anyway?" asks the
Omaha Trade Exhibit, and then
goes on lo say: "That's what
some of these investigators would
like to know. The capitalists say
it is the laborers and the wage
earners say it is the merchants
and the merchants say it is the
manufacturers and the manu
facturers say it is the producers.
Some workmen's union makes a
demand for higher wages to meet
the increasing cost of living; the
railroads or the manufacturers or
other employers have to raise
prices to meet the increased pay
roll, the producers have to raise
their prices to meet the increase
on things they have to buy, and
so it goes. Who starts it and
whero will it end?"
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One of the most important legal
battles with large corporations
undertaken for some time has
been begun at Portland, Oregon,
with the filing of a suit for the
dissolution of the telephone mo
nopoly. For the first time the
provisions of the Sherman anti
trust measure are being applied
by the prosecution, it being al
leged that the Bell interests have
an interstate monopoly in Oregon,.
Washington, Idaho and Montana.
Incidentally a Nebraskan, C. J.
Smyth of Omaha, is one of the
leading prosecuting attorneys.
And aside from this the outcome
of the case ought to have im
portant bearing on the Nebraska
situation, in which there are dis
tricts having serious telephone
troubles that are real and not
imaginary. The outcome of this
case will be walcbed with con
siderable interest by those who
have grievances against the Lin
coln Telephone and Telegraph
company.
By Gross