PLATTSMOUTH 3EMI-WEEKLY JOUHNAL.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1313.
The Plattsmouth' Journal
Published Semi-Weekly
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THOUGHT FOH TODAY,
To love "Hi' sOlll for i's v
beauly and grace ;"'l Dnlh
j- in open the wuy ap-
i-reciale all beautiful and
true and gracious souls, and
Io recognize spiritual
V beauty wherever it is seen.
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NEW MEXICAN POLICY.
The new policy of Hie adminis
tration lt-ciaiiiiii;-" Mexico a.s an-ln-uneed
by t!ic president himself
before the houses of congress
j--inlly assembled, retains the fea
ture or forbearance and delibera
tion. This will be disappointing
(., tim-e vh believe ihat Ion? ao
i( va- hi-'h time I" interfere rad
ically villi Mexican hostilities.
The policy is new in but one
respect the enforcement of strict
neutrality a? to both Mm contend
ing parties in Menico. This is in
a n-e a reeogni! ion of I lie bel
liueraney of I lie cunslitulionalist s
r rol.M.'ls. It is a recognition
that is wi'ho'.'.t direct advantage to
lln-m, but villi tins prolit that it
is ot positive disadvantage to tiie
pi'ovi rional government of llu"r
la. For tin- Hucrta -faction can
i;"t heiieofoiih secure war muni
tions, frmn dealers 1:1 the Untied
Slates i.i- across Mm American
h-r. li
es tin
ring", so jar
a- I he Uuiiod States is concerned
and hid- I he combatants light it
..at.
'.i.o- .f the United Si ales
are to receive government assis
tance in gel ting out of Mexico.
TIe.se who cannot leave are to be
protected. In affording this pro
leeiiou tin.' danger' is that the dis
patch of expeditionary forces in
lo Mexico will be iie.'essary and
thai would be attended by tiie per
il of tv-i-lanee. Wiucri would cre
ate the nee.'-sity of .lire.'l a Tilled
i a t r en I j. .n.
I'lll-ii:mef of ll;.- p .lx-y ail-
') i will be aMeudcl by a;i-
ai"i- :.-rious rLk. I'r. si lent Wil
on -ay ; that ill the recent nego
tiations with f.ind he has had the
'1ioi .1l uip'.rl of several other na
tions. ',. v. i-di it were ci-rt ain
ll!;it 1 1 1 1 y .would be a- well satis
fied villi lliy d'-leiininal io;i of
this L'i!!:lr to riuliime keeping"
hand- oif. T11 case of violence f
th.
I i-r.-on- or proper! y of citizens
of Kurop.-aM nat ior.alil y we wouhl
!. al oiu-,. j U under pressure to
ial. !.! in tlndr behalf.
1 li - wln.df .Meie;ii .-ilualion is
foil of j' a it pe;n-i- Jji'tweeii our
-onth.-ru liei'-hbor and oursehes.
Th
i -t rojil iu-eiicie
may
an-e in un hour. d. not be
liee'j,,t I ! n i - Tar Hn-re has been
in the killing oT Aiiierieans or I he.
looting de-lruc(io;i oT Iheir
piop. ii, mu Ii ivalra-.. a- eaumd
le eC'-.-.ned I',,;. ,, (. Jjusis oT
claims ;!"! iiab-mnil i.--. smd wo
belie,. n coalii.uafion of tll; pol
iey of ii'n-inler cution is 'ap
proved b pubiie -eiilimenl. I'.ul
no one ,-a:i -hut his eyes' to the
fact that the e!,;,ni-,. gn-at that
at uny lime lln-ie may bo .tijch
waiilou and general attacks on
Aii'ieri'-ans in Mexico ;ts to make
direct intervention jni!.eruli e un
der Hie obligations id' a govcrn
to its citien.
'iie'address ,,f n,,. president is
mi sin Unimliable s.iri(. v No blus
(er, jingoi-m or bullishness. .5" II is
an expression of the bell or -chi.ol
f sta'tesniansiiip which the pre.si
fienf leads. It is a line voice l
be heard above the confusion of
which it speaks. It will not sat
isfy the "war lobb" if one exists.
It will arouse new clamor from
at Plattsmouth, Neb.
some jingoes who have already
made themselves heard, but pity
it will he if this .statement of lol
ly ideals of international relations
and of patriotic purpose not
heeded at last, south as well as
north of the H io ("rande. World-
llerald. ,
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WAGES RULE HIGH.
According to .figures, compiled
by the state labor commissioner
manufacturers ii'i Nebraska re
ported fewer employes in IV 1 2
than iUli by over iUUU, Oih,
11011 loss capital invested ami
a bo u'l 13,000,000 Jess in value of
products. Two important items,
however, show substantial in
.creases, wages and the cost of
materials to the manufacturers.
The latter amounted to over
000,000 more in '11)12 than in
1011. while the wage bill in lor."
for 20.701 employes was nearly
sToo.uOo more than in 1911 for
22.8SG employes. -
The high cost of living, there
fore, seems lo be fell by I In em
ployer as well as the employe. U
will be admitted that as a rule the
wage earner has lo watch the
corners closely in these days of
eei-increasing prices, but if
these statist ies" are at all tpical.
he is faring tolerably well in Ne
braska. The shrinkages noted in
number of employes ;md capital
invested are due in some measure,
according to otlicial reports, lo
conditions at I he big' packing
plants, whosf output naturally
feels the effect of the high prices,
restricting sales. But nothing in
any of these reports indicates an
actual falling" off. for business,
investments and number of em
ployes were all unusually large in
1011, And the decrea-e in luun-j
ber of v age earners des not mean
any dearlh of omplojineiil, for
work h.xn be"ii plentiful at good
pay for all desiring it.
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EXPERIMENT WORTH TRYING.
.When service lakes I he place of
seltish profit in a business, two
classes of persons receive su
perior roiisj.jeraliou the workers
and the ronsunit'i'J..
The workers, by getting living
pay.-good working conditions and
every chance which the business
can provide lo Mve a u-eful and
a satisfying life.
Hie consumers, by getting their
money's worth in quantity and
quality; by being1 recognized as
tiie keystone of the business arch.
Our (rusts beg"an by undertak
ing lo gouge all they could gel out
of the necessities oT both work
ers and consumers. They did Ibis
for the benefit: of a much smaller
class, who may bo called promot
ers, iuve-,lors and exploiters.
In order thai a very small per
centage of the people should have
wealth quickly, the trusts de
liberately set out lo despoil I he
great masses who work and con
sume. This naturally aroused an
tagonism. The despoiled Iried
as best I hey could, often betrayed
by weak lenders, to light buck. So
now the trusts are changing a lit
tle Uilc original 1 ulhlessness.
Home are making; concessions lo
their workers, to keep them quioL
Uut very few have shown either
compassion or concession for
consumers.
The consumer is the goose who
lays the .exploiter's golden eggs.
Tiie consu iwer; is 'expected .to stand
all Ihat Iho traflic AvilTbeur. '; '
We, in the United Stales, like
the older nations, are coming
right up against the question
whether it is good public policy lo
let the few go on gaining great
riches at the expense of the'many
riches which debase and en
slave them quite as much as they
oppress and depress J lie poor. M
doing' nothing" we see the problem
grow steadily woPse; we see an in
crease in strikes, rioting and
human turmoil. We must tlo
something or confess impolency
to govern ourselves. What can
we do?
Well, it seems lo us that the
l'oindexler Alaskan bill olfers an
experiment worth trying".
If it will work, it very clearly
will undo what has mad.; the work
of the trusts so obnoxious, for il
will give no prolits to an exploit
ing few, but will divide ,all I he
profits equally between the work
ers and the consumers.
Notice we say "if it will work-."
We dou'l see bow it could work
worse for the most of us I ban the
private trust scheme of business
development is working-, and the
vaylo find out is o try.
Hut iVindexler has aiudher
string to his bow. lie propo.--.es
to let private capital go into
Alaska coal ib-bls, too, and Iry
its baud al competing villi Uncle
Sam, on fair terms. So, if the
public ownership pari of the plan
should prove- deceplive, private
ownership would be noxl door,
smacking its lips for the chance
lo lake Hie enlire lask over.
Here, I hen, is a spoiling" pro
position, a soi l of wholesale chal
lenge to a foid race. Isn't jl queer
that the private monopolists down
at Washington are trying to bury
I'oindoxl er's proposal? Do ou
suppose thy really do fear public
ownership under fair competition,
aller all they've beeU telling us
about how much superior private
exploitation is? Omaha News.
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OUT AMONG OUR FRIENDS. .
On Monday, Augu-t l'3.Jhe
writer look I he notion Ihat il
was about linn: for a Journal
representative to ge out and visit
the patrons of Ihi-. paper in Ihe
different t ow ns of ! In- rnj n I . So
we packed our grip with a change
of shiris and socks, a collar or
two, and hied t the Missouri i'a
citic depot and boarded ihe 12:13
train for Union, win-re ve made
our first .-lop.
The tir-l place we visi!e. al
Union wa- the Ledger, shook
hands with Uhiiley Oraves. b'H
our grip in his rare, while wo
went Ihe rounds lo "seek whom
wo might devour.'' We found
our old friend, 1 . It. Frails', in
the enjoyment (f fair health and
as joval as ever. Mr. Frans is
truly the merchant prince of
Union, and eiijovs a splendid
business. His friends are legion
wherever known, and we alwavs
enjoy a viil villi him. We ne
called on L. It. Upton, whom
we found at homo, as well-as his
good-natured assistant, Oabe
Austin, who is alwavs as happy
as a lark, and his wit always ex
tended to meel his friends. Mr.
Upton has one of the linesl estab
lishments in Cass eounly, and be
ing an up-io-daie business man,
always enjoys a good business.
One thing is certain, he keeps Ihe
g'oods and his prices are right.
We stepped into the Hank
Union for a few momenls lo see
how our young friend, .lark Pat
terson, was gelling along. We
found Jack pretty busy, and
everv tiling around Ihe bank as
neat and as bright as a new pin.
The bank is doing a line business,
but ve cannot see .how il,could
do otherwise, villi" such an ef
ficient joung man as Jack l'alfer
son in charge. He is an expert
al the business and very popular
witlr all his patrons.
Our lime was very much limil
ed in Union and we did not get, an
interview yith all' who 'we de
sired. Wo met our fanner friend,
Fred Clark, and chut led villi him
a few momenls. We also mol our
young" friend, V. T. Arn, the
butcher, .who reported ;; business
good, lie is'rightrup to snuff as
a business man' and, supplies his
customers with the best the mar
ket affords. Some thief entered
his market a few weeks ago by
cutting the screen of the back
door, and robbed the till of $40,
but he savji thoy will r.e er get
an opportunity lo do it again.
W" couldn't leave. Union without
calling on our friend, lleubeu
Foster, and notwithstanding: his
old age, ve found him as busy as
ever. The. writer knew Mr. Foster
vears ago back in the. Huckeye
slate, when be was a bit of a boy
and Uncle Heubeii was a youug
man, but we didn't have lime 01;
this trip to talk of bygone days,
and put il off until our next .trip
to Union. It had been nearly two
years since we last visited, the
thriving village ami we noted
many improvements, among
which is Ihe line school building".
prominently situated. wliicli
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catches Ihe eye of strangers pars
ing through on Ihe train. II is
built of brick and modern in
every' respee!. and would prove
nio.-t creditable b any town three
times Ihe sie of Union. Union
citizens can eerlaiuJy point with
pride o iheir elegant new school
building, as well as to several
other brick structures recently
erected. Leaving Union we look
Ihe evening" train for Weeping
Water, where we changed cars for
Avoca.
Avoca a Prosperous LiUlo City.
We arrived al Avoca jusl in
lime for supper, which we muchly
reiish.'d, as we was very tired and
hungrv,
we was most cor
dially greeted by our friends, as
it had been nearly two years since
we had vi-iled the pivllv ami
hustling villag". We alwavs did
like to vi-ij Avoca. simply be
cause the inhabitants (hereof al
wavs greet von with outstretched
hands. We calic'l upon many of
our friends in the evening", but
not all of tin -in by any means, as
Ihe Journal readers in and
around Avoca are quite. numerous.
There have been numerous im
provements in th" town since out
last, visit, the ino-i important of
which is a new town ball, and v. e
desire to inform cur leaders Ihat
it is one ..f the liaesi lillle opera
houses in tin
ale of Nebraska.
We rail it an opera bouse be
cause Ihat is ,ju-l what it i-. and
ve erv mm h 1 r u I I if there js
a hou-e ..f ils Ji;n! in any town
live limes the sie of Avoca. no
mailer in whal direction you uo
in any stale in (he union. The
stage is large. Ihe sellings artis
tic in everv way and the decora
tions demon's! rale ihe ma-lcr-hand
of an arli-d. II has a ga.l
Ier in the back and regular en
trance am! a la-lily arranged
lickei ollice in froat, and we were
surpri-e.! when our friend, Mr.
Orlando TV IT I, who showed us l!.e
interior, told us Unit the decora
tions was the work of home lal
eul, and our reply was I ha!, "he
is a daudv." He is a preacher
and has charge of the local Con
gregational church. The walls
ai'e of concrete blocks, the -Moorings
are of hard pine ami Ihe
house upstairs and down are
sealed with regular opera chairs.
Avoca is holding' ils own and
more, loo, and while there wo
had Ihe pleasure of meeting Joe
animercr, Ihe banker; John
Schmidt. the jolly butcher:
(ieo'rge Maseimm, of the firm of
Masoiuann i Tiehh dealers in
general merchandise, .who is one
of the popular voung. men in Cass
county, and Ihe linn is a strong
one and doing- n splendid jujsi
no.s. We also met. Ouss Mohr,
on" of Ihe best fellows in Ihe
world, his brother, JJeu, who i
also a line fellow; Fred W. Hughe,
urn; of our old sland-bv s ; Henrv
Masemann, Augusl Tieiile, Henry
Wuir, J'. C. Marquardl, T. IL
Straud, and lasl, but nop by any
means the leal, Dr. WiTl lUcndel,
who is always the same whenever
you meet him, and very popular
with all comers and goers. We
were sorry lo learn of the serious
illness of our good friend, Uncle
Hilly J'elts, who is conlinod to his
hbi'ne, rvvhere wo '-called .-ajMl speiy
a ' few j 1 10 inents. ; Notwithstanding"
his illiu'ssdic;app,yared quite pert
for an elderly, man. 'Hero wo met.
Hilly Uetts,'jr., one' of the sub
stantial farmers of Cass eounly
and one of. the best fellows in the
world. It was impossible to see
all our patrons, as wo h:id to
leave by auto al half-past three
in tiie afternoon for Weeping
Water to catch the Lincoln train
for I I m wood.
While in Weeping Water we
visited the Republican oliice and
had a social dial with Ihe Messrs.
Hunter, father and son, and Hilly
Sitzmau, a former Plat I miikiiI h
l.-o.v, who is foreman of Ihe shop.
We found the -Hunters nice, so
ciable gentlemen and good busi
ness men, as ihe Republican de
ludes. They are pri lling a most,
excellent paper, and Ihe business
men and citizens in genera! are
very proud of Ihe pap r. We
called n I'o-ima-ler Oeorge II.
olive, who was he former ediior
of the Republican, and we can
say, without fear of successful
conl radict ion, thai he has one of
the line-l arranged po-ioilices il
has ev-vr been oi.r pha-ine lo
visit in a town the .-ie of Weep
ing Waiter. H" has mailers prclly
thoroughly s slemi.'-d and every
thing is kepi "in apple pi,, order."
as tiie saving goes. '1 lie building
was erected especially f.r Ihe
poslolliee. and is very neat in ap-N
pearam , both ius,'..l" and out.
Elmwooti.
We arrived al i '.! ;n w .! aboiii
(i o'clock, ail'! o! course re'-lj-ler-
ed al the L'.inwood li'011-e, where
We Wee lilosl cordiallv greeted
by Ihe landlord. Charley Hart.
who is a--i-le. by hi- excellent
w il'e in managing 1' I In- be
liojels in Ihe s;i!e ! Neiirask.i.
Mr. and.Mr's. !!urL a re ' na ! ural
hodd people, and win!" Charley
looks aliei Hie oliice and iej-i-
lies.-, Mrs. ia:-l sc. iha! the
rooms, are kept cie.-iTi and m-al
and- the table prov ided' v ilh
v
i.."st the market atiords and pre
pared to suit tin- la.-te of the
lii"s parlieular. The Llmwood
House is a verv jiojiular slopping
place for traveling :,) and mauv
try (o make it ir niuhi slops he-cail-e
of Jhe eXCeljee! ! ca I imn I
they receive.
Tile following ll! :";illg We
slarted lo make ihe rounds of Ihe
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1 1 1 ill--American
Cxchang
We Wore greeted
aiOje, ;o
go Jiau;. where
cordially by
loi Mr.' C.-bb and Mr. Aldrich,
tiie pre-idenl and i-a-biej-. Tiley
reporled business g-..od. and from
reports. I bought the farmers of
that section of Cass couulv were
in afn.it! . as g I shape, as re
gards crops, a- any in Cn-s
eonnlv. And I hey are in pretty
fair shape 1o know. We rail, d al
L. A. Tv-on's drug store aim al
Langhor.-I's store, and found Mi
kids in charge of Jioih sioros
W II e Ihe bosses Were away over
in Iowa si diievvhere eujoviu
.llieinselves al some pleasure re
soi l. In b"l h places I hev seemed
o be gcll ing "along ju-l as well as
1 1 1 o k 1 1 ho old tolixs were pros-
out. Wo also visited Ihe First
National bank and found Floyd
Wobotl. vice president, and Ted
Jerry, cashier, op io Iheir eves in
business. Hut they look lime to
josh wilh us for a f.-v momenls
and were glad to see Colli
are married and happv as larks
and work all day with Urn thought
of going home in Ihe evening to
meel their wives and babies and
the happy hours they bring Ihem.
May Floyd and Ted live lo enjoy
such pleasant moments forever
and ever, and Ihen so ne, .Llm
wood is one of Hie ies bn-inoss
towns in Cass eounly. and every
body residing in I lie prelly (ow n
seems to bo happy wiih Hour bd.
A Few Hours ct Eagic.
We went to Lagle abonl IU::J(I
Ihe noxl morning and pul in sev
eral hours visiling" oni- friends.
Wo lound-L If. Lalrani, the hard
ware man, in a ph-a-nig mood
and gave us a cordial g reel ing,
as'he always does. Jim Lalrani
is one of the best fellows in Ihe
worJ4, and, lik.-:. oi;.r.-elf, thinks
W'ooJrow Wilson is one of the
greatest presidents lb s counlry
ever iu-i.luced. Ourold friend,' T.
R. Crablree, is one ed' the Jour-r
nal's siundbys at Lagle, and it is
always a pleasure to meet him.
lie is now engaged in-the pro-
duco, flour and food business
and is doing well. We slopped in
lb" Lagle bank and' conversed
with Ihe president, Oeorgc Reit
tcr, a f'-w moments. He reports
business good and the bank in its
u-ual nourishing condition. This
is among Ihe slrong banks of
Cass eonnlv. Our jovial and
good-natured friend. C. C. Price,
coulinues o do business al Ihe
old stand. Charley is one of Ihe
best fellows living and is slill en
gaged in the produce and Hour
and feed business, and is holding
his own remarkably well. Charley
Trimble has opened the second
saloon in Uagb', keeps a line
place and is doing well. We call
ed al Ihe Heacon olliee ami found
Mr. and Mrs. McMauus bus' at
! work.
J he Heacon is a
plendid
size of
i
papi;r for a town Ihe
Lagle. 'and shoiilj
unit ed support, of t ll
in!. -rests ..r La -.He.
receive the
business
A Few Hours at Alvo.
Thur.-day evening and Uridav
mornin':;" we spout in I In prelly
liille liiirg ( Alvo. This js con
sidered one of'Hie prcflicsl 111 1 1 -ov!is
in .Nebraska and we believe
it is. (iiir
lirsi s(,.p was a!
the drug
and aller
lore of JA. Shaffer.
1 f. w moments' dia I
v it h Jake ve
!ai led out to inler-
V e l ll.
ri uids of t h" Journal.
We inei V, r. C. S. Hov lis and bi son.
Ii!e, al the bank and Ihe
greeting verv cordial. The
falher and son now own lh' en
tire bank, havir.g purcha-ed ll.'e
entire iuleresls of the former
sloeklndders, and will henceforth
"go jl al'.uie," and are pleuly able
10 do so, ;1S both are practical
bankers and business men and
have don.- 1 he Jui-iin.'ss of lb" in
stitution l'-r some S; ears. 't his
bunk is one of Hie -afc-i 'in Ca-s
C'..ii;iiv and has an .weeH-nt jni-i-
11 ss to ba.-k it up. Mi". John
Mur! has purchased lie- lumber
yard and busi:i since our !a-l
vi-il lo Alvo, and also ;c-e!e
vaior. .nr. .ti'.Ji.v" owned In
Imsiue.ss about Iwcnlv- years ag
and b is evidently relumed lo hi
l;i"s( love 1
is a nice.
' e;abb
ge.ui tenia. 1, and whal plea-es us
mi ; than anvlhing else, his
de!u eracv js d-el-iu-! hevo..d.
a fl. r our ow u lira rl .
'e called op (he ii-w Ijrm of
Lvans S, C".. a lirm Ihat has re
cenll.v embaik.-d in business in
Alvo. . 'e found one of Ihe peal
es,1. country slojes in Ihe stale,
and .Mr. Lvans being' a very a f
fial'ie geulleman and good busi
ness man, he is bound to suc
ceed, it. A. slope lias recently
purchased the Dreamer building
and removed his general ,lock
llierelo, and everything there
abouts is " a- m-al as a pin."
Lverv Hiin-g is arranged in 'apple
pie' order and ho carries Midi
goods as please I he people.
Among oilier patrons we n;e in
Alvo were our old friend, Alex
Skilcs, who is one of the strong
men of 1 1 1 . 1 ( section; Harry Par
sell, L. C. Appleiuan, SI reei dm
missioncr Hiirlun-!!, Ik M. stone,
and lhal line old lad; , Mrs.
Sabiua KitseU, one of Ihe noblest
ladies exlanl. all of whom are
palre-ns of this great nligious
ind moral ' veel.ly. N'e rannol
close this article wilhou! a good
word for Mr. Lurkm-H, who has
proved most elijejenl in building
sidewalks, and under his super
vision the walks in Alvo will com
pare verv favorablj wiih many
towns three limes the sie o
Alvo. Our friend, Jake Shaffer,
is jul as "fat and sussv" a-
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ever, and a.-si.steu greaiiv in mak
ing our visit a pleasant one, and
v.e are under many obligations lo
him for his untiring clforls.
Wurdock.
W" spent several hours Friday
in the lillle city of Murdock, and
ve candidly' believe there lias
oen more improvements in vhat
villag'e than ;i!iy town ve have
visited 011 -this trip. The Neilel
hardware store-is a line structure.
The room is a large nnd com
modious one and tilled with a
large'" stock of up-to-date goods.
They boast or the largest garage
in Cass conn'.''", buill of cement
blocks, .and wo b' Ib-ve i! is I he,
most -omplele and up-to-dalo
building oT ils character thai wo
have seen in this section of the,
count ry. We ciilled on II. V. Mc
Donald and enjoyed a few mom
enls' social eonv ersal ion. He is
the same old Harry, and seems ,o
be well satisfied wilh his hi on
Ibis mundane sphere. We drop
ped into tin bank and visilod villi
Henry Oulhman and Harry Toole.
'They -are both fine business boys,
and tin- Hank of Murdock is pros
pering reiiiarkablv w. under
Iheir management. They arc bed h
popular Willi the people. which
adds grc; ly lo Iheir success. Mr.
Toole is also a member of the
firm of Marlin A: Toole, general
merchandise, and this lirui a!-o
t lljoys the coulideiico of the peo
ple and Iheir business js re
markably good. We al-o dropped
in lo see O-rar Mcliouald. who
runs ihe onl.v pool hall in the
town.
( l-ciir' conl empla! es -,
modeling his room Ibis fall, and
proposes o have ope of Ihe jm -I.
pool halls ju the J ale for a lown
the sie of Murdock. Oabo Wil
liamson. Hie saloon man. was
j'l-l as fa l and .-a-sv a- ever, and
seemed ll.'e saille old Calie. Ie
k"eps an np-lo-dale saloon and
woe be fo the man who attempts
lo run his bu-ine.-s. a good man,
but he will stand no monkey
-bines in hi- place. And Ilia, fad
js joeltv geiieraliv understood bv
all wl.-o vi-ii bis place. Murdock
is one of lb.- bes I leading points
in Cass canity, and Ihe people m
general sei-m o be prosperous
and well ph-a-ed villi coudilious.
It is a prollv ".own. and surround
ed by a line class of farmers,
which adds greatly o tin- -ucee-
of any low 11.
The progressive or bulj nm..-.;
parly of .New Je; -ey is quite bad
ly, split over the immipalion of a
candidate for the nomination ;,,.
governor. There are (wo candid
ates foe this nomination lh
Messrs. Colic, ami Osborne. Colby
stands v.iih Hie bull inoo-e m ihe
mailer of trust, regulation and
Osborne wiih !he smaller moose
I'ineiiol. .Neither sj,je can
tolerate Ihe views of Ihe other.
In view of (he f u l, however, lhal
such intolerance is one of Ihe
main birthrights. or. in other
words. the main hereditary
qualification of In parly, Ihe lack
of c diesiv eness in New Jersey is
not al all surprising?
:o: -1
"A safe and sane tuesidenf .'" is
the way the people generally speak
of 1'residenl WiNmi.
:o :
Oef busy and boost for Ihe fail
festival and base ball tournament.
Do il now, ilon'l wail unlil m-xl
year.
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Cerinau lay in l'lal Ismoullt
October 1-31 h and I'.Mh. The man
agement ate planning" for two nig
day s.
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In choosing" orange juice for a
temporary drink, Ihe Kaiser has
shown a preference for Ihe good,
old, familiar, amber color.
The fashion authorities promise,
us Ihe new -sli!. skirls for Ihe Ak-Sar-Hen
ball I his year. The at
tendance at Ihe ball is expected lo
be t he largest in v ears.
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For Ihe pas few year.- Mexico
has been enjoying- several varieties-'
of wai As an oli'sd the
counlry is now negotiating for
several, kinds of peace.
. A Chattanooga man, according"
lo the papers, got religion by
telephone. It is distressing" lo
think what miglq have happen
ed lo that man iT tin. lino bad
been busy?
The Journal js not given to
bragging about what it has done
or what it will do, but our special
edition will prove worthy, of th"
Support of every business man
and merchant in Plattsnioulli.
