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PAGE 3. - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1913. PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. ii V Children Cry Tlie Kind You Have Always iu use ior over SO years, - antl has been made nnuer iiis per- Ffl-- ' sonal supervision since its infancy. Y J-&ccJU&: Allow no one to deceive you in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and ' Just-as-jjood " are but HxiKTimcnts that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children Experience against lisperiiuent. What is CASTORIA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare goric, Drops and Soothinjr Syrups. It is pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine- nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allavs Feverishness. For more than thirty years it lias been in constant use for the relief of Constipation, Flatulency, "Wind Colic, all Teethin Troubles and Diarrlmia". It regulates the Stomach and lioweLs, assimilates the Food, givin&r healthy and natural bleep. The Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend GENUINE CASTOR! A ALWAYS Bears the The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years M E C E NTAUR O O f1 P CELEBRATES HER 14TH B1RTHDHY ANNIVERSARY From Saturday's Daily. Last Tuesday evening at I he pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs. Will ltummell occurred a most d. light fill . bil l Inlay parly, in honor of the fourteenth an niversary of their daughter. Miss Mahle, as well as iu honor of Mrs. Val Hurkle of I his city, who wa a .Kuest for a few Ways at the F. Vallt-iy h.-me m lliat locality. The evening wa spoilt by I tie j large crowil of jolly neighbors and frien.ls in listening lo a TiTimher of very fine musical numbers, which were much ap preciate.! by all ami enjoyed to Ihe utmost. At a late hour .-ome very tempt iii-' refreshments, con sisting of ice cream ami cake, was sered. which aiieil in mak intr the occasion rm of complete pleasure to all in al tendance, af ter which Ihey departed for their homes, within'-' the guests of lnnmr many more such happy birthday gatherings ami thanking the ho-dess for the delightful time they hal en.joed at tiiis most hospitable home. The gue-ts pres. -al f..r the hap nie vnv event were: Misses Jen- lialloii. Louise Keline, .Josv?- phiue Yallery, Clara ainl Mar garet Parkening. Mary, Maggie, Katie and Lm-lla Katrenberper, Kmma, Klla and Alice Tschirren, Helen and Fa urn a liuechler, Kmma and Elizabeth Hirz, Mary and Hmnia Tritsch. Dora, dracc and F.llen .Volting. Florence and Louis.- ltummell: Messrs. Sam Rhoden. Phillip and Fritz Kehne. Fritz and Max Yallery. John, Fmil and Willie Parkening, Oorge, Johnnie and August Kaffenberg- er. Fred and Ed Tsrhirreii, Jolin and b-r. Fred I'.eiK-hh-r, Charles Mil Walter Herder. Herman Gra ham. Henry. Fred and Willie Noltintr, Clarence Meisinper, Jesse Long. Eddie and Willie T, SM'Z v -v .X September 2 to October 1913 EVERITB ODY SHOULDCOM E o OMAHA to see 'AuTono3iLt Floral PA - TT tn Tir 4Jb i-Lc.CTRICAL JrARADE, WEDNESDAY JVIGHT .UCT03ER. 1ST n" German Day Parade. Thursday Atternoon. October Z-M ' Goroiiation Ball . Fripay tu RWIN Bros. Frontier Day. r r c Big Hippodrome Show.' Aj,LwAcTS.r ,IAKE YCUR. ARB.ANGCMENTS NOW?, iSyPTEMBER. 2 for Fletcher's Bonglit, and which has teen has bornothe signature o Signature of N . NKW V O W CITY. Meisinper. I'd par ami Lester Mei-in-er, -less.- Tower, John and Elmer Hummell. Mr. and Mrs. John Ka (Ten her per. Mr. and Mrs. C. F. ValbM-y, Christina Hum mell and Mrs. Val Hurkel. MORE OF THE DRUM AND STEWART TROUBLE AT EAGLE From Saturday's Dan v. As an echo lo the case fought out in county court here some few weeks ago, in which Bert Stewart, was acpiifted on the charge of having assaulted Fred Drum on a farm near Eagle, a neace complaint was Jiled today iu Ju.-t ice Ar cher's court in w hich Stewart was asked to tie put un der bonds to keep the peace to ward the public in peueral, and Drum iu particular. The de fendant was released on his recopn izence and will be com pelled to preserve a peaceful at titude toward Mr. Drum in the future. These ijuarrels are very a community and neighborhood bad things for are constantly leading to troubb f all kinds. as both parties are always reau to consider themselves badly used by their opponents. Returns From Weeping Water. The Holly orchestra, under- the leadership of llerr Wilhelm Hol ly, returned early this morning from Weeping' Water, where they played last evening al a glance given at the l'hilpoj hall iu that city. They report a large crowd of dancers present and a very en joyable time, as Mr. Philpot has made great efforts lo give his patrons the best, dances possible. The Holly orchestra will play this evening at the Ocrmau Home ball iu this city. Anyone wanting pictures of the recent teachers' institute address or rail on Set., the photographer, Plallsmoul h. 22 South ith street. 'Phone iHP-YV. 9-i-3t-wkIyj The Journal does job work. Di:JuESDAYEn.Si?T.22Urrj' i.t j Evzmua, October .3", Wild West Show ' t - r : , Nzw Garniyal Grounds i 17 2o Howard HI! ioWARD Hlj gg Tg OCTOBER. Jit teerti POWER-PLOWING SHOE Fremont Pulls OfF the Largest Tractor Demonstration Ever Held in United States. Xotwilh.sanling the extremely drv weather, with its attendant crop depreciation, agricullure at large lias received one of Ihe most important lesson-, in ccoiiorn i a I crori jiroduct i:i ever witnessed in this section of the country. For the lirst. time in Ihe hi.-tory of power farming the United Slates stepped into the front ranks as a leader in trad or demonstrations, when sixteen of Ihe foremost American tractor manufacturers lined up for a week of solid object, lesson Work for Ihe benefit of American agri culture. Through Ihe etVorls of the Fremont Commercial club and the influence of the Omaha, Council HlufVs and olhor neigh boring metropolitan papers. Fre mont, Neb., the physical and commercial center of the rich and fertile Plalle and Flkhorn valleys. wa chosen as the meet ing place. Lined up like a bat tery of huge iron and steel war riors, the forly odd tractors be gan their work Monday. Septem ber 8. n a rnoacre tract of land a mile and a half from Fremont. An examination of the soil justified the opinion that the competing machines would plow in the most difficult ground to be found an where. A heavy black gumbo, hardened by the hot. dry weal Iter, presented a test worthy of the name, and one thai re quired the utmost, efforts m the part of al! the competing ma chines. In spite of the unu-ual ualural difliculties. the tractors tunneled through the dry, rub bery soil with an ease and ef ficiency which opened the eyes of those farmers who up to now viewed any farm power with skept ir ism. An immense crowd was on the ground each day of the demon stration. The event was made the gala occasion of the fall, and proved so popular with the sur rounding country in attracting the farmers ami their wives thai (ler.rge F. W'olz of the Fremont Commercial club, in an inlerview with Ihe represeiilal ive of this paper, said: ' If there is a farm er wilhin lmi miles of Fremont who does not come to Ibis dem onstration it will be because he has corns and cannol walk, or because he has punctured his auto lire, for most farmers west of the Mississippi have auto mobiles, anyway." Fach company was represented with from one to four engines. On Monday morning- prior to Ihe beginning of the contest a hugh parade was made on the principal thoroughfares of Fremont, which showed tractors extended for several blocks. The stale of Ne braska had ' on hand a moving picture machine man. who look pictures of Ihe events as they ac tually occurred, in order that the nieel might be equally profitable lo farmers living in Ihe most re mole parts of the state. There were few regulations regarding the meet, and the enforcement of these were in the hands of Prof. L. YV. Chase, head of the agri cull lire engineering department of Ihe University of Nebraska, who for years was one of Ihe chief officials at Ihe annual in ternational tractor contest of Winnipeg, Canada; F. luackelt. an inslruclor at the stale col lege, and Prof. L. F. Seaton. also of the university, who was one of the judges at Winnipeg this y-?ar. The most important regulalinn was in flic interest of harmony in that no company could monopo lize the attention of Ihe entire field at any one time by running more than one of its outfits at the same time. A second was that, a minimum depth of six inches must be turned over ami a maximum depth of twenty-one inches. This latter was in the interest of the gospel of deep plowing, which is being ad vocated so extensively at the present time by agricultural authorities. The International Harvester Company of America, which had four entries at the meet, provided canes to the en tire crowd, with a two-foot rub on each side for the purpose of enabling the spectators them selves to know exactly at all times just what each engine was accomplishing. Each contestant bore- a huge number very similar to the oars in an automobile race, so that it .was not difficult RECORD IS at any time for" a visitor to ascertain the location of any ma chines that he was particularly inlercsted in. Among the prominent spectat ors who seemed to regret, the close of each day's work. o in terested were they in the features of each machine, were M. Ieh- nmkli. a nalive Hindu from India, who is investigating power plow ing in this country for the in terests of the British govern ment. India is one of the largest territories not yet penetrated by American farm machine com panies. Various efforts have been made at. different times lo introduce the same labor-savins machines which American farm ers use, but so cheap is labor in that country thai a fairly able bodied laborer can be hired for 7 cents a day. thus eliminating' a great deal of the economy brought about by using machines. The second spectator was a well known Hussian representative, who is over in this country studying the posibilities of kero sene engines. Russia itself is the one country in the world which produces more wheat than the United Stales. Millions of dol lars of American-made farm ma chines are sold there each year, but the gasoline engine industry has not made such headway, owing lo the high price of gaso line. Kerosene, on Ihe other hand. is found plentifully throughout Russia and can be purchased as cheaply as in this country. As practically all of the machines at the present demonstration are burning kero sene, some going so far even as to disconnect entirely the gaso line attachment, so this visitor apparently found what tie was looking for. Manv representative manu facturers were in al tendance in person, while others were rep resenlcd by prominent experi mental and patent men. Among the companies who were active in making the demonstration a suc cess were the following: Aull man t Talor 'Machinery Co.. Avery Co.. Case. J. L. and T, M. .. Fmerson-Hrant ingham Im plement Co.. Hackney Manu facturing Co.. Hart-Parr Co.. Hoi! Manufacturing Co., Inter national Harvester Co.. Kinnard Haines Co., Leader Fngine Co.. Minneapolis Steel and Machinery Co.. Humely Co.. Russell A: '.. Wallis Tractor Co., Wan! Tract or Co., American ias Fngine Co. VOICE INSTRUCTOR AT PERU STATE NORMAL SCHOOL Announcement has leen made of Ihe appointment of Prof. 11. S. Austin of this city as voice in structor at the I'eru Stale Nor mal school for the coming fall and winter term. This is a worthy recognition of the splen did ahilily of Mr. Ausliu along Ihe line of insl rue! ion work in music, ami the pupil at the I'eru Normal will find in this gentleman a worthy instructor and one who has devoted years to the study of the voice and vocal liiusic, and his splendid success with his classes in this city has attested his ability along this line.- At present Mr. Austin has classes in vocal work in C!len wood, Nebraska City and Union, in addition to this city, and the rapid advancement made by the pupils is due largely to the un tiring efforts of the instructor. It is to be hoped that the Austin family will continue to make their home in this city, as they have added greatly to the musical life of the city ami several very successful musical productions have been arranged by Mr. and Mrs. Austin here in the past. THE JOURNAL RECEIVES A FINE BASKET OF GRAPES From Saturday' Dally. The publisher of the Journal today received a most acceptable basket of fine grapes that was left at the ofiice by our old friend, Charles Miller, who is one of the largest raisers of grapes in the county, and by his skillful handling of the vines has pro duced some splendid specimens of grapes. He resides on a farm south of this city and it is ideal ly localed for the raising of the grapes, as it is located with a gentle slope where the fruit is kissed by the sun into ripeness, and ihe tempting bunches of grapes are a great sight. Mr. Miller has our sincere thanks for the fine basketful presented and we trust he may enjoy many more years of success as a rais er of this delicious fruit. OPENING ANNOUNCEMENT! Our new line of Fall and Winter Goods are arriving daily and will be more complete than ever before. Watch thjs paper for our fall announcements. You will be well paid for your time. FAGER'S DEPARTMENT STORE The Home of Guaranteed Values V. ZUCKER, Manager JTiiMMf 'T-"' "" RAILROAD HATES Ai THE RETURN A Few Thoughtful Thinks on a Matter of Great Interest to All of Us. A local contemporary protests, against proposed increases in freisht rates. It declares that Ihe dividend return on railroad slocks for the year ending June .'!), lt)l J, was J.7:i per cent "a respectable return on capital, if the good is taken wilh !he bad." This LTe" per cenl return amounted to tlr siioi of im,:;oH,;i,.. It is perfectly I rue that a re turn of 'i.lli per cent on capital is ''respectable," though the most fervid imagination could not call it excessive. Hut the phrase "re turn .on capital" in this connec tion is sheer misleading. It sounds as if a guaranteed return were meant, like interest on a note or mortgage. Now Ihe stock holders of Ihe railroads do not stand in any such faxored rela tion as this to the public. No body guarantees stockholders one cent. They are not creditors of the railroads: Ihey own them. The bondholders' re! urn is a 're turn on capital": lhat of th stockholders represents the iu come of the owner of a busines who takes the risks of trade. If the road pays, the stocklndd ers receive a profit. If il pay nothing, they get nothing. Here is a new road with -flo, tutu. out) of full-naid stock and 10,IOO.MI( of 5 per cent bonds Il takes SoOO.OiMl a year to pay th interest on those bonds. Suppos the road makes sl.Oiu,000. Hond. and stock each pay ." per cent Hut if earnings sink to $500, (mm) the bondholder gels it all. He is not an owner of the railroad; he is a creditor of it and must be paid before a cent goes to the stockholder. The more the risk the higher the rah of return For this reason an ample re turn to the bondholder would be an inadequate return to the stockholder. This is common sense, and you cannot get away from il. To dis cuss the returns received by the stockholders as if Ihey were re turns from notes, mortgages or bank deposits bearing interest is jus! to mix things up to begin wilh. Now let us get back lo Ibis re turn of 1.73 per cent. Less than 3.30 per cent was profit on the year's business. The rest was taken out of the surplus of the roads. More than 20 per cenl of the total return to stockholders for the year in question came from lhat source Yes, 5.73 per cent is a respect able return on capital. Hut if is a pitifully small return on an in vestment without the protection which is accorded borrowed capit al, on an investment which bears Ihe brunl of the hazards of busi ness. And when it is seen that of This return, small as it is under the circumstances, only 7t per cent was earned, while L'9 per cent was taken from the surplus funds held by the roads against a "rainy day," it ought to be plain that the rainy day has arrived. You can see how the thing works, right here in Missouri. Millions of dollars are being in vested by the Eastern life insur ance companies in Missouri farm mortgages at ! per cent. In every case the ban? land is worth twice the mortcasre. When such invest ments, with security amounting to 200 per cent, can be had at 5 per cent, would any rational man buy railroad stocks, assuming the hazards of the railroad business, at 4.73? The question answers itself. Now if we had a "complete out fit" of railroads in these United States, this question would be simply one of fairness and jus tice. It is this, but it is mucn more besides. With agriculture, commerce and manufacturing in creasing by leaps and bounds, the question of national development is one with the question of trans- i la porlation development. Railroad storks must net only pay a return which is just and fair: they mils! pay enough lo attract new capital. Let us get rid of all cant about this. The thing is simple enousrh. Here is a man who by thrill and industry has saved l,o'm. How shall he invest il? The savings bank will pay him 3 or 3 1-2 per cenl. A farm mortgage will pay him r. Until railroad slocks, on the average, shall pay dividends good enough so lhat the invest or will assume the additional haz ard for the sake of the possible additional gain, our rail rates, taken as a whole, will not be high enough to suit Ihe need of this period of rapid development in our transporlalion history. St. Louis Republic. A PLEASANT AND HAPPY HOME WEDDING AT UNION (From the Union Ledger. Wednesday evening- at eight o'clock the home of Rev. and Mrs. W illiam A. Taylor in this village was Hie scene of one of the pret tiest weddings we have ever had the pleasure of recording, their daughter Miss Leona Taylor and Mr. Uhas. W. Hoback being unit ed in marriage. The ceremony took place on the front porch of the Parsonage, the officiating minister being Rev. W. A. Taylor, the father of the bride. The porch and lawn were brilliantly lighted and the decorations were beautiful to behold, and for the convenience of Ihe many guests there were ample seats provided. Promptly at the hour of eight Miss Verna (Iraves began playing the beautiful wedding march, and the bridal party tiled through the door and took their places in full view of the wailing guests. First came the ring-bearer Miss Gladys Hoback and with her was Rev. W. A. Taylor: they were followed by Miss Hat tie Hoback, bridesmaid, and Mr. Alda Taylor, groomsman, and in the rear came the bride and groom. As the strains of the wedding march ceased Rev. Tay lor assumed the task of exercis ing his last authority over his daughter, and using the beautiful ring ceremony he pronounced the words that made her the 'wife of Mr. Chas. W. Hoback. Congratu lations followed, and in due time the guests numbering about 12.r, partook of a very fine three course luncheon, and some lime was spent in enjoying the excel-' lent repast and having a nice so cial time. j As above staled, the bride is the only daughter of Rev. W. A. j Taylor and wife, and is one of the most popular young ladies of this vicinity where she has grown j from infancy. She was educated in the Union schools, and for sev-i eral years has been active and) influential in church affairs, be ing a talented singer and in every way worthy of the high es teem in which she is held by all who have formed her acquaint ance. The groom is an energet ic and prosperous young farmer who has spent, most of his life in this part of the county, and is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Win. L. Hoback, one of the influential families of this vicinity. He is well known as a young gentleman of- excellent habits the best of character, traits that have won for him the warm friendship and the confidence of the people. We are pleased lo know that this neighborhood will not lose this young couple from its business and social circles, as they are to make their home on a farm two miles southeast of this village, and their many friends express the hope and belief that Mr. and Mrs. Hoback will enjoy many years of happiness and prosper ity. For Sale. A few Duroe-Jersey Spring Hoars from registered parents. Hlood from Golden Model V and H and G's Colonel, the great prize . -v 11 t x. t i. winner. ??i.uu wnue iney iasi. GUY RISER, Owner Maple Vale Herd of Dur- . . . . w i a -V r ocs. piattsmoutn j'none z.itz, Mynard. y-lD-tfwkly. 1 MORE ABOUT THE Dr. Gflmore Relates Some In teresting Facts in Connection With Indian Explorations. In relation to the findinp of Ihe Indian skulls in this city. Dr. L H. Gilmore of Murray relates an interesting find lhat lie made a few years ago on the John Larsh farm, about three miles east of Union, where lie unearthed a grave or cache of skulls similar lo I tie one found in this city, al though in this case there were only six skulls found, and they were all buried facing the south the same as in the lot unearthed at the Jones' place. The place on Hie Larsh farm where the bones were found was on a large and commanding, hill, which is situ ated not a great distance from the Missouri river and along the trail frequented by the Indians in their trips .up and down the Missouri river. Tin's section of the state is mentioned in the story of Cap lain Honnivelle's exploring ex pedition recounted by Washington Irving, as Ihey tell of landing- at the mouth of the Platte river, some twenty-five miles below the big island, which is situated near the present town of Hellevue. The parly described the river as be ing wide and shallow and tilled with small islands covered with a popular tree called Cottonwood, and they also stated thai the river was very treacherous and tilled with quicksand. 'which"''hi,tYe"'it difficult to ford or swim. The exploring parly in this vi cinity also came upon several large collections of human bones arranged in different figures, such as circles and squares, that gae evidence of having been part of an Indian ceremonials. Older set tlers in this locality, since the dis covery of the bones in the Jones yard, have recounted several in teresting stories of the Indians in this section in early days. One tells of a camp of the Oloes that was located near Swallow Hill, and here Ihe Indians buried I heir dead in the tall trees in that locality, and after every high wind storm there would be much weeping arid knashing of leelh over the remains of some chief who had been blown down and dashed lo pieces. Adam Fornoff of near Cedar Creek came in yesterday for a few hours to look after some shopping with the different mer chant. Woman Finally Recover From Nervous Breakdown Impoverished nerves destroy many people before their time. Often be fore a sufferer realire-..vhat the trouble is, he is on the verge o a complete nervous breakdown. It is of the utmost importance to keep your nervous system in good con dition, as the nerves are the source of all bodily power. Mrs. Rosa Bonner, 825 N. 18th St., Birming ham, Ala., says: "I have been suffering with nerv ous prostration for nine or ten years. Have tried many of the best doctors in Birmingham, but they all failed to reach my case. I would feel as if I was smothering: finally I went into convulsions. My little girl saw Dr. MHes' Nervine advertised in the papers and I at once began to take It. I continued to take it for some time and now I am well." If you are troubled with loss of appetite, poor digestion, weakness, inability to sleep; if you. are in a general run down condition and unable to bear your part of the daily grind of life, you need some thing to strengthen your nerves. You may not realize what is the mat ter with you. but that is no reason why you should delay treatment. Dr. Miles' Nervine has -proven its value in nervous dis orders for thirty years, and merits a trial, no matter how many other remedies have failed to help you. Sold by alt druggists. If first bottl falls to benefit your money Is returned. MILES MEDICAL. CO., Elkhart, Ind. IIDIAN TRADITIONS