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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1913.
PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
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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
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September 2 to October 1913
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i-Lc.CTRICAL JrARADE, WEDNESDAY JVIGHT .UCT03ER. 1ST
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' Goroiiation Ball . Fripay
tu RWIN Bros. Frontier Day.
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Big Hippodrome Show.'
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,IAKE YCUR. ARB.ANGCMENTS NOW?,
iSyPTEMBER.
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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.
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Evzmua, October .3",
Wild West Show '
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Nzw Garniyal Grounds i
17 2o Howard HI!
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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.
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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