THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1913.
PAQE 2.
PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
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The Plattsmouth journal
Published Semi-Weekly
R. A. BATB9, Puloli.h.
Entered at the Postoffice at Plattsmouth, Nebraska as second-class matter
' ftl.gQ PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
The Ak-Sar-Ben is on in Oma
ha this -week, 'and all the citizens
-of Plattsmouth that have the
price will attend at least one day.
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" Jacob J?ch iff, who admits that
lie' contributed to the campaign
funds of both Mr. Sulzer and Mr.
Strauss, recalls to mind the ship
wrecked sailor that prayed alter
nately lt the good .Lord-'and the
good devil.
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Here is considerable truth utt
ered by the Omaha Trade Exhibit:
"Many a merchant sits in the back
of his slo.re.and grouches about
the mail 'order business when he
ought to be washing his front
windows and arranging displays
therein, or sorting up slock, or
working up a good ad, or doing a
lot of othei things the mall order
people are 'doing every 'day and
every hour of' the day."
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- You can send "almost anything
by parcel post, There are just
a few things you can't ship.
You cannot shii a live animal.
Hut you can send a iiueen bee.
You cannot send a raw hide, an
infernal machine, liquor. Hut
you can send medicine and cured
pells. You can send eggs, veget
'ables, fruits, butter, fresh meats,
dressed fowls within the first
zone that is . for a radius of fif
ty niiles, -
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"Uiiless," says Ouslave Bis--hofi,
president of the. American
Meat Packers' Association, ' there
is a material increase in the pro-
years in . this -country; - porter
house steak will then be -SI per
pound,'' .which would indicate,
even though th- prediction js
only partially fulfilled, that il will
pay farmers to raise an extra
head or two of beef and slop let
ting the calves go to the mar
ket. -:o:
There is a rapidly growing de
mand in all parts of the country
that books be included in the list
if articles sent by parcel posl.
Why should books be excluded
and bricks be carried at the low
rate? The present arrangement
i inconsistent and absurd. A
cheap rate on books would be a
decided bo n Hit to a very large
percentage of the people of the
United Stales. It is likely that
more live in communities and on
farms to which books must be
shipped than reside in cities, or
in towns in which books may re
purchased from dealer.-?. All
those on rural routes and villages-
are interested, in . securing a
lower rate on literature and aie
entitled to consideration.
Samuel Hill, ''father of good
roads in America," returns from
a European tour persuaded that
as many tourists as go to Europe
each summer would come to this
country from Europe if we only
had roads lit for their automo
biles. Perhaps he is right. Cer
tainly, more Americans would
tour at home, But there is one
more requisite. America is lam
entably poor jn its hotels, except
in cities of the first magnitude
where they are the best in the
world. With good inns and good
roads we should get the full
value out of our fine scenery and
railways. Hut roads cost money.
Franc will spend $50,000,0(10 in
the nxf ten years improving
5.000 utiles of thoroughfares that
are not up to her high standard.
France is a frugal nation: be
sure ;that this expense would be
spared unless it were a paying
investment.
at Plattsmouth, Neb.
Astronomers claim there are
7,000 stars visible to the naked
eye, but it seems as though there
arc almost that many naked
stars in vaudeville alone.
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So many hunters are kiilled by
mistake up in Maine that the li
cense has been raiised from $15
to 925. The pastime still seems
reasonably inexpensive.
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Everybody should work the
roads except the ladies (Ood bless
them!) and they will dot their
part by getting up something
good to eat for the laborers on
the roads.
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A picture of a tall, thin girl
standing on one foot holding
what seems to be a tomato on a
blue stem to her nose appears in
one of the fashion papers. She
is wearing a pair of light blue
slippers and white stockings,
white petticoat over which is
draped a short full skirt of blue
and black zig zag stripes. Her
jacket is red, is buttoned crook
ed, has wide blue collar and cuffs,
and is worn with a belt. Her hat
looks like an inverted coal scuttle
in the center of which is stuck
an immense feather duster. The
picture is entitled, "The East
Word in Paris Fashions."
Frankly it should be the last
word.
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There is now on in Mon
tana a big land drawing, possib
ly the last great land drawing
the government will .hold, for
government land is becoming al
most as scarce as I he helpful
hen's teeth or the fountain pen
that won't leak. Of the thousands
who have registered to lake a
chance probably everyone says
to himself occasionally "I may
be first." And so he may, of
course, although only one can
win the coveted first. Most of
them, of course, will win nothing
al all, for we are becoming a
land hungry people, of which
there isn't enough to go around.
Hut it isn't strange that the
crowd looks longingly toward the
first prize. Uncle Jim Hill is
going to give the lucky one
! 10,000 to improve the place, a
fair start towards scientific
farming, and the value of the
land should be much more than
that, so the initial winner gets
a comfortable fortune, ami a
berth on Easy street as it is
found in Montana.
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That man Richmond, who
served as Chief Clerk of the re
cent session of the House of
Representatives has taken the
liberty of inserting the pictures
of members of the house in the
House Journal, without any
authority whatever, thus adding
212 pages to the book and" in
creasing such expense to the lax
payers of the. slate. - Very wisely,
N. J. Ludi, the deputy state print
ing commissioner, has declined
to O. K. that part of the bill
which he rightfully claims is no
proper part of the proceedings of
the legislature which the law di
rects shall be printed in the
House Journal- ; Clyde Uarnard,
secretary of the stale senate, has
been guilty of perpetratin
tin
same kind of a joke upon . the
slate by enlarging the Senate
Journal by the addition of twenty-two
pages of senators and
clerks. k "Birds of a feather: will
flock" together,", on - schemes oT
this character. Hut Mr. Eudi de
serves great credit for refusing
to .sanct ion, such action on : the
part of the" celebrated office hunt
ers. -' ' '
The Cass county farmers are a
busy bunch these days in plowing
and sowing winter wheat.
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Nearly five hundred Mtlhodist
preachers are in conference in
Lincoln this week. The people of
the capital city will have to walk
pretty straight wliilJ they are
there.
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Colorado authorities are prose
cuting men accused of forging
names to refereundum petitions.
Ohio has a similar scandal.
Crooks readily adapt themselves
to any form of government that
may be adopted.
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The (lerman of today eats more
meat than formerly. Thirty to
forty years ago the consumption
averaged H8 pounds per capita,
whereas it now amounts to 111)
pounds. Oermany is producing
from t5 to yti per cent of the total
consumption, only -i to 5 per cent
being imported.
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That congressman who wants
to make it a penitentiary offense
for the killing of calves for veal
may be striking at an idea that is
somewhat revolutionary to our
present ideas and yet. he may be
doinr the country a good service.
While his bill may not reach the
status of law, yet it will awaken
the country to its'true condition
on the 'meat question.
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'Ungratefulness" applies lo a
person whom you have favored
numerous times, and when ap
pealed to for a reciprocation,
fails to respond, when it does
not cost him money to do so.
This is the way with some poli
ticians. Re is all goody-goody
when, he needs your help, but
when you want him to help you,
he .can't find time or the inclin
ation to do so.
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Next Thursday and Friday are
good roads days, and those who
are interested should be getting
matters in shape for the work.
Every business man and every
farmer should interest them
selves in this matter. Oood roads
make a country, ami increases the
alue of farms. The merchant is
as much benefitted from good
roads as the farmer no more
nor less.
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The restless days are here.
All outdoors invites us and our
work becomes a conscious effort
and a bore. It is the lime when
we are most in sympathy with
Jerome K. Jerome in his confes
sion as follows: "I like work;. .it
fascinates me. I can sit and look
at it for hours. I love to kep it
by me; the idea of gelling rid of
it nearly breaks my heart." Eols
of us feel that way these days.
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A recent issue of the Joseph
(Mo.) News-Pres contained the
following: "They are after the
scalp of Representative John. A.
Maguire of the First Nebraska
congressional district. It is com
mon talk that Maguire is not a
Hryan sort of democrat and that
the secretary wants William M.
Price to "go for' his seal. Ciov
ernor Morehead has also aspira
tions and may get info the ract.
Should the contest become a
three-cornered one it can be set
down : in advance that it w ill be
the warmest over held in the First
district." This reminds one of
the old saying of "going- away
from home to get the news." Mr.
Maguire ami Mr. Hryan are per
sonal friends, and be feels in no
way inclined to oppose Mr.
Maguire. Another thing is Con
gressman Maguire is so closely
identified with his constituents in
the First district fhat the Journal
does not believe there is a man
in the district that can beat him
for the nominal ion. And even if
il were possible lo defeat him for
the nomination, the successful
candidate 'would not poll as many
votes by at least 1,000 at the gen
eral election as John Maguire.
This is the main reason why he
should be renominated. . :
While hunting prairie chicken,
a Wisconsin man shot a 200
pound bear. This is a whole lot
better than the old- fashioned
way of plugging a guide or a pil
low hunter.
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It is said that for every five in
the increase of population in the
past ten years, foiir live in towns
and cities and but one on the
farms. This means the increase
of population off the farm is four
to one. If this ralio is maintain
ed the high cost of living is here
to stay.
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Nebraska on the first of Oct
ober went out of business in the
hangman's line and in conse
quence has a scaffold for sale. In
the future criminals found lo be
worthy of death will be electro
cuted. We might add that the
deadlv wires electrocute lots of
people every year who have
never been sentenced.
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THE TWO ENDS.
If you were in searcn of a piece
of timber which might be worked
up into a gale, or into a 'door, or
an article of furniture for your
home, you would select the sound
end instead of the rotten end of
the log, for your purpose. The
sound end would be strong and
durable ami would lake on a fin
ish and polish that could not be
given to limber from the rotten
end of the log. The value and
usefulness of Ihe rotten end
the roflen end has been impaired
bv the ravages of disease, or de
cay, or possibly by worms and in
sects, and there is no way of re
storing- it to its former sound
condition. There was a time
when the r.otten end of the
log was as sound and strong and
perfect as is the sound end now,
but that time was long ago and
can never be recalled. There was
a time when you could have iaken
the end of the log that is now rot
fen and worked "it up into gates,
or doors, or articles of furniture
for your' home,-but in its present
condition you jean" use, it only for
he commonest kinds of purposes.
You have suffered a loss by your
delay, ami the fault was all your
own. The log lay ready for ou
a, but ymi neglei;l-;j it until it
began to waste unde the assaults
.if its enemies. The only way of
getting the greatest value out of
lh--; log is to us; it whil.j it is yet
sound throughout and fit in ail
its parts for : useful purposes.
The same is true of human be
ings. The rotten end of the log
is of little value. . We neglect
children and permit them to grow-
up like weedsr in a deserted field,
and not until they have become
waste material do we take them
in hand. We neglect them until
they become slaves of vice ami
crime, and then we undertake to
reform them or work them over
into new meii and women. Hut
we have waited too long. There
is no human power that can make
them over to make them as good
as new. Every vice and every
crime committed by men and wo
men, leaves a scar and leaves a
weakness in Ihe will that may
sometime break, under the strain
of new temptations. We send our
criminals to jails and peniten
tiaries, and then-begin the work
of reformation. - And we make a
poor thing out of it, because we
have waited until the end of the
log became rotten. We provide
almshouses for our paupers, but
we seldom make them self-supporting
men . and women. We
have waited too long for this. We
never get much out of the human
junk pile that, is worth the cost of
patching il up. Yet most of our
philanthropy 'and most of our
prayers are devoted to the rotten
end of the log. The sound end
of the log is childhood, in the
boys and girls ' whv 1 1 1 1 stand
straight and true, ami like the
young oak are" pressing upwaid
toward the sun and sky.. If is at
this period that we may find tim
ber that is sound and strong, and
fit for the highest purposes: of
life.
How many wearers of tight
skiits will care to preserve pho
tographs of themselves for their
grandchildren to see? Don't all
speak at once, ladies.
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There should be a systemized
effort by all the counties inter
ested against the raise of phone
rentals adopted by th Lincoln
Telephone and Telegraph com
pany. This act on the part of
the company is an outrage upon
the public, and the only way to
get back to the old rates is for
the patrons to join hands in their
demand for lower rates. The
people have some rights in this
matter which the company must
respect. If the patrons submit
without a struggle, how long do
you suppose it will be till an
other raise is made?
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Nearly every young man is
eager to go forth in search of
adventure and is apt to grasp at
any opportunity to do or die. Ac
cording to a gent who has had a
widespread experience in the ad
venture line, the young man
should get over this as soon as
possiblee, and take a job in the
leather factory or some other safe
and sane occupation, and learn
to live happily ever afterward.
As a matter of fact, really thrill
ing adventures, including hair
breadth escapes by Hood and field
are harder than other forms of
work, and don't pay as well, ac
cording to our authority. The
rampant red corpuscle frequent
ly drives impetuous youth to a
life on the bounding main, where
he finds he has to gel up earlier
than if he worked on a farm, and
has a sterner boss; if he doesn't
get seasick, he gets sick of the
sea, and walking is poor. Others
go forth to follow the Hag, and
if anything does happen to re
lieve them from scullery work
they learn that fighting is harder
than hay making, and without the
advantage of home cooking. A
cowboy, who is supposed to lead
a wild, free life, gets thirty dol
lars a month, and earns it by
working over union hours, and
being without a tub bath. Most
of the wild freedom belongs to
the horse he rides, which studies
ways and means for telescoping
the cowboy's vertebrae in his hat.
Adventure is mostly a delusion
and a snare, when not called
harder names by those who have
it wished on them.'
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It is useless to deny that the
1913 corn crop has received a
staggering blow.' The most pro
lific soil beneath the skies could
not stand the long-continued
blast of withering sun lack of
rain which extended over a peri
od of many weeks at the very
time when growing crops most
needed normal conditions. To
Nebraska people there will b
cause for special rejoicing upon
the splendid showing that is made
in our own state. Missouri
shows a loss of 29 per cent with
a crop being 41 per cent of nor
mat. Kansas will gather only 10
per cent of a normal crop. Il
linois has a condition of 02 per
cent which is a loss of 10 per
cent, while Iowa stands 70 per
cent of normal with a loss of 9
per cent. Compared with a na
tional loss of 32,000,000 bushels
of corn the United States comes
to the front with the most boun
tiful wheat harvest. in its history
the estimate of winter and
spring' wheat combined being
754,000,000 bushels, which is
0,000.000 more than the record
crop of 1901. The oat crop is
estimated at 1,000,000,000 bush
els. Nature has a wonderful way
of' readjusting' conditions and out
of the temporary losses to cer
tain communities good will even
tually come. What has been
lost in corn has been made up in
wheat and there will be plenty lo
eat.' Nebraska fanners will fare
pretty wen, vviiu a uia uuii
wheat, oats, - alfalfa, .and nioie
than a half crop of corn. They
wili.' continue to buy automobiles
and put money in the bank.
A Complete Selection
. of high class WATCHES, hand-made GOLD
JEWELRY and STANDARD SILVERWARE
is exhibited daily at
GERING & CO.
Plattsmouth, Nebraska
Co-partner and representative of
3m
?uhTmmi WHOLESALE jTTN
(TO ) 3mama. neb.
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BIG SALE at close-city T f f 14
prices, takes place on iucauajj it
WATCH REPAIRING given the most skillful
attention. Moderate charges.
GEORGE SGHANTZ AND
FAMILY ARRIVE IN THE CITY
From Wednesday's Dally.
(leoiKe Schantz, jr., and fam
ily of Jennings, Louisiana, ar
rived in this city Monday even
injr and .will make a horl visit
here with his family and "old
friends. Mr. Schantz is al pres
ent enjrajred in the blacksmith
and machine shop business and
has been quite successful in his
business ventures in that city, all
of which will be most pleasing
news to his many friends here.
Th- Schantz family expected 1
be here last week, but wer de
layed by the floods ami hifrh wa
fers thai were prevalent in
Louisiana during the past fen
days, and as a result of which
they were compelled to fro to
Houston, Texas, in order to pet
their connections for the north.
LAND BRINGS RECORD
BREAKING PRICE
From Wednesday's DalH
One 'of the highest prices that
has been paid for land in this
county is that which has just
been given to C. H. Fuller for his
tract of land, containing between
twenty-nine and thirty acres,
lyin.ir just south of this city on
the old lair grounds. The pur
chaser, Mr. C. M. Parker, gave
the sum of 7.HM for this piece
of land, which is one of the nicest
in this par! of the country, and
the new owner feels he has se
cured a bargain even at the high
price paid. The transfer was
made, through A. J. Trilet the
real estate man, who sold Mr,.
Fuller the land some years ago,
and the raise in value has netted
the owner a neat profit. This
tract, is within easy distance of
the city and will make Mr. Parker
and wife a very pleasant home.
This is certainly a strong price
for land and shows the rapidly
raising value of the land in this
section.
Mrs. West ley Campbell of Lin
coln, who has been here for a
time as a guest at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Steinhauer,
departed yesteivlay afternoon for
her home.
NEBRASKA FOREST
RESERVE OPENINGS
531 Free Homesteads of 640 Acres Each.
REGISTRATION Register at
to 25th, inclusive.
bRA WING The drawing will
FILING Filings will begin Nov. 17th at Broken Bow, Neb.
CHARACTER OF LANDS
MAPS AND PARTICULARS
particulars
1004 Farnm St.,
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OMAHA. NEB.
BRANCH STORES
GEORGE HORN AND
WIFE HERE ON VISIT
From Wednesday's Dally.
(Jeorge Horn and wife of Hay
Springs, Neb., are in the fily for
a lew days visiting at the home
of'Ilr. Horn's sister, -Mr. Wil
liam Hassler and family. Mr.
Horn is an old Cass county boy
who has been located in Sheridan
county, for a number of years,
engaging in farming, and he re
ports that the corn in his locality
was very good this year, as was
also the potato crop. One f the
things fhat. is strange to farm
ers from this section is the fact
that some of the farmers near
Hay Springs have put llTn to ynf)
acres into potatoes the past sea
son, and as a result of the favor
able season a very heavy yield
was secured. In the county where
Mr. Horn resides the wheal, and
small grain was very short this
year, while the corn and potatoes
were a very heavy yield, which is
a great difference from this part
of the state, where the wheat was
so heavy and the corn yield light
er than usual.
DEPART FOR BANGOR.
MAIN. WITH REMAINS
OF MRS. SINCLAIR
From Tuesday's Dat:y.
This morning II. M. Sinclair
and Mrs. Howard, mother of the
lale Mrs. Sinclair, departed on
Xo. ti for Bangor, Maine, where
they accompany the body of Mrs.
Sinclair, which will be laid to
rest in the scenes of her child
hood at Bangor. There was a
large number of .friends present
at tlte station to bid the grief
stricken husband and mother to
bear up under the terrible bss
that has visited them. The death
of Mrs. Sinclair at the time when
life is the brightest and dearest
fo one is a terrible blow fo her
husband and lo her parents in
the east, and lo them the deep
est sympathy of the entire com
munity will go out.
(ieorge M. Hihl of near Mnard
was in the city today attending lo
some trading with the merchants.
Broken Bow, Nebr. Oct. 13th
take place October 28th.
for all of that part of the Reserve north
of the center line of McPherson county.
Valuable chiefly for grazing.
though many sections have from 40 to
160 acres of valley suitable for crop
raising.
Write rae for maps and
aoout iana, niing, prooi etc.
D.GLEf.1 DEAVEn,
Om.iha, Neb. Immigration Agent
