THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 23, 1914 PAGE 4. PLATT8KIOUTH SEttl-WEEKLY JOURNAL. Oe plattsmoutb journal Published Semi-Weekly at Platttmouth, Nebr. Entered at the Fostofflce t Plattsmoutb. Nebraska, as second-class mall matter. R. A. BATES, Publisher 8ubeorlptlon Prloe; S1.50 Per Year in Advanoe CROSSINQ THE LINE. They have an expression among electrical companies that there is a certain peak in the volume of business that when leached, more prolitable condi tions follow and a better basis for permanent business is estab lished. That is as far as we want to go in the discussion of a technical point in the electrical lield, but to use this for a text, this paper wants lo express the belief that in business conditions through country towns, that the peak of unfavorable conditions in business in these localities has been reached and that from this time on, troubles and dis couragements that have been so pronounced will be on the down grade and better established business than ever heretofore enjoyed will be forthcoming For a number of years there have been adverse conditions in the always legitimate and al ways necessary country trade. There has been an unaccountable indifference on the part of rural communities toward their local home trade that has been as un warranted, as it has in many in stances been unjust, says the Lincoln Trade Review. Inroads have been made by outside interests that in the very nature of local co-operation and development were indefensible; there have been suspicions, un just, and a lack of understand ing if not of appreciation that has worked hardships upon local communities that injured both ihose working- them and those worked upon. The value of the country town has been too much lost from sight. What the coun try town does for its surround ing territory, what it is to the social life, the business life, to educational interests and to the real development of values, has been too long overlooked and neglected. This paper believes that there are changing condi tions in this regard and that there is a new day coming in which many of these evils will disappear a day in which com munity interests will be recognized, something at their real value, and that the reason ableness of farmers and busi ness men in all localities work ing together instead of pulling apart, will be understood and ap preciated. A good business man who keeps his courage up, is learn ing many things that he can do to bring about more common fellowship in community in terests. He has learned that some of the methods that have been used against him by outside interests can be turned to his ad vantage through adopting them in whole or in part in reaching his trade. He has found that publicity of his business is a wonderful help toward belter conditions and he has learned that the confidence that far dis tant mail order houses establish wilh their trade when they take, so far as community conditions are concerned, everything away and return nothing he has found that he at home can, with a little extra exertion, build con fidence for his own business and trade and put it upon a recipro cal basis that no outsider fur nishes. The fanning com munities who have swung a long way from home interests through the allurements of catalogue trade, are on their part, realizing that in the months and the years, home co-operation with home business men, is- to their ad- vantage in a multitude of ways and the more they look into the question, the more they see what the prosperous towns in their own immediate locality mean to their social side of life as well as what it means in the added dollars of value to their acres. For these reasons, many o which will be recognized as now- existing, when one slops to look the lield over, this paper feels warranted in saying that the peak of discouragement to coun try trade has been reached and passed and that in the future, I here will be a revival and in creased growth in home busi- ness and that all elements goin to make up a community, the town and the farmers surround ing it, will be .found more and more working together, doing business together and profiting together. :o: The democrats of Lancaster county are talking some of run ning Sam llinkle of Havelock for treasurer of that county. Sam is an old Plattsmoutb. boy, and i all wool and a yard wide any way you take him, and is always com petent to fill the bill wherever you put him. :o: To make our large cities New York, Chicago and Phila delphia, for instance into states, is the novel suggestion which E. J. Batten makes in a magazine known as the Public. Only in this way, lie contends, can the bigger cities have abso lute home rule. :o: It does not matter who the ringsters around Lincoln want for governor. If he isn't a man the people want, on either demo cratic or republican ticket, they will give him a black eye in the primary. The ringsters can't control the nominations like they did years past in the convention. Oh, no! :o: Senator Banning announces that he is not a candidate for the democratic nomination for governor, or any other office. He declares that the democratic party of Nebraska should nom inate Governor Morehead for re election, regardless of any "no- second-term" promise. Grand Island Independent. :o: As one of our exchanges puts it, the relatives of the Oklahoma woman who couldn t evade a blind man, ought to provide, her with a body-guard even though the Oklahoma senator was not guilty. :o: The farmer near Jetmore, Kan sas, who found $0,800 in gold on his farm is likely to devote all the rest of his days trying to keep the lawyers from taking it away from him. -tor- There are no better men in Ne braska than Dr. p. L. Hall, aiul there is nothing too good for him. The democrats have tried to boom him several different times for positions of honor, but he has invariably declined. He wants no office, but he is always in the front rank for the success of the democratic party. :o: . F.very now and then we are asked: "Arc we to have a city election in April?" Of course we are, and that reminds us that thosy who are interested in se curing the proper persons to conduct the affairs of this city for the next year, were waking up to the fact. POLITICAL ASSASSINS. Many times politics is a cruel, cold-blooded game. The Mexican bull fight often pointed to as a relic of barbarism, but it is quite seldom that a man engaged in battle with a bull gets hurt. The rs,Ko flo-h Qc Nvi,lane Ihnt the Cnhans nrr not capable of self government, al- though nothing of greater con - sequence than two scrappy roost - ers are involved in the bloody f m IL .'. 1 A 1 U . iracas. v e inuiK, ioo, mat me blackmail and the whitecap methods are about the extreme limit of outlawry and the last word in disorder nd violence, but they seldom punish where there is no guilt. We condemn these things because they seem unnecessarily cruel, and because they cannot be reconciled with our ideas of the square deal and fair play. These things, however, as barbarous as they may seem, are not in the same class, in the matter of cold-blooded cruelty, with American politics and polti - cians. No Mexican bull fight ever exceeded in ..hmnnn atrocity the attack that was made upon Thomas P. Gore, the blind senatop from Otvlahoma. For the past two weeks Senator (lore has been defending himself in an Oklahoma court against a charge made by the wife of a disappoint- ed olliee-seeker. This woman was demanding damages "in the sum or nny tnousand uouars ior an alleged insult mat seems to have been staged ' for the oc- casion and at a time when wit-1 nesses unfriendly to Core were near at hand. The whole pro- ceeding carried the ear-marks of a piot to discredit ana ruin en- ator Gore, and to eliminate himl from Oklahoma politics. The J disappointed office-seeker and politician too frequently become J Guiteau, who shot President larfield, was a disappointed llice-seeker. He was an as- sassin of the man, but he was not a greater criminal than the disappointed onice-seeker who assassinates character and reputation. And there are mighty J few public men who have not suf-I fered from assaults made upon them by disgruntled and disap- pointed political rogues. Many good men and great men have been driven from public life of I )olitical assassins because of I i the Guiteaus who shot them in I he back and who stabbed them I in IHe i ark. And hecanse of t Hese 1 . . . - . . ... . nolitienl -iOueini it ii .1 i llifn 1 1 I V..'' "' . ... ..' ' . ..4. to induce good men to take part in political afTairs and become a target for the poisoned arrows of ui assassin of character and aland Ii. & M. shops were closed in lestroyer of reputation. honor of him who was "First in these murderers. Senator Gorelthe First district who are is one of the most wonderful men who has ever become prominent I in American ponucs. lie wasi born in poverty, and he became! blind at the age of 11 years. His I ife was a daily struggle for ex- stenee. Hut he struggled on and on and made the best of his tal- nt and of his opportunities. His amhit ion carried litm into the 1 enate of the United States, where he has served for the past! six years. He has few equals as an orator and statesman. His I erm expires next year. 11ns prosecution was a part of the campaign to defeat him. Politics is a cruel, dirty game. :o: Ex-Governor Sheldon is visit- ing his old friends in Nebraska. I le has been a steady resident of Mississippi for five years, and 1 las been very prosperous. His maiiy friends in Nebraska are always nleased to learn of hi prosperity. :o: Some newspaper men are al- ways pointing out tho mote in some other editor's eye, when if they would gaze in a looking glass they would perceive their perceive ineir own eyes full of motes. "Cast the mote out of thine own eyes" before vmi kmp evn n snrrk in I VOllr neiohhnr' pvik It n l I ways best. Mayor Jim jjaniman, if re ports be true, seems lo be hankering for Congressman Lo- dpck s snoes. well, Jim would prove all right. :o: Suggestion to congressmen who are greatly distressed by vumnc f n-i,i Ann. wK., I not nholUli Ihn nnnInMl franking privilege? 1 roc- 1 ' The Deep Purple," one of the heaviest plays that was ever i v. . . . i prouucea in Piattsmoutti, is coming to the Parmele theater next Saturday night, Februarv 28th. It is suggested that when Mr. rord raised the salaries of his I employes so they could get mar fried he evidently had a vision of the number of little runabouts which may result. I -:o The Wilson administration has not ruined the farmer as vet. In January beef cattle ere higher lthan they were a vear aco and I hogs during the same period were tt no o i.Mn.i.-.i ii.-... ii were in January, 1913. :o: John I). Rockefeller has failed to pay his income tax, and he should be compelled to "pony up" like other iKM.ple. It is the I rich who generally get out of this paying business, only just as they feel about it. :o:- l xnc'auto snow is now on m Omaha, and there are all sorts of machines on exhibition. The man J who has waited so long to buy an auto may see just exactly what he wants at this show :o:- Sunday was Washington's birthday, but Monday was cele brated instead, and the post. ofiice, the banks, county offices War, First in Peace and First in the Hearts of.. His Countrymen, -:o: From more? recent dispatches from Washington it can hardly He judged tnat there was an agreement of the powers who are supposed to dish out the office:' Because Ross Hammond con-; tinues to draw the salary of col- lector with a genuine smile on his countenance. :o: It seems that some news- papers, as well as democratic friends, seem determined to push Governor Morehead into the I.. .. . . line l" if fnp ree eel inn -nt ?nv. ... c. ov onuii' W'n ?. . tw.I t...1io.. I 1 1 o I I '-...''i. . , V. ' 1 I, UI III. 1 L I . I - I the chief executive can be forced into such a plot when he knows there are thousands of voters in anxious to support the governor for congress. :o:- It will soon be time to agitate the question of convicts working the public roads. That is always the case about the time spring opens up and the roads get hub- deep in mud. In some stair's the eonvief -j :i m lot out in .In f h is I i kind nf work, and it would be a good move for Nebraska to invoke . . convicts who are not aj, heart vicious men. can be used very readily for road work. The indicated total shortage of meat animals since the census s (f 11)10 is nearly J beef cattle, 7 sheep and over 3 hogs for each of the total estimated population of the United Stales in January, 1 9 1 i , according to the estimates of the Department of Agriculture I t just published. This means that it. would take 1 8.2SI).000 more meat cattle, sheep and swine than the estimates show at present in this country, to give the present population the same meat supply that the census of 1910 showed to exist. These estimates are based upon reports and estimates from upon report the department's held and state agents and county, township and i snoeinl ef.rrnnfrnlent s. who have r..nor I rH rn nraP I lil 1 1 v every county in the United States. " SOME WOMEN PROPOSE. While marriage may be made '" some caum? iuimui. aries are usually necessary. That all women are, or should be, at ,east receptive candidates for matrimony is generally admitted. That not all have been altogether I i j i i i . i . i,dvlu UUiing Uie touiu-nip nas often been hinted. Mr. Longfel low, romantic as he generally was, recognized that circum stances might arise which would make the proposal by the woman entirely proper if not absolutely necessary, and he presents the matter so skillfully in "The Courtship of Miles Slandish" that 11. 1 i m t 1 1 ine mouesiy oi rnscina nas never been impugned. But the proposal by proxy was in itself so unusual that the case could by no means be regarded as typical of even a small percentage of court ships. While the Federal Census Bureau has pried into the num ber of divorces and the grounds therefor, it has made no attempt to gather data on the number of niamages due to lemmine m- itiative. It would be impossible to get information from bus. I bands, for a husband miht deem j it ungallant to admit that the wife proposed and also might I . r i . -! . i: i : r L n?URI u" 1,Kl aM 1,1 lack of manly courage on his own part. Nor could we expect wom en who proposed to snout ine fact from the housetops. Hence statistics-loving folks have idly speculated on the matter with lit tle hope of ever being able to give figures. Hut fortunately the Mother's Magazine has taken the question up and. under pledge of inviolablc secrecy as to the identity of correspondents, pro fesses to have made a nation- 'A Hie inquiry, COeriIlg persons OI . . . . . , every station in life, poor, educated and riCH antl ..... Illiterate, urban and rural. It announces ,, . . . that out Of ('Very 100 marriages SO result from proposals by the man, 20 Ore due to proposals bytilel l:or petition in the li!tri.t I of .'a.s fount v. Ni-hraska. t!..- m the Woman, 20 COIIU1 to ail Un - (lersianuing wiiuoui lormai eon i- ;it i . .. tract, 10 arise fron Unexpected circumstances, 5 are uroug III nbonf ltV the schemes of Parents and friends, and 5 are "business marriages by mutual arrange- ment." The figures are too round to be persuasive and everyone can figure out causes of marirage not enumerated in the classification While the magazine's good faith is not open to quest ion, mere i no ..lici..ii . n.ini.nin l ii I.- O.' Ill inni , . , . . . h " oumous unmiuon t ..v on ll 1 1 y ill uif iimnriiinnia .i' - sincerity of the annonyiimns cor- been absolutely frank, the figure? overturn conventional theories Just how surprising they may be to married folks cannot be d termined, for the reasons already intimated It would be interest- ing to know how many of the forty men who proposed were led up to the critical point. Tin manner of the leading varies When it becomes too obvious it defeats its purpose- a lact Hull I . ,iu"c women should hear in mind in studying the tabulation. Man is mildly a suspicious brute .Itiii.I will rim if lie .sees l LTirl " throwing herself at it. Hut lor tunatelv his dicernnienL is not over keen. It is only when the I i I , 1.;.,.. Ili.-il '" 1 '" -" all hope of capturing- him is doomed. Sagacious parents are lukewarm to a desirable suitor. :o: Now they want to divide Mexico and make two govern- ments of it. All right. Anything lh I ..... m that will bring peace in family :o:- The death of I). Clem Heaver, which occurred at his home in Omaha Sunday, removes one of the best known characters in Nebraska. l or a number of years the deceased hail been con- nected with" the liurllngtmi rail- road as an advertising manager, and he performed his duties so COlllPeteiltlv and faithfully that his place will be hard to 1111. Children Cry y Tho Kind You Hare Always Bought, and wliJ a !.n lecn in use for over H years, lias bornolbo idgnatriro of and lias been nxado under 1:1 p-r-s jjP-j1- ' sonal supervision ince Ii li.faii'-y. WZ&7jT&&JU&C Allow no ore todecc-lve u In tl.... AH Counterfeits, Imitation and Tut-a-zKl " arc hnZ IZxperiuicnta tliat triflo with and endanger tl o Lulth cf Infants and Cnildrcn Hx;trienc3 against Hxpcriiacat. Wh IS Casforia. is a harmless f.nnstitnte for Cantor OH, TMnv gorie, Drops and Soothing" .Syrup. It Is lra::r.t. I i contains ntitlicr Opium, 3Iorpl:ino nor ti-r Carrot i 3 substance. Its r.jro is its guarantee. It dotroj Y. orta and allays Fevcrislincss. I'or n.ore than thirty yrar i lias been in constant use for tlio relief of Cn?;pation Flatulency, "Wind Colic, all Teething Tnmbb-s and Diarrhoea. It regulates the Ntoniach and IJotvcI., assimilates tho Food, giving healthy and mtnral Ic.p. Tlie Children's l'anacea Tho 3Iot2icrs Friend. GENUSNE CASTORS A ALWAYS 'Bears the The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years xotki; to m-i iiii:m ik dim .Mn e M. snn:!i. Sm'th. ! r liuslatii, lir t 1 1 a! r.ani u n k :.. 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Notice is hereby gien to al! persons interested and to the pnldic. that the undersigned. Ari.iv Thomseii. has filed hjs pe(i;i..n and application in the oii:-e ..f the County Clerk of Cass Cii'!? Nebraska, as required tv I:w- igned by a majority ,if the if-i lent freeholders .if K'giit Mil.. .!!. ....... ii,..i....i ..if... - r... .1. .i . ' ,! o e i-i ei mm i , sen hi i n i u ilia! the applicant is a man f re- spectable charaeter and sfandni,- and a resident of the tale of .Ne A Trip Through The Big Horn Basin Will be the next land lohler issued bv the Rni-iinn, and will he ready for distribution about February 23th Valuable Information: This n, w f,,i.?rtf. . m tain much vaiuai,t. infori'iatinn-i. .......... i . ments about what a few ood imonimuoii unoui wnat a lare number 0f farmers hae uccompiisueu unuer onimary The new Railroad just t.- it. ...... ... Uie MJUUl, lUIlHCl img IIIC IJM Omaha, and Other eastern markets will XW tl f I ' especially interesting. 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