Nebraska Newspapers

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THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1914.
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PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
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CCKGRESSMEriS' SALARIES.
ZVinelv-seven congressmen vot
ed t reduce their own salaries
from s 7,5 00 to sd,000 a lew
da s ago hut there were 205 in
opposition, ami had there been
any real danger of this proposi
tion going through, about ninety
of the ninety-seven would have
" found a speedy method of chang
ing their votes. The represent
atives as a rule are very much
impressed with their own great
ness, and their confidential
opinion is that they are "work
ins" altogether too cheap, A few
jears ago legislators throughout
the country started in to advocate
cutting out railroad passes, di
rect primaries, restricted cam
paign contributions, and a lot of
other thin:
thev never wanted.
Uut the public took up the sug
gestions, and so thoroughly ap
proed, that the public servants
had to carry the propositions
through in order to save their
jobs. But the lesson does not
set m o have sunk home, and the
congressmen who are still trying
to jolly the voters with the notion
that they are generous reform
ers, will wake up some day to the
fact that the country thoroughly
approves ihe idea of a cut in their
salaries and then they are go
ing to be very, very sorry. Some
of the members will get so mad
that they will conclude ' tliey
can't afford it," and will go back
home and practice law, and if
they are lucky many of them will
get about half of that six thou
sand when they have to depend
m the results of private real
rustling.
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lreoralion Day will soon hi!
here. If is a day that should be
generally observed.
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Joseph J. Cannon, who is 78,
should have called Richard Olney
and explained that that is the
right age at which one should
enter public life.
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llaimr pulled down the statue
of Washington, we may look for
those daredevil Mexicans to
take a step farther and lick all
the 2-cent American stamps they
can llnd in their country.
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The late Memphis (Tenn.)
banker who lost the money of de
positors and stockholders in Wall
street gambling, is to become a
New York broker. But can the
lamb become a wolf merely by
donning its garb?
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Those democratic
raiherings
where they assemble to quarrel
over their differences, is doing
the parly no good. "(iet to
gether," should be the chief
juetion for discussion. Quar
reling at banquets is doing more
harm than good.
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R. B. Howell of Omaha is still
threatened with an attack of
aeule gubernalorialistis, on the
republican ticket, that may
necessitate a critical operation
by that distinguished republican
surgeon, Ir. "Itosewaler, who is
prolicient in this line of busi
ness. ( :o:
It is hard to reconcile Presi
dent Wilson's repeater! declara
tions against war in Mexico with
the conditions that have actually
existed at Vera Cruz for nearly a
yvcek. It is hard to reconcile a
good many things in connection
with the trouble. The one thing
people seem agreed on is that
there should be no backward step
at the cost of national honor.
A bill introduced to correc
franking abuses would save the
government $800,000 a year. By
and by the franking privilege
may be so restricted that a con
gressman can't send much of
any thing through the mails ex
cept the laundry and the family
cow.
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The announcement of M. (.
Kime for representative on the
democratic ticket will no doubt
meet with the approval of his
many friends throughout Cass
county, lie is a farmer, a genu
me goon man, anu wiinai, just
such a citizen as would prove a
most excellent person to look
after the interests of the people
of Cass county in the legislature.
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The supreme court has decid
ed against Nebraska City on the
armory injunction suit. Some
people in Lincoln are responsible
for all this trouble, and some of
these days the people of Lincoln
will find out that they can't hog
everything-. Now, if Lincoln had
gotten the. appropriation for this
armory, do you suppose you
could have found a person in the
capital city that would have op
posed it? Not on your life. Nor
would Nebraska City have op
posed it. The opposition in Lin
coln is pure, downright selfish
ness. :o:
Mr. Sizer is still holding down
the posl office in Lincoln, notwith
standing the fact that the man
who holds down a seat in con
gress, accredited to the First dis
trict, recommended A. V. John
son nearly two months ago for
the place. This reminds us that
we met Mr. Johnson in Lincoln
the other day, and enjoyed quite
a chat with him. He seems to
think he will finally win out, al
though the endorsement is held
up on account of the opposition
to his appointment. It is just
such I ricks as this that is hurting-
the democratic party in Ne
braska.
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Does a man have to support
any one man or ring of men to be
considered a progressive? In
our opinion, noi And, again, is
it fair for a few democrats to
consider all who oppose them in
their schemes, as traitors to the
party? Not on your tintype! Yet
there are those within the party
lines, and who consider them
selves the "Great I Am's," who
think that those who do not
knuckle to their every wish
should be read out of the party.
But Nebraska is a great big slate,
and when those who refuse to do
their bidding are read out of the
party, they will find that their
numbers have dwindled at least
one-half.
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The secretary of stale has now
become the universal target of ail
the administration's opponents,
and the situation is plainly get
ting on his nerves. The more he
is criticized the more secretive he
seems. According to all reports
from Washington he is care
worn, anxious and irritable. Mr.
Bryan is probably astonished and
indignant at the character of the
criticsni directed against him. He
is not only held responsible for
his own department, but he is
blamed for everything that hap
pens outside of it. He is the ad
ministration scapegoat. A bull
moose newspaper in New York
even took him to task the oilier
day because the number of "help
wanted" advertisements in the
Sunday papers had greatly de
creased. .
TRUST AND CONFIDENCE.
It is to be regretted that Rich-
aid Olney has declined the presi-
dent's offer to make him the never found Penrose in the bull- furnished an account of a day
official head of the Federal Re- rushes. book kept in 181 i by one of the
serve Board. With Mr. Olney in :o: forbears, the keeper of a general
that place, the country would
have had a feeling of assurance
in honest and capable use of the
great powers of the board, and
the president will find it hard to
hit upon another man who can
inspire sucn a leeiing in equal
1 a 4
degree.
Mr Olnev is a man of national
fame. But it is not necessary, in
rooking for another man to take
the nlace he leaves vacant, to find
another of an equal fame. Nor
is it neeessarv. in selecting men
for service in this body, to search
for. coeh ns h.ive won wide
reputation in public affairs as re-
llected in party politics. None of
the other men chosen bv the
iwacii nnT nil it uhnni li-lik cur
It 1AWAAV' lift AAUV'tT'Jp
nilied their acceptance, can bela,'lu 10 n,aK H a law. ow, wnomie common prices.
cni.i t, hovn n Ti.iii.tnni roiinh-1
li..n V.nn ,f Hiom fin ehiim
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even a state-wide reputation, in
nnm.in.. ono Tii.ni. ,,nm,.Ja
all 111)1)11 Ihe nublic ear with
trangeness. But they all are
n.i.n ni,i in ii.nv.. lioon cli.Ki.n r. o-
ligh ability and attainments, and
ecords of high performances in
fields of thought and
effort
qualifying them for the delicate
ind responsible duties which will
fall upon the members of the
ederal Reserve Board in ad
ministering' the new banking, and
currency law.
It is to be presumed that Mr
Wilson has left nothing- undone
niifv- liinu.ir of tlm ironir
I ieo men to mnke Miem snnerior
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ii I bo w:il:mi of vieldinr lit
iw,
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temptations in that place of great
power in which lie proposes to
et them If thev are not noli-
ticians so mucli the better are
hev filled to act. with an eve sin-h'H
le to the public interest and
ooking above and beyond the
parly interests, or the personal
polilicans will, from the first, at-
Ipmnl In use llieir trrenl uowerslf tUC slate. i
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i!i servmcr. SI ill a hnrliei' ron-I
sideralion he must have in view.
was a moral character and a per-
sonal honor above all suspicion
of mercenary venality. The law
Hi. .i- will ..r,fvi-n. fiihwi uiih
onni.i-f nr.il i.w r,,t. ,,,.,011 nhir. nhno
of their power that the president,
who has more at stake than any-
body else in the results of their
w.,rt- miui ivn To.i.ior..i n;, fi.iL-1
to the minimum. Still it is pos-
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ible he may have made mistakes.
The country's trust in Olnev does
not implv its distrust of others
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IIOI, ?U niUl'IJ illlU lUMIl UIJi; I
known. In Olnev il had more
fh.nn trust if had eoiiiidenee in
men it does not know so well it
can have onlv trust until eon-
lidence also is justified.
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It is said that a prohibition
law prohibiting the sale of liquor
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as a iK'verasre in INooraska was I
passed in 1835, and changing the
word "territory" lo "state" would
make it read: "From and after
the first day of April, A. I). 1835,
it shall be unlawful for any per-
son to manufacture, or give
away, sell, or in any way, or by
any means f subterfuge, trafiic,
trade, or exchange or otherwise
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disnose of nnv inloviVntintr
liquors within the slate, lo be I
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used as a beverage." This never
was ropealed. The first constilu-
lion of the state declared all laws
passed by the territorial legis-
latum should remain in force
until altered, amended or repeal-
eu, wuicii it is ciaimou nas never
. . .
that the Slocuin law is even in-
"-" uyiir, il in UI9U Liuilll L. ' l I
alter or repeal the law of 1855.
Now what do you think about it?
Are we living in a "wet" or a
'dry" state?
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A man who chews up threc'or
f,n,T. I., ;
uui fcowu 0(.ua oi o I
day in an effort, to nnif. smokinir
1
might as well light up. and be
done with it.
A Pennsylvania man says he
thinks Senator Penrose is a re-
incarnation of Moses, but they
Some towns study to be ac-
commodating. There is Paris,
Texts, for instance, which an-
nounces that it has "three ccnie-
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teries and numerous other enter-
prises."
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I There will be no hostilities be-
Ueen the United States and
Mexico penning arbitration, un-
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'0MS some overact should precipi-
tato war T Mexicans may
S("m learn ine lesson as to who
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lncir friend.
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When wo had Taft as presi-
dent and a 30-dollar-a-monlh
i,lllM,m mn Ior veterans over uj
1 ? . i ; i i
years old failed of passage. It
n - unuuiu i ci uriiiutiuin ui.i-
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It la . 1 . a -. 1
is the friend of the old soldier?
lOl .
lint Jin ililfniuirw'A ltnf
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booster and a knocker? One
uorks fur t,lc prosperity of the
t(nvn a,1(1 11,0 0,l'er stands on the
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street, corner ami taiKS againsi
1,10 an,J all tlio people who
do not agree with him. Are you
a booster or a knocker ? Which?
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Speaking- of the removal of the
stale university, the question is
simply this: Are the people of
the stale going lo throw away
$3,000,000 worth of property to
satisfy the aspirations of a lot of
land owners who expect to make
1 r mi; ... i . m a
u iew minions out oi ineir pos-
sessions, in case of removal.
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mere is sua consiuerame
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Pi c-sure heing- brought to bear
to induce Governor Morehead tol
accept a renomination. And there
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""f-ni ie uv n ,1 unn n.ai ne
answer the call of the thoi;-
sai!',s xvho r'-i-r"ize the great
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Juimy ne p.ssesses, anu nusi
in? manner wiiii wiucii ne
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carried on uie nusiness interests
Jonu unuerncn is winning
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P"'"0" 'I'inions lrom the people
all over the county in his
canuuiacy ior siierin. inose wno
know Mr. Wuuderlicli personally
praise him highly as a gentleman
worthy of any recognition the
voters can give him. He is honest,
capable and will perform any
dulv placed noon him with satis-I
fact ion to the people and honor
lo himself.
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If governor Morehead should
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lll 1 Mil lll'i.il In ni'lllll I'llll t.lf t lll I
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position, instead of for congress,
you can bet your bottom dollar it
will only be upon the impression
wrought to bear from the legion
of friends throughout the state,
Even if he consents to make Ihe
change, there is another gentle-
man who can be nominated and
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-ri-i rcaiiy 10 uikc ins iiiat-i-.
And it won't be the immortal Bill
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Price, either.
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Lincoln Star: Deacon Bush-
uell of this city sprung at the
tirand Island convention of the
Association of. Commercial clubs
an advertising scheme that was
so good that it was adopted in
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spite of rival propositions under
consideration. It contemplates
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the running of the Nebraska ad-
vertising cars on trains carrying
ev posit ion visitors through the
Siate. A committee was creaieu
lo urge it upon the railways.
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Liornmencing wan mis yrar
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judges elected from a partisan
H 1 1 l-l HI Ultl mm lliti i .. ij, i.wii.
standpoint. The candidates will
file their petitions and their
names will appear upon the
oilicial ballots without parly
designation. Tin's may be put-
1 1 n i in fho lmrc for seciirins" un-
biased opinions, which we very
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nun u w'ujji, niiiii; u ."v ....
time if is lettinir them down in
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the way of securing judicial tim-
ber for candidates.
LIVING 100 YEARS AGO.
A subscriber of Hie Weekly
Blade living in Pennsylvania, has
store in Amity township, Becks
county. From this daybook one
catches a glimpse not only of
what 100 years ago it cost Ihe
Pennsylvania citizen to live, but
also a glimpse of how he lived.
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ror instance, wnn neany ecry
bill of goods charged would be
attached one gallon of whisky,
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rum or brandy, price t rem.
Homo were lighted with candles
Homes were lighted by candles
cents lo o V cents u potion.
"Calico was HI . cenls a yard.
"Tea was a dollar a pound.
"In one charge a man bought
One quarter of a veal at 5 cents
a pound.
"Eggs were never more t hail 10i
r,r it.s I M 1 II J t 1 1 . viin w iw t
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"Chickens. i2 lo IS cents
aideCC! geOSC 25 CCllls to 37
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u-u ihph-i c,
Beef 3 to i cents: wool 10
cents to 12K cents per pound;
muslin 50 cents per yard.
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"ihe climax was reacneu in
one charge one bushel of salt,
$1G.
We seem to have boxed the
compass in the mailer of the;
costs of living. One hundred
years ago, it was manufactured,
goods and commodities against
which transportation costs were
charged which were high, food
that was cheap. Today factory
products are 'cheap, food deer.
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e wonucr it things win ever n
so comfortably arranged that
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r . i i trrai-wfii.ii fr. i
1:7011 aim iiiuhuuhuiu-u
ami commodities lroui
far dis-
Nance will be cheap.
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California appears to be per-
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iecuy wining now 10 icl dii;iau
maintain an exhibit at the lana-
ma-Pacihe exposition.
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As new forms of the tango can
j,e
manufactured much faster
than people can learn them,
there is no good reason why any
dancing teacher need lear getting
. . .
out of a job.
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n seems pretty nam to pry an
nthcehtdder loose after he has
been in three or four terms. But
if we do not mistake the senli-
nienls of the people there will be
several of them pryed loose Ihi.-
fall. The voters believe "enough
is enough of anythin
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A Plallsmoulh Wife Who has a
habit of feeding every tramp that
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.t.i..ni. r,n In ii ;l I hill' t 1 I f II Oil I
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door, was asked by her husband
why she did so. "Because," she
replied, "it does my heart good
lo see a man eat what is given
him without, kicking about the
way it is cooked.
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A Lincoln correspondent says
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urpnrautnLs n nic muh? um-
No be given a chance to forget
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that Addison E. Wail is a can-
didate for re-election as see
retary of stale. Letters point
out to them today from the sec-
retary's office carried Mr. Wait's;
advertising cards. The postage
stamps on the letters were paid
out of slate funds and the work
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done, by the clerks wno are paiu
by Ihe state.
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A 1)Uhlic. oiUcial of the calibre
,,r ;,,Vernor Morehead is a great
honor not only lo the democratic
parlv. but also lo the people in
....1 ,v..i. id., vilnio While in
gene
i,mccMii iul rinii wcy
i ni tltt. sl;ile house, and
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.net a large number of fi cud,
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from out in the stale with w nom
we served m the legislature, anu
several among them were re-
publicans, l hey an spoKe in mt
highest terms of dovei-nor More-
head and his able administration
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of stale alfairs. Jonn u. -ion-
lii.n.l u n inmi. everv inCIl Ol mm. It
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and these commendations sinipiy
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reflects the sentmieiu ceij- ir
where.
PUBLIC SALE OF
ammoth Jacks & Big Stallions
COLUMBUS, riEBR., JUNE 4th
M
a.
Thi3 nation has been forced to take a step in connection
with Mexico which it cannot retrace. As there is no reasonable
head to the Mexican nation it makes the situation so difficult that
it would be impossible to withdraw until the whole of Mexico has
been subdued. This will undoubtedly require from 10 to 20 years.
Our Government with its army invading a foreign country will be
obliged to purchase thousands of mules for military equipment. Good
mules were never so scare and never have commanded such high prices
as at the present time, and if there are not more mules grown by oar
people our Government will be obliged to go to foreign countries for a
port ion of its equipment. We should not make this necessary. Let us
raise more mules. I am ottering jacks strongly bred in the CUSTElt,
BOUUBON, FALCON, STAIILIGI1T and IVAltAGON families. These
jacks are bred to produce the most desirable mules that can be grown.
1 also have a nice line of linely finished, long-neck, high-headed, half
Spanish jacks, sired by jacks imported from Spain. These jacks are
making the best cross for heavy draft mares that can be had. Come
and buy a jack. Mule raising will be the most profitable industry that
a fanner or stock man can follow for the nest 10 or 20 years. I will sell
a car load of these jacks and a car load of big stallions at
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, ON JUNE 4th
All who anticipate attending this sale kindly write me for sale
catalogues at once. Please come a daj before the sale so as to look the
stock all over and get thoroughly acquainted with it. Will also be
making daily sales at my farm.
W. L. DeQLOW, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
FftOftl WEST TO SOUTH.
ilie old west has passed being
fairly well covered by the course
of empire, and young- men such
as Horace Greely told to- go west,
will be turning- more, and more l
the southward. Much remains to
be done in this country in the way
of development, lo be sure, but it
111 fl,l,u' ,(-v V processes,
land slow, and lack Ihe thrills of
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Ihe old frontier which lured the
adventurous. But to the south the
held is large. Mexico, lo which
much attention has been drawn
of lafe, is a part of it, and what
ever should be Uie outcome of
this controversy, Americans will
play a large part in its future de
velopment, as they have in the
past. But Mexico is but a mark
er on the way. ine opening- 01
the Panama canal opens a gate-
wav which will increase activity
in souin America, anu young
1 1
Vmericans will follow the long
train that way. Brazil is larger
than this country, and largely
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while Argentine,
I hough sparsely populated, is
coming to figure largely in the
world's agriculture. And the
west coast countries will prolit
and deveolp even more as a result
of the canal. Europeans will
participate in this coming con-
quest 01 a common, mu aniiu-
'"iK iiUfi rilnv I hi-ir o.-lT'l.
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Very brief reports" from Brazil
arJ lo (he (ljrect that Teddy
Uo,sevelt will soon return home,
and assume his former position
as coinmander-m-cniei 01 me
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bull moose army. Then watch the
fur fly.
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The United - States is mighty
rich, but it is not so rich that it
can afford peace "at any price.
DON'T GET IN DEBT
ON
Get into the dairy business on
touch with the owners of line prairie
miies vvest Gf Omaha, which can be
$15 t0 54U per acre. 1 ou are sure to
practice, because the silo is the solution ot the dairy problem and feed
crops are neavy oa uiests lauus. n
a silo, dig one. Good farmers with
caws oa time.
inese owners inah.e ixiese special
. od dairv fnrmer
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farmjng amj vvill soon clean up his obligations. Then hogs and poultry
flt rlgat in and round out the prohts.
amount improved larms m established
Give me your name; let me help
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ifilfieKiii
Srtl(lllii
i;-.?H'b l'tC
ijpf 1
l.,:.Bail
a i'-.yA a ii
;ht, and right
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11 looks now as if we might
have an opening of spring- for
sure.
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All anv of us demand is fair
pUiy,
more.
but we generally want
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II is not thought thai Sarah
Bernhardt will be abb? to make
more than 13 or 10 more fare
well tours.
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The C0-year-ohl man at llop
kinsville, Ky., who has married a
lG-ycar-old girl after divorcing"
his third wife, has evidently de
cided to train up a wife in the
way she should go.
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OUR PRESIDENT.
How well he seems lo have
managed it this whole sordid
business of going to ward; hmv
fair he has been; how patient,
how dignilied, how infinitely gen
tle and kind. Xo bluster, no
threats, no snicker of anticipa
tion; no licking of the nation's
chops just a simple-souled,
brave, soft-hearted, hard-headed
man. It is sad enough to go into
war of any" kind at any time; but
it is less sad to go knowing that
everv honorable means has been
taken to keep away from war.
And this consolation President
WiNon has given us by his wise,
forbearing, Christian altitude be
fore the provocation of a foe mad
and desperate and foolish.
The good (iod, who knows all
and watches over all and sees all,
and directs all, was in our hearts
deeper than we knew when as a
nation we chose this great, serene
soul lo lead us. William Allen
While.
A RENTED FARM
your own farm. I can put you in
lands of rich soil, from 300 to 400
bought on very easy terms at from
make money by modern dairy
you iiaveu 1 niuiiey at ursi 10 DUiKi
proper equipment and feed can secura
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lenns to uairy larmers. because
will mnke monrv hv .Z
lhese lbO-acre tracts are located
communities.
you become the owner of a dairv
Hight is ri;
wrongs no one.
farm, no matter whether you want to buy one on
easy terms in Nebeaska or Eastern Colorado, or
whether you want to homestead a 320acre tract
in Wyoming.
S. B. HOWARD
Ass't Immigration Agant
tOQ4 Famam Street. Omaha. Nebraska.
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