PAGE 4. PLATTSMOUTn SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. MONDAY, MARCH 15, 1915. Cbc plattsmoutb journal Published S m l-W eekly at Pletttmouth, Nebr. Entered at the Fostoffice at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, as second-class mall matter. R. A. BATES, Publisher ubtorlptlon Pfloei S1.50 Pr Year In Advenoe THOUGHT FOR TODAY. 4 He has a treacherous servant who serves only himself. Pro- v J verb. I NIGHT RIDERS AGAIN. If the last snow is worth a million dollars, let's count the sheckles while we dry our feet. :o: The idea of calling organized base ball a trust, when it fairly ruins it self to encourage competition! :o: Under any circumstances a giggle is hardly commendable, but over the 'phone it sounds worse than ever. :o: Having been disappointed in his ap pointees, Villa still insists on acting as his own provisional president in -:o:- -:o: A mathematician usually is so pre cise he's a bore. :o: The light question does not seem to be settled yet. :o: Another day goes by without the promised blizzard. :o: A journalist is always a newspaper man in some other town. :o: Generally speaking, a luxury is something you can't afford. :o: The days are gradually getting longer, and the farmers have begun to make preparations for their spring work. :o.- The demand for realism in fiction Lately in a Missouri community, 1 Mexico worthy negroes were chased from their 1 I lL. 1 1 C Li ...M. uumts u "1C umedl! It begins to look as if this country In Kentucky, also, we observe by the cannot adopt a courge wm giye t "..,.: t., l ; V, i -:.t UJ3xc uu.-VuiU.., """satisfaction to all the European bel- ers are again busy in several sec" hjgerants tions, and it seems that this land of I TO MUZZLE TnE PRESS. others that carry the imputation that J the newspaper bunch is a lawless ag- j gregation bent on hurting someone uniustlv. It is an immitation that is the business of the newspapers have . . . . , i believed to be unwararnted, and ir3 Some of the measures that have been offered at this session concerning publishers of the state will unita in seeking to prevent the passage cf :o:- The Greek people have long hunger ed for a slice of Turkey. :o: Catties may come and battles may go, but the one around Warsaw rages If a man has about eight mouths to feed and sixteen feet to cover he the free is too free for some in cer tain spots. Perhaps it is time to for- get barbarous Mexico for a while, and probably has no hobby outside th cease sympathizing with the Belgians grjn(jstone long enough to suggest a modification r i i - it.. iU nni :i.4. .W U. ,MVM. W -.fen. wantg to jnto rider is essentially a coward, depend- business for himself go he can his ing not only on the force of might, but upon sneaking methods to dodge I e married the blame. He is a thief or murderer at night, although he may pose as a patriotic citizen in daylight. Mostly his victims are innocent persons, who merely disagree with him, so there is not the slightest defense that prompts some other southern mobs which go forth to avenge a real wrong in a rough way. Yet these riotous riders who object to colored neighbors, or to. the manner in which white neighbors marked their crops, or who own boss, forgets that he would stil -:o:- Anyhow, when the geological sur vey says the world is 100,000,000 years old it puts it up hard to those who have to prove that it isn't. :o: Hussein Kemal, the new sultan of Egypt, has a larger mustache than the former Khedive. Otherwise the government is not greatly changed. :o: The legislature has decided to ad- j i- i I seek to determine whatc rops shall be I f .t, j ;.,, P;ff drive some novelist to murder I I joum at the end of sixty days, a sift- may somebody in order to catch the spirit of a murderer. -:o:- Our industries may be terribly up- j grown and what shall not, being most- ly common to the south, are not the and the cutting anJ slashi of bilI I 1 l l lt t I oniy exampies oi moo .aw vnicn will be&in next Monday, innocent victims. There are night ing committee has been appointed, s :o:- I ? 1 1 1 1 1 1 A. set by the war, but as long as the "uc,s 1,1 MUWI Twice the present administration baseball season will onen ud shortlv the cause of labor much more than has I the frrood rf onifal Thorn n t-q Y-i i rrh f the country is safe. attacked abuses of the congres sional franking privilege, each time riders even in legislatures, who use by an enemy of course. There is lit 1X1 " 1 1 A J I The Rural Credit association ought ineir iaw-maK,n Power 'nsteaa oi a tIe prospect of a general crusade to 1 for the farmer and the farm torch' a whiP and a to Put down :o: I x 1 a t - fx x I property what a building and loan as- woriny enterprises mcn uoesn j. meet A statistician says the railways 111.' 1 it. 1. I suciation is for the city: 1 witrir approval. io, xne muu- have wasted more than two billions on :o: raker, who stoops to distorted truths costly terminals. Now, we would like The country would manager some- amI fabrications to damage the to see him produce a single city wil- how to rock along with not over half rcPutatin of men and institutions is linff to admit that its station is too the societies and organizations now in existence if salaries were abolish ed. :o: a nignc naer oi a Kina. rui it is en- nnA couraging to note that none of these i . are as common, nor DacKea Dy as r.eolnfrists sav ihat vprl sn; aroused the publishers and editors of the state to utter a protest, and this protest will undoubtedly be conveyed . billsLincoln Star. to the legislators from the various districts by their local newspaper men! One measure introduced by Mr. Meyserberg of Butler county is unique. It is to prevent a newspaper from "ridieulinir rrit.wnsini. insult-1- OJ ot torever. ing or degrading" and person or party, J : ,i ji i f i i t i .u PiuviUes vnaii u any fcucn snaii Edison's recent experiences indicate consider himself treated in that man- that the fire kinff is srowing jcalous ner by the press, he shall be given of thc wizarJ of clectricity. equal space, in the same portion of ii i i i i I u.e paper anu uie same sizea type, in A 14.inc.h KUn Fpcaks all lan which to explain or justify himself be- uages," says the Philadelphia Ledg fore the readers of the paper. If the en Yep. always shooting off its newspaper refuses him the space he mouth. may apepal to the judge of the district court and upon a showing secure an order of the court directing the pub lisher to print his stuff, failing in which the publisher is to be punished the same as if he had committed an actual libel. This provision of the law applies to all newspapers. macazines :o:- That some people take alarm clocks I seriously is evidenced by thc death of a Chicago man from heart failure when the alarm sounded. :o: Will the state department treat merely with the indivdual Venustiano an'l Carranza or will it recognize that he j periodicals that circulate in the state, has some official standing? no matter where printed, and every! :o: sucn publication is punishable if it rrof. Taft can't see any reason why does not appoint the state auditor its this country should participate in the agent for receiving service in litiga- war, and he could probably get a large tion before it is circulated in Ne- majority vote on the propositin. braska. lhere is a provision of the Ne- Robert M. Schmeitzer is the demo- braska constitution which says: cratic candidate for mayor of Chicago. Every person may freely speak, if there is anything in a name, Ger- write or publish on all subjects, being many has won a decided victory, responsible for the abuse of that , iberty; ajid in all trials for libel, The chief curiosity about thp Thaw "'lie ' 'I ''I'i' Z JtX.';'M m -A O . ALCOHOL. 3 PEK CL.NT. AMefablcFrcpararionrorAs-si.T.I!atfiniaKFca(IantfIta?uia- Promotes D&?stion.(lcerfur ness and Ibsi.ContainsneiitKf Opium-Morpli'iTje norWiucral Not Nau c otic. E'pecfCUIk-M'ILUnnsm fimpltlt Seta" Jbi-te&iHi- .'ScSttd Jm Carionuktiaj (IrJxi Surf YuLtyteaTtmr. Ancrfccl Remedv forCmtsftea- tlon , Sour Stomch.Diarrlioa Vcrms.(,om,alsiciis.rcTrisii- Hess and Loss or Sleep. TacSbiile Signature of Tub Centauh Comfatsi; ' NEW YOKrv. For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature ft .-KV n Use For Over Thirty Years Ei.act Copy of Wrapper, vr- 223 TMC chto icanur, New o crrr. wy iMM-nm rrmmmw . i. ipih.iih Mrr It i: :o: 1 ..n ; r I itrKe a iuuui..K as, a lew years, ago, of man haye entirey disappeared lV.A i : t: r i I . On the other hand, it seems to be J"" w from the earth. Doubtless these in- a fact that the people have treated the railroads a whole lot better than the financial heads have treated some of the lines. :o: The lynching of two hog thieves in Arkansas is incomprehensible to per sons unfamiliar with the contempt felt in that state for a white man who s-teals razor-backs. :o: Back up! Eat when you're hungry, if you have got the money to buy it. The department of agriculture reports that the United States is in no danger of a shortage in food supplies. :o: n i i i i ii gcnci-Buy avmg curueu mem. rtna clu(Je the nke old mm who useJ to it is up to the south to sit down on its pulI off his boots on an evcning with own crude variety. Night riding of the help of a bootjack one kind and another has been too common there since the days of the Ku Klux Klan. OI-' AIMM.If-VI'IO.V FOR iutIi-c 11 an.l I'l. in Mo'-k tivpnfv- i i.ii r,.isrj seven :'7L in hp F re unn nf II..- rsnil- Is lit-rfi.y civen lO ail persons I i,l ritv of IM.nltsmf.uth WLraska ini-r-.i-ii iiim in ine pui-nc ir.ai tne I j, l iil'SSKI.l, uiKlei stKpc'l. urn. llfnrirlisfn. lias filell Match 15, 1915. Applic-ant. rii.s iH'iiinui and iipiuH'uuuii in ine oiij-e or me city cuik r,1iie L,ty or 1 ,atts- AOTK I-: tK IMM.lt 1 Tlt l"tK mouin, i ounty oi t.-ass, ami Maie or I iioi itli i.ii .NcorasKa, as rfquir:-i iy jaw, Fiprnea Xoti.-o is hnrehv iriven to ;! ikmsotim uy lit- ro.iulix'il numrier or resulent intfr.i..,l ml ti ihi nnl.lic that 4ii botn civil and criminal, the truth, trial is as to what new scheme the ' ,". ,t n,o VVtVii.-nnV u n,V , '"n.iersiernen, a.ioii.h tsiese. u i.ua i iroiin in.ir ine .iipnani is a. man n hi ntilion nI n mi ic ion in t h olhi when published with good motives, lawyers cart devise. The principal te. and for justifiable ends, shall be a scheme seems to be to get all of the 'i;;1 iYoSr&n fr the i'i1'1 l'rl sufticipnt 'pfpn:P " I TV,,..,' "i ni.it. .ini -uuoii arm vinous f , ee-hol.lets of tlie said city, scttiim' - I A 1111 It .) JI1UI1C 1 I I . I I I I' Till- Tim Til.I'l .ll T UT.. -!.'' I f . I - i - . - - .... ...v y.. .- ""iiorin inai ine applicant is a man or The law of lJhol onifo .Unml 1 ' ,, UP .r V'!?. Il('iir.,nz "r sa i.l appnca- respectable character an.l stamlinK anl .i, . itin in a imiKsinc smiateii on me west l a resident of the State of Nebraska an.l in this state and newspapers are held The legislature has done one thing thiAy-ivufr V in. the Fourth r TiulSJla omiovie to mthpr stnVf rtnt. TW -J,n t .1.. A. K 1 . .' of malt, spirituous and vinous 1.U". s ' - """ivi im" ""-i ""i- nt.-tn v c mijr in.iMi:i. Ji. JU..M.R uri.., I for tlie period if one vear from tin ..otA i::: f . - ......,,.. .. .x .. xu. Alart-li 191o. Applicant. date of the liearinsr of said apylii ation """-'" iiiinwiiuns vl uju great eau virtually reuirumg ine in a v.uil linir situated on the west half o,., 1 ji .i ., . . . MITin: I' AI!'MCTIX I'OH I wli) of lot six (). in block thiriy- ..icjr uc piusctuieu iiiiiy aim growm OI me State miUlia, by not , ,,H oll , M four :i 4 . in the Fourth warl of thu orlminallv. Hn l.t i nnl i;!,l ::.. .,m:4. -Notice js lterely piven to all persons sam my or i iaiisn o, .rt.rasKa .iUi, ajiiviiaung i-uiiitn-iii iui.ua. intercsteil and to the public that the I jLJi-.i'ii iir.f.r. onrl . :::,.: " umiersiartied, I'd. i:irenberser, has filed March 15, 1915. Applicant. iiuivuiiiiS ui vin.iv.iaiufc ;u: his petition and application in the office ....... I - - - - of the iitv i-Imi-I; of fl I'ilv r.f llntt. I M1TICK K A PP I.l t TI anyone, or een ior insulting mm. i ne requirement tnat candidates lor rr,iith. t -mntv of c.-iss. and state of tiui nit i. ! :-: v i . , ..... ., , . -i I Nebraska, as required by law, signed I Notice Is hereby Riven to all persons ii mis iaw viere to uu enacteu aumission to ine oar satisiactoriiy I bv the required number of resident I interested and to tiie public that the. I I . t. . . 1 .1 C 1, ....II . . . : I i rrr ...1 1 i. I r t I. . I... I WOUlU Uie truth be SUlinrient defense, I pass examination in international law, for th that the applicant is a man or" I his ietition and application in the office I I .....t .. I.l ..1...,...... ..n.l l.n.,.l(n n .1 I nf I OltV tf'lAt-U- Of I IO I'll. f f I 111 ItV. . . . .. . i . ii-.''..ii.'it-.i.in..T-. tnni 'inuiiiiii; diui". .i.... . .. ... ... . ..... - ........ as required by the Constitution. , WOUld not relieve US Of the diSCUS- a resident of tlie State of Nebraska and I mouth. County of Cass, and State of . . I 1 raving that a license mav be issued I Nebraska, as requiren P law, sin-.l the grotesque feature Of this law IS sions as to what international law I to the said Kd. IX'cnberrer for the sale I by the required number of resident I I nf ni fi 1 1 uTiiritiniiic ami vinmiL linnnrc I frPP-hoMrs Ot' the Kftid' Pllr. settlTl' that it provides that anv political I OUirht to be. for the period of one year from the I forth that the applicant is a man of. I Jdate of the hearing of said application I respectable character and standing and party that IS Subjected to ridicule or -O in a Vm i I1 inur situated on the east half a resident of the State of Nebraska and I ' " CcU lot lot twelve ill'l. in Mock t wen- I pray in f that a license may be issued criticism may compel a publisher to I Unless all signs fail the merchants ty:eitrt.t tjst, in the First ward of the to the said ieter Ooos for the tale ot Kit It :o:- :o:- Municipal equal suffrage went down in defeat in the house of represent atives by a vote of 40 for and TT 4 . 1 U -it 1 I ,MllM"uuu' WU1 a,ace Wlin against. The people of Nebraska any of her neighbors this summer. spoke on this question last fall and Mark that! I 4t, 1. n .u tu: representatives in the legislature. :o: :o:- A head says: "bix in a metropolitan paper Killed While Singing." Do you know the acreage of winter Which demonstrates there are some wheat in the United States is larger things that won't be endured forever, this year than ever before. The Chi- :o: cago Post estimates it at 41,263,000 iiy time is coming on apace. We acres. The acreage in 1914 (harvest Oratory will not be accepted as the that w test of racial efficiency, since a Chinese student has won the Yale oratorial prize over the son of Presi dent Hadlcy of that institution. :o: Foreign countries are after the sur plus of this country to spend on war activities. The Swiss government is the latest to close a loan for $15,000, inHi, to continue their enforcement of neutrality. :o: are reminded of this from the fact record) was 36,100,000; in. 1913 it was e swatted two right in front 31,700,000; in 1912, 26,570,000; in of our very eyes upon our desk. We 1911, 29,162,000. may have a more serious battle with! , :o: Hies this season than we ever did be- The United States department of fore, and it is just as well to be pre-J agriculture is sending out bulletins pared for the battle. Last season advising farmers of this country to Redlanus, California, was the first cultivate every available acre of city in the United States to carry on ground in their possession this season an organized, systematic campaign in anticipation of the demand for all against the fly nuisance by the use of sorts of food occasioned by the war. large-sized out-door" traps. A special There seems to be no prospects for trap was designed to stand the hard over-production of anything, for service on the streets, and in order to everything shipped out of this coun- bir toward Grey wants no advice make the plan as effective as possible try means that much less for home from any neutral nation with refer- the council provided for the appoint- consumption, and prices on all sorts ence to Belgium, excepting it be ad- ment of a special fly catcher. His of produce will almost certainly be vice as to how to drive the Germans duty was to superintend the placing high. i i Tn i le .Inn r anil m Tin oh I it . .. I ..-v . ....F..cv. OI ine irapSf see tnat tney were" :o ; u r : 1 i i : . . I .. . I inuuS" iur ueuLiauio,. emptied at nroner intervals and kent. Th t,ni .J: I' I '"i uvncica in aiaiiuillK HI' in condition to gobble up as many for Plattsmouth and Cass county all Now that the Panama exposition is flies as possible. A hundred traps of the time,, and constantly practices fully opened, there is a widespread were placed in various places about what it preaches, but that does not feeling among Nebraska office-holders the city, with special reference to mean that we must stand up for all that they should be sent, at public ex- those places where flies would be most the whims of self-appointed or would- pense, to inspect government methods apt to congregate. The plan is said be dictators of the public and busi at the big show. We are in line for to be a great success, and the people ness welfare of the city and com Z 4- C 4f 4 V i a !-- !ri? A nrl vita It n trA I ji-f T? rvr-1 tinlo o va i r4 nn 1 tr i rV f I 1 Hf 1 . . . A"siuvu vj. uiu rk u iu. iiiu c ii v I kvuia i iua c iivk uviiuvcu i iiiuiiity ii en vvilO SCG CVGry public the same plug hat wc wore in the with their offip ial fly catcher, but are interest through the galsses of selfish legislature six years ago, and the much pleased at the success of the interest are not the ones to be en- etat vould save the expense of bay- plan. Other cities in the south are trusted with responsibility of better ing a new one, as it has come back now contemplating a similar innova-1 ing the community welfare by any in stvle. I tion. . . . I means. allow it to respond, and if a repub-lcf this city are destined to realize in lican newspaper were to "criticise" the next few weeks that hard-bottom- the democratic party, or ridicule it in ed roads would be worth something, any way, in its editorial columns, the The road drag, properly used, will do parly may come in and demand equal the business. space in the editorial columns in :o: which to make response. Solomon would have admitted he Newspaper men refuse to think that I had found something new under the the legislature will ever pass such a sun in the righteous indignation a bill. The outcry against it comes contemporary shivers over "puritani chiefly from the rural press. cal restrictions on the personal Another measure that excites liberty" of professional bootleggers, hostility is one to prevent what is :o: termed fradulent advertising of wear I Get behind and push forward for ing apparel. It looks like a measure j Plattsmouth. A few have the reputa to prevent merchants from selling tion for getting in front and pushing anything for what it is not. It doe.; backward. Such had better get out not take into account at all the item! of the way or they will get run over of good faith on the part of the mer- Plattsmouth is going to grow this chant. Newspaper men think it is in year. Mark that! effect a bill to make it dangerous for :o: a merchant to advertise wearing ap- To the Journal's editorial desk there parel, and none of them feel that they comes literature almost daily asking i have too much advertising as it is. us to aid in the movement to keep up Still anothpr hill nstpnsihlv to nvo-1 nnccs. Unfortunately the in vent the publishing and distribution of finitesimal assistance this family de anonymous circulars, is so worde 1 light could give would seem to be that it will prevent anyone from send- absolutely useless; and furthermore, ing an anonymous communication to a we feel some hesitancy as to the newspaper, as the publisher is re- necessity for any further assistance! quired to tell who such correspond- Sit still! en is. Many people write for tli3 :o: press and afford the public valuable A district judge in Douglas county, KI). KULSNBKKtiKi: March 15, 1915. Applicant. KOIt the period of one year from the date of the hearing of said application in a. buibiinir situated on lot twelve (1). In block thirty, "0, in the Firt ward of said City of l'lattsmouth. Nebraska. 1'iiTEi; t;is. March 15, 1915. Applicant. FOR information upon questions of vital in- which is in thc state of Omaha, gave a terest who would not be safe in sign- decision the other day, that a married ' I ... i r- ing their names, for business or social man is not immune irom an action ior reasons. When a newspaper pub- breach of promise that might be ishes a communication from an brought against him by any itinercnt nnnnvmniKi ro9HK which does action- female that so took a notion. some- .iMa harm tn 9nvr.ni it becomes re- how courts once in a while do things sponsible for his utterances OF lITIilClTKIX I.IKIOK l.lt ii.i: Notice is hereby mven to all persons interested ami to the public that tlie undersigned. l.i I. Donat has hied his petition and application in the office I XOTIl'K F A 11 I.l 'A TIO' of the civ clerk of t he v of I'lHtts-l umi nn Jill a.m. mouth. Countv of Cass, and State of 1 Notice is nereny jriven to an person Nebraska, as required by law, signed J interested and to the public that the bv the required number of resident l unuersisneu, j. v.. ini i-Hinri, in ine.i free-holders of the said eitv. set tintr I is petit ion and' appl ica tion in the otlice fortli that the applicant is a man of I of tlie city clerk of the City of I'latts- i-esliK'talile character and standimr and mouth. County or . Lais, and State of :l resident of the State of Nebraska and I Nebraska, as required t' law, sinned nravinir that a license mav be issued 1 "V the required number of resident I free-holders of the said city, settinir malt, spirituous rind vinous liquors fori forth that the applicant is a man of the period of one vear Horn the date or I espceia me cimia.-iei nu.i moiiuhi aim the bemitiir of said application in a I a resident of the State of Nebraska anil 1.,, n.ii,,,r vitimie.i on tin. .uwt imif Diavinir that a license may be issued pi!,l of lot twelve til'), in block fcwen- I lu !,al" J r- aicianiei ior me sale tv-nine J! in tle Kirst ward of tlie I11 '"an, spiniuous ami unuu liquors said Citv of I'lattsmoutli. Nebraska. Ior tlie period ot one year from tlie ... ' - . . I . . nM i, , .i .w ...i.l .12... :... lft I (hA 1 , I uair jl itiK: iicai iiih "uiu n Mic.iii"ii March 15, 1915. Applicant. I1" a Duwnin Kiiuaipji on lot xix nu, in .otici-: OF AI'IM.ICATIOX i.itiioit i.n !:. !: Notice is hereby Riven to all persons interested and -to the public that the undersigned, J. L. Kus.sell, has filed his petition and application in the office of tiie city clerk of the City of I'latts nKiulli, County of Cass, anil State of Nebraska, as required by law, sisrried by tiie- required number of resident free-holders of the said city, settinp forth that the applicant is a man of respectable character an.l standintr and :l resident of the State of Nebraska and pravinR that a license may be issued to the said J. L. Jtussell lor the sale of malt, spirituous and vinous liquors for I he period of one year from the date of the hearing: of said application in i building situated on lots eleven and FOUw'Hrd of tne ''aid City of I'lattsmoutli, NenrasKa. J. lu. .viclJA.M l-Jl., March 15, 191o. Applicant. For Sale. Eggs for hatching and day-old chicks from Single Comb Rhode Is land Reds. " Eggs, $1.00 per 15, $5.00 per 100; chicks, 10c each. Special mating prices upon request. A. O. Ramgc, Route 1, Plattsmouth, Neb. 2-22-tf-d&w Warranted by the Government What ?-A Farm That is why the writers of such communica that go a long ways in alienating that respect which they expect that we are tions are always required to serm in auty oounu iu pay u.un. along their names, even when not for publication. Still another measure seeks to make a judgment for libel against a news paper, a first lien on the property of the paper, and there are several FOR SALE. Best Garage site in Tlattsmouth; 132x141 feet, corner Sixth and Tearl Streets. . T. H. POLLOCK. Tel. No. 1. i You havey et a chance to select one of the 51 irrigated farms in the Big Iiorn Basin, which were specially approved by Government Ex perts, bince by recent announcement about these 51 choice Govern ment farms a number have been taken. Tlie remainder will go soon. You can take one now and get a crop this year. Why don't you have yoiir son take an 80 acre tra"ct and put it in alfalfa ? Only three years' residence required for title and five month's vacation allowed each year. The Government,' acting as your banker, charges you Only $2.60 per acre cash down with no interest payments no subsequent annual payments for five years and gives you 20 years' (ime to clean up the 1 deal. Powell, Wyo., is the town in a woll-sfttir.i community. It is one of the best towns in the Gov ernment irrigated acrcas. , S. B. HOWARD, IMMIGRATION AG EXT, 1004 Farnam Street, Onnha, Xcb. EM I