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MONDAY, APRIL 23. 1917.
PLATTSMOUTII SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAU
Cbe plattsmouth Journal
PrBOSHKO gHMI-WEEKLT AT PLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA.
Emtered at FostofHce at Plattsmouth. Neb., as second-class mall matter.
R. A. BATES, Publisher
BrBSCRIPTIOX PHICEl $tJH9
Kcen vour swatter ready.
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Good time to jret a job on the farm.
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Even cigars are going up in
fir.okc.
-roc-
Three is a crowd where one is a
woman. So they say.
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IVace by the fir.t of August, as
seme claim, is out of the question.
"To hell with the Ilapsburgs and
Ib.henzolkrns," says Henry Watter
sr.n. -:o:
Tiie city that is indifferent to its
highest welfare, does net deserve suc
cess. -:c:
About the only think you can brew
in Nebraska after the first of May, is
trouble.
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There are a heap of people, who, if
they ha 1 to live on their reputation,
would starve to death.
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Fifteen million lish planted in Ne
braska streams in the pant year.
Some fish, don't you think?
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The house committee balks on con
scription, but the president says we
must have it, ju:-t the same.
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If :orr.e pe.ph could get bread and
butter by praying for it, they would
growl if the Lord dLin't spread it for
them.
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T;yi?g to discover what rchool
children may pos.dbly be germ car
i icrs is th" latest advice for keeping
sciKud doctor:" busy.
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ro you think fortune knocks once
at everybody's dcor? Very likely; but
v.e are certain that mi: fortune never
takes the trouble to knock, but walks
l inirht in.
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Evcry Amriican will echo the as
sertion of flavor Mitchell of New
York, that "there arc just two classes
in the United States today patriots
:.nd traitor.,!" "Position!"
Tli'- Hungarian government has for
bidden landlord.; to rai:;e rents until
1h" end of tl.e war. There are some
advantages in arbitrary governments,
nfter all. That ir-, from the tenants'
point of view.
Four (Irrinan war correspondents
have been awarded the iron cross.
Sevc ral American newspaper men
who went to the border to cover the
"American-Mexican" tilt were accord
ed the double cross.
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Mo-t of the members of the legis
lature can now return hnm" and as-
si-t in raiding a crop to feed the boys
that pro to the front. They perhaps
won't find it as easy a job as holding
down a seat in the state house at $10
a day. and enjoying a fine time.
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Let us not make light of any over
ture that is made in favor of peace
Let us all hope that these warrinc
European countries come to some so
lution on the overture business, and
that some time soon they will com
bine and bring about peace, (lod
hasten the day.
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Wm. II. TafL says the president's
message is a great historical piaper,
Theodore Roosevelt says it's th;
''best ever." Senator Lodge says the
president has splendidly expressed
the thought of America. We are al
petting into one party and we arc go
ing to discover in this crisis what a
fine lot of men there are in every
American party. Americans are now
getting acquainted with one another
and wc will have a new birth of pa
triotism and good fellowship. Dick
Metcalfe.
FEIt YEAR IN AUVAKCB
EX AMPLE FOR FOOD ECONOMY.
If we are in for an indefinite period
of still higher living cost as a result
of the war, the sooner we adjust our
selves to requirements, the better, and
to this end the example that is being
set in Washington official circles of a
return to the simple life is both time
ly and salutary according to the Oma
ha Bee.
At the latest cabinet dinner, attend
ed by the president, the menu was.,
we are told, limited to three cources,
and it goes without saying that none
of the guests suffered from lack of
variety on the table or went hungry.
On the contrary, it is a reasonable in
ference that the three-course dinner
is quite sufficient to satisfy all the in
ner wants, and to do so in a way to
avoid the after effects of over eating
and also to put a brake on the too
common waste of food.
The example set by the "higher
ups," however, will be useless if it
is not followed in degree by our peo
ple all down the line. It is accepted
almost as an axiom that a large part
of the high cost of living is the cost
of high living and that the food that
is removed from the table uneaten,
in the average household, would eas
ily more than suffice to keep another
person well-fed.
These food economies have been
forced upon the inhabitants of all
European countries, neutral countries
as v.'ell as belligerent countries. We
must not delude ourselves that v.v
can take pait in the war without fuel
ing the necessity of husbanding the
food supply and making what we eat
count for nutrition rather than for
simply tickling the appetite.
We note that several of our ex
changes who have published the poem
entitled "Your Lad and My Lad,''
written for The Journal several week
igo, are giving Mrs. Mac Morgan a;
the author, when the credit is due the
daughter by the same name. Miss
Mae is a bright young lady, as well
as very talented in several other
ways, and we arc determined that she
shall have all the credit due her in
her young life, as she is one of thr,
coming vocalists in Nebraska, as well
as proficient in numerous other ac
complishments.
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Now that the prohibition law has
been agreed to by both house and
senate, wc believe it should be strictly
enforced. We will soon see, as to its
good or bad results in Nebraska.
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Students in an eastern school of
journalish have struck because they
were overworked. But how do they
expect to learn the newspaper busi
ness unless they get a taste of it?
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Carranza says he will observe strict
neutrality. Saying and doing are two
things. It will pay to keep a watch
ful eye on him.
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A week from today is clean-up day.
Remember the date, Friday, April 27,
and do your duty.
:o:
Nothing that we know of gives a
man more encouragement than a large
stock of egotism.
:o:
Only ten more days, and it's all
over with getting a drink over the
bar.
-:o:
You can have what you want for
family use, if you lay it in now.
Any man can forgive, and at the
same time hold his suspicion.
:o:
The legislature will adjourn for
good today. It is hoped so.
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April weather up to this time has
been fair, but false.
More rain, and colder.
Winter tries awful hard to linger.
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Nine more days and, closed saloons
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The rain is just what we need, if it
will warm up afterward.
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You can have a liberal amount at
home. But what is a liberal amount?
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These are the days for the man
with the hoe, and the man with the
gun.
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Time to think about the Glorious
Fourth. Plattsmouth ought to cele
brate. :o:-
The first of May will be Dewey
day, but it will not be a wet one in
Nebraska.
-:o:
You can make that garden of yours
pay if you will stay with it and keep
the weeds out.
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There will be plenty of useless
corkscrews lying around loose after
the first of next month.
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Frivately owned wireless plants all
over the country must be torn away,
by order of the government.
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The ocean now appears on the map
as a large body of water entirely sur
rounded by nil kinds of trouble.
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The April bridegroom will not be
exempt from military duty if the bill
recently introduced in congress passes.
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Tom Lawson might be employed by
the government to stop leaks, even
if he does pocket most of the leakage
for himself.
Elmwood is arranging to celebrate
the Fourth, and have their commit
tees already at work. They believe
in commencing in time.
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There arc some who appear to be
ignorant of the fact that there is a
federal law prohibiting the use of the
flag for advertising purposes.
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Rcmcmbcr that next Monday is Ar
bor day, and everyone should honor
the event by planting a tree, or two
or three of them, for that matter.
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Why is it, we have been asked, that
people have more confidence in a self-
confessed sinner than they have in a
self-confessed saint. We submit the
question to the court.
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The chances are that the few days
just before the bell rings for the clos
ing of the saloons, Nebraska will wit
ness the wettest time the people have
witnessed in many years. It will be
a farewell shot, and ought to be re
membered. The Canadian government has
placed wheat flour and semolina on
the free list from this country. This
may help reduce the price of these
commodities in this country, as it also
permits the shipment of Canadian
wheat into this country free of duty.
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Judge George A. Day in an address
before tho Philosophical society in
Omaha said, "I would favor raising
the age consent to marriage for men
to twenty-five years and for women to
twenty-two years." This, in his esti
mation, would be a great help to re
duce the number of divorce cases.
United States Attorney General
Gregory gave out some good advice to
aliens and others, by which they
should be governed, should they be out
of sympathy with our move to war
against Germany: "Obey the law and
keep your mouth shut." Those who
follow this injunction need have little
fear of molestation.
-rot-
Three dollar wheat is now predicted
potatoes have also been climbing in
price and flour is rising so rapidly in
price that one can hardly keep tab on
it. Unless the government takes the
steps which they have proposed and
fixes the price on food stuffs the living
of the ordinary family will bankrupt
a millionaire. There is one table deli
cacy, however, which manipulators
will never get a corner on, and that is
the dandelion.
APPLICABLE TO PLATTSMOUTII.
The laboring man, the man of ordi
nary means those who do not have
any spare cash on hand just now
are going to be made to suffer next
fall and winter, if it should so happen
that prices of grain, flour and other
food continue to advance. The indi
cations are there will be an immense
food shortage in the country by fall
time. Men who have the price busi
ness men and farmers are today buy
ing ten, fifteen and twenty sacks of
flour (and sugar) at a clip and stor
ing it away against a taisc in the
price or a shortage of food supplies.
They are not stopping on flour (and
sugar), but are buying other lines of
goods particularly canned goods,
which are bound to rise rapidly in
price when it becomes generally
known that supplies of tin arc woe
fully short, and that canners are not
going to be able to get the amount
of such supplies needed even in ordi
nary seasons. Grocers are said to be
filling such orders as fast as they
come, and courting the patronage of
the people thereby operating against
their own welfare and helping to cre
ate a shortage in food. They make n
certain percentage of profit on what
ever they sell, anyway. They will
make just as much money next fall
and winter when they may be per
mitted to sell only in small quantities.
as they do today in selling in large
quantities. Men who are storing
away food supplies today, and mer
chants who are selling them, are help
ing to create a dangerous condition.
They are not showing loyalty to the
government in helping prevent a
shortage in foodstuffs. The merchants
of Fremont ought to get together and .
agree to cut down on sales in large
quantities. They ought to prove
themselves interested in public wel
fare by discouraging such practice.
They will lose no money by so doing.
Fact of the matter is, unless the mer
chants take hold of this serious situa
tion of their own accord, the govern
ment is likely to place a restriction
on sales all too soon. No less a pa
triot than J. Ogden Armour, the great
meat packer, advocates too, meatless
day, from now on to the time when
prices shall come down to a reason
able basis. Mr. Armour advocates
this plan to President Wilson, that the
people may not suffer from a meat
shortage later on in the year. He
knows what he is talking about. lie
knows there is going to be a tre
mendous shortage of meat next fall.
Being a meat manufacturer he exhib
its his patriotism by asking the gov
ernment to stop people from eating
meat two davs out of the week that
they may not experience sorrow and
suffering in the months to come. Fre
mont dealers who are disposing of
large quantities of foodstuffs to indi
viduals can well afford to show their
patriotism by restricting their quanti
ty sales. The matter has been taken
up to Governor Neville. If the con
ditions prevailing in Fremont are gen
eral over tho state, it foreshadows
trouble for all Nebraska people. Some
thing is likely to happen quick unless
the people show more sense and loyal
ty to themselves. Fremont Tribune.
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There is no further use for the
Anti-Saloon league, so it is just as
well to give Mr. Carson his walking
papers. He has hamboozled the tem
perance people of Nebraska out of
enough money, and is perhaps rich
enough to set up in some other busi
ness somewhere else.
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Plattsmouth should send a delega
tion to Nebraska City next Monday
to attend the great Arbor day celebra.
tion, and in honor of one of Ne
braska's greatest men J. Sterling
Morton, who originated Arbor day.
There will be people present from all
over the state.
. :o:
The recent snow in the wcot part of
the state, where it was thought the
wheat crop would be almost an entire
failure, has revived it to such an ex
tent that it is now thought a full crop
will result.
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To Trade Two "good fresh milch
cows for calves. Call Phone 3525.
4-19-2tdltwkly
TIIE END OF TIIE FIGHT.
The outcome of the long fight on
the prohibition bill is in itself an elo
quent sermon against intolerance and
thoughtless criticism.
By an almost unanimous vote both
houses refused to accept the "dry" bill
in the form that it originally passed
the house, and insisted upon the bill
as amended by the senate and the
conference committee. It is admitted
on all hands, now the bill is passed,
that the adoption of a number of sen
ate amendments very materially im
proved it. And it was vigorously and
explosively charged, by the extreme
dry leaders in the closing days of the
fight, that to pass the house bill, un
amended, would be a crime and a sac
rilegc and an abject surrender to the
wicked brewers.
Yet who can fail to recall the de
mand that was made after the house
committee had perfected its bill and
the house had passed it without con
sideration or debate? The bill must
be passed by the senate and adopted
without change! It was an irre
proachable, immaculate bill. It was
perfect. For the senate to lay pro
fane hands upon it would be an im
propriety! And when the senate, in the dis
charge of its constitutional duty, act
ually proceeded to debate the bill, to
consider it carefully and intelligently,
to propose such changes and improve
ments as seemed wise, how the fanat
ics and intolerants reared on their
hind legs and brayed! It was "the
brewers" who were doing it! The
"sloppy wet" senate had sold out and
was betraying the people and crucify
ing the cause! If some of these blat
ant scolds could have had their way
the senate would have been mobbed
tarred and feathered and ridden out
of the state on a rail. But the senate
had the courage and good sense tc
stand by its guns and to insist that
no bill should be passed on the mere
say-so of half a dozen men.
The outcome was uproariously fun
ny, in one respect. For it saw these
same half-dozen men and their follow
ers recoiling from their own bill as if
it were a thing accursed. It was them
running from it, dodging it, hiding
from it, and insisting that if it was
not changed prohibition would be
made a farce. Just as ferociously as
a little while before they had forbid
den it to be touched even in the dot
ting of an "i" so they now insisted
that it must be amended even more
radically than the senate had amend
ed it. What had before been sacro
scant had become hideous.
The bill as finally agreed to and
passed is not a perfect measure in
every respect. To prohibit the mak
ing and selling of temperance bever
ages containing less than one-half of
one per cent alcohol, this newspaper
thinks, is an exhibition of pettiness
and vindictiveness. It is not aimed
at drunkenness, or the drink evil, or
the liquor power in politics, but mere
ly at disliked individuals whose busi
ness is just as harmless and legiti
mate as a pop factory or a soda water
fountain or a peanut stand. But aside
from this lapse, which was unworthy
a Nebraska legislature, the bill is a
sound, sane, workable measure. It
makes good to the full extent of 100
per cent on the pledge given the peo
ple to rcspe-ct and enforce their man
date. And for this outcome the state
senate is entitled to its full share of
credit. By the admission and votes
of the "dry" leaders themselves it was
the senate that saved the day.
World-Herald.
Old Sol is doing his duty now.
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The ice man is ready for business.
-:o:
The eyes of the potato is what
counts.
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Playing politics in office won't work
now.
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"Any person, whether native born.,
naturalized or unnaturalized, who
knows of treason against the Unite j
States and keeps it to himself, is
guilty of treason." This is the law
as defined by the United States cir
cuit court of appeals in a decision at
Philadelphia.
raiiiejs'en Sry
m 4 m M A W if a p r p
Th3 Kind Ycu Have Always Bought, ani which has been
ir. t3 for over over 30 years, has borne the signature nf
i2ia
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'ZCU4r. Allow
Ali Counterfeits, Imitations and Just-as-gocd " are tut
Erpirimsiits that triile with and endanger the health of
Ifatr. and Children Experience against Experiment.
r WhBt Is CASTOR! A
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric
Props arA Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. It contains'
si:ither Opium, Morphine nor other narcotic substance. Its
eg?, is its guarantee. For more than thirty years it has
been in constant use for the relief of Constipation, Flatulency,
Tiad Colic and Diarrhoea; allaying Feverishness arising
therefrom, and by regulating the Stomach and Bowels, aids
the assimilation of Food; giving: healthy and natural sleep.
The Childreri'c PanaceaThe Mother's Friend.
3 V"
!MS CASTOR 1 A ALWAYS
Bears the
Is Use For Over 30 Years
The Kind You Have Always Bought
THE CENTAUR COM
The clean-up campaign is now on.
Do your part.
Have you seen the new style straw
hats for men. They lay the women's
styles away out in the shade.
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The farmers arc not making much
butter these days, when they realize
13 cents a pound for butter fat.
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Cut out the butter and try oleo.
This is some substitute for the real
aiticle, and a little bit cheaper.
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Someone has predicted a famine
this year. Well, wc might as well
live while we do live, if it's coming.
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The fly season is almost here. Put
up your screens and get out your
swatters and be ready for the pests.
: ;o;-
Nearly double the acreage of corn
planted in Cass county last year will
be planted this spring. So some of
the farmers sav.
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Reports from the big orchards in
southern Nebraska are to the effect
that the prospects for a good crop of
apples is very fair.
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It's five to one that the soldiers are
better fed than more than half the
people at home. Uncle Sam believes
in feeding his soldiers well.
There may be some who endorse
the action of Senator Norris, Repre
sentative Reavis, Kinkaid and Sloan,
but they are very few and far c
tween. :o:
The time is here for all able bodied
men to get busy. There's plenty o'
work to be done this year, and no ex
cuse whatever for a man loafing
around town. Do something and keep
busy all the time. -
PLAH mOW YOUR
SUMMER MOUEuTAIiM TOUR!
v at:,h -,v,i t'ocinvn Whm.slwi von innv iro to Glacier National
X J U 1 1 1 iUlUUlC ci 1 1 v ic-'.
Park either direct, or via Denver and
of mountain panorama Denver to the
Mountain National-Estes Park; you
lowstone' via 'the Cody-Scenic way. In Glacier you will find the climax ol
the rugged grandeur of the Rockies.
If your destination is Yellowstone Park, you may go either direct in
through sleepers to the Cody-Scenic entracc, or via Denver, to the Cony
entrance, coming out via Gardiner.
Rocky. Mountain National-rJstes
tract in 1017 the greatest Summer
take ou via Lyons or via ixveianu.
Due to thea awakening by the East to tne mountain k'"""'-"1
est whether you chosse one mountain locaity or make a sweeping cir-
W
rapn
I W!6"p9;V.V.UdJ.
for Fiatcher's
Has Dceri rnaae unccr his per-
supervision since its infancy.
no one to rfr-r.-i
Signature of
A M V N F W VOOK r ITY
In many respects the Nebraska leg-
islature "joked" itself out of business.
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We are informed from Berlin that
there are no German submarines or. 4
this side of the Atlantic. Somebody
has lied. Now, who is it?
:o:
Don't try to beat a train to the rail
load crossing, and you will, perhaps,
save the demolishment of your auto
and the lives of those in the car.
The farmers have been induced to
plant large fields of potatoes this
year. If the war should quit soon,
which experts believe it will, the
price of potatoes, as well as every
thing else, will drop 50 per cent.
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It's not very pood policy to tiavtl
in a rut and the advice should be tak
en in a strictly literal sense by every
user of the public highway. "Ruts"
cause interrogation points and they
lead to other things. Stay out of the
ruts.
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Rumors that someone has defiled
the United States flag either by word
or action should receive absolutely no
hearing. If you know of such an act,
your duty as a good citizen is to re
port it to the nearest federal officer
(in most cases the postmaster) ana
he will give it the proper attention.
-:o:
A beautiful trait of the avcratre
man is to withhold from his speech
any unkind expression as to any per
son in the dying hour of that person.
But in the dying hours of this legis
lative session I dare not, even by
silence, gloss over the unhappy fact
that it is not dying in that good at
mosphere which I had so fondly hoped
it might inhale in its latest breath.
Edffar Howard.
.
Central Wyoming, with 700 miles
Yellowstone. 1 ou can visit Kochj
can make an automobile tour of Yel
. . . - m .. 11 ' . t
Park, just norm or wenvc.
throng on record. Burlington tickets
cuit tour of the Kockies, you w ua.c ....
company. Make your plans early. Ask for pub
lications. R. W. CLEMENT, Ticket Agent
L. W. WAKELEY, General Passenger Agant,
1004 Farnam St., Omaha, Neb.
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