MONEAY, AUGUST 27, 1917.
PAGE 4.
PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
Che plattsmouth journal
PUBLISHED IEMI-WEEKLT AT PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA
Kmtarcd at Postofflce at Plattsmouth. Neb., as second-class mall matter.
R. A. BATES, Publisher
irBSCRIPTlOIf FRICEl SI.M per YEAR Vf adtance
Cass county teachers' week.
The finest schootnia'anis iu the
state.
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Nicholas Romanoff is roamin' in
Siberia.
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Whcn you are paid back in your
own coin you can't Lick.
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They all like Plattsmouth, and we
must keen tluiu in that spirit.
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l'lattsmouth is no place for loaf
ers. There is work for all comers.
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No one can possibly miss the road
to hell. There are plain sign-boards
posted all along the route.
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Scnator La Toilette's peace resolu
tion, liko the author, is a little out
if d.ite at the present time.
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Fixing the price of wheat at $2.00
per bushel had the effect of bringing
it down to that figure anyhow.
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Treat them the finest you know
how and they will want to come
again. Thev like our hospitality.
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If you hate to see your neighbor
prosperous there is evidently some
thing wrong in your upper story.
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Evidently there is plenty of work
in Plattsmouth for every able-bodied
liuiti who wants work, and at the
highest wages.
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The ptopl'j do not want to lose
siuiit of the fact that the Salvation
army can also do some good work
for the bovs at the front.
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American boys in France strongly
object to being called "Sammies." It
dovs sound too much like "Sissie,"
of course, and no one can blame
them.
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Not a farm in Cass county to
rent. Every rental farm is already
engaged for next year. This speaks
well for the excellency of our farm
lands.
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Every county in this state is ar
ranging to give their soldier boys a
farewt.ll entertainment or have al
ready done fo, while we have not at
tempted anything of the kind. 'Wake
up. and let's give our beys a fare
well some time next week. .It is
the duty of the Commercial club to
take' the matter in hand and do it
row..
William Jennings Bryan hands out
the right kind of Americanism when
he s:ys: "The number of thes.; re
si s'-rg the draft is, fortunately yery
few; there should be none. Some
are conscientiously opposed to war
any war and may prefer to sub
mit to any punishment the govern
ment sees fit to inflict rather than
to take up arms, but even such can
not justify resistance or the giving
of encouragement to those who re-
fist. Still less can tolerence be shown
io niose who, wnne opposing con
scription, attempt to draft others to
join them in opposing conscription.
W ar is a last resort it is a reflec
tion upon civilization that it still
reddens the earth but so long a
nations go to war the citizen can
not escape a citizen's duty. If his
conscience forbids him to do what his
government demands, he must sub
mit without complaint, to any pun
ishment inflicted, whether the pun
ishment be imprisonment or death
This is the best government on the
face of the earth the one most re
sponsive to the will of the people
but it is a government of the people
not of one or a few men. If a few
are permitted to resist a law any
law because they do not like it
government becomes a farce. The
law must be enforced resistance i
anarchy."
The world is full of alarms.
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Labor day, Monday, September 3.
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Big wrestling match in Omaha on
Labor Pay.
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No man can make a mistake by
conducting himself like a gentleman.
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As a rule women are very reliable.
They are always twenty minutes
late.
Xo one has to be a doctor to feel
the public pulse. It takes a slacker
to do that.
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If you haven't given anything to
the Ked Cross society do it now. The
ladies need your help.
After you have shown a man that
there is something in it for him, it
is easy to convince him it is all right.
You may have been born with
brains, and you may have inherited
money, but you have to buy experi
ence. :o:
Everyone should favor giving our
oldier boys a farewell reception and
t must be done next week if it is
one at all.
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These nights and mornings are a
little cool for this time of year. It
may not suit everyone as well as
the lover of sleep
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With one million men enlisted and
Irafted by the first of September,
merica will have made desperate
trides in the way of defense of our
country
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Don't be a slacker! Put your shoul
der to the wheel and help your coun
try win. Be a man and one who
loves the country in which he has
chosen to make his home
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The coal situation appears to be
next in line for a good drubbing by
he government. It can't come any
oo quickly as winter is rapping at
he door already.
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It will occasion not the least sur-
prise that Austria is for the pope's
rp.i"p n in for snr has WAiitPfl neacp
for some time. Austria's wants are
mmaterial so long as she listens to
the dictations of the Kaiser.
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That the Canadians now fighting
on the western front are some fight
ers has been shown beyond a ques
tion of a doubt. A few more at
tacks similar to those of the past
week and the German armies will
be back on their own soil.
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It might be well to recall the fact
that buyers of the first liberty bonds
were given to understand that if a
atter issue of bonds should carry a
higher rate of interest, they would
get the benefit of the increased rate
Now it is proposed to make the sec
ond issue at four and one-half per
cent, but to make the bonds tax
able, whereas the first bonds are
non-taxable.
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Some of our out-in-the-state pa
pers are booming candidates for
state offices and especially for Unit
ed States senator. They may be do
ing this for pass-time and maybe to
make some friend feel good. That
is harmless but they are mentioning
the names of some fellows who have
been trying to sneak into office for
the past fifteen year3 and who could
not be elected dog-pelter if they
were nominated for such a position
"Dead Ducks" should stay where
they are and their friends should let
them rest in peace. They ought to
know when they have enough. These
came papers' should be crying
"enough" for the fellows jalready iu
the state house if they are arrang
ing to run for a third term.
AMERICA'S RESPONSE.
What is going on in the homes of
America? What are the plain peo
ple thinking of this war into which
we have entered to make safe our
liberties and to make secure the fu
ture of our country? The president
and the administration officials and
the patriotic members or congress
would like to know, says the Omaha
News.
Nowhere is there manifested any
of the hurrah stuff. There is no
wild waving of banners and beating
of drums. The passionately enthus-
astic days of 61 and the boyish ar
dor of 1898 when we remembered
the Maine are not being repeated in
1917. The plain truth is that Amcr-
ca is going at this thing very sobot
y. very earnestly, even remaps
prayerfully.
We have all learned that the
da.s of up-boys-and-at-them stuff
ive passed. For three yoars v
have been reading and thinking
about the horror which is latter day
warmaking. The glamor, the glit-
er, the gaudy have been stripped
rom battle. We know now that it
is cold, calm, scientific killing, in
which every invention known to sci
ence has been utilized.
And yet, knowing these things,
facing these things, the heart and
he mind of America have not quail
ed. The same old American spirit
s being manifested less the noise,
the shouting and the boasting.
The fact that congress quickly j
passed the selective conscription act
at the request of the president shows
that the folk back home willed it
so. rne iact mat an tne otner war
measures asked for by the president
were passed, often by a reluctant
congress, shows that the folk back
home willed it so. The fact that, de-
pite all the machinations of the
pro-Germans and other marlpots,
hundreds of thousands of young
Americans have presented themselv
es tor tne service unaer selective
conscription without putting in ex
emption claims, shows that the real
American is ready to support this
war.
But there are other tangible proofs
too. The regular army of the Lnlt-
ed States has been brought up tc
300,000 men, 1S2.000 volunteers
having enlisted since we went to war.
The national guard, 300,000 strong.
has been drafted into the regu'ar
service, the navy has been raisea
o over 137,000 men, the mar'ne
corps to a war strength of 30,000
and there are 45,000 more in the
i.ival reserve and the national :ia-
al volunteers.
This makes a total of about 800,
000 men without counting a sin
gle man who will be brought into
service by selective conscription and
without counting the hundreds of
thousands of young men who offer
ed themselves to regular army, the
malitia and navy and were rejected"
for physical and other reasons.
All of these facts should hearten
the president, the idministration,
the congress and the people them
selves. It tells all of us what all
of us wanted to know. If we need
ed assurance, here it is. If we need
ed renewal of our faith in the sound
heart of America, here it is.
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Now that the opening of schools
and colleges is not far distant, it is
timely to urge that the American
youths who have not been called to
war duty by Uncle Sam can per
form no more patriotic service than
by entering school in September and
studying for all they are worth. The
need for educated men after the war
will be tremendous.
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The draft resisters in Oklahoma
will soon doubtless be shown the er
ror of their ways as they will be
brought before a federal grand jury-
One hundred and twenty are being
held at McAllister.
Many tourists pass through this
city every day with autos from east
to west and west to east, notwith
standing the crossing of the Mis
souri river by ferry.
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It doesn't take a smart man to
start an argument.
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Next week is the week!
DEMOCRACY FORWARD.
This newspaper, as its readers are
aware, has believed almost from the
beginning of the war, that it would
bring to the world great and far
reaching benefits to compensate for
the desolating losses that have at
tended its .progress, It has believed,
in particular, that it would result
not only in the spread of popular
government to countries that do not
now enjoy it, but in the strengthen
ing of popular government, making
it real in fact as well as in name, iu
countries where it now exists.
This view was strikingly expressed
recently in a speech in the Italian
parliamnt delivered by Dr. Trever,
described in the dispatches as one
of its ablest members. "This war,"
said Dr. Trever, "has accomplished
one good thing advancement of the
cause of democracy. Ultimate tri
umph of democracy will mean no
more war. War has ueieatea war.
Dr. Trever followed the interesting
line of thought that the belligerent
nation's governments are no longer
able to control events. They are
only the managers of the war, with
no power to stop it, he said. In
stead of guiding it, they are guided
by it. Failure to conduct the war
to a successful issue is responsible
for the momentous political events
which have occurred, and which will
still occur, in every belligerent na
tion. It is failure rather than suc-
cess, that has compelled progress.
It was Russian's meager successes
in the battlefield, this Italian think
er contended, that led to revolution.
the downfall of despotism, the ad
vent of democracy. Had Russia won
the war at an early stage, had Ga
licia and Germany and Austrian Po
land been added to the empire of the
Czar, despotism would have received
a new lease on life.
So with Germany. Had the Ger
man army taken Paris the autocracy
and the military caste would have
been strengthened. But with vic
tory no longer in sight the govern
ment is compelled to recognize the
power of the people. It has prom
ised reforms to feudal Prussia, is
holding out in desperation the bait
of real recognition to the reichstag.
and as the war continues to go
against it must move further in the
direction of democracy.
Austrian despotism has recently
ranted full pardon to 20,000 Czechs
serving long terms for political of
fenses, and is seeking in other simi
lar ways to quiet agitation that now
threatens the empire's destruction.
In Great Britain the war has ad
vanced the cause of Irish home rule,
autonomy for India and other por
tions of the empire, and "the day
is not far off when the overseas do
minions will be bound only by flim
sy ties to filial devotion."
As to Italy, he said, it is ripe for
any reform. "I am sure the Italy of
tomorrow will b quite different from
the Italy of today. The people of
tomorrow will not leave questions of
life and death in the hands of a re
stricted caste. They will demand the
right to pass directly on every ques
tion affecting Italy's welfare and its
future, and secret diplomacy and
dynastic prerogatives are destined
to go forever."
So, it is safe to predict, it will be
with the rest of the world. The peo
ple are going to have not along gov
ernment which they have the pow
er to control, but they will insist up
on exercising the power. The great
war will have taught the necessity
and pointed the way. World-Herald.
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Stomach and Liver Troubles.
No end of misery and actual suffer
ing is caused by disorders of the
stomach and liver, and may be avoided
by the use of Chamberlain's Tablets.
Give them a trial. They only cost
a quarter.
Call Plattsmouth Garage for serv
ice. Tel. 394, also livery. J. E Mason,
Prop.
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Local Wews
Allen Land, from southwest, of My
nard, was a visitor with friends at
Omaha over Sunday.
Our old time friend, S. L. Furlong,
was a business visitor in the city
Saturday morning, and was renewing
acquaintances with old friends as
well.
William Clarence and J. M. Clar
ence, from near Union, were in the
city last Saturday, looking after some
business and getting some repairs
for their threshing machine.
L. II. Ileil, living west of the city,
came in yesterday morning and, to
gether with his wife, left for Om-iha,
where they were guests at the home
of Chas. Thiingam, returning home
last evening.
A. F. Seybert and wife were visi
tors in Omaha yesterday, and were
visiting with Will Andrews, f who is
a patient in the- Immanuel hospital,
where he was recently operated on
for appendicitis.
Last Saturday T. E. Parmele, C.
II. Hist and Henry lieil and son, Ru
dolph, departed for Broken Bow, at
which place they will spend u few
days looking after some' business and
viewing the country there.
Mr. William N. Lodday and wife,
from South Bend, were in the city
last Saturday, attending the funeral
of Miss Rose Thomas, and visiting
the parents of Mrs. Ledday, Mr. and
Mrs. Felix Scioskouski. They re
turned home Saturday evening.
P. W. Nickel and daughter, Mi&s
Katie, the latter being one of the
teachers of the Cass county schools,
came in this morning. Mr. Nickel
will visit with friends for the day,
while Miss Katie will remain to at
tend the Teachers' Institute, now in
session.
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Bates, from the
western part of the state, who have
been visiting in the city for the past
few days, the guests of Mrs. Bates'
sister, Mrs. Martin Petersen, depart
ed this morning for Fairfield. Iowa,
where they will visit at the home
of Mrs. Bates' mother, Mrs. C. C.
Bates, for a week.
A. C. Smith and wife, who former
ly lived here but now reside at Car
son, Iowa, and Mr. Clarke Boruff, his
wife and tfiree chiMren, Lucile. Mar
ion and Jesse, arrived last evening
in their car from Carson, and visited
over Sunday at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. A. W. Smith, the parents of Mr.
A. C. Smith and Mrs. Boruff.
Mrs. Harry Todd, who has been
visiting at Calgary, Alberta, for some
time past, returned home the latter
part of the week, and reports things
looking well up there. Her nephew,
Vance Todd, who lias been in the
hospital, where he was operated cn
for appendicitis, is recovering and
had left the institution some time
before she departed for home.
Joe Seagrave. who has been visit
ing at home for the past week, will
depart soon for Yankton. South Da
kota, where he is accepting a posi
tion in a laundry. Mr. Seagraves has
been located at Waterloo, Iowa, for
the past three years, and lr.it a short
time ago resigned his position there,
as the offer of a similar position at
Yankton was more to his liking.
W. A. ROBERTSON,
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Lawyer.
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East of Riley Hotel.
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Second Floor
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A want ad will bring what you want.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
-OF-
TheBankofCassCounty
of riattsmouth, Nebraska.
Charter No. 642.
Incorporated in the state of Nebraska, at t
close of business. August .1. KM 7
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KESOURCES
roans and discounts ?.ii."i4
Overdrafts '.;!'"
Konds. Securities, judgments etc.... j;.i U0
Banking house furniture and fix
tures JOVt
Other real estate lu.oiw
Current expenses, tuxes and interest
paid 1 :.:" .
Casli items
Wue from national and slate baiiK.s -.l.t'
Checks and items of exchange i,:
Currency '
Gold coin ;.;,
Silver, nickels and cents :.H
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Total.
53.054 TO
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid'in S -V.neo CO
Surplus fund 9 1.000 00
Undivided profits ZW' 01
Individual deposits snHiprt, to check .T...t. .1.
Time certificates of deposit 34..4(: 53
Cashier'scheeksoutstandintf 5.r.0n 14
Due to national and state banks 4.
Depositors' guaranty fund 5,:tiU 2'
Total fsD3.Dc 4 70
State of Nebraska,
County ov Cass fss I, H. 1. Patterson,
assist ant cashier of the above named bank do
hereby bwear that t lie above si atement Is a
I'orrect. and t rue four of the report made to t lie
State Banking Board. R. F. Pattkh-on.
,, Jf'H.45. (J. 1'afmei.e. Director.
Attest. 1 i-KtI) ti. Eglxbehgek. Director.
Subscribed and boru to befoie ire 2lth
dayof A.uifus.1. IWT. Vehna H tt.
Notary Public.
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Brinjj your welding to us. Platts
mouth Garage. Tel. 394.
Edwin Fricke, v.lio has been visit
in.!? ;.t hriine for a few days, departed
last SautrJpy evenins for Ft. Snel
lir.T, where he roes into training for
;he oflicers' divi-slon of the United
States anuv.
Ilalph Lar.-oii, of Company F, 5th
Xebraska. who is stationed at Yy
nioro, Nebraska, arrived in this city
Saturday evening for a short visit
vith his parents. He returned to
Wyniore tliis morning.
Jlisses Mae and (Jlenna Barker,
from wrst of Mjnard. were in the
city yesterday looking after some
business matters at the office of the
county superintendent of schools.
Miss Mae Darker will teach at di
rict m:mber nine the coming year,
while .Miss Clenna will teach at dis
trict number ninety-one.
Mrs. J. V.". Tritseh and daughter.
Ksther. returned this afternoon from
1 trip to the northern portion of the
net p. They visited at Norfolk with
i brother and sister of Mrs. Tritseh,
Mr. Robert and Miss Ida Ilagcl, and
at Osmond with Mr. Ed Hagel. They
report having had a most excellent
;. iie.e w"iile away.
Summer Complaint.
During the hot weather of the sum
mer months some member of almost
every family is likeTy to be troubled
with an unnatural looseness of the
bowels, and it is of the greatest im
portance that this be treated prompt
ly, which can only be done when the
medicine is kept at hand. Mrs. F.
F. Scott, Scottsville, N. Y., states, "I
first used Chamberlain's Colic and
Diarrhoea Remedy as much as five
years ago. At that time I had a se
vere attack of summer complaint and
was suffering intense pain. One dose
relieved me. Other members of my
family have since used it with like
results."
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Mrs. Robert Drissey, of Table Rock,
Nebraska, is visiting at the home of
her uncle, Ben C. Hyde, and wife.
The Brisseys are farming near Table
Rock, and Mrs. Brissey reports crops
looking well down that way, and al
so that the oats crop was very good
this year. The corn promises to
yield well if the early frosts do not
catch it. For a while the weather
was vers dry, hut the rains which
came about three weeks ago, served
to put the crops in good condition
again.
Public Sale!
The undersigned will offer for sale
at public auction on the Goos farm,
one and a half miles south of riatts
mouth. on the Rock Bluffs road, on
Friday, August 31st, 1917.
the following described property:
One bay mare. 5 years old, weight
1,100 pounds; eleven milk cows and
six heifers; one registerd Shorthorn
hull; four yearling calves and thir
teen calves from one to six months
old; one sow with four pigs and one
sow with five pigs.
One manure spreader, two wagons,
cue binder, two hay racks, two mow
ers, one grinder, one rake, one sad
dle, one seeder, one sulky plow, one
disc, one stirring plow, one harrow,
two bob sleds, one corn planter, one
emery grindstone, two cultivators,
two stacks of alfalfa hay, one walk
ing lister combined.
One silo, wood stave, 30x14 feet;
capacity 100 tons.
Sale commences promptly at 10
o'clock. Lunch served at noon.
TERMS OF SALE A credit of
from six to ten months will be given
on all sums of $10 and over, purchas
er giving bankable paper. Sums un
der $10, cash. All property must be
settled for before being removed.
MRASEIv BROTHERS
V. R. Young, Auctioneer.
R. F. Tatterson, Clerk.
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