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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1917.
PLATTSMOUTII SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. ,
Cbc plattsmoutb journal
PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY AT PLATTSMOUTB. NEBRASKA.
Eateretht Poatofflct Plattamouth. Neb., as secoad-class mall matter.
R. A. BATES, Publisher
uBScmirTioir pricks ilm
There "was a time.
"When he'd cheer up,
He'd hie him out
And then hcer up.
Now he's a grouch,
It's plain to tell,
Because he feels
And looks like hell.
Hastings Tribune.
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Cass county always in line.
:o:-
Bevo ain't so dry, after all.
:o:-
Lynching
problem.
never settles a great
Don't condemn things you don't
understand.
:o:
Popularity that you have to pay
for is not of the right brand.
-:o:
- Our food reformers are doing
about everything, it seems, except
reform.
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Some women are never happy, it
would seem, unless they are
peddling gossip.
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Something is liable to happen in
Russia now with Kerensky in charge
and at the front.
One resaon fast going young meu
travel at such speed is becmse they
are going down hill.
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No better man ever breathed the
breath of life than Dr. P. L. Hall.,
t
Alwavs right and never wrong.
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The farmer who wants to make
a "financial killing" should put all
the acreage in wheat he can spare.
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There are a lac. of dangerous ecm.
binations, but we can think of none
worse than a drunken blind man
driving an autoniobil.
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We haven't a word to say against
the farmers getting all he can for
his wheat, but where does the poor
sucker come in, who has to buy
flour and bread.
Now comes the report from Wash
ington headquarters that all of the
first registered will have to report
soon for examination. This means
the balance of the entire registered
list.
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The next call for drafted men i
liable to be called at any time, as
those coming next have received
notice to get their matters in shape
and be ready within a twenty-four
hour notice.
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Henry Ford's heart is in the right
spot when it comes to patriotism.
Ho merely opened his purse and
shelled out five hundred thousand
dollars into the American Red Cross
fund. Nothing small about Henry,
when it comes to aiding in a
worthy cause.
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It looks to a "man up a tree,"
that when anything of a public na
ture is to occur, and in which the
public is to be depended upon to
make it a complete success, that
inen who hvae the ability and in
clination to make it a success should
consent to take charge of it and
make it a complete success.
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In most parts of the United States
fourteen 6unces of bread are sold
for 10 cents. In Great Britain thirty-two
ounces are sold for 11 cents.
In France thirty-five ounces are sold
) for 9 .cents. In "starving Belgium"
thirty-five ounces are 6old for 11
cents. This is done with our wheat
after paying exorbitant ocean
freight rates. Yes, there's lots of
Avork for Mr. Hoover and the people
are waiting patiently.
3 ! v
per tear ur adtance
These lines are short
For time is fleeting,
And half 3ou hear
Ain't worth repeating.
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Autumn is here.
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No sere and yellow leaf yet. .
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Everybody jellying or canning.
The weather is cool, but no frost
:o:-
What has
hunter?
becomes of the old
:c:
The "sugar-drop"
is what we
need now.
-:o:
A heap of our live wires often be
come short-circuited.
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A girl thinks more about her
complexion than anything else.
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England says America never knew
defeat. ' Well, England ought to
know.
Xot many people know what grief
is until they have to put up a
stove.
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"Food Prices Soar" says a head
line. They have nothing on the con
sumer. :o:-
There are 22 mountains in Colo
rado higher than Pike's Peak. Does
it pay to advertise?
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Have you ever noticed that char
ity with most people is limited to
giving away what they do not want?
:o:
There are a lot of worse things
than swearing, a young man can
do, such as wearing a wrist watch.
:o:
Old Winter is evidently headed
this way, notwithstanding the cold,
chilly winds of December is over
two month's away.
!-;o:
Unless the government material
ly reduces the cost of living we are
liable to have eatless as well as
meatless and wheatless days.
-:o:
Judging from the amount of
cigars and cigarettes which are be
ing sent to the boys in France they
will be able to smoke the Germans
out of the trenches.
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Pacifists must read with a lot of
satisfaction such 4.waddle as this
from the Berlin Morgenpostr "In
America the peace propaganda grows
from day to day, arousing whole
classes of the population against one
another." What is that but giving
aid and comfort to the enemy?
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Congressman Jeanette Rankin, of
Montana, whose record consists prin
cipally in that of opposing war mea
sures and friendship for the I. W.
W's. She can't hardly be censured
for her friendship for the I. W. W's.
as that is where she got her great
est support. She" now wants to go
to the senate. The house is not big
enough for the lady from Montana.
The people of her state may give her
an opportunity to stay at home at
the next election.
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SKILXFUL MAJOE OPERATION.
No wonder the. Germans arc
squirming over the president's ans
wer to the pope. With the keenest
kind of a sharp instrument he prob
ed their bombast and their egotism,
and laid bare their hideou3 barbar
ism. It Was a major operation he
performed on the Prussian war
lo'rds. It was well done but the
patients are in "such a diseased con
dition they will not recover. Let
them continue to writhe with the
pain they are evidently suffering:.
Fremont Tribune.
SLACKERS WHO HOLD WHEAT.
There is no worse kind of a slack
er than the producer of wheat who
calculates on holding it for a price
higher than the $2.20 fixed by the
food administration board. It is not
only evidence of a lack of patrio
tism for a producer to hold wheat
now, but it discloses a lack of good
business Judgment.
The price of wheat has been fix
ed by the food adminisration for
the entire year. It will not be
changed. Everybody who purchases
wheat from the producers in quan
tities must operate under a license
issued by the government, and that
license will be revoked for any such
dealer who pays more than a price
based on the price fixed by the gov-'
ernment at a market.
Moreover the government stands
ready to furnish seed wheat to Ne
braska farmers at prices based on
the price fixed for the markets, so
that no producer need pay more for
his seed.
Inasmuch as the producer of
wheat cannot sell it to a licensed
dealer for more than the regulated
price, .ana inasmuch as the farmer
needing seeding wheat can buy it
through the government for a fig
ure around the fixed price, the fel-
ow who hoards wheat for higher
prices is going to experience disap
pointment and loss.
He can hoard it, it is true. But
he must be careful that it suffers
no waste in the process, for there
is punishment prescribed for him
who wastes food stuff. Hoarding
wheat begets loss in its substance
and wastage of food is very properly
made criminal in time of stress such
as that through which the world is
passing.
The producer who declares that
he will let his surplus wheat rot
before he sells it for less than the
high price he fancies he ought to
have for it had better not let any
agent of the food administration
hear him say so.
As a matter of fact the measure
for fixing by government of the
price of wheat is a' guarantee to
every producer that he will get for
whatever wheat he may produce the
iberal price fixed by the govern
ment. It is more than double the
price that is always deemed de
lightfully "satisfactory in normal
times. This law was passed and
this price fixed in the "hope that it
would stimulate production for the
farmer to know that he would get
this good price for every bushel of
wheat he may be able to produce.
The farmer as a producer and an
ndividual may sell his wheat for
more than the fixed price if he can
find anybody who is fool enough to
pay more for it. But inasmuch as
the one needing wheat can buy from
the government at approximately
the fixed price any man who would'
pay more for his seed wheat would
be foolish.
Besidesit will beonly three or
four months before the enormous
products of other wheat producing
countries will be released. Argen-
ina is reported to have more than
three times as big a crop as it had
ast year. It will harvest its new-
crop in December and January, and
Argentina wheat for future deliv
ery is now being quoted at $1.25
per bushel.
So that the Nebraska farmer who
holds his surplus wheat for a price
greater than that fixed by the food
administration is going to lose
money by it. He ought to lose money
for his manifest unpatriotism. And
the man who says he will let his
wheat rot before he will sell it at
the price fixed by government had
much better not. carry out his threat.
World Herald.
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A New York Banker advises us
there will be plenty of food and
plenty of money this winter. Un-
ess there is a big change in tie
food prices we will need plenty of
money.
.o.
What do the Germans hope to
gain by bombing hospitals, anyhow?
:o:.
Another call soon.
PRICES CONTINUE TO RISE.
According to Bradstreets the ef
fort of the government to check the
rise in prices has been a failure.
Prices continue to rise in almost
every line of goods and the index
number commodity prices for Sep-
tember 1 again marks a new high
record, viz., $16,641. This repre-
sents an advance of 1.4 per cent
over August 1, which ratio of gain,
by the way. exactly parallels the
change recorded by the London
Economist's topmost index number.
The ngure shows an increase of 41
per cent over September 1, 1916,
and of 70 per cent over the like within the state yet the census di
data in 1914. I rector is ouoted as saving that less
None of the explanations for the
upward trend of prices is entirely
satisfactory. The rise cannot be
accounted for by the old theories,
for in many cases while the supply
has increased, the prices continued
to advance. That is true of glass,
coke, coal and lumber. There has
been a very great incresae in the
output of all these articles.
While this rise in prices continues
there will be strikes, and the large
number of strikes at the present
time has been caused by the in
creased cost of living. In some in
stances strikes have been prevent-
ed by an intelligent management
wnicn nas raised wages without a
strike. Intelligent men know that
as prices rise, wages must of neces
sity rise and do not wait for a
strike to force them to do what in
the end they must do. That is not
to say that some . of the enormous
ncreases demanded should be grant-
ed, but a genera Irise in wages I
must follow increasing prices. I
Secretary Lane saysr "Demand
and supply can no longer be per-
mitted to control prices because the I
extraordinary demands of the gov-
ernment have completely unbalanc- J
ed the scales. Something else mu?t
be found to take its place for the J
time being. The government is now I
searching for that something." . So
far, it is certain that the govern
ment has not round "that some
thing", and when it will be found
on one knows. world Herald.
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LABOR LIKES SAM GOMPERS.
Sam Gompers is 6 6 years old, but
the old man shows he has a lot of
fight in him yet. After the wallop-
ng the pro-Germans got at Minne
apolis front the union and white
socialists at the very . time Uncle
Sam put the scissors hold on the I.
W. W.'s, and the red socialists, it
ooks now like the unions were
nailed down good and tight on the
side of Uncle Sam. Frank Kennedy
n Omaha Western Laborer.
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PROTECT THE CHILDREN.
With the opening of school
Johnny and Mary are exposed to all
the contagious diseases of child
hood. -
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Parents should do two things.
First, keep every chiW with the
suspicion of a sniffle at home until
it disappears; second, protect Johnny
and Mary from contagion by in
creasing their resistance to it.
If they haven't been to a dentist,
take them at oner;. There may be
trouble there that hurts their di
gestion and nerves.
And how about the oculist? If
there is an eve strain it will in
terfere with nerves and digestion
produce headaches and oftentimes
catarrh.
Take them to the family doctor.
Every child is entitled to a strong,
wholesomely growing body.
It doesn't cost much to do these
hings. Not half so much - as one
oase of serious illness, and not one-
fifth so much as the results of long
neglect.
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FOR SALE.
Duroc Jersey male pigs for sale.
Fall and spring pigs. Philip Hirz,
lattsmouth, Neb. 9-12-2td2twkly
For Sale: Good Holstein Bull, 2
ears old. Inquire of Chas. H. Hen-
nings, Cedar Creek. 9-G-tfwkly
VITAL STATISTICS.
It is disappointing to learn from
a Washington correspondent that
the census director finds. Nebraska's
I vital statistics so inadequate as to
I convince him that the state is not
entitled to be listed as within the
registration area
It seems to be because of inac
curacies in the registration of births
land deaths within the state that the
census department is not satisfied
J with the Nebraska statistics
I It ought to be easily possible for
Nebraska to secure the accurate
register of all births and deaths
than 90 per cent of them find reg-
J istration with the bureati of vital
statistics at Lincoln. How he knows
I is not exactly apparent, but he must
have had some seemingly reliable
hunch or he would not have made
the assertion.
The collection and preservation of
complete and accurate vital statis
I tics is in some measure proof of a
I state's progress toward modern civ
ilization. It is also a tremendous
convenience in the adjustment o
many otherwise perplexing affairs
Posterity will be looking for infer
mation in our permanent record
I with respect to the birth and death
of many Nebraska people. Should
it not be able to find this informa
tion, posterity will entertain some
degree of contempt for the Nebras
kan today as not far removed from
savagery, or even cannibalism
In an age when the government
I finds it possible to secure reasonably
complete registration of every man
or military age, certainly it can
J not be claimed that a state can b
excused for not keeping accurate
record of its important vital statis-
tics. Nebraska legislators have
made some efforts to secure such
record, and have accepted the di-
rection of certain federal authorities
in doing it. The old maxim that it
is best lor each u do lor himseit
what is necessary to be done, with
out relying too much upon helj
from others, applies here. Perhaps
it would be well for some Nebraska n
in the next legislative session to lay
down a law that will fill the bill
ignoring suggestions from thest
"higher up." Lincoln Star.
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OUR BOYS IN KHAKI.
It is taking the Lmted fctates a
long time to get into readiness for
the world war, but once ready its
vast armies will be in shape f
efficient and effectual service. Great
bodies move slowly, but once started
off develop the mighty power of the
avalanche. It is like awakening
nation from a long and peaceful
sleep.
Endless details involve war
preparatory process, but the govern
ment resolves to do it effectively
and well. The work cannot be
hurried lest some important fea
ture be overlooked that in a crucial
moment might mean disaster. Amer
ica will send forth an army of men
adequately fitted for service. Fort
unate is the nation if it profits by
the mistakes its allies have made,
and thus profiting avoids them.
When our American boys reach for
eign soil and pass the finishing
training for the battle front, there
will be no guess work as to their
fitness; a strong and mighty host of
trained and hardened men will face
the Huns with the determination
and valor of patriotic Americans.
Our boys in khaki may not yet bo
used to the murderous and barbaric
methods employed in this dark ag2
of modern warfare, but the inten
sive training tnr-ougn wmcn uiey
will familiarize them sufficiently
with the details that they can care
for themselves with the full strength
and initiative of American man
hood.
We hear much of the prowess of
European soldiery and the medals
for couuage "won by them on the
fields of battle, but our boys will be
found equal to the old 'world's best
once they face the enemy. It has
been so since Americans were first
rocked in the cradle of liberty; it
Shildren Cry
33f yr- 0
2?he Kind You Havet Always Bought, and -which has been
in use for over over '30 years, has borne the signature of
and
tjt-?2 sonal
-G&CCd c4C Allow
All Counterfeits, Imitations and JustTas-good " are but
Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of
Infants and Children Experience against Experiment.
What is CASTCRSA
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric,
Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. It ccntain3
neither Opium, Morphine nor other narcotic substance. Ita
ge is its guarantee. For more than thirty years it has
been in constant use for the relief of Constipation, Flatulency,
"Wind 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 Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend.
GSNIHNE CASTORIA ALWAYS
5
Bears the
In Use For Over 30 Years
The Kind You Have Always Bought
will continue until the last Amer
ican hero, enshrouded with the folds
of Old Glory, sinks to his eternal
rest, while the drums sound taps
and the bugles wail the final re
cjuium. Springfield 'Union.
io,oooTSn NOW
AT CAMP FUNSTON
One Nebraska County With Quota of
Thirty-Six Responds by Send
ing Seventy-Five Men.
Camp Funston, Junction ,City, Kan
sas. Sept. 21. Approximately ten
thousand men had been received in
Camp Funston at noon today, the
majority from Kansas, Nebraska and
Colorado.
Representations of many of the
ounties are not as large as the quota
called for. In several cases part of
the quota have disappeared, one coun
ty which was supposed to send fif
teen men being represented by one.
One Nebraska county, whose quota
was thirty-six, sent seventy-five men.
The explanation given by the leader
of the group was, "all the boys want
ed to come so the board told us to
come ahead, that General Wood could
use us seme place."
INJURES HAND BADLY.
From Friday's Daily.
Win. McGreggor and wife, of Sar
gent, came in from their home a few
days ago for a visit with their daugh
ters and families living here, Fred
Majors and family and Sam Gilmour
and family, and are visiting at the
homes of both. The other evening.
while cranking the car of Mr. Majors,
Mr. McGregor had the misfortune to
turn his hand back, re-injuring, the
wrist which he fractured severely
earlier in the summer and which was
just getting so he could use it. Mr.
McGreggor is a blacksmith at Sar
gent, this state, where he has an ex
tensive business.
Low Summer Fares
rawn
TO EASTERN CITIES AND RESORTS:
mer rares win be available during September with return limits good
until October 31st; this is the last opportunity of the year to visit
the East at reduced rates. , .
TO THE PACIFIC COAST: The
1,UUI lu PinDer uiese
Our Scenic Colorado California
the Autumn. : '
TO WESTERN RESORTS: You can go
cneap rares during this month. Estes Park in September is an ideal
place for a "rapii-health-como-back." -
i- -hJniS Xationf1Jarks be open until September 15th. The
-v-- oiauauio uuuusnout the month.
The ranches about Sheridan,
id'can take excellent care of
ar
"summer crowds.
llSplj
f-t ',v. s 1 1 I I I i
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for Fletchers
has been made usder his per
supervision since its infancy.
no one to deceive you in this.
Signature of
rffl
COMPANV. NFW VOWK C ITV.
XOTICC TO fit KD I TO HS.
The State of Nebraska)
Cass County ) ss:
la tbe County Court
In the matter of the Estate of Aug
ust . Bein, Deceased:
To the Creditors of said Kstate:
You are hereby notified that I w.
sit at tlie County Court room in I'latt
mouth, in said county, on the 29th day
of September, and the 29th day of De
cember, .1917, at one o'clock in the af
ternoon of each day, to receive and ex
amine all claims against said estate,
with a view- to their adjustment and
allowance The time limited for the
presentation of claims ag'ainst said
e.sfate is three months from the 29th
day of September, A. D., 1917, and the
time limited for payment of debts is
one year from said 29th day of Sep
tember, A. D.. 1917.
Witness my hand and the seal of
said County Court, this 25th day of
August, 1917.
ALLEN J. BEESOX,
(Seal) s3-4w County Judge.
2VOTICE TO CREDITORS.
The State of Nebraska)
Cass County ) ss:
In the County Court
In the matter of the Estate of Amel
ia Beins, Deceased:
To the Creditors of said Estate:
You are hereby notified that I will
sit at the County Court room in Platts
mouth, in said county, on the 29th day
of September, and the 29th day of Da
cember, 1917, at two o'clock in the af
ternoon of each day, to receive and ex
amine all claims against said estate.
witn a view to tneir adjustment and
allowance The time limited for the
presentation of claims against said
estate is three months from the 29th
day of September, A. D.. 1917, and the
time limited for payment of debts is
one year from said 29th day of Sep
tember, A. D., 1917.
Witness my hand and the seal of
said County Court, this 23th day of
August, 1917.
ALLEN J. BEESON.
(Seal) s3-4w. County Judge.
-OTICE TO CREDITORS
The State of Nebraska)
Cass County ) ss:
In the County Court.
In the matter of the Estate of Mary
F. Welch, Deceased:
To the Creditors of said Estate:
You are hereby notified that I will
sit at the County Court room in Platts
mouth, in said county, on the 12th dav
of November, 1917 and the 12th day of
January, 191$, at 10 o'clock a. m. of
each of said days to receive and ex
amine all claims against said Estate.
With a view to their adjustment nnrt
allowance. The me limited for th
presentation of claims against said es
tate is three months from the, tith Hav
of October, A. D.. 1917. and the tlma
limited for payment of debts is nn
year from said 15th day of September.
1917.
Witness my hand and the seal of said
County Court, this lath day of Seotem-
ber, 1917.
ALLEN J". BEKsnv
(Seal) sl7-4w-sw Countv Jn.lr.
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Call Plattsmouth Garage for serv
ice. Tel. 394, also livery. J. E Mason,
Prop.
September 30th
The entire scheme of Eastern sum
low-rates circuit tours are also available
are much lower than the winter fares
route is especially attractive during
to Colorado and Estea Park at
Ranchester and Cody will all be otn
von afM . - vU
. - luo ucyarmre or the mid-
Send for publication descriptive of any "trio
you may have in mind and let us help you.
W. R. CLEMENT, Ticket Agent.
L. W. WAKELT, General Passenger Agent
1004 Famam Street . . Omaha, Nebr.
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