PLATTSM0UTI1 SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
MONDAY, MARCH 18. 1313.
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Cbe plattsmoutb jfournal
PUBLISHED IKMI-WEEKLT AT PUTTSMOl'TH, JfEBHASKA
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R. A. BATES, Publisher
iraCUIPTIOS PRICKi HJ PER TKAtt IW lOTANCK
WISHES.
I wish I were a bullet,
A-s:tting in a gun,
l".r wouldn't it be jolly nice
Just to hit a Hun?
Id travel straight across the line
Where no Man's Land might be,
And when I'd stop a Hun would drop
iiurrah for Liberty!
A Soldier's Mother.
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l;v us more spring.
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I'iiy election April
lYi.ple are eager to make garden.
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Art- you doing your duty to the
Kid Cross?
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The man with a single purpose us
lial'.v gets double results.
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There will be some building in
I 'I... :.-i:u)ut h this season.
It Las hecome so much easier to
x.:-.' a Russian town than it is to
1 -renounce its r.ame.
K-:sia sustains her reputation as
tl:e "Dn-a gain-off -again-gone-again-l
innegan" of the war.
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The Prussians seem to believe that
tiny were ordained to be stepfathers
t all the r-st of humanity.
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!) unto others as you would
1 others do unto you. provided
1 1 ;.- tint you are determined that
l r u r c I f you shall ask only
v. ii.tt is just and right.
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Well. Old Boreas can have no room
t complain that restrictions hamp
t r d him this winter. If he didn't
":. his worst it must have been his
-v. i! finilr.
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When the third Liberty Loan
drive gets under way no one is go
ing to he asked to loan more to the
government than they can afford to
loan. The soliciting committee will
known yeur ability to help the gov
ernment. : o :
If that Chicago building and loan
;gcnt who embezzled 1 million dol
lars had speculated in Middle West
ern oil prospects instead of stocks,
lie might not have been driven to
suicide last fall. More likely, he
would is t i 1 1 be waiting.
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The new war gardening costumes
f. r women look expensive, but so are
the business suits the men wear in
the garden rather titan take time to
c hange for overalls. Gardening is a
luxury at best. But for the love we
bear our Allies, we fear most of it
v. tuild be left to those already equip
ped for the pursuit.
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Time in its flight is almost certain
to bring every one into their own
rightful place. The standing of the
Sioux savage of the early day is, for
iiist; ii.ee, much higher than it was
formerly. It is remembered that
many of the treaties made by the
Sioux with the civilized whites were
kcp. but Kaiser Bill and his crowd
have broken all they ever made with
civilized people. The Sioux was not
sucii a bad fellow after all. He
wanted only a small part of the
earth, while the present day savage
wants it all.
$100 Reward, $100
TJj readers of this paper will b
j!eased to learn that there 13 at least
nne dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure In all its staged and
that is catarrh. Catarrh being Rreatly
influenced by constitutional conditions
requires constitutional treatment. Hall's
Catarrh Medicine is taken Internally and
acts thru the Blood on the Mucous Sur
f ce? of the System thereby destroying
the foundation of the disease, givin? the
r!ient strength by building up the con
ftltution and assisting nature in doing Its
iL-n-k The proprietors have so much
faith' In the curative powers of Hall's
r-a-arrh Ie!icir.e that they offer One
Dollars for any cab that it falls
Jn rurl Snd for 1'st of testimonials.
Aire-s F J CHENEY & CO.. Toledo.
O&t "sow I by ah Drugtfst. 76c.
The Easter bonnet on tap.
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Clean up, dress up, and get ready
lor spring-
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The Omaha. Nebraskan came to us
last week with four pages blank.
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Even a fruitless day is not going
to help the peach crop in the least.
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When they catch a spy in Ger
many, he does not need to look
around for bail.
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"Sowing the wind and reaping
the whirlwind" is no dream with
Russia now, and the harvest is great.
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Mcst people believe tn signs of
one sort or another, except when
they come to doors marked "In" and
"Out".
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Join the big Liberty loan drive
Saturday April G, and invest every
dollar you can spare in "Liberty
loan bonds."
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The cost of living in Germany
goes up i'2 per cent a year, and we
can't understand why any German
should want to pay it.
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Perhaps a codee administrator is
necessary, if for no more than the
refining influence he may have on
the sugar administrator.
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The war Department now permits
women to qualify as inspectors of
small arms, according to an an
nouncement by the Civil Service Com
mission.
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Someone wants to know what has
become of the youth who used to
mail a valentine to his best girl, and
then tremble a week to know how
she took it?
-rot-
It is suspected by some disagree
able persons that one reason food
conservation is so didicult to keep
going is because it requires no stun
ning new costume.
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Another excellent reason why
many are unwilling to keep poultry
and help raise food, is that the wives
pertinaciously refuse to take the en
tire care of them.
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Many of the people who kick on
the wheatless days are the same ones
who used to howl for more of that
good old fashioned corn cake like
what Mother used to make.
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Cass county will have to furnish
seven in the next draft call. Not
many to be sure, but Cass county is
ready to comply in everything that
she can and the country needs.
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Draft for labor and for dollars, as
well as for soldiers. Let's get right
down to business and win this war
quickly, so we can return to our
peaceful pursuits.
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Just a few fellows in each com
munity are strenuously trying to
make it possible for some other fel
low to carry their gun. Wonder if
they will ever know just who is
carrying it.
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Were it not for the probability
that the women will all clean house
this spring anyway, we would sup
press the news that a Topeka,
Kansas, woman, while cleaning her
house found a $20 bill she didn't
know siie had.
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After the Kaiser's hirelings had
duped Trotzky and Lenine into sign
ing a peace pact, the old Hun butch
er wrote his Chancellor that "The
German sword, wielded by our great
army leaders, has brought peace in
Russia. We feel deep gratitude to
God, who has been with us." Rather
I magnanimous of the old devil to give
God part of the credit.
GOOD MEN AT THE TOP.
According to the service journals i
of the United States army doubtless
good authorities upon this subject
the two chief advisers of President
Wilson and secretary of war upon
all matters incident to the war are
to be Gen. March, the new chief of
staff, and Gen. Goethals, the quarter
master general.
As chief of staff. Gen. March will
be the ranking officer of the army.
He will hold the grade and receive
the pay of general; lie outranks his
predecessor. Gen. Bliss, and technic
ally outranks Geu. Pershing, the
commander in the field. He is to
be the responsible adviser of the
president and the secretary, and is
to be consulted upon every import
ant matter. We learn in this con
nection that army oificers, both in
this country and in France are loud
in their commendation of the selec
tion made, and particularly so be
cause the new chief of staff is a
young and vigorous man.
As quartermaster general, Gen.
Goethals is under Gen. March, but
it is made plain that he is given a
very free rein in his own department,
and the reports from Washington are
all to the effect that he is accom
plishing great things in the over
worked department under his author
ity. St. Joseph Gazette.
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A GOOD SIGN.
It is not all matter for concern
that General Pershing is finding it
necessary to send home considerable
numbers of officers of all ranks be
cause they have not proved to be up
to the mark. It is rather a cause for
satisfaction as showing that the high
command is discovering the misfits
early and weeding them out before
their deficiencies work harm.
It was inevitable that in the rap
id expansion of the army and the
hurried dispatch of the expedition to
France there should have been ofli
cers assigned for service who were
not unfit indeed, but whose exper
ince, age or temperament were
against them and against the getting
of the best results in the places
where they served. It is matter for
congratulation to General Pershing,
to the army, and indeed to the oiiicers
themselves that the mistakes in such
assignments can be corrected by the
means adopted, and that the prelimi
nary training period in France gave
opportunity to discover and correct
them. But for that the trouble
would have shown up too late, per
haps, to avert some disaster.
The country will see in this action
of General Pershing additional rea
son for the confidence It feels in his
courage and ability to make of our
expedition broad an efficient fighting
machine, in which no man will have
a place for any other reason than
because he belongs in it. K. C.
Star.
ALARMED NEUTKAL NATIONS.
Now it is Sweden, accounted since
the beginning of the war as the most
pro-German of tiie neutrals, tiiat is
reported violently anti-German and
on the verge of joining the allies.
Sweden has been inflamed by the
occupation of the Aland Islands,
which in German hands are daggers
aimed at her throat. But this is
only the culmination of the policy of
cold greed that has established Ger
man control over Finland and made
of the Baltic, as it. has made of the
Black Sea ,a German lake.
Formerly it was Russia that was
the black beast holding the Scandi
navian states in fear. Now that fear
is gone, only to be replaced by the
fear of Germany. Control of the
Scandinavian peninsula would not
only shut Russia off from the world
but would enable the Germans to
establish a naval base in one of the
magnificent deep water harbors of
Norway, protected by natural forti
fications. It would be a prize of in
comparable value, and would double
the allied naval problem.
A London cable says that Ger
many's rapacity in the Russian and
Rumanian negotiations is reacting
violently on all the European neu
trals, and that all may now be class-
Jed. as potential enemies ot German
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aggression. This is a natural re
sult. The German government has strip
ped off its own mask. It has shown
bc-youtl any disputing or conjecture
what its motives are, and what it
will do if given an opportunity.
There is no nation in the world safe
so long as Germany is powerful, and
it is the weak neighboring states
that are in the greatest danger. Not
all the money they have made from
their German trade during the period
of the war can blind them to the fact
that Germany is a ruthless aggressor
standing with drawn sword threaten
ing their liberties. World-Herald.
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WAR SAVINGS STAMPS.
One war-savings stamp will my
one hundred cartridges or a cartridge
belt or a scabbard for a bayonet ;
two will purchase two pairs of wool
en trousers or two flannel shirts;
two and a half will buy a gas mask.
Three war-savings stamps will buy
an overcoat or two woolen service
coats; three and a half win buy
three pairs of woolen blankets; four
will buy a rifle. Tooeka Journal.
STANDING BY RUSSIA.
President Wilson's message of
sympathy to the congress of Russi -.ns
moo. ing at Moscow may, or may not.
bear fruit. The president makes it
plain that the United States as a
nation is in full accord with t lie Slav
hope for an everlasting democracy.
Those Russian pi asants an work
men may find some comfort, while
under the pressure of Germanism, in
knowing that their aspirations are
ruderstood by the American people.
Though the foot-print of Prussian
imperialism has virtually stamped
out the democratic government in
Rimsia. no sane man will believe that
the kaiser's dream of Russian con
quest will ever materialize. During
these dark days which are to follow
in Russia, during these days of in
ternal misunderstanding and exter
nal oppression, the United States
should not forget to stand by the
new born democracy. President Wil
son knows that the expression of
faith in a loser will often make him
a winner, and by sending this mess
age of encouragement to the con
gress at Moscow, he has done fcme
t'ning in helping the fallen Russian
democracy to arise again. Lincoln
Star.
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WE ARE IN.
Upturning; from the front. Gener
al March declared American soldiers
in France wholly capable of meeting
the enemy on his own terms. Seldom
has ihe occasion so promptly indors
ed a prophet. That, night, for the
first Time, the army of the United
States appeared in the communique
of one of our allies as a separate,
self-.-ufhcient fighting force and a
victorious force.
The engagement in the Woevre,
ferocious and thrilhng as it was, has
lio strategic meaning. Though the
forces facing each other in the little
American sector are greater than
those in contact at Bull Run and the
numbers actually at grips exceeded
the total engaged at the battle of
Lexington, in the history of tins war
this trench raid will not have even
a name. x.
But. it will not remain uncelebrat
ed. Nor is it without deep military
significance' both jn France and at
home. Before the Prussians attack
ed, our Americans, despite their
'training and the shadowy patrol en
counters of No Man's Land, were
raw, untried troops. Today they are
masters of an elaborate and difficult
' technique, . and, by the outcome of
the fighting prepared by tire enemy
to
him in' his own field.
The swift, magnetic thrill of just
i pride in the achievement and noble
auger for the lost now passin;
through the American army doubles
the power of every division. Rip
pling across the Atlantic and spread
ing westward, it exercises that co
hesive force which a single emotion
gives the morale of any people
New York Tribune.
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MEATLESS, WHEAT-
LESS PATRIOTISM
Don't talk patriotism. Live it
Consider the seemingly small duty
of wheatless and meatless davs. A
lo of people have taken the initia
tion of those days at the hotels and
restaurants almost as a matter of
course, yet the same men who agree
that it is right to go without meat for
their Tuesday luncheons go home at
night and have meat suppers. Their
i
wives forgot it was meatless day and
the husbands do not consider it of
enough importance to object. Jop-
lin Globe.
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NEW STUFF FOR, BILL
There used to be such a thing as
jingo before the war.
Put that word is lost, now. The
man who stands up on hit. hind legs
and hollers Americanism isn't laugh
ed at any more!
This country is young, but never
theless it has a wealth of tradition, a
gold-mine of glorious history, vol
umes of stories of fights won against
fearful odds. Uncle Sam has never
lost a war and will not lose this
one, if it takes a half a century to get
the decision.
So much for that.
At this writing there lias come
over the wires the information that
American troops have successfully
raided German trenches in a certain
sector, have captured a great deal of
material and prise tiers, inflicted com
paratively largo losses upon the ene
my and suffered none in return.
This brings the thought that the
Kaiser has a new sort of animal to
deal with now - the full-blooded.
1; party, eager, brainy American sold
ier! Take a glance at the pictures of
the captured Germans, Austrians,
Bulgarians por devils! In nine out
of ten of them you will find the in
dication that the man-power of the
Prussian military force is deteriorat
ing. Comparison proves beyond a
doubt the supremacy of our own
Yankee Doodles.
Every man in our American armies
regulars, volunteers and conscripts
has the clear eye, the beacon-light of
intelligence, the making of an offi
cer. There are exceptions, as usual,
but a group photograph of Sammies
i.; sure to make you proud that you
are an American!
Brains! Free and enlightened
brains is the reason therefore! The
American soldier goes to France
knowing what's what and why! .
On that his opponents in the ene
my ranks night know as much!
World-Herald.
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Is beer food? Perhaps if you can
get it.
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For meatless day try a dime's
worth of steak. It won't hurt you.
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Another sure sign that spring is
here is when the little girls have
added a rope to their customary
jumping. .
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A whole lot of winter wheat that
is killed between December 1 and
February 1 usually threshes out well
in July if let ajone. '
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Just how is it to be proved that
Si Rabindranath Tagore is a spy,
when nobody has ever found the key
to his cipher poetry?
Before Hindenberg begins that
boasted drive we hope he will pause
long enough to consider Nehemiah's
advice to the boastful Sanballat.
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Oh. no. Winter is not over yet.
And you are foolish to take off your
winter underwear until the onions.
letU-ce and radishes are ready to
pull.
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BUYS A NEW HE0 SIX.
i'li'in Friday's laily.
I A. Meisiiiger yesterday pur
chased a new automobile, for the use
of himself and family, this time his
choice alighted upon a Reo six,
which he bought through the T. L.
Amick agency of this place. The
choice was a good one for he will
find in the Reo Six, excellent service,
and one of the most sturdy cars
imaginable.
WILL OPERATE THE
PROPST GAP.AGE
I-Yom Kriihiy's I a i!y.
Since the selling out of the Propst
Garage stock to Johnson and Dovey
some time ago, the garage has hard
ly been in running order, but yes
terday arrangements were concluded
whereby T. L. Amick takes charge
of the place, and will conduct it
hereafter, this with the agency for
the Reo cars, and with his former
experience in the business puts him
in position to make a success of the
garage.
FOR SALE.
Brown Leghorn eggs for hatching.
7"c per setting or $3.50 per luO. Call
Phone No. 115-J. 3-14-10td&w
HOGS FOR SALE.
A few sows to have pigs soon
and some good butcher hogs. Call
phone No. 3525. Joseph J. John-
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son. mii-iwuaw.
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WORK FOR YOU.
ISN'T IT POSSIBLE FORiYOU TO DEPRIVE YOURSELF
OF SOME LITTLE UNNECESSARY EXTRAVAGANCE AND START
A BANK ACCOUNT WITH THAT MONEY?
YOU WORKED FOR THAT MONEY-IT IS YOURS; WHY
LET IT GO TO HELP SOME OTHER MAN'S FAMILY?
IT IS SAFE IN OUR BANK. OUR J BANK TAKES AN
INTEREST IN ITS DEPOSITORS AND HELPS THEM.
WE PAY H PER CENT ON TIME DEPOSITS, AND 3 PER
CENT ON XMAS SAVINGS CLUB.
COME TO OUR BANK.
Famners'
(THE NEW BANK.?
SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES 50 CENTS PER YEAR:
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If you neglect kidney backache,
I rinary troubles often follow.
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I'latltmouth citizens endorse them.
J. L. McKinncy, Granite St.,
I'laitsmouth, says: "Doan's Kidney
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Pharmacy are the best medicine I
ever used for the disordered kidneys.
When I have had occasion to" fake
them, they never failed to give the
best of results." (Statement given
April lft. 1012.)
On February 22, l'Jl ;. .Mr. .Mc
Kinney said: "I am ready to back up
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my experience with Doan's Kidney
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work."
Price ;c," at all dealers. Don't
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