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FLATTSMOUTII SEMI-WEEKLY journak.
MONDAY, MAY 13, 1918.
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PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY AT PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA
Katero.l at Pinstofflcc. I'lattsmouth. Neb., as second-class mail matter
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Wheat looks fine.
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The farmers are awful busy.
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Everything growing nicely."
Loyalty is the watchword.
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The fanners are doing their 'bit'
just now.
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Painters and paper-hangers are
wciking over time.
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George Creel demands a probe. At
leaat he deserves a prod.
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The idea is to get as much out of
these long summer evenings as possible.
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To would-be violators cf the Done
Dry Law: Jug not that ye be not
jugged.
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Do your part in the garden and
I'.cld. Do not fear. Nature will do
her part.
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riattbiuouth never does things by
halves. That's the reason the old
town is ( prosperous.
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The scholars of the grades arc cap
able of making excellent four min
ute talks oji thrift stamps.
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They are now going to conserve
the babies. Good idea. Should have
been about a long time ago.
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Golf fiends ought to be amo'ig the
first to enlist, since they would Le
missed least by their families.
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News from Russia is awfully
scarce, but so long as what there is
makes Germany uneasy wc can't
kick.
The rule to plant corn by the 10th
ef May is a good one, get it in the
ground, the rain will conic, all you
have to do is the planting.
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It does seem a, little foolish to
lose the window glass factories just
ist this time when the small hoys are
beginning to play ball again.
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It is easy to keep away so many
flics. Kick and the first ones that
come along and keep on knocking
the mouth. Keep your swatter handy.
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If the women really wanted uni
versally equal rights, they would de
mand the right to be convicted of
murder when guilty, same as a man.
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1'ay a little more attention to
leaning up your back yards and
alleys. Filth breeds flie3 and do this
work before the incessant hot weath
er. to:
A billion over the top on the Lib
erty IJond Loan. The American peo
ple are there, with both feet when it
comes to supporting their own gov
ernment.
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It is a good time to cast your
bread upon the waters, as there is
some curiosity right now as to
whether this new substitute bread
will float.
The Thrift Stamp is doing its work.
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All Americans will put the can on
yellow dogs.
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The good old summer time is mak
ing her appearance, for sure. '
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With the close of the schools more
energy will be available for feeding
the world.
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Now is the time when no one can
afford to have people guessing where
he stands on any question.
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There is only one position svhich
any one can safely occupy in these
times and that is to be Absolutely
an American in every way.
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J. Pluvius did not see r'attsmouth
this morning, though he sprinkled
some water oji Omaha yea even
slopped it out but they have an
idea of cleaning up the city any way.
Did you see the vote?
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It may be inconvenient and annoy
ing to have a pup nipping at your
heels, when you are about your daily
tasks, doing your best for your couu-
ry and humanity, but remeuiber
they are only dogs, whether two or
four legged ones.
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The organization of the Technical
chool by the members of the work-
ng force or the western Machine
and Foundry Co. is a step -which
niight well he copied with profit m
iiany lines iu this as well as other
cities.
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Even Omaha has a desire lor a
change, from the old style of rule.
which has dominated its politics for
so many years, and were so se?f as
sertive that they proclaimed they
could not be defeated. Verily the
worm will turn.
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FUEL SHORTAGE
STILL THREATENS
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If this war should continue thrie
or four years longer, colonels will be
ho common that an auctioneer will
not attract any more attention than
a corporal does now.
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured
t-y local application, at they cannot reach
tae dlseavsd portion 01 ine ear. mere 11
only one way to cure catarrhal eafne,
and that la by a constitutional remedy,
rxRrrhil rtoafneea ia caused by an in
flamed condition of the mucous lining of
th Eustachian Tube. When this tube is
Inflamed you nave a rumming- aouna or im
perfect hearing-, and when tt Is entirely
closed. Deafnesa Is the result. Unless the
inflammation can be reduced and this tube
restored to its normal condition, hearing
will be destroyed forever. Many cases of
deafness are caused by catarrh, which is
un Inflamed condition of the mucous sur
faces. Hall's Catarrh Medicine acts thru
the blood on the mucous surfaces of tho
wtTwIU 8l One Hundred Dollars for
ny case of Catarrhal Deafness that cannot
be cured by Hail's Catarrh Medicine. Cir
culars free. All uruggisis.
F. J. CHENEY & CO- Toledo. O.
Although winter has passed and
he demand for' fuel is correspond
ngly lesened, the critical situation
has not entirely disappeared. Two
reasons exist for this and only one
remedy. Labor and cars are said to
be scarce at the mines.' Particularly
is this true of the eastern zones.
where railroads are tied up with
other war traffic and coal producers
find great difficulty in getting cars
to remove their product as fat as It
is ready. These, too. complain of
shortage of help. In the western
zones some shortening of production
has been noted, lack of cars being
assigned, together with lessened de
mand for steam coal, as the reason.
The remedy proposed is to store fuel
for next winter. This applies to all
users, large and small, and seeming
ly affords the. only assurance that
the inconvenience of last season will
not be repeated. Most small con
sumers have made arrangements for
storing coal and some of the larger
users have planned to store consid
erable quantities. The fuel adminis
tration urges this as a safeguard
against future shortage. Adjustment
of prices has not so much to do with
production now as delivery. With
cars and storage facilities provided,
the summer should sec ample provi
sions made against winter so far as
coal is concerned. Bee.
transport service to maintain each
soldier sent abroad from here. Ex
perience later modified this estimate,
and five tons was accepted as the
basis. Necessity came as a spur to
organization, and now a new figure
Is given, two and one-half tons to
the man. This reduction has been
achieved by better loading and un
loading, speedier movement of the
vessels and a closer adjustment of
the operations of the maintenance
department of the army The ad
vantage is easily seen. It has multi
plied by four the possible service of
the ships available and increased our
effectiveness in the war by that
much. If the estimate of new ton
nage, now based on actual launch
ings, is borne out by experieiue,
American shipyards will produce this
year more than enough cargo car
riers to supply an army of a million
men in France. Berlin knows this,
and in the fact may be found some
reason for the haste that Is urged on
Hindenburg in his military opera
tions. America actually is on the
way to the front. World-Herald.
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STATE TAXES ON RAILROADS.
news dispatches, the British have dis
covering the most successful way of
removing a mole. Lincoln Star.
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QUICK ON THE TRIGGER.
MAKING BETTER USE OF SHIPS.
Calculators are busy with pencil
and paper making estimates as to
to be launched from American ship
the probable amount of new tonnage
yards during the current year, and
some surprising totals are announc
ed. A far more gratifying and tang
ible result has been noted In the ac
tual practice of using the ships at
hand. When the war began it was
accepted that ten tons of shipping
would be steadily employed in the
Governor Neville is in receipt of a
letter from Secretary McAdoo, in
which the request Is made that taxes
be laid lightly on railroads, it being
stated that heretofore' these have
been paid by private corporations,
but new the money will come out of
the federal exchequer. Here is a
statement to make us pause. In
theory at least, if not in practice
always, the property of the railroads
The man who has made a mess- of
an after-dinner speech and sat dovn
in a cold sweat, could rise ten min
utes later, if the toastmaster wou'd
only give him a chance, and set off a
package of verbal fireworks tha'
would dazzle the table. And after he
has gone to bed that night, lie can
compose a classic of postprandial elo
quence. The trouble with after-dinner ora
tory is, there is no second helping.
The one man must met the tine occa
sion fittingly, or iniss it miserablj.
And in this quality it differs not a
bit from nearly every form of hunu.n
endeavor in which fleet-footed op
portunity must be met Ly vigilant
activity. One flash of foresight Is
worth an hour's steady shine f;f
hindsight. One 'man caught the
runaway lectin, but sixteen men sat
around the stove at the grocery
store, and told 'how they would have
done it.
Comparatively few men have fore
sight well developed, and fewer yet
have brain, muscle, will power,
judgment and moral force so balanc
ed aiid coupled up that they deliver
the master stroke in major affairs at
the best possible moment. Perhaps
at certain times this whole world has
had no one such man, competent to
meet a great world crisis.
But the world has never lacked
men by the tens of thousand? who.
if given a little time to think out
has borne merely is proportionate
share of the expense of maintaining ,tne problem, could not think straight.
the government.- Taxes have been Thcse mcu in ,ilno of Ptace- w,,en
part of the charges agaiiut the reve- cvents ,narch at "ormal pace, jnan
nu of the roads, a legitimate item a"c ,arso th,nS3 fr they have
o fexpense. met from the earnings. lIU,e LU VU111 iacib -or nas irw
When the government took over the worl1 ever Iacked meu h? llie mil;
lion who could see mistakes made by
other men. Almost anyone can see
a mistake, if given thinking tia:e
and a little coaching. Hang a label
ed mistake up by the roads.tide in the
sun long enough, and everybody will
admit it.
In these whirling days, but "ne
thing counts a straight aim and a
quick trigger! Appointments to offi
cial position should be made with
care. Chicago Tribune.
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lines the impression given was that
t was not as a money-making ven
ture, but to get better service by
effecting immediately a co-ordination
that could not be brought about with
out great delay under private man
agement. Many curtailments of ser
vice have taken place, that economies
might be effected and the net income
of the roads be thus enhanced. More
over, the law has guaranteed the
owners a definite return on their
property while under the control of
the federal government. All of
which leads us to wonder why privately-owned
property should be
exempted from taxation simply be
cause it happens to be directed by
the general government under an
agreement that provides its owners
a handsome profit. Reduction in
railroad taxes means an increase on
other property, on most of which the
federal government is not insuring
returns. World-Herald.
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REMOVING A MOLE.
GOOD FOR OMAHA.
The citizen reared on the plains of
the middlewcst with his knowledge
of nautical affairs limited to the log
of the schooner received something
of a jolt the other day when news
papers told of the British destroying
the mole at Zeebrugge.
The mole has demanded unique
consideration in its relation to man,
and, particularly, woman. The early
notion was to remove it, but innum
erable attempts proving disastrous, it
then became the vogue to imitate it
and beauty spots were quite tne
thing. Such was the status of the
mole when the report of the destmc-
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tion of a mole at Zeebrugge came
over the wires. Telegraph editors
were puzzled, but that did not keep
them from passing the word on to the
unsuspecting reader. A mole had
been destroyed. That was the LIg
news of the day. .
One would hardly suspect that
Noah Webster would have ideas of
the mole other than thar of a hur
rowin ganimal or a natural beauty
spot, but reference to the latest un
abridged shows that -Noah did have
knowledge of other moles. He tells
us that a mole is a concrete break
water, built in front of a harbor to
exclude heavy seas. It may be larger
or small, as the necessity requires.
The mole at Zeebrugge happened to
be of considerable size, towering
forty feet in the air, with military
works upon it. Judging from the
The outcome of the city election
furnishes inspiration for a bigger and
better Omaha.
In electing six out of sever, new
men to take charge of the city hall
for the next three years the voters
have registered a demand for a house
cleaning aijd a new deal.
While perhaps few ballots were
mraked for the exact seven who have
won out, the community is entitled
to self-congratulation on tho charac
ter and caliber of the winners as a
whole and will rightfully look to
them to set higher standard of effi
ciency and speed up the wheels of
municipal progress.
Regrets may be indulged for one
or two of the defeated, but such are
the fortunes of political warfare.
A decisive majority of the people
have voiced their desire for a change
of control. It will be up to our new
city managers to make good. 3cc
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MORE CARS AND ENGINES.
The orders given by the fedcnil
railroad administration for 'J0.0C0
box and coal cars and 1,023 loromc
tlves mean an expenditure of $140,
000,000. But for" the federal control
of railroads this expenditure couid
not have been made. Now there is to
be the much" needed relief of the
shortage of rolling stock which has
hampered transportation in thi3
country.
The order for locomtlvcs is the
largest single order ever placed in
the history of American rai.ways.
Under private management there
necessarily would have been keen
competition for locomotives because
of the unprecedented demands being
made on the railroads. The conse
quence would have been. that some
roads would have secured large num
bers of locomtives, while others
would have been less fortunate. This
would have meant freight congestion
on certain roads, while others , te-
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and endurance, select Red Crowix
Gasoline The Gasoline of Qual
ity. It gives, "More miles per gal
lon and more comfort per mile."
Red Crown enhances the pleasure
of motoring because of its effi
ciency and dependability.
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cause of lack of rolling stock would
have been hauling below capacity.
Under government direction locomo
tives are secured at a cost a little
less than that prevailing before the
government assumed control, and
production is facilitated because of
the distribution of orders.
Freight cars are now producf-d
upon the standardized plan and
there will probably be standardiza
tion of locomotives also. At present
car types and engine types are wide
ly variant, and inasmuch as the
railroads of this country are n ef
fect all one system these variations
are a serious disadvantage. Without
doubt better'railroad condition's will
result from the increase in rolling
stock. St. Joseph News-Press.
About Rheumatism.
Rheumatism causes more pain and
suffering than any other disease, for
the reason that it is the most com
mon of all ills, and it is certain.'y
gratifying to sufferers, to know that
there is a remedy that will afford
relief, and make rest and sleep poss
ible. It is called Chamberlain's Lini
ment. Stationery at the Journal office.
A Child's Savnegs
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ay Shorten
Tine War
The war is costing the combined
allies more than $30,000,000 an hour.
The daily fate of this huge sum is
simple waste. A shortening of the
war by days or even hours would
mean the redemption of colossal
waste. . v
We must bend every financial ef
fort towards shortening the war.
Every small amount invested by a
child in Thrift Stamps tends to
wards this end. The influence of
every Thrift Stamp purchased is a
little momentum toward earlier vic
tory. . Thus a child's savings may be in
strumental in definitely shortening
this war and in saving many times
its own value in money, to say noth
ing of conserving human life.
Encourage your child to invest in
4 interest-bearing Thrift Stamps
instead of merely hoarding his pen
nies in a tin bank.
Thrift Stamps cost 25 cents each
and may be bought at the postoffice,
from your mail carrier and at most
stores.
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Western Machine Works.
C. G. Fricke.
Plattsmouth Garage
Jess F. Warga.
Philip Thierolf.
E. G. Dovey & Soi
Pollock Auto Co.
E. J. Richey.
John W. Crabill.
F. G. Fricke & Ga
Bestor & Swatek.
C. E. Hartford.
L. B. Egenberger
This Adtrtismnt Paid for and Don at ad by y
Avard & McLean.
Fetzer Shoe Co.
Cass County Monument V
A. Stanfield.
first National Bank,
torenz Bros.
Peters & Parker.
D. B. Ebersois.
Kroehler Bros.
C. Wescott's Sons
Farmer's State Bank.
H. M. Soennichsen.
Weyrich & Hadraba
Waterman Lumber & Coal Co
A. G. Bach & Co.
''uy W. Morgan,
iank of Cass County.
Popular Variety Store.
Hatt & Son.
T. S. Chase.
lattsmouth Steam Laundry.
W. E. Rosencrans.
Fred Wagner.
Service Garage.
B. A. McElwain.
FredMumm.
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