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PAGE FOUR. MONDAY. JUNE 17. 1918. PLATTSMODTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL Che piattsmoutb journal PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY AT PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA Kntcic-d at rostolTiie. l'lattsmouth. Nib., as second-class mail matter R. A. BATES, Publisher SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE How's the weather suit you? -:o: No rain for four days. :o:- TJie roads are very rough. -:o: I'.ut you may listen for a holler ;oon. -:o:- Plenty of cherries, they say, but how about gooseberries? :o:- The corn is coming up nicely, and not a great deal of replanting done. -:o: There are fevt-ral nuisances in this town that should be abated for the public good. -:o: Pushing the lawn mower by young l.nli.-s tariy in the morning is re-I'rc.-hiug exorcise. -:o: The r-boat hunters are getting en- occasionally. May they get t'um ot'eiier than that. :o: Tin- marines will he jut as handy vhen they g to the Kliino, ton. On Jtr.d or water, lighting is jiut the s-'aine to them. There ought to he room in Class A-l for tennis players who tie hand kerchiefs a round their heads and then euv "I'll hav it's a hot day." :o: Anyway, it seems plain the I V'.ats niu-t be pretty well fixed or t!-. y ; n 1 1 1 1 " t slay this long on tlie 'i.,i,i!c coast right at the open sea son. -:o:- ti. ii we e.iine to wearing paper tt'.il.i:- in t h is 'tount ry the tailors ;-.i.d paperhangi r.s will flip coins to :, w;(l (, s to war and who stays at homo and runs the businesses. -:o:- Vou t turn up your n:se at pin::ham. but gingham is now selling : r a w !;olo dollar n yard, ne'e? Mrs. Toiv Tin-iap-'on. "However," she adds, "yen can buy silk that is a goo J imitati )ii." :o: Violation of the road rules, are about as important as speeding. A j- iio-t rian can avoid a fast running automobih- but lias to dodge o;i-si-ierah! if he saves his life from if.o-.- people who violate the road rules. :o: It is currently reported that Oma ha is to have a new republican daily. What's the use haven't thov tried s-uch projects several tims. The I'.eo fills the bill splendidly, except for a few disgruntled soreheads who tan't run the P.ep editors. :o: No-.v they are going to perform surgical operations on the vociferous d uikey so that he can no longer bray. Th' feat is j-aid to have been successfully accomplished in France. Why not uNii apply the treatment to vociferous cats that make the night hideous and sundry gentlemen V( ry profane? -:o: Doctor Garfield soon will issue a li. t of "essential plants" which will toijoy the preference of the Ful Ad ministration next winter, llouschus hand? who are frequently, loft, in rare of the borne in the winter will !;f glad to know that these are in dustrial plants, and that geraniums end ferns and the like Avill ret no consideration from Doctor Garfield next winter. Thre in mr.Tc. Catarrh in this portion cf the country than all othT diseases put lopcther. and for years it was sup pose to te incuraHe. Doctors prescribed local remedies, ar.d by constantly failing to cire with lcal treatment, pronounce'! jt in.-urable. Catarth if a local uiscase, jrr-atly in:ufnccd by constitutional con f:i!CT,3 an! th-vrcfera requires constitu tional tr-atnat. 1 1 nil's Catarrh Mcdi r:r.o v.r.uutiiLfirrd by 1. J. Cheney & Co " Tclc-ilo. Ohio, is a eonstitmionl V1-- J? taken internally and acts tf'U tV"5 iSioo.i on tho .Murnu. Surfdt os cf ;! c i-viuni. nc Ilun-irc-i JHars ro . rd iwfU-rol for ntiy caso that Halls tv.--sr.-j ::.ii'ir' fa:t oy-.rc. Sena tor y ,' cHi::: -O . TcJ-do. o. 5-1 b" Vtzv.Afr-,'-.. , 1'ani.iy lor towupaUvu. The farmers are not kicking. -:o: Some preachers get a fool mad if the offering is referred to as a "col lection." :o:- The man who remarks, "Is this hot enough for you?" should get one be tween the eyes. l'lattsmouth needs another clean up very badly in some sections ot the city and back alleys. -:o:- Almost everybody noticed that it became cooler during the eclipse, ex cept the government thermometer. The Indiana man who borrowed a baby to escape the draft, borrowed trouble of upwards of a million kind. -:o:- The freights are so long these days that ihe engineer has to have a periscope to use in locating the way car. :o:- The gills used to have no oppor tunity in life except marriage. Now she has every opportunity except marriage. ' -:o:- The rumored shortage of buttons causes one to inquire anxiously how the shingle nail supply is running this season. :o: Tarred and feathered disloyalists seem still to ! rare enough to make good news stories, even as the man shooting woman. -:o:- Thero are still a few things that money cannot buy and yet, there arc those who care very little about those lew things. -:o:- It is officially announced that there are no V-boat bases in the United tates, which means the raiders are out to make a home run. :o: Secretary Lansing declares that the only way to peace with Germany is to go on with the war. To go on with it clear to the end of the way and then some. -:o:- It is staled that out of 1,:100,000 men galled for military service un der the selective draft law only (JOO have been tentatively classified as conscientious objectors. :o:- H olden, president of the IJurling ton and Bush, receiver of the Mis souri Pacific railroad have been ask ed to resign. The way of the rail road president seems hard. :o: l'lattsmouth is coming up with her quota for the army manfully, notwithstanding there are some try ing every way to keep out that ought to go. Let justice he done. :o: The crop of state candidates has not increased to any great extent since the meeting of the Press Asso ciation. Was it on account of en thusiasm or the dimness of the at tendance. Maybe both. :o: ; The newly elected president of the Reichstag now gets his name in, the dispatches, which raises the ques tion as to w hat use ' the Reichstag has for a president, which raises the other question as to what use the Reichstag is. :o: We say again we do not believe in this yellow paint business. If you have disloyalists in your neighbor hood go to them in person and tell them what they must do and if they fail to do it, bring them to the bar of justice. :o: It may be inconvenient and an noying to havt. a pup nipping at your herb.-, when you are about your daily tasks doing your best for your country and humanity, but remem ber they are only dogs, whether tvo or four legged ones. KULTUR IN FULL BLOOM. If perchance, any easy-minded American has thought that the Ger- n?ai conscience has been penetrated by the world protest against Kultur and its practices, let him ponder the following, a news dispatch from London: The Germans in their reprisals against peasant disorders in the Ukraine, drenched several villages near Kiev with gas, according to a Petrograd dispatch to the Daily Ex press. Thus, adds the message, whole communities were asphyxiat ed. Four years ago no one would have thought that Germany could or would ever be guilty of such atrocity. Three years ago the truth about Belgium and its attendant horrors was only beginning to be understood; and there was also the Lusitania. Two years ago Kultur bared itself in France, in Russia, in the Baik ans, and over the whole held of its operations, in all its unabashed hideousness. A year ago the mask of a spur- ous friendship for America was doffed, and unrestricted submarine warfare began. Now no man or woman may say that he or she does not understand what dominance of the world by Germany means to all human mar kind. :o: THEN AND NOW. A Missouri farmer, so the story runs, kicked because his dealer of fered him for $00 the same kind of a buggy that his father bought 20 years ago for $50. The merchant, upon investigation, found that th? father had paid for his vehicle with 00 bushels of corn. Whereupon he offered to give his customer in ex change for r.OO bushels of corn the following articles: One $a0 buggy. One $75 wagon. One $20 suit of clothes. One $20 dress for his wife. One $2 dress for his baby. One $3 box of cigars, $10 worth of sugar. $10 worth of tea. $100 worth of gasoline. $10 worth of lubricating oil. The farmer refused the offer, paid $90 for his buggy and departed sat isfied that then is poor comparison with the buying and selling prices of now. :o:- II0LD DOWN UNNECESSARY TAX If there ever was a time in the history of this country when it be came the duty of pubMc officials to adopt the most rigid economy and save the money of the people who pay the taxes, that time is now. With the fate of this and other civilized nations hanging in the balance, and the resources of the United States under the greatest strain they have ever been to provide the means for sustaining its armies and those of its allies on the battle fields of Europe, it is no exaggera tion to say that the' man occupying a. public office who does not do all in his power to hold down the cost of state and local government is not rendering 100 per cent service to bis country. It seems incredible that when the people of the United States are al ready laboring under multipl ed financial burdens incident to the war there should be some Nebraska oflicials-o obtuse to the situation as actually to be proposing ways and methods for increasing state, coun ty and local taxation. If there is anything that would fend to build up organizations like the nonpartisan league, it would be just such proposals as the one to enter upon a general raising of farm land values in Nebraska, so as to increase the taxes thereon, merely because appraisers for the federal land bank at Omaha have in some instances placed higher estimates on the worth of farms than the asses sors have done. The farmers of Nebraska arc loyal to the United States and have so far refused to fall in behind the Town- ley leadership. They are workiLg J early and late to produce the neces sary food for winning the war They have done their full share in buying Liberty bonds and war saving stamps. donating to the Red Cross and other war activities. They are submitting without complaint to the action of the federal government in limiting the prices on their products. Their sons have gone to war, leav ing greater responsibilities and more labor to be performed by those re maining at home, but the added burd ens are being borne with the same loyal spirit that is backing up Uncle Sam in so many other ways. How will it recompense these farmers if state and county officials should attempt to carry out the scheme for a wholesale raising of farm land assessments, over and above that which took place in 191C, in order to gouge more taxes out of the owners to pay the salaries of those who feed at the public crib? Why slap them in the face for their patriotism? Would it not be a much more sensible course for those in official authority to get busy and devise means for cutting off useless public expenditures and lowering taxes in stead of raising them? The necessity for increased feder al taxes to secure revenue for carry ing on the war is recognized and conceded. Rut there is no doubt that state, county, and local taxes could be cut down in any instances without hurting anybody except the jobholders that might be engaged in more useful occupations. Lincoln Star. :o: A DEMOCRATIC MONARCHY. The fifty-third birthday of King George V. of England, wnich is ob served today throughout the British empire is a mark of respect to the institution of royalty to which the British cling, serves to call attention to the fact that, after all monarchy is only a form in that country. Time was when the British sovereigns ex ercised power, made wars and were defenders in person of the various causes that arone. But not so now. Great Britain occupies the contradic tory position of being a democratic monarchy. Since the outbreak of the war in 1911 Kin, George has attended strictly to his business and has not attempted to stray beyond the limits of power granted" him by the consti tution. The British monarch is not the commander of the army in any sense of the word, having far less control over the military arm of the government than the president of the United States. When, for instance, the Prince of Wales wanted to go to the front he had to make his ap peal to the commander-in-chief of the British forces, and not to his father, although King George favor ed the plan. Since the outbreak of the war a considerable part of the king's work ing day has been spent in work for the wounded and sick soldiers and sailors. He is interested in numer ous organizations engaged in caring for the stricken fighters Balmoral, the royal estate in Scotland, has been transformed into a convalescent hospital for the wounded and Buck ingham and Windsor are centers for human work. Thousands of wound ed men, private as well as officers., have been the king's guests at Buck- SUBSTITUTES FOR D) Steel Cut Oats Oatmeal Flaked Hominy Barley Plour Rice Flour Rice Corn Meal Corn Flour TRY OUR WAR BREAD, RYE BREAD and VICTORY BREAD HATTS 9 r p & t -. I They are War Savings Stamps. They are of two kinds United States Thrift Stamps (25c each). United States War Savings Stamps ($4.12 plus 1 cent for each month since January). Sixteen U. S. Thrift Stamps plus from 12 to 23 cents in cash will purchase a War Savings Stamp, which when affixed to a War Savings Certificate is the guarantee of the Gov ernment and the people of the United States to repay on January 1, 1923, the full amount with interest at 4 compounded quarterly. The U. S. Thrift card is a pocket-sized card given freejof charge to purchasers of U. S. Thrift Stamps. The War Savings Certificate is a pocket-sized folder given to holders of War Savings Stamps. War Savings Stamps are as safe as the United States. WHY, Should I Buy Them? Because we are at war; v Because the more we save, the more labor and material will be available for the use of the government and for the support of our army; Because we must have dollars as well as men in the fight for freedom; Because they establish the soundest and simplest basis of saving, which is the key to individual success; Because there is no safer investment in the world; Because War Savings Stamps must increase each month in value. MOW Can I Buy Them? As simple aslbuying postage stamps. This is the simplest security ever offered by a great government to its people. Any man, woman or child who can save twenty-five cents can obtain at any Postoffice or Bank a U. S. Government Thrift Stamp and a thrift card to which to attach it This starts you as an investor, and puts you behind the Government. WHEW Shall I Buy Them? Buy them NOW, because the cost increases one cent every month after January 31, 1918. The sooner you buy them the less they cost. The price of War Savings Stamps increases one cent each month until in December, 1918, when the price is $4.23. The cost is"as'follows: Jan $4.12 Apr $4.15 July $4.18 Oct. $4.21 Feb 4.13 May 4.16 Aug 4.19 Nov. 4.22 Mar. 4.14 June 4.17 , Sept. 4.20 Dec 4.23 No commissions are charged to you, or paid to any one. Our soldiers and sailors may give their lives; you are asked only to lend your money. WHERE Can I Buy Them? At any Postoffice, Bank, Trust Company, and many other authorized selling agencies. WAR SAVINGS STAMPS ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES .GOVERNMENT Western Machine Works. C. G. Fricke. Plattsmouth Garaga Jess F. Warga. Philip Thierolf. E. G. Dovey & Soi Pollock Auto Co. E. J. Richey. John W. Crabill. F. G. Fricke & 0 Bestor & Swatek. C. E. Hartford. L. B. Eeenbereer inprham Palace. The birthday of the British monarch has fcr its chief fea ture the awarding of medals and decorations and titles to those who have served the empire in a con spicuous manner. at. Joseph .Ncws- Press. :o: : BOMBING A Washington dispatch says re ports from Germany indicate that allied air raids on German towns are demoralizing the German people. It is quite likely. A workman em ployed in a district where bombs are apt to fall finds it difficult to keep his mind en his job. The uncertain ty, the fear of the unknown danger, help to distract his attention to slow down his work. The French have been .ager lor large numbers of bombing planes to carry the war into Germany. Up to this time both sides have been handi capped in bombing operations by tfce small number of planes available. It has been impossible to build them in quantity. That was why it was im portant for America to design and build a powerful motor adapted to quantity production. This has now been accomplished, and the lirst bombing planes of American manufacture have been re ceived in France. From , this time on there should be a constantly in creasing flow of planes from this country to the front. Of course the present stream is not large, and it takes weeks to get from Daytou or Detroit to the front. But by mid- suraraer our planes should be making: their presnce felt and by.fall should be setting important results in cur Atantt Wo WHAT Are They Every Stamp Kelps fcvery Stamp Helps 1 " iuf This Advertisement Avara & McLer.. Fetzer Shoe Co. Cass County Monument V E. A. Stanfield. irst National Bank. forenz Brcs. ' Peters & Parker. D. B. Ebersols. Kroehler Bros. C. E. Wescott's Sons. Farmer's State Bank. H. M. Soennichsen. Weyrich & Hadraba tailing the output of Germany's in dustrial districts. Kansas City Star. :o: The reoorts from Kansas are to the effect that harvest is on, and the wheat is splendid. Hold in fl .'.:,' 1 i I 1 HOLD ON TO YOUR DOLLARS. WHILE YOU'VE GOT THEM -THEY ARE YOURS. WHILE THEY ARE YOURS. THEY ARE YOUR BEST FRIEND. WHEN ALL OTHERS FAIL YOU YOUR MONEY WILL ALWAYS HELP YOU OUT. IF YOU PUT IT IN OUR BANK IT WILL BE SAFE AND WILL GROW TO A FORTUNE. WHO GETS THE MONEY YOU EARN. YOUR FAMILY OR OTHERS? WE PAY 3 1-2 PER CENT ON 3AVINGS DEPOSITS. COME TO OUR BANK. Farmers THE NEW BANK.S THE NEW BANK OPEN SATURDAY NIGHTS FROM 7;00 TO 9:00 ? to Save a Life! to End the War! Contributed by Waterman Lumber & Coa Co A. G. Each & Co. uy W. Morgan. ,ank of Cass County. Popular Variety Store. Hatt & Son. ?. S. Chase. Plattsmouth Steam Laundry, vV. E. Bosencrans. Fred Wagner. Service Garage. B. A. McElwain. Fred Mumm. We know of a few men in tins community who are willing to go to vAfrica as missionaries, but who are not willing to take care of a cross baby for a tired wife for half an hour. onto (our Dollars vivhen you det them fond Keep tnem safe Our Bank. State Bank