MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1918. PAGE FOUlt. PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. t3be plattsmoutb journal PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY AT PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA Entered at rostoffice, ITattrnouth, Neb., aa second-class mail matter R. A. BATES, Publisher SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE Help needed for :o: Municipal Christmas Tree. A worthy movement to cheer all. :c: The little tots are all looking for Santa Claus. :o: IH your Christmas shopping be fore all the good things are gone. l'retty near time to turn over that new leaf. Are you ready to do it? :o:- The schools are very slimiy at tended, we presume on account of the Cu. :o: Another thing that makes Christ inas shopping good is that you seld cin get what you go to town for. :o: Two or three cases of small pox are reported in town, but it don't stand any show while the flu is around. :o: Vhil we are beating our swords into plow shares, why not bridge up the masculine Hohcnzollerns for pli'W hor?es? :o: Christmas decorations seem to be the order of the day. Only 9 more shopping days. :o: People are now beginning' to realize what the war cost, and you probably will, hear some kicking from those who don't take time to thiuk what it would have cost if we hadn't won the war. :o: Isn't it beginning a trifle far down in the list to charge General Pershing with favoritism in the matter of selecting divisional com manders? Wasn't there already a precedent or two, emanating from somewhere along the Potomac? -:o:- A member of Congress from the state of Washington has been cer tified a-s a slacker because he fail ed to fill out the questionnaire sent him by his local board. Some states have even more evidence than that against their members of Con p ress. :o: The German newspapers express great indignation over the applica tion of the terms of the armistice, and insist that the nation should "protest" against it. Apparently, the German newspapers had the idea that the terms of the armistice would be applied to suit Germany. :o: Christmas shopping is nearly al ways done in a hurry and in a crowd, especially when put off to within a few days of Christmas. Do your chopping now and you will have an opportunity to get nearer what you want and the clerks have a chance to wait on you. Don't wait till the last day before Christ mas. Humors of the kaiser's attempted suicide would seem to indicate that he has at last got wise to himself, which in tnru means that he has be gun to dislike1 himself. But if he ever does vent his personal spite on himself, it is not likely that he will do it with a knife. He will more likely follow his instinct and bite himself. State of Ohio. City of Toledo, Ltucas County, aa. Frank J. Cheney makes oath that h is senior partner of the firm of P. J. Cheney A C-.. doinff business In the City of Toledo. County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sura of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be ruri iiV th use of HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before rno and subscribed In my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1SSS. A. W. GLEASON. Seal) Uotary Public Halls CaKrh Medicir? la ttken in ternally and acts through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the System. Send for tesiitncrlils. free. F. J. CilENE V e CO., Toledo. O. Fe'.rJ bv a' dtucs1!ts. 75c. tUU'e Frjriily I'll '.a ior constipation. The flu still here. -:o: The doctors all busy. Are you interested in Christmas? :o: Christmas Tree a success. -:o:- He who laughs last is worth more than two in the bush. War stirs some of our worst pas sions and all of our worst poets. :o: Poor pa is really wnat some children think Just before Christ mas. How will his pocketbook look after Christmas like the elephant had stepped upon it? :o: "Very few successful women marry" says an eastern observer. Which is not so remarkable. Very few successful business men go bankrupt. :o: What are we going to do about the gas proportion? That id a m'atter that all users of gas are in terested in and should seriously contemplate the result either way. :o: Everything indicates that the ".Municipal Christmas Tree will be a great success. We can't perceive how could b3 otherwise with the young ladies in charge of its man agement. :o: Fake war heroes and bogus wounded soldiers are said to ite picking up a few dimes along. If they are true soldiers and worthy help them, and if fakers give them a wide berth. :o: Senator LaFolletto has introduc ed a bill for free speech. Almost any other man who felt the conse quences of over-free speech as Sena tor La Follette has would never want to hear of it again. -:o:- Maximilian Hardin says there is a wrong impression of the kaiser abroad. Mr. Hardin goes on to say that the kaiser really is a clown. Then wherein. Mr. Hardin, is our impression of the kaiser erroneous? :o: What's the use of editorial writ ers and other humorists trying to interest the reading public in any thing they may have to say, so long as SO million soldier Iteters are on the way from France, to be deliv ered before Christmas? -:o: The crown prince says he hasn't renounced his right to the throne, or anything else. He and his just ly notorious dad will do well to get busy, then. Fellows who neglect the common formalities can't expect to amount to much as martyrs. :or One sure way to light a cigar with the modern safety match: Take if by the business end and hold the other end in the grate lire until the wood takes fire. This may require some patience. Then convey it carefully to your cigar and puff as per custom. :o: Part of the troubles of the Rus sian bear: Before the war he rush ed the growlers too much; after the war he growls at the rushers too much? had he paid as much atten tion to manufacturing bullets as he did to ballets, or less to bottles and more to battles, Siberia would now be a summer resort instead of a frost. :o: It is hoped the controversy over the various meanings of "the freedom of the seas" will not wax so absorbing as to cause the dele gates to forget about what shall be done with Germany. Germany, it should be remembered, is the of fending party who has Just been captured after an exciting chase, and new demands a speedy trial. BOLSHEVISM IN BERLIN. After taking the lead in the hid eous ambitfons which brought de vastation to Europe and ruin to Germany, Prussia and its capital seem bent on completing their job, at least in so far as their own country is concerned. Berlin is now the headquarters of the drive for the overthrow of social order and economic organization in Ger many. The Bolshevik element is stead ily and relentlessly asserting itself in true Russia style. A tyranny of self-chosen demagogues and malig nant radicals is demanding control of everything, even assuming to name members of legislative bod ies. All pretence of popular rule, in the sense of representative gov ernment, is being dropped and dic tation by mob leaders substituted. Outlying portions of the late em pire, especially the southern States, seem to retain their sanity. They are determined not to submit to a new tyranny. They will insist on a" constitution framed by a body elected by .the people and, tinder that constitution, upon regular par liamentary rule. Failing to secure a true republican system, they will cut adrift from the Prussia mobo cracy. Thus we find the unhappy realm threatened with civil war and dis ruption at a time when order and harmony are the only factors that can make for reconciliation abroad and renewed prosperity at home. Whatever may be said of Germany at large, it is to be feared thai Prussia has not yet been sufiicinetly chastened by misfortune for her own good or lor the saiety oi ino world. :o: TOO MANY BOSSES AT LAW. The Federal Trade commission's report against the five big meat packing concerns of the country re lates particularly to collusion in the buying of live stock, and it re lates to a situation alleged to exist is of today and not as of some oth er time. These companies have lately been and are now operating tinder the supervision of the federal food ad ministration. What they have been doing has been largely or entirely done under the sanction of this ad ministration, which has invited concert of action and imposed a re straint upon prices, as in many oth er industries deemed essential for the prosecution of the war. It H the general impression that they have co-pperated heartily with the government in this work of provi sioning our people and armies and those of our allies, and if it is not a fact that they have acted fairly and effectively the food adminis tration is in the best position so to inform the country. The World holds no brief for the beef trust, as ought to be well known. But the beef trust would seem to be entitled to know about where it stands in relation to the anti-trust law and its administra tion. The Federal Trade commission was created rather as an advisory body to Big Business that had been duly chastened than as a prosecut ing body to business that has not been chastened. It is here appear ing, however, as a prosecutor, in which case its findings should be referred not to congress, but to a federal grand jury by way of the Department of Justice. New York World. POULTRY AND PRICES. The sad case of the turkej is on ly a minor illustration of the gen eral condition of the whole poultry supply. Magnificent and toothsome as he Is the Thanksgiving bird doesn't bulk very large in the year's market. This season there Is about a 25 per cent shortage of him here, but what there is is fresh killed, of fine quality- and, natural ly, very high in price. This is due partly to large Government. pur chases and consequent sweeping clean- of the storage warehouses. The plain truth is that we have eat-i en up most of our turkeys already and that with present costs of rais ing them there is small inducement to the poultryman to produce more. Far more serious is the fact that similar conditions exist as to other birds, from the succulent "Long Island" duck down to the humblest ancient stringy rooster that mas querades as "fresh fowl." The en forced low selling prices and the more or less compulsory clearing out of storage stock, combined with the high cost of feed and labor, have very seriously decreased tho supply, and, inevitably, raised the price. Even an elderly "fricasee fowl" brings 42 cents if he's good for anything, in the best markets. And there is little reserve' stock anywhere. This cuts deeper than the meat supply, because decreased flocks mean fewer egss. Even here, al though most of the supply come:; from far distant points (where growing conditions are better), even so far distant as China, there is small storage reserve. The time is not far ahead when any kind of eatable egg will necessarily cost much more even than the present lofty rates. The only solution thai v-a.it go to the real root of the matter is in creased labor for" the farms, with oenscquent increase of production, not only of things destined for im mediate human consumption, but of all kinds of poultry and animal feeds. You can't get eggs from the hen without putting feed info her bill. If feetl (and labor) tost too much, the farmer or breeder can not afford to go on. unless he goe:? on increasing the price. :o: DON'T NEGLECT THE EOYS. With the coining of peace 1 hero will be a tendency to forget w!k'. ' tho boys have done in this v;:r. "Al ready a uniform look.; different." says a cynic from a neighboring city and to him it probably dors. But to the great mass of Ameri cans it does not. and it must not. We musi not allow our ardor for the soldiers o cool off, they are stil' our soldiers. They are entitled to all the consideration, to all the love and affection, they would ! entit led to if the war were going on al this very moment. But it must be confessed there i a tendency to forget. Few of us re member tho bridge which bore u. across the stream, after we have safely crossed over. In the heat of battle, in the houns when the t-moke of destruction is thick about us when the menace is before our eyes we make many promises. We are going to do, oh, ever so much for those who rescue us. But no soon er has the battle ceased, and the smoke cleared away, than wo begi? losing our enthusiasm for our sav iors. These long casualty Mot tliat are being printed from day to day ought to open our' eyes to what we owe these soldiers; they ought to fa-ten in our minds forever the meaning of the uniform. It cannot be expected that we re main kejed up in our excitement. The martial mupic does not sound so inspiring when it is known there is no enemy to be met. But, ueep down in our hearts we can resolve that we shall not forget the uni form, nor treat it with any less re spect when a peace treaty is signed than we did in the Carl; days when the boys went marching away. . :o: There is something shocking about the action of the Louisiana bootleggers who tried to carry eighty quarters of booze in a coffin. But how el.se should John Barley corn be carried these days? . :o: A spell of zero vcather would put the fixens to the flu. Come on with yoiir zero, and let us try it. We are willing to try most any thing that will rid us of the pest. Get the Genuine and Avoid Waste Economy Every Cake cr - . ri. A i w 9 ea vjx r-: , LOST PORTION OF THUME. Fiom Thursdays Dally. A. S. Will has a very fortunate misfortune the othc day7, he was fortunate in that ha did not lose a hand, and his misfortune was in the loss of a portion cf his thumb He was assisting in sawing stove wood with a circular saw, aud in breaking off a twig from a piece which was being sawed, his hand was thrown into the rapidly revolv ing saw, with the result that a por tion of the end of the thumb was torn away. The member had to be amputated at the first joint, of the thumb on the left hand. The in jured member is getting along as well as reasonable might be ex pected. NOTICE. Sealed proposals will be received by county dirk of Cass county on cr b-i'oie noon January 1st, lMlil, for fur Dishim; ti:e following liooVs. !!ar.ks ;unt Stationery for said count; during tin- ar of 1!P.: CM-ASS A r.OOKS 1-S orii-o Chattel Mortgage llecord I print a'i head . - Ta i.ists Pecords with tabs year 1:tl (printed head) 1-S ijiMii- noil, Deed llecord (printed pa:.,-). 1-S 1 1 it i i-.. m.ii. Deed llecord (loose It a f . 1-S oi.'iri- nu-d. Mortgage llecord r j n t oil p:i io i . 1-s puire med. M isri llaneous Deed 1 on! ( louse P-n l' ) . J-S 1 1 1 i ii;i-il. Mortgage Records ( loose i .-a f i . l-.S ipiiri" tl.-ioial Index to Deeds i pi-i n t i d I'M :-; i . 1-s (jiiit (lei. in, Index to Mortgages ( I't j 'i t d pa n,- . 1-s ji:iie mod. IToi.ate Fee Book ( pl'i n t ed :i y e I. All rfi'unlf to l.e extra hound of No. 1 l.ini'ii I.fil'iT paper, i:ion Wes ton's J e rue r Pa par or Will tilled l.id';er pal'"!-. CLASS ir- STATTt .KKV. lIiiM'i'r Paint-:. No. 11, pi r gross. I 'en Imiili'i's No. 'JTii. per dozen. ii:i!,L; I'! ii id A i .Id's, per iT)urt. Krnsors, No. l-'alier's, pier dozen. 1 a In imli's No. i; is pens, per gross. Con gress Tie Kn eh'pes. No. 10 1-4 t per K ii. Ks t a brook's No. 7'.' pens, per gross. I'oniiies Tie Kn ciopes. No. 10, 1-4 1 1' ick. in r 1 uu. I ! -?! ss Tie Km t lopes. No. 10-J, thick per lm. M ii.-t i 1: i v e. (';tricr's Arabian, per ff.:art. ii:l . . s Tie K:i elopi s. No. 10-1, thick per ino. I . nison's N'i t a ri 1 1 Sial No. 'Jl, per 100. V :! .-.- T:,- i;;:ve!..pis. No. 10, 3-4, per jH!. !'eiu i!s. "i in--, per dozen. i'l'iilmlil-rs, No. Crown, per dozen, liillott's No. Cut pens, per gross ' mi i ess Tie Knvelopes. No. 10, 1-2 I I; icli, pi r 1 i.'i. Pencils, vejlwt, pel dozen. ::ni l ei- i:.i;;ds, a.-soitcd. No. 100, per l.i'V. ill 'I Wrifi'ncT Fluid, per q'.art. S' -pi: : a : 1 id .- mast Ue mailt? on eael : l:'s i'!' mii i l.i ri in the estimate. i'!:e e iMitni.-sii.iii s reserve the risM i ii i i 'i t :i i,y i r ail l'ids. I '.ids v. i!l I t i.d.lre.-sed to County :; ; ;iiul nieiked "Proposals ioi i;.".i.s. Iilanks awl sftatioasrv." Milliters mi. st file good and i-jflicient i mid for ti.e lY.itliful performance ci I'.eir eontraet. Mids will '. opened the tirst meeti.nj i'i January. t i:.Nic j. i.Tnnr.siiAL,. . County Cl3rc. 'i in: iMsii'ifr riiniT ok J UK (1)1 VI III'' 'AS. -Killt In t!,e matter of of ilenry Kikcn'oar:. rsuarifin nship , me,iaMv l.'icum potent. NOT KM-: OF SAI.K. Nolire is litrcoy K'ven that in uur- siianee of ;ui urder of James T. i .err- l.v. Ji.di;e of the Disti'iet Court of Cass County, Neinaska, made on tn :itli day of Deceinher I'.tJS, for the sale of the real estate herc-i nal t-r !--seriled iheie will lo s-ohl at the s.niih front door of tlu Court House in Plattsniouth, Cass County, Ne lnaska. on the Ist 'av of Ja-'ii.iry MM!', at one o'olock P. M. or said day at pllblie Vendue to do lilliest hiUcici" lor easli the f ollov.'ii;tj dtscribc-d real estate, to wit: Lot four (-1) in the Northwest Quarter of the-Southwest Quarter: al so Mot five 3) in the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quartet-; ail in Section nineteen (1? Town ship twelve (12 ltantre fouruen (14) Cass County, Nebraska. Said sale to remain opeti one hour. Dated this 10th dnv of I lei-in ber 11US. A LICK JOHNSON. iScardiau of the estate of Henry i:ikenl)ary, mentally incompetent, lti-lmu.w i Tin-: etti tv co i it or c.ss coi'MV, m:ihask. Stat-- of A'einaska. Cass County, .ss. To all persons interested in the estate of .lames H. I.rown, deceased: on pcstdiiig the Petition of Krnaline Miow-n, Kxecutrix, praying a linal settlement and allowance of lier a--i-oiinl lili-d in this Court on tiie ll'tli dav of Deiemher 1918, and for assiLrn iii. "nt of said estate and the discharge of the Kxei utrlx. It is lieroby ordered that you and all persons iuterestid in said matter mav. and do, appear at Cue County c.uirt to be held in and for said Coiintv. on the 2::rd day of I ci ruber .. I . l:Us. at 1 oTlock A. if. to show cause, if anv there be, why the pray er of t lie petitioner should not he granted, and that notice of the pend encv of said petition and the hearing thereof he given to all persons In terested in said matter by publish ing a copy of this order In the I 'lattsmouth Journal, a semi-weekly newspaper printed in paid county, for one week prior to said day of hear ing. jn .AVitness "Whereof. I have here unto set tnv hand and the Seal of said Court .this" 12th day of December A. D. PIPS. (Seal) AT.l.EN J. P.KKSOX. l:. 15. "WINDHAM. County Judge. Attorney. lC-lwkW mu;i, MiTiti:. The State of xebraska. Cass County, ss. In t lie County Court. In the Matter of the Ksti'te Of John Miein. Deceased. To the Creditors of Said Kstate: You are. hereby notified. That I will sit at the County Court Koom in Plattsmoutb i'i said County, on the 'Jlst day of December, PUS, and on tbe 22nd day of Mreii, P.M 'J, at ten o'clock in tie forenoon of eacli day, to receive and examine all claims airainst said Kstate, with a view to their adjustment and allowance. The time limited for tho presentation of c'ainis Huainst said Kstatt; is three months from tiie 21st. day of Decem ber, A. D. 19ls, and the time limited for pavment of debts i.s One Year frora sail List day of December 1918. WITNKSS mv hand atui this peal Of said County Court, this 19th dy of November, 191s. ALLEN J. BKESON, 2."--twks County Judge. I V. A. K0BERTS0N, Lawyer. r . ErtSt of Riley Hotel. . Coate-s Block, J . Second Floor. -I Ket Contents 15 Ylui Eracigy - fi VV (J i fijiSiS!) 1 Foi Infants and Children. r siliers ito That mmMmmm tesm Cg jtona ALCOHOL" GTS;'. ! A"'of .thlt Pr.-n.'i.M V ' I similatinlhcicod b lwi u iivviu'i'j;i i ' Thereby IVomotin Dicslicn ! (;:iccrfi:fnc5saidRcslContauis neither Opitim.Morphinc nor !' Mineral. XotNaROTIv t', n - I nor V r J jitx Senna, I JbxhKlJe bail I r thirot &d :uiY:U Sugar J VZ'.tirTrva fix it r j AlielpfuIRcrncdyfcr l j ..- i and feverishness anfl ! LOSS OF SLEEP Fac-Simllc Soatarepf ; Exact t-ot;y of Wrapper, SIir.HIFFVS SALli Dy virtue of an Order of Sale is- urd b .Tams Pobertson, Clerk of the District Court withm and for Cass county. Nebraska, and to un directed, I will on the D'th dav of December, A. D. ISrIS at 10:00 o'clock A. M. or ?atu lay at the South Door of the Court Ilous? In said county, e'l at public auctior. to the highest bidder for cash the following proper ty to-wit: Lots 1, 2. and 3 in ISlock 1. ;n Pleasant Hill Addition to tt.e Cit'v "f Plattsmouth. in Cass Countv, Ne braska. The same being: levied upon and taken as the property of Oeorce W. "Wittstruck and Anna D. Gaster formerly wife of George V. Witt struck. Defendants to satlsfv a judg ment of said court recovered by The T.iving-ton Loan & Building Associa tion. Plaintiff against eavX Defend ants. Plattsmoutb, Neb. Nov. 11. A. D ISIS. C. D. QI'INTO.V. . Si "riff Cass Count-, Nebraska. A. L. TIDD, Attors.er. Mrs. Islcy's letter. In a recent letter Irs. D. W. Isly )f Litchfield, III., ssys "I have used Chamberlain's Tablets for disorders of the stomach and as a laxative, r.nd have found them a quick and sure relief." If you are troubled with indigestion or constipation these tablets will do you good." The State of Nebraska. Cass Coun ty, ss. In the Countv Court. In the Matter of tr. j Kstate of David Stotler, Deceased. On readins and filinf;- the petition of Mable Speakman iravinf? that Ad ministration of said Kstate mav lie -rranted to John MeNurlin as Adminis trator. Ordered, Thpt December 21 A. D 1918. at 10 o'clock A. M.. i.s assigned for hearing said petition, when all ersons interested in said matter mav appear at a Countv Court to be held n and for prid County, and show cau3e why the prayer of petitioner kmmm AMD HAVE 5PECIAL IJ L u I I- i OB TteESmh . i THERE IS NO EASIER OR SIMPLER METHOD OF GETTING MONEY THAN BY JOINING OUR CHRISTMAS BANKING CLUB. YOU CAN START WITH 10 CENTS, 5 CENTS, 2 CENTS OR 1 CENT AND INCREASE YOUR PAYMENTS THE SAME AMOUNT EACH WEEK. IN 50 WEEKS: 10-CENT CLUB PAYS $127.50 5-CENT CLUB PAYS 63.75 2-CENT CLUB PAYS 25.50 1-CENT CLUB PAYS 12.75 OR YOU CAN PAY IN AN EVEN AMOUNT EACH WEEK, 50 CENTS, $1.00, $5.00 OR ANY SUM YOU WISH. COME IN AND JOIN TODAY. IT IS THE SURE WAY OF GETTING AHEAD. YOU WILL RECEIVE 3 PER CENT INTEREST PLATTSMOUTH, j U " Signature Thirty Years MTifliff r.i i?i i t- 7.1 u ri V"i l u v w-J YORK C l should not lie granted: and that no tice of the pendency of said petition and the hearing thereof be Riven to all persons interested in said matter liy publishing a copy of this order in, the Plattsmuuth Journal, a weekly newspaier printed in said County, for three successive weeks, prior to Raid day of hearintf. Mated November 30. 1918. (Seal) A I .DION J. IIKESON, Countv Judp. By Florence White, Clerk. IV TIIK DISTRICT I'OIIIT OF CASS COl'NTV, !NMEHIt. In the matter of the application of Henry Snoke, administrator, for license to sell real estate. OUPKIt TO SHOW CAI'SK. Now. on this COth day of November. A. D. 1U1 S, this cause came on for hcar i l . f-T upon the petition, tinder oath of Henry Snoke. administrator of the es tate of Klizabeth Sumner, deceased, prayinfr for license to sell the follow ing described real estate of said Klfza t.eth Sumner, deceased: Dots Four (4), Five (0. and Six ((;. in Clock Twenty Three C'Si of the Villape of KaKle. Cass County, Nebraska, or a sufficient amount thereof to hrinj- the sum of :S 133.00. fv the payment of debts al lowed against said estate, and allow ances ami costs of administration, for the reason that there is not a sulTI dnt amount of personu! property in thex pos;-esion of said Hi-nry Snoke, administrator, belonfrins to said e.s-t.'-te. to pay said debts, allowances an-l ccsts. It is therefore ordered that all per sons interested In said estate appear before me at chambers In the City of Plattsmoutb in said county, on the lltb day of January, A. D. 1919. at the hour of ten o'clock a. nt., to show cause, if any there be, why a license should riot be prar ted to said Henry Snoke, ad-mini.-lrator. to sell so much of th above described real estate of sahl deceuctit as shall be necessary to pay said debts and expenses. It is further ordered that a copy of th order he served upon all persons interested in said estate by causinX tin- same to be published once, each week for four successive weeks In th Plaltsmonth Journal a newspaper pub lished and printed in said countv of Ciss JAMKS T. nEOLRV, 5-4wks Judge of the District Court. State ank NEBRASKA ft In j For Over r yinm hi