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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1919. PAGE FOUR PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL XZbz plattsmouth journal PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY AT PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA Entered at Pontofflce. Plattsmouth. Neb., u second-class mall matter R. A. BATES, Publisher SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $2.00 PER YEAR IN . ADVANCE last thing the country can risk at '-dissension. It seems as if the Lord Have you fired up the furnace? . :o: Well, the cold weather is welcome it will kill off the fiies. :o: t- Iteal estate values in Plattsmouth are on the rise. And the end is far from being at hand. :o: The people have put up with all the other luxury taxes very patiently why not a bachcor tax and a di vorce tax? :o: The plant of the L.. C. Sharp Mfs. Co. is about the busiest place in town. A shortage of help keeps work piled up ahead of them all the time. :o: The big publishing houses of the east are preparing to bring their plants west and make the center of the publishing interests of the na tion at Chicago. :o: The national industrial confer ence at Washington gives hope to the people of the country of a set tlement of many of the difficulties which are now facing the country. :o: Winter weather means that the base burner and furnaces will be started and many Plattsmouth house- s ives are looking forward to a busy season hauling ashes and starting fires. :o: A Columbus. O.. minister i-ays "hell has become an almost obso lete word in the vocabulary of the average minister of the gospel. The war is really over, then, and the profiteers are demobilized? :o: Plattsmouth has need for ilfly or more modern cottages. A local con tracting firm is building four, and every day they receive innumerable inquiries from prospective buyers three of them, already being sold. :o: . The sentiment for the retention of the railroads by the government seems to be gaining strength even in the most conservative sections of the country. It certainly would be approved by the railroad employes. :o: King Albert of Belgium has sliown himself a "regular fellow" on his visit to our country and the admiration of the American people for the heroic king has grown even greater than it was prior to his visit. :o: The average citizen would be far more satisfied if Ihe republican sen ators would waste less time in try ing to create presidential booms out of the opposition to the League of Nations and devote more time to legislation to reduce the cost of the necessities of life. :o: ' The American public has no pym pathy with censorship of the press. The right of expression of thought is one oi the foundations of our liberties. The censorship of the war "news kept information from only the folks at home the enemy were wise to every movement made. 1 INVESTMENTS Public Service Corporation Paying 7 Can be had in amounts of $100 PAUL FITZGERALD, Investment Securities First National Bank BId'g, Omaha, Neb. . Poison gas will rid your barn of rats and mice. So will fire. :o: Only one more installment on your income tax this year, and then you begin on another year. :o: The big republicans of the nation are lining up for the treaty and the League of Nations. Wonder how this strikes Senator Johnson? :o: A rich man may not have much of a chance to get into the kingdom of heaven, but he is able to- buy a pair of shoes every two or three years. :o: - The divine righters haven't total ly disappeared. An attorney for the packers recently declared in Wash ington that the rich man is "God Almighty's representative on earth." :o: A lot of old fashioned democrats are wishing the president would hurry up and create a cabinet posi tion or a foreign diplomatic post for ex-Senator James Hamilton Lewis. :0: The new Polish postage stamp covers almost twice as much space on the envelope as our stamps do, owing to the fact that they bear a nj-ofUe of Premier Paderewski, with all his hair. :o: It took fifty-one moving vans to. transfer the kaiser and his house hold to his new residence. If all the brave talk of a year ago had been made good, one hearse would have been plenty. this time. Some newspapers would have pub lished false and sensational reports from Gary, no doubt. But even were all the newspapers sensationally ly ing, their lies would do no more harm than the wild rumors which will be generated in the darkness of the Gary censorship. There ought to be a way to check irresponsible newspaper reporting A resort to the medieval darkness of no free news at all is not the way. It makes a bad matter worse. General Wood, a professional soldier, has i dealt with the problem in the accus tomed military way. But this isn't a military country. Secretary Baker at least should realize the peril in what has been done. State Journal. -:o:- A TRUE COMMUNITY CHURCH. :o:- A PEACE CENSORSHIP General Wood went from Omaha, where he held sensational and mal icious journalism largely responsible for a murderous mob. into the strike field at Gary. Indiana. Doubtless he found irresponsible news reporting going on there, also. These experi ences presumably account for hU unprecedented action, an act of doubtful constitutionality, in set ting up a press censorship in the Gary district. A tree is' known by its fruits. Leave out, for a moment, all abstract questions of constitutional liberties, of fundamental human rights, of American tradition. Consider them as dead. Then judge this act by its probable practical consequences. No news can come oftt of Gary now save what the military authori ties give out. That means, no one knows what is going on at Gary. Maybe the military authorities give out all the truth, maybe part of the truth, maybe absolute lies. There were all these grades under the mil itary censorship in Europe. The pub lic can only guess as to which they get from Gary. The result? Every manner of talc will get afloat and will be believed. Djdn't we have them in war, one dis turbing nightmare after another? And since only the censor could tell and no ono knew whether he was allowed to tell the truth or not, there was no way to check these tales. Books are now being written devot ed to the correction of the flocks of wild fables generated under the war censorship. General Wood drops the curtain upon a strike at Gary. America con tains an element bent upon generat ing disrespect for law an abhor rence of government. This censor ship gives this element its chance. They can and will spread tales of slaughter and of oppression at Gary and there will be no way of proving the tales false. Secrecy is the pro tector of lies. Mystery is the source of superstition. The dropping oi the veil at Gary will increase the coun try'a unrest. All experience In such matters proves as much. That is the It might be considered that a rural district stretching over into the borders of two or three adjoin ing counties, with farm houses far apart and their occupants people .f fourteen different religious denom nations, might offer a fairly good excuse for abandoning divine wor ship in public. 'One such district, however, has settled the matter by starting a community church, which has been r. teting at the most centrally locate cd school house. The creed of the church is simple: "In essentials. Unity; In non-oesntials. Liberty In diversity. Charity; la all things Mirist first." Not a bad creed for every-day living! The pastor is v. woman The church has been in successful and harmonious operation for two years, and its membership has grown to such dimensions that the congregation now plans a church edifice. The community idea is to be extended to the general work and play of thp church. There are to be play grounds, gymnasium and tennis courts as part of the equip ment. To help finance the building the woman of the church chose a loca tion on one of the main traveled automobile roads, and at a stand well back under the big oak trees, they' sold home-made pies, cakes and cookies, sandwiches of home-made: bread, and sweet country butter. Many autoists who stopped for luncheon became steady customers. ordering goodies regularly to their homes. The men operating the big trucks which ply between the citie are regular and profitable patrons. The whole thing sounds whole- fome, neighborly and sensible. Here Is an oftMs of unity In a world of 1 L Immuncd Registered Duroc- Jersey himself might enjoy prospering a project so free from jealous preju dice and full of simple Christian ity. :o: LOOK FORWARD Finish every day and be done wit it. You have done what you could, some blunders and absurdi ties no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense: Emerson. :o:- BATTLING A BEETLE. The Japanese beetle seems never to have been included in the gentle men's agreement between the Unit ed States and Japan. Great num bers of this pest have come into the country in the earth around iris roots. A colony of these grubs settled in this country and then proceeded to multiply and spread alarmingly. The Japanese beetle ' is an im rartial creature and practices Its deadly jiujitsu on fruit trees, grape vines, a large variety of vegetables, ornamental plants, weeds and sweet corn. It likes to use the ears of sweet corn as its private Pullman car and beats its way from its orig inal stamping ground tc new locali ties by this means. Naturallly the department of ag riculture does not intend to let this state of things continue. All the farm produce shipped from the in fested region is now thoroughly in spected for this pest before it is al lowed to pass.. A belt of poisoned foliage has been established around this area. too. Roadside weeds which harbor the beetle are being cleaned out, soil in which the grubs are suspected of lurking is treated with sodium cyanide in so lution. Also the simple old method of handpicking and destroying is employed in the anti-beetle war fare. If farmers and agricultural workers continue to co-operate in this thorough way they will not only check the Japanese beetle but rout it entirely, to the great bene fit of farm produce and producers both. 1 .o. BOILED DOWN LOGIC. xotici: to riircniTons The State or Nebraska, Cass touu ty, se. In the County Court. In the matter of the estate of Henry Elkenbary. 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 11th day of November. A. 1. 1919 and on the U'th day of February. A. I. 1920. at ten o'clock a. m.. of each day, to re ceive and examine all claims against said estate, with a view to their ad- Iustment and allowance. The time lim ited for the presentation of claims airainst said estate is three months from the 11th day of November, A. . 1919. and the time limited for payment of debts Is one year from said 11th dav of November. 1919. Witness my hand and the seal of said County Court, this 11th day of October, 1919. ALLKN .1. BEKSON. -County JmlKe, I!v FLOKKNCK WIIITi:. (Seal) oH-lw. Clerk. citm-:i: : m:Hixti Duty whispers while pleasure uses a megaphone. No decent bookworm would eat the recent novels. Incidenal expenses arc higher than living. The world improves in spite of liars and thieves. . Thcfte is no idiocy to compare with egotism. It is well that the world laughs while it waits. Our Pacific neighbors are not overly pacific. Don't lie to your wife- she'll catch you at it. Wooden heads swell up every rainy season. Lacking astronomical kodaks and typewriters many can't believe. There are oo many committees raising funds. LOOK OUT FOR THE PRECURSORS A number of good fall and spring pigs. The pigs are sired by Path finder and Cold Medcl, and contain the best strains known to this popular breed of hogs. Philip Sciiefer Address by Mail Hehawka, or Phone V.W. Ex. 2031 Influenza epidemics are a biennial evil. The epidemic of 1890 was followed by a milder form of 1891. The return of the "flu" seems there fore unavoidable this fall and wint er. In many places certain intestinal maladies were observed as precur sors, of the "flu". That shows the importance of such a reliable remedy as every family has in Triner's American Elixir of Bitter Wine. This remedy acts remarkably in all intestinal disorders. It cleans- out the intestines and keeps them clean. It stimulates the bowels to normal funqtion and invigorates the di gestive system. In case of fever and during convalescence Triner's An gelica Bitter Tonic is highly rcconi mendable. Rev. Shocek from Jarell, Tex., wrote us last spring that Triner's Angelica Bitter Tonic help ed him wonderfully in his conva lescence from a very bad attack. of influenza. Oct both those Triner's remedies at your drug store at once! Joseph Triner Company. 1333-43 S. Ashland Ave.. Chicago. Illinois. (Copyright, 1919. by Jos. Triner Co.) be ad on IVlKion for oiutniiit of Alminltrntrlx. The State of Nebraska, Cass c-CHin- t y. ss : In the County Court. In the matter of the Kstate of Hen rv ICnufmunn. Deceased. "()n reading and filing the petition of M:isririe Kaufmann nraylntf tliat ai ministration of said estate may granted to Muygie Kaufmann as ministratrix; ordered. TlLat October 20th A. 1919, t 10 o'clock a. in., is assigned for hearing said petition, when all persons interested in said matter may appear Ft a County Court to be held in ami for said county, and show cause whv the prayer of petitioner should not be granted: and that notice of the pendency of said petition ana me Hear ing thereof be Riven to all persons in terested in said matter, by publishing a copy of this order in the I'latts mimili Journal, a semi-weekly, news paper printed in said county lor three successive weeks prior 10 saiu uuy ui hearing-. Hated September 20, 1919. ALLKN J. BKKSON. Countv JudKe. By FLOKENCK WHITK, s29-3w. Clerk. Tll'K TO CKKIMTOKS The Slate of Nebraska. Cass coun ty, ss. In the County Court. In the matter of the estate of Joscp Koubek, Deceased: To the creditors of said estate: You are hereby notified that I will sit at the County Court room in I'latts montli irr said county, on the &th day of November A. I). 191'J and on the 10th day of February A. I. 19J0, at ten o'clock in the forenoon of eacli day to receive and examine all claims against said estate, with a view to their adjustment and allowance. The lime limited for the presentation of claims atainst said estate is three months from trie !th day of November A. I. lSl'J. and the time limited for i.avment of debts is one year from said Mil day of November A. L. 1H1U. Witness my hand and the seal oi said Countv Court this -4 1 li d.ay of Oc tober A. I). 191!. . ALLbN J. litest J.-N. (Seal) Ofl-tw. County Judge. in tiii: corvrv cdibt. Ihe State of Nebraska. Cass County, In the matter of the estate of Oney Isa belie carper, jieceaseo. On reading and filing the petition of William II. l'orter, prayinjr that administration of said estate ma ie granted to him as Administrator. Ordered. Tliat October 21st. A. !. 191'J. at 10 o'clock A. M.. is assigned for hearing said petition, wnen an persons: interested in said matter may appear ai a limuio umi in and for said County, and show cause whv the prayer oi peiinoio-i should not be jrranted: and that not ice of the pendency of said petition and the hearing thereof be Kiven io 11 persons interested in sum mum-i hv publishing a copy of this order in the Plattsmouth Journal. a semi weeklv newspaper printed in said ftr tltree successive Weeks nrioi- to said day of hearinir. Dated -'1 BKKSON. County .indue. By Florence AVhite., Clerk. NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION Bridge Bond Question. Notice is hereby given that a Special Election will be held in the t'ounty of Cass, Nebraska, at the regular voting places in said coun ty on the 4th day of November A. 1. 1919, between the hours of eight (8:00) o'clock in the morning and six (6:00) o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, at which time and place there will be submitted to the qualified electors of said County of Cass. Nebraska, for adoption or re jection the following proposition to be voted upon, to-wit: "Shall the Board of County Com missioners of the County of Cass, Nebraska, be authorized to issue coupon bonds to be known as Bridge Bonds of said county in an amount not exceeding $100,000.00. said bonds to be payable to bearer and to become due in five years from date, but payable at any time after i.-o i-t.nr from date at the option of said county and bearing interest at a rate not to exceed six per cent (6) per annum, payaDie annuaii. said boncrs to be dated on date of issuance; "And, shall the County Board of Equalization' of the County of Cass, Nebraska, annually levy the neces sary tax upon all the taxable prop erty of said county in addition to all other taxes to pay the. interest on said Bridge Bonds as the same may become due and levy a tax to pro vide an amount sufficient to pay the principal of said bonds as they may become duo and payable, for the pur pose of constructing bridges in the public highways of said county? Dated this 16th day of September A.. D. 1919- , , By order of the County Board of County Commissioners of the County of Cass, Nebraska. JUL.UIS A. riTZ. Chairman of the County Board or County Commissioners. GEO. R. SAYBES. s25-4wdaw. County Cierk. Use Your High Priced Land! With farm lands selling at three hundred dollars per acre and wheat bringing $2.07, and corn following closely, why have some of this valuable domain loafing and not producing anything? With trees and stumps covering the ground which could a3 well as not be uti lized for crops, Mr. Farmer, you are losing money. I can remove these obstacles in the way of a good profit to you cheaply. Call or write WlL J. PARTBOE, Weeping Water -:- -:- . Nebraska STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP .MnnHceiiiriif. Circulnt lnu, Kfc, lte iiirel l Ihe Act of liia K re of Auk -. litl-'. of TMK I'KATT.SMOI'Tir .KH.'IIS'Ah, uilishel ilaily t I'la t tsmou t h, Nehr., for Octoher 1. l&l'.t. IMattsmouth. A Hates, of A. Hates, of State of Xehraka, County of Cass, s.s : lit fore me. a. Xotary I'lihlic. In anl for the Mate am) county HforcsHhl, personally appeared II. A. Bates, who, havinu: been duly sworn according to law, depo.ses and says that he js tlie publisher of the I'lattsmouth Journal, and tliat the following is. to the best of his knowledge and belief, a true statement of the ownership, manage ment (and if a daily paper, the circu lation), etc., of the aforesaid publica tion for the date shown in the above caption, required by the Act of Auvust "I. 1H1-. embodied in Section 41::, Pos tal Laws and Keirulations, printed on the reverse of this form, to-wit: 1 That the names and addresses of the publisher, editor, managing editor and business managers are: Publisher J J. A. Bates, Plattsmouth, Nebraska. Kditor M. A. Bates Nebraska. -' Manas; intr I-Mitor 11. I'lattsmouth. Nebraska. Business llanairer 11. I'lattsmouth, Nebraska. 2 That the owners are OSive names and addresses of individual owners or. if a corporation. rive its name and tie names and addresses of stockholders owning or holding 1 per cent or more of the total amount of stock : Sole Owner B. A. Bates, Platts mouth. Nebraska. 3 That the known bondholders. morttasees, and other security hold ers owning or holding 1 per cent or more of total amount of bonds, mort- pascs, or other securities are: (If there are none, so state) There are none. 4 Tliat the two paragraphs next above, Kivinf?- the names of the ow ners, stockholders, and security hold ers, if any. contain not only the list of stockholders and security holders as they appear upon the books or t!ie company, but also, in cases where the stockholder or security holder appears upon the books of the company as a trustee or in any other fiduciary gela tion, the name of the person or c rpo- ration for whom such trustee is act- sr. is piven; also that the said two paragraphs contain statements em - bracini; affiant s full knowledge ami belief to tin- circumstances and on ditiotis under which stockholders and security holders who ilo not -tippea r upon the books of the company ;i s trustees, hold stock ami securities iu a capacity other than 1-iat of a l.onj. fide owner: and that tl is all'iant has no reason to believe that any otl-r person, iissoi iation, or corporation has any intcrtst. direct or indirect in said stock, bond.-, or other K-curitics than as stated by him. ." That the average number of cop ies of each issue of this publication sold or distributed, ilinniuli tie- mails or otherwise, to paid subscribers dur iriiT the si-: months preceding the dat; shown above is i p. (This information rc'iuircd for daily publications only). (Signed ) K. A. !.Ti:S. I'll hi islier. Sworn to and subscribed before me. this l::th dav of October, ::. TIKbMA.S ". I.I.I X' I. ( Seal I N itary Public. My commission expires March "1, Pj.'j. of Miiit i: to c Ki:m iu TI.e State of Nebraska, Cass coun ty, ss. In the County Court. In the matter of the estal. Adolph Wesch. deceased. To the creditors t'X sa.d estate: You are hereby notified that I will sit at the County Court room in I'latts i.v;:i!:. i i iid county, on the lot!, day of November, .. I . 1!H'.I and on the 11th day of February. A. I'. l-'-K at ten o'clock n. m., of each day, to re ceive and examine ail claims av.ain-t. said estate, with a view to their ad justment and allowance. The tune lim ited for the presentation of claim-i atrainst said state- is three niontls from the PUh day of November. .A. 1 . and the time limited for pavmei t of debt-; is one ear fiom said loll, dav of November, mm. Witness my hand and the seal of said Countv Court, this 7tli day o October, mm. AIXKX T. BKKSON. Count v Judi;e. Bv FBOKKNCK WlllTK. (Seal) oi:;-tw. Clerk. Consistent advertising Is the kind that reaches the public'every day In the year. The off-again, on-again, Finnigan kind usually doesn't fttt very far. Journal want ads pay. To TJavmond U. Morse, non-resident. Warl" Jieroby not Mod that on the "isr d-fv 'f Vav. 1910. Margaret J. Mse'fi.ed'a peti.ion uKainst J" the District Court of Cass C .mini '-V hraska. the object ond P vet- of is to obtain u divorce tro m j o mi the itround of extreme cruelty k'ilure to provide any huppi t r t nliiintifT for more than ix 'V'. n for to the date of tiling said peti 'om although amp.v We to do so you are required to ans.jtr petition on or before the 3nl dd oi November. &GAI;EX j. MORSE 22-iwks. Plaintiff. Duroc-Jersey Boars . (ALL IMMUNED) for Sale! A number of extra fine Duroc-Jersey Boars for sale, sired by Crimson Model, 22d; Disturber of Sterling, Jack Oriofi, 2nd, and Jacks King Orion, 3d. These hogs will weigh from 150 to 300 pounds each, owing to the age. I have a great number of fine individuals to select from and if you want the very best I beiievc that I can please you. I will hold no fall sale this year. TT SCHAFEK, Cedar Creek, Nebraska Phone Weeping Water Exchange No. 2812. -:::W":5"X--J: I This is the PI ace t t t JL If you don't see what you want ask for it, as we have it! A FULL LINE OF General Merchandise, Boots and Shoes, King & Mam ilton Grain Dumps; Ottowa all steel Corn Shellers; Moline, 1. H.C.and Cleveland Tractors; Birdsell Wag- Hoozier Wagon Boxes; uoodrich ana uooayear ons anrl Tube: Auto Accessories; Champion and Tungsten Spark Plugs; White-Lily Electric, Gas Power and Hand Washing Machines; Puritan Flour and Feed; L'ee Unionalls. Highest market price paid for coun try produce. A, 3 NEBRASKA f CEDAR CREEK- -:- I- t 'I f T ! 5