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FUELI3HED SEMI-WEEKXY AT PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA
Catered t PoMofflc. Platunoouth. Neb., aa aecond-cUaa mail matter
R. A. BATES, Publisher
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Beautiful fall weather for corn
husking.
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Nowadays there is uothini
insr but trouble.
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brew-
Democratic government
tolerate minority rule.
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cannot
What is your guess as to the num
ber of people Plattsmoutb has?
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Count that day lost whose low
descending sun sees no new plotting
hatched, no probe begun.
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Plattsmoutb is one or the best
towns in southeastern Nebraska and
is in line for further advancement.
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We suggest that we quit quarrel
ing about "old times" and "new
time." and put in a little "full
time."
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What causes most of the trouble
among the strange bedfellows that
politics makes is that they all want
to sleep in the middle.
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When a clock or a watch or a
man once gets a bad reputation.
anything it says only confuses the
i.-sue up for settlement.
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A billiard expert is held for mur
der in Philadelphia, says a dispatch.
No doubt he is guilty of murdering
time if he is really a billiard ex
pert. :o:
Another item of autumnal ex
pense the average man doesn't figure
on is stamps for the letters his wife
writes to revive old friendships jes'
'fore Christmas.
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The packers suggest that if we
eat more meat prices will come
down. What's a little thing like
he law of supply and demand be
tween packers?
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With the prices of hogs again on
the up-trend, it's about time we were
getting some cheap .meat from those
the packers stole from the farmers
a few weeks ago.
The classics are what everybody
thinks everybody else ought to read
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It is said that a suckers a man
who gets "took" for a long walk
and thinks he's riding.
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No one can roar over a sugar
shortage more loudly than the chap
who has a basement full of coal.
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If 90 per cent of the people have
to be unjustly taxed to keep per
cent rolling in purple luxury via
sugar trust methods, then relegate
the industry to the morgue. Pass the
sorghum.
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Another thing that warms a fel
low all up inside is to see the two
pounds of sugar he has Just walked
ten blocks to carry home dumped in
to render a quart of cranberries
more respectable.
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Lady Aetor says every person is
a potential profiteer. But since some
are so thundering potential that the
rest are left practically helpless, the
discovery of Lady Astor doesn't clear
up the situation at all.
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The paper situation is becoming
as serious as the sugar, coal and
other situations. Many small dailies
through the middle west have been
compelled to give up the struggle
owing to the increasing cost and
the serious shortage.
INVESTMENTS
Public Service Corporatfon
Paying
1
Can be had in amounts of
$100
PAUL FITZGERALD,
Investment Securities
First National Bank Bid',
Omaha, Neb.
Market quotation on cider by the
jug. which an unrelenting proof
reader would not let bv: "Cider, 65
cents a gallon, jag and all."
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"Took victim's trousers, bonds and
cash." says a headline. How did
such a thoroughgoing robber ever
happen to overlook his shoes?
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California is advertised as "the
state of green and gold." Uh-huh!
Let's tee! That's right! We know
the answer. The greens go there
to spend their gold.
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According to a treasury ruling on
the prohibition enforcement law as
it will apply after January 16th,
booze can only be kept in private
homes or a bonded ware house.
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The all-interesting topic of con
versation just now is whether or not
the railroads will be returned to pri
vate ownership January 1st. Indica
tions seem to point out that they
will.
calism; Jugo-Slavia in deadly peril;!
war, woe, hunger and mad revolt
threatening to engulf civilization.
If America, having entered the
war with high ideals and having
fought on a high plane of service to
democracy, liberty, civilization and
humanity, now deserts the war-torn
world, retires within its shell, re
jects the League of Nations and fails
to do its full share in restoring peace
and production, the mark of Cain
will be upon its brow, and it will
have and deserve the bitter scorn
of the world.
Nations will disappear; peoples
will be submerged in tides of hunger-
bred bolshevism out of which will
rise tne grim rorces 01 reaction 10
tyranny; millions will perish if
America says the word that crushes
humanity's hope of peace and order.
We are not asked to shoulder all
the burdens of a troubled world. We
are asked and it is our human and
Christian duty to do a man's share
in the work of peace and reconstruc
tion. e are asked and it is our
lntv to lend the weight of our
name and influence to the building
of the League of Nations that will
stabilize new boundaries, that will
uphold new peoples until they learn
to walk alone, that will stay the
bloody hand of tyiany, that will
protect civilization against both bol
shevism and autocracy.
Our duty is to ratify the peace
treaty; to enter the League of Na-
PIATTSMOUTH . SEIJI-WEEEXY JOITRNAL ummmm
Fre.? silver would have oheapv-neu
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, Mi 9.
money. War inilation has shown us
that cheapening money hurts labor
by debasing its pay, but helps farm
ers, especially debtor farmers, by in
creasing land and crop values. As
against monopolies, the packers for
instance, farmers and laborers are
apt to agree.
North Dakota and Minnesota farm
ers and laborers have found theni-
It will soon be time for the een-'
sua takers to make their rounds.'
Work begins the 2nd day of Janu
ary and must be completed in this
city within two weeks time. In the
smaller towns and rural precincts
a month is given in which to com
plete the work.
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In the heat of passion, leaders of
various groups are apt to talk reck-
selves in harmony merely because lessly of what they will "force" the
the issue happens to run there just government to do. The government
now against elements and interests j uust adopt this policy of govern
obuoxious to both farmers and la-Jnu.t ownership, or that policy re
garding wages, or what not. or the
group will hold up the country. j
Rebuilt
ivercoafs
borers. So. the temporary form of
alliance will doubtless prove most
successful.
As against any form of obligarchy.
farmers and laborers can usuullv
agree. Both are usually in favor of
keeping open the means of popular
control. When it conies to debat
s able measures under popular con
trol, they are in nowise sure to act
toget her.
The coal strike Issue has illustrat-
I
ed the rifts that may come between
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iarnier anu laborer, farmers, as a
rule, will sympathize with labor's
desire for an eight hour day, steady
work and good pay. I5ut when labor
proposes to gain this by having two
men do the work of one, agriculture
will balk every time.
Likewise, when the miners pro
pose to enforce their demand by
freezing the farmers, the farmer's
heart is apt to turn as cold as his
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tions prepared to do our full share j feet. The farmer is producing food
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Did you ever notice that most of
the criticism of working girls wno
wear silk stockings, and of working
men who wear silk shirts, comes
from people who have always worn
silk stockings and shirts?
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They can orate, and investigate.
and legislate, but the cost of living
won't come down verv far until
somebody goes to work and produces.
Nobody is going to reduce prices with
strikes and lockouts and idle land
and idle industries.
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'AM I MY BROTHER'S KEEPER?'
Sherwood Eddy, one of the lead
ers in the world work of the Young
Men's Christian Association, spoke
Thursday noon in Duluth before a
small invited audience. We wish
devoutly that everybody could have
heard him, including, and particular
ly, the United States senate.
Here is the message he brings to
America after a year spent in Asia
and Europe since the armistice:
"It will l.e a sad (lav for the
world if Amnica lifelines lier
responsibility for any part of
the world beyond her own pro
vineial isolation. If we refuse
tiiis moral responsibility the near
east will return attain to massa
cre. ;reat Britain is already
strained to the breaking point
and o-verburilened."
Shall we share with her the
moral leadership of the world,
or turn our back upon the rest
of humanity and seek only to
lav up for ourselves treasure
upon earth? Are we to seek to
Ket the world's trade, or to Klve
the world peace? Are we to
live for selfishness or service?
for Uammon or for God?
If we now turn our back up
on the peace treaty and the
Leajfue of Nations, we plunee.
the world Into revolution and
leave it to its fate. It would be
like refusing to help when our
city was burning, when the
(lames will shortly sweep upon
ns if they are not extinguished.
The world is on fire, and Amer
ica alone can save it.
"Are we to sit as the Dive's
among the nations, with the
beggared world at our gate, or
are we to lose our selfishness
that we may save the world?"
The speaker had just drawn a ter
rible picture of the world he has
just seen. Armenia, first of all na
tions to become Christian, threaten
ed with extinction 800,000 mur
dered and the Turkish massacre still
going on; Poland due to collapse
within a few months if help does
not come; Italy trembling on the
verge of revolution and chaos; Ger
many threatened with hunger-bred
bolshevism and France with syndi-
in its work of peace; if necessary
even to take the mandate in Arme
nia. lo uo anything else is to auan
don humanity to a fateful fate, and
ti sit idly by while fires rage that
ultimately, if they are not stifled
where they are, cannot fail to blast
us too.
The counsel of those who advo
cate the contrary is the cry of Cain:
Am I my brother's keeper?" And
r America, to protect her own ma
terial interests. adopts this false
counsel as her own, the mark of Cain
will be upon her brow and the bitter
reproaches of dying civilization will
forever torment her dreams. Duluth
Herald.
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FARMER AND LABORER
to trade for labor's products. There
is thus bound to exist a certain con
flict which does not make for a hard
and fast alliance one of permanen
cy. And so the plan would fail.
Hut there is a wide range of sub
jects on which these two vital and
inherently powerful elements are one
in interest and idea. The farmers
have grown politically independent
of late years, which means political
ly efficient. Labor preceded them in
this. The two are apt to roughen
the path of the monopolist in the
coming years.
Boss rule of the old sort is going
to be more difficult in politics. Bui
mill No I lee on I'etlllou fur Set-
rlrrneul of V ecu tint. j
In the futility foitrt of ':iss cmin-'
ly, .Win a-ka. j
State of Nebraska, Cass county, ss. !
To all -rstns i n I hi t ed in tin es
tate of William A. Kilmislen, deceased:
On leading the petition of I ia n Lynn
praying a linal set t em-n t and allow
ance tf his account tiled in this court
on the l;:th day of November, l!l!i,
and for d i.-t ri bn t ion and assignment:
It is hereby ordered that you and all t
persons interested in said matter may. j
and do. appear ;.t the founts- fourt to'
be h. ld iii and for said county, on the
L'tth day of November, A. 1). IHIH. at
ten ( 1 1 i c'cloek a. m.. to show cause,
if any Iherel he, why the prayer of
the petitioner should not be grunted,
and that notice of the pendency of .-aid
petition and the hearing thereof be
given to all persons interested in said
matter by publishing a copy of this
oroer in tne i 'la 1 1 sinoti t h Journal, a
Why pay $75.00 to $100.00 for a new ovei
coat when I can rebuild your old one for a fraction
of the price of a new one. After having it repaired,
cleaned and pressed you've got practically a new
coat at a nominal price. I am dyeing a great many
army overcoats in navy blue, dark brown and black.
They dye nicely. Look over your winter clothes
now and have them put in shape to wear.
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OPPOSITE JOURNAL OFFICE
Main Street, Vejvoda's Old Stand
TELEPHONE 166
We are ten days closer to that re
ported drop in food prices than we
were when Mr. Hoover first saw it.
and our envy of Mr. Hoover's eve-
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Now that the duck hunting sea-
seini-weekly newspaper printed in said sight is Still growin""
county for one week prior to said day!
of bearing.
In witness whereof. I have hereunto
set my hand and the Seal of said
mnt. this i::th day of November, A
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AI.I.KX J. IJKKSOX.
County .1 udge.
i:y 1- I.oKKNC K WH1TK.
'Seal i h1i-:iw Clerk.
son is over, there will be nothing
more exciting until a good snow fall
when the local sportsmen will take
up the chase of the nimble footed
cottontail.
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YVe do all kinds of job printing.
MITICK TO ( ItlwHTOltS
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The State of Nebraska, Cass coun-j'i-
ty. ss.
In the County Court.
In the matter of the estate of Onev
Isabelle Carper, deceased.
To the creditors of said estate:
You are hereby notified, Tl at I will IT
sit at the County Court room in lIatt.s-T
month, in said county, on November!...
o. ism ami .March - , at ten 10
o c'ock a. in. on each dav. to receive
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n nil cl llt'H lo men u UJ 11 I- 1 .T.
inent and allowance. The time limited
lor the presentation of claims against 1.
said estate Is five months from the l'1st
nay or October, A. 1 . Jl. and the
time limited for payment of debts isJ
one year from said IMst dav of Oc- I 3
tolier. !
Witness my hand and the seal of
said fount v fourt. this "1st day OJ
October, 1919.
ALLKX J. EKKSO.V.
(Seal) oi2-r.w. County Judge.
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ON YOUR TIRES!
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Goodrich 6000 mile tires, any size or
type, sold this month at list less 5 percent.
NOTICi: TO CltCDITOIIS
Denatured Alcohal $1.00 per gallon. X
Avoid radiator trouble by filling up now.
The State of Nebraska, f"as coun
ty, .ss.
In the County Court.
In the matter of the estate of Mich
ael Timmas. deceased.
To the creditors of said estate:
the situation of the farmer, provid-1 sitaV ti" VouCourV ,'oom' iaus-
mouth in said county on Novemhe:
The national grange in session at
Grand Rapids finds itself divided over
the invitation of union labor to con
fer with a view to an alliance be
tween farmer and laborer.
This question is before farmers i two w in always divide
ed we do not let our agriculture drift
into universal tenantry, is such as to
insure that he will not be led info
such rashness as labor, with its weak
er economic anchorings and perhaps
its greater provocations, sometimes
try
CEDAR CREEK
.. !!! ;-nd March 19jn. at ten (lOi
o clock a. m., of each day, to leceivi
anil examine all claims against said
estate, with a view to their adjust- I
menf and allowance. The time limit-14
d ! the presentation of claims I 41 JIIJIi -I I II IJ-I'!
agairst said estate is five months
11 0111 the 2."itli day of October, A. I
lai'.'. and the time limited for pay
ment of debts is one year ftom said
."th day of m-toher, 191!
NEBRASKA
everywhere. In "capital" circles
there is evidence of fear that such a
combination may be made. The non
partisan league appears to have ac
complished such a union in North
Dakota and Minnesota. Here in Ne
braska Omaha union men are being
approached to install "farmers" co
operative stores in the city, at which
union men may buy their goods for
less, and to align themselves in
other ways with the nonpartisan
adherents.
Should such a combination be ac
complished over the nation, a decid
ed shifting of thecenter of political
and industrial power would obvously
result.
No one needs hope or fear, as
the case may be that a fixed alli
ance will be made for political or
economic ends between organized la
bor and organized agriculture. And
anything short of that would be of
but temporary existence.
Permanent alliances must be bas
ed in constant community of interest.
Sometimes the interests of farmers
and laborers run together, sometimes
they conflict. This means that some
times farmer and laborer will he vot
ing together and sometimes not. In
addition, the interests of all farmers,
say nothing of their temperments,
are not the same. A tenant farmer
is in a wholly different position from
a land-owning farmer and both di
verge in interest Jrom a landlord
farmer.
. The grange itself is divided on the
labor question. Of course, some
groups of farmers will be with laboi
oftener than others.
Farmers and laborers went oppo
commits. There the oaths of the!..i.i Connie l..liiff t li i ,r.tli .1 fi - nfl
October, 1!M!I.
N Ai.i.nx .t. iu:i;son'.
. Countv .lodge.
.;o; i i;y 1'1,iji;i;.m 1; wiiii i-j.
(Seal) Ol' i-.' flerk.
The drag net will be drawn in
Nebraska for I. AV. Ws. and others
having no respect for the laws of
the land in which they have chosen
to make their home.
THE usual Her
THANKSGIVING DAY
Lewiston Ladies Promise to be On
Hand with the Big Eats and
Social Festivities.
lt l l I.I.S OF IVCOItl'Olt ITIOY
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The ladies of Lewiston are pre
paring the ninth annual Thanks
giving dinner to be given at Lewis
ton on Thanksgiving day.
The proceeds of this dinner will
be used for putting the cemetery
and church in repair. Every one in
terested in the Lewiston cemetery
will be expected to contribute. The
dinner served will consist of turkey
and all the trimmings, such as sal
ads, pies, vegetables of all kinds and
every Ttnown good thing to eat.
Itev. W A. Taylor will conduct
services at 11 a. m. and the after
noon will be devoted to a general
good time, visiting with the old
friends whom you have not met un
der similar circumstances since the
dinner of last year.
At (i p. m., an oyster supper will
be served.
Plan to attend. Plan to give. Plan
to assist in making this a successful
dinner as have been those preceding
it in years past.
Oh you big eats! Where? At Lew
iston. When? Thanksgiving.
Gulbransea Player Piano Is the
easy pedalling player. A child can
operate it and it's fool proof. A
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site ways on the free silver Question ' nBPe Co- of Omaha, has been sell
nnu .r. i,,.,,,,.. , ing your friends in this territory
Both .were justified by the event , .
...... J -... . e eveni- since 1874. Why not to you? 6-4tw
of I lie l'nrmrr I Hlou o-operntlve Am
Hoclnlion of tirrrnnowil, 'Nelir.
The name of this corporation shall
be the Farmers Union Co-operative As
sociation, of Greenwood. Nebr.
The principal place of transacting
the business of this corporation shall
be at Greenwood, ( ass county, Nenr.
The business of the corporation shall
be the buving and selling for itself or
on ommission as well as that of
handling and shipping grain. farm
produce, coal, live stock and farm sup
plies: to purchase hold, or lease real
state or other property for the use of
the corporation in conducting its bust
ness; to direct, own, control, lease or
operate grain elevators, warehouses
storehouses and other buildings and to
acquire property in any terminal mar
kets necessary in conducting said busi
ness; to purchase and to hold stock in
other corporations: to borrow money
to mitke. execute and deliver convey
ances and to secure the same; and to
do. perform and carry on the aforesaid
business in the State of Nebraska.
The amount of the capital stock of
this corporation shall be S-",00).00.
which shall be divided into 200 shares
of Sl'io.oo each. $10,000.00 shall be
fully paid in at the time of commence
ment of business.
This stock shall, be non-assessable.
The highest amount of indebtedness to
which this corporation shall nt any
time subiect itself shall not exceed
two-thirds of the paid up capital stock
The term of the existence of this
corporation shall commence on the 1Mb
day of June, A. D. 1 9 1 !. and the same
shall continue for a term of filty ;i0)
vears from said date. unless sooner
dissolved by a majority of the stock
holders or bv operation ot law.
The business of this corporation shall
be conducted by the following- board
of seven (Ti directors until fie first
annual meeting as provided by its laws.
The seven 7) directors are John
lnle. John Armstrong, fhas. Martin
Harry V. HricUer, V. II. Goodfellow.
o. l I'eters and C. 1. Kulmcr.
The officers of the corporation are
O. f. Peters, president: jonn oaic, vice-
president: Harry V. Bricker. secretary
and John K. Wiedeman, treasurer.
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and HEADSTONES
Buy this winter and save 15 percent. Work
not to be paid for until it is set in the spring.
To many wait until spring to buy.
Cass County Monument Company
H. W. SMITH
Telephone 177 -:- -:- Plattsrnoulh, Neb.
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FOR SALE.
Chester White boars for sale.
Trices reasonable. Full pedigree
furnished free. Satisfaction guar
anteed or money refunded. Call or
write your wants. C. Bengen. My-
narrl Neb 16-tfW
W. A. R0BEKTSON.
j lawyer. J
-v East of Riley Hot a: 4
Coates Elock, f
. Second Floor. j
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 as 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
Vtfi J. PARTKBDGE,
Weeping Water -:- -:- Nebraska