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t PAGE FOUB PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1919. Cbe plattsmoutb lournal PUBLISHED SEJH-WEEKLY AT PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA Entered at Postoffice. riattsmouth. Neb., as second-class mall matter R. A. BATES, Publisher SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE necessary to restore normal . condi-1 should be met with sternly by the tions. It would seem to be clear that government. any permanent relief of the credit situation must come through a reduc tion in the demands for speculative purposes generally, rather than in a further extension of the supply of credit." -:o: UPHOLDING AMERICAN IDEALS. Anyway it looks like we are to have a white Christmas. :o: morning! un- Good morning! Have you hoarded your food supply yet? :o: One hundred coal mines opened up last Monday. That's some encour agement. :o: It is charged that favoritism is being shown by the coal administra tion to the eastern cities. :o: There are quite a number of bash ful young men who are wondering if leap year means anything to them. . :o: When Columbus waded ashore and stepped on something substanital, he exclaimed "This must be the United States." :o: The money-maker finds pleasure in setting:: the miser in the mere possession; the rest of us in what it will buy. :o: It would bo interesting to know just what those American born wo men in England intend to do when they get their majority in parlia ment. ' :o: Why should a man wish to rob a bank at this time? Without the ap proval of the fuel administration, he couldn't buy coal if lie had all the money in all the banks. :o: Little boys and girls shun the per sons who say there is - r.o Santa Claus. Kmnia Goldman and Alexan der Heiknian said there was no Uncle Sam, either, and look where they are. :o: The prodigal son returned to his father's house, which was where he was wise. If you are prodigal and have strayed from the father's house, you better hike back or when the general roll is called you'll be eat ing husks, all right. :o: We hear from Washington that taxes are going to remain high next year, and while we take most things we hear from Washington without a grain of salt, something tells us we can take this straight and anyway, we're conserving salt we're going to need it in the coming campaign. FOREIGN EXCHANGE. Creators of Dislinciivo Interiors Residence Church Public Piaces, Etc. ax Duslerhoff, Interior Decorator, Painter. Phone 19-G Murdock, Neb. INVESTMENTS PublicS e r viceCo rporation Paying 7 Can be had in amounts ofZ $100 PAUL FITZGERALD, Investment Securities First National Bank Bld'g, Omaha, Neb. The depreciation in foreign ex change is not dup merely to the heavy trade balances, declares the National Bank of Commerce in New York in the December issue of its magazine. Commerce Monthly. It is also due to the fact that, foreign moneys are de preciated at home. The gold stand has been suspended in most Euro pean countries, and the money is merely irredeemable paper. No norm al exchange conditions can be ex pected until the gold standard is re stored. "How far the exchange rates will fall, when they will recover these are questions to which no one can give confident answers," the bank says. "It is the general expectation that so long as the heavy excess of imports over exports continues for the European countries, their ex change will go lower. On the other hand, there are some observers who express the opinion that much of thia has already been discounted in the existing exchange rates by short sell ing and that the demand from these short sellers themselves will take up the new supply of foreign exchange growing out of the exports for a con siderable period. Other observers, however, maintain that the general tendency of speculation has been bullish rather than bearish. This view is strongly buttressed by sta-j tistical arguments. The long time loans of Europe in the past year fall far short of the balance of Europe's current debt to the outside world, and speculation of one kind or anoth er must have absorbed the difference. either by buying exchange or by letting balances accumulate in Euro pean banks, or by withholding ex change from the market, and allow ing 'open accounts to run. There would thus be an enormous volume of exchange hanging over the mar ket. Definite prediction is danger ous where so many uncertainties exist." Commenting on the recent high level of money rates, Commerce Monthly holds that this came large ly from speculative activities which overburdened a credit situation al ready strained by unusual demands from commercial enterprises. The cure, it declares, is not an extension of credit facilities but an arousing of public sentiment against speculation. "Since the conclusion of hostilities a year ago," it says, "credit demands on banks have increased steadily. Since midsummer this increase has been rapid. This situation has result ed in part from the unusual volume of credit needed at prevailing high price levels to finance commercial enterprises and the marketing of crops. The lateness of certain crops. the slow movement of grain, strikes at ports, and general industrial un rest have tended to increase both the duration and the volume of financial assistance required from banks. "At the, same time there had de veloped a vast amount of speculation not stocks alone, but in land, cot ton, grain and in commodities gener ally over the whole country. The undue growth of this spirit of spec ulation threatened a serious impair ment of the country's credit position. and a point was approached where the further extension of the banking position to finance speculative activ ity became expedient. In the face of this scarcity of funds, and in con sequence of its own over-extended po sition, the stock market has under gone a severe liquidation. "In view of the speculative spirit widespread over the country, the de velopment of public sentiment against the uudue extension of speculation autj possibly further advances in fed eral reserve discount rates, may be Former President Taft has given some excellent advice to the new American Legion. The tendency some members of that organization and some of ,the local chapters have shown to restort to violence in de fense of American principles and especially in opposition to radicals seeking to overthrow the government he deplores and warns the organiza tion against it. These manifestations of the mob spirit are prompted by an excess of patriotic zeal, and therefore have not at their core anything harm ful to the country. But in their de sire to safeguard American principles they should not overlook the fact that fundamental among these principles is respect for law and order and the determination of all disputed matters by regular judicial process. In deal ing with advocates of illegal use of force there should not be an exemp lification of that very un-American principle. Most of the legioners are young and inipulsive, yet they have all received education and training in the American spirit. No democracy can stand which does not have su preme regard for the sanctity of the law and the authority of the officers regularly chosen to enforce it. The i best contribution the legion can make to the support of true Americanism is to uphold the law and its officers in every time of stress and excite ment. If more force is needed than the officers of the law possess at any time of trouble, it is the duty of ev ery citizen to lend the officers aid in enforcing the law and preserving the peace. There is no finer example of the true American spirit of de mocracy than that of a man helping the officers of the law to preserve the peace at a time when his sympa thies aand natural impulses are with those who are breaking the law or disturbing the peace. That is a tri umph of principle over impulse and sentiment. It is the acid test of democracy. Every member of an or der which makes patriotism its chief reason for existence should be able to stand this acid test. There is much to be hoped for in the preservation of our democratic institutions from the splendid Amer ican young men who fought to pre serve democracy for the whole world. The American Legion has before it a full half century of powerful influ ence upon the conduct of public af fairs in this countwand the education of the youth of the land and the im migrants who come to us from abroad in true Americanism. This influence will be the stronger and the more beneficent as the members of that order themselves exemplify the ideals of Americanism in all the emergen cies that arise, high among which ideals is preservation of the peace and support of the law, as interpreted and applied by the courts and exe cuted by officials charged with that duty. :o: The statements made during the strike as to the percentage secured from the jnines by the owners seems sufficient to w-arrant them being able to pay the increased wage secured in the settlement and still be able to furnish the coal at the same prices to the public as before the strike. The proposition of making the common people the goat should be stopped and the adjustment not permitted to force an upward price on the badly needed coal supply. Let the operators prepare to pay a wage that will be just and ade quate in the opinion of the commis sion that is to deal with the question and the miners put in their full time at the mines in producing and this will soon replace the shortage that has been made in the fuel of the nation. COLD FREEZES PIPES. -:o: SPLENDID COUGH MEDICINE. From Thursday's Daily. The cold snap of Tuesday night and yesterday was certainly one that worked havoc with the households of the city and as a result many of the homes have frozen water pipes to add to their other trials and tribulations and the call for the plumbers of the city have kept the men on the jump trying to fill a part of the numerous orders that they have for repair work. a 3 Denatured Alcohol! DRIVING ON ICE. Frun Thursday's Daily. The cold weather of the past few days has had the effect of completing the closing up of the Missouri river and it is now possible to drive over the river opposite this city. Several parties from the Iowa side have driv en over and report the ice in very good shape for crossing. With the early winter the river will be solidly frozen in a few weeks and assures a big ice crop for the ensuing summer. I We have a good supply of alcohol for your radiator. Call in and get filled and feel safe when a sudden drop of the thermometer comes. The "one" safe anu-freeze;, will not injure the radiator or hose. Goodrich and Firestone tires and tubes. Silvertown cords carried in stock. Truck tire agency solids or pneumatics. Trop Arctic and Eu-Ita-Co oils. We have an oil that will flow free ly at 20 below zero. Just what you want for winter Special price on five gallon lots. ft M a Sfudebaker Cars Maxwell Cars and Trucks! Our service department will serve yon on any make of car or truck. Try us out! "As I feel that every family should know what a splendid medicine Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is, am only -too pleased to relate my ex perience and only wish that I had known of its merits years ago. writes Mrs. Clay Fry, Ferguson Sta tion, Mo. "I give it to my children when they show the slightest symp toms of being croupy, and when have a cough or cold on the lungs a very few doses will relieve me, and by taking it for a few days get rid of the cold." If you are not a subscriber to the Daily Journal let U3 enter your name on our subscription list. PUBLIC SALE! "LET'S GO." The coal strike settlement is one of the greatest Christmas presents that the country could receive as it brings to the homes of the nation the promise of the removal of the perils of the fuel shortage and to the great industries of the nation the supplies needed to allow these insti tutions to operate in producing for the benefit of the people.' The action of the union leaders in the acceptance of the proposals of President Wilson shows a patriotic spirit in submitting their further claims to the court of judgment where the differences between them and the coal mine operators can be settled. The spirit of hostility mani fested should be forgotten in the great need of "the country at the present time for a full and adequate supply of fuel and any attempt to boost the prices of the coal output I will offer at public auction, to the highest bidder, at my farm, 5 miles west of PlaHsmouth and 10 miles east of Louisville, on Wednesday, December 17, 1919, the following described property, to wit: Sale to commence at 10 o'clock a. in.: Horses. One sorrel horse, 7 years old, weight 1,200; 1 brown mare, 7 years old, weight 1,200? 1 black horse, 9 vears old. weicht 1.400: 1 black horse, 12 years old, weight 1,200; 1 dark bay mare, 5 years old, weight 1.400; 1 black horse, 13 years old, weight 1,500; 1 brown mare, 5 years old, weight 1,500; one black mare, smooth mouth, weight 1,200; one team of drivers, 5 and 6 years old, weight 1,800; 1 brown horse, 12 years old, weight 1,500. Cattle. 21 head in all ages, including sev eral good milk cows, and 1 high grade Durham bull, coming 3 years old. . Hogs. 30 head of May pigs; 9 head of July pigs, all good ones, ranging'in weight from 90 to 200 pounds; 2 old sows. Farming Implements. 1 Deering 7-foot binder, good as new; 1 14-inch walking plow; 1 grand-De-Tour gang plow; 1 John Deere 2-row machine; one broadcast seeder; 2 tongueless cultivators; 1 riding lister, single furrow; 1 John Deere corn drill attached to lister; 1 Newton farm wagon; 1 Beggs run ning gear, with Calloway box; 2 Jen ny Lind tongue cultivators; 1 7-foot McCorniick mower; 1 . 50-bushel Cloverleaf manure spreader; 1 Moon Bros, carriage; 1 Moon Bros, top bugjy; 1 3-scction harrow; 1 walk ing lister; 1 7-foot Coulter disc; 1 double row stalk cutter; 1 grind stone; 1 power washing machine; 2 50-gallon steel gas barrels; 1 15-gal-lon iron kettle; 1 1-horse I. II. C. pump engine and jack; 1 DeLaval cream separator: work tools of all kinds; 1 hay rack 14-feet, with iron trucks; 1 hay rack 16-foot; 1 steel water tank; 2 sets of good work har ness and one set of buggy harness, also several other harnesses ami col lars; 1 saddle and 2 pair fly nets, 1 heavy and one light. Household Goods. 1 dining room set, chairs, table, 1 buffet; 1 kitchen cabinet; 1 Per fection 3-hole oil burner; I Quick Meal range; 1 Round Oak heating stove; several hundred chickens o:id many other articles toq numerous to mention. Some alfalfa hay. Lunch will be served at none Terms of Sale. All sums of $10 and under cash: on all sums over $10 a credit of 8 months will be given, purchaser giv ing good bankable note, beiring S per cent from date. All property must be settled for before bein& re moved from the premises. CHRIS PARKEXIXG. R. F. Patterson. Clerk. Rex Young, Auctioneer. SHOULD BE QUARANTINED. Many physicianes believe that any one who has a bad cold should be completely isolated to prevent other members of the family and associ ates from contracting the dvease, as colds are about as catching us meas les. One thinp: sur y mi M m ti D i i ii il J. F WOLFF, I Main St. Garage Telephone 79 Block South of Postoffice a nai!c.K.yiiiiamTO DO YOU ENJOY YOUR MEALS? If you do not enjoy your meals the sooner one your digestion is faulty. Eat mod- rids himself of a cold the less the danger, and you will look a good while before you find a better medi cine than Chamberlain's Cough Hm edy to aid you in curing a cold. erately, especially of meats, masti cate your food thoroughly. Let five hours elapse betwen meals and take one of Chamberlain's Tablets immed iately after supper and you wi'l soon find your meals to be a real pleasure. FOR SALE. Light Brahma roosters for sale at $2.50 each while they last. Mrs. George Reynolds, riattsmouth, Neb. lw-d&w JACK FOR SALE. Big young jack, a good foal getter, also one black mare, eight years old. weicht 1.400 pounds. One set of heavy work harness in good shape. Also some White Plymouth Rock roosters. Ira Bates, Cedar Creek, Nebraska. sw-d NOTICE ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE. The Noyes farm, which is located one mile east and one mile south of Louisville, is offered for sale in order to settle the etsate. The farm con tains 320 acres, has modern improve ments: an S-room house with Mght, heat and bath, new basement barn 3 6x50 feet. A 5-room house for ten ant. CHARLES E. NOYES, Administrator. niti)i:it in' m:itift on IVfiliou for Appointment of lmlnlrnrlx. T!i ttatt- of Nebraska. Cass coun ty. s: In the County Court. In the matter of the estate of Wil liam Taylor, leeoas1. . On readliiK and tilinfr the petition of C. K. Taylor prayiiiK that administra tion of said estate may he granted to Mary J. Taylor, as admiuistratrix ; Ordered. That December L'Tth, A. D. 1913, at l' o'clock a. in., is assigned for hearing said petition when all per sons inteieted in said matter may ap pear at a County Court to be held in nd foe said county, and show cause why the prayer of the petitioner hould not be granted: and that no- lice of the pendancy of said petition Hid the hearing thereof be jjivpn to all persons interested in sail matter by publishing a copy of .this order in the I'iatlsinouth Journal, a semi-week ly newspaper piwnted in said county. for three successive weeks prior to said day of hearing. Dated December 1st, 191P. ALLEN J. BEKSII.V, County Judge. By FLOHKNCK W111TK. Il-;iw. Clerk. i ss,v 5 ON YOUR TIRES! ..fr.fr.fr.fr.i.fr.fr.i..fr.,..,j..iMMifr 3. t I t 5- Goodrich 6000 mile tires, any size or type, sold this month at list less 5 percent. Denatured Alcohal $1.00 per gallon. Avoid radiator trouble by filling up now. CEDAR CREEK -:- -:- NEBRASKA MTK12 OK HHAHIlVti (lu Petition fur lletrriniuHtioii of llt-lrMhln. Kslate of Acnes Hoot, deceased, in the County Court of Cass county, Ne braska. The State of Nebraska. To all per sons interested in said estate, creditors ami heirs, take notice, that Jesse' A. Moot has tiled his petition alleging that rnen Koot died intestate in Murray on or about September L I9H, being a esident and inhabitant Cass conn- ev. Nebraska. ami the owner or me following described real estate, to-wit: ,ots numbered eight S and turio ) n Block seven 7 in Laltas First Ad- lition to the Village of Murray. Cass oimtv. Nebraska, leaving as her sole and nn v lieirs at law ine lomiwins lamed persons, to-wit: Jesse A. l,oot. ler liusiaiKi: ineeni .. ienueoy, net father and Laura Kennedy, her mother. and pra ing for a decree barring la i ms: that said decedent died intes tate: that no application for aominis- ruilnn bas been made and tlie estate of said decedent has not been adminis- ered in the State of Nebraska, arm Imr the lieirs at law of said decedent as herein set forth shall be decreed to the owners in fee simple or ine above described real estat'J, men las been set for hearing on me na lav of December, A. D. ll'iu, ai icn i'i-l,W-lt II Til Haled jit I'lattsmontli. .-senrasKa. mis 9th ilav of November. A. 1 . 119. ALL10N J. BKKSON. Counts- Judge. 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 J. PAKTRODGE, Weeping Water -:- -:- Nebraska KMiiinmiaiiiimiiiiaBrB UJW rn DOT AND HEADSTONES dl-Sw) Ttv lvr.rr:HNCK WHIT 10, Clerk. W. A. R0BEETS0K. lawyer. Est of Riley HotaL Coates Clock. Second Floor. riiAnniiun I H A m. M M Y. I n M W- I . a w I KM "BANKING BOOKKEEPING TELEGRAPHY W. mvt laufcl all CaBHercial r mrftiafn. Kapii era- too aittiant. L taiuaa. SmdeaU .-CATAioa "C'V r wrk lr kori nnytrj COLtECt Buy this winter and save 15 per cent. Work not to be paid for until it is set in the spring. To many wait until sprung to buy. Cass County Monument Company .-1 i u ii, 1 1 H. W. SMITH N u y y ii m n n t i H if Ii Telephone 177 Plattsmouth, Neb. y i