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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."
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UPHOLDING AMERICAN IDEALS.
Anyway it looks like we are to
have a white Christmas.
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morning!
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Good morning! Have you
hoarded your food supply yet?
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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.
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There are quite a number of bash
ful young men who are wondering
if leap year means anything to them.
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When Columbus waded ashore and
stepped on something substanital, he
exclaimed "This must be the United
States."
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The money-maker finds pleasure
in setting:: the miser in the mere
possession; the rest of us in what
it will buy.
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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. '
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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$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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Block South of Postoffice a
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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.
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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
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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.
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type, sold this month at list less 5 percent.
Denatured Alcohal $1.00 per gallon.
Avoid radiator trouble by filling up now.
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(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
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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,
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Clerk.
W. A. R0BEETS0K.
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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
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