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MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 1823. f AGE SIX PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOUENAL c Labor bring?, the egg plant, tlie apple tree and the oat field to maturity. Iron without labor, is as useless as clay. With long 'lays of labor it becomes the 12-cylinder engine. The strand of silk in the cocoon is as worthless as a blad of grttss until it becomes joined to man's inventive ability. And so ;t is with wool it mut be washed and toured. oardcJ or combed on expensive machinery. in?de ir-lo yarns', woven into fabrics, shrunk, finished, tailored. LAliOP.KD WITH through a hundred opera tions literally million- or hazards being encountered until the little handful of wool from I he sheep's SELECT NEW OFFICERS FOR COMING TERM Cass Chapter, Order of Be Jloiay Picks the Young Ken Who Will Lead Organization. From Saturday a Dally. Last evening Cass chapter. Order of De Molay elected their new offi cers for the coming term and the re tirement of Harley Cecil as master councellor leaves the chapter in new hands, as Mr. Cecil has been the htad of the organization since Its inrtitution last June. To fill the principal offices the fol lowing were selected: Master Coun cellor, Raymond Cook; Senior Coun cellor, Raymond Rebal; Junior Coun cellor, George Schmidtmann; Scribe, Mr W ' When you get your "pay envelope," put a part of the money in OUR BANK and have the credit entered in your bank book. If you don't do this you will never get ahead; when you do you will prosper. Banking money will encourage you to work and EARN MORE just as sure as you are born. If you have not yet begun banking your money, BEGIN NOW. We invite YOUR Banking Business. Farmers PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA ICR People pay $40.00 for a suit of clothes and claim that the price is unreasonable be cause that suit contains only $5.00 worth of raw wool. The clothing manufacturer answers by stating that it is the high cost of labor which Have they, however, ever stopped to think that six egg plants at 35 cents each, in season, can be produced from one seed, which cost 1-100 of a cent, that several tons of apples can be raised on an apple tree which cost but 50 cents, that an acre of oats, worth $12.00, comes from forty-five cents .worth of seed, that a $5,000.00 automobile is manufactured from iron worth $50.00. that $2,000.00 worth of finished silk goods can be made from four dollars and fifty cents worth of silk worms, that a piece of fine furniture which sells for a thousand is made from a mahogany log which a native of the tropics floated down stream and sold to a trader for a plug of tobacco. that a Rembrandt painting which is priceless consumed but a dollar's worth of paint, that $5.00 worth of note paper can be manufactured out of 5 cents worth of rags, that the hand-worked tray-cloth which serves a king may be fashioned out of a quar ter's worth of flax. that most of the misunderstandings which confuse us, would disappear if we could but master facts, which cost nothing but a little mental effort., Wescott s S '15V E W YBOrJY'H STOWLv' Harold Fitt; Treasurer, Karl Wurl. The remaining offices of the chap ter will be appointed at a later date ly the new master councellor and wi-11 enter on their duties with the new officers when they take charge. The chapter has shown a pleasing growth among the boys of the com munity and feel well pleased over the year's work. MABBLED THIS MORNING From Saturday's Dallv This morning at the residence of lev. John Calvert occurred the mar-: riage of Mr. Charles E Miss Lillian Hobson of Woodbine,; rnd'war witnessed by Mrs. Jen.terl. dinner was served at noon. Hobson. mother of the bride and Mrs. Will Gridlsy, daughter of Rev. Calvert-. Lost anything fouiiu anything! Try a Jonmal aA. "They satisfy." a n O . 0 mum MX, 0 State Bank i9i makes the cost of the suit. But a great many people are not sat isfied with this answer. They still want to be shown. They feel that there mut be a nigger in the woodpile somewhere. hack, with which the operation started, turns o it to be the most insignificant part of the whole process. And to it is with a thousand other products, whether made of wool, cotton, iron, copper, leather or cocoons. Of course, if any man still thinks that there is not much of anything in a suit of clothes but some raw wool, the thing for him to do is to main' his own cloth, tailor it into a suit and thus get the laugh on the clolhier and the manufacturer. Let's be fair! Let everv honest American look into HIS OWN LABOR COSTS before he accuses his neighbor of being a profiteer. Respectfully submitted to- all fair-minded people.' ons AO 4 CASS CO. FARM t BUREAU NOTES Z Morning Glory Club The ladies of the Morning Glory club west of Elmwood met Tuesday, December 27, at the home of Mrs. jauuu iiain. ui aviluo ncic John Stark. . . . . ... .. , , .. ' -ko Tti i 1 nvnnntc r ol-a tin Organized Agriculture The Nebraska ' Home Economics association will hold its meeting on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, Januarv 3, 4 and 5, 1922, College of ing the material to or from the state Agriculture, Lincoln. Dr. Caroline capitol. "This railroad being the Hedger, of Chicago, will be the prin- largest taxpayer in the , state." he cipal speaker. Mr3. Vera Busieh said knos full well MlJsFF FFV.'YPP Schuttler, Farmington, Missouri, will said and which pays its taxes rcg FDeak on "Farm Woman's Problems." ularly, knows ' full well that the Every woman should plan to attend these meetings. Send to the Farm Bureau office for a program. - IDA M. WILKINS, Co. Home Agent. THE JANUARY RED BOOK Get your January Red Book now at the Journal Office. We have a 8UPDIV for all. If you tne capitol location could be done. c " J"".As one of the largest taxpayers it want magazines, let us Know your wants. ENTERTAINS FOR FRIENDS Prom Saturday's Dally. Last evening Miss Alice Pollock was hostess to a number of her school friends at her home on high school hill and the evening spent most delightfully by the young peo- pie. The fore part of the evening was spent in attending the basket hall game at the high school and then the Pollock home was thrown open to the merry gathering for sev eral hours. The rooms and hall were prettily arranged with the holiday l?!;a"n! "d.Sldl. V.W;een with the expectation of the evening dancing was enjoyed as well as cards and which served to pass the time most delightfully. At a suitable hour dainty refreshments were served that added to the pleas ures of the occasion. NOTICE ANNUAL MEETING Plattsmouth, Neb., December 27. 1921. The annual meeting of the Farm ers Mutual Fire & Live Stock Insur ance company of Cass couaty, Ne braska, will be held at the Taylor school house, District No. 3S, on Sat urday, January 7, 1922, at 1:30 p. m., for the purpose of electing offi cers for the ensuing year and trans acting all other business which may regularly coma before said meeting. " J. P. FALTER. d28-9td. Secretary. ptf NOT A P4RTY TO ANY FIGHT Burlington Denies it is in the State Traffic War Thinks Commis sion will Divide Business. The Burlington railroad is not a ,i ij iu auj n&m. iui uauib tuac n , T, .-...,: ; .u, ., ni,in r-.-o,. k,. nr t f lond an) 1 n 1 net 11 t 1 rv - ments tuat tne railroads were in a tussle for this traffic. He said that insofar as the Burlington railroad was concerned, it has allied itself with no other railroad nor is it in a tussle over the question of handl- members of the capitol commission being fair minded business men, will distribute the freight to and frcm the location of this new capitol in a fair and impartial manner, probab ly dividing it prorata in accordance with the taxes paid. "The interest taken so far by offi cers of the Burlington railroad have simply been to offer their assistance in hoping to solve the problem of handling of the material to and from feel3 an interest iff keeping the cost of handling as low as possible. It also has in mind that the handling of 50,000 yards of dirt to be exca vated for this new building is no small problem of itself. People who do not know how much dirt that is would not appreciate the magnitude of it. To handle this by wagons or trucks over the pavement of this city ... atlira11w fa11a trnm thn ftP tr-va a,nne the wav The railroad company having been in the construction business, realize this more perhaps than those in other lines of business. "Such suggestions as have been made to the capitol commission by the officers of this company, had not any advantage being gained knowing full well that the material handled to and from this building would have to be handled in part by all of the rail roads and that such switching ar rangement as would take care of this would necessarily have to be made. The Burlington railroad has confidence that the capitol commis sion, when the time comes, is per fectly capable of working out the best method of handling this ma terial." A Rat That" Didn't Smell After Being Dead for Three Months "I swear It was dead three months." writes Mr. J. Sykes(N.J-). "I saw this rat every day: put some . Rat-Snap behind a barrel. Months afterwards, my wife looked behind the barrel. There it was dead.3 JUuSaap sells ia three sizes for 35c. 6-jc. 1-2j. Sold acd guaranteed by BCTfcoT&Swatek Weyrioh & Had raba F. G. Fricke & Co. ir-i nni I la AS NEW YEA 1921 DEPARTS OLD YEAH DRAWS TO A CLOSE WITH HOPEFUL OUTLOOH FOR THE HEW. WAS YEAR OF Mi CHANGES! General Condition Seems to Grow Brighter as the Old Year Ends and New Year Begins. Before the appearance of the Eve ning Journal Monday the old year of 1921 will have slipped past and van ished into the ttory of the past and the world with eager gaze will greet the new year of 1S22, with hopes hG doesn't say that he will not be that in the coming twelfthmonth in Omaha, Lincoln, Grand Island, there may be more of brightness for .Broken Bow, Plattsrcouth, Scotts- the whole world. bluf, Ainsworth, Crawford or Brown- To many the past year has brotlvilla on New Years' eve. In fact sorrow and tribulation and through-: Slate Sheriff Hvers maintains strict nut the wnrlfl a f-ondition of unrest and chaos that the coming year it Is hoped will see wiped out of exist ence and once mora the spirit of rest and peace come to the nations and the peoples of the world. In our citv there has been a mark ed advancement forward in the lines of public improvement and in the dawn of the new year the prospects am hrio-ht that 19?2 will ha a ner year in the line of civic improve ment that will add to the beauty of the city and its material prosperity. One of the prospects tor the new year is the repaving of Main street and paving of other of the resident streets of ths city. There are many ways that can be used to mak? y Plattsmoutn a Deuer piace anu certainly it is for the best interests very nuiy ana wooaeu, aim me uan. xST anions there is the securing cf a ,f prohibition and law enforcement ed wire could be seen on the hills Plattsmouth a better place and comping spot for auto tourists, that - jVJ.WIU mane mis tnj tui:iya;c ia win- i-.jyj; F ny, at IlOllie. V'3 bly with other of the towns of the sQ the New Year's eve whereabouts f,y trans-continental lines of auto trav- i0r the Ftate sheriff and all of his men el l.pt these two nronositions be theiu-iti not io in-i, until r ftar enma Ei goal for the year and see tiiat they K-a;are made realities before the next p-'Jjjyear arrives. fv-l The Journal greets its friends and 'PW Mtrons with a genuine and hearty ?jiwish for the hest and happiest year in their lives and that our neioveu state and country may once more be visited with the prosperity and joy that has been its lot in the past. TERRIBLE ACCIDENT OCCURS HEAR MAULEY Julius EnseLkomeier Tenibly Burn ed and left Ann and Side Crashed and Mangled. A terrible accident occurred Thursdav evening shortly after 5 on o'- dock at the farm of Julius Engel kemeier, several miles east of Man ley and eight miles west of Murray. The acytelene gas plant that was used to furnish illuminating gas for the house had frozen up and Mr. iCnselkemeier was endeavoring 10 ge the riant. and tank, wbich were tuated out 111 the yard. bck in si operating shape, lie had heated a number of iron rods and with the use of these endeavored to thaw out the pipes of the plant. He iheu took a heated rod aDd placed in the top ot the tank where the gas was generat ed and in an instant . a terrific ex- , Flofion occurred that hurled the un- j fortunate man a I0113 distance. Mr. Enfrelkenieier v;a? stooged over the tank when the cxploMon happen'-d and the flame and blaze from the tank swept over him, burning his fsco in a horrible manner and af- left hand was crushed and an am putation may be necessary. The teeth were all knocked out of the mAn.h ota1 tho f',no t ii o ii ii fnr t u n-! ate man is a hunch of truises with three very bad cuts on the face. As soon as the explosion occurred the family called for help and in a j short time a number of neighbors and friends were at the scene ana then the unfortunate man loaded into an auto and taken by Theodore Harms and a brother, to the St. Catherine' hospital In Omaha where the iniured man is being cared for Yesterday an X-ray examination was made of the injuries of --Mr. Engel kemeier and the injuries are so many and so severe that it will make his recovery the matter of a long time and may possibly have the per manent effects of the injuries. ANNUAL REUNION OF NEBRASKAPIOHEERS Executive Committee Issues Call for Gathering in Lincoln Jan nary the Tenth. The Nebraska Territorial Pioneers' association will hold its annual re union January 10th, 1922, in the parlors of the Grand hotel, 12th and Q streets. Lincoln. Nebraska. The session will commence at ten o'clock a. m. and continue through out the day with a luncheon and a social hour at noon. At two o'clock the. rnnual address will be given by Hon. Wm. H. West over, Rushville, Nebr., judge of the 15th judicial district. This will be followed by a poem dedicated to the pioneers by Dr. A. L. Bixby, and reminiscences and stories by the old est inhabitants of the state. The importance of these meetings and the influence they hav on the forfino' t h ( &ft PVP t ii :1 1. the SlTflt -cnra T!! omminf rf t a noncinn fs niav hr lost in the eve. The left rnlo:'latPil in .iccnrdnnce with n ttiIp ? C.8 - - - !o1fl cliMlrlor was t'Tnl-on n ntl the left ami tint ! liopn o-on orn 11 v ii.lnntiiil a nrl mar.iHcfl -tv-hilA (M'prv linne 111 I lie TirliioVi ia in nrnnrtrtinn t r Vi r vcno 11 preservation of the history of the state grows with each successive an nual gathering. Attend and con tribute your early experiences, vicis situdes and pleasures to the real his tory of the people of our great be- Anyone who has lived in the state thirty-five years is eligible to rnem-i bership. If you cannot attend the reunion, send your name to the Sec-retarv-Treasurer for registration.. johx c. p. mckesson, President. MINNIE P. KNOTTS, Secretary-Treasurer. A. L. SIMMONS. ROUT. B. WINDHAM, LOUIS A. BATES, Executive Committee. mm IS MAIN TAINED BY HYERS, - - . . Lips of Law L,nlorccment Jieacl are Tightly Glued as to His New Year's Eve Plans. TT I r.' .nr Vis nrll 1 rt rwl i lr iiurnii r-wi v li ml iir yvil a. u vi :.-;: ro when nnvnrm nrtemnts to dis- .,r. i,; rn,. ...im.fohAiiti! t. niht. The finest little goat-getting ques- tion now directed at the law enforce-, ment head is this: "Where will you be when the lights turn red to- . night?" j His lin curl into a , his high-brow puckers up like a ban-lcnnnn Ha rArn,!a ti.a tahia nnri almost kicks the office cat. "None of vour business." i That's what he wants to say. But n:cn in high office do not speak thus- Iv. What he really savs is something like this: " "I decline to announce wbere I will be or where my men will be. that we leave our trumpets, if we overt act in some city, town or vil- lage is committed, and the word is . f'a-hed over the wire "Ilyers breaks up public booze party." UBUNGTOM WORKS 001 pension m& Affects ExiiDlcyes in Service Twenty T 1 .r -r. -1 . . Years v.'ho Havs Eeached Age of 65 to 70 Years Chicago,. Dec. 30. President Hale iroltZen of the Chicago, Burlington . & Quincy railroad, who on Decern- her 1 announced the inauguration of a pension system for employes of t!:e railroad, today issued the fol-. lov ing statement explaining the fea- lures 01 me pian ana tne conditions nder wmt.11 11 win uetuuie tuec- tive: "Following th tie announcement of 1 olden on December' President Hale 1 that the board of directors of the Chicago, Burlington fe Quincy rail road naa uenidea to inaugurate a pension system, there is being distri- r-uted today to all employes a copy PiUjeb a COpy of the plan and the conditions un- der which employes are extended the .tuciiis ui mis tojaiciii. Aiitrr tuu- t In mi cprviVp nf at least HCllljr o Ttwcijo if lift rrvniiTAil r certain classes of employes upon reaching the age of sixty-five and to other classes of employes after the r, rn n tr -v n i n ft 4 v. J T the event of phy'scal disability be- 2. e ... i j; ; . ; i fore the age limit has H.opn rehed pensions may he awarded provided the employe has teen in continous service not less than twenty-five of service and the wages of, the em ploye during the last ten years of servie, Dut witn tne provision or a miTininiYi rvf 51 nnr mnti, fnr. i, Vwr of service, or not .less than S2K mtT, ti, iaoc the entire expense to be paid by the company without the employes." contributions bv Attorney C. L. Graves was a visi- tor in the city today looking after some matters at the county court. Mrs. C. L,. Creamer and daugh- ter. Miss Rose Mae, were among the passengers to' Omaha this morning to spend a few hours looking after some matters of business. Mrs. Major Isaac Hall and little son, who have been here visiting at the home of Mrs. Hall's parents, Mr. and Mrs. George R. Sayles, departed this morning for their home at Grant, Nebraska. NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING , 77 , , 1 The annual stockholders' meeting ce wlll" hVd .rnL,"i Cresk on FHriav Jnmnrr Rty, o o'clock p. m. ,;-i,i" i, " " ' ' . HENRY HORN, President. d31-4d, 2w Bilious Headache When you have a severe headache, a disordered sfromach and constipa tion, take three of Chamberlain's Tablets. They will correct the dis orders of the liver and bowels, effect ually curing the headache. Weyrich & Hadraba. If irs in the card Une. call at ! .LOCAL NEWS the Journal office. j - 1 A STORY OF BATTLE TOLD BY PARTICIPANT Comrade of Howard Hilton, a Former Plattsmouth Boy, Tells of His Death in Battle. Through the courtesy of Joseph H. McMaken, of this city, the Journal has received a letter which was Bent to Mrs. E. E. Hilton by a comrade of her son, Howard, and which tens in graphic manner of the great bat tle in which Howard met his deatu f.ghting for his country, dying une a hero in the great drive that rolled back the enemy hosts and defeated the menace of militarism that threat ened to overrun the world. The letter is as follows: Charlestown, Mass. Mv Dear Mrs. Hilton: I received your letter, anu 'p-rnt rlpasure in answering. It was fter 'tue great drive at Chateau Thierry, that Howard came iu u n a little town called St. Auld, where we bad a brief respite, after a hard foueht battle. We were here to re- .v f- .. . organize and fill up the ranKS vacant by those who made the su- preme sacrifice. Howard was assign- ed to my platoon, and I was with niri until the time of his death, l oil say you received a card from him uaiea SeDtember 10th. It IUUSt have been itiiu last that Howard wrote, lor on that day we were given-orders to be ready to attack at any moment, For two weeks we had been secretly preparing for Just this occasion, At that time we were in a position in the front line trenenes just uui fmwn . rwi side of a little town called "Monlly." It is pronounced Mooy, or Aiooe. The attack started at 6:15 a. nt cn the morning or bepteniDer xiu. - . 4 (It U after a fifteen hour barrage by our big gus. This was to be an all Amer- ican attack, all .the plans having been lain by American officers without the aid of the French or English, as hal been the way at other battles, -The country in this section was for miles. It was one of the German s bHULiS yuiULo. uou ttw " " territory since the beginning of the war, and all the time they had been c;trin&iiir barbed wire and re-enforc- ing their trench system, thought, impregnable. And as they We left our trenches at 6:15 &. m., September 12th, under a heavy smoke screen thrown up by our en gineers. The Germans thought at first it was a gas cloud coming, but the wire was so thick it took us a long time to cut our way through our cloud of smoke was rapidly g all the time. But we were luckv enough to get through and surprise the Germans in their front :liae positions. I A 1 1 1l ."111 n Although our losses were great from the enemy artillery fire, the ma jority of them occurred while we wurft. puttfne through the wire, all tnis happening on the side of a hill we w(,re climbing. After we got rou we kept on going until we reached the top of the hill. Here we were stooped by a raking machine rnn fire and being on the top of the nili we were a perfect target firrpn!t th" skv line It was here that I lost Howard ' Tt-itVi rmmhpr of other lads. We tried twice to get over- the hill but the macnine guns were firing from every conceivhl1 """-'e 1 hid two bullet holes through th hen one of our orfer7 Ptarted a .i,,, (f,i, .1 t lQril, .,!, -aritY, Vita nlotnnn in nr- dcr to ive us chance to fo warJ It proved RUCCessful enough. frir thov mm(1jt,,0i,. rnnntr.tl tholr fiwa r V. u Alufnnn iucu 111 c j 11 ins iia iuvj 11 uuu r: started over the top of the hill. We had just started down the ridge and I heard a boy call "First Aid; First All! ' T 1 n e n n rl c.o.T. n Vmr II ' LAC s one of the men in Howard3 s';nad. The cry was so pitiful it at tracted Howard's attention as well as mine, but we could not stop to help him. Howard just looked at me and shook his head and was about something, when I saw his snap back and he fell. Poor e never knew he was hit. it was so sudden. He had a macM-no Tun bullet through the head. It seems a shame, but the arnv regulations say that no man shall re- c.eive a Nation or a medal unless he- does something extraordinary outsldo l v'3 line of duty- Howard was one Ul ffl,y. no maae tne supreme ocii.iiii;e in inai arive. we also lost our gallant Captain that same after noon about ihree miles from this hill. i am sorry I cannot speak to you personally. I realize how you must :feel to read about it. I feel r t Hie b?.ys who lost thelr livs. !hat 1 really cannot pen the words! aure yu Alrs- Hilton, you have my neareu sympathy in your he- reavement and your boy's death could e In .no better cause than that of. numanity humanity for the whole world. May God rest his noble soul. , 11 ne a Iife lonS memory that I, will carry to my grave. I remain in sympathy, MORGAN J. KANE. IN SEPJ0US CONDITION From Saturaays Dally. Last evening a messatrp waa re- ceivea nere Dy Mr. and Mrs. f!hr ence w- Forbes announcing the ser- ious illness of their daughter -irl rf. aiL"5.?' 8 at Alton. or. "V ..D""erlnK irom " f."-0-. 01 PPenaicitls and her condition is reported aa riai. critical and her recovery very doubt nil. If her condition would permit it was expected to have her taken to the hospital at Creston this mora ing. Mrs Forbes departed this morn- BOX SOCIAL Box social and a program will he eiven at Becker school house dis trict No. 41, on Jannarw s?oi Hme n store for all. Ladies piease DrVnJxes- 2w-7d LEOTA HACKENBURQ .