MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1923.
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BE NOT PUFFED UP
These things, brethren, I have in a
figure transferred to myself and to
Apollos for your sakes; that ye might
learn in us not to think of men above
that which is written, that no one of
you be puffed up for one against an
other. i Corinthians 4:6.
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The weather is somewLat cooler,
but very beautiful.
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High tariff on wheat is up to
the fanners.
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It i3 not always the first in the
race that gets there first.
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The only kick left in Germany is
her beer. Pass us a glass, please.
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111 iSLIiias is eiueuiij ucawusi
from the looks of the show windows.
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WHO PAYS THE TAX?
They say
child labor,
ing.
there is an increase in
Yes, Christmas is com-
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Pinehot was given a warm wel
come in Omaha Wednesday.
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All over the country the grafters j
seem to be getting It in the neck.
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Another Bargain day passed and
the bargains went like "hat cakes."
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A white crow captured in Denver
is causing much comment. Perhaps
It is a 1924 model.
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Please be thankful this Thanksgiv
ing that you know better than to
f-pell Christmas "Xmas."
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While a Boston boy of 13 has en-j
tered college. We'll bet he is be
hind with his enjoying life.
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Some people seem to have money to
burn. In Atlantic City, a man lit
cigarets with ten dollar bills.
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Americans use 10,000 tons of tal
cum powder every year, but it's the
gun powder that worries men.
Less than a year until presidential
election. Do you think that you can
wait?
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The grand jury Is still grinding
away. What they have done will be
known in a few days.
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success of a party i3 often
The
judged by the number
people who get mad.
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of uninvited
Pinchot wouldn't make a very
handsome president, but he probably
would make a good one.
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Men running for offices should be
nice to the women. Most women con
trol a vote and a voter.
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A young Texas woman Is on trial
for her life. Don't worry very much.
She is too good loDltirg.
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Six girls directed New York traf
fic for one hour. Luckily, they never
changed their mind3 once.
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Science has a new substitute for
tea and coffee, but restaurants have
been using one for years.
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Autos cost the United States over
five billion dollars a year, which is
even more than a movie star makes.
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The reason a few people "run the
church""- rs because " nobody else is
willing to do so much work for noth
ing. :o:
A Detroit scientist says reckless
drivers are feeble minded, and we
had no idea idiocy was no nearly uni
versal. :o:
Matrimony has its little drawbacks
but it offers people a unique oppor
tunity to ge acquainted with one
another.
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What does Dr. Zangwill mean by
saying we are only half-educated?
Aren't there millions of people in this
country wearing shell rimmed spectacles?
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A Chicago man, who was found
hanging by hi3 necktie, may not have
been a suicide. He may have been
trying to get the tarcal thing to
slide in his collar.
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We always suspected there was ex
aggeration in the reports of Irish
hunger strikes, and now we are cer
tain of it. It is reported in the lat
est hunger strike the patriots not on
ly eschewed food, but also tobacco.
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W. L. George says success is one
The smell of smoke, saturating a
flapper's clothes is all right, if it's
smoke from burning leaves.
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You read about many formerly
rich men dying poor and just as many
formerly poor men dying rich.
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When a girl tells a man that she
likes him better than ever it is a
sign that Christmas is coming.
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You often see two men calling
each other liars and know that both
of them are telling the truth.
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Stear clear of Baltimore. For the
second time in one year a woman pre
sented her husband with twins.
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The low value of German marks
will build a strong race. It takes
about two men to carry a dollar.'
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If the British doctors carry out
their threat of striking, old Johnny
Bull may jolly well get sick of it.
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Germany and Great Britain join in
complaining of the Poincare program
that ther are too mnay nu nbers on
it.
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These New York divorce cases
make good reading provided, of
course, you haven't any other gar
bage. :o:
Rockefeller's grand nephew has
become a banking clerk. Well, he
should know all about counting
money.
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Liv Morse, a grafter down in Mis
souri,' seems to have got it in the
thing, and fame is another, and the neck quite badly. .Most experienced
latter is an accident. We wish Mr. ! grafters get what is coming to them
George would write a whole book on sooner or later.
the accidental character of fame; he'
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could
line.
qualify as an expert in every
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From present indications turkeys
are not going to be very cheap in this
town. There were not very many
raised in Cass coutny this year. And.
of course, they will have to be ship
ped in. That will make an excuse
for higher prices. ,
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The head of the British prohibition
forces said he would prohibit the sale
of liquor to all persons under 90
years of age. If the great prohibi
tionist ran get his idea enacted into
law he probably will have done more
in the interest of general longevity
than all the dietitians and gland sur
geons combined.
Governor Walton seems determin
ed still to regain his seat, but there
to no doubt that his sensitive mind
is becoming conscious that somebody
down there has tossed him a hint.
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The foreign debt commission Is ex
pected to send out duns soon to those
countries that have taken no steps to
pay or fund their debts to this coun
try. What a heartless proceeding.
juts as Christmas is coming In sight.
too!
Many Sales Nov
Boohed!
I hare many sales booked and some
open dates. Those wanting dates had
better see me before choice dates are
all gone.
REX YOUNG, Auctioneer
The income tax owes its popular
ity for it is popular in the numeri
cal sense that the majority, who are
not assessed, are In favor of it to
the idea that.it stays put where it is
imposed. It is that supposed charac
teristic whic hrecommends it, the be
lief that it 1 sthe only tax which
the taxed have not contrived to pass
on to the ultimate consumer. That
belief is widespread, and reaches
deep; so deep that it Is doubtful if
it is possible to make any argument
that can uproot it from many minds
in which it is painted. Its validity,
nevertheless, is by no means proved.
And one so competent as Senator
Smoot declares that, instead of being
valid, it is altogether fallacious. Sen
ator Smoot was asked the other day
if those whose incomes are not large
enough to be subject to the tax did
not escape its incidence. This is his
answer:
"They do not. They pay just as
surely as if they mailed their checks
to the Income tax collector directly.
The income tax and the corporation
tax and all the various taxes of the
present system are passed on to the
ultimate consumer, directly or indi
rectly, in one form or another. The
farmer or the laborer is paying his
share in the price of everything he
buys. The tax is added to the cost
all along the line, as it passes from
the manufacturer to the wholesaler
to the retailer. It is cumulative
When the farmer or laborer buys
anything, he pays this pyramided tax
in the price he planks' down at the
counter of the store."
According to Senator Snioot's view
of the matter, the consumer pays in
come tax not merely once, but two
or more times, the number of times
depending on the length of the chain
of whose links stands for some one
who handles the things bought.
There Is some truth in Senator
Sinoot's contention, undoubtedly. But
his contention is just as undoubtedly
subject to some disqualifications.
Whether the payer of an income tax
recoups in the selling of his com
modities or services depends on cir
cumstances, and the circumstances
are both diverse and variable. In
the case of a highly competitive bus
iness or industry, for example, the
tax is more apt to be borne at the
source of seizure. Again, when the
market is what is known as a "buy
er's market," meaning a market
which does not readily absorb cur
rent production the tax is apt to be
borne by those upon whom it is asT
sessed.
The truth of Senator Smoot's con
tention lies in the fact that the in
come tax, like every other tax, is in
cluded in the items which make the
cost of production, and of doing bus
iness, and the price, normally Is the
sum of those items plus something
for profit. Sometimes profits are sac
rificed and when they'are the con
sumer escapes the tax but does not
when what he buys comes at a price
which wields profits to the manufac
turer and distributors.
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POLITICAL QUACKERY
j the Argentine ' ministry of agricul
ture to suspend operation of the law
for six months until they could dis
' pose of their surplus cattle. As is
usually the case advocates of the law
are not yet ready, it appears to con
Jfess its unwisdom though prepared
, to make important concessions to
break the "buyers' strike." In due
,'time they will go the whole distance
never doubt.
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IS IT TREASON?
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To an amateur of politics it looks
as if the Pinchot candidacy lacks
even the elements of popularity. For
all Gifford's jolly talk, he has not re
duced the price of coal and he does
not even promise to cut down the
cost of liquor.
A Timely Suggestion
This is the season or the year
when the prudent and carerul house
wife replenishes her supply of Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy. It is al
most certain to be needed before the
winter is over and results are much
more prompt and satisfactory when
it is kept at hand and given a soon
as the first Indication of a cold ap
pears and before it has become set
tled in the system. There is no dan
ger in giving it to children as it con
tains no opium or other harmful
drug.
While political quacks in America
have be?n urging government price
fixing for the relief of the wheat-
growing farmers In this country.
some of the best informed of the
farmers organizations have declared
themselves as opposed to any such at
tempt to defeat the economic factors
that inexorably control the price sit
uation. History affords innumerable
examples of the folly of government
price fixing. But still, in periods of
price depression, the experience of
the past is ignored in the agitation
for government action in the attempt
to defeat undefeatable economic law.
Argentina affords the most recent
object lesson of failure of such an at
tempt. Instead of wheat, down"ihere
the authorized price fixing was ap
plied to cattle. The Argentine cattle
raisers, we gather from reports from
that country, embraced the price-fixing
scheme in haste and now that
it is in operation, are repenting at
leisure. Argentina's law seems to be
rather Intricate, but its purpose was
to establish a "minimum price" for
beef cattle, of which that country is
a large producers. Huge quantities
of Argentine beef are sold and pack
ed for export consumption. The Ar
gentine packing concerns are largely
foreign owned or controlled. Thus
the law designed to benefit Argen
tina's livestock raisers at the expense
of foreign packing Interests and con
sumers. The theory seemed beautiful, but
in practice it has proved thus far the
reverse of helpful. The packers elect
ed to suspend their export operations,
on the ground that the minimum
price law as it stands makes their
I operation impractical, is not indeed
impossible. Virtual paralysis of the
industry is reported in consequence
The packers got out of the market
As a result, a committee represent
ing thousands of Argentine cattle
raisers a few days ago appealed to
In the development of every great
moral advance of this nation there
has been an active minority which
thru many years has struggled
against public opinion.
When the nation was fighting for
Its freedom from England there were
Tories who openly entertained the
British when they occupied Philadel
phia at the time George Washing
ton, a score of miles away, was en
couraging his hungry soldiers thru
a desperate winter. No descendant
of a Tory is proud of the part his
antecedents took.
Because the churches are back of
every movement to make this city a
better place In wliicn to live they
venture the prediction that those
who now break the laws will regret
that their ancestors failed to be good
citizens.
It may seem a slight to break a
law one does not like. But if every
one did that, how would our civiliza
tion stand? We have agreed to a
certain form of government. Is it
not treason to seek to evade the laws?
Most of those implicated in violation
of the laws are recently made citi
zens who perhaps have not learned
the basis on which this government
operates. A true American obeys law
without having a policeman In sight.
The churches stand for law and
order. Line up with them. There
are plenty of agencies seeking for
their own profit to break down the
restraints of civilization.
The churches of Plattsmouth in
vite you Sunday.
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How Not to Take Cold
Some persons are subject to fre
quent colds, while others seldom, if
ever, have a cold, on will find that
the latter take good care of them
selves. They take a shower or cold
sponge bath every day in a warm
room, avoid overheated rooms; sleep
with a window open or partly open.
avoid excesses, over eating, becomina:
over .heated ' and then chilled and
getting, thetr eetr wet. , ,Then, when
tbey feel the first indication of a
cold, they take Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy without delay and it is soon
over.
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NOTICE- TO CREDITORS
The State of Nebraska, Cass coun
ty, ss.
In the county court.
In the matter of the estate of
Benjamin O. Tucker, deceased.
To the creditors of said estate:
You are hereby notified, that I
will sit at the county court room in
Plattsmouth in said county, on the
19th day of December, A. D. 1923,
and on the 19th day of March, A. D.
1924. at ten o'clock a. m., each day
to receive and examine all claims
against said estate, with a view to
their adjustment and allowance. The
time limited for the presentation -of
claims, against said estate is three
months from the 19th day of Decem
ber, A. D. 1923, and the time limit
ed for payment of debts is one year
from said 19th day of December,
1923.
Witness my hand and the seal of
said county court, this 21st day of
November, 1923.
ALLEN J. BEESON.
(Seal) n22-4w County Judge.
In the District Coilrt of Cass coun
ty, Nebraska.
In the matter of the estate of
George Hanson, deceased.
This cause came on for hearing
upon tae petition of Thomas Hanson
and Henry Hanson, executors of the
will and estate of George Hanson.
deceased praying for a license to
sell the
West half of the northeast
quarter (Wi NED and the east
half of the northwest quarter
(EJ NW1) in Section 32. and
the east half of the southwest
quarter (EJ SW) in Section 29,
all in Township 11, North.
Range 9, in Cass county, Ne
or a sufficient amount thereof to
bring the sum of 58,350.00 for the
payment of debts allowed against
said estate and the costs of adminis
tration, there not being sufficient
personal property to pay said debts
and expenses and cash devises under
the will.
It is therefore ordered that all per
sons interested in said estate appear
before me at the District Court room
at the court house, in the City of
Plattsmouth, on the 31st day of De
cember, 1923, at ten o'clock a. m., to
show cause why license should not
be granted to said executors to sell
said real estate of said deceased, or
as much thereof as may be desired to
pay the debts, expenses and said de
vises. Dated at Plattsmouth, .Nebraska,
this 13th day of November. 1923.
JAMES T. EEGLEY,
Judge of the Dist. Court.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The State of Nebraska, Cass coun
ty, ss.
Iu the County Court.
In the matter of the estate cf
Mary Forsyth Wall, deceased.
To the creditors of said estate:
You are hereby notified that I will
sit at the County Court room in
(Plattsmouth in said count on the
1st day of December, A. D. 1923, and
on the 5th day of March, A. D. 1924,
at ten o'clock in the forenoon of
each day, to receive and examine all
claims against said estate, with a
view to their adjustment and allow
ance. The time limited for the pre
sentation of claims against said es
tate is three months from the 1st
day of December, A. D. 1923, and the
time limited for payment of debts is
cne year from said 1st day of De
cember. A. D. 1923. ,
Witness my hand and the seal ofi
said County Court, this 2nd day of
November, A. D. 1923.
ALLEN J. BEESON.
(Seal) County Judge.
A. G. COLE, Att'y.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF SALE -In
the District Court of Cass coun
ty, Nebraska.
Tn the matter of the annlication
of Bertha L. Standley, Guardian of
Hubert Standley, Irene Standley, wa
hl Standlev and Verna Standlev. all
minors, for license to sell real es
tate.
Notice is hereby given that, in
lTnrsuance of an nrder of the Honor
able James T. Begley, Judge of the
District Court of Cass county, Ne
braska, made on the 13th day of No
vember, 1923. for the sale of the real
estate hereinafter described, there
will be sold at public vendue to the
highest Didder for casb, at tne souin
frnnt door of the court house in the
City of Plattsmouth, in said county.
on the 8th day of December,
at the hour of ten (10) o'clock a. m.,
the following described real estate:
An undivided eieht-twenty-sevenths
(827) interest in and to tne easi
half of southwest quarter (EJ SWJ)
of Section thirty, (30) In Township
ten (10) North of Range nine, (9)
East of the 6th Principal Meridian,;
Cass county. Nebraska. baid saie.
will remain open one hour. 1
Dated this 13th day ol wovemDer,
A. D. 1923.
BERTHA L. STANDLEY,
Guardian of Said Wards.
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OR. C. h. MARSHALL $
4r Dentist
In the District Court of Cass coun
ty, Nebraska.
Hattie M. Reed, plaintiff, vs. Reps
Reed, defendant.
Ycu arc hereby notified that on
the 19th day of February. A. D. 1923,
your wife, Hattie M. Reed, filed a
petition in the District Court of Cass
county, Nebraska, the object and
prayer of which are to obtain from
you an absolute divorce and for such
other, further and different relief as
the Court in equity may deem her
entitled to on the ground of aban
donment. You must answer said petition on
or before the 24th day of December,
A. D. 1923, or the allegations in said
petition will be taken as true and de
fault entered against you according
to law.
HATTIE M. REED,
Plaintiff.
By A. G. COLE,
Her Attorney. nl2-4w
The State of Nebraska, Cass coun
ty, ss.
In the County Court.
In the matter of the estate of
Glenn R. Atchison, deceased.
To the creditors of said estate:
You are hereby notified, that I
will sit at the County Court room In
Plattsmouth in said county, on the
1st day of December, 1923, and on
the 1st day of March, 1924, at 10
o'clock a. m., each day, to receive
and examine all claims against said
estate, with a view to their adjust
ment and allowance. The time lim
ited for the presentation of claims
against said estate is three months
from the 1st day of December, A. D.
1923, and the time limited for pay
ment of debts is one year from said
1st day of December, 1923.
Witness my hand and the seal of
said County Court, this 29th day of
October, 1923.
ALLEN J. BEESON.
(Seal) nl-4w. . County Judge.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The State of Nebraska, Cass coun
ty, ss.
In the County Court.
In the matter of the estate of Wil
liam F. Krecklow, deceased.
To the creditors of said estate:
You are hereby notified, that I will
sit at the County Court room in
Plattsmouth in said county, on the
first day of December, 1923, and the
first day of March, 1924, at ten (10)
o'clock a. m., to receive and examine
all claims against said estate, with
a view to their adjustment and al
lowance. The time limited for the
presentation of claims against said
estate is three months from the first
day of December, A. D. 1923, and
the time limited for payment of debts
is one year fromvsaid 31st day Of
October, 1923.
Witness my hand and the seal of
said County Court, this 31st day of
October, 1923.
ALLEN J. BEESON,
(Seal) n5-4w County Judge.
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