MONDAY, JANUARY 3, 1927. PAOE THR3DS A GREAT MISSOURIAN PLATTSMOUTH SEMI WEEKLY Cbc plattemoutb lournal PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY AT -PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA aiUn( al poatoClc. Platwmoutn, N co-om matt mattor R. A. BATES, Publisher 8UBSCEIPTI0B PRICE $2.00 FEB YEAS IN ADVABCB Old winter still retains his grit. . :o: v Business is always dull Just after .Christmas. :o:- pontoon is a bridge hope in maify sections. :o: Entertaining a hope is never a dis interested act of hospitality. -:o: When debtor expositions are built, Philadelphia will build them. :o: If styles didn't change constantly women would be as uninteresting as men. -:o:- Approximately 100 new words are added to the English language an nually. :o: A Swiss chemist recently develop ed a paint which Is claimed to be rust proof. :o: There seems to be quite a good deal of sickness in the city and surround ing country. :o: The average woman derives a lot of enjoyment from telling other women her troubles. :o: Try letting other people's affairs alone and you will have more time to attend, to your own. :o: English courts are puzzled over the validity of a sailor's will, which was written on an empty egg shell. :o: Forest once covered 822 million acres in the United States. About 25 per cent of this area has been reduced. :o: Coolidge seems to favor river boats. In 1928 he Reed. :o:- who runs may (be) -:o: American tourists spent more than $23,000,000 in France last year. :o: One factory in humid South Africa makes 100,000 blankets a month. -:o:- The Egyptians used onions and gar lic in their salads thousands of years ago. :o: About 5,000,000 trees are set out every year to be used as telephone poles. :o: Once upon a time a murder was committed, and the murderer was not a moron. ;o; When home entertainments come so close together, they can't all ex pect success. :o: Southern flood at peak and very destructive. They are certainly get ting their share of water. :o: It might be well to remember that man Is the only animal which can be skinned more than once. :o: ' It's awful getting over the Christ mas cheer. All will be over, when January comes motoring in. :o: : A Balkans crisis and an engage ment for John Coolidge are two things which occur quite frequently. :o: Will Smith get into the present ses sion of the senate? If he does he will remain there. Mark that with a big It was 22 years ago, lacking a few days, that Alexander Monroe Dockery, whose death at the age of 82 has oc curred at his home in Gallatin, retired from the governorship of Missouri. Before elected to that office he had represented his district in Congress for 16 years. As ex-Governor he con tinued to take an interested and in fluential part in politics. For more than 40 years, then, he was a man of consequence in the Democratic party, and one whose qualities were esteemed by al citizens familiar with public affairs. Those qualities were substantial rather than striking. Mr. Dockery possessed an abundance of common sense and a scrupulous personal hon esty, against which no breath of sus picion was raised, even in the un happy disclosures of graft and brib ery that marked his administration. Reputations withered in the blasts of those revelations, professional corrup- GEN- ANDREWS' INDISCRETION Though Gen. Lincoln C. Andrews' utterances on prohibition enforcement have often been characterized by in telligence, fairness and decency, it was not expected he would ever him self, while holding his present official post, to display these virtues to such a degree as he has in his speech be for the convention of malt beverage manufacturers in Chicago. Ior on this occasion the'chief fed eral prohibition official, in stating the aims and limits of national enforce ment, has simply expressed the view of the matter which long has been held by every thoughful opponent of federal sumptuary legislation. The limits of federal enforcement declares Gen. Andrews, will be reached when smuggling of alcoholic beverages from abroad and the diversion of alcohol for beverages purposes are prevented, and when old-time saloons which still make beer are closed. From then on, enforcement will be an affair of pure- tionists whose debaucheries had long y local concern, or, as he expresses degraded Jefferson City were brandedit, a problem to be decided in each then with a stigma the years never, community which by its choice of offi- erased. But Dockery emerged unscath ed, his repute intact and his fidelity to the cause of honest, economical government unsmirched though in dictable, on the count of excessive ad diction to partisan politics. He had made the same record of industry and integrity in congress cials will determine the degree of en forcement it desires." The federal government's place in the scheme of enforcement, is excel lently exprc'ssed by Gen. Andrews when he says: "The federal govern ment isn't going to handle the prob lems of every municipality. It is not where Washington bestowed on him proposed to deprive any community the title of "Watchdog of the Treas-jof self-government." ury." Because of that laborious bent Gen. Andrews' words are not only he was given a place in the Wilson -wise and Just but they are a reas administration as Third Assistant sertion of American principles. But Postmaster-General, which he filled just because they display these qual ities tney are, irom me viewpoint oi with characteristic energy and capac ity. It was the actual business of gov- our fanatical Volsteadians, highly in discreet, as he will realize as soon as -:o: COOLIDGE BREAKFASTS Controllable forest fires this year.T. in Alberta, Canada, amounted to one! tpnth of the number reDorted five' Cars years ago. :o: :o: A group of soldiers trained In over seas settlement work in England are being sent with their families to Western Austria. :o:- MlBsouri loses a grand old man In the death of Hon A. M. Dockery. He was one of the ablest governors Mis souri ever possessed. -:o:- worth $15,000 each were shown at the London Automobile show this season, but those at $1, 250 were the favorites. :o: A small Christmas package found, and all we have to go by, was that it was addressed "From Gene to Catherine" found by Curlle Carter. :o: The value of apple orchards in Can ada today is put at $120,000,000. Production has . increased in the last 15 years from $13,000,000 to $27.- ment that absorbed him. But along the Hon. Wayne B. Wheeler takes no- with this prosy talent the man., had; tice of them. "fire." He could take a weary Con vention or a restive audience and, with the tiasaion of an exhorter. in- fnsA'it ith rtv TtriA nrf pnthu. President Coolidge has been pre- iasm. And in the inner councils of ied to the "ading public in many the party his wisdom and experience "strange roles, but no one had any were often appealed to and his advice! riht to exect that he would burst followed upon us as the great experimenter A politician of the old school. who'and Realist of the ages. We have re- loved the game in all its aspects, a warded him as a safe man. a cool man, citizen of worth and character, his a wise man, a dumb man, a careful, name belongs in the list of Great Mis-sourians- St. Louis Post-Dispatch. HAVE WE HALTED t3 good cold weather starter now more dependable than ever Probably no single feature of Dodge Brothers Motor Car has been more widely talked about and commended than the power and promptness of the starter. The new two -unit starting and lighting system now advances Dodge Brothers leadership in this important respect still further. There are now no moving starter parts when the car is in motion no starter chain no noise no wear. The new starter is even more DEPENDABLE than the old, and far simpler and more compact in construction. Many other major improvements have been added during the past twelve months, all vitally affecting performance and in creasing value far beyond the apparent measure of current Dodge Brothers prices. Touring Car $ 915.00 Coupe 965.00 Special Sedan ' 1,075.00 Delivered in Plattsmouth FRANK E. VALLERY One-half Block South of Main on Fifth Street Telephone 23 Plattsmouth 000,000 annually. See Marie Provost "Up in Mable's Room" tonight. It is Just a dandy picture and Marie is Just the girl that can play it to .perfection, and then gome. :o: An old red bag containing sixty toys addressed to Father Christmas,! ginning of eternity. was found recently in a railway sta-I ' :a: frtYl ot TTilll Pnfflan on4 oonf tr a children's hospital. :o: The date of the Fascist triumph may be made the beginning of time for Italy, although we do not doubt that to some, it will seem the be- A two-year-old girl whose father is dead and whose mother is seriously ill recently made the trip of 3,000 miles It is said there has not been a single- from Liverpool to Northern Toronto, mail holdup since the marines went alone, to live with her uncle and aunt on the Job. That means not a single robbery of the mails. The special de livery letters are Just aa late in ar riving as ever. :a: The English strikers did not come out of their long ordeal of no work she need it and no pay without some benefit. It Mrs. Thomas R. Marshall, wife of the deceased vice-president, has bar red the $5,000 pension given presi dent's and vlc-president's wives. She says 6he does not want It, nor does :o:- was round that their short rations Secretary Mellon thinks the public had been good for them. By eating should finance a United States $100, much less they became far more heal-j 000,000 rum plant with the under thy and the death rate dropped to a standing that it is to get none of the remarsauiy low levei. "sweet are the product. The secretary Is a better uses of adversity." financier than osvcholotrlst. FAMOUS DAYLIGHT SCENIC WAY CALIFORNIA Denver Pikes Peak Royal Gorge Colorado Rockies Salt Lake Through Pull man daily from . . points. R. 17. CLEHEtlT, Ticket Agent The Pnly Really Great Scenic Route caution man, and here he is trying to upset one of the immutable laws. We refer, f course, to the so-called "harmony breakfast" at the White 'House. Since our first ancestors woke The rather startling statement up to a meal of warmed-over mamoth that the human race has long since kidney, there has never been any reached the zenith of its possible In- thing approaching a "harmony break tellectual development, is attributed fast." In any well regulated family to Dr. Erwin Grant Conkjin, eminent the meal is downed in silence. At biologist and head of that department tempts at sprightly conversation at at Princeton University. Dr. Conklin the breakfast table are responsible' is quoted as saying that he believed for the three and six-tenths times the rT 1iT the statement of Galton to the effect number of divorces caused by drink. L.L. lurpinnew mat me average aoiiuy oi me ciass-( ine morning paper nas aone mucnj ical Greek race was, on the lowest to save tear on the family tie. That's estimate, as much higher than that of one of the very few things it Is good! the English race of the present day for. It provides a suitable mask for as the latter is above that of the the masculine countenances, the ap African negro," and as saying fur- pearance of which at 8 a. m. has dis- ther; "Even in the most distant fu- illusioned many sweet young things . Charles B. Scott of O'Neill Is ture there may never appear such and it gives the male something to geniuses as Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, swear at, thereby shielding the over Shakespeare and Newton." ; crisp bacon and the pale, unwell eggs. laiiH thp nrf?ldnt fnr From .Thursday's Dally view and yet find it in refreshing his efforts to establish the "harmony f f1, of NebrLk'a contrast with the other extreme rep- breakfast" tut we think he should shorthand Reporters' association at resented by the ultra-modernists who be condemned. To be utterly pessim-j the organization's annual meeting at imply that real literature did not istic and vicious at breakfast time, is!116 court house at Lincoln, Wednes . . ... ... . . . ... - dav afternoon. L. L. Turoin of Platts- nave a cnance to Degm until Victor-; one or me inanenaoie rigms or man. 'nth waB elected vlce president and ian age came to its end. itecentiy io noia nirrweu in cnecs in mis try a writer of this type did not hesitate ing hour is one of his noblest accom to sneer at "the (intelectual) glory plishments. To bubble over with hap- Wo Also Sell Dependable Used Can Dodbe Brothers MOTOR CARS Vice President of Court Reporters Charles B. -Scott of O'Neill Named as President of the Association. A PLEASING ARRANGEMENT that was Greece," complacently ad-jpiness and pood will during the or mitted that he had found Plato a deal would be the rankest hypocrisy, bore and being altogether unawares We are definitely opposed to the that he was revealing his own intel lectual limits. :o: ANOTHER CURB ON COURTING "harmony breakfast." :o:- James M. Johnson of Omaha, secre tary. E. R. Mockett of Lincoln was selected for librarian and historian of the organization. These associations voted to continue its affiliation with the national as sociation and the annual session closed Wednesday evening with a banquet at the Cornhusker hotel. The follow- PeoDle are not very flush with'lng were Present: Delpha M. Taylor, reopie are not very nusn witn Grand Igland. Emma J. Hedges, Lin money after Christmas and on up to cojn; George I. Barnes, Omaha; Dale when New Years will soon make its R. Mockett Lincoln; Mrs. Maude H. Father, banished to the kitchen advent with a cheerful smile which' p- Stough, Lincoln; Sidney M. Smltn, during daughter's courtship, now may, we hope will continue smiling for the . gjmSiE Jam"? M JohS claim some redress from daughter's, next twelve months. ,beau for the expense and inconven- :o: lence to which he is put, in Mis souri. A Kansas City jury has award- Mr. and Mrs. Emil H. Heler, who have been farming near Greenwood, have moved back to this vicinity and will live with Mrs. Heier's parents, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Hoover, south of town, for the remainder of the winter and when Mr. Hoover and family leave the farm to move into their new home on upper Main street in the early spring, their son-in-law and daughter will take over the home place. This will be a pleasant ar rangement in every way as it will not cause Mr. Hoover and wife the same wrench to leave the old home place knowing their daughter and husband will remain, that it would for them to move to town and leave the place in the hands of strangers. Mrs. Heier was formerly Miss Mil dred Hoover, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hoover. Before her mar riage she taught school with great success and was one of Louisville's most popular young ladies and her many, friends are delighted to know that she has returned to this local ity to make her future home. Mr. Heier is one of the highly respected young farmers of this pare of Cass county and represents one of our best families and will be welcomed as a neighbor and a splendid citizen. Louisville Courier. ELDERLY LADY HAS HAPPY CHRISTMAS Considering the expense to the rail roads of royal tours in this democratic pd a father $75 for meals, room, and country we hasten to suggest "I've laundry, part of the $125 for which' teen working on the railroad" as the he sued the man who married his national relations seems to suffer daughter. Apparently, the suitor from secret treaties, made a full time job of his courting and pressed his suit in both senses. Even so, father might have been a good sport and said nothing about it if the marriage had held. But it didn't; in a very short time the couple was divorced, which probably made it look to father like obtaining sup port under false pretenses. A precedent having ben established, what Is to prevent fathers from pre senting bills to son-in-laws for heat, light (if any), and wear and tear on the family furniture? This paternal worn has turned. :o: In the modern versions of the Cin derella story, it seems that the fairy prince is the Chicago Herald-Examiner,, is a man in love not it is added, that he has admitted it in words. But what if he is offered enough for the words? :o: Legal blanks of all kinds for sals at the Journal ofiiee. Faulty Elimination Should Be Corrected Good Elimination Is Essential to Good Health. rr you would be well, see to your climiriation. Faulty kidney ac tion permits toxic material to re main in the blood and upset the whole system. Then, one is apt to have a tired, languid feeling and, sometimes, a toxic backache or head ache, and often some irregularity of secretions, such as scanty or burn ing passeges. More and more people are acclaiming the value of Doan's Pills, a stimulant diuretic, in this condition. For more than forty years Doan's Iiave been winning favor the country over. Ask your neighbor 1 DOAN'S Stimulant Diarmtie to (A Kidnmys son, Omaha; L. u. Turpin, Platts mouth; William F. Meilotz, Omaha; Minor S. Bacon, Lincoln; Charles B. Scott, O'Neill; J. D. Scott, Rushvllle FAMILY GATHERING The children of Mrs. Marguerete Bornemeier, of Elmwood, widow of the late August Bornemeier, together with their families gathered at t he John Bornemeier farm residence, two miles southwest of Murdock on Christmas day for a social time and Chirstmas dinner. Those present were: Mrs. Mar guerete Bornemeier, the mother; August Bornemeier and family; John Bornemeier and family; William Bornmeier and family; Herman Bornemeier and family; Louis Borne meier and family; Paul Bornemeier and wife; also the following invited honor guests: Mr: Fay Stolz of Mil ford; Mr. and Mrs. Smith of Ithaca; Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Hall of Elmwood; Rev. and Mrs. Ostertag of Murdock. In all 39 people were present. A daughter, Mrs. Ray Kissinger and family failed to come. Gatherings of this sort, once or twice annually are strengthening the family ties and are sure to bear good fruit among relations. Elmwood Leader-Echo. CHICKENS FOR SALE A few excellent Barred Plymouth Rock Cockrels for sale. Otto Sehaf- rotCT-MJbura Co.. Mfa. Chcra.. Bnfhtot H. Y. t6T, Nehawka, 'P. O. FIRST COASTING ACCIDENT Grandma Kear had an unusually Merry Christmas by having a family reunion. All of her, children were home for the first tive in several years. Mr. John Kear and wife and family of Plainvlew drove down Fri day and remained over Sunday. Mrs. Mable Harrington and daughter and Mrs. S. A. Jamson and husband, Mr. Melville Kear and wife all motored down from Lincoln for the day. Mrs. L. J. Herman and husband of Alvo and Mrs. John Andrews and husband were also present. The grandchildren present were: Mr. and Mrs. Watson Jones of Elmwood, Mr. Glen and Lloyd Kear of Plainview, Jay Kear of Lincoln, Donna Belle Harrington of Lincoln and Dora Ellen Kear of Elmwood. On Sunday they were all royally entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Herman for Sunday din ner. Elmwood Leader-Echo. FOR SALE Rhode Island Red Cockrels. Fine birds, from $1.50 to $2.00 each. J. II. Reinke, South Bend, Neb. Phone, Ashland, 1715. tfd On Tuesday forenoon, little Leo Edgerton, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Edgerton, was severely cut on the forehead while coasting on North hill, when he collided with a truck driven by Edward Jochim at the street intersection. The injury, while painful, is not considered ser ious. The accident was unavoidable, as the driver could not see the boy un til too late to pravent the collision. As a precaution against further ac cidents, the street has been tempor arily closed to traffic. This is the first accident of the season and with proper precaution it will probably be the last. The many friends of the family are rejoicing with Mr. and Mrs. Edgerton that the accident was no worse. Louisville Courier. WINS PROMOTION Word has been received that Wm. Teegarden has received a Christmas present, a promotion to assistant cashier ot the State Bank at Long Beach. William is a fine young man, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Tee- garden, of Weeping Water, have Just cause to be proud of him, as are all his old friends. Weeping Water Republican. With such a tremendous apple crop, some of the cider is just bound to get hard before the people can get to it. Single Comb Rhode Island Reds, $2 each. Mm W O. Troop, Murray phona. d-ffw THE INSIDE of the motor is the vital place whence the power originates. For that reason you need skill and experience in re pairing it. Oar men know crank shaft alignment, piston travel, rings, bashings, wrist pins, etc. as they do the alphabet. Yon profit from their knowledge when we do the repair work on your oar. Frads Garage Phone 58 I.