THURSDAY. OCTOBER 14.
1920.
PAGE SIX
PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOTHtNAI
A (Good load to Ewery Farinnnwrap's loor!
Is fiiis Extravagance?
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Three-fourths of the state's roads vere in this condition two
years ago.
4,508 miles of the state's roads will be in this condition by
1 92 1 if the work of the present administration is continued.
TVTEBRASKA'S present road-building program
calls for the immediate construction of 4,508
miles of state highways. 65 of the people live on
these highways. 85 of the people live within five
miles of them.
HIS system of state-constructed and state-main-tained
highways (built in co-operation with the
federal government) is the foundation of a network
of good roads that will ultimately extend to every
citizen's front door.
Do You Want this Work Continued?
H so, Vote for Governor McKelvie for Re-election?
Republican State Central Committee, Lincoln, Nebraska
FILES SUIT TOR DIVORCE
An action entitled I.aws.n Con
rad vs. I'earl Conrad ha.s ! n iil d
in the d!ficf of the cl-rk of tlu
trict court, ar.d in wlii.h the ph.in
tiff asks for a d-rre.- of divorre. '!!;:
grounds kivii are dr-ertion anl l!.e
plaintiff aks for the" custody of the
two minor children of the marritire.
The parties were married al Lin
coln. May S. 1 0 1 , and have for the
renter part of the time made their
home in Cass county. Matthew
Gering appears in the action f..r tlu-
plaintifl'.
YOUNG PEOPLE MARRIED
Yesterday afternoon at the court
house occurred the marriage of Mr.
John C. Howard of (Jlenwood and
Miss Janette Stokes of Latham. Kan
:s. TI.e y.)iiii.? peojile motored ov
er from tileitwnod accompanie:! by
Mr:;. L. Urieinore and Mrs. Stella
Howard. The wedding ceremony
was performed by Jude A. J. Beeson
and at the conclusion of the cere
mony the young people returned to
their home.
Elank books. Journal office.
Rex Barn Paint!
Pure linseed oil paint gives best and longest ser
vice, because IT IS a pure linseed oil paint.
PAINTS AND VARNISHES
The Dusterhof f Shops,
MURDOCK
NEBRASKA
SCHOOL MATTER
SMOOTHED OVER
Differences Among Residents in
School District No. 6 is Settled
Without Trial by Court.
Residence for SaBe!
The fine down-town residence known as the Walk
er home, located corner Fourth and Oak streets: This
is the last of the desirable down town properties that
can be secured at a price trat will net big returns on the
investment, only half block from Library, Court House,
Post Office and business district. Four fine lots, high
and sanitary, fine shade and lawn, good well, cistern.
City water, good barn, brick house partly modern, pol-
'ished oak floors in living rooms, some repairs needed.
Will make a splendid home for retiring farmer, or any
one desiring a high class residence property, or for in
vestment, would make fine, high-class rooming house;
close to city restaurants.
Out-of-town owners of this property have request
ed me to dispose of it at once. I will therefore offer it
for one-fourth of its replacement value, and nominal
amount of cash down will take it.
L. C. Sharp Mfg. Company,
PLATTSMOUTH -:- -:- NEBRASKA
From Wednesday s Dally.
For several days there has been
pending a settlement in county court
of differences arising in school dis
trict N'o. 6 near Murray and in
which several of the residents of
the district and the teacher and
school, board.
The starting of the trouble cnme
over some disciplinary action taken
by the teacher, with three boyj at
tending the school, who had been
sent on an errand by the teacher
and failed to return in the time
specified by the teacher and they
were sent to their homes for the
few remaining hours of the day.
This action brought a protest fn.m
the parents to the teacher in person
and resulfed Ix. bringing the matter
to a head. A complaint was filed
against one of the parties and the
matter set for trial before Judge
Beeson.
This morning the parties interest
ed, the school bonrd and the pirty
complained of came in and afi'.r a
discussion of the matter a satisfac
tory settlement vas reached. The
complaint va.i withdrawn and the
understanding reached that in the
future all patrons of the -school
would leave the conduct of the school
i nthe hands of the teacher and the
schecol board and il there was any
complaint to be made it would be
made to the school board direct, in
stead of to the 'caclicr.
This agreeable manner of set
tling the differences is one that
should prove satisfactory and n
moves the trouble that has arisen
and it is hoped that the school will
now be able to move along in thh
proper manner. ,
will do Work in
checking river
Woods Brothers to Aid Burlington in
Effort to Check Missouri River
Cutting Iowa Bank.
Mrs. Henry Horn was a passenger
this morning for Omaha, where she
goes to visit her neice. Miss Sophia
May, of Hays Center, Neb., who Is at
the hospital in that city recovering
from the effects of an operation. Mrs.
Horn expects to bring her neice home
with ber to recuperate from the ef
fects of the operation.
We can furnish yon Mank books
of all kinds. The Journal.
Mules Taken Up.
Taken up. two mare mules, appar
ently about two years of age, one
brown and the other black, at the
farm of Gust Wendt, where they are
now on pasture. The owner can have
the same by proving property, and
paying for expenses of. advertising
and keep. They can be seen on the
property. o!4 T's sw 3t.
Kmm Wednesday's lally
The long and expensive battle that
the Burlington railroad as well as
Mills county, Iowa, and the U. S.
government has been making against
the turbulent waters of the Missouri
river, is to be taken up by the Woods
Brothers of Lincoln, whose work in
checking the river has been very ef
fective at different points along the
Missouri.
Thh company is maintaining a
number of boats on the Missouri that
are being used for the purpose of
building dykes and other means of
checking the river in its cutting away
of the river hanks and the conse
quent loss of valuable land and much
property. This company has done
some very effective work at Hamburg,
Iowa, and also at Tekamah, where the
Big Muddy was threatening a portion
of the town with destruction and the
result having been so satisfactory, the
Burlington is to engage them to as
sist in the work that has been in pro
gress all this year in attempting to
check the constant inroads on the
Iowa side by the Missouri river.
It is the intention to have the
boat, that is especially fitted for this
line of work, to sink piles along the
places where the,river has menaced
the safety of the land, and to these
piles cables are attached and in turn
trees secured and fastened by the ca
bles. This line of resistance catches
the refuse and drift and permits the
forming of a bar or section of land
that will check the progress of the
river and throw the course of the
current from the threatened point to
the other side of the river.
It is expected that the work will
be commenced at the point on the
Iowa shore nearly opposite this city
which has been the source of more or
less trouble to the" Burlington all
this year. Engineer Harrow of the
Burlington has investigate dthe mat
ter and finds that it has been the
most successful way of dealing with
the river.
Feel languid, weak, run down?
Headache? Stomach "off?" A good
remedy is Burdock Blood Bitters. Ask
your druggist. Price $1.25.
LOST GRIP FINDER
WILL PLEASE RETURN
r
John H. Morehead has wired the
Journal from Wayne, as follows:
"Lost grip bet ween Plattsmouth
and Louisville. Finder send same to
Falls City; also expense bill.
JOHN H. MOREHEAD."
GASS COUNTY
BANKERS MET
YESTERDAY
RESULT OF RECENT SALE
ON SHOEMAKER PLAGE
SESSION OF ASSOCIATION HELD
YESTERDAQ AFTERNOON AT
WEEPING. WATER
From Wednesday's Dally.
The meeting of the Cass county
bankers association was held yes
terday afternoon at Weeping Water
and the gathering was well attend
ed, forty-three of the bankeis and
their assistants being held in attend
ance at the meeting.
The sessions ct the association
v.ere held in the F.lite theater ana
was presided over try n. a. .-jcnnti
der of the Plattsmouth date Lank
, president of the a-sc.iation.
The meeting was devoted to the
discussion cf the problems of the
day in the state and nation that is
affecting the banking interests and
many very interesting talks were
given by the bankers of the county
who are in close touch with the dif
ferent phases of condition in their
own localities.
The association in their election
of officers chose Henry A. Guthman
of Murdock as president, and Carl
A. Ganz of Alvo as secretary-treasurer,
succeeding II. A. Schneidt-r,
retiring president and C. V.. Butler
(,f Weeping Water, retiring .secre-tary-t
reasurer.
The members of the association
were entertained in the evening at
a vury delightful banquet in the
parlors of the Methodist clihrch and
which was served by the church la
dies in their usual pleasing manner.
E. H. Gurney of Omaha, president
of the Lion Bonding company, and
formerly one of the leading bankers
. f Fremont was one of the speakers
ilitimw :iinl of tli future hll si ness ' 1,1
outlook of the country and which j
gave the members of the association'!
some very plain facts as to what
might be expected in the future.
W. U. Hughes, secretary of the
Nebraska state bankers association
alo spoke to the associated bankers
and his address was well worth the
close attention it was given r.s Mr.
Hughes is one of the ablest figures
in the bankin gworld and thorough
ly familiar with the needs of the
bankers of the state and nation.
The association adopted a number
of resolutions covering the needs of
the bankers of the state at this time.
Those from this city to attend the
meeting were George O. Dovey, Mis
ses Anna Warga. Hazel Dovey. First
National bank; It. F. Patterson.
Miss Anna Hassler. Bank of Cass
County; T. M. Patterson. Miss Ver
na Hatt. Farmers State bank; H. A.
Schneider and Miss Bernese Xewell.
Plattsmouth State bank.
The day was perfect and the crowd
exceeded all expectations at the sale
held on the E. L. Shoemaker farm
two miles south of Union a week ago
Tuesday. Mr. Shoemaker reports it
was a very courteous and responsive
crowd and wishes to extend thanks
to thost; present for the many favors
shown.
The well-known auctioneers, Mes
srs. Bryan and Hall. of Nebraska
City, presided in their uual able
way. J. M. Patterson, cashier of the
Bank of I'nion acted as clerk. It was
very much regretted the cafeteria
ran out of "eats" but Orval McQuinn
of Union was on the grounds with
refreshments and cigars which help
ed out a lot.
The v.-ay the machinery was taken
shov3 the farmers anticipated their
needs In advance, knowing very well
that machinery is going to be the
ltllast to drop in price. The tractor
jand gang plow caught tne eye 01 our
I old friend, Joe Felthauser who bid it
in with a loud, clear "Yeah." He
says he is going to put it in service
out west alongside of two other out-
GOLE WINS
CASE BEFORE
U. S. COURT
WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
GRANTED NEBRASKAN CON
TEMNED TO DIE.
IS
Alson B. Cole, convicted Howard
county slayer, has been saved from
facing the electric chair, temporarily
at least, by being granted a writ of
habeas corpus on the ground that
the judgment of the Howard county
district court in finding Cole guilty
of first degree murder was null and
void. United States Judge J. W.
Woodrough granted the writ yester
day and Warden Fecton of the state
penitentiary was directed to turn the
prisoner over to the sheriff of that
county to be further dealt with by
the state courts.
Judge Woodrough said that it was
apparent from an inspection of the
he has confidence in the fordson
tractor giving full value received.
The Ford truck, though a hard
looker from faithful service, was
bought bv Joe Lindsay. Mr. Lind-
jSay has been raised with a "Ford in
his lap." and knows its workings
; better than most of us know an ordi
nary tooth harrow.
I Choice Lady. 13. the thoroughbred
Duroc sow from the Sensation strain
.was bought bv J. It. Gerking. The
two gilts of her litter remain on
the farm, having been bought by
H. Kuhmau. The five males in the
.same litter sold good, showing there
i is:s a big demand for the better
grade of hogs in the community.
Mr. Shoemaker moved to Omaha
last Mav and is now activelv en
gaged in the promotion of the Farm
ers Union Grain Exchange, incorpor
ated a year ago for two million dol
While he is personally out of
the community. which he and hi
fine familv affirm is the best in the
la I'd. and even though he is not
activelv engaged in tilling the soil
he is still a farmer and his heart
with the farmer and his work is in
the interest of farmers.
Mr. Shoemaker is grappling with
the same problems farmers every
where are studying. He is proud
of the loyal membership of the Farm
ers Union in the vicinitv'of I'nion
and their enterprises there, the ele
vat or and the store.
HAS A SPLENDID
TIME IN THE EAST
Hon. R. B. Windham of This CMy
Found Indiana Capitol City Roys'l
Host to the Old Veteians.
The national encampment of the
Grand Army of t lie Kepublic which
lias just closed at Indianapolis, was
one of the most pleasant that the
erans have enjoved in recent years
reports Hon. It. B. Winhain of this
city who was in attendance at the
big gathering. Mr. Windham has at
tended many of the national encamp
ments and found that the entertain
ment provided by the hospitable peo
ple of the Indiana city was of the
very best. The old veterans were
given the freedom or the city and
street cars, theaters and places oi
amusement were thrown open to
them free of charge during the ses
sion of the national body.
The Plattsmouth post of the G. A.
R. was wtll repre-ented at the gath
ering, Ast.ury jacks, Mr. winunam,
John Fight and wife and daughter.
Mrs. Philip Horn and Mr. an l Mr--.
E. A. Kirkpalrick of Nehawka be-
ign in at let'diiice at the encamp
ment.
Of the old regiment of Mr. Wind
ham, there vveie two members oi hi?
former company present, but unfor
tunately he waj unable to get in
touch with the former comrades.
nroeeedincs of the trial court that no
fits of this kind on his land, showing ; evidence of an affirmative kind had
been introduced to show the degree
of crime. The prisoner could not
fix his degree of guilt. The Nebrasr
ka statute requires that in spite of a
plea of guilt, testimony must be pre
sented to show what degree of crime
was committed. He held that the
law gives the jury power to deter
mine the degree of the crime after a
plea of guilty. This must be judicial
ly determined upon evidence by the
court. Without such determination,
the law as declared by the Nebraska
supreme court is that "there is no
power In the court to pass sentence
on the accused and that the court
could render no valid judgment."
The action In the case of Cole will
serve to stay the execution of Gram
mer, who was also convicted with
him of being a party to the murder,
and who was due to face the electric
chair with Cole at an early date.
Judge Woodrough's mandate pro
vided that Cole be turned over to the
sheriff of Howard county. How?
ever, the sheriff, realizing that the
feeling ran high in that county
against Cole, left him in custody of
Warden Fenton of the state peni
tentiary. Mrs. Lulu Vogt was found dead
beside the road a few miles south
of St. Paul. Neb., on July 5, 1917.
She was the mother-in-law of Cram
mer. Evidence disclosed that she
been shot through the head with a
pistol bullet and thrown from a ve
hicle. In confessions made by Cole and
Grammer following their arrest for
the murder of the aged woman. Cole
admitted he had killed Mrs. Vogt
for the sum of $500 paid him by
Crammer. These confessions the
accused later denied.
On a dozen occasions both Cole
and his companion have stood with
in a short distance of the electric
chair, only to secure their freedom
by some legal victory gained for
them by their attorneys.
COLUMBUS DAY IS
WIDELY OBSERVED
Legal Holiday Marks Anniversary of
Discovery of Land in Western
Hemisphere.
A lazy liver leads to chronic dys
pepsia and constipation wea kens
the whole system. Doan's Hegulets
(30 per box) act mildly on the liver
and bowels. At all drug stores.
FOR A FEW HOURS A DAY
WE WILL RAISE YOUR PAY
TRAIN FOR OFFICE WORK
For Years We Have Taught
Shorthand, Bookkeeping, Banking, Civil
Service, Normal Training, Telegraphy,
Buslneaa Administration
and other studies qualifying; for d I en i fled
positions, good salaries and rapid promo
tion. We find positions for students who
qualify. Expenses moderate. Work for
board ir desired, iinter any juonuay.
Assure success by
SELECTION OF AN ACCREDITED
SCHOOL
The schools named below are members
of the National Association of Accredited
Commercial Schools a iru.iranty of the
hlrhest standards of teachers and courses. !
Write them for catalogue, mentioning; i
aame of this paper. j
B0TLES COLLEGE Lincoln Business College ,
Omaha, Nebraska Lincoln, Nebraska
Today was generally observed
throughout the United States as "Col
umbus Day" in honor of the daring
Italian navigator, who flying the flag
of the Spanish kings, first sighted
the land of the western hemisphere
on October 12. 14'J2. Since the
mi-rning of the day when the look
out on the Nina, one of the crafts of
the Columbus fleet discovered - the
palm dotted shores of the tropic is
land of San Salvador, the progress of
the new world has been rapid.
Should the discoverer of the west
ern world pay a visit to the land he
had discovered he would discover
many strange and interesting chang
es in the world as civilization has
reached its perfection. The country
that he served a.s navigator has pass
ed from the greatest colonizing and
mart mie nation of the world to a
small second class kingdom. A great
republic lives in the land that Colum
bus discovered. In the cities of New
York or I'.oston there are more Ital
ians than in the native city of Col
umbus. Uenoa. New York has more
Irish within its border than has the
citv of Dublin. Chicago has more
ilermans than any city in Cermany
aside from Derlin and more Pole;
than any city aside except Warsaw.
iHirely this nation lias become the
mo.-.t cosmopolitan in the world and
fortunately the greater part of the
races that have supplanted the red
man as the resident of this continent
have all become full fledged citizens
if the American republic.
UNDERGOES OPERATION
This morning Dr. II. C. Leopold
operated on Mrs. Charles Garrison,
of Union, removing her tonsils and
the patient came through the opera
tion in excellent condition. Yester
day afternoon Dr. Leopold performed
an operation for the removal of both
tonsils and adenoids on Miss Dora
Meisinger. of Louisville, which also
proved very successful.
HAS WRIST INJURED
PURCHASES TRILLETY
BARBER SHOP TODAY
Ed Fullerton. formerly connected
with the Hotel Wagner barber shop.
closed a deal this forenoon for the
purchase of rlie Trillety shop, and
will take possession tomorrow. Ed
is one of the popular young men or
the city and should have no trouble
securing his share of the business in
the tonsorial line.
FOR SALE
The southwest quarter of section
5-12-9. 5 miles northwest of Mur
dock. known as the Chas. Hau farm.
Extra good terms.
E. L. Pflug. Springfield. Neb.
FORD CAR BARGAINS
Lae Ford Sedan with Ford starter.
bumpers, extra tire, speedometer and
dome light, like new and guarantee-!
$800. Several tourings, runabouts
and two-ton trucks.
One Republic one-ton truck new.
pneumatic tires.
All at a big cut in prices.
ltw 3td T. II. POLLOCK. UAKAtiL.
Popular copyrighted fiction at the
Journal office.
Hit UNIVERSAL CAB
OUR NEW LOW PRICES
ON
Ford Pleasure Cars, Trucks
and Fordson Tractors
Runabout, without starter $4G5.00
Runabout, with starter 538.30
Touring, without starter 512.2a
Touring, with starter 585.15
Coupe, with starter 829.85
Sedan, with starter 881. 9h
One-ton truck with grain and
stock body 800.00
Fordson. t. o. b. Detroit 790.00
This morning Frank Vostrejs was
the victim of a very painful accident
as the result of a balky automobile.
Mr. Vostrejs and wife were motor
ing to Omaha when at the Platte
river bridge had some trouble that
made it necessary to crank up the
car and in doing so the crank strucg
ii riiHir wrist of Mr. Vostrejs and
injured it quite badly. He was We are taking signed orders for
brought' on into tins city and an above models, which will be filled ill
examination maueoi L ie the order which they are taken
3 and as our allotment of cars will not
Mrs. George Privittf of Bladen supply the demand at these greatly
Neb., who was called here by theTreduced priceSf do not deiay giving
Crary. returned this morning to'her " your signed orders if you want
home and was accompanied by ner ! prompt uciivcry.
brother, John Mccrary. wno win
visit in Uladen for a time before re
turning to Burbank. California.
Let Falter take care of all your
insurance. We offer you real insur- ;
ance service. This costs you
more. I
ol2 lm.
J. P. FALTER & SON
T. H. Pollock Garage
Authorized Ford Dealer
no ' Phone No. 1 Plattsmouth
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT I
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