MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 1922.
PLATTSUOT7TH SEIH-WEEKLY JOUKUAL
PAGE TWO
ALVO DEPARTMENT
Even's Suits
Men's Overcoats
- : "COME. ON
n.tli33)ikfl
Eleanor Rosenow was in Lincoln
Monday evening.
G. P. Kahler has gone to Missouri
to vLsit a sick sister.
Dr. Li. Muir and family autoed to
Milford .e- Year's Day to visit rel
atives. Miss Lola Carr and brother, Mar
vin, visited briefly with Miss Marie
Stroemer last Sunday.
Co. Home Agint Ida M. Wilkins
will be at the meeting and all ladies
are invited to attend.
Several Alvoites visited Murdock
to view the section of the village de
stroyed by fire last week.
Mr. and Mrs. John Murtey left
Wednesday evening for Los Angeles
Cal.. to spend several weeks.
Miss Ina Anderson spent several
days during vacation with her Aunt
Emma Hanson at Greenwood.
Mr. and Mrs. Harlem Wolfe re
turned to their home at Ashland
Tuesday afternoon visiting relatives
here.
The Ladies Aid society met Wed
nesday afternoon with Mrs. "George
Curyea there being eleven ladies
present.
Miss Mildred Brown came down
from Omaha Saturday, spending New
Years with her sister Mrs. Alfred
Stroemer.
The Women's Reading club met
Thursday afternoon with Mrs. M. C.
Keefer. Twenty ladies were in attendance.
The Internationa!
Feed Grinder
AT THE
Hardware Company,
Alvo -:- -:- Nebr.
Come see how it works
Lumber, Grain and Coal!
j
Our prices for grain are always the highest. I
own and operate my own elevator. . The highest
prices for grain is always paid by the Independent
EfcvatoT.T. I; am your friend r - - t - r ;
."JOHN EUaURTEi Yi v '
ALVO - - - - NEBRASKA
t WABASH HAPPENINGS
L. U. Stanley autoed to Lincoln
Tuesday morning.
William Thurman is visiting at
the home of Frank Reese.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Murfin autoed
to Lincoln Tuesday morning.
Mr. S. A. Jacknian and Mr. L. R.
Stanley put up ice last week.
Jerry Mcllugh was in town Wed
nesday. Fie saw his brother Ed off
on the train.
Aphie Sala spent Friday and Sat
urday at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
II. II. Gerbeling.
Klla and Orval Gerbeling spent
Thursday evening at the home of
Rev. and Mrs. Sala of Elmwood.
Mrs. Clara Telms returned home
from Avoca Saturday evening where
she has been visiting the past week.
Mr. Emil Bauers is spending this
week with his uncle and aunt and
family. Mr. and Mrs. II. P. Denning.
A number from here attended the
box social in Murdock Friday eve
ning. A jolly good time was for all.
Mr. and Mrs. II. II. Gerbeling au
toed to Weeping Water Friday morn
ing to have tome dental work done.
Rula Jackman spent Friday and
Saturday with her Uncle and Aunt
and family Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Gib
son of Weeping Water.
Satisfaction and Service Guaranteed
if You Bring Your
.'earn, Eggs, Poultry
and Hides
-TO-
PERCY JL FIELD,
located in the old laundry building, opposite
Cloidt Lumber Yard. Phone us or call be
fore going elsewhere.
Phone
Tica Marin fitrnpmpr returned to
Gothenburg Monday after spending
the holidays with her mother, Mrs. I
J. H. Stroemer. .
Carl Grant has returned to his
home at Chicago after spending six
weeks wit hrelatives here and at
Clay Center, Kansas.
Mrs. Margaret Wolfe has returned
from Greenwood where she spent sev
eral weeks with her daughter, Mrs.
Mary Dummitt and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Prouty and
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Cashner spent Fri
day in Lincoln with their cousin,
Mrs. Cora Bennett and family.
About twenty ladies will be need
ed at the church basement next
Thursday afternoon January 12th,
to help make the three dress forms
which will be made that day.
Miss Alta Linch left Sunday eve
ning for University Place to visit
her brother. Prof. Verl Linch and
wife, until Monday when she would
return to Beatrice where she teaches.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson moved into
their new home early in December.
Ivon Baker returned to his home at
Bennett Sunday afer spending a
week with his aunt Mrs. S. K. John
son and other relatives.
The trustees of the Methodist
church and their wives and hus
bands met at the church basement
Thursday evening and enpoyed a pic
nic supper after which the regular
business session was held. There were
33 present.
Last Friday ni.;ht Mr. and Mrs.
S. K. Johnson held a house warm
ing reception for friends and rela
tives about seventy being present.
An oyster supper was served at 12
o'clock. Several of the guests were
from Bennett.
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Appleman en
tertained Saturday night at 6 o'
clock dinner in honor of her mother,
Mrs. H. A. Bailey. Those present
were: Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Bailey and
son, Kenneth, Mr. and Mrs. C. M.
Jordan, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Clapp.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Campbell and
daughter, Grace, of Rokeby came In
Friday visiting : their sister, Mrs.
Prouty and family until Saturday
evening when they, accompanied by
Mr. and Mrs. Prouty and sister, Mrs.
Joe Armstrong, went to Greenwood
and spent New Years with their
mother Mrs. A. Hurlbut.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Poole spent
Saturday afternoon at the home of
Mr. Poole's brother and family, Mf.
and Mrs. Albert Poole.
Floyd and Clara Gerbeling and
Miss Armstrong spent Wednesday
evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
II. II. Gerbeling and family.
Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Denning and
family, Mr. Emil Bauers took din
ner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Al
bert Dehning and family.
Mrs. L. B. Wolcott, Mrs.' Hitch
man, Mrs. Clark and Mrs. H. B. Wol-
cott spent Wednesday at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Poole.
Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Jackman and
family, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Jackman
and familv attended the funeral of
their neke, Mrs. Goichie at Louis
ville.
William, Harry and Meta Dehn
ing. J. D. Ella and Orval Gedbeling
autoed to near Greenwood Saturday
evening to a farewell party for Mr.
and Mrs. Gust Baurers.
Mr. and Mrs. Lock of Minneapo
lis, Minn., are visiting with Mrs.
Locke's grandfather, Mr. H. H.
Squires, also Mrs. Locke's aunt and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Syl
vester.
Absolute merit and merit alone 13
responsible for Tanlac's phenomenal
and unprecedented success. F. G
Fricke & Co.
Lost anything fontia anything
Try a Journal ad. "They satisfy."
$7$
14 $21
The first two lots are mostly
iasi iwo iocs emDrace neany every size and ftf?
kind.
Boy's Knicker Suit
our entire stock at just two prices,
$5 and $10
and it started with a Bang! People are interested in such prices as we announced in our first ad.
If you haven't read that ad, get it and read it. We haven't room in any one ad to list all the
items. Be assured this is an event of superlative value giving. Such low prices haven't been
known in years. Buy when the market is down that time is right now!
Ladies Wool Sweaters-choice of House $6.45
Special Low Prices on Ladies' Coats!
ilea's dress shirts $"!." 9
Men's big collar sweaters $1.C5
Men's OD army flannel shirts$3.C5
Men's heavy bib overalls $1.C9
Men's work shirts, all sizes D5c
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SHIPS THAT PASS
- IN THE NIGHT
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be moved anywhere and with it the
farmer can mill direct from stack,
place the product in bags or elevate
it into lofts, bins or silos ready for
use as needed, thereby saving not
only a' great amount' of room, but
the subsequent labor of rehandling
same, as when material id : reduced
by our process it' can be' conveyed
from' tiinV direct - to -feeOrng troughs
or to se4f-feedeF8 iAvhielt."a.Te fne for
hogs, eliminating all. waste.?: It: ia
clear that when rough material is
fed there is great waste arid .in addi
tion it is shown by tests that the
physical effort required by an. ani
mal in converting its jaws into an
alfalfa milL . will consume so much
of the food constituent in the ma
terial that the animal will find it
difficult to gain a surplus beyond
that to replace its own tissues. This
is especially true where animals are
allowed to roam in search of food,
which they can never obtain in the
proper balance required for the best
gain.
The quality and texture of our
product has been pronounced by
experts to be the finest ever seen on
the market, also the highest in food
value, our Lincoln university tests
showing a protein content of 14.6
in our milled alfalfa, while most all
other makes run about 10 to 12.
This high analysis is due to our ef
ficient machinery, our methods of
milling and screening and to the fact
that we mill raw stuff at the source,
and also to the high protein value of
the alfalfa grown on our lime soils
abundant in the river hills.
Now what is more important for
the purpose of this article is this:
All this machinery is being built
by home labor in our shop and. manu
facturing plant located . here in
Plattsmouth, right across the street
from the mill, and this was the
reason why the mill was built in
Plattsmouth and erected where it
now stands, any have guessed that
the proposition would be a failure on
the assumption that no alfalfa could
be secured around here, and to those
it may be of interest for us to say
that we have never considered it to
be of material importance to our
idea whether the Plattsmouth mill
manufactured alfalfa meal immedi
ately or not. because the mill was
erected primarily to develop our pat
ent forage milling system and to be
hand' to the parent shop, upon
whose success it depends, because
this is the shop out of which the mill
gets its foundation.
It is not important to our proposi
tion whether the mill here mills com
mercially or 'not. All we want i3 to
use it for demonstrating its possi
bilities visually to those who do want
it. We are aware that there are
other locations where hay is properly
abundant and these are the places
where we expect to erect mills or
tarts of mills. This is the business
that will permit us to enlarge our
present shop here and probably work
at lea3t 100 skilled men.
But. we will state, as against the
idea that there is not enough alfalfa
grown here, we are surprised our
selves to know that the situation is
more favorable than supposed, and
all farmers are greatly disposed to
increase acreage as soon as the mar
ket is provided, and this event will
be solved as soon as we can complete
the mill.
Also, it is well known that alfalfa
is the greatest soil builder and no
modern farmer can do himself or his
land justice without growing it, as
in fact it is the most profitable crop
he can raise, even at $10 per ton,
to tay nothing of the increased pro
ductivity of the soil due to its being
i Ak. a u w. v n m .a: rt u w m is. n
small sizes. The l&Xi&Tc
any
C. E. Wescott's
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1 grown, but like everything else in
jia.ming thtre L- juright way and a
vrong way to do everything,
j Now what maiters in the commun
! r.y is this: Our machinery is made
Plattsmouth, we employ only the
l est grade of expert mechanics, some
i of whom have bf-e-n with us for twen-
ty-five .years. We have at our com
'r.iand the best equipped manufactur-
ia? plant of its size in the country.
When we removed here from Om
icha we brought a number of high
irade mechanics with their families,
fllr.o from other jilrtces, even from Tiu
vmie, Iowa. V.'e: have been here
jr. bout five years ('eveloping our prop
K'Fftion. advert is-ini'the town and our
jv'ork In national "Tnediums of circu
lation, disbursing ht times one thous
and dollars per week, which money
i is derived from outside sources en
tirely. Our purpose here is one of
'uplift for the community; we are
j devoted solely to the advancement of
j community interests; we do not op
erate our plant for personal profit,
'but all such profit has been expended
ia plant betterment and the acquir-
ing of property necessary to receive
i the- expansion of our legitimate busi
i i-oss. We have asked nothing in the
' way of a bonus from the citizens, but
ihave purchased at good prices every
i thing we have here. On the other
1 hand we could have obtained much
! material assistance from other places.
We now have nearly two acres
i rear trackage which we think is an
; ideal place for a modern factory and
-fine in which we can easily supply
work for more than 100 men. but
lowing to the war and other condi
tions over which we had no control,
wo have been unable to secure the
recessary finances. .which would prob
ably involve at least a half million
IdoHirs, to he expended in buildings
j raid departments, including a compe
tent sales organization behind our
manufacturing facilities. It is easy
to. comprehend what this would mean
! to our city not only an important
j potential in itself, but would encour
age other factories who depend In a
measure on us for certain supplies.
Twice we have attempted to asso
ciate ourselves with organizations
with this laudabie purpose in view,
but in each attempt difficulties have
been encountered by growing depres
sions of war and. after-war condition?-,,
but we all know that these con
ditions are but transitory and the
I pendulum will soon swing the other
way. ore than two hundred years
r.lone will be required to build up
the western empire without consid
ering any of the world-wide require
ments. Is there anything more im
portant or reliable than the making
of those implements necessary for the
conservation of food, such as we
make? These requirements are ever
recurrent and are of interest where
ever agriculture exists.
With our limited capital we have
necessarily been compelled to work
slowly, even at times thought we
should have quit entirely, but hope
rising from . merit springs- eternal
and cannot b subdued.
We build slowly but surely. Our
present mill building here was con
structed especially with reference to
our requirements in order to demon
rtrate our perfect machines, system
and inventions relative to the busi
ness. The mills may be made smaller or
larger depending on the require
inentseven to single machines. Sub
stantial progress has been made,
much of which of course the public
has no means of observing, but which,
relating to factors of vital import
ance to the industry, we think will
revolutionize the feed stuffs prob
lem and transportation of same.
W have made discoveries of great
importance in the proposition and
on which patents are pending.
Encouragement has been received
from all sources, railways included,
as well as from government experts,
which confirm the value of our work.
MP 11 . ... $
eairannce Mas Started I'
Already important buyers in New
York City, New Orleans, Memphis,
St. Louis, Kansas City and elsewhere
have signified a desire to handle our
entire output of milled alfalfa as
manufactured by our process, this
situation being due to the fact that
no product has ever been on the
market to equal it.
Now, folks, the real important
thing for all concerned is to get our
mill complete and fully equipped, in
order that we may mill to full ca
pacity, which would be from twenty
to forty tons per day here and by
doing fo demonstrate to prospective
customers the actual value of the
units involved.
With this object in view' we are ex
pending the combined force of our
capable employees, our present ma
chine shop, as well as our entire cap
ital and credit. We have no fear in
these respects because we know the
value of the end sought.
More than fifty thousand dollars
has already been expended in bring
ing the present mill forward. The
amount of development work we have
already done could not be duplicated
elsewhere for twice the amount. In
fact several of us have worked un
ceasingly without any charge what
ever. Now as strange as it may seem
we will yet require the sum of forty
three thousand dollars to complete
our new models of machinery, pat
ents and necessary mill furnishings
and at least another season 'will be
required to complete same. Every
thing has a beginning and such are
necessarily expensive, but less so in
this instance than elsewhere because
we work efficiently and do all our
own work practically on the premises.
It is a proposition that obviously
could not be developed anywhere else
nor under any other circumstances
because all factors are favorable. ,
Our next mill would not cost one
third as much because all factors are
at hand and everything reduced to a
manufacturing basis. A3 everyone
knows, there is a large difference be
tween making things and manufac
turing them, for the first ones must
be made under careful evolution and
expert observation. Many millions
were expended in bringing the pres
ent Ford car into daylight, while
the present low cost of construction
is one of the marvels of the century.
The above allusion is made to make
clear the idea that when our mills
are ready to offer on the market the
prices will be such as will meet all
competition even in inferior mills.
A number of patents will be in
volved in the proposition the worth
of which we estimate at a low value
of $200,000 not including the present
mill property, building and equip
ment already installed.
Now how shall we raise this very
necessary forty-three thousand dol
lars? We have no stock for sale, nor
will we lay any plans for further
capitalizing the proposition, at least
until after our present mill is com
plete and in demonstrable shape.
Our first incentive would be to ask
for a loan for the amount, repayable
in a term of years, covered by mort
gage security.
Our second incentive would be to
sell one-third of our mill proposition
to one or a group of individuals, said
mill delivered complete in all units
and patents fully protected, for the
sum of $43,000.
We would prefer to sell one indi
vidual, who could handle or learn
to handle the sales of milled alfalfa
and mills. A fine office at the mill
now awaits such a party where his
executive ability would be of great
value. There will be no salaries paid
during 1922 at least no inducement
is held out. Here is a chance for
some young man to associate himself
with a fine commercial proposition,
where he can learn all the engineer
ing features couuecled with the busi
ness. The possibilities in eltrer de
partment are almost without limit.
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yours. You need
Boy's Overcoats
our entire stock at just two prices,
$5 and $10
Sons
"
We can cite several instances in
which we have given j-oung men a
start in other propositions in which
ve have been identified, that has re
sulted in their becoming owners of
factories and other properties as well
as a power in. the commercial world.
A similar situation is held out in the
present proposition, but of far more
reaching importance than anything
we have heretofore been connected
with, and one in which we ourselves
intend to devote our entire energies.
As for ourselves, we have expend
ed thousands in the community and
would ask no one to assume any . risk
that we ourselves would not take.
As a whole, we do not believe there
can be any question as to our ability
or sincerity in the premises. We only
ask our neighbors to add a small por
tion as against what we have and are
willing to expend, all for the open
ing of opportunities and the upbuild
ing of our home town and making
Plattsmouth a better town in which
to live.
We know of wealthy people who
are investing in hazardous enter
prises out of the town in which they
call home, and which have no po
tential value in the uplift of the city,
nor do such investments employ our
idle men or develop the community
in any way or assist in paying our
taxes.
Many of our excellent young men
are compelled to go far away to seek
employment far from home and
friends. Willing as these wealthy
people are to share in the prosperity
of all improvements, they are loath
to help in any way on the founda
tion work involved and necessary for
legitimate industry.
That we are already here is un
fortunate for us, because if we were
not, it is probable that a large bonus
would be arranged for to get us here.
We believe Plattsmouth has already
received benefit from our activities,
as we have worked for expansion
and improvement at all times with
our other active citizens.
Many who are well able to assist
do not take into consideration that
some one must carry on, laying the
foundations from which future acti
vities must spring. We can only reap
what we sow.
The backbone of every live town
lies in its small and large industries
as well as the far sightedness of its
business men. Old capital must sup
ply new leaven, else activities shrink
back to earth again.
Again many do not know the exact
character of our w:ork nor that our
work relates to fundamental crea
tions in metal tools and machinery.
which we generate out of nothing
wiuvii exisieu oeiore, ana from which
evolve other subsiderary industries!
Ours is an only institution which can
create and make itself and all other
machinery connected with other in
dustries ana upon our class of activ
ity iney must depend for renewals
As an instance of the product of
our activities may be mentioned the
very alfalfa mill which is now un
der discussion. This is a fair sample
" vau upring irom our work
the mill referred to not only being a
foreign industry itself, but the units
which constitute its ability to make
a commodity of commercial value
within itself, but of course could not
rebuild itself. This situation further
emphasizes the alue of our factory
which is intended to be behind all
mills made by us, and to supply the
after service which all such machin
ery during its lifetime requires
Thus happily we can create ' and
bring to life whole industries, and
even from them other industries may
spring, especially in favorable at
mosphere and receptive soil
Other industries which we have al
ready mentioned as having been di
veloped and sold to othefs b Ls
miaalizne0t.SHUffiCie,nt Capital to?!
me(.ialize them, have nevertheless
been successful and now employ not
hundreds but thousands of well ,aid
$21 $28
iU uon:nn;nrT nf
scasuu ia mc uc(,uiiu6 w
a new overcoat. Get it
Boys winter knit caps 25c
Boys' big collar sweaters $1.95
Boys' leather mittens- 45c
Boys' union suits 95c
Boys' blue overalls, to size 2 95c
employes., ; . :
We dwell at length on the signifi
cant value of our primary industry
here as an important factor already
in our rnidrt. capable of great uplift
to the community, but even after all,
independent as we are, we cannot
manufacture money without a gov
ernment permit, and as we have no
hopes of such concessions, all we can
do is, to get help to make, the things
that can be exchanged fcr that jcom1
modify which, however desirable and
useful, cannot measure up to truth
and integrity, nor, cause - the species
of satisfaction which comes from
helping others ti help themselves.
; Many do not have the patience to
recall, that cne thing bdlMs auQttffcx.
whether it ;be for. . good orof evift
For instance a number '6f people have
complained; to 'us that ' the Chopp!e
g&s engine works was a failure. We
knnw riifTprpnt hpransn w built mi
the foundation left by Mr. Choppic,
adding an equipment valued at ?30,-
000 or more.- We have disbursed
, fifty times the amount of the original
investment in it, besides expending
many hundred dollars advertising the
town in meaiums naving a worm
wide circulation and with results,
which our mail will show, even from
far away Australia, New Zealand and
war torn Europe. All are interested
in us! Why? Because we supply
them with desirable commodities,
which in many instances cannot be
duplicated elsewhere on the planet.
Now, folks, we have bit off a big
chunk here on the milling proposi
tion which taken in connection with
our machine shop requirements,
makes the grde mighty hard to
climb. We cannot make tt ht;,i0,i-
Jnor do we think we ought to. No
maud ii uue nas it goiu mine, cap-"
ital must be provided for the neces
sary machinery to excavate it. Sound
men and money are required in ev
ery enterprise. We are essentially
engineers makers of efficient ma
chinery, layers of control situations
in commercial enterprises. We need
the assistance of salesmanship; we.
can even direct others in this euc
cesEfully, but others we must have
We realize, too, that going on any
scale is hard at this time. The fi
nancial situation is entirely in the
buyers' hands. At the same time we
know that there is just as much mon
ey as there ever was and those who
have it are eniovine- their i,,nin
present. But the pendulum swings
it has to; then comes the regrets of
those who might have been
?'s?rvfations are not offered
vith intent to injure the sensibilities
of any one, but we believe the state
ments in substance are essential and
of importance to the community at
this ,me. In any event if our wants
onlv h?!"6 not,kno. we should
only blame ourselves if we can get
no further in the community- nor
?e;enn iGVe any apolsy ! due ?;
thii Bitua tlnn?rthy CaU8e 111 makin
who at tV,i D knWn to flnancial men
ital nr Ume have uninvested cap-
a In tt haVe invested CP
iiai in far nwntr r f i . . .
irwif;ira,Linter-ts better were
We are sole owners of the nron-
w i'rw6 fT,a Sma11 incumberance
which we will tako t
Jiff "hS1 -oWerV,80CtT-
Sh???6'".0" are Wt"led only by the
ability ct the mm behind it
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from : lOTK nd. criticism.
of expansion; we remaient PlaDS
- L. C. SHARPf'o
0RAGE EXT'NS'N MILLS,
ot Incorporated. '
