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And I will say to -them which were
not my people, Thou art my people
Pro v. 18-10.
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A hog census. Hope they take the
road hog.
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Eat, drink and tomorrow- may
never come.
When Fashion enters the door, bill3
fly in the window.
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Adam had one advantage. The first
robin didn't fool him into taking 'em
off.
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The bluebird brings happiness, but
the stork brings a $400 tax exemp
tion. :o:
A Virginia town is said to be so
dry that It has to pin on its postage
stamps.
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The reason men brag about the
bee's industry is because men get
the honey.
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Lots of fellows would get along
better if their wives didn't have such
extravagant husbands.
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The infant republics must learn
that the clause in. the treaty estab
lishing them wasn't Santa Claus.
":
A girl is going to cross Niagara
Falls on a wire. She must want to
get to Canada a lot worse than we
do.
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Congress would have the ex-soldiers
believe It is passing the bonus
bill, whereas it Is only passing the
buck.
to:
No further news about the ple
eiofaurus the last few days, but the
Arbuckle trial is1 on again in San
Francisco.
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Hand painted dresses, signed by
the artists, are a fad in London. On
some evening gowns initials, we
should think, must suffice.
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Some folks think bus-incss is a bit
slow in turning the corner, but you!
can't expect a crippled fat man to
show any particular bursts of speed.
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A Plattsmouth woman recently
called up a local doctor to ask him
if she should drop her eye medicine
in her eyes before or after meals.
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Well, which is the more satisfac
tory? To be a union man, loyal and
true to his organization, without a
Job, or a non-union man, loyal and
true to hi3 convictions, with a job?
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Fiction led in the production of
books in America in 1921, and books
on science came second. Question:
How may the books on science be
made to outnumber the books of
avowed fiction by adding more fic
tion to their contents or subtracting
some?
"It don't take a man long to
bag his pants at the knees,
and to make a finely tailored
suit look thoroughly disrepu
table that's the man of it,"
avers Dainty Dorthy.
But she goes on to explain
that the man who is making
use of our cleaning, steaming
and pressing services is keep
ing his clothes In much more
presentable condition than
when he got acquainted with
us. And it doesn't cost much,
either.
Goods Called for and Delivered
16b
sit900URNAL WTICE
PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
April showers bring May colds.
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Because a driver does not carry a
spare tire does not prove that he is
an optimist. He may not have the
price.
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The serial film known as the Ar
buckle case Is running off another
reel, the papers report. The cost of
this production, by the way, prom
ises to set a new record in movie an
nals. ,
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We may be getting old and sot in
our ways, but we take no stock in J The 1897 strike was the first ma
this "kiss by radio" business. As the jor victory of the United Mine Work
man remarked when for the 'first Ta f America. It led in 1898, to
time he saw a giraffe,
man."
"It isn't hu-
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But then, as long as cabinet cri-
sises are all the vogue why should-
n't the Harding administration havej
one? We're entitled to all that goes'
with free, representative government
we guess.
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Where, inquires a contemporary,
are the shirts of yesteryear? Well,
' " 9 ymi .-n er Tlifl tail
. " A ' ...
of the other's doing duty as a dainty
apronette and what's left of it serves
as a dust cloth.
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"Tactful pressure," accordin
The Literary Digest, may become as !
famous a diplomatic phrase as (
"watchful waiting." Any gentleman :
who understands dancing ought to be
able to apply it.
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Dispatch says Wm. G. McAdoo has
been "admitted to the bar" in Cali
fornia. We sincerely trust that Bill
will not be tempted to indulge fa
any potables that the California bars
are said to pervey.
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The lady mayor of an Ohio town
captured a lady bootlegger who was
fined $1,000 for her activities. When
the women get to hunting one an
other down the mills of justice are
likely to work over time.
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The New York Times supposes
that the decay of the art of letter
writing is due, among other causes,
to the telephone. Lots more com
munications, however, in the latter
case, gq to the wrong number.
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Doug Fairbanks is going to -play
Robin Hood, and we look forward to
the picture with pleasure, in spite of
the fear that we shall find Robin
Hood a grinning acrobat instead of a
sturdy noble hearted vagabond.
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The wife of a New Yorl: captain
of police wants to leave him because
he writes her orders as the igh she
were a subordinate, and sigrs them,
"your respectfully." She seems to
suspect some subtle and lurking sar
casm. :o:
Profsor Keller of the Yale an
thropology department, assures his
students that he cannot instruct
them what girl to marry nor how to
court her. A brief special c urse with
the average girl, however, will give
them all the information necessary.
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I Senator McCumber, chairman of
the finance committee, is to try to
get President Harding to express a
"definite" opinion on the bonus. The
only way to do that Is to assure the
president that it is only a matter of
"geographical location," and not po
litical. -0:0-
When a town school boy asked bis
E! father the meaning of equinox the
old gentleman exploded as follows:
"What's the matter with the schools
these days, anyhow? Don't they
teach you anything at all useful any
more? The equinox is one of those
fabled old Roman monsters, half
horse, half ox. The word comes from
'equine,' meaning liorse, and the
word 'ox'."
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HOLIDAY
Henry Ford puts -his employes on
the 40 hour week basis, no work on
Saturdays.
Every man needs two days a week
rest and recreation, says Ford.
When Henry was a young man,
mechanics started their machines at
6 In the morning, not later than 7,
and the man who worked only 10
hours a day was considered the hold
er of a soft snap.
Gradually the workers are getting
the 'benefit of automatic machinery,
increased productive methods a,nd
sensible "efficiency."
How about a 40-hour a week sched
ule for the farmers?
BATTLING SINCE 1849
The first strike ever staged by
American coal miners was in 1849.
f A local union, organized in the Penn
sylvania anthracite field, struck for
higher pay and better working con
ditlons. This strike failed.
Tt was a decade before miners
organized. Since then there have been
hundreds of walkouts of various
! sizes and in various mining districts
Among the hundreds of strikers
only five were big enough to be com
pared with th present one, which
breaks all Tecords for number of men
involved.
During the panic of 1893 miners'
wages were cut. To regain this loss
about 1GO.00O bituminous miners
struck the following year. After dis
orders and calling out of militia in
four states this etirke ended in a
compromise.
In 1897 there was an overproduc
tion of coal. Anticipating a- wage
cut In a dull market 150,000 miners
struck for three months. By then
coal was scarce and wage cuts were
out of the question.
flrm establishment of collective bar
gaining between the union and the
ODerators of the Central Competitive
District. the heart of the bituminous
jndtry.
The athraclte strike of 1900 won
& wa&e iDCTease of io to 16 per cent
for the 132,000 miners involved.
Two years later the 140,000 an
thracite miners walked out. After a
strike of 23 weeks the Roosevelt
commission raised their pay to 10
per cent. They returned to work
. . .
I In 1919 about 395,000 miner
'struck. They finally won a wage in
to crease averaging 27 per cent.
Seven ty-three years of intermit
tent strikes in the coal fields! It i
one of the oldest of all labor con
troversies. The fact that no permanent set
tlement has been found in nearly
three fourths of a century s due
largely to a peculiar problem in the
coal industry seasonal buying.
Seasonal buying means that coal
sales during certain months are dull
Miners then are laid off, for the
mines do not operate long when they
have no market.
This condition necessitates keep
ing a labor surplus in the coal field?
to handle orders when they show up
like maintaining firemen in idleness,
awaiting the outbreak of fire.
If you can solve this problem f
find a way to induce homes and bus
inesses to buy more coal during the
dull months you have the key to a
labor battle waged since 1849.
For, above all, what the miners
always want is steady employment.
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PHYSIOGNOMY
The firm set expression at the
mouth, which attracts your atten
tion in pictures of George Washing
ton, was due largely to bis false
teeth, says Professor F. A. Beckford
of Harvard medical school.
People who Jump at conclusions
might say, this explodes the notion
that a firm mouth implies determi
nation. On the contrary, Washington's ar
tificial teeth merely restored his
mouth it Its original firmness. He
had the determination of a bulldog,
as Lord Cornwallis found out.
Men harp on the powers of reason
ing. But reasoning, unless thorough
and exhaustive, often sidetracks the
brain on a fallacy.
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Canada lost last year in govern
ment operation of the merchant ma
rine $2,210,000, besides additional
loss of $3,357,000 in interest charg
es, and $4,159,000 in depreciation
a nice little loss of $9,700,000.
This ma yserve to give us a hint of
our own losses in the same job.
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Fordson tractors reduced to $395.
Plattsmouth Motor Co. w
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The wonderful results following
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its equal. Danger lurks where
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Address Box 248,
Plattsmouth -: Nebraska
NOTICE OF SUIT
' In the District Court of the County
of Cass, Nebraska.
Joseph A. Everett, Plaintiff, vs
Rose Ann Decker et al. Defendants.
To the defendants Rose Ann Deck
er; A. S. Fowler, first real name un
known; Nancy E. Fowler; Mrs. Josh
ua Drown, first real name unknown;
Benjamin Williams; Martney wn
liams; Martha Ann Williams; Sam
uel Henna; Mrs. Samuel Hanna. first
real name unknown; Adam Davis;
Nancy Ann Davis; Charles Fowler;
Ellen Fowler; the heirs, devisees,
legatees, personal representatives and
all other persons interested in the
estates cf Rose Ann Decker; A. S.
Fowler, first real name unknown;
Nancy E. Fowler: Mrs. Joshua
Brown, first real name unknown;
Benjamin Williams; Marthey Wil
liams; Martha Ann Williams; Sam
uel Hanna; Mrs. Samuel Hanna, first
real name unknown; NAdam Davis;
Nancy Ann Davis; Charles Fowler;
Ellen Fowler: Jefferson Decker; An
selmo B. Smith and Sylvira E. Smith,
each deceased, real names unknown,
and all persons having or claiming
interest in the west half fW) of
the southeast quarter (SEi) and
the southeast quarter (SEU) of the
southeast quarter (SE'i) or section
Sva (5) and Government Lot four
(4) in the southwest quarter (SW'4
:f Section four (4) all in Township
ten (10) North Range fourteen (14)
?ast of the 6th P. M., in Cass county,
Nebraska, real names unknown:
You and each of you are hereby
notified that Joseph A. Everett . as
olaintiff, filed a petition and com
menced an action in the District
Court of the County of Cass, Nebras
va. on the 31st day of March. 1922,
igalnst you and each of you, the ob
'ect. purpose and prayer of which is
lo obtain a decree of court quieting
'.he title to the following described
'ands, to-wit: West half of the south
?ast quarter and the southeast quar
ter of the southeast quarter of Sec
tion 5, and Government Lot 4 in the
southwest quarter of Section 4, all
!n Township 10, North Range 14.
ast of the 6th P. M., in Cass county.
Nebraska, against you and each of
vou and for such other relief as may
be just and equitable.
lou and each of you are further
notified that you are required to an
swer said petition on or before Mon
ay, the Sth day of May, 1922, or
he allegations therein contained will
be taken as true and a decree will be
-endered in favor of the plaintiff and
igair.st you and each of you, accord;
ing to the prayer of said petition.
Dated this 31st day of March, A.
D. 1922.
JOSEPH A. EVERETT.
Plaintiff.
W. A. ROBERTSON.
i3-4w. Attorney for Plaintiff.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The State of Nebraska, Cass coun
ty. PS. k
In the County CoiTt.
In the matter of the estate of Wil
liam Hendricks, deceased.
; Ta 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
5th day of April. 1922. and the 25th
lay of July. 1922, at ten o clock in
the forenoon of each day, to receive
md 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 25th day of April. A. D.
1922, and the time limited for pay
ment of debts is one year , from said
25th day of April. 1922.
Witness my band and the seal cf
aid county -court, this 25th day of
March. 1922.
ALLEN J. BEESON.
(Seal) m27-4w County Judge.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The State of Nebraska, Cass coun
ty, ss.
In the County Court.
In the matter of the estate of John
H. Becker, deceased.
To the creditors of said estate:
You are herehv notified that I will
it at the County Court room in
Plattsmouth in said county on April
:, 1922. and July 22, 1922. at 9
o'clock a. m.. on each day, to receive
and examine all claims against said
estate, with a view to their adjust
ment and allowance. The time'Tim
ited for the presentation of claims
against said estate is three months
from the 22nd day of April. A. D.
1922. and the time limited for pay
ment of debts is one year from said
22nd day of April, 1922.
Witness my hand and the seal or
said County Court, this 20th day of
March, 1922.
ALLEN J- BEESON,
Seal m23-4w County Judge.
ROAD NOTICE
To Whom It May Concern:
The Board of County Commission
ers of Cass county, Nebraska, has
opened a public road on the section
line between the SWU of Section
one (1) and the NW4 of Section
twelve, (12) in Township ten, (10)
north of Range thirteen, (13) east
of the sixth (6th) P. M Cass coun
ty, Nebraska, three rods In width, the
center line of said highway being the
section line between said tracts, and
all claims for damages must be filed
in the office of the County Clerk on
or before noon of the 11th day of
May, A. D. 1922.
Witness my hand and seal this 8th
day of March, A. D. 1922.
GEO. R. SAYLES,
County Clerk of Cass
(Seal) ml6-4w. County.
WASHING MACHINES
If you are going to be wanting a
washing outfit you cannot, find a
more satisfactory or practical one
than a Dexter Twin Tub, either elec
tric or power.
Get my prices on Rock Island farm
implements, engines and cream sepa
rators. W. T. RICHARDSON,
m21-3d,tf9w Mynard, Neb.
The most exquisite line of birth
day and gift cards to be found any
where! At Journal office.
APRIL RED BOOKS
Get the latest edition of America's
mo3t popular fiction magazine, the
Red Book, at the Journal office. Now
ready for the reading; public.
.Your Lumber Sawed
Take your native logs to the Shel
don Manufacturing Company's saw
mill at Nehawka, Neb. Have. them
sawed into demention lumber at
$14.00 per thousand.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The State of Nebraska, Cass coun
ty, ss.
In the County Court.
In the matter of the estate of Har
riet A. McCaulcy, deceased.
Tr ilia rrml ! t rr: nf Raid PStatP!
You are hereby notified that I will
sit at the County Court room in
Plattsmouth, in raid county, on the
Sth dav of May, A. D. 1922 and on
the 5th day of August, A. D. 1922,
at 10:00 o'clock a. ni.. of each day,
to receive end examine all claims
against said estate, with a view to
their adjustment and allowance. The
time limited for the presentation of
claims against raid estate is three
months from the 5th day of May, A.
I). 1922 and the time limited for pay
ment of debts is on? year from said
5th day of May, 1922.
"Witness my hand and the seal of
said County Court, this 4th day of
April, 1922.
ALLEN J. BEESON,
(Seal) a6-4w. County Judge.
ORDER OF HEARING
en Petition for Appointment of
Administrator.
The State of Nebraska, Cass coun -
ty. ss.
In the County Court. '
In the matter of the estate of
Elizabeth Catherine Keil, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition
of August Keil praying that admin-
istraticn of said estate may be grant
ed to William Keil. as administrator;
Ordered, that April 26th. A. I.
1922, at 10 o'clock a. m., is assigned
for hearing said retition, when all
persons interested in said matter
may appear at a County Court to be
held in and for said CDUnty, and show
cause why the prayer of petitioner
rhould not be granted; and that no
tice of. the pendency of said petition
and the hearing thereof be given to
all persons interested in said matter
by publishing a copy of this order in
the Plattsmouth Journal, a semi
weekly newspaper printed in said
county, for three successive weeks,
prior to said day of hearing.
Dated April 3, 1922.
ALLEN J. BEESON,
a6-Cw. County Judge.
ORDER OF HEARING
on Petition for Appointment of
Administrator
The State cf .Nebraska, Cass coun
ty, ss.
In the County Court.
In the matter of the estate of Bar
bara A. Taylor, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition
of Elie B. Taylor praying that ad
ministration of said estate may be
granted to Calvin H. Taylor as ad
ministrator;
Ordered, that May 1st, A. D. 1922,
at ten o'clock a. m., is assigned for
hearing said petition when all per
sons interested in said matter may
appear at a County Court to be held
in and for said county, and show
cause wnv tne prayer or petitioner
should not be granted; and that no
tice of the pendency of said petition
and the hearing thereof be given to
all persons interested in said matter
by publishing a copy of this order in
the Plattsmouth Journal, a semi
weekly newspaper printed in said
county for three successive weeks,
prior to said day of hearing.
Dated April 5th. 1922.
ALLEN J. BEESON,
aG-3w. County Judge.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The State of Nebraska, Cass coun
ty, ss.
In the County Court.
In the matter of the estate of
Matthew Gering, 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
2nd dy of May, A. D., 1922, and on
the 2nd day of August, A. D. 1922, at
10:00 o'clock a. rn., of each day. to
receive ana examine an ciarais
against said estate, with a view to
their adjustment and allowance. The
time limited for tho presentation of
claims against said estate is three
months from the 2nd day of May, A.
D. 1922, and the time limited for
payment of debts is one year from
said 2nd day of May, 1922.
Witness my hand and the seal of
said County Court, this 30th day of
March, 1922.
ALLEN J. BEESON,
(Seal) a3-4w. County Judge.
LEGAL NOTICE
To A. L. Perry:
You are hereby notified that on
the first day of September, A. D.
1920, I purchased at tax sale Lot 19
in the southeast quarter of the south
west quarter of Section 18. Township
12 N, in Range 14 east of the Sixth
Principal Meridian in "Cass county,
Nebraska, the title to which appears
on record in your name and was as
sessed in your name for the years
1913, 1914, 1915, 1916 and 1917.
You are further notified that on
the first day of September, A. D.
1922, I will apply to the Treasurer
of Cass county. Nebraska, for a deed
to said lot. This notice is given pur
suant to Section 6542 of the Revised
Statutes of Nebraska for 1913.
Dated this 3rd day of April, A.
D. 1122. j (Signed)
a3-3v, MARY BURNETT.
FOE SALE
Four and six-sevenths acres. Sub. '
lot nine (9) of original lot nine (9)
in Porter Place addition to Platts
mouth. Will take Ford or Dodge car
as part payment.
. F. G. BOBBETT,
Weeping Water, Neb.
KIDDLE WEST IS
HARD HIT; PROP
ERTY LOSS HEAVY
Several Deaths Occur From Torna
does and Floods; Property
Loss Is Also Large.
Plood3 caused damage amounting
to millions of dollars today thruout
western states.
Rivera, swollen by days of contin
uous rain, overflowed their banks,
flooding lowlands and menacing
cities.
Storms continued, rain, swept be
fore high winds, fell in the southern
sections, and sleet and snow in the
noE,th
The situation as reported from var
ious sections fillows:
Minnesota Rivers thruout the
Mississippi basin overflowing. Sleet
demoralizing telegraph and tele
phone lines and rail transportation.
Wisconsin Flood water sweeping
down all rivers, menacing cities.
Rain continues.
Illinois The Illinois and other
rivers at flood stages and still ris
ing. Rain. Heavy loss already report
ed from floods.
Indiana Wind and rain with riv
ers at flood stage.
Michigan Floods thruout the
northern section of the state. One
dead.
Ohio One dead and heavy prop
erty damage of $400,000 reported.
The storms are moving northward
toward the St. Lawrence valley and
will continue, with less force, for
twenty-four hours, according to the
. Chicago weather bureau.
I Kansas City. Mo.. April 11. Two
dead, seven injured and $400,000
damasro was the toll estimated todav
rrom floods, dust storms, tornadoes
ana snowstorms that sweat oarts of
hft southwest. In th last, twentv-
four hours.
Rivers in Kansas, Oklahoma,. Mis
souri and Texas were flooding farm
lands. Dust storms swept Texas and
Oklahoma in places. Snow fell in
a e-tern Oklahoma in places w,Fin3
western Kansas. Tornadoes injured
seven near Joplin, Mo.
Mrs. Joe Herring was killed in a
windstorm near Frederick, Okla. One
man was drowned in flood waters
near Liberty, Kas.
ALFALFA AND CORN
PROVE BEST FEED
Feeding Experiments Demonstrate
Greatest Value Lies in Being
Ted without Mixtures.
Lincoln, April 10. Corn and al
falfa, two of Nebraska's principal
crops, proved to be the most econom -
icai rauuu 1Ur caw ieeuius uu . on testimony "brought out before
100-pound basis of grain t was de- congressional investigating commit
termined at the close of the annual ftaa
. i ? r a . . M j. m r i
jieeuins experoimenis oi ine univer -
5ii ui .M-uiasna ugncuuuiai
lege.
me ocjeci oi me experiment was
to test the advisability of adding the
foliowing ingredients to the corn and
aifalfa ration:
Oil meal to corn and alfalfa;
silage to the same ration .
- Oil meal to com, alfalfa and
ensi age. .and four pounds per
head of alfalfa.
Molasses to corn, alfalfa and
ensilage ration
The experiments also were to de-
termmo the results of feeding plain,
cheap steers on corn and alfalfa in
companson with Rood steers.
The cost per 100 pounds of gain
by the various rations were as fol-
i? ir ,o o
Corn and alfalfa. $S 03
Corn, oil meal and alfalfa $9 68.
Corn, sileage and alfalfa. $7.84
o Arn' m ' s,leage and alfalfa-
, , ,
nifni'f J ' mo ?rSeSf mea1, sIleae and
aiiaira, U - -1 .
v wi u aim ailalia 1UI UUK BieerS. ,
$9.73.
Dog steers in Lot 6 Bhowed the
highest estimated profit per head,
plus pork, of $14.88. Hogs followed
all lots. The cost of 100 pounds
per gain. $1.70, however, was not in
favcr of the good steers fed upon
the same rations.
Phone the Journal office when you
are in need of job printing of any
kind. Best equipped shop in south
eastern Nebraska.
Rough Cypress
Fencing!
We have just unloaded a car of 6-inch rough cy
press fencing in 10-ft., 12-ft, 14 ff. and 16ft. lengths.
Plenty of the 16-ft. This is fine stock, full thickness,
band sawn and comes from one of the best Cypress
mills of the south. It even smells good.
Our price is $50 per thousand feet in thousand
foot lots. $52.50 in smaller quantities.
Cedar Creek Lumber Co.
Cedar Creek, Nobraoka
Public Sale!
OF PURE BRED
Short Horn
and Polled Short Horn
-CATTLE-
Thursday,
April
on the farm of
Clarence Erhart
near Wabash, Neb.
CLARENCE ERHART
DAVID TIGHE
A. W. Thompson, Auct.
Wm. J. Rau, Clerk.
MAY ASK THE IM
PEACHMENT OF AT
TORNEY GENERAL
Michigsji Congressman Claims Fail
ure to Proceed Against War
Contractors in Resolution
Washington, April 11. Represen
tative Woodruff, republican, Michi
gan, said, in the house today, if the
attorney general did not "fully look
to the interests of the government"
in a pending claim suit against the
Lincoln Motor company, he would
"consider him guilty of misfeasance"
and move his impeachment.
Mr. Woodruff's statement was
made in the course of an extended
speech in which he eharged that the
department of Justice had failed to
proceed In civil and criminal courts
. against a numDer of war contractors
--
j At the tlme tne Michigan
' tion for appointment for a commit-
ltM invpstlto oil u-ar nntrata
made by tiie war and na depart-
ment3 and tne allen property custo-
dian, the settlement of such contracts
by these departments and the attor'-
ney general, and "the civil and crlm-
Inal prosecutions or lack of prosecu-
tions," of claims of the government
arising out of such contracts, or the
settlements thereof,
Cltinj? especially the case of the
Lincoln Motor company, Mr. Wood-
ruff declared it received large ocn-
tracts during the war for the air ser-
vicet tnat a gOTernment audIt 6now.
ed it had been overpaid 19,188.561.
and a receiver .put in charge of the
property Jiad sold it to Henry Ford
for $8000,000 and now holds the
cash. The case, toe added, probably
De turned over to the the de-
partment of justice and returned by
it to the district attorney at Detroit,
The claim of the government was de-
.r 1 s rprt hv RunHuittiXmi -nvj. ff
to constitute a first Hen against the
money.
V. S. Claimed $6,000,000
Detroit. April 11. Notice that the
government had filed a claim against
the Lincoln Motor company for ap
proximately $6,000,000, growing out
of war department contracts was re
ceived here February 21, last, two
weeks after the company was pur
chased at receiver's sale "by Henry
Ford. It was said this would not ef
fect Mr. Ford's title to the property.
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