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PLTT3f07JTH SEMI WEEKLY JOURNAL
THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1923.
PAGE TWO.
SINGAPORE NOW
WORLD GATEWAY
Nehawka ,
Prepared ia the Interests of the People of Nehawka and Surrounding Vicinity Especially
for the Journal Readers.
Britain Plans to Make It an Im
pregnable Naval Sase.
Department!
Pilfer
Saving On Good Tires I
While tires have advanced during the early portions of this season,
we have a stock of the best makes, among which are Goodrich, United
States, Fisk and Racine, which we are selling at former prices. Size
30x3 at $11.25 (regular price, $13.50). This price also appliesjo
all other sizes in proportion but is good only until stock is reduced.
The Lundberg Garage
Nehawka, Nebraska
Mrs. Jesse Rice and eon Basil have
been visiting with friends north of
Nehawka for a few days past.
Mr. Thomas Troop of Plattsmouth
is assisting in the work at the home
of W. O. Troop for the present.
Geo. Everett and daughter were
visiting with friends near Murray
last Monday, driving over in their
car.
Clarence Peck of Ashland were
spending last Sunday at the home of
Mrs. Peck's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
A. Lewis.
Miss Velma Cramer of Fort Crook
was a visitor during the past week
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Lancaster.
C. 51. Chriswisser was looking af
ter some business, matters In Platts
mouth last Friday, making the trip
in his truck.
Frank Boggs was transacting bus
iness In Plattsmouth last Tuesday,
where he is working at the insur
ance business.
Mrs. E. Nutzman, Hope St. John,
Mrs. Henry Ross and "Buster" St.
John were enjoying a visit at Lin
coln last Friday.
The family of W. O. Troop are all
enjoying a siege of the mumps, Mas
ter Earl being the first one to grap
ple with the malady.
Elmer Philpot shipped a number
of hogs to the South Omaha market
last Monday they being taken via
trurk by W. O. Troop.
V.". B. Dale' who has been working
in the Burlington paint shop has
moved to Plattsmouth and Is now at
home to his friends there.
Frank Schlichtemeier and Robert
Troop were business callers at Ne
braska City last Friday they tfiking
some stock to the market there.
J. W. Edmunds of Murray was a
visitor in Nehawka last Monday com
ing with his truck to secure a load
of feed for his store In Murray.
ATntr Thfimntf' Trnnn onH lVfloo
Lois Troop were attending the Tom I
Thumb wedding at the entertain
ment at ' Murray last Saturday eve
ning. -
Mr. Elijah Green of Atchison,
Kansas, was a visitor in Nehawka
during last week, a guest at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. J. P.
Douglas.
Mrs. Z. V. Shrader was a visitor
In Plattsmouth last week for a num
ber f days where she was assisting
her daughter, Mrs. R. M. Chriswis
ser to move.
Misses Feltes and Wood are paint
ing the county home of Mr. B. Wolph
southwest of Nehawka and when
completed will be one of the most
beautiful of homes.
Last week Frank P. Sheldon and
wife went to Denver where they re
mained for the week and returned
home on last Monday, Mrs. Sheldon
remaining for a longer stay.
George McLean while working in
the Plattsmouth shops had the mis
fortune to have one of hi3 thumbs
cut which prevented him from his
doing his accustomed work since.
Robert Troop purchased a new
Mnder which he got through the
Plattsmouth Implement Co. agency,
and immediately got into the field
with the machine to harvest his
wheat.
Warner Munn has been repainting
and putting in proper condition the
tractor and threshing outfit of Al
Boedeker that he may get at the
work of threshing as soon as harvest
is over.
O. T. Leyda was looking after
pome business matters in Weeping
Water last Friday and was accom-
When You Bury
Your Dead
insist on your undertaker usiDg
the Miller-Gruber automatic con
crete sealing vault. . It protects
the remains of the loved ones.
Manufactured by
Hiiler & Gruber,
Nehawka, Nebraska
Research
We are handling just one kind of motor oil and
that the best money can buy.
This is the famous "Research" motor oil for the
automobile, (the proper kind for each car) the tractor
and the truck. j
Your repair work carefully looked after.
Johnson Auto Co.
J. M. Johnson, Manager Nehawka, Nebraska
panied by Mrs. Leyda who visited
while he was looking after the bus
Iugss matters.
C. W. Chriswisser brought his new
binder out and got into the field with
it last Monday, it being pulled by his
son Carl, twelve years of age, with
the tractor, while Uncle Charley
looked after the binder. .
Mrs. Henry M. Kropp and son,
Ernest, were visiting for over Sun
day at the home of Guy Case of Gen
eva and also with Grandma Macy
Case, mother of Mrs. Kropp, from
last Friday until Monday.
Mr. P. E. Ruffner of Plattsmouth
was a visitor in Nehawka last Sun
day and a guest at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. E. A. Kirkpatrick and
whi!e here also visited with his old
time friend, T. E. Fulton.
Mrs. Fae Jacobs of Omaha was a
visitor during last week at the home
of her sister, Mrs. J. P. Douglas, re
turning home the last of the week.
Mrs. Jacobs also visited with her
father at Atchison, Kansas, as well.
Misses Doris Magney and Clara
Shumaker departed the first of the
week for Chicago wnere iney win
visit for some two weeks at the
homes of a number of cousins of
Miss Shumaker who resides In Chi
cago. The women have not shrunk from
doing their portion of the field work
when the stress came. Miss Maybelle
Troop, Mrs. A. D. Rhoden and Miss
Edith Gapen did some very excellent
plowing of corn during the past
week.
--Herman L. Thomas and family
and Miss Belle Bouck were visiting
at Palmyra last Sunday they going
via the auto of Mr. Thomas and Miss
Bouck visiting with her folks while
Mr. Thomas and family were guests
of relatives.
Ben Martin was cutting wheat on
Friday of last week the fist that we
heard of but since the matter Is gen
eral and every field almost has had
the harvester humming in a merry
tune during the day and also both
late and early.
Arnold and Earl Troop were look
ing after some business matters and
incidentally were visiting with
friends while there. Maybe if it had
not been for the friends they might
have been as well satisfied with
looking after business somewhere
else. Who knows?
Mrs. Ed Murray has been having
quite a time with the toothache and
last Saturday went to Plattsmouth
where two of the offending molars
were removed from their place of dis
turbance and since then while Mrs.
Murray suffers from a very sore
mouth she is getting along nicely.
A new home to live in and just
after they have gotten installed, a
new baby girl comes to heighten the
joy of Mr. and Mrs. Will Kruger,
with all concerned doing nicely and
why should there not be joy on the
farm where they make their home.
The Journal extends congratula
tions. Grover Cleveland Hoback and fam
ily were enjoying the ball game at
Nebraska City Sunday and Mr. Ho
back says that he was a witness of
two cars filled with people who dash
ed across the road just in front of an
oncoming freight train seemingly de
fying death. No wonder there are so
many accidents.
On Sunday Mr. Shrader and son,
Troy, and Mis3 Gladys Rhoden also
went to PIattsmouthvfor a day's visit
and Mr. Z. W. Shrader going on
Monday to Omaha to look after some
business matters while Miss Gladys
remained to visit with her aunt, Mrs.
Chriswisser and the remainder of the
party returned home. '
George Troop, son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. O. Troop is feeling pretty well,
thank you, as he won the radio set
which was given away at the W. A.
Srott store last week and has had the
same installed by Mr. A. D. Bakke
and now not only George but the en
tire family as well as many friends
are enabled to enjoy concerts from
all over the country and it is well
worth the while as well.
Mrs. A. F. Sturm Better
Mrs. A. F. Sturm and four young
Ia"rlies, Misses Mary Ketch, who
makes her home at the Sturm home,
Motor Oil!
Elizabeth Chappell, Genevieve and
Isadora Stone went to omaii.i w-i
Sunday where they visited with Mrs.
Sturm at the hospital where they
fould that lady making very rapid
progress in her convalescence and
was much pleased to have the visit.
Mrs. Sturm Is makln such progress
that she hopes to be able to. return
home sometime during the present
week.
Odd Fellows Elect Officers
At the recent meeting of the In
dependent Order of Odd Fellows,
they elected officers for the coming
term, their selection resulting as fol
lows: Herman L. Thomas, N. B.;
Geo. Huber, V. G.; Chalmer Switzer,
recording secretary; J. G. Wunder
lich financial secretary, and Leo
Switzer, treasurer.
Nehawka Wins the Game
In a contest between the ball
teun of Nehawka and one from
South Omaha it seemed one sided and
looked like taking candy from a kid,
as the. Nehawka boys won out in the
game by a score of 13 to 1.
, Making Things Look Better
At the Lundberg garage things
are looking much better with the
new curbing and guttering and the
new air machine with "water combin
ed and the new gas service stand and
pump which is being installed the
place is being improved greatly and
which will add to the ability to serve
the public and lessen the work of
Mr. Lundberg and his assistants.
MES. MAEY WATKINS DIES
Watkins, living northeast of Ne
hawka and northwest of Union,
who has suffered a long time with a
cancer, passed away at a hospital in
Omaha last Sunday where she had
been for treatment for some time
Mrs. Watkins, who was a mcst esti
mable lady, had suffered for a long
time with this disease which kept
eating her life away. She has been
to many physicians and Institutions
for treatment but to no effect. Mrs.
Watkins leaves two sons, John and
James, as well as one step-daughter,
Mrs. Chauncey DeScoop, and hus
band to mourn her death. The re
mains were brought to Nehawka
and then to her home on last Mon
day afternoon from Omaha, the fu
neral occurring at the home Tues
day afternoon, -being conducted by
the Rev. W. A. Taylor of Union and
tho interment being made at the
beautiful Mt. . Pleasant, cemetery.
THE SAME OLD STOEY
American tourists who are caught
in Europe with travelers' checks is
sued by a private banking house that
Is now defunct find themselves in a
most embarrassing .position. Unless
they can secure funds promptly from
other sources many of them will
doubtless be stranded.
In their unhappy predicament
there is a lesson for every prospec
tive American tourist abroad and
for everyone who has occasion to
make foreign remittance of any kind
the lesson is to deal only with
firms who are obliged from time to
time to give a public accounting of
their affairs.
Foreign exchange dealings have,
with ffie depreciation of foreign cur
rencies and wide speculation in them
atracted into the field scores of
mushroom dealers looking for .quick
and easy profits. That they have
been able to build up considerable
clienteles In the face of the excel
lent services offered by well estab
lished banks and Investing houses In
all parts of the country is a reflec
tion on the business acumen of thou
sands of American citizens, but the
fact remains.
, It is a situation comparable in fact
with that existing In tho investment
field. Legitimate houses market the
best of issues with great difficulty
while the fly-by-night competitors'
make away with millions of salvage
annually. As regards the remedy it
is also the same. The task of house
cleaning must be undertaken by
those who expect to be in business
the second and third and fourth
time their clients are in need of ser
vicer FARMS FOR SALE
Two good farms four miles south
of riattsmouth, well improved. 160
acres at $225 per acre; 135 acres
with two sets of improvements at
5200 per acre. Also ono modern
bouse and eight other residences in
Plattsmouth for sale. Cass county
land for sale 207 acres at $125 an
acre; 200 at $100 per acre. Also fine
farm of Albert Sohafer.
. . P. G. EGENBERGER,
Real Estate and Insurance.
Journal want ads pay. Try them
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s Dentist
WE do not sell
you a Goodyear
Tire and forget you.
If we did, we'd lose
the right to serve as
the authorized
Goodyear Dealer.
We are pledged to
see that you get out
of the Goodyear
Tires you buy from
us every mile of the
thousands builtinto
them at the factory.
Am Goodyear Service Station
Dealer toe tell and recom
mend the new Goodyear
Cord with the beveled Ail
Weather Tread and back
them up with ttandard
Goodyear Service
PLATTSMOUTH MOTOR CO.
A. 0. Anlt Cedar Creek
A. D. Baake 1 Murray
W. T." Kichard6on Mynard
Union Auto Co Union
DOUBLE HEADEH HERE
FOR
SUNDAY
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Omaha Tean of the Burlington Shop
League will Come Down and
Give Fans a Ileal Treat.
On next Sunday afternoon the Om
aha team of the late Burlington
league will be here for a game with
the local team of the 'Q" league and
f.i honilt rf th fins A double
l W 1 I 1 V. 1 J. w A I. V . - "
header will he staged, as the Omaha
team was unable to complete meir
previous contest with the Flatts
mouth team in Omaha and the two
v.- i 1 1 be played toff here.
In the game In Omaha there were
four innings played and the locals
had the edge of it by the score of
4 to 0, but the rain prevented a de
cision and the fans are looking for
ward to the game here Sunday with
the greatest of-interest.
Tii frcf (rnnm will hp railed at 2
o'clock and will be a real treat for
thrt f.ins nf thfi community and one
that they certainly should not miss
if there is any way to prevent n.
ARITHfETIO WAS KNOWN
TO THE ANGIEHT UPS
Existenoe of Weil-Developed
System of Figuring Proven.
Lima, Teru. The fact that ancient
Inca civilization In Peru possessed an
efficient calculating machine has been
estab.'ished by a resent discovery of
Francisco Loaysa of Lima. The In
strument consists of a knotted cord or
"cnlpn," unearthed In a prehistoric
tomb near Cajamarca.
VIiile It has been well known that
tho Incas mado use of "quipasrt In
common with . meny other aboriginal
peoples in the new world, Loaysa Is
the first historian who has been able
to Interpret and describe fully the use
to which this device was put. Ills
studies show that the Incas had a well
developed system of arithmetic, based
on the decimal system, and that they
employed the "quipu" for purposes of
rapid calculation in subtraction, mul
tiplication and division.
The "master qnipu" discovered by
Loaysa consists of a cord about 16
yards long, containing 100 knots. These
knots are divided Into 10 unequal sec
tions by as many silver beads, repre
senting the odd numbers from 1 to 19.
The sections are of different colors. In
cluding brown, yellow, blue and green.
The colors are important factors In
the calculating process. The sliver
beais placed between the groups rep
resent the even numbers from 2 to 20.
By counting according to the rules dis
covered 'by Loayse, all arithmetical
operations can be carried out in a
rapid and mechanical manner. Calcu
lations Involving tens, hundreds and
thousands are possible by this device.
Many simple forms of "quipu3" have
been found In 'Peru, but this Is the
only highly developed one yet discov
ered. These master cords were not
in ordinary .use, but were probably re
served for the royal statisticians.
GOLF SUPPLIES HERE
The' Journal-. Stationery Depart
ment has just received a complete
lineof golf supplies, clubs of all the
of -the best golf balls on the market.
The line is now on display and the
golfers of the community may una
their needs in this line looked after
in first class ahape by calling at the
Journal.
Sell those articles you no longer
have use for bv advertising them in
CENTURY AGO IT WAS JUNGLE
"Singapore, which by a vote in the
British house of commons Is to have
$50,000,000 expended on It to make It
an Impregnable naval base, already is
heavily fortified, and In strategic po
sition Is the Gibraltar and Aden of the
Far East," suys a bulletin from the
Washington headquarters of the Na
tional Geographic society.
"The great trading center and for
tress of today is a shining example of
how Great Britain has 'muddled' as
the British themyelves put it fnto
possession of some of the world's most
Important strategic gateways. Singa
pore is an island 27 miles long by 14
wide and Just misses being the south
ernmost point of the continent of Asia
by a half mile water channel. It Is at
the funnel point of the Strait of Ma
lacca which extends between the Ma
lay peninsula and the island of Su
matra, the grent water highroad be
tween India and China. $
Deserted Jungle Century Ago.
"Little more than a hundred years
ago the Island, owned by the sultan of
Johore on the nearby mainland, was a
deserted jungle save for a little fish
ing village. Ships in the China trade
passed it by as they passed many an
other jungle shore; the only ports of
call in that region of the world were
those on the Dutch Islands of Sumatra
and Java. But these ports took a big
toll in fees, and Sir Stamford Raffles,
an official of the East India company,
began to dream of a free British port
that would facilitate trade. In 1S19
he obtained the seemingly worthless
island of Singapore for his company
for a small fee. Developments quickly
proved him n prophet, for within two
years the little trading center he es
tablished had a population of 10,000.
It was only In 1822 that the British
government consented to take an in
terest in the place.
"In the little more than a hundred
years since It was founded the Jungle
of Singapore has given place to a. huge
city of close to 400,000 - population,
carrying on trade valued at $1,000,000,
000 annually one of the metropolises
of the British empire.
"Though Singapore Is free from du
ties, and to this fact owes Its very ex
Istence, still the people who make up
the city take their toll from the stream
of world trade that flows about them
They live, In fact by and for and In an
atmosphere of commerce. Tens of
thousands make their livings by caring
for shipping, conditioning and supply
ing vessels, and taking part in loading
and unloading goods. The port Is pri
marily a transshipping point for both
Imports and exports. It gives what
the economists would call "place value'
to hundreds of commodities which
trickle to Singapore's reservoirs of
goods from scores of districts In the
East and are there obtainable in the
large quantities that world trade de
mands. In the , city's 'godowns- as
the East calls Its warehouses are
handled a very large part of the
world's finest rubber before it begins
the long journey that will take most
of It eventually to' American highways.
So, too, much of tk;e world's tin s
smelted In and shipped from Singa
pore. It might be dubbed 'the world's
pepper pot,' for more pepper Is assem
bled there 'than is ever held In any
Other port.
"If ever a city could claim to be cos
mopolitan, Singapore can.
'Rikisha or Auto.
"Tho appearance of Singapore
ghows Its mixture of many Influences.
The Hsltor may ride In 'rlkishas or
electric cars, automobiles or ancient
horse-drawn carriages. In the chief
business district he sees modern streets
and buildings, and in the Asiatic quar
ters he encounters facilities and sights
and odors that smack of the Orient.
Singapore's houses of worship furnish
an excellent Index to Its varied life".
There are Christian cathedrals and
cnuiches, Moslem mosques, and the
tfltnples of half a dozen or more Indian
and Chinese and Japanese faiths.
"Without making use of reiteration
e can hardly describe the physical
aspects of Singapore island adequate
ly. It is an island of red, red soil and
freen, green verdure. The soil Is poor,
irot since Singapore Is almost at the
equator and moist, vegetation might
be said to grow furiously. There Is
an unending fight between It and the
coolies who strive" to prevent its vivid
green waves from engulfing the con
spicuous red roads and cleared spaces.
"Sir Stamford Raffles, who plantefl
the seed of their great city, is rev
erenced by all thoughtful people of
Singapore. Streets and quays and
cquares and public buildings are
named for him."
Prince Ski, "Mpvie" Dog, Is Dead
Prince Ski, the famous 55,000
106' dog. Is dead at the home of
his owner. W. B. Ilarkins at Culver
City, Cal. Prince Ski, a white wolf
hound, appeared In many scenes wnere
he strolled, along beside society won
n. His salary was $30 a day.
Bees Ignored Robbery.
rrnmmished bv the bees when they
triort to steal honey from hives be
longing to William LIbby, In Portland.
Me., four small boys appeared in court,
were civen a severe lecture by the
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Your Trunk
Check this list
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Outing Trousers Pajamas
New Straw Hats Collars and Ties
Outing Shirts Rain Coat
M un 3i ng wear ' Golf Trousers
Phoenix Sox Golf Hose
C. E. Wescott's Sons
"ON THE
TENSION BETWEEN
FRENGHAND POPE
Situation Arises Over Recent Letter
from Vatican with Regard to
Occupation of Ruhr.
Rome, June 30. A tense situation
has arisen between the Vatican and
the French government over the
pope's recent letter with regard to
French occupation of the Ruhr.
Announcement today that a recep
tion planned to be held at the French
embassy to the Vatican July 3 had
been postponed indefinitely, increas
ed the tension of the last twenty-four
hours and was given significant polit
ical interpretation.
Announcement of postponement of
the scheduled reception followed ac
tion of the leaders in the French sen
ate Friday, repudiating suggestions
of the pontiff.
While a spokesman at the Vatican
let it be known that the pope believes
his letter was misinterpreted in
French circles, there is a strong feel
ing that his efforts to remedy the sit
uation were not received in the spirit
in which they were made.
- The Italian newspaper Messagero
stated that the French ambassador
Jonnart has been instructed from
Paris to seek explanations at the
Vatican, Jonnart, it is said, intends
to inquire as to the motive of the
pope in speaking for French evacua
tion of the Ruhr.
The paper forsees that the Vatican
will take the position that no denun
ciation of French political policy or
approval of the German position was
made. The Vatican will reaffirm Its
stand that all interested parties
should hasten the return to normal
ity as suggested in previous papal
documents, the paper adds.
It is denied that recall of Jonnart
is being considered as a result of the
situation.
Paris. June 30. The Franrh rlmm.
ber of deputies has set next Friday as
the date for interDellatinsr the e-ov-
ernment on the messacre of the none
The senate is strongly aligned against
the suggestion of the pontiff for
French evacuation of the Ruhr.
Advertise your wants.
If It's "Paint''
If li "Aint"
F. R. GOBELCnAW
'GET THE
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CORNER"
NEBRASKA UNIVERSITY EN
GINEERS BELONG TO SOCIETY
Dean O. J. Ferguson of the col
lege of engineering was elected vice
president of the society for the pro
motion of engineering eduratios at
its annual convention recently held
at Cornell university. .Prof. tSeorge
R. Chatburn, former president of the
society and member of the council
accompanied by his wife and daugh
ter, Frances, also attended the con-
tvention. The society is the out
growth of a meeting of engineering
educators at the : Chicago World's
fair In 1893 and studies problems
and methods of engineering college
education. Branch and sectional
meetings for the discussion of local
problems are promoted by the so
ciety. Kansas and Nebraska form
such a section, which meets at Lin
coln next fall. A special board is now
studying the objects of engineering
education and the fitness of the pres
ent day curriculum for preparing
the student for his profession. It
will study the process by which the
curriculum of 50 years ago has come ;
roots' present form; It will seek the
weaknesses of the curriculum; anjjjt
will suggest such-clfErtigeS necessary
for a better course of study, . Ne- .
braska will appoint a committee to -aid
in this investigation. At present
the five year curriculum is under
discussion several schools have .
drafted an enlarged program await- '
ing final action this fall. Action -may
be delayed to await the report
of a special committee. Fourteen
Nebraska college engineering fac
ulty members belong to the society.
The next annual meeting will be
held at Boulder, Colo.
SPORTING GOODS LINES
A large and varied line of golf
clubs at a wide range of prices from
$3.00 upward and the very best
makes on the market. Tennis rack
ets and balls at the best of prices
and the leading makes in the coun
try at the Bates Book & Stationery
Store, 5th and Main street.
When desiring: a cierar or cierarette.
call at the Bates Book and Station
ery store, where there is a large line
carried. '
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