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SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1S34
Oid Coats Wanted!
We will take any kind of an old coat in on
a trade f5r a new coat.
We have received an urgent call for coats from foreign missions. In order
to gel .hrse coats for these needy people, we have decided to take old coats in
on trade for new ones, thereby performing a two fold good.
You get something for your old coat. The missions will receive the much
needed garments. We will give from $10 00 to $15.00 for your old coat.
Every co t in the house included. All good styles and values.
CLAIM AGAINST
THE STATE FOR IN
JURIES AT GAMP
Carpenter Injured at Ashland Asks
for Compensation for Disabil
ity Mcst Unique Case.
COMMISSIONERS IN SESSION
STANDING OF
Mrs. P.uss Todd
Icona Hiidscr.
E'lr Nolting-
Gladys Bushnoll
Hie. B. J. Ealstead.
Geargie Sullivan .
Lcuie Kostka
lis. Oscar Gancm
Elisabeth Sitsman
Myra Jane Brook
128,340
119.500
112.860
S9.130
94.640
90.030
87.250
83.420
89.290
76.780
CONTESTANTS-
Edith Galloway 71.640
Gladys Hall 68,790
Mrs. W. M. Bostick 62,670
Mrs. Fred Majors 59,310
Etta Nichols 54,580
Melba Gehrett 47.180
Mrs. Ruth Young 40.500
Mrs. A. M. Woodburn 34,680
Irene Simons 20,600
Eihelyn Wiles 15.000
House Dresses!
Full run of sizes, good style,
well made,
$1 25
Sweaters!
Liht Coat Sweaters just the
thing for Spring,
$50 4. $Q50
$Q50
From Monday's Dally
Compensation Commissioner Frye
has under consideration the question
of the liability of the state for an
injury to Fred I. Morgan ot' Ashland,
sixty years ot :'ge. employed last
summer by Adjutant General H. J.
Paul to do carpenter work on the
rifle range near Ashland. Morgan
fell into an excavation and his leg
was broken. It is alleged the bono
did not unite properly and thr? loss
of the use of the log is complete.
Assistant Attorney General Basye
contends that if the state is liable it
should pay only for the loss of the
use of the log. The claimant alleges
the loss of the use of the limb means
total disability of the injured work
man and that the state should pay
the specified amount for total disa
bility as long as it exists, which may
be for life.
The adjutant general testified that
while the federal government pays
most of the expense of the Nebraska
national guard, the state is required
to pay the cost of fixtures put on the
rifle range. General Paul hired the
employe and the state paid the
wages during his temporary employment.
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From Tuesday's Daily
This morning the board of county
commissioners met in their regular
monthly session and prepared to take
up the grind that awaited them in
the bills and other routine matters
that have accumulated in the past
thirty days.
Commissioner Fred Gordt r of
Weeping Water was compelled to
make the trip here via Omaha, owing
to the fact that the roads arc still
too tad for travel and on his ar
rival at 10 o'clock the hoard proceed
ed to get down to business.
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Good Farm
for Sale!
FIRST FILINGS FOR
PRIMARY CAMPAIGN
James M. Robertson For Clerk of the
District Court and T. L. Davis
For Representative. File.
Mysterious Lady!
Who is the mysterious lady? Some lady here in town.
The first perse n approaching the lady and saying, "Have you baen in The
Ladies Toggery this week," will receive the choice of any Silk Petticoat in the
store. Ask your friends it may be one of them.
The Ladies Toggery
FRED P. BUSCH. Manager
Phoenix Hosiery!
Ladies Munsingwcmr!
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GIL EXCITEMENT IS
ON AT NEH AVS ; ; 7
Community Theie is Thrilled With
the Prospect of Oil as Time for
Drilling Draws Near.
From Tuesday's I)aily
With general dull conditions pre
vailing over the country there is one
place where there is plenty of ex
citement and Interest and that is in
the thriving little city of Xehawka.
the '"oil capital" of Cass county, as
it js from there the activities in the
search for oil extend northeast to
ward Murray and Plattsmouth.
The car loads of machinery heiug
unloaded and transported hy trucks
to the Z. W. Shrader farm northeast
of Xehawka, have furnished a point
of interest to the residents of Ne
Kiwka and that vicinity and the
large trucks that are used in the
transportation of the machinery have
kept the roads crowded since the
middle of last week. The firm of J.
H. McMaken of this city is engaged
in helping in the handling of the ma
chinery to the Shrader farm where it
id to be installed.
The derrick that will he erected
at the farm will he close to 100 feet
in height and will be thoroughly
adequate to the work in hand in the
search for oil beneath the soil of old
f'ass county.
The optimistic feeling that has
been expressed over the conditions
for oil has greatly encouraged those
who believe that there is oil in the
Xehawka antecline that will justify
the hopes of the state experts and
the oil companies that are willing to
step in and risk their good money
on the chances of a real oil gusher
being found or at least oil in paying
quantities.
If the weather moderates and re
mains good it is thought that with
in a ten-day period it will be pos
sible to g ;t the machinery placed and
begin the task of drilling for oil.
MINISTERIAL ASS'N. MEETS
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From Tuesday's Daily
The Ministerial association of
Plattsmouth met in the Y. M. B. C.
room of the First Methodist church
Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Those
present were Father W. S. Leete,
Rev. Walter R. Robb, Rev. H. Kot
ticb. Rev. H. O. McClusky and Rev.
F. E. Pfoutz.
Rev. H. G. McClusky was named
as president of the association for
the year and Rev. F. E. Pfoutz as sec
retary. No program had been planned for
this meeting, but the time was prof
itably occupied in discussing several
items of church and community in
terest, while some definite plans
were laid for a more unified and ag
gressive church program for our city.
This association meets regularly
on the first and third Mondays of
every month at 1:30 o'clock in this
same room. Anyone deeiring to pre
sent matters of church and commun
ity interest is invited to appear In
person or send communication to the
secretary.
From Tuesday's Daily
The first gun in the primary cam
paign, locally, lias been fired, and
two candidates have entered the list
for the decision of the voters at the
primary on Tuesday, April S. The
lirst candidates to file are James M.
Robertson for clerk of the district
court, and Troy L. Davis, of Weeping
Water, for re-election as state rep
resentative from Cass county. Both
of the gentlemen tile subject to the
wishes of the republican voters of
the county.
Mr. Robertson has been one of the
officers of the district court for a
great many years and has proven one
of the most popular and efficient of
ficers of the county and has given a
great deal of satisfaction in the ad
ministration of the duties of the of
fice of the clerk of the court and in
this has been always very fair and
obliging to all callers regardless of
their political affiliation and has
many warm friends in the democrat
ic as well as the republican fold.
Mr. Davis has just completed his
first service for the county in the
legislature and is also serving the
citizens of Weeping Water as their
mayor at this time.
LEGION POST SENDS CON
DOLENCES TO MRS. WILSON
STORM !S GENERAL
OVER MIDDLE WEST
Much Heavier Snowfall in Vicinity of
Eastings Than Here Likened
to the Old Time Blizzard
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From Monday's Daily
The wintery conditions that have
been raging since late ' ' i.' at in
this locality, have been state wide in
their scope and in the western and
central parts of the state the high
wind that has prevailed has done
more or less damage to the telephone
and telegraph lines and toward the
checking of railroad travel.
The storm rose west of Cheyenne,
Wyoming, and swept east and south,
isolating Pueblo, Colorado, from com
munication with the outside world
and moving with increasing viaror
eastward toward Nebraska, Iowa and
Kansas.
Four inches of snow was reported
this morning at Hastings, which was
intensified by the wind to the extent
of an old time blizzard. Points east
of Hastings did not report as heavy
snowfall, but the intense wind caus
ed the light snow to drift and add
to the discomfort of trouble and the
forming of ice and sleet where the
snow of the past two weeks had
melted.
The temperature did not reach the
zero mark but the wind made the
effect of the sudden change felt very
keenly.
We have for sale the L. W. Nelson
135 acre farm lying 3 miles south of
Plailsmcuth.
This farm has a splendid set of im
provements consisting of a two story nine
room house in fine condition; fully equip
ped with acetylene lighting plant, splen
did concrete cave. Fins large barn in ex
cellent condition, concrete foundation,
osk dimension lumber with two granar
ies, stall room for twenty head horses and
cows, big hay loft with capacity for 20
tons of hay. Almost new milk house and
smoke house very good. Good garage for
two cars, good five room tenant house
and other out buildings, two good wells,
windmill end cistern. Land lays well. 20
acres fine red-top clover. Considerable
hog tight fencing on place.
Can give possession March 1 st.
We can sell this farm at $1 75.00 per
acre and will make very attractive terms
as to cash payment and time on balance.
FARMS CONTINUE TO
BEING GOOD PRICES
For particulars see
T. H. POLLOCK
Farmers State Bank Plattsmouth, Neb.
From Tuesday's Daily
Reports continue to come lo Oma-
. ha realtors of farms being sold in
Nebraska and Iowa for from 1 hun
dred dollars to 2 hundred and fifty
dollars per acre.
j These reports, showing in prac
tically every case sales to farmers
and not to Inventors, are regarded
: by realtors and financial men as evi-
deuce that Nebraska and Iowa farms
j "have come back."
One sale was reported last week
near Williamsburg. Ia., of a 202
aere farm from Daniel Gray to F. W.
Tomasek for $277 an acre. Mr. Gray
immediately bought another farm
for $225 per acre.
Near Falls City. Alfred Shulz paid
S232 an acre for an eierhty-acre
farm, buying it at public auction.
A farm southeast of Howells. Ne
braska, has been sold for 2 hundred
and forty dollars per acre. The man
who sold it bought a thirty-acre tract
for 17 thousand dollars.
A farm near Stanton was sold for
$38.S68 at public auction. The re
port of this sale say, "Most of the
bidders were local farmers."
LOCAL TAXES DRCF
LESS THAN STATE
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length of time more than 40 per
cent.
Inculded in the local taxes art
those levied for county, city and vil
lage, school, and all other local par-
poses.
Extension of Time Limit
ON OUR
Trouser Sale
On account of the extreme weather conditions a
great many of our out of town customers are
una le to get in by Wednesday night. There
fore we have extended the limit to Saturday
night, Februar y 9th. Come in and get them at
$045
3
$ A 45 $ A 75
4
4
$
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C. E. Wescott's Sons
ON THE (JOHN Eft'
From Tuesday's Pally
Yesterday the Hugh J. Kearns
Post, American Legion, of this city,
sent to the Wilson family at Wash
ington the expession of sympathy
felt in the death of the husband anil
father. Woodrow Wilson, who had
been the commander-in-chief of the
nation in the World war and under
whom the members of the American
Legion served in the memorable days
of '17, 'IS and '10. Tbe message ad
dressed to Mrs. Wilson stated:
"The members of Hugh J. Kearns
Post of the American Legion, of
Plattsmouth. Nebraska, extend to
you and your family the deepest sym
pathy In the death of your distin
guished husband and grieve at the
taking away of our former commander-in-chief.
Although he is gone,
his ideals will live forever as an in
spiration to mankind."
GOES TO THE HOSPITAL
! From Tuesday's Dally
This morning Mr. and Mrs. Don C.
' York departed for Omaha taking
.with them their little two year old
son, Joe, who has been in very seri
ous condition for some weeks as the
result of getting a quantity of pipe
cleaning compound in his mouth.
The little lad has been getting along
very well with the exception of the
burns in the corners of his mouth
which have caused him a great deal
of suffering and for which he will be
treated at the Emmanuel hospital.
FAIRMONT CREAMERY
Now located in Plattsmouth in the
frame building opposite Journal of
fice, where we will pay the highest
prices at all times. Call and see us.
W. J. TWISS.
Manager.
ATTENTION
Every one knowing themselves in
debted to Cass county for personal
taxes will kindly respond to the final
statement which was mailed to them
in the month of December. The law
demands a distress warrant during
the month of February.
Your County Treasurer,
f4-2d, 2sw. MIA U. GERING.
NOTICE!
K you are operating any motor ve
hicle without a 1924 license, apply
for it at once to escape penalty.
E. P. STEWART,
f6-ltd, ltw Sheriff.
NOTICE TO THE PUB'IC
There having been a change in tbe
Plattsmouth Implement Co.. all per
sons who know themselves indebted
to this company are requested to
come in and settle or arrange to set
tle their accounts so that tbe affairs
of the company ran be settled up.
PLATTS. IMPLEMENT CO.
Impure blood runs you down
mokes you an easy victim for disease.
For pure blood and sound digestion
Burdock Blood Bitters. At all drug
stores. Price. ?1.25.
Blank books at Journal offre
Since 1821 State Taxes Decreased 40
Per Cent While Local Taxes
Dropped Only 5 Per Cent.
.From Wednesday's Daily
; A statement by State Tax Com
' missioner W. II. Smith shows that
I in 19 IS Nebraska's total tax bill,
state and local, was $32,950,800. In
1921 it had increased to $59,365.
699 but in 1923 it had dropped back
to $53.2S0.124.
In 1913 that portion of the total
tax bill which went to the state was
$4,361,839. In 1921 the state re
ceived $10,930,607, while in 1923 it
received $6,404,457. From 1818 to
1921 state taxes increased $6,600,
000. or 150 per cent. From 1921 to
1923 they decreased $4,500,000, or
more than 40 per cent from the high
point.
In 191S the total taxes for all lo
; cal purposes was $2S,6S8,961. In
ir21 the total for all local purposes
I was $JS.43.r).0P2. while in 1923 the
! total for local purposes was $46,
i 875.667.
From 1918 to 1821 local taxes in
cre ised almost, but not quite, 100
per cent, while state taxes increased
during the same period 150 per cent.
But from 1921 to 1923 local taxes
decreased less than 5 per cent, while
state taxes decreased in the same
HAS SEVERE ACCIDENT
t t orn Tuesday's Dally
Yesterday morning- W. F. Huneku,
local Burlington storekeeper, was the
victim of a very painful accident that
will result in a partial incapacity for
several weeks at least, when he trac
lureu the left arm at the elbow joint.
Mr. Huneke was engaged in check
inup some material in the yards
near the storehouse yesterday morn
ing and while walking around fell
over a large spike that had frozen in
the ground and which resulted in
catching the shoe of Mr. Huneke and
threw him with considerable force
ug i'ns.t a switch tie striking on the
left arm and causing a fracture. At
first it was not realized that the in
jury was as serious as it was and it
was not until going home at noon
and finding that the arm was badly
swollen that the victim of the acci
dent was aware of the full extent of
his injury. An X-ray of the arm
made by Dr. J. S. Livingston dis
closed that the elbow Joint had a
fracture. The arm was so badly
swollen that it 5.s necessary to re
duce the swelling before the Injured
member can be placed in splints.
For regular action of the bowels;
easy, natural movements, relief of
constipation, try Doan's Regulets. 30c
at all stores.
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How Long Has It Been Since
You Bought a New Suit?
If you are thinking of clothes, whether you are ready
to buy or not we would like to show you the sert of a suit
you want at the price you want to pay.
We do not sell goods at less than cost.
And you will pay no more than the value of the suit
of clothes.
We would like to show you what $35 will buy for you.
You'll find cheaper ones you'll find higher ones.
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