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THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1084. FA6B FOTJi FLATTSMOTTH 9QO - WEEKLY JOURNAL TZbc plattemoutb lournal PUBLISHED SEMI-WELKLY AT PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA Kmtrr.a t Pcxmifflc. Plausmouth. Nb . a ssod-e!&iH m.i) mtur R. A SUBSCRIPTION PhJCE $2.00 PETER RESCUED FROM PRISON Peter therefore was kept in pris- on: but prayer was made without ceasing of the c4urfU unto God for him. And behold., the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shincd in prison: and he smote Pet- er on the side, and raised him up. saying. Arise up quickly. And his chains fell of? from his hands. And he went out, and followed him. -Acta 12:5-9. Bad luck Is always happening where there is shift lessness. You can get squirt less grapefruit by buying those having no juice. :o: Trouble with paying taxes is they refuse to stay paid long enough. The long talking record should go to the boy and girl on a street cor ner. 0:0 Even if the seeds never come up the catalog shows you the pictures of how they would look. 0:0 A man doesn't amount to much in politics unless he has been named 'as a presidential possibility. Thieves got 53,400 which an Ala bama farmer hid in his well, prov ing his confidence was not well placed. :o: Perhaps a Washington doctor, robbed of 12 ounces of valuable per fume, was going to attend an oil scandal. :o: Our contention is that when a golfer 'a widow marries another golf er she deserves her poverty and loneliness. to: After the various unions and klans have finished selecting nominees for the democratic party, maybe the democrats will be given a voice. :o: A congressman says there is much more drunkenness in Washington than In Paris. But let's not be dis couraged with Paris. The T'ronch may c.t prohibition yet. w :o- By Mexico's new income tax law, returns must be filed every month. Let us give thanks, brethren, that v uu itui nc 111 a. 1 uuiill nil tj j every month is March! 0:0 Mr. Hughes had no idea he was going to see fight films when he went to that McLean dinner. What did he expect to get into at McLean's an old fashioned prayer meeting? :o: One day last August, The Journal said: "We like summer, and hate to see it go; and sometimes we fear it isn't going." Well, it went. The The question now is, will it ever come back? 0:0- Pierpotit Morgan stabilized the French franc by the simple expedi ent of throwing $100,000,00 into the breach, and impressionable edi tors think that's news. A hundred million dollars in time would save the credit of nine nations. :o: Judge William S. Kenyon declin ed to quit a life time position for a year's job in Washington, even tho the latter offered greater remunera tion per annum. The trouble is that no republican can look forward to but one "per annum" as secretary of the nary. 0:0- Congress led people to expect that there would be a special 25 per cent tax reduction effective by March 15, but congress didn't deliver. Con gress never did anything so grudg ingly as it is in consenting to any serious tax reduction af all this year. It was too much to expect that it would rush through a treasure to re duce even the 1925 taxes. 0:0 Political observers are almost unanimous in the opinion that Rob ert M. LaFollette of Wisconsin has determined to be a candidate for president as an independent repub lican. The senator's plan accord ing to his friends, to hold a conven tion of independent republicans and all others interested after President Coolida;e has been nominated at Cleveland. At that convrntjon an independent ticket will be nominat ed. The convention will ao4 restrict itself to dissatisfied republicans. in nnrn in mf'IV. '.) I of ; M . JJOPrS Will l' I parties. i BATES. Publisher PEE YEAR Oi ADVANCE The latest news from Washington . s' ways eeems to be the worst. :o: The only reliable sign of spring is when winter goes away and fails to come back. 0:0 Hugging is quoted lower today, ; being so plentiful many of them "e iveB away- j By wearing two pairs of old socks iat the same time you mayo hide the holes in both pairs. c : o j The higher up the position a man I holds, the lower down he is If he j betrays the trust. Conan Doyle says the world is too material. If it is material it's a nice piece of goods. :o: In St. Louis, a man of 76 married a woman of 74. this being the first sign of spring in St. Louis. o : o That backbone of winter is said to be broken, but its hind legs deliver ja few kicks once in a while. :o: A Paris dentist was fined $5,000 for kissing a patient, no doubt first telling her it wouldn't hurt. 0:0 Theories are nice handy thiagfl to have around, but you may he in jured when they are exploded. : o : - Two Marion, Ohio, men had a fight over a horse trade, this being a quaint old American custom. :o: Taking all the furniture out of the front rooms will make the bill col leetors think you have moved. o : o The joy of planting bulbs at this season of the yrar is that you don't know what they are going to be. 0:0 A man got drunk in South Bend, Indiana, and stole a locomotive. That is how powerful Indiana stuff is. :o: It won't be long before time to or- ganize a Sons of the World War Vets to fight for their father' 0:0 bonus. Feed hubby a little home brew. Being too sick to work next day he can stay home and beat the rugs. :o: Supporters contribute money to campaign funds in America, but in Mexico they contribute ammunition. :o: The ex-kaiser is planning a rose garden, which is one way to get your flowers while you aie living. :o: We haven't seen Bryan la dy. but he is getting plenty of exercise kick ing hats out of the presidential ring. :o: A government is a system of checks and balances which tend to become check books and bank bal ances. 0:0 A Chicago girl who inherited $700,000 is engaged to e. plumber who couldn't make that much in a month. :o: What's become of the old fashion ed health alarm about digging your grave with your teeth? It was a good one. :o: A St. Luis woman has legally adopted her son-in-law. and driven another nail in the mother-in-law joke's coffin. 0:0 The most heavily insured woman carries $.1,000,000 and lives in Chi cago, where everyone should be heafily insured. :t: Frank Vanderlip says Senator Wheeler is "the new St. Patrick" who will drive the snakes out of America. He may. But "the new St. Patrick" must watch his step for he's going to encounter scorpions that the old saint never dreamed of. :o:- In the case of Attorney General Daugherty the republicans sense an llibben, president of Princeton, has element of political danger, in what-1 raised that question. He says that ever course the president may adopt. Americans are making this mistake. It Coolidge accepted the advance of 1 that they are becoming parasites in Senator Lodge and other loaders in the civilization of which they are a congress and forces Daugherty's re-part simply because they have learn tirement he will antagonize a con-.ed to depend for material comforts siderable faction whose spokesman Jon the product of other men's minds, is National Chairman Adams. If he j Material prosperity, no matter how permits Daugherty to remain he is-tgreat, must be supplemented by a vires the criticism that he lacks de-. "living, intellectual life in the broad- cision and allows himself to be vie-ler" if the United States is to survive fact that publicity of income tax re timized by elements in the admia- jas a civilized nation, nation. Dr. Hib- turns would greatlv increase it is tRtrut ;rm far whrvu oriE-inal rp rctmn , - "C I he is in uo sense responsible. I EELIGIOUS BOOKS More religious books are being read by Americans now than for a generation past, according to an ar ticle in The Continent. More Stand ard publishing houses are issuing re- jligioutt books and these are appear ing in larger editions. More people I in public libraries are calling for re- I.. , , 1 . ' , r" . . , in mil ,'llglOUS OC'OKS lliaii cvci ucwio j time. In fact we are as never be-j I fore a nation of readers of religious! I books. An increased desire on the part of ministers to do their work as well as t can be done is given credit for j some or the present quantity sales, of religious books. This has produc- ; ed some demand for commentaries and other direct hom Hectical helps ', but especially has it called for prac lieal works on the patsoral phases of the minister's activities. Similarly. the improved organisation of the pro gram of religious education in Pro testant churches has increased the writing and the sale of books telling !of how work h is been carried on in church and community schools and j also of books tending directly to in- form the minds of religious educa-J tors on pedagogical !-::ses and meth ods. Vof only are we rending more re ligious books now, but we are read ing a different sort of religious book While the old time favorites con tinue to have their appeal, the books now most in demand include such general topics as the following Books of religious controversy works of assurance and inspiration and books in general emphasizing the firm basis of faith. The type of book most largely in demand is that which appeals to the heart of man as coming from one who has drawn near to the heart of the Eternal, and been able to interpret the divine in terms of assurance. : o : HARD TO PREDICI Nearly all of us could make quite a bit of money now and then if w could "dope out" business condition! several months in advance. For in stance, a man Buying or Building a home might be able to save a lot of cash if he knew whether prices later were going to rise or fall. Prediction of business conditions formerly was as uncertain as pre dicting the weather months ahead. Lut now it is becoming almost an ex act science. The stock market rises or falls from three to six months in advance of general business conditions. If the gamblers think hard times are comii.g. stock market prices fall, an ticipating depression. Similarly a bun market, with prices shoot ine upward means that the gamblers are betting on good times ahead. These prophetic movements in the stock market, of course, are the long range tendencies. Trouble is, an out sider watching the market is apt to mistake a temporary setback or ad vance for long-range tendency. Then, too, even the most crafty of market speculators often guess incorrectly. Another semi-scientific business barometer is the production of pig iron. Many experts think the iron output rises or falls about six months ahead of general business conditions also anticipate general business trends. They reveal how manufac turers and retailers are "betting" on the future. But this form of prediction is too uncertain to place bets on, for sometimes freight move ment is heaviest just before a smash. This was the case on the eve of the hard times that started about four years ago. Freight traffic had been big, most people believing that mon ey would grow on trees forever. The latt scientific business ba rometer, according to the Harvard committee on economic research, is advertising in newspapers and mag azines. Some experts, however, think that advertising forecasts prices changes rather than sales volume. Lots of advertising means a gen eral belief that times are going to be good. Newspaper advertising is more accurate in this respect, being closer to the people. Magazine ad vertising in a general way reflects national conditions, while newspa per ads are more confined to the lo cal situation. :o:- MATERIALISM Are Americans mistaking com forts for civilization? Dr. John Grier hpn sav?. - Dr. Hibben is not the first to give fffimm Livestock gets more? valu able everyyear.Takegood cows; they are worthy of a good barn, aren't they? You can make your barn one of the best; cool in summer, warm in win ter, fireproof the year round, by walling and ceiling it with Sheetrock. Any good carpenter can put up Sheetrock be cause it come3 all ready for use. Piaster cast in sheets. the fireproof WALLBOARD Ask your lumber dealer for a sample warning that the spiritual, the intel lectual life, must be more emphasis ed. Woodrow Wilson pointed to thai as the road away from revolution. M eiialisni there must always be but there can be too much 01 it Without materialism mere intellec tual life could not survive, but ma terialism can be utilized to promote and give opportunity to intellectual life. However, in the constant endeav or tor material success many AmerJ cans do get off the track and they do seek material comforts rather than intellectual enjoyment. That, how ever, is not true or all. and l)r. H1D ben's fear for the future probably is somewhat overdrawn to make it more effective. For the real "intellectual enjoy ment" and progress it is unfortun ate that it is apparently so necessary to devote so mu h time and energy to material things. Yet if Ameri cans In the pursuit of material suc cess would not permit themselves to be too deeply engrossed in the ma terial, the mixture of material and spiritual would be of great good. Man cannot live by bread alone. He cannot live for the spirit and the intellect alone. Life began to be come a struggle for material things when the first parents were put out of the Garden of Eden. Yet there can be a judicious and happy mix ture of materialism and the intel lectual life. :o: I KEEP THEM PRIVATE The United States senate will make a mistake if it recedes from the pasition it took in 1916 and again in 1!21 ami supports the house in an amendment to the reve nue lew making federal tax return public. From the viewpoint of the govern ment itself nothing would be gained by such legislation. It would not re duce unlawful tax evasion nor per- missable tax avoidance, for it would not go behind the return itself, but merely authorize the publication of returns as they are filed at the in ternal revenue offices. As regards the Individual taxpay er the suggestion that his income tax blanks be made accessible to any or 11 who may wish to see it is wholly adefensible. Aside from the public utilities and other semi-public in dustries which directly or indirectly touch the great majority of people. busiuess in the United States is con ducted by private enterprises who in their business pursuits are entitled to privacy. The income of John Jones is in no sense the business of his neighbor, John Smith, nor any one except the internal revenue bu reau In the district in which that in- ome is taxable. Legislation which would make public all federal income tax re- urns could serve no useful purpose. Neither the interest of the govern ment nor of private business could be promoted by such publicity. In- tead, large incomes, if the facts were made public, would be a source of discussion and complaint and probably of an ever increasing amount of radical legislation to de stroy them and to present their ac cumulation in the future. Private business is already suffering from tco much restrictive legislation. The rovH".i - . vo-n t i V.i IlieB I 1 its DtlU 1 .-,-.- . Sl UlHCUt agaiubt such publicity. YES, IT IS AN OIL YEAR "The stage is Bet for a big year in oil." No, the line is not taken from a humorous column. Neither was it penned or typed by a political ob server who thought he would bo funny in order to interest readers. It does not refer to any recent reve lations ni Washington. The writer of it probably had forgot Albert Iia- con Fall overtapped Teapot Dome and took the drippings away in a j satchel. It was nothing to do with Edwin Denby, Harry Daugherty or ' other members in good standing of: the Grand Oil Party, however. strange it may seem that these rames should escape in any discus sion of petroleum. The assertion on the contrary, was by way of beginning a serious srtt cle on the oil situation in which it i: shown that the Industry promises to enjoy a banner year. Weldon Ch.ico is the writer, and he is writ ing for The Magazine o" Wall S;reet. He reveals that the consumption of oil is greater than the production! for the first time in nine months; that no new pools of magnitude are' in sight v. hK h would be likely to j flood the oil market; that, while there are large crude Btocks, gaso line stocks are declining, that there IS a strong upward trend in crude and refined prices; and that automo bile manufacture la likely to in crease to an enormous extent during 1924. That is all very fine, and the ar ticle is Interesting enough. But it Is insisted, nevertheless, that Mr. Chaee might have pointed to the po litical situation also as proof of a 1 banner oil vear ahead. Those con- 1 firmed citv folk who have not thot : of kerosene once since they left the old farm in their youth will be do ing little more in 1024 than talking of oil. In the presidential campaign petroleum and the usea to which it pe was put during the Harding admin- istration will take the plaee of such' in(:cn( aa ,h t j th. anient issues as the tanff and the - full dinner pail. Every orator will snrteK oil trotn tne nustnngs. ;;r.'.' every man and woman in his audi ence will be thinking of oil. Kero sene has become the most popular topic of conversation in America. A special senate Investigating commit tee does nothing but discuss it day after day and week after week. It I is the curse of the republicans ad the hope of the democrats. It chases cabinet members out of offte and sends ui , ... amine all claims against said estate, newspaper publisher ill to,.in, . LiM tl, ? 1-2 Palm Beach. And the worst of it Is that the oil storm, far from abating gathering strength with every hour. There is no predicting to what V n , f ' , L 7th day of 1924- and tne 7th ..... . time limited for payments of debts (iav of Inlv t Ton nVlnrir pitch of violence It may attain before ,8 Pix months from said 31st day of ff? forenoon to receive a lid ex the summer is over. i.Tuly. 1024. .11 i,,, .m Yes. Mr. Chace is precielv right.' The stage is set for a big year . " oil. :o: On the dome of the national capi tal, which is alluded to by the face tious as the House of a Thousand Scandals. Why not erect an oil can couchant? ORDER OF HEARING on Petition for Appointment of Administrator The State of Nebraska. Cass coun ty, ss. In the County Court. In the matter of the estate of Sena .lames, deceased. ,Z ' "A", T, r of Guv James. Opal Hartsook and nij. -T ... , .,,,;,.. Clyde James. D raying that adminis t rat ion of said estate may be grant-; ed to N. D. Talcott. as Administrat or; Ordered. that April 16th, A. D. 1924. at 10:30 o'clock a. m., is as signed for hearing said petition when nil persons interested in said matter may appear at a County Court to be held In and for said county and show cause why the prayer of peitioners 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 copv of this order In the Plattsmouth Journal, a semi- weekly newspaper printed in said county, for three successive weeks, prior to said dav of hearing. Dated March 22, 1924. ALLEN J. BEESON. (Seal) County Judge. CHAS. E. MARTIN, m24-3w. Attorney. NOTICE TO CREDITORS The state of Nebraska, Cass coun ty, ss. In the county court. In the matter of the estate of .Frank J. Lillie 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 April 1. 1924, and on July I, 1924, at 10 o'clock a. m. each day to rec eive and examine all claims against said es tate, with a view to their adjustment and allowance. The time limited for the presentation of claims against said estate is three months from the 1st day of April, A. D. 1924, and the time limited for payment of debts is one year from said 1st day of April, ' 1924. j Witness my hand and the seal of I said county court, this 25th day of j February. 19 24. 1 ALLEN J. BEESON. (Seal) m3-4wks sw County Judge. for quick application. The Government bought thousands of squares when cantonments required roofs in a hurry. We can supply yon promptly with the kind you need light weights for small, more or less tem porary buildings, longer -lasting roofings for larger or more permanent buildings. The cost of Carey Roofing always is the minimum for the service you want. "A Roof for Every Building' TIDBALL LUMBER COMPANY Plattsmouth, Nebr. SALE Purebred White Kock eggs for hatching. Phone 3713. -Mrs. C. L. j Mayabb, Plattsmouth, Neb. nilO-Swks ,sw p,.i. kin ..t - r,t kb. , rr; " on WRere he belongs. We mean At- tornoy Guaeral Daugheny NOTICE To CKb-LiITORS The state of Nebraska, Cass coun ty, ss. In the county court. In the matter of the estate of J. H. E. Egtnberger, daceaaed. To the creditors of said estate: You are are hereby notified, that I will sit at the emintv court room in i Plattsmouth in said county, on the j first day of July, 1924, at 10 o'clock iu ,he forenoon, to receive and ei- f allowance. The time limited for the presentation of claims against said i 6,181 e ,s three months from the 31st . ,VItneaB my hand aml tlP seal of wwwij mi cow ud ui I r eoruary, ihlm. ALLEN J. PEESON. County Judge. W. G. Kieck. attorney for estate. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE I Witness my hand and the seal of In the District Court of Cass eoun-jaaid county court, this 29th dav of ty, Nebraska. February. 1924. In the matter of the application of, ALLEN J. BEESON, Hans Sievers. Administrator of the(Seal) County Judge, estate of Helene Hilbert, deceased. ! for license to sell real estate to pay Now, on this 23rd day of Febru- ' ary, 1924. conu s Hans Sievers. admin : istrator of the estate of Helene Hi 1- i t bert. deceased, :.nd presents his peti- t.ion for a license to sell the real as- tate of the deceased, to pav debts from said petition that there is no VU - i. 1 , r . personal estate in the hands of the Administrator to pay the allowance support of Henry Hilbert, the sur 1 viving husband of the deceased. . which is a debt against said estate 'as provided by Section 1222 of the Compiled Statutes Of 1922. and the expense of said administration, and that it is Mosssary to sell the whole' or some part of the real estate of; said deceased for the payment of such allowance or debt and the costs: of adminis! rat Ion : ' , 7. """ ' " pd !aJ " ,P ,n?fa estate of said Helene Hilb It is therefore ordered anl adjudg- rested in the' bert, deceas-i ed. appear before me, James T. Bee-' ley. Judge of the District Court, at : the office of tho Clerk of the District Court In the court house in the City' Of Plattsmouth. in ('ass county, Ne-1 bra.ka. on the 12th day of April.! 1924. at the hour of 10 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause if anyi there be why such license should noti State Farmers' James Walsh, President ox LU1LeS T PrPfrty and City Dwellings Offers the best policy and contract for less money Best and cheapest insurance company doing business'in Ne braska. Pays the loss promptly. 7,200 members Orsan write 1UUAY tomorrow may be TOO ATIL CALL ON OR WRITE 2SlSuL't' DIEISTBIER 2615 Harney Street r . . . Ready Roofings-come in roll form ready be granted to Han Sievers, Admin istrator of said estate, to sell so much ' of the real estate of the said deceased as mii' be necessary to pay such al 1 of administration . a,. ' lowance or uetJi, logeiuer wnu kvblb It is further ordered that notice i be given to all persons interested by the publication of this Order to Show c fpr four succe88iTe weeks in 1Mattsmouth journal, a lega, ! newspaper published and of general By order of the Court. JAMES T. BEOLEY, Judge of the District Court f25-4w. NOTICE TO CREDITORS The state of Nebraska, Caes eous ty, ss. In the county court. In the matter of the estate of Ads R. B&ator, deceased. To the creditors of said eatate: Y012 arp bprfhv notiftprl that T will sit at the county court room in Plattsmouth in said county, on the Ull ciitllllO agni 119 c oaiu C3S3 LOLV, with a view to their adjustment and allowance. The time limited for the presentation of claims against said es tate is three months from tho 7th day of April. A. D. 1924. and the . " ijill IIIIUIL'U 1U1 t)VUH!Ul 01 ueeis is one year from said 7th day of April, 1924. ' i ! H-Sf A 3 5 years Experience O e 0 Ss Block DR. G. H. MARSHALL 1 Dentist i 4. f Automobile Painting! First-Class Work Guaranteed! Prices Reasonable . Mirror Replating and Sign Work! A. F. KNOFLICEK, Phone 592-W, Plattsmouth Insurance Co. J. F. McArdle. Sec'y vinana, Nebraska 1 1 s