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PAGE SIX FLAITSOITTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOTTRRAI THUB3DAY, APRIL 24, 1924. LEGION AUXILIARY PRESENTS SCHOOL ESSAY AWARDS Gives Awards For the Best Essay on Why Immigration Should Be Prohibited for Five Years. who is not deserving of the protec tion of the United States." .Mrs. Gobelman then presented the prizes to the successful winners of the essay contest. The first prize, the gold medal, was presented to Clelland Retalsdorf, the second prize of 52 to Mildred Schulz, and the third, fourth and fifth prizes of $1 each to Lucille Reynolds. Clara Ol son, and Laura Grassman. The prize winners are all students of the rooms of MiM Anna Heisel and Mrs. H. L. Gainer. The convocation was closed by a number of musical selections by the sixth grade pupils. GETTING READY FOR From "Wednesday's Iai'.v The American Legion Auxiliary has been offering a number of prizes for the best essay written on the sub ject of "Should Immigration He Pro-j hibited by the United States For Five V..o mm Thic i-MtitPst lini been di- i.i .11. ...... j vided among the sixth, seventh, and ; eighth grades of the schools and ' von... v, rv fine results were secured 1 Committee of the Chamber of Com as the result and the board of judges were handed some very able articles F'HRTH OF JULY MISSOURI PACIFIC ANNUAL REPORT IN DICATES INCREASE Gross Operating Bevennes For 1923 Were 12 Million Dollars Great er Than Previous Year. St. Louis, Mo., April 20 Gross HOW'S THIS? TTT,TS CATARRH MEDICINE will do 't wc claim for it rid your system of Catarrh or Deafness caused by Cats.rrh. HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE con sists of an Ointment which Quickly Relieves the catarrhal inflammation, and the Interna! Medicine, a Tonic, which acts throuph the Hlood on il:e Mucous Surfaces, thus t- rt;t;n to restore nor mal condition. Sold bv dreK'r. fc over 40 Years, P. J. rn?"' iv. Toledo, o Lincoln Trade Review, was here yes terday attending to some matters GIBSON TO START LEGAL ACTION AGAINST 'CARP' Tunney's Manager Will Endeavor to Prevent Frenchman Meeting Tom Gibbons May 31. Rugs! Rugs! I l operating revenues of the Missouri ; relative to the interests of his publi- Pacific railroad increased $12,042, New York, April 21. Legal pro- cation. Mr. Stille is also the state . t-m am t t m. i" i arcs f TriT-rt- rrT crnn ,, .n S63.25 in 1923 as compared with rommanuer oi tne oons or eierans ZZl?Tl ZZ7 moo tha a.n.i ,0rt and has a large acquaintance here. ,tler. French light heavyweight, from i . , CAV LWI Ullifj I J i in nun u,l i i i i ' of the company which has just been j Mason Wescott. who is attending merce Holds Meeting and Will Start Arrangements. on this subject. A h ii nnunror of t lm rnnvnrnlinTi I 1111 1 -' 11 --. " . . . . . ...... . - - - . T .... .. : in. nm,From . dn.sdn s Daily when "the awnVd "of Vhe pHs were . The prospects for a record break- a .u, ,...,, c!,nr, n.,inti,. Cor- h rvance 01 the Fourth of July vice held consisting of the singing of ?re ver bT ,! ? a number of the patriotic songs and ' the hrst steps was taken last eve the salute to the flag, which was .led n!n" kwhe he committee of the by Edward Patterson. Chamber of Commerce met in con- ... . . N I junction with a number of other or At the conclusion of the short pfc- iz:llonB of the city for the inter- inoiu ser ice .ii. ii.ii'iv n. "- .,,, n ,-.iQoo o Baldwin, president man. president of the local post of the American Legion Auxiliary was introduced and gave a short resume f the society of which she is the head and its aims and purposes. In part. Mrs. Gobelman spoke as fol lows: "Before I present the prizes I am going to tell you a Ii i tie about the American Legion Auxiliary and what It stands for. Th American Legion Auxiliary will be three years issued by L. W of the company. The net income of the company was $121,345,000.72, an increase of $1,535,058.15. Substantial are recorded in both freight and pas senger earnings, the freight revenue having been $85,961,414.72, an In crease of $12,042,S63.25, while pas senger earnings were $18,970,393. 48, an increase of $2,071,743.15. Other operating revenues show an increase of 572,010.26 as compared with the previous year. Total oper ating expenses were $97,939,965.67. an increase of $13,281,051.05. The net railway operating revenue was $16,667,982.06. an increase of $1. 405.565.61 over the same item in the 1922 report. Taxes that had to be paid by the company continued on Northwestern university at Evans ton, Illinois, arrived here last eve ning for a two days' visit with home folks during his Easter vacation, ex- mcreases ecuung a complete surprise on nis yilirjus W 11U wt'l f iikii ltC L 1 lift 11 1 III back home until in August. m - . i . 9 y m wmm B ..y. i 1 i i H fi! 4- FARM BUREAU NOTES Copy for this Department furnished by County Agent 'M-I-I'!-!! 4- Did Dam the Ditches you ever have the experience to the form that the celebration should take. It is ti e desire to have the cele- !i :i!.:i trulv representative of the, the increase. The total for the year , of piling old straw stack and brush city nnd to interest various lodges was $4.430,5S9.46 as compared with in a gully only to have it wash away and societies in the observance of . $4,015,318.21 in 1922. The increase at the first big rain, taking with it the birthday of the nation so that it ; in operating expenses is reported fences and maybe a bridge or two? will be one of the largest and most ' largely due to heavy expenditures Big ravines, ten or fifteen feet deep extensive celebrations ever held resulting from repairs to locomotives and thirty or forty feet wide cannot here. and other equipment. I often be checked with straw stacks A number of the societies were or loose brush piles. The more ef- represented at the meeting last eve , ninsr and when the second meeting old this fall and is the largest organ- j js nri,j next week it is hoped to get ization of women in the United j jn touch with all of the remaining States, having a membership of 200.- i organizations of the city to give the ooo. These women are all mothers. celebration a 100 per cent repre- wives, sisters or aaugnters ot tne men who served in the World war. ro if any of the e shoot uirls have brothers or father who served in the World war. tin y may become mem bers of the auxiliary when eighteen years of at?e. providing that the fath ers or brothers are members of the American Legion. '"The American Legion Auxiliary stands back of the Legion in all of its policies, and the greatest work of these organizations now is rehabili tation the hospital work that is takinp care of the disabled and their families and in the welfare work. The next great work Is along the line of education, and in this the Aux iliary is co-operating with the Le sion, the General Federation of Women's clubs, the National Educa tional association and the U. S. Bu reau of Education in a campaign to stamp out illiteracy in the United States by 1927. A great deal of this illiteracy is due to unrestricted im migration. Do you know that as the men were examined for the World war. one out of every four was phy sically unfit and one of every Ave could not read nor write our lan guage? And there were four mil lion men examined. Just think of it! "Our Slogan is 'Xo Mose War.' but sentation of the various interests of the citv HF.E TRUCK NOW RADY The fire track of the Plattsmouth fire department, which has been out of commission for several days as the result of the changes being made in the Btyle of the wheels used on the truck, is now back in commis on and ready for any call that may be made. The truck is now adorned with the new pneumatic tires which are replai ing the solid ones hereto fore used and which had in the last few weeks completely gone to pieces. It is exocted that the new style of ;: will be found more serviceable and ratisfactory in every way and that they will stand the wear and tear of the service in every way fully E a well as the solid tires. In the last few weeks the members of the de partment have found great difficulty in having the solid tires come off of the wheels and which caused them a great deal of delay and annoyance. lOCflL MEW? From Monday's Dally W. J. Twiss motored to Louisville fective method consists of using soil saving dams of earth with a con crete of tile pipe running beneath it. The upstream end of the pipe is turned up vertically so that flood water collects behind the dam to a considerable deth where it deposits this afternoon to spend a few hours its load of earth In a comparative there attending to some matters of ly short time the ditch is full to the business. ; top of the dam and the flood water Charles E. Noves and wife, of continues to run off through the W AnlmtllA A' n v ix ) , .. loot i.v.m i o ir to Dlt)t?. tr,.i i aotrn ArijMfl t,0 Last vear on a farm near Ashland !soon recover from her operation Methodist church and for a short ' a ravine was checked with an earth visit with friends. I dam. The ravine was 16 feet deep meeting Tom Gibbons of St. Paul, in Michigan City, Ind., on May 31, will be started in the courts of Indiana immediately upon Carpentici's arriv al in the United States, Billy Gibson, manager of Gene Tunney, announced Monday. Gibson said he would base his ap plication for an injunction on his contract with Descamps, the French man's manager, for a Carpentier Tunney match. This, he asserted, contains a clause prohibiting Car pentier from engaging '.. an other match in the United States before i meeting Tunney. A report that Carpentier would be brought into this country through Canada in an attempt to escape pos sible litigation in New York prompt ed Gibson's plan to seek his injunc tion in Indiana, the manager de clared. Descamps Monday cabled Gibson from Vienna that Carpentier would fulfill his agreement to fight Tunney after the Gibbons' match. He pre- j dieted that the Frenchman would knock out Gibbons. THE NEW STOCK OF RUGS IS HERE 9x12 tapestry rugs, $24.50 to $29.50 9x I 2 axminster rugs, $37.50 to 59.50 9x12 velvet rugs, $35.00 to 65.00 ; Smaller sizes in proportion. IMPORTED JAPANESE FIBRE RUGS 9x12, the best grade $ 8.50 6x9, the best grade 6.50 36x72 inch, the. good grade 1.25 Bath rugs, 65c to 1-50 Congoleums, Linoleums and Yard Goods We are selling these at special prices worth driving miles to pick up. We positively beat the catalog prices and you see what you are getting when you deal with us. RETURNS FROM HOSPITAL Miss Ella Lohnes. who has been for the last two weeks at the Metho dist hospital in Omaha recovering from an operation there was able to return home Sunday and is now home recuperating from her illness and confinement in the hospital. Miss Lohnes lias been in poor health for several years and her many friends are hoping that she may QUEEN ESTHERS MEET From Wednesday's Daily Last evening the Queen Esther society of the Methodist chureh held if it should ever occur again it is our tli. ir regular meeting at the home of aim to have better prepared men. In ?!is Elsie Nelson, Donice Vroman Nebraska over ten years if aere we being assistant hostess. After the have 1.012.552 people: among these j business meeting the girls enjoyed are 13.7S4 illiterates. The greatest a social hour during which dainty number of these illiterates are for- refreshments were served by the eigners. hostesses. The next meeting will be "We should not allow one more i htl(1 at tnp home of Miss Dorothy immigrant to pass our gates who is I Sattler. not fitted with an education, does not know how to obey our laws and Fred Nutzman. one of the well known residents of near Xehawka, was here today to spend a few hours j at the court house attending to some matters of business. A. C. Carey, who has been spend ing the past two weeks at Atlanta, Nebraska, with his brother-in-law. Harve Barker, who has been in very, poor health, returned home yester day. Walter Elledge. the eleven-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Grover Elledge. who has been very sick for the past two weeks with typhoid pneumonia, i IB reported as showing marked im provement the last few days at the; home of his grandmother, Mrs. Jas Higley. and 40 feet wide. Six feet of dirt was filled in above the dam in a few weeks. If you are interested in checking large ravines with soil sav ing clams write to the Farm Bureau Office. They can help you. Soil Saving Dams A survey was made for soil sav ing dams on the following farms: J. C. Meisinger, Cedar Creek: David Tighe. Wabash, and Guy Ward, Avo- ca. If these are found not to con tain too large area of drainage, soil ! dams with tube will be placed in i them later. Four brush dams were i built for J. C. Meisinger of Cedar reek. Dairy 1 Industry Two cars of Holsteins were ship- ! ped into Eagle last week. R. C. and ; Fred Wenzel got nine head, Fred Manners, five, and Mr. Franz placed LUTHERAN CHURCH (Eight Mile Grove Precinct) the Sunday From Tuesday's Pally Ed S. Tutt of Murray was here to day for a short time visiting with i several head on his farm. A dairy Announcements for after Easter. April 27: At 9:15 Sunday School. Subject: "The Parable of the Sower." At 10:15 Confessional service. Sermon: "Broken For You." Lord's Supper. Please note the slight change in time, which applies only for this Sunday. Remember this. The Ladies Aid will have a bazaar at the home of Mrs. A. H. Engel kemeier, Xehawka (due west of Murray) April 30th. Many good things will be offered for sale. Don't forget the date and bring your friends. ST. PAUL'S CHURCH are always welcome at St. JonrnaJ ads get result Ll3 u for 1 a vjooci appearance Copyright 192 Kuppenheimer Good Clothes 35 o 50 friends and looking after some mat ters of business. John Lohnea, one of the old resi dents of the vicinity of Louisville, who has been visiting in Chase coun ty with relatives and friends for a few weeks, returned home yesterday and reports a very pleasant visit. Mrs. L. C. Sharp returned home tins morning from a business trip to meeting was held at Murdock when Mr. Laurltsen of Extension Dairy Husbandry, talked on care and feed ing of dairy cows. TELEPHONE MEETING From Wednesday's Daily A commercial meeting of represen tatives from each plant in the Xe- Xew York and was accompanied by braska City district of the Lincoln her friend, Mrs. Warren Earley of I Telephone & Telegraph company was Omaha who will spend a few hours held in the rest room of the local here before going on to her home. (telephone building yesterday. R. S. James Gilmour and wife drove j Brewster, traffic superintendent : M. down from Ulysses, Xebraska. Satur- T. Caster, plant supervisor, and H. F. day evening to spend Sunday here J McCulla, of the commercial depart with the relatives and friends in this j ment at the main ofhee at Lincoln, portion of Casa county and left Sun-(were present and each gave a short day evening for their home after a 'talk. These meetings are held occa- most enjoyable visit. Prom Wednp.-dav's Dally Adam Meisinger came In this morning from his home near Cedar Oreok to look after some matters of business. sionally for the benefit of the em ployes in charges of the district plants. After the meeting the entire crowd had their pictures taken on the steps of the telephone building. Those who attended the meeting were R. S. Brewster, M. T. Caster You Paul's. Sunday School 9:. 10 a. m. .ngusn service ll::iU a. m. Slightly Used Household Goods! One 9x 1 2 Axminster rug $20.00 One genuine oak duofold, A-l condition 29.50 One large overstuffed rocker 12.50 One leather seat and back rocker 6.00 One Morris chair 7.50 One Quick Meal range 27.50 One National range 27.50 Two oil stoves, $7.50 and 10.00 Three ovens, $2.00 to 4.75 Six refrigerators, $10.00 to 35.00 One round extension dining room table 14.50 Six dining room chairs 12.00 One $35 china cabinet for 17.50 Two library tables, $7.50 and 14.50 One $75 buffet for 49.50 Three good made over sewing machines, $12.50, 17.50 Two writing desks, $7.50 and 20.00 One Simmons bed 7.50 One 9x12 Congoleum rug 11.50 One Princess dresser, French plate mirror. 14.50 MANY ARTICLES NOT MENTIONED Come in and see us. See our stock. Get acquainted. We have an entire new line of Furniture and Household Equipment. Our prices are right and bear comparison. Ghrist & Ghrist New Location 118-122 So. 6th St. Telephone No. 645 Plattsmouth, Neb. i ty. The guests had come with well i laden baskets of the good things to Choir rehearsal Tuesday evening eat which formed the basis of a very at 7:30. i dainty and delicious luncehon. Ropinl flnrl hncinnca -mantlnc- rf I 1 Ladies Auxiliary Thursday. Mav 1 at 2:30 at the home of Mrs. Henry Born. Evervone welcome. H. KOTTICH. Pastor. RETURNS FROM HOSPITAL SPILLMAN TO ASK FOR BREAD LAW REHEARING Lincoln, April 20. Attorney Gen eral Spillman has announced he will apply to the supreme court of the United States for a rehearing on the Xebraska standard MOURNED AS DEAD BUT STILL ALIVE Arthur Frazier, Whose Funeral Held at Niobrara, Recovering from War Shock in Dakota. Attorney C. E. Tefft of Weeping lanl H. F. McCulla, of Lineoln; V. L Water was here today for a few Bennett and Miss Hulda Goos, of hours looking after some matters In j Plattsmouth; L. X. Carrington, Miss the eauity court in which he was in- Xellie Shanks, Auburn: R. L. Dal- ton. Miss Marie Redelfs. Talmage; R. R. Helm. Sophie Wendels, Syra cuse; J. W. Richeson. Mrs. Helen Miss Ethel I Whitman, Brock; Mis3 Elizabeth Morrison. Brownville; Mrs. F. P. Sheriff E. P Stewart and County i ley Douglas; Miss Elsie Mouden. jufra7 j. j. i-apweu were ai : Dnnhnr Miss I ., v T.vIp terested. Frank Hawksworth of Denver ar- Ti von V nri. 1 o at ovan ino- frv a t - '. i here at the home of his mntW Mrs I."' keeping Water; D. Hawksworth and his sister. Mrs. Mary Cook. J. A touisviue today wnere tney were called on 6ome matters of business for the county. Frank Schlichtemeier of near Xe hawka was here today for a few ; Mrs hours looking after some matters of ; Iva business and while here was a caller at the Journal office. Wayne Hudson and bride of Shenandoah. Iowa, are here to en joy a visit here at the home of Mr. Hudson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Hudson, for a short time. Robert Good and John Toman of near Murray were here today for a few hours lookine after some mat- El niwood ; Miss Anna Reimers. Howe; Miss Grace Dirks. Johnson: Miss Mar jorie Twiss, Louisville; Mrs. M. Bart lett. Murray; Mrs. Jack Douglas, G. X. Senten'-( Xehawka; Miss Maynanl, Otoe; Miss Hope Adams. Peru, and Miss Lillian Ead er of this city. Xebraska City Press. WILL ELECT A NEW MANAGER From Wednesday's Daily The bnseball team is to select a new manager in the next few days as Clarence L. Beal, who was first se- ters at the court house in regard to,Rfiea Ior i",s position, iceis mat no a road that they are seeking to have ' cannot afford the time necessary to opened in the vicinity of their home, jsuide the destinies of the club as he George X. Stille. representing the 1 1,as nis campaign for clerk of the i ! district court coming on in a few . ttTt..t..t....t..t.iT..t.iT....t..t. .T. 1 wees an also has other interests V ii"l""li,,Ji,i",,i"J"i"J,,i",,l"i' 4 J that fin nnt norm it the MmB nonoa." j. -- --' " Tlsarv tn snend with the hasehall team er. DANCE SATURDAY NITE Eagles' Hall The Eagles will give an other of their pleasant social dances at the Eagles hall. 4- Music by Brick Dunn Orches tra of Xebraska City. 1 .Tt.l T I. Vt .TJJ ilVI 1, 11 IUC UIMlCUail L 1 "that sohuld be given by a mana; The team is now seeking for a guid- ing spirit that will assist them in " making the season one of the great 's , est success in every way. fl t FOR SALE T White Wyandotte egs for hatch- tt inr. Pull Pl'ttrmmith i(thin' 300K ADMISSIOX Gents, including tax 7St Spectators, inc. tax 35 LADIES FREE t i MRS. GEORGE PRIVBTT. Prom Monday's Pally Yesterday afternoon Miss Helen i law, which that court recently de rtoutz. who has been at the Metho- ' dared unconstitutional. He says Mst hospital in Omaha for the past dissenting opinion of Justice Bran ten days recovering from an opera- deis from the majority of the court tion for appendicitis, was able to re- justifies the application, turn home, being brought home in j "We have decided to file a motion the auto by her father. Rev. F. E. i for a rehearing just as soon as this Pfoutz. and will spend her recuperat-' office can prepare the papers," said ive period here at home. Miss Pfoutz , the attorney general. has been very fortunate in her case) and her many friends are hopeful ; FOR SALE t'.at in a very short time she may be' restored to her former good health. GIVEN PLEASANT SURPRISE Errs hatched at 4c each. Baby ehix of Barred or W. Rox. Reds or W. Wyandotte, each 15c. S. C. W. I Leghorn chix. D. Wr. Young strain. From Wednesday s Daily Il2c. Hatching egps 15.00 per 100 Yesterday afternoon the members at farm. Mixed chix assorted heavy of the Royal Xeighbors of America varieties 10c. Murray phone 1931. pave a very pleasant surprise in hon- , Mrs. Irene Bengen, Mynard, Xebr. or of Grant Wetenkamp at the home of Mrs. William Wetenkamp which j Joseph Wooster departed this was attended by a very pleasing . morning for Omaha where he is tak nttmber of the ladies of the organ- ing treatment there of a specialist iation. The time was sent in visit- for the injuries he suffered last sum in? with the ?uest of honor who is a ! mer in an accident at the Platte member of the order and the occa- river bridge, sion was one that will be very pleas- j antly remembered by all of the par-, Journal want adi. pay. Try them, Omaha, April 21. Mourned by his loaf and bread i family as dead five years, given a military funeral in the cemetery at Xiobrara, Xebraska, where a rough slab now marks his grave, Arthur Frazier, world war veteran is alive and slowly recovering from the shock of war at the home of his par ents in Winner, S. D., while relatives and American Legion officials are trying to convince the government that he is alive. To the government. Frazier is offi cially dead and buried. Records show that he was killed in action in the Argonne in October. 1918. After the armistice, a body bearing his name was returned to the United States and on September 18. 1921, buried ! with military honors in the family lot at Xiobrara. Frazier was found in Oklahoma last Xovember, his memory almost gone. His parents identified him by childhood scars. The war department has ordered the grave at Xiobrara opened and the body exhumed. At the time he was reported killed, rie says, he was captured by the Ger mans but escaped. From then until he found himself in Buffalo, X. Y., h tramp, his memory holds nothing. a i i ;.. t i rt nu.nn ;n .1 .. pepsia and constipation weakens V the whole system. Doan's Regulets j (30c per box-) act mildly on the: II,I-I4 liver and bowels. At all drug stores. ' Clever New Shirts for Spring Percales, madras, cords and pongees. Tub and sunproof colors patterns as fresh as the new spring flowers - qualities absolutely de pendable. We're glad to tell you about these new shirts but "seeing is believing," so in vite you to step in soon. These are for dress wear and the price - $1.95 & $2,451 C. E. Wescott's Sons "ON THE CORNER" Special Item Selected Pattern Boys Kay nee Waists 88c