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PAGE TWO PLATTS2I0TJTH SEMI - WEESIT JOUBNAL MONDAY. DECEMBER 15. 1924. SUICIDE DEATH RATE INCREASES IN THE NATION WE WILL EE OLD THEN Insuiance Head Also Deplores Auto mobile Wreck Costs. New York, Doc. 12. According In s'atistus presented to the tigh t'cnth annual convention of the as sociation cf life insurance presidents ben this morning, by Dr. Oscar H. RoBcfS," chief medical director of the Now York I-ife Insurance company, idc (! ;!th rate increased from 11.6 for th) first ten months of 1923 to 12.o for the first ten months of 102 4. Finiirer showed a decrease in the 4V nth rate of insured lives from S70 p r hundred thousand for 1923 to S2. per hundred thou;:nd for 1920. ' ft rriiiR to deaths in automobile accidents. Dr. Rogers said: "This is an alarming state of af f r nd me ns should he found to remedy it. The remedy lies in great er cart- in tii Iwmlill. of automobile Hci a so nfi to eliminate persons t-nperamntally unfit to drive a ear. Besides that, adequate punishment should be meted out to all persons guilty of inflicting injury upon oth- .-. by careless driving. This method of locomotion has come to be an in valuable pdjurot to modern life, it is so useful in industry and brings health and happiness to so many that, whatever happens, it has come to st;iv. Th" loss in this present r of 17.7ffi lives sems an unnec essarily hizh price to pay for this ad liiion to our equipment. These ' the mean carelessness or a lack ' ! ' 1 every effort itibud l to minimise tirem." Detroit, Dec. 12. How would you like to live to be 1,000? Don't get excited, for the new era of Methuse lahs will not be realized in the pres ent generation. A. V. Five. suprm'j commander of the Maccabees, a fra ternal ordor that now solves the problem of old age by philanthropy J:nd relief measures, indulged in an address here in some interesting speculations on longevity. ' The average age of death In the seventh century was 21 years," said Mr. Frye. "In 1S24 it was 35 years. In the last century it has been raised to 55 years. Tarried on at the same rate of gain the average life would be S3 years by the end of the next century. Ry the ye?r 2624 it would reach the span of 1,015 years. "The 1,000-yar-old man. scien tists say, is a biological possibility. Time is not the destroyer. Changes in the human body, considered marks of senility, may begin at an early age." IS SOLDIER RELIEF MONEY USABLE TO PAY SALARY? Attorney General Holds Law Au thorizes This If Salary Is Nec essary in Relief . Work. PUN OBSOLETE Changing- Hadio Wave Lengths Has Been Abandoned By the Sec retary of Commerce. COST OF FEEDING INMATES OF STATE INSTITUTIONS HIGH TAKEN UP NOTICE Taken up at my residence on farm one and three-quarters miles north and two miles east of Alvo, iu Cass county. Nebraska, about December 1st. 1!24. one dark red polled stet r. weighing ahonl 'o0 pounds, which had been lingering around the farm for some time. The owner can have the animal by proving ownership, raying for its upkeep and for the advertising necessary to locate own er. Should this animal not be claim ed within thirty days it will be ad vertised and sold according to law lor the payment of charges against him. Taken up by ANTON C. KIXG. dl5-5t8W. Advertise your want ia the Jour nal for results. Attorney General Spillman con ferred Friday with Chairman J. A. C. Fisher and Attorney Charles Brewster of Beatrice, representing the American Legion relief com mittee to dispense $100,000 a year derived from state funds. This com mittee finds the work growing and j has urged the board of educational lands and funds to authorize the use of relief funds to pay the salary of at least one man engaged in relief work and to pay the salary of an at torney to represent claimants for re lief. A salary of $3,600 has been suggested for Mr. Fisher. The attorney general said th state board will meet next Tuesday to pass upon these and other maf- i ters. He h::s prepared an opinion j holding that the prepent law ap i pears to be broad enough to permit the use of relief funds to pay a man i If his services are necessary to ad i minister the relief fund. He dOttbts j if the present law is broad enough : to pay an attorney to investigate j and appear for claimants for relief. In regard to payment of physicians for examination ef claimants for re lief and for medical services the at torney general believes the pr-senl law author! see such payments. The board comprising five state offle- rs will pass upon these questions Tnes d If the board of trustees of the relief funds deem further legis lation necessary if will refuse to au thorise the use of relief funds for salaries until the law is passed. Washington. Dec. 12. Re-aloea-tion of wave lengths to radio broad casting stations as recommended by the recent Notional Radio conference to the secretary of commerce has been abandoned by the commerce depart merit. The plan, which was devised a short time ago, has already been rendered obsolete by the increasing number of broadcasting staiiont-. and the demand for wave length assign ments, officials of the department said yesterday. ' It is understood mat until the radio broadcasting situation becomes m;u-e .-table, no attempt will be made to revise the present alocation of wave lengths, while the department will meet the increasing demand as far as possible. The radio conference, which met iiere in October. ! drew up a com preh' r.sivt plan for the realocation of all radio wave lengths, shifting in some eases, those for marine com munication in order to extend the number available for commercial broadcasting stations. Both the conference and depart ment ofl'n ials at the time expressed the belief that the system would al leviate many of the ills of the present arrangement, but immediately after the department began receiving an unprecendented number of applica tions for licenses for new stations. State To Pay More for Foodstuffs for First Quarter of 1925 than for Same Period in 1924 .'. thi'-e million dollar bond issue for additional school buildings in Lincoln was recently approved 'he voters. bv er than it was three months ago. but much higher than a year ago. Sugar, cheese and beef are three commodities which liave increased ! price since September but are still! nate.ially less than a yeer ago. Beans; and rice have declined in the last ! three months, hut are on a higher iyevel than they were at the time of the quarterly letting in December, Codfish is about one-fourth higher than it was iu September. CATi?Ui BEC0EATE 0UR TLiiES CoSadderably more money will be paid out by the state of Nebraska to feed its ti.Ot'O institution inmates and the administrative forces at the different institutions duriug the :i r;-t quarter of 1925 than in the same pi i :o; cue year previous, but the total cost will not vary greatly from what it has been during the last quarterly period of 192!. Contracts just awarded by the board of control for twelve staple foodstuffs to be supplied at Lincoln institutions from January 1 to March 31, are based on bids generally higher i ban a year ago. but in some cases lower than prices paid under bids Of last September, for the cur rent quarter. Bacon is $4.90 per 100 pounds above what the state contracted for In December a year ago. for the iiire months following. It is 50 cents higher than the present price. Hani will cost $2.55 cents more ilian a year ago. but SI. 05 below what it costs now. Flour shows a big increase of 97 1 j cents per hundredweight over the December, 1923, contract price, and 72 '-j cents over that of last Septem ber. This is due to the sensational advance of the wheat market which iiegan last July and has continued to the present time. Oatmeal, like wheat, has also been goiug up, though not in so great proportion. Com meal is slightly low Catorrh Is a Lorn . Me "eatly in fluenced by Constitutional conditions. HALL'S CATARRL MEL I INE on sists of an Ointment which eh Quick Relief by local application. .. the Internal Medicine, a Tonic, wl li h u ta throuph the Blood on the Mu : ur faces and assists in ridding yo u .system of Catarrh. a Sold by dsuggtets tor ov t 40 Tears, F. J. Cheney & Co.. '. to, u Artificial Christinas irees. the kind Wir.t wiil last for yei -. vvA a1- ways stay green; dressing- c all kinds such as novelties, tinsel, bells j and electric light sets, also candles. , In fact anything that will be needed to mske your trees perfect may be found at the Bates Book and Gift; Shop, at the corner Fifth and Maia stieets. Buy them now. when you can get iust what you want. The finest of gift goods for Christ mas for every member of the family can be found at the Bates Book and Gift Shop. Toys for children. book and all of the finest novelties ana art goods that can be desired pre ready for your inspection. Make this store your Christmas headquarters. White Gold Wrist Watches for 'Her t lafesf Styles f B. A. McELWAIN JEWELER ? 5 Joe J. Stibal, DC BC Chiropractor Phone No. 3 Schmidtmii: i Bldg. PLATTSI40UTH, NEER. Chiropractic Deals with the CAUSE OF DISEASE and does not Treat Effects Locating the cause and adjusting it is the most modern and more permanent way to health. f Dr. H. C. Leopold Osteopathic Physician General practice. A!;o V.?' i Tested and Glasses Fitte.i Office hours. 8:30 to 11:30; 1:30 to 5:30. Sundays and after hours by appointm I I PHONES Office, 208 Res, 21 2R 531 Main Street I Cur Stock Includes Gifts for Young and Old! SHOP EARLY! dKsirii4CTB" . ' ' ' - .ttfmss&tm.v.J'ir - : ' mwi i nwn i mm i msnnssum FiiiiiTi -s..i j&atTzCZX Store is Open Every Evening and Sunday! SHOP Do not wait until the very last few days to select your gifts this year, when our store is right now crowded with one of the largest and most carefully selected lires of Christmas goods tnat we have ever carried We have gifts that are suitable for every member of the family. Look over the following list of suestions -comprising just a few of the many articles you will find here from which to select gifts for every member of the family. Our salesforce is at your disposal Shop Early' Fountain Pens and Pencils We have fountain pens and pencils from $1.09 up to S15.GC The beautiful combinations pen and pencil in gilt box. E.crsharp, Mcore and Parker lines the best known on the market todav. ISQJJABE DEAL VNDERSON J V Complete Line Box Papers Here ynn will find one of the most complete lines in the state. We have iit boxes from 50c to $5.00 in Bta . VThiting and Eaton. Crane & Pike lines. Newest Christmas Cards Ton well know the line we have always carried, ana all we need to say is that this year we have a larger line than ever, and you will say so too when u see them. Season's Greetings of all kinds. lc to 50c Books for Young and Old What can you think oi that will make a more appropri ate gift than a nice book. We have 2.000 popular copv right storiev the Volland lines for the children, and hundreds of popular books for Misses and Boys. 10c to S3.00 BIBLES An extra fine line of Bibles. Prayer Books and Testaments. Also stunt books for the graduate or the school girl or boy. SI. 00 to $7.50 PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS Put up in nent Christmas boxes. Cook books, recipe books in fact a complete line of books of every desciiption. 50c to S2.50 vIM O- THE Handbags and Purses In this line we have a large supply of the very finest on the market. Beautiful handtooled handbags. Beaded full leather satin and vanitj bags and cases. $1.50 to $25.00 v irecofwJ' All Gents' Bill Folds and Purses Finest leather, handtooled bill folds. One of the finest presents that can be given a gentleman. $1.00 to $10.00 Xmas Trees and Decorations A fine assortment of artificial trees and ornamental dec orations. Buy this year and save for years to come. This kind of tree will last forever if taken care of, and the ornaments likewise. 60c to $7.50 Thousands of gifts for thousands of people Gifts that are beautiful and appro priate for every member of the family including Dolls, Toys and Books for the Kiddies. We urge you to come and see this large and complete Christmas stock. See Our Special $1.00 Gift Table on Sale Christmas Seals and Tags For years we have carried the Dennison line, and for quality and beauty they are the finest on the market. Hundreds of design to choose from. Tissue and holly paper for wrapping the package. Dressings for the gift of all kinds. Fifth and Main Streets Plattsmouth, Nebr. if I Shop Something for Him? If youre a bit perplexed, why not settle on a box of cigars something every man will appreciate. Or, per haps he piefers cigarettes. If so. give him a carton of his favorite kind or a cigarette case. 50c to $3.50 4 4 i !