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PAGE SIX PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL -GRAND- OF THE L 8. PLATFORM Saturday Eve, April 25th Ccme early and enjoy your self, as there will be a good time in store for all. Music by Gradoviile Orchestra ADMISSION - Gents 50c Ladies Free INSECT PESTS EVER READY TO CRASH ON OUR SHORES Washington, April 21. Millions of dollars now are being spent an nually to control plant diseases and insect pests jn this country, and pre vent the entry of others from foreign lands. The federal horticultural hoard of the department of agriculture, which has this work in hand, estimates that from S5 to 90 per cent of the real in sect pest problems are due to foreign importations. Prominent among the Insects arc the gypsy and brown-tail moth, which entered from Europe; the Japanese beetle, from Japan; the cotton boll weevil from Mexico; the European corn borer, from Eu rope, and the San Jose scale, from China. Quarantines within the United States itself are maintained, prohib iting, for instance, the movement of cotton from isolated point3 In Texas, where infection has been found; corn and broom corn, sorghums and sudan grass from Infested areas in Ver mont. New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan, on account of the Eu ropean corn borer; and In certain counties in New Jersey, Pennsyl vania and Delaware, because of the Japanese beetle, which affects farm products between June 15 and Octo ber 15. SEEDS THAT GROW Recleaned Alfalfa. $12 to $14.50 bu., Grimm, $18.00. Sweet Clover, $9, Blue Grass, $3.50, Cane, $1.75, German Millet, $2.90. Kaffir Corn, $1.90, Soy Beans $3.50. 90 Day Corn, $3.50, Evergreen Corn, pk, $2.00. qt.. 30c, Sudan Grass, $8.00 to $8.50 cwt, Rape, lb., 15. We pay the freight. Samples mailed. Johnson Bros, Neb. City. ltw EIGHT MILE GROVE CHURCH There will be services held at the Eight Mile Grove Evangelical church west of Plattsmouth on the Louis ville road. Services will be Sunday morning and will be in both German and English. Rev. II. O. Offerman, of Lincoln, will conduct the services. P. A. IIILD, Elder. POSTAL OFFICIALS SEIZE HARVARD LAMPOON COPIES Boston, April 21. All copies in the malls of the current Issue of the Harvard Lampoon, humorous month ly magazine of Harvard college, were seized tonight by the postal authorities here on the ground that the publication contained indecent and obscene literature. Then tell the world about it through the Journal Want Ad column. I-K-H-H ' M 'M-I-I-2-M JUxG J. ST1BAL D. C. B. C. Chiropractor Modern Methods Best Equipment t i Telephone No. Bcfanidtmann Bldg. TO LOAftJ! Money to Loan on Real Estate! Plattsmouth Loan & Building Association STORK IS PARTIAL TO FARM COUNTRY Many More Children Born in Agri cultural Districts Than in the Cities and Villages. New York. The birth rate in the farming areas of the United States is 52 per cent greater than in the cities and 24 per cent greater than in the villages, according to a re port published today by the institute of social and religious research of this city, which gives under the title, "A Census Analysis of American Villages," the result of the first tabu lation ever made of the United States census data for villages. By villages is meant communities having from 250 to 2.500 inhabitants. The figure3 in the report show that at the last census period the average number of children to each 100 married women between fifteen and forty-five years of age in' vil lages was 157, as compared with 128 in the cities, while in the dis tinctly farming areas the average number was 19 5. The population in the villages i shown by the report to be very dif ferent in its composition and char acteristics from the population in the strictlv farming areas. The analysis shows, for example, that in the country's farm population there are 109 men to every 100 women while in the villages there are only ninety-five men to each 100 women Basing his criticism cn these and other differences. Dr. C. Luther Fry the author of the report, questions the validity of the census procedure which makes no distinction between the data for villages and data for the rest of the rural population. The report states that the census data for 1.75 per cent of the 10.22i villages in the United States having populations between 2o0 and 2,500 were tabulated and analybed in the study, and that this sample was carefully selected to include repre sentative villages in the middle west th south, and the far west. According to the report, the vil lages have a disproportionately large number of old people as com pared with the cities and the farm ing areas. Of the men in the villages 2.S.5 per cent are forty-five years of age or older; while for the United States as a whole, 21.5 per cent o the men are in that age-group. Of the women in the villages, 27.4 per cent are forty-five or have passed that age while this is true of only 20 per cent of the women of the entire country. APPLE EXPORTS AIDED BY CANAL Direct Shipment From the West Coast Unloaded in Good Condition. Washington. European consump tion of American apples has been measurably encouraged during the last year through the development of direct shipments from Pacific coast ports through the Panama Canal. Ed win Smith, foreign representative of the United States Department of Agriculture who is making a survew of European fruit markets, reports. The consensus in Rotterdam and Hamburg, as well as in the large port markets of Great Britain, he says, is that Panama ships land their cargoes of American apples in good condition, and that all of the larger markets look forward to these ship ments. Buyers at the port auctions in Grefit Britain, Holland, Germany and Denmark are reported to prize this fruit because it reships well to in terior points and can be held in stock. This attitude Is evidenced by brokers as well as by wholesale buy ers. In fact, some or the cargoes from the refrigerator ships are left safely on the quays for a period of several weeks. There has been considerable com ment as to whether heavy Panama cargoes discharged and sold on top of the regular arrivals from New York have tended to depress prices in foreign markets, but Mr. Smith has found that coincident with the arrival of these cargoes tne market has usually shown increased strength rather than weakness, due to the good condition of such arrivals. There is need, however, he de- clares, for greater co-operation among shipowners in co-ordinating sailings. He says that a feeling of confidence should be instilled in buy ers that these ships will arrive at fairly uniform periods with cargoes of splendid quality and condition. It is said that with the advent of the Penema route with large refri gerator ships carrying cargoes of well over 100,000 boxes direct from Vancouver, Seattle, Portland and San Francisco under variable schedules, it has been difficult for exporters to guage supplies. EIGHT MILE GROVE CEMETERY There will be a meeting of the residents of Eight Mile Grove held at the Eight Mile Grove church near the cemetery, Tuesday, April 28th, at 8 p. m., to hold election of new officers and to take up rfiatters in re gard to the care and upkeep of the cemetery. A. A. WETENKAMP, a23-ltw-2td Secretary. COAL FOR THR EASING Best screened Illionols 6x2 egg, $3.25 ton, Mines. Ask for delivered price, club together on a car. Jhon son Bros., Neb. City. ltw HAY FOR SALE Baled prairie hay for sale. Clif ford Roberts, phone 2913. a20-4sw Tqr Joasud Wui Ads. It pa. WHEN BETTER AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILT, BUICK WILL BUILD THEM No T??yi.mm . mm. A 3 mm. mm. m Why are motor car dealers glad to see you when you have a Buick to trade in? newer: They know that if they get It, they can sell it quickly at a good price. Buick reliability has made Buick a first choice in the used car market. J. B. LIVINGSTON Buick Dealer Corner 4th and Main &tseets PLATTSMOUTH, NEBR. PHONOFILM SHOWN OF C00LID6E TALK Publishers in New York See and Hear Coolidge at Capital by New Device. New York, April 21. More than 500 publishers from all parts of the country saw and heard President Coolidge deliver an address to them tonight, although the president was in Washington. This remarkable feat was made possible by the use of the phonofilm an invention of Dr. Lee De Forest The phonofilm reproduces both the appearance and the voice. Dr. Dc Forest personally superintended the taking of the record. The publishers were assembled at the Friars club at the annual dinner given by M. Koenigsburg, presiden of King Features Syndicate, Univer sal Service and International News Service. The president was shown on t screen at one end of the banquet hall standing and speaking from the south portico of the White House. Every action and voice inflection was re produced exactly. The speech was broadcast from stations WJY in New York and WRC in Washington. This is the first time that a speech from the photofilm has ever been broadcast. THREE-YEAR-OLD COW MAKES BUTTER RECORD A new butter record for cows In the 3-year-old class in Colorado has just been made by a member of the Modern Woodmen Sanatorium dairy herd at Colorado Springs. This cow. Jewess Aggie Pontiac Ook, completed a 365-day test under the superision of the Colorado College of Agricul ture with a mark of 26,625.6 pounds of milk and 854.08 pounds of butter fat, which, according to the advanced registry department of the Holstein Friesian Association of America, is equal to 1,067.6 pounds of butter. The state record In this class was previously held by a member of the same herd. WILLYS-OVERLAND DIVIDEND New York, April 21. Directors the Willys-Overland company de clared a quarterly dividend of 1.75 a share on the cumulative preferred stock, the first payment since De cember 15, 1920. Accumulation amounts to 29 per cent. Mm way ec sebqmt, may W had ms Cm CTI Gup. Cm i FOR SALE Cheverolet roadster. Good condi tion. Call phone 394-W Plattsmouth. A23-ltw Blank books ifttoaxul eSZu. j -io-wA 3 V -ly i Bate Soak aad ty fca tmds f TUBERCULIN AREA WORK TO BEGIN Reorganization of Tuberculosis Erad ication Under New Law Enact ed by Recent Legislature. II. J. McLaughlin, secretary of the department of agriculture, issued orders effective April 20, declaring certain comities in Nebraska areas for the eradication of tuberculosis from cattle. These counties are: Curt, Butler, Cass, Dakota, Dawson, Dodge, Douglas, Gage, Polk, Sarpy, Saunders and Thay er. This action by the secretary is un der provisions of a law passed by the recent legislature, which gives pow ers and outlines the arrangement to be followed by the secretary in op erating more effectively to eradicate tuberculosis from livestock. With the exception of Dawson and Cass counties, all of these are de clared areas because more than 60 per cent of the herds of breeding cat tle had been tuberculin tested under supervision of the state and federal bureaus of animal industry prior to the enactment of the present law. Petitions from Dawson and Cass are on file with the state depart ment which contain the signatures of more than 60 per cent of the own ers of breeding cattle, requesting that the cattle in their counties be tested. In those counties where the first general test has been completed more than 90 per cent of the herds in each county have been tested, and in a number the untested herds represent only 3 or 4 per cent of the herds in the county. This reorganization under the new law provides that au herd3 of cattle in these counties must be tuberculin tested. Rules and regulations will be established to protect against dis eased cattle being brought into the county, and further protect against the movement of untested cattle within these counties. The regulations will be published and posted in public places within the county and especially along the border, so that those who traffic in livestock may be fully informed that their handling of cattle will comply with the requirements of the state law. The state is provided with a fund of ?285,000 for tuberculosis eradica tion work and under the new law each county will add to this such money, within certain cpeeified lim its, as becomes necessary for the transportation and other operating expenses of employes engaged in testing the cattle. The federal gov eminent co-operates by furnishing a certain number of veterinarians and pays indemnity in the same amoun as paid by the state for the cattl which are found to be diseased and caused to be slaughtered. At the present time the federal Erovernment has assigned for the work in Nebraska ten regularly em ployed veterinarians. The state i maintaining six veterinarians as reg ular employes, giving their entire time to this clas3 of work; and in addition the state is employing the services of the local practicing vet erinarians in the counties where th work is in progress, their services be Ing utilized where it will prove most advantageous to carry forward the organized work within their respect ive counties. The first general test of all herds of breeding cattle has been complet ed in seven counties, namely Burt Butler, Douglas, Polk, Sarpy, Saun ders and Thayer; and in addition the first general test will be completed at an early date in certain counties where a limited territory still re mains ' untested, namely, Dodge, Da kota and Gage. Tuberculin' testing is being carried forward in Cass, Dawson, Hall and Otoe counties. The total of counties in which area tuberculosis eradica tion work has been inaugurated is fourteen and in these the establish ing of areas has been certified. Petitions have been circulated un der the provisions of the new law in York, Johnson, Hamilton, Colfax Thurston and Webster. In York county the petition is completed and has been filed with the state depart ment. It is understood that in Col fax the petition is also completed and will be filed at an early date. U. S. REPARES CASE FOR MEXICAN PARLEY Washington, April 19. Prepara tion of the agenda to be submitted by this government to the conference with representatives of the Mexican government for negotiation of an as similating, has ben inaugurated by officials of the state, treasury and labor departments and the depart ment of justice. Secretary Kellogg has requested heads of the three other departments to designate the officials who will represent them in the meeting, which will be held May 15 at El Paso. Assistant Secretary Andrews of the treasury will be chairman of the commission. The sole object of the conference will be the negotiation of a treaty similar in scope to the pact arranged a year ago with Canada. REPORT UNION PACIFIC TO JOIN t ATT. MERGER New Orleans, April 19. The New Orleans Times-Pacayune publishes a story in its issue of today which says that a four-line rail merger Is con templated whereby the Union Pacific railroad, the Missouri, Kansas and Texas system; the Kansas City South ern railroad and the ouislana Rail way & Navigation company will be brought under one operating policy. to be effected by purchase of the Louisiana Railway & Navigation company by the Kansas City South ern. EU&k feata s Cm INDIANA TRIO TO BATTLE i FOR RELEASE ON BOND, Indianapolis. Ind., April 21. Ad mission to bail of D. C. Stephenson,' Earl Klinck and Earl Centry, the, trio held on a charge of first degree i murder in connection with the death, one week ago, of Miss Madge. Ober holter, of Indianapolis, was asked in ! a petition filed today by their attor-j ney, Eph Inman. Judge James A. i Collins said a hearing would be held ; on the petition on Monday, April 27. In issuing capiases for the arrest of the three after the grand jury in-j dieted them last Saturday. Judge Collins specified they should not be. admitted to bail and since their ar- J rest vesterday morning they have j been confined in the Marion county jail. Inman indicated he would call sev eral witnesses to testify at the hear ing April Zi, among mem -urs. j George Oberholtzer, mother of thei girl. Mrs. Oberholtzer suffered a ner vous collapse and was unable to tes tify at the coroner's inquest. EX-GOVERNOR BRYAN IS GO ING TO FLORIDA Evades Direct Reply When Asked if Joining Brother as Realtor; Latter Waxed Wealthy. Lincoln, Neb., April 21. Former Governor Charles W. Bryan is leav ing Nebraska for Florida, as did his brother before him. This doesn't mean, however, the former governor insisted tonight, that he is removing his political self to Florida. He will keep Lis legal residence here also as his brother did before him. "I'm going on the Chautauqua platform soon, to be gone all sum mer," he admitted to the World Herald tonight, "and I'm planning on spending my winters in Florida, as I did this winter." Asked whether it was true, as ru mored, that he intended to go into the real estate business in Florida with his brother. W. J. Bryan, un- der the firm name of "Bryan Broth ers. Realtors," the former governor and vice presidential candidate equivocated by saying that it is "of ten customary for people who go to Florida for the winter to go into business there." This is quite a common occur rence in Florida, he explained. "Many people who go there for the pleasure of mild weather In the winter time, take their businesses Governor James A. Cox of Ohio, democratic presidential candidate In 1920, is an example. Governor Cox bought a newspaper in Florida and ia building a fine new building in which to house it. The building re minds me of Nebraska's now capi tol." "Things Yet to Do" "But remember that I'm retain ing my legal residence here," the former governor added. "I still have a few things to do in Nebraska." The decision to spend his winters in Florida and his summers on the Chautauqua platform is the same de cision made by William J. Bryan sev eral years ago, and for eeven or eight years after he left the state with his household effects, the Com moner retained his nominal politi cal residence here, returning every two years to vote. Finally, how ever, the lure of Florida became too much for him, the last of the old ties were broken, and he moved his legal residence also to Florida. The star that lured the Commoner to Florida, it was said, was the health of Mrs. Bryan. The star which is luring his brother away now, the political gabbers were whispering tonight, is the wealth of Mr. Bryan Mr. W. J. Bryan, ex Commoner, now reported a realtor millionaire. OLD TIME SPELLING BEE Spellers from four states Minn esota, South Dakota, Iowa and Ne braska will meet in an old fashion ed spelling bee at the new Technical high school building at Omaha on May 8 to determine the champion speller of these states. The tests will be both written and oral and it is expected that at least one and probably two champions from each county will enter the meet The contest is open to all public school children from the eighth grade down and will be conducted by R. W. Eaton of Omaha. Under the stipulation of the con test, a list of 1,000 words, selected by Mr. Eaton, will be mailed to each contestant. He or she will have sufficient time to become acquainted with their construction. Then the contestants will enter the two tests the oral and the writen tests After the selected list of words has been exhausted, Mr. Eaton will pick difficult words at random in an at tempt to pick out the interstate champion. DECISION NEAR IN DAUGHERTY CASE Washington, April 19. The su preme court will meet tomorrow to hand down a number of important opinions, including probably a decis sion in the celebrated case of the sen ate versus Mai Daugherty. Daugherty is a brother of former Attorney General Harry M. Daugher ty, and as president of a bank in Ohio, he refused the senate commit tee which investigated the Depart ment of Justice the right to exam ine the books of his bank and de clined to appear as a witness. The committee sought to learn what de posits had been placed in the bank by Harry M. Daugherty. The lower court ruled that the sen ate committee had exceeded its au thority in making such dmands and that Mai Daugherty acted within his rights in ignoring its subpoena. I Produce Office in Fricke's G"i3 Soal Office (Near Burlington Station) High est Market Prieos Paid! We Will Buy Poultry, Cream and Eggs! Open Every Day for Business and Will Treat You Right! W. W. BULLISH, Manager CIGARETTES NOW LEGAL IN NORTH DAKOTA For the First Time in 12 Years Cigaretts May Be Sold With out Violating the Law. Fargo, N. D., April 21. For the first time in twelve years, cigarettes were lawfully sold in North Dakota today. The 1925 session of the North Dakota legislature passed two meas ures repealing the statute of 1913, prohibiting "the manufacture, sale, disposing of, giving away, and soli citing orders for cigraette papers" under penalty. Because of the emergency clause, the two laws are effective today. Licenses and stamp taxes, estimated to bring in $500,000 in revenue, are provided for and the use of the in junction in enforcing the regulations and the prohibition against sale to minors. State Women's Christian Temper ance union headquarters, who led successfully the fight against repeal of the anticigarette law in the six legislatures and in one election where a measure permitting their sale was initiated, say that in order to secure half a million in stamp taxes and licenses. North Dakota must spend $3,000,000 more annually than they do now for tobacco. The argument of nonenforc ment was used in passing the measures. The two women legislators voted against the bills, with the result the W. C. T. U. suggests a concentrated effort to elect more women to the legislature in 1927. The Temperance union does not now contemplate re ferring the laws next year, as it is their belief that public opinion will in time demand repeal. On the statute books of North Da kota still remains the law forbidding smoking in dining rooms where men and women are both served be lieved to be the only lawr of its kind in existence. G. H. Sewell, superintendent of the Omaha division of the Texaco Oil Co., was here today visiting with Henry Ofe, local manager of the Tex aco 6tation. Mr. Sewell is well pleas ed with the fast increasing volume of business handled here by Mr. Ofe and sons, Henry and Carl, who have one of the leading stations in the city and do a large amount of busi ness. Advertise yonr wont in the Jour nal for re stilts. 2EBSDM The Cow. Shed its winter coat! So did the horse, the dog, the eat and chickens. Spring is here and they no longer have need for heavy, warm coverings. Nature looks out for them, but you are supposed to attend to those little details yourself. , If you are still wintering along with heavy "hot" underclothing it time to get in tune with the season. Essy fittiag, comfortable, medium and light weight underwear here now, ready for you. In every desired sleeve and leg length. Vassar, the best $2 and $2.50 Cooper's Unions 1.50 Others... $1 and 1.25 m Wtm 4 1 Other Athleties 85c to 1.25 CUMMINS A BORAH CRITIC Ames, Ia., April 21. Senator Al bert B. Cummins of Iowa, in an ad dress before the chamber of com merce here today, termed the re marks of Senator Borah of Idaho, in a recent Chicago speech, "glittering generalities," and paid that before any man "condemned the government or criticized its tendencies" he should first be convinced "that we have been going wrong in the legislation wo have enacted and wrong in the poli cies we have pursed." Senator Borah's Chicago speech, it was recalled, dealth with what the Idaho senator looked upon as a growing tendency of the federal gov ernment to interfere with state's rights, the creation of too many in quisitorial boards and bureaus regu lating the pursuits of individuals and corporations. Referring to Senator Borah by name, Senator Cummins said lie held "his distinguished colleague" in highest respect, but felt that his re marks were destined "to become of vast importance in future political campaigns," and could not be passed by "without examining them with care." Senator Cummins dealth Individ ually with all of the amendments to the constitution to show, he said, that they were not adopted hurriedly and did not impose hardships upon the states. WILL GIVE ENTERTAINMENT There will be a social entertain ment given at the Fairview school hcuse on Friday evening. A very fine program is being arranged by the committee in charge and ono of the most pleasant of committee, en tertainments is being planned. Bring a good time and also a dime, to make the money even, and if you den't we'll charge you double to make up for our trouble. FLORENCE TERRYBERRY, MARGARET FLE1SCIIMANN, dt'cvr Committee. TWO VIRGINIA RAILROADS AGREE ON LEASE, MERGER Huntington, W. Va., April 21. The boards of directors of the Nor folk & Western and Virginian rail roads have agTeed upon a lease of tto Virginian railway to unite these two properties for future operation and development, it was announced here today bv John A. Holt, attorney for the Norfolk & Western. The agreement is subject to the approval ol the stockholders of th two roads and the interstate commerce com mission. ESE3ES