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PAGE TWO THURSDAY, JULY 1. 192G. PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL Nehawka Department! Prepared in the Interests of the People of Nehawka and Surrounding Vicinity Especially for the Journal Readers. RIVER ACTS UP Forest H. Cunningham loaded a car of lumber, which he is shipping to Omaha this week. Mr. and Mrs. V. O. Troop and fam ily were visiting and looking after some business for the day on last Fridav. Morris Pollard. John Griffin and Charles Rurtou were in attendance at the ball game at Greenwood last Sunday. Mrs. W. F. Graham departed for a point in Iowa where she is visit ing for some two weeks at the home o relatives. Mrs. Thor Royles of Elmwood, and Doris DeVauss, also of that place, were visiting in Nehawka on last Thursday for a short time. C. Steffens and wife of Iorton were guests at the homes of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Anderson and John H. Steffens and family on last Sunday. Albert Wolfe and family were at tending the ball game which was played between Nehawka and Green wood last Sunday, driving over in an auto. Ray Berger of Plattsmonth repre senting the riattsmouth Motor com pany was looking after some busi ness matters in Nehawka on last Mon day morning. James II. Hill harvested his wheat during the early portion of the week, and while t ho. straw was not as plen tiful as Home years the heads were pretty well filled. CASH GROCERY Cream Station Try us with your next bill. Our motto "Best of Service" Bert Willis Sutphen's Old Stand Nehawka, Nebr. Feeds You Need ANY QUANTITY Tankage, per ton $65.00 Shorts, per ton 32.00 Bran, per ton 30.00 Oil Meal, per 100 lbs 3.50 Red Dog. per 100 lbs 2.00 Alfalfa Ileal, per 100 lbs 2.25 Chick Starter, per 100 lbs 4.50 Chick Scratch, per 100 lbs. 4.00 Meat Scraps, per 100 lbs 4.00 laying Mash, 100 lbs 2.00 Bring in Your Feed and Get It Ground 15c Cwt. MANHATTAN MOTOR OILS C. D. St. John Nehawka - Nebraska The Rev. V. T. Graham of the Frcs hyterian church at Murray, accom panied by his two daughters. Misses Helen and Mary, were visiting friends in Dunbar on Monday of this week. Marion Tucker was looking after some business matters in Nebraska City last Monday morning, driving over in his car to look after some business matters for the store here. John Oip and family and Delbert Switzer and family were among those who were in attendance at the base ball game which Nehawka played with the town of Greenwood on last Sunday. (Irover Cleveland Hoback and the family, as well as Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Hemphill were spending the day last Sunday along the Weeping Water, at Norman's Ford, where they plcniced and fished. Mrs. T. E. Fulton departed on last Sunday for Topeka, Kansas, where she went for a visit with a sister, Mrs. Olive Lemon, of that place. Mrs. Fulton will visit there for the most of the week. James It. Hill of north of town with the family, was visiting with friends and relatives in Percival, Iowa, last Sunday they going over to the home of their brother Geo Hill and family in their car. Henry Johnson was the first to surprise the Greenwood team when he landed a home run which went over the fence and even caused the rooters of the Greenwood team to cheer lustily. Robert Troop and wife, of north of Nehawka. were visiting at Cedar Creek on last Sunday and were at the home vof Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Lohnes while there, they being grandparents of Mrs. Troop. Harry L. Kruger of Plattsmouth, and his crew of workers are doing a very artistic bit of work at the home of G. A. Murdoch, where they are painting the buildings on the farm, both inside and out. Letters from Stewart Rough are to the effect that he and the good wife are enjoying their visit in the west very much and will expect to remain for some little time yet. when they will drive home in their car. Justin Strum. Jr., arrived at Chi cago, the home of his parents, on Sun day last, and was welcomed by the fond parents. The good "news was father and Grandmother Sturm and that al were geting along nicely. Word comes from the south that A. M. Munn. well known here, and who is a civil engineer, is superintending a very important pieca of work in his line in draining some of the ever glades and swamps of that country. Robert Troop was on the market n last Monday with "a car load of each of hogs and cattle, which he has been feeding for some time in his lot s and which were surely good stock. They were shipped from My nard. J. M. Stone aDd Mr. Weld were overhauling the truck of Mr. Stone on last Monday and getting it in good condition to work. They were also changing gears so as to speed it up some that they may travel a bit faster. William Kruger. who has been suf fering for some time with a splinter in one eye. had the offensive object removed and is getting along nicely now. and it is hoped that it will soon be well entirely. Mr. Kruger harvest ed his wheat during the present week. Clyde Flaischman. who has been in the western portion of the state re turned home one Cay last week and reports things looking fine out there and that there has been more water in that portion of the state than here and the crops are coining fine. Messrs. Wood and Burton complet ed; the decorating and painting of the school building at Nehawka. about the middle of this week, and have given the building a complete going over, putting it in good condition for the opening of school in September. There is developing a plentiful sup uly of chinch bugs in portions of the country, and while they have done practically no damage to the wheat or small grain they are attacking the corn which is greener and more suc culent and a greater temptation to the bugs. ' Miller and Gruber, with the assist ance of C. 1). Keltner. have been put ting a crossing and sewerage system on main street which will greatly faciliate the getting of the water away when some comes, but the afore mentioned water is not plentiful at I this time. Mis. Hall Pollard, who has been at the hospital at Lincoln for some time and where she underwent an operation for gall stones and appendi citis, was able to return home on last ' Sunday and is getting along nicely now, being very well pleased to be able to get back home again. Lucean Carper, of Lincoln, where he is employed, was a visitor in Ne hawka .ast Sunday and attempted to 'pitch a ball game with a very lame arm. but found it too much for the lame member. Fred Miller then took the box, but the game was well along and was finally won by the , boys of Greenwood, j C. D. St. John and family and Eugene Nutzman and family were pic nicing at Kamp Kill Kare last Sun day, they had not expected to find ,the camp there, but when they ar ' rived where they were going they j found they were at the camp, and en j joyed the excellent time they had i there during the afternoon, j Professor W. L. P.urbey, who has , been superintendent of the Nehawka schools for the past few years, and who has made an excellent man for ,the position, is moving to Harnston. I where he will be superintendent of the schools there. The loss which comes to Nehawka by his departure will be a distinct gain for Rarnston iand their schools. j E. P. Baldwin and wife and their (laughter. Miss Helen, cf Stella, and Mrs. Detty Baldwin, of Mobile. Ala bama, who has been visiting at the jhome of Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin, of IStella, and .Grandmother Caroline T. 'Baldwin, mother of Mr.' E. P.' Bald , win, drove up from Stella, to visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. B. E. , Sumner, the very accommodating i agent of the Missouri Pacific at Ne hawka. Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Baldwin are the parents of Mrs. Sumner. Raymond C. Pollard, who has been living in Los Angeles for more than a year, being engaged in the oil busi ness out there, arrived in Nehawka last week, driving through in their car, and found the roads very good most of the way. Even the desert was passed with a certain degree of comfort. They started early in the morning and succeeded in getting jweil over it by noon. They were I pleased to arrive in Nehawka again, j where they know everyone and where jail their friends were likewise glad to see them. j During the recent rains the bridge across the .Jish nabot na river on the Pioneer train near Macedonia was left spanning dry land because of the river having changed its course several rods to the west. E. E. Cook. Pottawat tamie county engineer, made, an in vestigation the oilier day and decided I that instead of building a new bridge 'the wisest thing to do under the cir cumstances is to change the river back to its former channel. Work has not been started yet because of the river still being in a flood condition, but plans are being made a ltd material assembled to put the Nishna back : where sh- belongs and to see that she doesn't take French leave again. Glenwood Tribune. Death Comes as a Result of Earth Quakes in West i Likht Shocks Felt Along; Southern California Coast Child Killed By Falling Chimny. Ex-Governor Political Fipht Eeeks to Have Federal Patronage Squabble in Mississippi Cleaned Up and Disgrace Removed. Warhington. 1). C. June 27. George L. Sheldon, who served as a republican -overnor of Nebraska from 1507 to 1909. and since that lirw innru 1 nil nl?i ti t : t ifin nnur e.vi (.iivi 11 Mice ?j i ctrri,i nn 1 i t n r I "a 11 1 1 in Mississippi, involving serious charges aganst high officials of the Coolidge ?diiMP.i't niton, it became V.iiown here today. Ex-Governor Sheldon left here a Lorj Angeles, Cal., June 29. A light earthquake was felt along the southern California coast from Santa Barbara, southward late today on the aniversM-y of the quake that last year wrecked the business district of Santa Barbara. A three year old child was crushed to death beneath a toppling chimney at Santa Barbara, where the shock apparently was the heaviest. The child, Colin Orr. was playing with other children at a home on Bath street, when killed. None of the other children was injured. The chim ney is the only one known to have faflen. Several plate glass windows were broken at Santa Barbara and cracks in several buildings that had been re paired since last year were reopened. No f.erious damage at any point in jthe zone of the earth disturbance had 'been reported tonight, j Southern California telephone com ' puny oiiicicJs said that some wires had 'been 'tangled up" in the. vicinity of Barbara. The shock swung doers at Pasa- 'drops in Los Angeles, where occu j pants of oilice building noticed their 'chair.- doing a mild shimmy along the fi-w day? ago after spending six weeks ; " J"'- ;,, W.-. ;1, i.i . i-.-,,.r rl, ., til-it: TllC :u it ti.ii utiui. tii 111,1 v i iu t , . c v...,.' the tremor in Los the 4th of JySy Do you need something for that picnic party? Our Grocery line is complete Fruits, Groceries and all Good Eats! FOR THE DAY Do you need new Shoes, a Tie, a cool Shirt, a Dress Hat or a Suit. We can fit you out to a T! F. SIEUI1 10 s Where Customers Feel at Home Telephone No. 14 - Nehawka, Nebr. ESTABLISHED 1888 DON'T QUARREL AT DINNER Philadelphia. June 2S. The say ing of grace before meals not only is an excellent religious practice, but also is an excellent aid to digestion, said Dr. Gilbert Fitzpatrick, presi dent of the American institute of homeopathy in addressing the annual convention of that organization to day. Quite in contrast to the thera peutic value of grace, he added, was the practice of many American busi ness men of carrying their problems to the lunch table. "Hurry, worry, suspense and fric tion between people inhibits diges tion." he said. "It is the same with grief or great joy. Laughter and good cheer, on the other hand, are excellent preventatives of indiges tion. Consequently, family squabbles, business problems or anything else that disturbes the business of eating and proper digestion are taboo." THE PERIODICAL INVESTIGATION Consumption of gasoline during the first four months of this year ex ceeded that of any similar period more than 20 per cent greater than first quarter consumption last year. Surplus stocks have been greatly reduced, and an unusually heavy summer demand is expected. A slight increase of crude oil and gasoline has resulted from these unsurpassed de mands, and the senate has directed the FGederal State Commission t" investigate the situation, aliegln price-fixing mefhods. This may result in much testimony being taken during the summer, but the industry appears to have become accustomed to these investigations as they have been almost continuous progress since the close of the war. They all cost the taxpayers money but they furnish campaign material and jobs for public employes. cpublican organisation in h-.iippi lias fallen under control of Negro politicians who are disposing of federal patronage in the state in whatever wav they desire without e'Ttctive interference from Washing to:i. While here the former Nebraska governor conferred with Senator George 'V. Norris. (rep.. Neb.), Rep resentatives Edgar Howard, A. C Sh.!llci:h.-ger and John JL Morehead, I'rmocrats of Nebraska and numerous t!:er members of the bouse and sen ate. fheldon came here with the back ing of prominent citizens of his own Jtr.te for appoint i:;ont as collector of int'Tiial revenue at Jackson. Miss, ami ofTico now he ld by G. L. Donald ;; democrat named bv President Wil- con on August 5. 1919. Recognized by Ccolidge. According to formal charges pre rented by Representative Jeff Busby tdin., Mis.). in a resolution intro (?.:. ed in the house and confirmed in data filed here by ex-Governor Shel don, Perry W. Howard, negro repub lican national committee man from Micrissippi has been recognized, by President Coolidge and Chairman William M. Butler of the national committee as distributor of al federal p.'.iroint nient: made by the present ad- p-.i:iitrf.tion in the state of Missis- ripoi. Howard holds n'i-y at Washington as a sp cinl assistant to the attorney :"e n ral drawing a salary of six thou : r.nd dollars a. year. He was appoint cd by President Harding to this post May 1C. 1921. Representative Busbv todav told f an oincial investigation conduct ed by Inspector V. V. Cugg and Iv-n F. Iiilt.r! of the postofrce department r'siii'!f:i som-"? i.e.ntlis :. go in s!i w- irg 'hi't Natior.il'C"oir.nMttcem:.:i f' r ry W. Howard was acting with others in n-posal of public p.itronag" in Mi.-: .issippi. On March 9, he introduced a re-solution in the house, he said asking the attortic-v general to sub mit to (he house later reports of In- p. cei- T. J. Daniel and F. J. Blake which laid open "a most shameful !UU'tion of disposal of postofriees in Mississippi. TeUs of Situation. Continuing Representative Busby M.id: "I introduced a letter on the floor t i iht fconso on April 29 from Lent 1!. Oldham, a republican, and until Jan.iary 2 .". 192(5, district attorney f Mississippi, stating that Chair man Butler and others hrd prevented the.-e reports from reaching the local prosecuting authorities, and also link ing the attorney-general and post mascf r-genoru with the eftort to pro tect Howrrd and io prevent a public i nve igat ion. "In recent weeks I have conferred teveral times with ex-Governor Shel- ileu who is a republican but who reived in the Mississippi legislature from 1919 until 1923. having been elected by u democratic constituency without regard to politics. Mr. Shel don has been fgiitins: the clement llu't is in control, of the republican pary organization in my state and has the support of all good citizens in hi' etiorts to clean up a situation that is a disgrace to Mi jsi.-.sippi. - ( Mrs. M. E. Manspeaker. head nurse at the Nebraska Masonic Hemic in firmary, has for the past several days been at the home of her friend. Mrs. Lena Droege. as her health has been poor.lv for some time and she has bt.-d confined tc the Drcese home as the resuli. of the illness. NEW TYPE TRADE SCHOOL J TO OPEN IN CLEVELAND i Cleveland. O.. June ZS. A trade school, the first of its kind operated by a hoard of education, will be open ed here next fall to function in con junction with lr-bor unions and em ployers and with the co-operation of the Cleveland Board of Education. The new trade school, the result of a conference between school authori ties, the local chamber of commerce, employers and union leaders, was an nounced by Howard L. Briggs, direc tor of vocational training of the board of eudcation. . Courses in the building trades, auto mechanics and machinists trades have already been outlined in the curriculum. Pupils will spend four hours a week in school, for which time they will be paid by their employers at the regular rate of pay. the rcmaimkr of the time to Je put in 'na the job." Labr unions have agreeel to at te: dipiouiar cf tis sch.ee I. and will re-reive graduated iato full standing in the respective unions. T- - lime of 22. Vcnturia. twenty-nine miles south of Santa Barbara, felt the temblor distinctly and reported two separate seconds. San Bcrnadino, east of here and Calexico, in the Imperial Valley, both missed the earth movement. Santa Barbara. Cal., June 2 9. Sev eral walls, cracked by last year's earthquake here, reopened in a light earth tremor felt here about 3:20 p. m. today. The Central building and Masonic temple, repaired with new plaster reopened. ! Several plate glass windows were broken in the Pierce Brothers furni ture store. N obuildings constructed since last year's quake were damaged today. j Washington. D. C. June 29. Three earthquakes were recorded today on graph. The first began at 9:41 a.' m.. the tremors dying away about noon. Director Tondorf, who de-, scriled it as "severe" estimated the distance at S.200 miles to the south.' The second series of tremors began at 2:02 p. ni. reaching a maximum in- tensity between 2:1G apd 2: IS and dicing away about 3 o'clock, with the! distance estimated at 2,000. j The third, which was less severe than the others, btgan at 6:3S p. m. ! continuing about half an hour. The! distance was estimated at 2,300 miles from Washington. RAILROAD CROSSINGS ARE HAZARDOUS in the GUARD AGAINST FRICTION g - cyiter drag's came w heeh You are vitally concerned harazd at the crossing. There are 242. SOT highway cross ings passing over railroads. During the past five years, 3.059 were elim inated; yet. because of additions there has been an increase of 14, 494 crossings. Over 20.000.000 automobiles are registered in the United States. Their field of operation is every highway every crossing. The 1925 statistics show 2.206 persons were killed and 6.555 in jured at such crossings. Automobiles were involved in Sf per cent of these casualties. f The complete separation of rail roads from highways would eliminate these mishaps, but its accomplish ment will require generations of time, and cost about $19,000,000. 000. Immediate remedies must be sought. The following suggestions are offered: The separation of the highways from railroads should proceed in an orderly and consistent manner. Public authorities should discour age the creation of new crossings. Highways should be re-routed. where practicable, to avoid crossing railroads. Railroad crossings should be clear ly and uniformly indicated to high way traveler. i Due notice should be given of the approach of trains. Traveler's care should be exercis ed at every railroatl crossing no matter how rusty the track may appear. Warning signals should be obeyed bv hiirhwMV travolprs Where it is obligatory to stop be-; transporting fore passing over railroad tracks, there should be no equivocation; ant actual stop, plus observation, should be the rule. Every highway traveler should look i and listen where such acts will avail, him. Drivers of automobiles should be competent, trustworthy, and of good habits. i Reckless drivinsr over railroad i crossings should be condemned. i ering. All efforts to prevent crossing acci dents should be encouraged. j The three C's. Cross Crossing? Cautiously, should be indelibly im pressed upon every driver. Man first carried his burdens. Then he put ani mals to work for him dragging heavier loads than he could carry. Finally he developed wheels and axles. Wheels mark the dawn of civilization. From the first wheeled vehicle, with its creaking, wooden axles and solid wooden wheels, to the carefully machined, accurately fitted, silent wheels, shafts and gears of the modern motor, friction has been steadily fought as the most destructive enemy of machinery. While engineers have developed the lubrication system of the modern motor to a high point of perfection, oil engineers have kept pace with them in the production of lubricants. In Folarine you have the most suitable oils for motor lubri cation that many years of manufacturing ex perience and experiment and the most modern refining facilities have been able to produce. Use the grade of Polarine recommended for your motor by the oil engineers who wrote the Polarine Chart, and you save your motor from wear and prevent heavy repair bills. And do not forget the instructions of the manufacturer of your car as to draining out the old oil at the proper intervals and refilling with fresh. Always follow the Polarine Chart. It lists six grades Polarine Light, Medium, Heavy, Special Heavy, Extra Heavy and Polarine "F" for Fords a. right grade for every make, size and type of automotive engine. Buy it where you see the Red Crown Pump and the Polarine Sign. (Write or ask for a Red Crown Road Map) STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF NEBRASKA Main Office: OMAHA Branch Offices. LINCOLN HASTINGS NORTH PLATTE V Xaiotcr fbr protective lubrication Tractor's New Uses -Studied Engineers' Society Reviews Progress in the Cheapening of Trans portation Costs. WILL PREACH HERE Rev. W. N. Reynolds of New Lon don. Conn., who is visiting in our city ft the home cf Mr. and Mrs. B. F. St.v. urt. will preach at the Christian church next Sunday evening at eight o'clock. Riv. Reyuolds is a Baptist minister lats'.y of Parkerton. Wyo ing. three years pastor there. San Francisco. The caterpillar tractor has modernized the business of farming, and use of fuel oil by railroads has cheapened the cost of farm products to mar ket, engineers from all parts of the United States agreed in discussions at the spring meeting of the Ameri can Society of Mechanical Engineers. The war helped to develop the caterpillar idea, according to these engineers. Intensive study by engi neers of the allied governments re sulted In the elimination of more than 1,000 parts. It has been made "fool proof and dust proof, a lumb- slow-moving machine which has revolutionized the farming indus try by its great increase of available horsepower. The comparative de crease of expense for volume of work accomplished has been a factor in products. j Aid in Road Building. Not only on the farm but in road building, beneficial alike to city and rural community, the tractor was snown to b? an important factor in J amount me development of farming as a business. New agricultural tools feuch as giant subsoilers- and gopher plows, heavy cultivators and Und levelers have been perfected, and tractor-drawn combined harvesters promise to relieve the horse of much work assigned to him in the past. In the Sierras of California. Ore gon and Washington the caterpillar is used to transport 20-ton loads of logs carried under the areh of a mammoth two-wheeled carrier built of steel and equipped with hydraulic lift actuated by tractor power. In the big coast forests the front ends of redwood or Douglas fir logs are car ried on low-wheelel "bummers." tractor-drawn. Everywhere the trac tor is displacing other methods of power in the production and distri bution of farm products and raw materials of forest and factory. Fuel Oil Called Economical. Use of fuel oil is shown as to economy, approximately a 30 per cent saving over coal in the tons of fuel actually required to be trans ported for locomotive steam-geaerat-ing purposes. Two factors enter into the determination of its use, namely, transportation costs and future sup ply. Tests cited show that when fuel oil in locomotive tenders costs on the average not over 15 per cent more than coal, figuring o 2 barrels of oil per ton of coal, it is the most eco nomical fuel to use. Engineers predict that tie supply of fuel oil will keep pace with the demand fcr railway use fur many years to come. The supply, it was painted out. is far ahead of the de mand today in view of the greater of crude oil in storage than in 1922. while not more than ZOO additional locomotives have tteu jfsuipptd to burn fuel oil tince that time.