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PLATTSMOUTH SEMI -WEEKLY JOURNAL
MONDAY, JANUARY . 10, 1927-
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Alvo Department
Charles Jordan had cattle on the
South Omaha stock market on last
Monday.
V. Kitzel dressed the porkers for
Lis winter as well as summer supply
of m-at on last Tuesday.
Frank Adams who has been making
his home with James Friend has
moved to the Mrs. Kate Taylor prop
erty. The Junior class will give their
play on Wednesday of this week and
present the "Hall of Mystery." Bet-
pleasantly. "U'e did not learn who
the hostesses were but we do know
that if it was anyone in the vicinity
of Alvo, the eats were excellent.
We desire to extend our thanks to
Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Cook for the
very nice way in which they enter
tained the waiter when he' wri3 not
able to make the grade on last Wed
nesday night. The mud, alrout half.
frozen, was too mucn rtsisiaute iu
the Universal car which we were
herding along. Mr. Cook said better
Ktav with us tonight, and we found
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High School
Young Folks Aid
Skating Rink
Make Voluntary Contribution to the
Cause Secretary Discusses
Graveled Roads.
Poultry Wanted
Wednesday, Jan. 12th
Plattsmouth, Nebraska
From Thursday's Daily
Last night the hi-school beys and
girls lugged in a little sack full of
' nickles and dimes, to help pay for
! water at the skating rink!
ttrv n-anp(f tn he deliver
ed at the Peoples Produce Station,; are good citizens already.
: Plattsmouth, WEDNESDAY, January
ter Kf it.
W. W. Coatman took charge of the it a most excellent place to stay,
store which he purchased at Elmwood ; Marion ' Chfrstensen was over to
and will move to Elmwood about the J. C. Olsen sale, and on his re
March 1st. iturn was a companion with the writ-
During the quiet times of bad roads er, and we found the roads very bad.
H. M. Coatman has been taking an, We want to thank Marion for the ex
fnrni.'P of th stock of goods at theicellent help which he gave us in get-
i i .. . ! tlmr thru thp mnrldv roads, for SUre ! i o oi- nnlv fny -rarhJph Tvn will I
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It is arranged tnat me nome ecu-, iney were awiui, aim manuu inn ; pay tie toiiowing
nomics class will furnish a portion : us get out a numoer 01 unit-.
cf the program at the next meeting spent three hours on two miels and
r tho I'arpnt-Tfarhrrs association. khPii night came we were at the
Mr. and Mrs. Art Dinges were . home of Will Heier where we were Hens, per lb
over to Uuadilla on New Years whore 'entertained for supper and where
thev eppnt the holiday with Mr. 1 remained until the roads were partly springs, per ID
frozen so we could get to town.
Thanks for the hospitality. '
j We wonder if you wonder, or any
ione else wonders what sort of clti
jzens these splendid hi-school boys
and girls will make You're dumb if
j you don't know! Any bunch who will
voluntarily take up an "offering" liko
' V i r 4-n Vi nncli V nitric rrrvonntM t JnTI
Cash Prices
parcpts. S. L. Dinges ana
Cook had some sheep on
Dinges
wife.
Fr.mk E
the Omaha market today, Monday,
and should find their price near the
top. as they rere in most excellent
shar".
The ladic3 of the Alvo Woman's
rlub. he Id their mid-winter frolic at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Edwards where a most enjoyable time
was had.
Ethel and Pearle Coatman - will,
with the ending of the present sem
ester t-e transferred to the school of
Eimwofxl where the family will soon
make their home.
W. E. Heier. Earl Keller, Bert
Kitrl and a number of others from
near Alvo were attending the sale
which was held at J. C. Olsen on
Wednesday f lst week.
Edward Strnmer of Crete was overt
to Aim for- the New Year3 and was
accompanied by the family, who all
e-r.joyed their visit here fith friends
and relatives very much.
In the gam? of basketball that the
Alvo town team and the town team
of Murdock played, the results were
Murdork 12 and Alvo 9. The game
was played at Murdock.
The electric lights which have been
working quite badly of late at the
Alvo schools have been superceded by
the circuit which was hooked up
for use a short time since.
The choir of the Methodist church
was practicing- at the church build
ing on last Wednesday, and follow
ing which thev enjoyed a game of
volley bail in the basement.
The volley ball seems to be he
verv thing for oi last -WdHsdjfc
besides the yun".fw the bawmenUjPt
the Methodist church there was also
a. came 1n rirosress as the' gym of
the Alvo school.
W. A. Cook, who with the good
wife are making their home at Al
hambra. Calif., for The winter, is re
ported as feeling very poorly, but is
hoping socn to be better. They oth
erwise have been enjeying their stay
in the west.
Mis? Delorus Hill entertained a
number of her young friends at a
watch r.artv on New Years eve. at
which a most pleasant time was had
and they saw the old year fade into
history and very pleasantly welcomed
the infant 1927
Emil Kepler, who has been assist
ing in the picking of corn at the
hom of Fred Neben. went over to
near Murdock, where he is now help
ing with the picking of the corn of
J. J. Gurtin, who has a number of
acres in the field yet
The Farmers Co-operative associa
tion will hold their annual meeting
at the basement of the Methodist
church. There is to be an all day ses
fdun at the church today, in which
there will be reports on different
subjects and some good ones at that.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Dinges were
over to Syracuse last week where
they were attending a wedding of
their friends, which occurred there.
The principals in the contract were
Mr. Charles Andrews and Miss Lor
ena Codclington. They will make
their home near Syracuse
With the selling, of the store of
W. A. Harding of Elmwood, the place
where Mr. Elmer Ilosenow was em
ployed, he was thrown out of em
l!oyment and has been staying at
Alvo since until something clze shall
dvc'.ip. Elmer is a very capable
salesman and a most energetic-worker.
The reads are said to be very bad,
end ewryor.e is asking a fall out of
them whenever it is possible. Herman
I. Dnrncmier who believes in jokes
tlirpcd one over on the public roid?
when he walked to Alvo across the
fields and just left the roads alone.
That is right Herman, be easy on
the roads when you can.
The Ladies Aid society of the
Methodist church met at the church
or day last week and looked after
t!:e matters of business they had in
hand, and also enjoyed the time most
Stags and Old Boosters, lb
Ducks, per lb
.21c
.20c
.15c
very
Gave Good Delivery.
A. B. Stromer who is of ' a
inventive turn of mind and who hasH Hides, each $3.00
one of the very best assistants, a? (
his deputy carrier, Mr. Roy Coatman,
! Beef Hides, per lb 7c
Leghorn Poultry, 5 lb. less
Gasoline is power, and by placing
g.n instrument on the carburetter, I -Jy
after hundreds of experiments the jv,J
t olio wins results are iounu to e
correct :
To pull a ton load over a well
maintained dirt road 100 miles will
' equire 7.1 gallons of gas; over a well
maintained gravel road 4.7 gallons.
over a paved road 3.2 gallons. A 3000
17cj pound automobile including the load, g;fj
will require fifty per cent more gaso-Q
Farmers, Notice!
Although our prices may be slight-
and having two cars they split on
the route, one serving a portion of
the route and the other the other
enci, ana uus eie'""ri " ii Ji,1 than others, your money is
irround was frozen to serve all the , , . t
patrons, which is sure going out of
the way to provide the best service,
which they did.
Tool Volstead
Act Says Gen.
Butler Now
Its Enforcement Is Working Out, He
Asserts, in Favor of Rich and
Against the Poor Man.
Oakland, Ca., Jan. 6. Brigadier
General Smedley D. Butler, distin
guished soldier and foe of illicit alco
hol, who spent months fighting graft
and bootleggers as director of pub
lic safety of Philadelphia, now calls
it "this fool Volstead act."
Speaking before ' a luncheon club
here, the commander of the ma
rines on the Pacific coast, said the
prohibition statute is working out
aajJlafs legislation, reacting iagaintt
one. Its principal demerit, he In
dicated, is the manner in-waich en
forcement has developed.
General Butler, who won much
publicity for having the late Colonel
Alexander S. Williams of - the Kan
Diego marine baso, court martialled
for serving cocktails at a party at
which the general was the guest of
honor, said in his address, that he
originally believed the Volstead act
was written to apply to everybody,
but that he has discovered that such
is net the case.
"There i3 plenty to supply the de
mand for vice and corruption in the
'upper crust,' but the poor man is
left with nothing," the general as
serted. "When the American people
give a man the task of enforcing a
law, I, as a dyed-in-the-wool marine
conceive it that they mean it shall
be enforced. Maybe I didn't finish
learning to read before I got into the
marine corps, but I read this fool
Volstead act a3 intended to apply to
everybody.
"It appears, however, that all it
is supposed to do is to keep liquor
away from persons without influ
ence, and doesn't apply at all to
thoe with influence and the money
to pay for it. It's a case of enforc
ing the law in some places and bluff
ing at enforcement in others."
guaranteed, for we carry an account
with The Farmers State Bank, of
Plattsmouth, where our checks will
be honored immediately.
' Peoples Produce
Company
145 South 6th St., Plattsmouth, Neb.
HENSY KLINGER, Hgr.
LOGALNEWS
Dr. Heineman, Dentist, Hotel Slain
Bldg., Phone 527.
From Thursday's Dally
Virgil Perry was a visitor in Oma
ha today to spend a few hours r.t
tending to some matters of business.
William Hunter was a visitor in
Lincoln today where he was talletl
to look after some matters of busi
ness for a- 6hcrt .time.- ? .;."-''-. - v.
.W. II. Mark tf Union was. among
the visitors in the city'.today rh.ere
h.a .wW.a&ed -to '.loal$&jtefa&xa&
t ew e? imsiiess: at the vcijDrtW.
John Bergmann was among those
going to Omaha this morning" to spend
the day there attending to some mat
ters of business and" visiting with
friends.
James M. Teegarden and H. A.
Crogier of Weeping Water were here
today to spend a few hours attending
to some matters of business and visit
ing with friends.
Deloss Osborn of Perry, Iowa, who
has been here visiting at the home
of his sister, Mrs. Harry Leosis, for
the past - few days, departed this
morning for his home in Iowa.
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SENATORS ATTEND RITES
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 7. Lieutenant
Governor Williams appointed Sena
tors Robbins and Cooper of Omaha,
Reed of Hamilton and Chappell of
Kearney as a committee to repre
sent the state senate at the funeral
of Charles L. Saunders, who died
Thursday night at his home in Oma
ha. Mr. Saunders was a veteran mem
ber of the state senate and served
in the state constitutional conven
tion of 1919-20. He was president
pro tern of the senate in 1907 and
several times served as acting gov
ernor in the temporary absence of
the governor and lieutenant gover
nor. The date of the funeral had
not been announced Friday when
the lieutenant governor appointed a
committee to attend the services.
"Scores homeless In fire," says a
headline. How about those millions
homeless in autos?
From Friday's Dalls-
Mrs. Elmer Rummel and Mrs. Guy
Long were in Omaha today for a few
hours looking after some matters of
business and visiting there with
friends.
Attorney D. O. Dwyer and bride
formerly Miss Willie Williams, came
in this morning from Chicago where
they were married on Tuesday and
will at once become settled in their
home here.
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Hall and lit
tle daughter of Beaver City, are here
for a visit at the home of Mrs. Hall's-
parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Rum
mel, while Mr. Hall is looking after
some business affairs.
William Ebinger, who is attend
ing the Creighton university, was
here last evening for a visit at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Jean,
who are to leave for a few days for
their future home in Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Graves de
parted yesterday afternoon fof Ne
braska City and Peru where they
will spend a short time with friends
and Mrs. Graves will remain at Ne
braska City for a visit of several
days with relatives there.
George Vogel of near South Bend
was in the city today and while hero
was a celler at the Journal to renew
his subscription to this paper. Mr.
Vogel reports his section of the coun
ty suffering from the common malady
of bad roads that has greatly dis
couraged the auto travel in that sec
line, or 10.5 over dirt, 7 over gravel;
and 4.S over "pavement.
On this basis supposing you travel
2,000 miles in a year ovei' dirt roads.
your gas bill will be, estimating gasT3
at 21 cents per gallon, $24S; over a pfrjj
gravel road $164; his dirt road tax Sl
for the year is fS4 in extra gas con-
sumed alone.
Now suppose he traveled over a
graveled roaxl, he paid a gas tax ('f-gjj
2 cents per gallon, would be $2.82:
his registration fee for a 3000-pound
truck is S13: his total tax for the
grrvel road $15.12. The $S4 is paidI,
indirectlv, and no does not iook. upon;
that as a tax. The $15. S2 paid
the state is cash, is, a tax.
Some erroneously consider the Ne
braska Coed Roads association is tied
up in some way with the' Federal
Hi-way organization. That is incor
rect. The Nebraska Good Roads as
sociation, is purely a suggestive and
instructive organization, working for
1ip ronfl of the nublic hi-ways. on
the same principleof the chamber of j
commerce, as a disinterested, non-1
political, non-bectarfan organization!
is working for the; gopdof the local
community.
In this it is seen "that in addition
to the $S4 excess 'gas on dirt road
the traveling public ifc alpo adding
the $15.12 legitimate tr.s, making n
total of $99.12 per ye.ar, for his truck ifer
haul of 200 0 miles., rnis omce wel
comes all the figures, any of you may
have on this matter; - also construe
tive criticism, andiJest of all your
friendly co-operatipn.
The crying srame of dirt roads
is the yearly expense of maintenance ;5fij
with nothing to show for it every KJ
hard rain, every snow, every thaw,
gives us the same rotton expensive
roads regardless of the taxes we pay
yearly for their maintenance.
It is only natural to appreciate
that mathematics is the only true
science in existence it is provable,
pnd figures honestly. given do not lie.
We are confident, when the various
illusions, allusions and elusions con
cerning the dirt road tax have been
explained, there will be a genuine
honest effort on the part of all con
cerned to get from under this bur
den which the writer has so often
called the "Mud Tax."
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A man was in the ofiice yesterday
claiming he saw ten cars stuck in
the mud on the Omaha road Sunday
just south of the bridge. A few loads
of gravel likely would have prevent
ed this and it needs attention.
Geology is a science, we would say
of deduction, by turning back the
leaves of history, hundreds of thou
sands of years, deductions are midc
from exact and perfect evidences of
what was happening i nthe remote
dim past. Cities are being excavated;
remains of prehistoric animals of
tropical origin found in the temper
ate zone; our old ideas of this earth,
its age, its position, having to be
constantly altered from new evi
dence ever being brought to light.
To look at the sun, it is about
the size of a good dinner plate, per
haps, in the evening sometimes as
big as a wash-tub. However it is
93,000,000 miles from our earth, and
is one million and a quarter times
the size of our earth. Mathematical
deductions, therefore correct as the
figures given on road tax.
W. G. DAVIS.
Secretary.
FRANC'S VALUE STAYS
SAME IN NIGHT LIFE
Oil Your Harness
Now, before the rush of Spring work over
takes you, and while you have time, let us
oil your harness. Remember our stock of
Hardware is replete with excellent goods in
all lines. Call qur truck for. stock hauling.
Coatman KardwareCo.
Alvo, Nebraska. .
From Saturday's Daily -'
Jacob Fornoff was among the visit
ors in Omaha today, going to that city
.u- k m t,,o martre resorts costs
' .Mrs,. .Phillip Foruoff-was a visitor.
i . 4 r. . , Vf,- bottles of champagne. 3o0 francs;
1 U IU IUCL V U1I L liC Cd 1 IV U 111 - i ' n i t . t4l
lington train to spend a few hours. government taxes 120 francs, total
xi t ,r..i. t 575 fraucs. That recently made
Paris The cost of night life in
Paris remains high despite the
mounting exchange value or the
franc. A small holiday supper for
two at one of the less expensive Mont-j
Covert charge, j
ten francs; consomme, twenty-five
francs: foie gras, sixty francs; two
who are teaching at Fremont, came
about $22 in American money, of
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in lnct evenintr tr. viait hero nvr tho WniCn ine luxury 131 COiailfU f.oi.
week end with their parents. Mr. and past Jear- with tlle ranc at fprrf"
Mrs. H. C. Becker and other rel-! imately the same exchange value the
atives and friends. - cost of the supper would have, been
Jacob Beuculer of near Cedar Creek iaD0Ut $12.30. ; ,
was In the city today for a few hours
attending-to some matters of busi-j
ness and visiting with friends.-While I
For Sale.".
For sale. Hampshire gilts," the long
here Mr. Buechler was a caller at the stretchy fellows. Bre'd for March and
Journal to renew liis subscription, i April farrow. Ernest Pollard," Ne
t .-.James M. Robertson returned home hawka. Neb.
last evening from Norfolk-where hej 1
was called to inspect the command-; The Legion of Honor scandal should consider any other fuel
ery or ine s.nignts Templar at that nfrmit t.h French apnntnrs tn inrtulffe During the war. many of them were
being - the . , - .....u. forced to adotst gas'fueT. B a. war
In Conjunction With Our Big January "Cash-
raising oaie:
m
Group Special No. 1
.40 pkg. Sutternut Pancake Flour
.35 23-oz. can Knro Cane-Idaple Syrup
.CO 1-lb. can Butter Nut CofTee
$1.35 VALUE for only.
Group Special No. 2
.50 2-lb. caddy Krispy Crackers
AO 2-lb. caddy Graham Crackers
.50 Gallon can of Pie Apples
$1.40 VALUE for only.
Group Special No. 3
.40 pkg. Swansdown Cake Flour
.25 bottle Lemon or Vanilla Extract.
.25 Yz-lb. pkg. Baker's Cocoanut
.25 1-lb. bar Runkel's Chocolate-
.25 1-lb. can Runiford's Bak. Powder
Group Special No. 4
.35
.33
.25
IV T -L. Tl : J T "
Two cans Inglenook Sweet Corri
Two cans Van Camp's Pork-Beans
.25 Two cans Campbell's Tom. Soup
.15 One large can Saner Kraut
$1.40 VALUE for only.
PANSY PRUNES Put up in 2-lb. pkgs.
Gocd, med. size prune, 4 2-lb. pkgs. for:vA
CURFEW 3ARTLETT . PEARS Large 'J '
No. 212 "ze cans, THREE for- J&L
J. M. PINEAPPLE Sliced. Ho: 2ia 1
size cans,' FOUR fbrJ.:j:llj:-l"I
$1
$1.35 VALUE for. only;.-
PRUNES Medium-size, bulk, A very .
good gTade at thi3 low price, 10 lbs. for
OTOE PORE AND BEANS The extra
large No. 2yz size cans, EIGHT for
MONARCH STRAWBERRY PRE- -3
SERVES Lg. 21-oz. jars, FTVE for $1
WASHDIG POWDER Royal Lemon
25c size, FIVE for
1
$1
FAB COLGATE SOAP CniPS The reg-'
ular 15c size, now TEN pkgs. for.T yi
WOOL SOAP A 10c value anywhere. J '; ;
Extra special Wednesday, 15 bars forV "
FLOUR 24-lb. bags of Sunki3t or
Little- Hatehet brand1 f OTs$S
BUTTER irtJT PANCASE FLOUR
Eegular 45c itm, special, THREE pkgs.
TEA GARDEl PRESERVES A big ; ,
Talue at this price, THREE jars for-.lv
$1
J. M. PEAS No. 2 size cans. Very
fancy pack. SLX cans for
SEA FOAM The large 30c size pkgs. m
Wednesday only, FOUR pkgs. for P 1
IVORY S0A? CHIPS The large 25c
size package. FIVE pkgs. for
QUICK NAPTHA SOAP CHIPS A
big 25c seller, Wednesday, FIVE for
RUB NO MORE WHITE NAPTHA
SOAP 22 bars for
GOLD DUST SCOURING POWDER
13 10c pkgs. for only
$1
$1
$1
$1
SWEET POTATOES No. 2J size cans.
Fancy pack. FIVE cans for
ASPARAGUS TLPS Gold Bar or Del
Monte brand, No. 1 size cans, FTVE for.
WATER TUMBLERS Good, clear glas3
Tumblers for everyday use, 13 for
SLICED PIEN APPLE Very fancy. No.
1 size cans. SLX cans for ;
STRAINED HONEY Very choice qual
ity, 1926 crop. EIGHT pounds for
$1
..si
$i
$i
it
Values Up to $3.50 on Our Special
Dollar Table
Vases - Comports - Tea Pots - Glass Plates
Oven Ware - Water Jags, Etc.
2 Pieces for
SI
Aluminum Pitchers
Large Mixing Bowls
Fancy Water Jugs
Cream Pitchers, Etc.
Values to 75c
4 Pieces for
SI
Hand Decorated Bowls
Aluminum Articles
Mixing Bowls
Creamers, Etc., Etc.-
Values to 40c
A Year's Supply of Matches for $1
FIVE CARTONS or 30 boxes of best $1
Blue Tip safety matches, for only
5 Large Cans Choice Syrup Pack Fruit
for only $1
1 No. 2 size Apricot - l"Nd.'2 size Peaches
1 No. 2 Eastern Pear - .1 No. 2 Blue Plum
1 No. 2 size can Crushed Pineapple
Blue Covered Coffee Cans
Every home can make use of at least three of
these cans to good advantage. Tightly hinged
lid, with clasp. Baked enamel outside, with pure .
tin inside. Word,"Coffee" printed on. all of them,
but they can be used for storing many '. T
other staple articles, THREE for. 1-V -I
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X.
so ri o i in it rc mmm x
37 Vfears of Service o . :
Wg deliver Phone 54
GAS TEACHES LESSON
. ienna cooks have long been fam
ous but. inflexible. Having learned to
cook over coal stoves, they refused to
jplace.' Mr. Robertson
than coal. When' the war pressure! extraction, of all the residual 'valu.es -ended,'
hey laegan to use gas rangee'M coal tar -W the 'business world in--
rrand commander of the order in the 111 tlie lnveiSatJQ 6Port to popuiar measure that they could not avoid, four or six per cent of the food coet
from choice. - Now, gas is- a- popular
hotel auxiliary.
, The. hotels find .tha$ twhereas ,tlsue
cost of fuel, used tp.Tie from seven to
nine per cent of the value' of the food,
witii gas the fuel' cost Is reduced to
state
in our own Benate.
Under protest, they found it better!. The uss of coke and gas, gives the
stead of wasting this .priceless heri
tage to paint the cities black ano
bring disease through a vitiated at.
moe'ghere. .., y ; ,,. . ,
Advertise your wants in the Jour,
hal Want Ad Dept., for results.