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27. THURSDAY, DEC. 39, 1 FACE SIX - limilill I TTITTIMHT. r 1 XTULU UiA Ik ill I uuui- 1 1 1 1 1 Do It Today Why wait until a later time to decide to become a regular customer of "BLACK AND WHITE?" Now, at the close of 1927 is a wonderful time to make a determined resolution to save money by buying your merchandise here. 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Englishmen prominent in all walk3 of life urge thr.t on historic ard aes- j tir grounds the existing building! should not be altered and defaced by glaring new additions. May Remove Seme In the seventeenth and eighteenth coituries. it is stated, the beauty and sacrednens of the abbey were invader' by a press of vast, ugly monument' importance; people who are now for-j to people of the merest temporary j gotten and who should never have been immortalized there. These are the monumentsw hich it i3 urged should be removed. In Poets' corner so-called because, the corner was specially reserved for! England's great poets, there i3 a' great monument, towering above everything else, of a forgotten Duke of Argyle. Immediately above the May the New Year Bring You These! Health and Happiness; the will to do what you most desire, plus the strength to do it and may each day bring you just a little closer to the goal of your ambition. This is our cordial New Year's wish and if, through our varied facilities we can assist in bringing this about, we shall consider such an opportunity our. greatest privilege. MAKE OUR BANK YOUR BANK Farmers State Bank Plattsmouth, Nebr. T. H. Pollock, President B, F. Patterson, CesSsSsr ' Jas. K. Bollock, Ajg&ABt CuihiW 1 I B 1 1 1 m - 87c i Sun Kist Oranges Grape Fruit Bananas Grapes Delicious and Jonathan Apples White- I tomb of Chaucer there is a scroll of huge proportions, eulogizing "John Roberts, Enquire, the very faithful secretary of the Hon. Henry Pel ham. minister of King George fil. erected by his three surviving sisters.' Sir Richard Coxe, wine taster to Queen Elizabeth, has a commemora tive plague in this corner larger than the statue of Khaei;peare, while Joseph Addison similarly extinguis hes Thackeray and Macaulay. Critics See Wav It is claimed that the famous nave could be weeded very xctensively. A huge space over the doorway leading out to the cloisters is filled with three grea circles, all devoted to the record of one "John Harrison, a naval cap tain, who, in consequence of excess ive fatigue, lost the use of one side for twenty years." Critics claim that there ir, enough space here for com memorative plagues for thirty nat ional heroes. A further committee is expected to be up by the ecceslesiastic com missioners to take the views of all persons concerned in the controvei sy. Whatever the final decisiou should be, uic?re is ii??e likeliboi-' of the Abbey being remodeled or added to during the next ten years according to the dean. Lincoln Star. SCHOOL SUPPLIES Buy your school supplies at the Eates Book and Stationery Store, where you will find the big line at the right price. Everything that you will need for the school year will be found here.. We have placed in an exceptionally large line this year and we are in a position to please yon in anything that you may want. Engineers Urge Thorough Study of Flood Areas Would Determine Hydro-Electric Power Possibilities of All Im portant Kiver in U. S. Washington, Dec, 27. Legislation by congress directing the united ! geological survey to make a thorough study of all important rivers in this . country to ascertain their flood dan gers and hydro-electric power pos sibilities, was urged by the American engineering council in a. statement issued Monday. I Under the council's plan the fed I eral government would compile the data for the benefit of all the people , Instead of a few powerful hydro J electric corporations acquiring , the ! information for use in "grabbing" valuable sites, the whole country .would be informed on this natural -resource. j Only through the assembling of complete data can safety of life and ' property be assured, according to ' Dean Dexter S. Kimball of. Cornell ' university. He is a president of the council. Will Discuss Issue. The whole issue of hydro-elec tric power and flood control will be threshed out at a meeting of the council here January 10 and 11, it was announced. Dean Kimball said "The large loss of life and prop erty caused during 1927 by unpre cedented floods In the Mississippi val ley. New England and other parts of the country, has naturally led to very 6erious consideration of means for the more effective control and utilization of surface water. "In such control and utilization engineers and others have been greatly handicapped by lack of basic facts, especially with respect to the magnitude of flood discharges and the average interval of time between flood of any given magnitude. f Legislation Proposed. "There has been need for more in formation. To be of value, such in formation must be collected over a period of several years. This infor mation is also needed in connection with the design, construction, oper ation and administration of all works for utilizing the surface waters of the country." Legislation calling for such a sur vey by the geological survey has been introduced by Representative New ton (R) of Minnesota. Dean Kim ball paid: "The geological survey has been selected for this task because it has the authorized and recognized fed eral agency for collecting and pub lishing data in regard to natural re sources." Omaha Bee-News. DEATH OF WILLIAM KNABE I William Knabe, aged 57, a resi dent of Otoe, Nebraska. foT"a great many years, occurred at his home on last Friday, following an illness that has covered the past two years. In the last weeks his condition had be- ; come such as to give little hope for , his recovery. j He was born in Casss county near Weeping Water, November 26, 1870 ! where he was reared. He was united ! in marriage to Miss Dora Thlele at . Avoca in 1890 and for many years was engaged In farming in that com- munity. Mrs. Knabe died about eight : years ago. For many years he conducted a saloon at Otoe and later engaged in the soft drink business which he con ducted up to the time of his failing , health in 1925. He was well known in the community and has scores of ! friends who will regret tolearn of hi? death. , He is survived by the following ; sisters and brothers, Mrs. Dora Ehl . era, Mrs. Minnie Benecke, Mrs. An nie Lehn, Mrs. Charles Shrader, Henry Knabe. Nebraska City and Fritz Knabe, Spokane. Wash. Funeral services will be held Mon day afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the German Lutheran church in Otoe of which he was a member and inter ment will be at the cemetery north east of that village. GIVEN A DUAL CHRISTMAS San Juan, Porto Rico, Dec 26. Observant parents here assert the is land children are the world's luck iest and the only ones enjoying what amounts to a double Christmas on Dec. 25 and Jan. 6. The latter is known as Three Kings' day com memorating gifts by the wise men to the Child in the manger. Christmas, as other than a relig ious celebration, was unknown here until Porto Rico became a part of the United States. Santa Claus was ac cepted as part of . the Americanizing process, the children seizing upon him as their particular friend In ad dition to . the three kings and now indulgent parents, find themselves helpless before this new tradition.' DOLLY SISTERS TO RETIRE , Nice, France, De 27. The Dolly sisters announced - today that they ; have decided to retire from the stage and to spend most of their time on the Riviera. - - - j They had intended to retire next i year, Yanos Dolly said today, but - the illness of Roszika, who probably will . undergo an appendicitis oper i ation necessitated a change of plans. The sisters, who .long have been headliners as a singing and dancing , team, expect to buy a home on the 'Riviera. - FOR SALE i . I have a nice bunch of pullets and 3?arling bens ot the L&nered train. of wft LeafetoTO that" I wxt to sell bot. H. A. S.m, "gluiwuod. . . . , SUFFERS FROM ACCIDENT M. E. Bushnell, one of the well i known residents , of the vicinity of South Bend, was the victim of a( very severe accident the last of the week that will make it very pain-1 ful for him to get around for some time.. Mr. Bushnell was cutting down a tree at his place and as he was busily engaged in chopping the tree it snddenly fell and caught Mr. Bushnell, the blow knocking him down and catching him beneath the tree with the result that he suffered the fracture of several ribs from the force of the fall and the. weight of the tree. He was otherwise badly bruised up altho it was not thought that he suffered internal injuries. Warden to Use Gas on the Mean Actors at Ten Warden Guards Against Repitition of Attempt a Week Ago on Part of Negro to Kill Two. While there is no way to prevent the occasional smuggling of some thing to be used as a weapon, War den Fenton of the state prison has determined upon drastic action to be used between period of smuggling and that of intended use. His guards will carry a bit of gas with them and. when necessary, will use it. The prison is equipped with var ious types of gas hurling instru ments. Gas shells or bombs pre sumably, however, are reserved for attempted outbreaks or for mutiny. Eight days ago Sam Lucky, crazed nego and life termer, tried to mur der Captain of the Guard Claude Winters and Charles Lodge, cell keeper. He made an unexpected at tack with a sharp knife and came near accomplishing his purpose. The gas shell in the hands of the guard will be for such customers as Lucky. The negro, it has since develop ed, planned the attack sometime prior to its execution. Another in mate has just informed the warden that Lucky asked him if they would electrocute a man who killed a guard if the killer had once been in a state hospital for the insane. Lucky has been twice transferred to the Hastings hospital. "They think that if they show streaks of insanity, they are immune from punishment regardless of what they .do." said the warden. "This man Lucky, for instance, is about one-third insane but two-thirds 'onery.' It is unfair to ask those in charge of state hospitals to care for such as he. It is dangerous. He has tried murder too many times. What we want is a ward for the criminally insane. Hereafter when one of these so-called insane ''inmates refuses to leave his cell, be 'may stay there un til he i9 ready to' leave." . Speaking of the difficulty of pre venting the smuggling of articles that may be turned into implements of assault, the warden called atten tion to the fact that from 300 to 400 men In the factory are necessarily equipped with scissors. Altho the points of these Implements are filed off, they retain- some of the qual ities of a crude weapon. Knives also are used In the. factory and both knives and forks appear upon the table at meal time. On one or two occasions forks have been converted into cell keys. Lucky still Insists, the warden said, that the inmate named by him in the first instance, furnished the knife with which he. Lucky, made murderous assault. He said that he had the knife some time and that when he was transferred to the hos ptal he gave It to the other inmate to keep. This fellow, he said, re cently returned it. Neither inmate had any right to possession of such a weapon. Captain Winters left the hospital Friday. Charles Lodge, the guard, was released some' days ago. MYNARD COMMUNITY CLUB i The Mynard community club will meet at Mynard on Friday evening, December 30th. at 8 o'clock. All members are urged to be present and bring the dues for 1928. Everyone welcome. , d27-3td-ltw All kinds of business , rutiouerj printed at the Journal offioe. A Happy Worth While New Year SearJ S. Davis Farm Looms tastxaue , . ImVtnmeiu Fire and Water Committee to Fix the Water Rates TnwtiMt ns to EmuilitV of Will Investigate as to MJ I iy oi I Rates for All of the ton- ; sumers. . From Wednesday pally I Tne cty council fresh from their Christmas activities and nutiiiKH buskled down to the regular tfrtud amj found a great deal of biisiii'n8- ! to await their attention. The Plattsmouth Water company had a communication before the council in regard to the new rates that, were to be placed in operation under the recent decision of .the United States district court, and re questing that the city council make the rates in conformity with the ruling of the court that the water company secure an adequate return on their plant. Relative to the wa ter case it was stated by City At torney J. A. Capwell that the mo tion for a new trial in the case had not been heard, but that the motion would not supercede the judgment of the court as to the rates unless the city put up bond covering the amount involved. Mayor Johnson stated that the rate making power lay with the city council and that the matter should be givenv to the fire and water committee to examine the matter of rates to arrive at a , conclusion of an adequate rate for all ! concerned, on motion this was so ordered. I A communication was also received ! from the bonding company that had the protection of the National Bank of Commerce of Chicago from theft and in which the informed the coun-j cil that coupons of the city bonds! in the bank had been among the other papers stolen and that they! wished to prepare'a bond that might1 protect the city and also permit the' company and bank to receive the ; recognition of the coupons as the coupons are still missing. This mat ter was referred to the judiciary committee in conjunction with the city attorney to investigate and re port. The notice was given the city of the fact that the compensation policy of the city for its employes would expire in January and that the initial payment on the policy of $42 was due if the city desired the policy to be renewed. On motion of Councilman Luschinsky, S. S. Davis the local agent of the bonding company, was notified to have the policy fixed up for the ensuing year. The city council also received the noticeof the receipts of the mandate in the case of Jesse Brady vs. the City of Plattsmouth in which the city would be taxed $602. 71 for the costs and expenses of their case. City Attorney Capwell stated as the original suit had been for some-1900 that the city had saved close to 300 in carrying the case to the supreme court. On motion the amount of the judgment was ordered paid. In response to the request made at a previous sessions of the council, the city clerk. Mrs. Minnie Ketelsen, reported that there were seven parties who had not paid the oc cupation tax for 1927 but all 'but three of these were out of business and there was no opportunity of col lecting the tax. The members of the council felt well pleased that the city clerk had been able to collect practically all of this tax for the year and showed the splendid effort that the lerk was making to get in this money. - The lighting committee through Chairman Highfield reported that they had investigated the lamp post on high echooj hill that had been broken recently and found that it had been repaired in proper shape and that the bill for the same had been turned ever to the party respon sible and would be settled. The question of the payment for the broken globes at several places along the electrolier system was again brought up by Councilman Claude Smith who urged that there be some steps taken to have this amount collected. It was finally de cided to effect a settlement with one of the parties Involved and which was left in the hands of the city at torney and the city clerk. ! City Attorney Capwell reported . $25 had been collected from delin-j quent fines and which had been placed in the hands of the police . judge to help settle up the cases ' where the parties that were released on promise of paying their fines in installments had neglected to do so. Others would be gotten after at once the city attorney stated. Councilman Kunsmann of the streets, alleys and bridges committee urged the placing of a guard rail at 15th and Oak street where a new concrete culvert and fill had been placed the past summer and where it was badly needed for protection ! and which it was decided to have In vestigated and looked Into. The matter of parking cars in that section of Main street that has been narrowed by the creation of the; parking In the center of the street, ; was brought up and councilmen stated that several complaints had been made as to the inability of parties to get through with cars and especially in the sleety weather, i without danger of injuring their cars or those parked along that part of : the street. The matter was placed ' in the hands of the chiem of police to j look into the matter. - ; ! City Attorney J. A. Capwell brief I ly discussed the case in which tin i city had secured a Judgment against the bondsmen of the First National bank for city money that had been i deposited in that financial institu ; tion. Mr. Capwell stated that the f Judgment had been so prepared as to give the city the opportunity of ; realizing on the dividend that the ' .-1 - A It.. 1 1 T J J 1 3 receiver ui iu uaun. ueciareu, ani not in any way affect the force of the judgrnent against the defend- tiea iuaenia. h wag dcida by t& council j An AStter Christmas Sals cf Men's Fine Shirts $17 These are broken lots left from our higher priced lines. Includes plain and fancies with or without collar. All sizes. ji ' One 17cfM?Afo7Aey Business A new shipment of Aviator Caps just received! to allow the city attorney to go ahead and take advantage of the dividend. The following claims were allowed by the council: Platts. Journal, printing $115.29 r v Hartford, fuel city hall 57.55 John Bauer, repair work Bates Book Store, supplies M. B. Allen, gas and oil John Kubicka, street work C. Hn Schafer, same Walt Byers, same Clyde Taylor, same 2.10 1.30 8.00 1.60 3.00 4.45 3.00 FARM BUREAU fiOTES Copy for this Department furnished by County Agent 4- Annual Meeting At the annual Cass County Farm Bureau meeting W. B. Banning and Mrs. Ivan Balfour of Union, and Wm. Westbal of Alvo were re-elected on the board. At this meeting a vote was taken and it was almost unanimously believed that the coun ty should support someone to work on three phases of agriculture, trans portation, legislation, and coopera tive agriculture. Mr. Chas. Noyes of Louisville was chosen delegate and Carl E. Day of Weeping Water as alternate to attend a meeting dur ing organized Egriculture to ' lay plans to help all good agriculture movements. Organized Agriculture. Mrs. Nelson Berger cf Nehawka, president of state home economics as sociation, will speak at the opening session Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 3rd. You will remember her a3 the home agent in Cass county. You should plan to attend this meeting and hear Mrs. Berger.. Ed Jochim of Louisville is on the program for Tuesday after noon, Jan. 3 in a joint session of Nebraska Crop Growers and Rural Economics meeting. L. R. Snipes, Co. Extension Agent will follow with a talk on farm management, facts from Cass County. There are many other interesting meetings during Organized Agriculture, the master farmer banquet, Jan. 3, the farmers family feed Jan. 4th, and Nebraska Improved Livestock Breeder's Asso ciation banquet, Thursday evening, Jan. 5th.. Consider Seed Verification Nebraska seed dealers will meet Baby's Needs are Amply Supplied Here Cotton Shirts, -with long sleeves 35c each Heavy Cotton Shirts, double breasted . 50c each Silk and Wool Shirts, double breasted 85c to $1 Outing Flannel Petticoats.! 50c each White Lawn Dresses 5Qq to $1 Sleeping Garments, tie or button style 65c to $1 Non-shrink All Wool Hose . ' 5Qq Outing Flannel, 27 inches wide I2y2c per yard Daisy Outing, 27 inches wide 22c per yard Blankets, for crib or bed ..65c to $1.85 Everything for lie Baby QkeH.M.Soennicksan Ox 49 escoi-tj Price' at the agricultural college at Lincoln on January 13, 1928 to consider the plan3 for the new seed verification work as it has been worked out by seedmen and the Bureau of Agricul tural Economics at Washington, D. C. This matter is of particular interest to Nebraska farmers who produce alfalfa, clovers, and corn for seed, inn 'i Ian r t finaci ti pmt.ro wKa Knv U1DW 11 1U1 I a T U V J J airaiia seea to sow. ine adoption of the verification work will be en tirely voluntary on the part of the seed dealers. If put into effect it will mean that those who handle seed will be able to guarantee the origin of the product to the man who buys it. Hardware merchants, Implement dealers and other business men in the state who handle sed as a side-line should be as interested in the proposition. L. R. Snipes, Co. Extension Agent. EN.70Y FAMILY GATHERING The home of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Young south of this city and east of Murray, was the scene of a very pleasant family gathering on Monday when the members of the Young fam ily assembled there to enjoy their Christmas day together. The event was featured by a fine dinner pre pared in true Cass county style and to which all members of the family did ample justice. Those who enjoy ed the event were Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Young, parents of Albert, Mrs. Sadie Oldham, mother of Mrs. Young, Mr. and Mrs. Rex Young, Mr. and Mrs. Guy C. White and daughter, Mrs. Ona Lawton and son, Lyle, of this city. ANNUAL MEETING The Farmers Mutual Fire and Live Stock Insurance company of Cass county, Nebraska will hold their an nual meeting on Saturday, January 7th, 1928. at 1:30 p. m. at the Tay lor school house in District No. 38 in Plattsmouth precinct for the pur pose of electing officers for the en suing year and transact such other business as may legally come before the meeting. A. A. WETENKAMP. President. J. P. FALTER, Secretary FOR SALE Immune big rugged Duroc Boar for sale. Christ Neben, Alvo, Nebr. d26-2sw