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PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE FOTJS MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1923. Greenwood Department? Prepared in the Interest of the People of Greenwood and Surrounding Vicinity Mrs. E. A. Landon was a visitor in Ashland and guest of E. E. Buck on last Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Wright and Miss Catherine Coleman were visit ing in Ashland for the day on last Saturday. Xels Emelund was looking after some business matters in Ashland on Wednesday of last week, driving over in his car. O. F. Peters was out to the farm on last Wednesday where he was assisting in getting wood sawed for the coming year. Mrs. Rex Peters was a visitor in Lincoln on last Thursday evening, where she went to attend a play in which she was especially interested. John E. Weideman of Lincoln was looking after some busincps mat ters in Greenwood on last week, driving over from the bitg city in his car. A. R. Birdsall was called to Lin coln on last Wednesday afternoon, where he was making some purchases for his cafe, and also looking after other business. O. D. Sherman, living northeast of was passing, took passage in a farm er's truck which was passing and bound for Omaha. When the truck of the farmer, containing the fleeing car perloiner, reached Greenwood the truck was not able to go farther so they both waited for the train which leaves Greenwood for the east, at about eight-thirty, and boarded it. Soon thereafter the police from Lin coln arrived in hot chase, after the man whom they were led to believe had stolen the car, and finding him gone, phoned to Omaha, where he was apprehended on the train. Establishing New Station. The Coryell Oil company of Lin coln have acquired a spot of ground in the southwest portion of Green wood and have given the contract of the erection of a new building for an oil station to Gus Sorman, who is pushing the erection of the plant as rapidly as can be consistently. done. The materials were secured from the Searle Chapin Lumber Co. State Guaranty Commission is to Make Settlem't Guaranty Fund Commission Has $3, 000,0Q0 in Collections; Fund Contains Near $1,000,000. Mules and Horses. I linv-o a Tuimhpp rf P'nnil milli'S Greenwood was looking after wmf 'd horses, will sell in matched teams or singly, to suit, they are good and business matters in the county seat a short time since, driving over to the big town in his car. The enterprising firm of Mathews and Peterson during the past week had their new sign announcing -Lali-s Rest Room" electrified and now at night it shows quite nicely. K. F. Smith, the enterprising tiruggist is completely overhauling his soda fountain that he may have it entirely kept in the most delight ful cool state by the frigidaire pro- sound and true to work. Or will ex change to suit. P. A. Sanborn Ser vice, Greenwood. m26-tfw Hold Second Banquet. The members of the Greenwood commercial club held their second banquet on Thursday of last week, tho banquet being served at the cafe of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Birdsall, and at which time a most delightful time was had. This getting together of the mem re: IMiillin ITk. mnnarpr nf the I Ashland Oil company of Greenwood j of the business association of viifinir on last Sunday at the - -. piat-ii,- iu. on ice of the company at Ashland, was visiting for a short all the interests of the entire com munity becomes tho interest of all others and by the co-operation of all, all can be best benefitted. Secretary Bliss of the state depart ment of trade and commerce has sent to each bank in the state a notice of the amount of special assessment of one-fourth of 1 per cent levied and to be credited to the depositors guaranty fund April 3. The total assessment will bring in about $650, 000 which with $253,874 will make a total of $903,874 in the guaranty fund. This is almost enough to call in a total of $1,0991,034 of receivers' cer tificates now outstanding. In addition, according to Secretary- Peterson of the guaranty fund commission, which handles failed banks and state-operated banks, there is now available $3,000,000 of cash derived from assets of failed banks and state-operated banks, there is now available $3,000,000 of cash derived from assets of failed banks for payment of depositors. Con- : siderable cash from assets has been ; paid out recently and more is to be paid out soon. Lack of office force and room in which work is given as on reason why this cash has not been paid out more rapidly. Mr. Peterson is to compile a quarterly report under date of April 1 which will contain detail3 of the condfiiou of affairs handled by the commission. : Secretary Peterson's plan, in cp- j position to the constitutional amend- Household Goods! .Business Showing an Upward Trend FOR SALE One $450 Kingsbury Piano, in A-l condition, $125.00; Electric Washer, $25.00; Hand Washer, $5.00; a $55 Oak Duofold, $25.00; six Eockers at $2.00 to $7.50; four Dining Room Tables, $5.00 to $15.00; six Refrige rators, $5.00 to $20.00; Library Ta- Continued Gradually Past WeekJ Al tho Handicapped by Some Irre gularities Here and There New York, March 25. The up ward trend of American business con tinued gradually last week altho bles, $3.00 to $7.50; New Kitchen handicapped by irregularities here Cabinet, $29.75; eight Dressers from and there. The advance of spring $9.00 to $20.00; ten Simmons Eeds, : brought considerable improvement, ra r-r . .r f-sv . i ec fn a- put ucuiai i v in iciaii lines, cinu suiuc $3.50 to $7.50; Bed Springs, $2.00 to of the 'lled heavy industries again made satisfactory strides. The steel industry maintained its business holding up at such an ex- $5.00; Mattresses, new, $8.95 to $19. 50 ; Bed Room Suites, complete, $59. 5fl? nno Tlressirw TnWe with threa ! - icn"k ttt0i Va-nitv I tent that it is now certain that the mirrors, $15.00; one Walnut Vanity :first quartep showing of this year Auevjei, yio.av; one uvcisiuucu wiI1 exceed that of 1927 in a sub Rocker, $7.50; large Chair, $4.50; stantial amount. Buying for the ac Sanitary Cots, $2.50 to $4.50; Flat 'counts of the railroads, automobiles Top Writing Desk, $7.50; three 0r-!manufactU1?8 and structural con- o t" t rprns Vina hppn tli mainr fnrtor in gans, $5.00 to $10.00; four Oil COOk the forward movement of this branch stoves, $5.00 to $10.00 each; one Kit-, of trade. Operations were particu- chen Range, like new, $45.00; two.larly strong in the Chicago district, Gas Plates, $3.75 each. Window :wllere ' Percent oi capacity was re- ou&ucs, vunrtiu xwua, ii v : o ft f o K t The v-PKtprn mnr Army Cots, Pads, etc. jket reported a further marking up Located m first building south of of finished steel prices, coincident Telephone office 122-24 North 6th with a good volume of orders from r, 4. tt4. ii. vru. maKers or on taiiKs. O llCCt, XlttttatUUUtll, 11CU1. F. C. GHRIST. Telephone 645. cline was reported in Japanese silk prices. In nonferrous metals, further ad vances in zinc prices featured the week, altho copper was .a shade low er. Cheerful reports from the At lantic northwest created new optim ism in the hardwood markets in the (Mississippi valley were rather quiet. The stock market continued to boil with activity, sales exceeding 3,000, 000 shares for eleven consecutive full days, and surpassing the 2,000,000 mark on two straight Saturdays. JOHN W. EDMUNDS THE MAN where he time. The firm of White and Bucknell have been nearly out of commission for the past week, on account of the grippe, and from which they have now about recovered. However the Junior class play which was given of all deposits in failed banks with- little son of Mr. Bucknel is still , by the Junior class of the Greenwood in four years by the use of the pres rather poorly. I high school on last Friday at the Ma- ent law and constitution, with some Messrs. Kalph Rager and John E. ! sonic hall and was well attended by possible changes in court rulings if r t -o-n ' mcnt proposed by the newly organ- One On Bill. lized Citizens Guaranty Fund Union. One on Bill, was the name of the is understood to contemplate payment Schorl, both from near Murdock. who w re looking after some business matters in Lincoln last Wednesday stepped for a short time iu Greer. -wiod to look after some business a! d mi et their friends. C. E. Calfee, the hustler who con ducts the harness shop and market, has been about put out of commis sion on account of a cold which he has had during the past week. He, the people of Greenwood and vicinity, these can be obtained. and highly appreciated. The play Suits by the commission now was well presented and denoted good pending are to be pushed, with a view sponsoring as well as good ability to obtaining a reversal of the supreme ', of those who presented the play. j court's decision that interest on de-I I posits must be paid from tho time a 1 Will Give Big Sale. Ibank closes. j The enterprising firm of White & ' Another suit is expected to result Bucknell. who conduct the depart- in allowance of judgments to deposi-; ment store of hardware and furni- trs but not as preferred claims that j ture are hold ing a mammoth sale can be used to force liquidation oft..- , Further expansion of the motor trade reflected continued steady de-j mand. A statement by John J. Itos kob, chairman of the board of Gen eral Motors corporation, predicting record breaking earnings in the first quarter, inasmuch as production has tti run ninn1 wol 1 TYifrir rf la The many friends of Mr. John W. fin,t nuai.ter. was an outstand- Edmunds gave evidence of their ap- :ing featuro ThiiJ explained, in part, prcciation of an excellent man, when !th? rtfmarkable advance of General they assembled on sunuay at me -w . . ; . . . . T . . - . esuy if i iu u ciiurin at iuuuaj, iket ray ineir lasi irioute oi icspi'ti, iu a real man among men. For more than fifty years he had been one of the leading spirits iu this portion of Nebraska and had made his home in Murray during its existence, and always a fiiend of the man who needed a friend, lie has prospered, but never at the expense of another. We rem?mbr only a few days before the summons came .we were iu his place of business, and in. a chat with thi3 man who has had so much to do with the making of the hustling town of Murray, his conversation breathed optismism, and good for all. No one had a complaint of the treatment of this man, but "many had good words and blessings for him, as he was a man who was always seeking to do a good turn to all he met. His friends were legion, which wus at tested by the large crowd who gath ered to give honor to this grand old man. The funeral was held at the Pres byterian church, where he has wor shiped for so many years, and the remains were laid to rest at the beau $1,000 PRICE OF BOY'S LIFE Carloading tended downward slightly from the preceeding week, ami because of enormous coal ship ments ot this time last year the litl'S figures continued to fall far behind those of lit 2 7. Some slight improvement was shown in the textile division, not ably in cotton goods, where steady demand was reported for current! and nearby requirements. Wool ens and worsteds, however, contin ued to move slowly. I'nees on some ; fabrics for women's wear were in creased moderately as quotations for fall lines were opened. A sharp de- Stromsburg, March 30. The $5, 000 damage suit brought against Sheriff Hoy Van Husen of Polk coun ty by Mrs. W. L. Cochran of Col umbus for the death of her son, Her bert, 16, at the hands of Fred L. Johnson, special deputy, has been set tled out of court on payments of $1,000, according to reports. Herbert Cochran was killed March 20, 1926, when Le was alleged to have been rolling dice with compan ions for pennies on a street corner in Oscela and attempted to escape when accosted by Johnson. The of ficer fired two shots, one of which killed Cochran almost instantly. Johnson was found guilty of man slaughter and is serving time at the state penitentiary. The journal appreciates your in tercst in phoning us the news. Call No. 6 any tine. Johnson's Ethyl Gasoline MA 1)15 I'.V Til 15 JOHNSON REFINING CORPORATION cf America Best Motor Fuel Safest and Most Economical in the Long Run We are Distributors for This Vicinity OFE 3L COMPANY Platlsmoutri, Nebraska (Political Ailvrrtising) (Political .f! vert isin.T ... ... - . , t ii-n ri iit mt i riii cm it vii (Politic; A(iv i tising) however, is getting slightly over the j during the present week. See the a state-cperated bank, the judgment bargains which they are offering in holder to share pro rata with other this week's Journal, and not alone claimants against the bank, read them, but profit by the offer-! Under the Peterson plan it is al ings whic hthey are making. jleged 70 per cent of deposits can bo and are being paid out of assets of failed banks, with only 30 per cent i tn hi ilrnwn frnm fha pimrantv fnrwl The home of E E Buck and thela fuml that cfm be replenishe(1 at IUC b.vu.u Mst SI, 500.000 a year by assess malady at this time. Glen Coleman, who makes his home at Sheildan, Wyoming, and who is a student at the state univer sity, was a visitor for over the week end last week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Landon and A. N. Wright of Greenwood and enjoyed the visit very much. Orville Lovell, the driver of Home Burned Last Week. the last week in Ashland by a hre. ana , ment rf th t deDOsitors can be Standard Oil truck, was taken with Dut 11 or . sooas were saveu. paid in full within four years. lTlt ... In support of the newly adopted an attack of the flu early last week, j The origin of the fire was unknown.! which kent this eentleman from his 1 ""t is thought to have started in the attic aDove tne Kiicnen. iney movea regular work and so Carl Weideman, the manager of the company for Greenwood and the adjacent vicinity was looking after the deliveries. The General Kensington of Green wood are holding its regular meeting at the I. O. O. F. hall in Greenwood on Tuesday evening, and at which time a general good time was enjoyed with 500 at cards, and eats which were well worthy to be the food for a king. The hostesses for the occa sion will be Mesdames Goodhard Vant, A. F. Weibke and Carl Weide man. Thi3 is ending the season's en tertainment of the ladies, and it is claimed but with a shadow of doubt, that the men will give one enter tainment in return. Secured the Car Thief. Ia.st Wednesday morning early, some one stole a car belonging to the World-Herald, somewhere west of Milford. and as they were coming -at. they driving with a mixture of gasoline and booze, they colided with a truck load of cattle west of Lin coln, in which the car, the truck and a portion of the people were put out of commission. The driver of the stol en car was the most seriously in jured, and had to be taken to a hos pital. The other man, who was but slightly injured, having a severe cut in his forehead, which was patched by Dr. Worthman of Louisville, who into the house across the til the place could be rebuilt plan of the commission, which con templates paying deposits of failed oming, where they avait the sound of the trumpet of the Angel of the resurrection. That the world might have more such! men at Uncle John W. Edmunds. : TOOL DEMAND AN INDEX Washington, March 29. Business conditions over the United States are showing a general betterment over recent months in the opinion of Sec retary Hoover. A number of indices way un- jns oniy as assets are liquidated, maintained by the commerce depart- the commission reports that it makes! ment are noted by the secretary as CAPTAIN METCALF HERE From Saturday's Dall This morning BuehPv Metcalf, every depositor an assistant collector and that valuable information has been received from depositors. Im mediate payment of depositors, as of old. resulted in all depositors aiding each other, often to cover up prop- wtll l-nnu'n OmnVio rnnl r- t o t n ti o n i and also one of the active .'emocratie or!y Retired by notes and to make I.-,,!,- nf tht ritv aa t,, f- a i collection on notes often impossible few hours visiting friends while en route home from Nebraska City. Mr. Metcalf is a- former captain in the world war and has a particular in terest in this city as a large number of his former company in the 6th Ne braska infantry reside in this city. While here Mr. Metcalf was pressed for time and was unable to greet only a few of the old time associates, but the occasion was most pleasant for the former comrades in arms. Those here associated with Mr. Met calf in the service include Ray Lar son, Henry G. Soennichsen, Frank Smith, M. D. Brown. Albert Kearns, Otto Lutz, Emil Finder, Arthur Sampson and Ernest L. Trumble. .Depositors are becoming used to I waiting for their money, and they do not object and are even willing to do without interest, if they know they will ultimately get it, accord ing to Secretary Peterson. While some members of the Citi zens Guaranty Fund Union are talk ing of liabilities of the guaranty fund as being $20,000,000 or more. Secretary Peterson says that with assets on hand considered, the lia bility is not to exceed $8,000,000. FOR SALE One lumber wagon, one top buggy, one Ankerholt separator, two good incubators. See them at 813 Walnut street. a2-2tw The Leesley Hatchery Greenwood, Nebraska The Leesley Hatchery wishes to announce their first hatch of Baby Chicks February 22nd, and a hatch each week following. We have a bijjger capacity and better chicks than ever before Chicks from blood-tested flocks. Rocks and Reds from some of the best flocks in Nebraska. Send us your orders (with 25 deposit) NOW, for future delivery, to you can have them when you want them. BABY CHICK PRICES Day Old Week Old Two Weeks Barred and White Rocka. . . . 12c 15c 20c Rhode Island Reds 12c 15c 20c White Wyandottes 12c 15c 20c Buff Orpingtons 12c 15c 20c White Leghorns 10c 13c 18c Add 50c per hundred if wanted by Mail or Express WHITE LEGHORN HATCHING EGGS from extra heavy laying strain, headed by cockerels from trap-nested flocks. $3.50 per 100. Visitors Welcome! Hatchery 2 miles East of Greenwood on Louisville Road. LEVEE BREAK THREATENED Sacramento, Calif., March 28. A threatened break of a levee at Nico laus, twenty-five miles north of hero was the only serious aspect of the flood situation remaining in north ern California today. Rivers were receding and plans went forward to repair the damage caused by the high waters. Nicolaus, a community of 200 res idents, was in danger of being flood ed by the bursting of the Feather river levee. Engineers said the levee , could not withstand the pressure of 11 t 1 . tut; iiuuu waters. Blank books at the Journal office. evidence of improvement. One of the key lines of industry watched by the department observ ers, Mr. Hoover added, is the pro duction of machine tools. Equip ment of this description is being more eagerly sought now than for months and the output is increasing in response to the call of industry generally for more equipment and greater production. (Political Advertising) In Republican Primary Tuesday, April 10th Vote for EACH of These Candidates. For President GEORGE W. NORRIS McCook For Seven Delegates At Large ADAM McMULLEN Beatrice C. E. SANDALL York M ARC RETT A DIETRICHHastings MARK WOODS Lincoln WAYLAND W. MAGEEBennington A. R. DAVIS Wayne ROBERT SMITH Omaha For Two Dist. Delegates First District SEARL DAVIS I'lattsniouth FENTON B. FLEMING Lincoln Cut this list out and take it with you when you go to vote and mark a cross in square opposite each name. IS ft Mb yaw FOR OUPiTY ''E!is Record Proves Urn Well Qualified Fearless and Impartial." (i'olltical Advertising) (Political Advertising) You are Requested to Vote -FOR A. L, TOO DISTRICT JUDGE He is an able lawyer of wide experience. He will appreciate your support. n OR C3 I have to get out of business immediately on account of illness, and my stock must be sold within a few days, irrespective of price. Some choice selections of Ladies' and Gent's Diamond Rings, Gruen, Elgin, Waltham, Wrist and Pocket Watches! Silverware, Clocks, Fancy Cut Glass! Plattsmouth, RALPH COEN, of Lincoln, Auctioneer. 19 9 Nebraska