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" PIATTSMOTJTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOTTRNAE MONDAY, JUNE 9, 1930- PAGE FOUR GREENWOOD i y t -t . - - y y y - - -. aT 1 " A a A A A A A i i "J The Rev. Ernest Baker, pastor of the First Christian church was at tending the Cass County Ministerial meeting at Louisville on Wednesday of last week. Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Peters were visiting for the past week at the home of their daughter, Mrs. Barye Lewis and family of near Verdon in the southeastern portion of the state Mesdames Charles True and Wayne Landon were visiting and looking after some shopping in Lin coin for a time on last Tuesday, they driving over to the big town in their car. Rev. and Mrs. Ernest E. Baker were enjoying a week's vacation and visiting at both the families of their parents during the past week at Edison in the western portion of the state. E. L. McDonald was a visitor in Omaha on last Thursday where he received a new Chevrolet truck which purchased through the local dealer Theo Carnes, and is well satisfied with the new acquisition. Mrs. Warren Boucher entertain ed the Ladies Card club at her home on last Tuesday and while it was a little rainey there was a good num ber of the members present and all en loved the occasion very much John Meyers and the good wife have a little son one and a half years of age who has been suffering from a severe attack of summer complaint and was for a number of days quite serious, but has been showing some improvement of late. Mrs. Roy Comstock has been on the sick list for a number of days but is feeling much improved at this time and is so she can be up and about the home now. The children were also sick for a number of days but are all better now. Mr. and Mrs. Phil L. Hall enter tained for the day on last Sunday and had as their guests for the oc casion Mrs. Phil Hall sr., mother of Col. P. L. Hall and Mrs. Harry W. Lansing of Lincoln at which time a most enjoyable time was had. The rejiraveling of the highway No. 3S which has been going on of late out of Greenwood has been com pleted and the crew who were do ing the work have moved to Gretna , from where they will work pom ways and regravel that portion of the road. Miss Mabel Leesley who is attend ing the Grand Inland business col lege, is liking the institution very well and would like if there are any other students from Cass county to address her as she would like to get touch with who ever is there from this county. W. A. White and wife and George Bucknell and family were spending Memorial day last Friday at Stirl ing and after the conclusion of the exercises they drove via Lincoln where they visited and also enjoyed a show and return home later,' hav-.-ing enjoyed the day very pleasantly. Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Hall were over to Plattsmouth on last Friday where they drove to enjoy the Memorial exercises and where Col. Hall gave the principal address at the exer cises. Col. Hall made a very fine ad dress as he is capable of doing and which was well pleasing to the large crowd present. joining the larger company was dis cussed pro and con, but as it required about two thousand dollars worth of stock to be taken, there was noth ing definite done regarding the at taching of the company and eleva tor here to the larger corporation The company here has been making good money under the management of Mr. E. A. Landon and many thot it as well to continue under the present way of handling the grain Death of Long Time Resident of Greenwood Mrs. Addie B. Waldron, Who Has Eesided in Nebraska Since 1868 Is Laid to Best Greenwood Transfer Line We do a general business make trips regularly to Omaha on Monday and Thursday, also to Lincoln Tues day and Friday. Pick up loads on those trips. Full loads at any time. FRED HOFFMAN. Fire Does Damage. Dudley Caluse who resided in the house of John Ballenger with the family were away from home for the evening on last Friday and when they returned found the house afire. The Greenwood fire fighters were callod and soon had the fire out. Only one room was burned and most every thing therein was destroyed, and the interior of the room as well. Both the building and con tents were covered by insurance. Miss Addie R. Waldren was born in the state of New York on Sep tember 19, 1868, and with her par ents came to Cass county, Nebraska when she was only six months of age. The family first settled in Stove Creek precinct and later moved to near Greenwood where she has lived the greater portion of her life. She was united in marriage with Linus M. Mowery on April 9, 18 87, to which union one daughter was born. she being Mrs. Opal Borden, and one trranddauehter. Joyce, who re sides at Greenwood, one sister, Mrs D. W. Parker of Lincoln, and two brothers. Messrs. H. B. Waldron and W. T. Waldron, both of Omaha. Mrs. Mowery was an earnest worker in the Methodist church and from which the funeral was held on Wednesday, June 4th, and the in terment made at the Wyuka cemetery at Lincoln. During their married life she and husband have resided near Green wood all the time with the excep tion of two years which was spent in the western portion of the state. The pall bearers were neighbors they being C. D. Fulmer, A. E. Leesley, E.lmer Mathis, Custave Woitzel, L. J. Walradt and Ben Connelly. The funeral services were con ducted by the Rev. C. P. Lang, former pastor of the Methodist church cf Greenwood and assisted by the Rev. Robert McConna, pastor ' of the church at present.. There was a large number of friends present to pay their last tri bute of respect to this excellent wom an. Mrs. Mowery and husband were ever ready to do all in their power for the aleviation of suffering and were very devoted members of the church. 39 Millions for Harbors, Rivers Work Much Eeplanting of Corn. There are many farmers who are now planting corn the second time and were it not so late in the sea son more would plant over, for the stand is not the very best. A cam paign was carried on early to ac quaint the farmers of the very low quality of the seed, but many did not heed and on the other hand many did and did everything to get good seed with the result that they have good stands of corn while many others have not. A. M. Newsham Poorly. Last Friday morning A. M. New sham suffered a second stroke, the first one coming some three years ago, and since which time he has not been in the best of health. He however, is rallying some from the fleets of the stroke of last week and it is hoped he will again recover his usual health. Meets With Bad Accident. While A. M. Wright was working on the farm last week, he had an accident in which he had serious injury to one of his legs which it is thought was a puncture by a bolt on the machinery and produced a severe bleeding spell. He is how ever, getting along as well as could be looked for. Nearly $10,000,000 Allotted for Work on Mississippi and Tributaries by War Department. Washington, June 5. With the largest sum in history in its hands for river and harbor work, the War department Thursday announced as signment of $39,580,090 for projects in all parts of the country. A total of $67,000,000 is avail able for the work, including $55, 000,000 under the War department appropriation act, plus a deficiency approriation of $12,000,000. Of the amount allotted Thursday, nearly $10,000,000 will ba available for projects on the Mississippi river and its tributaries upon which, with the exception of the Ohio river, the Inland Waterways Corp. is able to operate. Flood Control Apart. None of the present appropria tions is available for Mississippi flood-control work, a separate sum of $35,000,000 being set aside for that purpose. The entire sum allotted, with the exception of about $500,000 for de partmental and administrative ser vice, will be used for maintenance and carrying out authorized projects. The amounts assigned varied from a few hundred dollars to $3,380,000 for the Deleware river project from Philadelphia to the sea. Surveys to Be Made. They were made in amounts deem ed best for the interest of commerce and navigation and approved by Sec retary Hurley upon recommendation of Maj. Gen. Lyle Brown, chief of army engineers. A considerable part was set aside for general examinations and sur veys in the important inland and coastal districts. These are to be made in conform ity with the War department's pol icy of keeping informed on chang ing needs of navigation and the growth or decrease of trade, use of harbors and waterways and with a view to maintaining these enterprises J in the most satisfactory way. Oma ha Bee-News. WILLIAM SUTTON. 86, DIES; EX-NEBRASKA LEGISLATOR rv.mii ChrlstL Tex.. June 5. Wil liam Sutton. 86. Lincoln, Neb., civil war , veteran and former Nebraska legislator, died at his winter home here Thursday morning. Although his home was in Lincoln he had spent the past 24 winters here. He has been a Mason since 1866. He served four years in the Third Missouri cavalry. He was legis lator from Pawnee county, several terms. The body was sent tonight to Table Rock, Neb., for burial. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Elsie Peppon Sutton, five children by a former marriage, Mrs. Mamie Wood and Mrs. Margaret Hylton of Table Rock; Mrs. Bessie Knacker, Corpus r-hristl: John R. Sutton, Hebron Neb., and George D. Sutton, River Mr. Sutton was the granaiatner ox Mrs. Carl Cunningham, wife of the commercial instructor in the Platts mouth high school. May Not Tax Army Officers' Personal Effects Case Somewhat Similar to Suit in Nebraska Is Decided by the U. S. Supreme Court Attorney General Sorensen, who is tne legal aaviser oi oiuie Act. Commissioner Scott, defendant in an injunction suit pending in the federal district court at Omaha, a suit involving the right of the state taxing officials to tax private prop erty tangible and intangible, of of ficers and men of the United states army not citizens of Nebraska nor domiciled therein, has received a copy of the opinion of the supreme court of the United States in the case of Surplus Trading company versus R. A. Cook, as sheriff and ex- officio collector of taxes for Pulaski coun ty. Arkansas, in which the supreme court holds that states may not tax private property on military reser vations, altho Indian reservations and some others are excepted. "It is a very interesting decision,' said Attorney General Sorensen. I admit It appears to be contrary to opinions my department has given to state taxing officers in Nebraska. However, I will be obliged to inquire into the history of the several army posts and military reservations in Nebraska to determine the exact na- ure of the grants under which the federal government holds them be fore deciding whether the reserva tions come within the scope of the opinion of the supreme court of the United States. The suit pending in this state has not been set for trial." The suit pending in the federal court in Nebraska Is entitled the United States of America vs. Harry W. Scott, state tax commissioner, et al. Included in the defendants are the taxing officials of Douglas, Sarpy nd Dawes counties, where there are military reservations Fort Omaha, Fort Crook and Fort Robinson also the taxing officials of Lancaster county, in which county there are United States army officers and non commissioned officers stationed as in- tructors of the Nebraska national guard. Attorney General Sorensen had given an opinion advising official as sessors to list all property, tangible and intangible, owned by officers or enlisted men of the army, including automobiles and other personal pro perty not used for military purposes, also money, stocks and bonds and other intangible property. The fed eral district court at Omaha issued an injunction prohibiting the taxa tion of such property and the case is still pending. In the Arkansas case the supreme court of the United States held that the state of Arkansas had no right to tax private property stored within the Camp Pike military reservation, reversing the state supreme court. The property consisted of blankets bought by a New York company from the United States at an advertised sale just prior to the date of assess ment, and left on the reservation for storage. POLITICIAN IS ACCUSED Hold Interesting Meeting. The members of the Farmers Un ion elevator company of Greenwood licld on last Tuesday evening a meet ing which was of much interest as there was a proposition to join the Mid-Western Grain Corporation which is one branch of the Farm Board for the handling the grain of the country. There was a good attendance and the matter of the FOR SALE 7-foot Deering Binder in good con dition. HUGO MEISINGER. j9-2sw Cedar Creek, Neb. Miss Clara Schlicbtemier, of Ne hawka, left Wednesday for Chicago, where she will visit for some time with relatives. ' While there she will also attend the commencement -exercises at the University of Chicago. Kemember Dad on next Sunday with a card ot greeting. You can find a large line at the Bates Book & Gift Shop. Chicago John Pampinella, politi cal worker for the republican fac tion, was identified Wednesday by two witnesses as the man who shot and killed the Rev. William H. Slaughter, negro political underling of the opposing political faction. The killing occurred at a forty-second ward polling place March 11, regis tration day, and Pampinella is on trial for murder before Judge John P. McGorty in Cook county criminal court. Mrs. Ella Officer and Mrs. Macey Hadley, both negroes, were the wit nesses who identified Pampinella. They were in Mrs. Hadley's home they said, and they saw Pampinella chase Slaughter into the alley near the polling place and shoot Slaugh ter in the head. The state closed its case with their testimony and the defense is to give its side Thursday. James Janca Found Dead Near Union Sunday Body Badly Mangled as Found by Trainmen Along Missouri Paci fic Bailroad Tracks STRICT TRAFFIC RULES AS RESULT CASUALTIES Beatrice As a result of week end casualties in Gage county. Chief of Police Acton has taken steps- to tighten up onfall traffic regulations. Instead of the usual warning pn first offense, the - rules will be enforced as they stand. Dining Room Suite for Sale Walnut finish. Consists of table, buffet and six chairs. Mrs. Elmer Rosenow, Alvo, Nebr. Trainmen of the Missouri Pacific railroad working near Union early Sunday morning discovered the body of a man badly mangled, lying along the track a mile north of that place. The county authorities were noti fied and William J. Streight, under taker, was sent to the scene and brought the body on to this city. At the time the body was supposed to be that of some wandering man who had been beating his way on the train, and It was not until the body arrived here that it was iden tified as that of James Janca, Jr., 35, who ha3 been engaged in work ing in Omaha for several years and whose parents reside in this city. The death came as a great shock to the relatives and friends here and how the young man came to be at Union seems strange, as he was seen in Omaha at the Union station short ly before the departure of the south bound train at 11:49 p. m. and it was supposed that he was coming home for Sunday, his brother Anton, also being a passenger on the train. However, nothing more was seen of the young man by his brother or the friends until the startling news of his death. Whether the young man had decided to go farther and had fallen from the train and run over, will probably be a mystery and how he came to be at Union a great problem. The young man is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Janca, Sr., of this city, two sisters and two brothers, Julia and Rose, and Anton and Frank, all residing at Omaha as well as a married sister residing in Oklahoma He was unmarried. Owing to the condition of the body the funeral services were held this afternoon and the interment made at the Oak Hill cemetery. Death of Mrs. Mary Metzger, Pioneer Lady Funeral Services Will Be Held Tues day at 1 :30 at Home, 2 O'clock at Glendale Church SiEn&vBres MI any EBusinesses Experience of large fleet omsiers reveals the unusmal reEiaMlitgf eznei economy of tFse neiv IFonM The death of Mrs. Mary Metzger, aged eighty-five, occurred on Satur day afternoon at 6 o'clock at the family home near Cedar Creek where for more than sixty-five years the family has resided. The death, of the aged lady re moves one of the oldest residents of the east portion of Cass county as she and her husband came to Cass county in the early sixties and have had a large part in the making of the county. There will be a short funeral serv- ce held at the late home on Tue3 day at 1:30 and the cortage then go to the Glendale church two miles south of Cedar Creek, where services will be held at 2 o'clock. The inter ment will be at the Glendale cemetery. A more extended sketch of the life of this estimable lady will be given later in the Journal. MINNESOTA FOREST FIRES ing north of Duluth late Monday af ternoon, were known to have destroy ed four farm homes and were threat ening the village of Knife River. Hundreds of men were fighting the three separate fires, one burning over a territory of more than 3,000 acres about two miles north of here on the Rice Lake road, while a serious fire was reported within a quarter mile of Knife River, fifteen miles from Duluth on the north shore of Lake Superior. Hundreds of men were called into service to fight the conflagration in the Rice Lake road which was spread- ng at a terrific rate, fanned by a strong wind. Four homes in this district were destroyed by the flames. At Cramer, eiehtv miles north of Duluth on Lake Superior, the flames spread over a territory nearly two miles long and half a mile wide. The fire is burning on the south edge of the Superior forest, running south west. The state forestry department ordered 100 men from Duluth to the scene, to aid fifty men who had been called to fight the blaze which broke out shortly before noon. ANOTHER GANG KILLING Chicago Reprisal for the "little gang massacre" at Fox Lake early Sunday was started Tuesday night. Tbat was the police view when they louna in an alley back of 831 Harri son street the body of Thomas Som nerio. He hart been tortured. His wrists had been wired. A welt around nis neck indicated that he had been garroted. ROSE BABINICK, CALLED 'HOMELIEST WOMAN,' DIES New York, June 4. Rose Barin lok, 4Q, known as the "homeliest woman in the" world" in various circuses and. sideshows, was found dead, in her apartment on the lower East Side today. ' Death, due to heart disease, had come three or four days ago. Call at the Bates Book & Gift Shop for a card or remembrance for dear old Dad for Father's day, Sunday, June 15th. A SIGNIFICANT TRIBUTE to the value of new Fortl is f ountl in it9 increas ing use by Federal, state and city gov ernments and by large industrial com panies which keep careful day-by-day cost records. In most instances, the Ford lias been chosen only after exhaustive tests cf every factor that contributes to good perf ormance speed, power, safety, com fort, low cost of operation and up-keep, reliability and long life. Prominent among the companies using the Ford arc the Associated Companies of the Bell System, Armour and Com pany, The Borden Company, Continental Baking Corporation, Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, General Electric Com pany, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Com pany, Kellogg Company, Knickerijoeker Ice Company, Morton Salt Company, Pillsbury Flour Mills Company, The Procter and Gamble Company, and Swift & Company. Each of these companies uses a large number of Ford cars and trucks. The Associated Companies of the Bell System use more than eight thousand. Modern business moves at a fast pace and it needs the Ford.-' Duilyy in count less ways and places, it helps to speed the production and delivery of the world's goods and extend the useful ser vice of men and companies. Constant, steady operation over many thousands of miles emphasizes the ad vantages of the sound design of the Ford car, its high quality of materials, and unusual accuracy in manufacturing. Beneath its graceful lines and beautiful colors there is a high degree of me chanical excellence. An, example of the value built into the Ford is the use of mere than twenty ball and roller bearings. They are hidden within the car and you may never see them. Yet they play an important part in satisfactory, economical performance. Their function is similar to the jewels of a fine watch. Throughout the Ford chassis, a ball or roller bearing is used at every place where it is needed to reduce friction and wear and give smooth, reliable me chanical operation. At many points, as on the transmission counter-shaft, clutch release, fan and pump shaft, and front drive shaft, these ball and roller bearings are used where less costly types of bearings might be considered adequate. Additional instances of the high quality built into the Ford are the ex tensive use of steel forgings, fully enclosed four-wheel brakes, Rustless Steel, four Houdaille double-acting hy draulic shock absorbers, aluminum pis tons, chrome silicon alloy valves, torque-tube drive, three-quarter floating rear axle, and the Triplex shatter-proof glass windsliield. The Frf1 policy has always been to use the beat ; cssible material for each part and lh,9 through large produc tion, give ii to the public at low cost. urn 1 1 r-ife. VLi j Wtf? 51 i r KTm V 23 NEW LOW FOOD PRICES Standard Conpa . . . . . .. . 49 S Sport Coops ......... $523 De Luxe Cocpo ........ S45 Tudor Sedan ......... 49S Three-window Fordor Sedan .... $600 De Luxe Sedan ........ f640 Town Sedan ......... $660 Cabriolet . ........ $6ZS Roadster 435 Phaeton 440 Pick-op Closed Cab 45S Model A Chassis $345 Model AA Track Chassis, wheel base ........ $510 Model AA Track Chassis, 157-inch wheel base ........ $535 Model AA Panel Delivery .... f 780 All prices . o. 6. Detroit, plus freight aavat delivery. Bumper end spare tire extre mt low cos Ford Motor Company Trade Linked With History in Sand Hills One of Huge Missouri Mounds Used as Lookout tm the Civil War Pacific. Mo. Historical interest combines with commercial utility in the courious sand hills which attract visitors to the vicinity of thi3 little town, 35 miles southwest of St. Louis. Traveling high in tne air, as neigms are measured i nthis region, they reward those who maKe tne asceni to their crests with an unusual pano rama. But it is what is inside them that engages the imagination, for their sides are pierced by huge gap- n" apenings showing tnai men uate dug their way far within. iPr,r r.n vears these sand hills have furnished sand for shipment east via St Louis to the manufacturing cities of"pennsvlvania and Ohio, where it is used for innumeraDie purposes, ncluding the manuraciure ui ng powders and dentifrices. et with all the sand wmcn u in hnlf a century, the avail able supply has hardly been touched. and still a large perm-s population And their livelihood n mining and shipping sand or in br'ukmaking. ,,,wr Caves left wnen iue 'oe.--- move on to new auu locations have a strong am ua. children who play in them, and for Sown-Spl as Sell, who find interest in exploring their massive caverns, '"some, once used for the , growl nt . -e rnnms Hilt HO" ouaiiuvv... cement floor, and electric ing systems, but the floors and walls are gradually vanishing under blan kets of sand. Mud swallows and pigeons find ideal nesting places in these protected spots, and occasion ally groups of tourists find shelter for a night just within the mouths of the caves. Just east of the town, at the entrance to one oft he hills, a regular tourist camp has grown up, called Gungle Camp. One of the caves shelters a small lake, fed by springs. Indeed, springs abound in the hills, and in winter icicles from 10 to 40 feet long hang from the ceilings of the caves. In Civil War days one of the most striking of the hills was used as a lookout by Missouri soldiers and to day it still stands guard, its sheer white walls, rising 200 feet, now pierced where workers dug into the interior to obtain sand. Halfway to the top is a strata of orange, exact ly level, as though some giant with a colored pencil had traced a band there. Near the top is a moss-green slab forming the ceiling of the cave and above that other rock and soil. Topping this natural monument are trees and shrubs, growing on the rounded points and softening the severe sky line. JUMPS 2,000 FEET TO SIT ON LAND Elizabeth, N. J., June 4. Miss Wilhelmina Vissers. a nurse at the Bonnie Burn sanitarrium, was re covering Wednesday after a spectac ular parachute jump. She "bailed out" at 2,000 feet and did not open the chute until she had dropped 1,000 feet. The jump, her first, was not intended to be of the delayed variety, but she could not find the ripcord ring. She landed hard, in a sitting nos- ture, on a farm driveway adioininir the field. GOLD IS FOUND IN GIZARD OF HEN; MINERS LAY OFF Salina, Kan., June 4. The hen that the Bert Phelps family ate for dinner never laid a golden egg, but its gizzard contained gold particles which have been valued at 54. Suspicion that the shiny substance was gold were verified by a Jeweler. He also made the valuation. Strange as it may seem, there has been no stampede of miners to the rugged prairie of Gove county where he hen grew to maturity. DEAD ANIMALS REMOVED! JACK STEPHENS Free Removal of All Dead Animals Providing Hides are Left On Modern Supervision of a Licensed Rendering Establishment General Delivery, South Omaha Phone MA 5136 Collect x