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PAGE FOTJB FIAITSMOUTH SEMI WEEKLY JOHRJTAE MONDAY, AUG. 4, 1930. I-M-I-I-H-I-M-M-I-I-I-I-I- GREENWOOD Win. Rouse was u visitor-? in Mur dock for a short time on last Thurs day and was looking after some busi ness matters for a short time. Wm. Stewart of Alvo was a busi ness visitor ia Greenwood on last Wednesday morning and was look ing after some business In his lino that of sinking wells. George Trunkenbolz. city marshall of Greenwood and candidate for nom ination on the democratic ticket for sheriff was looking after some busi ness matter at Plattsmouth Thurs day of last week. Frank Wilhelm who has been feel ing quite poorly so much in fact that it was difficult to get the work done at the store, is at this time much better and it now feeling more like earing for the work which comes to the store. Robert Mathews and the wife with ; their son, Emery, art- tnfcig their va cation, they spending the s:imo at Powhattan. Kansas, where the folks of Mrs. Mathow's reside. They drove down last week and expected to visit for some time v.ith the folks as well as with other friends. Mrs. K. L. McDonald who has been sick for the greater portion of the rast year and has undergone a number of operations is reported as getting along fuily well rt this time and is able to be up and about and able to get out and take short rides and it is hoped her improvement will continue until she is entirely ell again. Theo Davis of Weeping Water, a candidate for nomination on the re publican ticket for sheriff, ar.d Bert Reed, who is now sheriff ar.d is a candidate to succeed himself, were both in Greenwood during the past week and were looking over their political fences, and a thr1 time grows short all are hustling for the position. Hawley state until he was three years of age, when he induced his parents, then living with him, to movt to Nebraska, they settled at Plattsmouth just seventy-one years ago. Here Al remained until lie was fourteen years of age and came to Greenwood just sixty years ago. Al says he is well versed as to needs of western Cass county, and is candi date for nomination cm the republi can ticket lor county commissioner of the third district of the county. lie savs. tell the world he will come and see you. Greenwood Transfer Line We do a ereneral business make trips regulaily 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. Uuriinclon July Shipments. The Burlington route has enjoy td a good business in the outship mcnts of the grain from this station during the month of July. V.ith the corn and wueat togeiner, ine snip ments aggregated slightly more than seventy cars for the month which is very satisfactory as this is a diver sified farming community and not entirely grain. '39 State Tax Levy to be Set tled Today Will Be Based on Total Property Valuation Over Three Billion; Many Get Cuts. Candidates Are Active. Robert J. McNeab y. polic e 'judge of Louisville, and also a practicing attorney of the cement town, was a visitor in Greenwood on last Tues day and wi" looking after some busi ness matters as well as meeting the People of this portion of the county and announcing hi.-i candidacy on the republican ticket for nomination for county attorney. Seventy-One Years in Cass County. Al Etheredge, and lie insists on be ing called TI. was born in Marion county, Iowa, and remained in the Threshing About Completed. With the excellent weather for the threshing following the harvest, with the exception of it being hot, allowed the workmen to keep at the threshing and it was aU completed with the closing of last week, with exception of a very few jobs. The returns from the wheat crop was very satisfactory, but the price is a long ways from what it should be to make the venture a paying one of raising wheat. (Political Advertising) (Political Advertising) f f AAA Peters Greenwood, Nebr. Candidate for nomination for County Commis sioner for Third district on the republican ticket. Your Support will be Appreciated Primaries August 12, 1930 f y f LOCAL N From Thursday's Dally Mr. and Mrs. Harry Koyal mut tir ed down last evening to spend a few hours with Judge C. L. Graves, par ents of Mrs. Royal. Henry Albert of near Cedar Creek was in the city for a short time to day to visit with friends and attend ing to some matters of business. Mr. and Mrs. William II. Mark of Union were in the city today to at tend to some matters of business for a short time and visiting with friends. Robert Stivers, well known resi dent of Cedar Creek, was here for a short time today attending to some matters at the court house and visit ing with friends. Misses Esteile and Caroline Raird. Amelia Martens and Pearl Staats. who have been enjoying a visit for the past two weeks in the Rlack Hills, returned home last evening after a very pleasant outing. William Stark job n was a visitor in Omaha today for a few hours, go ing to that city on the early Burl ington train to spend a few hours visiting with friends and looking af ter some matters of business. Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Knorr and children, Jean and Rilly, who have been enjoying a combined business trip and outing at and near Minne apolis, returned home last evening alter a most pleasant stay in the northern state. Mrs. Dewty R-e'I, who has been spending a short time at MrCook with her father, M. I,. Ruby, as well as at Wray, Colorado, at the home of a si-ter, Mrs. James Shaw, has re turned home. Mrs. Re d reports that the country thre needs rain quio badly altho the general conditions seem very good. at lending to some business matters. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar McGuire de parted this morning for Lincoln and Have lock where they are to enjoy a W'.-eka' outing and visiting at the home of Mrs. McGuire's parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Janda and family. Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Egenberger will depart Saturday for Minnesota where they will join their son, Stuart, who is attending summer school at the University of Minneapolis, and they will then enjoy a short outing and fishing trip at the lakes in that section. From Friday's Dally Attorney Guy L. Clements of Elm wood was a visitor in the city today for a short time, looking after some matters at the court house. J. II. TaiiH, former well known resident of this county, with his son-in-law. Fred II. Rezener of OmaJm. were here yesterday for a few hcuiv T. Turner Weeping called on From Saturday's DaTIy County Treasurer John ' was a visitor in K.-.gie and Water toelav where he was some matters of business. Michael Vitersnik will leave Sun day for an outing trip to the Rlack Hills and also in Montana, visiting with his brothers and families at Eiigmont, South Dakota, and Great Falls, Montana. Attorney Carl D. Ganz of Alvo was here today for a few hours attend ing to some matters in the district court in which he was interested and also visiting with the many friends around the court house. Mrs. R. E. Shehan and daughter of LaGrange, Illinois, arrived here this morning for a visit at th,e home of Mrs. Sheehan's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. II. Smith ami to enjoy a short stay among the old friends. Mr. sad Mrs. W. A. Swatek will leave Sunday for Golumbu?; where they will visit at the home of ?.Ir. and Mrs. Charles Jelinek and seeur irg the Mi.-so.-i Mary ant Eleanor Swctek who have been visiting there, will go onto Madison county for a .short visit. Mr. an 1 Mrs. Charles McGuire de parted this morning for McLean, Ne braska, taking with them their grandchildren. Mary and Ed Becker, who have been here the past two weeks. McGuire will enjoy Becker farm. Lincoln, Neb., July 31. Nebras ka's 1930 tax levy will be determin ed Friday, based on a total property valuation of $3,09S,054,761. Completing deliberations Thurs ttav, the state ooartt ot equalization disposed of more than 18 protests against proposed increases in valu ations by reducing some, increasing others and leaving the remainder where they are placed by local asses sois and boards or review. A general reduction in all valua tions was noted by the board, par ticularly in the assessed valuations of farm lands and improvements, which dropped 48 million dollars un der last year. Below 1929 Figure, Personal property dropped 12 mil lion dollars under the 1929 figure, and city real estate was given an ad ditional slice of six million dollars, or in all, total vaues were more than 60 million dollars under last year. The following counties that had faced increases were finally permit ted to retain the valuations as fixed by the county assessors: Boyd, Dodge, Grant, Keith, Knox and Sheridan. Blaine county was given a 10 per cent raise; Box Butte, 10 per cent; Burt, 3 per cent; Chase, 5 per cent; Perkins, 10 per cent; Thayer, 18 per cent. Figures Are Listed. Custer and Dawson were increas ed S per cent, and Clay county was boosted 10 per cent. Douglas county was given a 4 per cent reduction though it asked for 15 per cent off, and Thurston was given 5 per cent cut. Wheeler was cut 10 per cent, and Sarpy was cut 2 per cent and Washington 3 per cent. A 2 per cent increase was given Saunders county. Figures as finally agreed upon were: 1929 Equalized Assessment value per acre per acre Adams $ 6S.94 Antelope 4S.50 Arthur 4.70 Banner 6.61 Blaine 4.41 Boone 71.68 Box Butte 11.26 Boyd 41.46 Brown 8.26 Buffalo 47.02 Burt 111.65 Butler 97.01 Cass 113.04 Cedar 92. SO Chase 12. 9S Che: rv 4.70 Cheyenne 21. S3 Clay 75. S4 Colfax 113.30 Cuming 116.52 Custer 20.23 for a visit of Mr. and Mrs. a visit at the Every shads cf crepe paper and all the newest novelties and favors in the complete Denniion line found only at the Bates Book Store. SSeaoS Animals I&gznoved! JACK STEPHENS Free Removal of All Dead Animals Providing Hides are Left On Modern Supervision of a Licensed Rendering Establishment General Delivery, Scaili Omaha Phone MA 5136, Collect Dakota 92. S5 Dawes 10.20 Dawson 40.92 Deuel 25.71 Dixon 84.11 Dodge 117.35 Douglas 147.63 Dundy 11.09 Fillmore 86.01 Franklin 3S.30 Frontier 16.76 Furnas 30.19 Gage SO. 89 Garden 7.67 Garfield 10.66 Gosper 29.30 Grant 4.37 Greeley 36.44 Hall 64.46 Hamilton S .71 Harlan 22.26 Hayes 12.21 Hitchcock 19. SO Holt 13.38 I looker 3.71 Howard 45.84 Jefferson 70. 9a Jcdinson 78.56 Kearney 50.49 Keith 11.99 Keya Paha 9.30 Kimball lo.76 Knox 49.45 Lancaster 102.01 Lincoln 10.11 Logan 9.16 Loup 6.0 o Madison 87.49 McPherson 3.51 Merrick 63. OS Morrill 10.89 Nance 66.68 Nemaha 94.52 Nuckolls 58.83 Otoe 105.75 Perkins 15.09 Phelps 49.14 Pierce 72.27 Platte 9S.76 Polk 97.98 Red Willow 21.93 Richardson 92.33 Rock 7.40 Saline 93.81 Sarpy 109.49 Saunders 106.23 Scotts Bluff 40.84 Seward 93.70 Sheridan 6.19 Sherman 34.38 5.58 . 93.53 . 63.51 3.34 . 83.22 38.92 . 117.58 110.94 44.24 11.44 Sioux Stanton Thayer Thomas Thurston Valley Washington . Wayne Webster Wheeler York 92.72 68.74 44.06 4.52 7 o -. t o 4.40 71.55 12.46 2S.71 7.8S 46.43 105.94 97.27 10S.74 79.30 13.56 4.41 22.10 75.47 10S.76 110.81 20.07 90.87 10.16 42.44 26.48 71.22 112.28 142.72 11.37 85.29 3S.2 18.10 30.07 si. ye 7.33 9.69 29.7 4.38 37.40 64.43 87.17 31.47 12.47 20.62 12.00 3.44 45.05 70.62 78.15 50. 5S 11.90 9.33 15.90 39.21 101.71 10.02 y.zo 6.05 85.27 3.52 61.64 10.37 66.49 93.92 59.12 100.87 16.63 47.16 71.26 9S.69 91.07 22.08 89.95 6.95 90.07 108.27 104.09 37.51 94.08 6.20 34.29 5.80 93.48 62.66 3.37 80.65 38.93 114.28 106.62 42.65 9.29 92.72 Manley News Items Business called R. Bergman to Omaha on last Tuesday driving over in his car to make some purchases for the store here. Misses Maggie and Katie Wolpert were over to Murdock one tlay dur uig the past week and were visiting with friends while there. Anton Auerswald and the family were enjoying a visit with relatives and friends in Omaha on last Sun day they making the trip in their car. August Kreeklow was ejver to Om aha on last Monday taking with him a load of stock for some of the farm ers and returnine with a load of merchantise. Arthur Hanson and family and Frank Taylor and family, the latter from near Alvo. were guests at the a up am Jot uisnim uuiujeir JO amou on last Sunday. Fred Lauritzen was over to Omaha late last week with his two sons. Kenneth, 7, and Rodgers, 5, and had the tonsils of the lads removed as they were giving the boys much trouble. Bud, the little son of R. Bergman, while enjoying high life coasting. had the misfortune to skin one of his hands quite severelv but after hav ing the member dressed it is get ting along nicely and he hopes it will soon be well again. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mockenhaupt were over to Omaha last Sunday go ing to visit with Miss Lillian Tlghe who was so severely injured when she fell from a chair some weeks since fracturing one of her hips. She is at this time getting along along nicely and hoped soon to be well again. In a very closely contested game of ball which was played by Manley with the Elmwood team at Elmwood, the contest narrowed down in the lose of the game to a run of five scores lor tne .vianiey Team wnne the Elmwood team had but one more, but were over spread with glory by rea-on of their victory. The company threshing machine which has been so busy about the neighborhood of Manley for the past few weeks has ceased to hum. as the members of the company have all been served and the machines goes to th shd. However, Billie Ash is till hammering away and will be for a little while longer. While on their return last. Sunday from a visit at Weeping Water L. Neitzel and G. Bauer stopped at Manlev to visit and view the Grotto which they were well pleased witl but loking at the structure with his classes on G. Bauer took them off to ride home and in doing so lost them Miss Katie uolpert found the glasses and returned them to the owner. f INDUSTRIAL NOTES A. The following record of industrial activity lists items showing invest ment of capital, employment of la bor and business activities and on portunities. Information from whicl the paragraphs are prepared is froi: local papers, usually of towns men tioned, and may be considered gen erally correct. Niobrara Ferry road improved. Brady Prestol stalled new meat daire. meat market in cutter and frigi- Niobrara Farmer's Union store building received new ceiling. Trenton City of town, will be mer. park in improved east this part sum Blande-n Village sidoring removal of ply this place with authorities con f ranch ise to sup light and power. Paxton be built here this New state aid bridge will across South Platte river fall. Hershey Lincoln open to tranie east or highway now this place. Paxton Opera cooling system. house installed Huntington Bids opened for croc turn of $40,000 edifice for First Con gregational church. Humboldt- constructcd square. Miniature golf course on land north of city Rush vi lie New for this place. city hall proposed Daykin Lincoln Tel. & Tel. Co. installing two copper toll circuits 10 this place. Edison- be voted new water -?21,370 bond upon to provide issue will funds for works svstem. Work of grading Butte road completed from state junction with highway No. -Fairfax line to 12. Dry Survey to Study Drinking for Law Flaw Aim of Bureau to Curb Consumption, director says; Heralds Enforcement Plan Washington, July 30. In a sweeping new program of prohibi tion enforcement, the administration Wednesday projected a continuing national survey of the extent and kind of drinking done under the dry laws. It was held out as a scientific undertaking, aimed at "truth as ac curate as we can discover if." It is to serve both as a measur ing stick of enfrocem,nt progress and a guide for public opinion, regard ing prohibition's effects. The plan and purpose were I;-, id before the 12 dry administrators of the country, in conference here, bv Prohibition Director Amos W. W. Woodcock. He said: "The aim of our bureau is not the number of people, sen tenced for violating the law, but a decrease in the con sumption of intoxicating liquor in the United States. Report Daily hope, through this bu to gather sufficient facts which an intelligent can be had as to the PROGRAM AT IEWIST0N THURSDAY EVE, AUG. 7 The following numbers will be rendered at the program at Lewiston on Thursday evening of this week, August 7th: Selection by Band. " ' Reading by Miss Ruth Botil. Selection by Band. Chorus by six Girls, under direc tion of Mcsdames Hall and Gayer. Selection by Band. Number by Mrs. Milbern. Reading by Miss Kendall. Selection by Band. Ice cream and cake will be served nod the proceeds from the sale of this will go to the Lewiston Commun ity Center. ILLINOIS JOINS MINNESOTA IN FIGKT ON RAIL MERGER Chicago, 111., July '0. The Illinois commerce commission announced to day that it has entered an interven ing petition in the effort of Minne sota to reopen the hearing cm the proposal to merge the Great North ern and Northern Pacific railroads. The commission believes, its an nouncement said, that the merger will be acuinst the public interest. LIGHTNING KNOCKS HEELS FROM SHOES 'I reau, from opinion whether consumption is mize Ar- f rom Edison Brick new gymnasium. laying started on York-planting -Local airport of flowers. improved by Neligh Construction work on new annex to high school building be ing rushed to completion. A r a pah oe M i n i a t u re opened to public. rolf course Raises Paul Mann who Good Wheat. knows the art farming and especially the way of to make wheat grow was rewarded by bein?r able to raise an average of forty-five bushels of extra good wheat to the acre. While there were many- other good pieces of what this is the best we have heard of in Cass coun ty. Noli being gli Congregational parsonage redecorated and improved. Dunbar Ilungerford. 'Review" sold to Geo. E. ly Wa uneta-installed Crystal theatre recent talkie equipment. World-Herald. The Journal Job Department is equipped to turn out anything from calling cards to sale catalogs. Many Enjoy a Swim. A party of some fifteen people near Manley with a few visitors from other portions of the county were over to Murray where tney ail tooK a dip in the Murray bathing beach and sure enjoyed the cool waters and the trip as well. Plattsmouth City Council took steps to convert tourist park on Wjshington avenue into athletic ueld and eventually community cen ter. Plymouth system to be New street lighting installed on Main street Want More Ground. The board of education of the Man ley school tlistrict have called a meet ing for August 11th. at which time they are expecting to take up the matter of the purchase of more ground and what is laying nearer the street and are waiting until after the meeting to locate exact site of the new buildings which is to be begun in a short time. Manley Gas lines fields extended as far from as this Texas place Lincoln New clock to be install eu in tower or main uunuing oi vet erans hospital group. Kenesaw Villiage purchased two lots south of Davis & Daughter fur niture store for future development. Chadron Lights to be Chadron college Held playing. installed in f or night FAILED BANK MAY REOPEN Norfolk A call for a meeting Fri day night of all the depositors in the Nebraska State Bank here which re cently suspended business, was issued Wednesday following a meeting of the larger depositors Tuesday night which endorsed a plan for reorgan ization of the institution. At Tuesday night s meeting it was proposed that the depositors accept a cut of 30 per cent in deposits and receive in return an equivalent amount of slow assets of the bank from which they will be reimbursed as collections are made. If the de positors at Friday's meeting endorse the plan, an attempt will be made, it was reported, to sell $125,000 cap ital stock and to reopen the bank within a week or two. Lincoln Plans proposed to annex Ilavelock community to city. Fort Calhoun New and heavier rails be ing laid here to handle North western freights from Omaha to Blair. Plattsmouth Signs will at Sixth and Main streets tion of tourists. be for placed direc- Elmcreek Elm theatre talkie equipment. installed Grant "Tribune-Sentinc" moved to modern building. Beatrice- laid to point of here. N'atural two and gas half pipe miles line east AIR DERBY ARRIVING TIME AT LINCOLN IS UNCERTAIN Beaver City Election will be lteld in Furnas county August 12 on $200,000 bond issue for erection of I courthouse and jail. lower than during the pre-rro-hibition period, ar.d whether it is increasing or decreasing to day." Daily reports to Washington, from S7 deputy administrators, will upply the material. University eco nomists win oe invitea to org nl analyze it. Woodcock said. rests from intoxication, deal lis irrhosis of the liver, and the duc t ion of hops and corn sugar be studied. The survey is a chief element of the new enforcement plan, shaped since enforcement was trausferi ed from the Treasury in the Depart ment of Justice July 1, with At torney General Mitchell and Wool cock as its new chiefs. Will Train Agents Its rjther features are: Training schools for dry agents throughout the country, intended to turn out "the best trained body of detectives in the world" and to school them to "use their brains" and shoot only in self-defense. Uniformity of dry law sen tences, to be sought through ;. national conference of federal judges. Concentration on big bootleg operations, with agents forbid den to "waste their time upon pitful, picayunish, non-comnier- I cial cases. ' New efforts to promote state co-operation, with interchange of information and use of stat courts for some federal cases and of federal courts for state wide nuisance cases. Two hundred special agents of the federal army to give spe cial attention to "cares where their is collusion with the local authorities." Twenty-four picked men will be schooled for a month in Washing ton, beginning Sept. 1, to serve as instructors. They will give two weeks' courses to all agents in each subdistrict, instructing in evidence, law and discipline. t Blufi'ton, Ga. Lightning knocked the heels off both lio. .s worn by Dr. B. T. Johnson, w'm-ii it struck a drugstore. The doctor was standing ! side a telephone when the Hash came. He was knocked down and stunned but otherwise unhurt. Sev eral persons were i;i the tore at the time. NAPLES FAMILIES FEAR VESUVIUS Naples. July 2!). The increased activity of Vesuvius Tuesday night caused consternation in this city. Phoce your news to the Journal. ei'oliticnl Advertising) iilAi-''.- jt. Ksi S DR. T. W. BASS BROKEN BOW Republican for STATE TREASURER On the ballot as T. VV. BASS t t f f T T f T iMeit BflcHealy (Political Advertising) (Political Advertising) T f t f Republican Candidate for Born in Cass County A Common Man for the Common People! f y (Political Advertising) (Political Advertising) Lincoln, Neb.. July 29. Victor Roos in charge of welcoming th: all-American air derby participants on their arrival here tomorrow, said today he did not know just what time the fliers would arrive. Out of the 20 plans storting the trip, only 11 remain in the race. Roos said conditions in Ogden, Utah, where the nlans stopped to night, may delay departure, and wind conditions may cause such changes as to prohibit establishing an arrival time. However, he suggested that some of the planes ought to arrive at 3 or 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Venial Graling and underway on local streets. graveling Tekamah Cooperative creamery opened for business recently. Venial Franklin fililng station renovated and improved. Bridgeport Surveyors of State Highway Department making survey of highway from Jiffy service station to Norte port. TO GO AFTER RECORD Uehling West road extending in to town closed while new bridge is being built over Logan ditch. Oklahoma City A shot at the 553 hour refueling endurance record of the Hunter brothers in Chicago will be started next Wednesday night at the municipal airport here by Roy Frnch and Elmo M. Dodson, local fliers, they announced Thursday. They will fly a Curtiss Robin plane with a Challenger motor. Scribner Extensive graveling operations will start soon on local roads. Nelig'a Graveling of road leading east from here to Elm township line, completed. Candidate Sos Clerk of District Seerf Kenesaw New fire truck pur chased for local fire department. On the Hepublicaia Ticket Primary August 12, 193$ Your Support will be Appreciated (i i i i