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PAGE EIGHT PLATT9M0UTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOUBWAL THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1931. Soennichsen s Week - End Meat Department Only No. 1 Quality Meats Sold in Our Busy Meat Department Beef Roast, corn fed, lb. . . 18c Round Steak, per lb 30 Hog Liver, per lb 10 Beef Liver, per lb 25 Spare Ribs, per lb 11 Hamburger, per lb 150 Pure Pork Sausage, lb ... . 15 Weiners, home made, lb. . . 170 All Meat No Cereal Swift's Prem. Bacon, lb . . . 300 6 to 8-lb. Av. 18 or Whole Super Specials & WHITE Fruits, Vegetables 100 100 150 Head Lettuce, Ice Berg. Large, Fresh, Solid Heads Fresh Turnips, per bunch Fresh Carrots, 2 bunches Fresh Onions, bunch 100 Fresh Cucumbers, each . . . 250 Fresh Tomatoes, lb 300 Fine, Red Ripe Bananas, per lb 70 Med. to Small Av. Size, 25 C Doz. Oranges, Sunkist, 2 doz . . . 350 California Navels Seedless Texas Oranges, 10-lb. bag . 490 Very Few Seeds Full of Juice Housecleaning Needs In the spring a young man's fancy may turn to thoughts of love but the housewife is concerned with House -cleaning and easier methods of doing it. Prunes, med. size, 4 lbs. . . . Peaches, good quality, 3 lbs. . 390 Crisco, 3-lb. can . . . . .... .730 For Better Baking A r -Kjjioi h l WATERLESS 1 KM AC IX CLEAM I m buwum j Kutol The Waterless Miracle Cleaner 5-lb. pail Sl.OO 10-lb. pail 1.50 Broom A Good Quality 4-Tie Parlor Broom for 49c Kitchen Cleanser 4 cans for 25c Crystal White Soap 10 bars for 33c Swift's White Naptha lO bars for 29 IGA Soap Chips Per pkg. 17 BREAD! To acquaint more people with the fine quality of this large Milk Made Leaf of Bread, we will sell BETSY ROSS 24-oz., full 1 y2-h. net wt. loaf Saturday Only 2 Loaves for 4 Loaves for I n is Loaf ie tails in most Stores for 10c Our. Reg. Week-Day Price is 8 IGA Pancake Flour, pkg. . . .180 Peanut Butter, full qt. jar . . . 290 Fluffy Cake Flour, reg. size . 230 Tomato Soup, 2 cans for .... 150 Genuine Campbell's Coee Prices Reduced Always ahead of the pro cession, we are reducing the price of "I" "G" and "A" Blend Coffees for one week. This coffee comes to us freshly roasted each week and is ground when and only as yon pur chase it to suit your in dividual method of coffee making on the modem coffee refiner pictured at the left,' which removes all the chaff. VICTOR CHICK FEED A fresh car just arrived of Victor Chick Feed and IGA Flour to to sold at new price levels made possible only by 00 -operative quantity buying. Victor Baby Chick Mash 100-lb. bag $3.49 5-lb. Bf OyMer Orlt FRER with Each lOO Ibn. 50-lb. bag $1.79 Victor No Korrj 50-lb. bag $1.75 25-lb. bag .95 Victor Growing Mash 50-lb. bag $1.85 Victor Chick Food 50-lb. bag $1.65 25-lb. bag BUTTER Casco or Dairy Maid Brand Absolutely Fresh, Finest Quality, 14-lb Wrap'g . 27c Victor Whole Wheat Hour, 10-lb. . .45c Victor Whole Wheat Flour, 5-lb 23c IGA Flour, 4S-lb. bag .$1.29 Little Hatchet Flour, 48-Ib. bag . . . 1.10 DRY GOODS DEPT. Shoes Men, if you wear High Shoes, here is the best bargain you will find anywhere. In brown, tan and black calf leathers. Values up to $5.50. $1.98 Work Shirts Blue or Gray, fine count chambra. Full measurement body and sleeves. Well tailored throughout. Sizes run from 14Vfe to 17, inclusive. Women's Hose Wcol and Cotton, in assorted colors. This is a wonderful hose for service and every day wear. Good range of sizes. Regular 49c value. Special at Children's Hose Very special value in Children's Hose. Made of fine combed yarns, heavy foot, fancy rib, in assorted tan shades. Sizes from 5y2 to 9. Most unusual value. 2 pair 25c t T T T f f T T T T X T x f The Work of Postal Depart ment Explained Postmaster J. W. Holmes in Address Before Botary Club Tells of Work of Department T T J T T x X The very interesting address given by J. W. Holmes before the Rotary club at their meeting Tuesday noon, has a general value for information that the Journal is much pleased to print in full. The remarks of Mr. Holmes were as follows: Fellow Citizens of the Rotary Club: All of you are well acquainted with the United States Postal Service. You not only know its facilities for the transmission of letters, news papers, articles of merchandise and money, but you know something, I am sure, of its history and the de tails of its organization. It is the only service maintained by the Fed eral Government with which prac tically everyone comes into daily contact. In a peculiarly personal sense, it is your service. There is every reason, therefore, for you to follow its activities closely, just as you would if the Department were a business enterprise in which you were a stockholder. There are about 50,000 post offlcen in the United States. Of this num ber about 15.600, rated by their pos tal receipts jnd designated as post offices of the first, second and third classes. These include the offices in all cities and the larger towns and villages. The remaining post offices about 34,000 in number having postal receipts ot less than $1,500 a year, are designated as post offices of the fourth class, located in the smaller communities, they are ad minister by postmastere who are ap pointed by the Postmaster General from the Civil Service lists and hold their offices for indefinite periods, in accordance with the laws and reg ulations relating to Civil Service ap pointees. Quarters for the fourth class of fices are provided by the postmaster. They are necessarily primitive, us ually being a portion of a general store conducted by the postmaster as his principal means of livelihood. On the other hand, quarters for all presidential post offices main offices, branches, and garagea must be pro vided by the Post Office Department. Space must also be provided at larg" railway centers for the separation and distribution of the "through" railway mail. At the present time, in addition to the 15,600 presiden tial main post offices, there are about 1.500 branch offices, 900 garages and 64 railway mail stations, for which the Government must furnish quar ters. This requires a total of about 18,000 buildings.' 1 In 1,300 of the larger cities and towns the Government owns the post office buildings: and buildings are being constructed in additional cities in accordance with the President's building program, as rapidly as suit able sites can be produced and build ing plans drawn. Eventually, it is the purpose of the Government to own a main post office building in every community having postal re ceipts of $20,000 or more a year a total of about '2V200 cities and towns in all. But it is not always economical for the Government to own its own post office buildings. In the smalle towns, for instance, the limited space required for postal purposes can readily be provided in an ordinary store building to be found in almost any convenient business block. More than 9,300 post offices are housed in quarters rented on a month to month basis, for which the Government rental at an average rate of a $40 a month, including the cost of light and het. About 1,000 of our branch post offices and garages in the larger cities are also located in build ings rented on the month to month basis. So, when we are considering the question of post office buildings, we find two well defined classes of cases the larger cities and towns where as a matter of policy the Government owns or expects ultimately to own the main post office bnilding; and, at the other extreme, the smaller towns where it is economical and satisfac tory to rent the space required for post office purposes on a month to month basis. Between these two ex tremes there is a third group of cases cases were the Government does not own the necessary buildings and where it is not economical or prac ticable to rent suitable quarters on a month to month or year to year basis. The Department now occupies about 6,500 buildings under lease for terms running from five to twenty years. In about 5,000 towns the main post office is located in a leased building. In the larger cities we are leasing more than 1.300 buildings for branch offices and stations, about 100 for garage purposes, and 53 for railway mail stations. Our rent on these 6,500 leased buildings ranges from a few hundred dollars a year to $360,000, which is the annual ren tal for the Van Buren Street postal station in Chicago. Our total annual rent bill for the 6,500 leased build ings is approximately $17,000,000, or an average of about $2,600 for each building. The Government can borrow money for 4 per cent, or less, but when it contracts for the construction of a building to be leased for post office quarters, it is the owner who must borrow the money to finance the pro ject, and his interest, including all expenses of financing, will range from 8 to 10 per cent per annum. Moreover, he must, of course, pav taxes on the property, notwithstand ing the fact that it is occupied by the Government, and both interest financing costs and taxes are passed on to the Government in the rental charge. Under these conditions, thero is no doubt but that In the period from about 1918 up to the present pays bout time the Post Office Department has in many cases been compelled to pay excessive rentals for the buildings which it has leased for post office uses. The Government program calls for one-half billion dollars for comple tion of 2500 buildings by 1937. The Board reports that about 271 million dollars of the program would be completed by 1932. Almost five years ahead of the contemplated time. Nebraska will get a number of new buildings. Chicago will get a new 21 million dollar building it will be the largest post office building in the world, and will handle 1,200 let ters an hour. It is expected to be ready for business within eighteen months. We are hopeful that the most per plexing problems will shortly be at an end; that the Government will adopt a policy of occupying any im portant or extensive quarters which it may require for postal purposes, not as a tenant but as owner. Thi-i would seem a substantial saving in money a saving which in 15 or 20 years would be sufficient to pay the full purchase cost of the necessary properties. It would mean buildings better suited to the special needs of the postal service. It would mean greater operating efficiency, better working conditions for postal em ployees, and it would free the De partment from the embarrassment and criticism which has naturally re sulted from the practice of negotiat ing with individuals and corporations for the lease of extensive and valu able properties for Government use. In conclusion, may I say that it is a satisfaction to be able to tak 1 our postal problems directly to you who use and support the postal ser vice. I thank you for your interest and your attention. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE 4. I..I..I..I..T..I,r..I,I..I,I..I..I..:..I..I,I. Thomas Wallintr Comnanv h ! Abstracts of Title 4. 4. j. Fbone 324 - nattsmoutn t The subject of the Lesson-Sermon read in all Christian Science churches and societies oh Sunday, March 1, was "Christ Jesus." The citations from the Bible show that the spiritual Christ existed before and after the human Jesus, and is available for every human need for all who under stand and obey Jesus' instructions. One reference In the Bible reads, "But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God. ven to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the fleBh, nor of the will of man, but of God." A citation read from "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," by Mary Baker Eddy, (p.473), states "Jesus established what he said by Nicely Improved Dairy Farm Modern House Immediate Possession SEE Searl S. Davis Loans Investments demonstration, thus making his acts of higher importance than his words. He proved what he taught. This is the Science of Christianity. Jesus proved the principle, which heals the sick and casts out error, to be divine." Chicago is getting ready to receive 75 million visitors to its great fair in 1933. It is hoped that peace will be established by that time 01 at least a temporary armistice. unen s mar PEOPLE ARE TALKING! Many a choice bit has been "dished out" over the back fence lately as neighbor has told neighbor about the real quality merchandise that can be bought at such sensation ally low prices in our new up-to-date Grocery and Market. But regardless of whether it's over the back fence or a bridge table you hear the good news, there is only one way to be convinced and that by giving m a trial order. YOU WILL BE SATISFIED. Bargains Galore AU Over the Store Lard Pure, Home Rendered Snow White Lard 5 lbs.. 53 10 lbs., 1.05 Price, per Pound 1H Sausage, home made . lie Pure Pork No Cereal Hamburger, 2 lbs. . . . 25c Fresh Cut Every Day Fresh Picnics, lb 9c Small 5 to 7 lb. Av. Lamb Chops, lb. 20c Lamb Roast, lb. 20c Lamb Leg, lb 25c Pork Loin Choice End Cuts Cut from either end of lean pork loins. Fine for slicing cold later. Price, per Pound 13 V Sirloin or Round Steak Your choice, per lb. 20c Pork Chops Lean center cuts. Per pound 100 Plate Boil Cut from choice beef. 3 lbs., 25c. Per pound. I . Beef Roast Choice shoulder cuts. Per pound Pig Hearts yFrom selected stock. 5 pounds for 25c Spare Ribs Lean and meaty. Per pound 10 0OOCCOSOSGGOSSOQOQOQCVV&7. Van Camp Baked Beans 1 -lb. Cans Each 6e CHAMPION Flour Made by the CRETE MILLS Every Sack Guaranteed S 48-lb. sack $1.10 I KZ) joooccccco fpooooococcooooooscccoor. 8 "Bigr 4" Laundry Soap Special 10 Bars 25c OOSr&SOC5CCCC DEL MONTE COFFEE-Per lb.. . ,34c WINDMILL Salad Pressing, Qt. jar . . 39c CHEESE Longhorn or Daisy, lb. . l6Y2c GREEN BEANS No2 size can. . .SY2c CARNATION MILK Tall can 8c SUGAR Brown or Powdered, 3 lb.. 25c YEAST FOAM PKg. . . 5c SARDINES Lg. can 5c SOUPS Asstd., per can. 7c LEWIS LYE-Per can. .. 10c RAISINS--4-lb. pkg 33c MILK Value, 3 tall cans . 20c SALMON Tall cans .... 10c Prunes 60-70 RICE or BEANS Your Choice of Either 20 lbs. for 99C OATMEAL 55-oz. tube . 15c PEAS No. 2 can, 2 for . . 25c OLEO Fr., sweet, 2 lbs. .25c TOMATOES Med, tin . . 7c COFFEE Hi grade, lb. . . 20c BEETS Lg. 2Yz can 8c JELL Butter Nut, pkg. . . 5c Washing Powder (Snap Brand) Ex. Special Deal, pkg. 23 1 can Sunbrite Cleanser FREE Victor Flour (The Best Made) 48 lb. Bag . . . $1.24 Eggs Taken at Highest Market Price Cash or Trade We Deliver $3.00 Cash Orders MULLEN & SONS Telephone 95 PLATTSMOUTH, NEBR. 122 So. 6th St.