THURSDAY. XARCH 12. 1931.
PLATTSMOUTH SEMI WEEKLY JOURNAL
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J PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY AT PLATTSUOUTH. NEBRASKA
Entered at Postoffice, Plattsmouth. Neb., as second-class mail matter
THE FRENCH PRESIDENCY
Laugh and the world laughs with
you weep and it laughs at you.
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Well, what we saved by not hav-.three months, a new President to
iing to buy new skid chains or alcohol succeed Gaston Doumergue. the cam-
radiator, we can use to buy paign is barely under way and has
aroused no excitement thus far. This
is due in part to the peculiar nature
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f tor the
SEXT STEP IN AVIATION
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
Engine builders have been too busy j In the County Court of Cass coun
building motors of greater horsepow- ,v . Nebraska.
in me niaiier 01 me esiaie 01 v .
R. A. BATES, Publisher
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Jo. 50 per year. All subscriptions are payable strictly in advance.
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f seeds for the garden
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I In picking the lecture platform of tne office of President in France
j instead of going to the United States ;and in part lo the facl that the Par-
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oeuBus u wuuiu seem mai uenerai liament. not the electorate, does the
Littler is a little particular about
where he does his talking.
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Most of us won't be content with
cur lot till it's a lot more.
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With no driver's license the driv
ers take too much license.
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Danish e once was profanity, but
now it s a town in Missouri.
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A Chinese day is divided into
twelve parts of two hours each.
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S :me critic declared that dram
atists do not receive justice during
their lifetimes, but those who be
lieve in the old fashioned religion
are not worrying about that.
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The tact that families reduce liv
ing; expenses in periods of industrial
stagnation by "doubling up" is re-
::ized by L. Seth Schnitman. prin-
" Political symbol" is one definition
for Musi le Shoals. Another is poli
tical graveyard.
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Spring can't be very far away. We One might have guessed the kind
saw a hitch hiker loosening up his of candidates women would pick by
thumb the other day. seeing what they marry.
A Spanish revolution can fizzle clpal statistician of the F. W. Dodge
more times than a village improve- 'corporation, in considering the home-
ment association.
I building outlook.
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When General Butler Marts on
his lecture tours he won't take any
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weasel words
with him.
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The boys who worked in the hair- j The more autobiographers tell us
pin factories are being called hack to about the war, the more we wonder
their jobs after Ions lay-off. what we fought each other for.
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A Washington dispatch reports
that Senator Hefiin has talked him
self into bed. straining his vocal
cords (or chords i in his farewell at-
nest SC'IlelS f.w.fc AT- Smith hfn rotfrinv
-mm mm a a a a a a l a. j V aw a a, a a a
b. ft lace and gun thanks to the fron, the senate. The senato's swan
song ought to be "I'm Crying My
self to Sleep."
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Powder is one of the
women and the gangsters.
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ONE MAN'S MONUMENT
An agricultural bureau renorta an New it th scientists can c : lv de- uaiveston sleeps better of nignts
increase in the consumption of velop some sound device that will j behind the sea wall which he built,
grapefruit. More drouth relief. amplify the voice of conscience. iThe commerce of the world acclaims
:o: :o: !his genius in the faster tempo of the
On a used-car ia-is. wc rider how One of the horrible examples of Panama Canal. The breakwater pro
much the United States could get for the unequal distribution of things is tecting the Atlantic entrance, the ex
its $500,000 Wlckersham report? to buy a $15 license for a $20 car. cava ti on from the Atlantic to Gatun.
:o: :o: the construction of the locks and
Every time London reports the In-j Throughout Americ an life today ' Spinway his name is written on all
dian question settled s ;;i- Moslem two principles of organisation for0f jt The shambling vagaries of the
throws a brick at a Hindu parade. j distribution are in face-to-face com- Ohio have been banished by the pre-
'U. risiriti mill off ifipni v of the cnnalizwl
river singing its lusty part in the
chorus of transportation. The roads.
the railways, the barracks and hos
pitals reared on the aching soil of
France have disappeared, but they
contributed indispensably to the epic
It must console a farmer to know
he can get free seed next spring if
he can live until then without eating.
The adjournment of Congress is
the aspirin tablet President Hoover
has been waiting to take to cure his
headache.
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A new color for feminine things
in Algiers it's said to be the color
of the calves of the women of that
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Some authority has stated that
there are seven varieties of liars, but
that must include only the broadest
classifications.
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Although possession of a weapon
is made a felonv punishable by a
prison term in many states, guntoters
seem to be just as numerous in those
piaces as elsewhere.
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neck of the woods.
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finish of the World War and the
glory of American arms. Today the
Government is spending millions al
most without measure in his plan for
! controling the floods of the Missis-
On disadvantage I thai railroad slppi. buch is the career of Gen. td-
Prance is planning to build across Kr B Jadwln, Army engineer. The
the Sahara is that they will find it 'man's life is a drama of monumental
presi- ijjfijCUt to advertise its grand scenic accomplishment. It ended fittingly
balloting.
Doumergue is an extraordinarily
popular man dignified, genial, lov
able, and without ranctor in political
affairs. Refusing to undertake a sec
ond term of seven years, he leaves
the way open to at least five candi
dates, of whieh aul Doumer, Presi
dent of the Senate, is most conspicu
ous. The Presidency of France is a uni
que institution. It carries little ac
tual power, beyond the ehance to
favor this man or that to form a
Cabinet, when the party blocs are
evenly balanced. It involves elab
orate social duties and expenditures j to have met with success In England.
er and less weight for use in flying
machines to bother with the question
of noise. Unmuffled motors develop
more power than do muffled ones, and
when more power is the desideratum,
the question of noise has been re
garded as inconsequential.
The time is now here, due to the
rapid developmen t of commercial 1
aviation, when engineers must elim- :
inate the deafening roar of the big
passenger plane. The traveling pub
lic demands comforts as well as speed
and safety. Aviation has produced j
the latter but has had to tail back on
Buch makeshifts as cotton for the
ears to provide the comfort.
Military aeronautics may come to
the aid of commercial aviation in this
field as it has in many others. It6
engineers have been working on a
noiseless plane for bombing purposes
and their experiments are reported
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
For License to Operate a Pool Hall
in the Village of Manley
Notice is hereby given that the
D. Wheeler, deceased. undersigned will on the 16th day of
Notice of Administration. I April, 1931, at 11 o'clock a. m., at
All persons interested in said estate, the court house at PlattBmouth. Si -arc-
hereby notified that a petition has j braska, make application to the
been filed in said Court alleging that j Board of County Commissioners of
said deceased died leaving no last will j Cass county, for a license to operate
and testament and praying far ad- a 000! hall in the building located on
! ministration upon his estate and f or ! Lot 5 of Block 3, in the Village of
well in excess of the salary. At times
the ire of the nation has fallen on
its Presidents, but usually they are
exempt from blame for partisan
measures.
It is likely, indeed, that the Presi
dent of France, unless he be an ex
traordinary popular leader, has less
actual influence on the course of na
tional life than does King George in
Great Britain or President Paul von
Hindenburg in Germany. The Brit
ish King exerts a suave influence in
advancing the solidarity of the Brit
ish Isles and the Empire, though his
authority iB nil.
In Germany the Presidency has be
come a powerful factor in politics
simply because a gigantic national
figure has filled the office for several
years. PoBSibly tne cnoice or aggres
sive men to the Presidency in France
for a term or two might alter great
ly the nature of the office, for con
stitutions, even though written, are
astonishingly flexible.
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INDIAN COMPROMISE
Some of those premature
dential booms will learn what hai- route at the isthmian city while he was
pens in the spring 10 spring hats :o: engaged in a characteristic task of
that make their debut in January. The American maic! who danced , choosing the sounder course wheth-
:o: (with the Prince of Wales is heauti- er to amplify the Panama Canal or
It is possible President Hoover ful and winsome. (You notice that dig the ditch through Nicaragua,
may take the stump this spring. At- I we do not believe that there was the ; We can think of no professional con
fer being up a tree so long he ought least disparity in honor or compli- ; temporary who has left such "foot
to find the stump a welcome relie:'. ment). prints on the sands of time."
Blending makes it better
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IN the test kitchen of a great
soup maker, the gifted
master-chef creates the blend
of ingredients to produce the
perfect soup. In a scent-laden
room in a corner of France
an expert blender of perfume
invokes his highest: genius that our sense of
smell may be gratified. In a work-room fragrant
with the aroma of many types of coffee beans, a
highly-paid specialist concentrates his energies
that we may be provided with a coffee blend to
please our palates. Whether it's soup or soap,
tobacco or tea, music or mustard . . blending is
vital to the production of the best of each.
Equally as vital, if not first in importance, is
the knowledge and genius of the blender. He
must know how.
The best gasoline, too, is blended. In the proc
esses of a modern refinery three types of gasoline
are produced. They are, Natural Gasoline,
Straight-run Gasoline, and Cracked Gasoline.
Each possesses certain desirable qualities neces
sary for perfect rr ator operation . . . but ... no
one of them possesses all these wanted
characteristics.
So CONOCO Casoline is a blend of the three.
There is Natural C asoline, to give quickstartsng.
There is Straight run Gasoline, to give power
and long-mileage. There is Cracked Gasoline,
with its desirable anti-knock quality. Just as
carefully as the p:rfume blender at his delicate
task, CONOCO refiners have developed their
balanced blend of these three ingredients. Theirs
is the gift of knowing how to merge the quali
ties of the three gasolines to create a balanced,
triple-test fuel. One brand of coffee outsells
all others because of the expertness of its blender.
And so, with CONOCO Balanced-Blend Gaso
line, the skill of the blender
accounts for the popularity
of the product. Stop today
at the sign of the CON
OCO Red Triangle and
have your gas tank filled
with this better motor fuel.
THE BALANCED - BLEND GASOLINE
CONOCO
The solution of India's immediate
troubles, achieved by the negotia
tions of Mahatma Gandhi and Vice
roy Irwin, is a measure of the sanity
of British and Indian leaders. It rep
resents important concessions on both
sides. It is not a victory for either
group, in the usual sense of victory.
Even more than the Round-Table
Conference at London, which author
ized a qualified self-government for
India, the concessions made by Lord
Irwin show Great Britain's admis
sion of Indian swaraJ. The abandon
ment of the salt monopoly In parti
cular points to the power of the In
dian people to determine their own
legislation and fiscal policy.
It does not follow that the future
in India is cloudless. Gandhi ad
mits this in turning at once to solve,
if possible, the recurrent problem of
Hindus-Moslem strife. The building
of a framewrok of government for a
united India is an infinitely larger
task than has been the fabrication
of a British-Indian compromise.
India's supreme problem Is a prob
lem of poverty and ignorance, not a
problem of government. Toward the
working out of this prime difficulty
the greatest forward step is the co
ordination of the two major forces
of regeneration. These are British
technic of administration and Indian
public opinion. With the end of pas
sive resistance, and the acceptance
of a program for gradual self-government,
the way is open for genuine
co-operation.
If there has been a victory it Is
that of British liberal opinion and
Indian Nationalists together over the
die-hard imperialists of Great Brit
ain. The older attitude of forcibly
repressing dissent has lost ground
steadily, until today it claims but a
handful of disciples and lacks the
indorsement of any political party
in England.
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The aeronautical committee of the
British air ministry announces that
a Bilent plane can be built today.
When it is no longer necessary for
passengers in airship cabins 10
scream at one another in order to
make themselves heard or to stuif
their ears with cotton to prevent
temporary deafness, commercial avia
tion will have taken a long step foi
ward in its campaign to make the
public air conscious.
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MORE OR LESS TRUE
Maybe the modern girls don't
grow up to be the kind of wives and
mothers their mothers were, but the
boys develop into pretty much the
same kind of husbands and fathers
their dads made.
When a man is boss in his own
home you'll never find his wife shed
ding any tears over the sad lot of
the old maids.
It can't be anything but real love
if his sweetie contributes part of
what she earns to help pay the in
stallments on the engagement ring.
What women these days seem to
want is clothes that are decorative
without hiding the view like a sign
beard, or keep them warm enough
to require constant mopping up of
the perspiration.
The burnt child that dreads the
Ire must get over its fear when it
grows up, since a grass widower
seldom stays back in circulation for
any great length of time.
Nothing can become as montonous
as going without or anything more
annoying to the ears than continu
ally listening to "We can't afford it."
A man doesn't have to snoop
around to find out what the neigh
bors have, he discovers that by what
his wife insists she must have.
An ideal home is one where the
only falling out is done by trienc
husband's head covering.
One of the newest domestic stunt
is to color the biscuits to match the
china, and that won't be so bad it
they're not baked as hard as the
china.
such other and further orders and
proceedings In the premises as may
be required by the statutes in such
cases made and provided to the end
that said estate and all things per
taining thereto may be finally settled
and determined, and that a hearing
will be had on said petition before
said Court on the third day of April.
A. D. 1931. and that if they fail to
appear at said Court on said third
day of April. 1931, at ten o'clock a
m. to contest the said petition, the
Court may grant the same and grant
administration of said estate to W.
A. Wheeler or some other suitable
person and proceed to a settlement
thereof.
A. H. DUXBURY,
(Seal) m9-3w County Judge.
ORDER OF HEARING
and Notice on Petition for Set
tlement of Account.
Manley. Cass county, Nebraska
Dated this 16th day of February,
A. D. 1931.
GEORGE E. COON.
fl6-4w Applicant.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the County Court of Cass coun
ty. Nebraska.
State of Nebraska. Cass County. H
To all persons interested in the
estate of William Shea, deceased:
On reading the petition of Searl
S. Davis praying a final settlement
and allowance of his account filed in
this Court on the 26th day of Febru
ary. A. D. 1931. and for final settle
ment of said estate and for his dis
charge as Administrator
It is hereby ordered that you and
all persons interested in said matter
may. and do, appear at the County
Court to be held in and for said
County, on the 27th day of March.
A. D. 1931. at ten o'clock a. m.. to
show cause, if any there be, why the
prayer of the petitioner should not
be granted, and that notice of the
pendency of said petition and the
hearing thereof be given to all per
sons interested in said matter by pub
lishing a copy of this order in the
Plattsmouth Journal, a semi-weekly
newspaper printed in said county,
for three successive weeks prior to
said day of hearing.
In witness whereof. I have here
unto set my hand and the Seal of said
Court, this 26th day of February,
A. D. 19X1.
A. H. DUXBURY.
(Seal) m2-3w County Judge.
and
ORDER OF HEARING
Notice on Petition for Set
tlement of Account
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THIS NEBRASKAN HAS LIVED
ON HIS CLAIM 75 YEARS
POWER OF COMMITTEES
Seventy-five years is a long time
to live on a piece of land but Sam
uel Gramlich does and likes it. He
was born in the territory of Nebras
ka, on January 18, 1856. Long be
fore that his father, Alois Gramlich.
came to America from Germany, on
a sailing vessel that consumed 90
days in making the passage.
In 1855. Alois Gramlich and his
wife left Illinois for California, in a
train of prairie schooners with all
their possessions. When the travel
ers reach Kanesville. now Council
Bluffs, they discovered the emigrant
train they expected to join had al
ready left for California. They faced
the prospect of waiting until the next
year for another train to be formed.
They decided to put up for the win
ter near Bellerue at a place where
hay could be obtained for their stock
They selected claims at East Larimer
Mills, a steamboat landing on the
Missouri, near where La Platte now
stands. By spring the train disband-
national ' Some of the members went back
Ex-Governor Alfred E. Smith,
Democratic nominee for President in
1928. set forth a plain political
truth in an address before the North
Carolina legislature the other day
when he declared that a
executive committee has no power to U but Gramlichs want to Cali
define political issues for a party. Ifornia. Mr. Gramlich took a pre-emp
The sole rieht to outline issues tion claim of 160 acres but traded it
belongs to the national conventions j later for one he liked better. H.
of our political organization. They, had wood and water. Having nr
and they alone, voice the sentiment j horses he was compelled to go back
of the membership. The duties of an to Illinois and buy a span for J00.
executive committee are narrow and; That was in lJ. was eigne ears
ueiore lie gut mai ueui pmu.
clearly defined. Mr Gramlich recalls that his first
It is well that this should be borne school was held in a granary, next in
in mind in view of the fact that from a neighbors farm nouse. His tnira
,w on the executive committees of scho01 was, J1"" ith nl"S
cmintv a loe house with one door.
both major party organizations willjlhree win(jows and a sod roof. The
be busily engaged in preparing plans ,seats were cottonwood slabs 14 feet
for the next Presidential emmnaien. long, flattened on the seat Bide.
Committees cannot speak for the
party either for or against prohi
bition, or any other issue. , He and his wife celebrated their gold
-o: en wedding last September. Palmyral
Anfl now Bbcretesy Mellou ijItitt-
wrestling with the onue of the bonus, j fcead the Journal wunt-Adi.
This pioneer citizen with the prize
! record for continuous residence on
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one piece 01 lauu uus eieveu tunuieu.
In the County Court of Cass coun
ty. Nebraska.
State of Nebraska. Cass county, ss.
To all persons interested in the
estate of Edward D. Slocum, deceas
ed: On reading the petition of Theo
dore L. Amick, Administrator, pray
ing a final settlement and allowance
of his account filed in this Court on
the 2nd day of March. A. D. 1931,
and for final settlement of said es
tate and for his discharge as said
Administrator;
It is hereby ordered that you and
all persons interested in said matter
may, and do, appear at the County
Court to be held in and for said
ounty, on the 3rd day of April, A.
D. 1931. at ten o'clock a. m., to show
cause, if any there be, why the
prayer of the petitioner should not
be granted, and that notice of the
pendency of said petition and the
hearing thereof be given to all per
sons interested in said matter by
publishing a copy of this order in
the Plattsmouth Journal, a semi
ee'ily newspaper printed in said
ounty. for three successive weeks
prior to said day of hearing.
In witness whereof. I have here
unto set my hand and the seal of
said Court, this 2nd day of March,
A. D. 1931.
A. H. DUXBURY,
fSeal) m9-3w County Judge.
The State of Nebraska. Cass coun
ty, 88.
In the County Court.
In the matter of the estate of
Getrge E. Wever, deceased.
To the creditors of said estate:
You are hereby notified, that I
will sit at the County Court room in
Plattsmouth, In said county, on the
20th day of March, A. D. 1931. and
the 26th day of June, A. D. 1931, at
ten o clock in the forenoon of each
day to receive and examine all
claims against said estate, with a
view to their adjustment and allow
ance. The time limited for the pre
sentation of claims against said es
tate is three months from the
20th day of March. A D. 1931. and
the time limited for payment of debts
is one year from Baid 20th day of
March. A. D. 1931.
Witness my hand and the seal of
said County Court this 20th day of
February. A. D. 1931.
A. H. DUXBURY.
(Seal) f23-3w County Judge.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The State of Nebraska, Cass coun
ty, ss.
In the County Court.
In the matter of the estate of An
ton Krajlcek, deceased.
To the creditors of said estate:
You are hereby notified, that I
will Bet at the County Court room
in Plattsmouth in said county, on
the 20th day of February. 191. and
on the 22nd day of May, 1931, at IV
o'clock a. m.. on each day. to re
ceive and examine all claims agaim-t
said estate, with a view to their ad
justment and allowance. The time
limited for the presentation of claim:;
against said estate is three months
from the 20th day of February, A. D.
1931. and the time limited for pay
ment of debts is one year from sail
20th day of February, 1931.
Witness my hand and the seal of
said County Court .this 23rd day of
January, 1981.
A. EL DUXBURY.
(Seal) j2-3w County Judge.
ORDER OF HEARING
and Notice on Petition for Termi
nation of Guardianship and
Settlement of Account.
LEGAL NOTICE
In the District Court of Cass
County, Nebraska
?arl S. Foster. Receiver of )
he First National Bank of
Plattsmouth, Nebraska,
Plaintiff : NOTICE
vs.
William C. West and Emily
S. West,
Defendants
To the Defendants. William C.
West and Emily S. West:
You, and each of you are hereby
totified that on the 3rd day of
March. 1931, the plaintiff filed his
nit in the District Court of Cass
ounty, Nebraska, the object and
rayer of which was to recover on
wo promissory notes aggregating
M, 859. 83 with interest at the rate
f 8 9 from May 20. 1926 to August
'. 1926, and 10 9c interest thereafter,
and costs of suit. That affidavits
A-ere filed for attachment arid gar
nishment, and on the 4th day of
In the County Court of Cass coun
ty. Nebraska.
State or Nebraska, County of Cass,
ss.
To all persons interested in the
estate of Ralph L. Daft, an Incompe
tent Person :
Notice is hereby given that GladyB
L. Daft. Guardian of Ralph L. Daft,
an incompetent person, has filed her
final report and petition asking for
the termination of said guardianship,
approval of her final report and for
her discharge.
It is hereby ordered that you and
all persons interested in said matter
may, and do, appear at the County
Court to be held in and for Baid
county, on the 14th day of March.
19 31, at ten o'clock a. m., to show
cause, if any there be, why the prayer
of the petitioner should not be
granted, and that notice of the pen
dency of said petition and the hear
ing thereon be given to all persons
interested in Baid matter by publish
ing a copy of this order in the Platts
mouth Journal, a semi-weekly news
paper, printed in said county, for
three weeks prior to said day of
hearing.
In witness whereof, I have here
unto set my hand and the seal of
said Court, this 19th day of Febru
ary, 1981.
A. H. DUXBURY.
(Seal) f23-3w County Judge.
NOTICE OF HEARING
Estate of Julius Doering and wit".
Christina Doering. both deceased, in
the County Court of Cass county, Ne
braska. The State of Nebraska, to all per
sons interested in said estate, credi
tors and heirs take notice, that Ern
estine Jahrig has filed her petition
alleging that Julius Doering and
wife, Christina Doering died intestate
in Plattsmouth prior to 1925 being
residents and inhabintants of Cass
county, Nebraska, and died seized
of the following described real es
tate, to-wit:
Southeast Quarter of Section
Thirty-four, Township Seven
teen, Range Nineteen, all In
Custer county, Nebraska,
leaving as his sole and only heirs
at law the following named persons.
March. 1931, service of attachment j towit . Ernt.8tine Jahrig, Minnie
ind garnishment was served upon
ienry A. Schneider and the Platts
nouth State Bank, of Plattsmouth.
Vebraska. to recover funds in the
oossession of said Schneider ana said
tank belonging to you.
You are hereby required to answer
'aid petition on or before Monday,
the 20th day of April. 1931. and
failing so to do. your default will b
entered and judgment will bo. taken
upon the plaintiff's petition. This
notice is given pursuant to an order
of this Court.
CARL S. FOSTER.
Receiver of the First National
Bank of Plattsmouth,
Nebraska.
Plaintiff.
By A. L. TIDD,
His Attorney.
m9-4w
Phone your Want Ad to Ho. 6.
Lillie and August Doering and pray
ing for a determination of the time
of the death of said Julius Doering
and wife. Christina Doering, and of
their heirs, the degree of kinship
and the right of descent of the real
property belonging to the said de
ceased, in the State of Nebraska.
It is ordered that the same stand
for hearing the 27th day of March,
A. D. 1931. before the court at the
hour of 10 o'clock a. m., in the Court
House in Plattsmouth, Nebraska.
Dated at Plattsmouth, Nebraska,
this 28th day of February, A. D.
1931.
A. H. DUXBURY.
(Seal) m2-3w. County Judge.
Any queer sound coming in over
the radio this week may Just be his
hajB state gracing at the idea of
Ueflin ronti&g back to stay.