THURSDAY. AUG. 27, 1931.
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PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL
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Men's thoughts are much accord
ing to their inclination.
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( A soft answer may turn away
wrath, but never an insurance agent.
A rumor says Coolidge is coming
out for beer. Mebbe he's a few hops
ahead now.
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The ladies may rule, but man will
survive. Without him there would
be no excuse to wear a bridal veil.
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Many jobless men in California
have gone in for gold digging. But
until they strike they'll be on the
rocks.
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It would be a fine thing for every
body if all the farmers could get
their neighbors to cut down a little
on production.
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Action in Tennessee against Clar
ence Darrow's film may be taken to
mean that the state wants no more
monkey business.
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George M. Cohan has written a
song about George Washington. Well,
that's about the only thing that
hadn't been written about him.
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Life insurance actuaries say fewer
people are killed by lightning than
formerly. It simply takes more to
shock folks than it used to take.
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Bandits robbed several American
tourists recently in China. That
seems to be going pretty far out of
the way for that kind of experience.
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A Kansas Justice performed a mar
riage ceremony, payment for which
was the bride's weight in wheat.
Evidently he's in the business for
his health.
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A well-known publishing house is
putting out books in covers that can
be laundered. Now if it will issue
some books with washable stories,
it will also help.
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A Norwegian explorer proposed to
go to the North Pole on a motorcycle.
If we could only sell that idea to the
fellow who goes past cur house every
night with the cutout open!
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That was a wise crack from Gov
ernor Huey Long of Louisiana when
he said of the cotton situation:
"Something has got to be done, but
damned if I know what it is!"
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It has Just been declared illegal
to ride a bicycle while intoxicated
in the city of St. Paul. The city
should now pass a blanket ordinance
making any form of suicide a fel
ony. One of Mahatma Gandhis ten
rules of life is that it is man's pri
mary duty to serve his neighbor.
Cruel and inhumane treatment if
the home brew in India is the same
as it is in this country.
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The Governors of Oklahoma and
Texas have cut down the production
of petroleum 1,000,000 barrels per
day. Now watch the price of gaso
line go upward. When producers
benefit consumers must suffer.
A German archaelogist says he has
discovered the spring at which Solo
mon drank. That old boy must have
gulped it down in large quantities
during the cold grey dawn of the
morning after. In those days pitch
ers of ice water could not be obtained
by picking up the telephone and ask
ing the bellboy to come in a helluva
hurry.
Nebraska State Fair Night Show
Will be Spectacular Event
Thaviu, distinguished bard leader of the world, is com
ing to the Nebraska State Fair with an especially fine
program consisting of his band and musical revue
"Follies of Life." The costumes, scenery and stage setting
used In the Folies Bergere in Paris as well as many prin
cipals are direct from Paris. Sixty-two people constitute
the cast. The entire evening program is spectacular from
beginning to end. You will be pleased with the night show
and fireworks. For a complete daily program wr.
GEORGE JACKSON, Secretary
Capitol Building Lincoln, Nebraska
SEPTEMBER 4-11, 1931
Publisher
Malicious gossip has been a cup
( f hemlock to many a suffering soul.
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Listen, Marjorie: One way to get
your face lifted is to peer into the
gas tank with a lighted match.
Fewer Americana are touring Eu
rope this year, but they are prob
ably enjoying every drop of it.
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The story that gold has been dis
covered near Reno sounds reason
able, there are so many golddlggers
out there.
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It is easy to drive an automobile.
Just hold to the steering wheel and
trust the other fellow to be lesser
lool than you are.
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Men are not homlier than they
were in the previous generation.
They only more generally wear large
black rimmed spectacles.
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"Business dislikes the self-satisfied
man." says Gordon Selfridge. jr. Per
haps, but oh! how business does
kowtow to the self-satisfied man's
money.
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New Call hats for females are of
the Empress Eugenie type all cock
ed up on one side. If you want to
know what brand of gin your lady
freind has been drinking you will
have to approach Tier from the lee
ward. :o:
MR. LUCAS SHINES AGAIN
Emerging from too long eclipse.
Mr. Lucas, executive director of the
republican national committee, daz
zles once more with prophetic wis
dom. Cardinal national issues are
infallibly picked, as we all know, by
Lhe genius of national committees.
Mr. Lucas chooses the tariff as "the
real issue" in 19152. The republi
cans will probably stand pat on the
wonder-working Hawley-Smoot act,
though a large number of them will
ory for still steeper rates. The dem
ocrats will demand revision and re
Juction. There you have a direct is
sue between the parlies. Prosperity
can t be lugged in because both par
ties want it. So there can be no di
vision about it.
Mr. Lucas has often shown a rich
simplicity in his political proceedings
and utterances. It is doubtful if even
he can produce any richer product,
any maturer judgment, than this.
No other commentary on it is need
ed than to say it is worthy of Mr.
Lucas, of Chairman Fess, of the un
interrupted sagacity that is to be ex
pected of the republican party under
its present management one is al
most tempte dto say under the pres
ent administration. Yet there is
something disarming and childlike in
Mr. Lucas. If he had not been execu
tive director, he might well have
been on the farm board.
Let us forget all the blunders, all
the golden promises that turned out
to be brass. Let us have no resent
ments or regrets next year. Demo
crats and republicans must discuss
nothing but the tariff. Admiring
that as much as it ought to bo ad
mired, one still finds it har.l to
penetrate the mazes of the Luc isian
mind. Isn't the tariff the fount and
origin of prosperity, including the
remarkable brand of it now on view?
Then if "the real issue" is the tariff,
isn't prosperity "the real isue?"
There seems to be a solution oi con
tinuity in Mr. Lucas' argument, but
even those who cannot follow him
will not cease to marvel at him.
Nev York Times.
BE IT UNDERSTOOD
The state department has pointed
out that the bankers who formed
the Wiggin committee spoke for
themselves when they urged a revi
sion of Germany's international pay
ments. Nevertheless there is a dan
ger of confusion abroad. It would
have been as well if the department
also had explained that the position
of Albert Wiggin, the American
member of the committee, differed
materially from that of any of his
colleagues. Each of them person
ally represented the central bank of
the country from which he came. Mr.
Wiggin did not so represent the Fed
eral Reserve Bank, although his ap
pointment was suggested by the gov
ernor of the New York Federal Re
serve Bank.
The distinction is more important
than it might seem. In Germany and
France the central banks are so
closely associated with the govern
ments as practically to constitute de
partments of them. As a result, pub
lic opinion in those countries natur
ally attaches an official significance
to the activities of ihe banks and
their representatives. There is a dan
ger, therefore, that the report or
the Wiggin committee, headed as it
was by an American banker, may be
-upposed abroad indirectly, at least,
to commit the American government.
Unjustifiable hopes may thus be
raised which may in turn create ill
will for this country, when the gov
ernment does not act upon the re
commendation of the committee.
European opinion also is apt to
draw mistaken conclusions from the
popular support accorded President
Hoover's moratorium proposal here.
There is a great difference between
a temporary suspension of all inter
national debt payments ia a finan
cial crisis and the permanent scal
ing down of war debts due to the
United States, which in most cases
already have been vastly reduced for
the benefit of our debtors. There is
no evidence that the American pub
lic has changed its opinion that as
long as so many of those debtors
maintain extravagant military and
naval establishmetns, they cannot
reasonably claim that their just debts
impose an unjust burden.
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MY COUNTRY. "TIS 0 THEE!"
It is a far journey from the old
Park Street Church in Boston, where
it Independence Pay, 1832, a small
Sunday School chorus, under the di
rection of Lowell Mason, first sang
in public the stanzas of "America,
to that mora momentous occasion,
Feb. 22. 193:. when the same an
them is to be sung by millions of Ajn
encan citizens assembled In Wash
ington and around radio sets scat
tered throughout the United States.
At least, such a happy Id. tiding of
voices is advocated by Dr. Cloyd H.
Marvin, president of George Wash
ington University, and chairman of
the commission planning for the cele
bration of the two hundredth anni
versary of Washington's birthday
next February, in the city which
hears his name.
Upon Dr. Walter Damrosch, well
known orchestra conductor, will rest
the responsibility of keeping this
vast singing organization in proper
tune and pitch, if the program goes
through as scheduled. lie probably
will have little difficulty with the
singers led by the military bands and
within sight of his baton, but what
shall be said of that vaster company
of unseen choristers who try to keep
up with the measured cadences
brought by a national hookup of ra
dio stations? While bassos in Cali
fornia stop to give "My Country" a
well rounded crescendo, enthusiastic
tenors in New Jersey may dash for
ward with "Of Thee I Sing" so that
the result may be a bit exciting and
incongruous. But happily few per
sons will note the discrepancy, and
the agreed signal may find someone
lustily singing "America" every
where in the United States and be
yond. Incidentally, in regard to the
anthem, it is interesting to recall
that many years ago, its author. Dr.
Samuel F. Smith, wrote to a friend:
I did not know at the time
that the tune was the British
"God Save the King." I do not
share the regret of those who
deem it an evil that the nation
al tune of Britain and America
is the same. On the contrary, I
deem it a 'new and beautiful
union between the mother and
daughter, one furnishing the
music (if indeed it is really
English) and the other the
words.
It is more than likely that Dr.
Smith would have found rare satis
faction in this project for a com
mingling of patriotic sentiments
throughout the national domain next
February.
Up in Illinois a woman went be
fore a local school board, showed her
divorce papers, and was promptly
given a job. She ought to make a
wonderful teacher of domestic
science.
History of
Plattsmouth
from Early Day
(Continued From Page 1)
of Plattsmouth until Samuel Martin
built the old "Barracks" there in
the winter of 1S53.
Until the organization of the Ter
ritory of Nebraska in 1853, no one
was permitted to settle west of the
Missouri in what is now Nebraska,
without a permit from the Secretary
of War. Samuel Martin, ferry oper
ator, now brought the beginnings of
Plattsmouth definitely nearer when
he obtained the first permit to es
tablish a trading post on or near
the confluence of the Platte and
Missouri rivers in 185 2. In the win
ter of 1853. Martin, assisted by James
O'Neil and J. L. Sharp, brought logs
across the Missouri River on the ice
and erected the "Old Barracks" and
a council house to facilitate trading
with the Otoes and Mormons going
west. The "Old Barracks" was a two
story building while the council
house was but one story high and
used as living quarters and as a
place to meet the Indians who si ill
lived in considerable numbers in
eastern Cass county. O'Neil erected
another building for Martin shortly
afterward immediately north and
west of the two original buildings
which was later used for county
offices.
On March 15 and 16, 1854, treaties
were concluded by a commissioner
representing the United States and
the Omaha and Otoe Indians where
by the natives agreed to evacuate
the territory adjoining the Missouri
River near the mouth of the Platte.
This removed any impediment to
white settlement from this source
and pushed the Indians to the west
ern part of the state. President
Pierce's proclamation removed set
tlement restrictions from the Nebras
ka Territory went into effect on
June 24, 1854 and a number of emi
grants had previously gathered on
the Iowa side to await preemption,
some even pencilling names on claim
stakes in Cass county before the
territory was officially opened.
The Plattsmouth Town Company
was formed October 2C, 1854, and
was composed of Samuel Martin,
James O'Neil, J. L. Sharp, C. Nuck
olls. Manly Green and Lafayette
Nuckolls. Other early settlers in
1S54 included Jacob Adams. W. H.
Shafer. Wheatley Mickelwaite. C. H.
Woolcot. Levi Walker. Stephen
Wiles, A. J. Todd and Wm. C-ullion.
The city was mapped out by Surveyor
(). W. Tyson and by an act approved
March 14, 1S55, Plattsmouth was
officially incorporated and designated
by the Territorial legislature as the
county seat of Cass county, much to
the disgust of the aspiring citizenry
of Kanosha. In return for being
named county seat, fifty town lots
were to be donated for tlie erection
of suitable county buildings. The
only other towns preceding Ports
mouth in incorporation were: Ne
braska City on March 2nd; Bellevue
on March 5th: De Soto on March
7th, and Florence on March 13th.
On the same day articles of Incor
poration were granted Plattsmouth.
grants of incorporation were also
made to Blackbird. Brownville, Ches
ter, Elizabeth, Fontanelle and Te
kamah. Little is known of Samuel Martin,
founder and first settler of Platts
mouth other than that he came from
Illinois to Coonville. Iowa, in 1S50
and succeeded L. T. Coon as ferry
operator in 1852 as previously cited.
Until the second city election in
1857, Plattsmouth Precinct was
known as Martin's Precinct but his
name was dropped from that time
on and does not survive in any
monument of any kind nor in any
memorial. Aside from having the
distinction of being the first settler,
he also has the distinction of filling
the first known white grave in the
new town, his death occurring De
cember 15. 1854. Martin's applica
tion for a ferry permit and his es
tablishment of a trading post are
reasonably conclusive evidence that
he made his livlihood by carrying
Mormons and other passengers west
across the Missouri River and in
trading the Otoes and frontiersmen.
His death in 1S54 preventsd him
from sharing to any appreciable de
gree in any profits which might
acrue to the Town Company from the
sale of lots scheduled for November,
18 54.
The Bellevue Palladium became
aware of The location of the new
town as early as October 25, 1S54
when it announced that it had learn
ed that a company of pioneers were
engaged in laying the foundation of
the future city of "Otoe," three miles
below the mouth of the Platte. "This
is a commanding point with a yood
steamboat landing, surrounded by a
territory abounding in timber and
stone .... Success to our neigh
bors!" .
On November 3. 1854, Editor J. E.
Johnson of the Omaha Arrow com
mented editorially on a trip to the
south Platte country with Actiig
Governor Gumming and United States
Marshall Izard. He related that the
"first townsite passed was one claim
ed by Mr. Martin upon which he
lives and has a trading post for the
Otoe and Missouri Indians. It is a
pleasant site and may eventually he
come a town of some importance."
A week later, the Arrow called at
tention to the fact that Plattsmouth
had been surveyed and a sale of lots
announced for November 13th. "It
is at present called Plattsmouth and
will doubtless become a place of
some importance. We visited there
a short time ago and were well
pleased with the location."
The charter granted Plattsmouth
by the Territorial Legislature con
tained forty-four sections outlining
the provisions for a .municipal gov
ernment and made manoatory a city
election to select a Mayor, three
Aldermen, a Recorder, Assessor,
Treasurer and Marshall on the first
Monday in August. 1855 or as soon
thereafter as possible.
While it became the custom for
succeeding city councils to record
the results of the city elections, the
first brief session of the initial city
council, January 29. 1S57, did noth
ing more than certify that Wheatley
Mickelwait was duly elected Mayor
and that Jacob Vallery, Enos Wil
liams and William Slaughter were
duly elected as Aldermen. A little
over a year had elapsed since the
charter specified an election which
may be reasonably charged to the
fact that there were important mat
ters of keeping the struggling fron
tier town alive to be worked out be
fore the frills of political organiza
tion were sought after. At this first
session of the new government, it
was agreed that regular meetings
would be held on the first Monday
of each month and empowered the
Mayor to call special sessions upon
petition of thirty citizens.
Plattsmouth's first legislative body
began its direction of municipal af
fairs with a council of three mem
bers elected annually and was di
vided into two committees: Improve
ments and Accounts and Expendi
tures. In an effort to achieve finan
cial statbility, the council in it
second session passed Ordinance No
1 which levied a tax of one half of
one per cent on the taxable property
within the corporate limits. Pour
other ordinances were passed at this
session which indicate somewhat the
needs and exigencies of the times.
Ordinance No. 2 was designed to pro
hibit swine from running at large
under a penalty of twenty-five cents
per head. Ordinance No. 3 provided
that one dog could be kept free of
taxation in the corporate limits but
levied an assessment of one dollar on
each additional dog. To enforce the
peace and quiet was the object of
Ordinance No. 4 and it provided a
fine of from five to fifty dollars for
disturbing the peace and dignity of
the city. The fifth and last act made
at this first legislative session looked
toward municipal improvements, au
thorizing the building of four bridges
at designated places.
After having served all year with
out pay, the council voted its mem
bers an annual salary of one hun
dred dollars on December 7, 1857.
The council was enlarged from three
to five by an act of the Territorial
Legislature October 20, 185S. This
led to an error in the city election
of January 1859 when six aldermen
were elected. Upon learning of the
error, a special elect ion was held on
April 1, 1S59 at whic h five members
were chosen.
Financial difficulties worried the
new government from the start. A
tax of only one half one one per
cent brought little revenue as the
amount of valuable property was as
yet small. The chief source of rev
enue came from an annual license fee
of twenty-five dollars against saloons
and gaming houses and from fines
collected through the Recorder's of
fice for drunkenness and disorderly
conduct. The government had been
organized but a little more than a
year when bills were presented and
there was no money in the treasury
to pay them. A committee of two
aldermen was appointed by the
.Mayor to investigate the financial
status of the city but a month later
it was still asking for "further
time." showing something of the
difficulty the finance committee was
having in locating revenue. The
only expedient was to authorize the
payment of five per cent interest on
all bills payable until tiie practice
of issuing city script was hit upon in
the early sixties. On December 17,
1859, the treasury showed a deficit
of $1,071.39. Bond issues of all
sorts became popular after 1869. re
lieving the council of the puzzling
question of setting funds but at the
same time introducing a system
whic h brought with it a host of new
evils.
It is not surprising then that
Mayor-elect Warbritton closed his
inaugural address in I860 with this
solemn admonition: "If we expect
to rid ourselves of this debt which
hangs over our head, fe must begin
to keep up the corners."
We have seen the government of
Plattsmouth get under way despite
the difficulties which beset it, let us
now consider a few of the outstand
ing events in the early organization
aside from the political adjustments.
Settlement reached the western part
of Cass county in 1855 but the popu
lation did not increase with very
perceptible rapidity. The census of
1860 gave Plattsmouth a population
of 474 while a contemporary esti
mates the population of the county
in 1855 as 712 which included the
settlements at Kanosha and Rock
Bluffs. The bulk of the settlers were
clustered on the Missouri River and
were kept alive by the river traffic
which was just beginning to give
prophecy of the increased business
whic h ushered in a "boom period '
during the Sixties. The soil of Cass
county was very fertile nd produc
tive and profitable farming was well
started by new decade which began
in 1860. Further evidence of the
value of farming will be discussed
in a chapter dealing with the steam
boat trade.
While subsequent settlements in
central and western Nebraska were
harassed by the Indians, this situa
tion offered no problem to the set
tlers of Plattsmouth. Reference has
already been made to treaties which
pushed the Indian further west and
what few Otoes and Omahas remain
ed were bereft of their former war
like spirit by the white man's civili
zation and were not viciously in
clined. But there were a few Indian
"scares" and the local Indians made
themselves nuisances by their con
stant begging. They visited the set
tlements frequently and made it an
especial point to come when the men
were at work. They would ask ror
food and if refused, would not leave
but peer in at the windows much
to the discomfort of the women and
children who had an instinctive fear
of Indians whether good or bad.
With considerable Indian trouble
no further west than Kearney, it is
not surprising that the settlers
could be aroused by rumors of forth
coming massacres. During the winter
of 1856 news came that an attack
had been made by hostile Indians
on settlers on Salt Creek in Lancas
ter county. Companies of vigilantes
were hurridly formed at Plattsmouth,
Rock Bluffs and Nebraska City but
the much feared uprising failed to
materialize. In February, 1857, a
party of whites made an attack upon
a band of Indians in the western
part of the county largely as a re
sult of the hysteria fearing an In
dian attack. Three prisoners were
taken along with a dozen ponies. All
were later returned to the Indians.
Child, a contemporary, expressed the
opinion that someone should have
been punished for the affair but not
an Indian. These unwarranted fears
were further agitated during 1863
and 1S64 when the- settlers became
suspicious that southern sympath
izers were inciting the Indians. Some
anxiety and unrest followed and al
most eve ry settlement had regular
drills for defense.
( To Be Continued )
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adjoining Weeping Water. 100 acres
farm land. Good improvements ; three
good pastures. Walking distance of
1 1 i ij-1 1 school. $85 per acre. P. O. Box
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
The subject of the Lesson-Sermon
read at all Christian Science churches
and societies on Sunday, August 23,
was "Mind." One object of the cita
tions read is to show that God is the
only Mind, and properly to distin
guish between God as the real Mind
of the universe and the false sense
which fails to understand God and
iran and which really is illusion. One
of the selections read from "Science
and Health with Key to the Scrip
tures ' by MarJ- Baker Eddy (p. 469)
is in part as follows: "The exter
minator of error is the great truth
that God, good, is the only Mind,
and that the suppositions opposite
of infinite Mind called devil or
evil is not Mind, is not Truth, but
error, without intelligence or real
ity." One of the selections raed from
the Bible is in part as follows:
"Happy is the man that findeth wis
dom, and the man that getteth un
derstanding. She is more precious
than rubies: and all the things thou
canst desire are not to be compared
unto her." (Prov. 3:13,15.)
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$1.25 gallon. Buy it at Murdock
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EIGHT MILE GROVE
LUTHERAN CHURCH
Sunday. August 30th.
9:30 a. m. Sunday school.
10:30 a. m. English services. The
usual congregational meeting will be
held in connection with this service.
All members are urged to be present.
FARM LOAN WANTED
On 145 acres 5 miles SW of Platts
mouth. $7,000.00. at 5 on 5 or 10
years time. If interested call on or
write me.
JOHN M. LEYDA.
a20-2tw Plattsmouth, Neb.
FIRST FROST OF SEASON
Ashland. Wis. The first frost of
the season was reported in the Che
quamegon bay district. Cucumber
and tomato plants were nipped, but
not damaged seriously.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The State of Nebraska, Cass coun
ty, ss.
In the County Court.
In the matter of the estate of John
Maurer. 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
18th day of September, 1931. and on
the 19th day of December. 1931. at
the hour of ten o'clock a. m. 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 cf claims against said es
t:ne is three months from the 18th
day of September, A. D. 1931. and the
time limited for payment of debts is
one year from said 18th day or s. i
tember. 1931.
Witness my hand and the seal of
said County Court this 21st day of
August, 1931.
A. H. DUXBURY,
(Seal) a2 4-3w County Judge
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
In the County Court of Cass coun
ty, Nebraska.
In the matter of the Estate of C
N. Barrows, deceased.
Notice of Administration.
All persons interested in said estate
are hereby notified that a petition has
he.Mi til. in said Court alleging tnai
Bald deceased died leaving no last will
and testament and praying ror ad
ministration upon his estate and for
anch other and further orders and
proceedings in the premises as may be
required by the statutes in sucn cases
made and provided to the end that
said estate and all things pertaining
thereto may be finally settled and de
termined, and that a hearing will be
had on said petition before said Court
on the 18th day of September, A. D.
1931, and that if they fail to appear
at said Court on said 18th day of
September, A. D. 1931, at ten o'clock
n. tti c. contest the said petition, the
Court may grant the same and grant
administration of said estate to H.
W. Barrows or some other suitable
person and proceed to a settlement
thereof.
A. H. DUXBURY,
(Seal) a24-3w County Judge.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The State of Nebraska, Cass coun
ty, ss.
In the County Court.
In the matter of the estate of
Emma C. Miller, deceased.
To the creditors of saia estate:
You are hereby notified, that I
will sit at the County Court room in
Plattsmouth. in said county, on the
11th day of September, A. D. 131,
and on the 12th day of December,
A. D. 1931, at ten o'clock in the
forenoon of each clay to receive and
examine all claims against said es
tate, with a view to their adjust
ment and allowance. The time limit
ed for the presentation of claims
against said estate is three months
from the 11th day of September, A.
D. 1931, and the time limited for
payment of debts is one year from
said 11th day of September. 1931.
Witness my hand and the seal of
said County Court this 14th dav of
August. 1931.
A. II. DUXBURY,
(Seal) al7-3w County Jude.
ORDER OF HEARING
and Notice on Petition for Set
tlement of Account
In the County Court of Cass coun
ty, Nebraska.
State of Nebraska. Cass county, ss.
TV) all persons Interested in the es
tate of Dora McNurlin, deceased:
On reading the petition of Jennie
Barrett praying a final settlement and
allowance of her account filed in this
Court on the 22nd day of August,
1931. and for final distribution of
the assets of said estate and for her
discharge as Administratrix;
It is hereby ordered that you ami
all persons interested in said matter
may. and do. appear at the County
Court to be held in and for said
county, on the 18th day of Septem
ber. 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 thereon 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 hereunto
set my hand and the seal of said
Court, this 22nd day of August, A.
D. 1931.
A. H. DUXBURY.
(Seal) a24-3w County Judge.
ORDER OF HEARINC
and Notice on Petition for Set
tlement of Account
In the County Court of Cass coun
ty, Nebraska.
State of Nebraska. Cass county, ss.
To all persons interested in the
estate of William D. Wheeler, de
ceased :
On reading the petition of W. A.
Wheeler,, praying a final settlement
and allowance of his account filed
in this Court on the Sth day of
August. 1931 and for assignment of
the assets of said estate and his dis
charge as administrator;
It is hereby ordered that you and
all persons interested in said mat
ter may. and do, appear at the Coun
ty Court to be held in and for said
county, on the 4th day of September,
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
persons interested in said matter by
publishing 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 8th day of August,
A. D. 1931.
A. EL DUXBURY.
(Seal, al0-3w County Judge.
NOTICE OF REFEREE'S SALE
In the District Court of the
County of Cass. Nebraska
William Mangold and
wife Lola Mangold: Ruby
Mangold, single; Ella
Bock and husband. Jacob
Rock; Edward Mangold
and wife. Lottie Mangold;
Mice Huches and hus
band. Perry Hughes: Oscar
Mangold and wife. Hazel
Mangold ; Walter Mangold
and wif. M:.iy Mangold
NOTICE
and W I a a I Dudley.
widow.
Plaintiffs.
vs.
Paul Mangold, a minor,
and Louis hiessl,
Defendants.
Notice is hereby given that under
and by virtue of a decree of the Dis
triel Court of Cass County, Ne
braska, entered in the above entitled
cnuse on the 29th day of July. 1931.
and an order of sale issued by said
court on the 29th .lay of July, 1931,
the undersigned, sole referee, will
sell at public auction to the highest
bidder for cash at the south front
door of the Court House in the City
of Plattsmouh, Cass County, Nebras
ka, on the 1st day of September,
1931. at 10 o'clock a. m.. the fol
lowing described real estate, to-wit:
The northwest quarter
(NW) of section twenty
three (23), Township twelve
(12), north, Range twelve
(12), east of the 6th p. m.. in
Cass County, Nebraska.
Said sale will be held open for one
hour. Abstract of title will be fur
nished to purchaser; terms of sale
10 of the amount of the bid at
time ol sale and balance on confirm
ation; possession to be given March
i, 1932. Dated this 29th day of July,
1931.
WILLIAM G. KIECK.
Referee.
W. A ROBERTSON,
Attorney for Plaintiffs.
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