Nebraska Newspapers

    THURSDAY. SEPT 3. 1931.
PLATTSMOUTH SIXI - WEEKLY JOURNAL
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Cbe plattsmouth lournal
PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY AT PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA
Entered at Postonice, Plattsmouth, Neb., as second-class mail matter
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Early History
of Plattsmouth
is Recounted
Continued from Page One
the road through Iowa who rp tell-
Mr. Wickersham and his colleagues ing immigrants and prospective eus-
I pointed out. This is the significance tomers that there was no ferry at
of President Hoover's participation ! Plattsmouth. It averred that "this
The reports of the National Com
mission on Law Observance and En
forcement will not merely gather
dust on the shelves at Washington,
but will be taken, in fact, are being
taken as a footing for action to
eradicate some of the abuses which
behest of Gen. Livingston to discredit
the North Platte Route Is a moot
question. The fact that actual In
dian troubles existed and that travel
over anv route was slow anc labor-
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
last year fire caused 10.217 deaths j
30 per cent being children under,
ten. Of the deaths. 24 per cent re-I The State of Nebraska, Cass coun-
. . - . . ity, ss.
s u-r irom m ;p or innamman pi
ious frems to indicate that th? situa- I liquids. During an average 24-hour
in the launching of an investigation
method of trying to draw the immi
gration from its natural ronre hv
jof alleged use of "third degree" raeth- circulating falsehoods, shows of it-
police in the national cap-
If money can improve business in
Germany, why not turn a little of it j
loose ar home?
:o:
The world has more charily for
dead men than it has for nieu who
are dead broke.
:o:
The social and political fabric of
the nation is but a slow driving for
the victory of justice over force.
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If you dig with a spade, that's hard
labor. If you dig up the turf with a
midiron or niblick, that's classy
sport.
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Why grieve over the result of one
fight when you have been vanquish
ed. There will always be another
fight some day.
:o:
"Girl to be tried for shooting law
maker." says a headline. And we
didn't know there was a law against
shooting lawmakers.
:o:
Americans are a soft-hearted peo
ple. Any national affliction or ca
lamity 3.000 miles away from home
almost breaks our hearts.
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Many a so-called self-made man is
so inflated with self-importance that
he forgets the loving, willing hands
that made him what he is.
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"Federal farm board is wide
awake." says a press dispatch. Whf
shouldn't it be with a million surpius
bags of coffee in its system?
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Another difference between death
and taxei is that ignorant public of
ficials can't make death worse than
taxes, no matter how hard they try.
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"Set an hour apart for child's bed
time." urges a child expert. Some
times it takes as long as an hour and
a half, counting fetching a drink of
water, reading proof on the evening
prayer, etc.
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A British economist blames Gen
eral Jan Christian Smuts, of South
Africa .for $S. 800, 000. 000 worth of
the world's impression. That ought
to make General Smuts feel as im
portant as Huey Long.
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Government is a queer thing. Fed
eral prohibition agents hire accom
plices to sell liquor to trap the un
wary. Why don't the treasury de
partment also hire accomplices to
help them rob banks?
o:
When a passing automobile
It often makes a man hot to tell
him cold facts, and the colder the
facts the hotter he gets.
:o:
The dt-pression hasn't hit colleges
yet. They can pay as much this sea
son as last for a fullback.
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The foreign policy of France is an
agreement not to kick France if the
rest of the world will do it for her.
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Any male peison can claim that
his supply of socks is 60 per cent
serviceable is in a state of affluence.
:o:
Blessed b the inventor who per
fects a device that will compel a man
to shut up when he has said enough.
:o:
Some of our troubles are cau.-ed
jy people going without what they
want in order to get what they don't
need.
:o:
Still the fact remains that the
most expensive thing on earth is
money hard to get and still harder
io keep.
o:
Add famous last words: "1 be
lieve that's his left headlight burn
ing." It happened to be the right
headlight.
:o:
Uncle Sam loaned a lot of money
to farmers last spring, but he has
not yet declared a moratorium in
their behalf.
:o:
Saw Rudy Vallee is mimi king
other radio stars. Thus is once more
proven things are never so bad that
they can't get worse.
:o:
A p'TmaiiSit wave looks nice on
a pretty girl's head, but when you
find it in a piece of paving built by
r grafting contractor, it provokes
you to profanity.
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splashes muddy water on your nice When a man says he hates bridge, ! f the most widely publicized mur-! mouth made The most of a telegram fifty immigrant wagons crossed the
Now that harem gates have been
unlocked and Turkish women are
free, movie directors will have to
hunt up some new hunch to get their
heroes into trouble.
Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick says
"democracy is the conviction that
there are extraordinary possibilities
in ordinary people." He must have
been thinking about the politicians.
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Germany may be dead brok. but
she is not yet reduced to dire ex
tremity oi paying President Hind
ennerg's salary in sauerkraut, turnip
greens, sausage, and foaming Pil-sener.
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ocis by
ItaL
Here and in other similar actions
Hea the opportunity for vindication
of the use of fact-finding commis
sions in Government. The President
may be expressed to take the lead
icwara navmg recommendations of
the commission put into law. Con
gresa should study its findings with
an appreciative eye and accept the
tesponsibility to formulate remedies.
The administrative departments
should be guided by much that the
commission has learned. Moreover,
the state governments, in their leg
islative and executive branches,
should give earnest heed to the re
ports on law enforcement, for by far
the greater part of this function
tests with the states rather than with
the Federal Government.
In all these forums the value of
commissions depends upon the use
made of their findings. The benefit
of knowing the facts consists in do
ing something about them.
The question of brutality in police
methods is particularly one for state
and local action, rather than nation
al. The United States Department
of Jus Lice cannot well do in other
cities what it is doing in the District
of Columbia. Elimination of the
"third degree" rests largely with leg
islatures, city councils, mayors and
police department heads and the lo
cal public opinion to which thev are
responsive.
Yet the roots of this lawlessness
in law enforcement go deeper than
might be supposed offhand. There is
leason to believe that part of the
harshness of police and their tend
ency at times to take the law into
their own hands is due to the dis
couragements and handicaps they
encunier when they bring offenders
into court. When police see a man's
long criminal record and other per
tinent information kept away from
the jury by technical rules of evi
dence, they may conclude that the
only way to get a conviction is to get
a confession. When they see courts
and juries release offenders whom
they are morally certain are guilty.
tney may conclude that the way to
make sure of punishment is to ad
minister it themselves a wrong
self, that the route north of the
river has nothing to recommend it
to the emigrant and their only hope
of securing even a small part of the
immigration is to make them be
lieve they cannot cross the river at
Plattsmouth."
But the Herald, not to be outdone
i iiic c'Miuuoi iii'-iieu ers 01 me i
tion described in the telegrams was
authentic, tho Gen. Livingston was
probably not averse to forwarding
the interests of his home town.
While the argument raged over
which route to the west was the
better, business did increase consider
ably at Plattsmouth and a fair share
of the western trade through Nebras
ka was handled by Plattsmouth mer
chants as the following facts will
indicate. The main street of Platts
mouth was constantly filled with
immigrant wagons and the mer
chants were busy outfitting the tra
vellers with flour, salt, bacon, salt loss in excess of $250,000 occurred.
pork, clothing and ammunition, all
oi which were frontier staples. The
year 18(5 saw a large volume of
business done than in any year since
in 13&4
period, six churches, 12 publiv build
ings, 132 farms. 155 mercantile busi
nesses, and 114 dwellings were dam
aged by fire.
There are more fires at night than
during daylight hours, and in indus
trial and mercantile risks there is a
sharp increase in the number of fires
directly after closing hours when
duties are overlooked in the rush to
step work. During 1930, 65 con-
In the County Court.
In the matter of the estate ot
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. 1931,
and on the 12th day of December,
A. D. 1931, at ten o'clock in the
forenoon of each day 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
the founding of the town
Republican, staled that "We see bv land this was attributed to the favor
the Omaha Republican that a partv given to the South Platte Route by i
flagrations, each of which caused a ! , mm the nth h;.v f Ummmmmm a
D. 1931, and the time limited for
Arson came In for greater atten- j payment of debts is one year from
ticn. There were 1311 arrests assald lltn day of September. 1931.
. cna i . Witness my hand and the seal of
aga.nst 802 in 1930. and 401 oonvic-( said County Court this 14th day of
tions as compared to 313. August, 1931.
conclusion, but not an unnatural one.
Instances could be multiplied in
which judicial obstacles are a factor
in American police practices. Wit
ness the instructions of Commission
er Mulrooney in New York to "shoot
to kill" in dealing with gangsters af
ter a jury had acquitted the man
whom police after months of inves
tigation felt sure had committed one
ventured out on the North Piatt
Route. May success attend them but
the chances are against them."
The Omaha advocates of the North
Platte Route realized that their op
ponents had a vital argument due to
the fact that there were no bridges
on the Loup. Klkhorn and Platte
Rivers and endeavored to arouse en
thusiasm in a bridge building pro
ject to which the Herald replied,
"Omaha people seem to te worked
up about a Platte bridge. If wind
would stand on the sands, thev would
have enough for a dozen bridges
But it takes more than gas to cross
thrt troublesome stream.
With the possibility of bridge
building at that time remote, the
Herald had ample reason for editorial
exultation when it could quote from
the Omaha Nebraskian that "We do
not intend so far as we are con
cerned to hold out any Inducements
to emigrants until these bridges
i Klkhorn. Ix.up and Plattel are con
structed so long as our own people
send their trains to Plattsmouth be
fore starting west. We have not the
face to induce emigrants to come
by this route, it is absolutelv wick
edness, deception and must and will
recoil." While each route got a share
of the western trade, there is some
evidence showing that some immi
grants did come to Plattsmouth from
Omaha to make the trip west on ac
count of the streams to be crossed
on the Northern route.
Most of the Indians hac? been mov
ed out of the region between Ft.
Kearney and the Missouri River by
treaty agreement and what few that
remained were not war-like. But
around Ft. Kearney and on west
ward, the fear of Indian attacks pre
sented a real problem to those cross
ing the plains in the slow moving
covered wagons. It was in an at
tempt to afford some measure of pree
lection to travellers that the First
Nebraska Regiment was stationed at
Ft. Kearney immediately upon its re
turn from southern service in 1864.
The Indians made every effort to at
tack the immigrant trains and stam
pede the stock in a vain attempt to
halt the irresitable advance of the
frontier. Parties venturing beyond
Ft. Kearney without military escote
took their lives into their own hands.
Early in May. 1S65, a train was at
tacked at Plum Creek, thirty-two
miles west of Ft. Kearney where
one man was killed and one hundred
fifty head of stock driven off. Such
I incidents as this increased the need
for the protection which the soldiers
were able to give. PlaUsmouth was
interested in seeing this protection
maintained for it meant a steady
stream of immigration and this
meant the purchase of more supplies
from Plattsmouth merchants.
In her zeal to corner as much of
tho overlanii trucle ns nosih1e Pl.itta-
the immigrants. Building of stores
and houses increased ir, proportion
to the increase of business and led
The Herald to advertise -to those
ground down by the iron heel of
poverty in the cities to come west
where work is abundant, prices good
and property reasonable." The Platts
mouth ferry, the "Paul Wilcox." a
side wheeler, brought o-e hundred
twenty-five tems across on May
9. 1S65 and the each bank was lined
with white covered wagons and the
road through Iowa leading to Platts
mouth was filled with immigrant
trains. The records of the Ferry
Company showed that 2.360 wagons
crossed the Missouri at Plattsmouth
during the month of May. 1S63.
The immigration became so large
that The Herald cculd exclaim.
"Plattsmouth never had such a flow
of immigration. The whole moveable
population of the eastern states ap
pears to have started for Nebraska
and the western mines and are cross
ing the Missouri at Plattsmouth."
Capt. Moer of Omaha was quoted as
saying that in contrast to the busi
ness done at Plattsmouth. things in
Omaha were dull due to the small
number of freighters starting west
from that place.
From the evidence just reviewed
it seems reasonable to conclude that
the South Platte Route was a factor
in the early development of Platts
mouth and that it brought about
considerable business activity until
supplanted by the railroads. It
would be further conclusive and In
teresting if it were possible to ascer
tain what this business meant in
dollars and cents. Finally it is ap
parent that the agitationb y Platts
mouth of the South Platte Route
was. by and large, a mercenary pro
position from which financial profit
would result.
Not only did the wagon road
through Iowa bring immigrants and
freight to Plattsmouth. but the Mis
souri River, despite its snags and
shifting currents, provided another
channel by which people and pro
visions might get into Plattsmouth.
The boats would bring cargoes from
St. Louis. Kansas City or St. Joseph
to the river points in Nebraska from
whence they would go west by immi
grant train. More detailed discus
sion of the steamboat trade will fol
low immediately but as early as
May 16, 1S65. the steamer "Eienver"
landed eleven hundred sacks of com
at the Plattsmouth landing to be
sent west by the overland route.
This western trade continued un
til the early seventies when the rail
road which had extended west from
Ottumwa to East Plattsmouth and
from St. Joseph north to Council
Bluffs, killed the overland business
and gave a staggering blow, tho not
immediately fatal, to the steamboat
traffic. As late as Januarv 14. 1871.
Every citizen should study the fire i
waste records. They show that care-'SeaI al"--w
lessness and ignorance in regard to
fire are the cause of gigantic destruc
tion in both property and lives and
they show as well that individual
knowledge and responsibility on the
part of citizens is the only way to
effect a cure.
H. nrXBURY.
County Judge.
NOTICE OF REFEREE'S SALE
NOTICE TO TAKE DEPOSITION
In the District Court of Cass coun
ty. Nebraska.
Josie Brown. Plaintiff, vs. Fred
Brown. Defendant.
To Fred Brown. Defendant: The
above named defendant will take no
tice that on Thursday, the 20th day
of October. 1931, at 10:00 o'clock in
the forenoon, the plaintiff will take
the deposition of Josie Brown and
Cecil Waite. to be used as evidence on
the trial of the above entitled cause
at Scottsbluff. Nebraska, before Lois
Bohnert. a Notary Public in the Mur
phy building.
Dated this 28th day of August, A.
D. 1931.
JOSIE BROWN.
Plaintiff.
By W. G. Kieck.
Her Attorney.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NOTICE
55lsent by Brigadier General P. E. Con-
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jiaiu ircnu6.- af.aui.'-i lur Ulliri, UTOU I UCtld ilitei lie IS Una prOD-;"e Slliasil-up U III pa lg !1 OI ClUJiei- Jay O.J
while trousers, and vou cherish no it merelv means th:it li-! vlfa i a clers In ilie itiv's nnita Wiir.pss
nor. i ' ai r i. i.earnev. on
1S65 to Cant. S. H. Moer
- 0 ... i , r " i.i. -1 1 . i uu .. i. n l trail us luuwns.
have a parliament of man and feder-i she ought to be at home, preparing ! easies in Boston after a year of al- "Please notify all trains west to
cross at Plattsmouth as we can not
cross the Platte east of Laramie and
surely war will cease and we will .-bly devotes time to the game when intendent Crowley against speak
arion of the world.
supper.
hun-
SPRAYED
I most negligible sentencings in
tnere are not enough troops to es
mis is a pnase of the subject up-j Cort on the north side." From Gen.
on which more might reasonably R. R. Livingston, also stationed at
have been expected from the Wick- j Kearney. Capt .Moer was request-
t. c-S.. ... .;.:. ... . ... i cm on ine sauic ua i uui iu allow iini
''"ijj v.uiuuu9siuu. iet no one v-in
more trains to start out on the north
side.
These despatches were not pub
lished in any of the Omaha papers
much to the disgust of the Nebraska
i launch serious studies of the legal jmake a vigorous denunciation of the
j technicalities which give refuge to authors of the messages. They open-
j legislatures should fhvestigate the
I use of the "third degree." And while
they are at it they might well
Missouri on the Plattsmouth ferry
in one day.
Freight service did not monopolize
the interests of the transportation
of this period. Stage coaches for
passengers were in operation con
tinuously during this period from
Plattsmouth east to Ottumwa and
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
ISth day of September, 1931, .and on
the l'.nh day of December, 1931. at
the hour of ten o'clock a. m. of each
day. to receive and examine all j
claims against said estate, with a
rtew to their adjustment and allow- j
ance. The time limited for the pre
sentation of claims against said es
tate is three months from the lSth
dav of Sentember. A. D 1931. nnri tho lf-OW
time limited for payment of debts is
one year from said ISth day of Sep
tember. 1931.
Witness my hand and the seal of
said County Court this 21st day of
August. 1931.
A. EL DUXBURY,
(Seall s24-3w County Judge.
Ir the District Court of the
County of Cass. Nebraska
William Mangold and
wife Lola Mangold; Ruby
Mangold, single; Ella
iJock and husband. Jacob
Pock; Edward Mangold
and wife. Lottie Mangold;
Alice Hughes and hus
band. Perry Hughes; Oscar
Mangold and wife. Hazel
Mangold; Walter Mangold
;ind wife, Mary Mangold
and Winnie Dudley,
widow.
Plaintiffs.
vs.
Paul Mangold, a minor,
and Louis Schiessl,
Defendants.
Notice is hereby given that under
end by virtue of a decree of the Dis
trict Court of Cass County, Ne
braska, entered in the above entitled
ciuse on the 29th day of July, 1931,
and an order of sale issued by said
court on the 29th day of Juty, 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
ic wing described real estate, to-wit:
The northwest quarter
(NWVi) 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 of sale and balance on confirm
ation; possession to be given March
1, 1932. Dated this 29th day of July,
1931.
WILLIAM G. KIECK.
Referee.
A ROBERTSON,
Attorney for Plaintiffs.
NOTICE OF SUIT TO QUIET TITLE
In the District Court of the County
of Cass, Nebraska.
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
been filed in said Court alleging that
said deceased died leaving no last will
and testament and praying for ad
ministration upon his estate and for
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 pertaining
Ada Ferris,
Plaintiff.
vs.
Fayette W. Miner, et al
Defendants
i
J
NOTICE
criminals, and also of such proposals i charged corrupt motives in view
as authorization
1
of three-auarter
majority verdicts by juries. Then
they should act on the results of the
studies.
per bushel
WORSE THAtf WAR
Extra Fine Quality
Clean, Full Bunches
of the fact that (Jen. Livingston wa.
a prominent resident of Plattsmouth
and would naturally be biased in
favor of the South Platte Route. The
gravity of the situation was denied
and the veracity of the authors of
the telegrams seriously questioned.
In reply to these charges impugning
the motives of Gen. Livingston. The
Herald stoutly maintained his right
During the eighteen months that
the American army was on the firing to exercise the best care possible for
the number of our! the safety
(Seal) a24-3w
JOY MORTON ORCHARD CO.,
West of Arbor Lodge State Park, Nebr. City
A. B. WILSON,
Orchard and Vineyard 1 mile N. of Country Club
R. P. KIMMEL ORCHARD.
l2 miles Northwest of Nebraska City
line in France.
soldiers killed in action or died of
I j wounds was 50.510, according to the
ar depaitment records.
During the period of eighteen
months ending on July 1st, last, the
number of persons killed on streets
of the immigrants and
looked upon the despatches as a true
representation of conditions which
existed at Ft. Kearney.
On June S. 165. Gen. Connor sent
another telegram from Julesburg,
Colorado Territory, to Capt. Moer
which was highly advertised by the
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and tug!. ways of the I nited States - , . . , ,
; which read: If trains of fifty armed
hi motor accidents was O0.900.
A terrific peace-time toll, and
ol
L. T. WILHELMY,
3 miles East and
R. E, HAWLEY,
3 miles East and
1 mile North of Union
1 mile North of Union
in
many re peers infinitely worse than
ar.
It is the penalty we pay for reck
less and incompetent driving.
Everybody riding nowhere in par
ticular, but in an awful hurry to
get there.
Apple Harvest will Start Sept. 20th
Of course, it is impossible to pro
i duce any positive proof in substan
; tiation of this statement, but we
j firmly believe that Uncle Andy Mel
j Ion escaped from Europe without be
ing touched by any impecunious for
eigners for a personal loan.
men desire to take thw north side
of the Platte, so organize them. Noti
fy them, however, that the Platte
can not be crossed on account of
high water and that I will not be
responsible for their scalps nor can
they have any escort on the north
side as I have not the troops to
spare. I can only protect one line
cf travel." The anger of the Omaha
papers at the publicity given these
despatches was natural and would
have been equally denounced by the
Plattsmouth Herald had they affect
ed the South Platte Rome. Immi
grants would naturally not want to
traverse a route where they cculd
get no military protection. Whether
the messages were sincere and rep
resented an actual state of affairs
or whether they were sent at the
west to Ft. Kearney. Th- Immigrant thereto may be finally settled and de
fare from New York to Plattsmouth
by rail and stage coach was $26.00.
There are no figures available as to
how many people passed through
Plattsmouth on their way west dur
ing the decade from 1S60 to 1870.
Some idea can be deduced from the
number of wagons crossing the Mis
souri, already referred to but there
still remains the fact that doubtless
many of these early figures were
estimates born of an enthusiasm not
verified by the facts. Figures quot
ing records of the ferry company
should be reliable as they were in
a position to keep an accurate record.
By far the major part of the immi
grants stopped only temporarily but
some further idea of the growth and
activity of Plattsmouth at this time
can be seen in the census of 1870
which gave Plattsmouth a popula
tion of 1.94 1 where there were but
172 at the time of the census of
1S60. Certainly no small part of
this increase was due to the over
land trade to the west .
In the story of the South Platte
Route and its connection with the
history and development of Platts
mouth. the steamboat forms an im
portant adjunct. Both the ferry and
river packet played a part in the
history and growth of Plattsmouth.
(To Be Continued)
To the Defendants: Fayette W.
Miner. Annie Miner. Rufus Bane,
Mrs. Rufus Bane, real name un
known, the heirs, devisees, legatees,
personal representatives and all other
persons interested in the estates of
Fayette W. Miner, Annie Miner,
Rufus Bane, Mrs. Rufus Bane, real
name unknown, Eliza Siebold, each
deceased, real names unknown, and
all persons having or claiming any
interest in and to the northeast quar
ter of Section ten (10). Township
eleven (11), north. Range thirteen
(13), east of the 6th p. m. in Cass
County, Nebraska, except a tract
containing 15 acres off of the west
sifln thprpnf rteserihed fnllows:
terminea. ana tnat a nearing win De Commencing at the northwest cor
had on said petition before said Court j ner of said northeast quarter of See
on the ISth day of September, A. D. j tion 10, Township 11. north, Range
1931, and that if they fail to appear; i3 east thence east 17 rods, thence
at said Court on said 18th day of i jn a southwesterly direction to a
September. A. D. 1931. at ten o'clock I point in the south line of said nuar
a. m. to contest the said petition, the ! ter section, 13 rods east of the south
Court may grant the same and grant west corner thereof, thence west 13
administration of said estate to H. rods to the southwest corner of said
W. Barrows or some other suitable '. quarter section; thence north 160
person and proceed to a settlement 1 rods to the place of beginning, real
thereof. i names unknown, defendants.
A. H. DUXBURY, You and each of vou are hereby
ORDER OF HEARING
and Notice on Petition for Set
tlement of Account
A BILLION FOR FIRE
If the nation's 1930 fire bill were
paid by a per capita tax. the cost to
every citizen would be $4.16. The
etimated property loss, according to
The National Board of Fire Under
writers, was $499,739,172 and the
entire cost, including the upkeep of
fire-fighting organizations, was $1,
112,000.000. Statistics gathered for the year
are interesting. Sixty-six per cent
of all fires occurred in homes, and
County Judge, notified that Ada Ferris, as plaintiff,
filed a petition and commenced an
action in the District Court of the
County of Cass. Nebraska, on the
29th day of August. 1931. against
you and each of you. The object.
In the Countv Court of Cass coun- I PurPse and prayer of whi. h is to ob
ty Nebraska " tain a decree of court quieting the
' State of Nebraska, Cass county, ss. ' titIe thJ northeast quarter of See-
To all nerons interested in the e- l,on A- ionsnip u, norm, reae
tate of Dor:, T. Vnrlin rlereaseH 13- eaf!t of the 6th P-
m., in Cass
On reading the peti'tion of Jennie unty. Nebraska, except a tract ccm-
arrett praying a final settlement and Lta,n,nf 5 a"es, off t!?e west side
u . . i thereof, described as follows: Com-
1 CI 3 1 n n H for final t iat rihn t ion nf 1
the assets of said estate and for her
discharge as Administratrix;
It is hereby ordered that you and :
Barrett
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m,,- ,v, r,i)j . - mencing at the northwest corner of
Court on the 22nd day of August,!,. " , . .
mo, j , , -, j. -1 said northeast quarter of Section 10.
Township 11. north. Range 13, east.
thence east 17 rods, thence in a
southwesterly direction to a point in
t It A onil t " If no r f oa Sri nnor ab uiin-
all persons interested in said matter j ti 13 rodg eaft Qf th southwest
may. and do appear at the County , corner thereof thence wegt 13 rods
Court to be held in and for said j to the Muthwlt corn,r of paid quar.
county, on the ISth day of Septem-jler 8ection; thence north 160 rods to
ber. A. D. 1931. at ten o clock a. m..the pjace of be&inning. fn plaintiff,
to show cause, if any there be, why as against you and each of you, and
the prayer of the petitioner should for such other relief as nia. be just
not be granted, and that notice of!anri equitable in the premises,
the pendency of said petition and the you and each of you are further
hearing thereon be given to all per- notified that you are required to
sons interested in said matter by pub- answer said petition on or before
lishing a copy of this order in the Monday, the 12th day of October,
Plattsmouth Journal, a semi-weekly ( 1931, or the allegations therein con
newspaper printed in said county, forjtained will be taken as true and a
three successive weeks prior to said j decree will be rendered in favor of
day of hearing. I the plaintiff against you and each of
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.
you according to the prayer of said
petition.
ADA FERRIS.
Plaintiff.
JOHN M. LEYDA.
Her Attorney. a31-4w