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PIATTSMOUTH SEMI . WEEKLY JOURNAL
MONDAY, JANUARY 29, 1934
lie Plattsmouth Journal
PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY AT PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA
Entered at Postoffice, Plattsmouth, Neb., as second-class mail matter
R. A. BATES, Publisher
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3.50 per year. All subscriptions are payable strifctly In advance.
Everything considered, Rudy Val-It.-e
isn't such a simp as some ieople
Lad been inclined to believe.
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We note by the Baltimore Sun that
the "Whistler's Mother" story has ar
rived there, close on the heels, so to
iotak, cf the canvas.
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An astronomer cays :iat winds of
144,000 miles an hour sweep the
itars. It makes it awkward for out
door orators speaking from the manu
script. :o:
Onmn nf V r Mirront np'5 TPnortS
would seem to
ndicate that when 1
Rudy so soulfully sings "Everything
I Have Is Yours" there is at least one
;oung woman who takes him ser
iously. :o:
"If you don't believe the world is
retting bitter," rays the Boston
Globe, "iook up a 20-year-old news
paper and see how the art work in
the hosiery advertisements has im
P roved."
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"On my left," a Milwaukee woman ery either tcne-me iu get music uueu
U quoted in a news item, "sat anjinto the music room. She is Tebuild
obvious coed." All cceds are obvious, i ii".g the music room into a barroom.
This one, who chattered through a. Thus, with tha music back where it
tho-trir.nl nprfn'm.inrp. must have belongs, the kitchen may be restored
l-prn on out-and-out coed.
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A psychiatrist says that when yourj The clil prohibition law in Maine
nerves are on edge, it's a sign you' was very liberal. It permitted the
need a little more fun. And about' rale ci liquor if intended "for mcJi
how much fun may one take without cine or the arts." Thus a good many
putting his nerves on edge all over, who weren't del: became artists. In
rain or is that the object?
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Marion Talley has gone back to
grand cpera. Marion said, when shej
c.uit the opera and went to the farm,!
that she would never sing again.!
However, that shouldn't be held!
r.gainst her. Many people who are
..on .1zj.it.is- today, are doing things toj
g.t along tncy at one time or an
cih:r vowed they would never do.
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Babe Ruth's fluctuating salary
since he began playing with New
Yo:k. if graphed, might easily re- remodeling his home, all the neigh
place the Babson chart as a vivid out-ibors nod their heads wisely anil say
line of how things run from year to; they knew all the time he wouldn't
year. The Bambino started at $30,-j stay single long. And when Holly
000 in the '20s, then vent to $75,000 j wood w idows begin remodeling their
in 1929-'30, and since that time his (homes, as several well known screen
pay lias dwindled down to a mere J divorcees are now said to be doing,
$35,000 for next season. i what do the neighbors think about it?
Spain isn't worrying anymore be
cause she lost Cuba.
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If you want time tc pass rapidly,
just sign a good-sized note due in
thirty days.
As a good joke, the United States
might try to borrow 5 billion dol
lars from France.
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Seme of the motor car manufac
turers evidently feel it is safe now
io proceed with their radical experi
ments in body design, there being al
most r.o horses left to scare, and the
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A Boer diamond miner has sold a
70 carat diamond to an English cut
ter for $350,000, and now he's go
ing to buy a farm, a silk hat, and a
frock coat. And very sensible, too.
'It's easier to live up to a farm, even
(including a frock coat, than it is to
a 70-carat diamond.
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Joan Crawford, remodeling her
home in Hollywood, has adopted a
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to is original purpose,
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other bone dry states, folks were fre
quently driven to the necessity of bs
coming artists at being sick.
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Potato growers report increased
business, and are gracious enough to
give credit where it probably should!
go to Mao West. Of course, any in -
creased consumption of potatoes'
among the r.ienfolks wouldn't be due
to Mac West, necessarily, but Guy
Xibbee might come in for a hand.
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When a small town widower begins1
Wanted -A New Elephant
This week's candidate for the for
gotten man, an ardent Republican.
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Utopia must be the place where
you don't have any trouble starting
your car on a cold morning.
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Mrs. Rudy Vallc, who says she
needs $7,450 a month to live, might
save a little by letting the chauffeur
mow the yard.
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This is the first winter in many
yeai-3 that we have not been asked
to put out crurjb3 and pieces of suet
for the birds, and if you have no
ticed, the birds have become very
indepsndent, not to say high-hat.
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Since subscriptions to the Congres
sional Record have been placed at
$1.50 a year, some enterprising young
men were soliciting subscriptions the
other day and were telling people
they were woiking their way through
the electoral college.
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A writer regards the discovery of
the fouith largest diamond in the
world in South Africa as a sign of
returning prosperity. It also is a
sign cf the inadequate distribution
of wealth. It should be cut up and
distributed among the many who
have no diamonds.
The schoolmaster who was com
pelled to uce his car to take two of
the escaped Kansas convicts to Okla
homa asks compensation for his serv
ices at the late of 5 cents a mile.
Probably he ought to be paid, but we
think in all escap2S hereafter the
warden should advertise for bids.
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Emily Post, making a rocial virtue
out of a necessity, says it is permis
sible to cat potato chips with the
fingers. As a matter of fact, however,
though we fear Em won't support us
in this argument, most salted deli
cacies such as peanuts, potato chip3
and popcorn are most enjoyed when
lapped out cf the aim of the Land.
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Mayor LaGuardia of New York, is
running the risk of getting into trou
ble with his home town chamber of
commerce. His administration has
started in with police raids on the
gambling business in the big town.
Ths intention is to run the gamblers
out of New York. If all the gamblers
are lun out of town, one of ths- best
known streets will be abandoned and
tfie population of the town cut
two - 1
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Mr. Insull has finally found out
that he cannot stay in Greece. He
expressed willingness to go to Al
bania if the Albanians would like
to have him, and they indicated that
they would net. Perhaps Mr. Insull
should get some advice from Leon
Trotzky, who has had considerable
experience in looking around for
places to light. But the way the In
sull luck is running, Trotzky prob
ably wouldn't have any truck with
him.
DEGREE OF RECOVERY
ACTUALLY ADMITTED
Regardless of the controversial
question a3 to the effects of govern
ment spending, there is assurance in
the degree of recovery that actually
has been attained and as in prospect
with various important branches of
business. It is this, of course, tc
which the country must !ook perman
ently. In on no other basis, the gov
ernment spending might be justified
because of the direct relief and the
employment that it affords. But it
is a temporary expedient. Real recov
ery is another matter.
There are evidences that it is off
to a fair start. They do not consist
merely of extremely optimistic fore
casts, such as those made by leaders
in the motor car industry, but of
progress already made in that and
in other industries. No doubt the
motor car executives feel justified in
their outlook for this year because of
the improved showing in their busi
ness last year, "especially in the lat
ter half of it. But there also is the
markedly better showing in freight
car loadings, in steel operations, in
electric power consumption, in whole
sale and retail trade, in most farm
prices and in numerous other parti
culars. How the improvement is getting
down to communities and to individ
uals in revealed in the moderate pick
up in housing demand in Kansas City.
The gain of 9 per cent of vacancies
occupied in the last year has its
background in continued inactivity
in building. Yet it indicates a trend.
Not the least factor in the situ
ation as a whole is the increased con
fidence that practically everywhere
is encountered. There is the feeling
that even if betterment has not yet
come to this or that industry or in
dividual business, it is at least a
reasonable probability. A year age
at this time it was just the contrary.
Then there was widespread uneasi
ness, the disturbing belief that may
be the worst was still to come, as it
came with the banking crisis in
March. So now it is not a case of
self-imposed hope as a sort of de
fense mechanism, but rather a feeling
of assurance that hAs a basis in fact.
Kansas City Star.
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A GENERAL
WELFARE
TARIFF 13 NEEDED
Whether or
velt will as.k
not President Roose-
eoiigress to give him
wide powers over the tariff i3 a ques
tion as uncertain as it is important
In the interest of our export trade it
is to be hoped tnat he will propose a
long term tariff policy that will stim
ulate foreign trcde, and that congress
will grant him the power to formulate
it.
The tariff is a highly controversial
subject and embraces many conflict
ing viewpoints backed by different
personal interests. Experience has
demonstrated that it is impossible to
enact a tariff law that represents
anything but compromise of different
interests that naturally fight for their
own welfare. But what is needed is
a policy formulated with the gen
eral welfare in view.
There is new some inclination to
insist that reciprocal agreements
must contain a provision that debtor
countries shall ray their debts in re
turn for any trade concessions. One
has but to look at industrial plants
running at greatly reduced capacity,
at millions of unemployed and bil
lions spent for relief, and at the ef
forts to take 50 million acres of land
out of production and pay the farm
ers for doing it, to the objection to
thi3 plan.
What we want and need is an op
portunity to expert the surpluses of
industrial and agricultural products.
A market cannot be created by in
sisting that those we wish to become
customers shall pay their debts. That
is a matter for a separate agreement;
to include it in a plan for opening
markets would not help sell a bale of
cotton or a pound of lard. If we are
to sell goods abroad we shall have
to "go after the business in the way
that any commercial firm would act
to promote its sales.
That might mean lowering the
duties on some goods but it would
not mean free trade, and it would
not mean inviting foreign competi
tion to a series extent. It would
mean a careful impartial study of.
the situation, as regards any class
of goods and a balancing of the pros
pective gains against the possible
cort3 and the effects upon the whole
country. It is essential that in such
a matter as this the outlook be en
tirely national, and it i3 doubtful if
any member of congress who has had
experience in tariff legislation will
maintain that the required attitude
can be secured in a legislative body
no matter how well intentioned.
Congress might indicate its will
for a general policy of reviving for
eign trade, but the details should be
left to the executive with pride pow
ers to secure the desired results.--
Wall Street Journal.
DIRECT HOG BUYING
KEEPS PRICES DOWN
The answer or E. A. Cudahy, pres
ident of the packing company which
bears his name, to the recent letter
of Dan Hildebrand of Seward, indi
cates he is opposed to direct buying
of hogs by packers. He states that his
company was driven to the practice
by competitors, who had thus made
supplies at the general markets in
adequate. If this should be the feeling of all
the packers it would be a rather sim
ple matter to do away with the prac
tice through agreement. It is not
probable, however, that such is the
case, and it seems likely that action
by congress will bo required to ter
minate a system which has proved
ruinou3 to hog breeders and feeders.
It seems incredible that the pro
ducers of swine should be so blind
to their own interests as to be par
tie to such a system as this. To be
sure, thev are told that by direct
selling they obtain as much for their
animals as they would by selling them
through the regular channels, and
market reports and freight rates are
pointed out as confirming this claim
But it should be obvious to anyone
that by their action they are assist
ing in denressinc the market and
keeping the prices down.
During the recent strenuous effort
to advance the market, when for a
number of days commission men re
fused to sell unless a certain figure
were paid, the packers were enabled
to wiggle their fingers at the sellers
and the reason they could do this
was the big direct shipments they
were receiving. Had it not been tor
this they would have been compelled
to pay the price demanded cr allow
their plants to stand idle, which they
certainly would not have done.
An open, competitive market is the
only means by which producers can
obtain the maximum price for their
anials, and the one who sells direct
is only assisting in bringing about
his own destruction. There are three
waj's out: An agreement by all pack
ers to quit the practice, thus leaving
thm all on a level; discontinuance of
direct selling by all producers, or con
gressional action. One should be
made effective in a very short time.
Lincoln Star. '
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INCOME TAX NO CURE
FOR PROPERTY LEVY
Mr. H. B. Reyer, chief auditor of
the Wisconsin tax commission, is
quoted as saying in a recent address
before the National Association of
Cost Accountants in-Milwaukee that
income taxes have led to a reduced
property tax rate, especially in cities
and towns.
This is the argument that always
has been made by advocates of in
come taxes, inheritance taxes and all
of the numerous special levies that
have been proposed and adopted
since the turn of the century.
One searches in vain for any ac
tual reduction that followed the en
actment of them.
Wisconsin tax reports since the
adoption of the income tax in 1911
show no trace of the reduction prom
ised by the politicians and which Mr.
Reyer says have resulted from it.
In the year 1912, before the Wis
consin income tax law was operative,
the property tax of all of Wisconsin
was $32,610,975. The next year, the
first of its operation, the income tax
produced $1,631,420 and the prop
erty tax, instead of showing a de
cline, actually increased a little more
than a million dollars.
By 1920 the state collected $6,
310,000 in income tax and the gen
eral property tax had grown by more
than 100 per cent to $77,128,835.
There was $18,761,273 income
tax collected in 1930, the state's high
year, and by that time the property
tax levy. was $122,253,862.
The property tax record of the city
of Milwaukee is interesting in view
of Mr. Reyer's claim that cities morej
than the country benefited from the
income tax. In 1912 Milwaukee had
a property tax rate of $11.46. In
1915 it was $12.72, in 1920, $22.78,
and by 1930 it had grown to $26.01
for city purposes only.
The record is substantially the re
cord of all taxes that have been pro
posed and adopted as relief for a gen
eral property tax. Inevitably they
have proved not a substitute for the
property tax but a burden added to
it. Chicago Tribune.
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STAR WINS BRINKXEY SUIT
Topeka, Kas. The $5,000,000 suit
brought by Dr. J. B. Brinkley, Mil
ford, Ka3., goat gland specialist:
against the Kansas City Star came to
an end with a victory for the new
paper. An order by the federal diB-
trict court of Utah sustaining a de
murrer by the Star has become final
because of failure of the plaintiff to
file an appeal within the ninety days
granted by the court.
WARS CEASE BUT COST
CONTINUES ON AND ON
Some four million men comprised
the American army in the world war.
Half of them never got to France.
Of the approximately two million
that got to France, only about one
million saw any actual warfare. A
still smaller number experienced hard
and very dangerous fighting. Yet
on June SO, 7933, 853,827 world war
veeterans, including 98,628 survivors
of war veterans, were on the rolls, at
a cost to Mr. John Q. aTxpayer, for
that fiscal year . alone, of more "than
315 million dollars.
If, after 118 years, we are still pay
ing for the war of 1812, how long
will it be before we get through pay
ing for the world war? Since the
number of men involved in the world
war was immensely greater, what
will be the total cost of tis pension
bill?
We know our professional pacifist
cannot miss the idea. It is this:
John Q. Taxpayer should be told that,
since nations are foolish enough to
engage in wars, the DiDer must be
paid. All of those men who suffered
any kind of disability in war service
are entitled to the best and most gen
erou3 treatment. But the history of
pensions is that political capital is
made of them and, as time goes on.
of men without the slightest claim
for government support and, worse,
without the slightest need for it. In
tne end, John tj. Taxpayer is carry
ing on his back a large part of the
population who toil not, neither do
they spin.
In short: We haven't paid in full
for the war of 1S12; we are still pay
ing for the civil and Spanish wars;
it is gravely doubtful whether we
shall ever be able to pay for the world
war, especially in the grand manner
we have thus far adopted.
To embark on another war, then,
would be financial idiocy. St. Louis
Post-Dispatch.
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pcrity at home by sending your
dollars away. Buy everything pos-
sidio here in Cass county.
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT
In the County Court of Cass coun
ty, Nebraska.
To all persons interested in the es
tate of Clarence W. Fleshman, de
ceased :
Take notice that the Administrator
of said estate has filed his final re
port and a petition for examination
and allowance of his administration
accounts, determination of heirship,
assignment of residue of said estate
and for his discharge; that said peti
tion and report will be heard before
eaid Ccurt on February 23, 1934, at
ten o'clock a. m.
Dated January 23, 1934.
A. H. DUXBURY.
j2 9-3w County Judge.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the County Court of Cass coun
ty, Nebraska.
To the creditors of the estate of
Jacob F. Brendel, deceased:
Take notice that the time limited
for the filing and presentation of
claims against said estate is May 23,
1934: that a hearing will be had at
the County Court room in Platts
mouth on May 25, 1934, at ten o'clock
a. m., for the purpose of examining,
hearing, allowing and adjusting all
claims or objections duly filed.
Dated January 26, 1934.
A. II. DUXBURY.
j29-3w County Judge.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the County Court of Cass coun
ty, Nebraska.
io tne creditors of the estate of
L.oulsa Fisher, deceased:
Take notice that the time limited
ior uie niing and presentation of
claims against said estate is May 9th,
1934; that a hearing will be had at
me county court room in Platts-
moutn on May 11th, 1934, at 10:00
o ciocK a. m., for the purpose of ex
amining, hearing, allowlne and ad
jnstisg all claims or objections duly
liieu.
Dated January 12. 1934.
A. H. DUXBURY.
J15"Sw County Judge.
NOTICE OF PROBATE
In the County Cou-.t of Cass Cmm-
ij, JM'urasKa.
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io an persons interested in the
estate or Christoph Bcil, deceased;
lane nonce mat a petition has
been filed for proba.e of an instru
ment purporting to be the last will
and testament of said deceased, and
iur me appointment of Fred W. Beil
as executor thereof; that said petition
ieen sei ior hearing before said
Court on the 16th day of February,
eo, in. ien a. m.
Dated January 20th. 1934.
i.,o o A" H- DUXBURY,
Ji-"3wr County Judge
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
In the County Court of Cass coun
ty. Nebraska. .
FT
io an persons interested in th
estate or George Everett, deceased
latte nonce that a netlMon .aa
. "-1
Deen nied praying for administration
'ji aiu estate and acno ntmn nf
jonn Everett as Administrator; that
pennon nas been set for hear-
ing before said Court nn th ip.m,
T3.-I . - . " I
r'" "iry. i3. at ten oclcck
Dated January 15, 1934.
A. H. nrr-VKTTr?
J22-3W Conntv .Turf'
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NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT
In the County Court of Cass Coun
ty, Nebraska.
To all persons interested in tne
estate of William D. Coleman, de
ceased :
Take notice that the administrator
of said estate has filed his final report
and a petition for examination and
allowance of his administration ac
counts, determination of heirship, as
signment of residue of said estate and
for his discharge; that said petition
and report will be heard before said
Court on February 16th, 1934, at
ten a. m.
Dated January 22nd, 1934.
A. II. DUXBURY,
J22-3w County Judge.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the County Court of Cass Coun
ty Nebraska.
To the creditors of the estate of
Oline C. Johnson, deceased:
Take notice that the time limited
for the filing and presentation of
claims against said estate is May 16,
1934; that a hearing will be had at
the County Court room in Platts
Snouth on May 18, 1934, at ten
o'clock a. m., for the purpose of ex
amining, hearing, allowing and ad
justing all claims or objections duly
filed.
Dated January 19, 1934.
A. H. DUXBURY.
j2213w
County Judge.
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT
In the County Court of Cass coun
ty, Nebraska.
To all persons Interested in the
estate of John Hobscheidt, Sr., de
ceased :
Take notice that the executors of
said estate have filed their final re
port and a petition for examination
and allowance of their administration
accounts, determination of heirship,
assignment of residue of said estate
and for their discharge; that said
petition and report will be heard be
fore said Court on February 9th, A.
D. 1934, at 10:00 o'clock a. m.
Dated January 11, 19 3 4.
A. 11. DUXBURY.
jl5-3w County Judge.
NOTICE
In the County Court of the County
of Cass, Nebraska.
In the matter of the estate of Jo
seph Hula, deceased.
The State of Nebraska:
To all persons interested in said
estate:
Creditors and heirs take notice that
Elizabeth Bergmann, alleging to be
the owner of the hereinafter describ
ed property, has filed her petition
praying for a determination of heir
ship alleging that said Joseph Hula
died intestate, October 2, 1901, and
leaving as his sole and only heirs at
law, Frances Hula, widow, Charles
Hula, also known as Charles W.
Hula, son, Anton Hula, son, and
Michael Hula, also known as Michael
J. Hula, son. and allestne that the
said Joseph Hula died seized in fee
simple title to the' following described
property o-wit:
All of Lots 5, 6. and 7, and
an undivided one-half interest
of Lots 3 and 4, all in Block
12, Duke's Addition to the City
of Plattsmouth, Cass County, Ne
braska. And praying for a determination of
heirship in said estate and for such
other orders as may be necessary in
the premises. That hearing upon said
petition has been set for February
9th, 1934, at 10 o'clock a. m. at the
court house, county court room, in
the City of Plattsmouth, Nebraska,
before which time all objections
thereto if any, must be filed, and that
if no objections are filed, a decree
will be entered in accordance with
the prayer of said petition.
Dated this 15th day of January,
1934.
A. H. DUXBURY,
J15-3w County Judge.
LEGAL NOTICE
To Preston Midkiff. Lovina Ellen
Midkiff. Sarah Midkiff, Matilda Eve
line Midkiff. Joshua Lynn, Henry
Snider. Samuel Midkiff, Rachel M.
Howery, Martha Walstow, Mary
Rowe. L. M. Rove, Charles M. Bickel.
Joseph Webster, and all persons hav
ing or claiming any Interest in Lot
eight (8) in the southeast ouarter of
the southeast quarter of Section twen
ty-nine (29); Lot four (4) in the
southeast quarter of the northwest
quarter, and the southwest quarter of
Section twenty-eight (2S): Lot seven
(7) in the northeast ouarter of the
southeast quarter, and Lots nine (9)
and ten (10) in the southeast quar
ter of the southeast quarter of Sec
tion twenty-nine (29); and Lot four
(4) in the northwest quarter of the
northwest quarter of Section thirty-
three (33), all in Township ten (10)
worth. Range fourteen (14). Ea.t of
the 6th Principal Meridian, all in
Cass county. Nebraska, real names
unknown :
Take notice that James C. Roddy
has commenced In the District Court
of Cass county, Nebraska, an action
against you as defendants, the object
and prayer nf which is to obtain a
decree of said court barring and ex
cluding each and all of you from hav
ing or claiming any right, title, lien,
interest, or estate in or to the above
described real estate, or any part
thereof, and quieting the title to all
cf said real estate in the plaintiff
against the said defendants.
You are required to answer the
said petition on or before the 26th
day cf February, 1934.
JAMES C. RODDY,
Plaintiff.
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vanced age (41) is only addition'"
evidence cf bis perverse and stuuoom
nature.