MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1931.
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PIATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL
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Wabash Mews
Marion McCrorey, of Elmwood, was
c visitor in Wabash last Tuesday,
going to deliver seme gasoline in the
country cast of town and as well some
in Wabash, and do you know, he said
the reads were tough.
Carl Hansen and family were en
joying a very fine dinner Thanksgiv
ing day, having as their guests for
the occasion, besides the immediate
family, Sherman Hardaway and his
family, and sure all enjoyed the oc
casion very much.
On last Tuesday the only man at
work in and about Wabash was J. E.
Cclden, who was hauling wood. He
Lad been able to cut up four loads,
which he was bringing in to keep the
home warm during the cold weather
that is now swooping down upon us.
John Wood was looking after some
business in Lincoln the fore part of
last week. He made the trip in his
car and found the road very slippery,
especially after ho struck the pave
ment. Many cars had slid into the
ditch and had to have help in being
I ulled out.
Last Tuesday, when the icy coat
ing on the highway had thawed con
siderably, L. R. Standley, with Lloyd
Richards as the driver, made a trip
to L , where they secured a
load of goods for the store and where
Mr. Standley had an operation per
formed cn his leg, which has been
giving him much trouble of late. It
was thought that the leg was infect
ed with a boil, but investigation dis
cloced the trouble to be caused from
a cyst, which required opening up of
the surface and removal of the
growth, frcm which Mr. Standley
suffered much pain. It was a great
relief to get it cut, however, and he
-is well pleased with the result.
Services are Resumed
The services at the Wabash church
which were interrupted by the death
of the mother o Rev. C. P. Weber,
whkh called he and the family to
Tlatte Center, where the parents re
sided, have teen resumed with the!
return cf the pastor.
Rev. Weber extends a cordial in-1
vltation to all to come and attend the
ccrvicD" of tho church, including the'
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Will Join in Entertainment
The public schools and the church
at Wabash have arranged to put on a
Christmas entertainment that prom
ices to be one of the best seen here in
a long time. They have made their
selection of talent for the various
numbers on the program and all are
new busily engaged in memorizing
their respective parts. Later on, re
hearsals will be had, to shape up the
whole entertainment before its pre
sentation. Watch for announcement
of the date and don't fail to attend
this entertainment.
Entertained for Thanksgiving
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Luetchens
were host and hostess on Thanksgiv
ing day at their home north of Wa
bash, serving a fine turkey dinner
that was enjoyed by some thirty-five
of the relatives and friends.
Pioneer Called to His Seward
Joseph Francis Mesina, whose
death occurred on November 22, and
has been mentioned at some length
heretofore, was born in Kokomo, Ind.,
in 1S5G. He will be sadly missed by
his friends and neighbors in Manley,
as he was a familiar figure around
town, having made his home there
with his daughter, Mrs. Bessie Habel
since the death of his wife. Only a
i'ew months ago on account of fail-
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his ether daughter, Mrs. Herman
Ganscmer, northwest of Murray. He
was c true pioneer cf the west, com
ing to Nebraska when a boy of ten,
and living cn a farm in this state
most all of his life.
Besides the two daughters, Mrs.
Habc-l and Mrs. Gansemer, he leaves
tiree grandchildren, Joe Habel and
Ralph and Leslie Gansemer.
PLANE CRASH KILLS TKRE
Richmond, Ir.d. Three persons
were killed and one injured when
the airplane in' which they were rid
ing crashed in an attempt to land at
the Richmond airport. The dead were
identified as Dr. A. M. Mendenhall
c f Indianapolis, his daughter, . Eve
lyn, of Richmond, and Dr. John Car
mack of Indianapolis. The injured
man was Howard Maxwell of Indian
apolis, their pilot.
End of the Unc-M Oat!
H0BSE SALES ARE BOOMING
Chicago. There is no unemploy
ment problem so far as horses are
concerned, the annual meeting of
the Horse and Mule Association of
America was told. A large scale
exodus of horses and mules from
western to southern states was des
cribed by John Torpey, stockman of
Grand Island, Neb. "The situation in
this western country i3 really a ser
ious one," he said. "If the farmers
in Nebraska were able to buy horses
and mules they need for spring work
they would take every animal we get
for the auction sales every other
week in Grand Island."
Grant Good, veteran horseman of
Ogden. "Ia., who with his son has
covered 25,000 miles of Iowa roads
thi3 year buying and selling horses,
asserted the business is entering its
most prosperous period in at least
forty years. Iowa farmers, he said,
are paying at least $10 a horse mere
than last year for good grade animals.
HELD WITH COWBOY GAEB
North Tlatte. Two youths, giv
ing the names of Joe Blake and Olin
Warren, each 19, who said that until
recently they had been employed on
a ranch near Ft. Bidwell, Calif., are
being held by police here. The boys
were arrested when two new suit
cases full of various articles the po- I
lice believed to be stolen, were
found in their possession just as
they were about to take a freight
train to Omaha Tuesday morning.
The merchandise was valued by the
authorities at around $200 and in
cluded new cowboy equipment and
apparel, revolvers, gun, knives, bill
folds, etc.
Blake said the merchandise was
purchased mostly in. a Ft. Bidwell
store and the remainder at Ogden,
Utah, during a fire sale. He explain
ed that Warren and he had hoped
to find employment with a cattle
company in Omaha. Their stories are j
being checked.
NO PLACE TO PITT MONEY
Nebraska C.'iy. Otoe county offi-
cials will have a $100,000 "white :
elephant" on their hands Dec. 15.
U. S. certificates totaling $100,000
will expire, dumping the lump of'
cash in. the laps of county officers, j
Proposals to reinvest .the county J
tunas in the near Million (do:llars of
new securities. to fye offered by the
federal government Dec. 15 were
nullified when it was pointed out
that the' ccunty i3 forbidden to in
vest in securities running longer than
one year. AH new government issues
will run for a longer period. The
$100,000 could be deposited in banks
but would draw no interest. Statutes
demand tr.at county fund3 be utilized
o:ny m lnterest-productmg invest
meats.
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STOCKBRIPS
SUNLIGHT life giving
The idea of the ancient sunworship
pers wasn't so far wrong, after all.
Modern science is discovering new
evidence all the time that the sun is
the chief source of the life-giving
elements that ester . into the human
body.
Latest and most sspectneular is the
discovery that the brain itself is ir
radiated by sunlight and has the prop
erty of giving of light rays. When
this was demonstrated a little whi'.e
kago by Dr. George Cvilc, famous Cleve
land surgeon, even the most exper
ienced of his audience gasped ir
amazement.
Not long ago it was discovered that
certain of the vitamins which give cod
liver oil its nutritious properties can
be duplicated by exposing certain
types of food to direct sunlight. The
invisible rays of the sun are far more
potent than the visible cr.ee. Tho.sc
above the spectrum, the ultra-violet
rays, Tiave a profound effect upon tl.t
skin and curative properties in many
diseases; tho:;e below the spectrum,
the infra-red rays, penetrate to the
deepest tissues and carry the warmth
of the sun into the blood itself.
Scientific knowledge is just in its
infancy.
SEASEEPENTS. still mysterious
One result of all the reports of sea
serpents, from every part of the world
which have been poping up in the news
Those young folks have the right
dead sea-creature found on a beach
anywhere is at once labelled "seaser
pent." The latest is a SO-fcet long
r.nirr.al cast ashore near Vancouver
Ssund, which the amateur scientists
of that regie-.! were convinced culdn'i
belong to any known species. Lu!
wnen a real zoologist got n look at it
he immeadiately recognized it r.s a
basking shark,
Net all of .ike strange appearances
are so easily explained, however. The
mystery of theLoch Ness imnster ir
Scotland hasnct yet been solved, foi
one trang. . f
I am open minded on the subject
of " scaserper.ts, but have heard sc
many stories about them, from boy
hood, told by seafaring men, that I
am prepared to believe that there arc
unknown monsters still in the depth:
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i oi me ocean, even u iney uon t come
j up rtnd p0ss for thephotographers.
tVCONOMY todaj
I received a letter the other da
from a young man to whom I had giv
en come F.dvicc about how to go about
getting a- rewspaper job in Washing
ton. "My wife ape! I are getting along
fine on $G0 a month," lie wrote. "We
have a nice apartment right down
town and respectful enough, and
plenty to eat and something left over
for bus rides and the movies.
those young folks have the right
idea. I know a lot of young news
pr.per men and ethers who thinV
they are getting badly u-ecl if thej
.lon't get $30 or $10 a week to start
with. They have ar. idea that the
world owes them a motor car and a
"good time" generally before they
have earned them.
I have noticed :n the course of a
fairly long life that the enc-s who get
o.herd ard reach the big places in their
chosen field:; arc the ones who give
first attention to their jobs and don't
worry about luxuries untill they have
found their permar.cn
ni;
in the
scheme of things.
20IJP.S on newspapers
I spent a day a couple of weeks ago
in a small Ney England city where a
friend cf mine ownes a Utile daily
r.cswpaper. His oldest so-i, two years
out cf college., is managing editor, and
h0 has three or four other young mer
wording with him on his staff.
What struck me most forcibly about
thesa youngsters was their utter dis
regard of anything like maximum
hours of labor. There was a big piece
of news in the town, a strike in one
of the mills, and thesa boys, after
working ail day getting out the. even
ing paper, spent the evening in round
ing up and interviewing everjbody
concerned in the strike, ar.d then went
back to their office toward midnight
to write their reports for the r.cxt days
paper.
The newspaper busir.ccs iz one oc
cupation in whi;h "play time" counts
for little. Tho real newspaper man
gets so much fun cut of his work that
he doesn't think of watching the clock.
OPPORTUNITY - on farms
Driving through a part of Eastern
New E.rglar.d which I had not visited
for many years I wat; struck, as I am
Grain Rate
Reductions to
Aid Nebraska
Estimated Will Mean a Saving of
One Million Dollars by the
State Rate Experts.
Grain rate reductions announced
Wednesday by the interstate com
merce commission will mean a sav
ing of approximately one million
dollars to Nebraska, C. A. Ross, rate
expert of the state railway commis
sion at Lincoln, announced.
The decision is regarded as gen
erally favorable to Omaha as a ter
minal market. While the full text
has not been announced, the deri
sion apparently restores parity to
Omaha in competition with Kansas
City. This was one of the major de
mands of Omaha grain men.
At the same time the decision ap
parently opens the great Minne
apolis wheat market to Omaha.
Kates from Kansas City to Minne
apolis, formerly only 1 cent per hun
dred higher than from Omaha to
Minneapolis,, are now C cents higher.
Favor Memphis at K. C.
To compensate for this, Kansas
City is given a preferential rate in
che same amount to Memphis. Mem
phis is largely a coarse grain market,
and for several years has been cf no
reat importance to Omaha.
The restoration of parity between
Dmaha and Kansa3 City is accom
plished by setting similar rates
Jrom points in Kansas to Kansas City
ind from points in Nebraska to Om
aha. Pcremrly, rates from Nebraska
points to Omaha were higher than
those from Kansas points to Kansas
City, for no particular reason. The
new rates give farmers tho tame
oharges to their r.cw erminal mar
kets. Effective April 1.
The new rater, v. Inch .ill be ef
fective April 1 unless the railroads
attack them Liicc3ssful!y in the
courts, in general restore about SO
oer cent cf tho reductions granted
n 1931, which were knocked out
jy the United Statc3 supreme court
ifter a long battle by the railroads.
n general, a cut of about 25 per
;cnt is indicated.
Undoubtedly, the rales, if sustain-
;d, will be a help to Nebraska as a
rrain state tir.d to Omaha as a ter
'ninal rAarkiJi." If tHe eld' rule that
'the farmer pays the freight" were
applicable, Nebraska farmers would
oenef.t to the full extent cf the re
luction, cr one million dollars. How
ever, the probability is that consum
ers, of whom i-0 per cent are oast
t Chicago, will get their share of
he saving also.
"Eoads Zear Share."
In its decision the commission
aoted the declining revenue of the
ailroada, but upheld the grain men's
:ontentipn that the roads should bear
"their .share of a common catas
trophe." The commission declined to con
sider complaints against the rate
break system, which made Omaha a
r.ajor grain market when it was es
tablished in 1903. Under the rate
)reak system, rates from points west
o Omaha, and from Omaha to east
jrn markets, total the same as the
through rate from tho western point
'o the eastern market.
Omaha as as flour milling center
!s given a boost through the com--nission's
action in setting the same
ate on flour as on wheat. A lower
rate on wheat would tend to con
centrate milling in the east.
Demands of Sioux City grain men
'or certain preferences in rates, or
partity from some sections, in com
petition with the Omaha market
were denied.
50 often everywhere, with the great
opportunities for scif support which
the East still offers to the man who
is willing to live in the country ar.d
Jig in the dirt.
Except that a cor.orcte highway has
"eplaced the old stage iod over which
I used to travel more fhan fifty years
ngo, it didn't seem to no that the rural
landscape had chanted a bit. Towns
are bigger which means that good
markets for farm prodQce arc closer j
and better but irr.mo:i.o acreages of
untilled, unoccupied lar.d arc lying
vacant ard unused.
For the sort of intorsive agriculture
which pays in the East, tho quality of
the lar.d is of less impevtanco than the
corn and wheat regions. Some of the
best truck farms I know are almost
pure sand, with o::Iy enough humu3
in the soil to keep it from blowing
away. Intensive fertilization ar.d ir
rigaticn dp the trick.
I am more firml)7 convinced that
New England could support its entire
huge population if it wero cut off from
the rest of the nation and its people
would work hard enough.
"See it before you buy it.'
News
Messi-3 Roy Stewart and brother,
Lee Stewart, were In Lincoln on last
Wednesday, driving over in their car
to look after some business matters.
Mr. and Mrs. George Braun, of
South Eend were visiting in Alvo on
Tuesday of last week, being guests at
the home of the mother of Mrs.
Braun, Mrs. William Yeager.
Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Boggart, of
Lincoln, friends of Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Stewart, were guests at the Stewart
home in Alvo last Sunday, where all
enjoyed a very fine visit and an ex
cellent dinner.
Edward Drueli, who has been work
ing with Roy Stewart in the sinking
of wells and the installation of wind
mills, since the work has let up some
what, is cutting and getting up wood
for the winter.
Mrs. Earl Bennett was hostess to
the Ladies Aid society last Wednes
day. A goodly number of the members
were present and the afternoon's en
tertainment and business was climax
ed with the serving of a delicious
luncheon.
Among those from here who attend
ed the funeral of the late Clarence
Edward Ilcier were Messrs. and Mes
dair.es L. B. Appleman, Harry Apple
man and E. IX Friend and the Messrs.
W. H. Warner, John B. Elliott and
Simon Rehmeier.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Nelson, of
Elmwcod, were in Fairbury Tuesday
and Wednesday, where they visited
with friends and looked after some
LuLincsa matters. On their return,
they came by way cf Alvo and visited
fcr a short time with their friends,
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Rosenow.
Operator Bradley, who was station
ed here has been able to get assigned
to a station in Kansas which is much
nearer his home and the position he
vacates here is being filled by Roy
llclmcs, w ho formerly worked for the
railroad company in Kansas. A most
:.atisiactcry switch for all parties.
The interior of the Nelson store
has been changed and presents a neat
appearance as well as providing bet
ter shopping facilities for the patrons.
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson are looking after
the business alone, their daughter,
Misa Lucile Bucssing now being em
ployed at the Farmers Union store at
Elmwood.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Edwards were
in Lincoln last Sunday night, where
they were attending a show. They
found the read very slippery on their
return trip, but made it safely, and
say they enjoyed the show very much.
The securing of Sunday shows in Lin
coln ha3 resulted in drawing large
numbers of people there from a wide
surrounding territory.
Spent Sunday at Auburn
Superintendent L. M. Hauptman of
the Alvo consolidated schools, with
hio wife, enjoyed a visit last Sunday
at the home of the parents of Mrs.
Hauptman, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Lash,
at Auburn. Another daughter of the
family, Mrs. G. E. Brubacher and her
husband, of Murray, were also guests
there at the same time. A sumptuous
dinner was served and the afternoon
enjoyed in visiting together.
Passing cf J. Armeneus Foreman
J. Armeneus Foreman, age 70, who
wa3 in an institution at Lincoln re
ceiving treatment for his health, pass
ed away last Tuesday. Mr. Foreman
formerly resided in Alvo and vicinity,
but had been away from here for a
number cf years, living near Ray
mond for a lime. The funeral was
held at Waverly with interment in
the cemetery there. The deceased
man waa a brother of James Foreman,
cf Alvo. A number of people from
this vicinity attended the funeral.
31esccd with Infant Son
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Ileier, who
were in Lincoln while their son, Clar
ence Edward was undergoing an op
eration lor appendicitis, with the
passing away cf the son, hurried homo
and net any too soon for the stork
was making a race with them and a
son was born in the early morning,
shortly after their arrival home. The
mother and son are doing very well.
Eic3 During Operation
Cl-rence Edward Heier, son of Mr.
and Mrs. V. E. Heier, was taken with
a severe attack of acute appendicitis
and rushed to a hospital in Lincoln,
where it was arranged to operate im
mediately as his condition was very
grave. During the operation, which
was performed in the early hours of
Sunday morning, the young man pass
ed away. The remains were taken to
a mortuary at Ashland and there pre
pared for burial, the funeral being
held cn Wednesday at the Callahan
church near Murdock, of which Mr.
end Mrc. Heier and the son were all
Members. Interment was in the bur
ial ground near the church. The ser-
Alvo
vices were conducted by the Rev. C
F. Weber, pastor of the church. The
bereaved parents have the sympathy
of the entire community in the loss
which has come to them.
Entertained Their Friends
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Stromer enter
tained a number of their friends last
Monday evening. The guests included
Supt. and Mrs. L. M. Hauptman, Mrs.
F. Gorr and the Misses Eleanor Green,
Mabel McGinnis and Marjorie Arn. A
very pleasant evening was enjoyed, at
the close of which delicious refresh
ments were served.
Underwent Operation
Miss Ruth Taylor, who v'th her
sister, Miss Mary Taylor, make their
home at McCook, Nebr., has suffered
repeated attacks of appendicitis dur
ing the past few months, and submit
ted to an operation at the hospital in
McCook last week for the removal of
the offending appendix. The last word
from her bedside tells of her getting
rlcng very nicely. She is being cared
for by her sister, Mary. The young
ladies are sisters of Frank Taylor,
who resides near Alvo.
Home from the Northwest
Mr. and Mrs. Art Bir-, .vlio have
been visiting in Hardin, Montana,
and while there were engaged in the
h?rve.cting of the beet crop on the
farm cf their son Gail, who id an ex
tensive beet farmer in the northwest,
arrived home last Sunday, making the
trip in their car. Their son, Gail and
wife accompanied them. In coming
through McCcck they were driving
along at the rate of about 35 miles an
hour and as the ground was covered
with snow, they failed to oLsore a
pavement dip, striking it with such
force cs tc tear the ligaments in Mrs.
Bird's Lack, causing her much pain
and the inconvenience of having to
remain in bed since their arrival
home. Mrs. Gail Bird was also in
jured somewhat, but not seriously.
They tell of harvesting a very good
beet crop this year on the son's farm,
totaling some 315 tons. The entire
crcp was disposed cf to a nearby beet
rugar factory to be turned into sugar.
Beet growing is one of the principal
industries in that part of the coun
try. Eig Thanksgiving Tinner
The Joseph Armstrong home was
the scene of an annual Turkey day
home gathering. Those attending
from thia vicinity' Were Fred Trouty
and Mrs. Vera Lancaster and daugh
ter. The guest3 from out cf town in
cluded Mr. and Mrs. Roy Armstrong
and family, cf Omaha, Mr3. Glen Har
per and daughter, of Waverly, Mr.
and Mrs. Elmer Barrett and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Armstrong and
family, Mr. and Mr3. Keith Armstrong
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Arm
strong and family and the Misses
Helen Zimmerman and Helen Caswell
of Havelock, Miss Catherine Elkin
hous and John Estabrook, of Lincoln
a total of thirty-two, who did full
justice to the fine dinner that was
reived.
Needless to relate, a splendid time
was had by all.
EUTH BRYAN OWEN SHOPS
Washington. "Madame Minister"
Ruth Bryan Owen shopped busily,
buying typical bil.s of this country
to take back to her Danish legation.
"I'm going to have a real United
States," smiled Mrs. Owen as fche
bargained for Washington sccne3 for
v.indowpanes of her Copenhagen
dining room.
They're made by a new parchment
pane process, looking like stained
glass. Having them done in designs
of the capitol, Washington monu
ment, and Lincoln memorial was
Mrs. Owen's idea. For many gay
little home touches Minister Owen
also shopped initialed cigarette
boxes; green mats and towels for
the bath; a porcelain gadget to hide
the electric table bell. Mrs. Owen
will sail for Denmark frnin Xrv.'
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