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1 1 I-" MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1935. PIATTSKOUTH SEK1 - WEEKLY JOtfUltAX PAGE THREE Time for Sowing Flower Seeds is Almost Here LAND, FARM and RANCH BARGAINS Romance of Heiress Revived, Twelve Killed as Tornado Sweeps .Texas I i i FOR SALE Silage, alfalfa hay, corn, choice alfalfa seed and horses. MYRON WILES, f!8-4td-4tv Mynard. 1U 4 4 ' ry' ' TOR SALE 4 i - S 1 i .'..': :-:: iff I 1 y ;. - T ' v . V - ' ' ' -. , . v 5 ' ' -". ' j . , ... 7 ..: ,'0'- U - i Quintin Paredes, Jr. x Rumors have revived the romance of Coletta Mulvihill, beautiful Pittsburgh heiress, and Quintin Paredes, Jr., son of the speaker of the legislature of the Philip pines, shown above. Their report ed engagement was broken last year when the dashing heiress, eloped with a truck driver. ' TO CLEAN C00KS0N HILLS Oklahoma City. The Cookson hills, bandit rendezvous since the days of Belle Starr, train robbing outlaw ueen of the seventies, are to be ilepopulated by the federal gov ernment and transformed into a game refuge. Formal approval of the proj ect was announced by E. C. Jeffrey, managing director of the Oklahoma Rural Rehabilitation corporation. Thru the years since the Civil war, the trackless fastness has harbored such bad men as Al Jennings, Jesse James, who was gunned to death by his own men; Wilbur Underhill, who was slain near Shawnee, Okl., and Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd, a killer who was shot down last fall near East Liverpool, O. Frequent raids Into the hills were almost consistently without result. Officers complained the residents re sented official invasion and shelter ed the criminal element. wooscocooososcccosccscsccq Farn ELa with 8 k Prudential Instil aitce Company We can loan you more b money at as good a rate b and terms as can be had! w THE Pitzer Agencies 115 South 8th Street Nebr. City, Nebr. I SosGcoseeocecsososcccoscsv Rival Attorneys Shake Hands if ' t&Utt&l&rM'' - h David T. Wilentz Edward J. Reilly, right, chief counsel for Eruno llauptmann, shakes har.da with Attorney General David T. Wilcntz, loft, a3 a gesture of truce Coletta Mulviliiii NAVY HAS SPENT 40 MILLIONS SINCE WAR ON DIRIGIBLES Washington, Feb. 13. The navy has spent about 40 million dollars since the war on lighter than air craft and equipment. Following is the amount spent by the navy on dirigibles between 1918 and 1933: ZIt 2, bought In England, crashed during test flight there Augu3t. 1921; loss to United States, one million dol lars. Shenandoah, crashed 1925, $2,200, 000. Lcs Angeles, discommissioned, in 1932 (no original cost to United States because ship was received from Germany on reparations ac count). Akron, crashed April. 1933, ?5, 35S.000. Macon, crashed February 12, 1935, $2,S00,000. In addition, the navy has spent nine million dollars on the station at Lakehurst and $4,500,000 on the Sunnyvale, Cal., station. Up to 1933 it had spent nine mil lion dollars on maintenance and re placements, three million dollars on helium, eight hundred thousand dol lars on experimental develepmeat. NEBRASXAN WEIGHS 450 Atkinson, Neb. Ira Livingston, 3S, Atkinson butcher believed the largest man in Nebraska, is reported a3 gaining. A few 'years ago Ira weighed 435 pounds. Now he wt.-ighs, according to a friend, 450. And he is said to be on a diet. Ira likes to dance but cannot trust every floor. Chairs, beds and such have groaned, then collapsed under too much Liv ingston, lie 13 6 feet 9 inches tall. Edward J. Reilly between the two after their long legal battle. Reilly summarized the case for the defense and Wilentz concluded the prosecution's plea. Success in Growing Flowers From Seed, Depends Upon Care in Many Details. Seed sowing will soon demand the attention of home-gardeners who like to start indoors their own half-hardy Summer flowering plants. While there is a tendency upon the part of enthusiasts to become impatient and sow their seeds too soon, the first weeks of the year pass quickly and active preparations cannot be delay ed overlong. In early February sowings of be gonias, vincas and verbenas are made, and seed of such perennials as del phiniums, gaillardias and Iceland poppies, which from early planting may be relied upon to bloom the first year, may be put in soil at the same time. The majority of half-hardy an nals do better if sown in March, but even for these it is none too early to begi:i assembling the paraphernalia and materials needed. Last year's notebook and a supply of catalogues are consulted as aids in making out the seed order. Pots, pans and shallow "flats" (according to the quantity of each kind of seed to be sown) will be required. If these have been used previously they should be scrubbed clean and permit ted to dry before refilling them with fresh soil. Soil for Seed Sowing. For seed sowing, composts, fertil izers and manures are not desirable; gardeners obtain instead loam and sand, together with leaf-mold, humus or peat-moss. The loam can be ob tained by chopping down some heap of long-stacked grass turves. If no such supply i3 available, then the rich soil from the garden or from an old frame will answer. This is brought indoors and stored where it may thaw out and become somewhat dry. It is then passed through a sieve having a half or three quarter inch mesh and the result will be the basis for the seed mixture. To the loam is added approximately equal amounts of coarse sand and either leaf-mold, humor or peat-moss. The resulting compost is fine, light and friable. As a test for proper me chanical condition, gardeners take a handful of - the compost, moderately moist, and squeeze it tightly; if the particles adhere to form a lump when the hand is opened the mixture is too heavy and the need for additional sand of leaf-mold is indicated. When filling seed pans or flats, perfect drainage is insured by plac ing over the holes in the bottom of the receptacles pieces of broken crock, concave side downward, and over these a layer of smaller crocks or coarse cinders. This drainage ma terial is covered with rough leaves, screenings or moss to prevent the soil washing through. The container is then filled almost to the rim with the prepared soil mixture. It is im portant that the soil be pressed mod erately and evenly film with the tips of tho fingers, in the case of flats and square pans, paying particular atten tion to the corners. After firming, the surface will be three-quarters of an inch or so below the brim. It After Battle Chester White brood sows and Red Clover seed. Otto Meisinger, Mynard, Nebr. f!8-3td-2tw FOR SALE One purebred Hereford bull, three years old, gentle anG halter broke. Arthur Petersen, near Cullom. fl8-2tw-ltd should be then carefully leveled off with the aid of a wooden ladle or a straight-edged stick. If very small seeds are to be sown, seme of the same soil mixture is sifted over the top through a quarter-Inch sieve or through a piece of window-screen wire, and the surface is made per fectly level. The prepared soil is now thorough ly saturated with boiling water, the water being applied with a watering can fitted with a fine-spray rose. This serves a dual purpose it par tially sterilizes the soil and thus minimizes the risk of loss from fun gas pests, and It obviates the neces sity for further watering for at least several days, usually until after the seed has germinated. Sowing the Seed. Next comes the actual sowing of the seed, and here it is necessary to sound the oft-repeated warning to sow thinly thinly, being of course, a relative term, for as a general rule the finer the seed the thicker it may be sown. Some few seeds germinate more surely if they are specially pre pared before sowing. The hard coats of canna seeds are nicked through with a fine file. Sweet peas having dark-colored seeds germinate better if a small section is chipped from the seedcoat fo each with the aid of a sharp knife, while asparagus and many other very hard seeds give the best results if they are soaked in luke-warm water for twenty-four hours or so before sowing. Very minute .seeds, such as those of be gonias and loebelias, do not require any covering, but most kinds may be covered to about thoir own. depth with fine soil, which should be press ed lightly over them. Each variety as sown is carefully labeled with the name of the seed, the date and the source of supply. After sowing is completed, a piece of glass is placed over each pot or flat, and this is covered with two or three thicknesses of paper to exclude light and insure as far as possible uniform conditions of moisture and temperature. All of the popular gar den annuals germinate well in a tem perature from sixty to seventy de grees. Constant vigilance must be maintained during the period of ger mination. As soon as signs of sprout ing can be discerned, the glass is re moved entirely, but shade from strong sunlight is maintained. Par ticular care is taken that the soil surface is not permitted to become dry. Water, when necessary, is ap plied in the form of a fine spray and preferably of about the same temper ature as the atmosphere. These early days for the little seed lings mean a great deal to the future of the plants, and care expended now will be repaid many-fold in both quantity and quality. The young plants are gradually accustomed to stronger light until they are exposed to full sunshine. Excesses of mois ture and of dryness are carefully avoided. In warm weather air Is freely admitted, but any great var iation in temperature is guarded against. Under favorable conditions ranid and sturdy growth will be made. When the second pair of true leaves start to develop, the seedlings will be ready for transplanting to other flats or to small pots. By T. H. Everett in the New York Times. Sse the goods you tuy. Catalog descriptions aro flowery enough, cut how about the goods when vow ot them? "I HAVEN'T HAD A GOLD IN FIVE YEARS" Xn th eld days X nsed t dread th eomiag f WlnUr. I tM lwy flfhtto cold fMlln about half milv trying to work with say body chief and erery nerrt ob edf s. . "Then friend told ma about McCoy"! God Urr OU Tablets with their marroloua vitamins A aad D. X started to take them &w years aro and X haven't bad a cold atnee that tine. "McCoys tablets put new life in folks: kolM tip resistance so anyone can laugh at cold germs. They make weak, skinny people trons;, steady-nerved and vigorous. They're wonderful p Oet the genuine McCoy's Ood Uver Oil Vableta from roar druggist today. Doot :, "-V . ':' V , :-: - - .. Cyclonic storms which swept across cast Texas struck with greatest force at the Arch Murry plan tation near Grapeland. . This photo shows the dam-. MANLEY NEWS Mrs. John Bergmann has been spending the past few days visiting at the home of her mother, a short distance from Mynard. Fred Stohlman and wife were visit ing in Omaha last Sunday, where they were looking after some shop ping for a short time. John Maleto, of Omaha, was visit ing in Mauley last Tuesday, being a guest at the home of his cousin, An ton Auerswald and wife. Mrs. R. Bergman has been in Om aha at the hospital, where she has been going through the clinic and is under observatios and treatment. John Rohrdasz and Phillip Flem ming were in Omaha last Friday, where they were looking after some business matters for a short time. John Palacek and wife, of Platts mouth. were supper guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Stan der, residing , east of .Manley, last Monday evening. Robert ,WiIes and wife, August Krecklow and Harold Krecklow were in Lincoln last Mosday, where they were attending the funeral and bur ial of Mrs. Richard Pickard. Last Tuesday being Lincoln's birth day and a holiday. Banker W. J. Rau and wife and Miss Sue Mockenhaupt took advantage of the opportunity and went to Lincoln, where they were looking after some shopping. Harold Schliefert, who was at the hospital for some time and then re turned home, has been compelled to go back for observation and treat ment. It is expected that his stay there this time will be of short dura tion, however. Herman Rauth was a visitor in Weeping Water last Monday evening, where he was a guest at the meeting of the Methodist Brotherhood, which he enjoyed very much. At the close of the program, an oyster supper was provided for those present. Harold Krecklow, who conducts a furniture repair establishment, was in Nehawka last Tuesday with a truck load of furniture which he has just refinlshed for SilaT Munn, and also brought back another load to be repaired. He is enjoying a good busi ness in this asd sundry other lines. John Stander and family were in Plattsmouth last Sunday, going for a visit with relatives. Mr. Stander and John Palacek joined the large num ber of men engaging in a wolf hunt in northeastern Cass county that day. The net result of the hunt was seven less wolves left to prey on the farmers' chickenkoops. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Steinkamp, of Kansas, were spending the week end at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Steinkamp, and were pleased to know that the father, A. Steinkamp, is much improved, and was able to accompany the son on an auto ride last Sunday. The host of friends or Mr. Steinkamp are well pleased with his improvemest. Mrs. Martin Castello, of Lincoln, i3 a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Rauth, she and Mrs. Rauth having been school girls together in Plattsmouth a number of years ago, at which time a close friendship sprang up among them that has been costinued through the intervening years. The ladies are enjoying their visit together very much and Mrs. Castello will remain for some time. Newlyweds Visit Here Mr. and Mrs. Paul Stohlman, who make their home at Norfolk, where Paul is an instructor In the public schools, were guests over the week end at the homes of Fred and Chris Stohlman, returning to their work early Monday morning. Paul and his wife were only recently married and their visit here was somewhat in the nature of a honeymoon trip. y aged plantation." ously injured by damage to crops Attend Mrs. Pickard Funeral The funeral of Mrs. Richard Pick ard, who was killed in an auto acci dent at Los Angeles, was held In Lin coln last Monday, interment being in Wyuka cemetery there. A number of the citizens of Manley, friends of Mr. and Mrs. Pickard, were over to at tend the funeral. Mr. and Mrs. Pick ard will be remembered by many who knew them when they resided here. Resigns School Position Professor Irian, who has been one of the instructors in the Manley pub lic schools, has offered his resignation, effective immediately, and the same has been accepted. Mrs. Fred Wendt had been secured to teach during the past week, after which regular teacher will be hired to fill out the unexpired part of a year. Surprised on Anniversary A large number of the friends of Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Bergman as sembled last Sunday evening and went to their home, where they gave this excellent couple a surprise by way of celebrating the passing of their thirteenth wedding anniversary. A most pleasant time was had, with an abundance of good eats, brought along by those who were present, to provide a sumptuous repast. Those who attended this enjoyable occasion were Mr. and Mrs. Mike Honor, Father Patrick Harte, C. E. Mockenhaupt asd wife, John C. Rauth and wife, Mrs. Martin Castello, of Lincoln, Herman Rauth and wife, Miss Rene Christensen, Joe Sheehan and wife and John Bergman. Attend Party at Avoca A number of the members of the St. Patrick's parish, of Manley, were enjoying a Tango party which was staged at the town hall at Avoca on last Monday evening and say a most pleasant time was had. Those from here who were in attendance were Father Patrick Harte, Mike Honor and wife, GladTs and Leo, John F. Carper and wife, William Sheehan, Sr., and wife, Wm. Sheehan, Jr., and wife, Lawrence Earhart and wife, John C. Rauth and wife and their house guest, Mrs. Martin Castello, of Lincoln. Son of Explorer f r 'yy, yyK y 'iiy, if X if iynih. Kf v .mn niiiin(iiiiTnBwiwnMiiifififiiniir'ii-Mntfiinir t ttmm-hrtc r tn-i tcm 11 - to irr -n-i,r X4 Joseph Pclter, Jr. Joseph Pelter, Jr., Is waiting eagerly at his home In Pensacola, Fla., for the return of his father who is chief photographer for the Byrd expedition, now returning from its base at "Little America". Jo seph has never seen his dad, as the latter left for the Polar regions before his son was born. i 4 '4 i Twelve, were killed and 70 "sen the tornado which caused untold and buildings. QUICK ARREST MADE Omaha. Shortly after the robbery of an oil station early Wednesday night police arrested a suspect whom A. F. Tighe, operator, identified as the robber who took $10 at the point of a gun and ran. Cruiser officers arrested the man three blocks from the robbed station. PUBLIC AUCTION The undersigned will offer for sale at Public Auction at his farm located one and a quarter miles west of Mur dock. Nebraska, on Wednesday, Feb. 27 beginning at 10:30 o'clock a. m., with lunch served on the grounds at noon, the following described property, to wit: Horses, Cattle, Chickens Four work horses, smooth mouth Six fresh grade milk cows Fivt veal calves 200 Single Comb White Leghorn pullets. Farm Machinery, etc. One McCormick 7-foot binder; one corn elevator, with power and hoist complete; two farm wagons; one hay rack with trucks; one big four Mc Cormick mower; one nil steel corn planter; one P & O lister; one disk harrow, 7x15; one Canton 2-row cul tivator; one John Deere cultivator; one Satley cultivator; one stalk cut ter; two 50-foot roll3 corn cribbing; one new Western sulky plow, 16 inch; one Weir sulky plow, 16-inch; one walking plow, 14-inch; one Min nesota burr feed grinder; one 100 bushel storage bin; two 3-section har rows, with cart; one dirt scraper; two 1-horse grain drills; one 2-horse pow er, suitable for grinding or sawing; one sulky hay rake; one canopy coal brooder stove; one canopy oil brood er; one 200-egg Buckeye incubator; several chicken feeders and foun tains; one cream separator; one 2-tub power washing machine; one 50-gal-lon gas or oil barrel; one wood tub electric washing machine; about 8 bushels Iowa Silver Mine seed corn and various other articles too numer ous to mention. Also selling all of my household furniture at auction. Terms Terms of Sale are CASH. No prop erty to be removed from premises un til paid for. G. V. Pickwell, Owner. REX YOUNG, Auctioneer HENRY A. TOOL, Clerk Awaits Return ' y ' l V " y.,&& Y 1 9. ft r ejss mrnatMiis as nt ascuej a.