MONDAY, SEPT. CO, 1935. .
PLATTS1IOTJTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL
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Murdock Jottings
By the Journal Field Man
The Journal will appreciate the
giving of news items of interest
to it$ representative by our read-
era on his weekly visit to Murdock.
11. 11. Gerbeling and son Oliver, of
Wabash, were looking after some mat
ters of business in Murdock last Wed
nesday. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Green, of La
Seuer, Minn., visited in Murdock last
wek. being guests while here at the
heme of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Weddell.
George Trunkenbolz, owner of a
number of oil stations in this part of
the country, was a visitor in Murdock
last Saturday, coming to look after
business matters.
"William Winkler, wife and daugh
ter, of Elmwood, were visiting with
the parents of Mrs. Winkler, Mr. and
Mrs. Herman R. Schmidt and look
ing after some business matters.
G. Bauer, who was a recent visitor
in Minnesota, where he has two
daughters, tells of doing considerable
fishing and says the fish were biting
splendidly. He enjoyed his visit a
great deal.
Cash Sylvester, representative of
the Claude A. Ruse Motor company,
of Plattsmouth, distributors of Ford
products, was looking after some
business matters in Murdock on last
Wednesday.
Otto Miller plans to have the barn
located on his east property in Mur
dock torn down and removed, as he
has more use for the lumber which
it contains than he has for the barn
where it now stands.
W. O.. Gillespie was painting the
roof of the porch in front of the ho
tel, doing an excellent job. This is
but the second time the roof has been
painted in eighteen years and it is
still in good condition.
Louis Hornbeck and family, of Lin
coln, were visiting in Murdock last
Sunday, being gueEts at the home of
Mrs. Charles Backemeyer and also of
I. G. Hornbeck, where they all en
Joyed a very fine visit.
O. J. Hitchcock and family, of
Havelock, dropped in on the L. Neit
zel family last Sunday evening and
found a very warm reception, all en
joying an excellent visit and the fine
upper that was served.
' W. Bourke, who is working in
Manley, assisting his friend, O. E.
McDonald with the conduct of the
latter's business there, still has his
rooms in Murdock and drives to and
from his work each day.
A crew of field men representing
the World-Herald was in Murdock
last Wednesday, soliciting subscribers
for that newspaper. The little daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Buck is the
carrier here and is prompt and cour
teous as well as most efficient in
her work.
William Kitzel and Sherill Fifer,
of Alvo, were in Murdock last Wed
nesday, coming to secure A. H. Jacob
son to accompany them to ' a point
northwest of Alvo to do some welding
on a tractor that was out of commis
sion and was needed for use on the
highway work.
Rev. J. W. Bandy and family, who
recently moved from Indianola to Lin
coln, are now nicely settled in their
new home in the capital city. Rev.
Bandy has been preaching in the west
for some time. At present, he is in
Chicago, looking after some matters
of business, friends here have been
advised.
Fay Nelson has moved his cream
station to the building formerly used
by O. E. McDonald for his amuse
ment parlor. The Harding Cream
company have rented the building ad
joining the Murdock Co-Operative
Credit association's building, appar
ently with a view to establishing an
other cream station here.
There is much Joy at the home of j
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Mr. and Mrs. William Straich over
the arrival of a fine baby boy who
came to reside with them last Sat
urday evening. All are doing nicely
and the pleasure extends to the homes
of the grandparents, Albert Straich
and Howard Capwell and wife, the
latter parents of Mrs. Wm. Straich.
G. Bauer and L. Neitzel were at
Louisville Sunday, where they at
tended Sunday school at the Metho
dist church and later listened to the
sermon of Rev. Carter, pastor of that
church. The church there was just
starting an evangelisttic campaign to
last until October 6th. Gipsy Smith, a
noted evangelist, is conducting the
meetings.
Flies Cause Much Trouble
While working with his team, W.
O. Schewe was kicked by one of the
horses on the knee, making a severe
wound. This was caused by the flies,
which are unusually bad for this time
of year. The warm weather has made
them very bothersome. Later, a cow
which he was milking, kicked him
on the ankle, adding to his disabili
ties. The first good frost will wither
the bothersome flies, but until it ar
rives all livestock is being pestered
with them.
Farm Brings Nice Price
The farm formerly owned by Her
man R. Schmidt has been sold by
John Gakemeier ,and Henry Crozier
to Louis Siekjost, of Eustis, for the
sum of $16,000. The farm originally
contained 160 acres, but the Rock Is
land right of way cuts across the land,
reducing its area by some seven acres.
The 153 acres sold, brought in ex
cess of $100 per acre.
A number of farms have changed
hands during the past few months,
indicating an increasing demand for
farm land among investors.
Will Make Home in Iowa
Some time since, C. A. Kupke was
over near Grand Junction, Iowa, do
ing some plowing and sowing of fall
wheat on the land which he will farm
there thi3 coming year. He will be
located on one of the farms of W. G.
Renw-anz, Sr., who recently purchased
two farms in that vicinity. Mr. Kupke
is now getting ready for the sowing
of wheat on the farm here and has
also been busy cutting alfalfa. When
this last crop of alfalfa is out of the
way, he will plow up the field and
sow it to wheat, so it will not have
to be cultivated the coming season.
They expect to move to Iowa during
the month of March.
Mr. Kupke had Intended to harvest
his alfalfa crop here for seed, but the
grasshoppers got into it and as a re
sult he has found it more profitable to
cut it for the hay.
Takes Over Lumber Yard
T. W. Engle, of the Engle Lumber
company, which operates yards at
Auburn, Elmwood and other towns
in southeastern Nebraska, came to
Murdock to look after taking overJ
the yard here which they recently
purchased from H, W. Tool. He has
arranged for W. T. Weddell to oper
ate the yard as well as the service
station which they acquired in the
transaction.
Forty-Eight Years Old
L. B. Goerthy, who was born Sep
tember 25, 1887 at North Hampton,
N. Y., was observing his 48th birth
day last Wednesday. Mr. Gorthey re
mained in the east until he was 20
years of age, but has resided in Ne
braska during the past 28 years. In
this time, he has been back to the
old home but twice, and on his last
trip there during the past summer,
he brought his mother, Mrs. Carrie
Gorthey home with him for a visit of
a year. This is the first time she has
had the privilege of being with her
son on his birthday for 2S years, and
they enjoyed the day together. With
all the family as guests, they partook
TC-14 at Scott f nounced a success
taken, were pro- airship ia the largest
of a fine birthday dinner which was
prepared by the wife of the guest of
honor. Congratulations, and may you
live to enjoy many more happy birth
days, Mr. Gorthey.
Will Make Home in Denver
H. W. Tool, who recently disposed
of his lumber business in Murdock,
departed last Sunday for the west and
will be located in Denver, where he
has accepted a position as traveling
salesman for a large lumber firm with
headquarters in the west and a whole
sale office in Denver. He will cover
a large territory for this concern,
being out of the city most of the
time.
Kittenball Results
With the season drawing rapidly to
a close, interest in kittenball is still
very keen and good crowds are out
for the games that are played under
the flood lights. Last Tuesday night
the following were the results: In the
opening game the Stags defeated Wa
bash, 8 to 4 ; the second contest was
between the Fire Department and a
team from Ithica, the former winning
by a score of 0 to 3, while the con
cluding game was between Elmwood
and the Lutherans, being won by the
former, 4 to 3.
Here on Their Vacation
Rev. George A. Clarke antf wife,
who are located at Beaver City, have
been enjoying their annual vacation
and visited in Murdock with Mr. and
Mrs. A. H. Ward, Mrs. Clarke, a sister
of Mrs. Ward. From here they went to
Beatrice for a visit with M. G. Keedy
and family, and afterwards on to Kan
sas City, where they were guests at
the home of Troy Ward and family.
On their return home, they passed
through Kansas and visited at sev
eral points en route. After some two
weeks of vacationing, they are re
turning to their home at Beaver City,
where Rev. Clarke will resume his
work as pastor of the Christian church
of that place.
Combining Better Portions
J. H. Buck, who is a worker and
not afraid to tackle any job, no mat
ter how difficult, has secured two
automobiles, a Nash and a Chrysler,
and is taking the better portions of
each car with which to make a new
automobile for himself. The vehicle
will be a coupe and when completed
will serve the purpose for which it si
intended in splendid manner.
Working at Lumber Yard
G. Bauer, who has been working
on the power line extension of the
Nebraska Power company in the vi
cinity of Weeping Water, clearing a
right-of-way for the lines being run
to provide rural service, with the
curtailing of the force, was laid off
recently and immediately secured a
position cleaning up the shrubbery
that has been allowed to grow up
about the lumber yard which was re
cently purchased by the T. W. Engle
Lumber company.
Mr. Bauer is doing a very fine piece
of work in straightening up the yard
and clearing away the growth of
shrubbery. W. T. Weddell, who has
been placed in charge of the yard and
service station, is making some im
portant changes in the arrangement
and will receive a large shipment of
lumber, bringing the Btock up to a
state where patrons can get almost
anything they want in this line.
LEAVE FOE HAY SPRINGS
From Thursday' Daily
This afternoon Mrs. Rose Book-
meyer, Mrs. Josephine Janda and Mrs
Hermle Svoboda, departed for Hay
Springs, Nebraska, where they were
called by the death of their brother
in-law, George Koehnke, Sr. The ser
vices will be held Sunday at Hay
Springs, the Plattsmouth ladies mak
ing the trip by train will arrive there
at 6:30 Friday morning.
Test Flight
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by observers. The non-rfefd
in the corld of its type.
LAND, FARM and
RANCH BARGAINS
PEARS, 75 bushel. One bushel or
a truck load. Seven miles southeast
of Murray. WM. CLARK. 30-2sw
For Sale
Pears, $1 bushel. Used cream sep
arator for sale or trade. Albert A.
Young, Murray, Nebr.
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FOR SALE
23 acres, stock, and machinery.
Telephone 104-J for information.
s30-lt sw
FOR SALE
My Share of 40 Acres of Corn, Mostly
Bottom Ground
ALSO Farm Machinery, Team Horses,
Hay and Clover ground on this S0
acre farm. Can have possession right
away and lease for next year. Farm
7 miles south and 2 miles west of
Weeping Water; one quarter south
and one-quarter west, in the field.
W. EENINCER. Avoca, Nebr. 30-lt
DEAD ANIMALS
Dead animals removed free of
charge. Telephone South Omaha Ren
dering Works. Market 4C26. Reverse
charges. n5-tfw
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I By the Journal Field Man
1 The Journal will appreciate the
! giving of news items of interest
I to it 8 representative by our read- j
era on his weekly visit to Manley. j
Mr. Ed Sheehan was visiting at
the home of his parents Sunday, re
turning to his work Monday in Falls
City.
Miss Margaret Sheehan of Omaha
was home on Wednesday to attend
the wedding of her sister, Mrs. John
Zoz, nee Eileen Sheehan.
John C. Rauth was over to Syra
cuse last Wednesday, where he was
attending the community sale that is
held there each Wednesday.
Mrs. Rudolph Bergman, who has
been in Omaha for some time under
observation and receiving treatment
at one of the hospitals, has returned
home and while she is feeling some
better, thinks it will be well to re
turn for further treatment a little
later. - . .
To Attend World Scries
John Crane and Harry Haws and
wife have arranged to attend the
world series baseball games and will
make the trip to wherever most of the
games are to be played in their auto.
It is now assured that the games will
be between the Chicago Cubs and the
Detroit Tigers, the former beating out
the St. Louis Cardinals in a sensa
tion end of the season spurt.
Shower for Bride-to-Be
On last Monday, there 'was a show
er given by Miss Norma Wilte in
honor of her friend, Miss Eileen
Scheehan, who was to be married on
Wednesday. A most pleasant time
was had and the bride-to-be was
presented with a very beautiful pic
ture by those in attendance, who join
ed in wishing her a long, happy and
useful life. The shower was spon
sored by the young ladies of the So
dality of St. Patrick's Catholic church
and was held at the Ralph Wilte
home. ' '
MANY HOBOES HEBE
Police officials were busy Friday
night in caring for a large number of
the wanderers of the road that had
sought shelter here for the night.
The Jail -was well filled by those seek
ing shelter for the night and who
were released this morning to be on
their way. Most of the parties seem
ed to be headed for the south.
Cass county is one or the finest
agricultural centers in the state.
Improved farming conditions and
better prices for farm products
will react to the advantage of ev
ery town In this territory.
Ask Your Mirror
IT TELLS NO LEES
PLAYS NO FAVORITES
It will tell you the consistent,
day by day success we have in
giving our customers a PER
FECT FIT with our Personal
ized Tailoring Service.
300 SELECTIONS AT
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WESCOTT'S
Since 1879
Resettlement
Administration
Work in County
Jean H. Spangler, Local Director
Regional Director Explains Pur
pose of Belief Measure.
Work of the new Resettlement Ad
ministration in the handling of re
habilitation and resettlement prob
lems in the following Nebraska coun
ties, Cass, Otoe and Nemaha will be
cared for under the direction of Mr.
Jean H. Spangler, working in closest
co-operation with County Agent D.
D. Wainscott, it was announced
Thursday by Cal A. Ward, regional
director of rural resettlement for the
states of North and South Dakota,
Nebraska and Kansas. Mr. D. P.
Moulton was named district super
visor for 16 counties in the 3rd dis-
Jtrict, with headquarters at Lincoln.
With this announcement the pro
cedure for applying for benefits un
der the Resettlement Administration
were outlined by Mr. Ward as fol
lows: First, the applicant for a prop
erly secured loan must be deserving
and have the desire, character and
ability to repay such loan under a
period of from two to five years. Sec
ond, the applicant will call on the
local representative named above,
will present his problems and the
local representative will assist him
in mapping out a farm budget plan
looking to the re-establishment of
the applicant on a self-sustaining
basis. Third, the plan will be passed
upon by the County Advisory Com
mittee and, if approved, will then be
submitted to the regional office for
final action. In each case the needs
of the individual applicant are of
first consideration and the budgeted
farm management plan will be based
on the individual case.
"T h e Resettlement Administra
tion," said Mr. Ward, "is not a relief
agency. Of course, the relief problem
Is of paramount importance at this
time and will be net through cur
regional, state and county organiz
ations but our ultimate goal is the
re-establishment of the worthy and
deserving farmers to a self-sustaining
basis. We know there are many farm
ers who have been too proud to ask
for relief and who have now reached
the point where they simply have to
have help. We. are particularly inter
ested in that group who, with a com
paratively small loan, could purchase
the necessary farm equipment or live
stock or other capital goods and get
back on their feet. We are in the
field to help a farming population
who have suffered intensely during
the last years of drought. Their re
habilitation we know will be of the
greatest possible benefit to the indi
vidual farmer, to the state and to the
nation as a whole.
"The Rural Resettlement work in
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Woman Has Key to Long Power
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A woman, the former secretary to Senator Huey Pierce Long, is
due to play a vital part in the future fate of the political empire that
was sent into temporary chr.03 with the assassination of Long at
Baton Rouge, La. She is Mrs. Alice Lee Grosjean Tharpe, Louisi-1
ana's commissioner of public accounts, with unlimited authority to
administer th2 state's finances as she pleases. Mrs. Tharpe has been'
with Long ever sir.ee she was 17, first as his secretary when he was
public service commissioner.
Cass, Otoe and Nemaha counties is a
tv.o-f old program, that of rahabili
tation and that of resettlement. The
rehabilitation program is regarded a3
a more or less temporary phase of
the work. The resettlement program
is the more permanent and will deal
with four types of farmers: Families
living on land which cannot be made
to yield a satisfactory living.. The
second type of farm family which
will furnish candidates for resettle
ment is the farm tenant class. It is
estimated that at least ten per cent
of the tenant farmers are potential
candidates for resettlement. The
third type, young couples just start
ing out in life who because of eco
nomic conditions would probably
have to start their agricultural life as
hired servants or tenants. And the
fourth class under the resettlement
program will be taken from rehabili
tation applicants to prove their merit
under the rehabilitation loan plan.
"Thus it is in rehabilitation mod
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Grosjean Tharpe
erate sums will be loaned to re
habilitants to be invested in capital
goods and will be expended under a
budgeted farm management plan for
a short period until such families are
able to provide their own Kubsistence
and under the resettlement plan will
be included purchase of land or its
lease on a long terra basis upon which
to establish farm families of the four
types outlined above with farm own
ership the ultimate goal.
. "Ways and means of meeticg the
immediate rural relief problem are
under consideration and will be an
nounced in the near future," Mr.
Ward said.
Further information concerning
the work of rural resettlement may
be obtained through County Agent
D. D. Wainscott or Mr. Jean H.
Spangler, local representative of the
Resettlement Administration at the
offices of County Agent, at Weeping
Water. The local representative's of
fices are at Nebraska City.
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