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I The Plattsmouth Journal
PUBLISHED SEIII-WEEKLY AT
Entered at PoBtoffice, PlatUmouth,
MRS. R. A. BATES, Publisher
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Children
By Judge
Copyright 1939
Why the Title "Children at
the Crossroads"
So many kiad letters have come to
from readets after but two releases
of "Children at the Crossroads," with
numerous inquiries as to why the
feature bear? this title, that we
l ave decided to withdraw the juve
nile court sfory scheduled for today
tsd substitute the history of the
title's origin.
It goes b;u;k to two years ago
when we motored to South Dakota
to attend the "Days of 76" celebra
tion held at Dead wood every year.
Ail day Ion?, wo had driven over
miles of road that led straight
al'ead. If you have motored through
tl.c West, you are familiar with this
r."mingly endless stretch of road that
lies just in front of you, no matter
what route you' follow.
Monotonous mile after mile slid
under our automobile wheels, thru
bare, . dusty, . drouth-stricken and
tlcf-qlate' country, devoid of scenery
c either side, and, to all appear
ances, uninhabitated. There was not
even one tiny blade of grass to stir
iu the ceaseless wind.
At . length, --toward nightfall, our
vpary eyes beheld a break in that
t'.ernal road ahead. Vie had arrived
at a crossroac, and here we paused
to try to determine which thorough
fare vc should take. Then we heard
the unmistakable sound of a horse
ai-proaching on our left. Turning,
we saw its rider was one who could
to". J us v. hither the roads led. He was
a forest ranger. . . . The road straight
ahead continued through barren
lar.'ds, he said, but if we took the
turn to the right we would enter a
region of spectacular beauty.
The guide was rich in knowledge
Greenwood
Mr. John Mefford is not so well
at this writing.
The condition of Mrs. Ruth Dyer
it mains very serious.
He. and Mrs. Williams visited at
the Lloyd Jetfry home last Sunday.
Ralph Witt of Norfolk is spend
ing a few days at home with his
folks.
Thelma Holke is visiting at Cer
csco with her sisters, Margaret and
Mamie.
Wilma Stradley has returned
home after visiting her grandmother
at Hampton.
Mr. and Mrs. Hert Alton of Om
aha called at the Fred Ethredge
home last week.
Quite a number of Greenwood
folks attended the picnic at Eagle
Tuesday and Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Strahan o!
Waverly were guests at the Fred
Etheridge home Sunday.
Mrs. Rose Curtiss or Hampton.
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PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA
Nehu, a ecqnd-cla5 mall matter
51 Crossroads
Ernest L. Reeker
cf the nature of the country through
which we must travel; therefore we
took the turn he suggested. Soon,
before us, in the glow of the crimson,
descending s::n, lay the Bad Lands
of South Dakota. Mountains were
castles with turrets reaching high in
the crisp air. or they might have
been spires of distant cathedrals,
swrrounded b-r smaller mounds, all
washed in dazzling, gorgeous colors,
shifting from orchid to deep purple,
from azure to indigo, from pink to
Came; so subJime a magnificence
that it seem?d the Almighty had im
printed his visage upon the earth
that we mighc glimpse the grandeur
of Heaven.
That sight would have been lost
to our vision had not the forest
ranger, out of the wealth of his ex
perience, pointed the way.
So it is with hundreds of unfor
tunates who find themselves at the
juvenile court corner, the crossroads
ot their careers. They have been
traveling along a desolate highway
and have reached a place where they
cay change their direction.
One road leads on to a life of
crime; the other, to good citizenship.
No clear, sharp signs mark these
paths. Poverty, sickness, neglect,
unemployment and lack of experi
ence have wholly obscured the dim
symbols rarely scattered along thei
way. . . . Probation and the modern
juvenile couit must point to the
turn in the road which leads to
peace, beauty, and success. Hence
the title, "Children at the Cross
roads." Nebr., is visiting her daughter, Mrs.
Earl Stradley. thi3 week.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Weimers and
baby visited Mrs. Bessie Weimers
Saturday night and Sunday.
Mrs. Fannie Sayles and daughters
Thelma and Emily left Monday for
Denver to xisii with her son Jack.
The Rebekah lodge met Thurs
day evening. August 3. There were
eight ladies from Havelock present
a.-? visitors.
Mrs. Wayne Kinney, Mrs. Um
phrey and Mrs. Winget visited at
the home of Mrs. Joe Kyles Wednes
day afternoon.
Marvin Wallace, who has spent
thr past six weeks with her aunt.
Mis. Elton Keller, has gone to her
home in Friend.
Mr. and Mrs. Elton Keller were
Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Urban Kyles at Lincoln. Mrs.
I'Cller remained for the week.
A number of friends surprised
Mrs. Lillian Richard on her birth
day, Friday evening. Pinochle was
P'ayed. followed by delicious re-
f: eshments.
Mrs. Itosf-tta Axmaker, 72, passed
away at her home in Lincoln Sun
day evening. Funeral services were
held Wed nest! j y at the M. E. church.
Burial was in the Greenwood come
tcry. Rev. c. A. Parks officiated.
LIES WHEN DENIED IEP
NEW YORK, Aug. 3 (UP) One
by one the doctors . stopped Albert
March from eating his favorite foods
and drinking his favorite drlnk3
But the ailing man still clung to his
one consolation his pipe.
Yesterday the doctor told him his
condition was such he would have to
give up the pipe.
Today March was found dead in
the gas-filled bathroom of his apart
ment.
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POCKET AND WRIST WATCHES
M.QO to 3.95
$1.00 to 2.95
DOCK
ITEMS
William Schliefert Has purchased
a new tractor for use on his farm.
John Eppings and family went to
Eagle for the last night of the car
rival there last week.
Postmaster L. B. Gorthy and wife
were in Eagle last Tuesday night en
joying the carnival and street fair
being held there.
Albert Bauer, who is making his
home at Lincoln, was a visitor in
Murdock for a couple of days and
enjoyed meeting his many friend3 in
this vicinity.
Mr. and Mis. Merle Gillespie were
visiting friends at Grand Island for
a short time, while enjoying a vaca
tion, but returned home the latter
part of last week.
The machinery used in sinking the
new well for the Murdock water
works, was taken to a town near Des
Moines, Iowa, last week, where it
will be put to work on a similar job.
Richard Erpings, who went to
North Dakota expecting to find work
ii. the harvest fields and during the
threshing season has not been kept
busy all the time and so decided to
return homo.
Alvin Bornrmeier was called to
Mynard where he has three well jobs.
The prolonged drouth has made many
veils fail the past couple of years.
One of the well jobs near Mynard
is for a school district.
Mrs. Henry A. Tool was at Weep
ing Water one day last week, con
feiring with some of the farm club
leaders ther; regarding the exten
sion work program to be pursued
during the coming fall.
Gail McDonald and family . of
Hampton, Nebr., where Mr. McDon
a'.s is a rural mail carrier, visited in
Murdock over the week end, guests
at the home of Mrs. Hannah McDon
ald and the Bryan McDonald fam
ily. Edward Knabe and sister of near
Nehawka, wre looking after busi
ness in Murdock during the past
week. Miss Knabe i3 the owner of
th farm where Carl Meyerjurgen is
farming and was calling on Mr. and
Mrs. Meyerjergen while here.
Mr. and Mrs. George Work and
tbe children of Omaha have been
enjoying a vacation of some two
weeks in the west,' taking:' in the
many sights of interest in.-. Yellow
stone Park. Mrs. Work is a daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Tool.
Visiting with Grandparents
Sherry Bradford and her mother,
Mrs. O. E. Bradford of Beatrice were
visiting in Murdock last week at the
home of Mrs. Bradford's parents, Mr.
and Mrs.- Henry A. Tool, while Mr.
Bradford was attending the Officers'
Training camp.
In Business in Ashland
Jarvis Lancaster, former deputy
sheriff of Cas? county, who shot a
would-be rootnr of the Tlattsmouth
State Bank a number of years ago,
has taken over a filling station on
Highway No. 6 at the outskirts of
Ashland and has also arranged to
establish a si.ore in the room that
was formerly occupied by W. K.
Palmeter, whose lease expired. The
Lancaster family is moving to Ash
land and wiil operate both the ser
vice station and the store, which are
but a short distance from each other,
the wife and daughter looking after
the conduct of the store, while Jar
is conducts the station.
Play Golf at Ashland
A group of the golf players of
Murdock wara at Ashland last Sun
day, where '.hey played durjng the
morning and were accompanied by
Gail McDonald of Hampton, who was
viriting here. Bryan McDonald also
went along and watched the game,
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IMp Them Cleanse the Blood
iiuzmui uoaj waste
Yor kidftey are constantly Uterine
wat matter from the blood stream. But
kdny sometimes lag in their work do
not act as Nature intended fail to re
move impurities that, U retained, may
potaoD the system mod upset the whol
body machinery.
Symptom may be ninlnf backache,
persistent headache, attacks of diaziTieaa.
retting up nights, swelling;, puffineas
under tke eyes a feelinf ot nerroua
anxiety and loss of pep and strength.
Cither signs of kidney or bladder die.
erder may be burning, scanty or toa
treouent urination.
There should be ao doubt that prompt
?ltnM5,tta rir thn neglect. Ua
Doau, P j-. bai-e been winning
w i-wMvw mt uir d lorry yearn.
-They have a nstioD-wjje reputation.
As recommended by grateful people the.
bat his leg is not yet so he can get
about on it very readily. He is still
uring crutches'
Attended Eagle Celebration
Among th03e from Murdock who
vent to Eagle to attend the cele
bration last week were Mr. and Mrs.
Eddie Craig, J. W. Kruger and wife,
W. E. Lyons and wife, John Thorn-,
and family, Chris Koch and fam
ily, Chester Elseman and family, Carl
Euck and wife, J. H. Buck and wife
ard others whose names we did not
learn.
Jitter Bugs on the Go
The Allis-Chalmers Jitter tugs, a
local baseball group left Murdock
lasc Tuesday for a tour over the
state. Their. first game was to have
been at Wakefield, but was rained
cut. On August 3 they were sched
uled to play at North Platte, August
5 at Scottsbluff, August 7 at Chap-pc-11,
August S, McCook and the last
game on their way home at Platte
Center, Augu.it 9. We have received
no information on the outcome of
any of the games.
Alfred Weber is the manager and
the players ?re Reuben Stock, Mil
ton Weber, Paul Rueter, Morris Mc
Donald, Marvin Weber, "Buzz"' Gake
meier, Willaid Stock, Lyle Stock,
Wayland Ward and Paul O'Brien.
The boys were looking forward to
a week of pleasure and we are sure
they are having it.
Has Very Sore Foot
Louis Roeber was about the farm
with a pair of rubber soled shoes
ai d had the misfortune to step on a
board from which a nail protruded.
The nail was imbedded deep into his
foot, making the .member very sore.
However, care was taken to prevent
infection and the wound seems to be
healing nicely. .
Visited in Murdock Wednesday
William St-inder, formerly resid
ing in Louisville (and years ago near
Murdock) but now a resident of th-
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scale of California, residing at Or
ange, has been visiting in Cass coun
ty for the past ten days. He came
the southern route through Texas,
Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri and in
to the state oT. Iowa, before arriving
in Nebraska. He found crops good in
some places and very poor in others.
They say the best corn they saw
was in Iowa. Mr. -Stander and Mr.
Roeber and Mrs. Stander were visit
ing friends in Murdock last Wednesday.
Eev. G. W. Wolters Here
Rev. G. W. Wolters and wife, ac
companied by their son Fred Wol
ters and wife and son Gerald, came
down from tbeir home at Arlington
Tuesday of last week and spent a
day at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Gakemtier, during which time
; they enjoyed meeting many of their
oil friends here. They then went to
northwestern Iowa to visit relatives
before returning to Arlington- Prof.
Fred Wolters, the son, stopped in
Union while on route here to make
application f.r a position in the
Union schools.
Visited in Illinois
John Carson and sister, Mrs.
Mamie Straight (who has been nurs
ing her mother, Mrs. Mary Carson)
departed for Springfield, Illinois,
their former home, where they are
taking a vacation as well as looking
after some business matters. Mrs.
Mary Carson, who is better known as
Grandmother Carson, is much better
and able to sit up a part of the time
now. She is being cared for by Mrs.
Barbara Utt while the daughter is
away.
Eagle Celebration a Success
The two day celebration put on by
the town of Eagle last week proved
a success in every way. There were
large crowds present both days and
the Fire Department, which sponosr
ed the event was able to realize a
profit for their efforts.
One of the features was the haz-
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If Rattler Takes S Shape, Look Out
For Strike, Warns Veteran Hunter
MeGREGOR, la. (UP) Seven
year of hunting snakes, during w nich
he has caught as many as 100 a day,
have taught Larry Kersten of Mc
Gregor that most popular beliefs
about rattlesnakes are fallacies.
One such notion blasted by Ker
sten is that a rattler's age can be
told by the number of buttons on
the rattle.
The truth is, according to ''ic
reptile hunter, that rattlers grow a
button every time they shed their
skins and that is two or three tinv:3
a year. Moreover, the buttons some
times are lost.
Kersten Just laughs at, the beliei
! that a rattler won't strike unless
coiled.
"The fact is," he said, "the snake
assumes the shape of a letter S,
then straigtens outw hen it strikes.'
Kersten began hunting snakes
after an itinerant catcher who
makes a profession pf taking rattle
snakes alive for zoos, gave him ?
few pointers.
Early in the spring, preferably
the first warm day, Kersten takes
ard race. Richard Eppings went over
to participate in this, driving a
model T racer belonging to Joe Zoz.
which had been stripped down to
almost the bare chassis. We did not
learn who th- winner was.
Found No Water
Henry Gakemeier has been short
on water for use about the farm and
:o arranged o have a well sunk. At
a depth of 173 feet there were still
no signs of water and ,it has been
abandoned as a dry hole. Another
will be sunk in a different place in
the hape of striking water.
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to the hill3 with a gunny sack
heavy gloves and a pair of home
made otngs. He looks particularly
for rock ledges or crevies, for it H
there that the snakes come out to
lie in the run.
Spotting a basking snake, or
sometimes an entire family, he
moves cautiously ahead. With ho
tongs he seizes a rattler just oak
of the head, snips out the poison
ous fangs while it threshes madly
about and maneuvers it into the
sack.
"The snakes won't bite through
the sack because they are all tan
gled up and confused," Kersten ex
plained. ell often keeps them on his litrni
for weeks before turning them i.i
for a bounty. He has collected r.a
much as $700 a year in this manner.
In captivity the snakes refuse 'o
eat, sometimes existing for four or
five months without food.
Kersten kept no record of how
many snakes he has captured, but
estimates the number to be in thr
thousands.
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