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PLATTSMOUTH SOII-WEEKLY JOURNAL. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 19 w. ANOTHER BURG LARY (IT THE VIL LAGE OF 1BMY Murray Department Remarkable Land Chances for You in Wyoming Tf any of the readers of the Journal know of any social even! or item of interest in tliis vicinity, and will mail same to I liis ofliee. it will ai-IM-ar under ttiis heailintr. We want all news items- Kimtor Prepared in the l;teret of the People of Murray and Surrounding Vicinity E.-pecially for the Journal Readers PACE E. PAST BYffiEOCy .Easier' w 9 fl ORE v7omen than ever are now paying their bills BY CHECK Ifs EASIER. QUICKER, SAFER. If your husband doesn't see it, madam, he is hardly playing fair. PAYING BY CHECK saves yoi TROUBLE handling ready cash; it saves you TIME con sumed in personal payment; it saves you WORRY over possible mixup; it assuies your standing with the merchant. Use our checks. Four per cent interest on time deposits. O.ir deposits are protected by tlv State Guaranty Law. fclURRAY STATE BAHK Your personal taxes are now due. The same can be paid at this bank A. I. Crunk was a Plattstnouth Saturday, i farmers" line. The present system i st! icily on the bum. Miss Ilanna Hanson was a Platts ir,;h viit. r Thursday. E l I .each and wife of Union have r.'.w i in with Lee Allison. II. II. Nickels was transacting busi-!'.-- at Piatt r.iouth Friday. !.!.;.! .'in. J Wayne Lewis had thi' -l.ate :-.t l'r.i.n Wednesday. !.. ai.d George Nickles made a 'h i . e t Wet ping Water Sunday. .M'. E. II. Queen was l'Ki!incr after ! u-ii.i -s in IM-ttimo-.::n Saturday. h.i-. Wolfe ;,ri wife spent Thurs day v. irh M- nt Shrader at Nehawka. The farmers in the vicinity of Lewi-ton are talking strong of or;:ar.i.ii:g William II-.ma'i is moving in wit'n L-e Nickels for ti.e rest of the v. 1 1 tcr. -Iro. Heiulrivks and wife were eali ir.c ii the Murray merchants Satu r day. I", L. Rhoden and wife were trans :. tir.L' hn.-ir.ess in Plattsmouth Satur day .if'L-rr.o.in. Maik White, acc. mpanied by (I. S. U' ard wife and Miss Ester, rr.o-to:,-d to Omaha Thursday. I". L. Hhod.-n hat! the tr i s fortune to rut quite a fa.-h in his right foo' whi'e hi. lining wood Thursday. W. R. Good aud wife and .Miss Ida 'i .'-i were pa.-.-engers to Omaha on the early Burlington Wednesday. Call Nickels and wife, Virgil Sed : ll. and wife and Dan Sedath left Tuesihiy cvci:in',' for a visit with home folks in Missouri. L .rn - To Mr. and Mrs. Carter Al bin, on I cen ."jlh, an eleven- pound baby b-y. Iioih mother and little one are doing nicely. We Special Agents for Santa Glaus HIATT Murray, - - Mr. and Mrs. Will Oliver, jr., were Plattsmouth visitors Saturday. John Rutherford was visiting his sisters, Mrs. Dill ant! Mrs. Bunker, Sunday. Mesdames O. S. Davis, E. S. Tutt and V. A. Kennedy were Omaha vis itors Thursday. Jas. Reynolds and Chas. Rateliff of Union were guests at the birthday dinner of II. L. Oldham. Galen Rhoden was a Plattsmoith visitor Monday, spending the day with county seat friends. Mrs. Will Oliver, sr., of Platts- mouth visited a few days last week at the home of her daughter- Mrs. Chas. Contryman. F. L. Rhoden was a Platsmouth vis itor Wednesday afternoon, looking after some business matters with county seat business men. Mrs. Mary Smith and children re turned to their home from Ilaveloek, where they have been visiting wrh relatives for the past few davs. Mrs. Curzy Baker, the oldest sis ter of II. L. Oldham- was the only relative that could be present at the histhday anniversary of the latter. Miss Edith Devore of Greenwood, who has been visiting at the home of her cousin. Will Oliver, jr., the past few days, went to Plattsmouth Fri day evening to visit with relatives. Wm. Wehrbein was looking after some bnsiness matters in the county seat Monday of this week, and while there called at The Journal office and enrolled his name for the paper for one year. Red Cross Seals will be on sale at Iliatt & Tutt's. The sale of these little stamps for your Xmas letters and packages helps to stamp out the dread disease of tuberculosis. Buy them. are & TUTT - Nebraska II. C. Creamer was a Union visitor Tuesday. E. S. Scntton was an Omaha vis itor Saturday. Mrs. Allison of Plattsmouth was in attendance at the bazaar Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. S. O. Pitman were Omaha visitors Saturday. W. D. Wheel r has been very sick for the past few days, threatened with an attack of pneumonia. Your personal taxes are now due. Hear in mind that the same can be paid at the Murray State Bank. Guy Stokes and Arthur Copen haver were Omaha and Council Bluffs visitors Monday, going up for the pur pose of buying a corn sheller. On Saturday eveninjr, December 12, the annual election of officers will oc cur in the Murray locVe- of M. W. A. AM members are requested to be pres ent. There will be a meet injur of the vot ers of the district to decide what shall be done with the old school building. This meeting will take place Monday eveninjr, December IE The 12-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Reaves fell last Tuesday and dislocated his shoulder. The injury was quite painful and the young man has suffered a great ileal. Mrs. Willard Shelby, sister of Mrs. B. F. Brendel- came in last Thurs day from Lebanan, Indiana. She will visit here for a couple of weeks and then return with her mother, Mrs. Parr, who has been visiting here for the past few months with her daugh ter. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Baker enter tained a number of relatives at din ner last Sunday. The folowing were present to partake of the excellent noon-day meal prepared by Mrs. Baker: Dr. and Mrs. B. F. Brendel, Rev. G. II. Robb, Mr. Al. Bartlett, Mrs. Amanda Parr, and Mrs. J. W. Shelbv of Indiana. A Double Miscellaneous Shower. East Saturday afternoon a most charming occasion was enjoyed by a host of friends at the hospitable home of Mr. and Mrs. Massey, when Mrs. Massey and Georgia Hoback gave a miscellaneous shower in honor of the Misses Myrtle and Ida Brown, who were married Wednesday. The rooms were beautifully decorated in pink and preen, the color schemes being carried throughout. Georgia favored the guests with a number of vocal and instrumental selections and gave sev eral vocal numbers, being accom panied by Misses Brown, Philpot and Hart. At a suitable hour all were ushered in the dining room, where dainty refreshments were served, that aided in completing a most delightfil afternoon. The guests of honor re ceived many beautiful and useful presents. It is needless to say they were almost overpowered with their feelings on the event and that the occasion was one filled .with the great est of pleasure and were more thrtn delighted with the treat afforded them by Mrs. Massey and Mrs. Hoback. Entertained at Linen Shower. Mrs. Homer Shrader entertained nt a linen shower in honor of Miss Es ther Ray, who will be a December bride. After a pleasant afternoon spent in social conversation, popcorn and candy and a lovely two-course dinner was served by Mrs. Shrader. Many very pretty and useful pieces cf linen were showered upon Miss Es ther. Following were those present: Mr. and Mrs. Will Seybolt, Mr. and Mrs. Hatchett and family, Mrs. George Ray and daughter, Esther; Mrs. Will Oliver, Mrs. J. F. Brendel- Mamie Davis, Henrietta Creamer, Isabelle Shrader, Jessie Barrows, Clara Mumm, Nettie Smith, Esther Rice, Margaret Moore, Pearl Dugay, Ruth Kline, Vera Yardley, Alice Gobelnian, Versa Albin, Walter Wimmer- Mr, and Mrs. Homer Shrader, Forest and 7 -v May. United Presbyterian Church Notes. The Mission Study class met as usual Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Eliza Young. The ten mem bers who were present entered heart ily into the discussion of the financial support of the missionary enterprise. Their text book is entitled The Why and How of Foreign Missions. The receipts of the bazaar were about $125 and the nci proceeds will be over $115. The president of the society appreciates the help received and wishes to thank everyone who in any way contributed to the success of the occasion. j For Sale. A number of pure bred Plymouth Rock hens. Mrs. R. M. Shrader, Mur ray, Neb. Telephone 4-N. II. L. OLDHAM ONE OF OUR PIONEER RESIDENTS CELE BRATES HIS70TH BIRTHDAY irom Tuesday's ra!iy Yesterday was the seventieth birthday anniversary of IE E. Oldham, one of the pioneer residents of the vicinity of Murray, and the occasion was most fittingly observed by a gathering of the old friends and neighbors to do honor to this most estimable gentleman, who has con tributed so much to the advancement of the community in which he has made his home for so many years. The Oldham home wai filled with the old friends and a jolly time had in renewing the acquaintances of years ago and in the celebration of the happy event of the day. Mr. Oldham is a member of one of the most prom inent families of the county, who came here at an early day, and has con stantly taken the keenert interest in the welfare of the county and state, where he has been so long a useful resident. J. T. Reynolds and Charles Rateliff of Union were also present on the occasion of the birthday to as sist in helping Mr. Oldham celebrate it in first-class shape. One of the pleasant features of the ocasion and one thoroughly enjoxe-i. was the sumptuous dinner served at noon by Mrs. Oldham and daughters in a most charming manner, and as the com pany, together with the guest of honor, were seated around the festal I boat d a feast fit for a king was set (before them and it is unnecessary to state that everyone present did ample justice to the good things set before them. The affair was entirely a sur prise to Mr. Oldham and one he will long pleasantly remember. Mr. Oldham was remembered by his friends by a most highly appreciated gift as a token of the high esteem in which he is held. Pay your personal taxes at the Murray State Bank. An Insult to a Dutiful Lady. The removal of Mrs. A. J. Stokes from the telephone exchange is only an added insult to the patrons here. Her work was highly satisfactory and the accusations made against her were absolutely false. She was un tiring in her efforts, ever ready to please and the community is indig nant beyond expression. Since the consolidation of the Plattsmouth company with the Lin coln Telephone and Telegraph com pany the patrons have felt that the dollar was the :i amount issue. They have shown a strong disposition to imnose the cheapest labor, yet ii sist for their rentals in advance. The for-ung of collection and the removal of phones from some of our oldest and nios respectable fan.ilics have aroused public opinion to the ex tent that at a recent neeting a re quest was made to the Farmers' Mu tual to extend their lines on into Mu kiay. In the short time the Lincoln Tele phone and Telegraph company have owned the lines they have changed operators four times. If the oper ators be ever so capable it is impos sible to give good service under a month. If each subscriber would f b solutely refuse to pay for the month of December while this operator was learning the board it would mean ?300 to the company, in the four changes $1,200; this would greatly decrease the imposing of a r.ew operator on the patrons of the exchange. Just try it once. Another item that is causing com ment is the situation of the public booth in the living rooms of the operator. At present the booth is located be tween the sleeping room and the liv ing room. Requests have been made as late as 11 o'clock at night and as early as 5 o'clock in the morning. What privacy has the operator? And why is this the case? Simply because the company does roc want to pay rent for a space downstairs, where it would be much more convenient to the public. Not a very good feeling exists be tween the patrons and the company and the removal of Mrs. Stokes only increases it. Social Dance. There will be another one of those social dances given at the Jenkins' hall in Murray on Saturday even ing. December 12th, given by Elmer Boedeker. Remember, the music is the very best, and there is a good time in store for you. Make the date now, and do not fail to attend. Colonel Jenkins Store Entered by Burglars for the Second Time in Less Than One .Month. From Thursday's Daily. Last night or early this morning the store of Colonel Jenkins at Mur ray was visited by burglars for the second time in less than a month, and the job was done in almost the same manner as the one a lew weeks ago. Entrance was made through an upper window in the rear of the store build ing, as since the previous robbery the lower windows have been kept nailed down. The burglar or burglars ran sacked the store thoroughly and se cured some " in pennies, as well as an amount of tobacco, several knives and numerous other small articles, and were sucessful in making a get away from the scene of operation. The only clue found was on one of the windows which had been broken an 1 where there was considerable blood, as though the person going out there had cut themselves on the broken glass in getting away. As iw the previous burglary a piece from a brake beam was used as a pry in get ting open the window and points as though the two jobs might have been carried out by the same person, which if it was certainly showed a good deal of nerve to pull off the burglary so soon after the first one. Colonel Jenkins departed for Omaha on the early Missouri Pacific this morning at o'clock and was unaware f the entrance that had been made into the store, as the discovery was not made of the burglary until the ?lerks opened up the store shortly be fore 7 o'clock. The residents of Mur ray are greatly interested in the af fair, as it seems possible that there is an organized effort being made to burglarize the business houses there, md there will be a close watch kept ;o prevent a repetition of the burglaries. R. L PROPST WILL VERY SOON BECOME A CITI ZEN OF PLATTSMOUTH from Tuesday's Daily. Plattsmouth in the last few days 'ias received an addition to its popula tion in the person of Robert L. Propst .nd family, who have decided to move from their farm at Mynard and locate in this city in the future. Mr. Propst has rented the R. B. Windham, jr., residence in the Second ward and will reside there this winter, although he figures on building a home to suit him in the spring if a suitable site can be found. Mr. Propst stated a few days igo, when approached on the subject, '.hat for thirty-eight years his faith ful helpmate had gotten the meals for '.he family and the breakfast hour had ranged from 2 to 8 a. m., and he thought that it was time for her to have a rest, and that the children, who had attended the school here had iriven back and forth from Mynard ong enough and they would move in to make their home here in this cen 'er of culture and education. Goes to Look After Repairs. From Tuesday's Dally Harve Manners, the expert auto mobile repair artist, departed this morning on the early Missouri Pacific for Omaha, from where he will go to Correctionville, Iowa, where he will do some repairs needed on an Inter state automobile. Ha-ve is an expert in his line and if the car can be fixed up he is surely there on the job and the parties owning the car made no mistake in selecting the workman. FOR SALE A few more of those light Brahmas. Inquire of Mrs. Wm. Gilmour, R. F. D. No. 1, Plattsmouth, Neb. 12-10-3tw FOREST ROSS WAHOO MILL CO. WAHOO.NEB. FOREST ROSE Sold by all lead ing Dealers Now is the time for you to visit the Big Horn Basin and travel through it over he Burlington's new Wyoming Mainline between Denver and Billings the railroad that is going to increase farm acreage, settle up the Govern ment's irrigated homesteads, increase the population of toA.,s and increase land values generally. Why do you till the soil of another, getting nowhere towards land own ership for your family, when with a small payment you can homestead a Government irrigated farm with a reliable and permanent water supply or. a 20-year easy payment plan with no interest that makes it almost a irift. to you. THE NORTH PLATTE VALLEY Here is another section called by many, "America's Valley of he Nile."' It is, also- on the Burlington's new Wyoming Mainline. Today you can get an irriyated farm in that Valley ...i. - t - i i . ,. filM YOU MAY NEED AN- AUCTIONEER and we want to inform you that dates can be made at this office or Murray State Bank for Wm. R. Young THE MURRAY AUCTIONEER Careful attention to Public Sales Itates are Ileasonable. Call at my expense TELEPHONE NO. 5 N , Murray, - Nebraska RAIN AND SNOM AND SIGNS OF SOME WINTER WEATHER From Wednesdays Dally. This morning was the first of this fall that has borne the appearance of winter and the fall of snow, while slight, was a strong reminder of what might be expected later on. Yester day all day the weather alternated from rain to snow and kept this up all day, but toward night, the weather becoming colder, the rain turned into snow and fell with a softness over the city, and while not of much depth :t will be welcomed as the herald of the winter time. A great many of the farmers claim that snow has been badly needed by the wheat, of which there is a great deal throughout the county. Taken to House of Hope, frnm Wertnesila v Tatv. This morning E. B. Taylor of Weep ing Water departed ftr Omaha, tak ing with him W. S. Walker, an old soldier, and for a great many years a resident of Weeping Water, who will be placed there for care. Mr. Walker has become quite feeble and has been cared for in this city for the past year, but it was thought that he ould be looked after better in the Home in Omaha and he will be placed hM-e at once. Mr. Walker came to .ass county in 1807 and located on a farm near Weeping Water, where he made his home for a number of years r.nd has since resided in that vicinity Piano at a Bargain. We have a used piano in good con dition that one of our customers was unable to finish paying for. We will place it free of charge in the home of anv satisfactory party in the vicinity of Tlattsmouth who will pay the balance in cash or payments as low as SG.OQ ner month. Address Olney Music Co., St. Joseph, Mo.. 12-10-4tw Wanted. Black walnuts; advise how many, Also all kinds of seed. Mail samples. Johnson Bros., Nebraska City. 12-10-ltw Remember that you can pay your personal taxes at the Murray State Bank. The same are now due and can be paid at the bank. F. R. Gobelman was a passenger this morning for Omaha, where he goes to look after some matters of business with the wholesale houses in that city. FPiltPQ FISTULA Pay After You Are Cured ll 1 1 W W A miid system of treatment, that cures Piles, Fistula and other Rectal Diseases in a short time, without a surgical operation. No Chloroform Ether or other general anasthetic used. A cure guaranteed in every case ac cepted for treatment, and no money to be paid until cured. Write for book on Rectal diseases, with testimonials of prominent people who have been permanently cnred DR. TARRY Bee Bulldlnc-Omahe. v,nos,e vaiue is oounn to increase on tne completion of this mainline. S. B. HOWARD, ASS'T IMMIGRATION AGENT, 1004 Farnam Street, Omaha, Neb. IN PLATTSMOUTH FORTY YEARS 60 Items of Interest to Our Headers j leaned from the Newspaper -Files of Many Year Ago. The Catholic fair and festival on Monday evening was very well at tended, the hall being full, hey had a little mistake about the music, but Mr. L. V. Johnson kindly helped them out and then all went as meriy as any fair and festival, and the pecuniary results were most satis factory. J. A. Walker, of Rock Bluffs, an old Cass countian and staunch democrat, came in to see how he stood with the Herald. We can only answer first rate. Such men always do. He does us the honor to sr.y that we make a good republican newspapers. That's all we hope to do. Jas. S. Mathews of Greenwood call ed on the Herald Tuesday. Mr. M. is canvassing, for several valuable books and deserves success. He wants to trade his farm near Greenwood for a house and lot in town. Go for him some of you swapping real estate chaps. Waterman & Son have started a branch lumber yard at Louisville. Mr. King will attend the yard there, they expect to sell at Plattsmouth prices, with freight added about .2 per M. They hope to get the trade there of all desiring lumber who are closer to Louisville than to Platts mouth. Mr. W. & Son are good busi ness men, pleasant to deal with, and will no doubt do a good trade there. The old and well known firm of Vallery & Ruffner have moved into the stoie formerly occupied by Clark & Plummer, and afterwards by Eli Plummer, on the south side of Main street, and will there open and sell a large and handsome stock of spring goods suitable to all kinds of trade and to the wants of the county. They are good merchants, have pleasant and agreeable salesmen, and always keep a good stock of goods on hand. Try the boys in the new stand and see if you do not like them. The Old Settlers' society (which McDonagh declares dead, but that, like the democratic party, won't die) met in the court house on Saturday, A. L. Childs in the chair, William Wells, secretary. Several applications for membership were received, and the association adjourned to meet on the last Saturday in January. It is to be hoped that all the old settlers in the county will attend this meeting and see if we can form and keep up an association cf this kind. Otoe, Burt, Washington and other counties have done so, and derived much amuse ment and instruction therefrom. Patient for State Hospital. From Tuesday's Dally. Yesterday the board of insanity was called to pass upon the case of Mrs. Missouri Curtiss, the lady who was brought in by Sheriff Quinton from the vicinity of Manley, where she was found wandering around the country apparently demented. The ady was adjudged by the board to be a fit patient for the state hospital for the insane and she will be taken there by the sheriff as soon as possible. V