Nebraska Newspapers

    MONDAY. DECEMBER 14. 1914.
PLATTSMOUTFI SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL
' FA C E 7. -
November
Joe
The Detective of the
Woods
By HlSKETH PRICHARD
Copyright. 1913.
By Heiketh Frichard
CHAPTER XIK
Tr.e Looted Island.
fT vr:is a !cu- iiluht. bright with
sin is :!iul 1 wen1 sitting by
ci;r :: : : ; f ti i i.c.'.r one ol' the tiord-s
t-f v. vM.-rn Alaska, wln-re we had
g. :.o u a l:u;.t::!g expedition after the
r- at !M"c of tlie vc-t.
I v.-.-is t::i'.::::.- when stlddeii'y Joe
t(l!' -l.c 1 Il!t
"S!:-!i!" h" v fiis; -eied. "There's some
:o;!,r ui'i tl..vn ly the creek."
We v.aiit .!. :.in I was so n aware of
a li. adv; n iau t!i;oii-!i the uilit.
Tii. n a w i e -.aid. "rim night.
u::;:.'s." :i!.d a siiv. v.y. vz armed !'el-li-.v
with a ! liy red heard stepped
i;.: t!ie e.r. 'c ..r Ii
'Mm . 1 I makes yci keep your
! -mis in your j. !;- ;-. ih n't if:" said
.1 . "..-nth. "it ti me."
I t!c:i n ti'-rd t hat both men were
em -.i:;i c !i ether with revnhers
t':-'.'...'.i their j)"v!.its. The stranger
t'-.v. ly tltv.v out his hand.
i J-.':ii S:::fT.al."
"This line is Mr. Oi-H'itch of (Jue--.
I'm h,s guide. We're come after
I iU gaU.e-
"i u '-s ;ii're s;ic;iki:ig truth. It's
rj tf i:'." to ;t...;oizv. I " lii free to own
1 vT..s d.-i:! u'..: ;'.i."iii you. You'll un-
0- r-:.i:.il that v.:. en I ted you what's
:. I. iVr'uaps you've noti ed an
1- iand :'.i'"Ut i-i'-kt miles off the coast.
Ijiug ln-r" iio-.-'v. e--t V"
"Sort of . .at sliap.J island? Yes"
"T!::;t' where 1 come from He I is
land. 1 have a fox farm there. 1 ro-t'..::.-d
it j eT'-n!::y after a run
!'.v a t '.:;! .. When I went away a
f.ntnight ag" I left my man in charge
ef i f the finest l.lnck Joxes be
tween tl.i aail I'p.gava. I cot back to
f.nd the f..Nc- all killed and my hired
in:: n gone disa j.ji.u el."
"Who va s he';"
"An Aleut, e.i'.led Sam. He's been in
my i;::il-'.v three years. I see what
j-e?;-f. tli:ai;ii.g that he killed the fox
es, ami I'd have tirn.'-'lit that myself.
?i'y 1 know- he didn't."
"linn 's that ';'
!: reason is that I own only one
boat, and wl:c:i 1 went to the tunin
l.a d last Friday week I took it. leav
ing ai.i on tie- i-!;Tid. It's all of
s.en iiiiles
e.'i:-'n't !ia
n ai
the coast
so lie
av av if lie wanted.
1'i:::t. I say. is o:, reasoTi why if
'i!di."t have heen him. The other
reason's as p..od. I was deeoyed away
so ileverly. Here's the letter that did
it:"
S.r Your Wi'o v:;:.!? you to conic ilwn
Pt !. She's daft for operation in
t?:e .p:a! l,tre on Friday w efck. and
':':. l.;irl to it i j iun for tie chii-
f!- ri f.i! i-.e ? t- Klciit a grain. So 5 out)
t-.st ccnie. Y ..: tru'.v.
S. MACi'AKLANE (Doctor). .
I cave hi:n back the letter. "Any
man would have gone on such news," I
t,:id.
"Well. I did." said .Stafford savagely.
T cot that letter twelve days back,
and ofT I went lot foot. Icavinc Aleut
Sam iu charce. It took me a week
p . down. When I reached the house
whore my wife livinsr, she was sur
rirised to sc me. ::nd 1 showed her
the 1-iter. You can guess. It ws all
a j lant: TfcL-ie wasn't any Dr. .M:in
far!ai;e. t:rr any operation., nnrj back
I came record breaking travel to Eel
Island. I found the pi ice clean gutted.
All the blacks and silvers caught and
kilied. and 'jts .skinned carcasses lying
around. Anl Aleut Sam vai.i.-lied as
If he had never lived. It may have
been done for spite, but whoever he
was he lived in my cabin several da .vs.
a n"I sFillTT iii.v1.liut." "Tmv ouder wlial
be dii with Sam. Knocked him on
the head and heaved him ii: the sea
like as not. I'm nigh desperate. The
voik of three years cone, three win
ters spent with Sam aione, like some
kind of a Crusoe and his man Friday,
rm l keepinc my wife and two little
g.:!s down at Ynldez."
"book here, ain't it a bit early iu the
year to kill foxes';" taid Joe. after a
p.-!'ie.
"They'd have been worth 23 per cent
more in a month.''
"Then why';"
"r.ee:iue I couldn't have been de
cnyed away except while the steamer
was running before the winter closed
down. See'; Fven as early as this in
the year the pelts were worth S15. 000."
"AJy."' said Joe. "Suspect any one
iu parti'-ular?"
"1 holietc it may have been Trapper
idinpsou. lies had a down en uie
tLis good while back. Well, if it was
hiin. he's paid me out good, tbe bluck
gua.d." "Hard word dju't bring down nor
man nor deer," said Joe.
There was a silence; then I said: .
"What would you give the man that
discovered w ho it was rubbed you';"
"If he didn't get me back my pelts
1 could give him nothing. If he dkl
lied be welcome to !s"iOO," replied the
lex fanner.
"Good cnench, November?' 1 asked.
Joe nodded.
"Wuat Uo you lucau':'' aaUe,d Staf
ford, turning to Joe." "You a trail
reader?"
"Lea ruin" to be." said Joe.
Thus it was agreed that we should
go across to Fel island at dawn to let
November have a look round. We
went ashore, and Joe at once took a
cast, looking for tracks, though he
knew he was little likely to Cud any,
for the ground was as hard as irou
and had been impervious for days.
We next climbed to Stafford's cabin.
"Come right in." said lie.
"Wait:" said Joe. "You told us the
robber lived In here while he was on
the island. If things is the way he
left them I'd like to look round."
"Have your way," said Stafford. "1
haven't disturbed them. 1 put off di
tectly I saw your smoke, and I hadn't
been long ashore."
Joe went iu and examined every
thing with his usual swift care. He
lit match after match and peered
about the stove, for the interior of the
cabin was pretty dark even in the day
time. After this he bent over the table
and, drawing his knife, scratched at a
stain on the near side, and then at a
similar stain upon the other.
"I'm through." he said at length.
Stafford, who had been watching
Joe's proceedings with an air of in
credulity that bordered on derision,
turned sharply to question him:
"Found out anything?''
"Not much." answered Joe.
"We'.l. all I can see is that the vil
lain has eaten a good share of my
grub."
"I dare say." said Joe. "There was
two of them, you know."
"Xa I don't! Ami what else can
you telUme almut them?"
"I think they was man and wife.
She's a smallish woman: I'd guess she's
maybe weakly, too. And he's fond
of readinc; anyway, he can read."
Stafford stared at November half sus
piciously. "What?" he shouted. "Are you kid
dinc tuo? Or how did you get all th 't?"
"That's easy." repli.nl November.
"There are two or three traces of a lit
tle tlat foot in front of the stove and
a woman couldn't run this job on her
own. so it's likely there was a man
too."
Stafford grunted. ""ou said she was
weakly!"
"I thought maybe sho was. for if she
hadn't spilt the water cut of the kettle
most times she took it off the stove
there wouldn't 1h any track, and here
is one near on top of the other, so it
happened uiore'n ouce on the same
spot- She found her kettle heavy. Mr.
Stafford," Joe said seriously.
"I'm free to own that seems sense."
acknowledged Stafford. "Hut the read
ing that's different."
"Table's been pulled up alongside
the bunk see that scrape of the leg?
and he's had the lamr close upaUng
side near the edge where the stain is.
There's plenty old oil staius in the mid
dle of the table, but these close to the
edces nin't been long on. You can see
th.it for yourself."
"liy jingo!" said the fox farmer.
"Anything else?"
"The chap what robbed you was a
trapper all iil:t and had killed a red
fox recent, so recent he carried it
across and skinned it here."
"Where?"
44 liy your stove." Joe bent down and
picked up some short red hairs. "Clum
sy skinning." said he. "Let's go out
and take a laok round the island."
Stafford led the way. At a short dis
tance some of the skinned carcasses
lay. Joe turned them over. Suddenly
he bent down with that quick intei.t
ness that I had learned to connect
with his more important discoveries
From one he passed to another till he
had handled every carcass. Stafford
pointed out another island lying; some
five miles north, where, he told us. he
kept his less valuable stock.
"There's a lot of red and cross foxes
over there on Edith island. It's named
for my eldest gal." he said. "When
ever there happens a black one in the
litters 1 try to catch it and bring it
over liece' to Kcl ' flullo! What's
that?"
Stafford stood with his hands shad
ing his e3"es staring at Edith island.
"Look! That's smoke or I'm dream
ing." he cried.
A very faint line of bluish haze rose
from the distant rock.
"Smoke it is." said Joe.
"But the island is uninhabited. Ccme
on. come on!" cried Stafford excitedly,
"it may be those rutiians clearing out
Edith island too. We'll get after them."
"All right. Mr. Stafford." agreed Joe
T.ut I guess it's liable to be your
Aleut Sam marooned over there."
"Why?"
"TUat3 a signal lire. Whoever
made that tire is putting on moss. And
I've noticed things here that make me
think it ain't likely they killed Sam."
The wind served us fairly well, and
as W'e ran under the lee of the land we
were aware of a figure standing on the
beach waiting for us.
'It's Aletit Sain, sure enough." said
Stafford.
The Aleut proved to be a squat fel
low of a most Mongolian cast of coun
tenance. 1Ye rowed ashore in the can
vas boat, and on the beach Stafford
held a rapid conversation with his
man in Indian- Neither Joe nor 1
could follow what was said, but iires
eutly Stafford enlightened us.
"Sam says that one night, four days
aftex I left Eel island, he had just
eaten his supper "when he heard a
knocking on the door. Thinking, it
must be tne who had returned, he
opened It. Seeing no one. he stepped
out Into the dark, w hen a pair of arms
were thrown round him. and a cloth
that swlt like the stuff that made
him po asleep in the hospitnl (Sam's
had most of his toes off on account of
troajfc bitj down toJYaldezj was clajjed
about his head. Ill struggled, but he
says he does not remember any more
until he woke up on the beach here.
It was still dark, and the men and
boat were gone.
"Toward evening he discovered a
barrel of dried fish which had been
tumbled ashore from the boat which
maroened him to keep him from starv
ing, I suppose. lie went up into the
scrub and made a tire. Since then he's
been here and seen no one. That's
all."
"Then he didn't ever really see the
faces of the chaps that kidnaped him?"
Stafford translated the question to
Sam and repeated the answer.
"One had a beard and was a big
man; he wore a peaked cap. Anything
else to ask him?"
"Yes. How long has he been here on
this island?"
"Eight days."
"What's he been doinc all the time?"
"Just wandering around."
"Where has lie been camped?"
Stafford raised his thumb over his
shoulder. "In the scrub above here."
Joe nodded. "Well, let's co to his
camping place and boil the kettle. He'll
cure have a bit of tire there."
Joe stirred the smouldering Iocs into
fife, but in doinc so was so uufortuuate
us to overturn the kettle.
"That's bad." said he. "P.est tell your
man to get some more water."
Stafford sent off Sam on his errand:
but no sooner had the Aleut disappear
ed than November was on his knees
examining the charred embers and
delving among the ashes.
"(let rid of your hired man for a
while longer, only so he don't suspect
anything." he said. "1 hear him com
ing." "You mean he's in the robbery?"
"He sure is. And. what's more, it
looks to me like he's your only chance
of getting your foxes back. Here he
comes."
A ni'.Muent later Sam appeared in
sicht walking up the narrow track be
tween the rocks, kettle in hand. Staf
ford spoke to him in Aleut. Sa:n
grunted iu acquiescence, and went off
up the hill that formed the center of
the island.
"1 told h::n to go gather some more
wood while the kettle's boiling. Now
you can talk and tell me who you think
has the pelts of my foxes."
"Your foxes ain't dead."
"Arn't dead? You've forgot their
skinned carcasses!"
"I allow we saw some rinned car
casses, but they was the carcasses c'
red foxes worth no more than S10
ai 'tice instead of a thousand. I ex
amined those carcasses mighty carefui.
Their eyes wasn't the right color for
black foxes. That's one thing. For
another, I found some red hairs. It
ain't in nature you can take a pelt off
and not a hair stick on the body un
der." Stafford digested this iu silence.
"Hut why in creation should the
chaps have taken the trouble to bring
over red fox carcasses?" he inquired
at length.
"That's easy answered. They was
after your best stock. It's profty like
ly they didn't take them far, and they
wouldn't want you nosing about for
your bve foxes."
"Is that it?"
"Another thing. The robbers jns
J six davs or mote on Eel island. Now.
they could catch and kill a!! your fox
es in two. I'.ut to catch tJie'.u so they
wouldn't be hurt would take time.
No, your foxes ain't dead yet. and they
ain't far off neither, and your Aleut
knows who's got them. He told you
ho'd been eight days on this island,
didn't he?"
Stafford nodded. "Eight days, that's
what he said."
"He lied. I knewit ihc moment I
set eyes on his lire. Not enough ash
to this fire to make heat to keep a
man without a blanket comfortable for
eight days this weather. And look!
The loughs he's broke off for his bed.
They're too fresh. Ag'in. he ain't got
no ax here, yet the charred ends of
the thicker bits on the fire has been
cut with an ax. It's clear as light.
The robbers ferried Sam across here
about two days back, cut some wood
for him so he shouldn't be. tot. cold,
gave him grub to last till 'bout the
time you'd likely be home and left
him."
"I guess you're right. I see it now.
I'm grateful to you."
Stafford reached for his title, but Joe
intervened.
"Stay you still, and I'll shov you the
way we do iu the lumber camps."
Sam's strong, squat figure advanced
toward us. As he stooped to throw the
wood he had brought on the ground
Joe caught his shoulder with one hand
and siiatch.-d the knife from his belt
with the other. And then there Hash
ed across the features of the Aleut an
expression like a mad dog's, lie Hung
himself, gnashing and snarling, on No
vember. I'.ut he was in the grip of a man too
strong for bim, and. though he return
ed again and again to the attack, the
huge young woodsman twisted him to
earth, where Stafford and I tiid his
struggling limbs.
This done we rolled him over.
"Now," said Stafford, "w ho it has
got my foxes?"
The Aleut sh'iuk his head.
Stafford pulled out his revolver, open
ed tiie breech, made sure it was load
ed and cocked it. Next he held his
watch in front of Sam's face and point
ed out the fact that it wanted h'Jt live
minutes to the hour.
"I'm telling him if he don't confess."
he said. "I'll shoot him when the hand
reaches the hoar." He turned to us.
"You'd best ;:o."
"Good heavens! You don't really
mean" 1 cried.
Stafford winked. Je and I went
down to the beach below.
A quarter of au hour passed before
Stafford joined its'.
"What's happened?" 1 asked.
"He's confessed, all right." Then
Stafford looked at Joe. "It all went
through just the way you said. It
1 E k Hi'ii;! fjjjffl
p '-V - ,!i I., ' AS
ACtCEC"
Tll shoot him when the hand reaches
the hour."
was a rival fox farmer, Jurgcnscn. did
it. Landed on Eel island with his
wife the night I left, they were there
until two days ago; took them all their
line and Sam's to get my foxes. Then
they brought him over here."
Ami now I will leave out any ac
count of the events of the next six
teen hours which we spout in the
skiff :iid pick up the thread of this
history again with Stafford knocking
at the door of the Jurgensens' cabin
on T'psala island. We had landed
there after dark.
Joe and 1 sood back while Stafford
faced the door. It v. as thrown open,
and a big gingerbread Swede demand
ed his business.
"I've just called around to take back
my foxes," said Stafford.
"Yot voxes?"
"The blacks and silvers you stole."
"You are mailt!"
"Shut it!" cried Stafford. "Ten days
ago you and your wife; having decoy
ed me away to Yaldez. went ft Eel is
land. You were there sight -days, dur
ing which time you cleaned out every
animal I owned on it. 1 know you
didn't kill them, though you tried "to
make me believe you had by leaving
the skinned carcasses of a lot of red
foxes. Three days ago you left Eel
island."
As he spoke 1 saw the wizened fie-
t I-", .if ;i wimrni soiire7ini? oat under
the big Swede's elbow. She liad a nar
row face, with blinking, malevolent
eyes, that she fixed on Stafford.
"Z ; Yot then?" jeered Jurgensen.
"Then you rowed over to Edith island
and marooned my man Aleut Sam. who
was in the rohlery with you."
The big Swede snatched up a rifle by
the door and stepped out.
"(let out of here," he cried, "or"
He praised on catching sight of Joe and
n:y-- If.
"I'll go ir you wish it." said Stafford
dangerously, "but if I do it'll be to re
turn with the police."
"And look here, Mr. Dutchman."
broke iu Joe gently, "if it comes to
that you'll get put away for a fifteen
years" rest cure, sure."
"Who are you?" bellowed Jurgensen.
"He's the man that told me your
wife was weakly and spilled the water
from the kettle when she lifted it. for
he found her tracks at my place by the
stove. He's the man that discovered
ax cut log ends in Aleut Sam's tire on
Eviith island when we knew Sam had
no as with him. He's the man I owe
a lot to."
"Me also," said Jurgensen venomous
ly as he bowed his head. "Yot you
vant-r-yoiir terms?" he asked at last.-
St a fiord had his answer ready. "My
own foxes that's restoration and two
of yours by way of interest that's ret
ribution." "Ant if I say no?"
"You wou't. Where's tuy foxes?"
Jurgensen hesitated, but clearly thero
could be only one decision iu the cir
cumstances. "I haf them iu my ken
uels," he answered.
"Wire iuclosures?" cried Stafford In
disgust.
"Yes."
"l'ou can't grow a decent pelt in a
cag"." snapped Stafford, with the ea
gerness of n fanatic mounted upon his
hobby. "You must let them live their
natural life as near as possible or their
color suffers. The pigmentary glands
get affected"
"Poof! I haf read of all that iu
the Imok Zitulihc Zelectiou of Color
Farm:;.' "
"Yes." put iu Joe. "you read a good
bit while you were at Mr. Stafford's
place, that's so lying in Mr. Stafford's
bunk."
Jurgenseu raised startled eyes, "You
see me?"
"No."
"How you know then?"
Joe laughed. "I guess th spiders
muj,t 'm told me," said he.
(To Be Continued.)
Sell your property by an ad in The
Journal.
'--SsJ&
0
FAK.MS FOR SALE.
160 acres, 5 miles from postoffice,
brick houre, several barns, p:raneries,
corn cribs and outbuildings, two good
springs and never failing running
water. Not a foot of waste land,
and all land gently rolling.
Not an acre of land adjoin
ing this quarter can be bought for
$li0 per acre, and $-00 per acre
would not buy the majority of it.
I WILL OFFER THIS 1C.0
ACRES FOR A LIMITED TIME, at
$125 per acre, or .$20,000, with reason
able payment down, balance on long
time to suit purchaser
This is positively the biggest snap
in Cass county, and the lucky pur
chaser can make from SU.OOO to $5,000
on the increase in value in one year.
170 acres, 5 miles from Platts
mouth, 2s miles from Murray, 50
acres in fall wheat, splendid house,
good barn, raneriep, corn cribs and
outbuildings, running water, school on
land near dwelling; land adjoining
sold a month ago for $150 per acre.
Price, $140 per acre; terms to suit
purchaser.
K',0 acres. ( miles from Platts
mouth, 2 miles from Murray, splendid
new land, 45 acres in fall wheat, good
buildings of ail descriptions, all in
first-class repair; entire 1C0 acres in
closed with new woven wire hog-tight
fencing. A bargain. Price, $125 per
acre; terms to suit purchaser.
8" acres, 7 miles south of Platts
moulh, 3 miles from Murray, good
land, utual improvements, land roll
ing. Price, $125 per acre.
Several good residences in Platts
mouth at prices much less than re
placement value, moot of them strict
ly modern. Farmers expecting to re
tire and move to Plattsmouth should
investigate these bargains in City
property.
40 acres of good hay land for sale
chcan.
For full particulars on any of the
ibove tracts, call at my oiLce.
T. II. POLLOCK,
Tel. No. 1.
Real Estate, Farm Loans and
Insurance.
Coiktes' Block, Plattsmouth. Neb.
12-14-2tw
Public Sale!
The undersigned will sell at Public
Auction at my father's place, two
j und one-half miles northwest of N'c
; haw ka, three and one-half west r.:v!
I four and one-half south of Murray,
! commencing at 11 o'clock a. m. on
j TUESDAY, DECEMIIER 15. 1914.
the following described property, to
wit: Six Head of Horses.
Consisting of: 1 blue roan horse
D years old, weight 1.100.
1 bay mare, smooth mouth, weight
1,250.
1 bay blind marc, smooth mouth,
weight 1,300.
1 bay mare 7 years old, weight
1,050.
1 blue roan marc 1 years old,
weight 1,100, and one sucking colt.
12 head of Shoats and 2 good
Brxl Sows.
Farm Machinery.
1 Henry top buggy, nearly new.
3 Newton wagons, 3 U -inch.
1 steel low wagon.
2 hay racks,
1 bob sled.
1 Sterling hay nkc.
McCormick mower, 5-fot cut.
2 Avery cultivators.
Janesville Eudlong di:-.c.
Janesville planter, nearly now.
-Janesville walking plow, lli-inch.
J. I. Case gang, 12-inth.
Dec-re Riding lister, 14-inc!i.
McCormick binder, 7-foot cut, near
ly new.
Hearing binder, (-foot cut.
Ulacksmith blower, anvil and vice,
corn elevator, jack.
Joliet 8 horse power Keystone 4
hoic sheller.
Emerson lis horse power gas en
gine. Stickncy pump jack.
Swinging frame buzz saw, disc
sharpener, sickle grinder, emery
stand, polishing wheel, grind stone.
Cable stacking uutlit.
8-barrcl steel watering tank.
2 sets of lM-inch harness.
Set of driving harnc-'S.
About 300 bushels of oat?, and
other articles too numerous lo men
tion.. LUNCH ON TIIE GROUNDS.
TERMS OF SALE:
On sums over $10 a credit of 8
months will be given, purchaser giv
ing bankable note drawing 8 per cent
intatest. Sums under $10,-cash. Noth
ing to be removed until settled for.
H, A. SCHWARTZ.
DC. WEST, Clerk.
WM. DUNN, Auctioneer.
Public Auction
The undersigned will sell at Public
Auction at his place, four and a half
milts west and one mile south of
Murray, four and a half miles north
and one mile west of Nehawka, two
miles north and six miles east of
Weeping Water, and one mile south
any one mile west of the old Fulton
hop. on
THURSDAY DECEMBER 17, I'M 4.
the following described property, to
wit: Nine Head of Horses.
One span sorrel mares, with foal,
smooth mouth, weight 2,400.
One driving team mares, six and
four years old, weight 2,000.
Two yearling mare colts.
Two suckling colts, one mare, one
horse.
One two-year-old gelding, weight
1,050.
Fourteen Head of Cattle.
One roan cow, eight years old, fresh
January 20th.
On red cow, five years old, fresh.
One black cow, 4 years old, giving
milk.
Two yearling heifers.
One bull calf, four months old.
One spotted ,jcow, five years old,
fresh January 27th.
One Holstein cow, seven years old.
fresh.
One Jersey cow, five years old.
giving milk.
One red cow. seven years old, fresh.
Two spring heifers.
One yearling bull.
One bull calf, six weeks old.
One thoroughbred Chester White
boar.
One Duroc-Jersey boar.
Thirteen shoats.
Farm lmplcnserls.
One 7-foot McCormick binder.
One 5-foot McCormick mower.
Four farm wa irons, one nearly new.
One Peru Hi-inch sr. Iky plow.
One YanDrunt 12-hol-j press drill.
One Teru riding lister.
One Velie top buggy.
One 10-inch walking pnv.
One set buggy harnes.-'.
Ore hay rack and truck.
One Kazoo sleigh gc-r.r.
One U. S. tream separator.
25 or 30 bushels of potatoes.
One Deere 4-wheel lister, nearly
new.
One Moline riding cultivator.
One Jenny Lind cultivator.
One two-row F.adger cultivator.
Two fioat drills, P. & O. and Rock
Island.
One 3-seciion harrow.
One Sterling disc.
One grindstone.
One saddle.
Edison Phonotrraph and SI records.
3C. 'J--r.iniit so d V 4-r-iiouie.
And other article.; too nunurou.- to
mention.
TERMS OF SALE:
Ail sums of S10 and under, cash in
hand. On sums over $10, a credit of
six months will be given, purchaser
giving note with approved security.
All property must be settled for be
fore being removed.
Sale Commences at 10 O'clock Sharp.
LUNCH SERVED AT NOON.
I am moving to my new home in
Minnesota, and every article on this
bill will 1k 'old lo the highest bid
der. No by-bidding.
R. C. RAILF.Y, Owner.
WM. Dunn, Auctioneer.
V. G. P.OEDEKER, Clerk.
In the County Court of Cass County,
Nebraska.
LEGAL NOTICE.
iTTlhe Matter of the Estate of John
M. .Johnson, Deceased.
To All Persons Interested:
You are hereby notified that on the
20th day of December, A. D. 1011, at
10 o'clock a. m., in the County Court
Room in the City of Plattsmouth, in
said county, there will be a hearing
upon the final report of the admin
istrator of said estate and his peti
tion for final settlement; that at said
time and place evidence will be taken
and an order entered naming the
hejrs-at-law of said deceased, and as
signing the residue of said estate, if
any, to the heirs; that all objection.'
to said report and petition must be
filed in this court on or before said
hour of said day.
Dated this 12th day of December,
A. D. 1011. By the Court.
ALLEN .1. IiEESON,
County Judge.
12-M-2wks
NOTICE.
Parties wishing weather calendar;;
wilt do well to call at Fricke's Drug
Store. v They are distributing the
weather charts now and it would be
wise for you to get yours before they
are all gone. wkly2w
Deliver your Cream to Zuckweiler
& Lutz. Best price. Correct weights
and tests guaranteed. ll-25-2wwkly
Farm Loans at Lowest Rates.
T. II. rOLXQCK.
12-H-tfw
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In the County Court of the Count) of
I ass, Nebraska.
NOTICE TO CKEDITOi:s.
In Ke-Estate of Hannah Sechri..t, In
censed. You arc hereby notified that h-ai-ings
ujon all cktim.s tgain.-t ;ail
e tate will be had at, the t .'Iice of the
County Judge, ('our; Ih.u e, IIatL--moutli,
Cass County, Nciua.-ka, n
December I", A. D. 1!'! J, and on Jun
1", A. D. ll'I.", at nine ViK'k a. m.
on each of said days, arid that all
claims r.ot filed before raid hour on
said last day of heading will be for
ever barred. Ey the f'o jrt,
ALLEN J. LEESON,
County Judge.
RAWLS tt KOHEUTSON,
Attorneys.
IGU-Arre Iartn for Sale.
(( acres, one and one-half m,lt
we::t of Murray; 12 acres in If.4!fa;
12 acres in clover; 7 acres in wild
hay; 80 acres fall plowed. Cood run
ning water; all can be farmed. Cot
particulars, call or write,
II. C. LONG, Murray, Neb.
160 Acres in Western Kansas.
I will trade for acreage or town
property. What have you, owner?
A. L. Bolin, Papillicn, Nth.
12-3-tf-wkly