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PL ATTSM () UT 1 1 SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
MONDAY, MAY 28, 1917.
Cbc plattsmoutb journal
PUBU8HED SEMI-WEEKLY AT F L ATTS MOUTH, NEB R A SKA.
Eaterd at Postofflco at Plattsmouth. Neb., as second-class mall matter.
R. A. BATES,
UBSCBIPTIOIf FIUCEi ttA
No room for loafers these days.
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Plenty of sunshine good for crops.
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The apple crop will be pretty fair.
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Anyone can pet work on the farm.
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School days are over for this year.
Send your boys out to assist the farm
ers. :o:
Beware of the little fellows. The
mosquito is more bloodthirsty than the
lion.
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You may be a wise guy, but if you
are really wise you will keep it to
yourself.
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The man who agrees with everybody
isn't any more popular than the man
who agrees with nobody.
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The one who is too proud to go out
and help the farmers these day?
should starve next winter.
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Remember, gentlemen, that industry
and economy are the watchdogs that
keep the wolf from the door.
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There is a period in every man':;
life when he firmly believes that all
his friends have conspired to injure
him.
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May each and every one of the
graduate of the Plattsmouth High
school ha-e a prosperous career before
them.
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Between raising the flag in the front
. i i 4i,
the children will be kept pretty busy
this summer.
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According to a manufacturer, the
( cm:.r.il for Old Glorv was never so
great as at present. It is also pleas
ing to notice that the respect for Old
Glory is going up.
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In looking at pictures of French
women in overalls working in muni
tion factories the women of the rest
of the world pounced upon this essen
tial of man's wardrobe.
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The selective draft proposition
seems to be meeting with almost uni
versal favor by the populace. It was
probably the best "way possible to solve
the problem as to the best and quick
est way of raising an army.
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King Alfonzo of Spain sees how the
good old dope helped politicians in
America, and says, "I would be a good
republican if I wasn't a king." There
is a possible way for you to step down
and off your high throne, is there not,
Alf:
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We have a greenhouse here at home
and in the purchase of flowers we
think our people should patronize it
It takes money to carry on an estab
lishment of this kind, and as long ix
vou r.-m fn t xvh.it. von w,nt nf hnmn
everyone should do so. Home first, all
of the time.
.n.
There never was a time when the
('eman'i ' for help on the farms was
greater than at present, and wages
arc up to the top notch, with board.
etc., included. The new machinery is
a boon to the farmers, and they could
not porsibly have made much headway
this season without it.
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A class in arithmetic was wrestling
with subtraction and the teacher was
explaining that the thing substracted
must be of the same kind or denomina-
tion as the tmng subtracted irom. bne
said you cannot take five peaches from
six apples or five lemons from six
oranges, and so on, when up went a
hand from one boy in the class. "What
is it Johnny?" "Please, can't you take
five quarts of milk from six cows?'
The teacher fainted.
Publisher
PER
YEAR IN ADTASCK
Get ready for the draft.
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Patriotism is what goes now.
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Just as well march in the proees-
sion. I
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Money is now the easiest root to
cultivate.
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Buy a Red Cross button, and show
your patriotism.
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There is nothing easier than draw
ing a big salary.
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The local Red Cross chapter is get-
ting in line for work.
It is not necessary to sow wild oats
in order to look seedy.
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A heap of men have forged to the I
front on another man's name.
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Nothing succeeds like the good old
round dollars in ycur pocket.
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Attend Memorial services at the
Presbyterian church tomorrow.
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This is great growing weather: But
it is just as well to keep one's eye on
the weed crop
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The country editor doesn't receive
an oiTer of a rack of potatoes on sub-
f.lrtinn bn leen ilnnn in hau-.
tier days. I
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The white paper situation still de,
matids the attention of those who have
the means of giving the publishers re
lief in this matter
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There will be no "putting off" till
the last day of registration for the
army draft, because there is to be
nnlv nno rlnv for if Jinil the host n I
' i
SKiCKcr cun uu i to put ... ou urn..
last minute.
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'No' is next to the shortest word in
the English language, and it is the
concentration of the declaration of in
dependence. It is the steam gauge o
moral strength and the electrical indi
cator of moral force. It is an auto
matic safety device. It has saved
more women than all the knights of
chivalry. It is the impregnable wall
of home that preserves the innocence
of the innocent. It is the one word
you can say when you cannot think
of anything else. It is an answer
that needs no explanation or apology
It has kept father from folly, mothe:
from indiscretion, son from ruin and
daughter from shame. It is sure-
footed and is the mule-power of the
soul- When you say it, look the other
straight in the eye. Say it and do
not hesitate or stutter. When you
say "io say it as hard as steel.
THE SLACKER.
I am the slacker.
I love my country,
But I love myself more.
1 Relieve in patriotism for others,
But for myself "Safety first!
1 claim for myself
I All the benefits of citizenship,
But 1 repudiate its obligations.
1 a unalterably opposed
I To compulsory miliary service.
I believe in the good old volunteer
I system
I Which takes only those who wish to
I serve.
U tier it I am safe,
I 1 ur win not, voiuniccr,
T.' T Ml l 1 i
I am a pacifist for personal reasons.
J I will do anything to escape military
duty
I will even marry if there is no other
way,
I And hide myself behind a woman's
J skirt:
J I demand much from my country.
But I will give nothing to my country.
The fact is, I am a coward,
Which is only a little less despicable
Than being a traitor.
EVERY AMERICAN'S WAR, THIS.
Visiting in Lincoln within the past
week a man from the east, in conver
sation with an old friend, who is a
citizen of this city, was surprised to
hear that old friend decrying the war
and denouncing the president. He
found his old-time friend one of those
who insanely refer , to the war as
"Wilson's war."
And he did not hesitate to say that
were his Lincoln friend to say back
where he came from what he seemed
to feel free to say in Lincoln, he
would be promptly slapped in prison
until he had learned to exercise bet-
i t M f i i i i r i
ier discretion, n nut uener juujjiiit-iiL.
The Lincoln man w ho t! .'s surprise J
his vjsitor js not of German origin.
He just simply does not think. Foe
no man thinks who refers to the war
as "Wilsons war. ine presiueni i.
. mi "I a
not the only American there is in
the United States. He is not the only
friend and champion of democracy and
popular government, as distinguished
I C 1 At- .. i 1 . . . 1 - ; .
autocrine h-uumuh u
r1"'1"" -i
This war is the war of every Amcr-
ican. It is the war of every man
who abhors autocracy. It is the war
of every man who feels that the world
should be made safe for democracy.
;nd that popular government, wher
ever it exists, should defend itself
against the subtle crusades of royalty
and feudalism that is avowedly and
militantly committed to its overthrow
wherever it may be.
Of course it is Wilson's war, for
Wilson is an American who appre
ciates what Americanism means to all
the world. If you are an American it
is your war as much as his. The
time is near at hand when the citizcu
who ret uses to discern this is going
to encounter unpleasantness if hi
engages in audible rel lection oi nis
wretched vision, no matter whether
jg attitude is due to maudlin pacifism
or toreign sympainy. u any man i
t o obtuse that he doc:s not deicern the
danger that menaces a world's do
mocracyand docs not sympathize with
popular government when it is subtly
r.sailed by allies and militant autoc
ir.cv, his views arc not worth hearin
. ... . .
and lrcemcn who value their privi
buf?ht not t() havc triot
ism polluted and their patience tried
by hearing him. Lincoln Star.
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JOIN THE RED CROSS.
Is Plattsmouth likely to fall behind
other cities of its size in the country
in the enrollment in the Red Cross?
We cannot think it is, but there are
now less members than most any city
in Nebraska claiming as many people
as we do. Going en the theory that
it is possible to enlist 10 per cent of
our population in the Red Cross, vr,
anfind Cass county should have mem
bers totaling at least 2,500 with their
names on the books of the organiza
tion.
In Omaha, where a great campaign
covering but a few days was put on,
they found, when the names were
counted, at least 15 per cent of the
population of the eity and suburbs
had joined in this great work.
In Lincoln they started yesterday to
get 10,000 members, and when this is
be almost 20 per cent of the citizens
on the rolls.
There is no such word as "failure''
in the category of cities like Omaha
and Lincoln. It is that spirit of boost
and push that has made them what
they are in mercantile, commcrcia?
and other lines.
But it is the individual who is re
sponsible for the success of such a
thing as the Red Cross. We owe it
to ourselves; to our country; to our
city and to the world, to make the
Red Cross able to do the work be
fore it.
Is it pleasant to contemplate that
the United State:? has the smallest
per cent of Red Cross members, popu
Iation consitiered of any civilized
country on the globe?
We must do our work in Piatt
mouth and Cass county. Our field is no
larger than that now. Let us raiso
our chapter to big figures and fee
happy in doing so.
American flags, from 5c up, at the
Journal office.
CONCERNING LIBERTY LOAN.
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
will be in Omaha tomorrow to tell us
about the liberty loan and to ask us to
buy our share of the bands.
There is' no doubt that Omaha will
respond, for this city has a habit of
doing not only its fair share, but its
full share, of any duty that con
fronts it.
And this matter of buying liberty
bonds is a duty of the highest pa
triotic value. For the proceeds are tc
be used in large measure to provide
the finances that will make ready the
navy and the army in the war with
Germany.
Congress has voted the necessary,
money, but the mere vote unhappily
does not supply the money. This can
be furnished only by the people of the
United States, and they can provide
it only by subscribing to the liberty
loan.
If the loan fails, if the richest coun
try in the world has the disgrace of
ailing where England and France an 1
Germany have so abundantly succeed-
.1, if the nation's appeal to the in
dividuals who make up the country
falls on deaf cars, then America has
been defeated in the very first round
of the war.
B.it, of course, there is no possibility
of failure when the importance of the
bond issue becomes known.
Our people arc not likely to stand
back when they understand that men
and munitions and supplies can be
uished forward to the firing line only
y the use oi money.
If the money is not quickly forth
coming, our men, our munitions and
our supplies will stay here at home.
Which is exactly where the kaiser and
lis advisers want them to be.
At the present lime the chances fa
vor a victory for our allies and our
selves. That victory can he hastened
if our government can act quickly and
thoroughly.
To act quickly, the government must
.ave quia; response to its request foi
monev.
Thus, it is the part of patriotism oi
everyone who can afford to do so to
buy bonds. Fortunately, the buyci
also makes a good investment and re
ceives a good rate of interest. Finally
the purchase may prevent an entire
oss of the money in the shape of ai:
indemnity to Germany.
For Germany, victorious over
France and England, would then aim
to at least make us pay an indemnity
as the price for ending war.
If our allies lose this war, if we lose
it, Germany is going to make us pay
to the nil. She will do this because
we arc the richest nation on earth;
when she is through we may be the
poorest in ready cash.
That's why this loan is one for lib
erty for our liberty, for the liberty
of the world. Omaha News.
Omaha is always there when it
comes to doing things. The taking o5
S-l ,000,000 of the Liberty bonds by the
moneyed men of Omaha shows that
she is patriotic to the very core, and
one of the most prosperous and thor
ough-going cities in the United States
Blessed be those patriotic people of
the Nebraska metropolis.
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If our boys are sent to the front.
Mr. Millionaire, your dollars will have
to go along.
MEDICINE VS. FOOD.
Do not buy something which you
already have. . You have food which
you feed your horses, cattle and
'.sheep, but when you want medicine
buy only medicine. That is what you
get in B. A. Thomas' Stock Remedy,
We sell it and guarantee it to be medi
cine. We tell you that it will tone up
the entire system of your stock anc
aids digestion, thereby causing them
to get all the food value out of the
grain that you feed them.
II. M. Soennichsen. '
Puis & Ganscmer.
AUTO FOR SALE.
191G model Ford; run less than a
year; splendid condition. For sale
cheap. W. E. Rosencrans. o-lG-tfd
American flags, from 5c up, at the
Journal office.
American flags, from 5c up, at the
Journal office-
PEACE TERMS UNCHANGED.
The public letter from President
Wilson to Representative Heflin of
Alabama on the objects of the United
States in the war is timely and it may
be of vast significance.
The president repeats that the ob
jects of the. United States, as he con
ceives them, are precisely those set
forth in his address to the senate oi
January 22, and in his message to con-
:recs on April 2.
It is well to refresh our memories
by going back to those great state
papers.
In h:s address of January 22 the
president proposed terms of peace such
as would astisfy the United States an J
uch a?, he believed, this country
would assist in enforcing. His basic
idea was a just and secure peace
not merely "a new balance of power.
;e declared, would be valueless, be
cause no one couid guarantee it.
equilibrium. "Only a tranquil Europe
can be a stable Europe." To that end
there must be "a peace without vic
tory;", not a peace forced upon the
oser, not a victor's terms impose
upon the vanquished, but a peace be
tween equals resting upon an equality
cf rights.
Such a peace, the president urged
must recognize the principle that gov
ernments derive their just power.-;
from the consent of the governed, that
no light anywhere exLts to hand
peoples about from sovereignty tc.
sovereignty as if they were property.'
It was "a world Monroe doctrine," the
president said, that he was pleaching
Ami by that he meant "that no nation
should seek to extend its policy over
any other nation or people, but that
every people thould be loft free to de
termine its own polity, its own way
of development, unhindered, unthreat.
e.ied, unafiaid, the little along with
the great and powerful." As corolla
ries and supports to thce basic prin
ciples of an enduring peace, the presi
dent insisted that every great people
hould, as far as po-sil.lc, be affor.led
a direct outlet to ine nea; mat trie-
freedom of the seas should be guar
anteed, and that there should be i
limitation of naval and military arma
ments.
In his message of April 2 the presi
dent said: "I have exactly the i-ame
things in mind vow that I had in mind
when I addressed the itnate on vh
twentv-second of January last.'" And
he declared that we were to light "fo:-
the ultimate peace of the world and
the liberation cf its peoples, the Ger
man peoples included; for the righ
of nr.tions great and small and the
privilege cf men everywhere to choose
the why of life and chedicr.ee. Th'
world must be made safe for democ
racy. Its peace must be planted upon
the tested foundations of political lib
crty. we have no senisn cn,:s to stie
We desire no conquest, r.o dominion.
We seek no indemnities for ourselves,
no material compensation for the sac
rifices we shall freely make. We arc.
but one of the champions of the rights
of mankind."
The reiteration of the-c terms bj;
the president is especially interestin
in the light of the dispatch r.ent out
from Washington by the Associate.
Pross and published in last Monday's
papers. That apparently inspired re
hash of facts and surmises that havi
been common knowledge for a long
while, gave the impression that the.
United States would be content only
with a peace that dismembered the
central powers and made it impossible
for them ever to be assembled togethe
again, thus stamping out the danger
cf a German hegemony over Mittei
Euro-pa." The letter to Mr. Hcfli.
would indicate there is no such pur
po-c in the president's mind. He stil
stands for "a peace between equals'
that will leave every neoolc freo to
work out its own policy, without hav.
ing terms and . conditions imposed by
others more powerful than they.
It is not likely that the significance
of the Ilcflin letter will be overlooked
cither in this country or in Europe. It
was given out for a purpose. And
that purpose, clearly, was to dispel
any notion that might have-grown up
that since its own entry into the war
the United States has changed its
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'A ifPl
The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has teen
ia use for over ever 20 years, has "borne the signature of
- and has been made under his per-vrjy7-7
sonal supervision since its infancy.
sxi yj 'ZACuZ Allow no one to deceive vou in this.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and Just-as-good" are but
Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of
Inlants and Children Experience against Experiment.
What is'CASTORIA '
Cistoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric.
Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. It contains
neither Opium, Morphine nor other narcotic substance. Its
r.ge is its guarantee. For more than thirty years it has
keen in constant use fcrthe relief cf Constipation, Flatulency,
Wind Colic and Diarrhoea; allaying Feverishness arising
therefrom, and by regulating the Stomach and Bowels, aids
the assimilation of Food; giving healthy and natural sleep.
The Children's Panacea Xhe Mother's friend.
mmm CASTOR! A always
) Bears the
m yse .for liver
i he Kind You Have Always Bought
TH C C r NTAU R COMPANY, NEWVORK CITY,
opinion of whut would he a proper
cece; that its terms have growi?
harpher; that it would now prefer ts
impose a victor's conditions. So far as
Wood row Wilson is concerned thin is
not true. Nor is it true of the over-
'.Vh
elm in
mnjViily of the American
people, who like the president have
no hi;t for train or conquest and aro ;
lijlhtinir only to "make the world safs
for democracy."
There is little indication that th'
huh-or is prepared to propose or to ac
cept peace on yuch terms as the presi
dent favors. The German government
IiCiieves its armies are invincible, thai
its submarines cannot be coped with
It looks on Russia as out of the war:
and is eacouraed by the approach o
another harvest. Apparently it is not
prepared to surrender what its armie i
have so dearly pained, and means to
oio;;ecute the war to the point wher
it believes that it can itself impose the
victor's terms.
It is the business of the Unitec'
States to disillusion the kaiser. It is
our duty to fie;ht with such unity aixj
power that he will see he is impotenj
to establish an autocrat's rule over ah
the world, or until his bleodir.p people
take matters into their own hands and
themselves consent to a fair and just
peace that will leave democracy safe
ar.d free. And if the only way that
can be brought about is to dispose oi
Raised Wilhelm as another Napoleon,
to end his days under guard as a worW
menace on another St. Helena, we
should not hesitate at takinp upon our
selves the preference of that police
duty. World-Herald.
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liUGS ON VEGETABLES.
Cucumber, tomato, and squash vines
seem to be the feeding" place for bups
and worms, but IJ. A. Thomas' Louse
Killer kills them at one application.
Wc guarantee it.
II. M. Soennichsen.
Fuls & Ganscmer.
Tift
Look at these .splendid lands of Southwestern Nebraska and North
eastern Colorado before you make cropping arrangements for 1918. Don't
make a rental contract for the coming year that puts you nowhere toward a
permanent home until you have looked into the crop records of these areas.
Co out and talk to the farmers o fthese counties, you'll find them prosper
ing and ready to tel! you that an investment you must make to properly
count in their neighborhood and on the road to independence.
I have two new folders setting forth the agricultural conditions, one for
Nib:a:.ka and one for Colorado, illustrated with local farm scenes scenes
;,r.d maps showing location. They are free. Let me put you in
iFi. --t: wrTA'r! 9 touch with the
S. B. HOWARD,
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Signature of
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in Tin: disthkt nu iiT or r.ss
ri'.TV, m:ii!iska.
The First National Bank of Flatts
niouth, Nebraska. 1'laintiff,
vs. L
ivrry Maisli. Defendant. f
Notice to IVrry Marsli. i:efonlr nt.
Ynti aro lie re by notified that the
pin in tiff lias cotumoncrd an potion
;yaiii:-t you in the Iistrict Court of
(.."ass County, Nebraska, for the pur
pose oi" f orei'losini? a Mortcraj?; for
10.0) and interest from January 1,
HUB, at tli rate of ten per cent per
antiuri, on the following' described real
t slate, to-vit:
A strip of land out of the NK corner
of t!.e NV i, of the NV U of St-c. 10,
Twp. 1J. r:jri-. 1 I, i:. of 6th 1. M., about
L'2 by "07 7-10 feet in size, immediately
adioiriins lt eb-ven on the South, and
beinir all the land between said lot and
I'alterson Avenue. Comnieneincr t the
NV (orni'i- of NH i4 of NW of Sec.
If. Tp. 1C, North Rsre. 14, K. of 6th
P. M., thfnoe running South 1.14 feet to
the point of bevrinninsr, thence run-nins-
south to Patterson avenue, thence
Fast to the road known as- Lincoln
Aven ie. t Knee Northeasterly aloni?
said Lincoln Avenue to a point due
blast of the point of bet;innins:, thence
West to the point of besinninir. Sixtv
eiiiht (f.l foet off of the South side of
Lot 11 in S. e. 11. Twp. 12. Hee. 14.
Fast of Ot'i P. XI.. in Cass County, Ne
braska, and tor equitable relief.
Voa are required to answer said pe
tition on or before the 9t!t day of July,
1!'17. and in failing so to do your de
fault will be duly entered therein and
.iudirment taken as prayed for in
plait tiff's petition.
T1IF FHIST NATIONAL BANK
li? PLATTSMOUTH.
Plaintiff.
Bv A. L. TIDI), Its Attorney.
Muy l'S 4w
AOTICK TO fltKDlTOItS.
The State of Nebraska,
Cass County, ) ss.:
In the County Court.
In the Matter of the Fstate of Johann
C. Stark, Peceased. To the Credit
ors of said estate:
Vou are hereby notified that T will
sit at the County Court room in Platts
mouth, in said County, on the ?,0th day
of June, ll 17. and on the SOtli day of
December. 11)17. at 10:00 o'clock .A. M.
on each day, to receive and examine all
claims anainst said Fstate. with a
view to their adjustment and allow
ance. Ti e time limited for the presen
tation of claims' apainst said Estate is
six months from the 30lli day of Jutv,
A. D. 1917, ami the time limited f.V
pa -merits of debts is One Year fron
said ."iOth day of June, 1917.
Witness mv hand and seal of said
Countv Court, tins 19th day of May,
1917. "
(Seal) ALLFN .T. BFFSON.
May lS 4wks County Judge.
W. A. ROBERTSON, 4
Lawyer.
East of Riley HoteL
Coates' Block,
Second Floor
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A want ad will bring what you want,
cents a week.
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rouuv
best farm bargains offered today.
.limitation Agent C. 6. & ,Q. R. R.
Farnam St., Omaha, Neb.