The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1901-current, July 26, 1917, Page PAGE 3, Image 3

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Tj'ITKSDAY.
PLATTcHCUTH SOII-TrETE.! J0UKNA1,
FAGZ 5-
ALL ROADS LEAD TO HARMONYVILLE
In the Smiling Country and the Busy Town
The Discerning Can See Where Hopes Abound,
But in the Friendly Counsel Where Are Plans Great and Small,
It's Essy to See Ail Pull fcr Each and Each for Alb
AIvo
PERSHING'S SPRINT
y
THE UNIVERSAL CAI3
"I'M
We handle a complete line of Auto Supplies and
GOODRICH TIRES!
Our competent Ford Mechanics insure prompt repairs!
WELDING A SPECIALTY!
On July 1st all cars must be equipped with headlight lenses
which will conform to the new law. We sell
OSGOOD LENSES
The Best In the Market!
We Will Tke In Your Old Ford Car On a New One
We Will Pay You Spot Cash For Used Fords
Come in and ive us your order for a
New Ford Before the Price Goes Up.
T,
FORD Authorized Sales and Service, 6th St., Platism cuth, Neb j
Office Telephone No.
BARNUM & BAILEY
CIRCUS IS COMING
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Once asrain the tlad tidings are!
being spread broadcast telling of t! e j
coming of Pa mum & Lailey's c;:cu- ;
The greatest show on Earth, it is an-'
nounccd, will positively be exhibited
within easy traveling distance this
season and. us usual, a larire roi-
centatre of the population will declare i
a kiidav to visit the show.
The big circus will exhibit in Onia-1
ha on July "v.
it is c remised that rrthirt- to cot- i
pare with the present Darr.um Bai
ley performance has ever before been
m'u, under canvas. New and novel
faturt- ' w been imported from
anroat-x a ' preeraTTT of events,
thrilli tional and screarr.ing-
Iv lur vecunv every instant
in three
.rings r
rtundh.-
four stages, the l ir
the hippoelrome sur
ior more than three hours.
There is a new and gorgeous pa
gant entitled ,"Alladin and His Won
derful Lamp." in which nearly 1,400
persons and one thousand animals ap
pear in magnificent costumes rivaling
the dress of the pe- pie of the famous
"Arabian Nights" stor- This will F( 11 in a"-
be followed bv a host of acts in all ar-' men and omen watching it
parts of the great enclosure. There ld on thc screen Vill be surprised
will be sixty clowns, a greatlv in- j how nt'ar their Iivcs have bt'en Par"
creased menagerie of wild and un-l "Ile"ctl l' the v'nter- V'hlIe ll doeS
tamed animals, four great herds ofnot depend on thrills to gup, there
elephants, several caravans of camels !
and many recently bi n baby animals.
The free street parade, which will
"start from the circus lot at K o'clock
A. , . , e u '
, , . . - T' , i
kind ever shown be lore. It will be'
i ,i i u -,, I
three mnes in length ar.d there will
be
bands on foot, on horseback, ami
riainr on top oi wairons ot rci ami i
gold. There will be six bands in all
and they v. id be assisted by three j
steam caliopes and an electric piano. !
With the largest tent in the hi-t
of all circu
the Bai num & Bailee !
circu
ircus wagon prombes this season to j
lake good again its boast that it is i
the Greatest Show On Earth. Five!
railroad trains, comprising SO rail-
road cars, will be re paired to trans-;
port its paraphernalia, and more than j
Sensational Auto Value of the Age!
The Crow-Elkhart
MULTI-POWER CAR!
The most wonderful range of pover you have
ever known in a light cstr a quality of smoothness
that is new. The most car for the money on the mar
ket today. Look into the wonderful performance of
this car with such economy IS to 26 miles on a gal
lon of gasoline. Look into the high qualities of this
car, and you will wonder how it ccn be sold at the
popular price. A big powerful looking car that domi
nates the roads, for
f. o.
DBS
1. Shop Telephone No. 58.
T.'il horses will be used to transfer
its wagons from the rail mud yards
tu the show lot.
Tf
E NEGLECTED WIFE'
- FILMED BY PATHEI.
Literally, millions cf people have
read the stories of domestic life,
which Mabel lleibeit Urner has been
contrlliutingr to the press of the coun
try for several vears past. They
i have been so intimate that thev have
won a warm place for themselves in
! the affections of countless readers.
I Realizing this popularity, Pathe
has visualized Mrs. Urner's work in
motion pictures. The result is the
photo-play serial, "The Xegle-cted
Wife." The scenario was developed
Ly Will M. Ritchcy.
The leadir.fr parts are played by
Ruth Roland and Roland Bottcmley
supported by a cast which includes
Coreme Grant, Philo McCullough.
.Daniel Gilfetntr, Mo me .Mc( ennt-a ,
I and many other well known players.
THp r.ro.hn-tion is made under the !
j direction of William F.ertram.
"The Ne-rhcted Wife" is in fifteen
episodes of two reels each. The ftory
is a natural one, such as might hap-
r 1
are some uig- euee-t in e.. m.un
merit. At the Airdome, Friday.
FARM FOR SALE.
The Bems homestead, C miles south
of Plattsmouth. Inquire of E. W.
, '
Beir.s, or call rhor.e 4211.
'
I Money to 1 oan on citv red ertate bv
the Tlattsmouth Loan . Euilding
Association. See T. M. Patterson,
Secretary. S-2tfd
Red Cjoss rooms are open all day
eac
h day. Everybody welcome.
FOR RENT The store room in j
the White building on Main street,
Call on or inquire of Mrs. W. J.
White.
b. Factdrv
For Demonstration See
?JL HELD, J4ger&t
PLATTSMOUTH, NEB.
A Foot Race Forced by the Taunt
of a Navaho Indian
IT HAD A CURIOUS CLIMAX.
The Redskin Athlete Was a Fleet Run
ner, but the '-White Captain," In
Spite of a Spr2intd Ankls Handicap,
Won the Contest In a 4 Crawl."
At the time General John J. Pershing
Leld the rank of captain in the army
Le o:i oae oeou.'ion iiroved biui-i-lf fcu
perkr to the best Navaho athlete in a
foot race.
The story is an interesting one.
Pershing was stationed near t he Na
vaho aud reervatious in Ali- j
zona, lu '.vLtu General M.rg.ai, j
then commissioner of Indira ut-u.r.
lulled these Indians. Persuing wa.- I.i t
command ot a small escrt which weat
with, him to Keanis' canou to attoud
a council of the tribes. lie was uo
rompauied by Capiaiu Chaureev la
ker, vki had been bis clus.uiate at
West lMiit.
Vv'biie waiting for the council to be
am they sat on a large stone watching
tbt Indians at th-ir names. TLy Na
vahos were wrestling, raring on fo.,t. i
racing their ponies and o'.e vaulting. J
It was a holiday occasion, and the In- i
UUI1 V ' I
One tinelv formed Ineuau saw 1 oi'i-
sitting on the stone and, ni-j-nxn-h-
Imr, said something to h'.m in the Na
vaho tongue. The Navaho kiteipivter.
Chee. Mho was with the party
asked v. hat the Indian wanted.
was ,
Ht? is challenging Captain Pershing
to wrestle with him." said Ch.-e. j Joe Armstrong. John .v,-:.nr.er, r.u
Pershing lcaied the Indian over and j Taylor and Warren Bird were in Lin
oberving the grease upon bLs body re- i coin Saturday.
I ked to Choe :
"Tell him that he is too dirty to wres
tle with a white man."
Whin tlii-s wa-s interpreted the I:i-
lians vli: had gathered around sent up
i a sh'.iar of ilri.-.on at tne expense ii. ;
slo.v to repiy, saying: j
"Tell the white captain 111 run a
foot race Vvith him. and it I am t-i
duty all be has to do is to keep ahead
or me.
The Indians r.ow laugheil at Pershing.
and Ch-e e-plame l to him mat re
v.-otf.d have to rnv the foot race . !se
caste wiih the Indians, who a pea reel j
re.u ly to aimire hha.
Pershing accept el the challenge and
I preparations were made for the race. A
t-i:iiiini:ar course was laid o.:t, wi.h
thr;-e stahes 100 f et t apart. lVr.-h?:ig
stripjiOd t; rise waist and put on a pair j
ot ui(vaau5 sr mat ne eou:i rua
greater ease.
.Tud 'es were chosen and a tc-s of a
coin gave the Indian the inside track, j
so that he had r. few feet the advantage j
ia clearing th' stakes. Hot!: men start- j
a iivHv fashion, but, as 1
.mi J.nf lVrh!n:r '.
afterward explained, he purposely k r
just far enough behind so that tr.
Xavah: could ba'vly see him out of the
tail of his ey. This invented the In
dian from setting too hard a race and
at the same time enabb-d ivrshiag to
use the- Indian ;u pacemaker.
As the two sp.d toward the first stake
not a foot's uifference was discernible
Petween them. They appeared to be
running ilniost ::!-reat. Once er twice
the Indian made a spurt, but Pershing
always kept tip with h'm and never
undertook to pass him.
They rounded the first stake with
the Indian still on the inside and then
started for the see-on d stake. When
half way I'ershing increased his speed
and the Indian, fearing that he meant
to try to pass h;ui at the stake, did
likewise. Just as Pershing expected,
the Navaho shot slightly beyond i;.-.
stake, and Pershing vas enabled to
come on the inside, thereby gaining au
advantage of several fe-et on the home
ward run.
Now, I'ershing had previously sprain
ed his ankb and his only concern in
the race was caused by a fear that his
ankle might give way. The' speed of
thj tw men as they ran for the Lome
stake was tremendous, but Pershing
maintained the lead until the expected
hap ened.
When within about ten feet of the
home line hi ankle turned and he was
seen to fall in a heap, and the siecta
tors breathlessly watching the contest
cried out ia e-onstemation. It all hai
pened in a moment, it seemed, but
somehow I'ershing doubled up like a
ball and turned a complete somersault
and landed across the line several feet
abend of the Indian.
Then there was a bedlam of shout
ing. The Indians unhesitatingly pro-
nouii' eu l ensuing tue victor, ana the
elation of the white men was ei:ly ex
ceeded by their solicitude for Per
shing's weakened ankle. The defeated
Indian was jeered and taunted unmer
cifully by the other Na vahos. J
They had one particular collection of
Indian unpronounceables which they
applied to him. Pershing and Baker
got Chee to interpret it. Chee explain
ed that the. Indian had always been
called the Navaho athlete, but nov
his, comrades had lengthened his name
and were calling him -the Navaho ath
lete who was beaten ia a foot race by
the white captain crawling." New
York Sun.
Will Keep Job Too.
"My wife tells me that at the Wo
man's club the other afternoon your
wife displayed a marvelous knowledge
of parliamentary law."
"Well, great Scott! Why shouldn't
she? She's been speaker of our house
for fifteen years." Chicago Ilerald.
A hearth Is no hearth unless a wo
man sits by it. Jefferies.
C. R. Jordan was in Lincoln Tues
day. Miss Marjorie Hall visited in Lin
coln this week.
Miss Willis Whitney spent Tues
day in Lincoln.
A. X. Myers was in Lincoln Thurs
day on business.
Je Yickers and Geoi.ee Hall wore
i in Elm wood Tuesday.
George Hal! was a business visitor
in Lincoln Tuesday.
Rev. M. A. Keith went . Univer.
sit v Place Tuesday.
Mr. nr.;i .Mrs. William Timbliri were
Lincoln i.-ilovs Tuesday.
Miss Emlie GitTIn returned from
University Place Saturday.
T. IL f'romv,-!l of Chase county
was iir?t- -ii business Thursday.
Mr. Brown of W:ibah, a -id Alfred
StroenK-r, autoed to South Bend Sun
day. Gha-i Inv.rson ami .-on? drove to
Bameston Wednesday, on a fishing
tiip.
Chas. Snavely sold a pair of ferrets
to the Evans laundry, in Lincoln,
Tuesday.
Mrs. Joe Parsell and daughter, Miss
T . ,
i-uura, ana son. ueo., v. era 10 Lincoln
Tuesday.
Miss Alta Lir.ch went to Crete
Thursday to camp out for a few days
with friends.
Elmer Klyver and wife and Art
Klyver and family uutced to Ash
land Thursday.
Mrs. Ralph Unity and children are
! spending tne weeK witn ner sister,
' ' ri; I-,T
Miss Pauline Soflin spent Saturday
even:r:g at tne home ot ner cousin.
Miss Jessie Bueknell.
j Mrs. Anna Elder of Purr Cak. Kan.
is visitimr her mother. Mrs. Wesley
Rird, and other relatives.
?vjr. and Mrs. Rtitr. a".d child-
er.ioveJ a chicken dinner with fii ;;.'?
north of Waverly Sunday.
Miss Pauline Soflin of Unadilla
spen
it the week end at the home of
her aunt.
Mrs. Wm. Yaeger
Pa'-ph Hamilton of Central City is
visiting his grandfather, Peter Kly
ver, until the first of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. Sarn Cashner f Jri
e:sitv Place scent .uor.Jay n orning
with Mr. Cashner's paretics he.-e.
J. H. Stroemer, Harry Parsell and
James Pilkington were fishing at
South Bend Saturday and Sunday.
Clinton Fentiman and Mr. and Mrs.
J. D. Fentiman cf Elrawood were
guests of Orville Robertson Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Vickers, C. Fi.
Jordan
Jordan,
day.
and daughter, Miss Emma
motored to Lincoln Wedr.es-
Zslrs. Chas F. Rosencw and son.
Karl, returned Monday afternoon
from a week's visit with friends at
Kearney.
Miss Lois lams of Lincoln is visit
ing Miss Ethel Hardnoek this, week.
A. I. Eird was in Omaha Sunday
and Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Bobbitt and son
came in Friday from Independence,
Kan., and expect to make their home
in Nebraska.
Mr. and Mrs. William Casey of
South Side, Omaha, are calling on
friends here this week and looking
after their farm interests.
Mrs. D. A. Mitchell and daughter,
Mrs. H. S. Stewart of Brbjgsville,
111., visited from Friday till Tuesday
with Mrs. Mitchell's niece, Mrs. Ella
Prouty, and children.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Prouty enter
tained at dinner Sunday, Mr. and
Mrs. T. McKinnon and family and
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Godley and
daughter, Miss Mildred.
Mr. and Mrs. II. E. Allen of Fair
bury visited friends here Sunday.
Ben Waugh and family visited
Sunday evening at the George Fore
man home, on their way from Lin
coln to Omaha.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Iinch and son,
Ralph, of University Place, visited
home folks here Sunday. They were
accompanied by Mrs. Foreman's
mother, Mrs. Belle Bennett, who had
been visiting her daughter a few
days.
Mr. and Mrs. Orville Queihorst and
children and Mrs. Quelhorst's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Rouse, started
Wednesday for Hamilton county and
Sutton, to spend a few days visiting
with relatives. They drove in the
former's auto.
Ellis Coon was quite pleasantly
surprised last Wednesday evening,
when his sister, Mrs. O. D. Fisher,
in company with her husband and
friends, Mr. and Mrs. Georgre Griffith,
unexpectedly walked in. Mr. and
HARM0NYV1LI
A LIVE. TOVN -
GOOD STORES
GOOD ROADS
FINE. CHURCHES and SCHOOLS
TWO RAILROAD5
PAVED STREETS
LCOKS LIKL I
CAN ALWAYS GET
A JOB IN TMI5 TOWN
GUESS ILL BOILD
A HOME.
mvmir ieetng
c.-cp ril.t. L'lti. by II. C. Tuttle.)
Mrs. Griffith are from Tampa, Fla.
They left Lima, O., the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Fisher, July 15, and are en-
route to California by the auto route.
Three farms were sold in this vi
cinity recently. The Hamel farm,
consisting of eighty acres, was pur
chased by John Elliott at S204 per
acre. The John Quellhorst eighty-
acre place, was bought by Mr. Coat
man, father of our townsman, Roy
Coatman. at S190 per acre, and the
Mary Wolf eighty, at 150, was
bought by P. W. Nickel and son, John
Nickel.
Mrs. Ray Clark, assisted by Mrs.
Glen Lewis ar.d Mrs. Irene Stout, en
tertained the O. F. S. club Wednes
day afternoon. July 18, at the for
mer's home. The afternoon was spent
in demonstrating the cold pack meth
od of canning vegetables by Miss
Cheverout of Lincoln, when several
ouarts of string beans were canned.
Ice cream and wafers were served.
The next meeting will be held at the
heme of the Bueknell sisters.
A family reunion of the Bird fam
ily was held Tuesday evening at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Friend,
rock
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Let Us Furnish
Facts and
gyres
regarding the per
formance of
in our particular line of
business. And let us
urge that before you in
vest in a motor truck you
investigate the GMC
line.
Put It Up to Us
to SHOW YOU!"
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EU5JNES GOOD
THI3 YEAR - NtW
IINE.S TO et.
ADOtO THIS YtAR
HARtfOAYwuE boostex
south of town, at which were present:
Grandma Bird and her children,
Arthur Bird and family, Mrs. Amy
Elder of Kansas, Mrs. Walter Flard
nock and family, Mrs. William Kitzel
and family, Mrs. Joe Bird, Mrs. Ed
win Taylor and family, Roscoe Bird
and Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Friend. There
were twenty-eight present. Ice
cream and cake were served and
vocal and instrumental music was en
joyed by all.
Birthday Celebration.
A family reunion and birthday
celebration was held Sunday at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Rouse
in honor of Mr. Rouse's T2d birthday
anniversary, which occurred July 24.
Their four daughters, Mrs. Mart
Nickel, Mrs. Orville Quellhorst. Mrs.
George Bobbitt and Mrs. Ralph Uh
ley, and their husbands and children,
were all present, there being four
grandsons and three granddaughters.
Mr. Rouse has been ill the last year
or so, which has aged him a little,
but few would have guessed that he
had passed the three score and ten
to Fii
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In the GrVSC line the Manufacturer, Mer
chant, Municipality, Contractor, Farmer
in fact any man, business or corporation
with hauling to do can find the truck that
will fit the work to be done. THAT makes
motor trucks profitable.
The GMC line presents trucks from 1,500
pounds to 5 ton capacity. In no other fac
tory can such a variety of trucks be found.
From no other factory can better quality
be had.
The records of their ser
vice furnish a depend
able guide in determin
ing what GMC trucks
can do for you.
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PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA K
C LAND BHlNulwC
on every trip
HAULING GAi
BETTER PRICES -
EtCGEiT PtRCETi-
Since maim sriEf T
WAS FAVEP
YEARS J
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club-
allottment. Here's wishing Mr. Iiouse
many more happy birthdays.
LOST.
A pocketbook containing between
$15 and $2i. Finder please return
same to Frank Boetel and receive S"
reward.
A large assortment of all sizes of
American flags can be secured at the
Journal office. Call in and see them
Order your coal now from Water
man Lumber and Coal Co.
There are no obligations to join th1
Red Cross. Patriotic instinct alone
inspires. Now is your chance, ?1
membership fee.
A want ad will bring what you want.
NOTICE.
As I have changed my place of
business, all Livingston Loan and
Building Association dues may be paid
at the former C. W. Baylor fc Cc. oal
office. C. Cm. FRICKE, Sec'y.
SAVE. HALF AH HOUR
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