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THURSDAY, OCTOEEB 4, 1917. PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. PAGE S. Murray Department Prepared in the Interest of the People ill u rff! Thrift Is Now a National Slogan The American people are waking tip. They resent the charge that they are wasteful. Bank deposits all over the country are increasing by leaps and bounds. A re you a depositor ? If you are not, Join the finan cial preparedness army. Man age to lay aside a certain amount of cash. We'll be glad to explain our banking system. A r Four per cent interest on time deposits. Our deposits are protected by the State Guaranty Law. MURRAY STATE BANK Ciias. Good was transacting busi ngs in Omaha last Saturday. Will Oliver and wife were Platts mouth visitors last Saturday. Ray Chriswisser and Al Bartlett drove to Greenwood last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Campbell were I'Jattsniuuth visitors last Saturday. H. C. Creamer had a car of stock on the South Omaha market last Thursday. Miss Margie Walker went to Plattsmouth Tuesday evening for a visit with friends. Mrs. John Hendricks will enter tain the K. X. K. at their social meeting Thursday, October 13th. Mr. and Mrs. M. Hild. of Platts mouth. visited at the home of Mr. and Airs. Frank Moore, east of Mur ray last Sunday. Last Sunday was hazelnut day in this locality. Several different par ties went to the woods east of Mur ray and Fpent the day jricnicking and gathering nuts. Mrs. Walter Sans entertained a party of friends at Sunday dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wheeler, Mr. and Mrs. Ted Barrows and Mr. and Mrs. Homer Shrader were present. Mrs. Frank Moore and Mrs. Ar thur Hansen will entertain the La dies Aid society on Wednesday, Oc tober 10th. at the home of Mrs. Moore. All members are urged to be present. Mr. and Mrs. G. I. Lloyd and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dill and daughter autoed to Omaha last Sunday to vis it with Mrs. C. Lloyd at the hos pital. They report Mrs. Lloyd im proving and that she will soon be able to return home. Quality Merchandise! Never before has it been so important to know what you are buying. That's why we urge you to compare the quality and prices of the merchandise this store offers you. For instance, we call attention to the market condition on Outing Flannel which, if we are correctly informed, will be selling for 25 cents a yard very soon. ITow look at our prices on Ladies Outing Gowns: Ladies excellent quality gown, fancy braid trimmed front, double yoke. Our price $1.35 Ladies outing gown, turn-over collar, double front and yoke. Our price 1.00 Ladies' special value gown, all white, turn over collar, hem stitched. Our price 1.35 Ladies' extra size gown, round collar, hemstitched, double yoke; all white. Our price 1.50 Ladies' very special gown, round collar, double yoke, blue stripe outing. Our price 1 .90 Ladies' gown of fine quality outing, round neck, hemstitched, double yoke. Our price 1.00 Children's outing gowns, age 8 to 14 65c and .75 Men's outing gowns, turn over collar, pink and blue stripe. Our price 1.00 Men's extra quality outing gowns, V-neck, nicely trimmed, well made. Our price 1,50 Compare These Prices with Any You Like Then Buy Early. HI AT MURRAY, of Murray and Surrounding Vicinity Especially for the Journal Readers Mrs. M. B. Allison attended the funeral of Mrs. Edmunds last Thurs day. Miuford & Creamer shipped a car load of cattle to South Omaha on Tuesday. J. H. Brown and George I. Lloyd shipped a car of cattle to South Om aha Tuesday. Mrs. Mont Robb, of Union, attend ed the funeral of Mrs. Edmunds on last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Holmes and Mr. and Mrs. O. V. Virgin from near Dunbar attended the funeral of Mrs. Edmunds. At the last regular meeting of the library association, Mrs. Lloyd Gap- en was elected president. Miss Mar gie Walker vice-president. Miss Pauline Oldham secretary and Mrs. Margaret Brendel, treasurer. J. G. Wunderlich, inspector of weights and measures, was in Mur ray Tuesdaj on business connected with his office. He found everything in tip-top condition in Murray, and the examination task was not a very difficult one. Mrs. H. C. Long and daughter. Miss Gertrude, Mrs. Oldham and daughters. Misses Pauline and Fay, George Nickels, Fred Condon, Ches ter Shrader and Albert Young spent the day in picnicking down at the "Big Muddy" last Sunday. Jake Minniear departed Tuesday morning for Cedar county, where he expects to make his home in the fu ture. Owing to the fact that the house in which they expect to live cannot be vacated before the first of the year, Mrs. Minniear will remain here for some time. Jake has a good position up there. r & TUTT NEBRASKA Miss Etta Nickels was shopping in Plattsmouth last Saturday. John Hendricks is on the list of new Ford drivers this week. John Schwartz, of Nehawka, was visiting with Murray friends for a few hours Tuesday. Miss Sophia Hild, of Plattsmouth, spent last Saturday evening and Sun day with the Misses Moore, east of Murray. Mr. and Mrs. S. O. Pitman de parted last Monday for California, making the trip in their new Cole Eight car. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Gilmour, from near Plattsmouth, visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Moore last Sunday. Miss Laura Puis went to Omaha this week, where she has accepted a position as saleslady in the Bran dies stores. Wm. Nickels and son, Lee, and daughter. Miss Etta, motored up to Plattsmouth Saturday afternoon for a short visit with friends. Jennie Shrader, who is employed in Omaha, came down Saturday for a two weeks visit at the home of her father. Mr. George Shrader. Mrs. Henry Ost and Mrs. James Brown returned home from Falls City last Friday, where they were visiting for a few days with friends. H. C. Creamer will go to Omaha on Friday of this week with his three children, Mary, Alice and Will, all of whom will have their tonsils re moved. A. F. Nickels and sister. Miss Ber tha, departed Tuesdaj' for the west ern part of the state, where they have some matters of business to look after. A. L. Baker returned home from his northern trip last Sunday, lie reports a very pleasant trip, and a fine visit with many former Cass county people. Mr. and Mrs. Lew Young return ed home Monday evening from Cole ridge, where they have been visiting for the past few days with their son, John Young and family. F. A. Marler and wife motored to Plattsmouth Saturday afternoon for a short visit with friends. They were accompanied by Mrs. D. Ames, who is visiting at the Marler home. George Jenkins, of Rosalie, Neb., who has been consigned to the Im manuel hospital in Omaha, suffering with blood poisoning, is now report ed out of danger, and will soon be restored to Iris former health. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Miller and daughter, of Plainview, were here to attend the funeral of Mrs. Ed munds last Thursday. Mrs. Miller has been here with her father for the past few days, and will return home Saturday of this week. Henry Engelkemeier, who has been in the hospital in Omaha for the past few weeks, recovering from an operation for appendicitis, re turned to Plattsmouth Tuesday, at which place he will visit for a few; days with his mother before return ing home. Cards have been received in Mur ray announcing the marriage of Mr. Searl Davis, of Lincoln, to Miss Le lia Francess Corbin, at the home of the bride in Dayton, Ohio, on Satur day, September 29th. They will be at home to their many friends on and after November 1st, at Lincoln. M. C. Baker arrived in Murray Thursday from Nodaway, Mich., on a few days' visit to his son, A. L. Baker. Art took him to Lincoln in the car Sunday, and after a visit with Miss Opha Baker, he went on to Clay Center, Nebraska, where he will spend the. winter with his daughter. Chas. Freize, who left this sec tion of the country several years ago, and moved to Minnesota, and later to Cedar county, , this state, has sold out in the latter locality, and was Visiting with Murray, friends' a few days the past week. Charley thinks some of returning to Cass county, but has not found a location that suits him up to the present time. The many friends hope that he will lo cate in Murray. Frank Ronne closed the deal this week whereby he becomes the owner of the northwest quarter of the old Walker section, which he purchased from Carl Walker, and paid the handsome price of $200. 00 per acre. The farm is a good one, but this cer tainly Is a good price, also, for un improved land. We are Informed that Mr. Ronne will build a fine farm home on this quarter in the near future. If any of the readers of the Journal know of any social event or Item of interest in this vicinity, and will mail same to this office, it will ap pear under this heading'. We want all news items Eiitoh Lloyd Lewis made a business trip to Springfield Monday. Dr. Gilmore made a business trip to Omaha Monday of this week. Uncle Sam Latta and family made a trip to Dunbar Monday evening. Meek Davis and family spent last Sunday with friends and relatives in Lincoln. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Gapen were visiting with friends up near Ash land last Sunday. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Art Jones, on Thursday, September 27th, a boy. All are doing well. John Hendricks and wife, accom panied b- Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hatha way were Plattsmouth visitors last Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Creamer are rejoicing this week over the arrival of a fine baby boy at their home on Thursday, September 27th. Ben Noell has accepted a position with L. H. Puis at the garage for the winter. Ben is a good workman and will make a good assistant for Mr. Puis. John Lloyd departed last Friday for Perkins county, where he will spend a few days looking after his wheat crop. John will sow a large acreage to wheat in this count- this fall. Boedeker and Gilmore took the contract for cleaning out the well at the high school this week. The job will be a good one, and we will vouch for the fact that it will be in keep ing with the price paid for the work by the board. Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Tankonin, of near Mauley, were in Murray Tues day to see Dr. Gilmore and make a visi twith other friends. They came down in their fine new Scripps-Booth car, the car that makes more miles more pleasant. Ed Ruby buys a new farm the past few days. He closed a deal whereby he becomes the owner of the old McNurlin farm in Mt. Pleas ant precinct, that he purchased from the McNurlin estate, and the price paid was ? 1C0. 00 per acre. Joe Rankin, of Broken Bow, Ne braska, was in Murray last Friday and Saturday visiting with old time friends. Mr. Rankin is one of the pioneers of this county and has a great many old friends over the county who are always pleased to see him. The work of gathering the apples from the large orchard of Frank Moore, east of Murray, was started last week and the crop is turning out really better than Mr. Moore had figured. He is now of the opinion that the orchard will run in the neighborhood of 10,000 bushels. The Journal publisher and wife made a trip to the Moore place last Sunday afternoon and here seen more apples that ever before in one orchard. The orchard was leased to Lincoln par ties and Mr. Moore is relieved of the task of gathering. Attend Mrs. Edmunds' Funeral. Burnette Ferguson, Earl Ferguson and wife, E. Gauss and wife, niece and nephew of Mrs. Edmunds, of Shenandoah. Iowa; Robert Ferguson, a brother, Ivan Balfour and wife and Chas. Ferguson, niece and nephew, of Wyoming, Neb., were here last Thursday to attend the funeral of Mrs. Edmunds. Thomas Ferguson, a brother, of Evans, Colo., was un able to be present on account of sickness. Card of Thanks We wish to thank the many friends who were so kind during the sickness and death of our be loved wife and mother, also for the beautiful flowers sent both before and after her death. J. W. Ed munds, Mrs. Wm. Sporer, Mrs. Alva Long, Mrs. Homer Miller. M. W. A. Notice AH members of Murray Camp No. 1S5C are requested to be present at the meeting on Tuesday, October 11, as business of importance will come before the lodge, so all members are urged to be present. If you want to buy a good 220 acre farm, four miles southeast of Ashland, Neb., well improved, quarter-mile of school; 60 acres pasture, with good spring water, for $145 per acre, see M. S. Briggs, Platts mouth, Neb. tf Journal Want-Ads Pay! FOR ANOTHER YEAR. From Wednesday's Daily. Kev. E. H. Pontius, who has been the pastor of the United Brethren church, south of this city, was at the conference at York, which has been in session the past week, and has been returned to the charge here. This is pleasing news to the members of the church for which he has ministered, as he's proven an able, consciencious worker with the ability to do the work which is expected of him. Rev. Pontius is a man of more than ordinary ability and coupled with it a desire for work, makes him a strong man for the position. The membership are well pleased with his year's work, and are glad to have him for anoth er year. APPOINTS EARL NICHOLS. From Wednesday's Daily. Last evening the thirty-seven Doys who were to go this morning to Camp Funston, Kansas, were lined up in the front of the court house when they reported at five o'clock and Sheriff Quinton, appointed Mr. Earl Nichols as the one to have charge of the company going to Camp Funston. The listing and al loting to the different hotels for the night and giving checks for their baggage being completed they dis persed until the time for the ban quet, which was at the Riley Hotel at seven o'clock. Many from out in the county were in with their sons, brothers and neighbors, to say the last good byes, as they departed. We were observing the boys, when our attention was called to a farmer out in the county whose boy was called. The young man twenty-two years of age, had earned for him self, a team, and had married and was farming for himself but staying at his father's house. Yesterday morning the father was at the barn, when the young man came in, and not knowing that any one was pres ent, bid good-bye to the team which he had raised from colts, putting his arms around their necks and patting them said "Well I will have to leave, you just like I have to leave the wife and baby, so good bye." This sturdy Id farmer in relating the incident could not keep the tears from his eyes, but still he wanted his son to do what his country call ed him to give his service for the same home which he had been mak ing for his wife and child and all he loved. ASKED TO GO WITH BOYS. From Wednesday's Daily. George L. Berger, of Elmwood. he says, it is the best town in the state and we are not going to quarrel with him on that score, was in the city last evening, coming down with some of the boys who are to go to Camp Funston today, and showing that his heart was in the right place, he stayed until after the ban quet in honor of the bojs and with one of his neighbors, Fred Kunz, re turned home last night, while two others who came with them William Albert ' Kunz, is to go today, and Joseph Cazemack, a cousin, has ask ed that he may go also, though he had not been called, but asked to go at this time because he would be with his cousin. William Albert Kunz. This is a demonstration of good patriotism. BUILDING AN OIL DERRICK. From Wednesday's Daily. The men who, in this section some time since invested in town lots at Francitas, Texas, as well as in lands near there are fortunate in their in vestment, for oil and gas had both been discovered in the immediate vicinity, A number of persons here have lots and lands there, among who are F. G. Fricke, F. R. Gobel man, and E. S. Setz. At this time the company is erecting an oil der rick which has reached the height of 112 feet, and will be built 185 feet high and when completed will begin drilling for oil, the above three gentlemen have lots but a few blocks from where the well is to be drilled. They also have a share of stock in, the company, which is drilling the well. Just at this time the prospects for striking an abund ance of oil is good. GO HAVE A LOOK! Vallery and Cromwell leave Plattsmouth every Saturday night at 7:45 for Keith, Perkins and Chase counties. They have the good level black soil that is raising all kinds of small grain, corn and alfalfa. Nobody has any lower prices and better soils. Ask those who have been out. 17-swtf Wanted: School girl to do house-J work. Will pay small wages. In-j quire of Mrs. Burbee, 9th and Pearl streets. . sl7-tfd. I Why Do You Strive for Quality Products? Why Not Raise Ordinary Livestock, Ordinary Grain or Ordinary Fruit? It costs extra money to start and maintain a herd of blooded cattle, hogs or sheep. It takes extra time and care to select quality seed corn as a basis for a quality crop. It takes extra money, time and care to start and keep up a quality fruit orchard. You could do away with this extra expense by being satis fied with just ordinary products. Why do you seek quality? Here is the reason: You pin your faith to quality because you know that the extra expense entailed by the effort for quality is more than offset by the extra profits that qual ity products return. Quality is profitable in what you raise to sell. It is just as profitable in what you buy to use. We have at your service a stock of highest quality farm implements. There is nothing of the ordinary in these implements. Their quality has urray Hardware MURRAY, HARRISON SHELDON HERE. From Wednesday's Daily. Harrison Sheldon, who has been in the hospital at Fort Crook, for some time past and who could not go to the south with the remainder of the boys of the "Dandy Sixth" came down this afternoon to attend the funeral of Benjamin G. Decker, his grandfather, which occurs to morrow. MARRIED IN OMAHA. From Wednesday's Daily. After reporting last evening, at the court house, and being checked present on the roll of the quota to go, James Frankin Raymond and Miss Lula Mae Cox, of Louisville, de parted on the late Missouri Pacific train for Omaha, where they were united in marriage, at the home of the parents of Mr. Raymond, the bride remaining at the home of Mr. Raymond, while H. S. Raymond, the father of James, came to Plattsmouth with him this morning to see his son depart for the camp in Kansas. GOES TO SANITARIUM. From Wednesday's Daily. This morning, Henry Horn de pared for Lincoln, where he is to take treatment -at that institution for some time. Mr. Horn was there some time since and received much benefit fro mthe treatment received at that tim and goes again, feeling that the treatment will be beneficial again. Brighten Your with one of Our Quick Generator Gas oline Lamps it makes DARK as bright as sunshine. Just Received! A new stock of FINCK'S Detroit Spe cial Overalls and Jackets. Raincoats and Sweaters! Season is now on. Look Our Stock over while it is complete. Puis & Gansemer, Murray, Drs. Ylach G. Hach, The Dentists The largest and beet quipped dental ofScei in Omaha. Special 11 char; of all work. Lady attendant. Moderate PHcea. Porcelain fillimj Just like tooth. Instruments carefully sterilized alter using. 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Last evening Mrs. Henry Spang- ler and two daughters returned from the conference of the United Breth ren church at York, where they en joyed a very pleasant time, and also stopped at Lincoln where they visit ed with a son and brother Mr. George Spangler who is in business at that place. FOR SALE. 2 Dressers, one commode, one gas range. All in good shape. Call Phone No. 14S. 9-25-tfd SOUTH EASTERN NEBRASKA. We have some choice SO, 120, 1 CO, 240, and 320 tracts or land near Sterling, Adams. Tecumseh, Elk Creek, Cook, Burr, Douglass, Vesta. Crab Orchard, Filley and Lewiston, Nebraska. Prices very reasonable and terms good. Call or write. MOCKEN1IAUPT & CURTAIN, Sterling, Nebrasak. " .f. W. A. ROBERTSON. A J. Lawyer. J" ' J. East of Riley HoteL 4- Coates' Block, J. Second Floor A want ad will brine you a buyer. Home Nebraska. Fistula-Pay When Cured A mild system of treatment that cares Piles. Fistula and other Recta 1 Diseases in a short time, without a severe sur gical operation. No Chloroform. Ether or other general