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PlJ-TTSMOCTH SOII-WTTTLT JOURNAL. Man Hawkeye Tires and Tubes The Plattsmouth Garage J. EL MASON, Proprietor PHONE r.94 AGENTS FOR REO CARS AND TRUCKS CLEVELAND TRACTORS We repair all makes of cars; do all kinds of welding and charge batteries. Bring in your cars now and have them in shape for spring. We have two of the best, mechanics in town, Mr. Howard Ralya and John Frady. Also Do Livery Work to AH Parts of the City and Country. JUST GIVE US A TRIAL WE'LL DO THE REST DELCO -LIGHT TLs complete Electric LigLt and Power Plan Operate a complete pressure watersystem. No raoie pumping by hand. E2 ! ! ISY ROSENTHAL. T.d. T). 50'i3 Omaha, Neb. XCC5ES SSB9 OVER THE COUNTY UNION Ledger W. H. DuRoise was a passenger to Omaha Tuesday afternoon. Miss Mary Poster was down from Omaha over Sunday visiting with her parents. II. L. Swanson and daughter. Enid, were visiting with relatives in Eagle Friday. A nurse was called from Omaha Monday night to care for Mrs. Harry Frans. who has been very sick the past week. Mrs. Lucy Davis and two children of Hamburg. Iowa, arrived yesterday for a visit at the h.rne of Mrs. Mary Davis. Guy Stokes shipped a load of cat tle to Omaha Monday. He contem plates shipping a load about every two weeks hereafter. Ed Young was down town Tues day for the first time since before Christmas as he has been suffering considerably from heart trouble and iias been confined to the house. Miss Emma St. John left Monday for Springfield, where she has ac cepted a position as teacher in the puolic school for the remainder of ihe term. Peter Opp went to Nebraska City Tuesday morning to spend the day with his daughter. Mrs. Lloyd. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd are parents of a baby hoy and Mr. Opp went down to ; introduced to the youngster. Mr. Pirl Albin returned home from Omaha Saturday after spend ing about eleven days in the St. Joseph hospital, where he was oper ated on for appendicitis. He is get ting along nicely and expects to be all O K in a short time. Messrs. and Mesdames John and Phillip Schaefer, of near Creighton. arrived in the city this morning and are visiting with friends for a short t ime. ill FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE Seven acre, improved, just out side the city limits, within walking distance of the shop3. Improvements consist of a five room house with furnace, in good repair, barn, chick en house, large cave, two wells, cis tern. Fenced. Will take a residence in town or sell it on easy terms. Can give possession this spring. J. P. FALTER. Phone Nc. 2S. Vesta Batteries and Dry Batteries EAGLE Beacon Mrs. O. W. Hall, of Chapel is here visiting relatives this week. Mrs. Frank Lanning had the mis fortune to tear the ligaments loose in her arm at the. rink on Thursday night. Mrs. Fred Muenchau came down from Klmwnod Thursday and is vis iting at the home of her daughter, Mrs. James Smith. Last Friday John Mick received a fine car of lumber from Omaha, to be used in building a new residence on his farm. Henry Ewerth has the flu. He is reported some better at this writing. Mks Ella is staying at Lei dig's while the home is quarantined. Prank Lanning may go to Lincoln every day in a car. but we know one day he failed to return in his car it stuck fast in the mud at YVyuka. Miss Tillie Reitter. who has been going to school at Lincoln, came home Friday and left Saturday for Clay Center, where she has accepted a position. Mrs. Vina Fisher and Miss Vern Vincent of Lincoln, are here this week so as to be near their mother, Mrs. Vincent an:! brother, Lester, who are quite sick with the flu. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Frolkh re turned on Tuesday evening from a week's honeymoon visit with her brother at Nelson. They were met at tii? train by a noisy crowd, which reminded that while they were absent they were not forgotten. Mr. and Mrs. Will Horn and Jese Horn left Friday evening for Hill City, Kansas, having been called there by the serious illness of their mother. Mrs. M. A. Horn, but ow ing to bad roads did not arrive in time to see her alive, she having passed away Saturday. February 22. at 1 oTe!oek. Sfi 9 3 3 NEHAWKA New3 Mrs. I). C. Wet left Monday af ternoon for Lincoln, where she is re ceiving medical treatment. Mrs. C. K. Tefft came down from Weeping Water Monday to attend the funeral of Lee Kirkpatrick. J. IL Steffens and family went to Lorton Saturday afternoon, where they spent Sunday -with relatives. Mrs. Oliver Harmon of Avoca at tended the funeral of her brother, Le? Kirkpatrick, who was buried on Monday morning. Wesley Rouck, of Palmyra, stop- i ped off here on Monday morning to 1 1 1 ' visit -his cousin. Miss Belle j between trains. -! Col. V. R. Young, of Murray, was Jn town a short time Tuesday af ternoon alter auctioneering ilie P. P. Rose public sale. j John Rough loaded his car here and left Monday for Tekamnh, Neb.. ! v. lu re he and his family will make their future home. IK lias farmed north of Nehawka a number r years and his occupation w ill be' the same when they have moved. Serjeant Simon Crnber, of Union, who enlisted in the army over a year (and a half ago was in Nehawka on ruesday morning visiting his sister, Mrs. John Chappell. Simon, was a J On Wednesday evening, F'-Jruary machine gun instructor in one of(l!nh, at Sr.'lO o'clock occurred the our southern camps the greater part j marriage of Miss Glads C. Howler of I ho time and was only recently! to Mr. Glenn U. Atchison at the discharged. I home ot the bride's pan-nts. .Mr. and Pete Opp. of whom we made men-.Mrs. Emerson Howler, live miK's west tion a few weeks since of having j of tow n. The ceremony w;s pi-r- ! purchased a milch goat to cut dow n1 jthe high corf .of feed required to jkeep a cow. was made doubly glad last Sunday afternoon when the mother goat found two haby goats, I'ete. who had bet if teaching i he mother -oat to stand on a soap box to lie ii:ili;fl, will noy torestall 1 hat task until the kids grow- up large enough to eat hay and be weaned. LOUISVILLE Courier 4 Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Twiss are re joicing over the arrival of a fine boy that arrived at their home on Mon day. February 24, 1919. We ar" glad to report that James Dixon is recovering from an at rack of stomach trouble from which he nas reen suueruig lor several v.e part of which time he was bedfast. Miss Jessie Garrison has returned from Trenton, Missouri, where be has had charge of a telephone ex change, and will assist her sister. Mrs. E. Rarter, manager of thelocal exchange in Louisville. Mrs. F. A. Record, of Omaha, came down for a night's visit with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. May field, the latter part of last week. E. O. Mayfield, of Lincoln, also spent the' day Saturday with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Jo Mesina, of Mjn - tey and their daughter, Mrs. John liable, of Plattsmouth. were the! J. F guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ah! 'of hor at dinner last Monday. Mrs. liable i- .-dav and Mrs. Ahl were old school di-y friends. Hugh Seiver. of EIReno. Oklahoma. came in Sunday evening for a tdiort vi.sit with his parent. Mr, and Mrs.! James Seiver, who are her.- iron. Madrid, visiting at the home of their son. ( iauoe Seiver. where they ce'e- brated their fiftieth wedding anni-j versa ry this week. j Charles Rathbunreceived a tele- gram on Tuesday morning from his brother. Prank, who has been in th-i navy on the F. S. S. Vermont, that he has been honorably discharged from the service and that he will re- turn home the last of this wok4 ! Miss Anna Johnson writes to her' Louisville friends from her home in j merung i oiora.Jcn to say that she aim ner orotner, Andrew, are well. They have had some pretty cold ! It'nn V, cv , I , , wui mere anu lots ot snow. T-Vir,,. , ..... 1 , - . i t-uu ineir regarus to Jouisville : triends. Charles Ahl arrived last week from the ranch r.earProke., Dove. f ,r a un ins lanniy. He tool; coldlarmy. The doctor lias had a wide .... cs ,ne nam was so over- u.,,. an a ioiiu nas oeen con- fined to the house nearly the whole time he has been at home. He isjomnha on Friday t-. spend Saturday well pleased .with prospects on thend .Sunday with his mother. Grand- ran tn. weeping water Republican jtnonia. Sid is looking rather thin Mr. and Mrs. Dan Switzer and !incl sa s ' nat be is might y t hank ful little son left Monday morning for1'0 ,,e !l,,,e to f)e about again and his East Lke. Colorado, for their new l'rit'ii'h were glad to see him out homo. The good wishes of t heir nce more. many friends go with thorn. j 0le lay last week Joe Ogden was Less Gregory came in from Chase niakng some repairs to a church J: county Tuesday morning for a few 1 1 days visit and to look- nftnr some ( business matters. Less reports lots hof moisture in Chase county. I Mrs. Agnes Keith'.ev left Monday ( morning for Sioux City, Iowa, for a j'couple of months' visit with her sis-' j jter-in-law. She was accompanied as far as Omaha by Mrs. J. I. ' Corley j and Mrs. Wm. Dunn. Mr. and Mrs. S. Ray Smith moved uednesday to their farm west of "u wl'en it is known .that Mr. Plattsmouth. George Stoll will move IIoovpr paid the good round sum of onto the place vacated by Smiths. ?"-!-S0 for them. j which has been purchased by Mrs. I-st Sunday morning Thor Royles ' Stoll's mother. Mrs. Kelley. came home from the army. He had Mrs. E. L. Hall, of Imperial, No- boen stationed at Camp Lee, Ya., for braska, who has been visiting at a "umber of months. Thor is look the home of her sister, Mrs. William "S well and says t bat he Ts feeling Coatman. the last three weeks, loft fine. He will remain here and will for her home Monday evening. Mr. farm his father's place east of town Coatman accompanied her as far as this year. His friends were glad to Lincoln. see him back again. I Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Fry returned home. Monday morning from their Bone k. I month's visit in California. They re ! port a fine trip and a good visit. They fpent the fore part of the w-ek at Auburn. The funeral of Lee Kirkpatrick was held at Nehawka Monday. Mr. Kiikpat rick died last week at Exct-1-sior Spiings. Mo., where ho ,a:; tak ing treatment. The i.-tiiaia; were brought to Nehawka by his nephew, C. i:. TeiTr. Edward Jones, of Tkittrry F, .li'S F .A., who arrived from Prance in January, and has been visiting his i uncle, C. J. Earls left l;i-t we-k for i Platte Center, where 1 has a "posi- jt ion for the coming yenr. formed by Rev. Taylor, of Fnioii. 'in the presence of relatives and a few friends. I Mr. and Mrs. I.av. r. nee Ma blx. of Raymond, arrived la t Thursd iv evening wilh the remains ,f their i little daughter '. ho died at Ui moud i February J:un. it." remains v.ei taken to the home of Mrs. Maddox'sj -ister. Mrs. Ed Mi'.k-r. until Frid-iyl alt. -moon. whn lui:-ral service-; tfi were held at the Alil.r home and ithe ilttle body laid to rest in Oak ., wood cemetery. Funeral services j were conducted by Rev. V. P. lias- kins of the M. E. church. Ray Xurris bought throyah John W. Coibert, the real estate man, Sat urday the 2n)-acre f;irni southwest of town owned by A mire w Oisen. This was formerly ov. re-d by John Rredehoit of Otoe. Mr. Olson haig oi.lv bought the farm a short time . .mi . vms'.ii 111 :i.ie in nave ...r.. t ...... V . i . . "'.a .uuardiai"; appointed y frim specula! i:. g in 1. o keep him il as a farm !ii:-v as soon becomes worth tore i: p.s lie owns it. and if i.e doesn't ouit buying, land will get i;v high. ;4 Y E L M W O O D I Leader-Echo t Wm. D. Sheen moved to the War - jers property in North Elmwo-ju. which he recently purchase Hoover shipped tvvo car loads i ; to Nebraska ''ity on Wed-; also two car loads on Vr daw j j). Uiuk-ik n ovel to the P.op-en- , rief far;n ncer.Cy vi.c;:t;-J by Gra: ' Crandell. this. weeh. Wm. H. P.ohn has moved to th Enrl.d.ing 'n- v kr. v;i ;.s the J r :eles Dernier farm and will farm'i: this summer. Dick Deles Derr.br returned on Tuesday morning from Mu.-kng-c. Ok'a.. where he had visfted the oil fie!.!-, of that plae. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Dreamer hav been sick at their home for the pist week snfiering with influenza. Chris Dreamer was out at the farm caring for them. .Mrs. M. L. Ool'.aher .was a visitor , Li:lcoln SPVeral (ays lasl week Uvirh her sister. Miss Gladvs (oat- UK n. who is attending the Wesky- an Lniversity. She returned home i on s-incav. Dr. Charles Farri.-h returned to Elmwood Kur.dav eveiiinir :!fter a number of months" !,.,. ; veterinary service of dele Ram's range of experience during his ab- j rence Dun Rosenow r:imp ilnvv ti fniin ma Rosenow, and also with his brothers. Dan is holding down a jgood job with the U. P. at Omaha. j Fid West was up town en Mon jday afternoon after about five weeks , jof very serious sickness with pneti- F,ecP'e ?-t Weeping Water, when the ,a'1(1jr he was using slipped and he leI1 to ,-e ground smashing one of! his hips quite severely. He is in a as a result vory rorioils condition ot.,,;e accident. v-"m- Atchison, Jr., sprung a good !,e on J- v- Hoover the first of the "w'('ek by selling him four hogs that ' tipped the scales away up there An : ,doa cf the s'e of these hogs can be Journal Want-Ad Yisi 1 LEGISLATURE MAY SET RECORD FOR FAST WORK! BOTH BRANCHES WELL ALONG WITH MEASURES UNDER CON SIDERATION : TALK ADJOURN MENT FIRST OF APRIL. Lincoln, Feb. 2S. Chances are considered better than an even bet that the Nebraska legislature, which lias already smashed one record by holding down the number of bills introduced, will also w ijid up its work in record time. Roth branches of the legislature are well along with their work. The salaries anduni versity maintenance appropriation hills have already been report "d out of the finance committee of the house, the univer sity appropriations which group all of the funds this year, has- passed the house and it will not take the I fenate finance commit t ee, of which j v- al is chairman, long to push il i through the upper branch. Tvvo hii, u.asures remain yet to ,K. disposed cf in both branches. j -j'Iip civil code administration bill. which has been undergoing a care ful pruning: by the special commit tee appointed by the senate, has .practically completed its work. Code Committee Named. In order to expedite matters, a code bill cTmmittee lias been named in- the lower branch. This com mittee has already started its labors and within a s-hcrt time after the bill passes the senate and reaches the lower branch, it will be ready to report out of the committee. ! There is no er.estion but the civil j administration code bill will pass t both branches of the legislature with substantial majorities. The three good road measures still remairf to be passed, but with the exception cf possible changes in the wording of the bills it is not anticipated there will be any delay in handling them. Members are already beginning j to look ahead towards adjournment I the first week in April, which, if it j becomes an accomplished fact, will se a new mark for legislative effi ciency. CIEMENCEAU BACK TO WORK. . Paris, Ptb. 25. Premier Clemen ceau resumed his usual work today ( .?? d appeared to be restored to j health completely. He arrived at ! the ministry of war at 9:40 o'clock m1 'he morning and conferred with I Foreiun Miniier Pichon. M. Leyguc5 minister of marine, and M. Loucheur minister of reconstruction. After ward he received the members of the superior council of Alsace-Lorraine. NEBRASKA MEN COMING HOME. Washington. Feb. 2S. The bat tleship New Jersey is due at New port News March S with officers and men attached to casual companies for Texas and Nebraska. The trans port Aoelus is due at Newport News ! March S, with 3.231 men including teh Seventy-fifth coast artillery regi- ment and the One Hundred Thirty ' first field artillery of the Thirty- sixth division. NEW YORK LABOR PARTY N INDORSES THE LEAGUE New York, Feb. 27. The organi zation committee of the American labor party of New York made pub lic today a resolution supporting j the proposal for a league of nations and recommending endorsement cf the plan, together with President Go Ahead With Yoiir Plans: This is the advice of the War Industries Board. Maybe you have hoped that another year would see your plans of a new home realized. Those hopes can be a reality. Building Restrictions Have Been Removed On All farm and ranch buildings. All schools, churches, hospitals and public buildings costing not more than $25,000.00. All new homes costing not mora than $10,000.00. Now is the time to fcyBTf S3 Specials for this Week! 2 cans Hominy for '. . . .25c 4 25c cans Tomatoes for 85c Puffed Wheat or Rice 18c Dried Peaches, per lb 20c Prunes, per lb 15 and 20c Apples, per peck . . 85c Sweet Cider, per gallon 70c Aerolene Milk, per can .15c 2 lbs. Rice for 25c Best navy beans, per lb 15c 1 quart jar Mustard for 35c 1 can Cleveland Pork and Beans 10c TELEPHONE NO. 4 OR 5 ..HATT Wilson's "fourteen points," by the Central Federated union of New York, the Rrooklyn Central Labor union and the Woman's Trade Union league. The committee called tr-eT.tion to the activities of the "bitterest ene mies of organized labor in conduct ing a vigorous campaign against the principle of the league of nations." The resolutions express "confident hope that the plan now being con sidered will be extended to include self-determination in Ireland as well as all other disputed territory." TO BRING U-BOATS TO U. S. Washington. Feb. 2S. Orders Is sued today by the Navy Department assigned a number of officers "to duty in connection with German submarines." It was learned au thoritatively that their duty will be to bring some surrendered enemy submarines to the United Stages. Pour or five U-boats are expected to start across in the near future. Officers assigned for the task in clude Lieut. Corns. Kenneth R.- Wal lace. George R. Junkin, James R. Webb and Jesse R. Olderdorff, Lieut. Willis Dixon and a number of of ficers of lower grade. While the primary purpose of bringing the submarines is to per- mit technical examinations by navy experts, the navy plans also to put them on exhibition in various har bors. TO TERMINATE WIRE CONTROL. Washington, Feb. 2S. The sen ite postothce committee today re ported favorably the resolution of Chairman Rankhead providing ,for termination of federal control of 'elegraph, telephone and other wire utilities next December 31. A simi lar resolution is pending in the house. CARD OF THANKS. We wish to thank our friends for their kindness shown us during the sickness and death of our dear moth er and especially Mr. and Mrs. Schirk and Mrs. Julia Dwyer for their beautiful flowers. MRS. MAGGIE MASON. MR. AND MRS. F. MARLER. AND GRAND DAUGHTERS. Miss Marie Kaufman and mother were passengers to Omaha this aft ernon. where they are spending the day with friends. A. S. Will was called to Omaha this morning, where he Is looking after some business for the day. plan. Let us help J. & SON.. HOLLAND PRE PARES TO RE SIST INVASION DUTCH ARMY HELD READY TO FIGHT ANNEXATION OF COUN TRY'S TERRITORY. WAR MINISTER ANNOUNCES. London. Feb. 2 8. It is necessary to hold the Dutch army ready against anv effort to annex Dutch territory, the Dutch minister of war declared in an address today to the second chamber, according to a Central News dispatch from The Hague. He gaid that disarmament at present would be dangerous. Vital Problems Up. Paris, Feb. 28. The peace con ference plans to reach agreements on the more important questions between March 8 and March 15, Capt. Andre Tardieu, one cf the French delegates, told foreign news paper correspondents tonight. He said the conference had four 'vital Problems to solv the Franco- German frontier, the Adriatic situa tion, the Russian frontier and the question of the freedom of the seas. All these questions probably will be completed in a fortnight. Captain Tard'eu declared France docs net desire to annex the left bank of the Rhine, but only wants guarantees which will prevent Ger many from using it as a baso for attacking France. The Russian question, he added, will be consid ered late next week. Consider Slovakia Frontiers. The peace conference commission, which is inquiring into the Czecho slovak questions today considered the question of the frontiers of Slovakia, according to an official announcement. The commission for the study of Roumanian territorial questions met this morning under the presi dency of Andre Tardieu, chairman. The official announcement says the commission resumed the examina tion of the claims of Roumania and Serbia. The financial commission of the peace conference today unanimous ly adopted the proposition of Limit Klotz, the French minister of fi nance, for the information of a financial section of t lie league of na tions. SuWribe for the Journal- you do it.