PLATTSMOUTII SEMLWEEKLY JOURNAL
F-GE SIX
THURSDAY. DECEMBER 11. 1919.
MURDOC
K DEPMR TMEHT.
PREPARED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE JOURNAL.
A Few Reasons
v. ! .1 :o vitisr a Iviiii:.!' to do i.ur Mai.kinj' l!n.ines with us.
i! ilt -pi.t-.its in thibank an- j.Mi;iraiitr. i! hy t he I epositors ; tiaranty
I- i ; ; i J i-f ih' S!a'.- of Nihra-ka.
W'f are !nr:v enough to i;tk.- cue of our t-u .t .tin T-rs. v. hen they tiiul
i.t . ss;u-y to boiiou- miou.-v, and we arc always rea.ly to take care of
a. iv iv;.u.i.iih.- t-.-;'!.--t th- l:UJ make.
The ci,i;,',T. and ii I reeint their entire time to taking care of
i'i..- e-iomer-. of thi- hat.k. anu in lookinj: af;er this one hank, and own
i..) rock. ! ai e !i t iiit- ri t- 'i in any oi her hank whatever. We have
hei-i. !i:u. i ihe prev'nt iiana-e;ii.-ir. for the p.ir-t ten years, ami duiinj
tini- ' i m- ! i iv.- always f jllnw.-.i t !e- no'.iey "A ua re deal to every hody,"
I ie t i.-y l ! . i i or ; ninr."
The o''-.-r- are h, inkers of e r'erience. and familiar with local con
.'If ion-, and w h.-i her 01 are deoosit ini: money, or borrowing money,
only tl. or'ieei-s. who" are u No the directors, and whoe names appear
helotv. know of th--e t ran-acl u-n. ;m! th- sinic are kept co-i!iilent lal.
Vi a;-., -aiwav- v. .-Iconic ie ie. wheth r you call on huin-s or not,
ami in cae m .:--iie o.ir ai n-.- or opinion on any matter of husines-.
w herein we "mifla he :i S e to yoe. we will he only to ylad to -
over the vime with mi. and -iv- m ; id.-:i a to w hat should he done, al
w a' I''iii t he he-t w e can for any of our friei.os.
IheB
anst
ofM
urdock
Capital and Surplus $25,000
"The Dank where you feel at home. "
HENRY A. TOOL. President J. E. GUTHMANN. Vice-President
H. A. GUTHMANN. Cashisr
Christmas was
pleasant manner
shit comes and
number desired.
coming from the
in which the an
the inquiry of the
Judge (last sure
has a smile as lie goes about his work
looking after the duties of testing
cream and mending shoos. .Max
IMisterhof. the painter and decorator,
is always in a Christ masy spirit, and
as the monner of his excellent work
will testily. hook at the ad which
he is carrying in this paper and
know when you are wanting any
work in his line he is the proper man
to fee. They will do the work just
right. Fred Oehme. with him. is
ever ready to repair your shoes and
is kept very busy which is the best
testimonial of his work. At the place
of business of A. J. Tool we find that
gentleman, back at his old stand, af
ter having been at the hospital in
Lincoln for some weeks, and feeling
well and looking after the wants of
his customers, holidays goods and
all other kinds as well. William
(Jehrts is a Christmas shop all the
time, he and Charles Schaefer being
kept busv looking after the wants
!f the people and which they are
. verv capable of doing.
BEGINNING TO
LOOK LIKE XMi
place are very inviting. The store
i n.i :ns of IJaur Ac Kraft, which are
I well stockec' wi'h uptodate inerchan
: (ii-e. are well supplied with, things
lor the Chri.-Muas dinner and for the
(comfort of the yhole family during
;the CiirNi r;n.s holidays as well as all
the v-;r.
!. .Wit.i '. the hardware man. has
:.(! mad- i: iy extra effort for a di-
y of the holidays a- he always has
j u: stole so well stocked that ( hrist-
T!;e I places ,.f hi i d rk n, u shopping coiiM he done at any
;ire :i..---iai;inu a h-d-lay attire and d , l'.iri:iu t!u- year.
!:?es t-- af p roach of yulet iie in At !!; :n lfket of .he Johansen as
thi f !i ri v :r. Lr !:"'' . ;iy. The .-1 ; : m: e j.aeil the j.l.ue the array is so
I-Inrdock Business M?n are Up to
late and Di:y.ay Yuletic-j ;.
G.-cIs in Abuiv'.n.e. J j
i t llarrv .Vet'"'.. i!
A h .
l,a- i.i-eii ! ;i ; t ract i ve th.it one i made hungry
tastef-iliv dec-rit-d with t'liris'n-
fir the get d Chri-tmas dinner which
trimmings h.i - v-i y itivit ing and i i - dra wi?ig , i.e.-.r so rapidly. John
ih- Chri-'ma- a od are o:; dNph.y ; An:gwert has a choice assortment of
with a -ry aitiv. tr: ! in !.:- line i iljifiy ha.es and hair cuts in stock
being en;.. veil. Th' g:.'.!u-- :' t'.. . .ii-.d ie;:dy to fit ;:;: particular cus
Tnir':g;:ii r.-.' hok--d iii.e a ''iir.t-r who may eniptire. They are
!:. I olfl ? in.e ( !i ri-t !;a - wit!; t'o' j;ok ti.e best anil will .-.ati.-.fy the most
rabbits and cottontails j. il ev-i- I part icular. If you .should call up
the fIo',r. The otlu-r gi..).!s in .he over the telephone you would know
Two Games Arranged with Alvo
Arrangements have been complet
ed for the contest at the Modern
Woodmen hall at Murdock on Friday
of this week at S o'clock of two bas
ket ball games, the first between
the gills of this city and those of
Alvo. The young ladies of the city
have organized a team which is a
sure winner. The members of the
te:ni which will contest with our sis
ter town art Misses Magdelene (!ake
meier. Delia and Klla 0hlerking.
Margaret Tool and Hazel Baur. Af
ter the conclusion of the game with
the young ladies teams there will be
:i contest between the high school
fain. composed of "Richard Tool.
Her-diel Oehlerking. Louis Lau. Carl
Schneider and Wilbur Steel and the
team from the high school
Come and see this game and
be well repaid for the time
mittanee.
desired electric current and will
make it possible to obtain current for
the lighting and for power in Mur
dock. The lands were transferred at
a price of $:'.00 per acre.
0. W. Gillespie Sure a Rustler
Our townsman. O. W. Gillespie, de
parted last week for l'lattsmouth
where he met and took with him a
number of land seekers and men in
terested in the oil fields in the north
west. While lie was away he visited
in Colorado. Wyoming and South Da
kota. Selling lands in Colorado and
looking after his interests in the oil
regions in both Wyoming and South
Dakota. Mr. Gillespie is a hustler
when it comes to looking after busi
ness and also is very careful in car
ing for the busine.-s of others en
trusted to him.
RKl'OUT OK" TDK CONDITION'
FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANK
of Murdock. Nebr.
Getting at the Gist of Matter
William Rush, who has been in
the threshing business for a long
time, knows whereof he is speaking
and if you will look elsewhere in
these columns you will see what he
has to say for the Huber Junior
thresher which he is selling. He
knows that many times much of ihr
grain is lost because it cannot be
cared for at the proper time because
a machine cannot be
the proper time. See
will tell you about how
wiH he for you to own
machines.
obtained at
him and he
profitable it
one of these
Safe for New Bank Arrives
The safe for the new bank at Mur
dock arrived last Thursday and was
taken to the building which is being
utilized as a business place during
the interval which is required to
construct the new- building, which is
to occupy the corner west of the pres
ent place of business. The intention
was to construct a building there
this fall, hut owing to the severe
weather coming so early in the sea
son it looks like it would be impos
sible to get the building up this
winter.
Charter X". . In the State of
LrasUa at the close t.f Lur-iiie.
en N(t elilliei- 1.".. I'M i.
Ni
I.oiins an1 iliciMinl" t
I mi' from Na t ional
mill tate l.unks. . l."..0it-'.7::
Checks ami items
!' exchange lit. 1.411
Currency l.U'M.Oil
Silver, nickels ami
cents 4V1.7C
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Again at His Work
William Weddell. who was sick at
his home last week for some three
days and under the care of the fam
ily physician, is so far recovered that
he is able to be at the elevator again
and looking after business. During
the time he was at home A. L. llow
ers and William Uurkel looked after
the business for him at the tlevator.
i.i.Mtri.iTi i:s
at Alvo.
you will
and ad-
Another Way is Opening
A Lincoln institution has pur
chased the lands just cast of the Hur
lington tracks at South ISend and
will establish a sand pit there. With
the opening of this enterprise which
promises-to be one of much import
ance an electric line will he run
from Meadow- to the river bank just
east of South Ilend and from thence
across the river in order to supply
light and power to this institution,
and will thus place Murdock nearer
to the source of Mipply of the much
Canital slock nai-l In r. .$ 1 iI.ih.k.im.
t'n.liv i.le.l . refits 4 1 . 4 'I
lii.livMn.il leiosits
.sni.iect to i heck. .$ l.: :.:!. i" i.r..4::
T T. 1.
.$ lT.til'i.v
Slate f Nebraska 1
HI It t V l
r Cass
I. it. .1. Pel hast. Cashier of
The above llalllfil 1-allk. 'b lleleh
.wear that the al.ove slatemt-m Is
ulrert .lie I title coiV of the lepurt
ma.le t the Slate Mankind linniil.
. J. I'KTIIAST.
Attest: Cashier.
K. M. MII.I.Ki:. Director.
!.. .N KIT.KI.. Director.
Subset i'-il aiel sworn to before me
tins .1t!i ilav of December. liM!.
II. V. M D iNAl.l .
l Seal) Notary Public.
i My cum mission eircy March 2'. liJ"
Gordon Block was a brief business
visitor in Ashland last Friday in the
afternoon and evening.
Breaks His Collar Bone
Joe Guthmar.n. little son of Air.
and Mrs. II. A. Guthmann. liar the
misfortune to receive a fracture of
his collar bone last week while scuf
fling with his little brother at their
home. Joe bad been playing7 rather
hard while at school and had in a
manner strained the hone but had
thought nothing more of it other
than it was giving him considerable
pain until when he and the little
brother had gotten into a scuffle
with the result noted above. The
fracture was reduced by Dr. Horn
beck and Joseph is progressing nice
ly toward recovery through having
some pain in the injured part, and
not being able to join in the play- as
is his custom.
DO YOUR own threshing m
help when th; grain is ju.
i loss from sprouting if the
O YOUR own threshing with your own
d rujhf. Save
:Ti.otlt lllir II tlltffc S.jei'SfkM 1 S W4T
I I I will willing II ,. .
and save loss from shelling out 11 the season is
tlry. Hitch your tractor to
THE
r
THtrSican
y
The saving of thrashing hills will soon pay for it. It
mat iiij for il.-clf by tuiriiKj your crop this inr. The
Ilulx r is known the world over as the machine that "saves
the "nun.
The Junirjr Thresher is larg-e enougli to lo
your own threshing and yo.tr neighbors if yon like. It is
vm.ill i no:iL'h to be run bv a tractor. The Ilubcr
Li-'ht Fiur. the eificiewt l-2--2. tractor shown above, fur-
ins
M
ish"s ample power for the thresher with till attachments,
hide onlv- bv The Ilubcr Manufacturing Co., Marion, 0.
FOR SALE BY
Phone 16-B
WILLIAM RUSH
-:- -:- Murdock, Nebr.
John Evans Visits Murdock
John Kvans who formerly lived at
South Head and engaged in the grain
business was a visitor in Murdoch
last Friday looking after some bu-d-ness
matters and visiting with his
many friends here. Mr. Kvans is now
making his home in Lincoln and is
engaged in the real estate business.
A Boy Comes to the Home
During the early part of last week
the home of William Van Kvery and
wife, the latter being Miss Mary Ot-
te before her marriage, was made to
rejoice by a visit of the stork and the
leaving in their charge of a little
boy who promises to make their life
one of joy and happiness in the years
to come. One would be reassured
that he was beginning with consid
able succe.--.s- if you could hear bow
bis father e0es about the farm sing
ing and see the sweet smile on the
face of the young mother as she looks
at the coming man of the family.
Hogs Eelayed in Shipment
Last Thursday John and Martin
Honemeier shipped a load of hogs to
the South Omaha market or that was
the intention the stock not arriving
there until the following afternoon.
They loaded the car on Thursday ev
ening and waited the entire night at
the office of the Farmers' Elevator
Co. for the train and it was not un
til Friday that a train came along
and picked them up. The hogs ar
rived in South Omaha too late for
the day's market and were carried
over to the following day. Louis
Honenieier accompanied the car but
did not remain for the disposition of
the animals which were off a dollar
a hundred.
Sells Market to Johansen
Gordon Rlock. who has been in the
market business in Murdock for a
number of years and who has ar
ranged to enter the same line at Ash
land in the near future, has just dis
posed of his business in Murdock to
Joe Johansen. who has now taken
charge of the business here and will
in the future look after the wants
of the people of the city of Murdock
(Continued on Page 7.)
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MAKE THE
Itflurdock
(mercantile Co.
- SSI fr Ml
l4
til
your Xmas store. Never have we been
better equipped to suddIv vour Xmas mer
chandise. Our Grocery stock is complete; Fancy Candies and Nuts;
Candied Fruits; Shelled Nuts; Fresh Fruit Cakes and Fancy Layer Cakes;
Oranges, Grapes, Bananas, Fresh Vegetables, Etc., for Christmas.
Neckties in a big assortment of colors
and styles. Nothing makes a finer gift
or one that is more appreciated than a
good necktie. We have them in the
celebrated Cheney silks, silk knit, four-in-hand
and bat wings.
Priced right, at
75c to $3.50 each.
Men's fancy scarfs in silk knit, nice and warm $2.00 to $3.00
Dress Shirts in .Silks and Fancy Madras
Fancy silk handkerchiefs for men 50 and 75c
Cuff Links Stick Pins
Chains Charms
Watches
Watch Fobs
Pure thread silk sox (He'll appreciate these) at, per pair $1.00
Silk lisle hose, splendid values, at per pair. .. 40 to 65c
Dress Gloves Kid Jersey Sweater Coats
Garters Suspenders Arm Bands
Silk and Linen Collars
Auto Gloves and Mittens All Make Delightful Presents
EASTMAN KODAKS
Jirownie and Folding Kodaks of all kinds. Albums, cases, etc. Make fine gifts.
Brownies for the Boys Make Xmas the Year Round
'
CUT GLASS, ETC.
Vases
Bowls
Nappies
Sherbets
Pitchers
Glasses
SEE OUR GIASS BASKETS
if !'!!':;!::
iiKISnifBIU
irKliiHfKirilll'KIE'W'l
Ladies Silk Hose, pair. .$1.50 to $3.50
Heavy Silk Gloves for Winter wear.
Ladies fancy collars, camisoles, etc.
Crocheted yokes, doilies and pillow
slip lace. Made right here at home.
Fancy linen towels and Turkish towels
in large assortment colors and figures.
Guest Sets, consist of fancy towels and wash cloth, per set. . .$1.25
Beautiful Breakfast Sets of damask Trimmed in blue
Lavalliers Stick Pins
Beauty Pins Wrist Watches
Manicure Sets Boudoir Caps
Our Large Stock of Jewelry and Toilet Articles is Most Complete
Ladies and Children's handkerchiefs 5 to 50c
Dresser Scarfs and Center Pieces 50, 75, $1.00, 1.50, 2.50, $5
Ladies Georgette Waists Moderately Priced
WHY NOT GIVE DISHES?
Fancy cut glass vases, howls, nappies, sherbets, pitchers and glasses. Glass baskets.
Berry .ets, cake plates, celery dishes. Our line is the most complete it has ever been.
Pyrex Glass Baking Dishes in Complete Sets
Come in and let us assist you in your Xmas shopping.
iiirie!
Mirpiie .Company,
MURDOCK, NEBRASKA
BUY HER A PURSE
Leather
Hand Bags
Plush
Hand Bags
A Fine
Assortment
SHE'LL APPRECIATE IT