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PAGE TWO THURSDAY, MAY 13. 1920. PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL Ir- v i COOD mileage, good looks, S ood traction all to an extreme degree are features of these sires. In lish' making" and in their selling", the Fisk ideal is a vital factor. The Fisk Ideal: "To be the belt concern 'in the world to work for, and t the squares! concern in existence to do business with." Next Time BUY FISK L. F.TEEUVBER Time to Re-tire? iBuy Flak) RV J ;-nr-''- P. Mc i -ir.gcr, Jr.. and fam ily, in tin city Saturday for a il, rx tini'- att ndiii to some matters i f Iri-i IK?-.:. K .1. Ki- Ley ;"'d wife were among Hn.-r going to Omaha " this afternoon to vi-it for a few hours with friends. Henry Klinger was among those going to Omaha this afternoon to sic-nd the day looking after some ! roadster, matters of business. I FOR SALE OR TRADE COUNCIL MET LAST NIGHT--A BUSYSESSION REGULAR MONTHLY REPORT OF THE VARIOUS CITY OFFI CIALS RECEIVED V.o Ford touring ears; one Ford i Priee to sell. JOHN P. GORPF.R. V s. t A t X ; V Y Y 4. r Congoleum GOLD SEAL F7' IH--:: I r XI Floor Coverings! We are now showing a splendid assortment of the new Gold-Seal patterns. Do not ovarlook this opportunity to tastefully cover your floor for little money! Congoleum is two yards wide and sells for $1.00 square yard. 1.1 Ft Wl.J-T..i r ... J..e . - 7 1 - V 7 - . Congoleum GOLD SEAL r-vf j ; -.is'- it . -. V . " Art Rugs! Why bother with sweep ing and beciting rugs when these durable printed rugs are fully as pretty and attractive and so easy to keep clean? We carry a full assortment of sizes in the new Gold Seal patterns. The Cioi.-l Seal pasted on the face of the rug is your guarantee of genuine Congoleum quality. These low prices will surprise you. 6 x9 feet... $ 9.75 9 x 9. feet .. .$14.25 7y2 x 9 feet... 11.85 9 xlOji feet... 16.G0 9x12 feet $19.00 WE ALSO HAVE Congoleum fiug Borders 3G and 24 Inches Wide It is a waterproof, sanitary, desirable substitute for hard wood floors. The 2-J-ir.ch width is 0 cents a running yard; the 36-inch $1.00 a running yard. Kocss 30 9X12 FEET $12.50 Amazon grass rug 9 x!2 feet $20.00 Amazon grass rug 6 x 9 . feet 14.75 Wool fibre rug T 9 xl2 feet 25.C0 Wool fibre rug . . $4x1 02 feet 23.00 Kolorfast is a matting one yard wide; both sides can bo used. Can be washed and dried out in the sun and it will not bleach. $1.00 a running yard. PHONE 53 v. u n g$ PHONE 54 J Yi ! f f f f T V f Y Y v- f Y f Y Y Vt Last evening in the assembly of the city legislative body, Leon L. McCarthy, the newly elected mem ber from the first ward and City Treasurer H. M. Soenni'chsen, ap peared before the mayor and were duly sworn into office as a prelude to the regular session of the council and for the lirst time in several ses sions there was the entire member ship of the council represented. Th petition or. J. It. Jones and ether residents of near the east fourth ward school for the extension of the water mains to reach their property, was received and on mo tion was referred to the fire and wa ur committee. The Nebraska Gas and Electric company through their district man ager, James Kuykendall, presented a statement to the council covering t lie cost of the material necessary to the manufacture of gas and which it. all lines had doubled in the past year and the company represented the necessity for a raise in rates that would warrant them in keeping up the plant in t his city. Under the present rates and conditions the re port stated the company .was not deriving'any revenue aside from the cot in the operation of the plant ami requested that the council take some action before the 20th of the month in regard to the proposed rotes. Mayor Schneider stated that Turing the war the company had been permitted to increase the rate trc. m $1.7.". to l"t that at the conclusion of the war, the rate had been restored to $1.75. The light ing committee was instructed to take he matter up and see what action could be secured. The residents along the east side of North Fifth street, where the new curb and guttering is bing placed petitioned the council that they be permitted to place the sidewalk not more than three feet from the curb line in order that they might keep the trees plant there from being destroyed and also to permit a more gradual slope of the bank along that section of the street where it i'- from twelve to fourteen feet alvovi l!.e curb. Mayor Schneider explain ed that since the petition had been p-cpared the property owners had decided that they would prefer te have the walk placed at the curl) line a-s being more satisfactory to all concerned ir. keeping a uniform line of walk. This was handed ov:r to the street, alleys and bridges com mittee for action. A statement was also received by the council from Lillian L. Sage, .-tnting that on April 10th the peti tioiicr had been driving over the bridge on Maiden Lane in the city of Plattsmouth and due to the de tective bridge had. with hr team i'l.d buggy, broken through and had fell a distance of einht feet with the result that she had suffered serious injuries and damages to the extent of $500 ami for which amount Mrs. 'age requested the city to pay dam ages. The claim of . J. V. Sage for $10 as the amount of damage to car riage and harness was also present ed and was referred to the judiciary committee for action. L. C. Sharp and the Alfa-Maize t cmpany presented a petition to the council asking that Pearl street from Third to Fourth street be paved as it was in very poor condition at pres ent and that the investors in the mill desired very much-to have the street paved so as to permit getting to and from the mill with more ease ;-nd in all manner of weather. The petitioners also represented that they were the principal property owners along this street and would have the larger part of the cost to lear. The matter will await the action of the streets, alleys and bridges' committee at the ivext ses sion of the council. The property owners, or the ma jority residing in the block between Sixth and Seventh street and be tween Main and Pearl streets, re quested that a" special improvement district be ordered created that would care, for the paving of the al ley running east and west in that block. This was also sent to the rtreets, alleys and bridges commit tee. The second partial estimate of the improvement in the improvement !istrict on North Fifth andOak and Locust streets was read. The to tal estimate given was $8,120.14 and less the 10 ier rent retained by the city for the complete fulfillment of the contract left the sum of $7.30S. 13 and less the amount already paid last fall left the sum of $5,543.13 due the contractor, Bert Coleman. On motion of Ptacek the report was accepted and the amount ordered paid to Mr. Coleman. Chief of Police Manspeaker re ported that for the month of April six arrests had been made. City Clerk McKlwain presented his report showing a net amount of $.302.50 which had be'en turned over to the city treasurer. City Treasurer Soennichsen pre sented his report that showed a bal ance in all funds of, the city of $20,068.09 and registered warrants amounting to $103, 754. 5S. As the mayor pointed out a large number of the funds the city is in need of are over drawn, the general fund being $5,000 and the road fund $2,720, over drawn at the present time. The schodl funds of the city are all over drawn to large amounts but as to these the city council and mayor have no authority. Police Judge M. Archer had col lected $44, according to his report for the month of April in fines and costs. Councilman Jahn Maurer of the claims committee presented a report on the claim of John P. Sattler and Aughust Rach for $7 and $9 re spectively for room for the city elec tion and the recommendation of the committee for the allowing of $7 for rental was adopted. The streets, alleys and bridges committee reported on the petition of J. W. Uookmeyer for the estab lishing of a grade tor sidewalk and on motion the request was granted and grade ordered made. Chairman Vroman of the cemetery committee gave a resume of his visit to the cemetery where he found the east and west road connecting the two cemeteries in very poor condi tion and asked that sonic permanent work be done lure as soon as possi hie. He also asked that the ceme terv be cleaned up for decoration lay and that the fences on the north nde of the cemetery be placed in proper shape as it was partially fall ing down at this time. The retiring park board present ed their report showing that they had expended the sum of $:i40.17 during the year in the care and maintainanee of the parks of the ity. The library board presented a re port showing that during the year there had been 2.970 home readers f the library and 3.035 registered subscribers to the library. The board as the result of the year's ex penditures which had left an over draft of $300 recommended that the 'evy for the library be made 5 mills for the ensuing year. This was also refered to the finance committee. Councilman Ptacek of the streets, illeys and bridges committee stated ihat as under the old law the city had been unable to pay the street commissioner more tiian $3 per day md allowed him $2 per day for. his horse he thought that under the provisions of the new law giving the city council authority in the matter hat the street commissioner should be placed on a straight salary a::d the committee was given authority to draw up resolution to provide for same. Mayor Schneider at this time pre sented the name of Charles E. Mar tin for city attorney and Mr. Martin was confirmed by the council by an unanimous vote. Councilman Schulhof urged that Main street between Fifth and Sixth streets be placed in proper shape as the paving there is very poor, owing to holes and roughness. Councilman Ptacek touched on a very needed subject that of the condition of the alleys and the rear of premises along the alleys which had been complained of by the po lice' and the result of which was found in the fire Saturday afternoon when debris catching fire had threatened serious damage. Councilman Ptacek also touched on a subject that caused some dis cussion, that of the cows running at large over the city and the out come of the matter was that the chief of police was ordered to pub lish a notice to the owners of ani mals as well as to have published the parts of. the city ordinances cov ering cows, horses, chickens and hogs running at large or becoming a nuisance. Councilman Vroman a and Mason each had received com plaints a5 to the animals running at large together with numerous pro tests as to loose chickens and the' law on this subject will be pub lished. The question of 'the fire truck was then discussed at some length and the fire and water committee author ized to call for bids or have heavier trucks demonstrated that would be satisfactory as the delay might, be costly for the city. The finance committee recommended the follow ing claims be allowed and that the claim of the I. O. O. F. lodge for $S for rent of room for elections be handed to the claims committee. E. Manspeaker. salary $100. or. H. Trout, same : lf-0.no M. Archer, same 39.00 A n Jl-Surface Salisf action" 3. JL DRESSING the walls is one of the arts of today. More money is being put into it by the average family than, say for pictures or other wall deco ration. From the mere covering of an unsightly wall surface, it has grown to the dignity of a decorative art. Can there be any surprise, therefore, in the fact that the public is evincing a greater interest in better wall decoration? And having helped to lift wall deco ration to its proper place in home beau liflcation, we feel this concerns the in terest of every home owner who feels justly satisfied with only the best in home decoration. Painting Decorating Wood Finishing Max tisieritof MURDOCK, NEBR. ,&Si . mMmmk . VTV rYr 1 3v 4 A. Xitka. street work, man and team Luke Rentier, fame (. K. Parmele. same Henry Gouchennur. same John Maurer. street work John Cechal. same James Wynn, same John Zitka. street cleaning Mike l.utz, street Commis sioner M. W. A. hall, room for elec tion Geoige J. Meyers Co., dog tags Ole Olson, burying one dog Clans Poetel. same Nebraska. Gas & Electric Co., gas at ciiy hall Nebraska Ga & Hlectiic street lighting Lincoln Telephone & Tele graph Co.. rent at city hall H. A. McElwain. city clerk. stamps F. G. Fricke & Co.. mdse. to city Plattsmouth Turnyerein, room for election I. O. O. F. lodge, room for election . 7. ",.;' 9S.1 0 i S.0 3.85 5 1.00 1 S.00 54.0(1 44.10 G0.OJ- 0.00 4.1. .t'.5 .05 i i .GO HS.tS ! 1.10 1.20 7.00 7.0 0 MRS. COVERT VERY LOW I The friends of Mis. I let tie Covert of this city will be pained to l.:irn that she is in a very i-.erious condi tion at the Nicholas Senn hospital in Omaha. Mrs. Covert was opi rated on yesterday morning lor gall stones and it was found that her condition was very serious, gangrene having set in and it will requier the most favorable conditions and care foi her recoverv. Why not attend flie oldest, larg est and leading business training school in the west the school en dorsed by banks, commercial houses and business firms everywhere? Send for free catalog. Enter now. We have no vacation. Address: Grand, Island' Pusiness College, Grand Island. Ne braska the school built up to u standard, not down to a price. Mrs. Guy .Claussen was among those going to Omaha this afternoon to visit for a few hours. Miss Mary Swope of Kansas City arrived in the city this morning enroute to Cedar Creek, where she ! is to be a guest at the home of Mr. i and Mrs. Will Pickering for a short I time. r ir. f v y D This is the new and fascinating way of testing Urn 4 Hew Edi60n's realism. . -'1 "4 We can give the same test that was mad by distinguished American psychologists in New York. Let us give it to you. See whether the New Edison -vr-ulia tK eimAnuilinnB lifttnincr Cji tti ing singer. JgJ Come ia ad try it. WEYRICH & HADRABA ork. J ison j PLATTSMOUTH NEBRASKA g