s THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1920. PAGE FOUR PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL Cbc piattsmouth journal PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY AT PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA Entered at I'ontolTice. Flatttunouth. Neb., aa second-class mall matter R. A. BATES, Publishe. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $2.00 PER . YEAR IN ADVANCE Nine months 1 more of Wcxlrow! After that, what? :o: Hcyond the Rocky mountains lie3 the California real estate man. . :o: The main question now is, what else is good for a cold? :o: What gavo Mexico the notion that ft was created to be a permanent war cloud? :o. If you have worn your heavy suit all winter it ought to be thin enough by now for summer. :o: Preachers say that money is the root of all evil. Vet everybody keeps digging for the root. :o: Present day fashion makes it hard for a bow-legged girl to conceal the fact, and still be in style. :o: Probably the best use ever made of the muzzle is when it is put on a barking dog which never bites. :o: Money will doubtless talk again in the coming campaign, but there will be women not to be denied the last word. :o: Ore way to beat the high cost of living is to raise it yourself plant a garden. :o: There is enough lime in a human body to whitewash a hen coop. How useful some of us would lu with proper handling. :o: P.u-iness is practically at a stand still in the city of Mexico. Any how, the dispatches say all gambling has been stopped. :o: The news that there is a fur shortage i.s a blow, coming as it does, right at the .start of what promises to be a hot summer. :o: The railroads are asking for a few millions. There is one nice thing about the railroads, they are always modest in their wants. :0: The government is at present go ing on like a negro lodg. with I'-atening fuss and gabble and noth ing in particular accomplished. :o: Kvery profiteer is certain to go to hell", says a Baltimore preacher, Hut he will not be so certain of find ing a house to rent after he gets there. : :o: What profit eth it housewife if this season's fruit crop turns out to be the biggest on record when she hath not sugar enough in the house to season a cookie? :o: The Paris style o going without stockings was short-lived. Women, it seems, French or not, arc simply obliged to have some place in which to carry their money. It will not help the sugar any for our law n;akers to keep on wasting it in futile efforts to sugar-coat our war taxes. Good sugar should b put to a more positive purpose. :o: The weather expert's responsibil ity has not diminished, now that he has disposed of the fruit crop. There is the base ball fan to reckon with, not to mention the fellow who struggles with an unpaid coal bill and short credit with the ice man. :o:-. . Governor Edwards give out two tips. One is that he will not be nom inated for vice-president. Ilie oth er is that the supreme court v ill de clare the Volstead act unconstitu tional. It is possible that the gov ernor ma- be half right. :o: Those who hoped bad luck would follow the ex-kaiser all the rest of his life will be further enraged to note that when moving day came, he not only had a house to move in to, but also had a van to do the moving. There is no doubt as to the un popularity of the profiteer. :o: . Abundance consists not alone in material possession, but in an uiicov ctous spirit. :o: It might facilitate fir. Carranza's flight through the brush if he would do his whiskers up in a net. :o: Speaking in regard to the economy tf things, the auto fills everywhere and on the farm most of all. :o: For the first eleven months of 1919 our trade balance with Europe was $4,102,000,000 in our favor. :o: While the report is freely circu lated that jazz music is going out of style, the jazz bands evidently have been too busy to hear the good news. :o: The new government in Mexico is inviting Americans to "come down" and visit them. Thanks, we'll wait a while until we see what they want to do to us. :o: Bonnet strings, says a fashion pa per, will be worn by debutantes this summer. Apron strings, v.c gather, will continue to be unfashionable with our flappers. :o: Investigators at Salt Lake City found that sustar speculators had How would you like to be left hold ing the sack, when the sack contain ed sugar? :o: A medal has been suggested for soldiers in the c.ld clothes army. The patches probably will render the medals 'superfluous, but no doubt the pins on the medals will come in handy at times. :o: According to a recent newspaper statement, the man who invented suspenders is still living. Don't vender what may be his means of "tupport", since so many have gone to wearing belts? :o: Do you remember, brother farmer, when you used to sell sweet pota toes at 50 cents a bushel, and eggs at 15 cents per dozen and butter at 25 cents a pound oh, well, we won't say any more about it. : o . The Paris fashions decree that wo men's skirts are to 1 e made shorter and their waists to be cut lower, and the public are already of the opin ion that they are so skimp now as to leave little room for imagination. :o: The Hon. Francisco Villa, Mexi co's well known political brainstorm, has announced that, with the suc cess of the new revolution lie will retire from the business of profes sional revolutionist and "settle down" on a plantation. . BETTER LIVING I CONDITIONS -:o:- The wife of the president of France will not accept the $5,000 hat, sent to her by five hundred mil liners of this country. Perhaps it can be sold to the wife of some Amer ican war profiteer, and perhaps American women will observe that in France friend husband has the de ciding vote when it comes to an ex pensive hat. BMKfilT M(TI(i: !' IIEAItlXU on Petition for leterniluntlo of ll-irnhi Kstate of Harbara J. Wiles, deeeas. ed. in the County Court ot Cass coun ty. Nebraska. The State of Nebraska, T all per sons interest I'd in said estate, credi tors and heirs take notice that Cash K Wiles has filed his petition alleg ing that Itarbaiit J. Wiles died intes tate in Cass county, Nebraska, on or about April 2. !"i7, being a resident ant! inhabitant of Cass county, Ne braska, and the owner of the follow ing described real estate, to-wit: The south half (S'i of southwest quar ter SW41 of "Section three (::). and the northeast quarter NK'i of the southwest querter (SW'i) f Section four (41. all in Township twelve (11'). Ninth llange thirteen (K!), east of the tlth I. Cass county. Nebraska, now owned bv Can nu 1. Kinch; also the south half S',2 of the northeast qvarter iXK'il and north half (N1-.) of north half iN'.i of north half (N-.) of southeast quarter (SlO'i) of Section four l4 ami the north half (Ni) of tin- southeast quarter (SK'i) and the north half (X'-i of the northeast quarter XP:V of the southwest quar- j ter (SW'j of Section fourteen (14 1. j all in Township twelve (l'JI. .xoriii KanBi' thirteen (1:!), east of the 0th I M., Cass county. Nebraska. now owned bv Thomas Wiles. Jr.: also the south luilf (S1! of the north half iXiji of the north half (Xi) of the southeast quarter (SI-;1,.,) of Section four 4. and the south half iSj) of the southeast quarter (,Sl,i and the south half S'i of tlio northeast quar ter Xi;1! ) i t' the southwest quarter (SW'-ii of Section fourteen ll). all in Township twelve (I-'!. North Kanpro tliiitun 11J, east of the tli 1'. M., Cass countv, Nebraska, now owned by Cash I- Wiles; atso Lot forty-four li(. in Section thirteen (13. east of the Jllli I". M-. Cas.i county. Nebiaska. iow owned by I. uke I.. Wiles; also the south half (SUl of the northwest quarter (NW'i of Section five (.", ami the east half K', of the north last quarter iNKi of Section six (til all in Township seven (7, North l.'anVe twenty-nine (l'!M. west of the ttli 1 M., Frontier county, Nebraska, now owned by James llurnett: also tlie northeast quarter (NK'i ) oT Sec tion twenty-nine, and the east half iK':i of the southwest quarter SW', of Section twenty-nine 2'.) and the southeast quarter SK'i of Section twenty ( JO , all in Township eiht (S, North Kat:tre twenty-nine C'l'i. west of the :th !'. M., Frontier county. Ne braska, now owned by I-oieu Ji. Wiles, anil leaving as her sole and only heirs at law the following named persons, to-wit: Thomas Wilis. Jr.. widower, and l.oren M. Wiles and Cash L,. Wiles, sons, and CAana i. Finch, daughter; and praying for a decree barrim; claims:- that said decedent died intes tate: that ii" application for adminis tration l as hi en made and the estate of said decedent has not been admin istered in the State of Nebraska, and that the heirs at lav.' of said decedent as herein set forth shall be decreed to be the owners in fee simple of the above described real estate, which has In en set for hearing on the r.Hli dav of -May, A. 1 . l:Jn, at ten (lOj o'clock a. m. I;;tei ;it 1 "la 1 1 smoii til. Nebraska, this L'Sth dav of April, A. I . 1!i.fi. .hi.i:.N j. hi:i:sn. (Seal) m:i-bv. County Judge. i.i::ai, mitici: In the 1'istrict Court of C.-.ss coun tv. Nebraska. kchcrt Klotz, Plaintiff, vs. West half of Northeast quarter of Section IT. To-.viiship lH North, Kauire !', in Cass county. Nebraska, and all persons chiimiiiLr any interest of any kind in said leal estate or any'i part thereof: Also. the following named persons and tlo-ir unknown heirs, devisees, lejja 'es and personal representatives of . ach of them, to-wit: S. N. Merriam. Selib-n N. Mii-riam. I.ydia Merriam, A. Corbin, Austin Corbin. I. W. Newsum, J. W. Newsum, Israel W. Newsum, William luirfee. William liiirfua, I ten nis Iean. Samuel (J. Hrya'n and 3. !. lirvan, I efetidants. The above named defendants and each of them are hereby notified that on the l Ith day of April. 1!J0. plaintiff tiled his suit in the District Court of Cass county. Nebraska, the object ar.d purpose of which is to confirm plain tiff's title in anil to the West half of the Northeast quarter of Section IT, Township 1: "orth. Kanse S. in Csif? county, Nebrnska, and to permanently enjoin each and all "f said defen dants from having; or claiming to have any riirht. title, lien or interest either lejral or equitable in or to said real estate or any part thereof, and to en join said defendants from interfering in any manner with plaintiff's posses sion, enjoyment and title of s.iid prem ises and for general equitable relief. This notice is friven you pursuant to the order of said Court. You are required to answer said pe tition on or before Mondav. the 34th day of June, lii'jo, or your default will be' entered therein against ou ai.d each of you ami decree quieting title against you and each of you entered in favor of plaintiff. koi;i;i:t klotz, Plaintiff. Hy V. O. IWVKK. al';-4w. Jlis Attorney. - m Delco-Light is more than a mere lighting plant. It give3 you electric power too, for operating all of the light machinery around the house and barn, usual ly turned by hand. It will pump and deliver water to all parts of the house or barn. Write for Catalog ISY ROSENTHAL, Dealer PHONE WALNUT 9D9 Omaha, Nebraska OI I i: TO l ltl'.IM TOItS The State of Nebraska, Cass coun ty. FS. In t he County Court. In the matter of the estate of Al bert Vallery, deceased. To the creditors of said estate; You are hereby notified that I will sit at the County Court room in IMatts moiith, in said county, on the l'Jth day of June, A. I . 1!ti, at 10 o'clock a. m., and on the j;;th day of September, A. I . l'.'J". at I" o'clock a. m., to receive and examine all claims afralnst said estate, with a view to their adjustment and allowance. The time limited for the presentation of claims against said estate is three months from the Uth day of June, A. I . l'JJO, and the time limited for payment of debts is -n" year from said Uth day of June, llt-'O. Witness my bond and the seal of said Countv Court, this th day of -May, 19 JO. ALLKX .T. P.KIOSON. (Seal) County Judjie. OltltKII Ol' IIIAIIIMi in Petition for Appointment of AilminiKlriilrix. The State of Nebraska, Cass coun ty, .ss. In the County Court. In the matter of the estate of Jo seph Zijka, deceased. On read ins? and tiling: the petition of Anna Zitka praying that administra tion of said estate may be (granted to Anna Zitka as Administratrix; ordered. That June 3".th, A. I). l!2o. at 1u o'clock a. in., is assigned for hearing said petition, when all per sons interested In sn id matter may ap pear at a County Court to be hi Id In and for said county, and show cause why the prayer of petitioner should not be granted: and' that notice of the pendency of said petition and the hear ing thereof be tiiven to all persons interested in said matter by publish ing a copy of this order in the Platts innuth Journal, a semi-weeklv news paper' printed in said county for three successive weeks, prior to said day of hearing. ' Dated Slav 13th. 1020. ALLKX J. UKKSON. (Seal) ml7-3 County Judge. IIIIDKII OF IIKltl(i on Petition for Appointment of A ilmi njt rn Iri The State of Nebraska, Cats coun ty, ss. In the County Court. In the matter of the estate of Fred Conden. deceased. l n reading and filincr the petition of Pauline Yovint; prayinir that admin istration of said estate mav be grant ed to Pauline You if a: as administratrix; . Onieied. that May Jnth. A. D. ltl.'O. at ten o'clock a. m.. is assigred for hearing said pition. when all per sons interested in said matter may appear at a County Court to be held in and for said county, and show cause why the praver of petitioner should not be granted; and that notice of the pendency of said petition and the liear in.tr thereof be srlven to all persons in terested in s-:ii,l matter by publishing a copy of this order in the l'latts month Journal, a semi-weekly news paper printed in said county, for three successive Weeks, prior to said day of heaiTny. Dated April l'T, 1020. A1.L.KN .T. TIFKSON. a-9-oW County Judge. OKDI.lt TO SHOW ('AIM: In the District Court of Cass coun ty. Nebraska. In the matter of the application of liertha I. Stainlley, C.uardian of Hubert Standley. Irene Standlcy, Mabel Stand-lev- and Yerna Standley, all Minors, for license to sell real estate. On reading and tilinir the petition, duly verified, of Mertha I.,. Standley, Ouardian of Hubert Standley, Irene Standley, Mabel Standley and Verna Standley, all minors, for license to sell the following described real estate, to wit: An undivided eiirht-t wenty-seven-ths (S1'7) or the following described lots: I.ots sixty-three 6:i. sixty-six it;i and sixty-seven (oT), all in Lenox Subdivision of the northwest quarter lMV.il of the northwest quarter (NW'i, ) of Section twenty-nine (2:). in Township tcii (10 North of I lunge seven (7). east of the 0th Principal Meridian, Lancaster county, Nebraska, as shown on ti e published and record ed plat thereof, for the purpose of raising funds tor the education and maintenance of said minors, and it ap pearing from said petition that said real estate consists of three lots on which then- arc two bouses which are in a poor state of repair, and that there is verv little income from said property alter payit g expenses for keeping the houses in repair and the taxes; It is therefore ordered that the next of kin of said minors and all others interested in s.iid estate appear before me at chambers in the court house in the City of Piattsmouth, Cass county, Nebraska. on the l.ltli day of June, A. D. I'.'L'O, at ten o'clock a. m., to show cause, if any there be, why license should not l.o granted to said liertha 1.. Standley, Caardian, to sell said real estate for the purposes above set forth. And it is further ordered that a copy of this order be published once each week for three successive Weeks hi fore said hearing. in the. Piatts mouth Journal, a b gal newspaper cir culating in said Countv of Cass, Ne braska. Dated at chambers in said Cass o.inty this 1-lh day of May, A. D. 'MK JAMKS T. 15K(5M-:Y. " Judge ,, the District Court of iil;;-::w Cass county, Nebraska. notii i: to t iii:i)iiiiits The state of Nebraska, Cass coun ty, ss. In the County Court. In the matter of the estate of Kli i'.abeth Harry, deceased. To the creditors of said estate; Yon are hereby notified that 1 will it at the County Court room in Piatts mouth. in said county, on the 12th day of .In tie, A. D. lyi'ii, at 10 o'clock a. in., and on the i::th dav of September, A. 1 . P.iJii. at l'i o'clock a. in., to receive etui examine all claims against said i state, with a view to their adjust ment and allowance. The time limited lor the presentation of claims against : a id estate is three months from the 12th day f June, A. D. 1:1 20, and the Time limited for payment of debts is i :io vcar from said 12th dav of June, D'20. Witness my hand and the seal of .-aid Countv Court this tith day of .Mav, 1920. ALLKX J. DKKSOX. (Seal) County Judge. MiTit i: ok in:iti; In the County Court of Cass coun ty. Nebraska. In the matt, v of the estate of Mat tie tlrav, deceased. To all persons interested in said es tate, creditors and lu-irs-a t-la w : You are hereby n'otitied that on the 1.1th day of May. 1120, Mattie Kgenberger tiled her petition in this court, alleg ing that Mattie Cray, late of Piatts mouth, Cass county, Nebraska, died in '.estate on the 24th day of December, l!or,. while a resilient of said County of Cass, and left surviving her, as her sole ami oii!y heirs at law, her hus band, Joseph if. (Jray and Nellie S. Ayers. a daughter: Mary K. Hooper, a daughter: Mattie Kgenberger. a daugh ter: William Cat-mack, a son: Hertha I.. Long, a daughter; John K. earmark, a son and Kditli M. tlrcgg, a daughter, nil of legal aire, and that said decedent was seized of the fee simple title to the following described real property to-wit: The north half of Lots one (li am! two (2, l'.lock seventeen (17) in Piattsmouth. Cass county, Nebraska, which was ti e homestead of said de ceased, and that on the death of the said decedent the said title to said real property descended according to the decedent laws of the State of Ne braska, to the said children of said deceased. in common and undivided, share and sjiare alike, to each indi vidual one-seventh, but subject to the right of homestead of the said 1ms 1 and. Joseph H- rav, therein; that petitioner is one of the heirs of said decedent and the owner of a one-sev-i-ntli interest in said estate, and pray ing for a determination of the time of ti e death of the said Mattie dray, and of her heirs at law, the degree of kin ship, anl the right of descent of the real property belonging to said de cedent in the State of Nebraska, ami for an order hairing claims against said estate, and for such other orders necessary for a correct determination of said matter. Said matter has been set for hearing at the Countv Court room in Piatts mouth. Cass countv. Nebraska, on the 1Mb dav of June. 1920. at 9 o'clock a. m., at which time and place all per sons interested may appear and con test said petition. Dated Mav i:th. 1!20. " ,LLKN .1. UK K SON. m1-7-"w. County Judge. DEATH OF WILLIAM R. YORK AT BETHAHY, NE3. William Riley York, brother of John C York, of this city, passed away at his hoinc at Bethany on Sat urday afternoon at 1:30 following an illness of several weeks duration. Mr. York was seventy-two years of age at the time of his death and has been in critical condition for a num ber of days and the brother of this city and other of the relatives have been at his bedside assisting in his ca re. The funeral services were held at the home yesDrday and the body tal;n to Cook. Nebraska, where ser vices were held in the Mt. Hope church and the body laid to rest in the cemetery there. Rev. J. W.' Hil ton of the East Lincoln Christian church- officiated. One way to relieve habitual con stipation is to tac regularly a mild laxative. Doan's llegulets are recom mended for this purpose, 30 a box at all drug stores. If it's in the stationery line, call at the Journal office. The River is Higln AND WE ARE GOING TO 51111 Dili W W8& NEVER BEFORE IN THE HISTORY OF NEBRASKA MERCHAN DISING HAVE MERCHANTS BEEN CONFRONTED WITH CONDITIONS AS WE FIND THEM AT THIS TIME. Two Omaha merchants come to the front Sunday with 20 reduction in all lines excepting patented articles and a healthy .number of other items. Another merchant comes up' closer Monday, with a 30 reduction with no re strictions. Still others who do not choose to'be targets and who in their years of business history have built up an enviable reputation of fair arid square deal ingand ARE NOT PRESSED BY ANY BANK OR BANKER TO PAY THEIR LOANS come forth with sane and sensible argument against this era of Hysteria. We quote from Thomas Kilpatrick & Co., Omaha. We believe merchandise should be cheaper. We believe it will be cheaper. BUT We believe that no lasting benefit can come from ill-considered or irrational action. From creating an artificial stimulus to overbuying when market conditions do not warrant it. THE EFFECT OF THIS IS TO MAKE A RENEWED AND UNNATURAL DEMAND UPON THE PRODUCERS, WHICH WILL IN TURN SUSTAIN AND PROBABLY ADVANCE THEIR PRICES. We fiave never secured from our merchandising any such profit as would warrant a horizontal discount of 20 to 30 per cent. We shall from time to time offer goods at such discount as will dispose of them, taking into consideration every factor that enters into value. We propose to remain in business, tell the truth, sell goods honestly and satisfy our customers. We advise our friends to buy such standard and staple merchandise as they can reasonably use AND WITH THE VALUE OF WHICH THEY ARE QUITE FAMILIAR, at the absurd discounts now being offered in Omaha and nowhere else on earth. Don't let any of this Monkey stuff get under your hat. No doubt when they have had a chance to mark up everything in their houses, some Omaha' Kikes will throw a 100 reduction fit. IF YOU WILL COMPARE VALUES, BE HONEST WITH YOUR SELF, THINK THIS THING OUT FOR YOURSELF, you will be convinced Piattsmouth merchants in all lines are giving you lower figures and better mer chandise than you will find in the price-juggling stores of uncertain quality. We are' for honest dealings. To take 20 or 30 off means putting it on somewhere or going busted. PLATTSMOUTH MERCHANTS ARE YOUR FRIENDS THEY STAY WITH YOU ALWAYS. SIT QUIET IN THE OLD TUB; THE RIVER IS STILL COMING UP. DRIVE ATTRACTING THE EX-SERVICE MEN Opportunity to Join in the Movement That Will Preserve Traditions and Associations of Great War The "push" which the American Legion is making this week through out the nation is to be a success judg ing from the interest displayed in the enrollment by the local veterans of the world war who are finding in the American Legion the fullest ex pression of the unity of the former service men. The time in which we live calls for organization and co-operation it has brought the greatest of success to the vast business interests and it has made the laboring interests of the nation such as to secure for its membership a just recognition of their labor.. It is to fulfill this call that the organization of the former service men has been launched upon the national life to give the men who served by their personal efforts, the needs of their country, an ins'i tution that they can call their own in every sense of the term. Each day there are new problems arising that confront the former soldier, sail or or marine that required the need of a strong organization to settle to the just interest of the man who served and it is to take this place that the American Legion is laboring and slowly but surely realizing itf ambition. The American Legion is. distinctly an organization of servico men for the benefit of service men and how fully it can fulfill their mission is up to(the men who comprise its mem bership. Aside from securing for the ser vice man needed legislation in se curing homes, an opportunity to make up the years lost in service, when the doughboy, gob or leather neck was busy making the back jaid cf the world safe for the rest of man kind at a dollar and a dime a day, while those who remained at home reaped the financial reward, the Le gion is striving to keep alive the spirit of cofhradship that dominated the men of the nation on land or sea. Today we do not think as ser iously of what this period of service meant to the men in learning to know each other better, to realize through their common privations and sufferings and service learn ing to realize the true value of a man but tomorrow with the pass ing years we will realize what the little blue and bronze button really means. It means a comradship ' that has been bought with tears and blood and sacrifice. It means a spirit of Americanism that has been fire test ed and not found ( wanting at the time when needed. It means a higher conception of citizenship in the nation of which its members have been a factor in preserving to the world as the beacon light of li berty. Those who have served will find that only through an organization as strong as the American-Legion is destined to be, can they fully impress their ideals and t secure for them selves and their comrades the jus tice that they and the nation are entitled to receive. Attention i V We have just nine Spring coats left in fancy colors. To close them out, we offer them to you at 25 discount. Six of them are Poilu blue; two of them light tan and one American Beauty. The cheap est one is marked $29.75, the best one $39.75 and at these prices are 20 less than city stores. Now with 25 off these prices you can realize the bargain. If you need a spring coat here is a bona fide chance. C. E. Wescott's Sons 'EVERYBODY'S STORE' t