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PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL rAGL nvE THURSDAY, OCTOBER. 28, 1920. I ft ITU B o a u FT. I c c c c c c c M 3 3 3 p.. a a n p n d RED CROWN GASOLINE (TAXEARD ea COMMIT Power Red Crown gasoline is brim-full of smashing, heavyweight power. Every drop is a lusty slugger no love taps. Doesn't get tired and lie down when you're on a hill, or stall in a jam of city traffic. Over the fast turnpikes and through heavy going, Red Crown, gasoline carries you along at train-making speed or at a leisurely, loafing gait without a hitch. Its uniform power-content makes it dependable at all times under all conditions of travel. Use Red Crown products regularly, for perma-' nent satisfaction. You can obtain the gasoline and that standard motor oil Polarine at Red Crown service stations and authorized garages. Economize on oil by using Polarine. It is made in four grades, differing in body but not in quality. These grades are Polarine Heavy Polarine Extra Heavy Polarine 4 Polarine Medium Heavy For Winter use the Polarine and Polarine Medium Heavy grades are recommended. STANDARD OIL COMPANY. ( Nebraska ) s Omaha 1 RED CROWN GASOLINE The Journal's Line of Xmas Cards Are Here CX2ISSe3EZ!2KDC2fe. 74 Stores in 74 Cities! i ! m vrjEk m e a v ii ! SPtUIAL! I 9 B ! Mioesl in all sizes, black Ladie brown or black shoes, brown -good ith Cuban or Military heel j I i values, i s o i t i i i i $4.98 or I ' mm ! mm a? SViien's Work Shoes in Tan or Black, at S3 98 BOY SCOUTS ENTER TAIN THEIR FRIENDS Camp Fire Girls Are Guests at Party Given Last Evening at the . M. W. A. Hall. From Tuesday's Dally. Last evening the Boy Scouts of the ?ity entertained at the Modern Wood man hall in honor of the Campfire airls of the city as well as Glen Weaver, one of their members who is soon to leave the city for his fu ure home in Omaha. The hall was very attractively arranged in the tlallowe'en decorations of black and grange and made a most pleasing set ins for the gathering of merry .oil ng people. The time was spent delightfully in rames and in the "ghost" game Alli on Flynn was awarded the prize for eing the most skillful and at these rames a great deal of pleasure was ierived. During the evening George L. Far ey gave a short talk on the work of he boy scouts in the city and Mrs. J. Flynn stated some of the things hat the scouts and campfire girls an do in the community life and cth addresses were well received and cntained much that was good for the )oys and girls. During the evening Mr. Farley in ehalf of the campfire girls presented Mr. Weaver with a handsome cameo stick pin as a rememberance while the oy scouts presented their comrade ith a beautiful pair of pearl cuff inks that will be a lasting token of he feeling of love and esteem felt 'or the young man by his boy and girl riends. Miss Ethel Warren was also resented with a very beautiful cam o brooch by the campfire girls as a eward for her winning the prize for aving secured the mots money for he cpmpfire within the past six lonths and which she will perserve s a token of faithful and devoted ervice. At a suitable hour a dainty o ourse luncheon was served, one of he chief features of which was a urge cake thirty-six inches in cir uniference which was presented to he young people by C L. Herger. The cake was in pink and white, the olors of the campfire, and bore the Imblenis of the campfire and the boy ccuU-. beautifully worked in the or namental frosting of the cake. The music of the evening was iur .islrci by Miss Honor Seybert at the iano and Clifford Burbridge at the rap and to this the young people pent some time in dancing. The -haperones of the eveninf were Mr. George L. Farley. Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Smith and Mrs. P. J. Flynn. Miss iTripna Ganen was present as the -uest of the young people of the two :ocieties. WATER RATE INCREASE HELD UP FOR TIME MAYOR SCHNEIDER. EECLINES TO ALLOW ACTION UNTIL FUR THER INVESTIGATION gvgja? LisLS!. V'ivAH " s V V 1.', . . m.w ' . ... y J iriYu owe them 1 r' A complete line of Men's Dress Shoes, Children's School Shoes in brown or ranging in price from black, sizes 8V2 to 2. Special at 5.98 to $7.98 $2.98 Infant's Shoes in black, brown and combination colors, from $1.98 to $2.89 Ladies Wool Hose at $2.29 to $2.98; Children's Hose, in black or tan, at 4Sc; Men's Hose 39c 4 pair for $1.00. HEARING ON WILL CASE H'rrn Tuesdays Dally. ' Yesterday in county court the hear in? wjnj had on the probate of the rf John Webber, deceased, ot E'mwood. who passed away a few months aco and left a will giving all if his property excepting f 10.000 to Mrs Belle Bowdish. the nurse who rared for him during his illness. The $10,000 was given to his nephew. John Kunz, who appeared in the case ,s .objector to the will. The court -.fter hearing the statements of the witnesses offered allowed the probate of the will and namod C. S. Aldrich as the executor. The case will be appealed to the district court by Mr. Kunz. J. H. Mockctt of Lincoln. W. . Robertson of this city and William Deles Dernier appear as attorneys for Mrs. Bowdish and D. O. Dwyer of this city and J. A. Capwell of Elm wcod as attorneys for Mr. Kunz. DC DC DC OPENING ATTRACTS MUCH INTEREST Store of M. Fanger Crowded With Patrons Eager to Take Advantage of Bargains Offered. From Tuesday's rllv. This morning the formal opening of the new store of M. Fanger in this citvwas held and from an early hour the store was filled with crowds of purchasers eager to take advantage of the opportunities cf the "homecom ing" sale that has been so extensively advertised by Mr. Panger. Mr. Fanger has secured a very strong line of high class merchandise and is offering it at very reduced prices that are fast creating a great interest among the people of the city. The opening day was all'that could be expected and the patrons were more than plea-sed with the results of the bargains. The advertising of Mr. Fanger in the Journal will show the opportuni ties for bargains that are offered and should be studied by those who de sire to secure the full value of their money. LAO'S SIGHT SEEING TRIP TERMINATED IN THIS CITY - rtn Tuet.day'8 Daiiy Last evening Chief of Police E. Manspeaker noticed a young lad on the street who apparently had no place to go and on approaching him learned that he resided in South Omaha and had started out on a lit tle trip over the country and had reached this city but was "broke" and his desire for adventure some what cooled by this time. The chief took the boy to his home, where he gave his name as Charles Matcha and also gave the address of his mother, Mrs. Katherine Matcha, with whom the chief at once got into communi cation end an older brother came down and took the boy back home. The lad was fifteen years of Age and h?d left his home shortly be fore noon and when found by the police chief had had no dinner or supper and was fortunate in striking the kindly policeman. From Tuesday's Dally. j The city council last evening held . a double headed session, the first be- j ing the setting as a board of equali- ' zation for the sidewalks in the city j and in assessing the costs in sewer j district Xo. 2. Only one protest was received, that from B. G. Wurl on the -, - - ; r v. : , n n . I street which was higher than other property in the district and on mo tion the estimate was turned back to the city engineer to equalize the amount assessed against Mr. Wurl. It was decided to delay the acceptance of the various amounts until a later session of the council. The regular session was devoid of interest aside from the rifTIe created by the approval of the fire and water committee of an increase of rates for the water company and the de ciding of Mayor Schneider in favor of the street lighting contract with the Nebraska Gas & Electric company. The report of the fire and water committee stated that they had in vestigated the books and records of the water company and from these it was found that the company was operating at a loss and fubmitted a series of rate increases that provided 30c per hundred up to 500 feet of water used and varying prices ac cording to the clas of users and the amounts consumed. The committee alsa provided that the water com pany make an extension of mains on Lincoln avenue 2.500 feet and 4.000 feet on west Oak street to be com pleted by May, 1921. The meter us ers at present paid a litlle over $5,000 and under the new rates the cost would be $7,97". or a total in crease of $2,295. The fiat rate us ers were paying at present $2,543.85 and under the new rate would pay $3.24S or an increase of $703. The users of large amounts were paying at present $1,821.80 and under the new rate $2,277.25 or an increase of $455.45. The proposed extension would cost in the neighborhood of $6,000 and which was made a part of the agreement in raising the rates. Mayor Schneider vigorously op posed the increase as proposed as too high and also protested against the extensions at this time owing to the high cost of all material and es pecially on the extension on Lincoln avenue which he considered not nec essary at this time. He stated that the city had just exendded a large amount for a chemical engine and truck for fire protection and the ad ditional expenditure of $6,000 for water mains which the city must pay within the next two jears was un reasonable and he would not permit the mat'er to be acted on until the matter had been thoroughly can vassed. Councilman Ptacek stated that the extensions were needed as the resi dents in the outlying districts had been paying taxes for many years and deriving but little benefit from the public utilities and the rates in themselves were no unreasonable. Councilman McCarthy stated that in twelve states commissions had been appointed to adjust rates in cities in both water and light and he thought that it was only reasonable that the rates be adjusted so as to be fair and equitable. The matter end ed with the report resting peacefully in the hands of the city clerk until some future meeting of the dads. In the matter of the approach to the Burlington subway, the streets, alleys and bridges committee Ptacek reported in favor of having crushed rock placed there and mixed with cinders to form a temporary roadway until Fome future permanent work could be done. Mayor Schneider suggested that the matter be taken up with the Burlington to see if they would not co-operate in the fixing of the road which lies within their right of way. On motion it was de cided to refer the matter to the streets, alleys and bridges committee for action if they saw fit. The streets alleys and bridges com mittee also reported on the work done by Charles Warner on North 8th street, where he has went ahead and had the street fixed up to the cost of $140.40 and on the recom mendation of the committee the sum of $50 was voted Mr. Warner to ap ply on the cost cf the work. Mayor Schneider then stated that at the last meeting when the matter of the light contract had come up the matter had been a tie and that since he had looked over the cost of an engineer to come down and look over the plant and found that it would cost from $1,500 to $2,000 and as the city was not in a position to pay this amount and considering the matter thoroughly he had decid ed to vote aye and the light contract was put into being by this action of the city executive. The lighting committee also recom mended the installing of a light on Gold and Silver street and on Gran ite street and this report was adopted and on the motion of Councilman Pta cek the committee was requested to look after the matter of a light on North 8th street north of the stand pipe and on the rifle range road. The finance committee of the coun cil after an examination reported the following bills as correct and heir payment was ordered: H. E. Becker, work at ceme tery 33.00 E. Manspeaker, special police S 5.00 Claus Boetel, burying two dogs 1.95 John Zitka. street cleaning 37.40 M. Lutz, street commissioner. 8 2.00 A. Nitka. street sprinkling.- 109.45 John Maurer, work, man and team 104.50 Walter Gouchenour. street work 19. SO John Cechal, same 17.60 ' my 1 Pat &ur Money for them. JUST SUPPOSE SOMETHING HAPPENED TO YOU. YES, YOU! WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO YOUR FAMILY? PUT YOUR MONEY IN OUR BANK. YOU WILL RECEIVE W INTEREST ON TIME DEPOSITS AND 3i PER CENT ON SAVINGS ACCOUNT. Farmers State S i k PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA .Tame.; Wynn. sn:ne 57.20 George Taylor, hauling 205 tons of rock at $1 per tm 205.00 tery 33.00 Hugh Murphy Co., 4 cars crushed rock 32S.00 J. M. Volidran, repair-, to city 1.00 HAVE INTERESTING MEETING FOR SALE 160 acres on federal road, four miles from Murray, Neb.. god im provements, easy terms. S. O. COLE. Mynard. Neb. i Fine line of stationery ana ccr resnemdence paper at the JournaJ Krom 'I uf.iiiiy'n Iaily. L;.s evening the yoiin,; iii tnV liilili; cl.-tss (.f the Methodist -lunch 1'cH a very iuteerst h;g discussion ;ii t!ie flub rooms wb.-n Attorney 1 . O. li-.vyer Coui'ty Attorn- y A. (I. ( le spoke on tlie lerijruo c f nations. 1). (). Hwyer sj-eaking against it. Tiirt yMin.sr r.er. of the class were p,ien a very able discui-sion of the question from the different viewpoints n'ld derived i::uch benefit from t!:p cv( r.iiiT. Altl:oirh Journal want-ad cost nut little the results they brin ara vrrvierful. Try them. Perkms County, Nebraska WHERE XO MAX CAX FAIL H- UK IS HALF TIIF MAX HIS -MOTHER FXPFCTH1) HIM TO UK PERKINS COUNTY lies in the western part of Nebraska, join ing Colorado, is traversed east aud west by the Darlington railroad, which runs frcr.i Holdrcge, Neb., to Steriin:;. i'ok). This is ;v good, rich soil free, from stones cr gravel, layiijs almost 1-vcl, varying in depth from two to four feet over the entire county. This is nn'ir laid with a ood ttrata of clay, which bolls moisture veil into the loam. MADRID is a thriving little town of aleeit 300 population, situated on the Durlinston railroad, ::id alr.iost in the enter of the county, and is growing rp.pidly. The town hp;; two banlit in fact all school cf twelve grades, three church' , stores, two garages, hardware store and ness are well represented. i consolidated . two gencnil lines of busi- J-l-320 acres, only 3 miles from Madrid. All good J-2-G20 J-3-320 J-4- 320 J-5-160 J-6-320 J-7-160 farm land. wi!i M acres Droue out aim rcauy to sow in lan vneai. Balance is covered with a good coat of grr.ss. Price $r,0. 00 per acre, half cash, balance 2 and 4 years at c . acres, 4 miles from Madrid. All good farm land, with about 50 acre in corn, one-third of which goes with the place. No other improvements. Trice $00.00 per acre, half cash, balance 2 and 4 yeurs. acres, 5 Vi miles from Madrid, nil good farm land with 100 Kcrcs broke and ready to sow to fall wheat. D.ilance. is covered with a good coat of grass. Trice $00:00 per acre, half cash, balance 2 and yca.rs at 6'?;. acres, 6 miles from Madrid. 120 acres in cult ivaj ion. bal ance pasture, all fenced. This is a good farm aiTb a snap at SCO. 00 ner acre, half cash, balance - and 4 years at f, ' ; . acres, about 8 mile. from Madrid. All extra bind, with SO acres broke and ready to sow to Tiice $00.00 Per acre. Will tarry S 4, 2 "0.00 acres, 7 miles from Madrid. All extra good ; month land with l".ri acres broke and based for fall wheal, third of which goes with place. Trice $C0. 00 per Will carry $7,200.00 five years at fiTc acres. S miles from Madrid. 120 acres in cultivation. linlance nasture. No other improvements. Trice ner acre. SI. 500. 00 on contract. ? 1.70M. 00 Ma? o farm fall wheat. four years farm , one-acre. rcli J-8-320 J-0-320 $4 5.00 1. lit-l. nnrrhnspr to iissnme a mortcaJTO of 5 1.000 UIJ 111 1 !-'.. acres. 7 miles from Madrid. All extra good. Miiooth farm land and all in a high state of cultivation. Can sell either quarter. Trice per quarter. $1 ::.ooo.oo. 5 0.ooo.oo cash, purchaser Jo assume mortgage of $2.0(n .00 due in No vember, 1923. at K'7c and will take second mortage, due in five years at 7 per cent. acres, only :t V2 miles from Madrid. 1 CO acres in cultiva ii..n ahmif 5 acres in alfalfa. All fenced, good four-ro'-m house, double corn crib and granary, good well mid wind mill, other outbuildings. This is a snap at $70.00 per acre. $3,000.00 on contract, ff.,400.00 March 1st, H21. Will carry $10,000.00 five years at C. T in ICO acreo. 5 miles from Madrid. All good larm land with 120 acres in cultivation. 40 acres fenced for pa.Murc. House 20x2 4, barn 32x4 0. chvf kenhrusc. hogbcu.-e, good well and windmill. Trice $75. -'-O per acre, purchaser to assume mortgage of $5,000.00 due in 1923 at Tc. J-ll-320 acres, 4 miles from Madrid. All good farm land with 200 acres in cultivation, l'i mib" 01 fu.ce, good 5 room lious, good barn 32x40. double corn crib and granary, chif-ken house, garage, good well and windmill. Trice 5G7.50 per acre. $3,00 0.00 on contract, $9,000.00 March' 1st. 1921, and balance 3 years at G. J-12-320 acres. 5 miles from Madrid. All extra good farm land with about 200 acres in cultivation. Balance is fenced for pas ture. Good house, barn, granary, well and wir.dmill. Tliir, io an extra good farm, and is priced nt $85.00 per tc $13,320 cash, purchaser to assume mortgage for $6.2S0.00 due in about two years and will carry mortgage for $7,000.00 to suit purchaser. j. 13-320 acres, only 4 miles from Madrid. 240 acres fn cultiva tfon. Balance is fenced for pasture. Good. four-room hour.e, gcod ISarn. ohickenhouse. good well and windmill. Trice $60.00 per acre. Will carrjr $10,000.00 three and fr. c yeirs at G. FRANK WHEELER, Madrid, Nebraska tt 24