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ids THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER, 15, 1921. PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE THEE He may be mother's angel child, but he sure gives his clothes the very dickens. It's these real live American bred boys that we're prepared for in our boys' department. Sturdy School Clothes, Built to Stand the Wear and Tear! Special Sale Price $6.50 Others to $ 1 0 Boys School Waists OA big assortment.. Boys' Raincoats warm and dry, $4.75 to $7.50 Your chance is good to get one of these 20 prizes offered to the boys who make the most out of our name. First prize is a $10 sweater. Get in! C. E. Wescott's Sons "EVERYBODY'S STORE" NOT SO MANY AT TEND STATE FAIR Annual Event Closes With 55,303 Less Admissions Than Last Year Price is High Lincoln, Nebr., Sept. 9. The Ne braska state fair closed for. the. year at 4 o'clock this afternoon with a total attendance of 215,366. The at tendance on the last day was 9,118. The total number to pass through the gates of the fair during its per iod thi3 year was 55,303 less than the mark cf last year, which was 270,669. That figure exceeds the ex pectations of fair officials by 15,000. The state fair this year was some what of a dlsappoistment, officials admitted after the closing this af ternoon. But it was being stated at the same time that ithere was much cause to feel satisfied. It was pointed out that the total attendance was a great deal more that that recorded at state fairs In Iowa and Minnesota this year. The attendance of the Iowa fair fell off 25 per cent. Some complaint was heard around the grounds during the entire week '-fi i - vp If you are a judge of cloth, come to us, you'll find the quality you are looking for. If you ARE NOT, come to us and "leave it to us." You want the BEST lawyer and the BEST doctor. Men in need of clothes come to the BEST clothing store. The clothing business is a profession, too. And if you don't know whether or not WE know our business and will treat you right, ask those who deal with us. Wear our good, "nifty" clothes. about the hign admission prices. It was declared that if the board had receded to the lower prices of form er years more people would have at tended. Officials of the fair associa tion, however, declared that the booking of attractions had to be done early in the year, purses for the races made up and general de finite preparation made. This neces sitated the assurance of at least as much money as last year, it is said. The falling off in attendance this year means that the pnice cannot be lowered next year either, according to E. R. Purcell, member of the board of managers. NEW FURNITURE AND RUGS Just arrived, everything for the household. Come in and give us a chance to 6ave you money on the new goods with a new price. GHRIST & GHRIST, Phone 645 Plattsmouth. Harsh physics react, weaken the bowels, will lead to chronic constipa tion. Doan's Regulets operate eas ily. 30c a box at all stores. Phone the Journal office when yon are in need of job printing of any kind. Best equipped shop in south eastern Nebraska. HAS EXCITING TIME Prominent Resident of This City Spends Night on the Missouri Pacific Enroute Home. One of the well known residents of the west portion of the city is "off" the Missouri Pacific railroad system as a result of the strenuous night that he spent Sunday attempt ing to reach his home here from Omaha, and which involves a long story. It seems that the aforesaid resi dent had Journeyed to the great me tropolis in the early hours of Sun day, primarily to enjoy a short out ing and had been accompanied to the Gate City by one of his close friends who was also longing for a spin in the pleasures of the city and the invigorating effects of the bright lights. All went merry until the ap proaches of the still watches of the night when the prominent resident decided that he must seek the hearth of his family and tore himself away from the friend who remained in the big town while the prominent resident hastened to the Union sta tion and boarded the midnight train that plies between Omaha and the far famed city on the Kaw river. All was well until our friend, overcome by the strenuousness of the day, de cided to do the Rip Van Winkle act on the train and lay down to sleep and lo and behold in a twinkling of an eye he was wrapped in slumber so profound that the sound of can non or the combined forces of the porters and brakemen of the M. P. could not awaken him when the var nished cars reached Plattsmouth. It was not until the sound of many trains and the bumping incident to switching woke the slumberer, that he gazed out on a strange scene. He rushed forth and lo and behold he was in the city that has become fa mous as the abode of Charley Graves and Bill Banning. Now the wrath of our friend waxed great and he swore not unlike the once famous Captain Kidd, the pioneer profiteer, but to no avail until a daring idea was born by the sight of a north bound freight train. This train the traveler boarded and soon was spin ning toward the capital city of Cass county and laughing softly at the Joke he had played on the heart less railroad corporation, but when Plattsmouth was reached the laugh ter ceased as the freight train sped past the station wherein the famous W. C. Foster presides and did not even look like stopping. It was not until the engineer stoped at LaPlatte to take on water for the locomotive that our friend alighted, sore in spirit and body and vowing no more would he travel over the Missouri Pacific. He started home by the only safe means of travel foot pow er and as the first rays of the morn ing sun shone over the beautiful sur roundings of his home he arrived at the domicile and was greeted by the members of the family who marveled much at the early hour that the fath er and husband had chosen to arise, and to them he gave no word as to the cause of his early appearance, aside from the desire to be up with the lark. Anyone who desires to find the exact distance from Omaha to Union and return however, will be accom modated by calling on this gentle man who will explain it in the same fitting language as he related ,the incident to the reporter of this great family organ. TOO MUCH POLITICS IN VETERAN BUREAU Medical Adviser Says It is Playing Smash in Caring for Tubercu lar Ex-Service Men. Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 12.- Dr Haven Emerson, medical adviser of the veterans' bureau at Washington, charged in a speech before the Mis sissippi Valley conference on tuber culosis tonight that the newly orga nized veterans bureau was "being made the football of politics," and announced he had tendered his resig nation as medical adviser effective September 15. "Plumbers and policemen," he de clared, "are being substituted for scientific medical men in the soldiers' bureau at Washington," which he said had been taken away from the public health service and was being handled as a political organization. "Unnecessary salaries to the extent of $500,000 a year," Dr. Emerson de clared, "are being distributed for political patronage." Lack of co-operation by ex-service men is affording the greatest handi cap to government efforts to care for tubercular ex-soldiers, Dr. Emerson declared. He said there are many veterans "who establish the record of their disease to draw their com pensation and who insist on making their own decision as to when they are well enough to go home." "We find patients eager to be found sick, grateful for the declara tion that they are worse, hopeful of disability, clinging to any straw that will permit them to stay on the hos pital roster, indifferent to truth if the monthly check can be increased, reckless in their expenditures for luxuries and gambling and the vices of drugs and liquor," he said. "Against this anti-social, unpatri otic, selfish attitude, the whole weight of the medical nursing and other, staff of hospitals is directed." Dr. Emerson said that on August 18 there were 10,916 tuberculosis patients in hospitals under jurisdic tion of the veterans' bureau and up to that time there had been admit ted under authority of the bureau, 45,605 tuberculosis patients. The Journal office desires to pur chase a quantity of clean rags. Bring them to the office. TO RETURN SOON Mrs. A. W. Cloidt, who is at the hospital in Omaha taking treatment, is expected to return home in a few days as she is showing great progress and her family and friends are hope ful that in a few days she may be able to make the trip home. Mrs. Cloidt is able to be up and around, but the attending physicians have insisted that she remain at the hos pital until her case is completely cured. FORD SALES BREAK ALL PAST RECORDS Increasing Demand for Cars Among Salesmen Shows Big Improve ment in the Business. On September" 2 Edsel B. Ford, president of the Ford Motor com pany, made the following announce ment: "We are making another reduc tion in the prices of Ford cars and the Ford truck, effective today. The new prices average $70 under for mer prices, and are the lowest at which Ford cars and .trucks have ever been sold. List prices, f. o. b. Detroit, are now as follows: New Price Reduct'n Chassis $295 $ 50 Runabout 325 45 Touring car 355 60 Truck 445 50 Coupe 595 100 Sedan 660 100 Every Known Economy "This is the third price cut during the past twelve months. On Septem ber 22, 1920, the price of the Ford touring car was reduced from $575 to $440; June 7 to $415 and now to $355, making total reductions in this type of $220, or 38 per cent. The same proportionate reductions have been made in all other types. One year ago the price of the Ford sedan was $975; today it lists at $660 with the same equipment. "We are taking advantage of every known economy in the manufacture of our products in order that we may give them to the public at the lowest possible price, and by doing that we feel that we are doing the one big thing that will help this country into more prosperous times. People are invested in prices and are buying when prices are right. Production Breaks Record "The production of Ford cars and trucks for August again broke all previous high records with the total reaching 117,696. This is the fourth consecutive month in which our out put has gone over the 100,000 mark, the total for the four months being 463,074, which has gone a long way in making possible the present re ductions. June, this year, with an output of 117,247, was the previous record month. "One noteworthy feature of our sales is the increased demand for Ford trucks and cars for salesmen. This class of commercial business has been gradually increasing the past 60 days and we interpret it as a very good sign of Improvement in general business. "No reduction has been made in the price of the Fordson tractor, and none Is contemplated." SENATORS REFUSE JO REDUCE SURTAX Finance Committee Approves House Figure of 32 Per Cent Maxi mum Ir.come Surtax Rate Washington, Sept. 12. Two of the four major provisions of the house tax bill were aproved today by the senate finance committee. One gives the maximum income sur tax rate of 32 per cent as compared with the present :S per cent, and the other increases by $500 the ex emption allowed heud3 of families receiving net incomej of $5,000 or less and by $200 the exemption al lowed for each dependent. Chairman Penrose announced that the committee wouiJ vote tcrmorrow on the effective dat3 of the repeal of the excess profits Even ihose senators favoring Secretary's Mellou's proposal to make th repeal retro active to January 1 were of the opin ion that the committee woali accept the house provision far repeal as of January 1. Should the houia .Lu? t-e approved It was said that '.U commi''W prob sbly would appr.-.ve repeal of trans portation taxes as of Tan.iury 1, and most of the other taxv::peuls pro vided for in the house b'il. .-creraTy Mellon's proposal Tor retention of the transportation !?v!es ntt year at one-:ialf the present rates and the restoration of a tax on cosmetics, perfumery and proprietary medi cines were predicted upon retroac tive repeal cf the profits tax. In voting to reje;t Secretary Mel lon's proposal that the maximum in come surtax rate be reduced to 25 per cent, the committee took under consideration a treasury plan to re duce the rate in each income surtax bracket by J per ent to lighten the taxes on those having incomes of less than $68,000 as well as those whose Incomes exceed that amount. Several new tax proposals are to be presented, but Chairman PenroFe said it had been decided to have a final vote on the bill Friday to give draftsmen and experts time to ptlt the measure in shape for presenta tion to the senate September 21. The question of the amount of the increase to be made In the corpora tion income tax as an offset to the repeal of the excess profits tax has not been i cached. The house bill fixes the total at 12 per cent in stead of the 15 per cent recommend ed by Mr. Mellon. Boolcs! Books! Books! We have them till you can't rest, at the Jour nal Office. CITY HALL IS REAL NIFTY PLACE NOW New Paper and Paint Makes the In terior of City Hall a Most Attractive Spot to View The interior of the Plattsmouth city hall hac just been treated to a thorough overhauling and cleaning and also received the attentions of Herb Cotton and h,c; assistant, Geo. Jackson, so that it is now one of the attractive appearing buildings of the city. The council chamber as well as the office of Police Judge Archer is resplendent in new tan colored paper with very artistic trimmings and the floors are finished in a soft tint of gray, making a very restful blending of colors. The furniture and fixtures have been treated to a new coat of varnish and placed in the best of shape and certainly looks a great deal better in every way. The clean up has dven extended to the fire truck storage room that has also been painted up in fine shape. The council chamber also is boast ing a large American flag that was placed there Monday by City Clerk Duxbury and Chief of Police Jones and now hangs behind the desk of his honor, the mayor of the munici pality. The work is certainly money well invested as it has added 100 per cent to the appearance of the room in every way. MORE MEN TO BE TAKEN ON AT SHOPS Fifty-Eight More Employes will be Added to Payroll Here as Soon as Possible to Get Them. One of the most pleasing items ot news heard for sometime was that of the intention of the Burlington to increase the working force of the shops here by some fifty-eight men. The new employes will be largely high class mechanics and will be dis tributed over the different depart ment of the shops. Many of the men formerly employed in other depart ments have been placed at work in the freight car repair department but these men will now be able to take up their former work and the newer men will be placed at work in the freight car department. The additional force will greatly increase the output of all the de partments of the shops and has greatly pleased Mr. Beard, the sup erintendent as well as the force of workmen. SCHOOL LAW LIABIL ITY ISJNTERPRETED Drivers Transporting Children May Give Personal Bond in Lieu of Surety Company Bond. Assistant Attorney General Chas. S. Reed, was given an opinion in which he says the object of section 7 of S. F. 293, relating to employ ment of drivers by school boards to transport children to and from school and to give a bond for damages in a sum not to exceed $5,000, was to protect all who might be damaged by reason of the carelessness of a driver, and to transfer the liability from the school district to the driver employ ed. The board should use its best judgment in regard to the size of the bond, not to exceed $5,000. The law does not require a bond from a company, and a surety bond signed by an individual may be accepted, but the law provides that when a premium is paid for a bond it shall be paid out of the school funds. In many districts subject to this act, difficulty has been had to get bond ing companies to become surety for drivers. If the courts should hold that a surety company bond is neces sary the district might be liable for damages, therefore if a board accepts an individual bond or personal bond it should be a good and sufficient bpnd, not to exceed $5,000. FIND WORK FOR NUM BER OF IDLE MEN Auction Block Scheme Being Con ducted on Boston Common is Bringing Results. Boston, Sept. 9. The collapse of Edward Dixon, of Philadelphia, ap parently from malnutrition, just after his services had been sold to the highest bidder, brought the second day of the auction block for unem ployed men on the common to a close after twelve men had been promised work. Dixon, a world-war veteran, said one meal a day and .sometimes not that had been his portion. Bidders were more plentiful today than yesterday and many pledges of food and clothing for the men, in ad dition to payment of wages were forthcoming. Women acted as auc tioneers and put the men, stripped to the waist, thru exercises to show their capability. NEW WRIGHT NOVEL The latest work from the pen of America's foremost novelist, Harold Bell Wright, is "Helen of the Old House" and the Journal office has just received a number of the hand 8omely bound novels from (the Apple ton company. This novel 'is one that has brought added luster to the fame of Mr. Wright as one of the leaders of American literature. The price of this edition is only 12.00 per volume Of ice supplies oi all kinds han died at the Journal of ice, Quarter Million Words Up Its Sleeve The symbol of perfect writ ing. The mark of Eferibtrp Pencil and Teiopeiat Pas. words r There's The Perfect MP Built with jeweler precision and beauty throughout A mechanical marvel and writing wonder combined. Holder contains eighteen inches of lead. , Lead obr tainable in various degrees of hardness. I The Eversharp is a fitting date to the Tempoint Pen, made by the same concern. Made for pocket, chain, or lady's bag. Prices, $1 and up. Come and pick your Eversharp. Have your name . engraved on it. For Sale at The A PLEASANT SURPRISE From Tuesday's Dally. Last Saturday evening witnessed a very pleasant gathering at the home of B. C. Hyde. It came as a sur prise on Miss Ella, being the occa sion of her 17th birthday. A bunch of young friends and rel atives gathered to spend the evening with her and spent the time most merrily with music, games and other amusements. At the midnight hour dainty re freshments were served, after which the guests departed declaring - they had had a most pleasant time and wishing Miss Ella many more such happy occasions. Those in attendance were Freda and Minnie Klinger, Edna and Ethel Born, Verna Stoehr, Bernice Her ring, Lela Parker, Elmer and Clifford Stoehr, John Klotz, Frank Miller, Henry Ofe, Charles Koke, Henry, Harold and Ralph Hyde and the guest of honor, Ella Hyde. Accidents will happen, but the best regulated families keep Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil for such emer gencies. Two sizes, 30c and 60c, at all stores. Your ad will carry punch if you write it as a plain "selling talk" in stead of trying to fuss it up with frills and exagerations. SiUlMilllliffilfiiSffi IIP IT IS COMMON CENTS THAT MAKE DOLLARS AND ENOUGH DOLLARS MAKE A FORTUNE. 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Her grand father fought in the revolutionary war, her father in the war of 1812, two brothers In the Mexican war, and three brothers in the civil war. Her husband died in 1S88. Itch! Itch! Itch! Scratch! Scratch! Scratch! The more you scratch the worse the itch. Try Doan's Ointment. For eczema, any skin itching. 60c a box. Blank Books at the Journal Office. whs ' --i U RUT ft?! A III CIS in our Bank WE WILL ADVISE YOU