MONDAY,, OCTOBER 24, 1921.
PLATTSMOTTTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAI
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MURBOK
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The banking business is one of more than ordi
nary interest to the community in which the institution
is located.
To make the work of the bank most effective,
there must be a confidence between the bank of its
patrons, and between in fact the whole community. -
Any fear of a financial institution is immediately
reflected in the business of the whole community.
The bank which has proven its worth to the com
munity is the one which has stood the test of good and
adverse times and stands ever ready for the service of
the whole community.
The patrons' interest and the community good is
the bank's first concern. We are here for the service
of the entire community.
Thanking you for your confidence, co-operation
and earnest work for our community, we invite your
business.
The Bank of CUSurdock
Murdock, Nebraska
"The Bank where You Veel at Home"
HENILY A. TOOL, President J. E. GUTHMANN, Vice-Pres.
H. A. GUTHMANII, Cashier
Three Lines of Cars!
We have three excellent lines of cars to choose
from and each a leader in its class. The Buick, which
cannot be beaten anywhere and no line barred.
The Dodge Brothers also one of the most reliable
and sturdy cars in the market.
The Ford, you all know its Stirling work and dur
ability. See us for these cars, and also remember we are
prepared to look after your repairing, no matter what
the line or make of cars we are equipped for the job.
ED. W. 1I1GM
The Automobile Man
MURDOCK -:- -:- -:- NEBRASKA
Fall Plowing Wow!
The harvest is over and thrashing done now for
the Fall plowing. We have the facilities for this task
plows, tractors and also seasonable farming machinery.
See us fpr the things you are needing. You will be sur
prised at what we can show you.
Also the Hulto-Uotor Washer!
Oils and Gasoline!
WRfl- GiEKRTS,
MURDOCK
The Implement Man
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Miss Isabelle O'Halleran has began
her course of penmanship with the
Murdock high school.
Geo. Mueller, of Lincoln, is assist
ing in picking the big corn crop on
the farm of Mr. G. V. Pickwell.
P. V. McCartney and A. E. Jeffreys
of Ashland were looking after some
business In Murdock last Thursday
Charles Mateer and daughter Rose
of Elm wood were visiting at the
home of Frank Eveland last Tuesday.
E. W. Thimgan was called to Om
aha last Wednesday, where he has
some business to look after for the
day.
Miss Mildred Nicklos of Omaha
has been guest at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. H. A. Tool during the past
week.
Win. Bourke shipped a car of mix
ed stock to the market at Omaha last
Tuesday, which was composed of
sheep, hogs and cattle.
Mrs. H. A. Gast, who has been hav
ing some trouble with one of her
feet, which had an eruption, is gt
ting along nicely at this time.
Misses Marie and Esther Schmidt
were visiting last Thursday afternoon
at the home of their friends, Miss
Martha Bornemeier eas.t of town.
Mrs. W. O. Saunders and children
of Lincoln were guests of Mrs. Chas.
Schneider for the day last Sunday,
and all enjoyed the visit greatly.
Mr. Henry Amgwert who has been
working at the farm of Wm. Bou..e,
has completed his work there and
has been picking corn at the home
of Louis Schmidt's.
Mr. and Mrs. John Burt of Omaha
and Miss Leone Rush and Miss Eva
Sorick, of Lincoln, were guests at
the home of .Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Rush
of Murdock last Sunday.
W. H. Rush and wife were the
guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
P. V. Pickwell last Wednesday, where
the enjoyed a most pleasant time
with this hospitable couple.
Messrs Lacey McDonald and Ken
neth Tool, two of the expert line
men, were doing some improvements
on the lines of the Murdock tele
phone company last Thursday.
Mrs. Ed Rau has been kept to her
bed for a portion of last week with
an attack of the grippe and while so
afflicted Miss Esther Rau was out to
assist in the work at the Rau home.
Dr. Blattspeiler and wife with
their little one were guests at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Gilles
pie for last Sunday, they driving over
from their home at Tobias in their
auto.
Dr. and Mrs. C. IT. Rush and Mr.
and Mrs. Done Pickering and family, I
spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and !
Mrs. W.! H. Rush, driving down)
from their home in Lincoln in their
auto.
The members of the high school,
under the care of Professor Way and
Miss Margaret Whipple, one of the
teachers, enjoyed a weiner roast at
Pawnee Lodge last week one pleas
ant evening.
Louis Hornbeck and wife, with
their little one, who have been visit
ing at Fort Worth, Texas, and other
places in the south for the past week,
returned home last Thursday after
having had an excellent time.
Miss Amanda Stroy, who is teach
ing at Merna in the city schools, in
a letter which she has written to her
friends. Miss Anna Scheel, tells of
her likeing the place and the school
and getting along nicely with her
work.
Peter Eveland and family, accom
panied by his daughter, Mrs. Ridy
King, of Bigsprings, who is visiting
at the home of her parents at Elm
wood, were visiting at the home of
Mr. Frank Eveland and sister, Mrs.
Mattie King of Murdock.
Paul Schewe has the honor this
year of those immediately in the vi
cinity of Murdock in completing the
picking of his corn, he having fin
ished last Tuesday," while Louis
Newman comes in second with a
completion of his corn harvest last
Wednesday.
Mr. H. H. Law.ton, who has been
working for some time in Lincoln,
returned home last week, having
completed his contract there and was
business for a portion of last week
with work at the home of Leo Rikli,
where he has been decorating the
latter's home.
J. Johansen is wearing one of his
arms in a bandage on account of
having had it caught in a corn ele
vator and with a very close call of
losing the arm. He was fortunate
enough to stop the power before the
hand and wrist were crushed, but
it was lacerated considerably as it
was.
H. W. Tool has his office repairs
completed and the change is wonder
ful and makes a very nice place in
which to do business. Not alone has
the appearance been changed but the
facilities for the care of the business
has been bettered and the rooms
much improved as to warmth for the
winter months.
Miss Anna Scheel yesterday was
21 years of age and it being the 21st
of October, 1921, which incidentally
makes three 21's and should be an
enjoyable occasion for the young
lady. She has an uncle whose birth
day falls on the same day, but is a
little her senior, Mr. Gust Wendt,
who celebrated his anniversary last
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Neitzel and Mrs.
Joseph Wutchinek were visiting for
the day in Lincoln last Thursday,
making the trip in the auto of Mr.
Neitzel where they spent the day
with friends and did some shopping
as well as Mr. Neitzel getting goods
for the store. While they were away
Mr. W. T. Weddell looked after the
business at the store.
Mr. H. A. Guthman of the Bank
of Murdock was a visitor at Ains
worth during the past week, called
there to look after some business
and after having transacted the
matters which called him there, took
his trusty gun, which he was mind
ful to take along and had an excel
lent time interviewing the chickens
and ducks which abound in that
part of .the country.
A number of the faculty of the
Murdock school enjoyed a weiner
roast last week one evening under
the chaperonage of Mr. Heny Amg
wert, and had a most enjoyable time.
They besides enjoying the Wiener
wursts toasted marshmellows, which
added to the zest of the occasion.
Those present and to enjoy the occa
sion were Misses O'Halleran, Mar
garet - Amgwert, Whipple Shipman
and their guardian, Henry Amgwert.
Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Berger and
wife, of Orange, California, who has
been making his home there for
some time past, and who formerly
lived in Elmwood, were visitors in
Murdock for a number of days last
week, they being guests at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Bawls, who
is a half-brother of Mr. Berger. They
all were visiting last Sunday- at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Ripple at
Plattsmouth, driving over in Mr.
Bauer's auto.
Mr. Charles Letts and family, ac
companied by Mr. Joe Rannie, of
Council Bluffs, and Miss Rose Amg
wert drove down last Saturday for a
visit at the Amgwert home here and
on Sunday with Mr. John Amgwert
and family and with two cars drove
over to Bennett, where they visited
at the home of Frank Mans and fam
ily for the day. Returning Mr. and
Mrs. Letts and Mr. Rannie accom
panied by Mrs. B. Amgwert return
ed to Council Bluffs, while Miss Rose
Amgwert remained for a longer visit.
UNION CHIEFS
DON'T APPROVE
BOARD'S PLAN
CHICAGO MEETING ADJOURNS
FINALLY NEITHER SIDE
REACH A DECISION
Entertained the High School
The Junior class, with Miss Shep
hard entertained the high school at
the opening exercises last Thursday
with original songs and other exer
cises and which was supplimented by
a reading by Miss Irabel O'Halleran.
Lost Aato Crank
Lost, between Murdock, Nebr., and
Dan Panska farm' house on road two
miles due east and two miles duo
north of Murdock, a crank for Kis
eell car. Finder please return to
AUGUST PANSKA,
Murdock, Nebr.
Spent the Week in Omaha
Last Sunday a week Messrs and
Mesdames Jess Landholm and Harry
Gillespie drove to Omaha, where
they visited for the day with friends,
being guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Isreal Isreafcon, the gentlemen
reiurning homjB in' the evening, while
the ladies with. ti wi'dren of Mr.
Landholm renamed for the week to
visit.
Had Heavy Corn
A. A. Lindell, the farmer west of
town who knows just how to raise
good corn as well as other grains,
was elevating a load of corn the
other day into his cribs, which was
of such good quality and heavy
yield that the elevator broke and he
was compelled to secure the assist
ance of the workman J. H. Buck, to
build it strong enough to carry the
crop of this year.
School Carnival a Success
The school carnival which was
held a week ago at the high school
building was a very pronounced suc
cess with the booths and refresh
ments every one. enjoyed the occa
sion with the flinging of the confetti
and the merry time. The booths
which served candies of the home
made variety, pop corn and sand
wiches and other things to delight
the appetite, thus securing some
$83.25 for the benefit of the school.
Will Establish Oil Station
Materials consisting of sand and
cement are on ,the grounds at Mur
dock for the purpose of building a
foundation for the erection of for
oil and gasoline tanks by Mr. George
Trunkenboltz, of Eagle, where he
has his headquarters for his oil busi
ness. The tanks will be of sufficient
capacity for the containing of a car
of gas. The place will be for the
supplying of the adjacent territory,
but they will not at this time estab
lish a filling station here.
Received Second Surprise
Mrs. H. A. Gast, who we noticed
last week as having had a surprise
on her birthday was again surprised
the following Sunday by another
party, who came with well filled bas
kets and made the day joyous with
the merry company and delightful
greetings. During the day a most
pleasant time was spent and a sump
tuous dinner was served from the
baskets. Those to enjoy the occa
sion besides Mrs. Gast and her hus
band were Adolph Kuehn and family,
Martin Smiding and family of Mal
colm and Mrs. Augusta Schultz, of
Gallent, Nebraska.
Have a Merry Time
Nine of the members of the S A.
L. club of Lincoln were guests at the
home of Miss Esther au last week at
her home in Murdock, they having a
most pleasant time while here. The
time was spent in games, music and
song. Miss Rau entertained the ladies
most pleasantly and served a most
delightful luncheon which added to
the pleasure , of the trip. Those of
her friends to make the visit at
this time were Misses Ida and Al
bina King, Viola and Gertrude Boint
rer, Helen and Gertrude Buidolph,
Helen Heidenrich, Rezina Poitzinger,
and Esther Becker.
School days mean school supplies.
The Journal has a large line of pan
cils, tablets, pens and all necessaries
for the students. All prices. Call
and look them over.
Chicago, 111., Oct. 20. Efforts by
the railroad labor board to avert the
threatened railroad strike through
conferences with heads of the five
unions 'Which have ordered a walk
out effective October 30, failed when
the meeting adjourned tonight with
the announcement by the board that
while the discussions were benefi
cial no definite results were obtain
ed."
"There has been a full and frank
discussion of the situation," said a
statement given out by Ben W.
Hooper, vice chairman of the board.
"The board and the brotherhood
chiefs exchanged views in a perfect
ly pleasant way. The interview was
beneficial, but we cannot sa,y any
definite results were obtained."
"The five unions presidents de
parted for their organization head
quarters tonight with the announce
ment that plans for the proposed
strike would go right ahead.
"The adjournment is final," Chair
man R. M. Barton of the labor board
announced. "We do not plan any
further conferences' with the labor
leaders nor do we plan, at present,
to call the railroad presidents. I
cannot say what our next step might
be."
While the board members came
out of the afternoon session smiling
and in a jovial mood, they left the
night meeting with solemn faces
and refused to publicly discuss the
session aside from the statements
by Chairman Barton and Vice Chair
man Hooper.
The afternoon session was started
with the labor board, which called
the conference, presenting its plans
for settlement of the difficulties.
These were understood to be based
on the public groupj announcement
that the strike could be averted if
the roads reduced rates, temporarily
postponed attempts at further wage
cuts, and the unions accepted the
reduction of 10 per cent cut.
The union president in the con
ference W. G. Lee of the trainmen,
W. S. Carter of the firemen, L. E.
Sheppard of the conductors. Warren
S. Stone of the engineers and T. C.
Cashen of the switchmen, were said
to have told the board that the un
ions "were fighting for their lives,"
and tnat settlement would have to
be one which would do away with
what they termed the "prevalent im
pression among the men that they
were being gypped."
Telegrams to Washington
They found nothing in the labor
board's proposal, it was said, which
would warrant a cancellation of the
strike order, and were quoted as
frankly telling the board that the
strike "could not be postponed," and
that only a settlement would keep
it from taking place as scheduled.
The board after a two and a half
hours' discussion requested that the
conference be adjourned until 7 p.
m., and immediately dispatched tel
agrams to Washington outlining the
discussion.
One union president, after a con
ference of the five chiefs which fol
lowed the board meeting, declared
"two lives are at stake in the pres
ent conferences."
"The labor board, according to re
ports in Washington, is fighting for
its life, and its future depends on
its ability to settle this matter," he
said. "So are we fighting for our
lives, and the future of railroad la
bor depends on our ability to pro
tect our employes."
Prior to the conference with the
brotherhoods the board had sched
uled a hearing with Pennsylvania
railroad representatives on charges
of volation of a board decision re
quiring a new election of shopcrafts
representatives. This case is the first
of its kind to come before the board
and is expected to establish the ex
tent of the board's power in enforc
ing its decisions under the transpor
tation act.
Eleven Unions Wait
The eleven so-called "standard"
unions marked time today awaiting
the outcome of the labor board meet
ing. While a few of their general
chairmen met to discuss strike plans,
the majority crowded the hearing
rooms of the labor board to hear the
case of the Pennsylvania railroad.
Despite the optimism in brother
hood circles. J. M. McGrath, vice
president of the railway employes'
department, American Federation of
Labor (the six federated shop crafts)
before the labor board hearing in the
Pennsylvania case began, declared
that a strike seemed to him to be
certain. The shop craft3 have voted
to strike, but have not issued orders.
Twenty-two railroads have violat
ed labor board decisions, McGrath
said, and the men . are insistent on
walking out.
THE LATEST NOVEL
The most pleasing novel of the year
has been that of Harold Bell Wright
in "Helen of the Old House," which
has been published by the Appleton
company and which is now on sale
at the Journal office at $2.00 each.
Call and secure your copy of one of
the most enjoyable pieces of litera
ture of the present day.
rVour
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in our shop before we would purchase it, and have
found all that is claimed for it before offering it to
the public. Costs no more, but absolutely the best.
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MURDOCK
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Blank Books at the Journal Office.
"It's the Chapest Ihlng I Ever
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"I paid SI .25 for five cakes of Rat-Snap and judg
ing by the large number of dead rats we've picked
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chicks, eggs and feed." Your pels won't touch it.
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FINE NOVELTIES FOR
HALLOWE'EN SEASON
The Hallowe'en season with its nu
merous social gatherings brings to
the host or hostess the problem of
the proper decorations or novelties
for favors on this popular aDd mys
tical holiday season. The Journal
has solved the problem of the dec
orative features of the occasion by
securing one of the finest lines of
Hallowe'en noveltie3 and decorations
that was ever brought to this city.
This line is composed largely of im
ported goods from the German nov
elty market ani is such that will
please everyone in the way of artis
tic as well as unique decorations and
favors. When you desire anything
in the Hallowe'en line call at the
Journal office and look over the
large and splendid line. tf-daw
The late Senator l'hilander C.
Knox, of Pennsylvania, was an able
lawyer, and probably a patriot, in
sofar as he was able to understand
patriotism, but it cannot be contend
ed that the country has suffered a
great loss in his death, which oc
curred last week. He will be known
chiefly to fame as one of t lie wreck
ers who destroyed the plan of world
peace proclaimed by Woodrow Wilson.
Office supplies cf all kinds han
dled at the Journal office.
Satan in the Toils!
It has been said that "a half hitch would hold any
thing, and tvo half hitches would held the devil."
That has nothing on a halter which Mr. A. J. Tool is
making from the bsst of leather and which will hold
the "Old Harry" himself, and they sell only for one
"buck" at the shop or $1.25 elsewhere. Come in and
see this wonderful "headgear."
J. TOOL:
MURDOCK
NEBRASKA
Crib and Granary!
$1 AT F- A A pays or a mate"al wncn 13
' ary. This is a double crib, with
driveway and granary above, with tight bins. This in
cludes the lumber, sand and cement for the same. The
building is 26x28 feet, with good shingle rocf.
pays for double crib, similar to above,
not having granary above, but provid
ing for driveway and crib room on
ich side.
$400.00
(1? 1 O I" A A pays or a se k-ecn2 c"k' caring for
tDlOlKUi! 8ram an at tne same time feeding.
See us for specifications and how the
same is constructed. We have the plans.
Tool,'Nauman & IVJurtoy,
MURDOCK -:- -:- -:- NEBRASKA
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will remedy the evil.
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MURDOCK
NEBRASKA