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MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 1922. PLATTSUOT7TH SEIH-WEEKLY JOUKUAL PAGE TWO ALVO DEPARTMENT Even's Suits Men's Overcoats - : "COME. ON n.tli33)ikfl Eleanor Rosenow was in Lincoln Monday evening. G. P. Kahler has gone to Missouri to vLsit a sick sister. Dr. Li. Muir and family autoed to Milford .e- Year's Day to visit rel atives. Miss Lola Carr and brother, Mar vin, visited briefly with Miss Marie Stroemer last Sunday. Co. Home Agint Ida M. Wilkins will be at the meeting and all ladies are invited to attend. Several Alvoites visited Murdock to view the section of the village de stroyed by fire last week. Mr. and Mrs. John Murtey left Wednesday evening for Los Angeles Cal.. to spend several weeks. Miss Ina Anderson spent several days during vacation with her Aunt Emma Hanson at Greenwood. Mr. and Mrs. Harlem Wolfe re turned to their home at Ashland Tuesday afternoon visiting relatives here. The Ladies Aid society met Wed nesday afternoon with Mrs. "George Curyea there being eleven ladies present. Miss Mildred Brown came down from Omaha Saturday, spending New Years with her sister Mrs. Alfred Stroemer. The Women's Reading club met Thursday afternoon with Mrs. M. C. Keefer. Twenty ladies were in attendance. The Internationa! Feed Grinder AT THE Hardware Company, Alvo -:- -:- Nebr. Come see how it works Lumber, Grain and Coal! j Our prices for grain are always the highest. I own and operate my own elevator. . The highest prices for grain is always paid by the Independent EfcvatoT.T. I; am your friend r - - t - r ; ."JOHN EUaURTEi Yi v ' ALVO - - - - NEBRASKA t WABASH HAPPENINGS L. U. Stanley autoed to Lincoln Tuesday morning. William Thurman is visiting at the home of Frank Reese. Mr. and Mrs. Will Murfin autoed to Lincoln Tuesday morning. Mr. S. A. Jacknian and Mr. L. R. Stanley put up ice last week. Jerry Mcllugh was in town Wed nesday. Fie saw his brother Ed off on the train. Aphie Sala spent Friday and Sat urday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. II. II. Gerbeling. Klla and Orval Gerbeling spent Thursday evening at the home of Rev. and Mrs. Sala of Elmwood. Mrs. Clara Telms returned home from Avoca Saturday evening where she has been visiting the past week. Mr. Emil Bauers is spending this week with his uncle and aunt and family. Mr. and Mrs. II. P. Denning. A number from here attended the box social in Murdock Friday eve ning. A jolly good time was for all. Mr. and Mrs. II. II. Gerbeling au toed to Weeping Water Friday morn ing to have tome dental work done. Rula Jackman spent Friday and Saturday with her Uncle and Aunt and family Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Gib son of Weeping Water. Satisfaction and Service Guaranteed if You Bring Your .'earn, Eggs, Poultry and Hides -TO- PERCY JL FIELD, located in the old laundry building, opposite Cloidt Lumber Yard. Phone us or call be fore going elsewhere. Phone Tica Marin fitrnpmpr returned to Gothenburg Monday after spending the holidays with her mother, Mrs. I J. H. Stroemer. . Carl Grant has returned to his home at Chicago after spending six weeks wit hrelatives here and at Clay Center, Kansas. Mrs. Margaret Wolfe has returned from Greenwood where she spent sev eral weeks with her daughter, Mrs. Mary Dummitt and family. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Prouty and Mr. and Mrs. Sam Cashner spent Fri day in Lincoln with their cousin, Mrs. Cora Bennett and family. About twenty ladies will be need ed at the church basement next Thursday afternoon January 12th, to help make the three dress forms which will be made that day. Miss Alta Linch left Sunday eve ning for University Place to visit her brother. Prof. Verl Linch and wife, until Monday when she would return to Beatrice where she teaches. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson moved into their new home early in December. Ivon Baker returned to his home at Bennett Sunday afer spending a week with his aunt Mrs. S. K. John son and other relatives. The trustees of the Methodist church and their wives and hus bands met at the church basement Thursday evening and enpoyed a pic nic supper after which the regular business session was held. There were 33 present. Last Friday ni.;ht Mr. and Mrs. S. K. Johnson held a house warm ing reception for friends and rela tives about seventy being present. An oyster supper was served at 12 o'clock. Several of the guests were from Bennett. Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Appleman en tertained Saturday night at 6 o' clock dinner in honor of her mother, Mrs. H. A. Bailey. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Bailey and son, Kenneth, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Jordan, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Clapp. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Campbell and daughter, Grace, of Rokeby came In Friday visiting : their sister, Mrs. Prouty and family until Saturday evening when they, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Prouty and sister, Mrs. Joe Armstrong, went to Greenwood and spent New Years with their mother Mrs. A. Hurlbut. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Poole spent Saturday afternoon at the home of Mr. Poole's brother and family, Mf. and Mrs. Albert Poole. Floyd and Clara Gerbeling and Miss Armstrong spent Wednesday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. II. II. Gerbeling and family. Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Denning and family, Mr. Emil Bauers took din ner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Al bert Dehning and family. Mrs. L. B. Wolcott, Mrs.' Hitch man, Mrs. Clark and Mrs. H. B. Wol- cott spent Wednesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Poole. Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Jackman and family, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Jackman and familv attended the funeral of their neke, Mrs. Goichie at Louis ville. William, Harry and Meta Dehn ing. J. D. Ella and Orval Gedbeling autoed to near Greenwood Saturday evening to a farewell party for Mr. and Mrs. Gust Baurers. Mr. and Mrs. Lock of Minneapo lis, Minn., are visiting with Mrs. Locke's grandfather, Mr. H. H. Squires, also Mrs. Locke's aunt and family, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Syl vester. Absolute merit and merit alone 13 responsible for Tanlac's phenomenal and unprecedented success. F. G Fricke & Co. Lost anything fontia anything Try a Journal ad. "They satisfy." $7$ 14 $21 The first two lots are mostly iasi iwo iocs emDrace neany every size and ftf? kind. Boy's Knicker Suit our entire stock at just two prices, $5 and $10 and it started with a Bang! People are interested in such prices as we announced in our first ad. If you haven't read that ad, get it and read it. We haven't room in any one ad to list all the items. Be assured this is an event of superlative value giving. Such low prices haven't been known in years. Buy when the market is down that time is right now! Ladies Wool Sweaters-choice of House $6.45 Special Low Prices on Ladies' Coats! ilea's dress shirts $"!." 9 Men's big collar sweaters $1.C5 Men's OD army flannel shirts$3.C5 Men's heavy bib overalls $1.C9 Men's work shirts, all sizes D5c 3BE2EX135S2 SHIPS THAT PASS - IN THE NIGHT (Continued from Page 1.) be moved anywhere and with it the farmer can mill direct from stack, place the product in bags or elevate it into lofts, bins or silos ready for use as needed, thereby saving not only a' great amount' of room, but the subsequent labor of rehandling same, as when material id : reduced by our process it' can be' conveyed from' tiinV direct - to -feeOrng troughs or to se4f-feedeF8 iAvhielt."a.Te fne for hogs, eliminating all. waste.?: It: ia clear that when rough material is fed there is great waste arid .in addi tion it is shown by tests that the physical effort required by an. ani mal in converting its jaws into an alfalfa milL . will consume so much of the food constituent in the ma terial that the animal will find it difficult to gain a surplus beyond that to replace its own tissues. This is especially true where animals are allowed to roam in search of food, which they can never obtain in the proper balance required for the best gain. The quality and texture of our product has been pronounced by experts to be the finest ever seen on the market, also the highest in food value, our Lincoln university tests showing a protein content of 14.6 in our milled alfalfa, while most all other makes run about 10 to 12. This high analysis is due to our ef ficient machinery, our methods of milling and screening and to the fact that we mill raw stuff at the source, and also to the high protein value of the alfalfa grown on our lime soils abundant in the river hills. Now what is more important for the purpose of this article is this: All this machinery is being built by home labor in our shop and. manu facturing plant located . here in Plattsmouth, right across the street from the mill, and this was the reason why the mill was built in Plattsmouth and erected where it now stands, any have guessed that the proposition would be a failure on the assumption that no alfalfa could be secured around here, and to those it may be of interest for us to say that we have never considered it to be of material importance to our idea whether the Plattsmouth mill manufactured alfalfa meal immedi ately or not. because the mill was erected primarily to develop our pat ent forage milling system and to be hand' to the parent shop, upon whose success it depends, because this is the shop out of which the mill gets its foundation. It is not important to our proposi tion whether the mill here mills com mercially or 'not. All we want i3 to use it for demonstrating its possi bilities visually to those who do want it. We are aware that there are other locations where hay is properly abundant and these are the places where we expect to erect mills or tarts of mills. This is the business that will permit us to enlarge our present shop here and probably work at lea3t 100 skilled men. But. we will state, as against the idea that there is not enough alfalfa grown here, we are surprised our selves to know that the situation is more favorable than supposed, and all farmers are greatly disposed to increase acreage as soon as the mar ket is provided, and this event will be solved as soon as we can complete the mill. Also, it is well known that alfalfa is the greatest soil builder and no modern farmer can do himself or his land justice without growing it, as in fact it is the most profitable crop he can raise, even at $10 per ton, to tay nothing of the increased pro ductivity of the soil due to its being i Ak. a u w. v n m .a: rt u w m is. n small sizes. The l&Xi&Tc any C. E. Wescott's "1CV ICK'V I tOI J-S't-. S- T O W IS 5H33S23SjBEI 1 grown, but like everything else in jia.ming thtre L- juright way and a vrong way to do everything, j Now what maiters in the commun ! r.y is this: Our machinery is made Plattsmouth, we employ only the l est grade of expert mechanics, some i of whom have bf-e-n with us for twen- ty-five .years. We have at our com 'r.iand the best equipped manufactur- ia? plant of its size in the country. When we removed here from Om icha we brought a number of high irade mechanics with their families, fllr.o from other jilrtces, even from Tiu vmie, Iowa. V.'e: have been here jr. bout five years ('eveloping our prop K'Fftion. advert is-ini'the town and our jv'ork In national "Tnediums of circu lation, disbursing ht times one thous and dollars per week, which money i is derived from outside sources en tirely. Our purpose here is one of 'uplift for the community; we are j devoted solely to the advancement of j community interests; we do not op erate our plant for personal profit, 'but all such profit has been expended ia plant betterment and the acquir- ing of property necessary to receive i the- expansion of our legitimate busi i i-oss. We have asked nothing in the ' way of a bonus from the citizens, but ihave purchased at good prices every i thing we have here. On the other 1 hand we could have obtained much ! material assistance from other places. We now have nearly two acres i rear trackage which we think is an ; ideal place for a modern factory and -fine in which we can easily supply work for more than 100 men. but lowing to the war and other condi tions over which we had no control, wo have been unable to secure the recessary finances. .which would prob ably involve at least a half million IdoHirs, to he expended in buildings j raid departments, including a compe tent sales organization behind our manufacturing facilities. It is easy to. comprehend what this would mean ! to our city not only an important j potential in itself, but would encour age other factories who depend In a measure on us for certain supplies. Twice we have attempted to asso ciate ourselves with organizations with this laudabie purpose in view, but in each attempt difficulties have been encountered by growing depres sions of war and. after-war condition?-,, but we all know that these con ditions are but transitory and the I pendulum will soon swing the other way. ore than two hundred years r.lone will be required to build up the western empire without consid ering any of the world-wide require ments. Is there anything more im portant or reliable than the making of those implements necessary for the conservation of food, such as we make? These requirements are ever recurrent and are of interest where ever agriculture exists. With our limited capital we have necessarily been compelled to work slowly, even at times thought we should have quit entirely, but hope rising from . merit springs- eternal and cannot b subdued. We build slowly but surely. Our present mill building here was con structed especially with reference to our requirements in order to demon rtrate our perfect machines, system and inventions relative to the busi ness. The mills may be made smaller or larger depending on the require inentseven to single machines. Sub stantial progress has been made, much of which of course the public has no means of observing, but which, relating to factors of vital import ance to the industry, we think will revolutionize the feed stuffs prob lem and transportation of same. W have made discoveries of great importance in the proposition and on which patents are pending. Encouragement has been received from all sources, railways included, as well as from government experts, which confirm the value of our work. MP 11 . ... $ eairannce Mas Started I' Already important buyers in New York City, New Orleans, Memphis, St. Louis, Kansas City and elsewhere have signified a desire to handle our entire output of milled alfalfa as manufactured by our process, this situation being due to the fact that no product has ever been on the market to equal it. Now, folks, the real important thing for all concerned is to get our mill complete and fully equipped, in order that we may mill to full ca pacity, which would be from twenty to forty tons per day here and by doing fo demonstrate to prospective customers the actual value of the units involved. With this object in view' we are ex pending the combined force of our capable employees, our present ma chine shop, as well as our entire cap ital and credit. We have no fear in these respects because we know the value of the end sought. More than fifty thousand dollars has already been expended in bring ing the present mill forward. The amount of development work we have already done could not be duplicated elsewhere for twice the amount. In fact several of us have worked un ceasingly without any charge what ever. Now as strange as it may seem we will yet require the sum of forty three thousand dollars to complete our new models of machinery, pat ents and necessary mill furnishings and at least another season 'will be required to complete same. Every thing has a beginning and such are necessarily expensive, but less so in this instance than elsewhere because we work efficiently and do all our own work practically on the premises. It is a proposition that obviously could not be developed anywhere else nor under any other circumstances because all factors are favorable. , Our next mill would not cost one third as much because all factors are at hand and everything reduced to a manufacturing basis. A3 everyone knows, there is a large difference be tween making things and manufac turing them, for the first ones must be made under careful evolution and expert observation. Many millions were expended in bringing the pres ent Ford car into daylight, while the present low cost of construction is one of the marvels of the century. The above allusion is made to make clear the idea that when our mills are ready to offer on the market the prices will be such as will meet all competition even in inferior mills. A number of patents will be in volved in the proposition the worth of which we estimate at a low value of $200,000 not including the present mill property, building and equip ment already installed. Now how shall we raise this very necessary forty-three thousand dol lars? We have no stock for sale, nor will we lay any plans for further capitalizing the proposition, at least until after our present mill is com plete and in demonstrable shape. Our first incentive would be to ask for a loan for the amount, repayable in a term of years, covered by mort gage security. Our second incentive would be to sell one-third of our mill proposition to one or a group of individuals, said mill delivered complete in all units and patents fully protected, for the sum of $43,000. We would prefer to sell one indi vidual, who could handle or learn to handle the sales of milled alfalfa and mills. A fine office at the mill now awaits such a party where his executive ability would be of great value. There will be no salaries paid during 1922 at least no inducement is held out. Here is a chance for some young man to associate himself with a fine commercial proposition, where he can learn all the engineer ing features couuecled with the busi ness. The possibilities in eltrer de partment are almost without limit. 7 $14 1 . i J. T&JA tl. i r -.Zyl. w a lie cnu ui uur yours. You need Boy's Overcoats our entire stock at just two prices, $5 and $10 Sons " We can cite several instances in which we have given j-oung men a start in other propositions in which ve have been identified, that has re sulted in their becoming owners of factories and other properties as well as a power in. the commercial world. A similar situation is held out in the present proposition, but of far more reaching importance than anything we have heretofore been connected with, and one in which we ourselves intend to devote our entire energies. As for ourselves, we have expend ed thousands in the community and would ask no one to assume any . risk that we ourselves would not take. As a whole, we do not believe there can be any question as to our ability or sincerity in the premises. We only ask our neighbors to add a small por tion as against what we have and are willing to expend, all for the open ing of opportunities and the upbuild ing of our home town and making Plattsmouth a better town in which to live. We know of wealthy people who are investing in hazardous enter prises out of the town in which they call home, and which have no po tential value in the uplift of the city, nor do such investments employ our idle men or develop the community in any way or assist in paying our taxes. Many of our excellent young men are compelled to go far away to seek employment far from home and friends. Willing as these wealthy people are to share in the prosperity of all improvements, they are loath to help in any way on the founda tion work involved and necessary for legitimate industry. That we are already here is un fortunate for us, because if we were not, it is probable that a large bonus would be arranged for to get us here. We believe Plattsmouth has already received benefit from our activities, as we have worked for expansion and improvement at all times with our other active citizens. Many who are well able to assist do not take into consideration that some one must carry on, laying the foundations from which future acti vities must spring. We can only reap what we sow. The backbone of every live town lies in its small and large industries as well as the far sightedness of its business men. Old capital must sup ply new leaven, else activities shrink back to earth again. Again many do not know the exact character of our w:ork nor that our work relates to fundamental crea tions in metal tools and machinery. which we generate out of nothing wiuvii exisieu oeiore, ana from which evolve other subsiderary industries! Ours is an only institution which can create and make itself and all other machinery connected with other in dustries ana upon our class of activ ity iney must depend for renewals As an instance of the product of our activities may be mentioned the very alfalfa mill which is now un der discussion. This is a fair sample " vau upring irom our work the mill referred to not only being a foreign industry itself, but the units which constitute its ability to make a commodity of commercial value within itself, but of course could not rebuild itself. This situation further emphasizes the alue of our factory which is intended to be behind all mills made by us, and to supply the after service which all such machin ery during its lifetime requires Thus happily we can create ' and bring to life whole industries, and even from them other industries may spring, especially in favorable at mosphere and receptive soil Other industries which we have al ready mentioned as having been di veloped and sold to othefs b Ls miaalizne0t.SHUffiCie,nt Capital to?! me(.ialize them, have nevertheless been successful and now employ not hundreds but thousands of well ,aid $21 $28 iU uon:nn;nrT nf scasuu ia mc uc(,uiiu6 w a new overcoat. Get it Boys winter knit caps 25c Boys' big collar sweaters $1.95 Boys' leather mittens- 45c Boys' union suits 95c Boys' blue overalls, to size 2 95c employes., ; . : We dwell at length on the signifi cant value of our primary industry here as an important factor already in our rnidrt. capable of great uplift to the community, but even after all, independent as we are, we cannot manufacture money without a gov ernment permit, and as we have no hopes of such concessions, all we can do is, to get help to make, the things that can be exchanged fcr that jcom1 modify which, however desirable and useful, cannot measure up to truth and integrity, nor, cause - the species of satisfaction which comes from helping others ti help themselves. ; Many do not have the patience to recall, that cne thing bdlMs auQttffcx. whether it ;be for. . good orof evift For instance a number '6f people have complained; to 'us that ' the Chopp!e g&s engine works was a failure. We knnw riifTprpnt hpransn w built mi the foundation left by Mr. Choppic, adding an equipment valued at ?30,- 000 or more.- We have disbursed , fifty times the amount of the original investment in it, besides expending many hundred dollars advertising the town in meaiums naving a worm wide circulation and with results, which our mail will show, even from far away Australia, New Zealand and war torn Europe. All are interested in us! Why? Because we supply them with desirable commodities, which in many instances cannot be duplicated elsewhere on the planet. Now, folks, we have bit off a big chunk here on the milling proposi tion which taken in connection with our machine shop requirements, makes the grde mighty hard to climb. We cannot make tt ht;,i0,i- Jnor do we think we ought to. No maud ii uue nas it goiu mine, cap-" ital must be provided for the neces sary machinery to excavate it. Sound men and money are required in ev ery enterprise. We are essentially engineers makers of efficient ma chinery, layers of control situations in commercial enterprises. We need the assistance of salesmanship; we. can even direct others in this euc cesEfully, but others we must have We realize, too, that going on any scale is hard at this time. The fi nancial situation is entirely in the buyers' hands. At the same time we know that there is just as much mon ey as there ever was and those who have it are eniovine- their i,,nin present. But the pendulum swings it has to; then comes the regrets of those who might have been ?'s?rvfations are not offered vith intent to injure the sensibilities of any one, but we believe the state ments in substance are essential and of importance to the community at this ,me. In any event if our wants onlv h?!"6 not,kno. we should only blame ourselves if we can get no further in the community- nor ?e;enn iGVe any apolsy ! due ?; thii Bitua tlnn?rthy CaU8e 111 makin who at tV,i D knWn to flnancial men ital nr Ume have uninvested cap- a In tt haVe invested CP iiai in far nwntr r f i . . . irwif;ira,Linter-ts better were We are sole owners of the nron- w i'rw6 fT,a Sma11 incumberance which we will tako t Jiff "hS1 -oWerV,80CtT- Sh???6'".0" are Wt"led only by the ability ct the mm behind it It Davs t.n invndi 4- XL? anTwe from : lOTK nd. criticism. of expansion; we remaient PlaDS - L. C. SHARPf'o 0RAGE EXT'NS'N MILLS, ot Incorporated. '