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-:f . ... ) MONDAY, MARCH Vl923,y PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE TWO ! t f- J f . I t j i ; f ' O v Picture of a man trying to dope out his income tax? "We-can't help you much with your income tx; biit we can help you lessen the tax on your income by saving you $5 to $10 on a "suit or overcoat. If you're perplexed, about - the clothes question, 'ON THE FORD TO DEVELOP 'OWER "IN-NORTH Given the Right to Show What He Can Do vith Government Dam Between Twin Cities. Wa.-hingtcn. March 2. The ap plication of the Ford Motor company for the right to develop power at the government high dam between St. I'aul and 'Minneapolis was granted to day by the federal power commission. The grant will.be offered to the Ford company . with certain reservations. No announcement, however, was made as to the nature of the reserva tion?. L'nder the terms of the award, the Ford company has four months in which to submit to the commission detailed plans for its project and a statement as to what disposition would be made of surplus power. In expressing approval today of the Ford pln. representatives of the twin citie-i claimed the rights to use 'ny surplus power developed by the i er l co:r.pny. I're-i.'.or.t CofTmnn. of the Univer sity of Minnesota, also claimed pow er rcecrvutiors for that institution and coun.-el for the Northern States Power company demanded at the hearing that the grantee be directed to turu over to it the surplus power. The Ford company, the commiswon was ;old. will erect a-plant on a 167 acre tract, already purchased, for the assejnWy and manufacture of parts and- other articles. Representatives declared the plant would be worked on a twenty-four hour basis and that there would be little surplus power. w o J-!-o Warm Day Like Today Means EES We're in Cur flew Location slow with more room and a larger stock then ever, with prices that are below bedrock. - Everything in Paint, Oils, Varnishes, Win dow Glass, Windshield Qlass, Picture Framing, &c. WALL PAPER & PAINT STORE Main Street Next to WurlV "GET THE HABIT" let" us take your case escott's Sons CORNER1 A-', .- if SUFFER FEOM BUKGLAKY b'ntiA "Wednesday's DUy. ' " Mr."and Mrs.' Rusirlarr: dnd family. of Omaha were here Sunday to spend th; day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Fricke, parents of Mrs. Harris, and on their return home dis covered that their residence at 3541 Woolworth avenue had been the ob Joct of a visit from burglars and had been given a thorough cleaning of all valuables. including some $500 worth ,of silverware, jewelry and wearing apparcJ..The silver included many of the handsome wedding gifts of Mr. and Mrs. Harris andj Ihis makes the loas doubly heavy aside from the financial value of the prop erty. So far there has been no trace found of the mibsing articles or the parties taking them. Crepe paper with appropriate de signs for St. Patrick's day, place cards and favors of all kinds are at the Journal stationery department awaiting your inspection. If plan ning any social gatherings do not fail to look over this line. MRS. T. C. M'CARTY Hemstitching and Picot Edging. N. 4th St., Plattsmouth PHONE 100-J 4 V4"i i MISSIONARY FROM AFRICA WRITES HOMI REV. GEORGE C. REED, 20 YEARS I t rTn Tins tttc nv TTTQ in ax vy ivii - . WORK THERE. ' . The Rev. George C. Ileetl, wno some twenty years ago was sent from his home at Weeping Water to the pie for they fear we may have come foreign missionary field by the Meth- to demand laborers, or taxes or re odist board of . missions, writes to cruits for the army, or on some other friends here in Plattsmouth from Bamako French West Africa, a very interesting letter of the experiences and conditions there: "It has been impressed upon me that our bhzness. our self - sufficiency - !and wilfulness rob us of blessing and people are relieved of their fearsWe cinct was in the city yesterday after i help from God more than perhaps talk a good while in the evening, noon for a few hours looking after anytfting else. We have neitner tue trustfulness nor the sense of need that are the conditions of spiritual strength. 'On December 4 Mr. Hadley an-1 I 'returned from a twenty days' trip j itinerating among the Bambara vil- lages north of Bamako. On this trip j we went north almost one hundred and thirty miles, turned westward j about twenty or thirty miles and jcame home by a different route. We preached in thirty-five different vil- ! laces and had about 2.300 in our au- If'fencos. In many of the villages we 1 preached twtce, afternoon and even- ling, and in such cases we include in tmr count onlv the ereater number inrt nnt the number in both meet- : ings. Neither did we count children, and hands and profess to be God's State bank was here today for a few i The rooms were beautifully deco i "For about one hundred miles of people, while their hearts and their" hours looking after some matters of rated with potted plants and cut the outward trip we had a pretty good road, but after that we went n--em notivo natho 0:ir omiinment " . - ....... - - - - - - . consisted of two bicycles each, one riddeu by each of us and the other our boys. Fode and Demba. two by Rich bicycle carried a load of twen- ty or twenty-hve pound-. Or course we went w tnout mucn oaggage. u e used bamocks for' beds, carried a cou- pie of blankets apiece, a change o! tires 'for foodV except ing a little su gar and cocoa. We 'put up' in the large hut with two doors 'that forms "th- trance-. tn nany native com pbirnds, and which makes a rary com fortable" lodging place, altho it is built f mud throughout. "In previous letters I have men- tioned something about " the "Toads' one finds here -but as others 'may see this,4cttcr it piay be well to say that such roads are only pathJ-foot-'paths eight or ten inches wide, that wind in ana oui.yet go in a pretty strargnt general direction-unless detours' are maue to avoid hills. In many places the path is smoothand makes a .good , roatT for v aT bicycle, though , at .the I present time th -"-grass, .is; oXtenJ vcrv' 1 ha medan's, , , : . ' . , t deyse:antl 'X'ery-Tiiglion'DcitTriSIcles of "We have'bccTr glad to" 'see' how j the narrow path, so that frequently ' many women"' we have had in our eve ; one can- scarcely see the path, and j ning audiences. The most of them pay sometimes one can see no more than ; little attention, but sometimes I have .a yard ahead of him. In such cases, ! seen attentive faces among them. It w-here there are termite ant hills, or t-would be a glorious thing if into the i stones, ruts or stumps in the way, -dark, loveless and evil lives of these 'one gets a good many fall3. In other J unor women the light of grace might j places there was sand, and we had shine. ! some weary walks pushing our load- "Shortly before we started out on ed wheels through the sand under a j this trip.' Fode was obliged, with the j hot sun. On several eections of the rest of the native young men. to re journey there "were had hills which 1 gister for military service. While we j vere covered with large stones thick-j v. ere out the call came to present ly strewn over the ground so that one .themselves at Ba'mako for the draw i had to pull and lift the bicycles along ing of names and examination. As his or tug them out of deep gullies father seemeJ to desire that he be where the streams flow in the rainy put into the service, we were appre , season. Our last day out, that, is, the j hensive lest some device - might be i day We returned, was the worst. We used to do this. His father started j wers much pressed to get in to Bam-' out to find us and followed us almost : ako as we had learned that Fode had 'all the way of our winding journey, been summoned for examination for'tonihig upon us only about 50 kilo j military service and if not present Meters from Bamako on our return, j when his name was called would be It had been a matter of much prayer subject to severe punishment. There-'and fore we came about 35 miles, of which ten were over very bad roads, indeed. Throughout the entire trip we had not had a single puncture of a tire, but on that day we "had to change four tires, and were nine hours on the way. "But in spite of the bad roads one meets a part of the way. the burycle i is the best means of itinerating, for and. the former prevailed, to our over much of the way we can go so great satisfaction, and Fode was put I fast and with so much less fatigue in the second c lass which means that j than walking, that we can reach he will not be called to the colors , moro places and feel better able to ' except in case of war or general mo i preach- j bilization. so he i3 practically free, ! "We have found in the section vis- and can so with us wherever we go. ,itcd that the religion of Mohammed "Demba seems to believe but is lias made almost no adherents, al- though contact with Moslems has materially affected both the lan - guage and the ideas of the people. iThey know something about the one ;God, heaven, hell, or at least a para- Idise nml a nbm rr n.iniT,m- Q-,i I thinH have less zeal in their fetish i to' ma become a preacher. Demba i worship than -people who have never roarls Bambara fluently and is learn-Uom- in contact with Moslems. As a "? ? eood deal of French and is a l matter of fact, the najran, S(om fn some ways to have more moral light jthan the Moslems, for the former dis-j "The District of Bamako, which is Ipute with the latter sometimes and our especial field, is nearly two hMn jsay that their religion is in vain be- . drerl miles each way, but irregular in cause they talk about God and claim hape. The thirty-five villages we vis to follow His way but go on in wick- j ited form only a very small section of eciness as bad or worse than that of others. "At Kolokani, one of . the largest towns viistcd. there is a Frtnch com mandant and his assistant, who re ceived and entertained us very cor dially the two days we were there. "Our general plan was to start on the day's journey as early as we could in the morning, usually short ly after seven o'clock at this season of the year and go direct to the town we planned to pass the night in, stop ping in the intervening villages only lor a few n-.lr.nt. no t people are harvesting the grain and only a few to be-found in the vil-1 lages. However, we often had audi-i ences of twenty or thirty1 in such : places. Arriving at -our destination for the day, we find a suitable hut. j put -up our hammocks, ask for some ' milk, boil it and eat our breakfast i of Soudanese grape' nuts meal steamed and dried, in the meantime talking to . kucIi persons as may have sr:t there'll. That flr?'f w lull ii village chief our errrfnd and ask that in the afternoon those in the village ! be called together to hear our words ; about God's book and God's Savior i for men, and that in the eveninsr. I v.'hcn the people have come in from 4 : their v.:ork and have finished their From Thursdays Daily. 'supper we wish all men, women and Adam Fornoff, of near Cedar Creek ! children to gather in the open place was here today for a few hours look under the tree that all may hear, ing after some trading with the mer Thon we read, study, teach our boys, chants. , repair our bicyejos or whatever has. prank Vallery, the rustling Cass ,to be done. Our second and last meal ,mintv real t-to riobr i- n. l'" Zt tttaiT 1 . . . V ' regular ming is icDicKen aim more grape nuts or else more milk and grape nuts. When we I first begin to talk there is very of- ten pernaps usually a somewhat anx- ious look upon the faces of the peo unwelcome errand, but as we pro- cccd, telling what God has said about them and us. His love and His'provi- ; sion for our groat need, there Is quite Commonly hearty assent and by the' . time the first a.Idress is over, the commonly i introduce the subject, often reminding them that God has created men that lie might love them 'and they worship and serve Him and do good to one another, but that all have failed to do this, while lie has continued to do good and to love us; that Li spite of our sins lie sent His Kon. to declare His character and to rave us indeed because of our sins He did it, and then recount a brief outline of the life, works, death and resurrection of the Savior, and Ills Ascension. Mr. Hadley commonly follows with some suitable discourse. often telling how satan has deceived i-jcn, leading some to worship fet- islics. which can do no c-ood. nnrl others to nrav ami wash their Wt lives are only evil. He states again tiis facts of the gospel and the re - 110w.nl nf hnnrt nnrl 1if llmt s.r.,v. - - . . - - ------ - .... v. ...v. v with Gods way of pardon, and then warns them plainly of the inability of Mohammed or the Moslems to help Vtcm I often do the same in my part of the dncourse. Then at least once n me uay . oae.proao lies. He Has not become groat preacner yei, out i'e:ton train for Omaha, where he was a terse and clear way of putting atne viewpoint and the native uiuui hi nun Mar. a, liawvc to a native. " He lias considerable .ii.ifue i.i .!iv),nnai n uiu as re- gards the fundamental ideas of re demption, and I have often' felt that his words were more effective than our own'. Thus far he is humble and does not seem to think that he is do- ing something grat in'preach jng, as native preachers perhaps are apt to do. Our evening meetings usually last j threerQuarters of aai hour ; or fifty j minutes, tsoxneuaies tije people, nave called" fox more,' and. sometimes also ' considerable discussion takes, place ar.:ong some of .them after we. are through, chiefly . regarding the , Mo- Fode especially had committed it to God with calmness and confi dence, aithough he was greatly averse to service. On Wednesday morning his name was drawn among others, and for the last man required to fill the quota from hia village ho and another were taken. One of the examiners desired to retain him, the ' other desired to retain the other boy. i u ' 1 1 'ct want to Preach. He knows the Fm,la language as well as Bambara 'aml another native language and we nray hcart may become, set- tled amI l!T13 mind wholly turned Jo God and that, if it please Cod, he, nrignier lau uian.i oue, uut pernaps not so stable. it. I judge there may be at least one thousand villages. At any rate, the population of the district is 250,000. So you can see our need is very great. I believe that if there might be a widespread and earnest preaching among the villages toward the north the spread of Mohamedanism there might, bo checked. Pray that we may have more helpers. "Our minds are considerably occu pied with the matter of the erection of a suitable mission home at Bam ako, prooaoiy a three room cottage .buiit alter tne style prevalent Here with a wlde veianla and thi3 maV 1,inder our itineratriig thls vear but we seem to aeed u and have bee" asklng the Lord to provide us with "ITay for us in all these matters, ours 7rnBinfeTtLlZn OLa c- litL-u- ' Mrs. II. G. McClusky returned from a' week's visit with friends at Laurel. Nebraska. She". found many friom's in hrr fornn-r home town and was royally enterihined during her short visit.- LOCAL NEWS fha today f?f a f,hours attending tQ SOme matters or business. George M. Ilild was a passenger this morning for Omaha where he goes to secure a new Essex car to be turned over to Attorney D. O. Dwyer, the purchaser. James McKinncy and wife departed this afternoon for Omaha, where they were caiieu Dy tne serious illness o their daughter, Mrs. Marshall, who has been fluite sick for tlle past.few were called by the serious illness of UJS- 13. W. Foster, one of the old and prominent residents of Liberty pre- some matters at tne court nouse anu despite his eighty-nine years is very active and gets around with. as much agility as a man much younger. John F. Wolff took a number of the residents of this city to Omaha last evening, where they attended the auto show' and the gentlemen of the party the "frolic" which was pro- vided for the entertainment of the dealers and their masculine friends, Those in the party were Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Duxbury, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lugsch, Mr. and Mrs. C. It. MurDhv. John P. Sattler and Everett Noble. From Fridays tmiiy ; W. G. Docdeker of the Murray business.' : Louis Keil was among those going t, n, ,v,,. ---;Q 4i, ;,w,. ...ho.ro 1 1 111 ii:rii uuiiD Linn ui yj i. uuigi "iitio he will visit for a few hours attend- ing to some matters of business in , that city. ' . Glenn I'errj' came in this morning from his farm home south of. the city ; 8nd departed on the early Burling- called to look after some matters of I I Max pf)tznlc.yerf of near Imperial, whf) hag been here visiting With Hen- nut ,.- r and'with a number of his old friends, departed this morning for his home 'The guests who enjoyed the Country in the west part of the state. jman hospitality, were Mesdames Em- ?Irs. C. E. Sanderson, of Missoula, jnia Barry, H. B. Wolcott, K. D. Montana,, who has been visiting in; Clark. Cowles, A. Corbet, Amelia Chicago and Xew York, as. well as.Clizbe and W. H. Lyman. ; points in Missouri, arrived here last; The afternoon was spent in visit- evening to visit with her son. J. E. Sanderson and family for a short time before continuing her journey to the west. ASKS TO SELL HEAL ESTATE. Petition was filed In he" district court today by Dfv Is." D7 Talcott. of Greenwood, guardian of Sena James, incompetent, in which the petition er asks for order of the court to per mit the selling of real estate in Greenwood to defray the expenses of the care of the said Sena James. Charle3 E. Martin of this city ap pears as attorney in the action for the petitioner. EVER -WATCHFUL A Little Care Jow May Save Many Plattsmouth. Readers from Future Trouble. Watch the kidney secretions: See that they have the amber hue of health; The discharge not excessive or in- frequent; Contain no "brick-dust like" sedi-;, racnt. . - Doan's Kidney Pills are especially for weak kidneys. Let a Plattsmouth citizen tell you rhow they work. E. M. Buttery. Tenth and Walnut streets, says: "A pain caught me through my hips so that I could hardly raise a shovel of coal. There was at times a lameness across my loins. I had reason to believe that these troubles were caused from a disordered condition of. the kidneys and hearing Doan's Kidney Pills spoken of. I got some. They gave me quick relief, which warrants me in speaking of the 'remedy in the most favorable terms." Mr. Buttery gave the above state ment June 11, 1906, and on May 12, i 1920, he added: "My cure is a per-! manent one and I still think Doan's Kidney Pills are fine and I am glad to recommend them to others." Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney .remedy get Doan's Kidney Pills the same that Mr. Buttery had. Foster-Milburn Co., Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y. A Good Thing Don't. Miss It Send your name and address plain ly written together with 5 cents (and this slip) to Chamberlain Medicine Co., Des Moines, Iowa, and receive in return a trial package containing Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for coughs, colds, croup, bronchial "flu" and whooping coughs and tickling throat; Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets for stomach trouble, indigestion, gassy pains that crowd the heart, biliousness and constipa tion; Chamberlain's Salve, needed in every family for burns, scalds, wounds, piles and skin affections; these valued family medicines for only C cents. Don't miss it. Wey rich & Hadraba. jl-3m. THE MARCH BED BOOK They are here at the Journal sta tionery department and ready for the reading public. Call for the Red Book early. Also the new Argosy, American and all the current motion picture magazines at the Journal. . Books for, every member of the family at the Journal office. m Tmi Mil , "THERE ARE NONE BETTER!" Tropartic Oil for Cars and Tractors th very best! General Auto Repairing that is worth while. The Also aragei ARTHUR 0IHGE3, Proprietor Alvo, CELEBRATES HER 83RD BIRTHDAY AN NIVERSARY FEB. 22 Mrs. Charles Countryman, a Well Known Resident of Cass Coun ty Observes Occasion. On Tuesday, February 22nd, Mr3. Countryman passed her 83rd mile stone, and as has been the custom for a number of years, the children gave a dinner in honor of the occa sion. This year, on account of the 'sickness of Miss Carrie Countryman, the guests were invited to the Metho dist parsonage, where Mrs. Rose, as sisted by her daughter, Miss Lulu Mae, served the dinner jiiowers. a ne p.ace cams were o.iuiy hatchets of red. white and blue, giv- ln? ID attractive tOUCQ OI COlOr ana . . , . . . . . urn inf inouS"1 10 me. vainer 01 ?ur Country whose memor jAinencan delights to honor. memory every Thfl flantrhtpr Mrs Klizahpth Tur- npp who livp- ln s-ilpnectadv. N. Y.. j sent favors wrapped In tissue paper. and each .ucBt was asked to oGr'ori 1, - . oil iu4 aiia.ucu. Pretty colored Martha Washington ! supposed to wear them while sitting at the banquet board. -.. The children presented their moth- er with a large bouquet of red roses. ! in and living over "other days. when they were young and the coun try was new. ; Hearty congratulations were et tended" to the guest of honor - u po ller long, useful and happy life, 'and wishes for her health and happiness. Weeping Water Republican. AN APPRECIATION We take thi3 means of thanking . tlic neighbors and friends that call ed and assisted us, in the hours of sickness and wish them the same kindly treatment should they be af flicted. Mr. and Mrs. II. M. Wilcox. When your letterheads, envelopes, statements or other printed forms be gin. to.run low, call us up. We will have more ready for you promptly. 35 years Experience Office Coates Block t jv DR. G. A. MARSHALL Dentist Jim Spring is Soon Here! Grass and Clover Seeding can now be done. Better see us for your seeds, we have all kinds, among which is White Sweet Clover seeds. Clover Seed at 14c per pound or $14.00 per hundred pounds Get ready for Spring! Harness oiled $1.00 per $et. Ccatman Hardware Co. Alvo, SPECIAL CASH PRICES ON v acuum $4.0! SS.Oi for for GENUINE RADIOTRONS Regular Prices $5.00 and $6.50 Tbese Prices subject to withdrawal without notice. Weyrich & Tite mi Nebraska ?; CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY From -Wednesday's Dally. Last evening Claus Boetel, Sr., celebrated his seventy-eighth birth day at his home it the northwestern portion of the- city and to join In the very pleasant gathering a number .Ot the friends and 'neighbors were-invited in to spend a fevy hours, with the genial guest of honor. Mr. Boctel is one of the old residents of the city as he has Epect . the greater part of his long and useful life here and in these years has made many warm friends. The evening1 was spent in visiting and having a general good time and the extending of the, wishes of the friends for many more years of life to the fine old gentleman- Re freshments served during the, even ing added to the enjoyment of" the Occasion. Those attending werer'Ot-. to Kruger. wife arid ' family, ' Max Pries and sons, Max, Jr., asd Andrew, Mrs. Mary Hein.rich and. daughter, Frank Cheval, wife and family, Claus Boetel .and ,wife,.4Frank- .Boetel v and wife, Jesse Boetel and Fred Rabb. ; Excellent Remedy for Constipation ' it 'wtniltf- be hard 'to find a better remedy for constipation than Cham berlain's Tablets. They are easy to take and mild and gentle in effect. Giver them a 'trial C whenj you have need. Weyrich Hadraha' FOR RENT i'f.; 80 acres, small improvements, five miles northeast of Union, known .as Ben Raymond place. Telephone At lantic 3147. HAN'EY REALTY CO., 501 World Herald Bldg. Say FoiirPiASQaSsfG Way .1 ct (is e"ii? y)U a plans ya our Kix monttl !i si! tropi tii.n r.Krh g;qinintr jti-fa-f i. iir!ri.i t'V.W W-anifcirt. trip tjiiei'cr. V-'rite furl. t-3ts:Va lil of iam .1 ct us e"ii? y)U a pisns ya our six montt t-am i rt trip ttiercsrw. re !. t . . i p.. KCr to.. " - ' 1 li.3 CcuJ-i ttnet C-ha. Kctrasks -FIELD SEED PRICES 1923!- Alfalfa (Prime) per bu MO. Alfalfa (Choice) per, bu , 10.20t Alfalfa (Standard) per bu. 13.20' Alfalfa (Dakota) per bu 14.40 Sweet Clover (Choice) bu.J 8.40 Sweet Clover (Fancy) bu. 9.00 Red Clover (Choice) bn, .12.60 Red Clover (Fancy) bu. 13.20 Alsike Clover (Good) bu.l- 12. 00 Timothy (New crop) bu.: . 4.03 Dwf. Essex Rape (Fancy) bu. 5.50 Timothy and Alsike Mixt.; bu. 5.40 Sudan Grars (New crop) bu. 7.00 Ky. Blue Grass, lb.: '. .40 White Dutch Clover, lb... .60 Free Seed Samples Ask for Free Nursery Book. Yager Nursery & Seed Co., FREMONT, NEBR. "." '. ' '. ' . 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