PLATTSMOUTH SEMI -WEEKLY JOURNAL
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COUNCIL HAS
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Murray Department
3 Prepared in the Interest of the People of Murray ad Surrounding Vicinity Especially for the Journal Readers
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If any of the readers of the
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Tent a tfta of lDiervst In
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1923.
Your Financial Prosperity
IS THE AIM OF THE BEST BANKING PRACTICE
OF YOUR HOME BANK
CJTo save you from loss and to serve you
when you are needing help.
JTo supply a safe place for your surplus
funds and to pay you a reasonable, safe rate
of interest on your money.
These are some of the important things a bank must
de. We feel we can measure up to the specifications
and then some. Do your banking business with us.
K1URRAY STATE BANK
MURRAY -:- -:- NEBRASKA
A Good Bank in a Good Community.
Be sure and attend the annual
community picnic.
Miss Mary Park spent last week
in Omaha visiting with relatives and
friends.
Mr. and Mrs. George Park were in
Plattsmouth on matters ol business
Monday.
Uncle D. C. Rhoden has not been
feeling quite so well of late, but is
able to get around.
Ray Howard was looking after
some business matters in riattsmouth
last Tuesday evening.
Herman Reike was looking after
some business matters in Plattsmouth
last Tuesday afternoon.
What Where When? The Mur
ray community picnic in Faris grove
on Friday, August 31st.
John Campbell and wife and Ray
Campbel and wife were attending the
Old Settlers', reunion at Union last
Saturday.
Ed McCulloch shelled and deliver
ed his last year's corn crop to the
D. J. Pitman elevator on Tuesday of;
this week.
Fostmaster Will S. Smith was look
ing after 6ome business matters in
Nehawka last Monday, making the
trip in his car.
George Parks went to Avoca last
Wednesday, where he began the work
of lathing a new hous which is be
ing built there.
Louis Ilallas and wife, with their
little one were visiting home folks
In Plattsmouth last Strnday and en
joyed an excellent time.
R. R. Nickles departed last Monday
evening via rail for Imperial, near
where he has Bone land, going to
look after his interests there.
Henry Heebner of Cedar Creek was
spending last Sunday at the Berger
hotel, driving over from Cedar Creek,
where he is in charge of the elevator.
Mrs. Lucile Davis, who is with the
telephone exchange in Murray, was
enjoying a visit with friends at the
Old Settlers' reunion at Union last
Saturday.
Gust Holmherg had the misfortune
to break his hay carrier in his barn,
and J. E. Gruber. the carpenter
went out and fixed it up again as
good as new.
Lester Wnderlich of Nehawka was
a very brief visitor in Murray on last
Tuesday evening while on his way to
Plattsmouth to look after some busi
ness matters.
Thomas Hanson and wife and Art
Hanson and family were among the
Get Your School
Supplies Here!
Large Pencil Tablets
Lead Pencils
Ink Tablets
Erasers, Crayola
In fact everything you will nded for the coming
school year.
1 0-lbs. of Sugar for - ........$ .89
Victor Flour, per sack 175
L. H. Flour, per sack 1-65
Pint Mason Jars, per dozen. i 90
Quart Mason Jars, per dozen 1.10
Half Gallon Jars, per dozen 1.35
4-lbs.,Peaberry Coffee. . .: 100
30 Bars Lenox Soap 1.00
Gallon Peaches, fresh. .................. .55
Gallon Orange Marmalade .85
7 Cans Kraut 1-00
Highest Market Price Paid for
Your Farm Produce
H. M. Soennichsen & Co.
Telephone No. . 12
Murray people who were attending
the Old Settlers' reunion at Union on
last Saturday.
Henry C. Long and wife were
spending last Saturday at the Old
Settlers' reunion at Union, and there
met many of their former friends and
acquaintances.
Misses Lorene Hatchett and Lois
Scotten were visiting at the home of
W. F. Moore last week and with them
attended the Old Settlers' reunion at
Union on Saturday.
W. F. Moore and family were visit
ing r,nd looking after some business
matters at Nebraska City last Sun
day and were accompanied by their
niere, Mrs. Grace Mellinger.
Uncle J. W. Edmunds was a visitor
last Sattirday at the Old Settlers' re
union at Union, where he met with
many of his friends who are legion
in this portion of the county.
C. M..Reed is putting up his hsy,
but had to get the hay carrier re
paired before he could proceed with
the work, which caused a trip to
PlattEmouth last Tuesday afternoon.
Charles Partlett and wife, parents
of Mr. Morton Bartlett. -who have
been visiting in the west for the past
four months, are stopping in Murray
as guests of their son and family for
the present.
Miss Florence Schomaker of near
Xehawka. who has been visiting her
cousin, Geneva Schomaker of near
Murray, returned to her home last
Sunday evening and reports having
an excellent time.
A letter from W. A. Scott and wife
who are visiting at Excelsior Springs,
Mo., states that they are enjoying
themselves very nicely there, having
just -arrived from their old home town
in southern Kansas.
A party near Rock Bluffs found
something in the river &nd thought
it was a floater and notified the au
thorities but when they investigated
the discovery they pronounced it to
be a drownded porker.
County Commissioner C. F. Harris
of Union, accompanied by Mrs. Har
ris and their daughter were in Mur
ray for a short time last Tuesday af
ternoon while enroute home from the
west end of the county.
Wm. Heier and family and Mrs.
O. H. Tower of Plattsmouth were
spending a short time in Murray on
last Tuesday evening while on their
way home to Murdock, they having
been visiting in Plattsmouth.
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Note Book Paper
Memo Pads
Spelling Tablets
Composition Books.
Murray- Nebraska
Miss Geneva Schomaker of near
Murray, together with her cousin,
Miss Florence Schomaker of Nehaw
ka, who has been her guest, were
visiting a few days last week with
Mr. and Mrs. Noah Parker of Louis
ville. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Young were
looking after some business matters
in Plattsmouth last Saturday and
stopped to see the aerdplane which
was carrying passengers from the
landing field Just south of the city
limits.
Albert Bartlett has purchased him
self a new Ford coupe, which he is
enjoying when he finds it necessary
to make a trip anywhere. Being a
very agreeable young man. he will
be very popular with the ladies since
the purchase.
Grover Hopkins, who has been
making his home on the Robt. Young
farm, has moved to town and is now
living in the A. H. Graves place. Mr.
Ben Noell will move to the place
vacated by Mr. Hopkins, and will
farm the place the coming year.
The bridge which has been out be
tween Robert Troop and Herman
Beck's place, was repaired by O. W.
Finney and his crew, of workers who
are in the employe of the Monarch
Engineering company and the grad
ing done by Uncle John Campbell
and Bert Lloyd.
j Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Tutt have beea
concucung me store nere aiong wita
the assistance of some of the boys,
who are helping with the work.Mr.
L. D. Iliatt is being kept busy in
Plattsmcouth with the new store
which H. M. Soennichsen and Com
pank have purchased there.
Last Monda' morning Earl Lancas
ter and the family departed for Rut
lese, Missouri, where they will visit
for some week or ten days at the
home of their relatives and friends
and see the folks whom they have
not had the opportunity to see for a
numberi of years.
Mr. and Mrs. James Tilson, who
have been visiting in the east, hav-
ing pune 10 iceir uiu uiue uuuie m
Virginia some weeks ago to look af
ter business matters, returned home
last Monday afternoon and were
well pleased with their trip as well
as looking after business calling
them there.
Uncle J. W. Edmund3 received a
icard last Tuesday-Trom Mr. and Mrs.
jWm. Sporrer, who are spending some
time in the west being at Colorado
Springs and being half way up the
mountains when they encountered a
verv cold rain which was far from
.the temperature here. However, they
(are having a fine time.
Little Miss Beatrice Rawls. who
has been spending the past summer
with her parents in Butte. Montana,
returned to Murray on Thursday to
make her home with her aunt and
uncle, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Smith.
She came as far as Omaha with Dr.
and Mrs. Carrell and her uncle drove
to Omaha to meet her.
A. D. Bakke and wife, with the
little girl departed -last Sunday morn-
sing for the west with their car and
! expect to spend eome time in Colo
rado and will visit many interesting
j points there. They will go direct to
j Colorado Springs and from there to
jthe other places of interest. They
! will expect to be away for about ten
: days.
The county fair booster crowd was
in Murray last Tuesday and stopped
to play a National air and tell of the
good time which is to be had at the
fair this year and invite all our peo
Jple to attend. Wm. Spangler who
was along with a load of girls, boys
and women, stopped at the Murray
bathing beach and all enjoyed a good
swim.
! W. G. Boedeker and family and
(his father. C. H. Boedeker. who have
been visiting at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. John Young near Coleridge, re-
. - w
turned home Sunday evening and re-
port a very good time while gone, and
say that the crops are looking very
fine. They say that at no time dur-i
ing the past summer has there been
any scarcity or rain.
! Carl Lynge and
wife
of near,
Meadow were visitiug for a portion
;of the week and over last Sunday at
jthe home of J. H. Browne and also
at the Hotel Berger and returned)
'home last Sundav, Mr. Brown driving!
I them over to their home near the
town of Meadow. Grandpa J. W.
Berger accompanied them and saw !
suiue uew couinrj ior uim. !
daughters, Mesdaraes Nick Friedrich I
luchters. Mesdaraes Nick Friedrich t
Messr;: Gg? and Fred Schafer.Ure-
turned home last Monday and were I
mei ai L,mcuiu oy iur. imck r riearica
in his auto. The ladies had a most!
pleasant visit, but old Cass county
looked good to them on their re
turn. George Nickles, manager of the
Banning & Nickles Lumber company
business in Murray, last Sunday had
the misfortune to overturn a very hot
perculator filled with boiling coffee
in his lap, which burned the genial
gentleman very severely. He is get
ting along nicely however and is
able to look after his business once
more, although not without some
difficulty.
The game of quoits or "horseshoe"
as it is familiarly known, is occu
pying much of the time of the young
er set at Murray and some of the
older ones are taking a hand in the
game as well. Uncle John Boetel is
reported as being a fancy pitcher,
but we are not informed whether he
is best with the out shoot, in curve
or the drop. But it makes little dif
ference, so long as he gets there just
the same.
Preparation are being made for
a most pleasant time on Friday of
this week, when Murray will hold
her third annual picnic, and at which
time the old residents ad others
from the surrounding country will
get together for a sociable time. The
annual picnic is getting to be a very
popular practice. Preparations are
being made to entertain a large
crowd and there will be amusement
for everyone.
Maxon Mellinger favored the
Methodist church at Plattsmouth
with a very beautiful solo played on
his flute last Sunday at the opening
of tne evening service. Maxon a!so
appeared on Tuesday evening's radio
program from WOAW, Omaha, to
gether with a number of Omaha and
Council Bluffs artists who gave the
nroeram In lieu of Stanton talent.
which was scheduled to appear but
was unable to come. streets and which the council naa
Morton Bartlett and wife, accom- pledged themselves to do if the ma
panied by their daughter, Florence, ; chine proved satisfactory and this
were spending last Sunday with ! last was laid over for two weeks,
their friends, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Gil- Petitions from.C. L. Carlson and
more and faniilv and had a most ex-! Mrs. Alma O. Sydebotham, residents
cellent time. On their return, they,
had the misfortune to have their '
lights burn out when this side of,
Union and with the highway filled ,
with bright glaring lights, it wss
difficult to make much headway inj
safety towards heme. They however ( iani Barclay to connect with the sew
with difficulty got home after a con-, er at 6th and Pearl streets and to re
slderable time on the road. move the dirt from his lot between
i 5th and 6th streets on Pearl and have
Old Fashioned Quilting Bee the same placed in the ditch on the
The ladies of L'ewiston held a very north side of the street.
lnterestme mee
motin? last ThiirRrlav
when some seventeen were present
and a great amount of quilting was
done during the day.
In' the afternoon the business Ees -
sicn was held and the ladies madeeaitn.
plsns for a supper to be given on j The ordinance covering the digg-
Friday evening, September 21st.. ing up of the paving and replacing
ich for further notice and make tte same was read and which gave
plans now to attend this supper. Uhe city power to make the replacing
Surprise Their Friends
Tho fTnilir rt Ci T Ti-H -ill
a short time move to their new home tion the rules were suspended and:of this company gaVe his talk and -it
in Weeping Water where the child-! the ru,2S were suspended and 'thejwag not unil he nnished that he
rer. will attend the schools there, jcrdianance Passed. j wag aware of the fact that the city
Their friends here on last Tue3-! Councilman McCarthy brought up ; at a preV3OUS meeting had practically
dav evering gave them a surprise ,he rnatter of the construction of ' pledged themselves to buy a Fordson
and gathered at the.'Leyda home,;011 Ailing station of the Collins Oil . tractor if the work had been satis
where a most enjoyable evening was . company on North Sixth street and 1 factorv and for which Mr. Petring
had. Whila thev regret that thejTvnuh fcad Peen stPPd because of , the locai represtative had conducted
friends are to remove from here. ! tY e fact tnat tne' building was being eeverai demonstrations. The Avery
their nanv friends are wishing that '. constructed on the street or at least a representative then withdrew his re
thev may enjov their .new home in ; Part of the canopy extending over : mars as ne stated he did not de-
Weeping Water.
Murray School to Open Sept. 10
The Murray schools will ope"h for "'f . V V, " yLiaB rorason as iar a mey c-ouiu see
the coming year on September 10th, I A" rl i f with the option of those who had
with the following corps of teachers, have 1"a0d " d ha. ?S not witnessed the demonstration, ex-
and all good ones with an abun- fattier as of the opinion that?cept McMaken who thought that a
dance of education and teaching ex-'"?at the .Clt7 nad n rigM t. snnrt wider blade machine should be used,
perience. Thev are Miss Van Deusen, tte Permission as the vacation of To reach a settlement Councilman
principal, the Misses Rainey as teach- streets c,culd 0,J be done D 0dl7 Bestor moved that the city enter in
ers in the grammar anl intermediate wl .even. then he was in doubt tQ an agreement wltn Mr. Petring
grades, while Miss Beulah Sans, who'" "f
is an experienced teacher of primary ; P-salnst the municipa ities in several
pu&iiiou ior a nuinuer oi years, win.
5a, m i . . i i
have charge cf the primary. The
school work will be well cared for I" 7fa , ,J1
this year by the very able faculty wo d be hab1!, 7
that has been selected. , accident occured in which the build-
a!r,o- rT. ,i,t c.'mff might be a part. Councilman
tember 10th. will permit those who
wish to attend the state fair with -
out navmg tneir cnnaren aDsent,i
and in view of the large number from:uie oie on mouon oi fflcvanny,
here who go every year, the selection ' v?ted a'e and Sattler. McMaken.
of,the later date is a good move.
Attended the Convention
The Rev. W. F. Graham, with the
family, who have been visiting t
the convention, which has been been
held at the city of Tarkio, Mo., for
the past ten days, returned home last,
T . . . .
Monday evening and reports a most
rir uuiu liniv Li m iz iiLCtc.
This is an institution which has
linn V, A T,n.1; fsw lw. nnr. r r
years and brings within attending!
distance the ministers and others of;
the Presbyterian denomination and
as to that all interested and at which j
, 1. XI U A fy UtU C KJl. lilt I'.'U J T J L M A
are present and make worth while
adresses.
Rev. Graham and two daughters.
Misses Helen and May, attended the
convention during the entire time
and were joined by Mrs. Graham and
the babv at Nebraska City last Sat-
urday. thev spending Sunclav there.
Miss Lois Graham, assisted by Mrs.?Mr- C1us wa? to deted the PPrty
G. W. McCracken. looked after the:rer V?e touflst p"k- , A1
house while the folks were away. On the matter of moving the house
recently purchased by the city near
nr;n -d;u xr tt-,- itne tourist park it was decided to
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moern Tome all
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tan excellent location lor Mr. and
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tuiuiug 10 lueiii iui mey nave uin-i
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t;u ery n;iru anu aie sun aciive 111
the farming game.
Speaking of Battle Snakes
F. R. Cunningham, who with a
crew of men were loading a couple
of cars of - Cottonwood lumber for t
shipment to an Omaha box factory.
told of killing a rattlesnake on last
Tuesday morning which makes the'
twelfth for this summer and all of :
them large black timber rattlers at .
that. This looks like a healthy place f
for rattle snakes but not o good for ,
the human being who has fears of.
the snakes.
SEELS THAT GROW
Alfalfa, 99.98 pure, $12.50 to
$13.75 per bushel. Timothy,. $3.75;
Sweet clover, $8.50" and rye. John-
son Bros., Nebraska City. Nbr. u l"e "umuK,r-
ling system as he is one of those in
tvi -m m . . -no man's land" that was left oft the (
Fhone us the news. Wt want to ctart.
publish everything of importance' Sidewalk resolutians for the pro-j
that happens in Cass county. I
PROPOSAL TO BUY TKACTOB AND
GBADER MOST IMPORTANT
IS PASSED OVER.
From Tuesday' Pail
The session of the city council last
evening was filled with large gobs of
conversation and on many topics far
from the routine business that was
pressing on the city judicial body
and left but two really important
outstanding features of the session
ATirt these were the orooosition of in-
teresting the woman's civic organl-
zation in a campaign to secure funds
to aid in fixing up Oak Hill cemetery
and the matter of the purchase of the
: Fordson tractor for use on the city
in the new sewer district for per-
mission to connect their property
with the sewer was granted with the
property owners furnishing the
proper bond to protect the city.
Permission was also granted vv III -
The report of the state welfare de-
Prtment was read in which the well
on the city property on Fifth street
j -a3 condemned as being impure was
(read and referred to the board of
j of the paving and charge the same to
i tte nereon or corooration maKin
n'the excavation was read and on mo -
,u.e nm.xs or me iot line, ana inis
(subject occupied some time in dis-
! c-'lon- MT- Jici,ariny move a mai
; c.ission. Mr. Aicuariny movea tnai 1
IJU' 11
boon vacated
.
uumi.uuiu
Peterson was of the opinion that as
.14 a Permanent building there
On
v -
j.norr. iirii3in, reiersou, v roinau
and Henderson no.
Councilman Henderson of the ceme
tery committee reported that the
committee found the streets in the
ecretery in need of grading and a
smnll part paved to furnish good
, . - . . , . , -
needed in the north part of the ceme-
. cQo
ij a i
civic organizations of theA H Duxbury, . stamps and
iked to assist in securing Poon-cti.a
city be asked
A 1 1 V A. 1 I
lO ueip-- pay ior Uie
paving.
This was warmly endorsed Alvin Jones Kasollne
man Sattler and McMaken;,- -nti ko.
by Council
as well and on motion of Council-
. . J . S . 1
re?- uuopieu una ine com
mittee authorized to go ahead and
take the matter up with the ladie3
organizations in the city.
The council also voted to refund
Peter Claus the sum of 1 32.2. paid in
special improvement tax and remit
the remaining payment and in turn
have .the Parks . and improvement
commiUee et estimates of what the.
cost of moving the house would be as
the house if sold so that the ground
the House if sold so that the ground
the old hoi., would be
aSt 3?b nd take u much need"
ru luuu' iu luc l""-
The lighting committee through i
i Chairman McMaken reported that
the favored
a motion to compel Mr.
switch for the electroliers or have t
the city do the same and take the
payment from the money retained by
the city.
The question of the numbering of
the residence property of the city
was brought up by Councilman Mc
Carthy who Jesired to have the work
completed and desired to have the
engineer go ahead and have numbers
placed on the remaining property
that has not yet been numbered. This
occasioned more or less discussion
and very warm remarks concerning
the system that had been used in
making the map from which the
numbers had been prepared and
Avhich did not -include all th proper
ty i the outlying districts Coun
cilman McMaken, who was in a par-
. ticularly eloquent mood was the
! chief speaker and made mora or less
perty of Ed Cotner, John Cotner,
There wilLbe a dance given by Mr. E. L. Peterson et
the Peterson Hall, Murray, Neb.,
Friday Evening, August 3 1 st
to which a cordial invitation is extended to all. The
Bob Lee Orchestra, of Omaha, will furnish the music
for the occasion.
A Good Time is Assured!
M. Thompson, J. L. McKinney and
Hermie Windham, were offered by
(.Councilman James Henderson and
passed with exception of one on
; which the proper lot numbering
could not be found on the map.
The bids for installing the switch
es for the electroliers was read by
City Clerk Duxbury and included one
from J. C. Martin for 56.35 each and
one from J. F. Warga for $4.5S,
both bids including all material and
j labor in installing the switches. On
, motion of Councilman Knorr the bid
of Mr. Warga was accepted and the
contract let to him and the mayor
j and the clerk authorized to enter
; into the contract. On the vote
Councilman Sattler passed.
Councilman McCarthy stated that
he was in the market for 1100 of the
cobblestones that the city had on
hand and on motion of Councilman
McMaken he was authorized to buy
the same at the price of 2c each and
at e reauest Gf Councilman Sattler
permission was also granted Mr.
gvoboda.
j Qn motion of Councilman McMak-
ien tne weeds were ordered cut along Scotland. February 9, 1850, and came
Ljncoin and also on Maiden Lane' to America with his parents when
i near tne L. l. Wiles place. ' (he was a Email boy. The family set-
The tractor question wa3 then I tied at Portage, Wis., and there he
brought up by Councilman McCarthy ! grew to manhood. In 1870 he went
wjj0 asked that
a representative or
;hi, mnrhine. nnd the TPTirespntntivfi
sire to butt in on the proposition,
A number of the councilmen ex-
pressed their approval of the work of
for the purchase of a Fordson type
;of road mactrflie at the ot $1,275,
provided with a a six and eight foot
blade. Thia was amended by Mc
Cartny to laythe matter over for
two weeks to permit another demon
stration, and the amended motion
carried.
Division Superintendent N. C.
, A,en of the Burllngton through
;iIayor Johncon expressed his appre-
ciation of the aid that the city of
Plattsmouth had given in the water
famine In Omaha by permitting the
hauling of train loads of water to
the suffering city.
The following claims were allowed
I by the council:
R. A. Bates, printing $238.20
Plattsmouth Water Co., re
pairs to three fountains 52.75
W. A. Swatek, suppi: to
police 1.90
W. A. Swatek. road machinerv 56.55
2.50
3.85
15.00
1.95
i n XT WlrtnV monla to
I - c.
Hoffman General Supply Co.,
binders : 9.50
William Kief, concrete walks 456.32
Walt Gouchenour, street work 67.12
A. G. Bach, same 67.50
Ray McMaken, same 19.50
C. Boetel. Jr., same 35.62
A. W. Vitersnik, same 38.92
John Zitka, same 35.20
Henry Perry, same 6.60
A. F. Seybert, same 1.00
John Maurer, same 4 6.12
Franklin Kief, same 6.80
Dewey Reed, same 40.50
J. N. Elliott, same 68.40
. Ray McMaken, same
45.37
1.70
McMaken Truck Line, stencils
Buy Your Winior Goal How!
We have very attractive prices on the following coals:
9
Highest grade Colorado lump $10.50 per ton
Rock Springs, Wyoming lump 9.60 " "
Franklin County, Illinois lump 8.85 ' "
Illinois nut coal 8.00 44
We will take your order for any amount you may
want at the above prices.
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Murray,
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MATT MILLER,
DAVID CITY AT
TORNEY, IS DEAD
Prominent Lawyer and Former Judge
and Legislator Dies in West
Came to State in 1870.
Matt Miller, 73, attorney, former
district Judge of David City, Nebr.,
and democratic member of the state
legislature for two terms thirty-five
years ago, died at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Crane, in Los Ang
eles, Cal., yesterday, a dispatch to
the World-Herald last night stated.
Mr. and Mrs. Miller had gone to
the home of his daughter two monthi
ago. For the past four years his
health had been failing and he had
spent much time traveling in search
cf climate that might benefit him.
Mr. Miller was born in Glasgow,
to Schuyler, rseb., ana settled on a
homestead. He also taught school in
that community. In 1875 he moved
to David City. He studied law in an
office there and was admitted to the
bar in 1881. In 18S5 he was a mem
ber of the state legislature end again
in 1SS7. In 1891 he was appointed
district Judge and served one term.
He was a member of the David City
Bchool board six years.
Since that time he had devoted
himself to his law practice and com
munity affairs in which he took deep
interest. He was known as one of
the greatest criminal lawyers in the
state.
He is survived by his widow by a
second marriage; the daughter, Mrs.
Crane, and an adopted son, William
Butlerj county treasurer. Funeral
services will be held in David City
Saturday afternoon.
HARDING'S WIDOW
IS TO GET HIS FULL
YEAITC SALARY
Will Get $65,000 Cash, a $5,000 An
nuity for Life, and Complete
Franking Privileges.
Washington, Aug. 25. Mrs. Flor
ence Kling Harding, according to
Immemorial custom will receive the
salary that would have gone to Pres
ident Harding had he lived for the
remainder of his salary year, which,
including back pay which Mr. Hard
ing had not drawn, will amount to
more than $65,000. In addition, Mrs.
Harding may receive from congress
a $5,000 annuity and the franking
privileges for life.
In the cases of the widows of four
presidents who died In office, Mrs.
Harrison, Mrs. Garfield, Mrs. Lincoln
and Mrs. McKinley, congress gave
them the remainder of the salary for
the year that would have gone to
their husbands had they, lived. The
annual salary of the president is
$75,000 and the salary year begins
March 4. Senators and representa
tives assert that the same will be
done for Mrs. Harding.
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