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NO. 51
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PEATTSKOUTH, NEBRASKA, 'MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1924.
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WILL CONTINUE
WORK OF COUN
TY HOME MR
CAMPAIGN WILL EE MADE
RAISE FUNDS FOR THE
REQUIREMENTS.
DOES KOT COME FROM TAXES
Appropriation From Federal Govern
ment Available if Other Funds
Needed Are liaised.
From Friday's laily
The stormy and disagreeable
weather yesterday served to detain
many from attending the meeting of
the Cass county farm bureau held ,
at the court house but despite this
fart a very enthusiastic number were
present from in and near the city to
take up the discussion of whether or
not the home demonstration depart-:
ment, including the boys' and girl.5
clubs would be carried on in the next
year.
The meeting was presided over by
Hon. YV. B. Banning of Union, presi
dent of the bureau, and attending tho
meeting were Prof. Lawrence of the
extension department cf tie state
i'rrm r.nd Mis5 Ida M. Wiikins. the
count v home agent, who has been so
tici (-.;f!ii in her w-!: in th nast in
the county
There was some discus.: ion of the
wcrk of the home .xLcnsior dpr.rt
ment and it was tho general senti
ment that this branch of the b.'.reau
ai tivitie.-s waj too Vultuil.Ie to let go
by default and should have the sup
port of the poople of Casr coi-i.ty and
particularly in the v.-ork o: the boys
and girls' clubs whk-h liave reached
a very high r-tandr.rd tinder the ef
licient worl: c f Mr. L. Ji. Sr ipes and
Ml3S 1U- 1,KJS'- crans was at Om.-lv.i rnd attending
these clubs Ivinr, Wi!ln3 hrts estr.b- the movieVi was attnctsd to the film
Itelied a nunite&.ofcwi.va -clubs jor of Bary pCg- bv tho fact thit the
the ladies cf the rural districts over ;:ulr; a-jressVcs "very m-tch like Pt
the county end these have been very t, Jea rn;, o;, j-cr return hrme she
strong features of the activities of Ptronglv urged the rarents to cnt-r
the year" and brought out some very tho;r lmlr .lausrhtcr and they finally
pleas:ng results in handling many of consented and z.t the Mu? vfster.'.av
the problems of the home. the contest wr.s decided, and the so
In relation to the conduct of tho ond prize. $35 in crold. was awarded
home extension work which has been to Miss Jean. This is very, very
carried on-by Miss Wilkins. there is pleasing to the charming little lady
none of the tax money of the county as weil as to her parents and friends
used in the work but tha.t the appro- in the marked resemblance to Biby
priation made by the government for Pegry, o?ie of the highest paid stars
the work is supplemented by the of the movie world.
sums raised over th-- county by in-
dividual effort.; to euro fcr the ex- y r? MJTfeC1 OnHPUT
penscs ruirh as salaries and traveling 8 ' X ? it i(inH I I
expenses necessary to the successful ttb 1 LUUUI3 I
handling of the work. Under the, Mfi PinnT fiS- MM f
provisions of tiie Smith-Hughes bill. lir Ml P ! K X 1 Hi" till I'
for the extension of farm home ex-! Ui 1 J 1 1 Ul JUL 1 j
tension work, tiie United Slates grov- j J
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eminent appropriates 3000 for Cass
county to carry on this work and the
residents of tiie coutyn are required
lo raise the other amounts necessary
to see that tho work is carried out
succc-sfuilv. If the sum is not taken '
advantage of by Cass county
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to ii-.e.il nlsixvlirp r rul rnalrps no
fpr,,K,- in .-.nr mnriPtion of the
mnn.v'hut monn th'lnss nf this nH-
,-oo" tn tho npb nf thi rnm.
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The chamber of commerce of
Plattsmoiith -sent to the meeting a
,
message of approval of the excellent
results of the home extension work
and the hope that it would be con-
tinued this year.
t finolK- ,tori,ll nr,on tn take
nn the fanmaisn to see that this im -
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portant brancn 01 tne iarm ouerau
work was continued anu it. i napeci
to have the funds available to meet
rhe reouirements necessary to secure
the federal appropriation for the
year.
GiTY GBBNGIL HOLDS
A SPECIAL SESSION
Passes on the Assessment cf Taxes;
on the Property in the Sewer
Eistrict on Gold Street.
From Friday's Daily
Last evening the city council held
a short special session for the pur-.
pose of adopting the schedule of as-i
Umcnt on the property in the Goldat lie had consented to be a candi-
street sewer district. ' 1
There vsere two objections to the.teern?n at the PIes next April
assessment and the schedule, one be
ing by Fred Sydcbotham. whose prop-
erty had been listed with too large
a part of the cost and which it was, e l'aumicu 111 a "1"1 1 , spend a short time seeking his for-
docided to have changed (o make the," Mullen wis national commit-' t,ine 1,ut (levi,ie'1 that life there of
Echedule more equal. Another objec- L'- nft fered no greater opportunities than
tion was also filed by G. W. "oman fjanJJ one of the learning po!'werp to be fo,ln(1 in the "statfis" and
claiming that the property was be- ffr-f tVc?J ?n the democratic later returned to his New England
low the grade of the sewer and re- ica! BtrateLts in the democrats hf)me tQ rpmain for a fjw un
ceived no benefit from the sewer ;Pty of Jrask a IHs advce apain he turned face westward
This was laid over and the council tf I? J wfnnint recoi and le" the oM home to make his
proceeded to adopt the schedule of , J here he Bllede a marine? fhat ' Permanent home in the heart of the
assessment and levy of the taxes. The glt.on for the west in a manner that t new wester' country that was
average cost per lot in the district is had not been done before. ' just being opened up to the advanc-
placed at 35. . T 1 ing forces of the white man's domi-
, I Advertise your wants In the Jour- natioIK ITe first located at LaPortef
Journal want ada pay. Try them, nal for results. 1 Indiana, where he was engaged in
CLASS ENTERTAINS
From Fi May's Daily
Last evening the Young Men's
Class of the Presbyterian church, of
I which George L. Farley is the teach-
I er, acted as the hosts to the young la-
dies classes of the Sunday school
j which are taught by Misses Clara j
jWeyrich and Pearl Staats and the oc- j
casion was one of the greatest of
pleasure to an of the thirty-five j
young people who were in attend
ance. Owing to the fact that a num
ber of the young ladies classes' are '
away at school this served to limit ;
the attendance but those who were
present will long very pleasantly re-
member the occasion.
The time was spent in the playing
I of games at which a great deal of en
joyment was derived and at an ap-
propriate time the refreshment com-
mince rompixseu cu imam iuaiscn
n 1 1 a t . John Iverson, Willis Hartford
and Fred Trilety. took over the meet
ing and served a most delicious re-
j past that was the fitting climax of a
j pleasant evening.
JEAN BRADY WINS
PRIZE IN 'BABY
PEGGY' CONTEST
Five-Yea v-Okl Daughter of Mr. and
Kvs. E. H. 3:adv Awarded 2nd ;
Place and S35 in Gold.
Fr Tn Fri5ry"s t -.-i'v ---
During tho pa:; wrek the Sun and
M-'s' thca'rei in Or;i'ha have bo-n
conducting a c nt-. t -r.-.,-.ng ti-.s ch M
re n as to their likeness to 'T.-.ity
i '--Ty. t:ie v.ii-oiv.e nttie -fir fi
the movies an 1 te contort rt:-ul,',.t
in hundreds cf t.:e c!rr?ii:is HtPe
lodicb o" Onv:"i ard vi?iniry ) ei.g
entered fcr the honors.
It h:': r:-mt:'nr.I for rna of th- : t
tractive litt! 3 girs of Plnttsniouth to
cany o.7 one of tlie chief pri;e3 in
the event .ind this i-. Jean Brady, the
winsonie r.ve-yojr-o!d dauqhtnr of
Mr. and. Mrs. E. II. Brady cf this
city.
: vera I davs a go Mrs. W. K. Ronen-
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State Law Provides For Listing
Property Brought Into the
State After April 1.
From Friday's Daily
j State Tax Commissioner Smith has
revise I the personal property tax
; revise ! the personal property
; sc hedule to be used by
prednct assessors. He
atcd a printed statement
rates thr.t it will be diffi
to escape taxation of automobiles
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oiiic-r properly puicuasea aiier vprii
, A, ho h , provides for the
,istiff of FropCrty as of April 2 it al-
Q provi(los that comit y ESSes8nrs may
! Hst rroi)ertv UM to Julv j that ha;
i i 1.
( iilcii ii umi; ii i. hum iiif tiiuie aiier
: A.tvii 1 in nriiUHnn v.Q ,nn.
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nssessor may change assessments to
cnniorni to law. Prooertv under-
valued or inmrcpsrly omitted mav
ilf, nt. ii hv thf tfit hmrri im n n,
,,.pj,cr 1.
I t.- P , .t.
how many tractors and threshing
machines are in the state the new
schedule contains a separate para-
graph for each of this class of prop-
erty. Formerly these machines were
scheduled with farm machinery.
A new item on the personal prop-
erty schedule this year is postoffice
equipment. It was formerly covered
by office fixtures and equipment.
MULLEN IS A CANDIDATE
rnn nintu nnttiiiTTrrmiM
FUn rAnll bUmmlllttmAn
i From Friday's Daily
Arthur F. Mullen has announced
- ' um.fu!ue?"e.T.. V,.e,
lY'" ",V"gold excitement . in California and
said
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Petitions will be circulated in a short'
C. E. WESGOTT
PASSES AWAY
LQSANGELES
DECEASED WAS EIGHTY-THREE
YEARS OF AGE AT TIME
OF HIS DEATH.
OLD PLATTSKOUTH RESIDENT
Foander 0f Resent Firm of C
Wescctt's Sons in 1379 and
Retired in 1907.
From Saturday's Daily
This morning the sad message was
reecived here bythe Wescott family
of the passing away of the father, C.
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Mil.
MRrr.
v wvnit nt ri:3 0 this morning at
,Los Angeles. California. The death
'came following more hopeful mes -
satres received ciunng me mgiu nuu
wa. a distinct shock to the members
of the familv here.
".I .u" " " "i T..a Angles
iuu, iuc it.-D.uiHf, -' o
and last evening the message came
that Dr. Miller, the attending physi-
; rian. ha1 deemed an operation nec-
es(!arv nnd this by a second message
.i,. .1 . ,u ; r tho nml nn-
uini inv ui'- .
tiot nni. o cprioii5 A later mes-
1 . lit. t f '
warmed , during as it re-
d Mr. We,.ctt as coming out of
srige
nortr
the operation very nicely and favor
niiin inriir nt?rTi fr.r hi srecoverv. but
1 these hopes were dashed a few hours
i:,Pr when the word "of his passing
. was received.
j E. H. Wescott of this city had been
arranging to leave for Los Angeles
and departed this morning just a
short time before the death message
was received and was in Omaha
awaiting his train to the coast when
reached by the messages from the
other brother, C C. Wescott of this
jcity. telling of the passing of the
j ratner.
I Clarence Edgar Wescott was born
i October 14, 1841, in Cheshire, Mass.,
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and spent his boyhood in that pleas-
,nt section of New England in the
(iJerkshire Hills and where in tne
(years later the deceased loved to go to
renew in memory the scenes of his
youth in the beauties of this attrac-
Uve locality. In hi3 early days he en
sed in school teaching in the vi-
;c,nit of hjs , nd in the late
.fifties he yielded to the lure of the
: journeyed to the Pacific coast to
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county and i For the past week Jir. v escoc mcs - ; ; . - Wesc-ott
has incorpor- suffered quite a serious niness iouo -""," " : !tllf, alinprviaion nf
.i.: I"? ,'h 8fL fuIL vVa I th7 consVrucfion of the lAtiiding and
. u iiii t;.r iitra.t-it .t ..-w.. U.wi.i i otovv wr.v in tho rnisinsr of
in f-nnctnnt tonph with Karl CJ. UCS- " V ... .
the mercantile business with the firm
of P. King in ISO", and was married
there in ISGft in that place to Miss
Mary Louise Coffin. j
It was in the year 1ST9 that Mr.!
Wescott arrived in Plattsniout i and
established kuaself in business and
which business firm is stiil here, the
oldest in the ii'orcanlile houses of the
ciiy, altho the founder has since re-1
tired from the active management of
the business. Here the your.g man .
or.'rasied in business with Charles
j Powell for a short time and lafer took
over the institution and ran it under
the name of C F.. Wescott until in
the late nineties when when the eld
est son, Charl s C. Wescctt. was tak
en into the firm y.d later E. II. V.'es
coit, the second son. became a part
ner and in 1 f 0 7 . the father anil the
founder 01 the firm, retired, turning
j over io his sons the aetiv- tr.nnago-E-imeui
of the store. In lftl'i. Mr. and
I Mrs. Wescott. who had niai'e frequent
mts to the Pacific coast where their
youngest son. Earl C. Wescott. was
located, decided that il.ey would
spend their last ysars there and left
tiie old home in Plrttsm nth for Los
Angeles where they have since r
t sided.
! In his early days Mr. Wescott a?
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T. WESCOT'
tiliated witn tne leinouisi r.piMuya.
j church and still retains his member-j
1 ship here and both he and Mrs. . Wos- j
run n iii nvrm.-ii ...
j rvh
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the funds to make the miliums pos-
i:ii
,sibie. re -ain
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jt ten, vr ; a.nk; JJ'0;. a
I shared the jo& and to o i, 01 lite
I tnese many j'jro me ut
l . . 1 t..,..v
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i pnrtr-d. ami 1 irtt .(ins, V. : .
j and K. U. W-ott c this cP,
Karl C. AVescott ot Lo. Angeles
Wescott of this city and
The deceased is also survive! by
.'ive grandchildren. Mason and Alice
Louise Wescott and Helen and Edgar
, Wescott of this city and Shirley Wes-
cott of Lcxs Angeles.
In the sorrow that has come to
them the members of the family and
especially the dearly beloved wife
will have the deep sympathy of the
old friends here and the prayer of the
friends here will be for the tempering
of the blow to her, who has been the
life companion of the departed friend
and neighbor.
While there has been no announce
ment of the funeral, it will undoubt
edly be held in Los Angeles as the
family have purchased a lot in the
beautiful Forest Lawn cemetery
where both Mr. and Mrs. Wescott ex
pected to be laid to rest within the
sound of the waves of the ocean and
amid the scenes that they had loveci
so well.
BRITAIN SEEMS ANXIOUS
ABOUT WARTIME LOANS
London, Jan. 3. England is show
ing some enxiety over the re-payment
of the 50 million pounds which she
lent Poland, Jugo-Slavia and Ru
mania in the war period, and diplo
matic inquiries are being made at
Warsaw. Belgrade and Bucharest as
to whether the discharge of these
debts will be delayed or prejudiced
by the S00 milion franc loan which
these countries recently contracted
from France.
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PAINTING BY ONE
OF THE OLD TIME
MASTERS HERE'
Dr. J. S. Livingston of This City Pos
sesses Painting; of " Madonna of
the Rose" by Raphael.
Pre
Thursday's nily
For the past few years. Dr. J. S.
Livingston of this city has possessed
I'm Ullllf, s 1 iiwuc-i iiii- v, mm i .
valued very highly for its beauty cf
workmanship, which has in the last
tew months been reviewed by a num
ber of the leading art critics of the
I nitcd States and every indication
points to the fact that the painting
i.j tw if tho rtll :n'n;iiiri: .'itlwi I'.v I
Raphael, the great Italian artist of j
t i : c loiirteoTiili century or ins pupil,
I'ndine.
The painting was taken to New
York by Dr. Livingston and submit
ted to the leading judges of art work
in that cily and a number of whom
have a world wide reputation in
judging the work-; of ur and with
these critics the pointing is acclaim
ed as that of t!:r world f-i:nou "Ma
donna of tiie Rose." cno of the paint
ing of the great Raphael, whose art
works are treasure! in the galleries
of the old world and a number of
vhov:f relu:imi- r.rinting:; are a part
of the noted gallery in the Vatican
at liomt'. The picture has ali the
appearances of grer.t age and is now
in New York where it is being lean
' d by i-xperts who hone to restore it
to the original beauly. -: it had ap
i::rrt'if ly be?n f r. rp.K-nt ly varnished
and treated in the p'v-t years before
it Pi;.e into the hands of Dr. Living
ston. "Th Madonna of the Rose" was
reported as last bc-ir.; shown at Chris
ties in London in 1S5 1 and since that
time has been little heard of, and it
is not beyond the possibilities that
in one of the mysterious cases of the
disappearance of famous paintings,
the picture was brought to America
years ago and from several hands was
iir.ally secured by Dr. Livingston.
The !:istory of the painting as far
as kiown dates back twenty-five
years ' ago vheq it. was presented to
i'rr fik ' Werrtn by George H: htint
ii!;;ton, a riu.-iciau at Denver. Mr.
Huntington being e.n old friend of
Mr. Warren, who was then engaged
i- the thenrrifFl bu'-'ineKs ft Denver
and wk:i the Huntington family loft
th; t citv t'lcy presented the old pic
ture to Mr. Vrarren. it not then being
-rvisidcred of any great value aside
i'r.un its beauty as a work of art. It
v:s 1 -roirrht here by Mr. Warren and
a few yeT-s ago was presented by the
Warren family to Dr. Livingston and
h:s hern greatly treasured by the
doctor for its wonderful workman
ship. Sometime ago the attention ot
the (kn tcr wixz called to the fac t that
the pi 'ture might 1." the work of one
of the old masters and he made a
number of inquiries that resulted in
very favorable replies and a more
thorough investigation gave encour
agement to the theory that the pic
ture was one of the early art works
of the great Raphael. Whether the
painting is finally decided as the
work of Raphael or his pupil, Undine,
it will have a great value and com
pared with other of the paintings by
this great artist should be worth from
$100,000 to $250,000.
THIRTEEN BELOW ZERO
AT SEVEN THIS W3M
From Timrsilr.y;- lailv
Real ice making weather was ex
perienced in this locality last night
and the mercury scaled down to 13
degrees below zero at the Burling
ton station at 7 o'clock this morning
and established the cqld record so
far this winter and one that has made
the task of getting around on the
streets Aery snappy and sharp.
The cold weather- at night has
served to keep the streets very clear
of cars and only one or two are to
be found parked on tho streets after
S o'clock and the auto owners are
finding some of the disagreeable fea
tures of automobiling in the hand
ling of the cold and frozen-up cars.
A continuation of this weather for
a few days will result in the freezing
of ice of sufficient thickness to be
stored profitably and it is expected
that by the first of the week the ice
harvest will be on in dead earnest.
ANOTHER SMALL SNOW
From Friday's Jaily
The eastern part of the state last
night was visi ebdyta hK TAOIN
night was visited by another small
snow that added to the wintry ap
pearance of the landscape and brot
with it delight ot those who enjoy
sleighing or coasting and is the first
real snowy weather of the season and
added to that of last Monday covers
the ground very thoroughly. Trav
elers report the east and west roads
as being drifted some but not serious
enough to effect travel very much by
auto.
C. A. Miller, or "Whitey," as he is
known to the old timers in this lo
cality, came in yesterday to spend a
short time here visiting the old time
friends and made the Journal a very
pleasant call and advanced his sub
scription for another year.
GIVE SURPRISE FOR FRIEND
From Fritlay's Ia:ly
Yesterday afternoon a number of
f'e friends of Mrs. Retty Beeson
Hawksworth motored out to "Clover
Lodge," the Reeson country home,
and gave their friend a most delight
ful surprise on the occasion of her
birthday anniversary. The event was
a most complete surprise to the guest
of honor and it was an occasion that
all v.-ill very pleasantly remember.
The tables arranged were in a color
scheme of pink, flowers and the
dainty rose nut cups furnishing the '
attractive recorations. j From Friday's Daily
After the enjoyable 1 o'clock The matter of the selecting of the
luncheon the ladies spent the time in cjty officials for the next two years
playing bridge, the first prize being v,-jn )e up this coming spring and
won by Miss Nora Livingston, while the time for t?ie nominations is but
the consolation prize was awarded to sjxty days awav and not too soon to
Miss Klva Hartford. In honor of the begin to figure who are to be the
occasion the guest of honor received men at the helm of ine municipal
a number of very beautiful gifts iCraft h, the coming two years. At
from the party of friends. I this election there will be chosen the
Those attending were: Mesdames mayor, clerk, treasurer, two memberi
Waldemar Soennichsen, Henry G.'of the board of education and one
Soennichsen, M. D. Brown, Robtrt councilman from each of the five
Reed, C. A. Rosencrans; Misses wards of the city
Eleanor Burnle. Nora Livingston and whJle , ro(.ent yea it ha8 ,)cn
i-.na nartioru. the poMry to have a general mass city
MRS, JULIA NEW-
m PASSES TO
HER REWARD
!
rr?th Orrrrs at the Horn of Mrs H
i-eatn uccuis at tne nome 01 mrs. a..
J. Newton Following Illness
of Some Duration.
From Thursday's Daily:
The death of Mrs. Julia V. Newton
occurred yesterday afternoon at 3:.''0
at the home cf Mrs. H. J. Newton in
this city following an illness of some
duration and tne eivi was very qir.et first Ward; J. H. McMaken. counc?!
and peaceful as the aged lady sank man second ward; E. O. Howe, cou:.
into the last sleep. The decerned fiiman third ward; John C. Brit tain,
lady was born in Illinoi.: seventy-two rounrnman fourth ward, and L. E.
years ago and for a number cf years Vroman, councilman fifth ward,
made her home in Plattsmouth. Iat2r Xone of the preSent city ofiVials
going to Wyoming where for seven have signified their intentions as to
years she resided with her son, Day-.their attitude toward re-ekctic:.
ton Newton at Moorecroft, returning prpferi.ini? probably, until the time
to Plattsmouth a short time ago to,for the b?ttle draW3 nearer
rviVo nr honiP inrt rr-Ts clip rrmflin--
c u uuui uraiii waiuvi uti tu ico.,'
To trroura-her dcvlli there rem
four children, Mrs. L;icy Lee of
cific Junction; Mrs. Ida Klnnanon
and Dayton Newton of Moorecroft,
Wyoming and Orville Newton of this
city and a daughter-in-law, Mrs. H. j
D. Newton. There r.re also seventeen
grandchildren and six great-grand-;
children to snare tne sorrow that,
her death has brought.
There has been no arrangements
made as to the funeral, the family j
here awaiting word from the rclativ-',
es in Wyoming. J
TQWNLEY SAYS GHAR6ES
IDC nilC TH Dfl!
KIIL LSUL I') 1 ULIIiUd
Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 3. A. C.
Townley, former head of the Nation
al Nonpartisan league, for whom a
warrant was issued at Fargo yester
day on a charge of embezzlement, de
clared here today "that politics and
venom of a discharged employe" were
responsible for the charge against
him
Townley, no'-v head cf the Nation-1
cl Producers' Alliance, with offices I
here, was at first reported to be in'inite settlement of the fact that Sen
Nebraska or Kansas doing organiza-1
tion work for the alliance.
FETERAJL
SYSTEM
What Became cf Those
Ten Dollars?
"I know I had ten dollars this month,
which I was planning to use for new clothes.
But they're gone, and to save my life I can't
tell what became of them."
Treacherous memory! If the month's
expenses had been paid by check a glance at
the check stubs would show the day when, the
person to whom, and the purpose for which
the ten dollars were spent.
Have a Checking Account at the First
National Bank this year and know what be
comes of your money.
The First national Bank
THE BANK WHERE 'yOU FEEL AT HOME
PLATTSMOUTH "PC NEBRASKA.
MUNICIPAL ELEC
TION NOT SO FAR
AHEAD OF US
This Spring; City Officials Will be up
For Chosing: at the Hands of
the Voters of City.
convention to chose the candidates
for the city offices, there has been
more or less dissatisfaction over the
fact that there was not more inter
est taken in the selection of the men
for the office and it would seem that
this year there would probably be
more competition shown for the of
fices and whether or not this will be
expressed in the two old political
conventions or in conventions rormed
larSel' in the bloc system, which lias
p.ripraiiv markei the citizens- mr.m-
ings of the past few years, is a mat
ter of conjecture.
The officials whose terms expire
this year are: C. A. Johnson, mayor;
C. E. Hartford, treasurer; A. 'I. Dux
bury, clerk; Dr. C. A. Mars' il. Mr.
S. S. Chase, members boar-' of edu
cation; L. L. McCarty, councilman
MORKE-BROWN'-
iS NEW CHAIRMAN
Politicians Take Announcement to
Definitely Dispose of Norris
as a Candidate.
i Lincoln, Jan. 3. Charles II. Sloan
!of Geneva, former congressman from
j the Fourth Nebraska district, will
i bo a candidate for the republican
nomination for United States eena
tor, it was definitely announced at
noon today by Frank Corrick. former
chief clerk of the Nebraska house of
representatives who filed the peti
tions of Mr. Sloan.
Over the long distance telephone
Sloan informed Corrick that he ac
cepted the filing and that he would
send the filing fee to the secretary
of state by Saturday. He will also
announce his platform at that time.
he said
Sloan's filing was taken in
political circles here to mean a def
ator Norris w ill not again be a can
didate.
PFSERVE