PLATTS3IOBTH SEZH-WEEKLY JOITRKAL
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MURDOCK
Jt s Landholm w as a busniess visi-'
tor in Omaha on last Thursday.
v K Vorton has been dressing
Boir.e porkers for Mr. II. P. Ilines the
hotel man at Wabash.
Julius Reicke from South Bend
wa- looking after some business mat-
ters in Murdock on last Thursday
A 'him Blum of South Bend was a
vi.-itor in Murdock last 'inursaay,
cailed here to look after some busi-
n.;s.
TZ. K. Norton was assisting in
shtlling corn at the home of Law-
rer.r.- Wisemen on last Thursday and
Friday,
Martin Zaar of near South Bend
was looking after some business mat-
t !- in Murdock on last Thursday
atirnccn.
?Ti?; Viola Everett was feeling
quito poorly for a few days last week
but is now much improved and able
to be around again
W. O. S I: ewe dressed a fat one tlemaii much suffering and kept him
!:--t Thursday to get along with un- from his work for some time is re
til ?uch a time as he would do all ported as slowly recovering but still
l.i; bufchering which he expects will very far from being well.
I e very soon. Monday evening while the storm
.Vus rna Kuape who is employ- raged, someone attempted a burg-
cd ?t Elmwood was visiting at the lary of the business house of Gordon
I 'P!:te of ler parn's. Mr. and Mrs. Block but only effected the breaking
V.' 1. Knape south of town for the
pp-t v.ei-k enjoying a vacation a 'id
returning to work the first of this
John C.
Ptropy of Lincoln was a
bi:s:ness visitor in Murdock last
Th-irdiy coming down to meet some
cf t-e members of the school board
re-rardina: the site selected for the
now building which is soon to be
ere ted.
Unlimited amount of monev
t
loa- on extern Nrraki far-n Ipic ana was acromPar.i5a Dy ir. w .
loa on eastern JseDraska iara land. Thimgan where they were looking
Iciest rates. Applications taken 2t the automobile which was drawn
ncr for future loans. See 0. J. Pot- by Mr. Kuehn and after having re
has: at Tannrrs' & Merchants' Sank. "ved some very flattering offers for
Kurdock. Kebr. ' the boat, it was sold.
The neighbors were assisting Will
1 mmm . ; y Dcickman who had his leg broken
Sold
nd Exchanged:
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We hae some ba'reains cf farms
We also write all kinds of Insur
ance Life, Fire, Tomado, Livestock.
Auto, Etc.
uehn
-Murdock
Nebraska
Wa Can Ssva
on the materials for the painting and varnishing which
you are expecting to do this spring. We have an abun
dance of excellent interior and floor varnish, flat tone
paints for the interior, also wagon and auto paints, all
of which will be disposed of at less than first cost. The
painters have gone and we desire to close out the re
maining stock.
(By his Mother,
MURDOCK
Wateft B'his Space!
In a short tirna we will have an important change in
our message to the public. Together vith the general
garage business we will handle machinery in the fu
ture, and shall endeavor to eerve the public to the
best of our ability.
Just now we have two excellent bargains in small
portable gas engines for use on the farm. We can
make some very attractive prices on these.
The 1 hinragan Garage
EL W
Thimgan, Proprietor
MURDOCK
Blue Ribbon G
A Gold Weather SpccioJ
Plenty of Kick Makes Starting Easy!
-GEO. TRUHKEKBOLZ OIL C9F3PAHY-
Eagle and Murdock
PREPAREO EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE JOURNAL.
Mrs. O. J. Pothast and little
daughter Mary Helen were spending
the week end in Lincoln last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Rosenow of the
other side of Elmwood were looking
after some business matters at Mur-
docE on last inursaay.
Louis Kaufman, living south of j
Murdock shelled and delivered his!
last years corn crop, tne grain go-
ing to the elevator at Wabash.
Mrs. Stacheskzie has been feeling
pretty badly for some time past hav-
ing had some trouble with her i
throat which has kept her to her ,
home for a number of days. !
Gordon Block had the misfortune j
to get his truck stuck in the mud j
and ruts while returning from a trip '
to Omaha and bad to have some as-j
sistance to extricate the wagon. j
A. J. Bauers .who has been con- I
fined to his bnmp with m attnrk of i
lumbago which has caused this gen- J
of the outer door, being evidently
heightened away by the approach of
someone.
J. E. McHugh superintendent and
manager of the Murdock Mercantile
company was a visitor m Omaha
both Wednesday and Thursday where
be went to look after some business
matters for the company and to make
sorn purchases for the firm.
I Emil Kuehn was looking after
some Dusmess matters in Kincoin
tome time since in the dressing or
I the hogs necessary for his summer's
' meat and which was a most kindly
act. Will, however, is getting along
'nicely with the leg and will, it is
hoped, soon be well again.
Edward Bornemeier living be
; tween Murdock and Elmwood who
l has been at the hospital "where he
underwent an operation for appendi-
the past week and it is the hope of
i his many friends that he shall soon
; be entirely w ell again.
Hint of rapt of Elmwood, 'were vis-
! itors in Murdock on last Thursday
whi'.e on their way to Lyons. Iowa.
1 wnere incy were lootting aner scune
business matters for the elder Hill
and bad to come to Murdock to make
the DroncT connections for their
trains.
You lions'
Mrs. F. Oehme)
NEBRASKA
NEBRASKA
asoliee!
DEPMR T.
Louis Lau who was compelled to
go to the hospital for an operation
for relief Trom a very severe attack
of appendicitis, 1s now getting along
very nicely at this time.
J. H. Buck who i3 now recovering
steely and aDie to De aDOUt was at
the shop and was doing some light
work expects to take his hand again
at the anvil when the spring work
comes.
Uncle Henry Schleuter who has
been very -sick at his home in Mur-
dock for some time, is reported as
being some better at this time. His
many friends will be pleased to learn
of his improvement,
Harry Gillespie, Richard Tool and
Gust Gakemeier have been repairing
and replacing the damage done by
the recent storm to the local tele-
Phone companies lines and will soon
have them as good or better than
eveT; . ,
noru irum .uai iusiernon nun
Joe Wutchinek who are now at L0.
Angeles is that they are employed
thre and that times in their line are
irood with plenty of work and at good
wages. They will remain there for
some time.
C. E
Stroy accompanied by his
two sons. Hubert and Albert, twins,
were passengers to Omaha last
Thursday where the boys entered a
hospital for the removal of their ton
sils which have been pivine them
mHr.h trouble of late
J. L. farnide of South Bend was
a business visitor In Mnrdock last
Wednesday looking after Kme pri-
vate matters and also securing names
on 11 Petition for the skinir nf
for the erection of an auto and wa-
gon bridge over the Piatte Tiver at
that point
Very Busy Iflan
" Some of his friends report that
Carl Schlaphoff is one of the busiest
men in this portion of the county
and that on one day he cared for
some eighty head of cattle which he '
is feeding and shelled ard delivered ,
5.00 0 bushels of corn besides help-;
ing one of his neighbors do some
shingling on his building. We al
ways knew that Carl was a rustler ,
anu ne cooia re an inspiration to a
numner or ni neignnors wno anow
the frost to be taken off by the fore
noon s sun before tney get out to
i00k after the feeding
Excellent Prcgrsm
At the Evangelical church at Mur
dock on last Sunday evening a most
worthwhile program was given con
sisting cf music, singing and an ad
dress on the world missions by the
ReAT vw-iner of Xaperville. 111., who
has the matter in charge, he being
the field secretary of the missionary 1
department of that church. There
was good responses at the meeting at
Callihan but on the nights when the
nice-tings were held in Murdock and
at the Louisville church the weather
was such thct but a meagre crowd
was in attendance.
Gave Excellent Entertainment
Under the auspices of the Murdock
schools was given on Thursday and
Friday evening of last week the art
exhibit which was to have been
earlier in the week. . .The exhibit
was one worthy of a much larger
place ajid consisted of one hundred
and fifty pieces of exquisite work
manship. Among which were many
of the foremost men of our country,
we noticing the portraits of Lincoln,
Washington, Roosevelt and Wood row
Wilr.on. Many of the famous paint
ings were represented and a most
worth while program descriptive cf
the school. A neat sum was realized
for the benefit of the high school.
The school end the ladies of Murdock
are deserving of much credit for the
excellent work in producing this ex
hibit. Have Very Profitable Exhibit
The art exhibit given by the Mur
dock schools proved a most pelasant
as well as profitable affair and was
one which lias added much interest
in the Murdock schools and which
will exert a most beneficial effect on
the scholars and patrons as well. We
viewed the exhibit and were pleased
with the large collection. The pro
grams for the two evenings were
kindly furnished by Mrs. McHugh
and both evenings were profitably
spent. Here are the programs giv
en the two evenings:
THURSDAY
Orchestra.
Saxophone solo. Irene McDonald.
Lecture. Mrs. McHugh.
Violin solo. Miss Pardee.
Song, Primary children.
Lecture, Mrs. A. J. Tool.
Male quartet.
Lecture, Mrs. Thimgan.
FRIDAY
Orchestra.
Introduction.
Musical reading, Kalherine Keit
zel. Lecture, Mrs. Gillespie.
Violin solo. Arthur Peters.
Lecture. Mrs. Hornbeck.
Song. Henrietta and Jennie Baur.
Lecture. Mrs. Tool.
Installs An Oil Burner
The Murdock M
has had an oil burner installed at
wit-ir piant ror heating purposes, the
same being installed by Mr. Arthur
nornemeier who is the representa
tive of the Sun Burner.
Creating Mneh Interest
The people of Murdock have be
come intensely interested in the new
game of man Ions- nnri
' t l- " v """ii
ji ovrea oy Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Mc
! Hugh is in use r eood rortirTi nf
;time. The game Is most interesting
jard is claiming much of the time of!
j.-ftiue cere just now.
Joun?l rant if!g nav. Try then
tacked the Required Snap
The wolf hunt which was sched
uled for last Thursday came off as
per arrangements but lack of inter-)
est of the people did not bring out
sufficient people maKe me line strong
pnmie-h and the wily animals were
aDie to break through the lines. At
one time two wolves were in the ring
taken at the animals when they ;
broke through the lines but without I
effect
GUSTAFSON FILES
NAE IN RAGE FOR
GOVERNORSHIP
rn i T j. a t nii,0,. , 1 partment prgnn!::atlon. hfs won admir
Takes Rap at A. N. .aatheis in the 1 o, f.en:is.1vl;nm raeia.
tatement max jho tanner nas
Filed Not on Any Slate
Lincoln, Feb. 7. C. H. Gustafson
of Lincoln, former head of the Unit-
ed ?rain Growers' corporation, to
day filed with Secretary of State
Pool a? the third entry in the repub
lican race for nomination for gov
ernor. Gustafson declared that he was
seeking the nomination because he
r-ad realized that thus far no farmer
had filed for either senator or gov-
error.
"I do not think the farmers ought
t expect to get all the offices," Gus-
tafson said, "but I think they should
at least be repreesnted among the
candidates."
Thi3 statement of Girstafson reach
ed A. X. Mathers, of Gerins, also a
candidate for the republican nomi-1
nation for governor out of the farm- I
er c?rss. Mathers although presi
dent of the Gering National bank, 1
rl?o rhims to be a farmer.
Gu-tafsop denied with energy that
he i a member of any slate and dis
avowed any connection between his
tiling and that of Senator Xorris or
R. H. Thorpe, who is a candidate for
congress in the First district
LEGION EXPECTS
VERY BUSY YEAR
The National Rehabilitation com
mittee of the American Legion antici
pates 19J4 as a most active year, ac
cording to the views of Legion o?Iicial
and others ii.tereste5tln service work
performed by the veterans' organiza
tion. The work will be under the
gnMance of Watson B. Miller, former-
ly national vice-CDmnra-nder of the 01
ganlzation, who has accepted the
chairmanship of the rehabilitation
committee, and who has given up his
law practice during that time in or
der to perform this service for the
World war veterans.
Anticipated work of the Legion's
committee this year resolves itself into
approximately six general classifica
tions. While the so-cailed "Service
Division" of the organization at na
tional headquarters has been closed
In accordance with the mandates of
the fifth national convention, and all
claims will be handled through the
committee in Washington, there are
certain other definite phases of the
work, particularly legislative, which
face the committee.
Further decentralization of the United
States veterans' bureau is one of the
principal Legion aims during the year.
Director Uines has already announced
a similar policy in regard to many
of the recommendations of the organ
ization, and further suggestions art
expected in this direction. Completion
of the hospital building program Is
another step which will be urged. A
bill already introdud in congress at
the instance of the Le-ion asks that
an additional $5,000,000 be appropri
ated to rush these projects to comple
tion. General liberalization of many
bureau rulings, especially those affect
ing admission to the government hos
pitals will be sought.
One of the points to be urged will
be the increase of dependency com
pensation for widows and children of
deceased ex-erviee men, on which
special legislation expected at an
early date.
Extension of hospitalization priv
ileges to all ex-service men, without
regard to origin of the diseases ot
disability, as resulting from or by war.
said to be favored by veterans' bu
reau officials will, however, become the
principal objective of the Legion's com
mittee. Can you remember the calamities
the politicians were pred noting in the
last campaign? Neither can I. But
the country wags on just the same
And it will continue to wag om after
lie calamities cf rext vear are for
gotten.
It is easier for the average mnn to
tell Low to preserve the peace of th
world than it is for hiru to keep the
peace in his own family
I tried to borrow $li from Charley
Verity the other day but he only M
tne have five. He said that was ffcir
I lost five and he lost five.
Frank Edgecombe says the weather
tnnn was so hot in Geneva last sum
mer that he had to feed bis hens
racked Ice to kep them from fay
lBg ha"
Mrs. II
ing hard boiled eggs.
A. Schneider and daugh-
iter, Miss" Catherine, departed bis
'morning for Omaha where they will
- Tisit for the day,
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Amebkkn
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(Copj tor tuu Department 3pmd by t
Amancaa Lcion nw snvit.)
fQEDS RECORD FOR
LEGION ACTIVITY i
J. Leo Collins, comniiinsler of the
American Legion in V: nr.-ylvrmi.i. IS
rt-'arded bv fellow Loci' cms ires as one
of the oustacding works. is for veter-
ans' welfare in that state. His rec-1 Bernard Weir, erftwhile Platts
ord in the Legion as a: organizer' cf mouth saxaphonist, now playing with
the first post in the vtate. ;iut com
mander, chairman of tne Allegheny
county council, a deputy Krganizer in
the state, finally to be elected to the
most important post in the entire de-
bership.
Commander Collins was commie-;
-w.nj ...,.1..;t, .,n.i o,..-, r.,i with fh
t. e . ,.,i,0r o tua (
Ui 1111 U . I Mill t Cl.T ( , 1 , . ...... . w. - - "
v--. j.-!, ! -r 1. A
N iTie-ty-sev.Hi( nivipin. i tn-re re won
iionors for hmvery and wtts le- nHed 1
by the French governmetit. On his 1
retorn from overseas 'service he be-
gun orgnhizstion work for the Le?b . tpSt pr0grnms." This station is Install
and tins continued nctive In the or-: t lh. TTnfvArs!fv, nf inw, at Inws
ganization since thnt time.
To pay Commander Collins flttin?
Imnnrc Wmiw of hi eteVfitlon to t he i
pot of depnrtnient commander, the I
Tmrfe Crek Wllev oosu Collins' i
V i
v e-
V.
J. I-co Collins.
home post, tendered him a testimonial
dinner in East Pittsburgh. At that
dinner many prominent Legion men
congressmen, state, county and mu
nicip.il officers were present. Through
arrangements with the Westinghoase
Radio corporation, the addresses and
entertainment were broadcast by
the powerful wireless station KDKA.
so that Legion men all over the na
tion heard the tribute to their com
rade. Board of Appeals to
Hear Numerous Cases
Reorganization of the Centra!
lien rd of Appeals cf the Veterans' bu
ie:iu. increasing membership of that
body from seven to seventeen In order
to expedite eases presented, was first
proposed by the American Legion, offi
cials of that orgnntention declare.
About I2.00' cases have been heard
annually by the reviewing board, but
the increased membership, it is be
lieved. will permit nearly 50.000 cases
of disabled veterans to be presented.
Another ehr.nge advocated by the
Legion ond recently put into effect by
Director Frank T. Ilines, has been the
establishment of a finance division In
the bureau and separation of the dis
bursing and accounting s?etlous.
Legion Boosts Good Roads
A special session of the Missouri
stute legislature to consider plans for
extending the road appropriations has
been sought by members of the St.
Louis county council of the American
Legion. In a letter to Governor Hyde,
the Legion men declare that tbey
learned the. value of good roads while
in France, and that as the condition
of many roads in that state is deplor
able, steps should be taken to both
expedite :.nd extend the road building
program. Under the proposal made
by the Legion men, authorizing of od
ditional funds would provide a com
plete system by 11)28.
Way to Aid Disabled
One man's contribution to service
fund's maintained by the American
Legion in Marshnlitown. la., practical
ly made it possible to carry on post
work for disabled during the year.
"Dud" Lverist. as the Legion men af
fectionately call him. own? and op
erates a strinsc of filling stations In
that city, and one dny turned over his
places for the Logion fireu to handle,
giving them the profits. Gas sold at
a low figure on tl:et date, nnd maay
auToists took advantage of the oppw
tunny to stock op. and thereby ai3 the
Legion's work.
Simplicity Itself,
.-now l'd you find the Y7ioso,uitoe5
jn- tl.c-re?"
"Cinth. Didn't
t Tor them." Auierkun Legion' eeily.
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FROM OUT OF THE ETIIEfi
Wind Blew Our Antenna Down This
Week Trust You'll Get Us on
This 156 Point Waveline
Applause cards are ready.
Rcnie 1,500 were printed and are
be'ng distributed among those order-
ing same. j
If you want to advertise your home
town instead of some make head set
tr loud speaker, get these special
Pit
cttsmouth cards.
1 The cost i3 small little more than
the cost of the stamped postcards on
w hich they are printed. Let us know
if you want some
. .
Ackerman s Km press uaruens orenes
trn at Omaha, gave a sclo number on
WOAW's dinner program last night.
that was much enjoyed by
time friends here.
his old
j
We r.re still receiving "applause"
I Radio writers are taking rp the fight
agsinst such practices f.nd it is very
crobr.ble a much closer scrutiny of
what is broadcast will be made by the
.
stations themselves m the fu'ure.
Anether new "iO? att station soon
ta tke the air is WHAA, which has
Citv, Iowa, and will divide time with
WOC, on the 484 meter wavelength
Fort Worth will have its usual
good programs this week, including
i two community programs, as inese
are given In detail in the Radio in-
gert now as well as appearing daily
. . .
in both Omaha papers, we have dis-
'continued publishing them in this
: crowded department as heretofore an-
nounced. WBAP's hours are 7:"0 to
and 9:30 to 10:45 n'ghtly ex-
cept Saturday and Sunday. 1
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Eochte to Sin? "Itadio Joe" !
Don't forget WOC's Thursday and
Saturday night programs if you HI c
to hear the new Xat. Assn. of Broad
carters' music played by PSC orches
tra and sung by V. B. Rochte, popu-,
lar baritone. Thursday night, among;
his song offerings (8 to 9) will be
the touching balad. "Radio Joe," that'
is being so frequently encored. I
A One Man Pre gram .
Atlanta, Georgia, has been coming!
through with its old time volume thej
past week. Next Tuesday night the j
Radiowl conceit (10:45 to 12) will
be a "One-Man" program, furnished
; complete by Ralph Richardson, At
ilar.ta's blind taritone-pianist-cor-J
'; netist-saxophonist-composer-poet. On
Saturday night the Radiowl program
'will be put on by the "Hired Help"
1 of the Atlanta Journal. In addition
to its late broadcast schedule nightly,
WSB is also in the air from 8 to 9
each week night except Wednesday.
Your Problem And Jline
While we hold no brief for WOAW
or some of the very mediocre pro
grams it bas put cn of late, and es
pecially the advertising-backed pro
grams, we feel that the petitions to
have more silent nights and shorter
broadcasting periods are a misdirect
ed effort and will avail naught. In the I
first place, fans will do well to con-1
sider that scarcely six weeks more of j
good radio weather are ahead of us.
By the first of April, the static will
be getting bad and from the first of I
June till the first of September the
only station we will be able to hear
with any degree of satisfaction will
be WOAW. Last summer, when many
cf the big stations of the country
closed down, leaving their local list
eners stranded, WOAW kept up its (
schedule and thousands of listeners
within a radius of 100 miles of Om
aha were entertained nightly. We be
lieve It is the intent of the manage
ment of WOAW. to follow the same
policy this summer.
It is but natural human selfishness
that makes us desire the home sta
tion be silent for us during the win
ter and operate for us during the
summer. And we repeat, we would
have more right to expect the former
if the home station had failed us in
the latter.
Of course we like to hear Havana.
Oakland, New York. Calgary and go
galavanting over the country with
the headsets glued to our ears for
hours, just now. And why shouldn't
we? But, let us not forget, everv
one of these stations has Its own local
zone, wherein the same kick might
be raised by the listeners because
their DX reception i3 interfered with.
Perhaps it means as much to them to
pick up Oamha, as it does to us to
hear Cleveland, for instance.
And then, if such requests were
granted, what an ominous silence
would fall over the land and the cob
webs would gather over thousands
and thousands of unusued receiving!
sets.
ahq now anomer matter, as we
have said, we hojd no brief for the
Woodmen of the World's- programs.
Thev could be hettpr snrt thv rrmlrt
be worse. So. too, could many w-e'TheV 3XC IlOW'Onlv
have heard from the furthermost J
parts of the country, to which we !
have listened Intently, because they
were from a great distance. We do
think, and have said so before, thetj
Announcer GR should curtail some
of his superfluous remarks, that the
9 o'clock program should be held
down to an hour and a half, and that"
the booking of all "advance pupil"
and semi-advertising programs should
be discontinued at once.
The six o'clock orchestral programs
with the exception of those broad
cast by remote control are very fine,
in many instances better than the 9
o'clock programs. Fcr some reason
the engineers at OAW have not
I successfully worked out remote con-
ven hyv? to lookjtrol to anywhere near the degreo of
efficiency attained at otaeT etattotrs,
and every time they go 'out cf the
studio" the noire i3 terrific. We r.r
surprised that such orchestra' a-.
Randall', if they are aware cf the
same, will permit their music to b:
broadcast under such conditions.
In closing, again we urge that f.ur
.readers consider the question fror.i
fall angles before either signing the
petition for curtailment or express
ing a desire for continuance of H. :
present schedule.
:
WILSON MEMOHIAL SERVICE
The community memorial service
in memory of the late pres Idrnt.
Woolrow Wilson, will be held in the
First Aietnoat't cnuirn m mum
Sunday evening, reoruary iu, ai
7: SO o'clock.
All church of the ity
o-operatlng.
At this ti:nr we lay aside all po
litical bias and pTf.nnal feelings anl
reverently honor the character o?
the man who served our country,
thror-jh vearj of strain and turmoil,
with a desire for the country's ood.
PROGRAM
Profession 1, "Day is Dying in the
west.
Hymn, "America."
Invocation. Rev. Walter R. Robb.
Tastor Chriftian church.
Hymn, ine ton 01
God Goe
Forth to Wsr."
Scripture lesfon. r?a'ms IS and 23.
Rev. H. Kottich. Pastor St. Pa el's
Eva-ngelical church
9kio, "Love Divine," Mrs. Vannie
Pl8ck, director Christian church
choir.
Address. Rev. II. G. McClusky,
Pastor First Presbyterian church.
Hymi. "How Firm a Foundation."
Benediction, Rev. M. A. Shine,
rector St
John's Catholic church.
flenr' Lea cock and sister, Mis
Lura. and Mr. and Mrs. Hans Hen
nchs. departed this morning for Lin
coin in company with Mrs. Mable
T .V. 1 I c
i.euuej, uj :ris in umuu;
for a short time and will spend Sun-
day there.
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