PAGE F0T71 0)e plattsrnoutb loiirnal PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEEX AT PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA EiUrtd at Poertofflce. PUttatnouth. Neb., m ecoad-class mall matter R. A. BATES, Publisher SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $2.00 The big guns are saying it with oil. If a man has sunshine in his soul, he doesn't need moonshine in his stomach. . :o: They say nothing is impossible, but a woman's secret society has been formed. :o: Distance lends enchantment to the radio especially if the announcer has been eating onions. :o: There is plenty of room at the top because nearly everybody wants to get in on the ground floor. :o: The constitution's guarantee of freedom of speech is to those who know the speech of freedom. o:o In the olden days the brave nien crossed the continent. Today they cross streets without looking. :o: According to federal investigators. Dr. Cook's discovery of oil is on a par with his discovery of the pole. :o: It is claimed that the present gen eration is. living too fast, but you wouldn't think it to see some people work. :o: A reader complains of bad English used on billboards. But that's noth ing to the language used about bill boards. o:o p-r r , News reports say that the next 'in ternational conference "will hinge on oil." Going to oil the "open door" hinge? Ask Fall. :o: Scientists report that a mountain in California has moved several feet. "Hi" Johnson may be succeeding where Mohammed left off. :o: Viscount Grey predicts a race be tween nations for air supremacy. If it were for hot air supremacy it would be a close race just now. :o: Scientists now say the next war will be fought with electricity, which bears out the popular belief that it will be the most shocking of all. :o: "No oil in Al." This is the slo gan Governor Al Smith's supporters for the nomination for the presi dency have adopted and intend to broadcast. :o: Congress is talking of investment opposition to the bonus bill, but the people would like to hear a little more about officials who got bonuses without a bill. to: This is a presidential year, and we suppose we are ging to put the great war grafters in prison even more ruthlessly than we were going to at any time In the last years. :o:- Billy Thompson has wisely con cluded he does not want to be na tional committeeman any longer. The democrats want a live man like Art Mullen and he should be elected without opposition. When the North American conti nent becomes one political unit, as the British Columbia paper foresees it will, it will become that not for trading purposes, but because na tlonalistic considerations demand It :o: A Plattsmouth woman sees in the current social problem a choice of two evils. She tells the Journal that should would rather have the men "smoke at a banquetit than to watch them excavate with toothpicks." -:o: The ex-kaiser and his wife have separated, and while nobody knows why, probab'y it Is because Wilhelm is one of those persons remarked up on by Benjamin Franklin, who never can find anybody to agree with them but themselves. :o:- If women s ears aren t growing longer that isn't the fault of the heavy ornaments that now dangle from the lobes. Fashion may ulti mately designate for such use both the sleigh bells and the cowbells of our grandparents. :o: This paper has long contended that the nuts were gaining the as cendency in this country and to clinch our contention we have but to point to the fact that golf addict have increased fd 5 rullidn. TJinn and pfndclil flayiH ir also rapid ly increasing. PER YEAR IN ADVANCE A pronoun is about as handy to some folks as an ambitious father-in-law. o:o Before long the nations will find that it is more blessed for warships to be scrapped than to scrap. :o: Of course there is as yet no presi dential candidate from Ohio but there is plenty of time for entry. :o: Again, among other things the na tional rodeo in Washington is not lacking in skilled bull throwing. o:o . Bootleggers probably feel at home in New York because that island was once sold for a barrel of hootch. :o: The people are preparing for the breaking up of the ice on the Platte and Missouri rivers. Look out for a flood. -:o: The man who didn't know the gun was loaded seems to be survived by a son who didn't know the driver of the other car was. rot- Scientists can magnify the human voice 12,000 times, but they "seem unable to do a darned thing for the voice of conscience. :o: Only good feature about the so call dancing marathons, as we see it, is that they must be pretty hard on the saxophone players. :o: London, according to the latest tax. appraisal, is valued at $250,000, 000. "Even at that price we don't believe we'll take it. o:o The Atchison Globe declares that if father, instead of fashion, decreed that daughter should wear flapping galoshes she would cry her eyes out. :o: We are in a quandary to decide whether to have our summer trous ers made with an insert of old Pais ley or with a King Tut lambrequin effect. . :o: Not many girls make leap year proposals, but know how to make the men feel mighty uncomfortable if they don't come across with such an offer. :o: Jud Tunkin says he'd be more willing to forgive and forget if so many folks weren't ready to take ad vantage of good nature and a bad memory. :o: Who paid for the Marion Star, Harding's paper? It cost the buy ers, whoever they were, $550,000 for a plant not worth cne-fourth the price. :o: How many men will marry a wom an who chews tobacco? asks an ex change. Well, she can't legally mar ry but one at a time, so why take a straw vote? Brigadier General Butler's threat to throw up the sponge as director of public safety of Philadelphia prob ably indicates that the sponge, not the city, remains dry. Christopher Columbus and David Lloyd George stand out as the only two Englishmen who ever came to this country and returned home without criticizing us. :o: The democrats want Andy Snyder for sheriff. He will surely get the nomination and the man that op poses him will know he has a full fledged man running against him. :o: Looking back over a long and fairly active life. Senator LaFollette can truthfully say that he has never knowingly contributed to the peace or happiness of the Grand Old Party. :o: Mexican insurgents are being giv en the choice of surrendering or be ing hanged when captured. But what will happen to them when they sur render is no doubt being kept a3 a surprise. :o: You can never stop the bobbed hair custom- by arguing that it is not dignified, but if you could con vince the women folks that it makes them look older they would quit in a hurry. ; :o: Although the umpire doesn't speak until late in June, most of the ex perts in the grandstand agree that McAdoo was out at first. The ar gunient tiow is as how the play should be seoreddoes Walsh get the putout, or Doheny? TEAPOT DOME OIL AREA The Teapdt Dome Is a tract of oil land lying between Salt and Teapot creeks In the northeast corner of Na trona county, Wyoming. The actual oil producing part of the tract, it is oaHmatort rnntalns 9.000 acres. This field was one - of the Western oil areas taken over years ago by the government to conserve a supply of I fuel for the navy in times of emer !gency. The Teapot area is part of : the Salt Creek field which is divided into the Teapot, Shannon and Salt Creek pool3. ("Pool" is used among oil producers to signify a tract of oil producing land.) The Teapot Dome became a topic of public discussion when it was leased in 1922 by the government to the Sinclair oil in terpsts. The wisdom of the lease was immediately questioned by a large part of the press, resulting in a congressional Investigation. Sec retary Fall justified the lease on the ground that the Teapot pool could be drained from the adjoining Salt Creek pool which is controlled by private interest. He said if the gov ernment had not leased the tract it would lose the oil anyway and would derive no benefit from the loss; whereas, by the terms of the con tract, the government is to receive royalties ranging from 12 to 50 cents a barrel from all oil taken from the pool. But the statement that jthe Teapot area can be drained from the adjoining tract is questioned by many competent authorities :o: "MADAME PRESIDENT" Why don't the women's organiza tions run a woman for president of these United States? Leo R. Healy asks this question in a letter to the New York Times. The same idea has occurred to all of us at some time or other, prob ably. It certainly has given many a cartoonist and joke writer a hunch on a dull day. But, after all, why not? The average woman makes a big "t success of her home than he' husband makes of his business. Men are forever getting fired from their jobs or falling in business and hav ing to start all over. But did you ever know a woman fail at her job of running the home? Once in a while the meal3 may bo late, but there's always a good rea son for it. Certainly not procrasti nation lazy dodging of duty, such as is so prevalent among men.. Moth er never gets as far behind with her mending and cooking and so on as father docs with the litter of unfin ished work that clutters up his desk at the office or his share of the home duties. Forgetting results and keeping up to schedule, a Mrs. President would have an inherited or intuitive natur al instinct. It's a rare man in the White House who doesn't lag. Another excellent quality, uni versal among our women, is the fem inine insistence on a periodical housecleaning. A woman can be ".at on her back and with one foot in the grave, but never too low to wor ry because housecleaning is delayed. Wouldn't it be a choice thing to have someone In the White House with the moral and nervous house- cleaning spirit? The "works" in Washington needs a frequent "hoe ing" out. When it comes to a woman's abil ity to handle the presidential job, it's a certainty that plenty of wom en could be found who'd be efficient at it. She'd at least have sense enough to seek competent advisers and adopt their recommendations. That's the system for any president, male or female, the same as for any boss. And many a mother Will agree that running the United Staes would be a relatively simple matter com pared with raising a child through the dangerous years in these jazzy times. As we size up the situation the chief handicap to a woman running for president is that the men voters. who swing the balance of power. might display their customary intel ligence and elect a bathing beauty or a movie vamp. Pj. S. Catherine did a mighty good job of ruling Russia. So did Victoria in England. Not to men tion Wilhelmina in Holland. Cleo patra in Egypt and the hundreds of women who ruled as the powers be hind the the throne all through his tory. :o: ' BACK TO THE CONSTITUTION! In two speeches, one at Cleveland, the other at Akron, Senator "Under wood, with singular clarity, force and courage, outlined we may say the one great lssue--which offers op portunity to the American people. Touching the current issue now pendinj. tax reduction ami bonus 'senator Underwood unqualifiedly ad vocated the one ahd opposed the PLATTSMOUTH SEMI. WEEK! CT, JOURNAL other. But these questions may be settled before the presidential cam paign. All the patties favor tax re duction In one form or another, while President Coolidge has thrown the whole weight of his adminis tration against "the bonus. The great fundamental issues which Sen ator Underwood defined and which call the democratic party to -high service are these three: Privilege, embodied in the tariff abominations. Intolerance, exemplified by the Ku Klux Klan and prohibitive legisla tion. Centralitation, developed through federal usurpations and growing bu- reauocarcy, which the St. Louis Post-Dispatch designated "The march towards federal empire." Privilege, as embodied in excess ive protective tariffs, enriches the few at the expense of the many, and adds heavily to the burdens of the people. The ruin of the wheat farm ers, for wnoee rescue .president Cool idge is recommending emergency makeshift measures, is largely due to the tariff. This sort of privilege is contrary to the principles of jus- itce and equality embodied in the constitution. Referring to the democratic-plat form of 1856, which denounced the Know Nothing party, the senator de mands the reaffirmation by the party of the principles of religious freedom and the liberty and equality of all citizens of the republic, of whatever race, creed or nationality, upon which American institutions are founded. On this subject the senator denounced organized defi ance or some or the sacred guaran tees of the constitution, such as trial by jury, protection of the home. freedom of religious worship and protection of property," and added: "The honest and effectual enforce ment of law and order by the courts should and must always be the senti ment foremost in the hearts of the people, if, in the end, this republic is to endure. o:o "LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP" This year is "Leap Year" for such courageous women as desire to accept the opportunities which confront those who are experiencing the single state and who may aspire to something "better" or "worse," as time would disclose. To what extent the traditional chance is employed of course is not known. But it is quite well established that a good many "Leap Years" have passed without being availed of by woman kind. This circumstance would seem to offer grounds for reflection upon the advantages of remaining single. A good many girls are too busy making their mark in the world to feel free to become entangled with marital enterprises, and as women continue to play a more conspicuous part in national and international affairs it is safe to assume that there will come a corresponding de cline In the disposition of the sex to summon up nerve to approach that most austere, yet rather handle subject man. easy to mi Ttion r0ntf fnr.m fiairi Miss Helen Bennett, former head of the Collegiate Bureau of Occupa tions in Chicago, is quoted as say ing: "The world is full of so many good and interesting things in the way of jobs, positions and profes sions that the horizon of women is considerably broadened." Again we have the testimony of a man, Herman N. Buhdensen, health commissioner of Chicago, to this ef fect: "A woman Is no longer afraid tobe called an old maid at 23 or 24. She refuses to be married to the first r person in trousers whom she can get. Iier ability to earn her own living makes her think twice before get ting married." If you should look about In this country for a moment you would find many of our most useful women still unmarried and withal happy. Jane Addams of Hull House remains single through choice, and there isn't a woman in America who is do ing or who has done more for the cause of human progress. In arts, science, literature and even politics. More recently, women have so estab lished themselves in an independent manner that far from worrying about getting married, this thought never interests them. Young women who are crazy to become movie stars have been told that they must have legs. And legs can't be purchased at the drug store. ORDER OF HEARING AND NO TICE OF PROBATE OF WILL In the County Court of Cass coun ty, Nebraska. : . . State of Nebraska, County of Cass, ss. To the heirs and all persons in terested in the estate of Ada R. Bes tor, deceased: On reading the petition of Frank M. Bestor. craving that the: lnstru- ment flleoin this. court on the 11th dav of Feeraarv, 1924. ana purport- ;na I 4L. a-iii ?ni o rr-mn t 6f the said deceased, may be proved and allowed, and recorded as the' last will and testament of Ada R. Bestor, deceased: that said Instrument be ad- mitted to probate, and the adininis- tratipn of said estate be granted to Charles K. Bestor, as Executor; It is hereby ordered that you. and all persons interested in said matter, may, and do, appear at the County Court to be held in and for said coun- . devisees, legatees, personal represen ty, on the 29th day of February, A. ' tatives and all other persons interest- D. 1924, at 10:00 o'clock a. m., to show cause, if any there be, why the prayer of the petitioner should not be granted, and that notice of the; pendency of said petition and that the hearing thereof be given to all persons interested in said matter by publishing a copy of this Order in the Plattsmouth Journal, a semi- weekly newspaper printed in said county for three successive weeks; prior to said day of hearing. Witness my hand, and seal of said court, this 11th day of February, A. D. 1924. ALLEN J. BEESON, (Seal) fl4-3w County Judge. NOTICE OF INCORPORATION THE SHELDON MANUFACTURING COMPANY. Notice is hereby given that George C. Sheldon, Roy G. Kratz, Arthur Dobson, W. G. Humphrey and A. G. Schreiber have associated together for the purpose of forming a corpora tion under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Nebraska. I The name of the corporation shall be "The Sheldon Manufacturing Com pany." II Principal place of hawka, Nebraska. Ill business, Ne- General nature of business, the manufacture and sale of concrete quieted in plaintiff, and for equit mixers and articles incidental to the able relief. making and using of concrete, the, You and each of you are required sale of machinery manufactured by to answer said petition on or before others and the manufacture and sale! the 17th day of March, A. D. 1924, of other products. Corporation shall , or your default will be entered in have power to acquire, own, sell and 'said cause and a decree granted as convey real and personal property, borrow money and execute its per sonal notes therefor, and secure the payment of same by pledge of its property by mortage or otherwise. . IV Amount of capital stock authorized Twenty-five Thousand ($25,000.00) Dollars, divided into shares of One stock may be paid for either in money i r.. oH-iii i-ia ui ptriauuai pivpntj aim ouuu j non-assessable, but shall not be is sued until paid for in full. V Time of commencement of corpora tion shall be when these articles are filed in the office of the County Clerk of Cass county. Nebraska. The coj - porate existance shall terminate fifty years thereafter, unless sooner dis solved as herein provided. VI The highest amount of indebted ness or liability to which the corpo ration is at any one time to subject itself, shall not exceed two-thirds of the capital stock. ;' VII - Affairs of corporation " to be con ducted by a Board of Directors of not less than three nor more than seven members, to be elected at the annual meeting of the stock holders held at: the principal office of the company on the hrst Monday or January in each year. Directors shall hold of fice until successors are elected and qualified. Board of Directors shall elect a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary and a Treas urer. VIII Corporation may be dissolved by affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding stock. IX i noara oi Directors nave power to'tv ss adopt by-laws for the conduct of the business and regulation of the cor- uuu vri. n.c - j iPoration atrairs. btocK Holders may my majority vote, alter, amend or repeal said by-laws, and by-laws You are hereby notified, that I will made by the stock holders shall not!sit at tne County Court room in De repeaieo. or amended Dy tne iioard X These articles may be amended at; any annual meeting of the stock holder? or any special meeting called for that purpose by a vote of a ma- jority of the outstanding stock. Dated at Nehawka, Nebraska, Aug-; ust 10th, 1923 GEORGE C. SHELDON ROY G. KRATZ ARTHUR DOBSON W. G. HUMPHREY A. G. SCHREIBER. j24-4w. NOTICE TO CREDITORS The State of Nebraska, Cass coun ty, Ss. In the County Court. In the matter of the estate of Samuel L. Furlong, deceased. To the creditors of said estate: You are hereby notified, that I will sit at the County Court room in Plattsmouth, in said county, on the 26th day of February, 1924. and on the 26th day of May, 1924, at 10 o'clock a. m., each day, to receive and examine all claims against said es tate, with a view to their adjustment and allowance. The time limited for the presentation of claims against said estate is three months from the 26th day of February, A. D. 1924, and the time limited for payment of debts is one year from said 26th day of February, 1924. Witness my hand and the seal of said County Court, this 24th day of January, 1924. ALLEN J. BEESON, (Seal) j28-4w. County Judge. NOTICE In the District Court of Cass coun ty, Nebraska. Leon L. McCarty. Plaintiff, vs. Cit izens Bank of Plattsmouth et al, De fendants. 4 To T. J. Jones, if living, if deceas ed to his unknown heirs, devisees, legatees, personal representatives and all other persons having any interest in his estate; Jacob Tal Ion, if living. it aeceasea nis uusnown neirE, aevi ua 179 fpp nArKnnal rptirppnta tives and all other persons Interested In his estate: Jarius E. Neal, if Hv Ing. if deceased-his unknown heirs, devisees, personal representatives and all other persons interested in his , estate; William Wortman, if living, j if deceased his unknown heirs, aevi sees. legatees, personal representa tives and all other persons interested in his estate; the unknown heirs, ed in the estate of Henry Amison, ae ceased; All persons having or claiming any interest, right or title or lien in, to or upon the north half of the west half of Lot ten, all of Lots eleven and twelve, and the south three and one-half feet of Lot thirteen, all in Block thirty-one, in the City of , Plattsmouth, Cass county, Nebraska, real names unknown: You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 28th day of January, A. D. 1924, the plaintiff in the foregoing action filed his petition in the District Court of Cass county, Nebraska, wherein you and each of you are made parties defendant, for the purpose of obtaining a decree from said Court, quieting the title in plaintiff to the following described real estate, to-wit: The north half (N) of the west half (W) of Lot ten, (10) all of Lots eleven (11) and twelve (12) and the south three and one-half (3) feet of Lot thirteen, (13) all in Block thirty-one (31) in the City of Plattsmouth, Cass county, Ne braska as against you and each of you, and by such decree to wholly exclude you and each of you from all estate, right, title, claim or interest therein, and to have the title of said premises forever freed from the apparent claims of you and each of you and ! prayed for in said petition Dated January 2S, A. D. 1924 leon l. Mccarty, Plaintiff. C. A. RAWLS, Atty. f4-4w NOTICE Ob SALE In the District Court of Cass coun 1 1 NenrasKa ' in tne rru matter of the estate flnnrrp Hansnn rtprpnoeil Notice is herebv given "that in pur- is,tratio" of 8ai? estate may be Srant suance of an orde'r of Hon. James T. e? .to Minn,e Lihs as Administrat Begley, Judge of the District Court nx. , , x, A . . 1 of said Cass countv. made on the ?.lst day of December, 1923, for the sale of"tne real estate' hereinafter describ- ,e(f there wI ,)e SQld at the south Unr nf thp rmirf hnno in tho ritv of Plattsmouth. Nebraska, on the 4th dny of March, 1924, at ten o'clock a. m.. at public vendue to the highest bidder for cash, the following describ- ed real estate, to-wit: The west half of the northeast quarter and the east half of the northwest quarter in Section 32, and the east half of the south west quarter in Section 29, all in Township 11, north. Range 9, in Cass county, Nebraska. Said sale to remain open for one hour. Dated this 8th day of February, . D..1924. THOMAS HANSON and HENRY HANSON, Executors of the Estate of George Hanson, Deceased O. DWYER, Attorney. fll-3w NOTICE TO CREDITORS The Sfnto nf VehrnBla faces mmti. In the County Court. m me matter oi ine estate or. Carey L. Stotler, deceased. To the creditors of said estate: plattsmouth in rnnntv nn th 26th day of February, A. D. 1924, and on the 26th day of May. A. D. 1924, at ten o'clock a. m., of each day. . to receive and examine all claims against said estate, with a view to their adjustment and allow- jance. The time limited for the pre- sentation of claims against said es tate is three months from the 26th day of February, A. D. 1924. and the time limited for payment of debts is one year from said 26th day of Feb ruary, 1924. Witness my hand and the seal of said County Court, this 26th day of January, 1924. ALLEN J. BEESON, (Seal) J31-4w. County Judge. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed bids will be received at the Senate Chamber in the state house jat Lincoln, Nebraska, on February 26, 1924. until 10:00 o'clock a. m.. and at that time publicly opened and read for Guard Rail and incidental work on the Eagle-Murdock Project No.153-B, Federal Aid Road. The approximate quantities are: 708 lineal feet guard rail. 10 each anchors for guard rail. Certified check for five per cent State Farmers' A. E. Agee, President Offers best policy and contracts for lest money. Cheap est ahd best insurance company doing business in Ne braska. Pays all losses promptly. Over 5,000 members. Organized in 1895. Insurance in force, $60,000,000. CALL ON L. L. DIENSTBIER 2615 Harney Street Omaha, Nebraka MnTTT)AY. FEBRUARY. 18, 1924. (5) of the amount of the bid trill beTrheiqsUwodk must be .tart.d previous to April 1, 1924. arid be completed by August 1, 1924. plans and specifications Jw the work may be seen and intoi-"on secured at the office of the County Clerk at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, or at the office of the State Department of Public Works at Lincoln, Nebrae- kSThe State and County reserve the right to waive all technicalities and reject any or all bids. GEO. R. SAYLES, County Clerk, Cass County, Nebraska. R. L. COCHRAN, State Engineer. J51-3W. SHERIFF'S SALE State of Nebraska, County of Cw,! ss. Ttrr virtiiA of an Order or sale is sued by Jamei Robertson, Clerk of the District Court wltnm ana ior Cass county, Nebraska, and to me di rected, I will on the let aay ot March, A. D. 1924, at 10 o'clock a. m. or said aay at me luum "" door of the court house in piane mouth in said county, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash the following described prop erty, to-wit: Lots one (1) and two, (2) in Block thirty-nine, (39) in Young & Hayes Addition to the City of Plattsmouth, Cass county, Ne braska The same being levied upon and tak en as the property of Frank Detlef and Amelia Detlef, defendants, to satisfy a Judgment of said Court re covered by The Standard Savings & Loan Association of Omaha, Nebras ka, plaintiff against said defendants. Plattsmouth, Nebraska, January 22nd, A. D. 1924. E. P. STEWART, Sheriff of Cas3 county, Nebraska. O. W. JOHNSON, Attorney. J24-SW ORDER OF HEARING on Petition for Appointment of Administratrix The State of Nebraska, Cass coun ty, ss. In the County Court. In the matter of the estate of Frank J. Lillie. deceased. 0f' On reading and filing the petition oi Minnie inline praying mat aamm- , wruereu, mai reDruary zi.in, A. U. 1924, at 10 o'clock a. m., is assign- e?, for hearing said pel all persons interested in petition, when said matter ma' appear at a County Court to be hld in and ,for faid county, and fhow cause why the prayer of peti- "0Iier should not be granted; and that notice of the pendency of said ( petition and the hearing thereof be given to an persons interested in said matter by publishing a copy of this order In the Plattsmouth Journal, a semi-weekly newspaper printed in said county, for three. , succesdve weeks, prior to said day of hearing. Dated February 2nd, 1924. ALLEN J. BEESON, (Seal) f4-3w. County Judge. The Mexicans must be laughing. The oil men ruined that country and now they are in fair way to ruin this. :tr. Opinons may differ as to the 10 best books, but just now the one best unquestionably, is the seed catalog:. :o: Perhaps it is just as well that Fall is not called on to give testimony. It proves too personal to some of those interested in Teapot Dome scandal. 35 years Off lee t Experience Coatee Block DR. C. A. MARSHALL' Dentist Automobile Painting! First-CIass Work Guaranteed! Prices Reasonable Mirror Repl&ting and SiRn Work! A. F. KH0FL1CEK, Phone 5d2-W, Plattsmouth Insurance Co. J. F. McArdle, See'y Ott WHITE