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MONDAY. JULY 28. 1921
PLATTSMOTTTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURHAI
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MURDOCK DEPARTMENT.
PREPARED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE JOURNAL.
Best Trashing Coal!
We have an excellent article in good clean
Illinois Coal for your thrashing.
See Us for Your Wants!
To&l-Kaumsn Lumber Company
Murdock -:- -:- -:- Nebraska
Solid leather work slioes $1.95 at
the Murdock Mercantile Co.
Miss Minnie IMeckman was a visi
tor with friends in Omaha on last
Tuesday.
Warren Richards was looking af
ti r some business in Murdock last
Thursday afternoon.
Henry A. Tool was looking after
t ime business matters in Lincoln on
last Tuesday and Wednesday.
r'reu Stock shipped a car load of
cattle to the South Omaha market
on last Wednesday afternoon.
Otto Miller was among the first
to begin threshing and w-as trying
the matter out on last Thursday af
ternoon. Ixuis Hornoeck drove down from
Lincoln where he has a good posi
tion and visited for over Sunday with,
the family.
Mrs. Catherine Earhardt of Man
ley was looking after some business!
matters in Murdock and vicinity last
Thursday afternoon.
During the time when business has
not been the best. Herold McKinnon
has gone home and is assisting in
the work on the farm.
O. E. McDonald and Emil Kuehn
were looking after some busints; in
Lincoln on last Wednesday, making
the trip in their auto.
Mat' Thimgan and O. J. Pothast
were fishing in the Platte river one
day last week with very fair success.
O. J. getting a bite and Matt a nib
bl .
On account of the rain of last week
the Too! brothers were not able to
give their show at South Bend. the.
weather being such that no one could
get out.
220 full cut blue demins overalls
f 1 69 at the Murdock Mercantile Co.
Henry A. Guthn-.ann and the fam
ily were visiting and looking after
some business matters in Omaha on
last .Thursday, driving over to the
metropolis in their auto.
Mrs. Ida Geddis of Lexington, ac
companied by the children, arriv.il
in Murdock last Saturday and are
visiting with grandmother Mrs.
St.ickeizkie for the present week.
B'ue Chambrey work shirts, 75c
at the Murdock Mercantile Co.
Raymond Staurs arrived here on
last Saturday and is visiting at the
ne of his parents, the Rev. and
Mrs. Stauss of the church of Mur
dock and will remain during the va
cation. E. L. Pothast has been placed in
chr.rre of a bank at College View
that it might be gotten over a hard
point in the road of financial diffi
culties and gotten on firm founda
tion aerain.
J. H. Buck has installed an air
eompresser for the use of his forge
at the blacksmith shop which saved
the work of blowing when needing
a hot fire. He will also use the same
for free air.
220 fuli cut blue demins overalls
$1.69 at the Murdock Mercantile Co.
Matthew Thimgan will assist Gust
Gakemeier in conducting the opera
tions of the threshing outfit which
he has and will operate this fall. Mr.
Thimgan should make a good man
for the place.
P inker Reese Hastain and wife of
Louisville were visiting at the home
t Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Guthmann of
arvest
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Blue Chambry Work Shirts $ .75
220 Full Cut Blue Denim Overalls 1 69
Solid Leather Work Shoes 1 28
Mu
Murdock
r dock Mer
oanti!e Co.
Nebraska
the Bank of Murdock and wife last
Tuesday evening, all enjoying the
visit very much.
Blue Chambrey work shirts, 75c
at the Murdock Mercantile Co.
Dr. Chas. Parrish. Veterinarian.
Elmwood, Nebraska. Call day phone,
7; night. 5S. tf-x
Herman Thieman has concluded it
will be better to stack the grain and
allow it to go through the sweat be
fore threshing end not be rushed at
this time of the year when all are
busy with the threshing.
W. A. Robertson and party were
brief visitors in Murdock last Thurs
day coming from Lincoln and pass
ing through Murdock to north of
town and thence to Louisville on
their way home to Plattsmouth.
.Misses Margaret Daly and Vere
Case, pupils of Miss Margaret Tool,
who attended the school she taught
at Cambridge last winter, arrived in
Murdock on Friday and visited for a
few days with their former instruc
tor. Mm A. J. Box of near Elmwood
was a visiter at the home of her par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Deickman of
Murdock for the day last Wednesday
end the visit was enjoyed most pleas
antly by both the guest and her fan -ily
here.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Tool were
spending last Thursday in Omaha.
i.,cv having some business matters
there to look after a well as visitine
with friends and also looking afraid
of many y.ars as Mr. A. J. Tool had
a molar removed.
Herman R Schmidt who is a work
er and no doubt will always be. has
been turning his hand to shocking
oats and has materially Resisted in
getting the crop of his sen Louis, in
the shock. The oats, however, are of
a good quality.
Henry Rueter shipped some hoes
to the South Omaha market on last
Friday, they being taken by Herman
Schweppe in his truck. Mr. Schweppe
also took with him some chickens
which Mrs. Schwoppe his raised this
summer and were ready for marker.
Rev. Lawrtnee Stauss. r-on of the
pa:-or of the church in Murdock who
is visiting here, having returned
from the Napervil! school dur;::
vacation. deHvored the sermon last
Sunday, his subject being "The Ben
efit of Prayer" and gave a most ;.b!e
address on the subject.
Herman Kuplr war- the fir-.t to
break the ice in the matter of thresh
inc. he getting to the job on last
Thursday and was followed by many.
The dcnir.ness of the grain is one
th'ng which may ret an! the thresh
ing some but with rood weather the
work will be pushed along rapidly
in the Weeks to come.
Lac-v HeDonsId William Meyer
and Floyd Hite r.-cre changing the
lines of the telephone company last
Thursday, removirsr the pole which
has stood near the corner of the
Prurr store i-nr' which has served as
a restinr plac for some of the gen
tlemen of hirure when they wanted
sorithinC to lean against.
Miss Ma Tool of Ackley. Iowa,
has been visiting at the home of her
brother. Henry A. Tool for the past
weeh enjoying the ozone of Nebr-
ska as compared with the excel
lent climate Sd northern Io-va. Her
stav bfre fa as be 1 the most pleasant
and r;!;e end the brother nr;i family
have most thoroughly enjoyed the
visit.
Unlimited airount of money to
loan on eastern Nebraska farm land.
Lowest rates. Applications taken
now for future lo?ns. Se 0. J. Pot
hast at Farmer?" & Merchants' Bank.
Murdock. Nebr.
Traveling auditor of the Rock Is
land I. M. Lasse of Kansas City was
in Murdock last Thursday checking
up the office here and found every
thing in excellent condition as kept
by Mr. I. G. Hornbeck.
Mi3s Cora Rissman who is the ef
ficient clerk in a bank at Liberty,
where she has been employed for
some time, arrived at home last week
and will visit at the home of her par
ens. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Rissman for
some two weeks. Miss Cora is a very
capable young business woman and
has made good in the position which
she occupies.
Miss Viola Everett, who has been
visiting for some time at the home of
her father at Elliott. Iowa, returned
to Murdock last week and reported
that there has been a deficiency of
moisture at that place and very hot
as some of the vegetation has been
burned by the heat. However, the
cki ps are in very good condition not
withstanding. Mrs. Thomas Wallinc and son. Ed
mund and sister. Miss Mary McHugh
i i me over from Plattsmouth last
Tliursd. y. arriving at South Bend.
Where they were met by Mrs. J. E.
McHugh and visited f;r the remain
der of the week and were taken to
their home on Sunday by Mr. Mc
Hugh, the family accompanying
them for a visit in the county seat
for the day.
The improvements about the city
of Murdoch is marked :n the line of
concrete or permanent work which
is b'intr done. More and better
crossings are being trade. A new
concrete porch floor is being made
si the home of W. O. Gillespie which
ic sddlng much to the permanency
of th. improvements of the proper'-.
Harry Gillespie i-- assisting in
the work on the crossing and other
v. ork.
E. W. Thimgan of the Thimgan
Implement Company and owner of
the gerr-c" was looking after bosl
n matters in Omaha on last Wed
nesday. Mr Thimgan is making a
success of the implement business
st veil a- the garaee business, for
he is ever alert to the needs of the
community and exercises care in
!n Mae after the dc-tni'.s of th busi
ness that everyone's needs may be
conserved.
The 7ig!or Ice company of Ash
land were in Murdock on last Thurs
day and arranged to brine a load of
ice to Murdock on both Tuesday and
Friday of each week for a time to
try out the proposition of Supplying
the town with ice which has been a
Dngziine question with the people
here It is hoped that the proposi
tioa may become permanent as it has
b: r :i a ouestion of how to meet the
ice supply in town.
Miss Gladys Aufrrheit. the excel
lent cook st the home of Carl Schlap
faofi and who by tho, way is a most
capable cock, visited Otoe her for
mer home where they were having a
picri'- and dnnce and as Gladys loves
to dance as well as she knows how
to cook, she enjoyed the occasion
very much. She had such a good
time that she did not get home the
Dexi day but she says it was on ac
count of the rain making the roads
impossible to travel on and we are of
the opinion that she was right, for
we have been having some experience
wih the rotds ourselves.
Dr. Wilson W. Tate, who lectured
at the church in Murdock on Sunday
evening on "Love. Courtship and
Marriage," also gave a lecture on
"Homeless Children." a week since
a) the same place and (o which the
people of Murdock responded with
an offering amounting to one hun
dred dollars.
MURDOCK YOUNG
MAN RETURNS
AFTER LONG STAY
Wanderer Who Had Left Home 19
Years Ago and Apparently Dis
appeared is Back Home.
Some nineteen years ago Fred
Panska. son of August Panska. of
Murdock. disappeared, and during
the first few years was heard from,
and a disultory correspendence kept
tip between him and his parents, but
for the past fifteen years nothing
has been heard from the young man
land it was not known whether he
was alive or dead.
Yesterday a man and woman and
young boy of about five or six years
of age got off the Rock Island train
in Murdock. coming from Canada,
who proved to be none other than
Fred Panska. and much was the sur
prise of his father August Panska
land family when he walked into
I their home, with his wife and son.
Mr. Panska has much to tell of
how he has seen the world and es
pecially with its seamy side out dur
ing the nearly score of years since
he has left Murdock and vicinity,
and in which time had not been
beard of. While adversity has been
with him. he has also had the smile
of prosperity and during the p ist
ISw yars he has married and main
tained a home of his own. experienc
ing a change for he is now a Mis
sionary and seeks to promulgate the
teaching of the Master, much in con
tradiction with the life into
which he was thrown during the
first years of his absence from home.
He has hardly decided as tt what he
will do after the visu which he has
; some to make has been completed.
Entertains for Friends at
North Fifth Street Home
Crom Friday's Dally
One of the pleasant social gather
i: l of the fast few weeks was the
7 O'clock bridge dinner held at the
attractive home of Mrs. Henry G.
Soenniclisen on North Fifth street
on Wednesday evening. In the serv
ing Mrs. Soenniclisen was assisted by
Dora Soenniclisen and Edith P.ulin.
Following the dinner the ladies
"pent ti.e time at bridge and the
first honors of the evening were won
by Mrs. H. A. Rosen'-rans. while the
second prize was awarded to Mrs.
Fr.ink R. Gobelman. The table dec
orations and throughout the rooms
. re the attractive garden flowers.
These who attended the pleasant
event were Mesdames B. A. Rosen
crans, Waldemar Soennb hsen. M. D.
Brown. ;eorge F. Dovey. L. W. Eg
onberger, James G. Mauzy, R. P.
Wectover, H. N. Dovey. lone Dovey
ii. ,ts. C A. Rosencrans, F. R. Gobel
u:::i. A. H. Duxbury. Misses Helen
Egcnberger. Margaret Scotten. Jes
sie Robertson and Elra Hartford.
MRS. CALVES T IMPROVING
How Many Miles en a Gallon?
Your car may be cne which is not giving you
the proper number of miles per gallon.
Try 1 leaner mixture and. note the increase. Then fill
up with our BLUE RiBBON GASOLINE and use a
leaner mixture than ever before.
Drain your motor every 500 miles and supply
with our pure Pennsylvania Motor Oil. 1 his treatment
is worth more than the Manufacturer's guarantee. Try
it.
George Trunkenboiz Oil Co
Eagle and Murdock
Separator for Sale
I have r n hand a new 22x'i2 ball
bearing Advance Rumley separator
(ball bearing on main shaft and on
hlfwer) for use with Fordson trac
tor, at right priee for quick delivery.
Come and look it over. I live two
two miles oast and one mile north
of Mtmiock. Phone 2"-G.
EDWARD GPEHLSTORFF.
jl-4sw. Murdock. Nebraska.
Will Oreanize a Man's Class
G. Bauer has the matter in hand
l of organizing a man's Bible studv
j class which will meet at the church
and in which there have already sig
nified' their willingness to attend and
'x'C.ime members nearly twenty bus
iness men of Murdock. This should
! result in some good work along this
line.
-Murdock, Nebraska-
Saturday, August 2nd
Tom Mix
in-
The Unexcelled Buick Line of Cars
When Better Cars are Built, Buick will Build Them
This year's Buick is one of the best cars made. In fact
it is far in advance of most cars on the market ioday
and when reliable improvements come, Buick will in
the future as in the past, be the first to feature them.
We Also Handle Ford Cars
We are carrying a full line of Farming Machinery and
repair for all kinds of machinery- For garage service
and Automobile Repairing you will find our work O-K.
For Trucking Call Us Any Time
of Night or Day
E. W. Thimgan Garage
Murdock -:- -:- -:- Nebraska
"Stepping Fast!"
Tool Bros. Show
'oi;r Pleasure is Our Business
Eric From he West
Mr. Jacob Goehiy and wife arriv
ed from tie efest v.here they have
been for some time end are visitinsr
at the home of their druirhter. Mr?
H. W. Tool for a short time. Since
beins: here before they were spend
ing some time in the west, visitine:
at the homes of the sons Jacob arrl
Ms ?t Brewster. Washineton. and
with Earhardt Ooeliry, another son
at Oakland. California. They also
visited with Wm. Gehrts at Los An
geles who has a position in a whole
s' ! house of that town. They visit
ed with Adolph Fra7ier. a former cit
izen of Murdock Who was secretary
of the Y. M. C. A in Sacramento.
Cal. They met Henry Schneider who
hB"5 a contract of trucking with the
railroad carrying merchandise into
the country from Sacramento. i
From Fr;.'.;:y Oallj-
The many Plattsmouth friends of
Mra Join Calvert will be greatly
plea:-- :1 to learn that she is now do
ing very nicely at the Methodist hos
pital in Omaha where she is recover
ing from her recent operation. Mrs.
C alvert will have to remain at the
hospital for the next two weeks at
least and is feeling very much better
and hopes are bright that this con
dition will continue. Mrs. Calvert
has a host of friends here as well as
in Benson where the family resided
for several years and her personal
work has been a great factor in
stengtheniug the churches in the
communities where she and Rev.
Calvert have labored in the work of
the Methodist church.
Solid ler-ther work shoes $1.98 at
the Murdoch Mercantile Co.
REPORT OF TUB CONDITION
OF THE
BANK OF MURDOCK
of Murdock. Ncbr.
Tobacco Licenses Required
of All Nebraska Dealers
The past two days Chief of Police
William Hinrichsen has been out
plating the licenses for permits to
sell tobacco, cigarettes and cigars in
the various places where they are
handled. In his trips around the
chief has met with many who are
nf t quite clear in the law as to the
necessity of parting with $10 per
ye; for this privilege.
This is not a matter of occupation
tax or city legislation originated by
ordinance, but is a state lav. that
makes the securing of a license a
matter ci' necessity on the part of
the dc.ilcr in tobacco. The law of the
state fixes the rate at $10 per y ar.
and for these who start in the busi
ness of handling tobacco after the
1st of July of any year, there is pro
vision made for paying $5 for that
portion of the year.
Failure to comply with this law
is made a misdemeanor and punish
able by a fine of not less than 10
or more than $200. In cities the li
cense is issued by the city clerk and
in the country districts and unin
eorp'Tuted villages by the county
clerk.
It i- Dot necessary to go out and
deliver these licenses as the parties
are really required to make applica
tion to the office of the clerk for
x'.a same, and the extra effort on the
par. of the chief of police is merely
an accommodation, as failure to com
ply with the law lays the dealer not
having a iicense liable to a fine.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANK
of Murdock. Nebr.
Charter Xo. 1(31 in the State of Ne
braska at tli closv of business
July 21, 124.
KKSOCRCES
Loan? ami discounts 9H. J x l 1
Overdrafts I83.7.
r r.(i. neourlUs. JudRinents.
Claims; etc., inc-ludinB all
rov rmnptit bonds 900. 00
Other ssseta none
licnklna house, furniture and
rtxti.Tf 8.0 " 99
Other real state- nons
I!ai:!tr Contn-rvatlor. fund.. 2 't.10
Iue fn.m National
mid State banks . 13,7t.M
Checks and it-:ms
"f exchange .... i.or.t.oT
Currency CSC.M
Cold coin 77.50
Silver, nickels and
cents l.6l.
f T
J 1.
U ABILITIES
Capitol stork jiaid in 1C.
SureliiH fund
Undivided profits (Net) ....
1 ivi!et;ilv ur.jaid
Indlv'dnel iiprns""
subject to check.! 2C.0CS.ia
iJemand certificates
of deposits none
Time certificates of
deposit 7i.2S.M 10.".,
Savings deposits
Cert if ie-d t he.-ks
'. - to Ni-tfonu! and State
bonk
Notes and hills rediseounted
niiis payable
Depositor's sxaranty fund ..
000.00
j 60.00
23C :
none
S 1 1. 1
none
l:o:.
none
none
none
Nl V"7
T' T. L
VALUATION OF RAILROADS
I'rom Thursday's Dally
The state board of equalization1
has certified to County Clerk Georpe
R. Sayles to valuation of the various
rr.ilroads in Cas county and on
which basis th3 county clerk will
distribute the valuation in the vari
ous school and road districts for lux
ation purposes and which no small
task, especially as some of the con
solidates! districts have been dissolv
ed and returned to the original tlis
tricts and which makes necessary an
adjustment of the valuations. The
report from the olfice of Commis
sioner William H. Smith ?ives the
total of the railroad valuation in the
county nt $6. SIC. 559. 25 and wnic is
divided among the various railroads
as follows: Missouri Pacific. 2.6S1,
090.55; Burlington. S3.370.CS9.10;
Rock Is:and. S795.G79.60.
Stat of Xf-hraska "j
Count: 'f fas J
I. O. J- Pothast. Cashier of the- abov
named hank do hereby swear that ti e
H?-nve tntomfPt n correct and true
copy of the rerort made to me M.-.ie
ro.Tenu of Bank in jr.
O. .T. POTHAST.
Mtesl Cashier.
I. NEITZKI director.
V. EnEIlSR, I'lrector.
S;:hscribPd ard sworn to before me
this 24th day of July, lfJt.
JERRY B. tif'HUGH,
C8eal) Notary ruinic
i A! v
omniission x;ire- Mar.
SOME POTATOES
FUNERAL OF BYRON READ
From Thursday's Daily:
The body of the late Byron Read,
who passed away at the hospital in
Lincoln Tuesday evening, was brot
back to the old home in this city last
evening at 4:30 and taken to the
home in the south part of the city
and where this afternoon at 2 o'clock
il;e funeral services were held.
The service was conducted by the
Rev. Walter R. Robb. pastor of the
Christian church and attended by a
number of the old friends and neigh
bors to pay their last tribute of re
spect to this old resident of the com
munity, who after a long period of
suffering had been called to the final
rest. During the service a number
of the old hymns were given by the
choir of the church.
The deceased leaves the wife and
ten children to mourn his death,
they heing Charles :and Frank Reael
of Murray: Walter, of Omaha; Mrs.
Ivor Standish, of Almeda. Kansas;
Mis. Harry Tignc r. of near Mynard:
Dewey, Russell. William, Ralph and
Edith, all residing in Plattsmouth.
C. H. Dewis. the drayman, who
has been having unusual luck with
his pr.tato crop this season r.-ports
that he has dug one of the new
tubers at his home that weighed two
pounds and one of which was suffi
cient for a meal at the home. A few
potatoes like these would sure make
a bumper crop for Mr. Lewis.
-Shower Baths!-
Shower Baths at the New
Barber Shop!
Also Best Work in Our Line-!
INSURANCE!
We also write the best risks
on insurance in the line of
Fire, Tornado, Hail Automo
bile and Life Risks.
Emi! Kuehn
Murdock, Nebraska
J0f c4
Charter No. 67S in the State of Ne
braska at the close of husiness
July M, 1S34.
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts $iri,.sH6.N."5
Overdrafts 19r49
Bopds, securities, judgments,
claims, etc.. inoludinp all
government lvonds 2. 813. CI
Banking l.ouse. furniture and
fixtures 5, 07a. 01
Hankers Conservation fund.. t.'
Ime from National
and state banks.! i-::.079.7
Clieeks and items
of exchange .... r.v07
Currency 1,487. M
Gold coin ::7.50
Silver, nickels and
cents 7Jfi.::i 2fi.s::.66
When You Bury
Your Dead
insist on your undertaker usin
the Miller-Gruber automatic con
crete sealing vault. It protects
the remains of the loved ones
Manufactured by
RHHs. & Sruher,
Nehavka,
Nebsraka
Murdock Loses the Game
In the ball game which was plny
ed last Sunday between Alvo pnd
Mur 'ock the former won by a score
of six to two for thp home team.
Shall We Gravel Or Kot Gravel?
The matter of street improvement
is taking much of the attention of
the citizens of Murdock who are anx
ious to have better streets and are
also looking to the cost of the mat
ter. From the prevailing cost of the
gravel and transportation the mate
rial sufficient for a coating of four
inches in depth over the space on
the main street from the Rock Island
station to the church would cost in
the nc igliborhood of $1,300 which is
considered quite a sum but in the
end would pay as it would solve the
problem of the street care of this
portion of the town on which it is
used. The question arises as taxes
are rather high now on account of
the construction of the school, where
the matter can be cared for at this
time. However, the people are g:v
ing much 6erious thought to the matter.
total
2S0,891-S4
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in I'O.OOO 00
Surplus fund 5.000.00
Undivided profits Xet .... 1,40. 41
Individual deposits
sut.ject to check. 63,176.10 1
Time eertifieates of
deposit 1 1 J.l ' 0
Savings deposits .. 715.9
Cashier's c-liecks
outstanding BSS.Ofl 22S.777.TS
l'-io- to National and State
hanks none
r-ej ositor's guaranty fund . . l,87".."'i
TOTAL
. f j.-.e.Mti.r.o
State of Nebraska 1
(. ss.
County of Cass J
I. H. A. Outlimann. Cashier of the
ahove nativ d hank do hereby swear
that the above statement is a correct
and true copy of the report made to
the- State Bureau of Ranking.
H. A. GUTHMANN.
Attest- Cashier.
HENRT A. TOOL. Director.
KENNETH A. TOOL, Director.
Subscribed and sworn to '. cfore me
this 25th dav of July. 19.'4.
JEKRT E McHl'feH.
cSeal) Notary I'ublic.
(Ily coinmissija expires Mar. -i, l'jd.j
Dual
Lubrication
and other features of
OIL PULL
The Cheapest Fa rm Power
YOU want to be sure of several things
when you select a tractor. One is lubri
cation. For without a protecting film of
oil that never fails, parts wear quickly and
power is wasted.
The OilPull is doubly protected by its system
of Dual Lubrication. A pump, tested to work
under 2000 pounds pressure, forces oil, drop
by drop, to the vital bearings of the engine.
From these parts the surplus oil works down
into the crank case. Here the connecting
rods churn it into a heavy mist which com
pletely envelops the interior of the engine.
Other features of the OilPull which make pos
sible its consistently delivered "10-Year-Service"
are Triple Heat Control, Oil Cooling,
etc.
Find out about this "proved" tractor that is
growing more popular every year. We have
complete information here and will gladly
explain any points.
"Good Machinery Increases the Profit of Your Farm"
Edward Guiistorff
Murdock -:- -:- Nebraska
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