arOKLAY, DECEMBER 8. 1S24
FLA!TTSMOUTH SZn - WEEKLY JOUEKJLL
FACTS THREE
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The ideal route for your winter trip is
One Way through Denver, the Pikes
Peak Region, Royal Gorge,
Scenic Colorado and Salt
Lake City.
The via the Pacific Northwest,
other Way Columbia River, Portland,
Tacoma, Seattle, the Cas
cades, Spokane, Northern
Rockies, Glacier Park,
Yellowstone.
This is the Burlington's Grand Circle
Tour of the West the finest rail jour
ney in the world.
R. Y. CLEMENT, Ticket Agent
CONSUMERS SHOULD
KNOW MORE ABOUT
QUALITY OF MEATS
IT. S. Department of Agriculture
Kakes Report on the Quality j
Of Meats That Are Sold. I
STILL WRESTLING WITH GRIPPE
Frfitn Saturday's r.iil
W. F. Hunke, storekeejier of the
Burlington he-re. is still confined to
his home as the result of an attack
of tin4 grippe. Mr. Huneke was able
to be out after teh first attack of tlie
n. a lady but lias suffered a relapse
and is now back at tin ohl borne fire--side-
trying to get rid of the affliction.
SHIPPERS INQUIRE
ABOUT HIGHER FEE
Western Stock Yard? Increase Brand
Inspection Charges From Three
to Ten Cents a Heard
I ed a fee of ?2.at. He is not a mern
! b-r of an association. He desires to
j know where the fee goes and whettur
i be becomes a member by reason of
ibis enforced payment.
One shipper who received a check
for $60. being payment for one of
his branded cattle which had been
shipped to market by some one else.
is heartily in favor of the fee system
for orpteclion against cattle thieves.
Secretary G. L. Shumway of the
Nebraska department of agriculture
i receiving inquiries about a brand
inspection fee of 10 cents a head
which the nine large stock yards in
the west charge shippers of live
flock. He finds this fee was recently
increased by agreement of stock yards
to X0 cents a head. Formerly live
stock associations maintained brand
inspectors at stock yards and collect
ed trom hiiif-mtnt3 of its own mem
bers in Wyoming and South Dakota
teats a head and from its member?
in Nebraska C cents a head.
fWretary Shumway says the re
port that the United States depart
ment of agriculture and the Ne
braska department of agriculture had
approved the present system of im
posing fees upon shippers is not
true. He finds that 800,000 head
of cattle are slaughtered annually at
the Omaha stock yards and over one
million head of feeding stock goes
thru those yards, which means the
collection of $160,000 every year in
brand inspection fees. It is reported
these lees are turned back to live
stofc associations.
One shipper in South Dakota who
paid a fee of $4.50 reports he is not
a member of a live stock association
and he asks whether he automatic
ally betimes a member. A shipper in
Brows county, Nebraska, was charg-
N0TICE!
Due to the increased cost of over
head expenses in connection with
the operations, ail of the different
land companies running out of Kan
sas City have decided to slightly in
crease the cost of round trip rates
out of that city and northern points.
On and after the first of January we
will be obliged to collect 0 4f for nan
or single person, and $22. ",0 for wife
when she accompanies her husband
for the round trip out of Omaha and
$40 :.rd 20 out of Kansas City, so
get busy now, and go with us on the
13th of December. Conditions in the
Rio Grande valley have never been
better as there are thouands of acres
of winter vegetables planted that :re
looking fine and they are now in the
midst of harvesting the largest crop
of citrus fruit that they have ever
had in the valley. Remember, we
leave on the next excursion Decem
ber 13 at the old rates. A. C. Mutz,
ae-nt. Plattsmouth. d:i-ltd. ltw
Get your Christmas cards now
from the Bates Book and Gift Shop,
j -where the big line is on display.
j The little red sled is now in evi
i dence.
t Y3
Christmas
-Gifts!-
DIAMONDS
WATCHES
Rings, Toilet Sets
Silverware
We have a laree assort
ment to select from! ffl
Gifts that are
Appreciated
Bid
Useful
365 Days in
the Year.
Select
frvm a
Full Stock
SOW.
Consumers generally know less
about differences in curs and qual
ity of meat than any other cnniinod
ity. th- Vnit-d State s d.-pai tnie-ni of
agriculture has found in a nation
wide survy of the- retail busin ?..
Most of the- housewiv - interviewed
were able to mention only two or
three steaks which they could rece.g
nize if cut. ar.d the average number
of roasts with which th y wTf fn-
miliar was b-s than two.
A preliminary report of the sur
, vey just n Ic-as-d deals with the
: scope and progress of the research
studies of the department of the
methods, practice?;, costs and con
sumer buying habits iu retailing
meats in IS widely separated cities
and towns in all puns of the coun
try. The cities and towns are New
Haven. Conn.; Hinghamton. N. V.;
Baltimore. Md.; Washington. It. C. ;
Jacksonville. Fin.; Birmingham.
'Ala.; New Orleans I.a.; Cleveland.
O.; Lincoln. Ntbr. : Denver. Colo.;
Salt Lake City, l'iah; Portland. Ore.;
San Francisco. Oakland and Los An
geles, Cal.
"A large number of people engage
in the retail meat business who have
no conception of its requirements
and who lack practical knowledge
from an operating standpoint." the
department of agriculture say. A
compulsory apprenticeship period is
proposed by some representative
merchants to correct this situation.
The need for selling meat on the
ba-is of grade, and for educational
campaigns to acquaint consumers
with the differences in cuts :md
quality is also seen by leading re
tailors to prevent possible deception,
substitution and misleading and i:n
ti uthful advertising.
"Greater knowledge of compara
tive values of meats by the consum
er would be beneficial to the trade."
the department says. "Shops which
.handle the better grades of meat
and are strictly le:nest in their ad
jvertising and selling practices wouhl
;not be handicapped, as they sorne
j times now are by the price competi-
lion or other dealers who handle in
ferior products. Individual deale-rs
fan help with the education of the
. housewife by showing her differences
I in cuts, explaining the differences in
j grades of beef, ar.d pointing out how
trimming affects he-r purchase."
The department's study of retail
costs and operating margins in
for a limiie-d number of retailers,
which is included in the preliminary
.report, shows that of the average
(consumer dollar received by the re -jtailer.
the meats e u.t 7S.6 cents,
jthai the retailer's total expense
I were 1H 7 cents, and that he malc
!a net proht of 1.7 cents. Th; av
erage percentage of tost of good
Isold for stores making a trofit Wi.-..;
i 77.:; per c e nt ei" sab'-, and for stores
; incurring a loss this figure was m.i.h
per cent of sales.
"When a reasonable' wa-e is al-
; lowe.l for the proprietor of the busi
ness it is hardly possible to show a
pioiit on a yeaily volume of sab's e-i
less than ?14.0t(i," the depart n:::t
j says.
I Beef was found to be preferre i
'over other kinds of meats by three
out of every rive families interview
ed Pork was rated second choice by
the poor families, and lamb second
i by the well-to-do families. Veal gen
erally was repc.rt.'d as not liked ex
cept by Italian families, which indi
'cated that to them veal is nearly as
important as beef.
"When meat is r.ot served for din-
I uei , lisii oi U! no cu iiiiiu ill usiuti-
i ly found upon the tables of the
j American families interviewed." the
(department says. "Eggs and veget
j ahles come next in importance as
substitutes, and macaroni was men
tioned a sufficient number of times
to give it a fourth place. Dairy pro
ducts, poultry, beans, soup and cer
eals are also favored as leading
dishes when meat is absent from the
table.
"Sixty-one per cent of the native
white population surveyed bought
meat from shops that were within
a radius of less than three blocks
from their homes. Only 25 per cent
were in the habit of going five blocks
or more to make meat purchases.
Forty-three per cent of the native
white American families bought from
the nearest dealer. Quality of meat
attracted housewives more than any
other feature about a meat shop."
FORD FORDOR
SEDAN PRICE
REDUCED S25
DROUTH WAS BEING
FELT IN WHEAT RE
GIONS OF NEBRASKA
Moisture That Came With Storm
Will Be Great Help if Follow
ing Weather is Favorable. j
Reduction Also Announced on All
Other Types of Ford Passen
ger Cars. "
A cut of $2j in the price of the
Foreior Sedan, one of the most popu
lar of the Ford enclosed carr.. was
announced by the Ford Motor Com
pany lat" Monday afternoon. The
same announcement carrie-d sub
stantial reductions on all other Ford
cars. The new prices become' effec
tive Tuesday. December 2nd.
The price reductions come at a
time- when the car is enjoying the
greatest sales of its history, for re
tail deliveries of Ford cars have so
far ths.i year far exceeded the same
period in any previous year. Contrib
uting to bringing about lower prices
are production advancements during
the year in which it has been pos
sible to bring about many improve
ments and at the same time effect
numerous manufacturing economies
by the openinc up of new resources
uii'l'-r company control, the an
nounceme nt says.
The big reduction in the price of
the Fordor Sedan presents it to a
new and larger field of buyers. Or
isrinally priced at ?725 when it was
introduce. d in the Ford line about
two years ago. the price of the Fcr
dir was rut $4 0.00 when reductions
were announced October 2, 1923.
and now, much improved in appear
ar.c ly better and more attractive
upholstery and equipped with many
iccest-rric s. te new reduction of S2f
brines this popular family closed ear
to the- remarkably low figure of $660.
The new list prices on Ford cars
F. (). B. Detroit are follows:
Fordor Sedan. $t::o!
Tudor Sedan. S3 SO.
Coupe, jr. 20.
Touring Car. ?2?0.
Runabout. $200.
Ford Chassis $22-".
Ford One-Ton Truck Chassis. J3 6..
The new reductions affect all per
sons who are enrolled in the Ford
Weekly Purchase Plau. as those who
have not yet taken delivery of their
"arr. automatically benefit in the re
el t (' d prie s.
J. J. Cox. division freight agent
for the Burlington railroad, in his
semi-monthly crop and soil report,
reported a severe drouth, especially
in thte best w heat regions of eastern
Nebraska. Damage to wheat was re
ported. Along with this report's is
suance came the rain, the ice and
snow, brining more than an inch of
moisture. Just bow much this mois
ture will do to repair damage re
ported to winter wheat- is a matter
the- experts desire to reserve opinion
upon. Much of it may come out
well, some of it has been killed, and
many felds are in a condition that
makes the outcome a matter of spec
ulation. The report, made up before
the rain, contained the following
summary :
"Present condition of winter
wheat under the general average is
low. and that this is particularly
true in some of our best grain terri
tories, namely, Lincoln to Nebraska
City to Lincoln via Tecumseh, caused
by lack of sufficient moisture.
"It will, also, be noted th3t the
average yield of corn is low. which
is. also, particularly true in some
of our best corn producing terri
tories, namely Lincoln to Nebraska
Ciy, twenty bushels, and Nebraska
City to Lincoln, via Teeurnseh.
twenty-four bushels, causod by
drouth and a frost in September.
"Soil is very dry and rain is badly
needed for the winter wheat. Cattle
in feed lots, compared with last year
i? S3 per cent.
"Fall crop of pigs compared with
last year is S 1 per cent.
"The long drouth is broken. It
commenced to rain, snow and sleet
"Wednesday afte moon. This is
said to be rather general. This
should be a big help to the winter
w heat."
I ,-
STORM FURY IN MID
WEST HAS PASSED
Wire Communication Interrupted and
Train Schedules Disarranged,
But Moisture Welcomed.
2 Doors S.
P. 0.
Cash and Carry Telf5
C. K. MARTIN, Owner
one
Our Oatmeal
Special
55-oz. pack
age for .
22c
Pork and Bean
Special
No. 2 cans, 3 for 4Sc
No. 2 cans, 3 for26c
Fine granulated sugar, 10 lbs. for 92c
Iten's Fairy crackers, A-h. caddy 63c
Iten's graham crackers, 2-lb. caddy 33c
Market Day raisins, 4-lb. pkg 50c
Sultana raisins, seedless. 3 lbs. for . .35c
Molasses for cooking, IVo. 2 J2 can 25c
Corn flakes, large size 15c
Silverdale peaches, No. 2Yi, two for 55c
Solano apricots, No. 2, two for 55c
Cocoa, bulk, good quality, per lb 10c
Navy bean3, Michigan, per lb 10c
Rice, best head rice, per ib 10c
Wisconsin Maid oleomargarine, 2 lbs. for 45c
Try this wholesome Nut Margarine.
Big Coffee
Special
Coffees are advancing al
most daily. Put in a sup
ply now.
Choice Fea- Of
berry, 3 lbs. )13
Choice Bio.
3 lbs. for..
$1.10
Christmas
Dainties
Already prepared. Saves
the housewife v;oik and
worry.
Fig and Plum
Pudding, lb.
Dixie Fi uit
cake. Each
40c
95c
Calli Lily Fancy Flour Our special price, per
per 4S-lb. sack enly
$2.05
DUELING KITS NEW HIGH POINT
Iond:.n. Dee-. 4. The strength oi"
sierlint exchange, whkdi ha? ad
vanced to 4.r,7lz. the hisrhest point
reae-l.ed sin.-e last April, is attributed
in linanchil and exe hanue circles here
primarily-yte. the- .tow ins confideLce
in the European f.nancial situation.
a an out.crowth of the Dawes plan,
the re-"ie'ct in th" United State-s
e.f Prescient Coolid.e. and the elec
tion of a conservative povernment in
lln-hmd.
It is fe lt by close observers that the
conservative victory has already ben
responsible for a slight improvement
in the country trade. In addition, the
recent American loans to Europe,
causing funds to be gradually ship
ped to this tdde. have aieled in the
improve nicnt.
Mrs. II. A. Schneider and daugh
ter. .Miss Catherine, were among the
visitors in Omaha today to spend a
few hours attending to some matters
of business in that citv.
Misses Clara anet Alice Weyrich
were passengers this morning for
Omaha to spend the day there visit
i:m with friends.
CATiRH
ENJOYING GOOD HEALTH
'
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Zuckweiler of
Miller, South Dakota, who are here
visiting Avith the relatives an'l
enjoying very much the opportunity
of meeting the old friends in this lo
aiity. They have Jeen visiting at
Murray and also with the relatives
and will be here for a few days more.
They report their son. Dewey Zuck
weiler and familj- as being in good
health and enjoying success on the
farm near Miller.
The largest line of Christmas cards
that we have ever carried will now
te found at the Bates Book and Gift
Shop.
Catarrh is a Local lisiase gTejatly in
fluenced by Constitu tiuna.1 conditions.
HALL'S CAT A Run MEDICINE eon
sists of an Ointment which gives Quick
Relief by local a f.W cation, and the
Internal Medicine, a Tonic, which acts
through the Blood cn the Mucous (sur
faces and assists in ridding yo.r System
of Catarrh.
Sold bv druKfdst"! fo- ovir 40 Tears.
F. J. Cheney & Co. 'oledo, O.
Joe J. Stibal, DC BC
Chiropractor
Phone No. 3 Schmidtmanii Bldg.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBB..
Chicago, Dec. ;. The middle west
tonight was recovering from its first
severe storm of the winter, the rain
jand snow seriously disarranged train
j schedules in the northwest by inter
rupting wire communications and
tlomg considerable damage in Kan-sa-i.
Missouri, parts of Nebraska and
! Iowa. Minnesota end the Dakota,
j Rain and snow in Kansas and N'e
i braska. w hich de moralized wire com
munications, were pronounced of
grritt benefit to the winter wheal
crop, lu Iowa train schedule's, which
had been disrupted by the damage to
wire communications by sleet and
snow, were about normal, but tele
phone facilities still were hampered.
Milt w fat her had ' succeeded the
severe brand. In Nebraska wire facil
ities of the Associated press were so
badiy crippled for a time that it was
necessary to resort to radio broad
casting to reach some newspapers.
Des Moines. Iowa. Dec. 5. Altho
train schedules were practically back
to normal tonight, telegraph and
telephone facilities in western and
northwestern Iowa were still badly
disrupted as the result of last night's
sleet and snow storm, which buried
the western half of the state under
a heavy blanket of snow. Continued
mild weather is promised for the next
few days.
St. Paul. Minn., Dec. 5. A rise
in temperature today followed a
general snow storm in the north
west. Two inches of snow fell in
this part of Minnesota. From six
to eight inches of snow were re
ported in other parts of the north
west. Picks Up Helpless Schooner.
New York, Dec. 5. A wireless
message from the coast guard cut
ter Seneca announcing it had lo
cated the four-master schooner Blue
bird with sixteen men aboard and
was towing it to Norfolk, was picked
up here tonight by the Independent
Wireless telegraph corporation. The
Bluebird became disabled several
days ago when she lost her rudder in
heavy seas off Hatteras. She was lad
en with mahogany logs valued at
$1.0,000 and was more than a month
from Barbados bound for Boston.
Her master, when another vessel of
fered to take off the crew refused to
abandon his ship, believing he would
be able to save his men, cargo and
ship.
nainstakinsr nublic servant ar.d en-
joys the respect and gooei will of all
the peejpie aleng his route. He cov
ers li is route day after day. taking
the bitter with the sweet and pa
trons of his route are always sure of
receiving their mail if it is possible
to get over the roads. The let of
the rural mail carrier is not sun
shine. When other people abandon
their out-of-door work and sit around
the fire on a stormy, blustery day.
the rural carrier must make his
route and deliver mail to the d.ior
of the farmer. It is no wonelt-r that
so few stick to it until they are
eligible to retire on a pension.
Louisville Courier.
Chiropractic Deals with the
CAUSE OF DISEASE
and does not Treat Effects
Locating the cause and adjusting
it is the most modern and more
permanent way to health.
J. W. CRABELL
Jtweler.
Main Hotel Building
American & Swiss
Watches for Men.
Whitehead Green Gold
B. A. McELWAIN
JEWELER
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Dr. H. C. Leopold
Osteopathic Physician
General practice. Also Eyes
Tested and Glasses Fitted.
Office hours, 8:30 to 11:30;
1:30 to 5:30. Sundays and
after hours by appointment.
PHONES
Office, 20S Res, 208-2R .
531 Main Street f
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WILL BETEBE ON PENSION
WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR
Citn. L'-noard W.od has be-n cited
for gallantry by the war department.
Said Kalian try took place in Cuba,
twenty-six years ago. It evidently
took the war department a long time
to find out about it.
Standard Bred Single
Comb
FINDS W0NDEEFUL BEE TREE
On the farm of Ge-orge Voire, who
lives a short ways west cf South
Bend,, there has be-en a bee tree,
which has been known to Mr. Voge!
and neighbors for some time, and it
was determined last week that they
would tap the sourse of sweetness,
and see what could be found. Mr.
Vogel measured the tree, and found
that it had a girth of twenty-one
feet anel was over six and a half
feet in diameter, and stood some
one hundred and sixty feet upwards.
The ground about the tree has, dur
ing recent years, filled in some six
or seven feet. There was a scaffold
built up some eight feet in high that
workmen could stand on to chop a
hole in the tree, this was above a
fork where a smaller limb came out.
A hole about two feet in diameter
was chopped and a cavity found as
large as a barrel, extending for some
eight feet up and down the trunk of
the tree. There was a barrel cf
honey removed and as there was
nothing else there at the time, but
the one barrel, the opening was
closed. The remainder of the honey
will be taken out by Mr. Vogel.
Mrs. William Worrell, who formerly
lived in this vicinity, but who now
resides at San Simon, Ariz., and is
visiting here, remembers when this
tree was so small that she could
shake it with her hands. Mrs. Wor
rell is now 68 years of age and when
eight years of age often went to
visit this place. This will make the
tree over sixty j-ears old.
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GRY38KY
PlatlsiTeCiith Phone 3504
Mynard, Nebraska
BARGAINS
Every Day!
An Ohio woman lost twenty
pounds during her campaign for
public office, thus proving the truth
of the old notion that there'. noth
ing like running as reducer.
We do not offer
bargains for one
day only.
Our goods are
priced so that
every article is
a bargain all of
the time.
Come! See us!
We will save
you money on
your groceries.
V. A. WELLS
South Sixth St. Grocer
Posey Chilton' s Old Stand
James Hessenflow, rural mail car
rier cf Cedar Creek was in town the
other day on business. lie informed
the Courier editor that next Septem
ber he will have erved the govern
ment in the capacity of rural car
rier twenty years and will be en
titled to retire on pension, as he
will have attained his 65th birthday.
The pension amounts to 55 per
month. During the twenty years
that he will have served he will have
paid into the pension fund a neat
sum. as all employees of the mail
service, except postmasters, pay 2V2
per cent of their monthly earnings
into a fund to be used for this pur
pose. There is a movement on foot
among the mail service employees to
increase the pension to $60 a month.
This is made possible from the fact
that a comparative few remain in
service until they are 65 years of
age and the amount they have paid
into the fund increases the sum that
is available asuuilly.
Mr. Hcesenflow is a careful and
Can You Think
of twelve more appreciated gifts than
twelve Photographs?
Can You Think
of twelve gifts
that would be less expensive?
Sittings made by Dec. 21st,
ready for Xmas.
But make an appointment now!
Werner Studio
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