JIONEAY, 8, 1925.
PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOTTBHAL
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SnSSGSIPTIOX EEICE (2JQ0 FEB YEAB EH ABASCS
A MOCK OF SIN
Fools make a mock of sin: but
among the righteous there is favor.
Proverbs 14:9.
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The man with a fine line of talk is
fishing fo rsomething.
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The question is, -will airplanes
take up the price of gas?
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He who can bottle up a little sun
shine for a rainy day is a corker.
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Get ready for the Fourth of July.
That is the next great holiday.
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Some people seem to thrive on
what they swindle other people out
;of.
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The G. O. P. regulars in Iowa are
pushing the Brookhart fight. It won't
effect anything.
:o
The rains were a great benefit to
the farmers and they say they can
stand more.
We will start reporting what Hen
ry Ford isn't making Instead of what
he is making.
Pocket flasks don't seem to be as
plentiful as they were some time ago.
And why? You know.
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Senator La Follette is still among
the living and will be a live wire in
the next presidential campaign, if
liviirg.
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The lawn mower may be music to
some ears but that is no good reason
why it should be played at 5:30 in
the morning.
What can De tne matter with
Dawes' drive on the senate rules?
Launched only March 4, it already
sounds as 6tale as 16 to 1.
Plattsmouth was not "hurt any by
the storm that passed over Tuesday
afternoon, but there were some very
excited people with their eyes up
ward. -us
The remains of the late former
vice president, Thomas R. Marshall,
were taken to Marion, Indiana, for
Interment beside those of his father
and mother.
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Another chance for an efficiency
expert to get in hisv work is at the
eoda fountain, where the chocolate
milk sheik loses so much time fling
ing his hair back out of his eyes.
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The proper place for those coun
tries that owe the United States to
settle up Is right in Washington.
Captain Mellon can be found at the
treasurer's office to take the money.
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Kidnapers failed to get Mary
Plckford, and Mary was thwarted of
her chanoe to play the stellar role In
probably the biggest real life drama
that ever engaged a movie actress.
This bobbed hair craze knocked
that old Joke, about women hanging
her hair on the back of a chair, for
a row of goals. Thus Is one of the
five original Jokes packed in moth
balls and laid away.
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Louisville, Kentucky, advertises a
"beer train" to run to Canada Sat
urday, returning In time for business
Monday. The true Kentucklans will
doubtless take something on their
hips. In case of disappointment.
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If they keep on talking about evo
lution the every-day citizen is going
to get curious enough about evolu
tion to begin to inquire what it ac
tually is. He'll be wondering wheth
er It's a wicked new face powder or
a particularly scandalous dance.
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According to a newspaper report,
a New York woman has called upon
specialists from all over the state.
She is afraid her husband has some
terrible affliction. She sits and talks
to him for hours and he doesn't hear
a word she says. We shouldn't call
thati an affliction at all, that's a gift.
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Clem Shaver, who, as chairman of
the national democratic committee,
was so successful in not getting votes
for John W. Davis, will Boon retire.
It is Indicated In dispatches from
Washington and Representative Old
field, of Arkansas, will take his
place. We know little about Mr.
Oldfield, but we are prepared to bet
anybody that he Is not more adept
than Mr. Shaver In failing to corral
support for the party's presidential
campaign.
Many a last year's lid covers a
head full of sense.
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Let the flies eat with you and you
won't eat much longer.
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"Watching the elusive waist line
will develop your neck.
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What the United States needs is a
substitute for substitutes.
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Dimples won't make a girl as pop
ular as a comfortable parlor.
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The leather market Is slack. Where
are the cafes buying steaks?
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One great danger about telling a
lie is that It may be believed.
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A house will stay painted a few
years, but a daughter won't.
The best guide book to consult
while touring is a pocketbook.
to.
Stenographers are chicks, but
shorthand resembles hen tracks.
Lots of men who kick at the high
cost of living smoke a dozen cigars a
day.
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Some men make an honest living,
some make a living and some get a
living.
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The unpardonable sin: In the eyes
of a woman any 6in another woman
commits.
It Is always hard to laugh at your
own expense, especially at the first
,of the month.
Most men sitting around waiting
for their shlpB to come In haven't
sent any out.
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A Cleveland drunk who didn't
know where he was driving was on
his way to Jail.
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Suit makers find men are growing
taller. They have to If they want to
see In movie seats.
A noted Russian philosopher has
secured a divorce. Let's see him try
to laugh that off.
jo
We have a new Buit, so know ex
actly how France feels about her
J4.000.000.000 debt.
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Even though we spend more than
a billion a year on sports, some of us
are not good ones.
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Trains are more safe now even if
heroines can't flag them with red
petticoats anymore.
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Maybe three tramps Jailed in De
troit for stealing cream can say it
was vanishing cream.
Some think they are resisting
temptation by swearing off smoking
when they don't smoke.
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A girl often increases a man's hap
piness for life by one word. Some
times it is yes and sometimes no.
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Should President Coolidge pay In
come tax? la a question. Why not,
as well as any other American citi
zen? Mrs. Coolidge saw a horse break
his neck in Washington the other
day. No, it was no Cal's hobbj
horse. - -to
The American Exterior Decorators
association is to hold a convention li
Chicago. Nearly any flapper car.
qualify as a delegate.
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If the money paid for protecting
prohibition was paid for protecting
the people, there would not be hal
the banditry there is.
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Did Mary Plckford put up that
kidnap prank or did someone else?
We don't believe our little Mary had
anything to do with It.
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And another thing we can't un
derstand Is how a flapper can keep
her complexion from cracking when
she cracks a smile so often.
ro-e
W. J. Bryan announces his inten
tion to quit the platform, but pre
sumably not until after the monkey
business down in Tennessee Is over.
A controversy rages in Europe as
to the age of the old man in Con
stantinople. Some say he is 151 and
others only 135. If they'd Just agree
to split the difference and then talk
about something else, we could stop
worrying about it.
WHIMS OF FATE
What insulting tricks fate elects
to play on men! Oscar Palmquist of
Bridgeport, Conn., was one of the
survivors of the Titanic. When that
ship went down after being struck
by an iceberg, he was thrown into
the cold waters of the Atlantic and
swam around for hours until picked
up by a rescue ship. Yet a few days
ago he drowned in a pond six feet
deep. It was as Ignoble a climax as
that which overtook Edward Whym
per who had scaled peaks all over
the world, especially in the Alps and
Andes. Once he nearly lost his life
when four men in his party slipped
and fell, and the only thing that
saved him was the breaking of a
rope. His companions perished, but
Whymper lived to tell the story. Yet,
at Birkhead, England, Whymper
started to climb the stairs leading to
a lecture platform, slipped, fell and
broke his collar bone.
SOCIAL SERVICE ISNT ALL
The impulse to do good in modern
community life expresses itself in the
emphasis on social service. This em
phasis comes from the church, which
has given the community its ideals.
The church has meant something
different in every period of its his
tory during the last 1,900 years. It
began as a group of martyrs. Then
it became a series of monasteries
with the emphasis on asceticism.
Following that period came the
church of the middle ages. The
church of the middle ages was a
powerful political institution. The
militant church of the crusaders fol
lowed. The emphasis was on force
of arms.
The age of the crusaders was fol
lowed by a period in which the
church put most of its emphasis on
theology. It was the church of the
theologians. The church is not en
tirely out of that period yet, but a
new one is well under way.
The new church is the social ser
vice church. Church emphasis to
day is on men's clubs, girls' clubs,
soup kitchens and bowling alleys. It
it the church of material uplift as
well as spiritual development.
It is a seven-day church with
games for the children and bazaars
for the grownups.
And In all this Is danger the
danger of the overswing of the pen
dulum. A church in which the emphasis is
too greatly on Boclal service will
never satisfy the hunger of man for
spiritual food.
Social service in community life la
no substitute for Individual effort.
Man's chief duty Is to take care of
his personal relationships. Social ser
vice comes after that.
Social service will not save the
world, no matter how skilfully or
ganized. The world will be saved
only from the Inside out. Social ser
vice must begin and end in the in
dividual. ;o:-
CAREYTNG THINGS
No man living is immune to care
and free from burdens. The most
exuberantly gay and cheerful person
in the range of your acquaintance
may have won the buoyant disposi
tion by climbing over mountains of
discouragement higher and harder
than those which a nomad tribe
must overcome and by stemming
currents that threaten to overwhelm
the soul with their repeated onset.
It Is a sorrowful fact that on the
long trail to the undiscovered coun
try we must carry all sorts of things
and even give a lift to an overladen
neighbor as we fare onward? No
for by the bracing exercise our own
strength waxes, and the power grows
to face what the day brings, not as
those who yearly shuffle along bare
ly creeping through the places, but
as those who look on high, give
thanks for the zest of sunrise and
the cool quiet of the night, find all
the beauty of the way between, and
through the passing hours are ade
quate for all they have to do, find
ing life full of satisfactions and re
pudiating the falBe and morbid view
of it as martyrdom and drudgery to
be endured.
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BAEEFEET
Whittier's barefoot boy has had his
day. Instead of blessing, he gets
suspended from school; at least, that
happened at West Palm Beach, Fla.,
when high school lads sent shoes and
hole-proof box to Join the discarded
garters. There is no place in that
preparatory school for unshod pupils.
That portion of this land of the free
isn't as free as it was when father
was a boy and stone bruises were
the hallmark of his liberty from the
cramping product of the cobbler.
Thus has the land fallen on effete
days. The father of the large fam
ily who used to save something in
warm weather, must now meet the
shoe bills in summer as in the win
ter, as well as providing spare tires.
The change may be a boon to the
thee Industry, but It is taking some
thing from the hardihood of the men
of tomorrow. Of course, the West
Palm Beach educators were suppress
ing a fad, but It is a little difficult
still to comprehend their line of rea
soning. In an era when knees are
no novelty, a bare foot is not 60 bad,
and it is the head, rather than the
feet, that should interest the peda
gogues. Our history glorifies the
stubbed toes of boyhood; is replete
with calloused soles that wended
their way through the dirt and on
up into the high places. But now it
6eems the freedom of the feet must
join the other lost liberties. From
the fringe of Florida's resort is like
ly to come a law as there is even a
rule, that shoes must be worn.
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WOMAN'S HOME MIS
SIONARY SOCIETY IN
DISTRICT MEETING
(Continued From Page 1)
signed, Mrs. J. W. Pickard, district
president for at least ten years hand
ed the gavel to Mrs. C. C. Wilson,
and Mrs. A. C. Lessard, district sec
retary of young people and an at
tendant at 21 successive conven
tions, placed her mantel upon Mrs.
Layton, another active attendant at
conventions. Beautiful Bouquets were
presented by the convention to these
two retiring officers in heartfelt ap
preciation of their faithful service
A memorial service for members de
ceased during the past year was con
ducted by Mrs. Stone just before the
noon hour and it seemed impossible
that so many, some in the best
strength of service .had been called
from their labors. How necessary
to make each day count in service
for our King.
The noon day lunch was enjoyed
by over forty members besides those
who provided the menu, and the at
tendants enjoyed the hour of rest
and refreshment.
At 1:30 Mrs. C. C. Wilson led de
votions and Miss Laney presented
again the way In which the City
Mission is answering the needs of
humanity today. Such a corporation
as the C. B. & Q. railroad appreciat
ed this institution so much that they
granted Miss Laney free transporta
tion to and from the national con
vention held in Chicago last Octob
er. It is not Omaha alone that bene
fits, for even Plattsmouth has had its
representatives sheltered there. We
will have a visit all our own from
Miss Laney the coming year.
Mrs. Beggs was then given her
last opportunity to give us a "Help
ful Outlook" for the coming year,
which she can do so graciously and it
was with regret the . writer hereof
was unable to attend this word of
advice.
In the awarding of pennants to
auxiliaries, Oakland took the flag
from Plattsmouth who possessed it
last year. After unfinished business
and the reading of minutes of the
convention, a very Impressive instal
lation service of fifteen district of
ficers and department secretaries
closed the real work of the conven
tion.
The local Home Guards and Moth
ers Jewels then gave an hour's pro
erram. The playlet "Queen Good
Heart and the Dream Fairies" was
so real that one Jewel went to sleep,
but all awoke to tell their dreams
of love, kindness, purity, truth and
bravery. The Junior Choir sang two
numbers in two parts which is an
opportunity to be prized by any
child. Then the Home Guards closed
the day with a patriotic exercise,
"Your Flag and Mine" and pledged
allegiance not only to Old Glory, but
to the Christian flag, the only flag
that can float above the Stars and
Stripes. At the close the District
Secretary, Mrs. Cissell presented the
band with the district flag, both a
surprise and a pleasure to the child
ren. Thus closed the annual con
vention of Omaha district Home Mis
sionary society, voted one of the best
ever held.
VERY HEAVY FALL OF
MOISTURE IN STATE
Southeast Corner of State is Nearly
Flooded and Large Territory
In Northeast Also.
Burlington weather reports Thurs
day morning showed heavy rains
covering a large crop territory,
largely in the northeast and south
east corners of the state, with a
rather extensive section in the cen
tral part of the state. The lightest
rainfall territory in the state during
the past three days Is located in the
vicinity of Lincoln, west and north.
Wednesday afternoon and night
heavy showers passed over the terri
tory between Fairmont and Hastings,
reaching north to tho Platte river
and south to the state line.
- The Burlington reported that at
places on the Omaha division north
of the Platte river the rainfall
amounted to two and a half inches.
Crop reports Indicate a consider
able damage was done to corn by
washing rains in eastern Gage, John
son and Otoe counties Tuesday and
Wednesday.' High winds in that sec
tion caused damage to orchards and
farm buildings, while a few bridges
on highways were damaged by swol
len streams.
The real flood country was in the
Missouri valley, near the river, from
Brownville down the river to Kansas
City. At St. Joseph and north to
Napier six inches of rain fell Tues
day night and Wednesday morning.
So heavy and rapid was the rainfall ;
at St. Joseph that flat roofs of busi-J
aees blocks fell in with the weight
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RED "CROWN.
of the water falling on them and
stocks of goods were damaged. Much
damage wa6 done to hlghwaj's and
railroad property.
Weather bureau figures on rain
fall for the past twenty-four hours
follow: Ashland, .15; Auburn, .13;
Columbus, .73; Fairmont, .20; Hart
ington, .32; Lincoln, .12; Omaha,
.18; Red Cloud, .01; Sioux City,
2.32.
CROPS ONLY FAIR,
BANKERS ARE TOLD
Service Charge on t;necKing Accounts
and Lower Interest Favored
By the Convention.
Beatrice, Neb., June 4. One hun
dred and fifty bankers from 16 coun
ties in group one of the Nebraska
Bankers' association met In annual
convention here today.
Welcomed by Samuel Rinaker of
Beatrice, this morning, with response
by W. B. Ryons, Lincoln, the bank
ers thereafter heard addresses on the
future of agricultural values In the
state by Frank D. Tomson, agricul
tural director of Woods Brothers,
Lincoln. He forecast more intensive
farming methods in future, with land
continuing an excellent investment.
H. H. McLucas, Falrbury, president
of the State Bankers' association.
then reviewed work accomplished by
various committees and other units
of the organization.
Reviews of agricultural and busi
ness outlooks in 16 counties given
this afternoon emphasized the sound
condition of southeastern Nebraska
banks, but said the crop outlook is
not satisfactory. Wheat is thin, oats
6hort, and Borne corn has been wash
ed out by recent hard rains. In sev
eral districts where wheat was win
ter killed, the land Is lying fallow
for the first time in years, according
to reports.
Resolutions submitted by George
H. Woods of Lincoln, chairman of
the committee, and adopted amid ap
plause, recommended a service charge
on unsatisfactory checking accounts.
cutting interest on deposits to 3 per
cent, commended university for sum
mer short courses and urged bank
representatives to attend the courses,
thanked Kirk Griggs, state trade and
commerce secretary, for work In
cleaning up weak banks and pledged
him co-operation.
Officers elected prior to adjourn
ment of the afternoon session were:
J. A. Sire, DeWitt, president; J. J.
hovak, Wilber, vice president, and
A. Wleler, Dunbar, secretary.
George Liggett of Utiea, retiring
president, presided. Mr. Sire is re
tiring secretary.
Tonight, J. Stewart Elliott of of
fices of the Kilpatrick Brothers, rail
way builders here, served as toast-
master at the banquet at the Hotel
Paddock. C. Petrus Peterson, Lin
coln, and E. M. Marvin, editor of the
Beatrice pally Sun, were Se alters.
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THE most expensive motor, like the cheapest, only has
the power which gasoline develops. The better the
gasoline, the greater the power, mileage per gallon and
motoring satisfaction. m
Red Crown the balanced gasoline is built to definite
specifications. It has low. boiling point fractions to assure
quick starts, and the valuable, power-developing fractions
that burn just a bit more slowly and maintain pressure to
the end of the piston stroke.
While Red Crown won't work miracles, it starts your
motor promptly. It burns up so completely that little car.
bon accumulates and little unburned gasoline passes the
piston rings to spoil the motor oiL
For economy that comes from running on a lean mixture,
try Red Crown the balanced gasoline. It is uniform and
dependable wherever you buy it.
Nebraskens who owned the first automobiles, used Red
Crown. Today thousands of Nebraska motorists always
pull into the nearest Red Crown Service Station. They re
ceive prompt, obliging service and full measure of depend
ably uniform, high quality gasoline. Get this good habit.
If youneed oiL buy the right grade of Polarine for your car
end you give the motor protective lubrication.
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Main Office: OMAHA
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Some day somebody will Invent a
safety razorback hog.
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Washington is a poor place for the
summer capital, since copious pers
piration is no aid to statesmanship.
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Forest conservationists ought to
approve of the new airplane lines.
They require no timber whatever for
ties and bridges.
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
James Williams, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition
of Nellie Russell praying that ad
ministration of said estate may be
granted to her as Administratrix;
Ordered, that June 30th, A. D.
1925, at 9 o'clock a. m.. Is assigned
I for hearing said petition, when all
! persons interested In said matter
I may appear at a County Court to be
held in and for said county, and show
cause why the prayer of petitioner
should not be granted; and that no
tice of the pendency of said petition
and 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.
Dated June 1st, 1925.
A. H. DUXBURY,
(Seal) j4-3w County Judge
ORDER OF HEARING
on Petition for Appointment of
Administrator.
The State of Nebraska, Cass coun
ty. ss.
In the County Court.
In the matter of the estate , of
William H. Mann, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition
of Lina Mann and Fred W. Mann
praying that administration of said
estate may be granted to H. N. Do-
vey, as Administrator;
Ordered, that June 19th, A. D.
1925, at 9:00 o'clock a. m., is as
signed for hearing Bald petition,
when all persons interested in said
matter may appear at a County
Court to be held In and for said
county, and show cause why the
prayer of petitioner should not be
granted; and that notice of the pen
dency of said petition and the hear
ing thereof be given to all persons
interested in said matter by pub
lishing 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.
Dated May 29th, 1925.
A. H. DUXBURY,
(Seal) Jl-Si
County Judge.
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You will find some easy going peo
ple are hard to stop.
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If a woman marries a man to lean
upon, his strong arm she shouldn't sit
upon his neck.
ORDER OF IEEARING
oc Petition for Appointment of
Administrator
The State of Nebraska, Cass coun
ty, ss.
In the County Court.
In the matter of the estate of
Mary Spangler, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition
of C. D. Spangler praying that ad
ministration of Bald estate may be
granted to E li Spangler, as Ad
ministrator? Ordered, that June 9th, A. D.
1925, at 10 o'clock a. m., is assign
ed for hearing said petition, when
all persons interested in said mat
ter may appear at a County Court to
be held In and for said County, and
show cause why the prayer of peti
tioner should not be granted; and
that notice of the pendency of said
petition and the hearing thereof be
given to all persons interested in
said matter by publishing a copy of
this order in the Plattsmouth Jour
nal, a semi-weekly newspaper print
ed in 6aid county for three success
ive weeks, prior to said day of hear
ing. Dated May 16th, 1925.
A. II. DUXBURY.
(Seal) ml8-3w County Judge.
NOTICE OF REFEREE'S SALE
In the District Court of Cass coun
ty, Nebraska.
Hattie M. Strain. Plaintiff, vs.
William E. Strain et al. Defendants.
Notice Is hereby given that under
and by virtue of a decree of the Dis
trict Court of Cass county, Nebras
ka, entered In the above entitled
cause on the 16th day of May, 1925,
and an order of sale entered by said
Court on the 18th day of May, 1925,
the undersigned f.ole referee will, on
the 27th day of June, 1925. at 2
o'clock p. m., at the east front door
of the Farmers & Merchants Bank,
in the Village of Alvo, Cass county,
Nebraska, sell at public auction to
the highest bidder for cash, that is
to say, ten per cent on the day of
sale and balance when said sale shall
be confirmed by the Court, the fol
lowing described real estate, to-wit:
Lots sixteen (16), seventeen
(17) and eighteen (18), In
Block five (5) in the Village of
Alvo, Cass county, Nebraska.
Said sale will be held open for one
hour. An abstract showing market
able title will be furnished.
Dated this 18th day of May, A.
D. 1925.
C. E. TEFFT,
Sole Referee.
CARL D. GAXZ.
XU25-5M Attorney.
