THURSDAY, JULY 8, 192G.
PLATTSMOUTH SEMI -WEEKLY JOURNAL
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Murray Department
Prensiret in the Interest of the People of Murray and Surrounding - Vicinity Especially for the Journal Readert
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Your Banking Connec
tion is Most Vital
Careers are made cr ruined
through a man's intimacy and
working plans with his banker
or the lack of them.
Choose your bank wisely
then exercise loyalty and co
operation. We have been instrumental
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in the success of many we
believe you, too, could use us
to good advantage.
Murray State Bank
Murray, Nebraska
There is No Substitute
for Safety
John Noddleman shipped two car
loads of hogs to the South Omaha
market cn Tuesday of this week. '
James K. G ruber has been assist-;
ing in the country harvesting for
Will Seybold and others when the j
weather., has been ri'nt.
Robert Willis of near Union was
a business visitor in Murray on last !
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Roy Gerking and other friends.
W. A. Svvatek and Joe Hiber of
Plattsmouth were visiting and look
ing after some business matters in
Murray on last Tuesday afternoon.
Jess Chambers the painttr. has
been doing some painting and decor
atir.jr work at the home of
Julius
Engelkemeier during the past week
The mas Harmon, v.-ho is employed j
with the lumber yard was a visitor
for last Sunday ir. Omaha, where!
he visited with friends for the day. t
While rapiiiring the flood gates
which were destroyed by the recent
heavy ruins W. A. Lewis received a
very severe wire cut cn one of his
wrists.
G. W. Minford and wife and other
relatives were enjoying the Fourth
SEE US
for a Demonstration of
THE
Hudson - Essex
The Wonderful Car
Our Repair Shop with
Skilled Workmen is at
yOUI- Service. USe it!
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i he Murray Garage
A. D. Bakke, Owner
Murray, Nebr.
Community Program Saturday Nile
COFiiE AND. LAUGH
Wednesday
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at Plattsmouth, going there with
their son, Wm. Minford and wife in
the auto.
George Nickles the lumber man,
received a car load of very fine brick
, on last Tuesday and were unloaded
by the Mrasek and Richtor Brothers
; co ni pan 3".
Frank Foreman was a visitor in
j Omaha on both last Sunday and the
! Fourth and did not get home until
Tuesday and reports a most pleasant
time while away.
C. R. Troop and his partner, Mr.
Baker, shipped two loads of very fine
cattle to the South Omaha market on
last Tuesday, and were well pleased
with the returns.
Messrs sind Mesdames Ralph Ken
nedy and Charles Kennedy were
visiting for over Sunday and the
Fourth in Murray and were guests
of relatives and friends.
Alpha G. Long had a car of ey
cellent cattle on the South Omaha
market last week. ' which were
beauties. and which he has been fat
tening on his farm near Murray.
Uncle John W. Edmunds and Wm.
Sporrer and family were spending)
a good deal cf the day Monday en-j
lnvinir the i'o shrntinTi and :i nnrtinn
of the crowd remained for the fire
works. I Mrs. Lee Carper and G. V. Nel
' son. brother and sister of Harry Nel-
son of Murray, were guests at the
Nelson home in Murray on last Pun-
day wliere all onjoyed the vislt Tery
much.
Glen Bootlcker and the famliy were
ine
Murray
Veterinarian
Save Your Fire
Losses
Ee ready with a "Fyr Fyter"
for the little blaze." Safety first.
Sold by
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Will bz pleased to demonstrate,
Drop me a card at Plattsmouth.
It Has Rained
How is the Lawn
Do you need a lawn mower?
We have them! Also washing
machines, power or hand oper-
;ated, that will save the wife a
i lot of hard work.
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REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF THE
MURRAY STATE BANK
of Murray, Nebr.
Charter No. 578 in the State of Ne
braska at tlie close of business
June yfl, 1926.
RESOURCES
Ijoans and discounts
Overdrafts
.$2C0.1S4.9i:
Bonds
Ranking house, furniture and
totht - r rral estate ..... .....
Bankers' conservation fund . .
IJu" from National
and State lnnks..S SS.742.3S
Checks and items
of exchange "91. T.
C'asb in bank . 4.960.07
44,094.38
TOTAL
.$326,467.00
LIABILITIES
Capital stock
Suriilus fund
.$ 15.000.00
6.625.20
Undivided profits (Net ....
Individual deposits
subject to check..? S4.332.25
deposit 202,849.67
Cashiers checks
i'ui.-iiiiiuju,, sj
!.. to National
and State banks. .
Re-discounts
10.000.00
297,872.17
none
none
969.63
Rills payable
depositor's guaranty fund
TOTAL
16, 167.00
State of Nebraska 1
I ss.
County of Cass J
I. W. G. Boedeker, President of the
above named hank, do solemnly swear
that the above statement is a true and
correct copy of the rerorf made 10 the
I H-partrneiil of Trade and Commerce.
W. (J. HOFJiKKKi:.
Attest: President.
l.K. IlOK.hlvKKi:. Director.
V.. M. MINFuKIi, Director.
Subscribed and sworn to before
me
this 7th dav of Julv. 1926.
KSTKLLA L. C5i:iS.
(Seal Notary Public.
(My commission expires Aug. 10, 1927.)
visiting in Omaha on last Monday
where they enjoyed the fireworks at
the. celc-hrat ion at Fontenelle Park
at Omaha and report that they were
excellent.
I Oscar Bakke and wife of Sioux
City were visitors in Murray for last
Sunday and Monday, the quests at
the home of Mr. nd Mrs. Bakke, of
; this place of. which A. D. Bakke is
a brother.
! Roy Gerking, the village black
J smith with the family were ejoying
I a visit in Plattsmouth the Fourth
j where they were enjoying the many
interesting numbers of the program
for the day.
Dr. G. L. Taylor did his stunt ad
mirably when he acted as drum ma
jor for the drum corps of the Ameri
can Legion, and let them to a fine
exhibition o'f their ability to play
good music.
Font Wilson and the family were
enjoying the Fourth of July cele
bration at riattsmouth on last Mon
day, driving over to the county seat
in the auto and witnessing the par
ade and other attractions.
Postmaster Vill S. Smith and the
wife were visiting for short time
last evening at Plattsmouth where
they were enjoying the celebration
and later went to Omaha wh
the fireworks at Fc
ere they
loved tne nreworKs at fonteneiie
Dr. and Mrs. J. . F. Brendel and
their son. Richard, were enjoying a
visit on last Monday, the Fourth of
ijuly with their friends Mr. and Mrs.
L. D. Iliatt, and also enjoying the
ceJLebration wihch was held at the
county seat.
John Campbell was a visitor in
riattsmouth on last Tuesday where
he went to have a refractory molar
attended to, being good to the tooth
did not do. and he was afraid he
would have to part company with
the long time friend.
The Rev. Graham and two daugh
ters were over to the county seat
last Monday, called there by the ob
servance of the Fourth celebration
and would have been wejl pleased
to have had the good wife &nd moth
er with them, but she is visiting in
the east.
Little Dorothy Pell, while enjoying
a swing at her home several miles
south of Murray and some east, had
the misfortune to fall from the swing
breaking one of the. bones of her
arm, which was mended by Dr. J.
F. Brendel, and which is doing nicely
at this time.
The storm of Tuesday morning was
surely a good one for the farmers of
this district in the fact that a great
deal of water fell which was badly
needed at the time. The bridge south
of Arnold Mast was washed away,
as well as the flood gates at the home
of W. A. Lewis.
The three veterans of the civil war,
V. A. Kennedy, C. N. Barrows and
S. O. Latta. of Murray, whe are all
members of the post at Plattsmouth
Bert Root and ife and theid
.- iT,in.. ...v, ,. t . 01 me water iiaes aim uun 1 usnes . . .
ere m iu. u. . UUu, Texas, drove from her home to Kan-' -hkh rewil, abundance the future ttie uainty ana delicious two cou
they marched with the post and as-' City ln a Ford car and f rom 81 n ab tr f"ce thp future ea lunchefm. served most char
sister materially in making the par- there went to Brunswick. Mo., where ' tni t.i,.ciri .',- inly by the hostesses. The home v
ade the best that the big town of slie visited with relatives and friends ter 'and escaped the dangers of the Ter' attractive in idecorations
as& ruui. ' ror a time, ana tnen came to Mur- rpntiiP and th Fo-vnr'Tis no pink roses tnat aaaed tneir cna
tie son of Blair, were visiting at children and also by Mr. and Mrs. int.c
of man to perform this great of the occasion were the red rose ,
the home of their uncle, B. A. Root , L. E. Embridge of Brunswick, Mo. ! feat; in other words that God him- buds for each guest.
of Murray, for over Sunday and the They all visited here for a week at self watched over and made possible Those who attended the' pleasant
Fourth, they departing for theirhe home of Mr. and Mrs. Hatchet, 'the preservation of the lad whom He occasion were: Helen Wescott, Ruth
home on Tuesday afternoon of this and on Monday morning all departed had chosen to deliver his people? Shannon, Alice Louise Wescott, Mary, 1
week. While here they attended and for Brunswick, Mo., where they will. And fhen a little later when the Jean and Ruth Tidball, Helen Wurl,
enjoyed the celebration of the Fourth visit for a time, after which Mrs. daughter of the great Pharoah, withCor(,elia Fields, Margurite Wiles,
at Plattsmouth. .Hannon and the children will drive ner Egyptian attendants came to the Edith and Helen Farley. Alice Pol
Harry Nelson who is a rustler for to Memphis, Tenn., and after a visit river to bathe, she immediately ob- lock. Helen Wiles. Merna Wolff. Vio-j
business was over to Union and No- there with, friends, will return to served the little craft afloat upon the let Vallery. Kathleen Troop, Violette
hawak to see if he could get some their home in Houston, Texas. , water and a maid was sent to fetch Begley, Ella Margaret Wiles, Cather-
bindertwine for a customer as most! ; Jit. Surely that was au act of divine ine Schneider. Helene Perry, Helen
of the harvest wants in this line had L A worth-while discount on Spring province that her eyes should detect Hartman of Omaha, Dorothy Adams
been supplied and the twine was Coats at the Ladies Toggery. ;the floating babe when the trained of Stillwater, Oklahoma.
If ny of the readers of the
Journal knar of ny social
event or Item of Interest In
this vicinity, end will mail
lime to this office, it will ap
pear under this beadlnvr. We
want all news Item Editob
wanted immediately. He will, how
ever, have plenty of twine in a short
time for all wh-may desire it.
"W. P. Cook and wife of Platts
mouth, and Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Os
borne, of Lincoln Mere spending last
Sunday and Monday and a portion of
Tuesday camping at historic Rock
Bluffs, where the rocks years ago
tumbled down over the bluffs and
surely enjoyed the time camping out
and caught some excellent fish.
Otto Wolforthr the representative
for the Plattsmouth Motor Co., at
12.672.7S Plattsmouth. was in Murray on Tues
4 4:, - s ' day of this week looking after some
4.Ts9.9l i business matters for the company.
758.96 When one deals with Mr. Wolforth
Ihe mal be satisfied that he will eret
just what, he purchases and it will
be as represented. A salesman of
this kind is worth some money.
Murray was well represented at
the celebration of the Fourth of July
on last Monday where they mingled
with the people from all over the
county as well as Otoe and Sarpy
counties of this state and many from
the state of Iowa. The way that Mur
ray assisted in the work of making
this excellent celebration is highly
appreacited b5r the city of Platts
mouth. Give Excellent Entertainment.
The Community Club which met
last Saturday evenirg for the pur
pose of giving aijentertinment and
getting the people together produc
ed an excellent program, which was
due much to the efforts of Charles
Howard, who surely did rustle for
the success of the enterprise. The
entertainment was .given on the lawn
of the Presbyterian church, and was
attended by a large number of the
people interested inx the success of
the community movement. All the
numbers were surely enjoyed and
the spirit of community works was
given a great boost. This is the first
of the entertainments for this sum
mer, but it is not expected to be
the last. At the election cf officers
the following selections were made:
Captain Harrison L. Gayer, president
of the association, W.
secretary and E. S. Tutt,
F. Graham,
treasurer.
Might Hun for County Surveyor.
W. L. Seybolt, who is a very clever
man, and well qualified to fill any
Ford car if there are enouth others
in the car with him has consented
under pressure to allow his name to
be presented later on as a candidate
of the tall men's poditic-al association
of Murray and vicinity. Mr. Say
bolt would only run on a platform
of justice and equanimity, and must
declare for light drinks and heavy
feed with more than equal rights
for the women, and that all men
under six feet shall be banished to
some desert island. Ke'has the back
ing in this of W. G. Boedeker and is
opposed by Louis Ilallas and E. S.
Tutt. Unless it can be made unani
mous, Mr. Seybolt says he will not
allow his name to appear.
Feeling Pretty Fine.
Once S. G. Latta who passed his
eighty-eighth birthday anniversary
in July 2nd. was born in Pennsylvania
SS years ago, and came to Platts
mouth when he was just nineteen
years of age, and has resided in this
county for the most of the time since
then. He was a member of the Union
army in the civil war, and is a very
active gentleman notwithstanding his
years and was in the parade at Platts
mouth and is feeling fine, thank
you.
The Murray Float.
The city of Murray did itself very
proud, whe it produced the excel
lent float which t had in the par
ade on the Fourth at Plattsmouth,
the float was constructed about the
new Hudson car which was recently
purchased by Frank Mrasek. the car
and float being a beauty, and was
driven by Earl Mrasek. who well re
presented the young folks of the city.
With no effort or attempt to do any
advertising, but only representing
the stirring little city, which is a
good place for a home and a good .
place to do business.
,
See the Free Show.
Look for the ad for a free show
which appears in this issue and this
page of the paper, and when you
read the ad mark well the date and
remember to be at the show, for you
jwill laugh until your sides ache. It, the mother made a little boat whichant party Gf young lady friends the
is all free, given by the Murray Hud-.was light and well constructed for , occasjon being a theatre party and
son Essex company. They invite you ; the purpose, rlacing a cover thereonporch party held at the beautiful
all to come and see the good show
free.
Vsited in Murray.
Mrs. John Hannon, formerly Mis3
Etta Hatchet, and a sister of James
j-,. naic-iiei, who lias lor many years
lit-'ray, being accompanied by her five
I been makinEr ber homfwn Hnnstnn . I . i The chief feature of the eveninc v
BIBLE SCHOOL LESSON
Sunday, July 11th
By M. S. Brlgg
T
H-I-K-H-:-!-!-
Golden Text: "Traiii up a child in
the way he should go and when he
is old he will not depart from it."
Proverbs 22:6.
Training a Man for Work
The governor on a steam engine
and many other kinds of machinery
is a device put there to regulate the
speed and power in comparison with
the work to be done. Could it be
that man is more astute than the
creator of the universe. When the
contingency arose, when there was a
crisis at hand, when hope had all but
vanished, and the future, yea even
the present looked dark, there arose
a leader for the occasion.
In our own American history we
have concrete example of this state
ment. Washington arose at a time
when it looked as though ah was lost
for the new nation which destiny
was to bring into existence, but the
conditions of the times had produced
a man for the occasion and the pur
pose of making a new nation trium
phed a purpose that included the
establishment and preservation of
liberty, the populating of a land on
which all men might worship God the
creator of the universe according to
the distates of their own conscience
and the commands of the Father in
his Holy book, as they saw fit, with
out molestation.
Again, when the controversy over
the mooted slavery question in which
the black man was the bone of con
tention came up to command the at
tention of a divided people and the
Union seemed near dissolution as a
result of division between the North
and the South, there was fought on
one of the great battlefields a struggle
to test whether this union should be
able to preserve this heitage of lib
erty and freedom to the coining gen
erations. The great man who was
educated in the backwoods and who
studied by the Hght of a pine faggot,
and later obtained his training as a
lawyer only at the greatest of sacri
fice, was an instrument in God's hand
to accomplish his purpose. On that
great battlefield he said. "We cannot
dedicate this hallowed spot, but it is
more the part for us to dedicate our
selves to the purpose of continuing
! the wojk whih those who struggled
here have so nobly advanced." The
immortal Lincoln was right when he
was studying hard into the wee small
hours of the night to fit himself for
the place to which the great Jehovah
was to select him. namely to sa've a
nation which, the sins of perfidity
aggressiveness and avarice on the part
of the people had nearly succeeded
in destroying. The hand of God had
undoubtedly directed the education of
this great emancipator and it was no
more a happenstance that he came
into power at the critical time in our
history than the direction of the wind
from day to day or the changing
seasons of the year. Men trained in
Bibiical wisdom see in it a working
out of the plans of God, and know
that mIi at ever the future holds for
nations as well as individuals lies
wholly v ithin his province.
It was the hand of God manifest
ing the working out of his infinite
plans which allowed the Israelites to
become enslaved in Egypt and then
permitted the tasks imposed upon
them to be made so heavy they would
no longer remain slaves, but should
thriw off the burdens of bondage and
become a great nation of freemen,
founded to further carry out the
plans of His wisdom.
While the bondage was growing
more and more bitter and so severe
that few could stand it and with in
trigue prevalent on every hand aim
ed to further reduce them to a con
dition of absolute slavery. God was
at the same time educating a man for
a leader and instructor who was to
eventually lead them out of bondage
to within sight of the promised land
apnd establish himself as the great
est leader of the ages.
So the Great Jehovah had the
court of Egypt educate this man for
the purpose of becoming a leader of
his people.
fTTaroah had sent forth the edict
that every boy child born to the cap
tive Israelites was to be killed or
'thrown into the river Nile along the
thanks of which the Israelites were lo
jcatod and which was infested with
man-eating reptiles that meant cer
tain death. The boy Moses had an
older brother and sister, and from
his birth was a very likeable lad. so
;,e Was secreted hy the fond mother
until he became three months of age.
when he could not well longer be hid
from the prving eyes of the Egyptian
i soldiers. Being puzzled as to what to
'do to prevent her offspring's death,
and selecting a place along the banks!
of the river where it would be as safe
from aligators and oth-?r dangers,
both human and animal, placed the
boat containing its precious load into
' daU(fhter of Pharoah often came for
iTn TTprp am1(ist the nrotection
foxl not think it was beyond the prov-
eyes of the Egyptian soldiers had
been unable to see it.
When the boat was opened, the
little babe who no doubt was hun
gry, sent up his only pfea, which
was a wail, and the heart of the
king's daughter was touched. Despite
the fact that she knew it was a He
brew child and that her father had
sent forth an edict for its destruction
along with all other boy babies of its
race, the girl was willing to go
against the wishes and commands of
her father, and sent for a nurse to
care for the child. It so happened
that she who came was the child's
own mother. The king's daughter,
doing a great service for humanity
(though she knew it not) provided a
way for the care and education of
this babe, who was to become a great
leader in Israel, by paying for his
keep with his own mother as care
taker. When the boy Moses had become
a lad of sufficient years so he did not
need the care of his mother so badly,
he was returned to the custody of
the daughter of Pharoah, and was
educated in the court of the king un--til
he was forty years of age. This
afforded an opportunity for education
in all the lines possible that were to
serve him in good stead in the after
years when he should be the leader of
the Children of Israel during their
forty years of wandering in the wil
derness before entering the promised
land a?nr"made him the most capable
law giver of the ages.
With the passing of forty years of
life, Moses had rounded out into a
man of mature judgment and per
spective, well versed in the manner
of government in Egypt, as wellas
the business and commercial interests
of the nation in which his people
were held in bondage. He had also
been instructed by his parents in the
ordinances of God and their applica
tion to the lives of men.
Strikes for Israel's Freedom
One day as Moses was out near
the capital city he saw as was the
practice, a slave driver lashing an
Israelite, a slave, while he was at
work in order to obtain a little more
labor out of the poor workman.
Moses was indeed indignant at the
cruel treatment which one of his fel
low tribesmen w,as receiving, and so
looking every way and thinking he
was not observed, slew the Egyptfan
and hid the body in the sand. While
the one who had been rescued from
the lash of the oppressor was surely
pleased to be thus relieved of the
beating which he was receiving and
went his way when the day was over,
Moses thought nothing more of the
incident until the following day when
he was out where the people were
working and two Israelites were quar
reling and indeed fighting each other.
Moses went up to them and asked
why they were thus fighting, admon
ishing them to love one another-and
be kind to each other. One of the
men who was sore on account of be
ing thus reproved, spoke in a loud
tone, saying, "Will you slay us as
you did the Egyptian yesterday?"
Moses knew that his act was not
a secret and reasoned with himself,
"If I stay here, Pharoah will slay
me." Therefore, he departed, going
to the land of Israel just east of and
bordering on the Red sea, where he
attached himself td a sheep and cat
tle man of that country. For another
forty years he lived here and mar
ried the daughter of this man, in the
meantime tending his flocks and be
coming acquainted with the country
and its resources, all in accordance
with the infinite plan of God that he
should be fitted to fulfill the com
mand of the Lord when the time to
depart should come.
Here for forty years he meditated
on the things which he had learned
during the time of vhis tutorship in
the courts of Pharoah and at the
home of his parents. Here we will
leave Moses with his sheep and-the
years of meditation in the wilderness.
His was a most interesting life and it
will pay you to get further light into
the doings of this great emancipator
through active contact with a Sun
day school of your choice, during the
present quarter, when the lessons will
center about the exodus of the Child
ren of Israel from their Egyptian
captivity, their long journey thru
the wilderness and the final success
that crowns their efforts to be freed
of the opressive yoke of bondage.
Any Sunday sf-hool will welcome
you to join in the interesting three
months of study that lie ahead of
us, and you will see in many of the
occurrences the outstretched guiding
hand of God, who as we said earlier
in this discussion, really guides the
destinies of nations as well as of in
dividuals. YOUNG PEOPLE ENTERTAIN
From Wednesday s Pally-
Last evening Miss Sarah
Baird,
Kliss Helen Pfoutz and Miss Frances
nhrist were hostesses to a vrv Tirn.
Baird home on Main street.
The young ladies enjoyed the per
formance of "The Wilderness Woman"-
at the Parmele theatre for some
time and then returned to the Baird
home where the remainder of the eve
ning was most delightfully spent.
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and bjeauty to the scene. The favors
To File Two
Murder Charges
at Tecumseh
County Attornev to Accuse State
! Sheriff and Deputy of Shoot
ing Held in Lincoln.'
Tecumseh. Neb.. July 6. The en-
'tire day was used in the coroner's
, inquest over the body of Ayilliam
. Trute. Tucumseh man. wTlo was
fatally shot by Dale Holden, youth
ful special officer, last Saturday
night. Trute died Monday morning
in a Beatrice hospital.
Ten witnesses were examined, in
cluding the wife of the slain man,
Df. A. P. Fitzsimmons, physician,
who attended Trute. Sheriff Elmer
Nelson and others. The inquest was
conducted by County Attorney John
Davey. assisted by John Yaeg r, chief
deputy county attorney of Douglas
county, Omaha.
The finding of the jury was that
Trute came to his death from
wounds inflicted by Holden by shoot
ing with a .32 caliber revolver, and
recommended that the county at
torney prosecute Holden on a charge
of manslaughter.
The jury, also recommended that
L. E. Shurtleff of Tecumseh, deputy
state sheriff who deputized Holden
and put him on guard at the Trute
barn, he, held for further investiga
tion. 9
Mr. Davey makes the statement
that he will issue warrants for both
Holden and Shurtleff charging them
with murder in the first degree. Both
men are at the penitentiary for safe
keeping, and did not appear at the
inquest.
Trute will be buried Wednesday
afternoon.
McMullen "Whitewashes" State
Lincoln, July 6. The state takes
no responsibility for the death of
William Trute, 4 5, of Tecumseh. who
died Monday as a result of having
been shot Saturday nieht by Dale
Holden 21, who is said to have been
deputized by State Specral Deputy
Sheriff L. E. Shurtleff.
Governor McMullen stated today
that while Shurtleff was a regularly
appointed deputy state sheriff, he
had no authority to appoint Holden.
Should Shurtleff be found guilty of
exceeding his authority by an investi
gation that is being conduc ted, , his
immediate dismissal will follow, Mc
Mullen stated in the absence of State
Sheriff W. C. Condit. McMullen ex
pected Condit to return to Lincoln
during the afternoon.
McMullen, in answering the sug
gestion that enforcement of liquor
laws be delegated to county sheriffs
instead of the appointing of special
agents, stated that he was continually
besieged with letters from -varions
parts of the state for aid in enforce
ment of the laws.
Shurtleff Appointment Protested
The incident served to recall that
a petition filed by residents of John
son county a year ago protested
against the appointment of Shurtleff,
alleging that he had fired into a car
filled with girls on the assumption
that it was a bootleg car.
McMullen stated that at the same
time the petition of protest had been
filed, another bearing the names of
prominent judges and residents had
been filed requesting that Shurtleff
be appointed. McMullen asserts that
he relied on State Sheriff Condit to
settle the matter, and he instructed
him not to appoint special deputies
with whom he was nrt personally ac
quainted and knew whether or not
they were responsible.
One mistake, McMullen admitted
today, was that he did not immediate
ly dismiss State Game Warden J. C.
Jenkins after Jenkins had fired on
the car of George Brandeis at Valen
tine, Nebr. That the possession of
liquor or game shot out of season is
not justification for shooting and en
dangering life, even though posses
sion was established, is the conclu
sion of Governor McMullen. The
prominence of tlie Omaha party on
which Jenkins fired he gave s his
reason for not dismissing the game
warden.
"If. I had dismissed him, I would
have been bombed from every part
of the state as having interfered with
the enforcement of law because of
the prominence of J.he men in.ihe
Omaha party," he stated.
HERE FE0M CALIFORNIA
From Wednesday's Daily
George Hall, a brother of Dr. J.
H. Hall, of this city, and for many
years a resident of the vicinity of
Alvo. arrived back in Cass county
on Sunday evening, making the trip
from Los Angeles, California, by car.
The Hall party started on Monday,
June 2Sth at 4:30 from Los Angeles
and arrived at Elmwood on Sunday
evening at sundown. The trip was
made in a Buick coupe (G) which
registered 2,050 miles traveled. The
route taken by Mr. Hall was over the
old government trail.
INCREASE IN POPULATION
From Wednesdays Dallv
Yesterday was a bu-o- day for Hie
r.tork here and two young men have
come to this city to make their home
in the future, a fine little son and heir
arriving at the home of William
Goik henour yesterday afternoon and
lasT"evening Mr. and Mrs. Ray Ho-sc
became the parents of a bouncing lit
tle son who is the object of the
greatest admiration. The little ones
are doyig nicely and all concerned are
fooling very happy over tlie coming
of the little lads to the community.
Art" lamp shades are still going
strong. Free lessons in this interest
ing work at the Eates Book and Gift
Shop Annex.
