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MONDAY, SEPT. 5, 1927,
Greenwood Departments
Prepared in the Interest of the People of Greenwood and Surrounding Vicinity
Prepare Wow
Look Over Your Stoves and F.urnaces and
Order Your Repairs Now
Now is the time to start feeding Egg-a-Day for Fall
and Winter Production.
Repair your Broken Windows. We have a complete
stock of Glass at all times.
' A high class Barn Paint,at . . . $1.50 a gallon
Iowa Cream Separators the World's Closest Skim
ming Separator. Let us show you why.
White & Bucknell
Telephone No. 82 Greenwood, Nebr.
Mrs. C. O. Swanson has been en
joying a. visit from her mother who
resides in Ashland.
Mr. and Mrs. George Bucknell were
visiting with friends in Lincoln for
the day last Sunday.
A. F. Weibke and friends from Lin
coln were enjoying a vacation at
Crete where the fishing was good last
week.
Carl Weideraan was looking after
snmp business matters in Council
Bluffs on last Tuesday, making the
trip via his auto.
The Greenwood schools will oper
on Monday, September 12thfi thus
allowing those desiring to attend the
Mate fair to do so.
P. A. Sanborn was over to Omaha
on last Monday where he secured
a truck load of machinery, which
he is finding much call for these
times.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Hudson were
enjoying a trip to Omaha on Tues
day of last week, ahd while there was
also attending te Mherchants festiv
ities as well.
Alva Skinner and family of near
Eagle were guests at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. George Bucknell on
last Sunday, where all enjoyed th
visit very much.
Wm. Franks shipped a car load cf
hops to the South Omaha market on
Tuesday of last week, which were a
very fine lot and should have made
the top in price.
Mrs. M. J. Hoenshell of Omaha was
a visitor in Greenwood for a few
days List week and while here was
the gueoi at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. A. R. Birdsall.
The J. M. B. coffee man of Omaha
was in Greenwood on last Wednes
day and decorated a window for E. L.
McDonald which sure made a very
attractive appearance.
E. A .Leesley has been feeding
some very fine cattle at the farm east
of town, and which were shipped on
Tuesday of last week, and brought
very satisfactory prices.
Ronert Mathews, better known as
Bob. accompanied by the good wife
were looking after some matters in
connection with the garage in Green
wood on last Wednesday.
Westley Miller and H. B. Coleman,
both prosperous farmers, are having
cribs and granaries constructed to
care for the excellent crop3 which
they are crowing this year.
A. R. Birdsall was called to Lin
coln on Wednesday of last week
where he was making purchases for
the cafe in Greenwood as well a?
looking after other matters.
Wm. Wilkin and wife and daugh
ter of Elmwrtod were visiting at
Greenwood and were cuests of their
two sons, Henry Wilkin and Wnt
Wilkin jr., and their families.
E. L. McDonald and wife were
"Visiting in Omaha for the greater
portion of last week, where they were
in attendance at the Merchants week
which was a feature of the week in
the big city.
J. C. Lonieyer was a visitor in
Omali? for a short time last week
"Svhere he was visiting the horse sales
pavilion, at South Omaha and look
ing over some of the fine stock in
this line which were there on exhibi
tion. P. A. Sanborn and wife with their
little granddaughter were visiting in
Omaha n last Tuesday, as well as
seeing the demonstration relative to
the recepton of Col. Lindbergh and
they do say there was a big crowd
there.
Mrs. Ernest Purdey of Gordon who
has been visiting at the home of her
parents. Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Birasell,
for some time, departed on last Mon
day morning for her home at Gordon
and after having enjoyed the visit
here very much.
Eugene Weibke and Uncle Wm.
Weibke, the latter of Lincoln, are en
joying a trip to Estes Park, Colo
which they are getting in before the
A COMPLETE line of Farm Machinery and Bepairs such as John
Deere and International Harvester lines. No matter what ma
chine you have, we can get you repairs.
A COMPLETE line of United States Auto and Truck Tires and Tubes
and our prices and service are an attraction to anyone.
A COMPLETE stock of Genuine Ford Parts and Accessories, making
our garage service complete in every respect.
A COMPLETE line of Standard Products. Yours for good service
and reasonable prices.
SANBORN SERVICE GARAGE
opening of the school at Greenwood
immediately following the closing of
the Nebraska state fair.
Wm. J. Jeary who moved to Lin
coln some time since and who has
had a number of pieces of furniture
stored in the building of C. E. Calfee
had the same sold at auction Satur
day. September 3rd, on the street in
front of th,e Calfee store
Uncle J. V. Stradley while working
with some machinery had the misfor
tune to get one of his .hands crushed
quite badly and Js compelled to carry
the member in a sling for he pres
ent. It is hoped that the injured
member will soon be well again.
Wm. Gakemeier and family of Chi
cago who have been visiting with re
latives in Cass county for the past
week or more, were guests at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Rex Peters
of Greenwood on last Thursday. Mr.
Gakemeier and Mrs. Peters are bro
ther and sister.
G. M. Paiiiiig while working witn
a hay pulley, while putting up hu
hay, had the misfortune to get a
number of his finger? caught li- the
pulley and which made Ihem very
sore, but which at this time are get
ting along nicely and should soon be
as good as ever.
J. H. Graves and family were visit
ing for a short time in Greenwood on
last Wednesday, as well as other
places of interest. Mr. Graves is a
rural mail carrier located atlatts
mouth and took three days off and
visited in Omaha, Greenwood and
Lincoln during the time.
Returned From Camp.
Col. Phil. Hall who was at the
camp of the reserve officers for the
past two weeks reports a very excel
lent time while there, but however,
it was real business and much train
ing for all concerned. Demonstra
tions were especially staged on the
use of the Mortor, and as well as the
machine gun.
Will Improve Farm.
Mr. J. A. Grady, who last spring
purchased some two hundred acres of
land near Greenwood, and on which
there were a set of improvements
and on which he desired another set
for another son, is having a house
and barn and other neeesry build
ings constructed thereon.
Grape Crop Good.
A few vines of grapes furnished a
lot of good luscious eating these days
when they are properly cared for. We
chanced to pass the place of C. O.
Swanson and stopped to eat a grape
or so and visit with thi3 genial son
of toil, and found him in the grape
vines and getting a large amount of
the fruit. He also has humming
around, bees, from the stands nearby,
which were assisting in the harvest.
Mr. Swanson tells of one of hi?
neighbors having very good success
with the bees, and that up to last
week had taken off from the hive
2.400 pounds of very choice honey
which is over a ton, for the little
hustlers to make.
Gave Children's Night.
The Daughters of Rebekah, at
their last regular meeting which was
held on Thursday of last week, Sep
tember 1st. was especially dedicated
to the children of the members and
was one which made for the enjoy
ment of the little ones who are later
to be Oddfellows and Rebekahs.
Are Occupying New Home.
The Greenwood I. O. O. F.
some time since purchased a
whe
new-
home for their lodge have had the
room placed in excellent condition
being painted and varnished as well
as decorated in a most artistic style
nas been completed by that eminent
workman, Clyde Newklrk. and the
boys one evening last week all got
together after supper and moved the
f paraphanalia over to the new place
and have it arranged in the best
form, and will in the future meet in
their own home. This is a very grati
fying condition, as then they know
that they are always at home and
ready to receive their visitors and
to hold whatever festivities they may
wish at any time. The Daughters of
Rebekah will also meetin the rooms.
Many Attend Eadeo at York.
The matter of the wild west is at
tracting somewhat of attention and
on last Thursday afternoon many o
the fun loving portion of the citizens
of Greenwood went to York where
they were attending the exhibitions
of busting bronchos, and in some in
stances getting busted themselves;
for there is always an element of risk
in the hardy sports. Among those
to go see the performance were: V.
R. Schepler and L. C. Marvin, the
rural carriers and Ben Howard. Roy
Howard, Roy Comstock. Art Reese
Will Coleman, George Pearson and
Urban Rouse.
Here From the North.
The jolly bunch, consisting of
Messrs. and Mesdames Rex Peters
Pearley Clymer, J. I. Carpenter and
E. H. Armstrong, who have been
spending several days at Piquot
Minn., at Pellican Lake, returned
home last week, well pleased with the
outing and ready for the real work
of life again. They found the fishing
good and the weather fine with the
exception of the rain which they
struck at Dennison, Iowa., and con
tinued all the way home.
Visited in Iowa.
Edward Carson of Fremont, a cou
sin of Mr. X). F. Peters, accompanied
by Mr. Peters were visiting for a
time last week at the government
hospital at Knoxville. Iowa, where
Frank Carson a World war veteran
is receiving treatment. Mr. , Fran
Carson is a brother of Edward Car
son and a cousin of Mr. Peters.
Making Good Progress.
The Greenwood Band which wa?
only organized during the summer
has been making good progress, and
have presented a number of excel
lent programs and concerts, and or
last Wednesday night and again or
Saturday night gave some very enjoy
able music which was highly appre
ciated by all. who listened.1 and all
did that could find room. The citi
zens are appreciative and have hunp
up some prizes for those who make
the best percentage of improvement.
Among the prizes offered are, Green
wood State bank. $10, White & Buck
nell. knife, Mathews and Peterson
tube, tire case and music rack, F
D. Sales Sales Co., Lincoln, a tire
pump, D. L. D. Oil station, a gallor
of oil, A. W. Hudson a sack of flour
E. L. McDonald, a Gate City cap
Henry Wilkins barber shoD. hair cut
and shave.
Complete Their Work at Camp.
Elton Calfee and Donald Schaffer
who have been at the training camp
at Fort Crook, with the endine of the
period of training, returned home last
week. They were both promoted from
the ranks of private, to that of Cor
poral, which position they will oc
cupy at the meeting the coming year
WOMAN, 89, PLANS
HOP TO GERMANY
Chicago, Sept. 2. Mrs. Anna
Thompson, 89, widow of a naval offi
cer, made her plans Thursday to fly
to New York, and then make a trans
atlantic hop to Germany.
Her white hair glistening, and at
tired in a simple housedress. she con
fided the thrills she looks forward to
when she flies from New York across
the Atlantic to Berlin.
As she spoke, she went through
a lot of papers and letters to. "get
them in order, for you can never teil
what may happen on a transatlantic
trip."
"Last Saturday, when I took my
first flight, two of the pilots who had
at first refused to consider my going
up, strapped me in my seat so I
couldn't jump out, just as though I
hadn't more sense than to do that.
"That ride was certaily thrilling.
We were about 2,500 feet in the air.
When I got out they had a chair
ready for me to sit in, for fear I
might be dizzy. Why, I marched
away. Now I'm going to arrantre to
,ro in an airplane to New York, and
men across tne ocean.
Mrs. Thompson is said to have a
knowledge of navigation, thanks to
her participation in the studies of
her late husband.
OPERATIONS BY WHOLESALE
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Mayfield, of
Glendale, went to Omaha Saturday tc
take their little son, Val, to the Meth
odist hospital for an operation to re
move his tonsils. He stood the ordeal
splendidly and was able to return
home Sunday.
The same day, their neighbors.
Lloyd Group and son, Maurice, went
to the same hospital, where they un
derwent similar operations with the
same splendid-, results and all return
ed home at the same time. The
young boys will now be ready for
school next week and are rejoicing
that this difficulty is over so satis
factorily Louisville Courier.
One of the greatest literary suc
cesses of the year is "The Cutters,"
the latest work of Bess Streeter Aid
rich, Nebraska's own authoress.' For
sale at the Bates Book & Gift Shop
Nebraska Jews
History is Ready
for Publication
Story of Their Struggles on Farm and
in City Completed State to
Preserve It.
To the folk history of Nebraska,
being compiled in the co-operation
with the Nebraska Historical society,
Ella Fleischman Auerbach, former
Omaha newspaper woman, has added
a 40,000-word volume on Nebraska
Jewry. Binding of the first three
typewritten copies, one of which
eventually will be placed in the state
historical society archives at Lincoln,
will be completed Monday.
Mrs. Auerbach put six months of
intensive work into her book, gather
ing historical material from early
settlers.
She began the project at the re
quest of Dr. Addison E. Sheldon of
Lincoln, and Miss Roseicky, who
wrote a history of Nebraska Bohem
ians.
Dedicates History to Parents.
When Mrs. Auerbach had complet
ed her project she learned of a move
ment to wrte the Jewish history of
each of the 48 states through the
new Jewish magazine, the Reflex.
To her father. Rabbi Esau Fleisch
man, and her mother, the late Mrs.
Bath-Sheba Fleischman, "whose
home was a haven and whose ser
ivce to and contact with Nebraska
Jewry were most intimate," Mrs
Auerbach dedicated her history.
As a child Mrs. Auerbach saw the
tide of Jewish immigration following
pogroms in Russia. This enabled her
to yive a vivid account of the sweep
of immigration movements which in
Nebraska centered about that strong
and picturesque figure, Edward Rose
water, founder and for many years
publisher of The Omaha Daily Bee.
Wessels First Jewish Settlers.
Mrs. Auerbach definitely establish
ed that tne first Jewish settlers in
the state were the Wessels brothers
Lewis and Henry, who came up the
Missouri river from St. Louis in pS55
and made their home in Nebraska
City. It had previously been believed
that Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Cahn, and
Mrs. Cahn's brother, Meyer Hellnwtn.
who came to Omaha In 1856, were
the first Jewish settlers. Albert Cahn
is a son.
She disproved belief that Jews did
not settle on Nebraska farms when
she she found that two Jewish bro
thers, Jacob and Leopold Unger
homesteaders in Madison county
were frozen to death in a blizzard in
January, 186S. The Jewish colony
there numbered more than a dozen
families. The parents of Mrs. Paul
ine Melcher, 529 South Fifty-eighth
street, were among them.
She found that a Jewish Indian
trader, Haris L. Levi, was killed in
the massacre in Red Willow county
of 1SG9 of General Buck's entire sur
veying party en route westward from
Fort Kearney.
Aided by Edward Eosewater.
Step by Step, she shows the evo
lution of the modern, prosperous
Jewry of Omaha, recounting how
when forced to flee from Austria.
Germany or Russia, the Jews be
gan life anew in Omaha with a ped
dler's pack, or a little grocery store,
and started building a substantial
citizenry. Since 1900 a development
period has witnessed the organization
of Jewish charities, schools and so
cieties, and the Jewish Community
center, Mrs. Auerbach found.
Through the history runs the
thread of Edward Rosewater's in
fluenre. Though an outstanding
builder of Nebraska and Omaha, with
a vision far ahead of his time. Rose-
water still found time for his own
people. Mrs. Auerbach recounts how
this powerful political figure; the
man who created the Omaha board
of educatoin and the Omaha library
board and planned the Omaha water
system went himself to the station
to meet trainloads of refugees and
found them lodgings. And before they
even arrived in Omaha he often had
the whole trainload outfitted with
jobs!
Zimman Helped 2,000.
Harry B. Zimmon and Mrs. Auer
bach's father were Omaha representa
tives of the Industrial Removal Aid
society of New York City, in the
early years of this century. Two
thousand persons, many of hem now
heads of the outstanding families,
found a place in Omaha through the
efforts of these two men. -
Val Peter is planning to compile
a similar history of the German set
tlements in Nebraska, and other folk
groups probably will do the same.
Omaha Bee.
NEW FRONTIERS FOR PIONEERS
The complaint Is heard that mod
ern industrial organization and the
disappearance of the frontiers is de
stroying opportunities for individual
independence. Big business grows
bigger. The good free land is gone.
The Klondikes have been discovered
and skimmed of their cream. The
telephone, telegraph, automobile, ra
dio, airplane all these have been in
vented. And so we have a melancholy
picture of a generation of young
Alexanders sighing because there are
no more worlds to conquer.
But is It true that opportunity is
gone and the pioneer is being crowd
ed to the wall? Each age has its own
peculiar needs and sets up its own
frontiers for pioneers to pierce. The
more humanity gets the more it needs
and now as In the past those who
supply those needs will lack no "re
cognition. The fortunes we consider
stupendous are puny beside those
that will be created in time to come
by genius and industry. There is not
lack of opportunity, but Instead, so
many chances that we cannot see the
forest because the trees are in the
way 6an FraneUca Chronicle,
INSURANCE CREATES
A NEW WEALTH
y
"Insurance furnishes a never-ending
supply of new capital for up
building of the nation. The money
collected from subscribers of this
great Indemnity service Is Invested
In prime securities and made con
tinuously to reproduce itself in or
der that funds always may be avail
able to compensate losses as they
arise.
"Those receipts form an ever-in-
creaslng eapital surplus whieh is used
for creation of new wealth, and they
form the largest free pool of liquid
caDital to which Industry has access
So wide, indeed, is the distribution of
these insurance investments that vir
tually every enterprise and every
worker Is either a silent partner in.
or partly dependent upon, the insti
tutlon of Insurance." Henry Swift
Ives. -
Live Wire Kills
Man, Wife and
Child, in Car
Babe, 2, Alone Survives; Found Cry
ing in Auto; Dodies Lie Near
Tragedy Near Prague.
Prague, Neb., Sept. 2. Mr. and
Mrs. .Frank Havlovic, young farm
er couple, and their 4-year-old son,
Frank, jr., were electrocuted short
ly before 9 o'clock last night when
their automobile, a light touring car,
ran into a "live" fire, carrying 22
thousand volts, which sagged across
the road in front of them.
. Their 2-year-old baby, Cyril, es
caped, the only one of the family to
survive.
The accident happened as Jlr
Havlovic turned off the highway,
four miles west of here, into the side
road which leads to their farm half
a mile away.
Those first to reach the scene found
the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Havlovic,
and their boy, lying in the road be
side the car. The tremendous heat
of the voltage had burned their
bodies beyond recognition and rela
tives were spared the anguish of
viewing them.
Baby Cries Alone.
In the back seat of the car sat
the little boy, crying.
Not aware that the current had
been shut off in the cable, Joe Bruner
and John Spatz, of Bruno, tried cau
tiously to lift the little fellow from
the seat. Fearing to touch the car.
lest they too be electrocuted as they
were standing on the ground, they
reached in from either side to seize
the baby. But he dodged back and
forth on the seat, unwilling to let
either touch him. Finally, Mr. Brun
er got the child in his grasp; and
lifted him out.
Mr. and Mrs. Havlovic were driv
ing home from the home of his bro
ther, Joseph, where they had gone
taking gifts to a new born baby.
As the tragedy was reconstructed
today, Mr. Halovic turned into the
road at 8:37 o'clock, unaware of the
death-dealing ,wire sagging across
the road. The, car struck the wire.
There was a flash. This probably did
not harm the occupants, as the tires
Insulated the car from the ground
But as the couple and child pre
sumably stepped from the car, the
circuit was completed as one foot re
mained on the metal running board.
and the other touched the ground, j
Mother's Fingerprint on Child, j
On both arms of the baby Cyril i
were the seared finger prints of the!
tried to save her child.
The pole, from which the wire
sagged, was toppling at the side of
the road. I
First to see the ghastly scene was
Ludwig Koza, who was driving not
far behind - the Havlovics. He saw
the flash, sensed what had happened,
and hastened into Bruno where he
gave the alarm, and the current was
sliut off in the, wires, putting three
nearby towns in darkness.
At the inquest this morning, Ed
Schmidt of Seward, division man
ager of the Nebraska Gas and Elec
tric company to whom the line be
longed, testified the road had been
patroled last on August 24. It was
reDorted O. K. then, he said. First
word of trouble, he said, came at 9
o'clock last night.
The pole is believed to have top
pled shortly before the accident, ar
Havlovic apparently had driven un
der it on his way to his brother's.
World-Herald.
VISITORS AT LEPERT HOME
Mrs. Wm. Hendricks of Fairbault,
Minn., who has been here for tne
past two weeks visiting at the home
of her daughter. Mrs. Philip Lepert,
south of town, returned to her home
last Saturday evening. She was ac
companied by her granddauguter,
Miss Dorothy Lepert, who will at
tend school in Minnesota this winter.
Mr. and Mrs. Lepert took them as
far as Omaha.
James Lepert and family, who have
been spending a few days at the home
of Mrs. Leperfs mother, at Ord, Neb.,
returned home last Saturday evening.
AIMEE DEFENDANT IN
SUIT FOR
$100,000
Chicago. Aug. 30. Aimee Semple
McPherson, the evangelist, Monday
was made defendant in a $100,000
libel suit filed in Superior court here
by Bert Kelly, proprietor of "Kelly's
Stables." a cabaret.
Kelly charges slander and deram-j
ation of character Decause oi me
Evangelist's repeated attacks on him
when she was here last June. He al
leges that she described him as "a
leering devil with an evil place.' in
press iAiflrKw.
State Fair Is
Ready for the
Formal Opening
Largest and Best Exposition Held in
the State to Be Started at
Lincoln Sunday.
Special to the Journal Great
corn weather, marvelous . summer
crops of grain, grasses and vege
tables and a growing realization that
Nebraska has again come into it3
own are conspiring together to make
the 1927 Nebraska state fair the
most outstanding in all its proud his
tory. In every department of the fair ad
vance interest is humming and in
many departments, notably grain,
vegetables and fruits, the perplexed
department heads are wondering
where to put the surplus. Some ex
hibits are already in place in agri
cultural hall and these show the
quality and guantlty of the crops
that have been gathered this year in
the garden spot of all the West. When
Lthe exhibits are all in place and the
doors are open for the gaze of in
terested Nebraskans, the result upon
their pride is sure to be immediate
and intensive. For these exhibits tell
the folks at home nd the folks abroad
that Nebraska's fields and garden9
have smiled back in gret harvests
the gifts in sun and soil and moisture
of a benign Providence.
Two exhibits of great interest are
those of the Canadian government
and of California chambers of Com
merce. These are beautiful as well as
comprehensive and extensive displays
and they test the products of Ne
braska in a great, and good natured
riralry, with Nebraska this year
proudly holding her own.
The buildings and pens to be used
by the boys and girls clubs are so
rr.anyhives of industry. An immense
amount of new floor space has been
provided there by the erection of a
great balcony and it is all going to
be needed. The fair officials recog
nize this department as the most in
fluential claim upon them for space
or additional aid for this department.
In a few days baby beeves and prize
shoats as well as the handiwork of
these coming builders of Nebraska's
new prosperity will be In complete
and astonishing readiness.
Sunday's program the opening day
of the fair, attracts great attention.
Thaviu's band and singers will give
a miscellaneous concert at 1 o'clock
in the fternoon. At 2:30 a Bible
class will be directed by L. C. O1"1--
hes in the auditorium. At 3:30 :
program in song will be given r
artists under the direction of Walter
Wheatley. Religious services with
a sermon will be given at the grand
stand in the evening, after which
Thaviu and his singers will present
the pageant, "The Prodigal Son," fol
lowed by a miscellaneous sacred
program of high character.
Sunday's program will open six
days of unrivaled entertainment at
the fair. Nebraskans can come to
any afternoon or evening session
and be assured that their pleasure
has been well provided for in the
varied attractions that will be pre
sented. Railway Com
mission Requires
Storage Bonds
Wheat Growers' Pooled Grain Must
Be Protected by Regular License
and Insurance Policy.
The state railway commission
is
issuing warnings to elevators in the
state that where they take wheat for
storage other than from members of
the co-operative association owning
the plant they must take out a li
cense as a storage warehouse and
execute a bond covering their liabil
ity for payment of the wheat stored
This warning is necessary at this
time because, as the commission is
advised, officers of the Nebraska
Wheat Growers' association have
been advising elevators in which
members of the pool have been stor
ing theri wheat that they need not
take out a license and need not give
a bond. This is not the law, say the
commissioners, and they are backed
by the attorney general.
The wheat growers' association
was defeated in the case before Judge
Broady, in the Lancaster district
court, where this was a question at
issue. Judge Broady held the law
good and applicable to poled whexat,
and the case is now pending in sup
reme court.
Just haw many elevators are
handling this pool wheat is not
known, but it is understood that in
the western part of the state the
ereat majority are doing this. The
rnmmisslnnprn are tellinir these ele
vator men that if they do not comply
with the law prosecution will fol
low. The matter was called to the
attention of the commission by the
act of the Crete Grain & Live Stock
association, a co-operative, in accept
ing pool wheat without being li
censed. The officers replied that the
growers' association had told them
no license or bond was necessary
Since then they have fully complied
with .the law. A license costs $2, and
the cost of bond depends on the
amount, which runs from $2,000 to
$150,000.
Dr. and Mrs. P. T. Heineman de
parted this afternoon for Columbus,
Nebraska, to visit there witn rela
tives and go from there to York
where Dr. Heineman will attend the
meeting of the presidents and secre
taries of the Rotary clubs of th 19th
district. !
FARMS. FOR
call
I have a few desirable Cass
County improved farms for
sale on reasonable terms.
If you want to sell your land
list it with me.
OLLOCK
PLATTSMOUTH, NEB
Bond Issuing
Less Popular
Total for the Year 1927 Falls About
Four Million Below Pre- "
vious Year.
New bond issues by the govern
mental subdivisions of Nebraska
which have been registered in the
state auditor's office during 1927,
up to the end of August, show a
decrease of nearly 4 million dollars
in total as compared with the same
period for 1926. The aggregate
amount is found by Bond Examiner
Ralph Lawrence to be $6,497,350 this
year, against $10,438,715 a year ago.
In only two months January and
August were the 1927 figures above
those for the same month3 in the
preceding annum. May alone show
ed a shrinkage of over 1 3-4 million
dollars, while February fell off al
most as much. January, on the oth
er hand, gained $1,400,000.
Taking the 8 months' period as a
whole, it appears that there is a de
cided tendency over the state to call
a halt on the extension of public
bonded indebtedness.
Refunding Proportion Grows.
While the August record this year
is $1S6,000 higher than in the cor
responding month of 1926, in reality
the amount of new indebtedness ac
tually contracted is much less. Of the
$S90,500 bonds issued in August,
1927, nearly one-half, or $426,000,
was in refund issues, that is, new
bonds issued to take up old ones. A
year ago, only $174,700 out of $704.
072 registered during August was re
funding bonds.
Deducting the reissued securities
which did not increase the amount
of outstanding obligations, the' net
amount of new bonds for August this
years is $464,500; whereas, in 1927
that month added $629,732 to the to
tal, after allowing the same deduc
tion. In most eases where bonds were
refunded, the governmental units did
so in order to get a lower rate of in
terest. Old bonds bearing 5 per
cent, for instance, would be paid off
before maturity with the proceeds
of a new issue at 4. The average
interest saving, as calculated by Bond
Examiner Lawrence, is more than 1
per cent a year, for periods of 10 to
15 years.
A few refunding issues were pro
mulgated where old bonds fell due at
maturity dates and the subdivision
which owed them did not have the
money to retire them.
Cities and villages issued a total
of $562,500 bonds In August this
year; school districts, $238,000; and
counties $90,000.
PREVENTION 01 ACCIDENTS
IS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE
If universally adopted, compulsory
automobile liability insurance would
cost the America! public in the neigh
borhood of a billion dollars a year.
And wherein would conditions be im
proved? In accidents where a pedestrian
is wholly or partially at fault, he
could recover no damages. Statistics
show that the pedestrian is wholly
at fault in about one-third of the
accidents.
When such insurance is furnish
ed by the state, it applies only to
accidents on state highways. Such
a policy would give iar irom com
plete coverage.
If we had uniform and universal
insurance, farmers in isolated regions
where accidents are rare, would have
to pay out millions of dollars in in
surance premiums Decause or acci
dents in highly congested districts.
This would hardly seem fair. About
60 per cent of motorists in cities al
ready carry liability insurance.
Court procedure is a long and
tedious affair now. With compulsory .
automobile insurance, as with other
insurance, claims would not be
against the motorist but against the
insurance company. It is inevitable
that claims would be larger both in
number and size, and size of judg
ments would be very likely to in
crease.
It would seem that stringentTlcen-
sing drivers, safely constructed high
ways and enforcement of uniform
traffic regulations would do more to
prevent accidents than would com
pulsory liability Insurance.
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at the Bttes Book & Gift Shop. Call
early and secure your copy of this
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