THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1927.
PLATTSMOUTH SEMI . WEEKLY JOURNAL
PAGE TWO
Nehawka Department!
Prepared in the Interests of the People of Nehawka and Surrounding Vicinity Especially
for the Journal Readers.
Go rose Pollard of Avora was ?
business visitor in Nehawka, on last
Monday morning and was getting a
load of salt.
Paul Murdoch was a visitor in Lin
coln for the day on last Sunday, go
ing over Saturday evening and re
turning Sunday evening.
A. G. Cisney was a visitor at the
county seat on last Saturday after
noon and evening looking after some
business matters for the time
Edward Murray received some !
three hundred baby chicks from some
point in Missouri the last week which
are all doing nicely at this time.
John Opp and the family were over
to Plattsmouth for the afternoon last
Sunday making the trip in their car
rml enjoying the visit very much.
Martin Ross was threshing on last
Monday and found that his wheat
v.-as testing 5S pounds to the bushe1
and contained only twelve and a half
per cent moisture.
Otto Dodson was in Nehawka mak
ing preparation for the threshing of
their wheat which was very good
and were expecting to get at the
work early Tuesday.
Mrs. Louis Ross entertained at her
beautiful country home on last Fri
!av at bridge and had a larbe num
ber of her friends as her guests where j
all surely enjoyed the pleasant after
noon.
Mrs. David Craig of Elmwood and
daughter, Mary were visiting in Ne
hawka at the home of Mr. and Mrs
John Wunderlich. and also at the
fame tife trying out their new Whip
pet car.
Robert Troop jr.. and wife were
visiting for the day last Sunday at
the home of Col. Rex "Toiing. auc
tioneer and deupty sheriff of Platts
mouth. where they spent a very plea
sant day.
E. c. Gilts was threshing his wheat
last Monday and getting it out of the
way of the rainy weather which har
been prevailing for some time past
to the detriment of-the small grain i
in the fields.
Nick Frederich of near Murray
was a visitor in Nehawka on last
Monday bringing grain to be ground
and mixed bv the miller C. D. St
John, the artist in
feeds of all kind.
the mixing of
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Rough and
AVaiker Bates were over to Crete
on la.-t Sunday where they were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. I). II. AVilsor
and family and where all enjoyed
the occasion very much.
Mrs. Lena Frans who is employed
in Omaha as operator in a beauty
parlor was visiting for over the week
end at the home of her parents, re
turning to her work in the big city
on last Monday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Stuck and their
two boys of Stirling, Colorado, ar
rived in Nehawka late last week and
have been visiting for a number of
days with Grandfather D. D. Adams
and uncle C. D' Adams. Mrs. Stuck
being a daughter of Mr. D. D. Adams.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Criswets.ser were
over to Union on last Saturday eve
ning where they attended a pary
which was in the orded of a surprise
on Mr. John Chrisweisser, and was
engineered by the wife. A most de
lightful time is reported by Mr. and
Mrs. Chrisweisser.
C. D. Adams with a load of bovs
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Buy Shoes Now
Saw MQQxf o
AT THESE LOW PRICES
White Canvas Shoes, per pair only.
CHILDREN'S SANDALS
;cn sizes Brown Leather Sandals Priced, per pair
75c
CHILDREN'S SLIPPERS
Broken sizes of Patent Leather Slippers, Gray Kid Slip
pers and Tan Leather Oxfords. A good all leather shoe.
Priced, per pair, $1.2$
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Telephone 14
Whsre Cuitomeia Feel at Horris
AMERICAN LEG I OTJ
A DANCE 11
Plattsmouth, Neb.-Saturday Night
Barn Yard Twins Orchestra
NO LUNCH
COLD POP, 5d
one of them his own, -went to Mur
ray on last Monday afternoon where
the boys surely enjoyed the time in
dipping in the .sparkling h waters of
t-he Murray Bathing Beach, ana sure
enjoyed the treat for all boys con
sider it a treat to go 'swlmen.'
Lester Wunderlich who with the
good wife have been maxlng their
home in Kansas, received a few wires
asking that he return to Omaha
where he had worked before, and
after some two years Mr. and Mrs
Wunderlich, some two weeks ago re
turned to Omaha to make their home.
Frank Kuplin and wife and Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Yedda, of Lincolr
and accompanied their sister Mrs
Kd Hempke of near Murdock were
visiting for a time on last Sunday
afternoon at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. J. G. Wunderlich. Mrs. Hempke
and Mrs. Wunderlich being schoo'
girl friends in the past years.
Mesdames Wm. Black and Clarence
Case of Omaha, were visiting in Ne
hawka at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
John Opp. brother of Mrs. Black
and on their return were accom
panied by Miss Wilrna Black whe
has been visiting here for the past
week, and enjoying the stay at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. John Opp!
Albert Anderson and the family
were over to Frank Horstman and
family on last Sunday, where they
spent the day very pleasantly. Mr.
Anderson returning home in the eve-
Ining, while Mrs. Anderson remained
with the son and they will isit there
and at her parents. C. Steffens at
Lordon for the remainder of the
v.eek.
-triss Etta Stock, formerly with the
parents living north cf town but now
on one of the farms belonging tc
Carl Stone, has been suffering with
appendicitis, and went to Lincoln
where she underwent an operation
,f()r reijef( amj where her condition
was tounu to ne very grave, iiei
many friends however, are hoping
that she may soon be much better.
Some one is going to get in seriouf
trouble when they visit the chicken
houses of Edward Murray north of
Nehawka, for he has a good trusty
shot gun and konws how to use it.
and after having suffered the loss of
some two hundred chicks by maraud
ering gangs of chicken thieves will
make any one roaming around the
premses after night fall account for
being there. Better watch out for
the crack of the shot gn.
Nehawka Wins Game
On last Sunday the Omaha Car
dinals who think they can play ball
and in a way they can some little
came down to Nehawka and assayed
to give the Nehawka team a trounc
ing, but had but poor luck with their
game.
The game which was staged by the
home team was almost faultless, and
in the end after the Omaha lads were
nearly worn out, the game ended with
Nehawka having tallied nine runs
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July 19 to 26
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.SHELDON
ESTABLISHED 1888
Nehawka, Nebr.
and the Omaha Cardinals only one
third that or three.
WU1 Visit The East
Miller Christiansen who is working
with W. O. Troop on the farm, will
expect as soon as the heavier work
of the summer is finished, to take a
trip to the east accompanied by the
family, and will drive with their car.
Their destination will be New Jersey
and they will exepcet to be away
for about six weeks.
Mrs. Bert Willis Better
Reports came from the bedside of
Mrs. Bert Willis who is in the hos
pital at Nebraska City and where she
underwent an operation last week
and was following the operation very
seriously ill. is reported being some
better at this time. Her many friends
are hoping that she may soon be able
to return to her home in Nehawka
Mr. Willis was over to see her on last
Monday, and the store was loked af
ter by Mr. Joseph Sutphan.
Jersey Heifers For Sale
I have nine jersey heifers coming
two years old for sale, all good ones
a portion of which are expected tc
be fresh in a few months. If you
want a cow for the winter come and
see me.
R. D. TAYLOR
Enjoying ?. Vacation
Miss Bessie Weller of Auburn and
the genial and accomplished sale?
lady of the Sheldon Department store
of Nehawka, is during this week and
next taking her summer vacation of
two weeks, and the store is being
looked after by the regular force and
Mrs. Tucker, who is an exeprt sales
lady. Spoke at Methodist Church
Rey. Mougay, a brother of Mr. E
J. Mougay of Union and also bro
ther of Mrs. Schvalum, who stopped
for a visit with his sister while or
his way back from a visit at Denve
and other points in the west, to hi;
home in Cleveland. Ohic, was inducer
to deliver an address at the United
Brethern church in Nehawka on last
Sunday, and gave a most learned dis
course of his travels and experiencer
during the recent past years.
Spending Vacation in Colorado
On last Thursday T. C. AVest anr'
wife, and Bobbie AA'underlich, an"
Mr. Joseph AVest the latter of Crete
departed in the car of Mr. AVest goinr
to Colorado, where they will spend
some time at Masonic park, whicr
is near. South Fork. Colorado. They
will expect to remain there for abou
three weeks.
Installed New Eefrigeration
George C. Sheldon the local repre
Fentative of the manufacturers of thf
Kelvinators installed a large display
counter and show case for the store
of Tutt & Brubacher at Murray
which they pronounce as one of thf
finest refrigerating plants they havr
ever seen. Mr. sneiaon also mstaiiec
one at the farm of the home of Ower
Willis which he operates on his loca'
light plant.
Purchases New Truck
C. D. St John and R. P. Taylor
last week purchased through A'. P
Sheldon one of the Reo Speed, wagor
trucks, which they are well pleased
with the truck being gotten of JoneF
Opper Co.. of Omaha. On Monda:
as an initiation of the new vwagon
R. D. Taylor took a load or catth
to Omaha on Monday and on his re
turn trip brough some feeds for thr
mill and oil station.
Burial Vaults
You care well for your loved ones
while alive. One of our concrete
vaults protects their remains when
buried. An absolute guarantee.
MILLER & GRUBER.
tf-N Nehawka. Nebr.
RAIL PROJECT EXAMINED
AAashington, July 23. The pro
ject of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe railroad for acquiring the Kan
sas City, Mexico & Orient was put
under examination today jointly by
the interstate commerce commission
and the Texas railroad commission
The transaction was first explain
ed in detail by AA'. T. Kemper, for
mer receiver and now president of
the Orient line; and this was sup
plemented by F. B. Houghton, vice
president of the Santa Fe system
Chairman Gilmore of the Texas rail
road commission was aided by Exam
iner Davis of the interstate commerce
commission in conducting the hear
ing.
The New Orleans Joint traffic bu
reau, an organization representing
shippers, obtained leave to intervene
in the proceedings with an objection
to the entire transaction. The bu
reau's petition contended that lhclu
sion of the Orient line the Santa Fe
system would elimnate railroad com
petition to a considerable degree,
and would constitute a combination
of parallel lines.
POLICE PUPS FOR SALE
Males $4.00. females, $2.00. See
B. F. Goodman, or call AVeep-
ing AVater, 2802. Postoffice address
Cedar Creek, Nebraska. jl2-tfw
Mrs. John Neitzel, Sr., and daugh
ter, Mrs. C. P. C-Jaze. departed last
evening tor Omaha wiera tley ui!
! visit ttcra -w-tth relti and friends
for a short time.
Mormon Pioneers
in the Ulah Wastes,
the Record Shows
.
Many So Poor They Had to Barter
Everything for Pood Now
Smile with Prosperity
r
From a booklet recently put out
" tl ,t' o,- of
Provo. Utah, one ,nav ( a -.Ivid
perous
This publication, a monograph pre
pared by Lowry Nelson, director of
the extension division of the uni
versity, gives the results of a his
torical and sociological study made
bv him of the Mormon farm vil
lage of Ephrain. a place
now or
slightly more than 2,000 population.
This study was the second of a ser
es of three undertaken to assess the
economic and social conditions and
values of typical Utah country com
muities. The first of tnese studies,
a monograph on he farm village of
Escalanta. was issued some time ago;
inn couciuuiug ouuiwei,
deal with American Fork, a rural
place of somewhat different character
s yet to be published.
Ephraim is in Sanpete county,
about 120 miles south of Salt Lake
City. It lies at an elevation of 5,500
, , ' , n,. ',,,,
C I:.nr.h iWlK
.out tbrVe miles 1,. width.
feet above se
of Ephraim Ca
of a valley about
TA 1. , . ...... . f (ho Wacn
l kj liic caai iiiuuiiiauiis . ..v..
tch Range rise to a height of nearly
10.000 feet, while to the west are
mountains of about 8.000 feet ele
vation. The town is the center of a
live stock raising district which dt
pends for its fertility upon an irri-
Minn svstem hased on EDhralm
Creek.
Sent Out by Brigham Young
"Two years after the Mormon
pioners arriven in rau i.aKe v al
ley," wirtes Mr. Netson, "Brigha.n
Young sent a colony to settle San-
oete Aralley. They founded the set-
lement of Manti in 1S49. In 1850
n effort was made ny a man iroin
Manti to establish himself i,even
miles to the north in what is now
ICphraim, but the Indians forced
him to return to Manti. It was not
until he early Spring of 1854 that
colony of fifteen families succeeded
in founding a settlement there.
"As in most of the new lands of
"tali, the initial year in the new
;ettlement brought hardships to the
lew-corners. The first necessity con-
.rumiug iueii.i.etift u.
jerense againsi n.e i nuia...
loraingiy a ion was i u ..u
i auiuiv as uussiuie. r tu una I u -
r.o?e men were organized in nnliiarv
Tder under the general directum 1 1
ne Disnop. home men were kwsh.-u
to - guard duty while tne nine;
uolkea on tne iort.
"The first fort inclosed only on
ind one-half acres of ground aiu
had but one entrance a gaie or
the west, l ne wans were seven ieei
high. The houses were built insiae
picture of the hardships the Mor- J"".' "y T4 V iVn
mon pioneers endured in founding 1 n ra "a"
and building up what is now a pros- te
a ....... Ill v. -v n- m -T-'0 IT n - ---j
the walls, being constructed out ofjof the oId fort whlch enclosed one
rock and aaoDe. i ne meeting uuwaiul one-half acr-s. It was a virtual
for church services was built in the.commune for thi work wag directed
?enter of the enclosure. 1 he wans by one presiding authority, the Mor
it this structure were of cedar posts ' on bisnop. He is was who directed
set in the ground a iew leei apaiu;the men iu theiwork on the fort, in
with the intervening: spaoes ulitd
with adobes. The roof was of logs,
willows and dirt.1 Around the meet
ing house was a corral, in which
he lrve stock was kept at night. This
fort was completed in time to furnish
shelter thru the winter of 1S5 4.
Kew and. Larger Fort Built
"It was found necessary to build
i larger enclosure later. The new
fort covered about seventeen acres
and the walls were fourteen feet
high, and four feet thick. It wa?
completed to its full height only on
the north line. The men took turns
working two days each week on the
tort wall, and other days of the week
on the canyon road. In order that
they might procure firewood and tim
ber for construction purposes. The
cost of the fort has been estimated
at $13,000.
"In addition to the necessity of
preparing a defense . there were the
cicps to be planted' and cared for.
canals to be dug, and roads and
bridges to be made. All the while
there were arrivals, periodically, of
immigrants to swell the numbers to
be fed and housed. Record has been
made of the successful maturing of
some crops the first summer (1854).
The summer of 1855 made notable by
the grasshopper outbreak which, ex
cept for a few potatoes, destroyed
almost all of the crops. At the same
time, the Indians were particularly
troublesome, so that it was necessary
to. maintain a strong guard night and
day. The workers carried weapons
with them to the field and canyon.
"It was a fierce struggle against
overwhelming odds which the set
tier's faced in the fall of 185 5. AA'ith
n ore and 'more immigrants arriving
on the scene, and with crops vir
tually annihilated. AA'inter brot with
it much hardship and worrying.
Immigrants Mostly Penniless
"The immigrants were for the most
part penniless and were forced to bar
ter their clothing, bedding, oraments
and other effects for potatoes, wheat
and bread. Trading was with tlv?
northern settlements. Some went into
the' hills and dug thistle and sr.go
roots. Rasmus Olsen, whr. arrived
from Denmark In 1854, is said at
one time to have exchanged his coat
and silk hat for wheat and on an
other occasion to have given a feather
bed for one bushel of wheat and two
bushels of potatoes.
"It was doubtless a far cry for
these sturdy pilgrims from green old
Denmark to the parched and deso
late vvstes cf Fcrt Spiralis. The
adjustment to the r.e'U- tab! tat. es
pecially under' the poverty of that
Irst year, was. escee,d-iuly painful.
But they survived the hardships and
built the modern commonwealth of
Ephraim.
"James II. Hansen, who is still
living in Ephraim, came to the place
from penmark as a boy with hi
parents In 1854. There were twenty
eight wagons in the party of which
he was a member, some of those
wagons containing several families
an 0f them Danish or Scandinavian.
The families already established In
fort had to accommodate theso
people fresh from foreign lands, un-
able to sPeak or understand the Ens
lish tongue. The newcomers were
" and weary from the 1,000 mi
wnere they Knelt down, anu me
father prayed, not for riches, bu'
that they might be faithful, com
what may. life or death."
"Mr. Hansen, a Danish boy of five
3'ears. dressed in the costume of hit--
iiuttvn 1'iiwl u':ic tsiVf.n intn fbp bnt.ip
...,..
or a 'ianKee iauy ior me wimci
He could not understand Kngil.sh
but, by the use of motions, the lady
made him understand, for instance
that she wanted water from the
creek. On one occasion, shortly after
his arrival.-he went to the creek for
a bucket of water, and when he came
out there was a group of Yankee
.,..,,. u t t,4, f,.v hK.
. , , . .. ,
queer dress anu ways anu joowco
him until he spilled the water.
Thereupon, he reports, he picked up
a stick and hit one of them, after
which he became one of them, and
nationality lines were soon forgotten.
tne r-,. o, ,he common la.k
' sulxlulng: the wilderness, ;uid with
a common religion which they had
.... . . . . , ,
" " u,rr"' ' XT
nothing.
Danish Influence Dominent.
"By 1S56, fifty of the eighty fain
Hies living in rori jpnraim were
uanisn. ana tne rest were Ameri-
cans, English and AVelsh. Much of
the public speaking at this period
was done in Danish, and for some
time after the arrival of the ilrst
Danish immigrants prayer meetings
were held by them on Thursday eve
ning, the other portion of the pop
ulation holding their prayer '.Meeting
in the English tongue, on Friday
evening.
Since the beginning the Danes
1 have dominated numerically. Slowly
they came to learn the English lan
guages. The schools were conducted
in English, as also in the main were
the church services, altho considera
tion was given, as it still is, to the
older immigrants who found itdif
' ficult to learn the new tongue. In
11859 church services were regularly
instituted to be conducted in the Dan-
,gh language. Today, however, the
-!visitor to Ephraim could scarcely de-
jtect. except thru name, that the pre-
i .- .- ,,k. 1
t fm arp thc gtock of p,d nenmark
; and the Scandinavian penninsula.
Tne amalgamation
has been well
, well.nigh complete.
I "Fnainn u-as rertnin from thp verv
beginning. Here were nationalities
; st range to each other, yet fervent to
th Knmp rplisrinn thrown tne-Pthpr
,n most jntjmate relations. At
firKt t, rpKi,iPfl wsthin thP w.niu
the field man 01 the road
"Under the Kcial compulsions of
this sort of li. amalgamation was
inevitable. Itjwas inevitable, too
for a long tin. that the resultant
would partake f the nature of both
of the two dice re nt groups. Thus
i has been, tlft Ephraim, or San
pete county. Us been the butt of
many a jest Ith this old country
skewness as thfc central idea. Many
are the storietjextant in the ftate
of the ludicrct mistakes made by
Danish speakes in church or civic
gatherings whfi attempting to use
the English laiguage. For nothing
is Ephraim sojell known as for its
Danish people and the stories thiit
have grown i around their eurly
efforts at adjifltnient to American
ways.
"The early educational work in
Ephraim was jjiaracteristic of that
of any pioner settlement. The
school as an Institution came not
as an edict ftn some remote cen
tial authority.but sprang rather out
of the local 3i. It was a purely
voluntary en!prise and for some
time depended qion individual, rather
than public qpport. The tocher
was not necessity a learned man or
woman, but w$ usually the best edu
cated of theimmunity. She was
paid, not in lihey, for there was no
medium of Schange as yet. but
rather in veitables, wheat, flower
and other ncKssities of life. Tho
tuition of a ifld might be paid for
by hauling a quel, of wood or render
ing some olir" service necessary to
the welfare jt the teacher.
' A I first tM-e were no r gulav
fvh-.jci booksfcut reading and wr:;-
ing were taull thru the use oi souk
cf the chuiti' works. The f.ec.'1'd.
yeat of the llence of the coiniau'i-
lty Fort Eplilm was organ iz J into
p. school dlfict.
"The firstwttlers ail boionqed to
the MormonJnirch. The unt-M en
tf;fibe oi Ionization wa3 the Je
suit of rei:!ous motivation. Coup
led with it Of course, was the at
tiaction of lOccupled lands, but this
wat? not a njor factor at the tiuo.
T.it first pvp of fifteen familhe,
a& organitj under a leader art.
rcclesiastlcilfader who or a, ni.-!
!tr of year directed, not alone
ltliglous lirof the membirs, bin i il
temporal a1'8 as well. Tn i: a'n '
fcmce of -jf ulatlon mcre-ue v ve
ti:e immlgU.ls, chieftly rom :'-:.n-uinavian
ccflMries. who w?ie recent
converts the church 4n.l wh.-cc
tutire njotl for copiiug was doubt
less a rclijis cue. t
OtUelnutliEa Com" In
It was&tural, thereto?., 'aac
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Your money is secured by 1st mortages on im
proved real estate not to exceed 50 of act
ual value. For information call at the office
of
SEARL S. DAVIS,
or write
The Standard Savings & Loan Assn.
1715 Douglas St., Omaha, Nebraska.
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r.ntr.id only ii the con.it. ucUon of, under these new world conditions, it
hui.it'o, came ihe Imllding of t-hnivlic.t. ; is natural that they would think ir
1" tn in the id Fort, nall u it terms of relatively small holdings
was, the people reared a -aruetiin? Then, too, in the settlement of land
known as a 'meeting house,' or JIoii'i ! by the Mormons emphasis was placed
oi the I,ord. Subsequeimy several j on community building. There was
taiuiche structures have bee.i erecio ' J accordingly a strong tendency away
:nt of the early ones being in . 1 ? ft. ! from large individual holdings, and
'But the community was not tcjthc? land was divided into small par
:eiain its religious homoganait f u , eels to encourage as many to settle
long. In the spring of .1875 a i'r-.-- in the respective communities as pos
tjtcrian missionary held sevrl:"j Visible.
one of the schoolhouses, and a mis-i "Near the town was an exlensiv
sion school was established in 1S71 natural meadow, fmm which hay
A Methodist church was organized could be harvested. Right to the ns
in 1883 by a lay preacher, and l iter j of this meadow was determined in
a building was erected. At present j an interesting manner. It was agreed
neither of these churches is activ 3, ! that, no one should cut any hay ir
on account of insufficient member-j the meadow until after midnight or
ship to maintain them. i the evening of July 25 of each year.
"Opposition to the authorizes Mor ' Everyone who wished to cut hay
mon leader of the settlement nac dc would naturally desire to pet it
veloped and in 1S63 it became nec- where it war. most accesibie and of
esary for Brigham Young to 'call a the best quality. Accordingly, there
man, Canute Peterson, from or.c of was a premium attached t) getting
the northern settlements to go tc on he ground ilrst. They would have
Ephraim and act as bishop of ihe a community dance until 12 o'clock
ward. Peterson later had ecclesia- when all would yoke up their oxen
tlcal jurisdiction ever all the neigh- and make a dash for the hayfic-ld.
boring settlements, and became a State Journal,
leader of outstanding note in that .
region.
"The first field to be reclaimed
via1 enclosed by a common lnce
I-abor of all members of the colony
was directed by one head. The foil,
in which the first residences were
built, was common property. It was? i
not until 1860. that the site Cor thej
town was surveyed and the lou ap-
porioned to the families. The fun-'
ilies then moved out of the fort "sml
built homes upon , their respective
lots. Such communistic institut innp
as existed were destined to short i Chicago. July 24. A show of grief
life, since they were the result of ' and a lack of "hard boiledness" Mon
the exigencies of the settlement per-j da' saved 4 youthful bandit-slayers
iod. - j from a sentence of death In the elec-
"Cooperative effort was necessary , tric chair. Instead. Judge , Krank
in the establishment of the majority Comerford sentenced them to life in
of the community institutions s::ccjthe penitentiary.
on individual had capial enough let They are Stanley Durmai. 21;
found private concerns. Brigham Stanley Thomas, 19; Albert Mas, 20.
Young had introduced cooperative ' a,1(i John Tulacz. 22. They confessed
merchandising with the founding of to tne shooting and killing of Pear'
Zion's Cooperative Mercantile insti- Eggleston. lS-year-old girl usher
tution in 1S6S. and in lS7p a co i during the robbery of a suburban
operative store was entaolished in movie theatre.
Ephraim. Previous to this time.!
about 1S60, a flower mill was built
in the canyon east of the town.
Passion for Equality
41. ui"u..iis cuarac yensuc oi
me .uuruiuii groups wiiii- men
strong religious motivation
war
their passion for equality. In many
cases it became so strong that it
resulted in a communistic- organiza
tion. Under conditions of private
ownership the land was divided in
lots of equal size and quality a?
nearly as could be and the posses
sion determined by drawing lots.
The Ephraim settlers did not at
tempt a common ownership in land,
but from the very beginning estab
lished the institution of private pro
perty. Even thou all of the farming
land was, in the early years, enclosed
with one fence, the family heads were I
each given the right to the use of aijn the ast, he said
specific piece of ground in the en- Dr. Work's statement was issued
colsure. But every care was taken to at the end of a conference of na
Insure an equal distribution of the tional committeemen which lasted all
land. rta-
The initial allotments of land
were twenty acres, altho there were
cases in which several owners of
twenty-acre lots would give to a new
comer a portion of their land, say five
acres, and this would reduce theii
holdings still further. Most of thc
settlers were old countrymen, and
since they had little or no concep
tion ofthe optimum economic unit
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When necessity requires us to perform the sensitive
tasks of caring for a loved one -who has passed away,
you will find a spirit of service and friendly under
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to lessen the burden of your loss.
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The youthful defendants made v
bid for mercy by pleading guilty.
But is is doubtful if they realize
how careful their demeanor was be
ing watched by the presiding judge.
Young Durmai, who confessed the
actual killing, tearfully explained
that he pulled the trigger in panic
without wilfully intending to mur
der, lie voiced his grief for the dead
girl's parents. lie helped police round
up his accomplices.
PLAN G. 0. T. CAMPAIGN
New York, July 23. National
headquarters for the republican
presidential campaign ths year will
be at AVashington. with a branch in
Chicago. Dr. Hubert AA'ork. national
chairman, announced tonight. There
will hp no lartrp be.Ktmia rtpru branch
vew York is to be the head,:nar-
ters of the eastern division of the
, treasurer's off ice. ho said, and of the
speakers' bureaus for the combined
national senatorial congressional
committees.
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