MONDAY, DECrlO, 1928.
PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL
PAC2 nra
MURD&GK
At Garage Again!
I have taken my Garage and Repair Shop
over again, beginning Dec. 1st.: I shall be
here to care for all your work and give it my
personal attention. The very best of service
at all times. : Come, see me. Many thanks
for your business. '
1(A. H. WARD,.,.
V v i . Murdock, Nebr, t ;
The young folks of Murdock and
vicinity were enjoying a sleighing
party on the evening of last'Wednes
day and you may guess they- had a"
fine time. , . . - .
Miss -Viola Everett was having .
siege of the flu during -th past week
and during, the time she was away
from the store Mrs, Una McHtigh was ,
assisting with the work: ; j ' 1
Roy Gorthey is sporting a new car
this time as before he has a Buick,
and has secured a closed;, car which
makes it .nice ferrwinter getting 'the
new wagon from Bert Jamison.
In the basket .hal ganje, which
was staged: at Murflock-between "the
teams of fhe-high' school and- the
Avoca team the visitors won over the
home team by a score of 16 to JO.
L. B. Gorthey and,, familyi (Mrs:
George Vanderbergjahd-son Sdward
were over to Weeping Water. pn last
Sunday- where they? were the" gueets
at the home of -Mr. : and Mrs.-Arfh-ur
Jones.
Miss Florence Thimgan who is at
school in Grand island whereshe'Is
taking a business course , is liking
the school nicely and doing good
work all her examinations grading,
one hundred.
The entire family of Wm. Rikli
have been having a siege of the flu
which made is very hard on them as'
all were sick at the same time but
they are reported as being some bet
ter at this time. ' ' ''
Judge W. E. Newkirk ' who has
been visiting for some time at the
home of his daughter Mrs.
L. D. Lee returned home on last
Thsurday after raving had a siege of
the flu while here. .
John Epping who-keeps the roads
so one can go, has been having a
siege of the flu which has kept him
at his home for a number of days
but it will not last long for he "will
be back on the road again soon. -----
Uncle Wm. Smith who has been at
Ithica. for a long time looking
afterthe picking of his corn, returned
to Murdock last week as the weather
and snow prevented work at tbe .har
vest, and he is ready for any one who
desires to play checkers.
A.,.H. -Jackson has purchased the
garage which ..ha been operated by.
Theo. Carnes. and will share the
space there with .Mr. Carnes who will
sell the Chevrolet, ' and with' George
Utt who will sell gasoline and. tires
See their ad in an other portion of
this paper.
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Miller have been
quite ill for the past two weeks with
a very grave attack of the flu, but
with good care of themselves and
the services of the physicians, they
are both better at this time though
some lighter in flesh, but are feeling
very much improved.
The matter of taking the garage
over again and having the filling sta
tion on his hands is making things
pretty busy for A. H. Ward, but Art
always had a large capacity for hard
work and we are certain he will in
this instance measure up to what
ever requirements are brought to
Linseed Meal -. Galf Meal - Pig Meal
Laying Mash - Bran and Shorts
TANKAGE
and remember Our Prices are Right
' ' at the . -
Farmers' Elevator
Murdock, Nebraska
Under Mew Management!
On the 1st day ot December, A. H. Jacobson purchased .
the Landholm Garage and has taken charge of the same
where he will bo found ready for any and all work in his
line. He invites all to give him a call.
Theo. Carnes, who is the representative of the
Chevrolet Automobile will have his place of business at
the Garage, while George Utt will carry a stock of sup
plies for autos and accessories as well as tires, gas and ,
oil. They .will be. there with the service . so remember
the place the South Garage, near the Rock bland sta
tion, Murdock, Nebrl c ! J
A H. JACOBSON
THEO. CARNES
GEORGE UTT
PREPARED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE JOURNAL.
him. He says business in both lines
is good, f - - , - . i i
Mesdames' H. A. Tool and H. V.
McDonald were over to Omaha for
the day on last Wednesday, where
they were driven by a nephew Louis
McGuire'. who Js visiting here .from.
Hampton and also is picking corn
forr the. farmers here when there is
an 'opportunity. 'But, hot being . able
to piclrcorn on account of the snow
took his two aunts to Omaha.
:0. "J. Hitchcock ; and .family . of
Havelock and .S. B.- McDermid-and
family of Omaha were visiting for the
day in . Murdock for Thanksgiving
c&y. being guests, at the home of Mr.
and - Mrs. Louis Neitzel, and Mrs.
Hitchcock and children remaining
until Sunday, while Miss Elenor
.Hartung Went home, with jthe .family
oft Dt. MrPermid remaining: for ' the
remainder of the week.
. On Thursday ;of last week Mrs. H.
Ai ;Tdol .entertained "at her home in
Murdock, the members of the Pro
ject Leaders of the numerous 4-H
Clubs of the westera - half of" Cass !
county,. they perfecting an organiza
tion where by they" will be able to
do better and more work in the line
! which the clubs have been working.
The members from out of town were
very pleasantly entertained by Mrs.
Tool.
Served His Camp 29-eYars. . . -.
- For twenty-nine years Henry A.
Tool has been the clerk of the Modern
, Woodman of Amprifa rnmn 1 RAQ anH
and Dr.v, , "
uuu u ui nig an iiie li uie muue ctii -excellent
official,' and has always look
ed after the affairs of the order in
the very best manner. The member
ship have sought to keep in the posi
tion, and are well satisfied with the
good service which he renders. He
was presented.-by a gold inlaid en
amled lapel button telling of the
twenty-five years constant service as'
clerk of thi3 camp. As this tells of
the good service which he has rend
ered during the years which he has
served 'the camp.
Will Work At . Ashland.
, 1 On" last Wednesday" John' W. Kru
ger was a visitor" In 'Ashland where
he secured employment with a firm
Bafoer & ' Holder who are contract-,
ors and who are beginning the erec
tion trf a large church edifice for the
Methodist of that place, and on which
Mr. Kruger will work. John is a
scamp to work and if he cannot pick
corn he 'Will find something else to
do and also do it.
. Celebrates Birthday.
On last Sunday J. Johanson passed
his fifty-third mile post and appro
priately, celebrated the occasion, with
a party and supper at his home, com
memorating the event. There were
there for the occasion Mr. and Mrs.
Leo Rikli and family, Miss Mildred i
Fosler and Miss Lois Vanvalkingberg,
AiDeri men, tmu ivuenn ana iam-
ily, of Murdok and Ronald Schlict-
. ..." '.
emeier. and wife of Elmwood and
Miss Hilda Vogler of near Manley.
Some Better Just Now.
: Uncle Henry Schlueter who lias
been very sick at his home with the
bronchittis, and which he had for a
long time, is reported as being bet
ter at this time. Mr. Schlueter does
not give up to sickness when it is
possible to go and gets out as soon
as possible following an attack will
be out soon again.
COAL MINES AEE CLOSED
Billings, Mont., Dec. 6. Montana
coal mines were idle today, follow
ing the refusal of members of the
United" Mine Workers union district
No. 27, to ratify a new wage agree
ment by which basic earnings would
be reduced.
"When operators and 'representa
tives of the mines negotiated the
new scale last week, operators made
the announcement that the .mines
would be forced to close unless the
workmen agreed to the 'new terms.
Such action was taken by the oper
ators today: when it was determined
that the referendum :vote cast by
the 2,500 members of the union yes
terday went against ratification of
the agreement. r ' . . f '
Opinion was expressed that' the
mines have a sufficient stock of coal
(m hand, to meet the needs for .some
time. Carl Kanselapresident of dis
trict 27, United Mine Workers of
America, which includes the Mon
tant fields, has called a meeting of
his executive board here tomorrow to
discuss the situation. Montana mines
supply 90 per cent df. the coal used
in that state. -the; state railroad com
mission' said.
EPIDEMIC IS . SPREADING
Los Angeles, "Dee. 6 -With 600
new cases of influenza in Los An
geles today, the number of cases re
ported during the first six days of
. the month increased to 2,821. Near
ly seventy deaths have been caused
by the disease or complications aris
. ing from it in this period. Schools
here, remained open, altho, author
ities at Pasadena continued to sus-
. pend . classes. Schools in four other
counties of southern California' were
open after a temporary close in' sev
eral communities. '
.The influenza outbreak, which
gained a hold in five counties in
late November, had been subdued
in four counties, health departments
reported; Only In Los Angeles coun
ty, was the situation considered ser
ious. Reports from Orange,. San
Bernadino, Ventura and Santa Bar
bara counties indicated only a slight
prevalence of Influenza.
I j. Authorities said the peak of the
outbreak in Los Angeles had not been
reached, with each day bringing
from 500 to 800 new cases. -
f i -:- .' h
The merchant wlio aftvertises reg
ularly the year round, knows -of no
slack business period.
ORDER OF HEARING
Petition for Appointment pf
Administratrix
on
, The State of Nebraska, Cass coun
ty, 68. - . .
In the County Court.
In the matter of the estate of John
Cory, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition
of, Florence Coleman, praying that
administration of said estate may be
granted to Florence Coleman as Ad
ministratrix; Ordered, that January 4th, A. D.
1929,. at ten o'clock a. m. is assigned
for hearing said petition, when all
persons interested in said matter
may appear at a County Court to be
'held in and for said county, arid show
cause why the prayer of petitioner
should not be granted; and that no-
- tiee 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-
I weekly newspaper printed in said
county, for three successive weeks
prior to said day of hearing.
Dated December 8th, .1928. ...
' - - MARTIN & TIDD.
(Seal) - . County Judge.
A. H. DUXBURY,
dl0-3w. Attorneis.
ORDER OF HEARING
and Notice on 'Petition for Set--
tlement of Account
In the County Court of Cass coun
ty, Nebraska.
State of Nebraska, Cass county, ss.
To all persons interested in the
estate of Mary C. Murphy, deceased:
On reading the petition of H. A.
Schneider praying a final settlement
and allowance of his account filed in
this Court on the" 8 th day of Decem
ber, -1928, and for distribution of
estate ' and discharge of Adminis
trator; '
It is hereby ordered that you and
all persons interested In said matter
may, and do, appear at the County
Court to. be held in and for said
county, on' the 21st day of December,
A. D. 1928, t 10 o'clock' a. m., to
show" cause, if any there be, why the
prayer of the 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 in
terested in said matter by publishing
a copy or mis order in " the Platts
mouth Journal, a semi-weekly news
paper printed in said county,-for one
week prior to said'day of hearing; w
In with esd' thereof. I have here
unto set my- hand and the "seal of said
Court, this th fiay of December, A.
-' ; r. : ; a, h. pjjxbtry,
(Seal) diO.lw County Judgre.
Report of Work
oftheW.e.T.U.
National Meet
Mrs. R. B. Hayes of This City, Dele
gate of Cass, Nemaha and John
son Counties, Gives Report.
Officers and delegates of the W. C.
T. U. have returned to their homes rrom me pen or Juia jviae oe, one coin. The county seat was temporar
from the 54th annual convention of the feature writers of the Star.jiy located there February 9, 1857,
the organization held in Boston. No-
vember 14-22 armed iwith inspir-
lation and plans for carrying on tem-
perance and prohibition work dur-
ing the coming year. The keynote
of the work of the organization for
19 2 8 was sounded by Mrs. Ella A.
Boole, president, in her openine: ad-
dress when she declared "Give tiro-
hibition its chance; the liquor traf- eastern fringe of the territory about
fic had its day." Tkat slogan will as fast as somebody could measure off
have a large 'part irf the celebration a few acres. Some never got beyond
of the ninth birthday of prohibition, ' ambitious paper plans, others strug
January 16, 1929 when every union.gled through the lean, pioneer days.
of the W. C. TV U. will hold a meet-
ing. 1 - the more prosperous years.
The convention was evidence that Askatope, Bon Homroi City, Wa
the women of the W. C. T. U. will capana, Omadi, Bleyburg, Mahala
devote itself with renewed emphasis City and many others of the eighty
to a continuation of the fundamental four towns incorporated by special
and traditional work of educating acts of the legislature in the first
America in the evils" ot, liquor. - decade of the territory, have disap
Among the many ' interesting' peared from the maps. A hoped-for
speakers was James M. Doran, U. S. railroad, which never arrived, Indian
Commissioner of Prohibition, who raids, poor crops, loneliness changed
said, that the" recent overturn of poli- the history of many an early Ne
tical gang rule in 'several American Ibraska town.
cities indicates that the people are! Nebraska City, Bellevue, Brown
through .with . gang ;rule, as well as ville, Wyoming. Tekamah, Platts
gra ft in. local and .state prohibition mouth, Desoto, Fontenelle, Florence,
enforcement. Dr. Doran predicted as a part of Omaha, chartered in
that the next two years would see a 1855, still retain their original name,
rebirth of the responsibility of the Almost half a hundred towns, in
individual voter in local govern- corRgrated in territorial days, are
ment. Two other outstanding speak- listed in the postal guide, and some
ers were Gifford Gordon of Australia, others exist, but are less easily trace
speaking on "Prohibition and the able, as the town is no longer a
Young People,"' and" greetings from postoffice.
Col. Patrick H. Callahan of the Cath- First Town
olic Total Abstinence Society. Many Fort Atkinson was the first town
others brought messages of much in Nebraskaif established as a United
insnirntinn -ann value wnicn cannot A j icon
Tip mpntinnpfl Madame'Rarrakat eave
. . ------
her version of the Shepherd s Psalm,
on Sunday afternoon
The organization' recorded itself
as approving the workof Mrs Mabel
Walker Willebrandt Assistant U. S.
Attorney-General in her decent cam-
paign utterances in laior oi promui-
tion. The convention adopted a re
. :. . v; -;.Y7 " J
solution concerning jsirs. vvineoranut
"She has brought credit
UP!J
women In administrative office and
has taken a high pace with those
officials who have kept faith with
the people. She has shown neither
fear nor favor and has brought be
fore the people without racial or re
ligious prejudice the Jssues involved
in the maintenance and enforcement
of "the prohibition Iass." i -
. Tbe convention heard several
prominent leaders in the educational
-field, among them. Dr. Joseph B.
Egan, Headmaster of the Harvard
School of Charles Town, Mass., and
Miss Charl Williams.tof Washington,
D. C., an official of the National Edu
cation Association. " Both of these
speakers pointed out there is great
need of continued education of school
students in the effect . of alcohol on
the human system. . Young people
inrt fnnsldprahle to do with the
convention, and one - night session 5. 1555. A bpanisn explorer exciaim
was given over to the Young Peo- ed about the view, so 'tis said, and
pie's Branch of the W. C. T. U. At gave the old town its name. How
this session Miss Winona R. Jewell, ever, it does appear that the Spaniard
General Secretary of the Young Peo- paid ' his tribute in French. Follow
ple's Branch, presented a roll of ing its first incorporation, the act
signatures of young students to a was amended March 16, 1855, which
declaration in support of the con- has given rise to some dispute about
stitution and the ISth amendment the oldest incorporated town. Decem
particularly. There were 361,000 ber 31, 1857, it was reincorporated
names, and the roll call itself was to include the original sfte. South
more than two miles long. Nebraska City and Kearney City.
The membership of the W. C. T. De Soto, now spelled as one word
U. was shown to be increasing and by the postoffice department, was
in a pageant which typified the work platted in the fall of 1854, and named
of women in temperance and parti- for Hernado De Soto, an explorer.
cularly the part played, by the W, C.
T. U. it was shown that the member
ship campaign of the organization
had brought in 35,000 members.
v All officers were reelected: Mrs.
TTiia A RnniP nrpsidentj Mrs. Mar
garet C. Munns, treasurer; Mrs. Anna'
Marden DeYo, secretary; Mrs. Sarah
H. Hoge, recording, secretary; Mrs.
Nelle G. Burger, assistant recording
secretary.
MEXICAN MAKES ESCAPE
From Friday's Daily
Antonio Wizard, the Mexican who
created the disturbance f at Alvo on
Wednesday afternoon ' and was
brought here and lodged in the coun
ty jail, last evening, felt the urge
of all mankind for liberty and with
out a farewell or word of regret to
the county authorities proceeded to
make his getaway from the jail and
is now at large, a ' stranger in. a
strange land. ' '
- Owing to the' fact that the county
jail has a capacity house at the pres
ent time. Sheriff Bert Reed had to
place Wizard in one of the upper cell
rooms and where there is a window
that is too small to permit the egress
nf an nrdinarv nlzpri nprsnn. hilt was
juBt right for The wizardy of Wizard
sometime during the night and made
his escape from the tolls of the law.
This is the second time that the
window has figured in the escape of
prisoners as during the occupancy
of the jail building by former Sheriff
Quinton one of the youthful prison-
. fi r sa ii a (n t.
his getaway in a manner similar to
the Mexican.;.
. . LOST
Spotted hounti dog,' west of Platts- ated January 22, 1856. Nemaha, al-jnouth.-
Finder please -notify Willi so once the pessseser of -a "city' be
Eaton, Union., Neb. ' d8ltd-ltw came a town the same .day. " Tne
Pioneer Cities
and Towns of the
Territorial Days
River Towns Rich in Historical In
terest as Abode of First Set
tlers in Nebraska.
The Lincoln Star of Sunday had a
very interesting article dealing
un me towns ana cities oi ine ler -
imory ana state ana among wnicn
iPlattsmouth is one of the oldest, shar-
iihg with Bellevue, Omaha, Brown
jville and Nebraska City the rank in
the pioneer history of Nebraska.
The article as given below was
an(J an authority
on the history of
Nebraska:
Residents of the Cornhusker state
are planning its diamond jUDiiee,
Nearly seventy-five years since a
Part of the old Louisiana purchase
was marked off and calltd Nebraska
territory
Towns were laid out along the
i thrived on hardship and flourished in
- t ft
on ine sue oi ine present run wti-
houn Before it was abandoned in
lg27 Jt had become a self-sustaining
community with a population of more
tQan 10QQ Boldiers traders, trappers
and frontiersmen.
The secona Nebraska town, and the
firgt continuous xistence is Belle
vue, estaonsnea j
established about 1823 as a fur
tradi post At one time it was the
coat of iroYprnment and the most ini-
portant-point on the upper Missouri
river. - - - .
Nebraska City, the first incorporate
ed city or village in the state, re-
ceived its rating by a special act of
the Nebraska territorial legislature,
approved March 2, 1855. Brownville
was-" incorporated twelve days later.
- During the tentorial period until
1864, each incorporated town of the
state secured its charter by a sep
arate act of the Nebraska legislature.
February 15. 1864, the first general
incorporation act for Nebraska towns
was approved by the governor and Falls City was incorporated and
provided that when a majority of the approved the same date, January 13,
taxable Inhabitants of any town pre- i860. The county seat had been tem
sented a petition to the county com- pororily located there and then per
missioners, the commissioners might jmanently by an election pursuant to
declare the town incorporated
Some Dispute
Bellevue was incorporated March
its incorporation tooK place xaarcn
7, 1855.
Six days later, Florence, early Mor
mon headquarters, and now a part
of Omaha, was incorporated, having
been surveyed two years earlier. The
town was resurveyed and platted in
the fall of 1854 by J. C. Mitchell,
member of the council of the first
territorial legislature.
B. B. Frazer owned the site and
planned and platted Brownville, in
April, 1856. The county seat had
been located there by the legislature
March 7, 1855, and incorporated
March 14. The articles were amend
ed February 9, 1857, and reincorp
orated February 12, 1864.
Plattsmouth History
Fontanelle, originally spelled with
an e, was settled by the Quincy, 111.,
colony in 1854, and incorporated on
March 14, 1855. The same day,
Plattsmouth, named for its location,
was incorporated. The town was laid
out and platted by O. N. Tyson, sur
veyor for the Plattsmouth town com
pany, in November, 1854.
That being a popular day, Tekam
ah was also incorporated. The first
claim was made by a group of men
in the name of the Nebraska Stock
(company on the present site, October
The party returned to Council Bluffs
'and the first permanent settlement
was made April 19, 1854. '
I A Freifflitiiie Post
, i",,"! 1 1 nr!-.
' jSnf , v " Kl L
w8 6,mewaLnrlhe."LhH
ent site, and was a freighting point
on the Missouri river. 11 was in
corporated March . 15, 1855. and re
incorporated and approved February
13. 1857.
Elkhorn, which once had a-"city"
attached to its name, was fncorpor-
original La Platte, named in 1855,
(Was moved because of overflows from
the river and named Larimer. The
present one was not incorporated un
til 1870.
The first claim was located near
Decatur early in 1S55, the second in! was established there by the legis
August of that year, by T. J. Hin-llature on February 13, 1S57. Lin
man, who built his home of the first! coin was chosen as the county seat of
lumber shipped across the river at
that point. In the fall, the Decatur
Town and Ferry company located a
town, incorporated January 26, 1856.
: Peter A. Sarpy, one of the members
of the comnanv. had a tradiner nost
there,
i Omaha was founded in 1854. and
.incorporated by an act of the legis
iature February
, 1UIU1 l, A V Ul LI CI I J .
1857. Salem,
nieaninjr Deace. was a
hopeful name
in those days, when it was harassed
by Indians. The town was laid out
January 30, 1855, by several men,
j including a relative of Abraham Lin
and permanently October 3, 1858.
Salem was incorporated February 10,
1857.
Had Several Names
Pnvlnplnn n-V i - h Vina o-nnA i V tmi
a succession of names, Harney City
and Newport, was taken as a town
site in 1856, and incorporated as a
town February 11, 1857. Covington
was consolidated with South Sioux
City in 1893.
Louisville was laid out in January
and platted in February, 1857. Its
incorporation took place February
10. Papillion was incorporated on
February 13, 1857.
The Columbus company, composed
of a group from Columbus, O., laid
out the townsite in the summer of
1856, and it was incorporated Octo
ber 2. 1858. "
North Bend was incorporated Oc
tober 19, 1858, and St. Helena Oc
tober 20, 1858. Weeping Water was
incorporated February 13, 1857.
The Dakota City Land company
surveyed and platted the site in 1855
and 1856, naming it for the Indian
tribe. It was incorporated October
21, 1858. Beatrice received its name
July 4, 1857, and was incorporated
October 29, 1858. West Point, then
the western point settled in the Elk
horn river valley, was incorporated
the same date.
Down in Richardson county, Rulo
was laid out in 1857, and incorpor
ated November 1, 1858. It was named
for the wife of Charles Rouleau, and
that is its correct spelling, but the
pronunciation has given rise to the
sptiime,.
g. Fremont was platted in
1856 and incorporated in November,
two years later. Fort Calhoun, in-
' corpora ted November 4, 1858, was
originally the county seat, but it was
moved to Desoto later.
Was Eiver Port
November 4, 1858, the county seat
was established at Pawnee City, and
its incorporation took place at the
same time. Kearney, which had pass-
ed as Fort Childs, Kearney Junction
jana city, was incorporated January
j 4. 1860, and Table Rock at the same
time. Arago, which has no post of
fice, was founded in 1858 Dy a colony
of Germans from Buffalo, N. Y., and
was incorporated January 10, 1860,
the first town in Richardson county
to be so incorporated. It was once
an important Missouri river port,
with extensive commerce. The pres
ent village is five miles west of the
old site. Dixon was incorporated on
January 13, I860.
an act of the legislature. Peru was
also Incorporated January 13, 1860.
The first settlement was made at
Milford in the spring of 1864, and
South Bend, named for its geograph
ical location, was laid out in 1857.
The settlement of Wisner dates back
to 1865. Linwood , was settled in
1857, and named for the trees along
the creek, and Octavia was laid out
the same year by the Pioneer Town
Site company, and Avoca was platted
in 1857. Cedar Creek was laid out
in 1865 and also named for the cedar
trees lining the- creek west of town.
Elmwood had a post office estab
lished in Stove Creek township in
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fl866. That location was north and
'east of the present site. In common
with the others, it was named for a
grove of large elm trees nearby.
Tecumseh was laid out by John
Moulden in 1S56, and the county seat
Lancaster in 1S59, but as late as
1864 there were but very few settlers
there. Not unitl three years later
was it decided upon as the capitol
lolcation. -
A post office was established at
Norfolk in 1867, and Glenrock was
surveyed September 7, 1857. Blue
Springs was established the Fame
year. Settled in 1869, after having
been laid out by the Union Pacific
railroad in the spring of 1S66, op
posite the old Grand Island settle
ment, the town was not incorporated
until 1872.
Jackson is upon the land bought
in 1857 by Michael McCormick, pay
ing $1.25 per acre. The town was
laid out in 185cS, and named Frank
lin. About IS 60, the name was
changed to Jackson as there was an
other Franklin, and Incorporation
took, plare in,18I1:T The,f
, ment was made at Newcastl
The first settle-
e in 1857.
f Wood River Center became Shel
ton February 3, 1873. An early set
tler, John Oak, purchased the site of
Oakland in 1862. and the town i
named for him. The first settlement
in the vicinity of Springranch was
made in 1864, but the post office was
not established there until six years
later. Lexington is the old Plum
Creek, the first settlement at Lime
grove was in 1867 and Valley was
named in 1867 by John Sanders as
Platter Sanders. Later the name was
changed to Platte Valley, but when
it was incorporated Platte was acci
dently left out and the town became
known as Valley.
Settlement at Powell goes back to
1S65 and of Holland to 1867. before
there were railroads west of the Mis
souri river and merchandise had to
be freighted. .
Central City is the old Lone Tree, ,
one of the early landmarks of the
plains. Genoa was named by Mor
mons who settled there in 1857.
ATLANTA MERCHANT SLAIN
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 6. Summoned
to a spot near his place of business
by a former customer, G. Hall Davis,
head of an automobile agency here,
was shot to death today as he sat in
his automobile in the presence of a
number of city bound workers.
W. L. Shippey, twenty-eight year
old clerk in a chain grocery store
warehouse, shot Davis five times at
close range and then surrendered at
police headquarters, after remark
ing to a fellow employe as he flour
ished his empty revolver, "There's
one fellow who'll never wreck an
other home." He charges Davis had
been intimate with his wife.
: Davis was about thirty-eight years
old, married and the father of a six
year old daughter. The slayer also
has a young daughter. He told po
lice he considered his wife blame
less, that "this mess was forced up
on her," and declared that he still
loved her and trusted her. Davia
was known as a prominent west end
business man, and active In civic af
fairs. CHRISTMAS CARDS NOW READY
The Bates Book and Stationery
Store have the largest line of Christ
mas cards this season that wo have
ever stocked, and most of tlirm are
now ready for the early purchaser,
especially those that want the name
printed or engraved thereon. We
will appreciate your calling at the
store and look over the line as roon
as possible, allowing us ample time
for the engraving or printing. Please
call sometime during the coming
week if possible. We would like for
you to see this wonderful line be
fore it is broken. They are a beauti
ful line of cards and priced right.
Plain Dress