Pi.a TERES plattsmoiii tb journal PHJUSHED EEM1-WEEKLY AS atra at PMteflM Flattatnawta.- R. A. BATES, Publisher ESZSSSIFXIOS IfiXCX (2.00 PER , IB AS7ASC3 Childhood happiness ia grand. . :o: Are we, or are we net, to have a white Christmas. -:o:- Optimlem is the philosophy with which we regard ourselves. :o:- Santa Claus' special effort is to gladden the hearts of the little ones. :o: Everybody wish for colder weath er, a good freeze will drive away flu. :o: Charity should be divided into sections when extended to the poor of the city. -:o: ' We hope this peace document will have it fair chance to advance world peace and stability. i :o: !- . The old Latin maxim, festina lente 'make haeite slowly" is good in fields other than war. -:o: Many apartment buildings, similar to those In this country, are being erected in Sao Paulo, Brazil. :o: ' T The production of malt syrup in 1926, was 438,000,000 pounds, and last year lit was 450,000,000 pounds. :o: . A judicious man looks at statis tics not to get knowledge, but to save himself from, having ignorance foisted upon him. :o: Don't forget: Santa . will" be here tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock and you want' to be there to see him, he is a Jolly old chap. ' ' - :o: , . Heroism is difficult to recognize at this distance- from the war in China,' but every time we hear of Chiang Kai-shek the more he intrig ues US.' :o: The tradition that business slows down during. .presidential campaigns is one of those superstitions that ten aciously persist despite the testimony of facts. :o: We saw a reference to the Messrs. John Doe and Richard Roe In a New York paper the other day. GoodneBS, hasn't the Baumes law got those fellows yet? :o: She does not understand that his moonlight tete-a-tete with the Titian, haired widow on the hotel piaza is merely for experimentation and soc iological research. :o: An eminent American once said: "The doctrine which I adopt for one ia not that to the victors belong the spoils, but that the government be longs to Its friends." ' ;o: ' Don't let anybody kid you about human nature. It has its soft and its weak spots; its full of flaws and poor stuff. There's nothing too hard for it. nothing it's afraid of, nothing It can't do. :o:- The latest available figures show the .annual oil production to be; United States 758,000,000 barrels; Mexico, 115.000,000; Russia, 52.000, 000; Persia. 35,000,000, and Dutch East Indies 21,500,000. 9 Remember the Old Style Dance at Murray, Nebr. Saturday Night Segars FXATT82I0TJTH, 2ZXBH&SXA Nab, a mooxA-oUm m&a outw The flu is raging everywhere. : :o: The days are growing shorter and the nights longer. , :o:- We are entitled to a white Christ mas and "we should have it. :o: " Watch out or the flu will get you Lots of sickness in the country. :o: A liberal doner to the big Christ mas doings, ia a happy person on earth. -:o:- More than 1,000,000 pounds of cot ton yarn were produced in Japan in a recent month. Revival of the linen industry has caused a decrease in unemployment in Northern Ireland. " -:o: Transportation experts of Europe recently declared that buses will soon take the place of street cars. -loc- New York is no place for the man or woman without a job, friends relatives, or a bank account. A vacant lot in the business dis trict of Cardiff,' Wales. ,was , recently sold for a price equivalent to near ly l,O00,000 ari acre. - :o:- - : " If your electric light bill has been climbing upwards , during the past thirty days, don't holler your head off without first stopping to consider the cause. ' ' -:o:- Mans notion that he is inherently superior to woman in about every thing, but tatting and baby-rateing is sure to come in for an increasing number of pin pricks and dignity chasers. , -i-:o: At this merry season of what looks now to be a distinctly radio Christ mas, we pause and reflect, how time flies. It .was four, years ago, wasn't It, that' we survived the incense bur ner Christmas? -:o:- ' Those of us who like to eee the legitimate theater proposed in a legi timate way wish the dramatic critic hadn't damned the current perform ance of "Hit the Deck" by pointing out that it was clean throughout. -:o: A small boy can : get through an afternoon and evening down . town fairly wetl on a sack of popcorn and a dish of potato chips, but get him home and into his pajamas ready for bed, and he has to have some real food. . ' ' -:o Eight years of armed . warfare against bandit hordeB that once swept across Iowa, robbing at will and slaying recklessly, have brought the "bank crime rate in that state from the highest in the Union to the lowest. -:o:- What is the principle of the Mc Nary-Haugeh or farm relief bill? At the end of the season the govern ment will dispose of the surplus, and any loss sustained will be cov ered by the . fee it has already col lected. :o:- In connection with presenting the freedom of the city of Douglas, in his own Isle of Man, to all Caine, it was related that he wrote the en tire Btory of "Master of Man" seven times before he submitted it to the publisher. ;c: More than 250 policemen of all ranks recently went from Dublin. Ireland, to Rome where they were received by the pope, it bein& the largest body of policement ever re ceived by the Vatican, and the first in which the members have appeared in uniform. WHAT OP THE FUTURE? In his interesting contribution to the symposium of i the fiftieth annl veraary number of the Post-Dispatch H. G. Wells. In a sentence, gives his view of the dominant factory in the history of the past 50 years. He says: ' . . The fundamental processes of human history for this half-century have not been the rise of this power or the fall of that it would be a travesty of history to put it in that form. Wars, though they have been tremend ous, have still been secondary. The historical process has been in the steady development of the 'results of invention and dis covery in metallurgy and chem istry, in the steamship, railways and practical applications of electricity, and the gradual changes in economic and social life throughout the world. There is general agreement as to the prime cause of the tremendous advance of western civilization. It is the application of science and in vention to industry and commerce This era is aptly called the machine age. The process began more than 50 years ago with the steam engine and the spinning jenny. The substi tution of machinery for human labor however, has proceeded with acceler ating speed within 50 years, and par ticularly within 25 years, with the multiplied uses of electrical power and mass production. While the whole civilized world has shared in working out the process and in its material benefits, the United States is the recognized leader in the, utilizing of science and Invention to develop machinery. , ..j,; . i Owen D. Young devotes his con tribution to the anniversary number to the part electricity has played and will play in the future by multi plying and diversifying machinery for human use. on account of its ease of distribution and adaptability to varied uses, from the big ma chines of the factory to the delicate instruments of the laboratory, the office 'and the home. Mr. 'Young thinks, that (electricity; will be the principal power .in future- develop ment. Mr,- -Young aptly speaks of me macnine. siaves, creaieu oy me service' of man.-These machines have taken the place of human slaves, and largely of human servants. - It is es timated that every American has from 30 to 50 slaves working for him, , These slaves not only, displace human but animal labor. One has only tb glance at the varied uses to which power-driven machinery has been put in Industrial production and the long list of labor-saving appll ances used In 'professional and house hold work to realize the truth of this estimate. Other eminent contributors discuss the significance of present conditions and their bearing on the future of mankind. There is no . question of the wide and widening diffusion of knowledge through schools, libraries and the radio.. The machine applied to industry has vastly increased productive pow er, and the Increase of production has caused a great increase in wealth and leisure. It accumulates capital, creates great fortunes, raises wages. reduces the hours of labor. - The problem raised by this rapid advance of material civilization which interests all thinking men is what will be its ultimate effect, its influence on human society and hu man life. We know 4ts material benefits. We know the opportunities it gives through increased earnings, increased leisure and increased re sources for education, culture, enjoy ment of the arts and for spiritual development. But will these oppor tunities be fully realized, or will greater wealth and greater leisure ultimately lead to that demoraliza tion and degeneracy which history demonstrates usually are the accom paniments of wealth and leisure? There are two views on this point. There are those who see the advance of higher things for human life, and there are those who see demoraliza tion, evil and ultimate decay of high er civilization caused by material wealth. They find materialism dom inant In the western world, and spiritually dominant in the Orient. In "Whither Mankind?" a book wholly devoted to a discussion of the effects of the rise of material civil ization on human society and the conditions it foreshadows, by scien tists, philosophers, economists and practical men of business, Hu Shlh, the Chinese Bavant, draws an inter esting contrast between western and eastern civilizations their respec tive influence on spiritual develop ment. He gives all the advantage to western civilization. He points out that spirituality is impossible of at tainment among the masses of the Orient, whose lives are given over to long and painful drudgery to gain the barest necessities of life. Toil- ng on the edge of starvation, living under miserable conditions. It is the masses of the East he says, who wal- low in materialism. Those who at tempt to rise above this qualid mate rialism vainly seek spirituality In a defeatist religion,; which abjures the wretched world that they know, and give their lives over to fruitless medi tation. He finds that material pros perity is the basis of culture and spiritual development. Activity is its instrumentality. The only hope he sees for a higher life in the Eust is the adoption of the methods and alms of western civilization. We have mastered nature and are discovering and using her resources for our benefit. But. can we master the natural tendency to take the path of leaBt resistance which accu mulating wealth and increasing lei sure offer? Can we turn the advan tage of our conquest of material re sources to the conquests of the spirit? The record of the past 50 years fairly revealed in the fiftieth annl versary number of the Post-Dispatch is only a prelude to the next 50 years. What story will that tell of the advance civilization? 9t. Louie Poet-Dispatch. :o: EES TAPE AND IDEAS Red tape, when considered dispas sionately, is a lovely thing. An American Congressman, who will have charge of naval legisla tion In this session of Congress, feels that a friendly agreement with Eng land is both desirable and possible, a and writes to the British prime min ister to Bee if American and British lawmakers cannot meet somewhere and talk it over. The British prime minister writes a cordial reply and sends it to his ambassador in Wash lngton to deliver. ' . The ambassador taes it to our secretary of state and asks to whom he Bhall give it. The secretary, re plies that he knows nothing about it; he can't accept it himself, and the ambassador can't give it to. him as yet and the Congressman's idea goes a-boomlng. Maybe it wa. a bum idea anyhow But it's too bad it couldn't have been gven a trial Instead of Eimply being choked off by red tape. . : : . -to:- - ANALYZING FAMILIES Prof. Louis L. Thurstone, of the University of Chicago, after spending two years analyzing the intelligence of the children of 1,600 Chicago fam Hies, has drawn- up Dumber oi highly interesting conclusions. He sayB, for Instance, that the sec ond child in a family, is apt to be a bit brighter than the first child; that the age of the parents at the time a child is born does not have the slight est effect on the chilcTs intelligence; that the level of Intelligence of the children of small families is high er than that of children of large families. ' . , " . The professor hastens to add that there are.' exceptions to all these rules, so don't be worried if any of this hits you unfavorably. You're doubtless one of the exceptions. It is only by the patient and laborious compilation of reams of such statis tics that definite knowledge will ever be gained. - - :ov Cigars, Cigarettes, Lighters, Pipes and Tobacco all make fine gifts for men folks who use them. No apologies need ed, either, when you buy them here, for we keep them in per fect shape with our automatic electric humidor. Drop in and tiave a look at these and many other gift suggestions at the Bates Book and Gift Shop. Our Repair Garage is kept ceattaatly buy became mo torists recoenire it as the best aad most reliable repair shop for erery kind oi damage a car can possiUy sustain. And, being practical men of long and varied experienoe, all nr repair work is excellently and thor oughly done, without unnecessary da- lay aad at reasonable charge. Frady 3 Garage Phone 50 GIAIRIAIGIEI M XMAS. SPECIAL Realistic Permanent Wave at THE ETTA BELLE BEAUTY SHOPPE Plattsmouth Waves will be given either on Dec. 26 or 27, by ap pointment. Phone for ap pointment by Dec. 22nd if possible. Phone No. 20. Residence Phone No. 20 2 rings Fancy Holiday Boxes to fit almost any size gift you may wish to send. Add 100 to the appearance of your pack ages at very little cost. Get them at Bates Gift Shop. THE FLU Each recurring visit of the flu is less deadly than it's predecessor. This is because we are immunizing ourselves against a disease which caught us fiat-footed in 1918 and wrought fearful havoc among us. To medical science this is the rea son that epidemics have not destroy ed the human race. Why did not the disease which the armies of the armies of the Caesars brought back from Asia, and to which the late Gov. Hadley attributed the decline of the empire wipe out the Romans? It was because they in time Immun ized themselves against it. Just as medical science believes that we will ultimately immune ourselves against tuberculosis to a degree where it will cease- to be the great plague it is. Nevertheless, the flu remains dan gerous. The doctors have observed that the best prevention la plenty of sleep.. Therefore, to . bed. .. , . : ' :o: ' Phone your news to Ho. 6. Far B. Pollock. Attorney, Stantra. Nebr. NOTICE OF ADMINIS TRATOR'S SALE Notice Is hereby given that at the hour of ten o'clock a. m.. the under signed will, on the 5th day, of Janu ary, 1929, at. the premises In Cass county, Nebraska, , sell at public vendue to the highest bidder for cash. Lots four, five and nineteen (4, and 1$), in the southeast Quarter (SEH) of Section thirty-two (82). in Township twelve (12), -Range fourteen (14), east of the th P. M containing sixty-nine (69) acres more or less, in Cass county, Nebras ka under . License and Order of the District Court of the Ninth Judicial District in and for Stanton county. Nebraska, to pay debts, legacies and costs of administration -' allowed against the estate of Theresa M. Pick ler, deceased; and that said sale shall remain open for one hour, that is to say from 10:00 o'clock a. m. until 11:00 o'clock a. m., of said day. Dated this 4th day of December, 1928. ALBERT FICKLER. Administrator with Will An sexed of the Estate of Theresa M. Pickler, 1 Deceased. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE In the District Court of Cass coun ty, Nebraska. In the matter of the Guardianship of Leslie Snyder, a Minor. Now, on this 1st day. of December, 1928, this cause came on for hearing upon the petition of Barbara C. Snyder, as Guardian of Leslie Sny der, a Minor, praying for a license to sell said Minor's 16-120 interest in and to the following described real estate, to-wit: The NW of the SEU and the NEVi of the SW of Sec- -tion 21. Township 12, Range 10, East of the 6 th P. M., in Cass county, Nebraska for the support, maintenance and education of said Minor. It is therefore ordered that all per sons interested in said estate appear before me at the District Court room in the eourt house at Plattsmouth, Cass county, Nebraska, on the 7th day of January, 1929. at the hour of 10 o'clock a. m.,- to show cause why license should not be granted to said Guardian to sell said Minor's interest in the above described Teal estate for the purpose of maintenance, support and' education of said Minor. It is further ordered that a copy of this Order to Show Cause be pub lished in the Plattsmouth Journal, a newspaper of general circulation in Cass county, Nebraska, for a period of three successive weeks prior to the date of hearing. By the Court. JAMES T. BEG LEY. Judge of th Dtstrfetl d3-3w Court. ' I ORDER OP HEARING AND NO TICE OP PROBATE OF "WILL In the County Court of Cass coun ty, -Nebraska. . State of Nebraska. County of Cass, ss. . " To the people of the State of Ne braska, and. to all persons interested In the estate of Mary Kuhney, de ceased: On reading, the petition of Mrs. Roy Mayfield praying that the instru ment filed in this court on the 12th day .of December, 1928, and purport ing to be the last will and testament of the said deceased, may be proved' rm- ret .nams known. their un and allowed, and recorded as theiknow,n ". legatees, devisees, per last will and testament of Mary BCnal representatives and all other Kuhney, deceased: that said instru- f"8 ''gjgjj broThIS the ment be admitted to probate and the j l EvrTrR.r i & BROTHER, the ixlmlnlointl r M ,o . granted to Roy Mayfield as Execu - tor: 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 coun ty, on the 11th day of January, A. j u. at 10 ociock a. m., to now, cause. if any there by, why the pray- 5"; ZJJZXZZ:venoB claiming any interest in hi. dency of said petition and that the hearing thereof be given to all per sons interested in Baid matter by pub lishing a copy of this Order in the Plattsmouth Journal, a semi-weekly newspaper printed In said county, for three successive weeks prior to said day of hearing. . Witness my hand, and seal of said court, this 10th day of December, A. D., 1928. A. H. DUXBURY, (Seal) dl3-3w County Judge. NOTICE , In the District Court of the County of Cass, Nebraska Jennie A. Smith. Plaintiff Vallery et al Defendants vs. - NOTICE Frank E. To C. W. BURD, first real name unknown: LLOYD O. HULLING ER and MRS. LLOYD O. HULLING ER, first real name unknown, non-resi dent Defendants: You and each of you are hereby notified that on' December 1, 1928. defendant and cross petitioner Prank E. Vallery filed his answer and cross petition praying that the mortgage now held by him securing the sum of S4.000.00 with Interest, dated September 20, 192.7, and recorded In the office of the Register of Deeds of Cass county. Nebraska, January 18, 1928. at 1:30 p. m.. in Book 57 of "Mortgage Records," at page 534, be adjudged to be a second lien, subject only to plaintiff's Hen, upon the fol lowing described property; to-wit: A square lot out of the north west corner of the west halt, of the northwest quarter of Section -23. Township 11, Range 18. east of the 6th. P. M.. in Cass coun- ' ty, Nebraska, and mors particu larly described as follows: "- .. Commencing at the northwest corner of the northwest Quarter . -of said Section 23. running thence south 147.58 feet, thence running eaEt 147.58 feet, thence running . north 147.58 feet," thence - running west 147.58 leet to the place of beginning, in the Couuty of Cass, Nebras ka;' - . ; - :: That the amount due. bs adjudged. to-wit: 11,000:00 with interest theTe on' at the 'rate; of 6'. per annum from "September ' 20, 1B27, f to. -September .20, .1928, and .10 ' per -an num thereafter, and the further sum of S3.000.00 with Interest at 6 per annum' from September'20, 1927, to. December 1, 1928, and thereafter at 10 per' annum, and that in de fault of, the payment of such sums. a decree of foreclosure be entered, said property. sold; and. you and each of you be. forever, barred and fore closed of "any right, title. , lien, inr terest or equity of redemption in and to Baid premises, and for such other and further relief as may be just and equitable in the premises. You and each of you are required to answer said cross petition on or before the 14th day of January, 1929, or your default will be entered and judgment rendered according to the prayer of Bald cross petition. Notice 1b also given that said cross petitioner has filed an application for the appointment of a receiver as aforesaid and that hearing upon said application will be had upon said 14th day of January, 1929. at 10 o'clock a. m., on said day, or as soon thereafter as cross petitioner can be heard before the Honorable James T. Begley, Judge of the District Court of Cass county. Nebraska, in his eourt room In the court house in the City of Plattsmouth. Cass county, Nebraska, or before any judge presid ing in said court. That said applica tion is tor the appointment of a re ceiver to take charge of the above described real estate, to collect the rents thereof during the pendency of said action, and to apply said rents in accordance with the order of said court.' ' Cross petitioner proposes for such receiver the name of L. J. Hal- las or some other suitable person, and the Massachusetts Bonding & In surance Company; or the U. 8. F. G. Company, as surety for himself as applicant and as surety for soeh re ceiver. Of all of which you will take due notice. FRANK B. VALLERY. Defendant and Cross Pe titioner. I W. A. ROBERTSON, Attorney. - d3-4w . . - ' . I . President Coolidge Is credited with having written the shortest preaiden-; tl&l message on record. He asked forj report on a coal strike situation ' and department- of Labor prepared and sent him one. The report was ; returned to the department with thejhielee coming from the opposite di notation: "O. K. jreetton. hrhrt aad Darli E. Beb. Atfy. Son Prt Trut Bide Omtlti. NOTICE OP SUIT and of Heating of . Application for Appointment f Receiver To MRS. and real name SAMPSON, first unknown, wife of David Sampson, her unkonwn heirs. devisees, 1 egatees. personal repre sentatives and all other persons claiming any interest In her estate, real names unkonwn: LEOPOLD KUH & CO.. the members of said mrmuri b ji bum uim, lurir uuauuwu ;J ' f. eea' lesatoes. personal rep- resentatives and all other person f claiming any interest In their estates; MRS. ORR, first and real name unknown, wife of E. L. Orr her unknown heirs, devisees legatees, personal representatives and all other t ( GEORGE W. PEASE, his un- . ' devlseeH lprae8. per. estate; R. TO WNSEND, first anc real name unknown; whose where abouts and places of residence are unknown to the plaintiff: Notice is hereby given that or the 17th day of November. 1928 Lou 1b Ackerman filed his petition and commenced an action in the District Pnurf rf PnRq Onnnfv Kphrnskn j against the above named defendant? and others, docket 4, page fc8 for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage for S4500.00 on lots 7, 8. 9 and 10 in block 33 and lots 5 and 6 in block 63 in the city of PlattEmouth and lots 7. 8. 9, 10, 11 and 12 block 6 in Duke's Addition to the city of Plattsmouth, in Cass County, Nebras ka, together with all the appurten ances thereunto belonging, which was executed on June 20, 1927. by John Smith and Sadie A. Smith &s mortgagors and given to the plain tiff as mortgagee and which was duly recorded on the 1st day of July. 1927, in book 58, page S of the mortgage records of Casa County. Nebraska said mortgage being given to secure the payment of a certain promissory note dated June 15, 1927. and plain tiff alleges that there Is now due the plaintiff on' said indebtedness the sum of $4889.25 together with in terest thereon at the rate of 6 per annum from November 17th 1928. Plaintiff prays that in default of payment by said defendants or some of them of the amount due the plain tiff as aforesaid, said mortgaged pre mises may be decreed to be sold ac cording to law to satisfy the sum found due with Interest and costf of suit and that said defendants and all persons claiming by, through or under them or any of them be ex cluded from and foreclosed of any and all interest, rights and equity of I. redemption or lten upon said mortgaged premises. Also prays that the court order the Sheriff of Casf County, Nebraska, to immediately take charge of and. administer the said premises until such time as a receiver is . appointed and that . the court appoint a. receiver to take pos session of said premises and enre for aad administer said premises during the pendency of this action and under the direction of this court. You and each of you are required to answer said petition on or before thi 7th day of January, 1929: ;Notice ia Also given that Rale" plaintiff has filed an application for tire . appointment - of a receiver as aforesaid and that the hearing on said application for the appointment of receiver, will take place on the 21t day. of December. 1928. at r p., xu.' of, said day or as soon there after as plaintlff.can.be heard be fore the Hon: James T. Begley, Judge ef'the District Courtof Cass County, Nebraska in his court room in the Cass County Court House in Platts mouth,' 'Nebraska; or before any judge of said court then and there presiding; that said plaintiff will then apply to said court as aforesaid for the appointment of a -receiver to take charge of the above described real estate, to collect the rents there of and to care for and administer said premises during the pendency Of said, action under the direction of the court as applied for and prayed in the petition of the plaintiff and his notice of application for appoint ment of a receiver filed in said action on November 17th, 1928, upon the grounds and for the reasons that said mortgaged property is probably in sufficient to discharge or satisfy the Indebtedness secured by said mort gage involved In said action and that said mortgaged property is constant ly deteriorating in value; that sa.ld application for such receiver will be presented and heard upon said peti tion of plaintiff, the records and file in said action including affidavits which plaintiff will file In said action and win submit to the court as evi dence in .support of said application. The plaintiff proposes for such re ceiver the name of Jacob Falter of Plattsmouth, Case County, Nebraska and as surety for such receiver the Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance Company and plaintiff offers as surety for himself aa applicant the Massa chusetts Bonding &. Insurance Com pany.. You will take notice and govern yourselves accordingly. LOUIS ACKERMAN. Plaintiff. The motorists going out of town for a Sunday afternoon ride with the family is likely to wonder why it Is that Just about every other fel low had to choose the same route for the same purpose. The highway is crowded, some driver is always hold- ing up the line with a Epeed of about fifteen miles an hour, and the attempt to get around and move fast- er often ia baeardous because of ve-