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Pari9 is reviving the cocktail.
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The mastodon is not the same as
the mammoth.
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Tourist traffic in Ireland is much
greater than a year ago.
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Frogs and toads destroy vast num
bers of insects and worms.
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Where does Germany get most of
her money to pay the Allies?
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Evidently what prohibition now
needs is a fourth set of teeth.
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Rallroads of England are combin
ing to fight motor transport services.
It is estimated the proposed Nica
raguan Canal would cost 5100,000.
000. :o:-
Queen Mary is the self-elected film
censor for the royal family in Eng
land. -:o:-
The great bells in historic Notre
Dame de Paris are now rung by elec
tricity. -:o:-
Watches are sometimes seriously
affected by the magnetism of th-ir
wearers.
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Government experts see no end to
the motor fuel supply and thus per
ishes another hope.
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As a rule, the fact that the last
taid the better is not recognized till
too much has been said.
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They buried Tex Rickard in a
515,000 casket and poor Tex had
lost a fght no man wins.
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Chicago plans a 7f-story building.
That probably means the machine
gunners will have to buy ring finders.
Safety, silence and
simplicity are features
of the new Ford
six-brake system
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ONE of the first things you
will notice when vou drive
the new Ford is the quick,
effective, silent action of its
six-brake system.
This system gives you the
highest degree of safety and
reliability because the four
wheel service brakes and the
separate emergency or park
ing brakes are all of the
mechanical, internal ex
panding type, with braking
surfaces fully enclosed for
protection against mud,
water, sand, etc.
The many advantages of
this type of braking system
have long been recognized.
They are brought to you in
the new Ford through a
series of mechanical im
provements embodying
much that is new in design
and manufacture. A particu
larly unique feature is the
simple way by which a spe
cial drum has been con
structed to permit the use of
two sets of internal brakes
on the rear wheels.
A further improvement
in braking performance is
effected by the self-centering
feature of the four-
wheel brakes an
exclusive Ford de
velopment. Throu gh
Ford Motor Company
found in
i America years ago.
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Pickles grown in America are be
coming popular in China.
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What nation has most doctors in
proportion to population?
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A copy .of Chauneer was recently
sold in London for $20,000.
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Cuban girls are said to be losing
interest in American dolls.
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American methods of dentistry are
being introduced in Turkey.
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American tractors are being used
an Cuba to pull sugar cane carts.
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An air service along the north
coast of South America is being plan
ned. :o:
In the past year nearly 100,000
idle men in Poland have been given
wcrk.
Fair play bobs up or.ee in a while.
A Pullman porter was robbed the oth
er day.
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Workmen's compensation laws are
now in force
4S states.
in all but five of the
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A dog saved a man Headline. If
the man had saved the dog, that
would have been news.
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For Sale: After March 4. electric
; hobby horse, little used. Inquire 1600
'Pennsylvania avenue, Washington,
D. C.
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j A New York preacher, whose ca-!r-er
started as a messenger, has just
bought a seat on the Stock Exchange
for $500,000. Here's hoping his flock
' won't be having to give a pound
party for him next winter.
this construction, the entire
surface of the shoe is
brought ia steady, uniform
contact with the drum the
instant you press your foot
on the brake pedal. This
prevents screeching and
howling and makes the Ford
brakes unusually eilc.1 in
operation.
Another feature of the
Ford brakes is the ease of
adjustment.
The four-wheel brakes
are adjusted by turning a
screw conveniently located
on the outside of each brake
plate. This screw is so
notched that all four brakes
can be 6et alike simply by
listening to the "clicks."
The emergency or park
ing brakes on the new Ford
require little attention. How
ever, should they need ad
justment at any time, con
sult your Ford dealer for
prompt, courteous, and eco
nomical service. He works
under close factory super
vision and he has been spe
cially trained and equipped
to help you get the greatest
possible use from your car
over the longest period
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of time at a mini
mum of trouble and
expense
Hog cholera was first
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THIEVES PARADISE
Half of America is a paradise for
automobile thieves, to paraphrase a
famous saying, while the other half
doestn't care. Between the two we
might just as well concede that all
of America is easy prey to the thief.
That this is so may be realized
from the great number of automobile
thefts throughout the country and
the compartive inability of the po
lice to cope with them. Anti-theft
devices seem to be of little avail for
motorists do not take the pains to
make use of them. They leave their
cars unlocked and trust Providence
to find them when they return.
This carelessness on the part of
motorists is one of the great factors
in the increase of auto thefts in the
United States. At least half of the
j automobiles of the country would
; never be stolen were they locked on
.being parked. It is discovered that
i this proportion is usually taken away
by youthful joy riders who later
abandon the cars after their short
I sprees.
Little effort is required to turn a
key that would reduce the auto theft
rate in this country by one half.
This Bhould become a habit on the
part of motorists. Not only would
it save them from much inconven
ience. It would keep many irrespon
sible joy riders from becoming a
menace to motoring on the highways.
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HENRY FORD KEPLENGIZED
When never an egg is scrambled at
home and never a pancake fried;
when pots and pans and the cook's
brogans have left on the swinging
tide; when the kitchen stove Is a
curio found in an antique store,
when the kitchen Itself has vanished
quite, along with its savory lore;
when never again on the stubborn
globe the study farmer is seen, when
the fields are sown and the clover
mown by a corporate machine; when
never a cigarette is lit by debunate
or by sheik, when never a brow shall
sweat for bread aDd never a back
shall creak; when the frostless cock
tail shaker as mute, with never an
icy clink; when there's nothing to
do beneath the blue but think and
think and think; when the person
who even mentions rum is put to the
glittering sword we shall then have
arrived at the kingdom come of Phil
osopher Henry Ford.
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WHY MISSOURI IS UPHAPPY
There are more reasons than one
why Missouri Is unhappy in the pass-
. ing of James A. Reed from the United
States Senate. One of them may be
found in the following from yester-
! day's debate cn the Kellogg-Brand
treaty.
"All we are doing is throwing a
kiss to Europe," Reed said.
Well." Senator Barkley replied,
"It is better to throw a kiss than a
bomb."
I "Yes, that is true," Reed declared,
J but if we are going to throw a kiss,
let us understand that It carried no
obligations of matrimony."
With John Williams vegetating on
a Mississippi plantation and James
A. Reed reminescing in a Kansas City
jlaw office, the United States Senate
promises to be a dull place.
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I The chestmut blight is the most
! virulent and destructive disease of
forest trees that haa ever been re
corded.
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An Ohio judge has ruled that a
man has a right to control his wife.
'All right, now let's see you go ahead
'and do it.
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"Give men a man who sings at his
work," said Author Carlyle. He
, didn't want any baseball umpires
about him.
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More than 10,100 cows in Cali
fornia are know to have produced 40
pounds or more of butterfat each in
one month.
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When Herbert Hoover starts call
ing party counsels in Washington,
it will be like calling spirits from
the vastly deep.
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j The coming census will give the
j automobile salesman an insight to
the few remaining possibilities that
exist in his line.
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i Disappointment In love stands at
the bottom of the suicide causes in
Europe, which accounts for the death
'of E0.000 annually.
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December 21 is the shortest day
of the year and it is a curious fact
that the sun doesn't begin to rise
any earlier until the middle of Janu
ary a whole month later.
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One conflict between religion and
science lies in the fact that astron
omer leave little or no space in the
jsky for a heaven that wouldn't have
J universes tramping through it from
morning to night, greatly disturbing
the oceupants thereof.
PRESIDENT CAN ENFORCE LAW
We have laws enough, regulations
enough, money enough, and men
enough to enforce the Eighteenth
Amendment if they had a strong
purpose to enforce behind them. Only
determination is lacking.
There is but one man who can sup
ply the will to enforce on a nation
wide scale. That is the President of
the United States.
Enforcement is hamstrung by poli
tics. The President alone is strong
enough to break the alliance between
corrupt politics and the organized
business of bootlegging.
Through its permit system the Gov
ernment exercises exclusive jurisdic
tion over the manufacture, Btorage,
distribution, and sale of alcohol in
any form. Here is the heart of the
problem. Only the President can
dominate it.
The Constitution is under attack at
the point of the Eighteenth Amend
ment. The President has taken oath
to "preserve, protect, and defend" it.
The laws are disregarded. It is his
Constitutional duty to "take care
that the laws be faithfully executed."
Is it unreasonable to expect him to
do so?
The President can begin to en
force the Eighteenth Amendment
and the Volstead Act up to the level
of other laws by declaring publicly
his determination to do so; by an
nouncing that he will refuse to offer
an appointment to his cabinet or to
any other office to anyone who is
not a good enough American to obey
the Constitution; by giving public no
tice that so long as he la President
violation of the 18th amendment by
any public servant will carry with it
immediate dismissal; and by an
nouncing that Federal enforcement
will be wholly divorced from politics.
Having thus notified the people
that the Government takes the Con
stitution seriously, let the President
proceed to:
Call together in the White House
the heads of the Bureau of Prohibi
tion and other Federal enforcement
services, and notify them In open
meeting that they and their subordin
ates must riot only be dry but effi
cient, and that unless they begin to
produce results within three months
better men will take their places.
Call together in the White House
all United States District Attorneys,
and give them also notice to show
results within three months or get
out.
The known failure of enforcement
in the City of Washington has im
mensely encouraged lawlessness thru
out the country. Let the President
give the Commissioners for the Dis
trict of Columbia notice to begin
cleaning up at once, and make and
keep thfl District clean under penalty
of dsmissal.
Having, thua notified the enforce
ment officials that the President will
stand for nothing less than real en
forcement, let him set over the en
forcement services as his personal
representative a co-ordinating officer
with large executive experience and
a real interest in law enforcement.
and direct him to make these agen
cles work together, and to attack the
flow of Illegal drink at the source.
Let the President also at various
times Invite to meet him in the White
House, the Governors of the Beveral
States, the mayors of the 100 great-
eat cities, the leads of the great pro
fessions, industries, and corporations,
and the heads of the churches, the
dry organizations, the women's or
ganizations, and others, and ask for
their help in enforcement, and in
arousing public support for the law
The methodB above suggested for
the President require no action by
Congress, and add nothing to the cost
of enforcement. They are practical,
appropriate, and within the Presi
dent's Constitutional duty. Every one
of them has already In very similar
situations been shown to be effective
by the test of actual use.
Although the President can enforce
the Eighteenth Amendment with the
statute law we have, certain improve
ments in the law and the regulations
are doubtless desirable. But these
changes, which a President determin
ed to enforce could easily secure, as
well as the proposed removal of the
Prohibition Bureau to the Depart
ment of Justice, are far less import-
and than the firm intention of the
President himself that the law shall
be enforced.
Still other ways of reaching the
situation are open to the President.
For example: the free and unlimited
importation of liquors by diplomatic
representative is a chief source of
the wetness of Washington. If the
President, following the far stronger
precedent set by the British Govern
ment years ago In the matter of
slaves, should suggest to all foreign
governments that he would regard
it as a friendly act if they would In
struct their representatives to im
port bo mors alcoholic liquors, the
attitude of official Washington to-
1 lAvy)
25 T0r 25c
More than a pound and a half
for a quarter
GUARANTEED PURE
JlMans of pounds used
by the Government
r r
ward the Eighteenth Amendment
would change overnight.
It will be objected that the Presi
dent is alread3' too heavily burden
ed to undertake new tasks. The ann-,
wer is that he has no duty more es
sential than to defend the Constitu
tion and enforce the law. Something
else must wait, then let it wait.
But in fact nothing need wait. For
practical experience shows that
everything is outlined, and much
more can be done without absorbing
five per cent of the President's work
ing time. Once it were known that
the President was thoroughly deter
mined to enforce the law, the rest
would follow almost as a matter of
course.
When a President of the United
States makes it his personal business
to see that the Eighteenth Amend
ment is enforced, and sticks to it. It
will be enforced. And not until th?n.
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A local merchant reports the sale
of a pair of ear muff6 last Saturday
Twenty-five years ago such an item
would have been laughed at, but
today It's "news."
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FARMS FOR RENT AND SALE
From 55 to $20 per acre. Well im
proved. Shallow to water. Will ex
change a clear 800 acre improved
farm for 15-20 acre tract.
JOE McGUIRE.
jl4-4sw Purdum. Nebr.
SHERIFF'S SALE
State of Nebraska, County of Cass
S3.
By virtue of an Order of Sale issued
by Golda Noble Beal, Clerk of the
District Court within and for Cass
County, Nebraska, and to me direct
ed, I will on the 20th day of Febru
ary, A. D. 1929. at 10 o'clock a. m.
of said day at the south front door
of the Court House in the City of
Plattsmouth, in said County, sell at
public auction to the highest bidder
for cash the following real estate
to-wit:
The West half of the South
east Quarter of Section, 32,
Township 11, Range 14, East
of the 6th P. M., Cass County,
Nebraska
The same being levied upon and
taken as the property of Alma Yard
ly, et al., defendants, to satisfy a
judgment of said Court recovered by
Oliver C. Dovey, plaintiff, against
said defendants.
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, January
15th, A. D. 1829.
BERT REED,
Sheriff Cass County,
Nebraska
ORDHR OF HEARING
on Petition of Appointment
of Administrator
The State of Nebraska. Cass Coun
ty, ss.
In the County Court.
In the matter of the estate of
Helen B. Perry, deceased.
On reading and filing of the peti
tion of Jesse P. Perry, praying that
administration of said estate may be
granted to himself as administrator.
Ordered, that February l6t, A. D.
1929. at 10 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, and show
cause why the prayer of petitioner
should not be granted; and that no
tice of the pendency of said petition
and hearing therof be given to all
Price
for over
38
years
persons interested in said matter by:persons interested in said matter by
publishing 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.
Dated January 5th, 1929.
A. H. DUXBURY.
(Seal) County Judge.
CHAS. E. MARTIN,
Attorney. J7-3w
With the opening ftfthe meetings
of the ways and means committee of
the House to consider the revision of
the tariff-lhe public is reminded of
old days and old ways and old faces
are appearing at the capital to ad
vise the lawmakers that increases in
tariff rates are necessary.
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FOR SALE
Second
hand sills.
Call phone
J21-2tw
520-J.
ORDER OF HEARING
on Petition for Appointment of
Administrator
The State of Nebraska, Cass conn
ty, ss.
In the County Court.
In the matter of the estate of j
George W. Shields, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition '
of James Earhart praying that ad
ministration of said estate may be
granted to O. A. Davis, as Adminis
trator; Ordered, that February 1st, A. D.
1929, at ten o'clock a. m.. Is assign
ed 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, and show
cause why the prayer of the petition-
er should not be granted; and that
notice of the pendency of said peti
tion and the hearing thereof be given
to all persons Interested in said mat
ter by publishing a copy of this
order in the Plattsmouth Journal, a
semi-weekly newspaper printed in
said county, for three successive
weeks prior to nd day of hearing.
Dated December 3 1st. 1928.
A. H. DUX BURY,
(Seal) j7-3w County Judge.
SHERIFF'S SALE
State of Nebraska, County of Cass.
ss.
By virtue of an Order of Sale
(Alias) issued by Golda Noble Beal,
Clerk of the District Court within
and for Cass county, Nebraska, and
to me directed, I will on the 2nd day
of February. A. D. 1929, at 10
o'clock a. m. of said day at the south
front door of the court house in the
City of Plattsmouth, Cass county, Ne
braska, in said county, sell at public
auction to the highest bidder for
cash the following real estate, to
wit: Lot 24, in Porter Place, an
Addition to the City of Platts
mouth. Cass county, Nebraska,
being in the NE of the NEU
of Section 25, Township 12.
Range 13, east of the 6th P. 11.,
in Cass county, Nebraska
The same being levied upon and tak
en as the property of Lydia M. Wal
ton. Widow, et al, defendants, to
satisfy a judgment of Eaid Court re
covered by L. Irene Snead, plaintiff
against said defendants.
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, December
27. A. D. 192S.
BERT REED.
Sheriff Cass County,
Nebraska.
ORDER OF HEARING
on Petition for Appointment of
Administrator
The State of Nebraska, Cass coun
ty, ss.
In the County Court.
In the matter of the estate of
Helen Pitz, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition
of Otto Pitz praying that administra
tion of said estate may be granted to
himself as Administrator;
Ordered, that February 1st, A. D.
1929, at 10 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, and
show cause why the prayer of peti
tioner should not be granted; and
that notice of the pendency of said
petition and the hearing thereof be
given to all persons interested in
said matter by publishing a copy of
thi3 order In The Plattsmouth Jour
nal, a semi-weekly newspaper print
ed in said county, for three succes
sive weeks prior to said day of hear
ing. Dated January 4th, 1929.
A. II. DUXBURY.
(Seal) County Judge.
CHAS, E. MARTIN,
j7-3w Attorney.
ORDER OF HEARING AND NO
TICE OF PROBATE OF WILL
In the County Court of Cass coun
ty, Nebraska.
State of Nebraska, County of Cass.
ss.
To James P. Latta and to all per
sons interested in the eatate of Bam
uel G. Latta, deceased:
On reading the petition of Orln A.
Davis praying that the Instrument
filed In this court on the 12th day of
January, 1929, and purporting to be
the last will and testament of the
6aid deceased, may be proved and al
lowed, and recorded as the last will
and testament of Samuel G. Latta,
deceased; that said instrument be
admitted to probate, and the admin
istration of said estate be granted to
Orin A. Davis and Elbert J. Latta as
Executors;
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:terest In and to the above described
county, on the 8th day of February,
A. D. 1929. at 10 o'clock a. m., to'niination of the time of the death of
show cause, if any there be, why the
prayer of the petitioner should not:
be granted, and that notice of the
pendency of said petition and that
the hearing thereof be given to all
publishing 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 12th day of January, A. j
D. 1929. i
A. H. DLXBWY, I
County Judge.
(Seal) jl4-3w
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The State of Nebraska. C::e coun
ty, ss.
In the County Court.
In the matter of the estate of
Malinda Clymer, deceased.
To the creditors of said estate:
You are hereby notified, that I
will sit at the County Court room in
Plattsmouth, in said county, on the
15th day of February, 1929. and the
l?th day of May. 1929. at 10 o'clock
a. m. of each day, to receive and ex
amine all claims against said estate,
with a view to their adjustment and
allowance. The time limited for the
presentation of claims againt .said
estate is three months from the 15th
day of February, A. D. 1929. and the
time limited for payment of debts is
one year from said 15th day of Febru
ary, 1929.
Witnesa my hand and the seal of
said County Court this 11th day of
January, 1929.
A. H. DUXBURY.
(Seal) jl4-4w County Judge.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The State of Nebraska,
ty, m.
Cass coun-
In the County Court.
In the matter of the estate of Mary
Kuhney, deceased
To the creditors of said estate:
You are hereby notified, that I will
Bit at the County Court room in
Plattsmouth, in said county, on the
ISth day of February. 1929. and the
17th day of May. 1929, at 10 o'clock
'a. m. of each day, to receive and
examine all claims against said es
tate, with a view to their adjust
ment and allowance. The time lim
ited for the presentation of claims
against said estate is three months
from the 15th day of February, A.
D. 1929. and the time limited for
payment of debts is one year from
said 15tb day of February, 1929.
Witness my hand and the seal of
tiald County Court this 11th day cf
January, 1929.
A. H. DUXBURY.
(Seal) jl4-4w County Judge.
NOTICE OF HEARING
Petition for Determir.ation
of Heirship
on
Estate of Gottfried Gustav Pitz.
deceased, in the County Court of
Cass county, Nebraska.
The State of Nebraska, To all per
sons interested in said estate, credi
tors and heirs take notice, that Otto
Pitz has filed his petition alleging
that Gottfried Gustav Pitz died in
testate in Cass county, Nebraska, on
or about March 4th, 1925. being a
resident and inhabitant of Cass coun
ty, Nebraska, and died seized of the
following described real estate, to
wit: Beginning at the northeast
corner of the northeast quarter
of the northeast quarter of Sec
tion nineteen (19). Township
twelve (12), Range fourteen
(14) East of the 6th P. M.. in
said county, running thence
south five and ninety-three hun
dredths (5 93-100) chains,
thence west eleven and fifty-five
hundredths (11 55-100) chains,
thence north five and ninety
three hundredths (5 93-100)
chains, thence east to the place
of beginning, and containing
seven (7) acres, more or less;
- Also an undivided one-half of
the following tract (upon condi
tions that grantee herein and
owner of other undivided one
half shall keep said land open to
be used as a road) to-wit: Be
ginning at a point five and ninety-three
hundredths (5 93-100)
chains south and ten (10)
chains west of the northeast
corner of the northeast quarter
of Section nineteen (19), Town
ship twelve (12), Range four
teen (14), thence south twenty
five hundredths (25-100) of a
chain, thence west ten (10)
chains, thence north twenty-five
hundredths (25-100) of a chain,
thence east to the place of he
ginning; Lot thirty-two (32) in the
southeast quarter of the south
east quarter of Section eighteen
(18), in Township twelve (12).
North, Range fourteen
East of the 6th P. M.;
Also commencing at a
six chains and eighteen
(14).
point
links
south and eighteen chains and
fifty-four links west of the north
east corner of Section nineteen
(19), Township twelve (12).
Range fourteen (14). East of the
6th P. M., thence west one and
fifty hundredths (1 50-100)
chains, thence south ninety
three (93) links, thence In a
northeasterly direction to place
of beginning, containing six hun
dredths (6-100) of an acre, more
or less. Said above described
tract being the northwest corner
of Lot 24. NEVi NEU. Sc. 19-12-14.
All of said described real
estate being in Cass county, Ne
braska le-aving as his sole and only heirs at
law the following named persons,
to-wit:
Helen Pitz, his widow, now
deceased, and Otto Pitz, his
son;
That the Interest of the petitioner
herein in the above described ra!
estate
is an undivided one-half in-
j real estate, and praying for a deter-
said Gottfried Gustav Pitz and of his
heirs, the degree of kinship and the
( right of descent of the real property
' belonging to the said deceased, in the
State of Nebraska.
l It is ordered that the same stand
for hearing the 15th day of Febru
ary, A. D. 1929, before the court, at
the hour of 10 o'clock a. m.
Dated at Plattsmouth, Nebraska,
this 4th day of January, A. D.
1929.
A. H. DUXBURY.
(Bsal)
County Judge.
CHAR. E. MARTIN.
Attorney.
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