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Hoover limits handshaking to one
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Too often bad motives are attach
ed to good acts.
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Mary a giiTs ideal is shattered
v.h 11 h- goes broke.
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Farnifis and laundries pet their
arninps from the soil.
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Our idea of a plucky man, is one J
wh.. refuses to be plucked.
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!! printing until the year ir20.
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Now it's Sunday, June ICth, Fath-
i 's day. Buy him cigars." "Surely
the Christmas quality."
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(Vmr-'aint is made of a shortage
in the N' w Jersey bee supply. Too j
many have gone into the political
f,.-ld.
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The idealistic glutton for punish
ment. Mi. Henry Ford, is going to
build motor plants in Encland, Ger
n.anv and France.
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Economy is a great thing and
many a family saves so much by
economizing on food that it is able
to waste a good deal on clothes.
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The Democratic party is not dead,
but four more years away from the
pie counter is going to give it that
boyish figure so much admired.
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Skies Hold More Rain Headline,
Very satisfactory. How would it be
tor the skies just to keep on noiuing
it until a little later in the summer? 'it
i
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A tree will stand beside a road.
without making a move for sixty or
seventy years, and then one day it,
will suddenly jump in front of an !
auto.
It is eminently proper that Mrs.
Mable Willebrandt should become at-
torney for an aviation corporation, j
She has been up in the air for some
timc. I
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PLATTSMOTTTH, ITEHLASIA
Nb . eoad-claM taail mtti
pee ysae es advatcs
Where there is a will there's a
court contest.
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An ounce of prevention is better
than an official probe.
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A crank isn't a crank when he
does you a good turn.
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A minute of real work beats an
hour's talking about it.
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Rin-Tin-Tin in the talkies will no
doubt have a metallic sound.
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This may be a rising market, but
manufacturers are still making
money selling dresses short.
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Congress is going to take a va
cation pretty soon. We forget what
Congress has been doing, but we've
doubts that it is very tired.
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A horse would have to roll in the
1 mud for three hours to get as soiled
'as a motor car can get in traveling
ten miles on a soft country road.
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Detroit typifies the American melt
ing pot, a Detroiter writes to hisjtheii contemplated increase in acre
newspaper. And the melting pot, by age of beans, spring wheat, barley
brew.
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The fellow who held on too long
in the full stock market is out at
the ball park these days, encouraging
the runner to try to stetch a double
into a triple.
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An investment banker says that at
'the rate things are going women will
have all the national wealth by 2035.
is ever mina; tney 11 pronaDiy leave
in a taxicab
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After being lighted with candles
for, 500 years at an annual cost of
f 1,500 in recent years, St. George's
Chapel. Windsor, England, is to be j
(equipped with electric lights.
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; A mosquito has twenty-two teeth,
all of which may be seen through a
microscope, and any pretty girl can
'tell you they can be felt through a
silk stocking.
Advanta
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2 Rapid Acceleration a New Silence and
Swiftness in Traffic and Up Steep Hills
3 Easier and Less Frequent Gear Shifting
4 Reduced Wear on Moving Parts Longer
Life
5 Easier Handling Restful Relaxation After
Long Drives
with Two Quiet High Speeds
With two quiet high speeds at their instant disposal,
Graham-Paige owners possess advantages in traffic,
on hills and the open highway that materially increase
motoring ease and enjoyment. You are cordially in
vited to drive a four speed Graham-Paige and discover
the real importance of these advantages.
YOTTR GAEBAGE CAN
Listen. Mr. Householder and Mrs.
Housewife:
Are you in the habit of leaving
your garbage can on the curb for sev
eral hours after it has been emptied?
If so, quit it.
Garbage cans are unsightly, at
best, and no receptacle of that sort
has ever been devised that improved
the scenery of a neighborhood.
Also hot weather is here, most gar
bage cans are smelly, and therefore
offensive to persons passing on the
sidewalks.
When the garbage man empties
your can, get it returned to the back
yard as quickly as possible, and you
will thereby help make Plattsmouth
a more pleasant place in which to
live.
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Mr. Coolidge's most conspicous
policy has been economy, and his
greatest achievement as president has
been reduction of federal expenses
and national debt.
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There are no obligations as to one
country assisting another all thru,
avoidance of details is noticeable.
The word honor though unexpressed
runs all through the instrument.
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As soon as our scientific thinkers
'succeed to everybody's satisfaction in
abolishing hell from the hereafter,
j we hope they'll try their hand on
jsome of it that still exists here on
' earth.
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The Bureau of Agricultural Econ
omics cautions farmers to reconsider
and fiue-cured tobacco and cabbage
in certain areas.
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One wonders if Mr. Tunney, in
escaping from the marriage promise
he is alleged to have made to the
Texas lady, used the same bicycle he
used in the match at Soldier's Field
in Chicago that time.
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"Broccoli," explains a London dis
patch, "is a superlative cauliflower."
jt0 make it plainer to Americans, we
may add that it is the kind of ear
Gene Tunney might have acquired if
he had stuck to pugilism.
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Unable to find a yoke of oxen in
Missouri for the celebration of the
seventieth anniversary of the com
pletion of the Hannibal &. St. Joseph
railroad at Brookfield, June 6, the
Burlington purchased two at the
National stockyards in East St. Louis
jfor $200. The fate of the steers af-
'ter the parade has not been decided.
nsis-a)
ges
PROGRESS OF CITY
MANAGER
PLAN
Sooner or later the cities and larg
er towns will be under the city or
(town manager plan. Sixteen years
I have witnessed the inauguration of
the one-man system of carrying on
the details of government in 397
cities. This is not one-man power,
but only in the sense of one execu
tive -official carrying out the law,s as
enacted by a board of directors. The
.contention is that there is a" pro
nounced economy and efficiency in
the administration of the affairs of
the city, with this claim being fully
substantiated by the facts. This city
manager plan is not in favor with the
world of politics, and naturally so,
for with strict business, politics is
eliminated but the people favor it
and that should be sufficient. It is
true there have been reports that
there have been a few cities return
ing to the original fold, but if so,
it is because the forces of politics
were strong enough to work their
will. Any .such failures can only re
suit through the laxity of the citi
zens and indifference as to benefits
derived.
Richard Childs. president of the
National Municipal league, in a late
letter gave some valuable informa
tion upon the city manager plan
This has been largely circulated and
is as follows:
"In a word, the city manager plan
is the business principle applied to
government. A board of directors
meets and determines policy and
hires a manager to run the business
If the manager does a poor job he
gets fired. If he does a good job he
remains in office. Consequently his
whole motive is to make a good re
cord for himself.
"Contrast this situation with the
usual one in governments. The first
part of the time a man is in office
he spends worrying about to whom
he should pass along the political
plums. He is the subject of greet
pressure, for he has patronage o
deal out. And most of his time is
occupied with that sort of thing.
"The latter part of his term is
spent in laying the political lines
so that he may be re-elected. Be
tween the two where does the public
come off?
"The city manager, on the other
hand, is interested solely in making
a good record. He knows that if he
is able to render better service and
cut costs of government it will react
to his own benefit. He need not
worry a great deal about politics be
cause he will stand or fall upon the
facts. Almost any city manager may
be cited to prove that costs are re
duced under that plan of operation.
"Notable examples that occur to
me at the moment are Wichita, Kan.,
and Rochester, N. Y. In Wichita, un
der the city manager plan, the city
has the lowest tax rate in the state
One of the first achievements of the
new government was the construc
tion of a sewer by direct labor for
$214,000, when the lowest contrac
tor's bid was $316,000.
"In Rochester, before the city
manager took charge, the city was
.running farther and farther behind
every year, borrowing to meet cur
rent expenses. As a result a current
debt of $2,918,000 faced City Man
ager Story when he took office. I see
by a report made last week that the
Lnew administration closed its first
year with unexpended balances of
.appropriations of $266,107. This was
in addition to $500,000 which had
been provided for debt reduction in
the budget.
"Cleveland's experience also shows
that in practically every department
Ait government costs have been stead
ily reduced within the past five years
'of city manager operation.
w "Another example of the status of
city manager cities in the custom of
one of the largest firms of consulting
municipal engineers in the middle
west to quote a 20 per cent lower
rate for work in city manager towns
than elsewhere because of the great
er expedition with which it can do
business."
What Mr. Childs says ought to
carry weight. The comparisons
drawn as between present methods of
carrying on municipal governments
and private operations are illustra
tive of the waste and inefficiency on
the one hand, and the economy and
inefficiency on the other. Some have
had the impression that the city
manager plan also took in the
schools, but this does not appear to
be the case. The municipal duties
are sufficient for any one person.
Then there are many who would ob
ject to this added duty and with
good reason. The schools need no
one-man power.
The march of progress, the growth
of more practicability in city govern
ment will eventually see in city man
ager plan in general application and
Plattsmouth will be included; it
could not keep out of the long list.
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MILLIONS OP POUNDS USED
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Economy and efficiency oppose waste
fulness and inefficiency and the first
should win out.
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ST0CZ SWINDLERS
Gratifying evidence that the recent
campaign of publicity and education
against the stock Bwindler has borne
fruit is given by H. J. Kenner, gen
eral manager of the Better Business
Bureau of New York City. Nearly
every newspaper and periodical in
the country assisted in the warfare
on fraudulent stock promotions and
fake brokerage operations with the
result that these activities have been
greatly reduced and the way of the
swindler made harder than ever in
the history of the nation.
It is estimated by Mr. Kenner that,
in the very recent past, inexperienced
and unwary men and women of slen
der financial means were robbed of
$500,000,000 to $100,000,000 mil
lion annually. These vast sums were
poured into the coffers of the thiev
ing promoters through the ignorance
and credulity of small Investors,
Bpared by promise of quick returns
at profit rates totally incompatible
with the principles of sound business
practice.
As a result of the campaign
against the swindler, Mr. Kenner re
ports, a large part fo this invest
ment money now is going into legi
timate channels. The small Investor
is seekisig the advice of reputable
bankers and brokers rather than
blindly following the suave direc
tions of the fakers. Bodies like the
Better Business Bureau of scores of
cities, in co-operation with the au
thorities, have wiped out a number
of vivious practices indulged in by
stock fraud operators.
The business of swindling stock
investors has nto, of course, been
completely eradicated. There always
will be a certain type of investor who
resents advice and prefers to follow j
his own judgment. But the effortsj
cf those agencies that have under- J
taken to reduce the profits of the J
swindler to a minimum are worthy I
of commendation, and it is to be
hoped they will not be relaxed.
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SAFER THAN IN BED
If the railroads of the United
States are spending as we are told
forty millions a year for increased
safety, they should have ere long an
almost flawless record, bo far as fatal
accidents to passengers are concern
ed. Already their score is remark
ably high. Some forty years ago the
historian, John Fiske, noted for his
careful research, said that the loss
of life in stagecoach travel at the
time of the War for American Inde
pendence was relatively much higher
'than it ever has been on the rail
ways. Since that was written, tne
gains for safety in journeys by rail
have been multiplied many times
over. Last year, according to the
Detroit Free PreBR, only sixteen lives
were lost among the eight hundred
million passengers by our railroads.
as against twenty-rour tnousana
home fatalities and as against a
daily average of eighty persons kill
ed in motor vehicle casualties. Al
though a railway crossing is still the
most perilous of places for an auto
mobile, the inside of a railway coach
is one of the securist in all the
world. Mark Twain used to say that
railway trains were safe than in bed,
because fewer people died in them."
There was as much truth as humor In
the remark.
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Homemade bread now is old-fash
ioned and out of date, W. B. Lowery
of the Aurora Advertiser has learn
ed; some of the "ultra violet rays"
won't even eat It If made at homo
town. The editor says he may bo
taking a long look into the future
but the time may come when it will
be plebian to eat any but imported
bread.
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American tourists, according to a
Department of Commerce statistician,
are to spend in European and other
foreign countries this year an esti
mated grand total of 800 million dol
lars. That ought to give some im
petus to war clebt settlements, or at
least to mollify the powers that have
been inclined to think of America as
a tightwad and an Uncle Shylock.
Bill Nye used to write in his
humorous vein of planting corn with
a shotgun on his rocky North Caro
lina farm. If he were living in the
Middle west this spring he could re
commend a squirt gun for the pur
pose. NOTICE OP SUIT
Dan P. Phelps. Nina L. Phelps,
Charles Phelps, Harry Phelps and
Julian K. Phelps, defendants, will
take notice that on the 18th day of
May, 1929, Cordia B. Phelps, plain
tiff herein, filed her petition in the
District Court of Cass county, Ne
braska, against said defendants and
others, to partition Lota 11 and 12,
in the Village of Louisville, in said
county, and the south half (S) of
the southwest quarter (SW4) of
Section 9, Township 12, Range 11.
In Sarpy county, Nebraska, and to
determine the rights of the parties
therein.
You are hereby required to an
swer said petition on or before the
15th day of July, 1929.
Dated this 25th day of May, A. D.
1929.
CORDIA B. PHELPS,
Plaintiff.
D. O. DWYER.
Attorney.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The State of Nebraska, Cass coun
ty, as.
In the County Court.
In the matter of the estate of
Benjamin Dill, 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 July
5, 1929. and on October 7, 1929, at
ten o'clock a. m. each day, to re
ceive and examine all claims against
said estate, with a view to their ad
justment and allowance. The time
limited for the presentation of
claims against said estate is three
months from the 5th day of July.
A. D. 1929, and the time limited for
payment of debts is one year from
said 5th day of July, 1929.
Witness my hand and the seal of
said County Court this 1st day of
June, 1929.
A. H. DUXBURY.
(Seal) J3-4w County Judge.
SHERIFF'S SALE
State of Nebraska. County of Cass,
ss.
By virtue of an order issued by
Golda Noble Beal, Clerk of the Dis
trict Court within and for Cass coun
ty, Nebraska, and to me directed, I
will on the 6th day of July, A. v
1929. at 10 o'clock a. m. of said day
at the Bouth 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 fol
lowing described real estate, to-wit:
Lots forty-two (42), forty
three (43) and the north one
half of forty-four (44), in
Smith's Addition to the City of
Plattsmouth, Cass county, Ne
braska; Also that portion of Whit
man avenue described as fol
lows: Beginning at a point In
said Whlteman avenue one rod
west of the southwest corner of
Lot forty-three (43). in Smith's
Addition to the City of Platts
mouth, Nebraska, and running
thenc east one rod to the south
west corner of aaid Lot forty
three (43), thence north 30 de
grees and 15 minutes, east two
ohains to the northwest corner
of said Lot forty-three (43).
thence north 32 degrees and 4 5
minutes, west one chain and 16
links, thence south 30 degrees
and 15 minutes, west one chain
and 87 links to a post; thence
in & southeasterly direction
1.05 chains more or less to the
place of beginning;
Also Sub-Lot two (2) of Gov
ernment Lot five (5), in Section
seven (7), TownBhip twelve
(12), North. Range fourteen
(14) east of the 6th P. M., all
in Cass county, Nebraska, as
surveyed, platted and recorded.
Also commencing at the bolt
on the y section line in Section
seven (7), Township twelve
(12), North, Range fourteen
(14), east of the 6th P. M..
where the said section line
intersects with the right-of-way
fence of the C. B. & Q. Railway
Company, thence along the said
right-of-way fence to a bolt 7.79
chains due south of the place of
beginning, thence east 18.31
chains to a bolt 15 feet west of
the west bank of a dry channel,
thence north to the section
line, above described, thence
west on the said section line
16.23 chains to the place of be
ginning, containing 13.28 acres,
more or leas. In Cass county, Ne
braska, being, known as Lot
Bixty-flve (65). in said Section
seven (7), Township twelve
(12), North, Range fourteen
(14), East of the 6th P. M.
the same being levied upon and
taken as the property of E. P. Stew
art et al. defandents. to satisfy a
judgment of said Court recovered by
The Standard Sa rings and Loan As
sociation of Omaha, plaintiff against
said defendants.
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, May 2Sth,
A. D. 1929.
BERT REED.
Sheriff Case County,
Nebraska.
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-NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The State of Nebraska, Cass coun
ty, B9.
In the County Court.
In the matter of the estate cl
Marshall W. Smith, 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
July 5, 1929, and on October 7, 1929,
at ten o'clock a. m. each day, to re
ceive and examine all claims against
said estate, with a view to their ad
justment and allowance. The tima
limited for the presentation of claims
against said estate is three months
from the 5th day of July, A. D. 1929
and the time limited for payment of
debts is one year from said 5th day
of July, 1929.
Witness my hand and the seal of
said County Court this 1st day of
June, 1929.
A. H. DUX BURY,
(Seal) j3-4w County Judge.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The State of Nebraska. Cass coun
ty, ss.
In the County Court.
In the matter of the estate of
Athaliah Bauer, 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
28th day of June, 1929, and on the
30th day of September, 1929, at ten
o'clock in the forenoon, to receive
and examine all claims against said
estate, 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 2Sth day of June, A. D.
1929, and the time limited for pay
ment of debts is one year from said
2Sth day of June, 1929.
Witness my hand and the seal of
said County Court this 22nd day of
May, 1929.
A. H. DUXBURY.
(Seal) m27-4w County Juige.
LEGAL NOTICE
Roy L. McElwain; the heirs, devi
sees, legatees, personal representa
tives, and all other persons interest
ed in the estate of Roy L. McElwain,
deceased; Florence McElwain; B. A
McElwain; Jennie Dutton; John W.
Dutton; Impleaded with others, De
fendants: You will take notice that on the
29th day of May, 1929. The Stand
ard Savings and Loan Association of
Omaha. Nebraska, as plaintiff, filed
its petition in the District Court of
Cass county, Nebraska, against you
and each of you, the object and pray
er of which is to foreclose a certain
mortgage executed by Sarah E. Mc
Elwain, on the ICth day of October,
1924, and duly filed for record in the
office of the Register of Deeds of
Cass county, Nebraska, on the 29th
day of October. 1924. in Book 53 of
Mortgages, at page 420, covering Lot
S, Block 11. in the City of Platts
mouth, as surveyed, platted and re
corded, Cass county, Nebraska, ask
ing for judgment of Thirteen Hun
dred Thirty-Four and Sixty-six One
Hundredths Dollars ($1.334.CC) and
costs and for equitable relief.
You are required to answer this
petition on or before the 29th day
of July. 1929.
THE STANDARD SAVINGS
AND LOAN ASSOCIATION
of Omaha, Nebraska.
By O. W. Johnson,
Its Attorney.
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ORDER
In the District Court of the Coun
ty of Cass, Nebraska.
In Re Application of Andrew Rabb,
Administrator of the estate of Mary
Burian, deceased, for license to sell
real estate.
Now, on this 15th day of May,
1929, there was presented to the
Court the petition of Andrew Rabb,
Administrator of the estate of Mary
Burian. deceased, for license to sell
Lots 50 and 51 in Wise's Addition
to the City of Plattsmouth. Cass coun
ty, Nebraska, for the purpose of pay
ing the debts and costs of adminis
tration ;
And it appearing that there is not
sufficient personal estate in the hands
of the Administrator to pay the debts
and costs of administration, and it
further appearing that the personal
property collected by said Adminis
trator amounts to the sum of $328.62,
and that the claims allowed and costs
of administration amount to the sum
of $447.35, and that an order should
be entered directing all persons in
terested in said estate to appear and
Bhow cause why a license should not
be granted to said Administrator to
sell said real estate;
It is therefore Ordered that, all
persons interested in the estate of
Mary Burian, deceased, appear refore
James T. Begley, Judge of the Dis
trict Court, within and for Cass coun
ty, Nebraska, on the 29th day of
June, 1929, at 10 o'clock a. m.. at
Chambers in the Court House in the
City of Plattsmouth, Nebraska, to
show cause. If any there be. why a
license should not be granted to An
drew Rabb, Administrator of the es
tate of Mary Burian, deceased, to sell
Lota 50 and 51 in Wise's Addition
to the City of Plattsniout J, Cass
county, Nebraska, for the purpose of
paying the debts and costs of ad
ministration of said estate.
It Is further ordered that a copy
of this Order to Show Cause be serv
ed upon all persons interested In said
estate by publication of this order
for four successive weeks in the
Plattsmouth Journal, a newspaper
printed and of general circulation in
the County of Cass, Nebraska.
By the Court.
JAMES T. BEGLEY,
Judge of the District
Court.
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A doctor says men who smoke are
liable to have everything. We say
everything except matches.
