PAGE SIX
PLATTSMOUTH SEMI -WEEKLY JOUENAX
THURSDAY, DEC. 19. 19?9.
.W"H-I"I"I-I-I"I-M-I-I-I-!'
FARM BUREAU NOTES
J Copy for thla Department
4. furnished by Count Agent
D. H. I. A. Report.
G. Earl Mansfield of Ashland had
the high cow testing for the month
of November. This cow produced
13S0 pounds of milk; 51.1 pounds of
fat giving a test of 3.7.
On the group of five to fifteen
cows, W. G. Hoffman of Alvo had
the high testing herd, the average be
ing S19 pounds of milk and 29.0
pounds of fat. R. B. Stone of N'e
hawka had high herd in group of
sixteen cows or more. This average
was 494 pounds of milk with 2G.1
pounds fat.
The average production of the 249
cows tested 455 pounds milk and
19.5 pounds fat.
Organized Agriculture.
J. S. Stone of Kentucky, promin
ent member of the Federal Farm
Board will be the principal speaker
at the coming meetings of Organized
Agriculture in Lincoln, it was an
nounced at the agricultural college
Tuesday.
His address is now scheduled for
three o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
January 7 before a mass meeting of
al! organidations holding the'r pro
grams at the college. Final arrange
ments were completed Tuesday with
secretaries of various organizations
to adjourn their regular tedious the
afternoon of Jan. 7 in favor 01 the
Farm Board speaker.
The general meetings wlil be held
in the student activities building at
the college of agriculture. The
building will seat IS 00 people com
fortably and college authorities be
lieve it will be completely filled for
the first time with a farmer audience.
Chancellor E. A. Burnett will pre
side at the meeting. 3. R. McKelvie.
Nebraska man on the farm board.
will introduce the speaker. Mr. Stone
acts as vice-chairman of the farm
board and it is said he will be the
chairman next year. He is thot to be
the most able speaker on the board.
Other plans for the winter meet
ings of various agricultural and
home economic associations are near
ly completed. Tentative programs
are about ready for distribution.
Meetings will start Monday after
noon and close Tuesday evening,
January 6-10.
All the meetings are open to the
public regardless of membership in
any association. The University of
Nebraska furnishes the places in
which to meet and the state board
of agricultural takes care of most
of the Expenses of the meetings.
Weeping Water. Mr. Banning was
re-elected president, H. L. Gayer was
electer vice-president and Carl Day
re-elected scrtary.
Francis Flood told of his trip
around the world and showed pic
tures of his trip.
County Wide Farm Bureau Meeting.
The county wide farm bureau
meeting was held in Weeping Water
Saturday, December 14th. The morn
ing program consisted of a business
meeting of the board, talks by Miss
Mary Ellen Browu and James Law
rence of the College of Agriculture.
The agent. D. D. Wainstcott. and
assistant agent. Jessie H. Baldwin,
gave reports cf the past year's wcrk.
Mrs. Henry Tool. County Chairman
of women's work gave a review of
women's work with an outlook for
the future. Glen Henegcr. Car.s
county champion 4-H club member,
told of his trip to the Sth National
Club Congress at Chicago.
A very bountiful dinner was serv
ed at noon and in the afternoon Carl
E. Day of Weeping Water told hew
he grow over 100 bushels of corn
per acre. D. D. Wainseott presented
leadership pins to the 4-H club
leaders that had turned in a sixty
ner cent finish up in final reports.
W. B. Banning presented Char.. W.
Garrison of Union, Cass County's
Master Farmer.
New board members were elected
for the next year. Those going off
the board were: Carl E. Day, Harry
V. Ericker of Greenwood: Chaf
Noves of Louisville. Mr. Day and
Mr. Brivker were re-elected and the
new member was Paul Gerard of
Tri- County Poultry Show.
The Poultry Show sponsored by
the Tri-County Poultry Association
held at Plattsmouth December 10 to
13 had 39S chickens, with several
pens of ducks, geese, and rabbits.
The barred rock and buff orphington
classes were the largest in the show.
The officers of the show say they
are well satisfied with the number
of entries and interest shown in the
show. D. D. Wainseott. Co. Ext.
Agent. J. H. Baldwin. Asst. Co. Ext.
Agent.
TWO BILLINGS FOR PROGRESS
LOST DOLLARS
The most rudimentary Intelligence
should be able to grasp the fact that
every fire rpresents an irretrievable
and unnecessary economic and social
waste.
A dollar spent in purchasing a
commodity multiplies itself many
fold. It is never inactive and the en
tire nation is benefited by its ser
vices. A dollar lost because of fire
can never be replaced- It has gone
out of circulation and a black mark
is placed against our record of pros
perity. It is a common fallacy to believe
that insurance "pays" for a fire. As
a matter of fact, insurance can do
nothing to offset the loss. It can
merely recompense the few with
funds collected from the nation at
large. For every dollar paid in losses
an insurance company must take in
at least a dollar in premiums.
Our gigantic record of fire waste
belies our intelligence as a nation.
Part of the income of every citizen
is, directly or indirectly, destroyed by
fire. Every fire, whether it consumes
The confidence felt by public util
ity executives in the immediate in
dustrial future of America is shown
by the fact that gas, electric and
street railway companies contemplate
spending almost $2,000,000,000 dur
ing 1930 for new construction and ex
pansion of facilities, and for imorove
ment to existing properties. This will
exceed the 1929 budget by more than
$100,000,000.
This gigantic expenditure, accord
ing to public utility representatives
who laid information before Presi
dent Hoover, will net only be suffi
cient to keep utility employment at
a high level, but will provide, enor
mous orders to be filled by the many
thousands of employes in rela'ed in
dustries. None of the utility com
panies plan, or have ever considered,
wage reductions and in a number of
instances first-of-the-year increases
for employes will be forthcoming.
The public utilities are probably
the best existing barometer of Amer
ican progress and prosperity. Their
successful operation is dependent up
on the conditions within the thou
sands of factories and homes which
consume gas and power. They would
be the first to feel a serious business
depression, and the first to retrench.
And the fact that their plans for the
coming year will make it the great
est period of progress in their his
tory should be sufficient answer to
those who have prophesied a gloomy
future for the wage-earners and pro
ducers of the nation.
GOES TO NEBRASKA CITY
1! 7
From Tuesday's Daily
The Plp.tiiriouth basketball train
are to journey down to Nebraska
City Thursday to do battle with the
purple' and gold in the tir-n. ;;:; i;.g
of the two teams in the i-:e:.son. tl u
Oieans 1. returning the visit with
a game lure. The game with Ne
braska City is always one of the
greatest interest and a huge group of
the fans will no doubt accompany the
team if the weather condition.-; will
permit the travel.
Nebraska City the last week won
from Sidney, Iowa, by lh seove of
3 to 15, with Captain P.arry Stunrr.
of the Oieans scoring six field goals
or almost half of the total points of
his team while Sterner and Schar.ot,
guards annexed three a:id two goal 3
each.
The Plattsmouth tenm has h -d but
one game -o far, that with North
here on last FriJay. and in this the
Platters looked good to make a real
team before the no"'n ii far ad
vanced r.s they gave the North tear,
a much harder tight than ihe score
of 30 to 12 would indicate us many
'f their r,hot:s were -' after hover-
ing on the basket edge.
With the ga;n;- Thmvl:ty th urn
will enjey a holiday r st and a per- j
iod of ir.uetivitv nr. !';:-- o.her games !
oac1s rees to
Ready, You Bet
Whr. you want a Radio, you want
it "right now." You do not want
to have to "tune her in." You want
it ready to act at once.
Ever Heady
Radio
Complicates Efreits of Countries to
Secure Place to Deposit
Surplus unds
Cnmp r.pp t'-,pm of ;nl...i.
County treasurers who agree to,V Vr Vi "11iJKmcul'
pay b;.nks a service charge for hand-if6-, liear them and klOW how
li.ig county funds are putting ihem-!wCil they wcrk. There is none to
selves outside the law and can be excell them.
held, liable 01: their bonds for money i
so paid. State Auditor Johnson de-l
dares in a statement given out Sat
urday. This statement adds to the com
plications that lias confronted the
county boards and banks over the
state for several months, the banks
not caring to pny the rate of interest
set and at the same time pay for se
curity bonds which have been re
quired since the filing of the litiga
tion over lite state bank guaranty
law as.-essments, '.vhile county boards
and county treasurers have no place
herein to deposit their funds unless
See us for whatever you may
reed in Machinery, Repairs,
Stoves, Implements and Har
ness. At your service
W. H. Puis
Dealer in Hardware, Supplies and
John Deere Implements
Phone 33 Plattsmouth, Neb.
for the remain!
thev neeent tl.e offers mrido hv tlip
are scheduled to help he.-p ; h- t. am !hrinw fr w.r im.t r,,.. ti.t
would permit the banks to furnish
the bonds.
-Mr. Johnson, who has two examin
ers at work all the time checking the
in condition
the schedule
K0PE3 FOR SPANISH
ELECTION E LASTED
Omaha, indicate that the Nebraska
state bankers' association is active
in urging county authorities to pay
a service charge, mentioning a num
ber of counties that have agreed to
pay the banks a service charge of
from 1 to 2 per cent 'for the work
books an J records of countv 1 1 easur-, auu ri'K ani otner elements enter-
FAV0R GIVING RURAL
SCHOOLS 100 MILLION
Washington, Dec. 14. A bill ap
propriating $100,000,000 annually to
the support of rural schools was in
troduced in the house Saturday by
Representative Sivig (II.) Minnesota.
He declared the measure was prompt-
a great factory or a dog house, acts 'ed by a desire to ease tax burdens of
as a drag on progress. I farmers.
Madrid, Dec. 1 .- Hop'
tional election in Spait:
were blasted Saturday by
communique tating that
u .
- tor a.
an olT. :;.!
all reports
jers, says he has instructed these men ,n me care ot me county treasurers'
j not to recognize; anv deductions from .deposits.
i public funds deposited with banks,! "'onc of the counties mentioned
; on account of service charges. Treas-1 has communicated with the state
J urers' accounts will be reported as auditor's department on this subject,
j short where this has been done, the ; Will Treat Deductions As Shortage.
J auditor states. . "The examiners of county treasur-
j In ca:,o the; banks of a county re- 'ers ot" the state auditor's department
j fuse to accept deposits of county have instructions not to allow bank
funds uxd pay 2 per cent interest serwee cnarge deductions made by
thereon, without making a counter ; county treasurers, and where such
charge, Auditor Johnson points out have been the report will show the
Lartre size macs of Cas3 countv cr itwo courses of action which the treas-; c 311 ny treasurer short
T3;e
."KlI
to the effect were premrture.
statement declared that the nut
assembly would be abolished in Sep
tember, and a. h gislativo body ".nore
representative of the nation" wo aid
replace it.
sale at Journal office, COc each.
fsfe-?3&. .-isasaasa a??aa?aafv2i
i A Keal Christmas Crijt Store 1
urer may follow, namely:
1. To place the money with banks
outside the county.
2. To invest surplus funds in
United States liberty bonds bearing
j 4 1-4 per cent interest, which can
j be resold at any time the monev may
be needed.
fcmce the banis are paying 3 per
Where the banks of a county have
formed a combination and are hold
ing out on the interest, and thu3 an
emergency exists, no fault can be
found with a county treasurer if he
inves's his surplus funds in Liberty
bond 3.
"Liberty bonds are not fluctuating
much, thev are now selling at above
1 cent on inactive state deposits and 2 Par. The brokerage fee for either
'per cent on daily balances maintain- ' buying or seliing is but $2 per thou
ed by the stat-j in its checking uC-!saiid. and they bear 4 1-4 per cent
i c ants, without connecting anv serv- ! interest. The county treasurer can
ice charge, Johnson sees no Yea on se!1 them at an' tini. in case he
with gifts
Lame line
that
wil
of
good
Our Store is filled almost to its capacity, and
be appreciated by most every member of the family.
books, the popular Volland books for the kiddies, Raggedy Ann and Andy
and this whole family of popular titles.
A large assortment of hand tooled leather bags, mesh and beaded
bags, fancy pillow tops and table runners of tapestry, book ends, novelty
vases and boxes, necklaces and the newest in beads. The largest and most
complete line of box paper and fancy stationery we have ever shown. In
the line of musical goods we are offering you banjos, ukuleles, violins and
accordians at very low prices. Harmonicas of all hinds and keys.
Schaffar's Life Time Fountain Pens
Gifts are many for Christmas but few surpass the fountain pen and
the Schaffer is king, because it lasts a lifetime, and is so guaranteed. We
have many others at a cheaper price, the Wahl, Eversharp, Moore or Pick.
Dont Miss Seeing the Real Gift Shop this Christmas
Plattsmouth D T) 1 . -.
Nebraska uutes sDooR ana otationery otore
Corner Fifth
& Main
ft
: v. l.y they ihild refuse to pay the
counties 2 per cent net on their
J funds. His statement is given here
' wit h :
I Treasurer Would Re Liable.
i "There is no authority under the
'statutes for county treasurers to pay
! a service charge to banks for the
care ot county uposits, and 1 aJii
!ci the opi ilo.'i that a county treasur
er who r.Kikes such unauthcriEed e-
I penditures will thereby become pei-
sonally liable under his bond, I ques
tion whether a county board has the
power to authorize ana instruct me
county treasurer to pay a service
charge.
"I received a letter last week from
Cass county enclosing a copy of a
lengthv resolution passed by the
board, stating that an emergency
existed, that the banks generally ol"
Cass county handling county de
posits have refused to accept the
same after January 1, 1930, and to
furnish security bonds unless a serv
ice charge be allowed to the banks
for handling said money; that the
county has no depositories in which
toplace the county funds unless the
same are placed in banks outside of
Cass county, which would be a con
siderable inconvenience and expense
to all parties concerned; that they
would not profit by making the
change, by placing the county funds
in other counties, and therefore au
thorized the county treasurer to cred
it on the interests received from each
and every bank one (1) per cent of
the average daily deposit for services
rendered.
"The county treasurer requested
a letter from the state auditor ap
proving or disapproving this author
ization and he was told:
Tiif!P is no nrovision in the
statutes authorizing payment of serv
ice charges to banks for the handling
( f county funds. It could not be con
sidered lawful for you to pay 4uch
service charges for the county unless
it could be shown that such service
charges were being exacted by the
banks from all of their customers."
" 'As to deducting such service
charge from the interest on deposits,
the law provides that the banks shall
pay not less than 2 per cent (6191)
and shall pay the interest to the
countv treasurer quarterly toi-;.
Our examiners are under instructions,
not to allow deductions, but to see
that the full 2 per cent is paid."
County Board Can't Change Law
" 'Chaper 90, laws of 192o pro
vides in substance that where banks
in a county refuse to bid on county
deposits or where all money can not
be placed in banks within the coun
ty a3 provided by law, then the money
shall be deposited in banks outside
of the county under the same terms
This would seem to leave you no
choice and that your county board
nctpfl without authority and con
trary to law. when they passed this
broad resolution providing that coun
ty funds were not to be deposited in
banks outside the county and author
izing you to credit on the interest a
service charge of 1 per cent for the
handling of county funds.'
'His attention is' called to the
fact that Cass county banks receiv
ing deposits from the state treasurer,
pay 3 per cent on certincates or ae
posit, and 2 per cent on account da-
posits; they furnish security and do
not get any service charge. Certain
ly the bank ought to be willing to
treat their own county as favorably
needs the money and if he held them
but six months, he would probably
get more than enough interest to
pay the broker's fees, and any loss
through fluctuation, and still net
over 2 per cent per annum.
"Of course the bonds should be
safeguarded against theft. But they
I would be just as safe under a safe
keeping agreement in some bank or
trust company if belonging to the
county as ir they belonged to a
bank."
Mrs. M. Lallinger, who has been
her1 visiting at the home of her
sister. Mrs. Esper McCleary anil fam
ily, departed this morning for her
home at Archer, Nebraska.
Make Acceptable Gifts
No man ever had too many. We are
showing a wide range of patterns in
the ever popular broadcloths at
prices just where you want them!
Our Stock Includes
Plain white $1.75, $2, $2.50. $5
Fancy Breads, silk stripings
$2 to $3.50
Others as low as $1.25
All packed in hand
some gift boxes.
TIES
You'll find the tie here too to match
the shirt, desire and purse. Priced at
5G to $2
UpcJIiiancth
i
as they do the state.
"Reports from the convention of
county commissioners Just held at
60 Miles an Hour is fast.