THURSDAY HOT, 87. 1990.
PLATTSMOTTTH SEMI WEEKLY JOURNAL
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Advice that doesn't agree witb our
inclination is hard to swallow.
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The man wbo rushes into trouble
usually hobbles out on crutches.
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What's November trying to do any-
bow break out in a rash of violets? j
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The dry orators seem to be getting
savager and savager in tneir opu -
Kiism.
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Spending makes you poorer, but
it fires you a delightful sensation of
being rich.
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The millenium will be here when
the politician says, "to the victor be
longs the toil."
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Now they've brought cut a crude
novel in pictures, just potboiler stuff
tor the illiterates.
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The family fern has been brought
In from the front porch and taken
under advisement.
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Rubber paper is being made, prob
ably after close investigation of those
checks that bounce back.
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If there are any more La Follettes
old enough to qualify for office, now
is the time to trot them out.
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A Georgia woman declares four
robbers have been into her refriger
ator lately, net counting the iceman.
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We may now expect Ludendorff
to give us the exact hour and minute
when that war of May 1, 1932, will
begin.
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There seems to be some doubt in
Wall Street whether the Dears pro-
v hihama't af n this winter
season.
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Within the next week the football
season will be at an end and young
men will then have an opportunity j
to find out what college sessions are
all about.
Clold weather is motor-punishing
weather . . . Now, more than ever,
you need the extra protection of
this De-waxed, Easy-starting Oil
reasons for this.
Ptrst: Germ-Processed oil is thoroughly de
waxed and does not congeal at low tempera
tures. Second: Germ-Processed oil does not
drain away during periods of motor idleness.
The initial "turning over" process is made
easier by the protective lubricating film which
im on duty before you touch tbe starter. The
usual 40 to 60 of motor wear occurring
during die starting period is greatly reduced.
Proceesf d Motor Oil gives you
It is sometimes disappointing to
discover that a hero i6 only human
after all.
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Weekends nowadajjs furnish au
most as many football upsets as auto-
mobile ones
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There are some persons who seem
to prefer failure to minding their
own business.
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There are many self-made men who
seem to have forgotten one last es-
sential Polish.
So far the only permanent wave
in this country has been that of the
American flag.
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It is said that the investigation in
to communist activities is making
the reds feel blue.
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There seems to be plenty of crime
analysis in this country but what we
need is somebody to cure it.
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A candidate for office says condi
tions in prison are terrible, but who
intends to go to prison .anyway?
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Adam rendered great service, if
only by demonstrating that a man
with a scft snap is primed for devil
ment.
Owing to the business depression
some of the movie stars are going to
I keep the same husbands they had last
winter.
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An Oklahoma woman was fined So
for taking two shots at her husband,
which is cheap enough for her to try
it again.
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Those soviet charges of a Europ-
lean military plot have all the ear
marks of a necessary patriotic "shot"
at home.
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There is no denying that war is
wasteful. Just look at the paper and
Ink that has been used publishing ;
war books. j
In cold weather motors
usually are hard to start,
but Conoco Germ - Pro
cessed oil actually makes
starting easier!
There are two good
safe starting r nd quick starting, even at zero
temperatures.
Change now to this new oil. Use it all winter
for motor safety and economy. You always
will find Germ-Processed Motor Oil at sta
tions bearing the Conoco Red Triangle.
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What has become of the oldrfash-
ioned Sunday that didn't mean a lot
I of business for the undertakers on
Monday?
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Those vaccinated Northwestern
i football players should be permitted
by right, to start their next game
from scratch.
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Governments are rarely romantic
nowadays so a little display of ro
mance now and then is the more ap
preciated in them.
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Ten thousand New Yorkers are to
be given jobs at $15 a week and any
one can tell you that living on $15
a week in New York is a real job.
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During the fiscal year ended June
30, 1930. savings deposits in United
States banks and trust companies in
creased by more than $267,000,000.
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It used to be a pleasant surprise
to find money in an old vest at this
time of year, but this fall it is a sur
prise lur anyone 10 even miu au oiu
vest.
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One reason there are not more gov
ernmental upsets in Europe is that
conditions are so bad the opposition
party doesn't want to get into the
mess.
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Swimmers drown in the summer.
hunters get shot in the fall, skaters
break through the ice in the winter,
but automobiles kill 'em all the year
around.
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If the sun's light completely failed
the earth would be in darkness in
about eight minutes, as that is the
time it takes the sun's light to reach
the earth.
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London's elephant stampede gave
Englishmen only a faint idea of the
panic that issues when the Demo
cratic donkey develops a case of ele
phantphobia. :o:
The California ice man who is go
ing to marry an heiress no doubt will
finding handling cold cash a heap
more pleasant than he did handling
the frozen water.
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In Warsaw, Poland, the police are
combating crime in complete suits of
armor. Chicago police will continue
doing their duty wrapped in rcbes
of civic purity over the armor of
righteousness.
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Unless there was something like
grade crossings and high-powered lo
comotives in the old days, how do the
scientists account for finding the hip
bones of dinosaurs in Manchuria and
their eggs in Montana
OVERWORKING A GOOD HORSE
The Postoffice Department does a
multitude of important public ser
vices, but in only one of its activities,
carrying first-class mail, is there a
consistent profit. In 1928, for in
stance, when the department had a
deficit of $33,872,000, letter mail of our stock. Nature's very prodigal
showed a profit of $87,178,000. At ity has begotten in us habits of ex
the same time, special delivery made travagance and waste, of improvi
infinlBtPsimal parnines anri nnsta l I dence. What here is wasted would
postal
savings returned a profit of $550,-
000. All the other services registry,
insurance, C. O. D., money order,
carrying of parcels, books, news
papers, circulars and catalogs show
ed losses. By 1929 the total deficit,
had increased to $S6.000,000. and it
is estimated at $60,000,000 for 1930.
Yet, when the postoffice casts about
for a means of checking its losses, it
proposes to put the work on its only
good horse by increasing the letter !' threw away things in our manu
rate from 2 to 2 cents. The in- j facturing enterprises and industries
crease will be requested in the forth-(that were more valuable than the
coming annual report of the depart- things in our manufacturing euter
ment, it has been definitely announc- j prises and industries that were more
ed. The business and private corre- j valuable than the things produced
spondence of the American people al- jand retained. We have corrected this
rpariv tabpfi mi a exeat nart of the in many instances, findine that by-
losses from other postal functions,
but it is to be burdened with even
more of the load by an increase from
the rate to which the public has been
accustomed, except for a war-time in-
terval, since 1883. And this despite
the lesson of past experience, for in
creased rates have always decreased
the amount of matter mailed in the
affected class.
President Hoover in July, 1929,
stated that the Postoffice Department
must be operated "as a self-sustain-
ing business institution." It is in ac-
cordance with this policy that the
rate increase is sought. There are
many, however, who disagree with
this view, who think the postoffice
is too important a social agency to
become first of all a self-sustaining
concern. What other Government de
partment, they ask. is expected to pay
its own way? An indication of what
the 2-cent rate proposal will meet'ranKs oi unemployment wnica .ik
is indicated by the statement of Rep- ; lessly at present paralyze the na
resentative Kendall of Pennsylvania, jtional industrial and business bodies,
ranking Republican member of the Every individual in the land may.
House Postoffice Committee, who 'and should live more prudently; the
savs: "I am Droud of the deficit be- i farmer should more intensively faun
ause it was created by giving the
people of the United States the best
postal service in the world."
There is much to be said for the
view that the nostoffice should be a
paid servant and not a bread-winner,
whether or not one can boast of pride
in its deficits. It is doing useful pio
neer work in air mail service, it is
encouraging ocean shipping by mail
subsidies, its various services add im
mensely to public convenience.
Meanwhile, the Senate Commit t's
inquiry into alleged overcharging and
corruption in postoffice building
leases is being pressed, and it is pos
sible that a larere rate hole will be
is
found down which postal money
being poured. Reform In this line,
together with a clean-up of the
franking evil and use of proper book
keeping methods, may help reduce
the deficit instead of making neces
sary the proposed added burden on
the public. St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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FIRM FOUNDATION
A country is overpopulated, from
an economic viewpoint, when its re
sources, initiative and enterprise are
not adequate to keep its population This is a good list: and it is con
productively employed. Overproduc- ung to reflect that some of its
tlon may be an actual condition, but i items at least, are virtually cook
in most instances it is a relative one. lnroof f.vmi a rotton cook can hard-
An economist who has studied con-
ditions in Europe suggests that the
sweep ot industrialism nas orougni
the peoples of Europe to a high 1-jvel
without at the same time providing
for the maintenance of the increas
ing populations. He indicates That
declining birth rates eventually will
restore the equilibrium.
The United States is in no such
position. Its industries nave heen ex
panding in ways to provide employ
ment at a rate that has advanced the
scale of living, while at the same lime
affording enterprise full incentive for
its undertakings. The country could
maintain a much larger population.
The sources of prosperity have
been generally productive for the
United States, in contrast with many
other countries, but it is equally true
that here those sources have not been
dissipated and repressed. Initiative
and enterprise are encouraged and
the best possible use is made of every
natural resource.
These are reasons why the fore
most industrialists are confident the
nation's prosperity rests upon the
firmest of foundations.
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The racing stable of Roger Cald
well, Nashville investment banker,
one of the finest bunch of thorough
breds in the South, is to be sold at
auction. A receivership for the Cald
well & Company precipitated a fi
nancial crisis in two states. Dorse
racing and eonssnrative banking do
not go well together.
EXTRAVAGANCE AND WASTE
Our country always has been prod
igal. We have been so big as a Na
tion, and so rich, that we have gone
forward plucking only the richest of
our fruits, garnering the best only
of our crops, selecting the best only
j dence. What here is
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in the eyes of
the peasantry of many lands.
We have abused the virgin virtility
of our soil. It has not been long
since the country was covered with
splendid forests. We seemed to think
that there could be no end to this
wealth. We have dug the richest of
our minerals, and because we were
so prodigal, we allowed millions in
wealth to run to waste. For years
products were immensely valuabie.
We have sent our productions abroad
and our natural raw material to be
'manufactured into finished products
sending and bringing them in in ¬
eign bottoms at a cost of hund!c-ls
of millions. We attempt, as individ
uals, to emulate the living seal-? of
our more opulent neighbors. Wo t ake
a chance and make investments that
it were folly to be considered by any
one but one who can afford such
luxury. Due to our neglect, we have
permitted a wide range of profitaV.e
enterprises in foreign countries to
best us in the markets of the world.
The country is awakened. It sees
things with a clearer vision. We hae
now the opportunity to proceed along
new and wiser lines. We may by
careful action recoup much that we
have lest. We may enlarge our in
dustrial undertakings and shatter me
1 a r i a
his land and diversify the character
of his crops; it is up to us to manu
facture more carefully, to take ad
vantage of new and wonderful op
portunities, and to meet world com-
! petition witn a wisuom ana sireugiu
; made confident and invincible thru
the enlightenment of a vigorous peo
ple re-enlisted in the army of pru
dent and sane living.
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COOKS AND COOKERY
Although America has produced
many dishes which rank with the
world's culinary masterpiece, it
somehow is unable to produce cooks
I who can prepare them properly. This
is the complaint of Ralph Hitz. man
aging director of the New York Ho
tel, who regrets the fact that the na
tion has to look to Europe for its best
chefs.
It Is too bad about the cooks; but
what interests us is the list of Am
erican dishes which Mr. Hitz calls
our gastromic contributions. The list
includes pumpkin pie, ice cream,
griddle cakes, corn bread, Cheole
chicken, Boston baked beans, ham
and eggs, the modern sandwich. Am-
erjcart hash and doughnuts.
! ly spoii fcam an(j eggs. It takes an
nnuBuallv bad one to turn out an
unpalatable pumpkin pie. And hash
is bound to be good if the cook is
no worse than mediocre.
Still, the other numbers need skill.
Think of the crimes that have been
committed by poor cooks in the con
coction of leathery griddle cakes,
soggy doughnuts, and pale half-cooked
corn bread.
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THE TROUBLES OF 1916
The disclosure from the State De
partment at Washington concerning
the sharp exchange of notes, in 1916,
between our government and the gov
ernment of England are extremely
interesting. It is somewhat surpris
ing to learn that at one time, due
to England's interference with Am
erican sea-borne commerce, the sev
erence of diplomatic relations was
actually a possibility.
This being so. one is moved more
than ever to marvel at the excessive
stupidity of the German Government
in declaring unrestricted submarine
warfare. That step pushed American
troubles with England into the back
ground and brought America into the
war against Germany. If the German
government had set itself to culti
vate American good-will, history
might have taken a much different
eourse.
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The kind of alcohol used to keep
radiators from freezing usually
makes a drinker very cold indeed.
Harold Thompson
Auctioneer
Farm and Live Stock Sales
will be given Special
Attention
My Terms are Reasonable and
I will always be found work
ing hard for the "High Dollar"
Give Me a Trial
P. O. ADDRESS
Plattsmouth
PHONE NO. 4513
ORDER OF HEARING
and Notice on Petition for Set
tlement of Account
In the County Court of Cass coun
ty. Nebraska.
State of Nebraska, Cass county, ss.
To all persons interested in the es
tate of Myrtle L. Gillispie. deceased:
On reading the petition of William
F. Gillispie. Administrator, praying
a final settlement and allowance of
his account filed in this Court on the
12th day of November, A. D. 1930,
and for final settlement of said es
tate and for his discharge as said
Administrator of the said estate;
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 12th day of December, A.
D. 1930, at nine o'clock a. m., to
show cause, if any there be, why the
prayer of the petitioner should not
be granted, and that notice of the
pendency of said petition and the
hearing thereof be given to all per
sons 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.
In witness whereof. I have here
unto set my hand and the seal of
said Court, this 12th day of Novem
ber, A. D. 1930.
A. H. DUXBURY,
(Seal) nl7-3w County Judge.
ORDER OF HEARING
and Notice on Petition for Set
tlement of Account
In the County Court of Cass coun
ty, Nebraska:
State of Nebraska Cass county, ss.
To all persons intereste-1 in the
estate of John H. Wiles, deceased:
On reading the petition of J. E.
Wiles, Administrator, praying a final
settlement and allowance of his ac
count filed in this Court on the 14th
dny of November, 1930, and for fi
nal settlement of said estate and
for his discharge as said Adminis
trator cf the said estate;
It is nereby ordered that you and
all persons interested in said mat
ter may. and do, appear at the Coun
ty Court to be held in and for said
County, on the 12th day of December,
A. D. 1930. at nine o'clock a. m., to
show cause, if any there be. why the
prayer of the petitioner should not
be granted, and that notice of tbe
pendency of said petition and the
hearing thereof be given to all per
sons interested in said natter 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.
In witness whereof I have here
unto set my hand and the seal of
said Court this 14th day of Novem
ber, A. D. 1930.
A. H. DUXBURY.
tSeal) nl7-3w County Judge.
NOTICE OF SUIT TO QUIET TITLE
In the District Court of the Coun
ty of Cass, Nebraska
George K. Petring,
Plaintiff
vs. NOTICE
The County of Cass. Ne-
braska et al. Defendants.
To the Defendants. Herman Neit
zel, and all persons having or claim
ing any interest in and to Lots five
(5) and six (6), in Block fifty-four
(54). in the City of Plattsmouth.
Cass county, .Nebraska, excepting
that part of Lot 6 lying within 40
feet of the center of Chicago Avenue
in said city, real names ur known:
You and each of you are hereby
notified that George K. Petring, as
plaintiff, filed a petition and com
menced an action in the District
Court of Cass county. Nebraska, on
the 1st day of November. 1930.
against you and each cf you and
others; the object, purpose and pray
er of which is to obtain a decree of
the Court quieting title to Lots five
(5) and six (6). in Block fifty-four
(54), in the City of Plattsmouth,!
Cass county. Nebraska, excepting
that part of Lot 6 lying within 40
feet of the center of Chicago avenue
in said city, in plaintiff as against j
you and each of you and all persons j
claiming by. through or under said
defendants, to enjoin all of said de- :
fendants in said suit from having or j
claiming any interest in Kaid real es-
tate and for such other relief as
may he just and equitable in said
premises.
You and each of you are further
notified that you are required to
answer said petition on or before
Monday, the 15th day of December, j
1930, or the allegations therein con- j
tained will be taken as true and a
decree rendered in favor of the plain- !
tiff, George K. Petring. as against
you and each of you according to the
prayer of said petition.
GEORGE K. PETRING,
Plaintiff.
W. A. ROBERTSON,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
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NOTICE TO CREDITOR?
The State of Nebraska, Cass coun
ty, ss.
In the County Court.
In the matter of the estate of
Amanda V. Wiley Dills, 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 12th day of December, A. D.
1090, and fbe 13th day of March.
A. D. 1931, at nine o'clock a. m., of
each day, to receive and examine
all claims against said estate, with
a view to their adjustment and al
lowance. The time limited for the
presentation of claims against said
estate is three months from the 12th
day of December. A. D. 1930. and
the time limited for payment of debts
is one year from said 12tb day of
December, A. D. 1930.
Witness my hand and the seal of
said County Court this 12th day of
November. 1930.
A. H. DUXBURY.
(Seal) ul7-3w County Judge.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The State of Nebraska, Cass coun
ty, ss.
In the County Court.
In the matter of the estate of John
Quinton. 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
19th day of December. A. D. 1930.
and on the 20th day of March, A. D.
1931. at nine o'clock in the forenoon
of each day, to receive and examine
all claims against said estate, with a
view to their adjustment and allow
ance. The time limited for the pre
sentation of claims against said es
tate is three months from the 19th
day of December, A. D. 1930, and
j the time limited for payment of debts
' is one year from said 19th day of
I December. A. D. 1930.
Witness my hand and the seal of
I said County Court this 21st day of
I November, A. D. 1930.
A. H. DUXBURY.
( Seal I n24-3w County Judge.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The State of Nebraska, Cass coun
ty, ss.
In tbe County Court.
In the matter of the estate of Rob
ert R. Nickles, 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
19th day of December. A. D. 1930,
and on the 20th day of March. A. D.
1931, at nine o'clock in the forenoon
of each day, to receive and examine
all claims against said estate, with a
view to their adjustment and allow
ance. The time limited for the pre
sentation of claims against said es-
I tate is three months from the 19th
day of December. A. D. 1930, and the
time limited for payment of debts is
one year from said 19th day of De
cember. A. D. 1930.
Witness my band and the seal of
paid County Court this 22nd day of
November. 1930.
Witness my hand and the seal of
said County Court this 22nd day of
November, 1930.
A. H. DUXBURY,
(Seal) n24-3w County Judge.
SHERIFF'S SALE
State of Nebraska. County of Cass.
ss.
Rv virtnp of nn Orrter of Rnle isoiiori
by Golda Noble Beal. Clerk of the
District Court within and for Cass
county, Nebraska, and to me directed.
I will on the 29th day of December.
A. D. 1930, at 10 o'clock a. m.. of
said day at the south front door of
the court house In the City of Platts
mouth. Nebraska, in said county, sell
at public auction to the highest bid
der for cash the following real es
tate, to-wit:
The south 47 feet of Lots 5
and 6. in Block 43. in the City
of Plattsmouth. in Cass county,
Nebraska
The same being levied upon and
taken as the property of John F.
Wolff. Edna J. Wolff and the Platts
mouth Loan and Building Associa
tion, defendants, to satisfy a judg
ment of said court, recovered by Paul
H. Gillan, plaintiff against said de
fendants. Plattsmouth. Nebraska, November
22nd. A. D. 1930.
BERT REED.
Sheriff Cass County.
Nebraska.
ORDER OF HEARING
and Notice on Petition for Set
tlement of Account
In the County Court of Cass coun
ty, Nebraska.
State of Nebraska. Cass county, ss.
To the heirs at law and all persons
interested in the estate of Elizabeth
Katherine Hild, deceased:
On reading the petition of Michael
Hild, Administrator, praying a final
settlement and allowance of his ac
count filed in this Court, on the 22nd
day of November. 1930, and for as
signment and distribution of residue
of said estate, determination of heir
ship, and for his discharge as Ad
ministrator; 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 19th day of December, A.
D. 1930, at nine o'clock a. m., to
show cause, if any there be, why the
prayer of tbe petitioner should not be
granted, and that notice of the pen
dency of said petition and the hear
ing thereof be given to all persons in
terested in said matter by publishing
a copy of this order in the Platts
mouth Journal, a semi-weekly news
paper printed in said county, for
three successive weeks prior to said
day of hearing.
In witness whereof, I have here
unto set my hand and the seal of
said Court, this 22nd day of Novem
ber, A- D. 1930.
A. H. DUXBURY,
(Seal) n24-3w County Judge.