THURSDAY. FEBR. 19. 1931.
KABWjtOOTH BjglO - WEEKLY JOtTBgAl
RAGE FTVE
Fewer Cotton
Acres Urged in
Texas Project
Diverse Crops Are Declared Needed
in the Rio Grande Valley
District
El Paso, Tex. Reduction of cot
ton acreage and diversification of
crops are imperative to the sability
of farming in the Elephant Butte
Reclamation project in the Rio
Grande Valley above and below this
city, agricultural and business lead
ers here have decided. Thorugh the
agricultural committee of the El
Paso Chamber of Commerce an offer
has been made to the farmers to es
tablish a livesaoek bank, operating
under jurisdiction of the Federal
Government.
There are approximately 180,000
acres in the project irrigated with
water impounded by Elephant Butte
Dam on the Rio Grande 130 miles
north of El Paso. The first crop has
been cotton, between 70,000 and 80.
000 bales being raised each year.
Leading farmers for some time have
recognized that cotton acreage
should be reduced and have pointed
out from time to time that rotation
of crops was essential If fertility of
valley farm land was to be maintain
ed. Some of these farmers demonstrat
ed this by growing on land which
had been in other crops two and
three bales of cotton to the acre. The
average yield has been slightly un
der one bale to the acre.
As the problem was studied more
thoroughly, the possibility of feeding
out livestock seemed to offer the
farmers a sound way of diversifica
tion of crops which would enable
I Sal
This Sale will be held at the JOHN
Beginning at 1 :00 O'Clock, P. M.
This farm is located one mile southeast of Manley on a gravel road (as near the center
of the county as we can get). Remember the hour, starting at 1 o'clock p. m., sharp.
One team black mares, 8 and 9 years
old, weight 1100
One team brown and black mares, 7
and 8 years old, wt. 2900
One team bays, gelding and mare, 4
years old, weight 2650
One team mares, sorrel and bay, 10
years old, wt. 2400
One team, black and brown, 3 years
old, weight 2400
One gray horse, 10 years old, weight
1550
The man who is selling this load of horses is Carl Holscher, the same man who
sold at Manley last year. These horses come from Imperial, Nebr. (right off
the ranch). All horses are broke to work just like you want them and their
ages are given correctly. Every horse sold to you must be as represented to
you, or you can bring it back where you bought it and get your money back.
Mr. Holscher is a Home Man-Born and Raised at Syracuse, Neb.
Now, these horses will be at the Stand er farm for your inspection on TUES
DAY, February 24th and from then on until sale day. You may come and
hitch up and drive them yourself to your heart's content, any time before the
sale date, so that when you come to the sale you will know exactly what you
want to buy, and no guesswork.
In case
REX YOUNG, Auctioneer
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them to market feed crop at a profit.
There are thousands of acres of range
country within 100 and 200 miles
of El Paso from which cattle for
feeding out could be obtained.
Early in January, the agricultural
committee began a further study of
conditions and made a report of their
findings and recommendations to the
chamber of commerce board of direc
tors. This plan which Included the
livestock bank was accepted and ap
proved.
The recommendation read: "That
the business men of El Paso assist In
promoting a local livestock bank of
a capital stock of $100,000. of which
$50,000 be subscribed bv banks and
! influential citizens; the borrowing
members of the institution to sub
scribe 5 per cent of their maximum
loan to the capital stock; interest
rate on loans to be 2 per cent above
the rate required by the federal in
termediate bank. Following such
procedure, with loans made on a nine
months to a year basis, the capital
stock would have a nine to one or
ten to one borrowing capacity."
In conjunction with this the com
mittee also recommended that a
marketing association be organized
and administered by local farm
bureaus, and that the farm bureaus
have charge of organizing for the
production of proper crops for feed
ing and the selection of individuals
of capacity for this activity as a basis
of recommendation for livestock
loans.
Following approval of the report
E. W. Kayser, president of the Cham
ber of Commerce, appointed a com
mittee of representatives from three
national banks here to work with the
agricultural committee. The live
stock bank will not be organized,
however, unless the farmers them
selves ask for it. No stock solicita
tion will be made among the farmers.
The committee also recommended
that the farmers be urged to devote
part of their acreage to growing of
crops for home table consumption,
e of
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HEAD
aturday,
of stormy weather, we will hold the sale under cover in a nice barn
TERMS Cash, unless you have made arrangements with Clerk.
Carl Holscher, Owner
Imperial, Nebraska
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Ritz Theatre
Plattsmouth. Nebr.
FRIDAY - SATURDAY
Eddie Quillan and Robt Armstrong in
BIG MONEY
Mickey McGnire Comedy. Serial, News
SUNDAY - MONDAY
Edmund Lowe and Leila Hyams in
PART TIME WIFE
Comedy, Fables, News
Sunday Matinee, 2:30 Nites. 7-9
TUESDAY - WEDNES. - THURSDAY
Marie Dressier and Wallace Beery in
MIN and BILL
Comedy and Novelty Heels. Also Free
Cannon Linen to Every Lady Patron.
the surplus not consumed immediate
ly nor canned for future use to be
sold through local markets.
TWO MURDER SUSPECTS
EACH ACCUSE OTHER
Pendleton, Ore.. Feb. 15. Each
blaming the other for the crime
which caused their arrest, Hugh
Bowen and John Eddington were put
aboard a train by Sheriff Taylor of
Chattanooga, Tenn., today and start
ed east to face charges in connec
tion with the alleged insurance mur
der hoax of W. R. Kington near
Chickamauga, Ga.
Eddington. captured at Helix, Ore.
last Thursday, laid all blame for the
murder on Bowen, Sheriff Taylor
said, Bowen admitted his part in the
crime, but when he heard of Edding
ton's charges against him, laid the
bulk of the guilt on Eddington, the
sheriff declared.
Horses
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A. STANDER farm near Manley
Febr.
One gray horse, 11 years old, weight
1400
One black mare, 3 years old, wt. 1250
One black mare, 7 years old, wt 1300
One bay mare, 12 years old, wt. 1300
One gray horse, 5 years old, weight
1350
One team of smooth mouth geldings
and a kids' team. Wt. 2800
One saddle horse, 10 years old, wt.
1000
One team of yearling molly mules
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Omaha is 16th
in a List of 81
Cities of U. S.
Base Findings on Department of
Justice Reports; Des Moines
Up in First 25.
Chicago. Feb. 15. Sixty-seven
cities of the United States, with a
population oi more than 100,000,'
have more crime than Chicago.
The foregoing is revealed from an
exhaustive tabulation of "known of
fenses" prepared by Frederick Rex.
had of the municipal reference li
brary. The table is based on figures com
piled by the bureau of investigation
of the United States. Department of
Justice and published on pages 6-7
of the federal pamphlet entitled "Uni-
! form Crime Reports," dater Septem
ber, 1930. The figures cover the nine
month period ended September 30,
1930. Omaha is ICth in the list.
The Rex table shows that of the
81 cities listed there are only 13
cities which have a lower ratio of
known crimes and offenses for each
10,000 of their population than has
the city of Chicago; namely, Roches
ter, N. Y. ; Richmond. Va. ; Phila
delphia: Patterson. N. J.; Lynn.
Mass.; Lowell. Mass.; New Bedford.
Mass.; Evansville, Ind. ; Peoria. 111.;
Jersey City, and Tampa
The number of known offenses in
cluded in this compilation are:
Murder and non-negligent man
slaughter, manslaughter by negli
gence, statutory, robbery, assault,
burglary, larceny and auto theft.
The federal pamphlet referred to
does not give the number of of
fenses reported in Chicago for aggra
vated assault, statutory and larceny
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for the nine-month period ending
September 30. 1930.
The totals for the three last named
offenses for the first nine months of
1930 have since been supplied by the
Chicago polk" department and are
included in ..he total of Chicago
j "known offenses."
FORMER GUNMAN DIES
A NATURAL DEATH
Chicago, Feb. 16. Death from a
natural cause came yesterday to Wal
ter Stevens, former gunman known
as "the immune," so-called because
he was arrested more than 200 times
and punished but once, pneumonia
was the cause. He was 64.
Two of gangland's rules were up
set in his passing, namely that a
gunman died by the gun and at an
early age. He was sent to the peni
tentiary at Joliet two years for
shooting an Aurora policeman. The
last time he figured in crime news
was in 1925. when he was indirted
for liquor running in Florida.
High 'Real Wages'
Expected from
Time Cut Trend
Permanent Benefit Is Seen in a
Shorter Week by the La
bor Journal
New York. Feb. 9. A trend to
ward the shorter work-week as a re
sult of the depression probably will
prove of permanent benefit to the
workers, and the result of the
changes taking place may leave the
worker rich in "real wages," accord
ing to Facts for Workers, monthly
economic news letter published by
the Labor Bureau. Inc.
The record of wage changes re
ported by the bureau for January
was identical with the number for
December 24 increases and 120 de
creases. "While some of the reductions in
hours may prove only temporary."
the publication states, "most of them
probably will be permanent. The av
erage per capita earnings of those
wage earners who are employed
showed a slight increase during the
month about 1 per cent for the
country as a whole. This does not re
flect any average increase in wage
rates, but rather a growth in the
working hours of those employed on
part time.
"The fall in per capita earnings
and in employment has been only
thinly cushioned by accompanying
decreases in living costs. Studies
made by the Bureau of Labor Statis
tics show that retail food prices went
down 13 per cent from December,
1929. to December. 1930, but that
the workers' cost of living as a whole
decreased only 0 per cent, two-thirds
of which took place over the latter
half of the year.
"There is no question but that real
earrings, or purchasing power of the
average employed worker, are now
lower than they were a year ago.
This drop is partly due to wage cuts
and partly to short time, and of
course, it does not include the
drastically reduced standard of liv-
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ultimate effect of the depression of
real wages remains to be seen. It can
be estimated only when retail prices
stop falling, on the one hand, and
full-time employment becomes gen
eral on the other.
! NEGRO'S WHITE WIDOW
OMAHA DEATH VICTIM
Omaha Once a beauty in Omaha's
night life. Mrs. Myrtle Crutchfield.
white widow of a former negro sa
Hifd Mondav at a local
hospital. Last August, when inform
ed that she was afficted with an in-
i curable cancer, she shot herself, the
bullet narrowly missing her heart.
!she recovered from the wound, but
other complications sapped her
strength.
fiinpr.il nrrantrements which Mrs.
i Crutchfield made when she shot her
iself were that her body lie in state
Jat a mortuary for a night and then
!be cremated and the ashes scattered
over the Missouri river from an air
! plane. The first part of the instruc
tions will be carried out. the mortu
jarv said, and a conference will be
! held later on the plane request. At
ithe hospital she remarked. "I don t
want to spoil any cemetery where
I good people are buried."
PLAN FOB C0NSTBUCTI0N
Washington Public building con
struction planned or contemplated in
twentv-nine stages for completion
this vear was estimated to involve a
total' outlay of $141,000,000 in a
summary issued by the president's
emergency committee for employ
ment. Chairman Wood said the com
pilation furnished an indication of
"the extent to which executives and
legislatures are giving consideration
to the feasibility and wisdom of ac
celerating building programs."
Among the sums fixed or under
consideration in the states were:
Colorado $3. 000. 000 to $4,000,000.
Illinois between $4,000,000 and $6.
000,000. Iowa $2,073,000. Kansas
s:S.i Michigan $5,717,000. Min
nesota $1. 1ST.. 000. Montana. $1,000,
000 to $2,000,000, New York $40.
000.000. Nebraska $736,000. North
Dakota $2,000,000.
BOX BUTTE DECREASES
FARMS 42 PEB CENT
Allianc e. Feb. 13. Box But to
farms increased 42.9 per cent from
1920 to 1930. This is a record among
Nebraska counties.
This county had 641 farms in 19 20
and now has 916. There were 2 75
new farms created in the county
during the 10 years. The assessed
valuation has also increased on a
par with the increase in number.
WEEPING WATER
J. J. Meier was a visitor '.a Lin
coln on last Tuesday called ttere to
look after some business matters for
the day.
Otto Nebal baker for the Williams
Bakery. wa6 visiting for the week
end with his sisterB last Suniay at
Council Bluffs.
H. D. Bailey of Omaha was a visi
tor in Weeping Water and guest of
;Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Williams tor a
(short time on last Sunday,
j Miss Agnes Rough has added a
(stock of very fine silk dresses to hor
stock of millinery, and which are very
attractive. Take a look at them,
j Will Jhonson. who has been stay
jing in Omaha for some two weeks,
returned home on last Monday eve
ning, wbere he was visiting with
friends.
Hall Pollard and Carl Balfour,
both of near Nehawka. were isiting
and looking after some buine;s mat
ters and visiting with friends :n last
Wednesday.
Amos Cappen and wife and their
two children were over to Shenan
doah for the week end. they going
on last Saturday night, remaining
over Sunday.
Mrs. T. M. McKimmon of near Alvo
was a visitor in Weeping Water for
the most part of last week and while
here was guest of her sister. Mrs.
Fred H. Gorder and husband.
John S. Williams, the Weeping Wa
ter baker, with the wife and their
daughter, were over to Omaha on last
Sundav where they were visiting
with their daughters who make their
home in Omaha.
Miss Agnes Rough was a visitor
for the day on last Sunday at the
home of Mrs. Guy Lake of Lincoln
and also for a time at the home f
her sister. Mrs. J. J. Donelan. who re
sides on a farm near Havelock.
When it comes to playing cards
skillfully. Emerson Dowler. the gen
ial clerk at the Johnson cafe, is an
artist, for he was abie to win a very
fine billfold and checkbook at a pin
ochle game at Manley on last Mon
day. Mrs. Fred Schaible of Fairview.
Kansas, who has been visitirg here
for the past week with her sister.
! Mrs. W. D. Baker and while here,
I they enjoyed a very fine visit, de
parted for her home in the south
! early this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Reinferberger
who has been making their home in
Omaha and who are daughter and
! son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Wil
liams, have moved to Bellevue when
Mr. Reinferberger is working for the
government at Fort Crook.
Elmer Michelsen was a visitor in
Omaha two times this week, each
time to secure more dresses, on ac
count of the very brisk business
which the store has been doing in
this line. They are makiing some
excellent bargains in silk dresses as
well as many other things.
Having Window Changed.
Spencer J. Marshall was having the
window in the west near the portion
allotted to the work in the shop,
changed and enlarged whi-h will
make the space have more light.
This will enable them to have much
better opportunity for doing their re
pair work.
Married at Plattsmouth.
On Wednesday of this week. Miss
Lenora K. Reed was united In mar
riage with Walter Luhris of Halliday.
Kansas. Miss Lenora was accom
panied by her mother. Mrs. Isaac
Reed and the ceremony was wltAOSt-
ed bv her and Sheriff Reed. The
newly weds will make their home
in Texas. The Journal with the manv
friends of the bride, are extending
congratulations and best wishes.
Visiting With Grandmother.
Miss Dorathea Coatman :f Alvo
has been spending this week with her
grandmother. Mrs. B. F. Ruby, she
I being brought over by her ratner.
R. M. Coatman. when he came tor
w m. ingwersen ana wiie eh oihiub
view. who have been visiting at the
Ruby home and who returned with
Mr. Coatman for a short visit before
departing for Ihei home in the
northern portion of the state.
Entertained Friends Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Jamisrui were
host and hostesses at their home in
Weeping Water to a number of their
friends, wnen tncy mane :
evening. featuring pmocr.ie anu
where all enjoyed the very pleasant
evening.- Refreshments v.er? served
at an appropriate hour which added
to the pleasure of the evening.
Injures Hand Badly.
The sixteen year old son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. F. Zeloudck, who recent
ly moed from t-e"r Omaha to the
place where Cris Snell lived while
experimenting with a dynamite car
trige. and attempting to light it with
a match, the cap exploded with the
result that r.ll fingers on the left
hand were terribly mangled and torn
THE FUNERAL
HOME
Modern conditions and stand
ards of living have called into
being an entirely new kind of
Institution for meeting a uni
versal human need The Fun
eral Home.
Planned for the specific pur
pose which it serves, it offers
greater efficiency and greater
convenience than was possible
in the past.
We are proud to be able to
offer the communities which we
serve the use of such an estab
lishment. Hobson Funeral
Home
WEEPING WATER. NEBR l
to pieces. The father brought the
lad to town which was . in
and was not able to find a physiei.i
and hostened on to Avocu where the
hand was dressed by Dr. J. W. Brei -del.
all of the hand possible wa
dressed, hoping to save as much T
I the hand as possible.
Surprise Or; Birthday,
Mrs. C. W. Johnson gave a tpi v
ple:isant surprise to her hush;: rid on
last Saturday evening which wac his
twenty-fifth birthday and also val
entine day. By the very clever work
of Mrs. Johnson the gathering was
a complete surprise and the eve;
a perfect one and which was a mt
enjoyable one for all. All on thair
departure for their homes extendi-J
the wish for ma:iy more happy birth
days. Home Frcm the Forth.
Mrs. Thomas Croz'er who IfeM '.'
spending since last October
Bourke, South Dakota, where
been makine her home with hi r
daughter. Mrs. J. E. Fabraba kev.
They report two extremely severe
blizzards during the winter one I f
which was raging last week.
Writes From the South.
Dr. F. W. Kruse. who is spending
some time at Tampa. Florida, wi
to his friend. Oscar C. Hinds, telling
of how he is enjoying his stay in
the south and also sending some rel
ics, describing the south and the
ways of living.
Soren Skamaris Some Better.
Soren Skamaris, who has been so
sick for the past month or more was
down town for a short time on I
Wednesday, he having been staying
at the home of Harold Thomas. n
Soren is still feeling quite poorly.
CGBDELL HULL CALLS
FOB ECONOMY POLICY
Washington. Feb. 15. The tt
ocratic party was called upon today
by Representative Cordell Hull to
place economic problems. inclucK
the tariff and commercial poll .
first on its program for the next two
years.
The Tennessee senator-elect, and
former chairman of the democratic
national committee, issued a formal
statement asserting "high tariff walls
here and everywhere have constitut
ed the greatest single underlying
cause of the present world economic
collapse."
Reviewing trade, unemployment
and other conditions, Hull demanded
"a re-examination of our tariff ra:
structure with the view to its read
justment to a decent level."
He said republican economic phil
osophy was 'steeped in the most ;
gravated forms of special privilege or
governmental favoritism." and in
sisted "there must be more thai: D re
hair-splitting difference between the
two political parties on tariff and
commercial policy." State Jouriia..
G0VEBN0B CAUSES PE0EE
Madison, Wis. Written chnrges
by Governor LaFollette that an at
tempt bad been made to influence by
birbery the vote of a state senator
on two public utility bills resulted
in appointment of a senatorial inves
tigating committee. The governor
named no senator and gave M Inlor
mation concerning who tendered the
bribe. His communication, rca 3
Lieutenant Governor Huber to
senate, said he had a "statement
writing which led me to believe' I b
briberv attempt was made. The I
, ernor's communication we adc.r 1
to six representative memm rs oi
the legislature.
It create'd a sensation in the uji
house and after a strenuous d r;; I
brought tabling of the administrate):
bill allowing governmental units to
.join in power districts ior genera-
"n anu .iistriouuon oi eiecir.c r.
; Call No. 6 with your rush order
for Job Printing.
PUBLIC AUCTION
The undersigned will sell at farm
located 3 miles south and 2 Ve miic
east of Louisville; 2 mil'-s north
and miles east of Manley: 5
miles north and 2 miles east of Weep
ing Water: 11 miles west and 3 miles
outh of Platlsmouth
Nebr., on
Monday, Febr. 23
beginning at 12:30 o'clock, the fol
lowing described property, to-wit:
Horses and Harness
FIVE HEAD HORSES One team,
blaik and bay, 8 and 9, wt. 3300;
one black mare. 11 years old, wt.
1400 lbs.; one black horse, smooth
mouth, wt. 1200; one sorrel hcrsc.
sm'joth mouth, wt. 1100.
HARNESS Two sets work har
ness, one good as new; one set buggy
harness.
Cattle and Hay
TWO MILK COWS.
PRAIRIE HAY 8 tons extra good
prairie hay, in barn.
Farm Implements, etc.
One truck and rack: one box
on: one good wagon box; one walk
ing cultivator; one hay rake; one
John Deere 2-row machine: one d
one gang ploW: one buggy; one 8
section harrow: one Deering tiTider:
! one Dempster 2-row cultivator, good
I as new; one 2-row P ft O lister, good
'as new: one corn elevator and ban
power; two rolls of woven wire; one
Rock Island sir'.gle row lister.
HOl'SEHOLD GOODS and ether ar
j tides too numerous to mention.
Terms of Sale
I On snms of $10 and under, cash In
'hand. On sums over $10 a credit o
i six months en bankable note bearing
' S per cent interest. No property to
1 be it moved until settled for.
George Vol!-:
Owner.
EX YOl'Nti. Auctioneer
J. RAU, Clerk.