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PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL
THURSDAY, MARCH 12. 1931.
Nehawka
Elmer Phil pdt and son were over
t ) Nebraska C:ty on last Monday as
ternoon wliere they were called
look after some business matters for
a short time.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Thiele were
over to Fiattsinouth on last Monday
when they were looking after some
business matters as well as visiting
for a time with some friends.
.Mrs. Mary Kettlehut who has been
at Omaha where at a hospital she
underwent an operation and also was
receiving treatment. She has shown
bo much progress that she was able
to return to her home late last week.
Miss Befltie Murdoch, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Murdoch is re
ported as being kept to her home
with an attack of dyphtheria. She is
getting along nicely and her many
friends are hoping she may soon be
well again.
G rover Hobaek was looking after
some business matters in Murray and
vicinity for a time on last Monday
driving:, and finding the roads some
tiling awful, as he puts it. but then
it will take some very rough going
to stop G rover.
Orville Philpot who was for a time
at an hospital at Omaha where he un
derwent an operation also was being
treated for his health was able to re
turn to his home late last week and
is now making good progress since
arriving home.
Charles W. Burton who has been
so he could not get about with a
lame leg for the past several weeks
is at this time making some good im
provement and is now getting about
without a cane, and hopes soon to be
in his former good health.
Fred Beverage from northwest of
Murray was a business visitor in Ne
hawka on last Monday morning, being
able to make the distance here as
the north and south roads were much
better than those running east ana
west. The roads being blocked to
his town Murray.
Mis. Elmer Philpot with ihe re
ceiving of a stroke of paralysis by
Mr. Hans Christensen of Union, was
called to care for the patient on last
Sunday. Mrs. Philpot who is an ac
complished nurse immediately went
and rendered all assistance and care
possible, but the patient passed away
the same evening at 6:45.
W. O. Troop and family were over
to Plattsmuuth on last Saturday
where they were attending the spell
ing contest which was held there
Saturday. Their daughter, Lois
Troop. 12. was one of the contestants
while Margaret Young of near Avoca
13, was atop a contestant. In the
finals Miss Lois took first in oral
spelling and Mi s Margaret second,
while in the written tests the mat
ter was reversed. Margaret Young
setting first and Lois Troop second,
thus each receiving a gold medal and
also a silver one. This makes the
honors even between the two y.Qung
Misses, and-is a source of much con
gratulation the teacher of Miss Lois
being Mi.s Ruth Palmer, while the
teacher of Margaret Roung was Miss
Helen Maseman, teacher in the Avoca
schools.
Return Purse and Gloves.
Co-incident with the losing of a
purse containing something over a
hundred dollars and also a pair of
gloves belonging to Mrs. George Cop
enhaver some ten days since and for
which much search was made, but
to no effect, and as it wa3 thought
ncthinc would come from the mat
ter. On last Thursday when
Lemon Who has charge of the Audi
torium went to the banquet room to
see if the room was getting warm
enough to allow the ladies society
of one of the lodges who meet there
to gather for their iifternoon meet-in-:,
he discovered a purse and a pair
of gloves, and thinking someone had
lefl their pocket hook from the night
before, he examined it and found it
was the properly of Mrs. George Cop
enliaver as her name and a couple of
bills which she had paid at the store
I also contained therein. There
v.. a nickel and two pennies and a
vanity cace. as well as a small mirror.
He notified Mrs. Copenhaver who
came and identified the property as
hers as Well as the gloves, but thelden. and I will give you rest." Matt.
hundred dollars was gene. The scent
is getting pretty close to whoever
found the purse oa the street, for it
is now understood that it must have
been dropped when Mrs. Copenhaver
went to alight from her car to make
purchases of some goods at the store.
It looks like there was now a good
opportunity to run the thief of the
hundred dollars tn the earth.
'. G.'Ha.i?cn Not So Wei).
fJnicla Qporge Hansen who has been
at the hospital at Omaha for some
time and where he underwent an
operation for the benefit of his health,
and was able to return home some
time since was much more poorly
last week, but during the early por
tion of this week was reported as be
Ing some better. The many friends
of this excellent gentleman are hop
ing that he may soon be in his for
mer good health and able to be about
as formerly.
Veiy Haid Cash.
That was a story book written by
one of the great American writers,
but Cash or No Sale, is something
else, for the' merchants have been
t.iade to suffer by being beaten out
of what appeared good accounts to
the extent that it threatened their
:n
Porter Funeral Home
1109 First Corso
NEBRASKA CITY
NEBRASKA
Ambulance Service
Anytime - Anywhere
Monuments to You from Factory
continuance, and to protect them
selves they are forming a Cash or
no Sale organization, which means
that you must pay for the goods
when you get them or go without.
Many things have been devised to
protect against those who seek not to
pay their bills. Some have worked
i well and some ill. Now let's see after
given a gooa tair trial wnat mis
scheme will do.
Will Return to Hospital.
Roy Lancaster who was at the Uni
versity hospital for some time and
i who was allowed to return to his
'home here last week has been stay
ing here for nearly a week but is
! compelled to return to the hospital
on Thursday of this week where he is
expecting to undergo an operation
ifor an affected kidney. He is hoping
jand his friends all are wishing that
'he may soon be able to return home
entirely well of the troubles In health
that he has had to combat.
Caitelene Rood Home.
Little Cartelene Rood who has
been in the hosnital at Lincoln where
ihe was given treatment and where
jshe was cared for as a nurse by her
grandmother, Mrs. Nels Anderson of
Nehawka, is reported as being much
improved, so much so that the little
one was taken to the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Rood of
Burr, and where she is now making
good progress toward recovery Her
grandmother is still at her bedside
j caring for the little patient. The
many friends of the little one and
the family are hoping it will not he
long until she shall be entirely well
again.
Longfellow's Storm.
Yes. the real snowbound was with
the people of Cass county and it was
ti-itti flittiriilrv that the past anil west !
mwia WAM mqrla ItaaaoKlA ToVlTl
Chrisweisser as county patrolman. .
was out and with the assistance of ;
his father. R. M. Chrisweisser with ,
the heavy machine cleaning the roads
in order that all could get about.
Enjoy Sleighing Party.
A party composed of the Nehawka
high school students enjoyed on last
Friday evening a very pretty sleigh
ing party with real sleds, bobs at
that, in which to ride. The older peo
ple remember the days when they
would all get into a ivason box well
filled with hay and with plenty of
robes to protect them from the cold
enjoy a sleigh ride. Frank Dill was
down with a team and a number of
others which afforded abundant
transportation, and gave the younir
folks a good time.
Home From the West.
Robert Shrader. father of our
townsman. Oscar Shrader
lias been
visiting and making his home at
Beaver OitT with his other son. Mont
Shrader and family, returned home'fle
last week, he making his home at
Murray, and also visited with his
soft and family here for a time. Mr.
Shrader in speaking of his son in
the wst said he was somewhat bet
ter but was still far from his nor
mal health. While in the west Mr.
Shrader broke one hundred and twen
ty acres of stalks, which will be
utilized by the son for the planting
of the spning crops.
United Erethern in Christ.
Otto Engebretson, pastor.
OTT.KRBKIN CHURCH
Bible church school 18 a. m.
Morning worship service 11a. m.
Young People's Christian Endeavor
meets at the Frank Marler home, Fri-
Franklday night, March 13th.
Prayer meeting Wednesday night.
Ladies Aid meets at Mrs. J. W.
Murdoch. Thursday, March 19th.
NEHAWKA CHURCH
Bible church school 10 a. m.
Y. P. S. C. . at 7 p. m.
Evening service 7:'.U p. m.
Prayer meeting Wednesday night.
Ladies Aid meets at the parsonage
this week.
Notice Our special meetings have
been postponed indefinitely.
If you want to know your Bible
come to Sunday school. We teach the
Bible to all ages from the beginners
to the adults. Let us continue in
Faith and prayer. "Come unto ni"
..I, . , . i . . . .
.in ye mat lawir aim are neavv la
11:28.
CHILD IS BORN TO EMPRESS
Tokyo A child was born to the
emperor and empress of Japan in the
imperial palace Saturday but the sov
ereign is still without a direct heir
to succeed him on the throne of the
"line unbroken for ages eternal." The
imperial infant is a daughter, the
fourth born to their majesties, and
laltho the imperial family and nation
ate thankful for the safety of the
! little princess and her mother, the
; rejoicing is tempered by scarcely
j veiled disappointment that the new
'arrival cannot be welcomed as the
crown prince.
Kmperor Hirohito and Empress Xa
gako have no sons, and only male de
scendants of the sun goddess may oc
cupy the throne. Because this is a
girl. Prince Chichibu, the emperor's
next younger brother, continues to
be the heir presumptive.
Announcement of the baby's ar
rival was broadcast by radio and the
Official Gazette, unemotional organ
of the government, bioke into one of
its rare "extras." The infant prin
cess will go nameless for a week, ac
cording to royal custom.
ADMIRAL TO RETIRE
Washington lie;; r
ton A. McCully. who
Admiral New
adopted seven
Russian war oiphans in 1920 will re
tire from the navy on July 1. The
navy ordered him dctched from the
active list on June 15 preparatory to
his retirement.
FOR SALE
Alfalfa lew),
also red clover
recleaned and
m!2-4tw.
tfriinni and' scarified,
seed and seed barley
racked.
J. W. PHILPOT.
WEEPING WATER
Funeral Director W. L. Hobson
was called to Lincoln on last Tues
day to look after some business mat
ters, making the trip via the train,
J. L. Austin living a few miles from
Weeping Water was a visitor in
Union on last Tuesday where he was
looking after some business for a
short time.
L. R. Lane was looking after some
business matters in Murray for a
time late last week. Mr. Lane Ts
selling lubrication oils to the farm
ers and other users, and is finding
f 1 ' ' .4.; i l'l i I ' 1 t l ' ''l v 11.
pany.
Mr. Chris Ilasmussen was quite
ill last week with a severe attack
of pleursy which kept him from the
business for a number of days, but
the store was look after by the son.
Mr. Rasmussen is reported as being
much better at this time.
Bert Jamison who received word
of the passing of John Ferguson, a
short time since at Seward, has re-
Iceived another communication say
jing that the man had not died but
was paralyzed from the injuries he
received when he fell over the bank
! while attempting to get on a pass
ling auto.
Home from Hospital.
Ralph Binder who was at the
Bryan Memorial hospital at Lincoln
for over two weeks and where he un
derwent an operation for appendi
citis, has been making good progress
since the passing of the ordeal, and
was so that he returned home on
Tuesday evening on the train. His
sister. Miss Lelia was with him fur
the past few days. On last Tuesday
Harold Meyers was over to Lincoln
and brought the baggage of Mr. Bin-
l'
hoine thus relieving them from
lookinir after it and allowing them to
come home on the train. The many
friends of Ralph are pleased that he j
has made such good progress and I
hone that he may be entirely well
soon.
Grets Finser Mashed.
While assisting in unloading a load
of lumber which was being delivered
to a farm south of Weeping Water,
G. R. Binger got one of his fingers
i caught between the end of a heavy
: plank and a wagon wheel with the
(result that a number of stitches had
no be taken to close the wound. The
i finger while very painful Is
...
matting
good progress towards recovery
Home from Hospital.
Miss Lola Nelson, who was so se
verely burned with acid, some weeks
since and who has been at the hos
pital fi r treatment was able to re-
luIil llunl lUO nnui uuuu tuiu
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to ner siuuies hi bcuuui. iiie ih.ui)
friends of this excellent young Miss
pleased that she was able to be
I home again and are hoping that
there will be no permanent injury
; resulting. rt;
1 Mrs. Palmeter Still Pocrly.
Mrs, W. E. Palmeter of west of
South Bend, who has been poorly for
r.iany months still remains quite weak
j?nd Is being givn excellent treat
ment by the husband and nurse, as
j well as the very best medical ser
vices, air. aim .irs. uiyae rnzp&i
riok were over last Wednesday to
see the mother. Intending to go again
on Sunday but the snow blocked the
roads so as to make them almost im
passable. Attended State Meeting.
Mr. J. J. Meier who is an officer
of the local Congregational churcn
was a delegate during this week to;
a state meeting of the church which
was held in Lincoln. Many things
touching the business management of
the churches in the state were look
ed after at this meeting. The church
here selected a good man for the
position and the congregation here
was well represented.
Homeward Bound.
Word was received that Carl Bay
and the family who have been spending-
the winter in Florida where the
climate is even milder than the very
fine winter was here, were on their,
way home and were expecting to at-
live this week. They are to iiave a
little taste of winter weather not
withstanding they were spending the
season in the southland. Had they
arrived late last week they would
have experienced a real old-fashioned
winter. But Nebraska has had a fine
winter as weir as the south.
New Cream Station Here.
The Fairmont Creamery has esian
lished a station in Weeping Water
the next door west of the Ralph
Keckler filling and service station.
Mr. Emory DeWulf has been placed
in charge of the newly installed sta
tion. Mr. DeWulf has a large ac
quaintance in and about Weeping
Water and should share with others
DITCHING AM) CLEARING
1 1.1 uimil'lil ,,' r,tU 3111,1 ('It'll!'
limit. iin. phMM V" "rry full
line .if eiitosiM-x. V. J. PARTRIDGE,
Wn ftmu. AViir. 'lirnkn.
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.
in the business which comes to Weep
ing Water. This makes four stations
and all conducted by excellent men.
Older Eastern Star Active.
The Order of Eastern Star of Weep
ing Water which is a very healthy
organization and who are doing good
work most every meeting night had
two candidates on last Tuesday even
ing and were visited by a state officer
who assisted in the work which was
being put on. They had a very de
lightful luncheon after the work of
the initiation had been completed.
Mis. Ben Olive Does Nicely.
Mrs. Ben Olive who has been at
the hospital at Lincoln for the past
two weeks and where she ha been
receiving treatment, was able to re
turn home last Sunday, and was
brought home by the husband, and is
feeling very good at this time, which
is good news to her many friends
here.
.
line Hamilton Piano.
I have a very ffiie Hamilton piano
in t.v mciii. v wuutllt;ii i. w i . t i C
or call u. K. Laae Weeping Water.
Visited Relatives Here
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Rinfeiliberg,
formerly of Omaha, but who have re
el titly moved to Fort Crook, were
i guests for the day on last Tuesday
at the home of the parents of Mrs.
Renfeinberg, Mr." and Mrs. John S.
Williams and here enjoyed a very fine
; visit as also did the parents. Mr.
Renfeinberg is government radio ex
pert at Fort Crook, and had a short
holiday which the young folks took
advantage of by visiting .the folks
;here.
Attend Market Week.
Elmer MJchelsen was a visit r in
! Omaha on Monday- of this week and
again today (Thursday) and was at-
;t-Hlms trie maiKet weeK gatnering
which was being held there. Tfie
store here is enjoying a very good
business at this time as they are malt
ing some very appealing prices. With
i t he lowering of prices of farm prod-
i net
goods in many lines are also
selling n: less. See their ad the com
ing week announcing some special
', prices.
Travel Many Miles.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Allgeyer who
reside scarcely fmir miles from Weep-
iing V ater when tney desired to come
. ,i, i,.i ,.i r, ; i
miles to reach town. The snow caus
ed some very strange things to occur
in traveling.
Fclk Shewing Improvement.
The folks at the home of Mr. and
M "8. Harry Doty where the home has
been nearly a hospital for the past
more than a month, is reported as all
getting along much better at this
time, which is good news to thir
many friends, for they sure have had
their share and moj'c, of sickness of
late. , ....... j , ,
Die? in S"outh" Dakota.
j Mr. Archie Hnmearf, a grandson of
Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Dowler, who
! underwent an operation at Perry.
South Dakota ana" where he was
'treated and nursed for some time but
iwith each week grew worse until he
passed away last week.
Mr, and Mrs. Emerson Dowler and
M and Mis. Oscar Dowler drove over.
!o Hooper, the horns of the mother
or tne ycung man ana niece oi mi.
and Mrs. Dowler, where the funeral
was held last Thursday, they attend
ing and returning home in the storm
on last Thursday iifternoon.
CAPTURE TROPIC BREEZE
TO REFRIGERATE' HOTEL
Barranquilla, Colombia, March S.
American arcl!;t ts have captured
the steady Wind of the Caribbean sea
and with it changed the temperature
in ; new hotel here o that of spring
time in the middle wesf. That is the
kind of climate which prevails in the
Hotel del Prado, designed to overcome
the heat which makes most dwellings
here un inhabit abb by newcomers.
HENRY T. CLARKE'S
Clearance Sale
On the Clarke Ranch located 2V2
miles south of Bellevue. 1 miles
east and three-quarters miles south
of Ft. Crook, on
Wetines., Mar. 18
beginning at 1 o'clock sharp, the
following described property, to-wit :
22 Head of Horses
Twelve betid of horses and mules,
welt matched; four head colts, com
ing 2 years old; one team well match
ed gray mares. 4 years old, broke:
one gray mare. years old. broke:
three head of mules coming 2 vears
old.
Cattle and Hogs
Nine head Holstein milch cows,
several head Guernseys and Jerseys,
now giving milk; one Holstein bull,
coming : years old; one Guernsey
nun coming vears oin: one Guern
sey bull calf coming l year old.
Four head Pure Bred Chester
White brood sows. bred.
Farm Machinery, etc.
Four cultivators, two manure
spreaders, one grain drill, one disc
cultivator, one McCormick-Deering
tandem disc, one gang plow, three
hay mowers, one concrete mixer, one
thiee-horse sulky plow, nearly new.
some
other
tion.
washing marliines and several
arcticles too numerous to men-
Terms of Sale
All sums of $25.00 and under.
cash. Sums ever that amount, make
arrangements with your own banker
if you desire credit. Nothing to be
removed until settled for.
Lee Watson, Sr.,
Manager.
R;:x YOUNG. Auctioneer
TOM DOOLEY, Clerk -
Transfer of Land
to States Urged
in Inquiry Report
National Ranges Urged Where Trans
fer Not Made Garfield Head
of Committee
Washington. D. C. March S. The
Garfield committee on the conserva
tion and administration of public do
main today transmitted a report to
President Hoover, in which it recom
mended that steps bo taken at once
to make certain that ;.ll portions ol
the remaining unreserved and unap
propriated public lands should he
placed under responsible administri
tton or regulation. Such ;i step was
j necessary, it was said to insure the
conservation and benefiticial use .(
the 170 million aires of remaining
j pui'ill li Will ft 111 .
To carry out its suggestion, th"
j committee recommended thai con
' gress pass an act granting to the
respective public land stales under
j certain conditions all the unreeerv
jed. unappropriated public domain
within their respective boundaries.
I! urged, however, that additional
i areas of this land, important for na
tional defense, reclamation purpose-,
reservoir sites, national forests, na
tional parks, national monuments
and migratory bird refuges, should he
i reserved by the federal government
fcr these purposes.
Seek to Avoid Waste.
The Oarfield committee, headed by
I James R. Garfield, bad as ekofAcio
members Secretary of the Interior
Wilbur and Secretary of Agritulture
Hyde. It urged that such land as the
, government did not want for federal
uses should be turned over to the
states if they would enact legislation
accepting it.
j Lands which the states would not
laccent, and which is suitable for
grazing snouia ne converted into na
tional ranges by executive order, the
committee said. Tiie committee's
principal aim was to insure that all
the unappropriated domain should be
administered by somebody to avoid
waste.
Reclamation Policy Indorsed.
The Garfield committee endorsed
the administration's reclamation pol
icy, which includes the building of
Boulder dam and the expenditure of
millions in har?iesdr)g the waters of
the Colorado. It urged federal purti-
jcipation in flood control work and
the adoption of a definite polity in
'handling hydo-eleet ric power devel
opment, connected with reclamation
' projects.
Some changes in the present home-ste-uling
policy also we-e suggested. ,
the committee stating that but little
lland remained that wan suitable for'
that purpose, b '
! The committee siggt sti;d that min- j
;cral rights be transferred to stales ;
win en approve unuorm lectern I : ws
ion mineral conservation, with reten-
t ion by the federal government
Otherwise. World -Hera Id.
SCORES LABOR GOVERNMENT
f Stoke-On-Trent. Kngland Lady
; Cynthia Mosley, chief aide of her
husband In the move to organize a
i "new party 'teM her constituents
what Kngland Deeded In the present
'emergency was a government "with
the guts to govern." Speaking before
nearly 4.000 persons in king's hall.
Lady Cynthia described as "cheek
and humbug" the recent demands of
tthe Fentou and Longton labor par
ities that she resign her seat in par
liament because she had withdrawn
from labor's parliamentary party to
help her husband. Sir Oswald Mos-
ley. in organizing bis "new party."
"Kv;ry pledge that I made for the
last election I stUl stand for." said
Lady Cvnthia, who is daughter of the
late Marquis Curzan and a grand
! daughter of Levi Letter, Chicago
I merchant,
"I shouldn't have the cheek to
! came before you in the next elec
jtions supporting this government
with which I heartily disagree,
'Isn t it time that you had a gov
ernment with guts to govern? Isn't
the situation in the country danger
ous and critical? We are in bad
times."
Lady Cynthia said the labor gov
ernment had. a wonderful opportun
ity but failed to take it and in the
absence of any policy the situation
was bound to grow worse.
TAMMANY MAN UNDEE FIRE
New York Samuel Sea bury Was
named by Governor Roosevelt to act
as special commissioner to investi
gate charges against District Attor
ney Thomas C. T. Crain. The inves
tigation, which involves one of ! In
most important Tammany ball offi
cials, came as the result of charges
filed with the governor by the City
blub of New York, asking Crain's re
moval. The petition charged ineffi
ciency, incompetency, failure to en
force the criminal law and misfeas
ance in office.
Seabury will report back to the
governor, who may remove Crain if
he sees fit and name a successor to
serve tne remainuer or tne year.
Crain, thru his secretary, said he has
nothing to hide or to fear.
PRINCESS OPERATED ON
Madrid The infant Maria Cris
tina. second daughter and the third
child of King Alfonso, was operated
upon for appendicitis by Dr. Gomez
Ulla. All of the royal family and
various government officials express
ed satisfaction at what they said
were happy results.
HAMPSHIRE BRED GILTS
I hnve some forty extra fine bred
gilts, to farrow in May, offered at
$2.00 over Omaha top prices.
ml2-tfw-2td. HARRY M. KNABE.
FRANK PARKE
DOWSERS
That certain men can find under
ground water by means of a forked
twig, preferably of Wltchhasel, Is ;
belief which is held so persistently bv
so man ueonle that scientists, unable
to explain it. are investigating It in
the hope of discovering the principle
back of "dowsing." The dowsers do
succed oftener than they fail i:-. cer
tain, whatever the reason.
j A scientists of the V. S. ;
I menl of Agriculture, who re
i irt
tUy r-
: re
"he and
i be-
witnessed an exhibition of
n exhibition or
finding by a Oerman dowser, h.
vied interest in the subject.
explanation which he suggests,
Iwhleh x;me other scientific men
I If eve is nossi'rtle, is that the rai
iu no
emanations or rays, which are con
stantly coming out of the earih. have
la definite efiect upon the nc-vous
j systems of certain per;-ons who are
highly sensitive to them, and that
when the direct path of these rays is
obstructed bv water the result is a
I contraction of t he dowsers muscles
'and a movement of the forked twig
or "divining rod."
i Other suggested explanations are
that a good dOWSi r is sensitive to the
faint vibrations caused by running
water; another that the minute trace
of dampness in the earth Immediate
ly over :i subterranean stream affects
him. Whatever the answer, it seems
as if there is something in the anci
lent belief.
' VILLAGES
! A Yale professor recently remarked
that there was no reason whatever
ifor the existence of most small towns.
;The editor of the New Milford, Conn..
(Times has "called" the professor
pointing out that it is only in the vil
ilages thai people live a community
life which is at once comfortable and
free from the annoyances of life In
the cities.
Small towns today offer everything
iof real importance that any city of
jfers to its inhabitants, and a great
ideal that the city cannot give. One
can buy in the village stores every
thing that the great city department
j stores offer, except, perhaps, the
flashy jewelry and extravagant furs
Which the city stores are always
j tempting people who cannot afford
them to buy. In the village movie
.theater the same pictures are shown
'that are seen on Broadway, and us
ually before Broadway sees them.
Nobody but the very wealthy can
;i,.,i
j York
to keep an automobiie in New
few village families are with
out one. It is only in small towns
that most people can afford to own
and live in their own houses. And
1 nowhere but in the small town can
; one have neighbors who are really
jneighbors in the old, friendly sense oi
the word.
STIMULANTS
I
j Alcohol, morphine, cocaine, all of
the habit-forming drugs, owe their
popularity to the fact that, for a j
'short time, they enable their users
j to do things which they otherwise
ouid not have the energy or the
stimulants of
i Every race of
less powerful effec
people has developed
'some sort of stimulant which speeds
: up certain physiological processes for
jthe time being.
j In the light of this world-wide hu
man demand Cor additional sources of
j bodily energy, scientists have been
j working for years in the effort to i!m
, cover some substance Which will ac
cOmplish the desired purpose without
jthe disastrous mental and physical
I reactions which follow the use of the
.ordinary stimulants when the firsl
i effect has worn ofT.
During the war a German chemist
found that small doses of acid sodium
phosphate increased bodily energy
without apparent ill effects, and this
,lrug was used o enable workers ii
' . i - , , . 1 tklilll.,- If. li- . 1
Roii i, ,k k.. MtA , I
disclose any serious bad effects from
the use of this drug, and there i;
ground for the belief that this or
something similar may become BJ
popular as tea and coffee and much
more useful than alcohol.
FRAUDS
The Federal Radio Commission has
refused to renew the broadcasting
licenses of certain stations Which
have been used to perpetuate palp.' bl
,
frauds upon the public. There
still to much of this sort of tlniiR go
ing out "on the air," however.
I listened In the other night to a
broadcaster describing a wonderful
electrical machine which would cure
almost everything, according to him.
Of course, he was lying, deliberately
trying to get ignorant people to spend
money for a worthless device. I heard
another broadcast, an astrologer in
viting people to send her money to
have their fortunes told. She was
(lying, also. There Is no possime dssh
Inf tr-ntVi in Mm ntntni nf anv nerson to
be able to read the future, whether
by consulting the stars or the tea
leaves in the cup.
Frauds like Ciese are prohibited by
law in most states, but the radio cuts
across state lines. Reputable newspa
pers do not permit palpable fakes to
advertise, but the radio seems to bn
rnnninc wild in the nerpetration of
fraud.
DEPRESSION
How serious hat the much-talke cl
ot business depression actually been?
Not nearly as serious nor as f.r
reaching in its effects. I believe, as
the drought, about which much less
has been said and written.
According to one authority, busi-
I
ness as a whole is only about 0 per
cent off the norma! for this time of
year, employment is 95 per cent of
normal, retail sales are only about
3 per cent, taking the country
whole, grocery sales are about the
same as last year, regular interest
and dividends are being paid as us
ual and thirty million families are
living on almost tne same scale ( :
expenditure as they were in the
height of "flush times."
It Is the fashion to "talk poor.'
Cash is not circulating as rapid!
it was, but credit for those entiflt I
to it is easier than for years. The
chief sufferers are the victims of
rrrer-prodttctton, who are mainly the
1 1 irmers.
limseki Seeks
op foreign
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Revis
es Rules on Credits A;me!
Against Paying "Rake
OfT" to' Agonts
Washington, Feb. 28. Despite
the action of the Senate In appro vit g
a resolution criticizing the State De
partment's polliy of passing on for
eign loans, Henry L. Stimson. s
retary of State, has promulgated .
new se. of rules governing the
flotation of foreign credits by Amer
icas bankers.
These regulations in at least on
respect are even more restrictive ths
the rules under which ihe Sep art II en
has regulated ilich matters up to
now. The lattst seeks to put an eni
to the practice of Cankers girll
"commissions" or "rake-offs" to
third parties, usually foreign gov
ernment officiate, for obtaining loan-.
It is the State Depa rtment 's riew
that this device har; been of ex
tremely questionable value to the in
terests of Ami l ican Investors and the
country's toreign polit ies.
To put Sn end to this practice
barkers to obtain State Depart n B
.approval of foreign loans will her -i
after have to produce conclusive evl
Idenee that they have engaged in no
such transaction. This provision, i
is declared, applies to all American
loans throughout the world. Other
provisions of the new rules apply
only to certain regions, but this hold ;
(good everywhere.
j The Senate resolution was adopted
,at the demand of Carter Glass t D. i .
j Senator from Virginia, who has re
peatedly challenged the State De
partment's passing on foreign loans.
His resolution declared that the de
partment had no power to "approve
or disapprove foreign investment
loans floated in this country."
Mr. Stimson's action was prompted
by the number of cases recently In
which commissions have been paid
by American bankers in order to si
cure foreign loan contracts. One oC
these was unearthed recently by a
court decision In Peru which declar
ed the son of a former Ambassador
guilty of accepting approximately
$60,000 in connection with the Ho
tation of loans with an American
bank.
Another case was exposed by -i
court In Cremona. It:Iy. when the
Mayor of Milan sued for libel a S:g
nor Farinacri, who had charged him
with accepting bribes in connection
with an American loan to the Milan
municipality. According to the Lon
don Economist, 'the' court, consider
ing that the charges had been sub
stantiated, acquitted Signer Farnac
ci." Three classes of loans have Been
vetoed by the department: Loans to
countries which have not funded
j their debts to the United State.:.
Russia and Armenia being the only
Governments now in this category.
I Loans for the purpose of securing
monopolies which might increase tin
cose of certain commodities to the
American consumer. Loans for un
productive purposes, such as muni
tions, war and military purposes.
CLEAR 400.000 OF DEBTS
i Angora, March 8. After seven
j years of misery, 400,000 Turkish re
fugees from Greece are to have their
: burdens lightened.
They were uprooted from their
i homes in Greece when Athens and
Angora agreed to exchange populs
lions rf their respective national-.
.About 1.000.000 Greeks were simul
taneously sent out of Turkey.
This country, however, was not
prepared to absorb 400,000 new
citizens and much suffering resulted.
Many of the repatriates have been
camping for seven years in mosque
I courtyards because BO place could be
found for them on the land. Others
j were allotted plot3 under a L'0-yrar
! payment plan, but have had trouble
making a living.
T . 1 ..
N'ow the Aneora patliament pi"
'poses to relieve the landholders of
all indebtedness, kIvmik them clean
titles without futther payment.
; Those to whom no land has been al
I lotted will be given treasury bonds.
FINDS LATVIANS KNOW CAP0NE
Herman Friedlander. 42. of 320 1
Cass street, Omaha, proprietor of a
grocery store on North Twenty-fourth
street. Thursday returned to Onn -ha
after a visit of seven weeks with
his mother at Riga. Latvia. His ar
rival In Omaha concluded the first
vacation he ever has taken.
The trip to Latvia enabled him
to see his mother. 72, for the first
time in 25 years. While abroad ho
visited also with friends and rela
tives In Germany end Poland.
He found that Al Capone eras
among the nest Known Americans
in the places where he visited.
"Why. people who did not
know that Herbert Hoover is
our President knew about Ca
pone," he said.
An American must expect much
joking by Europeans regarding pro
hibition, he commented. He learned
thttt his friends abroad regard the
"noble experiment" as a farce.