MONDAY. MAY 4. 1931. PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE FIVE MURDOCK ITEMS Herbert Bornemeier was deliver ing wheat to Wabash elevator, W. T. W'addell, manager. Herbert hired a truck for the work. Mrs. A. J Tool as keeping store on last Wednesday afternoon while Mr. Tool was interested in the catch ing of some of those black bass. Mr. and Mrs. L. Xeitz?l went shop ping to Lincoln last Tuesday. While t :ty were gone. Mr. Chfe. Kupke, the handy man. took care of the store. Henry A. Toed and wife were over t" Weeping Water on hist Thursday where they were attending a special 4-H club meeting which was being held there. L. Neitzel and wife were over to Lincoln on last Monday where they we"" making some purchases for the store and aiso were visiting while there with a number of friends. L. V. Davis was sinking a well at the new home of A. H. Ward and getting the well in readiness when the house will be done for installa tion of the water system which is to be installed. Mrs. J. A. Bouers was visiting for the greater portion of last week at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Claude Twiss, returning home on last Sunday after having enjoyed the visit very much. Lacey McDonald, who is the car rier of the mails out of Murdock, took part of his two weeks' vacation last week, and whole he M away the mail was looked after by Frank Rooenow, who is substitute carrier. Martin B'-rnemeier. who held a sale on last Tuesday, enjoyed a very fine sale, all things offered going at good prices and bringing a good crowd of people because they knew what was being offered was property worth hiwle buying. K-.nneth Tool and wife of Memphis, and Richard Tool of Kingsley. Iowa, were enjoying a visit at the home of the parents. Henry A. Tool and wife, on Sunday of last week, and all enjoyed the visit very much, the boys returning to their work Sun day evening. Mr. Riley of Omaha and traveling auditor of the U. S. Oil Works of which Mr. A. EL Ward is the manager in Murdock. was in town on last Tuesday and made a persona! inspec tion of the property here and accom panied the same with an inventory and found every thing in first class condition. Seed Corn for Sale We have guaranteed seed corn at the elevator for sale, in either white or yellow. Price is only $2.00 per burhel . Murdock Farmers Grain Company. Joy In Southwest. That is where Max Duterhoff i.nd the good wife make their home at Los Angeles where on April 2ftth there came to this home a very fine son and one which was greatly welcomed by Mr. and Mrs. Dusterhoff. The mother and son are getting along very finely and the father, well, it is expected that he will pull through with proper care. Has Nice Offer. Millard Schewe. son of Mr. and Mrs Paul Bchvwe, who is a student in the state university, was asked on account of his grades in electric ity, to come to the Ford plant in Omaha where he was given an ex amination for three hours and fol loviiii .. h !i he has been asked to come to the main plan; in Detroit a the closing of the school where he will be placed iu the electric lab oratories of the Ford Motor company. Millard has accepted the offer and will go to Detroit following the clos ing of the school yer of the univer sity. Oscar Zinl: Injured. O. C. Zink. while employed in drag ging tne roads was thrown from the machine which he wiit, working with and in falling received a severe cut on the back of "his head which re quired the work of a surg'-an to dress. Oscar is getting along ni-ely but still has a very severe wound on his head. Enoved the Day Fishing. Kdward W. Thlmgran, John flake mrier, A. J. Tool ,- nd Lacey McDon ald were on', fis'aing last week tar ing the latter portion and during !-".ne of the day were able to bag a goodly number of very fine bass, averaging about two pounds. On Tuesday John Gak nieier and Tacev McDonald had 17 to their credit and they claim they made excellent eat ing. "Betty 0' My Heart" Was the presentation of the Sen ior class of the Murdock high school and was given on last Tuesday on account of the exceedingly bad wea ther which prevailed at the date set for the play in the first pl'.ce. Th" play was well presented and lies' vith merriment and Bras a play well worth While for the excellent plot which it contained. The play was a: tended by a large and very enthus iastic audience who were in a roar We do trucking of all kinds. Specials on Stock : Fick-up loads to Omaha, 25 per 100 Its.; Full leads. 20c per 100. Day or night service. Call No. 2020. RAY GAMLIK Murdock, Nebr. for Your Brooder and Incubator A successful hatch with your in cubator and the raising of your chick:- with a brooder depends en tirely on the even heat you can main tain with your lamps. Our high gravity, sweet odor, pre mium kerosene will do the job for ' you. if your merchant does not have it phone our truck drivers. They will j be glad to serve you with only the ; best in kerosene, gasoline, oil and , greases. Trunkenbolz Oil Co. of laughter during the most of the time of the ploy. The members of ! the cast were well repaid for the ef I fort which they put fourth in the preparation of the play. Make Change In Work. The management of the Bock Is land have made some changes in the ; working plans of the force of track j workers at Murdock. James Gargus ' who was the foreman was transfer red to Richfield, while the place which he has been filling in the past ; will be filled by Russell Rogers who tomes trom Kansas. Has Serious Explosion. During the time when Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Tool were In the east, the wind was pretty high and the windmill worked whenever if had an opportunity, and Richard not be ing accustomed to the operation of the automatic pump, thought it was looking after itself as was the cus tom, and gave it an opportunity and when the tank was filled the wind still blowing, and plenty of water in the well, the pump kept on working and soon had too much water in the tank. The result being that the tank exploded and almost wrecked the 04 i, ants of the basement as well as the floor above. The damage was considerable, hut nature was having her way. Parables By L. oi Ni Jesus. XI "Piece of Money" Luke 15:8-10 In the parable of the lost sheep, we have the work of Christ seeking and ledaming the lost, this one sets forth that of the church. The woman is the chudch; the ten pieces of sil ver are the souls in her keeping; the lost piece is a soul that has fal len from grace. "The homes in the rrient; glass rare: windows small, rooms dark: floor of earth, mostly covered with straw; lights, candle, sweeps the floor until the piece is found." In both parables, sheep and coin, are found but tor the seeking. The church full of love for all people, lights a candle, of the word, and by preaching the gospel, brings back the lost soul to a state of grace. The hackslider hardly ever steps sliding backward until he lands at the very bottom. He has to start all over again. His coming back is vastly harder, than his first coming to the Lord. Tne lost members in the' church will compare himself always with some other poor member, and tries to make himself believe that his condition is not as bad as some others. Many members are- carried on the membership roll year after 3ear lost in the church, and no real effort made to bring them back to a state of grace, where they may be come live, useful members. When the church hears the voice of God. and arrays herself a? a queen and sits enthroned in her strength, she will go forth irom victory unto victory: she will find the lost coin, and glorify God; there will new life surge through her service: instead a lifeless formality, it will be a glor ious waiting before His throne, and showers of blessing from the Lord will sweep over the worshippers and BOO Is 'will be born into the Kingdom. We know that heaven is interested in the salvation of men. there will be gieat rejoicing in heaven over souls that have returned from their waywardness, and found their way back to God. So this parable la spoken, to ar rouse the church, and look well af ter the lost member in the church, through her neglect. God holds her responsible for what He has entrust ed to her. GOOD WILL STEP IS TAKEN Washing! on This government's decision to take part in the inter national wheat conference at London in May is represented unofficially as more a gesture of good will and eagerr.e-s to establish economic facts than as evidence of faith in world control of exports. The delegate is Ni's Olsen, chicif of the bureau of agricultural economics. American experience in the export market is taken as indicative that supply and demand are a law above all others in the ebb and flow of international trade. Unless the conference should dis cover some alternative, its chief func tion expected to be international agreement on recommendations to he submitted to the growers and ex ponent cf the conforming nations as individual entities. THIED MAJ0E HIGHWAY LETTING TO SE HELD Lincoln. Neb., April The third major highway letting ol the current season here tomorrow, is expec ted by officials cf the department of public works to ai tract the largest group of bidders thus far. Contracts on 30 construction pro jects, embracing 53 miles of pave ment, 243 miles of gravel, 25 mil' m of oil highway and three viaducts, will be awarded when all bids are tabulated. Job Printing at Journal office. No. 1, rock cliff HAVE YOU MADE A VACA TION TRIP IN NEBRASKA? Have you seen Nebraska? You 'have heard a good deal about it, but have you se-n with your own eyes 1 the broad stretches of level farm lands, the curious sandhills that cover a quarter of the state, the broad i western plains, the rugged hill sec jtion of the northwest? No? Then yt a have not seen one of the most ! varied and interesting states in the Union. i Nebraskans have never bragged about scenery. They have been too busy growing crops, raising hogs and milking cows to give much thought h is One of Most Beautiful of Flowers History cf Development of This Mem ber of Lilv Family Described by 'A. L. Tidd. "Consider the lilies of the field how they grow." is a familiar bibli cal text. We may be surprised to iearn that modern botanists now tell jus that no lilies are to be found in I biblical lands, and that the flower so 1 referred to i the white form of the stately Iris of various parts of Asia Minor, and rightly did the geat j teacher say that Solomon in all his 'glory was not arrayed like one of 'those. Some cf the-e Iris were car ried from Asia by Mohammedan sold iers to the Mediterranean countries. Thus the Iris begun to sprVad iu Ku rope. Iris is the name of the myth ological goddess of the rainbow, or jthe messenger of the gods. John C. Wister, president of the RAmeriean j Iris Society In the introduction to I his book on bis, says: "Portland, t):gon, may be Eamoaa for its roses. Rochester, New York, for its lilacs, and Charleston, South Carolina for its magnolia gardens, but any gard ner in any part of America, can. re gardless of his c limate, have an Iris garden that will rival the beauty of ! these world taJBOUfl plact.-. Dr. B. Y. Morrison. Horticulturist I of the Department of Agriculture of the I'nited States says; "There are 'today several flowers which are in ; great popular favor with notable col lections, both smali and laige and !with great centers of activity in the gardens of hybridists in this country and Europe. The wealth of the age is available for our gardens, and there is no treasury richer than that , of the Iris. A story is told that in an anc ient time during a great tam- iine in Japan, the Japanese people j were ordered to destroy all merely ornamental plants, and to devote all the space of their garden soil to the production of food. But the Japanese i women to preserve the Iris to obtain a face powder from it, when by the edict of the government was forbid to grow the Iris iu their gardens, planted them on the roofs of i'iieir houses. Even today in Japan, the Iris may be seen growing on the roofs of many Japanese houses." In many parts of France early dwarf Lis may be seen growing on the top of the stone, brick or tile walls surrounding the fields of the small French farms, which give great erdor to the spring landscape. In 1576 the firsi published list named nine species of Iris from Southern Europe. In 16ul twenty eight varieties were described. In 1823 some twenty distinct varieties were catalogued by an American pio neer nurseryman by the name of Prince at Flushing Long Island. Be itween 1S30 and 1850 the florists and gardeners began to sow seeds which rapidly brought foith hundreds of forms of new lvis. Sir Michael Fos ter ranks among the first of Amer ican nurserymen and florists whose jwork between the years 1890 and 1 1905 brought forth many new var ieties, and gave an impetus to the I advance of Iris culture. There are many other flowers that cur gardeners love. The rose has been a universal favorite wherever culti vation has come, and has been the flower of the English Kings. The cherry blossom has been beloved in Japan, and the tuiip in Holland. But pone of these have become so uni versal in their culture as has the Iris. And none are more gorgeous in the dainty shades of coloring than is found in the Lris gardens iu this country. Longfellow has paid tribute to this j wonderous and beautiful flower in hib poem entitled: "Fleur de Luce." i Let me Just take time to read tlm ! little poem, or poem, or a portion of ! lit. bordered highway near Bloomington. to the beauties of nature. But late ly graveled highways have been pene itrating sections the people thought off the routes of travel. Folks have been coming back from trips over the state with flashing eyes and pro truding chests and telling about the ' wonderful scenery they saw. It means that Nebraska has paused in the serious occupation of making a j living to enjoy the magnificent gifts i nature has placed within her bor ders. Without getting off a graveled road or out of reach of a filling sta tion or cabin camp, one may travel a thousand miles in Nebraska and feast his soul on some of nature's "Beautiful lily, dwelling by still rivers. Or whore the i-luggish meado-- brook delivers Its waters to the weir! "Thou laughest at the mill, the whir and worry Of spindle and of loom, And the great wheel that toils amid the hurry And rushing of the flume. "Born in the purple, born to joy and pleasance. Thou dost not toil nor spin, Uut makest glad and radiant with thy presence The meadow and the lin. "The wind blows and uplifts thy drooping banner. And round thee thn ng and run The rushes, the gret n yoemen of thy manor, The outlaws of the sun. "The burnished clragon-fly is thine attendant. And tilts against the field. And down the listed sunbeam rides resplendent With steel-biue mail and shield. "Thou art the Iris, fair among the fairest, Who, armed with golden rod And winged with the celestial azure, bearest The message of some God. "Thou art the Muse, who far from crowded cities Hauntest the sylvan streams. Playing on pipes ot reed the art less ditties That come to us as dreams. "O flower-de-luce, bloom on, and let the river Linger to kiss thy feet! O flower of song, bloom on, and make forever The world more fair and sweet." j lie ancieiM races 01 cue uikcm. Hebrews and Mohammedans each had ! great admiration for the Iris, and in isome instances worshipped the iris. List of Standard Iris WHITE IRIS 1. Le Neige. 2 White Queen U. White Knight. WHITE VEINED IRIS 1 . Mrs. Horace Darwin. 2. Fairy. WHITE BICOLOR IRIS 1. Rhein Nixe 2. Daphne. WHITE I'LICATA IRIS 1. Ma Mie 2. Pocahontas. LAVENDER L Bluet (early) 2. Corrida (late) 3. Princess Beatrice 4. Sonv. de Mme. Caudichau. 5. Azure. C. Queen Caterina. 7. Juniata 8. B. Y. Morrison. 9. Pare De Neuilly. 10. Lohengrin. PINK IRIS 1. Queen of May. 2. Dream. 3. Caprice. 4. Seminole. 5. Her Majesty. 6. Opera. 7. Cretonne. BLl'E IRIS 1. Alcazar. 2. Lent A. Williamson. 3. Prcspero. 4. Mother of Pearl. 5. Afterglow. 6. Ambassadeur. 7. Jacquesiana. 8. Quaker Lady. 9. Mme. Chobaut. 10. Magnifiia. YELLOW IRIS 1. Flavescens. 2. Shekinah. 3. Aurea. 4. Sherwin Wright. 5. Loreley. Mother's day cards now on sale at the Bates Book & Gift shop. ' " iWi j No. 2. shady lane leading to old own masterpieces. If one has never viewed the valley of the Missouri from the top of Goose Hill near Ne braska City he has missed a sense ravishing thrill. If he has never seen a sandhill lake, nestling in the hills and flashing the sunlight from its rippling surface, he has a delightful experience coming to him. If he has never traveled a tree-bordered road through central Nebraska and wit nessed the accomplished vision of the tree planters, whose work is now coming to fulfillment, he has not ccme in direct contact with the spirit Of the Tree Planters State. If he has never traveled on a hot summer day in the cool hills of northwestern 200 Guests at at Luncheon on the 86th Floor Given by Al Smith cnDedication World's Tallest Building ; But ton by Hoover. New York. May 1. The world's tallest structure the Empire State building was dedicated and opened today a final realization of the long labors of former Governor Alfred E. Smith and a group of business asso 1 ciates. The structure stands at Fifth ave nue and Thirty-fourth street on a , site formerly occupied by the old Waldorf-Astoria hotel. State and city dignitaries, leaders of industry and of the city's profes Jsional and educational life par ticipated in the dedication of the j gg-story building and its dirigible ,mast towering another 16 stories into I the sky. Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt 'hailed the structure as an achieve jment for his state. Mayor James J. .Walker did the same for the city. Ex j Governor Smith, his associates and jthe building craft received congratu- lations for erecting the 1,250-foot eoiace. At 11:45 a. m. President Hoover pressed a telegraph key in the White : house, turning on all lights illumin iating the skyscraper. There was music, speechmaking land entertainment. At r.ooji, two hundred guests of Mr. Smith set a record for lofty eat ing at a luncheon in the eighty-sixth floor observatory. Because of the building's tall ! mooring mast. Commander Charles E. Rosendahl. U. S. N., newly ap I pointed captain of the dirigible Ak Iron. now under construction, was one of the guest speakers. The opening took place at 11:30 when Mary Adams Warner, daugh ter of the he'ad of the New York state police, and Arthur Smith, jr., grandchildren of the former gover nor, cut the ribbon across the main entrance on Fifth avenue. The general public will be admit ted tomorrow, when tenants officially I open their offices for business. The building has 63 passenger ele vators, 6,400 windows and contains 160 thousand tons of steel. t'onsTruc- jtion work was started March 17, 1 1930. World-Herald. PORTUGUESE FORCES BOMBARDING FUNCHAL Lisbon. April t- Fighting be tween the government expeditionary force and the rebels in control of the city of Funchal. Madeira, began again this afternoon, it was learned tonight. Th Portuguese government war ships, according to the report, re ( i -icd the bombardment of Fun chal after a truce which began yes terday afternoon, and landed forces on the island. T A XT ? rrnwnwtr pptrtc TO GOLD DISTRIBUTION Berlin. April 29. "Not the gold standard as such. l,ut the faulty dis tribution of gold over the world is the chief causf of the world econ omic crisis," Dr. Hans Luther, pres ident of the reichsbank told the stockholders at the annual meeting today, thereby adding his voice to the ne w chorus urging re-examination cf the reparations problem. COULDN'T EAT 'Tor years I could not eat rich food. They would fill me with pa- and unbearable mis ery. Since taking ZINSEP 1 cat anything. ZINSEP ia a wonder stomach medicine," ays Ifr. V. McFhersoc. Chapman. KtbV. Try ZINSEP today. If GUARANTEED. At all drutraists. , 10 i HKT7 tf&-v-5 -,v "?"x5 Fort Kearny. No. 3, pine clad hills Nebraska, where a paction of the mountains has been set down on the plains, with pine clad slopes of tower ing hills revealing nature m vild and playful mood, he does BOi know what marvels of wild beauty his slate holds. If he has never seen the sil ver Niobrara, threading its way through deep hills and singing a message of cheer and beauty all the way from the Wyoming border to its junction with the Missouri in Knox county, he has never se n a beautiful river in a lovely settinj. of pines and hills and valleys and broad farm lands. The vacation season is not far away. Plans are even now in order RAILROAD JOES GAIN IN IOWA Des Moines. May L A gain of 14.6 p" cent in employment in rail road car shops topped all lc;wa indus tries in the April report of the state labor bureau Friday. The gain was made by replacing ! former employes in temporary p tions. the report said. Othe divistens .iwhich showed increases were luni-w f i ber products, with a seasonal gain of 2.1 per cent, and chemical com pounds with 7.5 per cent. Employment conditions as a whole in the state declined 1.4 per cent in April. The report attributed this slight loss to "an effort to cut down overhead and production during this so-called slack pun basing period." "The depression has retarded the opening up of seasonal industries that under normal conditions should show increased activity at this time," the report continued. 'Operating schedules have been held up during the winter and early spring months in an effort to provide part time em ployment to the greatest possible number of employes." Clinton led Iowa's nine largest cities in employment gain for April, followed closely by Dubuque. May Day Marked by No Serious Dist 3 uroances Thcugh in Many Population Centers Police Precaution Taken : Some Minor Disorders. Many parts of the word took po lice precautions yesterday to see that May day often called "Interr.ati !al Labor day" passed without vio lence or disorder. Young communists were blamed for the shooting in Berlin of a po liceman. Police and communist.; came to- ,gether in Adelaide and Brisbane. Australia, six arrests being made in Adelaide and 20 iu Brisbane. At Sydney. Australia, several thousand oersons participated in a May day parade, which was conducted in an orderely manner. Union square, New York City, and Boston Common public places where group gatherings are frequent di vided their time between various fac tions. In Union square time was al lotted to former service men, social ists and communists. In Boston the Com BUM was the gathering place of patriots, communists and school chil dren. Hamilton Fish, jr., Nc v. York con gressman who has beer active in seeking legislation restr cting com munism, was one of the Boston speak ers. Special police details were sta tioned at Boston Common and Union square. New York, althousb police officials expressed no feat of trouble. Three thousand strikers paraded in Bombay. India, without disorders ensuing. In Prussia and Spain the day had special significance, taking the form of a national celebration in Spain be cause of the recent establishment of a republic there. Russia particularly made much of the day, the soviet re garding May day as one of its prin cipal holidays. Seme Minor Disorders. There were nunieiout. spasmodic demonstrations in Paris, and many arrests were made. The communist paper. Human ite. was raided and to day's edition confiscated. At St. Nazairc. a port familiar to American soldiers, a geaeral strike called out about SO per cent of work ers in all trades, and at Kates, near by, about 30 per cent. In the Lille district the percentage was still higher, but at Lyons only the trolly men were idle. Seventy persons were arrested in Sofia, Bulgaria, following clashes be tween communists and police. Dem onstrations were forbidden in Portu gal, and repressive measures were in near Chadron. j The railroad folders may beguile TOW- Travelers from other states may incite vour interest in di.-tant 1 scenes. You may huve the mist; ken ! notion that y,u must go far to see the hen. Hut within a f V hours from your home wherever y u live in Nebraska are beautiful MOM reached by smooth roads. Maybe you should sec thcni first. A vhdt to ilieui will give you a better conception of your great state. It will enable you to contract that feeling cf apprecia tion of the magnificent resources of your stae so that you can stand in any company, anywhere, and ex claim with pride, "I'm Nebraskan." ! effect in Biduinm, Poland ai-.d the Balkans. Many American cities u ,k paint ;to have sufficient police available to thwart any demonstrations that ! might get out of hand In Oklahon . ifive thousand national gnardllSM wore cn call to meet any uum.ii guoejr. i although Governor Murray said he anticipated none. Extra guards were ordered out at jthe Missouri state capitol and xe u itive mansions as a precaution against communist agitators. Wor!d-H raid. IRRIGATORS FORM GE0UP MeCook A Reservoir and lrriga tion association has been organized here to promote work in the R pub lican river valley between McCook ! and Indianola. Preliminary Mings for water rights are to he made at jOnce. The new association is a breach 'of the Twin Yalley association which ihas been promoting the work for some time. Samuel G. Porter, veteran irrigation man of this region and pr. -Ject engineer for the Twin Valleys as sociation, spoke at the organizat Ion meeting of the branch group. He has new completed preliminary survey work from Colorado east to Superior. He has divided the project into nine districts, of which the Mc-Cock-Indianola stretch is one. In each he has located sites for dams and reservoirs. The job of obtaining water rights will be up to the dis trict organizations. L. Suess of McCook was elected president of the branch association; Neil Quick of Indianola. secretary treasurer. Vice presidents are M. '. Lord. Indianola; Ed Steinke. Perry; Carl Marsh. McCook; Herbert Hed ges. Red Willow; A. B. Wood. Bart ley; Chet Wilcox, McCook, and Carol Fitch, McCook. WIFE STOPS DIVORCE SUIT AGAINST CCBB Augusta. Ga.. April 29. Tyru Raymond Cobb, former major league basebali star. Wednesday , proceedings instituted by Mis. Cobb had been withdrawn. or ANY BABY WE can never lie sure just what makes an infant restless, but the remedy can always he the same Good old Castoria! There's comfort in every drop of this pure vegetable prep aration, and not the slightest harm in its frequent use. As often as Baby has a fretful speil, is feverish, or cries and can't sleep, let Castoria soothe and quiet him. Sometimes it's a touch of colic. Some times constipation. Or diarrhea a condition that should always be checked without delay. Just keen Castoria handy and give it promptly. Relief will follow very promptly; if it doesn't you should call a physician. tmmm 4 J -sV ' J I a