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THURSDAY. AUG. 13. 19SH PLATTSMOUTH ?EMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE TH2LEB Cbc plattsmouth lournal PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY AT PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA Entered at Postofiice, Plattsmouth, Neb., as second-class mail matter REMARKS ON. CONFIDENCE R. A. BATES, Publisher SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $2.00 A YEAR IN PIRST POSTAL ZONE Subscribers living in Second Postal Zone, $2.50 per year. Beyond 600 miles, $3.00 per year. Rate to Canada and foreign countries, $3.50 per year. All subscriptions are payable strictly in advance. The reward is not always to those Airs assumed by self-made who would make wrong appear to be : are mostly from airs. right. man :o: Palm readers are reported to be making a fortune during the depres sion. You've got to hand it to them. : o : Well, if adversity makes manhood. cleaning up the bond issues will save the next generation from any sissy ' cleaning it? tendencies. :o: :o: Childish, isn't it, for other nations to sell Russia peanut roasters and then howl because she sells peanuts? :o: Isn't it strange that only prom inent men are dumb enough to aeci dently discharge a weapon while Girls need more wisdom now. In the old days they could tell a mar ried man because he didn't shave ex cept on Saturday. : o : Cheerful thought for the day: Be tween now and this hour tomorrow, ninety-six persons will lose their lives in motor car accidents iu the Cnited States. :o: A crime note from Peabody, Mass., reports that thieves stole an S6-foot brick chimney. We also understand they overlooked a 7f.xl40 trick gar age standing close by. : o : Not appropriate of anything in particular, but the great Napoleon once remarked that "Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than ten thousand bayonets." :o: A moratorium for pugilism is meded. says a sports writer. With the stipulation, of course, that con testants lay down their arms. -:o: King George is reported to have worn a yellow vest at a garden party recently. And it was our impression all the time that this majesty was a meticulous egg eater. : o: The state speed limit has been tak en off in Colorado, the state officials apparently having assumed, and cor rectly, that the roads would enforce the statute more effectively. :o: Governor Roosevelt of New York, it is said, occupies himself with miniature wooden boats as a hobby. As preparatory practice, many hope ful Democrats think, to guiding the;extent our prosperjty depends upon A great deal has been said and something has been done in this country since the depression set in by way of restoring confidence. The point has been made repeatedly that what we lack is ceitainly not money, not machinery, not technical skill, not raw materials and not distribu tive organizations. We have them in abundance. What we lack is the as surance that the future is not going to be bleak. Once that assurance re turns prosperity will return with it. That is largely true. There is, of course, an actual reduction in pur chasing power as compared with two years ago that cannot be laughed away. As that purchasing power is restored the depression will yield. Certainly it will not yield to whirl wind campaigns intended to drive out tne devils of fear as long as rent numbers of people out of work have genuine, rational, intelligent reasons for conserving their resources rather than spending them. But there is a lack of confidence in one quar ter that is a fundamental weakness of our present situation. It expresses itself in the failure of capital to em bark upon long term investments at moderate interest rates. The lack of such investment has led. In turn, to unemployment and the fear of un employment which together have gone far toward creating and main taining present conditions. It is curious to observe that our financiers, though they have been willing to use the enormous credit resources of this country in rescuing Europe, seem now rather chary of investing in the future of their coun try. Their theory has been that our prosperity depends in part upon the power ot Europeans to buy our ex ports. That is not untrue, but it is not the whole truth. To a far greater A WAY TO BUDGET THE BUDGETS pQ you know that over That famous but theoretical specu- a period of 18 months lotinn nnPomiTlP' fli )io t Vionnnnc ! Persons were In jured in Auto Accidents Ship of State. THE GREATEST VALUE EVER BUILT INTO A Ford CR The Beautiful Ford Tudor Sedan n m nor domestic purchasing power, and, if investments abroad are warranted in the interest of stability and recovery, investments at home are to be re garded as far more desirable. It is a waste of time to tell a man who is out of a job or thinks he may soon be out of a Job to buy without thought of tomorrow. It ought not to be a waste of time to tell a man with money to invest that he should invest it in sound projects offering a moderate return over a long period Housing projects are of this nature, o, too, is railroad electrification, and no doubt there are others equally sound. The aim of mass movements to restore confidence should be di rected toward loosening the purse strings which keep capital from en tering such fields. The timidity of investors and of financial leaders is irrational and emotional. It is based upon fancied tears of the future, though the na tural advantages of the United States are what they always were and the population of the country is still characterized by energy and resource fulness. Yet, while America is send ing its money abroad to bolster up European currencies, European money is flowing to Amei tea for se curity. That is a paradox which will puzzle and perhaps amuse commen tators in the future. Chicago Trib une. : o : THE VANISHING EMPIRE $ '490 (F. O. B. Detroit, plug freight and delivery. Bumper and tpare tire extra at low coil.) WHEN you buy a Ford oar today, you buy what is unquestionably the greatest value in the history of the Ford Motor Company. Never before has so much beauty, comfort, safety and performance been, offered at such a low price. The low price of the Ford is something to think, about because it means an immediate saving of many dollars always an important consideration. But far more significant than price alone is what you get for that price. When high quality is combined with low price, you may justly take pride in having found a most satisfactory purchase. See the Ford ride in it learn something about the value that is built into every part. The more you know about it. the more certain you will be that it ia the car for you. It is literally true that when you "get the facts you will get a Ford.' An important change is about to take place in the organization of what used to be called the "British Empire'' and what now is more ac i urately known by the clumster title of the "British Commonwealth of Nations." A majority of the great -ell-governing dominions have offi cially called upon the government of Great Britain to introduce a bill that, in effect, will abolish the old imperial parliament. When all of the dominions have signified that de sire, it is taken for granted that the government will promptly introduce such a bill and that the imperial parliament will then legislate itself out of existence. This project, of course, does not mean the end of the parliament at Westminster (London ), "known as the "mother of parliaments. " But it does mean that henceforth that body may no longer pass laws having any force in the dominions, and each do minion parliament -aill be the sole legislative authorty n ts terrtory. As a matter of fact, tlie parliament at Westminster for several years has practically confined itself to Great Britain and her colonies. But the dominions" are anxious to have their equaliyt established in law as well as in fact. The Question of effective co operation between Great Britain and the dominions is coming to the front, as ther common independence be comes more clearly defined. :o: The Boston men who gave a ride to two strangers and was robbed of $160 will probably hereafter be able to resist the appeal of the "hitch hikers" even it there is no law against "thumbing." Boston Transcript. when an irresistible force meets an immovable object appears to have a much more practical counterpart these days in the question which is perplexing the financial heads of homes, businesses and governments: What happens when reduced income must meet increased outgo. In home and business the answer is simple: expenditures are reduced. But reduction of expenses seems es pecially hard for governments. Every department can find reasons why its own particular work is indispensable. Today, however, in face of deficits and with the prospect of continued shortages of revenue, some economies have become inescapable. This necessity is reflected equally in President Hoover's urgent mes sage to head of federal departments demanding drastic slashes in ex penses, and in the proposal Just made by the British Government's committee on National Expenditure for slicing 100,000.000 off the na tional budget. Other countries are being forced to take decisive steps toward economy. A survey of the finances of European nations shows that only five out of twenty-three are balancing their budgets. The difficulties are legion. In many cases slack business not only has cut down revenues, particularly where they are derived from income taxes, but has increased the outlay for unemployment or Tarm relief. In England th deficit in the Unemploy ment Insurance Fund is above 100,000.000, and in the United States demands are increasing for unemployment "doles'" which would not even carry the name of insur ance. In Britain, although the Labor Government has made some effort to reform the "dole," it cannot easily adopt such recommendations as that of the Committee on National Ex penditure to reduce payments to the unemployed by 20 per cent because it is so largely dependent on work ers' votes. And in the United States the President may find himself power less to avoid increased expenditures. He can cut down the budget, but Congress can increase it. He can veto a "dole," but Congress can pass it over the veto. One of the economies recommend ed in England, that of suspending road construction during the emer gency, will meet with serious ob jection because it would curtail em ployment. In the United States fed- Why not get your Liability in surance TODAY and protect yourself against damage suits? L. D. HIATT Crabill's Store Telephone 434 Plattsmouth, Neb. PRACTICAL JOKERS HE SHOULDN'T BE ALONE Albert B. Fall is In prison at last and the scandalous oil deals of the Harding administration may be said, at last, to have come to their con clusion. F,r Fall himself, in his Sour of adversity, it is hard to keep from feeling a sort of sympathy. He is getting, of course, precisely what he deserves. A prison cell is the only place f r . a c.tbinet minister who . t ops to bribery. And yet well. Fall was nc tbe only culprit m the whole bMiiess Through a singular quirk of jus tice. Fall was conricted of bribery while everyone who wa accused of givin ghim bribes was acquitted. The government offici.il who betrayed bis tiust is in prison, wlier.: he belongs, out the men wh j connived at the tt trayal are at liberty.. Fall would arous no sympathy were it not for the fact that he went to prison alone. : o : One decided disadvantage of the; modern highway is the absence of the cool shade trees, whose destruc tion accompanied conversion of the road lrom the horse and buggy type to the kind demanded by motor traf fic. Billboards are a poor substitute. NOTICE TO CREDITORS The State of Nebraska, Cass Coun ty, ss. In the County Court. In the matter of the estate of John Gomerdinger, 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 21st day of August, 1S31 and on the 23rd day of November. 1931. at ten 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- eral costs have been greatly increas-! senlation of claims against said es- hv PTncnriimr th mo ,1-hn i i ri i n e ' t a t e Is three months from the 21st Human beings are so constituted, it seems, that the eccentric, the non conformist, constantly draws to him self the unwelcome attentions of oth er men. Cases of this kind are es pecially in evidence in small com munities where people are acquaint ed with each other's habits. The Al bion incident is an example. A quiet harmless old man was so annoyed by so-called practical jokers that he was driven to desperation and might have gotten himself into serious trou ble, had the attack he made on an innocent party who visited his hab itation, resulted fatally. As a rule the practical joker is a pest. And usually, in no sense, is he a joker. Nor is there anything practical about his conduct. The practical joker is a person who suc cessfully annoys children and old people and persons who are physi cally or mentally deficient for the amusement of htfl equally trouble some compansions. Th? sense of humor of the practi cal joker is outstandingly crude. He la the kind of a fellow who lefs the tir out cf a fellow s tires when the latter is in his girl's house waiting for her to get her wraps in prepar ation for going somewhere. There is nothing particularly funny about letting the air out of tires. The stunt merely ruins the victim's temper and the repair job ruins his clothes. If an old man. tired of trivial af fairs of everyday life and without re- usees, tries to live quietly where ever he can find shelter, the town's practical jokers take delight in an noying him. It is hard to understand what pleasure there could be In pushing a harmless sheep into his residence but the practcial joker thinks a stunt of that kind shows a highly developed wit. The practical joker seems to have resolved against permitting his weaker fellow men to dwell quietly and in peace. If people cannot join with him in his silly pranks, they heccme the natural victims of his constant effort to keep the world an noyed. :o: This continent of ours, according to scientists who have been observ ing it. is gradually moving westward. And that doubtless accounts for the great number of Trans-Atlantic fliers who wish to make their hops while the distance is still comparatively short. A Frank Talk with Parents about School House Telephones A few weeks and the strenu ous joys of vacation will be over, and the children will be back in school. Many school houses are tomt distance away from home, very often a few miles away. What child, whether he lives In the city, town, or rural school district, does net de serve the aid and protection which a telephone In the school house affords? In case of Sickness Accident Storm Fire Unwelcome Visitors telephone service In the school is invaluable. It provides quick communica tion between parents and children between teachers and the agencies for help In a I I emergencies. Recom mended by county and state school authorities. A TELEPHONE in the school costs only a few cents a day. Lincoln Telephone ft Telegraph Company "A Nebraska Company Serving Its People" ORDER OF HEARING and Notice on Petition for Set tlement of Account program to provide employment. Where is the reduction to be made? The British report suggests cuts in salaries and in educational ap propriations. Undoubtedly there are many places where whittling of costs is possible. It is now reported that, dut to declining food prices, the Am erican Government can save $7,847, 000 a year on subsistence costs of the army, navy and marines. That is a worthy effort, but of course it is a drop in the bucket compared with the total costs of armaments. :o:- A GREAT ROAD YEAR Programs of Federal, State and lo cal governments for 1931 road con struction call for a total expenditure of $1.616.000.000 an increase of $15,000,000 over 1930. The Federal government's contribution of $249. S97.000 is $150,000,000 over 1930. The problem of unemployment has perhaps been the most potent factor in increasing road budgets coupled with the genuine" need for more and better roads in a great many states. The farm-to-market road movement is coming in for increasing attention and more and more communities are finding that full-width, weather proof, all-year-round roads are es sential to agriculture in this modern age. It might be said that the money we spend for roads gives us a better return than almost any other form of government tax expenditures. Quick and economical transport of goods and persons, is vifal to social rnd economic progress. Particularly is this true of those rural areas where roads have been in essentially the same state of unimprovemeht since the horseand-wagon days. Only by building inexpensive, but good roads, can farming sections be given a place in the march forward. :o: Marv Nolan, movie actress, pro claimed by her press agent as pos sessor of the "prettiest bust in Am erica," has filed a bankruptcy peti tion showing $92,796 in debts and $2,998 in asserts. That's also a pretty bust. :o: A Poia id Chin;- pig arriv.; i ;a Kansas City by air freight recently. That seems to answer all the Wal rus's questions except the shoes and shops and sealing wax and cabbages i nd kings. day of August. A. D. 1931. and the time limited for payment of debts is one vear from said 21st day of Aug ust. 1931. Witness my hand and the seal of said County Court this 24th day of Julv, 1931. A. H. Dl'XBl'RY, (Seal) j27-3w County Judge. NOTR E TO CREDITORS The State of Nebraska. Cass Coun ty, ss. In the County Court. In the matter of the estate of Ger- In the County Court of Cass coun ty. Nebraska. State of Nebraska. Cass county, ss. To all persons interested in the estate of William D. Wheeler, de ceased : On reading the petition of W. A. Wheeler, praying a final settlement and allowance of his account filed in this Court on the 8th day of August. 19 31 and for assignment of the assets of said estate and his dis charge as administrator; It is hereby 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 4th day of September. trude E. Morgan, deceased. To the creditors of said estate: A. D. 1931 at ten o'clock a. m. to You are herebv notified. That I 'show cause, if any there be, why will sit at the County Court Room in Plattsmouth, in said County, on the 21st day of August, A. D. 1931, and on the 21st day of November. A. D. 1931. at ten o'clock in the forenoon 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 persons interested in said matter by EIGHT MILE GROVE LUTHERAN CHURCH Sunday, August 16th 9:30 Sunday school. Mission Festival. Rev. Nolle ot Westbro, Missouri, treasurer of the synod, will bring to the church a message in English at 10:30 a. m. Rev. J. Schrader, influenclal in synodical affairs, will preach in Ger man at 3:00 in the afternoon. Rev. Didlaukis of Syracuse will preach in English. In the evening at 8 o'clock Rev. Nolle will again preach in English. Choir practice on Thursday and Friday evenings. ORDER OF HEARINi; and Notice on Petition for Set tlement of Account of each day to receive and examine i publishing a copy of tnla order in all claims against said estate, with ajthe Plattsmouth Journal, a semi view to their adjustment and allow-1 weekly newspaper printed in said ance. Tne time limited for tne pre sentation of claims against said es tate is three months from the 21st clay of August. A. D. 1931. and the time limited for payment of debts is one year from said 21st day of Aug ust, 1931. Witness my hand and the seal of said County Court this 20th day of Julv, 1931. A. H. Dl'XBl'RY. (Seal) j27-3w Counfy 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, To all persons interested in the estate ot Mary Burian, deceased: On reading the petition of Andrew Rabb. praying a final settlement and allowance of his account filed in this Court on the 2Sth day of July, 1931, and for assignment of the resi due of said estate and for his dis-. charge as administrator of said es tate ; 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 County, on the 2Sth day of August, A. D. 1931, at ten 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 28th day of July, A. D. 1931. A. H. DUXBURY. (Seal) a3-3w County Judge. 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 Sth day of August, A. D. 1931. A. H. Dl'XBl'RY. i Seal, al0-3w Crunty Judge. ORDER OF HEARING AND NO TICE OF PROBATE OF WILL In the County Court of Cass Coun ty. Nebraska. State of Nebraska, County of Cass, ss. To all persons interested in the estate of Byron Atkinson, deceased. On reading the petition of Minnie E. Marolf and Harry F. Marolf pray ing that the instrument filed in this court on the first day of August, 1931, and purporting to be the last will and testament of the said de ceased, may be proved and allowed and recorded as the last will and testament of Byron Atkinson, de ceased; that said instrument be ad mitted to probate and the adminis- ration of said estate be granted to Miinie E. Marolf and Harry F. Mar olf: It is hereby 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 28th day of August. A. D. 1931, at 10 o'clock a. m.. to show cause, if any there be, why the prayer of the petitioners should not be granted, and that notice of the pendency of said petition and that the hearing thereof be given to all persons 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. Witness my hand, and the seal of said court, this 1st day of August, A. D 1931. A. H. DCXBURY. (Seal) a3-3w County Judge. In the County Court of Cass Coun ty. Nebraska. State of Nebraska, Cass County, ES. To all persons interested in he estate of Margaret Martens, de ceased : On leading the petition of Henry J. Martens, executor, praying a final settlement and allowance of bis ac iount filed in this Court on the 2'th day of July, 1931. and for an order of assignment and distribution of the residue of said estate and for his discharge; 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 County, on the 28th day of August, A. D. 1931, at ten 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 pend ency of said petition and the hear ing thereof be given to all persons interested in said matter by publish ing 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 29th day of July, A. D. 1931. A. H. Dl'XBl'RY. (Seal) a3-3w County Judge. NOTICE OF REFEREE'S SALE In the District Court of the County of Cass, Nebraska William Mangold and wife Lola Mangold ; Ruby Mangold, single; Ella tiock and husband. Jacob Pock; Edward Mangold and wife. Lottie Mangold; Alice Hughes and hus band. Perry Hughes; Oscar Mangold and wife. Hazel NOTICE Mangold; Walter Mangold and wife, Mary Mangold and Winnie Dudley, widow. Plaintiffs. vs. Paul Mangold, a minor, and Louis Schiessl. Defendants. Notice is hereby given that under end by virtue of a decree of tbe Dis trict Court of Caas County, Ne braska, entered in the above entitled cause on the 29th day of July, 1931, and an order of sale issued by said court on the 29th day of July. 1931. the undersigned, sole referee, will sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the south front door of the Court House in the City of Plattsmouh, Cass County, Nebras ka, on the 1st day of September, 1931, at 10 o'clock a. m., the fol lowing described real estate, to-wit: The northwest quarter (NW4 ) of section twenty three (23), Township twelve (12), north, Range twelve (12), east of the 6th p. m., in Cass County, Nebraska. Said sale will be held open for one hour. Abstract of title will be fur nished to purchaser; terms of sale 10 of tbe amount of the bid at time ot sale and balance on confirm ation : possession to be given March. i. 1932. Dated this 29th day of July. 1931. WILLIAM G. KIECK. Referee. V. A ROBERTSON, Attorney for Plaintiffs. j30-5w