THURSDAY. AUG. 13. 19SH
PLATTSMOUTH ?EMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL
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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
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Palm readers are reported to be
making a fortune during the depres
sion. You've got to hand it to them.
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Well, if adversity makes manhood.
cleaning up the bond issues will save
the next generation from any sissy ' cleaning it?
tendencies.
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Childish, isn't it, for other nations
to sell Russia peanut roasters and
then howl because she sells peanuts?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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A moratorium for pugilism is
meded. says a sports writer. With
the stipulation, of course, that con
testants lay down their arms.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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