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Used cars can be purchased very
cheaply these days. There's a chance
for you to drive a bargain.
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It's going to take some mighty big
platforms next year to list every
thing the parties, stand for.
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The nickel now buys a fairly good
cigar and it also is accepted in con
tribution baskets at its face value.
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A newspaper wants to know how
to reduce the number of reckless mo
torists. Why not establish more rail
road crossings?
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Opportunity is ever worth expect
ing; let your hook be ever hanging
ready. The fish will be in the pool
where you least imagine it to be.
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Judging from the number of wom
en you see going to work these days,
things are -getting back to the way
they. were before Columbus discover
ed America.
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We don't set it down as an iron
clad rule, but generally speaking, if
while, reading an account of a scene
in the British parliament you en
counter the name of Lady Astor, the
dispatch doesn't contain any news of
world importance.
if p-ya5
Finance is easy when you under
stand why England makes herself
poor by borrowing from France the
money France borrowed from her.
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"Politics" is defined by Webster
as "the art or science of govern
ment." What a blessing it wou.u
if we could use it in that sense and
be understood.
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One of the good things about this
depression is that it has taught the
American people a finer knowledge
of arithmetic and the importance of
close figuring.
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In making bets on the Athletics
to win the world series, be sure to
make it clear to the stakeholder
whether you are betting on this
year's series or rext year's. The ex
perts have already conceded them
the 1932 pennant.
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The sheriff of Cuyahoga County,
Ohio, has been charged, within one
short week, with misfeasance and
nonfeasance in official duty, and
there appears to be a temporary
pause now while the prosecuting
forces look around to see if there
are any other feasances, on the stat
ute books which have been overlook
ed. wheat is
resahs.
you good
nitmscm state mm
are always deaf to
Love is a game that is never called
on account of darkness.
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Don't cry over spilled milk. Just
get up before daylight and swipe
your neighbor's milk bottle.
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Look for better times! Everybody
has about caught up with spending
fortunes they did not possess.
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Speaking of deflation, the town of
Nitro, West Virginia, on which Uncle
Sam spent $70,000,000, has just been
sold for $250,000.
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An inventor says he has almost
perfected a device with which to see
through fog. President Hoover is no
doubt especially interested.
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Don't worry if your boy appears
dull and almost half-witted. He may
grow up to be a man who devises
plans to save farmers from wreck
an ruin.
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It must be more or less galling to
Mr. Shaw to observe the British gov
ernment going on with its troubles
and not even listing him even as a
minor problem.
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Now comes a proposal for a mora
torium on mortgage installment pay
ments on homes. It is even reported
that bootleggers are considering re
questing a moratorium on prohibi
tion raids.
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It now appears that the suspen
sion of Hack Wilson and Pat Ma
lone from the Chicago Cub payroll
came about because they beat up
two newspaper sports writers. No
body regards their showing in this
event very high class. They're both
big fellows, and should have been
able to beat up a lot more than tvo
sports writers. i
Sensible men
injust criticism,
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THIS is the 21st year in srhich th ccptsricrily
of Gooch's Best Floor bra bcca proved ia
this essnc xmj
And the cp&iocs of ths Kshrcsia Z2s Fcir
judges concur with thsl cf thcussd cf heno
drives everywhere who ess thjb Gas sr? bccccco
it hz3 proved best for every brMri rsrd. And It
assures cot only fine breed but delicioca evea-tetevd clrri! rclb
cake, pie crust end pastry C3 vrelL ''-''
Only the finest duality wheat is milled into Gcccb'b D 3 FIv Tfcfa
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carefully tested end re-tested every thirty rarrTIr?
distinctive Gooch milling process,
quality in every each.
Let tie past records of GoocZa'a CacS CUcx
Try lL2 atwyone Cocr cert gaa,
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H. LI Socbsn cud E. A. puA
heal lt;t?ah::x
The Carnegie Foundation, eoejt
plaining that "the college senior pf-
ten approacnes graduation WUn a
stock of knowledge that is only a
little larger than that of the average
freshman, touches on a point that has
occured to many people. in the last
few years.
The. complaint, in fact, has been
voiced before. Supposedly educated
young men and women have turned
out to be pitiably ignorant, not only
about the arts and sciences but about
such elementary subjects as gram
mar, spelling, geography, and his
tory. Never, indeed have the attain
ments of American colleges and uni
versities been called into question as1
often as in the past decade.
It is, of course, as the Carnegie
Foundation remarks, distressing to
find college graduates who do not
know the meaning of such words as
"inert," "lenient," and "immerse,",
and who think that "declivity and
"climate" mean the same thing; but'
while we must agree that such a;
person is hardly educable. It would
be a mistake to think that educa
tion consists simply, or even chief
ly, of the amassing of a great store
of facts.
Primarily, an educated man is a
man who can think things out for
himself indeed, who not only can,
but does. Education is first of all the
process of teaching him how to use
his brains properly. It is not sup-'
posed to make of him a storehouse,
of information. An educated man is
not necessarily a walking encyclo
pedia. The one serious criticism that uas
been made of higher education in
America is that ti too often fails i
in Just this respect it stuffs students
with facts and does not show them:
the Importance of developing their1
own mental powers. -
Intellectual independence and
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prwrUrT bm
tlWagfMf frq
fearlessness, a habit of mind that
doubts 'and examines things- -these
are the traits a college 'graduate
should have above 'everything ' else.
In a summer that has seen one of
our largest universities ' summarily
fire a valued professor because some
of the trustees vaguely felt that he
was "too radical," the strictures of
the Carnegie report do not seem very
important.
POBTBAITSOU STAMPS
Next year the post office depart
ment will celebrate the bicentennial
of the birth of the first President by
Issuing a dozen new stamps of con
siderable historical and artistic in
terest. They will all be portrait
stamps of George Washington, care
fully copied from famous paintings,
miniatures, and statues. It has tak
en two months to prepare the dies,
which are cut by hand on steel with
the aid of diamond-pointed gravers
and magnifying glasses.
Collectors of stamps, of course, will
eagerly await the new issue, though
they sometimes complain that the
United States publishes more than
its share of commemorative stamps.
But the public will also find it inter
esting to study these tiny portraits
each representing the work of a skill
ed artist, and all of them copied from
pictures done in the eighteenth cen
tury. From their combfned testimony
it should be possible to gather an ac
curate likeness of Washington, which
may modify somewhat the impression
gained from the familiar two-cent
stamp or the equally popular por
trait of Stuart.
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Well, as the tourist season draws
to a close, we are happy to report
that the elderly gentlemen who think
tf they were younger they certainly
would stay in Russia and see the
experiment through are all safely
home.
nrvEimoxnj & ' uiiisiPLottrEnT
Many persons have an uneasy sua
picion that' machinery, time and la
bor-savlng innovations, 'and Inven
tions that reduce factory operations
and cut down the cost of production,
have much to do with unemployment.
It is true that a new Invention ap
plied to industrial operations will
often decease the demand for labor
in that particular fle'd. But it is
equally true that applied inventions
may also result in an Increased de
mand for human labor as they be-;
come more widely used,
The discovery that -steam might
be used for power temporarily dis
placed a large volume of human la
bor in factories, yet it was the steam
engine that established the steel in
dustry as one of the five greatest in
dustries.in the modern world, .-us
we see that the practical and legi
timate use of an invention ultimate
ly increases and extends the field
of employment. The great problem
lies in what happens to the laborer
during the transition, which may
take either months or decades.
Mahatma Gandhi's dream of a
nation of hand-weavers of cloth, if
ever attempted, could never begin
to furnish opportunity for as much
human labor as does the power loom,
for this, among otler reasons: ..-at
power looms have made possible the
production of cloth in such volume
and at such a low cost that everyone
who needs cloth can purchase it. The
home spinning wheel may be both
poetic and . picturesque, but it is
neither practical nor profitable as a
means of mass prouuetion.
This Is true not only of inven
tions but of all the means of pro
duction and exchange. It Is by the
use and ' right adjustment of these,
that continuous employment can be
assured, and unemployment kept to
a minimum and eventually elimin
ated. National. International, and
private organization can do some
thing toward stabilising and adjust
ing economic conditions, but the un
derlying solution lies in .the indivi
dual discovery that the use of what
we possess, whether it be property,'
knowledge, or skill, is productive and
natural. Perhaps one of the' great
lessons the world needs to learn to
day Is that taught in the Parable
of' the Talents. Ten dollars in clr
culation Is of Immeasurably more
value than Is an equal amount in
the bank. In circulation It provides
work for somebody; in . the bank.
comparatively speaking, ft lies fal
low. Thrift is a virtue, but thrift
may become unwitting theft the
theft of someone else's opportunity
to work. It is significant that at a
time when there Is such widespread
unemployment there is a tremendous
volume of unused money In banks.
I - But It must be rightly used; Money
used to finance' a sweepstake, or for
Speculation which" provides nothing
more tangible than unearned Incre
ment through the artifiicial manipu
lation of stocks and securities, never
will splye . the : economci problem.
And It is the Individual who pri
marily Is responsible ' for the - right
use of money,' time, knowledge, skill.
and opportunity. - What the world
needs is not less invention but more
putting to work of the - inventions
which - are constantly
ward. .
coming for
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GANDHI'S OISL DXSCIPIiHE
Nila Cram Cook, the 21-year-old
American girl, who has Joined Mah
atma Gandhi's movement in India, is
putting the trend of modern woman
hood in reverse. The average Amer
ican girl, rejoicing In her freedom,
has no desire' to tie herself up with
anything that might affect her inde
pendence. - She wants freedom and
action. And the girls of other na
tions have been catching her spirit.
But Miss Coko has sacrificed lip
sticks, powders. Empress Eugenie
bonnets, ' Jaxx, ' chiffon hose all the
other accoutrements of the modern
girl. . Undoubtedly she Is sincere la
her ' action. Otherwise the specta
cular side of her act would not com
pensate for the hardships that at
tend It. , Whether she is making aa
unnecessary gesture or not Is a mat
ter of opinion. But she deserves
credit ' for her courage.
. COrTAOTELOOD TIE3
The desire to find his family some
where Is present in every man, no
matter how he may have roamed
around the world, or how long It has
been since he has seen - those whe
are bound to him by blood ties.
David Lynn, who has had 60 years'
experience In Africa, left his family
in a little town between Latvia and
Lithuania a long, time ago. He was
Just, a boy then and he wanted ad
venture. -
About four years aco correspond
ence was started which has succeed-!
ed in reuniting him with some of
his family. He Is Just as glad to see
the people who belong to him as he
would have been If their Uvea had
First hi tS doash. Then in
tS even. You can be surt
of perfect bekinss in using
fa)
25 cynccs for 25c
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always flowed In the same channel.
Blood, so it seems, is thicker than
any water.
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They all come to America. At
home they may swear and sneer at
America, but when they get an air
ship or a lecture or a debt or any
thing, the foreigners race for the
United States. They say this country
if poor and coarse and Ignorant, but
none of them miss us. The zeppelins
and the DO-X, the Nautilus and the
fliers generally have keen apprecia
tion of the dollars and publicity oh
talnable In America. Both are neces
sary in the promotion business, and
there are many promoters in Europe.
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Journal VTmat AOs get remits.
NOTICE. TO TAKE DEPOSITION
' In the District Court of Cass coun
ty, Nebraska.
Joels Brown. Plaintiff, vs. Fred
Brown. Defendant.
To Fred Brown, Defendant: The
above named defendant will take no
tice that on Thursday, the 20th day
of October, 1931. at 10:00 o'clock in .
the forenoon, the plaintiff will take
the deposition of Josie Brown and
Cecil Waite, to be used as evidence on
the trial of the above entitled cause
at Scottsbluff, Nebraska, before Lois
Bohnert, a Notary Public in the Mur
phy building.
Dated this X8th day of August, A.
D. 1911.
JOSIE BROWN,
.7-7 .V Plaintiff.
By W. G. Xieck,
Her Attorney.
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NOTICE OK SUIT TO QUIET TITLE
In the District Court of the County
of Cass, Nebraska.
Ada Ferris, .
Plaintiff, .
- . : vs.
Fayette W. Miner, et al.
Defendants.
NOTICE
To the ".Defendants: Fayette W.
Miner, Annie Miner, Rufus Bane,
Mrs. . Rufus Bane, real name un
known, the heirs, devisees, legatees,
personal representatives and all other
persons interested in the estates of
Fayette W.- Miner, Annie Miner,
Rufns Bane, Mrs. Rufus Bane, real
name unknown,-. Eliza Siebold, each
deceased, real names unknown, and
all. persons having or claiming any
interest In and to the northeast quar
ter, of Section ten (10), Township
eleven (11), north. Range thirteen
(IS), east of the 6th p. m. in Cass
County, Nebraska, ' except a tract
containing 15 acres off of the west
side thereof, described as follows:
Commencing at the northwest cor
ner of said northeast quarter of Sec
tion 10, Township 11, north. Range
13, east, thence east 17 rods, thence
In a southwesterly direction to a
point In the south line of said quar
ter section, 13 rods east of the south
west corner thereof, thence west 13
rods to the southwest corner of said
quarter section: thence north 160
rods to the place of beginning, real
names unknown, defendants.
You. and each of you are hereby
notified that Ada Ferris, as plaintiff,
filed a petition . and commenced an
action in the District Court of the
County of Cass, Nebraska, on the
29th day of August,. 1931, against
you and each of you. The object.
purpose and prayer of which is to ob
tain a decree of court quieting the
title to fhe northeast quarter of Sec
tion 19. .Township 11, north. Range
13; east of the 6th p. m.. in Cass
County, Nebraska, except a tract con
taining 16 acres off the west side
thereef, described as follows: Com
mencing at the northwest . corner of
said northeast quarter of Section 10,
Township 11, north. Range 13, east
thence - east 17 rods, thence in a
southwesterly direction to a point In
the south line of said quarter sec
tion,. IS rods east of the southwest
corner, thereof, thence west 13 rods
to the southwest corner of said quar
ter section; thence north 160 rods to
the place of beginning, in plaintiff,
as against yon and each of you. and
for such other relief as may be Just
and equitable in the premises.
Yon and each of you are further
neifcfftj that you are required 'to
answer easj petition on or before
ZtstXJt the 12th day of October,
t1ly or the allegations therein con-
ttlaga W4U be taken as true and a
Ctrjo will be rendered In favor of
the rUlallff against you and each of
rpn acecedlng to the prayer of said
petition.
ALIA rKKla,
Plaintiff.
JOHW M. LB YD A,
tier Attorney. a31-4w;