I.IOITDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1934. PLATTSYOUTE SEMI - WTEELY JOURNAL PAGE THEEE w f& at ivinrray is !;a:.,ars::i'ia;i:::B;!nB:Mmfl!!!!!aa Merry Christmas Is Our Wish to All May the coming year of 1935 bring to each and every one of you hap piness and prosperity! We hope to Lave the oppor tunity of helping make your New Year a happy cue, and wish to extend thanks for the splendid patronage you have accorded to us in past years ! WE APPRECIATE IT Lancaster's Store E ::3;;.:5:!;::s;:i:3j .:n:!;:s::z;n:uE ssa BUILD FOR THE FUTURE We want your Christ mas to be Merry ... and your New Year Happy. We hope the coming year of 1C35 -will bring to all great er prosperity, good health and happy associations with increased numbers of friends. GEO. E. NICKLE5 Murray Lumber Yard a:::3.::a.:i;'E;:::c::;::t:rc:::B;;:i.a The Garage of Murray Extends to all its many patrons and friends the Season's Greetings. ... Accept our endeavor to make your coming year happy and prosperous. Cur Cafe adds its Wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. g a p S E n i g 9 S 3 H P B 3 j M 1 M H M B p ALVO SCHOOL NEWS A special Christmas party last Friday alternoon closed the Alvo school for the holiday season. All grades in the school were assembled for a big Christmas tree, the ex change of gifts, treats from teachers and the Parent-Teacher Association, and a visit from Santa Claus. The vacation period will last eleven days. School will begin on Wednesday, January 2. Charles Ilolka, fifth grade pupil and son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Kolka, has been out of school for the past week due to an operation for appen dicitis. Alvo high school Is on the Uni versity "N" Club honor roll this year for the second year in succession. The grades of athletes average above the whole school average which placed Alvo on the honor roll. James West, Wesley Cook, John Welchel, Dale Canz, William James. Victor Miller, Wayne McGinnis, and Supt. L. M. Hauptman, the group who attended the Older Boys Conference in Beatrice, had charge of the even ing church service on December 16. They reported the conference. Dr. A. V. Hunter, executive secre tary of Wesleyan University, ad dressed the student body last Tues day on the subject "Where Shall We Park?" His address and visit was very much appreciated. School children in grades cne through eight and a cast from the hir;h school dramatic club presented the Christmas program for the Parent-Teacher Association last Wed nesday evening. Teachers in charge vcr Miss Eileen Green, Miss Bessie Daigh, Mis3 Thelma Reynolds, Miss Marjorie Am, and Miss Mabel Mc Ginnis. The December issue of "The Oriole," high school paper, was dis tribuied last Friday. The paper in cludes fourteen pages and a colored and illustrated front page. The ex change list includes forty-five differ ent schools throughout the United States. Pupils in art classes throughout the grades in charge of Miss Bessie Baight made presents in their wort for the past two weeks. Miss Marjorie Arn has organized grade school chorus which made itt first appearance on the Christmai prcgrara last Wednesday. They an M m i m M fa fa fa M fa fa m M i fa reelings Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year TO ALL is the wish of the Rock Creek Service Station, located at the Murray Corners on Hiway 75. It is cur sincere hope that 1935 may bring prosperous conditions to the entire na tion and that we can contrib ute something to that end. MAY WE SERVE YOU? Murray Transfer Company Extends thanks for the many kindnesses in the past which have been accorded us by the peo ple of this community. We are wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We hope 1935 will be a year of prosperity for all, and will be pleased to con tinue serving you as in the past. Again . . . our thanks ! MURRAY BIBLE SCHOOLS Extend a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year greeting to everyone and also in vite all to come and join cur schools. May abun dant Health and Happi ness be yours in 1 935. FRESBYTERIAN BIBLE SCHOOL CHRISTIAN BIBLE SCHOOL fa fa fa s fa fa fa -ft? Farmers Might Sue Drainage Dis tricts for Losses To Help Drainage Edstrlot No. 1 in Richardson County Pay for Improvements. Falls City. Neb. Possibility has arisen that a series of lawsuits would be filed to secure part of the funds necessary fcr the $74,000 improve ment in drainage district No. 1. Property holders in the district are considering bringing action against drainage districts and individual property owners along the water sheds of the Nemaha and Muddy rivers. By implication, originally, the courts hinted that if drainage dis trict No. 1 were held liable for the relief of property holders in the east ern end of the district, it could bring action against other drainage dis tricts to determine whether any of them was liable for a share of the expense. The theory on which owners in the eastern section sued the district was that the drainage improvements above them dumped more flood wa ters into the stream than the east ern end of the Nemaha river could accommodate, and as a result dam age resulted in that region from overflow. Meanwhile some of the other dis tricts, apparently fearing court ac tion, have dissolved. However some of those contemplating acting against the districts contend that the dis tricts had an implied obligation in the possible liability for a part of the cost of the improvement, and his stood in the way of dissolution. working on an operetta in the grade school music in charge of Miss Arn o be given next February. A complete check-up of library looks has been finished by Lola Rue '.er, Florence Rueter, Iris Miller, tfaxine Ayres, Dale Ganz, and James West in charge of Miss Bessie Daigh, ibrarians, and Supt. L. M. Haupt nan. The record shows a total of 1710 volumes including grade school Iction. high school fiction, and refer ence In about like proportion. This .otal does not include textbooks. Cass County Lady Honored for Farm Work Mrs. Alice Pcllock Perry Named Vice President of national Shrop shire Sheep Association. Mrs. Alice Pollock Perry, residing south of thi3 city, has just received an honor given her as the result of her excellent work and interest in the development of her flock of thoroughbred Shropshire sheep at her farm as well as for her contri bution to the national association. Mrs. Perry has just received noti fication that she has been selected as national vice-president of the Shropshire Sheep Association at the meeting of the directors in Chicago. In her work in the development of this strain of sheep, Mrs. Ferry be came acquainted with Mrs. Julia Wade, national secretary, whom she visited while at the national stock show and there met the president, Willard Martin of Vermont, who was much impressed by her clear knowl edge and interest of the sheep in dustry. Mr. Martin was killed in an accident a short time ago and the vice-president elevated to the presi dency and Mrs. Perry honored by be ing named the vice-president. Showing her interest and keen knowledge of the sheep business is the article below taken from the Na tional Sheepman and written by Mrs. Perry: 'I started in the sheep business the safest way, with 15 good grade ewes bred to lamb in February and March. Because my baby girl was only four months old, I waited un til January to get the ewes. During lambing, I took the baby, well wrap ped, to the barn and laid her in a manger while I cared for the new lamb3 and their mothers. Though many of the nights were 10-15 below zero, we lost only one lamb of the twenty born. It was still-born. Six-teen-fifty a head was price paid for those ewes but we more than paid out on them the first year with 19 lambs and wool at 40 cents. "In the next year I bought forty six ewes from neighbors and a few carefully chosen in Omaha. Our good luck continued. It was really good care and unfailing vigil more than Lady Luck. "Some of my ewes were getting old but had nice lambs. To save all possible we had nineteen lambs on the bottle the next spring. It was like running an orphanage. But how those baby lambs loved us. It took all hands to get them fed as they lined up along the woven wire fence of the lot and we stuck the bottles through the mesh. The7 would have overwhelmed us any other way. "Because we were making such good money with the grades we hankered for some purebreds. I had used excellent Quality registered Shropshire rams with my ewes, mcst of which were black face natives carrying heavy Shrophlre and Hamp shire blood. I now have some grade ewes that are second and third cross on my Shropshire rams and are good proof of what a good ram will do toward building up a farm flock. "The ewes from A. C. Sinner of Papillion, Nebraska, started us off on purebreds. With them came an In terest in the breeders of purebred Shrcpshires. A year later I wanted more purebreds. We went down to Tarkio, Mo. There I bought from O. R. Horton a fine lot of fourteen registered Shropshire ewe lambs and a very good ram. For business rea sons he was going to have to dis perse his flock or find a temporary home for them. Somehow he trusted us as shepherds for he offered his flock on shares until he could have them home again. Thus was started Horton and Perry and our ad appear ed as such. Our sales were splendid sheep went as far as Texas and many rams were sold here in East ern Nebr. and Kansas. We had his flock for two years, long enough to make my purebred flock one to be proud of and me a confirmed en thusiast for Shropshires. "I have a sheep barn now, with individual lambing pens, that are put away out of season. All my panels are cypress as are the hay and grain feed bunks. "My husband has been my right hand through it all. During the de pression we found that sheep paid when cattle and hogs did not. Thanks to a trench silo last year and this we have ample supplement for our sub normal alfalfa crop. We are missing oats, but are managing without it. In my "little black book" I have a record of every lamb born since we I started with sheep, of expenses and income. We have an evergrowing knowledge and love of sheep. My records are exact and detailed. Every ewe on the place is marked. The purebreds as required for registra tion, the others with a plain num ber. And I do know my sheep. "My husband and I attended the International and the Shropshire meetings last December, and were pleased to meet Miss Wade, and through her many of the well known breeders in our American Shrop shire Registry Association. We feel now that we really belong too, and I am proud to be a member of an association that has weathered so well the storms of fifty years." Mrs. Emil Havelka and son Ed ward, of Wahoo, are visiting Mrs. Havelka's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed ward Donat and family. Why Doctors Favor a Liquid Laxative A doctor will tell you that the care less use of strong laxatives may do more harm than good. Harsh laxatives often drain the syftem, weaken the bowel muscles, and even affect the liver and kidneys. Fortunately, the public is fast returning to laxatives in liquid form. The dose of a liquid laxative can be measured. The action can thus be regulated to suit individual need. It forms no habit; you needn't take a "double dose" a day or two later. Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin gently helps the average person's bowels while nature b restoring their regu larity. Why not try it? Some pill or tablet may be more convenient to carry. But there is little "conven ience" in any cathartic which is taken so frequently, you must carry it with you, wherever you go I Its very taste tells you Dr. Cald well's Syrup Pepsin is wholesome. A delightful taste, and delightful action. Safe for expectant mothers, and children. At all druggists, ready for ;e. in bic bottles. Community Sale Three quarters of a mile north of Flatte river bridge on paved high way Vo. 75, beginning at 10:30 on Thursday, Dec. 27 ! with lunch served at noon, the fol lowing described property, to-wit: Ten Head cf Horses One bay horse. 5 years old, wt. 1500; one team mules, 8 and 10 years old, wt. 2200; one black mare, smooth mouth, wt. 1450; two black mare colts, 2 and 3 years old; two suckers, extra good; one grey horse, smooth mouth, wt. 1250; one bay mare, smooth mouth, wt. 1600; one spotted Shetland Pony, smooth mouth very good and gentle; one small sad dle pony, smooth mouth. 15 Head of Cattle One Holstein cow, with papers, fresh, Jan. 24; Three Holstein cows, giving milk; Four good cows, giving milk; One 2 yr. old cow, giving milk; Three Guernsey heifers, fresh in summer; Two Holstein heifers, fresh in summer; One red heifer, fresh in summer. 18 Head of Hogs Three good Hampshire boars; 15 Hampshire pigs, weighing 100 lbs., vaccinated. Farm Machinery, Etc. One Molie corn planter, nearly new; One McCormlck-Deerlng culti vator, nearly new; One John Deere 10-inch walking plow; One Defiance gang plow, 14-inch; One P. & O. single row lister; One slip; One set 194 -inch harness; Eight horse col lars; One P. & O. single row wide tread lister; One John Deers walk ing cultivator; One Oliver 2-bottom tractor plow; One Massie-Harris 5 foot mowing machine; Two hay rakes; One 16-inch breaking plow; One Janesville corn planter; One Hummer 2-row go-devil; One P. & O. riding cultivator; One Janesville rid ing cultivator; One John Deere shaker digger; One McCormlck wag on with steel wheels; One player piano; One gas stove. Cooking uten sils, household goods, etc. Terms of Sale Cash. We will sell anything brought to sale. K. W. GROSSHANS Manager Rex Young Wm. Reynolds Auct. ClerK. WYOMING TAKES FLESHMAN Falls City, Neb. Royal S. Flesh- man was en route to Douglas, Wyo., in custody of Wyoming officers to face charges of shooting with intent to kill. Sheriff William A. Silver of Douglas, who last July was wounded in a gun battle with Fleshman, came here Sunday night to claim the pris oner. Fleshman still bears scars from wounds suffered in gun battles with Wyoming and west Nebraska peace officers recently. He was ar rested here when officers found an automatic rifle and a .32 caliber pis tol in his possession. JAIL CLOSED TO HOBOES Falls City. Neb. Falls City has hit upon a plan that is keeping hoboes out of town. A city order has closed the jail against them as sleep ing quarters. Apparently word has been spread to the effect that Falls City is a tough town for hoboes, and as a result they are giving It a wide berth. DON'T NEGLECT Y00G- KIDDEYS! rp your kidneys axe not working right and you Buffer backache, dizziness, burning, scanty or too Irexraent urination, swollen feet and ankles; ' feel lame, stiff, rail tired eat" ... use Doan'a Piii. Thousands rely upon Doan't. They are praised the country over. Get Doau's PGU today. For sale by ,aH druggists. DOAITS PILLS Suggest Change in Number Wards in Plattsmouth Creation of City Into Two Wards Proposed as Means cf More Ef ficiency in Government. There has been considerable dis cussion in the past several days of a plan to have the city wards re arranged and to have but two in stead of the present five ward sys tem which has been in use since the creation of the fifth ward in 1895. at which time a large section of land was annexted to the city. Under the plan that has been sug gested there would be but two wards in the city, divided by the most nat ural boundary, that of Main street, and extending to the city limits. The new plan would give each of the wards two members of the city council elected under the present law for two year terms and elected in alternate years as at present. It has been urged that this change would make for greater efficiency in the handling of the city affairs and consolidating many of the present widely varied committees into more compact groups that would tend to expedite the handling of the city business affairs. With the smaller membership of the council a num ber of committees would be grouped under separate heads such as finance. streets, alleys and bridges, fire and water and judiciary. With consolidations the finance committee would have their present functions and in addition claims and license, while all of the city utility aetirities would be grouped under one head. The streets department would have the parks and improve ment committee as part of their work. The police would be placed in the grouping with the Judiciary or else placed under the direct com mand of the mayor who Is in fact the real head of the welfare depart ment of the city. The plan would also place the maintenance of Oak Hill cemetery in the hands of an association of citizens and administered by a board of trustees, relieving the city of the responsibility of the governing of the cemetery. These changes can be made by ordinance, it is claimed, but would not be effective until in May, 19S6, when the last of the present council men will be retired. If the ordinance should be adopted the next election there would be five councilmen named for one year and In 1936 the two wards elect but the four to form the new council. FACE HARBORING CHARGES Duluth. Selection of a Jury com pleted, the government opened Its case against Thomas Frank Kirwin, William A. Gray and Marie Mc Carthy, charged with harboring and concealing Homer Van Meter, slain Dillinger gunman. Explaining the Issues of the case of the government, James J. Giblin, assistant U. S. at torney, said that evidence will be presented to show that the trio aid ed Van Meter to hide from officers knowing that he faced arrest, and that Van Meter had likewise con spired with John Dillinger to pre vent arrest of the Indiana gangster and others. LOSES LIFE IN SAVING GIRL San Bernardino, Calif. Charles R. Trotman, 23, saved Miss Pollyanna Hollar, 16, from falling to her death over a cliff but lost his own life. Trotman. Miss Hillar and ForeBt Ad cock were hiking in the mountains about thirty miles eaBt of here. The girl slipped on the ice covered snow at the top of an Incline. Trotman caught her and while pushing her to safety lost his own footing and plunged over a fifty foot cliff. CHRISTMAS ft GREETINGS w a a? is? We are wishing you lasting 3 happiness, not only Christ- JJ mas and New .Years, but fa throughout the year as well ! j Use Deep Rock Products and you will have lasting v2 satisfaction from your car! A. H. WARD g Dispenser of Deep Rock MURDOCK - NEBRASKA l DOCK ITEMS Milton Wood and wife, of Wabash, were looking after some business in Murdock last Wednesday. Louis F. Newman was a visitor in Plattsmouth last Monday and was a caller at the Journal ofTice. A. H. Ward was at Ashland Friday with a truck lead of gasoline. He was accompanied by Albert Theil. Emil Kuehn was a business visitor at Fullerton last week, where he ib preparing to farm this coming year. William Straich and wife were in Lincoln last Wednesday, driving over to the big city to look after some pre Christmas shopping. Lloyd Williams shelled and deliver ed corn last Wednesday to the Mur dock elevator, for which he received S4 tents per bushel. Milton G. Keedy and family, of Fairbury, were visiting for a few days last week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Ward, of Murdock. Henry Carsen, the elevator man, expects to enjoy Christmas day at the home of his mother in Havelock, where a sumptuous dinner is in pros pect. Miss Irene Lawton was a passenger to Omaha last Wednesday evening, where she went to visit her grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. Sorick for the week-end and Christmas. Dr. Carl Baumgartner, wife and son John, of Chicago, are visiting at the home of Carl's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Conradt Baumgartner, spending the Christmas holidays here. Emil Miller and family, of Adams, are here to spend Christmas at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Long They anticipate a very pleasant visit as Mr. Miller and Mrs. Long are brother and sister. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Bauers are spending the Christmas holidays at the home of their daughter, Mrs. Ray Baldin and family at Weeping Water They may also visit at Plattsmouth before their return. Mrs. Obie Runyon, of Weeping Water, was a guest of her grand mother, Mrs. George Utt, for a lew days, going from here to Lincoln, where she visited for a time at the home of her uncle. Diller Utt and family. A. J. Tool and wife are spending the Christinas season at Sioux City, at the home of W. P. Meyers. George Work and family, of Omaha, are also to be guests there on Christmas day, for the fine family dinner that is to be served. Dr. L. D. Lee, wife and son, Larry, are spending the Christmas season at the heme of his brother, W. R. Lee and family, at Ithica, where the lat ter is engaged in the mercantile busi ness. They will return home by tne middle of the week. Mr. and Mrs. John Eppings and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Buck and their little one-month-old daughter were over to Plattsmouth last Thursday, at which ilace they were making the purchase of a baby buggy for the little new comer. This is to be her first auto mobile. Visiting at Fairmont Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Gillespie left Saturday for Fairmont, where they will visit at the home of William Mc Namara and family until Wednesday of this week, spending the holidays at the home of Mrs. Gillespie's broth er and family. Have Fine Game The Greenwood schools have a fine basketball team, composed of splen did young men who can win or lose with becoming dignity. They came to Murdock last Friday both the first and Decond string teams and met the local team, which is also plenty good this year. The results were: Murdock first team defeated Greenwood, 39 to 10; Murdock second team defeated Greenwood, 37 to 9. Entertain Relatives Mr. and Mrs. Fred Towle, of near Wabash are entertaining for Christ mas and will have as their guests at the sumptuous Christmas dinner, Mrs. Una McIIugh. sister of Mr. Towle, and her son Edwin, also her daughter, Miss Mary McIIugh, who is making her home at Omaha. B. I. Clements Funeral Parlors Elmwood, Nebraska Expert service. Your patronage solic ited. Phones: Office, 91; Home, 65. Royal Neighbors Elect Officers. At the recent meeting of the Royal Neighbors of America, after the regu lar business had been transacted, the (members proceeded with the election of officers for the coming year, with the following result: Mrs. J. H. Ep pings. oracle: Charles Kupke, vice oracle; Mrs. L. B. Gorthey, chancel lor; Mrs. H. H. Lawton, R. M.; Mrs. Emma Davis, past oracle; lone N. Weddell, recorder; Mrs. W. J. Mc- MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A Happy New Year TO f ft This is our wish for you, our l friends and patrons. Our re- :5 bnildinfj and repair of Autos and expert welding is of the type that will make you 3 happy throughout the year -4. 1 : 1 1. ... 3 XV work to be done In this line. 5s A. H. Jacobson MURDOCK, NEBR. ci2 Donald, musician, and Mrs. . i. Weddell, receiver. The board of man agers is to be composed of Mrs. Chas. Buell. 3-year term; Mrs. James Mills, 2-yeer term and Mrs. IL A. Tool, 1- year term. Home for Christmas Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Schewe receiv ed a letter from their son, Aianon, who makes his home at York, saying that he and his family, comprising the wife and little daughter, would be home for Christmas, which news brought much happiness to the en tire Schewe family. Christmas at L. Neitzel's On Christmas day Mr. and Mrs. L. Neitzel will entertain members of their family at a sumptuous Christ mas dinner. Among those present will be A. J. Neitzel and family, of Murdock; O. J. Hitchcock, of Have lock, Mrs. Meta McDiarmid and her daughter, Dorothy Jane, of Omaha, and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lowe and their daughter, of Hyannis. Gave Friends Shower The friends of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Richman gave this worthy couple a charivari and ehower on last Tuesday, there being seme 85 in number pres ent and all had a fine time as well as bringing many useful and beautiful gifts to the bride and groom in token of the high esteem in which they are held. Splendid Christmas Program There was a Christmas program at the Callahan church last Sui'y, be ing enjoyed by a large audience that comprised members of the church and Sunday school and numerous outsid ers as well. On Tuesday a cantata was also presented by the choirs of the Wabash and Callahan churches, with the aid of some additional Eingcrs from Murdock. At the Scheel Home Mr. and Mrs. John Scheel, Sr., en tertained for Christmas and had as their guests for the occasion, Frank Reister and family of near Louisville, Ed Jochim and family of near Man ley, Frank Hart of Omaha and Fred Tonak, Jr., of Omaha. A moat pleas ant time was had by all. Home for Christmas The home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Tool is a merry place during the present Christmas holidays, with the children and their families home to enjoy the festivities. Their guests number Kenneth Tool and wife, ot Wahoo; Richard Tool and wife, ot LeMars, Iowa, and Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Bradford, of Harbine, Nebr. Millers to Entertain Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Miller will entertain at their home north of Mur dock on Christinas day, harlng as their guests, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Mil ler, parents of Elmer; Ruth Freisby and husband, Fred Blessing and fam ily and Ferd Reichman and family. Journal ads bring you newt of timely bargains. Read them! uni in a v 3 GREETINGS f WE WANT YOU ( TO HAVE A Q Merry Christmas AND A j T' " t of rn Nu i S3? S? Year As an aid in achieving this, our Barber Service cannot be excelled. Always at your ser vice. "You're Next" at the 3 Murdock Barber jmj bhop til Eddie Craig - - Kanager iJ