I 4 THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1935. PLATTSMOTJTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOUHNAL PAGE SEVEN a , 2 I r a T i t ! ' 1 ,1 h1 i AVOCA NEWSIFreeman Home- Elmer II:Iistrom wa3 looking alter j ecme business matters for the hank! in Weeping Water last Monday, j II. 2.1. Lur.i cf the Avoca Lumber I company v.aj a Isitcr in Lincoln last Sunday, where Lc spent the day witu friends Marion Pitman and the family vis ited at the home cf Iiirc. Laura Flois chman, where the parents c Mr. Pit man reside, cne evening last week. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. DeLcng, of j Syracucm were visiting i:i Avoca 1-st ! Monday, and were locking after r.ome! business, seeking tc purchase corn i here. Many cf the r tended the K::nt2 Avoca at ;ale, which estate was a birr cne and attracted a largo number cf pesple. Goods brought very fair figure. Harry A. Williams, who re:id23 , cf a T. Its surface varies from slight northeast cf Weeping AVater, wa3 a!y rolling to level areas. Thru the visiter in Avoca last Saturday, dis-i center a small stream winds, fed by tilbuting rale bills for a sale whi:h I constant Cowing springs. The hanks he will hold on this coming Monday, i of the stream are carpeted by a Heavy February 4th. j growth of blue grass, shaded by Mrs. Fred Marquardt rrd her stately trees cf several varieties, mother, Mrs. Bedella Stander, who! The eld freighting road from the has been here from he home in Louis-, -Missouri river to the mountains runs ville visiting: rt the Marquardt home tor nearly a mile thru the homestead for some time, were in Lincoln last J and cn the hill at one corner cf the Friday cn a shopping trip. j farm overlooking the valley and the Harry Watson and Larry Layer J freighting road are the graves of Mr. sold to the Marquardt elevator some 'and Mrs. Freeman. A short distance 1,300 bushels c f corn last Monday, toolow is a marker made of the stone be delivered during the present week, j taken frcm the eld Nebraska capitaol, At the prevailing .prices, considerable j erected by the D. A. R. of Nebraska, corn that was held in storage is be-! The Daniel Freeman homestead ing sold. j marks the most important act for the Reports come from Cedar Cresting j w elfare of the people ever passed in of a visit there by the stork at the' the history of the United States. For heme of Mr. and Mr?. Ted lleil. brin-'tl:o rEt eighty years of the United ing to the happy parents a very fine:State3 history there were no free Laby girl. Ilcth she and the mother J homt steads. All those who wanted are doing nicely. This is pleasing 'land had to purchase it. While it was news to fhe grandmother, Mrs. L. J. Marquardt. Everett Carter was putting up i:e for himself as well as for a number of ethers who have stcrag3 facilities for handling the frozen product. They completed their work Saturday. This winter has been productive of a good fTf.'l of T O o r H mniiv nverru-SAro liaro availed themselves of the opportun- ihe land and il v-'as Passed in I860, ity cf laying in a supply. j but u was vetoed by President Duch- Mrs. Bedella Stander, of Louisville, j an2r" Tv' vcars later the tin was who has been vimting for some time j introduced again in a slightly dif at the heme of her daughter, Mrs. I fent fcrin and on Ma-V 20- 1SC2- the Fred L. Marquardt, returned home I :'re- homestead act was finally pass last Sunusv. She was accompanied I ed ar,d sined b' President Lincoln, by the daughter and husband, who The aw Ws effective Jan. 1, 1S63. took hrr rvrr in th.-fr mr rP-i The homestead act had its incep- mained for the evening, a six o'clock dinner being enjoyed there at the j heme cf Mrs. Stander. Ilcme Over Sunday Senator Fred L. Carsten was a vis iter at home ever Sunday, returning to resume his duties in the state leg islature Monday morning. On Mon day. Elmer Hennings the barber and his wife were at Lincoln and were ' Frf-rn;an on Cub creek in Gage coun cntertaincd at dinner by Mr. a!7a Mrs.! Xy' Nebraska. When the free home Carsten, who are making their home in the capital cit," during the legis lative session. Uade Gccd Sab cf Com James James, of Nebraska fity, whore he is engaged in the law busi ness, disposed cf 12,000 bushels of! corn whic h he has been holding in J storage in this vicinity for some time, j the grain to be delivered to Nebraska City as rapidly as possible. The pric2 cf ecrr. is very gocd now and the de-! mar.d continues to exceed the sur-plv.l apparently. Held Anneal Meeting The Avoca Mutual Telephone com pany, which is a stock company com posed of local people, met last Satur day night, with a large number cf the stockholders present. Reports of the past year s L;:s:r.ess were most en couraging and showed it had been conducted at a profit. The annual i , e.ecticn o loers resulted m naming :. the following: E. R. i ..- t i - . dent: George Ludwig, vice presicent; tt . j . . Fred L. ( amicn, secretary-treasurer; Carl Tent and Herman Kennae, direc tors, who with the officers comprise the governing body. Tr.k-n tc Hospital Mrs. Albert Rohlis has been in poor' health for . ' - - v. ai.u tto i-Uii- iiiLiun Lt",au:i' :.xre serious it was ce eiticd to have her taken to St. Cath .... . . . erine's hospital in Omaha, -where she is receiving treatment. F! ITtf If- , H TTj 4TiT PUjL!l AUCTION I'ARIIY WILLIAMS will hold a Pub lic Sale at his farm located , mile north and 3 U miles east of Manley ard 4 miles north aud Zi cast of AVtcping Vv'atcr, starting at 10 a. m. on Monday, Febr. 4th Ccmrhsting of horses and mules, cat tle and hogs: 20 tens of baled alfalfa hay. and full line of machinery. HEX YOUNG. Auctioneer TO. EAU, Clcrfc J2S-2tW teadMavB s ecome a National Park i jirst in the Country Lies In Gage County, Near Beatrice In terest Is Spreading. Citizens of Beatrice for the past thirty years have been making an effort to convert the Daniel Freeman h : mstead No. 1 into a national park. The interest now has not only spread thrucut the state of Nebras- ha, but has gone beyond its boun daries into ether states. Th3 Freeman homestead is rive j miles northwest of Beatrice. It con tains ICO acres of fertile soil. It is a typi.-al midwestorn tract in the shape ! priced low, the people in many cases were toj poor to buy it even at a low cost. In 1852 a party called the free soil party demanded homesteads for the people. In 1S54 the first free homestead bill was introduced by Congressman Glusha A. Grow, of Pennsylvania. The act required the tion in the desire to relieve the con- ditios in the east. There were many unemployed people as is the case now, The homestead act in cne respect was a reward to soldiers of the union army and to give every citizen a right to make a home upon the public do main. The first free homestead in ihe L'niird States was taken by Daniel stead mil was signed, Daniel Free- man was a soldier in the union army. Sho-tly after that when cn a fur laugh, he selected his tract of land nrrl stnrtprf for tlio n r.n met linf r- f I hce, which was Drownville. He ar rived there Dec. 31, 1862. The little village was thronged with Bettlers thero for the came purpose. The land seekers enjoyed themselves that eve ning at a New Years party. Next day being New Years day, the land office v. as closed. Mr. Freeman had crdns to leave on the first of Jan uary to join his regiment. It was known how anxious Daniel Freeman was to be the first to file for a home- 5 stead, so by general consent, at mid- j opened it for a few minutes thus j making it possible for Dauiel Free I man to sign for the first homestead j in the United States, j Daniel Freeman served in the ; union army until" the close of the Civil UT.r i-i 1 SC Uo (I,,.,, v, . ... , . . ar t , . ; ui3 uriae ana settiea cn nis AeDras Straub. prest- . .-.,.u r - vi..t;:tt:c.u, v. liicn !iauoiizes me , , ., ,. home building and settlement of the . , It was found that :a sandhill areas ICO acres was not sufficient to sup port a family, so in 1&0 4, thru the efforts of Congressman Moses P. Kin haid of Nebraska, another homestead act was passed, increasing the area i . t n r . . r ...... ..j u 7 u ti.trn. Some , ?, 000, 000 acres of sandy and rough I iana v. as settled by y virtue of thlsihl,s r tllt,'B .m i act. juudy n is oemg iounct mat . i . . , ... T o-i-i-w- j families even on this enlarged basis 'and so the erovernment is bv itwa iand - nd so the government is buying back into wild game reserves, national narks, and forest reserves similar to the Halsey reserve and the Niobrara river re serve in Cherry county. R. D. Stine and son, Ruben, cf Union, were in the city Saturday afternoon to look after seme matters of business and visiting with friends for a short time. Journal Want-Sets ccszs Mltla and accomplish much. I WELL.WEU.MRJ. 6UH, -Miiillililll hfOU OLD JTPAN6ER.I HAVENTT Jf'i'iiJJ.I JEEN YOU FOR. THREE pnrfiill YEAR OR. MORE - IrnMciw i III II n II III I' i- - . rti-v III II 1 It IR.JT H . . :t." . - l T '! - -r III Li . 1 . 7 1 f M rr n '4 "W W V 11 HE WAf SO-O-O BATH FULg I T JUT EEM THE OTHER. -.3 Q-O-0 AND THEY J lgV 8UT WHET5.E ARE THOE DAY WE TIED A PINK RBBON AROUNO'IMJ Wski THIJ 1 THE dzr rV PRETTY 'ITTY MA"RKED,I920"AT THE cjf ?HAPP.1EJT TIME OF Al f p $ -CMRL? NEWYEAW CELEBRATI0NIYouN&MAN7 LIFE-I'LlI pr f2pL- -L LOOK. HE' JTILL BAH-JDO YOU THINK t EE 6LAD WH E N erM &J!r FUL-LOOK. AT Ht pWE LCOKi LIKE MsL I'M MJNETV.?J7rT-- II fa5S;r 1 1 rK'.Trrnrl lit- m A. ."Y I BOSTON . . . Mr. Thomas Yawkcy, youth ful president of the Boston Red Sox, wis told that owning a major league baseball team was no piker game. He took them at their word and went out and closed a 1250,000 deal with Washington to get Joe Cronin for his 1935 manager . . . "Tie thati" tays Mx. Yav. Ley. Weeping Water Herbert Cappeu was called to Lin coln last Monday to look after t;cme business matters, making the trip in his car. Miss Clara Johnson and Miss Irene Gibson were visiting with friends and looking after some shonninz in Lin-i coin last Monday. i geson were called to Plattsmouth cn Friday cf last v.eeK, where they had some business matters to look after. Mrs. Rasmus Lcrensen, who has been in poor health for the past two weeks, was taken to the hospital in Lincoln last week for observation and treatment. Little Mary Allen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ailcn, the new grocers, has been quite ill for the past few days, but is reported some better at this writing. Sterling Amick, who has been sick most cf the past week with flu and tcnsilltis, is feeling much better and is oble to be up and around again, but not feeling the best as yet. Mr. and 2vlrs. Lee Browns and El liott Browne were in Omaha on last Sunday, where they called on De Fcrcst Phiipot at the hospital and found him making good progress to ward recovery. Rev. E. S. I'angburn was a business and social visitor in Nehawka on lost Monday, calling on the members of his congregation there, as he has the two charges. Weeping Water and Ne hawka to look after. C. Waily Johnson, of Friend, where he is engaged in the moving picture busir.ess, accompanied by his wife, were visiting in Weeping Water last week, they coming on Friday and re maining ever for a day. Fred Koe-hler, of Weeping Water, and Lee McCann, of Avoca, departed for p-int Micb-'s-an. lp-f FrOi"v v-ii ' v.l ..hi Owv-Ult driving the same back to w'eeping Water. County Commissioner Fred II. Gor der and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Chris tensen were ever to Plattsmouth last Saturday, whore they were looking after tome business at the court house and meeting with their many friends as well. Trey L. Davis, Ray Wiles, Peter Spangler and a number of ethers from this vicinity were at Elmwood, going over to attend the sale cf the Kuntz estate. They report a very nice crowd and much interest with the property commanding good prices. Howard E. Brookings end wif a j my m good to el you, p MRJ. HAZ AkD-HUW 1 THE FAM I - EPECI A L LY HARRY' IN THE TKE NEXT ROOM.EUT HE' HOT JO LITTLE GERTIE GADDEP. AYJ a lotta emu wc;:t MOKE CI6AkETT "CAUE THEY'RE AFRAID THE FELLER; VJLL LEAVS 'EM TO siov THEIR OWN RINC-. were in Omaha cn last Sunday, whe-rc-Ihey went to visit wi:'., seme friends from cut r-tate who were in one of the hcrpitals there rr d also called on I :eForert Philprt, whom they found j improving rapidly fellow !r.g hi; c p J oration cf last week, j Mr. and Mrs. G. K. Linger and son j Ralph were in Om; ;.a last Sunday, at hich place they -. ere visiting with i risnds. During th.ir stay, they paid, - . L i -j tne lie. , .iai, i.e . e;.tr;- i ailed on Deforest Phiipot, who is; . . . i ! r.ow cor. vaif scing following an cpera-i tion which he underwent last week. ! - I-crt Phiipot was ah o ever to sea h brother, Id! v. who is getting along cplend- Fcnnd Son Kot So Well Richard Sehwers. who hrs been at the hospital in Omaha for some two weeks, where he underwent an opera tion for appendicitis, has net been reeling so well the past few days, al though his early recovery was very rapid. The father. C. J. Sehwers, was in Omaha on Mcnda.v to visit his son. Kiss Es:en lane Sick Miss Helen Lar.c who has been employed at the ...asor.ic Jinia m Plattsmouth for pome time past, isj ..t Lome, having cc.uractod a severe j : rss cf the flu, whi h ran into pr.eu- j mon.ia. Latest repr-rts from her bed side arc to the effect that she is some better. Her many lr:ends are hep h:g that the may soon be wall again. j.1 v. w s i Xj e uv. F. Ib Dav. who has been sie?- and e enhned to his bed for more t.ian a week, is reported a" being some bet ter at this time a'!d it is hoped he will ;bla j.OOii oble t be up again and eii..e. i : gular duties. The Jasper Stone company are do ing much v.crk at this time with some fio men ct v.xrk in the rj::arries and it is cxpe'ted that the number will be increased in the near future. Ole Olsen 2 l.-,o is employing about twelve to fifteen at his quarries. Ergages in Eusires: fcr Self Joe Bonder, who has been employ ed ct the Knude Jensen market lor the past two years, in compo with another man, has engaged in business at York. Mr. Bender will have charge cf the market department of the new enterprise. The new business was in augurated with good prospects of su ocs3 if early volume is any criterion. We are sura Mr. Eendor will do his share to make the venture succeed, JOJHS IJ LEETLE HARRY, NY, i-VY-IT ttu OMT YUTERPAf, WE PREPARED Hi; vi) BOTTLE . -2J ..'".. . ..... r 4t n j . r- . .. -4 ri, i "lilac tirTiiur or he is a tireless worker and is well .ersed in market management. Ecvz: letter but Still in Bed Chris Rasmussen, who has been i- I; at homo for nearly two weeks i3 t:!i confined to Lis. bed. but is some better and is hoping that in a short :ime ho will be able to be up and : ut again. The sons, however, are i :e; I::r.g after the business all right ourinr his confinement in bed. Enjoy Eirthday Surprise s. 11. M. Prall and her sister, Mabel Harmer. having birthdays j rs. i falling cn last Sunday, Mrs. Harmer jand a party cf friends came to the rail heme, where they celebrated the sicn. Among those present were ' 7 t. and Mrs. H. I'. Christensen and daughter. Bodinn, John Weihard and wife, Paul Fowler and family, Maude Mouiton and T. L. Bailey and family. Sjit:ccs at Methodist Church Bible school every Sunday morn ing at 10 o'clock. Preaching at 11:00 in the morn ing. All not worshiping elsewhere are cordially invited to these services We welcome any one visiting in the city. E. S. PANGBORN, tfWW Pastor. HEIHES3 TO MAURY New York. Rosalind Kress, heir ess to the Kress chain store fortune, .vill "ran be m; irricd to Charles Wesley e of Utica. N. Y.. some time "within the next six weeks," it was announc?d at her home. Never before in our business history have we had as com plete a line of both New and Used Cars. G We are confident we have the car you want as we have all makes and models at the very lowest price. We do cur own financing therefore we can give you terms to suit yourself. ' if ycu arc in the market for either a New or Used Car be sure and see us first.. NOVAK AUTG CO. Nebraska City, Nebr. T . Nehawka Miss Ellen Roese went to Lincoln last Monday morning to spend a few days at the home cf an aunt re siding there. The Sheldon store completed its annual inventory last Monday, and all are well pleased that this extra bit of work is out of the waj Earl Troop was a business visitor in Omaha on Monday of this week, driving over to the big town to look nfter securing some employment. Rev. Otto Engebretson, pastor of the United Brethren churches at Ne hawka and Otterbein, is at this time confined to his home with an attack of the flu. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Troop were visiting at the home cf their daugh ter, Mrs. Victor Wehrbein, who re rides seme distance west of Murrry, last Monday evening. Rev. E. S. Pangborn, pastor cf the Methodist churches at Weeping Water and Nehawka, was in town Monday, calling on members of the congrega tion here and looking after some mat ters of business. John Hicks was visiting and lock irg after some business matters in P.'attsmcuth during the early part of this week, being a guest of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Hitt and family. Mrs. Hitt is a sister cf Mr. Hicks. John Cpp and family were visiting last Sunday over near Weeping Wat er, where they were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Amos Plun kett, who reside on the J. L. Wiles farm. All enjoyed a Cne visit. Mrs. Ralph Stander of Wilsey. Kan sas, who has been visiting with rela tives in and about Nehawka, depart ed for home last Sunday. Her uncle, Albert Anderson, tock her to Lincoln, where she caught a Rock Island train for home. Mrs. John O. Yeiser and the boys came down from Omaha and visited c.er ,uimay at tne nome ot tier par - . r . . . . . .. 1 ents. T.Ir. and Mrs. A. F. Sturm. They returned to their home Sunday even ing, being accompanied by the daugh ter, Suzanne, age 5, who had been making her home with the grandpar ents for a few years. Suzanne start ed to kindergarten in Omaha last Monday. The ladies of the Methodist Aid society were serving refreshments at the sale of George McFadden on last Monday, picking up a little money to be used in the advancement cf the church. With times hard and com petition keen, an extra heavy burden has fallen upon church women every where to keep the work going for ward, for, like everything else, it takes money. Methodist Church Services At the Methodist church here there is held Bible school every Sundav morning at 10:15. Preaching by the paster at 11:30. The Nehawka Bro therhood meets the third Tuesday evening of each month. At Weeping Water the Brother hood meets on the second Thursday evening of the month. Visitors from Nehawka welcome at 11 times, as well a3 to the Weeping Water church services which include preaching at 10, Bible school at 11, E. L. at C:30 and the evening preaching service at 7:30. Rev. E. S. Pangborn, Pastor. Had a Good Sale George McFadden, who has been farming but was not able to secure a farm for this year, held a S2le cf his farming machinery and other equip ment last Monday and was able to realize good prices for what he had to dispose of. Rex Young was the auc- , tionecr and Walter J. Wunderlioh thej clerk. Mr. McFadden will work on the farm for Louis Ross this comin summer. Mcthcdists. Have Special Services At the Methodist church last Sun-j day, Rev. E. S. Pangborn conducted' special services at which a number of i babies were christened and baptismal j rites were conferred on a number who' were desiricus cf coming into the! church. The- Nehawka glee club andj the Nehawka orchestra furnished the music, which was under the direction! cf Miss Jansen of the Nehawka pub-1 lie schools. Hcnc frcm Hcsp:t3l . Mrs. E. Chambers, who has been at the Mayo Bros, hospital in Rochester, Minn., for several weeks, undergoing an operation while there, was able to return to Nehawka last Saturday and i staying at the home of her sister, Mrs. Trank Lemon for a short time until the h:s recovered her strength. when she will go to her home at North Bend. Mrs. Chambers with-' ctood the ordeal in splendid shape J and will soon be restored to good health. Has a New Car Stewart Rough has a new car and fine one at that, but with a gover- PUZZLE IT man y Ii5URAHCE INSURE ViSTH nor c.i it v. h'ch k cr t:. ( a n:.: b u. obi joins mora than thirty m:b ; until it is veil broke in. A hi car would get cut and b li.ty i r 1 t i ter, the rcrtrirted rj.ted cf this- i. w mcdel n.akeo it rem c ry s! " t j ho owner, although ho rcaliz.? ; the wis dom ff this prcvami hile the :.. -tor iz i:cv and Mi it. It i.s : aij that t?:c n.ar.r.cr of hrt -.k::-" ;i ; in de termine:; its K:e i.v.d frt 1 :.i lim .ortly repair bib's and t lie maker. this car have lixed it r the re:tbs; driver, fretting -jt tU.v.- j,r mc.-s can't Etcp on the gas. an! d. d-:r. a : t hi; sr until it is ecus, nod and t upublf cf going faster. Stewart s:.y,: it might he well to rc. lrict ail c. rs to that fpced ail t!:e tii.iv. Then, there arc some cn the read that wr.'i't e ven d' thirty: V.'hat about tlscr.i? Heme h"T.i the Hospital On Tuesday cf this uetk. M: S. Rough, who haj be-cn ;.t ! pital i'i Lincoln tor many wee ks ho , U.i dergo.'ng t.eatmcr.t u-.d ju .pi rati-.n. from which re-every war. tl ) ;.n l sometime- doubtful. ;. rie.l h'..':c ..i d was well I leased to i.c La k Wxth her ' family and fric: h:s -tier the Li:g t::::.- ; nt In the lor.elines? cf a h-. j,;ta ixcm. We are pita; the is getting uion; d t ; rc-: : t that very rid'-, al though r.he is sti'l far from b it g it stored to normal health, lit r ho-, pital nurse a: comp ;niod her home an i will remain to care for her during the b:.l Enec cf her con vales, e i:, e peri'-d. All are hopeful that will con tinue to gain rapidly and will be abb to be up and abeiut a?aiii in the- in t far distant future. TO SAVE KZEPiASILi CAIILZ Vt'ashingtori. Representative C fee said federal emergency r'-h-.-f it i J loan officials had a si; red b!:n rrompt action wonbi be taken to pre vent cattle death ios-c: in western Nebraska. Coffee hvd Te-ccived se v eral reports cf animals starving t death in Roc': and wt-tern Che-try counties and said ar-pat-noly part or the difficulty was because j -c : h didn't know whore they 'o-ih (.Loam the emergency loans. !Ie n-iJ ). was promised action would be t - on to relieve any distress. HEW LEA DEE SHIP EEVEL0P3 Topc-ka. New 1 Ci-: htp Is tie sl oping in the republican party and will be prepared f;,r the- K'lM cam paign.. Governor I. nd-m of Ka:ia; declared hire on the- ce of a con ference of midwest party 1. ao : . L-indcn, tb.e enly rp-jb'ii-an rov ernor to win re-eU-.-tio-u lost hill, ad dressed the Kansas Women'- K; u! lican club in advanc of Tut.oly's gathering of party !:;. fs tor infwr mal conferences and c-!c b: ation cf Kansas day. A MONEY fcr Prompt Closing Low Commission No Stock Terms end Pav; to Suit ' ienU CALL OR SEE 9 J. 'toward Davis OFF OF Duxbury cz Davis E k 4 La n O 4I P' u (1 t li.