THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 193G. PAGE TWO PLATTSilOUTH sv.t.tt . WEEKLY JOURNAL flie tPlattsmouth' JenrnaS FUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY AT Entered at Postofiice, Plattsmouth, MRS. R. A. BATES, Publisher SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $2.00 A YEAR IN FIRST POSTAL ZONE Subscribers living in Second Postal Zone, $2.50 per year. Beyond oOO miles, $3.00 per year. Rate to Canada and foreign countries, $3 50 per year. All subscriptions are payable strictly in advance. Certified Seed Distributed to 4-H Members To Ee Returned After Harvest or Paid for at the Market Figure At That Time. In an attempt to more forcefully foster the growing of certified seed crops and improved varieties, the Ne braska Crop Growers association an nounced distribution of small quan tities of varied seeds to 4-H crop3 1; in various parts of the state. Paul II. Stewart, extension agron cn lit at the college of agriculture and secretary of that organization, made the announcement. Rural boys enrolled in the 4-H clubs will be given certified oats, bar Icy, and sorghum seed by the crop growers. They will either return the same amount of seed late this sum mer after harvesting, or pay market value for it at that time. The Crop Growers association orig Bible School Sunday, February 16th "Jesus Helps a Doubter" Luke 7:19-28. Tho seventh chapter of Luke is the , frame, and the verse3 of the lesson the picture. The background and fiar..e bring cut the beauty of the rl.turo. First v.e see Jesus as the "friend in need." A Centuyon, a Roman officer, a heathen, shows a remarkable faith in Christ. (All the centurions of the N. T. are spoken of. i a favorable way; Luke -23:47; Acts 10:1; Acts 22:26; Acts 27:43 and this man). Jesus marveled at this man's faith, that he had in Jesus spoken word; and that faith was honored; the sick man was heal ed. Jesus' own people did not show such faith. Next we have recorded by Luke a "gem." which is worthy of claiming 6ome of our attention. Going south west from Capernaum about 20 miles, he comes to the little town of Nain. A great tbrong follows him. A sad proce.--.3ion is emerging from the city. A poor woman was in the very depths of dejection and misery. Sometime be fore she had lest her husband. For years, in all probability, she had struggled along- to support her only ccn until he had grown to manhood and was alio to provide for her sup port, being the mother's pride and joy. liut a second, and, one might say, more terrible bereavement ha3 Cnil'P lf r. r .Ml 1, j i ..... op3 or nope in conscious admission into fell-re is cone. She is a widow and alone. lowship with God. the humblest child .he is going to bury her only son. I of the new Kingdom is superior to Death has its victory but here is the greatest prophet of the old. the prince of life. m , - , .... , . , I The closing act of thi3 chapter is v -J i 1 ! S 6 thy mcet Ube first annointing of Jesus by a i;ltlU iw.passioa or Jesus hnu3 expression. "Weep not." k all he can say; but it is enough. He tcuched the bier the proces f.icn stops. "Young man, I say unto thee, arise." And he that was dead rat '.it) a d began to 3rep.k And Tir - meuner. What a glorious Christ. Always bringing joy, peace and happiness, K bee me stages of raising the dead Jairus daughter, 12 years old, from ueaiu-ucu, tins young man Horn the bier, Lazrru3 frcm the grave). He'3 just the same today. Now the pic ture! ' The greatest man ever born of woman, in doubt about the Christ? Or is it tho disciples of John? May- be both. But who would blame John when he is perplexed! Almost a year imprisoned in the castle Machaerus, condemned to idleness, that fircy na- ture, and here tho Christ of God, to bring deliverance to those in prison; why is he not set free! Two of his disciples are sent to Jesus to bring a definite answer, to set his mind at rest. Did Jesus say: "I am the prom ised Messiah?" No. He invites these men to tell John what they have "seen and heard;" they are to be witnesses of his power, and that should be proof of his Messiahship. That is today the best proof of Jesus PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA Neb., as second-class mail matter inally, Stewart says, planned to put some hybrid seed corn in small quan tities to the 4-II crop clubs. The de mand, however, was twice as great a3 the supply and finally the plan had to be abandoned. Iogold oats go to 4-H clubbers in Saline, Hall, Otoe, Nemaha, Ante lope and Dixon counties. Nebraska 21 cats have been allotted to Ham ilton, Chase, Garden, Colfax, Custer, and Polk counties. The 4-H club boys in Hamilton, Gage, Johnson, Clay and Custer counties will get some Sparton barley seed. An allotment of Glabron barley goes to Hamilton county. Early Kalo seed will go to Saline, Hamil ton, Garden, Kimball. Clay and Chase county boys while Kalo seed has been allotted to a crops club in Custer county. Atlas sorgo certified seed will be planted by 4-H clubbers in Saline, Seward, Thurston, Platte, Colfax, Washington, Nemaha, Polk and Thayer counties. Cass county has no tended In debtedness, as. like tho state, it has paid cash for its grave! roads and ether improvements. That's a mighty geca policy to pursue. Lasscra Study! By L. Neitzel, Murdock, Neb. power to save, the living witnesses; that were spiritually dead and are now alive, blind and now can see, i cleansed from the leprosy cf sin, were deaf and now can hear the voice of God. The answer these disciples are to ! carry to John is somewhat puzzling; ialmost seems unfeeling, no word of sympathy or cheer; but wants John to draw his own conclusions'. Chris tianity is doing greater thing3 than named above; it is making men and women new creatures, the drunkard sober, the thief honest, the harlot pure; it is changing the dregs of society into good citizens and mem bers of churches. Now Jesus gives color to the pic ture. His eulogy of John may be said to be his funeral address. Verses 26 28 bring out the glorious character cf John and must be given the prop er study. A prophet? No, more than a prophet. He occupies a unique po sition, he links the "old" and the "new" together; he is the herald, the forerunner, the messenger of the "King." But for all that, filled with the Holy Spirit, before he is born, occupying such an exalted position did not experience the joy of sins for given. Jesus says, "the least in the Kingdom of God is greater than he." The simple meaning of these words ceems to be that, in blessings and privileges, in knowledge, in revealed i v.oman, called a "sinner." The cir cumstances are as follows: A promi nent Pharisee gave a banquet in honor of Jesus; and a3 was the cus tom, the house was open. Anyone cculd enter a3 a spectator. A woman who had led a life of shamo nvinn' i t.. , ... jmus iicueii aiiu r.aa ncr ron- ; . kmo awakened, took courage and entered the house, where she shed bitter tears of repentance on Jesus' I feet, wiped them with hor hnir l.-ici. ajed them and broke an alabaster box. j containin precious ointment and poured it on his feet. The Pharisee observing this, disapproved of it, which Jesus noted, and taught this self-righteous man a wholesome les son. Thi3 woman was the kind for whom he had tome into the world. The contrite heart, the broken spirit need the physician; the penitent is in need cf a pardon and the "sinner" needs a Savior all thi3 the woman (was, hence she had come to the right place, and left the house a foreiven and pardoned soul. That's the old time religion and it's good enough for me. Yes, and any one else. Her faith had saved her, and what a joy ful walk home with a new purpose in her soul a new light on the way a new joy and peace thrills her heart. "Thy sins are forgiven" rings in her ears. "Ring the bell3 of heav en, there is joy today." Weeping Water C. W. Everett who is employed by the Nebraska Power company, was looking after some business matters for the company at Avoca last Tues day. Mrs. Emma Colchester who has been very ill for several weeks still remains in bad health altho she has been showing some improvement, which it is hoped will continue. Miss Madge Hillman is getting so she can talk once more, for she was almost speechless on account of a very severe cold which she had lor a num ber of days, but she is better now. John Domingo who is now well along in years has been rather poorly at his home in Weeping Water and while he still remains up and about ilia 1i.-jio is still fnr frnni what ja'PaperS. ' - - desired. George W. Towle who suffered a severe sickness some weeks ago and who has been confined to his bed, still remains very poorly, altho he is slightly improved. His many friends are hoping that he may soon be bet ter. With storms coming on so fre quently, blocking the highways Car rier Ben Olive with the assistance uf Leonard Doty have been kept very jbusy in attempts to get to the homes 'of the farmers on the rural route on which Mr. Olive. Delivers mail. Mrs. G. R. Liuger and their son i in-law. Jack Bolz, w ere in Lincoln last Friday looking after some busi ness matters as well as visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. j Fernbaugh, Mrs. Fernbaugh being daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dinger. Harry A. Doty who conducts the amusement parlor, is rejoicing over the arrival of a new son, weighing nine pounds, which came to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Doty last Monday evening. All are doing nice ly and joy reigns supreme and none are rejoicing more than Grandfather Harry A. Doty. lib Doctor in Town. Dr. and Mrs. L. N. Kunkel were called to Omaha on account of the! They called the St. Edward fire de death of the father of Mrs. Kunkel J partment but the fire truck stalled and at a time when the weather was! so very bad and the roads blocked, which prevented the doctor returning and at the same time Dr. M. U. - Thomas was called away on a-count j of the death of his brother. Dr. W. Thomas at Edgar. At this time there were number . of people ill. Among these wer ' Jack Jourgesen and his two sons. Dr. Brenuel of Avoca was called but 'the roads were such as to prevent him from getting there immediately, but got there as soon as it was possible to get the roads open. Mr. Jourgessn and sons are stlil very poorly. Dr. W. M. Thomas Dies. Dr. W. M. Thomas who has been a practitioner at Edgar for the past 22 years died at his home last Thurs- day, February 6th. The death came isuddenly, although Dr. Thomas had i not been in the best of health for some time. Dr. Thomas leaves to mourn his passing the good wife and one daugh ter, making their home ai Edgar; a brother, Dr. M. U. Thomas and a sis ter, Mrs. Wiunie McCredy of Weep ing Water; Dr. J. W. Thomas, a nephew, of Lincoln. They were at the funeral services ; which occurred last Friday at Eugar. Very Close Friends. The family of Ralph Keckler of Weeping Water and that of Harry Haws who operates the elevator at Manley, are very close friends. On last Friday evening Mr. and Mrs. Haws were guests at the Keckler jhome and as they remained until rather late playing the fascinating game of pinochle, a storm came slip ping along with &uc!i violence that the roads were blocked and which re mained in that condition until Tues day evening when they were opened i for the greater portion of the way to the highway No. 1 which leads to , Manley. Mr. and Mrs. Haw3 taking '& bob sled departed heme where they arrived safely, leaving their auto in Weeping Water as they could not get (the car through ths drifts. However all enjoyed the fine visit which the Llcrm compelled them to ta-ic. Home From the South. Mrs. D. C. Phillips who has been in Dunncgan, Mo., for the past ten days, called there on account of the death of her father, returned home the middle of thi3 week, having re mained for the funeral visiting with the mother who i3 well advanced In life. Fifty Years in Nebraska. M. H. Prall who has made his home in Weeping Water lor the" past fifteen years, left Sterling Illinois, February !22nd, 1886. He camo first to West ern, Nebraska and was present and assisted in the organizing cf Chase county, Nebraska, where ho resided FOR Ohoico Farm Loans SEE Searl S. Davis for a number of years and where for a long time he was interested in the publishing of a number of news- Reads Were Very Bad. Otto Mogensen who resides east of Weeping Water where the snow is es pecially deep and almost impossible to get over came to town with a hand sled on which he loaded groc eries and things needed at the home, pulling them home over the fields where the snow was not so deep. This is one of the things the people have to resort to during this time of heavy suo.s intense cold and biting winds , Weeping Water Wins Over Lincoln. One of the high school basketball teams of Lincoln was here last week for a game of . the celebrated basket- oa11 wn lce eepinB hw and in which the home team won by a score of 16 to 10. The game was made the more interesting by the playing of Emsbury Reed and Rains who are counted as being very fast and good players. FIRE PUT OUT WITH SNOW St. Edward, Neb. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Cruise, living two miles north of here, are glad it snowed Friday night. At about 2 o'clock Saturday morning they awoke to find their home on fire. in a snowdrift on the edge of towni and it took the fire boys an hour to J dig it out and get it back to the station. Meanwhile Mr., and Mrs. Cruise fought the -fire alone- and finally put it out with snow. Cons:"d- crable damage was done to the roof and ceiling. &UFTES BAD FIXE From Wednesday's Daily This morning at 2:45 fire destroyed the Marcus hotel, 6th erreet and Cen tral avenue, Nebraska City. The fire originated in the basement of the hotel immediately under the rooms occupied by tlie Otoe county relief offices. The blaze spread rapidly and the entire interior of the building was gutted with the loss of the con tents of the hotel as well as the sup- plies of the relief office. Estimates fix the damage at from ? 15,000 to 120,000. WILL AID TAXPAYERS There will lie a representative of the collector of internal revenue here on February 2G, 27, 28, to aid the taxpayers in preparing their returns. It is expected that he will have his office at the cotirt house while here. ranee This agency represents the largest and oldest in surance companies in the United States. PROTECT WHAT YOU HAVE Every policy, large or small, carries with it the best possible protect .;r and service. INSURE WITH INSURANCE- AHO BONDS , PHOrC 16 Plattsmouth lilSli Water Trans portation in the Middle West Promise of Lower Rates on the Ship ment of Basic Crops of the Great Middle States. As we see the preparation of the Missouri river for navigation going forward to completion in 1937 or I193S, the people of this inland terri tory can hardly visualize the import ance of it, and so we just wonder what it is all about. A few statistics and figures which are official facts may aid in making it more concrete and more easily understood. In 1933, freight originated and carried by the railroads on which V.'.jy collected freight amounted to 693,943,000 short tons. While the same year the freight carried on the inland navi gable rivers, canals, and connecting channels on which freight was col lected amounted to 182,965,000 short tons. In other words, the inland waterways carried about 26 as much freight as wa3 carried by the railroads. Terhaps an actual example will help us to get a clearer understand ing of just what it actually means. Last year the all-j .i il freight rate on corn from Kansas City to Chicago was 17.5 cent3 per 100 pounds. The first down-stream tow on the Missouri river was a shipment of 51,000 bushels of grain from Kansas City to Chicago. The bargo line freight rate on this shipment was 9.7 cents per 100 pounds, a saving of 7.8 cents per 100 pounds, or a sav ing of 4.68 cents per bushel, or a saving of $2,386.80 in transportation cost. The Omaha World-Herald cf Jan uary 9, 1936, says: "A rate study indicates that when the proposed nine-foot channel of the upper Missouri is completed, it will be possible to deliver a bushel of wheat from Omaha, St. Joseph, Sioux City and ether ports at a cost of about 14 cents to Liverpool, Lon don, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Antwerp I or toracaux. ine snipmeni, maac inow by rail, lake and canal to New- York and then abroad, costs about 25 cents. "The wheat grow n in the middle -west must reach the world market in competition with wheat from the val ley of the Rio do la, Plata in the Argentine. -The. , rate for a bushel from Santa Fe on the La Plata to Liverpool and Hamburg is 15 cents. Similarly, the rate from the Danube river ports to Liverpool and Bremen is 15 cents a bushel. "If the American wheat grower could cut 10 cents a bushrl off the cost of shipping wheat .to the world market, his ability to compete in that market would rise at once." A. L. TIDD. PUPILS MAKE LIST OF CITY IMPROVEMENTS TO SUBiHT In co-operating with the Commun ity Planning committee the pupils of the Plattsmouth high school met and selected what they thought would be good improvements for the city of Plattsmouth. They took considerable interest in this, realizing that they as future citizens would be the re cipients of many of the benefits of these improvements. The following is the list they sub mitted: 1. Graveling and paving of side streets. 2. Recreational grounds provided for the young people of the city. 3. Remodeling or removing the old buildings of the city. 4. A city gymnasium. 5. Improving the old park or building another park. 6. Bigger and better things should be done by the transient camp. 7. Reconstructing the depots. 8. A dance hall provided for the young people only, i 9. A city o chance requiring all citizens to keep iheir alleys clean, j 10. Reconstructing of the grade school. j 11. Improving the old worn side walks. I 12. Remodeling Elks building for all high school pupils entertainment. I 13. Removing the park down the middle of Main street. 14. City limits should be more en forcing. j 15. Plattsmouth needs an organiz ation such as the Y. M. C. A. 16. Improving Hotel Plattsmouth. 17. Planting of Iits. 18. By making each and every business place bigger and better in order to keep our young people at home. EETUEN5 FROM FUNERAL Mrs. Frank Toman has returned from Oberlin, Kansas, where she was in attendance at the funeral of her brother, Frank Fiala, of that city. Mrs. Toman herself has been ill and today was the first time that she has been able to be out to any. extent. Phone the news to No. G. Murray FOR RENT: The seven room resi dence of Mrs. J. W. Jenkins. Inquire at Murray State Bank. fl3 Earl Mrasek and Henry Vest were looking after some business matters in Plattsmouth on Tuesday. Glen Kettlehut was driving for the writer on Tuesday of this week on our trip to Nehawka, Avoca and Weeping Water. Henry Vest was a visitor in Ne braska City Tuesday night of last week, going down to look after some matters of business. Oliver Lloyd, residing east of town, picked out a way to avoid the drifts and get to the highway across field, and from there was able to get to town for a bag of groceries, in which he was of need, and he was not alone in this respect, for there were many others in his class. Rev. Lovd Shubert. pastor of the Christian church at Murray and tnei" . teacher of a rural school east of town, was one of the crew of men who shoveled the road open to the high way and also took a picture of the twenty-tight men while they were busily engaged in making the snow fly. Van Allen, taking opportunity of the time when there was so much 3::ow end the weather so cold that there was little or no business from the surrounding countryside, got busy and overhauled his own car, tuning it up r.nd putting in some new parts, so it w ill be in shape to step out and go when spring finally arrives. Ilallis Akin, salesman Tor ttie Ford line of cars, was in Murray Tuesday cf this week looking after some, busi ness matters. He reports the sale of several cars during the past few days town of Murray off frora the outside in spite of the blocked highways and h'orld ior tv' da'3' the citlzana took inability to do much traveling. How-jstePs to u thc road and Cl ever, spring will come (as it always i forcn0(;n twenty-tight persons has) and the buyers are looking for- with sroo;3 v'CIlt afler tfcs Pposi ward to days of real pleasure with of digging themselves out in real their new vehicles. ca-nent. After making the snow fly Ee turning to Nebraska Mr. and Mrs. Brady Wheeler, who formerly resided a few miles north of Murray, but moved a number of years ago to South Dakota, to engage in farming a short distance from the town of Lake Andes, are soon to re turn to Nebraska and will locate on a farm in thc vicinity of Louisville. ... Urged to Enn for Unicameral George E. Nickles, who has been a member of the house in the Nebras ka legislature for the past two terms, u.i. deserving of much praise for the pub- he becme a candidate for the new,,ic 3p,rited 1JJauiier in vhkh all re unicameral legislature which is to be composed of but one house. As chair man of the finance committee during the last session, Mr. Nickle3 helped to hold down expenditures and reduce the state tax burden. He has not ar rived at any decision as yet, but in case he should decide to run, he will undoubtedly poll a large vote. Visited in Tennessee On Christmas day Mrs. Bertha Hicks and William Hicks, wliose for mer home was at Jackson City, Tenn., departed for that place, and have en joyed a visit there during the past more than a month. They were pleas ed to meet many of the old friend9 who still reside in that vicinity. They found the weather rather cold for that climate during most of their stay, but for that matter, what part of the country hasn't had a like record? There were many nice days, however, and they thoroughly en Joyed every minute of their stay. Men of Murray Doing Their Share Not only did some twenty-eight of the loyal citizens of Murray jump in i the matter of opening up the east road by shoveling their way out, but have since turned their attention to the west road, on whi ii they have, however, been able to make but lit- Ill 111, III IIIM lilt-' II I llil. I II 1 1(1. 111. I e ii -i - ?t rr 1 a . 1. : .. .. .. A I i . - extenas west to me Jimwooa corner. a distance of some 25 miles, and pre - scnts a much greater problem than tho mere three-quarter of a mile stretch east of town, which they were; able to clear in comparatively short time- lioDeri unapman, rural man car- rier out of Nehawka came around by Union and into Murray in an effort to get west from here and then work down south into his territory north of Nehawka, but found the roads in no better shape up this way than at home and was forced to give it up. Will Move to Illinois I. A. (Carl) Warlick, who has been farming the Mrs. Davis place north west of town, has arranged to hold a public sal9 cm Friday, February 21, disposing of his live stock, farming equipment and a portion of his house hold goods. The advertisement of rhe sale appears elsewhere in this issue 4 4 : E. J. HECHE Y Telephone 123 of the Femi-Wcekly Journal. Mr. Warlick expects to move lo southern Illinois, where he will farm the coming year on a place he has there. Everybody Wanted Eread Last Friday when the storm closed the roads and the bread trucks were unable to make their regular trips, the lost art of baking was revived in many a home, the finished product varying all the way from flapjacks to corn bread and now and then some who baked real bread. Biscuits w-ere me Euoterluges. Baking bread lor home consumption has become well nigh a loct art, with every town and village supplied daily with bread end pastries from the oven3 of the large city bakeries. Bruce Well3, who drives the Peter Pan delivery truck was able to get only r.s far as the narrows filling sta tion south of Plattsmouth Saturday, but with the opening up cf the road was able to get to Murray McnJay, and there wa3 also bread shipped in by rail that day, so the era of bi.uuits came to a3 sudden a close as it had r. start. Literally Bug Thelnsclves Out With three quarters of a mile of deep snow drift shutting the hustling throughout most of the day, they Wcib able to get the road open for trave;. Hruce Wells, with his bread truck, v.cs the first one to get to town following che storm of Saturday. Thc silo" shoveling was no easy j task and thciv was a job for all w ho .desired to work. Practically everyone in Murray turnetJ out to help, the group of shovelbxsr including mer chants, laborers, docicrs and minis ters. These 'who could net get away, sent eonio- cr.o to wcxrli in ili-eir place and every business house in lown was reprcsontcd with one or more work ers. They did a fine job cf it a:.d are sponded to the need. We saw cne man who was not ac customed to handling a shovel handle and he had worn a number of pain ful blisters on his hands and also had his nose frostbitten, but wa3 happy with the satisfaction of having done Lis part. Died at Omaha Hospital During the past month, Ed McCul loeh has been seriously ill at his home in the country, growing much worse last week. With the roads so badly drifted after the blizzard of Monday, February 3rd, it was impossible to get him to a hospital and the aid of the road men and their equipment was invoked to open up the road lead ing to his place from the highway. Dr. R. W. Tyson then arranged trans portation for the patient to Omaha, where he was placed in a hospital lor treatment. On Sunday night he pass ed away. An account of his life will be found elsewhere in this i.ssue of the Semi-Weekly Journal. It was a very fine thing that the road men and other friends of Mr. McCulIorh gave their time to opening up the road, the work being complet ed only a short time before another blizzard again drifted all the high ways shut on Saturday. mi . . . . ue wlsn lo express our apprccia- Uon fQr ,he many kJnd dceds ren d(?rGd durInff thc long ,llneM anJ death of our beloved wife and mother Ea,lccIaMy do ve wish to thank all wl:o asslsted in clearing the reads and ccnietery of the snow on the day of the funeral. William Sporcr and j('iiaries. j.jr arid vra Martin Sporcr and Family; Mr. and Mis. JTporcr and Family. Chester CM AHA H0SFITAL IS SOLD Omaha. Trustees of Clarkson Memorial hospital lure announced tho purcha.se of Lord Li.-tcr hospital of Omaha. Possession of tho build ing and equipment will be taken by Clarkson hospital April 1. Need for mere room and greater facilities wa3 given by the trustors for the pur chase. The prcrcnt Clarkfon hospital will be abandoned. "See it before you buy it." i t pi I! I! I Mi