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PLATTSMOUTH SEIH - WEEKLY JOURNAL
"MONDAY, JULY 10, 1939.
Territorial
Slayer Freed Be
cause No Law
LAW TO AFFECT DUKE OF KENT
CANBERRA, Australia (UP)
When the Duke of Kent, who in
variably swims in trunks, becomes j
governor general, he will have to
submit to local law and wear "up
pers" at the National Capital pool.
College Town
Revives Drama
of Bard's Era
Shooting Near Nebraska. City Cnl- XVh!,e most Australian cities permit Elizabethian Shakespeare to Be Pre-
minates in Release of Man- Be
cause No Criminal Code.
shirtless bathing, Canberra still ob
jects.
sented at Ashland, Oregon
Bowmer la Director,
During Nebraska's Territosial days
a strange chain of events permitted a
convicted slayer to go free, say re
search workers of the Federal Writ
ers Project, WPA.
In the spring of 1S56 James E.
Lacey "jumped" a tract of land near
Nebraska City. Ownership of the
land was claimed by Simpson Har
gus, and the two men fought bitter
ly. Hargus ended the quarrel on
April 23 by shooting Lacey.
Following the death of Lacey an
indictment for voluntary manslaugh-l
Federal Lands
Make Up Fifth
of Total Area
Holdings of U. S. Exceed 400 Million
Acres, World s Largest Parks
Total 3.26 Per Cent.
By WILLARD D. EBERHART
ASHLAND, Ore. (UP) A drama
enterprise probably unique In Amer
ica, will bring amateur thespians
from all corners of the nation to this
southern Oregon college town during
August for a full week of Shakes
pea re.
But first, on July 8, one of the
four productions will make its sea
son's debut among other world at
tractions at the Golden Gate Inter
national exposition at San Francisco
True Life Stories Of Delinquet Boys
And Girls Compiled From Case Records
In Files Of Small Town "Kids" Judge
NO BASS IN 15 YEARS
the Nebraska legislature, during the
next session, the Third Territorial i
Legislature, became active in the
move to repeal the existing criminal I
code. The code was repealed on Feb
ruary 13, 1S57. Although a revised
By FRED BAILEY
WASHINGTON (UP) Uncle Sam There, on Treasure Island, one of
Icr was returned against Hargus, on js the world's largest landed prop- thi troupe's actresses, Lillian Davis
September 24. He was brought torietor, a survey of federal properties J of Klamath Falls, Ore., will rule over
trial in district court and was con- Indira t es. Ithe fair as Queen Elizabeth on that
victed. His attorney, Allen A. Brad-j Federal land holdings comprise day.
ford, filed an appeal, which was I more than 400.000.000 acres about "The Taming of the Shrew," to
granted. one-fifth of the total area of the be given at the fair, will be one of
Meanwhile Bradford, a member of (continental United States. The total four Shakespeare plays to be pre-
value not including buildings is sented during the festival here Aug,
about $4,500,000,000. 5-12. The others are "Hamlet," "As
The extent of federal properties You Like It," and "Comedy of
i
was disclosed in an Inventory made "Errors."
at the direction of President Roose- Bowmer Is Director
velt. It did not include property I The director is Angus L. Bowmer,
criminal code was adopted by the temporarily owned by emergency! professor of English at Southern Ore-
legislature it did not go into effect credit agencies through mortgage gon College of Education, who
i i
until the following June. There was foreclosures. Idreamed and brought the world's
a period of time, then, between Government figures show that the I only civic Elizabethan theater into
the existence of the old and of the estimated value of all real estate in being. Between festivals in 1936 and
new codes in which criminal acts the United States is more than $113,- 1937, Bowmer took sabbatical leave
were covered only by the Lnglish 000,000,000. A similar valuation and. with his talented wife, who de-
Common Law. showed that tax-pipmni fpderal hold- signs all costumes for the shows.
At the second trial of Hargus thejngg comprise slightly more than 4 spent the year in England where he
supreme court upheld the opinion of per ceIlt 0f the national total. studied Shakespeare. The atmosphere
the district court. Attorney Bradford Urban Holdings Small has been successfully transplanted
then filed a motion in arrest of the The vast majority of Federal land 6,000 miles away.
Judgment of the district court, basing holdings comprises rural areas, such The project had small beginnings,
his argument on the following points: as national parks, grazing lands and with two plays staged on successive
The criminal code in existence when aational forests. Only 47,444 acres nights during a Fourth of July cele
the crime had been committed no not including the District of Colum- bration in 1935. They were to have
longer applied, having been repealed, Kia are ciassed as urban DroDertv. been financed by boxing matches, but
The interior and agriculture de-even Bowner was surprised when the
partments control the great bulk of histrionics neatly erased the pugilis-
federal land holdings the former tic deficit. Those and subsequent
58.83 per cent and the latter 40.54 profits have been turned back into
i ...... .
per cent. line enterprise and only last yea
The remainder is divided up in did executlve: begin to revive small
fractions of 1 per cent among the salaries.
war deDartment. the navv deDart-l rne tneater, whose boards once
' i
ment and the postoffice department, supported William Jennings Bryan
The nostoffi'ce denartment. for all Ernestine Schumann-Heink and other
ine court, tnough tuny convinced f thousands of Dostoffices. owns early-century notables was created
oi jiaigus gum, couiu not overiooK ,n1v , ,C1 tn- mti. f, , nor. from an abandoned Chautaunua
rentage calculation. The labor de- building, the first such structure ever
partment has only 72 acres. built in the Oregon country. Bow
The largest item in the federal mer's dream took shape inside the
land holdings is the national forests, circular concrete wall, up which ivy
which comnrise 38.49 ner cent of the had climbed during the years, and
total. This is controlled by the Na- on the bare, splintery stage,
tional Forest Service under the agri- Audience Sits in Open
culture department. Grazing lands The three - centuries - old Eliza
amounting to 27.83 per cent of the nethan stage setting was financed by
national total are under the interior the WPA. A high-domed roof had
department.
Parks Total 3.26 Per Cent
Other major categories all un
der the interior department include
the General Land Office with 13.85
with no saving clause covering pres
ent crimes; the common law could
not apply, since the crime had been
committed previously to the time at
which it went into effect; likewise
the new criminal code was ineffec
tive because it was not in force when
the crime occurred, and had no retro
active clause covering previous
crimes.
the legality of Attorney Bradford's
argument, and the motion was
granted. Simpson Hargus was dis
charged by court decision, the only
man in the history of Nebraska over
to be convicted of slaying another
man, only to be excused from paying
the penalty for his deed because there
was no law to hold him.
1
PHILIPPINES BUY MORE
FROM THE UNITED STATES
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WASHINGTON (UP) United
States sales to the Philippines in
193S broke all records since 1920
and the islands advanced from
twelfth to eighth place among Uncle
Sam's customers, a study of the de
partment of commerce reveals.
Totaling $86,500,000, Philippine
purchases of United States goods
were second only to Japan's in the
Far East and were exceeded by only
one Latin American country Argen
tina, with a total of barely $200,000,
or more than that for the Common
wealth. Philippine purchases were
more than double the total for China.
Philippine sales to the United
States, however, showed a decline of
25 per cent in value, with the total
of $94,244,000 the lowest since 1934
Exclusive of the United Kingdom
the study showed, France, Germany
and the Netherlands were the only
European countries buying more
American goods than the Philippines,
which supplied the history-making
total of 68 per cent of . its import
needs in the United States.
Effect of War Apparent
The improved position of the Unit
ed States in the Commonwealth mar
ket was largely ascribed to the Chinese-Japanese
war, one efTect of
which in 1938 was to decrease great
ly the sale of Japanese cotton and
rayon goods. Diversion of a large
share of this trade, with new records
set in cotton piece goods, benefited
American exporters.
Continued mining activity in the
islands was credited with maintain
ing virtually the same high level of
industrial machinery sales as in
1937, while increased building and
construction, both private and public,
accounted for Increases in shipments
of certain iron and steel products,
electrical machinery and apparatus, j
Reduction in Philippine purchas
ing power resulting from lower agri
cultural prices was said to have been
responsible for diminished demand
for automotive products, but exports
of petroleum products, pharmaceuti
cals, medicinals, and paits maintained
high levels comparable with 1937.
been condemned and'torn down years
before. Two thousand spectators will
tit each festival night in the open
air.
Each play is presented in fjill. No
per cent; the Indian reservations scenes are cut or rewritten, for Bow-
with 13.22 per cent; the national mer believes nobody can improve
parks with 3.26 per cent and the Bu- Shakespeare. Yet each production is
reau of Reclamation with less than 4 Presented within two hours, since the
per cent. stage is subdivided in the Elizabeth-
The bulk of the federal land hold- an manner- Each section has Its own
ings are in the far west where curtan' an( wnen one scene is finish-
Uncle Sam owns more than half of ed another starts without a pause,
four states. More than 3 per cent Costumes, vouched for by Holly
of Nevada, for example, is federally wood specialists who have seen the
owned. The Nevada total is Kg Productions, are home-made, the ma-
000,000 acres in federal land. terial often the result of frequent
The government owns more than attic-searching expeditions. Mrs
53 per cent of Arizona, more than Bowmer and volunteer assistants
60 per cent of Utah and more than nave become expert through the
58 per cent of Idaho. Government years-
holdings in Oregon total 46 per cent Tne enterprlse Is managed by the
of the total state area. uregon bnakespearean Festival Asso-
On valuation of the theoretical tax c ' wnIch has hundreds of per
purposes, interior department hold- maneni members. Honorary members
ings were estimated at $1,500,000,- t,uae Herbert Hoover and Sen
000; the war department's at $1,- McNary.
000,000,000; agriculture's at $650.-
000,000; postoffice's at $500,000,000 TRUSTIES CAN'T GOSSIP
and the navy's at $343,000,000. Oth
er small agencies made un the re- r mcim,., Ariz. (UP) More
mainder. than a little bit of grumbling went
Officials said that no comparative on at the Arizona State Prison as
reports for other nations is available newIy appointed Warden Gene Shute
but that none is believed to approach ordered 200 trustees of the prison
the area of the United States govern- cease their loitering and gosslp-
ment. The British government prob- "s m iront or the administration
ably ranks second, it was said. Rus- buildine. They must begin working
sia is believed to be third.
I dn.l X.
uuiuiK iiuura ana stay in quarters
the rest of the time.
SPOKANE PIONEER HONORED
SNAKE AND FISH STORY
SIIAMOKIN, pa. (UP) A new
'fish story" is told by Russ Parsons.
He was fishing, he says, when a
trout struck and carried off his fly.
i . i, . . , ...
ng appropriate information, stands " "uu' lAr ne Kmea a watcr snake
vu me oann nearDy and found a
irout in its mouth with his fly
SPOKANE, Wash. (UP) A mark
er nas been erected at the site of
the home of Frank M. Glover, the
first settler of Spokane. The marker,
a piece of plywood 3 by 4 feet bear
i
n rront of the Couer d'Alene hotel,
which now occupies the site.
Judge E. L. Reeker
Everyone who is interested in
children and who among human
kind is not? will enjoy the stories,
"Children at the Crossroads," which
will appear regularly in this and a
large number of other newspapers,
commencing with this issue, and run
ning to January 1st, one each week.
"Written by Ernest L. Reeker,
county judge of Madison county, Ne
braska, they are true-to-life experi
ences taken from the more-than-1400
case records of juvenile delinquents
who have appeared in his court dur-
ng the past fifteen years.
Affectionately dubbed "The Kid's
Judge" by the erring youngsters
whose fate he holds in his hands,
Judge Reeker has listened sympa
thetically to their tales of woe and
want, diagnosed the causes of their
misconduct, and treated them accord
ingly. Out of this has come the ser
ies of copyrighted stories, which the
Journal has been pleased to purchase
publication rights for in this terri
tory.
Of these 1400 wayward boys and
girls only six have continued in a
'life of crime and eventually been sen
tenced to penal institutions as felons.
All the others have become useful,
respected citizens of their communi
ties; some of them, famous.
The unusual success which has at
tended Judge Reeker's work with
youthful volators of the law has at
tracted widespread attention, , and
many of his novel methods have been
adopted by other authorities. Eager
ly sought as a speaker on juvenile
problems, he is compelled, because of
l:ck of time, to reject many such invitations.
Never hesitant in criticizing the
adult population for permitting to
exist conditions which cause juvenile
delinquency, he believes, "Criminals
are made, not born," and proves his
statement in typical lawyer fashion
in this series of short, pithy stories
im ...
ror every cmid appearing in my
court, I can point out." he contends
at least one, often two, and some
times more adults who, instead of
the child, should be facing the bar
of justice because by their neglect
they have brought about the young
srer s anti-social behavior."
fictitious names have been used
throughout these stories, and the
contents have been so edited that the
identity of the delinauents cannot he
ftablished. Each story is complete
n itself, true to fact, yet different
from all the others. Each describes
the crime, the violator, the treat
ment, and a valuable lesson.
As you start to read them one by
one, you will find yourself thinking,
"Now I wonder how this kiddie turn
ed out."
The first story in this series will
be found on page 2 of today's Jour
nal. After this week they will an-
pear regularly each week in the Sat
urday issue of the Daily Journal and
the Monday Semi-"Weekly Issue.
Watch for them; read them! We
are sure you will find them interest
ing, as we know they are well worth
the price we have paid for the right
to publish them.
ALAMEDA, Cal. (UP) Charles
Uznay has gone bass fishing 20 times
a year for 15 years without ever
catching a bass. Others on trips
with him easily catch a dozen. He
will still continue as he hopes even
tually to qualify for membership in
the Alameda Rod and Gun club.
Dr. George LeRoy McClun
GRADUATE VETERINARIAN
Telephone No.
40
Louisville,
Nebraska
M'ATS'K K. SAWTKM,, Attorney
Omaba, rbraxka
NOTICE OF REFEREE'S SALE
U. S. Gets Site
for Memorial to
Rise of West
River Front at St. Louis To
Named for Jefferson Area
of Forty Blocks.
The area covers all but a small sec
tion of the territory enclosed by
tne town stockade at the close of
the ISth century. 1
ALL. the buildings, with the excep
tion of a few of those around which
jo much of the history of the city and
the west revolved, will be razed
i wo or these structures are out
standing the Church of St. Louis
of France and the old courthouse,
The first Church of St. Louis was
a log chapel raised in 1770 by Father
federal Gibault. The present edifice, with
Notice is hereby given that by
virtue of an Order entered bv the
District Court of Cass County, Ne
braska, on June 26, 1939, in an ac
tion in which Clara B. "Weast, et al,
aro plaintiffs, and Frank Clement,
et al, are defendants, directing and
ordering the sale of the land here
inafter described, I will, on Saturday,
the 5th day of August. 1939, at the
hour of ten o'clock a. m.. at the
south front door of the Cass county
court nouse in the City of Platts
mouth. Nebraska, sell at public auc
ticu, to the highest bidder, the fol
lowing described real estate, to-wit:
The South half (S) of the
Northeast quarter (NE4) and
the Southeast quarter of the
Northwest quarter (SE'i of
NW J4 ) of Section thirty (30),
Township twelve (12), Range
twelve (12), East of the 6th
P. M., in Cass county, Ne
ruu me lonowing terms: lu ner
cent ai nme or sale and balance up-
cuimrmaiion or sale.
jm oiie will ue llPlfl (inpn nnn
nour.
Dated at Plattsmouth. Nebraska .
ji.ne ah, ivjy.
A. L. TIDD.
Jy3-5w Referee.
NOTICE OF PROBATE
: In the County Court of Cass Coun
ty, Nebraska.
To all persons interested in the
estate of Elizabeth Carr, deceased.
No. 3415;
Tak notice that a petition has
been filed for the probate of an In
strument purporting to be the last
will and testament of said deceased,
and for the appointment of Marvin
Carr as Executor and Meryl E. Ben
der as Executrix thereof; that said
petition has been set for hearing be
fore said Court on the 21st day of
July, 1939, at 10 a. m.
Dated June 23rd, 1939.
A. II. DUXBURY,
(Seal) j26-3w County Judge.
NOTICE OF EXECUTOR'S SALE
SHERD?F'S SALE
State of Nebraska
County of Cass
)
S3.
Be
By PAUL DIX
ST. LOUIS (UP) The
government, five and one-half years its facade and Grecian pillars, now
after the beginning of a campaign to nioldering, was built in 1831. It was
build a memorial to Thomas Jefferson the cathedral for the St. Louis dio
and the nation's westward expansion rese of tne Catholic church until the
on the historic riverfront here, has Present cathedral was built in the
finally taken title to the site. west end toward the close of the
The National Park Service will last century, and is now popularly
have charge of all construction and called the Old Cathedral.
landscaping of the project. Although
the improvement of the riverfront
has been a dream of 35 vears and
Slave Auctions Held There
The courthouse was built about
the same time. The fateful Died
has been recommended by the City Sctt case was argued in its court
Plan Commission since 1929, no rooms and, until the Civil War. it
definite plans have been advanced served as the center of the Missouri Dtlendants.
, ..... . .
and annrovpfl for tho tvno rr mom- slave trade. Slaves wer nlH in thai t itimouin.
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n.. : 1 l. i n. hltrhoor KMdn. I i 1 . . I k w ,
ui ia i iu ue uuul. i....oi Ks.uuvi iiuut iLa Ditis null iib
The total cost of the memorial, spacious basement, where slaves were
including the purchase price of the kept while awaiting sale, is intact
property,. Is. estimated at $9,000,000. btIU standing at Main and Pine is
Area of 40 Blocks r MicnaeI Building, the headhunt
The site, a 40-block area adioin- ters of ,he famous Great Southern
Inir th. rivpr wa h ntw r ih Overland Mail which traveled from
nation's exDansion to the west from St- Louis to San Francisco in 24 days
the time that the venturesome ,n 1858
Frenchmen LaClede and Chouteau ine u,a -amearai will not De au
established the village of St.' Louis turbed since the government does not
In 1764 to thP snannlnP- nf the ron- ,,uella 10 acquire U
By virtue nf an
uruer of Sale issued by C. E. Ledg
way. Cleric or tne District Court
wunin and for Cass County, Ne-
Diaska, and to me directed. I will
on the 12th dav of Aiimist a n
1939, at 10 . o'clock a. m. of said
day at the south front door of the
court House in 6aid county, sell at
public auction to the highest bidder
ror cash the following described real
estate, to-wit:
Part of the southeast quar
ter of the northwest quarter de
scribed as follows: Beginning
48 links west of the northeast
corner of the southeast quarter
of the northwest quarter of Sec
tion 32, Township 12, North of
Rauge 9, East of the 6th P. M.,
running thence west 77 rods
to the northwest corner of said
40 acre tract; thence south 41
rods to a stone; thence east 47
rods to Burlington and Missouri
River Railroad right of way;
thence iu a northeasterly direc
tion along said right of way, 51
rods to beginning, except a strip
of land 50 feet wide running
parallel with said railroad on
east side of said land, of Section
32. lu Township 12, North of
Range 9. East of the 6th Prin
cipal Meridian, containing 15.45
acres, more or less, according to
the Government survey, in Cass
county, Nebraska
The same being levied upon and
taken as the property of June E.
Kyles et al. Defendants, to satisfy a
judgment of said Court recovered by
federal Jrarm Alortgage Corporation,
a Corporation. Plaint iff against said
In the District Court of Lancaster
County, Nebraska.
In the Matter of the Application
of CHARLES STREETER, Executor
of the Estate of Lucy Johnson, de
ceased for license to sell real estate.
Notice is hereby given that in pur
suance of the order of Hon. J. II.
Broady, one of the judges of the
District Court of Lancaster County,
Nebraska made on the 1st day of
July, 1939 for the sale of real esta.te
hereinafter described there will be
sold at public auction to the highest
bidder the following described real'
estate, to-wit:
The North Half of the North
west Quarter of Section 26,
Township 10, North Range 11,
Cass County, Nebraska, and
Northeast Quarter of Section
35, Township 10, Range 11, Cass
County, Nebraska,
subject to whatever encumbrances, if
any, existed at the time of the death
of said Lucy Johnson.
Said sale to take place on the 29th
day of July, 1939 at the hour of 2
o'clock p. m. at the Northeast Quar
ter or beetion 35, Township 10,
Range 11, Cass County, Nebraska.
Terms of sale are as follows: Ten
per cent (10) of the purchase
price to be paid at the conclusion of
the sale and the balance upon confirmation.
Dated this 6th day of July, 1939.
CHARLES STREETER,
Executor of the Estate of
jy6-3w Lucy Johnson, deceased
LEGAL NOTICE
In the District Court of the
County of Cass, Nebraska
In the matter of the Ap
plication of W. G. Boedek-
er. Executor of the Last
Will and Testament of Ar-
miuda J. Graves, Deceas
ed, for Decree Authorizing
and Directing said Execu
tor to Execute a Convey
ance to the State of Ne
braska in accordance with
Contract of Arminda J.
Graves.
ORDER
J10-5w
Nebraska. July S,
JOE MKASKK,
Sheriff Cass County,
Nebraska.
NOTICK OF HEARING
on lVUtion for Determination
of Heirship
m the tMMfw Our! f Cass Conn
Katate of ti lilaiuhard. deceas
ed. &ui No, a is.
Th State of Nelrka: To all
Two years ago Ljonn Interested iu na.Kt estate, credl-
tinent by the railroads. Within its ,he c,tv authorized the transfer of Mora ami hiv tk. mtu-e. that Myr
tle A. tUitm-httrtt, Geneva J, Tomlin-
aou ami JuaniU U Miller have filed
tiu-lr petition aUefiini; that Cosie
lilanehaid died iutetat 011 or about
April J, being m resident and
inimnuam or ray, Yuma county
Colorado, and died e!ed of the fol
lowing described real estate, to-wit:
The north one-half (N4) of
the northeast quarter (NEU )
or Section twenty-eight (28),
Township ten (10). North of
Range nine (9), East of the
6th P. M., Cass county, Ne
braska .
hooked in the captive fish.
ARENA IS "TAXPAYERS' FIELD"
WILLOWS. Cal. (UP)-The high
GOV. VANDEREUT FIRST SIGNER
PROVIDENCE. R. I. (UP) Gov.
school board, upon dedication of its William H. Vanderbilt was the first
new ii,uuo atnietic plant, decided state chief executive to sign a new
that the taxpayers who paid for it Declaration of Independence, drafted
were entitled to some recognition. So by William Allen White of Kansas as
they named it "Taxpayers Field." la protest asratnist tntninr.
confines have mnvprt tho colorful luc luurmuuse 10 me government.
nanorama of exnlorprs TnHian. ex- to be Preserved as a memorial, but
peditions such as that of Lewis and acceptance has been postponed.
Clark, fur traders, pioneers, the slave
trade, the great fire of 1849 and the COLLEGE ACQUIRES HOTEL
Civil War. FOR CO-OP DORMITORY
Despite the varied commercial ac
tivities still being carried on, the PENN YAN, N. Y. (UP) Keuka
district has the air of a ghost town. College has purchased the Iroquois
At least one-third of, the buildings Hotel, formerly an inn, for use as a
re vacant. For rent signs have 3tudent cooperative dormitory
been gathering dust for years and! Located near the college campus
deterioration has been swift. The on the west side of Lake Keuka, the eaing as nis sole and only heirs at
structures, however, are not so old, three-story building will provide '"iS? Pl
ince the great fire of 1849 swept needed accommodations for approxi- eV!l j . Tomlinson and Ju a'n it aL Mil-
the area. The oldest building still mateiy 25 students and several fac-ller. daughters;
standing now a nieht club was ulty members. I That the interest of the petition
built in 1818. 'Faculty members hope to have the ri " lI,e aoove aescrmea real es-
Occupants of the area Have less former inn ready for occupancy next ' !l7LZZ?.
man two montns to move out unaer ah increase in registration is tion of the time of the death of said
the terms of federal court judgments anticipated with 170 students return- Cosie Blanchard and of his heirs, the
made at the time of payment into the 'ng in the three supper classes and degree of kinship and the right of
court registry of $5,790,000 of fed- Un expected freshman enrollment of "TtTthu; 5 ZVJL17 .".S-fl
eral monies for title to the property. 70 girls. of xTphraska
rhe result has been a rush of real I btudents occupying the new dor- jt j8 ordered that the same stand
estate agents into the district. mitory will share among themselves for hearing on the 4th day of Aur
costs of oDeratins- the bnilHinfr un- ugt. hetore the County Court
ier plans being worked out by coll.W
.jri-i-l- i i . , . . . . , I " ... iuc fvut
uumaia. a uuuse iuoiner win oe in c jo o'clock a. m.
charge. Dated at Plattsmouth. Nebraska.
this Sth day of July. A. D. 1939
C-.I JL r f A. IX. UUABURY,
wiuDscnoe ror uje journal. (Seal) jyl0-3w County Jude
Old Courthouse on Site
The site extends from the river
west to Third street and from the
Eads Bridge south to poplar street,
plus an extra block westward which
includes the historic old courthouse.
Now, on 'this 26th day of June.'
1939, there was presented to the
court the petition of W. G. Boedeker,
executor of the last will and testa
ment of Arminda J. Graves, deceas
ed, showing to the court that the
said Arminda J. Graves is bound by
contract in writing to convey to the
State of Nebraska, the following de
scribed property, to-wit: A strip of
land lying over and across the nor-
hern part of Lots 8 and 9 in Block
3 of the original village of Murray.
Cass county. Nebraska, described as
follows: Referring to the northwpst
corner of said Block 3; thence east
erly on the north line of said Block
3 a distance of 175.0 feet to the
point of beginning, said pbint being
also the northwest corner of Lot S
in said Block 3; thence continuing
easterly on the north line of said
Lot S and Lot 9 a distance of 69.9
feet to the northeast corner of said
Lot 9; thence southerly 99 degrees
26 minutes right, and on the east
line of said Lot 9 a distance of 25.3
feet to a point; thence westerly Si
degrees 56 minutes right, a distance
of 66.0 feet to a point on the west
une or said Lot 8; thence northerly
S5 degrees 39 minutes rieht. and dii
said west line, a distance of 20 0
feet to the point of beginning, con
taining 0.035 acre, more or less.
That the said Arminda J. Graves de
parted this life prior to the making
or said conveyance and praying this
court to enter a decree authorizing
and directing said executor to make,
execute and deliver a conveyance of
said property to the State of Nebras
ka, upon the payment of said con-
sideration.
And it appearing that a time and
place for hearing should be fixed and
uoiice tnereor given.
It is therefore Ordered that ho,-.
ing upon said petition be had on
the 24th day of July. 1939. at in
o'clock a. m., at the District rvm,t
room in the court house in the City
of Plattsmouth, Cass county, Nebras
ka; that all persons having objec
tions thereto appear at said time to
show cause, if any there be, why
the prayer of said petition should
not be granted, and that
said hearing be given by publication
of this order for at least threo
cessive weeks before such hearing in
the Plattsmouth Journal, a semi
weekly newspaper DubHshert nnn
general circulation in the rmtm.
Cass, Nebraska.
By the Court. "
W. W. WILSON.
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