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Hebraak State IHrUri cal Society vol. no. xxxvm. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1922. NO. 41 COMMITTEES MAKE CANVASS IN CHURCH DRIVE Workers of St. Luke's Parish Spend Yesterday Afternoon Rounding Up Aid for Year's Work From Monday n Iallv ' t Yesterday was held the every mem- ' btr canvass of the F.piscopal church in this city and for this purpose a captain ami lieutenant had been ap pointed, who visited in pf-rson every member of the St. Luke's parish and enrolled il.tni in the program of the church's activities. The general convention outlined ' the program of the church work in! the mission fields an J gtneral work j of the country and to see that the program was made the success that j it should be. it was necessary to have ' the hearty co-operation ot the mem bership in each parish of the coun try. One of the features stressed by the church is that of personal service am! the committee in charge of the o wt re especially strong in urg-' ins; the more intense personal inter- t st tr the the in the church and individual work, the betterment ami extension of1 church work and its influence in community. i The committee that had charge of the nation wide campaign met at thei rectory with Father W. S. Leete and1 family immediately after the morn-I iiur service and enjoyed luncheon J there and as the time for the cam-; paign to be launched drew near thei work was undertaken with appropri-1 ate prayer? and the members in charge of the drive hastened out and' by 5 o'clock had brought in their reports which were more than pleas ing and especially in the apparent interest taken in the personal service portion of the work, which is really more vital to the small churches, than the financial aid. Since the nation wide campaign! of 192" the local church has shown a great result in the increase in the various organizations and the Epis copal church the nation cm h Lad' a very plea.-ing growth and aa enor-t mous growth in the scope of their work. FUNERAL OF MRS. JAMES HOLLY From Monday Patty The funeral of the late Mrs. James Holly was held yesterday morning at the Holy Rosary Catholic church on West I'earl street at 1 : 30 and quite largely attended by the old friends and neighbors of the family to pay their last tributes of respect to the memory f 'nt departed lady. Preceding the service at the church a s-hort sr-rvi-e was held at the home anil Cyril Janda. an old friend of the family, sans one of the well loved songs of faith. A: the church the mass was cele brated by the Rev. Ferdinand Sues-s-r. re tor of Holy Rosary, and he also spoke words of comfort to the sorrowing the ir hour children and husband in of bereavement and scpar- at ion from their loved fine. Tli' interment was at the 'mete-ry west of the city Catholi: Card We dsire to fr: m! ' and r.f appre; iation of kindn ss :-hown of Thanks express to our kind iahbors our deepest Tli many acts of to our beloved wife and m the tc r 1 !.er durinir l.cr illness and for !t sympathy shown us in the hour of cri'.-f. Also we desire to thank this" who gave? the beautiful Mo is ami were in attendance at the la .T:: i rvii-es s Ibdlv for our loved and Children. one.- COKING FROM EUROPE From Mondays Datlv Herman Reichstadt of this city re ceived a message from his youngest brother. Arthur Reichstadt, announc ing that he had sailed on November from Antwerp. Belgium, on the Red Star liner. "Lapland." for the I'niteii states. The young man is com ing direct to Rlattsmouth after land ing and will make his home in this ierainy. Mr. Reichstadt is twenty) years of age and has been employed j on the raiload in Switzerland as aj machinist up to the present time but . the change from steam to electric' power has done away with a large r number of employes and the young: man decided to come to the new world where he has several brothers already located and doing well. He is x pec ted to arrive in this city Fri day or Snturdav. RETURNS TO CALIFORNIA Frcrn Monety'p Di:v. La-t evening Mrs. L. E. Hurton d-perfd for her home at Los An r i'-s . California, after a visit of sev er .1 weeks here with old time friends ami which was very much njoy.-d j,y tiie old friendr, who had ne-t had the opportunity of visiting vMh Mrs. Burton. While here the niade f.nal disposition of the Burton prrptrty here to George A. Dodee. w o expects to erect a nw residence ".ere :n the future. Farm Loans: Let me explain my long-time land bank loan. Searl S. Davis. 201 Plattsmouth State Bank Building. n6-4wsw DRAWS DOWN FINE From Monday's Iail. Yesterday afternoon Officer Wil liam Grebe was at the Curlington station when he discovered a gentle man evidently' suffering from an overdose of contraband liquor and 'took the man into custody and brot ' him to repose in the city bastile. This morning the man. who gave the name of Thomas R. Baggott. was brought before .lustiee William Weber on the complaint of County Attorney A. O. Cole and drew down a fine of $1 and trimminirs amounting to $lo.ot vvhieh he paid and was sent on his way rejoicing. LOOKS OVER THE MEN CAUGHT WITH YEGS' EXPDOSIVES James Baell. Head of Detective Agen cy Here Saturday to Look Over Men Captured Thursday. Saturday afternoon James Iiuell of Omaha. had of the Ruell Detective agency, was here with one of his as sistants to look over the two men that were captured here Thursday night by William Crebe and who are to face trial here for being caught with explosives such as are used in blowing safes and bank robbing. Mr. Rut 11 keeps in touch with cap- I tures of men of this type as his agen i cy has charge of protecting a large I number of business houses and banks ! over the state and particularly in this sec tion, from the visitation of burglars and robbers. : The two men. Burton and Butler, have maintained a stolid silence as to their past history but it is thought by the authorities that they have previous criminal records and it was to investigate this fact that Mr. Ru ell made his visit here. The man Bur j ton in particular is suspected of be I ing involved in other operations and it is thought may develop his identi fication as "Arizona Joe." a well known character in the southwest, . and as he stated that he was from (Tucson. Arizona, the matter will be ' looked into fully. I The two men had complaint filed j against them Saturday afternoon by County Attorney A. G. Cole on the I charge of possession of burglar tools and explosives and entered a plea of ! not guilty to the charge and were held over until today when the pre liminary hearing in county court be fore County Judge Beeson when they were bound over to the district court for trial and as they were unable to furnish bonds were remanded to the ; custody of Sheriff C. D. Quinton for 1 trial for their offense. A. O. Ault of Cedar Creek, whose store was burglarized recently, was at Omaha to look over John Davis, the man captured by the Buell Detec tive agency, and while the man was caught in possession of a large amount of stolen property, none of it was taken from the Ault store. Mr. Ault states that Davis acknowledged having served fifteen out of the last seventeen years in prison, doing eighteen months at the Nebraska penitentiary, two years at the San O Dentin prison in California and has just finished a five year term in the Missouri penitentiary as well as time in other prisons over the country. When asked why he had got into trouble so soon he said: "Well. I am all crippled up with rheumatism. I had just as well be in jail." HOLES ELECTION From Tuesdays Daily. Last evening Mystic Encampment of the I. O. O. F. held their election of officers at the lodge rooms and the session was quite largely at tended. The following officers were named : High Priest. Harry T. Short. Chief Patriarch. T. B. Peterson. Senior Warden. Ierrge Peck. Junior Warden. Ezra Lynch. Scribe. J. H. Short. Treasurer. John Cory. Trustee. 3 years. H. T. Short. Trustee, 1 year. George Park. San ford W. Short has been named as the district deputy grand patri arch for the lodges at Plattsmouth, Louisville and Weeping Water by the grand lodge of the order. MARRIED AT COURT HOUSE Saturday evening at the office of County Judge Alle-n J. Beeson in the court house occurred the marriage of Miss Helen PUney and Mr. John Lenz, both of this city. The judge in his usual pleasing manner performed the ceremony that united for life the two young people and at the close. . they departed rejoicing in their new, found happiness, i ne nnue is me daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent . Pilney and was born and brought up in this city and is very popular among a large circle of young friends. The groom is a machinist in the em 1 ploy of the Burlington in this city and the newly weds expect to make this city their home in the fyture. Your ad will carry punch if yon write it as a plain "seUing talk" in stead of trying to fuss it up with frills and exagerationi. GITY COUNCIL HOLDS ITS REG OLAR GRIND DISCUSSION OF THE POLICE SIT UATION TAKES PLACE AT METTING OF DADS. From Tuesday's Dally. Last evening when the gavel of Mayor C. A. Johnson called the city council to order there were two of the body of legislators absent from the assembly. Councilman Restor of the first ward ami Councilman Knorr of the third being the two members A. W. O. L. I A communication was received from Clifford Clark asking permis sion to open a g-cs filling- station at t'.th and Pearl street in front of his place of business and on motion this was referred to the judiciary com-, mi t tee. I The city council also received a communication from the C rosby & Moore undertaking company of Om aha stating that on Monday. Novem- . her 27th. they had occasion to ex- j hume two bodies from Oak Hill cem etery and that it required an hour and a half for the work and of in-; quiring of the sexton ihe cost of the : labor had been informed it would Cost $" and they requested the mat ter be referred to the cemetery com mittee as they thought the amount 'excessive. Mr. Ttilene. the sexton., who was at the council meeting, ask- , ed permission to say a few words. i which was granted and he stated the I job had taken practically the entire forenoon and that he had secured the . . assistance of Mr. Swoboda. the sex- ! , ton of the Catholic cemetery to as-J sist and that the price was not ex- ; ressive as this cdass of work was such ' rs to receive higher price than the ! digging of a new gTave. The communication from Attorney i ; A. L. Tidd in which he opposed the! creation of the special police force; appointed during the present emer- J gency was the occasion of more or ! , less discussion by the members of tho ! i council. "Mr. Tidd . questioned the ; right of the appointment of the po- . lice by the mayor and threatened ac- 4 tion against the mayor and council : men if they granted the payment of ; the members of the force from out side of the city and as well raised . other questions relative to the diffi culties that has led up to the crea- tion of the special police force and 1 made especial condemnation of the Burlington railroad and officials of the road. ! Councilman Ptacek stated that he i kne w nothing of the appointment of jthe police as he had not been con ; suited and asked for information a? I to how and why the men had been 'appointed and if there was power to appoint the police without the- con i;t of the city council. Mayor Johnson stated that there had been several men appointed on the police force from among the citi zens of Plattsmouth but those from outside of the city were not to be paid by the- city from its funds. City Attorney C. A. Rawls. at the request of the council, gave an out line of the law on the subject of the appointment of police in which the statutes gave the mayor power to ap point the regular police with the con sent of the council, but special po- ' lice could be appointed by the mayor when an emergency existed that de-. manded them and that the city coun- 1 cil had by resolution authorized ap pointment of special police some time ago. The city attorney gave as his opinion that it was perfectly legal to ' pay the police force from the funds r f flic ir T T i thnimhl th niavnr ! . ... ... ...... ... . ...... 'had acted wisely in the matter of handling the situation and while ev eryone had their own viewpoint of the case they must act as the die- i tates of their conscience prompted for the best interests of the city. Mayor Johnson stated that he thot the city should do all possible to keep ' their own affairs clean rather than have outside forces be called in handle the situation with troops to or otherwise and had done what he had j thought best lor the interests otr ev eryone. Councilman Ptacek stated that there were none of the men on strike on the force of police anel diel not think they cared to be there but he ' Noble will be ph ased to learn that did not think it right that me n who j she is showing signs ef improvement were boarding Burlington employes ' at the St. Cathe rine's hospital in Om should be on the force. aha and while not e ntirely out of Councilman Howe inquired as to .danger her improving comlition is how many men were on and for what increasing her chancer of recovery, length of time they were to se rve. The little sen who was born on Fri- Mayor Johnson stated that there ; were 1G men on the new force and that they any tjme" could be dispensed the situation might with war- rant. Councilman McMaken stated that he thought every citizen should do their utmost to assist in keeping awav from the sores that had been away .engendered in the industrial contro ! versy between the railroad and its iormer employes ana to ao all possi ble to see that the difficulties were cleared up with justice to all sides and the peace and welfare of the community. rAiieifilmiin Hnw.- teininport na ir : , . . . tne omce oi ponce cniei ana mt. Rawls stated that the sheriff had designated the head of the depart ment as deputy sheriff and that while he did not have the title of chief of police he was the head of the present is emergency, ii-cussion was :, of Mr. Tidd future, refer- tated that the been instruct or new lights residence part the contract and that the talk-.' and he a motion that lighting com- work or the on for vio 'lie contract. ' departi.K nt l;t w ly elect ed M, consisting Mknt; J. V. ' pany to sfri busy on t! city proceed to take a. lat ion of the terms of The Plattsmouth fir presented a list of the officers of the depart nr of F. M. Bestor. pre Halt, vice president : secretary; ",. W. Morg.. Louis Kroehler, assist a I W. Smith, foreman :u- company, and F. P. Bi; and also recommending ment of Dr. O. Sandin In the laim of Huff fund of tax for seKir. . the claims committee (that the tax be not re; th- claim of John Wolf;' taxi service to the po that the committee La ! c. n. C. Smith. tie surer; i: II. ladder i.-ta nt. :it chi k and Hi. as:- the is 1 I.vo ; in reco limit for appoiut re chief. ;. lor to the ri city :n l.'H tided d and in 5s.7 for ice reported invest igaicd the matter and Mr. V,'.j:;T the car had been secured taied that by Ofhcer 'Jones and Mr. F.llh aha to secure some tt to go to Om pa ri h s and t he ar used had been oi i w:. -o s .iittt 1 btec 111- best ordered ihmitted slating ness ix- cars, pa id. A On motion the resolution was a the finance com' there was no im from that ist ing in iiiipfoveme r.t ist rict No. S hand in that i ommit tee re r to the gem mi on motion and that there was on district funds that the t omnu nded be- pa id ov eral fund of the . ity ; this was so ordered. Councilman Schulh: f of the fi- nance committee pre tc r of the doing awav ei.ted the mat v !lii the bridge n loth street by the o the new sewer and i': clerk present a bill to i nst ruction of :ed that the ;e countv for jfl.i'ipit under the agree: em with the commission rs as doing away with ;" erection and maintenance of the bridge. Tlie second partial c. timat" of the Washington avenue sever was read and the sum of ?Sf L ordered paid to the Modern Construction company the contractors of the work. Councilman McCarty suggested that Main street be washed te rid i: of the sand that was blowing very freely on windy days, but on account of the e r is e a rrv let H ha vp fact that the outle t of the sew still c losed and impossible te off the water it was decielcd to e washing go until later and the street commissioner mark oT the parking spa Of the Stree t for the' After alb-wing !': s on tne into t rathe, small gri Idel t Of I claims as below t city dads ad ir way honu- 1 '" me "vard : C. C. A'vin Vr: nk W. C. A. H. 1 to . nd Cottier, ta: .Tone's, sal: Detlef. Jio Ir. be. sp'. Muxbury. :i police ry ice s-rvi'-e cial police... t tamps and ! . '. 4.1 'Xiw-nse-s J. N. Elliott, street com Kay McMaken. stre-e-t werk Walt iloue henour. same- ("has. Piper, sam. Anton Xitka, sam" J. P. Cook Co.. supplies te police J. F. Wolff, taxi t";ice Anderson Co.. supplies fire de .1 T.et" 2 1 . 1 r, iT.ir. 1 i.lT 1 1.4i vrr i partment 2f.' "THE OLD HOIHE TOWN" I I stand on the hilltop at close of day. And fomilv mine eyes look down Whe: e twinkle at play lights e' and sparkle like stars The the little town. Anel I picture each, hearthstone So cozy i'.ml bright As sending a message of heje thro the night To some soul returning, with heart filled with yearning Cheered on bv the beacon light. Then I lift up mine cye-s blue vault a be eve shine- th'- bright stars i beae-ons of Love. Letitia E. Purton. i To the vv n ere i Cod' SHOWING IJIPROVEMENT The manv friends ef Mrs. Everett dav morning is doing verv nicelv and the family and friends are bok- ing forward to their return home In the near future. HAS A BIG JOB The Nehawka News-Ledger states that F. R. Cunningham has moved his mill outfit over to the old Mark ."White farm south of this city along Ithe Missouri river and will start in on a three year contract there in j sawing up the supply of timber j there. There are 6n0 big cot ton wood (trees on the land alone to saw in ad- .... anion to the large quantity of other lumber. If you wanx good printing let u do your work. Best equipped job ! shop in southeastern Nebraska. force of men during t: The result of the that the communicart i was placed on lile !''. ; c-nce. j Councilman Ptaxk lighting company had ed in the spring to ;'.: at several places in ;h of t he city at t he til', j was made with the (it; lights had not been in j moved th adoption cii ! the clerk notify the OVERTURNED TAR POT CAUSES FIRE Rcof of H. M. Soer.nichsfn Store the Scene of Much Excitement ' J. C. Biittain Burnt. From Tue-1n. - :;uiv For several n ine,!.- yesterday af ternoon the roof .if the II. M. Soen nichstn store buiidii.g jm-! west of the Jipiirn.il, was :h s-c lie (Jf more or Its.-, ex '.tern ::t am! f r a time it scmed as though a s rions ji:-.. wou'd result from the . t'U is ..'.' lev tAy on the ro..f of the building c.i'i h.in.-r fire. The roof was I-ing ret a red by P. A. McCrary and John C. Rrittain i to h at the tar ! a sufficient o::si.-t lc y that i might ! applied to the surf.Me of the i in roof, an oil .-.love v.-as being i;s. ;!. The men wi re busy nt woik shortly In fore 4 o'clock a :r; b g I ho v. a lire wi!t: an to StOV a hi a 5 rushe out any warning the tar be;;! ever into the flam' oi' and in a second the- tar pot e. Mr. Rriiiain s'-e:ng the 1 to the stove and with thej air oi piyers ;: --avorcd to aid of a j ..erk ".he eeded in ing very hand and ; tiire. To fee ond J:; lire to tin and whib cring to ,ot oat t ne stove and sue-i com g sevc re ha vi ;: add t r pot frt-h so only after rei eiv- ' burr.s ot: the right g his ovc rails catch o t Ik- confusion the ; overt ume i a ml set J . laid tar on the roof ', McCrary was endeav- Mr. put 'ill ! r. gf t h" fi;; -hi s c.n t he Prittain the blaze' w quite- no;iceabIe Clot ! bin o i" j c :i the ro r.f !!S(' i! the '!e-!is(- ( iou'ls of b:ack smoke u.-ed the residents nerrby to turn the fire alarm. 1 n The n,:i on ther roof ealkH f.r : ist a nee as soon as possible ;tm! mem hers of the force at tit" Soc-nnieh.se n stor - r--. 'ponded ami with the "ir-e of ; lir- extinguisher ilillard Grassman soon had the liam-s subdued. Aside from the personal injuries suffered by Mr. Pritt.-in there wa;? i;o si. rious re sults suffered from ill" .'ire nlthi it caused much e xcitement at the bu-- st ore iness. :nd the lrby places GOE HEERSOKJUIM OF JUDGE !3 RESURRECTED; Fr"m T'.i"'iny s rn'tv Yefterday afternoon County Judge! Alien J. P.eeson hal a close shave; from losing one of i.is old friends, a friend that is tried and true, and while strong. is still m of thej hoice-st posse -ssic-ns of th genial; judi-'e. We alh'.ele to the old cob pipe! whose comforting presence lias often! assisted the court :n making many judicial deci i ns. It seems that a young man whose business takes him often to the of fice of the county judge but not for marriage licenses ho.vcver was go ing some work at the office and on a v : i e- n t . iron as : he: to g gathered up his and started out. various docu .As he moved h the court room the judge surprised to note a trail of in hi.-- wak' and made inquiry the cause- of the leaking ashes came apparently from among a the many legal documents in the hat1."'.:; of thei young man. Whan the matter v:f called to his attention 1-s made a search and found safely tuck eel away in an envelope the old hard boi'ed pipe, the choicert gem of court's collection, ami which wa; thej a t , one returned and placed in its usual resting jlace in the pipe assortment. It is claimed by those who know tl;at Sheriff Quinton knows some- 'thing of the incident. I was not the gentleman ithe smoke: house. although he caught with UNIVERSITY HEN WIN Thirteen alumni of the University of Nebraska were electeel to the legislature- at the recent election four to the senate and nine to the house of representatives. The senators-elect are George Wil kins. '12. Emerson, republican; Chas. J. Warner. '99. Waverly. republican; Charles H. Meacham. '06. Dorchester, republican; Charles E. Allen, '08, Cozad. There elected to the house are C. L. Yocum. '14. Talmaga. democrat; Troy L. Davis. '97. Weeping Water, republican; H. M. Baldridge. '21, Omaha, republican; Donald C. Gal lagher, O'Neill, republican; A. G. Burke. '02. West Point, republican; J. Reid Green. '07. Lincoln, republi can; Paul Dennis, '02, Lincoln, dem ocrat; Ralph P. Wilson. '11. Lin coln, republican, and Leonard D. Densmore. '20. republican. (). S. Spillman. 'OS. Pierce, was elected attorney general. Former Re gent C. I?. Anderson of Lincoln was re-electeel to the senate. SOME NICE WORK The pupils of the west seeond ward school have constructed a fine little doll house and the furniture there in and which is now on display at the S. S. Chase meat market. The work is very clever anil shows that the little folks are having their minds trained along the useful arts and would do credit to much older children. BOX SOCIAL FRIDAY EVENING i "Who's who?" At Oxford. Friday, December 1st. Six miles east and 'one mile north ef Manlev. Come! I EDITH REESE. Teacher. MARRIED BY JUSTICE Justice of the Peace William Web-, er. who hands out justice in fair and impartial measure to all comers, had; one of the pleasant experiences of, his office Saturday evening, when he' was aroused at his home by a rap. on the door and laying aside the! evtning paper hastened to the door) to find two vouug people seeking the! consummation of ilieir life's happi-, ms- in the nuptial knot. The parties! weie Russell Price and Miss f'leo Haii. both giving this city as their residence. The ceremony was per i'oimcd in the most impressive man-i mr a::.! Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Hillis witnessed the marriage vows of their friends. SKATING POND TO BE STARTED FRIDAY Embankment Will be Thiown up Eall Park and Will be Flooded in the Near Future. at From Tuesdays Pally. The Plattsmouth Woman's club. whi t ion cure has' 1 all h ha net n sling the nronos l i-l of a city ;a ; ing pond, ha; kindness of nt the use of has se-j ,! through the ball managemc the the ! park for the mind and the work afternoon to will put shap' Mart on Friday the proposition ev..r in great p. . O. Sand in has been secured by I'r 'he 1 es to supervise the work and the e ity has offered the use of some t.-anis to assist in the work of mak ing tlie embankment but it will be necessary for the co-operation of the men of the- community in putting the affair over by he Iping construct the e mba nk me nt and the- ladie's are urg ing all who can ot come to the ball pari: Friday afternoon armed with a shoved and help in the work of mak I ,- ing this skating pond possible. With the generous response that sheiuld come from the residents of the community t he-re ought not to be a great deal of difficulty in getting the pond in readiness in the one day st that wen the- lirst re-al eold snap comts the park can be flooded and the pond piaced in shape for the use of the young ami the obi of the com mu nity. The laeiies are planning to have the pond lighted if possible and which will make night skating a real pleasure te everyone and will make it a very popular spot as well as in the day time when the younger child ren can enjoy a skate in a place wheer they will be absolutely safe. This is a public movment that should be appreciated and those who can come out Friday and assist with a little labor in making it the gre-at i success tbat :t should be will be heartily welcomed. NINE POUND GIRL j From M"ne!av"s Dallv. Last evening at 11 o'clock the stork paid a call at the home of Mr. j and Mrs. Ed Ranard and left in the ir i care a fine nine pound daughter and the- occasion has brought a great ileal , of happiness to the home. The moth-; , e r and little one- are doing nicely and Ed is as happy as the proud father, has a right to be over the event. COCKEELS FOE SALE S. C. Rhode Island Red cockre-ls. $2.'(i eae-h. C. R Todd, phone ."5102. nl6-6tsw When Winter Gomes! When the sky is clear and the roads are good, paying bills in person is just a matter of time. In stormy weather, however, it often entails annoying delays, inconvenience, discomfort. Why not equip yourself now with some "rough weather money" a check ing account at this bank? Checks can be sent anywhere through the mails safely, any time. You'll find a checking account help ful in many other ways. Open one at this bank now this week. THE Fl RST NATIONAL BAN K THE BANK W HERE PJATTSMOUTH Member us THE BURLINGTON AND ITS PENSION SYSTEM Employes of Company Who Have La bored Faithfully for it Find Comfort in Pension. Recently there cus-ion of the has be u much d Rurliim'ou pens i system. It railroad, wtih the year. Several is a new t 1 1 1 1 having been beginning of W I'll e.-t: oi; lb- :r. of the old men ll v e n an- retired loc illy on a pensb it not been fer the of the men on July have been a number retired on a pension recent walk on' 1. Ill ere would of old employes within the mar tuture. There has been circulated aro'i: that the Hurlington would take ;! pension away trom their men la! on. The llurlington has never be. oi is er n known te do anthing of this kind. For the last ten or twelve years a numler of old employes have' been retire-el on a gratuity plan. These men have been transfered over to the- pe n sion system, and in addition to their pension are being furnished with an nual transportation. Letters have been received at IP.ir lington headquarters from veteran employes all over the sste-m thank ing the management for what they have done for them bv establishing Jihis pension system which enable- j them to enjoy the remaining ye ars of the ir life in comparative comfort. The following is a copy of one- of the ! b tters and is a sample of othe rs which are on file: "Plattsmouth. Neb.. Nov. 14. l'.22. To the management of the C. 15. A. Q. R. R. Co. Certain rumors are' afloat to the effect that the- old lie pension of the C. 15. !C- Q. employes is I mt what the company promises and jtliat the employes over seventy years of age are not receiving their pe-n-isions. I wish to state that said ru mors are false as far as my ia.se- or the case of any who have sigm-el up at Plattsmouth are concerned. I re ceived my first pension in February anei nave in en receiving san e- re-gu-larly every month. "In my opinion it pays to be loyal and stay on the job. for wiieu the clay comes and a man is not able to further pursue his daily werk a pen sion comes in mighty handy. "I sure- appreciate what the C. 15. .- Q. has done for me in the- way of providing for me in my declining da vs. ' WILLIAM P.ALLANCE." A letter is also on file from Mrs. Columbus Neff, wife of the- late Ce lumbus Neff. expre-.-sing her appre ciation to the management for thi pe nsion allowed her husband after Z2 years of faithful service le.r the rail road company but who die-el befor" taid pension was approve'! and which was received by her for t he full time prbr to his death. Another letter on file is from James Kahoutek, an old and faithful employe of the company, whe-r'in ! expresses his appreciation for the pension allowed him under the ne-w plan anel which is a source comfort when it comes to out the financial resource's of great 1 iguring of each mont h. Among some of the old and faith ful employes pensione-el under the gratuity plan are (Jeorge Schanz and John P.ueacek. both retired before the present system was adoptee. Blank Books at the Journal Office YOU FEEL T MOWE NEBRASKA Federal Reserve 1