00 JMattemoutb Journal FOL. NO. XXXIX. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 1. 1924 NO 84 MISSOURI RIVER IS CAUSING SOME REAL DAMAGE Five Acres of Land Near Folsom. Ia., Washed Into the River Say Reports from There. From Tuesdav's Daily The Missouri river, which in the past has been washing away a great deal of the fertile farminc land on the bottoms on the Iowa side of thesisting the team to win their con- river is once more on its old tactics and the scene or the latest trouble is near Folsom where several years' ago the Burlington had such a diffi-) cult time to prevent their tracks be- ing swept into the river. Yesterday there were some five acres of land swept into the river as the result of the undermining of the bank and fhe caving in of the land. The river at flood stage has done very little damage, but as soon as the stream starts falling the cut banks give way and many .acres are destruction can be checked. It is at this point that bo much of the washing away of land has taken place and the river has shown a strong current against the Iowa bank that has nibbled off piece by piec some of the best farming land on the Iowa bottoms and forced the moving ot the tracks at dinerent times to prevent them being washed awav lion or tne state. To fight the menace the Burling- Mr- Petring on coming here from ton as well as the state of Iowa and Nebraska City purchased the garage the federal government have expend- building erected by T. H. Pollock at ed hundreds of thousands of dollars he southwest corner of Sixth and without apparent success. Pearl streets which is one of the The only apparent solution of the most handsome buildings of its kind menace seems to be to try and divert in this part of the country, and the main current of the river to the which at that time was ample to ac Xebraska side of the river, where the commodate the volume of business character of the land offers greater that was handled by the Ford agen resistance to the encroachments of y. but in the last few years the ex the river. (pansion of the automobile trade has i grown so extensive that Mr. Petring MYSTEROUS DISAP PEARANCE OF MAN Fears Entertained that James Burke, Residing Near Union. May Have Been Drowned. From Tuesday's I'ally The mysterious disappearance of James Burke, aged 25 years, who re sides on an island in the Missouri river just east of the Frank Hughson farm near I'nion. has stirred that lo-; cality very much in the last few days, and so far there has been no trace of the missing man found, and it feared by the relatives and friends . that he has met his death in the waters of the o'd Missouri river. Mr. Burke has been engaged in the: building of a residence on his island farm north and east of Union near! the Iowa side of the river and dur-j ing this time he has been making trips to and from Union where his wife has been at the home of her parents. Rev. and Mrs. Edgar Fletch-! er. during trie time that the new home was being built. On Thursday afternoon Rev. Flet-j cher drove the young man with a load of provisions to the spot that he used as a landing near the Hughson farm, and at the last seen of Mr. Burke he was engaged in loading hia provisions in bis skiff which was equipped with a sail and preparing to leave for his home on Cottonwood Island- Rev. Fletcher had at once returned to Union and did not see or hear anything more of his son-in-law. There had been a lapse of several davs when the vounsr man failed to return to Union and this worried the members of the family to some ex- tent, but it was not until Sunday iouslv alarmed, for him and it t-aa not at his that they became ser and started a search was foud that he w home cr anv trace of the skiff to be," foun'T One of the vcung men who resides not far from the landing reported he had heard cries f'otn that vicinity on the day that Burke disappeared, but thought nothing of it until the inquiries were made as to the where abouts of Burke. Yesterday there were searching! Ration, several of the car-owner mem narties nut along the river banks try-! bers of the P8t having signified their ng to find some trace of the missing man or his skiff and it is thought that the sail on the boat may have caused, it to turn over and throw the owht and the provisions out into 'he river and caused the death of the young man. SUFFERS PAINFUL ACCIDENT From Tuesday's Pailv Yesterday Mrs. Eugene Skinner, re i'iing in the south part of the city was th victim of a very painful ac- ciuent mat win cause her more ori 'ess suffering for the nrt few days. A bird had built a nest in the win dow frame at the Skinner home and Mrs Skinner desired to clean out the nest, and had the window raised to I its freest extent as she was engaged in this work and suddenly without 1 warning t.ie window fell, catching he ri-ht I Mrs. Skinner be- neath it rnd cutting the middle fin- B r to 'he bone and mashing the oth- 1 er fingers of the hand in a very ser- ious manner. t HOPE TO SECURE GAME Fnm Tuesday's Daily The local baseball team are now casting about in the hopes of secur ing a game for the coining Sunday on the Plattsmouth diamond and one that will give the fans an opportun ity of seeing the boys in the first try out of the season. The team has had several good practices in the past week and if the weather remains any way good should be in good shape for the formal opening of the season. MiBCTtj and Swanson. the pitchers. are getting in the best of shape and with the coming of warm weather expect to have the old soup bone working in the best of shape and as- tests. f GEORGE K. PET RING PURCHASES THE 0 K GARAGE Now Has Two of the Finest Garage Euildinirs in This Portion of the State to Look After. From Monday's Dany George K. Petring. the local rep resentative of the Ford interests and owner of the Plattsmouth Motor Co.. has added to his holdings in the city by the purchase of the O. K. garage on Washington avenue, one of the fjnest garage buildings in this por- 'finds the garae-e wholly inadequate for his uses and making the need of additional room very imperative. The O. K. garage, which e has just purchased, is one of the hand somest and well arranged eraraee ;Dunuinss inai rouin possimy o tit sirei and wil in a large measure aid m housing the cars and the business of Mr. Petring in addition to bis other garage and both will be kept in active operation, altho the O. K. garage building will probably be used largely as the storage building for cars and a filling station as well as for sohws rooms for the Ford cars, there being well arranged storeaee stalls and attractive display rooms. The building at the time of its erection cost some $75,000 and has xs a!s' "ontinuance by Mr. J. H McMaken been without local owner ship and it is pleasing to the Platts mouth people to know that it has been taken over by as keen and ac tive a business man as Mr. Petring who will place it once more in actual service. With the two buildings Mr. Pet ring will have one of the most com plete line of garage properties in the stPte. which, with his rapidly in creasing volume of business should be both kept up to the full limit of ! activity. BIG 'PEP' MEETING AT AUBURN FRIDAY American Legion Posts of First Con gressional District to Gather for Grand Conclave. Friday night of this wepk is to be a gala occasion for American Lee- lon Pst representatives from over the First congressional district who will Rather at Auburn for a big pep meet- ins The visitors will journev to the! scene of the conclave in cars. Lincoln 2nd Nebraska City having evidenced j ueiermiiiaiion to go in large num (hers, while other towns over the dis- trict will he represented to a greater or ,t!s degree depending on the con- dition of the roads and the distance to Auburn. Plattsmouth post, which is about as far removed in point of miles as! any in the district, will send a dele- intention 01 driving down and can of course accommodate a number of their taai fortunate comrades with a seat in the "band wagon." In line with general plans for the meeting, cars will be decorated with banners indication from which town and post they come and Commander Holly of the local post will letter up some very artistic banners for the local cars that will "tell the world" Plattsmouth is there. All Legionaire car owners willing to make the drive and those who do not have cars but desire to go, are requested to see either Commander Holly or Fred Lugsch at once. NEW ARRIVAL HTCITY From Monday's Dally Last evening a fine son and heir arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wurst and the occasion has brought a grea jov to the members of the family. The mother and little one are bo'h doing nicely and congratulations are ln order ODD FELLOWS HAVE VERY FINE OBSERVANCE One Hundred and Fifth Aniversary of I. 0. 0. F. Marked by a Delightful Gathering. From Wednesday's Daily Last evening at the I. O. O. F. hnll was held the 105th annievrsary ob servance of the order and in which the various branches of the fratern ity in this city participated. The members of Platte lodge So. 7. the Rebekahs and the Encampment were present in large numbers and the occasion was voted one of the most delightful that has been enjoyed for some time. The committee in charge had de voted a great deal of time to the arrangements of the gathering and the result was that the program and general entertaining features were all that could be asked for. A program was given in the lodge lodge room in the early portion of the evening nad which included a number of selections by the Holly orchestra as well as other musical numbers and recitations. At the close of the program the members were invited to the ban quet room on the second floor where a fine repast was served that added to the pleasures of the evening and leit little to he desired in the way f improvement. At the banquet a number of short addresses were giv en by the membership or the good of the order. WELFARE OF NEW CAPITOL DISCUSSED R. Kimball Meets with Commis sioners Goodhue's Will May Direct His Assistants. Fpom Tusdy's Pally Thomas R. Kimball of Omaha, former president of the American insitute of architects, conferred with the capital commission Monday fore noon at the request of the commis sion. The conference was for the purpose of discussing plans for the continuation of work on the new capitol. In view of the sudden death of Bertram G. Goodhue, the commission's architect, hte commis sion is desirous of knowing what legal steps should be taken to con tinue the contract in the event the estate of Mr. Godhuee is prepared to proceed with the work of carry ing out the plans of Mr. Goodhue. Whether or not it is necessary to se lect a new architect or to continue the five year contract with the uoodhue estate are questions that have arisen. The commission will discuss every phase of the case be fore conferring with the adminis trator of Goodhue. Mr. Kimball was professional ad visor of the commission when it called for a competitive contest of architects or the country whu-n re- , suited in the selection of Mr. Good-, fuuru ill i ur ocici 1 1 vj. v. i vj v. v. , hue and his design and plans Tir the j new caiptol now in course of '"-; Ptruction. He is now in charge ot the publications of the American In situte of architects. He helped draw hte contract between Goodhue and the state commission "I do not know what hte commis sion desires of me," said Mr. Kim ball when he arrived a the capitol Mni'ilav "I do not anticipate any difficulty between the commission and the estate of Mr. Goodhue in re- gard to a continuation of the work. I believe something will be found in Mr. Goodhue's will in regard to the earniu on of work which is uncom- P'ed at the time of his deaht. His ideas of what should be done in the ov rt of nis death will doubtless be ' incorporated in his will. "If the administrator or estate does not feel like continuing the work on the Nebraska capitol I am sure the American Institute will be willing to aid by recommending an able architect who could proceed 'Aitn the Goodhue plans, which are! prattlcalI' completed. I think that; could be done without extra cost to the stat eof Nebraska. No doubt the Prom Tuesday s Dail capitol commission feels morally j Mr. and Mrs. C. Playter. of Den hound to the people of Nebraska to ver were here yesterday and over last carry cut het plans originally adopted. The commissioners at the confer ence with Mr. Kimball were Gover nor Bryan. W. H. Thompson, W. E. Hardy and Roy Cochran, secretary of the Nebraska department of pub lic wroks, W. L. Youukin, who has ed as a personal representative of the commission and Mr. Goodhue since the work of construction started. DR. MARSHALL POORLY The condition of Dr. C. A. Mar shall at the hospital in Omaha re mains about the same and that there is very little change in the general condition of the patient and his failure to show improvement has been most discouraging to the fam ily and friends. The many friends of the doctor are hopeful that he maybe able to rally in the next few days from his present condition but ! 1 1 1 J A. 1 .. me uuudui ia uui me oesi. FORMER PASTOR WEDS The marriage of Miss Mary Ida Pearce, daughter of A. W. Pearce of Lincoln, to Rev. A. A. Randall, of Rising City, which took place at St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal church. Lincoln, Saturday afternoon at 3:. TO o'clock is of local interest since Rev. Randall was a former pastor at the Firsi Methodist church in this city. Dr. Walter Aitken. pastor of the ! Lincoln church performed the cere-, mony. ?,nss fearce has heen secre tary to Dr. Aitken fur four years. ; Rev. Randall was in charge of the From Monday? Dany local church about ten years ago. i The state commercial contest was Immediately after the ceremony, held at the Technical high school of Rev. and Mrs. Randall left for Chi- Omaha on Friday. April 2 5. The en cago. and from Ijhere will go to trants for this contest were the win Springfield, Mass. Rev. Randall is a ners in euh of the seven district con delegate to the general conference of iests held in March. Over one hun the Methodist Episcopal church that ,lre(1 and fifty of these winners took is to be held in Springfield during the parl Whi h shows a great increase uionm oi iviay. ie . ana Mrs. Kan- dall will be at home in Rising City. -Nebraska City Press. CHAMBER OF COMMERI HOLD ME WILL BE HELD AT LIB BABY AU DITORIUM ON NEXT FEI DAY EVENING. MANY IMPORTANT MATTERS UP Ccmign Fourth cf July Observance and Swimming; Pool Project Among the Leaders. From Monday's laiU" The regular monthly meeting of be the Chamber of Commerce will held at the auditorium of the public library at S o'clock Friday evening and on this occasion every citizen who has the intc-?t of the citv at heart is urged to" d present, and a - sist in the business of the session. One of the chief matters that is to come before the meeting is that of the Fourth of July celebration that the committee has been working on for the past week and which they l;ope to make the most extensive ob servance that the city has held in many years. It is the desire of the committee to secure the co-operation Of all of the different lodges, fratern ities and societies of the city in put- i ting over the celebration so that it will be an even worthy of the city ! and which wil be one that the city can offer to the surrounding com munity as a real Fourth of July cele hration. It has been a number of years since this city has had a real observance of the great natal day and all the citizens feel that they should make it a real red letter event in every way and to do so must have the whole hearted interest and as sistance of all" of the citizens. The swimming pool proposition, which has been urged so often is al- so on,? Gf the questions to come up for consideration and on which the ioj C. OIlSHlrTIi I committee in siderable tim charge has spent con- me and WW have some definite information on which they can work and which will be given to the chamber of commerce for their j approval and action. This has been j agitated for the past year and now ! there are some real facts gathered that will enable the citizens to act on If rhey .so desire and in this work lfcf5L fSlE!?Ki7!7 ?'tfihf"" VLil , formation that they can to aid the ;Pr3et. j There will be other subjects of the , greatest interest to offer to the meet- 1 t ll t ff TT1 Tl 1 1 T t Vl ' I C !' ,(1r..'l ing and which has a distinct bearing on the affairs of the city and for this reason all those who are keen to see the city advance forward in the com- jnR year should be on hand and get pome real information as to what is feeing planned to make Plattsmouth a better city in the coming year and adv8nce its interests, WILL VISIT LN EAST night, visiting at the home of Mr. I u ETING and Mrs. D. A. Young, at their farm aha was held at the St. Andrews near Murray. Mrs. Playter is a cons- church and the services opened by in of Mr. Young and this is the first the Rev. D. J. Gallagher, rector of time they have enjoyed a visit in the church and the members enioy some years. Mr. and Mrs. Playter ed a discussion of the work of Relig are enroute from Denver to Wash- lous Education. Rev. E. J. Seker of ington. D. C. making the trip via their Ford car and enjoying the time very pleasantly by visiting at the dif- ferent towns along the way. While here they enjoyed a very fine time nd this morning in company with Mr. Young they niotored to Glenwood which is the birthplace of Mr. Young and Mrs. Playter and where they will spend the jday and then continue on their way eastward. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Playter is to be a graduate of the class of 1924 at the naval academy at Anapolis. Maryland, in June, and they expect to be there to enjoy this occasion and to see the son become a member of the naval force of the United States. Lost anything? Advertise it. STATE COMMER CIAL CONTEST IS HELD AT OMAHA Misses Elizabeth Sitzman and Edna KLing:r Were Among Prize Winners at State Meet. in intPrps, WAn ns menihershiD. From a membershin of about thirty : at the organization three years ago, this association now has over three ' hundred members and keen interest ' and competition is the result. The state contest consisted of two minute dictation m shorthand, given by a representative of Boyles college, and j was of the same nature as given in Civil Service examinations. The typewriting was a fifteen minute test. In typewriting Omaha Central : was first. South High second and third and Plattsmouth fourth. Eliza beth Sitzman of our local high school representing Plattsmouth. At the district contests in pen manship the ten best papers in each contest were sent to Marie E. Kauf man, state director in penmanship and by her forwarded to the A. N. Palmer company which judged the norMirc ti ( nti-oti1 tho c - i .. linn I i UUII U Ti U I ill. U LUC sickle: IAKJU I ors as follows: In contest writing. Norfolk rer-eived first and second and Schuyler third. In home writ ing Plattsmouth received first. Schuyler second and Norfolk third. Edna Klinger being the champion writer of the state for home work. It may bo well to state here that eon- J test writing is a test of two minutes ! whiel home writing is a test of five minutes. In college writing Kearney led. These penmanship papers were on exhibit all day and were viewed , by many spectators. I At the close of the session the fol- , loving officers were elected for the tnnn efr' President Miss Jean Zook of Nor folk. Vice President Miss Marie E. Kaufman of Plattsmouth. Secretary Miss Howard of Nor folk. Treasurer Mi?? Harvey of South High of Omaha. MRS. W, S. LEETE HAS A VERY ACTIVE WEEK Number of Gatherings in Omaha Call President of State Woman's Auxiliary to Metropolis Frnm Monday's Daily The past week was a very active one for Mrs. W. S. Leete. president of the State Auxiliary of the Epis copal church and called her. as well as Canon Leete and Mrs. J. G. Leete, to Omaha for several days where the activities or the church are largely centered around the Episcopal see there. On Thursday the presidents of the auxiliaries and guilds of the various Omaha churches met at the Mackey Memorial parish house of All Saints' church to discuss plans for the Pro vincial synod that will meet there on September 21 to 24 and will be one of the largest gatherings of the church held in the west. This synod embraces the dioceses in the states of Nebraska. Iowa, Minnesota Colo rado, North and South Dakota and Kansas, and will bring to Omaha some eleven bishops of the church as well as a verv large number of the lav dPie?rates Tl have in chnre th hp representative The ladies who will e entertainment of s from other states have made their plans for the care and entertainment of the visitors. In the afternoon of Thursday the executive committee of the Woman's Auxiliary met at the home of Mrs. S. S. Oak ford and were pleasantly en tertained at luncheon there. On Friday morning the committee of the Church School Service League met at the Trinity cathedral and was largely attended. On Friday afternoon a meeting of all of the auxiliary branches in Om the St John's and St. Mark's church also addressed the meeting and the principal address was delivered by Father Thomas Casady, rector of All Saints' church and a member of the national board of religious educa tjOT, The address was on "Japan" and covered the reconstruction work there thift has been a part of the church program. The members of the conference were afterward enter tained by the ladies of the St. An drews' parish at luncheon. Mrs. P. J. Flynn was in Omaha to day for a fe hours being accom panied there by her sister. Mrs. Nickelson of Valentine. Nebraska, who has been here visiting at the Flynn home. DOCTOR IS A "DODO" From Tuesday's Daily As the result of his recent exploit in making a "hole in one" at the local golf links. Dr. R. P. Westover is now wearing the honors of a "Dodo" which was conferred upon him by the Hole-in-One club of the the shot was stnt into the club by lriends of the genial physician and a few days ago he rec?ived an engraved certificate of the fact that he is now a full fledged "Dodo" and as such is entitled to a'l of the rights and privileges of membership in the golf organization. Incidentiy. Dr. West over will receive a half dozen golf balls from the ciub as a reward for his skill in making the record break ing score. OBSERVES BOYS' WEEK WITH SUN DAY SERVICE Large Number of Roys and Young Men are at Methodist Church For Special Services. From Monday's Dally Yesterday morning as a part of the Boys' week observance there were some fifty boys and young men present at the service and the occa sion was made fitting to the subject of the present week. The pastor took as his topic the text, "Let No Man Despise Thy Youth." which was very inspiring to the young men in attendance at the service and took up many of the problems that confront the young man and the necessity for the train ing of the spiritual side of the youth for his part in the activities of the world. There were a number of numbers given by the choir that were in keep ing with the spirit of the occasion. RAISE GOOD SUMS From Monday's Dnlly Plattsmouth folk opened their hearts and purses on Saturday last to help care for the destitute women with children in erare of the Volun teers of America by contributing the generous sum of $81.65 to that wor thy cause. Everyone connected with the affair was well pleased and deep ly grateful to all who in any way helped make the day successful. A statement issued by the organi zation representatives says: "To the city officials, the newspapers, the merchants who furnished the incen tives for the children's efforts as well as the public's generosity in patroniz ing the youthful workers, the fullest credit must be given." From early in the morning until late in the afternoon each of the grade girls and boys played in the merry game of competition for the five prizes and movie tickets and at the close of the contest it was found that Margaret Alwin was entitled to meeting of the city council, aa he is the first prize, having collected thelconfined to his home in the west part sum of $10.65. The second was won by Wilhelmina Hinrichsen who had $8.65 and Alice Marquette had $8.57 and received the third. The fourth and fifth were won by Ethel Quin ton and Bessie Halstead. All the other children were made happy with the movie passes. pn t? nTiT ;b- ot, ,.,,-t. .'to relieve nis condition and it is jj -T- k V " J vates Corner Book and Stationery Store. Money that Holds Back Prosperity! In order that Plattsmouth and Cass county may prosper, there must be plenty of money available to carry on business and to develop new sources of income. Money hoarded at home doesn't do this work. It contributes nothing to the general welfare. It holds back prosperity. Put your money in this bank! It's safer here, and promotes prosperity in which you will share. 4f THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK !2t THE BANK WHERE nATTSMOUTH "The Bank Where 'TAME' WOLF GOES ON RAM PAGE SUNDAY Pet that L.as Been at tne Clem Mer- ritt Home for Several Months Attacks 6-Year-01d Boy. From Monday's Daily Yesterday morninfP a "tame" wolf that has been at the Clem Merritt home in this city for several months as a pet, developed his ancestral traits and attacked the small six-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Prichard. who as at the Merritt home and inflicted severe painful, but not j serious lacerations on the flesh of the arms ana legs 01 tne iaa. The Pritchard boy had gone to the Merritt borne on an errand for his parents and was accompanied from his home on North Fourth street to the Merritt home by his pet dog and when he arrived at the Merritt place, the wolf that has been a pet since he was found as a tiny cub in a wolf den near this city, at once started in to show warlike indications toward the dog and the little Pritchard boy tried to drive away the wolf from his pet. and with the result that the ani mal turned on the boy and bit him several times before the family drove the animal off and called medical as sistance for the boy. The boy was treated by Dr. R. P. Westover and it is thought that he will in a few days be recovered from the effects of the experience with the wolf, as the wounds are not dangerous IB the least, although the lad is consider ably shaken by the experience that he underwent. MATTES FINE SHOWING From Monday's Daily Theodore Hadraba of Plattsmouth won second place in the physics con test which was a part of the schol astic meet at Nebraska Wesleyan un iversity April 25. In all fourt n contests were hell in this meet. The seventh -ual high s hool day at Wesleyan drew almost five hundred students from the high schools to the university campus. Open house with department dem onstrations, track and scholastic meets, and several program meeting furnished entertainment for the day. The cheif speaker was John M. Mat ren, state superintendent of public instruction v ho declared that Ne braska v schools had made not able p ot in the last third of a century. An increase of 2.500 per cent had been made in the number of high schools offering four-year ac credited courses and an increase of 3.200 per cent in the number of graduates. STRICKEN WITH PNEUMONIA John J. Cloidt, the newly elected city clerk, will not be able to take (his oath of office this evening at the 01 Tne clt' WIttl an attack of pneu monia. Mr. Cloidt was taken sick on Thursday with a slight chill and has since grown steadily worse and his case was finally determined as pneumonia. Mr. Cloidt is under the constant care of physicians and nurses and every effort possible is being made hoped that in the next few davs there may be a chr,nsre for the better in his case. YOU FEEL AT HOME "NEBRASKA You Feel at Home!"