MOI7TAY, OCTOBER 27, 1924.
PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL
PAGE SIX
CITY COUNCIL LETS
CONTRACT FOR NEW
PAVING LAST NIGHT
'. L. Busche Co. of Omaha, Are
Successful Eidders for $12,750,71
For Eight Elocks.
From Friday's ivtity
The special session of the
council last evening: took up
matters of improvements in the
tit
r";;1
that has attracted a great ileal oi"
attention in the past few months - j
that of the sewer on the !.iso:iie :
Home grounds and the p.tvlrg of ,
three Mocks on (Irar.i'.e stve. t. ti'.n ;
in South Ninth stiwi and :.u on;
South Tenth :.;rt-et. all in i..vivg
district No. .'5 2.
The matter of construction of the
sewer was brought up by C nun ;in..i
Cestor on the mtton :o adopt t ;ie .
proposed rsolutio!i of r.f ciiy 'hit
had bet n puhli.-hod ai-o.'niins 'o l.nv j
and this was ;;rriid by the unan
imous vote of the council and lo
mayor and tlerk authorized to adver
tise for bids for the work at once.
When the matter ef the Utti.'.g of
the contract for t'ie paving in dis
trict No. 32 was brought up there
was a protest presented signed by A.
I,. Tidd. as attorney for a n:imber 01
the residents ef the district, m
v.hnh they served notice on tr.c
members of the council, th;
passage of the ordinance was illcir.il
as was the notice given of the letting
of bids, that if the city let or a con
tractor accepted the same that thoy
were notified that there wou.d be .
legal protest taken in the courts j
Mayor Sattler stated that the pro-I
test had been presented to the city
attorney and that he had given his ;
opinion that the ordinance had been
legally passed and duly published ;
according to law and the notice to i
contractors prepared and published '
in a lav.frl manner. ;
The protest was finally placed on
file.
There was only one bid on the
paving contract, that of the F. L.
Uusche Co. of Omah:. and on the tab- .
Poultry Wanted!
Wednesday, Oct. 29th
Plaltsmouth, Nebraska
A car load of live poultry wanted frimencrd. beside which the his
to be delivered at poultry car r.tar!;Vr,t' r,tvniFnt of Napoleon from
n,t i!nriinri,,n fr,;.rht i,ni,,-P vIqi- ' 'ioscov or the Clown Prince from
n.oufh. WKDNKFPAY. Oft. 29. one
day only, for which we will pay t'ue
following
Cash Prices
Hens, per lb 19c!
. -e !
Spnrgs. per lb 18c
fYtl Pa.c?k nir Tn fin '
Old Rogers, per Id 8c.
Ducks and Geese, per lb..
Cow Hides, per lb 8c I
Large Horse Hides, each $3. 50
Leghorn poultry, 3c lb. less
Farmers, Notice
The fact that we ship in carload -
lots direct to the New ork market ;
enables us to pay the very top price,
for your poultry j
e will positively be in Platts- !
mouth on above date, and will pay ,
iii T-r-a-i,
W. E. KEENrVY
They're as warm
handle in July.
Match them at the
I?
ulation of the bid the street, alleys
and bridges committee reported back
to the council recommending that
the paving be class F. re-enforced
concrete and at the cost of $12,
750.71 at which this class of paving
figured.
On the call for adoption of the
motion to let the contract to the
F. Ia. Uusche Co., and to authorize
tlie tnavor and clerk to enter into
the contract. Bestor, 15a jock. Mc
Maken. Knorr. Cradoville, Deitz and
Vroman voted aye and Lorenz and
Hrittain. no. Henderson of the fifth
ward, was absent.
SOUTH PART OF
CITY HAS REAL
EXCITEMENT
Suj-.jCsbi! Husband Does Some Shoot
ing With Blanks That Scares
Oft" "Kon.c Wreckers."
it) Thi.iHie s lially
Last evining there was the sound
of heavy cannonading in the south
r-.rt of tie citv which aroused the
r.vid.-nts of that locality and caused
a:i alarm to be turned in for the po
lice from some of the frightened
residents there.
rriw ncp:isi'i!i was not as serious
pt, first ti,ou,t after an investiga-
t- n..m-o,i tn ilt a iokc arrang-
, 1 1 i,, ,j II u IUr ' . l- - - -
employed at the shops among them
fclves.
From what has leaked out of the
affair it seems that last evening one
of the young men was approached
by a co:nrade who suggested that
they "step out" and enjoy the cool
evening with a couple of "red hot
mammas" which the first young man
claimed to have a line cn. This was
agreeable, and as the rendezvous
that had been decided on was out on
'. Chicago avenue quite a distance they
'decided they would purchase apples,
ibrr.ar.ar. an 1 ether fruit to regail the
ir di.r. f:)'r cr.d that the love-making
'n the dark r-eqnestered spots would
hr-vc food to tame the love birds.
' Everything was going nicely when
the veins men drew near the spot
v.'h"i th?y were to meet their light
jo" love and it was w ith the most
bihsfr.l rnticipation that they ap
( pronched the resident e where the
tv,o ladies were supposed to be await
ing. IU fore reaching the house, tlie
J liiei'-ber of the duet who was in the
j censT-irticy told the ether that one of
,the 'ndics h.-d ; ryii attached to
' her hut that the husband was sup
: pored to b in Opis!:i. and accord
ingly the wife was straying away
from the beaten p.ith for a lark.
jThis did net rest very' well with the
unsuspecting man hut he finally
1 agreed to take a chance.
The big explosion occurred when
, the ringleader in the plot advanced
to the door of the house, and, rap
ping softly and with love notes quiv-
e
ring in his voice. "Oh Mable." but
i instead of "Mable" a rude man step
ped forth and loudy proclaimed: "So
you are the birds that have been
stepping out with my wife, eh." and
'.con.pcnied this with the discharge
of a revolver nnd then the retreat
the Argonne, fade into insignifi
cance. There were apples anil ba-
; r.anas scattered all over the neigh
i iiori ood and it is said one of the par
j ties was going so fast that he ran
lout from under his cap and left it on
the scene of battle. The wise one in
tlie conspiracy fell along the path-
.: ai d loudly announced that he
- 1"1'1IJ UUUUU1H.TU IJlilL lit; ft
nau "oen Ki,ot ailu lus companion! ... A ! ru i -V
Fto,)pp(1 for a brief moment wIthiIIiram T. Batten. The family came
had been shot and his
iQc'him and then pressed on in the re-
treat.
SHE HAS SURGEON TAXE
n.TV p.c pominc-
Orr 69 POUNDS OF FAT
Chicago. Oct. 23. An operation
I on Miss Truly Shattuck. 5C year old.
! Vftiwlnvillo fom n1 i an n r mwl -- r- J 1
,t ar o ' twenty yar ago
has redueed her weight from 192 to
123 pounds an1 narroW(.(l a 52-inch
waist line to 34. according to sur-
RPons of a , ;C3pital here
Superfluous fat, weighing sixtv-
!mn Pounds, was removed
said.
they
Yuy Your
Overcoat
like you buy Coal. Not in dollars
or tons, but in terms of heat.
We have some new Fall overcoats
in our cabinets at
$20.00 $22.50 $25.00
as the provetbial pump
price if you can!
LADY SPEAKERS IN
CAUSE OF DEMOC
RACY GIVE VIEWS
Mrs. Mary Herbert of Pennsylvania
and Mrs. Jane Eikenbary of
Iowa Heard East Night.
From Thursday's Hally
A very large audience was present
at the district court room in the
court house last evening to hear the
messages delivered by the ladies who
are bringing into the west tlie demo
cratic side of the great national
questions.
The committee here was at first
disappointed by the fact that Mrs.
Izctta Jewell Brown, who had been
assigned here, was able to be pres
ent, but the ladies who were sent
here to fill the date proved equally
forceful in giving their views on
some of the leading issues of the day.
Tlie meeting was presidetl over by
Vv. J. ?. Livingston in his usual
forceful manner and who gave a
very piercing introduction to the
speakers of the evening and touched
o". some very vital facts in the pres
ent campaign.
Mrs. Mary Herbert of Allentown,
Pennsylvania, was one of the dele
gates from that state to the national
democratic convention and in her
address she discussed the high tar
iff question and its relation to the
home where every day tribute is
paid to the tariff barons in almost
everything that is used in the home.
The speaker scored the items of the
Fordney-McCumber tariff law which
is one of the highest that has ever
been in force in this country, and
pointed out the pertinent facts that
showed the manner in which the
consumer is bearing the burdens of
the tariff in many ways.
Mrs. Jane Eikenbray, of Iowa, who
is a daughter of the late Hon. L.
Green, at one time congressman
from the Fifth Nebraska district,
touched on the foreign relations
question and the attitude of the
present administration that has
trietl to back into the international
agreements instead of coming out in
the open and taking part in the con
ferences that are bringing peace and
restoration to the war-tern countries
of the world.
DEATH CALLS KIRS.
HIRAM T, BATTEN
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Passed Away at Her Home in This
City Last Evening Following
Hlness of Some Length.
After an illness covering the past
summer and in the last three weeks
of which she has been gradually
growing weaker, Mrs. II. T. Batten,
one of the old residents of this city,
passed away last evening at 9 o'clock
it the home on Wintersteen Hill.
Mrs. Ratten had during the day
been gradually sinking and at the
voming of the evening the death
messenger came to ease her long sick
ness and to bring to her rest and
peace from the trials of life.
The deceased lady was formerly
Frances Virginia Vaughn and was
born at Walker Station, West Vir
ginia, May 23, 1854, and in that lo
cality spent her early womanhood.
IShe was married in the old home
, . . , -
lo nsmouin mirty-uve years ago
Jand have since made their home here,
where Mrs. Batten has won a large
u lic jl , ci i i.u ii iciJiin n uj uiuol 2in-
cerely mourn her passing.
To bear the grief of separation
that death has brought, there re
main the aged husband and four
daughters. Mrs. Charles W. Grass
man, of Alliance; Mrs. John Wehr
bein. Mrs. Fred Kaffenberger and
Mrs. Harry White, of this city. One
son preceedetl the mother in death,
passing away in infancy and one
daughter, Mrs. Frank Jensen, of
Newman Grove passed away a few
years ago. There are also sixteen
grandchildren and one great-grandchild
to mourn her passing.
The funeral services will be held
on Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock from
the home on Wintersteen Hill and
will be conducted by the Rev. Frank
Emory Pfoutz of the First Methodist
church, of which the deceased was
a member.
In their sorrow the members of
the family will have the deep sym
pathy of the host of friends in this
city and vicinity.
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT
From Saturday's Daily
Mrs. Guy Ward and baby, and
Nettie Ward were crowded into a
ditch and run into by a car near
Manley. Monday evening. Mrs. Ward
was driving the car out of Manley
on the street north of the Catholic
church, and had made the turn to
go south, when a Ford car coming
from the south at a good rate of
speed struck the Ward car which was
already crowded to the ditch on the
right side of the road.
Mrs. Ward was not hurt much, but
the baby received an ugly gash on
the cheek, making a hole through
the cheek. Nettie Ward received a
bad cut on the chin which called for
a number of stitches and the two
were a pretty bad looking couple
with blood over their clothing. Dr.
M. U. Thomas was called and hur
ried to the scene with his Hudson
coach and brought the Wards into
Weeping Water to his office. After
dressing the patients wounds he
took them to their home south of
Weeping Water.
The question is, "What are we
, coming to?" Are people that drive
. their cars in accordance to the rules
of the road going to keep on being
crowded into ditches and rushed off
to a doctor's office, and careless
rdivers allowed to go on forever?
Two young gentlemen from Man
ley brought the Ward car into the
Smith Service Station to be repaired.
They report that the Ford car was
almost a total wreck.
Will we be careful, or will we wait
until it is too late and then be so
ry? The roads are like a barber
shop. Who's next? Weeping Water
Republican.
ELKS PLANNING BIG
HARVEST CARNIVAL
FOR NEXT MONTH
Will Stage Big Festival from Novem
ber 17th to 22nd at the Club
House in This City.
Plattsmouth Lodge No. 739, of the
Elks is announcing the fact that its
big Harvest Carnival will be staged
t tiio i-inh hnnse on North Sixth
street November 17th to 22nd. in
clusive, and the advance advertising
of this big event states that there
will have a real show to offer the
l'lattsmouth and Cass county peo
ple when the doors open on the
evening of November 17th.
With the long standing reputation
of the Elks for their public and char
itable work, they are announcing
that a portion of the funds derived
from the carnival will be devoted to
the upkeep and care of the cemeter
ies of the city and which is in keep
ing with the general spirit of help
fulness that characterizes the Elks
order wherever the lodges are lo
cated. The Elks in this city have in the
past, especially at tne Christinas
time been a great comfort to the
needy of the community and in an
enlarging of their sphere of useful
ness in community work they are de
siring that a part oZ their receipts
will be devoted to the upkeep of the
last resting places of the loved ones
of their own and of the community
in the cemeteries here.
The lodge is offering a large ar
ray of prizes that will be given out
each evening of the carnival and
which has a capital prize of a $1,000
Oldsmobile that will be awarded on
tne last night of the carnival.
LITTLE GIRL IMPEOVING
From Saturdays Daily
Little Alice Wiles, daughter of Mr.
and Mr3. C. L. Wiles, who was in
jured the first of the week by being
struck and knocked down by an auto
while crossing Main street, is now
improving very nicely. The little
girl was given a treatment by Dr.
Joe Stibal on Wednesday that great
ly improved her condition and this
was followed by another treatment
that has brought her through nicely
and the little girl is now able to set
up a part of the time and receive
nourishment. . This will be pleasing
news to the friends of the family and
it is hoped that the little lady will
continue to show improvement.
POWER COMPANY
APPEALS ITS CASE
TO HIGH COURT
Objects to Paying Judgment for
?3,800 Damages Obtained by
Seward County.
The Blue River Power company
has appealed to the supreme court
of Nebraska from a decision of the
district court in a damage suitfiled
by the county of Seward. The jury
brought in a verdict for $3,800 and
7 per cent interest from July 15,
191S, in favor of the county.
The county alleged it was re
quired to spend $10,000 In raising
a highway and in enlarging a bridge
because the power company raised
its dam ten feet where the structure
crosses the Bine river at the junction
of the West Blue in Seward county.
The county raised the highway ten
feet a distance of 1,200 feet. Oirgi
ally the county obtained an injunc
tion in the year 1916 to restrain
the power company from raising its
dam, but was prevailed upon to dis
miss the suit without prejudice to a
new action. The county bought some
land to provide earth for making a
higher embankment for the highway.
Before the dam was raised the
county raised the highway and en
larged the bridge. The power com
pany, represented by Thomas, Vail
& Stoner, alleged it had paid prop
erty owners for land damaged by
the raising of the water level andn
that no one but owners of title to
property had u right of action, that
the company had appropriated wa
ter from the Blue river and had
constructed a hydro-electric power
plant which is being used for the j
benefit of the public at large. The
new power dam was completed in
1917.
Republican
Ticket
For President Calvin Coolidge
Vice President Charles G. Dawes
U. S. Senator George W. Norris
Congressman R. H. Thorpe
Governor Adam McMullen
State Senator A. L. Tidd
State Representative Troy L. Davis
Sheriff E. P. Stewart
County Attorney W. G. Kieck
County Commissioner-Geo. L. Farley
Clerk Dist. Court Clarence L. Beal,
County -Assessor Chet H. Smito
County Judge Non-Partisan
(Vote for One)
A. H. Duxbury M. S. Briggs
DISTINGUSHED
SPEAKER HERE
TUESDAY MITE
Hon. Charles Vopicka of Chicago
Will Speak Here in Eohemian
Language at K. S. Hall.
One of the lost political meetings
of the campaign will be staged in
this city Tuesday evening at the K.
S. hall on West Locust street at
which time the Hon. Charles Vo
picka of Chicago will speak in behalf
of the democratic ticket. The meet
ing will be held at 8 o'clock and the
address of the evening will be given
in the Bohemian language.
Mr. Vopicka is one of the most dis
tinguished members of his national
ity in the United States and Has
served in public life for a number of
years. From 13i: to 1920 he served
as the American minister to Ron
mania and the Balkan r,t"fes and
was well in touc'i with the national
ist movements of the Bohemians in
their native land and which with
the asFitr.nco of America won the
nationa.1 independence of the Bo
hemian people.
The speaker is one of force and
his address will bring a real mes
sage to the members of his national
ist. Everyone who c; n understand
the Bohemian 'language will have a
real treat in this message that the
distinguished speaker is bringing.
Everyone is invited to be present
at this meeting.
Dr. Heineman, Dentist, Hotel
Main Eldg., Phone 527.
I'rcm Thursday's I'aiiy '
County Attorney J. A. Capwell
was in Weeping Water today where
he was called on some official busi
ness for a few hours.
Charles L. Craves, the Union at
torney, was here today for a few
hours looking after .-me legal mat
ters at the court house.
W. T. Adams and wife departed
this morning for St. Paul. Nebraska,
where they will visit friend ? and
from there will go to Arlington. Ne
braska, to visit their son, J. E. Adams
and wife, for a few clays.
George F. Wilson, democratic can
didate for sheriff, was here "last
evening in company with Jack James
of Elm wood to look after his candi
dacy, and this morning departed for
Lincoln, called there by the serious
illness of the son-in-law of Mr. Wil
son, William Simpson, of Alvo, who
is not expected to live. Mr. Simpson
is at the St. Elizabeth's hospital and
is suffering from a tumor on the
brain.
From Friday's Iail"
Max Doehring and Herman Doeh-
ring with their families arrived here I
last evening by auto and will visit J
for a few days at the home of Mr. !
and Mrs. P. G. Barton, the gentle-i
men being brothers of Mrs. Barton, j
and it is needless to say the occa- j
sion is one that is being enjoyed very ;
much by the members of the famil
ies. From Saturdays Daily
James Brown and wife of Murray
were here this morning for a few
hours looking after some matters of
business.
Frank E. Sehlater, of Bayard, Ne
braska, came in yesterday to look af
ter some business matters and also
visit with tlfe old time friends here.
C. S. Aldrich. the Elmwood at
torney and banker, was here today
for a fewr hours attending to some
maters at the court house and visit
ing with his friends in the county
seat.
County Attorney J. A. Capwell,
Attorney W. A. Robertson and Attor
ney 1). O. Dwyer were among the
members of the Cass county bar at
tending the dedication of the por
traits of the former district judge3
at the Otoe county court house in
Nebraska City today.
Rev. and Mrs. H. G. McClusky,
who have been attending the Presby
terian synod at Hastings, Nebraska,
returned yesterday afternoon and
were accompanied by Misses Edith
and Helen Farley, who are attend
ing Poane college at Crete. While
Bill Hart
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'The Store with
at Hasti?igs, Rev. and Mro. McClus
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C. E. Pratt, formerly of this city.
M. D. A. ANXILIARY MEETS
From Saturday's, Daily
The ladies of the M. D. A. auxil
iary held a very pleasant meeting
yesterday afternoon at the M. W. A.
hall and which was very largely at
tended by the ladies of the organiza
tion and one of the most delightful
times that has been held for some
time was participated in by the mem
bers of the party.
The hall was arranged in the
patriotic colors of red, white an.l
'Mis fo Ssfsef Guqor of Oarn&ai!
The Popular Contest for Queen of the Elks Carnival opens today.
Coupon below will entitle you to cast 1.000 votes fcr your Candi
date. Voting booths are located at Weyrich & HaJraba Drug Store,
Eates' Book and Gift Shop and Morgan's Sweet Shop. A valuable
prize will be given to the lady selected as Queen of the Carnival.
Elks Harvest Carnival
Nov. 17 to 22, 1924
This coupon good for 1,000 VOTES for
Queen of
CARNIVAL AT ELKS' CLUB
Contest closes
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blue and made a very fine setting
for the jolly gathering.
The afternoon was spent in the
regular business session and later by
the social hour that served to make
the occasion one of the greatest of
pleasantness for all of the ladies and
a number of prizes were awarded in
the various contests held by the
ladies.
The hostesses of the afternoon,
Mesdames Henry Leacock, Fred H.
Vincent and Arthur Copenhaver, had
prepared very dainty refreshments
which were served and completed
the most enjoyable time for the
ladies.
Work has been started on the new
water lant at Otoe.
the Carnival
HOUSE, PLATTSMOUTH, . NEBR.
Saturday, Nov. 22
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