Nebraska Newspapers

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VOL. NO. XL.
PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA. MONDAY, NOVEMBER ?A, 1924.
NO. 81
IUINTI
If APPEAL TO
SUPREME COURT i
DECISION MAD2 PU3LIC YESTER
DAY
ACTION
COURT.
OF
DISTRICT
SUSTAINED OH ALL POMS
Pis
a in Abatement. One of the Chief
Points, in All Cases Overruled
In. Court Decision.
Fom Friday's Daily
Almost a y; ar i the day when
the grand jury returned its indict
ments in Cass county, Cm state su
preme court pasted on the ease in
which former Sheriff C. I). Quinton
had a; per. led to t lie court from his
conviction in the district court of
"ass county, which followed his in
dictment by the grand jury, sustain
ing the conviction of the former law
officer and the sentence pas-ed upon
him by Judge Ab-xandi r t Tror. ;.
of 0:na!i;i. which was a tin" of J.tfi)
and costs cf the prosecution and re
moval from the office of slo-rii'f of
Cass county.
Ti'i' decision of the court was in
an opinion by Judpe William H.
Thompson ard concurred in by the
three asseiciate justice a. id sustains
on every point the result of the trial
in the local district court.
The decision of the court brings
approval of the lor.tr strndinr,' litica- ias k. pr.-ed away at the borne in
tion that originated in the returning the vv- 3t ieirt of the city. The ncci
of an indictment by the crnnd jury'i:it thai resulted in the death of
on N'e.veeiber 2f.. 192::. a2aint the t the litt'.e one occurred yesterday
sheriff. charging him with six counts
of failure to report fees earned and
collected and also two counts of vio
lation of the pro hibition law.
Acting on the recommendation of
the grand jury and also as the re
quest of Mr. Quinton, Governor Bry-
T. in I 1 fl i-nl iniroil
Mr. Quinton of the ofnee of ? heriff
.n,i JnnrtntoH in hi niep "F p
Stewart, the rrcf?ent sheriff, who v.-as
j.. . i , ,1 r.nT.ie. 1
of the county to the office to fill the
vacancy created by the removal of
Mr. Quinton.
At the time of the calling of the
Krand jury on November 13. 1023.
Judgre James T. Begley, district
judge, entered an order in open
court removing A. G. Cede, then
county attorney, from appearing in
the grand jury investigations on the
irround that he has been unduly ac
tive acain t. the calling of the grand
jury and the court appointed as the
special prosecutor before tlie jury D.
O. Dwyer of tliN city who conducted
the hearings ar.d the securing of the
testimony before t Iro jury.
The gram! jury in its indictments
returned two j gainst Mr. Quinton.
one charging failure to report fees
collected r.nd earn-d and violation
of the prohibition
in which he was
iurv ami which
! iv.- and ab:o cm.
chare, d with per
il .is not yet been
tried.
The former sh riff entered a plea
of not guiity when arraigned for
pleading and the- trial of the case
was started before. Judge Dogley in
the
d.smct
court ami the defense
present a pica in aoatenient wnicn
was heard by Jt-.d r? E. W. Button of
Fremont, who or Wed the trial to
be contiri'1'rd and overruled the mo
tion of the defense. The '.rial had
just started when it was baited on
the alleged misconduct of one of tlie
juror, ITenrv Broekma.n. and a m.s
trial ordered by the court. Judge
Bfghy presiding, and the case set
for trial at a later date. This action
formed o.ie e-f the pleas of the- de
fense for setting aside of tlie action
of the lower court and in which the
ttat" supreme court sustained the
: ction of the district court and did
not place the defendant twice in jeo
vyrdy u was contended in their ap
peal. In the trial of the case in January,
1924. the state was represented by
W. Tl. Patrick as chief counsel ar.d
D. O. Dwyer, and the defense by
Paul .lessen ami D. W. Livingston of
Xcbr.'ska City and A. B. Tield of this
c ity and the e ase was one that at-;
traded more attention than any held j
in ti-o fn-.intv in mar.v years and c-v- i
try session of the court was attended
l.v hundreds who inieu
me court
room to its capacity.
The jury in the case returned a
verdict acquitting Mr. Quinton of
the two counts against him on the
violation of the prohibition law and
finding him guilty of the tix counts
ohargintr him with failure to report
fess collected and earned. Judge
Alexander C. Troup, who presided at
the trial, placed a fine of $200 on
the defendant and also removed him
from office.
The points raised in the appeal to
the supreme court were largely of a
technical nature, as tne
defendant
had admitted that mere were lees
th3t he had not reported, but claimed
that he was not required to do so,
there was no dispute to the main
points.
The state court holds that the
rights of the defendant were not sub
stantially violated by any of the er
ror that counsel claimed In their
appeal and that th appointment of
counsel in the case was purely
matter in the discretion of the court
Since the conviction of the defend
ant there has been more or less liti
gation over the right of K. I. Stew
art to the office of sheriff but which
v.;.s de-c.ided in favor of Mr. Stewart
s'
by Jud.:e C. O. Stauffer of Omaha,
ordered the county jail, orcu
liy Mi-. Quinton. turned over to
the active sh.rii!'. Mr. Stewart. Since
the action on these cases the election
has gi.on Mr. Stewart a clear title
to 1 he cilice that the supreme court
decision will settle.
JURY STARTS GRINDING
From Fi i lay's Daily
Tliis morn ins the case of the Rani;
of r;e:.sr.i:ton. Iowa. vs. Fred W.
Hthreegc of Creer.wood was called
for trial in the district court ar.d
the jury ws se'ected and the trial
start-, d in quirk order and the taking I
fif testii.iony was v. ell under way by
tlie noon hour. The cvse is arising
out of the colli el ion of a note
e-L.icm-d to be due y the bank
against the d-'fend n1.'.
LITTLE CHILE! DIES
W26 AS
I 5
pcciht nc
URNS
Donald, Seven MontLs Old Son of
Mr. and Jlrs. Julius Kalasek.
Passes Avay Last Niivht.
Lni.'t cveninir after several hours
of terrible suft'erinir canse-ii from
burns received in lie-ins? scalded by
the contents of an overturned coffee
pot. Donald, the little seven months
old : on cf Mr. and Mrs. Julius Ka-
morning at the home on West I.ocm-t
street.
The mother had been looking after I
the house work and the little babe
was in his buggy near the kitchen
stove and while the mother was not
looking the child wiggied to the edge
of tie buziry and reaching out.
! tra-'H'11 l; conee Poi pettms
t"tove a p. d in an instant had
on the
mi m an instant had pulled
It over and the hot coffee splashed,
over
the j-ody of the babe. The
moulder, breast and the l"ft leg of
the little boy were badly burned and
sine the accident lie has suffered a
great deal of pain as the result of the
a'-ei-h-rt. Me-iki-l aid wns summoned
at once by the frantic mother and all
. i
possible done for the relief of the :
lit'!:- ore. but owing to the extreme !
seiieus natore cf the burns the child i
rradm !iy grew weaker until death!
came t
b
re lie I.
AX 01 ITER SAD SACRIFICE
From Thursday's Dally
Tii is morning the summer like
breezes that were whafted about in
the business section ef the city car
ried a strange and not unpleasant
odor that attracted some attention
especially in the vicinity of Fourth
and Main street. One of the old
residents who had lived in the days
before ID 17 identified the odor as
that of dry gin. one
i eat u-e d to be use-
ef the- boveran
in the prepar
tion of many strange
(b-coctirns but whieh
re mixtures aim
Iras not been
notioable in
this locality fejr some
years past.
A closer investigation rb.owed
that the source of th odor was at
the opening of the sewer at Fouth
and Main street
Ill front of the court.
eriif 1-:. P. Stewart
. G. Kieck were en-
house wiote Sheriff H. P. Stewart
and. Attorney W.
gaged in clestr'
d i ve rs cen t a i n e i s
ying sundry i n 1
of beverages of a !
greater degree e.f alcoholic content
than was permitted by the well
known A. J. Volstead, the Minnesota
congressman who took the nearness
out of beer and the populartiy out
ef the p: etzi 1.
There were several gallons of the
gin and henm made; whiskey thai
"had been accumulated from raid.?
and which no lotige r being needed as
evidence was consigned to the sewer
and thence to trickle out to the great
Muddy.
Tiiis ii th third public emptying
in the la..t few months and gives ihe
public a chance to see what be
comea of the beverages taken in
prohibition law violations.
ENTERTAINS FRIENI3
u - r, Tt,,.r: .'n -s iiaiiv
Bast evening the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Jess E. Warga on North 11th
street was the scene of a very pleas
ant "stag" dinner given by Mr.
Warga in honor of a number of
friends from Omaha who were here
for the afternoon and evening. The
members of the party enjoyed to the
utmost the fine time arranged for
them and the delicious repast and
after the dinner the jolly party vis
ited the Elks carnival to complete
the very fine occasion. Those attend
ing were Harkness Kountze, W. W.
i Drummy. Henry Ricks. A. L. Timms
and Mr. Kirkpatrick of the Lee-
Kountze hardware company of Oma
ha. R. W. Knorr, II. A. Schneider,
John P. Sattlcr, V. K. Krecklow and
John Sattler, Jr.
Mrs. John Iliber was in Omaha
today, attending to some matters of
business, going to that city on the
early mornins Burlington train.
WM8ETH0DIST GHURGK
HONORS AGED MEM
BERS WITH SUPPER
Harvest Home Dinner Especially Ar
ranged For Members cf Many
Years Standing.
From Friday's Daily
East evening at G
was held at the parlor
Methodist church a
dinner that paid spec
o'clock there
s of the First
hr.rvest homo
ii! t rib-ate to
the grey-haired ar.
veteran members
of the
b- rs of
in the
fait!) who have b.en mcm
the church here in the years
past and on whose brow tlie
touch of time has lift its mark.
The- decorations of the parlors
were in a color scheme of pink and
white, tlie flowers and candles carry
ing out the color scheme and mak
ing a very pretty setting for the
scene of pleasure and interest.
There was present at the gather
ing one of the ciiginal members of
the church in this city. Hon. Bur
well Spurbv-k, who carim here in
ju'onecr days and assisted i:i carrying
the mossajre of its faith to this por
tion (-1 tbe state. Mr. Spurlock is
at this time
oraska. and
resident -f Vork. N- I
came here with his son.
Hon. George M. Spurlock and wile
to be pf rent at the supper and there
ai-o pre-scnt from York. Rev. and
Mrs. John Calvert. formerly in
charge ejf tlie church here-, who are
now at the Mother's Jewe-ls Home
at i ork.
The head
the meTiib,'"-'
g rogation oi
and made :
tr.ble- was occupied bv
; of the church and Con
or seventy years of age
most infe-resting sight as
the aged members joined in the ob
seivances of the evening.
Th'To were 125 present, ami who
enjoy, d to the utmost the supper .
arranged and served by the Social
Workers of the church and which j
was all that could be asked in the ;
way of a fert of the utmost enjoy-
ment. Mrs. J. E. Wiles is president j
of thi3 organization. j
During the evening the choir, un- i
der the direction of Mrs. E. 1 1. Wes-j
eott, whie'. was seated at a special .
tf-blc. gai- a lUMieT of the old i
songs that was verv much cnioyod .
by all of the large party.
As the supper closed, the K v. !
Frank Emory Pfoutz. pastor of the
church, tor.!: charge of tlie program '
and read the list of older members 1
of t!;e church past the
e ntieth
mil "Veno. cime of whom were un-i
a'do to att-.md and wh!"'.i rho-.v-d a
great many of the agr'd still on the I
red is of the church or in rat en-lance I
at the services. Amnmr tbe-r were: I
Mrs. Sv
TJe-e J'n.
". r. I'
ll vs. T.
Kerr. "
rah.
SO
A rhor.
: Mrs.
r. ST.; '
Gle-rtn,
U): .A! vs. H. E.
M.-.rv Dal.Ti. S:;
T. AV. Glrnn. 7S;
77: Mrs. Sarah
:teade, 71: Mr.;.
Ii-iura Peter:-nn,
Dani-1
Me sserrmitb. M iv.
r.
"; rv Ppen":-!-. 7;
s. T. A.
We":tt.
'fi; Hen.
Po.'livnn. sr.; r.Irs. (
7'.: Mr. S-rah Wi'i:in
T.. I. AV'ndh': "v-. 7S:
E
am
Willi:
rine
Sf).
we re
A.
II.
Pc-rv.
The
: Mrs.
Street,
Henry
Chris-
I Newell. I-'. ; Mr.:. Cat';
'77: Purv.o'l Fnur'.ock.
nan.r; cf odKn read
i Erankfrrther. Mrs. M.
Mrs. .V
; rpnngie
y ' Voodra w. Mrs.
and Mrs. Bennett
- ' wisser.
A number were called upon ' fr
brief remarks and chief among these
was TP.'.rvel! Spurlock. a charter
member r.-f the church here in Platts-
mouth. Mr. Spur'ock related the in
cident ef the establishing of the first
' ' unoay sceooi in iee tui, vi I. iv.li v.e.
! :m!ue in the pioneer days, when he
hrtartc"-1 !lt 10 irtf'rest the early set-
i i i - -- i . . -1 , ; 1 , . i - i
tiers in the religious work ami tne
first nor?oT? that he approached was
j the late Conrad Pchlater. a member
lof the Roman Catholic church, and
j also a ynunsr man who was a mem
ber of tlie Presbyterian faith and
j 'h -e three hrd launched tlie first
' Sunday school for the promotion of
i th - Christian faith. Eater ho had
' tlie pleasure of seeing the Methodist
cii'.ircii started here and or tiemg a
member for many years until he re
moved to York to make his home.
Hon. R. B. Windham also related
many incidents ef the early church
life and told of his having in an
early day had charge of the choir
work of the church and recalled the
many obi friends now gonewho had
participated in this line of church
work.
Rev. John Calvert spoke of his
work here and of the many pheasant
associations that had been the good
fortune cf himself and family while
residents of Plattsmouth and en
gaged in the church work.
George M. Spurlock spoke of the
erecting of the present church build
ing when he, with C. E. Wescott, R.
B. Windham and C. S. Polk, were
members of the building committee
and assisted in completing the work
that gave the church a new home.
After the supper, which closed at
8 o'clock, the members present joined
in an informal reception to the York
visitors and the old friends.
NEW SON ARRIVES
From Friday's Daiiy
La?t evening the stork visited the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Judd Ankron
and left in their care a fine seven
pound son and heir who with the
mother is doing very nicely and the
occasion has brought to the proud
father a great deal of happiness.
CARS HAVE COLLISION
From Thursday's Iiii!y
Last evening as the theatre going
crowd were wending their way
toward tlie Par nude they were given
an added thrill when the cars of
John Hirz and Attorney I). O. Dwy
er had a collision at the well known
corner of Sixth ami Main streets!
where- iri tlie pas! there lias bet 41
many a s;;;ushup. The large Over
land touring car of Mr. Hirz, con
taining mm seir cue. v.uo was com
ing from the south on Sixth street
while the Essex coach of Mr. Dwyer j AYiih idr;il weather conditions pro
was coining from th" east en Main 1 vailing the forty-second Bargain
street. The car ef Mr. Dwyer struck i Wednesday spon:--ored by the I'latts-
the front right w heel of ilv Overland
and bert the fender to .-omo extent
but otherwise the car was not much
damaged, as both of tlie enrs at the
time wore going at a very reasonable
rate of sp'-ed.
SOD FELLOWS
LAY mm 19
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j The visitors came well informed
V.Till of Aged Lady Drav;n That Way ; from the well arrange-d and intel
But Nurse and Doctor Present jiieent advertising matter of the
c.i vr-n pries and the places where the bar-
From Thursday's i-.-i'yg
The Grand Lodge ef the .Odd
Fellows tiled a brief in the supreme
court Wednesday ii: support cf a
judge-men! in its f ,vcr entered in
the Thayer county district court in
a will contest. The document biist-
1 !es with adjectives us. d to b :
.er'bo
the proponents of
the estate of M;.
Mefabo was divided
Jones, the woman ' :
her last illness, aial
v i!I in v. mea
s Xar.cv Jane
between Ida C
;o rv.rsed her in
Dr. Armstrong.
who
!ttcmld 1:
Miss
IcCabe hz
been rr
morn bel
l's auxili
mere
f t'.'c
ry of
1'ian two i'
Me btkehs
le worn
the Odd Fellows,
to have mm
ml is re pre -er
b at t. ::!: d to
t o
i; .
Si! e made a will leaving
all
cf I:. -r
hvm:,
as a;;c
"Aunt
estate to the Odd
which she expected
took its tell of her
Fellows
energies.
Jennie" was an active worker in the
lodge, and when m; rti.il paralysis
laid l ar le w !..'- .d'ow Iteb' k-'bs
were frequent visitor?.
As the story is told in the brief
the old family doctor died, and her
old nurse was called home. When
she returned to the MeCabo house
she says she was met by Mis. Jones,
formerly a milliner in Hebron, who
told her that she was boss and that
her services were net eiesired. f?be
also found Dr. Armstrong, a com
parative newcomer, in charge.
The brief recite s bits f testimony
given by fellow Hebekahs who said
that "Au.it Jer.nm" was vry s-.: .
oeptiblo to flattery, a.id that they
noted that the doctor and M-s. .Tone ;
petted ami patted a:.d flatter. .1 her
this testimony being cited in suppoi t
of the claim of undue imlu'.nce.
There came a time when none e f
the ltehekahs were permitted to s -e
the aged woman site was seventy
two. It was during this period, tlie
claim is made, that the will ws ex
ecuted whieh gave the estate to the
doctor and the nurse. It is contended
that if she was too ill to see old
frh nds slm was incompetent to make
this second will.
W, R, G. HAS VERY
INTERESTING SF.S-
Mrs. Felista Troyer of Grand Island,
Inspector, Here For the Bay
With Ladies.
From Thursday's Baily:
Yesterday the ledies of the Wom
an's Relief Corps ot this city had a
very interesting session at their
rooms in the court house anel which
was marked by Cie olueial visit of
Mrs. Felista Trover of Grand Island,
grand inspector of the state staff of
the W. R. C, to tlie city.
The local officers of the post con
dticted the regular order of business
for the benefit of the visiting state
officer and held initiatory ceremo
nies, Mrs. Jessie II. Hall. -Mrs. Geo.
W. Goodman and Mrs. .W. R. Robb
being the candidates received into
the post with the- most appropriate
ceremonies.
At the noon hour, Mrs. Troyer was
the guest at luncheon of the ladies
of the corps and the work of initia
tion taken up immediately after din
ner and continued over the greater
part of the afternoon.
HERE FOR A VISIT
From Thursday's rnlly '
This morning, Mrs. I. L. Sheldon
of Ellenburg, Depot, New York, ar
rived in this city, being en route to
Nehawka, where she will visit with
her son, George C. Sheldon and her
daughter, Mrs. E. C. Giles and fam
ilies at that place. Mrs. Sheldon has
been in attendance at the national
convention of the W. C. T. U. at Chi
cago for the past week and decided
to take advantage of the opportunity
to ccme on west to enjoy a visit with
I her children George C. Sheldon mo-
tored up this morning and met his
' mother at the Burlington etation
here.
r.v
DAY AGAIrl PROVES
to be eis mm
Larsre Number cf Fedc'ents of Coun-
ty
are Iiere cr.i
Stoies Do
Thrivii.- Eu
; nwiuli Ad ' I'll;, i.roved one nf tin
niest successful that has ever been
held in the eity and from ea'dy
, morning until late at night, tlm var
ious stores were kept well filled and
; b u-r with the hundreds seeking to
; take advaatr.r e of tlu- many line buy
ing epjioi tuiiit ie.
1 There were many here from all
j sect ions of the county, among thoso
! present being visitors from Murdoik,
jAlvo. Weeping Water. Avoea. i nien.
j N'ehawka and Mu.my. who were vis
! : t i 1 : the sti :-s and takinqr a'lvant-
age- oi i lie niio priees ouere.t oy ine
Plat ismouth merchants.
rcair.s could be secured and were all
nvaov to naKo ine:r selections.
These snoeial bargain days origi
nated by the Ad elnb have proven
real trade producers and opened up
a channel of very pleasant relation
ship between the residents all over
the county and the Plattsmouth
business men and in these days ef
rapid transportation a few hours
..'ill allow persons trcm any part of
the county to roue h V-re and take
in the buying lestival and return
home well satisfied.
If for no ether reason than the
day has brought in closer touch the
re. id. n!- cf the county, it has prov
en a great success and the advertis
ing ih"'. has been featured in the
newspapers, has made the buying
r
ublic well acquainted with what
toe merchants have and wliat
they can expect to find.
prices
ATTACKED BY EULL
'On Tuesday,- Wm.
while out in the feed
place west of town wa?
a bull. He had seemed
C-..1. o.
k . I 1 1 .
yard
i, i .,
at his
attacked by
te be gentle
but on this day
wrathful mood.
Mr. Schick, who
faster runner th
was in a bad and
He made ;i lung at
saw that he was a
an be and made an
attcn.pt to get into the self feeder
The ;uii caught him on the hip and j
Mr. Schick received quite a severe
injury. He was aisle to crawl to
safety in the feeder until help came
and Mr. Schick was released. Tlie
t uil was in such a mood that had
j Mr. Schick not reached the feeder in
time he would have been trampled
j to death. It was a close call and a
narrow escape. Elm wood Leader
i Echo.
HAS TOUGH LUCK
From Friday's nily
Yesterday a stranger arrived in
this city who carried with him a
large sized roll of the coin of the
realm that he had brought, he stat
ed, from the far-off land of Califor
niathe first known ease of anyone
returning from California with mon
ey. The roll, the aged man states,
contained some 500 smacks which
he was treasuring to carry him fur
ther on his journey.
After a few hours here he took a
short auto trip to Omaha with an
acquaintance and after reaching
there they prepared to look over the
city and the stranger looked for his
roll to find it missing.
The last time that the money was
seen was when the owner had ex
tracted a few bills from it to pay
for his dinner and thought that he
placed it back in his pocket, plac
ing tne loose cnange in anomer
pocket. Whether he lost the pocket
book then or dropped it later on the
street he does not know, but he is
surely mourning the loss of the hard
earned dollars.
ROBERT CREAMER IMPROVING
Fi-eni Friday's Dally
This morning word was received
from San Jose, California, by Mrs.
A. H. Duxbury, announcing that her
brother, Robert Creamer, had pass
ed the danger point in his attack of
inflamation of the kidneys and was
now thought to be on the improve
ment and would in a short time be
over the attack.
Robert was very low for several
days and requireel the services of
two physicians from San Jose and
finally a specialist from San Fran
cisco and all of the medical aid pos
sible was given him and after a
long battle the patient rallied and
was able to enjoy a rest and his
condition has continued to grow
better. The news comes as a most
pleasant message to the many friends
of this fine young man here and his
continued improvement is hoped for
by everyone in this community,
where the Creamer family resided
for so many years.
Fred Fensler, of Omaha, repre
senting the C. J. Hysham company.
of Omaha, contractors, was here to
day to close a contract looking to
the removal of dirt at the Masonic
Home grounds.
GIVEN PLEASANT SURPRISE
From Ttmrselay's Iniiy
Yesterday was tlie sixty-;( -cond
anniversary of Andrew Ilabb. one ejf
the old residents of the eity. and
in honor of the occasion Mr. Rabb
was riven a very pleasant surprise
at his home in the nort h western por
tion of the city that he will Ions re
member. The members of the family
circle and a few friend: had arranp-t d
the event and the surprise of the
fatlv r was eomplete when the mem
ber:, of the party at rive d at the home
wi'h well lad. 11 i a- kets and pre
pared for a real time with their
father. The e-.-oninjr was spend in
playinjr cards and music and a p.-n-erul
pood time sucU as these happy
family tra horina-s bring'. At an ap
propriate hour there was a very en
joyable luncheon served that added
to the enjoyment of the occasion.
Those
ittendinir were: Mrs. and Mrs.
Otte Kruger. Andy Kehmador and
wife. Tom Ilabb and wife, all !'
Omaha: Andrew Ilabb. Jr. and wife.
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Opperm.-.n. Fred
and Hilda Ilabb. Mr. and Mrs.
Jaims Dndgownter and family and
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Ilabb, Sr.
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FARMER RECEIVES
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Henry Ahl Kicked by Horse and Re
ceives Broken Leg Now in
Hospital at Omaha.
The many friends all over the
county are sympathizing with Henry
Ahl who received a broken leg when
he was kicked by his horse as he
was driving in from the farm em
Tuesday of last week.
Mr. Ahl had been attending to
sem.e business out at the farm that
day and was driving heme in the
evening. His horse fell and became
entangled in the harness and Mr.
Ahl was endeavoring to assist the
horse which was struggling to clear
itself and in this manner kicked him
on the right leg, breaking it below
the hip joint. ,
He was given assistance by sune
one passing and' helped to his home
and Dr. E. H. Worthman summoned
who made him as comfortable as
possible. It was deemed advisable
to remove him to the hospital where
he e-ould be cared for more conveni
ently and the next morning Mrs.
Ahl and Dr. Worthman took him to
the M. E. hospital in Omaha.
His sister, Mrs. Mary Ragoss, also
went to Omaha and remained in the
city with her son, Hugo Rago-s, and
family for a week and visited Mr.
Ahl every day. ami his wife is with
him a great part of the time. His
children and frienels also visit him
often and this will help to pass the
time pleasantly during the weeks
that he will be obliged to remain in
the hospital.
Mr. Ahl has not enjoyed the best
of health in later years and his
friends feel very sorry that this trou
ble came on him and will wish him
a speedy return to health. Tie is one
of our pioneer citizens and is well
known' over the county and will
have the sympathy of all in his af
fliction. Louisville Courier.
Attorney William Deles Dernier,
of Elmwood. was here today attend
ing to some matteis of business in
the courts here.
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From ihe Officers and Directors of The
First National Bank to its Many
Customers and Friends
We are thankful that the past year
has given us many opportunities to work
for and with those who came to us for
banking service.
We are thankful that the future
gives promise of many more similar op
portunities. May Thanksgiving day find you and
those dear to you blessed with true
friends and many, many reasons for gen
uine gratefulness.
The First national Bank
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TO COUNTIES
PRICE OF S17.029.17. SET IN VAL-
ATI0N EY RAILWAY COM
MISSION, ACCEPTED
CONTROL TO BE GIVEN DEC. 1
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Cass and Sarpy Counties Will Col
lect Tolls Until Half of Cost
of Eridg'e is Secured.
from Tl.ursday's l:jily
At the meeting held yesterday at.
Louisville be-tween the county com
missioners of Cass and Sarpy coun
ties, the department of public works
of the state, represented by State
Engineer R. L. Cochran, and the
Platte River Bridge Co.. by its di
rectors. W. F. Diers, James Standor,
R. II. Hastain and Frank H. Nichols,
the auto and wagon bridge at Louis
ville was purchased by the state of
Nebraska and Curs and Sarpy comi
ties. Urn transfer of the bridge to be
made on December 1.
The state engineer at the meeting
announced to the director- of tlie
bridge company that the state- rail
way commission had fixed the phy
sical valuation of the bridge at $17.
020.17. and also stated that, at firs
price the state of Nebraska stood
ready to pay in cash its half of the
purchase price if the bridge company
raw fit to sell the auto and wagon
bridge that connects the counties of
Cass and Sarpy, 'and that the other
half of the purchase price would be
secured by the two counties on the
collection of tolls over bridge and be
turned over to the company to be
paid to its stockholders.
The members of the board of di
rectors, after a conference, returned
and announced that they would ac
cept. the price made by the state rail
way commission and that the control
of the bridge could be given on De
cember 1 to the two counties for
their management and collection of
tolls.
The agreement being satisfactory
to all. the interested parties entered
info agreement to accept the bri'Je
which will be formally ratified at the
meetings of the two hoard in regu
lar session in their respective coun
ties on the 1st and 2nd of December.
The Louisville bridge has been re
paired and placed in the very best of
shape the past year by the bridge
company and repainted and is a piece?
of property that will not require re
pairs for a long time barring some
unforseen circumstance. and the
state and counties feel that tloy
have recured the structure at a very
fair price and which should by the
middle of next July he able to be
made free to the public as it is an
ticipated that the JS.SOO that will
be raised by the two counties can be
cedlected by this time from the tolls
over the bridge.
This ends the energetic fight that
the people of Louisville and vicinity
have made for a free bridge for the ir
section of the county.
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