,H "1 Nebraska State Histori- j cal Society 7 VOL. NO. XII PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1920. NO. 103 t I i W omans Club Convention at Weeping Water Large Number From This City in At tendance at the Meeting Yes terday Afternoon. From Thursday's Pally Yesterday the city of Weeping Water was the scene of a very large and notable gathering of Cass coun ty club women on the occasion of the county conference that will lead to the formation of a county ft dera tion to supplement the district organ ization of the club women. . The occasion was one in which the visitors found the Weening Water ladies most royal entertainer? and nothing was omitted that would tend to make thrt meeting most interesting for all of the visitors. i The conference was held in the orated in dec-etaoshrdlucmfwvbgkqaj Congregational church which wasi decorated in the club colors of yel-l low and white and the auditorium was filled to its capacity by the ladies from Plattsmouth. Elmwood, Alvo, Avoca and Weeping Water to partici- I pate in the interesting sessions of the conference. i The meeting was presided over by j Mrs. Clarence E. Tefft. president cf j the Weeping Water club in her usual i polished and clever manner and the' chairman won many words of praise for her splendid work in this capacity. At the morning meeting Mrs. Min niear, state president, of Oakland, gave a very pleasing address in which she covered the work of the various departments of the state federation in which the local units are co-operating in splendid shape and the state president gave a very thorough re-Was the inducting into office of the view of the accomplishments of the new officers of the camp, the cere past and the plans for the future work j monies being in charge of George of the club federation. j Luschinsky, past consul, and who fit- Mrs. Ingersoll. district president, tingiv gave the charges to the var of Tecumseh, also spoke at the con-j jous office rs as they took their sta le rence and gave a resume of the.tions. work in tne tirst district along tne; After the close of the lodge work lines of the various activities. (the committee composed of Fred Vin- At the noon hour the ladies who opnt. c,pnre. I.usehinskv ami .Turtle were the guests of the Weening Water club were entertained at a most de lightful luncheon served at the par lors of the church and which was a real feast, the ladies state, anil one of the crowning features of the meet ing. At the afternoon session informal discussions were enjoyed ana a snort program given including a reading by Mrs. L. It. Snipes and Mrs. C. V. J Wallick. j . . ... . .i utner features of the program tnat , added to the pleasantness of the oc-' casion were the piano solo given by Mrs. Day and the vocal numbers by Miss Mary Ellen Wilts. The members of the conference de cided upon the formation of a county federation in the coming year and da iiu' LUiiiiujutt: iu lucitvt: uur maneni arrangements ior tne ieaera- VVU7. .,V raT. wi-i- i- i tru . i i . iMicn f . o i i'iaiismoui:i ueing named as ine -. ... . i .t. I i.i'ui will no inr p i ri i i m vrv p vorv near future- for the nermanent organiza tion. There were some twenty-two ladies from Plattsmouth in attendance at the meeting and the trip to Weeping1 Water was made by auto and was! filled with many thrills on the slip-' pcry road but after some effort the five car loads of ladies reached scone- of the convention safely. the TAKE TRIP TO BRIDGE From Kriil.iv's Dai'v This morning after sion of the district Judge Louis Lightner a short ses court beforr? and the tak- ing of some testimony in the case of the King of Trails Bridge Co vs. tho Plattsmouth Auto and Wasron Bridge- Co., the court with the at torneys and the plaintiffs ani the defendants in the case moved thet scone of activity to the very battle ground of the law suit, the vicinity of the two bridges where Judge Lightner. who is a stranger to the local conditions as regards the road. was git-n an opportunity or viewing; the rnnd in ilknntn on.i n.i-.nr.r.T i "; "' ' l"c ""'"""" The case was tried all day yes terday and will consume the greater part of today ns the arguments are1 yet to be made and the b.-ittle nf oratory will nrobablv take im a greater part of the afternoon. mis is the action where the plain tiff company seeks an injunction against the defendant company to prevent them from removing a guard rail or barrier that has been placed across the highway by the plain- tut company and which company and which was later torn out by the defendants and par-1 ticipated the present action in court. ENJOY VISIT HERE From Saturday's Daily Mr. C. C. Burbridge and little daughter Eunice, former residents here, have been visiting in the city for a few days. The familv is now located at Peru and Eunice is playing the piano for the large Junior High orchestra there. Rnsitioro (r, .,.1, , . . , .t ihl ? TVf kmdS pnntCd at the Journal office. RECEIVES SAD NEWS From Thursday's Pally Yesterday the message was receiv ed here by the relatives announcing the death of Mrs. Anton Kalasek which occurred early yesterday at the home in Milwaukee, where Mr. and Mrs. Kalasek have made their home for several years past. The deceased lady was a former Fairbury lady and the body is to be brought back to that city for inter ment, the funeral being held on Sat urday and the members of the family will leave Chicago today for their sad mission to the west. Mr. Kalasek. the bereaved husband, is a former Plattsmouth man where he was engaged for a number of years in the cigar making trade anil has been away from here for the past twenty years. Wesley Kalasek. Mrs. Thomas Walling. Jr.. and Miss Kalasek will j depart for Fairbury to attend the funeral of their relative. Modern Wood men Have Fine Time Last Nite New Officers Talie Their Scats and Members Enjoy Oyster Supper and Social Hour. From Thursday's Pally j La Ft evening Cass Camp No. .T.'i Modern Woodmen of America enjoyed one ol tne largest anrl most pleasant .meetings that they have held for sev- eral months and in which there was a tme representation of the camp, one' cf the largest of the order in the i state. The chief business of the evening Allen J. Beeson, served a very fine oyster supper that with all the trim mings going to make a real feat and which brought words of praise from the members of the camp. There were addresses given by Judge Boeson. C. E. Cook. L. W. Lor- enz. It. H. I'atton. Harry S. Barthold, ooree L. Farlev and Fred T. Ramge. cacu one giving some contribution to the welfare of woodcraft and the benefits and pleasures of the mem- bershiD in the order and Darticular- ly in Cass camp. CALLED ON SAD MISSION From Saturday's Dally Rev. Frank Emory Pfoutz who has been attending the Iowa conference of the Methodist church at Des Moines, being one of the speakers selected by Bishop Keener to ad dress the great gathering, received very sad news just at the close of tne conference in the announcement j ham. which occured at New Sharon, Iowa. Wednesday. i Rev. Pfoutz hastened to New Sharon to be with his bereaved rela tives and will leave there today and expects to reach this city tonight to hold services as usual at the First Methodist church. The friends of the genial pastor regret very much to learn of his bereavement and tender to him and his family their deepest sympathy. GEORGE REBAL SICK ifrni "wi turd ay's Daily George Rebal, right forward and jone of the stars of the high school i basket ball team is confined to his bed today as the result of a very (severe attack ot grippe and compli cations that makes it impossible for him to be up and around. The young man has been poorly for several days and it was only with the greatest difficulty that he attempted to try and play through the game last even ing with North high and following which his condition grew much much worse and made necessary his remaining connnea to nis neci. The fans are hoping that George may be able to rally and regain his accustomed health before the Peru prpP Kame on Wednesday and the School of the Deaf game on Fri day. PRESENTS FINE PIANO From Saturday's Daily The Parent-Teachers association cf the Wintersteen Hill district have 'mnd a vpi-v much annreciated gift to their school and which will be a great Ideal of Dleasure in the school work as well as adding to the enjoyment of the school association gatherings. The gift is a fine new upright piano that has been duly installed in the school and adds a great deal to the musical work of the school. The Wintersteen Hill district is up and coming and fast making their 6Chool building bright and attractive and a PIace of the community activities of .that portion of the city. Such enter- i prise and aid to the schools is to be commended and shows a real interest a the 'e"are of the little folks who are attending the school. Platte Bottom Road Case on Trial Today Large Crowd Present to Hear the Question of Closing Road Is Argued and Discussed. From Thursday's Dally This morning Judge Louis Light ner of Columbus, arrived and start ed at 0 o'clock to hear the matter of the application of the King of Trails Bridge company against the Plattsmouth Auto and Wagon Uridge company to prevent the defendant company from removing the guard rail or barrier that the plaintiff com pany had erected across the road just south and west of their bridge and between the K. of T. and the Plattsmouth Auto bridges. There was a great deal of evidence offered and the hearing ef the trial was enjoyed by quite a goodly num ber of the residents of the city who found in the cozy and comfortable court room a good loafing place and to enjoy the technical questions and arguments of the attorneys as to the why and wherefore of the closing of the road. It was the contention of the plain tiff company that the road was a' private highway, the land being ii r j first leased by T. H. Pollock from i the Burlington and last year pur-j chased by the K. of T. Bridge Co..' ; from the railroad company and bridge company had proceed-; grade up the read to their structure. It was also cen- j which ' to t )ritcrP tended that Mr. Pollock had main- tained to his the highway as a private road i bridge. The defendant company, the Platts mouth Auto and Wagon Bridge Co.. : and the intervenor in the suit,, George Stander. contended that the highway was one of general use and established for the use of the public and that it had been maintained and kept in operation as a highway for more than fifteen years. The inter-: venor. George Stander. contended that the closing of the highway at the bridge would be a detriment to the residents of that section of the county. STATE SHERIFF HERE From Thursday's D: ily Last evening State Sheriff Cond't . with several of his deputies arrived j in this city from Lincoln to inves tigate clues that they have received j of parties here having been at Lin-, coin at the residences of persons who were suspected of having been im plicated in robberies in the south central part of the state. The in vestigation by the state sheriff and his deputies hero were made in the search of two places where the per sons that were known to have visit ed the Lincoln parties resided. The officers failed to find the evidence of the local people being in possesion of any of the property altho one of these will be held for investigation and accompanied the officers back to the capital city where further inquiry will be made into the mat ter. This was the first visit of the state sheriff and he certainly is proving that he is alive and alert in run ning down the serious crimes that occur in the state and giving his time to these case without stint. The state sheriff has cleared up a large number of murders atfl robberies in his term so far and is thorough and careful in his investigations of the cases that come to his attention. leaving no stone upturned to unearth i all possible clues and facts in the cases. ENJOY PLEASANT EVENING From Friday s Daily The home of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan J. Tayior was the scene of a very pleas ant gathering last evening when a number of the friends gathered to make the evening one of the greatest pleasantness for all of the party. The time was spent in dancing and a gen eral good time, Ray Denham and Walter Stohlman, the "Barnyard Twins" of radio fame, being the music makers of the occasion. At a suitable hour a very much enjoyed luncheon was served by the hostess who was assisted by Mrs. Fred Vin cent and Mrs. R. E. Ilallet. Those at tending the occasion were Messrs. and Mesdames Peter Gradoville, Wil liam O'Donnell, George Wever. R. E. Hallett. Henry Hitchman, Will Ma son, Ed Kohrell. Fred Vincent, Hew itt. Handley and Boyd. The out' of town guests were Mrs. T. Drake, Lin coln, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Denham, of Cedar Creek and Mr. and Mrs. Wal ter Stohlman, of Louisville. CARD OF THANKS We are taking this method of ex pressing to our kind friends and neighbors our deepest and mos heartfelt appreciation of the words of sympathy and acts of kindness that were given us in our bereave ment at the death of our dear mother, Mrs. Sally Perry, also to those who sent the beautiful floral remembrances and assisted at the funeral services. Their acts will always be greatly remembered by us. The children. TO UNDERGO 1 OPERATION From Friday's Dsiily Miss Pauline Parker, one of the clerks at the local Burlington offices, has for the past several days been suffering from the effects of an attack of appendicitis and which made her condition very serious for many days. The patient is now somewhat better and her condition has become such that she will be taken to Omaha this afternoon to be placed in the Immanuel hospital there for an operation for this affliction. The patient is feeling much better and it is thought that she can come through the operation in very fine shape. f bives iiooxl Bridge Here Louisville People Feel That Structure at Plittsmouth Will Be Great Thinf' for the State. The residents of growing enthusiastic bridge campaign that Missouri river with, tu res to connect the Louisville arc over ti e Ftate would sp.ir t!l several s:ruc f tales of Iova and Nebraska, and particularly bridge v. hic'i has been propose d to cross the river at Piat tsr.iout h. The editor of the Louisville Courier, Lee j. Muyfield. Las pent to the Jour nal the word of gre' iin and support on this proposition and in this week's ifsun of his paper uri.es the cons' ruc tion of the bridge. As th'- location is studied by Mi residents of both Iowa and Nebraska the advantage cf this: point for the Pacing of the structure is forcibly brought homo an it will serve a greai territory in both Iowa and Nebras ka that are now compelled to go. many thirty ;:nd forty, mik-s oi:i of their way to get over the river on a bridge and which is : condition that they should not have to bear in thli day and ape of modern highways and bridge improvement. The bridge here will serve all of south and central Iowa and Ne braska in traveling from east to west or making eonnec'isrS "with ihe great highways to the north and south and with the fin" highway program of both Iowa and Nebraska now in force wiil link up the great lines cf hard surfaced roads. ! The ii.mnr.rr in which the counties of Cass and Lancaster and also those of the counties farther west in the state in rallying to the f'latts moutli bridge local ion as one of the number to be chosen in the state anrl federal bridge program certainlv shows the deep interest proposition lias awakened. that the K. 0. SLUGGERS WIN GAME From Thursday's Duilv Last evening the K. the west side followers mid-winter pastime of played their first game O. Sluggers, of the great basket ball of the sea- son before a fair sized crowd and with the result that they overwhelm ed the Night Hawks of Omaha by the score of 20 to 7. The visitors showed very much their lack of practice and teamwork and at no time were threatening the Sluggers, the maroon warriors roll ing up a score of 15 to 0 at the half. For the visitors their tallies in the tallies in the game came in field goals by McAlpine and Gosuch, Mc Alpine spearing for two baskets while Gosuch secured one and a free throw. For the Sluggers Koubek was the outstanding figure in the basket shooting, securing six of the field goals and one free throw, contribut ing thirteen points to his team's credit. John Svoboda played a good game at center and in the offensive and added eight points for his team on four field goals. George Sedlacek played a fast game at guard and his floor work cheeked a great many of the chances of the visitors and he also was responsible for ringing up to field goals for his team. Louis Svoboda also hung up two field goals in the last half of the battle. Louis Sedlak also showed good floor Avork. In the preliminary game the sec ond high school team hung a de feat on Buck's reserves by the score of 9 to 4. Patton. Mason, Wurl and Robb securing field goals and Thoma.i a free throw. Fred Zitka and Tom Svoboda by field goals gave their team the four points that served them from a shutout. The contests were refereed by Coach Rothert of the high school while Frank Gradoville officiated as the timekeeper. SUFFERING FROM PNEUMONIA From Friday's Daily Little Florine Donaldson, five year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Per Donaldson, has for the past few days been suffering from a verey sev ere attack of double pneumonia and her condition has proven very serious and given the family and friends a great deal of apprehension as to her recovery. The little one is still very critically ill and the outcome of her illness will be hard to determine until after the crisis of the case is reached in the next few clays. Residence is Damaged by FIs iiarly loday Property Owned by Dave Babbing ten and Occupied by McCarty Family Suffers Damage. From Friday's I ai'.y This morning shortly after o clock the tire alarm was given from the north nortlon of the city and the lire department called t the residence on North :?rd stree owned by cupied bv Dave Babbin:;t( T. C. McCartv n and oc and lam- ily. The department found on their arrival that it was impossible te gel water on the fire owing to the fact that the mains in that section of the citv were frozen and the flames were battled with the use of the die mica Is from the fire truck. Fortunately the fire had not broken into the open and the ciumieais finally extinguished the fames but not until damage estimated at $5tHi to $G(ni had bein inflicted on the residence. The fire had evidently siarted from a defective flue and burned for some time between the ccilin-r of the first Uoor and the seconel story rooms. It was first discovered by Miss EK-anor McCarty who was sleeping in a room em the second floor anel the alarm at once given. The fire was very difficult to fight and made necessary the tearing up hi a large portion of the flooring on the second story of the house. The property was covered by in surance that will take care of the loss as the work of the fire depart ment saved the building from de struction and will limit the loss to the flooring on the upper tioor and a part of the ceiling of the lower floor rooms. EUNERAL OF CHARLES SHELDON "rem Saturday's Pully The funeral services of the late Charles II. Sheldon were held yester day afternoon at 2 o'clock, p. m.. at the home of his brother, Mr. Martin Sheldon. The deceased had been sick for al most a month with a lingering sick ness of erysipelas, which finally caused his death. Charles Sheldon was born February 27,, 1SS1. and passed away January 27. 192C at the age of 4." years. 11 months and 26 days. He was born at Plattsmouth. Nebraska, and was r arcd to manhood in this city. He n as educated in the public schools of Plattsmouth. His parents preceded him in death a number of years. He survived by three brothers r.nd three sisters, namely: Mai tin Shel don of this citv. Frank Sheldon of Grand Rapids, Minn.; Hiram Sheldon of Akeley, Minn.; Mrs. George Pax of Lincoln. Neb Mrs J. I. Lowe, of Dunlap, Iowa and Mrs. Win. Ferguson of Plattsmouth as well as a great number of nieces and nephews. The funeral was largely attended by friends anel neighbors of this es timable rentleman. The pallbearers being friends of the deceased, Charles Puffington, William Neuman, Lelanel Bennett. Harvey Burke, George Jacks and Frank Miller. The services were conducted by Rev. Frank Emory Pfoutz of the First Methodist church and the body was later laid to rest at the Oak Hill cemetery. - Card of i hanks. We take this means of thanking our relatives, friends and neighbors for the aid and sympathy extended us during our bereavement in t-he loss of our beloved brother and uncle. Also for the beautiful tloral offerings ,of loving rememberance. Their grati tude will long be remembered by Martin Sheldon and family, Mrs. George Bax and family, Mrs. J. I. Lowe and family. II. P. Sheldon and family, Mrs. William Ferguson and fnnuly and Frank Sheldon and fam ily. ANYONE ELSE From Thursday's Daily Louis Horsack, owner of a 5-tube Day-Fan radio receiving set, declares j he heard 2-LO at London at about' 11 o'clock last night, and distinctly; heard the announcer say it was "5 j a. m. there." They were unable to get any of the program to establish! certain identification, beyond the mere statement of the time, as the, hour of test was up and American stations began coming back into the air crowding out the supposedly over-! seas broadcast. , This is the first local claim of over seas reception we have heard voiced, although Fred Busch says he gets "chilly" nearly every night, with his Croslyn Trirdyn and a lot of us "home-made" sharks, who have just about used up Friend Wife's patience, from our cluttering of the house with tools, parts, hook-ups, soldering irons, , etc., frequently come about as near getting II-l itself, as those wha are headed straight in that direction. i If there are any others with long distance claims to air, step up and be nearci or lorever nold your peace. Phone us the news. SALE DRAWS WELL Freim Fridav's Daily The sale held at the farm of Frank Bloizer west of Mynarel yesterday was one of the best that has been held in this section of the country an 1 the prices that were brought were very pleasing to the owner. In the sale1 of the horses especially there1 were some top notch prices sH-i'.red. one team bringing ?17.1 for each ot the animals, while another ef the teams brought the' price of .;2oi each or $400 for the team. AM of the stock and articles offer ed brought a good price and was wry pleading to the owner of the stock and the auctioneer. Col. W. R. Young, who coneltieted the sale anl gave the buyers the chance to get the very fine line's of stock, imple ments and goods that were offered. The attendance; was from many mil s around and proved very pleas ing in every way to the owner, Mr. Blotter. Plattsmouth Boy Makes Splendid Record at Uni Ted Kadraba of This City Tied for E'Vsct Rank in Chemistry Class of 240. A Plattsmouth boy, member of the graduating class of 1925 of the local school has made a record at the Uni versity of Nebraska that is the source of a great deal of pride to the local school and a very high honor for the fine young man that has established this record. Ted Hadraba, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Hadraba of this city, is the young man and is a member of the chemistry class of the state unl versity numbering 240 students. In the reports just received at the conclusion of the examinations at the state university Ted has tied for the highest rank of the class and which is a showing that he can take a great deal of priele in enjoying. The young man was one of the; best students in the local high school and ranked very high in his class anel since going to the state univer sity he has given the same thorough application to his studies there with the result that he has established a record that speaks well for his personal efforts anel the splendid use he has made of his opportunities of study. TAIL TO CATCH EUROPE The radio bugs who have been keeping close to their receiving sets the past week in an endeavor to catch the programs that were being sent fiom the European nations on the international test week, have been disappointed in not being able to re ceive anv of the statie5ns as the con- lit ions of the elements against which the radio must still battle have been very unfavorable for the reception of the programs. Other stations in the middle west v'!;o nave reported stations from other lands seem to have been victims of a radio "bootlegger" and the experts on tne radio over the nation report that very few stations have received the European stations with the ex ceptions of the stations in New York and New Jersey. Use ALL of our SEPyiCE Give Your Savings Account A Fair Chance! Your Savings Account can do mar velous things for you if it's treated right. Put some life into it this year! Keep it growing! Be good to it and it will be good to you! The First national Bank O THE BANK W HERE PIJUTSMOUTH M2 icgionigsgaiinnninDiDinnia Platte Bottom Road Case Sub mitted to Court Judge Lightner Takes the Case Under Advisement Parties to Sub mit Briefs by Febr. 13. From Friday's Daily This afternoon at 2:ln the long drawn out ease of fhe King of Trails Bridge company vs. the Platts mouth Auto and Wagon Bridge -om-pany, which was on trial all day yesterday, was submitted to the- court following the arguments eif the at torneys in the case, R. A. VanOrsdell of Omaha and W. A. Robertson, of this eity for the plaintiff company ane? Paul Jesse-n of Nebraska City and A. L. Tidd of this city for the de fendant concern. The court has taken the matter under consideration and granted un til February C.th for the plaintiffs to submit briefs in the case and the de fendants seven days after the filing of the plaintiffs' briefs to make their answer. The case has attracted much atten tion owing to the conflict that has been engendered because of the two bridges over the- Platte river. The issue in the case is whether the highway that formerly le-el to the Plattsmouth Auto ami Wagon com pany's bridge was a public highway or merely a private roael construct ed for the purpose of reaching the bridge, the plaintiffs contending that the purchase by them of the land over which the road was maintained, gave them the right to place a guard rail or barrier in the highway at the west side of the King of Trail bridge-. The defendant ceimpany had eause-d this barrier to be removed after graft ing up the section of the niadway ex tending on to its bridge, which os casioneel the issuance of a restrain ing order anel the present action at law. The defendants contend that the road is a public highway am! that obstructions there are illegal. MRS. H. B. HALL POORLY From Friday's Daily The many friends in this commun ity will regret very much te learn that Mrs. H. B. Hall, or Beaver City, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Rummell of this city, is quite poorly at her home in the went. Shortly after the birth of her child. Mrs. Hall had a very painful fall that has caus eel her a great deal of suffering in her weakened condition and given the family some apprehension, but it is hoped that in a short time Phe may gain strength sufficie nt to allow her to come to this city to recuper ate here at the home of her parent until she has fully regained her former health. PETER GRADOVILLE POORLY From Friday's Daily Peter Gradoville, leader of th" Classique orchestra and also council man from the third ward, has for the past several days been confined to his home as the result of a very se vere attack of the grippe, that has made his condition very annoying, although not serious. The friend are hopeful that Pete may soon be back in his usual good health and able to resume his activities. Journal Want-Ads get results! YOU PEEL. AT MOWH NEBRASKA g