Nebraska State Histori
cal Society
Pgr a
DC
VOL. NO. XIII
PLATTSMOUTH, NEERASKA, MOKDAY, FEEHUARY 8. 1926.
NO. 1
Mass Meeting at
Elmwood Strong
for Bridge Here-
Will Back Liberal Policy of State
Levy for Crossings at Six
Points Along Border.
From Saturday's Daily
Last evening there was held at
F.lmw 1 another of the enthusi
astic meetings that have marked
the starting of Cass county inter
est in the promised
atietjtiate undoes
over the
-vm river to serve the people t
the stales of Iowa and
as well as the general
puhlic. and almr lines
Nebraska
traveling l,
that will:
rive all sections of the state suit
able bridges at joints that are
most needed in the main arteries
f travel ami which include free
1 ridges at Plattsmouth. Omaha.
Nebraska City. Sioux City. Blair
and Kulo.
The evident sentiment
same as at the Eale
was
meeting
two weeks airo. that
t.ie program
could and must be put
throurll
to uive
the
connection between '
the two states and
vantage us j v.nt s
on the river were
the
m st
nil-
- 1
tor crossings
at th.e points
iiesitmated. jthe Iowa and Nebraska legislatures.
The meeting last evening was held j tn cuth Dakrta. w here the levy
in the Masonic hall at Elmwood, ; provided for was small being based
which was filled to capacity with a!()n a five year program, but in order
very large representation of the peo-!i10t to delay any locality in getting
pie of Elmwood ami vicinity as well'its bridge provision was made that
as from Alvo and riattsmouth. and 1 the counties could advance fund or
a number residing in Otoe county ( private donations lie received, these
south of Elmwood. Several from the j nioney in the bridge fund became
vicinity of Louisville were also pres- j available. This was what speeded up
tr.t at the meeting. (bridge construction in South Dakota,
The atmosphere of the occasion wasjas lne tax program has several years
marked by the display of a fine paint-'vrt tc rnn The bridges ther had
ing of the proposed bridge at Platts-
mouth. one of the series of bridges to
be backed by this and other similar
organizations up and down the river.
This highly appropriate feature of
the evening was prepared by Miss
Fern Bogenrief, one of the talented
young ladies of that city and served
as a real inspiration to the bridge
and good roads boosters. P.efore the
meeting adjourned Miss Bogenrief
was given a rising vote of thanks on
her achievement.
J. A. Gardner, editor of the Eagle
Beacon, presided over the gathering
and introduced the various speak-
rs.
Charles Roper, well known giod
roads booster and member of the
Chamber of Commerce, of Lincoln,
was one of the speakers and stated
that the work of putting over the
proposed good roads and bridge pro
cram would take the united effort of
the people and should cover a broad
and adequate bridge program that
would give the fullest representation
to the various sections of the state.
He teu.-hed on the development of
the bridge movement along the same
line as ha- been the good roads move
ment which was arranged by ex
perts after years of study as to just
what is needed. He also compliment
ed County Commissioner C. F. Harris
on his work for good roads, who he
said had won recognition among the
countv commissioners of the state o
' I
his support of the good roads pro
gram.
Iowa. The Lincoln people were en
George, c hairroan of the legis- thusiast ic over the program and the
15. A
lative committee ot tne in eorasKa j
Good P.oads association, gave a very .
thorough am: clear cut discussion oijCf,ntra j,art 0f the state a straight
the program that is now being start- j jin,i weKt mean's of travel over
ed in a number of the counties for
1 he extension of the bridge program.
Th" bridge problem for the Missouri
was a big problem in South Dakota,
he said, and would be doubly so in
this state- because of the necessity of
getting both Iowa and Nebraska leg
islative bodies behind it. but with
the united efforts of all interested
communities it not only could, but he
felt sure would be made a reality in
due course of time.
The suggestion of the bridge at
Plattsmouth. Mr. George said, was
first broached at the meeting of the
Harding Highway association held in
Lincoln some months ago. as this
highway crossing Iowa in a straight
east and west line, nnus it necessarv
to divert travel from Red Oak 25innflff the same rate as that in houtn
miles to the south to cross the river Dakota would build three bridges
at Nebraska City or 20 miles to the anfl have some left on the fourth.
north from Glenwood to cross at Both Mr. George and Mr. Roper
Omaha, when it should continue in j emphasized the fact that where the
the same straight line and cross atfirst bridge may be built is not
Plattsmouth. Mr. George stressed the Iportant so long as a comprehensive
iact mat in tins day of advancement
it should be wholly unnecessary for
either the traveler or residents of the
portions of Iowa and Nebraska lying
in a plane with this vicinity to be
put to the inconvenience of long de
tours in order to cross the Missouri
river at distant points. Other bridges
should, and he was sure, would be
erected up and dow n tllf river in t
li W.. yrars and r-attsmouth' 'support advance the interest of all
crnlsiin-! .Z ocn for one of these. sections of the state In true friendly
lossings. the sneaVpr uimt i , . ,
tiio ,,,.,. . .. . "-,U!:l
greatest of enthusiasm
Mr
as W" as tne audience
were strong tor the proposed plan of
placing bridges at all of the six
points already suggested, and in this
connection the speaker stated that
with bridges at Omaha and Nebraska
City it was unthinkable that a ter
ritory of some iifty miles in width
-hculd be shut ofT without a bridge.
uild all these bridges, he urged, the
jone at Plattsmouth included, so that
'all sections of the state could be
I served. It was unthinkable. Mr.
j George stated, that there should be
'no brid ire between Omaha and Sioux
!City, a distance of SO miles, between
Omaha and Nebraska City, a distance
of f' miles, or between Nebraska City
and Atchison. Kansas, some 70 miles,
and that of the three nv available,
every cne is a toll bridge.
He urged that all communities get
our ami work shoulder to shoulder
program otjfor putting the six-fold bridge pro-
Mis-Icrarn over a outlined and cited the
-1 experience in t-outn Dakota, wiiero
for years wrangling over the loc
ition
of one or two possible bridges held
up the work, until some broad mind
ed legislator conceived the plan of
a state levy that has made possible
i the erection or tive bridges witnin a
comparatively short space of time,
and he ridded enthusiasm to the meet
ing: when he held up to view pictures
of each of the five bridges.
I In financing the bridge program.
jMr. George stated this would hav
,to be figured out by a committee, as
1 to the most feasible plan and in the
probable event of decision on a state
i levy, the exact amount to he asked for
would have
to lie determined. A
on? mill levy in Nebraska would raise
?3. (00.(ioo annually ai.d a similar
amount could be raised in Iowa on a
smaller mill levy. At this rate, the
IfMn'fc f rr oil civ 1-iri rt p-esi pnnld lie
raised in one vear. but the speaker
was
of the opinion that a moie!ieu
(program with a two or three-tenths
I mill levy and stretching out over sev
eral years would he the plan most
I liable to meet with support from both
cost less than $40.0n each, in the
faie of government engineering esti
mates of $l.soo. oon. and the speak
er gave much credit to the South
.Dakota state engineer who he said
j designed them along new and less
expensive lines, and then made the
opposition admit their adequacy.
The Nebraska Good Roads associa
tion has not as yet endorsed the
bridge program, which is compara
tively new. but Mr. George felt sure
it would meet with hearty support
from that body, of which he is a
prominent member.
In speaking of the Plattsmouth
bridge in particular Mr. George stat
ed that it had been suggested that .
the bridge be placed along the pres-,
ent railroad structure by brackets
and the use of a part of the pier?
of the present Burlington bridge or in '
case that the railroad company de-!
cided to build their new structure as!
had been suggested, that the old I
bridge could be secured, the large!
superstructure being used on the!
new railroad bridge and the re- j
mainder for a wagon bridge. The piers
of the bridge were good for at least i
250 years, the speaker had been in-!
formed.
Mr. George suggested that commit
tecs be appointed by the Cass county ,
bridge boosters to join with thoe of
ether counties that are interested and
all get together to put over the pro-
gram that would b of untold value to
all communities 01 ine state ami m
ridge at
jvp them
riattsmouth that would
and the residents of the
the river and accommodate the
traveling public.
Digressing from the subject of the
bridge Mr. George touched on the
move of the Nebraska Good Roads
association for an increase of 1 cent
in the gasoline tax that would be ex
pended in various counties of the
state on their own county roads and!
not diverted to the state aid or fed-
eral aid roads but would be a part of
l.Ar.linrr r9 !-. CfiPHTI 1 1 '1 fV T"0 't ft I
I ill" uinfiiuK . lwiiuui i
system of the state.
In reply to a question as to the
amount that could be raised by levies
Mr. George stated that 1 mill would
produce $3,000,000. while one-half
mill would bring $l,.r.00.000. which
program is undertaken that will as-
sure the completion oi an wnnin a
comparatively short time.
The Rev. F. L. Weigert. president
of the Elmwood chamber of commerce
I made a very pleasing impression on
the large number of visitors with his
clever remarks and his earnest plea
for looking after the matters in a
broad-minded wav and by mutual
t umiiuer. jpeaKing locany iiev. wei-
Speaking
gert urged greater interest on the
part of the Elmwood chamber of
com-
nierce in their community and attend -
ance at the meetings of the chamber
of commerce.
On motion of Searl S. Iavis the
chairman and secretary were author
ized to name an executive committee
of five whose names would bo pre-
scnted at the next meeting to be j
held in Plat tsmouih.
K. II. WcScott. chairman of the
Chamber of Commerce Missouri Kiver
bridge-committee, extended an invita-i
lion to the persons present at the!
meeting and for residents from all
Cass county to be present at the m'ct-
ing to be held at the First Presby
terian church at I'lattsmouth on
Tuesday evening. February Jth r.t
7:30. to discuss further the bridge
and to perfect the county organiza
tion. Chairman Gardner suggested the
need of a membirship fee and a def-
inite working organization and it wasj
decided 0:1 motion that tr.e chair ap-
l noint a committee to look after draft
ing the constitution and preparing
tr.e list of tees.
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... .-ci u,.w '''"'
o t 1 ti .ri ih'(ribif inn if t Iwi
t hui t ii it 4 11 1 'ill mi i'i u r
, , . .
u""ll luuu 1;:;,r ) r- "'"'".Olson and which
., . ., ... , ', 'land all of tne cast was we;l choser
that the third district had the first 1 ,. . , 4. ,
.... ... . ;and gave most pleasinlv the various
gravtl in the countv. having nine , . .. . . . . ,
.. ... t 1 t . 1 ro.is m tl;e two ret cf ermg which
",' I , ., " . """""
ii c khi.ikri 1 11 iiir 1 uuui at' n l.uwi.
first
triet
district, ten miles, second dis
seven miles and third district
nine m
stai ting
;es. m udditi'. 11 tlieri- was
in eielu mile stretch of grav
eling from Eagle east on th.e "O" j
street road. Mr. Harris also coin-'
pHmnted Commissioner Gorrler on l is!
work as a commii-sioner. staling that j
the third dlctviet ei..n'lier l'.id :i ? t : i'i - (
ed the matter of bridge minding in j
the county and cut to a low figure
the cost of eon-trr.ct ion.
Mr. Gon'er aiso -rul" a few re-
1... , .1 :
as i.ir as ine siaie nai 'set ei mi ueii
and which covercl tiie eight miles of
traveling am! t lie grading and build
ing and grading of a part of the "O"
street road.
At the close of the meeting the vis
itors had :i '.ouch of the Elmwood hos-
pitality by having fino sandwiches.!
piclile. dn'ighr.uts rmi coffee serv-j
ed that was very much enjoyed by!
the crowd and especially the Platts-I
mouth delegation that were start
cn their long drive home.
rt f-
" .the
There v. ere
t wer.t y-ciuht
Plattsmouth in attendance, they be-j
ing. Luke wi!is, l.. l.. aici arcy
George L. Farley. J. F. Wolff. E
Wescott, A. S. Christ. C. C.
B. A. Bate;;. II. A. Sell
Davis. D. C. Morgan. C.
.eider. S. S. !
t-. 1
H. C. Sward. C. B. Smith, Frank A.
Cioidt. A. II. Duxbury. A v. G. Kick.
Andrew Kroehler. David Ebersole.
Sam Move. Henry Soennichsen. Wal
demar Soennichsen. B. A. Rosencrans.
.M. D. Brown. Herman Thomas. Jo
seph A. Capw 11. F. H. Smith and
E. A. Webb. j
Among the Alvo residents that were
in attendance at the meeting were
S. C. Bnyles. Carl Ganz and W. Y.'
Coatman.
James Zoubeck
Jr., is Sentenced
to Penitentiary;
Ore
to
to
Five Years Is Handed
Young Man in District
Court Today.
t.
1 From Friday's Paoy
! This morning in district court be
fore Judge James T. Begley. the case
of the State of Nebraska vs. James
Zoubeck, Jr., was called for trial on
t!ie request ci tne oeieunaui mat ne j
lie allowed to enter a pba of guilty
to the charge of having received '
stolen property. I
On the riadingof the complaint t he
defendant entered the plea of guilty
to the charge anu onereu no comment
as to why sentence should not be
1 pronounced against him.
j Judge Begley, in view of the fact
'that the defendant had made a con
jfession of his crime, as well as ex
posing otner minor onenses in tins
community, made the sentence lighter
than otherwise and fixed the term of
imprisonment at from one to five
years in the state penitentiary
Lancaster.
at i
This peing the second penitentiary :
, 1 . . 1 . .1 1 ft 1 - : . I 1
Plnr r
that had been filed
against
the young man his sentence could,
have been made a great deal heavier
but as he had come clean on the story J
of his crime he was allowed the
lighter sentence alt ho it could have
been extended to ten vears.
i The crime witn wnicn zoubeck was
' charged was that of receiving stolen
property, it being charged that he
had in his possession a number of
articles that w ere taken from box
im-icars robbed in various parts of the
state and which had been turned
over to him by Jack Khoutek, who
had neen an associate of Zoubeck
! in his previous term in the state
penitentiary and who led to his re-.
ceiving his second sentence. '
Until room can be secured at thej
state penitentiary the young man will
be kept here at the county jail under
the custody of Sheriff K. P. Stewart.
Go to the Bates Book
Store for your school
supplies.
Eagles Enjoy a
Fine Time Last
Eyenins a
Hl-
II
i
Clever Play Is Offered and Social
Evening Fellows for the Xero- j
bers and Their Friends. j
j j
! From Friday's roily !
Last evening the members of Plntts
1 mouth Aerie No. 365 of the Fraternal
Order of Eagles with, their families'
and friends onjoved one of the most j
pleasant gatherings that h::s been;
the good fortune of the order to hold j
in years and one that everyone pie;-:
cut win long rememb'T a an ev. mug
j of the rarest enjoyment.
! The first of the offerings of thei
'evening wa the play. "Now Ado:nh."l
the direction c.f Hoy 1
. l' v 1 i m-u- 1
was presented by r :
cast of the young ponplg of
. 4 r r -
the ntv.
-r 1 1 i
The plav was a clever faree or
en
'Iwas for laughing purposes onlv ar
served we'.! to start out the evening
ir very fine shape, "Adolph" and
"August" were th chief fi:n mak'-r.-rntl
in these rohs Roy Olson and Paul
V;; ndervoort rere'l to keep t r
ar.dir nee in constant laughter, as they
apnenred on the staze. Miss Eliza
beth Siiz-nnmi as "Ada Klock" was
most dcMgh.tfu! in her part and aidid
) in ti e fun of the f-venmg. Arthur
Blunt ns "Warren Thomas" the sales-
i man of the kraut firtory of Adolpli
land Ausrust v.as verr pleasing, while
I Edna Kiinger as "jil.iry I. r:vrence"
the
stenographer o the krnut firm
'added her p-irt to 'the fun of the
(evening. Vern Hutchison appeared
; in the ro!e of of "Timothy Scroggs."
It he crooked banker and gave a pleas
j ing rendition of his part while Donald
Drake was the crooked promoter. "G.
Welingtcn Matthews." Kenneth Van
dervoort tool: the port of the fresh
office bov and Mathilde Olson as the
v.;,:ti'!'
of the Little Gem cafe, add-
ing tl cir part to
the carrying out of
JcGuire as the bold.
I I I- . I Jl rt 1111 l.u .
'bad burglar.
i ncori ;;i nmi 01 ine evening.
Following the pla ''-thofe were sev-
j IT
j'j'jeral short a'ddreses given. W. O.
president 01 tne local
V1'" :"r
appri nation of tne
expressing the
order and the
uoience 10 tne m"moers
of the cast
e,f the play and the committee that
had arranged the pleasant evening.
Mayor John P. Sattler. grand
trustee of the F. O. E. also was heard
in a short and very appropriate ad
dress that covered the work of the
Eagles and the many excellent ideas
that their fraternity had put into
effect in the state and nation.
William Barclay, p;;st state presi
dent and also former he-id of the
local aerie, gave a few words on th
fraternity, urging the hotter enjoy
ment cf the members in gatherings
of this kind, the members making
their aerie lively or dead according
to their own personal wishes. He
also told of tlse benfits that are re-
I eeivffl liv the memoir:: of the nriTer
nd the low rates that has made the
les the order of the man of smail
means as well ns the man of
wealth.
UUM Following the play and the ad
! dresses the members of the party that
oesired were entertained at cards at
which a great deal of fun and eniov-
nicnt was derived.
Dancing was also made a feature
of the evening, an orchestra composed
of Roy Holly, violin. C. E. Ledgeway.
trombone, W. O. Kettleson, saxo
phone. Jack Ledgeway. cornet. Miss
Minni Klinger, piano and Anton Ba
jeck, drums, furnished the music.
It was a late hour when the mem
bers of the party departed for their
homes hopeful that the Eagles would
stage another of these parties in the
near future.
LAD SUFFERS INJURY
From Tliursclav's Daily
Yesterday Warren. five-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Reed,
was quite badly bruised and in
jured in a serious fall through a skv-
light at the rear of the Plattsmouth.
Steam laundry building. The little
lad
had been playing in the rear of
(the laundry building and his cap had
fallen onto the small roof over the
boiler room of the laundry and lie
had managed to get down onto the
roof from the adjoining bank and was
looking for thej cap when he suddenly
stepped on a portion of the skvlight
which gave way end the little lad was
dropped through the opening and into
the boiler room. Fortunately for War-'
ren, he alighted on a large pile of.
ashes that broke the main force of
t Vi o fall QTifl w :i r rl Ti? ti f m - Itt L- n ti
limbs. Warren was cut slightly about
the head and had one writs sprained
to some extent as well as being
bruised up, but otherwise was not
dangerously injured.
38 EEDS EXILED
London. Feb. 5. Thirty-eight
leading soviet officials of Lening
grad, including the editor of the
local "Pravda." all followers of Zino
viev, have been exiled to Siberia, ac
cording to advices reaching here
from Moscow. This message nips in
the bud Zionviev's plan to proclaim
an autonomous Lenigrad commune.
ridge Meeting
'uesdav!
e
There will be bridge
irg heli rt Plattsrr.&utli
day evening . t v.U::i tnt
jr 2 C" -
lees
plans lcr the .iisr-o'jii Mvei
bride e
will fce discussed. The meeting
will .vtait at 7:20 sharp and it
is hoptd to hrve visitors from
Omaha. Glenv.ord. Pacific Junc
tion, Nebraska City, Ilulo.
I'iair and Lionx City as well as
every comr.ur.ity i:i Ct'.s coun
ty. Everybody is invited to be
r.recent. The meeting trill fcs
hell in the nvditciiurj of the
Thzt P-.esbyteiian chunii.
ard Gi finite street. Come
7 ill
cut
the
ai.d enjoy
ir.iTc:tr:nt
.117 u
L.cu?!cn oi
-,;ro-
Pleads Guilty
to Theft of Mc
WiaKen buick
ro'd
mncrs to Serve Three
in Jail ard Is Fined
Hundred Dollars.
I-Icnths
One
Fr"m Fritlay's Dai'y
This morning in the county court
before Judge A. II. Duxbury complaint
was fiied by County Attorney W. G.
Kick acainst Ilaroh' llanners.
charging the young man with tailing
a Bui.k ror.d'dcr. the property of
Joseph McMrken. Jr.. in the city ol
Plattsmouth in February. i::2.".
i io1 dt fenda n
todv vest-rdav
: was taken into ons
en ir.fonnution that
was supplied by James Zoubeck, Jr..
in his confession and which formed
ilie "e.r,sis of connecting up the de
fendant with the a'lesed ear takiutr.
When brought in covrt this mTjrn
ing and complaint read by the county
attorney, the defendant was given
son;" very who!con:e advice by Judge
Duxbury on the practices that he had
followed and which, had brought him
several times to th.e bar of justice
ar.d each time on more serious
charges. Mr. Manners stated that he
had forsaken his former associates
and
TV1.S
ha d
citlr
in i
the unfortunate
affair that he
now involvtd in v as
ocvurred a year i:go
that time he had trie
ie straight nr.il narrow
om
that
md that
to walk
path.
Mr. Mai.ners entered a plea of
guilty to the charge preferred against
him and was given a sentence. $DH
line and three months in the countv
jail.
sung or
1 1 aii
Dnage company
7?
lects Officers
Officers are
All Ee-elected-Bridge
Over to
-Affirm
the
Turning
State and Counties.
From Thursday's Jeiev
Yesterday morning at the Chamber
of Commerce in Omaha was held th9
annual meeting of the King of Trails
Rridge company, whose stockholders
are largely residents of I'lattsmouth
and Omaha, to take up the matters
pertaining to the new bridge that
the company erected and opened for
travel last November over the Platte
river north of this city.
There was a very large representa
tion of the stockholders of the com
pany in attendance at the meeting,
to whom the reports of the various
officers as to the bridge, its expenses
and income were given.
The company also took up the mat
ter of the election of officers for the
ensuing year and all of the present
officers were re-elected, consisting of
the following:
President II. A. Schneider. Platts
mouth.
Vice President J. B. Root
Secretary Searl S. Davis
mouth.
Treasurer F. M. Pester,
mouth.
Directors T. C. P.yrne.
Cheek. Omaha; R. A. Troop
Omaha. !
Platts-j
1
Platts-'
I
W. P.. '
Platts-
mouth and the other executive offi
cers of the company constituting the
i directorate.
I The company stockholders adopted
a resolution re-anirming their form
er statement that they would turn
.the bridge over to the state of Ne
, braska and the counties of Cass and
! Sarpy at the construction price, to
'be operated as a free bridge or in
such manner as the state and coun
ties might determine.
Valentines for all of the family,
the sweetheart cr friend can be found
?t the Eates Book and Gift shop. Se
cure your assortment now while the
lines are still fresh and unbroken.
Many Thefts
are Revealed in
Shakeup Here
iiri?!st of Janes Zoubeck. Jr.. roiloT-ir.g-
by Discovery of T-Iriny
w Theits in This Citv.
V!. u i la Pally
Thi.- ni'-rnirg th" of.lct )' r. unity
AtMrii-y V. (5. Kieck w,! a v-ry
busy ; hie- in the investigation of the
:-'-v. g of th" r'-spr n ' bil i t i'S for
irany th-f;.-- tha iuve occurred n;
t!;is ci;y in t!if last yt:r and v.!nv!:
up :o this tii:-' thj pc-rpc t rators have
t -.'.p-d p'.'nishmrt.
T1:" rfV'.vlii.ir of ihe story was
fert" 1 a i. w days ago wh-n tfu-
an; i-eri; ie- arr-'-s'ed Jaiiu s
Jr.. in coniu-etion with the- exposure
of a gang of small town store rob
I" r m.:de i t Lincoln and from which
! t he
activitie
of the gang has led
of Plat tsniom !i men be
in the net that has bee n
by the office of Fherifl'
i
i!) a nuvibc r
ir.'j: in vol veil
tliMvn out
i-. . btcwr.rt.
'-1 examination of Zoubel: at Lin
coln was foi:)w t by his return here
to this city for trial on the charge
of receiving stolen property, there
iof vt-.ious kinds rc-vealed at his home
I that had been brought here by Ja-k
Khoutek. ex-convict and friend of
Zoubek and which had been concealed
lore by th.e two men. It was repre
sented to the Zoubtk family that the
goods were ligitimati ly secured and
were 1 ft 'ft the place there by Zou
bek i.nd Khoutek and later when cpiiz-?.-
d at Lincoln Zoubek told of his
connection with the- affair and witli
the- result that the oflicers recovered
a large part of the roods and have
Them now in their custody.
This morning a oc mplrrnt was filed
in the county court against James
Zoubek, Jr.. charging him with re
viving stolen property cf th"1 value
l"f more than ard to which charge
the young man entered a ph-a of
guilty and was bound over to the
ei-'rict court for trial.
j At the examination of Zoubek made
j-t the offi'-e of County Attorney W. G.
Kieck by Mr. Kieck and SheriT E. P.
jFfewart, there was revealed the long
J chapter of ear robberies and petty
!tV"fr tli '4 lei'.-fj c n t r i n cr nn 1 1 r.r r
for the p.-et verr. Zoubek stated that
h" with his companions had been im
plicated in n number of those thrfts.
acknowledging his part in the taking
of the Jo" McMaken car and recently
that of W. E. Rosencrans, both of
v.-hi h were later recovered but the
identification of the parties not made
until this time. Several other small
jolss such as tire thefts and smaller
articles were also made clear by the
ecr.fossion of Zoubeck.
Tn his statements Zoubeck involved
Walter P.rrkc. now serving a three
year term in the state penitentiary
on the charge of illegal possesion of
li'iuor and also Harold Manners of
this city.
Following the confession of
Zoubek the arrest of Manners was
made by tho authorities pnd he was
brought to the court house to be in
vestigated and to determine just whr t
complaint would lie lodged against
him by the county attorncv.
School supplies at the
Bates Book Store.
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IT'S STRANGE how little things will
sometimes liven us up and refurbish our
own opinion of ourselves.
FOR INSTANCE, writing out a neat, per
sonal check a check which whispers
"Here's a trustworthy, businesslike man,
a bank customer instead of digging in
to purse or pocket for commonplace coins
or currency.
YOU'LL FIND a trim check-book await
ing you at this bank, and a courteous, ac
commodating man who will look after
the opening of your account. Why not
todav?
The First National bank
THE BANrC WHERE VO(l F- r C- l AT HoMtf
PIJOISMOUTH
EUNS NEEDLE IN FOOT
ei l'ti'H'.'-- p:;iiv
Mrs. Erncast Ro-sn r t
I.
ncdn.
! i-t r
foiiu-r Plattsmouth lady arnl
oi orne Lushinsky el' thi- (it..,
was tli" victim of an accicb-nt t !-,v
days that was not ron.-id t d
serioii-: at the- tine but ha- sum
niad it n ( :rary for th" lady to b.
rem ov.-d t the hcj'-ptal. ir. Hote
lier woikng aroimd her ho ii
and stppd i n nt edie that pt io -trated
into the bottt r.i of h"r foot
and w hich was imp 'SMld" to t: t out.
The victim of th" acci.bnt did i.ot
think seriously (;f th" a" id
nt
!1
several days elapseil bt.l'ore going to
a surgeon and then it v. ;- found
that it was impossible lo d'tttt th"
iieedle in the foot even thou.-!1, eri
x-ray was used. The foot h:s be
come quite painful end tie- holy h.i-
since been removed to th" ho--Tiit.il
for treatment and to locate if j.o--:ble
the mi:-:ng needl".
Death of Mrs.
Lucinda BriUain
at Capital City
Aged L?dy cf This City Passes Aw;
After Illness of Some Duration
Lsst Night at Lincoln.
, From Saturday's I:illv
j Last evening ai the hospital at
Lincoln where she has b n taking
treatments for a loiig period of tim.
Mrs. Lucinda Iirittain. aged riiil-'i'
.of this fjty answered tl," final -im-mons
and ank peacefully to he r 1 it
long rest.
; At the time of her death Mrs.
Brittain was in her eighty-third y.-:tr
.and the great-r part cf lr hf-tiiie-Iwas
spent in this community in v 1 i'h
jthe family soiled in th- lat- vt n-
ties. Th'1 ileet a?erl va- the '.. iil"'V
'of Jcdin C. Iirittain. ?r.. a ve'ran el
th." civil war and durir.L- lr resi
dence here a - Ions; as he r io aitli p r.
imitted Mrs. p.ritlain was ry active
Jin th- V.. R. C. circles.
I To mourn her loss there regains
I i wo sons. John C. I'riitain and Wa!r
and Walter Prittain of this city,
j For ir-r'ny y-a-- "Grar.dma" p.rit
't3i'n, as she was affectionately krown.
(resided in the south perti(n of this
citv on the homestead mIiT" she had
spent so many years and in her year'
of life here she has enjoyed the 1 i-'h
esteem of a verv large circle el
jfriends who will sincerely nioutn h r
death.
i The body wil be brou-ht to tht
:city this afternoon at 4:::o and -a ill
Ik accompanied en the i.-t jourm-v
by the son. John C. lit tt;:in. ai.d
taken to the Prittain home to ijy in
state.
j Th" funeral will be held on Monday
i afternoon at :';;il from the Fit-";
Method-st church and
will be conducted by
Emory Pfoutz.
the
serv ict s
Rev. Frank
FINE BOY AEEIVES
Prom Thursday's
The home of Max P.owman and
wife ha been made very happy by
the arrival there of a fine little son
and heir that came to chidden their
home Tuesday evening. The occasion
has brought a great deal of joy to
th" parents and all concerned ait
doing very nicely.
Hi
NKDKASKA
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