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VOL. no. xin
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, JULY 23, 1926.
NO. 49
Graveled High
way from Here to
WahoG is Urged
Highway Urged to Link Up Wahoo,
Ashland, Greenwood, South Berd
Louisville and Plattsmouth.
NOT FEELING WELL
From Friday's Daily
The residents of Saunders county
are starting the ball rolling for the
securing of a graded and graveled
highway that would extend from
Wahuo. the county seat of Saunders
county, to Plattsmouth, through the
cities of Ashland. Greenwood and
Louisville, with branches of the high
way into Murdock, South Bend, and
Cedar Creek and making the northern
portion of Cass county and a large
part of Saunders county linked up
in a real highway system that would
serve thousands of the residents of
this part of the state.
The r.eed of a highway through
this section of the country has lang
been felt and that it can be secured
there is not the slightest doubt if
the residents of the territory make
their wants known definitely and
emphatically and start the ball roll
ing toward getting their part of the
roads that are being placed in Ne
braska. Everyone of the towns and cities
that are in driving distance of the
proposed highway should get busy
and leave no stone unturned to see
that it taken out of the realm of a
possibility and made a reality, serv
ing the residents of the territory af
a means of travel in all kinds of
weather and which has been one of
the crying needs of the last few years
in this section.
Ashland is ready to get into the
From Thursday's Da by
Mrs. A. B. Taylor, one of the old
time residents of this county and who
has not been in the most vigorous
health for some time, was down
town today for the first time in sev
eral weeks as she has been decidedly
under the weather and in the heat
of the last few days she has been
especially feeling poorly. Mrs. Tay
lor has resided in Cass county the
greater part of her lifetime and is
one of the type of the sturdy and
self sacrificing women who have con
tributed to theupbuilding of Nebras
ka and Cass county.
Modern Methods
of Fruit Canning
Demonstrated j
Grape Hunters
Draw Wrath of
Many Farmers
ATTENDS C0M3JITTEE MEETING
Standing of
Teams in Sarpy-
LOOEING OVEB PENSIONS
From Thursday's Daily
Mrs. E. H. Wescott, of this city,
chairman of the state music depart
ment of the Nebraska Federation of
Woman's clubs, was at Omaha yes
terday to attend a meeting of the
state executive committtee that met
. .1 I :t thp li r, p-t nn Trtn f.:r i!ip nur. '
roFuianry oi tne wua urates uause , , .- , , , t;otit5 ire Rir-i Out nt TTfanmiar
, t1 . -r,- . .pose of formulating plans for the xijrcrea are uux at ueaaquox-
next federation meeting that will Lei
held in the fall. Mrs. "Wescott has;
been in charge of the musical work
From Friday's Dail for the nresent year and her efforts'
The wild grape, the humble an-1 has been for the greater development '
cestor oS the large and lucious garden 'of the musical lines of the club work
varieties of the fruit, has in the last j and with some very pleasing results
few weeks become the object of much ;all over the state in an awakened
dispute between residents of the: interest in this line.
countryside near whose farms the!
grapes are hanging ripened in
cf Frequent Dispute as to
Ownership of Same.
Cass League
ters of League at Eeilevue
Elauschies Top Batters.
the sun, and the residents from the
Nebraska Gas & Electric Co., Has
Very Interesting DemonsTation
at Their Sales Boom.
From Thursday's Dally
One of the great strides that has
been made in modern household work
to eliminate extra unnecessary labor
and heat and discomfort to the house
wife has been on demonstration at
the sales room of the Nebraska Gas
& Electric Co., in this city for the
past few days and it has been a re
velation to the ladies of the city with
which one of the dreaded part of
the year's work has been handled,
that of the canning of fruit.
The means by which a great bur
den of labor has been lifted from
the shoulders of the housewife is the
Clark Jewel gas range equipped with
the Lorian heat regulator that makes
fight for the road and the sentiment the ta!k of coking or canning one
here in this city is very strong for
the proposed highway as is also the
c;.ie of Waboo and all that is n?eded
to put the highway over is the whole
hearted co-operation of all of the
residents in the territory throughout
which the highway is to pass. It i
one of the best public improvements
of real pleasure instead of a task
that means worry and heavy labor.
Mr. George N. James, representa
tive of the George M. Clark & Co.,
makers of the Clark Jewel pas range
has been in charge of the demon
stration of fruit canning that has
been watched with interest by hun-
that has been proposed in this sec-! dreds of the ladies of this community
tion of Nebraska for a -tanmber of
years and one that should have the
earnest and thoughtful consideration
of every resident in the territory of
northern Cass and Saunders counties.
With the Saunders county people
and with the greatest success in the
way of preparing the fruit for the
household uses in the winter season.
Mr. James does not advocate the
canning of non acid vegetables but ,
all lines of fruit and tomatoes have
the greatest of success in the Lorain
strong for the highway and the Cass i canning methods.
The cold fruit or tomatoes are
placed in the jar or can over the
contents the heated syrup is then
placed and the lid of the jar placed
on but not fastened securely and the
jar is then placed in the oven of the
stove where the heat, governed by
the Lorain heat regulator completes
the work and gives the finishing
touches to the canning process and at
the close the cans are securely closed
by the lids and placed away for the
future rise.
In the past few weeks Miss Jessie! in cookibb. wie nuim v6'
M. Robertson, who is a candidate I1IiS a eima " w
for the republican nomination for
county citizens getting back of the
move they can put it across and that
without a great deal of delay if the
proper steam is started.
This would fit in nicely with the
often urged graveling of the roads
to Cedar Creek. Mynard. Mynard and
Rock Bluff that has often been urged
here.
MAKING KANT EMENDS
From Friday's Daily
register of deeds, has been out visit
ii:g her friends over the county to
renew the ties of friendship among
the old friends and making a host
of new ones in every community that
she has visited.
Miss Robertson is a native Cass
county girl and truly belongs to
every part of the county as she was
born in Louisville and when a child
spent several years at Weeping Water
where she received her first training
in the public schools there and later
at the schools in Louisville and
Plattsmouth. Her educational quali
fications and knowledge of commer
cial law makes her an exceptionally
qualified candidate for the office of
register of deeds as her training has
been along lines as teacher and stu
dent that would especially fit her
for this office.
Of a very pleasant and genial per
sonality Miss Robertson has the hap
py faculty of meeting everyone most
pleasantly and in her office experience
has been a most efficient and ac
comodating official.
! proved one of the greatest boons to
the housewives of America that they
have had in the recent years.
towns and cities who motor out to
pick the grapes in order that theyi
provide the winter supply of
and other delicious concoctions
j oi wmcn tne wim grape had a world
tof possibilities.
Along the roads at this season of
the year and especially in the terri
tory south of this city there are hun
dred of the grape vines growing along
the road way and which are loaded
with the fine clusters of the purple
grapes, which while small have a!
flavor of sharpness that their more
aristocratic descendents of the vine
yard and garden does not possess. In
the evening and on Sunday parties
of residents from Omaha and other
points motor out and seeing the
grapes growing along the fence lines
they at once proceed to get out and
fill up baskets and sacks of the fruit
for future use. In several cases there
has been warm disputes as the own
ers of the farms have also derived a
desire for the grapes for the winter
uses and accordingly they resent the
invasion of the strangers, as the
grapes being a product of the soil of
their farms they justly realize are
their property and as such should be
left alone.
The ownership of grapes that may
be growing along the fence line is
that of the owner of the land the
county attorney has decreed and those
who gather the grapes without the
consent of the owner and in the face
of his objections may get into trouble
The vines that are in the highway
wholly and are not a part of the farm
ing: land may not be "wholly in the
ownership of the adjoining land but
those on the fence lines are the prop
erty of the farmers.
Time was when the wild grape was
left peacefully alone to blossom, bear
fruit and the bunches of grapes wither
on the vine, but this day seems to be
past and the wild grapes have a real
commercial value to the persons who
can secure them and are found on
sale in stores as the public has grown
to realize their value as the bases of
delicious jelly and other delicacies of
the winter season.
From Thursday s Dally
The season of the Sarpy-Cass Corn
ty league which is to close on Septem
ber 12th, has produced some line
! showings in the stric tly amateur
; league as to the playing of the var-
lious teams.
I President R. C. P,iart. of the Sarpy-
Cass County leagve, ha.s just given
, out the league standings as to tht
l various teams anil players.
The standing of the teams in the
'games won and iot gives Bellevue a
From Thursday's Daily
County Judge A. H. Duxbury and
County Attorney W. G. Kieck were
out in the county today for a few
hours looking up the different cases
of the mother's pensions that are now
carried by the county. The county
has an appropriation in their levy
for the past two years of $5,000 lor
the mothers of the county who may
be in need of aid in caring for their
(children and this law permits many
families to remain together instead
of being broken up as would other
wise be the case had the mother re
ceived no assistance.
Nebraska City
Men Guests of
Local Ad Club
Val Keyscr, Secretary of Chamber of
Commerce and Mr. Rice Give
Short Talks to Business Men
Auto Tourist
Season is Now
iT T$- 5eU(1 ot CT"' Pam(' ovt r Phittsmouth.
di JttiJ il5.tZfiK"t ; v.-ith Papillion lagging three game?
i behind Plattsniouth and Gilmore and
. , , , j Springfield at the bottom of the list,
Autos From Almost Every State in Springfield not having won a single
the Union Can Be Seen on the game.
Young Man is
Injured in Motor
cycle Accident
Thomas Noell, of Weeping- Water,
Suffers Injuries When Motor
cycle Hits Cow.
Streets Any Time.
From Thursday's Dally
The great summer treck of the
American people is now on and from
Maine to California and from the
Canadian line to Florida, the auto
traveler is abroad in the land, vaca
tioning in some section of the coun
try that may be new to them and j
learning something of the resident ; ,.,., ,-n
The team batting for the season so
far is as follows:
P!attsmouth 2S1
Eeilevue 235
Gilmore 3D5
Papillion 1V1
Springlield 165
ENJOYABLE BRIDGE PARTY
OPENING BAND CONCERT
From Thursday's Dai'.y
Tho first concert of the season was
presented last evening by the Eagles
band at Fifth and Main street inter
section and was enjoyed by a very
large number of the music lovers of
the city and surrounding, territory
although the location so near the in
tersection proved somewhat of an an
noyance to the public in that it closed
up practically two blocks while the
practice last summer of holding the
concerts in the center of the block
seemed a great deal more satisfactory
to the public and the band.
The program last evening was one
that embraced both the late popular
selections as well as the high class
standard numbers and wa3 one that
was very much enjoyed. Tn the popu
lar present day selections, "The Pris
oner's Song," "Paddlin Madeline
Home" and "Always" proTed real hits
"ith the audience that lined the
streets while the more standard of
SET CONVENTION DATE
From Saturday's Daily
The state convention of the repub
lican party will be held Thursday,
September 2nd, at Lincoln, tne otnciai
call having been made yesterday by
Chairman Harry E. Sackett. The con
ention will consist of 1,095 dele
gates selected from the various county
conventions in the ninety-tnree coun
ties of the state. In the call for the
convention the number of delegates al
lotted to Cass county is 18.
The date is fixed by law, and is
the one which all parties meet in
state convention. The law also limits
their activities to the purposes stat
ed in the call. The meeting will be
in the city auditorium. The demo
crats meet the same day in Grand
Island.
Chairman Sacket may appoint a
secretary to succeed Dr. T. "V . Bass,
who resigned to become director of
the state gasoline tax bureau. This
will be done after the primary and
the new man will open headquarters
in Lincoln before the convention
meets.
The apportionment is based on the
vote for Coolidge for president in
1924, one delegate being given for
every 200 votes or major fraction
thereof cast for him at the election.
As usual Douglas with 147 and Lan
caster with 90 delegates will have the
largest representation.
TEACHERS' EXAMINATION
From Saturday's Daily
This morning. Miss Alpha Peterson,
county superintendent, was very busy
at her office in holding the teachers'
examination, the last before the open
ing of school. A number of the
young ladies who are planning on
teaching in the schools this coming
term were on hand to taks the re
quired examination along the lines
of the teaching courses that they will
have to offer to the youngstersof the
the program such as "The Bridal 1 dtistricts Jhere they are to teach.
Rose" overture, "Cocoanut Dance" tm?S th.Z nuber had TeB'
and -Flaming Arrow" served to com-1. atythe office up to noon were
Plete the well arranged program of ff uise irker. Greenwood;
the evening rea program or Amelia Pansofer, Louisville; Char-
Ji: Jlotte Snell, Margaret Lau, Alice So-
Jmrmai TTTr. 1 .- ,. gard. of Weeping Water, find Flor-
Joumal Want Ads bring results. ence Taylor of LaPlatte. .
From Thursday's Daily
The pleasant country home of Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Xolting south of the
city was the scene of a very pleas
ant bridge party yesterday, their
daughter, Miss Grace being hostess
at the very enjoyable occasion to a
number of the friends. The home
was arranged in the decorations of
the summer flowers whose beauty
added a touch of beauty to the scene
and where the time was spent in
the facinatlons of bridge.
In the playing the first prize was
secured by Miss Mary Tidball while
consolation prize was awarded to Miss
Mable Sullivan, while at "Hearts"
Mrs. Margaret Todd proved the winner.
The hostess served a very dainty
and delicious two course luncheon
that added to the enjoyment of the
occasion and proved a fitting close
of a real afternoon of pleasure.
CANDIDATES VISIT CITY
From Thursday's Daily
This morning W. M. Stebbins of
Gothenburg, a candidate for the re
publican nomination for state treas
urer, was in the city in the interests
of his candidacy and also to visit his
friend. County Attorney W. G. Kieck,
with whom he was associated in the
constitutional convention of 192(T.
Mr. Stebbins came within a few hun
dred votes of the nomination two
years ago and this year seems to
have the Inside track on the nom
ination to this office. Mr. Stebbins
is one of the leading supporters of
the "Wesleyan university at Univer
sity Place He is a merchant and
also interested in the First State
bank of Gothenburg.
JAMES A. GARDNER IN TOWN
From Saturday's Dally
James A. Gardner, the editor of the
Eagle Beacon, though in the opposite
political party from this paper, we
must say is a hustler, and should he
he the choice of the people of Cass
county for the honored position of
representative to the legislature, will
always be found; hustling for what he
thinks is the proper thing . Of course
we do not conincide with the ideas of
the Republican party, nor are we
at this time, or any time, boosting Re
publican ideas, we wish to say as an
editor of many years work, J. A.
Gardner has had an opportunity to
obtain a broad vision and a grasp of
the needs of the people.
or tne widely scattered sections ct
the great United States.
The automobile ha3 been the great
est factor in bringing all parts of the
country in actual touch with each
other and in eliminating the section
al lines that once separated the var
ious parts of the country from each
other because of distance and diffi
culty of actual contact by the resi
dents of the east and west and north
and south.
Any day in this city and particular
ly in the early morning there can
be found on the streets here cars
from almost every state in the Union,
the California, Colorado and western
state tourists driving east to view
the great cities that lie east of the
Mississippi river v-L!3 the. dwellers
of New England. New York, Penn
sylvania and Ohio and the east cen
The fielding averages of the teams
so far this season gives Plattsniouth
ja lead m tnis department as in tne
g averages of the teams, the
standing in the fielding for the sea
son being:
Plattsmouth SS9
P.ellevue ST 5
Papillion S75
Springfield S57
Gilmore - 845
The batting of the local team as
reported by the office of the league
president is as follows:
AB
A. Klauschie
H. Klauschie
Newman
Svoboda
Mason
Herold
Heamis
ODonnell
McCarthy-
Schiliskie '
tral states are speeding west to view
the great natural wonderland that is,
the great part of the western life
that in years past has been practi
cally unknown save in written de
scription to a large part of the dwell
ers of the east.
The auto caravans have usually the
whole family, sometimes even the
family dog being included, and the
trip over the country is made in
gypsy like style, camping akng the
road and taking by easy stages the
journey that permits a wide tour to
be made in a few weeks in almost
any part of the country.
. Swanson
tt
32
30
25
32
.
12
39
34
10
27
Burlihart 2
Hall 4
Sedlacek 4
H
11
12
11
S
10
s
o
9
"7
2
5
0
0
0
Pet.
478
o r
3fJ7
320
312
250
250
231
20C
200
1S5
000
000
000
TEAM EATTTNG 306 86 2S4
The fielding average of the local
team as shown in the report, was as
fellows:
PO
McCarthy 10
Sedlacek 2
Schiliskie 2
Hall 1
DEATH OF LITTIE CHILD
From Thursday's Daily
This morning a long distance tele
phone message was received by Mr.
and Mrs. A. P. Noble announcing
the death at Cheyenne, Wyoming, of 1
the two months old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Evan Noble, Dorothy Fern,
which occurred yesterday afternoon.
The little one has been in help
less condition since birth and there
was no hopes entertained of its re
covery by the attending physician
and the calling away of the little one
came as a blessed relief from its con
dition. Mrs. Joseph McMaken, Jr.
and Miss Sylvia Noble, aunts of the
little one are at Cheyenne where they
have been for several weeks and will
remain for the funeral which will
be held this afternoon and the in
terment made at the Chej-enne ceme
tery.
O'Donnell 72
H. Klauschie C3
Mason 12
Herold 23
Svoboda 15
Bramis 3
A. Klauschie 6
Newman 23
Swanson 0
E
0
0
0
0
2
1
4
5
1
2
10
1
Pet.
1000
1000
1000
1000
973
927
923
r r. f
VoO
750
750
697
000
Frvn Saturday's Dally
Last night during the storm that
was sweeping over this section of
the county, Thomas Noell, a young
man whose home is at Weeping
Water, was the victim of a very ser
ious accident when his motorcycle
collided with a cow on the highway
west of Murray, the mtorcycle be
ing totally wrecked and the young
man was still unconscious this morn
ing and it is feared has sustained
injuries that may prove fatal.
The young man had been working
with a thrashing outfit at the farm
of J. A. Davis, west of Murray, and
had driven in to town on the motor
cycle to spend the evening at Mur
ray and was there when the storm
broke and the heavy rainfall made
the going on the road very bad when
he started for the Davis farm late in
the evening. The lights on the motor
cycle were not operating and the
trip was one of real peril to the
driver as the rain was falling and
the dark clouds obscured any light
from the moon, the only illumination
that the driver had to guide him was
that of the lightning flashes occasion
ally during tne progress of the Ftorm.
As he drove along in the darkness
the motorcycle came in contact with
a cow that was making her way along
the road and as the result of which
the motorcycle was sent crashing
across the roadway and the driver
throw-n from the machine and suffer
ing injuries that are threatening to
be serious if not fatal.
The injured man was found by
parties passing later on the highway
and conveyed to the office of a physi
cian where medical aid was given him
and the young man has every at
tention in the hope of saving him
from the effects of the severe in
juries that he sustained.
SHERIFF AT LOUISVILLE
From Saturdays iaily
VISITS FATHER HERE
TEAM FIEDING 232
889
INJURED MAN RECOVERING
From Thursday's Dally
The victim of the attack by a drove
of hogs at the "hog ranch" near Cul-
lom has been able to rally nicely
from the effect of the attack and is
now able to leave the St. Joseph hos
pital in Omaha, where he has been
cared for since the accident last week
at the ranch when he had a close
call from being devoured by the hogs
when he fell from a horse and was
knocked unconscious.
The young man is named Roy
Campbell and gives his age as twenty
three and that he is alive is due to
the assistance that was rendered him
bv other workers at the ranch who
From Friday's Daily saw the hogs "rooting" at some-
Mrs. Albert Clabaugh of St. Louis! thing lying in their pen and which
Sheriff E. P. Stewart was called
to the vicinity of Louisville this
morning to inquire into the theft of
several auto tires that had been re
ported from that locality. The sheriff
left here a little after 5 a. m. for the
scene of action, which was reported
as near the brick church on the Louis
ville-Greenwood road.
! From Friday's Dally
I Yesterday at the regular weekly
: luncheon of the Plattsniouth Ad c lub,
the members had the pleasure of hav
: ing with them two of the active lead
iers of the community life of Nebras
ka City, Val Keysor, secretary of the
chamber of commerce of that city anl
Mr. Rice of the firm of Surgeant &
Rice, one of the largest wholesale
houses in the state.
The visitors came with the invita
tion of the local business men to
discuss and give from their exper
iences many interesting facts on tb
matter of a paid secretary of the
chamber of commerce. From the re
marks given by the visitors at the
luncheon much of value was received
that will assist the local people in
the installing of the raid secretary
here in the near future, this hav
ing been put across by the commit
tee of the chamber of commerce in
the last few weeks.
The matter of the paid secretary
is one in which the city here has
been interested for several month"
and it will be a reality as soon as
the committee has had time to check
over the available men that they may
have in view to find one that wMl
be suitable for the position in their
estimation.
Nebraska City which some ten
years ago started the office of the
paid secretary in their community
has reaped a hundredfold the fruits
of the investment and which has
made a large chapter in the story
of the advancement of the Otoe coun
ty city. So well pleased were the
business men and citizens of that
city with the first years of their
secretary that they have continued
the office and every day it is proving
the wortli of the cost. For many
years Charley Kelly served in the
office and since his retirement to look
.ttr feta Trirnt affair the office
has been most capably filed by Mr.
Keyser.
What has been done in Nebraska
City and other places can be done
here and will be with the whole-souled
co-operation of everyone of Hie busi
ness men of the community and the
citizens in general, for a bigger and
better Plattsmouth.
LOOKING AFTER FENCES
From Thursday's Daily
W. M. Stebbins, of Gothenburg, re
publican candidate for state treas
urer, accompanied by his son, W. I.
Stebbins, were in town today for a
short time calling on obi friend of
Mr. Stebbins, Sr., and incidentally
making the acquaintance of repub
lican voters of the city in the interest
of the elder Mr. Stebbin' candidacy.
The son, W. I. Stebbins, Is a promi
nent member of the American Legion
in Nebraska and took occasion on
the opportunity of his frst visit f to
Plattsmouth to meet the American
Legion officers here and discuss mat
ters of interest pertaining to the
forthcoming state convention of the
Legion at Chadron.
year of Progress!
arrived here yesterday for a short
visit at the home of her parents, Col.
and Mrs. M. A. Bates, being called
here by the-illness of the father, Col.
Bates, who has not been feeling as
well as usual the last few days and
has since Tuesday been confined to
the home. Col Bates has been feel
ing better the past two days but in
his advanced years of past eighty-
four years he has had to keep quiet
at home during the days when he
is not at his best. Mrs. Clabaugh
will return home this evening as the
improvement of the father is much
more marked.
on investigation proved to be the
body of Campbell. The young man
had been riding through the hog yard
on his way to town to secure the mail
and the horse stumbled, throwing
jthe rider to the ground, where he was
rendered unconscious and while in
that condition was attacked by the
drove of hogs and as the result suf
fered severe injuries that made neces
sary the taking of the young man to
the hospital. As he has recovered
sufficiently, he has returned to his
work at the hog ranch.
GOOD WHEAT YIELD
THUNDERE0LT LEAVES MARE
From Saturday's Dally
During the storm which came last
evening after a heated day, and with
From Thursday's Daily the beautiful rain, which everybody
One of the good wheat yields that was desiring so, a bolt of lightning
has been reported this season is that struck the flag staff which adorns
from the farm of John Blotzer. south- 'he federal building, and from wnicn
west of the city, where one field of fbe graceful folds of Old Glory are
wheat j-ielded an average of forty wont to fly to the breeze. The pole
bushels to the acre, which tested 63. was splintered in such manner that
and proved to be one of the best another support for the ensign of the
srades of wheat that has been thresh- republic will have to be erected be-
ed in this section of the county. This lore ine oia tlS a greet tne people
land had been formerly used for 01 i-'iattsmoutn again rrom its accus-
farming purposes and was not hay tomed place. The peculiar thing
land turned under about the matter is that besides
. . splintering the pole and dashing the
r , . T , ... , , gilded ball at its apex to the ground,
luur Btt m Uie wuiaiitt! will De reau thprp was no evidence of it having
by 75 per cent of the buying public, otherwise touched the building. j
Try a Homo Savings Bank
a means of making your savings
accumulate more rapidly.
Small change which might otherwise be
spent thoughtlessly will, if dropped regu
larly Unto one of these banks, soon grow
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