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Jebraska State Histori cal Society Z omn VOL. NO. XLm PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1927. NO. 42 as ) V i -y Michael Mauzy Dies at Hospital at Los Angele: t tt i i v .. x Former ttell Known Resident Here .riissea Away sunaay ouow- ing Operation Friday. From MonJflys Daiiy Michael Mauzy. aged 73, for many years a prominent resident of this city, died on Sunday morning at the hospital in Los Angeles. California, following an operation performed there on Friday for a severe case of stomach trouble and from which he failed to rally. The first intimation of the condi tion of the aged man ame In a mes sage received here early on Sunday and which announced the operation and that the ratient had grown much worse on Saturday and was not ex- lrZ ,r Cr:: sage, sent to his brother, Henry! Mauzy of this city. Mr. Mauzy was for many years one. of the popular and highly esteemed men of the community and was for years foreman of the blacksmith shop in the local Burlington shop and also served as councilman for several years from the first ward where he made his home for years. The deceased was a man of genial disposition and enjoyed a wide ac- oi nis oeatn comes as a severe snocK to the old time friends and the mem- hers of the family circle. Mr. Mauzy is survived by one son.( Robert L. Mauzy. of Los Angeles, one' brother. Henry Mauzy. of this city and a twin sister. Mrs. Elizabeth Marshall of Highland countv- Vir- ginia. the old home of the Mauzy family. The funeral party will leave Los Angeles today with the body of Mr. Mauzy and expect to reach this city Friday morning, coming over the Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific and the funeral services will be held here either Saturday or Monady ler Saturday or aionaay. i auzy was prominent in local circles and was a member of' Mr. Mauz vjattcmn.,th iii Mn . A s & A i "M. and also of Nebraska Chapter No. 3. R. A. M. and Mt. Zion commandery No. 5. Knights Templar as well as the Lincoln temple of the Shriners. I Since the death of the wife a num bers of years ago Mr. Mauzy ha made his home at Los Angeles an3 will now be laid to rest beside the wife here in the city of the silenr. Michael Mauzy was born May 25. 1S54 in Pcmbleton county, Virginia and the family after living there for some years moved to Highland coun ty, wli'-re the deceased made his homo until 187S when he came to Platts mouth and entered on his work at the local shops. Mr. Mauzy was mar ried at Plattsmouth on June 14, 1SS0 to Miss Barbara Ellen waynrignt. the follies of youth but who is re who preceded him in death August sponsible for such follies? When 1921. i pressed for law observance and see EARLY MORNING WEDDING j the elders feverishly pursuing pleas- I ure and amusement, need we be sur- Frnm Tuesdays Daily ! prised if they do likewise? This morning at S o'clock at St. "In a little book published some John's church occurred the wedding years ago called 'The Foolish Dic ttf Mi?s Henrietta Toman, daughter tionary. occurs the following defini of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Toman, of tion: 'Good advice What old men this citv. and Mr. Ervin Hiiral, .son of give young men when they can no Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ruml, of Letcher, longer give them a bad example.' Are South Dakota. . we adults, in the interest of the phase The bride has been a rural school of 'Better Homes' which embraces teacher for the p'St few years and the obedience, respect for older people, groom is a son of an industrious law observanceand kindred moral- farmer of South Dakota. The wedding ceremony was pre formed by He v. Father George Agius. pa-tor of St. John's church. This is the first wedding ceremony to be pre formed by Father Agius since he has taken up the work of St. John's Par ish here in Plattsmouth The bride wore a gown of pearl erep anil carried a Douquet oi wnue roses. The attendants were Miss Helen Toman, sister of the bride, who was dressed in old rose and car- aroUnd the barn yard and was stand ried a bouquet of red roses, and Fran- inE. near when a flve nrnn.N, hav cis B. Toman, nrouier oi me oriue was be.st man. Mrs. William Woicott played the wedding march. After the wedding ceremony a wed- ding dinner was served at the home of the bride. The couple will depart this eve ning on their honeymoon to their now home. FORMER SUPERINTENDENT From Wednesday s Daily j K. L. House, who was the superin-: tendent of the Plattsmouth city; schools in 1905 and 1906, has been honored as being selected as the one' Farm records kept on 47 farms in of fifty candidates for the life mem- Cass county, Nebraska, last year ;beiship in the National Educational show that the ten best farmers of association, for the excellent work the group made an average farm in that he has done in his line of work come of $3,235 while the 10 poorest in the west. Mr. Rouse has been su- farmers made an average of only perintendent of the city schools at $100. Considering labor Incomes, the Scottsbluff as well as interested in difference is even more striking, th the Peru and other normal schools 10 best farmers made $2,199 each for several years and is numbered while the 10 poorest actually lost among the leading school men of the an average of $1,675. These farmers 6tate. !are in the same county, some of them The many old time friends here of almost side by side. The difference the Rouse family will be pleased to in incomes is due to differences In learn of his advancement and recog- methods sed, farm expenses, crop nition by the leading organizations of yield per acre, and net profit from the educational forces of the nation. Blank books at the Journal office. ENJOYS DANCING PARTY From Monday's raiiy On last Saturday evening a few of the neighbors and young folks gather ed at the home of John Toman and spent the evening in dancing and merry making. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Earl Lancaster, Jarvis Lancaster. John Hendricks. Patrick Campbell. Perry Nickles, Major Hall, WeK,Vy ,, George Toman, William Wchrbtin. John Toman, Dorothy Wehrbein, Ada Campbell, Margie Lancaster. Dorothy Toman, Joan Hall. J. Milton, John, Dave and Ar thur Toman, David Lancaster, Ander son Lloyd, Richard Hall, Harold Lan- i caster. Alec Campbell, Vera Ilen idrick and Elmer Johnson. Home Life of Today Gives More for Recreation Standards of Living Raised in Last Few Years to a Higher Basis and Allows Recreation. I From Monday's Daily j a long- step toward better homes f0r ;,n classes will have been taken when both parents in all grades of homes are constantly on the job," Mrs. J. G. Ackerman of Ainsworth. Xeb., vice president of the Nebraska Fed- eration of Women's clubs, said in an article prepared, for this newspaper. tne program carrying on tne tsetier Equipped Home campaign, which has been conducted by the federation. "The father as well as the mother must share in shaping the moral and civic attitude of the children," said Mrs. Ackerman. "We are fortunate in having many, many such homes in Nebraska " Mrs. Ackerman, in her ar ticle, went on to say: "In the final analysis the home is the beginning and end of all human welfare and anything that helps or hinders the proper development of all the interests and influences of the inmates of the homes of a nation is of vital importance and should com , : " . . , , ffiand the best thought of the people e h?ar much in these days of home equipment and labor-saving de- vices as well as of means for beauti fying the home. All of this is splen did. In the opinion of the writer, the women wno are nome-maKers win avail themselves of all aids which will in anyway tend to simplify their work or add to the attractiveness of their homes as rapidly as they can afford them. The word "afford" is used advisedly as it is the rock upon which many a home has been wreck ed in these days of a bewildering ar ray of useful and beautiful articles that tempt the real home lovers to extravagance. "One phase of 'Better Homes' that seems to be of vital importance at present, is the attitude of the adult members of the family. We hear of children constantly hear contempt ex- ities, doing our share by example as well as preaching?" SUFFERS INJURED LEG From Tuesday's Daily Fred Beil, one of the well known : farmers from south of the city, was here yesterday and was limping from the effects of a very severe injury that he suffered a few days ago at hig honif Mr. Beil wa wm-klnp- fork was thrown from a load of hay, the fork striking the side of the barn and glancing off of the barn in such manner as to strike Mr. Beil and in- porti(m o theri M le'Vbove the knee. The injury was such that medical aid was necessary to clean jout the wound, and it isvery sore ana painrui, nut it is not thought dangerous unless an infection de velops that may cause him some trouble. CASS COUNTY FARM RECORDS livestock. All local news is in the Journal. Platters Take Game from the Bellevue Team By 7 to 5 the Plattsmouth Team Ad vances Another Game in the Dual County Loop. From Monday's Daily Our boys did not do right by Jap Clark yesterday afternoon up at the Bellevue and mussed up the re cord that the collegiate pitcher has won of skill and daring in a baseball game, but of course some of the boys of Jap's own team added in his down fall by making for bad errors that helped out our sterling athletics. The score of the game was 7 to 5 for Plattsmouth when the last of the Bellevue team had staggered to bat and then set down. Tlie game made the third straight victory for the Plattsmouth team The game was decidedly of a Plattsmouth aspect from tne start and the college town players did not tally until tho last of the sixth frame, the score being 2 to 0 for Plattsmouth up to that time. Just as soon as the Bellevue team took the field and umpire McGuire had his glasses adjusted, the fight was on and in their part of the open ing inning the Platters added two good runs to their credit George, Reichart, our sterling second sacker up as the hrst onering of tne locals and smacked one to Wall at short that he failed to snag and George was safe on the initial sack and when Art Klauschie grew kid dish with Jap and poked one of his slants down in the vicinity of the site of the first white settlement in Ne braska, George came home while Art scored when Distell was being retired Simons to Pavelka. Everything was going fine on both teams for several with the fielders all working well altho Clark was wild and issued several passes to first which however did not cost him any thing. It was in the sixth inning that both teams gave an exhibition of base running and scoring that thrill ed the lovers of the big stick and in this inning the Bellevue stickers took kindly to Swanny's offerings but the best they could do was a fifty fifty break on the score. For Plattsmouth Spidell drew a free trip to first from ClarK and from there pilfered second base and pro fited when Mason was safe at first on an error. Herold and McCarthy were both retired and things did not look so bad for Jap until our big Dutchman came to bat and Hans un limbered with a single that just spilled the whole thing and allowed Spidell to score. Swanson put a hot one down the third base line and was safe on the error of Bressman and wheih finished the story with three runs for the locals, Reichart making the last out. The Bellevue team started in their half of the sixth in a manner that looked like they intended to clean up with Donovan, Bressman and Hindman, all hitting clean and threatening our little playhouse. Pavelka was out on a fly that ar rived in Bill Mason's territory and was grabbed by William. Wall was lucky as errors by Newman and Spidell gave him a lease on life and also allowed his team mates to add to their scores. Powers and Lang heine were both retired. In the seventh both teams again registered as Art Klauschie was given a pass to first and scored when Pete Herold hit to short center. For the foemen Donovan was safe on an error of Newman and scored when Bress man hit safe. Bellevue finished their scoring in the eighth inning when Powers hit safe and later scored. In the last inning Reichart hit safe and was advanced on the error of Clark and scored when Art Klauschie repeated with a three bagger and which closed the scoring as Art per ished on the hot corner. The tabulated score of the game was as follows: Plattsmouth ab h ro A K Reichart 2b 5 3 0 4 0 A. Klauschie, rf 4 2 0 0 0 Distell 3b 5 0 2 0 1 Spidell, c 3 0 8 2 1 Herold, lb 4 17 0 0 Mason, If 3 0 4 1 0 McCarthy, cf 3 0 0 0 0 Newman, ss 4 16 12 Swanson, p 4 0 0 2 0 TOTALS 36 Bellevue AB Simonds, 2b 5 Donovan, c 4 Bressman, 3b 4 Hindman, If 3 Pavelka. lb 3 Wall, ss 4 Powers, cf 4 Langheine, rf 3 Clark, p 4 7 27 10 4 H 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 PO 3 9 0 1 13 0 0 1 0 A 5 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 TOTALS 36 9 27 12 4 Plattsmouth and Bellevue will meet on next Sunday at 2:30 on the Plattsmouth baseball park in which is expected to be one of the hottest games of the season. SALE PROVES A SUCCESS From Monday's Daily The 19 cent sale that the grocery store of H. M. Soennichsen has beer, holding has been a very pleasing suc cess and large numbers of the resi dents of all parts of Cass county have taken advantage of the real bargaina that have been offered in the big day light grocery store and secured some of the best and most serviceable ar ticles on the market at the low prices that have been quoted. The big $1.00 shirt sale at the store of the H. M. Soennichsen Co., was one of the best that has been held in the city and the shirts that were of fered were more than bargains as some of the best values in the city were quoted at the sale. Ordination Services at St. Luke's Church Rev. Walter C. Middleton Is Elevated to the Priesthood at Services Held Today. From Tuesday's Daily This morning the St. Luke's Epis coDal church which has been the scene of a great many impressive church festivals, was filled with a large congregation to witness the or dination of the rector of the church, Rev. Walter C Middleton, to the priesthood of the church. There was present a large and dis tinguished party of the clergy of the Omaha diocese present to take part in the service and tne Episcopal pro cession was participated in by many of the distinguished clergymen of this part of the state including the lit. Rev. Ernest Vincent Shayler, bishop of Nebraska. The master of ceremonies of the services was Father Bercham L. Smith of Omaha, rector of the St. Barnabas church of Omaha. The ordination sermon was preach ed by Father Adelbert J. Smith of Falls City and was a most inspiring charge of the duties of the church and of the church ministers. The presentation ci the candidate to be raised from the rank of deacon to that of priest was made by Father D. J. Gallagher of the St. Andrew's church of Omaha and Father John Albert Williams of the St. Phillip's church of Omaha. The litany was read by Father H. C- Alden of Omaha and was followed by the impressive ordination service and the celebration of the Eucharist. The ordination was celebrated by Bishop Shayler in a most impressive manner and with the splendid music al program of the St. Luke's choir made the occasion one of exceptional beauty. Ater the services at the church the visiting clergy and members of the vestry and the Middleton family were entertained at luncheon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Herold, the ladies of the church serving the luncheon. GIVES PLEASANT FAREWELL fcrom Tuesday's Daily Last evening a group of some forty of the friends of Mrs. Louis Smetan;i gathered at her home on west Vine street to give her a pleasant surprise on the occasion of her forthcoming departure for her old home in Czech oslovakia which she has not visited for a great many years since com ing to this country. The members'came with well laden baskets of the good things to eat nad which furnished the basis of the fine luncheon that was served during the evening. The evening was spent in dancing and a general good time until a late hour when they all departed wishing the guest of hoor a safe and pleas and journey to the old world. Mrs. Smetana goes to Omaha Wed nesday and thence will go to New York City where she sails for her old home and will spend some time in the enjoyment of the once familiar scenes back in her native land. ENTERTAIN CLERGY From Tuesday's Dally Following the ordination services at the St. Luke's church this morning of Rev. Walter Clyde Middleton to the priesthood, the ladies of the St. Luke's parish served luncheon at the handsome home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Herold on North 4th street and which was one of the most delightful events of its kind held in the history of the church. The ladies had beauti ful appointments for the luncheon in the floral decorations and the settings; that made the dining room of the Her old home a place of the greatest beauty. The guests who were entertained were Rt. Rev. Ernest Vincent Shay ler, bishop of Nebraska, Fathers D. J. Gallagher, John Albert Williams, Bercham L. Smith, Father H. C. AT den and Father Adelbert J. Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Middleton of Detroit, who came here for the ordination and Father W. C. Middleton and family. Complete line of Japanese parasols and prices from 25c for the kiddies to $1.25 and $1.50 for the grown-ups. Secretary of Chamber of Com merce Resigns W. G. Davis, Executive Secretary, Tenders Resignation and Leaves for Ohio to Rest. Fronr. Tuesdays Daily This morning the resignation W. G. Davis, executive secretary of of the Plattsmouth Chamber of Com merce, become eifective and with the formal acceptance of the resignation Mr. and Mrs. Davis departed for Med ina, Ohio, where they are to spend some time visiting with the relatives in that locality. Mr. Davis has served as the execu tive secretary of the club since last September and has been busily en gaged in laying the groundwork of the successful operation of the office as this city heretofore has not had the services of a salaried secretary and which made tho task of Mr Davis largely that of a trail blazer in tnis line ot work ana in getting the residents of the city and outside world familiar with the city and the civic work that has proven so success lul in the many places that it has been tried out. The retiring secretary has had a great deal of correspondence in his months in office and has placed this city in most favorable light before the world in extolling tne many ad vantages that this city possesses and which are perhaps overlooked by ihose most familiar with them. This has been no small task and has as the result of the activities of Mr. Davis given most favorable light in other communities. One of the greatest efforts of Mr. Davis has given'Js the presentation of the fact that the farming commun ities and the towns are closely inter woven in their interests and for the first time in many years there have been more of the residents of our neighboring territory interested in the chamber of commerce work that has as its aim not only the advance ment of the city but the surrounding territory as well, the interests of one being that of all and this is a fact that everyone should bear In mind. The community prospers as a whole or not at all. Mr. Davis was in poor health for several months of his stay here and which hastened his departure as he requires a long period of rest to re cuperate from the illness and the op eration that he underwent some months ago in Omaha and from which he has never fully recovered. The former secretary was a hard working secretary and was on the job each day at the offices of the chamber of commerce on North Sixth street and his pleasant greeting to the visi tor in the city and the local people will be missed a great deal. RECALLS OLD TIME From Monday's Dally Seventy years ago this morning the F. S. White family arrived In Platts mouth from Salt La Re City where they had spent two years in the Mor mon settlement there and to escape from which Mr. White had to sacri fice a great deal of his property and aside from the outfit with which he made the trip back with his family he was unable to bring any of his property. The rule of the leaders there was strong and members of the colony were held in strict account ing to the church and escape from Salt Lake was a matter of a great deal of danger as the bands of roving "destroying agnels" were sent out in pursuit of persons who might wish to escape from there. The White family were three months on the road from Salt Lake and traveled in a covered wagon with three yoke of oxen to haul the wagon through the great deserts of the then unsettled west and which were in fested with the Indians. When reaching here the wagons were driven over the trail that led over what was known as Gospel hill, near where the Gass property is now located. Of the members of the family that made the trip, our old friend, A. W. White, is the sole survivor and he is still as active as a man of much younger years despite the fact that as a youth of his early teens he ar rived in Plattsmouth seventy years ago today. SINGING IN OMAHA From Tuesday's Daliy This morning Mrs. Marguerite Johnstone of Sheridan, Wyoming, who is here to visit with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Emil Walters, de parted for Omaha where she will have a very busy day there with a number of singing engagements in that citj. Mrs. Johnstone will sing at the Mother's banquet given by the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity at the Country club and will also give a short program this evening. The many delightful concerts that Mrs. home of Miss Leone Becker, a school Johnstone has given over WOW in friend of the university days. Mrs. Mrs. William Bell and two chil the past has made her a favorite with j0hnson, who Is a representative dren. Billy and Betty, of San Diego, the music loving public of the mid-; from Lancaster county, in the last California, arrived here last evening die west and her visits in this sec- j legislature, came down Saturday to for a visit here at the home of Mrs. tion are always filled with singing visit for Sunday here at the Becker Bell's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Chris engagements. home. j Wohlfarth. HOLD PLEASANT MEETING From Wednesday's Daily Last evening the members of the W. H. E. S. club held one of their most enjoyable meetings of the sum mer season at the home of Mrs. Lon Henry in the Harris apartments and which was attnded by a very pleasing number of the members. Hie evening was spent in playing bridge and in the contest Miss Emma Johnson received the first prize while: Mrs. James F. Doyle was awarded the consolation prize of the evening. At the conclusion of the evening dainty refreshments were perved by the hostess that added to the pleas ure and interest of the members of the jolly party. Many Enjoy Steamboat Ex cursion Trip Filled Steamer "John Heckman" With Large Crowd of Young and Old on River Trip. From Wednesday's Daily Last evening the excursion boat, the "John Heckman" was the center of attraction for a very large part of the population of the city, and despite the fact that the boat was compelled to make their landing place below the ferry there were many who walked down to see the boat or take a trip in addition to the number that had motored down to view the vessel. The river bank in the vicinity of the boat was filled with interested spectators long before the starting hour of 9 o'clock arrived and some 300 persons were gathered on the three decks of the boat when it was united and started on the pleasure trip down the river. The Teten orchestra of Nebraska City was secured by the Messers. Hackman for the evening and who played a very fine array of the late and snappy dance music as the boat lazily floated down the river some five miles and then started the trip back up the stream. The dance floor was packed with the lovers of this form of entertainment while others enjoyed the trip sitting on the decks swept by the cool breeze or In the inspection of the various parts of the boat. To many the boat was a real revel ation and the first boat ride that they had enjoyed on a vessel of any size and which made the experience one of the kind that they will always pleasantly remember. The boat has three decks, the first being occupied with the boilers and engine room, refreshment stands and quarters of the crew while on the second deck is the dance floor and the covered lounging deck. The top! deck is the promenade deck and was, the point of attraction for the ex cursion party as it gave a wide view of the river as it was reflected In the light from the boat. ASKS FOR DIVORCE From Tuesday's Daily An action was filed in the o ce of the clerk of the district court today entitled Lena Frans vs. John Frans The plaintiff asks the decree on the grounds of desertion, alleging that the defendant left the plaintiff in April 1925 and has not since sup ported her. The custody of the minor child is also asked by the plaintiff and the sum of $15 per month for the car of the child. The parties were former residents here and the plaintiff Is now resid ing in Nehawka. FRANK G0BELMAN ILL From Tuesday's Daily The many friends in the city of Frank Gobelman will regret to learn that he has for several days been confined to his home here suffering from a severe lilness and his condi tion has occasioned agreat deal of Worry to the members of the family. Mr. Gobelman has a very high tem perature and it has been feared that he was threatened with another at tack of nneumonia from which he was a sufferer a year a MISS AHRENS IMPROVING From Tuesday's Paliy Fred Ahrens of near Mynard was in the city today for a short time for a visit with his sister. Miss Cath erine, who he took to the St. Cath erine's hospital in that city last Sun- day and where she was operated on Monday. He reports Miss Catherine as doing very nicely following the operation and it is hoped that she will soon be showing marked im- provement. VISITORS IN CITY From Monday's Daily Mrs. Richard O. Johnson of the' j Alpha Chi Omega sorority, came down froni TJnroln Thursdav to visit at the Rotarians Hear Much of City Schools ! j n t -i n- Superintendent R. E. Bailey Gives j Some Interesting Facts as to City Schools. From Wednesday's Dally The members of the Plattsmouth Rotary club at their weekly luncheon yesterday had tho opportunity of hearing some real facts as to tin public school system of the city that had been prepared by the superin tendent and which rovered very thoroughly the workings of the schools of the city and also tho ex cellent manner in which they are being handled by their board of edu cation. I Mr. Bailey stated that there was jin the neighborhood of 1,055 pupils enrolled in the city schools, that I these were divided into the high school. Central, Columbian, Winter- steen. First ward, west second ward and Mereervillo schools. The bonded debt of the district was $65,000 and of which some $3 3,0)) was already paid into the sinking fund and as the means of giving th taxpayers the benefit of interest on their tax money the board had in vested some $25,758 in city warrants and bonds at the rate o" live and , one-quarter and six per cent, which was bringing in a nice return to the taxpayers and would assist in retiring tho debt and pay the interest rate, that the district had on their bonds. There was some $7,92S balance car ried in the fund, $4,000 of this be ing required to care for interest rates and the remainder was available for investment when good interest bear ing bonds of the government, state county or city was available. In speaking of the operations of the school Mr. Bailey compared the cost of the schools here and the cost of operating them with other cities our same class of schools, showing that this city was much lower in their operating cost than other near by towns. Auburn and Nebraska City both being larger in operating costs. Creston, Iowa, with a population of 8,000 had a bonded school debt of $300,000. The cost of the Plattsmouth school operation was $66,000 of which $46,000 was spent for salaries and the remainder in fuel, supplies, re pairs, janitor services and other small items. The insurance carried on the city school buildings is in the neigh borhood of -4,000 as was revealed by the figures of the superintendent. OLD SETTLERS REUNION The time is drawing near when the !old settlers of Cass and Otoe counties ' i u i.nKH - f iritliorlnp' tn- ..or . rmininn nt thp nleasant lit- tI ,t rnfoil in the southern part of our county. The boosters of that place held a meeting this week and set the date for the two-day reunion as August 12th and 13th, these being on Friday and Saturday as is the custom of the re union dates. This year the officers of the re union will be Ray Frans as the presi dent and Charles L. Graves, as secre tary. The new officers have started out to organize their plans for tho leunion and will assure the world that Union will be the center of at traction for this section of the stato on Friday and Saturday, August lt2U and 13th. The old settlers reunion was first organized in 1889 by a group of the Ui.iou people of whom Mr. Graves was one and has functioned each year since. In the beginning the oc casion was one in which the real old eettlers, the men and women who came to Cass and Otoe counties in the forties and fifties would gather and discuss old times and to whom the land had once been a wilderness and the home of the Indian. The old set tlers that now gather represent large ly the sons and daughters of the first pioneers and the generations that have come into being since the civil war. A few of the old time settlers are left however, and to hear their experiences is alone a great part of the reunion as they are generally al ways there. The committee in charge of the re union, however, will have plenty of good entertainment for the old and young alike at the big two day event. NOW RESTING EASY From Tuesday's Daily The reports from the bedside of Charles E. Cook at Omaha are that the natient is restine: verv easv now an(j seems to be responding to the treatment nicely and it is hoped that the patient will soon be in shape for his operation which will give hira permanent relief from his suffering. The many friends are trusting that the genial Charley may soon be in chape so that he can return home relieved of his Illness from which he has suffered for a number of vears