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PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 1927.
NO. 55
Missing Banker
Found in Cleve
land to Return
Three Year Search for Jack Patterson'
Reads Like Page from Most
Thrilling Story.
From Saturdays Dany
The search that has been made na
tion wide for Jack Patterson, miss
ing Union banker, culminating in
his apprehension yesterday at Cleve
land. Ohio, reads like a page from
the most thrilling detective story and
ends the many false clews that have
been sent from different parts of the
country as to the location nf the miss
ing man.
Since his disappearance on July 21,
1!)24 at Chieaco. the missing man
lias been mourned hy his family as'
lost in the waters of the lake and
time and again they have been noti
fied of false reports of his where-
abouts and it is hard for them to!
realize that the missing man has been
traced down.
The final clues that led to hi?
identification came in letters that
were received here and wr.un gave:
the tip where the missing man might '
c i -l. ,1 r, a ...v,;v,!
1IMMM1 III citirianu .lliu nuuu
were followed by representatives of
the insurance companies in tracing
the man and brought his apprehen-j
ion yesterday afternoon at the oil J
been for three years as an attendant ;
niul where he was working under:
the ,nlias of Frank Smith.
''- '"" a part of the national defense pro
morning for Cleveland, to bring Pat-- nm llfw1. thtt t nf 101
tcrson back to Plattsmouth to com
plete his identification.
Patterson, his black
iiair near-) ;
white from worry and weighing oC
pounds ess than when he dropped
cut of sight in Chicago three years'
i.t it 1 1 i MiiHiUM ui i ti uiuvvuru in
Luke Michigan. In talking to Cleve
land police and Inspector of Detec
tives Corn-lius Coady. admitted his
identity and said he was willing to
return to Nebraska without extradi
tion. He adopted an alias.
Carried yil,C0 Insurance.
At the time of Plattersou's dis
appearance insurance officials were
not satisfied with the authenticity
cf his purported death and institut
ed a search which led to his 'dis
covery. He carried approximately
$4 4,500 in insurance and the insur
ance companies have resisted all ef
forts to collect the sum. Five case?
are still pending in the courts.
In a telephone conversation with
an Omaha man Friday night, II. V.
Lake of St. Louis, special insurance
adjuster assigned to the Patterson
case said Patterson had made a com
plete confession and was willing to
return to Nebraska and face charge?
pending here.
Hair Nearly White.
"I wouldn't have known him from
hi:-, photograph." Lake said. "His
hair i-: nearly white and he don't
l.-tok like the same man. He taker
his :ri-st ve-ry philosophically and
says he will not fight extradition."
Precial dispatches from Cleveland
spy that Patte rson freely discussed
ins predicament with newspapermen
Friday night, as he sat in his jail
cell, but that he became agitated
wh n photographers attempted to
take his picture.
He toM reporters that he had
planne d to kill himself "but couldn't
get up the nerve. Then I bought a
new suit, left my old one in the car,
took a train for Toledo and eventual
ly ramp to Cleveland."
For two and one-half years he hr.s
worked as a filling .'-tat ion attendant
for the Pocahontas Oil company. M.
t i r- . 1 1 1 . .- I
1-. Mimre. c.iee:.::iu s.. es manager
ot mat company, saia ne appeared
to be a "misfit as an oil station at-
tenelant. was given to having long
moody : pells and was shifted from
station to station."
Admits Personal Debt.
In his talk with reporters Patter
son said he did not believe that any
of the bank funds v ere missing, but
admitted a deft of 10 thousand dol
lars in personal loans.
"I had hoped to save enough to be
able to pay all my debts," he said.
"I'm sure if they permit me to go
back to Union that I can set myself
up in business and can straighten out :
mv affairs."
Acquaintances say he had an auto-
moDue anu iook irequem crips iui!ning was spent in bridge and at
the country. Last winter he took which a great deal of pleasure was
courses in salesmanship and psychol- derived by the members, the first
ogy at Carnegie Hall. j prize being awarded to Miss Jean-
"It's pretty tough to be found af-, ette Weber of Omaha and the conso
ter three long years." Patterson said ' lation prize to Mrs. Lon Henry. At
to reporters. "Hut a great weight is, the close of the evening dainty and
off my mind. I'm not worrying over ,
my arrest. At the time I was des
perate and nearly crazed with the
thought of what I had done. After
I got to Cleveland. I thought the situ
ation over and intended to go back
as soon as I got on my frr-t. In fact
I was going to write my wife, but I
never could muster up enough cour
age. "Out of My Mind."
"I don't know what made me de-
sert my family in Chicago. Tnat was
at the time all these little country
banks were failing and as our was
none too strong financially, I wa?
worried about that. I was almost out
of my mind, I guess when I left them,
I couldn't think. I couldn't do any
thing." About a week ago those conduct
ing the search received information
that led them to believe that Patter
son could be found in Cleveland, and
they followed up this clew, finding
ithe banker working for the Poca
hontas Oil company there, under the
Innme of Frank Smith, they state,
Patterson was then identified by a
Nebraska acquaintance ana the ar
rest followed.
TO HAVE TONSILS REMOVED
From Friday's Daily
This morning Miss Alice Funk and
little Miss Helen Perry were taken
to Omaha where they enter the Meth
odist hospital at that place and will
have their tonsils removed at that
institution. The ladies have suffer
ed for home time from the effects of
the tonsils and to give them perman
ent relief the operation was decided
upon.
Reserve Officers
Camp Starts at
Central City Soon
J. A. Capwell, Lieutenant Infantry,
tir:ii t. t t t
VV1I1 JJC UIUV ljQCai UPBTPSPTITa.
tive at Camp.
From Thursday's Dally
Riverside park at Central Cty. Ne-,it
braska. will be the site for an en
campment for reserve officers of the
o5fth infantry, a unit of the skeleton
S9th national army division, which is
It is expected that there will be
some fifty officers in attendance and
.,,, win .r o-it-r. o li rn,,i,
n blems tht m5gnt
rfge ,n wartime study of terrian
we drawing and other
lines of the brancehs of military
science.
The members of the camp will be
housed in cabins and special enter
taining features will be offered dur
ing the camp for the visiting officers.
Col. Phil L. Hall of Greenwood, re
serve colonel of the 355th infantry
will be in command of the camp and
with the wide field of military exper
ience as adjutant general of the state
and colonel in the world war will
make him well fitted for the direction
of the camp.
City Attorney J. A. Capwell. who
hold a commission as first lieutenant
of infantry in the regiment, will for
sake the law and its dull and musty
activities for the two weeks and de
vote his time to the study of the
problems of warfare and is anticipat
ing a real time in the intensive work
of the camp.
CONCERT IS HELD
From Thursday's Daily
Last evening the Eagles band pre
sented their regular Wednesday even
ing concert at the court house lawn
despite the fact that the rain cf earl
ier in the afternoon had threatened
to cause a ncstoonement of the musi-
treat, but the lifting clouds and
pieasant SUnset weather allowed the
concert to take place on scheduled
time, at 8 o'clock.
The rain caused many from the
country districts to refrain from at
tending the concert but a large num
ber of the local people were out to
take in the delightful numbers offer
ed by the band.
The program was arranged by Di
rector Holly to give a pleasing range
f,f numbers of different type that
made the program most enjoyable.
The beautiful tone poem of Tobani.
"Hearts and Flowers' was one of
t,.p mog(. ,)eautiful of the numbers
and very
artistically presented by
the band.
A number of selections that had
been requested by the music lovers
from the concerts the past season
were offered and which proved as
big a hit as in their first presentation.
W. H. E. S. CLUB MEETS
From Friday's tally
Last evening the W. II. E. S. club,
comprising a number of the young
1.1 dips of the citv lielrl a vorr Hcliirht.
fuj meeting at the home of Mrs. Louis
w. Egenberger on Vine street and
which was attended by a very pleas-
I ing number of the members. The eve-
delicious refreshments were served by
ine nostess tnat added to the enjoy
ment of the members of the party.
HOLD FINE SOCIAL
From Friday's DaUy
The ice cream social given on
Wednesday evening by the Catholic
Daughters of America, proved one of
the most successful affairs that this
organization has given in the present
t season. The threatening weather
, caused the change in the place of
'holding the social from the Fred
Egenberger lawn to the Knights of
; Columbus hall and where a very fine
patronage was enjoyed by the ladies.
Plattsmouth
Man Has Car Re
turned to Him
Waldemar Soennichsen Has Ford
Returned as the Machine That
He Lost in Omaha.
From Thursday's ratly
Last night Waldemar Soennichsen
of this city was notified by the police
department of Omaha that a Ford
coupe recovered there had been de
scribed as being stolen from the lo
cation of 17th street between Harney
and Howard where the car of Mr.
Soennichsen was taken several weeks
ago. '
The owner of the car hastened to
Omaha but found that the car that
wfs held by the police bore but lit
tle resemblance to the car that he had
stolen from him, the only identifica
tion that Mr. Soennichsen could make
being the Duco finish that the car
had just recently received. The car
had been stolen, one of the men ar
rested stated, at the time the Soen
nichsen car disappeared and from the
same location. The car had the en
gine number filed off and another
. substituted new li
car and it was e
ghts were on the
otherwise greatly
changed from the appearance when
it had been left parked on the Oma
ha streets by Mr. and Mrs. George
F. Dovey of this city who had driven
to Omaha
Mr. Soennichsen brought the car
back to this city to submit it to the
workmen that had overhauled it
short time before it was stolen, in
hopes that they might make definite
identification of the car as the one
belonging to the Plattsmouth man.
Mr. Soennichsen has not accepted
the car as his however, and will
await the verdict of the workmen on
the car before he will take it as the
machine that he had stolen.
The car now bears a Council Bluffs
license and is registered in the name
of Joe Walker, one of the men taken
by the Omaha police In their round
up. SURPRISED ON BIRTHDAY
From Thursday's Dany
Yesterday was the twenty-first
birthday anniversary of Clyde Graves,
and in honor of the occasion he was
given a most delightful surprise at
his home on west Granite street. The
event was kept a close secret from
the guest of honor and it was not
until he arrived home that he real
ized the pleasant treat that was in
store for him. Some twenty friend
were at the home and joined in the
shower of well wishes to the young
man on hi3 attaining his majority
and the remainder of the evening
was spent in the enjoyment of game?
of all kinds that passed the hours
very rapidly, while musical numbers
during the course of the evening add
ed to the enjoyment of the jolly
party. In honor of the occasion the
guest of honor received a number of
very much appreciated gifts. As the
evening grew to the close dainty re
freshments were served which were
featured by the large and handsome
birthday cake prepared for the event.
STILL UNDERGOING TREATMENT
From Thursday's Dally
M. M. Real of this city who was
taken to Omaha on Tuesday to en
ter the Immanuel hospital, is still
undergoing treatment and it will
probably be several days before he
gains strength enough to undergo an
operation which it is hoped will give
him some measure of relief from his
long standing illness. Mr. Real has
suffered for several years from at
tacks of the bladder trouble and the
last attack has proven so severe that
it is thought best to have an opera
tion performed in order to bring him
some measure of relief from his suf
fering. UNDERGOES SMALL OPERATION
From Friday's Daily
John Richardson, II., thirteen-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd
Richardson of this city, was operated
on yesterday at the Clarkson hospit
al in Omaha for the removal of his
tonsils which have been bothering
him for some time. The lad came
through the operation in fine shape
and has so far recovered that his
parents were able to bring him back
home this afternoon. The young
man feels in the best of shape and
it Is hoped will soon be on the high
way to recovery.
RETURNS FROM VACATION
From Friday's Daily
Yesterday afternoon Dr. Joe J.
Stibal returned home from a very
pleasant vacation trip that has taken
him to his old home at Lidgerwood.
North Dakota, and which was found
an ideal trip with side trips to Fargo
and other of the interesting cities in
that section of the country. On the
return trip Dr. Stibal made the 450
mile run from Lidgerwood to Platts
mouth in one day. the .route being
over the King of Trails highway
and which is graveled for the entire
distance and made a very fine trip.
All local news is in the Journal.
MARRIED AT PARSONAGE
From Friday's Daily
Yesterday afternoon at the par
sonage of the First Methodist church
occurred the marriage of Edwin Page
Glaesel of Fort Crook and Miss
Mable Elizabeth Batcheller of Oma
ha. The young people motored to
this city and alter securing the nec
essary license at the court were driv
en by S. W. Bell, an old friend of
the groom to the home of Rev. II. E.
Sort or where the wedding ceremony
was performed in the presence of Mr.
Bell and Miss Alice TLouise Wescott.
Following the wedding Mr. and Mis.
Glaesel motored back to Fort Crook
where they are to make their home
in the future.
Well Known
Local People
Wedded
are
Mrs. Lillian Rogers of This City and
Carl C. Meismger of Havelock
Wed in Omaha.
From Friday's Daily
Yesterday afternoon at Omaha oc
curred the marriage of two of the
well known residents of this com
munity, Mrs. Lillian Rogers and Carl
C. Meisingen who has for the past
few months been located at. Have
lock where he is engaged in work
ing for the Burlington.
The wedding was a very quiet one
the bridal couple, accompanied by a
brother of the bride, motored to Oma
ha j-esterday morning and the mar
riage ceremony was very quietly cele
brated. Mr. and Mrs. Meistnger returned
to this city last evening and departed
today for a short wedding trip after
which they will locate at Havelock
where they will make their home for
the present at least.
The bride has made her home in
this city for the past few years and
during her residence here has made a
large circle of friends who will be
pleased to learn of the new happiness
that has come to her.
The groom is thi-on of Mr. and
Mrs. P. H. MTeisinger of this city
one of the old and highly respected
families of the community and the
groom has spent his lifetime in this
community, having lived on the farm
near Cedar Creek prior to coming to
this city and has in the last few
years been largely engaged in work
for the Burlington. The groom is a
former service man and member of
the local American Legion post.
RECOVERING FROM ACCIDENT
From Thursday's Hally
Mrs. Charles Olson of this city,
who was injured several days ago in
an auto accident ,is reported as do
ing very nicely altho she was cut
some about the face and head in the
accident.
Mr. and Mrs. Olson had been out
at Louisville on Tuesday evening and
on their return home they met with
the accident. Their car was travel
ing along the highway four mile?
west of this city when it suddenly
veered off the road and was turned
over, the car being damaged and
Mrs. Olson sustaining the injuries
from which she has since suffered.
The hour was late and few cars
traveling and the result was that the
victims of the accident had to walk
on to this city and secure help tc
have their damaged car brought on
into the city and also to have the in
juries of Mrs. Olson looked after
Mr. Olson was not injured in the ac
cident and was able to continue his
work as usual in the railroad yards
of the Burlington where he is em
ployed in the train service.
DEXIGHTUL BRIDGE LUNCHEON
From Thursday's Daiiy
The attractive home of Mr. and
Mrs. Glen Vallery, north of this city
was the 6cene of a most enjoyable
bridge luncheon on Tuesday evening
which was given by Miss Marie Val
lery and enjoyed by some sixteen of
the young lady friends of the hostess.
The decorations throughout the
parlors and dining rooms were in
the rich tones of yellow, the attrac
tive Golden Glow being used in the
floral decorations of the luncheon.
In the playing Miss Frances Wiles
was awarded the first prize and Miss
Mildred Schultz the second prize.
Mrs. Vallery was assisted by Miss
es Helen and Getrtrude In serving the
dainty luncheon that was very much
enjoyed by all of the members of
the party.
LITTLE SON ARRIVES
From Friday's Daily
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Lamphere Is one of the happiest in
the city as the result or the arrival
there of a fine little son and heir that
has come to share the future years
with the n.irents. The -mnthor nnrl
little one are doing nicely and the
occasion has brought a great deal of
pleasure to the delightful father and'
"Chick" is flipping pancakes and
steaks with more than usual speed
at the restaurant since the son came
to brighten the home. ;
Journal Want Ads bring results.
Heavy Rain
Sweeps Over
East Nebraska
Over Inch and a Half Here and Much
Heavier to North Burlington
Has Trains Delayed.
From Friday's Daily
The rain storm that came up yes
terday afternoon following a very
sultry day, proved one of the heaviest
of the last few months here, one and
fivty-five one hundredth of an inch
of rainfall being reporteel at the lo
cal government guage at the Burling
ton station.
The storm was not violent in this
locality and the rain will do a great
Ideal of good in the city and vicinity
and should serve to make a great in
crease in the corn crop of the terri
tory. The territory from Louisville to
the north, through Sarpy and Doug
las county which had a two inch
rain on Wednesday night was again
visted by one of the heaviest rains of
the season and as the result the Bur
lington had a great deal of trouble
on their Omaha-Ashland line. No. 2
due here at 4:30 being over an hour
late and following the heavy rain in
that locality at 6 o'clock the track
age was so badly washed and softened
that travel over it was discontinued
for the night and No. 14, the night
train leaving Lincoln at 6 o'clock and
arriving here at 8:40, was sent over
the shortline from Ashland to Orea
polis. This morning the east bound
trains were delayed for several hours,
the earlier trains being routed over
the short line. The damage was
however repaired by noon and the
regular service resumed on the main
line between Ashland and Omaha.
So far as was learned the storm did
little damage here altho the rainfall
was intense for almost an hour. The
streets, alleys and bridges committee
of the council had been doing a great
deal of work in having the natural
waterways cleared out and very little
debris was washed into the sewer in
lets and permitted the sewers to car
ry a great deal more water. The in
lets that have been installed along
Chicago and Washington avenue were
also able to handle a great deal of
the surface water and very little
found its way into the main part of
the city.
PRO WXERS STILL ACTIVE
From Friday's Daily
Residents of the south portion of
the city, where several weeks ago a
scare was developed by prowlers in
that locality, is again in the midst of
another alarm over the night callers
who seem to have started in on their
activities.
Several of the persons in that part
of the city have reported that some
one has been seen and heard around
their homes during the night and one
or two of the persons claim to have
had a hurried view of the man as he
scurried around the houses.
The residents of that part of the
city are very tired of the night call
ers and are preparing to arm and
nail the person or persons who are
doing the gumshoeing, around their
places of residence.
The activities seem to be confined
to a small section covered by one or
two blocks and those who live in the
neighborhood visited by the night
prowler feel that they are justified in
a little target practice and any one
who expects to vsiit that locality
would do well to make their calls in
the day time or make themselves
known if they do not wish to become
filled with holes.
CHILD HAS CLOSE CALL
From Thursday's Daily
Yesterday afternoon Eugene, lit
tle son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Giventer,
had a very close call from serious in
jury near the corner of 6th and Main
street, when he was struck by a pass
ing automobile while the child was
out in the street. That the little boy
was not injured seriously is due to
the careful driving of William
Tritsch, in front of whose car the lit-
one dashed and the parents are thank
ful that it was Mr. Tritsch at the
wheel of the car as the child prob
ably owes his life to this fact. The
boy had run out into 6th street In
his play and in disregard of passing!
cars and ran in front of the Tritscn
car which was going very slowly, one
of the front fenders struck the boy,
but without injuring him seriously
bevond a few bruises. Had the car!
1 r n rr y-iA .1 vnta rf CTinad '
the boy would have probably receiv
ed serious if not fatal injuries.
RETURNS FROM OUTING
From Thursday's Dally
Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Pease of
this city who have been enjoying a
vacation auto trip through northern
Nebraska and South Dakota, have re
turned home and are now resuming
the regular grind of business. They)
visited at Yankton, South Dakota, as
well as at Creighton and Neligh, Ne
braska, and with the relatives of Mrs. '
Pease, having a very pleasant timei
and enjoying the many points of in
terest in that section of the country
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY
Miss Mary Foster entertained a
few ladies Wednesday at her home,
4424 William street, Omaha, in
honor of her mother's eighty-fifth
birthday. Mrs. Foster is quite well
and active for her advanced years.
The guests were: Mrs. A. L. Dixon,
Mrs. Louis Grupe, Mrs. J. D. Hamil
ton, Mrs. R. Terrell. Mrs. K. R. Ryan
and Mrs. M. L. McCleave.
Baskets of marigolds, the flowers
of her youthful days, were used as
decorations, with the golden glow
for the table piece. All enjoyed be
ing with Mrs. Foster at this time,
wishing her health and strength to
enjoy many birthdays, as well as her
husband, D. W. Foster, who has just
passed his ninety-third milestone and
is wonderfully well and takes great
delight in having the news of the
jday read to him. as he "does not
choose" to become a back number.
County Levy
for the Year is
Fixed by Board
County Levy Will Be Two and Nine
Tenths Mill and State Three
and Seventy-Five Mills.
From Friday's Daily
Thq board of county commissioners
at their session this week fixed the
tax levy for the coming year and
also made the estimate of the ex
pense that 'Will be required by the
county for the handling of the coun
ty affairs in the next fiscal year.
The county levy for all purposes
had been fixed at two and nine tenths
mills and which is estimated to bring
in the following sums to the county
funds:
County general. $56,125.48; coun
ty bridge, $44,218.51; county road,
54.596.76; mothers pension, $2,
729.54; soldier relief, $545.91.
The county commissioners lowered
the levy on the bridge, mother's pen
sion and soldier's relief funds and in
creased that on the road fund.
The levy for the various funds is
as follows:
General fund : 1.03 mills
Bridge fund .81 mills
Road fund 1.00 mills
Mother's pension fund .05 mills
Soldier's relief fund .01 mills
The state levy for the year will be
three and seventy-five mills and
which is the highest state levy for
a number of years and will boost the
total amount to be '.raised by taxa
tion for the ensuing year.
STRUCK BY TRAIN
From Thursday's Daily
John Jelik of this city, who makes
a speciality of basketmaking, had a
close call from serious injury this
morning while he was en route to the
Missouri river bottoms to secure wil
low and hickory wood for his basket
making. Mr. Jelik was walking along
the Burlington right of way when
two trains approached from the east
and west and in getting away from
the one he stepped too near the
track on which the other train was
traveling and a part of the pilot of
the locomotive struck him, knocking
him down but not apparently inflict
ing any serious injury. After the
accident Mr. Jelik resumed his jour
ney to the river in search of the wood
and apparently little the worse for
the worse for the experience with the
train.
VISITING IN MISSOURI
From Thursday's Dally
Howard Fullerton, Henry Ofe, Jr.,
and John Jordan are spending a few
days in visiting in that attractive
part of Missouri in the Ozarks in the
southern portion of the state, at Buf
falo, the home of the Fullerton fam
ily, and other. points of attraction In
that part of the country. The party
of young men will leave the Ozarks
Monday to go to Oklahoma and expect
to visit at Tulsa and other points
in Oklahoma for a short time before
they start on their homeward Jour
ney to Nebraska They report a pleas
ant time and enjoying the famous
Missouri hospitality that is a noted
characteristic of the residents of
that part of the "show me" state.
HAS THUMB INJURED
From Thursday's Daily
Harry Johnson, who is making his
home at the Hotel Perkins, had a very
painful accident, this morning. Mr.
Jnhuson hed gene to his home to se
cure a cook stove for a prospective
purchaser anl while they wore mov
ing the stove Mr. Johnson had his
left thumb caught under th- stove
and almost had the end of the tuinn
severed. Ths injured member wa.?
dre-ssed and f3 doing nicely altho it
i ery painful to the victim of the
accident.
ASKS FOR DIVORCE
From Saturday s Dally
An action was filed this morning
in the office of the clerk of the dis- j
trict court in which Mrs. Elizabeth i
Wright is the plaintiff and Lester
Wright the defendant. The petition '
alleges cruelty and non-support as
the basis of the action. ,
To Urge Com
mission Form of
City Governing
Directors of the Chamber of Com
merce Vote to Back Measure for
a Change in Government.
From Thursday's Dallv
The directors of the chamber of
commerce at their session this v--k
voted that the organization would go
on record as favoring the substitut
ion of the commission form of gove-rn-ment
for the present councilmunic
form under which the city has oper
ated since its organization in IS.' 5.
The directors authorized the form
ing of a comtnittci' compose el of W. A.
Robertson, Searl S. Davis and R. W.
Knorr to conduct the circulation of
petitions for pre sentation to the e ity
council asking for the subini.-sion of
the question to the voters of the- city
as to the proposed change in gove rn
ment. The number of commissione rs asked
will be three, similar to that of Ne
braska City where the form of gov
ernment has proved most e !fici-nt in
the conduct of the business affair-! of
the city.
The matter of a commission form
of government has been agitated
here for some years but this is the
most concrete actiejn that has been
taken to bring it to the attention of
the voters who will have the expres
sion on the matter at the polls when
it is submitted for their considera
tion. The chamber of commerce has also
filled their committee to act with
those from the Ad club and the Amer
ican Legion in the projected fall
festival that will be held either in
September or October and be a coun
ty wide affair according to the pres
ent plans. The committee cf the
chamber of commerce is S. S. Davis.
Waldemar Soennichsen. L. O. Minor,
the Ad club have selected as their
committee F. I. Rea, R. V. Knorr
and II. A. Schneider while the Amer
ican Legion will be represented by
W. R. Holly, Fred Lugsch and Ray
Lar3on. The fall festival committee
has seiected F. I. Rea as Kcutril
chairman and W. R. Holly as the sec
retary of the committee.
RURAL INDUSTRIAL
GROWTH ENCOURAGING
Many who think of our country
as a great industrial nation, have in
mind only the larger cities. But the
industrial output of smaller cities and
"country towns" is gradually surpas
sing in volume the output of the
great cents of population.
Just as the country towns and
smaller cities hold the preponderance
of newspaper circulation in the na
tion, so the thousands of smaller in
dustries in these towns hold the pre
ponderance of payrolls and general
production, except in a few highly
specialized industries.
This remarkable rural industrial
growth has taken place largely with
in the past twenty-five years, and
has been concurrent with the fat
reaching development of electrical
power and distribution. Large power
plants at central points are linked
up with each other, and maintain
distribution lines to far re-mote plac
es, to smaller towns and even to ope-n
country regions.
All this tends to result In men m
ployed In industry being able more
and more to find homes where they
can have more of the comforts of life
than they could in the congested cen
ters of the great cities.
Electricity contributes to recrea
tional facilities of smaller cemmun
ities, and tied up with the auto and
radio, its younger brothers, provides
all the advantages of the- large city
to the country dwellers. This devel
opment is one of the interesting
phases of modern advance inent in the
United States.
RETURNS FROM HOSPITAL
From Thursday's Dally
Roy Stewart of this city, who has
been at the Lord Lister hospital at
Omaha for the past ten days recover
ing from the effects of an operation
for rupture, has po far recovered
that he was able to return home and
will recuperate in the pleasant sur
roundings of the home. Mr. Stewart
is still weak from the effects of the
operation but expects in the next
few days to be able to regain his
strength and to soon resume his ac
tivities. The many friends are much
pleased to see him back home and
trust that he may enjoy a perman
ent relief from his operation.
MRS. W00LC0TT IMPROVING
From Thursday's Daily
Mrs. William Woolcott who was
operated on the last of the week at
the St. Catherine's hospital at Oma
ha, is reported as doing very nicely
and improving from the effects of the
operation and while she is still weak
and feeling the effects of the ordeal
that she has passed through, she is
doing just as well as could possibly
be expected under the circumstances
arJ the family and friends are hope
ful that in a short time she may re
cover sufficiently to return home to
this city. -