Nebraska Newspapers

    ffelraika Scate Kjtori.
eal Society
vol. no. xnn
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. THURSDAY, NOV. 10, 1927.
NO. 80
Funeral of
Mrs. Ralph Wiles
is Held Today
Large Number of Friends and Rela-
tives Pay Last Tribute
Loved Lady. .
to
From Monday's Iaiv
Tins ifternoon at the family home
southwest nf this lit" occurred the
funeral s rvices of Mrs. Ralph M.
Wiles, who--' death early Saturday
ni'Miiiim came as such a distinct
Klii'Ck to ;!-. community where th'
! part-d lady lias lived her lifetime.
The home was filled with a lar.ee
r:oup of the old friend? to pay their
1:m. tributes tv the departed and to
share with the family the dt-ep sor
row that has come to thern in the
ceatn (-1 tin-? izigniy esteem u iau.
In services at the heme Rev. H. G.
Mc( !u.-ky, pastor of the First Pre s
hytriun church had charge of the
s'-rviee and gave to the bereaved
members of the family Mid the friends
t!u- hone and consolation of the life
that is to b and th- reward that
had come to tin ir loved one ater her
hours ar.d days of suffering, in the
glori"u morning of eternity.
The male qziarte-i composed of
Frank A. Chddt. R. W. Kncrr. Ray
mond C. Cock and II. G. McClusky,
cave tw-i ef the loved hymns of the
(! ;i:::t- !. "Jesus Savior, Pilot Me"
and "Rock of A?' s."
At ;!: conclusion of the service?
the h idy was borne to the last long
rest, the- pall hearers being C. A.
Wet nkan.o. William Wetenkanip
Rr.y C). Col. S. W. Cole. C. L. WileS,
and H. F. Wiles.
Lu'ille Ethel Martin was born on
January 2". 1S91 at Plattsmouth and
at the time of her death was aged
thirty-six years and nine months.
She was educated in the schools here
and grew to womanhood in this com
munity where she was universally
loved and esteemed by all who had
the happiness of knowing her. On
March 2. 1910 she was united in
marriage to Ralph M. Wiles, they
making their home on the farm in the
vicinity of this city and where their
happy married life continued until
the calling of the wife and mother
to her last long rest. There is left
of the immediate family the husband
am:l one daughter. Frances Edith, the
father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. C. L.
Martin of this city, two sisters. Mrs.
Nora Egenberger, Mrs. Herley Wiles
and fif brother. Walter Martin, all
residing in and near this city.
In the loss that ha come to them
the family will have the deepest
sympathy of the host of friends in
this city and vicinity.
FINE FAMILY REUNION
From Tuesday's Iia'lv
The- home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Marasek on west Oak street was the
scene of a very delightful family re
in, ion yesterday and today when the
relatives of Mrs. Marasek came in
!o spend a short time in the reunion.
There w-ro a largo number motor
ing here for the reunion and the
vent was one that all appreciated
to the utivst in the delightful hos
pitality .hat wa r-rranred for them
by ,i'r. and Mrs. Marasek.
The day was featured by a big
family dinner at the Marasek hAni
that was one that can only be found
in til hospitable homes of this sec
tion of the west and with the pleas
ant associations of the members of
the family circle made the event one
of the pr atest interest to all who
were present.
Those who attended the event
were: Mr. and. Mrs. Dell Grote and
daughters. Naomi and Esther of
Council Bluffs. Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Kline of Lamoni. Iowa. Mr. and Mrs.
Alfred Taylor of Creston. I-wa. Mr.
and Mrs. Earl Kline of Plattsmouth.
Mrs. Lizzie McGaskiJl of Omaha, Mrs.
Hattie Hennessey of California. Miss
Amanda Kline of Omaha. Mr. and
Mrs. Will Lindner of Murray. Yir
rinia and Jimmie Kline of Lamoni.
Iowa.
QUEEN ESTHERS MEET
From 'Wednesday's Drtitv
Last evening the members of the
Queen Esthers class of the Metho
dist church met at the beautiful
country home of Mrs. Paul Long near
Mynard and some twenty of the
yountr people were in attendance at
The pleasant gathering. The meeting
was led by Miss Leta Fleischman and
was very interest in sr to all of the
ir embers of the party.
It was decided to have all the
young h'dies attend the young peo
ple's department banquet to be held
on November ICth at the Hanscome
park Methodist church. 29th and
Wool worth avenue. Omaha.
At the close of the evening dainty
and delicious refreshments were serv
ed by the hostess, who was assisted
by Mrs. Carl Kraeger.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our deepest
appreciation for the beautiful flow
ers and services rendered by the
neiehbors and friends in the illness
and death of our dear wife and moth
er. Ralph Wiles and daughter,
Frances.
SCOUT INVESTITURE SERVICE
From Tuesday's Pally
The Plattsmouth Roy Scouts held
their monthly investiture service in
tiie hi?.h school gymnasium Monday
evening. There were several new
members taken in at this service,
those receiving Tenderfoot badges
were Richard Black. Raul Baldwin,
William Rfitzmyer. Jack Move. How
aid Claik. Otto Stodola, Creth Gar
ioit. Raymond Rennard.
Those who received 2nd class
badges were Walter Baldwin. Sam
Arn. Robt. Hall. Those receiving
first class badges were Richard Ed
wards. Charles Mitchell. Those re
ceiving merit badges were Robt. Liv
ingston. Ellis Champlin. Robt. Bestor,
Clair Shallenberger.
The members of the Court of Honor
who were present were E. H. Wes
cett. lira and Kieck.
Plattsmouth
Teachers are
Honored at Meet
Supt. R. E. Bailey of City Schools and
County Superintendent Miss
Peterson Delegates.
From Mondays P-ailv
The group school meetings that
have just closed at Omaha and var
ious points over the state have given
recognition to a great many of the
local teachers in their various lines
of school activity and the Platts
mouth teachers were recognized as
among the leaders of their various
groups at the sectional meeting.
As the delegates to the state as
sembly that will be held at Lincoln
in December, County Superintendent
Miss Alpha Peterson was named
with City Superintendent R. E. Bail
ey to represent the second division
at the state meeting.
In the mathematics section of the
southeastern Nebraska group, Mrs.
George B. Mann, teacher in the
Plattsmouth high school was select
ed as president of this group, a very
pleasing honor.
In the penmanship department of
the southeast Nebraska teachers di
vision Miss Marie Kaufrnann, super
visor of art and penmanship of the
local schools was named as head of
this department and which was a
most pleasing recognition of her ser
vices in that department.
SOME POWERFUL DRINK
Fmm Tiiep'tav's r.i1lv
Last evening Marshal Trunken
brdtz of Greenwood arrived in the
city with a man named Frank Mor
gan in his custody and who was
charted with having operated a car
while in a state of intoxication in
the vicinity of Greenwood.
The man was in a very complete
state of intoxication when he arrived
her,- and was not a great deal bet
ter today when the call came to the
temple ff justice. The man was ar
raigned on a complaint by County
Attorney W. G. Kieck. charging him
with having driven a car while un
der the Influence of liquor and to
which he entered a plea of guilty and
received a fire of ?.r,0 and costs, the
maximum of the law for the offense.
To the court the defendant poured
out a strange story of a beverage as
strong and potent in its effect as that
which had sent Rip Van Winkle to
repose for twenty years. Mr. Mor
gan claiming that he remembered
having taken a drink sometimes yes
terday afternoon but from then, all
was a blank and he remembered
not as to his doings until the glad
call of the morn awakened him this
morning in the palatial jail over
which Sheriff Bert Reed presides. He
had even forgotten who was with
him at the time of his having taken
the last little drink. Where he got
it was also a mystery altho the man
is going back to trace over his ruoto
and try and locate where it was that
he received the kickful product of
the corn.
WRITES FROM OLD WORLD
From Tuesday's rany
The family of George Conis of this
city have received word from Mr.
Conis, who is still at his childhood
home in Greece, that he expects to
remain there for a short time more
before starting home. Mr. Conis has
been in Europe since last July and
having a splendid time in the fam-
iliar scenes of his boyhood. Mr.
(. onls is nesirious of having his
younger brother accompany him back
home if this can be arranged under
the ratio of emigrants from Greece
and this has delayed him somewhat
on his return home.
ED TOMAN TMPROVTNG
From Wednesday's Dailv
The reports from the University
hospital at Omaha state that Edward
Toman of this city, who is there re
covering from the effects of a broken
leg. is doing very nicely and while
the injured leg makes it necessary
for his remaining inactive for eome
time, the leg appears to be healing
nicely and the patient well on the
highway to recovery from the effects
of the accident.
Missouri River
Ferry Attracts
Much Attention
Smday Edition cf the World-Herald
Has Story of Popular Summer
Means cf Crossing Here.
In the matrazine section of the
Omaha World-Herald appears an in-1
teresting sketch of the Plattsmouth I
Missouri rier ferrv, illustrated with!
iiiitures of the boat and its owners,
John Richardson and his sons. Floyd
and Claude, and which is of great
interest. The article is as follows:
"Down at Plattsmouth about 20
miles below Omaha there's a place
where the old Missouri river is not
more than nine hundred feet across.
Here where long ago the wild Indians
swam their ponies over and the Mor
mons crossed with their wives on a
flatboat, John Richardson ar.d his
two sturdy sons run a ferry from the
Nebraska to the Iowa side, or from
Iowa to Nebraska as the traffic may
be. Thev call their boat the Dollie
Jane. I
"The ferry runs by day or night
just the same with the single excep-i
tion that it costs a little more tor
nocturnal passaero. Whenever the
traveler approaches, whether from
the east or west he booms a great
bell and either the one or the other
of the Richardson boys is ready to
haul him over. Just at present one
of the bells is broken, smashed at a
neighboring charivari, buthat does
not tie up trafi'ic any.
" 'Just let anybody make a noise
like six-bits and he'll get across,'
ilauchs John Richardson,
j "The ferry boat is operated by
current, and not by electric current
: either, though a lot of travelers re
! f use to believe it at first and want to
! know what some wire loops connect
ing the boat with a cable stretched
(across the river are for.
"The loops and the cable are for
the guidance of the craft. The river
current is the propelling power. The
current, as everybody should know,
runs north and south in as north and
south a direction as the crooked old
river allows.
One-Kan Boat Now
"The ferry boat, instead of being
headed directly for the Iowa side,
when traveling in that direction, is
pointed northeast by northeast. Thus
the current sweeping down strikes
the slanting side of the boat, held in
place by the wires attached to the
cable and guided by a wheel turned
by a man. and the craft crosses cast
by easterly. If the boat were point
ed directly for its destination, it
would make no progress because of!
the current's force. The voyacre backirov
is made on the same principle, the j the
stem of the craft being hooked north
west by northwest.
"In case it is desired to stop the
boat in the stream, it is swung clear
about with its ends to north and
sout h.
"The current on the Nebraska side
is now slow, running about four miles
an hour, and operating the craft is
easy for one man. However, when
the current is fast two men are re
quired to man the ferry. It some
times runs 12 miles an hour.
"The river is about 35 feet deep
at the crossing, which is about a
stone's throw south of the Burlington
railroad bridre. and it's as yellow
and dirty as you'll find it anywhere.
"John Richardson and his sons,
Floyd and Claude, have operated the
ferry for 15 years. In all that time
they have never had an accident.
However, they are prepared for any
thing and always a lifeboat is fasten
ed to the side of the craft. They need
no life preservers, as the bottom of
the ferry boat is
and could float by
not spiked down
itself if anything
the rest of the
went wrong with
craft.
Make Money at the Job
"Some women passengers get
frightened and cover their eyes until
they are on land once more, but most
travelers spend the time asking ques
tions and cracking jokes. Here is a
sample of their humor:
" 'This boat run on schedule?'
" 'Uh huh. answers the riverman.
" 'No it don't; it runs on the
water.'
"And yet none of the Richardsons
has ever thrown such a comedian in
the river.
"Each of the three men owns a
J third interest in the Dollie Jane. John
Richardson has retired from the
business and lives in Plattsmouth,
helping only when there is need. The
sons are married and live near the
river on the Nebraska side. Besides
operating the ferry, they have to
keep the mile of road from the
landing to Plattsmouth in shape for
travel.
"Is the ferry a money-maker Let
figures talk. The Richardsons charge
"5 cents for an automobile on a one
way trip or a dollar for a round trip,
with 25 cents extra for night service.
It's 75 cents for a Ford, Lincoln or
Pierce-Arrow. The man in a flivver
is just as important as a nabob in
limousine on the ferry boat. And
whether there is nobody in it or one
man or a family as big as Brigham
; Young's, it goes over for six-bits, no
more and no less. The only kind of
vehicle that must pay more than six
bus to cross is a two-ton truck.
Plenty of Wood, trt Burn Coal
"The pedestrian must pay a dime.
The fare of a single saddle horse is
:!5 cents, with four-bits and a dollar
for one driving horse or a span of
t hem.
"Five cars make a full load. The
Dollie Jane can be loaded and the
river crossed in six minutes. Thirty
five cars are transported a day on an
average. with the number much
hither during the touring season. In
the 24 hours following the morning
of July 4 last year more than six
hundred automobiles went over the
river on the Dollie Jane.
"So the books of the Richardsons
show a comfortable income from the
jlerry. All is not prolit. however,
'There are their labor, time and the
upkeep
! the c ab
The poverrmer.t license fur
e costs nothing, but the terry
license from Mills eeur.iy, in Iowa,
is .lo for ten years. Cass county.
Nebraska, is not so generous. Ther?
the license is Slo for oo year. The
life of the boat is not lonsr. The
Dollie Jane was built last year.
" What would you do if somebody
would build a free bridge here?' the
elder Richardson was a sized.
'I'd give the ferry boat away."
"The heaviest lotr-.d eve r transport
ed on the Dollie Ju::e was a 3, "-to::
sawmill.
"A lot of things besides the current
drift down the river, the terry men
will tell you. One thing is drift
wood, but- the RLhardson boys don't
bother with it.
" 'I'm too lazy to saw it,
Floyd, 'and I pay out good
' confessed
money for
coal to burn in my house."
Cant Get Away from River
"Bodies, too. float down, many of
them never identified. Floyd remem
bers the corpse of a woman in man's
clothes. The body was unclaimed,
and though dug out of the grave a
number of times for examination v
never identified. Just one of the mys
teries of the river.
John Richardson
ail of his 50 years
; nd his sons have
has lived r.ea riv
en the Mis? 'uri
spent their days
there too.
"You can't get away from it, they
say. The lure of tve river is like the
lure of the sea and few reared along
its edge stay away for long.
" 'You stay away from the old Mis
souri a couple of njv-wtbs a'ter you've
lived on it all your life and a quart
of that muddy water looks as good to
you as a quart of old-fashioned beer.'
insists John Richardson. Sounds
funny, but that's what he says.
"The Richardsons are fishermen,
too. and in winter after the ice has
closed the ferry traffic, they go after
the denizens of the waters. John
Richardson in his younirer days sold
tons of his catch in Omaha.
The History of the Perry
"The earliest crossings of the
souri at Plattsmouth. one of the
Mis
l ar-
t point" along the stvPam. in
parts, was made by the Indians
and frontiersmen horseback or in
canoes or skiffs.
"In the late forties when the Mor
mons were going v est in hordes. Lib
eas T. Coon. 'one of the faithful, es
tablished the first ferry boat, a flat
boat propelled by sweeps and hauled
his b-ethren over, making a good
thing out of it. so the story runs.
"Wheatley Mickelwait and Janus
O'Neil succeeded Coon, and in 1S55
the legislature granted these two men
and associates a charter. A lljtboat
was run until IS 57. Later ferry
boats were the Emma, the Survivor,
the Paul Wilcox, the Mary McGee.
Then a wire cable ferry appeared. The
Luella and the Belle Morgan were
later boats. The Eell Morgan was
named for the daughter of Ransom
Morgan, who owned the boat.
"About 1R00 Thomas K. Hannah.
Thomas E. Tootle. E. G. Dovey, Hen
ry Amison. W. II. Anderson and Chas.
Stande became owners of the ferry
privilege. In 1S6S the franchise was
sold to the city of Plattsmouth and
the ferry was managed by Miles Mor
gan, brother of Ransom Morgan and
the father of Fred and D. C. Morgan
of riattsmouth.
"After changing hands several
times, the ferry business passed into
the hands of John Richardson in
1912."
HAVE BIG SUCCESS
From Tuesday's Pally
Miss Elizabeth Nolting. who is
teaching at the Cullom school north
west of this city, held a most de
lightful box social at the school house
and which drew a crowd that filled
the school house to its capacity and
fully as many of the crowd was com
pelled to wait an opportunity of get
ting into the building to enjoy the
social and had the structure been
twice as large it would hardly have
held the crowd. The boxes were in
great demand and as the result ot
this enterprise the school will realize
something like ?S0 for their activi
ties. RETURNS HOME
From Wednesday's Cany
Mrs. Guy C. White and little
daughter, Julia Lee, who have been
at the Methodist hospital for the past
a? ten days, since the arrival of the
little daughter, returned home last
evening and little Miss Julia Lee, is
becoming acquainted with home folks
and receiving the admiration of the
relatives and friends.
Well Known Man
Heads Work of the
Children's Society
G. M. ?o-te: Ferl cf Finance De
rjaitr.zciit ci Nebraska Chil
dren's Home Society.
FleTll T'J-S'l.'iVs imuv
G. M. Porter a f':r.ir resident cf
I'lattsmovt h. and connected with the
ri:a ha Bee for t -m y-on yearr.
!'e z.i'iMieu his position with the
Bee it i;;e close of the war. and
" as c-.illcc! to the business seevet ary
ship of the Lincoln Y. M. ( A., v.heie
he s rvv d seVei p! years. The ju.st
four years he has be e n connected
with the e'e pzzr? ment of endowments
of the national board of education
o," the Christian church, lie has
coveted t-n stat and ass'sted in
raising more than four million dol
lars for the endowment of these
cliirrh colAges.
lie hz;s just recently been chosen
!- head up the department of finance
of the Nebraska Chzldi ens Home So
ciety of C:raha. He will live in
O.naiia and have charge of the field
'i roe. At present he is living spec
ial r.tttr.tion to Cass. Douglas and
S: rpy counties. The Xchrrsfca Chil
li reus Home Socit ty tcupies a uni
que place aisorg the chi.i ratable in
stitutions in the state. It ws chart
ed in 1S93. thirty-four years of
fruitful ministry, has made it Ne
braska's greatest constructive char
ity. Since its organization more than
t rive thousand children have been
?ided and placed in good homes, they
have- become pood citizens and home
builders, ar.d a real asset to the com
nuniiy i:i v. hich they live.
This we.rk and home is mintain
"d entirely by free will gifts from
the people of Nebraska. It does not
receive nny funds from the Omaha
community chest or the state. It op
erates and places children in every
county of the state. It is non-sectarian,
and makes its appeal to the
children of Nebraska. In every town
there is a board consisting of presi
dent, vice-president, secretary, and
treasurer, and one or two other per-s-vr.s,
making a board of five or fix.
It is the duty of this board to re
port cf any orphan or neglected
child: n in this community.
The present local board is as fol
lows: President Dr. R. P. Wt stover.
Vice-President Rex Young.
Sec re t a r y-Treasu re r M rs. Wi 1
liam Baird.
Mrs. J. E. Wiles and Miss Alpha
Peterson are two other members cf
the board.
Mr. W. Hugh Fletcher, state sup
erintendent and Mr. Porter will be
in the city Thursday and speak at
risttsnouth at the monthly meeting
of the Ladies Aid society at ":15 in
the afternoon at the Methodist
church.
You arc cordially invited to attend
this meeting, and get first hand in
formation as to the work this so
cietv is doing.
D0LNGS IN DISTRICT COURT
From TueS' fi v'f p::jiy
The cases filed in the office of the
clerk of the district court today were
largely cases that wed-.1 filed on ap
peal from the county court and em
braced two civil actions and also
one criminal case.
The appeal of the case of the Lin
coln Clearing fc Dye Works vs. Don
Philpot, et al.. and Harry Eusele vs.
D n Philpot, et al.. were the two
civil cases that were taken up on ap
peal and covered an action for dam
ago that was filed as the result of an
auto accident. In the lower court it
was held that both parties were
equally liable and the case dismissed.
The case of the State of Nebraska
vs. C. Lawrence Stull was also filed
on appeal by the defendant from the
county court, the defendant having
been found guilty of selling and dis
posing cf liquor and the matter will
be submitted to the jury at the No
vember term of the district court.
RECEIVES RECOGNITION
From Wedneerjay s Paily
The Omaha meeting of the second
division of the Nebraska teachers
gave recognition of a number of the
Plattsmouth school teachers and
among these was Miss Estelle Baird,
language teacher in the local high
school, who was elected as president
of the language department of the
district meeting. Miss Baird has
been one of the efficient teachers in
the local schools for a number of
years and her recognition at the
Omaha meeting has been most pleas
ing to her host of friends.
FILE SAGE ESTATE
From "Wednesday s Daily
This morning in the county court
the estate of the late J. W. Sage was
offered for probate in the court, the
will being read and which gave a ;
number of bequests to distent rela- i
tives and a few friends and the re
mainder of the estate to the brother
and sister of the deceased. The docu
ment was prepared of the date of
November 1, 1926. T. II. Pollock,
president of the Farmers State bank
of this city was named in the will as
executor of the estate.
J. W. SAGE AT REST
From Wednesday's raJiy
This morning the burial services
of the late James W. Sage was held
at the Sattler funeral home at 4th
and Vine street, this service follow
ing th" funeral services for the old
Tiiends held on Sunday afternoon,
lb- body was held pending the ar
rival of the brother and sister from
the wet and the services today were
piivate to the members of the fam
ily. The interment was at Oak Hill
cemetery in the family lot. The pall
htanres were from the old friends,
T. 11. and J. K. Rollick, J. F. Fal
ter. W. A. Rob, rtson. C. C. Parmele
and W. E. Ros ncrans.. Mrs. Sage
;:nl ':. George Hass of Omaha, Mrs.
Alta Bowen. of Seuttie. a sister, and
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Sage
Wyoming, and Mr. ar.d
of Sheridan.
Mrs. Fair of
Omaha were here for the services.
Missouri Pacific
to Restore Trains
to Old Schedule
Starting Sunday Northbound Train
No. 1C3 and Southbound Train
No. 104 to Be in Service.
From Tuesday's Ia:iy
The Missouri Pacific railroad is to
restore to Service starting on next
Sunday the two trains that were re
moved several months ago when the
company made a sharp adjustment
of their train schedules in this part
of their system.
Yesterday afternoon C. J. Brown,
division superintendent of the Falls
City division of the railroad was in
the" city and made1 the announce
ment of the changes in the trains
that will be found very pleasing to
the residents along the line of the
Missouri Pacific as the former train
schedule was erne of the best that
has ever been placed in service by
this railroad company.
The trains that will be placed
back in service are No. 104, south
bound which formerly ran on a
schedule of 8:30 and which will be
about the same when the train is
restored to service while train No.
13. northbound, due here at 2:25 u.
m. is the second train that will be
placed back in service for the winter
season.
It is probable with the restoration
of the northbound afternoon train
that the running time of train No.
107. the night northbound train will
be placed back on its old running
time of 7:23 in order to make it a
better theatre train for the residents
al 'ng the line south to reach Omaha.
The train service of the Missouri
Pacific through this territory has
been very fine in the past but the
readjusted schedule has not been as j
popular as the old schedule or sup-j
plying the needs of the residents as
well as that of the former schedule.
That the train service is to be
placed back on its old schedule will
bo very phasing to every one in this
territory of the railroad company.
FORMER RESIDENT HERE DIES
The death of Mrs. Louise Ripple
King, aged G.r, occurred on Monday
evening at Omaha, where she has
been making her home at 4731'2
South 20th street.
The deceased lady was a former
resident (-f this city, her maiden name
being Louise Stull and she was a sis
ter of Jacob Stull. a former resident
bore and of Mrs. John Mauer, Sr.,
now of Omaha.
While a resident of this city the
deceased lady was married to Joseph
Rinple. a brother of E. C. Ripple of
this city, who preceded her in death
many years ago and since which time
she was married to Seigel King, who
with four daughters survive her
death.
The funeral sei vices were held this
afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Brewer
chapel in South Omaha and the body
brought to this city where the inter
ment was had in the family lot in
Oak Hill cemetery.
ENJOY FINE MEETING
From Wcdnesciny'R Dally
Last evening the W. II. E. L. club
and a few guests were very pleasant
ly entertained at the home of Miss
Betty Sitzman on West Pearl street
and which occasion was enjojed by a
very jolly group of the young ladies.
The evening was spent ir the fas
cinations of bridge and in which
Miss Helen Effenbeiger received the
first prize whil the consolation prize
was awarded to Miss Helen Liber
shal. At a suitable hour dainty and de
licious refreshments were served by
the hostess who was assisted by Miss
Eleanor Hiber and Mis Dorothy Sat
tler and which aided "In the comple
tion of a delightful evening.
FATREURY FAMILY GOES TO
REPUBLIC OF SAN DOMINGO
Fairbury. Nov. 5. Mrs. Nelson
Collier and small son, John, sailed
from New York Friday for the re
public of San Domingo, West Indies,
where they will join Mr. Collier, who
left Fairbury last winter. Mr. Collier
is at the head of an extensive water
and sewer project which is being
built on the island.
Cass County
High in Lav
Enforcement
Elmer E. Thomas, Tcderal Enforce
ment Officer Sp?aks Highly of
County Enforcement.
From Wctl res'';;i y s ra!;y
The residents of Pla :tsniout h and
Cass county can feel well plea ed
with the standing that this omuty
and city has in the matter of the en
forcement of the prohibition law
and other o:'fei;ss that, come iii.d-:'
the scope of the federal of!ic is. as
shown by the btter just received
here by County Attorney W. G. Ki-ck
fr;.m Elmer E. Thomas, federal n
forccment officer at Omaha for th
district ed' which Nebraska is a -urt.
Mr. Thomas v ho has the state of
Nebraska as his field of activity .'.as
had ample opportunity on his own in
vestigation and that of the men fr,ni
his office in all parts of th state
and from their investigations and
record tnere is very few commun
ities in the state that stand higher
in the matter of law e -nforc - n: u t
than Cass county and also the city
of Plattsmouth.
Mr. Thomas also speaks highly of
the sph ndiu spirit of co-op.miion
that he has received fiom the ; he-riff,
county attorney and judee in th"
matte r of handling the e-r.forccmt nt
of the prohibition law which : :11s;
under the duties of his office.
Were every county and city i:i the
state as well 1: pt within the I. nds
of law omorce nient tl -re world be
little need of the office or !' !. i: 1
enforcement chief as there is a small
er per cent of th- violati'i of the
prohibition as well as othe laws in
this couiity as any county or city in
the state and this is due to the ef
fective work of the county and city
officers in handling the S'tuate.u.
There- h:is been a splendid enforce
ment of the law made in this county
and the most careful investigation
has disclosed that this is a spb ndid
community and one that its people
can be proud cf as far as law en
forcement is concerned.
The showing made and w hii h is
reflected in thfTrvrri'mnfratlon of Mr.
Thomas is one that shows that the
residents cf every part of the ceuuty
are splendid examples to tie. r-t -f
the state.
W. C. T. U. MEETS
Frem Tuom'uy'v ra:tv
Yesterday afternoon the la lies of
the W. c. T. U. were most ci.hciit
fully entertained at ti e homo r.f Mrs.
Martha Chriswisser and with a v. ry
large number ejf the ladies in attend
ance at the meeting and to listen to
the program that was presented.
Mrs. E. H. Wescott gave a report
of the state convention of the Nebras
ka Federation of Women's clubs, that
was recently held at Kearney and in
which she discussed several phr-es of
the prohibition law and it workings.
Miss Olive Cass also spoke on "Was
It Put Over?" and which was jn'ven
in her usual pleasing manner and
much enjoyed by the ladies in at
tendance. Mi's Elizabeth Spangler gave ihe
official report of the state eonventi'Ti
of the W. C. T. V., which was hd 1
at Omaha recently and with the very
complete report of Miss Fpanirlcr and
which was supplemented by the talks
of the other ladies who had b -n in
attendance at the stat! me-etin::. the
members of the party Fecured a fin"
idea of the pro:-eedincs of the state
gathering.
At a suitable hour dainty ard de
licious refreshments were served by
the hostess, that aided in the- com
pletion, of a most delightful event.
ARMISTICE DAY WINDOW
From TVedrieFcJay's I 'ally
The window of the men's furnish
ing and shoe department c-f the If.
M. Soenniclise-n Co.. store on upper
Main stree t has arranged a very uni
que and striking Armistice day win
dow that is the object of interest to
the general public and to the former
service men is a sharp remind r f
the stirring days of 1117 and 1918.
The window has a lartre number
of souvenirs of the world war that
was gathered by W. R. Holly, clerk
in the ft ore and who was in service
with the ?."."th infantry in the w;.r
in France and who gathered the
relics in his service. Many nrtideK
of uniform apparel of the American,
Fre nch and German armies and some
cf the shells, hand grenades and
othtr articles of warfare that were
used in the great struggle are shown.
With these are scenes of the army of
occupation as well as views of the ef
fect? of "a guerre" in war torn France
and Belgium. The window is one of
historic interest and gives those not
in service a real idea of the war in
France.
DR. WEST0VER POORLY
From Tuesday's l"aiiy
Dr. R. P. Westover has been troub
led for the past two days with a
povere attack of the flu and grippe
that seems to have settled in hi arm
r.nd made his condition very painful
and interfered with his profes.oonal
work to a greater or less extent.