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VOL. NO. XLIV
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUG. 2, 1928.
NO. 52
Mrs. G. G. Pitz
Passed Away
Last Evening
Long Time Resident of the City Suc
cumbs as Result of Severe At
tack of Heart Trouble
Prom Monday's Dally
This morning Mis. Helen Pitz
widow of the late G, G. Pitz, was
found dead at her home on Winter
steen Hill, having passed away ap
partntly in her sleep during the
night. Yesterday Mrs. Pitz was
visiter by her brother, William
Schmidtmann and was up and around
and fueling very well while last
evening her son, Otto Pitz, stopped
for a visit with the mother and who
had not complaint and seemed in
her accustomed health.
Mrs. Pitz has not been in the
most robust health as she has had
several heart attacks in recent years
that while causing the family some
apprehension were not thought
dangerous.
Mrs. Pitz was formerly Miss Helen
Schmidtmann, and was born in the
state of Wisconsin 69 years ago.
She came to Plattsmouth in 1S84 and
was married in this city to G. G.
Pitz who has preceded her in death.
Of the immediate family there re
mains the son. Otto Pitz of this city,
One brother, William Schmidtmann,
' of this city and two sisters, Mrs.
Etta McCavigan of Kansas City, Mis
souri, and Mrs. Alma Schmidt, re
siding in the state of Washington
also survive her passing. One sister,
Mrs. John Ledgeway, also has pre
ceded her in death.
The deceased lady was one of the
home loving type and her greatest
devotion was to her family and the
home that she had loved and it was
at the old home where so many
happy years had been passed that
she received her last call to the
eternal rest. The friends that she
has made in the many years of her
residence here will share with the
bereaved family, the sorrow that has
come to them.
ENJOYS SLUMBER PARTY
From Monday's DalJ
The Camp Fire Girls attended a
slumber party given by their guar
dian. Miss Helene Phillips, at her
home in Omaha, Nebraska.
Saturday noon they were met and
accompanied to her home by Miss
Phillip. In the latter part of the
afternoon they left for a hike to the
vicinity of Florence, where they en
joyed a delicious luncheon prepared
surrounding country they departed
for the Phillips home where the
merry making continued. The early
part of the night was spent in telling
ghost stories and at a late hour the
girls retired.
At an early hour Sunday morning
the girls awoke and began the day
with fun, chiefly a pa jama-parade
up and down 28th Avenue at 5:00
o'clock a. m.
At the breakfast hour the girU
partook of a very appetizing break
fast prepared by Mrs. Phillips.
Shortly after breakfast the girl?
departed for their homes in this city,
voting it had been one of the best
time of their life.
Those attending the pleasant event
were: Dorothy Farmer, Helen Warga,
Madge Garnett, Winifred Rainey
Helen Price. Margaret Nelson, Helen
Schulz, Eleanor Swatek and Assistant
Guardian, Miss Bernice Am of Platts
mouth as well as Alva Phillips, Ihm?
Triber and Miss Helene Phillips of
Omaha.
RETURN FROM WISCONSIN
From Tuesday's uailv
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Krejcl, Mrs
A. W. Bayersdorfei; and daughter
Arleen, who last week drove to the
Nash automobile factory at Racine
Wisconsin, to secure three of the
new model cars for the Krejci garage
in this city, returned home yesterday.
They drove the new cars through
from the factory and these new and
snappy models of autos have atracted
a great deal of attention in the city
The party had a very pleasant trip
to Racine and one that was a de
light to them in coming on home, the
return trip being necessarily slower
owing to the new cars. Jack True
also accompanied the party.
SUFFERS BROKEN WRIST
From Tuesday's Dally
Mr. and Mrs. Earl F. Hassler and
children of Grand Island, are here to
enjoy a visit at the home of Mr. Has
sler's parents, Mr. and Mrs. William
Hassler and as well meeting the old
friends. Mr. Hassler is wearing his
right arm in a sling as the result of
an auto accident that ho sustained
several days ago when the car that
he was driving was forced into a
ditch along the road, while Mr. Has
sler was driving along the highway
five miles east of Alliance. The in
jury has been very annoying and will
make it necessary for Mr. Hassle
to remain on the inactive list for
some time.
Blank books at the Journal office
ENJOYS VISIT HERE
From Monday's Dally
Airs to W TTnpr nf Lincoln motor-
Jed in Saturday with the Misses Erna
and Anna Gristmeyer of Clarinda
Iowa, who have been attending the
f..J . .tin TTnli'iircHu nf
Milliliter mijuui ui iinr uhiiji-.' -Nebraska.
They visited here at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Tidd and
with other of the relatives. Sunday
Mrs. Tidd, Mrs. Hager, their bro
ther, Henry Herold, Miss Margaret
Sampson of Portland, a house guest
at the Gering home and Miss Mia
Gering, motored to Nebraska City to
enjoy a visit at Arbor lodge, the party
being taken by Frank Herold of
Minneapolis, who is visiting here.
Pleasant Day
Marks Outing
of the K. of C.
Members fo This Order and Cath
olic Daughters Hold Picnic at
Vitersnik Grove.
From Monday's Dally
Ideal weather conditions made the
annual picnic of the Knights of Co
lumbus and Catholic Daughters of
America a most delightful outing
Sunday and one that was taken ad
vantage of by a very large number
of the two Catholic parishes of the
city.
This event was staged at the Vit
ersnik farm northwest of the city
where the surorundings are ideal
for this form of outing with a great
deal of shade and the most wonder
ful greensward made the place one
that filled every need as a picnic
ground.
The members of the picnic party
came to the grounds near the noon
hour and the big event of the day
was the delicious family dinners that
were enjoyed in the cool and pleas
ant surroundings of the Vitersnik
farm, the hillsides being dotted with
the groups of the families and
friends and where the array of the
fried chicken and other delicacies
were soon disposed of by the mem
bers of the jolly party.
The .committee in charge of the
event saw to the distribution of free
ice cream to everyone at the noon
hour and the committee also sup
plied the demand for the ice cream
and pop during the course of the
afternoon.
There was no formal program ar
ranged and the picnic party staged a
very enjoyable informal program .of
sports of various kinds, the men
enjoying a baseball game as did the
ladies while others found diversion
in the horse shoe pitching contests
during the progress of the day. Races
of all kinds were staged by the com
mittee to entertain the crowd and
in which the youngsters as well as
the grownups participated and fur
nished a great deal of enjoyment for
the onlookers.
This outing has become an annual
event with the Knights of Columbus
and the Catholic Daughters and their
families and friends and certainly
furnishes a very delightful feature
of the summer entertaining program
in this city.
ENTERTAINS FOR FRIENDS
From Monday's Dally
Miss Helen Vallery was hostess at
a very charming bridge party hon
oring Miss Sadie Nelson of Grand
Island and Miss Dorothy Woodruff
of Aurora, sorority sisters at Wes
leyan of Miss Vallery, and also va
miscellaneous shower for Mrs. Nor
ris Chadderdon, formerly Miss Merna
W'olff of this city.
Through the rooms of the home
the garden flowers were used in pro
fusion and making the scene of the
delightful event colorful with the
wealth of the flowers.
In the bridge playing Miss Ethlyn
Wiles was awarded the first prize
and Miss Sallie Nelson the second
honors.
Following the bridge features of
the evening Mrs. Chadderdon was
showered with the many beautiful
remembrances from the young
friends and former school associates
that will be cherished by the guest
of honor in her new home.
In the luncheon and refreshments
the color scheme of green and white
was carried out in a most pleasing
manner. Miss Vallery was assisted
by her sister, Miss Marie in serving.
VISITING IN THE WEST
From Tuesday's Daily
H. A. Schneider departed yesterday
afternoon by auto in company with
his daughter, Miss Catherine, for
Minatare, Nebraska, where they will
join Mrs. Schneider in a visit at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Schneider.
Mrs. Schneider has been at Denver
i where her sister passed away twe
' weeks ago and on her return stopped
'at Minatare, Nebraska, to visit with
:her son and wife. The Schneider
family will go later to the Black
Hills where they will enjoy a part
of their vacation in the many points
of interest in that section of the
state.
All kinds of business stationery
printed at the Journal office.
Large Number
Attend Pow- Wow
Last Evening
Safety First Demonstration by Tele
phone Workers Most Interest
ing Enjoy Music.
From Wednesday's Dally
Last evening despite the fact that
the mercury was crowding the one
hundred mark and the population of
the city was tired and exhausted
from the extreme heat of the day, a
very large number of both men and
women gathered at the auditorium
of the public library to attend the
"Pow-Wow" of the Chamber of Com
merce. The attendance was one of
the best that has been enjoyed even
despite the heat and was especially
pleasing in that there were many
ladies in attendance.
The meeting was marked by two
special features one the safety first
demonstration presented by employes
of the Lincoln Telephone and Tele
graph company from the headquar
ters at Lincoln and the other the
musical program given by the Cardi
nal orchestra, clever young people
of this city.
The Safety First demonstration
which was secured through the ef
forts of Manager John Lahr of the
telephone company, ,was one that
everyone followed with the greatest
of interest and its lessons taught
everyone the value of the safety first
ideas, the instant respond to the
call for aid, in dressing wounds,
holding fractured bones, reviving
one overcome with monoxide gas or
electric shock. The seven young men
that represented the telephone com
pany were all experts in their line
and gave fast and accurate work in
the placing of the bandages, mem
bers of the Lincoln party serving as
the "victims" of accidents and the
others as the first aid workers. The
various types of bandages were
shown and how they were applied.
This was one of the most interesting
features that has been presented at
a Chamber of Commerce meeting and
gave some real practical lessons for
everyone in the large audience.
The Cardinal orchestra, minus the
services of several of their members
who are away on vacations, gave a
very fine progam of popular num
bers that made a decided hit with
the members of the C. of C. and the
visitors. The peisonnel of the or
chestra last evening was as follow:
Miss Marjorie Am, piano; Edward
Egenberger, Donald Cotner, Robert
Hall, saxophones, Marvin Tritsch,
trumpet, Vernor Arn, drums. The
work of this group was very fine and
it is to be hoped that the young
musicians will continue their train
ing. As there were a large number of
persons in attendance that were not
familiar with the work of the
Chamber of Commerce, President C.
C. Wescott gave a short outline of
the work, of the body in the present
year and among the projects and
movements carried out by the civic
body showed the fact that the work
of the Chamber of Commerce had se
cured some very fine results so far,
the establishment of a co-operative
creamery, the establishment of the
calf and pig clubs, aiding the home
extension movement in the county,
the Missouri river bridge, band con
certs, special advertising in Cmaha
papers and special editions of the
Journal for Masonic grand lodge and
Vallery reception, baseball support.
There had been three of the "Pow
Wows" held and twenty-one of the
luncheons of the body held in the
past few months since the present
officers had taken charge.
Mr. Wescott invited everyone to
Join in the Chamber of Commerce
work and urged upon the ladies pres
ent that every member of the Cham
ber of Commerce should see that his
wife was a member of the Women's
club and that every lady should see
that her husband belonged to the
Chamber of Commerce.
Chairman Kieck of the civics com
mittee of the Chamber of Commerce
announced that his committee was
preparing a contest for the best kept
lawn in the city. This applies to
the smallest as well as the largest
and no matter whether the lawn
surrounds a palace or a cottage. The
prizes will be $10 for first, $5 for
the second and a membership in the
Chamber of Commerce as the third
prize. Officers of the Chamber of
Commerce and members of the com
mittee cannot compete in the con
test. The award will be made on
August 15th and those who wish to
enter will file their names with Mr.
Kieck.
Mr. Wescott called for an expres
sion from the ladies present and
Mrs. Fred Coryell pointed out sev
eral attractive spots that had been
prepared in the past year that aided I
in the beautifying of the city and in I
general she thought that the city
had advanced very much in the way
of the beauty of the surroundings of
the home.
Mrs. E. H. Wescott, president of
the Woman's club stated some very
pertinent facts in calling the spec
ial attention to several places along
Chicago and Washington avenue
where the surroundings are far from
attractive and which detracts from
the general beauty of the city.
President Wescott stated that
there had been some discussion of
the adoption of a commission form
of government for the city and in
which the Chamber of Commerce
was active and he desired to know
if the membership thought that the
time was ripe for action on the mat
ter or not, and if the Chamber of
Commerce wished to go on record
at this meeting in regard to the
matter.
The adoption of the commission
form as against the present council
manic form was urged by Mayor Sat
tler, citing some of the results of the
plan at Nebraska City. Mr. Davis
thought that the matter could best
be adopted by a special election rath
er than submitting it at a general
election.
Mrs. E. H. Wescott thought that
the public should be better inform
ed as to the merits and faults of
the commission form of government
before making any expression and
stated that, her understanding was
that the commissioners action was
without redress on the part of the
people. Mr. Davis stated that com
missioners were subject to a recall
in most of the cities.
Attorney C. A. Rawls was also of
the opinion that the question should
be studied and both the affirmative
and negative sides of the question
presented, suggesting a debate that
would give both sides of the case.
Former Mayor C. A. Johnson gave
his views of the matter and stated
that many of the cases of overdrawn
funds that had occurred in the past
was not due to the fact that there
had not been budgets prepared and
work held within the specified
amounts, but that a large percent
age of taxes had not been realized
and as the result the amount re
ceived was far below that of the
estimates and levies made by the
city.
L. W. Lorenz also favored a more
thorough discussion of the matter
as he had found from his service in
the council that the councilmen and
mayor were painstakingin their
work and that to secure the best
of results from a commission form
og government salaries that would
permit the commissioners to devote
their whole time to the city's affairs
would be required.
It was finally decided 4hat at the
August Pow-Wow tife question of
the commission form of government
would be given an airing and that
representatives from cities that were
operating under the commission form
and others from cities that had re
turned to the councilmanic form
would be present and discuss the
matter.
Death Comes to
Aged Resident
of This Citv
mf
Mrs. Elizabeth Petty, Aged 92 Years
Is Called to the Great Beyond
at Home Saturday Night
From Monday's Dii!ly
Mrs. Elizabeth Petty, one of the
aged residents of this city for the
last thirty years, passed away Sat
urday evening at the nome of her
daughter, Mrs. John Wynn, 'n South
Park, following several years of ill
ness. Mrs. Petty was at the time of her
death aged 'ninety-two years, niii
months and nine days, making her
home in Plattsmouth since 1898 when
the family came here from Iowa and
have since made their home heic.
Mr. Petty preceeded his wife in death
on August 26, 1S99, since which
time she has largely made her home
with the daughter, Mrs. Wynn and
family. In recent years Mrs. Petty
has been an invalid and has been
in serious condition for some time
with her physical conditions as well
as her advanced years.
Mrs. Petty was one of the pioneer
women of the west and reared a
very large family, eight sons and one
daughter, surviving her passing. F
A. Petty of Kansas, H. F. Petty
Idaho, W. W. Petty, Wyoming, James
S. Petty, Washington, R. B. Petty
John Petty, A. L. Petty. H. V. Petty
all of Omaha and Mrs. John Wynn
of this city.
The funeral services of this estim
able lady was held this afternoon at
2:30 from the First Christian church
of which the deceased had been an
active member as long as her phy
sical condition permitted her activi
ties. In the loss that has come to them
the family will have the deeptest
sympathy of the many friends in this
community in the passing of the
loved mother.
MOTORS TO MICHIGAN
From Wednesday s Dally
Thursday morning John A. Liber
shal, Frank Koubek and Father.Mar
cellus Agius, departed by auto for
the state of Michigan. They will
enjoy several stops on the trip and
returning and will visit at Milwau
kee and Chicago before going on to
Marquette, Michigan, their ultimate
destination; They will visit at Mar
quette with August Libershal anc"
family and spend some little time in
that section of the country and an
ticipate a very fine time.
Plattsmouth
Wins Ball Game
at Malvern
Iowans Lose Battle by the Score of
.11 to 6 Locals Prove Real
Sluggers in Game.
From Monday s Dally
Yesterday afternoon the local
team of the Interstate league jour
neyed over to Malvern, Iowa, and
did things to the baseball aggre
gation of that city that will long
be remembered, the score at the
final being 11 to C in favor of the
Plattsmouth team.
The conflict was featured by a
real slugging bee on the part of the
locals, Newman rapping a homer, as
did Fay Spidell, while Ed Grado-
ville, the catcher of Malvern scored
a triple and a double and Gansemer
added to his batting average with a
t wo sacker.
The game looked fine in the open
ing innings with McCord of Mal
vern and Trumble of Plattsmouth
both going good and the contest
looked good to be a very tight bat
tle. The Plattsmouth team opened the
scoring ih the second frame when
Trumble was hit by McCord and
given his base and scored on the
bingle of Waring.
The Malvern team took the lead
in the third inning by amassing
three runs and causing apprehen
sion among the Plattsmouth rooters
that the locals might emerge on the
short end of the score. G. Barkus
opened with a single and was fol
lowed by Mawhor who was safe on
a bobble at first, which advanced
Barkus, Gradoville was walked and
followed by McClery with a ground
er, on which Mawhor was retired but
Barkus registered. McCord, Malvern
hurler then doubled and scored
Gradoville and McClery.
In the fifth Plattsmouth narrow
ed the margin of Malvern when Hans
Newman laid the wood against one
of the offerings of McCord to al
most lose the ball in the left field
ror a home run.
The sixth was the last blow to
Malvern when six runs were check
ed up for the Platters. Shirley open
ed with a safe blow and was fol
lowed by Krejci with a fly to short,
O'Donnell and Trumble were safe on
errors and straight hits by Spidell,
Gansemer, Waring and Newman
spelled the story ofthe havoc that be
fell the heretofore smooth working
Malvern machine and Shirley, bat
ting the second time in the inning
checked a hit, six hits and two errors
making the story of the Plattsmouth
winning.
The Plattsmouth sluggers con
tinued their assault in the seventh
inn'ng when two more runs were
checked up for Plattsmouth. O'Don
nell was out on a grounder to short
and then Trumble and Spidell each
hit and Gansemer cleaned up the
scoring with a double that brought
in two runs and everything was love
ly as far as the Platters were con
cerned. Malvern scored two runs also in
the seventh when with two down
Mawhor hits' safe, Gradoville was
also able to get a bingle and Mc
Clery broke into the hitting class,
Mawhor hit safe, Gradoville was
The last tally of Plattsmouth was
in the ninth when they split one
alike with Malvern. O'Donnel was
hit by McCord and on the smash
ing drive of Spidell that should have
been a home run, scored him. The
Malvern score came when Gradoville
trippled and scored when McClery
was going out at first.
The following is the tabulated
score of the game:
Plattsmouth
AB H PO A R
Waring, rf I 5 2 110
Newman, ss 5 3 5 1 1
Distell, 3b 5 0 4 3 0
Shirley, If 5 3 2 0 0
Krejci, cf 5 0 10 0
O'Donnell, lb 4 17 11
Trumble, p 4 1 0 .2 0
Spidell, c 5 3 4 0 1
Gansemer, 2b 5 2 3 3 0
44 15 27 11 4
Malvern
AB H PO A K
Mawhor, 2b" 5 2 2 2 1
Gradoville, c 4 3 8 2 0
McClery, lb r 5 1 12 0 1
Nieman, ss 5 115 0
McCord, p 3 2 13 0
Landes, rf 1 0 0 0 0
D. Huntsman, rf 3 0 1 0 0
Jones, If 4 1111
J. Huntsman, 3b 4 1 1 1 1
G. Barkus, cf 4 110 0
39 12 27 14 4
A. S. GHRIST ILL
From Monday's Dally
A. S Ghrist, well known furni
ture dealer of this city, was taken
quite sick yesterday at his home fol
lowing his return from Omaha
where he had met his wife and
daughter, and he has since Sunday
evening been confined to his bed.
Mr. Ghrist's condition has been such
as to cause some worry to the mem
bers of the family but he now seems
to be resting easier and it is hoped
that his illness will pass off within
a short time.
RETURN TO CALIFORNIA
From Monday's Daily
Mrs. Frank II. Dunbar and daugh
ter, Miss Jane, Mrs. Lipskey and
Claude Shoemaker of Los Angeles,
who have been here visiting with
friends for the past ten days, de
parted Sunday for their return trip
to the west coast, making the jour
ney in the car of Mr. Shoemaker and
will en route visit at a number of
points of interest along the way.
Their visit here has been much en
joyed as the Dunbars and Shoe
makers were residents here for many
years and have a very large circle of
friends who were more than pleased
to mec them and enjoy the oppor
tunity of a visit."
Platts to Play
North Omaha
Here Sunday
Battle of the League Leaders Will
Be a Great Treat for the
Baseball Fans.
From Tuesday's Dally
On next Sunday afternoon if the
weather man is good to the base
ball fans, the North Omaha Athletic
club baseball team, leaders in the In
terstate league, will be here to op
pose the local team in the Interstate
loop.
The Plattsmouth team has two
postponed games with the North
Omaha team as well as one with
the Knights of Columbus, and with
the North Omaha team but one game
ahead of the locals a victory here on
Sunday will tie our warriors with
the Omaha team for first place.
There is considerable work being
done on the ball park at this time in
preparation for the game Sunday and
if no bad storms occur to flood the
grounds they should be in good
shape for the game on Sunday after
noon. The local team is expected to play
off their postponed game with the
Knights of Columbus on Wednes
day, August 8th, which will close tip
the" Interstate season.
The local management will stage
a number of games here after the
close of the league season with sev
eral of the fast teams of Nebraska
and western Iowa and which will be
well worth seeing.
DEATH OF B. W. HIATT
From Wednesaaya Dally
The death of B. W. Hiatt, well
known resident of Rising City, Ne
braska, and for a number of years
living near Weeping Water occurred
last night at the home of his daugh
ter, Mrs. Bert Jackman, with whom
he has been visiting and was tricken
with the last illness while there.
The deceased was sixty-five yearr
of age and a son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. M. Hiatt of this city, and r
brother of L. D. Hiatt of Plattsmouth.
Mr. Hiatt leaves to mourn his loss
six children, Mrs. Bert Jackman of
Weeping Water, Mrs. Alvln Kelly of
Elmwood, Miss Amana Hiatt of Ris
ing City, who taught here in the
local schools last year, Mrs. George
Rlgley and Wilford Hiatt, of Rising
City. There also remains to mourn
his death one sister, Mrs. A. M. Cole
of Weeping Water, and one brother
L. D Hiatt pf Plattsmouth. One
brother Charles Hiatt preceeded him
in death several years ago.
The funeral will be held on Friday
at the late home at Rising City and
Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Hiatt of this city
will be present at the services.
GO TO THE C. M. T. C.
From Wednesday's Dally
This morning two Plattsmouth
young men, Chris Bulin and George
Thacker, departed for Fort Crook
where 'they will enter the Citizens
Military Training camp of the seven
th army corps area. The camp will
last from the first to the thirty-first
of August and will give the young
men a real touch of proctlcable mili
tary life in the courses of training
and will require them to live under
the discipline of the army as if in
actual service. A fine program of
sports and activities will be featured
as a part of the training camp at
Fort Crook and the local young men
are anticipating a fine time in the
month's training and recreation in
the camp.
FINED FOR POSSESSION
From Tuesday's Dally
This morning in the county court
James Jelik was present in the coun
ty court, charged with the posses
sion of intoxicating liquor and to
which he entered a plea of guilty.
Judge Duxbury gave the defendant
a fine of $100 and costs for his of
fense. The arrest was made near the
Platte river bridge yesterday after
noon by Deputy Sheriff Rex Young
and Sam Reed, the capture being
made after a chase of some distance
and which Mr. Young made a flying
i switch to land on the car of the de
fendant as he was engaged in break
ing the bottles containing the liquor.
Your ad in the Journal will be
read, and they sure do get results.
Smith and Rob
inson Club Is Or
ganized Here
Dr. J. S. Livingston Named as Presi
dent of New Club Much In
tel est is Shown.
From Tuesday's Dally
Last evening at the court house
the first stps toward launching a
Smith and Robinson club in this
city was taken up. The meeting at
tended by a very fine representation,
decided upon the officers of the club
and tho preparation for the active
work of the forthcoming campaign.
It was the unanimous decision of
the democrats present that Dr. J. S.
Livingston be named as the president
of the club and who assumed the
chair and gave a short talk on some
of the issues of the day and the
need for honesty in the affairs of
the government, stressing this as
one of the great outstanding issues
of the campaign, together with farm
relief for the west.
The club then selected W. H. Puis
as treasurer for the campaign and
Frank H. Smith as the secretary.
The executive committee that will
assist in the work of the club will be
selected later, following the regional
meeting of the Nebraska Smith clubs
which will be held at Nebraska City
on Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
The meeting voted to have the
constitution and by-laws prepared
for the consideration of the club at
their next meeting and to look after
this part of the preliminary Dr.
Frank L. Cummins, William Wool
cott and Frank Smith were named.
The meeting showed a great
awakening interest on the part of
the voters and men and women alike
expressed their sentiments for giving
all possible Support to the cause of
Governor Alfred E. Smith and Sen
ator Joseph T. Robinson at the fall
election. Short talks were given by
L. W. Lorenz and others on the is
sues of the day.
The next meeting will be featured,
it Is expected, by one of the leaders
of the club work In the state or one
of the stale candidates here to ad
dress the club on the work in Ne
braska. SIXTY-NINE AND HUSTLING
Seemingly scarcely noting the pass
ing years, M. S. Briggs, the field rep
resentative of this paper, who for
the past 4 3 years has been a resi
dent of Plattsmouth and employee of
the Journal for more than ten years,
is observing the passing of his 69th
anniversary today (Thursday). Born
before the Civil war, Mr. Briggs re
members of having slept in a corn
field during the war when he was
but four years old. Despite his near
ly three score and ten, he is still
well and active and always on the go
in the interests of the Journal, which
he says is one of the very best news
papers in Nebraska.
Mr. Briggs was born at Salem,
Iowa, August 2, 1S59, and came to
Plattsmouth in 1884, and was en
gaged in the barber business for a
quarter of a century. While thus
engaged, he improved his spare time
by studying law and on June 25th.
1895, was admitted to practice law,
having for his examiners a commit
tee composed of Judge A. N. Sulli
van, Judge Samuel M. Chapman,
Judge B. S. Ramsey, Attorney A. J.
Graves, Attorney C. S. Polk, Jesse L.
Root, now Burlington solicitor, and
D. K. Barr. Most of the members of
that committee have answered the
final summons in the interim between
that date some thirty-three years ago
and the present time.
Mr. Briggs works for the Journal,
practices law and is at this time a
nominee for the position of county
judge.
He enjoys work, but does not count
the recurrance of the anniversary of
his birth as more than any other
day, but feels thankful for the many
friends which he enjoys and the good
health which the years have given
him.
CHARGED WITH
WIFE DESERTION
From Tuesday's Dally
Deputy Sheriff Rex Young was
called to Tekamah Saturday even
ing where he secured Fred Brown,
a resident of near Greenwood, who
is charged with wife desertion and
abandonment. Mr. Young returned
with the man and who is here to
await his hearing which will be held
Wedensday morning. The case is to
be contested by Mr. Brown and sev
eral witnesses from the community
near Greenwood where the Brown
family, resides is expected here for
the defense as well as the prosecu
tion. EDWARD RUMMEL POORLY
From Wednesday s Dally
' The reports from the Immanuel
j hospital at Omaha today are to the
effect that Edward Rummel of near
Mynard, who is there recovering
from a very severe operation, is not
as well as he was on Monday and
Tuesday. Mr. Rummel has had a very
bad night and his condition is such
as to cause a great deal of worry to
his family and friends.