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o Nebrak- ri-te Histori cal Society 2 VOL. NO. xltv PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, NOV. 5, 1928. NO. 79 Platte 3 i 3 T f 3 - 9 1 1 Arrest Minnesota Man Here for the Theft of Auto Taken to Omaha Where He Will Also Pace Chages of Violation of the Mann Act. From Thursday's Dally Chief of Police Johnson arrested a trio here on Wednesday who were turned over to Sheriff Bert Reed and the man of the party, George Dahlin, faces a charge in the federal court of the violation of the Mann act and also the theft of the auto in which the party were traveling. The parties drove to this city in a Chevrolet coupe bearing an Iowa license number and when reaching here they were stranded and sought relief and funds to get a supply of gas and food, claiming that they were en route to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. In the party were the man Dahlin, and two young ladies, Irene Jones and Viola Simpson, who gave, their ages as 19 and 18 and their residence as Crookston, Min nesota. The party did not look so good and the chief of police turned over the parties to Sheriff Reed and De puty Sheriff Rex Young, and who investigated the case and the story that the parties told. Investigation showed that the car had been 6tolen last June at Fairpark, Minnesota, and was the property of an Iowa man living at Hartley. Yesterday afternoon Sheriff Ed ward Leemukuel of O'Brien county, Iowa, arrived here, accompanied by H. A. Ewaldt, father of the young man irom wnom tne car nad Deen stolen. John Hoerr of Hartley and County Treasurer John Yeager of Primgahr, Iowa, the county seat of O'Brien county. After the arrival of the Iowa sher iff the parties were questioned by Sheriff Reed, Sheriff Leemuel and Deputy Sheriff Young and as the re sult the man in the case confessed his stealing the car and also that he had gone to Crookston -and lived for some time, meeting the two girls and inducing then to ' accompany hf.m to Oklahoma City, the trio only reaching as far as this city on their journey when apprehended. The man will face a term In the penitentiay at Leavenworth as a re suult of the violation of the Mann act. ENJOY TEACHERS MEETING From Thursday's Dally The annual convention of district No. 2 of the State Teachers associa tion opened this morning in Omaha and with a very large attendance from the teachers in this section of the state. The greater part of the teaching force of the PlattBmouth schools attended the Omaha meeting altho a few were at Lincoln for the sessions of the district meeting. At the convention several of the Plattsmouth teachers will have im portant parts in the convention work, Mrs. George Mann, Miss Marie Kauf mann and Miss Estelle Baird being departmental presidents and Miss Alpha Peterson a member of the convention nominating committee. "Teaching as a Fine Art" will be the convention theme, and an elab orate program which includes ad dresses by leading educators of the country, has been arranged by Leon Smith, assistant superintendent of the Omaha city schools, who is pres ident of this group. Headquarters will be at the Fon tenelle hotel and all sessions will be held at the Technical high audi torium. Special features include a men's dinner at the Ad-Sell restaurant Fri day evening; a women's dinner the same evening at the Fontenelle hotel and through the courtesy of the As sociated Retailers all visitors will be guests at the first concert of the Omaha Symphony orchestra at the municipal auditorium Friday night. A tea dansante.for the visiting wom en teachers will be given Thursday from 4 to 5:30 p. m. at the Ad-Sell restaurant. CARNIVAL ARRANGEMENTS - From Thursday's Dallv The general carnival committee of the Legion is completing the arrange ments for entertainment and nightly door prizes, as well as the popularity contest, and will have the printed literature out in a few days giving the details of these features. Suffice to say, some of the leading radio stars are being secured to entertain the crowds each night and there is no question about not getting more than the worth of the admission charge of 10 cents in entertainment alone, to say nothing of the big door prizes. RECEIVES GOOD NEWS Yesterday, a message was received by Mr. and Mrs. Edward Donat, Sr., that they are grandparents to a fine son that arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Emil Havelka of Wahoo, Nebr. (Hallowe'en) a. m. Mrs. Hav elka was formerly Miss Marie Donat of this city. Mother and son are do ing fine and the little one is much pleasure to the father and mother and two little Bisters. DEATH OF FORMER RESIDENT The death of Mrs. Al Hiskey, for mer resident of this city some twen ty years ago, occurred a few days ago at Bady. Kansas, where the fam ily have made their home since leav ing this city some eighteen years ago. While living here the family re sided in the south portion of the city and where they made their home for a' great many years, Mr. Hiskey being employed in the shops here The funeral of Mrs. Hiskey was held at Bady and the interment made in the cemetery there. The deceased lad yis survived by the husband and three children, all grown. Seven deceased children of the family are buried in the Oak Hill cemetery here. High School Students Enjoy School 'Mixer' Masquerade Largely Attended and Members of the School Enjoy Event to the Utmost. From Thursday's Dany . Last evening students of the I'lattsmoutn nign school enjoyed a real "mixer," the event being in the nature of a masquerade and in which the members of all classes of the school joined to a very large number, altho the bad weather Berv ed to interfere to some extent with the festivities of the occasion. ine memoers or tne party came masked and in fancy costumes and made the gym where the "mixer" was held, a riot of color and fun as the members of the party arrived to join in the fun and pleasures of the evening. The gym had been arranged in the Hallowe'en colors of orange and black and made a very attractive picture while cornstalks were also used in the decorations to lend at mosphere of the harvest season to the scene. In the awarding of the prizes for the best costumes Elizabeth Hatt and George "Winscott were - given first prize by the Judges. The evening was spent in games of all kinds and at which a great deal of fun was derived by the Jolly bunch of students and occupied sev eral hours in this manner. During the evening refreshments of hot chocolate, sandwicheB and potato salad was served by the re freshment committee and which car ried out their part of the enter tainment in a Jine manner. CELEBRATE HALLOWE'EN From Thursday's Dally- Last evening Miss Mary Holy and Miss Frances Krejci entertained e group of the friends at the Holy home in the west part of the city at a most delightful Hallowe'en party and one that was enjoyed to the utmost by the group of young people. The home was arranged in th decorations of the season and amid this pleasant scene the time war spent in playing games of all kinds several contests appropriate to the Hallowe'en season being held and ir one of these Miss Josephine Rys proved the most successful with John Svoboda winning the secon" honors while in another of the fun producing games Frank Koubek proved the winner. The members of the party also en joyed the fine radio program afforded and which gave a fine musical set ting for the members of the party to have assist them in the obser vance of the occasion. At a suitable hour dainty refresh ments were served, the dining table being arranged in the Hallowe'er decorations and with a large pumpkin occupying the place of honor as the centerpiece. Those attending the event were: Missess Lillian Koubek, Rose Janda Dorothy Svoboda. Frances Sedlacek Rose Janca, Josephine Rys, Mary Krejci, Mary Holy, Frances Krejci Messers Frank Koubek, Ernest Janda John Svoboda. George Sedlacek Frank Sedlacek, Ray Janda, -Jack Uhlik, Louis Svoboda, James Holy Joe Krejci. DAMAGE CASE SENT BACK FOR REHEARING Lincoln, Neb., Not. 2. The sup reme court commission Friday held that changing a sidewalk without a permit from the city constitutes an act of "affirmative negligence. This decision was made in an opin ion which remanded for reconsider ation in the Lancaster county dis trict court a $10,000 damage suit instituted by Alta F. Shook against W. Bruce Shurtlef, John Violet and Frank Davis. The district court dis missed 'the suit on the demurrer of the defendants. It was charged that the defend ants tore up a sidewalk and rebuilt it two feet lower than adjoining walks. Alta Shook suffered an In juhy to her spine when she fell on this sidewalk, and subsequently brought suit for damages. Phone ns the news. No. 6. Legion Post Elects Officers Last Night Fred Lugsch. Named as Commander Walt Stohlman and Leo Boyn ton Vice Commanders From Thursday's Dally Hugh J. Kearns post. American region held its annual election of officers last night. Due to inclement weather only a score of the more than 100 members were present, although notice of the election had been sent to each member. At the conclusion of the routine business, the election t)f officers was declared in order and the only name presented for commander was that of Fred Lugsch, who on motion of A. H. Duxbury was declared unanimously elected to this position. The new commander is one of the well known younger business men of this city, having been engaged in the dry cleaning and tailoring "business in Plattsmouth since his return from the service in 1919. He was a mem ber of Co. I, 16Sth Infantry, in which organization he saw considerable ser vice overseas, and was later sent back to the United States as a drill ser geant at camp Mills. He also saw active service on the border in 1914, when the punitive expedition was or ganized to capture Villa. ine election of commander was a criterion for the unanimous selection of all the other elective officers, as follows: Walter Stohlman (navy) and Leo Boynton (army), vice commanders. Executive Committee: W. F. J or gensen, M. L. Brown, Harold Erick- son, Leslie Niel, Garold Holcomb, Frank Rice, James Doyle, Otto Lutz and C. B. Ledgway. M. D. Brown was elected to suc ceed himself as post finance officer. At the conclusion of the election, Commander Niel surrendered the gavel to Commander-Elect Lugsch, who announced the following ap pointments and which were likewise unanimously confirmed: Elmer Webb, adjutant; A. H. Dux- bury, service officer; Rev. H. E. Sor ter, chaplain; Albert Olson, sergeant at arms; Kathryn Lugsch, historian. The new commander announced the personnel of one of the important committees, the Cemetery committee, which is to be composed of Raymond Larson, chairman; Tom Walling and Clyde Jackson. The appointment of the Boy Scout and other committees was deferred until a later date. The general carnival committee, composed of Roy Holly, chairman, James Doyle and Elmer Webb, ad vised the meeting of the arrange ments already made and under con templation for the annual Harvest Festival the week of November 10 to 17, and there was much confidence expressed in the success of this year's endeavor. The Legion is past the infancy stage in its career and has already accomplished a portion of the task to which it devoted itself in the earliest years of its existence. The coming twelve months should see much of the indebtedness on the present building cleaned up, after which the post can go ahead with is plans for finishing the structure. OMAHA PEOPLE WEDDED The parsonage of the Eight Mile Grove Lutheran church west of this city, was the scene of the wedding of two Omaha people on Monday even ing. Miss Anna Eggers and Mr Edward Thiel being the contracting parties. The v bride and groom ac companied by Mr. and Mrs. William Miller of Omaha and Mr. and Mrs H. L. Gamer of this city, motoring out to the parsonage for the wedding. The marriage lines were read by the Rev. A. Lenz, pastor of the church and the impressive service of the Lutheran church used in the per formace of the marriage ceremony. STILL CONTINUES CRITICAL From Saturdays Dan? The condition of Mrs. Joseph F Hadraba at the Clarkson hospital in Omaha still continues very poorly and the condition of the patient is such that the son, Ted Hadraba, who is here from Chicago, will remain with the other members of the family un til a change for the better will per mit his return to his studies at North western university. Mrs. Hadraba har a very critical case and one that is being given the, constant attentior of the most eminent specialists in the hopes of giving the patient some measure of relief. HAS TONSILS REMOVED From Saturday's Dally This morning at the Methodist hos pital at Omaha Arthur Blunt, coun cilman from the fifth ward of the city was operated on for the removal of his tonsils In the hope of giving the patient some relief from his illness of the past several week3. Mr. Blunt has been suffering from a breakdown and it was thought that the removal of the tonBlls might aid in the curing of the illness and giving the patient relief. RICHARD L. METCALFE HERE From Thursday's Dally County Chairman J. A. Capwel has received the notification that Richard L. Metcalfe, democratic can didate for United States senator will be in this city on Friday evening November 2nd, to discuss with the voters of this section the issues of the day. Mr. Metcalfe, who was drafted by his party in the race for senator, has made a very extensive tour over the state and has been u great force in the advancement of the cause of hir party both on the national and state tickets. Mr. Metcalfa will speak at the district court room at 7 o'clock on Friday and will give an address that all should hear and will enjoy as he is a very able and fluent speaker and one that has a real manner of de livering his message to the people It is urged that the ladies espec ially avaid themselves of the oppor tunity of hearing Mr. Metcalfe dis cuess the issues of the day. Following the Plattsmouth meeting Mr. Metcalfe will sp?ak at Bellevue at 8:30. Platters Hold Auburn Team to Scoreless Tie Muddy Field Prevents Fast Playing and Both Teams- Suffer From the Slippery! Ground. From Thursday's Dally The Platters and the Auburn high school football team yesterday after noon battled in the rain and mud to a scoreless tie, the field making im possible any effective work for the two teams. The one opportunity of the Plat ters to tally in the third quarter. dearly bought in the line smashes of the team through the mud, in which Bob Fitch added his weight and force in -the ball lugging, failed when for roughness the locals were penalized and later lost the ball to the visiting team, who however, were unable to do tlat effective work In the mud. In the last quarter of the game the Auburn team came so close to plowing over for the coveted point that the locals can thank the slip pery field and muddy ball that slip ped from the hands of Sailors, fast Auburn back, as he plunged but three feet from the local goal and fumbled, the Platters recovering the ball. For the visitors Sailors was prac tically the only ground gainer in the game, several runs being good for much yardage, while Fitch for the Platters seemed the most con sistent gainer. The wet ball and slippery field made the aerial attack of Platts mouth almost an impossibbility and equally checked the visitors in their end runs in which the speed of Sail ors was wasted. Despite the fact that the rain was falling in a steady drizzle and the conditions were anything but com' fortable, a large group of the school fans remained rooting until the close when wet and bedraggled the crowd started the march homeward through the mud. NEW BUS A REAL JOB FYoir Saturdays Dally Clarence Cotner, owner and oper ator of the Cotner bus line between Plattsmouth and Omaha, has just placed in service a new bus a real job in the latest type of bus construc tion and which has been brought here from the Buick plant at Louden Ohio, by William G. Meisinger and turned over to the purchaser. The bus is the newest type that the Buick people are putting out, a 1929 model and one that has every comfort for the traveler. The cai is the chair car type with leathei upholstered chairs instead of the old type of seats where the traveler was closely crowded with the others in the cars and tends for real comfort to those who travel via the bus route. The new bus also has a seating cap acity of eighteen, giving Mr. Cotnei a larger car which he has long needed and will enable him to handle the patrons of his line with more comfort and also additional passengers which the lack of space in the old bus often made necessary to transport in pri vate autos. The new bus was placed in service today and Mr. Cotner feels very proud of the improvement that he has been able to make in his bus service and convenience of his patrons. ENTERTAINS RELATIVES From Thursday's Dally The pleasant country home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hendricks south of this city was the scene of a very pleasant dinner party this week when Mrs. W. F. Chalfant of Goff, KanBas, Miss Theresa Donat and Vera Hendricks were entertained there. Mr9. Chalfant has been here to visit at the home of her mother. Mrs. T. J. McCulloch near this city and at the Hendricks home and returned to her home Wednesday afternoon. Phone your news , to No. 6. City Has Shown Improvement in the Past Year Visitors Here Find the Community Has Much Improved Condition Especially in Streets From Frida3'"s Daily A former resident of this city was here a few days aco on a business trip and stated that while he had made many trips back here since leav ing this city, he had never found the city in appearance looking so good and presenting such an attractive ness in both the business and resi dential sections. This former resident lived here in the days when the city paving was confined to a few blocks of cobble stone thoroughfare in the main busi ness section and when the avenues that lead to the main part of the city were in the rainy season a real job to get through, even with horse and buggy, without getting stuck in the mud. These streets are now well paved and in the best of shape, while the total paving of the city has now grown from less than half a mile to ten miles of the finest brick andVon crete paving, covering all parts of the city with the exception of the ex treme southern part and in the west portion of town, although in the last named section of the city the paving on Main street extends as far west as Sixteenth street and also on Oak street there is gravel as far west as Oak Hill cemetery. Another of the changes for the better that was remarked upon was the fact that in the last year a large number of the buildings in the busi ness section have been placed in the best of shape, newly painted and re decorated and a great many have carried on remodeling programs that have made the places modern to the last word and a great credit to the city and its people. Those who reside here often do not fully appreciate the changes made and their value until it is called to their attention by the remarks, as in this Case, of someonewho has re sided here In the past ano"who"at once recognizes the advanced steps that the community has made In its appearance, the improvements being made gradually and which if carried on a few more years will give the city a large and well connected paved system of streets in all sections and add to the value of the city as a place of residence. STORM SLACKS UP TRAVEL From Friday's Dairy Old Man Winter, in conjunction M-ith the rain of the past two days and nights, has put a crimp in the auto travel, both among the tourists and local people, for even short dis tances. The rain and snow renders the dirt roads hard to travel and the thorough soaking that the dirt roads received will make them in bad shape for several days and in may cases impassible. The storm of rain and snow has checked the number of residents of the country districts coming In and proved a general check on all lines of activities, either business or spec ial. The bad weather has had the ten dency to keep the residents of the city indoors and only those who have had absolute necessity to be out have braved the storm to get down into the business section. But weather does not stop certain lines of activity, such as the mail and newspaper carriers, and if anyone thinks driving in this kind of weath er is good he ought to ask Dick Bev erage or Henry Krejci, the delivery kings. ENJOYING VISIT IN THE EAST From Saturday's Dally A. W. WThite of this city has re ceived a message from his son, Ralph W. White and family, of Dallas Texas, that they are enjoying a very fine time on their trip to the east coast and have just completed a visit to Boston and the interesting sec tions of that portion of New England and are leaving for New York City to enjoy the sights of the greatest city in the world and the gateway to the United States through which thous ands of our citizens have come. Ralph White has for a number of years been engaged in the management of the interests of the telephone companiep in western and northern Texas and is one of the leading representativer of the telephone interests in tha: part of the country. JUDGE WEBER SOME BETTER ffrnra Thursday's Datly The reports from the bedside of Judge William Weber today state that the patient who ' had been in very cirtical condition for several hours, rallied somewhat last night and this morning and was able to converse with the members of the family. Judge Weber is still in very serious shape and. his recovery Is considered very doubtful, altho the improving of the. patient has proven of some encouragement to the fam ily and friends. GOES TO HOSPITAL From Saturday's Daily This morning Mrs. fW. P. Sitz man departed for Omaha where she enters the University hospital at that place with the expectation of under going an operation the first of the week if her condition will permit the operation. Mrs Sitzmnn has not hern in the best of health for some time and to give her any measure of per manent relief it was decided by the attending physicians that an opera tion would be necessary. The many friends here of Mrs. Stizman are hopeful that she may soon through the ordeal and be able to re turn home restored to her formei good health. Elmwood Banker to Locate with the Platts State Bank Tr--i c,t.-j t tTTii. n M I 1 wtU.il CI U CI , AAlilg XUUC IK1U1 Elmwood State Bank Comes Here to Make Home. From Friday's Daiiv The Plattsmouth State bank of this city has a new member of their staff of employees, Karl Schneider of Elmwood, who comes here to take the place made vacant in the force of employees by the death of Ernest L. Trumble. Mr. Schneider brings a great perience in the banking business with him as he has for the paBt ten years been connected with the Elmwood State bank of Elmwood. and was one of the most efficient members of the staff at that excellent banking in-1 stitution. The residents of this city will be glad to learn that this splendid young man has decided to locate in this city and his pleasant personality and marked ability will make him a splendid addition to the city and its people. Mr. Schneider has lone been a very active figure at Elmwood since reaching manhood and his going from that city will bring much regret from the many friends there but they will be pleased to learn that he is that time a tireless worker in tne securing an advancement in his UneVcatise of the order. 'r ' of work and will still be a neighbor In his new location in Plattsmouth. The friends here are pleased to welcome Mr. Schneider to this city and feel that he will enjoy his new position and the associations in the; city that he has selected as his new home. JURY TERM NOVEMBER 19TH The opening of the November term of the district court has been called by Judge James T. Begley for Mon day, November 19th, when the mem bers of the jury panel will be called for duty. The members of the jury as selected for service at this term of the court consists of the following: C. W. Fahnestock, Avoca; Martin D. Neilsen, Manley: Wm. Borneneier, Elmwood; S. S. Chase, Plattsmouth; Charles Buell, South Bend; J. B. Sut ton, Alvo; Marvin Carr, Eagle; Henry Meierjurgen, Murdock; Henry Kam mann, Avoca; Charles Godbey, Alvo; Rueben Groesser, Weeping Water; Elton D. Snoke, Eagle; Wm. Brandt, Nehawka; Clark J. Gonzales, Elm wood; R. L. Panska, Elmwood; H. L. Gayer, Plattsmouth; John T. Crozier, Weeping Water; B. W. Livingston Plattsmouth: J. W. Murdock, Nehaw ka; F. A. Burch, Weeping Water; August Hemke, Murdock; W. O. Bur- bee, Union; M. P. Fleming, Platts mouth; F. H. Nichols, Louisville. ENTERTAINS CLASS From Thursdays Danv Last evening Miss Sarah Baird en tprtainpd the members of her class in the MPthndist Sundav school at her home on Main street at a most delightful Hallowe'en party. ing several days jod or me Dauot The home was arranged in the Hal- handling. The ballots for the Platts lowe'en decorations and the table mouth five wards can be handled very prettily decorated in a color easily as those of Plattsmouth pre scheme of red and yellow. The fa- cinct and Murray but the outlying vors of the evening were the tiny precincts in the west end require Hallowe'en dolls. some time to make the trip. The time was spent in the playing of all of the games of the season STORM BRINGS ON WORK and in bobing for apples at which a! great deal of enjoyment was derived ' From Saturday's Dany by all of the members of the party. The enow and Ice that came In At a suitable hour the hoetesa serv- the wake of the two days rain in ed dainty and delicious refreshments this locality hag made the life of that came as the climax of a very the men maintaining the signal sr pleasant evening. i vice of the railroad lines anything COMES THROUGH OPERATION From Saturday's DaJiy Everett Fulton, 17-year-old son of He was called to Oreapolis yesterday Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Fulton of south morning at 3 o'clock and has since of this city, was operated on Friday been busy there attending to the at the Immanuel hospital for kidney keeping of the automatic signal ser trouble from which he has been r vice in active operation and combat sufferer for a number of years. The ting the handicap of the storm over case was so severe that it was found the lines that he has the task of necessary to remove the kidney. The maintaining. patient came through the operation in very good shape and while it is a very Bevere operation is reported as doing just as well as could possibly ,.,,, ... . , . . , , iety store, is the possessor of one of altho it will be several days before . , ... ... ,i . ,. . . . , , . ,, the handsome new models of the the outcome of the case can be fully , , . ,, v!v . , rt t , Buick four door sedan, which he has aeterminea. jugt received and which will make . . j . a very .fine car for the family and A few Cass -county -maps left at pr0vide the beBt in comfort, conven tie Jonrnal office. 50c each. ience and speed for the family car. William Hassler, Old Time Resident Dies Suddenly Death Came in Few Seconds as Aged Man Conversing; xriih Friends Had Not Eeen DL From Saturdays Dall This mornine- at 9:45. as William e Hassler, veteran blacksmith and one of the oldest residents of the city, was conversing with friends at the city scale house office, he was sud denly stricken and sitting down, passed away in a few seconds. Mr. Hassler had been In his usual good spirits and while he complained last evening of not feeling well, he had arisen as usual this morning and was apparently in his usual spirits and was joking and laughing with M. B. Allen, street commissioner, in the office of the scale house as he was stricken down J, Allen was the only one pres ent when the aged man passed away. Mr. Hassler and he were standing conversing when Mr. HaHsler sudden- ly swayed and reaching a tnair sat down and in an instant the spirit of life was gone. Mr. Allen hurriedly summoned Dr. R. P. Westover to the office, but death bad come instantly to Mr. Hassler and he was beyond the aid of human hands. I The deceased was one of the most ex-'highly respected and loved residents of the city and had made his home In Plattsmouth since lb 6 9, wnen ne came here as a young man from Pekin, Illinois, to which place he had come from his birthplace in Germany, where he was born on June 21, 1S49. His lifetime has been spent in this 'community, where he was married in 1S78, the husband and wife observ- ing their golden wedding several months ago in this city. He has been a useful and patriotic citizen in the community and his services to the I city and its people have been many 'and of untold value. or many years he was banker of tho local camp of the Modern Woodmen of America, and vtas one of the charter members of the order in this city and since Mr. Hassler is survived by the sor- 'rowing wire ana inree cnnaren. anas Anna Hassler, of Dunkirk, New ork: William Hassler, Jr., of Lincoln, and Earl F. Hassler, of Grand Island. In this hour of deep sorrow and grief, the sympathy goes out to Mrs. Hassler and the sons and daughter at their loss of a loving husband and father and their loss is shared by the community where Mr. Hassler had bee a loved figure for many years and where he will be missed by hun dreds who for years have seen him at his blacksmith shop, which he es tablished many years ago, giving a cheery greeting to his friends and a kindly word to those who passed his way. The loss of this good man Is one that is real to the city of Platts mouth and lessens the ranks of those who at an early day assisted In the development of the city and its ad vancement. STARTS BALLOT DELIVERY From Friday's Daily County Clerk George R. Sayles started out this morning to deliver the ballots to the various voting pre cincts over the county, a no small Job and especially in view of the weath er conditions that make travel by auto anything but comfortable. The vote this year is expected to be very heavy and the amount of the ballots that the clerk will deliver will make a real load. The task is not as bad as In the days when train or horse and buggies were required to reach the various voting places as the auto makes it possible to visit a great many of the voting places in one day and relieves the clerk of mak- but pleasant and Ed McGuire, who looks after this work at this point has been on duty almost continu- ously for tne past forty-elgnt noura. PURCHASES NEW CAR From Saturday s Dafly R. W. Knorr of the Popular Var-