Kebr .karf Histori cal Scdcty 2 onm VOL. NO. XLV PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1929. NO. 50 plate Move to Mark Historic Spots in This City Effort to Preserve the Location of Many of the Early Historic Places in the City The cities of Nebraska along the Missouri river are ri h in many his toric incidents and with the lives and the personalities of the leaders of the early day spent in this part of the state there are places that in the future years will he of the great est interest to the coining genera tions and to properly mark and pre serve is a charge on the present residents of this section. There has been some discussion of the awakening of the need of pre serving these historic places and es pecially this year when Nebraska ehbrates its seventy-fifth anniver sary as a territory organized under the Kansas-Nebraska law of 1854, and members of the Chamber of Com merce here are stressing that this city do its part in preserving the his toric spots for the future. In the line of this honoring of the pioneers of the state the V. R. C. are urging that the new highway to the Missouri river auto bridge be named the General Robert R. Living ston highway in honor of the colonel of the First Nebraska and the man who organized the first company in the regiment in this city in 1S61 and served through the warin the south. In this same line has come the suggestion that the new bridge be named the George V. Holdredge bridge in honor of one of the early railroad builders and who contributed much to the material advancement of this city in the early days. There are a number of places here that should be marked and set apart for the historical value to the fu ture, the site of the first residence in this city at the time of the grant of the charter, the first school, the early trading posts and trails that have led from this city westward across the great plains. Soon the last of the real territorial pioneers will have gone on and un less their services are enlisted in the securing of much of the historic data as to the location of these places they will be lost to the future resi dents of the community. This is a cause that should appeal to the various patriotic societies and have some definite program arrang ed that will give this section a prop er appreciation of the incidents of the pioneer days in this section of Nebraska. MANY ENJOY CONCERT Sunday afternoon one of the most delightful musical events of the sea son was held at the Nebraska Masonic Home when the members of the Tangier temple of the Shriners came down from Omaha and spent the af ternoon at the Home visiting with the aged residents and enjoying the delights of the picnic dinner on the spacious lawn of the Home and where special parking facilities were ar ranged for the visitors. After the fine picnic dinner of the visitors the scene of activity was transferred to the east side of the , main building where in the cool shade and inviting comfort the band of the Tangier temple gave a very fine program of the standard and jiopular numbers and which was en joyed by the large and very appre ciative audience. To add to the enjoyment of the occasion the program was featured by several numbers by the Chanters, members of the Shrine and whose vocal offerings proved a real hit to the audience. A very large number of the local people were in attendance and felt very appreciative of the opportunity of enjoying such a high class musi cal treat as that afforded them by Tangier temple. MOTOR CLUB MEETS From Tuesday- Dally Last evening the Plattsmouth members of the Nebraska Motor club met at the court house lawn to take the steps necessary to form their unit of the organization and prepare to co-operate with the state organi zation. The local club named E. J. Richey as the president of the unit and selected as the official represen tative of the Plattsmouth unit, .lames W. Holmes, and who will have charge of all questions that may arise between the local organization and its members and the state organi zation. WILL CHANGE LOCATIONS N. A. Morrow, who has been in charge of the chicken hatrhorv in the Hotel Perkins building, is to move nis location to the corner of Sixth and Pearl streets whero n u-ni take over the produce business of Sam Moye and will also operate his cnicKen natcnery during the season. Mr. Moye has a very nice business worked up in the produce line and which Mr. Morrow can handle verv nicely in connection with his hat chery and furnish an all season line of activity. OLD TIME RESIDENT HERE Sunday one of the old time resi dents of this city was here for a short visit and meeting a number of the friends of his boyhood days, this being Robert Coverdale of Omaha, who ps a boy was a resident of Plattsmouth and where his parents for many years ran a boarding house on what is now part of the court house lawn. The Coverdale family were residents here in the early sev enties and eighties and later left this city for Omaha to reside and where the son later entered the em ploye of the Union Pacific and was engaged with that road at Omaha and Salt Lake City. The father and mother have long since passed on and the son is now a man well into mid dle age and in his visit here found but few of the associates of the long ago. Cass County Legion Picnic on August 4th Will Be Held at Louisville and Par ticipated in by Legion and Auxiliary and Friends The second annual picnic of the American Legion posts of Cass coun ty including the posts at Platts mouth. Greenwood, Nehawka. Elm wood and Louisville will be held at Louisville on Sunday, August 4th, this decision having been reached at the conference held at that place Sunday morning by representative!? of the various posts. The picnic will be for the mem bers of the American Legion, the Legion Auxiliary and their families and friends and judging from the splendid soccess of the one held last year will make a real treat to those who are in attendance. The various posts of the county will join in the supplying of ice cream and pop to the youngsters free and the business men and Chamber of Commerce of Louisville are promising to see that there is plenty of good ice cold lemonade on hand for every body. The day will be featured by the picnic dinners and which will large ly be enjoyed In the tourist park at Louisville where there are ample tables and benches to allow the fam ilies and their guests and friends to enjoy a real homelike meal. The program of sports will be held at the baseball park adjoining the tourist park where the big baseball game between the various posts will be held and which should alone be worth going miles to see and this year the game will be even more exciting than last year. In the sport program there will be races of all kinds for the young sters and 'adies as well as the Le gion members and a fat man'B con test in which there are already sev eral entries and both Plattsmouth and Greenwood have strong candi dates for the winning honors. The committee in charge of the picnic is arranging that in the event of the weather being unfav orable on the 4th, that the event will be postponed until the succeeding Sunday. SUFFERS SKULL FRACTURE From Tuesday's Dall John M. Clarence, who was in jured several days ago while work ing at the saw mill of the LivingBton Brothers ten miles south of this city, was taken to Omaha yesterday and placed in the University hospital where he was found to be suffering from a skull fracture and his condi tion has grown quite serious and caused much apprehension from the attending physicians and friends. At the time of the accident Mr. Clarence was engaged in assisting in getting a large slab of wood from the saw and the end of the long plank caught against the saw and the plank was hurled into the face of Mr. Clarence, scrapping the 6kin from the face and forehead of Mr. Clarence and terribly lacerating his face. At first it was not thought that he had sustained other Injuries but a later examination disclosed the fracture of the skull which makes his case a very dangerous one. PIONEERS OF CASS COUNTY The State Journal of Sunday had a short illustrated sketch of a num ber of the pioneers and near pioneers of Cass county and among these were a number of well known residents of Plattsmouth and Elmwood. In the residents of this city whose portraits adorn the article are Alfred W. White, one of the pioneers of 1855 as well as George E. Dovey, who since 1863 has been prominently identified with the business life of this city and vicinity. The sketch also haB the pictures of C. C. and E. H. Wescott, who while not pio neers are observing the fiftieth anni versary of the founding of the Wes cott store here by their father, C E. "Wescott. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Huffman of near Elmwood and Miss Maggie Stokes of Elmwood also comprise the Cass county group that has been se lected as representing Cass county pioneers. To Reach Juve nile Delinquency Over the State E. M. Pollard, Head of Department of Public Welfare, Tells of Visit to This County Thursday, July ISth, I had a con ference at Plattsmouth, Cass county, with Judge James T. Begley, district judge, W. G. Kieck. County Attor ney, and Miss Alpha Peterson, Coun ty Superintendent of Schools. The purpose of this conference was to ascertain whether there was not some sound plan which would reach and cure juvenile delinquency before our youth are committed to correctional or penal institutions. This was the first conference I have had with county and juvenile authorities look ing towards the establishment of a definite policy, state wide in its scope, the purpose being to save our youth by exercising humane and sensible supervision over the way ward child, both male and female, who is beginning practices that will lead almost invariably to a life of crime. While the parole system, now a fixed policy in most of the states, is fairly successful in rehabilitating criminals, yet the experience of other states thus far demonstrates clearly that it is easier to prevent crime than it is to cure the criminal after he becomes involved with law en forcement officers. The plan agreed to at Plattsmouth, on the part of the Cass county offi cials, contemplates that the proba tion officer shall function a9 pro vided by law as the representative of the juvenile court in handling all juvenile delinquencies. It is expect ed that the probation officer will act through the attendance officers of the 'various schools of the county. This attendance officer is chosen by the school board to act in that capac ity where the teacher or the super intendent of schools is so burdened with other duties that they are un able to serve. This plan has two salient ad vantages: Fir6t, it gives the court, through the probation officer, infor mation when the child first starts In his waywardness by absenting himself from school. Where the teacher or the attendance officer cannot cope with the situation the matter is to be presented to the pro bation officer who in turn will pre sent it to the judge in an Informal manner and a study will be made im mediately of the home enviornment of the child and where necessity re quires the child will be placed on probation. Second: This consolid ation will result In an immense sav ing to the state by preventing the necessity of committing these chil dren to state institutions and to the counties in saving the cost of crim inal prosecution. This plan also contemplates keep ing the child in its own home, ex cept where conditions are such that the child's future conduct demands his removal from an environment that will likely make out of him a criminal. It is also expected that the probation officer will make an investigation of all applications for divorce where there are children involved. Governor Weaver tells me that the records of the Board of Pardons shows that many of the cas coming before them are trac ahle to school delinquency and to -broken homes. The la6t legislature enacted House Roll No. 103 which Increases the minimum attendance required on the part of pupils from 120 to 160 days, according to the number of months of school furnished in each district. The county superintendent of schools is charged with the en forcement of this law. The superin tendent must depend upon tne school authorities to bring this about. It Is expected that the probation officer, through the attendance officers of the various schools, will carry into effect the provisions of this law. In other words, we are seeking to con solidate in each county all the public regulations, state and local, govern ing the welfare, from the stand point of public supervision, of chil dren under one head. Only about 10 per cent of the children of the state would be affected by this pro cedure. The other 90 per cent do not need any correction or super vision other than what they receive in their own homes. This 10 per cent, however, comprise the class out of which our criminals come. It is this class that needs supervision. This pocedure will enable the pub lic authorities to supervise such children and direct their conduct during the formative period of their lives, and I believe will prevent in most cases their entering a life of crime. I am calling a meeting of all the school boards of Cass county to be held in Weeping Water, Wednesday evening, August 7th. At this meet ing the whole matter will be dis cussed and explained so that the school boards will understand exact ly what we are trying to do, and I am confident we will have their hearty co-operation. The above outlined plan consti tutes a policy of the present adminis tration which we hope will ultimate ly cover the whole state. I selected Cass as the first county to be or ganized on account of its being my home county where I know the peo ple and am familiar with local con ditions. The surest way to check the crime wave is b' striking at its source. The old adage, "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" it seems to me is pertinent in this case. RELEASE MAN Prom Monday' Daily Last evening the night police force gathered up1 a stranger who was found on the streets at a late hour and whose actions seemed to be suspicious and it was thought that perhaps the man was a deserter from the army as he wore part of the is sue clothes of the soldier. Inquiry this morning by Chief of Police Lib ershal at Fort Crook failed to locate any demand for the man at that post and he was accordingly released Retirement of Well Known Police Figure of Omaha James Grace, One Time Chief of Po lice of Plattsmouth Retires From Omaha Force James Grace, alias "Daddy" Grace, 427 North Twenty-eighth avenue, Omaha, well known and be loved veteran police officer, passed through the exit of the South Side station for the last time as an active police officer Saturday afternoon. He retires officially August 1, at the age of SO years, but has leave-time to his credit and so begaj his actual retirement saturaay. Mr. Grace served as chief of po lice of Plattsmouth in the late nine ties and after his retirement nere located with his family at Omaha. Mr. Grace began his service on the South Side as emergency patrol driv er when the motor power for the patrol wagon was a team of spirited horses. At the time of annexation in 1915 motor cars were substituted for horse-drawn vehicles and from that time on for mcny year he acted as patrol conductor on the emer gency crew, but advancing years caused his transfer to the station. where he was made jailor and court officer. At One Time Railroad Man Prior to joining the South Omaha police force, he was employed by a local railroad company, was in busi ness for himself and later still, a member of the special police force at the Cudahy packing plant. He was a guard on the grounds during the exposition of 189 8. Mr. Grace has had many exciting experiences on the police force dur ing the last twenty years and the tales he could relate would fill a small volume. He will take a com plete rest until next year when he plans to take an extended trip to vis it relatives and friends. There was genuine sorrow and re gret among the police officers on duty at the station Saturday when "Dad dy" for the last time as an active of ficer passed quietly through the front door of the station and huskily re sponded to the "good byes" of his comrades. He was well liked and highly respected by all of his fellow officers. CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY From Wednesday's Dally The home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles McGuire on North Ninth street was the scene of a very pleasant gather ing of little folks yesterday, the oc casion being the ninth birthday an niversary of little Miss Reta Becker of Osmond, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. McGuire and in honor of the occasion a-number of the young folks of the neighborhood were in vited in to spend the afternoon. The time was spent most delightfully in games of all kinds and which made the event one of more than usual pleasure to all of the jolly party. The home was very prettily ar ranged in the summer flowers that added a colorful touch to the scene. In honor of the event the guest of honor received a large number of very attractive gifts that will be cherished by the little lady. At a suitable hour dainty refreshments were served and which were featured by a large and handsome birthday cake with its glowing candles and which had been prepared by Mrs. Edgar McGuire for the event. Those enjoying the occasion were Dora and Mildred Elledge, Betty Bulin. Ann Marie, Alice and Margaret Rea, Helen and Dorothy Lynch. Pattie, Mary and Betty Briggs of Winner. South Dakota, Dorothy Rapp of Chicago. Marguerite MeClintoc, Mary and Reta Becker of Osmond. OFF FOR MINNESOTA Joseph Hadraba, well known drug gist, and his son, Robert, departed Monday via the auto route for north ern Minnesota where they are to en joy the next two weeks in resting and fishing in the lakes of that sec tion of Minnesota. The trip has been anticipated very much by Mr. Had raba who enjoys fishing and will have the opportunity of making some real catches in the lake country of the northland. Local People in Auto Vreck Near Union Mrs. Joe Martis and Daughter, of This City and John Bergmann of Manley, Hurt From Tuesday' Daily Last night a very serious auto ac cident occurred on highway No. 75 three and a half miles southwest of Union and in which two Platts mouth ladies, Mrs. Joe Martis and daughter. Miss Anna, and John Berg mann. Jr., of Manley were injured. The narty in the car of Mr. Berg mann were coming north from a trip to Nebraska City and Mr. Bergmann was driving the car, a Whippet coupe, at the time of the accident and the party claims at the time that the speed of their car was not over twenty-five miles an hour. They saw a car approaching from the north and in a few moments a third car ap peared also coming from the north and tried to pass the first car and as they swung around the car the brakes on the passing car. locked and the car crashed headon into the Whippet coupe of Mr. Bergman n and with the result that the coupe was shoved to one side of the road and for a considerable distance. The car that crashed into the Berg- mann coupe was a Buick sedan and was driven by a young man giving the name of Brown and claiming Ne braska City as his home. It is claim ed by the members of the wrecked party that the Buick was traveling at some forty miles an hour, a not un usual speed on the highway. An ambulance was called from Nebraska City and Mrs. Martis and daughter and Mr. Bergmann taken on to that place to have their in juries dressed. Mrs. Martis suffered the breaking of two ribs and per haps more serious internal injuries, Mr. Bergmann some very severe cuts on the head and face and Miss Martis was badly bruised and had small cuts on the face as well as a laceration of the leg. The Bergmann car which was bad ly damaged was brought on into this city and taken to the Bauer garage while the car of Mr. Brown was taken on into Nebraska City. RECEIVES SAD NEWS From Tuesdays Dally Misses Alpha Peterson, county superintendent, and her sister, Miss Gerda Peterson, departed today on a very sad mission, following the receipt of a message that their nep hew at Sheridan, Wyoming, Roy Enberg, was in very critical condi tion and that their brother-in-law, J. N.' Enberg was at the Mayo hos pital at Rochester, Minnesota, and was to undergo a very critical opera tion Wednesday. The nephew, Roy Enberg, 34, was taken ill early in the year and was taken by his parents and wife to the hospital at Rochester where an examination gave but little hope of his recovery and he was sent on back to Sheridan and where he has since been cared for in the hospital at that place, gradually growing weaker until the last few days when hope of his recovery has been abandoned, j While at Rochester, the father, J. N. Enberg, was sent through the clinic and his condition found to be more serious than thought and as the re sult was that he was ordered to the hospital and has for the past six weeks been very poorly and will have to undergo a number of opera tions. Mrs. Enberg has been with her husband and on receipt of the word of the sinking of the son at Sheri dan will go to him while Miss Alpha will come to Rochester to be with her brother-in-law while Miss Gerda will go with her sister to Sheridan. HOLD SOCIAL MEETING From Wednesday's Daily Yesterday afternoon the members of the Women's Relief Corps held a very pleasant social meeting at the home of Mrs. Julius M. Hall on Orchard Hill and which was at tended by a very large number of the members and their friends to en joy the excellent time that had been arranged for them. The afternoon was spent in visiting and the en joyment of the program which con sisted of several piano numbers by Miss Louise Rishel, several vocal numbers by Mrs. Gladys Groff and Mrs. Robert Troop in her clever manner presenting several readings. As the afternoon was drawing to the close the hostesses, Mrs. L. B. Egenberger, Mrs. John Elliott and Mrs. Hall, served a most delicious luncheon that all appreciated to the utmost. ASKS TO QUIET REAL ESTATE From Wednesday's Daily An action has been filed in the office of the clerk of the district court in which Lewis L. Laughlin is plaintiff and Helen Cecelia Laugh lin. et al., are the defendants. The action is one in which the plaintiff seeks to have title to certain lands In the vicinity of Greenwood quiet ed in the plaintiff. CARS HAVE SMASHUP From Monday's Daily Last evening a rather serious auto wreck occurred on the highway lead ing into Murray and just east of the bathing beach, when the Ford car driven by a young man named Chris wisser, of Nehawka, crashed into the large Studebaker touring car that was driven by Roy Turner of this city. There was a great deal of irafiic along the road and it is claim ed that he Chriswisser car was with out lights and its presence was not noticed by Mr. Turner until too late to avoid the collision. The cars were both smashed up to a greater or less extent but fortun ately none of the occupants of the cars were injured and were able to return to their homes. Plan for the Tri - County Poultry Show The Event Will Be Held in This City on December 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th The Tri-County Poultry show, participated in by the poultry rais ers of Cass, Sarpy and Saunders j counties will be held on December i 10th to 13th inclusive, the commit- tee in charge naving reacneu tnis decision at a meeting of the direct ors. This year the poultry show will ! be held at Plattsmouth, the first time that the show has come to the east erns part of the area comprising the three counties and will bring a great deal of interest to the poultry rais ers of this section of the three coun ties as well as Mills county, Iowa. There are a very large number of breeders of pure bred chickens in the middle and eastern portions of Cass and Sarpy county and eastern Saunders county who will be here with their coops of chickens and dem onstrations of the value of the very best in the poultry line. The show here will be staged at the American Legion Community building, a very large and spacious auditorium where the chickens may be exhibited and viewed by the pub lic and where the show will be of easy access to the general public dur ing the course of the exhibition. Special coops for exhibition pur poses will be secured from the state and which will be placed through the hall to allow the chickens to be shown at their best. The local Chamber of Commerce and business men will co-operate In the show and a large array of val uable prizes for the various events will be offered, this feature being handled by the agricultural commit tee of the Chamber of Commerce of which T. H. Pollock is chairman. SHOWER FOR BRIDE-TO-BE Miss Helen Egenberger and Miss Emma Johnson were joint hostesses at a very charming miscellaneous bridge shower on Monday evening at the Egenberger home, honoring Miss Mildred Schlater of Denver, whose marriage to Mr. Sanford Lucy of Denver will occur in the fall season. The home was very attractively arranged in a color scheme of pink and white and in wnich the rich hued flowers of the late summer sea son were used most effectively. The greater part of the evening was spent at bridge and in the play ing Mrs. Guy Long was the winner of the first prize and Miss Jeanette Weber of the second honors of the evening. The guest of honor was presented with a very handsome array of gifts as tokens of the esteem of the old time friends and which she will treasure in the years to come as tokens of the friends. The hostesses served very dainty and delicious refreshments at an ap propriate hour during the evening. The out of town guests present were Mrs. J. H. Carter and Mrs. J. P. Johnson of Omaha. STILL QUITE SICK From Wednesday's Daily The reports from the hospital at Omaha state that Mrs. Leona Hart, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Kief of this city, is still very weak and does not seem to regain her strength as had been hoped for and the condition of the patient was such that another blood transfusion was made a few days ago that for a time seemed to revive the patient. The condition of Mrs. Hart is such, how ever, that it will require several weeks at least before she can be refi nitely on the highway to recovery. KITCHEN KLATTERS MEET The Kitchen Klatter 4-H club met at the home of Miss Helen Johnson July 18, 1929. Two muffin demonstration teams were organized, one being Eula Pace and Mary Lois Wiles and the other Helen Gilmour and Elizabeth Wiles. Many plans were made for going to the camp at Murray. The meeting was adjourned at 5 o'clock. The next meeting will be held July 29th. Graveling and Paving on the King of Trails Completion of Road Gravel North of Nehawka Will Close Union Road for Travel The paving of highway No. 75 from Omaha to Union will cause a great deal of activity in the way of road work through this section, with the graveling of the detour that will be used during the actual paving of the main highway, as well as th.e paving. The first active start on the pav ing work will be east of Union where the contractors force has been located and will start in on the work of getting the first of the concrete surfacing read'. The work was planned to start at the Glen Perry farm and go on south from that lo cation, but the necessity of making a change in the electric line poles has caused a delay and the work of paving will start at the south end of the highway. The road from Union west to Ne hawka that will be used as the detour highway has been marked and placed in active service and this road will run from Nehawka north to the Red Ball highway where the travel will be routed for the present through Murray and thence north through this city until the detour vest of Murray and Plattsmouth is com pleted and graveled and then the highway will be closed for the pav ing purposes. The selection of the detour road was not made until a very short time before the letting of the paving contracts and as there has been a number of very extensive pieces of culvert and bridge work to look af ter the work of getting this road from Murray north to the Platte bottom in shape has caused some delay hut the highway work will he on in full blast in a short time. NOTED DANCER HERE From Tuesday's DaTly - Yesterday AKorner W. C. Framp ton and Mrs. Frempton and their daughter. Miss Eleanor and William Lehnhoff, motored down from Lin coln and enjoyed a visit here at the home of Mrs. F. D. Lehnhoff and daughter. Miss Tillie. This is the first visit of Miss Elea nor in Lincoln for some time as she has been kept very much in the east by her stage career, being under con tract with the Keith-Albee circuit and which also controls the Orpheum. circuit in the central west. Miss Frampton has had a very brilliant stage career and as a dancer has scored a great triumph on the Orpheum circuit as well as eastern circuit. Mi?s Frampton has spent three years in the New York City area with the Keith-Albee company and prior to that time was at Los Angeles for five years with the danc ing act that has made such a de cided success. This talented lady is a .graduate of the University of Nebraska and since leaving school has devoted a great deal of her time to her art, being a graduate of the Denis-Shawn school of dancing and which pre pared her for the wonderful success that she has achieved on the vaude ville stage. While here Miss Frampton enter tained Mrs. Lehnhoff and daughters and the members of the party at luncheon at the Barclay Inn. HOLD PLEASANT PARTY From Wednesday's Daily Last evening the country club was the scene of a very pleasant gather ing on the occasion of the Elks card party and which drew out a very pleasing number despite the intense heat that had made the day one of the greatest inconveuience to the residents of this locality. The members of the club found the surroundings at this delightful spot most alluring and a temperature that was much lower than down in the main part of the city. The evening, however, failed to bring any pinochle player, to the card party and this feature of the club was omitted and the playing confined to the playing of bridge. In the contests Dr. It. P. Westover was the winner of the gentlemen's prize and Mrs. Charles Peterson, Jr., of the ladles. The committee in charge of the entertainment comprised Mrs. Harry Piatt. Mrs. R. P. Westover. Mrs. Rae McMaken and Mrs. Thomns Walling. RAIN BRINGS RELIEF From Wednesday's Dally The rain that fell over the greater part of eastern Nebraska yesterday afternoon and last evening, brought a welcome relief from the intense heat and sultry conditions of Monday and Tuesday and while in this local ity the rainfall was not heavy it was most welcome to every resident of this section and did much good in the freshening up of the crops. The temperature rnaged through the state from 90 to 100 and in this city the highest mark reported was 95 degrees altho the closeness of the atmosphere made the condition much worse.