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PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOUENAL
MOJTDAY, APP.IL 14, 1900.
UNREST CLOSES
TOKIO EXCHANGE
Toklo, April 1. Japan's long per
iod of depression in trade and indus
try was reflected Friday in the one-
day closing of the Tokio Stock Ex
change and the strike of 5,000 cot
ton mill hands in Osaka, Kyoto and
llyogo.
The strike was precipitated by
wage cuts of 50,000 employes.
Among causes assigned for the eco
nomic distress in Japan are the less
ened American demand for raw silk.
Japan's most important export.
Gang of Robbers
Routed at Sand
and Gravel Pits
Attempted to Steal Copper Cable
Crushed by Watchman and
Prompt Work of Officers
From Saturday' Iaily
Early this morning Clyde Jackson,
watchman at the Lyman-Richey Sand
and Gravel pits northwest of this
city, detected a party of four men
rowing across the Platte river and
heading for the sand pits and later
the men were detected around the
large and expensive stock of copper
cable used in the handling of the
machflinery at the plant. Mr. Jack
Bon was able to get close enough to
the men to see them and was of th
opinion that they were Mexicans as
they were very dark complected.
Sheriff Reed was notified of the
attempt to steal the cable and with
Constable Tom Svoboda hastened out
to the pits and the officers spent sev
eral hours in tramping over the sand
dunes in that locality and searching
over the river in the hope of locat
ing the parties that had attempted
the robbery.
It is thought that the men had
left their car on the north side of
the river in Sarpy county and had
then taken to a skiff and made their
way over to the pits in hope of pick
ing up some of the very high priced
and valuable cable.
Last winter there was some of this
cable stolen from the pits and the
parties last night evidently desired
to repeat on their previous success
ful attempt.
OBITUARY
Dorothy Madge Schooley, was born
near Thurman, Iowa, March 23, 1913,
and departed this life March 18,
1930. at the age of 17 years, eleven
months and eighteen days.
She was the youngest daughter of
Ezra and Parmelia Schooley. Her
mother preceded her in death ten
years ago. Four years ago Dorothy
was afflicted with rheumatism and
leakage of the heart. Her health fail
ed her gradually, Until Saturday,
March 15th in the evening, she was
suddenly taken ill, and passed away
Tuesday morning.
She leaves to mourn her loss, her
father, three sisters, Ida, Florence
and Violet, two brothers, Theodore
end Clarence, and a host of friends.
She was a very sweet, kind and
loving child. She was very patient
,and did no complain throughout all
her sickness. She always tried to bear
up bravely so that her dear ones
might not be alarmed at her condi
tion. Her loving presence will be
'sadly missed by the family and her
many relatives and friends.
The funeral services were held at
2 p. m., Thursday at the Christian
.church at Thurman, conducted by
Elder H. N. Pierce of Bartlett, and
her body was laid to rest in the
Thurman cemetery.
The flower girls were Alene Gar
rett, Maxine Forney, Inez Abbott
and Virginia Isom.
The pupils of the eighth and ninth
grades of our school attended the fu
neral services.
Relatives from a distance who were
present were: Mr. and Mrs. Marion
Schooley and sons, Roy and John
and C. A. Schooley of Brighton, la.,
Mr. and Mrs. V. S. Newland and son,
Guy, of Plattsmouth, Neb., and Mrs.
John liable and son, Joseph, of Louis
ville, Neb. Thurman (la.) Times.
The mother of Dorothy, who pre
ceded her in death several years ago,
was formerly Miss Parmelia New-
land of this city, and the friends
here will learn with regret of the
new sorrow that has come to the
family circle.
Louisville
Park Now Be
ing Improved
Being Placed in Condition for Visi
tors During the Summer Sea
son by the State.
Guy Spencer, of the Nebraska
Game. Forestation and Park com
mission was in Louisville Monday and
put men and teams to work cleaning
up the grounds of the new state
park recently purchased by the state
from the Lyman-Richey Sand and
Gravel company.
"We have but a limited amount
of money to spend this year in clean
ing up the grounds," said Mr. Spen
der, "and" we want to accomplish
just as much as possible. We are
burning off the weeds and cleaning
ud the rubbish. We will build roads
so that visitors to the grounds may"
drive around the ponds. We will
also build a number of Dutch ovens
for use of picnic parties and we will
appreciate any assistance that the
people of Louisville and nearby
towns desire to give us."
Trees will be trimmed and under
brush cut out and everything will
be done with an object of beautify
ing tne grounds ior me use oi me
public. The lakes will be kept well
stocked with fish and the only re
striction for visitors will be that they
do not destroy property and observe
the law as regards size and number
of fish to be taken. Women as well
as men are required to secure a li
cense to fish. f .
Last fall the commission planted
about 1,700 rainbow trout in the
lakes here and at Fremont. They
weigh from two to three and a half
pounds. They are not spawners as
was at first reported, but are fish
that have been kept in the ponds at
the Gretna hatcheries for a number
of years for exhibition purposes. You
are free to tak ethem, providing you
are lucky enough to land one of them
(and a number have already been
taken.) They are certainly beauti
ful fish and are worth angling for.
They will strike on minnows, worms
or liver. In fact it seems that liver
is most to their liking as they have
been fed liver almost exclusively at
the hatcheries. It is estimated that
the liver fed them at the fish hatch
eries has cost the department about
-150 per year and it was to save this
expense that they have been removed
to the lakes Louisville Courier.
AUTOMOBILE, TEAM, WAGON
AND HARROW IN MIXUP
Last Saturday, an accident happen
ed at the bridge Just north of town,
in which Jim Forbes was somewhat
injured. Mr. Forbes was driving a
team hitched to a wagon and draw
ing a harrow behind. He had Just
come out of the field of Willard Clapp,
where he had been working and said
that he looked both ways to see if
any cars were coming before he drove
onto the bridge. He had not gone
very far when a car bearing an Iowa
number coming from behind and
crashed upon the harrow and bump
ed the wagon with considerable force.
The doubletree was broken and the
team became frightened, started to
run and after running some distance
the harness was completely wreck
ed. Mr. Forbes was pulled over the
wagon box and fell on his face with
considerable force. He was brought
on into town to the doctor's office
where his injuries were attended to
and he is getting along quite well at
this time. Elmwood Leader-Echo.
SEED OATS
Extra good seed oats f,or sale.
Call 3903. Sam Gilmour.
Bates Book and 61ft Shop la ex
tmve Denr.ison dealer in this vi
cinity. Nothing like tbe genuine
Dptitmhoti good? and vou run g-t then
only at the one plan
j Thomas Waiting Company
Abstract of Title 4
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Phone 324
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It will soon be Easter. It is time to think .
of dressing up. Just a few minutes to show
you new things for all the male members
of the family.
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Young Men's Suits - 16.50 up
Men's Suits - - - - 22.50 up
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THE HAPPY HUSTLERS
The 4-H - club met at Lewiston
Community Center, and had another
Interesting meeting.
We were all pleased to have our
last years 4-H leader, Mr. Vernon,
to visit us, which we hope he may
attend some more of our meetings,
before the year i9 over.
It was decided to have every other
meeting at some of our homes.
The next meeting will be at Ver
nile Pullen, May 2nd.
There being no other business the
meeting adjourned.
Plattsmouth
Scores Well at
Fremont Meet
One First and Two Thirds Secured at
the District Declamatory Con
test Held Friday
Prom Saturdays Dafly
A first and two thirds was the
record made by the Plattsmouth
speakers in the District Declamatory
Contest held at Fremont yesterday
afternoon and evening. Robert Liv
ingston was declared the champion
in the Extemporaneous with Rosalie
Teas of Fremont second and Camden
Winslow of Columbus third. Rob
ert's subject was: "Killing of Rum
Runners, Murder of Justice?"
In the Humorous division, Her-
schel Dew who won the sub-district
was placed third with his dialect
selection "Just La A Dat." First
place went to May Koopman of Blair
who read "Goodby Sister" and sec
ond to George Borchers of Columbus
who read "China Blue Eyes."
Plattsmouth's Orator, Chas. Now-
acek who ranked second in the sub-
district won third place at Fremont
with his oration "Shall We Keep
Faith." Rosalie Teas of Fremont
was declared the champion speaking
on "Heores of Peace." Alfred Jensen
of Blair was ranked second on the
Constitution."
Perhaps the hardest competition
of the whole contest was found in
the Dramatic section. The audience
appreciated the difficulty that tYf
Judge had in placing the winners.
Plattsmouth's entry, Margaret Shel
lenbarger gave her usual most ef
fective presentation of "The High
waymen." First place went to Elea
nor Belt of Winnebago who read
"Little Boy Blue"; second to Edwin
Gidley of Fremont who read "Hum
oresque" and third to Margaret Bad
gereau of Blair who read "On Ven
geance Heights."
Gold, silver and bronze medals
were awarded to the vistors. . On the
basis of team points, Plattsmouth
placed third among the sixteen
schools represented. The schools
scoring finished in the. following or
der; Fremont 13, Blair, 11, Platts
mouth 7, Winnebago 5, and Colum
bus 4. Among the schools which
failed to place were: Omaha North,
Humboldt, Nebraska City, Auburn,
Ft. Calhoun, Leigh, Schuyler, Polk,
Oseola and Stromsburg.
The Plattsmouth speakers were
accompanied by Miss Mary Jane Tid
ball, Dramatic Coach, who has given
unsparingly of her time in training
the contestants and to whom much
credit is due for the record that each
has made.
The District is composed of sixteen
counties of eastern Nebraska com
prising 140 high schools. To place
in a contest of this magnitude is
worthy of high praise. The officers
of the association rotate in office
each year so that election of Treasur
er is necessary only. Mr. Cummins
of Falls City is retiring President.
Mr. J. Arthur Nelson of Fremont is
the new President, Miss Sarah Ryan
of Omaha Central, Secretary and
Principal R. F. Patterson of Platts
mouth, Treasurer.
MRS. CROMWELL RETURNS HOME
Mrs. O. K. Cromwell returned tq
her home in Weeping Water after
spending the winter with her daugh
ter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
J. Davis In Broken Bow, Nebr., Mr.
Davis brought Mrs. Cromwell to
Weeping Water on Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Davis stopping in Lincoln for
medical treatment, as she has not
been in good health for some time.
Mrs. Cromwell advises us that
spring is much more with us here
than Broken Bow. She says that
the crops look better here than they
do in that vicinity, and that the
season is about two weeks ahead of
that there.
Mr. Davis returned to his home in
Broken Bow Tuesday afternoon, after
visiting his brother and wife. Mayor
and Mrs. T. L. Davis, and also at
tended the funeral of Mrs. E. N.
Munson in Omaha Monday.
We are always glad to see Frank
on the street again, and hope that
he will be with us again soon and
stay longer than he did this time,
as we .all could not see him and
hame a talk with him as we would
have liked. Weeping Water Repub-ican.
Road Boosters
Organize to Can
vas for Gravel
BABY CHICKS
Why not try Wild's certified brown
leghorn baby chicks.
ASHLAND HATCHERY, Inc.
mlS-lmw Ashland, Nebr.
Mrs. J. WV Berger and Mrs. E. De
Les Dernier of Murray were visitors
in Plattsmouth Saturday and while
here were callers at the Journal of
fice for: a short time.
WORK WANTED
: Married man wishes work on farm.
Inquire at Journal office. ltw.
Always something' of interest ; in
the Journal Want Ad department
Well Attended Meeting at Greenwood
Endorses Hard Surfacing Church
Read by Donation Plan.
From Saturday's ra7ly-
Some fifty good road boosters of
the northwestern portion of Cass
county, including residents of the
towns of Greenwood. Murdock and
Louisville, as well as farmers along
the road, met at Greenwood last
night in the second of a series of
meetings arranged to formulate plans
for graveling the west end of the
Plattsmouth - Louisville - Greenwood
road. On special invitation of the
Greenwood committee, members of
the Good Roads committee of the
Plattsmouth Chamber of Commerce
attended the meeting.
The road sought to be graveled Is
some fifteen miles in length, extend
ing west from the end of the present
gravel at the Louisville church cor
ner southwest of Louisville through
to Greenwood, and is known as the
church road. The road has always
been a popular highway in seasonable
weather and affords a short-cut route
from Plattsmouth west to Lincoln,
joining up with the D. L. D. highway
at Greenwood. It runs along the
precinct line the entire distance, the
precincts which it separates being
Louisville and Center on the east
end, Elmwood and South Bend fur
ther west, and Salt Creek and Green
wood at the west end.
The meeting was in charge of Rex
Peters,. Greenwood elevator man, who
called on many of those present to
voice their ideas of the proposition,
and the great majority expressed
themselves as willing to co-operate
in every way possible to the end of
getting this route graveled during
the present year.
George Bucknell told of the find
ings of his committee (appointed at
a previous meeting to investigate the
matter), explaining that the county
commissioners are willing to grade
the route, provide necessary drainage
and bear one half- of the cost of the
gravel, leaving only the other half
of the gravel cost to be paid. He ex
plained the taxation plan, which he
thought could not be worked out be
cause of the fact that six precincts
are involved and many of the prop
erty owners living five or six miles
off the route would be unwilling to
sign the petition. The other plan,
and which he deemed most feasible,
would be to solicit funds along the
route. He advised a graduated scale
of contributions, similar to that em
ployed in towns and cities on paving
projects, where adjoining property
pays the greatest, percentage of the
cost and that further back pays a
diminishing amount per lot.
Another advantage of this plan.
he stated, was that the money could
be raised immediately, instead of
having to wait a year for a tax levy
to come in, by which time the coun
ty funds available for this work
might all be used up on other pro
jects and the county's offer of match
ing dollars temporarily withdrawn.
H. A. Schneider, chairman of the
Good Roads committee of the Platts
mouth Chamber of Commerce was
called upon to explain the procedure
followed in Plattsmouth precinct that
has just resulted in graveling of this
end of the route. The expense here,
Mr. Schneider said, had been borne
by donations from property owners
along the highway, extending back
a distance of a mile and a half to
two miles, together with money rais
ed among the business men of Platts
mouth to complete the amount.
Mr. Bucknell said he felt sure
Greenwood could be depended upon
to subscribe from $600 to $1,000
probably enough to pay for their one
half of the cost of graveling one
mile. Other representatives present
from Murdock and Louisville stated
they were confident the business men
of these towns would subscribe lib
erally toward the cause.
Mr. Schneider In answer to a query
from Chairman Peters stated the cost
of spreading a mile of standard 3
inch gravel is approximately $2,200.
The meeting then evolved into a
round-table discussion of the subject
with many of those interested giving
pledges of assistance and co-operation.
Editor Lee Mayfield of the Louis
ville delegation pointed out that the
graveling of this road now would in
all probability result in the routing
of U. S. highway No. 34 over the
new Plattsmouth bridge and across
the northern portion of Cass county
to Greenwood, in which event It
would be a matter of not more than
eight or ten years before it would be
paved at federal and state expense,
and without costing the property
owners a single penny. On the other
hand, he said, if the opportunity is
neglected now, this will be nothing
more than a dirt road for a good
many years to come.
A number of other speakers were
heard on the matter, including W. F.
Diers, of Louisville, Ed Brunkow, C.
D. Fulmer and Henry Tool, a resident
of Murdock.
A motion by W. A. Armstrong that
the gathering endorse the contribu
tion plan of raising the money and
two committeemen be named in each
of the six precincts affected to go out
at once and see what can be done
along this line, was unanimously car
ried. Those named to serve in this
capacity are:
Salt Creek Precinct Herman Boi
ler and Gus Woitzel.
Greenwood Precinct Oscar Swan
son and Ed Brunkow.
Greenwood City Phil Hall and C.
D. Fulmer.
. Elmwood Precinct Henry Tool
and Paul Schewe.
South Bend Precinct Chris Kupke
and Walter Thimghan.
Louisville Precinct August Stan
der and Ernest Pautsch.
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This picture was taken in the Home Economics department of the Eagle consolidated school. Upper
left, Fitting a dress in the clothingroom. Upper right, Arrangement of furnishings in a room. Center, the
class. Lower left, Scene in food lab-oratory. Lower right. Girls instruct- ed to prepare and serve meals.
TRAINING NEBRASKA GIRLS TO
BECOME BETTER HOMEMAKERS
If the next generation in Nebras
ka is better clothed, better fed and
better served in their homes and
none will deny it will be a major
portion of the credit will go to the
Fort of instruction the domestic
minded young ladies of the state are
receiving in the vocational home eco
nomics courses made possible in the
public schools by state and federal
aid under the state department of
vocational education.
Home economics training is rapid
ly becoming an essential part of the
general education of every girl. More
and more home-keeping is becoming
a skilled occupation and the courses
offered in the schools are planned
to give girls training in the home
making responsibilities they are
carrying now and preparation as
homemakers later on. The courses
include: food preparation on the
meal basis; selection, construction
and care of clothing; care, develop
ment and management of the child;
social and family relationships; art
as applied to clothing, house furnish
ings and decorations; health. The
courses are at least two years in
length and take up about one-half
of each school day.
Home management, it has become
to be seen, is an important branch
of human knowledge, for on good
management hangs the success of the
home. Home management is, of
course, best developed in the home.
For this reason the courses outlined
by the director of vocational educa
tion include home projects as a part
of the work of every student. Here
the parents, student and teacher all
cooperate in the home education of
the girl. It is a proper fusion of
training and experience on which
successful education so certainly de
pends. The home economics department
of the consolidated school at Eagle
is a fair sample of the departments
that exist in other progressive pub
lic high schools of the state and show
the interest the state department of
education, representing the people,
is taking in the important business
of fitting young women ot be capable
and contented homemakers.
Center Precinct Fred and Louis
Gaebel.
It was explained that the east end
distance between Louisville and Cen
ter precincts is only two and three-
quarters miles, the road already be
ing graveled from the church corner
northeast into Louisville, and south
to Manley and the Red Ball highway,
thence into Weeping Water. The re
maining mileage lies between South
Bend and Elmwood and Salt Creek
and Greenwood precincts.
It was voted to retain the special
Good Roads committee appointed at
a prior meeting, to aid the precinct
solicitors in canvasing the territory
and otherwise helping to put the pro
ject over. The members of this com
mittee are Rex Peters, George Buck
nell, W. C. Renwanz, S. A. Cornell
and W. A. Armstrong.
The solicitors will get busy at
once and hope to have a favorable
report to turn in at an early date.
It is the plan to graduate the sums
asked for, with those living on the
highway paying the most; those liv
ing back half a mile being asked for
less and so on back from the road for
a distance of two or two and a half
miles. With this money and what
can be raised in the towns of Louis
ville, Murdock and Greenwood, the
necessary $1,100 per mile to match
county aid will permit of getting the
work started at an early date and
finished before the wet weather sea
son this fall, when this road is well
nigh impassible much of the time.
It is better to have insurance and
no fire than to have a fire and no
insurance. I write for the Farmers'
Mutual of Lincoln. "There are none
better, and rates are reasonable."
Kindly see or phone W. T. Richard
son, Mynard.
PtipT! n th news vo.
Chet Wiles in
440-Yard Dash
Breaks Record
Tied With Trotter of Nebraska City
When They Lower State Roc
ord Others Take Firsts
From Saturday's Dally
The Plattsmouth high school track
team, comprising a squad of some
twenty young men, journeyed to Ne
braska City yesterday where they en
joyed the dual meet with the high
school of that place and while the
total of points was 78 to 38 for the
Woodmen, the result showed some
flashing men on the Platter team that
will be heard from before the season
is completed.
In the 410 dash, Chester Wiles,
who has been in only two trials of
the event this season, raced with
Trotter of Nebraska City to a tie
and the two fleet footed youths low
ered the high school record fro this
event and set a new margin to be
faced by other meets the time being
55:4.
The 220 low hurdles saw Gilbert
Hirz of the local team the winner
by the time of 31.5, McCleary of
Plattsmouth being second and May
bard of Nebraska City, third.
Garland McCleary scored for his
team in the high jump and pole vault
finishing first in both of these events,
making the high jump in five feet
and the pole vault at eight feet.
Clarence Forbes was second in the
pole vault as well as the high jump.
George Winscott was the winner
of the javelin throw with a distance
of 123.9 feet.
Trively of the Platter squad was
third in the 100-yard dash as well
as the 220 dash.
. Frank Rice was a visitor in Coun
cil Bluffs today where he was called
to look after some matters of business
for the day.
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