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About The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (May 19, 1930)
PLAjTTSMOTJTII SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL MONDAY. MAY 19, 1930. PAGE TW,Q Platie River Bridge Made Toll Free hi 2 Years Splendid Concrete Structure Built at Cost of $120,000 Paid for It self in Short Time. Many of the men interested in the Missouri river bridge being dedicated today are not new at the bridge game, having financed and erected the steel and concrete Platte river bridge north of this city, erected in 1925 and opened to traffic in the fall of that year. This imposing structure, built at a cost of $120,000 was erected un der provisions of a state bridge lav that would permit the state and ad ,.x KINO OF TRAILS BRIDGE Over the Platte River en Highway that Paid for Itself la Tolls Collected and is Ndw a Free Drldge 1 eleplione Company Serve, the Public Well Made Many Improvements in the Past Year in Territory That Is Served by Company. The Lincoln Telephone & Tele graph Co., have in the past year made a great many improvements to their plant in this section and the lines over the territory that is served by this company. The company has rebuilt. all rural lines, replaced with new poles and wire, also' placing five new" lines in service in this territory. This gives the patrons on the rural lines the very best of service that can be found anywhere in the country districts of any company. The force of workmen of the com pany have also placed four miles of aerial cable that have been strung and all open wires removed and plac ed through the cable. The company in this section have placed additional toll circuits be tween Plattsmouth and Nebraska City, Plattsmouth and Murray, Oma ha and Auburn, Omaha and Falls City and between Omaha and Lin coln, running through Plattsmouth. Six additional toll circuits were strung and placed in service, giving the toll users the very quickest of toll service. The building of the toll line lead between Plattsmouth, Nebraska City and Auburn is now in full progress. The building occupied by the local exchange also underwent big im provements in the placing of new floors, counters, the installation of new office furniture and fixtures and the placing of individual lockers for t!ie operators, as well as repainting and varnishing of ali of the wood work added to the Improvements of the building and for the comfort of the employes, All these improvements have run - a" - i'i----V I v i .. t-V-... . . , -v'-V ' .1' '' f.-'.'X"--"' :'4. - . 'p . .turJOE JA5IES Mciuber Eoaid of Directors. E"! I ::, - i.r. -rtf f joining counties taking over owner ship of the bridge at any time, with the state paying half of the purchase price and the counties collecting toll for their half of the cost. All toll3 collected were applied on the purchase price and interest on the investment and when the state took it over it was already partially paid for. Little more than two years of toll collection not only provided sufficient money to pay for the bridge but a reserve fund to provide for re placement of its gravel surfaced roadway with one of rock-asphalt pavement. The securing of a toll-free bridge over the river enabled the govern ment to expend money on road im provement right up to the bridge and an all weather road to Omaha was provided within a short time. Now, this route is being paved and the coming few months will see its completion and the elimination of grade crossings. into thousands cf dollars that . the company has spent to see that their subscribers and employes are given the very best of service and comfort. The Lincoln Telephone & Tele graph Co., is a Nebraska company, serving its people in every way pos sible and is always abreast of the times in rendering dependable ser vice to its subscribers at all times, and at the lowest possible cost. The local exchange is under the management of C. II. Jensen and who with his very efflcent force of oper ators and workmen are striving con stantly to serve to the fullest extent the residents of the territory in which they operate and from the marmger down it is "service with a smile" from the employes of the Lin coln Telephone Company. .THE AMERICAN RHINE The bluffs along the shores of the Missouri river from Plaitsmouih south fo rmany miles lie r.3 the na tural American Rhineland, the place where nature has planned for na tural vineyards, the sun and mois ture of the valley making the kille ideal for the purpose cf grape cul ture. For several years Attorney A. I,. Tild of this city has urged that more grapes be planted along the hilla and bluffs where there is not so much land suited to the corn cul tivation but which in vineyards would give an abundant return to the owner in the great harvest of the luciou3 purple grapes that are in such demand each year from all parts of the country. ' BARBERS WILL CELEBRATE The union barber slicp3 of the city w":l take part !:i the festivities of the formal opening cf the Missouri river bridge and will r.ecordingly have their places r.f business closed fi--rt 1 r. m. until 4 p. in. AH pa trols are- uried to take note of the hours of closing. PLEAS AST RIDGE CLU3 Tae Pleas rat Ridge Community club will meet in regular session next Friday evening at the usual place. iv'A ;v i,' - -.'4 t:??;.ir;&4-?A"4 . .. -.4- ' . T -REflLRV ' Plattfmoiith Bridge Co. - Plattsmouth, Nebr. . . . Happy Hundred Suppers Adver- tise Plattsmouth An Unbroken Line of Monthly G-et-Tcgether Meetings in Winter Season Past Eight Years Winter has its snows, summer has its flowers, the radio has its Amos and Andy but Plattsmouth has her Happy Hundred. The Happy Hundred is a social get-torrether of one hundred good fel lows from all the professions, busi nesn pursuits, arts and sciences of our little city. This title just fits the crowd and the occasion. It has been the outstanding social event of the Chamber of Commerce for the past eight years and has continued thru t:?e winter months with unbroken regularity. It has been called Happy Hundred because that is the number, with very slight variation, which gathers around the table at f5:30 on a given Tucrday right during the winter m.viths and they are all happy be came t'mt is the purpose of the gathering. Sirrr'ng. speaking and lots of pap ' -hat":-ter'ze the meetings which be f;'n promptly at. C:30 and close as r.rrropMy at 5?: 30. The supper hours hpvr been favored by the presence of the :n"st d istinguishod sneakers in tli o stTte of Nebraska governors, svators, leading business men, jour n!its. university professors, cap tains of industry, leaders cf the bar p.nd !-.er.ch, and occasionally, though with fear and trembling, a politician lias bei' risked by the committee as a luadllncr. Happy Hundred ha3 her Searl Pa vis, who has with the exception of two or three occasions when absent frori the city, presided at this happy board throughout the entire eight years that Happy Hundred function ing For one man to continue to hold the attention and interest of his fellow citizens in such a difficult r-le as toastmaster is most unusual, but Searl himself is unusual, being a born master at the art of handling a dinner program and one who be lieves in wasting no time in useless speeches of introduction, yet imbued with a mild and pleasing type of - - -... "- ,y. h . -:; : :: ' :--?-v .-v;;:y :-:;v-. SEARL S. DAVIS Happy Hundred Toastmaster and Today's I.Iaster of Ceremonies witticism that always "strikes lire" with the responsive diners. With pep and precision he presents the people of prominence and promptly pushes them on to performance and therein lies the secret of Searl's great popu larity and his being named year af ter year to officiate in this difficult role. I::", favorite musical selection i? "TIkj Old Gray Mare." I.! addition to this important duty, Mr. Davis vas selected by the com mittee arranging today's " dedicatory oycrricc-s to act as roaster of cere n cnit j at the program of the after noon, when Governor Weaver and other notables will cpcalc. G;' ionise the riRttmouih fellows aM c-njoy Happy Hundred, but the usefulnos:-? of the institution and 'u-h it really Is has been enlarged by the attandr.nco of many invited 'i:'f- f'"i nurvcunding communities who have favorad us with their pr-.n-.-ir.-e r.ml hay.; admitted rereivir.g .-.T-t.n-agemcnt and inrpiratio'i for r:.rv several .community tusks at home. "I i.;- ' ti:-:.i r.-e held alternating i - the parlours cf the I'rssby terian and 7:cthodiot churchen and th; A-j'erieun lA-jrion ?onrjurity build ''v;. con-.niit:o having In charge th-: pr-rrrar: .-.-! arrangements for ti-.e y;v:L c, nl years consisted of TZ. II. 'V'.-isoolt. chairman; II. W Knorr and Ij. o. Minor. Thor,e to gether with ring-na'-ter Davis have :-?dr it PfS'-,ib!e for the Chamber of Crei-Kcrcn to function in thia rocial 'o;..--iirsc and offer to the men of ?km-r;c-utU p-r.i vi:initv, evenings of crjcyniet. Irrtcrcit and edn-ation v.I.j. h could hnvo been provided in ro oilier way and hs.-? brct-tht before then men of lyceum and Chautauqua caliber in their spbres of activity. The list ot these speakers, altogeth er too long to publish here, contains t PROCLAMATION t . , Friday, May 16th, has c been designated as the date J for the formal opening of J the new Missouri river traf- -l- fie bridge near this city. J The completion cf this span J is the realization of some four years of effort on the part cf the peoples of Cass and Mills counties to secure a modern and adequate means of communication. Therefore, as mayor of the City of Plattsmouth, I re quest that all citizens who can, Join in. this gala occa sion thnt should mean so much to the residents of thio se-r-tion of Nebraska and western Towa. V V J- It in urged tliat all of the business houses in the city 'I' display the welcome banners on the street and that where possible the residences din Play the Hag, and that the bufincrj houses of the city wherever pr.fiblc. take part In the r.ciaf-'on by closing - from the hour of 1 p. m. to 4 p. m. J Let us r.infce this.n vr f J nrtr.ble occasion in the hi1".-l- tory of Plattsmouth ?.r. 1 i'vn l county. JOHN P. SATTLF.lt, Mayor. t": rp.mrs of more than 35 prominent rh cf the middle west. Happy Hundred has never been in iny v.-ay r.-.od as a means of cxplo!t !; a,-y man, men or measures. The rvly thirg that is has exploited ar.d nrcrjnte,'. is a fine fellowship whioh he:; broadened the vision, strengtlien ,(i friendships and heightened the ' ultnro cf nil who have come under it2 influence. SCHOOLBOY PATROL REDUCES ACCIDENTS Washington By telling their school mates when it is safe to cross iusy thoroughfares near schools, 2030 member? of the schoolboy pa trcl organized here under the aus pices of the American Automobile Association have been instrumental i:i bving'ng about a reduction of 2:5 per cent in the fatal accident? to children of school age in Washing ton. The safety division of the District cf C( Iir..i!.:-i divi'ion of the A. A. A. reports there are r.ow 15S ratrols in 'hp city, wita an average of one patrolman to every 10 children. In 192C whm tkJ patrc Is y.-ere Erst or SJiuized, it. .-i said.- there wore. 15 fatal ac?id r.ts to children of school 4-gc. I:i 10r)' Hi a number was 10. n reduction of .S3 per cent, uciording to the report. On drab djy: the boys on patrol ivcpr brillinitv v!l..w ponchos and z fu r:ii-he-1 by the A. A. A. that I: y may be o::s:Iy : p'jt. -1 by mote r 'r"s. On otl'.o1." 'J-?yj thry are id'.ti by whiL: "Sam Brown" belts. Th t:--l;o their r s.s before and after school r.nd at the noontime recess. LirM and fewer District Offices Here Serving South Eastern ITcTiraska ?S5.0C0 Sub-Station Completed. Numbered among the important ar.;-"ts in t';p business field here is the Tov.'a-NV-br:if-kn Light and Power TTr.piny, i corporation that serves a vat territory throughout southeast ore. Nebraska and southwestern Iowa. T ;s cr.rfpny irnintain'i its district oiTi'-o's here frr the territory com prising the southeastern Nebraska dir.' v't. v.-ril as makes this a oon- vcrinir point for high tension lines from OmV-ha. the Red Oak, Shenan doah ar.d Clarinda (Iowa) power T.ti'if,:is finr from Lineoln. To take ci re of t 'if - hi-h nowercd electrical 'r-rent a m. ?sr.fon sub station 11 if? re-cntly ben built alonw High-v,-pv 7 5;i hn f-mith portion of the -51". So fffieiivitly does this equip-r"-t occrae tlit current can be 'iV'-n frc.-i arv -f the p wer plants -f 'ur c.-nnany en rhort notlne, fo ro 1;K;ro ji,.,.-, ntcmontarily In rt?Gn Cf y?wire v.-i 1 1 result at any t'me. T- -id':;M"i to its district offices rr-i Ito r,;il --rt'it ion. the company M-r",-raf'7, -;r. ?r'ifrtnl gas plant in P?attfiT"f 5--!pn5'iafT "several hi.in-dr.-d h-r.fp" vitii ' eookir.g fbcilities; in. ari'lrlni ff3 p!a.".t that sitppHeF the -fd1.-- r -.r ra- poop'' r.nd rsvcral rf thr f i ' -v nearby towns as we'l, 'i i-I maii-ta'ns r.;i oiv?ratir!g steam plant a -5 : tand-l-y unit that can be rS.firr, jn operation to r:rnp!y cleo Ity .'t tbin vicinity should all the "'! fjreui's centering here b--- T-'it out -,f e.--.".mi Tslon. T'"? crmrr:ry is making extensive -iifim for the bringing of natural gas .in (MS territory and hopes to get r. v-n: llrc.H installed and ready to fvpr-iy nrtural" gm to raor:t. of the t.owc it. cerves with electricity not Ir-ter than tho end of the present --. Loraliy, it has completely re built its downtown distribution lines, crm' frii g all ji J-ght tirnt'tg and n- '..'." it, ice- -.c .. the telephone cTTTy'a Tb'ct en r Irgl2 poles of towering height and making tbo a!jcry5 i!Vr. from unsightly !v!n ami dllanidated crossarms. At the present time they are get-ti'-.sr ready' to rebuild the distribution line that runs Eouthward to Nebraska City and beyond. LONG STORY OF BRIDGE PLANNING (Continued from I'ag; 1) named was the Minsouii Itlver Rridge f-rtmi.iit t f.p, wiili Henry A. Schneider, provident of the bridge company, as chairman. About this tin! the-re was hold in Omaha a m'tlMg of h.m f tlio men who had b i-ii insti uiii'-ntal in building th J-;inr of Trail h'-idge over the riattf ilvi-r, fix I'ldin;; Mr. Schneider. At tlil ifi ting tti re was nrganiz.-d tin- I'lattni.outlt Pih'.-r;, Company, with III'' folio v Uiii t.mii I j as oiTicc rs: I llcniy S lu.'Mi r, I'hil t.-.iu .'ith, ! prcMldtnt. ' It. A. Lei:;.::! r, )i:!:.l:i, Vbo pre .11 'vi t. (ii.'ii W. Vmil-., On.:ti:i, : 'c i ' ! :i t y. ' .1 'i ! To'-. I". )'i.;ils:i, , tr :'::'i( r. .(!.,': .!:!' T. v l.-y, I'l.-'H:-.-IM .tt" . .'I' d " i ! I I :. V' 1, J:n aha, in!,' r-i f I'm :i : ! l! ! t ' i : M. T!:-:c i:.i-n I. it IIj" orlcl'i.'il 1 i 1 I i' :i ' ' I M f !tl- I'! u 1 1 Mji'-'1 !i iifhir. ( lu .: !. ;-f,J v.. '.t r Ml ; t . !i t---.ii V - iin'f inn :-. I ! i itv: :,; . 'i - .i i.1:-- ii.-i-j n r. .i !''. !i" : t tt t n j ' ! .t ( t I " i (.:.-. y ' i ! ' j f " T; - i r -i'i if a fill! by roii- i t ;i !!':'', t '! on.,i;; iiy (o , ; ' I . u ' v ' 'i !! n!' ' '.. i' !i v-! . ' 'V.-.r ' :;-. rtr.i.- t '! t:,f .-. !; !.( . "t :v jdi'ii v. '- : of t !p l-'lr-.t. i' br.vsk.j dls- bill ''; f":!. t !: : :i: 1 : '-nu;; r . "s in i -! ,: t . ;-': . t h th j;'rr- r r,-'7tp ai.d f!gned by tlie !l"r;-r!rb -t ii Mr.r.-h, H 2S. Aft:-; ' I-, J !'.'. probl: rn cf fir.nnc i ;.'? :'i im?)')rta?ic-'. . Tlio in- .... ... s ..-'.d a bridge her-:- ; r - y 1 l.c- mrdo to ,'xy for itself in a ; compni atlvcly few years, but making I eastern investors see the matter in l CART. E. VOCr.L Engineer Who Supervised Con struction of New Dridge that light was not so easy a matter, i: i-.v t. bof..io ikey would consent to accept bonds on the structure they t. men into this territory to con duet a survey of conditions amd the demand for a bridge here from the in. dings cf whom they computed pos rif le earnings and finally gave their O. K. to the project. In the matter of financing, the Plattsmouth bridge stands out alone r.rieng the several being built up and down the river, namely, no orga nized stock selling campaign was conducted nor was the community a"ked to subscribe a single penny to insure erection of the bridge. A very small amount of preferred stock was sold in this vicinity, but in every - -4- 4V $85,000 SUB STATION 9. 1 i v. t i a : : ; . - .. .. H ' - - , vr" Fanners Creamery Here Amoiiff Mewer Indnsiries that are Making Opened a Year an;1 n. Half Ao, It Has Steadily Forced to the Front Casco Butter is Sold Expensively in the East OWNED 100 BY CASS COUNTY FARMERS C.t;i:nt in December, IC2S, Sponsored by Chamber of Commerce Initial Pound of Better Purchased for $500 and Presented to Governor i I , C ' CAS2 COT N'T Y FARMERS A year and a hrlf ago there was T.-.ihe-.c-d in Plattsmouth a r.imilar grc-'ip of p"'-r!? to 1! at .rathe"ed here teday for the bridge opening, the only, mriko'l difrc -.civ e bei'.g that the cr.,-.Y.'l was nL nearly so large. They were here to attend another dedication program, also sponsored byJLe .Plattsmouth Chamber of Com merce t lie dedication of the new C'r-i Ci.-tr.ity Farmer's Co-Operative 'rer.r.icry. Like today's celebration it v. a:: a Tf"!er.;n ar.d dignified cere mony befitting the occasion. One of ?:e ;'e:i.urea of this event was the -.j-chasa and drl'very of the first pi -i-r.d rf the r.cw Casco butter, for whs h the rum of $500 was paid by t''" civic body. Eater the butter was taken to Lfnccl.i by Chamber of fcromcrce officials and presented to Covernor Weaver, v.hile moving pic ture cameras photographed tlio -pre-3 or tat ion scene. ' - ""-c that day many thousands 'of rrunds of Casco butter have rbne through the large churns at the crta:re!y. The then unknown Casco brand Ii-.s become immensely popu lar in the east, where it has been marketed in inerer.sing quantities luring the past year. In addition it is sold in large quantities in, Omaha and here in our own county. The creamery company in order to accommodate its growing produce iEtar.ee v-'"3 bought voluntarily and without solicitation. Th next step was the drawing of detailed plans, only rough sketches and general estimates of cost having bran used up to this time. In this, wcrk. the engineering department of the Omaha Ktecl Works was given free reign, instructed to design the r.icit practical and substantial bridge it would bo possible to build, suitable wns I''tr' '" 'e ercsFlr.g conditions here. Their!1-? VrAcn Construc-Plaa-s called for the cantilever tvpe!?- '-.rapany. sub-ccntrae-tc rs en tha af const met ion, also singularly dif-jP5-1' ovk. a::d the bridge completed He rent from other bridges being built I arm-rxTaatcIy a year later, being a ar.d down the river, and in this loJ!-f-" structure during completion their calculations were borne out bylrf roadway on the Nebraska side the engineering- firm of Modjeski & Chase, international bridge experts, of New York City. So perfectly did the plans conform to War Department regulations that only a formal hearing before Army ; engineers in Kansas City in Septem- her. 102S, was required to secure the ; further necessary permission to go OF IOWA-NEBRASKA LIGHT & POWER CO. Good y - 'Ji . r . r.i-:r el,-,-.! 4 CO-OPERATIVE CREAMERY l-".'.'' -- v.'as f "I l,uUdi!-r re-i ;. ).-: v rar u '".ict 'Ti ed to erect an addi rt th.e rear of their building on, lower Phey ak-;o tur'ed. to 2 (: ci eamt .1 cottage 'net .o and t!ie sa.-es of this product arc er.irstnr.tiy increasing. Resides the ;e items, here at home th-y are of.'ei ing through local dealer.- r.illk. cream, wlii.i- in.g cream and bv.tt milk. Just now they contem nlate the addition Of coco-malt to their lino. Ti'o ; tvn rr.ery Is under th? per sonal management rf Phil Hoffman, an e::pci t butter maker from the state ('airy department of the Uni versity of Nebraska. As a result of his "a refill managcrient the cream ery :;as r.: t only built up a splendid paMaasg? during the comparatively short time- it has been in operation, but ha been.alrJo to-show r prpfit on the year and a half's 'opevations for both the stockholders end patrons. The officers of tho Creamery as sociation are: ' - President W. F. Nolte. Myr.ard. Vice- President II. F. Noltirg. riattsmcr.th. P?eretary II. L. Gayer, Platts mouth. Treasurer E. II. Spangler, My r.ard. Iiireetria A. A. Wcte-nknmp. My nard; John Hobscheidt, Murray. ahead with cor.atrueticn work. It wc? then, with all seeming bar rier j remcved and finaiicing problems ''I"t... that the inaorpc raters breath ed a sigh ef relief and contracted frr a ir.al i on.-tructlcn of the bridge, the d . tailed r:-!y of whi h is found in another r.rti le in this paper. StJftire to Fay here. a-"tusl v.-ork x J 1 1 I 1" 1- . -4lAr ar l ntt Actually thrown open to toll unl!1 Feorur.ry 1st of - this "ear- . .' Verily. ,!t , Is a lor.i: story from tho time of that mass meetiiig In Eagle ra to dedicatory certnioal-s ioday marking the formal opening of this connecting link between two great states. " 'x-.i --, - . i . mj1 - if r t, - -v . : . zxsnziM--? s -F- W- , a f