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PAGE SIX MONDAY. MARCH 23. 1931. Let Bids for Road Projects to Cost 9 Million Nebraska Pio neer Resident Dies in Omaha PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL I was at Deerfield Academy visit ing my boy, and on the way back I had an hour between trains at Nort hampton. It was Sunday evening. The main street was almost deserted. I walked into a side street and past the little two-family house where Calvin Coolidge lived until a few weeks ago. I went around to the old building in which he and his law partner used to have their modest offices. I stood in front of the square town hall. It was interesting to think of the days when he was mayor. One could pic ture him coming slowly up the street after breakfast. " 'Morning, Cal." people would say. " 'Morning.'' he would answer. And a stranger in the town would probably have exclaimed: "Is that your mayor, that quiet little fellow? He doesn't look like much."' If any one had suggested that the quiet little fellow might one day be President of the United States, the laughter would have echoed from one end of Main Street to the other A few years later, when Coolidge had become governor of Massachu setts, a merchant in Boston named Frank Stearns began to make the presidential suggestion. He came to New Vv.rk and persuaded a few of us Amherst graduates that the tiling was not impossible. Even then the idea was usually greeted with smiles, especially by folks in Massachusetts. "That's all right for you fellows in New York," they said. "But distance lends en chantment. We are his neighbors; we know him." And one of the wisest men in the Commonwealth remarked to the son of Frank Stearns: "Calvin Coolidge is nothing but a figment of your fa ther's imagination." Nazareth is the immortal illustra tion of the attityde of the home town. After Jesus had gone out into the world and become famous: after He had performed His miracles in Capernaeum and even in Jerusalem, He went back home. A crowd of His old neighbors greeted Him in the synagogue, but there was no pride or confidence in their attitude. Their skeptical ex pressions spoke louder than words. "You may have fooled them in those other towns, but we know you. You are only the boy who used to work in the carpenter shop." And the rec ord says Badly; "He could do thero no mighty work, because of their unbelief." It's a wonderful thing to realize that Creatness is growing up some where around us all the time that the most unprepossessing freckled boy may be a future conqueror. Un fortunately, niosr. of its can never believe that the home town could possibly produce anything better than ourselves. Contracts for Paving Lowest Ever Submitted; $3,173,000 in Jobs Awarded. v SOUTH BEND Ashland Gazette i. 4. and son spent Friday evening at the Oscar Dill home. Mr. and Mrs. Fay Nelson and daughter spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. Nelson's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Neison. Miss Ksther Kupke spent the week end with her aunt, uncle, and cou sins. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Gake meier and family. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Reinke and son. Paul Eugene, were Sunday dinner guests of Mrs. Reinke's mother, Mrs. Ida Thieman, and daughters. Mr. and Mrs. Y. M. Garber went witli a crowd from Ashland to a house party north of Lincoln Satur day evening end report a good time. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Garber and Mrs. Gather's sis'er. Miss Osia Trib ner, visited at the Henry Ileitis home Mrs. Win. Blum and children spent Thursday afternoon with Mrs. J. La. Carniele. Herman and John Gnkemeier were transacting business in Piattsmonth Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Yerle Livers spent Monday evening with Mr. and Mrs Oscar bill. Y. M. Barbar attended a main tenance of way meeting in Omaha, Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Oliver spent Friday evening: at the Herman Cake- in Chako, Nebr.. I hursday evening. DM ier home. m- ana Mis. Will Schnelke of Mrs. W. M. Garbar and her I -istet Ashland, sp-nt Saturday evening at spent Wednesday at the home of the home of Mrs. Schuelke's sister Myra Hendrix. and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Orville Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Dill and sons Richards spent Thursday evening with Mr. and ; Mrg critekfcM. who has been .Mis wm mum. attending to business matters in .Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Brooks ol Ldn- mana retUrned Monday. Mrs. coin spent Saturday night and Sun- Critt.htkld is now making her home day at the Oscar Dill home. w-.h her daughter Mr8. c;eorge Mrs. Henry Stander and son. y0fre Charles, spent Mondav evening with .... Mr. and Mrs. George Vogel. Mr and Mrs. Hert Winget and Mr. and Mrs. John Kupke and children, Mr. and Mrs. Fay Nelson familv Wi re Sunday dinner guests at aml duhter" Mr- and Mrs- Waiter the Herman Gakemeier home. , McCi.iness and son. and Elya Win- Mr. and Mrs. Bert Wlnget and Set wore Sunday dinner guests at the Lather Win-re- visited at the Elza wnL Wlnget home. Winget home Sunday evening. Mr. an:! .Mrs. John Sweeney and Bert Mooney. who ha been re- son, Donald, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd modeling his barn, has it completed Haswell and children, Mr. Willis now, making it look like new. : Richards of Omaha, nid Charles Charley Walker, formerlv of ouis- ! Richards of Meadow were Sunday ville. moved into oue of the F. T. Graham rental houses Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Blub were Sun day dinner guests of Mrs. Blum's parents, -Mr. and Mrs. Jolmson. Mr. and Mrs. Garbar and sister were Sunday evening dinner guest? at the home Of Mrs. Myra Hendrix. Mr. and Mrs. F. T. Graham have again moved from their city home to their farm a faw miles west of South Bend. Mrs. Floyd Haswell and children, Ila and Harold, visited at the home of Mrs. W. M. Garber, Friday af ternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Blum spent Sunday evening at the Ed Ran home J. L. Carniele was an Omaha vis itor, Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Carniele and son and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Haswell guests at the Will Richards home. Mr. Graham's sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. G. A. McConnell, who have been visiting at the Graham home the past three weeks, returned to their home in Central City Sun day. Mr. and Mrs. Graham accom panied them as far as Lincoln. VELMA CREIGHTON GETS BANK ROBBERY HEARING Hastings, Manh 20. Sheriff Rav Crosson accompanied by his wife and two special deputies left Friday for j Lincoln to return Mrs. Velma Creigh ton to Hastings for her preliminary hearing Saturday morning on charges of kidnaping and being an accom plice in the $27,000 Hastings Na tional bank robbery last month. Fine Worsteds Never before have we shown finer worsteds and it's been years since prices for quality clothes have been so low. $22S0 Our $22.50 suits are not surpassed in value or price by any chain or group buying store in the country. See them and prove this fact. Kirschbaum 2-Pant Worsteds, $35 Men, you can buy any suit in our entire line of Kuppenheimer quality clothes for spring at $35-00 nrn i law i i rmtiirm Lincoln, March 20. The lowest paving bid ever seen by State Engi neer Roy Cochran was among those received Friday at a $:5,000.000 high way contract letting at the state cap itoL The lettings formed Nebraska's largest road program. The letting was part of a $9,400, 000 highway building program made possible in part by federal emergency appropriations. Bids averaged 10 per cent below the state's estimated cost, Cochran said. One bid was for $1.22 Ms a square yard, submitted by the Abel Construction Co. of Lincoln for 11.5 miles of paving between Central City and Clarks, on the Lincoln high way. At this rate, a mile of concrete pav ing 20 feet wide, would cost about $14,T00. Fight years ago, Cochran recalled, contracts were let for pave ment at $2.77 a square yard. The offer of the Abel Co. was the lowest ever submitted for pavement in this country, Cochran declared. Bids were received Friday on 90.0 miles of pavement, 265 miles of gravel and 53 miles of grading. Work is already in progress. Mr. Cochran said, on the 163 miles of gravel and 50 miles of paving con tracted for last Feb. 27. Another letting will be held the latter part of April and still others may be arranged after the legisla ture, now in session, fixes definitely the amount of money available for construction. Governor Charles W. Bryan said recently that low bids submitted at the first letting had aroused hope for completion this year of 900 miles of grading, 1.000 miles of gravel. 210 miles of pavement and 100 miles of oil-gravel road. All the pavement bid on Friday was to be constructed with federal aid. Pavement amounted to $2,51 , 000 under the estimates. The 20 miles of federal aid grad ing was estimated to cost $168,000 and the 79 miles of federal aid gravel $197,000. The 1S6 miles of state gravel roads, including several farm to market roads, the state estimated would cost $232,500 and 29 miles of grading at $60,000. These items totaled $3,173,000. about a third of the sum estimated by Mr. Cochran as available for new construction work this year. The legislature might yet add to the $9,400,000 fund, he pointed out. A proposal for a $2 5,000,000 bond issue for highway construction re mained Froday in the files of a legis lative committee. Among the bur dens keeping it there was an adverse opinion by Attorney General Soren sen. Of the $9,400,000 road program approximately $5,500,000 will he paid with federal aid funds. Low bids tabulated Friday includ ed: Pon ca-Wlllls, seven "miles gravel. $7,548. Tecumseh-Steinauor, 11 miles of grading. Monarch Engineering Co., Grand Island. $45,150. Hemingford-Crawford, 14 miles gravel. Art Euning of Nebraska City, $3,165. St. Edward-Cedar Rapids. 15.9 miles of gravel. Western Bridge and Construction Co.. Omaha. $16,744. Beatrice-Hebron road, bridge, to Blue Valley Bridge Co., of $7,088.02. ALL Our Work is CARANTEED! Quickly and Economically That's the way we do things. You'll marvel at the low cost of our expert service. We use only those parts in your car that are guaranteed by the makers. Drive in and let us give yon an estimate on putting your car in A-l condition after a hard winter's driving. No obli gation and remember the job is fully guaranteed. You Must be Satisfied R. V. Bryant 337 Main Phone 197 Mrs. Anna Cockle, One Time Resi dent of Avoca Passed Away at Home of Son 5,300 EXPECTED AT C. M. T. C. Training of more than 5,300 can didates from Nebraska, the Dakota--. Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas is being contemplated for IS 31 by Maj. Gen. Johnson Ha- good, commanding the Seventh corps area, through establishment of many C. M. T. camps in this area. According to plans, there will ! camps from July 30 to Aug. IS at Fort Snelling. Minn.; Fort Crook. and Fort Leavenworth, Kan.; from June 16 to July 15 at Fort Lincoln. N. D. ; from July 2 to 31 at Camp Pike, Ark., and from July 7 to Aug. 5 tit Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Travel expenses to the camps will be refunded by paying candidates upon arrival at camp, travel allow ance being 10 cents a mile from their homes to the nearest camp. The same allowance will he made for return travel. All necessary expenses will be paid by the government and ther is no obligation for future military service of any kind by those who at tend these camps, it was naM at head quarters Thursday morning. Mrs. Anna Cockle, seventy-two. died Wednesday afternoon at Omaha alter a very snort illness, passing away at the home of her son, Albert L. Cockle and family, where she has been making her home for some time. Mrs. Cockle and her husband, who died in 1S98, were two of the earliest settlers in Grant, Nebraska, where from 1902 to 1911. Mrs. Cockle was the editor and owner of the Perkins County Sentinel. Later Mrs. Cockle moved to Avoca where she resided for a number of years. While Mr. and Mrs. Cockle were residents of Grant they were several times forced to leave their home and seek refuge at Fori Ogallala because of the Indian uprisings in that si c tion of Nebraska. The deceased lady is survived by the son in Omaha and one daughter. Miss Ruth Cockle of Lincoln. Easter I III I MM I I t is lust aronaatcl tli sorner A large Council He Ha and Aweont Monday. March 16 Auditorium for the Fire of the To groups was held in the Library Woman's club and the public. The Aweont group took in a new member. Jane Kebal; two were taken in a month ago. Velma Shrader and Betty Ann Mc Carthy. A number of Camp Fire songs were sung, then the honors were awarded to tne girls of the groups. The To He Ha girls received their membership cards as did Jane Rebal. Those in the Aweont group taking their Wood Gatherers rank were Mary Katherine Wiles, Marjorie Ann Tid- Iball, Mary Jane Mark. Edna Mae Peterson and Rachel Robertson. Wednesday. March 18 the To He I Ma group atid Aweont group met in the basement of the Library. We Fairbury, j were honored with the company of Miss Dorothy Laros, executive of the DEBAT0RS SHOW UP WELL The debating teams of the Platts mouth high school had a very inter esting experience on Wednesday af ternoon and evening when in re sponse to invitatons they visited two of the Omaha schools and took part in debates which were helpful to the debaters of both schools. In the afternoon the debators were at the Benson high school and gave a very interesting presentation of their affirmative team and in the evening at the Central high school the Plattsmouth debators were as signed the negative and acquitted themselves with the greatest honors. Those who heard the debates warmly congratulated t lie local speakers on their work and were of the opinion that the local Bpealrera had the edge on the Omaha c'.eiat" teams alt ho the event was not a judged debate. The members of the debating squad that attended the Omaha meeting were Robert Bestor. Edward Wehr bein, Madge Garnett, John Becker, Paul Iverson. The local debators are expecting to attend the district meet this week and where the Plattsmouth team is rated as one of the outstanding en tries and one that should capture the honors. The debating squad Is under the direction of Gerald Kvasnicka, teach er in History in tne tngn Bcnooi and he has been very successful in the work this year. G0LDENR0D STUDY CLUB Rising City to David City. 9.3 miles Omaha council of Camp Fire Girls, of gravel. Abel Construction Co. of After the short business meetings of Lincoln, $24,054.91. the groups Miss Laros told us what Veterans hospital, Lincoln, a .2 the Camp Fire Girls of Omaha were mile paved spur, Abel company $5,- idoing, and gave us many suggestions 814.94. for hikes and working. The March meeting of the Golden rod Study club was an all day meet ing held at the Mvnud Cornniunitv hall. The tables for the luncheon were decorated with St. Patrick's day pa per clothes and napkins and the flowers and candles were green and white. The business meeting was called Ito order by the president. Mrs. Glen i Wiles. One verse of all of the songs given the past year were sang and the lis tening number by Victor Herbert was played by Mrs. Roy Cole. A report of organized agriculture meetings was given by Mrs. Virgel Perry. Election of result being: Odell-Steele City, six miles of grav el. $4,618.32. to the Murphy Gravel ) Co. of Fremont". Steele City to Odell, Jefferson coun ty, 5.7 miles of gravel, to Murphy 329.95. Plymouth, nine miles W. Nichols of Geneva, RACHEL Gravel Co. $4, Pruning to of gravel, to E. $7,686.65. Beatrice to Dewitt. 7.4 miles of ROBERTSON, Scribe. DOUBLE WEDDING HERE gravel. Art Euning, Nebraska City, $6,036.81. Dubois to Pawnee City, seven miles of gravel, to Abel Construction Co., $9,262.28. Steinauer to Pawnee City, 6.8 miles of gravel, to Abel company, $8.255. 70. Omaha Bee-News. LEGION AUXILIARY MEETS The American Legion Auxiliary met Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. J. P. Johnson with Mrs. R. W. Knorr, Mrs. Max Vallery, Mrs. C. A. Marshall and Mrs. P. A. Mei singer, as the associate hostesses. The Auxiliary voted to carry out the plan suggested by the state de partment of sending one half of the receipts of the poppy sale to the state department to be applied to the re habilitation and child welfare work of the state auxiliary. The ladies also decided to attend the naturalization ceremonies at the court house on April 6th as a part of their Americanization program. The social chairman, Mrs. John H. Palacek, had arranged two games which were very much enjoyed by the ladies. At the conclusion of the afternoon the hostesses served very dainty and delicious refreshments. From Saturday's Dally Yesterday ajfternoon Rev. C. O. Troy, pastor of the First Methodist church was called upon to unite in the bonds of wedlock. Miss Mable Leona Courtney and Grover Cleveland Edgell, and Miss Mela Larson and Richard Alvin Pickens. The double ring service was used in the joining of the lives of these two estimable couples and at the conclusion of the ceremony the young people returned to their homes at Omaha. Mr. Pick ens was a resident here a number of years ago while a boy and is known to a number of the younger people of the city. officers followed, the President. Mrs. How- lard Wil.s; Vice President. Mrs. Glen 'Wiles; Secretary-Treasurer. Mrs. da jCole; Parliamentarian, Mrs. Will 1 T i ti f irl The meeting was then turned over to the leaders for the study hour. Mrs. B. W. Livingston. Mrs. E. H. Spangler and Mrs. A. L. Huffer. who had as their subject, "Food Facts for Meal Planning." nineteen members and one tor, Mrs. H. A. McKelvey were ent. DE PRIEST HITS G. 0. P. 'LILY WHITE' ALLIANCE FOR SALE Fresh Guernsey cows. Likewise & Polock, Phone 3103, Murray, Nebr. f26-4tw Two Tennessee bankers whose in stitutions went down in the financial crash in that state committed suicide during the past week. More and bet ter suicides among bankers will save the courts a lot of trouble. New Orleans. March 19.- Repre sentative Oscar De Priest, Negro (R. ), Illinois .speaking at the First African Baptist church here Wed nesday night, took the Republican party to task for "recognition" of the "lily whites" and criticized Presi dent Hoover. visi-pres- OBITUARY Farm Loans Prompt Service Bottom Rates See Searl S. Davis Loans I n vestment $ Alexandra Montgomery Jardine was born Aug. 15. 1866, at Cedar Creek, Nebraska, and passed away at his home near Greenwood on March 15, 1931 at the age of 64 years and seven months. As a young man he lived at Cedar Creek and on December 19. 1894, was united in marriage to Matilda Bertha Busche of Cedar Creek, im mediately moving to the farm home at Greenwood where he made his home until he passed away. To this union there were five chil dren: Earl of Lincoln. Vera Dimmit t of Greenwood. Verna Bates of Mcin tosh, South Dakota, Leonard of Greenwood, Everett at home. He al so leaves his wife and five grand children and a host of relatives and friends to mourn his loss. SHOWER IN COUNTRY FOR POPULAR BRIDE Mrs. Louis Hennings entertained a large number of relatives, neighbors and friends at her country home last Saturday afternoon at a miscellan eous shower in honor of her sister, Mrs. Glen Eager, a recent popular bride of this vicinity. An appeizing luncheon was serv ed, one of the delicacies being home made ice cream and Mrs. Eager re ceived some beautiful and useful gifts. Those present from Louisville were Mrs. Chester Eager and daughter. Alive, mother of the groom, Mrs. El len Ball and Miss Helen Larson. Louisville Courier. Need help? Want a job? You can ffet results in either event by placing your ad in the Journal. With the prices of Men's Suits and Top Coats so very reason able, you certainly will want to dress up for the Easter celebration. It's a glad and happy time and we want to help you make it so. New Easter Attire in Suits, Top Coats, Hats, Shirts, Neckwear, Hosiery, Kerchiefs in the very latest city mode, at LESS than city prices. WESCOTT'S Sharp Drop Noted in Tax Collections Early Reports Are Not of a Pleasing Sort Borah Believes Rat?; In crease Needed. $5t0,8S0.G71. Other items also Show ed sharp decreases. The tobacco tax dropped oh" $6,384,893 in the ten months and the cigaret tax declined $2,000,000. The documentary stamp tax. which includes salt of bonds, stocks and transfer of securities, dropped oft $22,878,37:?. - State Journal. Washington Sharply decreased income tax collections for the first quarter were visualized by treasury officials as they studied latest reports and receipts from that source. Before them the officials had the report for Wednesday, the latest available, which showed only $88,691.? IT, had been collected that day Compared with $214. 534.548 for the corres ponding day last year It was explained the figures to be announced Saturday would show more accurately what the treasury can expect from the 1930 tax. but officials described reports already re ceived as "discouraging." Meanwhile.- Senator Borah, said ho be lieved an increase in taxes would be necessary but he declined to say when he thought it should 50 into effect. Great Drop Feared. The report for Wednesday brought the collections for the month to $194,945,837 compared with $314. 200. 55S last year and for the fi;:il year beginning July 1 to $1,366. 376.861 compared with $1,560, S34.700 last year. Should the report Saturday show an appreciable, drop M will be accepted as indicating that the total this year wlil not be nearly as great as last year. In some quarters fear was express ed that the decline for the month might be as much as $150,000,000 from $559,000,000 collected in March. 1930. Last Wednesday the treasury had a deficit of $301,045. 372 and statistics issued by the in ternal revenue bureau showed taxes of all kinds had decreased $121,631. 371 in the first eight months of this fiscal year. In that time corporations paid $642,306,807 in income taxes as com pared with $66,557,085 in the same jeriod last year while Individuals paid $533,988,593 compared with FRANK RVTHBUN MARRIES WESTERN NEBRASKA GIRL The Louisville friends of Frank Hathbun will be interested to learn jof his marriage on Marc h 3, 193', to Miss Etta O'Neill, of Irwin. Nebras ka. The young couple drove to Mar tin. South Dakota, for the wedding and were accompanied by the groom's brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Gardner, of Merriman, where Mr. Rathbun lias been making his home for a number of years. The groom is a son of Mrs. Ellen Rathbun, of Louisville. He served in the navy during the world war and has a splendid record of service. He was on the U. S. S. Vermont. He spent his boyhood days in Louisville and has many friends in this vicinity. The bride is a former school teacher and is highly esteemed by a large circle of friends. Louisville Courier. RED OAK R0TARIANS TO BACK PIG CLUB Red Oak. la.. March 17. For the fourth consecutive year, the Rotary club will sponsor a Pig club, it was announced Tuesday by President Raymond Ferryman after 1 1 bred sows had b-en distributed to as many Montgomery county farm lads. Decision to continue the practice was made when reports pointed out a $400 profit tin past ventures and the fact that through the club in fluence one farmer in this vicinity was getting "back 011 his feet." Thomas Walling Company Phone 324 ..,,... , J Abstracts of Title Plattsmouth husbands wanted who their still appreciate wives! I F you are one ana wani 10 maice . . . 1 your wife believe you, xaKe ner a box of candy now and then. You may whisper "Sweet Nothings" In her ear quite often, but nothing "registers" like a gift, and candy is always a welcome gift. We sell a variety she'll be sure to welcome Julia King's delicious home made candies easy on your pocketbook 80c the pound. Bates Book and Stationery Store 1