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VOL. NO. XLVH
FLATTSHOUTIL HEERAEZA. MONDAY, OCT. 19, 1931.
NO. 75
first Product ;
of New Factory
is Exhibited
Chamber of Commerce Directors Hear
Interesting Reports of Progress
Along Industrial Lines
From Thursday's r7Jy
Brighter prospects in Plattsmouth
industrial lines are foreseen by the
Industries committee of the .Chamber
cf Commerce, according: to report by
Ranking Member of the Committee
S. S. Davis, made at today's luncheon
of Chamber of Commerce directors
the second to be held since June ad
journment for the summer.
Messrs. Hiatt and Slayman of our
newest industry, the Nebraska Bas
ket company, were present and had
with them some samples of the first
baskets turned out in the new Platts-
rnouth factory. Mr. Slayman also
gave the directors a brief address on
basket marketing; conditions and the
growing: demand for this product
which leads them to believe that from
the eight employees now needed to
operate the basket weaving and as
sembling equipment to a pay roll of
many times that number will be a
matter of but a year or two at the
most.
The Industries committee visions
the securing of other similar small
factories that will give steady em
ployment to stated numbers and re
ported on its negotiations for several
such industries. The report was re
ceived with much satisfaction by the
directors who voiced approval of all
action that has been taken to this
end.
President Schneider reported on the
state good roads meeting at Hastings
yesterday, touching on the highlights
of various addresses as well as re
ports on the Iowa paving: plan where
by future gas tax receipts are pledg
ed to the payment of paving coats.
The association voted itself opposed
to an increase in gas tax rates and to
circulate petitions to have the Iowa
plan submitted to the voters of this
state at the next general election.
To Crrivc CapPf" LT2r3 ': '
Another Important report was that
of E. H.'Wescott, Happy Hundred
chairman, that the first supper of the
1931-32 season will be held In the
near future and that as speaker for
the occasion. Governor Bryan will be
here. This will be Governor Bryan's
first visit to Plattsmouth during Jiis
present tenure of office.
Chairman Pollock of the Agricul
tural committee reported the dates of
the Tri-County Poultry Show, early
in December. Mr. Nolte, a member
of the board, presented the matter of
the addition of an agricultural
course In the Plattsmouth schools,
which he said are attended by many
pupils from adjacent rural districts
who would get more good out of such
a course than the business type of
training now being offered. He also
pointed out that such training will
have much to do with keeping rural
youths on the farm, whereas they now
look longingly toward the city after
graduation and generally do not
make "good" farmers.
The question of providing suste
nance for the idle travelers who are
being accommodated to lodging in
the city jail nights was brought up,
but passed on to Judge Duxbury's
Civic Improvement committee as one
worthy of their attention now that
the Yard and Garden contest activity
is over. There was some suggestion
that a woodpile or some such work
be provided and those willing to work
for their breakfast be accommodated,
although it was questionable where
the money to pay for same should
come from. It was generally agreed
that the practice of turning these
men loose without food after their
gratis night's lodging to prey upon
the housewives about town by door-to-door
panhandling should not be
continued. The condition, distant
for many weeks, is becoming more
acute as cold weather begins to set
in, and the C. I. committee was in
structed to bring in a report at the
next meeting.
Attendance at the meeting was
well past the twenty mark, showing
a revival of interest in civic matters
now that the hot weather is over.
SECURE "WILD" MAN
From Saturday's TJally
Last evening the night police force
rounded up a stranger in the vicin
ity of the Standard Oil Co., station
who was unable to give a very clear
account of why he was loafing in
the vicinity. He gave the police a
number of names the last of which
,was "John Jones" and under which
he was ticketed at the city lockup.
There were a number of wanderers
in for the night and the "wild man
proceeded to make things merry for
some time in the jail. This morning
the city washed their hands of the
prisoner and turned him over to the
county for safekeeping and to try
and get some trace of where he might
have come from. As soon as Jones
arrived at the county jail he started
in on another demonstration, kick
. ing over the furniture and attempt
ing to wreck the bunks in the jail.
He broke several chairs also before
Pat Reed arrived on the scene and
quieted down the unruly prisoner.
GO ON EUNTDia TED?
From Thursday's Dally
At an early hour today A. W.
Cloidt, Clayton Rosencrans and Carl
Ofe departed for Madison county
where they are to enjoy a days'
pheasant hunting. The hunters were
anticipating a fine time and expect
to return home with the legal limit
of the game birds. The lovers pf
pheasant hunting in this part of the
state are seeking the north and sand
hill sections of the state for the
hunting as the southeast section and
the extreme northwest counties of
the state are closed to the pheasant
hunters.
Miss Hemp!e
Renamed Secre
tary of D. of H.
Plattsmouth Who Has Held Office for
Number of Tears, Ee -elected
Mrs. Owen President.
The convention of the Degree of
Honor was held at Omaha Thursday
with a large representation from all
parts of the state to participate in
the sessions.
A number of the grand lodge of
ficers were in attendance at the meet
ing and gave addreses along the fu
ture of this great fraternity of the
women of the United States.
The convention at the Thursday
session held the annual election of
officers and re-named to the position
of secretary. Miss Teresa Hemple of
this city. Miss Hemple has served in
this position for a great many years,
being one of the long time members
of the order in the state. Her splen
did services in the office has won
her the approval of the membership
throughout the state.
The full Jist of officers named
were:
President Bin. Florence D. Owen,
Lincoln.
First Vice-President lira, Maude
King. Kelson.
Second Vice-President Mrs.
Agnes Hatton, Edgar.
Treasurer Mrs. Emma Thorpe,
Omaha.
Secretary Miss Teresa Hemple,
Plattsmouth.
Inner Watch Mrs. Dora Camp
bell, Waco.
Mrs. Blanch Wagers of Chadron
was named as grand chancellor, Mrs.
Laura Martin of Lincoln,, a member
of the grand lodge finance commit
tee. Mrs. Martin, Mrs. Margaret
Cockrell, Omaha, and Mrs. Anna
Koeber, West Point were named rep
resentatives to the superior lodge.
The Plattsmouth lodge was repre
sented by Mrs. James Bulin at the
session of the state convention. ,
MANY GIVEN SHELTER
The city jail Is one of the most
popular places in the community on
the cool autumn evening as there
are large numbers of the floaters
passing through the city who seek
shelter there. The number cared for
range from ten to twenty-live each
night, making it necessary for many
to sleep on the floors of the jail with
newspaper matresses for their couch.
The larger part of the men do not
seem to have any definite destination.
wandering hopelessly over the coun
try in the hope of being able to se
cure employment or food. The men
released in the mornings to continue
their journeys are to be seen attempt
ing to raise the price of a meal or
some foodstuff from the residents in
the business section of the city,
many also getting out into the resi
dence section to try and secure food.
When winter arrives with its se
vere, weather conditions, the prob
lem of the feeding of these unfor
tunates is going to be a real prob
lem and one that will require some
grave thought at this time, both
from a humanitarian viewpoint and
as a matter of safety, hunger mak
ing otherwise peaceful and inoffen
sive men desperate.'
COUNTY COBSHUSXING CONTEST
Wednesday, October 28.
The Cass county corn husking con
test will take place at one o'clock
Wednesday, October 28, at the Frank
Taylor farm, one halt mile south of
Alvo.
The field of corn chosen for the
contest is in excellent condition. The
rows are eighty rods long and the
field Is very uniform and free from
weeds. The yield has been estimated
by several to be 50 bushels per acre.
Six men are already entered and
preparations will be made to accom
modate ten contestants. Entries will
close Saturday night, October 24.
The winner of the contest will en
ter the state corn husking contest
which will be held November 9, about
four miles west of Schuyler in Col
fax county.
OAK HILL STUDY CLUB
The Oak Hill Study club met on
Wednesday, October 7th at the home
of Miss Helen Johnson.
- The subject of the meeting: was
"The Club and its President.'
Officers for the coming year were
elected and at a suitable hour very
dainty refreshments were served.
The next -meeting will be held at
the home of Mrs. E. B. Hutchison.
Retearcmg for
Home Talent
Play Oct 28-29
Three Act Comedy, "The Early Eird"
to be Presented at Flats Under
Auspices of Legion.
Members of a carefully selected
cast are now engaged in rehearsing
daily the three mirthful acts that go
to make up the Legion sponsored
comedy that will be presented at the
Plats theatre on the nights of October
28th and 29th. Direction of the play
is in the hands of "Demmy" Hiatt,
well known old-time theatrical man
whose success in arranging and di
recting home talent productions is of
long standing. .
Tickets are now being placed in
the hands of Legion members and at
the low prices of 50 cents for ground
floor seats and 35 cents for the en
tire balcony, a complete "sell-out. of
the house on both nights is antic!
pated by the committee. Leslie NIel
is chairman of the committee, being
assisted by "Cap" Gayer and Leo
Boynton.
Members of the cast were chosen
with the viewpoint of their particu
lar aptitude for the part assigned and
include well known Plattsmouth peo
ple as well as several from nearby
communities, particularly the vicla
ity of Mynard, where numerous pro
ductions of this kind have been spon
sor in the past and the players have
won fame as seasoned actors. .
The decision of the Legion to sub
stitute home talent shows for its form
er rather questionable money-making
enterprise the outdoor carnival, as
presented by traveling carnival ag
gregat ion s was favorably received
by community leaders when announc
ed some weeks ago. and the united
support of the public is anticipated.
The problem of raising money with
which to meet operating expenses and
pay taxes and interest on the com
munity building is a serious one and
requires continued work on the part
of Legion members as well as united
patronise by the public
The Lcrlan has steadfastly refused
to hire t:2e,rro4ucrax; companies
that take ssost oi the profit and in
years past has produced some good
plays, the last being given in the
spring of 1922. when standing room
was sold on both nights.
Personnel of the cast will be pub
lished in a few days and advertising
started to acquaint the public with
the nature of the show, which' is said
to be one of the snappiest comedies
ever presented in Plattsmouth.
HOLD V0NV0CATI0N PROGRAM
From Fridays Daily
The high school held a very inter
esting convaction program this
morning over which Miss Madge
Garnett, president of 'the student
council, presided. The program was
in charge of a committee composed
of Emily Lorenz, chairman, Mata
Schackneis, James Robertson and
Edward Wehrbein.
Two very delightful piano num
bers. "Minuet In G" and "Under the
Double Eagle March," were offered by
Miss Dorothy McCarthy, Miss Ger
trude Vallery gave a splendid read
ing, "Daddy Doc," which was very
much enjoyed, and Miss Mary Ann
Rosencrans was heard in three vocal
selections. "Hiking Down the High
way " "Because You're You" and
Dream Your Troubles Away," in
her always pleasing manner, the ac
companiment being played by Miss
Emily Lorenz.
The new school song, words and
music bythe members of the normal
training class, was given with the
entire school joining in.
The remainder of the convocation
period was devoted to the pep rally
for the Ashland-Plattsmouth football
game.
J. P. FALTEB POORLY
The many friends over Cass coun
ty will regret very much to learn that
J. P. Falter, former county commis
sioner and one of the prominent
democratic leaders of eastern Nebras
ka, is very ill at the home in this
city.
Mr. Falter while going home Wed
nesday noon, suffered a sudden at
tack that resembled a stroke, just as
he was going into the house. He has
since been confined to his bed and his
condition is regarded as critical.
The sons, George H. Falter, of
Kansas City and John W. Falter, of
Falls City, with their wives, came up
last evening to visit with the father,
George Falter remaining here today
while the other members of the fam
ily returned temporarily to Falls
City.
CHURCH W0SSE23 AT-
TEND HEETdG AT ELAEL
Friday's Dairy
A group of local Episcopal church
workers were at Blair yesterday for
a district meeting. Bishop Shayler
of Omaha, Miss Marsden and Miss
Eastwood, secretaries for Episcopal
church work with their headquarters
in New York city addressed the gath
ering. Canon Petter of Plattsmouth
led the Noontide Devotions. Dioces
an leaders also spoke.
HANY TO DO OWN SHUCKING
; The low price, that the new corn
is bringing on t.he market at this
time is-to serve to reduce the volume
of one of the employment sources of
the late fall, that of corn shucking.
many of the farmers state. With the
price that is to he paid for the corn
it la expected that the price for
shucking will range from two to
three cents where the farmers are
finding it necessary to secure help
in gathering the scorn. A great many
of the farmers that have small acre
ages of . corn are preparing to do
their own corn .-picking, striving to
cut down the cost of crop production
as much as possible. Those who have
corn acreage - ofT over one hundred
acres will probably engage extra
help for the gathering of the crop
but at a ' figure j far below that of
the last few yeajrs.
Statist' South of
City is Robbed
dollars Secure $33 in Honey and
Some Candy frtm the Way
side fetation
From Thursday's tuny
Sometime during last night the
filling station operated by Charles
Barrows south of this city, was en
tered and the parties committing
the crime escaped with some $30
taken from a slot machine as well
as a small amount of candy and sev
eral electric light globes that were
used in the building.
The station is located on highway
No. 75 just south and east of the
residence of E. H. Spangier and has
since Its establishment been doing a
very nice business.
The entrance to the building was
made by prying up one of the win
dows, which broke, the lock on the
window and permitted the entrance
to the office of the station. The slot
machine was smashed and the money
taken from it. aa well as the stock
of candy carried for sale and several
of the light bulbs from the station.
The vohbery . w- discovered.'' this
morning when Mr.'. Barrows arrived
to open up the station and was re
ported at once to the office of Sheriff
Bert Reed who with Deputy Sheriff
Young motored to the scene but no
trace of the robbers could be found.
Writes of Con-.
ditions in Far
Avay Chile
Arthur Wichmann, Located at Ran-
cagua, Chile, South America,
Tells of Life in South
Under date of Sept. 27. Mr. Arthur
Wichmann writes from Chile, to his
father, the Rev. O. G. Wichman:
"We. wish to let you know that
we are O. K. and that the Chilean
revolution was confined to the larger
centers of population. We had no
disturbance whatsoever in any of the
mining camps. At Rancagua, organ
izations were feeding the unemploy
ed when the bums in the surround
ing territory found this out, they all
rushed over there to get a free hand
out. We are still producing our nor
mal output of copper and apparently
most of it is being sold as fast as
we make it.
"The first of this month we set
our clocks ahead and have daylight
saving time now, ' which gives us
more light in the afternoons after
work, but it is still rather chilly in
the mornings when we get up.
"We are being taxed a little more
to take care of the unemployed, but
the economic conditions are still un
solved as far as Chile is concerned.
"Our radio is working fine and we
have much good music and enjoy it
very much. Most ot the really good
classical music is being enjoyed the
world over. Of course most of the
vocal music is in Spanish, but the
instrumental music is the same in
all languages, we recently heard the
Westminster Abbey Chimes in Lon
don over our radio rebroadcast by a
station in Buenos Aires, Argentine."
Arthur Wichmann resides with his
family in Caletones Chile in one of
the mining camps of the Braden Cop
per Company. The place is as . far
south of the equator as Los Angeles
is north ef it. Consequently it is
summer or spring there now. The al
titude is about 5000 feet above sea
level.
IOWA PARTIES WEDDED
Thursday afternoon Rev. H. G.
Clusky at his home on South Seventh
street joined in the bonds of wed
lock. Miss May Pickering of Strahn.
Iowa, and Mr. Russell Fleming, of
Emerson, Iowa. The bridal couple
were accompanied by Miss Grace Mc
Cord of Emerson and Vera Dundy
of Gleawood. After the wedding the
bridal party returned to their homes
in Iowa, where the five day license
law has caused many of the Iowa
young people to come to Nebraska
for their marriages.
Darrorafiffing
Nebraska
Basket Factory
Starts Operation
First Baskets Manufactured in Platts
month's Newest Factory
This Morning
From Thursday's Dally
The Nebraska Basket Co., oper
ated by L. D. Hiatt and Thomas J
Slayman this morning started the
active manufacture' of the line of
baskets that they are expecting to
supply the trade with in the future,
The operation of the new plant is
most interesting and takes the vlr
gin timber, in large blocks, running
them through the special cutting
machine which is the invention of
Mr. Slayman, delivering it in the
thin wooded strips from which the
baskets are modeled. The material
for the baskets ,can be procured in
the local community in an unlimited
quantity, making it an easy matter to
secure this at very low cost.
The strips from which the baskets
are formed are woven by women on
small stands and then ready for the
modeling machines that form the
baskets, then the rims of the baskets
are nailed on and the handles at
tached and the basket is ready for
sale.
The factory starts with eight per
sons engaged in the production, but
as the factory becomes more
thoroughly organized it Is expected
to be able to increase the capacity
as the workmen become more profici
ent and from one hundred to one
hundred and fifty dozen baskets are
expected to be turned out each day
at the factory.
The first order of the factory was
from the Black & White grocery of
this city which will have the Flatts
mouth made baskets to serve their
trade from now on.
There is a great field in this line
and many large orders are being
negotiated at this time which should
keep the factory at top speed and
possible enlargements in a short time
in order to care for these orders. In
this line the orders will be for hun
dreds of thousand dozen baskets and
which will require thee .soaking and
storrnR- f the -baskets W large ship
ments. ' ij. " -
The upper floor of the building'
will be used for storage and which
will hold three car load of the bas
kets at one-time., - . t
That the field of the factory need
not be limited to market baskets was
shown by the fact that the company
was approached yesterday with the
proposition of preparing an order for
some 45.000 berry boxes to be de
livered the coming spring for, use
in this locality.
The factory has a great future in
this part of the west and marks the
opening of what it Is hoped will be
other small factories that can be lo
cated here and expanded into large
concerns that will furnish employ
ment to many people, both men and
women.
JUNI0B PLATTERS LOSE
The second string of Coach Fred
Rotherfs blue and white gridsters
were at Omaha Thursday afternoon
where they were the guests of the
North high seconds, but were unable
to overcome the superior weight and
force of the Vikings, being defeated
by the score of 32 to 0.
The North team is a large and
heavy aggregation and with a force
of some fifty substitutes had a con
stant fresh force to hurl against the
Platters whose reserve was limited
to some three players.
The local second team ' has some
very promising material and made' a
good fight against the superior Om
aha organization.
The first team squad departed
shortly after noon today for Ash
land where they are to meet the Ash
land high school team in the annual
clash of the two schools, the locals
going with the determination of
scoring a victory over the Saunders
county metropolis.
WEDDED AT ST. PAUL'S RECTORY
Rev. O. G. Wichmann. pastor of
the St. Paul's Evangelical church,
was kept busy Thursday afternoon
in joining the lives and hearts of a
number of young people from Oma
ha, who seeking the services of the
genial pastor,' had their life's hap
piness made complete. Mrs. Frances
Ross and John J. Reed were. joined
in wedlock in the presence of Otis
R. Potter and Miss Katherine M.
Nightengale.
Miss Martha M. Schluter and El
mer Grisham of Omaha, were the
second Omaha couple to be joined
in wedlock by Rev. Wichmann. Mrs.
Martha Zimmerman and Miss Emma
C. Schluter were the witnesses to
the ceremony.-
HARMER CASE AFFIRMED
The appeal of Frank Harmer, resi
dent of the. south portion of Cass
county, from" the conviction here in
the district court, was denied Friday
by the state supreme court, who af
firmed the case. Harmer was con
victed here on the .charge of hog
stealing and was given a sentence of
from one to three years in the state
penitentiary. . . .
REV. SORT0R BETTER
The friends in this community of
Rev. H. E. Sortor, former pastor of
the local M. E. church, will be pleas
ed to learn that he is now back at
the home at Potter, Nebraska. Rev.
Sortor has been suffering from pneu
monia and the severity of the case
made necessary his being taken to
the hospital at Kimball. The crisis
of the case was past on last Friday
and he is now able to be taken to
the home and to sit up for a part of
the time. He will, however, not be
able to carry on his pastoral work
for some time.
Mrs. Don Seiver .
is Named Head of
LegionAuxifiary
Interesting Meeting Held With Ad
dress by Mrs. D. A. Hilton,
Gold Star Mother
The Plattsmouth unit of the Am
erican Legion Auxiliary held one of
the most interesting meetings of the
year Friday afternoon at the Legion
building, a very large number of the
members being in attendance.
Mrs. D. A. Hilton, of Los Angeles,
a former resident of this city, who
has just recently returned from a
Gold Star pilgrimage to France, was
in attendance at the meeting and
gave a very fine address on the trip
to the old world, visiting that soil
of France which shall always be
American because in it rests the
fallen heroes of the A. E. F. Mrs.
Hilton visited at the grave of her
son, Howard Hilton; who was killed
in action during the Mcuse-Argonne
offensive in the fall of 1918. She
told of the wonderful care that had
been provided by the government for
the mothers of the heroes, the splen
did ships that carried them to
France, the unending attention that
they had received from the time of
landing until they were returning
home to the United States. The ad
dress of Mrs. Hilton was followed
with the closest interest, the sub
ject being one that is . very dear to
the hearts of all of the service men
and- "womeB.- - J--",-rT"i .'--v.-
Following the fine address the
unit took up the business matters of
the session, the chief of which was
the election of the officers, the fol
lowing being named:
President Mrs. Don Seiver.
Vice-President Mrs. H. L. Gayer.
Secretary Mrs. Fay McCHntock.
Treasurer Mrs. John H. Palacek.
Chaplain Mrs. Adelaide Boynton.
Members of Executive Committee
Mrs. R. J. Larson, Mrs. L. W. Niel.
After the close of the business ses
sion the ladies enjoyed a very fine
luncheon which had been arranged i
by the hostesses of the afternoon.
The new president has long been
one of the active workers of the local
unit, her untiring efforts has con- j
tributed much to the upbuilding of
the splendid auxiliary in this city. I
The many friends of Mrs. Seiver are j
well pleased to learn of her election
as the head of this patriotic society.
The retiring president of the unit
is Mrs. R. J. Larson, who for her fine
work In the office was named as a
member of the executive committee.
WILL EXTEND GRAVEL
The gravel program of the county
is to be enlarged by the addition of
five miles of gravel on the Louisville-
Greenwood road west from the pres
ent termination of the gravel west
of Louisville. The new section to
be graveled will bring the surfaced
road to the Murdock corner and will
give a fine road tq,the three churches
on this highway, better known as
the "church road." The gravel will
then be within eight miles of the f
town of Greenwood, leaving but a
small section yet to . be .surfaced to
gave an all gravel road east and
west through the northern portion of
Cass county. It is hoped that the
next season can make it. possible to
complete the highway from Platts
mouth to Greenwood.
DEPARTS FOB DENVER
George Christus. who was former
ly Interested in the Majestic cafe, de
parted Thursday for Denver, where
he is expecting to locate for the pres
ent at least. Mr. Christus since dis
posing of his interest in the restau
rant, has been having a great deal
of trouble with his eyes. He was at
the Mayo hospital at . Rochester,
Minnesota, for some time and under
the treatment his eyes have improved
a great deal and It Is hoped that he
will in time be entirely over the
trouble. He has been spending the
greater part of the time while re
cuperating, at the George Conis
home in this city, as well as with
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Stavons at Ne
braska City, he being a brother of-
Mrs. . stavons.
MARRIED AT COURT HOUSE
Miss Marjorie Lewis and Otto
Leckert of Omaha were married
Thursday afternoon at the office of
County Judge A. H. Duxbury. ' the
ceremony 1 being: performed ' in the
usual impressive manner of the court.
The wedding was witnessed by Misses
Mildred Jahrig, and. Clara Wichmann.
Charles L.
Creamer Called
to Last Reward
Long Time Resident of Cass County
Called to Rest at Hospital
in Omaha Friday.
Friday afternoon at Omaha occur
red the death of Charles L. Creamer,
. 70, long time resident of Cass county.
who has for the past few years been
in failing health. Mr. Creamer, who
has made his borne in Omaha for the
past five years, was taken ill a year
ago and an operation was performed
that gave him some relief but short
ly after his release from the hos
pital he fell and sustained a frac
tured hip from the effects of which
he never fully .recovered. A few
days ago he suffered an attack of
pneumonia and from which he pass
ed away Friday.
Mr. Creamer was born In Mills
county, Iowa, May 21, 1861, and
when but a child of two years bis
parents, Mr. and Mrs. George A.
Creamer, removed from the Iowa
home to Cass county, Nebraska, set
tling in Eight Mile Grove, in which
community Charles Creamer grew to
manhood. Mr. Creamer followed the
occupation of his father, that of
farming and for a number of years
was engaged in farming south of this
city, remaining there until the fam
ily moved Into Plattsmouth some ten
years ago. The deceased was a mem
ber of the Presbyterian church for
a great many years, remaining a
member of this faith until his death.
For a number of years during his
residence here Mr. Creamer was en
gaged at the Hotel Riley and where
a very large number of acquaintances
were made, who with the old friends
of bis younger years will share the
regret that his passing as brought.
Mr. Creamer was married in this city
on November 30, 1893. to Miss Mae
N. Martin, who is surviving his pass
ing as well as the seven children,
Mrs. A. H. Duxbury, Plattsmouth;
Mrs. M. F. Duxbury, Oakland. Cali
fornia; E. L. Creamer, Plattsmouth;
Jos. G. Creamer, Harrisburg, Penn
sylvania; Robert N.. Leroy and Wil
liam Creamer of San Jose, California.
There r&. aiao. two aUterajBurvlving,
Mrs. S. H. Kenaston, Springvtew. and
Mrs. Isaac Cecil of this city.
RE-AIXIQgDTG PIERS
The heavy concrete piers at the
north end of the Pappio viaduct are
being lined up, preparatory to placing
the structural steel work and continu
ing with the laying of the concrete
floor of the bridge, itself. These three
piers, which were the first sunk, are
covered with engineer's chalk marks,
showing them to have settled out of
line or not been properly located to
start with and the contractors are
finding it necessary to do considerable
extra work getting them ready to re
ceive the super-structure.
The Missouri river bridge here,
erected on piers sunk to bedrock, was
so perfectly planned that when the
time came to join the cantilever sec
tion they went together without a
single rivet hole mismatching. There
is no reason why this shouldn't be
possible with the much smaller via
duct over the Pappio creek that at
best will present somewhat of a
botched up appearance when viewed
from beneath, where the changes are
necessary to attain the precision re
quire in bridge assembly.
State Engineer Cochran recently
declared the new viaduct would be
ready to travel over around the first
of December.
When finished. It will eliminate the
last detour on the road between this
city and Omaha and give continuous
paving with the exception of the
stretch from the Vallery farm to the
south end of the Platte river bridge.
A future viaduct is planned over the
Burlington tracks at Orcapolis, but
the plans have not progressed suffi
ciently to definitely locate the course
of the road, as yet. In the mean
time it has been promised that this
mile of highway will be treated with
a heavy coat of oil. a new type of
road construction that is being tried
out In Nebraska with satisfactory re
sults and at a cost of only about one
third what is required to pave.
HAS EYES TREATED
Alfred Edgerton. of this city,
who has been at Omaha having an
operation as well as treatment on
his eyes, has returned home feeling
very much improved. The eyesight
has been greatly improved and it is
thought that the eyes will regain
their former sight and strength. Mr.
Edgerton has the offer of a very
lucerative position in Omaha as soon
as the eyesight improves and which
he hopes to soon be able to take up.
SECURES FINE BAG OF GAME
Prom Friday Daily
Frank R. Gobelman and J. C. Cole
man, who have been out enjoying a
few days in the west part of the
state and incidently doing some
pheasant hunting, returned this
morning. They were very successful
in the hunt and came back with the
alio ted five birds each. They did the
greater part of their hunting in the
vicinity ot Callaway.
