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Nefcr. State Historical Society Souaral VOL. NO. XLVin PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, MAY 9, 1932. NO. 29 Pkxismoiiih is wmie spot on Industrial Map One cf Fctt Toy.tis in Kiddie West to Shcv Gain Esther Than T.rs During the Past Year. Frm Friday's ra:ly At i -n!!;; p. rt at yesterday's Chamber f Cnmni' :ce luncheon was cut diwn -.'ii.i'lr ral ly on account of the state i::ical convention? at Omaha and I.ir.coln. President Si hneider was in ('r.'ltd in t lit- list cf absentees, Vice Pr pi!. :t Sfarl Iuvi piesidinsr. An invitation was recti ved to char-sr thr nii eting place to the Riley 1 dining room. Lut this was r it rrt ! ha k to the executive oommit rf u b brought up at the last meet i: g in Ji:n-. just before the July and Aveut recess, and decision mado then a- to i-lre.e c f 1h lding meetings be ginning in the fall. A re. o- '.iuendation of the execu tive nnirr.it to- that the C. of C. con- irj! half c si of grading and providing an approach to the Nor l"Ik I'acking company's scal-s and unh.aciing dumps, not to exceed 100, was acted upon favorably by the directors. This is the only expense entailed in the bringing of this inch:.-try here. Incidentally, it was brought out in a report from the secretary that two government men conducting an in dustrial survey of Nebraska are au thority fur the statement that I'iatts mnuth is the only "white" spot on their industrial map. being one of v..:y few towns anywhere in the mid dle vst to show increase in indus trial d'-vtl'.pnient during the past year. While most towns have been I-sinr industrially, absorption of the Burlington shops by the. BRKX and tlic jat-ns 1 WP new industries the basket factory and the packing plant! has impressed these gentlemen srnt out Ly the government to inves tigate industrial conditions. The publicity committee reported progress in the planning of a pictorial lvturh'-ad and a plan to have local citizens and business men agree to sr-iid letters to ten Omaha frieirfls in viting them to drive to Flattsmouth rcnu- Sunday. The letters will be pre panel by the committee and all that will be necssary is for the send- r.-: to sign thtir name, provide any personal note they wish to ad. and pay the e cents postage on their re FTvctive letters. To avoid duplication, the pre p "sd names will be turned in and checked, the envelopes being ad-i:rt"-cd and ready to mail except for pestact. In this way. it is planned to con tact 1. Omaha citizens, many of whom have never driven this way cr i visited Plattsmouth. at a cost less than carryinc- advertisements in the Cm:, ha papers. Mr. Dellotte Guest Mr. P. U. I Motte, designing engi ne. r. in charge of installation of ma chinery and re-arrangement cf build-ine- at the new canning factory, was a i, : . t at ti luncheon and respond ed to the invitation to say a few words i-b"Ut the packing industry. :-Ir. D.Motte said it takes nerve to start a nw canning industry in these tinus whn canned goods are being s dd n the market at prices below the cost of production, and that competij ti; ti in the canning business is very l.r-n. 1-ut that the Norfolk concern, which i.; looting here is one of the badcrs in the field and by quality methods has built up an outlet for its products that should k-op it well out in front of the procession. He said the machinery being installed is cf the most modern type and be felt sun that Plattsmouth would have ar. to i 1 proud of its new canning l;.cioiy. once they get set up and n ady to start operations, which he estimated would be from four to six weeks. Mr. I Motte is a canner of long c xpe rb ne and will conc lude his work here with th. installation of the new equipment and beginning of canning opt-rat ions, when officials of the com pany will remove here from Norfolk to have charge of plant operation. Other Committee Eeports Civic Improvement committee re ported they would probably not hold tre Yard and Garden contest this year, but would, devote considerable effort to having our avenues of ap proach to the city kept cleaned up and in such condition as to elicit a word of favorable comment from tour ists passing through and visitors frcrn far and near. Under the good roads classification two important announcements were forthcoming, one from Commissioner Farley, that the county is re-gravel ins the Louisviile road us entire length, work having already been started on the west end, and one by acting president Davis that the gov ernment is planning to pave the rifle mad range ! rcr.i the city limits on North Mh street ilrar through to the range, and that work will be done this summer. It had bet n planned by the Indus tries committee to have Charles Val- iery, manufacturer ot the "tuny tire tool, present at this meeting, but due to his being called away unexpected ly his presence will be postponed un til the next meeting two weeks hence. J. W. Weingar ten Named Q Legal Adviser 'Will Succeed Byron Clark Who Re tires Under 70-Year Afe Limit Started Work Eeie. The announcement was made Wed nesday from the Burlington offices at Lincoln, of the appointment of J. W. Weingarten. of Omaha, as the legal i epre:;entative cf the railroad in Nebraska. Mr. Weingarten suc ceeds hi former chief. Pyron Clark, widely known attorney, who under the comrulsory seventy-year retire ment rule of the Burlington is now leaving th? service. It was twenty-three years ago in lftuO that Mr. Weingarten came to Flattsmouth to enter the office of Mr. Clark as stenographer and the pleasant and genial youth soon made a large circle of friends among the young people of the city. His friend ships and social activities did not swerve the young man from his tasks, however, and he started his plan of learning the law from the long and wearing study at night. He later at tended night law school at Omaha aid secured his admission to the bar. Mr. Weingarten has made a splen did record in the legal department of the Builington and ha for a num bers of years been the chief assist ant of Mr. Clark in the department and one of the most valued trial lawyer? of the railroad in the state. The many friends here of Mr. Weingarten are pleased to learn cf his tl?served promotion and advance ment to the head of the legal de partment of the railroad in Ne braska. SUFFERS SEVERE FALL Mrs. Josephine Kalasek, 84, who is making her home with her daugh ter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Sedlak, suffered a severe fall Wednesday. Mrs. Kalasek had sought to arise Wednesday morning and as she stepped to the floor from the bed she fell, striking with a great deal of force and severely bruising her. She was unable to arise and the other members of the family hearing the fall, rushed to the room and assisted the aged lady back cn the bed. The exact extent and nature of the injuries have not been fully determined, but no evi dence of fracture of any of the bones has yet been found. Mrs. Kalasek is, however, confined to her bed and unable to move except with assist ance. DIPRCVING PROPERTY rostmaster J. W. Holmes, owner of the' residence property at 1005 Main street, occupied by the O. C. Hudson family, is having the prop erty improved. Mr. Holmes, taking advantage of the low prices of all kinds cf material and the labor sur plus is having some extensive changes made at the home. The building is to be stuccoed, as well as having a large porch erected on the North of the house and given a general overhaul ing to place it in the best of shape. The improvements made by Mr. Holmes will make his property one of the most attractive in. that, sec tion of the city and will place it in j first class shape. Light and Power Co. Employes En- joy Fine Dinner Get-Together Held at Dining Room of Hotel Riley Last Evening; Discuss Comppny Work. From Thursday's Iai!y Last evening the flattsmouth em ployes of the Iowa-Nebraska Light i: I'nwtT Co.. enjoyed a fine dinner party at the attractive dining room of the Hotel Riley which has just recently been rdeeoiated and ar ranged for gatherings of this kind. The dinner was served at 7 o'clock and was prepared and served by the Brown's cafe, located in the hotel building and adjoining the dining room. The tables were attractively ar ranged with the rpring flowers and the retting of the handsome room made a very pleasant leaturc of the evening. The members cf the party, which embraced ail of the employes in all departments of the company in this city, enjoyed several very fine tal-vo, the chief of which were by Hal Gil- dersleeve and Louis L. Babst of Lin- con. The Iowa-Nebraska company has a nne spirit ot co-operatio:i and in terest among all of their employer- and have many of these delightful dinners and social meetings where they can all get in touch with the workings of all the departments of the company with profit to the em ployees and the company. j Under the able and careful man agement of Fred I. Ilea, local man ager, this district has become one of the best in the state and has shown n finn prna ncinn of thoir lninr;ts in I the past year. WIKS SECOND PLACE Miss Anna May Sandin, talented vocalist of the Flattsmouth high school, was winner of second place in the state music contest at Lin coln Saturday. Miss Sandin was win ner of second place in the district contest at Omaha, several weeks ago and became eligible to participate i:: the state contest. She was an en tiy in the gills' low voice section of the contest. Miss Sandin is one of the most talented students of the local high sc hool, being exceptionally gifted in J n )t only vocal work, but in her dra matic work and dancing. She has many times served as entertainer at local gatherings and her fine work in song, dancing and readings has made her a pleasing feature at these events. That this gifted young v. oman has won the recognition at the stale con test wiil be learned with pleasure by the friends here, both as a deserved recognition of her work and the credit that it gives to the local school. Miss Sandin is a daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Oscar Sam in ol this city and is a member of the junior, class of the Flattsmouth high school. CHICKEN THIEVES RETURNED From Saturday's Iaily This morning Deputy Sheriff Ray Becker and County Attorney W. G. Kieck motored to Omaha, where they are to secure Amos and Harold i'nares. tather and son. who were arrested there charged with chicken stealing. The men are former resi dents of the vicinity of Greenwood and where they are alleged to have stoltn some chickens from the farm of John Kirker. The men were ap prehended at Omaha where tehy had taken the chickens. The men will be brought here and charged with the ciime of chicken stealing. LITTLE DAUGHTER ARRIVES The many friends here of the Theodore Eaton family will be pleas ed to learn that a f.ne little daugh ter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Eaton on Wednesday, May 4th at their home at Thurman, Colorado. The little one has been named Jo Ann. The mother and little one are doing nice ly and the occasion has brought a great deal of pleasure to all of the family circle. The friends will join in their well wishes to the little one for many years of happiness and success. SUFFERS FRACTURED HTP .Mrs. Isaac Cecil suffered a very seveie accident Wednesday afternoon at th? heme of her daughter, Mrs. David Rutherford, west of this city. Mrs. Cecil fell ar.d suffered a frac ture of her hip. The injury was 3t;cli that it was thought best to uve the patient taken to Omaha for -are at a hcrpital. Dr. O. C. Ilmb-on Accompanied patient to Omaha where she was placed in the Lord Lister hospital to be cared for until she is again able to be around. Mrs. Cecil is well advanced in years and the injury has proven a very great shock to her. Death of For mer Resident of This City Mrs. C. W. Beivi"e, Daughter of Late C. W. Sherman. Dies at Tracy. Slinnesota. The notice of the death of a former resident cf this city. Mrs. C. V. Belrir.e, has been received here by old friends of the family. The death of Mrs. Belville occurred Tuesday at the hospital at Tracy, Minnesota, in which place the Belville family have made their home in recent years. Mr. and Mrs. Belville were here a year ago on a thort visit with the Gtiing family. Death resulted from a heart at tack, superinduced by a severe case of the fiu. Two years ago srhe suf fered the first heart attack. Since returning from a trip to the west coast at that time she had been com pelled to be very careful about any exertion. She had been getting along very well the past winter un til about six weeks ago when the flu made it necessary for her to spend most of her time in bed or ia a chair. Last Thursday she was re moved to the Tracy hospital, where Tuesday morning she closed her eyes and breathed htr last without a struggle. Evelyn Catherine Sherman was born in Burlington, Iowa, April 117, 1SCS. the daughter of Charles W. and Oreila Sherman. She was married to Charles W. Belville, Knoxville, la.. Sept. 19, 1SSS. at Flattsmouth. which was then the Sherman fr.m ily home. They established a new- home in Knoxville, where they con- tinned to reside al! the years Mr. Belville was one of the publishers of The Express. About twenty years ago he sold his interest in the paper ar.d the family removed to a farm purchased some years before, near Tracy, Minn. Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Belville Irene, now the wife of Ben R?ese, of Tracy, Minn.; and Lloyd, who is advertising manager of the Winona (Minn.) Press. Mrs. Belville was a woman or wide acquaintance and who possessed many warm friends. She was pos sessed of much literary ability, and was a frequent contributor to news papers and magazines. She was am bitious and sympathetic and took much interest in social organizations and in the rurroundings of the ideal rural home in which she spent the last twenty years of her life. The funeral services were held at the home of her daughter, Irene, in Tracy, Minn., Thursday afternoon at 2:30. Burial was made in Tracy cemetery. IMPROVE PARKING From Thursday'! Dally This morning Henry Jasper, Plattsmouth's own florist, was busily engaged at the park at the Ofe Oil station. Mr. Jasper planted two large beds in the grass plot south of the station, ore of these being de voted to the led geraniums while the other will be given over to the large flowering cannas. These two will make a very showy appearance and add greatly to the appearance of that portion of the city. The Ofe company has done much to beautify the station and surroundings, mak ing it one of the real show places of the city. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Rupe, of Fair mont, arrived Friday evening and are making a few days visit with Mr. Rupe's mother, Mrs. Dora Mark. Knights Temp lar and Families Enjoy Gathering Covered Dish Dinner Followed by Fiojram and Cards at the Masonic Hall. Frtm Saturday's- Tially Last evening the members of Mt. Zion commanuery ol" the Knights Templar with their families, enjoyed a most pleasant gathering, held at the lodge room of the Masonic build ing. The committee in charge of the event had prepared a most attractive setting for the event and one that represented a great deal of work on the part cf the Templars. At the south side of the room on a dais was arranged the speakers table where those taking part in the program were seated with a background of lilacs to add a very effective touch to the scene. The members of the party were seated at small tables placed thiouchout the room, these arranged in the form of May baskets and made a picture of charm with their many colors, carrying out the rainbow effect. Red, white and blue streamers and a large flag were fea tured in the decorations of the ceil ing. The covered dish dinner was one that all enjoyed to the utmost, the L-eiving being carried out from a table at the north of the lodge room and where officers o" the Eastern Star presided. The toast list of the evening was presided over l y Raymond C. Cook in his clever manner and whose ap propriate and witty introduction of the various numbers added to the enjoyment of the evening. K?nry F. Molting, commander of Mt. 7ia -oefinuajdcry, avc..the ad dress of welcome to the guests or the evening and Mrs. Harrison L. Gayer responded very delightfully on behalf of the families of the mem bers who were in attendance. The Masonic quartet, composed of Frank A. Cloidt. II. G. McClusky, R. W. Knorr and R. C. Cook, v ere call ed upon and gave several numbers which were much enjoyed by the irupper party. James M. Robert.-on, patt grand commander of the Knights Templar of Nebraska, on behalf of the local commandery. presented A. H. Dux- bury, retiring commander of Mt. Zion cornmandery, with a handsome part commander's jewel. Mr. Robert son paid tribute to the faithful work that Judge Duxbury has given the order and the esteem in which he Is held by his associates. Judge Dux bury' responded to the presentation with his words of appreciation at the remembrance. The latter part of the evening was devoted to cards, there being many tables of bridge and other games to make the evening pass most delight fully. DEATH OF AGED MAN Jacob King, 92, uncle of Mrs. A. R. Noble of this city, passed away on Thursday night at his home at Oiegon. Missouri. Mr. King had been pootly for some time and at his ad vanced age his death was not un expected. Mr. King has served for many years as justice of the peace at Oregon and was one of the best known residents of that portion of Missouri. He was here the past sum mer to visit at the Noble home and enjoyed meeting many of the local people. He was very active for his years and retained a splendid grasp of the affairs of the day. The friends here will regret to hear of his pass ing. The funarel was held at Oregon. TO MAKE ADDRESSES Robert Foster Fatterson, principal of the Flattsmouth high school, has quite an extensive speaking list pre pared for the next few weeks, he being greatly in demand at the com mencement programs through this section. The list of the various places where he will deliver his address, "The Failure of Success," is as fol lows: Avoca, May 11th; Alvo, May 12; Beattie. Kansas, May 13; Sny der, May IS; Bellevue, May 19; Mur dock. May 20; Thurman, Iowa, May 25; Union, May 2C; Gretna, May 27. HOLD HONOR CONVOCATION Five students from Cass county were recognized Wednesday, May 4.' at the fourth annual University or Nebraska honors convocation. This recognition signified that they stood I in the upper ten percent of their! class scholastic-ally. Two students thus honored were from Weeping Water, and one each from Nehawka. Er.sle and Flattsmouth. Those named at this event were Helen Rosella Cole, freshman in the College of Business Administration, to Red Oak and which is there re and Harold Hinds, junior in the routed pouth to Shenandoah and wc-Kt same college. Both of these sfudents.to Nebraska City, will be marked weie from Weeping Water. Others to follow 24 to Glenwood this spring junior in the College of Engineer ing; Florence West, Eagle, freshman in Teachers College; and Verner Frederick Schomaker, Nehawka, who is a sophomore in Engineering. the College of Government to Pave Road to Rifle Range Secure Permission from County Com missioners to Pave from City Limits. The U. S. government has applied and secured from the board of coun ty commissioners the permission to carry cn grading and paving of the public highway from the city limits of Flattsmouth to a point opposite the termination of the L. S. riCe range. The section of highway that the government desires to pave is that extending north from Eighth street to the rifle range, which is used a great deal in the moving of troops, and supplies to and from the range during the year. The request of the government was for the building of paving of at least twelve feet in width. The city and residents of North Eighth etreet a year ago graveled a section of the highway from the Eighth street paving north to the city limits to aid in the travel to and from th'e range, but the govern ment desires a more permanent high way that can be used at all seasons of the year. This paving will make a decided improvement in the condi tions surrounding the range and make it much easier to get to and from the range. CAN YOU GUESS? As one of the interesting features of the Rooster-Booster days, put on by the retail section of the Chamber of Commerce this week is a novel guessing contest at each of the stores participating. The idea is this each one of these stores will have a live rooster on display Wednesday, Thurs day, Friday and Saturday. You can size these roosters up anyway you want, to judge of their gastronomic abilities and capacity. You know its hard to tell by looking at a toad how far it can jump, and it may be hard to tell by looking at a rooster how much corn he can cat. These roosters will be given a "reducing" diet about Friday night and on Saturday night at 9:30 a committee of competent judges will take charge of these roosters and dole out their feed to them in counted kernels. When he has finished or has eaten to his fill, the judges will announce how many kernels of corn were consumed. Now, here is where you come in on this proposition. Go into any Rooster Booster store and register your guess on how many kernels of corn that rooster will eat at his final feeding time by the Judges on Saturday night. ' It costs you nothing to guess you are not obliged to buy anything to gues just so in and say "I want to . guess on the rooster." Anybody can vote, man, woman or child, white or black, rich or poor, old or young. The one guessing the nearest will receive the prize offered by that store. In case of a tie, the first one registering will receive the prize. Hoarded money will not help business conditions to improve. It's the money in circulation that: counts! Reaa me uournai aas ana take advantage or the many oar- gains Plattsmouth business men will offer you the coming year. Harding Hiway Officially Routed Thru Plattsmouth Announcement Kade at Glenwood by Highway Officials of Change in Ronte. The Harding Memorial highway. -which follows I. S 4 across Iowa I, Flattsmouth bridge and out across Nebraska. This information was given to a group of Glenwood business men who met with C. W. Bond, Burlington; John Huston, Ottumwa, and James Crawford, New London, all officials of the Harding Highway association, in the office of Dr. F. M. McCluskey. president of the Glenwood Chamber of Commerce, on last Friday morn ing, and planned means of raising Mills county's share of the expense of advertising this route which is $1."0, says the Glenwood Opinion. Charles Bond, president of the Iowa division of the Harding High way association, in a short talk pointed out some of the history of the organization, its fight for a bet ter road across southern Iowa. "Here we have the shortest east and west route across Iowa. It's the most t-cenic route and one of the very best the state affords. Our big job is in front of us that of selling the idea to the tourists who are also being sold on other routes across the state." Mr. Bond explained that road maps and sign boards were being used and that additional facilities would be included during the com ings year. "Even now tourists are starting their trips," Mr. Bond pointed out. "In coming to Glenwood we passed several out-of-state cars with their luggage and paspengers. Those tour ists leave a lot of money behind them and it is our aim to see that when they Fpend it, they spend it in towns along No. 34. John Huston, peppy and enthusi astic editor cf the Ottumwa Courier, a vice president of the association, pointed out some of the advertising plans. "There are four main high ways east and west across Iowa," he said. "Those highways are furnish ing plenty of money to attract tour ists and down here where we have the shortest and most scenic route we must get into the game. All across the state where we've held meetings we've found the mer chants enthusiastic over the program which includes the distribution ot 50,000 road maps which will point features along the route, and the erection of a large 6ign board in Ne braska. James Crawford, a director of the national board, in speaking from a national standpoint, declared: "Ev eryone is fighting for their own route. There's plenty of money be ing spent to push No. 6. However, we've got a lot of things on No. 34 that other highways haven't got and it's up to us to see that tourists know what they are. We want the tourists to travel No. 34 and visit the towns along the route." FIRST ASSESSOR REPORTS From Thursday's IDuIly The first precinct assessor to com plete his work of assessing for 1932, was Roy M. Coatman, of Alvo, as sessor of Greenwood precinct. Mr. Coatman today filed his report with County Assessor W. II. Puis and won first place In his work for the year. With the first of the assessors wind ing up the work it is expected that from now on there will be many more to bring in their reports and assessment lists. BRINGS IN COYOTES From Thursday's Dally Louis Klemma, one of the farmers residing south of this city, brought in six coyotes to the office of County Clerk George R. Sayle. The coyotes were captured at the Klemma farm and netted the farmer the sum of 1 12 tor his efforts in snaring the ani mals. Journal Want-Ads get results I