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H-b-. Sf3e Historical Society mat out VOL. NO. ZLIX PLATTS2I0TJTH, NEBEASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1933. NO. 17 Real Program of River Develop ment May Come Pleasing Announcement Comes from Washington Today of Speeding Beports. From Monday's Da'ly Extensive federal operations along the Missouri river from its mouth to as far north as Sioux City, Iowa, are foreseen today by Missouri river de velopment sponsors in the announce ment from "Washington that nearly the entire corps of army engineers has been assigned to work on a com plete survey of the same and the com pilation of necessary data. It is claimed that this and Mus cle Shoals power Bite development will be among the first giant projects to be undertaken by President Roose velt as a means of supplying work for large numbers of men. Compared with the rip raping work sow being undertaken around Omaha as part of the regular program here tofore adopted, this new enterprise would be many times greater, fur nishing employment to thousands of men, as the Missouri river banks, as well as barges and boats afloat on the river itself would fairly teem workmen. It ha3 been known for some time that a cast middle-west employment project would be undertaken, as em ployment agencies have been unusual ly active in compiling lists of avail able workmen. The press dispatch from Washing ton this morning seems to confirm the belief that this plan would incorpo rate Missouri river development. How soon the engineers will be able to complete their surveys and compile the necessary data is rather uncertain, although with" the"" vast amount of information they have al ready obtained in these parts, as a result of B&nn dings, not only in the Missouri itself, but tributaries as well, it would seem that most of the work can be done from sketches on file with the engineering department, and thus the project should be ready to tackle as soon as President Roose velt can get his various unemploy ment relief measures before congress and enacted into law. Former Governor Weaver, one of the most ardent boosters for Missouri river development, has been steadily cn the job and is highly pleased at the prospects of success contained in the announcement from Washington today. - CAMPAIGN IS QUIET The campaign for the election of members of the city council has been a quiet one and the candidates are apparently willing to let the people act without any soliciting of votes. The fourth ward is showing some ' stir as an independent candidate there is showing that the voters are interested and with the three way race makes the outcome a matter of doubt. It is also currently rumored that many in the fifth ward are planning writing in the name of some candi date other than those which are ap pearing on the ballot. In ether wards there is little in terest taken end the candidates are peacefully going on the even tenor of their way. WILL SEBVE AS PAGE Miss Vestetta Robertson of this city has been designated as one of the pages for the Continental con gress of the Daughters of the Amer ican Revolution, meeting in Wash ington in April. Miss Robertson is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Rob ertson of this, city and a student of the University of Nebraska and where she 13 a member of the Delta Delta Delta sorority. SCHOOLS EESUME ACTIVITY From Monday's Daily The Plattsmouth city schools this morning resumed their activity after the week end spring vacation which covered Thursday, Friday and Satur day. A number of the students and teachers took advatnage of the holi day to enjoy the basketball tourna ment' at Lincoln while other of the teachers whose homes are near, made a visit there over the vacation period. FA5M RESIDENCE BUENS The farm home of Mahlan Rich ardson, situated on the Iowa bottoms just cast of tho Plattsmouth auto bridge, was destroyed Saturday night by fire cf an unknown origin. The fire had a good start when it was discovered ana the structure was soon reduced to ashes. The fire made a bright illumination and the re flection was to be seen in all parts of this city. The Richardson family are well known here and the friends will rympathize with them in the loss of their home. Q Z Society Holds Election of Officers Mrs. Eaymend J. Larson Selected as President of Presbyterian Organization. The Q. Z. society, one of the lead ing organizations of the Presbyterian church, held their annual election of officers for the ensuing year, the meeting occuring the latter part of last week. Tho meeting was held at the home of Miss Pearl Staats and with Mrs. John H. Palacek as the associat3 hostess. The officers named were: President Mrs. Raymond J. Lar son. Vice-President Mrs. L. L. Mc- Carty. Secretary Mrs. George Luschin- sky. . Treasurer Mrs. Carl Schneider. The ladies also discussed the mat ter of the annual Easter Cower sale and which will be carried out as usual by thi3 group of ladies. Dainty refreshments at an appro priate hour served to complete the evening of the rarest of pleasure. HAS A GOOD SEASON The town basketball team which has closed the 1932-33 season, made a splendid record in their contests, winning ten and dropping four games for the season, two of the losses be ing to the Jewish Community Center of Omaha. The team has scored 391 points to S14 for their opponents during the season. The various players and their scor ing for the season is as follows: Donat, center, 119; Knoflicek, forward-guard, 53; Galloway, forward, 48; McCrary, guard, 37; Hartford, forward, 36; Wescott, forward, 36; Forbeg, guard, 34; Yelick, guard forward, 13; Spangler, forward, 8; Wiles, guard, 5. Wescott and Yelick played only a part of tho time with the team and their scoring shows well for the few games that they participated in dur ing the season. The team has been under the di rection of John Svoboda, who has served as manager and coach of the team and his direction of the team ha3 assisted very much in the vic tories that have been a part of the team record. TAKEN TO OMAHA From Monday's Daily This morning County Commission er J. A. Pitz departed for Omaha, taking with him Arthur Jacobi, a well known resident of near Mynard. Mr. Jacobi has not been feeling the best of late and suffers a great deal from eye trouble and which has made necessary his taking treatment at the hospital. He will remain at Omaha under treatment. Mr. Pitz himself has been ill the past several days, suffering from stomach trouble and was confined to his home Friday and Saturday and under the care of a physician. He is still feeling poorly but is able to ba around and looking after the work of hi3 office. RETURN TO KANSAS CITY Mr. and Mrs. Hershel Dew, who has been here visiting for the past week, departed Sunday for their home. They were accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Hirz, who will visit there for a short time. Mr. Dew is recovering from the effects of an operation and has been here visiting with the relatives and friends until he was fully recovered from the ef fects of the ordeal. i Judge Duxbury Named Head of Rotary Club Yearly Election Held Members cf Club Receive Message of Fcrth co:r.irig Convention. From Tuesaays Dally The local club of the International Rotary this noon at their luncheon held their annual election of officers for the ensuing year. This was the big feature of the occasion and took up the greater part cf the session. The officers named comprised the following: President A. II. Duxbury. Vice-President L. O. Minor. Secretary Frank A. Cloidt. Treasurer Frank M. Bestor. Directors William Baird, R. Knorr. w The newly elected officers will take charge of the affairs of the club after the first of July and guide its des tinies in the coming year. The members of the club had the pleasure of hearing a message from the club at Sioux City, Iowa, host city for the forthcoming nineteenth district convention, the message b ing presented by John Knutcon of that city. Mr. Knutson brought a hearty greeting from the Iowa city for their friends in Nebraska to be present and participate in the hos pitality that has made Sioux City one of the favored convention cities of Iowa. The speaker told of the many points of interest of his home com munity and urged all Rotarians to be present and enjoy the meeting of the Rotarians of South Dakota, Ne braska and western Iowa. William Baird, a past prexy of the club was called upon to add to the pleasures of the program wtih one of his -favorite Scotch --numbers, pre senting "Roamln' in the Gloamin', " the song made famous by Harry Lau der. Mr. Baird'e number was much enjoyed. The two high school students, Francis Libershal, senior and William Ronne, junior, gave their impressions of Rotary during the month of March while they have been members of the club and participants in the pro ceedings of the meetings. The new president of the club has been one of the active workers of the organization and has in the past been the chairman of the program committee and arranged a large num ber of interesting and worthwhile programs. With his many activities and the duties of his office of county judge, Judge Duxbury has found time to give to the Rotary a large service that was deeply appreciated as shown by his selection as head of the club for the ensuing year. Dr. P. T. Heineman has served the past year as prexy of the club and had a very successful adminis tration of the office. STOBE REGISTER BOBBED From Tuesday's Datlr The Kroehler hardware store in this city was robbed sometime last evening of between $16 and $17 which was taken from the cash reg ister while Mr. Kroehler was busy ia looking after the trade. Shortly before closing up time a stranger came to the store and in quired as to securing: a roll of wire and Mr. Kroehler made his way to the basement for a few moments to secure the desired wire. The would- be purchaser inspected the wire and stated that it seemed what he wanted and that he would be back later to secure it. Shortly after the departure of the man Officer Dave Pickrel came into tho store to pay a bill and when Mr. Kroehler rang the amount up, he discovered that a large part of the funds in the cash register were miss ing. A check revealed that there was from $16 to $17 missing from the funds in the register. The police and sheriff's force this morning rounded up two men who were Btrangers here and who were held for questioning In regard to the matter. The men told conflicting stories of their being here and as to how they came in possession of the money that was in their possession. On of the men was thought by Mr. Kroehler to be one that had visited the store, but his companion had not been at the store anytime Monday. STILL CONTINUES P00BLY The reports from Sedalia, Missouri aro to the effect that Mrs. Henry Brinkman of that city, former Platts mouth lady, is in very critical condi tion. Mrs. Brinkman is suffering from diabetes and her condition has become much more severe in the last few weeks. She is now in a state of coma and her condition such as to cause the greatest I apprehension to the relatives and friends. Her moth er, Mrs. Cyril Janda of this city and her sister, Mrs. J. A. Pitz, are now at Sedalia to assist in the care of the patient. Mrs. Wheeler Dies After a Long Illness One of the Oldest Eesidents of Com nniiity and Daughter of Pioneer Family. On Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the family home south of this city occurred the death of Mrs. William D. Wheeler, long time resident of this community and where she spent her liftime of seventy-two years Mrs. Wheeler had in recent months been failing and for some time was at Omaha where she received treat ment, but returned home the last week, there being no relief to be found for her illness. The deceased lady was formerly Miss Mary Cook, a daughter of one of the pioneer families of this com munity. She grew to womanhood in the vicinity of this city and was mar ried here to William D. Wheeler They resided on the farm for many years until Mr. Wheeler was -called to fill the offices of sheriff and coun ty treasurer, during which time the family resided in Plattsmouth, later returning to the las-si.-- - -" Mrs. Wheeler was a iady who was universally loved and respected by all who had the pleasure of her ac quaintance and in her daily life was devoted to her home and the family circle that she had reared, finding in the home her greatest happiness, The death of the husband brought the first breaking of the home ties and since the passing of the husband she had gradually been in failing health. Mrs. Wheeler is. .survived by three sons and two daughters, W. A. Wheeler, Murray; P. J. Wheeler, Mrs. Pearl Batterson, Mrs. Robert Patter son, residing near this city and Jo seph Wheeler of Omaha. There is also surviving several grandchildren as well as two sisters and four bro thers, Mrs. T. W. Vallery and Mrs S. O. Cole of Mynard; C. E. Cook and Joseph Cook of this city; Phillip Cook of Hader and John Cook of Beaver City. The funeral will be held on Wed nesday afternoon at 2:30 from the late home and the burial will be at the Horning cemetery south of this city. IOWA PEOPLE M ARB JED Saturday afternoon four young peo ple from our neighboring state of Iowa were joined in wedlock in this city. Delbert Benedict of Glenwood and Leona Hangen of Council Bluff3, were granted a license here and then re paired to the residence of Rev. C. O. Troy, pastor of the First Methodist church, where the marriage lines were read and the young people join ed for life. Raymond S. Rihner and Miss Nina K. Nielsen, both of Shelby, Iowa, were callers later in the afternoon at the court house and after securing the necessary permit to wed were joined in the bonds of matrimony by Judge A. II. Duxbury. wattf. NICE SHOWING In the recent sales contest which was conducted by the Ladies Toggery and Fetzer Shoe Co., one of the or ganizations that came out among the first and carried on a less spectacular campaign, was that of the St. Paul's church. This group who were third, had made no active canvass, but evi dently had many supporters as the finish of the contest indicated. The church can feel well pleased with the showing that they made in the contest. Plattsmouth Shows Well at De clamatory Meet Three Firsts and One Second Secured by Local Students at Sub District Contest. The Plattsmouth students parti cipating in the sub-district declam atory contest at Auburn Tuesday, scored a great success and returned from the meet with three firsts and one second. Th9 schools represented were Au burn, Louisville, Plattsmouth and Shubert and the competition was very keen in the various classes of the contest. In the dramatic class Greth Gar- nett was the winner of first place with his selection, "The Bishop's Candlesticks," taken from the story of Jean Valjean in Les Miserables. In the humorous section Miss Anna May Sandin of thi3 city was the win ner of Eecond place with her offer ing, "At the Photographers," a very difficult selection and in which the contestant showed well. One of the most warmly contested groups was that of oratory and in which George Adam was the winner of the first place honors in his offer ing "They Call Us Uncle Shylock." The delivery and force of the young man won him the greatest apprecia tion from the judges of the meet. In the extemporaneous class Stuart Porter was awarded the first place in hi3 contribution, he opposing Rob- erty Daugherty of Shubert, the other entry in this class. The event was Judged by Mrs. Hol- comb of the University of Nebraska Bchool of expression and who gave warm nraise for . the fine work of the local contestants. The local young people have been coached. by-Jack Fistey of the -high school faculty and their fine showing is the reflection of the splendid work that Mr. Figley has given in this de partment of the school activities. Mrs. Figley and mother, Mrs. Mays were in attendance at the contest and- to enjoy the triumph of the Plattsmouth students. This is the third successive year Plattsmouth has won the sub-dis trict meet. The winners of the sub-district contest will be heard here in the dis trict contest on April "7th. HAVE PLEASANT MEETING The Social Workers of the Meth odist church held an interesting and pleasant meeting -on Tuesday after- non at tne nome oi xnrs. jtoueri Hayes, the event being largely at tended. ,Mrs. Ralnh Anderson led the de votions while Mrs. Gladys Groff sang the prayer. The ladies discussed the plans for the white elephant sale to be held on April 6, 7 and 8th. Following the business session the members of the society enjoyed a de lightful program. A play, "A Newcomer and a Friend," was presented by Mrs. R. B. Hayes, Mrs. L. S. Devoe, Mrs. Zella Troudt, Robert Troudt, Bernice Arn, which was very much enjoyed by all of the members of the party. Miss Bernice Arn was heard in a musical reading, "Songs of My Moth er, wnicn was aengnuuiiy present ed by this talented lady. Mrs. E. G. Shellenbarger was heard in two vocal selections, "Lit tle Cottage" and "Believe Me If All Those Endearing loung Charms," two numbers which were much ap preciated by the ladies. Mrs. Devoe was heard in a piano solo, "Jubo Dance," given in her usual artistic manner. At the close of the afternoon dainty and delicious refreshments were served to add to the pleasures of the occasion. JOHN HTBEB P00BLY John Hiber, Sr., one of the well known and highly respected residents of the city, has been quite poorly for the past several days and confined to his home on Rock street. Mr. Hiber has been suffering from the effects of complications and which has made it necessary for him to be under con stant care. He is reported as being some better. ( LOSES SKIFF John Richardson, veteran river man, is mourning the loss of a skiff that was taken Monday night from the vicinity of his home near the old ferry landing. The boat was painted red and v.a3 one that should attract attention if it was seen at any point along the river. The resi dents along the Missouri river and tho authorities at Nebraska City were notified of the taking of the boat as it was thought the parties would make their way down the river with the skiff. So far there has been no report of the skiff received here. March Snows a Great Aid to Winter Wheat Some Wheat Which was Thought to Be Killed Begins to Show Signs of Life. Winter wheat improved slightly following March snow. Top soil moisture was replenished somewhat but the sub soil i3 still extremely dry according to bankers in their mid month report to the state and fed eral division of agricultural statis tics. The progress of farm work is normal. Feed supplies are generally ample. General level of farm com modity price is higher. Reports indicate that an average of from five to six inches of wet heavy snow fell over the state early in the month. This laid evenly, and practically all of the moisture entered the ground. The later snow, which began to fall March 19, was accom panied by high winds and a large part of it was blown off. the wheat fields. Tho condition of winter wheat, as reported bybankers"is slightly high er than a month ago. March snow fall which was quite general over the state, altho not furnishing a great amount of moisture relieved the dry top soil condition and was beneficial to wheat. 1 - Altho prospects etill indicate heavy abandonment of winter wheat, bankers state that there is some wheat that is beginning to green and showing signs of life that was pre viously thought to be killed. Wet spring snow is very enecuve in re viving wheat; not only does it fur- nish needed moisture but also causes it to green up as it melts. Farm work is progressing normally for this date. Spring disking, plow - ing and constalk cutting are wellV-ith the warrants. along. A few potatoes have already been planted and some oats have been sown in south central and south ; eastern Nebraska Bankers say there: is considerable demand for horses,' but farmers lack money to buy and credit is generally restricted. Feed supplies are generally ample over the entire state with the ex ception of a few counties in western and southwestern Nebraska. Hay and nn&ton railroad yards, was in the roughage are ample to most sections, icity Tuesday afternoon visiting with but some corn i3 being shipped intojthe old frien(ia. Mr. Johnson is mak southwestern counties. jing ni3 home with his daughter, Mrs. Bankers state that farm indebted-fA w propst, at Nebraska City, and ness is about the same or slightly jna3 jugt relurnfc(j from Florida. He less than at this time last year. Thewag at Lake worth, Florida, during reduction, which is very small, has tte winter season" as a guest of the been brought about by foreclosure. I R L propst family and visiting the The 1930 census indicated that 42 percent of the farms operated by own ers are not mortgaged. There are no figures on farms occupied by tenants. Land values were 37.6 percent high er in 1930 than in 1910 while the amount of mortgages was 246.6 t,redier' I me general level or tarrn pnees: election wl Lave the laBt oppor. is slightly higher than last month. ,tunity fQr ftt ,ea3t twQ yearg lQ hay. Grain prices are slightly higher, hay tfae clrc,e on the ba,Jot prices lower, meat animals n.gner. r.nrt farm nrrrtiifp Kiifh na rhirkens. ! r . - . butterfat and eggs lower. Preiimin-j adcptlon of tho Australian system ary prices of farm products now and!and many haye ug(?d thia methcd of a month ago are as follows: Corn 13c t, but tne cmzerry has been nnH 19 n'tinot finrt 9R- nnrn.' 10c and 10c; barley, 13c and 12c; potatoes, 35c and 33c; alfalfa hay, $4.30 and $4.50; wild hay, $3.30 and $3.03; hogs, $3.10 and $4.00; lambs. $4.70 and $4.60; chickens 6.5c and 7.1c; butterfat, 12c and 14c and eggs. 7.5c and 8.2c. From Tuesday's Dally Henry Becker of Union was here today for a few hours attending to some matters of business and visit-: ing with friends. Supreme Court Sustains Legality of City Warrants In Case of Tidd vs. Zirkham, State Court Affirms Decision of Judge Hastings. The state supreme court Tuesday announced the affirmation of the de cision of the district court of Cass county, finding that the warrants is sued by the city for the construction of the viaduct and graveling a high way to the Missouri river bridge waa legal. The decision was in the case of Abraham L. Tidd vs. John E. Kirk ham, city treasurer, in which the plaintiff, Mr. Tidd, had asked for an injunction to prevent Mr. Kirkham, then city treasurer, from paying in terest or principal on $18,770 of city warrants issued by the city of Platts mouth for the construction of a via duct over the Burlington tracks on Granite street and for the payment of the city's part of a graveled road to the new Missouri river bridge. The plaintiff had contended tnat the warrants were issued without compliance with the statutes as to annual estmiate and appropriation and were therefore not a legal obli gation of the city. The case was first heard here be fore Judge W. G. Hastings of Omaha, as the trial Judge and who held for the city of Plattsmouth that the war- t ' A i A J 1 ranis were icgai iuai ana me inum tiC failed at t5e time to rai3e the Question of tho legality of the work. The supreme court in its finding sustained the opinion of Judge Hast ings, holding that a taxpayer can not stand by with knowledge of pro gress of a etreet improvement and permit the contractor to complete the work and then enjoin payment of ,th tame after Its acceptance by the city. The case has been in litigation for some time, but was not commenced until long after the completition of i 'the work and the active operation of the bridge and roadway. The llti- a'gatiou has held up the payment of Interest on tho warrants, $10,000 or which is held as an investment by the board of education of this city, while the others are owned by In dividuals. The decision in the case will per mit the carrying out of planB to have the matter of the conversion of i jthe warrants into bonds carried out (and they issued at a much lower rate 0f interest than has been poasiDie j in the trial of the case here J. A. Capwell, city attorney, appeared for the city and W. A. Robertson for the bondholders, while Mr. Tidd was his own representative in tho litigation. VISITS WITH OLD FBTEND3 Charles S. Johnson, for many years yardmaster at tho local Bur- many interesting cities and resorts of the southern Etate. Mr. Johnson is looking well and has had a fine time in the winter outing. PABTY CIBCLL GOING The voters at the forthcoming city party circle beeR ft feature . f tne ballot in Nebraska since the - - . educated there has been less and less use for the circle. With the next election in Nebraska there will be no party circle to be found on tho bal lot. TTATT. AND BAIN ST0BM Prom Wea'neBday'B Dally A hail and rain etorm Is reported in Omaha this morning, with the hall of such intensity as to break glass in many of the greenhouses. The rain I fall was light, however.