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He. Strfe Historical Society VOL. NO. XLIX PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1S34. NO. 100 4,500 Men at Work on River when Ice Break Captain Young, Supervising Engi neer, Sees Great Future for River Development Move. After the ice has passeC, so that floating equipment can bo used, Mis souri river improvement will em ploy 4,500 men, Captain J. M. Young, army engineer in charge of the Om aha district for Missouri river navi gation, said in a talk before the Om aha Ileal Estate board. Fifteen contracts, totaling $10,-F-00,000, have already been let, he said. "If we get 15 million dollars ad ditional, which could be used effi ciently, that will mean about six thousand more men, or a total of 10,500," he continued. To Remove Disadvantage. "The cost from Sioux City to Kan sas City averages about 150 thousand dollars per mile. Tha total will be about 65 million dollars, of which 20 million dollars has already been spent. We need 45 million dollars, so you see this job is going to drop quite a few dollars in your back yard." Captain Young explained the jus tification for snch huge expenditures: "This part of the country, because of its distance from the great popu lation centers, and from access to the sea for export, is inherently at a dis advantage, both in marketing its products, and in purchasing its needs, since a great part of the selling price of the former and cost cf the latter is made up of transportation charges. "Times Have Changed." "This inherent disadvantage wasi partly increased by construction of, the Panama canal which, by the low cost of ocean transportation, permit9 successful competition by the extreme west with this country. For example, hay from California can be laid down in Ohio more cheaply than can hay from Nebraska." Captain Young pointed out that transportation had changed greatly since the days when midget ships, drawing three feet of water, steam ed up the Missouri between periods of roosting on sandba -s. In those days, he asserted, a dollar a pound was not considered an unusual freight charge. Those steamers became anti quated by other forms of transporta tion. "Can Ee Made Navigable." Modern river tranr-portation, as practiced on the Ohio and Mississippi river, is done by strings of two to eight barges of about tvo thousand tons each (individual barges carry as much freight as a Sty-car train,) drawn by powerful tow boats. They are primarily adapted, he said, to freighting wheat, corn, hay, coal, ce ment, oil, bricks, lumber, stone, structural steel, pipes and the like. Experience and engineering knowl edge give assurance, he said, that the Missouri can be made navigable. It will be made navigable, he said, de pending on whether sufficient money is made available and whether there is a sufficient flow of water during ice-free periods. The answer to the second ques tion, he said, is the dam which is being built at Fort Peck, and Ehould provide a minimum of eight or nine feet of water throughout the year. "I've a definite order from my chiefs to shove this job througn pronto," he concluded. "With the facilities that have been given me, I'll have no excuse for not doing my part of it." TO RESIDE AT HOME William F. Gillespie, veteran grain dealer, this week entered the Nebras ka Masonic Home where he expects to make his home in the future. Mr. Gillespie has been a member of Platts mouth lodge No. 6, A. P. & A. M. cf this city over a long period of rears and now with the advanced y.ars he is to enjoy the fine home that the order in Nebraska has pro ved for its aged members. The splendid home will assure Mr. ';;He?pio of comfort and the proper ::. 3 he is well advanced in years :-:.! ran find there the needed oppor tunity for rest and the association of i. o follow members of the order who to making their residence in the big family of the Heme. SUFFERS FROM ILLNESS Mrs. John McNurlin, who for the past few months has not been in the best of health, has for the past week been confined to her bed and under medical care. She has apparently shown some improvement and which is most encouraging to the members of the family. During her illness Mrs. A. F. Seybert, a rister-in-law, has been assisting in looking after the care of the home and the patient. Mrs. Olga Deleski, of Kansas City, Missouri, a foster daughter of Mr. and Mrs. McNurlin has arrived here and will remain to assist in the care cf the mother. R. W. Knorr is Renamed Head of the Ad Club Leader for the Past Year Again Se lected for Office Adopt New Name and Constitution. The Business Men's ACL club, which was formerly known as the retail section of the Chamber of Commerce, met yesterday to get their new or ganization launched and select the officers for the ensuing year. The club voted for the re-election of R. W. Knorr, as president of the group and while Mr. Knorr had sought to lay aside the work of the office, he was finally forced to a surrender and accept the ta?k that he so ably fulfilled in the year just closed. The other officers elected were Fiank M. Bestor as vice-president and V. II. Pule as the treasurer. The secretary and the various commit- tees will be announced at a later date Several of the teachers in the city schools were present, Misses Bernese Ault, Lillian Garrett, Helen Farley, Mariam Tritsch and Amana Hiatt, each speaking briefly on the recent poster contest staged among the stu dents of the schools as well as the general public, the teachers telling of the great interest shown by the students and the benefit that it had been to the schools in the stimulation cf art work. Superintendent L. S. Devoe was! present and gave a short talk on the CWA work in this community and which was much enjoyed by the club and their guests. CAE-TRUCK COLLISION Wednesday evening a small auto smashup occured on highway No. 75, south of this city when the car of Van Allen, which was coming north crashed into a truck or Croy G. Gran ger, parked along the roadway. Mr. Granger, who resides at Elm wood, was bringing a load of stock to the Omaha market and when reach ing the vicinity of the Perry farm south of this city his truck refused to go farther and he had been forced to park it and go in search of as sistance in cettins the truck in run ning order. While he was gone the car of Mr. Allen came along and the driver failed to see the truck until he was too close to avoid the acci dent. In the smashup the endgate of the truck came out and as the result the stock escaped, but later were rounded up and loaded back. THOUGHT GAINING Sam Am, who is at the Methodist hospital at Omaha, recovering from an operation for double hernia, p -formed Monday, i3 reported as doing as well as possible The patient has suffered a great deal from the effects of the ordeal that he has been through, but it is thought that he is rallying now and in a few days should be able to show some gain. DOING VERY NICELY The many friends of J. Howard Davis will learn with pleasure that the patient is doing very nicely at the hospital at Geneva, Nebraska, where he was operated on Tuesday. The patient came through the appen dicitis operation in fine shape and was doing as well as possible so soon after the operation. It is hoped that Mr Davis may soon recover from the effects of the operation and ba re stored to his former good health. Globe Trotters Trim Storz Team Score 29 to 13 ! Tcuiir Colored Team Prove Clever' and Skilled Basketball Play ers in Easy Win. From Tlmrnlay's Daily The far famed Harlem Globe Trot - tern, colored baskeiuall team tnat rsjL, making a tour of the west, stopped off here last evening and proceeded to have a little fun with the local Storz team, an organization that has some fast and clever players in their lineup. The final score was 29 to 13 for the Globe Trotters but the visitors could easily have extended iheir tcore to a wide margin, devoting; the frreater part, of the last Quarter to clo ning and entertaining the large audience. The game opened in a manner that v.-as calculated to ctir the hopes of the Storz fans that the ex-school stars would be able to give the visiting team a run for their money, Donat securing two field goals with two free tosses for the locals, but at the quar ter the visitors had an edge cf 7 to C. The Globe Trotters were real art ists in passing the ball and had the sphere a greater part of the game or practically whenever they desired to retain the ball it was theirs to have and to hold. Efforts to rush the Globe Trotters was fruitless as they were able to pass to each other at will. The score at the half time was 20 to 13 for the visitors and this was the last time that the Storz tallied, as they were held scoreless for the last half of the contest. The customers were given the op portunity of seeing the Trotters turn the last of the contest into a bur lesque as they made little effort to score but were air tight on the de fense when the Storz would attempt a scoring rally. The tabulated score of the game was as follows: Storz FCr FT PF TP Krejci, f 2 14 5 Rummel. f 10 12 Donat. c 1113 Forbes, g 0 111 Knofllcek, g 10 12 5 3 8 13 Globe Trotters FO FT rP TP Johnson, f 2 12 5 Dennis, f 3 0 0 G King, c 0 13 1 Bolton, g 7 1 0 15 McDonald, g 1.0 4 2 13 3 9 29 COASTING BRINGS DANGER The city police force have been faced with a problem since the snow fall in that of children coasting on the hills that lead to the main travel ed streets of the city and where there is a great deal of danger to the youngsters in this practice. Highway No. 75 which is laid through the main part of the city has some of the best hills for coasting leading into it and this fact has caused much apprehension on the part of the po lice that some one would be injured. Fortunately so far there has been no severe accidents, but the heavy traffic on the main highways is liable to result in severe injury to some of the young people. If possible some hill that doe3 not have the traffic hazards should be selected for the youngsters to use ior coasting while the weather is suit able, west Main street from Four teenth, Pearl from Thirteenth east, are hills where there is not the dan ger from sleds coasting into the line of traffic that is found on the ave nues and the main business section of the city. ADMIRAL McC'aIARY William Douglas McCrary, the genial barber on the sunny side of Main street, has received a new dis tinction in that he has been created an admiral of the great state of Ne braska and is entitled to all of the privileges and rights that go as a part of this rank. Mr. McCrary was notified by Ted Metcalfe, commander in chief of the great fleet, that he had been advanced to the rank of ad miral and enclosing the necessary card to entitle Mr. McCrary to full recognition. ENTERTAINED AT DINNER Mr. and Mrs. Virgie Perry enter tained most pleasantly on Monday evening at thir country home south of this city, a number cf the rela tives and old lriends Veins guest. ivt u delightful chicken dinner. Those who enjoyed the ocvw.icu were Miss Olive Jones, Mr. and Mrs. It. F. Pat terson and sen, Edward, of San Fran cisco, Mrs. Mary ouk and nephew, Frederick Iiawswcrth. of Lincoln, Mr. ,antl MrB. T. H. Pollo-.k, Mr. and Mrs. O. Minor and children, Eieanor Carter F3 resbyterian Men's Chh Has Gl!3 FTAnillCy' CliCL iL4 VCIililg Keiucers Have Fine Talk Given by Mm ray Klino of Oraaha on the Chui-ch and Community. The Presbyterian Men's club met last evening at the Fellowship room cf the church to enjoy a very fine program that had been arranged for their entertainment by L. O. Minor and Dr. P. T. Ileinemann, the com mittee chairmen and which served to make an evening of real interest. The members of the club enjoyed a period of group singicg, the leader being Frank A. Cloidt, while the ac companiment was played by Cecil Comstock. The members of the club had the pleasure of having with them Murray Kline, cf Omaha, well known repre sentative of the Carpenter Paper Co., who made this city for hi.; company fcr a great many years. Mr. Kline has been active in church and Sun day school work in "naha.for years and was able to give-the club a fine picture of the value of the active church to the community and to its individual members. Mr. Kline point ed out the necessity of the church to the men and women of a com munity as the enabling and sustain ing part of their lives and the neces sity of the individual to participate in the church work and interests. A very clever skit had been ar ranged and which was directed by It. Foster Patterson and in which was witnessed the rites of the non-church attending members as well as the spirit of depression and gloom. The evening was closed with the serving of a fine luncheon that had bom arranged by a committee com posed of James Farnham and John L. Tidball and the committee in their part brought a fitting close to the fine and enjoyable evening. OVERHAULING RECORDS The young women who have been placed under the CWS work at the court house are a very busy group as they are engaged in the task of placing records of many years back in a condition where they may be of easy access and well indexed and checked. The office of the county judge has three of these clerks engaged in the work of checking over and cataloging the records, making it possible to have all information in regard to the ercords arranged in a concise man ner that will expedite the finding of facts concerning estate, civil or crim inal actions that have taken place in the court. Others are engaged in stenographic and book work in the offices of the sheriff, treasurer and county super intendent. With the organization of the coun ty headquarters; of the CWA under one head there will be a number of other stenographers required to care for the work. BIRTHDAY WEEK The past week has been truly "birthday week" at the home of. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hallstrom of Avoca, Mrs. Hallstrom and two sons having their anniversaries fall in the same week. The mother's anniversary was spent in the usual daily routine of the household tasks while one son, Tommy, entertained his young friends at a party at the home while the other son, Bob, enjoyed a skating party in honor of the event. expended almost) 100 pep cent In Plattsmouth. 8,000 Com Loans Made in State in Month Net rr.sk a Shcrs GcocT Record in the Speed of Handling Applications and Securing C?.:h. Thourands cf farmers are taking advantage of the corn loans. During December about 8,000 applications were made in Nebraska. There is very little red tape in this program, and the average time, from the date of making application to the date the farmer receives his money, is seven days. In cne case a farmer had his money in four days. 801110 People think the government is buying the corn. This is not true. The producer pledges his corn as se curity on a loan from the govern ment. The contract, which the pro ducer signs, provides however, that if the producer carries out his agree ment in regard to the corn-hog re duction program, and the market rice of corn on August 1st, 1834 is too low to allow the producer to sell and pay off his note, that there will be no deficiency, if the producer de livers to the government upon its or der the same number of bushels of corn that he has pledged. There is also a provision in the contract that i if the cash price of corn at Chicago for No. 2 corn reaches 75c before August 1st, that the government can force the producer to sell the corn and pay off his loan. The producer can pay off hi3 loan at any time he desires, and when he does, he will have to pay the prin cipal of his note plu3 4 interest from the date of the note to the set tlement date. The government has a blanket policy on all loana covering fire and lightning risks, which we have been informed is 4J2C per 9100 per month. Information from Iowa states that Iowa farmers are taking these loans a great deal faster than Nebraska farmers and the reason may be on account of a lack of publicity in Ne braska. There are over 100,000 corn producers in Nebraska, and at least half of these should be in the market for loans as long as the local price does not advance to a point near 45c per bushel. There is great danger that too many farmers will wait too long, and will want to ge the loans too late. March 1st is the deadline, and it is quite probable that February 20th will be about the last date upon which a farmer could start his appli cation. If too many wati until then, it will be impossible to have inspec tions made and papers completed. If anyone has any intention of making application, it should be done! now. Tne NeDrasKa state uauway Commission is the warehousing agent, and has about 300 inspectors located at various places in Nebraska. These men have complete information, all the blanks necessary, and are ready to take care of applicants. CLEAN UP JAIL The force of workmen made avail able through the CWA are now busily engaged In a much needed work at the city hall. The city jail which has not had a general clean up and re novation during the depression years, is now getting placed in first class shape and where it will be fit for occupancy by human beings. The jail has been very dirty and the cots kept there in no condition for service in case it was necessary to confine a pris oner there over night. The workmen are getting it cleaned up in fine shape and the city is to provide new pads for the cots so that the vermine in fested old pads may be burned up as they should have been a long time ago. The workmen are also cleaning the fire house section of the city hall as well as the council chamber and office of Judge Graves on the second floor of the building. RECEIVES GOOD NEWS "Word has been received in thi3 city by relatives announcing the arrival of a baby girl, Joan Ruth, to Mr. and Mrs. James Wooster of Windsor, Missouri, formerly of this city, on Tuesday, January 2. The parents are rejoicing as well as the three sisters. Mrs. Wooster was formerly Miss jKathryn Novotny of this city. VISITS WITH OLD FRIENDS B. J. Reynolds, veteran Burling ton railioad man, was in the city Wednesday afternoon to visit with the eld time friends for a short time. "Charley" as he was best known here for a period of several years engagi d as a switchman at the Burlington yards, later being transferred to Omaha. While here Mr. Reynolds made a short social call at the Jour nal and al.so visited his old famil iar field of work at the Burlington depot and yards. Marriage of Plattsmoufh Girl in South Miss Carolyn Vestetta Rotertson Is Bride of Donald Arthur Gray of Gilliam, Louisiana. The announcement was made to day by Mr. and Mrs. William Ains worth Robertson of the marriage of their daughter, Miss Carolyn Vestetta Robertson "to Mr. Donald Arthur Gray, on January 2, 1934, at Texar kan, Texas. The ceremony was performed by Father W. L. Botkin, rector of St. James Episcopal church at Texar kana. The bride i3 the descendant of one cf the pioneer families prominent in the history of Nebraska, a grand daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James M. Robertson, of this city. She is a tal ented pianist, a graduate of the Plattsmouth high school in the class of 1931 and a former student of the University of Nebraska, where she was a member of the Delta Delta Delta sorority. Last spring she was one of the Nebraska pages at the Continental congress of the Daugh ters of the American Revolution at Washington, D. C. The groom i3 the son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur F. Gray of Gilliam, Louisiana. He was a member of the class of 1933 of the University of Nebraska, an honor student in geo logy and one of the track stars of the middle west. He holds the record in the broad jump at the University of Nebraska and also of the Eig Six conference. He was a member zX Lin coln of the Delta Sigma Phi frater nity. At the present the young people are making their home at Gilliam, Louisiana, where Mr. Gray is em ployed as geologist for the Midwest Oil Company. HIGH SCHOOL CALENDAR January -19 First Semester Examinations. Opening of Second Semester. Basketball, Peru, there. Senior Convocation. Basketball. Neb. City, there. February Basketball, College View, here. Sophomore Convocation. Basketball, Auburn, here. -17 County Basketball Tourney. Basketball, Schuyler, there. Basketball, Clenwood, here. Junior Convocation. Basketball, Blair, there. March Basketball, Wahoo, here. Freshman Convocation. -9 Regional Basketball Tourney. Local Declamatory Contest. -17 State Tournament. -23Third Quarter Examinations. Sub-Dist. Declamatory Contests. Convocation. -30 Easter Vacation. April Convocation. Convocation. May . Senior Play. Junior-Senior Banquet. Baccalaureate. -22 Final Examinations. Graduation Exercises. Closing program. 18- 99 26 26 31 2 9 13 20 23 23 2 7 8- 9 28 29- 13 27 4 12 20 VISITS IN THE CITY From Friday's Daily Mr. and Mrs. John LJdgett, Mrs. Martha Lynn, Thomas McQuinn, Mrs. Jess Dysart, of Union, Mr. and Mrs. R. II. Chriswioser, Dr. Walters and C. D. Adams of Nehawka, were in the city for a short time today looking after seme matters of business and visiting at the court house where a hearing was had in the Wesley Wood ward estate. Thousands of cans of Platts mouth packed foodstuffs are be ing consumed daily throughout the middle-west and south. Platters Win from (Means by 22 to 1 1 Score Conference Leaders Undefeated Run Into Gieat Offensive and Bat tling Team cf Platters. The Nebraska City basketball quin tet, flushed with a .series of victories o far this season that included the last year conference champs. Fails City, were turned back last evening on the local court 22 to 11. The game was one in which the Platters were a raging, battling ag gregation from the firtt whistle and had the Nebraska City group on the defensive the greater part of the game, the scoring led by Rhodes and Ronnc. The defensive of Ronne, Armstrong, Rhodes and Kiner was a great blow to the chance3 of Ne braska City. With the opening of the game the Platters faced the loss of the services of Maynard McCleary, captain, and one of the chief sharpshooters of the locals, but ere the game was many seconds to the good it was plain that the blue and white intended to go places. In the opening quarter Ronne scored first with a free toss and this young man held a perfect record for the evening in the free throw de partment, scoring six on as many op portunities. Rhodes also made good a free toss and Ronne then sank a nice shot from the side for a field goal, leaving the score 4 to 0 at the quarter. The second quarter fcaw the Plat ters going at full speed and a barrage of shots at the visitors basket, Rhodes making two field goals while Ronne and Jeren each annexed a free tos. Chapin, substituting for the Place men made a tally on a field goal to make the score 10 to 2 at the half time. Both teams were even in the scor ing in the third quarter as the visi tors battled desperately to break down the great defense of the Plat ters or to stop their battling attacks. Armstrong, the big Moose, was in the scoring list with a nice field goal and Rhodes again scored from the floor with Ronne making good a two shot foul from Berthold. For Nebraska City Bsrthold and Witty each scored a field goal. Mclntyre and Tinne meyer each registered a free toss to set the score at sixteen to eight for the Platters. The last quarter wa3 one in which both teams mixed freely and the Platters continued their great play ing that was to win theni a victory, Hiner and Rhodes each tallying a field goal and Ronne came through with his perfect throwing for two free tosces. Witty for the visitors scored a field goal and Mclntyre a free toss as the curtain fell. The Platters played without a sub stitution and the battling five that participated in the game are all de serving of praise for the part that they took in the winning. The box score: Plattsmouth FO FT 6-6 1-1 0-0 0- 2 1- 1 PF TP 2 8 Ronne, f 1 Jensen, f 0 Hiner, c 1 1 0 0 9 1 9 9 9 Armstrong, g 1 Rhodes, g 4 7 8-10 5 22 Nebraska City Ff FT PF TP Bnthold, f 10-0 4 2 Mclntyre, f 0 2-5 3 2 Witty, c 2 0-0 14 Tinnemeyer, g 0 1-1 1 1 Owens, g 0 0-0 0 0 Chapin, f 1 0-0 0 2 4 3-6 9 11 Referee Gilkerson, Peru. In the curtain raiser the Nebraska City Reserves took the Plattsmouth Reserves to a score of 12 to 10, Joe Graves, Dave Taylor and Carl Hula were the features of the game for the locals, Taylor and Graves accounting for the scoring of the Junior Platters. QUARANTINE CASES Deputy Sheriff Jarvis Lancaster was called to Alvo on Thursday where he quarantined a home In that lo cality where one of the members of the family was reported to be suffer ing from the smallpox. There ha3 been but one case reported so far and It is hoped that the malady may bo checked.