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Cttr. State Hiitorieal Ecdstj Bourn VOL. NO. in PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1936. NO. 41 Cass County is First County for Conservation Ratio Designation Launches Work in Ne braska Will Be Made from List ing of Local Committee. Cass county has been given its of ficial ratio between soil conserving land and total crop land, the state committee for the federal agricultural conservation program announced Wednesday night. This is the first Nebraska county to be so designated. Establishment of county ratios will be the starting signal for the con servation program in Nebraska, the state committee said in making the announcement. Rations Por scores of other counties are fipected soon. Cass county larmers turning in registration tnrds and work sheets are notipid immediately of their J -asiy-They then know how much of their land must be in soil conserv ing uses by July 1 to qualify for grants of money for compliance next fall. Fred "Wallace, chairman of the state committee now in session at Lincoln, said in Cass county the ratio of 5 acres of soil depleting crops to 100 acres of farm land was estab lished. The ration was computed from listing sheets turned in by the county committee. C. D. Fulmer of Greenwood is president of the Cass county conservation association. Other members of the allotment committee are: Henry Ragoss of Louisville and J. L. Stamp of Platts mouth. D. D. Wainscott is the agri cultural agent in this county. Cass county also was the first to receive corn-hog checks. Listing sheets from 15 to 20 other counties are expected by the state committee this week and will be act ed upon at once, Wallace said. Noti fication of county ratios and estab lishment of individual bases, which will stand in the majority of cases, concludes the important early admin istrative work on the new farm pro gram designed to convert farm acre age from soil depleting into soil con serving uses. Fifteen percent of the base must be in soil conserving uses or practices to draw pay. July 1 is the final date foi; changing land from depleting to conserving usages. NOT A NEW MEMBER Any inference from reading the ar ticle in Tuesday's paper that James Persinger, who paid Legion dues for five years in advance this week, has not been a member of the post here tofore is erroneous. Jim has belong ed most of the years during the past decade, and steadily the last several years, but realized how difficult it often was to rake up the necessary three bucks and desired to be reliev ed of that responsibility during the next five years by making payment in advance out of the proceeds of his bonus money. Several other good Legion members have indicated they will do likewise, and special member ship awards are being provided by department headquarters to take care of such advance payments. VISITING IN THE CITY Mrs. C. II. Hart of Grand Island, is in the city to enjoy a visit at the home of her son-in-law and daugh ter, Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Jess. Mrs. Hart is a daughter of Dr. Tarrant, a pioneer resident of Nebraska and who for many years made his home at Nebraska City. Dr. Tarrant was very active in the early days and was a great lover of horseflesh and bad the honor of making the purchases of horses for J. Sterling Morton for his farm as well as for many years looking after purchases of animals for the Buffalo Bill shows. In nis work he made many trips to Europe. RETURNS FROM WEST From Thursday's Daily This morning S. S. Gooding return ed home from an outing spent in the west part of Nebraska and eastern Colorado, where he has enjoyed a stay with relatives and friends. Mr. Gooding found that there was a great deal of dryness in the state and in some sections damage had been caused by grasshoppers. TO TAKE OUTING Rev. and Mrs. H. E. McKelvey, of the United Brethern church at My nard, have as their guests Mrs. Mary Hamilton, of Harrisburg, Pennsyl vania, Mrs. Rex George and daugh ter, Mary Ellen, of Altoona, Penn sylvania. Mrs. Hamilton is a sister of Mrs. McKelvey. The party will depart on Monday for a trip through the Blask Hills, Rev. and Mrs. Mc Kelvey accompanying them and en joying the many beauties of the mid west resort country. Plattsmouth People Wed at Rock Island, III. Miss Miriam Tritsch and Rev. Canon W. J. H. Petter Are Married at Trinity Episcopal Church. The marriage of two of the well known residents of this city took place on Monday afternoon, June 22, in the chapel of the Trinity Episcopal church at Rock Island, Illinois. The bridal couple r.as Miss Miriam Tritsch and the Rev. Canon W. J.,H. Petter, former rector of the St. Luke's church in this city. The Episcopal marriage service was celebrated by the Rev. John S. Neal, rector of Trinity church. Canon and Mrs. Petter left im mediately after the ceremony for Chicago, planning also to motor through Ontario, Canada, to Toronto, the former home of Canon Petter. After a short visit in eastern Can ada, they will motor to Greenville, Texas, where they are to make their home, Canon Petter being assigned to work in the Dallas diocese of the Episcopal church. The bride is the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Tritsch of this citjr where she has grown up and received her education and has been a member of the teaching force of the city schools for the past several years. Her friends are legion in the community and who will join in their well wishes to this estimable couple. Canon Petter has been a resident of Plattsmouth since 1931 when he came here to take the rectorship of St. Luke's church, and during his residence here has been an active figure in the affairs of the commun ity. He has in addition to his parish work been very active in the minis terial association of the city and in the Chamber of Commerce. He was honor guest at a farewell given at the last session of the Chamber of Commerce. SET A NEW RECORD A crew of workmen employed by Bellhorn, Bower & Peters on a river improvement project, set a new re cord "Wednesday for eight hours of work and which will be hard to match. The men were working ten miles south of this city and just west of Bartlett on the Iowa side of the river. The crew of eight men and a fore man placed in eighty-four pile and four stringers in the eight hours that they were on the job and this is a real record and it is a high as far as can be learned in the work along this part of the river. B. Young was the inspector and James Carpenter the foreman of the gang and which comprised Louie Lohnes, Albert Gray, C. Day, James Newburn, Pete Davis, Bill Scrog- gan, Jack Holt and Roy Phillips. Recently a crew on the work at Blair claimed a record with seventy two piles driven, but the local work ers have outdistanced that record and with ease. SUFFERS SEVERE INJURY Janis Schmidtmann, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Schmidtmann, Jr., suffered an unusual accident Wednesday afternoon that will make necessary her remaining inactive for several days at least. Janis, who is a familiar figure to the residents of the business section of the city, was riding her scooter along the sfSswalks when she fell and struck the rear wheel in such a way that it caused the fracture of a small bone at the base of the spinal column. She has been placed in bed and it is hoped that the bone may knit in a few days. 'Hoppers Miss This Section in Migration Several Sections of State Report Clouds of the Pests, But They Move into Iowa Counties. Large numbers of grasshoppers in migration swept over parts of Ne braska Wednesday but fortunately the hord of crop destroyers did not settle until they had reached the ex treme northwest part of Iowa, altho one group is reported as lighting in Fremont county, Iowa. From Lincoln on east to this city clouds of the insects were not ob served, altho in sections west of Lin coin they obscured the sun in places. Dr. Drake of the Iowa State college at Ames, received the report from A. D. Worthington, Iowa extension entomologist, who said he witnessed the descent from the eastern fringe of the flight. The descent began about 3 p. m., Worthington reported. The flying pests alighted in fields already plagued with grasshoppers. The heaviest line of flight was to the north of Fremont county, Iowa, the entomologist said, along a line be tween Omaha and Sioux City. Captured specimens of the hordes of migrating grasshoppers proved the flight to be composed of the lesser migratory variety of 'hopper, the type most closely related to the Rocky mountain variety which devastated crops of early Nebraska settlers in the 60's and 70's. Prof. Myron H. Swenk, Nebraska university entomol ogist, explained the larger type ap pear to be a form of the lesser mi gratory which develop only under special conditions and have not been seen since they plundered North Da kota in 1897. Hence the present movement is the' nearest thing now possible to the plagues which once threatened to depopulate the state. Nebraska farmers were haunted by the fear that the 'hoppers would set tle at nightfall. Prof. Swenk said it was impossible to tell what might be expected since the insects might cov er several hundred miles in one flight altho their usual range is only about 50. Reports indicated the swarms were moving north at a rate which would carry them about 200 miles during daylight hours. If they settle they may stay until nearly all vegetation is devoured, or remain only a few hours and fly on. The migration apparently started before noon Wednesday, and the pests appeared to be coming in from Kansas. Prof. R. L. Parker of Kan sas State college said, however, he does not believe the Nebraska inva sion originated in Kansas, as the grasshoppers there had not reached the migratory stage. He said there was no noticeable decrease in the number of pests in that state. Wrhile the present situation bears much similarity to the early 'hopper invastions and is the most severe in this part of the state in the past 35 years, Professor Swenk said the mi gration was mild compared to those in the past century and would not be considered particularly unusual in western Nebraska. SHOOTING ON RANGE The rifle range north of this city is a place of activity this week as the members of the R. O. T. C, now in their summer training camp at Fort Crook, are doing their practice work with rifles and machine guns. There are some. 200 of the prospec tive officers In the training camp and coming from Nebraska University and Creighton university as well as several smaller colleges. This summer camp is a part of the regular training period and gives the officers a taste of real soldiering for a few weeks as in addition to the range work they are given drills and working out problems. SUFFERS BURNED FINGERS Bobbie, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Kimball, of Bellevue, was brought here Wednesday afternoon to receive treatment for burn srereived while enjoying a premature Fourth of July relebration. The fingers of the boy were burned and so painful that he was brought here to have medical attention given and the hand dressed. VISIT HOME FOLKS Mrs. Noel B. Rawls and son and daughter, Miss Lois and Jack, of Boise, Idaho, accompanied by Mr. Noel Rawls of Lindsay, California, are here for a visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Rawls, parents of Noel. This is the first visit of Mrs. Rawls and the children here for fifteen years and is very much en joyed, while Mr. Rawls, who is en gaged in the olive industry in Call fornia, was able to be here the past year. Harlan Gorder Married at North Platte Wednesd'y Former Plattsmouth "Young Man Is Wedded to Miss Lois VanKirk, North Platte Teacher. The marriage of Miss Lois VanKirk and Mr. William Harlan Gorder, took place" Wednesday afternoon at North Platte, the ceremony being a very quiet one and following which the bride and groom departed on a short wedding trip and following which they will return to make their home in North Platte. The bride has been a member of the teaching force of the North Platte schools and is one of the popular young ladies of that city. Mr. Gorder, the eldest son of Mrs. Etta Gorder of this city, has for the past several years been engaged In the conduct of a drug store in that city. He grew to manhood in this city and was graduated from the local schools in 1926, later taking up the study of pharmacy and which has since been his profession. BEST EVER CLUB MEETS The "Best Ever chib met at the home of Mrs. Dirscherl on June 9th. The meeting was called to order by our president and we elected Beulah Kiser, our song and cheer leader. Then it was turned over to our lead er and the lesson on "Pillows for a Bedroom" was discussed. Each girl showed her pillow and Ella Mae Ruffner demonstrated mitering a corner. Our next meeting was held at the home of Mrs. Leonard on June 19. The girls judged their color charts, Mary Dirscherl receiving first; Ella Mae Ruffner, second, and Whipple Leonard, third. The lesson was dis cussed, and plans to make curtains for the girls' rooms were made. Then we sang songs about the 4-IL We will meet at Mrs. Riser's on July 3rd. News Reporter. MANY ENJOY COFFEE The Catholic Parent-Teachers as sociation held a very delightful after noon coffee Wednesday at the home of Mrs. A. G. Bach, with Mrs. F. I. Rea, Mrs. Joe Libershal, Mrs. John Bergman, Mrs. Baltz Meisinger as the associate hostesses. The ladies enjoyed cards for the afternoon and in the contract bridge games Mrs. Frank Mullen proved the winner of high score and Mrs. Les ter Gaylord in the pinochle games. A very large number of the ladies were in attendance at the pleasant event. ATTEND EDUCATIONAL MEETING Miss Alpha C. Peterson, county superintendent, with Miss Marie E. Kaufmann and Mrs. Pearl Mann, members of the Plattsmouth board of education, were at Lincoln this week to attend the educational con ference which opened Tuesday and carried on through today. The meet ing brought many of the leading edu cators from all parts of the state. HAS LEAVE OF ABSENCE Jack Tower, who Is located at the Veterans camp at Columbus, is here for a visit with his father, O. H. Tower and other relatives and old time friends. While here Mr. Tower had the pleasure of receiving his bonds from the government covering his service compensation. Miss Jane Fricke, of Omaha, was in the city Tuesday to enjoy the day visiting with her mother, Mrs. Maude Fricke and her brother and sister as well as other, relatives. Local Young People Wedded at Denison, la. Miss Nellie Wilcox Wedded to Rich ard Black and Miss Edna Black to Robert Green, of Omaha. The announcement was made today of a double wedding of well known local young people, which ceremony took place on Saturday evening, June 20th, at Denison, Iowa. . The young people wedded were Miss Nellie Wilcox to Richard Black of this city and Miss Edna Black of this city to Mr. Robert Green of Om aha, the bridal party motoring to the Iowa city for the ceremony.' The marriage lines were read by the Rev. John W. Leitch, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Denison, the young people serving as witnesses for each other in the double ceremony. Miss Wilcox wore an ensemble of pink crepe as her wedding gown and Miss Black was costumed in a green plaid taffeta gown. Mr. Black wore a dark coat and grey trousers while Mr. Green wore a dark blue suit. Following the ceremony the young people motored back home and where they had kept the wedding a secret until today when the formal an nouncement was made. Richard Black and sister, Mrs. Green, were born and reared here and Mr. Black a graduate of the class of 1933 of the Plattsmouth high school, and both have a very large circle of friends wn"o will learn of their new happiness with a great deal oZ pleas ure. Mr. Black is engaged with the L. B. Egenberger grocery at this time. They are son and daughter of Mrs. Hallie Marshall of this city. Miss Wilcox is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs-0. R. Wilcox and has made her home in this city for several years and is a young lady held in high esteem by the many friends. Mr. Green is well known here where he has often visited and has spent his lifetime in Omaha where he is now employed and where he and his bride are to make their home in the future. He is a nephew of Mrs. Otto Lushinsky of this city. To these four estimable young peo ple will be extended the best wishes of the many friends for the happiness that they well deserve in the years that lie before them. PAINTING UP FRONTS The two fronts of the store rooms in the Masonic building, occupied by the Popular Variety store and the Ladies Toggery are now being re painted. The fronts are being finish ed in a bright shade of red and the signs on the front are also being re decorated and placed in first class shape. The other store front in the building, where the Mullen market is located was painted a short time ago when Mr. Mullen moved his stock there. HOMEWARD BOUND From Thursday's Daily Mr. and Mrs. James Warren of San Francisco, who have been spending a week at Houston, Minnesota, at the home of Mrs. Warren's parents, ar rived here this morning and will re main here until Friday morning when they expect to start to their home in the west. They enjoyed a week's visit here before going to Minnesota. SHORT CAUSES FIRE From Friday's Dally A short in the electric wiring at the residence of Kenner Price on Pearl street, just west of the Ofe Service station, last night caused the fire department to be called to the scene. The short caused a great deal of excitement for a time but the shutting off of the switch stopped the trouble before the house waa dam aged. LOOKING OVER FARM Mr. and Mrs. Henry istarkjohn are spending a few days near Gothen burg, Nebraska, where they have land interests and will spend a few days on the farm and visiting with the lessees of the land who have been located on this one farm for the past twenty-five years. SENDS WORD TO FRIENDS While at Chappell, Nebraska, last week, S. S. Gooding of this city was a visitor at the home of Rev. and Mrs. Harold E. Sortor, who were 10' cated here for a number of years in charge of the local Methodist church Rev. and Mrs. Sortor sent their greetings to the old friends here through Mr. Gooding and that they are doing nicely and well pleased with their charge in the west part of the state where they have been located since leaving here. AIvo Farmer is Fleeced by Gypsy Band Report at Sheriff's Office of Theft of Purse and $40 in Cash This Morning. From Friday's Dally F. G. Kellogg, a farmer of the vi cinity of Alvo, this morning called the office of Sheriff Homer Sylvester to report the theft of his purse con taining some $40 which was fleeced from him by a trio of gypsy women. The gypsies had visited the Kellogg farm and the women insisted on blessing" the money of Mr. Kellogg despite his protest and on their de parture from the farm the discovery was made that the purse and money were both missing and the parties taking it had made their escape from the neighborhood. The sheriff notified the man losing the money to come in and a search would be started among the various Romanies in this locality to see if possible to locate the ones that visit ed the Kellogg farm. Cases of this kind are frequent In the country districts where the gypsies have invaded farms and been able to secure money or other articles from the residents and in a large number of cases it has been possible to force the return of the articles taken and Sheriff Sylvester is hope fuT that he may be able to force the return of the money taken from Mr. Kellogg. SUFFERS BROKEN ARM Frank Swoboda, of Malvern, Iowa, who is here visiting with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Swoboda, met with a serious and painful accident Thursday afternoon. Mr. Swoboda had come down to the business section of the city driv ing his car and bringing his father, who has difficulty in getting around, with him. They visited several busi ness places and when getting ready to leave for home he started to assist the father to the awaiting car. They were compelled to go up several steps and in doing so the father became overbalanced and Mr. Swoboda fell, inflicting a severe cut on the top of the head from the edge of the steps while he struck his right arm in such a manner that it was fractured. The injured man was taken to the office of Dr. L. S. Pucelik where the injury was cared for and he later was taken on home with his father by Louis Swoboda, a brother. RETURN FROM. OUTING Mayor and Mrs. George Lushinsky returned home Thursday from a very pleasant ten day visit in the west and which included many sightsee ing trips through the Rockies. They spent a great deal of the time" at Colorado Springs and Salt Lake City at the home of William Lushinsky and family and also made several visits into the scenic canyons that' have made Utah one of the great wonderlands of the west. William Lushinsky, brother of the mayor, is connected with handling of the property of the Stratton es tate, founded by one of the early day miners of Colorado. CASE IS CONTINUED From Saturday's Dally: The bearing of the complaint against George Berger of Murray, on an assault and battery charge, which was set for this morning in the coun ty court was continued. Mr. Berger was here for the hearing but the wit nesses for the state including the complainting witness, was not pres ent and made necessary the laying of the case over for a later time. Prominent Sarpy County Resident Dies Henry Iske, Member of One of the Pioneer Families, Dies in Auto of Sudden Heart Attack. From Saturday's Daily: Henry Iske, 62, one or the prom inent residents of southern Sarpy county, died suddenly last evening near his home west of La Platte, the result of a sudden heart attack. Mr. Iske had been out in his car to look after some business and death came to him as he was driving along the highway a short distance from his home, he being found lifeless in his car which he had been able to stop when the fatal attack struck him. He is a member of one of the early families in the territory west of La Platte and which has large land hold ings In that section of Sarpy county where he made his home for his life time. Mr. Iske is survived by the widow and a family of ten children, two of whom, Earl and Lloyd Iske are farm ing west of this city. Another of the sons is George Iske, of Fort Collins, Colorado, whose wife is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Tulene of this city. Funeral arrangements have not been announced as yet, awaiting word from a daughter who resides In Ariz ona. ENTERTAINED AT GLENW00D Mrs. Elizabeth Rishel entertained the N. O. club Friday afternoon at the home of her sister, Mrs. Julia Reazer in Glenwood. After several amusing games, much laughter and visiting, delicious refreshments were serced. Those present were: Mesdames Ralph Anderson, Frank Barkus, Flor ence Coleman, Charles Carlson, Mer ritt Kerr, Raymond Larson, John Palacek, Jr., Hallie Perry, Jim Rishel, Will Wells, Harry White. Alice Andrews of Omaha, A. Roy Breese and Miss Margaret Breese of Red Oak. ' After thanking Mrs. Reazer for her hospitality the ladies left for their respective homes about Bundown. ANNOUNCES MARRIAGE The announcement has been re ceived here of the marriage of Edgar H. Bartholomew, a former resident of this city, to Miss Bertha Bennett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. T. Ben nett, the wedding occurring at Al liance, Nebraska, the home of the bride. The ceremony took place on Thursday, June 25th. Mr. Bartholomew was a resident of Plattsmouth several years ago and was engaged as clerk at the Mauzy drug store, and while here made many friends who will be pleased to learn of his marriage. He Is now en gaged in his profession at Alliance where the young people will make their home. HERE FROM OHIO Miss Hazel Dovey, who is teaching in the city schools at Canton, Ohio, is in the city to enjoy a part of her summer vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver C. Dovey. Miss Dovey has been visiting at Cleveland with her sister and family since the close of the school year and will spend some time here with the rela ties and old time friends. HOT, HOT, HOTTER From Friday's Dally The weather man today put on the "heat" over this section of the state to drive the mercury to 105 at 12:30 and the thermometer still on the climb. There Is little prospect of relief for the next few days or for the rain that is much needed in this city and immediate vicinity for gar dens and crops. GIVEN DECREE On Thursday Edith McMaken of this city, formerly Edith Frady, was granted her decree of divorce and custody of the minor child, John Frederick from the husband, Fred McMaken, also of this city.