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Stat. Histori Lilv VOL. no. im PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1937. NO. 77 Soil Conserva tion Districts to be Organized To Embrace Nearly 4,000,000' Acres in Eastern and Southeastern Portion of Nebraska. LINCOLN. Oct. 28 (UP) Soil conservation districts embracing ap proximately 4,000,000 acres of farm l;nd are in process of formation in eastern and southeastern Nebraska, Harold Engstrom, secretary of the State Conservation committee, said today. (Legal notice concerning the for mation of a district embracing land in Nemaha. Otoe and Cass counties was started in today's Semi-Weekly Journal. Among the hearings to be held are three in Cass county, to-wit: Nov. 23. at 9:30 a. m. at the M. W. A. hall in Union; Nov. 24 at 9:30 a. m. at Masonic hall in Greenwood, and Nov. 24, at 1:30 p. m. at the Cass County Farm Bureau office in Weeping Water). The districts will be political sub divisions of Nebraska. They will be somewhat similar to rural electri fication districts except that, unlike the latter, they will not have power to incur debts. Their purpose is to organize farm ers on a drainage basin basis to cope with problems of soil conservation, including erosion and flood control. An individual farmer, Engstrom explained, cannot receive allotments of funds or technical services from the federal government. A legal sub division of Nebraska can receive such aid. The districts will not have the power to levy taxes or issue any kind of bonds. Farthest advanced i3 the Little Nemaha and Muddy Creek Soil Con servation district which covers 122, 000 acres of rich farm land in Otoe, Johnson and Lancaster counties. Farmers in that area will vote in a referendum November 13 on the proposition. Engstrom said he expected an overwhelming vote in favor of the district. The opposition, he said, will come from farmers who fear the enabling act may be changed by a future legislature to permit the dis trict to incur financial obligations ! or levy taxes. Engstrom said he felt that fear is groundless. Petitions have been filed with the state conservation committee for the , .. . formation of six other districts and - . . , . Citv on isovemoer ana irom preiim on three of them hearings have been . held as required by law: Those three!""'-' ' .7 , 72 districts are: Nemaha Watershed district, com prising all of Richardson and parts of Nemaha and Pawnee counties, a total of 412,000 acres. South Central Nebraska district, consisting of parts of Webster and Franklin counties in the Republican river valley, 575,000 acres. Tapio district, embracing all of Washington county east of Belle creek, all of Douglas county east of I the Papio, excluding Omaha, and all' of Sarpy county east of the Elkhorn j river, 60S, 000 acres. Three districts for which petitions ; have been filed but on which hear-' i ings first must be held are: Twin Blue district, Jefferson and: Cage counties. S54.000 acres. l8onal invitations to the service men Turkey Creek district, part ofin th district tn attend and a num- south of the Nemaha river, 440,000 acres. Little Nemaha and Missouri river district, embracing 842,000 acres in Nemaha, Otoe and Cass counties. (It is this district the hearings in Cass county at Union, Greenwood and Weeping Water will be held as noted above ) . Combined Area 3,850,000 Acres The combined area of all these districts is approximately 3.850,000 acres. The entire state eventually will be districted, Engstrom said. Control of the organizations will be vested in a board of supervisors, four to be elected by farmers of the dis trict and one to be named by the State Conservation committee. Members of the state committee are Dr. George E. Condra, head of the University of Nebraska division of conservation and survey, chair man; Dean W. W. Burr of the Agri cultural college and W. H. Brokaw, director of Agricultural Extension. Engstrom, appointed by Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace and paid by tjie federal government, is secretary of the state committee. The method of setting up these soil conservation districts is provided by Legislative Bill 553 passed at the session of the Nebraska Unicameral legislature. KICKED BY HORSE John Urish, one of the -well known farmers of northwest of Murray, was injured Wednesday night when he was kicked by a horse at his farm home. The horse had been sick and Mr. Lrish was attempting to give the animal some medicine at the time, the horse resented this by kicking, the blow catching Mr. Urish in the side. As the result of the kick he suffered two cracked ribs. The injury was cared for by Dr. O. C. Hudson who was called to the scene and the victim of the accident made as comfortable as possible. He is quite sore as the result but it is thought will not suffer any serious effects. Teachers of City Leave for Yearly Meeting Plattsmouth Teaching Force Largely Attend Meeting of Second Dis trict at Omaha. The members of the teaching force of the Plattsmouth city schools and the parochial school are in attend ance this week at the yearly meet ings of the Nebraska Teachers' as sociation which are divided into 'dis trict gatherings over the state. Plattsmouth teachers are largely attending the Omaha meetings which is much more convenient, altho in the county a great many will take part in the Lincoln sessions. The schools were closed Wednes day for the remainder of the week and will give all of the teachers the opportunity of attending the sessions of the districts. Very interesting programs have been arranged and which will cover all phases of the teaching work and its many problems. DISTRICT CONVENTION OF AMERICAN LEGION The district convention of the American Legion and Auxiliary is scheduled to be held in Nebraska . it will be the largest convention held in this district for some years. Reports from Nebraska City inform us . that they have committees ap pointed who are putting forth every effort to make the convention both instructive and entertaining. The afternoon session will be in the na ture of a service school conducted by the department officers and material presented will be of great value to all service men. A short parade "with National Guards, bands, and drum corps participating will be staged at 5:30 p. m.' followed by a banquet at 6:30 and after this the evening wi, fce g.yen to entertainment. t.tk.. vd-, rnv i post are visiting a number of post nr i ber of the local boys and gals have indicated their decision to be there. Fred Liebers of Bennet is district commander and he Is trying to visit every post in the district to urge a full delegation at the convention. Mrs. H. H. udley is district presi dent of the Auxiliary and she is con tacting the units in the district so with all this preliminary publicity a large attendance should be as sured. GEORGE STITES EE-ELECTED OMAHA, Oct. 29 (UP) Nebraska Grain Dealers association last night re-elected President George A. Stites of Union for a third term and passed resolutions opposing increased freight rates and demanded that if Secretary Wallace's normal granary plan is placed in operation present elevator facilities be used to store the grain. Guy Jones of Eagle and E. Bosseiey er of Sunerior were elected vice-nres- I ident and J. N. CamDbell. of Omaha. re-elected secretary. Plattsmouth City Officials View Paving Delegation Headed by Mayor Lushin sky Visits Tecum-seh to View New Type cf Paving. Mayor George Lushiusky, with Courvcilmen John E. Schutz, W. C. Tippens, Fred H. Vincent, Walter Brittain, and also Ed Meisinger, were at Tecumseh Thursday to look over the new type of macadam paving that is being placed there. On last Saturday a group of other members of the council had visited the scene of the work and now all have gained first hand information as to the paving and the way that it is constructed. The city of Tecumseh is having a great deal of thi3 paving placed this summer, forty-six blocks are now in and twelve more are projected and also an extensive system of sewers is also being placed alpng the newly paved streets. The paving is made with the use of "soup" mixture which binds the crushed rock base and makes a very firm paving. The streets to be paved are rolled and then the rock, larger than the usual type of crushed rock, is placed on the surface and this is then smoothed off and an even rock sur face secured over which the thin concrete is poured and this in turn is worked into the concrete by the use of vibrating machines and which forces the concrete to the very bot tom of the rock surface. The members of the party were very much impressed with the pav ing and its cheapness and practi- bility in road surfacing. The cost of the work at Tecumseh is higher than it would be here, the officials were assured, as the material to be used can be easily secured near Platts mouth, while at Tecumseh it is neces sary to have a great deal of it ship ped in. ' The full description of the paving, its costs and methods of securii the co-operation in government aid will be taken up at a meeting at the public library auditorium here on Thursday, November 4th. The mayor and council have been asked on several occasions by inter ested citizens as to the paving and the meeting will be for the purpose of information in regard to the "matter and then left to the people as to whether they wish to have districts created for the paving work. DIES AT BURLINGTON, IOWA From Friday's Daily Mrs. W. F. Brissey, who made her home in this city some twenty years ago, died last night at her home in Burlington, Iowa, where she has re sided for the past few years. The body will be brought to this city Sundr.y for interment and the funeral will be at the Sattler funeral homo Saunday at 2:00 p. m. Mr. Brissey, the husband, was the Missouri Pacific section foreman when the family were residents er. Minnie AJice Anthony was born December 30 1861, and at the time of her death was in her 75th year. She was married to William F. Brbey on November 22, 1880. The family made their home here for a great many years where the children grew up. There is surviving the passing of Mrs. Brissey the aged husband and ten children, Robert, Brock; Mrs. Myrna Crabill, Lincoln; William An drew, Lincoln; George. Monmouth, Illinois, Albcin, Burlington, Iowa; Low, Burlington, Iowa; May Ma son, Plattsmouth; Fr?.nk, Moline, ini::ois; James and Mrs. Alice Brown of Burlington, Iowa. APPEALS CASE From Thursday' Dally In the office of the district clerk today an appeal was filed from the county court in the matter of the estate of Sarah Campbell, deceased. The will which is being opposed was admitted to probate in the county court and from which the appeal is being taken. The appeal is made by three sons of the deceased who were not includ ed in the will. Phono news Items to no. 6. PRESENT BOTANY COLLECTION From Friday's Daily Dr. Albert Fricke and his sister, Miss Dora, went to Lincoln today to present the state university with the late Mr. F. G. Fricke's 32 volumes of botany. Mr. Fricke had taken one or two specimens to Lincoln previous to this which had not been found up to that time and which they were glad to get. There are 32 volumes or classified analyzed facts from all over the world. He had been collecting them for 50 years and they repre sent many hours of hard work. He was a real botanist and understood it thoroughly, having specialized in it along with pharmacy and he kept it up since he came over to America. His friends sent him many flowers and many days were spent in rear ranging them and adding to them, until now he has a very fine collection. County Officials Attend Meeting at Beatrice New Budget Law Discussed by State Officials and Meeting Votes Down Special Session. The meeting of county commission ers, clerks and treasurers held Fri day at Beatrice, definitely turned thumbs down on the plan to call a special session of the state legisla ture for additional old age assistance legislation. The resolution was offered the meeting and strongly supported by a number from western counties of the state, asking the additional legis lative program for old age assistance, but the majority held with the opin ion of the governor that the session was unnecessary and would make a larger expense for the state. Assistant Attorney -General Bar low Nye, of the Btate legal depart ment, explained the new budgetary law passed at the last session and which is aimed at keeping the expen ditures of the various political sub divisions in the limits of the budget. State Auditor W. H. Price and Ac countant Merchant, were at the; meeting and gave a clear and concise j statement as to the operation of thei new accounting system provided un der the law and which is to be used in handling the public funds. This was of particular interest as the clerks and treasurers over the state are just preparing to start the new system. A number of county officers were heard in the informal discussions County Commissioner E. B. Chapman and County Treasurer John E. Turn er of Cass county were among those who participated in the discussions of the new budget plan. SEEK RUNAWAY BOYS From Thursday's Dally Parties from Mineola, Iowa, were here last evening seeking trace of two boys, one fifteen and one fourteen, who had run away from their homes early Wednesday morning. The boys were thought to be headed for Colo rado. Officers Lancaster and Boetel and Sheriff Homer Sylvester aided in checking over the city but no trace of the boys was found. Two boys an swering their description were report ed to have been seen earlier in, the day here, but apparently had gone on their way. PROGRAM AND PLATE SUPPER To be given by the Lewiston school at the Lewiston Community Center Friday. Nov. 19 at 8:00 p. m. Every one welcome. MARIE HAITII, nl-ltw-nSd Teacher. PROGRAM AND PLATE SUPPER To be given at the Stull school, Dist. No. 28 on Friday, November 12 at 8:00 p. m. Everyone invited. LUCILLE A. MEISINGER, o30-ltd-ltw Teacher. BOX-PLATE SUPPER Dist. 27, Cottonwood school, Nov. 5, 8 p. m. Everyone invited. VELMA FULTON, nl-2tw-nld Teacher. Subscribe for the Journal. Mynard Com munity Club Has j Fine Meeting i jFine Program Is Presented at the j Community Building by Young People. j Mynard Community club held its j regular monthly meeting on Friday, j October 29. In the absence of the j president, the vice-president, Mrs. Virgil Perry, presided. Community j singing was led by Mrs. Sherman jCole, with Mrs. Roy Cole as pianist. jThe next meeting will be for mem I bers only and is the annual oyster supper and election of officers. This club was organized Nov. 25, 1927, so plans for celebrating its tenth anniversary were discussed. As the December meeting falls on New year's eve they decided to defer the celebration until that time and have a "watch party." This is the oldest chartered community club in Ne braska. Mrs. C. C. Barnard, treasurer of the Mynard Red Cross, asked the sup port of the community in the coming annual drive for Red Cross member ship and leaflets giving the various activities of this organization were distributed. After the business session Mrs. Mike Kaffenberger and Mrs. Jack Stamp presented a very interesting program: Playlet, "Howdy Do," Helen Ka ras, Betty Henton, Shirley Wheeler, Annice Lee White. Vocal Solos Billie Rose Canter bury. Dialogue "Women of Tomorrow," by a group of little girls. Piano Solos "Minuet" and "Lis ten to the Mocking Bird," by Betty Ann Albert. Betty Ann also gave a tap dance while she played her own accompani ment. M " Short Play. '.'Moll ie, and Dollie." Shirley Wheeler, Annice Lee White, Betty Hen-ton. Piano Solos Elva Olson. Tap Dance Billie Rose Canter bury. Pantomime Samuel Snickerfritz's Hallowe'en. This was accompanied by wierd sound effects from back stage. Interesting characters were1 Samuel, his wife and their son, the j two fairies, the witch and the ghost, j but best of all was the enormous j black cat which prowled through the house. Mrs. Mike Kaffenberger read j the story as it was enacted on the stage. HAS PAINFUL EXPERIENCE The close of the pheasant hunting season will well be recalled by Carl Dooley of this city and in a very painful manner. Carl was hunting with some friends fifty miles north west of Omaha, he riding in the back of the pickup truck. As they were traveling at a very good rate of speed along the high way, the driver of the truck suddenly applied his brakes and with the re sult that the pickup stopped right now, Dooley being thrown over the cab and radiator and alighting ahead of the truck. As the result he suffered a broken collar bone and will be on the in active list for some time. The party hurried back to Plattsmouth with the injured man to have the frac ture set. TRUCK STRIKES TEAM Paul Fleming, a farmer in the vi cinity of Manley, had one of hit horses injured on Wednesday as he was returning from the field to. his home. The team and wagon was crossing a small bridge and the horses had cleared the structure when a truck came along and struck one of the horses, tearing a large hole in the side of the animal. Sheriff Homer Sylvester was out to the scene of the accident and it is hoped that the party driving the truck may be apprehended. PLACE OIL ON ROAD Livingston Road, highway to the Missouri river bridge, has been treat ed to a top coating of heavy oil to place it in the best of shape for travel, but which has proven very annoying to the traveling public. The oil is very liberally applied to give a good waterproof coating, and cars and trucks that have come through the oil have been quite liberally sprayed by the mixture. KEEP POLICE BUSY Friday night the police were kept busy in answering calls from dif ferent parts of the city where pre mature Hallowe'en pranksters were causing annoyance to the property owners. Automobiles seemed to be the chief object of attack and many windows were smeared up and one case reported of a car window being broken. The greater part of the Hallowe'en festivities are expected tonight as Hallowe'en this year comes on Sun day. JOHN KAFFENBERGER DLL From Friday's Dally John Kaffenberger, one of the prominent residents of this city, has been confined to his home this week as the result of an indisposition that has made necessary his remaining inactive and under treatment. It is hoped that he may soon be able to resume his usual activities. School Day Romance Cli maxed Today Miss Mayone Elizabeth Sylvester and Mr. Jack Clifford Forbes Mar ried in California. From Saturday's Dally This afternoon at 2 o'clock at Santa Monica, California, occurred the mar riage of two of the popular young people of. Plattsmouth, Miss Mayone Elizabeth Sylvester and Mr. Jack Clifford Forbes. The wedding culminates a school day romance of the Plattsmouth high school where both the bride and groom were members of the class of 1937.. The groom departed for California several months ago .and is now em ployed in one of the large grocery stores at Santa Monica and has a very fine position and has won de served recognition from those by whom he is employed. Miss Sylvester left last week for Santa Monica and has been a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Neil, the latter a sister of Mr. Forbes. Mr. and Mrs. Forbes plan to start housekeeping soon at Santa Monica. The bride is a daughter of Sheriff and Mrs. Homer Sylvester and has made her home here for the past sev eral years and where she has made a large circle of friends. The groom is the youngest son of Clarence S. Forbes and was born and grew up in this city. He was one of the leading athletes of the local school during his high school days. TO ATTEND CONFERENCE Looking forward to the 21st an nual Red Cross membership campaign which will be held throughout the country Nov. 11 to 25, Cass county chapter will send delegates to a con ference with the national officers in Fremont, November 16 at the Path finder Hotel. Make your reservations now. Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Tool, Mrs. Harriet McDonald, of Murdock and Augusta Robb of Union, expect to attend. It is hoped other branches will send delegates. This conference will be one of a series of similar meetings being held this fall in the middle west to formu late roll call plans and instruct chap ter volunteer workers for the mem bership appeal. Last year the Red Cross enrolled 4,900,000 members. In its accident program on the highways, in homes and on the farms, as well as disaster relief and other activities the Red Cross now occupies a more vital place than ever in com munity life. Cass county is looking forward to enrolling 1000 members beginning Nov. 11, Armistice Day, says Augusta Robb, chapter chairman. CARD OF THANKS To our dear friends we wish to express our thanks for all of the kindnesses that were shown to us in our bereavement. We are especially grateful to the ladies aid and all those who took part in the funeral services and for the beautiful flowers. Charles Herren, Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam Renner and grandchildren of rs. Herren. Drivers Without Licenses Warned of Stiff Penalty Face Prosecution if New Driving Permits Are Not Secured by December 1st. The state highway department has informed J. L. Stamp, chief of the Cass county drivers' license bureau, that it isn't "fooling" with regard to the December 1 deadline for the issuance of new operators' permits. To date, less than half of the per mits have been issued in Cass coun ty. The remainder will be breaking the state law if they use their old permits after December 1. "The penalty for operating a car on an illegal permit," Mr. Stamp said he had been informed by the state, "is up to a $100 fine or three months in jail or both." Mr. Stamp pointed out if users of old permits aren't Tbund sooner by state law enforcement officers, they will be discovered next spring when every automobile in the state is to be examined by the new state high way patrol. When the cars are test ed operators will be required to show their permits. From now on the license bureau will operate exclusively in the court house in Plattsmouth. During Octo ber branch offices were established in various towns in the county, but these will not be continued during the month or November. The past week in his visits over the county, Mr. Stamp examined a greater number of applicants than in all his previous visits. Up to this morning the number examined reached 3,597. In Otoe county the number Thursday had reached 4,710. Since the old drivers' license law first went into effect, a total of 10, 500 drivers have been licensed in this county. Not all of this number still reside here, but with upwards of 4,000 cars and trucks in the coun ty, it is quite probable the total num ber of drivers'will approximate 8,000 or two average per car, including of course the wives and or children over 16 in the family of car owners. As a lot of wholly new drivers are now being licensed the number may even reach 9,000. With only 3,597 issued to date, the examining office will be kept plenty busy during November and as the December 1st deadline ap proaches, those who neglect getting them now will surely have to stand in line for long waits. CARS HAVE SMASHUP From Friday's Dally This morning a car wreck occurred north of this city on highway No. 75 when a car carrying a party . of four Mexicans going south, struck the Chevrolet sedan of Frank Herr of Humboldt. Mr. and Mrs. Herr and daughter were going to Omaha and were ac companied by two teachers en route to the"Xeachers meeting at Omaha. The Herr car was going at a very reasonable rate of speed when the accident occurred and which probab ly saved the occupants from severe injury. The car coming from the north was over on the northbound lane of traffic and when the driver attempted to get in the clear he struck the side of the front of the Herr car and which was very badly damaged. Mr. Herr suffered several deep cuts on the face and head but none of which were dangerous while the oc cupants of the other car were only badly bruised. The driver of the car was Emanuel Erandz of McFarland, Kansas and with him were Filiberto G. Vega, To peka, David Campoy of McFarland and Mariano Martecivo, also of Mc Farland. The cars were both brought on into this city and are In very bad shape. AN APPRECIATION We wish to take this means of ex pressing to the many dear friends and neighbors our deepest appreciation of all that has been done for us and the sympathy shown at the death of our brother and uncle. The memory of the many kind friends will always be cherished by us all. The Perry Family.