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propriation ot $61,715.00 for the
operating: cost of the city, the largest
item of which is $20,000 for the re
funding bond and interest fund as the
next two years see a great deal of
the bonded debt retired or refunded.
The mill levy will be 20 mills on
each $1.00 and is divided as follows:
flAtipral Fund 1.2 mills
Police Fund 1.7 mills
I Road Fund 1.7 mills
' Library Fund 1.5 mills
Fire Hydrant Rental Fund 2.5 mills
Refunding Bonds and In
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Paving District No. 25
Storm Sewer No. 1
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Council Passes
Appropriation
for 39-40 Year
Discussion 'of the Matter of Hocking
Streets Objection to Grade of
Many Hill Streets.
The city council had a full schedule
of business to demand their atten
tion Monday evening and all were on
the job as the meeting was called to
order by Mayor George Tushinsky,
who however did not preside tor the
session owing to his health. President
E. A. Webb of the council finishing
the job.
A communication was received
from business men and residents ask
ing for the use of South Fourth
Ftrect from Main street to the alley
way for a public dance to be given
Wednesday evening. The request was
signed by Fred Lugsch, V. F. Kelley
and Frank M. Bestor. The permis
sion was granted.
A petition was received from resi
dents ot the vicinity of 11th and
MarMe'streets asking for an electric
light. This was referred to the light
ing committee.
Chief O. Sandin of the fire depart
ment presented a report showing four
fires from June 20th to date, an awn
ing fire at the court house-and bank,
the Bayley car fire and the Charles
Tasler residence. This was referred
to the fire and water committee.
Chairman Rebal of the judiciary
committee, reported that tags and
posters had been received for use in
handling the bicycle situation and
getting the cycles registered ana
propir!y tagged. It is proposed to
char'- u fee of 10c and to have a
meptir.g Friday at the American Le
gion Loading. The sheriff and. chief
of police will also be asked to be pres
ent.
The tax and property committee
then presented a resolution extend
ing the operation of ordinance No.
729. which had expired last Decem
ber by its own limitations. The or
dinance provides for the elimination
of penalty interest on special im
provement taxes that are paid up to
and including December 31. 1939
The resolution was unanimously Pass
ed as follows:
Resolution to Continue Non
Penalty Interest on Specials
WHERFA3. on November 22, 1937.
there was passed Ordinance No. 729,
permitting payment of Special Im
provement Assessments without pen
city interest accumulated prior to the
date said ordinance became effective,
li wit: Novenber 27, 1937: and
WHKRE.K the said Ordinance, by
its own prov-eions, expired December
BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor
and City Council that the name of
thiii recreational grounds be and is
hereby designated as 'Calvert Courts,'
in tribute to the late Rev. John Cal
vert, who during his residence in
Pl.tttsmouth aid much to popularize
the game of tennis among the young
folks of this community and who
always stood for clean sportsmanship
wherever contests of any sort were
enraged in;
And be it further
RESOLVED-that the care, control
and custody of 'Calvert Courts' be
and are hereby transferred to the
City Park Board of the City to work
out a playing schedule and other de
tails in conjunction with the WPA
Recreational Service that will assure
all citizens desiring to use the courts
eqral opportunity of doing so.
Be it also Resolved, that a copy of
thic Resolution be tendered the Jour
nal for publication, a copy sent to
the family of Rev. Calvert, a copy
"sent to the Park Boards and this orig
inal copy spread upon the minutes
of this meeting.
Passed and approved this 24th day
of July, 1931).
mills
mills
mills
Cemetery Fund .4 mills
.4 mills
.3 mills
1.5 mills
1.0 mills
Fire Department Fund
Park . Fund
Street Lighting Fund
Unemployment Reliet
Chairman Gabelman of the streets,
alleys and bridges committee then
gave a report of the work that, was
remaining to be cleared up as the
committee has been very busy on the
work ordered at the last council
meeting. He reported the state giving
some assistance on the highway along
John R. Webster boulevard.
Chairman John E. Schutz of the
fire and water committee, asked that
the city clerk advertise for bids for
300 feet of 2 inch fire hose, the
bids to be received and opened on
August 14 th.
Councilman Finnefrock ot the
parks and improvement committee,
reported the replacement of planks
in the city scale platform and the
work of installing being done gratis
by the chairman.
Chairman Vroman of the lighting
committee reported that damages for
a' broken electrolier were still un
paid and also that the committee
wished the clerk to write the com
pany manufacturing the stop signs
as to when they expected to have one
here for use.
Chairman Painter of the police
committee reported that his commit
tee had received complaints of per
sons riding bicycles on the sidewalks
and also of persons riding on the
sides of autos which is a violation of
the state law.
Discuss Rocking Proposition
The council haa a very extended
discussion of the matter of placing
of rock surfacing on streets in the
residential section of the city, which
has been desired by the residents
for the last few years. County Sur
veyor Robert Mann, representatives
of the WPA construction department
were present to give their views of
the matter.
Regarding the use of straight
TOTAL 20.0 mills
The Plattsmouth Municipal band
had asked an appropriation for mu
sic for the library of the band, a
number of organizations having voted
small amounts to help this worthy
cause. It was voted on motion of
Councilman Vroman that $li be
granted the band for the purchase of
music.
Chairman Puis of the finance com
mittee then presented a written cpin
ion of City Attorney J. II. Davis, that
the present law made no provision
for the payment by banks on the de
posits of cities where the deposits
are kept subject to check and which
answered the inquiries made at the
last meeting.
The following claims were order
2d paid by the council:
lbert Olson, phone rent paid,
expenses $
Platts. Journal, printing
John P. Becker, special police
Qestor & Swatek, supplies ten
nis court
George J. Mayer Co., bicycle
tags
John Boetel, burying 2 dogs
Platts. VD, nozzlemen
Andy Snyder, mowing weeds
Harry Gochenour, cleaning
streets 19.20
Harry Gochenour, st. work
D. L Ramel, graderman
Ivan Taylor, street work
George Taylor, street work
team 62.40
Franklin Kief, street work
Charles Vallery, gas for trac
tor D. T. Haley, sand and gravel
Hamilton & Baumgart, re
pairs grader
Duplex Mfg Co., one 12-inch
grader blade 11.20
Ray H. Wiysel, repairs trac
tor Edwin Eledge, mowing weeds
Chicago Avenue Sewer
Ira Clinkenbeard. truck hire $
C. E. Markham, same 2
Charles Crawford, same
Joe Mrasek, sand and gravel
McCarty Oil Co., kerosene
Bestor & Swatek, supplies
Connto Products Co.. supplies
Watson Bros., freight
1 1118 Ihn cmno rtato rn which
the state law permitting payment of j rushed rock on the roadways, the
gir.eral tzxvi without penalty inter
est expired: and
WHEREAS, the Nebraska Legis
lature has extended the time for the
making of su.Ii general tax payments
without penalty interest to expire
December 31. 1939;
Now. therefore
EE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor
and City Coancil of the City of
Piattsmouth. Nebraska, that the pro
visions incorporated in Ordinance
No. 739,
Special Improvement Assessments
without penalty interest accumulat
ed prior to November 27. 1937. be
and are hereby continued in effect
uj to and including December 31,
139, when said provisions shall ex
pire. And be it further Resolved that a
copy of this Resolution be certified
to County Treasurer John Turner as
hi3 authority for accepting said pay
ments without penalty interest, and
the original copy entered ot record
in the minutes of this meeting.
Passed and approved this 21th day
of July, 193:.
The city council then adopted the
following1 resolution which desig
nates the city tennis courts as "Cal
vert. Courts" and also places the
courts in the care and custody of the
pafk beard of the city:
' Resolution to Transfer Tennis
Courts to Park Board
WHEREAS, thru sponsorship by
this City of Plattsmouth ot a NYA
"project, there has been created on
Lots 1. 2. 3 and east 41 feet of Lot
4, 'in Block 18 .(being property owned
bv the City and not needed for other
municipal purposes) two fine double
tennis courts, which after their com
pletion were unused due to lack ot
playing -equipment; and
WHEREAS, the American Legion
Community i'utlding Club ias out
fitted tie CO'jrts tor the plasicg of
both 'tennis aud. volley bell at no. ex
pense to the City; Now, therefore j
engineers were of the opinion that
the section on North Third street,
the block on South 5th street and
Pearl street from 10th to 13th were
too steep to be successfully covered
with rock. The use of a binder in
the surfacing of the streets would
probably work out successfully, the
engineers stated, otherwise the rock
would wash off after each heavy
relative to the payment of rain.
The sections of the suggested rock
ing on Fifth from Granite to Marble,
a section on 10th from Main street
to the alley, near the school build
ings, a block from Marble to Rock on
11th, as well as Sth street from
Rock to Gold were in such condition
that it was thought that rock sur
facing might be successfully used.
The cost of using a binder in the
laying of the rock surface would not
be a great deal more than the orig
inal plan, it was pointed out and this
would allow the placing of surfacing
on the steeper hills which had been
objected to.
Judge A. H. Duxbury and Fred
Lugsch, residents in the district pro
posed were present at and before the
meeting to discuss the surfacing of
the streets near their property which
tbey have long sought.
The matter was then referred to
the WPA committee of the council to
try and secure some plan to r;ive the
residents the desired Improvements
and to overcome the objections of the
engineers.
The council then took up ordinance
No. 740, the annual appropriation
bill of the city and which under the
Fucpenstos e! the .rule -tees passed
and ordered published at enee.
' The ordinance provides for the ap-
10.25
7.80
2.70
4.54
9.47
1.20
4.50
48.50
20.40
41.68
21.60
38.40
17.33
3.00
1.00
27.20
7.20
47.85
50.40
45.15
92.23
4.67
7. SO
56.16
.25
visiting friends and relatives in this
part of the country. They were guests
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clar
ence E. Poole in Weeping Water for
a, few days and in Alvo visited at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. B.
Slromer, whore John C. Browne, the
father of Mrs. Stromer, is making his
home. '-' ' ' : "
Returned to Home in Lincoln -Mr.
and Airs. Fred Patzel, of Lin
coln, who have been visiting here at
the home of Mrs. ratzels parents,
Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Stanley, re
turned to the:r home in the capital
city Wednesday. They were accom
panied by Mr. Stanley, who went up
after a load of groceries for the
store here. The little daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Patzel is remaining for
a visit of mother week with the
grandparents.
Employers are
Benefited by the
Local Office
Miss" Edith Solomon, Manager Of the
Local Office, Has Complete File
of Qualified Workers.
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Children Crossroads
By Judge Ernest L. Rceker
Copyright 1939
Old Land Mark to Go
The old log structure that has
stood for 73 years, being occupied of
late by Fred Basse and family, who
farm the place, is being torn down
by Mr. Basso and Fred Weyers to
make room for a new building which
is to be constructed by the owner
of the farm. Mr. Helmers. of Om
aha. ;
This log house was built in 1S66
and has stood the ravages of time
and weather in fine shape, the logs
f-till being in good condition. It was
built by the McCaig family, who
came here from Indiana at an early
(late. The ljgs were overlaid with
clapboards, making it weatherproof.
In this building was housed the
flist postoffice in this locality.
In tearing down the structure,
Mr. Basse found a nickle that was
coined in MSGS, as the date plainly
shows. It is in good condition, but
when unearthed looked copperish in
color. After (he exterior coating had
been removed, it showed the regular
pattern and color, but with the stars
around the outer edge separated by
bars. Mr. Baise prizes the coin and
will keep it as a souvenir.
"'The most complete file of quali
fied and competent workers in Ne
braska is offered to employers by the
Nebraska State Employment Service,
a division of the State Department of
Labor," according to Miss Edith Solo
mon, manager of the Plattsmouth of
fice. "The file for the Plattsmouth of
fice contains not only the names of
practically all of the workers avail
able in Cass county," Miss Solomon
explained, "but the office is able by
means of a state wide system ol
clearance between it and other offices
of the state service to refer any par
ticular type of occupational classi
fication that might be called for
should by any chance the local files
not contain that particular class of
worker.
" 'Hundreds of men and women
are being restored to private indus
trial and agricultural pursuits by
placement through the Nebraska
State Employment Service,' Miss
Solomon stated, 'and employers
throughout the state are learning
from personal experience that the use
of the service is giving them a
larger range of selection, that It is a
time and money saver when selection
of new personnel has to be made, and
that the organization is able to ren
der a high grade and effective referral
service. While the service is not con
nected with relief in any way," Miss
Solomon added, 'it is supported by
federal and state funds and there is
no charge of any kind to either the
employer or the worker.
"'The next time you are in' need
of a carpenter, mecnanic, office man
ager, stenographer, bookkeeper,
pharmacist, saleswoman, salesman,
"Victims of One-Armd Bandits"
Into a Juvenile Court session rush
ed a merchant, demanding the im
mediate time of the court, asserting
that as a " tax-payer and citizen he
v. as entitled to justice and to pro
tection against being robbed by
yorng criminals.
Forced to wait his turn, he flew
into a rage when admitted to the
private conference room. Between
curses he told the court that those
" kids" who stole fifty cents
worth of shaving cream and safety
razor blades from his store should be
stnt to reform school at once.
We sent the police for the two
boys, 11 and 13 years old. Mean
while the merchant was requested
to wait again in the outer office.
It took some little time for the
two frightened lads to gain their
composure sufficiently to tell a co
herent story. The merchant, they
said, had in his shop, where they
often bought candy, two slot ma
chines. Once in a while, they ob
served, a man "would put in one
nickel and get back six to ten nick
el." -'
That day iheir father had given
them 50 cent to run down to the
store and buy him shaving cream
pnd safety razor blades. On the way
they conceived the plan of exchang
ing the 50 cents for 10 nickels, put
ting them into a slot machine, and
"winning a lot of money." Then
they would buy the. shaving supplies
and still have money on which they
could celebrate.
But the slot machine did not pay
out, and the 1-oys, fearing the conse
quences of not. bringing the supplies
to their fa:, her, grabbed shaving
cieam and razor blades from tho
counter and ran home.
The boys were excused from the
conference room, and the irate mer
chant was called in. He frankly ad
mitted that lie had two slot ma
chines, a violation of state laws, and
permitted minors to play them. In
tho next breath he ordered that the
boys be sentenced to reform school
at; an object to other young thieves.
The court viewed the incident dif
ferently. We 'old him that in reality
tie was responsible for the boys' of
fense, that wc regretted we could
l.ot prosecute him for contributing
to the delinquency of minor child
veil, and tho: we longed to bo ablo
co impose upon him the sentence lie
wished passed upon the boys.
He made '; further complaint.
Today his .W'j mechanical one-arni-od
bandits rest somewhere in the bed
oi the Platte river near Columbus.
farm hand, truck driver, factory
worker, yard workers, domestic or
other help, just call the Plattsmouth
office of the service and I am sure
that'you will be able to find just the
man or woman you seek to fill the
vacancy. Final selection, of course,
rests with the employer.
" 'This service is not restricted to
unemployed persons who may be elig
ible for unemployment compensation,
but is open to all individuals i"
the state. The same naturally ap
plies to employers, as this agency i
ready to serve any firm or business
employing workers, whether or not
they are covered by the provisions of
the Nebraska unemployment compen
sation law,' " Miss Solomon concluded.
Wabash News
Ernest Bck has been nursing a
d.fagreeable summer cold during the
past week.
Frank Marshall was in Omaha last
Tuesday with a truck load of hogs
for the market.
Herman Luetchens. who has com
pleted his threshing work for this
summer, repo.-ts that his wheat yield
ed 13 bushel3 to the acre. He had
5'J acres.
Miss Myrtle Wood went to Mur
ray last Wednesday, calling on Dr.
G H. fSilmora with some historical
data regarding the old David Craig
house here.
Dr. G. H. Cilmore of Murray was
a visitor in Wabash last week, com
ing to collect some historical data.
He visited the old David Craig prop
erty, which housed the first post
effice in this locality.
Harry Dehnning has rented a por
tion of the Wabash hotel building,
moving here from Elmwood where
he has been residing. This is not only
closer to his present , work on the
river, but the rent is considerably
less.
P. H. Clarke and Ralph Dorr were
in Plattsmouth the fore part of last
week, transacting business and pay
ing their tax;s. They were impress
ed with the excellent appearance of
the corn crop in time eastern part
of the county.
Mrs. Antone Jourgoson of Weep
ing vvatpr was a guest at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Nelson Han
sen and husband for a few days dur
ing the past week. Mrs. Jourgoson
has not been feojing so well and
hoped that getting out into the
country might help some.
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