Nebraska State Histori
cal Society
VOL. NO. XXXYHL
FLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1921.
NO.
33
GAY PAREE IS
OUTRIVALED BY
KANSAS CITY
KEY TURNED OVER TO LEGION
AIRES WHO CONSTRUE THE
MATTER LITERALLY.
Gay Paree, haveu of the American
doughboy on leave of absence
HO j
longer holds its distinction of the
past, however justly it may have
Afirnail it Tn ita ctoail k'nncad Pitr
occupies stellar position in the minds
of the 100.000 American Legionaires
Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday for
the third annual Legion convention.
Even Paree in all its dazzling
splendor presented drawbacks, not
the least of which were pertinent
M. P's. and the oft-demanded salute
of superior officers. With restraint
thrown to the Four Winds the care
free ex-service men were exuberant
with joy when trie key to the ci'y
was officially presented them. To say
they failed to make use of it would
be stretching the truth as far as
from east to west. Night and day the
marching paraders trod the streets
of the business section, shouting, yell
ing and singing, pushing, jostling
and jaming their way thru crowds
of interested onlookers. Police stood
by enjoying the fun.
Over at convention hall other
masses were assembled for the more
serious work of the convention
delegates from the forty-eight states.
cf the union. China. Hawaii, Great j
Britain, Frarce, and
ndll UOZeil ;
other remote sections.
Distinguished guests included Mar-anj
thai Foch of France. Gen. Jacques,
or Belgium. General Diaz or itaiy. I
Admiral Beatty of Great Britain and
M. Bertrand. of the Franch Cham
ber of Deputies, who is commander
of the allied Legion organization. In
addition Black Jack Pershing was
present, receiving a great ovation.
The first two days were taken up
largely with ovations, dedications
and the parade of Tuesday.
eunesuay morning me convention .
got aown to tne real Dusiness Deiore productive Advertising. (Hess) Mo
it. and although flly-a-day-behind, tion Picture. Horstman Elemants
the schedule, by remaining in con-jCf Buciness Law, (Huffcut) "Poverty,
stant session from S:30 in the morn
ing until nearly 6 o'clock in the
evening, was able to dispose cf ev
erj important matter pending and to
consummate the election of officers.
The big fight cf the convention
was over the passing of resolutions
condemning Ambassador Harvey for
his Pilgrim Day speech and asking i
his immediate recall. Had these been
worded in less scathing language it ;
nigniy prooaoie mey oum nai e History, (Schapiro) Meaning of Evo
been passed. As it Mas. however, ,utIon (Schmucker) Productive Or
they were defeated in a role call vote. ch:iraing sears) Study of Science
Nebraska casting 19 votes for and 5j (gmith) Stuff of Manhood, Speer)
votes against their acceptance. OnXe.vs -writing. (Spencer) Stakes of
announcement of the vote a substi- fae War (Stoddard) Practical Elec
tute resolution dealing with the Har-' lricitVt (Swocpe) Farm Management,
vey matter was offered, which was;(Warren) Chmistrv in the Home
passed unanimously. j(Weed) Plane and Solid Geometry.
Another important phase that was ! ( wentworth ) New Tinsmith's Help
threshed out on the convention floor er ratleru Maker, Williams) Ameri
cas the resolution relating to the can ;uunicjpai progress. (Zuebliu)
? 1 . T 1 a 1 1
cnemicai warrare. anu wnicn u was
charged is a subsidy of the Du Pont
powder company. After being tabled.!
at the morning session, an attempt I
"n 1 c Tliarln in tV fiftarr Ann t r Hffr it '
, i . i , ' I. . j!
from the table, but the Legion stood
wo ..5,., rio;
The Legion reiterated its stand
in favor of greater hospitalization
facilities and better medical care of
disabled comrades, as we? I as the ad
justed compensation, bill, changed
the oiTicial Legion flower from the
pop?y to the daisy and voted to make
future national conventions of five
days' duration instead of three. New
Orleans was chosen over San Fran
cisco for the honor cf entertaining
the 1922 convention.
A torn of ritual for posts, includ
ing meetings, initiation, and special
occasions as Armistice day. Decora
tion day, 4th cf July, etc. was of
fered by the Ceremonials committee,
after more than a year's study of the
matter and this was accepted.
Th' election of officers was made
a 'special order of business for 3
o'clock. Arkansas yielded to Iowa
who placed in nomination Haniford
MacNider, of Mason City, who took
chances on becoming the Bryan of
the convention, he having been twice
before defeated for the honor. Ne
braska presented Cline. Missouri pre
sented Williams. Oklahoma nominat-
ed Hoffman and Virginia O'Neill. The, Charles Surface and H. F. Pickett
MacNider campaign had been well ' motored in from the capital city and
organized and when a roll call of the. spent the night here, departing at
states revealed overwhelming senti-Jan early hour for the river where
meat in favor, of the Iowa man, the they announce they will enjoy a
Oklahoma man withdrew, followed by j hunting trip after ducks. William
Cline. Williams and O'Neill in rapid Grebe accompanied the party and
succession. The vote of the entire will show them the best spots to
delegation went to MacNider.
Of the five vice commanders, Mr.
Berry, president of the Pressman's
Union of North America led the field.
Two others from the army and two
from the navy were elected.
The big fight developed over the
election of national chaplain. Black-
mann, of Kansas, the fighting par-
son, who has become noted over the
United States for his interest in
sports and the introduction of box-
ing in his church circle, received a
plurality "but not a majority of the
.viLiug bireugia oi me cuaveauoa, a
number of the etate delegations hav - -
ing left before the vote took place.
n mis tne cnair was nnajiy rorcea to;
rule that in view of such condition;
the Kansas man was victor over his
eastern opponent, who had been sup
ported solidly by New York, Pennsyl
vania and Ohio.
Adjournment came at 6 o'clock af
ter a most strenuous day and most
of the Flattsmouth delegation came
home on the night trains over the
TUurlington and Missouri Pacific.
MARRIED AT THE MANSE
From Thcvgdaya jually.
Yesterday afternoon Lew ell ya
Warren and Selina Megner, both of
Omaha, arrived in the city, and call-
ine at the court house secured the
I r i 1 1
utwsssirj permission iu uecouie unii-
ed in the bonds of wedlock. Thev
then sought the home of Rev. II. G.
McClusky where the nuptial knot
was t'ed
NEW BOOKS AT
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Large Shipment of Reading Matter
Received Here from the State j
Library Commission.
The Public Library has recently
received from the state library com
mission the following list of books
At the close of the NVorld war the
different camps and cantonments and
also at the National Headquarters,
not yet placed. These were assem
bled at headquarters, then sent to
the different state Library commis
sions for distribution ..to the public
libraries.
The nature of the list speuks
for itself and is a valuable addition
to our iimrary:
Principles of
Agriculture, (P.ailey)
tl,0 Pnnor In Vnn FQ rlnn 1 Pnim
. . w . V. ' . - " v. . - . . . ...... , '
try
Editin
(Bleyer) Canada. (Brad-J
jev
Victorian Age in Literature
( Chesterton How to Deal with Hu-J
r, v-oii-o ir. rencin irn,u-i
Course in Business Essentials, (Vol.
7) History of England and Great
Britain. (Cross) International Law,
(Davis) Principles of Business, (Ger
stenberg) History of Our Time.
j(Gooch) Woman in the Balkans,
, (Gordon) French Civilization. (Guer-
ard) History of Modern Europe
S
( Hares , Alsace-Lorraine. ( Haze
(Hunter) R. R. Transportation,
(Johnson) Opening Up of Africa,
(Johnston) English Literature Mod
ern. (Mair) Bookkeeping, Miner)
Cooperation in Agriculture, (Powell)
Types and Breeds of Farm Animals,
(Plumb) Gas Engine Troubles,
(Rathbun) People of Action, (Rod
rjsrue;: , industrial Chemistry, (Rog-
crs) Effective Farming, (Sampson)
Modern and Contemporary European
Iiuman Mechanism
(Hough)
TRAVELORS GET THE GATE
From Thursday's realty,
A . , .
Yesterday a number of the wan
dering Romany tribes arrived in the
city, traveling in the modern style
of the auto and the ladies in the
party at once proceded to get busy
scattering over the city in search of
those whom they might beguile into
telling their fortunes and also pick
up what might be loose. The fortune
tellers had bad luck dn the person of
Chief of Police Jones, who overtak
ing them before they had lifted any
thing advised them the mto crank
up their little old cars and get out
where the fresh country air could be
enjoyed as this place was of of wan
dering fortune tellers and their fol
lowers. The approach of the chilly
weather is causing most of the mi
gratory tribes to follow the ducks
to the southward and they are now
taking up the lon trail to warmer
climes.
HERE FOR HUNT
From Thursday's Dally.
Last evening an auto party con
sisting of Karl Schmidt, Jr.. deputy
state sheriff. F. C. Hyers, Milt Gates,
snare the elusive duck or goose. The
members of the party were antici
pating a big time.
GOES TO BEATRICE
From Thursday's Dally.
This afternoon William Rarrlnr.
state worthy president of the Fra-jfor
ternal Order of Eagles, departed for
Beatrice where he goes to pay an of-
ricial isit to the aerie in that city
and to enlov the hnsnitnutw f too
Eagles of that place. Mr. Barclay Is:
making his visits during the fjll.for Ashland for a short visit and
months as rapidly as possible and to
stimulate the work in the various
aeries in regard to increasing the
membership.
COMMISSIONERS
LOOKING OVER THE
TRUANT OFFICER
Request of County Superintendent
That Eoard Make Provision
For This Office Good.
From Thursday's Dally
Tlio lw- -i ,1 - F nmmtr iAmm)ci;iAn.
miooi..
ers wnicn nas Deen spending me
greater part of their time this week
in the allowance of the claims
; against the county, this morning
took up the .matter of a county tru
ant officers and the best manner of
handling the proposition.
From time to time complaints
come from all over the county to
the office of the county superintend
ent in regard to young people who
are not attending school and partic
ularly of the younger children, and
which is in violation of the state
law and it is to put a stop to the
practice of keeping children out of
school that the truant officer is cre
ated. The legislature at the last ses
sion gave the commissioners the
power to create this office and to fix
a compensation, but the county
board while not objecting to the cre
ation of the office do not look kind
ly on the proposition of adding to
the expenses of the county and its
citizen.
Another phase of the matter is
whether one officer could cover the
county or whether it would be bet
ter to have one in each of the com
missioner districts and have the com
missioners add this to their burden
rf oTice. With a truant officer resid
ing in either the extreme eastern or
western part of the county the mile
age would be considerable if they
were compelled to make many trips
whn with thrpe !n the rmintv th
s
e
territory could be better divided.
The board will consider the mat
ter carefully before taking action
and endeavor to do what they may
think best for the interests of the
countv and the schools.
FIRE PREVENTION
DAY TO BE OBSERVED
Special Efforts to be Put Forth on
Friday to Shew People Neces
sity cf Fire Prevention.
From Thursday's Dully.
On Friday. November 4th, the ciM
?ens of Plattsmouth will carry on
an observance of Fir 3 Prevention
day. the date having been set apart
by Governor S. R. McKelvie. for
this purpose. The campaign of adii
cation of the ways of saving the cost
of destruction by fire is one that has
secured some very fine results in the
last few years and tended to check
the record of fires over the state but
there is still much room for improve
ment. The schools of the state will all
have special talks, drills and instruc
tion on the manner of preventing
fires by careful steps to do away
with the causes that contribute to
the greater percentage of the fires
over the state. The young people of
the schools have shown great inter
est in the campaign of education and
much success has been derived in the
past by reaching this portion of the
public and having the safety lessons
taken by the school children to their
homes.
In speaking of tbe fire prevention
moves. Chief Sandin, of the city fire
department is urging everyone to
get busy with the defective flues
and have them fixed up before the
cold weather sets in, a3 it is thru
this means that a large per cent of
the fires are caused. In our city es
pecially is this the case as a larger
part cf the resident fire3 can be
traced to the family chimney and a
few moments work would do away
with this danger and save the con
sequent loss of money and perhaps
life.
The chief and the members of the
fire department have also secured
the use of wagons and men to have
all ashes and debris hauled away
from the business section of the city
and for this purpose every property
owner or business man along Main
street is requested to have .the stuff
that should be hauled away, placed
at the rear of their places of busi
ness by tomorrow morning and it
will be taken care of by the fire
fighters.
EUTERTAIXS FOR FRIEND
From Thursday's Daily.
Last evening the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Fritz Siomonite of vest of the
city was the scene of a very pleas
ant gathering when a number of the
friends of Albert Sergun gathered
to enjoy the time on 'the eve of the
departure of this gentleman for
Germany, where he formerly resided
and where he win make nis home
the winter. The time was spent
in visiting and playing various card
games and at a euitable hour dainty
refreshments were served that add
ed to the pleasures of the occasion
Mr. Sergun departed this morning
from there will go to New lork
where he will sail on November 8th
on the George Washington for the
trip to the old world.
HAVE FINE SOCIAL
' The Tritsch school west of My
nard was the scene of a very pleas
ant social gathering on Tuesday eve
ning when the residents of that lo
cality enjoyed a box social at the
school building. The affair was ar
ranged by the teacher. Miss Helen
Pontius, and was a most delightful
event with a large number in at
tendance and a very pleasing pro
gram given. The school realized $1S
as the result of the. social which will
be devoted to the purchase of records
for the Edison phonograph that the
school has purchased.
JOHN RGEBER DIES
NEAR LOUISVILLE
Highly Respected Resident of that
Locality Called to Final Re
ward After Leiig Illness.
John Rceber, one of the well lov
ed and highly respected citizens of
this community, parsed away lat
Tuesday forenoon, tifter a lingering
illness from Bright's dics?, at l:is
old hor.e iu the -country west of
town, lie was 71 years, 4 months and
2 7 days old. For the past four j eu.rs
Mr. Roeber has been in failing
health iind had been a little wcre
lately, but seemed a lit tie better that
morning and insisted upon getting
np and sitting in his chair where he
quietly breathed his List..
Mr. Roeber was born in Chariot -tenthal.
Germany, 5'jre 4, 1S."0. lie
was married at the 'age of 25. He
brought his wife ai;l three children
to America October 1, 1S84. ar.i.1
i-ame directly te) Louisville where he
lived for a nuinbe- of years, moving
from here t.) the farm -vct of town
where he has lived for more than
thirty years. In Inter years, since Mr.
Roeber retired from active farm lif?.
Ins son.-Herman an wife hav? ?nan
aged the farm but the aged parents
continued to live with them.
During all these years. Mr. Roeber
iT?s proved binistif a devoted hus
band and father. His wife has been
in poor health for years and has re
quired constant care and he had al
ways looked after hvr needs carefully
;ir.d was ever a kind and laving fath
er. He was a nxini c-rs of V.-.s Evang
elical Lutheran r'iwfc'u and lied a
splendid Christian life, respected by
all his neighbors and many friends.
The children who are left to
mourn the passing father are: Chas.
of Laraont. 111., Mrs. Louis Neuman,
and Mrs. Fred Neunmn. of Murdock.
Mrs. Julius Komrofki, or Hastings.
Louis, of South Bend, and Herman,
of Louisville. Resides the widow and
children. Mr. Roeber had two sisters
in Louisville. They are Mrs. John
Sah.s and Mrs. George Myers.
The funeral occurred from the
Lutheran church cn Thursday after
noon, the pastor. Rev. T. Hartiuan.
-"fTciating and the large church was
filled with sorrowing relatives and
friends.
RECEIVES $100 FINE
FOR POSSESSION
From Friday's Dallv.
James Mears, who claims Lincoln
as his residence, was taken in cus
tody last evening in this city, charg
ed with the possession of intoxicat
ing liquor, the capture of the man
being made after a pursuit of some
distance by the officers. The fact cf
the man being in the city was con
veyed to the police and Sheriff Quin
ton and they accordingly started af
ter Mr. Mears but after diiving out
Washington avenue for some dis
tance it was decided that he had
been able to get past them and ac
cordingly the party doubled back to
the city and traveled over the Sixth
street hill to Lincoln avenue where
tVey overhauled the car driven by
Mr. Mears.
This morning Police Judge Archer
took the case up and after bearing
the facts in the matter decided it
would be necessary for the gentle
man to part with $100 and trim
mings to settle the matter which he
did and was accordingly allowed to
go on his way rejoicing.
OBSERVES ANNIVERSARY
From Friday's Dally. -
Yesterday was the eighty-first
birthday anniversary of John H.
Becker, one of the old and high, re
spected residents of this city, and in
honor of 'The occasion the children
joined in a very pleasant gathering
in honor of the passing of another
milestone by the father. The evening
was spent in visiting and the en
joyment of a real pleasant family
gathering and at a suitable hour re
freshments were served that added
to the pleasures of the occasion.
CONITIvED TO E0ME .
from Friday's rativ.'
Former Mavor H. A. Schneider is
confined to his home as the results
of a very severe cold or summer flu'
and which while not considered dan-j
gerous has proven very annoying!
and compelled Mr. Schneider to keep)
at home and take an enforced vaca- j
tion from his work in the Platts-j
mouth State bark for a few days.
The many friends cf Mr. Schneider
trust that the indisposition may not
be of long duration and that he may.
soon be back on the job.
Blank Books at the Journal Office, j
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JmiLl
OVERCOATS. SHir.TS. SUITCASES
A1ID OTHER ARTICLES SE
CURED RY VISITORS.
Frfm FrKlay's Jaii
In common with the other towns
of the county, this city at an early
hcur this morning vas made the vic
tim of a visit of burglars, the Phil
ip Thierolf clothing store being the
nlace visited by the unwelcome visit
ers. The robbery occurred, as far as
can be tstiiiiated. shortly "after 2 o'
clock and the parties doing the job
made their entrance to the store by!
forcing the eerc-en over the transom
of the front door and then forcing
the trar.som itself. The size of the
transom points clearly to the fact
that the party who entered the store
must have been a small person and
one who was very r.ctive as the place
is ere that is difficult to enter with
out a great deal of effort.
Aft?r securing entrance the burg
lar appears to have made a selection
of the suit cases which were located
on the top of the shelving on the
c i ;t side of the store room and to
reach th a the burglar had evident
ly stood on the show cases as the
mark -of footprints were to be seen
there this morning. The party or
parties had then gone on through
th-? store picking out the goods- de
sired ar.d several of the best over
coats were picked up atr.stored
away as well as three or four flan
r.vl shirts, dress shirts and other ar
ticles. From the indications the parties
?CP7n to huve been well acquainted
witii t!ii lay of tlif-store as they se
cured the key to the back door that
i? concealed each night in the store
at closing up time and with this
they attempted to r.nks their geta-v.-ay
from the rear of the store build
ing, hut were evidently unable to ac
complish their object a:id made their
escape through the front door of the
store, carrying with them the loot
secured. The burglars in working at
.'he rmr cor dropped a part of their
stock of shirts on top of the safe
and here Ihey were found this morn
ing by Mr. Thierclf
The burglars evidently maintain
ed a lookout as it is reported that a
man was seen in the hallway just
west of the store during the time of
the robbery and who had doubtless
been stationed there to give the
alarm in case that anyone came near
the store while the operatives were
wcrking inside. During the whole
time the light in the store was burn
ing and apparently did not frighten
the burglars in the least.
From the general indications the
job locks rather'lik? the work of
amateurs and more fo that of per
sons who were more or less familiar
with the arrangements of the store
as they made their way over the store
with ease and the circumstance of
being able to locate the key that was
concealed shows that it was a pres
meditated affair.
Mr. Thierolf was notified of the
robbery as soon as it was discovered
ar.d with Mr. B. A. Rosencrans hast
tened to the store and checked up
the stock to discover just how much
of the stock had been carried away.
Had tbe parties been able to get the
Lack door open they doubtless would
have gotten away with a great deal
more than they did. as the goods
were evidently carried out in the
stolen suitcases.
LARGE EOGr KILLED A
VALUABLE E0RSE
On Wednesday evening when Wat
son Jones came in from the field he
unhitched his team and turned them
out in the hog lot. One of them, a
valuable mare layed down and .was
roiling when she was attacked by
the large GOO pound boar, cutting
open the abdomen of the horse with
his long sharp tusks, almost disem
howling the sfnimal. Mr. Jones heard
the horse groan and went to investi
gate, but the boar made an attack
on him and he had to make a hasty
getaway. The horse wa3 in a critical
condition and was immediately kill
ed by shooting. The hog still wanted
to chew up everything that crossed
his path and had to be penned up.
His tusks were 5 or G inches long.
Elmwood Leader-Echo.
CALLED TO IOWA
From Friday's rariy- -
This morning G. W. McCrackeu
the Murray druggist departed for
Kellerton, Iowa, in response to a
message announcing the death last
night of his father. J. H. McCrack
en, at his home in that place. Mr.
J. H. McCracken has been quite sick
for the past month and the son has
been at his side for some time dur
ing the fickness but recently return
ed to Murray to look after his busi
ness interests. Mr. McCracken was
sixty-eight years of age and leaves a
widow and six children to mourn his
pass-ing. All of the family with the
exception of a daughter living in
Omaha and the son at Murray, reside
at Kellerton. In the sorrow that has
come to bim, Mr. McCracken wiil
have the deepest sympathy of his
many friends in this city and Murray.
LOGAL STORE
I
TAKEN TO HOSPITAL
Krnrn Thursday' Ially.
lesieraay anernoon .vjrs. Ainei
Meisinger was taken to Omaha
where she entered the Immanuel
hospital and will be dperuted on
there tomorrow morning. She was
accompanied by her husband and
mother. Mrs. F. J. Ilennings, and
the mother remained there with
Mrs. Meisinger. This afternoon Al
lie Meisinger returned to Omaha to
remain with his wife until after the
operation. Mrs. Meisinger is suffer
ing from an attack of appendicitis
and gall stones combined.
DEATH OF J. E.
M'DANIEL IN WEST
Message Received by Elks Lodge An
nounces Passing cf Former
Well Known Resident.
The friends in this city of J.
E. McDanicl will regret very much
to karn of the death of Mr. McDan
iel which occurred on Wednesday
night at the family home at Lind
say, . Cal., where they have resided
sinV-e leaving this city pome five
yearn ago. The death came as a real
shock to the friends as in the last
letters Mr. McDaniel bad been ap
parently in good health ,and filled
with the joy of living.
The message did not give any of
the particulars of the death and was
addressed to the Plattsmouth lodge
of the B. P. O. E., of which Mr. Mc
Daniel had long been a member.
To mourn his death Mr. McDanie!
leaves the wife, one ron
Vlnvil rp
siding at San Francisco, and two
daughters, Mrs. Virginia Allen and
Miss Ellen Belle McDaniel.
MEET AT OODvVHT HOME
From Tburpdayo Ditilj
The Loyal Workers of the Christ
ian church held their regular meet
ing yesterday afternoon and were
very pleasantly entertained at the
home of Mrs. E. M. Godwin, by Mes
dames George W:ncot and Godwin.
This occasion was in the nature of
an Experience Social and during the
afternoon's program the ladies re
lated their experience in securing
One Dollar. Thee experiences wer
told in rhyme ard were most inter
esting. During the course of the af
ternoon's entertainment the hostess
es served some very dainty refresh
ments, which were likewise most
thoroughly enjoyed. The rooms of
the Godwin home had been made
very pretty with decorations of the
autumn flowers. An hour or so de
voted to a most delightful social
time and then the ladies wended
their way homeward, declaring Mes
danies Winscot and Godwin to be
most excellent entertainers.
MAKES GOOD RECORD
Fr'm Friday's lstily.
This morning is a part of the Fire
Prevention day program the city
schools held a fire drill to determine
just how effectively they could act
in case of a fire in any of the build
ings. In the hig"i echool the pupils
were marched out of the building in
the record time of two minutes. 200
pupils being maTched out, while at
the Central building where the fire
escapes were used in emptying the
building it required four and one
half minutes to get the 310 pupils
out of the building.
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With the conveniences of present-day-banking,
there is no need of anyone wasting
time paying bills in person.
When you carry a Checking Account at
the First National Bank, you have only to mail
a check in payment of an obligation. Upon its
presentation here at the bank, we do the actual
paying out of .your account.
We cordially invite you to open your
Checking Account here. Regardless of its size,
you will receive the same courteous treatment
accorded every other depositor here.
ti
The First
THE BANK- WHERE
PMJTSMOUTII
SUGGESTS WAY OF
IMPROVING TOWN
City to Take Vacant Lots Encum
bered by Taxes and Make Gar
dens by Children's Aid.
A, few days ago. in discussing the
various ways of civic improvements
one' of the well known residents of
jthe city offered a ery practical and
sensible manner of making the city
more attractive in the summer
months and one that will add to the
material welfare of the residents of
the city.
The proposition is this have tbe
citv take over all of the vacant lots
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bered with taxes and from which
there can be no use derived from the
owners, and convert them into gar
dens. The city, it is suggested, could
offer prize to the children of the
city for the best appearing and suc
cessful garden and allow the young
folks the use of the lots for their
garden spots and at the end of the
season give the prize winners their
rewards. If the contestants failed to
keep up their garden the city would
then take it over and the parties lose
their garden spot and the opportun
ity of winning one of the piizes. This
plan has been tried very successfully
in a number of the Iowa towns and
cities and the .results more than
pleasing in every case.
We have, here in Plattsmouth, a
number of places that might very
profitably be used in this way and
not only do away with unsightly
weed patches but give the boys and
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den.
CHICKEN PIE SUPPER
The Woman's Auxiliary of the
American Legion are busily arrang
ing for their chicken pie supper that
is to be given on the afternoon and
evening cf Armistice day. The ladies
have decided to hold the supper at
the Modern Woodmen hall where
ample accomodations can be found
and they will serve the supper from
5 until 7:30 cf that date, and from
the well known reputation of the
ladies as cooks the' event is going
to be some treat In every way. The
small sum of 50c per plate is to be
charged but this will be small in
deed for the feast that is being ar
ranged for and the hours set makes
it convenient for everyone to be in
attendance.
LOOKING OVER RECORDS
From Thursday's Dally.
H. W. Scott of the tax commis
Mioner'f office at Lincoln, was in the
city yesterday for a few hours check
ing over the records in the office of
the county treasurer and looking in
to the cases of the taxation of the
"property of fraternal organizations
which has recently been ordered
made. The state Is looking over the
status of the various fraternal or
ders and their property and in cases
where the property is not used Tor
purely fraternal or charitable pur
poses the tax is -to be paid on it.
FARM LOANS
Lowest rates. 5. 7, 10, 15 and
20 j-ears. G. M. McClerkin, at tbe
Rank of Cass County, Plattsmouth,
Nebraska. tfJ
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