Bmouth 3 omn vol. no. xxxvm. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 1922. NO. 7 WILL PRESENT A LOVING CUP TO THE BEST GUARD GO. Local American Legion Post Will , Give Trophy to Successful Company cf the Guard. From Thursday's Daily. At the meeting of the American Legion post last evening it was de cided to have a trophy cup present ed to one of the companies of the national guard at the encampment here August 14th to 29th, that is the most efficient in drilling or in general rating. The reward for which the cup will be presented will be left to the decision of General H. J. Paul, adjutant general of the state, to determine, and will be a beautiful trophy for one of the companies of i the l.".4th infantry. The cup will bear the name of Hugh J. Kearns post and will be a reward that will be striven for by the various com panies that make up tne regiment. It is the expectation to have the! cup presentation made a part of the general review and Held day at the encampment on which occasion Gov ernor Samuel R. McKelvie and his staff as well as thousands of visitors will be here to witness the rr.aneu- vera of the Nebraska guard troops H. Osborne, Secretary of State Ams and the review of the regiment by, berry. Treasurer Cropsey and Audi the governor and General Paul and j tor Marsh. It was the largest re- the other officers of the staff of the i state. In addition to the cup presenta tion the local Legion post will hold open house for the members of the guard who are also members of the Legion and if possible various en tertainment features will be offered to the visitors in the two weeks that they will be here as members of the guard. The Legion post is appreciative of the honor paid the city in selecting it for the guard ca:np and the fact that many of the officers and mem bers are former World war veterans makes it very desirable that they do all possible to show the proper hos pitality to their friends and fellow members. The post also at their session last evening filled the vacancy on the executive committee by the removal j of John Lyons from the-city, by electing Carl Wohlfarth to the posi tion. OMAHA AUTO CLUB TO BUILD NEW HOME Purchases Five Acres of Land Just North of Bellevue and Will Expend $15,000 There. Officials of the Omaha Automobile club, in which a number of Platts mouth motorists hold membership. announced yesterday the purchase of five acres of land one-half mile north' of Bellevue college on the highest; point of Elk hill overlooking the - 11 ivi.A.n i-1 V til Af - -111 o nno H.,1. t i a,iv fnr visitors by next season. The new grounds and structure will b established for the pleasure and convenience of motorists who care to make the beautiful scenic drive to Bellevue and picnic or dine overlooking the river. The new building will consist of two stories, will be surrounded by spacious screened porches on both ' rirw-T-a 11-; 1 1 rnnln n rpet ronrrns nh. servat'ion and reading rooms, an as- ns to make their victory decisive, sembly room lr.rge enuf for dances, Klepser did the pitching for tteep a big dining room in which cooked nS ater. meals will be served those who want' them, as well as inside and outside( TO BROADCAST ADDRESS conveniences for picnickers who de-i sire to cook their own meals. The address of National Command- Eventually it is the desire of er Hanford MacNider, of the Ameri those directly interested in the pro-.can Legion, which will be delivered Ject to install a large outdoor swim-; before a public gathering at Omaha ming pool. tonitrht. will hp hroadcasted from the The present club and holdings of the Omaha Automobile club now lo- cated but a short distance from the Bellevue college site will be disposed of- i Members of the club are confident, l says the World-Herald, that another twelve months will see the comple- tion of a macadam or brick road ex- tending from Thirteenth street in South Omaha down to tJenevue ana.Ggrer and Harold Daley, two Platts on past the college to the entrance mouth Legion members are located, cf the Fort Crook grounds. He wm be back In Nebraska the The new club house and recrea- middle of September to attend the tion center or me ciuo win ue ?--; uateu Just ten ana one-nan miitb from the Omaha postoffice. ASKS FOR DrVORCE In the district court an action en titled Elsie Tonack vs. Carl Tonack has been filed in which the plaintiff seeks the dissolution of the bonds of wcdiocK as wen as alimony anu ixit? . 3 AV. custody of the five minor children of ,The new owner is an energetic young the marriage. The petition states business man and should give the that the parties were married March resi(jents of the west part of the city 17. 1902. and that the plaintiff has.a rea upto-date business house, conducted herself as a faithful and Mrs Kvapil is a former Platts loving wife since that time and it mouth ladv. havine been Miss Marv is further alleged that the defend- c ant has been guilty of cruelty to- ward the plaintiff at several times and also alleges that the defendant is a sbeep herder and has at long periods absented" himself from his family in the past seven years. " Blank books at the Journal Office, LEAVE TOR FALLS CITY Prom Thursdays uauy. John W. Falter and family have departed for Falls City where they are visiting at the home of George H. Falter and arranging to make j that city their permanent home. It is with much regret that the many ! friends see these popular young peo- , pie leave the city where they have occupied so large a part in the so- rial me or the community and the u(ju ptvijir ui runs wiy are very I fortunate that the Falter family isT deciding to locate there in the future. BIG CUT IS MADE IN STATE LEVY FOR THE COMING YEAR .Largest Heduction of Taxes Ordered in' History of Nebraska In Face of Less Valuation The state tax levy for the general fund has been cut from three mills jto two mills for the year 1922, reduction of one-third or 33 hi per cent. The cut was ordered by the state 'board of taxation comprising Gover- nor McKelvie. Tax Commissioner W auction ever made in the state levy in the history of the state. The cap itol levy remains relatively the same as fixed by law, at three fourths of one mill. In addition to providing for the expenses of the state the new levy will provide In advance for the ex penses of the next session of the legislature estimated at $190,000. Many counties over the state have decided to cut down their budgets this year and in many cases their levies can be reduced, so that tax payers are not only promised a re duction in the state levy but in local levies as well. The board equalized the assessed values of counties and found the as sessed value of all property in the state to be $3,191,804,071, which is $121,000,000 less than the total of last, ?ar- U 'OUIld from fi,fruref preT tented by the finance department that it will be necessary to raise $5,856,294 by taxation to pay ex penses of the state government. With the capitol lew included, a total of $7,341,149 will be raised by the 1922 levy. 3 PLATTS LOSES GAME From Thursday' Vtuf. Yesterday afternoon the Mer chants of this city journeyed down to our neighboring city of Weeping Water to engage the fast team of that village in baseball and as the result of the journey the locals re turned home with a defeat of 6 to 3 chalked up against them. The game was a good onebarring two innings when the playing offensive of the lo cals cracked and allowed the Weep ing Water team to secure a lead. Je McCarthy did the mound work ior Plattsmouth and was in good form and up to the seventh inning , the score stood 3 riattsmouth. but Gradoville. the fast backstop of the Weeping Water team, connected for a single and on a home run by Rus sell scored and this tied up the game and in the succeeding inning the a a -w i . awenera aiong me soDoing waters tu'-cutru in auuciius cuuugu muie, Omaha grain exchange station, it is' announced and owners of receiving J- Beeson, the side kicker of Cupid sets are COrdially invited to "tune in Cass county, was called upon to in" and ijsten to the message of the! unite in marriage Miss Mathilde Legion head. MacNider is returning ' House and Mr. William Nitter, both from atour of the northwest, wherejof Omaha. The young people were visited many posts and attended ) accompanied by a few friends who tne . Wvoming department convention ! witnessed the ceremony and after at Torrington, a few miles from the the words of the judge that made town of VoHr. whrp Harvov. ttpti-i them as one. the newlv weds de- department convention at York. TAKES CHARGE OF STORE The merchandise store of John Kopia, at 15th and Main streets, which he has owned and operated since 1896, has been sold to Mr. Jo seph Kvapil of South Side, Omaha, ;who arrived here Wednesday to take rwT tho m ana from on t rf f h o. ctnro Novatney prior to her marriage and iiuvaiiici J i ivi w nci ma i a auu i,-, manv trior. r riM to av , ,0tm homo jrr- an(i jrs. Kopia have removed j0 the Svoboda property at 14th and Main street and will remain there jfor the present until they make jmore permanent plans for- the fu- ture. DEATH COMES TO OLD RESI DENT OF CITY JONATHAN HATT PASSES AWAY THIS AFTERNOON AT 2:20 AFTEK LONG ILLNESS. From Friday's Dally. This afternoon at 2:20 the life of Captain Jonathan Hatt, one of the oldest business men of the city, was terminated when after an illness of the past two weeks he was called to his final reward. The death came as the result of the gradual breakdown of his health and in the past two weeks his con dition has been gradually growing more serious until the last few days when his death was apparently the matter of only a few hours. Jonathan Hatt was born December 12, 1848. near Leamington, Canada, where his father, Anthony George Hatt, had been a settler at an early day, and the youth of Mr. Hatt was largely spent on a farm in his na tive province . until he reached his sixteenth year when siezed with the spirit of adventure, he shipped as a sailor on one of the vessels plying in the lake trade. He followed the life of a sailor for several years and was in the latter part of his career a captain of a steam vessel on Lakes Huron and Erie. He was later cap tain of one of the large steamers on Lake Michigan and remained in that service until 1S83 when he came to Nebraska where his father had lo cated at Plattsmouth and here he took charge of a meat .market that had been fouled by his father, Mr. Hatt and J. W. Mathias, buying the interest of the elder Mr. Hatt and continuing the business under the firm name of Hatt & Mathias, and they put up the building on Main street that is still occupied by the Hatt store. Mr. Hatt was married in Febru ary. 1885, to Miss Elvira Sharping at Milwaukee, Wis., and to this mar riage four children were born, one of whom a daughter, preceded him in death and of this marriage there survives three children, John V. Hatt. Mrs. George South of this city and Miss Verna Hatt of Shenandoah, la. Mrs. Hatt passed away in Platts mouth in 1893, and some three years later Mr. Hatt was married to Miss Emma Warfield, who with four child ren of the second marriage, Paul, Ralph. Sterling and Genevieve, are all living at home and are left to mourn the death of the departed. One son, Edgar, died of the flu about four years ago. The deceased was of a quiet and retiring nature and aside from his business interests and family circle mingled little in the affairs of his fellowmen, and was a gentleman uni versally esteemed by those who had the privilege of knowing him. Mr. Hatt was. socially, a mem be rof the Knight & Ladies of Se curity lodge of this city. UEGE MORE IMPROVING A number of the residents along to 1 in favor of! wasnington avenue have been re in that stanza,! marking on the fact that the tourist park on that thoroughfare does not seem to be as popular as it should and among other reasons ascribes it to the fact that the weeds there are quite high and the fact that ..111. . -. a . a i a vai-r ..yurani on ine parK "i ij - utuin as 11 ts uu scured in the weeds and this alone has had a tendency to check the use of the park by the travelers. Wheth er or not the park is used very ex tensively, the residents of that part of the city feel that the weeds should be kept down at least. MARRIED AT COURT HOUSE HVom Thursday's Tally. Last evening County Judge Allen parted for their home. HAVE REAL WRESTLE One of the old time wrestling matches was held a few days ago at the farm of C. C. Barnard, when a number of the men working there decided to try out their strength and Charles Fulton and Marshall Law son . were pitted in a wrestling match. The result of the match was that Lawson secured two straight falls and which were real ones too. If the spectators can be believed. HAS TONSILS REMOVED From Thursday's Daily. Everett Noble, one of the switch ing crew of the Burlington in the . - , local yards, was operated on yester- iday afternoon for tlve removal of his tonsils and is now doing nicely. "Wuzy" is feeling very fine after the operation and will be back on the job again in a short time. Journal want ads pay. Try them. m SEKI0US CONDITION From Thursday's Dally. Yesterday afternoon Walter Tow ers, who has been in serious condi tion for the past few days as the result of an infection of the throat, caused from bad teeth, was taken to the Nicholas Senn hospital in Om aha by John Baurer, in his car, and will be given treatnv nt there. The condition of Walter lias been such as to cause not a littb apprehension to his family and frjends and it was decided" to be best to have him taken to the hospital to be cared for. WILL OPEN !. 0. 0, F. CANTONMENT AT WEST POINT Brigadier General J. H. Short Leaves Tomorrow to Open up Camp of Patriarchs Militant. The annual cantonment of the Patriarchs Militant of the Independ ent Order of Odd Fellows of Ne braska will be opened the first of the week at West Point where the per manent camp grounds are located and the cantonment this year prom ises to be one of the largest and most successful in the history of the or der. Brigadier General James H. Short of this city, the department com mander of the Patriarchs Militant, will leave tomorrow for West Point accompanied by Mrs. Short and Miss Louise Short, and the general will at once start in on making the camp a very successful one. Mr. Short has been one of the most earnest work ers in this branch o.' the Oddfellow ship and it was due largely to his work that the camp was made the annual event that it is now. When the cantonment is organ ized it will be operated strictly along military lines and the various regi ments "will be given a workout in the military drills and other regular army work that will be found very beneficial to them in the work of pro moting their organization. It is expected that Major General McSweeney of the state cf Iowa will be present at the West Point camp as well as represent,. ives from Mis souri and other western canton ments to look over the splendid Ne braska branch of the order. One of the features of the canton ment will be the conferring of deco- I rations on various leaders in Oddfel- lowship and .the liebekahu of the state and among these will be Mrs. T. E. Olson of this city, past noble grand of the Rebekah lodge here. Mrs. Olson filled the position of no ble grand for three terms and will leave on Friday for West Toint to have the Decoration of Chivalry con ferred upon her. SOME CORNSTALK The largest stalk of corn that has been exhibited here this season can be seen in front of Wescott's store and measures some twelve feet in height. The cornstalk is from the farm of T. H. Pollock, located near the pumping station of the water company on the Missouri river bot tom. The fact that the river this year has not overflowed on the land has resulted in a great corn crop all over the bottom land and the yield this year should help make up for the previous wet seasons. Corn of this size will make it necessary for the pickers to bring their ladders if they want to do business with the tall Nebraska corn. NEW FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD Washington, Aug., 3. rr-sident Harding may announce the new fed eral reserve board appointments to morrow, it was indicated today at the treasury. Secretary Mellon is ex pected to discuss the question with President Harding at the cabinet meeting tomorrow. Mr. Mellon was understood to look with favor upon the reappointment of W. P. G. Hard ing of Birmingham, Ala., as governor of the board. J. R. Howard of Mar shall City, la., president of the Amer ican farm bureau federation, was said in official circles to be under serious consideration as the new or "dirt farmer" representative. DECLINES HIS OFFICE Dave Bahbington, who was elect ed by the republican voters of the first ward as the committeeman from that precinct on the G. O. P. county committee, has declined the honor and states that someone else must be picked for the burden bear er of the party in that ward. Dave has so far escaped the political whirl pool and does not propose at this late day to get mixed up in the affairs- of the political medicine mak- ers. VISITING RELATIVES HERE Mrs. G. S. Kassier of New York and Mrs. E. Miller of Waterloo. Ia., are here to enjoy a visit at the Ger-i ing and Henry Herold homes for a short time. The ladies have been vis iting in California and are now on their way to. the east, making the journey by automobile and have hael a very pleasant trip so far toward their destination in the east. CORN CROP GIVES PROMISE OF NEW RECORD IN STATE Burlington Report Shows It Came Throngh Critical Period O.K. -Big Wheat Yield. Corn that premises to set a new record, potatoes increased in acreage and about to yield the biggest crop in the history of the state, together with a wheat harvest that shows a better yield to the acre than antici pated, combines to make the semi monthly crop report of the Burling ton covering the Nebraska district, rosy with cptomism. Superintendent Flyun's report, gathered from statistics furnished by station agents and official observers over the whole district shows that the corn came through the trying period of the last two weeks in July in splendid condition and that with anything like ordinary weather dur ing the month of August, the 1922 corn crop will nearly if not surely set a new record for the state. The ground is found to be in ex cellent condition with only a few spots in the district reporting any lack of moisture. The general aver age of corn in the four divisions is nearly 102, with the Omaha division rated at 102, Lincoln division 102, Wyinore division 106 and McCook division 97. The McCook division shows a gain of 12 points in the Ipst two weeks and the 'Lincoln di vision a loss of 10 points in the same time. Omaha division gained 2 and Wymore division 9 during the two weeks from July 15. Plenty of Moisture The report continues that the es timates are considered conservative. The corn, except that planted very late, is in silk and tassel and the most critical period of fertilization is past. There is enough moisture in the ground now to carry the corn for fifteen days. The weather can still make or break the crop, it is said, but it will take exceptionally hot weather with no rain to do much damage. The wheat harvest is reported as rurprisingly good in yields from the various divisions and the Burlington believe that agents have been too optomistic in estimating the crop. The total yield is as good or better than anticipated when it was cut, but below the expectations held be fore the hot weather in June. The Omaha division reports an average yield of 26 bushels, Lincoln division 19 bushels. Wymore division 22 bushels and McCook division 17 bushels. This shows a total aver age of 21 bushels over the state, which is thought to be much too high, government experts figuring the Nebraska average at 142 bush els per acre. Fall plowing is making good pro gress. The soil is in good condition for this work. Grain shipments are heavy on the Burlington lines, with four to five hundred cars loaded in Nebras ka daily. The high mark for the season and one of the high marks on the Burlington records was Fri day of last week, when 509 cars of grain were loaded on the Burlington lines in the Nebraska district. Oats, as stated in other reports, is not making a good crop, the aver age yield being about 55 to 60 per cent of the normal. Potatoes, how ever, are exceedingly promising, with increased acreage and promise of a tremendous yield. The expecta tions are for a record breaking crop in Nebraska. Fruit Prospects Good Fruit prospects continue good aid the apple crop is to be the best in a number of years according to present indications. Sugar beets are doing unusually well and promise an ex ceptional crop. Pastures and mea dows, considerably damaged during June, have recovered to a very great extent and were seldom in better condition on the first of August than they are this year. The tem peratures varied in the state from 50 to 100 degrees during the two weeks period. Rainfall over the state for the 15 davs is reported as follows: O'Neill, 3.00; Schuyler, 3.32; Ash land, .79; Plattsmouth, .90; Lincoln, 2.35; Grand Island. 1.24; Holdrege, 1.2S; Orleans. 4.15; Oakland, 7.50; Hastings, 1.53; Columbus, 3.15; Seward. 4.00; Tecumseh, 1.27; Red Cloud, 1.15; Edgar, 1.50. COMPLAIN OF BAD TURN The jog In the "O" street high way, two miles south of Elmwood, at which point a number of acci dents have occurred this season, is attracting more or less unfavorable criticism from the traveling public who have driven over that" highway and have had close calls from seri ous accidents. Recently va party of Nebraska City tourists drove off the Jiridge at that portion of the road and as a consequence a number were hurt and this week a second acci dent occurred there that has added to the long list of injuries and dam aged cars. This bad place in the Cass county highway system should be made more passable and less dan gerous. We can furnish you blank books most any kind at Journal office. VISITS AT OLD HOME From Friday's Dally. j Con Sears, for many years a resi- dent of Cedar Creek and vicinity, was here yesterday enjoying a visit with old friends in this portion of the county. Mr. Sears is now locat- ed at Moorefield, Neb., where there ' are a number of the old time resi dents of the county located and he reports them as all doing very nice ly and prospering. While here Mr. Sears renewed his subscription to thej Journal to keep in touch with the! doings in the old home county. j FAILS TO IDENTIFY MEWHORTER AS MAN Wanted for Alleged Assault that Re sulted in Death of Mrs. Geo. Lutz at Louisville. From Friday's Dally. Yesterday Sheriff C. D. Quinton and County Attorney A. G. Cole, were in Lincoln where they took Romain Maier of Louisville for the purpose of determining if possible whether the man Mewhorter, who was re cently captured in Kansas, after his escape from the state reformatory, was the man suspected of having committed the assault on Mrs. Geo. Lutz of Louisville and administering poison t&Njier from the effects of which she later died. Mr. Maier was taken over to the penitentiary by Warden Fenton and shown the various inmates and among whom was Mewhorter, but failed to Tdentify him as the man he claimed to have seen at his ga rage on the day previous to the at tack on Mrs. Lutz. This was the strongest clew that the authorities had- as to the iden tity of the man who could have com mitted the crime and with the fail ure of Mr. Maier to establish the oennection of Mewhorter with the assault the matter is still one of the deepest mystery and the unraveling of which will "probably never be pos sible. At the time of his arrest In Kan sas Mewhorter denied ever having been in Louisville and the fact that Mr. Maier was unable to identify him makes his story look good. PUBLISHERS IN SENATE TO KEEP HANDS CLEAN Washington, Aug. 2. Following the theory that a senator should not vote upon a bill in which he is per sonally and peculiarly interested, the newspaper publishers in the sen ate today announced that they would refrain from voting on the wood pulp and paper schedules of the tariff bill. These schedules, if passed, will mean additional dollars that every publisher must pay in increased print paper prices, but the three newspapermen determined not to follow the trail of the "wool sena tors." The three publishers in the sen ate are Senators G. M. Hitchcock, of Nebraska, publisher of the Omaha World-Herald; Arthur Capper of Kansas, publisher of the Topeka Capital, and other papers, and Car ter Glass of Virginia, publisher of the Lynchburg, Va., Daily News and Advance. Blank books! Yes you can get if all kinds. Th Journal. A Good i 0 & m . wm Someone has said that the man who has two or three friends is wealthy and that he who possesses even one is for tunate. When you form a connection with this strong bank, you make a friend. We want each and every one of our custo mers to regard the First National Bank as a good friend, capable and willing to provide help and counsel in connection with your financial problems. EH THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK THE BANK WHERE YOU FEEL AT M O AA E PLATTSMOUTH Mj NEBRASKA. Member Federal Reserve Va URGES FARMERS TO HOLD UP GRAIN FOR HIGHER PRICE Head of Chicago Company Says Up ward Movement in the Mar ket is in Prospect. Chicago, Aug., 3. President Gi-. Marcy, of the Armour Grain Co., is sued a signed statement tonight urg ing farmers to hold back their grain for reasonable prices, and saying that as price? for grain go up better business conditions throughout the whole country will follow. He says: "An upward movement in grain prices is in prospect, and that titua tion promises to be of such financial benefit to the American farmer that he in turn will be in a position to materially improve general business conditions. "An orderly and gradual market ing of existing wheat stocks will end the present depressed price condi tions, and there are tremendous eco nomic factors at work to force more stable marketing. "Settlement of the coal strike will result in decreased amount of roll ing stock capable of moving grain to terminals and expected improvement in general business conditions should further affect the amount of equip ment available. "On the other hand, the demand promises to get constantly better. "The American farmer holda the key to the situation. With the farm er wisely holding back his grain, with economic conditions working toward the same result, the end of the present low level on farm pro ducts seems to be in sight, and as prices for grains go up better busi ness conditions throughout the whule country will follow." STILL TRYING TO HOLD ONTO LAND Indian Attorney Chase Keeps Up Fight Against Government . To Maintain Land. Omaha, Aug., 3. Another chap ter in the long battle of Hiram Chase full-blooded Omaha Indian attorney, to maintain possession of forty acres of land on the Omaha reservation, was written Wednesday when As sistant United State-s Attorney Gee). Yeyser filed and secured on order of forcible entry and detainer against Chase and handed the same to the United States marshal for service. This amounts to a forcible ejection of the Indian lawyer from the land he is attempting to hold. The federal court here and the United States supreme court have both ordered him to leave the prop erty and turn it back to Its rightful owner. Rose Wolf Setter, also an In dian. He has been cited for contempt by federal court here and at Wash ington. This legal battle has been going on between Hiram Chase and the government since 1908. Phone the Journal office when you are in need of job printing of any kind. Best equipped shop in south eastern Nebraska. Friend 9