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7 Nebraska State Histori- cal Society v VOL. NO. XXXTX. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1923. NO. 11 Plato A TF JL NO DEFICIT ON ROAD WORK DONE UP TO JULY 1ST State Accountant Says Eventually ' will be One on Account of "Extras" in Construction From Friday's Daily State Accountant C. A. Sommer ha3 filed with the state auditor his re vtjivf rf tha qiif!!t mftAa nt t Vi o eta to road building accounts, and a copy ? be ne,are what" should be altho of the full report has been presented the work of the ladies needs the sup n the. mvprmr The renort is as Port of the Public in seeing that the of July 1. 1923. According to the report, there was as jet no deficit on road building, the amounts delinquent and due from the federal government being more than sufficient to pay for all road work done and vouched up to July 1, 1923. i The federal government on July 1, 1923, was in arrears $738,115, he figures, and the unpaid contractors' claims on July 1, 1923, amounted to but I428.0S7.03, according to tabu lation of the finance department. These claims are now being paid as fast as the federal money is re ceived, and after they are all paid there will remain a surplus of over $300,000 federal money applicable to road work done after July 1, 1923, in addition to moneys receivable from counties and the unexpended bal ances of the road accounts. Final Deficiency Indications are that there will eventually be a deficiency after all contracts closed prior to July 1, 1923, will have been completed. Mr. Som mer's tabulation shows a final de ficiency of $257,970.95 and in addi tion there are some intangible items, which are apt to bring the deficiency up to around $300,000 with about $330,000 as a maximum. All this Is more or less based upon estimates which may prove too high. Whatever the deficiency, he finds will be caused by "extras" or to be more specific, by "increased quantities" and "new additions." The federal and state road projects comprise about 90 per cent of the total. The total amount ofthe orig-( inal contracts, or rather the original; estimates, which formed the" basis of the original project agreements with the federal government and of all contracts, figures $9,887,997.96. On these contracts there had been paid up to July 1, 1923. a total of $9, .955, 323.12. So it may be said that the original contracts have been met in full and some $67,000 paid for extras besides. Mr. Somner made separate tabula tions of projects completed and un completed. There are seventy-six fed eral and state projects classed as completed and seventy-six uncom pleted. On the eeventy-six completed projects the actual cost is known. The cost of the seventy-six uncom pleted projects has mostly been esti mated. A comparison reveals some peculiar facts. The original project agreements of the seventy-six completed projects called for $5,460,299.44 and the ac tual cost was $6,013,442.58, an In crease of $553,143.13 for extras, or about 10 per cent. The bulk of this road work was done under the pre vious administration. CLIFF DWELLERS' HAVE FINE SOCIAL TIME TOGETHER Dwellers in the Two Herold Apart ments Stage Social Time on . Lawn at Apartments. From Friday's Dallj Last evening the tenants of the Herold apartment housese on North Fourth and Fifth streets, who have chosen the name of "Cliff Dwellers" enjoyed a very fine social gathering at the spacious lawn that extends be tween the two apartments and which they will long very pleasantly re member. At 6 o'clock the ladies arranged a feast of fried chicken and water melon with all of the trimmings that go to make up a real feast and which was enjoyed by some thirty of the residents of the two apartments and when this had been disposed of a number of the party demonstrated their skill on the tennis court for a short time ere the coming of twilight brought this line of amusement to a close and was followed by a big campfire around which the members of the party gathered and led by H. W. Smith proceeded to sing the old songs with which all were familiar and which was a much enjoyed fea ture of the evening. After the song fest had drew to a close another very enjoyable feature was introduced in the installing of a loud speaker attached to the radio receiving set and over which the members of the party enjoyed the programof Station WOAW of Omaha for the remainder of the evening and it was late in the evening when the members of the party sought their homes with the wish of another 1 equally as pleasant get together I meeting in the future. I HELPS BEAUTIFY PARK From Friday' Dally. The W. C. T. U. of this city, com posed of ladies desirous of aiding in aiding in any beneficial community , work, has made a very much appre ciated contribution to the tourist J park on Washington avenue, by hav j ing installed at their expense a light that will aid in banishing gloom from the park and make it a more attrac tive stopping place. The light is of 400 candlepower and is a great addi tion to the park which has long bad ly needed attention. With the other improvements made by the Woman's! fclub and the city the park is getting ; park is made first class in every way. t : YOUNG PEOPLE ARE MARRIED AT : GLENWOOD, IOWA Miss Marie Frans of Union and Mr. Benjamin C. Dukes of this City Are Joined in Wedlock. From Friday's Dally. Two more of the Cass county young people have decided to journey to the favorite Gretna Green of this locality Glenwood, Iowa to have their lives made as one. The parties choosing the Iowa city for their wed ding place were Mr. Iienjamin C. Dukes of this city and Miss Marie Frans of Union, who In" company with Frank Meade and Miss Bessie LaRue, motored there on Wednes day. The wedding was a very quit one. Rev. G. T. Roberts of the Methodist church of Glenwood reading the mar riage lines. Following the wedding the contracting parties returned to Plattsmouth. The bride is a daughter of Mr. Harry Frans of Union and one of the popular and well known young ladies of that locality, where she as well as the groom have been reared. Mr. Dukes is at the present time mak ing his home In .this city, where he is in the employ of the 'Burlington in the shops here and is a young man very popular with a large acquaint ance in this community. MAY YET SUE OIL DEALERS, HE SAYS Attorney General of State Investlgat-' ing Charges of Trust Agree ment Made by Bryan. Attorney General O. S. Splllman, ' who was asked by Governor Bryan to take whatever action might be nec- essary against the oil companies to prevent violation of the law, said cn Tuesday he did not care for any glory in the matter of price reduc- tion. All he desires, h says, is re- suits. The governor's letter to him itles. stated that the fact that all compan-; The two boards will meet later to ies charge the same price for gaso-itake more definite action by the line indicates clearly that they ore adoption of a resolution asking the selling under a trust agreement or in state to assist them in securing the conspiracy in restraint of trade. (bridge and at that time the various The attorney general says the imi-i moves will be more definitely de formity of prices is not sufficient ' cided upon as to whether the pur- proof and that courts are not decid-j ing suits on suspicion. He has been investigating the gasoline situation and is not desirious of stating what (he intends to do or what he has found ' - m - , l t 1 in me way ui eviueuue ui law ivi- tions. but he said if the' drop in price had not come he would have had a suit in court by this time. "I think the newspapers and press associations rendered very fine ser- away with the system and the in vice and so did the garage men and stalling' of a free bridge both at others who got together all over the I Plattsmouth and Louisville and the west and arranged to sell gasoline at reduced rates. They had great In fluence. "As to what this department has in mind I do not care to say, but this department , would have moved by this time if the reduction in price of gasoline had not come and the movement by the department would have been one to compel a reduction. "I am not saying whether this de partment will or will not move. The fact that gasoline has been sold in South Dakota for less than it is sold in Nebraska would not give a basis for a suit under the Nebraska anti trust act, known as the Junkin law, but the existence of a gentleman's agreement in Nebraska would be sufficient basis. As to what I have learned along that line I do not care to say. "While the law allows the calling, in of people to testify, the state can not use testimony of a witness again st him. Hi3 testifying rather gives him immunity, and dealers in gaso line are not coming out and publicly admitting that they are members of "an organization that is breaking the law. The mere fact that prices are uniform is not sufficient proof. Court3 are not deciding suits on suspicion." Attorney General Spillman recent ly prepared a suit to compel the Omaha grain exchange to admit the farmers 'union grain company to membership in that exchange, and announced that it would be filed if the exchange did not admit the com- pany. The exchange voted to admit the company. - CELEBRATE THEIR 20TH WEDDING AN NIVERSARY HERE Mr. and Mrs. N. P. Schulz, of Om aha are Entertained Here by Relatives and Friends. From Friday's Dally. Last evening Mr. and Mrs. N. P. Schulz, of Omaha, in company with their daughters. Misses Nellie and Florence, motored down and were en tertained at the Hotel Perkins by a number of relatives and close friends in the observance of the twentieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs Schulz. The main event of the evening was a very delicious dinner served in the dining room of the hotel and wheh was enjoyed to the utmost by the guests of the occasion and in honor of the event Mr. and Mrs. Schulz were presented with a very handsome cut glass from the family and friends who were present. After the dinner, the remainder of the evening was spent informally in visiting and having a general good time. The appointments of the din ner were in the flowers of the late summer season. Those attending the event were Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Brantner, of Pender; Mr. and Mrs. James Kimball, of Bellevue; Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Stamp and Mr. Cal Polin from south of the city; Mrs. J. E. Mason and daughter, Alice; Mr. and Mrs. San ford Short, C. S. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. John Cory, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ohlschlager and daughter, Mary Alice, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Coleman and the guests of honor and daugh ters. SARPY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE HERE TODAY Hold Joint Meeting' With Cass Coun ty Commissioners to Talk Over Matter of Free Bridge. This morning E. R. Bell of Fort Crook. J. G. Lilley, South Side, and Jake Elhers of Gretna, the board of ; county commissioners of Sarpy coun ' ty, were here for a conference with the Cass county commissioners to day and to discuss the proposition of replace the I(resent toll bridges, the last of their kind in the state. The commissioners here, Messrs. G. L. Farley. F. H. Gorder and C. F. Harris spent some time in taming over the matter with the visitors and getting their views on the matter of whether it would be the best policy to attempt to secure the present bridge or to erect a new structure and for which it will be necessary to later take up with the state author- chase of the present toll bridge 'would be more acceptable or that of placing in a new bridge. The fact that these are the two counties in the state that have in their boundaries toll bridges has been much remarked upon by the travelers and tourists as well as the residents of the two counties and a strong sentiment has existed for the doing legislature was very much inclined to favor the proposition as one that was needed by the people of the east part of the state as there have been many bridgtis erected over the other localities in the central and west part of the slate state while this portion of the state has been neglected to this extent and has had to depend up on the enterprise of private parties to furnish a bridge to connect the highways from Omaha to Kansas City. OBITUARY OF CHARLES 0. CLAPP Vrom Friday's Dally. Chas. O. Clapp was born December 21, 1849, in Oregon, Illinois, and was married in that locality on December 2, 1SS2, to Miss Emma Davison, who! has preceded him in death on April 1 12, 1912. Mr. Clapp was the last of his family, his two sisters, Mrs. John athan Edwards and Mrs. Sophia Al lis having died on February 1, 1914, and June 11. 1922, respectively. Mr. Clapp came to Wabash in the year 1899, and has lived there ever since with' the exception of the two years; spent' in Buckner county, Missouri Mr. CTapp was a good hard working man 'and a splendid citizen and up to the time of his illness was very busy at his trade of carpentering, but since his sickness has been compelled to lay aside his active duties and has been compelled to lay aside his active duties and has been cared for at the county farm near Plattsmouth up to the time of his death on Aug ust 14th. LEGION CONVENTION SOON The fifth annual convention of the Nebraska department. American Le gion will be held in Hastings on Sep tember .17, 18 and 19th. Reduced railroad fare to Hastings 'will be in effect, it is announced, by. j means of the certificate plan, the i rare Deing one ana one nan oi met ' current one-way fares. Hugh J. Kearji3 post of this city will hold a meeting the latter part of this month to elect its delegates to the convention. LESS HAY AMD POTATOES IN THE STATE THIS YEAR Assessors on April 1 Declined to As sess Potatoes Found Rotting Because of No Market. Assessors found less hay and po tatoes to assess last April than they reported one year previous. North western Nebraska produces some of the best potatoes grown, but thou - sands of bushels were not assessed this year. They were permitted to rot because there was no market for them A total of 102,083 bushels were as- j sessed in the entire state this year year as compared with ; 128,569 bushels lie. anU t,5e members or the family are last year. Last year the assessed.10 leave th? city- The board xtend- value of the lot was 92.199. an av- erage of 72 cents ; a bushel. This year the assessed value was $43,469, an average of 43 cents a bushel, as reported to State .Assessor W. H. Smith. The total amount of hay and al falfa assessed in the state this year was 175, bus tons vaiuea at xi,34a,- 759, an average of $7.6S a ton. Last year the :tal was 201,437 tons, val ued at $959,005, an average of $4.83. Newport, in Rock county, is said to be the largest hay -shipping station in the country. Nebraska has the largest broom factory in the world at Deshler. but apparently the state does not grow enough broom corn to supply that factory. This yeaHmsseasors report ed 2,394 tons of broom corn and hemp, valued at $17,732, an average of $7.40 a ton. Last year the total in the state was 1,663 tons, valued at $24,455, an average of $16.15 a ton. TENNIS ASSOCIATION SELECTS OFFICERS Bay Larson of This City Named as Member of Board of Directors Buggies is President. M. H. Ruggles of Hastings was chosen president of the Nebraska Tennis association for the coming year at a meeting held Wednesday ! night. I. H. McKillip of Seward was selected vice president and Gregg McBride of Lincoln, secretary. These new officers will have charge of the tournament next year. The board of directors for the sen ior division selected at the meeting are C. M. Mathewson of Walthill. R. Powell of Omaha, George Stocking'of Omaha, R. E. Weaverling of Lincoln, Charles Patterson of Arapahoe, Ray Larson of Plattsmouth, Harry Ellis of Holdrege and Prince of Kimball. The board of directors for the jun ior division are: G. Diesing of Oma ha, Tom Elliott of West Point, R. Grothe of Walthill. Eugene Stalcy of Hastings, B. Anderson of College view, and Alfred Calvert of . York. CIBCUS DAY IN PLATTSMOUTH While they feature an auuncance of clown and acrobatic acts, the World Brothers circus, which will ex hibit in Plattsmouth on Saturday, August 25th, is primarily a wild ani mal show and carries the largest col lection of performing animals of any circus traveling the country today. A herd of elephants, bears, Arctic circle animals, etc., etc. are among those enumerated, to say nothing of the dancing horses which will delight the heart of every child in this vi cinity. The show will arrive in Platts mouth about 6 o'clock Saturday morning' and the work of unloading and setting up will be completed in time for the mile long street parade at 11 o'clock. Two performances, one in the afternoon and one in the even ing, are scheduled. - . BREAK GROUND TODAY This morning ground was broke on West Main street for the grading; preliminary 10 ine placing in or me new concrete paving from Tenth to Thirteenth street, and if the weather man will favor the contractor it will be but a short time until this sec tion of three blocks is completed and soon ready, for travel. FOR SALE Two Shetland ponies and one span of black mares, ages five and six years. Call phone 3102. al4-4tw!aha for repairs ELECT NEW SU PERINTENDENT OF A. H. Duxbury Named for Position Last Evening Succeeding Don Den C. York. Who Moves. From Turfrtay"i rny. The official board of the Metho dist Sunday school held their meet ing last evening at the church and at that time took up the matter of filling the position of the superin tended y of the Sunday school which was inado necessary by the removal from this city of Don C. York, who has had charge of this line of the church work. The position of super intendent will in the future be filled ; by Mr. Aubrey H. Duxbury, who has ibeen adult superintendent of the school and in turn Mr. C. C. Wescott was elected as the adult superin tendent. Mr. York, the retiring superin - leuaeni, nas oeen ior ine past live years the head of the large Sunday school of the church and has. been a very efficient worker in the cause of the church and to his splendid la bors are due a part of the great suc- ! ess achieved both in growth and ef- fioiency of the school and the mem bers of the board and the church fongregauon ieei a sense oi joss mai 10 lr- lorK a vole 01 appreciation of his services. The meeting also elected a number o? other teachers in the different de partments and made plans for the rally day exorcises which will be held on the last Sunday in September and will consist of a review of the church accomplishments. VERY PLEASANT LAWN PARTY AT FLYNN HOME Cathetfc Daughters of 'America Hold Social Meeting at Home of Mrs. P. J. Flynn Wednesday. From Friday's Dally. The members of the Catholic Daughters of America enjoyed a most delightful social meeting on Wednes day evening at the pleasant home of Dr. and Mrs. P. J. Flynn on West Rock street and which was quite largely attended by the members and their guests, each member being al lowed to bring a friend to partici pate in the very enjoyable evening. .The lawn was illuisinated by Japanese lanterns and made a most attractive scene as the members of the party whiled away the hours in an informal musical program and in playing games of all kinds at which a great deal of pleasure was derived. For the occasion Mrs. Flynn was joint hostess with Mesdames John ubershall , A . G .Bach. J. F. Hadraba and Miss Genevieve Whelan At a suitable hour very dainty re freshments were served that added to the pleasures of the occasion and were much enjoyed and at a late hour the members of the party dispersed expressing their hope of another equally pleasant social gathering in the near future. OMAHA AUTO PARTY HAS BAD ACCIDENT Party Bound For St. Louis Has Large Car Overturned Near the Ben Beckman Farm Today. This morning a large Studebaker car containing a party of five Omaha men was overturned in the ditch near the Ben Beckman farm just this side of Murray and the car was very badly damaged although the occu pants very fortunately escaped with a few cuts and bruises. The car was driven by H. Weimer, proprietor of the Millard hotel in Omaha and with him was his,' son, Isadore, Jake Melchior, Leon Groves and a man named Curtis. The party had intended to put on the chains, Mr. Weimer stated,- but had thought that they would wait until reaching a better spot, not. real izing that the road was as slippery as it was and were' going at a. slow rate of speed when the accident oc curred. As the car skidded a great deal the members of the party had crowded to one side just as the car turned over breaking the top, shat tering the windshield and damaging the front part of the car a . great deal. Isadore Weimer had a bad gash cut on his left leg from the broken glass of the windshield and tad his arm bruised as well aal se vere blow Qn the nose in the.(acci dent, but the other members ,jescaped without any serious injury. ' The injured young man and two of the party came back to Platts mouth in a passing car while the other two. members of the party re mained at the Beckman farm until a service truck"" from Omaha arrived to take the wrecked car back to Om- ADDRESSES AD CLUB I At their weekly luncheon yesterday ' the members of the Plattsmouth Ad iclub were treated to a very interest i ing address by C. li. Sully, of Dayton, Ohio, a traveling representative of the National Cash Register company, . who however did not discuss cash I registers, but the means by which the merchants could fill the cash registers and store management which are now being adopted by the retail mer chants the country over. The address was very much enjoyed and covered thoroughly the ground of selling and service to the public and was very much enjoyed and appreciated by all of the members of the club who were in attendance. TROOPS FROM FORT OMAHA TO COME TO THE RANGE HERE , Battalion of Seventeenth Infantry From Omaha Post Will Believe Soldiers There Now . From Friday's Dally The soldiers from Fcrt Crook who are here at the present time shooting on the government range north of the city will leave tomorrow for their station and in turn will be relieved by a batallion from Fort Omaha who will have an Intensive course in fir ing on the range and complete their work for the year. The range here will be in use prac tically all of the time now until No vember and the troops from both of the posts at Fort Crook and Omaha will be here for rifle and machine gun practice on the range. During the time that the range is being used it is dangerous for per sons to be trespassing on the grounds scientists from Yerkes observa- charge urge everyone to keep off of the range to avoid accidents that might occur through the firing and those who have been in the habit of straying on the range should take heed. LOCATED AT LINCOLN Captain Floyd Harding and wife, formerly Miss Edith Dovey of this city, now located at Lincoln, they having returned from Fort Snelling and are now located at 1735 So 16th street, where they will make their home during the timethat Captain Harding is detailed at Lincoln. He will serve as one of the United States army instructors at the University of Nebraska the coming year and with his long military experience will make a very efficient instructor of the cadets at the state school. VERY FINE DEMONSTRATION The Lorenz Brothers store have at this time 'a very interesting demon stration of the celebrated Heinz pro ducts and which includes every one of . the justly famous fifty-seven va rieties and which is being demon strated by a special representative of the company. The firm is also of fering three special prizes of the pro ducts of the Heinz company and each purchaser of any of the Heinz goods is given a chance at the three big prizes. The demonstration is con tinuing all this week and is one that has attracted more or less attention from the public. iUttdGGoyGMl y t- ssn innx n:- ' -f M I 1 II rrnrpil DT SERVE You Can Speak Frankly! By discussing your personal business and financial problems frankly with your banker you enable him to give you more intelligent, helpful service. You can discuss such matters freely with our officers for every word spoken and every transaction will be held always in strictest con fidence. Give us the opportunity to work with you. The First national Bank THE BANK WHERE PLATTSMOUTH A WELL KNOWN GREENWOOD MAN PASSES AWAY Granville Marshall Dies at Gretna Was Long Time Resident of Vicinity of Greenwood. Granville Marshall was born at Yale, 111., November 4, 1S65; passed away August 8. 1923, at the home of his daughter, near Gretna, Neb. , He was the son of Thomas and Susie j Marshall. When Granville was but j three days old his mother died and Via unn tnVnn .w 1.7. f 1. .. . "..,. 1, lie w laiLCii vy ins 1 a 1 1 1 1 i iu V I ir 1 1 - octon, Ohio, where he made his home until 1S87. At the age of twenty two he came to Greenwood, Neb., and resided with his uncle, Mr. Owen Marshall. Was married to Ella May Coleman March 28, 1889. Three children blessed this union, a daugh ter, Mrs. .Elmer Buck of Gretna, Neb., a son, Elmer, who died September 1. 1S99, a rd a daughter, Mrs. Lester Marshall, of Coshocton, Ohio. Became a member of the Christian church at Greenwood in the year 1888, aniLniade it the rule of his life to follow the teachings of Christ in all dealings with his fcllowmen. A year ago, last October, he sold J his interests here and moved to Cosh octon, Uliio, where he purchased a farm and intended to make his fu ture home. Last January he was stricken with an incurable disease and was a constant sufferer for near ly eight months. His wishes were to return to Ne braska again and was brought here about three weeks prior to his death. The funeral was held at the Chris tian church in Greenwood Saturday afternoon and burial in the Green wood cemetery. Mr. Marshall leaves to mourn his loss his wife, two daughters, six grandchildren, one sister, one broth- J er, one half sister, two half brothers. many relatives and friends. Those attending the funeral from a distance were Mr. Thomas Mar shall of Wlthee, Wis., Mr. Grover Marbhall of Coshocton, Ohio, Mr. Myron Coleman of Sheridan, Wyo., and Mrs. R. C. McLeese oT Hiawatha, Utah.' Ashlanfl Gazette. FORD FIRM TO AD VERTISE ITS WARES New York Agency Secures Contract For $7,000,000 From Ford Motor Company. Detroit, Aug. 16. The Ford Mo tor company will soon begin to ad vertise in newspapers and publica tions throughout the country, after five years without advertising in the name of the company. A contract for $7,000,000 advertis ing to be placed in newspapers and publications in all parts of the coun try during the next year was an nounced today by the newly formed advertising department of the Ford company. The contract was let to Brother ton Advertising company, New York, according to Norton T. Brotherton, advertising manager for the Ford company. !fStif)tstor YOU FEEL AT HOME NEBRASKA