Nebraska State Histori
cal Society X
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VOL. NO. XXXTS.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1024.
NO. 61
JUDGE TROOP
HERE TO PASS
ON MOTIONS
vtTT-DTTTTTC t a t ifn T" flrATTrcT
OVERRULE- PARMELE REQUEST
AND PASSES SENTENCE
ONE TO THREE YEARS
FRICKE CASE UNDER ADVISEM'T
Will Not be Ruled Upon Upon Until
Feb. 16th when Qninton Re
hearing Slotion Comes Up
From Friday's Daily
This morning Judge A. C. Troup,
of Omaha, arrived in the city and
took up the matter of hearing the
applications for new trials in the
cases of the parties who were con
victed here in the January term of
the district court.
The first case to be reviewed was
that of the state of Nebraska vs. C.
C. Parmele, who was found guilty
by the jury on the charge of em
bezzlement of a note of $1,500.
The
defense in its motion for a new trial
produced the affidavits of three mem-
bers of the jury panel in which they
had claimed they were influenced in
their verdict by the remarks of the
court, alleged to have been made in
the rulings on the evidence. Other
objections were made1 to the instruc-
tions given by the court.
In his review of the case and the
motion. Judge Troup gave a very se-
vere lecture to the manner of secur-
ing the affidavits and their prepara-
tion and also on the nature of them
as the jurymen had sworn to judge
the case on the evidence and the in-
structions or tne court ana to ais- me senate irom tnis district, air. plaint to the sheriff, the sheriir call- , I hereby tender the tnanks nno ;'.;
regard all other matters that might Banning has long been identified ing up the dealer in illicit liquor and preciation of the Ne'.-rask?. Msoni--be
presented to them. : with the farm bureau and extension warning him cf a raid, the hiding of Homo br.nrd for the assistant v.nl
The court overruled the motion of rrograms of the state and is well the booze by the dealer in illicit liq-,help and tho manv p.cts of kir'-noss
the defense for the new trial and in
to three years in the state peniten-
tiary. !
The attorneys for the defense sent
to Lincoln this afternoon to procure
from the clerk of the supreme court
a writ of error that would permit .
the appeal of the case to the higher !
court and also fix the amount of'
bond that will be required for the '
appeal. The local courts are not al
lowed to fix the amount of bond in
felony cases that are to be appealed
under a new law and consequently
the order for the bond must come !
from the higher court.
This afternoon the motions for '
new trials in the cas? of the state of
Nebraska vs. Carl G. Fricke was be
ing argued. The larger part of the
morning session was occupied by the
argument of Halleck Ro??, chief
counsel for Mr. Fnrkp. and at the re
sumption of court at 1:30 D. O. Dwy
er. rr-ecial prosecutor, was heard ir.
answer for the state.
In the FricKe case, juage Troup
decided to take the case under ad
visement until Saturday, February
16. when he will be here to hear the
motions in the Quinton case as well.
While here Judge Troup will also
hear the motion for a new trial in
the case of the state of Nebraska vs.
William Grebe, in which Mr. Grebe
was convicted of a charge of assault
7 V . o V f , o , q"v ' ,
of Omaha, on October 2. 192J. and
1 1. Tn r n-t . , 1 Tin 1- tf O A
for which he was tried at the Janu
ary term of court. Mr. Grebe is still
in the county jail pending securing
of bond under the sentence of the
court in the case wherein he was
convicted of an assault on Elmer F.
Gaines on the public highway north
of this city in the latter part of
May, 1923. and for which he was
convicted in the December session of
the district court.
In the qcase aga:nst Mr. Grebe
the court overruled the motion for
a new trial and gave the prisoner a
fine of S100 and the costs of the
V7Z In the cuttodv of the sheriff
t?Mh nV,, S In hifs'en
until the fame is p.id. In his sen-
tencing of Mr Grebe Judge Troup
stated that in view of the previous
conviction on cue saun- i'sc
would not Inflict tne tun penalty or
stable in striking ana us
anyone
I, p l dve rt
and hat he might gije -hen
te,m.p .ZTLnJi
wno uia noi jump -u
comma
he at
court also stated that the resignation
of Mr. Grebe as constaDie saveu mm
the trouble of removing mm irom
, - , , , f.m,iw hoiH
the office he had formerly held
Owing to the fact that Paul J
Een and D. . Livingston, attorneys
4V. r r nnintnn. former sneria,
- i
1,1 -n,r V r tnv
were unauie m ,
Judge Troup was unable to hear the i
mctions for a new trial in this case, j
t
PWOflTFTJlNGS OF THE .
COUNTY COJOnSSIONEES
From Thursday's Daily
The board of county commission
r at its session yesterday made the
award of the county printing for the
conformity with the rules Jnthe or the agricultural districts and is hiding of the booze by the bootleg-i general toward the Home and I sin- j ir.g of the promising new country of i Omaha
court, inflicted the sentence which i3 as well a director and strong sup- ger and the result that no liquor was j cerely hope that the kindly feeling 'Nebraska, came westward and looked I He
prescribed by the statutes from one porter or the rsebrasta State ralr tound ami the law cheated of its 'which has' existed "between us may over the hew" eettlemeuts ' that were f to get
. L f'nlni in r.nniTnittine- ai- ap. lo "fK"- into a maximum mit your name to remain on the pri-
c f the defendant iniipn;1"inasrra' salary. He believed the salaries of -iary ballot. or will you request the
saulU on per sc "btmtanaer.re school teachers should obey the gen- sec retary of state to keep your name
at his hands and for his manner or eral law of suppiy and demand. off'"
executing his office of trust as con- A QUestion box followed the talks - i v .i,n(to,i
i year 1924. There were two bids,
one from the Louisville Courier and
nna frn., l, lr,; A n V.
j lican, and the bid of the Republican
! being the lowest, it was awarded the '
f work which includes the comrais- !
sioners' proceedings and notice for !
the county clerk and commissioners. 1
In the awording of the district
physicians the commissioners ac
cepted the bids of Dr. J. F. Brendel.
Murray, second district; Dr. J. V.
Brendel. Avoca, third district; Dr. H.
w. McFadden. Greenwood, fifth dis-
trict; Dr. G. G. Douglas, Elmwood.
sixth district. In the first district
the board rejected all bids and in the
fourth district there were no bids re
ceived. The contract for the burial of the
pauper dead was awarded to John P.
Sattler of this city.
I
I
W. B.
FILES FOR
RE-ELECTION
Well Known Union Legislator is in
the Race as Democratic Can
didate Makes Filing.
From Thursday's Daily
State Senator William B. Banning
of Lnion, who represented the second
district, composed of Cass. Otoe and
Sarpy counties, in the last legisla-
ture in a most acceptable manner,
has consented to enter the race again
and accordingly has filed at Lincoln
as a
candidate for the democratic
nomination in this district.
Mr. Banning was the leader of the
democratic forces in the state senate
and one of the outstanding figures of
the session on either side of the sen-
ate and his decision to enter the race
will be learned of with much pleas
ure by republicans as well as the
democratic voters of the district as
assuring a strong representative in
qualified to legislate on the needs
association. :
j
STATE WILL HAVE
I ID 01 110
UfliLUO IHUilLriO
Five Hundred llore Than Needed
Will Have Certificates is the
Statement Made.
From Thursday's Dalty
Nebraska will have a surplus of
over "0J certificated teachers when
all who have now applied for papers
receive them, was the statement
made by several speakers at the
meeting ot county superintendents
Wednesday morning at the Lincoln
hotel. This condition was said to
be an advantage so far as the schools
are concerned, as it would be pos
sible to weed out the weaker teach
ers. Superintendent E. H. Koch of Sew
ard county who spoke on specializa
tion in education and teaching pro-
duing the best results, declared that
teacners ior rural scnoois snouia
have some special qualification for
primary work. Such rural teachers
should not be required to specialize
, 5 ,,
in any particular subject, as all
round teachers are needed for the
work. In general Mr. Koch believed
that specialization in education is
only following the practice in medi
cine, law and other professions. He
believed a teacher either in high
school or grades, could obtain better
results by teaching a subject in
which she is particularly strong.
W. R Richardson of Dixon coun
ty, presided over the session, the
general topic being "Qualifications
and Certifications of Teachers." I
Among the speakers on phases of
the topic were Miss Maude Disbrow
of rurnas county' Miss Alice vSt
f "oward county- R- Kennecker
Qf Harla county and Misg May
Geeseman of Custer COUI)ty ,
The matter of a minimum salary
was discussed. A
V. Teed Of Wayne
declared that a minimum 6alary waa'
in which Miss Lulu S. Wolford of '
tne state sunerintendent's office, pi. 1
tne state super ntenaent s office, ex-j
pl ined the various requirements for :
Etat,e certification the different,
Krades
Announcement
was made that a
luncheon would h held ThnrQ'n.,... -.,
. , . , , ' ,
noon instead of Wednesday at the !
chamber of commerce, at which
Aran Newens would be the speak-
i' "
r Tho lunpchnn Tt-o-000 1
:;.. -v, -
glva up-
The suggestion was made that on
reassembling a brief period be de-
voted in memory of Ex-President
Woodrow Wilson.
FOB SALE
R. C. Rhoia Islaia1 Ra4 cockerels
at 1. 5 eaak. Jw. Jtottus Raiake.
South Bami. Keb
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llVt All IN"
' iW fill III
ESTING LECTURE ON
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Major E. B. Ebbert Gives Very In
teresting Story of the Battie
For Law Enforcement.
From Thursday's Daii
Last evening the auditorium of the
Methodist church was filled with an
interested audience to enjoy the lec
ture and the moving pictures pre
sented by Major E. B. Ebbert, who
! has been lecturing over the country
in tlm in!opt tf t V. onfnrcpnipnf nf
the prohibition law and in the war-
fare against the bootleggers of the
country.
The speaker was introduced by the
Rev. F. A. High, superintendent of
the Nebraska Anti-Saloon League,
and following the introduction. Ma
ijor Ebbert swung at once into the
subiect of his address and cave manv
interesting facts relative to the sale
of liquor in this country following
the enactment of the prohibition
amendment. The speaker quoted fig
ures showing the decrease in the sale
of liquors in this country and also
touched on the matter of the present
day agitation in the halls of congress
that would weaken the act bv the in-
creasing cf the alcoholic o.uantity of! To the Honorable Mayor ani City
liquor and one of the points urged : Council and the Chamber of Cam -
by the speaker was that under thejnic-rce of the City cu' Plntsmouth,
conditions as imposed by the change Nebraska.
in the law would make coudit ion 1 Gentlemen: At a regular meet-'
worse than with legalized saloons
which were subject to regulation by ,
the law officers.
Major Ebbert
moving pictures.
also showed
one being of Sher-
i.T, a fearless law enforcing officer.
who was killed while raiding a place
here an illicit rt ill was in operation
nd the other showed the manner in
which the law is sometimes enforc
ed, showing a citizen making a com
uor and warning him of a raid, the
proper enforcement.
At the conclusion of the lecture
the contest for the large American)
; flag between Troop 1 and Troop 2 of
the Boy Scouts was decided and was;
ver - v close Troop 1 receiving 5S votes'
an'' Troop 2, 53 votes, and in a few
well cnosen words Major Kbbert pre
sented the flag to the young Ameri
cans. MEMORIAL FOR WILSON
PROPOSED AT PRAGUE
From Friday's Daily--
A campaing to erect a
memorial
jn prague to Woodrow Wilson has
been started by the directors of the
rjank cf Europe, according to Frank
j Riha, publisher of the Omaha
xarodni Pokrok, Bohemian newspa-
Ser' It r S npVin
G2 irom i noma., tuLiu diuus,
ark of Czechoslovakia and Mayor
Maxa of Prague and that 12 hundred
dollars has already been subscribed.
"Let us Czechoslovaks bear In
grateful memory what the great war
president did for the liberation of
cur mother country," says Capek in
the telegram. Riha said a commit
:i J
tee would be organized in Omaha
immediately.
PETITIONS FOR
THE PRESIDENCY
Governor Bryan Declines to Say
Whether His Name Will Go
Upon Preferential Ballot.
"i cannot discuss that matter
without official knowledge." said
Governor Bryan when asked if pe
titions nominating him as a prefer
candidate for president are tc
e-
er-
bo filed with the secretary of state.
: 1 n r
suc-ii otiti,-r nro rennrtpd to be in
rirlllltinn at rn- Tia anrt pkpwllPrP
--if ,tuirna ai-o fiioii will vnu ner-
question." reauied the governor.
t, v .-
Governor Bryan has received the
resignation of Herman Diers, In
spector for the department of agri-
culture. Mr. Diers filed a.s a candi
date for congress on the democratic
mn iiiursuay. i-airness 10 ine
state, my opponents in the primary
election and to myselff warrants my
resign mt, ct,i at- r,re
"Fairness to the
jtrMLuaiiun. sain .iir iiifirQ MP rnr.
, ' . .
meny occupied
a seat In the state
senate. His home for many years
has been5t Gresham where he was
in the mercantile business. He has
been employed for some time as state
inspector of food, cream stations,
Floyd L. Bollin of Lincoln, former
ly connected with the progressive
party moveemnt, has filed as a demo-
, cratic candidate for railway commis-
sioner.
chairman oi a commntee ju.i organ-jfo the year n,2i, and hich v.rr: cn the Loi:i;ville road where thevlthe bond of Mr. Parmele and to fa
1ZV0n ie!L,rv-- thP mmmi'tPp due on the lst day of Januar'- a.n!lmad their home for many years un-icilitate the handling of the matter,
i TS nr;!f7nwithB irliZ I, those who have Proc,r"stlti;d Wllh til t::o approach of age caused them Judge A. C. Troup remained here un
is co-operating with President Ms- tVl. m.M,lf,rv nf t5. inw better eet i ,,m , ti-.-
. i n : i i i i i. iiinnr-i a i i iiiii hi- Lie &
WOMAN'S AUSIARIARY MEETING ;
From Friday's Daily
The Woman's Auxiliary of. the j
Episcopal church met yesterday af
ternoon at the home of Mrs. Henry !
Herold and a large number of the f
members wer3 in attendance. j
I The meeting; was under the leader
ship of Mrs. R. W. Clement and the j
ladies followed their, program fori
: the year, "Japan." and in the review
took up the work of the church in
the Tokio mission district in that
country. Miss Barbaia Cering also ;
: gave a review of the work of the i
I church council in Omaha recently!
and which was received with the!
greatest interest by the ladies. Miss
Gering in particular covered the
work of Bishop Overs of Liberia.
Africa, one of the leading mission- j
ary bishops of the church. i
ery enjoyable rcf resunu nts were
fervcd at an appropriate hour by the j
hostess.
EXPRESSES APPRE
CIATION TO THE
CITY COUNCIL
Eoard of Directors cf Nebraska 11a
scnic Home Thanks Legisla
tors For Courtesies.
From Friday's Dai!;.-
ir.g of the board of directors of the
Nebraska Masonic Home, held on the
lrd nay ci January, iyi'4. a reso;u-
twojtion was adopted requesting the pros-
1 tent of said board to convev to the
City
Council and the Chamber of
Commerce of the city of Plattsmoulu
the thanks of the board for the many
courtesies extended to the Nebraska
Masonic Home.
Therefore, by virtue cf mv olH- e.
extended by you and the citizens iala
(continue in the future. i
JAS. M. ROBERTSON.
President of the Nebraska i
Masonic Home Board.
NEW AUTO NUMBERS
MUST BE ..SECURED.
Sheriff Stswart Sounds Note of Warn-
intr to All Those Who Have
Been "Puttin? It Off."
From Thursday'
i xne auto o-.vners oi i.ie cour.ey ii-.'.fc
j.coi trivrn thp 'nriitli nf 'rrco ill-
loweJ b' tfce lav'' for the securing o:
i;r-r. c m.' rmrnhrr niafps
on the job at once and tee thcit t'a
old car is equipped wun the r.eces
sary plates before they are compelled
to pay a fine. ,
ci.-: fp r ctin-cirt li!3i intified
" . .. : ; " T. vnrimia naerr.
. . ,irifA. t.jf thc, timp. nf srrace
'i v....- -- c
has expired and those who r.ow op
erate their cars under the old num
bers are doing so at the risk of get
ting taken in and fined and which
will be done if they do not make an (
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aiiempi iu cum,,,, .l t brother to mourn the passing of this
The sheriff propo-es to enforce the c?tiniabIe ladv, Mrs. Carrie Donnelly
lav.-fairly and without favor and any-, of Efli;oni Washington; Mrs. Eliza
one who runs with the old 192 li- beth Cooper of Rice. Washington,
cense number now is laying mmsc-u . ?n(, WilUam porter of Benson, Ne
liable. The strict enforcement of brasl;a
this law would have been made at j ' ,,.-, -r, .
the first of the month, but owing to In her early hie Mrs Bestor unit
he bad weather a little longer timell with the Christian church and re
was given for the benefit of those i mai-ed a faithful believer in this
who reside at a distance from the!?" death. The funeral ser-
countv seat, but there has been am- j vices will be heid from the home of
pie time to send in and get the li-! Frank M. Bestor on North Fourth
censes now and the old numbered street Sunday afternoon at 2 o clock
o- ?Q a fofr m.irV for mm ishment and the services will be conducted by
under the law.
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LOCATED IN DAKOTA
From Thursday's D.iily:
Mrs. Wm. Rice. Sr., of this city, is
in receipt of a letter from Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Mathiasen, formerly of
Newell. Iowa, but now of Canton.
South Dakota, where Mr. Mathiasen
has accepted a position as manager
of a ready-to-wear and general mer
chandise store.
Mr. Mathiasen was formerly man
ager of a Farmers Union store in
Newell and resigned his position for
the one in Canton, where he receives
a big increase in salary. Mrs. Mathia
sen is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. Rice, Sr.
NOTICE TO THE PUBilC
There having been a change in the
Plattsmouth Implement Co., all per
sons who know themselves indebted
to this company ara requested to
cone in and settle or arrange to set
tle their accounts so that the affairs
of the company can be settled up.
FLATTS. IMPLEMENT CO.
ATH
MON!
ANOTHER
PiflNEE
LADY
,-.: atia T!VCTnr -da-jctc sti7AV
: jy-ti5, "J
AFTER ILLNESS OF SOME
TWO WEEKS.
-
. , ,., wr,n .,,,
CAKE HERh li 1HE YEAR 1856
, TV,r,crTiter of William TS. Porter. Pio
neer Resident cf This Part of
Cass County.
i From Saturday-.-? Daily
! Death last night entered into the ;
community and called from the scene
of her earthly activities one of the
' ladies in w hose life has been woven
a part of the history of Cass county,
' Mrs. Ada Bestor, who. coming here
'as a child in the year 1S56, has lived
through theyearo since that time in
'this community.
I For the past two weeks Mrs. Bes
i tor has been critically ill at the
home of her son, Frank M. Bestor
and family, with whom she made her
'home for the greater part of the
i time si;:ce the death of the husband
i end father a number of years ago.
During this last sickness the mother
has been tenderly cared for by the !
members of the family and all that ;
loving hand:; and skill could summon I
i - . i . : l 1 . 1 .1 . '
v.as c-uitf icir uu 'Miinauie imy as ;
toe sancis or me v. ere graauauy run-
ning out and the approach of the
en-j drew near.
Ada Porter, daughter of Mr. and
Ilrr.. William B. Porter, was born in
Jefi'crson county. Ohio, near the
tov. n of Steubcnville. on September j
SUM-
' 111. IS 17, and when but a child of ! sec ured by the young fellow's mother
very tender years the family migrat-jbut at the time she was away. Dr.
led to eastern Iowa where they locat-jPain, as he called himself, had prob
ed on a farm and remained there fori ably gotten where he needed some
short time until the father, hear-
springing up on the western side of I
the Missouri river and in the fall of
1S56 Mr. Porter brought . his wife'picious and telephoned here to find
'and family to Plattsmouth and
It r.ted c:i a farm that had been pre-
tmpted southwest of this city and I to Lincoln. "While here he had of
iust adjoining where the town of fered to sell the note which he car
Mynard now stands. Here the first ried for about half of what the
pioneer home was erected and Mrs.
liestor oiten .jvouiu recall in later
yerrs the many privations that were
endured by the family in the winters
that prevailed in this section at that
time. The winters of 56 and '57
were particularly severe and caused
e great deal of suffering among the
; pioneers in the sparsely settled terri-'ed
:tory and among which were num -
ibered the Porter family.
T-n tl.A vonr thn marria?p of'arncal of cases had been cranted in
Miss A(la porler to Mr. Harmon Bes-'the
. i Tn. ...v. .i
:hortv after this event the family lo-
t . - f ------ ;
thoir home. To Mr. and Mrs. Bestor to approve the bond. The case will
wore born four sons, Charles, Guy. i be taken to the state highjcourt for
Frank and Daniel. Charles and ! hearing as to whether the judgment ,
Frank reside in Plattsmouth, Guy inlof the district court here should be
Chuago and Daniel Bestor, a ser-'
geant in the U. S. army, is now sta
tioned at Fnrt DuPont. Delaware.
All of the children were here and at
i he bedside of the mother when she
entered into the eternal sleep of
death.
There are also two sisters and one
. , n tii.
Iie ra,lt7 n;llUUU' Lur U1
cue icrisiian cnurcu.
IIARRIED IN COUNCIL BLUFFS
From Saturday's Daily
The marriage cf two of the well
known young people of this city oc
curred on Thursday afternoon of this
week at Council Bluffs. Iowa, the
contracting parties being Miss Opal j
Lahoda and Mr. Oscar Parsons. The
wedding was a very quiet one and
following the ceremony the young I
people returned to this city where
they will start housekeeping at
once. The bride is well known here
and is a daughter of Henry Lahoda
and has been reared to womanhood
in this city where she possesses a
large circle of friends. The groom
is an employe of the Burlington
shops and a young man highly es
teemed by those who have the. privi
lege of knowing him.
P. J.v-Vallery departed this after
noon for Havelock where he expects
to visit over Sunday with his son, W.
J. Vallery and family and his daugh
ter, Mrs. Johnson in that city.
DOING WELL IN CALIFORNIA
!
! From Friday's Eaily
! The many old time friends of Glen
Smith, eon of Mr. and Mrs. Wash
ington Smith, for many residents of
this city where Mr. Smith was gen
eral foreman at the Burlington shops
will he pleased to know that Glen is
now one of the leading business men
at Momebello. California, being the
manager there of the branch bank
of the Security Trust & Savings bank
of Los Angeles, the largest bank in
that city. Mr. Smith has been there
: for several years since leaving Oma-
! ha where he was formerly with the
i V. S. National and the Omaha State
banhs. and has made great progrep?
-rk - -j, t? fn.
portnnt branch bank. Mr. and Mrs.
! Smith resided in Omaha for a number
!of yenrs after the family moved from
this city, and Mrs. Smith was for-
mcrly Miss Dresher, a sister of the
Drc-Fher brothers of Omaha.
MAN TAKEN
WITH STOLEN
. AUTOMOBILE
Spent Several Hours in Elmwood
Trying to Get Mcrey on Note
Was Going to Lincoln.
Last Thursday a fellow came to
town accompanied by a lady. It was
understood that he claimed his name
wlo Dr. Pain. While here he put his
auto in the Cassel garage and bor-
rowed three dollars on it from Mr.
Cassel. The auto was a Chevrolet.
it tcerm: that he had had a Ptude-
baker sedan which was practically
, ... . , . , . w.
new ana v. nicn no naa ariven irom
Pennsylvania.
Somewhere near Om-
aha he had got stuck in the mud
and a young fellow came along with
the Chevrolet and traded it for the
sdan giving him a note for some
'Iiing like three hundred dollars. The
note, however.
it seems, was to be
money and called up his party at
to see what could be done.
as able to get enough money
nia car and continued on tc-
ward Lincoln. Bj this time the
young man in Omaha had gotten sus-
lo-iout his whereabouts. lie was taken
. by authorities as he was driving in-
snount canea ior wnicn aroused tne
uspuions of those whom he tried
to sell it to. Elmwood Leader-Echo.
PARMELE WILL APPEAL CASE
from Saturday's Eaily
Last evening the word was receiv-
here from the office of the clerk
; of the supreme court at Lincoln that
the writ of error, necessary in the
case of the state of Nebraska vs.
r"' o -i r nn - , i ,-. ,i . v.
bend fixed at $3,000. The action of
- ... u ,,-.
sustained or overruled.
Thin Isc
5 rUS
Skating on thin ice may be exciting,
but it is also dangerous.
Keeping a balance in your checking
account which is just large enough to care
for the usual disbursements is like skating
on thin ice. It makes your checking ac
count useless in times of emergency, and
there is always the clanger that you will
accidentally overdraw your account a
serious matter.
To make your checking account serve
you as it should, keep up your balance.
In that way only can you derive full bene
fit from it.
The First in&iional Sank
THE BANK WHERE
WATTSMOUTII JL
"The Bank Where
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COMMITTEES OF
CHAMBER OF COM
MERCE ANNOUNC'D
President Searl Davis Gives Out the
Names of Various Workers
Selected to Date.
From Thursday's baity
In preparation for making the yer.r
1924 a red letter one in the history
cf the Chamber of Commerce, the
president, Searl S. avis, is announc
ing the names of those who are to
serve on the committees that have
so far been chosen to take up the
problems that have been laid out as
a part of the year's work.
There are a number of the com
mittees that have several different
subjects to handle and these have
been divided into sub-committees for
the purpose of getting a more direct
action. The committees selected are
as follows:
1 Public Improvements and Good
Roads committee, divided into follow
ing three sub-committees:
(a) Tourist Park and Good
Roads J. II. McMaken, Chair
man, John V. Hatt, George L.
Farley.
(b) Beautifying High School
Grounds T. H. Pollock, Chair
man; George E. DeWolf, Henry
Leacock, Sr.
(c) Cemetery Sidewalk Wil
liam Baird, Chairman. He t)
select two additional members.
2 Industries committee: Henry A.
Schneider, Chairman; C. J. Theleen,
E. II. Wescott.
3 Membership and Amusement
committee, divided into following
three sub-committec3:
(a) Swimming Pool C. C.
Wescott, Chairman. C. J. The
leen, B. J. Halstcad and L. O.
Minor.
(b) Public Playgrounds E.
H. Wescott, Chairman, Henry
Leacock. C. H. Peden.
(c) Fourth of July Guy W.
Morgan. Chairman, H. F. Goos.
W. C. Soennichsen. L. W. Lor-
enz.-.
4 Railroad committee: C. J. The
leen. Chairman, John J, Cloidt, Frank
M. Bestor.
5 Publicity committee: Searl S.
Davis. Robert A. Bates.
It is believed the above arrange
ment will make It possible to secure
the greatest efficiency along the lines
of endeavor mapped out at the recent
meeting of the Chamber and with the
active co-operation of all committee
members this year should be a most
successful one for Plattsmouth and
its Chamber of Commerce.
BLIND BOYS SELL BROOMS
From Saturday's Daily
This morning a number of boys
from the state institute for the
blind at Nebraska City were here to
dispose of eome of the brooms that
uuie iui fa umc t c ui-
torv which is a cart of the nirlov-
m,?nt features of the institii . The
!hrnnm? wpre pTeolipnt niprps .f work
nd a large number of the broom
were disposed of to the business
houses. The work of the boys has
particular Interest here as N. C. Ab-
oul1. lurmer my sur.uienueni oi
schools here, has been at the head
of the institute for a number of
'ars and been yeTy successful in his
vor.
Danger!
YOU
FEEL- AT HOME
"NEBRASKA
You Feel at Home!"