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PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY. JULY 17, 1924.
NO. 106
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TWO KILLED IN
ACCIDENT AT LA
PLATTE SUNDAY
FISHING PARTY OF OMAHA PEO
PLE ELDING IN TEUCK MEET
DEATH ON E. E. CEOSSING.
ONE OTHER FATALLY INJURED
Four Others Injured When Covered
Truck Is Crashed Into by Inspec
tion Engine on Burlington.
From M-ju a.'..- . DtUly
Death, that lurks at the grade
railroad crossing, yesterday niorning
took toll of two lives, fatally injur-
ed oii and injuries of more or less
serious nature received bv four oth-
ers of a fishing party whose covered
truck was crashed into by the in
spection engine No. 367 of the Burl
ington railroad at the crossing 1.000
feet from the LaPiatte railroad
station.
The dead: Mike Freyer, 2523 Ar
bor street. John Bogatz. South
2."th street. Omaha.
Probably fatally injured: Mrs.
Mik Frayer
Internal iniuries free
imeriidi injuries, lute
bruised and hip fractured
The injured: Al Dolejs. aced 20.
1923 So. 14th st:eet. Omaha face and
body bruised.
Bernice Fryer, aged 20. fractured
arm and back bruised.
Stephen Frey?r. aged 10, shoulder
and hip bruised.
S. C. Alien, superintendent of the
0.:;;tha division of the Burlington,
badly bruised back and possible i
Tracture of the hip.
One child in the party with the
Freyers wj uninjured aside from a
few bruises.
The parties killed and injured
with the exception of Mr. Allen,
were members of a fishing party from
I,
nruaha and had been returning from
the MiF.-ourJ river whre tlipv had
been flshiyip, seeking shelieEfrom tftp 1
rr.in that was falling at that time, j
They were all riding in a closed truck (
belonging to Louis Ziev, 608 So. j Prom Mondaj-'s Dany
16th street and the truck was being, The first of the open air entertain
driven by younc Dolejs The truck meets sponsored by the Murray
was coming west from the direction Community club was held Saturday
of the river and apparently when I evening at the lawn of the Presby
the wheels hit the slippery and wet
boards on the crossing they spun
around and refused to take hold on
the slippery boards, with the result
that the motion of the truck was al
most stopped and preventing them
ir ttinsr over and out of the way of
the approaching Inspection engine
that was coming down from the words of approbation,
north at a very resonable rate of; The program was well selected
soeed. The Inspection encine struck and givtu from the platform erected
the rear of the truck and hurled It at the east of the church entrance
for sevt ra! hundred feet, splintering and here the several numbers were
the truck and hurling the occupants given The Community club orches
aome distance onto the muddy right tra was heard in several very fine
of way. j numbers that showed the skill and
The inspection eneine is built with ability of the members taking part
a larcre glass enclosed cab over the and was verv much enjoyed by all
pilot of th' locomotive and in which
at the time of the accident was the
pilot. Mr. N. C. Allen, division super
intendent of the Burlington. Edward
Flynn general manager of the road
and C. C. Terhune. roadmacter of
the Omaha division.
The fireman,
the rear of the
C. H. Mcl'lley was
in
encine.
Mr. Allen, the division superin
tendent was hurt when some object
hurled by the impact of the
wreck through the window of the
ensrine struck him in the back. Mr.
Allen had ducked Hack or the throt-
tip with Mr. Flynn to avoid the
broken gla:-s that flew over the cab,
the result of the wreckage flying er of Weeping Water, chairman of with his parents. Postmaster J. W.
through the air. Mr Terhune was the county board, and County Attor-; Holmes and wife. Ralph is now
aide to slip to the rear of the cab ney J. A. Capwell were also on the ' serving as radio engineer in the main
and escaped serious injury. iprogram and gave two very inter-j plant of the General Electric com-
boob as the accident occured , esting talks, Mr. Gorder on the road pany. and has been assigned to the
the Burl agton ofldala started the work and general care of the high-! research department, as he is very
fTortr. to secure relief for the injured way system that is now one of the ! much interested in the development
parties nnd a message to the Burling- ( big problems of county government, of the radio work and has in the
ton station here rt Plattcmouth re- while the county attorney touched I year that he has been with them re
qneSted a special train be sent at;on the road situation and discussed ceived rapid advancement in his line
once to the scene of the accident to'the laws and their enforcement as a ' and feels well pleased with the work
take the injured on in to Omaha. I part of the duties of a citizen. j with the great corporation with
An encine was taken off an extraj one of the bits of excitement not I which he has been bo fortunate as
freight and with a baggatre and way(on the program and which threat-' to be associated.
ear hurried over to the scene of thetened to mar the pleasantness of the i Mr. Holmes, while finishing at the
accident. Dr. J. S. Livingston. thejevent wafl the burning of the wires University of Nebraska, was selected
company surgeon, accompanied the I on the car of L. F. Terryberry. caus- as one of the two students to be
train and with the assistance of etj Dy a short in the battery circuit, given a course at the General Elec
Burlington employes dressed the in-'ancj which luckily was checked be-, trie plant and has more than mad
juries while the train was hurried fore any serious damage, but caused good in his work there. While en
onto Omaha. jsome excitement as the cars were route home he stopped at Chicago.
ccordine to Mr. Flynn. the engine ( parkd very close together along the where he spent Sunday with Mr.
was trareling at about twenty-five ( street for a distance of more than a and Mrs. Merle Rainey. he and Mr.
miles an hour, the bell ringing COn-J block, and a fire in their midst coup-j Rainey having been classmates at
tinuously. At the approach to the jet with its attendant confusion the University of Nebraska college
crossing, he said. Mr. Allen blew the would undoubtedly have resulted in , of engineering.
whistle many times.
"We saw the truck come on
the crossing:." said Flvnn. "The
driver had some kind of a cloth
cover over his head to protect
him from the rain. Mr. Allen
applied the air brake hut it was
too late.
We stopped the enedne. and
aided the injured as best we could
nd sent all. including the
dead, to Omaha in a baeeraee car
with an eneine which was
standing: on a sidinsr.
"It anneared that no one in tne
.
truck with the excepiion-f a smalljare a sister and siBter-in?law of
boy sitting at the back of the ma- Ralph Hilt of this city and are well
chine saw th' encine coming. The known to a number of the Plans-
bov leaned out of the rear, but evl-
dently he didn't know what it was
all about.
"Then came the crash."
Freyer was thrown from the truck
about 1 hundred feet, striking the!
wheel of a box car on another track. J
His legs and body was crushed.
Bogatz was thrown alone the
track, the engine cuttinc off his leir
and again hurling him into the
right-of-way, fracturing his skull. ;Held This Afternoon at Cedar Creek
Mrs. Freyer was thrown high into' anA Interment in Cemeterv
the air landing: about 1 hundred feet
away. Her daughter was thrown)
about fifty feet, and the children, ;
Sterem and his brother Lawrence.)
una me uriver were nurieu 10 ine
side of the road.
The children immediately scram
bled from the mud and ran crying
up the track to their mother who
.vas lying unconsious in a muddy
pool.
Dolejs ran to the side of Bernice,
with whom he has been keeping com
pany for about two years.
The corner of Sarpy county was
notified and viewed the bodies in
Omaha, ordering them removed to
Hoffman s funeral home.
TIw injured, with the exception of
Mr. Allen and Steven were taken to
the Clarkson Memorial hospital. Ste-
ven was attended by a doctor at the!
home or .virs. Josephine Hlank.
.- tin Mirri, w iiu 10 cai ilit; lor Hie; a i ,
children ceased lady was It years of age and
,. .'i.-. . - t, . u a native of Germany. She came to
According to a son of Bogatz. Mr JAmf.rk.a in her vouti! and w mar.
Dolejs planned a fishing
irip ior
. ,
C . i . . - , T .
Sunduv and asked Bogatz to accnm-
, . m . ,
-pany them. The two Frever bovs
. i i -
were taken along.
It started raining in the morning;
and tie partv started to LaPiatte
ror sneiter. Doiejs exp a;ned.
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... v. .
explained.
persons living amng tne railroad
tracks said they heard the Bignals'
MURRAY HAS 816
TIME SATURDAY
jTnr.dreris are Present to "Eniov Fine
Program Given Under Auspices
of Community Club.
terian church in that enterprising
little city and very largely attend
ed. The main street of the town
was packed with autos bringing in
hundr da from the nearby territory
and the fine praveled street, which
is on of the improvements that the
club has secured, received
many
of the lartre number in attendance-
One of the pleasing features of the
evening was the dancing numbers
by little Misses Jean Caldwell and
Maxine Cloidt of Plattsmouth and
which showed the greatest Bkill on
the part of the little ladies.
In the line of musical entertain
ment Miss Grace Lindner and Rich
ard Frederich were heard in a very
charming violin duet and Charles
Howard in his drum solo as well as
vocal numbers pleased the large
crowd. Charles was accompanied bv
his sister, Miss Mabel
the piano.
Howard at
Countv Commissioner Fred H. Gor-
the destruction of a number of
vehicles gasoline made famous.
the '
LADIES HUET IN WEECK
Mrs. Chet Reals and her sister.
Mrs. Philip Hilt, of Glenwood, were
very severely injured Saturday af
0tZyd"h!? lrZ" n -ncreSf inter? Yesterday afternoon Mre Henry
Frank Freyer. 2.11 South Twen-, . nnQt..n nf thi. onin, , . this Has sprung an incrc.ising inter- Heroli :i;Ssrs Mia and Barbara
ty-fifth street, brother of the d-1 SSdiSn Mi? Vettte Ja !2 IP Ktht' work, tha d. to the Elm- G.rinK apartpd on a verv pleaSant
ceased, said that his brother had ! 1 J Jf'Jf " Sch ! Wd f Tfef in tho trip to the east that will take up the
told him Saturday of his intention of:!' l ,nvi w'- Intor MeuTnS ! towns to J;,in ln th,(' discussion of the ; nrit tix weeb) and wi embrace a
going fishing the following day. He L fnn- c'autr Toui MeT l- extens," ot frr;i.ve,m- "lojS the Red great deal of the country along the
said that Bernice and Dolejs were Sa-eTLdta 255T SatebW ail S? tbat ,?rom eaat coast of the United States and
.bout to be engaged tobeniarrled. reshTing in tlie vk infty of Cedar j IfaraoefcannUraaeef througrTElri- n h X, .2? "22 "SfT
ternoon when the car in which they: places that added to the attractiv
W( re riding was struck by a truck of ness of the various places The ceil-
, the Nicholas Lumber company, while
; driving along the streets of Glen-
,wood. The little child of Mrs. Hilt,
'which 3he was holding at the time,
rr i . : i l j;
ab unmjureu. i ne mjurieu muies
mouth people.
FUNERAL SERV
ICES QF MRS. JOHN
MEiSINGER TODAY
There Old Eesident.
jrronl
Monday's
funeral
Dally
services
of the late
Mrs. John Meisinger were held thisflr8t settlers there and for many
aiternoon at
conducted by
Cedar Creek, being
rv 1 1 n iiiriiv
Of the First Presbyterian church of j
this city. The music for the serv
icea was furnished by Misses Cath-i
erine Schneider and Edith Farley. 1
and comprised a number of the old j
hymns requested by the family. A,
large number of the old friends at
tended the services and the body
was laid to rest in the Cedar Creek
, .
t emetcry.
.W I JOUI1 .MPlMlii;! 1 IIUJM'U UWilV
early Saturday morning at the home
of her daughter. Mrs. Frank Sals
burg, where she and Mr. Meisinger
had been visiting for a few weeks.
I IV U All AU- V V U ill , 41(.ll'l.
county,
i -i i . .Minn .'n i.'i u.,' i i. uu i , .
Lu .
there tor a lew years, coming to
, , ,:
countv 33 vears ago and locatin
Mr. John
Meisinger and
resided
Cass
county 33 years ago and locating on
! a farm near Cedar Creek, where they
! have made their home for the great-
. ,
vears aco into the town oi Cvdar
ti ii.iii i mi r ti Hi v . in i i: tx l t v
t m. t.,r hnmA
J T 777Z.-VZZ -7-
Creek
The friends over the count v
""
join in their sympathy to the sor
rowing husband and children in
their loss.
ENJOYED FINE SEE VICE
Cram M
Ysterday morning the members
of the congregation of the First
Methodist church enjoyed a very fine
sermon that was delivered by Canon
W. S. Leete of the St. Luke's Epis
copal ckurih who had kindly re
sponded to the invitation to occupy
the worship hour in the absence of
the pastor of the Methodist church,
Rev. Frank Emory Pfoutz from the
city. The sermon was one that of-
fered much inspiration to the congre
I gat ion and the courtesy of Canon
Leete in serving the church was very
much appreciated.
In the evening at the church, the
worship hour was devoted to a mu
sical program, the senior choir hav
ing charge of the service and a
ute vesper service in the
tWllli'nt.
when the old and well loved hymns
were sung by the choir and congre
gation. Special features of the
evening program was the trio, "Jesus
Savior. Pilot Me," by Mesdafhes E.
G. Shallenberger. Ed Roman and
Schulz. the two whistling selec
tions by Miss Alice Louise Wes
cott and the rendition of two hymns
on the xylophone by Miss Helen Wes
cott. The choir also gave the an
them. "God Shall Wipe Away
Ttears."
All
EOME ON VACATION
This morning Ralph Holmes ar
rived home from Schenectady. New
York, where he is located with the
! General Electric company, and will
spend a two weeks' vacation here
MAKING SOME IMPE0VEMENTS.
From Monday's riallv
Along Main street the owners of
the business houses were engaged
today in making a number of im
provements in the fronts of their
ings in the entrances at the C. E
Wescott's Sons store and Jess F
Warga hardware store were given a
' new coat of paint and the exterior of
. i i m . . .
me Dunaing oi k. a. Hates at Fifth
and Main street is being given athe trip of Mr. and Mrs. Lutz to the
coat of gray paint that changes it west a few years ago. Mr. Siedlitz
very much and 8ds to the appear- is eneaeed in the jewelry business
ance of that part of the city.
PIONEER LADY VERY LOW.
From Monday's Daily
The word has been received here
of the very serious Illness of Mrs.
William Loughridge. Sr.. at the home
of her son. James Lough rid ire. at
Hawthorne. California. whore slit
has been making bcr hone for some
time past. The condition of Mrs.
Longh ridge is very critical and there
is little hopes of her recovery the
message from t!i re states. Mrs.
Lough ridge is one of the pioneer re
sidents of the vicinity of Murray, as
she and her husband were among the
: years maue tnat vicinity meir nome.
I The news brings a real sense of re-
grei to the old frien Is here
countv.
in Cars
BIG GOOD ROADS
IS HELD
I Tlnnrnnd nnmnyimal
Club Enter
" vv ......
tains the Boosters Last Night at
a Eousing Meeting.
From Tuesday's Dall
The good roads b-osters of the
j central portion of the co.:nty as well
i as a fine delegation from this section
. were entertained iast
nicht at Elm -
. I wood by the commercial club of that
place and a very fiaendly feeling of
rnnininn intrr";t in thf n(ivanrp'"nt
,,f f,,.(i rMPfi mni-i-m.
The towM repr('.S(.ntad at the!
' atherinp Wf.re Murray, Mar. ley.
At.. i .. . t l - j - . . i
-"uiuuis, wuiwww, i.ai- uu d
. . ; ii v.
'"cu -imT l,u:" V" . .
wverai ci..s mo ine 'inuai mwi-
; wood to the O utrett road nnd Eaele
j 1 - ;
on into l.mcom
County Commit loners G. L. Far
ley of Plattsmouth. Fred H. Gordr
of
Weeping Water and C. F. Harris
ot n ion were present as w as himi
County Attorney J. A. Chapwed and
aiso
who nave a few remarks during the
course of th mee'.ine.
Among otl-PT ati.'Cndrncr from this
section were L. D. Hiatt. Glen Boe
deker and Everett Sparkler, presi
dent of the Community club of Mur
ray. CAE CAUGHT IN
CAVE IN SUNDAY,
Prum Monday's 1 Hilly
Yesterdav morn ine Guv
Streiirht
had a verv startling and far from travel down the St. Lawrence river
pleasant experience in the south part with the 1.000 Islands as one of the
lof the city when his automobile was points of attraction and leaving the
(caught in the caving in of a portion boat at Toronto, from which sity
lof the sewer trench on Gold street they will start on the journey west
and which held the car imprisoned ward back to Nebraska and before
I for some time in the trench. leaving enjoy viewing Detroit. The
i The recent rains ha l evidently trip is one that will be a most de
c-of ronci o rwi nn,iurn,iniri tho fin llchtful one and take in a creat deal
.rltA. V cc.uor noc fni nl it o,l
! lliuut n urn i " v i t - . . i t
I last fall and the rain of eariy in the
morning put the finishing touches
'to the softening up of the dirt and
when Mr. Streiglit was drivine: his from Tutisday's liuii
car along Gold street near Tenth j Tn(1 members of the family of V.
Sunday morning the earth suddenly y Leonilrd enjoved a very pleasant
gave away and caused the car. which famjv reunion at Falls City on Sun
is a rather heavy one. to sink sever- dav hif, Bpf)t jn Belected as being
al feet into the trench. To add to tne most central for all members of
the unpleasantness of the experience the famiiv aruj there the dav was
the rain was failing quite heavily
and it was with only the hardest
work on the part of Mr. Streieht
and the residents in the vicinity of
the scene of the accident that the
car was released from its position and
pulled out of the trench. It was
necessary to place timbers and sup
ports in the trench to hold the car
and assist the efforts of the parties
to eet it back onto the solid ground
again.
OLD EESIDENT VISIT HEEE.
Protr Monday's rntiy
Yesterdav John L. Minor of Port
land. Oregon, an old time resident of
this city was here visiting with his
sister-in-law. Mrs. (Catherine Minor
and his neice. Miss Madeline and his'
nephew, L. O. Minor and family.'
Air. Minor resiueo e.ere some minj
years ago and has since that time,
lived in the west and he was most L
agreeably surprised at the many mi-
nrovements that h:.ve been made in'
Plattsmouth since he left this ci
Mr. Minor was enrouie nome navingi,
been at Louisinan. Missouri, where,
he has been visitinsr at the home of I
Hon. Dave Ball and tamily. Mr. Ball
being a brother-in-law. Incidently
Mr. Ball is one of the leading demo
crats of the state of Missouri and has
been very prominent in the affairs of
the state and is now preparing to en
ter into the enthusiastic support of
the Davis-Bryan ticket and assisst in
its triumph.
VISITING HEEE.
Saturday morning Mike Lutz and, and before he could get the machine
wife were "given a verv pleasant sur- stopped and rescue the imprisoned
prise when Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Sied-lhand he had the nail of the hand
pr
litz
and
fmir KhiUiw! QT-,-ii-H
form Calexico. California, for a visit
here at the Lutz home. Mrs. Sied
litz is sister of Mrs. Lutz and this is
the firBt visit here for a
vears and the first time
umber of
the two
i . , . . . .
families have enjoyed a visit since
on the west coast.
ODD FELLOWS
HAVE A BIG TIME
AT LOUISVILLE
. m
Joint Insta'Iation of Officers of Platts-
TTpld last Niht
j Fr om Tuesday's Daily-
j , , PVPnin a iarre nartv of the
members of Platte Lodge No. 7. I.
O. O. F. motored over to Louisville
where they enjoyed the installation
ceremonies that were held jointly
for Louisville lodge No. 184 and
Platte lodge No. 7. and was one of
ithe most largely attended and pleas
lanc events that heas been held in
the Can county Odd fellowship forj
' Eome time.
District Deputy Grand Master;
New kirk and star! of Greenwood were!
on hand and conducted the ceremon
ies that fittingly inducted the new
officers into their charges In a very
Impressive manner. The officers in
stalled for Platte lodge were as fol
lows: James Edward, noble grand.
Frank A. J. Miller, vice grand.
John Bate, ri'ht support noble
1 Sr:nd
Harry Krucer. warden.
George Robertson, inner guard.
Cheater Welsh imer, right support
vice grand.
LEAVES ON TEIP
THE0TJGH THE EAST.
Tueda.' Daily-
t , w .t ,
r ieiner. on me iriu unu uie uuuus la
'one that they have been looking for
ward to with pleasure for the last
few weeks. They po to Chicago and
then to Washington where they will
ev.ov a short stav and looking over
th' ',ta nf n,ruct that ottv
,one of the most beautiful capital
cities in the world. The party then
poes to New Tork where thev will
be guests of Matthew Herold and
Mr. Pfeiffer and family for ten days'
or two weeks and then will go on
one of the Cape Cod packet steamers
from New York to Boston, stopping;
a few davs in that city and thence
to ..'.latnt Quebec and Montreal, the
,oi'i r rf R'a vines in euuiufiu v auaua.
i ,i tt. . . m ...l.. i .. . .
I where the will enjoy a stay of some
duration and leaving there will
Cif T llf PnUTltrV.
ENJOYS FAMILY EEUNI0N.
spent in visiting and renewing the
ties of relationship ln a big dinner
and ageneral good time.
Mrs.
V. V. Leonard and daughter. Miss
Verna of this city, Carroll Leonard
and family of Kansas City, Mr. and
Mrs. J. E. Worley and family of Lin
coln, Mrs. Nellie Bulger, Ted Leonard
and family and Don Leonard and
family of Omaha comprising the
party.
MES. FEEYEE DIES
From Monday's re,iy
Mrs. Mike Freyer, the third vic
tim of the accident at the LaPiatte
crossing Sunday morning passed
away last night at the Clarkson hos
pital in Omaha, where she was taken
on a special train from the scene of
the accident. Internal injuries caus
. ht,r ripath Other members of the
who were injured are show-
j profrresg. Tne two
r..,,., and Stenhen
Freyer. who have been orphaned ny
i the accident are being cared for at
the home of a neighbor. Frank
Blank. 2517 Arbor street, while
their elder sister
i still at the
Clarkson hospital.
SUFFERS INJURED HAND.
From Wednesday's Dally
Yesterday while Joe Krupica. fore-
'man at the Bertschy machine works
I was encaged in working at the shap-
er, one of the machines in tne iactory
he was so unfortunate as to have the
first finger of the right hand caught
torn completely on. i ne acciueui
was most intensely painful to the;
injured man and he suffered much at j
first but latter desired to continue his
However
accident
lay him up for some time and he was j
. . i - . . . , t r -i i . ioar ot-otiiti c rn i itti 'j n m
"" ' "
by Mr. Bertachy.
M UN wmmi ftp mat La the
ENJOYS VISIT AT CAMP.
From Tuesday's Dally
Yesterday Frank Detlef and wife
motored out to Camp Quivera. the
Boy Scouts' headquarters near Cedar
Crek and spent a short time visiting
and looking over the camp. They
found the Plattsmouth contingent en-
joying themselves to the utmost and!
thpir F'rH.r,nfi hpr-nminp vm
J one of the joys of boyhood days, a
sunburned back, and in fact the
v. hole party are feeling fine and hav-
tnelr snare oi outdoor are. a
base ball game was in progress when
.Mr. and Mrs. Detiet was tnere ana )CCUrrf.,i lne marriage of Miss
several other athietic events planned Mathilda Kaufmann and Mr. Ku
for the day. : dolph Ramsel. both well known r-si-
dents of this city.
JUNE CONSTRUCTION
REACHES HIGH LEVEL
Nebraska and Central West
Onlv
Eegion in U. S. Showing In
crease Over May.
In view of the declining tendency
in construction activity and in gen
eral business. June building opera--
tions held up at a remarkable hijih
rate, according to F. W. Dodge cor
poration. Contracts awarded in Junei
in the thirty-six eastern states ( in-1
fluHinir Vi 1 1 1 1 t:iii-..Ti i. i c Vi t li u r i f li A I
United States total of construction
volume) amounted to f 3S7.521.100
The decline from May was a little
1 nec t hon C nor r,int i Ti rl tVi . r . i' n C
an increase of nearly 6 per cent orer
June of last year. It will be recalled
that a downward reaction of some
magnitude was in progress at this I
'time last year.
Construction started in these thirty-six
states during the first half of
this year has amounted to J 2,321!. -816,900.
a record figure, being a 10
per cent increase over the first half
of last year.
All the Important classes of con
struction except Industrial plants
have patticipated ln the Increase in
construction volume. Industrial con
struction has declined considerably.
Recapitulating the e!x months' rec
ord, the Important groups were rep
resented as follows: Residential
buildings. $l,10S.37o,900, or 48 per
cent of tbe total ; public workB and
utilities. $340,565,000, or 15 per cent;
commercial buildings. $312,609,600,
or 1 3 per cent ; educational buildings.
Jia.645.200. or a little over 8 per)
cent; and Industrial buildings, $15
701.500, a little under 8 per cent.
DEPUTY SHEEUT MOVES.
From Monday's Daily
Todav was moving dav at the
county jail as Deputy Sheriff W. R.
Young had his household good mov
ed Into the living quarters at the :
jail that were vacated Saturday by
former sheriff C. D. Quinton and
family. Mr. Young will take over
the duties of Jailor under Sheriff E.
P. Stewart and have the custody of
the prisiners and their fee
care under his supervision.
the prisiners and their feedinc and
ST0EK PAYS A VISIT.
Saturday evening at 11:15 the
stork paid a hurried visit to this city
and called at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. C. C. Burbridge. leaving in their!
care a fine ten pound boy that the
parents and the happy little sisters
6tate is the finest in the land. The
mother and little son are doine nice-
jy an( "Shorty" is wipping joints with
new vigor and happiness.
STRONG BANK
W0
Wherever There's a Telephone
there you'll find the First National Bank
just as ready to serve you as if you walk
ed into our own building.
Call No. 24 when you want informa
tion or have a request to make. At our
end of the line will be a cheerful readi
ness to comply with your desires prom
ptly and courteously.
The Bank that's ALWAYS
"At Your Service"
iftiHiiy?ii
'The Bank Where
ESSES
WEDDING BELLS
RING IN COUNCIL
BLUFFS TODAY
, ...
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Kaufmarm and Mr.
Rudolph Eamsel United in Mar
riage in Iowa City Today.
From Wednesday's r;iily
Tnis niornine at the office of the
countv judge in Council Bluffs. Iowa.
I The ceremony was a very quiet one
! being attended by only the contract
ing parties and Mrs. Henry Kauf-
'mann. mother of the bride.
Tho bride wore a traveling suit
jof blown canton crepe wearinn a hat
to match and the wedding through-
out wae verv simple and quit.
j in Hi vi i in, 1 ii i" ncuuiug L 1 1 utiuvr
j and groom departed for the west
where the will spend some two weeks
visiting with friends and enjoying
the many points of interest in the
mountain country. On their return
from the west Mr. and Mrs. Ramsel
will he at home to their mends at
the home of Mrs. Kaufmann on South
Sixth street.
Both of the contracting parties are
well known in this community where
i he bfde has he,r lifetime and
1 here th roonl hae alf:10 res-ded for
Sv mmu, years.
Mr. Ramsel is
well known employes of
" or"ng?"l. and , a pntleman
neld, in he hhfst L a lare
circle of warm friends.
The many friends in this portion
lof Cass county will join in wishing
Mr. and Mrs Ramsel a long and
very happy wedded life in the years
that lie before them.
ENTERTAINS FOE GUEST
From WdLtitiMduw 1 ttUm
Last evening Mrs. Charles Peter
son. Jr.. entertained very pleasantly
at her home on Park hill In honor
j of Mrs. H. L. Watts of Chandlerville,
Ohio, who is here visiting at the
home of her sister, Mrs. Fred H.
umn and family. The occasion
was one of the greatest enjoyment
to the members of the party and the
opportunity of meeting the guest of
honor was much appreciated.
During the course of the enter
tainment the ladies were treated to
a number of vocal solos by Mrs. John
E. Schutz, who was accompanied at
the piano by Mrs. Peterson, and Miss
Florence Schutz. who was accompan
ied by Mrs. Schutz. Little Miss Edna
May Peterson also gave a delight
ful reading number. In serving the
hostess was assisted by Edna May
Peterson, Jean Hayes and Florence
Schutz.
Those attending the enjoyable oc-
canton were Mesdames William Bar-
t clay. R. W. Knorr. Philip F. Rhin,
i R. A. Bates. Fred H. Mumm. H. L.
(Watts. 1
E. Schut
T. B. Bates, R. B. Hayes. J.
tz. Elmer A. Webb and Mar-
tha J. Peterson
ASKS HEAVY DAMAGE
From Wednesday's Laily
In the district court at Omaha
action was commenced yesterday by
Bernice Freyer, through her at tor-
ney,
William P. Lynch, for J2S.000
damages
from the Burlington rail-
road as the result of the accident at
the La Platte crossing Sunday. Miss
Frever is still at the Clarkson hos-
pltal in Omaha and in serious shape
as the result of her injuries.
Yon Feel at Home!"
SKI
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