Kebraoka State Histori
cal Society X
VOL. KO. XL.
PLATTSHOUTH. NEBRASKA, THURDSAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1924.
1:0. SI
REV. PFOUTZ
! MAKES PLEA
FOR PEACE
METHODIST MINISTER URGES A
GREATER EFFORT EE MADE
FOR WORLD PEACE.
SHOWS WASTE OF ALL WARS
Special Musical Program Given
Connection With Special Arm
istice Day Services.
m
From Monday's Dally
Last evenine: the First Methodist
church v::s filled with a large con
gregation at the regular evening ser
vices to observe the passing of Arm-
istice Sunday,
the dav when the
churches of the
nation in a praye
rful
Die
the
the
and worshipful
anniversary of
manner observe
the signing 'of
terms that
brought to a close
World war.
The services were impressive and
in keeping with the spirit of the
evening a number of the inspiring
hymn? were given by the choir of
the church and the congregation and
anion? these. "America," "The Bat
tle Hymn of the Republic." "Ameri
ca, the Beautiful." "God Give Us
Peace" and "God of Our Fathers."
The choir al.o pave a special anthem
"The Better Land."
The sermon of the pastor, the Rev.
Frank Emory Pfoutz. was very force
ful and loeical and carried to the
members of the congregation the ne
cessity for the adoption of universal
peace to check the co-t and usles
negs of war. The sermon, in part,
follows:
Text: "Neither shall they learn
war anymore." Micah 14:3.
The last new day in the calendar
of holidays for this country is No
vember 11th. It was given to U3 in
the year 111 S without proclamation
or rational sanction; it jnst came.
In one of our larger cities the
noise of that first Armistice day 9nt
a .little lad to his mother asking:
what it all meant. The mother put
him off with a reply, but the reply
did not satisfy the lad. He came
back and asked: "Mamma, does it
mean that Christ has come to earth
acain?" And th mother, looking,
beyond the smiling and the weepinsr. j
saw a little white cross "somewhere '
in France." said: "I trust it does, my
son." And the little fellow just
plowed as he shouted: "That mins
that the war is over, doesn't P.
?.!ammn?" And mav the lad's great
vision be a realization. 1
There is a sort or propaganda !
abroad which bnnds every state-;
ment and argument for peace as un-
patriotic and un-Am; rican. A word j
cgamst tins is umeiy. .w .
more positive for peace than the sol
dier who knows what war is; and
onlv that individual whose con
science allows him to accumulate
millions out of human conflict ever
raises the cry "un-American" when
we talk peace. The starnchest ad
vocate of peace is not too proud to go
to wrr if war is the only means of
maintaining a higher good.
We ere not ready for disarma
ment Not so long as any nation is
likelv to break forth over night and
regard an international treaty as a
crap of paper worth less than the
value of the sheet upon which the
document is written. Just as we
need officials to enforce the law and
restrain the law breaker, we need
sluice r.t protection in a national
sense. "Mobilization day" was for
just this very thing. Mobilization
,inX- wis not a terror to ieace. but a
tn everv man who lives in this i
rnnntrv and enjoys the blessings
and
the
the
flag
nrntection of the flag to come
to
assistance of. and
great ideals for
stands.
But this is not
shall never be free
one who argues so
defense of.
which this
to Ray that we
from war. Any
is looking back
remember that
ward. lie shoul
there was a time when one man couiu
possess anything except that for
which he fought, and that be could
only hold it until som? stronger man
took it away from him. Yet little by
little we acquired a system of laws
and order came out of disorder, and
now we have a system that guaran
tees the same rights to all the peo
ple. We will abolish war some day
in this very same manner. What a
dav that will be! Then jwican b
prophecv will have come true: "Nei
ther shall they learn war anymore,"
for when we learn how to do a thing
we must try it out. and we have been
learning how to fight."
War is anti-social. This world la
a
social order and can oniy proceeu
as
all the social lorces worK narmu-
niouslv. War is anti-progressive.
It is a" war relic of the middle ages,
though as intelligence advances it
becomes more horrible. Along with
intelligence must come a sense of
justice. War is anti-Christian. Christ
taueht that love would win while
hate would destroy. And then war
is anti-business. No legitimate bus-)
iness needs war to cause it to thrive.
No business has a right to exist save
as it ministers to the human order,
and any business that is such a busi
ness doesn't need war conditions up
on which to build. This is the rea
son why the distillery business had
to go.
Have you thought of the cost of
the war? It is above our compre
hension. Mr. Riley has given us
facts which place the total debt of
the late war for America to be 544,
17:.f4S.2r. (This includes a ten
Lillion dollar loan which is war
cost.) This great amount of money
v.oul.l put a university the size of
our own state university in every
state in the union and give each uni
versity $l't. '00,000 as a permanent
endowment, and there would be
enough money left to send f.000 stu
dents to each university, giving each
student $750 each year for their
four college years; and there would
be enough money left to build four
hospitals in every state in the union
the size of our Methodist hospital in
Omaha, etjuip each hospital with 100
rur.-es at ?r per day, and 10 surg
eons at $5,000 per year and then
give free sf rvice to 5.000 patients in
each hospital and continue this for
jlO years; and s:ill there would be
j money enough left to build 25 li
, braries the size of our city library
: in each state in the U. S. and give
each Iibrarv $5,000 per year for up-
: keep end continue this upkeep for
i 10 years; and then out of what is
.left adequate orphanage privileges
i could be provided for all the depend
ent children in America as we now
care for them, for 10 years, and we
would still have one-half the war
debt left for good roads and park
t improvements.
j The total cost of the war to all na
Itior.s in human life was 25,990,571.
If this army of men stood in a circle
;hand to hand as if they were going
to play drop the handkerchief, the
i circle would reach around the world
c t the equator. If they stood in
', line along the railroad lines (New
York Central. North-western and Un
! ion Pacific from New York to San
Francisco, there would be an armed
; guard of four columns of men on
each side of the track, the men
i standing 5 feet apart. Or if they
(stood shoulder fj shoulder there
j would be a column on each side of
I this railroad line. If they should
i march past this church corner eight
' abreast, in average formation and
marching time, it would require just
a few days less than two years for
them to march by.
This bring the awful toll of the
war down to understandable figures.
It shows that we ought to give our
time and thought to the creation of j
ways and means of preventing such j
awful los.
The president of the United States
in a letter to Mr. James A. Drain,
commander of the American Legion,
asks that Armistice day be devoted
to the establishment of permanent
peace and the outlawry of war. (See
: lttsmouth Journal, Nov. 3, for his
letter.).
Here are three principles which
must be observed if any permanent i
i peace is ever established. They are'
i not original with me. but constitute j
;the gist of the best thinking on
; to establish peace.
how
! First, we must set ourselves to;
create a will for peace. As the will;
is the whole mind active in the in- i
: dividual, and must necessarily pre-'
cede any definite conduct, so there,
must be created a national will or ;
there will be no peace. j
! Then, we must set ourselves to j
' c-pnte conditions of neace. Envi-!
rnnrnf.nt Vns f li'inrofl the life rf
! many a lad. A national environ
hnent will go a long waj toward es
; tablishing peace.
I And in the third nlace. we must
organize for neace. We see how or- 1
rranization is vitally necessary in our
country if we get results. The last
election is the best example of the
value of organized effort. We or
ganized to put over war work, and
if we should just organize and exe
cute with half the enthusiasm and
efhd"ncy for peace we should see
great success. The trouble is we do
i not do things that way. we wait
until conditions have
gone to Smash'
! then we have to meet the emergency
land that is always the most expens
ive way to proceed.
Lord Bryce. one of the keenest in
ternational minds of our day, said
recently: "If we do not destroy war.
war will destroy us." What if Lord
Bryce has told us the truth? At
any rate his words are worthy of
consideration.
During the past year, the Metho
dists. Baptists. Presbyterians, Lu
therans, Episcopalians. Congrega
tionalists, Friends. Unitarians, Uni
versa lists and the Conference of
Rabbis in their general conference
assembles have all pone on record
as favoring the establishment of
ways and means of permanent peace.
If all the communicants and consti
tuents of these great faiths would
dedicate themselves and work for
peace and seek to outlaw war, this
generation would come to know the
meaning of the ancient prophet's
hope: "And they Fhall beat their
swords into plowshares and their
snears into pruning hooks,
and they shall not learn war any
more." Mrs. James Bellinger and Mrs.
Floyd B?y Ohiowa, Nebraska, who
have been visiting at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. E. D. McCleery, de
parted this morning for their home.
3 TTT U.) TT 1 . 2
in big ad
JESSE B. STRODE
DIES AT LINCOLN
MONDAY EVENING
One
Times Resident of Platlsinouth
and Former Congressman
Passes On.
From Tuesday's Paily
Jesse Burr Strode, eighty years of
age and a well known figure in the
life of the state of Nebraska f r the
past forty-five years, passed away
yesterday afternoon at the hospital
in Lincoln. Mr. Strode underwent
an operation six weeks ago and had
been thought to be well on the high
way to recovery shortly before his
death but complications set in that
could not be prevented and which
resulted in death.
Mr. Strode was a brother-in-law
of C. II. Smith of this city and well
known in this city where he made
his home for some twelve years in
the late seventies and early eighties.
Mr. Strode resided at 1625 K street
at Lincoln at the time of his death.
Ii? was very active in state and
national politics and was regarded
one of the staunehest republicans
in the county. He was a congress
man for two terms and represented
the First district. He was elected
in 1 S J 6 . On leaving congress he re
sumed" his law practice in Lincoln
and was county attorney for two
terms. Prior to his election to con
gress he lived in Plattsmouth from
where he moved to Lincoln in 1SS7.
He was elected judge of the dis
trict court of Lancaster ccuntv in
1S92.
Judge Strode was elected district
attorney for the second judicial dis
trict of this state in IS? 2. and re
elected in 18S4. He was later elect
ed district judge. Mr. S
veteran of the Civil war
major part in affairs of
Army of the Republic,
member of Farragut post
trode vp3 a
and took a
the Grand
He was a
No. 25. G.
A. R., and was department com
mander of the department of Ne
braska G. A. R. during 1919 and
1'20.
He was a leading member of the
Lincoln bar for thirty-five years dur
ing which time he gained much at
tention as a prosecutor and defender
of famous criminals. Among these
are the murder trials of Quinn P.o
hannan, Lee Shellenberger. Mary
Sheedy and Monday McFarland. Wil
liam Irvine and Cr.ptain A. I). Yo
cum. He is survived by his wife,
Emeline L.. and a grandniece, Mrs.
Carlisle Logan Jones. 1845 D street.
He was born on his father's farm
in Fulton county, Illinois, February
IS. 145.
Jur'pe Sirode served nearly two
ye:-in the Civil war. He was
with Sherman's army in the Atlan
ta campaign and in the march thru
Georgia to the sea. He was second
lieutenant of his company when
mustered out in July. 1S05.
He was a graduate of Abington
i co!lege at Abingdon. 111., and was
i principal of the public schools of
' Abingdon for about eight years. He
' was united in marriage to Emme
;line L. Smith at Abingdon in 1SC7.
One child. Arthur Lee Strode, was
; born of this union, in February.
;1SC9. and died in October, 1870.
! Jesse B. Strode was a city coun
jd'lman of Abingdon for six years.
and mayor for two years. He taught
School
and studied law during vaca-
t'on periods. In 1879 lie moved from
i Abingdon, 111., to Plattsmouth, Neb.,
where he was admitted to the bar. .
He was a member of the Lincoln
chapter
Sons of the American Revo
lution, of Lincoln Lodge No. 19. A.
F. & A. M. He was also a member
' rr the Lancaster county bar associa
tion, at one time their president. He
'also belonged to the American bar
association. He had a membership
in the First Christian church of Lin
coln, and for several years was presi
dent of the board of elders and
chairman of the official board of the
was uiie in me original
organizers mat iounaeci tjotner col
lege, and was for some time a mem
ber of the board of trustees.
RETURNS FROM SOUTH
From Tuesday's Dally
Mr. and Mrs. Rav Frans. who have
been in the south for a number of
weeks, where they were spending a
portion of the first moon of their
wedded life, returned last Saturday,
after having had a most pleasant
trip. They went south via St. Louis
and Memphis to New Orleans, and
returned via Briminjrham. Nashville
and Chattanooga, where they visited
Missionary Ridge, the scene of one
of the fiercest battles of the civil
war. and which is now all filled
with very imposing residences. They
also visited Chickamauga Park, the
sight of another sanguinary battle,
and where the government has estab
lished a National Park. This place
is marked by many monuments tell
ing of the occurances which trans
spired when the battle was in prog
ress, and which was a most interest
ing place for the Union couple as
it told much of the history of the
struggle. They returned thru Chi
cago and stopped at Elgin, 111., on
election night and listened In on the
election returns with relatives.
If yon haven't read Wescotts'
Honr Sale ad for Bargain Wednes
day, read it!
SHERIFF STEWART TO
BE ALLOWED FEES
From Monday's Dany
Tiiis afternoon in the district
court. Judge Carrol C. Staufi'er of
Omaha was here to hold a short ses
sion of the district court and take
up the hearing of the appeals filed
by Ralph J. Haynit, Andrew F.
Sturm and Edith Palmer, from the
action of the board of count y com
missioners of Cass county in allow
ing the salary claims of Sheriff E. 1'.
Siewart from January to June of the
present year. The court heard the
motion of the attorneys for Mr.
Stewart. Judge Ben S. Baker and S.
A. Lewis of Omaha and W. A. Rob
ertson of this city to dismiss the
I'.aynie appeal and then sustained
the motion and had the case dis
missed. The motion of the- attorney
for Mr. Sturm and Mrs. Palmer. A.
L. Tidd. to sustain the- appeal in
these cases was submitted and over
ruled by the court, who then sus
tained the motion of the attornevs
for ?Jr. Stewart to dismiss these ;
ic.srj . en auu iiiv-ii w as so or
dered. n ....ii .i i . i .
D. A. R, HOLD VERY
A VERY PLEASANT
MEETING MONDAY
I-Irs. L. 0. Minor is Hostess to the
Members of FontcnF.lIc Chap
ter at Home Last Night
From Tuesdays I'i.I'v
The members of Fontenelle chap
ter. Daughters of the American
Revolution, hold a very pleasant
meeting last evening at the home of
Mrs. Lynn O. Minor, which was at
tended by a very pleasfng number of
the ladies of the chapter.
The members enjoyed the usual
supper that is a part of the features
oi their always pleasant sessions and
the repast that was provided by the
hostess vas one that was appealing
to the .adies and the most delight
ful hospitality was cii;. rscteristic of
'.he afternoon. "
Mrs. William Baird was on the
program of the afternoon and gave
a very line outline of the United
States constitution and in her very
pleasing way told many incidents of
the holding of the constitutional
convention that led to the adoption
of the constitution and which pro
ceedings were taken part in by the
leaders of the national thought of
that day who formulated the great
document that has formed the basic
law of the land since that time.
The address of Mrs. Baird show
ed great thought and study of the
constitution and its provisions and
was a real treat to the ladies and
gave them some interesting insights
into the great historical document.
i Ifi THE DISTRICT COURT
From Wednesdays Daily
The district court after the pre
election period of dullmss seems to
be taking on a new lease of litiga
tion and several new cases have been
filed in the office of Clerk of the Dis
trict Court James Robertson.
Attorney J. A. Capwell has filed
the application of H. M. Soennich
sen. guardian, to sell real estate.
Another case filed was Henry R.
Gering vs. Plattsmouth Loan &
Building association in which the
plaintiff seeks recovery of $4 SO
claimed to have been paid as insur
ance on property held by the defend
ant company.
The case of S. S. Sears vs. E. J.
Wiles has been filed in the court by
Attorney I. J. Euell of Ashland.
HAS A GOOD RECORD
From Monday's Dally
The newspapers of me country
around the time of the presidential
election are generally nued with
stories of the aged men who cast
their first vote for Abraham Lincoln
and who are going to cast another
vote for some of the numerous candi
dates that have infested the coun
try. There is in this city an aged gen
tleman, C. C. Despain, who bre-aks
the usual run of the favorite story,
as he did not vote for Abraham
Lincoln, but casting his first ballot
in 1S60 for Stephen A. Douglas, then
the democratic candidate, he has
since followed that party and has the
distinction of having voted for Gen
eral George B. McClelland. Governor
Horatio Seymour, of New York, Sam
uel J. Tilden, General Winfield S.
Hancock, Grover Cleveland, William
Jennings Bryan, Alton B. Parker,
Woodrow Wilson, James M. Cox and
John W. Davis.
j Mr. Despain has lived through
'some of the darkest days of his party
j in the backwash of the civil war, but
'still has faith and confidence in the
: principles on which the party was
j founded by Thomas Jefferson. Mr.
Despain is now eighty-five years of
age and hopes to be able at the elec
tion four years hence to cast a ballot
' for the standard bearer of his party.
FARMERS SCOUR
ISLAND SEEKING
ROBBER LOOT
Emit in Bad Lands South of Belle
vue For Trace of Marauding
Band of Robbers.
From Wednesday's r;)ily
A posse eif a dozen farmers, head
ed by Sherill' Hugo Olderog of Sarpy
county, invaded what is known as
"The Island," two miles south and
one mile east of lieiievue, yesterday
in search o? a gang which is blamed
for a series of robberies along the
Fort Crook boulevard during the
past three months. At noun the
posse had visited shacks of half a
dozen "squatters," but hail found
nothing that warranted any arrests.
"The Island" is "no man's land"
IjO far any county or city law i"
concerned. Cast aside by the vag
aries of the Missouri river, what was
formerly Mills county, Iowa, is left
on the Nebraska side of the river.
The land is worth little for culti
vation and is heavily overgrown with
brush and small timber. During
flood times, backwater of the Mis
souri makes an island of much of the
land and the "scir.atters" frequently
are driven from their shacks.
The raids yesterday were organ
ised after a Bellevue youth, hunting
on "The Island" watched one of the
denizens of the flats, load an auto
truck from a clump of bushes. What
he be lieved were sacks of loot, wrap
ped in blankets, were piled on a
truck and hauled away. Searching
the bushes afterwards, the hunter
found an ivory clock and a smoking
jacket.
The clock was identified as stolen
from Camp Brewster and the jacket
was claimed by Gilbert Campbell,
whose home on Fort Crook boulevard
was recently robbed of 7 hundred
dollars worth of valuables.
Several stock pens of farmers
along the boulevard also have been
raided by the marauders and chicken
theftg have been numerous.
The rrang is blamed for the burg
lary of Wake Robin, home cf Dr. R.
F. Gilder, during the summer.
Sheriff Olderog had not completed
his search at noon.
ISSUES ELECTION CERTIFICATES
From Wednesday's Daiiy .
County Clerk George R. Sayles
now has the certificates of election
ready to be issued to the newly elec
ted officials in Cass county and
which will soon be in their hands
to permit them to qualify for the
positions to which they have been
named by the voters.
In the list of expense accounts
filed. Earl Towle. for representative,
shows the expenditure of ?SS.7ii and
M. S. Briggs the sum of $99 spent in
seeking the office of county judge.
County Attorney-elect W. G. Kieck
has filed in the office of the county
clerk his official bond in the sum of
91.00D. the United States Fidelty
and Guaranty Co. of Maryland fur
nishing the bond. As soon as this
bond is approved, Mr. Kieck will
take over the duties of his new
office.
NEW SON BACK HOME
Fron. Jlonday's Daily
Yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Hans
Seiver and Mr. Sanford Short mo
tored to Omaha where they visited
the hospital and returned home with
Mrs. Short and the little son who
was born there some two weeks ago.
The little son and the mother as well
are feeling fine and the little man
well pleased with the new home that
he has come to live in.
SUFFERS SEVERE INJURY
Frfm Tuesday's Dally -
The Plattsmouth friends of Will
iam Coates. Jr.. son of W. W. Coates,
formerly of this city, will regret to
learn of his serions condition at the
Trinity Lutheran hospital at Kansas
City, Missouri. Mr. Coates is cer
amic engineer for the Dixie Fire
proofing Co.. of Macon. Georgia, and
was injured at their plant at Carrs
Station, Georgia, four weeks ago.'
Mr. Coates. as soon as was possible,
was hurried to his home at Kansas
City and placed in the hospital there
for treatment and has soutinued in
seMous condition.
BIRTHDAY PARTY
From Monday's Daily
Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Tiekot
ter entertained very pleasantly at
their home in the north portion of
the city at a birthday dinner in hon
or of Mr. Fay E. McClintock. s The
afternoon was spent in games and
music. Those present were: Mr.
and Mrs. Herman Tiekotter, Sr., and
son, Herman. Jr.; Bernard Meising
er. Mr. and Mrs. Fay E. McClintock
and dauchter. Marcuerite: Llovd
j Huddleston, nephew of Mrs. Tiekct
I ter, and the host and hostess, Mr.
j and Mrs. Carl Tiekotter, and son.
uari, Jr.
From 8 o'clock a. m. to 6 p. m.,
Wescotts offer each honr two very
practical items as a very low price.
Read their big Bargain Wednesday
ad and save some money.
SLOWLY IMPROVING
From Wednesday' r:iily
The many friends of Mrs. E. C.
Hill will be very much pleased to
know that this lady is now slowly
improving at the home of
and
Mrs. R. B. Haves where she has been
since Sunday, recovering from a sud
den attack cf i!lnes. Mrs. Hill with
her family came here to visit with;jfew Structure IJow in Service Over
old friends Sunday and while here! pj tf Eivef is cf the
she was ti'ken down with what was i
first thought was an attack of pneu-I Latest iype.
nionia raid since- that time has been'
confined to her bed at the home of j From Wednesday's Daily
Mr. and Mrs. Hayes. The patient is The new railroad bridge that the
getting over the .threatened attack ; Burlington has placed across the
of pneumonia nicely but suffers a Platte rive r north of this city and
gr ?it rlea.l from nervousness and ! which is now in use, is one of the
shock but it is thousrht there is noth -
ing dangerous in her case at this
time.
PRISONER AT CASS
COUNTY JAIL TAKES
Ml ABRUPT LEAVE
Katthias Marvin. Alias "Jack Mar
vin." Held For Burglary of
Barn. Makes Getaway.
From Wednesdays Dally
Sometime last night. Matthias
alias "Jack Marvin.' a prisoner in
the Cass county jail. here, made his
escape and the manner of his goine
r , V hie f i . .1- ( 1 Tl '1 1 1 nil '1 ri. I W 1 1 1 1 UTQTITIOM
K' I Alio urriiiiaiiuu cll . p.i'tw ,t i u '
in mystery as far as the jailor. Dep
uty Sheriff Rex Young was able to
ascertain this morning.
The jail delivery was not discover-
ed until this morning when the large
array of prisoners at the jail were
served breakfast and when the roll
was called Matthias was not among
those present at the feast but instead
was somewhere in the far distance
breathing the air of freedom and en
joying a relaxation from the months
spent in the confines of the jail.
Jus: how Marvin made his get
away is not known as there were no
rs pried off the windows or holes
chopped in the walls and only one
prisoner missing out of the large ar
ray that now populate the jail. The
other prisoners have declined to shed
any tight on th? time or the mpjmer
of Matthias' going but the fact is
self evident that he has went and
taken with him the black 3atchel
that he carried when he was brought
to the jail several months ago.
It is thought by the jailor that
Marvin must have escaped by crawl
ing through a small space used to
shove in the food to the prisoners as
this seems the only possible way of
etting out and that escaping from
the cell room he had evidently
watched his chance when the outer
door of the jail was open to sneak
out.
He is described as being about
fifty years of age. weighs 1G0 pounds
and is five feet, six inches in height.
A reward of $25 for the capture
and return of the man is offered by
Mr. Young.
DE M0LAY MEETING
The members of Cass chapter. Or
der of DeMolay. last evening enjoyed
a very pleasant session at thejr lodge
rooms in the Masonic temple and at
which time the DeMolay degree was
conferred on a class of several can
didates. The initiatory work was
carried out by the local chapter of
ficers and was very impressive.
SIT
In November or May or any of the
in-between months farmers will find at
the First National Bank a many-sided
service and an intelligent interest
their problems.
Long years of friendship with Ne
braska farmers have shown us what they
rightfully expect of a bank and how the
bank can and should work with them.
Make this bank your year-in-and-y ear-out
helper.
The First National Bank
THE BANK WHERE YOU FEEL. AT HOME
PLATTSMOUTH
The Bank Where
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BURLINGTON
BRIDGE IS GREAT
PIECE OF WORK
i latest and modern type of railroad
bridges and makes a great improve-
ment on the main line of this great
western railroad.
The bridge is all steel and con
crete and in the construction of the
hridee the old wooden piers were
eliminated and the latest large type
concrete piers used in the construc
tion of the bridge and on these rest
the heavy superstructure of the steel
work.
There is a crushed stone roadbed
on the bridge resting on the solid
foundation of concrete and which
makes fine traveling for the trains
and eliminates the ronghness that
previously characterized the travel
over the old bridge.
The? new bridge is somewhat high
er than the old bridge and will give
more space for the passing of drift
jce jn the spring and prevent the'
forming of gorges that have the hab-
it of piling up in the Platte at the
breaking up of the ice in the spring.
The new bridge was started in the
spring of 192.. and lias been the
source of employment for a large
number of men since that time anil
at the height of the work there- was
quite a little city existing near La
Platte where the center of the build
ing activities, was located.
The structure wrs the largest
building enterprise of the Burlington
in this part of the west and cost the
railroad a large sum before comple
tion. During the time that the bridge
, was in the course of construction the
Burlington was compelled to use the
Missouri Pacific bridge nearby and
which necessitated the building of a
number of cut over tracks as well as
ibe--,y.rnsion of tbe electric sIsn-iL;
to cover the two lines operating over
the bridge.
WILL VISIT THIS CITY
From Wednesday's Daily
The state president of the Nebras
ka. Federation of Woman's clubs.
Mrs. Ferryman, and district presi-
I mouth Xm. 1? 'to meet wUh mpm
hers of Elmwood, Weeping Water
and Plattsmouth Woman's clubs.
The meeting will begin at 2 o'clock
in the Methodist church auditorium.
Every woman in Plattsmouth wheth
er a member or not is invited.
Luncheon will be served in Metho
dist church parlors, to members and
out of town guests. Every member
of the Woman's club is urged to at
tend luncheon and meet our guests
and make this meeting a credit to
our club. Any, woman desiring to
become a member and wishing to at
tend luncheon may make reserva
tions for luncheon and register at
Methodist church Monday.
Unusual price offerings are made
for one hour each in Wescotts' Bar
gain Wednesday ad. Read it!
Ail-Year Service
for Farmers!
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