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1 V FT Nebraska State Historf. cal Society VOL. NO. XL. PLATTSil OUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 1925. NO. 9S See BLAZING TRAILS SUBJECT OF A.M. NEWENS SPEECH STORIES CF OUTSTANDING EF FORTS IN MARCH OF CIV ILIZATION ARE TOLD. HIPPY HUNDRED ARE PLEASED Superintendent DeWolf Gives Some Facts Relative to School Wcrk In Piattsmouth Schools. From Friday's Daily The fourth of the series of the flippers arranged by the "Happy Hundred." the nun of the commun ity that have gathered once each month for a real time with each oth er, was staged last evening: at the parlors of the First Presbyterian church and the usual large attend ance of the -well pleased men of the city 'were present. The ladies of the Presbyterian church in their supper certainly sur passed any previous Catherine of this kind and won real sincere words of praise for the unusually fine repast that they had prepared and which alone would have made the occasion a plittering success if there had been nothing else offered. Chicken pie, such as only these ladies can pre pare, accompanied by all .of" the trimmings and completed " with a dainty dessert made a real -feast for 11 those who were in attendance. President Searl . Davis-" of . the Chamber of. Commerce preside and in. his usual jovial mood ' kept ' the , meeting" at high . speed all .the way through and the musical 'department alro did itrpart in the entertainment of the members: of the party, and Sir. Irving" Wiitse, one of the-members of the high school '. faculty, gracefully responded to the request for a vocal solo afcd.gave "Love'8 Old Sweet Sons." ."-s-,-o v J Mr. JJiM-visantrfttiacfi- SMKifiBl.f ent G. E. DeWolf of the xrtty schools who in a few moments pave some very interesting facts about the schools that were little known by the average citizen and furnished some id -a of the importance of the school in the community. There are at the schci. 1 year from 1,000 to 1.200 pupils. Mr. DeWolf stated. They represent 414 families in the grade schools and 21 ?. families in the Inch school and taking out the duplica tion of children of the same families th'-re are sor.ie "43 different families with children in the Piattsmouth schools. Th'-re arc TO non-resident pupils of the high school whose edu cation thrc : pr.id on the average of $10 and from this department of the school ho!.;p $7,000 is derived ;;'-h y:r. There ar 2T" in the hih si ho'". a very p'eaing increase fn the school attendance over the p:.t year.-, and of these there are fifty per rent receiving the college preparatory course, 25 per cent the normr-1 training p.a-l 2." per cent the commercial course. Of th- teaching fore- th.T are 39 employed, five m:n and 34 f. male teachers and of these SO per cnt ha e received nor mal schorl training while the teach ers in the high, school have all com plied with the requirements of the (,)!!?? e:?ii"aticns. In showing the rtindinir ri the purrs v:!n have err! ciliated from the sol. cols. Mr. De V.'clf st". ted tlr.it inquiries had been ::i?de of "" students at '-he state uni versity Mi-! other schools that were graduates cf Piattsmouth High rchocl and of these there were 711 grades Trade and showed very hfeh vating. For the last three years in the I. on r roll of the local high s chool the re had been an equal di vision of the boys and girl? altho there were a far greater number of girls in attendance. One year of the highest ranking seven, five were boys. One boy student from this school had grades cf S2 and better in his work at the university of Ne braska. Last year in the commer cial contests p.ning the leading schools of the Ftate. Piattsmouth had stood lirr.h in a list of 25 of the best of th.o schools. The songsters greeted with toasts W. A. Robertson and his new son. both of whom were absent from the gathering. The visitors who were present from Mynard were also greeted with a song and these included Rev. Ed wards and 15. W. Livingston. The Burlington employes were al so requested to a rife and were greet ed with a toast and made a very pleasing showing for the large in dustry at the P.urlington shops. Dr. R. P. Westover sang a very clever song that gave a glowing de scription of the roads that exist over the county and which received a rousing hand from the members of the party who were in attendance. President Davis also urged that the Piattsmouth join with the citizens of the county in a demand for good, permanent roads. The new rector of St. Luke's church. Father George D. Pierce, al so was given a greeting and a hearty welcome from the membcr3 of the supper party. The speaker of the evening, Ad Han VI. Kwen of Lincoln, was in troduced by Mr. Davis very briefly and launched into a clever and de lightfully humorous introduction to his subject cf the evening. The topic of the address was "Blazing Trails," and in his open ing statement the speaker pointed out that the individual in the his tory of mankind had made the great advances along the trails of civiliza tion rather than a nation or a race. The power of the individual to reach out and develop what might be in his vision was the great movement that had carried on the human race. One of the things pointed out as the achievements of the time was our government which had been formed by the acts of individuals in that day and age when the birth of the nation took place. He cited the courage and perseverance of Wash ington in carrying on the fight for independence in the face of suffer ing and darkness of defeat, the spir it of Lincoln when he refused the advice of his associates to make peace and leave the question of na tional unity go, when he refused and said that there should be no dissolv ing cf the union of the states but that they must exist as one nation for all time. Taking up as illustra tions of what one person can do in his own community, however small or obscure may be their surround ings. Mr. Newens told the story of Ha'.lie Wilson, living at Berlin, New Hampshire, an obscure paper mill town near the Canadian border, where the work of Miss Wilson in the photographic line had brought her n fame that was nationwide and lifted her community from obscurity ,".s the home of a real genius. He also told of a small junction town in Texas where lives the greatest taxidermist in the United States, whose work has attracted attention all over the world and to whom has come the most expert work to be performed for the great institutions of the country. He also told of the development of Imperial Valley, in California, from a desert to. within 17 years, the most fertile spot in the whole United States through the ef fort of one man who had come there and arranged the great irrigation projects that had given the soil, richer than the Nile valley, the needed water to produce the great crops. He also told the listeners of the work of a former pupil of his who had gone to the valley and de veloped the production there to a T -rgi wtrty-of proneitmcy sml doubled -the output of the valley. In conclusion the speaker questioned whether in the future vears the resi dents here in their going could leave behind them the thousht that thev had contributed materially- to the advancement of the world and their community. The benediction was offered by Father Pierce as the meeting dis banded. ' YOUNG PEOPLE ARE MARRIED IN IOWA Miss Ella Lohnes and Mr. Elmer E. Chamberlain Are Joined in Mar riage at Council Bluffs From Thursilavs lanv Yesterday afternoon at 2:30 at Council Bluffs occurred the marriage of Miss Ella Lohnes and Mr. Elmer Chamberlain, both of this city. The marriage was a very quiet one and the young people attended by Jack Hallcroft. of Council Bluffs, a cousin of the groom. The marriage lines were read by Rev. Henry DeLong. veteran minister of the Iowa city and who has offices in the court house. The bride was gowned in dark blue silk crepe with hat to match while the groom wore the conventional dark suit. Following the wedding the young people returned to Piattsmouth where they were guests at a very dainty and delicious wedding dinner served at 6 o'clock at the home of the bride's parents. The bride is the youngest daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. John lohnes of this city and a young lady univers ally loved and esteemed by a large circle of friends who will learn with pleasure of her new happiness. She has grown to womanhood in this com munity and is a lady of charm and talent. The groom has been engaged in farming in the vicinity of Cedar Creek and was in the world war in the service of his country as a mem ber of the S9th division and had con siderable service overseas with this organization. He is a young man held in high esteem by a large circle cf acquaintances over this portion of the county. Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlain will depart today for Little Rock. Arkan sas, going via auto and will remain there where Mr. Chamberlain is ex pecting to locate and make their home in the future. HOLDING PRODUCTION MEETING From Thursday's Daily This morning R. F. Nicks of Chi cago, and L. C. Brow-n and H. J. Utter of Lincoln, were here looking after some matters of business for the Burlington, being in attendance at a production meeting that was held at the local shops with William Baird, the shop superintendent, and in which the matter of the new system of production output was taken up by the railroad men and discussed. NEW COUNTY OFFICERS ARE SWORN IN Officials Elected in November Assume Their Offices Today and Are Down to Business. From Thursday's Daily This morning was the day officially set apart for the induction of the newly elected county officials and the ceremony that marked their taking office was held at 10 o'clock in the office of the board of county com missioners. The oath of office was administered by County Clerk George R. Sayles. and the officers who took the oath and entered in on the duties of their positions were County Judge A. H. Duxbury, Clerk of the District Court C. L. Beal. County Assessor William H. Puis and County Commissioner Charles D. Spangler. County Attorney W. O. Kieck and Sheriff E. P. Stew art, who were elected to fill vacan cies had taken their office immediate ly after the election and were not it' the party of newly inducted officials The change was made quietly and to the casual caller at the court house there was no difference in the general smooth running routine of the various offices and the affairs of the county were progressing right along as the new and the old were switched and the ship of state did not even tremble as the change was made. The occasion was notable in that it marked the retirement of two of the oldest officials in point of service in the court house. James M. Robert son, clerk of the district court, who had held the office for twenty-one years and Allen J. Beeson, county judge who has been in that office for the past eighteen years. Mr. Robert son is the dean of the court house officials as he was first elected county clerk in 195 and served two term? there and was then deputy in that office up to the time of his election in 1903 to the position of clerk or the district court. Mr. Beeson was first elected in 1907 and has served con tinuously fcince that time, receiving repeated re-elections to the office. The past two days Mr. C. D. Spang ler, of Murray, the new county com missioner, has been meeting with the board and getting onto the routine of the office that he will be called upon to fill for the next tern: and is entering the duties of the office like a veteran and can detect a just or unjust claim as if he had served on the board for years. The call to the clerkship cf the court finds Mr. Beal with several years experience in the office as dep uty under Mr. Robertson, and should prove of the greatest aid to him ir handling the affairs that come before his department of the county govern ment. Mr. Beal is retaining as the deputy in the office. Mrs. Alma Sydebotham. who has been the very efficient deputy there for the putt few years and who will aid in making the office one of the most efficient in the county as has been the case under the splendid administration of Mr Robertson and with the pleasant per sonality and ability of Mr. Beal the persons having business there can rest assured that they will receive every curtesy. County Judge Duxbury, the young est member of the bar and one of the youngest men that has been called to the office of county judge, is on the job and the office in his hands will have a clean cut and dignified admin istration of the law and those who have business at this important office will find that the new judge is one of the best that has served the people in this office. Judge Duxbury enters the office under the most favorable cir cumstances and his knowledge of the law and his energetic personality will make him one of the outstand ing figures in the official family of the county. He will make a worthy successor to the retiring judge who has served so long and with such general satisfaction to the people of the county. The new assessor, William H. Puis brings to the office a very wide exper ience that he has secured as a farmer. a business man and also having serv ed in the state legislature and given him a several sided view of the tax ation problem that will enable him to give the office a very able adminis tration. To the new county, officials the Journal extends the best wishes for a very successful administration of their offices, and to the retiring offi cials the congratulations of their well fulfilled duties and the best of success and happiness as they take up their private life after the service to the public. THE LOST IS FOUND From Thursday's Dally Several weeks ago when the first cold zephers of winter came whist ling around the corners and the snow flurries heralded the coming of the good old winter time, A. J. Trilety, the real estate man, pro claimed the fact that some hard hearted person had purloined the overcoat with which he had planned to shelter himself from the blasts of the Nebraska winter, and the wrath of Mr. Trilety knew no bounds as he swore dire punisbmjent to the party committing th outrage pro viding he could ' learn the identity ; of the person. As time passed on and no traces of the overcoat-appeared, Mr. Tril ety by the force -of circumstances and the cold weather was compelled to part with several hard earned dol lars to secure another "Benny" and wisely kept this co:tt under his per sonal observation-rathe r than leaving it hanging in the real estate office where the first coat had hung. Yesterday afternoon the long miss ing coat made its appearance and now Tony has two coats to shelter him from the cold winds. The coat was unearthed at the hardware store of Bestor & Swatek where it was re posing beneath a pile of sacks in the rear of the store room and it is sup posed that Mr. Trilety had come in the store to weigh himself after the usual morning daily dozen and toss ed the coat on the floor and walked out, forgetting ir. Mr. Trilety how ever denies this and claims the mat ter was a dark coc-piracy and that the parties who were involved are located not far from his own insti tution. However, Tony is satisfied, now that the coat is back. MATTHEW SIEflOLD MARRIED AT JERSEY CITY, MEW JERS Young New York Attorney and For mer Piattsmouth Ecy Wedded to Jersey City Girl. From Friday's Daily This morning the announcements were received here !y friends of the marriage on Mond iy. January oth. at Jersey City. Ne..- Jersey, of Miss Constance Patricia Ikgnan and Mr. Matthew Gering Hrroid. The marriage came as a surprise to the many old time friends cf the groom in thi3 city as Mr. Ilerold had jeen here over the Christmas holi 1ays and had not divulged the plt-us-mt fact that be was soon to join the ranks of the Benedicts, and the riends here are joining in wishing Mr. and Mrs. Herold their most sia ere wishes for many years of hap piness. . Tb bride is a daughter of Mr. mil Mrs. Jamt-a iJegnan cf Jersey LMty, while tie groom is the eidest ion of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Herold of his city. Mr. Herold is a graduate )f the Piattsmouth High school and if the University of Nebraska law chool as well as the Harvard law ollege. Since his graduation from Flarvard. Mr. Herold has been locat ?d in New York and is engaged in one of the largest corporation firms in that city and despite his youth !ia3 made marked headway in the cgal profession in the national me tropolis. Mr. and Mrs. Herold will make their home in the future at Two Grammercy Park. New York City. NEBRASKA NATIVES HOLDOrlFEBENGE Second Annual Meeting of Native Sons and Daughters of Ne braska January 12. From Thursday's Daily The second annual meeting of the Native Sons and Daughters of Ne braska will be held Monday, Jan uary 12 at the Lincoln hotel. Lin coln, at 6 p. m.. preliminary to the annual meeting of the Nebraska state historical society on the following day. There will be a reunion and dinner followed by the completion of the organization and a program of unique interest giving by native sons and daughters together with a gen eral good time for all. Reservations for native sons and daughters, their husbands, wives, parents and others interested in Nebraska's past, present and future, must be made thru the secretary, Mrs. Margaret E. Thompson Shel don. 1319 Soith Twenty-third. Many of the well known citizens of Nebraska are native born. Only a few names may be given here: Gilbert M. Hitchcock. S. R. McKel vie, A. J. Weaver, John Maguire, Harvey Newbranch, Charles Reavis, Wallace Robertson. Henry Maxwell, Ned C. Abbott. H. B. Alexander, Mrs. C. G. Ryan, Fred G. Johnson. Mrs. H. H. Wheeler, Louise Pound, George B. Hastings. Hugh LaMaster, Ernest Pollard, Mrs. F. M. Hall. Fred Hawksby, W. H. Brokaw. H. J. Len hoff, J. W. Searson, Allen Burke, Mrs. T. J. Gist. John Wiitse, A. N. Mathers. H. H. Harmon. Myrtle Mason, Mrs. C. F. Ladd. C. Petrus Peterson, E. C. Ames. Mrs. Helen Nance Anderson, Margaret B. C. Shotwell, A. W. Richardson, Bess O'Linn Smith, W. L. Anderson, C. C. Carlson, W. L. Loke. EETUENLNG TO THE WEST Sam Gapen of Hartsville, Wyo., who has been here visiting with his brother, Oscar Gapen, and his sister, Mrs. George W. Snyder, and other relatives and friends for the past week, departed this afternon for bis home in the west. Mr. Gapen, while ; lessons so that he -will not lose his in this city, was a caller at the j school work because of the accident. Journal office and renewed his sub-' Joe is a member of the senior ecription to the weekly so that he class and his loss in the athletic de cani kep in touch witn tbe events partment of the school has been back in the old home. jkeenly felt. NEW rUKCfi LINE ONE OF " I BEST IN WEST PLANTS CONTROLLED BY C0NTI ' NENTAL GAS & ELZCTRIC CO. liOVJ CONNECTED. WILL GARRY 66,000 VOLT Only Half That Voltage Carried at Present Because Plans Are Not Completed. Krurn Saturday's Daily The completion of the high pow ered transmi.-'sion line of the Conti nental Gas &i Electric company be tween Platismouth and Lincoln, marks one of the most extensive pieces of work that has been under taken in this part of the west by that great power company and fin ished a. link in their interlocking systems over eastern Nebraska, west ern Iowa and northern Missouri. The new line covers fifty-feven miles and hrs been tested out to demonstrate that it was ready for service although it will not be put Into active use until later. The new line .insures service to all nf the cities with which it is con nected as it will be able to draw power from several different points if liecessary until such time as the Continental company can fiilly ma ture their plans for a super-power station that has been often rumored would be located at some central point on the system and in which thif" city ha often hern suggested as the logical spot on account of its many natural advantages that other places go not possess m the vva an inexhaustible water supply of for use in the plant. This high powered line 13 made to carry si load of 66.000 voiis altho at thf present time it expected thtrt oi!y 23,000 v. ill be carried ana the increase made n the demand in creases, but the construction of the line has wise!- provided for the ex pansion cf the line as the increasing amount of electric current for light and power grows in demand. In the past the lines have been ar ranged in city to city lines, Lincoln and the water power plants along the Blue river as well as those at York. Norfolk and Grand Island be ins: hooked together while iu an other group were the plants at Clar irvJi. Missouri Valley and Marysville and which in turn connected with thi Plattsmoulh plant situated in the center cf the system. The new line takes up the link in the chain of cities with the high tension line from Piattsmouth to Lincoln. The new line was started on Sep tember 2C. 1924. and some of the poles set a few days later and part of the wires strung up by November loth. All the line was strung by December 17th and the first power over the new line was turned on Jan uary eth. The current will be turn ed on permanently February 1. In conrt ruction, poles 50 to 80 feet in length were used and these poles were all treated against rot be fore they were set in the ground. Three thousand cross-arms. 23,000 suspension insulators, more than 700 anchors, 1,110 feet of 3-S-inch stranded guy wire, 42S.000 pounds of copper wire and four carloads of hardware were used. Freight alone on that amount of material is esti mated at $2"., 000. Since the poles are set 300 feet apart, the weight of one wire in that interval amounts to 125 pounds. These figures indicate the cost of this line that has just been complet ed and it is the best line of its kind in the west. It is made to withstand the elements as well as to transmit power, and Nebraska's worst sleet storms are not expected to. affect the line. During the construction of the line there has been a large number of the linemen located here as well as at Murdoch and the work of con struction has been under the super vision of Construction Engineer Jackson. The new line will give Mr. Kepler, local manager, the assurance of a service that will not be affected by Eforms and where service can be ob tained from several points when needed. SHOWING IMPROVEMENT From Friday's IXiily Joe Krejci, star basketball and football plaj-er of the local high school, who has been confined to his home since Thanksgiving day as the result of a fractured knee cap, is now slowly showing improvement as he is able to be around the house a part of the time with the use of crutches and keeps up his school work through specially arranged WOMAN'S AUXILIARY MEETS Frem Friday's I'aily The Woman's Auxiliary of the ?t. Luke's parish met yesterday after noon at the hospitable home of Mrs. James T. Be'gle and a wry huge nu-iibe r of the tuoihV rs v..re in at tendance to meet the new rector. Fa thi r George I), i'ltr.-e and wife. who arrived here last week to take j From Nature of Accident He Con char of the. parish here jders Himself Extremely 1 ne aiiiiuai eie-vuon 01 o.iiije s w .ss also held at the meeting and the fol- i owing were chosen: Mrs. Frank L. ! Cummins, president; Mrs. James T. He gley. vice president: Mrs. R. F. Patterson, treasurer, and Mrs. li. A. Ro-uncrans, treasurer. The Indies also devoted a great .eul of their business session in ar ranging the reports of the varioun ;i :i.i:min-i iui nit- annual utuiil.ll "I the Auxiliary which will meet at Lincoln on January 20-21. Fsither Pierce gave the members of th? Auxiliary a short talk on the work of the cnurch that was very much enjoyed by all of the largo number that were in attendance. At the close of the- afternoon. Mrs. Begley served very dainty and deli cious refreshments that were verv much enjoyed by all of the party. RETIRES FROM BUS fNESS AFTER FORTY YEARS OF ACTIVITY! Fred T. Eamge, Long Time Con nected With Meat Business Here, njoying Rest. From Thursday's Daily When the day's labor was com pleted last Saturday at the S. S. Chase Meat Market, Fred T. Ramge, who has been engaged there during the time that Mr. Chase has con ducted the shop, laid aside hi? apron for the last time and will in the fut ure enjoy a well deserved rest. Mr. Ramge has for the past forty years been engaged in the meat bus in e;ss in thia city, both as an em ployer and employe in this long pe riod of years. He, with Ed A. Oliv er, a brother-in-law, established a rueat maiket here many years g where the present building occupied by the E. A. Wurl store now stands nnd this business has been largely in the hands of Mr. Ramge since that time, the firm being first Oliver & Ramge and later Carl Kunsman en tered the firm and was associated with Mr. Ramge for many years, tiitil the business was sold to Mr. Chase in 1617, since which time Mr. Ramge has been assisting the new owner. Mr. Ramge feels that he has served in this task as long as he feels ju-tifies and believes that he should enjoy a little of the journey of life that lies before him, freed of busi ness cares and as he has by careful management and thrift acquired enough of this world's goods to care for him he cann fully enjoy a real rest. SWEET CLOVER SEED Direct from grower at farmer's prices. Phone me your estimate of order. W. F. Nolte. J10-3td&w Mis Marie Sperry was a visitor in Omaha today to spend a few hours looking after some business matters. erc's Our Banking Policy in a Few Words! 1 To do everything we conscientio usly can to comply with the legitimate requests of our customers, but to do nothing which our depositors wouldn't wish us to do with the money they have entrusted to our care. In other words, we seek your good will by conducting your bank as we be lieve you wish us to conduct it. The First national Bank THE BANK V'HPE VQIJ fcrl AT e-iQViE PrjVTTSMOUTri J"! TJEBKASKA 'The Bcnk Where Exit's v v nr't' WILLIAM LONG HAS A NARROW ESCAPE SUNDAY MORNING Lucky to Ee Alive. From Flirt a' iJ.wly On last Sunday, Wm. !ng happen ed with an accident that gave him an experience' that he would not care to undergo again very soon. The- lara- l c Maimers car mat no owns riroK 1 dovn somewhere near Wee pir g with a broken axle. He had : Water gone with his boys to get it in shape to bring home. The car was jacked up and he had crawled underneath to da some work when the jack slip pel and the car fell, te-.-ting with that end on his body. By the ouuk work or those present the car was ( lifte-el up and he was gotten out While it was a close call no bones were broken, but he feels rather son in the chest and one- aim. Wm. Long tells of his experience last Sunday: The axle in the large Chalmers car had been broken ne;.r Weeping Water and he and his son, Myrle, had gone with George Bogcn rief in his car tcj this place" to g t 1 1 Chalmers. The ne w axle had bee-n put in anel things would have len in shape in a short time- se thy ceu'd go home. Mr. Long had told C,eert:e that he could go on home any time, but for some reason be waited In the meantime Mr. Long had gotten under the car to do a littl - work ami was laying 011 his right tide. lle was just finishing and without warning the jack clipped and the spring of the car struck him on the left shoubl er crushing him down, apparently the weight of the car was resting on his shoulder. Myrle and George im mediately saw the accident and us quickly as you could say it they lift ed it up. Mr. Long was able to get eut without assistance althemgh the boys said that he was black in the face from the severe pressure- the weight of the car had had on his body. From his own words he re lated that he could not have l ist, d very long had the tar net been lilted immediately perhaps only a few mkmjlu lou&er. Mr. Long was im mediately brought home without waiting for the other car to be fur ther repaired to bring home. In tell ing of hi3 ride home he said that he was not able to see very plainly until he got home. Aside from a sore shoulder and arm Mr. Long said that he could not see that he was hurt otherwise and that he intended doing some work Tuesday. From the nature of the experience he escaped luckily and was not injured as badly as one would think that he would have been. This was probably due to the fact that the jack slipped letting the car ease down and also to the position he was in when it hit. Elm wood j Leader-Echo. SHOWS PROSPERITY The report of the Farmers State bank, which appears in this issue of the Journal, is another indication of the steady growing prosperity of this section of the west a the bank shows a pleasing increase over their past statement and increasing de posits that show that the people of the surrounding community are ac cumulating more than they have had in the la.st few years. Yon Feel at Home!"