o cal Society if-' 1 DC VOL. NO. XII GRAVEL URGED FOR THE MAIN FEDERAL ROA COMMITTEE OF THE GOOD ROADS BOOSTERS VISIT COMMIS- SIONERS ON PROJECT. COMMUNITY TO BACK MOVE Citizens Will Assist In Financing the Project of Joining Otoe Coun ty's Improved Roads.. Yesterday afternoon a very decis ive step was taken toward pulling this section of the Cass county high ways out of the mud and extending nearer completion the hard surfac ing of the federal highway that rung north and south through the county and which joins onto the extensive graveling operation of Otoe county and making the filling of another gap in the realization of the plans of the state and federal government of making the King of Trails a real highway that could be traveled on at all times of the year. Following a good roads meeting held on Monday afternoon, the com mittee selected by the meeting yes terday afternoon visited the board of county commissioners to talk over the road situation and to definitely fix the plans for the extention of gravel onto the federal highway or the King of Trails route that travels south from this city to the county line southwest of Union where it joins the gravel roads already placed by Otoe county. The committee was composed of Searl S. Davis as chairman, E. J. RIchey, R. A. Bates, T. II. Pollock and Mayor John P. . Sattler, and it placed the desires of the residents of this locality to the board. &8 tQ..what steps would be necessary to secure the graveling-nnd whawould be wished by the board In the moves necessary to secure the desired fed eral and state aid in completing the road by hard surfacing The meeting with the county board was verv pleasing as both the committee ana the commissioners were frank in their discussions of the project and the manner in which it would be necessary to proceed. This road, as the commissioners stated, was started six years ago and had been planned and carried out according to the plans and specifica tions of the state and federal depart ments and was graded and in shape!0 for the graveling which was the log- ! ical next step in the Improvement of sionary society, covering seven of the road as it had been the aim of!the middlewest states and through . the state and federal governments in) lier active and vigorous labors a laying out the road. The federal aid roads will have the advnntage of the assistsnce of funds appropriated by the state and federal governments fcr this purpose 5 cnarge or tne work and it was only i Secretarv Miss Antonia Vanek. and in this differs from the ordinary wnen failing health demanded she Treasurer Frank ("Abe") Kou roads and requires less effort to se-i ,av aside the duties that she had'bek. cure the necessary funds. ,beon so faithful in discharging and j The new club will hold its meet- Chairman Davis gave figures'11 which had been supplied by Otoe ! county as to thir construction of hard surfaced reads in which it was shown that in that county $38,000, accumulated in the state aid hich- way funds, had furnished a part of the sum nerpssarv nnil fho rnnntv had appropriated $9,000 additional to maicn rn appropriation or tne F-tnte and federal governments and pIro that Otoe county had main tained 10rt ini'fs of federal road at the cost of ?"0.000. In that county the larfre sums derived from inherit ance tar had assisted in the carrying out of the ork. i ommpnoner border pave some i interesting facts ns to the ro?f'3 intAlrs- ftIa" Anderson, or ueneva; Mrs. the county stating 'that in the' check Anna Phillips, residing in South Da- of the D L. D. that was now grav eled in this county near Greenwood there was a total of 1,400 cars a day passiner on the highway on the check', made by the state and that on the i King of Trails, the second highway,' the check showed 700 a day, demon-! strating the importance as a state and federal road. As had been stated by the commit tee, there was no wish to force ac tion that would in any way inter fere with the plans on the main taining and upkeep of the other roads, but the wish to have this hard surfacing started on this highway and would as the funds were avail able be possible oja others over the county and I J the committee was willin eke what steps nec essary to co-operate with the com missioners in getting the work be gun. The commissioners felt that as In the case of the graveling at Green wood that a part of the cost neces sary shuld be borne by the commun ity in which the road operated, there should be a part of the fund raised ny tne citizens and to which the committee agreed and pledged the raising of the sum of $5,000 to push on the work which will be added to by the county In the funds available for the federal road and this amount matched by the state and federal governments to gravel the seventeen miles from Plattsmouth to Union. While at Greenwood it was neces sary to gravel through the town, this will be unnecessary in th caea of : the K. of T. at Plattsmouth as the ' I city of Plattsmouth has expended $80,000 in paving that carries the I highway therough the city and the I amounts raised here and along the ! line of the highway will be devoted to the traveling of the road out of ! the city. i This agreement is one that brings , the hard surfacing of the roads much nearer and is one in which every resident of the city and all this sec tion of Cass county should be en thusiastic in joining and releasing the burdens of the roads that in the winter and spring are simply im passable. Let every man, woman and child get into the line of the march of progress and see that the K. of T. highway is made one that "will be a credit to the county and state and when completed will lead to the ex pansion of the permanent roads in other directions. DEATH OF MRS. ELIZABETH POLK OCCURS SUNDAY Former Resident of This City and a Leader In State Methodist Church Circles. Prom Monday's Daily At a very early hour Sunday, Mra Elizabeth Polk, formerly a well known resident of Plattsmouth, pass- ed away at a hospital in Lincoln . where she had been for the past sev eral days. The news of her death came as a great shock to her old friend here who were unaware of her serious condition and the first intimation of her condition came in the message that she had passed on. Mrs. Polk entered the hospital Thursday and gradually grew worse until death came to still her earthly life. Elizabeth Eikenbary was born on a farm near this city in 1878, being a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Eikenbary, long prominent residents of Cass county. Here her early girl hood and womanhood was spent. She attended the Plattsmouth pub lic schools and was a graduate from the high school in the class of 1897, later taking up-1 teaching as her pro fession and for a number of years was one of the faithful and best known teachers in the schools of this community, which she followed un- ll xsuv wueu sue waa manieu to . S. Polk, prominent attorney of this city. In her girlhood, Mrs. Polk joined with the Methodist church and was a lifelong member and one of the most active workers in the affairs of the church in the entire state, at the i time of her death being in charge tne office work of the Topeka i orancn or tne woman s foreign Mis-;De great deal or the success or this , orancn or me cnurcn activities may le ascribed. Up to her last illness, Mrs. l'olK remained actively m naa oeen ner nPe t"at in a snort time she could resume her work for ne cnu.cn. The family removed from this ?itv in 1310 to Boise, Idaho, where they resided for a few years and in 1914 returned to Lincoln where they ( i utu. tuu jena uru, ; in 1916 the family circle was brok - en oy me cieatn or the husoana. mere is leu or me ramny tne oniyciGan social activitie. non, Itonert Polk, employed in the ene-ineering department of the Bur lington, who was at Alliance at the time his mother's death occurred, be ins: unaware of her serious condi tion. She is survived bv three sisters, t Kota, anu anss niiia ttiKenDary, or ; covering irom me enects or an oper Lincoln. jation for appendicitis as well as a The funeral services will be held on Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock from the St. Paul's Methodist church at Lincoln, of which she was a com municant, the services being con ducted by the Rev. "Walter Aitkon. The burial will be at Wyuka ceme tery beside Mr. Polk. The pall bear ers announced by the family will be C. C. and E. II. Wescott of this city, L. F. Polk, W. L. Greenslit, H. R. Esterbrook and Grant Martin of Lincoln. The death of this kindly lady, loved and esteemed by those who had the pleasure of knowing her, cornea as a sad blow to the friends here and in his loss the son will have the deepest and most sincere sympathy of those here in the old home in his grief and sorrow. To those of her family she leaves .the tender mem ory of a well spent life and an ex ample of upright Christian living to brighten their way through life. GROUNDHOG ON THE JOB From Monday's Dally- There was no question about the groundhog seeing his shadow today as the sun was out doing business all morning altho his hogship stood danger of freezing If he was out long and wisely the foxy weather prophet retired to his home In the midst of the earth to remain for the next six weeks until the call of the baseball umpire will call him, forth. MORE THAN ONE GROSSING WRECK EVERY MONTH Autos Driven Into Burlington Trains Exceeds That Number, the Records Show. Frotn Tuesday's Dally Two men, both of them experi enced motor car drivers, were dis cussing as to whether or not there is an increase of careless driving over rail grade crossings. "At one time," said one of them, "I made a memorandum of what a railroad man on the Burlington told me, which was, that n the year 1921 there were on his railroad nine instances of antomobiles running into trains at grade crossings resulting in per sonal injuries. The statement not only surprised but shocked me." "No wonder it shocked you," re-, plied the other.. "Why that meant nearly one case a month, thruout the whole year." 1 With 5,000,000 more motor cars in use at the present time than in the year 1921, the number of cases of automobiles colliding with trains, on the Burlington railroad is more than one case a month, in fact the period January 1 to January 13 in-1 elusive, this year, registered twelve crossing accidents involving motor, vehicles, in the thirteen day period! and in six cases the outomobile was driven into the side of the train, j The facta are as follows: Accidents at grade crossings from January 1 to January 13, inclusive: Total num ber of accidents, 12; Number of cases in which trains struck automobiles, 6; Number of cases in which auto-, mobiles struck trains, 6. In sonle of the cases the automo-' biles collided with locomotive, and in one case the automobile struck the twentieth car in the train and still another, the way car was struck and derailed. State Journal CATHOLIC YOUNG PEOPLE ORGANIZE: CLUB YESTERDAY Organization Starts With Seventy Members and Will Hold Social Activities at K. S. Hall. From Uir' Doily One of the newest social organ-, izations of the city is the Catholic Young People's club, which has been rIVrmt& amnnir the vnuneer set in the west Dart of the city and which will devoted to the helpfu ilness of the , members and forming the basis of their social activities, The officers of the club selected consist of the following: President Mike Vitersnik. ice President Miss Marie Svo- iboda jng on the first Sunday of the month at the K. S. hall and will make the occasions very pleasant social events for the membership of the club and makes a most pleasing start with some 71 members who are live wires and believe that they will have a most Dleasureable as well as nroflt-: able organization and one in which' they will find a great deal of good. RETURNS FROM HOSPITAL From Tnsir's T)iiy This morning George Snyder, Jr., returned home from the Clarkson nospnai in umana, wnere ne nas . been for the past several weeks re- ; touch of pneumonia which checked t bis recovery to some extent. George, is feeling much improved and the operation, it is thought, will give him permanent relief from his poor health of the past few months. The return of the young man has been the occasion of a great deal of pleasure to his afmily and host of friends. GIVE SHOWER FOR BRIDE From Tuesday's Dally The pleasant country home of Mr. and Mrs. Anton Meisinger was the scene of a most delightful gathering on Thursday afternoon in which the relatives gave a very pleasant shower on honor of Mrs. Earl Meisinger, whose wedding occurred at Council Bluffs, January 14th. The guest of honor received a large number of very pretty and worth while gifts which will be treasured as remem brances of the many relatives here In Cass county. A very dainty lunch eon was served at an appropriate hour to the members of the party. Later In the evening a number of the neighbors gathered to Join In the pleasant occasion and dancing was enjoyed for several hours as well as dainty rerresnments that were served. At a late hour the members of the party wended their way homeward, wishing Mr. and Mrs. Heisinger many years of happiness. PLAKTS250FDH. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1925. asspsxBsmtsi MARRIED IN COUNCIL BLUFFS From Monday's Dally At Council Bluffs Saturday oc curred the marriage of Miss Martha Schubeck of this city and Mr. Wil liam Carey of Omaha. The wedding was very quiet and following the ceremony the young people returned to Omaha where they are to reside in the future. The bride is a daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Schubeck of this city and has for the past year been making her home in Omata where she became acquainted with Mr. Carey, their acquaintanceship cul minating in the marriage. The groom is a fireman in the employe of the Union Pacific, running out of Omaha and where Mr. and Mrs. Carey will reside. They will take with them in their new home the well wishes of the host of friends here in this city. CATHOLIC DAUGH TERS OF THIS GITY HOLDJNITIATION Class is Received Into Local Court of the Order Yesterday After noon In This City. From Monday's Daily The M. W. A. hall was the scene cf a very impressive initiation on Sunday. The Catholic Daughters of America, Our Lady of Loretta Court. No. 709, welcomed, into their court nine new members. This was the first degree work performed by the Plattsmouth team who were ably as sisted by the Misses Helen Gagnon and Lucy Hoy of Falls City. There were many visitors from out of town courts who enthusiastically praised the orderly manner in which the ceremonies were conducted and the perfection of details. The new members received were: Mesdames Edna Tye. Anna Peterson, Anna Egenberger, Pauline Reich stadt, Mattie Egenberger and the Misses Janet Bajeck, Helen Kriskey, Elizabeth, Bergman and Esther Ann Jleafey. ....... . Following the initiation, came the installation of officers, conducted by Mrs. Arthur F. Mullen, grand re gent of tho C. D. of A., the offlcers thus installed being: Mrs. P. J. Flynn, grand regent; Miss Mae Mur phy, vice regent; Miss Kathleen Darcy, prophetess; Miss Mildred Schlater, monitor; Miss Eleanor Hi ber, treasurer; Miss Genevieve Whalen, financial secretary; Miss Anna Rys. historian; Miss Teresa Ilempel. lecturer; Mrs. R. G. Reed, organist; Miss Jeanette Weber, sen tinel: Mesdames Cyril Kalina and Joe Libershal, trustees. At the close of the installation ceremonies came the banquet which was prepared and served by a com mittee under the supervision of Miss Minnie Guthmann. The tables and the hall itself were profusely deco rated in the court colors, purple and gold, the candles of purple and gold in the crystal candlesticks giving a finishing touch to the already beau tiful tables. Grace was intoned by Father Haicek and between 60 and 70 partook of the following delicious menu : Grape Ice Olives Radishes Filet of Beef Rlced Potatoes Gravy Perfection Salad Rolls Conserve Tutti Frutti Ice Cream Cake Coffee After the bodily food came the program which furnished pabulum for the mind. The toastmistress, Mrs. P. J. Flynn, presided and charmed all with her ease and Irish wit. The first number was a xylophone solo by Anton Bajeck, Mrs. R. G. Reed, accompanist, which was high ly enjoyed by all. Mr. Bajeck re sponded to two encores. Father M. A. Shine next gave an inspiring address to the Catholic Daughters, emphasizing the good this order could do by keeping posted on the questions of the day and by co-operating with all the agencies working for the good of mankind. Damian Flynn was at his best vo cally and rendered "My Rosary" and as an encore, "All Alone." Mrs. A. F. Mullen, noted for her pleasing personality, gave a most In teresting address. Mrs. R. G. Reed rendered a piano solo, "Kitten On the Keys," in her most artistic manner. Thus closed a memorable and highly enjoyable afternoon. x Mrs. Arthur F. Mullen, Mra. Mary Hinchey, Mrs. W. L. Conboy, Misa Catherine Maher, Miss Francis Ry an, Miss Catherine Coogan, of Oma ha, and Misses Helen Gagnon and Lucy Hoy of Falls City were among the out of town guests present. UNDERGOES OPERATION Yesterday morning Dr. P. J. Flynn was operated on at the St. Cather ine's hospital in Omaha and came through the operation In fine shap and was doing Just as well as could possibly be expected last evening when Mrs. Flynn returned from the hospital and the attending surgeons were well pleased with the result of the operation and with the present 'conditions the patient should soon b able to be 04 the mend. GOLF CLUB RENEWS LEASE ON GROUNDS Will Also Endeavor to Secure Addi tional Land For Llaking Long Faraways West of Course. From Tuesday's DalJy While the groundhog has retired to his hole for the next six weeks and all indications point to several more weeks of cold weather, the spirit of the golfer has risen above any of the small handicaps of the weather and the preparations for making 1925 a real season at the Plattsmouth golf course is going on apace. The Plattsmouth golf club has signed their lease of the present course from Luke L. Wiles and will use this splendid tract for the golf ers the present season. In addition to the course now in use the com mittee on grounds is arranging to try and secure the leasing of some land west of the present course which can bo used for several long faraways that are so much desired by the experts of the club. The committee that was appointed to look over the desirable locations with a view of purchasing has been busy but has not as yet felt that they wereready to make a report on the matter to the board of directors. President Holmes of the Golf club will have a meeting of the directors in the near future, he states. While discussing the golf course, it may be of interest to the "bugs" to know that Clayt Rosencrans is taking advantage cf his fellow mem bers and practicing strokes at the barber shop and getting limbered up as well as training his eye so that the first good day he will be able to be out and start the season officially. ONE TIME RESIDENT HERE NOW DISTRICT AUORieifirLY. ? - Emory Buckrior, Son of the Rev. J. V. D. Buckner, Former M. E. Pas tor Here, is Named. From Monday's Dally The most important district attor neyship in the federal courts of the United States is that of New York City, and it is of the greatest interest-to the residents of this section of Nebraska that this position which has been held by Col. William Hay ward, one time resident of Nebraska City, is to be filled by a former resi dent of Plattsmouth. The new district attorney of New York is Emory Buckner, who as a youth was a resident of this city and will be remembered well by the men and women who were school asso- rfjltfic: of lli Jit tlltf tinio flint- ho 1 i A here and attend the city schools of Plattsmouth. Mr. Iluckner Is a son of Rpv T V D. Buckner, who was at that time pastor of the local Methodist church and later removed to Aurora where for many years he held a pastorate and finally was tried for his radical and marked disnerrpement -with ihe established rules and teachings of the cnurcn to which he had given a more modern internretation and for wliih he was taken from the pastorate to tne great indignation of his friends in the church. The new district attornev was n young man of brilliancy and force in his school work and hv hi mji'Ti ef forts worked his way through the University of Nebraska and also the Harvard law college after which he located in New York city and has been very prominent there in the le gal profession and a member of nn of the most prominent firms in that ereai cuy. his ability has been rec ognized repeatedly in being selected to try cases of the greatest import ance m me reaerai courts. The predecessor of Mr ti.ivti. Col. Hayward. is also a member of one or me most distinguished Ne- orasKa ramiiies as his father, the late Judge M. L. Hayward, was long a great figure in the life of the state and was elected as U. S. sena tor some 25 years ago but died be fore taking his seat. Col. Hayward was county Judge of Otoe county and also republican candidate for con gress in the first district before he decided to remove to the east and after locating in New York has had a very notable career and was one of the leading figures in the World war as the leader of troops on the west ern front in France. POWER GETS CHEAPER In a survey of the electric power inaustry it is pointed out that it ha3 doubled itself every five years. Elec tric power is one of the vmtt fom things that is cheaper than it was before the war. In September, 1924, the Department of Labor stated that tne average cost of electricity was 8.6 per cent less than In 1923 be ing the only element in the family budget which failed to show an in crease. In 1924 the amount of elec tricity generated was 54 billion kilowatt hours, it is expected to j reach 100 billion by 1930. HOLD ENJOYABLE DANCE From Monday's Dally In response to a large number of requests from the dancing public, the Gradoville orchestra last Saturday evening entertained at the second moonlight dance of the season. The hall was filled from early in the evening until the midnight hour with the jolly party of dancers and a royal time was appreciated by all those at tending. The orchestra gave a program of late and popular numbers and which was much enjoyed by all of the danc ers. The shaded lights and the moons rays cast by the large spot light ( served to give a pleasing setting to ; the event. In the award of the prize ' for the best fox trot, Miss Julia' Janca was given first prize by the judges. The general prize offered I was secured by Frank Smith. Ml MARGARET O'ROURK PASSES AWAY IN OMAHA Former Well Known Plattsmouth Lady Passed Away at St. Joseph Hospital Last Night. From Tuesday's Dally Last night at 9:45 at the St. Jo spnh linRnital in Omaha occurred the death of Mrs. Margaret O'Rourk. aged CC, who was a resident or 1'iatis mouth for a great many years and who will be remembered here by the older residents of the community. The deceased lady was formerly Miss Margaret Campbell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Campbell, who came here at an early day and were for years among the best known ana highly respected residents of the city. Tt was at Plattsmouth that Miss Campbell and Maurice O'Rourk were married and spent several years nere where Mr. O'Rourk was engaged in the tailoring business. In the last years the family have resided in Omaha and the husband passed away there some fourteen years ago. Since the death or air. O'Rourk, the wire and daugnter, miss Margaret, have continued to - mal e their home in Omaha, The deceased lady was an aunt of Robert, Thomas and Miss Mary Mar garet Walling of this city and Leon ard Walling, of Falls City, and also Mrs. Thomas Walling, Sr. The funeral services will be held at the St. John's Catholic church in Omaha Wednesday morning . at 10 o'clock and the body will be brought here at 2:12 Wednesday afternoon and the funeral cortege will go di rect from the Burlington: station to the Catholic cemetery where the in terment will be made beside the bodyof her husband. ED G0BELMAN SICK From Tuesday's x)allv (. For the past several days, JS dward Gobelman, who is the manager -.of .the South Park grocery store of "A.. G. Bach, has been under the weather-as the result of illness that has been threatening him for some time and is still unable to look after the work at the store and during his illness, Robert Egan is handling the affairs at the store. Mr. Gobelman has been threatened with appendicitis but as yet his case has not been fully de termined and his friends are hoping that it may not prove so serious. Pul a "Kick" in Your Bank flcscunJi You get out of your bank account exactly what you put into it. Your account can't do its full duty in improving your condition unless you keep it growing with regular deposits. Make 1925 a year of steady, syste matic saving. Make a deposit regularly, each week or each month, at the First National Bank. Put a "kick" in your bank account and you'll get more of a "kick out of it. The First national Bank THE BANK W HERE PLATTSMOUTH "The Bank Where IS ait NO. 1 SOENNICHSEN STORE TO ADD DEPARTMENTS East Room of the Big- Three Front Store to House Ladies' Ready-to-Wear and Millinery. From Tuesday's iJall.v The H. M. Soennichsen company department store, the largest estab lishment of its kind in the county, is to have a further improvement made in the next few weeks in the east room of their building which is now being arranged to be used to house a fine fip-to-the-minute ladies' ready-to-wear and millinery depart ment. While the firm has carried these lines in connection with the other lints in the big store, they are now planning an enlargement that will give them the facilities for a larger and more up-to-date line in the gar ments for ladies as well as the mil linery. Miss Mathilde Soennichsen, one of the buyers of the firm, is spending this week at Chicago, where she will visit the large wholesale houses and select the stock that will be placed in the new room as soon as it is suit ably arranged. Miss Soennichsen will secure while at Chicago some of the best lines that can be secured in the popular as well as more exclusive lines of ladies' garments and which she will bring here for the big c pen ing. The millinery houses will also be visited and the dainty and attrac tive models of the spring season will be brought here for the benefit of the Plattsinouth and Cass county ladies. This will be a pleasing addition to the business section of the city and add to the completeness of this fine modern store. DAY OF GRACE . FOR THE AUTO DRIVERS ENDS Open Season Declared On Drivers and Owners Without 1925 Auto Licenses. While the law states that the first day of January of each year the auto licenses expire and it is necessary to see that the old flivver or truck ia equipped with new license, the au thorities of the county generally, in the largeness of their hearts, extend the time limit a few weeks to give the auto owner time to get in and se cure the new plates. The day of grace, fixed for the 1st of February, has now expired and the officers of tne law are now given instructions to see that all those who operate the cars or trucks without the necessary 1925 licenses are haul ed in and made to fork over bucoup dollars to satisfy the irate demands of outraged justice. Those who have not secured their licenses would do well to call at the classic county building where Mike Tritsch hands out the auto licenses and secure their necessary license to operate a motor vehicle on the pub lic highway. yoTJ FEEL AT HoVH jgL EEKASKA You Feel at Home!"