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VOL. NO. XII
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. THURSDAY. MARCH 5. 1925.
NO. 9
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LGUiSVILLE PRE
CINCT ASKS FOR
AN ELECTION
Petition For Special Election Re
ceived Signed by Freeholders
and Bond For Cost Filed.
From Tuesday's Daily
This morning. W. F. Piers, well
known merchant of Louisville, and
C. E. Noyes, also one of the promi
nent residents of thai locality, came
down as a committee of two to take
the first steps in seeing that Louis
ville precinct is pulled "out of the
mud."
The residents of Louisville and vi
cinity were among the first in the
county to start the campaign for
permanent roads in their section,
when the first weeks of winter closed
up the highways and made travel a
matter of the greatest difficulty. As
the weeks passed asd the roads be- j
came worse instead of hetter and a !
journey was a sore trial, the senti
ment crystallized into a' strong de-'
mand for some adequate remedy.
There followed meetings at Loais
ville as well as at "Weeping Water
and Springfield to boost the con
struction of good roads and from
these meetings comes the visit of the
two distinguished residents of Louis- f gn?s and pigne( Satimlay by Presi-
v if; , r .v. t . .i, I dent Coolidge. the employes of the
The decision of the Louisville peo-l, j postoffit.e wiU receive an in
ple to secure permanent roads of; f mmethlVlS ,ike $300 a year
crushed rock or gravel, both of which i h amJ whicb Postmaster Holmes
are easy to secure there, has been a . ann ,
,u mai uu.
The resident freeholders of Louts- (
vtlle preeinc fi.eJ today in the office
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01 UOUBIJ utih treurge jv. dj ies,. ai
petition askmsr tint the board ot
county commissioners call a special
election in Louisville precinct in a
short time for the purpose of voting
bonds in the sum of $2S.000 for the
purpose of surfacing the highways
in that precinct.
With the petition. ones the bond
signed by a large number of the resi
dents of the precinct that in cate
the bond proposition is defeated the
cost is defrayed.
From the general HW tfra en t over
the county the bonds should- carry
r.y a v ry heavy vote nd being pars
ed upon at the special election will
be the only matter to be passed upon
and should win easily.
BRIDGE 0PET NEXT WEEK
The Platte river auto and wagon
bridge which has been out of com
mission for the past two weeks a?
the result of damage caused by Ice
floes, is being given a thorough
overhauling by the owner. T. K.
Pollock, and who will have it in
the best possible shape when it
opened for travel for the summer'
season. I he work is dcibs ousnea ai
ie betrtf nnhffl a !
rapidly as pot ;! le but Mr. Pollock,
who had be- : peful of getting the
bridge in commission by the last of
this week, has decided that it will
not be possible to use the bridge
until sometime the first of the coming
week. While the bridge is closed
there is extensive repairs being car
ried oxu on the structure and which
has required more time than was
first expected.
TAKES CHARGE OF
POULTRY HOUSE HERE
Prom Tuvday's Daily
Sam a Moye. of Council Bluffs,
Iowa, who has been interested here!
in the poultry business for some time,
through an agency, has taken over
the management of the branch here
in per.-on. arriving here yesterday
and is now in full charge.
Roy R-nediet has been the man
ager here for Mr. Moye and now re
tires to give over to the owner the
active handling of the business.
Mr. Moye states that he expects
to remain at the present location in
the verson building on the south
ide of Pearl street between tth and
Tth streets, and where he will be able
to handle poultry, eggs, cream and
hides, buying and shipping to mar
ket. Later he expects to handle the
poultry in car lots.
To a representative of the Journal,
Mr. Moye states that he expects to
move his family here in tbe early
summer and will become a permanent
resident of this city in the future.
HOirS PLEASANT MEETING
From Tuesday's rajy--
The ladies of the W. C. T. U. were
most delightfully entertained yes
terday afternoon at the pleasant
home of Mrs. William Baird, the
occasion being the annual member
ship day and for which there was
a very pleasing attendance of the
ladies of the society and one new
member enrolled in the ranks of
this worthy organization.
Owing to the extensive business
session of the afternoon there was
no social features or program given,
the ladies at the close of the regular
routine business being entertained
by visiting and a general good time.
The charming home made the oc
casion a most pleasant one. the large
homelike fireplace with its glowing
fire adding much to the comfort and
enjoyment of the ladies.
At a suitable hour the hostess,
assisted by Miss Sarah Baird, served
very dainty and delicious refresh
ments that added much to the after
noon of rarest pleasure.
WOMAN'S CLUB MEETING
From Wednesday's Ijaily
The Woman's club meeting was
well attended last evening; at the
library auditorium and health hints
was well responded to by the mem
bers. Dr. J. S. Livingston spoke on
community health and as a large
item in keeping the community well,
that if all parents and children as
well as doctors would abide by the
quarantine laws the effect of epi
demics would be very greatly mini
mized and as a result when children
grew up they would be better men
and woman physically. The next
program. "Americanization." is an
open meeting and the club will have
an out of town speaker for the occa
sion and hopes to have a very large
attendance.
POSTAL SALARY
INCREASE HERE
IS 18 HUNDRED
Increase Under New Bill Signed by
President Coolidge will Bring
Neat Sum to Employes.
From Tuesday's Faily
TVi T-r.n crh flio nrnvkinns nf the OOS
ta, Mn u,t namrd bv con-
anes at the flattsmoutn ouiee oi
from 11,800 to $2,000.
ed will mean an
$68,000,000 in the gov-
- . anMuH.nHa nnf, v hi. h will
be covered by increases in postal
rates on all classes of mail matter
which the postal department expects
to bring in the sum of 5 59.900.00
a year in additional revenue to be
appiieu uu cutenim un .ui ui m- in
crease in the salaries.
The measure has been before the
last two sessions of congress and the
bill passed last year providing for
the wage increase but not the in
crease i.n rates, was vetoed by the
president and was replaced by the
; resent mervsure that received the
executive approval.
BIRTH OF LITTLE DAUGHTER
From Tuesday's LaJ
The announcement has been re
ceived here by friends of the birth
of a daughter, Mary Wendell, to Mr.
and Mrs. E. F. Marvin at Upland, j
California, on February 22nd. t lie j
little Miss sharing the honors of the j
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ij.) wiin me laiuc "-""-"-. i
Mrs. Marvin was formerly Miss Lu- :
S1., Hoes tbio fit a A Mil mil t T nf 1
vii7 uu ...w- t.w... v- c - - -
- "1 - ana a
E. GaSB and grand- :
"'"f'11'1 Vl - V"
pioneer residents of this city
WI2T17ERS IN SPELLING CONTEST
Irran Tuesday's Dally
On Saturday. Mis Alpha Peterson.
Bounty superintendent of schools,
held the county spelling contest
here, the written contest being held j
at the local high school building ,
and in which Howard Pool, aged 9 ,
of district 48 was the first, Hilda ;
Mann, 13, of district 46 at Manley. j
was second; Dorothy Brink, 13. of !
St. John's parochial school of this j
city, third. i
The oral spelling contest was held ;
ct the district court room and in
this. Ellen Sheehan. 15. district 96
of Manley, was first prize winner;
Hilda Mann. 13. district 96 of Man-
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ley. second, and Mildred Staniej, 11,
of district 96 was third.
The winners in these contests will
renresent Cass countv in the inter- j
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state speliine: contest which will fie
state sp 1
held at Technical
high school in
Omaha, May 8
The contests were conducted by R.
r Eaton of Omaha and the judges . , K . . .
;,. . i.'cmo ATiociall of the school buildings with the
were M:ss Marie Kauiinann, Miss' . . ... , .
' icxteption cf the west second ward
RECEIVES SAD NEWS
From Tfctiy' ziy
Anton Hasson of this city was
called to Omaha yesterday by the j
serious illness of his father, who is j
well advanced in years and whose
condition is growing very serious, j
The aged man has been engaged as a
fisherman and was taken sick a few.
days ago at his home in east Omaha .
and been steadily growing worse .
since he was first taken down. Mr.
Hasson is also the father of Rudy j
Hasson. well known wrestler, now j
challenging Wayne "Big Munn for;
the heavyweight championship of j dents the sum of $5,500. The re
the world. Anton Hasson is still in mainder of the funds are derived
Omaha assisting in the care of his
father.
NATURALIZATION DAY
From Tuesday's Dally
,IhiSf "stricE cor? HC w J?
Ik of the district court it was an-
.n.LJl M"Vf
OPlk
nounced
n-'milyl Kfl T O t II FQ 1 1 7Q T 1 HT1 ii t t Vl O I
.
opening of the March term of the
will be present on tms occasion ana
examine
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Thprp orp ciYtPPTi oTnli.
mr. , t i r, cr iu
vui.i.ii ' "
action of the court
action 01 tne tuuri.
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Business forms of all kinds printed
at the Journal office.
PLATTSMOUTH
HAS A MODERN
SCHOOL SYSTEM
HIGH SCHOOL RANKS DOUBLE A
AND IS EQUAL TO ANY IN
STATE IN EFFIENCY.
OPERATED ON BUSINESS BASIS
District Finances Well Handled and
Sinking Fund Earning Return
For the Taxpayers.
From Tuesday's Dally
Those things that we are most fa
miliar with sometimes lose their
real value in our eyes through com
mon association, and it is with the
desire to create a better understand
ing of P attsmouth and some of its
assets and institutions that the Jour
nal is giving a resume of what we
have here that goes to make the city
a pleasant place to live in and helps
maintain the community as worth
while.
The first of these that will be dis
cussed is the PI attsmouth city
schools where the youth of the com
munity receive their education that
fiuips them for the battle of ate.
th piottshurath schools there
have gone many notable ngures in .vns mate yesterday when the cut
state and national affairs in various over was completed aud the Go. 000
professional and specialized work voltage line started in to supply thc
that speaks well of the educational people along this line with current,
system. j The service here Baa been secured
In the Piatt smooth public school ' from Nebraska Power Co. at Omaha
system there is every effort made to for a number of years, the line thru
I - thp 9choojs nt t'c highest" point
if ,.fficK Di v following the plans of
of
education laid down in the leading
associations in the country. Platts-
mouth schools are enrolled in the
North Central association, following
the prescribed requirements as to j
class work, t he number of periods '
and subjects to be followed in teach-!
ing. j
The high school of this city is
graded as double A. as high a rank !
as any in the state and graduates
from this school are entitled to enter '
any university or college, duly quali
Bad with r 11 preparatory work.'
There are eleven instructors in the j
hih rehool and the courses taught
are: college preparatory, commercial.
normai
training, domestic science
aIld ffatimi training. There is also
..,,I)Crvision of penmanship in the
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rj' n sctiooi as wc-n ao i:.c grauei
E of tjie c;ty these being nr.-
i : & n un.i
ner sueciai b n u s v-'ii uu.:iiu. u
fnr ti,r. wnrL- The nnrnllment nf the
nign
hool is 275.
TVu Piiittsmniitli crlinnls fils;ri I
maintains a Junior high school sys-
;te;n that is cne of the latest features
ui ii.c uitiut'i ii ruuui kuw mj ovciu. :
The superintendent of the city j
schools is George E. DeWolf. one of !
the bc-t known and most canable !
school executive in tbe state.
ju the business management of the
school district there is a board of
education composed of five members,
Searl S. Davis, president; Mrs. S. S.
Chase, secretary; Frank A. Cloidt,
Dr. Frank L. Cummins. Mrs. V. A.
Robertson.
The general business of the school
djstri(.t is one of tno largest items in
the citv r. affairs and is operated on
a strictly business bnsis
. P'n , Plattsrnouth
school districts there are eleven
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I utiiKL ii-,r. ituiru txi- v&dfcVaWV h
eluding the high school building
cost of $125,000; the
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Columbian and Central buildings,
(which have both been modernized.
and the ward buildings that are in
use have been kept in the best of
shape. There are heritinp plants in
building.
The expenditures of the school dis
trict amount to $70,000. which in-
chides all of the exnenses of main-
raining the system, salaries, upkeep
and interest. In the various items
of expense in the past year there
was $50,000 paid out in salaries;
fuel. $2,000; water. $300; light,
$350; special improvement tax.
$340; insurance, $1,000; repairs and
upkeep, $2,000; books and supplies,
$3,500.
The school derived $1,200 from
fines and penalties, from the returns
from school lands through the state.
$5,000. and from non-resident stu-.
from taxation.
The school has enrolled in its vari
ous buildings 1.025 students and each
year sees the number attending
school increasing, more and more of
the students completing their high
Fo5 the close of their gVade
training
I It may be of interest to the pnhlie
school work instead of dropping out
to mrtrn of thp nnfritinn tho hnc?i
Trs of the dis rlet that is
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11 ' 1 1 uc-i.-i in. iu urn 1 ui n ir 1 t nc
lut; inuuvwiuiaB ui ine uisirici, tup
larger part of which is covered in the
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uuuuo 101 uiSu sciiuui uunu-
Jng There is outstanding now,
$65,000 in bonds, bearing five per
cent interest, which run the period
; of twenty years, $50,000 of which
retires in 1936 and $lf..000 retiring
in 1937.
The sinking fund of the district
now amounts to $26,000 and of this
there has been an Invest ment made
!y the board of education of $20,000
in bonds and warrants bearing six
and seven per cent. This nets the
sinking fund a return of $100 a
month over the amount that is called
for by the bonds and in the year
$1,200 is added to the fund to re
duce the indebtedness of the district.
There are no registered warrants
of the district outstanding at this
time which shows up well for the
management of the schools.
These facts may or may not be fa
miliar to the public bat they repre
sent one of the greatest assets of
the modern community an up to
date public school system that offers,
free of cost, to the boys and girls of
this community an education of real
worth and value.
LINCOLN LINE
NOW SUPPLIES
ELECTRIC JUICE
Nebraska Gas & Etric Co. Makes
Cut Over Yesterday onto its
Own Hih tension Line.
From Tuesday' Dsily
The juice that supplies the elec
tric current for this city over the
wires of the Nebraska Gas & Elec
tric company is now coming from the
high voltage line of the company
from Lincoln.
The chanee from the Omaha line
this county taking the current from
the West Q street 'power plant of the
power company in Ralston and has
given good ttryice, barring, of
course, accidents that could not be
prevented in time oi -torm.
The Omaha line will be operated
as heretofore and supply lines out of
this city to the wjest and in case of
-"mergency could be hooked on to
serve as the genV.or for power ai,d
Ugat.
DEATH OF LORENZ
TRILETY
AT HAVELOCK
-pnrr,e
Eesidert cf Plnttsrrouth
Passes Away At Home of Son
In Lincoln Suburb.
From Tuesday's DaBs
The death o, i.orenz lri.ety, iai-
i --
Sunday evening it the home of his
son. Fr::nk Trilety, at Havelock.
messages from ihat place to relu-
tives nere mis raonuns wuw"e
the sad news.
The deceased made his home in
this city for B great many years, be
ing at one time an employe in the
Buriington shops and later retiring
from active work and spending the
last few years resting from his long
duties.
Mr. Trilety was 73 years of age
and was born in Bohemia, coming to
this country as a young man and has
since made his home in the west por
tion of the United States.
Seven years aco the deceased with
his wife moved to Havelock where
thev have since resided with their
son and family. Mr. Trilety is sur
vived bv the wife and four children,
Frank Trilety of Havelock, Mrs.
Charles Matous and Mrs. Roy Wade
of Omaha and Mrs. Frank Steppat of
Imperial. Nebraska.
The deceased was also an uncle of
Anton J. Trilety and Mrs. James
Reba of this city.
The funeral services will be held
Wednesday at Havelock and the in
terment made in that city.
ROUNDS UP DELINQUENTS
From Wt-Anpswlay's Dil
Tom Svobodn. constable from the
court of Justice Weber and also the
official truant officer of the county,
has been busy the past month round
ing up the delinquent school child
ren and his scene of operation has
extended from Plattsrnouth to Green
wood and from the Platte to the ex
treme southern portion of the coun
ty. For the month there were twenty
two cases of delinquent children to
be looked after and brought before
the school authorities for investiga
tion as to why they had not been in
school.
There were several in this city, Mr.
I Svoboda reports who were rounded
I UP and reprimanded and as several
-e -hard boiled" eases where he has
: bad a number of complaints, he is
Soing to have them brought to the
attention of the county attorney if
'the delinaucncv is continued.
F0S SALE
1
I For Sale R. C. Rhode Island Red
and White Wyandotte cockerals.
$1.50 eaeh. Julius Reinke, South
Bend.
NEW jNIC
HOME INFIRM
ARY BUILDING
STRUCTURE WILL BE PART OF
FINE PLANT HERE BEING
ERECTED BY MASONS.
OF FIRE PROOF CONSTRUOTfON
Three Stories and Basement Arrang
ed in Most Up to Date Manner
For Care of the Sick.
The newest unit to the Nebraska
Masonic Home in this city the in
firmary building the cornerstone of
which was laid lj..-t June ly the
grand lodge of the A. F. A. M. of
. .!;!-.::. is now readmit; a biae
where an adequate appreciation of
he beautv of the structure as well
as its splendid equipment e?n be se- :
cured. The building is one that is a
credit both to the great Masonic or- ;
der and to the constructors of the
difice
e. cis u o uuus
w
.lii-t. tie r tv ot );i t tsmoiltll
" ,"", nardonable nride in nui
may.teel a pardonawe P""
er;ne ;i:i:ong me gn-ai liibiuuuuusi'
ng among
Of the city.
The exterior of this building, the
first of the new units arranged for
the final Masonic Home that will
some day occupy the spacious
around, is now completed and pre
sents a most imposing appearance to
bassersby along the streets or Web
ster boulevard and is one of the first
objects to catch the eye of the trav
eler as he comes from either the east
or the north along the new boule
vard. Constructed of natural Bed
ford, silverdale and carthage stone,
it if striking in resemblance to an
ancient castle with its turreted stone
trimmings of the roof. The main
entrance to the building when com
pleted v ill fsce the new John R.
V'i lister boulevard r.nd the sunken
gardens that are to be created just
north and east of the new building,
lying between that structure and the
D i'.ilevard. The entrance way is of
Hie Gothic type and formed of the
w hite Pcdford stone.
While the building has three
r.tcrios there is also a large basement
hat makes practically four stories
to the structure, being complete in
every minute detail for the purpose
that it is intended as the place to
care for the sick and ailing.
At the south end of the basement
will be the kitchen, large and coni
modius in every way. Here there
are permanent ice boxes large
enough to care for a large array of
provisions and so arranged that they
may be filled without bringing the
ice into the kit .hen. One side of the
kitchen will be flanked by large
ranges capable of caring for all the
future cooking needs of the infirm
ary. There are also places arranged
for the sinks, dish washing machines
and steam table that will be needed.
Adjoining the kitchen to the north
is a large and pleasant dining room
that will be arranged for the nurses
and others employed at the new
buildins:. Through this section of
the building there is a large hall and
opposite the kitchen will be found
the store rooms and lavatories for
I he cooks and kitchen force. Start
ing from the basement are elevators
for handling food for the patients, it
being arranged so that the food may
be prepared in the main kitchen,
placed on the elevator and taken to
any of the upper floors on portable
steam tables, which, on reaching
their destination, are connected with
steam, keeping the food warm. The
tables are so arranged that they may
be rolled to any of the diet kitchens
or dining rooms on the upper floors.
The passenger elevator In the
building is large enough that is will
accommodate a bed and the patients
may be easily transported to any of
the rooms in this manner or taken
to the operating room on the third
floor of the building.
There is also magnificent stair
way that connects all three floors
and the basement, this beinp arrang
ed with concrete and iron banisters
while the steps of the stairs as well
as the floors in the halls and part of
the rooms are composed of Terrazzo
composition of chipped white mar
ble highly polished.
The walls of the interior as well
as the ceilinjrs are finished in white,
the smooth finish being used in all
save tne living rooms 01 me uuie
and attendants which are completed
in sand finish plaste ring.
1 In the halls the concrete base of
the flooors have been laid in steel
frames which have a border of the
Terrazzo finish and the center of the
halls will be covered with the heavy
linoleum that is laid into the si's,
foot space provided, making a solic'i
portion of the flooring.
Incidentally, it may be mentioned !
that in the whole building there is
I no wood, save in the window and J
door frames and the structure thru-1
!cut is all fireproof.
The partition wall are of the hoi- j
low tile, the floors of concrete and j
composition, while the entire struc
ture is supported on gigantic con
t crete and steel trusses and pillars
that reach thirty and forty feet to
the bed rock.
There will be ample accommoda
tion to care for forty patients in the
rooms of the infirmary in addition to
those for the nurses and employes in
the administration department.
On the three floors there runs a
long corridor from which opens the
rooms that will be occupied by the
1 stents. eh of these rooms being y h c n t Battle and Conflict
arranged with a large double win- tttm
dow that Insures plenty of sunlight Draws Out Spectators as Well
and ventilation. In heating these: as the Law.
rooms the radiators are fastened to !
the walls so that no dirt can possibly ' From Tuesdays rally
gather under them and they are also Saturday evening the usual peace
automatically controlled, maintain- ful atmosphere of our attractive lit
ing an even temperature in the build-I tie city was rent asunder shortly af-
ing at all times. On reaching the ;
required amount of heat they shut:
ff ;.nd on the lowering of the tem-
perature, open up.
in cne rooms set aside ior tne pa -
(Continued on Page G)
weepiWwater"
will have new
pavement soon
i
Enterprising Little City will See that
the Main Thoroughfares are
Fitted with Paving.
From WerJuetday p Daily-
The citizens of Weeping WTater
" ;ir wrWHt
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- ar Preparing a program of street Im- cruwu nau j ,. , noun u.
;,BJL this Jhat ., be tnela very nice "gate" if the promoter
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most extensive tney nave unuenaaen
,.ni them -hat hna lnnp-
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streets.
It is the decision of the city gov
ernment and the citizens in general
to have six blocks in the main por
tion of the city paved with concrete
of the type that has been used so
successfully in Plattsrnouth, includ
ing the curb and gutters that will
afi.ord the proper amount of drain
age. There are a large number of the
streets in the residence section of
Weepng Water that will be arrang
ed with a coating of gravel, which
has proven very successful where it
has been tried out and entirely ade
quate to the needs of the less travel
ed streets of our neighboring city.
This improvement will place Weep
ing Water in the front ranks of the
small municipalities and prove a
most pleasing addition to the general
plan that has been adopted of mak
ing that city modern in every way,
which is the goal the enterprising
citizens there have been pushing for
the past several years.
SUFFERS SEVERE FALL
From Wednesday's Daily
Asbury Jacks, one of the old veter
ans of the civil war, is not in the
best of shape the last few days as
the result of an accident that he sus
tained in Omaha on Friday. Mr.
Jack. in company with Carl Dooley,
had gone to that city to look after
same matters of business, and as they
they ;
v ere walking in the main section of
the city. Mr. Jacks caught his foot
on a raised portion of the sidewalk
and was hurled to the concrete walk.
suffering a very severe injury to the
left side of his head. A gash several
im lies long was cut that required
medical attention to dress and prov
ed very painful. The injured man
was able to return home unassisted,
but will carry the marks of the acci
dent for several days yet.
The Prastical Aid for
Every Woman!
In this practical age, it is coming to
be the common thing for married women
as well as women in the business world
to have their own bank accounts.
The First National Bank keeps pace
with the times by offermg every possible
courtesy and accommodation to the wom
en of Plattsrnouth and vicinity. You will
enjoy using the services of this helpful
bank, and we will consider it a privilege
to handle your account.
The Fihst wionalBank
THE BANK WHEP?E YC '-' PEEL AT M OWfcS
PIATTSMOU T H
Tht Bank Where
iSJG
FIST FIGHT
CREATES CON
SIDERABLE STIR
ter 'J o'clock aud which called out
the local gendarmerie to participate
; in the excitement and adding to the
'storm and turmoil.
. Earlier in the evening t w vomit
men of the city had become some
what strained in their relations as
the result of some remarks made
which, it is claimed, were intended
jest, but which one of the party took
up seriously and invitations were ex
changed to retire to some spot far
from the maddening crowd where
the affair of honor could be settled
with man's primitive weapon the
unmailed fist.
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location selected Washington purk.
jusi west of the O. K. garage they
were followed by several of the
youths of the city who had secured
information of the proposed mill
! and when the party was opened af-
ter the usual preliminaries, the
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Whether or not there wbj a
1 knockout or any blows struck will
never be known definitely, as those
who attended the affray are not
"putting out" any Information con
cerning the battle, but reports re
ceived indicate that only two blows
were struck, one of which was ef
fective. The boys were Just going good
when the local gendarmes in full
force arrived at the scene and added
more tumult than the fight itself, as
the spectators commenced to flee In
several directions toward the exits
from the park, the retreat being as
terrifying as the flight of the clown
prince, the retreating party stumb
ling over holes and pitfalls in get
ting away from the vicinity. The
scene was one of terror, the dark
ness of the night, the cold wind
blowing, the cries of the departing
spectators as they struggled on in
the dark, to which was added the
shouts of the "law" made the occa
sion one that will long linger in the
minds of those present. It is report
ed that one of the officers who had
drawn his revolver, was charging
the Tight flank of the retreating col
umn when he fell in a small hol
! and the weapon was hurled some
distance away, where it was found
by one of the boys and restored to
the officer in question.
A number of those who were cn
the scene were rounded up and brot
in to the city jail to give their names
and were then released. Bail of the
tWO boys, alleged to have been the
; principals in the battle, was set at
J15 and they were rep ased. going
on their way rejoicing. This morn
ing the aftermath of the affair took
place in the chambers of Judge Wil
liam Weber when Walter Vander
pool was fined $10 and costs, while
George Wright received $5 and costs
for the charge of disturbing the
peace.
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