PAGE SIX
PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1926.
Boy Scouts and
Fathers Meet at
Banquet Table
One of the Largest Gatherings of Its
Kind Held by the Local Scouts
at the First M. E. Church.
per cent of the wrecked lives of boys
that have gone wrong Is because of
broken homes. The speaker urged
that men of the community give the
leaders and the boys themselves moral
support in the work of Scouting that
would return a hundredfold harvest
of better citizenship.
Robert Livingston gave a brief re
sponse to "What Father Does Not
Know," that was very appropriate to
the occasion.
A very unique feature of the ban
quet was the "Campfire" when with
the soft glow of the shaded light of
an artificial fireplace, Mrs. S. K. Mc
Elwain, one of the oldest residents
!of the city told a little of her long
From Friday's I 'ally
As one of the features of national
Bov Scout week that is being ob
served in all of the cities ana namieis residence here that has covered a
where there exist troops of the Boyjp0rio)j cf sixty-five years. Mrs.
Scouts, the Plattsmouth Scouts last McElwain came here in March of
evening had the opportunity of break- j i860 and has since been a resident
ing bread with their fathers at the i,fre ami as he loyally and proudely
banquet served in the parlors of the, stated at the banquet, "No one could
First Methodist church. It was a veryi;ay anything against Plattsmouth .to
. njoyable occasion and the attendance iu.r Sho told of the long trip of her
across Iowa, beiore tne time
e raiironu. me lew nuiiuings
that marked the village of Platts-
njovatiie t i ' "v. . ,nei. i
was not limited to the fathers of the family
b.ys alono as there were many of the!f tKC
w n r.l l lie co:ii;miiit fjit-j-em
rt for t fine young men of the
s -outs that bore no blood relation to
tl.- Scouts but possessed a deep and
abiding interest in the order and its.
work.
The banquet was a gar greater suc
ctfs than the originators had ever
dreamed of. in fact the ladies found
when the hour for serving arrived.
;:t G:T.O. that instead of 76 scouts and
their fathers or friends there were
1(6 present and it was truly com
mendable the speed and dispatch with
which the additional number were
irovided for and given seats in the
banquet hall.
The settings of the banquet were
n red. red roses and nut cups carry
ing out the color scheme.
The occarion was very ably pre
sided over by Superintendent G. E.
DeWolf of the city schools, the
friend and associate of the Scouts in
their school work and who has been
a great help to the boys in their work
an.! the su nerint endent having a
mouth, the gateway of the freight
in.; to the west and the gold fields.
At that time there was no church
building here and the community met
in a house on what is now 6th street
to hear the gospel preached by the
wandering ministers that might come
this way from time to time. The
first school was a frame building that
stood where the Coates block now
stand and which Mrs. McElwain was
herself a teacher in her girlhood.
Amusing incidents of early life re
lated, one that of the first glimpse
of the Indian, one of whom came
seeking to secure the pet dog of a
little nephew of Mrs. McElwain for
a toothsome meal.
Dr. T. P. Livingston was also call
ed upon for a few remarks and gave
a very fine tribute to Mrs. McElwain,
who was here in the days when the
Livingston family were also among
the pioneer residents. The doctor
also urged the Scouts to follow the
principles of their oath that made
chance of observation of the Scouts them men of honor.
gave them p very pleasing tribute for
their many fine qualities that they
had displayed in their schools and
everyday life.
Following the invocation by Rev.
Frank Emory Pfoutz, pastor of the
church, the serving of the banquet
was carried out by the Social Work
ers of the church in their usually
pkafing manner.
Irving Witse. Plattsmouth scout
master was called upon by the toast
master, but instead of an extended
respon.-e the scoutmaster called upon
the members of the various troops
themselves for a little sidelight on
Scouting as the Scouts see it.
Robert Fitch told a little of what
the Scouts stood for. their principles
That make thMn factors for character
building among themselves and the
making of good scouts from the ranks
of the boys.
George Caldwell told of the need
of an over night Scout camp in the
city. -the desire of the boy3 to ac
quire such a camp and the start that
they had marie toward accumulation
of a fund for this purpose.
I.yle Lawton was called upon to ex
plain something about Camp Quivera.
th. summer camp maintained by the
Lincoln troops near Cedar Creek anil
which is a'lMi enjoyed for a period
each summer by the Plattsmouth boys.
J. II. McMaken urged the Scouts
to join in the study of the early life
of the great west and the work of
the pioneers.
The meeting was closed by the
rounding of taps after a short story
on "taps" by Attorney J. A. Capwell
and the singing of the melody of this
well known call of the army. George
Caldwell assisted in the ceremonies
with his bugle.
Plattsmouth
is Winner Over
Uni. Place Five
By Score cf 16 to 7 the Blue and
White Trims the Methodists
Locals Baffle Opponents.
Sunday School
Holds Mid-Winter
Picnic Last Night
Presbyterian Church Young People
Have Very Pleasant Event
Stages at Church.
From Saturday's Daily
Last evening, from 7 to 9 o'clock.
the Presbyterian Sunday school held
a mid-winter picnic, for the entire
Sunday school. ,
It proved to be one of the most'
unique and interesting entertain-j
ments in the history of the Sunday,
school. About 150 were present, and
everybody heartily entered into the
activities and spirit of the numerous
entertainments provided. All kinds
of booths and stunts, provided and
operated by the various classes, kept
every body active and jolly, without
a lull or break during the entire two
hours.
Great credit is due the committee
in charge, which was composed of
teachers and pupils.
As a climax to it all, Bruce Rosen
crans and Jack Uhlik entertained the
children and all who were present
with original and interesting stunts.
This feature added much to the en
thusiasm and happiness of the eve
ning, and was highly appreciated by
all. The picnic closed by serving a
bountiful supply of wholesome sand
wiches, ice cream cones, and coffee.
The picnic was held at the church,
and was in recognition of the re
markable interest, taken by every
class in the Sunday school, in a
friendly rivalry in Bible reading,
covering a period of thirteen weeks.
In this contest sixteen classes,
from first primary to the adult Bible
class, participated. No reward was
offered or given. The teachers kept
the record each week and reported to
the Superintendent.. The following
is the remarkable result:
Total number of verses read in the
Bible during this period, by the en
tire Sunday school, 666,168.
Third year Intermediate girl's
class, highest, 7S.S43. (One of them
read the Bible entirely through once
and partly the second time.)
Next highest honors were won by
the third year Intermediate boy's class
by reading 13S.956 verses.
A. Junior boy's class read 61.981
A. Junior girl's class read, 47,933
The first and second year primary
class read 13,105.
No class read less than 10.000.
The following Bible statistics may
be interesting:
Letters in the Bible 3,566.483
Words in the Bible 773,693
Verses in the Bible 31,173
Chapters in the Bible 1,189
Books in the Bible 66
CASS COUNTY
Treasurer's Semi-annual Statement
From July 1, 1925 to December 31, 1925, Inclusive
State General fund -
State Capitol fund --.
State Highway Supervision fund-
From Saturday's Danv
Coach Rothert's Plattsmouth bas
ketball quintet completely outclassed
the University Place tossers on their
own floor Friday evening, 16 to 7.
The game was a speedy contest from
the opening whistle to the final
gun, with the visitors holding the
-ixie surro:in.mirs or me camp were, edge thru the entire game. Coach
graphically described by Lyle in Us ; jjaliar's men could never break thru
the wonderful defense of the Platts
d-ar manner, the various activities
that made up the days work and
play of the scouts while at camp and
for those not familiar with this camp,
the address of the young man was a
real revelation.
Warren Taylor, assistant scout
master of Troop No. 2. urged that
more boys avail themselves of the
opportunity of joining this troop as
they desir-d to have it recruited to
its full strength.
Leroy F. Fagcr, musical supervisor
of the ity schools, led the audience
in singing a number of the ditties
that added pep and snap to the oc
casion and was very much enjoyed
by th older members of the party
who joined heartedly in the sing
iner. Eugene Bushnell was called upon
to respond to "My Father," giving a
vc-ry touching poetical tribute to the
father who is the ideal of the boy
through his younger years at least.
The main address of the evening
mouth clan, while Captain S. Hatt
held the scoring of Weld the Metho
dist flash, to one basket.
Both Buttery and S. Hatt played
an excellent defensive game, while
Rebal and Wescott were coming
thru with the points. Rebal was
high point man of the contest, mak
ing two baskets from the court and
three free throws. Wescott took
second honors with five tallies.
Rebal opened the contest with
two gift chances which he made
good, while Wescott scored the first
basket from the floor on a nice fol
low in shot. The team work of the
Rothert crew was good but they
were missing the goal consistently.
The Ballard aggregation seemed to
be unable to get together and when
they did they were in most instances
forced to long shots which were
ineffective.
Not until late in the second quar-
was bv Citv Clerk r:pr nf t inrnin ter- anl asain. late in the final pe
one of the active leaders in scouting j no1 did the suburban tossers con
in the state and who in the few ! nect from the f,oor for their tw
moments that he was speaking cover- field &oa,s- The half ended 5 to 11
td very thoroughly the Scout work I with the advantage to Plattsmouh,
and its growth. There were at this and he onI' score of the final canto
time 791.000 Bov Scouts in the na-ifor the Methodists was a pretty shot
tion. There had been in the history b' Parsons. The summary:
of Scouting in this countrv 2,500.-1 Plattsmouth
000 youth to take scouting, many
growing past the age of membership!
but retaining a warm interest in the!
! Rebal, f
veloped the boy for citizenship by ' t. g
daily tasks of character building. Buttery, g
that were carried on through the
channels of natural likes and pleas
ures and led the boy in healthful,
uplifting exercise and study with'
iafh other. The speaker stated that urT -
n.TiF or.rit nils1 rwl V, r. 1 aTSOnS, I
the Scouts offered the right kind of ewey
a gang for the boy to belong to where
hi natural spirits were not checked
V 1 1 1 c 1 5 Inn !' iicsAfill 1 i noc t Vi n frovo
Mm a better viewpoint of the real y' s
things of life. The reputation of.1"13' s
the Boy Scouts was a great asset to
them as they lived out the principles
tet forth in their oath. The order
gave the boy a chance to answer the
call of the great outdoors, one of
the first of the desires of a boy. "Do
a Good Turn Daily" was one of the
creeds of the Scout and was one of the
;IIni Place
f
Mooberry,
Weld, c
McLain, g
TOTAL 2
FO FT F T
- 2 3 0 7
-2135
-10 2 2
-0010
- 0 2 3 2
- 5 6 9 16
FO FT F T
- 0 0 3 0
. 1 1 0 3
-0010
- 0 0 0 0
-1113
- 0 0 0 0
- 0 0 3 0
-0101
2 3 8 7
BUILD BRIDGES
Under this heading Editor J. II
Sweet of the Nebraska City News
Press, has the following very able
summing up of the now pressing
question of the proper system of
bridges over the Missouri river:
Build bridges, not one bridge.
If Nebraska is walled in from
the East by a river, one bridge
across the stream will not best
serve the interests of the state.
Any program for bridge
building in Nebraska or Iowa
should be based on the thought
that millions of people, and not
one or two communities, shall
be favored or benefitted.
If the legislature ol Nabraska
is to be encouraged to promote
the bridge-building idea, as most
of us fondly hope, it must be
approached by a committee
which is unanimous in its be
lief that no single community
shall be helped at the expense
of other communities.
It is useless to talk about
private sponsoring of such ex
pensive structures as are re
quired to bridge the Missouri
river. The financing must be
done through the expenditure of
public funds, raised by public
taxation, in some manner not
yet disclosed.
SMALLPOX AT PACIFIC JUNCTION
From Thursday's Dally
The residents of Pacific Junction
are in the grip of an enidemic of
smallpox, reports from that place
state, ana tne cases are getting quite
numerous there and makine- a creat
deal of worry for the residents of
our neighboring city. The cases are
iall light however and no serious
cases are reported among the vic
tims.
The maladv has had nuite start
in this portion of Iowa and Nebraska
and a number of cases have been re
ported from southwest of Platts
mouth in the locality of Murray but
me situation mere is clearing, up
very rapidly and gives promise of
Redemption fund
State Hail Insurance fund
State School Land Principal fund
State School Land Interest fund ,
State School Land Lease fund ,
County General fund - .
County Bridge fund .
County Emergency Bridge fund.-
County Mothers' Pension fund
County Soldiers' Relief fund
First Commissioner's Road fund. r
Second Commissioner's Road fund .
Third Commissioner's Road fund ,
First Commissioner's Road Drag fund
Second Commissioner's Road Drag fund
Third Commissioner's Road Drag fund
Free High School fund -r , . r
Teachers' School fund-,
District School fund,
District School Bond fund,
District Road fund-. , ,
Labor fund -r
City of Plattsmouth .
City of Weeping Water
Village of Louisville
Village of Greenwood
Village of South Bend ,
Village of Elmwood
Village of Eagle
Village of Union
Village of Avoca .
Village of Murdock ,
Village of Alvo
Village of Nehawka
State Highway fund
County Highway fund .
Interest on County Deposits
Miscellaneous fund ,
Individual Redemptions
Fines and Licenses
Jail fund -
Inheritance Tax '
Permanent Road fund -
Plattsmouth Refunding Bonds
Weeping Water Lighting Bonds
Greenwood Lighting Bonds
Avoca Village Bonds
Murdock Village Bonds , .
Special Taxes
Advertising fund - -
Fee Account .
Alvo Village Bonds
Plattsmouth City Registered Warrants (purchased
School Bond fund .
Louisville Precinct fund
County Farm fund-,
GRAND TOTAL .'
Balance Transferred Transferred Transferred Disbure-
on July 1, from other Receipts to Co. Gen. toother ments FEES Balance
1925 Funds Fund Funds
I I I
$ 10,400.12 $ $ 31,500.95 $ $ $ 33.100.12 $ 630.02 $ 8,170.93
3,404.88 4,322.6,2 6,704.88 S6.45 936.17
16.60 69.44 22P1925
358.55 1926 369.63 74.96
1,650.46 1,000.00 33.01 617.45
636.14 9.00 645.14
81.44 232.51 312.60 2.33 Ovd. .98
48,267.36 8,159.51 17,713.77 30,594.01 1,051.17 42.495.46
30,329.31 25.14 16,189.94 32,249.61 14,294.78
17.52 17.52
3,416.29 1,670.54 2,220.00 2.8CG.83
591.43 346.27 300.00 637.70
4,051.36 93.38 2,002.57 2,644.68 3,502.63
10.685.16 246.65 2.002.57 1,781.07 11,153.31
8,263.15 12.46 2,002.57 3,844.40 6,433.78
7,587.06 1,186.84 1,017.93 2,566.34 7,225.49
13,781.91 1,186.84 1,105.87 4,573.00 11,501.62
13,517.70 1,186.83 1,290.31 5,565.15 10,429.69
4,494.00 6,904.29 4,494.00 69.04 6.835.25
538.82 1,411.35 8,444.28 9,704.45 690.00
101,212.96 103,315.48 4,494.00 105,657.02 1,033.15 93,344.27
33,437.58 5,350.00 11,215.94 30,017.39 112.16 19,873.97
25,454.75 4,992.26 6,200.99 14,771.28 21.S76.72
5,079.61 4.97S.02 101.59
6,836.77 2,591.28 30,313.36 I 30,736.77 666.27 8,398.37
2,134.92 3,267.69 2,700.00 65.35 2,637.26
1,527.57 3,291.25 3,477.57 6;5.83 1,275.42
1,575.64 2,820.16 1,575.64 56.40 2,763.76
466.55 372.21 450.00 7.44 381.32
1.921.87 1,663.76 1,921.87 33.28 1,630.48
1,748.82 1,204.09 1,750.00 24.08 1,178.83
378.16 545.38 10.91. 912.63
118.71 384.07 7.68 495.10
Ovd. 245.34 981.91 19.64' 716.93
82.24 1,076.55 21.53 1,137.26
551.64 582.51 950.00 11.65 172.50
28,255.39 30. SO 2,031.33 2,1925
4,325.10 231926 12,624.93 135.69 21.882.00
15,055.80 7.50 . 10.436.16 100.70 3,560.51 11,418.53 208.72 10,211.00
1,725.75 1,725.75
36,854.32 2,985.70 33.S68.62
13.255.58 13,255.58
1,656.35 1,179.75 1,411.35 1.424.75
808.67 808.67
3.758.43 808.67 166.40 4,400.70
9,390.13 9,390.13
330.00' 330.00
250.00 250.00
300.00 soo.oaj
240.00 240.00
2,591.28 2,591.28
104.00 104.00
2,250.00 4,403.13 92.75 2,245.881 2,250.00 2,250.00
1,902.50 1,902.50
20,854.68 20.S54.68
2S, 105.97 487.00 14,137.30 9.74 14,445.93
997.48 997.48
$404,602.22 $ 64,292.61 $358,468.72 $ 8.159.51$ 51,729. 97j$402. 941. 99 4.403.13 I360.12S.95
Outstanding Warrants
Unredeemed General Warrant $ 3.38
Unredeemed County Highway Warrant 3.60
Total Warrants Outstanding-, . $-6.98
Z-gr'o Outstanding Registered Warrants.
Summary of All Collections and Disbursements
Disbursem'ts Receipts
Collections for year 1886.
1887.
1889.
1890.
1893.
1897.
1898.
1899.
1900.
1901.
1902.
1903.
1908.
1909.
1910.
1911.
1912.
1913.
1914.
6
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
State Apportionment
State School Land Lease
State Hail Insurance
Motor Registration
Interest on County Deposits
Miscellaneous
Louisville Precinct Bonds
School Bond Collections from Other Counties.
Individual Redemptions
Fines and Licenses
Inheritance Tax
Refunding City and Village Bonds
County Farm
Fee Account
Fees Earned
Total Collections
Balance on Hand July 1, 1925.
COMMITTEE VOTES
ON ALUMINUM INQUIRY
Washington, Feb. 11. Another in
vestigation of the Aluminum Com-
gTeatest services that the scouts gave,pany of America, in which Secretary
to their state and nation in develop- j Mellon is a stockholder, was recom
Ing the spirit of service. There were mended today to the senate by its
73 vocational subject tests that the , judiciary committee.
boys might take up that would find
their natural tendency for a particu
lar line of work and fitted them bet
ter to make their choice of vocations
in the future years. The church, the
Fchool and the home were the great
supports on which scouting rested
and one of the chief of which was
the home life and training of the
boy, the figures have shown that 90. there.
The committee divided, nine to sev
en, with Borah and Norris, republi
cans, voting for the Walsh report
recommending such an investigation.
The other seven republicans sign
ed the minority report recommending
against any senate inquiry. The two
reports will be presented to the sen
ate and the iasue will be fought out
having the malady checked
short time.
in a
8 PER CENT INCREASE
FOOD PRICES, OMAHA
Washington, Feb. 10. Retail food
prices declined during the month
ending January 15 in twenty of
twenty-eight cities where a survey
made by the bureau of labor, while
In seven prices increased, with no
change in one, Milwaukee.
Considering the changes for the
year, the bureau said Increases
were recorded in all the twenty-eight
cities, amounting to 11 per cent in
Minneapolis, 10 per cent for Atlanta,
Cincinnati and St. Paul, 9 per cent
for Indianapolis, Bridgeport and
Scranton.
At Fall River, New Haven. Nor
folk, Omaha and Providence the in
crease was 8 per cent.
Certificate of Treasurer
I, Mia U. Gering, Treasurer of Cass county, Ne
braska, hereby certify that the above statement shows
the amounts collected and disbursed in the various
funds from July 1, 1925, to December 31, 1925, and the
balances on hand January 1, 1926, and furthermore,
that the foregoing is correct to the best of my know
ledge and belief.
MIA U. GERING,
County Treasurer.
GRAND TOTAL
$ 3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
4.43
5.11
6.53
3.16
10.25
3.34
3.00
2.50
2.50
47.87
5.81
25.04
9.06
38.30
31.57
33.06
31.11
143.91
1228.54
410.47
2,150.40
2,599.69
4,117.15
84.23S.30
171.069.32
8,444.28
232.51
9.00
17,220.58
1,725.75
3.39S.35
28.105.97
5.350.00
13,235.58
1.179.75
808.67
12.412.63
997.48
92.75
1,403.13
$362,871.85
404,602.22
$767,474.07
State Disbursements $
County Disbursements
School Disbursements
City and Village Disbursements
State and County Highway Disbursements
Individual Redemptions Disbursements
Permanent Road Disbursements
Refunding City and Village Bonds
Louisville Precinct Bonds
Salaries for Six Months ending Dec. 31, 1925
Fees Charged to Regular Sources
42.132.37
101,109.54
149,872.86
43,561.85
24,043.46
13,255.58
166.40
12,412.63
14,137.30
2,250.00
4,403.13
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 11th day
GEO. R. SAYLES,
Total Disbursements
BALANCE on Hand January 1, 1926.
407,345.12
.$360,128.95
LIST OF PETIT JUBT
From Tuesday's Daily-!-!.
Advertise your want in the Jour
nal for rosulti.
The petit jury for the March term
of the district court has been drawn
by the sheriff and the clerk of the
district court and the following, will
comprise the panel for the term: A.
T. Weibke, Greenwood; W. H. Sey
ibert, Plattsmouth; Lee Brown, Weep
. Ing Water; Henry Albert, Cedar
, Creek; Robert Harris, PPlattBmouth,
T. Art Wiles, Weepf n Wftter; John
'Bates, Plattsmouth; Ralph Ander-
son, Plattsmouth; Jl. 15. Doud, Platts-r
mouth; Bert Reed, Weeping Water;
C. A. Johnson, Plattsmouth; S. S.
Chase, Plattsmouth; Carl Stander,
Sr., Greenwood: Fred Stewart, Platts
mouth; Nicholas Fredrich, Murray;
Wm. Bostic, Plattsmouth; Leslie
Everett, Union; Fred H. Ossenkop,
Louisville; Albert Wheeler, Platts
mouth; Wm.: Maple, Avoca; Fred
Hild, .Murray; John Iverson, Platts
mouth; B. T. Plymale, Elmwood;
Cbaa. G. McCarty, Nehawka.
. For a mild after-dinner smoke, 0
to Bates Boole and Stationery Store.
ENJOY PLEASANT EVENING
From Tuesday's Dally
At the home of Mr. and Mrs. R.
M. Stivers, Saturday, February, 6th
was spent a pleasant evening in
honor of the school folks returning
home for the week end. The eve
ning was spent in playing games.
At an appropriate hour dainty re-
frao ri man ta were served by Mrs.
Stivers assisted by her daughter,
Lucille, and Helga Jan.
TimcM nttendine the occassion
were Misses Bernese and Lor en e Ault,
Mildred Thierolf, Helen Franke, Hope
and Ruth Thomsen, Irmi Fern and
Lucille Stivers and Helga Jarl and
Messeds Kenneth and Gerald Ault,
Werner Jarl, Howard Lohnes, Oliver
Sscneider, Elmer Stoehr, Floyd
Thierolf and William Stivers.
Many of the most "beautiful de
signs and shades of crepe paper and
crepe paper norelties can be found
in the Dennison line at the Bates
Book and Gift Shop, Call and in
spect these special features.