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Nebraska State Histori cal Society latte So mn VOL. NO. XLII PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 1, 1926. NO. 7 Art Exhibit Given by Local Woman's Club Showing at the Parlors of the First Methodist Church Proves Very Pleasant and Interesting. From Friday's Iially Yesterday afternoon at the parlors of the First Methodist church was held the art exhibit staged under the auspices of the Plattsmouth Woman's club and which reflected the greatest credit on the city as an art center and the work of the local people who had exhibits taere, as well as offering a wonderful op portunity of viewing a number of high class paintings by Nebraska artists. There were several groups and ! be properly divided, that it be sol 1 sections of the art work, the domestic 'and the proceeds used in the scl He art class of the high school, ths mei.-t of Iho estate. handicraft and art work of other na-j tions being shown as well as floral . art, photographs, china painting, 1 iUlO LICCF1SC lamp snace ana linen, iace ana caner craft work. It was most interesting to those who attended to look over the vari ous groups of different lines of art work, all well arranged and sLown to the greatest advantage and af- fnrr1int- flip x-icftn-p si -ronl nrmnr- tunity of seeing just what was teing developed in this line fo wori in. this city and the state. A large collection of Swiss hand work in needlecraft and textures v. . l. : i' , .1 were suuwu. mis uciuB uwereu by Miss Marie Kaufmann and re-'verv iarge item in the raising of: presented a number of very fine revenue for the state of Nebraska and articles that she had secured on her iast year iae sum of 53,936,458,25 i recent trip to Switzerland. ! was tne total sum raised in the state ; A group of art work from Bohemia cf Nebraska from the registration; was also shown, linens, glassware license fees on automobile vehicles, and the fancy shawls of that coun- County Treasuer Miss Mia U. Ger-! try being in the exhibit. ing, states. The efficient county The floral art display was made treasurer who has charge of this de-1 and arranged by Henry Jasper, local partment in her office and has made florist and was very attractive. a very aeep study of the various Mrs. A. S. Ghrist had several taxes secured, also showed that in artistic showings of photographic the 1925 period Cass county had art work while the showing of real contributed $54,166.54 to the auto lace made by Mrs. E. A. Wurl and license fund and this was on some which was formerly the property of 5,394 auto vehicles. ; her mother. Mrs. P. ,Andrus. attract- j The county treasurer also had ed much attention. Mrs. Evi Spier figUreg on the other counties of the had as one of the unique showing9 Btante and reveals that Omaha and specimens of the Batik work and Dauglas county had given $5S8, Mrs. F. L. Cummins a showing of 551.85 to the auto tax fund on 56. the new decorative lamp shades. 278 vehicles of various types. The china painting section also Jt is interesting to learn of other had a very large and beautiful as- counties of the state and their con sortment of all designs and types of tributions to the state auto tax and this work and in this section there our neighboring county of Otoe were specimens from Miss Jessie on 6,603 auto vehicles paid in the Roberton. Mrs. R. B. Hayes, Mrs Bum of $63,756.62. B. A. Rosencrans. Miss Cordelia Field, Mrs. W. G. Soennichsen. Mrs.-. C. A. Rosencrans, Mrs. F. S. White, Miss Helen Egenberger, Mrs. Ida Cole. Mrs. Josephine Murphy Wilde of New York, Mrs. Robert Troop, j there has been 4,050 licenses issued, the late Mrs. Ella Ruffner Dodge. in Cass COUnty and the record of Mrs. John Minor, Mrs. Isaac King the past year bids fair to be sur of Superior. I passed in the number that is issued In the class of oil, watercolor and f rom her office. sephia paintings, sketches and pen-j j manship were showings of the work rnMATTTTT"F ' of Mrs. Percy Wheeler, Miss Vir- . L0Af ginia Beeson, F. R. Gobleman, Miss MEMBERS NAMED Florence Martin, Miss Helen Egen berger, Mrs. Dora Castle. Allison, Damian. Catherine and Patricia Flynn, Mrs. Glenn Perry, Miss Anna appointed cnairmau 01 iue vummniee. Peoples. Miss Marie Kaufmann, Miss' on affiliation of local bar associations. May Murphv. Dr. Rov A. Dodge of P the Nebraska State Bar association , Omaha. Mrs.'ValBurkle, Louis Ottnat! b-v E. E. Good, president of the as of Nebraska City, Mrs. Isaac King j relation. I of Superior. Mike Tritsch. Mrs. F. Harvey Johnson of Omaha has S. White. Paul Vandervoort. jack! been gained chairman of the mem Uhlik. lone Dovev Belts of Omaha. I bership committee nmmU ! Father George D. Pierce. I District memelt COmmlt-j The sixth grade pupils of M ; e -Se, Tecu,-' Blanche Gamer also had a showing i of their craftwork in the Y. M. B. C. room of the church that attracted a great deal of attention from the; audience. There were 'a large number of paintings Fhon for the occasion from prominent Nebraska artist3 and among these were works of Nellie Alexander, Alice Cleaver, Mary Ann Davey, Robert Denning, Augustus Dunbier, Dr. Robert Gilder, Alice R. Edminston. Cordelia Johnson, June Johnson. Clara Leland, Jennie Lich novsky, Thomas Linberg. Eva Peter son, Adelia Robinson. Edith Tomp sett, Edwin Truman, Laurie Wallace and John Zwann. In addition to the art work the ladies served tea during the after noon that added very much to the enjoyment of the occasion. Mrs. R. B. Felton added to the pleasures of the afternoon by her de lightful numbers on the piano. RECEIVES RE-ELECTION From Thursday's Iaily W. G. Brooks, former superinten dent of schools of this city and later with the schools at Nebraska City and York, and who has been sup erintendent of the city schools at T 3 Deen re" 8on L- Gayer, who has been there elected to the position of superin-! for several months past, is now show tendent at the Iowa city schools. Mr. ; ing decided improvement and it is tilo nJ the leadinS educa-, hoped to have him able to return I iddle st and his serv-1 home some time next week. This vatLr.aVt- n rei2ed a the will be very pleasant news to the Z$ J?-?a v Thich he has been fiends in this portion of Cass county rontrt If l I01" The new and they are trusting that the genial lllr rfpri Mr' Broks is 'or a ree captain may find permanent relief Salary V61T plea8inS 'rom his long illness In the course - iof treatment that he has undergone. ASK FOR ESTATE PARTITION From Friday's Daily An action was filed in the district court yesterday entitled Ola Minota Spacht et al. vs. Norma B. Baum gart and Thyra May Baumgart, minors et al. The plaintiffs in the action are "e children of the late Mrs. Mary represent the interests of the late Mrs. Dora Baumgart, one of the heirs of the estate. The petition Bets forth that the j plaintiffs each represent one-sixth interest in the estate wnue tne snare of the defendants to one-eighteenth in the real estate that was deeded to the deceased Mrs. Kaffenberger by her parents, John H. Becker and wife in April 1913. and cn her death to descend to the children of Mrs. Kaffenberger. The petitioners ask for the partition of the estate according to the heirship shown and in the event that the estate cannot Fees Bring State Much Revenue Cass County in Past Year at Reduced Fees Contributed $54,166.51 State Total $3,936,458.26. From Friday's Daily The automobile license fee Is The automobile license fee is a Lancaster county and the city of Lincoln were the second largest in the state with a return of $2S9,-i 862.333 on 30.6S9 vehicles. So far this year Miss Gering states From Thursday's Daily Fred A. Wright of Omaha has been . Second district, W. A. Robertson. Dlnttetvinilt fl I Thjrd disirict clarence G. Miles,! ' Lincoln. Fourth district, Edward J. Shoe-j maker, Omaha. Sixth district. Charles E Abbott, ! Fremont. Seventh district, Thomas Keenan, Geneva. Eighth district, Sidney Frum, Da kota City. j Nintn district, Tea tserry, wajue. Tenth district, L. H. Blackledge, Red Cluod. Eleventh district, N. P. McDonald, Kearney. Thirteenth district, J. L. Tewell, Sidney. Fourteenth district, Walter D. James, Cambridge. Fifteenth district, John A. Davies, Valentine. Seventeenth district, P. J. Barron,; Gering. Eighteenth district , Charles L Brewster, Beatrice. RETURNING HOME SOON From Thursday's Dally The reDorts from the hospital at Taking Deposi tions in Platte Bridge Case Representatives of T. H. Pollock, Plaintiff in Case, Secure State ments of K. of T. Officers. From Friday's Dai'y This morning while Judge Begley was busily engaged in reviewing cases that were in his hands for action, his court room was presenting somewhat of the life and interest of "trial" days, as Judge H. H. Wilson of Lin coin and Attorney A. L. Tidd of this city, as attorneys for T. H. Pollock, plaintiff in the case of T. H. Pollock I in taking depositions that will be used in the trial of a case in the Lan caster district court on March 11th. The depositions that were being taken were those of H. A. Schneider, president and Searl S. Davis, secre tary of the King of Trails Bridge Co., whose structure has been appraised by the state department of public works ana tne state railwav commission under proposed action of being taken over and purchased by the state of Nebraska and the counties of Cass and Sarpy tq be converted into a free bridge after the cost price to the counties was paid back in tolls. In the case pending in the Lan caster county district court in which ,Mr. Pollock, as a taxpayer of Cass county, objected to the taking over of the K. of T. bridge on the grounds that it was not constructed accord ins to specifications, was not of the proper type to resist ice and that it would be an injustice to the taxpayers to take over this bride before it was thoroughly tested out. The legality jof the action of the state officers in proposing to lake over the bridge questioned. The despositfons taken here largely covered the proceedings of organiza tion of the King of Trails Bridge Co., the manner in which the plans were prepared and by whom, the letting of the contract to the Economy Bridge Co. of Lincoln, as well as the details of various meetings and negotiations that led to the decision to buy the bridge cn the part of the state and the two counties. From the nature of the questions that were asked it was evident that the plaintiff's attorneys were seeking to place connection with Mr. Coch ran, state engineer, in the erection and preparing of the plans of the new bridge as well as the letting of the contract for the structure, Mr. Coch ran being state engineer and in whose department the purchasing of the bridge lays. LET ROAD CONTRACTS From Thursday s Pally At Lincoln yesterday at the office the state department of public works and State Engineer Roy Cochran, was held the letting of the first of a series of contracts involving the construc tion of some 475 miles of dirt and gravel highways in the state. The contracts are the first in the intensive road program of the year and covered several large projects in different parts of the state, the counties in which the work was to be carried out being Dakota, Thur ston, Washington, Cass, Nemaha, Sa line, Polk, Cedar, Dixon. Pierce, Dodge, Saunders, Otoe, Richardson, Pawnee, Seward and Jefferson. The projects in Cess county that were awarded were No. 256-A-Union-Elmwood, Cass county, 5.1 miles, grading. J. W. Wochter, .177 cents. $17,447.70; culverts. Metz Co., $6,386.15; guard rail, George Cronk hite, 30c, $3,345.20. RETURNS FROM DAKOTA From Thursday's rally Yesterday afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Henry G. Soennichsen and their eon, John Melchoir Soennichsen, returned home from a visit that they have been enjoying at the home of Mrs. Soennichsen's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Gunderson at Vermillion, South Dakota. The family have been visit ing there for some little time and Mr. Soennichsen since Sunday has been enjoying a short outing in the Dakota city. The Gunderson family is one of the most prominent politi cally in our neighboring state, Gov ernor Carl Gundeson of South Da kota being an uncle of Mrs. Soennich sen while another cousin Is the democratic candidate for United States senate. HAS TONSILS REMOVED From Thursday's Dally Damian Flynn, of the men's depart ment of the H. M. Soennichsen Co. department store, has been taking an enforced vacation for the past few days from the store and as the re sult of an attack of tonsil trouble that made necessary the removal of his tonsils. Damian has been at the St. Joseph hospital in Omaha and where the operation proved very suc cessful and the young man was able yesterday to lesve the hospital and will spend a few days visiting with his brother, Allison Flynn and will be able by the last of the week to re sume his work. EASTERN STAR MEETS From Friday's Daily Last evening Hore chapter No. 189 of the Eastern Star held a very pleasant and largely attended meet ing at their lodge rooms in the Mas onic temple.the occasion being mark ed by the initiation of two men mem bers and the reception of a member by transfer from another lodge. The newly installed officers of the chapter put on the initatory work in very effective manner and forcibly brought out the lessons of the frat ernity to the new , membership of the order. The newly received members were Mrs. Golda Noble Beal and Mrs. Frank Elliott by initiation and Mrs. Henry Soennichsen, transferring from the Vermillion, South Dakota chap ter. At the conclusion of the session the committee in charge served very dainty and delicious refreshments mac Tere ery mucxi enjoyeu uy an of the members of the chapter present and despite the unDleasant weather there were some sixty in at tendance. Bridge and Highway Meet ing March 2nd County Association Is to Hold First Annual Meeting for the Elec tion of Officers. The first annual meeting of the Cass county Bridge and Highway association is to be held at Weep ing Water on the evening of Tues- iIqi' A T 'j ,- 1 OnH o ti A if tha rnarl J,.(; .i, ia i conditions will permit there is every . . ' , n i prospect of a very large number in: attendance. Tho Intact t tV,0 hrio nrnnnci. tion that is to be features to be brought lat,, ch'11 ,r, th rcinnm.n IA i l v- f A unit buv uv. i v xsu-a. stage, and everyone of the commun-i". .tba ch nf th uw i,( rtM ni9c w b e, " - o.'c- Vir-irlcrr, 9t WattcmnnfTi v-ocVo r-it Rir, rnair- rrr,nh and Sioux City over the "Missouri t wcfiiv nnt tM ..rrn nr. i ganization must be necessary with all of the counties being thoroughly organized and ready to present the : yi ugl aiu criiu scc 1 11 n i oicps ate laacu i by the legislature to give the two state sof Iowa and Nebraska the proper facilities for crossing the Mis souri river without having to go miles out of their way to accomplish this. In addition there are also several movements on the good roads part of the program that should be con sidered and of course primarily the chief highways that are yet incom plete here is the Red Ball highway from Murray west and the "O" street road from Union to Elmwood. The other roads of the county are also in such condition that steps to get a part of them at least surfaced this year should be made in order that travel over them in bad weather may be possible. These highways that are important but not state and federal aid road serve large areas of territory and are necessary in getting over the county and should receive consideration in the road program. There are a number of these, among them the Plattsmouth- Louisville, Louisville - Greenwood Cedar Creek road and several of the more important roads in the central and western portions of the county. PHILIP ST0EHE POORLY From Thursday's Daily The many friends of Philip Stoehr, one of the old residents of this city, will regret to learn that Mr. Stoehr is now confined to his home as he has been in very poor health for some days past and his condition is such that his daughter, Mrs. Peter S'choeder of Bellevue, has been call ed here to look after the care of the aged man and will remain un til his condition has a change for the better. Mr. Stoehr has been in gradually failing health for the past several months. BREAKS C0LAB BONE From Thursday's Dally The little granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louise Spies had the mis fortune of breaking her colar bone six weeks ago while playing on the titter totter at the St. John's school was relieved of the shoulder band ages today by Dr. J. S. Livingston. Mary Louise is very happy now and will be ready to be out and playing again in a few days. RECOVERS FROM ILLNESS From Friday's Daily . for th par6eXTdm ' been snf- ior me past several aays, Deen sui ! fering from a very severe attack of Vi . Mwwnn anil V. n v, m A1 him to hlThome. TsoTaVrecovTred that he is now on duty at the store. Louie has not suffered greatly from.of the members of the school the effects of the malady and under-; his careful treatment has yielded nicely. Real Treat is Presented by Dramatic Club it;-u ov..i t - m v r- High School Dramatic Club Gives Clever Comedy-Drama, "Adam and Eva" at School. From Saturday's Daily L,asi evening xnose wno auenueu the presentation by the Dramatic club of the high school of the spark - ling and clever comedy-drama. "Adam Mr. Wichmann in charge, and Eva." at the high school build- j Mr. Wichmann is a graduate of the ing, enjoyed an evening of the great- I college of eng ineering of the Uni est pleasure in the splendid manner Jversity of Wyoming and also holds a in which the young people of th degree from the University of Wash cast carried out their parts as well ington as engineer and has been n5 in thp vrpllont nlnv that l:nrl I vprv siiffpssf nl in hi a wnrlf in Smith . been selected and which proved a! : , pntertsinmont I -n. i.. j ,i.I i The play itself concerned the household of "James King," a rich man. which role was very cleverly given by Carl Keil, and around the doings of the family circle was woven the plot of love and the cas? of the idle rich finding themselves in the face of disaster and work ing out their salvation from finan cial ruin to find at the end that they are still wealthy Lul had learn ed the true value of life. Conspiracy on the part of the family starts King on a trip to South America for a rest, the family seeking n escape his arguments and fussing over the household bills, but ere he leaves he places the family in the care of "Adam Smith." his business manager and in which part Edgai Wescott was well cast. With the departure of the father Adam is in stalled as the father of the house- hold and around his efforts to con- , trol the family are many clever . - ., , - , , . ... - . 1 UUUUU1U " lilllie MIU CUUlf one of the chief ;to V1S1, aJeek a?d remained fifteen ight to the atten-j'earf;' his Part f U? TPlX ssion of the legis- -rim J?emf ta!en hJ ?udolrh Iver- son- leading ienunine roie ci . , . T7 . , Ul -1U " , M'ss Helene Perry proved a real 'star and around the affairs of ' Adam and Eva" developed the chief ; . . l a r. , illicitae ui luc pwj . .no iiuvuu uewin, tne son-in-iaw OI iving acd "Julia, De5i"'" Gerge CaM- ' - -W-' 1 - -i Pleasing. 3iiss vioieite uegiey ap Peared as "Aunt Abby Rocker and a pleasinf .t"rn to .. Tcas.t wh,lle perald Smth as . Dr Jatle . t citt ,, . . 1 11 iuc niiu d v aa tci j yurtia ing his part of the drama. A great deal of comedy was brought to the role of "Lord Andrew Gordon," by Edward Patterson and his character ization of the part was all that could be wished. Miss Mary Warren who appeared as "Corinthia." the parlor maid of the King family served to add interest to the of the clever drama and gave the role the full benefit of her pleasing personality The play given by the Dramatic club of the school was under the auspices of the junior class of the high school and under the direction of Miss Delores Bosse, and in the direction and carrying out of the play Miss Bosse deserved a great ! deal of credit as the verdict of those who enjoyed the play was that it was one of the most enjoyable that the young people of the school have ever offered. As entertaining features between the acts of the play Miss Helen Sharp gave one of her pleasing vocal numbers and while Miss Alice Wooster served as the accompanist and also was heard in several very delightful piano numbers that re flected the greatest credit upon the young artist. BEAL ART DIRECTOR From Saturday's Daily The success of the Woman's club art exhibit that was held at the parlors of the First Methodist church on Thursday was due to a great ex tent to the hard work of the art committee of the club consisting of Mrs. Monte A. Streight as chairman and Mrs. Frank Emory Pfoutz and Miss Marie Kaufmann. Mrs Streight has had a great deal of experience in this line of art work as she was for fifteen years engaged in this line of work in Chicago and her efforts in the line of painting has been given recognition at different times. Two of her paintings, "The Land ing at the Foot of William Tell Chapel" as well as "Scenes Along the Schuykill River" were two of the charming pictures that were shown at the exhibit here this week. The art committee were guests on Thursday noon at the Plattsmouth Ad club at their weekly luncheon and honored for their efforts in giv ing the exhibit the success that it had been. Through the efforts of the ladies of the cluJ 600 of the school child- ren had the opportunity o' viewing . ..,ii,uinn roctsrv mnm VUO AUlMlb.ull JU.V.il.J auv.u...q before the ladies started their work of -moving the art works and the- event was very much enjoyed by all School supplies at lowest prices at Bates Book and Stationery Store. RECEIVES WORD FROM SON From .raturday's lally Rev. O. G. Wichmann, of the St. Paul's Evangelical church has Just received a mes.sage from his son, Ar thur, who 'has been for the past few years locattd in Chile, announcing that he had r ached Havanna on his way back home and would be here around the middle of April to visit witn his lather. j Mr. Wichmann has been with the jliraden Copper company in their -South American fields and is now i coming to the L nited Mates to looK tover a number of the large copper smojters in this country, as the : Brauen company is to start one of (these at their mines in Chile, with America. County Super intendent to be a Candidate Hiss Alpha C. Peterson, Present Superintendent to Be Candidate at the Election Next Fall. From Saturday's Dally This morning Miss Alpha C. Peter son, present county superintendent of public instruction, filed her name in the office of County Clerk George R. Saylcs as a candidate for re-election to the office that she has so efficiently filled. .Miss Teterson enjoys an advantage over the average candidate in that she is on the non-partisan ticket and can secure votes from every political faith while the other candidates have to make their party affiliation and do battle in the party primary. There has been no one suggested as yet to oppose Miss Peterson at the primary or the general election and she may have smooth sailing for the position altho the ides of November are- still far away. Miss Peterson was appointed coun ty superintendent in September 1917, on the resignation of Miss Edna Mar quardt, serving In the vacancy until the fall of 191S when she was re elected to the position and has since been returned several times to this office. Her administration of the office has been very business like and effic ient and has kept pace with the steps in education and brought the Cass county schools to a very high stan dard. Since Miss Peterson was called to the office of county superintendent there has been many very advanced steps made in the lines of progress ive education and in these the county superintendent has kept Cass county well in the forefront of the other counties of Nebraska. Call at the annex of the Bates Book & Gift shop and enroll in the ftfee classes that are learning the new decorative art work in lamp shades and screens. It is a pleasant and attractive work that any lady can find most profitable. pfliiP io-pfra"on "Sl II I Watch-dog Dollars the kind you keep on hand to protect you from sudden emergencies keep them conveniently and safely in our Interest Bearing Certificates of De posit. issued anytime, in any amount, and backed by our entire resources. it. The First National Bank THE SANK WHHF?E PJATTSMOUTH iiiiiuiiiliiiUuiiiiiiiiiitUiiliiiiliitiiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii.iiiiliiiiWii St. Luke's Rec tor to Leave for East on Monday Father Gecge D. Pierce and Fam ily Moving to Bellefonte, Penn sylvania Next Week. From Friday's Daily The St. Luke's Episcopal church of this city will be without the serv ices of a rector after the Sunday services as Father George D. Pierce with his wife and baby son. are leaving Monday for Bellefonte, reun sylvannia, where they are to make their home for the present at least. Just what will be done to supply the vacancy in the rectorship here will be in the hands of Bishop Shay-, ler and members of the vestry of the local church but the church will be without the services of a rector for some time as the supply of priests are limited at this time in the diocease. The charge here will probably be partial!' supplied during the lenten season by members of the Omaha clergy who may find it possible to be here for services at different times. The return of Father Pierce to the east will place him in more familiar territory as his home has been at Washington, D. C, and his educational work and study for the priesthood was at Washington and New York City and aside from his short work in the missionary field in western Kansas his church work has largely been In the eastern field. The splendid ability of Father Pierce, his exceptional training in the church schools and colleges makes him a very able teacher and leader in the church work and with his training his future In the church should be very bright and in the large and active eastern parishes in which he will probably be located the chances of his advancement will be very bright and to those acquaint ed with his training and education his advance to the higher places in the church of the nation will be only a matter of time. The family have made their home here for the past year and a half and while residents of this city their home was blessed by the arrival of a little son who can boast of the distinction of being a Nebraskan. In their new home they will carry the well wishes of their frienda for the future happiness and success and service in the cause of the church of which they have given their services. ENJOYING FINE TIME From Saturday's Daily Word has been received from Mrs. J. C. Peterson, Sr., who is spend ing the winter in California, and in which she states that she is hav ing a very fine time and greatly en joying the many points of interest in that section of the country. At Hawthorne, Mrs. Peterson was the guest of Mrs. James Loughridge at her home 150 East Carolina street. The occasion was the meeting of the "500' club and a large number of the ladies were present to meet Mrs. Peterson. Read the Journal for all the news. -3 2 YOU FEEL. AT MOWE 3 I NEBRASKA