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PLATTSMOUTH SEMI -WEEKLY JOURNAL
THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1926.
Hold Final Rites
for Leland Wood
Lincoln Youth Who Was Killed at
Estes Park Laid to Rest in
Wyuka Monday Afternoon.
Funeral rites for Leiand "Wood,
young Lincoln musician and former
Murray resident, whose life was ter
minated when he fell from a cliff at
Kstes park. Colo., Friday, were held
at East Lincoln Christian church
londay afternoon. Tha remains were
laid to rest in Wyuka. More than
seven hundred friends, relatives and
associates gathered to paylast trib
ute. Floral offerings covered the
casket.
The funeral sermon was delivered
by Rev. Jack Leonard. The services
at the church and at the grave were
in charge of Rev. Mr. Leonard and
Rev. Oscar Johnson. The obituary
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CARS - TRUCKS
10 Cents
10 Discount on Toll
Coupon Books
T.K. Pollock Bridge
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From the Eastern Rug Hills!
The most select lot of Wilton Rugs, Velvets
and Axminsters at prices never offered be
fore. The famous Royal Wiltons (known
the world over) are included in this lot and
will be sold at ONE-THIRD OFF their regu
lar cash price. This offer god only while the
present shipment lasts. We cannot guaran
tee the price on future shipments. Come in
now while you have a good stock to select
from. See these rugs in our south window.
ROOM SIZE RUG PRICES
Royal and other Wiltons $79,50, 99.50 to $139.50
Axminsters all reduced, now .$27.50 to $49.50
Small Rugs All Go at ONE-THIRD OFF
Our Regular Low Prices.
Don't overlook the many values in Furniture and House
hold Furnishings offered you in our August Clearance.
We have cut prices lower than ever before in order to
reduce our stock and if you expect to want anything in
our line soon, it will certainly pay you to get it here now.
Free Delivery for Sixty Miles
ihr
Phone 645
ies' footwear
- at an interesting price!
Values to $6.00 "
-NOW'
$3.85
See these stylish shoes in our display
window. Every number represents
this season's very newest creations.
Blonde kid and patent straps, medium
and high heels. Widths A. B. and
C.
TlieU SoennichsenCo,
' The Store of Big Values!
was read by Rev. J. W. Hilton, form
er pastor of the East Lincoln church.
Instructors of the University School
tt Music presented seeveral musical
numbers. Until the time of his death
Mr. Wood was a member of the fac
ulty of the school. '
In his sermon. Rev. Mr. Leonard
said the heights attained by Mr.
Wood were a result of his fine char
acter. He said his character was
built on five distinct responsibilities,
first his responsibility to his self
development, second, to his friends,
third, to his country, fourth, to his
home, and fifth to his Maker.
The services were opened with an
organ prelude by the church organist.
A string quartet composed of Prof.
Carl Frederic Steckelburg, first vio
lin; Ernest Harrison, second violin;
Lee Hemingway, piola, and Herbert
Gray, cello, played "Andante Con
table" by T. S. Tscharkowsky. A vio
lin selection "Ave Maria" by Schu-
j l)ert was given by Professor Steckel-
berg. Professor Steckelberg and
Ernest Harrison gave an organ and
violin duet. Largo from the "New
"World Symphony," by Dvorak. At the
close of the services Mrs. Ralph Stone
and Mrs. Jack Leonard sang a duet,
"Some Time, Some Where," and an
organ postulude was given.
Cass Co. League
Team Standings
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Greenwood 11
Cedar Creek 11
Xehawka 11
Manley 12
Louisville 10
Eagle 11
Dr. Carl Schmidtmann, who ha3
been at Chicago and Cleveland for
the past several days, returned home
yesterday and this morning depart
ed for Omaha where he will resume
his professional work in that city.
The Journal appreciates your in
terest in phoning us the news. Call
No. 6 any time.
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Plattsmouth, Nebr.
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Air owed!
etaist
City Council
Grinds on the
City Business
Ti,!, T.,v i;i,h. Tc '
Purchase of a Truck for Street
l Department Held Up.
From Tuesdays Daily - '
The session of the city council last
evening was rather drawn out and
"with little of any overshadowing im
portance to come before the body for
their action. .
All the members except Egenberg-,
er and Chase were presenj when thetne city street department was
sessions opened and the members at rovarny laid on the table xuntil
once started in on tne regular grinu,
wnen ine-gavei 01 Aiayor jonnson
fell at 8 o'clock.
A communication was received
from the O. M. Campbell company, of
Lincoln, the auditors of the city
j books for the past year and which
.was In reply to an inquiry as to
jwhat had become of city warrant No.
!l3 for $727.72 which was held by the
.Eagles lodge, but which was not re
I ported in the audit as outstanding.
(The auditors stated that the, warrant
had not been found in the audit of
1924 and therefore had been omitted
in the 1925 audit, but if the city
desired they would make a special
effort to trace this down, although
it would entail a great deal of work.
On motion of Luschinsky the council
ordered the auditors to get after the
location of the warrant, so that the
proper record might be made.
Chief of Police A. R. Johnson re
ported that there had been twelve ar
rests made and fines and-
costs,
amounting to $240 collected during
the month of July.
The report of the city clerk. Miss
Minnie Klinger, for the month of
July showed that the sum of $353. S5
had been collected at her office.
The report of .City Treasurer Kirk-
ham for the past month showed funds
amounting to $10,000 overdrawn, a
balance of $41,194.02 and registered
warrants for $83,459.37. The funds
of the city in round numbers were
deposited in the banks as follows:
First National, $13,000; Plattsmouth
State, $12,000; Farmers State, $15,
000. The finance committee of the coun
cil reported the following claims as
correct and which were ordered
paid:
Nebraska Gas & Elec. Co.,
street lights : $247.56
Xeb. Gas & Elec. Co., elec
troliers 57.99
Neb. Gas & Elec. Co., lights
city hall
Lincoln Tel. Co., rent and
tolls
2.02
S.33
52.37
4.20
32.00
43.20
3S.42
10.15
66.00
22.00
43.39
George Taylor, street work
John Kuvika, same
William Reed, same
M. B. Allen, same
Walter Byers, same .
John Geiser, same
J. N. Elliott, "same
John Zitka, same
Bestor & Swatek, mds.
Platts. Motor Co., repairs and
supplies 41.70
J. N. Elliott, gas and oil A 8.00
John Iverson, repairs 3.25
Iowa and Neb. Steel Tank
Co., culverts 178.91
McMaken Transfer Co., mov
ing safe "
Standard Oil Co., gas and
oil
Tidball Lumber Co., mater
ial Claus Boetel, burying dogs
9.98
25.86
25.60
195
L. Smetana, work at ceme
tery 24.30
S. Krejci, same 2 8.35
Wes Kalasek, same 28.35
Joe Sedlak, same 20.25
J. F. Warga, supplies 41.60
Platts. Water Co., moving
fountains , 14.70
Bruce and Group, - setting
stakes - 16.00
Bestor & Swatek, supplies to
police
Plattsmouth Steam Laundry,
supplies
II. L. Gamer, batteries.
J. F. Warga, globes, etc.
3.90
.97
200
41.60
Police Judge William Weber re
ported that he had collected $208 in
fines and $31.50 in costs for the
month of July.
On motion of Councilman Lusch
insky of the fire and water com
mittee David Ebersole, who was ab
senUfrom the city and has just re
turned, was reinstated as the driver
of the fire truck.
The ordinance No. 649 creating
the electrolier district on Sixth
street was read for the second time
and on motion the rules were sus
pended and. the ordinance placed on
its third reading and passed. The
council also ocdered the engineers to
prepare the plans. and specifications
for the construction of the electrol
iers. On motion of Councilman Tidball
a section of land near Webster boule
vard and Elm street was transferred
to the custody of the pai-k ' board to
be beautified and improved as the
board might see fit.
On motion of Councilman Tidball
a number of amounts in the various
funds were ordered to be used in the
paving and sewer districts in the re
tirement of registered warrants that
were now outstanding in the various
districts.
Councilman Kunsmann of the
streets, alleys and bridges committee
prepared and presented estimates of
three small pieces of work that was
very badly needed on North Sixth
street, including the proper placing of
crossings on the east side of Sixth
street at Locust and Elm streets and
also the widening of the Sixth and
Vine street intersections. This was
adopted and the mayor and clerk au
thorized to-prepare the call for bids
for the same.
Councilman Scbutz again called
the attention of the council to the
condition of the Fourth and Main
street crossing on the north side of
the street where a bad bump has
been formed. On motion the clerk was
authroized to notify the contractor
, to have the same repaired or to notify
jthe bonding company that had pro
jected the work. i
Mayor Johnson stated that he had
I talked with Mr. Bekins, the owner of j
I the coates block, and who was very
desirous of having the street on the
west of his building repaired or re-
i paved. The owner had stated that he
I was willing to have the paving done
ut tnai otner or the property owners
preferred the repairing of the street
and which was necessary for the best
I interests of the property in that lo
cality. It was decided to have the
'streets, alleys and bridges committee
'mirr'in. j i t n iiii in in . w 1 11 ill illv '
olloQ,, anA v,oo th wnri- mrriP.l
out in the best wa possible to give
m,i, ctt f tu rinu
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Owing to the condition of the road
funds of the city the plans for the
purchase of a truck for the use of
tem-
some
future time wnen
the funds might
warrant the city in going ahead with
the work.
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FARM BUREAU NOTES
Copy for this Department
furnished by County Agent
Better Crops News
These men will be with the Better
Crops Special iri its two weeks journey
over 'the Union Tacific lines in Ne
braska. August 9 to 21 inclusive.
D. L. Gross and P. II. Stewart,
extension agronomists, F. D. Keim
and T. II. Gooding of the agricultural
college will be the crop3 and soil men
with the train during the entire trip.
W. V. Burr, head of the crops ana
pons deDartment. and L
L. Zook of
the North Platte Substation will beihit for the newer nortnwest
on the train Dart of the time. Mr. v. V. Leornard, Fred Black,
Gross will talk about wheat smut con-
trol. Mr. Stewart about alfalfa and
sweet clover, Mr
Keim about early
powing and seeding, and Mr. Gooding
about good seed. Professor Burr will
talk about Nebraska's Experiment
tation and her crops and Mr. Zook
will talk abput the work at the North
Platte station of interest to western
Nebraska farmers.
R. E. Holland, district extension
leader, will represent the extension
service west of North Tlatte. II. G.
Gould, district extension leader, will
tak his place in his district west of
North Tlatte.
W. W. Magce, president of the Ne
braska Crop Growers Association, will
represent that organization of farm
ers. II. M. Bainer, director, F. P. Man
chester, assistant director, and R. P.
Clark of the Nebraska Wheat Im
provement Association.
Emerson Purcell, Irl Tolen. and A.
H. Miller will alternate as representa
tives of the State Board of Agricul
ture. Ralph Cole will represent the
marketing specialists of the college.
Rudolph Sandstedt will provide
?pecial entertainment in the program.
E. N. Manners will take the pic
tures under the direction of Dr. C.
K. Condra, who will be with the train
a part of the time.
L. R. Snipes will assist in the esf
hTbit cars.
II. Howard Biggar will represent
the press of the state.
Tractor Demonstration.
The following .makes of tractors
were used in demonstration work on
thevfarm of R. C. Wenzel near Eagle:
McCormick - Deering, Minneapolis,
Hart Power and John Deere. As dry
as the ground was. all the tractors
did good work in the plowing tests.
The depth plowed-was 7 inches.
TEIIING THE PUPILS SCHOOL
Emphasizing the fact that school
Ftudents, and the public generally,
cannot be too well informed on public
utility matters. Vernon - M. Riegel,
state superintendent of public instruc-j
tion for Ohio, has sent a letter to all
school superintendents in the etate
suggesting that they arrange efor(
utility speakers to address the student
bodies, as follows:
"It is always helpful to be able to!
give students in the later years of
school authoritative information,
about forces and factors which con-
i j . - rrl.A io'
union our economic me. iuhc jo
woeful ignorance as to the function
ing structure of modern industrial
society. In this industrial society our j
public utilities ---hold a somewhat
unique position.
"The public cannot.be to well in
formed on public utility matters and
needs information on all phases ofi
the -problems involved. There has.
been organized a committee on public J
utility information for the purpose
of disseminating information from thej
utilities standpoint,- about lour or
these industries, electric light and
power, gas, telephone and electric rail
ways. "The department of education does
not want to thrust sneakers on the
public schools. It does however, want j
the schools to know that this com-i
mil tee is ready to send speakers j
men and women experienced in public 1
utility work to schools upon re-
quest. There would, of course, be no
expense attached to these addresses
before student bodies." Telephony. J
FOR SALE
I am offering my Mynard holdings
for sale, which include my residence, j
store building and stock of merchan-j
dise. I
This I consider a good layout for
a reasonably young man with plenty
tof pep. Will not require a big invest-.
ment.
a6-tfdw -W. T. RICHARDSON.
FOR SALE
Twenty head, two-year-old Hol
stein heifers for sale. Will freshen
from October to February. A part of
(theme are pure bred ana otners nign
grade. Call or see Hex Young. Platts.
phone 314. j26-tfir
Black Hills Gold
Rush was Big Time
Fifty Years Ago
Old Hesidents Recall the Intense Ex
citement That Drew Many From
Here to Deadwood. ,
The observance of the fiftieth an-
.
niversary ,of the finding or gold in
the Black Hills and the opening up
of hte city of Deadwood and other
noinis in mai lermury, uuuga
to
.the old time residents here a vivid
picture of the intense excitement
' iw --vmro i an in rnia inra miv wr hii
first word
of the finding of gold
came here. ' j
This city was still quite an out
fitting point for various expeditions
to the west in. 187 6 and the gold
seekers bound for the Black Hills
found a great deal of their supplies
here before they started out to the
then little known section of the
west to seek fortune in the gold
fields and to plpay a part in the
stirring and dramatic settings of the
wild west town of Deadwood, then
rated as the wickedest city of the
west, and where all of the colorful
features of the frontier life was at its
full flush.
There were some fifty or sixty from
this city who heeded the lure of the
gold rush and teamed to the scene
of the activities in the "Hills" but
of these there were few who had
any success in making a stake from
the gold fileds. At the time there
was a firm, McQuire & Curtiss con-1
ducting a '"business here and both
partners closed out their business and
elds.
Will
Wise were among the better known
of the residents here who made the
trip to the gold fields. P. P. Val-,
lery, member of one of the prominent ;
families of the county was a pioneer ;
in the Hills 'and he was so well
pleased with the country that he
located there and has since made
his home in that section and had an
active part in the development of
the country that he had chosen as
his home. . j
The larger part of the Plattsmouth
people returned home after the close
of the first wild rush to the scene
of the mining fields and made their
home here
Say Juror De
. stroyed Evidence
in Aimee Case
Officials Find Two Grocery Slips
Were Stuffed Down a Drain i
Pipe
Los Angeles, Cal.. Aug. 9. The
two grocery slips held as evidence in
the investigation of the Aimee Semple
-McPherson disappearance case, and
which vanished while being examin
ed by the members of the county
grand jury, were destroyed by being
thrown down a drain pipe in a room
adjoining the grand jury room, it was
learned today.
Information is said to be in the
hands of District Attorney Asa Keyes
as to the disposition made ot tne(a long mness.
evidence. Following a conference' Mr. Miller first came to Nebraska
held today by Keyes, Judge Keetch.'in I860, from Iowa. He passed thru
and other officials with an accused ( the state at that time on his way to
juror, it was said that criminal ac- Colorado to search for gold. He later
tion may be taken in connection with enlisted in the army and served
the loss of the two slips. (throughout the civil war, participat-
Officers had found the slips in a ing in many of the major conflicts,
cottage at Carmel-By The-Sea, which! In 1873 he came as a homestead
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Band Concerts
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DURING SUMMER
BY .
Plattsmouth Eagles
Under
Come
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One of the Biggest Sale Opportunities Ever Offered
in Plattsmouth. v
Large and Up-to-Date
Hardware
Stock Will Be Offered at
15 Discount!
On All Purchases of $1.00 and Over!
We are moving three doors east to the former Lewis
Cafe building and must reduce stock.
This is a Real Money
Saving Chance!
Select Your Hardware Lines Now and
Save Real Money!
Seeds, Ammunition and Nails
not Given Discount!
Mr
...Br
Coates Block,
had been rented by Kenneth G. Or
miston, former radio operator at An
gelus Temple. The day following the
disappearance of Mrs. McPherson,
Ormiston appeared at the cottage with
a woman, whom he named only as
Miss X.
Investigating officials said they
were told the woman resembled Mrs.
McPherson, this being denied by
Qrmiston. The handwriting on the
slip was said to be that of Ormiston'B
companion.
Loss of the, two grocery slips will
not hamper the investigation mater
ially, officials said, since photostatic
copies had been made.
KEARNEY PI0NEEB
DIES; EX-SENAT0E
Kearney, Neb., Aug. 10. James
E. Miller, 89, pioneer westerner and
former legislator, died Monday after
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and Enjoy Them!
Stores Open During Gonccrl!
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Plattsmouth, Neb.
er to Bugalo county. He farmed un
til 1904 and retired, locating at
Kearney. Here he was elected a
member of the state legislature in
1S98 and 1900, serving in the sen
ate. His two sons, Attorney John A.
and J. E. Miller, realtor, live here.
Arrangements for the funeral are
incomplete.
SUFFERS ATTACK OF ILLNESS
From Wednesday's Daily
A. S. Ghrist, the well known fur
niture dealer, was taken quite sick
this noon while at hisMunch at the
Royal cafe and suffered a severe spell
that necessitated the calling of medi
cal assistance to give him relief as he
was suffering very much from short
ness of breath and for a time was in
very serious shape.
FOR SALE
One good used 4-cylinder Essex
touring car and also 5-room modern
house, 3 blocks from high school. See
Georg M. Ilild. a5-6d-2sw
Legal blanks of all kinds for sale
at the Journal office.
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