Nebraska State Histsri
cal Society
Platte me
Sournal
YOL. NO. XT.TT
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1926.
NO. 93
Excavation of
Building Site
is Completed
Steam Shovel Finishes Up Last Night
at 6 45 Just Ahead of the
Rain and Sleet Storm.
From Thursday's Dally
"Storm wave coming; snow and
colder said the weather man via
radio at noon yesterday, and the boys
on the steam shovel and dump trucks
took him at his word. The old dip
per never swung with more rapid
regularity than yesterday afternoon,
and to the surprise of everyone who
had been observing the progress of
the work, excavation of the Legion's
community building site was com
pleted at 6:30 and the shovel had
dug its way out of the hole, replac
ing the loose dirt thrown up during
the last few minutes to provide the
roadway over which it traveled. In
a quarter of an hour more the boys
had snatched a bite to eat and were Secretary W. G. Davis and Attorney
back heading the shcvel toward the, w A Robertson to Meet With
Missouri Pacific depot for loading to . T , , .
ship it back to Omaha. They were de- Interstate Committee,
termined to beat the storm and beat :
it they did. Slippery, frozen pave- From Thursday Dally
ment is the hardest obstacle for the Thls afternoon at Lincoln the
catipillar-propelled machine to travel members of the committee of the In
and so no chances were taken on get- terstate Bridge association meet at
Tinfr nut todav.
The large 60x120 basement, exca-
vat tr, an averae-e rienth of kit fPt
vided some 1.500 cubic yards of
dirt and but for delay in trucks the
.furrnnn UTMlM fc Q TO hwn
rleted in two davs easily. As it was, bridge.
two and a half days were required' The Plattsmouth representatives
to move it a task that would have a the committee are Attorney TV . A.
required several weeks with teams Robertson and Secretary . G. Davis
and dump wagons and proven a great of the chamber of commerce and who
deal more expensive. I Present this city's bridge ad-
The next step in the building pro- vantages to the state head and to
gram will come as soon as spring the engineer.
opens up. when contract for construe-! The representatives of the state
tion of the walls and placing of the I and other who have visited the var
roof will be let. A complete take-off ous sites where it is hoped to have
of material is now in the hands of the new bridges erected have all ex
the building committee, including , Pressed the opinion that the site pro
all masonry and lumber requirements. , Posed here would be one of the mos.
t, -K-oii tx-ni 90 foot in hirht "economical that can be found at any
the roof supported by structural steel !
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trusses and the main floor of hard
wood construction to provide for
iancing as well as other entertain
ments and attractions.
The excavation has been one of
the problems confronting the build-
ing committee and at regular rates ;
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could be included with the amount
of money that will be available with
which to erect the building.
With this part of the work out of
the way at such a low figure, prices
on labor and material for the erec-,
tinn nf thp hnililinp- ran soon bei"
secured and the contract let.
More than half of the money sub
scribed is now on hand and no con
certed effort has been made to col
lect subscriptions. Thi3 will be at-
t0n.H tr, urnmrtlr nfrer the first of
the vear so there will be no delay In learn mat mis iauy is tiu6 i. as growing cotton, or aepenamg tu
connruction when spring opens up. very best possible improvement at tireiy on wheat, or oats or corn for
! the St. Joseph hospital in Omaha pr0fit. Many a farmer looks back with
SECURES CrnZENSHIP PAPERS
From Thursday's Datly
Harry Leosis. proprietor of the
Royal cafe of this city, is one of the
happiest men in the community over
the fact that he has secured his citi
zenship papers after an effort of a
number of years and is now a full
flfdgfd citizen of the United States
for whirh he fought In the world
war. At the time of the war Mr.
Leosis was under the impression that
he had his citizenship . apers altho
it later developed he merely secured
his first pepers. and he neglected tc
complete his citizenship while in the
army. Later he resided at a number
of places and had no opportunity of
getting his papers until coming to
Plattsmouth. Through the efforts of
Clerk of the District Court Mrs. Golda
P.al and Attorney J. A. Capwell, Mr.
Leosis was granted his final papers
in Omaha this week.
WILL VISIT FROM CALIFORNIA
From Thursday's Daily
Miss Margaret Mauzy of San Fran
cisco, California, is expected to ar
rive here this afternoon on No. 2
hvpr thp P.nrMTicton and wUI ctidti fl I
Christmas here at the home of her!
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mauzy.
While enroute east Miss Mauzy stop
ped at Kearney where she Fpent some
time at the home of Dr. and Mrs. T.
J. Todd, the latter a sister of Miss
tv0 OQ
Miss Mauzy has been engaged at San
Francisco and her many old time
friends here are very much pleased to
welcome her here for the glad Yule
tide season.
SUFFERING FROM APPENDICITIS
From Friday's Daily
Earl Hackenberg. one of the em
ployes of the Robb Candy Co.. has
been off duty at the wholesale house
for the past several days and hi3
suffering has been quite intense as
the young man seems to be . suffer
ing from an attack of appendicitis
and he has been kept packed in ice
that his condition may improve and
permit his coming through the or-
deal without the necessity of an op -
eration.
SELL NEWSPAPER INTERESTS
The many old time friends of Mr.
aiia Mrs. B. L. Kirkham, former resi
dens of this city, will be interested
in learning that Mr. Kirkham has
disposed of his newspaper, the North
west Post at Belle Fourche. South
Dakota. Both Mr. and Mrs. Kirkham
have been in very poor health for
some time. Mrs. Kirkham having
been operated on several months ago
at the Mayo hospital and they will
ypcml the next few months in travel
in order to try and regain their
Lcuith that has been so badly affect
ed. Mr. and Mrs. Kirkham are plan
ning on visiting Plattsmouth where
the parents of Mrs. Kirkham, Mr.
and Mrs. M. M. Beal reside and also
the brother of Mr. Kirkham, City
treasurer John E. Kirkham.
Attending Meet
ing of the Bridge
Committee Today
,iue capiioi wim governor Jicaiuuer.
and State Engineer Roy Cochran, tc
discuss the matter of the bridge pro
?ram over me .Missouri river an'.i .
includes among the sites ap-t
PrOVOU. inai OI IDe 1'iaUSIHOUia
place for the shortness of the bridge
and the character of the structure
that would be erected.
The logical crossing to aid a large
territory that is now without bridge
facilities is that at Plattsmouth as
it opens up a new line of travel from
i" v . r l X,l 0
coin or Omaha and touching the large
n w. . - 4V. .nil rT"Vi lit h fl I 1 Tl
and handsome cities of the south cen
tral parts of Iowa and Nebraska.
The whole bridge program is one
that will eliminate the line that has
long separated the neighbors of Iowa
;"r, " "5"V," T"
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SH0WTNG IMPROVEMENT
From Thursday's Datl v
The many friends of Miss Alice
Lorenz Will De very mucn pieaseu iu
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,'here she has neen ior tne past eet
unatr me caie ui ui. jiuwufo, uvi ' jje not only luti uu me aimai imi ui
specialist at that great institution, jjis feeders, but had exhausted his en
Miss Lorenz has been very poorly for tire crop in feeding. It is tragic, to
the past few months and in order to
giver her any measure or renei irom
her illness it was decided to have her
taken to the hospital where she has
been placed under the care of the
specialist. While her case is one tnat
is very severe and will require prob-
ably considerable time to successfully
t in nrntrrPcsinE' verv nicelv and
the natient seems to be rallying very
n!ff1v from the illness and the par-
ts and members of the family are
en
very much encouraged over the out
look for her recovery.
MAY NOT ACCEPT POSITION
From Thursday's Dally
The gossip at the court house cov-
ering tne cnangra mov
the seat of the Cass . count, -i
ment after the change q in offlce
the new year, states "2
Ethelyn s who was g a
clerk in the office of Treasurer-iieci
John E. Turner, has decided that she ,
will remain in her present work as,
rretarv to the citv superintendent!
of schools, as the board of education
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has voted to give her an increase that
make3 the office more attractive and
as it is less exacting than the grind
of the treasurer's office she has decid
ed to remain a part of the Platts
mouth city school administration. The
vacancy in the office of the county
treasurer it is expected will be taken;
by Miss Ruth Patton. at the present;
I 1 - . 1 mr- m . i . i '
time clerk in the office of the register
of deeds.
HERE FOR HOLIDAYS
From Friday's Daily
The home of Mr. and Mrs. George
Luschinsky is the scene of a very de
lightful family gathering during the
holiday season when the children are
gathering home for the happy Christ
mas time with the parents. Mrs.
Ralph Mullis and seven children of
Alliance, Nebraska, are here to spend
tne season and Mr. and Mrs. George
Knox of Denver, the latter formerly
$Tl6S,HutT,h. came n to.
day to enjoy the holiday season,
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1 Phone jovx Want Ads to No. 6.
Urges Give and
Take in Settle
ment of Affairs
Secretary of Chamber Has Observa
tions of Many Needs of the
Present Day.
Will M. Maupin uses his little col
umn to sell his poems. Thru ours we
try to sell Plattsmouth, Cass, county
and Nebraska! To whom? Well,
FIRST, to ourselves. You can't sell
others what you can't sell to your
selves. The Farm Journal quotes one little
boy as saying: "Don't let nobody tell I
yuh there ain't no Santa Claus cuz
I betcha I seen 40 of 'em last Christ-
mas with me own eyes!" It's a wise
child that knows it's Santa Claus.
We notice the Omaha Bee is at
tempting to keep good roads for Ne-I
braska a political issue, according to
an editorial in todays paper (Dec.
22nd.) That is what's the matter with
Nebraska roads! As we have repeat
edly said, the cheap-screw politician
always hangs onto the word "TAX,"
regardless of necessary improvements,
and dividends returnable on such in
vestment, for their whole idea is the
success of h political party, or clique,
rather than the good of the state. Un
til our roads, and our state road offi
cials are taken out of politics, we
mav expect contusion, aeiay, inuu-
rerence, ana tne usual muauy, suck.,
sloppy, rotton rough, expensive, dis-
graceful dirt roads-
If this information Is correct, Iowa
farmers have to raise $ 4.02 for every
acre to meet tax and debt charges.
The bulk of this coming from school
bonds, road bonds, and bonds voted
for the Iowa soldiers all good, ac
ceptable and not out of the way. Then
remains the entry of money borrowed
to carry on business, a trifle less than
one fourth of the value of Iowa farms.
To this is added the current expenses
of farming. This explains why the
Iowa farmer is anxious to get his
business on a new footing where he
will not have to compete .with Ar
gentine competitors.
We wonder if a good tariff on for
eign grains, and heef, with free trade
on farm implements would help any?
Let us have your, ideas in this? Never
could see why the farmer should not
be as well protected in a tariff for his
products, as the manufacturer. What
is your idea? Come in and let's talk
it over. There is just enuff repub
lican blood in me, to appreciate the
value of a tariff in eome matters, and
plenty of democratic mingling to feel
that free trade offers many advantages
in other ways. As long as a man re
mains a hide-bound republican, or a I
bull-headed democrat regardless of
the common sense requirements of the
farmer, we'll get no where.
Buying feeders, is a great a gamble
weary eyes on the feeder game, where
say the least
Also, interview many of our mer
chants you will find them having
to sell thousands of articles at less
than cost, due to fluctuating marKets,
and changing styles. O, yes, Mr.
Farmers, there are sleepless nights
mil In hv our merchants, over the
same problems you have. How we'd
like to get a hundred Cass county.
farmers lined up with the Chamber of
Commerce, see them along witn our
merchants stick their feet under the
same table, and draw closer together
in a broader spirit of mutual help
fulness. Many a man whom we have
thought cold, selfish, and indifferent;
. - .v vt,w him
ell tnugh to call him -Jim? and
exchanged mutual confidences, that
his heart was as big as the other fel-
lows but he didn't know how to let
k it
TOU Knr
Maupin doesn t need to think he
can beat us
The stingiest man we ever seen,
Was grouchy Alexander Bean,
He'd bury his money in the well
And tell his City to go to ?
(ROBERT BURNS.)
However, before we bring this
squeal to a close, we can't retrain
from admitting that graveled roads,
, . 3 -. V S T nflrlinin
the dairv cow, fluffy white Leghorn
round Poland Chinas, apples, berries,
and other fruits, in Cass county, to
take ud a few of our big farm acres.
would return the farmer such a profit
ner acre, that his problems would be
speedily adjusted, and he would have
more time and cash to go to Washing
ton and see that progress, not poll
tics, is obtained from the men he
sends to congress. And such a pro
gram, would not interfere with his
hog, cattle, and corn farming.
W. G. DAVIS,
Secretary.
When entertaining, use Dennison
goods. Bates Book and Gift Shop
carries the entire Dennison line and
materials. !
HOLD SUCCESSFUL BAZAAR
From Wednesday's Ually
The Sunday school of the Eight
Mile Grove Lutheran church held a
very successful Christmas bazaar at
the church on Monday evening, the
event being fitaged In the new base
ment of the church building.
Here there was a very wonderful
display of fancy work and many
pretty articles that found a reedy
sale from the large crowTd that braved
the bad roads and weather to come
out and enjoy the fine treat that
had been prepared. An informal pro
gram was given by the young peo
ple and which added to the interest
of all of the members of the large
party. The fine pony offered as a
prize was secured by Henry Hild cf
Mynard and the doll by John Keil
of Cedar Creek.
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for First Nation
al Bank Arrives
Fred Buersletta of Lincoln Named
as the Official to Handle the
Bank Affairs.
From Thursday's Dally
The newly appointed receiver of
the First National bank of this city.
Mr. Fred Buersletta of Lincoln, ar
rived here last night aEd is today
taking up the work of getting tho
bank affairs in shape so that they can
be handled with a view of closing
up the bank and making settlements
as rapidly as possible of the claims
and liabilities of the bank.
The receiver is a well known young
lawyer of Lincoln and is known to z
large number of the local people as
he was a student at Nebraska unives
sity with a number cf the Platts
mouth people.
The work of checking up the banli
has been looked alter by William
Wilson of Omaha, bank examiner
and who will assist the receiver In
getting the bank matters in shape
so that some idea of the final re
sults of the liquiV-tWn may be
known to the large" number of per
sons who have interests in the closed
bank.
WIFE SETS BEC0ED
From Thursday's Daily
A new sensation Is going the
rounds of the Plattsmouth golf club
according to Clate Rosencrans, the
real winter and summer golfer of
the city. No reader, the sensation is
not what you think.
A few days ago when the balmy
weather prevailed over this portion
of the United States,, one of the
veteran members of the club who ha?
often had his number sold at the city
tournaments for large and weighty
sums of money, decided that he would
enjoy a little golf and instead of chal
lenging Clate or other members of
the club who are much sought w
opponents, he derided that it woulr'
be a good time to tench friend wif
a lesson in golfing that she woulf'
not forget and to impress the fact
that while women have invaded poli
tics, the men's formerly exclusive
circles and are now even being sug
gested for the presidency, he would
show the wife that the domain of
golf was still the proud possession of
man as far as championships was
concerned.
They hastened to the links and
while the breeze that swept from the
southwest was a trifle cool it was the
kind of weather that puts a snap intc
even the golf players and after thr
preliminaries both the husband ant1
wife drove the ball over lor tne
first hole. The wife, it may be stated
had not played golf for a year and
waB somewhat out of practice, but
oh. boy, how she shot the white
nellet over the greens and at the
close of the round, the score stood:
Wife 39; Husband 42
It is claimed that the defeated
member of the twosome stated after
the game that he should have used
his first judgment and taken Clate
on for the game to insure a victory
instead of backing up against the
skill of his wife
RECEIVES PLEASANT NEWS
From Friday's Dally
The many friends here of Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Andrews of Omaha will be
interested in learning of a very pleas
ant Christmas gift that arrived yes
terday afternoon to brighten their
home in the yuletide season in th
person of a fine son and heir. Mrs
Andrews was formerly Miss Alic
Kerr of this city and the many
friends are pleased to learn that both
Mrs. Andrews and the little son are
doing very nicely.
PURCHASES NEW CAR
From Friday's Daily
One of the new type two door
Pontiac coupes Is now the proud
possession of Fred Aherns, one of the
enterprising young farmers of west
of Mynard and which was sold by
the Chilton Sales Co., the local re
presentatives of the Pontiac car in
this territory. The, car is a beauty
and one that will giTe the new own
er a grreat deal of pleasure.
Bank Officials
Have a Plan to
Clear Ud Bank
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By Pooling Real Estate Holdings
First national Bank Officials
Hope to Save Losses.
From Thursdav's Iially
OScials of the First National bank
which has been eloped for the
nncf i
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week
fort
'to ret the V4irs of the bailw"6 T f,ngapedt in UBM
to get the dual" of the bank before going to the west coast where
closed ud in a manner that would
give the depositors as good a set
tlement as possible and save them the
expense of the long and costly pro
ceedings of receivership that woult'
be necessary otherwise.
The officials have had interview!
with a number of the depositors re
lative to handling paper that might
be in the bank and which could be
accepted as settlements for the claims
againrt the bank and in this they
have met a very pleasing reception
from a great many of those who are
Interested.
The plan that the ofScials have
now adopted is in addition to provid-
ng for the paper that might be held
by the bank is to pool the real estate
holdings of the bank which they have
isted at SSI, 000 into a pcol and t,::
placed in the hands of a trustee whe
will have charge of this part of the
liquidation proceedings. The real es
tate would be covered by a bond issue
of $70,000 tax free securities and the
depositors would be paid fifty per
cent of their claims in these bondr
and fifty per cent of their claim?
n cash that would give them, it if
believed by the officials, a much bet
ter chance of securing a large sum on
their claims than they would other
wise be able to secure.
It is desired that the depositors
who can, ccme in and discuss the
matter and give their views on the
proposition that it is desired to float
as in the event of its failure the en
tire proceedings will be forced intc
the liquidation of the bank through
the hands of the receiver.
G. O. Dovey. cashier of the closed
bank, states that this i3 the best
propositien that the depositors coulc.
find in a speedy settlement of the
claims and that within a very short
time the depositors could secure set
tlements. The real estate held In the trus
teeship would be administered by the
trustee and as fast as possible thr
bonds on the real estate be taken up
and the depositors given an oppor
tunity of realizing on their claims.
DENMARRK EXPLAINS
Copenhagen, Denmark, Dec. 23.
Denmark's formal resumption of theturned Benter toBPapillion at i a. m.
gold stanaara yeteruay -iii n "
the introduction of gold as ordinary
mrrpnev. out only ior fiyun yui -
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In resuming the gold standard by!
adoption of a measure permitting the
conversion of Danish notes into goia
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at a fixed rate, beginning January x,
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I'eumarK IS louumui; inr cioiii";
G-eat Britain and Sweden to avoid
!f,,ii .i,oin,.,ninn!,i rates
for Danish currency which has been
. . ; . (;,in
quoted at parity for some time.
The Danish national bank has rrom,
three to four times larger gold re
serves than it had before the world
war and has assured the government
that it is capable of meeting any gold jj g time.
demand without government assist-- ' v i-JC-ance.
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Resumption of the gold standard
also is declared desirable by all polit
ical parties as a medium of bringing
the price index in conformity with
the international value of the Danish
krone.
DO MUCH DAMAGE
From Friday's Dally
Some persons have in the last few
day have been doing a great deal of
damage to the residence property
northwest of the Missouri Pacific rail
way station, formerly occupied by
Louis Kostka and family. Mr. Koet
ka recently purchased the small farm
ownr-d by Sheriff Stewart noith of
this city and the house that V.o for
merly occupied and which is l:no'n
as the John Koukal place, wjb left;
vacant. Mr. Kostka had occasion:
later to return to the house he hadj
vacated and was shocked to find that)
some person had deliberately broken ,
a large number of the windows of
ihe house and created considerable
destruction around the place. The .
matter has been reported to the au-(
thorities and the parties who have
been engaged in the work of destruc
tion had better watch their step in
the future or suffer the consequences.
HERE FROM CHICAGO
From Friday's Dally
Harley Becker of Chicago who is
employed by the Marshall Fields com
pany of Chicago, is here for a visit
over the Christmas holidays and is
visiting at the home of his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Becker. Harley
is well pleased with his job at Chi
cago and enjoys the work there.
A few of the Cass county maps
showing every man's farm are left.
You can get one at the Journal office
for 50c Hurry, before they're gone.
CALLED TO CALIFORNIA
From Friday's Daily
Mrs. Glenn Perry yesterday receiv
ed a message from Los Angeles, Cal
ifornia, announcing the very serious
FtTlJTnS
left last night for
rother, Sam Tit man.
at city. Mrs. Perry
the west and will
t" at tn3 ned'-iae 01 ner orouier in
the next few days. The message did !
not give the nature of the illness of j
Mr. Pitman, but merely stated that'
he was in serious shape and urging'
that the sister come and which sent
her speeding westward. Mr. Pitman
wns a ffirmtr rfidnt of Murrav
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whprf hp wr;c born and reared and
he has since resided. The many
friends here will anxiously await
word from his bedside as to his con-tf
fill Mill
Former Bank
Cashier Admits
Ho lmko'7Inl'radio Etation WOAW,,and in which
IIC lllIUCiCli Fred Patzel, one of the farmers of the
Glf-.n Benter Gets 10 Years for Tak
ing Five Hundred Dollars From
Failed Richfield Bank.
Papillicn, Neb., Dec. 23. Glenn,
F. Benter, 30,' former cashier of the
First State bank of Richfield, four
miles south of here, who was arrest
ed at Schuyler, Neb., on a warrant
charging embezzlement, which was
sworn out here by County Attorney
Collins, pleaded guilty today at his
preliminary arraignment before Coun
ty Judge Wheat.
He was sentenced this afternoon
by District Judge James T. Begley,
to a term of from one to ten years.
Benter, a cousin of E. C. Goerke,
missing former president of both the
Papillion State bank and the First
State bank of Richfield, both of which
failure last summer, left the latter in
stitution before it was taken over by
the state guaranty fund commission.
It failed simultaneously with the
crash of the Papillion State bank.
In the warrant, he was formally ac
cused of embezzling five hundred dol
lars. anC it was to this charge that he
pleaded guilty.
At the time the Richfield bank
was closed, it was understood that
it had a shortage of funds of approx
imately thirty thousand dollars.
Benter after leaving the employ of
the bank went to the home Of his par
ents in Burke, S. D., and later went
to Schuyler. When County Attorney
Collins learned of his whereabouts he
immediately signed the complaint on
which the warrant was based.
In his plea of guilty before Judge
c-v, '-- r 4,5
today from Omaha where he took him
jn custodv from the gheriff at Sthuy.
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TRIALS OF AN EDITOR
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to state that we have never sent
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Th- journal appreciates your in -
terest in nhoninp- ns the news.
Call
Under State Supervision Deposits
One Thing We will
Not Do!
As a matter of fact, there is no limit to the honest,
whole-hearted co-operation of the Fanners
State Bank.
But THERE IS ONE THING WE WILL NOT DO. And
that one thing is merely this: We will not go beyond
the limits of safe and sound banking practice nor the
banking laws of the good State of Nebraska, to serve
even the largest depositor in America, but we will ex
tend our honest co-operation and loyal support to even
the smallest depositor as long as he is honest with
himself and the community.
On This Basis Your Business
is Invited
The Farmers State Bank
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA
T. K. POLLOCK
President
JAS. K. POLLOCK
Asst. Cashier
Swine Song
Originator to
Go on Stage
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Fred Patzel World Champion Ho3
Caller Sims Contract for
Vaudeville.
From Friday's Dan?
Patzol oi Madison Nebraska.
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cnampion nog cantr oi up wi.nu,
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roundings of the farm near Madison
f th llimour and cmter of tho
R e and tQ bring ad(led fame to
liniPr.lf aml hi3 6tate with the notes
th(1 h call that has turn0j the
eves of the nation to the farms of Ne
braska where dwell the festive porker
(and in whose calling Fred has made
a fine art.
Mr. Patzel was first brought into
the limelight in the hog calling con
test that was originated at Omaha
m-1it fict av&Tit vrnc Ktafred from
vicinity of Madison was selected as
the most tuneful of the contestants
and whose voice raised in the notes of
the call would bring the hogs a run
nin.' For his prowness in this line he
was given a gold medal.
Added distinction came to Fred at
the American Legion convention at
Philadelphia this fall when some en
terprising members of the officials of
the Legion of Nebraska, decided that
Fred should accompany the delegation
to the Quaker city and there give bis
calls. When the Nebraska delega
tion arrived at Chicago and aJso at
the other cities where stops were made
Fred was there with his swine song
and assisted by others of the Nebraska
delegation made the air ring.
On the streets of Philadelphia and
in the Legion parade the hog call at
tracted the attention of everyone and
the famous corn Bong of the Iowa
delegation was forgotten when Fred
and the Nebraska hog callers came
along and woke the Btaid city of Wil
liam Penn. with the melodies that stir
the pwine on the Nebraska farms.
When the Harvest festival of the
Plattsmouth Legion was held here in
the middle of November, Mr. Patzel
was brought here by the Legion and
the Ad club and made a real feature
of the festival as hid hog calling drew
the eyes of the entire county here
and many of the best hog callers In
the west were developed in the week
of the carnival and the genial hale
and friendly Nebraska champion made
a host of friends who will learn with
pleasure of hi3 acceptance of the
vaudeville contract.
We can only warn Fred of the
perils of the great white way whose
glittering lights are calling hira to
Broadway and to avoid the pitfalls
i of the night clubs. Gilda Grey the
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PEACHES, DADDY MAY REUNITE
New York. Dec. 23. Reconcilia
tion between Frances (Peaches)
Drowning and her millionaire hus
band, Edward W. Browning, realtor
and adopter of girl children was pre-
dieted Wednesday by Frances Dale
, ,
.Brownings attorney.
' this morning for Omaha to spend the
Christmas season and will be joined
there by Mr. Holmes Christmas day.
Protected by State Guaranty Fun;!
REA F. PATTERSON
Cashier