PLATTS1I0UTH SEin V7EZELY JOURNAL
HOTTDAY. APRIL 9. 13.
PAGE SEX.
GIVEN A STIFF SENTENCE
Los Angeles, April 5. E. G. Lewis;
conTlcteil real estate promoter, was?
sentenced in the federal court today
to serve five years and pay a fine of
$14,000 and costs for using the mails
to defraud. Lewis and a business
associate. Major Henry L. Kramer,
are alleged to have taken In' more
than $1,000,000 In a personal loan
campaign..
The five year sentence on Lewi9
was based on ten of fourteen counts
on which he was convicted. On the
remaining four counts he was given
a sentence of two years each, sus
pended for five years on condition
he dos not U3e the mails in further
ance of any promotional schema dur
ing the five years.
Omaha. Nebr., April 4. News
papers were urged as the advertising
medium for power and llgnt com
panies by speakers at the twenty
second annual meeting of the Ne'
braskfc section of the National Elec
trie Licht association, being held
khere.
K. R. MacKinnon, president of the
association, and E. II. Aberdeen, pub
licity director of the Westinghouse
Electric Manufacturing company
both urged the electric light men to
advertise consistently in the news
papers. Both speakers said that the
newspapers are the logical mediums
of advertising because they are on
intimate relations with their readers
Favors' "Our industry is always in the
public eye," said Chairman Mac-K.in-non.
Besause this Is election year,
the flood gates of political publicity
have already been loosed on our in-
Wasblngton, April 4. Reduction dustrv. It seems to be popular past
of the 13V2 per cent corporation tax time to bait public utilities in order
to 12 per cent, ratner tnan ix y ' t0 win oublic favor
Trim Tax on
irations
11 Per Cent
Corpoi
Light Companies
Endorse News
paper Publicity
National Electric Association Finds
That This Is the Best Ad
vertising Medium.
Senate Finance Committee
12 Per Cent Rate Raises
House Proposal.
per cent as proposed by the house
was voted today by the senate finance
committee in beginning work on the
house revenue measure.
Thia follows the recommendation
made to the committee yesterday by
"There appears to be only one way
out for us. We must continue tak
ing "the public into our confidence,
We must show them what we are
trying to do. We must treat the
people as our friends and, if the pub
Secretary Mellon, who insisted that j nc continues to be our friends, we
the tax reauction of $290,000,000 ; need not fear the activities of those
voted by the house must be trimmed 1 who try to further their own selfish
by the senate to $201,000,000 at the
highest. r-
ends by attacking us." He urges all
the public utilities to use the news-
With the solid support of the re- papers through paid advertising to
publican majority on the committee, keep their message before the people
Chairman Smoot proposed at the out- at all times.
set today that the $201,000,000 limi- j e. H. Aberdeen, Publicity Director
tation be adhered to. No vote was Cf the Westinghouse Electric Manu
taken, but Senator Smoot expects the facturing company of Chicago, stress
figure to be approved. j ed the importance of newspaper ad
Will Report a Tax Bill. 'vertising. He stressed in his talk that
By unanimous vote the committee public utilities must -advertise be
decided to report a tax reduction bill, cause every business is in competi
quietly reports that the legislation tion to obtain the attention of the
might be sidetracked in view of the people. He also said that newspaper
demands of the treasury that the re- advertising backs up salesmanship,
duction voted by the house was too George H. Lee, General Counsel
large. of tne Iowa-Nebraska Light and
Senator Simmons of North Caro- Power company of Lincoln, talked on
Una. ranking democrat on the com- Important legal decisions of the year
mittee, argued today for a cut of affecting the public utilities indus
$300,000,000 and urged that at least ;ry. He attacked politicians who are
the house bill should be accepted. using the public utilities as a step
Senator Barkley, democrat of Ken- ladder to reach high political offices,
tucky, asked the committee to cut Roy Page, chairman of a special
the corporation tax from 13 per committee, appointed to investigate
cent to 11 per cent, and this was de- the tri-county irrigation project,
feated, 11 to 9, on a strict party di- brought in a report, that the Hydro
vision, with the republican majority Electric development proposed as a
opposing the motion. Senator Sim- part 'of the project cannot be Justi
mons then proposed the 11 M per fled on economic grounds,
cent rate, which was approved by "The man on the street is going
the house, but thia lost by the same to ask in this case as he has in oth
vote. . . . , , ! era," says the report, "why it is that
The motion of Senator Edge, re this water power, which we have al
publican of New Jersey, for a 12 per ways been led to believe as cheap
cent rate carried 12 to 6. On this power, cannot compete with, steam."
vote Senator Reed, Pennsylvania; The answer is that, first, water
Shortridge, California; and Couzens, power is not essentially cheap, be
Michigan, republicans, voted with cause the investment to develop a
three democrats, Simmons. North certain amount of such power is prac
Carolina; Kink, Utah; and Barkley, tically always much higher than the
Kentucky, against. The three nega- investment to produce the tame
tive republican votes were under- amount of power by steam; second,
stood to be in favor of the 12 per! because the cost of the transmission
cent rate, while, the democrats, who system to deliver the water power to
opposed the 12 per cent provisions. its market, which in this case as in
wanted a lower rate.
Work at Full Speed.
Plunging ahead at full speed on
the bill the committee was hopeful
cf final action possibly within a
week, which would set a record for
revenue legislation. In the interest
most others, is at a considerable dis
tance, eats up any advantage that
there might be, were the plants lo
cated side by side."
C. W. Amidon, president of the
General Power company In Grand
Island, said: "In discussing the situ-
any opening hearings.
Denial of Secretary Mellon's state
ment before the committee that "the
insistent demand for the repeal of
the 3 per cent automotive tax does
not come from the automobile pur
chasers" was made today by the
American Motorists association.
'That part of the secretary's state
of aneed it wa rf'rirtprf to ahnnrton I ation relative to Hydro-Electric pow
er m Mt:ui asiia, i uo not lniena lo
create the Impression that it is fal
lacy to attempt to develop Hydro
plants In Nebraska. However, the
tremendous production of oil and the
condition of coal markets have forced
consideration of the economic possi
bilities of steam power."
"This condition of cheap fuel can
ment before the committee denying noJ be considered a tempoary one, as
that the automobile purchasers them- i " is a well-known fact that tremend
selves have no interest in the repeal'0113 quantities of coal in neighbor,
of the tax is not based on fact." de-; n, states, and also of oil, can be
clared J. Borton Weeks, nresident of laid down in Nebraska at a price
the organization. Lincoln Star.
' RELIGION AND REAL LIFE
From ThureIr Dally
The Wednesday evening sermon in
the series of meetings in the Metho
dist church was on the theme of
"The Door to Real Life," taken from
the tenth chapter of the Gospel ac
cording to John the ninth verse, "I
am the door; by me if any man enter
in. he shall be saved, and shall go in
and out and find pasture."
The people of the modern world,
according to Rev. Sorter's statement
find themselves in more and greater
cross currents of life than any other
age. The average man knows what
he should do, but is swayed by the
appealing cross currents of modern
life. The problem of the organized
forces of Christ is still today after all
a simple task. We can never drive
the w6rld to our Christ .and we
cannot brow beat a man of the world
to become a Christian by lampooning
him. The man of the world follows
his sin and worldliness because he
loves to do so. The sin of his life
is there because he finds satisfaction
In it. The world can only be brot to
Christ when by some means the af
fections and loves of the world have
been changed. However clear our
reasoning, the world will never be
lieve us as long as it's love is given
to the things of sin. What person of
mature age haB not seen or known of
some dear friend trying to reason a
young man or woman out of marry
ing someone who was thought to be
unworthy of that love by the friend.
They never believe and if the friend
is correct only believe when they
have made ehipwreck of their life.
This statement of Christ has never
been found to be other than correct.
He still stands at the door through
which people may enter to have a life
that fades not. The people of this
community who love sin will only
hate sin when they have the love of
Christ in their hearts. You who have
struggled to have life may have it
when you accept the Christ, for then
he will change the desire of. your
heart from the things of sin to the
things of righteousness.
Anti-Saloon
League to Hold
Institute Here
On Sundav and Monday, April 15th
and 16th Meetings at Presby
terian and Methodist
Churches. .
SCHOOL supp;
Buy your school supplies at the
Bates Book and Stationery Store,
where you will find the big line at
the right price. Everything that you
will need for the school year will be
found here.. Ws have placed in at
exceptionally large line this year and
we are in a position to please you in
anything that you may want.
which, coupled with the economics of
our mechanical ldiven electrical
units, places the eteam plant in a
position to offer serious competition
to the . hydro electric plant in the
matter of delivering power at a low
cost, and means that future hydro
development in this state must be
subjected to the most rigid analysis."
"Hydro electric ' development,
where feasible, has an important
place in our industrial development
throughout the state. However, any
future developments should be con
sidered on the business basis and
from an inrentment standpoint."
If the xnotw storm didn't hook op with your idea
of Easter to the extent you did not buy yonr
Easter Hat our advice is to stop in and buy it
now. Ve always have Spring in Nebraska, and
it will "soon be here. ; y '
Emersons - - - 55.00
V Stetsons - - - - 8.00
Sunday and Monday, April 15 and
16, an "Institute" will be put on in
Plattsmouth under . the auspices of
the Anti-Saloon League of Nebraska.
' Sunday morning the pulpits of the
various churches " will be occupied by
League - workers. State- Supt. F. A.
High will speak at the Presbyterian
church, Mr. R. E. Owen will speak
at the Methodist church and J. A.
SanDeFur will speak at the Chris
tian church. . , .
Dramatic Debate
Sunday evening at the Presbyter
ian church there will be given the
great dramatic debate, "Can the Law
be Enforced?" at a union meeting.
This question will resolve itself
into a discussion of to what extent
a private citizen is responsible for
prohibition enforcement, and to what
extent the law officers -are responsi
ble, and in the event of failure, who
is to blame.
The scene is laid in the office of
a county attorney. Mr. J. A. San
DeFur will take the part of a coun
ty attorney, while Mr. R. E. Owen
will be ' an indignant citizen who
visits the office.
"Who Killed Earl Wright?"
A group of twenty-one local citi
zens assisted by two Anti-saloon
League men will present the murder
trial of Frank Lloyd, In mock, at the
Methodist church on Monday even
ing, April 16th, at 8:00 o'clock.
A model court room will be set up
in the church. The trial is designed
to bring out the prohibition law en
forcement situation as it progresses
with the prosecution of Supt. -R. E.
Patterson, who plays the part of the
defendant, .who is alleged to .have
killed his best friend during a drunk
en spree over a bottle of alcohol.
In addition to Mr. Patterson' rep
resenting "Frank Lloyd," the defend
ant, other parts will be taken by
Plattsmouth people as follows:
Bailiff . J. A. Capwell
Sheriff. ; C. A. Rawls
Mrs. Lloyd (mother of the
defendant) Mrs. Charles Troop
Judge Prof. R. E. Bailey
Tony Mankuso J. C. Bridg'ewater
Mrs. R. L. French (witness)
Mrs. Robert B. Hayes
Geo. W. Cook (Coroner)
Rev. H. O. McClusky
; Court Reporter Mrs. G oldie Beal
I THE JURY
. J. H. Graves, Mrs. J. E. Wiles, Her
bert Nelson, Alpha Mauzy, Mrs. J. W.
Hall, G. L. Farley, Mrs. Roy Stine,
t Myron Birdsley, G. O. Schweneker,
j-Mra. J. F. Gorder, Will Heinrich,
' Mrs. F. G. Coryell.
The trial is taken from an actual
case , in an Iowa court. It has ex
cited widespread comment wherever
Jit has been presented, as an impres
sive and dramatic presentation of the
law observance and law enforcemtn
responsibilities of the citizenry of
the nation.
Grape Culture
A Boon to This
Part of Country
Attorney A. L. Tidd Discusses Im
portant Subject Soil Similar
to Rhine Valley.
It affords me considerable pleasure
to have this opportunity to present
to you a subject to which I have giv
en considerable thought and study. I
know you are all interested in the
commercial development of this com
munity. The great problem is how
to do it. In my opinion it cannot be
done by the Chamber of Commerce
as an organization. It must be done
by the individual or individuals. The
3rst thought Is to incorporate a com
pany to , do it. I have had about
fourteen thousand dollars worth ot
experience in trying to do something
by incorporating a company for that
purpose. I am not and shall not be
interested In doing it that way.
, All of you or most of you have
either read or heard of the splen
did grape vineyards alone the Rhine
river in Germany and France. The
soil on these hills- up and down along
the Missouri river is similar in qual
ity to the soil along the Rhine in
Europe. It is called the loess soil.
It 13 a pulverulent yellowish-gray
loam, homogeneous and nonplastic,
and consists of a mixture of clay
and carbonate of lime. The pores in
the soil are vertical. It is recognized
as a soil best adapted to fruit grow
ing. Professors Wiggans and Hop
pert of the Nebraska Agricultural
College, in a bulletin on "Grape
Growing in Nebraska," say, "The
loess soil along the Missouri river
bluffs is ideal for this fruit."
1st Year Cost, Planting 1 Acre.
Plowing ? 3.00
Discing and harrowing- 3.00
Listing 2.00
500 vines 25.00
Setting out vines 15.00
Total cost : $ 48.00
Cultivation 6.00
$ 54.00
Crop of corn, 30. bu. 21.00
S 33.00
Cost Second Year.
250 iron posts S 75.00
Setting posts 8.00
400 lb No. 10 wire 14.00
Putting wire on posts 8.00
Cultivation
$105.00
8.00
$113.00
Crop of corn, 3Q bu. 21.00
S 92.00
Total cost per acre of establishing
a grape vineyard. Is approximately
$125.00. The third year it will yield
a few grapes,, and the land at this
time has a.i intrinsic value of $500.00
per acre. The net yield the fourth
year will be from $75.00 to $100 per
acre. Properly cared for the net
yield thereafter will be approximate
ly $200 per acre per year, and the
land value will be approximately
$1,000 per acre. .
In 1927, Brownville shipped more
carloads of grapes, than were ship
ped in 1920 from each of the follow
ing states, viz., Ohio, Deleware, Mis
souri, or Washington, as shown by
the report of theU. S. Department
of Agriculture Year Book, 1921, at
page 654.
. From Brownville there ,was ship
ped fifty car loads of grapes, of 12
tons to the car, or 1,200,000 pound3
of grapes. -
These were, packed in four quart
or five pound baskets, 4,000 baskets
to the carload. The crop this year of
Concord grapes run about 1600 bas
kets per acre and were sold at 19 cts.
per basket f. o. b. Brownville.'-Moore's
Early sold at 26 cts. per basket.
Concords Average. ,
12000, 5 lb. baskets, 19 cts $228.00
12,000 baskets at 3 '
cts. . $ 36.00
Cutting and packing- 42.00 78.00
Net ... . $150.00
Concords 1927.
1600 5 lb. baskets, 19 cts$304.00
100 baskets at 3
cents ; $ 48.00
Cutting and packlng-L 56.00 104.00
Net $200.00
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to $3.00. Suits for boys 75c to $1.25.
Moore's Early 1927.
1600 5 lb. baskets 26 cts. $416.00
1600 baskets at 3
cents $ 48.00
Cutting and packing- 56.00 104.00
15)
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Net .$312.00
Moore's Early ripens about two
weeks earlier than the Concord and
usually sells at a higher price. It
is not as hardy as the Concord and
not so sure a crop.
.Marketing.
Marketing is the problem in grape
growing. To depend on the local
market is hopeless. It requires a
grape growers association to mar
ket the entire crop for all growers.
Grapes should be sold in carload lots.
JThen the larger markets can be reach
ed, and better prices obtained, l am
told that the Nebraska City grape
growers sold their entire crop for
1926 at 5 cents per pound. That is
25 cents per basket, and would mean .
$222.00 per acre on an average crop. .
How Can This Industry 3e Started
As I said in the beginning it must
be done by individuals. If .there
were three individuals In this meet
ing who would each plant at least
fiveacres of grapes this spring, I feel
sure he Industry would be started.
If you now own the land it will cost
you about $50 per acre this year to
plant an, acres or $250 to plant a;
five acre tract. .
Nature has furnished this com
munity with a wonderful soil for the
production of grapes, as well as many
other kinds of fruit. The thing that
is lacking is men with vision and
courage.
I have read all the best authorities
on the subject of grape culture. I
have thought about it and have read j
about it until I have fully convinced
myself that by a little effort on the
part or organization a start can be
made, and soon we would have a
sufficient acreage of vineyards to at
tract the larger buyers, and the in-.
dustry would be most profitable. j
Mr. Tidd has complete literature
on the culture of grapes and will be
glad to furnish same to anyone interested.
To Your Mother
Yon are still a child and
always in her thoughts.
You can't be with her,
perhaps, but you can send
her your photograph on
MOTHER'S DAY
Open Sunday by Appointm't
TO HAVE YOUR PORTRAIT
IN AMPLE TIME, MAKE AN
APPOINTMENT TODAY.
-HcFariand's Siudio-
Mother's Day, May 13 .
Local Fans to
Further Plans
for New League
Local Team Perfects Organization
and Will Boost for the New
Interstate League.
OPENS NEW HOTEL
CASES FOR TRIAL
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From Saturday's Dally
The district court term for April
; has been set for opening on April
8th and the jury panel will report at
10 a. m. of that date. The opening
will be the naturalization hearings
at 9 o'clock and then the regular
work of the term will be taken up.
Thee following cases have been as
signed .for trial:
Bogenreif vs. Lynn, et al., Mon
day, April 9th, 10 a. m.
Anderson va. Farmers State Bank
of Greenwood, Tuesday, April 10th,
9 a. m.
Farmers State bank of Greenwood
vs. Palling, weanesaay, April ntn.
9 a. m.
Stull vs. Marshall, et al., Thurs
day, April 12th, 9 a. m.
Lincoln Cleaning & Dye Works vs.
Philpot, et al., Friday April 13th.
Julia Kratochvil vs. The Estate
of Henry Koukal, deceased, Monday,
April 16th 9 a. m.
Work vs.' Pollard, Tuesday April
17th 9 a. m.
C. B. & Q. R. R. vs. the City of
Plattsmouth, Wednesday, April 18th,
9 a. m. j
The many Plattsmoth friends of
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Sattler, former
residents here and now living in Los
Angeles, will be Interested in learn
ing that Mrs. Sattler has been placed
in charge of the fine new Park hotel
at 729 So. Bonnie Brae, Los Angeles.
The new hotel is one of the finest
in the city and has ninety-eight
rooms, and is a strictly up to the
minute five story hotel building. Mrs.
Sattler has had charge as manager
of the Knickerbocker apartments in
Los Angeles and has been very suc
cessful in her work and when the
new hotel building was completed
she was offered the management of
the hotel and is now in charge of
the new hotel. Mrs. Sattler was for
merly Miss Grayce Fight, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Fight, old
time residents of near Mynard and
granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Fight of this city, and the many
friends here will be please to learn
of her success.
AU local news is m the Journal.
From Thursday's Dally
Last evening a group of the fans
and ball players of the city gathered
at Bill Ketelsen's Willard Battery
station to discuss the plans for the
coming year's work and to get the
ball rolling for the local participation
in the new Interstate league that Is
being planned for the Bern i-pro teams
of this part of Nebraska and western
Iowa.
The local team voted to enter the
league, the membership of which has
not been defiinately fixed upon but
which will consist of some of the
best baseball towns in this part of
the west. The league boosters are
hoping to make the league an eight
club organization that will have as
the members the Council Bluffs
Athletics, Shenandoah, Iowa, "Mont
Arbors," Missouri Valley, Iowa,
Knights of Columbus, Vinton Street
Merchants, North Side Athletic club
of Omaha, Plattsmouth and Nebraska
City.
There will be a meeting of the
league held in Omaha on Sunday and
at which time there will be more
definate plans decided upon for the
league organization.
The local organization was perfect
ed last evening by the naming of
Sam Moye as president, William
Schmidtmann, Jr., vice-president and
Cyril Kalina as secretary-treasurer.-The
local club will meet again next
week and will then elect their direc
tor for the new league governing
body.
A committee on ways and means
wan appointed at the meeting last
night, consisting ot C. H (B.ubby)
Martin as chairman and Sam Moye
and these two will later name a
third member of the committee who
will endeavor to outline a plan of
the financing of the team.
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