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VOL. NO. XLTV
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, JULY 16, 192S.
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George William Vallery
a Product of the Environment
of the Pioneer West
Born in Plattsmouth and Spends His Boyhood
Days Amidst the Surroundings of the
Early Western Country
ATTAINS DISTINGUISHED PLACE IN LIFE
Recognition of Years of Service in the Railroad Work and
Honored by the Great Order of Knights Templar
Guest Here Today Enroute to Detroit
George William Vallery, Grand
Master of the grand encampment of
the Knights Templar of the United
States of America, is a true product
of the great west that section of
the great nation that his parents
and other of the pioneers of the
forties and fifties made possible and
which now stands at the fairest and
most productive land of the whole
world.
It was in Plattsmouth, Nebraska,
the pioneer village planted at the
natural gateway of the great west,
where pioneer travel left the beaten
paths of more settled communities to
face . westward across the un
broken prairies to the great ranges
of the Rockies, that George William
Vallery, son of Jacob and Magdalena
Vallery, was born January 24, 1861.
It was in this pioneer outpost of the
west that the boyhood days of this
now distinguished Masonic leader
passed, where he was educated in
the schools of the community, like
the boys and girls of that day ex
eriencing the wants and privations
of the pioneer homes of the west and
the lack of the many luxuries that
are now at the hand of the young
people of this generation.
When a boy of fifteen George-Vallery
made his first steps in. the rail
road world in which he was destined
to progress to a high place, his first
position in railroading coming as a
messenger boy in the Burlington sta
tion at this place when the railroad
was first building to the west'. After
his experience here the young man,
fascinated by the romance of the
railroad builders took his way to
the farther west where the steel rail3
of the railroad was opening up the
country to settlement and he follow
ed the various lines of railroad activ
ity until later he was made general
agent of the Burlington railroad at I
Salt Lake City, in which city he was
married to the charming lady that
now shares his honors in the de
clining years of life. From Salt Lake
City Mr. Vallery came to Denver,
which city has been his home for
many years and where he has found
his greatest success and happiness in
the attainment of his ambitions. At
Denver Mr. Vallery was made the
general agent of the Bur
lington and filled this office for a
number of yettrs, until he was called
to a still higher position and was
ACCEPTS CALL HEBE
From Thursday's Dally
The pastorate of the First Chris
tian church of thi3 city, which has
been vacant for some time, the church
being supplied by the services of a
pastor from Council Bluffs, is to be
filled the coming month and a new
member of the ministerial circles of
the city will arrive here to take over
the work of the church and reviving
the interest and active work in the
church. .
The call has been extended to Rev.
II. L. Grassmench, pastor of the
Christian church at Greenwood, who
has accepted the call and will be
here in the early part of August to
start in on his work in the church.
The new pastor is a gentleman of
pleasing personality and a devoted
and earnest worker in the church,
whose presence and efforts should
lead to a greater interest in all lines
of the church activities and place In
the church renewed zeal in making
this one of the live and active church
organizations of the city.
The family of Rev. GrassmeucTi
will occupy the parsonage the first
week in August. ,
FRANK MILLER IMPROVING
From Friday's Dally
Mrs. Emma Miller of this city re
ceived word Thursday that her son.
Prank A. J. Miller, who was injured
two weeks ago in a railroad wreck
at Orange, Ohiofi is now doing very
nicely and it is expected that he will
leave the hospital at Sharon, Penn
sylvania, where he has been since
the time of the accident. Mr. Miller
had a very close call from death and
his host of friends are delighted to
learn that he has so far recovered
that he is recuperating from his in
juries. Mr. Miller has the oppor
tunity of going to the national Moose
home at Miami, Florida, if he wishes
to recuperate from his injuries.
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tendered the position of operating
president of the Colorado Midland
railroad, then in the hands of a re
ceivership. It was a fitting recog
nition of his long service with the
Burlington that as the time for his
retirement came he was given the
privilege of designating his successor
and chose as the man to take over
the reins of the freight department,
his brother, John P. Vallery.
Mr. Vallery in his administration
of the Colorado Midland was very
successful and built the road to a
high standard of efficiency and
where it wa9 a financial success and
which gave him the call of the rail
road to the office of the presidency.
Since leaving the railroad work
Mr. Vallery was engaged for several
years as a representative of large
American manufacturing interests
in the Philippine Islands and Japan
where his great ability made of his
services a wonderful success. On his
return to the United States he re
turned to his home at Denver and
where he is now at the head of one
of the largest stock and bond houses
of the great mountain states of the
nation.
While business activities have
been successful with Mr. Vallery he
has found the time to devote to the
fraternal activities and in Masonry
he has found his greatest pleasures
and has been an untiring worker In
all of the branches of the great fra
ternity and particularly in the
Knights Templar. In passing it might
be stated that the father of Mr.
Vallery .Jacob Vallery, Jr., was a
charter member of Mt. Zion com
mandery No. 5, of Plattsmouth.
Three years ago at the 36th trien
nial conclave of the Knights Temp
lar, Mr. Vallery was called to the
highest office of the order, Grand
Master of the Grand Encampment of
the Knights Templar of the United
States.
Today Plattsmouth extends to its
former son a cordial welcome home
and to the members of the Templars
speeding on their way to the 37th
triennial conclave, their greetings
and wishes for their safe journey
and the attainment of their services
to the order whose emblem is the
cross of the Master and whose ser
vice is for mankind and the attain
ment of the precepts of the teach
ing of Christ.
MANY ENJOY CONCERT
From Thursday's Dally
The regular weekly musical offer
ing of the Eagles band, the open
air concerts sponsored by the city
and the Chamber of Commerce, at
tracted a very large number to the
vicinity of the court house where
in the cool and pleasant breezes the
audience is able to take in the var
ious numbers in comfort.
The program that was arranged
by director W. R. Holly and given
in splendid shape by the members of
the band, making an entertainment
of the highest character and one
that received a very generous hand
from the audience that gathered to
hear the musical treat.
The program that was offered con
tained the appealing group of the
plantation songs arranged by Con
terno, whose familiar melodies al
ways bring a most pleasing response
from the audiences at any musical
entertainment, while the witching
strain of "The Sweetheart of Sigma
Chi," one of the most popular num
bers of the year, was also offered
on the evening program. These with
the "Fountain Dance" by Losey,
made sections that were appealing
and appreciated by the large aud
ience and presented in splendid
manner by the band.
NEBRASXANS ON TRAIN
The members of the Nebraska
party en route to the conclave at
Detroit and who are with the special
train over the Burlington Include the
following:
Charles H. Marley, Dr. H. A. Sen
ter and Lewis Smith, grand recorder,
all of Omaha; William B. Wann.
Falls City; Dr. Carroll D. Evans, Jr.,
Columbus; Francis A. Mitchell, Hast
ings; Grand Commander Solomon H.
Burrows, Kearney; J. Harvey Met
tlin, Bloomfleld; N. M. Ryan, Beat
rice; Charles H. Green, Fremont, and
H. W. Alquist. Beatrice.
Journal Want Ads onus results.
MOTOR TO HAY SPRINGS
From Thursday's Dally
Marx Koehnke of Hay Springs, Ne
braska, who was called here to look
atfer some research work for the
state university in this locality, stop
ped in this city yesterday to visit
j here with the uncles and aunts, mem
i bers of the Svoboda family, for the
day and on his return to the north
western part of the state took with
him his aunts, Mrs. Josephine Janda
and Mrs. Thomas Svoboda and his
cousin. Miss Josephine Janda, they
spending some time in the north
west and where they will be joined
next week by Ray Janda and Theo
dore Svoboda and enjoy a visit over
that section of Nebraska and the
scenic beauties of the Black Hilla
and then the Plattsmouth visitors
will return home by auto.
Funeral of a
Pioneer Lady of
Cass County
Mrs. Catherine D. Stine Laid to the
Last Rest at Union on Tuesday
Afternoon Here Since 1885
From Thursday's Daily
On Tuesday afternoon at the late
home in Union was held the funeral
services of Mrs. Catherine D. Stine,
aged eighty-three years and a pion
eer of that section of Cass county.
The service was very largely attended
by the old friends and neighbors and
the service preached by the Rev. W.
A, Taylor, who had been a close
friend of the departed lady since his
boyhood. The interment was at the
Union cemetery.
Catherine D. Stine was born Dec
ember S, 1845 and came to Cass
county with her parents when ten
years of age and has lived in the
vicinity of Union since that time, a
loved character and where her de
votion to her home and her circle of
friends has been marked. She was
perhaps the best known lady of the
Union community and had always
been very active in the affairs of the
Old Settlers association as one of the
oldest residents of Liberty precinct.
The husband died several years ago
and for the past few years Mrs. Stine
has resided at the home of her son,
R. D. Stine at Union.
The deceased lady is survived by
three sons, Rueben D. Stine, William
L. Stine, Union; John Roy Stine of
Plattsmouth and one daughter, Mrs.
Sarah Johnson of Burwell, Nebraska.
ELECTED TO SCHOOL POSITION
Frank Gradoville, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Gradoville, Sr., of this
city, graduate of the Plattsmouth
high school in 1923 and also of the
University of Nebraska, has been
elected as a member of the faculty
of the Schuyler high school for the
1928-29 season, being in charge of
the mathematics and also athletic
coach of the school. Mr. Gradoville
w.s teacher last year at St. Edwards
and with a new array of athletic
talent gave a very good showing in
the football and basketball season
which attracted the attention of the
Schuyler school with the result that
he has been elected at that place.
Mr. Gradoville is playing baseball
this year with the Lincoln team of
the Nebraska state league and is one
of the leading players of the league,
hitting at a percentage of 333 and
has the distinction of leading the
league in stolen bases for the sea
son. His experience in all lines of
sports makes him a very valuable
athletic coach as his showing in bas
ketball and baseball has been excep
tionally brilliant.
IN MEMORY OF JAMES JONES
Your hearts so torn, so deep
your grief
How gladly would we give
relief
But words are idle empty
things,
'Tis only God who comfort
brings.
He often stoops to earthly
bowers
And culls the fairest choic
est flowers.
The night so dark! Hold
fast his hand
And trust some day we'll
understand.
MRS. E. J. RUEBRUSH,
Macomb, 111., aunt of Mr.
Jones.
YOUTH MEETS DEATH
From Thursday's Dny
Early this morning in - the Bur
lington railroad yards at Ashland,
the body of a youth, apparently
j eighteen or nineteen years of age,
was found by a switchman. The
young man had his right leg severed
'above the knee and one arm torn
'and lacerated in very bad shape. The
"youth . recovered sufficiently to give
his home as New York City and that
he had fell from a moving train
while coming into Ashland. The in
jured young man was hurried on to
; Omaha where he was placed In the
University hospital and but little
hopes of his recovery are entertained
by those attending th case.
Greenwood to
Hold Fall Festi
val in August
'. Western Cass County City to Provide
a Very Fine Three Day Festival
in the Next Few Weeks.
From Thursday's Daily
Greenwood has arranged to cele
hrato in n nrnn(-r miinner. tli hnme
i coming of the former residents of
that hustling city, w'ith proper eere-
monies, and will hold the celebration
on the 9th 10th and 11th, of August,
which will be the last three days of
the week, and will provide an excel
lent time for those who formerly re
sided there to come and se the home
folks and also enjoy the excellent
time which is to be provided.
There will be amusements for
everyone, among which will be a
baseball tournament which will af
ford the ball fans plenty of kick and
pleasure for the time, this depart
ment being looked after by E. A.
Landon, Dewey Headley, Earl Jar
dine and Carl Weideman, all base
ball enthusiasts.
There will be music during the
entire time and the Greenwood band
will be in evidence and will fur
nish excellent music. This depart
ment of the program will be looked
after by Robert Mathews, A. F.
Weibke, Phillip Reese, A, R. Birds
all, M. E. Peterson, G. W. Holt, P.
A. Sanborn. Henry Wilkins, J. M.
Wells, S. S. Peterson.JPred Ander
son and C. E. Calfee. -
That the world may know and be
able to be present at this celebration,
a publicity committee with full pow
er to get their invitations through
to all who care to attend and all
should, the arrangements for tho
publication in all its branches has
been turned over to George Buck
nell. Dr. W. II. McFadden and Fred
Hoffman, and they will sure tell the
world.
TO look after the grounds, the
supplying of, and the rules regard
ing parking, this matter was placed
in the hands of Watson Howard, L.
C. Marvin, E. StradJey, Vern Shep
ler, F. W.'Vybrial,'i,d:Montgomery.
James Gumdinger and Clyde New
ark. Light and power was placed in
the hands of John Schuling and
George Trunkenbolz, who are very
competent to look after this feature
of this great enterprise.
To provide speakers for the occa
sion, the matter of supplying the
talent for the occasion was dele
gated to the Rev. W. T. Shephard
and Col. Phil L. Hall. It is under
stood that they have secured Hon.
A. J. Weaver, who is the republican
candidate for governor this fall, whoj
will be the principal speaker for the
day, and the committee is endeavor
ing to get in touch with Charles W.
Bryan, the candidate for the samej
position on the democratic ticket., J
who will be agreat drawing card.
The matter of the financing of
the proposition has been placed in
the hands of the following commit
tee, who are well qualified to look
after this end of the proposition. Dr. j
N. D. Talcott, Ernest Smith, W. A.
White and E. O. Miller.
That there may be an abundance
of entertainment it was found nec
essary to have a committee to" look
after this feature, and having in
hand the securing of the peanut
vender, the merry-go-round, the fer
ris wheel, the areoplane rides and
all that go to make up the enjoyment
of everyone who may come. The con
cessions committee is made up of
E. L. McDonald. Rex Peters, P. E.
Clymar and A. W. Hudson, and sure
they will be capable of looking after
the matter.
Among the things that will be on
the program for the three days will
be the baseball tournament, water
fights, foot races, dancing during the
evening and an excellent picture
show each evening and other attrac
tions which will be published from
time to time to make every minute
enjoyable to all. See advertising that
will follow.
TO WED AT OMAHA
From Saturday s naiiy
This evening at 8 o'clork at the
St. John's Evangelical church at
24th and Vinton streets, Omaha, will
occur the marriage of Miss Ruth
Hook and Mr. Vern Williamson, of!
that citv. who are well known in
ci ty and' vicinity where they have
been frequent visitors in the
The wedding is to be a very elaborate
known in their locality there will be of the summer vacation here with Beeson of this city and the many der President Cleveland and retains a
a large party of guests. Mr. and their families before the opening of friends will Join in their congratu- warm spot in the hearts of the resi
Mrs Elmer J Rummel of this city the city schools in September. Miss lations to the parents and well wishes dents of this locality. Since 1903 Mr.
will' be among 'the guests at the happy Pearl Staats, one of the faculty of the to the little one. j White has largely resided in Omaha.
event Miss Hook being a very close local school has received her masters where he served as grand secretary
friend of Mrs Rummel degree at the university at this ses- GO TO MINNEAPOLIS I of the Masons for more than twenty
' sion of the summer school. The years and his acquaintance is state-
PAY ELLIOTT RESPECT
Livincston Mont July 12 All
xr-,t x ira?r,0 in TtfV,tar,o
will come to a full stop for two min- wno has been teaching in the schools for Minneapolis, Mlnneaota, where From Thursday's Daily
utes at 1 Friday morning as a mark at Cleveland, Ohio, for the past few they go to spend some time visiting Last evening at the office of Coun-
of respect t the former head of the years. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. E. ty Judge A. H. Duxbury occurred the
system. Howard Elliott, for whom Woodward, and also enjoying the cool marriage of Miss Mary A. Philbrick,
funeral services will be held in New William V. Weber, foreman of the and pleasant climate of the lake and William Valentine Petsche, both
York at 11 a. m. eastern time. The Burlington machine shop at Aurora, country. Mrs. Woodward was form- of Omaha. The wedding wa wit
announcement was made here Wed- Illinois, came In this morning to vi3it "rely Miss Lillian Cole, daughter of.nessed by J. C. Hartwell of the Ne
nesday by Fred Bastrup, superintend- at the home of his parents, Judge Mrs. W. T. Cole and sister of Mrs. braska Masonic Home, an uncle of
ent of the Montana division. and Mrs. William Weber. jGoos. the bride.
ENTERTAINS FOR GUEST
From Fridays Dally
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. R. P.
Westover entertained very pleasant
ly at her home on high school hill
in honor of her niece, Miss Josephine
MoKarron, of St. Joseph, Missouri,
who is here to spend a part of her
summer vacation.
There were some sixteen of the
young girls in attendance at the
happy event that took the. nature
of a garden party as the spacious
lawn and in the cool and delight
ful breezes the members of the party
enjoyed themselves at games. In the
contest Miss Jean Caldwell
was
awarded the first prize and Miss Ger
trude Vallury was also successful in
the games and was presented with a
suitable recognition. I
At a suitable hour a dainty two
course luncheon was served by the
hostess who was assisted by Mrs
K. L. Gamer in the serving.
Vallery Family
One of the Oldest
in Cass County
Came Here From Ohio in 1865 and
Parents Lived Lifetime Heie
Descendents Still Here.
The family of Jacob Vallery, Jr.,
and his wife, Magdalena Feucht Val
lery, were among the first to come to
this community to make their home
and the family have since that time
played an important part in the his
tory of the county and state, the
parents living to see the pioneer
city rearing itself where once the
Indians had roamed and the steam
boat was the only communication
from the outside world.
Jacob Vallery, Jr., son of Peter
and Charlotte Vallery, was born in
the kingdom of Bavaria, June 12,
1824, and came to the United States
with his parents in the year 1833.
The family settled in Pike county,
Ohio, where the father engaged in
farming and where he lived a period
of twenty-two years, his death oc
curring in 1S55. In the same year
Jacob Vallery decided to locate lu
the great west and came to St. Louis, I
where he purchased a stock of goods
and had them shipped by boat to
Glenwood, Iowa, where he was en
gaged in business. A few months
later he returned to Pike county,
Ohio, and was married there to Miss
Magdalena Feucht, on October 9,
1855. After the marriage Mr. and
Mrs. Vallery returned to Glenwood
but in a few weeks shipped their
stock of goods across the Missouri
river to the pioneer town of Platts
mouth which was to be their life
time home. Here Mr. Vallery en
gaged in
business for many years
and in 18 68 the mother that he had
left in Ohio came west to join the
family at Plattsmouth and lived here
with her family until her death In
December, 1882. Mr. and Mrs. Val-
lery later moved to a farm west of
Plattsmouth and where they resided
until the years commenced to take
their toll and then came to Platts-
mouth to spend their declining years
and where both received the final
summons to a well earned jest.
To Mr. and Mrs Jacob ' Vallery
there were born twelve children one
daughter. Louisa died when a child
of twelve years but all of the other
children grew to manhood and worn-,
anhood, they being Mrs. Francis E.
White .Hollywood .California; Mrs.
Anna Polk. Boise Idaho; George W.
Vallery. Denver; Mrs. Ida Hanson.
Los Angers John F . Vallery Den-
ver Mrs Katherlne Minor Glendale.
California; Mrs W. J Strelght - de-
ceased, C A. allery. St Joseph, Mis-
souri Mrs; T P. -Liangs ton de-
ceased; Louis H. Vallery. -Jos An -
geles; Mrs. E T. Dutcher. Warrens -
bUf'0Mwl01JII- t viirv r a
Mrs. White, J. F Vallery . C. A.
Xa"?!I MIf- JPfE
Templar at Detroit.
Of the family in Plattsmouth there
remain several of the third gener
ation, L. O. Minor, superintendent of
the Plattsmouth Water corporation,
Mrs. Evi Spier and Robert Ramsey
Livingston, grandsons and grand
daughter of Mr. Vallery.
COMPLETE SCHOOL WORK
From Saturday's Dally
A nittrnor rt tho tont1&ra nf thft
i local hie-h school who have been tak-
ing special summer school work at
teachers attending from here were
Mrs. George B. Mann, Miss Amelia
Martens, Miss Edith Farley. Miss
Pearl Staats and Miss Hazel Dovey,
past the University of .Nebraska, nave " 5muuialcuu. iBe peopie in various cttyatinea
completed their course of study there rs. auch j. ueeusoii ; senator and representative irom uass
Wni -ho nhiA tn onlov a few weeks Mls. Snow was formerly Miss Grace tcounty. as well as U. S. Marshal un
Tourists Annoyed
by Stranger at the
Platte Bridire
Cars Are Stopped and Toll Collected
Despite Fact Bridge Is Now
a Free Structure.
From Friday's Dally
Despite the fact that the news has
been heralded far and near mat tne
pjatte river auto bridge ceased to be
a toll bridge at 6 o'clock Tuesday
fvenine'- some nprsnn has heen eol-
lecting toll there from passing tour
ists, operating both nednesuay and
Thursday nights, reports at the of
fice of Sheriff Bert Reed state.
The man has apparently chosen
only tourists or those driving for
eign cars to try and make them kick
through with the tolls, he carefully
avoiding Cass, Otoe, Douglas and
Sarpy county cars, whose owners
were well inforced of the fact that
the bridge was free.
Last night a tourist arrived here
and reported to the night police that
they had been stopped at the bridge
a short time before and toll collect
ed from them by a man and that on
arriving in the city they had learn
ed that the bridge was now free and
accordingly reported the matter.
Sheriff Reed drove out to the bridge
but was unable to find any trace
of the party that had taken over the
toll business, he evidenely deciding
that he had accumulated enough
revenue for one night or had taken
fright at protest of some of the tour
ists. Officer David Pickrell, returning
from Omaha on Wednesday was stop
ped at the bridge but the party
stopping the car turned the matter
off as a Joke, evidently surmising,
that he was getting in bad in stop
ping a Cass county car. The man
may have been plying a very exten
sive business as there has been a
great deal of ourist travel since the
taking off of the tolls and only those
who reported the matter to the au
thorities are known to have been
stopped, but very likely a large num
ber were compelled to "kick In"
while traveling over the bridge. The
authorities will' be "on the outlook
for the volunteer toll taker and if
found he will be given a very stiff
j jolt for his obtaining money in thia
manner.
MOTORIST BADLY CUT UP
From Friday's Dally
Early this morning a peculiar auto
accident occurred on the King of
Trails highway south of this city
and which resulted in th3 serious
injury of John Shepherd, of Spiing
field, Illinois. Mr. Shepherd in com-
nanv with hia brother f-f a r-v Shpn-
herd and wif(? algo of 3pringHel(1,
were driving north in their Chevro
let coupe, when Harvey Shepherd,
who was doing the driving dozed off
and allowed the car to run unguld-
$ r r fcur mntrtiinia a i I It 10 T1
,nto sma1 d,tch fll the side of
v,,wt. DTW, QO r-ttiv
t d c&r gtr,k, tne bank
and t , the ,atch
Qff and ag the Cflr gtruck
the b John Shepherdf who wa3
, , t th u thrown
forward nd struck the wlndshleid
h ,ass breaki and
suffering a very sev-
5on the head where a large
,asg bur,ed tself
. . .
J Pherd lost a great deal of
reg severe
I d fiide car wag bloQd.
ajj he hurried Qn ,nt0
mdi h
t
waS secUred and dressed the in-
Shepherd which while
J thought dangerous,
- weakened by
Uhe loss of blood.
driving the
greater pari of the night and all
curred. They were en route to Omaha
from a trip through the southwest
and from that city were going to
their home in Illinois.
RECEIVE PLEASANT NEWS
The announcement has been re-
ceived here of the birth of a fine,
little daughter, Barbara Jean, to Mr.
and Mrs. J. D. Snow at San Diego,
xhkji uia, wit iuuioua;, uu
are aoing niceiy anu lae eveni;of the leaders in tne political lire oi
has brought a great pleasure to the
From Saturday' Daily
This morning Mrs. H. F. Goos and)
daughter, Harriett, and Mrs. W. T.
Cole, mother of-Mrs. Goos, departed
RECEIVES SECOND MEDAL
Miss Jessie Knight of Mattoon,
Illinois, sister of Mrs. Erl Ttepell of
this city, who was awarded a special
medal for her work in saving several
children from death in the railroad
yards at Mattoon, has been given a
second medal of valor for her splen
did deed.
Miss Knight has been on a visit
of several weeks in New England and
on her return to Mattoon was in
formed that her presence was desired
at New York City, where a medal
was to be presented to her by the
president of the New York Central
railroad, as an appreciation of the
daring act that she had performed
in saving the lives of the children.
Miss Knight was provided with free
transportation, hotel accommodations
and all expenses of the trip and will
be fittingly honored at New York for
her splendid service in life saving.
Cars Have Bad
Smash on High
way Near Here
C. M. Proper of Nebraska City Has
Car Smashed and Receives In
juries in Auto Collision
From Thursday's Dally
Last evening after the close of the
band concert in this city, a rather
serious auto accident occurred on the
King of Trails highway south of this
city, when the large Buick sedan
driven by P. T. Becker of this city
and the Pontiac sedan of C. M. Pro
per, of Nebraska City, crashed head
on, both cars being badly damaged
and the occupants more or less cut
and bruised as the result of the col
lision. Mr. Proper was coming north on
the highway, being enroute to Fort
Crook, where he is attending the re
serve officers' camp at that place,
while Mr. Becker, accompanied by his
son, John H., and Mrs. Jess Warga,
were going south for a short ride af
ter the concert.
Mr. Becker was turning out for a
Ford roadster belonging to John
Frans, which was also going south,
the parties passing as the cars were
going up a hill and as they passed
the car of Mr. Proper, northbound,
came over the crest of the hill and
the parties were unable to avoid the
crash that resulted as the cars plow
ed Into each other. The front part
of the car of Mr. Proper was badly
crushed, the radiator being driven
back into the engine, the steering
wheel damaged and the windshield
smashed to pieces, while the car of
Mr. Becker was also badly damaged
in the front portion, although not as
badly as that of the Otoe county man.
The parties were brought on into
this city, Mr. Proper being taken to
the office of Dr. Gillespie, where it
was found he had a bad cut on the
chin, a gash over the eye and one
hand cut .quite badly, these being
painful but not dangerous.
Mr. Becker sustained two fractured
ribs as the result of the impact and
other bruises and small cuts, while
Mrs. Warga sustained painful bruises
and a few cuts on the head and fin
ger and John Becker had several cuts
on the hand and head.
While the accident was very ser
ious, it is fortunate that the parties
escaped from the smashup without
dangerous if not fatal injuries and
so far as learned the parties are all
doing very nicely and it is thought
will escape without serious after
effect.
VISITS OLD HOME
From Saturday' an
Accompanying the special train of
the Knights Templar on the way to
Detroit, which arrived in this city
last evening at 5:45, was one of the
old time residents of this city, Hon.
Francis E. White, now living at Los
Angeles, but whose residence in the
far west has not been of long enough
duration to lose the intimate touch
that he has had with Nebraska and
Plattsmouth.
Mr. White has not been in the best
of health, but is feeling much better
now and the opportunity of seeing
the old home where he came as a
young lad in 1857, and the many
friends and relatives was a real treat
to this distinguished citizen and
Mason.
IV J I. II 1 It? WHS 1UI Illilliy VfdlU VllXS
the state and active in the service of
wide with the members or the order.
MARRIED AT COURT HOUSE
