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PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, DEC. 17, 1928.
NO. 91
George Falter
Now with Nation
wide Store Firm
Member of Textile Commission
Montgomery, Ward & Co. from
Kansas City Plant.
George H. Falter, former resident
of tbiB city and Bon of Mr. and
lira. J. P. Falter, has Just accepted
a fine position with Montgomery
Ward fc Co., at Kansas City, Mis
souri, and will be what is known
as textile commissioner for the com
pany in the middle west and south
west territories.
Mr. Falter started into the mer
chandise game in this city as a school
boy when he worked at the Wescott's
store here and later with Philip
Thierolf Etarted a clothing store of
Falter & Thierolf, later disposing
of his holding in the store to Mr.
Thierolf and removing to Falls City
where Mr. Falter and his brother,
John W. Falter, have operated one of
the largest clothing stores in that
part of the state.
The store at Falls City is now in
charge of John Falter and the George
H. Falter moved some months ago
to Kansas City and where Mr. Falter
was residing when the offer came
from the great national wholesale and
retail house of Montgomery Ward.
The new position will place Mr.
Falter in one of the leading posi
tions In the staff at Kansas City and
he will have charge of all gents fur
nishings, dry goods, women's gar
ments and shoes and the stores that
will fall under his supervision will
be at Omaha, St. Joseph, Tulsa, Lit
tle Rock, Oklahoma City, Fort Worth
and Dallas.
The headquarters of Mr. Falter
will remain at Kansas City and he
will visit each of the large city stores
in his Jurisdiction twice a year and
which will mean that he will have
to spend a great deal of his time
on the road.
The many friends here of Mr. Fal
ter will be pleased to learn of his
success . in securing tkis - very fine
position and in which he will, with
out doubt, prove a great success.
STEAL CAR AND ABANDON IT
Won Thursday's Dn
The Ford coupe of James G. Mauzy
was stolen yesterday afternoon some
time between three and five o'clock
from the croner of Fourth and Oak
street and was discovered this morn
ing on North Fourth street, several
blocks from the place It was stolen.
Mrs. Mauzy had. driven the car in
the afternoon to a bridge party and
as she was ready to return home at
f o'clock - discovered that the car
was missing from the place where
she had parked it. The matter was
reported and nothing more heard of
it until this morning when residents
along Fourth street, north of the
G. E. Dovey residence, reported a car
In the ditch , in that locality and
which had been there all night. In
vestigation proved it to be the Mauzy
car but it was badly damaged as
the result of having crashed into
the ditch.
Residents of the north part of the
city state that a young man was ob
served around the car late yesterday
afternoon trying to get the car out
of the ditch but without success.
It is thought that the car was
Btolen by some stranger who sought
to get out of the city by driving up
Forth street and before ce could get
back onto the main highway the car
slid Into the ditch.
DEATH OF LITTLE CHILD
From Thursday's Daily
The many friends in this city of
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Kroehler, were
shocked this morning at the news of
the death of their little twenty-Beven
months old daughter, Natalie Jane,
which occurred this morning at one
of the Omaha hospitals. Mrs. Kroeh
ler and children arrived Sunday from
their home at Pueblo, Colorado,
where Dr. Kroehler has been located
for some time, with the expectation
tf spending the Christmas holidays at
Omaha with the parents of Mrs.
Kroehler and here with Mr. and Mrs.
Andrew Kroehler, the parents of Dr,
Kroehler. The little child was taken
down with an attack of flu, which
developed into pneumonia and the
little one was taken to the hospital
Wednesday, but all efforts to save her
life were unavailing and death came
this morning to her relief.
In their Sorrow the members of
the family will have the deepest sym
pathy of the many friends in this
community.
PLEA NOT GUILTY
From Thursdays Dally
The arrignment of George Jacks
an d Mrs- Addie Spicer, charged with
adultry on the complaint filed against
them by County Attorney W. G.
Kleck, was held in the county court
yesterday before Judge A.H. Dux
bury. Both parties entered a plea
of not guilty to the charge as pre
ferred. The preliminary hearing of
the two parties in the county court
has been set for Tuesday, that of
Mrs Spicer on TueBday morning and
nr. jacks on Tuesday afternoon.
MAKES CHRISTMAS BRIGHTER
The cedar tree in front of the Cass
county court house is being arranged
for the official city Christmas tree, the
retail section of the Chamber of Com
merce purchasing the, lights and pay
ing for the current used, while the
Iowa-Nebraska Light & Power Co
have decorated the tree and installed
the lights gratis as their part of the
contribution to the holiday spirit.
The tree when illuminated presents
a wonderful sight and one that will
be visible along the whole length of
Main street as the vari-colored lights
twinkle out their message of good
will and greeting for the Christmas
season.
Officers Have
Hot Chase After
Chicken Thieves
Prowlers Again Visit Home of Adam
Schafer and Are Frightened
Away Officers Called
From Thursday's Dally
Breasting the dark and stormy
night Sheriff Bert Reed and Deputy
Rex Young spent several hours
out in Mt. Pleasant precinct seeking
to locate the party that had started
a second raid on the chicken stock
of the Schafer farm.
This time however, the party was
not able to make away with any of
the chickens as Mr. Schafer aroused
by the invader had gone out into the
yard and was able to check the man
before the raid was successfully car
ried out and the chickens were recov
ered but the opportunity lost of nab
bing the man and bringing him to
ustice.
When the sheriff and deputy ar
rived on the scene after being called
at 2:30, they spent the remainder of
the night driving around in the hope
of getting some trace of the party
but without success, but the drives
over the muddy roads was far from
a treat and the chase continued
throughout the night and it was not
until after the break of day that the
officers returned home.
The best policy to pursue by the
owners of chickens is to act at once
when they find that anyone is raid
ing their hen roosts and a few shot
up chicken thieves will prove a damp
er on the further activities of this
undesirable class of citizens.
WORTHY MENTION
The citizens of Plattsmouth should
appreciate and feel grateful toward
the business and professional men of
the city, for their response to the
demands upon them by the Chamber
of Commerce.
Information was received Tuesday
afternoon to the effect that the C. B.
& Q. railroad company had extend
ed permission to use their bridge
across the river to support a foot
bridge, over which the worklngmen
may pass daily, thereby permitting
them to live in this city. Yesterday
morning a special committee appoint
ed by C. C. Wescott, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, consisting of
E. J. Richey, F. I. Rea and George
K. Petrlng for the purpose of solicit
ing funds to help pay for the foot
bridge, starter out to get the money,
and within six hours had succeeded
in raising the required amount.
The committee believes this to be
a record breaker and takes this op
portunity to offer its thanks for the
cooperation.
SUFFERING FROM FLU
From Thursday's Dally
Mrs. Golda Noble Beal, clerk of the
district court, is numbered among
the flu victims today and is con
fined to her home as the result of
the annoying malady that has swept
over the community. The flu epi
demic has been felt in the court
house already to some extent, as
County Treasurer John E. Turner,
his wife and little daughter have
been battling the malady for the past
week and C. E. Ledgeway, deputy
clerk of the court has also been one
of the victims of the illness, but has
been able to keep going.
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM
The Student Council of the high
school is now completing plans for
the annual Homecoming Christmas
to be held in the P. H. S. auditorium.
The complete program can not be an
nounced at this time but both pre
sent members of the school and
alumni will take part. It will be
gin at two o'clock Friday afternoon,
December 21st and all alumni and
friends and relatives of students and
former students are urged to attend.
ETC SPIER ILL
Prom Friday's tally
Evi Spier of the store department
of the Burlington, has been confined
to his home for the past few days
as a result of the flu. The condition
of Mr. SDler has been such that he
has been confined to hid home for
several, days and this morning his
mother. Mrs. -G. H. Spier of Aurora,
Illinois, arrived here to visit with the
son and family and assisting them in
the sickness.
Treva Edgerton
Wins a Position
at Washington
Plattsmouth Girl Has High Standing
in Examination for Secretarial
Work in Patent Office.
From Friday's Dally
Miss Treva Edgerton, graduate of
the class of 1927 of the Plattsmouth
high school and of which she was
the second ranking member, left last
evening for Washington, D. C, where
she goes to take a position in the
patent office in the department of in
terior. This position was won by Miss
Edgerton in the civil service exam
ination in which she had the high
standing of 97.10, one of the highest
that has been recorded at Omaha
where the examination was held, and
represents the efforts that this young
woman has made in attaining her
education and availing herself of the
opportunities that were offered her
in school and with her determin
ation to secure a position in the
world by her own efforts and on her
ability.
This talented young woman is a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Edger
ton of this city, and where she was
born and reared and it was in the
schools of this city that she received
the fundamentals of her education
that have proven stepping stones to
a place in the government service
After leaving school here in this city
Miss Edgerton took a course at the
American College at Omaha in spec
ializing in secretarial work and her
efforts has resulted in the attain
ment of her desires in securing a
position where the future advance
ment can be looked forward to.
DISPUTE CONTRYMAN WILL
Objection to the probate of the
will of Carrie Countryman was filed
in the county court Thursday by
Mary Gracer Wilber E. Contryman,
Clifton Contryman. Elizabeth Turn
er, Kenneth McCollum. and Robert
McCollam, the' latter two being min
ors. The Contryman's and Elizabeth
Turner are brothers and sisters of
the deceased. The McCollum boys
are grandchildren.
They claim that Carrie Contry
man was of unsound mind, and that
she was incompetent to make a will.
They also claim that the will was
not her own free and voluntary act.
The wlil left the 'Williams-Porter
hospital of Tehchow, China, $3,500;
the American Bible school of New
York, $2,000; Christian Fundamen
tal league of Los Angeles, Calif.,
$50; Scripture Gift mission of Phil
adelphia, Pa., $300; the Bible House,
of Los Angeles, Calif., $500, for the
publication of the scriptures in Span
ish for distribution in Mexico and
South America. The Bible Institute
of Colportage association of Chicago
was also left $500 for the purchase
of Moody books for use in the In
dian far east.
What she was to inherit from her
mother, she pledged to the Ameri
can Bible society, and the residue to
the Institute of American missions
of New York city. To the children
of her brothers and sisters she will
ed $300 each. The Lincoln Trust
company filed petition for the pro-'
bate of the will. Carrie E. Contry
man died Nov. 13.
ELIZABETH DENGER FALTER
Mrs. Henry Falter, Sr., nee Eliza
beth Denger, was born in Hessen
Darmstadt, Germany, on November
12, 1838. The blessings of her in
fancy and youth which we can men
tion are her baptism and confirm
ation in the Lutheran church. Later
she was united in the bonds of holy
matrimony with Henry Falter. In
the spring of the year 1872, she, her
husband and four children emigrat
ed to America and took residence in
Plattsmouth, Nebraska. The young
est child was born to them therej In
the third year of this century they
moved to Knox county, where both
she and her husband spent their last
days on the farm occupied by J. J.
Horn. The deceased outlived her
husband by fully twenty years at
taining the exceptional age of 90
years and 21 days.
Remarkably good health was hers
practically up to the time of her
death. Shortly before and after her
90 th birthday she began to weaken.
She had prayed to God that she see
but little of her ninetieth year. v So
it came. The general breakdown of
her body continued until she passed
out of time on the night of Decem
ber 3rd.
Five children remain to mourn her
death; two sons, J. P. Falter and
H. G. Falter; three daughters, Mrs.
J. J. Horn, Mrs. John Weber and
Mrs. Emll Hartstock; also thirty-
three grandchildren and thirty-nine
great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held last
Thursday afternoon from the Luth
eran church in Eden Valley, con
ducted -by Rev. Seager, and a large
concourse of friends were present to
pay final tribute ' to this respected
lady.
Interment was in Eden Valley
cemetery beside her husband. The
pall-bearers were Floyd Horn, Jake,
Louis and George Weber, Fred and
Carl Falter. "
BATTLING THE FLU
From Friday's Dally
The flu microbe that has been do
ing battle with the resident of thi
locality for the past two weeks, has
selected as one of the victims, Les
ter Burrows, the express company
drivr, whose figure is a familiar one
on the streets of the city. Mr. Bur
rows battled with the malady for
several days but was finally forced
to give up the battle and retire to
his home and place himself under
medical care. In the absence of Mr,
Burrows the task of driving the wa
gon has fell upon Paul Henderson
baggageman at the Burlington Eta
tion and wno nas a real task m
keeping the two jobs:going.
Loved Pastor of
City Confined in
Omaha Hospital
Rev. 0. G. Wichmann, Suffering from
Fracture of Bones of One Foot
to Remain Some Time
From Friday's Dany
Dear Journal: -t
You are a good servant of the peo
ple, feeding them with news like a
mother bird feeds her brood with
worms. May I ask your service; I am
opening my bill and you put the
worm into the opening; you can do
that by publishing these lines.
I am confined to room 401 of the
Immanuel hospital in Omaha a won
derful place for sick people.
I suffered a fracture of one of the
bones below the ankle of my left foot
This fact was ascertained by an X
ray examination, so there is no doubt
about it. By the pains I endured
since December 3, when I fell on the
icy sidewalk in front of the post of
fice in Plattsmouth, I suspected some
thing of the kind but was not sure
of it until I was examined just a
week after. I may be held here for
three more weeks.
I thank everybody for the sym
pathy they have shown me. I had
letters from George Klinger and fam
ily, from-H. Horn'- and .family" -and
from Sophie and Elizabeth Kraeger.
Thank you very much. Hy Born saw
me yesterday and brought me some
fruit. That was more welcome than
even flowers would have been.
Of course I won't be able to fill the
pulpit next Sunday, I am sorry to
say. Also Saturday tnere will be no
confirmation class. Pupils may learn
answer to question 40 and the sum
mary to the first and to the second
article of the Apostle's Creed, "I be
lieve that God has made me," etc.,
and "I believe that Jesus Christ true
God," etc.
Can you kindly forward the Jour
nal to me? The address you find at
the head of this letter.
I also do heartily thank the Minis
terial association for their kind let
ter of sympathy sent through their
secretary.
Yours for the Journal,
O. G. WICHMANN.
FUNERAL OF P. E. RUFFNER
From Saturday's Dally
The funeral services of the late
P. E. Ruffner were held yesterday
afternoon at the Sattler funeral
home at Fourth and Vine street and
where a large number of the old time
friends and neighbors had assembled
to pay their last tribute of love and
respect for this splendid gentleman
who has lived here for a great many
years and been a well known figure
in the community.
The services were held by the Rev.
H. G. McClusky, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church, of which the
family of the deceased had long been
active members. The pastor gave
words of comfort to the children and
friends of Mr. Ruffner and held to
them the promise of the final reward
to the faithful of the chistian faith.
During the services the male quar
tet composed of Frank A. Cloidt, L.
D. Hiatt. L. O. Minor and H. G. Mc
Clusky sang two of the old and loved
hymns "Rock of Ages," and "Jesus
Savior Pilot Me."
At the close of the services the
body was borne to Oak Hill cemetery
where it was laid to the last long
rest, the pall bearers being old
friends, H. M. Soennlchsen. R. A.
Bates, A. J. Trilety, W. C. Tippens,
William Schmidtmann and Carl
Kunsmann.
MRS. SIMONS ILL
From Saturday's Dally
Mrs. J. V. Simons, wife of the
principal of the high school, was
taken ill yesterday afternoon and
last night and this morning was
very poorly, suffering from an at
tack apparently of some intestinal
trouble that caused hes a great deal
of suffering and apprehension from
the members of the family. The
many friends are hopeful that Mrs.
Simons may soon rally and be able
to show improvement that will place
her on the highway to recovery.
Put the Christmas spirit in
to your gifts by. using appro
priate wrapping materials and
greeting messages from the
Bates Book and Gift Shop,
Robbers Pay
a Visit to the
Frady Garage
Tires- Tubes and Electric Drill Tak
en as Loot of Raid Sometime
During the Night.
From Saturday's latly
The Frady garage at Seventh and
Vine street was the scene of a visi
tation from robbers last night and
with the result that tires, tubes and
an electric drill, valued at $150 is
missing from the garage.
The robbery was discovered this
morning at 6:15 when Lloyd Frady
a younger brother of John E. Frady
owner of the garage, arrived at the
building and found the door leading
to the office of the building unlock
ed and entering the building found
traces of where the stock of tires
had been tampered with and also
large door at the rear of the build
ing unlocked.
The matter was reported and a
further investigation revealed that a
small pane of glass in one of the
rear windows had been broken out
and through which the officers be
lieve the party or parties made en
trance to the garage and unlocked
the large door through which the loot
was evidently taken. The size of
the glass broken out would indicate
that the person that made entrance
to the building in the first place had
been a boy or a small sized man.
Marks on the street side of the
garage indicate where a car or small
truck with new chains had been
standing and which was undoubted
Iv used in the robbers making a
getaway.
The robbers took a number of tires
from the rack in the office of the
garage, where a number of inner
tubes were removed and then they
had gone to the rear of the building
where an electric drill was taken
from the repair department of the
garage.
This morning an empty inner tube
box was found on Oak street Just
west of . Seventh and where also an
old can that had contained kerosene
was found and indications shown
that the parties had stopped there
for a lunch.
The garage was in proper shape at
12 o'clock Officer Dave Pickrel, mer
chants police states, as he was there
at that time to try the doors and
nothing was apparently wrong.
FUNERAL OF HELEN PERRY
From Friday's Dr
The funeral services of the late
Helen Perry, young girl of this city,
whose death at the Methodist hos
pital at Omaha on Tuesday evening
brought a deep sense of sorrow to
the residents here and the many
school friends and friends of the fam
ily in this community, were held yes-
erday afternoon at the First Metho
dist church, where the little girl has
been an attendant at the Sunday
school.
The pall bearers at the church
were six of the young girls of the
Sunday school, while the members
of the Y. M. B. C. furnished the pall
bearers at the cemetery.
The sermon was given by Mrs.
Harold E. Sortor, wife of the pastor
of the church and who gave a very
beautiful and hopeful sermon on the
life of the departed, the calling at a
tender age to the arms of the loving
Savior and the hope of the hereafter,
when the pain and sorrow of separa
tion will have passed away.
During the services, Mrs. E. H.
Wescott and Mrs. Ed Roman gave
two duet numbers, "Precious Jewels"
and "When I Read that Sweet Story
of Old," loved songs and which brot
with them a sense of comfort and
hope.
The interment was in the family
lot at Oak Hill cemetery.
SHOW IS CALLED OFF
From Saturday's Dafiy
Owing to the very bad weather
and sickness that has prevailed for
the past two weeks in this locality,
making impossible the successful ar
ranging of the plans, the poultry
show that was to have been held
here the first week in January has
been indefinitely postponed, the com
mittee in charge of the event has an
nounced. The opening date of the new
creamery plant has been set back
until after the Christmas holidays
and will bring this celebration in
January and which with a great
many . of the farmers interested in
this will be an added reason for post
poning the poultry show as the
farmers in this locality will be very
active in the creamery plant and
with the committee feel that the two
in such a short time could not be a
great success.
The plans for the celebration of
the opening of the plant of the Cass
County Creamery & Produce Co., are
being worked out and as soon as the
time for the full operation of the
plant can be ascertained, the date
will be given and all plans developed
for making this a day of general hol
iday and festivitity in this city and
in which the surrounding" country
will be invited to join.
Read the Journal Want-Ads.
MRS. LIVINGSTON BETTER
From Saturday LaTj
The Journal is pleased to chronicle
the fact that Mrs. John B. Livingston
of this city is very much better and .
for the first time in her illness ofj
the past two weeks the patient has;
shown an improvement that gives'
every hope of her ultimate recovery
?mTi!r.Staf? f pnetumo"ia Kan?
flu. The Datient has rested the best
since her sickness and was able to!
converse with the members of the
family. The little son is also doing
very nicely and seems well on the
highway to improvement.
Santa Claus
Pays Visit to
Plattsmouth
Bad Roads Keep Children From Out
side Points Away But 1,000
Youngsters Greet Santa
From Saturday's DaJl
The bad roads and unpleasant
weather conditions over this section
of Nebraska checked somewhat the
number of children who greeted the
jolly patron of childhood at his recep
tion this morning at the American
Legion community building, but de
spite that fact there were present
1,000 of the children of the city to
pay honor to the Jolly old man.
At 10 o'clock the shop whistle an
nounced that Santa had arrived at
the city gateway on Chicago avenue
and where he was met by the repre
sentatives from the various rooms of
the city and parochial schools, who
had been elected by the pupils to be
the ambassadors of good will from
the youngsters of the city.
The parade of the Christmas festi
val was headed by Chief of Police
Arnold Johnson on a snowy charger
and followed by the boys drum corps'
with Sam Am as the director and
then the colors escorted by the Boy
Scouts and last but not least the
guest of Plattsmouth children
Santa Claus.
The parade led down the main
street of the city to the court house
and then north to vine street and
then west to the American Legion
community building where the hun
dreds of children were awaiting and
gave Santa a real reception and one
that he will long remember.
At the Legion building Searl S.
Davis of the Chamber of Commerce
committee, with L. O. Minor and a
staff of assistants kept' the little
folks moving through -the building
to receive their gifts from Santa.
The jolly Santa Claus was pre
sented with the keys of the city by
Mayor John P. Sattler and was "given
the full freedom of the city by the
city governmental head.
As the children filed past Santa
they were given the opportunity of
meeting this jolly old fellow and
also received a bar of candy and a
ticket that brought a gift when pre
sented at the place designated on
the ticket and many very fine and
attractive gifts were received.
VERN BRIDGEWATER DIES
Wrnm XaTnrflnvn Dfl 11 V
This morning at 7 o'clock occured; throw by Belford being the remaln
the death of Vern Bridgewater, one P,n, , . . ',.'
of the well known and popular The tabulated score of the main
young men of the community and me of the evening was as follows:
whose death comes as a severe blow
to the large circle of friends in the
.mnnntr tia Tine livori fnr
the greater part of his lifetime.
For the past week: Mr. Bridgewater
tigg fcntflprf hravplv with life, suf
fering from double pneumonia and
from the outset his case has been
very serious and in the last few days
has been such as to give little hope
of his recovery.
George Vern Bridgewater was aged
twenty-three years, eleven months
and fifteen days, and would have
passed his twenty-fourth birthday on
Christmas day.
The deceased young man is sur
vived by the parents, two sisters,
Mrs. J. M. Marquette and Mrs. Earl
Mason, both of Omaha, and one
brother, James, of this city.
In their sorrow the members of
the family will have the deepest
sympathy of the host of friends over
the county in the loss that has come
to them. " ' "
MRS. LIVINGSTON IMPROVING
From Friday's Dally
The many friends over the city of Ing party was Edward Doud and who
Mrs. John B. Livingston will be very j claimed that the defendant had
much pleased to learn that this lady, threatened and struck the complalnt
who'has been so very critically ill ant and that he desired to have him
with pneumonia and complications restrained from further violation of
for the past several days, took a the law. '
change for the better yesterday and . The trouble seems to have origin
while Bhe Is still dangerous and far.ated as far as was revealed at the
from being on the highway to re-j bearing today, when recently the
covery, her condition has improved , complainant, Doud, in an argument
to such an extent that it gives hopes with the defendant, Mr. Saewart.re
of her coming through, the illness sented the remancs of Mr. Doud and
and regaining her former good health, struck him..
The little son is still quite sick, but The matter was brought to the at
his case is not thought to be danger- tention of the . authorities and the
oua and that he will be able to come parties with Marshal George Trunk
through, the attack. - . enboltz, of Greenwood, arrived here
- The two nurses . who have been ' this morning to have the matter air-with-
Mrs. Bajeck for the past week, ed in court. .
are both ill with the flu and it hagj After hearing the evidence in the.
been necessary to call nurses from case Judge Duxbury decided that the
Omaha to relieve thera as the condi- request for a peace bond be granted
tion of the patient requires constant and set the bond at $100 for a period.,
care and attention. .. of six months. , .
Platters Annex
First Game from
Their Opponents
'
Blair High Is an Easy Victim of the
B . r . .
Locals by Score of 47 to 8 in
Sparkling Opening Form
Froir Saturday's Dally
The curtain raiser of the basket
ball season held last evening at the
high school revealed the fact that
while depleted last spring by grad
uations, the high school quintet this
year is going to be pretty tough for
any team to win from and with the
improvement that should come from
the first games the blue and white
looks good for a excellent season's
showing.
The score of 47 to 8 in favor of
Plattsmouth represents the story of
a team that outclassed in every way
their foes, the visiting team show
ing greatly the lack of experience
in court work, this being the second
year of basket ball at Blair while
the visitors were wholly lacking in
a defence against the attacks of the
blue and white who broke through
almost at will and flopped the bas
kets. While the ease of the game did
not force the locals to any strenuous
efforts their showing was sufficient
to show that they have good material
that can make a real team as the
season progresses.
Theease of the game caused Coach
Rothert to make frequent substitu
tions and the second and third string
as well as all of the regular squad
saw action in the game, the third
and fourth team players finishing the
game with the tired out warriors
from "up the ribber.
For the visitors Woltje, center and
forward, showed forth as practically
the only one to gain against the
Platters, as in the final period he
was able to hang up two field goals
out of the three that the team gar
nered in the whole game, Hopewell
taking in the other one of the
counters.
Robert Hadraba, veteran center of
Plattsmouth had a very prolific eve
ning from the scoring standpoint
with seventeen counters while prac
tically all of the first string secured
points in the game. -'
The showing of the younger
players was particularly gratifying''
and shows that the sport will have
some real artists before the high
school career of the boys are closed.
Before the high school teams took
the floor the faculties of the Blair
and Plattsmouth schools played a
red hot preliminary that was won
by the Plattsmouth team by the "score
of "22 to 12". This game was closer
and more exciting than' the .main
event and the student bcxly trembled
that some of the instructors would
be so malned that they would be un
able to carry on for the coming week
but no serious casualities were re
corded. Coach Rothert was the chief
scorer for Platts with seventeen 1
points, while R. Foster Patterson
came in with four and with the free .:
throw of Warren Farmer, made the
Plattsmouth total. Coach Park of
the Blair school made eleven of the
twelve points of his team, a free
riausmoum
FG
FT
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
FF
1
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
TP
2 .
2
6
17
1
2
4-
J. nm UUiu. 11 i t
R. Hartford, rf 1
Fitch, If 3
McClanahan, If 3
; Hadraba, c
8
Turner, rg 0
Hiner, rg 1
Wiles, lg 2
21 3
Blair
FG FT
Bloomquist, rf 0 . 0
Vig. If 0 1
Woltje. c 2 0
Tlvis, c 0 1
Cappis, rg 0 0
Hopewell, lg 1 0
4 7
TP
0
1
4
1
0
rF
o
o
l
o
1
FILES PEACE COMPLAINT
From Friday's Dally ' '
A complaint to keep the peace was
filed this morning in the county
court entitled the State of Nebraska
I vs. Vernon Stewart. The complain-