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PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, JAN. 14, 1929.
NO. 99
journal
Dr. Von Schulte
Heard at
Happy
Hundred Supper
Fine Crowd Present Despite Cold
Weather and Murray Guests
Attend the Meeting
From Thursday s Dally
The January meeting of the Happy
Hundred had to face the handicap
last evening of the snow and rain of
the early part of the day and the cold
and biting wind of last evening and
despits this fact a very fine crowd
wa9 in attendance and all who
braved the storm were more than de
lighted with the fine talk and the ex
cellent spirit shown by all of the
members of the party in making it a
real get together.
The supper was held at the Fel
lowship room of the First Presby
terian church and the ladies of the
church had arranged a very fine
menu and which was splendidly
served and added to the great en
joyment of the event.
The speakers table was graced
by cartons of the new Casco butter
and a small truck full of the butter
as well as a miniture cow decorated
the table of the speaker.
The song fe6t was led by Frank
Cloldt as Hugh Wallace again was
prevented from reaching here to add
to the fun and the local vocalist
gave his talents in the way of draw
ing out the blushing and shy singers
of the Happy Hundred and with the
fact that the Rotary song books had
a number of more up to the minute
songs made the singing more vigor
ous. The members of the supper party
had the pleasure of hearing the men's
glee club directed by Mrs. E. H. Wes
cott and which gave two fine num
bers and proved that this organiza
tion is going to be a real factor in
the musical life of the community.
Searl Davis had hied himself to
Lincoln to attend the organized agri
cultural meeting and Superintendent
R. E. Bailey was called upon to act
as master of ceremonies" and which
he did in his very clever manner and
brought a great deal of humor into
his work but failed in his attempts
to Induce Jess Warga and Bill Kieck
to offer a duet.
Honoring the visitors of the eve
ning Toastmaster Bailey called upon
Charles A- Patterson of Arapahoe
and W. G. Boedeker and George
Nlckles to stand and receive the
greetings of their friends.
Dr. Henry W. Von Schulte, dean
of the Creighton university college
of medicine for the past eleven years,
for nineteen years in the Columbia
university at New York and a native
of New England, was the main
speaker of the evening very cleverly
introduced by Mr. Bailey.
The subject taken by Dr. Von
Schulte was that of "The American
City" and in which the organization
of the city, its effect on the resi
dents, on the home life and the edu
cational and religious phases of life
was given a very learned an im
pressive presentation by this gifted
teacher and scholar.
Two types of the city life was
taken, that of the early New Eng
land village where the company was
formed of the men of the commun
ity, the land purchased or acquired,,
the property divided to give each a
home, a liberal plot of ground, the
meeting house provided for and a
plot of ground, the Common, so call
ed by reason of being the community
property and here life was lived
easily, the man to toil and be inde
pendent, the duties of the meeting
and worship strict and stern. All
life radiated from the Common and
the meeting place and here old age
found peace and quietude but against
which the spirit of youth rebelled
and moved elsewhere to see life in
its more strenuous phases. Dr. Von
Schulte well stated that a community
fmm whirh vouth had flown was
dead and this had led to the sub-
mprrin? of this village life altho
many of the characteristics were
borne out In other settlements of the
newer states.
The second type of the city was
that of the early settlement or iMew
York where the streets were arranged
in the gridiron plan as against the
common of New England, where the
very laving out of the city was for
commercial development and where
in time commerce and business act
ivities had driven farther and
farther the residential sections and
did not make for the permanancy of
the home or the abode of the family.
The laree citv called the resident of
the country by reason of better edu
cational nnnortunities. of amuse
ments and life on a broader scale
hut unload th citv could give a
Greater exDansion of the educational
life or the development of the relig
ious nhase of life the man or woman
was hetter to have remained in the
countryside where life was more in
timate among the people and gave
more of the opportunities of living
life as it was intended to be by tne
Creator.
The invocation and the benedic
tion was offered by Rev. H. G. Mc
dusky of the First Presbyterian
church.
Large size maps of Cass county on
sale at journal office, 50c eacn.
SUFFERS BROKEN LEO
From Thursday's Dally
Tom Patterson, aged 12, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Patterson, is confined
to his home as the result of a
broken leg which he sustained while
coasting on North Fourth street
Tuesday evening. Tom was coasting
on a bob sled and as he came down
the hill a car came across the inter
section and in trying to avoid this
car as well as two others parked
nearby, the ,sled was run into the
curb and the left leg of the little
lad was caught between the sled and
the curb and fractured. The patient
is resting easily and standing the
enforced confinement with fortitude
but it will be some time before he
can' resume his usual activities.
Creamery Com
pany Announces
Special Prizes
Helen Virginia Secured Prize for
Name and Slogan Other
Prizes Given.
From Thursday's Dally
The officers of the Cass County
Creamery & Produce Co., of this city
who in conjunction with the Cham
ber of Commerce and Plattsmouth
merchants offered prizes for the open
ing day of the creamery on December
27th, have announced the awards
made for thev arious events.
The special prize of $10 for the
name for the butter produced at the
creamery as well as the slogan for
the creamery products, was won by
Miss Helen Virginia Price of this
city. The winning name adopted for
the butter from a large number of
suggestions was that of "CasCo" and
the slogan adopted was "It Melts in
the Mouth." The slogan prize of $5
also goes to Miss Price. The cream
ery company is having attractive
labels made for the butter contain
ers which bear on the face the out
line map of Cass county with the
Platte and Missouri rivers and the
designation of the mouth of the
Platte, where the home of the cream
ery is" located.
. The youngest person bringing in
cream on the opening day was Frank
Bierl of west of the city and whose
prize was donated by the Kroehler
Bros, hardware store.
The person bringing in the first
can of cream to the new creamery
was C. D. Geary and who received the
prize awarded by Kroehler Bros.
hardware store.
For the greatest amount of cream
and butterfat brought to this city
Frank Schlichtemeier of near Ne-
hawka was given the prize which was
presented by the Jess F. Warga store.
For the one coming the longest
distance with cream William Senf
of near Avoca was awarded the prize
which was given by the Plattsmouth
mplement Co.
The most unique means of deliver
ng the cream to the creamery was
awarded to Joe Sykora of south of
this city who came in with a horse
and buggy to deliver the goods and
was given the prize donated by the
firm of Bestor & Swatek.
QUITS COLLECTION BUSINESS
The office of County Attorney W.
G. Kieck has spent a great deal of
time and the amount of postage paid
by the county in the past year in
the collection of bad checks has been
large so large that the office in the
future will follow strictly the law
in these kind of cases and while ap
prehending the parties on complaints
will leave the recovery of the amount
of the checks where the law has
placed it, in the nature of a civil
action by the parties holding the
checks.
The law enacted by the legisla
ture or 1923 allowed the parties
charged to pay over the amount of
the check and escape prosecution,
but this was changed by the legis
lature of 1927 so that the offense
was made punishable with a fine and
sentence and the recovery of the
amount claimed due on the face of
checks must be recovered by the
nartv holding the check through a
civil action.
In the past year the office of Mr.
Kieck has recovered from -2,500 to
$3,000 in checks and which has
proven expensive for the county as
well as taking up the time of the
county 'attorney and this has now
ceased as far as the county is con
cerned. Where complaint is made
the matter will be bandied but the
office will not be a collection agency
and the party or parties making the
check may be punished but there
will be no collection made as that
will be left as the law intended a
matter of civil action.
TAKEN TO HOSPITAL
From Thursday's PbIU
Mrs. Virginia Aylard of this city
Is at the Methodist hospital in Om
aha, where she is to be operated on
today as the result of a trouble that
has caused her a great deal of an
noyance in the past and which it is
hoped the operation will correct
Mrs. Clarence Forbes, mother of Mrs.
Aylard. and Mrs. Benedict were in
Omaha today to visit with the pati
ent.
Legion will
Sponsor Spring
Trade Exhibit
Newest Co-operative Entertainment
Feature will be Held Around
the Middle of April.
The newest thing in entertainment
lines promised for Plattsmouth dur
ing the month of April is a Spring
Trade Exhibit and Style Show to bo
held at the Legion community build
ing. The show will be sponsored by
the American Legion and participat
ed in by Plattsmouth business houses
and Omaha and Lincoln wholesalers.
It is something distinctly new and
different in entertainment lines for a
own of this size, being patterned
n part after the exclusive auto, food,
building and similar shows held in
the larger cities- of the country, but
comprising most of these lines group
ed into one massive exhibit. The
style show will be held in conjunc
tion with the showings of the var
ious display and demonstration
booths, door awards given nightly and
other entertaining features provided.
Instead of the usual 50 cent ad
mission charge for like shows in the
cities, a very nominal charge of 10
or 15 cents will be made, attendants
sharing in the distribution of sam
ple articles of merchandise that will
be worth the admission charge.
The American Legion post at its
monthly meeting last night took the
initial steps to put the show over and
tentatively set the second week in
April as the time for holding same.
It will probably be of either three or
four days' duration.
Another matter taken up at last
night's meeting was the setting of a
date for holding the initiation of sev
eral new members of the local post.
t being decided to hold this on
Thursday evening, January 24th. The
regular ritualistic ceremony will be
given by the officers of the local post,
while the "second degree" will be
given the "P. Gs." by the Greenwood
post degree staff, under direction of
Col. Phil Hall, commander of the
Greenwood post and his worthy crew
of assistants, including "Doc"- Mc
Fadden. "Fat" Bucknell and others
of the live-wire Greenwood Legion
naires. A delegation of Plattsmouth
post members recently were guests of
the Greenwood post at an initiation
and smoker and invited the Green
wood boys to come over and exhibit
their ability for the benefit of the
new candidates here.
Commander Lugsch named a feed
committee composed of Henry Soen
nichsen, Harold Erickson and Bob
Wills and a hospitality committee
composed of W. R. Holly, Silent Cal
and James Doyle. As post treasury-
funds have been rather depleted by
dance reverses, a special committee
was also named to look after the col
lection of funds for providing the
wherewithal for the feed.
It was decided to hold a big feature
dance Wednesday night, January 30,
this being the last mid-week dance
the Legion will sponsor before the
arrival of Lent on February 13th.
The installation of a circulating
fan system in the back furnace room
was discussed at the meeting as a
step toward greater fuel economy
and more satisfactory heating of the
building. ,..
HAS EEAL PICTURES
From Thursday's Dally
The Ritz theatre, of which G. G.
Griffin is the manager, has set a fast
pace in the movie business and is
giving the Plattsmouth amusement-
loving public an opportunity-of see
ing first release pictures as soon and
in several cases before their show
ing at the Omaha theatres.
In the last few weeks, Mr. Griffin
has brought some real pictures to the
local theatre, "Submarine," "Masks
of the Devil" being shown here at the
same time as in Omaha. This week,
starting Tuesday and ending with
tonight's presentation, "White Shad
ows of the South Seas" is being offer
ed simultaneous with its showing at
the World in Omaha. This is a real
picture and one of the greatest in
terest and the photographic work and
scenes shown are stupendous and in
volve the greatest skill of the cam
era men and daring of the actors.
Those who have not seen "White
Shadows" have missed a real pic
ture." FINE LITTLE DAUGHTER
From Friday's Dally
Yesterday a fine little daughter
was born to Mr. and Mrs. Herman
C. Tiekotter at the family home in
this city, the little one and the
mother doing nicely and the occas
ion bringing the greatest happiness
to Herman. The little one is the
ninth grandchild of Mrs. Herman
Tiekotter of this city and the first
grandchild of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
N. Sullivan, parents of Mrs. Tiekot
ter and it is needless to say the little
one has received a royal welcome.
Law Brief Printing T Sure, the
Journal does it at right prices. Tell
your lawyer you want us to print
your bnei.
CASE IS REMANDED
From Thursday's Dally
The case of Lorenz Leiner vs. the
Chicago, Burlington; & Quiney rail
road which was carried on appeal
by the plaintiff to the state supreme
court, has been reversed, and re
manded back to this city for trial in
the district court.
This case grew put of the acci
dent on the Oreapolis crossing of
the Burlington 011 Sunday. August
ICth, 1925, in which James Edwards
and Elof Johnson were insially kill
ed, C. L. Dietz and I Mr. Leiner sev
erely injured, when; the car of Mr.
Dietz in which the parties were rid
ing, was struck by a passenger train
of the Burlington.
In the trial of the case here a ver
dict was given in favor of the de
fendant railroad company.
The reversal is made in that the
ruling that the occupants of an auto
do not exercise due precaution unless
they warn the driver;of the approach
ing danger and keep a clone outlook
for all trains or ether dangers.
Firemen Receive
Certificates for
Service to City
Large Number of Firemen to Go on
Inactive List After More Than
Five Years Service.
From Friday's Daily
A number of years ago. Just fol
lowing the close of the great war
when the minds of men were still at
tuned to the spirit of battle, a revo
lution arose in the Plattsmouth vol
unteer fire department and the dis
pute waxed so warm that the mem
bers of the department decided that
they would quit the service of the
city and leave the city government
flat as it were.
At that time Henry A. Schneider
was mayor of the city and he took
the "bull by the horns" as the old
saying goes and hastening out en
rolled a large number of the business
men and those employed in the busi
ness section -to bewne- members of
the department and they have since
fitted in nicely in the fire fighting
forces of the city.
The time has come when the larger
part of those enrolled by Mr. Schnei
der are ready to lay aside the tasks
of the fire fighting and while they
have served long over the five year
period they have continued on the
job and still will grow restless when
the fire siren sounds, but are entitled
by law to enjoy a rest and allow
others to do the hard work and sacri
fice that being a member of the fire
department calls for.
Secretary Claude C. Smith of the
fire department has received the cer
tificates and issued the life member
ship rewards to the following veter
ans of the fire department for their
spendid services in the past: E. C.
Harris, Robert M. Walling A. H.
Duxbury, Fred Lugsch, F. M. Bestor,
H. G. Soennichsen, B. A. Rosencrans,
S. S. Chase, Waldemar Soennichsen,
M. D. Brown, Emil J. Weyrich. D.
K.Ebersole, E. A. Fricke, John Bauer,
Albert Cotner, J. V. Hatt, Frank Det
lef. These firemen have served without
pay and by their efforts have saved
the city from many bad fires by
prompt and efficient action and in
completing their services they should
carry the deepest appreciation of the
city and its people for what they
have contributed to the community
welfare.
DEATH OF AGED LADY
From Thursday's Onlly
Last evening at 7:40 occurred the
death of Mrs. Josephine Janda, widow
of the late Anton Janda, and a resi
dent of Plattsmouth for the past
thirty-six years. The aged lady had
been ill for some time and since the
death of the husband has made her
home with her daughter, Mrs. Tone
J. Janda and at whose home she
passed to her last reward.
Mrs. Janda was aged eighty years,
eight months and twenty-one days.
and was born in Bohemia, where her
younger years were spent, later com
ing to America, where she has since
made her home and for the past thir
ty-six years had resided at Platts
mouth. Following the death of her
first husband. Mr. Koumal, the de
ceased was married twenty years ago
to Anton Janda, who has preceded
her in death also.
There is surviving this splendid
lady three daughters, Mrs. Tone J.
Janda of this city, Mrs. Joseph Janda
of Omaha. Miss Josie Koumal of
Aurora, and one son, Frank Koumal,
whose residence is unknown. There
is also remaining one step-son. Tone
J. Janda.
ERECTED FLAG POLE
The W. R. C. of this city was the
patriotic body erecting the flag pole
on Wintersteen hill making the site
of the flag presentation to Co. A of
the First Nebraska in June, 1861,
the Journal has been informed. This
auxiliary of the Grand Army of the
Republic has carried out a great deal
of work in the preservation of the
ideals of the Civil war and not the
least in this city has been the per
manent marking of this historic spot.
Bank Building
is Redecorated
Following Fire
Plattsmouth State Bank Building
Again Placed in Best of Con
dition After Bad Fire
From Friday's Dn'-v
The Plattsmouth State bank build-in?,-
at Firth and .Main street which
was badly damaged as the re:-;ult of
Ire several weeks ago. is now being
placed back in the former attractive
shape and very little trace ran be
found of the lire that threatentd to
destroy the building and was check
ed only by the lino work of the lire
department and citizens.
The main banking room on the
lower lioor of the building has been
repainted and re-decorated and now
bears no trace that fire was every a
threat to the building as the fire it
seir did not penetrate into this por
tion of the building.
The directors room and consulation
room at the rear of the building 4
whore the fire was located has also
been re-arranged, the burned sec
tions of the walls replaced and the
interior of the room repainted and
varnished and in a few days the
furnishings will be placed in the
room and making it as bright and
attractive a place as it was before
the fire.
The second floor of the building
was damaged largely by smoke and
this has been removed entirely by
having all of the offices and the halls
repainted and decorated making it as
good as new. The stairs leading
from the Fifth street entrance of the
building have been covered with
battleship linaleum.
The law offices of William A.
Robertson and Joseph A. Capwell on
the second floor of the building has
not only been redecorated but the
attorneys have gone even farther and
fine new linoleum rugs have been
placed in the offices, the office of Mr.
Capwell having a fine black and gray
flooring while in the private office
ind waiting room of the office of Mr.
Robertson a rug In tones of gray and
tans has been placed and in the rom-
occupied by Miss Kstelle Geis, the
rug is in the tones or gray anu green
and makes a very attroctive setting
for the offices.
FUNERAL OF CARL REESE
frnn- Thursday's Dally
The funeral services of the late
Carl Reese, former Plattsmouth
young man, were held on Tuesday
ifternoon at the St. Luke's Episcopal
church in this city and many of the
old time friends of the family and
schol day associates of the departed
voting man were present to pay their
last tributes of love and respect to the
friend that would come no more.
The beautiful and impressive Epis
copal burial service was celebrated
by Father Stanley Jones of St. Mar
tin's church of Omaha and who gave
the churfrh's blessing on the son
that had been called to the last re
ward. During the service a male quartet
composed of Frank A. Cloidt. R. C.
Cook, R. W. Knorr and E. H. Wes
cott gave two of the old and loved
hymns. "Abide With Me," and "Now
the Day Is O'er." Mrs. J. M. Roberts
presided at the organ.
At the conclusion of the services
at the church the body was borne to
the Oak Hill cemetery for the inter
ment, the pall bearers being from
the old school friends and relatives,
being Henry Soennichsen, Henry Mc-
Maken, Ray McMaken, Milton Mc
Maken, Edwin Fricke and Fred Arant
of Omaha.
At the cemetery the services were
held by Plattsmouth lodge No. 6 of
the A. F. & A. M., Mr. Reese hav
ing been a member of the lodge at
Hugo, Colorado. W. A. Robertson,
past worshipful master conducted the
services at the grave, assisted by
members of the order. At the ser
vice at the cemetery the male quartet
gave two numbers, "Jesus Savior Pilot
Me" and "Rock of Ages."
The deceased was born on July
30. 1891 and has spent the greater
part of his youth in this city, lo
cating in the west a number of years
ago and where he died at the hospital
at Hugo, Colorado, on January 4,
1929, at S:30 p. m.
Mr. Reese left the wife, one son.
Jack, by a former marriage, the
mother, Mrs. Eva Reese, one bro
ther, Guy IT. Reese, both of Bovina,
Colorado, and one sister, Mrs. C. W.
Baylor of Akron, Ohio.
Those from out of the city to at
tend the last services were: Mrs.
Etta Bonner of North Platte, Mrs.
Edward McMaken and son, Carl, Mrs.
C. L. Scott and granddaughter, Dor
othy of Sheridan, Wyoming, Mrs.
Grace Kenney, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Arant, Mrs. C. B. Tungate, Mrs. Mar
tin and daughters, Gladys, Hazel and
son, Cecil, of Onlaha. The members
of the family here were the wife,
Mrs. Carl Reese of Hugo, the mother
and brother, Mrs. Eva Reese and Guy
Reese of Bovina, Colorado, the son,
Jack Reese of Omaha, the sister, Mrs.
C. W. Baylor of Akron, Ohio, the
father-in-law. Joe W. Hunter, of
Hugo. ,
Your ad in the Journal will be
read, and they sure do get results.
WELL KNOWN LADY DIES
Mrs. Alice Weinheimer of Peoria,
Illinois, sister of Mrs. Frank S.
Brinkman of near this city, Mrs.
Henry J. Miller of Alvo and the
late Mrs. J. H. Becker of this city
passed away a few days ago at her
home. The deceased lady was seventy-five
years of age and has been a
frequent visitor here with the rela
tives and known to a large group of
the friends in this community and
who will learn with the greatest re
gret of her death. The funeral was
held at Pekin, Illinois and Mrs.
Brinkman was in attendance at the
services, Mrs. Miller being unable to
go on account of her health.
Farmers State
Bank Molds Its
Annual Meeting
Present Officers Are Re-Elected and
Report of Year Shows a Very
Pleasing Result.
From Friday's Daily
The annual meeting of the Farm
ers State bank of the city was held
on Thursday at the bank and the
directors of the banE were well pleas
ed with the showing for the year
which has shown a gradual increase
in the business of this substantial
institution.
The annual election of the officers
of the bank resulted in all of the
present officers being re-elected to
their positions as follows:
President T. H. Pollock.
Vice-President Charles A. Pat
terson. Cashier R. F. Patterson.
Asst. Cashier James K. Pollock.
The board of directors named con
sists of T. H. Pollock. C. A. Patter
son, J. K. Pollock and Edward Donat.
The bank in the past year has had
their building remodeled and made
into one of the most attractive bank
ing houses in the county and a most
pleasant place for the handling of the
business affairs of the bank, both
for the employes and the patrons of
the bank. The building is one of the
latest type and equipped with the
most modern of vaults, safes and
safety devices to protect again rob
bery. The bank has at the present time
on the report for December 31st,
$587,385.14 in deposits.
The stockholders at the meeting
voted to increase the surplus fund
two thousand dollars, raising the
fund from $8,000 to $10,000.
SETTLING UP ESTATE
From Friday's Dally
In the county court todav there
was taken up the final settlement of
the estate of Earl R. Travis, deceased,
on the petition of N. C. Abbott of
Nebraska City, administrator, pray
ing for the allowance of his report
and his discharge as administrator.
This is one of the mysteries that
has traced itself over the records of
the county court of Cass county as
Mr. Travis, making a trip to Kansas
City, in 19 21 was never seen after
June 20, 1921 when he left the hotel
where he was staying and altho a
thorough search was made by mem
bers of the family and friends for
several years, no word was ever re
ceived of his fate.
Mr. Travis, who has been in rather
poor health, had resigned his position
of court reporter for the second
judical district in 1920 and had
spent the time in resting and at
tempting to regain his health and
had gone to Kansas City, supposedly
on a visit and it was not until he
had been absent for several days that
the family here learned of the dis
appearance and started the investi
gation that failed to ever reveal any
trace of Mr. Travis or his fate.
Mr. Travis was court reporter from
190S to. 1912 under his father, the
late Harvey D. Travis and under
Judge Begley from 1912 until his
resignation in 1920.
After the disappearance of Mr.
Travis probate action was started in
the county court and Mr. Abbott
named as administrator as well as
guardian of the two minor children
of the disappeared man. The estate
has passed the seven year limit of
the law on which the supposition of
death is made and now is being
closed up as several of the insurance
companies in which Mr. Travis had
carried policies have made settle
ments with the estate. Mr. Abbott
having kept the payments on the
policies up over the seven year per
iod. HAS CAR OVERTURNED
From Friday's Dally
Last evening about 6 o'clock when
Art Sampson, well known young
farmer of near Murray wa3 going
home, driving a Ford coupe, he was
struck by a large Graham-Paige re
dan a short distance south of the
Glen Perry farm and the Ford badly
damaged.
The car of Mr. Sampson was over
turned, the axel bent and the radi
ator badly bent up and damaged, so
much that the car had to be hauled
In for repairs and Mr. Sampson made
the return home in another car.
The party that ran Into the car of
Mr. Sampson made his escape with
out hi3 ideuitity. being known.
Plattsmouth
Bridge Company
Hold Meeting
H.
A. Schneider of This City Re
Elected President Company
Has Bridge Under Way
From Friday's Dally
The Plattsmouth Bridge Co. held
their annual meeting at Omaha yes
terday and the members of the cwin-
j pany had the pleasure ot knowing
that at the second meeting 01 the
corporation the bridge over the Mis
sf.iiri river that they are backing w;is
in the process of erection and with
lhe expectation that it would be i'i
-t' vice by next fall.
There was no change made in
the officers of the company with the
exception that Lawrence Brinker of
Omaha was named as an additional
member of the board of directors of
the company.
The officers named were as fol
lows: President H. A. Schneider.
Vice-President R. -A. Luusrder.
Secretary Glen II. Venrick.
Treasurer John W. Towle.
Direcors James T. Begley, Law
rence Brinker. H. A. Schneider. John
W. Towle. Glen II. Venrick. R. A.
Laussler, Carl E. Vogel.
The company is now busy, with the
construction of the new $7'u.'0
bridge over the Missouri river at this
place, the Union Bridge & Constru
ction Co., of Kansas City, contractors,
being engaged in the work of edect
ing the piles for J he bridge and the
Plattsmouth Bridge Co., have also let
the contract for the steel work t.
the Omaha Steel Co., and .who will
follow up with their part of the con
tract as soon as the piers are placed
and the work approved.
The success of promoting the
bridge made by the Plattsmouth
Bridge Co., is very pleasing and this
structure is the second bridge to be
started and well under way over the
Missouri river at this time and is
located in one . of the most logical
places on the river and one that has
been highly recommended by engin
eer as an ideal spot for bridge con
struction and connecting lar;; high
ways systems both east' and west and
north and south.
EAGLES HOLD INITIATION
From Friday's Daii
At the regular meeting of the lo
cal Eagles last evening, three of
Plattsmouth's fine young men were
initiated into the order. Plattsmouth
aerie was assisted in the ritualistic
work by the Omaha officers present,
putting on the stately ceremony in
a most impressive manner.
The state aerie was represented in
the personage or Frank A. Mathews,
state secretary, who delivered a brief
resume of Eagledom to the new mem
bers in his genial way.
Nebraska City aerie, which had
planned to be here with their degree
and drill teams were unable to make,
the trip, on account of three of the
officers being confined to their beds
with influenza.
About' forty-three of the local bro
thers were in attendance, and these,
with the Omaha delegation, made a
very fine showing particularly so at
the free lunch of coffee and sand
wiches prepared by, it is safe to say,
the best cooks in the order.
Watch the paper for particulars
concerning the free boxing exhibition
to be sponsored by the Eagles in
the very near future, and to which
the public is cordially invited.
WOMEN'S AUXILIARY MEETS
From Friday's Daily
The Women's Auxiliary of the St.
Luke's Episcopal church met yester
day afternoon at the pleasant home
of Mrs. George K. Petring on high
school hill and with a very pleasing
number of the members in atten
dance. The ladies had the pleasure ot
having with them Father Stanley
Jones, acting parish priest and who
opened the meeting with the devot
ions and presided over the sessions.
The officers of the past year were
re-elected. Mrs. R. F. Patterson,
president: Mrs. James T. Begley,
vice-president: Mrs. R. W. Clement,
secretary and Mrs. George K. Petring.
I treasurer, as a recognition of their
! splendid work in the church organ
ization. The delegates elected to the dio
cese council at Omaha January 21st
to 25th were: Mrs. R. F. Patterson.
Mrs. R. W. Clement, Mrs. L. L. Tur
pin. The alternates named were Mrs.
Henry Herold, Mrs. F. L. Cummins,
and Miss Dora Fricke.
At the conclusion of the afternoon
Mrs. Petring served very dainty and
delicious refreshments that added a
great deal to the intreest of the
meeting.
STILL ON SICK LIST
From Thursday's Daily
Lester Burrows, driver for the
'American Express Co., in this city
who was ill for several weeks with
the flu, has again been taken sick
and compelled to remain at home and
attempt to shake off the effects of
the illness. In the enforced absence
of Mr. Burrows Paul Henderson is
looking after the express business.