Hebr. State Historical Society
journal.
VOL. No. XLVI
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1930.
NO. 46
Local Young Man
Suffers Injury Due
to Knife Attack
Kobert White Attacked Saturday
Night While Enroute to Omaha
by Unknown Parties
Saturday evening shortly before
f n o'clock Robert White and Fred
Toman left this city enroute in the
iir of Mr. Toman and near the Pap
pio creek were stopped and attacked
hy unknown parties and Mr. White
ufl red a severe slash on the right
arm.
The young men state that they
wr-re driving north to Omaha and
noticed a car parked along the road
way and as they came hy two men
came out and by their cries and ac
tion? caused Mr. Toman to stop his
car, thinking the party in trouble.
Mr. White alighted and at once one
of the men came up and cursing
him, announced his intention of cut
ting him up, producing a weapon,
whether a howie knife or a razor,
Mr. White was unable to tell as the
man rushed at him. Mr. White
threw up his right arm and the knife
or razor slashed the arm very severe
ly and caused a long gash and from
which the blood spurted and placed
Mr. White out of commission until
the blood could be stopped. The at
tacking party then made their way
to their car and started away while
Mr. White was hurried back to this
city to receive medical aid.
It is expected that the identity of
the parties making the assault can
be made as the man who slashed up
Mr. White was apparently acquainted
with hini and made no attempt to
wound Mr. Toman.
The injured young man has been
at home since the accident resting
up as he lost a great deal of blood
from the wound before it could be
checked.
LEAVES FOR CALIFORNIA
Saturday evening a number cf
Plattsmouth ladies departed for the
west coast where they will enjoy a
Bhort outing: in the many interesting
cities of that part of the west and
to meet with the relatives and friends
in that section of the country. Mrs.
L. II. Sprecher and niece, Miss Ger
maine Mason of this city with Mrs.
Sprecher, Sr., of Omaha will visit
largely at Los Angeles with the rela
tives there, while Mrs. Richard Bev
erage will stop at San Francisco for
a visit with her brothers, Fred and
James Warren and Miss Louise Rum
mel will enjoy a visit at both of the
large cities as well as with her bro
ther. Elmer J. Rummel and family
at Burbank. The trip will be one
of the greatest delight to the mem
bers of the party and who are an
ticipating many delightful visits in
the golden west.
ENJOY A FINE REUNION
On Sunday the home of Mr. and
Mrs. James Rebal was the scene of
a very pleasant family gathering in
honor of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
Rt bal of Great Falls, Montana, who
have b en here for the past few days
enjoying a short outing. The occas
ion was featured by a fine dinner
party and in the opportunity of visit
ing among the members of the party,
this being the first visit here of the
guests of honor for the past four
years. Those who enjoyed the event
were James Rebal. Jr., and daugh
ter, Dorothy, and George E. Rebal of
Omaha, Mrs. J. C. Couch ?nd little
son. Jack. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Re
bal and children. Jane, Ronald and
Mary Jo, Mr. and Mrs. R. II. Rebal
and son. Donald. Frank Smith and
Mr. and Mrs. James Rebal.
MANY WANT ROOMS
The past few days has brought a
very large number of requests for
furnished apartments for house
keeping or small houses already
furnished.
These requests are growing as
many who are engaged in the con
struction of the new natural gas
lines through this section are de
sirious of moving their families here
for the time that they will be work
ing in this part of Nebraska and
western Iowa.
Those who have rooms to rent or
small furnished homes are urged to
list the same with the president of
the chamber of commerce, C. C. Wes
cott, at his store, so that those in
quiring can be supplied with suit
able rooms, apartments and homes.
ENJOY A FINE TIME
From Monday's DalJr
"Mrs. C. A. Bourne of McCook, Ne
braska, and Mrs. E. M. Boelter of
rm:.h who have been visiting here
for the past few days, returned this
morning to their homes after a very
pleasant outing here with the rela
tives and friends spending the time
with the Oliver and Hutchison fam
ilies in this localities. They were
euests yesterday with Mr. and Mrs
Tnhn PnttPr nf this ritv. Mr. and
Mrs. Will Carey at the Will Oliver
home at Louisville where they en
joyed a fine dinner party and later
spent the evening at the Carey home
near Aiynaru.
VISITS AT YOKE
Lester G. Burrows of this city was
at York, Nebraska. Sunday, where
he was in attendance at the reunion
of the Sam G. irlone family, the mem
bers of the party coining from their
homes to meet at the attractive park
at York for the big picnic dinner
and to enjoy the renewal of many
pleasant hours together. The mem
bers of the party comprised Mr. and
Mrs. Sam Stone. Agnes and Inez
Stone, Mrs. Ethel McAllen of Lin
coln, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Stone and
two children of Stromsberg, Nebras
ka, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dahlstrom,
of Alda. Nebraska, Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Boydston of Houston, Texas.
Select High
School Girl for
Scholarship
Miss Marjorie Am Named by Facul
ty of Local School to Re
ceive Certificate
The state teachers colleges of Ne
braska each year designate an award
of a honor scholarship certificate
which entitles the holder to free tui
tion and fees in any of the colleges
for the foTir year course of training.
The award may be made to any
one in the upper one fourth of the
senior class of the high school and
in the case of the class of 1930 of
the Plattsmouth high school, the
faculty decided to confer the honor
on Miss Marjorie Arn, who has been
one of the outstanding members of
the b.igh school and who stood high
in the scholarship tests.
The selection has received the ap
proval of the officials and Miss Arn
has now received the certificate that
will be of the greatest of assistance
to her in the carrying on of her high
er educational work.
Miss Arn is a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. V. T. Arn of this city and in
all lines of the high school work she
has had an outstanding record as
one of the most talented and brilliant
of the students.
MANY ATTEND LAND SALE
From Monday's Dally
There were a large number here
from Weeping Water today to attend
the sale of several lots in that place
which was being held by Deputy
Sheriff Rex Young under a court
judgment.
The lots were secured by the Cass
County Agricultural Society which
holds the county fair at Weeping
Water each year and the lots will be
used in the work of the fair associa
tion and will be a very fine addition
for he fair association to secure.
Among those who were here for the
sale were Fred L. Carstens, of Avoca,
president of the fair association,
Frank E. Woods, secretary of the fair
association. Mayor Troy L. Davis.
Attorney C. E. Tefft, F. L. Bailey,
Dr. W. II. Tuck. Carl E. Day, G. A.
Binger and Ralph Linger.
MOVING TO NEW HOMES
A number of changes are being
made in the residence in the north
part of the city, Fred I. Rea, man
ager of the Flattsmouth district of
the Iowa-Nebraska Light & Power
Co., having purchased the residence
belonging to Miss May Murphy, and
which will be occupied by the Rea
family in the future, they moving
from the J. W. Johnson residence on
North Seventh street to the new
home.
L. D. Hiatt and family, who have
for a number of years made their
home in the Gobelman residence at
Seventh and Oak street, are to move
into the John McCarty residence just
east of their present home.
DIES AT LINCOLN
From Monday's Dally .
The message was received here
this morning by Judge Charles L
Graves announcing the death at the
Lincoln General hospital this morn
ing at 4:30 of his daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Harry E. Graves. Mrs. Graves
has been ill for several weeks suf
fering from cancer of the stomach
and little hopes have been held for
her recovery. ,Mrs. draves was
formerly Miss Eleanor Clinkenbeard
of Anadarko, Oklahoma, she being
married to Mr. Graves on Christmas
day, 192S. The body will be taken
to the old home in Oklahoma for
interment.
WILL ATTEND SCOUT CAMP
From Monday's Dally
This morning Frank M. Bestor de
parted for Nebraska City, taking with
him four of the Plattsmouth Boy
Scouts who will participate in the
third and final week of the Scout
camp at Camp Wilson, the Nemaha
area outing camp. The members of
the Scouts making the trip were John
Rishel, Harry Stodola, "Dusty"
Rhodes and Harold Stewart. The
boys will have a fine week of re
creation and receiving Scout train
ing at the area camp, being given
the opportunity of making up many
of the Scout requirements to win
their medals and advancements in
scouting.
Passing of the
Bail Park Shows
Need of New Field
Suitable Place for Athletic Events Is
Lacking and School Interests
Demand New Field.
The old Plattsmouth athletic field,
which has been more or less common
ly known as the city ball park to
most of the inhabitants of Platts
mouth, seems to have joined the "le
gion of the condemned and destroy
ed" along with the old stadiums of
Rome and ancient Greece. As it now
stands in its delapidated condition
it offers silent testimony to the old
glory that was once its own, but
which has long since departed from
it.
The old board fence that surrounds
the field looks like a herd of buffalo
had stampeded through it and the
grandstand has all the appearances
of having been used as a target by
some army for cannon practice. The
field itself could not be in worse con
dition, the ground is covered with
weeds high enough to hide an ordi
nary man, and it has lost, even the
slightest appearance of ever having
been anything but a pasture.
It seems a shame that the old dia
mond and gridiron should have met
such a fate, it had served its purpose
well in its day, but now its day is
past and it cannot be used much
longer unless some very radical
changes are made in it. Of course,
the old fence could be rebuilt, and
the grandstand might be subject to
some extensive remodeling, and the
playing field might even be put back
into condition, but it would hardly be
worth while. What Plattsmouth
needs is a new athletic field built
some place besides on the Missouri
river bottom, where it will not be
necessary to recondition the field
every year on account of high water
from the river.
Not so long ago rumor had it that
the city was going to build a new
athletic field on the ground where the
tourist park is now located. Many
of those who were most interested
were afraid that this was merely a
rumor so the matter was investigated
and it was found that the statement
is not without foundation, and that
it is possible, even probable tnat
Plattsmouth will soon have a new-
athletic field. Tlans are now being
made by those in charge to see what
can be done in the way of getting
some immediate action on tne mat
ter, and it is hoped that in the near
future there will be some dennite
steps taken toward the construction
of the new field.
Certainlv there is nothing m the
city which is more conspicuous by
its absence, the rapid decline of nign
school football in the city may be
traced directly to the fact that they
have not had a decent place to play,
those on the outside complain because
high school students don t seem to
have any great amount of interest
in the creat American game of foot
ball, but the students can hardly be
blamed when they don't Know, irom
one dav to the next where they are
going to play. It hasn't been so long
ago that the Plattsmouth hign scnooi
football team spent tne most 01 us
time during practice hours, looking
for a place where they might prac
time. Most towns the size of Platts
mouth have a "town team" in both
football and baseball. We have tne
talent in this town and those who
are interested have the desire, all
they lack is a place to play.
The present tourist paiK woum ne
an ideal nlace for an athletic field.
It would take little work to put the
e-rrmnd in condition for playing,
some trradine: and leveling would be
all that would be necessary and the
fipirt would be in condition to De
Then, if the city want
ed to do the job and do it up right
they could cut the high banK on tne
south of the tourist park down ana
terrace it, and put bleachers there.
At nne end of the field there could
hf a buildine for the lockers ana
showers and all around tne neia tnere
could be a high board fence to keep
anvnnfi who didn't pay from seeing
the romes that would be played there.
All this could be done very easwy
ami without a great deal of expense
because of the present condition of
the nrortosed field.
It certainly behoves someone to
get busy on this matter, if the city
has to do without an athletic field of
pome kind much longer we might just
ns well kiss our old athletic pres
tige good bye and put our would be
high school athletes to work on the
spwine machines in the domestic
science department of our school
WILL UNDERGO TREATMENT
W. F. Nolte. one of the prominent
farmers of west of Mynard motored
to Excelsior Springs, Missouri, Sat-
nrdav. taking Mrs. Nolte to that
place where she will spend a month
at the Dr. Ball's Health School, one
of the best known sanitariums of the
Missouri health resort. Mrs. Nolte
will take treatments as well as the
medicinal baths at Excelsior Springs
and which it is hoped will result in
much benefit to her health..
CHECKS UP A VICTORY
The Murray Red Sox trimmed up
the Hartman Furniture Co., team of
Omaha Sunday at the Murray ball
park by the score' of S to f a per
fectly line and hotly contested game
blowing up in the seventh stanza
when the score was iwo alike.
In the fateful seventh the Murray
team unloaded their heavy artillery
and proceeded to garner some four
runs to their credit, repeating in
the eighth to bring their total up to
eight.
The Ilartmans touk Ldvantage c.f
five errors by the Red Sox in the
ninth to bring in three runs, two out
field flies were missed and two in
field errors, allowrd the visitors to
race over the plate.
Death of Ella
Maxwell Occurs
at Fremont
Eldest Daughter of Judge and Mrs.
Samuel Maxwell Passes
Away at Home
From Monday's Daily
The sad news was received here
yesterday by the relatives of the
death at Fremont 011 Sunday of Miss
Ella Maxwell, aged :", eldest daugh
ter of the late Judge and Mrs. Sam
uel Maxwell, pioneers of Cass coun
ty and former residents of this city.
The deceased lady was born on the
farm just south ol this city where
her parents had located at a very
early day, the family residing here
many years and w:iere the deceased
grew to young womanhood. Later
the family removed to Fremont and
where Miss Maxwell was engaged in
musical work for a number of years.
Since the death of the parents,
Miss Mexwell with her sisers.
Sarah and Marilla Maxwell, have
continued to reside in the old home
where their parents had so long
lived.
The deceased lady was a niece of
William T. Adams, deputy clerk and
a cousin of B. W. Livingston of this
city.
There is survivk;r of the family
four brothers, Henry E. Maxwell of
Omaha, Samuel Maxwell, of Valley:
Andrew Maxwell of Sioux City, and
Jacob Maxwell, as well as two sisters
Misses Sarah and Marilla Maxwell of
Fremont and a half sister, Mrs. Mag
gie Ferguson, of New York City.
One sister, Mrs. Anna Jeffords of
New York City, preceded her in
death.
Death Comes to
C. A. Caldwell at
Masonic Home
Resident Here Since 1917 and High
ly Esteemed by Large Circle
of Friends Here
From Tuesdays TaJly
C. A. Caldwell, one of the most
highly esteemed and beloved resi
dents of the Nebraska Masonic Home,
died this morning at the home very 1
suddenlv shortly after he had arisen.
While Mr. Caldwell has not been
well for some time he had not been
feeling unusually poorly and a few
moments after he had arisen this
morning he was stricken and despite
all that medical skill could do he
passed away as the result of the at
tack of heart trouble.
Mr. Caldwell was one of the old
est residents of the home in point
of residence as he has been here
since February 19. 1917, when he
with his wife arrived here to spend
their declining years in this beau
tiful home for the aged and sick.
The wife preceded him in death in
July 1929. .
Clarence A. Caldwell was born at
Republic, Ohio, April 26, 1851, and
has spent his greater number of
years in Nebraska where he re
sided at Crete and Holdrege for
many years before coming to this
city to make his home. Mr. Cald
well was a member of Crete lodge
No. 37, A. F. & A. M.. and also the
R. A. M. at Crete and the Knights
Templar at Holdrege. He was much
interested in the work of his lodges
and had been a leading and active
figure in the work of Masonry in
his old home communities. Mr. Cald
well was also a musician of note
and delighted as long as his health
would permit to enjoy band and or
chestra work and his greatest treat
was to hear a musical entertainment
which he appreciated to the utmost.
The deceased is survived by one
daughter, Mrs. Henry Schmidt of
Omaha, and one son, Dr. A. D. Cald
well of Brunning, Nebraska.
The body will be taken to Men
low, Iowa, for burial beside that of
the wife as soon as word is received
from the family.
Miss Ida Gunderson of Glendale,
in with her mother. Mrs.
John Gunderson, and Masters John
and Richard Soennichsen, are to
leave Wednesday for Millbank,
South Dakota, for a visit with rela
tives and friends.
John Maybee
Ends Life with
a Shot Gun
Had Apparently Been in Gcod Health
and No Reason For Rash Act
Can Be Found
From Tuesday's Dally
This morning as Joe Adam, re
siding in the souh part of the city
near Cutoff street, was starting for
hi? work he was startled to find the
body of :. man lying in a pasture and
investigation revealed the man to be
dad and the 410 shotgun with which
death had been inflicted, was clasped
in his hand.
Mr. Adam as once reported the
matter to Chief of Police Elliott who
droe to the scene and calling WT. G.
Kieck, county attorney and acting
coroner, the body was removed to
the Streight undertaking rooms
where it was discovered that the
dead man was John Maybee, 42, a
resident here for a great many years.
The death shot had penetrated the
head near the left ear and had
caused death instantly and the head
of the man was badly shattered by
the effects of the shot.
No reason can be ascribed for the
rash act by members of the family,
as the deceased had not complained
of any illness or trouble and had
been working with his step-father,
Charles Hickson. at the Dovey sec
tion near Cedar Creek for some time,
coming in last night as usual with
the step-father and after eating sup
per had stated that he was going
down town and at his mother's re
quest later returned with some sugar
and after sitting around the house
had again gone back to the city. The
mother had left the door unlocked
tor his return during the night and
as he was not home this morning it
was thought that he had spent the
night with some of the other rela
tives and it was not until the notifi
cation by the chief of police that the
family were aware of the tragedy
that had occurred.
Mr. Maybee had visited the Woods
home, not a great distance from the
scene of the shooting, last night and
on leaving there had left a mandolin
at the Woods home and in his con
versation gave no hint of the con
templation of the rash act.
The mother of the unfortunate
man stated however, that at times
last evening when home, he had
seemed abstracted and somewhat
moody, the mother inquiring as to
whether or not he had suffered from
the heat while working in the coun
try and he had replied that he had
suffered some in the morning but
not so much in the afternoon. While
at the Woods home he had not seem
ed out of the ordinary and gave no
indication that he might have been
affected by the heat.
The unfortunate young man is sur
vived by the mother and step-father,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hixon, two
sisters, Mrs. Leroy Covert of this
city; Mrs. Will Bashus of Omaha;
three brothers, Charles Maybee of
Nebraska City; Dick Maybee of Hor
ton, Kansas, and Edward Maybee,
residing in Missouri. The father
preceded him in death some months
ago.
The funeral services will be held
this evening from the Streight fun
eral home and the interment will
be at the Oak Hill cemetery.
HAVE EMBARRASING MOMENTS
On Sunday afternoon W. H.
Elledge, former Plattsmouth man,
now living at 3219 K street, Omaha,
with his brother, J. R. Elledge of
Council Bluffs and the latter's fam
ily had a very sorry experience near
the city pumping station at Omaha
Sunday. The members of the party
had decided to take a dip in the cool
ins waters of the Missouri river jnd
all was well while the party were in
the water but when ihe swimming
party came back to shore the two
gentlemen discovered that th-ir gar
ments were missing and for a few
moments it was a giave matter of
how the return was to be n.de to
Council Bluffs. The thieves had crop
ped the clothes of W. H. Elledge some
two blocks from the bathing place
but the trousers, shoes and $2 which
Jack Elledsre owned is still missing
from the scene.
An exclusive dealer franchise for
Hotentot Oil Burners, manufactured
by the Red Arrow Oil Burner Com
pany. Omaha. Nebraska, has this
week been awarded to Frank Krejci
of this city. Mr. Krejci is very en
thusiastic over the Hotentot Burner
because it is one of the lowest priced
full automatic stop and start burn
ers on the market. Mr. Krejci says
that this low priced burner will make
it possible for residents of this city
to enjoy the conveniences of auto
matic heat at a very low cost.
MONTE STREIGHT POORLY
The many friends here of Monte
Streight, who for many years was
a resident here, will regret to learn
that Mr. Streight is at a hospital at
Oakland, California, where he was
tken as the result of an abcess form
ing on his leg, the member having
been injured some time ago and the
abcess developing later.
DEPARTS FOR THE WEST
From Tuesday's Daliy
Early this morning Mr. and Mrs.
Frank A. Cloidt and daughters,
Maxine and Frances and Rev. and
Mrs. II. G. McClusky and daugh
ter. Miss Catherine, departed by auto
for a vacation in the mountain re
gions, the beautiful wonderland of
Yellowstone Park being the destin
ation of the party. They will spend
some time there and in other sec
tions of Wyoming viewing the many
places of interest and in the cool of
the mountain country escape a great
deal of the heat that is now making
the Nebraskans suffer.
John Geiser
Has Close Call
P y the work progressing past Elmwood
irOm Ueattl!an(l snowi"'' a Pain of several miles
Aged Resident of City Struck by
Slow Moving Railroad Car
and Bruised Up
From Wednesdays Dally
Last evening shortly after
o'clock, John Geiser, one of the old
residents of the city, residing in the
northeast section of the city, had a
close call from serious injury or
death when he was struck by a box
car while he was making his way
through the Burlington railroad
yards.
Mr. Geiser, who lives but a short
distance from the railroad yards,
usually walks down to the main por
tion of the city through the yards
as it is a much shorter and level
walk to the city. Ae he came along
yesterday he stumbled or staggered
into the side of a box car on a mov
ing train and as the result was
thrown to the ground. The edge of
the box car struck the aged man on
the head but as the car was barely
moving it did no more than cause a
severe bruise and in his fall into the
cinders he was more or less scratched
and bruised up.
The injured man was taken to
the Burlington station where Dr. J.
S. Livingston was called and gave aid
to Mr. Geiser and who was able
later to return to his home.
ELKS HAVE FINE TIME
Prom "Wednesdays Ially
Last evening the junior tourna
ment and dinner party at the Elks
country club served to entertain a
very jolly group of the golfers and
their friends and the event was one
that all will long remember most
delightfully.
The men of the party starting at
6 o'clock enjoyed the thrills and in
terest of the tournament and in
which the eight golfers under the
leadership of August Cloidt proved
the winners over the eight led by
Clate Rosencrans. The score of the
game was 381 to 36. for the C oidts
ana wno were ine guis 01 me iu:,eit .
at the dinner party together with
their ladies.
The Soennichsen Bates round o
the tournament proved the undoing
of the Rosencrans forces as the mar-
3 1 n T- nn 1
large iu uvcituuic io uiucio yrjc j
close contests. Mr. Rosencrans states i
he is satisfied as he was the personal
victor over his opponent and five of
his side were the low scorers in their
matches.
ENJOYS VISIT HERE
Mrs. B. S. Ramsey has had the
pleasure of a visit from a number of
her relatives in the past few days,
they visiting over the Fourth of
July when all enjoyed a picnic din-
ner at. me namsty nume. 1 ue pany
comprised Mr. and Mrs. J. C. N.
Richards and family of Lincoln and
Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Phillips of Har-
rison, Nebraska, the two ladies be-
ing formerly Misses Gertrude and
Jessie Foxwell, daughters of the late
Mr. and Mrs. William Foxwell and
nieces of Mrs. Ramsey, From here
Mr. and Mrs. Fhillips and daughter.
departed for the east and from where
they w
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cestral home of the Foxwell fam
ily. The visit was a very pleasant
one and the first time that all of the
family have enjoyed a visit together
for some years.
SHIPS BOWLING ALLEY
Prom Monday" Dalr
One of the alleys formerly used
here in the Chaloupka alleys, has
been sold by the owner and was be-
ing shipped today to the new loca-
tion in Hamburg, Iowa. The alley is
an excellent one and will be Installed
at once in the new location in tne
Iowa city.
TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL
gin secureu uy Jlr- . w" ,twliine, own the gas franchise in Ch
Prom Monday's Pally been enjoying a visit here with the
Mrs James Stockham was taken relatives in this county and with
to the University hospital today the A. F. Seybert family in this city,
where she will undergo an operation departing yesterday for their home,
for an acute attack of appendicitis Mrs. Keil is an aunt of Mrs. Sey
that has developed in the past few bert and George Keil and Mrs.
days and which makes the condition Schulte are cousins of Mrs. Seybert
of the patient such that an immed- and the members of the Kei fam-
, ..rr My here. The visit of the relatives
iate operation is necessary.
Picnic season is here. Get yonxand their Btay nere one that all will
picnic supplies at Bates Book Store. t long very delightfully remember.
Pipe Lines for
Natural Gas Fast
l Nearing This City
Now Northeast of Elmwood and Fast
Work Bring- Line to River
I Many to Live Here
The laying of the twenty-four inch
natural gas lines from the Txas
and Kansas fields to Chicago which
is undertaken by the Doherty?Insull
j Standard lines, and which wiil bring
1 the lines across Cass county to cross
J the Missouri river at this place, is
now progressing in fine shape.
I The ditches and pipe lines have
1 been laid over the "O" street road.
ill Ul IJJUI Lite Itlim Ull Lunai u mr
Missouri river, the lines crossing at
.this city
en
route to Chicago.
Considerable number of the em
ployes of the companies laying the
line have come on to this city to
secure quarters for the time that
the workers will be in this locality.
c!lt is estimated that probably from
n00 to 300 wiu t)e bere in a perj0d of
from three to six wetks engaged in
extending the line eastward.
The gas line extensions is one of
the largest operations in ihe west
and the cost of all lines it is estimat
ed will reach $259,000,000.
In speaking of this line of de
velopment the New York Times from
its Kansas City, Missouri, corres
pondent had the following:
Two projects will pipe refined
gasoline eastward, with a river-front
terminal in Kansas City, where it is
proposed to load tankers for the east
coast when the Missouri River navi
gation project is completed. Two
other of the announced projects will
pipe crude oil, one to Pittsburgh.
Four lines will carry natural gas over
the Middle West and as far north
as Chicago, Milwaukee and Indian
apolis. There are now four crude oil lines
as far east as Chicago, but no gaso
line or natural lines out of the South
western oil fields, although the proj
ect had been talked of for a number
ot years.
Gas line Is Largest Project.
Delivery of much or the pipe for
the projects already has been started.
The Doherty-Insull-Standard natural
gas line to Chicago and Gary, Ind.,
is the largest of the projects, involv
ing an expenditure of approximately
$110,000,000. Construction offices for
this project have been opened here.
This big line will start in the
Texas Pan-Handle near Pampa and
will run north through Kansas,
crossing the Missouri River at
Plattsmouth, Neb. At Omaha it will
turn eastward toward Chicago and
Gary. It is planned to extend the
line to Milwaukee. This line will
The Estimated cost of $110,000,000
includes compressor stations and ex
traction plants for the "refining" of
gas in the fields. The line is ex
pected to deliver 100,000,000 cubic
feet of gas in Chicago daily. The
Insull interests, part owners of the
! cago. it is expected tne gas win ue
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used largely for industrial purposes.
The $40,000,000 project of the
Missouri-Kansas Pipe Line Company
is the second largest project from
the standpoint of cost. The line,
which already is under construction,
will run from the Texas Pan-Handle,
near Friteh, to Indianapolis. Thi3
linp will run northeast throuch Kan-
1 A Missouri and across Illinois
1 an(J intQ In(iianapolis. It will be a
. t,eritv.twn-inch line. With feeder
; linf3 tne gyBtem will be 1,250 miles
;long The majn line of the system,
however, will be only about 730
; miies
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finr dinner was enjoyed and the
members of the family enjoyed a
real time in visiting until late in
the afternoon. Those who were here
to enjoy the event were Mr. and
Mrs. Everett Noble and sons, Dick
and Jimmie, of Omaha, Mr. and Mrs.
Joe McMaken, Jr., and Joe III., Mr.
anti Mrs. Robert Hill and daughter,
Snarori( and Mrs. Ralph M. Wiles
and jiiss Frances Wiles and Bobby
Beal, Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Noble and
grandson, Joe Noble.
VISITS RELATTVES HERE
Mrs. George Keil and daughter,
1 Mrs. Clara Schulte, with George Keil,
!a grandson of Mrs. Keil and Mrs.
'Etta Volte, of Peoria, Illinois, have
from Illinois was very much enjoyed
by all of the members of the family
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