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ffebr. S:cle risid Society
VOL. No. XLVI
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, JULY 21, 1930.
NO. 49
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Hundreds View
Work of Placing
Natural Gas Line
Ditching, Pipelaying:, Covering and
Testing Interest Large Crowds
Nearing Plattsmouth
The line of twenty-four inch :
gas main that is being laid ac -
Cass county from a point south ui
Elmwood to Plattsmouth, has held
the closest attention of hundreds of
the residents of the county as the
line has gradually progressed, the
various processes of the work being
followed with interest by people from
all sections of the county.
The work is now starting from
just south of the town of Manley
to the long stretch northeast into
Plattsmouth and where the line will
cross the Missouri river.
Handled in a machine like man
ner the work moves ahead with
speed save when occasionally extra
ordinary conditions are met with,
hut after the work at Manley is over
the progress on eastward should be
very rapid. It was necessary to
place the pipe line under the track
at Manley and this took a great
deal more time than is ordinarly
required and also a small creek or
low place east of the track also re
quired more time to get through
with the line owing to a cave in.
Here also two valve houses are be
ing prepared, one on each side of
the railroad tracks which are used
in case of trouble along the line.
The Smith Brothers Co., who are
the contractors for the work of the
construction, established a record on
Tuesday when their force laid 14,
014 feet of the twenty-four inch
main, the best record that they have
made so far in the construction and
one of the best of any company in
the country.
The work of the various lines of
activities connected with the pipe
lines is carried out at top speed and
in advance of the forces of workmen
and machinery, the large trucks are
busy hauling the large and heavy
mains along the course of the line
and from Plattsmouth to the scene
of the present pipe laying the course
can be followed by the lengths of
pipe that dot the waving fields of
corn through which the line passes.
As the pipe is laid tests of the
line are made under pressure to de
tect any leaks in the joining of the
sections, and the excellence of the
job is shown by the fact that very
few of the leaks have developed in
the many miles of pipe that has been
laid. While the line is not entirely
covered until after the tests are
made, it is necessary to fill in a
part of the ditch at frequent inter
vals in order to anchor the pipe.
An interesting process to the cur
ious is that of the bending of the
large and heavy pipes when it is
necessary to have a special contour
to the pipe, with the skilled work
men, heating and drawing, bring
ing the pipe to the proper shape.
The pipe for the line is being
handled from Mynard and ten car
loads arrived here Wednesday and
are being taken to the scene of the
future line south and east of this
city, leading to the Missouri river.
The representative of the Missouri
Valley Gas Line Co., who has charge
of the work for his company, is ex
pecting to be well on the way from
Manley to Plattsmouth by Friday
evening, as forces are at work ditch
ing in several sections ahead of the
pipe line and keeping well in the
clear of the other operations.
As has been said, the work is most
interesting, and on last Sunday the
superintendent of the pipe laying
said there were at least 2,000 per
sons visiting the scene of the work
and watching the onward march of
the pipe layers and fitters. As the
line approaches this city and the
heavy traveled sections the visitors
will be more numerous, but their
presence seems to interfere but little
with the workmen who go steadily
onward.
ENJOYING OUTING
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Starkjohn
and son, William, of this city are
enjoying their summer outing at the
Minnesota lakes, where they are fish
ing and resting at their cottage on
the lakes near Henning. The party
left here on Monday morning at an
early hour and by 5 p. m. they had
arrived at their destination and were
able to get Fettled for the night at
the cottage. Henning is one of the
popular fishing resorts of Minnesota
and is visited by a great many of
the Plattsmouth sportsmen during
the summer season.
TOURING THE BLACK HILLS
From Thursday Dally
Misses Pearl Staats, Estelle and
Caroline Baird and Amelia Martens,
teachers in the Pattsmouth city
schoos. are enjoying an auto trip to
the Black Kills where they will
spend a part of their vacation in the
delights of that most interesting
part of the west. The ladies will take
a leisurely tour of the Hills and en
joying to the utmost the scenes of
charm and beauty in this vacation
land.
CROWDS ENJOY CONCERT
From Thursday's Dally
Last evening the weekly concert
of the Elks band was given at the
court house lawn and with the cars
and spectators well filling the space
on the street and the lawn of the
court house.
The program was one composed of
the old favoriates of ihe years in
cluding two descriptive selections,
"The Bui! in the China Shop" ar.d
"An Evening in Hawaii," which
were very much enjoyed by the aud
ience. The tuneful melodies of Joe How
ard's musical comedy of twenty
years ago "The Stubborn Cinderella"
were included in the program.
The popular song hit selected for
the concert was "Sunny Side Up"
with James Begley Jr., Plattsmouth's
boytenor, as the soloist and giving
a fine rendition of this number.
Wheat Yield of
County Promises
to be Very Heavy
Estimates That Harvest Will Show
From Five to Ten Bushels llore
Than Anticipated
The threshing season is now on
all over the county and on the fields
in all directions can be seen the
chaff of the various threshing ma
chines as they harvest the golden
grain which the rich and productive
soil has produced this year.
The wheat yield will probably
average from twenty-five to thirty
bushels to the acre altho in some
cases the yield will be as high as 4 4
and others as low as eighteen and
nineteen bushels.
The result of the 1930 crop is
from five to ten bushels per acre
over the estimate of the earlier part
of the year and with the heavy yield
of grain there is very heavy straw
shown in most of the wheat fields
over the county.
One of the best yields in this sec
tion of the county is that of William
Halmes west of this city where it is
reported that the average will run
forty-four bushels to the acre, this
being a very fine piece of land and
which has been in clover for the past
few years and this season was broken
up and placed in wheat.
DEPART F0K WEST COAST
From Thursday's rally
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Heitzhausen,
of Portland, Oregon, who have been
here for the past several weeks visit
ing with the H. F. Goos and William
Schmidtmann families, departed yes
terday for Omaha on the first lap of
their journey to the west coast. They
will visit for a time at Omaha and
Fairbury as well as spending three
weeks in Denver. To bid the visitors
farewell, Mrs. William Schmidtmann,
a sister of Mrs. Heitzhausen and Mrs.
Jack Patterson of Wheeling, West
Virginia, a niece, accompanied them
to Omaha.
Mr. and Mrs. Heitzhausen were for
many years residents of this city
where Mrs. Heitzhausen's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Goos, were early
settlers and prior to moving to Port
land the Heitzhausen family operated
the Plattsmouth hotel here and in
the long years made a host of warm
friends who have enjoyed very much
the opportunity of renewing old ac
quaintances. This was the first op
portunity in some years for the old
time friends to meet and the occa
sion has been the most pleasant.
Fred Heitzhausen, a son of this es
timable couple, who has been making
his home also at Portland is moving
soon to San Francisco where he will
look after the interests of one of the
large bonding companies in that sec
tion of California.
ENTERTAINS FOR SISTER
From Thursday's Dally
Mrs. F. R. Gobelman was hostess
last evening at a most charming
bridge party in honor of her sister,
Miss Martha Hiatt of Tulare, Cali
fornia, who is enjoying a visit here
and at the family home at Sidney,
Iowa.
The event was held at the beau
tiful Elks country club and where
in the pleasant and cool surroundings
there were seven tables of the play
ers to enjoj the occasion. The
bright hued summer flowers were
used in the decorations of the room
and made a very pretty setting.
In the playing Mrs. James G.
Mauzy was awarded first honors and
Mrs. Rea McMaken the second while
the guests prize of the evening.
At the close of the event dainty
and delicious refreshments were
served by Misses Nadine Cloidt and
Lois eBstor and which added to the
pleasures of the occasion.
IMPROVES BARBER SHOP
Anton Trilety, the barber, has just
had in stalled at his shop a fine new
flooring that adds greatly to the ap
pearance of the shop and makes it
much more attractive to the eye.
ricnic season is here, liet your
picnic supplies at Bates Book Store,
Passing of
Once Popular
Gathering Place
Baseball Park Being Dismantled
and Left to the Conquest
of Nature
From Friday's Daily
The changing time of the past
two decades was strikingly shown
today when a force of workmen of
the city street department started
in the work of dismantling the base
ball park situated just east of the
Burlington railroad tracks on the
Missouri river bottom land.
Here some twenty years ago was
one of the very best diamonds in
the state and where the Plattsmouth
Rex Sox maintained a fast and ag
gressive team that drew hundreds to
every game to witness the contests
that embraced games with some of
the best teams in'tbe state. It was
nothing unusual to see the grand
stand filled to its capacity, the
bleacher seats along the west side
of the park crowded and the over
flow into the outfields, but in the
recent years the little group of fans
that gathered for the games could
all be placed in the grandstand and
that without any crowding.
The park was built largely thru
the personal efforts of a small group
of men who led the work of planning
and successfully carried on the cam
paigns that raised the funds for the
building of the grandstand, bleachers
and the fence that enclosed the
grounds. In this work, Edward
Brantner, now proprietor of the Hotel
Perkins was the chief mover and also
the manager of the baseball team.
C. S. Johnson, then yardmaster of
the Burlington here, who was for
years the guardian of the park and
kept it in the best of shape, and the
late H. N. Dovey and Thomas Wall
ing, who served as the president and
treasurer of the baseball association.
Many of the best known figures in
the history of Nebraska baseball
have appeared on the local diamond
in the days when the thrill of the
national pastime still held its lure
for the j'oung and old alike.
Many things have come to draw
from small town baseball, taking
away the attendance and without
which there can be no team success
fully operated as empty seats do not
thrill the players or make the oper
ation of a team successful. A great
many of the fans who once enjoyed
the ball games have yielded to the
lure of golf, a pastime in which they
could have an active part that they
were unable to do with baseball,
to the younger generation the invita
tion of the open road in the auto has
taken away their love of the sport of
the diamond.
When the city constructed the
new storm sewer system for Main
street the gradual decline of the
physical part of the baseball park
was started, each year seeing the
summer rains bring overflows onto
the park, the washing out of fence
and destruction of the diamond and
ruin of the grounds.
To one of the real old timers stand
ing on the Burlington passenger sta
tion platform this morning, the tear
ing down of the grandstand brought
the memory of an even greater
change, as he stated that as a boy
the main portion of the river was
flowing where the park was located
and that the river botts had tied
up near the present station in the
60's and the early 70 s.
UNEVENTFUL MEETING
From Thursday's Dally
Todav's noon-day luncheon of the
Chamber of Comerce was the quietest
and most uneventful of the year, ine
attendance hit a low mark, with but
17 responding to roll call. The en
tire assemblage appeared in shirt
sleeves and made short work of the
business session following the lunch
eon, adjournment coming at 1:15.
Road matters were discussed, in
cluding the matter of securing gravel
on the Red Ball highway, which is
state Mitrhwav No. 1 and in the nat
ural course of priority now being ad
hered to bv the Department 01 ijud-
lic Works should have been improv
ed long ago. A letter was read from
State Engineer Cochran, however, in
which he expressed the opinion that
no funds would be available for this
work at least during the present year.
Other roads matters discussed includ
ed the placing of a directing sign at
the intersection of Sixth and Main in
this city.
.Tiidtre Relev revived the swim
ming pool issue, which was discussed,
hut adiournment taken before ap
pointment of the proposed committee
to investigate the matter further.
ENTERS NOT GUILTY PLEA
From Thursday's Dny
This morning Frank Harmer, who
was recently bound over to the dis
trict court on a charge of having
stolen a hog belonging to Martin
Jensen, a farmer in the southwest
part of the county, was arraigned in
the district court. The defendant
entered a plea of not guilty to the
charge and was released on his bond
for appearance here for trial at the
term of the district court which opens
on November 24 th.
MEETS OLD FRIENDS
The visit of Emil J. Weyrich to the
west coast from where he returned
last week, was the occasion of much
pleasure in meeting the friends of
many years ago who have settled in
that section of the nation. The visit
of Mr. Weyrich at the home of W. L.
Thomas and family afforded a very
fine opportunity of seeing the coun
try as Mr. Thomas, one of the pion
eer auto dealers of the west coast has
retired and was able to show a great
deal of the country to Mr. Weyrich
and also his visit with Ernest Wurl
and family wa:s very much enjoyed.
While there he had the opportunity
of meeting former Judge Beeson, Ed
Roman, Henry Heese. as well as all
of the members of the Thofas fam
ily who are located in and near Long
Beach. The south California coun
try is filled with the former Nebras
kans and Iowa people and among
which Cass county is very largely
represented.
Colorado Auto
Party Takes a
Plunge in Creek
Car Runs Off Bridge Over Four Mile
Near the T. H. Pol
lock Farm
From Friday's Datvy
S. C. Walker of Eades, Colorado,
accompanied his son and two daugh
ters, en route from their home in
the west to Wisconsin where they
are to visit relatives, took an in
voluntary plunge into the Four Mile
Creek yesterday when the car, driven
by one of the young women, struck
the corner of the rail of the bridge
and then plunged several feet into
the mud and water of the creek.
The party were coming north on
the detour of highway No. 75 and
having had a long and wearing drive
it is thought that the lady driving
the car had dozed off as the car ap
proached the bridge over the creek
and the car just striking the edge
of the railing, turned into the creek.
The auto party Irvere able to ex
tricate themselves without trouble
and the only injury suffered was
a fractured wrist by the lady driv
ing the car altho all were shaken up
to a greater or less extent.
The wrecking outfit from the
Pylattsmouth Motor Co., were callwd
to the scene and found the car, a
Ford Tudor, well settled in the water
and mud into which it had turned
over and it required several hours
work with the crane to get the car
out of the creek. The car was very
badly damaged and torn up as the
result of the accident.
Mr. Walker decided that the car
was in such shape that its repair
would take too great a time and ac
cordingly made arrangements here
of the Plattsmouth Motor Co., to se
cure a new car and transferring their
effects to the new car the party pro
ceeded on their way to Wisconsin.
RETURNS FROM FINE TRIP
From Friday's Dally
Charles K. Bestor and brother.
Daniel Bestor, returned home last
evening from an auto trip over the
west that has covered several months
and been a great experience for the
two brothers. Leaving here th"ey took
th southern route to the west coast
through Oklahoma, Texas, New Mex
ico and Arizona, taking in the many
points of interest and including the
grand canyon of the Colorado, from
where they drove to Los Angeles to
spend some time there and other
points of interest in southern Cali
fornia. They then motored north through
Oregon and Washington, visiting the
fruit and lumber making sections of
the two states and then motored over
into British Columbia for a visit.
After an inspection of the Pacific
northwest Charley and Dan started
home, coming through the mountain
states to Yellowstone Park where
they enjoyed a stay of some duration
and visiting the many interesting
points in the park and thence on
home to enjoy the hot weather.
ENTERTAINS RELATIVES
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Kuhns,
south of town entertained over the
week end and for Sunday dinner as
guests Mrs. Carolyn Wyatt of Sidney,
Iowa; Mr. Charles Mume of Missouri
Valley, la., Mrs. Lester Barkus and
two daughters of San Bernardino,
California, Mr. Ray Wyatt and family
of Sidney, la.. Miss Ruth Williams
of Sidney and Mr. and Mrs. Frank
McCormick and dauhgter of Platts
mouth. All enjoyed the pleasure of
being together very much.
HAS TONSILS REMOVED
R. F. Patterson, cashier of the
Farmers State bank of this city, is
taking an enforced vacation as the
result of having his tonsils removed.
The operation was very successful
and while the patient is recuperat
ing from the effects of the ordeal he
is spending a few days with Mrs.
Patterson in visiting friends in Oma
ha but will be back on the job in a
short time.
Files Complaint
Against Ed Murray
for Shooting
Earl Troop Files Complaint Charg
ing Assault With Intent to
Kill and Murder
From Friday's Dally
As the result of the quarrel and
shooting affray that occurred near
the home of Arnold Mast northeast
of Nehawka, on la?t Tuesday morn
ing, a complaint was filed today
against Edward Murray, charging
him with shooting at Earl Troop.
The information filed by County
Attorney W. G. Kieck is on the com
plaint of Earl Troop and in it Mr.
Murraj- is charged with two counts,
that of shooting with intent to kill
and wound, and assault with intent
to murder.
Mr. Murray it is claimed shot at
Mr. Troop with a revolver in a fight
in which they were engaging in the
roadway near the Mast place and
which fight finally resulted in the
shooting and wounding of Arnold
Mast by Theron Murray, a son of
Ed Murray.
Mr. Troop was at the Mast home,
with his father, William Troop and
a hired man when Mr. Murray drove
along on a mower engaged in cut
ting the weeds along the roadway,
and the elder Troop went out and
started a conversation with Mur
ray over the dispute about the pas
turing of a cow on the Mast place
which is part of the farm used by
Murray.
The conversation led to a dispute
and in which it is claimed that Mur
ray became engaged in a fight with
Mr. Troop and in which his son. Earl,
came out and participated and beat
up Mr. Murray. In this fight it is
claimed that Murray fired a Ehot
from his revolver at Earl Troop and
was disarmed of the weapon.
Mr. Murray had claimed that he
was dragged off the mower and beat
up without giving provacation.
The case will probably be heard
at the November term of the dis
trict court as Mr. Murray, who has
been confined to his home for the
greater part of the- time Pince the
trouble, will plead not guilty.
LOOKS OVER NEW PARK
From Thursday's Dally
This morning Prof. M. I. Evinger,
of the engineering college of the
University of Nebraska, came down
from Lincoln to look over the pro
posed athletic park for the city
schools and civic center.
The park will be made available
this fall for the use of the high school
football team and as soon as the
levels and tentative plans are ar
ranged the work will probably be
started on moving the dirt that will
be necessary to make a standard
sized football field.
Prof. Evinger however, will in his
work make the complete plans for
the improvement of the park and
these will be followed as the addi
tions to the park are gradually made
in the coming years.
The assistants of Prof. Evinger
will be here Monday to run the lines,
secure levels and also examine rec
ords of the city and county relative
to secure the definite information
that will be necessary for the start
of the city community center plan
ning.
MANY VISITORS HERE
The stream of tourists passing
through this city is very large and
in the observance of autos that come
and go along the main streets of the
city disclosed a very large number
of Iowa autos. particularly in the
warm summer evenings, a proof that
the new bridge over the Missouri
liver here is bringing our neighbors
to this city in increasing numbers.
The autos that are noted embrace
cars from practically all parts of
the country. California and Florida
cars are noted here as well as large
numbers from Missouri, Texas, Illi
nois, with cars also from Minnesota,
Michigan, Kentucky and occasional
ly one from the far I'ew England
states.
Improving road conditions in this
section make this a great route for
ihe autoist either frcm the east 01
the south, passing her? cn their way
to the natural wonderlands of the
mountain states or to the lure of
the north woods of Misseota and
Canada.
WILL ATTEND RODEO
E. P. Stewart of this city, who has
for the past several years played
with the Southeast Nebraska band at
the rodeo at Burwell, Nebraska, has
been asked to again join the organ
ization, composed of the leading band
men of this section of Nebraska.
The rodeo will open on August
12th which is also incidently the pri
mary election at which Mr. Stewart
is a candidate for sheriff, but he is
preparing to attend the big doings at
Burwell regardless voting and then
driving out to the wild west offering
The band will embrace members
from all of the cities of southeast
Nebraska largely veterans band men
that can be quickly worked into a
classy band for immediate use.
MARRIED IN WASHINGTON
The announcement has been re-
ceived here of the marriage of Miss :
Anna May McMaken, former Platts- J
mouth girl, daughter of Mrs. Minnie ;
McBricle of Tacoma, Washington, to
Mr. Tom Elsdon.
The wedding occurred on June
30th at Olympia, Washington, and
the young people are planning on
starting housekeeping soon in their
new home in South Tacoma, Wash
inrion. The many friends of the bride here
will learn with great pleasure of the
happiness that has come to her and
extend to Mr. and Mrs. Elsdon their
best wishes for future happiness and
success.
Mrs. Elsdon is a daughter of the
late Guy McMaken and a grand
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Pet
erson of this city. ,
Sues for $10,000
Damage for Death
of Murray Girl
j When the fire was discovered the
Administer of the Estate of the.fast of tnf house, porch, din
Lae Bertha Lancaster Sues
Harold Schreiner
Harold M. Schreiner, of Unadilla,
has been made defendant in a $10.
000 damage suit in the district court
filed b3 W. G. Boedeker, adminis
trator of the estate of Miss Bertha
B. Lancaster of Murray who was
fatally injured in an automobile
accident January 2, 1930.
In the petition filed in the office
of the clerk of the district court at
Nebraska City Friday it is alleged
that Miss Lancaster, riding in a car
driven by Ray Watson of Nebraska
City, was going north on U. S.-75
at a lawful rate of speed and on the
right side of the highway and that
the defendant was driving south at
a high rate of speed and in a care
less manner. It is claimed that Sch
reiner negligently and carelessly
turned his car to the wrong side of
the highway striking the Watson car
in which Miss Lancaster was a pas
senger, inflicting mortal injuries.
Following the accidont Miss Lan
caster was removed to an Omaha
hospital where she died a fev hours
later. Miss Lancaster was the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Lancaster,
well known residents of Murray. She
had visited friends in Nebraska City
over New Year's and was on her way
home when the accident occurred.
Ray Watson, driver of the car, was
severely injured in the accident, sus
taining severe cuts and bruises about
the body but recovered.
YELLOWSTONE POPULAR SPOT
From Saturday's Dally
The vacation land for the Platts
mouth residents this year seems to
be the Yellowstone National park;
as there is a very large group of the
local people
there and en route to
that most interesting of the moun
tain resorts where the hot springs,
mountains and the natural charm
and beauty can be enjoyed to the ut
most. At the present time Rev. and
Mrs. McClusky, with their daughter,
Miss Catherine, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Cloidt and daughters, Maxine and
Frances, are at the park as is also
Mr. and Mrs. Hans Siever and the
Misses Helen Warner and Clara Wick-
man, the last party being guests at
Emblem, near the park. Mr. and
Mrs. John W. Crabill and daughter,
Alice and Clement Woster, are en-
route to the park, while Dr. and Mrs.
R. P. Westover and children and Mr.
and Mrs. James M. Robertson left
here Thursday morning with the
Yellowstone as their goal.
The Crabill party are planning on
going later to Minnesota for the re
mainder of their outing and where
they will be joined by Mr. and Mrs.
Isaac King of Superior and Mr. and
Mrs. W. G. Brooks of Burlington.
Iowa, the two ladies being sisters of
Mr. Crabill.
DELIGHTFUL GATHERING
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Heil. Jr., ana
- - -
son, Ulen; air. ana airs. Auguti
Jochim and daughter, Miss Thelma,
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Meisinger and Mr.
and Mrs. Ruben Meisinger were din
ner guests at the hospitable country
home of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Meising-
rmstes are the narents of Roy
and Ruben Meisinger and Roy's wife j
is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jochim,
so it was a delightful family gath
ering. Louisville Courier.
PATRIOTIC BABY
On the National Birthday, July
Fourth, the stork brought a very fine
nine and a half pound son to the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond L.
Lohnes of Cedar Creek, and sure that
was a happy family, with the Na
tional pride, and the happiness which
the arrival of their son. Connie Ray
Lohnes, brought.
The folks all concerned are get
ting along very nicely and the young
son Is growing every day and why
should not happiness reign supreme.
Here is to you young man, may you
be a bigger man than your father.
George Stander
Country Home
Swept by Fire
I Tlpstrnven' Friflsv Afternoon hv Fire
Though to Be of Incen
diary Origin
1 Shortly after 4 o'clock Friday af
ternoou the large country home of
George Stander, northwest of thi3
city, was discovered to be fn fire
and in a short time the houp was
'a mass cf roaring flames that it was
impossible to check and the fhv com-
i pletely gutted the house and the
i larger part of contents, with a lr.rs
Of $10,000.
The fire was first noticed by per
sons working in the field near the
place, the members of the family
I all being away from the hou.-e at
the time and while every effort was
made to check the blaze it was use
I less. The Plattsmouth fire dpart
' ment hurried chemical tanks to the
scene but the fire was beyond con
Itrol and they were of little avail.
ing room auu Kiiiiien was mi iiuuic
and spread fast into all parts of the
house.
Members of the family and neigh
bors were able to save a few articles
of furniture from the parlor of the
house but all of the articles on the
second floor of the house was sept
away in the roaring furnace.
The cause of the fire is unknown
and as far as could be learned there
was no fire in the house or any pos
sible means of the building catch
ing afire aside from that of incen
diary origin and all indications
point to the fact that some person
set the building on fire.
A representative of the state fire
warden's office was here today with
Sheriff Bert Reed and investigating
the case. While there are some pos
sible clues to the origin of the fire
the officers are not ready to give
out a statement until the matter has
been more thoroughly sifted out.
The house and contents were
partially covered by insurance but
the loss will be quite heavy to Mr.
Stander as the farm home was one
of the largest in this part cf Cass
county.
MRS. RIPPLE INJURED
From Saturdays Eally
Mrs. E. C. Ripple was very ser
iously injured last evening at the
family home on west Vine street as
the result of a fall of eight feet
down a flight of stairs leading to
the cellar of the house.
The family had completed their
evening meal and Mrs. Ripple was
engaged in clearing away the re
mains of the supper and had started
to take a jar of fruit to the cellar
and iust after starting down the
stairs she fell, alighting on the floor
j Gf the cellar with her right shoulder
i receiving the full force of the fall.
Mrs. Ripple is quite heavy and the
force of the fall caused a very severe
fracture of the shoulder, the bone
being badly splintered and crushed.
Dr. O. C. Hudson was called and on
! hs advice the patient was hurried to
. the Clarkson hospital at Omaha
j where the injured shoulder wa3
operated on and the bone adjusted.
Mrs. Ripple will have to spend some
time at the hospital as the injury
is very severe and the arm is in
splints and weights being u?ed to
hold the arm in the proper posi
tion. In addition to the fractured
arm she also suffered severe bruiFes
jon the lower limbs as well as on the
( eft forearm
SETTING NEW RECORDS
From Friday'B Dallv
The year of 1930 is beginning to
set a new record in the continuous
heated spell of the summer when
Thursday and today soared to 105 in
the shade to tie the previous hot
record of the year. The condition
today was even more trying than
Thursday as the intense hot wind
V,n cn-ont frnm the southwest was
1 I lllLI Cv I', '
nke & blagt from a furnace and had
, or.v . nn the corn. The
need of rain
is beginning to e lea
in all parts of the west where the
heat is beginning to show its effect
on the growing corn crop and if the
present hot weather covers the same
over the entire corn belt.
TREAT FOR THE ETDS
From Friday's Daily
The Plattsmouth Water Corpora
tion were hosts last night to some
sixty of the children of the city who
disported in the cooling spray of the
water that was shot from a fire hy
drant by means of a giant spray.
Manager Lynn Minor of the company
is announcing that the water com
pany will have the spray working
from the hydrant at Eighth and Main
street on Saturday afternoon at 3
o'clock and it is hoped that every
youngster in the city, regardless of
age or color. The children must,
however, have bathing suits or over
alls for the big wet party.
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