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Beta. State Historical Society
VOL. No. XLVI
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1930.
NO. 50
JyOUEIltEi.
Second Natural
Gas Line to Start
Work Presently
Project of the Instill Interests Plan
Line Through County to Cross
Missouri River Here
With the Missouri Valley Pipeline
Co.. now within a few miles of this
city with their practically completed
pipe line for natural gas from the
Texas fields, comes the announce
ment of the coming of the line pro
jected by the Insull interests and
the Cities Service Co., who have al
ready secured many leases in this
vicinity for the right of way of their
line from the Oklahoma and Texas
fields.
The leases are commencing to be
registered In Otoe and Cass county
the plan being that the line will cross
Otoe county between Palmyra and
Unidalla and thence northeast to
this citj" where the line is expected
to cross the Missouri river on the
way to Chicago, crossing the Missis
sippi river at or near Muscatine,
Iowa.
First contracts for the construc
tion of the 1.000-mile 24-inch pipe
line have been awarded by the Con
tinental Construction company, the
corporate concern building the line.
It is a Delaware corporation formed
by the Cities Service, Insull, South
western Development, Standard of
New Jersey, Texas, Skelly, Phillips
and Columbia Carbon companies.
Construction of the line is of spe
cial local interest because the Cen
tral Power company which serves
Nebraska City with artificial gas is
owned by the Insull interests.
Construction companies will use
all local labor available in order to
benefit as far as possible the resi
dents of the cities, towns and com
munities through which this line
will pass. An appreciable part of the
$100,000,000 to be expended in
building this line will be spent for
labor.
Right-of-way along highways and
across privately owned property has
been secured and another major fea
ture of the contracts is that this gas
pipe line will be burled beloy the
cultivation line, a distance of three
or more feet below the surface, to
prevent interference with the culti
vation of land, through which the
pipeline will pass. Teams belonging
to farmer resident adjacent to the
pipe line are to be given preference
in the hauling of construction ma
terials at times which will not inter
fere with the cultivation of crops.
These stitpulations are voluntary on
the part of the company and are in
accordance with its stated program
designed to alleviate wherever pos
sible local unemployment.
This line will be a combination
coupled and welded one. The S. R.
Iresser Manufacturing Company,
Bradford, Pennsylvania, has receiv
ed the coupler order.
An order for initial compresser
equipment for this line has been
placed with the Worthington Pump
and Machinery Corporation whose
gas engine works is at Buffalo, N. l.
CAPTURE BOOTLEGGER
From Monday" Dally
Saturday evening Deputy Sheriff
TJpx Youner made the capture of
Harry Schulman, of Omaha, who was
at the camp of the gas line men
Routh of this city and had been en
irac-ed in disposing of the corn liquor
or hootch to the thirsty residents of
the eamn. As the deputy sheriff ar
rived on the scene the man broke
th. hottle containing some of the
hootch, but his act was viewed by
the officer and the young man, evi
dentlv a denizen of little Italy, of
Omaha, was brought on into this
city and lodged in jail.
This morning the man was arraign
ed in the county court on a charge
of possession preferred by County
Attorney u . G. Kieck and tne pris
oner entered a plea of guilty to the
charge. The court fixed the fine at
$100 and costs and the prisoner made
arrangements to pay the amount, re
malninir here in the custody of Sher
iff Reed until relatives produce the
necessary amount, which they have
agreed to do.
STILL FEELING POORLY
From Monday Daily
R. F. Patterson, cashier of the
Farmers State bank, who was oper
ated on last Tuesday at Omaha for
the removal of his tonsils, has re
turned home but is still in a very
weakened condition as the result of
the loss of blood as his case was one
of unusual severity. Mr. Patterson
last nhrht suffered another hem-
morhage from the tonsils and which
has made him quite weak.
UPROOTS OLD LANDMARK
In the storm at Louisville Sunday
there was a great deal of wind re
ported and one of the landmarks of
the city, a large tree that has stood
for many years near the Busy Bee
cafe on Main street, was uprooted and
blown over. This tree has provided
shelter for many in the summer suns
of years past and its forcible re
nioval will make the old tree very
much missed.
HAS CAR OVERTURNED
Sunday while Mrs. Frank Deskin,
wife of one of the highway work
ers, engaged in shouldering up the
road along the new paving, was
driving on the detour southwest of
here, she was severely injured in an
auto accident. Mrs. Deskin, with a
lady friend, was driving along the
highway when the car struck a pile
of loose gravel and the driver was
unable to hold the car into the road
way and it was overturned. The ac
cident resulted in both ladies being
very badly bruised and shaken up
and Mrs. Deskin sustained what is
thought was a broken nose. The
car was badly damaged as the result
of the accident. ,
Storm Does
Damage in and
Near Ft. Crook
Roof of Hanger on Air Field Is
Torn Off and Trolly Wires
Badly Damaged
The rain storm of Sunday which
isited this section and was accom
panied by a strong wind for a few
moments, did considerable damage
in and near the vicinity of Fort Crook
where the wind for some three min
utes reached the intensity of a small
tornado.
At the army post the storm tore
off a part of the airplane hanger,
housing nine planes and also caused
a great deal of damage to the trolly
wires on the interurban line con
necting the post with South Omaha.
The storm also cut quite a path
through the cornfields near the fort,
oding considerable damage especial-
y on the farm east of the army
post.
Small trees also suffered from the
effects of the high wind and were
uprooted by the storm as it passed
away toward the northeast, but no
large property loss was reported.
RED SOX WIN EASY ONE
The Murray Red Sox Sunday had
a very easy time in the defeat of the
American College team, of Omaha,
who were at Murray to substitute for
the team of Plumbers Union No. 16,
the Sox hanging up a score of 17 to
before the rainstorm resulted in
the game being called in the seventh
inning.
The Red Sox sent Walter Gabriel,
salesmanager of the Iowa-Nebraska
Light & Power Co., to the mound in
the opening three innings, who "well
qualified as a successor of the great
Walter Johnson, and toyed with the
college team until the fourth, when
Alex Schliscke, regular pitcher, took
the hill top for the Sox.
The game was marked by many
hits from the Sox and few errors be
ing chalked up for the locals, the
whole team playing a wonderful sup
porting game from the start until the
close.
Frank Krejci, the receiver of the
Sox, was the heavy hitting star of
the game and hung up two three-base
hits for his team, as Frank had his
batting eye working in great shape.
This game makes the fifth succes
sive game that the Red Sox have
won, they having played some very
fast ball this season and acquired a
record of one of the best amateur
teams in the east part of the state.
HAVE TWO FINE SERVICES
During the absence of the ree-ulnr
pastor. Rev. H. E. Sortor. the mil-
pit of the First Methodist church
was occupied Sunday by Rev. Luther
M. Kuhns of Omaha at the morning
service and T. A. Harkins. rhanlain
of the Seventeenth infantry at Fort
LrooK at the evening services. Both
sermons were much enjoyed altho
the attendance at the evenine ser-
ivce was curtailed to some extent by
the threat of the storm. Chaplain
Harkins brought with him a soloist
who was heard in a very pleasine
number at the evening service.
GAS MEN TAKE REST
From Monday's Dally
The employes on the force that
are laying the natural gas line mains
through this section of Cass rountv
are enjoying a vacation from their
duties today as the result of the rain
of Sunday and today, the first day
of rest that they have had in manv
weeks. Suffering from the intense
heat of the past ten days, the men
are finding the vacation a most oc
centable one and which will piv
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them a chance for rest and recreation
after the long and continuous grind
of work.
PURCHASES GOLF COURSE
The miniature or Tom Thumb golf
course which is located on Chicago
avenue, which was established here
the first of July has been purchased
by Rudolph Iverson of this city from
the former owner and who will con
duct the place in the future. The
popularity of the new golf course is
attested by the constantly growing
crowds that are playing both after
noon and evening and under the di
rection of Mr. Iverson should prove
a great success.
Louisville
Lakes Claim
Victim Sunday
Ernest Ruther, of Council Bluffs, la.,
Perishes When Steps Into a
Deep Hole in the Lake
The Louisville park maintained by
the state game and fish department,
was the scene of another fatality late
Saturday night when Ernest Ruther,
27, of Council Bluffs, wading into
the lake at the park, stepped off into
a hole some fifteen feet deep and
perished as he was unable to swim.
The unfortunate young man in
company with a friend, William P.
Farrell, was engaged in trying to
cool off by wading in one of the
lakes, being unable to swim and it is
thought that he stepped into one of
the holes in the bed of the lake and
drowned before help could reach him.
Farrell, who was an excellent swim
mer, had been leading the young
man in his attempts to wade and
swim and supposed that they were
still in the shallow water when his
companion suddenly sank in the wat
ers of the lake. Farrell at the time
was a considerable distance away and
did not notice for some moments that
his companion was not wading in the
shallow water near the lake shore.
Fifty persons joined in the search
for the body and the lake was drag
ged until 4 o'clock Sunday morning
before the body of Ruther was brot
to the surface, having lodged in a
pocket or hole some fifteen feet in
depth.
The young man had made his
home at Grand Junction. Iowa, be
fore coming to Council Bluffs, and
to which place the body was taken
Sunday, the other members of the
family residing at Grand Junction.
COURT GRANTS INJUNCTION
From Monday's Dally
This morning a hearing was had
in the case of C. Lawrence Stull vs.
Chester L. Spideli, in which the
plaintiff asked that he be given an
injunction against the defendant for
the purpose of preventing Mr. Spi
deli, his agents or employed from
interfering with the plaintiff coming
onto the land leased by the defend
ant from Stull. The court granted
the temporary injunction, Mr. Stull
to put up a bond of $50, and the in
junction grants Stull the right to
come onto the land to cultivate the
corn crop once. The action covers
the farming land owned by Mr.
Stull just north of this city and
which i3 being farmed by Mr. Spi
deli. The case attracted much attention
from the residents of north of the
city and a large number of farmers
were called to testify as to the crops
nd methods of handling the same.
ENJOYING FINE TRIP
Mr. and Mrs. Hans Sievers. with
ihp Missps Clara Wickman and Helen
Warner, who are making a stay of
several weeks in the KocKies ana
Vellowstone nark, write to friends
here that they are having a great
time and have been viewing many
points of interest in that part of the
west. They are now at Emblem,
wTiPr Mr. and Mrs. William Wamp-
hoff. daughter and son-in-law of Mr.
and Mrs. Sievers resides.
Mr. Sievers states that Miss Wick
man and Miss W'arner have proven
real adepts at mountain climbing
and Rcaled the Grand Canyon of the
Yellowstone as well as taking hiking
trins nvpr the other mountains in
that Rpotinn of the country.
The party also have enjoyed fish
in c trins. but fail to give any ac
count of the catches they have made
in the mountain streams.
DEPARTS FOR MINNESOTA
ATt- nnrt ATr3 T? W. Knorr and
children, Jean and Billy, departed
Sunday for a combined Dusiness ana
pleasure trip to Minnesota, Mr. Knprr
to look after the selecting of stock
for the Variety store in the markets
at St. Paul and Minnesota, while Mrs
Knorr and children will enjoy a
short outing at tne lakes in mat
Ktato Mr TCnnrr will also snend a
few daps at the lakes in fishing be
fore he returns home.
VACATIONING IN SOUTH
Mrs. Roy Fuller of Fort Lauder
dale, Florida, formerly Miss Bernese
Newell of this city, writes to friends
here that the Fuller family are now-
enjoying their vacation in the re
sorts of the Blue Ridge mountains in
North Carolina, spending some time
at Ashville and other of the resorts
of that section of the south. The
Fuller family have also been visit
ing at Washington, D. C. for a part
of the time.
M-A-R-RTTn AT COURT HOUSE
On Saturday afternoon at the of
fice of County Judge A. H. Duxbury
occurred the marriage of Miss Mary
E. Weidman and James E. Martin,
both of Valley, Nebraska. The young
people returned to their home after
the ceremony.
DECLINES FILING
While in the city Saturday Edward
W. Thimgan, of Murdock, for whom
:i petition was filed some two months
ago, asking that Lis name be placed
on the primarj- ballot as a candidate
for commissioner in the third dis
trict, stated that .he was not accept
ing the petition and which automa
tically causes it to be disregarded by
the county clerk.
Mr. Thimgan stated that he was
appreciative of the feeling of his
fellow citizens in and near Murdock
n asking that he make the race for
the republican nomination for this
office, but he feels that he owes U to
himself to consider his own inter
ests and cannot ut this time make
the campaign that would be neces
sary.
Rainfall Brings
Relief to Resi
dents and Crops
Inch and One Tenth Rain of Sunday
Ends Drouth of Several
Weeks Duration
The drouth that has for the past
several weeks visited this section
with the accompanying intensive
heat of from 100 to 108 degrees, was
ended Sunday when the clouds roll
ing up from the west and northwest
brought to this section a most need
ed and appreciated rain.
The rainfall registered one inch
and a tenth and was one that did
much to revive the corn and other
crops that had been suffering for
several days from The continued dry
weather.
The last three days of the week
had been especially severe on the
corn and many fields were showing
signs of the firing from the heat and
especially the hot winds of Thurs
day, and had the intense heat and
dryness continued for a few days
more the loss to the corn would have
been heavy.
The rain it is estimated will re
sult in saving practically all of the
crop as it is estimated that the heat
loss will not exceed two per cent in
all sections of this part of Nebraska.
The rain also brought lowering
temperatures to relieve the suffering
that the intense heat had brought
to the residents of all parts of the
state, the rain being very general
over Nebraska.
Clean-Up of
the City Jail is
Badly Needed
Condition of City Prison Such That
A General Cleanup and Re
novation Needed
While the program of clean up.
paint up and general improvement
has been largely followed by the in
dividual citizens over the community,
there is one institution that has es
caped the all powerful influence of
paint and the scrub brush this be
ing the city jail.
The condition of the city prison is
such that to place anyone in its con-
confines is almost a crime itself and
those who have to seek shelter there
in winter or are imprisoned for some
law infraction certainly receive a
double punishment.
The cells and the main "bull pen
as well as the cfnce of the jail needs
a thorough whitewashing not on
paper but in reality and the entire
building needs a thorough fumiga
tion for the general health of the
prisoners that may be confined there.
The bunks on which the prisoners
are compelled to repose are not as
they should be and carrying many in
habitants that make it unsanitary as
well as uncomfortable to the unfor
tunates that may be confined within
its walls.
It is not necessary that the jails
be made luxurious places for the
prisoners but there should be at least
decent quarters provided that the
offenders need not acquire unpleasant
neighbors or the bedding become
loathsome and filthy.
Replacement of the old bedding in
the jail or its cleaning and a gen
eral cleanup of the basement of the
city hall should be made that the
jail may be fit to confine prisoners
as the larger part of those who are
taken up ere not desperate criminals
and should not be compelled to re
main in such unsanitary surround
ings while they are in custdy.
CARS HAVE COLLISION
Sunday afternoon while Fred
Tritsch was en route home from this
pitr to his farns west of Plattsmouth,
he suffered a small auto accident
when the car which he was driving
bv the car driven by
John Horn, who was coming east to
ward this city. The Tritsch car had
the left front fender badly bent and
the left front wheel damaged. The
car driven by Mr. Horn was not so
badly damaged. . Fortunately none
of the occupants of the cars were in
jured.
Plattsmouth is a
Favored Location
for Development
River Navigation and Natural Gas
Two Important Factors Has
Natural Resources, Too
When two of the biggest public
service groups in the United States,
constructing natural gas mains to
widely divergent cities "choose to
run" their lines via Plattsmouth, it
is a safe bet that they see in this
lacality a potential field for develop
ment that some of us may have to
wipe the scum from our eyes to
visualize.
And so it is with most of us hard
to see in concrete form the develop
ment that will come to Flattsmouth
with the coming of river navigation,!
now definitely assurred.
The latent natural resources in pur
Missouri river hills, extending south
ward to old Rock Bluffs and beyond
are inestimable. Now and then tests
have been made of the rock forma
tion underlying these bluffs and the
findings have invariably revealed
well-nigh inexhaustible supplies of
limestone suitable for use in the
manufacture of cement.
To date the problem of transpor
tation has been a bar to development
of this and similar enterprises in
volving quarrying operations. Par
ticularly in the manufacture of ce
ment has transportation been doubly
important, first to bring in the coal
required to maintain a constant fire
in the kilns and the shipping of the
finished product.
The availability of natural gas for
supplying the heat solves the coal
problem, for wherever natural gas is
available cement factories prefer it
to ccal. And the opening of the river
to boat and barge lines would solve
the outlet problem, enabling loading
right from the bins thru chutes to
water's edge. Thus, there could be
maintained in these hills, without
rail connection a gigantic industry
able to compete with the markets of
the world on the sale of its finished
product.
- To some it may seem a far-fetched
dream, but Chamber of Commerce
officials have long maintained and
the Journal has previously pointed
out that this is one of the possibili
ties that loom in the industrial hori
zon of the not far distant future.
And with river navigation will
come other advantages that cannot
be listed by the novice. The history
of development below Kansas City,
where water transportation is already
an accomplished fact, will be repeat
ed in this uppers Missouri river val
ley within the next decade.
Wharves and unloading docks for
transfer of cargoes from rail to boat,
and vice versi, will be in demand,
and government engineers bear out
the contention that the Plattsmouth
river front is ideally located to ac
commodate such operations.
There is no estimating what the
next few years may bring along this
line and the smallest development
that can possibly occur will probably
be larger than many of us have even
dreamed of.
Plattsmouth will be the crossing
point for two of the largest gas lines J
ever laid from the Texas and Okla
homa fields and probably the only
point up and down the river for hun
dreds of miles where lines of this
size will cross.
We repeat that when two such big
concerns as those behind the laying
of these mains to widely divergent
cities see fit to cross the river at one
point, there is method in their cal
culations and time will prove our
contention correct.
SPEEDING WAR ON
From Tuesday laJ5y
The matter of speeding by auto
and truck drivers as well as the
operating of machines with cut outs
open, is being cheeked up by police
under the instructions of the city
government and the result that two
have been apprehended so far and
others are under surveillance by the
authorities.
One motorist was caught Sunday
operating a car along Chicago ovenue
at what was claimed at a high rate
of speed and with operating the car
with the cutout open and making a
general disturbance to the residents
along that thoroughfare and which
has led to numerous complaints al
tho there are several trucks also
complained of for the cutout nuis
ance but have eluded the efforts of
the police to capture them.
The police also gathered in the
operator of a motorcycle for the of
fense of speeding and the two result
ed in the city treasury being en
riched to the extent of $22.
IS A BUSY MAN
Constable Tom Svoboda is kept
very busy the past few days with
the serving of papers out over the
county and also in helping look af
ter matters that may come to his
attention in helping other law offi
cers. On Saturday Mr. Svoboda was
out to assist In the rounding up of
the activities of the bootlegger at
the camp of the pipe line gang near
this city and assisting in his arrest.
AGED LADY STRICKEN
The friends over the city of Mrs.
B. Wurl, one of the old and well
loved residents of the community,
will regret to learn that Mrs. Wurl
is quite poorly, suffering apparently
a slight stroke which at her advanc
ed age of ninety-one years makes
her condition very grave. Mrs. Wurl
is new making her home with her
sen una wire, -Mr. ana airs, uernaru
G. Wurl on Marble street. This high
ly esteemed lady has been a resident
ol Plattsmouth for a great many
years years and has a very large ac
quaintance among the older residents
here and who are hopeful that the
patient may be able to rally from
the present attack, but at her age ,
this is very doubtful.
Hearing on
Liquor Case
Draws Attention
Walter Burk Bound Over to District
Court at Preliminary Hearing
Pleads Not Guilty
From Wednesday's DalTy
The hearing of the case of the
State of Nebraska vs. Walter Burk,
charged with possession of liquor,
fourth offense, was held this morning
in the county court before Judge A.
H. Duxbury, on the complaint filed
by County Attorney W. G. Kieck.
The defendant made his plea of
not guilty and waved the securing
of counsel for the preliminary hear
ing and offered no evidence in his
defense at this trial.
The state presented the testimony
of Paul and H. E. Wentworth who
testified that they had been present
when the defendant had brought in
a basket of apples, th witnesses also
testifying that they had seen two
pint bottles of liquor in the basket
as it was left by Mr. Burk early in
the afternoon. H. E. Wentworth tes
tified that he had called the atten
tion of police to the matter and they
had seen the bottles. Mr. Wentworth
also testified as to Burk having re
turned to the bakery in the evening
of the same day, July 12th, and hav
ing asked. for a loaf of bread. The
testimony of George Wentworth was
taken relative to the fact that he
had talked with Burk relative to
purchasing two bottles of liquor and
had been told that the liquor would
be brought to the bakery. The wit
ness also testified that he had re
moved the bottles from the basket
of apples in the bakery and con
cealed them in a coal bin. fearing,
he stated, that he might be impli
cated, later he had turned the bot
tles over to Sheriff Bert Reed, Sher
iff Reed testified as to receiving the
bottles of liquor from George Went
worth, taking them to Lincoln where
they were analyzed and had then
been returned here and placed in the
vault of the county attorney.
At the close of the evidence the
court bound over the defendant to
the district court and he was re
leased on bond to await trial.
POLICE ITND E00ZE
From Wednesday Daily
This morning shortly before the
noon hour Chief of Police Elliott,
Officers Pickrel and Libershal with
county officers, visited Wintersteen
hill and visited the home of Jean
Mason on a search warrant alleg
ing the possession of intoxicating
liquor. In the search of the grounds
surrounding the home two pints of , f,te at this time is thirty cars of
liquor or hootch were discovered byjwheat a day, but which at the poor
the police, but whether or not the price and the high freight rates
cache of the liquor was on the Mason
property is disputed by the owner
of the lots and Mr. Mason as well as
Eert Kelly who was also apprehend
ed at the place denied ownership of
the liquor that was unearthed.
The two men were taken into cus
tody and brought on to the city,
Mr. Mason being lodged in the coun
ty jail and Kelly at the city Jail to
await the filing of complaint in their
cases by County Attorney W. G.
Kieck.
ENTERTAINS AT BRIDGE
From "Wednesday" Dally
Mrs. Frank R. Gobelman was hos
tess last evening at a most charming
bridge party held at the Country
club, having six tables of the ladies
to enjoy this delightful pastime.
The club house was arranged with
decorations of the mid-summer flow
ers, large baskets of the colorful
blooms being arranged in the large
living room of the club house.
In the playing Mrs. E. J. Richey
proved the most successful and was
awarded the first prize, the second
honors being won by Mrs. Margaret
Kidder and Mrs. Frank A. Cloidt re
ceiving the consolation prize of the
evening.
In the serving the hoctess was as
sisted by Mrs. Frank M. Bestor, the
delicious refreshments coming as the
close of a most delightful summer
social gathering.
Out of town guests were Mrs. L.
L. Turpin, Mrs. S. W. Bell, Mrs. J. A.
Griffin and Mrs. J. H. Carter, all of
Omaha.
The Journal Job Department is
equipped to turn out anything fromj
calling cards to sale catalogs. j
Death of Wei!
Known German
Diplomat
Eerr Leonard Kluftinger, Uncle of
Plattsmouth Ladies Died in
Italy Saturday
The message has been rec ived here
by the Misses Mia and Barbara Ger-
i"g und Mrs. Henry Ilerold. c;f the
d-ath on Saturday. July lftth at
Bolongna, Italy, ot tneir uncle, iierr
Leonard Kluftinger. who was well-
known in this city where he has vis
ited frequently during the lifetime
of his sitter, the late Mrs. Paul
Gering.
llerr Kluftinger had a long and
notable career in the German diplo
matic service as he was the repre
sentative of the German Imperial
government at Bologna for over for
ty years and was a loved and honored
figure in the service in all of the
years. He was a native of Kempton,
Bavaria, where his family was prom
inent in the affairs of that kingdom
for several generations, entering the
diplomatic services of the Imperial
government at an early age and de
voting his time to the care of the
interests of his government and at
the same time being head of large
business interests of his own on var
ious parts of the world.
The deceased was the owner of one
of the most beautiful villas in Bo
logna and at the time of the entry
of the Italian government in the
world war on the side of the allies,
this beautiful palace was taken over
by the Italians as a headquarters for
their army activities in that part of
Italy, but when the war was over it
was restored to the owner in the ori
ginal shape that it had been received
and with the regrets of the govern
ment that the necessity of war had
compelled to annoyance to the owner
who was held in high esteem by the
Italian official world.
As a recognition of his long ser
vices the deceased was decorated by
both the German and Italian govern
ments, being decorated with the order
of the Cavalier by the Italian govern
ment. Herr Kluftinger was unmarried
and while the funeral arrangements
were not rent in the message here it
is probable that he will rest in the
land where he has served Lis gov
ernment so faithfully and long.
Since the close of the war Herr
Kluftinger, who was well advanced
in years, has devoted his tune large
ly to the direction of his business
interests.
RETURN FROM WHEAT HARVEST
J. W. Holmes, local nostmaster,
has returned from his farm in Chase
county where he has been doing a
part of the wheat harvest and en
joying a short outing as well. Mr.
and Mrs. Holmes while in the west
enjoyed a call on the S. S. Chase
family who have a farm in Colorado
not a great way from them. The
farm of Mr. Holmes consists o 48G
acres and is situated on the state
line, across the road being in Colo
rado, and his nearest town is Holy
oke, thirteen miles away while Im
perial is twenty-five miles distant.
Mr. Holmes says the wheat is the
best that it has been for years and
his crop of 270 acres is averaging 25
bushels to the acre while others in
Chase county runs as high as 4 9
bushels from a crop on sod ground.
The average shipments from lioiy-
'gives but little profit to the farmer.
While at Imperial Mr. Holmes met
Frank Gobelman who is spending a
short time at his farmin Chase coun
ty and assisting in the wheat har
vest. SUES FOR RECEIVERSHIP
From Tuesday's Dally
This morning in the office of the
clerk of the district court an action
was filed entitled, H. A. Schneider,
trustee for the Nehawka bank,
Plattsmouth State bank and Farm
ers State bank vs. Ernest M. Pol
lard, et al. The action is one in
which the plaintiffs represent a
claim on notes for 51C.00O made to
the three banks and on which it is
claimed interest is now due and mak
ing payable the amount of the notes
altho their payment date is not un
til 1931. The plaintiffs ask a settle
ment of their claim covered by mort
gage and t-ubject to a mortgage of
the Lincoln Safe Deposit Co., for
$30,000. The petition asks for the
appointment of Frank I'. Sheldon
or some other suitable person as re
ceiver to handle the property and
settle the claims against the same
and particularly that of the plaintiff
banks.
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to express my appreciation
of the splendid spirit shown by the
neighbors in the fire that destroyed
our home last week and especially to
the neighbors who fought so hard to
save the barn at the farm. These
oi3 rf l-indnBgi will nluavs hp fl TV-
predated. George Stander.
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