FAOE TWO
PLATTSjTOITTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL
MONDAY. MARCH 16. 1935
Alvo News
Karl Bennett was called to Lincoln
on last Thursday, driving over to look
after some business matters.
Ifra.- Joseph Armstrong was kept
t her homo and in he.- oe:l as he
v as quite ill for tftfl mod of last
v. eei
We have a nice lot of Starred
Caicka an'! also Baby Chirks priced
right. The Leesley Hatchery, Green
WOOd, Nebr.
The Alv) Hardware store sold last
week a set of very fine harness to
I ace Cliten who wiil use them for
the farming campaign this summer.
E-yle Miller and wife were Joy
ing a visit on la.-1 .Sunday at the home
oi relatives and friends in Lincoln,
t cy driving seer tor Ike day for a
visit.
F. E. L'i'-kerson who movjil to I'ni
vorsity Place a short time :iince lias
a cepted a nospion with I lie Bul k'
Eruit company f Lincoln ami bega.:1.
v !k on last Monday.
Joseph Veckers and wife were en
j yiug a visit villi friends In Liu-
c In on last ri lay. they driving
Oi at U) 1 he big town, unci Mhile there
1 1 king aftei somo shopping.
Mrs. Jo spb Pmrdell who was feel
ing unite badly tor some li'iie last
week if romewbat improved Aith this
week and is able to be around again,
for several days she was Quits ill with
th riu.
L. H. Beett and the good wife were
over to Lincoln on Monday Of last
week where they were visiting with
friends for a short time and at the
K-ti time looking after so:n- shopping-
as well.
Some shopping and the visiting
with friends in the big town of Lin
coln called Me, dailies A. B. St t urner
and Arthur Binges to that place on
last Wednesday afternoon, they driv
ing in their car.
Simon Rehmcier shipped out a CSr
of Wheat on last Wednesday the same
being haded from the east eievator
With t he two 1 levators he is able .to
ar- for the all different kinds of
grain which are offered.
Mrs. A. I. Bird and 'wo daugh
ter. Miss I'la and Iva wvie over to
Ashland on mat Wednesday where
they were visiting with friends in I
alao looking after soma shopping Sfl
well while there they drMng over
In their car.
Mi. and Mrs. Kay I'arsell of BOUtb
of Kim wood where tby farm, were
callers in Alvo last Tuesday, coming
to visit with the parents of Ray. Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph l 'a r sell, and espec
ially 10 visit with Mrs. Parsall who
was sick for a number of days.
Ifra. Stirling Coalman moved to
the same house of that of her cousin
MrS. Lee Coalman, and as the gen
tlemen are employed with their busi
ness at University Place they will
live together here and thus be com
pany for each other as Weil as cut
ting the expense of the home.
xMv" Bu?ine- Cha-ntrt:. Hands.
The bafdwatx busing- - nUicb. .usk
conducted for many pefam "by K. M.
Coalman and who disposed of the
baateeaa to Karl Bennett about a
11 ago, was again sold a few days
;iiice by .Mr. Bennett and this time
Edgar Edwards becoming the r-rop-rietor
of the business. Edgar took
)o.evdon en Monday of last week
and immediately began the care tor
the business exercising the greatest
care and being determined ' extend
a!l courtesy possible to all Clients.
Edgar is young, alert an I very so
liable and will look after thy i lter
eata of the m ini; as well as after
ii. welfare of the business which
goes to make up a good town.
Wffl RetuYr. to Farm.
Barl Bennett who has been in the
hardware business for some time past
lias arranged to engage in farming
again, he has rented the Charles
Foreman place formerly the George
Foreman (ami and borne, and which
..;i- farmed last year by Frank L.
Edwards am', will farm there for this
season.
Iflny Children Sick.
With a malady which produces
nai on. hut not Otherwise interfering
with usual actfviticse of tho school
children many of them are attacked
and while they are not so sick as to
be '. lit from school or to iake to
their beds it mukrs very mu di of a
hardship for them to continue to
: 1 ady.
Veiy Pretiy .Shower.
While it looked like rain ami did
snt.w some, it was what i known a"
miscellaneous shower, and was held
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rose
now in honor of Mrs. Earl Hermans,
formerly alias Ruby Garcia, v.ho was
a bi ort time since united in mar
riage with Mr. Hernia nz. There were
many present, and all enjoyed the oc-
casfon very miich and many and
beantlfu were the remembrances
wnlSb the friends t:respnted to the
Sew bride and accompanied then
with (lie wisfe for a long, happy and
prosperous life.
Feeling Better Thank You.
V. M. Warner, better known as
1 illy, who make ; his home in the
northwest portion of town, was quite
ill for some time last we-k and was
not able to he at town, and was
looked after by his friends. However,
during lb'1 Brat of last week he was
; t ie to be out and up town again.
Fruyht the Snow.
"Toby" the driver Of the truck IV. r
the Omaha Cold Storage company
1 ays that there were plenty of very
bad roads in Cass county resulting
from the recent snows, and that he
bad to put in ;i number of hours to
get from M unlock to Alivo. However
he broke tftfl roads and got through.
Bounds Like Long Age.
There was a rumor on the streets
of Alvo last week which would indi
cate that there was some prospect
of a livery stable and a hotel beiiw
cpeued in Alvo. The report said that
there might be a boot jack factory
iDaiice!
Legion Building
Piattsmouth
Wednesday
MARCH 18, 1931
COMING BACK
by Popular Demand
TheOanconians
of Lincoln
Proclaimed by Everyone present
two veeks age One of the Best.'
started in connection with one or the
other of the place-. Our informant
said to ask L. D. Mullen 01 Charles
Edwards about the matter, but we
were unable to get to see them. So
yon. will have to ask for yonrself.
Hold CuUCliS.
At the school ami city caucus held
last week the following members
were ma le. All good men: Candidates
for Town Hoard: R. W. .Stewart. J.
W. Banning, R. M. Coalman, J. J.
Lim b. Candidates for School Hoard
Chasl Ayres. S. Rehmeier. S. R. Jor
dan, John Skinner.
I-1AY0R WALKER CRITICISED
New York The New York Ameri
can says "certain members of th"
hoard of trustees of the City club
bavs discussed informally the advi -
.ability of giing Charges om incom
petence and nonfeasance in oflic:;
against Mavor Walker."
The American says such charges
would cast no reflection On the mayo,-'-
personal integrity, bu: Would bs
simitar in character to these Sled
against District Attorney Crain.
Charges wmld be filed, the paper
said, only in the event the Crain I11
restigation, asked by tJovernor Roose
veil this week, did not bring satis
factory results. .
Steps to bring about a city wide
inquiry to embrace the official act.;
of Mayor Walker were asked in a
letter u the legislature drafted by
Samuel Marcus, counsel for the So
cietv for tiie Prevention of Crime.
WILL PRESENT PLAY
The Pleasant Ridge Community
club will nresent a play. "Go Slow
Mary," at the- school house on Fri
day evening, March 20th. The pub
lic is invited to attend this interest
ing event.
The Journal Job Uepartment is
equipped to turn out anything from
I calling cards to sale catalogs.
PUBLIC AUCTION
I will oner for sale at Public Auc
tlon at my farm one mile south of the
Murray Carage, on
Wedfies., Mar. 25
comment ing at 10:00 o'clock a. m.,
sharp, With lunch served at noon by
- ladies of Lewiston Community
Center, the following described prop
erty, to-wit :
Seven Head Horses and Mules
One bay team, S and 9 years old,
Wt. 3000; one black matched team,
1 . 3200, Smooth mouth: one span of
BmOOtfa month mules: one Shetland
pony, perfectly gentle.
21 Head Holstein Cows, Heifers
In luded In this number are eight
r nine extra 'good milk cows.
300 LEGHORN CHICKENS,
Farm Machinery, efc.
One Minnesota binder. 8-foot; one
Madison disc, 10x20; one Dain hay
Iter; one side delivery rake; one
1 ' wden hay fork: l.o feet of T&-inch
bay rope; one fanning mill; three
fang plows; one 11-inch walking
low; one Deere corn planter; one 2
row Dempster cultivator; one Over
land riding cultivator: one Radger
riding cultivator; one Jenny Lind
walking cultivator; one Case 2-row
ma bine; on ."-shovel plow; one 8
b. : Cnahman gas engine and saw
framd; one elevator. 26-foot, com
plete, with 22-foot roof extension and
16 tool pout; one Kentucky press
drill. 7-foot; one 3-section harrow;
. I '-in h Lets feed grinder; one
Foni motor; on 1 li . p. electric mo
tor; some belting; one 70-gallon feed
oke?; one sausage staffer; one
sausage grinder: one butchering
table: one tool sharpener; one post
Irili; one disc sharpener; one set of
bolt cutting dies; one pipe cutter;
one thread out tor: two wagons with
triple boxes; one extra triple wagon
fx x . one Cream separator. Io Laval.
sisfl 17. electric driven; one IfeCor
mi k mowing machine, .fi-foot; one
raebjrahd wagon complete; one Hooo
ier broadcaal seeder; one 2x2x6 wat
er tank: one grind stone; one 3-row
stalk cutter; one disc cultivator: one
700-flgg capacity Incubator: poultry
v.aterers and feeders; two Newtown
brooder stoves; one heating stove:
one hog waterer; one hog oiler; four
sets IVi-inch harness; two saddles:
one bh ck and tackle; one 2-row John
Deere wheatland lister; some good
oats; some potatoes and other articles
too numerous to mention.
Terms of Sale
Sums of $10 and under, cash. On
sums over that amount a credit of
six months will be allowed on bank
able notes drawn to bear 8 per cent
interest from date of sale. No prop
erty to be removed from premises un
til settled for.
Nick Friegrich,
flwucv
REX Vor.c. Auctioneer
MCUUAV ST ATI-: HANK. Clerk.
Biggest and
Best Pictures
Coming to Ritz
Man gar Griffin Announces a Fine
Array of OnViings for the
Coming Weeks.
Do you realize that the Iiitz the
atre has under contract to show the
biggest pictures ever produced? It
should be kept in mind that the mo
tton picture theatre of today is bring- :
ing to the inhabits of the smaller
place:;, programs as good as those en
joyed by the- theatre-goers of the
metropolitan city. To sustain this
policy, and to pay the prices de
manded tor these big productions,
we must have a fair admission charge,
keeping In mind also tho trend to 1
lower prices. Our admission charges
have been held down far below a ay
of the surrounding towns or cities.
Our policy has always been to give
the best, most carefully selected pro
grams that moai y
'have two hours to
; theatre, and want to sec the very
; best programs obtainable, five or ten ;
Cents difference in the price is noth
ing when you take Into consideration i
the high class pictures and enter-;
Itainmont offered by this theatre.;
Look this lineup of pictures over,
which are coming at once to this the- ,
atre. and see if there is one picture,
in the group which you would care to I
miss:
Lois Moran in "I'nder Suspicion;" j
Louis Wolhflim In "Danger Lights;"!
'Fanny Erice in "Be Yourself;" All:
!star cast in "The Big Trail;" Wheel
er and Woolsey In "Half Shot at Sun
jrise;" Evelyn Brent in "Modem! of
ithe Streets;" Wallace Beery In "Billy,
!the Kid:" Marie Dressier and Polly
Koran In "Reducing;" Lois Moran in
" The Dancers;" Win. Boyd In "Paint
ed Desert;" R. Cromwell in "Tolable
David:" Bessie love in 'Conspiracy;" ;
i All star ast in "Africa Speaks;"
Farrell and Gaynor in "Tho Man
I WIm Came Back;" Lillian Gish in
"One Romantic Night;" Marion,
I Da Vies in "Bachelor Father;" Amos
I ft Andy in "Check and Double
Check;" June Collier in "Charley's!
Aunt;" Geo. O'Brien in "Fair Warn
ing;" Chan. Farrell in "Brinces and
Plumber;" Greta Garbn in "Inspiration;"-
Cimarron." "Last Lynn."
"Dance Fools Dance." Parlor. Bed
room aud Bath." "Criminal Code," j
"Strangers May Kis.V snd many
other pictures of the same high class '
type following these.
You have an opportunity to see
all Of these specials and super spec
ials right here at home at our regu- i
ilar low admission prices whlcvb
commending Sunday and until fur
ther notice, will be
Adults ?.ric - - Children 10c
Bear In mind the fact KtoO that SfflM
have never raised prices tu;40, ,.0 or
?rt. 11'. .tlw.,. r,,'nc wt lifiv,, ;i 1 -
wavs ainieu U niafrltaiif' H 'standftM
admission charge 1 fer th past yean
lit has been 35c for adults, children;
always lftc for the past two months,
we Pave cnargeu .';(' jiari or me
time and 25e part of the time we do
not like this arrangement and
therefore commencing Sunday, and I
until further notice, our regular ad
: mission will be Adults :50c and
I Children 10c.
Talking pic tures cost much more
I than silent pic tures no one cares j
J for silent pictures any more we are j
I standing this difference in order tot
(give the finest entertainment avail-:
able to the theatre-goincr public.
RITZ THEATRE,
Piattsmouth, Nebr.
FORMER CASS COUNTY GIRL
PLAYING AT WORLD THEATRE
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Parker went to
Omaha the first or the week to see
tho former's cousin, Miss Lillian
Hoi den, of California, who is on the
i n ram at the World theatre this
week With her dahclng partner. Miss
Allen. The young ladies travel un
der the stage names of Crowell and
.)! n. Their a t is very
ittractive
and win - hearty applause.
Mis- liohien is the- youngest daugh
ter of th family. Her mother, now
dec ased, was formerly Miss Maude
Teodorski, c;f Louisville. After her
marriage to Mr. Hdldsn, they lived
on a farm near Weeping Water.
Since the death of the mother. Lil
lian has lived wilh her aunt. Mrs.
John Kahler. who is with the girls
now as chape rone and traveling com
panion. Miss Holden regrets that
her engagement prevented her from
making a trip to Louisville. They
srfl on their way to New York.
Tbe Teodorski family have all lo-
eated in California in later years,
w-here they are all comfortably set
It led and are prospering. Louisville
Courier. ,
Just p. iew of the Cass county maps
left. While they last. 50c each.
'imam
1 Ford
Bcanngs Adjusted
Valves Ground
Caibon Cleaned
Cylinders Reground
Pistons, Pins and
Khljs Installed
Moicr Tuned
12
i .a
jor umv
Parts Elxtra
R. V. Bryant
337 Mai:: Phone 197
S Model
NOTICE OF SALE
On the Is d?y
10:00 o'clock in
of April, 1931
the forenoon.
at
the
I undersigned wili sell One Blue Jew
ett Touring Car, belonging to Wil
liam O'Tteil. Motor Number 24022 5
jat public auction to the highest bid
jder for cash . a' the North front do ir
r.f the Murray Garage at Murray,
Cass County. Nebraska, to satisfy a
; lien for labor, material and storage
la the sum of
XG7.S5.
A. D. BAKKE,
Lien Holder.
mie-Jw.
ORDER OF HEARING
and Notice on Petition for Bat
tlement of Account.
In the County
Court of Cass Conn-1,
, Nebraska.
Scate of Nebraska,
Cass County.
ss.
To all persons interested in the
estate of Amanda V. Wiley Dills, de
ceased :
On reading the petition of Addie
L. Park, A.l:;;inistratrix with Will
annexed Praying a final settlement
and allowance of her account filed
ii this Court' on the 14th day of
March, A. D. 10211, and for final set-
can buy. If youi'lement or said -estate and ror tier
npnil .-ittonfliner a ! discharge as Administratrix with
'Will annexed - " j,n lniatu ar'l seven oaugniera ana
0 is hereby ordered that vou and all s" a'so W8s,d ::wa' '1e'
persons interostwt in aid matter jI,fe- -sh to .-lourn her de-
may, and do. appear at the County ; Parture five children. John and Char
Court to be held in and for said J68 OI P0?18' ,Nc'"'-; Henry. Rue
Cbunty. on the' aoth day of April, ber a!1' Comer, of Elm
I A. D. 1931, at ten o'cloc k a. m., to I wood. Three sis rs. Mrs. Mai I
show cause, it any there be, why the ! bowery of Lamar. Iowa; Mrs. Min
nayer of the petitioner .should not i Kline of Waterloo, Iowa; and
be granted, and' that notice of the - Rachael Hoffman of Elmwood.
i pendency of aid petition and the Thirty-seven gran. '-children a . d v
I hearing thereof-he given to all par- l11 great-grandchildren. Also a bosi
:.,nns interested in said.matter by pub- of friends baring lived in this cm
lishing a copy of this order in the!""iiy for 57 years.
Piattsmouth journal, a semi-weekly She moved with her parents fn m
w .; tier ii; -rtecl it, said countv. lor
three successive weeks prior to said
lay of hearing.
In witness whereof. I hereunto set
my hand and the Seal of said Court,
this 14th day of March. A. U. 1931.
A. II. DUXBURT.
tSeai) ml6"3 Couiity Judge.
ORDER OF (TEARING
and Notice on Petition for Set
tlement of Account.
In the County
Court of Cass Coun-
. Nebraska.
State of Nebraska,
Cass County,
To all
estate of
interested in
Kaffenberger,
the
de-
Mi a hie
'cased:
On reading the petition of Mic hael
Kaffenberger, Administrator with
Will annexed praying for a final set-lleio.-nt
and .juipwaiice of his ac
if filed i i Court on the 14th
day of Man liV A. D. 1 9 :j 1 . and for
Bnal settlement; of said estate and
tor his discharge as Administrator
Itl Will nnw'd
;s is hereby ordered thai you and all
persons interested in said matter
may, and do, appear at the County
Court to be JMUi''iii J""1 fr "alU
i v
County
on ibwlfltb d;.y ol April,
f ,
D. liil. aTU oclo l; a. nu. U
show cause, inptiy There De. vvny tne
nraver oi t henetVtic uer should not
'be granted, and that notice of the
pflndency of said petition and the
hearing thereof be given to all per
iOns interested in said matter by pub
I lishing a copy of this order in the
Piattsmouth journal, a semi-weekly
i newspaper printed in said county, for
j three successive Weeks prior to said
, day of hearing.
In witness whereof. I hereunto set
my hand and the Seal of said Court,
this 14th day f March. A. I). 1931.
A. H. DIXBUKV.
(Seal ml6-3ej County Judge.
BEGIN BOO'T 'RODMAN
FOR. NEXT GOVERNOR
A moveme nt .is underway to boom
State Senator James Rodman of Oma
ha for governor in 1932 it was an
nounced Wednesday by A. A. Mise
gadis of Tarrnsgc.
Misegadis was in Lincoln, he said,
to confer with Rodman concerning
his reactions to suggestions that he
seek the republican gubernatorial
nomination in 19&$. Kodmau Mise-
Igadis said
matter.
Was non-committal on the
Misegadis is Interested tilso. he
said, in the organisation of a state
wide republican lub. foundation for
which was laid at a e-cent meeting
in Lincoln.
Purpose of the
proposed repubii-
can organisation,
is revitalization
the organised saw,
of the republican
party In the State and insistence up
on closer conformity by republican
'candidates to republican party prin
'ciples. The original meeting, bejel in Lin
COln several da's agb; me up with a
, numbe r of s0ag ; i" proposals to in
corporate. These difficult ios have
been Ironed out. Misecadis said, and
the plans for reorganization of the
party are progressing.
DYNAMITE PLOT REVEALED
Columbus, O. - A plot to dynamite
I their way to freedom from a dormi-
tory at the Junction City brick plant
! was disclosed when five conspirators
: were brought to Ohio penitentiary
here and placed in close confinement.
The dynamiting was thwarted by the
I superintendent .of the plant, Deputy
Psrden Hlosser. who, working on a
"Krapevine" tip. drew the details from
I two of the convicts and forced them
to lead him to a spot in a mud bank.
where they had cached five sticks of
dynamite. The explosive. Hlosser
said, was within the prison enclosure.
The conspirators, the deputy war
den reported, planned to place the
dynamite in one end of the dormitory
where cells are located, and in which
35o men are confined when not work
ing. Authorities believed such an ex
plosion might have liberated most of
the prisoners.
FOR SALE
i one ii- ear
old home, sound;
foot tandem disc;
. 2 feet. A. G.
otte
one
John Deere 6
grain eleva n
j ney, Nehawka, Rn b
mlt)
Mrs, Mary Irons
Dies at Home
in Elmwood
Long Time ResMeiit of Cass County
Passes Away at Age of Ninety-Two
Years
Another of Elmwood's most high
ly respected and honored agri ladies
has passed to her reward in the death
I of Airs. Mary Irons. She was known
and loved by all. She had lived a
one and useful life and she will be
greatly missed by her loved ones.
Following is ;.n outline or hrv.- li:. :
Mary Johanna Makfnster was horn
January ISlh, lSVj. in New York
si ate and departed this life March
7th. I!K51, at eight a. m., at the age
of '3'i years, 1 month and 20 d .
She was united in marriage to John
T. Irons at Jamesville, Wisconsin.
Dec. 2Sih, 1854. To this union fif
teen -children were born. Her hus
band preceded her in deaf on Jim?
6th, 1N!7. Two children o:i:s-d av.av
.v n-.ia. i..ucr i n.oc minti,
i later to t. union, ta. men to
loo, la. On September 1st, 18
I moved to Nebraska, locating
Water
S, they
on the
farm southeast of Elm wood, where
'she spent her last four months. In
the spring of lHG. they moved to
Elmwood, where her husband passed
away on June 5. 1 ' J7.
Mrs. Irons joined the- church at
Cottage Hill school hou e when they
were haying revival meetings then-,
h n she joined the Church of Christ
in 1S0G, and has been a fait ii f ul
member flTer since.
Funeral services were held from
the Christian church in Elmwood on
Monday afternoon and were conduct
ed by the pastor. Rev. W. W. Krat
zer. Interment was made in the Elm
wood cemetery. Elmwood Leader
Echo. ORIGINAL SETTLES DIES
Red Cloud The recent death at
Hoxie. Kas., of Mrs. George Taylor
takes another of the few remaining
original settlers of Webster eounty.
Mrs. Taylor was a daughter of Mr.
and Mr-J. W. F. Jackson and came
here with .her parents in, 170. The
family huilr fir--' alldiro- a log
house, onjjfha si'e of what i now
the ciiv ( ,'Rol ( loud. Bfikning fro'ir.
astern Iowa in two cohered wagons
to Beatrice, tho f ami ly ' there joined
i group of otl.er frmiliM who were;
enroute to wester:! Nebraska to es
tablish homes. On arriving here the
party was joined by four members of
the Rankin colony, who had come ;
here a few months previous to estab
lish a settlement, and together they
erected a stockade where Guide Rock
now stands.
Shortly afterward Mrs. Taylor'T
parents. With a few others, moved
a few miles west where they built
another stockade which later became
Red Cloud. When Mrs. Taylor Wai
married In 1S71 it was nec-essary that
ihe couple go to Beatrice to seen.'
the license, no county west Of then
having as yet been organized. Upon
their return to Red Cloud Mr. Taylor
erected two story long building on
what is now one of the main streets
in the business section of this city,
and for a number of years conducted
the only hotel here. Later tney home
steaded near Red Cloud.
LIQUOR PROFITS ARE BIG
Springfield. 111. A $1,300 bootleg
investment will bring a return of a
million dollars over a short time, An
ton J. Certnak, democrat, candidate
for mayor of Chicago, told a state
legislative' committee. In a letter
read before the body which is con
sidering a state prohibition repeal
bill, Mr. Cerniak said the amount
would purchase a carload of com
mercial alcohol.
"A Carload of commercial alcohol
will make 120,000 quarts of bour
bon, or SO. 000 quarts Of gin and this
can be sold at $-10 a quart. The rev
enue would either be $800,000 or
$1,200,000 according to the product
the illicit handler of 'bum booze'
makes, and if you follow the trail
if that revenue you will find the
reason why thousands upon thousands
Of police officers, public officials,
revenue agents, and others have
winked at the 'rum runner.'
"We have come to a turn in the
roau. it takes quite some tune to
arouse the American public. Thev ,
are aroused. They know they have
been fooled. They know that they
are paying in taxes for the revenues
that wero taken from the govern
ment, the states, and the counties
and cities, and for what To make
men of wealth andaffuence out o
Imodiums to try to enforce a law
that even the federal officials who
are charged with its enforcement ad
mit cannot be enforced."
BARLEY AND HAY
Wisconsin pedigreed seed barley,
50c per bushel. Also hay for sale.
C. H. Kirkpatrick, Alvo, Nebr.
ml6-2tw
FOR SALE
Red Clover seed for
per bushel. Tel. 2213.
sale at $10.00
Myron lies.
5-6tsw
rnnntv on Sale
Large map of Cass
at Journal office. 50c
each.
SIX DIE 01 CAE. TRAIN CRASH
Stratton. March 10. The crash of;
a Burlington train into an automo- I
bile at a grade crossing near C'olfer
late Monday cost the lives of six pei-
sons, who were en route to a revival
i meeting at a rural church.
Five children and their grand
mother were killed.
The dead are Mrs. Nancy Osborn,
70; Herman Pursley, 15; Golda
jPuvsley, 17; Fern Pursley. 8. Hazel
I Pursley, 10. and Milford Pur .".
Four injured persons, .ere bront to '
hospital here.
' Tl e injured are Mr. and Mrs. El-
Imer Pursley. j.arents of the hiidien,
and two other children, G i Vv -ley.
l.T. and Eugene, 3. Phy ici; .s
said all four were injured seriously
,but that they expected the nuo
cov; r. Hazt 1 died after being brought
i to tl;e hospital.
Mi. and Mrs. Pursley with her
mother, .Mrs. Osborn. and the saven
children were in the Pursley at' mo
'bil when it was struck by the cast-
n- and train. Pursley, a farme
Colter, was driving.
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Cakigress lo
Stud
y bites o:
"Platte Ri
2r
Hi
M'.se Members and Dr. Mea-j Will
Inspect S;or?ge. and Propose!
Irrigation Sites
Nine congressmer. , including the
chairman of several committees of
'the house of representatives, will
come to Nebraska in June to inspect
proposed sites tor irrigation and
water .storage projects along the
Platte ri .er. rec ording to ir forma
1 1 ion recelTed Thursday from Con
gresaman Robert G. Simmons of
, ScotfsblttfL
! Tne congressmen, who will be ac
companied by Dr. Dwi od Mead, com
missioner of reclamation, and Horace
i Albright, director of national parks,
are M-hsduled to arrive at Lexington.
Neb., early June 17. According to
tentative plans they will be taken on
an automobile tour of the Platte val
! ley and will continue west on an
; afternoon train on the same day.
"It is not necessary tha-. the
party leave the train at Lex
ington if some other point
would he more ravorable to in
spect the irrigated district and
the reservoir site that has
been approved as the one that
should be first sought for on
the lower Platte." Congress
man Simmons wrote.
The chaltman and members of the
subcommittee on appropriations for
Ihe federal reclamation department
will be among the visitors.
Congressman Simmons suggested
chambers of commerce in Grand Is
land, North Platte. Lexington. Goth
enljnrg. jCcv-ud an-! Kearney '.'o-opu.'
:t'e in arranging for the tdtfr of In
section by the congressmen.
"If we can sell our need and
ideas to these men we will have
gone a long way toward fecur
ing favorable action on ap
propriations for a reservoir in
Nebraska," Simmons wrote.
He said he would be unable to ac
i company his colleagues on their trip,
i The congressmen who will com
' prise the party are Frank Murphy
iof Ohio, chairman of the appropri
ations subcommittee; Burton L.
. French of Idaho, William V. Hast
! ings of Oklahoma and Edward T.
i Taylor of Colorado, members of the
subcommittee: Will Wood of Indiana,
chairman of the committee on appro
priations; Joseph W. Bryns of Ten
i aessee, ranking Democ ratic member
Of that committee; Scott Leavitt of
Montana, chairman of the committee
'on Indian affairs; Addison T. Smith
jof Idaho, chairman of the commit
tee on irrigation and reclamation.
ana uon . t,oiton or i tan. c uurnian
of the committee on public lands.
J0BC INCREASE IN FEBRUARY
Was'iin ton, March 12. A gener
al increase in industrial employment
dorinf
February wfeS announced
.Thursday by Secretary Doak.
The cabinet member said the in
crease was "the first satisfac tory in
dication of a general upward trend
since October, 1929.
Reports of 13,377 manufacturing
establishments employing 2.712.219
workers with a weekly payroll of
$66,560,283 were the basis of the es
timates, the secretary said.
They indicated that the
gain in
tr.e number of worgers was
cent over the total employed
nary, while the payroll sain
1.4 per
in Jan
was 7.5
per cent.
Meanwhile reorganizatii
employment service rendered
of
by
the
the
the
federal government was begun at
direction of President Hoover.
It will be sum rvised by John
ft.
Alpine of New York ami is expected
to require several months.
After a conference Thursday be
tween Secretary Peak and Alpine it
I was indicated a study of the present
organization would be the first step.
Last week President Hoover poc ket
j vetoed the Wagner bill which pro-
vided for extension and reconstruc
tion of the federal employment ser
vice and co-operation along the same
; line.
FOR SALE
Eight piece dining room suite.
coul brooder, sulkv plow, dark brown
teem, weight 2mo. -Mrs. W
ler, Plsttsmoum. ww.
TRUCKING REGULATION IS
SOUGHT BY RAIL OFFICIAL
Washington. March 1 i . 1 he in-
tmmmttm commerce commission was
f . . ....,,,. that motor truck c.ompeti-
itjon h;j8 serjously affected otuer
formg o n-auortatifcn in d around
Chicago by Charles E. ThMnpson
, ..-nreirlent of the Chicago North
Shore and Milwaukee Electric line.
Wickersham
Asserts Report
favors Wets
Chairman AsseiU Members
Return ox Opcr Saloon
nies H:gh Ccsi.
Feared
-De-
;:-ston, March 12. Chairman
Wit Itersham of tbe law enforcement
cir. mission tcday interpreted the
; n - ' - pr-mibition report as
.ung mote en Crt for the "wets"
ifcan for the "cirys."
ie cxpressc-d surprise that "tire
. ,st vehement czKicism" had coma
from anti-prohibition sources, adding
he thought "The "wets' would Bars
derived n.r,:' enccuri gement from the
report and sep irate iitaiementi of the
commission attached to it than the
drys.' "
The 72-yeai-old commifcsiou chair
ma a in luded thu statement in a
lunehe n add -ess before the Boston
iiamber of commerce.
Hitting out at variou criticisms
of the prohibit ic.n report, Wicnersbam
asseited it .a untrue ti.a; tne com
miasion's conclusions and recommen
dations 'were utterly at variance
. iin tbe report."
iie denied flatly statements
that the dry law study had coi-t
:,)() thousand dollars, or "up
wards of $5 a word." The total
amount expended on it, he said,
v.-a- Sf,9St.St. addition of
overhead expenses leaving the
cost below 100 thousand dol
lars. The time spent upon tt, he said,
has left us with too short a period
in which to complete with satisfac
tion the adequate consideration of
the reports of experts upon other
matters which are either now be
fore BS or In prepaiation. " The coi.i
missiou technically ceases to, exist
after July 1.
Comments Friendly.
Discuselns r use USUI to the com
mission report. Wickersham said
commenta of "the diy press and Sf
idry organizations" had been friend-
iiy-
"They seem to have taken to heart
ithe critici-m- .f t!:e methods adopt
ed by prohibition advocates in the
I past, and to have" realized from thef
description or existing eonaitions me
need of rallying their forces and re
considering their plans in the light
of the facts set fo:-tb.
"In the nat. theie has been much
well founded complaint of the ex
treme intolerance of the prohibition
ists. Their peculiar characteristics
of late appear to have beeu appro
priated by their opponents. Appar
ently a large body of ant iprohibit lon
ists expected the commission to find
a way for them to se-ure liquor with
ease and were enraged when we fail
ed t odo so."
Wickersham -poke at lengUi upon
lieil uiiterences
tween
ajflji
1 I o
ea. com-
s ana tneir
f coBcla-
He contended
iffeiences
were confinei
remedies
sUg-e-'te-d for recognised ills.
Evils Recognized.
"The report frankly recognizes
the evils which have developed in
Ithe course of 10 years of the admin
is: ration of the national prohibition
act. but nevertheless points out that
the great achievement of the art lias
i been the abolition of the legalized
j ;aloon," he said.
The chairman acknowledged differ
ences ef cpinion among the members
specially over the proposal to revise
the Eighteenth amendment, but gave
no figures on how the commissioners
had divided.
"The question of alternatives to
the existing order gave members of
the commission great concern.-' he
said. "Some of us. of whom I am one,
feared that any of the modifications
proposed would inevitably lead to
the restoration of the licensed saloon,
with all the evils of this institution
in the past, and therefore were un
willing at this time to abandon all
fuither efforts to bring about a gen
eral observance of the Eighteenth
amendment."
"I cannot but think." Wickersham
concluded, "it will be a misfortune
if In the development of our political
conditions the only reward of such
efforts should come to be misunder
standing, misrepresentation and
boose." World- Herald.
NIGHT CLUB IS RAIDED
Chic The shadows of govern
ment punishment lengthened again
oyer the tribe Capone Taureday.
Agents blasted iiuo the Cotton club,
bright-light iTfe center or "suburban
Cicera, and after fhey had ahstract
jed tell-tale papers from tbe office
'safe. prosecutors 'said contempt
Chsrge was in view for Ralph Ca
pone. brother of Al.
Ralph, who as a prison term in
; bey a nee for income-tax violation.
wi listed as one of the owners h
;i temporary injunction issued la i?
spring. Tbe writ forbade the sab
of intoxicants, but agents said they
found them.
NEW DEAN OF WOMEN
AT NEBRASKA WESLEYAN
Lincoln, Neb., March 12. Ap-
pointment of Miss Rernice Halbert
to be dean of women at Nebraska
Wi ley. n university was announced
today by Cimncenor I. r. Behrecl -cngast.
-Miss Halbert. who tak' i
over tbe duties next September, suc
ceeds Mr. Emma Ollbert, who has
resigned after six years. Miss Hal
bert, a graduate of the University of
Nebraska, ha been a member of the
English department at Wesleyan for
three years.
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