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VOL. NO. XLVn
FLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. THURSDAY. JUNE 4, 1931.
NO. 36
plattsmouib
City Pays Honor
to the Memory
of Its Dead
Services to Honor the Heroes of the
Nation Are Held at the Legion
Building; Saturday
The general activities of the city
of Plattsmouth paused for a time on
Saturday afternoon to pay homage Co
t hose of the army atid navy of the
nation that in the past had served
and sacrificed that the nation might
be born and that It might survive
the great civM discords at one time
threatening it.
The memorial services were held
at the American Legion community
building in this city and where in
the afternoon a representative group
of the c'tizens and members of the
various patriotic societies were as
sembled to ray honor to the depart
ed. The services were presided over by
Attorney William G. K'.eek, a mem
ber of the American Legion and ofn
nr in the aviation department of
tlx- service in the world war.
The audience and quartet joine 1
In the singing of America.
The members of the audience
joined in the salute to the flag and
as this feature of the program was
closed, Robert Bestor gave the Amer
ican's creed in a most impressive
manner.
The mixed quartet, composed of
Mrs. E. H. Wescott, Mrs. Harry
Sehulz, Dr. R. P. West over and John
Frady, joined in several of the songs
of the civil war days, "Tramp, Tramp,
Tramp the Boys are Marching," "Col
umbia, the Gem of the Ocean,"
"Tenting Tonight," splendidly given
and which carried out and which
brought the memories of the civil
war days to all of the members of
the audience.
To participate in the ceremonies
there were present two of the old
veterans of the civil war days, A.
Shellenbarger and W. H. Frazzell,
who were given seats of honor on the
platform. "n m'Mm J 1
Miss Madge Garnett, one of the
outstanding students of the Platts
mouth schools, gave in a very dra
matic and impfesBive manner the
Gettysburg address ot Abraham Lin
coln, one of the masterpieces of the
English tongue.
The roll call of the honored dead
and that of the living G. A. R. mem
bers were presented by the heads of
the several groups, Mrs. F. G. Egen
berger, state patriotic instructor of
the Women's Relief Corps, calling
the names of those who were still
surviving as members of the G. A. R.
post here that had at one time num
bered hundreds, the G. A. R. mem
bers living being Col. M. A. Bates,
R. W. Hyers. now living in Califor
nia, W. H. Frazzell, C. N. Barrows of
Murray. B. A. Kennedy of Murray
and A. Shellenbarger and John Fight
of this city.
The Spanish-American veterans
who had fallen in the years since
189S-99 were given by Louis Rein
aekle, a veteran of Co. B., Third Ne
braska, which was composed of Cass
county men. The Spanish war vet
erans were: H. Guy Livingston,
Charles Searle, Charles Spenser,
George Mostin, Frank Wales. James
Hamilton. Chris Miller. Hiram Ro
bine. Oliver Dinnwiddle.
The dead of the world war were
read by Albert Olson, vice comman
der and acting commander of fhe
American Legion, the list being as
follows:
Clarence L. Beal, Lee Bennett, H.
L. Capper. David Harris Cook, Otis
R. Christie. Edward Fullerton. Aug
ust Hesse, Henry Hirz. Wendell
Horning, Robert H. Jacks, James
Janca, Matthew A. Jirousek, Harry
Johnson, Howard Julian, Hugh J.
Kearns. George M. Kopischka. Henry
Leacock, Sr., John Lenz, Floyd Ma
son, John Maybee, George D. Nel
son, Glenn Pittman, Edward C. Rip
ple, Ernest Trumble. Albert W. Val
lery, Percy A. Warthen, George
Wever.
Miss Margaret Shellenbarger. tal
ented vocalist of this city and a
granddaughter of A. Shellenbarger,
was heard in several of the songs of
the war time periods, "The Vacant
Chair," "The Rose of No Man's Land"
and "Land O'Mine."
The address of the day was by
Judge A. H. Duxbury. world war
veteran and was a fine, able and sin
cere plea for the living to carry on
the ideals of the nation life and to
prepare for those to come the heri
tage that our forefathers had given
to the past and present generations.
The speaker paid an able tribute to
the fast vanishing army of the men
of the nation that had served under
the flag of their country. He told
of the development of the United
States to its great heritage by the
creation of liberty for the individual
citizen, the spirit of tolerance in
the nation and which had made it
the hope of the world, urging the
continuance of the christian faith
fulness to preserve the ideals of our
country and especially urging the
women of the nation to strive to see
that those things that had made the
nation great were not allowed to
vanish from the earth. He pointed
the danger to the christian nation
of the communist teachings of dis
belief and which was menacing the
world today in all parts of the
globe. Fervid and able the speaker
pleaded for the American of today to
carry on as the fallen veterans bad
done that the nation might not per
ish from the earth.
The address was one of the best
that has been offered in this city on
memorial day in the past and carried
with it a sincerity and deep study of
the needs of the nation and its future.
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY
From Monday's Dally
Mrs. Armlnda J. Graves, wife of
Alex H. Graves, of Murray, reached
th e age of 83 years today, and in
honor of the occasion a number of
relatives gave her a pleasant sur
prise at her home yesterday, bring
ing with them some nice presents as
well as plenty of good things for
the table. The forenoon was spent
in visiting and enjoying the (J raves
orchestra music, and at 1 o'clock
the dinner announcement was made,
whereupon J. D. Graves of Peru was
first to respond to the call. Dinner
was served on long tables under the
shade trees and there was plenty for
all. The afternoon was snent in hav
ing a general good time until the
hour for departing for their homes,
leaving the guest of honor happy as
always.
Mrs. Graves was born in Arkansas,
and sixty-six years ago she was mar
ried to Alex H. Graves who is near
ing his Jtlst birthday, and they have
resided in Cass county since 1866.
The visitors who enjoyed this
pleasant meeting were, J. D. Graves.
George Graves and wife, and Edward
Graves, of Peru; Misses Etta and
Pearl Miller of Glenwood, Iowa: Mr.
and Mrs. A. S. (J raves of Rock Bluffs:
Misses Mabel, Jessie and Verlna
Graves of Peru; Mr. and Mrs. M. A.
Derieg of Lincoln; C. L. Graves of
Plattsmouth: Mr. and Mrs. M. G.
Churchill of Murray: Miss Nellie
Derieg of Lincoln; Perry I. Graves
of Rock Bluffs, and Mr. and Mrs.
John Frans of Murray.
VISITS IN OLD HOME
The coming of decoration day
brings back to this city one of the
old time families and one that has
played a great part in the history
of the community, Judge and Mrs.
Jesse Root, who for many years
made their home here, coming to
spend a few hours in the place where
much of their early life was spent.
Judge Root, now one of the attor
neys for the Burlington, was one of
the leaders of the Cass county bar
for years, county attorney through
several terms and a member of the
state senate from Cass county, while
Mrs. Root was a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. N. Wise, pioneer residents of
Cass county. With them on Satur
day were Misses Mable and Alice
Root, sisters of Judge Root and well I
known here, who have been teachers
in the Omaha schools for many
years and Miss Alice has been pen
sioned for her services over a long
period of years.
ROCK BLUFFERS WIN
The battle between the Lyman-!
Richey Gravelers and the Rock Bluff
(Jiants staged on Sunday afternoon
at the Lyman -Richey park west of
the city resulted in the boys from the
old steamboat port carrying away the
honors of the game by the score of
12 to 6. The Gravelers were unable
to solve to any degree of success the
knuckle and spit ball of Dick March,
the hurler of the Rock Bluff team,
while Sherman Bragg, the emery ball
artist for the Gravelers was injured
in the third inning and had to retire,
being replaced on the mound by
Clyde Bragg. Clyde Jackson, who is
leading the league in batting, was
unable to solve to any degree the
pitching of March. Bill Smith did
the receiving for Rock Bluff and
George Kalasek for the Gravelers.
The Lyman Richey team will play
LaPlatte on next Sunday, it is an
nounced. ASLEEP ON THE HIGHWAY
From Tuesday's Danv
Last night Mc.rshal George Mullen
of Weeping Water discovered R. E.
Wilson. Omaha traveling man, peace
fully sleeping in a sedan along the
highway at Weeping Water and ac
cordingly notified the office of the
sheriff and Deputy Sheriff Young
and Pat Reed motored down and took
charge of the man. Mr. Wilson had
with him three pints of liquor and
also had accumulated a large load
that had produced slumber. Fortun
ately he had stopped and was not
operating the car when discovered
as it would have added to the penlty
that he must face and caused the tak
ing away of his license as a driver
HERE FOR SUMMER
From Monday Daily
Miss Mabelle Taplett, of Tyndall,
S. D., has arrived in Plattsmouth to
make her summer home here with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Taplett.
Miss Taplett has been teaching
school in the old home town of Tyn
dall for the past winter. She will
assist her father in the sweet shop
during the absence of the son, Her
man, who departed yesterday for
Tyndall, where he will assist an old
friend and former employer, in a drug
store during illness in the family of
the proprietor. Herman will be gone
several weeks.
Col. Me A. Bates,
Veteran Editor,
Passes Away
Editor of the Plattsmouth Journal
Since 1902 Sixty-Seven Years
in Newspaper Work.
From Monilsiy's Daily
This morning at 4 o'clock as the
new day was dawning into being,
Col. Milford A. Hates, one of the few
remaining Union veterans and the
deati of Nebraska newspaper men and
editors, was called to the last reward,
gradually passing from the darkness
into the light of the eternal morn
ing. His long life of eighty-nine years
has been largely in newspaper work,
for sixty-seven years he having serv
ed in this profession and to the last
was able to carry on his daily tasks,
a It ho in recent years he has looked
alter his editorial work from his
home.
Col. Bates has not for the past
five years been able to be at his desk
as was his custom, but has retained
his keen interest in the affairs of the
busy world and applied his. pen in his
COL. M. A. BATES
editorial work with the vigor of his
earlier years.
In his failing years he has been
tenderly and carefully cared for by
the devoted wife and which has aid
ed him in resisting the weight of
his age until the candle of life peace
fully burned out.
Milford A. Bates was a native of
the slate of Ohio, having been born
at London, Madison county, June 2,
1S42. the son of Sylvar.us and Eu
nice Bates, pioneers of that por
tion of the state and where he spent
his childhood days. While a youth in
his home city he entered the employ
of the Medison County Chronicle as
an apprentice and the romance and
lure of the printers' ink formed so
firm a hold on his youthful charac
ter that he has since been a laborer
in the field of journalism, both as a
printer and writer. In this career he
came in touch with many of the
political leaders of the nation at the
different periods of their greatness
and which left vivid memories
of these men. While a boy he was
a page in the Ohio state senate in
1S56-58, and there was attracted by
the appearance of General James A.
Garfield, then a member of the leg
islature and later dstined,.to fill the
highest office in the gift of the Amer
ican people. From the atmosphere of
political association in the legisla
tive halls it was an easy step into
the newspaper game and here Col.
Bates found his real career.
Like many others of the young
men of the nation Mr. Bates found
in the dawning of the days of '61
an inspiration to do their part for
the cause of their country and en
tered the Union army then forming
to maintain the unity of the states
of the union. He was a soldier in the
70th Ohio infantry for three months
and re-enlisted in the 40th Ohio reg
imental band and which was assign
ed to the brigade of his former
friend. Gen. Garfield. On the expira
tion of his enlistment at the end of
eight months he entered the 95th
Ohio where he served until discharg
ed from the service.
Returning to his Ohio home at the
end of the war he felt the unrest
that was drawing the greater part
of the veterans westward to find
homes and he too joined the west
ward flowing stream of humanity
and removed to Illinois and located
at Monticello, in Christian county,
where he established his first news
paper, and it was in that city that
he was married on April 16, 1865,
to Miss Virginia Barnett. He made
his home in Monticello for the great
er part of his stay in the state of
Illinois, but during the time that he
was a resident of that state estab
lished many newspapers and at one
time was at Spencer, Indiana, in
charge of the Owen County Journal.
In the array of papers that he placed
in the field in the state of Illinois
were papers at Toledo. Marion, Mon
ticello. Bement, Morrison ville, Tay
lorville. Shelbyville, as well as Tower
Hill, and these papers were largely
of the democratic faith altho he at
one time was interested in the Green
back Herald at Tower Hill. At the
death of the wife in 1881, Col. Bates
decided to move from the Illinois
home and accordingly was for a short
time at California, ,M isaonri, and from
there moved to Wintield. Kansas, and
was engaged in work as the advance
man of one of the large Indian shows
then so popular, and later returning
to his first love the newspaper
game was in charge of a paper at
I Winfield. owned by Judge Tipton.
noted jurist of the.eaily days In Kan
Isas and later Col. Hates moved this
paper to Hopkins. Missouri, where
jit was dedicated as the Hopkins Her
ald and which he continued to pub
lish until removing to Grant City,
Missouri, in 1884, when he purchased
the Grant City Times, continuing
there until 1S92. While a resident of
Hopkins. Col. Bate-, was married to
Miss Sarah Carpenter. July 3, 18S4.
From Grant City vol. Bates and fam
ily removed to Memphis, Missouri,
where he secured the Scotland Coun
ty Democrat and operated it until
1896, and in which he was assisted
by his two sons.T. B. and R. A.
Bates, for a grouser portion of the
time. After disposing of this paper
he was engaged ii work In several
of the small cities, of Missouri until
1900 when he was tailed to Lewis
ton, Montana, to serve as editor of
one of the leading papers owned, by
Senator W. A. Clark, then political
leader of the state and engaged in
the famous Clark-Daly fight in the
democratic party. From there he re
turned to Memphis and was engaged
in special field work in a number of
the small Iowa towns.
In 1902 Col. Bates came to Platts
mouth, where a lJew months before
his coming his sons had purchased
the Plattsmouth Journal, which is
still owned by the youngest son. Rob
ert A. Bates and In these years Col.
Bates has been the editor of- the
paper. He had thought with the
S9th birthday which was to have
been June 2nd. to formally retire
from the editorial work, but a power
more infinitive has stilled his band
once penning inspiration to his score
of readers.
In 1908 Colonel Bates was nom
inated by the democrats of Cass and
Otoe county as a member of the state
house of represntatives, serving in
the important session of 1909 under
Governor A. C. Shallenberger and
was one of the active leaders of the
party on the floor of the house.
Co. Bates is survived by the widow,
two sons, Thomas B. Bates and Rob
ert A. Bates of thUi'city. one daugh
ter, Mrs. Lucille Olabaugh of St.
Louis, Missouri. One daughter. Mrs.
Julia Atkinson, preceded him in
death a number of years ago.
The funeral services of the late
Col. M. A. Bates, were held Wednes
day afternoon at 2:30 at the Sattler
funeral home at Fourth and Vine
streets and was very largely attended
by the old friends of many years
standing and from all walks of life.
During the hours of the services
the business houses of the city were
closed In honor of the departed Union
veteran and editor who had been
called to the last rest at the ripe
age of eighty-nine- years.
The services were conducted by
Rev. H. G. McClusky, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church, who In
his remarks brought words of com
fort to the bereaved family in the
message of hope and joy of the life
everlasting. Rev. McClusky also paid
a tribute to the long public life of
Col Bates in his newspaper activities
over the central west.
The Masonic quartet composed of
Frank A. Cloidt, Raymond C. Cook,
H. G. McClusky and R. W. Knorr
gave two of the old hymns, "One
Sweetly Solemn Thought" and "Rock
of Ages."
Honorary pall bearers were select
ed from former close friends and
associates in his political activities,
Judge James T. Begley, D. O. Dwyer.
A. J. Snyder, H. A. Schneider. W. K.
Rosencrans, George W. Snyder, W.
F. Gillespie, Dr. J. S. Livingston, C.
C. Wescott, J. P. Falter.
The active pall bearers were se
lected from members of the Hugh J.
Kearns post of the American Legion
of this city and comprised W. R.
Holly, Judge A. H. Duxbury, John
E. Turner, C. E. Ledgway, Frank
Smith and Thomas Walling.
At the grave the soldier's farewell
was given by the firing squad of
the 17th infantry under command of
Lieutenant J. A. Capwell and with
the sounding of "taps" the body was
consigned to the last long rest.
DEPARTS FOR HOSPITAL
From Wednesaay Dally
This morning Frank Aschenbren
ner, one of the local World war vet
erans departed for Lincoln where he
will enter the U. S. Veterans hospi
tal at that plate for treatment and
probably an operation. Mr. Aschen
brenner has been in very poor health
for some time suffering from a com
plication of troubles that has greatly
undermined his health. The many
friends of Frank here are hopeful
that he may find the desired relief
and be able to return home in his
formed good health.
COMMISSIONERS IN SESSION
From 'Tuesday's iJany
The board of county commissioners
opened their regular monthly session
this morning at the. court house.
Commissioners Fred H. Gorder of
Weeping Water and E. B. Chapman
of Union coming in to join Commis
sioner Farley in the meeting. Today
was largely taken up with the audit
ing of the bills that have accumulat
ed from the past month.
Will Maupin in
Visit to This
Community
Staff Writer of the World-Herald
Telis of Impressions of Platts
mouth in Sunday Issue
Will M. Maupin. noted Nebraska
writer, now touring Nebraska for the
Omaha World-Herald, has visited this
it y and his Impressions are given in
the following taken from the "World
Herald of today:
"This old river town has been
keeping up with the march of pro
gress, while at the same time prizing
he page it has written in the his
'ory of Nebraska. It may surprise
many to know that Plattsmouth is
'lie eastern terminus of the Burling
ton's lines west of the Missouri river.
The original main line is not from
Omaha to Denver, but from Platts
mo'ith to Kearney. Within the cor
porate limits of this good old town
v.as laid the first rails of the Bur
lington8 lines west of the river.
"Here it was that in lSf! a young
man fresh from an eastern university
perched on a stool in the offices of
lie company that proposed building
i railtoad across Nebraska, the Bur
lington A; Missouri River Railroad in
Nebraska, now the "Q." His name
later became famous in the railroad
world, and his memory is enshrined
in the In arts of ail progressive Ne
braskans, George Ward Holdrege.
"About the time Mr. Holdrege
landed i". Plattsmouth a young Ger
man also arrived. He did not begin
with the railroad, but began as a
'derk in a book store. But later his
nam" became familiar throughout the
railroad world, and Nebraska owes
him much because he located thous
mds of enterprising settlers on Ne
braska land. Now he signs the Bur
lington pay checks as assistant and
treasurer, Charles J. Ernst.
"One of the earliest of the Mis
souri river railroad bridges was
erected here, and for a long time all
of the Burlington's Chicago-Denver
trains were routed across it. Platts
mouth has always been known as a
'Burlington town." for here were
'orated the road's first shopfi West of
the river. Shops are still maintained
here, but the force is not as large as
it was several years ago. The con
struction of the Havelock shops took
many workers away, and the rail
road slump is responsible for a fur
ther decrease.
"But Plattsmouth is much more
than a mere railroad town. It is
the trading center of a fine agricul
tural territory on both sides of the
Missouri river, especially that terri
t ory lying on the west those fertile
hills that reach back unit! the prairie
begins hills that produce enormous
ly of corn and wheat and fruit, to say
nothing of fat cattle and hogs.
Hospitality Noted
"Somehow or other the casual vis
itor gets the impression that Platts
mouth is one of those communities
proud .of its traditions of hospitality,
proud of maintaining the high social
ideals of an earlier generation, while
at the same time keeping step with
the march of progress. One of the
comparatively few little cities where.
after the day's work is done, the cit
izens love to sit on the front porches
in the cool of summer evenings:
where the housewives still exchange
recipes over the back fences and
where neighborly calls do not require
"dolling up." "Home folks" who
ray strict attention to business dur
ing working hours and then leave
business at office or store when the
day is done. But just the same, busi
ness is given undivided attention,
and as a result Plattsmouth is a fa
vorite trading center.
"Here is located the Nebraska Ma
sonic home: beautiful buildings set
in landscaped grounds and offering
everything that will tend to make the
declining years of Masons pleasant.
Not a charitable institution, mark
you; a home in which those who en
joy its hospitality have paid their
way until such time as the Supreme
Architect of the universe calls them
hence.
"The Daily Journal has been a
dominant factor in the progressive
business life of Plattsmouth for
many years. For years it was edited
by that fine old Missouri democrat.
Col. M. A. Bates, who knew why he
was a democrat and never lost an op
portunity to tell it. His son, Robert,
has been in active business charge
for years.
Much of a Club City
"Plattsmouth is considerable of a
'club' city, having the usual number
of civic clubs and an unusual num
ber of literary and musical clubs. The
city boasts of many fine musicians
and a number of men and women
who have won recognition in litera
ture. There is little of the spectacu
lar about the town. It is content to
make steady and substantial progress
and reflect the stability and prosper
ity of the country round about.
"There is a double pleasure in vis
iting Plattsmouth the pleasure of
driving through the beautiful hills
that overlook the Missouri river and
furnish a setting for the city, and the
pleasure of meeting a progressive,
hospitable folk who know how to
make fhe guests within the gates feel
perfectly at home."
W. C. T. U. MEETS
The ladies of the W. C. T. U. were
entertained Monday afternoon at the
hospitable home of Mrs. R. II. An
derson, the occasion being the an
nual flower mission of the Union,
members bringing many beautiful
bouquets of the flowers of the late
spring and whose varied hues made
a wonderful picture of beauty.
The devotions of the afternoon
were led by Mrs. Charles Troop and
Mrs. C. O. Troy had the prayer of
the afternoon. Mrs. Troop presented
each member with a bouquet of
pansies and a bible verse, the verse
being used in the response to the
roll call.
Mrs. W. L. Propst was the leader
of the meeting and a very fine pro
gram was arranged for the afternoon
that (allied out the thought of the
day in the musical offerings and the
beautiful flowers.
In the musical porgr; m of the af
ternoon Donald Cotner was heard In
a piano number. "Night of the Rose."
while James ComstOCK gave a trum
pet solo. "Then You'll Remember
Me." with Cecil Comstock at the
piano. Miss Jean Hayes was heard
in a group of folk songs, "I Went
a Roaming," "Chinese Prayer Song,"
and "The Waters of Mi nnetonka."
Miss Louise Rishel gave a piano se
lect ion "Sun Rays."
Mrs. E. A. Oldham, Mrs. J. E.
Wiles. Miss Elizabeth Spangler and
Mrs. S. A. Wiles gave a dialogue,
"Flowers for Our Nation."
At the close of the afternoon the
hostess served very dainty refresh
ments and the flowers that were re
ceived were taken over the city to
the homes of the ailing.
FIRE SWEEPS OLD LANDMARK
Prom Wedr.esday'e r2lly
This morning the large brick resi
dence standing on the hill at Fourth
and Oak streets was badly damaged
by fire which apparently originated
In the overheating of the chimney.
The residence was occupied by the
Epperson family and they had been
engaged in cleaning around the
house and had burned trash in the
furnace and which caused the chim
ney to become heated. The fire was
first discovered by George B. Mann,
who was at his home just south of
the Epperson residence and who
rushed to the house and aroused the
members of the family who were at
their breakfast. The fire was large
ly confined to the large attic between
the roof and the second floor of the
home and did a great deal of damage
before it was extinguished by the
members of the fire department. The
assistance of neighbors and citizens
who hurried to the scene as the
clouds of smoke rolled up from the
house and which were visible in all
parts of te city, made it possible to
remove the household goods from the
lower floor of the building to places
of sefety.
This residence is one of the old
time homes of the city and was built
in the late seventies by J. V. Week
bach, then one of the business men
of the community, later it was pur
chased by the Perry Walker family
and who occupied it for a great many
years. Of late years it has been va
cant a great deal of the time until
Mrs. Gertrude Epperson moved into
the house and operated it as a small
hospital and rooming house.
ARRIVES IN ORIENT
From Wednesday's Dally
Frank Gradoville of 1his city, who
is to be a member of the teaching
force in the government schools in
the Philippine islands, is expected to
arrive at Manila today and prepared
to take up his work. Mr. Gradoville
enjoyed a stop at Honolulu on the
way to the Philippines and was able
to send letters to the folks back home
and informing them that the boat
was expected to reach Manila by
June 3rd. Mr. Gradoville in his uni
versity work was a student in Span
ish In his language course and as
well as mastering in mathematics
and this has given him the oppor
tunity of securing the excellent posi
tion in the teaching work in the
schools maintained by the govern
ment in the islands.
HERE FROM SOUTH AMERICA
From Tuesday's Datt?
This morning Mr. and Mrs. Ar
thur P. Wichmann and their little
son arrived from Chile, South Amer
ica, where Mr. Wichmann is engaged
as an engineer for one of the large
American copper companies that is
operating in that part of South Am
erican continent. The visit is in the
nature of a vacation and the event
is especially enjoyed as this is the
first visit of the little son to the
United States, he having been born
in Chile. Mr Wichmann is a son
of Rev. O. G. Wichmann and Mrs.
Wichmann a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. August Roessler, and the family
are enjoying very much the oppor
tunity of the visit.
BRINGS IN COYOTES
From Wednesday's Oall v
This morning A. W. Hanson of
Louisville was in the, city and
brought with him two coyote pups
that he had captured near Louisville
and which were turned over to Coun
ty George R. Sayles and the usual
bounty of $2 a head was paid over
to Mr. Hanson for his success in
ridding the community of two of
these pests.
Ofe Oil Co.
Has Fine Modern
Service Station
Every Accommodation Afforded for
Patrons ar.d Care and Ser
vice of Their Car.
If was but a few briei years ago
that the Ofe Oil Co.. was started,
the organization at that time being
Mr. Henry Ofe, Sr., and his sons.
Henry and Carl and these three con
ducted the business that grew to be
one of the best of its kind in the
easern portion of Nebra.-ka. the se
cret of the success being service.
The company now has a staff of ueven
persons and these are kept constantly
0 nthe jump to serve the needs of
the patrons who call at the station.
Tiie company has just completed
a new addition to their station and
which is used in caring for the aux
iliary service to the cars, for wash
ing, greasing and geneial servicing.
In the new addition there is every
modern device known to make the
work easier, quicker and more up to
the minute. Compressed air hoists
will lift the cars so that every part
of the mechanism of the car can be
reached In servicing them as well as
allowing the car to be thoroughly
cleaned and washed when needed.
In the station proper there is now
comfortable rest rooms for the pat
rons who may be passing and wisti
to stop and clean up before con
tinuing their Journey. Here also is
'the business office and the storage
for the large lines of auto oils that
the company has specialized in since
.their organization.
The company also has recently tak
en over the handling of the Good
year tires as a part of the line of
auto supplies and which are handled
in the new annex just completed.
The station has been painted in
tones of green and white and with
the attractive settings of the build
ings and the location makes it one of
the finest stations in this part ot
the state and one that is well known
to the travelers on the east Nebraska
highways.
ROTARY HOLD MEETING
I The regular weekly meeting or the
Rotary club was held at the private
dining room of the Majestic cafe oh
Tuesday noon and with a large at
tendance of the membership pres
ent. The meeting was under the direc
tion of Dr. J. S. Livingston, chair
man of the International relations
committee of the club and who in his
remarks traced the common associa
tions of nations since the first days
of the race, showing the necessity of
mutual understandings and the re
moval of barriers that prevented
closer associations, stressing the pres
ent tariff wars of the nations that
had brought great depression by the
upsetting vof the opportunities ot
trade by raisiag the prohibitive bar
riers. The address was one of the
ablest that the club has enjoyed and
it is hoped to be able to give this in
full in an early edition of the Jour
nal. I Robert Walling, the official fun
maker of the club, was then intro
duced and gave several clever and
well arranged humorous offerings and
at the expense of the members of the
club and which added much to the
enjoyment of the meeting.
The remainder of the program was
in the songs and usual good fellow
ship that marks the gatherings of the
Rotary.
LONG TIME RESIDENTS
From Tuesday's ta!ly
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Maple and
son. Harley. of near Avoca. were in
the city today on some business at
the court house and report that the
rain in their locality last night was
very slight. Mr. and Mrs. Maple ar"
lifelong residents of the county, both
having spent their years here and
have never made their home outside
the county, Mrs. Maple living in six
'miles of her birthplace. They arc
; among the best known residents of
that section of Cass county, and their
residence here covers sixty and fifty
four years.
PRESENTS BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS
! The Journal office on Tuesday was
presented with a very handsome bo
quet or flowers which cam from the
flower mission of the W. C. T. U.
The flowers are of the many beauti
ful varieties that can be found in
Nebraska at this time and were very
much appreciated by the Journal
staff, not only for the beauty of the
flowers but the thought! u In ess of
the ladies In their remembrance.
MRS. SNYDER QUITE POORLY
Mrs. Andrew Snyder. Jr., who has
! for the past several weeks been quite
'poorly, is still confined to her home
'as the result of the illness which has
! not been fully determined as to its
'nature. It is hoped that the patient
may soon be able to respond to the
course of treatment and be restored
to her former good health.
There is no slack holiness period
for the merchant who advertises his
goods the year 'round.