Hebr. State Historical Society
lattemoutb journal
VOL. NO. XLVII
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. MONDAY, AUG. 10. 1931.
NO. 55
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ID
Cass County
Has Built System
of Good Roads
Every Town in the County Is Now
So That Can Be Beached on
Graveled or Paved Boads
The people of Cass eounry can
boast of one of the most extensive and
best system of graveled roads in the
state and the mileage of which can
nly be surpassed by Lancaster and
Douglas counties.
The graveling into Wabash is now
placing every town in the county on
a graveled road and making it pos
sible to reach almost any section of
the entire county on a graveled road,
while as yet all are not direct routes
i hey are fast being hooked up in
a splendid county highway system.
The paved highway No. 7f. thru
this city and the highway through
Avoca. Weeping Water and Louis
ville give two north and south roads,
the gra-eling on No. 1 from Murray
west to the intersection with the
"O" street road, gives two fine east
and west roads and No. 1 with its
feeder lines into the various precincts
and towns gives a road that inter
sects the center of Cass county. On
the north the Plattsmouth-Green-wood
road has graveling as far west
as Louisville and it is not far distant
when the gravel will also be extended
to the extreme northwest corner of
the county and make the shortest and
most direct route to connect with the
D. L. D. highway at Greenwood. In
tne present condition it is possible
by taking the gravel through South
Bend to reach Greenwood on an all
surfaced road as the South Ber d road
makes connection with the D. L. D.
near Ashland.
Almost all of the precincts of the
county have joined in the good roads
move by the securing of their quoto
levies for the gravel that have been
matched by the county and made this
highway system possible.
The board of county commissioners
have made a record that stands out
among the counties of the states in
the development of a highway sys
tem that in time will be extended to
care for all of the roads of the coun
ty that serve a great number of per
sons. It has been carried out without
any great burden to the people and
has proceeded so rapidly that now
our county stands among the first
in the state in the surfaced high
ways. METEOR ATTBACTS ATTENTION
A great many of the residents of
this section have reported seeing a
fine display of a meteor on Tuesday
night, the meteor appearing in the
northeast and its fall brought many
calls as the residents had varying
judgment as to where the wandering
visitor had fallen, it seeming to be
near at hand while probably hund
reds of miles away. Some described
the meteor as resembling an airplane
in flames and this was so reported
by a number to Omaha police.
The display of shooting stars and
meteors will be again afforded on
the night of August 11-1 2th. the
showers running from fifty to one
hundred stars an hour, it is forecast.
The stars are expected to appear
in the northeastern sky shortly aft
er midnipht of August 11th. seem
ing to shoot from the constellation
Perseus from which they take their
name, the Perseids. These meteors
have never failed to appear on time
once a year for the last century.
"This year." says Dr. Charles P.
Olivier of the University of Penn
sylvania, "at the maximum of the
Perseids the moon will be about
new and hence will not interfere
as it did last year. This will mean
for an observer with a clear sky
that faint meteors can be seen and
hence numbers that may will run
to from 50 to 100 per hour after
midnight for the night of August
11-12 and to half these numbers for
the preceding and the following
night."
All persons who watch the Per
seids this year are requested to mail
their counts to Dr. Olivier at Flower
observatory. University of Pennsyl
vania. Philadelphia.
TO ENJOY VISIT HERE
From Friday's Pally
Mr. and Mrs. Evi Spier of this
city are to have as their guests for
the next week a group of relatives
from Aurora. Illinois, including Mr.
iind Mrs. George Spier, parents of Mr.
Spier and Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Bouler
and son. Bobbie. Mrs. Bouler being
a sister of Mr. Spier. The party left
Aurora at an early hour this morn
ing and are expected to reach here
this evening as three of the party
are drivers and can keep driving
without any unnecessary delays in
the 500 mile trip.
DISMISS CASE
The various actions that have been
filed in the district court against the
Missouri Valley Pipeline Co.. have
with the exception of one. been set
tled anil dismissed. There have been
fifteen of these cases dismissed in the
past two weeks and it is probable
that the remaining case will also be
settled and stricken from the docket.
INJURED IN FLAYING TENNIS
From Friday's Dally
Mrs. John Carmack and son. John
Carl, were here Thursday evening
from Omaha to visit for a few hours
at the home of Mr. and Mis. Carl
Kunsmann. parents of Mrs. Carmack.
While here the son was given medi
cal attention for an injury that he
received late yesterday afternoon
while playing tennis, but which at
the time he did not regard as ser
ious. Carl was serving during the
game and his hands were moist with
persperation. causing the racket to
slip from his hand and striking a
plunrine blow on his cheek, makine
CT . .
a smail wound but not thought ser
ious. After driving here the injury
a m i . .
necame more paunui anu u v;s nec
essary to seek medical aid and with
tne result tnat two stitcnes were
taken to close the wound.
Death of Former
Resident of Cass
County in Iowa
Mis. Mary Emma Baldwin Dies at
Clarinda. Iowa Body Brought
to This City.
Mrs. Mary Emma Baldwin, former
resident of this county for a great
many years, passed away last night
at Clarinda. Iowa, where she has
trade her home for a number of
years. She has been poorly for some
time and was at the hospital for the
past two years under treatment,
gradually failing until death came
to her relief. The body was brought
here by the Sattler funeral home by
auto hearse to this city and where it
' ill remain at the funeral home at
Fourth and Vine streets until Fri
day afternoon at 2:30 when the fun
eral services will be held. The body
will be taken from this city to the
Eight Mile Grove cemetery where
the interment will be made in the
family lot.
Mary Emma Barker was born near
i'ight Mile Grove in Cass county.
March 28th. 1S76. a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Barker, pio
neer residents of the community. She
spent her girlhood days on the farm
and in October, 1S92 she was mar
ried to William Shaw. Mr. and Mr-.
Shaw were the parents of four chil
dren. Earl and Owen Shaw, Mrs.
Lydia Shaw Mason and Miss Anna
Shaw. Some eiht years ago Mrs.
Shaw was married the second time.
Clarke Baldwin being the second
husband. After the marriage Mr. and
Mrs. Baldwin made their home on
a farm near Pacific Junction for some
time and later moved to Clarinda,
Iowa where they purchased a home
and resided there s-ince. Mr. Baldwin
preceded the wife in death six months
ago and was buried at Clarinda.
The deceased is survived by the
children and three brothers and three
sisters: W. H. Barker. New Ray
mer. Colorado. E. H. Barker. Ber
tram!. Nebraska; G. E. Barker.
Perry, Oklahoma. Mrs. Martha Wet
enkamp and Mrs. Nettie Meisinger of
Plattsmouth, and Mrs. Rose Howard
of Ravenna, Nebraska, besides three
grandchildren and a number of
nieces and nephews.
GRASSHOPPERS NUMEROUS
The grasshopper plague that has
swept over South Dakota and the
northern part of Nebraska, seems
to be developing in this section as
the grasshoppers are becoming very
numerous, and while no great move
ments of the insects has been report
ed as in the north part of the state,
there are a great many to be seen.
Today in the business section of the
city there was a large number of the
pests to be found. The presence of
such a large number led to the fear
that they might lie the vanguard of
a larger movement of the hoppers
into the farming sections of this part
of Nebraska. The hoppers have so far
confined the greater part of their
activities to the section of the state
north of the Platte river altho there
has been some damage done in Rich
ardson county.
TO VISIT EN THE WEST
From Friday's Dall
Mr. and Mrs. August Roessler and
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hohmann and
children of Newton, Kansas, depart
ed this morning by auto for the west
part of the state where they are to
tpend a few weeks visiting at Mc
Cook and Grant with relatives. Mr.
and Mrs. Roessler have a daughter,
residing at McCook and several rela
tives at Grant. They are anticipating
a very pleasant trip and by even
ing expect to be at their first destin
ation, McCook. and after there go on
to Grant.
ENJOYS VACATION
Mont Robb. one of the best known
residents of Union, came up Thurs
day from his home and is enjoying a
short stay here with the old time
friends while on his vacation. Mr.
Robb is a lifelong resident of the
vicinity of Wyoming and Union and
where he has been so familiar a fig
ure for so many years. He also was
for some years in charge of the Hotel
Riley in this city and has a large
number of old friends who are much
pleased to enjoy the opportunity of
visiting him.
Dr. O'Donnell
Pleads Guilty to
Arson Charge
Paxton Physician, Well Known in
This City Says Started Five
Fires WhiLe Drunk.
Dr. H. J. O'Donaell. Paxton phy
sician, well known in Plattsmouth
vi here he was a frequent visitor
while an interne at the Lord Lister
I hcspital, has confessed to State De
puty Sheriff E. E. Clark at Ogallala,
Nebraska, that he had started five
fires in Paxton recently. He later
Thursday entered a plea of guilty to
an information of 3ve counts on tne
charge of arson, before County Judge
C. Arn wsniith.
He was immediately bound over
to district court and his bond fixed
at $3,000. The five counts contain
ed in the complaint concerned each
ol the fires.
While it was indicated O'Donnell
was ready to go at once before a dis
trict judge for sentence, officials did
not know when he would be arraign
ed, but said it may be soon.
The deputy state sheriff said Dr.
O'Donnell volunteered his confession
Wednesday night after intermittent
questioning during the day. Clark
add O'Donnell was not questioned
more than one hour at a time, and
that he signed statements admitting
each of the fires.
Ciark said O'Donnell gave no mo
tive for his acts, except that he had
been drinking on each occasion.
"And when I drink," Clark
quoted the doctor, "I have an
urge to set fire to something."
When Dr. O'Donnell made known
his desire to confess, Clark said, he
did so saying he "wanted to clear
things up."
"I feel better." he told the of
ficer. riark said the doctor offered only
one alibi from the time of his ar
rest until he confessed, and that con
cerned his presence near the Luth
eran church fire when he was ar
rested. At that time he said he was
hiding some liquor.
Clark said the physician had no
grudge nor malice prompting his
acts.
The officer indicated O'Donnell's
movements the night of lumberyard
fires at Lexington, Cozad and Goth
enburg would be closely checked.
Although he had denied any know
ledge of these fires, Clark said, he ad
mitted he saw two of them and
watched the Cozad blaze more than
an hour. He was en route, he told
( lark, from Omaha, where his wife
was under treatment in a hospital,
to his home in Paxton when he pass
ed through the three towns. This
was the night of July 28.
The series of Paxton fires began
July 5. The first three were in the
opera house about a week apart. The
next was in a private residence un
der construction by George Pridle.
and the last was in the Lutheran
church the morning of Aug. 4. To
tal damage amounted to about $5.
500. Clark said.
The estate officer, however, em
phasized the fact that in the opera
house fires the building was empty
on all three occasions.
"There was no desire upon
the part of the man," Clark
said, "to injure anyone."
Clark and O'Donnell started each
of the fires with gasoline, or oil,
paper and waste or rubbish.
ENTERTAINS FRIEND
From Thursday's rally
Miss Helen Sm?tana was hostess
last evening at her home in honor
at Miss Ella Gerken, formerly of this
city where she was engaged in the
Madge Keck beauty shop. The even
ing was spent at pinochle, four tables
of the ladies enjoying this fascin
ating game. In the playing Miss
Mary Holy was winner of the first
prize and Miss Gerken received the
consolation prize and guest prize.
At an appropriate hour a dainty and
delicious luncheon was served by
Mrs. Elmer Lohnes and Miss Eleanor
Smetana, sisters of the hostess.
Those who enjoyed the event
were: Ella Gerken, Lillian Koubek,
Mary Holy, Dora Soennichsen, Eliza
beth Nolting, Christine Soennichsen,
Marie Nolting. Marie Horn, Mrs. Al
bert Gains. Mrs. Clarence Cotner,
Mrs. Theo Eaton, Mrs. Ed Wilcox.
Nebraska City, Mrs. Paul Vander
voort, Mrs. Otto Keck..
UNDERGOING TREATMENT
From Friday's Dally
Mrs. A. G. Bach has been at the
St. Joseph hospital at Omaha for fhe
past fe wdays where she has been
undergoing treatment and observa
tion. Mrs. Bach was compelled to
undergo an operation about a year
ago and her host of friends here are
trusting that she may be given bene
fit by the course of treatment and
soon be able to return to the home
here to resume her usual activities.
CARD OF THANKS
We deeply appreciate the beauti
ful expressions of sympathy of our
friendr which were of the greatest
comfort to us in our sorrow. Mr.
and Mrs. John Bajeck, Mr. and Mrs.
John Livingston, Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Campbell.
REMOVES TO WISCONSIN
The many friends of the J. EL
Donnelly family, who have made
their home in Omaha for the pasi
few years, will regret to learn that
Mr. and Mrs. Donnelly and Miss
Julia Hermann, have removed from
Omaha to Madison, Wisconsin, where
ihey are to make their home. The
ounger daughter of the Donnelly
family, is located at Madison, where
her husband, Captain Fingarson,
I.'. S A. is detailed to work at the
state university. Th Donnelly fam
ily and Miss Hermann have a large
number of friends in this commun
ity and who will miss them veiy
much as during their residence in
Omaha they were able to visit the
old friends here frequently. Miss
Gretchen Donnelly will continue to
make her home in Omaha.
Engineers are
Busy on Plans for
River Navigation
Force Engaged Here in Making
Soundings and Tests in Plans
for Biver Navigation
For the past two days there has
been a force of engineers engaged
here in the preliminary work of the
river navigation program, which is
being carried out so that the chan
nel of the river can be made service
able for barge line operation.
The work at the present time con
sists of soundings and general ob
servations of the Missouri river from
Omaha to this city, which has been
carried on with the river at the
lowest point that it has been in
many years.
The advent of the engineers at
the various points along the upper
Missouri river, has awakened the in
terest in the river navigation program
and caused plans for the future docks
and landings to be started by the
different communities along the Iowa
and Nebraska sides of the river.
The importance of this navigation
program to the mid-west cannot he
overstated in the possibilities of de
veloping the industrial sections of
the west is very great the river na
vigation permitting the handling of
large amounts of raw material here
for various factories which are now
confined to the strictly agricultural
lines of activities.
Iowa Cars are
Noticeable on the
Streets of City
On Wednesday Over 100 Cars and
400 Persons Cross Bridge
at This Point.
The increasing number of the
residents of Mills and Fremont coun
ties, in Iowa, who are visiting this
city, is shown by the record kept of
the bridge traffic.
The fact that the bridge is free
to the residents of Mills and Fre
mont counties on Wednesday of each
week has gradually shown an in
crease from a few cars on the first
week that the free day was inaugur
ated, down to last Wednesday when
over 100 cars and 400 persons cross
ed the traffic bridge to visit with the
Nebraska friends.
One of the very noticeable facts in
the increase is that a great many of
the cars are coming from Fremont
county, whose northern boundary is
several miles south of the bridge.
Almost every day there are laifge
numbers here from our neighboring
state and bringing about a closer
understanding between the residents
of the counties east of the river and
who have for years been separated
from closer relations with the Ne
braska people by lack of a traffic
bridge that would permit quick and
speedy transportation.
The bridge at this point is prov
ing all that was claimed as a means
of cutting distance for the Iowa peo
ple, also in shipping their stock to
market, every day and night there
being a stream of the cattle trucks
passing through the city to and from
the stock markets at South Omaha.
It has cut the mileage for the Iowa
people some forty miles and elimin
ated the congestion of the city traf
fic for the truckers.
WILL HAVE FINE TRIP
From Thursday's Dally
Mrs. A. D. Asch of Murray was
in the city today for a few hours,
calling at the Journal to renew her
subscription, as she is planning on
leaving on next Sunday on a very
enjoyable trip to the Pacific north
west. Mrs. Asch will be one of the
members of the party on what is
known as the "Cornhusker Tour"
and which covers a great deal of the
United States and Canada. The
party will journey by train to Ed
minton, Canada, Jasper Lake, and
Vancouver and will have a steamer
trip from Canada to Seattle, Wash
ington, then to Portland, Oregon,
through the great Oregon apple or
chards and thence to the Glacier na
tional park, before the return home.
Work on Fort
Crook Viaduct
Shows Progress
Concrete Piers or. North Side cf the
Burlington Tracks Completed,
also South End Approach
The long, meandering viaduct over
the Pappio and Missouri Pacific and
Burlington tracks on U. S. Highway
75, south of Fort Crook is beginning
to show progress. This bridge. 902
feet in length, will be one of the
longest viaducts in the middle west,
when it is completed.
Contrary to general opinion that it
would cross the Pappio east of the
wooden bridge that formerly served
traffic on 75. the new structure will
cross the stream at a point almost
directly over the present bridge, and
the railroad tracks almost due north
of there, or west of where the old
read crossed. The south end of the
structure is several hundred feet
south of the Pappio banks, allowing
a wide waterway to accommodate this
placid little stream when it goes on
one of its well known rampages. The
elevation at the south end is some
twenty feet above the level of the old
roadbed at that point and will be
reached by an easy grade, extending
back to the end of the present pav
ing. The bridge itself, instead of
being laid out along straight lines,
will present somewhat of a figure "S"
appearance with graceful curves, and
which will doubtless add to the beau
ty of the finished structure.
At the north end. the completed
piers are 45 feet above the level of
the old road, but one will leave the
bridge at that end on practically level
roadway, as a high grade is being
thrown up there, using dirt from a
deep cut in the hillside just south of
the Fort Crook corner. From the cor
ner the new road will continue due
south through the cut. curving to the
west, just as it emerges from the cut.
The depth of the cut will run close to
25 feet in places. Further north, on
the west side of the Fort Crook
grounds, the road has been pretty
well leveled up. by cuts and fills, the
deepest cut being a few hundred feet
south of the Fori Oork ate. where
homes that were on the level of the
road are now up in the air some fif
teen feet. The bottom stretch, north
of the Fort Crook gate has been given
a five or six foot grade. This portion
of the road is ready for paving, and
water pipes to supply the mixer have
been laid along the road ready to be
connected up.
The five concrete arch piers north
of the tracks that will support the
steel work on the new viaduct are
completed as well as the one at the
south end of the structure. Bases
have been poured for eight or nine
more of these piers south of the
Panpio and the workmen are now
undertaking the most difficult part
of the pier construction, that of pour
ing bases in the immediate locality of
the Pappio creek bed. The concrete
bases, heavily reinforced, some 12
feet square and extending 25 feet
into the ground, rest on piling that
are driven down to a hard pan sur
face thirty to forty feet deeper. The
earth there is such that cave-ins can
be avoided only by curbing the hole
the entire 25 foot depth, and large
square cribs of plank driven as the
excavation progresses hold hack the
dirt while the piles are being driven
and the concrete foundations poured.
This requires much more time, but is
the only method of doing the work.
While the last of these foundations
are being prepared, the work of erect
ing the concrete arches on bases al
ready completed further south will
require a steady stream of concrete
from the large mixing plant erected
alngside the Burlington track.
Workmen estimate two to three
months will be required to complete
the structure under most favorable
weather conditions and it will be
close to Thanksgiving time at best
when it will be ready to travel over.
VISIT LN WEST
From Thursdav's Dativ
S. S. Gooding, old time resident
her?, came down from Omaha this
morning to spend a short time with
friends. He has just returned from
a trip out in the state and where he
vipited at Chappell, Big Springs and
Sidney, Nebraska. Mr. Gooding re
ports the country very dry in the
west part of the state and that the
wheat in that section was very poor
and making it very discouraging to
the residents of that section. On his
return Mr. Gooding took, a short trip
in St. Joseph, Missouri, to visit with
f reinds.
SUFFERS BROKEN ARM
From Thursdav's Dally
Last evening Russell Nielson,
young son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Nielson. was unfortunate enough to
be thrown from the pony that he
was riding at the county farm west
of the city, suffering a fracture of
the right arm. The young lad was
uiven medical attention and the
member set and made as comfortable
j.s possible. This is the second acci
dent of a similar nature, Russell be
ing thrown from the pony two
months ago and suffering a fracture
of the left arm.
CIRCUS DAY COMING
This city which has not had the
presence of a circus for a number of
years, is to be entertained by one
of the well known smaller circuses.
The advance man of the Schell Shows
was in the city this week and con
cluded the contracts for the show to
be here on Saturday, August 12nd.
The circus is a four ring attraction
and carries large number of high
class entertainers, animals and spec
ial features which will give some
real entertainment to the residents
of this section. The circus will show
on the land just east of the Burling
ton railroad station.
The lack of a place large enough
to permit showing has kept the
larger circuses from coming here in
the recent years, the local people
being compelled to go to Omaha to
enjoy this form of entertainment.
Tlatz' Selected
Name for Former
Parmele Theatre
Name Selected Was Proposed by Miss
Anna Kniecke and T. H.
Pollock
frorr Saturday's Dally
In response to his request for sug
gestions as to the name for the new
ly renovated and redecorated Par
mele theatre, G. G. Griffin, the new
manager, received some 280 sugges
tions as to the name.
The contest was closed last eve
ning and this morning Mr. Griffin an
nounced the name that the theatre
will bear in the future, "The Platz."
being the title to be picked out of
the many offered.
The name is one that in condensed
form will represent the name of the
city of which it is a part and the
shortness of the name will permit
being used nicely in signs and ad
vertising, better than a longer name
might do.
The name that was picked was of
fered by two of those making sug
gestions. Miss Anna Kniecke and T.
H. Pollock and each of the success
ful persons were awarded the prise
of ten tickets each to either the new
Plata or the Ritz theatre.
The work of decorating the new
theatre is still progressing and it
will be some time before it is ready
to be opened to the amusement lov
ing public of the city.
Mr. Griffin desires to express
through the Journal the deep appre
ciation that he feels at the fine re
sponse to his request for names for
the new theatre as it was very fine
and came from a large section of the
citizenship in all walks of life.
A PASTORAL SCENE
From Saturday's Dally
A real pastoral aspect was given
to South Fifth street this morning
as a boy hearding a flock of some
twenty sheep, was to be seen in the
vicinity of the Vallery sales pavil
lion. The sheep are the property of
Glen Vallery and have been kept
at the sale pavillion since Mr. Val
lery moved in from the farm. They
are allowed to graze on the grass and
vegetation along the South Fifth
street hill in the vicinity of the
pavillion and serve to keep the CTM
and weeds well trimmed down.
SOME FINE PLUMS
From Friday's DaJlv
Attorney A. L. Tidd of this city,
who in the moments that he is not
busy with the practice of his profes
sion, delights in the development of
flowers and fruits that he has at his
home. The result of his care and
expert knowledge of the raising of
fruit is shown in a ba-ket of fine
Stark's Golden plums which he
brought to the Journal office today.
Mr. Tidd has raised some very fine
plums and which reflect the expert
care that has been given the trees
bearing fruit.
VISITING AT NOBLES
Mrs. Dell Grow of Moran. Kansas,
Mrs. Daisy Myers and Mr. James Kel
ler of Gardner Kansas.
Mrs. Grow and Mrs. Myers are
nieces of Mrs. John Oxford, mother
of Mrs. Noble, who is spentling the
summer here. Mrs. Noble aud her
mother have not seen the nieces for
forty-five years.
A family dinner was held Friday
to honor two occasions, the 55th
birthday of Mrs. Oxford and the 41st
wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs.
A. R. Noble.
AUDITORS AT WORK
From Friday's Daily
The auditing firm of McConnell &
Greenfield of Omaha, are engaged in
the work of auditing the books of
the city including the treasurer,
clerk, court records, record of war
rants and other matters connected
with the handling of the city busi
ness. The audit was odered by the
city council at the last meeting in
order to give them a better insight
of the city affaris rather than wait
for the audit that occurs at the close
of the fiscal year in 1932. The work
is being done by Charles McConnell
and T. W. Lady.
Ask City to Pro
test Closing; High
way for Paving
Paving cf Section of Road North of
Platte River Bridge Brings
Request for City Protest
From Saturday' Dally
The local Chamber of Commerce
has received a communication from
the G. W. Bell Co.. operators of a
sand and gravel pit nor' h of this
city, in which it is requested that
the city join in a protest against
the closing of the section of high
way No. 7 5 just north of the Platte
river bridge, while the paving is in
progress at that place.
The gravel company states that
they were informed by state engin
eers that it would be necessary to
close the roadway for a few days
while the paving is in progress and
this has led to the letter to the Cham
ber of Commerce to solicit their aid.
This matter was under discussion
several months ago when the over
head crossing at La Platte and the
final paving projects were about to
be contracted for. and at that time
the Chamber of Commerce took the
matter up with the department of
public works of the state and were
assurred that all possible effort would,
be made to keep the highway open
to traffic while the work of paving
was in progress. It was at that time
decided that a half section of the
highway would be left open at a
time while the paving of the 150 or
175 feet of roadway that leads to
the detour, was in progress, this per
mitting the travel as usual.
There has been no official notice
of any change of plans in handling
the paving of the highway, one of
the important roads of the state, or
that there was to be a complete clos
ing of the road for a few days. It
will be necessary to pave this sec
tion and the paving of half of the
road and then using this while the
remainder is paved will not greatly
inconvenience the traveling public.
It would seem that had any
change been made it would have
been announced by the state depart
ment. SECURES FINE RESULTS
The Hobson Well Co.. of this city
'is feeling well pleased with two
! wells that they have recently com
pleted and which are among the best
in this section. The one is that
which was drilled for E. C. Harris
,of the Plattsmouth Steam Laundry,
.which has proven a fine flowing well
with an abundance of water that
supplies the laundry with all of the
, water that is needed and also Mr.
Harris has been able to supply the
! apartments in his building with the
'water through i new water system
just installed.
This week the firm was called to
the John Warga farm south of this
city where they were to drill a well
on the north section of the farm that
is being farmed by Charles Warga.
The former well had dried up fol
lowing the unusually dry summer and
proving a great inconvenience to Mr.
Warga as it necessitated hauling of
water. The Hobson company moved
their rig onto the farm and com
menced to drill a well a short dis--,
tar.ee from the old 30 foot well and
j after a short lime of drilling there
was a small stream of water en
countered at thirty feet but the
drilling was continued on through
the hard pan some forty feet in
depth. While the auger was idle
after the drill through the hard pan,
Alfred Edgerton, who was working
the machine felt the auger lift and
in a few moments the auger weighing
some 1,000 pounds was lifted up
into the rig and the well was "in."
There is a very abundant flow of
water and which insures plenty for
the stock and other needs on this
part of the farm.
HAS STROKE OF LUCK
Since 1927 the office of the Cass
count v sheriff has been on the quiet
search for a man named Jarvls.
against whom a warrant was issued
charging him with non-support of a
child and while several reporls of
' the man were received it was impos
sible to locate him until Thursday.
The man was apprehended at St.
Joseph. Missouri, and the office of
the sheriff here was notified. It
seems, however, that the parties who
. had made the complaint and the
child in question, just a few weeks
l ago departed for Colorado where
they are making their home. The
removal of the complaining witnesses
1 and the child from the state re
leases the warrant and the man wlil
be ordered to be released as there
is no one here to appear against him.
The parties in the case formerly re
sided in Murray.
RETURNS TO LINCOLN
I Mr. Paul H. Bargert of Lincoln
who has been a house guest of Mis
Helene Perry of south of this city
departed Friday for his home. Mr.
Bargert. who is a graduate of the
University of Nebraska, is a mem
ber of Beta Theta Pi fraternity. Mr.
Bargert is now a student at North
western Medical school
