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VOL. NO. XLVHI
PLATTSUOUTH, UEBRASSA, MONDAY, FEBR. 8, 1932.
NO. 3
Pipeline Heads
Arriving Here
to Start Work
Storage Point for Material Will Be
at Mynard, La Platte and
South Side.
From Thursulay's Daily
Representatives of the Fiidell Co..
contractors for the construction of
the pipeline from Mynard to South
Omaha, arrived here Wednesday for
the arrangements for getting the
wcrk started within the next week
or ten days.
The material for the pipeline will
be unloaded at Mynard, La Platte
and the South Side, permitting a
quick handling of the pipe and other
material right onto the route cf the
pipeline. The warehouse for the
handling of the material will prob
ably be located at La Platte, this
being near the center of the pro
posed line and close to the scene of
operation in the crossing of the
Platte river.
The natural gas pipeline will be
tapped near Mynard and run north
along the public highway to the
Stull farm north of this city and
then through the farm to the river.
The line through Sarpy county will
be laid largely in private property,
making necessary condemnation pro
ceedings. The work it is expected will be
started as soon as the material is
here and all set for the rapid laying
of the natural gas mains to the pack
ing plants at South Omaha.
The superintendent f the con
struction work will be located dur
ing the day at Mynard and te will
have charge of the handling of the
employment of the labor that may
be needed in the construction work.
SCEEMMAGE WITH CEKTBAL
From Thursday's Daily
The Plattsmouth High school bas
ketball team journeyed to Omaha
last evening, where they worked out
at the new Central high school gym
with the Central squad. The Central
and Plattsmouth teams have no sched
uled games for this week end, al
though the locals battle their form
er school mates of the city team to
night. Coach Knapple of Central desired
to keep his team In the pink of con
dition and to avoid staleness in their
work, so arranged to have the locals
come to Omaha and practice with the
purple warriors. Xo score was kept
of the game as it was a general
scrimmage with all the players used
in the workout.
BOY SCOUT WEEK
From Friday's Daily
The week of February 7th to 13th
has been designed as "Boy Scout"
week in the nation and as such will
be extensively observed wterever
there are Scout organizations.
The Plattsmouth troop under the
direction of Scoutmasters Reeder and
Larson, have arranged a very com
plete observance which will include
some event, each day of the week.
On Sunday there will be "Church
Day," on which occasion the Scout
is urged to attend the church of his
choice.
The program Monday calls for
"Court of Honor." to be held at the
high school gym at 7:30 p. in. and
at which there will be a special pro.
gram given for the Scouts and their
parents and friends.'
Tuesday wrl be "Achievement
Day," on thi3 event each Scout striv
ing to complete his work so that he
may earn one merit in Scouting.
Wednesday will be "Recruit Day,"
at which time the Scouts will visit
their young friends and urge them
to join in Scouting.
Thursday will be "Good Turn
Day," each Scout making a special
effort to see that the "good turn" is
performed to some one in the com
munity In' which the Scout lives.
Friday will be "Home Duty Day,"
when the Scout will aid in any way
possible in the work around the
home.
Saturday will be "Hike Day." an
event that is looked forward to with
pleasure as it takes the Scouts into
the great outdoors in a pleasant
march or hike over the countryside,
weather permitting.
Phone the news to Ho.
INSTALLING NEW EQUIPMENT t
From Thursday's Daily ,
Miss Etta M. Xickles, . owner of
the Etta-Belle beauty shop, on the
second floor of the Soennichsen
building, is having installed a fine
modern and strictly up to the min
ute machine to be used in her hair
dressing department. This is one of
the celebrated Gabrieleen machines
which is one of the best of its type
on- the market today.
The new equipment will be placed
on the floor of the shop this week or!
in the early- part of next week. Mr. known young people of this city oc
P. L. Canipe, representing the Gibbs ! curred last evening at 6 o'clock at
Co.. of Omaha, from whom the ma-
chine was purchased, will be here to
look after the installation of the ma
chine. As will be seen by the adver
tisement appearing elsewhere in this
issue of the Journal, the formal open
ing will be on Monday, January 15th
with a large special bargain offer in
hair dressing.
Fall on Ice
Leads to Arrest
for Possession
Edward Mitchell Gets Arrested on
Complaint for Second Liquor
Law Violation.
From Tuesday's Dally
The icy condition of the walks and
streets in the vicinity of the O. K.
garage led yesterday afternoon to
Edward Mitchell facing a charge of
a second violation of the Nebraska
liquor law, the fall on the walk re
sulting in the man falling into the
hands of Constable Tom Svoboda.
Mr. Svoboda was starting out
Washington avenue to serve some
papers in a civil action and when
near the O. K. garage he was at
tracted by a number of men watch
ing the progress of a man up toward
the Eighth street hill. As lie drew
nearer he saw that the face of the
man was all bloody and stopped to
investigate, discovering that the man
was Edward Mitchell. Mitchell had
fallen on the frozen snow and ice
and skinned and cut his face quite
severely and was bleeding profusely.
He was carrying a suit case and evi
dently headed over Eighth street to
his home in the south part of the city.
Mr. Svoboda urged that he go to a
doctor, but Mitchell refused, remon
strating with the officer, Mitchell
being apparently under the influence
of liquor. While the argument was
in progress, the grip that Mitchell
was carrying came open and exposed
the fact that a gallon of "hootch"
was concealed in the grip. Con
stable Svoboda took the man on
down to the county jail and turned
him over to the custody of Sheriff
Thimgan and County Attorney W.
G. Kieck to be taken care of. The
injuries of the man ' were dressed
and he held in jail until a charge
would be filed.
Thi3 morning a complaint charging
Mitchell with a first count of pos
session and a second count of a sec
ond offense was filed.
After hearing the case Judge A. H. ,
Duxbury gave the defendant a sen
tence of ninety days in jail for the
offense.
LEAVING FOB CALIFORNIA
Mr. and Mrs. Jonas Johnson are :
to leave on Monday for the west j
coast where they are planning on '
spending the remainder of the winter
season. Several of their children are ,
residing at Los Angeles and vicinity
and it will afford the parents a fine j
opportunity to visit all of them dur-,
ing the outing. The many friends
are hoping that Mr. and Mrs. John- J
son may enjoy a fine trip and find '
a great deal of pleasure in their so-j
journ in the west. They are expect-,
ing to return home in the spring.
SUFFERS FROM FALL
Mrs. Carl Kunsmann is confined From Friday's Daily -to
her home as the result of an acci- A large number of men who are
dent that she sustained a few days engaged in various lines of the na
ago at the home. Mrs. Kunsmann tural gas pipeline activities were in
was engaged in some of her house- ( the city today, looking over the pros
hold work and was standing on a pects for locatldns for themselves or
chair when she lost her balance and families during the time that the
fell backward, alighting on her back pipeline is being laid from Mynard
and causing a very painful bruise to Omaha. A number 'are desirous of
and Injury. Medical aid was called centring locations at farm residences
and the patient made as comfortable nearer tbeir work if possible, while
as possible but will be troubled by others are planning on locating
the injuries for some time. here for the present at least.
a Well Known
Young Couple
Miss Isabel Marshall and Mr. Justus
( Lillie Married at Omaha
Friday Afternocn.
From Saturday's Daily
The marriage of two of the well
Omaha, when Miss Isabel Marshall
aDl Ir- Justus Lillie were joined in
the bonds of holy wedlock.
The wedding was very quiet and
occurred at the chapel of the Meth
odist hospital, the marriage lines be
ing read by the Rev. E. C. Fintel,
chaplain of the hospital.
Following the wedding the mem
bers of the bridal .party enjoyed a
fine dinner party and Mr. and Mrs.
Lillie returned to this city last even
ing, the new home in the Herold
apartments being arranged for their
coming.
The bride is a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. D. Marshall of Council
Bluffs, former residents here, and
where the bride grew to woman
hood. She is a graduate of the class
of 1928 of the Plattsmouth high
school. Since completing her school
work she has been engaged as a
trained nurse at the Methodist hos
pital at Omaha. A young lady of
pleasant personality she has a very
large circle of friends here as well
as among her associates at the hos
pital. The groom is a son of Mrs. Frank
Lillie of this city, and has grown to
manhood here in this community.
He was graduated in 1927 from the
local high school and in the past few
years has been engaged with the
Iowa-Nebraska Light & Power Co.,
beirvr located in jtbis city with the
sales department of the company, j
The manv friends of these es-i
timable young people will join In
their well wishes for their future
welfare and happiness.
FIFTY AT LEGION MEETING
There were fifty present at last
right's American Legion meeting, in
cluding guests from Nebraska City,
Weeping Water and Louisville.
Due to inability of the Greenwood
degree team to be here to participate
in the initiatory ceremonies this fea
ture of the meeting was dispensed
with and the newer members breath
ed easier. However, they will "get it
at the March meeting when the ini
tiatory committee of the local post
will be ready to make its initial ap
pearance. At the close of the business session,
talks were heard by Commanders
Crawford and Olive of Louisville and
Weeping Water posts, and District
Commander Fred Witt, of Nebraska
City. Raymond Larson, of the local
post, spoke on Boy Scout activities,
the Legion sponsoring the one re
maining Plattsmouth troop. Roy E.
Bailey, also a member of the local
post epoke on the plan of Plattsmouth
patriotic organizations to bring the
George Washington moving picture
here during the week of Washing
ton's birthday and the members voted
that the post should contribute its
share of the expense. The picture is
to be shown free of charge to school
children in the afternoon and to the
general nnblie at two eveniner shows.
jxhe place where it will be shown has
not Deen determined.
Following adjournment the "feed"
committee, headed by Jim Farnham,
as chairman, sounded mess call, and
a delicious lunch was provided, con-
sisting of sandwiches, pickles, potato
salad, pie and coffee,
The next regular meeting will be
held on Thursday evening, March
3rd.
PIPELINE MEN IN CITY
COMMISSIONERS HOLD SESSION
From Thursday's Daily
The board of county commission
ers were in session here Tuesday and
Wednesday, devoting the first day to
the consideration of claims that had
been filed for the county business in
the past month. Wednesday the board
continued the routine work and also
took up several matters pertaining
to changes in reveral of the county
offices. The board-received the re
signaticn of A. J. Snyder, as deputy
register of deeds, as well as the ap
pointment by Register of Deeds Miss
Lillian White, of Miss Minnie Hild
as deputy. The board fixed the sal
ary of the deputy ?at $780 per an
num. The resignation of Mrs. Clara
Wickman Meisinger. as clerk in the
office of county Judge, was received
and accepted. County. Judge A. H.
Duxbury presented to the board the
name of A. Warren Farmer as clerk
of the court and which was approved.
High Sdtdol
Takes a Game
from City Five
- -i -
High School Baskdeers Annex Con
test by the Score of 23 to 12
Friday Evening.
From Saturday's Daily
The basketball fans of the city had
the opportunity of enjoying a nice
showing of this sport last evening
at the high school gym, the Platts
mouth high school team winning
from the city quintet by a score of
a m 1!
The contest was decidedly high
school all of the way- through, they
having possession of the ball a great
er part of the time, as well as show
ing a greater speed on the floor and
a passing gam that 7 was much bet
ter than " their- opponents. -
Rummel, forward of the high
school, who has not been hitting the
loop with his old time form, was
back in shape last night and an
nexed five baskets for the P. H. S.
The city team guarded Donat and
Am closely and held down their
scoring.
In the opening quarter the city
team was held scorless. Arn with
one and Rummel with two field
goals, making a total of six for the
high school.
The second quarter was much
livelier on the part of both teams
and resulted in Turner, pilot of the
city team annexing the first basket
for his team, McCrary also tallying
with a field goal while McCleary
and Galloway were able to secure
a free toss each. For the high school,
Rummel, Donat and Knoflicek each
secured a field goal and Louie also
a free toss, running the high school
score to 13 to 6 at the half time.
In the third quarter Rummel
planted in two nice side shots and
Donat one from under the basket,
Arn secured a free toss in this part
of the game for the high school. Mc
Crary. with a field goal was the only
counter for the city team. The score
as the last quarter opened was 20
to 8.
The last quarter saw the city team
putting up a determined fight to stop
the advance of -the high school, .but
without success. Wiles,-, former star
guard of the Platters, secured a field
goal : while Galloway, with a .Paul
Revere dash into the high school ter
ritory dropped one in, making the
total for their team 12. For the
high school Knoflicek with a field
goal and Arn with a free toss were,
the counters.
The battle was refereed by Carl
Schneider, who did a nice job and
seemed to please the players and
crowd as well.
The tabulated score of the game
was as follows:
Hiarh School
FG
Am, f l
Rummel, f 5
Donat, c 2
FT
.
0
0
1
0
PF TP
0 4
0 10
0 .4
1 5
2 0
Knoflicek. g 2
Forbes, g 0
10 3 3 23
City Team
FQ FT PF TP
McCleary. f 0 1,0 1
Yelick. f 0 0 0 0
Galloway, f 1 12 3
Turner, c : 1.0 1, 2
McCrary. g 2 0 0 4
Wiles, g 1 0 13
5 2 4 12
Dally Journal 16o par weak.
Burlington
Officials Guests
at Luncheon
Group Headed by J. H. Adelott, Gen
eral Manager of Lines .West
in City on Business.
From Thursday's Daily
A group or six Burlington railway
officials was present at today's C. of
C. luncheon, which was attended by
almost 100 per cent of the director
ate as well.
The Burlington officials, who are
in the city on business connected
with getting their buildings placed in
chape to turn over to the new can
ning factory management, included
J. 11. Adelott, general manager of
lines west; K. W. Fisher, assistant
superintendent; Walter Kerst, road
master; E. F. Kechtra, master car
penter; Wm. Thomas, division engi
neer and Oscar Frieburg, chief eteam
fitter. :
Committee reports took but brief
time in the proceedings, most im
portant of which was the announce
ment of Industries committee that the
canning factory is to locate here, al
so of a letter being sent to every or
ganization in the city urging better
support of industries already here, in
line with the advertising campaign
now being carried oa in the columns
of the Journal.
W. G. Kieck reported on behalf of
the special committee recently nam
ed to study tax conditions, touching
on the committee's findings in regard
to the school situation, particularly
the matter of wage contracts. He
stated a mass meeting was being
called by the committee at which
they hoped to have present all inter
ested tax payers in the school dis
trict. .
Ballots were provided at each plate
and a. vote taken upon the matter of
advisability of filing, petitions asking
a special election on the question of
Commission form of government, al
though no announcement was made
of the result after the ballots had
been collected.
Insight to Bail Problems
President Schneider called upon
Mr. Adelott, who responded with a
brief address in which he stated the
railroad had been pleased to lend its
aid in locating the canning factory
here and hoped to continue to co
operate with the city at all times.
Mr. Adelott discussed some of the
problems the railroads face, includ
ing large surplusses of equipment
(particularly coal cars and locomo
tives) which they cannot dispose of
and have to carry on their invest
ment inventories although they are
net able to realize any return from
them. He said their daily loadings
in the Illinois coal fields alone used
to run around 1.000 cars, and 25
days were required for the cars to
make a round trip to consumer and
back to the mine, so at that time it
seemed wise to invest in some 26,000
coal cars. Then came a great falling
of, partially due to natural gas enter
ing the territory and partially on ac
count of industrial inactivity, so that
today they have many of the cars on
their hands as dead equipment.
ASKS FOB DIVORCE
From Saturday's Daily
t This morning in the office of the
clerk of the district court was filed
an action entitled, Mary E. Parker
vs. Ira E. Parker. The suit is one in
which the plaintiff asks for a de
cree of divorce, suitable alimony and
suit money. The charges are cruelty.
The parties were married on June
11, 1906 and have been residents of
Cass county for a number of years.
J. A. Capwell appears as attorney
for the plaintiff.
PLEASANT BIRTHDAY PARTY
Friday afternoon Mrs. W. C. Soen
nichsen entertained at her home in
honor of her mother, Mrs. W. E.
Rosencrans, the event being the
birthday anniversary of the mother.
A number of the old time friends
were invited in to enjoy the after
noon, which was spent in visiting
and plying of the busy needle. . The
event was one that all enjoyed to the
Utmoet and was climaxed by the
dainty refreshments served by the
hostess -who was assisted by her sis
ter, Mrs. E. B. Hickman.
SH0WEE JOB YOUNG PEOPLE
Mr. and Mrs. J. H." Steffens, of Xe-
hawka entertained on Wednesday
evening at their home, a group of
seme twenty-seven Boy Scouts and
the committeemen of the Xehawka
area, the occasion being a shower for
Miss Ruth Beil, of near this city, and
Wildon Swiizer, of Xehawka.
The wedding will take place soon
and the young people were showered
with many handsome gifts as tokens
of the esteem of the friends. The set
ting of the event represented the en
trance of a Scout, camp, and behind
which were placed the gifts from the
members of the party.
The evening was spent in playing
games suggested by each letter of the
word "Scout."
Due to the stormy weather, the
guests found it necessary to depart
rather early, but not before enjoying
the dainty refreshments which were
served by Mrs. Steffens.
South Sixth
Street People
Remove Snow
McMaken Firm Has Charge of Work
and Greatly Improves Con
dition of Travel.
The snow and ice embankment
that was placed in the center of
Sixth and Main streets as the result
of the removal of the heavy snow
fall of two weeks ago, was attacked
yesterday afternoon on South Sixth
street and TTIe highway made pass
able. The snow had gradually formed
an ice-like barrier and which it was
necessary to remove by pick and
shovel, a force of men being secured
Friday and turned loose on the job,
making the street a great "deal bet
ter for travel by nightfall.
J. H. McMaken, one of the live
wire business .men located along
South Sixth street, started the move
to have the ice and snow cleaned off
and others whose places of business
are located in that block, joined in
and a force of men organized who
with the trucks to haul off the ice
and snow soon had the street clean
ed off in fine shape.
The warm and pleasant day had
moved a great deal of the ice and
snow along Main street today, but
on the south portion cf the street
there is still enough to make the
travel uncomforable for cars and
trucks.
The enterprise of Mr. McMaken
and the South Sixth street business
men is to be commended and they
will receive the grateful apprecia
tion of everyone who has occasion to
travel that street.
PLATTERS LEAD SOUTHEAST
Plattsmouth high school basket
ball quintet now holds the first place
in the basketball race in the south
east Xebraska high school confer
ence, they having one victory and
no defeats to their credit in the loop.
Peru Prep, which had held a tie
with Plattsmouth in the conference,
met their first defeat last week when
Auburn tipped them into a tie for
third place with Humboldt. Auburn
taking the second place. Plattsmouth
holds their position through their
defeat of Auburn here and have two
more gamies in the conference to
play, both being 'with Xebraska City.
The Platters will visit the Oteans
a week from Friday and then enter
tain the Xebraska City team here.
The standing:
G
W
1
6
2
2
2
1
1
0
It Pet.
0 1.000
Plattsmouth 1
Auburn 8
750
Humboldt 3
.667
.667
.500
.333
.250
.000
Peru Prep 3
Falls City 4
Pawnee City 3
Xebraska City 4
Tecumseh J. 4
HAVE MANY CALLERS
From Saturday's Dally
The night police force had a full
house last evening at the city hall.
a very large number of the floaters
being in to seek shelter forHhe night
at the city jail. The number was
the largest that has been reported
for the "winter and' the demand
made standing room "only at a
premium.
Dairy Industries
Contributing to
Buying Power
Manufacture cf Butter and Cottage
Cheese Provides Market for
Products of the Farm.
From Friday' Dally
ll MKK .. WKIJB,
'. of '. In l. ( Mia.
The campaign of the Industries
committee or the Chamber of Com
merce to get local people to buy
Plattsmoutb-made goods whenever
possible, is beginning to bear fruit,
and local industries report an increas
ing demand for their products from
the Plattsmouth retail dealers.
The reason wherefor is most logi
cal and has to do with our own in
dividual prosperity as much as that
of the industries that may be aided
by the increased demand.
A striking example of how two
industries turning out similar pro
ducts have turned thousands of dol
lars into trade channels in this com
munity is afforded in the cases of
Plattsmouth Produce and- the Home
Dairy.
Under the efficient management of
Mr. G. K. Hetrick. Plattsmouth Pro
duce (successor to Farmers Co-Op.
Creamery) has more than doubled its
output and is shipping large amounts
of Casco butter to the eastern mar
ket, where it commands a top price.
As a result of this increased activity.
there has been paid out for cream and
poultry by this one concern alone the
startling sum of $25,112.67 in the
last six months of operation, all of
which went to farmers living within
the Plattsmouth trade area greatly
increasing their buying power, which
had shrunken to nil due to the de
moralized market on grain and live
stocky Mr. "Hetrick anticipates his
expenditure In this line for the-el-tire
year will gross between $65,000
and $75,000 well over $1,000 each
week.
Home Dairy Active
Another source of great revenue to
the farmers during the past year has
been the Home Dairy, ably managed
by Phil Hoffman, a buttermaker and
creamery man of long experience.
This institution has paid out the
sum of $22,000 for products of the
farm during 1931, divided as follows:
Butterfat, $13,000; Eggs. $4,160;
Poultry. $3,380; Milk, $1,500. Xot
all of this has gone into home manu
factured products, but if the demand
for these items were increased local
ly production could easily be increas
ed accordingly.
During the year, Mr. Hoffman re
ports that he has manufactured 26,
000 pounds of butter, about half of
which has been sold in Plattsmouth.
In that time he has also sold up
wards of 5.000 pounds of cottage
cheese.
How to Increase Output
Does it behoove the local business
man and Plattsmouth eitJzens inter
ested in prosperous conditions and
steady employment to buy and boost
for the products of these two local
industries that are contributing to
the farmers' income and will employ
Plattsmouth labor as their business
expands to larger proportions?
Well, we'll just leave the answer
to that problem to you, Mr. and Mrs.
Journal Reader.
(Xote In other articles to follow,
we well tell something of the activi
ties of other Industries. In the mean
time, just remember that you can buy
Plattsmouth - made bread, butter,
flour, cigars, baskets, brooms, print
ing and tire rim tools. Soon you will
be able to buy Plattsmouth canned
products, due to the efforts of this
same Chamber of Commerce commit
tee that is doing its utmost to impress
upon the people of our community the
important cf giving preference to
PJattsmouth-made products In all
their purchases).
DEATH OF BABE
The infant child of Mr. and Mrs.
Mike Hula, of Louisville, which was
born yesterday, lived but a few
hours and passed away. The body
was brought to this city to the Sat
tler funeral home. The funeral was
held this afternoon and the little one
laid to rest in the Oak Hill ceme
tery. The Journal will aooreoiato your
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