Nebr. State Historical Society
1 l 1
vol. no. xlvtti
PLATTS1IOTJTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, OCT. 24, 1932.
NO. 77
Name Candidates
for Assessors
in This City
2oth Political Parties Place Candi
dates in the Field for
the Offices.
From Thursday's raily
The nomination of candidates for
the position of assessors in the city
f Piattsmoutb, was taken up last
fenins; in inas conventions of the
democratic and republican parties,
held at the court bjuse.
Thei" wis a r;r.Ml attendance at
both meetings due to the shortness
of the notice of the meeting as it
was neces?ary to hold the conven
tions lavt evening in order to get
the names filed in time for the elec
tion. The nominations made at the dem
ocratic convention were as follows:
Firt ward John A. Libersiial.
Second ward Jame? Rebal.
Third ward A. J. Snyder.
Fourth ward A. R. Johnson.
Fifth ward C. L. Pittman.
The selections made by the repub
lican convention were:
First ward Frank Claus.
Second ward L. R. Sprecher.
Third ward Oscar W ilson.
Fourth ward John E. Schutz.
Fifth ward Edward Gabelman.
The nominations will go on the
ballot and be voted on at the regular
November election in this city.
The nomination of the assessors
was made necessary by the fact that
it was held that each ward and pre
cinct must have their own assessor
and who mu3t be a resident of the
ward or precinct that he assessed.
For the past few j-ears th3 assessors
in PJattsmouth city and Weping Wa
ter city have been appointed by the
county assesor, two curving here and I
one in Weeping Water. Also in the
case of Rock Elulfs it has been the
custom to have one assessor for the
east and west Rock Bluffs, but In
these precincts there will be separate
assessors elected.
DISMANTLE LOCOMOTIVES
The miniature train which was a
feature of the Korn Karnival here,
is to be dismantled by the Buriin
ton, or rather the tractors which
were used to form the -locomotive
power, will be scrapped. These two
trains, a freight and passenger train,
afforded much pleasure during the
Korn Karr.lval and especially to the
youngr.ters. During the two days
that the trains were here they hauled
reveral thousand of the kiddies and
even tempted some of the cider ones
with the desire to ride in the small
cars, me liurnngton nas uu J
trains at several festivities in tne
cities along their line and it lias
proved a real treat to the youngsters
of the towns and adds a novelty to
the parades.
TO UNDERGO TREATMENT
William Shea was taken to Lin-i-j'n
Thur.-day afternoon where he
v ill take - ct t rre cf treatment at
tV- hospital in that c:ty and which
it i hopt-d will prove beneficial to
t!o p:ttie:.t. IIo will remain there
rrveral weeks while undergoing the
(yjne of treatment.
DEPART FOR INDIANA
From Friday's Dally
Thir. afiemcon Mrs. John Hiber
: nd daughter. Miss Eleanor, depart
c! for Hobart, Indiana, where they
will enjoy a few days stay. They are
t. be guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. W. T. Distell. neighbors of the
Hiber family -while" residents here.
Mr. Distell is the superintendent of
a refrigerator express company rail
road shop at the Indiana city, similar
to the position that he occupied here
with the BREX.
WINTER RASPBERRIES
Red raspberries in the month of
October is rather unusual, but
George W. Chase, residing on west
Rock street, has a bunch of the
luscious red berries that are produc
ing the second crop of the year and
this with winter but a few weeks
away. Mr. Chase brought some of
the berries to the Journal office as
evidence of his statement.
DEPART FOE THE WES
From Friday's Daily
This afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Louis
H. Hennings of near Cedar Creek
and Walter Reed of this city, de
parted for Grand Island. They will
visit at the home of the parents of
Mr. Reed ay.d Mr. Hennings and Mr.
Reed expect to enjoy a few days of
pheasant hunting before returning to
this city.
High School
Honors the Non
Resident Pupils
Program ty the Mynard Orchestra
One of Features of Most In
teresting Program.
Frcm Friday's raily
A program featuring the Mynard
orchestra in honor of the non-residents
cf Plattsmouth high school
was held at the high school auditor
ium this morning and the pupils of
the Junior Ligh school were guests.'
Plattr-mouth high schocl has al
ways been proud of her large non
resident attendance and it was with
the purpose of giving special recog
nition to this valuable group that
the student council made arrange
ments for this special convocation.
The program was arranged by the
following committee: Greth Garnett.
president of the student council; Rob
ert Hall, Gerald Keil, and Anffa
Marie Rea. Greth Garnett presided
over the convocation.
The-personnel of the orchestra is
as follows: Mr. James, Smith, direc
tor; Sherman Cole. Mrs. Sherman
Cole, Willis Cole, Mrs. Elbert Wiles,
Mr. Smith, Union. Roy Cole, Mrs.
Roy Cole, Bobby Wolfe, Anton B-
jeck.
The orchestra ryed ' the folhwHurS iraii .Ms matter; for;.Yshlng m
ing selections: "Love and Idleness,"
"Hirh School Graduate," 'C6okoo
Waltz," "Homeless," "United Lib
erty." "Flag of Truce."
Miss Ellen Louise Cole, 4 years
old,: gave a piano solo entitled,
"Drifting." which was much enjoyed
by the assembly.
William Wetenkamp gave an in
teresting and original speech on the
subject, "What ' It Means to Ccme
From a Rirra! School to High School."
In his speech he showed the import
ance of the rural school pupils to the
high school and the advantages they
gain by attending high school. The
rural school pupils bring a great
deal of talent to the high school?,
and enable thorn to have a better or
chestra, band, glee clubs and other
organizations than they would have,
without the rural pupils.
The program came to an end with
a series of high school yells led by
Arthur Warga and . Ed Hadraba
TO ENJOY VISIT HERE
From Saturday's Daily
Last evening Claude Shoemaker
arrived from the west coast to en
joy a vi.sit here with the old time
friends and associates in this com
munity for a short time. Mr. Shoe
maker has made his home in the
west for some years and at the pres
ent time is residing at Los Angeles.
He was accompanied by Mark White,
a long time resident of this county.
and who also has made his home in
Lo3 Angeles in recent years. Mr.
White stopped in the west part of
the state to look after some business
matters and will then come on here
to visit at the home of his niece,
Mrs. Frank Gobelman.
Mr. Shoemaker states that Miss
Jane Dunbar has been at one of the
1 o?pitals at Los Angeles for the past
few weeks taking treatment as Ehe
has not been In the best of health
for several months. The many
friends of this former Plattsmouth
girl will regret to learn of her ill
ness, i
VISITING OLD FRIENDS
Mrs. Lena Droege. who Is now
making her home at Omaha with her
daughter, 1 Mrs. Gail Connors and
family, came down Wednesday for a
short stay here. Mrs. Droege made
her home here for some forty-eight
years and still delights in visiting
the familiar scenes of her earlier
years and to meet the friends of oth
er years. For. many years Mrs.
Droege was -very active In 'the work
of the Woodmen Circle here.'
Trial of Chas.
Hixon Draws
a Large Crowd
Charge of Sale of Intoxicating Liqnor
Again Defendant Tried in
County Conrt.
From Saturday's Daily
This morning the greater part of
the time of the county court was oc
cupied in the preliminary hearing of
the State of Nebraska vs. Charles
Hixon, charged with the 6ale of in
toxicating liquor.
The state introduced in evidence
the bottle of whiskey which it was
alleged had been purchased by Ed
Maybce, stepson cf Mr. Hixon, from
his stepfather on October 15th. The
alcoholic content was certified to by
State Chemist Willard of Lincoln, as
intoxicating.
The chief witness of the Etate was
Edward Maybee, the stepson of
Hixon, who testified that he had
made his home with his mother and
stepfather and had slept there on
the night preceding the alleged sale.
Ke stated that he had purchased the
pint of liquor with a dollar bill which
had been given him by Sheriff Ed
Thimgan. He had seen the stepfath
er near the barn on the place and
had asked him to sell him a pint and
which he had done. The witness
identified the dollar bill by the serial
number. On the cross examination
by Attorney Charles E. . Martin for
the defense, Maybee stated that his
motive for securing the sale was in
line of his duty, that he had been
made a deputy sheriff on October 6th
by Sheriff Thimgan. In reply to ques
tions of Mr. Martin he stated that
he had not paid board at the Hixon
home. The . witness denied that he
the date of the arrest of the step
father. V!
Sheriff Ed W. Thimgan testified
that he had received the bottle of
liquor in evidence on the morning of
October 15th at his office from Ed
ward Maybee. The witness had taken
the liquor to Lincoln to be analyzed.
The witness identified the dollar bill
in evidence by two small marks that
the witness had placed on the bill
when he gave it to Maybee to make'
the buy. Asked by Attorney C. E.
Martin he stated that he had de
putized Maybee the day of the arrest
of Hixon. -
The first witness of the defense
was Mrs. Hixon, wife of the defend
ant and mother of the chief witness
of the state. Mrs. Hixon testified
that on the morning of the arrest
of Mr. Hixon that Ed Maybce had
been woke up about 8 o'clock and
she had prepared his breakfast after
the others of the family had par
taken of their meal. After the break
fast Ed Maybee had given her a dol
lar bill for doing washing for him.
She stated that he did not pay board
but occasionally gave her a dollar or
two. She stated she had then gone
up stairs and heard Maybee calling
to Hixon and a nephew, named Col
lins, who was at the. Hixon home.
When she came down stairs she had
seen a bottle of whiskey on the table
and which Collnis had said was
Maybee'3 and that Collins and Hixon
had taken a drink from the contents
of the bottle. Later Maybee had
placed the bottle in his pocket and
gone on down toward the main part
of the city. Later the sheriff and
deputy had appeared at the house
and Mr. Hixon had said that Ed was
in trouble and that the sheriff want
ed him to come down town. Later
Fn 'the morning Maybee had come
home and said that Hixon was In
jail and that he had also been in
but had secured bail from one of
the bankers. The witness stated that
Maybee had gone on upstairs and
came down with a revolver and on
the questions of the mother stated he
was going to take the gun and if
some one did not quit bothering him
they would get plugged. The witness
also, testified that Maybee had known
of her custom of turning her money
over to Mr. Hixon.
On cross examination by County
Attorney Kieck, Mrs. Hixon stated
that Mr. Hixon had some money with
him In addition to the bill she had
given him, they having: sold some
potatoes.'
v t The defendant Hixon, took the
Btaad at the ' opening of the after
noon; session and gave his version oX
the alleged liquor sale. Mr. Hixon
denied that he had made a sale to
Ed Maybee and testified as did Mrs
Hixon and his nephew, Collins, that
Maybee had given them a drink from
a bottle that he had. The witness
stated that the liquor that Maybee
had was apparently not that which
was cn exhibit at the trial. Mr. Kixon
stated that Mrs. Hixon had said that
"Ed has given us a dollar," and that
she had turned tlie money over to
the witncs3.
Sheriff Thimgan wa3 recalled and
testified that the dollar in evidence
was that which he had marked and
which had been later taken from the
pocket of Hixon together with several
other dollar bills. The witneps stated
that he had given the marked money
to Maybee eeveral days prior to the
arrect of Hixon.
Eel Maybce was recalled to the
stand and denied the conversations
that were testified to by Mrs. Hixon
as occurring at their home follow
ing the arrest of Mr. Hixon and
also that he had given Hixon and
Collins a drink. Maybee was given
a thorough cross examination by At
torney C. E. Martm as-" to his past
life and connections as well as to
the denial of the statements of the
mother.
Legion Auxiliary
Elects Officers
for the Year
Mrs. Herman L. Thomas Named as
President of the Auxiliary for
the Coming Year.
The American Legion Auxiliary
held their annual meeting Friday
afternoon at the Legion building for
the purpose of the election of the
officer for the ensutfcj jaarC-I V
There was a very large number
present and a great deal at interest
taken as the selection of the officers
for the coming term was made. The
following were selected.: -
President Mrs. H. L. Thomas.
Vice-President Mrs-. John H.
Palacek.
Secretary Mrs. Fay McClintock,
Treasurer Mrs. Roy Stewart.
Chaplain Mrs. Edward Steppat.
Historian Mrs. J. B. Farnham. -Sergeant
at Arms Mrs. Frank
Rice.
Members of Executive Committee
-Mrs. C. H. Jensen and Mrs. Don
Seivers.
The ladies discussed at some length:
the matter of the district, convention i
of the American Legion and Auxil
iary which will be held-in this city
on December 6 th. The ladies will
hold their meeting at the public 11-1
brary auditorium it was decided, the
Legion meeting in their building.
At the close of the afternoon the
ladies enjoyed the refreshments
which had been prepared and served
by Mrs D.on Seivers and Mrs. R. II.
Patton, the hostesses.
CARS HAVE SMASHTJP
The vicinity of Sixth and Main
streets was the scene of more or
less excitement when three cars.
parked on the incline of Main street.
decided to start something. One of
the cars, parked about halfway of
the block became loose from the curb
and started down the rather sharp
hill and soon bumped into another
parked car belonging to some Ne
braska City parties. The two cars
then in turn bumped a third car and
all three of the cars were soon mixed
up on the sidewalk and fur a few
minutes threatened to go into the
Crabill jewelry store entrance. The
cars were rescued by the owners and
with little or no damage to any of
the autos.
HAVE XAR6E ENTRIES
One girl and ten Cass county boys
have one of the largest entry lists
of animals in the 4-H club division
of the Ak-Sar-Ben stock show in
Omaha, with 18 calves, 12 swine and
4 sheep.
The boys are Arnold Stohlman,
Clarence Stohlman, Ellsworth Stohl
man and Orland Stohlman, all of
Louisville; Vincent Rehmeier, Fran
ces ' Rehmeier, Milford Smith and.
Dwain Reed of Weeping Water; Ver
non Rikli of Murdock, Robert Wolfe
of Union and John. Jochm of Louis
ville,
Roosevelt
Bryan Club is
Organized
Union Residents Form Club for the
Coming Election Also
Hear Addresses.
On Tuesday evening of this week
in the public hall at Union, the dem
ocrats of Liberty precir.ct met for a
discussion of the political issues and
organizing a club. The principal
speaker for the occasion was Attor
ney Charles F. McLaughlin of Om
aha. Mr. McLaughlin is one of the
prominent lawyers of the state and
is well versed in the political situ
ation of the day. He spoke for three
quarters of an hour in a pleasing
and effective manner, pointing out
the many reasons why Governor
RooBevclt should be elected president.
In referring to the state issues, he
congratulated the people of the state
for being so fortunate in having a
man like Charles W. Bryan for gov
ernor. He pointed out many in
stances .wherein Governor Bryan has
saved the state .large sums of money
in every department of its operation.
He detailed at some length the stern
and noble qualities of Mr. Bryan,
his wonderful executive ability and
his fearless independence in deter
mining every matter that came be
fore him. He further urged that the
legislative candidates on his ticket
should be elected in order that the
governor may procure from the leg
islature co-operation in a reduction
in the appropriations, thereby less
ening the taxes charged against the
property of the people.
Attorney J. A. Capwell of this city
was next called upon and made a
splendid address, referring . to many
reasons -wbswfa houid- prompt -the
voters from -all parties to vote for
Roosevelt for president and Bryan
for governor." "" -: " ' ' -"
Harold S. Baker of Weeping Wa
ter," who is ; greatly interested in po
litical : matters, spoke for twenty
minutes with clearness and enthus
iasm that ' found a ' response in the
approval of the audience. The or
ganization of the club was perfected
by the election of the following of
ficers: L. G. Toed," president; E. B.
Chapman, vice-president; Mrs. May
Merritt, secretary and Joe Banning,
treasurer. It is planned that the;
club will have another meeting soon, i
at which time a prominent spaeker
will make an address.
The enthusiasm of the democrats
and those of other parties allied with
them in Liberty precinct is seen om
every Eide. A necessity in the change
of the national administration is evi
dently the determination of the peo-!
pie in that precinct. They insist they j
have had enough of this depression
and that it is time to get rid of those
who have been guiding the affairs cf
the nation during the past four years.
If the same Epirft prevails over the
state there can be no doubt of the
result on November 8th.
VISITS IN THE CITY
From Thursday'" Dally
Troy L. Davis, of Weeping Water,
was in 1 the city today tor a short
time visiting with friends and with
his brother, Searl S. Davis. . Mr.
Davis is the republican candidate for
state senator from the second dis
trcit comprising Cass, , Otoe and
Sarpy counties. He has served a
member of the state house of repre
sentatives for several terms and has
had a great insight into the work
ings of the state government, being
a member of a large number of the
important committees of the Louse
and was chairman of the banking
committee during several of the ses
sions. - ... . .
ENJOY FINE ADDRESS
From Thursday's Daily , . ..
Last evening Rev. and Mrs. H. G.
McClusky, Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Minor
and Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Rawls motor
ed to Omaha where they attended
the services at the Dundee Presby
terian church. -The Rev. C. S. Kerr,
of Tulsa, Oklahoma, the moderator
of the Presbyterian church of the
United States, was the speaker. The
moderator spoke to a large congre
gation &nd hia address was one that
was much enjoyed by all of the large
audience. , , . . . .
WILL ENJOY HUNTING TRIP
Dean and Keith Snyder and Jack
Troop are among the Plattsmouth
hunters who are to enjoy the pheas- J
ant hunting season this year. The
young men departed this morning for j
Ulysses, Nebraska, where they will'
visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Jame? Gilmour and also enjoy two
tlayp of pheasant hunting in that lo-j
cality. They expect to return home
Sunday.
Platters Take
Malvern by a
20 to 0 Score
Iowa Team Turned Back in a Game
Featured by Platters At
tackRough Battle.
The Malvern high school football
team Friday afternoon was defeated
on the local lot by the Fcore of 20
tc 0, in a game that was featured by
much unnecessary roughing on the
part of the visitors as they were en
gulfed in the mire of defeat.
The Planers scored early in the
first quarter of the same when Hirz
received the kiekoff from the visitors
and advanced the ball to midfield,
Am then picked up five yards in
skirting the Malvern ends, then Bob
Hirz again carried the ball around
the end for a first down and the
ball in scoring distance. Ronne
smashed the line of the Iowans and
the ball rested on the one yard line
from which Ronne again hit for the
touchdown. The try of Armstrong
for the extra point was not good. The
score; Plattsmouth G, Malvern 0.
The second tally of the Platters
came In the second period and fol-lo-ded
a hard fought struggle in
which the locals by several brilliant
runs .by Hirz ana smashes by Ronne
brought the ball into the scoring ter
ritory, but intercepted paFses and
fumbles wiped out the chances. The
scoring came when Malvern was
forced to punt and Hirz with beau
tiful interference, made twenty yards
and a pass to Adam added five mere,
then Ronne again smashed the Iowa
line. Malvern intercepted a Platts
mouth pass to gain the ball, but
Runmel, who was having a fi7d day
at pass receiving, snagged an Iowa
pass and the Platters resumed their
march to victory. Adam gained
around end and Ronne, the heavy
artillery of the locals, again bur
rowed through the visitors line.
Groshons replaced Seitz, McClearyL. r'nlnn .i.nnH rnr ri.nmt.nn Ve-
relieved Garnett in the line as the braska near where the Becker fara
Platters again advanced with Ronne y have a farm and where ln,y w!n
carrying the ball for a ten yard gain enJoy the Ehooting today. Sunday
through the line. A pass. Hirz to,SiiCI.Ifr Ed TilJmeani and clerk of the
Am was carried over for the touch- District Court C. E. Ledgway are
uown. itonne smasnea me une iorieavinK for Chapman to spend u short
the. extra point. Score, Plattsmouth
12, Malvern 0. , . . .
The last scoring of the locals oc
curred in the last period after the
Platters had twice menaced the visi
tors goal. In the plays Ruminel was
at the end of several long passes,
carrying the ball far into the Mal
vern territory. A pass to Rummel
opened the way to the march to the
Malvern goal, gaining some twenty
yards. Ronne struck the
visitors
line for a first down. From the ten'iowa city. The locals held the Iowa
yard line of the visitors Ronne again jtcam in excellent ehape until in the
smashed hia way to the two yard third quarter when a sudden aerial
line. Hirz carried the ball over for j attack won them the touchdown. A
the touchdown. Armstrong booted a'pass caught by one of the fleet foot
nice kick for the extra point and led Glenwood backs resulted in a
the Platters total rose to 20- thirty yard dash for the Platters goal
In the dying moments of the game 'and the tou?hdown. The extra point
a long pass to Garnett placed the was made good.
ball inches from the visitors goal.! Edwards for the locals was the
but the whistle came before the next' most consistent groui.d gainer and
play to carry the ball over could be played an excellent game through
made. out. Al! of the team showed well,
The lineup of the teams was as however, and had plenty of fight.
follows. ,
Plattsmouth Malvern
Rummel . LE Benton
Armstrong LT Weeks
Luschinsky LG Deals
Porter : C Beals that John E. Kirkham, who suffered
ZlTllLZZZZRTZZZZZZZfililr amputation of one of his legs
Garnett"-""lRE"im." Benton Wednesday. vu3 doing as well as
Arn ; QB Cozad possible under the circumstances. Mr.
Hirz , RH Ri?in! Kirkham's leg was amputated Just
Adam LH Fazel , , '
Ronne pB Foster above the knee. He has suffered a
Referee, Schneider, Hastings; um- great deal of pain from the ' oper
pire, Wescott. Nebraska; headlines- ation but it is thought that his con
man, Hartford. Ames. dition is a well as could be expected.
;The many friends here are trusting
Don't send your money away If that the operation may result in the
you want to see real prosperity In checking of the infection in the leg
Cass county, f'tsmouth Is the a d that Mr Kirkham may soon be
logical "bis town" shopping point . . , . .
for every resident of the county. "n the shvray to recovery.
City Has No
Title to Its Wat
erf ront in Nebr.
Supreme
Court Enjoin3 Nebraska
City From Levying cn
River Bridge.
The municipality of Nebraska
City was permanently enjoined by a
finding of the Fupreme court entered
Friday from attempting at any time
now and in the future, to levy and
collect taxes on that portion of the
Waubonie bridge across the Mis
souri river which rests upon the old
levee. In doing so the court follow
ed a finding it had made in a former
controversy the city had with the
Burlington, which also has a bridge
at that point.
The city claimed that its eastern
limits were the center of the river,
but the court says not. NebraTa
City was incorporated by an act of
the territorial legislature in 1S55,
and comprised all the territory (TfefcTT
nated by a plat "together with all
future additions. At the same time
Kearney City, which lay between Ne
braska City and the river was in
corporated. Two years later the two
were consolidated.
Nebraska City contended that the
title to tha disputed Etrip was in
cluded in the conveyance to the
mayor of Kearney City by the United
States government and that it after
wards was platted according to law.
The record shows only platting up
to the 160 foot levee upon which rest,
seventy-five feet apart, the two river
j bridges. It was also contended Chat
the city had continuous and adverse
possession of the land for many
years, and that the bridge company
was esfepped to make any claim be
caused it had .asked and received a
.deed" from the city. -The. company
said that this M as done In order to
quiet the title, since both the Lftir
lington and the city claimed owner
ship. HUNTERS TAKE THE FIELD
The opening of the pheasant sea-
con in Nebraska, saw a large num
ber of the lovers of bunting taking
the field against the birds. As this
county does not have a largo number
of pheasants in their borders, it re
maIljed cioped and the hunters must
k fVl- phnotinr elsewhere..
At an early hour this morning
Deputy Sheriff Ray Becker, Fred
Lugrch. Pat Reed and Henry Becker
time in the hunt. Henry Ofe, Jr..
and party of hunters left Friday for
the sandhills where they will pnend
a few days in hunting th j pheasants.
RESERVES DROP GAME
From Friday's Dally
The Plattsmouth Reserves yester
day afternoov. met defeat at the
hands of the Glen wood second string
team, the game being played at the
DOING VERY X7ELL
The reports from the
Clarkson
hospital at Omaha are to the effect