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t VOL. NO. TT.TT PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1933. NO. 10 KeV. State Historical Society County Assess ors Not Abolished by Legislature Bill Passed by Both Houses cf State Legislature Still Leave It to tie Comity Voters. Passage by the senate "Wednesday of H. R. 58 has given the impression that the legislature, as a stroke of economy, has abolished the office of county assessor, but scrutiny of the bill shows that practically the only change in the present law which al- ready provides for abolishing assess ors by a vote of J the electors of a county is a new provision that when the people do abolish the office, the duties which devolve upen the coun ty clerk under the present law, shall be performed by the clerk without compensation. The bill strikes from the present law a provision which allows the county clerk such allowance as the county board may deem reasonable, "until otherwise ordered by the vot ers at a new election held under the seme requirements as heretofore." "If the bill is signed by tho gov ernor there will be provision in the law specifically stating that the county clerk shall receive no remu neration for acting as assessor. The law remaining provides as heretofore that upon petition of not lass than 10 percent of tho voters of a county an election may be call ed to submit the question at a gen eral election, and if a majority shall be against election of a county as sossor, then the office shall cease. The term of office is four years. An amendment attached in the house strikes from the present law the provision that assessors shall not be eligible to more than one term, in office. The bill now goes to the gov ernor. ' ' ----- The following thirty-five counties now have no assessor: Antelope, Ar thur, Banner, Blaine, Brown, Buffalo, Dawes, Fillmore, Franklin, Furnas, Gage, Gosper, Harlan, Hayes, Hitch cock, Hooker, Johnson, Kearney, Keya Paha, Knox, Lincoln, Logan, McPherson, Nuckolls, Otoe, Pawnee, Polk, Red "Willow, Richardson, Saline, Thomas, "Wheeler, York. ADDS TO FORCE The Pease Style Shop in this city, one of the large ladies ready to wear establishments in this part of the state,-lias added to the force cf as sistants at the shop. Miss Ruth Ferrie has been secured to act as clerk and also attend to the alter ing department of the store. The store provides for every possible ad vantage and aid to their patron3 and the addition of the new clerk will add to the facilities of the style shop Retailers to Sponsor Essay Contest Here Punils of Public and Parochial "Schools Eligible to Compete in Forthcoming Contest. CHILD GOES TO HOSPITAL John, little son of Mr. and Mrs. John Sanders, was taken to the St. Catherine's hospital at Omaha on Wednesday for treatment. The lit tle one had an operation for the re moval of his tonsils a week ago and was apparently doing nicely, but a sudden cold or infection in the throat brought on a fever, causing a great deal cf worry. It was decided that it would be best to have him taken to the hospital for treatment and it is hoped that he may soon recover. NE"C7 CITIZEN ARRIVES From Thursday Dally Last evening at the St. Catherine's borpilal at Omaha a fine ten and a half pound son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Hillard Grassman, the little ir.an with the mother doing nicely. The occasion has brought a great deal of pleasure to the family circle and especially to the brother and sister who now have a new playmate. The young man has been christen ed Donald Hillard. SUFFERS FROM EYE TROUBLE George J. Jeager, superintendent cf the BREX hop3, was in Omaha on Wednesday where he was consult ing a specialist. Mr. Jeager has had come trouble with his eyes in the past week and the condition has been euch that it was thought best to have the eyea cared for by a specialist. It is hoped thatthe condition can speedily be cleared up and the superintendent relieved of the annoyance. ARRIVAL OF LITTLE SOU Mr. and Mrs. Wr. H. Coffelt. resid ing five miles west of this city, are rejoicing in a fine little son that has come to their home to reside. The lit tle one was born on Sunday, Febru 19th. tipping the scales at six and a balf pounds on its arrival. All ; are doing nicely and the occasion has brought a great deal of pleasure to all of the family circle. From Thursday's Daily The committee of the retail section of the Chamber of Commerce which has had charge of the planning of an essay contest, last evening decided on the particulars of the contest. The contest is for an essay on "Why Should I Trade in the Town in Which I Live," and the essays are not to be more than 500 words. The contest will be divided into four divisions, the first, pupils of the 4th, 5th and 6th grades; the second, 7th and 8th grades; the third, 9th and 10th grades and the fourth, the 11th and 12th -grades. It is proposed that the children of all of the schools, both the public and the parochial schools bo eligible and should prepare their essays and. turn over same to the committee of the retail section and who will have them placed in the hands of the Judges who will be announced later. The contest will open on March 15th and will continue to March. 22nd why they should trade at home. There will be suitable prizes and which will be given on the findings of the judges of the contest. MORE BARTER IN NEBRASKA New evidence of barter in Ne braska were discovered by Mrs. Clara Clayton, state child welfare director, In preparing data requested for sub mission to a congressional committee on poor relief. "In one town of 1,100 inhabitants," she said, "merchants had accepted corn In exchange for groceries and rent, with the result that about 40,- 000 bushels of corn wa3 stored on vacant lots to be disposed of later. "One county reported that citizens were paying taxe3 with wood, and in two counties merchants were permit ting payment of old bills in corn. valued at 50 percent above the mar ket price. "Potatoes and hogs were ex changed for fuel in a few counties and old obligations settled by giving livestock in exchange. Hospital and doctor bills have been paid in pro duce in many communities." Despite exceptional incidents, Mrs. Clayton said that in general there is no Indication in Nebraska of any ex tended program of exchange. Such methods always have been used more or less in this state. Local Stores Combine Effort in Unique Sale Fctzcr Sh.ce Co., end the Ladies Tog gery Join in a Customers Benefit Sale. Sale Etart3 Saturday, March 4th and end3 March 25th. The Fetzer Shoe Co., a pioneer store of the town was established in 1S96, has a very commendable record in Plattsmouth and is now the only exclusive shoe store. Mr. Coos, the manager, has been connected with the store during all these years and every acquain tance is a friend. Tho Ladie3 Tog gery, while not having the long oper ating term of years to Its credit, is today one of bur most popular stores and is pointed to with pride by all the ladies that have longing for dis tinctive, dressy apparel. Mr. Busch, the manager, wears a permanent smile for everyone. The two stores are featuing this campaign as a United Customers Benefit sale and in connection with it are giving away $100.00 in cash. There will be two prizes, ?50.00 will be given to some church or organ ization in Plattsmouth and $50.00 to some church or organization from out of town receiving the most votes in the friendly free voting community game. This is a copyrighted plan and has been used in many larger towns in Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska and in every instance' it has been received with enthusiasm. Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Brooks ol Wichita, Kansas, are the managers of the campaign and their pleasing per sonalities will insure the success of the event in Plattsmouth. The plan is not primarily for immediate big business but for the purpose of gain ingnew friends and. ' building- good r f T. ' 'v ff 5 vWfcvKVfr.W mam u. X f ? V N ' -f ? $K& - - -Jl-i'f- J tsj:f sr1 4-j-1 NX iCyu rV ; ; - - HAS ARM TREATED Miss Leona Hudson v.as taken to Omaha Friday where tho Lad her arm, injured some time ago, treated. Miss Hudson, who is attending toe Peru state teachers' college, fell re cently and suffered the displacement of her left arm. The arm has not progressed as it should and it has been found difficult to keep the mem ber in place. The arm was X-raycU and dressed and it is thought that the healing will now ccntiitue iaiu ly. Prepare Acre age for Produce for Packing Plant T. H. Follock Will Have 160 Acres Planted to Crops Suitable for Use of Packing Plant. Platters Close Season without Single Defeat Win from Wahoo Last Evening by Score of 36 to 24 in Hard Fcuglit Struggle La j at Half. A RECENT PORTRAIT OF OUR NEW PRESIDENT and those -naur expecting to takeXjf j all ime'to "come. Plans are part should get busy at once on the reasons that they expect to present Death of Mrs. Morgan Wayhright on Wect Coast BYBL KTRK DIES IN PBISOK GIVE FRIENDS SITEPEISE Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ulnch were given a very pleasant surprise on Tuesday evening at their farm home west of Mynard, the friends gather ing to welcome them to the new home. The affair was arranged by the neighbors of the young married couple and who came prepared to spend the evening in a most delight ful manner. The time was spent in cards and other social features that made the evening pass mo3t pleas antly. At a late hour the neighbors and friends returned to their homes after the pleasant housewarming. COMPLETE NEW APPROACH "William Kief, local contractor, has completed the new approach to the first floor of the city hall, U3ed for the fire department. The new ap proach, will make it much, better for getting the fire fighting quipment to and from the building than has been possible heretofore. ' now being made by the churches of Time Jtesident of TMs City me iuu iu Bti. an eurijr tiuri i a. me Passe to last Reward at Tms? voting contest ana a 101 ot spimea BaclL California. inenaiy rivalry win do arousea. aiany novel entertaining stunts in the vot- Mrs. Elizabeth Waybright, 85, a ine contest will furnish a lot of fun resident of Plattsmouth for a half for all. century, died on Tuesday at the f am Ily home at 1142 West 24th street. Long Beach, Casifornia. Mrs. Waybright Tiad not been in Rvri Kirr nf rvna-h? ut,n rni ue Dest or neaitn in me last . iew ' " V, . . nine years in the Nebraska peni- years and sin,e the death of the hus- tentiary in connection with the mur- oana, laorgan ayongnt, lour years der of an Omaha police detective. aS has been gradually failing. iPd in tt-.A TpnitPTitiaM- ut Pnrt Elizabeth Bran trier wa3 a native j - lson, la., the warden there revealed. or ine slale or Virginia, wnere sne The body ha3 been sent to Omaha, BPent her Elrlbood days and where where Kirk has relatives, for funeral sbe was married at the close of the and burial civil war to .Morgan wayDrignt, tnen Kirk was released from the Ne- a young soldier of the southern army braska penitentiary on Jan. 12. 1928, tte close of tne war Mr. anu when the board of pardons granted a Mrs- waybright as wen as many oi commutation of his twenty year sen- the neighbors of that part of ir- tence. His release came after a nine Sinia came est to Nebraska to es- vear fieht in which he maintained tablish their home. The parents of that he was innocent of any connec- Mrs- Waybright, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel tion with the detective's murder. Brantncr also came west and located Kirk was released once by Acting in this city where they resided until Governor Bushee, but the order was their death. revoked later. He sought release by Mr- WTaybright was engaged m habeas corpus proceedings in 1924 farming near here and in business but it was denied and the supreme court affirmed the ruling of the low er court. HAVE PLEASANT IfiEETING The ladies aid society of the Meth odist church met Thursday afternoon at the church parlors where a very delightful program was enjoyed fol lowing the business session of the so ciety. The ladies were favored with rov- eral numbers by the boys' high school cemetery at ns Beacn quartet and the girls' sextette, both organizations furnishing a fine pro gram of song, Miss Cora Williams, here for a great many years, retiring later and some twenty years ago re moving to California where they have since resided. Mr3. Waybright is survived by a daughter. Mrs. Allen J. Beeson of Long Eeach, California and a num ber of nieces and nephews. The funeral serfce3 were held at the Ivy Overholtzer funeral chapel at Long Beach, the Rev. Ronald of the Methodist church officiating. The interment was at the Forest Lawn State Wide Bank Holiday . Proclaimed Notification by Wire Sent to All Banks for a Three Day Eouday Effective at Once. From Saturday's Dally This morning Governor Charles W. Bryan declared a three day holi day for the banks of the state, the notification of the holiday being sent to each bank by wire. The holiday came a3 a surprise to local bankers as the banks were open as usual and engaged in the trans action of the usually large Saturday business when the message came from the office of the governor. The action will cause a great deal of inconvenience to many of the business houses who were unaware of the action decided on by the gov- With the plans cf the Norfolk Packing Co., to enlarge the output of their plant here by the addition of several lines of vegetables to be canned, there is need for a greater acreage that will be devoted to vege tables in the community. T. H. Pollock, who own3 several farms in this section, has contracted to turn 160 acres of his farm east of this city cn the Missouri river bot toms into a vegetable acreage to as sist in providing a part of the needed crops for the packing plant. The vegetables that will be needed for canning use by the plant will be string beans, peas, beets, spinach, cabbage, pumpkins and sweet corn and these will be planted on the Pol lock farm to help supply material for the new Plattsmouth industry. Mr. Pollock . has also Eecured a family from the western part of the Etate experienced in handling crops of. this nature who -will assist in the -4-carto.XJid-xuLUv.': iictr. tjcercrtrs nni will reside on, the farm in the home near the pumping station while Mr. Oliver will remain at the farm resi dence Just east of the Eurlington sta tion. There will be a demand for a very large acreage for the vegetables and the company is anxious that as large a number of farmers as possible join In the raising of vegetables so that the plant can be kept under steady operation in the summer. ThLs should give the opportunity for the farmer vnne.' or owner cf small acreages the op- j rtummel, f portunity of raising a crop that would bring better returns than the grain crops which have been at a low figure for the past two years. DECORATES STORE INTERIOR MISS JONES ILL Miss Olive Jones, librarian of the their instructor, being the accom- city library, is ill at her apartments panist. at tho Vol Rnrkle home, suffering During the afternoon refreshments from a Eevere cold and flu. Mi3s wero served by $,he hostess, Mrs. Jones has been unable to carry on Adelade Boynton, president of the her work this week and the task has society. been cared for hv Miss Verna Leon ard, assistant librarian. Miss Jones' HAS TONSILS REMOVED absence has been felt by the many patrons of the library who have for Miss Dorothy Farmer departed so many yeara been U3ed to her pres- Thursday for Omaha where she was ence, and while Miss Leonard in her operated on for the removal of her efficient manner is handling the tonsils, which have for some time, transfer of the books, the public has been giving her a great deal of an- missed very much Miss Jones. noyance. The patient was operated Miss -Jones has the honor of be- on at the Methodist hospital and ing the oldest librarian in point of came through the ordeal in fine shape and is now doing nicely. It is ex pected that she will return home Saturday or Sunday. continuous years of service of any librarian in the United States and her long and- faithful service here has covered more than forty years. ernor and had net prepared to care for their needs in change for the Tlie H. M. Soennicfcsen Co. store business of the three days, but many presents a very attractive appearance were able to secure relief from the banks at least for the Saturday busi ness rush. The action of Governor Bryan fol lows that carried out in several cf the other states and which was de cided on at a conference of the na tional banking officials held in the east' as a move in some thirty-five of the states to give this holiday to the banking interests, especially in the large centers. HOLDING QUILT SHOW The H. M. Soennichsen Co. is stag ing at this time a quilt show at their large department store, an event that is a real treat to the eye, bringing here one of the largest collections of this kind that has ever been shewn in Cass county. The quilts are in many designs, all of the best of the art of the quiltmaker and divided into four groups, applique, pieced, embroidered and antique quilts. There are many of the quilts that are heiriooms ana nanueu aown through several generations and whose value cannot be estimated in dollars and cents. In others can be seen the painstaking care of the seamstress in the preparation of the quilts and the piecing and artistic designs. It is a real treat to visit the store and look over this wonderful col lection as already there are fifty eight in place and fully 100 are ex pected by the close of the week. To protect the wonderful collec tion the firm has taken out several thousand dollars additional insurance against theft or fire loss. From Saturday's Dally The Plattsmouth high school bas ketball team last evening clorrd their schedule for tho year 1332-23 without a defeat, a record that will long Ftand in the annals cf the dix it tic department of the school as an outstanding record and one that fu ture teams can only hope to tie. Lest year the team, a part of whom are members of the pmsent year s ?u.n tet. suffered but one defeat. The Platters found one cf their hardest opponents last night in the Wahoo team and while Wahoo was turned back ZG to 24. the Saunder3 county champs had the Platters trail ing 14 to 13 at the half. The game opened with the Wahoo team giving the locals plenty c' trou ble as the height of their players handicapped the Plattsmouth quintet not a little and enabled the Wahoo men to tip In several baskets de?pi.e the efforts of the local guards, Kell grcen and Beggerstaff led the Wa hoo scoring throughout the game while Rummel and Porter were the boys that made tho larger share of the baskets for the locals. In the opening half Rummel con nected for three baskets, McCleary and Hirz one each, Ronne with a free counter and Rummel with two com pleted th3 scoring for a total of thirteen. The Plattsmouth team played a brilliant offensive in the third period cf the game when heartened by the appearance of Am back in the game, they ran th,elr score from thirteen, to tv-esljr-Epyen... Porter was a bright and chining star In the last half as he amassed five field goals, Rummel fcur, Arn one, McCleary ore and a free toss. Wahoo wa3 held score less in the third period. With the Platters in a safe lead they did not falter but swept on to add to their scoring in the last period, nine points being added while Wahoo made ten. The box score: Plattsmouth TG FT 0 1 1 0 7 2 5 0 2 1 1 0 Porter, c McCleary, g Hirz, g TF 1 0 0 1 3 TP 1 o 1G 10 VTalioo W. Johnson, f Kellgreen. f Beggerstaff, c A. Johnson, g Gustafson, g 1 16 4 7 3G FG FT PF TP .0 2 0 2 .5 1 1 11 .3 2 2 8 .0 0 3 0 .1113 9 C 7 24 as the result of the general redecor ating of the rooms occupied by the dry goods and the men'o and shoe de partments cf the store. The interior has been repainted and is now spic and Epan for the opening of the spring season. The work ha3 been looked after by F. R. Gobclman and force of workmen. The new paint of light cream shade sets off the stocks nicely and espec ially at this time when the auilt .: r ? m t t r Y -n show is filling the store with the1tieeuuuuiuu,cw,'ll',,4l,-''u- "iU" of tn:s city ar, the president and Carl MERCHANTS ELECT OFFICERS The United Merchants Association, comprising merchants in the stctes of Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Mis souri, have just closed their meet ing at Omaha. The association at their annual bright colored and varied quilts. A FALSE REPORT There is a rumor going over the country saying that on Friday night, Oct. 21, 1932, a car was seen driving out of Herman Leutchen's west drive way. That night Mr. LeutchCns had chickens stolen from his farm and the report is out I am the one who has taken them. I want it understood that this is a false report, as I can prove where I was that night at the same time thi3 car was seen going out of the Leutchens driveway. And I wish hereafter everyone would please tend to their own affairs. HENRY FORNOFF. FARMERS GETTING DUST Spring work Is commencing to start on the farms In this locality, the fields being cleared for the rpring plowing and all activities of the farming season opening up. A great many are moving this year over the county to new locations, and the farm sales have been numerous as the farmers close out or sell out to ceek other locations. I jit Panzer of Ashland v.3 the secretary treasurer. The association comprises variety store owners in the various states and in one cf the large buying groups in this section of the west. Mr. ICnorr has been tho president the past year and his administration cf the office v.as so pleasing that the members insisted that he accept tho office for another year and assist in carrying cn the program in the com ing year when Indication in the busi ness world aro for a much mors suc cessful season in all lines of business. CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY From Saturday's Dally Last evening John Sattlcr, Jr., was given a very pleasant surprise by a large grcup of his friends, the oc casion being the birthday anniversary of Mr. Sattler. The members of the party enjoyed the evening in a gen eral social good time and at a suit able hour a delicious luncheon was served that aided in the completion of an unusually pleasant evening. Phone tho news to No. 6.