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Nebr. Stale Historical Society Co 1 1 VOL. NO. L PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPT. 13, 1934. HO. G2 James M. Robertson, Noted Masonic Leader, Called to Rest in Omaha Hospital Monday One of the Early Settlers of Nebraska and Long Time Leader in Cass County Political Circles Answers Death Call PRESIDENT NEBR. MASONIC HOME ASSOCIATION Past Grand Commander Knights Templar of Nebraska and Past Grand High Priest Royal Arch Masons of Nebraska Came to State in 1872 This morning at 10:30 at the Methodist hospital at Omaha, occur red the death of one of the men whose life has been identified with the history of Nebraska since the first days of statehood James Mcin tosh Robertson, president of the Ne braska Masonic Home Association and distinguished leader in Nebraska Masonry. Mr. Robertson had been in failing health for the past few years but had not been in serious condition until the last few weeks when It was found necessary to have an operation performed the past week. The patient had rallied nicely from the oper ation and had been doing well until Sunday when he suffered a" relapse and gradually grew worse until death came to his relief. Mr. Robertson was boru in Scot land, August- 4, 1851, spending his boyhood days in the land of his birth. Approaching his twentieth year Mr. Robertson came to America, arriving at Plattsmouth on January 10, 1872, being a resident since that time of the state and for the greater part of the time of Cass county. Mr. Robert son shortly after his arrival here located at Lincoln where he engaged In contracting work. While a resi dent of Lincoln Mr.-Robertson was raised on September 4, 1872 to the Masonic order and had since been one of the active leaders of the order In the state. . After a few years at Lincoln Mr. ; f '- . i. - 1 ' i : i i I :--. : I i ' , ! . ' ) I i i J ; : I! i i '.' ' . i I I I JAMES McINTOSH ROBERTSON (1851-1934) Robertson moved to Louisville where he entered In the sand and gravel business that covered a great many years. Mr. Robertson was always inter ested In the affairs of the county and state and a leader in the repub lican party of Cuss county and in the fall cf 1S95 he was selected aa coun ty clerk of Cass county, serving two term3 in that office and then served as deputy for one term. He was then called to serve a3 clerk of the dis trict court, holding that office until in 1923, a long and distinguished career in the orYice that won him a host of friends by his fine business like administration cf the office. While a loved and honored figure in the life of Cass county and Its people, Mr. Robertson occupied a f t p. t a vi.Ie- place as a leader in the Masonic bodies of the state, receiv ing the highest honors that the order can bestow on their loyal-and faith ful workers. On his coming to Plattsmouth, Mr. Robertson was made a member of Nebraska chapter No. 3. Royal Arch Masons in 189G and in the year 1898 was made a member of Mt. Zion eommandery of th? Knights Templar of this city. He had occupied the various offices of the bodies and served as high priest and commander of the two bodies. In 1916 Mr. Rob ertson received the Scottish Rite de grees at Lincoln. In 1920 Mr. Robertson, who had for several years been a member of the board of control of the Nebraska Masonic Home, was elected as presi dent of the Home and served in that capacity since that time. At the meeting of the grand chap ter of the Royal Arch Masons of Ne braska in 1923, Mr. Robertson was selected as the 54th grand high priest of the order in the state. With the meeting of the grand eommand ery of the Knights Templar of Ne braska in this city in. 1926 he was elected as grand commander; being the fifty-fifth head of the Templars In the state. , In the year 1925 at the session of the grand council of the Royal and Select Masters held at Omaha, Mr. Robertson was named as treasurer and had since held that office. While a resident of Louisville Mr, Robertson was married to Miss Mary Hasemeier, December 22, 1881, the marriage being performed by Dr. J. T. Eaird, pastor of the First Pres byterian church of Plattsmouth. The widow and four children survive the ps.ssing of this splendid citizen and kind and loving friend, the children being William A. Robertson, Mrs. Blanche Gamer, Miss Jessie M. Rob ertson and Mrs. Marie Westover of this city. There also remains six grandchildren, Mrs. Vestetta Gray: j.mes M. Robertson, II, Rachel and William Robertson, Jr., Janet and Ruth Westover. Clifford Jorgensen of Lincoln, Is here to enjoy a short visit at the home of his sister, Mrs. R. Foster Patterson arid family. BIRTH OF LITTLE SON Mr. and Mrs. Jame3 Alexen of near Cedar Creek, report the birth of a son Sunday, September 2, to their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Tinus Eoniberg, of Platts mouth. This is their first grandchild. The happy parents are receiving the con gratulations of their many friends. Mrs. Romberg was formerly Miss Mathilda Alexen of near Louisville. Mr. Bomberg is a nephew of John II. Hallstrom of this city and the many friends here will join in their best wishes to the little one. 'Days of Forty Nine' Parade Held Saturday Night BREX Employes Stage Historic Pag eant That Is Unexcelled for Impressiveness. The "Days of Forty-ine" parade, the contribution of the employes of the BREX shops to the fall festival, proved one of the most impressive and interesting that has been given in any of the fall festivals that have been held in the past. The pageant was arranged In a manner that carried out each phase of the advance of the American race west across the continent when the, first reports of gold strikes in Call-! fornia sent the flood of hardy pio-'the neers across the plains to the west to have a part. The Indians who resented the in vasion of their chosen lands was portrayed by a group of the shop men in realistic manner and. who' also in the course of the' parade dem onstrated the scalping of the invad ing whites. Soldiers to protect the settlers were also in the parade, but the large sec tion was that devoted to the settlers In all manner of garb, many carry ing with them their effects in wheel barrows or packs while others more fortunate were provided with pack horses. The life of the golden west was shown by two well planned and ar ranged floats, one showing the old wide open saloon and gambling house that flourished along the gold country and in attire of the pioneer days the players carried on their games as the float moved along the line of march. j The old time dance hall of the pioneer settlements was shown' by a float and which attracted much at tention as the shopmen in costume of men' and women of the days of forty-nine enacted the measures of the dance. The coming of the religious spirit to the west was represented by the circuit rider with his tall and digni fied "plug" hat, this being a very lifelike representation of the men that risked their lives to bring the gospel to the west. The staging of the parade required much time and effort and the mem bers of the shop force and their chair men, Harry White and E. O. Vro man, deserve real praise for the mag nificent offering they have made to the success of the Korn Karnival. The men have had the co-operation and assistance of Mr. Jeager, shop superintendent, who can feel well pleaded with the clever way that the historic pageant was carried out. ' The various sections of the his toric drama was announced by K. Foster Patterson from the platform at Fifth and Main streets as the great parade moved down the street. OLD SETTLER'S DAY The committee in charge of Old Settler's day, celebrating the the 46th annual reunion, have prepared letters of invitation that can be se cured by anyone that may wish to invite the former residents of Cass county to be here for the meeting. The Old Settlers will be held here on Friday, September 21st, a fine program being arranged for the day and which will offer many fine fea tures for the old timers. These Invitation letters can be se cured at the Plattsmouth Journal, the Farmers State and Plattsmouth State banks and the C. E. Wescott's Sons store. Call and secure the let ters you may wish and invite the old friends here for this great annual reunion. Light and Green Football Squad to Start Season! With Only Two Lsitsr Men Back, Coach Rother Faces Problem cf Euilding Up Team. With a light and inexperienced squad bcasthig but two letter veter ans, it looks like a lean year for Coach Rothcrt's Plattsmouth high school football team. The 1933 team was completely broken up by grad uation, leaving only the two co-cap tains, Wm. Crouch and Howard Hirzi with experience. Howtvcr, thtre are some rays of hope due to the fr.c that the crop of newcomers is rather.; largo and they may snap cut of it before the season Is cpsii. Anyone watching the squad of 40 in their workouts will bo impressed by the small size of the players, giants of the type of Poiter and Armstrong are missing and will be sorely need ed. So Coach Rothert is laced with the necessity of building a new team which takes time, experience Liid material. The season cper.s with ti.e ttrong Glenwood team whica i.- r:poit d to have one of the heaviest tenuis in western Iowa this yer.r, ca Sl;;1.ci.:- j ber 28. This game w ill be played at J Glenwood. An event which always i adds interest to the 'football season''! is the annual football diive i.i wiiicuj four high school classes compete with each other in selling football j the official contest rounds, but con tickets. Last year the Senior, class tcstants may play one round one day barely nosed out the Sophomores, the present Juniors, so that the class of 1936 are already boasting that they will win this " year." Further an- nouncement about the price of tick ets will be made in the near future. After looking over the football squad, Coach Rothert began to think of a possible lineup and. this is the result: Centers, Carr and Vallery; Guards, Bowman, Minor, Newton and Hatt; Tackles, Crouch, Arnold, Eg, ling and Stodola; Ends, E. Taylor, Wall, Richter, Taplett, . Taylor and Hennings; Backs, Carey, Case, Cotner. Hirz. Mrc.sck. Seltz. and Woster. A team from thi3 tentative lineup would not average over 1S5 pounds. But despite lack of -Aveight and experience, the Plattsmouth team will go on the field at Glenwood, well drilled in the fundamentals and with the fighting spirit that some times 'topples bigger and better rivals: On swallow docs not make a spring, neither docs one season make a football team but the 1934 P. H. S. team will be in there fighting every game and the end of the year will find only a half dozen of the whole squad lost by graduation. The complete roster of the squad Is as follows: Crouch, Hirz, Arnold, Bowman, Minor, Carr, R. Vallery.. E. Taylor, Hatt, Carey, Case, Cotner, Mrasek. Woster, Seitz, Nelson, New ton, Stodola, Taplett, G. Taylor, N. Hennings, R. Hennings,- Rishcl, Long, Keil, A. Johnson, McCarty, Stewart, Wiles, Richter, John Gayer, Lancaster, Winters, Minnicar, Rice, Miller, Lepert, Wall, Eggllng. . ENJOY A FAMILY REUNION The country home of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Roddy, near Union, was the scene of a very delightful family gathering on Sunday, when for the first time in ten years all of the members of the family were togeth er. The children and members of their families came from many widely separated points to renew the bonds of kinship in the delightful event. The dinner wras served at the noon hour and was one that brought forth a great array of the dainty articles that enters into a fine Cass county meal. Following the dinner the members of the party had pictures taken and a general good time in visiting with each other until the time for depar ture for home arrived. Those present were Robert Roddy, Omaha; Mrs. C. L. Dixon, Blair; Hu bert Roddy, Denver; Herbert, Frank and William Roddy, Union; Mrs. Carl Wessel, Nehawka. Cee the goods you buy. Catalog descriptions are flowery enough, but how about the goods when you get them? ARREST LINCOLN PARTIES Saturday afternoon near Green wood, Clyde McGuire and C. M. Hage- man, both of Lincoln, were arrested St; with intoxication. They Sheriff Homer Sylves ter and brought to this city where they were held pending the filing of charges against them. This morning McGuire was charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and on his plea cf guilty was given a sentence of thirty days in the county jail and his drivers li cense revoked for a year. Ilagoman was charged with being intoxicated and on his plea of guilty was fined $10 and costs. eti Prize Contests Announced for Local Golfers Blind Bogey, Putting and Flag Com petition with Eleven Prizes ITo Entry Fee Required An event of especial interest to members of the Plattsmouth Golf club .'s ec'ieduled fcr tiiis coming Friday, Saturday and Sunday, in the nature ! i a combined flag, putting and blind I , iK-gc-y contest, with eleven prizes for the various winners. The contest is e; on to all members with no regis iticn fee required. The first two rounds played dur- i ing the three days will be counted as ar.d the second another day, if they so desire. The blind bogey contest, with which local golfers are quite familiar, through its having been promoted here last year, will include a sealed number between 65 and 71. Con testants select their own handicap be fore they start lh first round. .Deduct handicap from the total number of strokes and record score. If the re sult is within this range of numbers, they are eligible to win the prize. At the close of the contest, the sealed number will be revealed and one hav ing that number wins the blind bogey prize. In case of tie, a putting con test will determine the ultimate win ner. Another prize contest is that for lowest total number of putts in eigh teen holes of play. Contestants will I keep track of their putts and turn in the number. A new feature this year is the flag contest with separate prizes for each of the nine holes. The winners will be those registering closest to the cup in a given, number of strokes. On the second and sixth holes the lay of the ball after the first or driving stroke will govern. On the first, fifth, eighth i and ninth holes, two shots are allow ed before measuring distance from the cup, and on the third, fourth and seventh holes, three shots. The flag contest is worked In this manner: The first contestant plants a flag where the ball lies after the permitted number of shots at each hole, with a tag attached bearing his name. Succeeding golfers who come closer to the cup with like number of shots, move the flag to the place their ball comes to rest, replacing thereon a tag bearing their name. At the close cf the contest the names on the nine flag3 will be declared prize win ners for the respective holes. As stated above, the first two rounds played by any golfer, begin ning Friday morning, Sept. ,14th, will be the official contest rounds. One round may be played Friday and the other Saturday or Sunday, but there must be no unofficial play between the two official rounds. .The eleven prize awards, coupled with a no-registration fee, should re sult in the enrollment of every mem ber of the club in this year's contest. The prizes will be awarded Sunday evening at the close of contest play. SECURES NEW BARBER The E. G. Shellenbarger barber shop, which has been operated as a one-chair shop for some time, has se cured Don Cramer, an experienced tcnsorialist, who will hold down the second chair; beginning today. The shop was purchased several months ago by Mr. Shellenbarger In the closing up of the estate of Doug las McCrary, after he had operated it for a time for the estate. Corn Production Lowest in Many Years in State Yield Estimated at 29.936,000 asj Against 234,692,000 for 1933 Other Crops Suffer. The report of the state and federal department on the crop yield of the state points to one of the lowest years in the history of the state with the corn crop as the greatest sufferer. Oats and barley are near failures with yields of 5 and 6 bushels re spectively. Alfalfa, forage crops and pastures have shown some improve ment. Rain has helped the prepar ation of land for winter wheat and rye. The forecast for corn production is 29,930,000 bushels as compared with 234,098,000 bushels last year and the 5-year average of 230,002,000 bushels. Corn for grain will be lim ited to low spots in fields and fields protected from winds in northeastern Nebraska, irrigated corn in the Platte Valley, a very limited acreage in the sandhills and a few counties in western Nebraska which have poor to fair yields. The estimate of corn yield is 3.5 bushels per acre. This yield involves the grain equivalent of all corn such as grain in fodder, sil age, hogged off, etc. The injury from drought and high winds is so severe that fully a fourth of the corn will not yield more than one to two tenths tons of forage per acre and it is doubtful if the average forage yield on half of the acreage will ex ceed one third of a ton per acre. Oats are not meeting previous ex pectations. ' The September estimate is 5 bushels per acre and the pro duction 7,235,000 bushels as com pared with 23,373,000 last year and 74,190,000 in 1932. An unusually large percentage of the oats was pas tured and some was cut for hay while much was left entirely unhar-vested.- Barlev with a yield of 6 bushels per acre will produce only 2,400,000 bushels as compared with 8,390,000 . bushels in 1933 and 18, 300,000 bushels in 1932. A vast amount of the acreage was not har vested for grain. The yield of spring wheat is estimated at 4 bushels per acre and the production i,ub,uuw bushels as compared with 3,312,000 bushels in 1933. The acreage altho smaller than in 1933 is larger than the acreage during recent years. The average yield of rye is estimated at 3.5 bushels r.nd the production 59S, 000 bushels as compared with 1,712, 000 bushels in 1933 and 2,S30,000 bushels in 1932. The average, yield of potatoes' is estimated at 40 bushels per acre and the production 5,760,000 bushels as compared with 8,025,000 bushels in 1933. The acreage of potatoes Is considerably larger this year than last but the farm crop is generally a failure. The irrigated potatoes in the Kearney district will yield about 200 bushels per acre. A considerable proportion of the late commercial acreage in western Nebraska may yet make a partial crop. The yield of sugar beets is estimated at 10.7 tons per acre. A considerable portion of the acreage had been abandoned. The production is forecast at C53.000 tons as compared with 1,068,000 tons last year. The production of all hay is ex tremely light. Alfalfa production is forecast at 1,326,000 tons as com pared with 2,169,000 tons in 1933. The production of all tame hay is estimated at 1,781,000 tons as com pared with 2,858,000 tons last year. A large acreage of small grain was cut for hay but the yield was ex tremely poor. The shortage of hay and forage is extremely serious. Rus sian thistle and other weeds have been cut for hay. Late rains have brought some improvement to the hay and feed situation. The last cut-; ting of alfalfa is expected to produce a considerable tonnage and sorghums and other late feed crops were im proved. The production of wild hay is estimated at 924,000 tons as com pared with 1,760,000 in 1933 and 2,291.000 in 1932. The condition of pasture is 22. With the exception of the sandhill area most of the pas ture in the state was either extreme ly poor or completely worthless until recent rains were received. Phone the news to Tlo. 6. MARRIAGE BUSINESS BRISK Saturday evening Judge A. II. Dux bury was a busy man at his heme, on Pearl street making others hany via the marriage route. A double wedding of two Omaha parties occurred, they bting Frank s Feltheim and Mu:s (V eiia . Netzel and Mr. Key P. Netzt I and Miss Manie A. Fie tin i:n, t!:ey serving as witnesses for each oth-r. This is the third wedding in the l'i il'n ir:i family to be performed by JiiJg-.' Duxbury. Miss Alice Winifred Byxbe and Mr. Raymond C. Rigs, also of Omaha, were married at the Duxbury iio;m-, their witnesses bfing Yale ('. East and Margaret E. East of Omaha. High School Classes Hold Their Election All Four of School Groups Select Officers and Sponsors for the Year's Woik. The annual election of cla:;s of ficers and sponsors was held by tho classes at the high school M unlay and Tuesday. All of these offices in volve considerable responsibility in the conduct of the student activities for it has been the policy of the school for a long time to allow the student as much participation v.-.i pos sible in the direction of activties in which he plays a prominent part. This does not mean student govern ment in the sense that the students determine policies but that in tl'.eir programs and social functions, they shall have a large pait in plu'ining '.and carrying these activltit:; out. This develops a splendid sense of re sponsibility among the students and gives them some line experience which will be valuable to them in later life. One organization, the Student Council, which has direct supervision of the convocation programs, remains to be organized. In the meantime, the first convocation will be hrld on the morning of Tuesday, September 25 when the formal opening of the annual football drive will be held. A committee of the Senior clasi will be in charge of this program. The officers and sponsors chosen are as follows: Senior President Lois Giles Vice-President Herbert Minor, Fred Frlc-ke Treasurer Carl Hula Sponsor Miss Ueighley Junior President Joe Il'-ndrix Vice-President Rose Mary t'l&idt Treasurer Betty liulin Sponsor Mr. Alvord, Mr. Iteeacr Sophomore President Earl Taylor Vice-President Alice Hirz Treasurer Iiobt. Vallery Sponsor Mr. Grin in Freshman President Dick Hall Vice-President Raymond Wo:-tcr Treasurer Shirley Sievers Sponsor Miss Horuung ENROLLMENT 343 With the largest oniolln.cnt In the history cf Plattsmouth IiigU school, the figures tod.iy fIiov. that there are 343 students jiUi i l:n;; classes. Three years ago,t ht num ber was 248. A high school e f 100 i.-. not unlikely in two or three years. The figures for each class are s fol lows: Seniors f Juniors (.9 Sophomores ICS Freshmen 111 i More records fell in the V.m two classes, each being the largest in the history of the school and in addition if the enrollment in the class of 1930 continues, it will probably be the largest clas3 ever to receive diplomas from P. II. S. Large classes that in some cases are crowded and the prts ence of such a large group did not delay the efficient beginnirg of classes r.nd all were in their class rooms at 9:25 on opening day and now the school is running in mid semester form. A Texan, regaining hia f.:ght af ter sixteen years, says the things women wear are "something awful." Having missed the Empress Eugenie hat, he can't appreciate his luck.