VOL. NO. II
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, KONDAY, JULY 29, 1935.
NO. 51
Production Credit
Group Holds Meet
inn at Lincoln
Everett Spangler of Murray, Direc
tor of South Omaha Produc
tion Credit Association.
Mr. Everett Spangler, of Murray,
Nebraska, a director of the South
Omaha Production Credit asociaticu,
has returned from Lincoln, Neb.,
where he attended a group meeting
of Production Credit association
board of directors, it was announced
by Mr. George J. Thomas, secretary
treasurer of the South Omaha PCA.
Making ready for fall business,
directors of the Norfolk, Columbus,
Grand Island, Hastings, South Om
aha, Beatrice and Lincoln farm loan
agencies met at Lincoln for an all
day conference attended by repre
sentatives of the Farm Credit Ad
ministration of Omaha.
E. R. Heoton, president of the
Production Credit Corporation of
Omaha, told the farmer-directors he
is well pleased with the initiative
they have shown in operating Produc
tion Credit associations in this area.
Lending activities of the local short
term farm credit units have been car
ried on with the least possible ex
pense and the greatest possible ser
Tlce to borrowers, he soid.
Present at the meeting, in addi
tion to directors and secretary-treasurers
of the seven Nebraska associa-j
tions. were Fay C. Hill of Gordon
Neb., PCA representative on the Om
aha Farm Credit administration's
board of directors, V. D. Basart, sec
retary of the Production Credit Cor
poration of Omaha, and E. R. Ray
mond, field representative of the Om
aha and St. Paul PCC's.
CHEVIES DEFEAT LOUISVILLE
From Tnursday's Daily
The Chevrolet kittenball team last
evening were the winners over the
Bickford team of Louisville by the
scoreof 5 to 4. The locals secured
seven hits off Bickford, visiting
hurler and these included a circuit
drive by Dr. Ryan. The locals were
held scoreless after the second in
ning. The box score of the game:
Chevie
AB U II PO A E
Ryan, rs 2 112 10
Rod. 2b 3 113 0 0
Schliscke, ss 3 1116 0
McCarthy, lb 3 0 010 0 0
C. Smith, c 3 0 1 2 0 0
W. Smith. Sb 3 0 0 2 2 0
Simpson, cf 3 0 0 1 0 1
Dew. rf 3 1 2 0 0 0
Lohnes, If 2 110 0 0
McClanahan. p. 200011
27 5 7 21 10 2
Louisville
jb rt h ro a k
Merriam, 2b 3 0 0 2 1 0
Knutson. rf 4 0 1 0 0 0
Koop. c 4 0 0 4 0 0
C. Sundstrom, 3b 3 1 1 0 3 1
Inman, lb 2 0 0 6 0 0
H. Sundstrom, ss 3 0 1 0 3 0
Pankonin, If 3 0 0 1 0 0
Johnson, cf 1 1 0 2 0 0
Davis, rs 3 12 10 0
Bickford. p 2 112 0 0
29 4 6 18 7 1
TENNIS TOURNAMENTS
Two types of tourney play are un
der way at the tennis club. The first
five players are competing in a lad
der tourney with the following rank
ing: No. 1, Larson; No. 2, Sayles;
No. 3, Root; No. 4, Giles, No. 5. Ma
son. The remainder of the players will
compete in a tournament to deter
mine which two or three will play
in Class A with the first five.
The pairings are as fellows: Mar
shall plays Duccini; Shanholtz plays
B. Hafl; Comstock plays W. Hall;
Bulin plays Fitch.
Plans are under way to meet Fre
mont and Peru in the future.
SECUBE MABBIAGE LICENSE
Wednesday afternoon marriage li
cense was issued in the office of
County Judge A. H. Duxbury to Susie
I. Alford of Long Beach, California
and Mack W. Clark of Los Angeles.
They are visiting at Nehawka and
were accompanied here by Mr. and
Mrs. Vilas P. Sheldon, later return
ing to Sehawka where the wedding
ceremony will be performed. Mr.
Clark is a deputy county treasurer
of Los Angeles county, California.
BOUND UP HOBOES
From Thursday's Daily
Last evening the local police with
the co-operation of the special agents
of the Missouri Pacific, rounded up a
group of hoboes in the yards and in
cars of freights in the local yard. The
men were escorted down to the city
Jail where they were quartered for
the night and this morning to show
their spirit they departed via the
Burlington from the city and head
ed eastward. Railroad officials report
large numbers are being found on . lington freight train discovered at an ' sisters of Sheriff Sylvester are re
the freights at thistime, many go- early hour this morning the mangled ! siding a itapid City and a brother
ing to the scenes of the harvest as
it gradually moves northward.
Large
Numbers
Here for Mid
W eek Bargains
Concert by Louisville Farmers Union
Band Adds to Pleasures of Reg
ular Wednesday Pre gram.
One of the largest crowds that has
visited Plattsmouth in many months
was here Wednesday evening to enjoy
the opportunity of visiting and hear
ing the various features that had
been arranged for the mid-week festi
val of bargains and entertainment.
The Louisville Farmers Union band
was present and gave one of their al
ways delightful concerts which was
presented at the court house lawn
and enjoyed by a very large number
of the residents of the city and the
surrounding committee who were
here in force.
The Farmers Union band is under
the direction of Will B. Green, one
of the best known band men of the
west, who, while living at Lincoln,
finds the opportunity to direct this
most efficient musical organization;
but was unable to be here last night.
The program was varied and given
in a spirited manner with the tine
shadings of the music that stamps the
band as one of the best in the county
and which is a fine community asset.
The announcing for the evening
was carried out by Stuart Porter,
long active in the public speaking
and debate teams of the high school,
who did a nice job of the work.
VISIT IN THE EAST
Miss Mathilde Soennichsen and
Mrs. F. R. Gobelman of this city are J
enjoying a short motor trip to the!
east in which they will visit a num
ber of cities and Miss Soennichsen
to visit the large eastern markets to
inspect the fall and winter merchan
dise. They motored to St. Paul, Min
nesota, where they will visit with
the Erl R. Teepell family and then
to Decorah, Iowa, where relatives of
Mrs. Gobelman live. One of the chief.
points that they expect to enjoy is
that of Boston and the New England
scenic drives.
While at New York and Chicago '
Miss Soennichsen will look over the
markets for the H. M. Soeniichsen
Co. of this city, one of the largest
stores of its kind in this portion of
Nebraska.
LEAVE FOB THE WEST
Wednesday evening Mr. and Mrs.
Val Burkle and Mrs. Henry Ofe, Sr.,
and daughter, Mrs. Fred Haffke, de
party for a trip to the west coast
where they will enjoy several weeks
outing. Mr. and Mrs. Burkle have
relatives at Tacoma, Washington,
that they will visit while Mrs. Ofe
and daughter are expecting to visit
with a group of the old time friends
who were old neighbors of their fam
ily including the Lake and Sharp
families, old residents here. The trip
wan made by train and the members
of the party will have a fine oppor
tunity to enjoy the wonderful scenery
of the mountain country through
which they pass.
BEC0VEBS FB0M 0PEBATI0N
The many friends of George R
Lushinsky, Jr., will be pleased to
know that the young man is recov
ering very nicely from an an oper
ation that he underwent Wednesday
for appendicitis. The young man en
tered the hospital in fine physical
condition and stood the operation ex
cellently and it is hoped that he may
soon be on the highway to recovery
and be able to resume his usual ac
tivities. ,
Stranger Killed
in Railroad Yards
Early Today
, wmiam Goilwens, 27, Transient, Is
lound Badly Mangled iu West
Burlington Bards.
From Friday's Dally
The crew ot an east tound Eur -
form of a man lying partially on the
trcl:s, the body being some distance
north of the end of the depot plat-
form.
The discovery of the body was an-'
nounced to Agent R. W. Clements ofj
the Burlington as weil as Sheriff Syl-!
vester and who at once hastened to.
the serene of the accident. Officers
notified officials at the transient
camp north of this city to see if the;
body was one of those who are shel-
tered there from time to time. j
On the arrival of the camp officials
identification was made of the body!
as that of Wm. Gouwens, 27, who
had been at the camp for the past;
two weeks and had been engaged in
kitchen work while a camp member, Switzerland, May 7, lsC3, and passed The boat was large and comfort
but had also been looking for farm away Thursday evening at 11:50. He able and made its way with little dif
work. j tag been faling jn health for the ficulty down stream from the city,
The body was later taken to the last two yearB with heart trouble finding the channel very good and
Sattler funeral home to be arranged ut on last Monaay he gradually improving very much as the narrow
for burial while camp authorities g.rew Wrose when on Thursday even- ing of the river is scouring out the
sought to find some trace of relativesj ing at u:r;o he was released from channel for the vessels that may ply
of the unfortunate man that they. tlie sujferjng Df this life and called the river in the future,
might be notified of the tragedy. j to ths last rest j The party found time to inspect
The office of Sheriff Homer Sylves-j jie carLie to America at the age of j the various projects that have, many
ter was notified this afternoon thatj 21 jtc first Eettled in Illinois andjin the community busy for the past
Peter J. Gouwers of Chicago, brother j canic to plattsmouth where he work-two years. From here to the south
of the man killed in the local Bur-;,, . fnr a v-uar Thn ' the nartv was hardlv ever out of
lirgton yards early today, was leav-J
ing there this afternoon and to hold;
the body of the brother until his ar
rival.
RECEIVED STJBPBISE
Mrs. Lois Troop, one of the loved
and honored ladies of the community,
has just passed her eighty-seventh
birthday anniversary, in honor of
the event being given a most pleas
ant surprise on last Sunday. Mrs.
Troop had not planned a formal cele
bration of the birthday and was
greatly surprised when several cars,
carrying some eleven of the relatives
and old friends from Lincoln, arrived
to assist in the passing of the birth
day. The members of the party
brought many baskets of good things
to form the basis of a fine luncheon
that made a fitting part of the day
of visiting and good cheer.
Mrs. Troop was born in Davenport,
Iowa, and has resided in Cass county
for the past sixty years, locating here
in the later seventies, she and Mr.
Troop living on a farm in Eight Mile
Grove precinct for some time but for
many years have lived in Flattsmouth
where Mr. Troop was active in the
business life of the community,
Mrs. Troop has been active in the
social life of the community and still
has the greatest interest in the wel-
fare and
munity.
development of the com-
STATE LEVY WILL BE HIGH
Nebraska's 1935 state levy will
probably be in the neighborhood ofj
2.5 mills, an unofficial survey re
vealed. Should the levy be set at
that figure it would be the highest
since 1921 with the exception of
1927 when a special 1.5 mill tax was
aded to the regular levy to wipe out
a deficit which had been accumulat
ing for several years. The 1921 levy
was 3.3 mills.
Tax Commissioner Smith, had no
accurate final totals to release, but
approximations make it practically
certain the levy will have to be above
the 1934 figure of 2.1 mills. The
state board of Equalization probably
will not set the levy until Aug. 1
or 2.
AIDS THE FISHERMEN
r,J flai-lr TOlinn T,r c o-o rrrA In1
his barbering' work, enjoys himself!
at his favorite hobby, that of wood
work. Mr. Clark has equipped him
self a very nice shop for wood work
and has turned out some fine articles
in this line and which has attracted In the passing of our beloved hus
much attention. Ward has Just made band and father we take this oppor-
a large bunch of wooden "bobbers"
for fishlines and which he has been
distributing to the friends and fellow
fishermen as a free gift, painting the
"bobbers" up in fine shape.
BETUBN FROM THE WEST
From Thursday's Daily
Sheriff Homer Sylvester motored
to Lincoln this morning where he
will meet his daughters. Miss Olive
and Miss Mayone, who have enjoyed
an extensive visit with their rela
tives at Rapid City, South Dakota
and Sundance, Wyoming, Miss Olive
having been there since March while
Miss Mayone spent the school year
and part of the summer season in
. the west. The mother and several
of the sheriff at Sundance, one ofj
the well known eastern Wyoming
j towns and not far from the Dakota
i line.
Death of Albert
Tschirren Occurs
Thursday Night
Old and Highly Bespected Besident of Otto- assistant area engineer, Judge
Community Pesses Av.ey After i and Mrs- A- K- Duxbury, A. E. Edger
Illness of Some Duration. ton- in charge of county re-employ-
J ment office and Miss Edith Solomon
i
Albert Tschirren was Torn in Bern,"
I moved to a farm where he resided
until abcut 9 years ago when he
moved to this city where he has since
resided. He has beu a member or
the St. Paul's Evangelical -church
Ke was a member of the Sons of Her
man and was at the present time,
secretary.
He was married in this city on
May 17, 1890 to Mfss Rose Tschirren,
the family making their home here
since that time and where the fam
ily was reared.
He is survived by his wife, two
sons, Ed and Elmer; one daughter,
Mrs. Ed Steppat; also one brother,
Sam Tschirren of Verdigre, Nebras
ka, besides other relatives and
friends and three grandchildren.
The funeral will be Sunday after
noon at 1:30 at the house on South
10th street, and at 2 o'clock at the
St. Paul's Evangelical church.
The Sattler funeral home will have
charge.
F0RUER BESIDENTS ILL
Mrs. James G. Mauzy, who has
, been visiting at Lincoln with friends
for the past few days, returned home
Thursday evening after a most pleas
ant stay in the capitol city.
Mrs. Mauzy while at Lincoln was
a caller on the C. D. Quinton family
and found that both the former sher
iff and Mrs. Quinton were quite poor
ly. Mr. Quinton has been confined to
his bed for some time and is not
greatly Improved and Mrs. Quinton
has in the last few days been attack
ed with what It is feared will develop
into appendicitis.
The host of friends of the Quinton
family will regret very much to learn
that illness has invaded the family
and trust that they may soon be able
to overcome the maladies.
SHOWS SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT
From Thursday' Dally
Charles E. Hartford, who was
taken to the Clarkson hospital at Om
aha Wednesday afternoon in the Sat
tler ambulance, is reported as slight
ly better today. Mr. Hartford was
given an examination by specialists
on reaching the hospital and his con
dition while very serious is not
thought as grave as first feared by
the attending physicians. The many
HlHUS are irUSLIllfi liittl lUBIICJ
as he is best known' wU1 be able to
return home in a short time.
CABD OF THANKS
tunity to thank each and every one make the arrangements for the dis
for their kind sympathy offered. J posal of the body and Sheriff Homer
Mrs. Adolph Giese and Family; MrB. Sylvester has given them every aid
Ray Harold and Family, Aug. Giese in the investigation of the death and
and Family. their desires as to the funeral.
Local People
Enjoy Trip Down
the Missouri
U. S. Engineering Heads Take Local
People Through Line of Local
Biver Work Projects.
From Saturday's Dally:
This morning at an early nour the
"H. P. Tredway," large boat belong
ing to the Kansas City Bridge Co.,
left thi3 city for a trip down the
Missouri river and to St. Louis from
where the boat goes to river projects
on the Mississippi.
The beat was commaided by Cap
tain Gillham and who guided the
craft down the river, and through the
line of river work improvement that
is gradually making the Missouri
river a most placid and navigable
stream.
D. O. Thornton, area engineer,
with his daughter and guest. L. F.
made up the party
sight of the dikes and other works
that are placed to make the river safe
for navigation.
The Plattsmouth members of the
party made their landing at Nebraska
City and came on to this city by auto
after a most pleasant experience on
the river and a better realization of
the improvement program.
ENJOY A SEAL OUTING
Thursday Mrs. Henry Starkjohn
was hostess to the members of the
Two-Square club at a most delight
ful outing at "Rumble Inn," the cot
tage of the Starkjohn's on their farm
northwest of this city. Here the
ladies found an ideal spot for the in
tense heat of the day and spent the
time in the cooling breezes that swept
over the vicinity while the fine view
of the Platte river valley added to
the delight of all of the members of
the group.
A dainty and delicious luncheon
was enjoyed at the mid-day and the
afternoon was spent in cards, Mrs.
Frank SCu'len being winner of the
first honors anu Mrs. John L. Had
raba of the second- Pictures were
also taken of the Jolly group and
before the hour for the homegoing
the guests were entertained with re
freshments to complete a most en
joyable day in the open.
Mrs. Frank Mullen was a guest of
the occasion.
K0RNER KUPBOARD KLUB
The Korner Kupboard Klub met
at the home of Josephine Stastka's
home this week.
The meeting was called to order
by the president. The secretary call
ed the roll. We discussed the things
we had made the past week. Next
time we decided that each of us would
bring three muffins which we would
judge.
We then gave 4-H yells and Jose
phine Stastka played two 4-H club
songs.
Delightful refreshments were then
served by the hostess, Josephine
Stastka.
The next meeting will be held at
Stastka's with Mary Vest as hostess.
LOIS GERKING.
NewB Reporter.
COMES TO CLAIM BODY
from Saturday's Daily:
This morning Peter J. Gouwers,
brother of William Gouwers, killed
here late Thursday night in the Bur
lington yards, arrived from Chicago
to claim the body. The family will
BETUBN FROM OUTING
S. S. Gooding and grandson, Clif
ton Gooding, have Just returned home
from an auto trip through Iowa that
took them to a large number of
places and where they had very
pleasant visits with the relatives and
the old friends of Mr. Gooding. They
enjoyed short stays at Boone, Ames,
Fort Dodge, Marhalltown, Missouri
Valley, Harcourt, Dayton, the old
home of Mr. Gooding, Des Moines,
Indianola. They had a most delight
ful visit with Mrs. Belle Seney, aunt
of Clifton, they being located near
Creston, Iowa, and engaged in news
paper work.
Banning Has
Revised Wheat
Crop Output
Finds That Harvest Buns Higher
Than Expected in Eastern Sec
tion of the State.
A winter crop of approximately
26,820,000 bushels for the eastern
one-third of Nebraska, was predicted
by W. B. Banning, state director of
agriculture and inspection. Banning
said reports reaching his office indi
cated the average yield would be
about 20 bushels per acre for the
eastern one-third.
Since 1,341,000 acres are planted
in wheat in that territory it was in
dicated that the harvest would
amount to 26,820,000 bushels.
Banning's report appeared to lend
authority to earlier predictions or
state and federal agriculture statis
tician, Anderson, that Nebraska's
winter wheat would approximate
40,446,000 bushels. If the balance
of the state averaged only 10 bush
els per acre, the 40,000,000 predic
tion would be born out.
Banning's statement represented
an increase over earlier predictions
from his office. Only last week he
had said that he feared the wheat
harvest in Nebraska might not be
more than 60 percent of the esti
mated 40,000,000 bushels.
In making this estimate of the
harvest in the eastern part. Banning
pointed out that he cannot tell at
this time just what he yield will be
in western sections.
BREAD AND MILK
From Friday's Dally
This morning two men claiming to
be residents of the transient camp
north of the city, who were charged
with intoxication, were arraigned
and made a plea of guilty to the
charge. One of the men was a friend
of William Gouwers, who was found
dead this morning in the Burlington
yards where he had been struck by
a train.
Judge Graves after hearing the evi
dence gave his Judgment that the
two men be confined in the city jail
for the next fifteen days and that
their sustenence be that of bread and
milk, the court fearing the danger
of the use of water.
HAPPY EVENT
Richard Dewayne Noell arrived
July 22 at Murray. Nebr., to make
his home with his proud parents, Mr.
and Mrs. R. A. Noell. His coming has
brought much Joy and happiness to
his parents as well as his grandpar
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Lancaster
and B. J. Noell. The little fellow
topped the scales at 8 pounds and
he and his mother are feeling fine.
LEAVE FOE DENVER
Friday Mrs. J. F. Clugy and daugh
ter, Mrs. Hazel Williams and her lit
tle daughter, departed for Denver
where they will visit with relatives
and friends for a few days and to
enjoy the ccol of the mountain coun
try which will be a great relief after
the intense mid-summer heat of the
past several weeks here.
RETURNS TO KANSAS
Mrs. Lilly Muller, or Lawrence,
Kansas, who has been here visiting
with her sister, Mrs. O. C. Hudson
and family, departed Wednesday for
her home. Mrs. Muller has been here
for the past two weeks enjoying a
visit with the relatives.
"Sm it before you buy It."
Proceedings
of the Board of
Equalization
Make Equitable Beductions in the
Assessed Valuations of Fifteen
Properties in County.
The Cas3 county commissioners
meeting with County Clerk George R.
Sayles and County Assessor W. II.
Puis, a3 the "Board of Equalization"
of Cass county, on June 11, 12 and 13,
received and examined claims for ad
justments in assessed valuation of a
number of properties, adjourning un
June 20th, to permit of inspection of
the various properties complained of
before taking action thereon.
At their session of June 20th, the
following complaints were considered
and adjustment made in the assessed
valuation, as noted:
Louisa Bauer, part Lots 5 and 6.
Block 27, Plattsmouth, improvements
reduced $200.00.
J. J. Nowacek, Lots 7 to 11, Block
4, Dukes Addition, Plattsmouth. lots
reduced $10.00.
Elizabeth Bergmann, Lots 3 to 7.
Block 12, Dukes Addition. Platts
mouth, improvements reduced $80.00.
Mike Lutz, Lots 10 and 11, Block
38, Plattsmouth, improvements reduc
ed $70.00.
Jos. M. Kanka. Sub Lots S and 'J,
SE NE and NE 9V 13-12-13, lots re
duced $30.00.
Plattsmouth City (in foreclosure).
Lots 3 and 4. Block 52, Plattsmouth.
improvements reduced $110.00.
Plattsmouth City (in foreclosure).
Lots 7 and 8, Block 59. Plattsmouth,
improvements reduced $50.00.
Plattsmouth City (in foreclosure).
Lot C, Block 3G, Plattsmouth, lot re
duced $30.00.
Kunsmann & Ramge, EVj Lot 4,
Block 3 5. Plattsmouth, improvements
reduced $110.00.
A. L. Becker, Lot 8 and NE part
Lot 9, Union, Unprovements reduced
$C80.00.
Ellen Carroll. Lots 10 and 11. In
Block 27, Elmwood, lots and Improve
ments reduced $130.00.
Sophia Maier, Lots 14
Louisville, improvements
and 15.
reduced
$141). 00.
A. M. Erickson, Lot 12, Block 13,
Murdock, improvements reduced the
sum of $100.00.
Evelyn Hammond, Lots 3 and 4, in
Block 84, Weeping Water, lot re
duced $130.00.
Willard Clapp, WVfc SEU Sec. 10.
Twp. ID, Range 10, Stove Creek pre
cinct, land reduced $090.00.
At the conclusion of consideration
of the claims listed, the Board ad
journed to meet at the call of the
County Clerk around the 10th of
August, when they will pans upon
the levy and adjourn sine die.
GIVE FRIENDS TREAT
Along at the turn or the century
Hilt Wescott and Miss Clara Street
were entering on a long term of ser
vice as members of the choir of the
First Methodist church and have
since been active in the work of the
organization. Since that time when
they entered the choir work they
have become Mr. and Mrs. E. 11. Wes
cott, and last evening were remind
ed by the friends of the choir of their
birthday anniversaries, these occur
ring on succeeding days. Mrs. Wes
cott has been director of the choir
for many years and Mr. WeHcott ha?
served as the organist.
The choir members through their
committee, Walter Herger and Mil
dred Hall, had prepared delicious re
freshments that added to the tun
and pleasure as the members visited
with each other and showered th
guests of honor with well wishes.
SHOWS BIPR0VEHENT
The many friends of Charles K.
Hartford will be pleased to learn
that he la now showing much im
provement at the Clarkson hospital
at Omaha. Mr. Hartford has respond
ed nicely to the treatment and it is
hoped that the severe aspect of his
atack or a few days ago may be clear
ed up. Mr. Hartford has been quite
poorly for a long period.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our greatest
thanks to all who were so good and
kind in our deepest sorrow of our
beloved father and grandfather and
also for the beautiful offerings of
flowers and the kind services which
were given by hia many friends. Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Harold, Darh-ne, Ern
est, Raymond and Kenneth.
