vol. no. in
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, -926! 'Z UHdV 'JLVdSHflHL
NO. 1G
Cass County
Farmers Make a
Savins in Interest
Report Fron Farm Credit Adminis
tration Gives Interest Saving
Figures at 32,700.
Refinancing debts through Farm
Credit Administration has saved Cassjfamily circle and the father one of
county farmers more than $32,700
year on interest alone, according to
figures from the central office of the
Farm Credit Adiminstration in
Washington.
Over $2,864,000 of farm debts with
interest rates that averaged 5.S per
cent a year have been refinanced with
long-term mortgage loans carrying
interest rates of 5 per cent a year or
less.
The figures show that the local
National Farm Loan Association has
been a big factor in making these
long-term mortgages available at lowj
interest rates. The association guar
antees loans to the Federal land
bank.
From May, 1933, when the Farm
Credit Administration was organ
ized, to the end of last year, 370 Cass
tounty farmers obtained $2,725,000
for the specific purpose of refinancing
old debts.
The Federal Land bank made 339
first mortgage loans and the land
bank commissioner 260 loans. Many
of the commissioner's
loans were
made on second mortgage security
to farmers who also obtained first
mortgage loans. Most land bank
loans are endorsed by associations!
an dadvanced from funds obtained
by selling farm loan bonds. The com
missioner from funds provided by the
federal government.
As in the past, the federal land
banks are making loans only on first
mortgage security, lending up to
about one-half of the appraised nor
mal value of the farm property. The
commissioner lends on second as well
as first mortgage security in amounts
up to 75 per cent of the value. The
largest amount of a commissioner
loan to one farmer is $7,500.
An act of congress last summer
temporarily reduced interest rates on
all Federal Land bank loans old and
new. Where land bank loans are
made through National Farm Loan
Associations, the rate is only 32
per cent for all interest payable in
the year ending June 30, 1936, and
4 per cent a year in the two years
following. This temporary reduction
cf interest rates on all Federal Land
bank loans is paid for by the federal
government, which reimburses the
banks for what otherwise would be a
loss to them.
Due to favorable investment mar
ket conditions when the Federal Land
banks sold bonds recently, the banks
can offer new loans, at present, at
the interest rate of 4 per cent a year
the lowest at which they have ever
lent mnoey.
GIVE FRIENDS FAREWELL
A real surprise party was given to
Mr. and Mrs. James Tigner, who are
moving from their former home near
Cedar Creek to a farm in the vicinity
of Union. There were fifty of the
neighbors and relatives to join in
the occasion that was much enjoyed
but tinged with the regret that the
Tigner family was leaving the old
home community.
The members of the jelly party)
spent the evening at cards, in which
pinochle was featured and dancing
also served to make the time pass
most delightfully for all. The music
was furnished by Mr. and Mrs. Dale
Tigner of Weeping Water.
The guests had come with well
laden baskets and which made a fine
supper late in the evening as the
members joined in their best wishes
to the .Tigner family in their new
home.
HERE FROM OMAHA
From Monday's Daily
Frank H. Stander, for many years
a resident of the vicieity of Mauley,
was here today . to attend to some
matters at the court house. Mr.
Stander has made his home in Om
aha for the past several years, but
still retains his interest In the Man
ley State bank as well as land in
terests in that section of the country.
ARRIVAL OF LITTLE DAUGHTER
From Monday's J-ally
This morning the home of Mr. and
Mrs. William Kriskey, Jr., was made
very happy by the arrival of a fine
little daughter which came to share
their home in the future. The little
one weighed eight pounds and with
the mother is doing very nicely. This
is the first child in the family and
the event has brought the greatest
I appiness to an 01 me memuers oi me
aitne most Joyful residents of the city.
Rear of Peter
sen Building on
East Main Falls
One of the Older Structures in City
Badly Damaged and Injures
Adjoining Building.
The one story brick addition to
the Petersen building on Main street
between Third and Fourth streets
collapsed late Saturday and with the
result that the structure was a total
wreck and the store room of the
Egenberger building adjoining was
also damaged.
The building is one of the old
structures in that part of the city
and it was noticed Saturday after
noon that the east well of the build-
I 1 1 j 1 a
lu n uau suape auu was smrt-
in to break away. Later in the aft
ernoon someone evidently assisted the
course of destruction and the whole
structure, roof and all, started to
fall. It was with difficulty that a
! truck belonging to Joe Mrasek was
taken out of the building, the roof
then swaying dangerously and in a
short time the whole structure gave
way.
Bricks from the falling building
were hurled on the roof of the Egen
berger building where the rear part
is used as a storage for the Inter
national Harvester tractors and oth
er machinery.
The debris was being cleared up
today by Roy Taylor and a force of
workmen.
ENTERTAIN AT DINNER
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Reeder enter
tained very delightfully Sunday at
their home in honor of Mr. and Mrs.
Harry A. Williams, of Elmwood, the
occasion being the wedding anniver
sary of Mr. and Mrs. Williams, par
ents of Mrs. Reeder.
There was a group of the relatives
and old friends here to assist in mak-
ing the event most pleasant in every
way.
.Those attending were Mr. and Mrs.
Williams and daughter. Miss Anna,
who Is now attending Peru, Mr. and
Mrs. Karl Schneider, Elmwood; Mr.
and Mrs. S. J. Moore, Omaha; Mr.
and Mrs. T. James, Nebraska City;
Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Langhorst, Elm- j
wood.
SELECT CLASS PLAY
The senior class of the Plattsmouth
high school has selected as the class
play, "Be an Optimist," by Adam
Applebud. This is one of the late and
popular plays and rehearsals for the
play will be started at once by the
cast. The production will be under
the direction of Mr. L. M. Gerner.
The members of the cast will com
prise Dan Baird, Mildred Wilson,
Marion Wiles, Grant Howard, Amlee
Jane Thomas, Rosemary Cloidt. Floyd
McCarthy, Viva Palmer, Louise
Rishel, Amber Bomer, John Farris,
Anna Marie Rea, Walter Sikora.
RETURN TO WYOMING
From Tuesday's Dally
James and Ted Speck, who have
been visiting at the home of their
uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Everett
Gooding, departed this morning for
Omaha, and from there will go on to
their home at Casper, Wyoming. They
are sons of John Speck, a 1 brother of
Mrs. Gooding and Ben, Harry and
Carl Speck of this vicinity.
VISIT OTOE COUNTY
Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stark
John and Mr. and Mrs. Frank A.
Cloidt and daughter were visitors in
Otoe county, motoring to the vicin
ity of Talmage where they were
looking over some land in that locality.
George B. Mann,
Long Time Resi
dent, Passes On
Wtprn 'H7i-noTM- Mow nf "NVhrocVn
Succumbs to an Illness of the
Past Several Months.
From Tuesday's Daily:
This morning shortly
arter
o'clock, George B. Mann, 68, passed
away at his home in this city where
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he has been gravely ill for the past
three months. The death was not un
expected as Mr. Mann has been grad
ually sinking in the past few weeks
and patiently awaited the end of his
suffering and pain.
His passing takes from the com
munity one who had devoted many
years to the study of Plattsmouth his-
tory and in late years he had ac
cumulated an almost priceless collec
tion of pictures and papers pertain
ing to the early history of the city
and the pioneer residents. This he
continued until the last when his
malady no longer permitted bis ac
tivities. George Erinton Mann was born
March 10, 186S, in St. Louis, Mis
souri, but when three 3'ears of age,
he was brought by his parents. Cap
tain and Mrs. Peter Mann, to Platts
mouth, the mother and children mak
ing the trip by boat to this city,
where the father was engaged as cap
tain on the transfer boats used to
bring trains and produce across from
the railroad terminal on the Iowa
side of the river.
When George was five years of age
he entered school and continued there
until he had reached his thirteenth
years when he embarked in the trade
that was to be his life work, that of
printing. He has followed the print
ing trade for fifty-three years, re
tiring a year and a half ago from
active work at the Journal. In Che
years of " his connection with the
printing trade he has served as print
er in Omaha and Fremont in earlier
days on some of the earlier news
papers, and as well has owned at dif
ferent times four papers, owning and
selling the Journal three times until
in 1902 when he sold the paper to
R. A. Bates.
Mr. Mann in his younger years was
much devoted to river life as had
been his father and he constructed
and built several boats for use on
the Missouri river, this being his
hobby for many years.
The Mann family for thirty-six
years made their home in a residence
that 6tood north of the Central school
building and which was sold to the
schools and torn down several years
ago. Since his marriage he has re
sided for the past twenty-two years
in the home on Vine street where he
passed away.
Mr. Mann was married in this city
in 1913 to Miss Pearl Nichols. To
them was born a
son, Robert M.
(Mann, who with the mother survive
tie passing of this long time resident.
He is also survived by one brother
and one sister, Edward Mann of San
Francisco and Mrs. George Thomas of
Los Angeles, California, as well as a
number of nieces and nephews.
Recently while Mr. Mann was able
to enjoy the visits of friends he re
called some of the incidents of the
early days that had most impressed
him in his younger years. These in
cluded the excitement of the discov-
ery of gold in the Black Hills, when
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iue vuiaua l . x . uriage was sirucK
Dy lightning and trains taken over on
boats, seeing the first Pullman car
on the C. B. & Q. railroad, the burn
ing of the machine shops here in the
seventies that led to the erection of
the present shop buildings, the con
struction of the bridge over the Mis
souri river at this point in 1880.
Mr. Mann was one of the commit
tee in this city that assisted in the
campaign to erect the court house
here in 1889 and he cast his first
vote for this proposition.
UNDERGOES OPERATION
Mrs. Edgar Glaze of this city was
operated on Saturday at the Meth
odist hospital at Omaha where she
has been for the past several days.
The patient has been suffering from
appendicitis and complications but
has stood the ordeal in excellent j
shape. She is reDorted as doine lust
as well as possible under the circum-
stances.
ELECTED AS TEACHER
Miss Martha Gorder, of this city,
member of the graduating class of
1936 of the Peru State Teachers col
lege, has just . been tlected as a
teacher in the high school at Harri
son, Nebraska. Miss Gorcler will re-
ccive her degree this year and will
have commercial and music as her
subjects in the Harrison schools.
She is planning to spend the summer
at Yellowstone park where she has
1 snfiit the last two summers and in
the fall will take up her work atj
! Harrison
Charles Dykes
Dies at His Home
Near Glenwood
Former Resident Here Passes Away
as Result of Complications Fol
lowing Broken Hip.
From Monday's Daily:
Charles Dykes, 48, a lormer resi
dent of this city, died JLis morning
shortly after 7 o'clock r.at his farm
home six miles south of Glenwood, as
the result of complications that had
followed a fractured hip.
During the cold weather of last
month Mr. Dykes had slipped and fell
while looking after the chores at the
farm and sustained a sew. re fracture
of the hip and since that time had
been confined to hi3 bed. In the last
lew days he had grown worse and
death was thought to have been oc
casioned by the forming of a blood
clot.
Mr. Dykes was a resident of Platts
mouth for some thirteen years, leav
ing here two years ago for Glenwood
and where he has since resided.
While here he was engaged in truck
ing and during his residence made
the acquaintance of a large number
who will regret to learn of his pass
ing. "
He is survived by the widow; one
daughter, Mrs. Harold Vincent of this
city, the mother, Mrs. Susan Dykes
of Plattsmouth, There are also five
brothers and two sisters, Walter, Al
bany, Mo.; Roy and Morris, Billings,
Montana; Jess, Cabool, Mo.; Wil
liam, Sioux City, Iowa; Mrs. Lottie
Hounsucker, King City, Mo.; Mrs.
Golda Wright, Plattsmouth.
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY
From Tuesday's Dally:
Last evening Mrs. Theodore Ptak
entertained a number of the young
people of the city in honor of the fif
teenth birthday anniversary of her
sister, Margaret Ann Vallery.
There were eighteen of the young
people in attendance and the time
was most delightfully spent in games;
of all kinds and in which Ray Woos
ter and John Benton Livingston were
the winners.
In honor of the event the guest of
honor received a large number of very
attractive gifts.
Mrs. Ptak, assisted by her mother,
Mrs. John S. Vallery, served a very
dainty and much enjoyed luncheon
at an appropriate hour.
RETURNS FROM HOSPITAL
John Rishel, who has been ill for
the past several months and has been
under treatment at Omaha, return-
rt hnmp Kunilnv While far from ivpII
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the young man is very much improved
and has given the family a great deal
of hope that he will eventually re
gain his former health. John is a
graduate of the class of 1935 of the
local school and very prominent in
Scout work and it has been a great
regret to him that he has had to give
up this activity during the fall and
winter.
VISIT AT HOSPITAL
Hillard Grassman and son, Robert,
with Mrs. Charles Hitt, were in Om
aha Sunday where they visited at
the Methodist hospital where Donald
Grassman, the youngest son of Mr.
and Mrs. Hillard Grassman, is recov
ering from a mastoid operation. They
found the patient doing very well
and it is hoped may soon be on the
road to complete recovery.
H. H. Wilhoft of Nebraska City, a
rerjrespntnHvA nf th Pitrpr cpncifK
was in the city Monday afternoon to
Jlook after some matters of business.
Funeral of Mrs.
L. J. Neitzel is
Held Tuesday
Faithful Member and Worker Called
to Reward at Close of Long
and Active Service.
Mrs. Lydia Neitzel, daughter of the
Rev. M. Hoehn, was born June 15,
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l--jS. in
early life w
e state ,of Indiana. Her
ly life was spent in the Evangel
ical parsonage. That meant a move
every two years, and to overcome this
burden, she consented to marry a
blacksmith, who to her great dismay
turned out to be a preacher. This
threw her back into the eld life and
was a great disappointment to her.
Cut to show the heroic stuff that
Evangelicals are made of, she forgot
the dream of her Youth and went
back into the service with all her
soul.
Sister Neitzel surrendered her life
to Jesus August 31, 1S74, in a re
vival meeting which her father held.
and she had a re-baptism of the Holy ;
Spirit in August of 1S82 held by her
husband, south of Ithaca. Nebraska.
Her religion was deep rooted and
built on the Rock of Ages: nothing
cculd move her . . . and in that faith
she lived until last Sunday, March 29,
10S6, at 10:30 a. m.. when she went
to see her Lord, and join with the
redeemed host, to sing the praises of
him who had made her an heir of
eternal life.
On February 19. 1S7S, she was
joined to Louis Neitzel in marriage.
Four children were born to them,
who grew to maturity in Murdock:
A. J. Neitzel, of Murdock: Mrs. O. J.
Hitchcock, of Lincoln; Mrs. Clara
Hartung, of Kansas City and Mrs.
Meta MacDiarmid, of Omaha. These,
along with three sisters and a broth
er survive Mrs. NeizeL they being:
Mrs. Lucinds' Mebi, of Indianapolis;
Mrs. Clara Martin, of Cedar Bluffs,
Nebraska; Mrs. Olga Arnold of Lake
side, California, and Enoch Hoehn of
Mattawan, Michigan. She also leaves
eleven grandchildren and one great
grandchild. In 1928 Mr. and Mrs. Neitzel cele
brated their Golden Wedding Anni
versary, and were expecting soon to
greet their sixtieth one.
Her life was spent in a practical
Christianity, that is, in doing good,
ever thinking and planning for the
pleasure and enjoyment of others,
thus imitating her Lord. .
She was no half-hearted Christian.
She has lived a long and useful life,
leaving a good example and is now
giving an account to her Lord of her
stewardship, and ready to meet Him.
Her age at her departure was 77
years, 9 months and 14 days
Sister Neitzel has lived "in the vil
lage of Murdock for 45 years and has
been known as a fine Christian friend
and loving neighbor. She was highly
cultured, quiet and unassuming as a
loyal citizen of the community, and
as a worker in the Kingdom of God.
She has been a faithful member of
the Ebenezer Evangelical church in
Murdock for many years and a mem
ber of the Women's Missionary Soci
ety and the Ladies Aid. Her member
ship in these organizations has been
highly valued and profitable through
out the years.
The funeral arrangements were
under the "direction of the Horton
Funeral Home in Plattsmouth, and
were conducted by the Rev. Harvey
A. Schwab, the Rev. G. M. Gilbert
and the Rev. F. C. Weber assisting,
on Tuesday, March 31 at 2:30 o'clock,
from the Ebenezer Evangelical church
of which she had been so long a
faithful member.
Interment took place in ;Wyuka
cemetery at Lincoln.
ATTENDING CONVENTION
Mrs. William Baird, president of
the local Woman's club, with Mrs.
E. H. Wescott, Mrs. L. W. Egenber-
!ger and Miss Marie Kaufmann, de
parted for Humboldt, Nebraska,
where they are to attend the first dis
trict club convention.
VISITS IN OHIO
Mrs. Searl S. Davis, of this city, is
enjoying a visit at the home of her
mother, Mrs. Lee Corbin at Dayton,
.Ohio, and with other relatives in that
'section of the country
VISITS WITH HOME FOLKS
H. L. Taplett, of Sioux Falls,
South Dakoa, arrived Saturday even
ing for a visit with the home folks
over the week end. Mr. Taplett was
met at Omaha by Mrs. Taplett and
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Warga and
little daughter, Marilyn Irene, who
motored up to accompany the hus
band and father home to this city.
The Taplett family are expecting to
move to Sioux FaJJs at the close of
the school year to be nearer the work
of Mr. Taplett in the norther nterri
tory. Perry Home in
West Part of the
City is Robbed
Parties Gain Entrance to House Dur
ing Absence of Family; Take
Some $S0 in Money.
The home of the E. B. Perry family
on 14th street was robbed Monday
afternoon of some $S0 in money and
the rooms of the home well ransacked
by sneak thieves or burglars.
The home is being arranged for
redecorating and the furniture in a
number of rooms is not in the ac
customed order and which had pre
vented the visit of the robbers being
at first detected when the members
of the family returned home.
Jesse Perry and his nephew,
ceorge, had been engaged in getting
the houfe ready for the decorai.
and at 1 o'clock in the afternoon
they had left the house for town and
returned, near 3 o'clock, it being be
tween these hours that the crime was
committed.
When all of the household arrived
home for the evening meal at 6
o'clock, the discovery was made that
some one had evidently ransacked
the drawers of the buffet as well as
the bureaus and dressing tables in
ali parts of the house.
A purse in the buffet had been rob
bed of all o.f the money that it held
and also a pocketbook in one of the
sleeping rooms on the second floor,
one of the purses being thrown on
the floor in the hall.
While all of the dressers and bu
reaus had been searched there was
nothing scattered on the floors and
only the money taken as far as could
be determined. A gold watch and the
family silver were not disturbed by
the unwelcome visitors.
DISCUSS R0TARIAN WORK
The Rotary club Tuesday at their
meeting had a very thorough cover
age of many of the matters of Rotary
work and which was most interest
ing to the membership, by Dr.
H. G. McClusky, president of the
club.
Frank A. Cloidt was the leader of
the meeting and following the dis
cussion by Dr. McClusky, Dr. P. T.
Heineman was introduced and gave a
review of the many articles of in
terest in the current issue and which
was followed with the greatest inter
est. Comments on the articles in the
magazine were given by Searl S.
Davis and Judge A. H. Duxbury, who
covered thoroughly the specialized
subjects in which they had contact.
RETURNS FROM HOSPITAL
Franz Petereit. who was so severe-
lv iniured a week ago when kicked,
in the face by a horse, was brought jthe three counties of this district,
home Sunday afternoon to spend the! Judge Wortman plans to address
rest of his recuperation at the family the voters of Plattsmouth and vi
home here. Mr. Petereit has suffered cinity next Wednesday night a
a great deal from the severe injuries street address, if the weather per-
anil TvhtrVi Jiavp marlp npfpssarv con- mitS.
stant medical care.
SEEMS TO BE BETTER
Mrs. John Halmes who was taken
to Omaha a few days ago, suffering
from pneumonia, is reported as some
better and while still critically ill
is giving indications of betterment
that is very encouraging to the fam
ily and attending physicians.
HERE OVER SUNDAY
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar S. Wescott of
Lincoln, were in the city Sunday
where they enjoyed the day at the
E. H. Wescott and John L. Tidball
homes, spending several hours with will afford the patrons an opportun
the relatives and old time friends, jity of looking over the stock.
Legion Auxiliary
Holds Its County
Meeting Here
Mrs. Neil Dowler oi Manley Selected
County Chairman Many Attend
Meeting from the County.
The county meeting of the Amer
ican Legion Auxiliary was held at
the Legion building here Tuesday
afternoon and attended by a very
large number from over the county,
representatives being here from
Louisville, Weeping Water, Nehawka
and Greenwood, the Elmwood unit
being the only one not represented.
The meeting opened with the cov
ered dish luncheon served by the
Plattsmouth ladies at 12:30 and
which made a very happy commence
ment of an interesting day for all.
The business session was presided
over by Mrs. Raymond J. Larson, of
this city, the county chairman, and
who introduced the various persona
that took part in the program of the
day.
The visitors were welcomed by
Mrs. Otto Keck, president of the
Plattsmouth unit and who extended
the greetings to the visiting groups.
Mrs. D. W. Webb, of the Louisville
unit, responded for the visiting dele
gations and expressed their pleasure
at being in attendance.
Mrs. Lottie Rosencrans, past state
president and county probation offi
cers, gave a fine talk on "Child Char
acter Building," that carried many
useful points and was followed with
the greatest interest by all of the
group.
Mrs. H. II. Dudley, of Lincoln,
wife of the state adjutant of the Am
erican Legion, was presented 0.1 the
program and gave an exceptionally
interesting talk on the subject of
"County Organization," touching on
the many ways in which these groups
are to ba made useful in the exten
sion of the work of the organization.
R. J. Larson, member of the Cass
County Soldiers Relief commission,
told of the work of this group which
was established by law several years
ago and which has charge of the
handling of the funds raised by levy
for the relief of the veterans of all
wars and their widows and depend
ents. Following the very fine talks the
members had the pleasure of a short
program given by several of the
daughters of the veterans and Aux
iliary members. Shirley Seiver gave
a vocal number that was much en
joyed with Edna Mae Petersen as
the accompanist. Janet Westover
was heard in a reading and Ruth
Westover in a very artistic piano
number that all appreciated.
Short reports of unit activities
were given by Mrs. Bowers, Gieen
wood; Mrs. Esther Marler, Nehawka;
Mrs. D. W. Webb, Loui3ille; Mrs.
Nell Dov.ier, Manley and Mrs. Otto
Keck for the Plattsmouth unit.
The convention then named Mrs.
Nell Dowler, Manley, member of the
Weeping Water unit as the new
county chairman and also voted to
hold the next meeting at Weeping
Water, deciding on two meetings a
year of the tounty group.
JUDGE W0RTMAN HERE
Judge C. S. Wortman, his voice
husky from open-air speech-making
in hi3 race for District Judge, was in
riattsmouin weanesaay. in 1x11 i.
had delivered fourteen addresses in
This speech will discuss the Dis
trict Judgeship from the point of
view of the plain people farmer,
laborer and business man. Judge
Wortman asks that we invite the
ladies as well as men voters to come
out next Wednesday night.
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SALE OPENS SATURDAY
The rummage sale that is being
conducted by the St. Mary's guild in
the cast room of the Journal build
ing, will be opened again on
Saturday. The room will be opened
Saturday at noon for the remainder
of the afternoon and evening and