Historical Society
fleti. State
NO. in
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1937.
NO. 93
OS
Statistics Show
Transactions of
County Offices
237 CXI Relief Rolls in Countv. 7.727
Adto licenses for 1936 Few
to State Institutions
Records to
week showed
the
early part of this
197 marriage licenses
issued in Cass county during 1936.
Twenty-five divorces were granted.
County Court
totaled $4,25S.SG during 193G. '
County court comes to a close with
C8 criminal cases handled. Seven
wore dismissed by complainant before
trial ,uid nine by the county attorney
before trial. In nine cases the war
rant is in the hands of the sheriff.
One line was placed on
execution
(bond for payment). Seven trials
found the defendant "not guilty" and
seven defendants were sent to jail.
Fines were imposed in 2t cases and
peace bonds were required in five j projects that has been planned in
c;:scs in c omplaints to keep the peace, i this city is that which will be start
Nine preliminary examinations were led on Monday when the compiling of
held and four criminal cases are: the records of the Cak Hill cemetery
ponding, suspension during good
Mid in sr.
be-1
hav ior and parole to probation
cer was mule in 12 cases and
drivers licenses were revoked
reckless driving.
Proceedings in county court total.
294 adoption, five; guardianship
(new cases filed), IS; guardianship ;
(old cases). 19; trusteeship, three;
feeble minded to institution, one;
guardianship (reports filed in cases).
103; new estates filed for probate, J
CS; old estates settled and discharge
entered, 77.
Civil actions totaled CO with 2S
n-w cases filed on the county term
docket and 32 new cases filed under
ti e justice docket.
District Court
One person hss ben Bent to the
state penitentiary and one to the
state reformatory from the district
court in 19 3 6. Three were released
on parole and one was sent to a
home for dependent children. Forty
law, sixteen criminal and 177 equity
cases are pending as a new district
judge comes into office.
County Sheriff
Sixty-nine warrants have been
served by the county sheriff, SI sum
mons. 23 subpeonas and 22 orders
of sale.
Treasurer
A total of 7,727 auto licenses were
issued for 193fr in the ofl'ice of the
county treasurer. So far, 477 have
teen issued for 1937.
Tl'.e tax levy for 1935 was $517,
C21.04. $471,530.51 of that amount
has been paid leaving only $ 4 6,160.
13 in outstanding taxes. This is a
Letter ratio than at any time in re
cent years.
Dependents
Twenty persons are on the moth
ers' pension list at present. A total
of 350 receive old age assistance, a
new form of aid provided by recent
legislative enactment. Fifty-six child
ren in 2 4 families are on the depen
dent children list. Seven persons in
Cass county receive blind assistance.
Two hundred and seventy-nine
persons in Cass county have been re
cipients of direct relief. This is con
fined largely to grocery orders, but
includes some clothing and occasion
ally fuel in cases where a physical
handicap prevents the cutting of
wood for fuel.
Five were taken to state hospitals
at Lincoln and Norfolk during the
year of 19 36. One persons was sent
to a feeble minded institute.
FOREIGN SCOUTS COMING
TO JAMBOREE IN JULY
Invitations sent to Boy Scout orga
nizations of 73 different lands have
already brought assurances that the
thousands of American boys at the
National Scout Jamboree in Wash
ington r.ext June 30 to July 9 will
be hosts to foreign contingents.
Great Britain plans to send 50
Scouts and several leaders. Roumania
will send a picked patrol of eight
Scouts; Foland will be represented
by 24 Scouts, and Canada and Mex
ico each plan to send a full troop of
33 boys. Other countries planning to
send contingents are Venezuela, Co
lombia, Chile, Bermuda, Poland, Den
mark, Switzerland, Hungary, Luxem
bourg, India and Ceylon.
SUFFERS LOSS OF CHICKENS
From Thursday's Dally
This morning Sheriff Homer Syl
vester was notified of the fact that
L;
arse flock of White Rock chickens
id been stolen from the home of
(George Lutz, near Union. The ehick-
e113 were taken some time Wedncs-
day but the matter was not reported j
until today so that the parties taking
the chickens had plenty of time to
I
make their escape. The fowls were
, branded with the Nebraska Farmer
lind3 and it is hoped may be located
for the owner.
To Start New
Cemetery Record
Work Monday
i WPA aid Will Be Received on Im
pcrtant Work of Compiling
Records of Cemetery.
One of the
most important Wl'A
will be started.
effi- This work is one that will require
two 'the most diligent work and will com
forj prise personal chec k of lots and
graves, the checking of city records j
as to lot owners, as well as contacts
;w ith morticians and physicians that
may have record or knowledge of
deaths and lot ownerships.
All of the raw material must be
lathered and checked before the
workers can start in
on the compil
ing of the new records that have been
prepared to care for the future his
tory of the cemetery. The city ceme
tery board that now has the admin
istration of the cemetery in charge
hive prepared a wonderful system
of records that will make a thorough
fnd complete description of each lot.
rrave and history of the lot and its
membership.
When completed there will be
v.-orry as to the future as far
records of the Oak Hill cemetery are I c-un tries is more congested than that
concerned. j of the U. S., making electrification
Allan McClnnnhan and Ralph Ol-j f,J .sier and cheaper. The standard of
on. who have been working on theil'vng generally in our country is
indexing and recording project at the ! hfgher than that abroad and the Am
oiTice of the county judge, vill be! '"''fan farmer should share in the
assigned to the work as their present relative American prosperity," Mr.
project is closing this week.
BUSINESS VALUES EAGLE
SCOUT RATING HIGHLY
Boys who become Eagle Scouts,
the highest rank in their organiza
tion, have a better chance of secur
ing good positions in the business
world, if a letter received by the'ects- Project number I covers x bout
Scout Executive at Appleton, Wis.,
from a large insurance company, can
be taken as on indication in that
direction.
The letter requested a list of young
men who became Eagle Scouts be
tween 1921 and 1929, to be consid
ered for a high position now open in
that company.
It said in part, "Our purpose in
asking for this list is one of increas
ing our personnel and we do so for
the reason that we know Eagle
Scouts are held in high esteem and
should furnish the caliber of individ
ual that we wish to have workin
in our organization."
HERE FROM BURLINGTON
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Brooks and
daughters, Mary Jane and Helen
Jean, with Forest Coulsen, of Bur
lington, Iowa, are here to enjoy a
visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
John W. Crabill, the former a brother
of Mrs. Brooks. Mr. Brooks, who was
superintendent of the Plattsmouth
high school for several years, is now
head of the Burlington city schools
and one of the outstanding school
men of Iowa.
UNDERGOES OPERATION
Mrs. Tony Klimm, residing south
of this city, v.as operated on Thurs
day at the St. Joseph hospital at Om
aha. The latest reports from the hos
pital state she i3 resting very well
and it is hoped may soon be definite
ly on the road to Vecovery. The
many friends will regret to learn of
the operation but trust that she may;
soon be abe to resume her usual ac
tivities.
U. S, Projects
in Gass County
During 1936
CCC, WPA, National Park, Electrifi
cation and Resettlement Active
Euring; Past 12 Months
Federal projects in Cass county
during the past year have been the
source of a large amount of income
in wages and a smaller amount in
loans.
Sarpy and Cass (ounties' resettle
ment administration, newest of the
federal agencies, opened offices in
Plattsmouth in November. Thirty-one
emergency seed and reed loans have
been made in the area, fifteen of
them in Cass county. Thirty-two
standard loans have been made, aver
aging from $1,000 to $1,200, twenty
one of these in Cass county. One
hundred and eighty-eight outright
grants were made, ranging from $20
to $25 per month, sixty of these go
ing to farmers in this county.
Rural Electrification
Farm Buieau precinct chairmen of
the east half of the county, and their
rural electrification committee met
at the Farm bureau office last Wed
nesday evening to hear I). D. Wain
scott. agricultural agent, explain the
rural electrification program.
At the conclusion of the evening,
the committee formed themselves
irto an organization to make a sur
vey of their precincts and explain
the project to their neighbors.
Mr. Wainscott reviewed the nation
al legislation that lui3 been enacted
to make the electrification of rural
America possible. The United States,
as advanced as it is in many fields,
has been very slow to expand in the
electrical field, as compared to some
other nations. Holland has 100 per
cMit of their farms electrified, Ger
many 9 0 per cent, Sweden 50 pr
cent, Ontario 15 per cent, while the
noil- S. has only 10 per cent "although
as! the rural population of most of these
Wainscott said.
The Eastern Nebraska Public Tow
er District composed of Saunders,
Sirpy, Cass. Otoe, Johnson, Nemaha,
Richardson and Pawnee counties,
was organized about two years ago.
It took a great amount of prelimin
ary surveys etc. to get under way.
The district is being set up by proj-
350 miles of line in the vicinity of
Tecumseh. In this project most of
the poles are set and wires are being
strung. Project number II takes in,
roughly, the northwest quarter of
Ofe county, the west half of Cass
county, and up into Saunders coun
ty. This project is expected to get
under way by early spring.
Project number III will cover the
e?.st half of Cas3, Otoe, Nemaha coun
ties. It was about this project that
the committees were being organ
ized. A. II. DeLong and Fred Siefert,
agricultural agents of Otoe and
Nemaha counties attended this meet
ing with committees from their coun
ties. These chairmen with their com
mittees will contact the farmers with
in their pretinct in the near future
as the first step in developing project
number three.
Cass county ranks fourth in project
allotment for rural electrification
projects. Forty-four projects have
been alloted, the contracts executed,
and are now under construction. The
sum of $365,000 is given as the cost
of the projects, to cover 320 miles
and serve S00 customers.
Only ten other projects are now
under construction in the state. Three
are in Scotts Bluff county and seven
in Gage. Projects have been allotted
in Scotts Bluff, Gage, Cass, Lancaster,
Morrill, Polk, Adams, Platte, How
ard, Burt and Dodge counties.
The above reports are made of thj
situation as of November 15, 1936.
U. S. Engineers
The U. S. Engineers' project has
been one of the outstanding projects
in the county during the past year.
The work has been closed down for
the winter now and 25 men are em
ployed in the administrative office
with about 25 Active on the river for
a short time.
Among the contracting companies
that have worked in the area during
the past year are the Kansas City
Bridge company, the A. W. Farney
company, PaUon Kelly transfer, Bel-
horn. Power and Peters, Inc., and
MoCeorge. During the summer and
fall the payrolls of these concerns
(Continued on d'age 2.)
Farming Hold
SO
Lead in Spite of
Drouth Years
Records Show 5.59 '; Return on In
vestment During 193536 Re
sults to Ee Announced Soon
Cass county has 2,rC3 farms wjth
a farm population of 17,68 1. The
past year has shon a decided trend
toward soil conservation methods.
Farmers have cooperated closely with
C.C.C. and county agent workers in
altering rlans in order to preserve
5oil.
22 miles of terraces were con
structed to protect 252 acres of farm
lind during 1936 and 9 miles to pro
tect 3 6 acres of pasture. 3 4 per
manent structures were built in the
county for the control c.f guliics and
water t-torage basins. S62 sr.iall dams
were built and 72 acres of badly
rr.vlcd land was planted with trees.
1.300 acres have been changed from
straight row farming to contour
farming. 16,600 seedling trees were
planted during 1936.
Farm Menaces
Two of the most serious menaces to
the farming Industry that can be de
stroyed are the grasshoppers and
bindweed. The county is heavily in
fested with hopper eggs at the pres
ent ,time and organisation for the
1937 campaign against them has be
gun. Unless there is a winter with
many intervals of freezing and thaw
ing wliieh will crack the egg shell
the farmer may expect many more
hoppers during '37 than in '36.
During 1936 an emergency pro
gram unexcelled as an insect control
irmpa ign was carried out in the
county. 4 12 larmers purchased poi
son bran mash. 40 tons of bran, COO
gallons of sodium arsenite, 17 gal
lons of amyl acetate, and 600 gal
lons of molasse3 went into mixtures
to kill hoppers. The saving to crops
is estimated at 15 to 20 thousand dol
lars. Approximately 2000 acres in this
county are infested with bindweed.
15 of the weed i3 along the public
roads. This is especially significant
for nothing is being done to kill it
along the road and ifom there it
spreads to the fields. Each branch
that is broken off by a maintainer is
dragged along to drop and start an
other of the choking vines.
Over 11,200 pounds of sodium
chlorate was used in the county dur
ing l:36 for the control of bindweed.
Many areas of one to 40 acres in the
county, however, have had no con
trol measures whatever attempted.
Poultry and Livestock
Turkey raising is growing Into a
lively farm activity in the county.
During the past year a turkey grow
ers non-tock marketing association
v.as formed through which 9,000
turkeys have been sold.
10.07 6 hogs were vaccinated in the
county in 1936. The problem of feed
has proved serious in the county.
Cass" county i3 in a drouth stricken
area, thus may take advantage of a
reduced rate on freight, 33V3 per cent
off on most feeds. 50 carloads have
been brought in on the lowered rate.
Seed Com
Cass county will have sufficient
seed corn for spring planting. About
6000 bushel of seed have now been
located and a more complete survey
is being made from the county
agent's office during January.
5.59 Percent on Investment
Despite adverse conditions of 1935
records kept by 48 farmers show an
average return earned on their in
vestment of 5.59 per cent after de
ducting a wage for themselves. Re
ports will come in during the next
month for Ihe 1936 return. 76 farm
ers have kept 193 6 records.
LOST N.
itials P. E.
nal.
H. S. class pin with in
S. on back. Leave at Jour-
Cass County
Boasts of Many
Small Industries
jjtural
Products of Rock, Gravel,
and Clay ; Packing Company and
Shops Eoost County.
Although Cass county is primarily
an agricultural section a number of
other industries are found to be
thriving. Fourteen stone quarries
have been in active operation dur
ing the year of 1936. The largest
of these is used for the cement fac
tory at Louisville. This factory is
putting out both cement and crush
ed stone.
A number of the quarries have
furnished rock for the river projects
on the Missouri. Some rock is sent
out from the county to be used as
building stone. Other i3 ground to
be usod m a variety of ways.
Tobins quarries have been used
mainly for river work during the past
year as has Pickins, Dietz Hill, and
i the U. S. Engineers quarry. A county
qvarry was opened at Reck Bluff and
Nehawka to furnish material for
road work.
Olson's quarry tends sugarstone to
Grand Island to be used in refining
sugar. It also exports building stone
and material for riprap. Although
the grinding is done outside the
county, the United Mineral Products
Co. secures part of its stone from
this county.
xwut&ru milium, iuuiiij Bins auuifhg bltildillg Gf
small quantities for use in paint, j
putty, and cosmetics are among thet
products of the Western Limestone!
company. It also produces rock for
paving and foundation work. '
A
Burlington quarry is located at
omith L.en-.' and is used by the com-'
pany itself for rip rap.
Tive stone of Cass county under
lays most of the eastern half.
Sand and Gravel
Another of Cass county's contri
butions to industry is the sand and;
grave?. Schellberg at Cedar Creek,
Lyman-Richey corporation at Platts-j
mouth and Louisville, Western Brick'
and Supply at South Bend, the Mer-1
. irit and Bell sand pits at Plattsmouth ;
have furnished material for resur
facing the roads of the county.
Other Industries
One of the newer lines of endeavor
is pottery. The Kahler Pottery com-
ipany is located at Louisville.
Elmwood operates a mill for grind-
ing nour anu ieeu. nattsmoutn na3
a feed mill.
Another boost to the county, both
as a consumer for farm products
and as an employer, is the Norfolk
' Packing company. An average of
100 are on Uie payroll for the re
mainder of the season. The employee
figures: have varied during the past
year from 50 to 250.
200 men are employed in the
B R E.X. shops in Plattsmouth. The
shops are now building refrigeration
cars.
MARRIED AT MANIEY
Saturday afternoon Harold Ells
worth Ralston of Sabetha. Kansas,
and Miss Clara Elizabeth Bable, of
Falls City," were licensed to wed by
Judge A. II. Duxbury. The young
people motored to Manley where they
were married by Father J. J. Hoff
man, pastor of the St. Patrick's
Catholic church.
The bride is a former parishioner
of Father Hoffman at Falls City
where he served as pastor for some
twenty-seven years.
CLUBS IN COUNTY
52 project clubs are organized in
the county. Spring project clubs had
an enrollment of 814 and fall of 791.
Study clubs had 95 members in the
spring and 114 fall members.
6 4 4-II clubs completed work dur
ing the past year and 2 keep Avell
clubs are now active in rural schools
of the county.
FIRST NEW BUS LICENSE
State Treasurer Murray at Lincoln
Thursday issued the first 1937 bus
license to C. C. Cotner of Platts-
mouth who is operating a ten pas-
senger bus between Omaha and
Plattsmouth. The fee was $75.
ATTEND OMAHA MEETING
Misses Mia and Barbara Gering at
tended the Mignon Shayler memorial
daughters of the King meeting held
in Omaha December 31, at 11 a. m.
commemorating the birthday anni
versary of the Sainted Mrs. Shayler.
Celebration of the Holy Communion
was held at the Bishop's residence.
The service was followed by a
luncheon at the home of Mrs. W. W.
iHoagland. Assistant hostesses were
Mrs. Frank Haller and Miss Sprague.
After lunch the regular routine of
business was dispatched. The presi
dent presided.
Burlington
Plans for New
Rolling Stock
EApected That 1,503 New Cars Will
Be Constructed in Shops in
Nebraska Thi: Sumner.
The Burlington railroad has ap
plied to tr.e Interstate commerce!
commission, the Wall Street Journal j
states, for permission to isue ?7,0S0,
000 of two per cent equipment trust
certificates which are to be sold in
connection with the purchase of new
equipment.
This is the first step in the pro
gram of the railroad that will mean
the building of large numbers of new-
cars as well as the rebuilding ofi
several hundred others.
The program
embraces plans for!
3,550 new cars at
points over the system and 1,500 of
these cars are expected to be con
structed in the state of Nebraska.
The Plattsmouth shops of the Eur-
lington Refrigerator Express Co.. is
. s.rhoi,Uf1 tn .nnlv o-n ...r,.;
era tor cars, which will make a very
extensive program in addition to the;&t "Weepinsr Water for the past year.
regular supply run of repairs on curs
that come in from the lines for light
lepairs. This work would call for a
large sum and additional workers.
The Ilavelock shops are expected
to handle -,000 fifty-ton steel frame
box c?rs and 250 auto cars as a part
of th- program of the railroad.
It is expected that the c.tlier cars
v. ill b
turned out at Gales Varg, Illi
nois, where the shops will turn out
250 hopper cars, 1.500 gondola cars,
150 stock cars and 100 flat cars.
The program is one of the mostj
extensive that the railroad has had
in recent yeai-3 and will provide nccd-
ed equipment that it was not nns
cu,iQ t
secure in the depression
years.
OUNG MAN ARRESTED
Sheriff Homer Svlvesler was call-
ed to Nehawka New Year's day bystrcet- a large number of the old
a complaint that a young man there j fl'-ends ancl neighbors being he-re for
was laboring under too heavy a cargo j tne servi es. Rev. J. W. Taenzler,
of liquor. When the sheriff reached j PJ'S'tor of the First Christian church,
there he found the young man in the j inducted the services and paid tri-
passing out stage of his celebration.
The young man was brought here and
lodged in the cozy county Jail. This
morning he came to and was startled
to find that he had rieen placed in
jail. To the sheriff he unfolded that
he had no recollection of the arrest
or the trip here. The matter will be
settled by the young man paying the
expense incurred as he is not a con
firmed drinker, but failure to reim
burse the county will make neces
sary his bing arraigned.
FIREMEN'S GRAND BALL
From Friday's Imrty
The annual fireman's ball last eve
ning at the American Legion build
ing proved as successful as its pre
decessors and hundreds of the resi
dents of the city thronged the dance
floor to participate in the fun and
enjoyment of the dance. The dancing
continued until after the advent of
the new years and- the audience
greeted the infant 19'37 in the most
appropriate manner.
SHOWS DtPR 0 VEMENT
Byron Gold ing, who was forced
to abandon his motor trip to Cali
fornia as the result of a heart at
tack, was reported as being some
what improved this morning. Mr.
Golding has suffered a great deal in
the past two days but Friday he
showed a decided gain and it is hoped
in a short time may be able to resume
his usual activities.
E. L. McKissick
fo-Leave Position
with lowa-Nebr.
Takes Position with Norg? Electri:
Refrigerator Co. Warren Sckar
fenburg of York Comes Here
E. L. McKissick, w'.io has been
located here as sales manager of tho?
Plattsmoutn district of the Iowa-Nebraska
Light & Power Co., i.s leaving
his post here to accent a new posi
tion. Mr McKissick will be employed by
the Norge Kiectric Refrigerator Co.,
and has a very fine position with
this well known corporation that will
give him an opportunity of advanc
ing his future.
During his stay lure Mr. McKis
sick has been a very capable official
for the Iowa-Nebraska Co., and in
the local community hu3 made many
frien Is by his ve ry genial person-
jaMty and his business capability. He
i has been very active in civic enter
prises and his fine spirit of co-opt il
lation has been most helpful in all of
ithe community activities.
Mr. Warren S.harfeiiburg. who ha3
been with the Iowa-Nebraska com
pany at York, Ncbiaska, will be here
Monday to take over the position that
Mr. McKis.-iek i.s leaving. The nw
sales manager of the? Plattsmouth
district has been most successful i:i
his former location ami will bring
hre an extensive experience in this
line of work.
Mr. Scharfenburg was here Friday
I to look for a location as he v. ished to
move his family here at once.
RESIGNS POSITION
Harold S. Baker, who has been
connected with the U. S. postoffiee
lips r',!!giu-d hia position t ''.me. Hp
has been assistant to Postmaster
Sterling Amick since Nov: mix r 1,
IT'35, when the change was nude in
the postoffiee.
Mr. Baker is removing to Valley,
Nebraska, where ho w ill have
charge of Valley and VAk City Meth
odist churches.
The family will hav? soon for
their new homo and take with tho:n
the best wishes of many fri.-nds.
Wilson Bickford has been named
as the assistant i:i the postoffiee to
succeed Mr. Baker and is now ca
tering c:i his new dutus.
FUNERAL OF RYNARD GIL?I0RE
The funeral services of the late Ry
nnrJ Gilnu re, Cass county pioneer,
were held on Thursday afternoon at
e Streight funeral home on Oak
bute to the long and useful life of the
departed pioneer citizen.
Mrs. Clifford Black gave two of
the favorite hymns of the departed.
"The Old Rugged Cross" and "Abide
With Me," Mrs. O. C. Hudson ' being
the accompanist for the numbers.
The interment was at the Oak Hill
cemetery.
RAS ANNUAL REPORT
The first annual report of the re
settlement administration's activity
in the 4S states was forwarded to
regional offices for careful distribu
tion to points where it would do the
most good. At the region seven of
fices in the Union Terminal ware
house, at Lincoln, about 250 copies
were received of the 172 page book
let in attractive binding and on slick
paper They contain all money fig
ures, photos of conditions before and
after RA. and a glossary of terms, all
of which have to do with grants of
money in one way or another. The
report only goes up to June 30, 1936.
the cnel of the fiscal year.
HAVE SMALL FIRE
Friday evening the
the south part of the
bv Albert Hikes, was
residence in
city occupied
.1 : .. .1
ibe on fire. The department was call-
ed to the scene but the fire had
gained a strong headway and it was
impossible to check the flames, the;
small structure soon burning down.
The cause of the fire is unknown.