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Nebr. State Historical Society 'I VOL. NO. im PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1938. NO. 97 IksSi l 'try Henry C.Backe meyer Named Commissioner Prominent Resident of Elm-wood Pre cinct Selected to Take Place of Fred H. Gorder. Henry C. Backemeyer, 60, prom inent resident cf Elmwood precinct, was named Saturday night to fill the vacancy on the board of county f ommissioners occasioned by the re signation of Fred II. Gorder of Weep ing Water. There were twenty-two candidates for the appointment and which num bered some of the most prominent residents of the west part of Cass county and from these it was a diffi cult task to determine just who should have the position. The appointment was made as pro vided bv law by the county clerk, i county treasurer and county attor nev. The appointment will run until the next general election in November, 193S. when the term of Mr. Gorder was expired. The new commissioner is well known over pa i t icularly the entire county and t in the west section ...i - . 1 A ,,.,,,. ! eif is, an eA.e..ve iauu . ana one oi ir.e very successiui laim- . , ... , . , line: filled bv some 00 of the resi ers of that section. Mr. Backemeyer, 'dents of that section. was the republican candidate lor tne commissionership against Mr. Gorder r.t the previous election and made a verv rood race for the office. The selection of Mr. Faekemeyer ! changes the political complexion of the county board as it now consists of two republicans and one demo-1 crat. Mr. Gorder having been a demo- j crat. but in the operation of the board there is little partisanship shown. -FLOWER SHOW ON. The members ot tne nausmouu Garden club have arranged a very attractive winter flower show that is being held in the room in the Bekms;as sij0wn from expressions of thethe Cedar Creek road west from this building formerly occupied by the j bakery. j y. p, Nolte, of near Mynard, was j crushed rock. The members have arranged a most ; one c tjje chief leaders in the i D. S. Sumner, Missouri Pacific pas interesting setting and which fea- speeches against the suggested farm isensrer agent was introduced by El- iuit3 ii-v s,.i.-ij.o 1,,...-.. f.., , w. r i r T'-.i't; as a background of the showing. . Branches of trees with bird nests in them are displayed as a part of the general setting oi me iiorai uipia. It 13 a hue tribute to tne t arcien j man of xehawka. Mrs. W. O. Troop club whic h has already held a spring !Df Xehawka and Mrs. Myrtle Woods and summer show that they havejDf Wabash. ' such a keen interest that they have) Those who supported the farm created this winter show. utr w.-nwi a iu i.ic jization or iarm prices ana crops in- the exhibits collections of seeds of ; eluded Alfred Gansemer, well known various plants, bird nests of a num-; farmer of near iIurray William ber of varieties of our feathered j Metzger of Cedar Creek, one of the friends and a collection of pictures jactive Naders in the support of the of birds which were exhibits of Miss jeenate bill and Mrs. Ida Reed of Anna Han. Mrs. I T. and Margaret f Cedar Creeki wj10 was heard in the Hememan and A. L. udd. course of the debate. Three shadow boxes are shown,. -phe local committee that has been , i lie lui-di ci.mmii.iee luai nas ueeu one oi a nne coiieciion ul nuu, one : dedicated to China and one in Christmas theme. There is a fine group of the dried plants and grasses that have been very cleverly Arranged and are most attractive. Collections of vegetables contri buted by Mrs. L. W. Egnberger of fers a fine note to the show and showings of fruit also makes a very colorful touch to the scene. One of the unusual plants shwn is an "air plant" w hich is shown by Mrs. L. L. Wiles. Those who attend the show are well rewarded for their time and trouble. PAYS OUT LARGE SUM In the expenditures of the city each year is the appropriation ofjjudge, 51,025.70 ;" clerk of the dis $2,900 for street lights and which covers the electroliers and overhead street lights. This is the same amount that the Iowa-Nebraska Light & Power company pays out in taxes in this city, school and city being $2,900 according to Manager F. I. Rea of the company. The district headquarters is in this city and which makes the tax larger than usual and which is in fact an exchange of checks between the power company and the city and board of education. See the goods you buy. Catalog o6npuBii ir you cot them? BANK HAS MEETING From Friday's Daily The stockholders of the Platts mouth State bank held their annual meeting at the bank last evening to hear the reports of the officers and to elect the directors. The bank has had a good year and the condition one of the very best of any banking house in the state as the report showed under the efficient management of the officers. The directors elected were II. A. Schneider, Kenry Horn, Frank A. Cloidt, Carl J. Schneider. The officers elected from the direc- torate were H. A. .Schneider, presi dent; Henry Horn, vice-president; Frank A. Cloidt. cashier and Carl J. Schneider, assistant cashier. W eeping Water Meeting Against Crop Control Last of County Meetings in Opposi-I tion to Compulsory Features of Law Goes on Record. The last of a series of three county j held a very bright view of the fu meetings held in opposition to the i ture. ! proposed compulsory farm control Ihiii w-c et;1(retl at Weenintr Water : - ' I afternoon. Philnot hall be- . . , . . Carl Tefft chairman of the organ- j izing committee, and was one of the ' best held bo far arid with real in terest shown in the proceedings. i As at the Murray and AIvo meet- 1 lings, the proposed house bill was J read by Troy L. Davis of Weeping: the strip of road on No. o4 east of Water, who wa3 one of the commit- ! Elmwood had been closed w ith a sur tee in opposition to the legislation. facing of black top. The south Platte The meeting by a raised hand vote j territory was urging more develop went on record as beine aerainst any Iment and surfacing of their road compulsory features in a farm bill by a vote of 241 to 42., one of theisuriacea witn tne exception, or iour , most decisive decisions against the jbil, that has beeQ recorded. j The sentjment was also verv much against any form of farm legislation ' auaieriCe " i . . . . control ana uenouncea secretary Henry Wallace for plans to regulate ti,e crops of the nation. Attorney ; D. G. i)wyer of thi3 city also spoke against the bill as did Harold Fleisch- (measure as necessary for the stabil-,tion Padine the f.trht aira nst thp kii?- ! , . -u o : igested legislation, has received invi itations from several other counties where opposition is sought to be or ganized. COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS The commissioners at their session this week opened bids on several lines of county work for the ensuing year: The printing of commissioner pro- ceedings and notices was let to the Weeping Water Republican, who have, the present contract. The Elmwood Leader-Echo was the only other bid der. Streight & Streight, morticians, were low on the burial of the poor. The various officers filed their quarterly reports as follows: County i trict court, $8SS.40; register of deeds, $312.90; county clerk, $243. 75. FUNERAL OF BABE The funeral of Roger, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Recek, was held on Thursday afternoon at the Sattler funeral home at Fourth and Vine streets. Father J. R. Sinkula, pastor of the Holy Rosary church, grave the prayers for the departed and brought a mesage of hope and comfort to the bereaved familv. Thp intprmpnt. wna at the Catholic cemetery in the west part of the city. Chamber of Commerce Holds Annual Meeting J. H. Davis Is Named as President! of the Organization for the Coming Year. The annual meeting of the Cham-j in 1022-2?,. Mr. Davis also gave sev ber of Commerce of this city was Val incidents of the farm meeting held at the dining room of the Stew-; at Weeping- Water which was held art cafe Thursdav night and with under the auspices of the commit- ja verv pleasing number of the mem; bers present. i called attention of advertising the President Carl J. Schneider pre- jtax rates as a means of locating oth sided over the meeting and withlers here. Secretary E. H. Wescott on the job. j Elmer Sundstrom presented Rev. The selection of the officers of the J. C. Lowson, new Methodist pastor club resulted in the following being to the members of the club and he named: ; responded with a few words of greet President J. Howard Davis. Vice-President F. I. Rea. Treasurer L. O. Minor. The secretary and members of the ; board of directors will be announc ed later. There were manr interesting re- j ports anu discussions enjoveu ieiu Itive to the business of the past year land the outlook for 193S and all J. Howard Davis, who has been serving as acting treasurer, repon- . . . ed that on January 1. 1937. there j during the year the sum of $2.- ?oo .- had been collected. $197.10 being expended in the general items of the civic body and $2,000 had been contributed as a share in the WPA dock and highway project. a. tcnneiaer oi tne roaus anu highways committee reported that 'System. He reported No. 34 hard miles clear to Grand Island. He also reported that the highway to the bridge had been surfaced with the black top. Mr. Schneider urged that city be surfaced with gravel or O . . . . ,J . . . J T ., C" . . , . . uuusn um .' umn. urged that the Chamber of Co-:paUon and thp Ford corCpany was merce take up with the railroad tbe:having steei barires constructed for matter of stopping of the Pre?erit ake a"na rjver traffic. tnrougn trains on tne .Missouri 'aci- , he. i E. H. Wescott stated that the 'fact that the station was closed and ; no lighting at the Burlington sta- at night, made it very incon- ! ; eie oo.iib i Tells of City Condition ! coming on the Ak-Sar-Ben. j Mayor George Lushinsky gave a TeUs of Eiver Work jverv fine statement "of the city fi j T . Pollockf chairman of the! nances tnat was mmh appreciated j Missouri River improvement commit-land showed the care and attention repprted that the 1()Cak and wareJthat had heen piven to the reducing house was now &11 completed, work; of citv debt and the raising of the j on the hi3hway was under wav, a ifinancial standard of the city as fol- : i -j , j- .t. j i U .concrete bridge leading to the dock lows: , . .. ! ueinc in ana me roan craainc on ils way. The committee had attended ! 1 93 S will be $2.40 per thousand as the meeting of the Associated Indus- ; sessed valuation than the year 1936. tries of Nebraska and found many ! and $,4.00 less on the thousand encouraging inquiries as to the state, i valuation than 1932 rnd 1933. That Pictures of the dock had been sentiyear a combined city levy was 25 the Waterways Journal and the Ma-Jmills. Each year since then there rine News of New York. There was! has been a small reduction in the a lack of education among the peo-jmill levy as follows: 1933-34, 24.40 pie on river navigation that should 'mills; 1934-35, 23. SO mills; 1935-3G, be remedied and they be prepared to j 23.60 mills; 1930-37. 23.40 mills; take full advantage of its possibil- i 1937-3S, 21.00 mills, ities. Many had held that the Mis-j This year's reduction is by far the souri river would be more successful for navigation than the Mississippi. Several concerns had written here in-j beginning this year there will be a quiring as to locations for plants of decided decrease in the principal pay various kinds. Iment on outstanding bonds and in- Superintendent L. S. Devoe of the entertainment committee, reported that the entertainment of the year was the sixth annual Korn Klub show, and the Santa Clans visit. Mr. Devoe urged that an athletic banquet jbond and interest requirements other be held in the city at the close of I large items in the city budget in tne basketball season and that schools 'eludes fire hydrant rental fund which and athletes from various schools be Invited in for the event, a speaker of outstanding athletic record be se cured. He urged the members of the Chamber of Commerce to get out and attend the basketball games. He also reported the Plattsmouth city band as showing fine progress and would have a membership of forty five or fifty for the summer. A. L. Tidd called the attention of the members to the interest that the Plattsmouth Garden club had at- tracted over the state and residents of jmany other places had attended the ! local shows. The local club had rt Iceived many inquiries as to their work from other towns that desired I to stage flower shows. ! For the city planning committee. ; S. S. Davis reported plans for ad vertising and selling the community to the outside world. He called at tention to the excellent feeling here now among the residents compared with that when he had moved here tee of which he is a member. He eIeo ing. Advertising of State and City i H. A. Schneider thought that the state advertising of the Nebraska tax situation was good and the show ing that the city had made was excel lent. It was in 1909 at the b best cf 'John P. Sattler that the city had starved their sinking fund that had enabled the gradual retirement of the bonded debt. If the present policy : v. ere carried on for the next ten vears. Mr. Schneider said v.e should city free of bonded debt. In cx the last four years the ky had paid off $50,000 of bonds au:l had re duced the interest rates. This would eventually lead to a very low tax for the operation of the city. Mr. Tidd urged that the members of the Chamber of Commerce save the ads of Nebraska that appeared in the Journal and turn them over to him for sending out over the nation to advertise Nebraska. He also re ported that several concerns had written here as to locaticns and he believed that a sympathetic follow up of the ads of the state would ! bring good local results. Mr. Tidd th the COuntv ' commissioners and the city council for their 'co operation in the dock proposition, the commissioners aiding in the dock while the city had joined in the plan bj- having Lincoln avenue rocked and which would probably start this week. He also stressed the fine spirit shown in raising funds for the dock. Mr. Tidd pointed out that many big . rrm fide nee in river navi ! John P John R gattler told of the small ! towns of Pekin and Peoria, Illinois, in his jouth and which river navi gation had built up to cities of 20.- 000 and 125.000, due to the oppor- tunities afforcied by the Illinois river. Taxes for the fiscal year 1937 and largest in spite of the fact that a one 'mill levy is made for poor relief. Also terest that will permit reduction in the city's levy to make present pay ment of principal in the sum of $12,000.00. and interest amounting to $10,000.00. Beside the $23,000.00 is $5,750.00, street lighting $2, 900.00, police department $3,300.00, also library, general fund, cemetery fund and various other funds with the same expenditure which is re quired which is necessary even in these times of curtailing and keeping ing within the limit of the budget. Approximately 84 per cent of your tax dollar goes to meet your fixed and contracted expenses which must be met. Outstanding indebtedness of Platts mouth has been reduced ?S9,500.00 in the last six years, which we can j 'well be proud of, taking into con- sideration the depression we have' had and is still with us. The net j Robertson, grand master of the Ne I bonded indebtedness of the city at : braska Masons, with R. C. Cook, de- the present time is $232,000.00. j puty grand custodian. W. F. Evers, , Al our city obligations have been : superintendent of the Masonic Home met promptly when due and the same land Attorney J. Howard Davis, were po'icy should be met within the next, five or six years w hich should then j eliminate this bonded indebtedness, i Arrangements should be made to meet the fulbiwing payments as they ' come due: lft 3 8, $13,000.00; 1939. S9.000.00; 1940, $4,000.00. Interest not included. County Problems Discussed County Commissioner G. L. Far ley ui?cused many of the problems of th county and to which the years of the depression had added that of relief. The demand was for better r;,ads and which also cost money for surfacing and maintaining. In the t face of these the valuation of the j county hod been reduced from $54.- , 000,000 a few years ago to $30,000,- j 000. taking away some $20,000 from! taxing purposes. The fact of ex-j trerr.e dry weather had cut down , some road expenditures but on the ; other hand the lack of crops had ' made it impossible for the residents , to pay their taxes. j County Treasurer John E. Turner called the attention of the members of the Chamber of Commerce to the j fact of the supreme court affirming the law repealing the penalty inter- , est tax up to the 31st of December, j 193S. j George W. Olson suggested that j while there was no money available ' for WPA work, that plans be made j for projects so that they might be i ready when funds were allocated. i The retiring president. Carl J. . Schneider, closed the meeting by thanking all who had assisted him i in the two years that he has served ' ! in the office. TABLES TURNED j An authenticated story haring to! ido with the rail crossing on the Oi ; street highway north of Avoca ap-;the able management of Mr. Hetrick, jnames that mean fine achievement In ! pears in this morning's Nebraska a dividend of $5 being presented the j the world of painting. Of all these City News Presn. It seems state pa- stockholders the first that has been j Wood is perhaps the most famous. : trolmen have been halting truckers received from the investment and j Gi ant Wood is a middle western Iwho failed to stop for the crossing, which followed the wiping out of alljer, now in residence at Iowa City, las now required by law. A few days ! outstanding indebtedness. j in the magnificent new art center l?eo a truck driver came to a quick! The meeting was presided over by:dedicated just last fall. His picture, 'Ktor iut a few feet short of the rails. I W. F. Nolte, president of the Farm- '"Arnold Comes of Age," which is in ane! observed a crash from behind as ;the radiator was smashed from the i impact. Getting out he found the! icar behind was one of the new high-! Uvav patrol cars. The trucker offered i apologies, as he indicated his know-1 lee1 of the law by saying. "You know the statutes require us truck 'drivers to sion at all rail crossings." :Tbe patrolmen will doubtless main-'Paid I tain a greater distance between their , 4. . , t r ror and the one m front in the f u - ' ture. especially when approaching a grade crossing. MURRAY CHURCH GROUP MEETS I The Y. P. C. U. organization of the Murray United Presbyterian j ; church held its monthly business j ! meeting at the home of Mrs. Mar garet Todd. Friday evening. Jan. 7. !The meeting was very well attended, jv.ith twenty-two members and guests I present. '. A special program for the public Iwill be presented by the young peo !ple on Young People's Day, Jan. 30, 'at 7 . m. Everyone is cordially in i vited to attend. ! Three one-act plays will be given Ion the evening of Feb. 11. The casts i for these plays will include all mem bers of the Y. P. C. U. society. Following the business meeting, the group joined in a very entertain ing social hour led by Mrs. Margaret I Todd. MOTE TO NEW LOCATION Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Albee, whose home was destroyed by fire Thurs day afternoon, have located in a resi dence property on South Fourth street, where they will remain for the present at least. They were able to save a great deal or tneir nousenoia i . , .5,i goods from the home and which will permit them to start housekeeping at i once. GO TO NEW YORK Ernest C. Giles and Mrs. C. Sheldon of Nehawka left night for Plattsburg, New where George C. Sheldon is George Friday York, in the Physician's hospital with pneumonia. VISIT AT TECTJMSEH ( Wednesday evening William A.! at Tecumseh to attend Masonic meet- j ings. Mr. Cook served as the installing ' officer for Tecumseh lodee No. 1 7 and 1 inducted the officers into their sta- tions. Mr. Robertson, who is also the grand senior warden of the Knighta Templar, served as the installing of ficer for the newly elected officer. of Mt. Horeb commandery No. 10 and ialso for Furnas Chapter No. 9, Royal 'Arch Masons I Farmers Co- Operative Cream ery Meeting Dividend of $5 Is Paid to Stockhold ers as Result of Able Hand line of Business. The stockholders of the Farmers Co-Operative Creamery Co., held their annual meeting at the community iiu.. ...j.iau ri.ua, hBul. was attended by some 200 persons, the wives of the stockholders being present. The building was erected and open ed in this city in 192S and for the first years the going was not so good until some seven years ago when George K. Hetrick came to this city and took over the operation of the well equipped plant. Under his very able management the creamery, which is known as the Plattsmouth Creamery, has steadily advanced un - til it ranks as one of the best in the eastern section of the state. The stockholders had a pleasant surprise offered them as the result of ! ers Co-Operative Creamery Co., and the reports of the officers received, That the creamery plant is a real community asset was shown by the figures given by Mr. Hetrick on the amount of business that had been handled in 1937. The creamery paid out in the year $93,000 and of which $SS,000 was out in Plattsmouth and the ad - ' Joining territory in the purchases for tne piant anu jaDor costs. . I he butterfat purchased during jwnose courage is nigh, and who is the year amounted to $51,000, and ready to take up his part in the mak fS.000 was paid the farmers forjing of a better world. In the back chickens at the creamery plant. One j ground other youngsters are at play of the large-items was $24,000 that! in a gay landscape; this boy faces was paid for eggs and which repre-away from them toward the future, sents a large volume of business, a as if he said, "I have become a man, hundred cases or better usually be-i I have put away childish things." ing handled out of the plant. jit is a picture to be looked at again For the labor at the plant the sum 'and again, not so much for the ar of $3,000 was paid out in the year : rangement of light and color in it, just closed. but for the ineffable lift of spirit The report brought out several j which the artist has somehow caught speeches of -commendation and ap- j on the canvas. preciation of the fine manner in which the creamery has been devel oped and its value as a community asset. H. L. Gayer, of the Farmers Co-Operative creamery and H. A. Schneider, president of the Platts mouth State bank gave words cf praise for this important community business institution. In the election of officers W. F. Nolte, H. F. Nolting and E. H. Spang- ler were re-elected as members of the board of directors and the board later will name the executive offi - cers of the company. The ladies of the Mynard Commun ity club served a fine luncheon at the close of the meeting. CARD OF THANKS We desire to take this means of expressing to the many kind friends a ' ciation of the many acts of kindness shown us in the death of our little son, Roger. Especially do we wish to thank Mrs. Joseph Kvapil and Mrs. John Kalasek who were with us at the hour of his death and those tajv ing part in the services. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Recek, Grandparents, Aunts and Uncles. Fine Art Col lection to be on Display Tuesday Rare Treat Will Be Afforded the Art Lovers of Community at the High School. The University of Nebraska Exten sion Art Exhibit, which will be held in the high school gym on January 11, consists of more than thirty pic tures representing the widest pos sible types of pictorial art. j There are full color reproductions jof paintings which the whole world acclaims as masterpieces cf European art, from the German Holbein's por trait of a merchant prince, to the Spanish Goya's magnificent grandee. Don Manuel de Zuniga. The lovely Italian Madonna of Cim bue, and Rembrandt's "Christ of Emmaus" breathe forth the spirit of Christ's birthday. The French mod erns are represented by a typical colorful landscape by Cezanne, and the French classicists by Corot's study of a "Young Girl." J The established American paint- er, Winslow Homer, is represented ;b' three paintings; the delicate art of the Chinese Kur.g Chi, who lived nearly a thousand years ago. is shown ; jn a lm,e pastoral entitled "Three j Rabbits ." i There is also a collection of orig j inal drawings and etchings owned j by the university including Lionel j Barrymore's "Quiet Waters." When , Mr. Barrymore learned that his etch jing had been purchased to hang in j the Nebraska art gallery, he could ,not wait to write of his pleasure; he I telegraphed it from Hollywood, j But the unique feature of this ex ihibit is the collection of original ioil paintings which are being loaned, ! paintings by American artists, who have achieved distinction in their several fields. Botke, Curran, Parker, (Nebraskan), Stoll and Wood are eluded in this exhibit, has been loan ed for exhibition to the Whitney Gal leries at New York, and to the San Diego Exposition, and points in be tween. The University of Nebraska has refused $1,500 for the canvas. This is not a large nor startling picture. It is just a portrait of a i boy who has reached that moment I where he accepts the responsibilities jof manhood; a nne, clean youngster whose idealism is as yet untried. This exhibit is being directed by Miss Lois Hrandhorst of the Platts mouth high school. She is anxious that a large number of patrons at tend and the admission is free. The doors will be opened at 7:00 o'clock with .the program starting officially at 8:00 o'clock. SKATING HARD ON HEAD From Saturday's I5My Burton Rishel. Main street and ! first ward carrier of the Journal, was unable to cirry his route, as the re sult of a fall sustained last night. Burton, with several companions was skating and he fell, striking his head on the ice. Since the accident he has been suffering from the ef fects and was forced to remain home today. ATTENDS CONVENTION From Friday's Dally Glenn Vallery will return home to day after spending a week attending a convention at Moline, Illinois and visiting the John Deere factories at Moline and Waterloo, Iowa. Phone news Items to No. 6.