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VOL. NO. LTV
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1938.
NO. 5
Cold Storage
Plant Discussed
Last Evening
Residents of Mynard and Murray tc
Urge Establishment of Plant
to Serve Communities.
Friday evening some thirty farm
ers and a number of their wives
braved the extreme cold and slippery
roads and met at the Mynard com
munity hall to discuss the possibility
of organizing a co-operative cold
storage locker to serve the needs of
the communities in this part of the
county.
Considerable discussion had pre
viously been indulged in at commun
ity meetings regarding this latest
innovation in preserving fresh meat,
fruit and vegetables, and which has
been sweeping over the middle west
whh a speed almost akin to radio
when it was in its infancy. E. H.
Spangler and Roy O. Cole were se
lected as a committee to investigate
the proposition and to secure com
plete data as to the possibilities of
a plant of this kind, cost of con
struction, operation, etc.
ry contacting representatives of
i -e and refrigerating uu.cl.ine com
panies and by correspondence with
managers of plants
eastern Iowa and
of this kind in!
Illinois where !
s(,me of the oldest plants have been
oneratin. valuable information was !
obtained: coincidentally, it wa
learned by the committee that Coun
ty Extension Agent D. P. Wainscott
was also securing data and infor
mation regarding this type cf plant
and arrangements were made to co
ordinate their efforts and a trip was
planned to visit a number of plants
in operation. This trip carried them
into Iowa, in the territory northeast
of Council Bluffs, where seven dif
ferent plants were inspected.
The meeting Friday evening wan
presided over by E. K. Spangler and
aftpr a few brief remarks regarding
the phenomenal development of the
locker system he called on Mr. Wain
scott. who had kindly accepted an
invitation to drive over and take
part in the discussion. Mr. Wain
scott gave a very complete report re-
gardin
the development and possi-i
Lilitirs of plants of this type.
The report of the inspection
i
trp j
to th" different plants in Iowa was
especially interesting for it was '
found in interviewing the managers.!
very enthusiastic regarding the way
the communities were making use of
this modern way ot" preserving food.
All plants visited were operating at
or near full capacity and most of
them were planning additions to take
care of their ever increasing demand.
flfltt lillllt Vlfi f (wl .it Tti.ni..in
whi:h is about the size of Platts-i
mouth and which Pip l.ffn ir rnr. i
. .. i:..t . , i
uiii'ii 'ui ci miic tntr a ear, lias i
found it necessary to make additions!
for storage lockers two different'
times in order to accommodate the!
demand of his patrons and this in !
view of the fact the owner- operator
had had no previous experience in
meat handling except from butcher
ing. The committee, consisting of Mr.
Wainscott, Parr Young, John B.
Kafienberger. Roy O. Cole and in
company with a representative of a
well known refrigerating machine
company of Omaha, secured valu
able information from the managers
of the various plants visited regard
ing operating, especially power, and
found quite a variation in power
rates.
A "round table" discussion was
entered into regarding the quality
and flavor of meats, fruit and vege
tables when handled by the fro;:en
method. In regard to meat, especial
ly, it was shown that a successful
.locker plant consisted, essentially
of three units or refrigerator rooms.
First, the chill or ageing room
wherein the carcasses are hung to
chill and, in the case of beef, to age.
The temperature in this room is
maintained at from 32 to 36. The
proper ageing of meat in this room
has much to do with the texture and
flavor of meat, especially beef. After
proper ageing the carcass is taken
in the cutting or processing room
w here it is carved into steaks, roasts
or chops..at the direction of the own
er, wrapped in waterproofed paper
(Continued on Tage 4)
DISTRICT COURT FILINGS
In the district court action for
$20,000 damages was filed by Fred
M. Garrison against Ralph C. Fry.
The plaintiff claims the damages for
what is alleged was the association
of the defendant and wife of the
plaintiff. TTie parties are residents
of Weeping "Water.
Tax foreclosure suit was filed in
i the court by the City of Weeping
Water as plaintiff and Charles A.
Baldwin et al, defendants. There
are some ninety-three defendants in
the action which covers a great deal
of real estate in the city of Weeping
Water.
Truckers Hold
a Meeting at
Court House
I dinner preceded the showing of 1937
Rates and Phases of New Law and!season Comhusker football pictures.
Regulations by State Railway
Commission Discussed.
. i
Wednesday evening there was a !
group of some seventy truckers from ;
all sections of Ca?s county, as well ,
as other interested parties
gathered
at the district couit room to hear the
new law and regulations covering
this line of business discussed.
itepresentatives iroiu me aif
railway commission which has charge
of the trucking regulations, were
present and explained the new nieas-
ures and answered many interesting,
questions that were propounded by
the auditors.
The air line distances used as a
basis for the fixing of rates instead:
of the actual road miles traveled was :
one of the matters much discussed.
Several illustrations were' given of i
this part of the law. i
One of the most discussed parts
r -nc tw Af mtpc nTwi ;
which has established a uniform rate,method of travtl aud sights seen' I,ar"
for truckers of all classes in the busi- ; ticularly the post season trip he and ,
ness of common carrier and commer- ! Elmer Dohrman of Nebraska made
cial trucking. In this city the rate to the west ')iiSt fo'- th1 Shlin" hos
has increased from 25c to 40c and Pital henefit game and how they had
this must be charged by all those j bn impressed at seeing the hun-j
rinir, ,ni,i-i jdreds of crippled children in that:
One of the matters that was
brought up was that of farmers In
the interchange of trucking, an illus-
trati"n heing given that one farmer
hauled grain for his neighbor in the
interchange of work, this meant that
m return the other tarmer must also
haul
grain and not perform Eome
other work in exchange.
' The meeting lasted until a very
late hour as there were manv cties-i"""
Hnnc- -W on nml answered nr. nil lines
of the trucking activity.
WEDDED FIFTY YEARS
i From Saturday's Dally
I Yesterdav was the fiftieth
dir.g anniversary of Mr. and
John F. Hirz. two of the well known!
and highly respected residents of the
community where they have so long
made their home. ; here.
The day was quietly observed at The pictures shown represented
their home on Marble street by per- ! several of the outstanding games that
sonal greetings from the children ' the Cornhuskers had played in dur
and grandchildren as well as gifts ; ing the past season, the gruelling
and many beautiful flowers. One of j Pittsburgh battle, the victory over
the remembrances that was very j Minnesota that had won Nebraska
deeply appreciated w as a large decor-j fame as one of the outstanding teams
ated cake presented by the Omar : of the country as well as the Indiana
lraHnrr i.nmn!irr rf flmnlin iha GVTn-land
l.dnill.S Ullliruii ' ' ' . v.iiin .in, l . ' . . ' ...
bolizing the anniversary.
Mr. and Mrs. Hirz were
married
here in Plattsmouth on February 18,
1SSS, and for many years made their
home on the farm west of this city
altho in late years they have been
residents of Plattsmouth.
Their many friends will join in
wishing them many more years of
happiness and success in the future.
HERE FROM S ED ALIA
From Saturday's Dallj
Mike Hula, of Sedalia, Missouri,
arrived this morning from his home
to spend the week end here with
relatives and looking after some
business affairs. Mr. Hula reported it; the team again for 1938.
w as thirty above zero at Sedalia on i Following the showing of the pic
Friday night when he left and that j tures he chatted with local Corn
it was raining quite heavily. The , husker fans about various phases of
southern part of Missouri and Arkan
sas has had a great deal of rain in
the past few weeks.
ARE HAPPY PARENTS
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Eledge are
the proud parents of a baby girl
born at an Omaha hospital Fridaj'.
Fred Shirey is
Speaker at Drum
Corps Gathering
All Star Player of the Nebraska Com
huskers Here to Show Pictures
of Nebraska Games.
From Saturday's Daily
In an address replete with good
advice to bovs from srrade school to
i college age. Fred Shirey, popular Uni-
versity of Nebraska football player
uuu wutr 1. 1 tiiv ti Lii j)L-i lui uit i c in
annual East-West benefit game on
the coast New Year's day, won his
wav into the hearts of the 2C Junior!
drum corps boys and ten adult com
mittee members and supervisors who
attended last night's complimentary
dinner for the drum corps at the
Plattsmouth hotel dining room. The
June Marshall, director or tne corps,
presided. E. H. Wescott, Raymond
OWli tllill XU v'Ar v. uiv v. v. )
speakers, representing the Chamber;
of Commerce, drum corps committee
and Amerkan Legion, sponsoring the ,
organization.
Shirev counse:ed the
bovs to
re-;
member that as they grow up
they j
will ever be faced with co-operating. :
working and living with people, and ;
said the manner in which they do I
these things will determine the sue- '
cess they attain. He advised them to j
set an objective and keep everlast- j
ingly at it. Illustrating what one;
little letdown can cost, he told of how
they played their level best against ;
Minnesota in lit 2 0 for 5 9 minutes !
and then a little "rest" cost them!
i
the game, as the Gophers sensed their i
opportunity and came through with;
the winning score.
He
also gave the boys some Inter- t
est ing facts about their trips.
facts about their trips, the
institution that is operated at a cost
of $200,000 a year. The players re-I
ceived their expenses and were treat- j
ed royally and all w ere very happy j
at having had a part in the raising j
of $00,000 with which to carrv (in ;
i
the work of the hospital the c oming
year.
He said it takes three years to!
learn to play the game of football
J"1 lu U1L'
!he Sc,es )n hiU PJ'O-ball.
he goes on into pro-ball. Asked if
! he intended to play pro-ball, he
'stated that while he might possibly
enter that field, he would much pre
I f er a coaching position with some
! Nebraska or mid-western high school,
wed- ! At the close of Mr. Shirey's talk
Mrs. i to the dinner group, Allan White
of the drum corps
expressed appre-
ciation and presented him with a
necKiie
as a memento of his trip
I()Wa CMIPS.
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Shirey in his presentation of the
pictures added much interest with
j his descriptive accounts, pointing out
the various plays and the names of
the players that participated in them.
The great play of the Nt-braska line
was shown strikingly in the motion
pictures, their blocking and guard
ing for the ball carriers and the
strong defensive plays being pointed
out by Shirey.
Individual players on the Nebraska
squad as well as the outstanding men
that had played against the Huskers
at Lincoln were shown, and Shirey
told of the bright prospects for the
team the next j-ear as they have
many who starred this year back on
the game. Mr. Shirey said more
fatigue comes from the last fifteen
minutes of play in a game than the
entire first three quarters. In hard
fought battles, the players often lose
as much as 12 or 15 pounds in weight
(regainable within a few days, how
ever) if they are in there fighting
the entire sixty minutes. In the Pitta-
burgh game, reserve strength won
for the Panthers, as they had two
nearly identical teams playing alter
nate quarters.
PASTOR RESIGNS POST
Rev. II. O
several years
Rhode, who
was lor
pastor of the Eight
Mile drove Lutheran church, has
just resigned his position as pastor
of the St. Paul's Lutheran church
fit Scribner. Rev. Rhode has been
at the Scribner charge for the past
thirteen years. lie has resigned to
accept a call to minister to the
church at Bloomfield, Nebraska.
Schoolmen's
Club Holds
Meeting Here "
Large Number of the Members and
Their Ladies in Attend
ance at Event.
The Cass County Schoolmen's club
held their meeting Thursday night
at the high school building, the local
men of the school being the
hosts of
the evening.
The members of the party held the
event in the high school gym where
they enjoyed indoor tenni:-. ping
pong and others cards which added
to the pleasures of the evening.
Superintendent L. S. Devoe gave a
very clever magic act for the enter
tainment of the party and r'rank A.
Cloidt gave two vocal selections.
"Song of Songs" and "Sweetheart"
from "Blossom Time." Mrs. Reeder
served as the accompanist for Mr.
C'lcidt.
The party were treated to de
licious refreshments served in the
home economics room of the school
and which brought to the close an : the truckers' meeting held Wednes
unusually pleasant meeting. Mis't1a' isht at the court house and
Lois Brandhorst and lliss Catherine ! v. hic h had been attended by a very
Kimsey had charge of the refresh- large number of the trurkers or Cass
meius j county. The discussion by represent-
jatives of the state raliway commis
SPORTSMAN'S CLUE MEETS
From Saturday's Daily
The Cass County Sportsman's club j
met at the public library, last eve-i
ning with about fifty members pres- j
ent. They were addressed by Mr. ,
Lytle from the chief conservation:
office in Lincoln. j
Mr. Lytle spoke on what the con- i
servation office is doing to prevent ;
the illegal killing of wild game and!
game birds. The members present;
showed great interest in the pre-1
vention of the illegal hunting and;
fishing, and in the near future it j
will not be an open season for il-
legal hunting and fishing, with the:
assistance of farmers in this area and I
the moral support of th
Hunters !
Club, the fellow who violates the !
law will find it rough going. Mr. j
L.ytle assured the organization that!
the state office would give every
possible assistance in the matter of j Several of the neighbors responded
prevention of illegal hunting and , along the farm line and Carl Ofe and
fishing, and in the conservation, of Louie Lohnes, firemen from Platts
wildlife in this area. mouth had driven to the scene with
An invitation was presented from two tanks of chemicals which proved
the Sportsman's club of Columbus , effective in getting the fire under
Nebraska, to attend a meeting to be1 control.
held on March Cth. at Columbus. ! Mr. Stamp was taken from the
There wili be a delegation from second floor of the home to the first
Plattsmouth attend the meeting, and j floor and cared for as the battle to
the delegation will be authorized to! check the fire continued.
cast the ote for the full member
ship on all matters to be considered
at the Columbus meeting.
It was decided
meeting on the
to
th
hole! the next
i
i d Friday in !
March.
After the meeting adjourned. Mil
ton M. Muncie. president of the Cass
County Sportsman's club, presented
photographs and a map showing the
possibility of the establishment of a
lake in the old channel of the Mis
souri river, in the vicinity of Rock
Bluffs. There can be established one j
of the finest lakes in tne state ot
Nebraska at this particular place.
There was very much interest shown
in the possibility of the project.
The next meeting will be held on
March ISth.
UNDERGOES OPERATION
Mrs. Joseph Stodola of this city j
was operated on Thursday at thej
St. Catherine's hospital a t Omaha, j
the operation being of a very serious!
nature. Mrs. Stodola stood the ordeal
in fine shape and it is hoped will
soon be able to show definite improvement.
Chamber of
Commerce Has
Regular Meet
h. L. Gaver and Members of State
Highway Patrol Give Short
Talks at Meeting.
The Chamber of Commerce at their
meeting Thursday had the pleasure
of having with them II. L. Gayer of
this city and I'atrolmen W. R. Elling
son and J. It. Saunders, of the state
highway patrol and who gave short
talks.
Mr. Gayer talked of the fine record
made by the management of the
Plattsmouth creamery, which under
George K. Hetruk has grown to be
one ot the best m this section or the
tate. and one that served as the
price setter for the other creameries
in this state. He also expressed pleas
ure at the fine spirit of co-operation
that had been shown by the farmers
and the residents of the city in mak
ing possible the success of the cream
ery. Mr. Saunders discussed the strict
enforcement of the traffic laws on the'
highways which they had been order
ed to see were carrieu in a move to
(heel: accidents and dangers along
the highways. The patrol had orders
to see that laws and rules were ob-
served regardless of who might be
the violator.
Mr. Ellingson touched on the part
of the patrol work that had to do
with help and service to those on the
highway. The patrol is equipped to
give first aid in case of accidents,
assist injured to hospitals or doctors'
offices, aid stranded motorists or oth
ers along the highway.
President J. Howard Davis of the
Chamber
of Commerce, reported on
sion had been most interesting and
; covered very well the new regulations
land rates for trucks.
FIRE AT STAMP HOME
From Saturday's Daily
This morning the home of
and Mrs. Jack Stamp, south
Mr.
of
Plattsmouth, had a close call from
being destroyed by fire that origin
ated from a chiihney burning out.
The chimney started burning and j
grew very heated, so much that
Mrs. Stamp sent out the alarm to
neighbors as Mr. Stamp was ill in a
room on the second floor of the house.
As Mrs. Stamp opened the door to
the spare bedroom, she found that
the chimney stop had fallen oit and
tne
bed
the
burning soot scattered over a
and which was afire and soon
mattress, pillov. s and bedding
were all blazing.
! The loss to the room and its con
I tents w ill be considerable but it is
i fortunate that the damage was not
; greater.
i
TO OFFICIATE AT GRAND
CHAPTER EASTERN STAR
Superintendent L. S. Devoe has
been appointed by Ruby Coggins, of
Aurora, Nebraska, worthy grand ma
tron of the Eastern Star, to be the
master of ceremonies at hte informal
opening of grand chapter. The meet
ing w ill be held this year at Fremont
opening May 9th. This is the first
time in several years that the grand
chapter has been held at Fremont.
HERE FROM WL0MING
Sam Gapen, of Hiattville, Wyo
ming, is here for a visit with the
relatives and old time friends in
Cass county where he spent his
younger years. Mr. Gapen is a
brother of Oscar Gapen and Mrs.
George W. Snyder of this city. He
was a caller Friday at the Journal to
renew his subscription to the semi
weekly edition of the paper.
EAGLE RESIDENT DIES
From Saturdays .uaily
George Oberle, prominent farmer
of the Eagle community, died Friday
at Lincoln where he has been under
going treatment. He is survived by
his wife, Ida; two sons, Edward and
George, Eagle; daughter, Mrs. Caro
line Olds of Stockton. California;
three brothers, Fred, Rudolph and
Emil, Eagle.
Funeral services will be held at
the farm home Monday at 2:30 and
later in the Methodist church in
Eagle at 3 o'clock. Rev. R. E.
Rangeler conducting the services, as
sisted by Rev. Donald Springer. The
burial will be af the Eagle cemetery.
Blair Takes
a Close Game
from Platters
Locals Keet Defeat on the Elair
Court Last Kigbt 27 to 20
Miller Not Playing-.
From Saturday's Daily
The natters last night on the
Blair court were turned back by the
S' ore of 2 7 to 20 in a game that was
close from the start and it was not
until in the last few moments of the
conflict that the Blair team pulled
out in front. Long and Fackler being
their chief scorers.
The score at the half was 8 alike
and the two teams continued to bat
tle closely until the final whistle.
The Platters played with a read
justed team as Miller was not in
the game and forced Wooster to the
guard place, the locals also missing
the usually effective shooting of
Miller.
Wooster, Rebal and Reed were the
high point men of the locals with
five counters each.
The box score of the game was as
follows :
Plattsmouth (20)
FG FT TF TP
Jacobs, f 0 0 10
Rebal, f 13 2 5
Hayes, c 1113
Wooster, g 2 1 1 5
Reed, g 2 10 5
McCarty, f 10 12
7 C 6 20
Elair (27)
FG FT PF TP
Long, f 4 0 18
Payne, f 1113
Fackler, c 6 1 0 13
Koopman, g 0 1 2-1
Frain, g 0 0 3 0
Rounds, c 10 0 2
Sylvis. f 0 0 2 0
12 3 9 27
LANDS GIANT SEA BASS;
PHOTOS BRING PROOF
"Little Girl Lands Big Fish"
might well be the title over this ar
ticle, for that was literally the case
out on the west coast last week,
when Mrs. Newell Pollard, formerly
Miss Betty Kaline of Plattsmouth.
small of stature and light of weight,
with her husband, took a trip on an
excursion fishing boat, and with a
rod and reel landed by herself the
largest sea bass captured on this
trip.
When the "big tug" came on the
line, experienced fishermen aboard
the boat realized what was happen
ing and wanted to assist her with
the task of landing it. However, both
Betty and her husband insisted she
be left free to handle the situation
by herself, while the experienced
fishermen merely stood by and gave
her advice on how to handle the
catch, without breaking the line or i sewage disposal plant arrangements
have it get away. After plenty of j must follow, there does seem to be
excitement the fatigued captive was sufficient merit in the plan to mere
pulled in. Photos received here this i ly straighten the ditch by dredging,
w eek show Mrs. Pollard holding the ! throw ing up a protecting levee with
fish at arm's length, and it looks
nearly half the size of its captor. A
smile betells the satisfaction that
must have come from her phenome
nal success as an angler.
The Pollards have ueen living in
California since their marriage last
fall. Mrs. Pollard is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Kalina of this
city.
DANCE
Saturday, February 26th, Bekins
building. Music by Charley Kucera
dance band. Gentlemen, 35c, ladies
25c. ltw-f24-25-26d
Subscribe for the Journal.
Flood water and
Sewage Disposal
a Real Problem
Straightening of Ditch East of Bur
lington Tracks will Overcome
First, hut Not Latter
Considerable study has been given
by the city administration to the
flood water and sewage disposal prob
lem on the bottom lands east of the
Burlington tracks, both prior to and
since the filing of a petition by those
property owners and other interested
parties to have the situation correct
ed. The original intent of the peti
tioners was that the city secure a
WPA project to straighten the pres
ent meandering ditch that carries
both flood water and sewage from
the outlet of the city sewers just
south of the Burlington depot, lin
ing the bottom and sidewalls with
brick or concrete.
It was admitted this would be an
expensive job on account of the cost
of materials involved.
Sewage Disposal Problem
The main purpose back of lining
tlw bottom and sidewalls was to
permit moval of sewage, without ob
struction from "pockets" that de
velop in dirt-bottom ditches.
However, the necessity for this is
somewhat questionable, since it is
very apparent that with the coming
of river transportation towns like
Nebraska City, Plattsmouth and Om
aha that have for years dumped
their sewage into the river, will
be prohibited from continuing this
practice by the federal government.
That would automatically elimi
nate the sewage angle and leave but
the flood water issue to demand at
tention so far as the ditch is con
cerned. It will, when the time comeB, how
ever, entail a heavy expense on the
city for the construction cf a sew
nge disposal plant.
With prospects of removal of the
sewage menace, it is quite generally
agreed that a straight open dirt ditch
with a small protective levee built
up at the side from dirt dredged
out of the ditch, will serve the pur
post most satisfactorily, not only
curbing floodwaters against over
flow onto the surrounding land, but
permitting them to find their way
to theriver much more rapidly than
with the present winding ditch.
Property owners in the area in
volved are willing to contribute the
land required for straightening the
ditch, without cost, if the city will
undertake straightening of the same
in this manner a comparatively
small and inexpensive job.
Flood Control
Rough estimates on the dredging
job are that it can be done by a
dragline in around a week's time,
at a cost running in the neighbor
hood of J500.
Since this is work that would
have to be done to accomplish flood
control, even after a sewage disposal
plant becomes necessary, the cost
of the open dirt-bottom straight
ditch might be considered as money
well spent, both in accomplishing
Hood control and providing tempor
ary solution to the sewage problem
until such time as the sewage dis
posal plant has to be built.
Thus, while the cost of a con
crete or brick lined and bottomed
ditc-h is too great to merit any con
sideration, with the knowledge that
the dirt, to warrant more detailed
study and investigation.
Whether, with the work done by
a dragline, there would be suffici
ent manual labor involved to make
a WPA project of the job is some-
what questionable
VISITS RELATIVES HERE
Judge C. M. Sommerville, of Hugo,
Colorado, arrived in the city Thurs
day for a short visit at the home of
County Treasurer and Mrs. John E.
Turner, Judge Sommerville being a
brother-in-law of Mrs. Turner. He
departed this morning for his home
in the west after having been in this
part of Nebraska on business.