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HE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAl PAGE EIGHT Monday, February 9, 1953 Ghost Towns Prominent In County, History Shows OUT OF OLD NEBRASKA Cass County, bounded on the cast by the Missouri River and on the north by the Platte, was one of the eight original coun ties established in Nebraska Territory, 1854. Its name honors Lewis Cass, famed soldier and statesman from Michigan. At the time the county was named in his honor, Cass had served as governor of Michigan terri tory, congressman and senator from Michigan, and Democratic candidate for the presidency (1848). Later he would serve as President Buchanan's Secretary of State.. From the time of the earliest exploration, the .region around the mouth of the Platte was looked upon as one of great strategic importance. As early as 1848,' Libeas T. Coon was operating a hand-propelled ferry across the Missouri two miles south of the Platte. In 1853. Samuel Martin established a trading post on the west side of the river, and with the or ganization of the territory in 1854 the Plattsmouth Town Company was formed. The middle and late fifties were Doom years ior me coun ties of "eastern Nebraska. Pros pects were bright, enthusiasm ran high, and new towns were projected by the score each sure that it would become the gateway to the West and the great emporium of the trans Missouri region. Most of these town-building ventures were short lived some hardly got beyond the paper stage and J. Hward Davis INSURANCE Soennichsen Building Phone 264 Plattsmouth Perfume That Clings Q. Dear Penny: I adore per fume, but for some reason or other its fragrance just does not last on me. I have told several of my friends that I want a new perfume, but first I must find out about a lasting one. Mrs. A. W. A. A particularly good idea for women who claim that per fume does not "stay with them" is a Liquid Skin Sachet. It smooths on the skin very easily, and lingers longer because of its sachet base. It has a slower rate of diffusion and evaporation than any other type of frag rance. Try this Houbigant Chantilly Liquid Skin Sachet. Only $1.85 plus tax at CASS DRUG Walgreen Agency CINEK & WEST, Inc. COAL and FEED 4301 Q St., MA3212 South Omaha BABY CHICKS and Supplies Open Sunday Until Noon mt the map of eastern Nebraska is dotted with the '"ghost towns" cf the territorial boom period. Cass County seems to have more than its share of these ghost towns. Among the most import ant were Oreapolis and Rock Bluff. Others were Kenosha, Liberty, Cleveland, Osage, Fac toryville, Folden's Mill and Eight Mile Grove. Rock Bluff is perhaps the best known ghost town in Nebraska. For a while it thrived on the steamboat trade, and even sup ported a race track, a coal mine and an "Institute." It also played an important part in the controversial election of 1865 when the voters of Nebraska were deciding the issue of whe ther or not the territory should become a state. From the beginning, Platts mouth was the dominant com munity in the county. Though its early hopes of serving as the jumping-off place for the trans continental railroad were dash ed when the Union Pacific built west from Omaha, the Burling ton built into Plattsmouth in 1863 and the town shared in Nebraska's early railroad de velopment. The rich agricultural lands of Cass County were soon taken up by eager settlers spilling across the Missouri River into Nebras ka. Its population in 1855 was 712; in 1856, 1,251; in 1860, 3,369; and in 1870, 8,151. The period of greatest growth was the dec ade of the 1870's when the population Jumped from 8,151 to 16,683. High point in the county's population history was 1890 when the census returns showed 24,080 inhabitants. Since that time there has been a grad ual decline with each census re turn. In 1950 the figure stood at 16,355. Private Britfain At (amp Chaffee Pvt. Lawrence Edwin Brittain, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Brit tain, 725 First Street, Platts mouth, has been assigned to Company D, 47th Armored In fantry Battalion, 5th Armored Division, for basic training in the United States Army as an artilleryman at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas. Private Brittain's first eight weeks will be spent in infantry training where he will be taught the fundamentals of soldiering, learn to use and fire various weaixms and practice Army combat r tactics. During the final eieht weeks he will be taught artillery tech niques and receive training with the 1C5 mm howitzer. After com pleting his basic training he will be reassigned for duty with an Army artillery unit. HUMAN EXISTENCE Dr. George F. Carter of Johns Hopkins University, who declared In 1949 that man had lived on this continent 40,000 years as:o, now holds that artifacts estab lish human existence here any where from 100,000 to 400,000 7ears ago. THOMAS WALLING CO. Abstracts of Title "Title Insurance'' Plattsmouth, Nebraska m Hum PENNY PENGUIN Bargain Days SAL Still in Proqress at STIBAL'S Here Are Just A FEW of Several Hundred Items! Colorful . . . Vasfebaskel 13i2"xI4H" 89f PARING KNIFE Z2 H HOUSEHOLD SHEARS 6".7"-8" 6 Cup Aluminum PERCOLATOR . . 98c 3 Qt. Aluminum SAUCE PAN .... 59c Mop Sticks and Heavy Mop 59 5 & 10 STIBAl $1 & up HUMILITY FOR MAHATMA British Socialist Leader Clem ent Attlee removes his hat and shoes in reverent respect be fore laying a wreath on the tomb of Mahatma Gandhi .in New Delhi. Attlee was en route to the Asian Socialist Confer ence at Rangoon. JOURNAL isms artistically designed. Interesting was "The Dia mond" mounted in a gold ring and set in a pure black onyx base of octagonal shape located in the center of the great hall and directly under the gold leaf dome. This diamond is 24 carats and came from the Kimberly Mines of South Africa and has a perfect carving of 32 facets. This precious stone serves as the mileage stone of Cuba and sets the starting point of the Central Highway marking the "Zero Kilometer". From this point to Santiago de Cuba on the eastern end of the island is a distance of 600 miles, and from this point to Pinar del Rio, on the western end, is a distance of 113 miles. Through this total of 713 miles stretches a super highway of concrete and asphalt. All mile age in Cuba is measured from "The Diamond'. At. tViA prfr nf thp rffirinl J reception hall stands the ' Sta tue of the Republic, the official name "The Goddess of the Re public" and was modeled by Signore Angelo Zanelli, world renowned Italian artist. Cast in bronze in Rome and shipoed to Cuba in three pieces, it is fin ished in 22 carat gold leaf. Standing 58 feet in heighth and weighing 49 tons, the second largest statue in the world, it depicts the richness and splen dor of this massive building with its muraled walls, gold leaf trimmings, solid mahogany, rich velvet and fine French and English damask drapes, rooms with an inspiration of Italian Renaissance, Louis XIV and Louis XV and French Im perial, resembling the famous office of Napoleon at Versailles, should give our readers some idea of the beauty of Cuba's famous capitol. RRF It is an impressive sight com ing up palm lined avenues con verging on Cuba's beautiful capitol building with its massive gold ' dome glittering in the morning sun. This, to our knowledge, is the only capitol building in the world where an admission charge is made to tourists for a tour through the building, but it is worth much more than the nominal fee of 25 cents collected at the door. All cameras must be checked at the entrance where you are given a number for recovery of your articles upon leaving the building. It was said this pre caution is necessary for pro tection of government officials who fear opponents of the present government might try to conceal firearms in camera cases. That is one interesting fea ture of the Cuban visit, the precautions taken by the Ba tista government since taking over in March of 1852. Where ever you turn you are confronted by police, soldiers and secret police, the latter organization similar to our FBI. At all gov ernment buildings are stationed soldiers and police, who calmly give you the once-over as you pass or enter but do not be alarmed, we found them to be pleasant, most courteous and helpful at all times. They are stationed there just In case some of former President Carlos friends decide it is an opportune time to regain their place in the sun. Before we go further we would like to answer a question that has been put to us several times since we've returned. A number of people have inquired as to the feeling Cubans have for Pres- dent Batista, who as most of you remember, was a candidate last spring along with the then President Carlos, seeking elec tion. Batista, then General of the Armies, didn't wait for the elections. A well planned ' Coup de Grace" placed him at the head of the government with little or no blood shed last March. We took particular pains to talk to numerous Cuban citizens of most all classes, from taxi drivers, bus drivers, waiters. business men and women, and others on several levels and came up with the conclusion j that Batista holds a warm spot in the hearts of the peoples of the Island. Most, to a man, were not in sympathy with the man ner in which he came into power. These people cherish their freedom and independence and never let you forget they are grateful to the United States for assisting them in 1898 in getting it. With a shrug of. his shoulders, one driver told me, "You just elect president in your country. VVe have no election. We no vote. We like elect presi dent like Americanos, but Ba tista do wonderful thing for country and poor people." That about sums up the feeling we found in Cuba. When they will have another election will be up to Batista to decide. Cuba's capitol building locat ed on the great mall in Habana was erected in 1925-29 and covers two city blocks. Designed and constructed by Cubans, with 6.000 men working around the clock, it cost nearly 17 million dollars. The official reception hall is magnificent, its unsur passed beauty and grandeur is considered unique in the world. The style is in Italian Renais sance with pilasters of the richest Italian marble from the Alps. Its 400 foot length and 45 foot width makes it one of the largest halls in the world. At the center of the hall are three massive bronze doors with panels representing the outstanding episodes of the history of Cuba. Hung from the beautiful 22 carat gold leaf ceiling are 32 massive bronze candelabras, all SCOOTER TRIP Burkeville. Va. Larry and Bettv Mertsching, a young Bur keville couple, recently took off by motor scooter for Oakland, California, hoping to make the trip in thirty days. The scooters will be equipped with sidecars, which, among other things, will carry a gasoline stove, a por table icebox, lanterns, sleeping bigs, portable radio and camera. i-Baby," their pet cat, will also go along. ELE1M00D Mrs. Grace Plybon Phone 4-2247 Mr. and Mrs. Claude Hewitt of Diller were Monday overnight visitors with her mother, Mrs. Nettie Mendenhall. Ebowood Hunters Return; Bag Two Wolves Sixty-three men were so en thused over Saturday's wolf hunt that they went again ,on Sunday afternoon in the vicinity of Fort George. They bagged two wolves, making five alto gether. Freddie Graves is to be commended in that he shot one j on Saturday and one on Sunday, j Ehnwood ! Charles Marshall and Ray? Fentiman are, both at their i nomes arter tneir nospuai ex-, periences.. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Shreve 1 had both of their daughters and ; the three grandchildren at home this week. Jane, Mrs. Reynolds, came from Kentucky and Mar- i gradel, Mrs. Charles Gonzales, ; oi valley, Kennetn uottingnam from Iowa. Good used clothing is now be ing taken up to be sent to Kor ea. It is sponsored by the Meth odist ladies but others are kind ly helping too. Mrs. Anna Beck and Mrs. Lucy Lyle are two ladies who have as one of their hobbies the making of knitted doiles. both large and small, from thread that is quite fine. Elmwood Twenty-One at P. N. G. Meeting P. N. G. Kensington met with Daisy Moore on Wednesday af ternoon and Wilma Nickel was assisting hostess. There were 21 present, one being Vivian Tur ner, who was initiated as a new member by Lucy Lyle and Floy Buell. Refreshments were coffee, banana nut bread, cinnamon apples and chicken Chow Mein. Elmwood John Wllhelm has recovered from a two weeks siege of flu. Elmer Shere had it too, for a shorter time, however. Wm. Atchison is welcomed home again after his extended voyage to Europe and the Holy Land. We expect to hear later about many interesting places and antedotes, such as he is adept in telling. Elmwood Cooking School Held Recently Thursday afternoon was an important day for a large group of Interested ladies who were at the Methodist church basement for a cooking school presented by the Electric Power Co Mrs. Naomi Lugsch was the demon strator. She was assisted by a young lady and a district man ager lady was also present. 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