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o o Me Indians Whip Peru Prep Handily, 39-0 WEEPING WATER Chuck Lacey and Wally Ludwig scored twice each and Stacy passed for a score and added two extra points here Friday night as the Weeping Water Indians stopped the Peru Prep team by a score of 39 to 0. This was the opener for the Indians who found their first mae against Table Rock can celled. Weeping Water tangles with undefeated Louisville there next Friday night. Louisville Stomps Neb City Reserves LOUISVILLE Louisville high trampled the Nebraska City re serves 39 to 0 in a game played here last Thursday. Leroy scored four of Louis ville's touchdowns on runs of 19, 43, 14 and 56 yards. Walton went 20 and Workman 37 yards for scores. Weltno, Workman and Urwln were extra point kickers. Score by quarters: Louisville 20 13 6 039. Nebraska City R. 0 0 0 0 0. NICKEL The Federal Government dou bled the amount of nickel avail able for the production of con sumer goods this month, while checking on the need for further curbs on scrap iron and steel exports. The actions bespoke concern over strains put on the nation's metal supply by high civilian production. Ceresco Drops Elmwood Six, 29-0 Score ELMWOOD (Special) Elm wood's Pirates blew a 12-point lead in the fourth quarter here Friday night and lost to Ceresco by a score of 29 to 20 in a six man football game. Bob Hall took a 10-yard pass and ran 35 yards for an overall 45-yard scoring play in the first quarter. In the sams quarter, Ronald Ahrens went four yards on a pass then Dale Lannin went 11 yards on a pass play for the third touchdown in thj sceond quarter. The two teams settled down for scoreless ball through the third quarter after Ceresco's Marvin Cords struck for a TD in the first and booted a 2-point conversion. ' Ceresco broke loose in the fourth period with two TDS by cords and one by Burkhards, three booted and one running conversion. Score by quarters: Ceresco 8 0 0 Elmwood 14 6 0 -embattled Blue Devils, who have lost two football games m a row now, are becoming a power to deal with. They lost to a highly rated Beatrice team here last Friday but Beatrice knew they had been in town and had to wear them down in each half to bring in scores. Beatrice won 14-0. The Twin Rivers Conference game was a standoff until late the second period when in Wayne Witt broke loose for an 11 -yard toucndown run. The head-on collision resum ed after the half and both went scoreless in the third and fourth until late in the period when Bill Peterson, running fullback, broke loose for a 32-yard score. Peterson plunged a point after and Bob Eythe run one. THE PLATTSMOUTH JOURNAL PAGE EIGHT Monday, September 19, 1955 Plattsmouth broke through the 20 yrad line with threats but could never get up the touch down punch. Beatrice had 265 yards on the ground against 43 for the Devils but the Plattsmouth team went to the air for 87 yards on 10 completed passes in 22 attempts. Ashland, Piattsmouuvs op ponent next Friday at home, won 19-0 over Ralston Friday night. - Other scores: Omaha Westside 31, Blair 6. Bellevue 18, Valley 6. ? , Crete 32, Seward 6. Nebraska City 19, Auburn 12. David City 12, Wahoo 7. Falls City 36, Pawnee City 0. Ceresco 29, Elmwood 20. : Weeping Water 39, Peru Prep 0. , : 2129 020 Weeping Water Creek Named For Sobbing Indian Squaws ; According to Early Legend Twice-a-Day Service Plattsmouth to Omaha Also Bellevue Offutt Field and LaPlatte Plattsmouth Transfer Plattsmouth 5255 Omaha HA 6733 Union Defeats Bennett 18-1 3 In6-ManGame BENNETT Union struck on three long touchdown runs here Thursday to defeat the home standing Bennett team by a score of 19 to 13 in six-man foot ball. Larry Cook reeled off a 90 yard sprint for one counter and a 30-yard effort for another while Bob Atterbery went 25 yards on a pass for another. Larry Cook . ran over an extra point. Bennet scored on two runs. Union squadmen seeing action were Tom Mead, . Norman Bec- card, Mike Roddy, John Mead, J. C. Draper, Dick Schanot, Bob j Atterbery, Larry Cook, William McCormick, Ronnie Lee, Roy Lee, Roy Ried, Don Dickman, and Art Jones. (Editor's Note: The following piece has been entitled by its author, "Under the Cottonwood Trees," and is a sequel to a story he wrote last year, "Centennial Trees." Both are Cass county historical accounts. This one concerns the history behind two landmarks which stood on the Luke Wiles homestead in Cass county. LOANS TO DOCTORS Loans of -up to $25,000 each will be made annually to five doctors to aid them in estab lishing their practices, by the Sears Roebuck revolving fund for the purpose. by Donald Beckman ! During the 1850's, the Indians still lived freely on the western plains. Since there were so many tribes, the land was divided in to hunting grounds with each tribe to., stay wmthnv his? own boundary .and see that: no other tribe tried to take it away from him. The buffalo roamed on the vast prairie that reached from horizon to horizon with the tall bluish-green grass flowing like a great green sea: Sometimes the buffalo would leave the land of one of the tribes and the tribe would have to take down their camp and follow the , herds in order to exist. Tribes often fought other. One of the main rea sons was to show their strength. A life to an Indian meant nothing but the scalps on a belt meant much because when they returned to camp they would be honored by everyone. The Sioux claimed the land that now makes up South Dak ota, Wyoming, Idaho, and a small part of northwestern Ne braska. They had their grazing grounds close to the Black Hills, guarding them as though they were holy ground. This was just one of the many tribes who lived in this part of the country. Another strong tribe, the Paw nees, lived and farmed in ; the vicinity where the Lukes Wiles, Sr., homestead was later to be claimed. They had held this land for many years, long before the two white men first came up the river in the early 1800's. This was their home. There were Otoes and Oma has, who lived close. These two tribes did not get along. Their, battle on the Weeping Water For: FIELD - MARSH - SKEET - TRAPS SWATEK HARDWARE THOMAS WALLING CO. Abstracts of Title "Title Insurance" Plattsmouth, Nebraska r V .cyA their OK Used Car!" : A fJA Treat yourself royally at an easy-to-pay price, with an OK Used Car! OK Used Cars are fit for a king because they're thoroughly inspected and scientifically reconditioned. Though OK Used Cars carry popular prices, they carry our written warranty, too! Sold only by an Authorized Chevrolet Dealer 1 . " Cass County Motor Company 607 1st Avenue Platts mouth Creek, considered one" of the worst Indian battles ever fought in the middle west, weakened both nations. Before they had strong nations but there was a severe loss to both tribes when they had the battle in which many were killed. It is the legend that the Omaha's went half way and the Otoes went half way and they met out on the prairie away from the Indian village of the Otoes. The war riors were gone for, several days and the women became worried about them. They went out to search for them and found their loved ones scattered all over the hills in pools of blood that cov ered the ground. They began to weeo and they cried so long and hard that their tears started the Weeping Water Creek. These Pawnees were root farmers having fields and gar dens on the surrounding hills Their campsite.was also on one of these hills.. They dug big holes in the ground like caves to store their roots for . winter. each ! The holes wrere not covered up This camp and the gardens were east or tne present day Mercer- .:-T-i i i , vine school , ; The tribe, at this time, was a peaceful tribe, going about their, own -business. Since -they were' so much at peace, they were often tormented by tribes who were not at peace. Many of the tribes were war minded and found much pleasure in distrub ing a peaceful tribe. One tr)be who lived far out in Nebraska, would ride clear over.' to V this Pawnee camp to . start a fight with them. - - .' . -v . This tribe of Pawnees had a younsr Chief who's name was Wild Fire. He was well liked .'by everyone in his tribe. He kept them out of war and watched out for them like a grood chief should. The people.; also liked his young beautiful v wife ' . ' . ' ' v When this war tribe came to visit the Pawnees, the Pawnees were sure there would be -war before they went home. They wanted the supplies , they had stored up for winter. . r When the Pawnees would hear their visitors were coming, the warriors would ride out to meet them. The squaws would tie their papooses on their backs and run for the Platte river. Then they would swim across to get away from this war tribe of Indians because they would steal little boy babies, and take them home with them to raise them as their, own, making their own nation stronger. They didn't care about little girls be cause they never did any of the fighting. The women are the ones who cheered them when they rode out to battle. They are also the ones who waited for them upon their ' return with scalps hanging from : their belts. The tribes had enough women of their own to do these things so they never bothered the . girl babies of another tribe. One spring there came over the Indian tribes a disease that had been started, by the white man. It was a bad disease and because it was contageous. It killed many Indians in a short time. Very few who got this di sease, got over it. Mrst the . Indians came down with a sore throat.- Then "they broke out with little tiny spots tat covered the whole body. These little bumps itched and made one miserable. Chief Wild Fire and his wife took the disease at the same time (presumably small-pox but referred to as the spotted sick ness by the Indians). The two died about the same time. This was somewhere in the late 1840's or early 1850's. The Pawnees mourned ereatly over the loss of heir chief and his wife. When they died they held big cere monies during which they gave fV ritual, danced and gave the death chant. To honor their Chief and his ife, the Indians planted over their graves Centennial Cotton wood trees, one for each grave. These were markers of distinc tion and the tribe considered this a fitting tribute to this great man. Wild Fire was buried in a sitting position along with his bow and arrow, hatchet, and h? knife. His favorite horse was killed and the head was cut off and placed over his grave. These two trees grew rap idly and became a favorite Dial 3210 meeting place for the Indians. iney neia tneir council meet ings under these trees as long as they retained the land. Other Indians were buried under these trees also. As the years went by more settlers started to come west to inhabit the land they took from the Indians and opened to the homesteader. Anyone could have some if he paid the requir ed fees and promised to live on the land the right amount of time. 4 To the west of the hill where the cottonwood trees stood was a sman out dense iorest witn a path large enough for wagons to go through, chopped through it. The trail that ran through it had deep carved ruts made by the many wagons that passed through it in the years when the settlers were flowing into the west. It was Luke Wiles, Sr., who tomesteaded near these trees. For one thing, he wouldn't have to carry wood ior building a house and he would still be near uie river, which was the chief way of transportation and get ting supplies. Upon his arrival he found the Indians still living on the land although there were not many left of the one-time large rtibe. They still practiced their age old customs and still farmed and gathered roots. They often visited the Wiles home stead never causing trouoie, usually for food or shelter for the night. A little cemetery grew. too. A few tombstones now shadowed the prairie. Today few people who visit this cemetery know how it wras started and that here, although there are no markers, lay the Indian and White Man resting side by side. One day one of the farm ani mals fell into one of the caves that had long ago been dug by the Indians. In order to get the animal out, a trench had to be dug and the animal led out. As the pioneer still came west it wasn't long until all of the land was taken from the Indians and the Indians were forced to move west, to find a new land, toward the sunset. iVi Legislative SIDELIGHTS.. It's the Law . The 1955 session of the Ne braska Legislature passed a .to tal' or 356 laws. Two of these were returned to the Legisla ture without the approval of the governor. The total number of bills that became law is 354. - With the exception of those laws which were passed with emergency clauses to put them into effect immediately upon the ; signature of - the governor, the.actions of the 1955 Legisla ture gain the status of law Sep tember 18. ' ; On thaf'date previous' laws which were amended by legis lative action are officially changed and wholly new laws become a part of the state statutes. Five hundred fifty-nine pro posals for laws were introduc- 1 i i.1 -- 1 5 . 1 J . 1 t ea to wie , legislature, ana oi that total slightly more than two out of three became law, either by emergency action or effective September 18. The . Nebraska Constitution provides in Article III, Section 27; "No act shall take effect until three calendar months af ter the adjournment of the ses sion at which it passed, unless in case of emergency . . ." The date determined for the 1955 session laws to take effect was set at September 18 be cause the session did not ad journ until June 17. Had the session adjourned earlier, the new. laws would have gone into effect on a correspondingly ear lier date. The 1955 date is the latest cal endar date on record on which laws of the regular legislature session have gone into effect. Acts of the 1853 session went into effect September 14. The date on which a law goes into effect becomes important only in a case of litigation. To most of us it makes little dif ference except that we recognize the law has been changed or a new law has been passed. The matter of three "calendar" months was provided arbitrari ly to enable state officers to make necessary changes in the administration of state gov ernment where affected by legis lative action. 3 COLLEGE EDUCATION The average man with a col leee education which fst "nn will earn $100,000 more in his lifetime than ihe average xn c high school graduate, studies by two population experts have indicated. ffBBKfflTS; Troubles? CALL BILL'S PEST and TERMITE CONTROL . for Free Inspection 601 No. 9th DIAL 7142 Shop at Hinky-Dinky Where Foods Are Always a a f n s i a f r !' ' and Prices Are Low Buy Mov for Christmas Gifts, Birthdays, Etc. 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