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PAGE TWOPlatte county history for 1925By MRS NELS NELSONYour historian has been askedto present a brief history of the year IMS at this meeting of the Platte County Pioneer Association 1 hoplt; you have the blessings of an excellent memory as you seaffh your mental storehouse this afternoon and can say “I re member that distinctly **Loretta Ann Gillespie IukI Ow distinction of being the first h.ihv born in l!»25 in Platte County. theI Ti 1daughter of Mr, and Mrs Janu sGillespie New officers elected for PlatteCounty were Ed Graf* Clerk of i\v District Court George Weber. Countv A.sessor; L A UaehnM,m!Register of Deeds and Judge John Gibbon Succeeding them Helves were Countv Supervisors, .fames UggaL Walter Matron, and Joe Bender Emil Luckev w as the youngest State1 Senator in Ian coin Hethert Hahn was the See ret fry of tlie Columbus Chamhef of Commerce Edgar Howard wasa member of the tioth Congress Charles Bvran was defeated asDemocratic Vice I residential canri‘d*le and became just plan “Brother Charlev “ when AdamMcMullen succeeded him as Gov or nor of Nebraska.Mayor Julius Nichols appointedDr* f. II Morrow. H. A Clark,am] t f Rector as members of the newly created Board of Park Commissioners f!On* March 4, Cabin Coolidgewas-inaugurated President of the I nitori States In his inaugural address he declared America’s ?«sixmsibility was to lead the worldto * |iermanent peace and o»'op fltY jjj I'.ff 3|-'|! jl S. ; iPlatte Center and Not to’ t ,men fought a fire in Platte Con ter in 12 below zero weather when three business houses were destroyed at a cost of 111,not)A Columbus Chapter of the honk Walton League was formed hv local sportsmen with 172 names on its membership roll I. EPhillipps seem red the signature During the war. the demand forfood to feed the armed services and the Allies had skv rocketed farm prices to height* beyondanything old time farmer* had be Iteved possible The level of farmprices were as follows MarketJan 2nd were No 1 Wheat. $t 33.No 3 Yellow Corn $1 10. Oats 37c,Barley Bye $123. Hog* IB nop).-S0^iS| Cattle* Y earl ine sjf $11 30,Steers $5 00 $10 35 Cows Ilt;2 00$9 SO* Sheep $12 S4) $14 S0|^:S^J|A dtfchlt© cost $30,000 was ap proved|fo|diverf waters of the 1 ,os» Crveljf- info the I..oop Rtver, and to I ►lt;* construd* d a m i! © we M of Oc oneelt;)n April 1st. motorists fillingthtdr|ias tanks, found themselves paying the new 2c afigallonfgastax However those motorists in forested in bringing Nebraska “out|of the mud ? were not adverse to paying|the few extra pennies trib uf« |for they know that it means tbfl dawningof a new g era inCotnhusker road budding%g|f | The city council and the Coium bus Chamber of | Commerce! w illcooperate in maintaining ga|freetourist camp on the Lincoln Highwav. ; •Mid No! uaska |exposition^! was field! wath|an| expenditure -?ofl$0f 750 75 for prizes and awards, Six fv Columbus firms offered win dow space for |the!fall| fair exhihits tipiThe Problem of Columbus —
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Columbus Daily Telegram
Columbus, Nebraska, US
Fri, Oct 21, 1960
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