The MewsHeralb
TWICE A WEEK
PLATTSMOUTJJ, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTKMHEll ;!3f VJOit
VOL. XLYI N0.4&
Soldiers' Home
Badly Managed
Board Has Practically Agreed
That Conditions at Grand Is
land are Not Desirable.
The board of public lands and build
ings, which investigated the charges
against Commandant Eli Barnes of the
soldiers' home at Grand Island, pre
ferred by Adjutant Joseph McGraw,
has not yet made its formal report, but
has practically agreed that the report
will be to the effect that the home is
not being conducted as it should be and
that there is a lack of harmony among
the employees and consequently dissen
sion amone the members. Insofar as
the charges of graft in concerned, the
board will report these charges were
not sustained.
The report will show that the mem
bers in the hospitals are not receiving
the kind of food they should receive
and that the farmer has not done as
well as he should have done.
It was brought out in the evidence
that several fist fights has occurred
bttwetn employees and the manage
ment had permitted the home to run
down and it was in a deplorable con
dition. While members of the board are of
the opinion that it would be to the
best interests of the state if both Com
mandant Barnes and Adjutant Mc
Graw, as well as the surgeon, Dr.
Swigert, were discharged, they will
doubtless make no such recommenda
tion, but will simply report that under
the present management the home is
not being conducted as it should be.
The fact that Commandant Barnes
, has set aside the rules adopted by the
board and installed a new set of rules
came as a surprise to the board, though
the governor stood by the commander,
inasmuch as he said he had not signed
the rules of the board. The rules of
the board have been in force for some
jtars, it being the opinion of tha mem
bers that they stand until changed.
Such also was the opinion of the attor
ney general and the supreme court as
evidenced by the quotations from the
rales in a recent Cdta regarding the
pension money of the soldiers.
Governor Shallenberger has adjutant
McGraw's resignation from his place
"in the soldiers' home, to take effect
Oct. 1. It is Laid that Mr. McGraw
admitted to the governor that it was
useless for the two to try to co-operate.
Governor Shallenberger did not
indicate who the next adjutant would
be. .
Poland China Sale.
As will be seen from a reference to
our advertising columns, E. M. Smith
will sell 36 Poland China hogs at 1
o'clock p. m., October 11, at Kainey's
livery barn in Union. This stuff is
strictly Expansion Wan 36278, Onward
Price 57756 and S. P. of Perfection
Blood. The lot will be thin fleshed but
no better blood lines can be found in
the state, and if you are in the market
for the class of hogs it will pay you to
investigate.
Toilet Goods. Weyrich & Hadraba.
suit of clothes. It should not be. Price
will take care of itself if the quality is 0.
K. What you want is to get the price and
quality to aree. This you will find done
here. Our best selling line is $20 to 35,
but for the man who may not want so fine
a suit we have an extra value in a pure all
worsted suit, with fine Sicilian lining and
haircloth front for $15. Come in and see it.
C. E. Wescotf s Sons
"Where Quality Counts.
THE HOME OF SATISFACTION.
A Subscription Campaign.
Wc wish to call the attention of our
readers to the ad in another part of the
paper in which we are making a special
rate both for the campaign and for the
balance of the year. This rate will
just about pay for the paper it is print
ed on, but we propose to make a cam
paign for subscribers between now and
the first of the year and make this rate
so that all can give the paper a trial.
At this rate you of our regular sub
scribers who wish to have your friends
take a good paper can send it to them,
making them a present for the balance
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in a reasonable time after, unless a re
newal is received at tho regular rate.
Therefore, no one need to refuse the
paper on the grounds that the subscrip
tion will be allowed to accumulate
against them. If you receive the pa
per you will know some friend is send
ing it to you as a present, and that you
will not be required to pay for it up to
the time it is paid for.
Louisville's
Celebration
Hustling City Up the Creek in
Carnival Attire Today, To
morrow and Saturday.
J. R. Noyes was in the city Tuesday
with a bunch of boosters for the Louis
ville carnival which commences today
and lasts the balance of the week
From a glance at the oflicial program
which they were distributing one is at
once impressed with the fact that a
fine lot of talent has been secured lor
the occassion and that the Louisville
people are after Plattsmouth's scalp in
the entertainment line.
Haley & Fitzgerald's challenge band
of sixteen pieces has been engaged for
two big concerts daily, a boxing match
has been arranged for Thursday even
ing, a big ball game each day, a big
shooting tournament ' for Friday,"
platform dance every evening and all
the free attractions which are usually
to be found at event3 of this kind.
Louisville furnished her full quota of
the attendance at Plattsmouth's big
carnival, and it is to be hoped that she
will not be disappointed in her attend
ance from here. She has made great
preparations, has a fine program en
easred. and all may be assured of a
fine entertainment.
M. E. Assignment.
Below is given a complete list of the
assignments of pastors in Cass county
as made by the Methodist Episcopal
conference which adjourned in Lincoln
the first of the week:
Eagle-J. W. Davis.
Elmwood-J. R. Woodcock.
Louisville-G. M. Jones.
Murdock and South Bend-Samuel
Keiser.
Mvnard and Eight Mile Grove-W
0. Harrcll.
Nehawka-J. W. Farr.
riuttsmouth-W. L Austin.
Union -D. N. Poston.
Wabash -W. B. Cornish.
Weeping Water-J. C. Street.
PRUCE
Too many times people
make price the important
consideration in buyiner a
Governor John
son Dead
Dies Tuesday Morning After
Four Days of Intense
Suffering.
John Albert Johnson, three times
governor or Minnesota, died at a.ii)
o'clock Tuesday morning at Rochester,
Minn., after four dirys of intense suf
fering following an operation for in
testinal trouble.
John A. Johnson was in every essen
tial a self made man. Born in the town
of St. Peter, Minn., July 28, 18C1, of
humble parentage, his father and
mother having been Swedish immi
grants, the boy managed to attend the
puDlic schools until twelve years of
age when his father died and the cre
of his mother and younger brothers
fell upon his shoulders. He com
menced work as an errand boy in the
drug store, later securing an interest
in the St. Peter Herald and becoming
its editor. He soon became recognized
as a lcadtr in the democratic party and
when the time :ame to nominate a
democratic governor in 1904, he was
named for the place, was elected and
twice re-elected, in a state which was
Btrongly republican, and if he had lived
would have doubtless earned the demo
crats banner in the next presidential
campaign.
Adolph 0. Ebcrhart, the new gover
nor, is also of Swedish parentage, and
is a republican.
The Editor Sees Things.
It was our pleasure last week while
attending the Nehawka fair to accept
the hospitality of Hon. and Mrs. E. M
Pollard at their nice home near that
town and to take tix o'clock dinner in
comnanv witn Governor Sheldon, Su-
f
preme Judge Fawcett and Laurance II
Daft at their residence on Friday even
ing. It is certainly going some when
a congressman, a governor, a supreme
court judge and a candidate for a county
office gtU a chance to cat at the. -tame
table with an editor and we hope they
feel their oats as much as we do be
cause we had the privilege of being in
such company. Saturday Mr. Frank
Sheldon drove up to the house with his
automobile and we were taken over the
country and saw the nice farms in that
locality. The Pollard farm of twelve
hundred acres is a model place and we
were much impressed with their fine
125 acre apple orchard. They are kept
busy at this time of the year as they
do an immense business in the shipping
of apples. They have a large five story
ware house in which is situated their
own cooper shop where they make their
own barrels used in the shipment of
the fruit.
They buy also large quantities of
fruit from the farmers in that locality
and ship it to all points of the country
It is a large and extensive business and
has been built up from what was form
crly the homestead of the elder Mr,
Pollard who took it a3 a government
claim something like titty or more
years ago. As one stands upon the
hill and gazes oft! over that beautiful
1200 acre farm he can hardly realize
that fifty years ago it was a wilderness
inhabited by Indians with nothing to
show the handiwo k of the white man
But Nebraska is a state of development
and the wilderness of fifty years ago
is now the Garden cf Eden of America,
To Leave Plaftsmou'h.
Fred Lentz and wife.of Plattsmouth
Ncbr., came Friday of last week to at
tend to business matters and visit
at
the home of the lattcr'a brother, Frank
W. Lentz. While here Mr. Lentz
purchased the G. L. Berger and Louis
Jensen farms southwest of town with
the intention of moving here sometime
in the not far distant future. Elm
wood Leader Echo.
Al O'Neil has purchased and re
modeled, repaired and ropainted the
cottage just west of the Missouri Pa
I cific tracks on the cemetery road and
. has moved into the same. He now has
j one of the neatest appearing homes in
! the city.
A party of land seekers headed by
I Geo. L. Farley left Tuesday for Al
i berta, Canada. A good many hundreds
j of acres of land in that vicinity U
owned by Cass county people, and fo
i faJ as the News-Herai.!) knows all
holders arc making money.
John Bauer believes in Majestic
ranges-he buys them by the carload
and sells them on their merit,
White Lead. Weyrich & Hadraba.
The Nehawka
Social Fair
Our Correspondent at that Place
tells of many Good Things
, on Exhibition there.
The fifth annual meeting of the Ne
hawka Social Fair Association was
held last Friday and Saturday. It was
success in every particular. The
weather was just cool enough for
pleasure, and the rain a day or two be
fore Imil laid the dust. The crowds
were therefore in a mood to enjoy the
splendid exhibits of grain, fruit and
stock, and tho games, and the music of
the El m wood band.
The corn and apple exhibits were
superior to the same exhibits at the
state fair, although not so large, this
was owing to the fact that they had
about two weeks longer to ripen in. .
There was more corn than any other
tsingl exhibit. The Silver Mine white
corn attracted a great deal of atten
tion, and made a fine impression on the
corn raisers and undoubtedly is a com
ing favorite.
L. C. Todd exhibited a half bushel of
yellow the cars of which were all from
12 to 15 inches long.
There were about 15 samples of red
corn which was fine, and which seems
to be a favorite variety for early feed
ing, as many of the ears arc fully ma
tured and hard.
The yellow corn lay in great golden
ricks each ear as big as a stick of stove
wood, and representing car loads of
high priced beef and pork.
Robert Viall took first prize on white
corn and Jos Deles second. Mcrrit
Pollard stood first on yellow, and Geo,
McConncll second, Claude Johnson car
ried oft blue ribbon on red corn, and
Robt Viall the red ribbon.
There were displays of pop corn which
turned all thoughts to next winters
evenings when the popper comes in
fashion, and the the taffy skillet is
brought out.
Hi. KontU ef Union had on exhibi
lion some Lannaa corn which was a
curiosity as each grain was covered
with a separate shuck.
A common remark, after looking at
the corn was, "Why! I thought there
was a drought in Nebraska this year."
Then with a chuckle at their own wit
the men turned to the exhibit of apples
which stood'near by. The display was
not as large as three years ago; but
the apples were good size and highly
colored, which added to their appear
ence. Unfortunately we were unable
to get the awards on the apple exhibit.
Flowers stood next to the fruit, and
considering the dry weather the display
was uite good and well arranged.
Owing to the dry weather the show
of vegetables was not what it would
have been with rains. But there was
a good display of potatoes, squashes
and pumpkins. But there was enough
tomatoes, cabbage, beans, radishes and
other vegetables to give variety to the
display.
There were only a few coops of
caickens, but they showed goad points,
scoring up to 92.
Over in the needle work department
there was a display that would make
the Irish lacemakers, and the French
embroiders go out in tho swamps and
die if keen envy. And why shouldn't
they if they wanted to I don't blame j
them, for these things were all made ;
by royal hands American queens. !
There was French embroidery, Honiton j
and Dutchess point lace, Battenberg, ,
Walluchcn embrodery.Spadm enibroid- j
cry. Hardangor.Erjchet lace and fancy'
work that would drive a niecr editor !
man crazy if he tried to remember the
looks or the nam- of them all. There
was a noticable display in embroidery
make by Mrs. Isaac Pollard, consisting
of half a dozen pieces and all made
since she was a grandma many year.'.
And the sofa pillows. All sizes and '
shapes, and covered with the most ,
b-'antiful and bewildering designs
What man is there but that would like
to get an armful of them and go out 1
under a tree and lay a day and
dream, and forget all about Cok,IVary
the north Pole and the south dimension.
,Tlurc were festoons of quilts all
around the walls of the room. And
they were covered with all sort of
designs. There was the old fashioned '
log cabin design.tho old fa-diioiu'd floial
designs, the modern mathematical
and line figure designs, an. 1 the up to
date designs which I ok.s like a personal
predcliction punch on the h -a I with a
pole. The silk quilts were miracles of
work and color., and one of them was j
Continued to 8th page. I
Death ol Mrs. Hisse.
Friends in this city were shocked
Tuesday morning to receive tidings of
the death at an Omaha hospital of Mra.
Lillian K. Hasse, after a lingering ill
ness which extended over a period of
several months.
Deceased had many friends in Cass
county.having formerly resided in this
city and Weeping Water. For about
ten years she held the position of clerk
in the office of the county judge where
many volumes of records in a fine
spencerian hand will long stand as a
monument to her skill and will com
mand the admiration of all beholders.
Funeral services were held yesterday
at 2:30 o'clock from Jackson's under
taking rooms at 1705 Leavenworth St.
Those attending from this city were
C. C. Parmele, Mrs. James Donnelly,
Mr. and Mrs. William Street, Judge
and Mrs. B. S. Ramsey. Mrs. E. II.
Wescott, Mrs. E. E. Eaton, B. A. Mc
Elwain and G. L. Farley, the last four
named forming a quartet which sang at
te services.
President
Visits Omaha
William Howard Taft Says that
"Paprika Schnitzel" is the
Finest Ever.
William Howard Taft, president of
the United States, arrived in Omaha
at 4:30 o'clock Monday afternoon on
his grand tour of the west, and for up
wards of seven hours spent one of the
most strenuous limes of his life in be
ing entertained.
Upon his arrival of his special car he
wat escorted through an avenue made
by the officers in the crowds of cheer
ing people that filled the Union station
to a waiting automobile, and tho en
tainmcnt commenced by a tour of the
city, .through the wholesale, business
and residence sections, past many pub
lic and private Bchool buildings where
the pupils Jined up.,by .their, teachers
waved him a wvicnme with small
American flags, then back to the Om
aha ciub for a $20 dinner, where 150
knights of Ak-Sar-Bcn and a few
others were seated, and finally to the
den of King Ak-Sar-Ben, where the
singers and jesters put on a special
production of the beautiful oprey
"Paprika Schnitzel" for the benefit of
the presidential party.
When the party a little before 11
o'clock, under the glare of thousands
of colored lights that flooded the
streets, where the president's special
cars were attached to a special train, a
welcome as strenuous as it was cordial
was ended.
Copyright ivV ty Hart icturfner Ac Mir
The Home of Hart Schailner & Marx clothes
Manhattan Shirts Stetson Hats
Commissioner
Proceedings
Small Amount of Routine Busi
ness Transacted at This
Meeting.
Board of County Commissioners met
prusuant to adjournment, present M.
L. Fricdrich and C. R. Jordon, Mr.
Switzer being absent.
Minutes of previous meeting read
and approved, whereupon tho follow
ing business was transacted in tegular
form:
GENERAL KUND
Wm. Peters, team to farm $400 00
C. R. Jordon, aaly. and ex p 26 00
M. L. Friedrich, same 24 50
Louisville Courier, printing 1 50
Stander & Stander, funeral J.
Studler 30 00
Neb. Telephono Co., tolls and
rent 5 23
Lorenz Bros, mdse to poor 2 50
Wm. Wehrbein, livery. 3 00
Hatt & Son, mdse to poor... . 10 00
Hans Johnson, same 10 0(1
J. R. Pierson, oath to election
board, refused 2 50
Zuckweiler & Lutz, mdse to
farm 34 81
J. W. Hickson, labor 8 00
Dunkak & Mascman, burial of
pauper
L. B. Egenberger, mdse to poor.
45 00
16 00
95
3 00
John Waterman, lumber
J. E. McDaniel, mdse to farm..
Allen J. Beeson, cost bill 112 11
E. M. Smith, fees in Clarence
case 7 40
ROAD FUND
A. D. Hathaway, road work
R. D. No. 11 $216 75
W. S. Jordan, same No. 6 3 60
Guy Parsell, same No. 6 3 60
Art Giver, same No. 6 4 00.
Frank Parsell, same No. 6 2 60
J. II. Buck, same No. 5 7 90
Lee Amett, culvert, No. 14 ... . 80 00
Wilson Concrete Co., same No.l. 70 75
A. N., Specr, lumber No. 8 49 55
B. Beckman.road work No. 10.. 193 75
W. C Bartlett, same No. 15. . . . 12 00
BRIDGE FUND.
Wilson Concrete Co., culvert... $160 00
N. Constin. Co., bridge repairs. 453 13
Ben Beckman, same 16 50
Board adjourned to meet October 5
1009. W. E. ROSENCRANS,
County Clerk.
Justus Lillie is making soma im
provements in his residence property
in the second ward which will quite
materially add to the appearance of
the Bame, consisting of cement walk?
around and leading up to the door.
You're Interest
ed In Fall
Clothes
CO
Else you wouldn't
be reading this
add; being inter
ested we invite
you to come in
and spend a lit
tle time in trying
on some of our
new things. No
one in town show
ing as large, or
nobby p line as
ours. No old ones
in here either.
00
Suit and Overcoats
J $10 to $30