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About The news-herald. (Plattsmouth, Neb.) 1909-1911 | View Entire Issue (March 10, 1910)
J r WIRELESS MESSAGE Young Men's Bible Class In vites Plattsmouth Citizens to Enjoy a Treat. FREDERICK II. MILLINER U. P. ELECTRICIAN Give the People of the City a Peep Into the MIsterles of the Wireless. The Younjr Men's Iible Class have jiven the people of this city many chances to enjoy hearing, some good things the past winter, but laxt evening they capped the climax of them all by inviting Dr. F. II. Milliner, expert eU-ctrician of the Union Pa cilia system to come to the city and show the people the misteries of wireless. The previous sessions of the clans' have been held in the class room, but last night the young men were con vinced that there would be such a crowd that they opened the auditorium of the church and it was well thay did so for the room was filled to oversowing. It is not much use to at tempt to explain the workings of electricity as set forth by Dr. Milliner. It is a matter which must be seen to be understood, and then in fact after seeing it it is a question 1 A 1 !l ..ii -11 II one unuersianus i&auerau. The satisfaction comes how - ever in being able to say that one has seen the thing work. Dr. Milliner went into the history of electricity from its first inception and brought the workings of it up to the present time in such an inter esting manner that all were . very much taken up with his manner of doing so. Then lie gave some exemplitica tions of its work through ;i svstem of wires which he hat set up to represent the sys tern and which set off a bel in the rear of the church. One of the misteries of the whole system is that the harder the wind blows the more successful the wireless system will work. A calm hot day is the hardest one to get the messages to work. It is not much use to at tempt to go into details of the lecture, for the farther one gets into it the harder it jseems to give it the kind o ;m explanation which will ex plain. It would seem that the use of electricity is yet in its infancy and all we can say is that it is best to improve every opportunity you ha"e to observe its workings if vou want to understand it or not l oil might be able to say you do, but when it comes down ' to "brass tacks," as the ' lecturer saw, it is another proposition. One thing however is sure, and that is that the young men of the bible class made no mistake when they invited Dr. Milliner to come to Plattsmouth. To the Union Pacific to a great extent are the people who heard the lecture in debted, for Dr. Milliner being u very busy man, it would have been impossible to have secured him had the manage ment not given him. the time to come here. A Linen Shower. Last night at the home of Mrs. J. K. Hunter, a linen shower was given Miss Mary Sharp,' whose mar iage to Mr. G. Thomas of Omaha is set for Wednesday of this week. Pre sent at the function were. Miss Pearl O'Neill, the hostess, Misses Mary Sharp, Mae Patterson, Vernie Hatt, Pearl Allcn.Claro Wohlfer, Minnie Hendrick, Clara Mockenhaupt, Lilian Keimadd. Games and music enlivened the evening and dainty refreshments wero served. VALLEY COUNTY MAN SELLS 7.000 BUSHELS WHEAT Disposes ol Large Amount Grain for $6,790. of Seven thousand bushels of wheat bought by the W. T. Harstow Grain company of Lincoln from one farmer in Valley county is now being deliv ered to its elevator at Ord and re shipped to a large milling company at Minneapolis, where it will be made into flour. Mr. Barstow, who has been in the grain business for fifteen years, states that this is by far the largest purchase of cither wheat or corn that he has ever made direct from a pro ducer, and he does not expect ever to make another of equal size. There will be more' than seven carloads of it altogether. The first sample sent in by II. (J. Bcrkcmcier, the agent at Ord, tests sixty pounds to the bushel and grades an exeellt lit quality of No. hard. Charles Halls, reputed to be the argest landholder in alley county, is the mini from whom the wheat was bought. He held it through the win ter while dickering with several dif ferent firms at Omaha and elscwh re. Juring the last week, the Barstow company ollercii linn ninety-seven cents a bushel for the entire lot, which was a top price at Ord, and he con- ludcd to sell. Elevators there, were paying ninety-five cents for wheat at the time, but on account of his hav ing so much and its being u uni formly good quality he was able to get a premium over the regular quo tation. The check for $i,7'M) will be sent to Halls as soon as he completes the delivery. Two thousand bushels from one fanner in considered a big buy among grain dealers. The Valley county deal has attracted a great deal of attention among line house nrms ana some who did not get it are rather envious of the company which did. State Journal. Marine Giants. Clo.'C on the heels of the request of Secretary Meyer for a 32,000 ton bat tleship conies the announcement that Germany proposes to build a monster liner of nearly 50,000 tons. The age of marine giants is apparently on, and the Olympic and Titanic, the record holding leviathans of our modern oceai -going vessels, are too soon to be eclipsed. Although the exact dimen sions of the Germany colossous have not been given out, the tonnage would indicate a length of at least !HI0 feet, a little more than one-sixth of a mile. The prediction that the twentieth cen tury would sec vessels 1,000 feet in length may yet prove true. The dimensions of modern passen ger and freight vessels indicate that battleships will also take on gigantic proportions in the near fururc. In the American navy yards two 26,000 ton battleships are under construction, two more of 27,000 tons each have practically been assured and the great 52,000 ton fighter is at least a possi bility within the next few years. The trend of shipbuilding toward larger construction is so marked that the locks of the Panama canal have been increased in size sufficiently to allow passage to vessels of 110 feet beam, the present length of beam being less than ninety feet. While the practicability of such monster vessels, both for commercial and navel purposes, have been ques tioned, our present vessels are not so much smaller than those proposed and the suggestion of still larger ships rests on the success of those now in use. The expense of increasing the si.e of these monsters, however, c:in not be entirely confined to the cost of the battleships themselves, for deeper harbors will be necessary as well as larger docks and wharves. l et, whether we deplore it or approve, the trend of the times is certainly in the direction of bigger and bigger ocean vessels. lire. Brotherhood Organizes. Last Sunday afternoon at three P. M. the young men of the Christian church held a called meeting for the purpose of organizing a brotherhood similar to those existing in the church in other places, and a good attendance was had and organization thoroughly perfected. The election of officers resulted in Oliver Hudson for pre sident, Luke Wiles for Vice-President Jesse Perry, Secretary, nnd H. A. McKhvain.Treasurer. Invitations and program committees were appointed and the former named committee will meet tomorrow evening for the purpose of determining the time of the next nieetigu. which will take the form of a banquet. Last evening the regular monthly meeting of the board of the Christian church was held at the home of Wm, Haird and the usual monthly busi ness of the church tr nsacted. PAVING QUESTION DIS CUSSED BY COUNCILMEN New Paving District Created as District IMPORTANT MATTERS WERE TAKEN UP OF GREAT INTEREST TO TAX PAYERS Small Crowd is in Attendance When Matters of Large Importance Were Discussed. (From Tuesday '8 Dally) Last evening at eight o'clock as ad vertised the cits Solotis gathered in deliberate session to take (and give) soge counsel with regard to complying with the demond of the governnieni that the city of Plattsmouth proceed at once to the business of paving the streets bounding and abutting on-the site of the new goveniemnt building. The committee appointed sometime ago to look into the matter came in with a report in favor of the creation of a new paving district, and upon motion of councilman Weber, the new district to be known as paving district No. 3 was organized, and the city Mayor instructed to hire a com petent engineer to furnish the city with an estimate of the cost of the proposed paving. There was some discussion on the point of the engineer as to where the city could obtain such a man as would be suitable for the work. A suggestion was made by Mr. Weber that as the C. H. and (. had furnished us with one in the former paving work it might be well to make a similar .request at this time. Mr. Stcimkcr arose with the sugges tion that the city profit by previous experience and secure a man who One of Khodes' Ideas. A well known peer once asked Cecil Khodes to stand godfather to his son, and be replied that he would on one condition, which was that he might invest at once 100 in the boy's name and give 100 on each succeeding birthday, provided that it should all go on at com pound interest until the boy was old enough to begin to spend the interest,' and that then he might yearly decide on what to spend it, so long as it was not on himself. "This," said Mr. Rhodes, "will do two things first, it will teach your boy how to spend money, and, sec ondly, it will make him unselfish and kind to those in need." How Ney Faced Death. Marshal Ney was the Bon of a hardworking cooper and had risen from the rank3 of the army. He was a child of the people, and whatever may have been his vani ties ho threw them all aside in his last days. When ho was led out to death an officer ordered a handago tied over his eves. . "Why should you do that?" said Ney. "Haven't I been accustomed for twenty-five years to look bullets and cannon balls in the face?" He himself ordered the soldiers to fire, standing and facing them. His career summed up in one life the spectacular heroism of the past. Stone Plants. In South Africa there is found n plant of the genus mescmbryanthc mum, growing on stony ground, which so closely repembles a pebble that it is invariably taken by a stranger to be a stone. Another species of the same plant growing on the hills near the Karoo produces two leaves about as large as ducks' eggs, having a surface resembling weathered stone of brownish gray color, tinged with green. These plants look like stones, but for a short time they bear bright yellow flowers. Still another species of the same plant resembles the quartz pebbles among which it grows. Chinamen's Bones. All Chinamen who die in Amer ica are buried in American ceme teries, but it is the understanding that, some years later, the bones of the dead. will bo gathered up and sent back home for burial. This understanding with the dead is nev er betrayed, nml there are a score of Chinamen who lv.ake n good living as how collectors nnd bone ship per. The men travel all over America, few ce:ne!ei'.e ere mi knov ti to them. There is i:o freight line that lias not carried I'risco ivnrd on their behalf many parcels of Chinese bones for shipment tn:nc lixchange. Which Will Be Known No. 3 understood paving "thoroughly." This wise suggestion seemed to make a hit with some of those present and Mr. Steiinker's remark was well taken. After it had been moved and car ried that the Mayor appoint a com mittee to confer with the engineer on the work a general discussion of the propostiion was indulged in. This was the golden opportunity for the careful and judicious taxpayer to get a little information on a sub ject of prime importance to himself and to the city ns a corporation. The issue of bonds, although ab solutely necessary to the liquidation of the debt, will probably be consider ebly lightened by the' payment on the part of the property-holders of their share in cash. They arc to allow an opportunity to pay up in 50 days and m doubt many of them will avail themselves of the opportu nity. Mention of the fact was made that some of the people who will have to pay their assessment are not on the petition. It is supposed that these are either careless or indifferent, as no one has been heard from who seemed opposed to the contemplated action. Thomas C. Piatt In the death of Thomas Collierriatt of New York another of the uniouc figures in the political history of our country has passed away. Besides be ing a man of exceptional versatility and power he accomplished much ii politics and in national affairs directly and indirectly. He had been in the pub lie eye for many years because of his prominence in state affairs in New York and also because of his early in fluence in the republican party as one of its leading spirits. Mr. Piatt was in the United States senate at the time of the trouble be tween President Garfield and the con gression 1 delegation from New York and with Itoscoo Conkling became the first to have the unique distinction of resigning from the United States senate after the civil war. He was universally trusted by the politician of his state because of his mental grasp of political affairs, and in his time he was the leader of political leaders. Senator Piatt will go down in his tory chiefly for being the unintentional instrumentality by which Theodore Itoosevojt was elevated to the presi dency. It was Senator Piatt who forced the nomination of Roosevelt as vice president on the ticket with Wil liam McKinley in 1000. While at tempting to end the political prospects of the then governor of New York by .shunting him to "the office of the dead," he unwittingly placed him in a position to give to the nation service of immeasurable value. And it is the irony of Mr. Piatt's fate that this last and greatest service to the nation should have been the very thing which he most desired to prevent. live. Warning. I hereby warn all parties who drive or ride in any manner upon the sidewalks of the city, that any person found doing so will be arrested and prosecuted according to law. The habit must be stopped at once. I). L. Amick, Chief of Police. Money Lost $23.00, between postoflice and court house. Finder leave at First National bank and receive reward. The display windows of the Dovey store are attracting much favorable attention. While nothing extrava gant is attempted in the way of dis play still Mr. Ramsay shows that he knows how to do things, lie will soon have a chlince to display his skill as a window trimmer for Mr. Dovey has fully determined to pull out the old front and put in a new and up to date one. When the work in completed the store will have all the appearance of a metropolitan store. WORKS THE ROAD TO ADVANTAGE. John Trltsch Goes out With Drag and Solves the Problem. If you want to sec what a good live man will do in order to make the roads good, go out to the farm of John Tritsch and sec what a little work with a drag will do. He spent a few hours in dragging the road along his farm and we understand that they are now in good shape. This is the kind of enterprise which pays and if every man who lives on a farm would take the time to drag the roads adjoining his place at the right time he would find that it was the best paying proposition going and if all would do so it would go a long ways toward solving the good roads question. Troubles ol a Smith Fritz Hrandt, of Louisville is in this city today consulting a lawyer wiui regard 10 wna,, appencu to him ast Saturday, in the Court of ' Justice Lewis, magistrate of Louis- ville. Mr. Hrandt has been causing the local authorities of his village more or less trouble for the past where the liquor question is an issue year on account of his refusal to and where the enforcement of the Slo comply with the state law with re- cumb law and the enactment of new gard to the breeding of horses and liquor laws is being discussed. J ho use of stallions. On the repeated governor explains in his statement re complaint of his neighbors, Mr. Brandt metting the fine that the ofiender in was arraigned Saturday morning be- tins case sold what is known as non fore Justice Lewis and found guilty intoxicating liquor, and his trial was of the misdemeanor of indecently more of a test of the right to sell such exposing to view a stallion, and of stuff than anything else, that the su- allowing filth to accumulate on his premises. The Judge accordingly changed its policy and Held that the fined him $50.00 on the first count, state need not prove the intoxicating $10.00 on the second, and costs, quality of the liquor. The court re amounting to S?1.20 in all. Mr. versed itself by holding that so long Hrandt was allowed till Wednesday to liquidate, when he must either pay his fine or go to jail. He says he considers the fine excessive and will seek legal advise with regard to the advisability of complying with the courts order. Farewell Reception Mrs. Murrav and Mrs. Richardson of Mynard planned a very successful farewell party for Mr. and Mrs. Stokes last Friday. About fiifty neighbors and friends with well filled baskcts dropped in upon them and passed the day in a very pleasant manner. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Stokes are moving to Canada where they are going to make their home, having purchased land, however Mrs. Stokes will visit with friends about a month before she joinesthe rest of the family in their new home. Before leaving the guests left with Mr. and Mrs. Stokes a token of re- membrance and also wished them sue- cess and prosperity in their new nome. The Scrap Book Too Realistlo. A fairly well to do bnt rnther miser C farmer said to a friend: "Say. Bill I'm going to kill my pig, but I owe so much pork to my neighbors that I shall have none left for myself If 1 pay It all back. What would you do?" "Quite easy to trick 'em." said the friend. "Kill your pig and leave It hanging outside until late nt night, so's ev- ery one can see It. Then take It atan.!T one stole It. Stick to the talo nnd you'll be nil followed instkuo- right." tionb. The fanner fol- lowed Instructions, and tho kind friend watched his chance and stole the pig. The poor farmer came around next morning to tell whnt had happened. "Somebody's stolen my nig!" he cried. "Good:" said tho friend. "Stick to It, and the neighbors Ml believe you, sure enough." "But It was stolen, I tell you!" Excellent!" quoth tho friend. "Just you stick to the taio." "You confound ed ass!" yelled the fanner. "Don't you understand? It was really stolen!" "Superb!" laughed the de lighted friend. west awat "Yeu ought to FfJii.Mi. have boon an actor, so you ought." Then the fanner shimmed the dooi and went away fuiulug MB FINE IS REMITTED Governor Shallenherger is a Friend of the Near Beer Man. HARLAN COUNTY MAN ESCAPES GOOD FINE. Did Not Know That the StuII Wa Considered In the Line ol Intoxicants. Governor Shallenbcrger who stands for saloons from 7 a. in. to 8 p. m., has remitted a fine of $500 imposed upon John A. Luther of Harlan county for violating the Slocumb liquor law. X1C fine lmvill(? hvva ri,m;ttP(i u,Hm j. , .... . ii ...:m ....a i a ...... a ii u,l'r wm uu "avt Vy w Ko io jiui. The governors action has already raised a furore m political circles prenic court, alter twenty-hvc years as the liqour was malt it was tor- bidden for sale as a beverage without a license and the state need not bo required to prove its intoxicating qualities. The Slocumb law forbids the sale of malt, spirituous and vinous liquors without a license. Luther lives at Orleans. He kept a restaurant and made no secret of the sale of a malt liquor advertised as malt tonic and said to be non-intoxi- eating. He said he thought he had a right to sell such liquor without a license because it contained less than 2 per cent of alcohol. When the h- quor was analyzed it was found to contain one and one-tenth per cent alcohol. 1 he trial court insti ucteu the jury that the state, need not be re- quired to prove that the liquid was in- , toxicating, but some witnesses said it tasted and acted like beer. Tho state chemist said it was in the class of beers. 1 nc supreme court had for twenty- five years held that the state must not only prove that the liquor w as sold but that it was intoxicating. From this instruction of the district court Luther appealed to the supreme court. After several hearings the supreme court affirmed the decision of the lower court. Judges Lctton and Barnes dissented from this holding. The opinion of the court was written by Judge Reese. In his dissenting opinion Judge Letton said to hold that the state need not be required to prove the intoxicating quality of li quor sold without a license "is entire ly new doctrine in this state and gives to the law such a new and radically changed interpretation from that i which has been followed by adminis trative executive and judicial officers of the government for nearly forty years as to partake of the character of judicial legislation." To Mlngesota. F. M. Young, an old resident of Cass county leaves today for Degraff, Minnesota, where he has purchased f,(M) acres i,f land and will move on it and make his future home. He re- ., , , , . . , , , ccntiy som nis nice larm oi w acres here and purchased the farm in Min- nesota. Thus Cass count v loses another good citizen nnd family, while Degraff gains correspondingly. Mr. Young came to Cass county fifty-five years ago last Saturday and has been one of our substantial citizens ever since. We regret to see him leave Nebraska, and while we wish him no dissappoint ments, if at any time he finds that Nebraska looks good to him there will be room for him to return. His house hold goods, pulled in six wagons, came into town yesterday and were shipped to their destination. Notice: if you wish to exchange your property for other property no matter what it is, list it with the Windham Incest incut it Loan Co. w-'.l.V.'-d-ll'l-'J- - Hev. Austin and Cliff Wescott are in Weeping Water today in attend ance (it a meeting of the County Sunday School association. The min tes of that meeting would undoubted ly make interesting reading could they be secured.