THE WIND IP OF
HIGH SCHGOL DAYS
Annua! Senior Picnic Lr.r. Even
ing aid GraJutt'ng i.ierclses
Tomorrow Wft.
(From Thursday's Pai'y)
Thes i.v tl.v lit most
strenuous day o: the High
school year." The Seniors'
work is over unci tomorrow
night the sweet g rl graduate
will reign supreme for it is
then they are presented with
sheepskins, certificates of
knowledge from the city's
learning factory. Tomorrow
night the graduation exercises
will be held at the Parmele
theatre for the class consist
ing of thirty-two members.
Yesterday afternoon the class
held one of their annual Se
nior affairs, the picnic at the
river. The day was a fine one
for it and the class, freed
from the worries of their
studies, enjoyed themselves
to their greatest capacity.
The students and faculty mem
bers, with loaded baskets,
made their way down to the
river late in the afternoon and
at about 0 ate their bountiful
picnic lunch near the ferry
landing. By the great spread
it was proven the feminine
members of the class had
learned something else during
their school years than that
which is found in Latin and
chemistry texts, for the lunch
Wi
ras on iv exceeucu
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quantity. At the approaeum
darkness ".the party returned
to the city after having one of
the best times of the school
year.
This morning the faculty
were entertained at a break
fast at the residence of Prof.
Gamble, who has recently re
signed his position as super
intendent of the city schools.
This evening, at the home of
Mrs. A. E. Gass, Miss Lucille
will entertain the High school
faculty and the grade teachers
who have tutored her during
her school years.
The theatre tomorrow night
will be gaily decorated for the
graduating class, in the class
colors with pretty lighting
effects. Nearlyjeveryseat in
the house has been sold and
the attendance promises to
be as heavy as at the class
play a few nights ago.
Harrison Farewell Party.
A farewell uartv for Ben
- - - t.
Harrison, the present princi
pal of the High school, was
given last evening at the A.
S. Will residence by the young
nf thfi Pres
byterian church. The home
was filled?!by about twenty of
the young lady members of
tjie class r who enjoyed the
hospitality of the Wills, the
time quickly passing in guess
ing games andjmusic. In a
contest for. the guessing of
authors of various books,
Miss Gertrude Morgan was
awarded the first prize, a
handsome book, while the
consolation went to Miss Mil
dred Johnson. In a proverb
contest in which a picture was
the first prize, Miss Lucille
Gass was the most successful
winning the first honors, and
Miss MattiejLarson was given
the "booby" prize.
People Not Interested.
The mass 'meeting of the
Commercial club last evening
,nt the council chamber for the
;''li.irMiwirn nf thp "Fourth of
July celebration was not a
very enthusiastic affair. The
number present would just
about correspond with the
uatiOnal date, and nearlv a
majority of those wo e report
ers. The Commercial club
men who did turn out were
not strongly in favor of the
Fourth of Julv event but be-
ieve in combining all the
efforts into a big stock show
or the fall. The meeting was
uljourned without any action
eing taken, but it was under
stood when the session was
called a few days ago that if
the people didn't take it up at
he time the matter would be
dropped and the interest cen
tered in the coming stock
show.
PRETTY PARTY AT
L. A. MOORE HOME
Hose Shower Last Evening - by
Friends for Betrothed Platts
mouth Couple.
One of the brilliant events
on the spring social calendar
occurred last evening at the
pleasant home of Mrs. L. A.
Moore, in the form of a hose
shower on Miss Molly -eiver
and Ernest Tuev, whose mar
riage has been announced for
Tune 1. The invited guests
consisted of the wedding party
and a few intimate friends.
about twentv-five in all, who
gathered at the residence to
participate in the pleasant
evening for the betrothed
couole. The rooms of the
home were fittingly decorated
water hose, garden hose and
all kinds of hose, with here
and there clusters of colum
bine and sweet peas.
During the evening hours
each member of the gay party
was requested to write a poem
on hose, Jennings Seiver re
ceiving the honors in the con
test by composing a most
amusing bunch of verses on
the subject. One of the pleas
ant features of the evening
was the most excellent piano
playing by Clay Connor of
El wood, a very talented musi
cian, a graduate of the Iowa
Conservatory of Music.
It was a very pleasant affair
and from the number of hose
presented it might have been
thought the guests of honor
were centipedes.
Adjudged Insane.
Fred Kiser, a sixteen-year o.d
lad who resided with his parents on
a farm near Murray, was adjudged
insane and a fit subject for the asylum
by the insanity board this morning
and was committed to the jail await
ing the return of Sheriff Quinton
who will take him to Lincoln. The
boy was placed in the asylum the 9th
of December but his mother effected
his release a few weeks ago. The
treatment at the institution brought
the lad out in a fine physical way
but his mind was not greatly strength
ened, so he had not been at his home
more than two days tvhen the neigh
bors began to be afraid of him.
Tuesday night and "Wednesday morn
ing he took a notion to go to Weep
ing "Water to buy an automobile,
his actious becoming bo wild he was
brought to the city for an examina
tion at which it was showen that he
should not be allowed at large and an
order was made for his confinement.
Was Fine Play.
The Gerw company left this morn
ing for St. Joe after giving one of their
strongest productions "The Wolf"
at the Parmele last evening. The
paly was great, it even exceeded the
one of the night before which was con
sidered grand. Last night's show
was ft Canadian play, appearing for
the first lime in stock. The leading
parts were played by Mr. Grew and
Mabel Culen who were supported by
a cant of four men. The play was a
and seldom put on by stock companies
nd if it were not for Mr. Grew's per
sonal interests in an eastern theatre
cal concern it would have been im:
possible for the company to secure
the right of the production.
Robert Troop and family are mov
ing into their remod'led residence
on the old Young preperty ou South
Ninth iitrwt
PLANS FOR NEW
POSTOFFICE
Twenty-five Charts Show Federal
Building a
TO BE COMPLETED AUGUST 1911
Building To Be of Yellow Pressed Brick
With Stone Trimmings and
Finished in Oak.
(From Thursdays Daily) ,
The plans and specifica
tions for Plattsmouth's new
federal building arrived to
day and are being held at
the post office for the inspec
tion of contractors, who are
expecting to bid on the work.
The plans.consisting of about
twenty-five large detail draw
ings, show the building to be
a most up-to-date example of
architectural designing em
bodying every modern con
venience imaginable. The with electricity, and an elec
structure will be 50 x 86 feet, tric damping machine will
frontine on Fifth street, esti-i Probslbl.v be installed for the
mated cost $46,000. The i
building is to have an impos
ing approach of heavy stone
steps on each side of which !
will Vi mpfal lamn nnct cur-I
..... ...w.. ... -M basement entrance win oe on
mounted by large . electric j the west sWe, or back of the
lights On each side of the! structure. The plans are
doorway are two large arched j most exact in every minute
windows with white stone ; detail, and the postoffice au
trimmines. The brick called ! thoritles and contractors who
for in the specifications is a
light pressed clay, trimmed
with borders of white stone.
On the Vine street side are
four windows and in the rear,
at the south-west corner is i
the mailing door and plat
form, covered with a metal
roof.
The frcnt of the building
is to be a large loby, at the
left of which is the money
order and registered mail de
partment, immediately back
of this are two fire-proof
vaults, one 5 1-2x6 1-2, the
other 7 1-2x6 1-2. Back of
the vaults and in front of the
mailing door, is a small mail
ing room.' In the north-west
cornor of the first floor is the
private office of the postmas
ter with toilet in connection.
The different offices and de
partment rooms cluster
around the main work room
of the office which occupies
the center of the first floor,
being separated from the
loby by the boxes and stamp
windows. '
The basement is to be well
finished with cement floors,
plastered walls and chair
rails. The boiler room oc
cupies the center of the base
ment while the three rooms
along the north side are to
be finished for ' storage, feul
and janitor's department. At
the south of the boiler room
is a large swing room, a re
creation room for the carriers
and other employees. Ad
joining this are toilet rooms
and a large shower bath. The
heating plant is to be a steam
HERE
Fine One.
one wjth connections for heat-
ing water at all times.
The woodwork of the exte
rior is to be white pine and
cypress, the interior will be
mostly yellow pine and quar
tered sawed oak, with toilet
partitions and some of the
window sills of light colored,
heavy marble.
The metal iinishings are to
be of bronze and heavy brass,
and every detail will be of the
best of workmanship. The
building will be amply lighted
c:lncellir of staml,s.
On the
west side of the building is to
j be a macadam driveway, laid
with an unusually thick cov
ering of stone. The outdoor
. ....
have thus far examined them
are greatly pleased.
Every electric light is de
scribed, every door has plans
showing the exact location of
its panels, etc., each window
is shown and its construction
explained, and cross sections
of the vaults describe the fire
proof material which' is to be
used in their construction.
Their is at least one Platts
mouth concern intending to
bid on the work and it is
hoped some local man may
l.ind the job for Uncle Sam.
The specifications call for the
completion of the structure
August 1, 1911.
No Complaints Made.
The three young men who mali
ciously tore up a number of the ben
ches at the ball park night bcforelast
are to escape very lucky as no com
plaint is to be filed against ihem and
they have been set free. Yesterday
morning the base ball management
was startled by an assertion reaching
the city that several benches had been
pulled from their moorings and thrown
in the ecnter of the grounds in a heap
On investigation is was found to be
true and asaerch was at once started
forjie law breakers They were lo
cated in the afternoon, a trio consis
ting of Verner Rakow, Walter Rakow
and Edgar Wittstruek, but it was
found that the complaint for such an
offense would have to be made out in
the county court and aa the county
attorney was not in the city the
parties were forced to wait for his
return. This morning the matter
blew over without any artion being
taken against the young men, who may
consider themselves very lucky. It
was rather a disgraceful piece of work
and the ball boys were warm under
se collar to think anyone would be
so small as to work out their spite in
such a manner.
BAILEY & iMACII
THE DENTISTS
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MrtowrMtoiHik .KtkftAmaa. OMAHA. NIB.
(From Friday's Dally)
M. Fan per was a business caller in
Omaha today.
F. C. Weber was a business travel-
i er to the Ga.e City this morning.
J. V. Hostctlcr of Murray was in
this morning enroute to Omaha for a
ilays business trip.
S. II. Shuniaker was an Omaha
traveler this morning on the early
Burlington.
Sheriff (uinton left this morning
for Union where he was Called on
business.
Mrs. William Tuey and Mrs. D. J.
McDaniel are in Omaha today visit
ing with relatives.
B. J. Wurl boarded No. C this
morning for a business cxpidition to
Pacific Junction and Glenwood.
Mrs. Geo. Dodge was among the
Crwd of Omaha passengers on the
early Burlington this morning.
Mrs. John Wurbine and Mrs.
Frank Jenson are in Omaha today
visiting for a few hours with iriends.
Lloyd Gagen, Charles Creamer and
Mont Schrader from near Murray
left this morning for a short outing in
Omaha.
Mrs. V. II. Newell and daughter
Bcrnicc bought Burlington tickets
for Omaha this morning, to which
place they went for a days visit.
Robert Propst of Mynard was in
townt his morning on his way to
Omaha and t here is a general suspicion
that he has got his mind on an auto
up there.
Mrs. Clara and John Barkening
started this morning for Omaha from
where they will proceed to Burlington
to remain a short time at the home of
a relative, E. Keiser.
Mrs. G. L. Khoden. Miss Leola
Vullery and Mrs. Kell Ithoden arc
spending the day at the state metrop
olis expecting to return on one of the
later trains this evening.
Glen Tomlinson of Winterset, Iowa,
is in the city for a few days visiting
at the home of his uncle, M. S.
Briggs, having finished the term's
work at Whittier college at .Salem, la.
Mrs. M, II. Mocenhaupt of Sterl
ing Nebraska, a visitor at the Hency
Schneidey, home left today for a
brief stay in Omaha, expecting to re
turn this evening and continue her
visit in town.
Mrs. C. A. Ockcrson of Boise,
Idaho, a visitor in the city at the
home of Anderson Davis, left this
morning for Alliance, Nebr. where
she will visit a week or two before re
turning to her home.
Robert Troop and family are mov
ing into their residence, the old Young
prorcrty on south Ninth street, which
has been in the hands of the carjn-n-ters
for the past two or three months.
It makes a very comfortable home
now, the interior has been overhauled
and new iwrches have been added.
Eight or ten Plattsmouth ladies
left on the eight-fifteeen train this
morning for Orcajwlis where they
went to attend a meeting of the
Swedish Ladies Aid which is to be
held today at the home of Mrs.
Peter Nord. The Party consisted of
Mrs. Joseph Hadraba, Miss Blanche
Hadraba, Miss Roman, Mrs. A.
Peister, Mrs. Peter Turn, Mrs. A. P.
Hornburg, Mrs. Jonas Johnson and
Mrs. C. A. Behrgreen.
Miss Goldie Beam of Hamburg,
Iowa who is vis-iting at the home of
Mrs. Julia South, left this morning
for a few days stay at Glenwood as a
guest of several friends.
Miss Goldie Beam of Hamburg,
Ijwa, who is visiting at the home of
Mrs. Julia South left this morning for
a few days stay at Glenwood as the
guest of friends.
A wedding license was issui d to day
for Joe Sabatka, age 25 and Antone
Kovarak, age 24, both of this city,
who will be united next Tuesday.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORI A
MOTOR BOATS ARE
GETTING NUMEROUS
River Will be Flecked With Fleet
ot Pleasure Boats TMs
Summer
The river fever lias struck Platts
mouth, but is it not the serous epi
demic that invades the south. There
is no danger of any fatalities result
ing from its ravages which are gener
ally confined to the set of young men
of the city. Its first symptom is
talking motor boat with some enthus
iast; the second, going out for a ride
on the river and listening to the hum
of the engine and splashing of the
water at the bow; the third is the sign
ing of the papers for the purchase of
a power boat, then you're a full
Hedged river-bug. These are the
stages that a number of Plattsmouth
people have gone through this spring
but not all of them have yet taken
the third degree. At present there
are three motor boats on the river
owned by Harold Williams. Paul
Wohlfarth and Mullis and Cecil. The
last mentioned youMg men have pur
chased from Friedolph Nord, who
kept the boat on the Platte last year.
The new owners arc going to slightly
overhaul the craft and use it on the
Big Muddy this season.
The largest of the trio of launches
is a 20 ft., 5 h. p. boat owned by Wohl
farth, but there will soon be one on
the river which will be six feet longer
and contain a motor with twice the
horsepower. It is the boat which is
being built by Weyrieh.the popular
young druggist. The craft will soon
be ready for its bottle of wine and when
it is launched on the river it will be
the classiest little ship that has moored
at Plattsmouth'sdoor for many a day.
It will have a comfortably fitted
cabin, electric lights, magneto and
every .convenience that can be put
into the small class of boats. The
power boat fleet vill also be strength
ened within the next week or two
by the addition of the two boat owned
y Wynn Forbes and Harold Streight.
This will bring the number up to an
even half dozen besides the score op
more row boats and skills now on the
water.
The local boys are anxious to make
the river a lively place this summer.
They will try to organize the owners
into a skippers' union or a boat
club and would like to put up a club
house on the river bank at some con
venient place where they can keep
their supplies and congregate for so
cial sessions. One of the boat men is
enthusiastic over a canoe and if he
interests one or two parties he will
see that one is added to the river force
before spring is very far advanced.
The pleasure boats in this locality
arc not as numerous ns the pretty
river should warrant. At Sioux City
there are three different boat clul 8
and the canoes and launches on the
Big Sioux there number in hundreds.
In the east, especially in Michigan,
the tt reams are crowded with pleas
ure boats on the suinnur (!ays and it
is a favorite pastime for theyong peo
p.c to form boating parties on warm
afternoons after working hours, pad
dle up the waters for a few miles,
have a picnic lunch and return later
by moonlight. It is a spoit that will
make a big hit with young the people
here if it is once given a start.
New Lights.
A new serivs of lights were put in
p!aae yesti rday in front of the drug
store of Weyrieh & Hadraba on Main
stmt. The lights consists of a cluster
of four tungcers hung by a bracket
a few feet above the door at the up-to-date
drug hcad(uatn'is, the lights
having 100 candle power each, making
a total of 400 candle power. They
make quite a glow of white light w hen
the juice is turned into tin m, and were
lit up for the first time last night.
The two pushing proprietors are al
ways up to the times, having one of
the best epuipped storts in the city
and the addition of the lamps
will only serve to throw more
light on the promising concern.
Photographer litre.
Bert Logan, an experienced photo
grapher who formenly conducted an
establishment at Shawnee, Nebraska
is in the city today lookii over the
field for the location of a new photo
graphic studio. He has been in the
business for a number of year and
is onto the ins and outs of the busi
ness from start to finish. Mr. Logan
is negotiating with the local firms
this afternoon but so far has reached
no final agreement with any of them
so he is not able to state whether he w ill
open up a shop or not
Base Ball Again.
The fast bunch of Royal Arcades
frjm Omaha, w ill be here for the next
game. They have made a good rec
ord in Omaha, and have plugged up
for this game Irtit the management
in going to prove to ihe Omaha ball
players that there's no use trying to
take a game from us this year.
