The Plattsmouth Journal
I LBLISIIED WEEKLY AT
PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA
R. A. BATES, Publisher.
ntered at the uoitolttceat Hlntlamouth.
brwka.ki"coD class matter.
$l,SO Per Year in Advance.
. With the coming of spring the
trade excursions which have been
talked of between Eagle and this city
should be started. Let the Commer
cial Club pet after this project in
earnest and secure the train for scr
vice early in March at least.
The Nevada legislature la deter
mined to have it own voice speak
rather than the voice of Roosevelt.
It passed strong anti-Japanese reso
lutions and the American workman
stands behind them for they will need
their protection sooner or later.
There is much merit In gink's bed
sheet bill despite all the ridicule
which has been heaped upon it. In
some respects it may go to extremes
but in some respects, the hotel8 of the
state go to extremes also. There
could be worse legislation than this.
It is South Dakota now which is
about to enact a two-cent fare law
for the railroads. If the law work
as well in that state as it has in Ne
braska there is little reason to be
lieve the railroads will spend much
money fighting it. In Nebraska it
has proven a veritable bonanza for
them.
All over the country the agitation
for good roads Is being pushed and
Nebraska ought not to bo behind
Good roads means millions to the
farmers of the state and the growth
ef the automobile needs the roads
as well. Let everyone agitate in
favor of good roads and increase the
value of property In this county.
The organization of an lnterurban
company to build a line from this
city to Elm wood or Murdock woul
be the biggest thing I'lattsmouth
tvtr attempted. It would mean th
making of the city bii! when it was
completed 'there would bo no reason
to have to urge the Omaha Interur
ban to come down hero, they would
be glad to get a chance. Let the
Commercial Club look into this for it
It is worth it.
eminent was preparing for war with thanks to their vote for the demo-
that nation or that it desires th.. rrntlc nominees last fall. This is
country to be prepared for that even- light anl. just. Omaha and South
tuality. It Is to be hoped that these Omaha had this promise made In
indications are misleading but tt war democratic platform last fall and
must come, Japan win rind mat it , iney snoweo. tnai iuey appreuuieu n
has no Russia to contend with in
this struggle as the United States
is larger and more powerful in
every respect. ine country -may
divide on questions of internal mo
ment but when it comes to contend
ing with an outside power, it stands
as a unit. War Is never to be
sought but there comes times when
war Is far preferable to peace and if
the United States is ever compelled
to go to war again it can be depended
upon to fight to win. And it will do
this under any man who may happen
to be president, for he represents
merely the nation In its concrete-ness.
Now ! . the democratic legislature
do their share.
There should be no time lost in or
ganizing the proposed trade excur
sions from Eagle. They mean a
handsome income to the merchants
of the city and all should get togeth
er and push it along.
Tho construction of the proposed
lnterurban with Murdock and Elm-
wood would be the best thing which
ever took place In Cass County. It
would mean to bring to all parts of
the county together and to open up
an easy market along Its line. Every
farmer whose lands . lie anywhere
near the proposed line would reap an
Immense benefit from it, not alone
In the increased value of his farm
lands but in the increased value of
his food products. In tho eastern
states where interurbans grid-iron
the country, they afford a cheap and
easy meaiiB of reaching market and
the consequence is that an immense
freight business is being built up on
them. Owing to tho low cost of oper
atjon and the llglit charges for main
tenance these roads are moiicy mak
ers from the start and this ono es
peclally would pay as it runs through
the heart of the richest county In
the state. Tush it along.
- Tho public will watch with a groat
deal of Interest the result of tho asc
found by tho grand Jury in Okla
homa aRalnst Governor Haskell. Ills
charges that tho indict Aient was due
to tho manipulations of Win, R.
Hearst will have a chance to bo aired
now that the Indictment has been
.found. One significant feature of
the case Is that fifteen of tho oldest
nnd most prominent men of Musko
gee called ns soon as they learned of
the indictment and signed his bond
for $5,000. Many more called but
could not get to sign. This would In
dicate that his friends and neighbors
have little confidence In tho sub
stantiatlon of tho charges against
him.
The projected Omaha-Plattsmouth
lnterurban would be u good thing for
this city in one sense surely. It
would result in an Instant advance
In real estate values and the erection
of a number of summer homes along
the picturesque bluffs which lino the
river. With all tho advantages which
nature has bestowed upon It there
!r no good reason why thin city
should not bo ono of the prettiest and
most sightly cities in the middle west.
Hot the hills and bluffs with hand
some homes and everyone who would
see the town would discover how
really handsome It is and what gifts
nature has lavished upon it. The In
terurban would doubtless lead In
this work. In addition the construe
Ossenkop Murder Case
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tions were overruled by the court.
On the matter of the continuance
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juuge iravis wan tea lime to con-1
slder it, and took a recess of thirty
minutes for that purpose.
Coure reconvened at 11:15 a. m.
and Judge Travis inquired as to
what the state had to say on Mr.
Gering's motion for a continuance.
Mr. Doylo stated the views of the
State to the effect that as they un
derstood the affair, the families of
several of the witnesses were now in
He was
OUt justification, and referred to the ; State f rbraka la touaty taart
I t or the uukI; or t a&.
In the matter of the wslate of August
The democratic legislature is tak
ing steps now to frame the bank
guarantee bill which they promised
the people, and they will redeem
their promise. The new bill It is safe quarantine for small pox
to say, will contain all the essential informed that these witnesses were
and good features of the Oklahoma in EaIe ou Tuesday and in Walton
... . . on Wednesday. He though if thes
law and in addition any other safe- uj' ,., .
I nuiit-BatB iiau vi ciuuiuuuu ul a lulu-
guards which may be necessary to ,ng quarantine this looked like a vol-
throw about the deposits to protect untary quarantine. He spoke of the
the people. This is as it should be court's duty as a conservator of the
onH th nnnni m find that a dem- Public health and believed the court
, , ... should select some competent au
nnroMi nlaHirn ninnrta aftmnthlnfr I
' I h.ltv fn 1 li jM.-n vrtllttMi n nlrni,tl.
gate atd report to him, the case now
The proposal to run trade excur- belng under progreSg. As the wit
sions to this city from Eagle should nesses were important, he believed
appeal to every merchant In this city, in a careful investigation. The mat
srh nrrnosal means dollars In ter coraln UP now left 11 entirely in
4t the discretion of the court. The mat
their pockets as well as cultivating tep.wM conJectural even wlth the
a better relationship between the n0Unsel for the defendant aa he wan
i '
people of the county and the city, proceeding on telephone Informa-
There is no doubt suitable arrange
ments can be made if the committee
goes arter it. A train can De se
cured for a fixed sum which ought
tion.
Gering thought the witness Ed.
Ossenkop should not have left home
if he could have done so. He want
ed to prepare an affidavit of his own
to be easily raised among those who and support it with affidavits of Dr.
will be the direct beneficiaries of the Wilson and Dr. Dye, two disinterest
move. Such a train will bring in ed physicians who had visited the Os
hundreds of the best people of the 8e.nkP home' n to a luestlon
of the court, Mr. Gering stated he
expected to secure the affidavits by
county and give them a chance to see
what our mercnants nave ana me Sunday
prices they ask. 1 he trade excursion County Attorney Ramsey admit-
idea is a wise one and if the local ted that If the facts stated by Mr,
people are awake to their own inter- Gering were true the continuance
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ests they will push it along. uC uul tuougiit
me court snouia select a competent
physician to investigate. He spoke
of the witnesses being in Eagle on
Tuesday and Wednesday and referred
to Dr. Candless' affidavit support-
been ,nS the original motion for a cotinu
ance. He did not want to endanger
the public health.
Judge Travis stated that if it was
a fact that the state had quaran
witnesses, tho court
local physician at Eagle establishing
a quarantine and then notifying the
state authorities. He referred to the
to the usual process of referring nutu
picious cases to experts for the pur
pose of absolute determination. He
wanted Dr. Hay sent to investigate
the case. '
Judge Travis referred to the main
question as to whether the witnesses
were infected or not. To investigate
the matter he would take an ad
journment to Tuesday morning. A
physician should Investigate and if
the witnesses could be released 1J,
would be done. He considered this
a vry important matter and the de
fendant should have the benefit of
their evidence.
By agreement of 'the court and
the counsel on both sides Dr. Hay of
Lincoln was selected to make an
Investigation.
Adjournment was had of this case
until Tuesday morning.
Mr. Gering spoke about releasing
the Jury until Tuesday.
Judge Travis stated that the re
sponsibility rested on the court and
while he had the greatest respect for
the Jury the showing of defendant
In his several affidavits of an alleged
public sentiment and danger of peo
ple Inadvertently talking to the
Jurymen, lead him to believe it would
not be wise to separate the" Jury.
Witnesses for the defendant could
be sent for Monday if they were re
quired. The Jury was brought in and
Judge Travis then announced t the
members that a recess would be had
until Tuesday morning and stated
his Judgment was that they be not
separated, lje admonished them
against discussing the case and then
turned them over to the sheriff.
Slohlnian, deceased.
To Katherine Maria Stohlman. Min
nie Louise Stohlman. Arnold GeorKe
Stohlman. William Frederick Stohlman
and Doiotlij Suuiiia aioniman and all
others interested.
You and each of you are hereby no
tified that Katherine Stohlman has
filed her petition In Bald court alleg
ing among other things, that August
Stohlman late of the County of Cass
and State of Nebraska, departed this
life on the thirteenth day of December,
A. I). litOS, Intestate, learlnsr estate to
be administered and praying that let
ters of administration be issued to
said petitioner.
You are further notified that a
hearing on said petition will be held
on February 8th, lo! at the hour of
9 o'clock a. m. at the office of the un
dersigned County Judge, at which time
and place aay and all objections roust
be made and on file or the prayer of
said petition may be granted.
Witness mv hand and official
tills 20th day of January, A. 1)., 1909.
Allen J. Teeon.
(SEAL) CUnty JUU,fe-
Ramsey & Ramsey,
Attorneys for petitioner.
First published January 21. 1909.
The movement for the lnterurban
between Omaha and this city is a
popular one and It ought to be push
cd to a completion. As has
pointed out In the Journal it would
mean a great rise in the valuo of
tho city real estate and in addition
it would mean the upbuilding of the tined these
city and a big increase in population, would have no right to enforce pro-
In addition it would mean the mak- epsa against them and he thought
ing of a decent train srvice In and
out of the city. As matters stand
now there is no way of getting to
Omaha after the noon hour except
tho five o'clock train In the evening
and this train Is so notoriously un
certain that no one ever thinks of
making an engagement on the
strength of filling it on this train.
There are many other advantages to
tho city w hich will -be pointed out I
later on and the matter should be
taken up and pushed to a finish.
the court should observe this.
Mr. Doyle referred to cases where
a quarantine was established with-
G. A. II. to Observe Duy.
February the 12th Is the centen
nial anniversary of the birth of
Abraham Lincoln and McConahle
Post G. A. R. and tne ladies of the
Relief Corps have planned to cele
brate this event on that date at the
Methodist church at 7:30 p. m., and
extend to all organizations of this city
a cordial Invitation to meet with
them on this occasion. Rev. Randall
will deliver the address on tho "Life
and Character of Lincoln."
Ceo. Thierolf from Cedar Creek is
In the city today attending to busi
ness matters, coming in this morning.
NOTICE OP APPLICATION FOR Lltt
1 OH LICENSE.
Notice Is hereby given to all persona
interested and to the public, that the
undersigned, Henry Leuchtwels, lias
filed his petition and application In
the office of the County Clerk of Cass
County, Nebraska, as required by law.,
signed by a majority of the resident
free holders of Klght Mile Grove pre
cinct, setting forth that the applicant.
Is a man of respectable character and
standing and a resident of the state
of Nebraska and praying that a license
be issued to said Henry Leuchtwels for
the sale of malt, splrltous, and vinous
liquors for the period of one year from
May 17, 1909, ending May 17, 1910,
In a building on lot 1 In block 4.
In the village of Cecar Creek, in Eight
Mile precinct, in Cass County, Nebras
ka. Henry Leuchtwels,
Applicant.
NOTCH OK APPLICATION FOIl LIO.
I'OH LICENSE.
Notice Is hereby given to all per
sons Interested and to the public, that
the undersigned, Andy Thompson, has
filed his petition and application in
the office pf the County Clerk of Cass
County, Nebraska, as required by law.
signed by a majority of the resident
free holders of Klght Mile Grove pre
cinct, setting forth that the applicant
Is a man of respectable character and
standing and a resident of the state
of Nebraska and praying that a license
be Issued to said Andy Thompson for
the saleof malt, splrltous, ana vinous
liquors for the period of one year from
May 17, 1909, ending May 17. 1910,
In a building on lot 1 in block 4,
In the village of Cedar Creek, In Klght
Mile precinct, in Cass County, Nebras
ka. Andy Thompson,
Applicant.
Notice Is hereby given that the an
nual meeting of the stockholders of the
Burlington and Missouri River Rail
road Company in Nebraska will be held
at the office of the company in Platts
mouth, Nebraska on Thursday, Febru- .
ary 25, 1909, at ten o'clock a. m.
The meeting will be held for the
election of nine (9) directors to serve
during the ensuing year, and for
the transaction of such other business
as may legally come before It.
W. P. DURKKE,
Secretary.
Omaha, Nebraska, January 6, 1909.
Mrs. J. II. Waterman arrived in
this city this morning from Lincoln
to spend the day with Mrs. John Wat
erman, who is reported to be on the
sick list.
LAME)' law! Lmmi
The Immense advantages of an ln
terurban connecting this city and
Murdock and Elmwood cannot be
overestimated. Such a lino would
bring In a great amount of business
and would make the city a market of
Hon of the line Into the country i tne first class. interuroans are man
w
An effort Is to be made by the ad
vocates of county option to get the
.present legislature to pass bucU an
R't. While there Is no serious prob
ability that an act of this nature can
pass tho house let alone tho senate,
it shows that tho advocates of the bill
.-ire still fighting determinedly for Its
enactment. That the legislature
would make a serious blunder to take
up this matter and enact legislation
converting our present excellent nys
torn of handling tho liquor question
into that of hole-in-the-wall nnd
"blind tigers," everyone familiar
with tho situation must admit. As It
now stands everyone Is protected un
drr tho workings of the high license
law to repeal tOils and to pass a
mcasuro leaving tho state open to
prey from tho Irresponsible and crlm
inal would bo tho height of folly. The
members of tho legislature con serve
their constituents no better than to
lcavo the present legislation upon tho
books.
That omolulag big Is brewing 1
diplomatics circles soems evident
Judging from tho strenuous efforti of
the administration to "top tho antl
Japanese sentiment In tho country
Matt rs really look as if tho gov
hlch tho Joprna 1 is advocating, 'n8 their way all over the country and
ould moko tho proposed lnterurban absorbing local passenger bus!
connection of great valuo. Let nptt8 everywhere! It would do the
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everyone boost both these projects, same thing here and tne line wouia
bo a navlng one from the start. If
The California legislature yester- such a line would bo built It Is al
day unexpectedly revived tho anti- most a certainty that a very few
apancse agitation In that state by years would elapse when a connec
tho passago of a bill to segregate tion would be made with a line from
the Japanese from the white child- Lincoln and the city would have a
ron. This action is similar to that! more direct line to the state capital
attempted several years ago by tho than It has at present. The Invest
San Francisco board of education, ment need not be so great as the line
and has arouBod tho apprehension of would run through country where the
tho federal authorities who fear It grades would be comparatively light
may mean war with Japan. There and construction could bo made at
m-ems no good reason why Japan- tho lowest cost. This Is one of the
eso children should not bo segregated Important projects which should not
as well as Chinese or any other na-bo allowed to dio out but which
tionallty. If It Is fair and Just to should bo pushed from the start.
furnlah separate schools for ono na
tion It Is for another and It would
not seem that tho American school
system should be controlled and dom-
United a Uiiinpui
A complaint has been filed before
Justice Archer by ono James E
G ruber, proprietor of a pool hall at
Inoted by tho desires of any foreign Union, charging ono Charles Carra
power. The California legislature her, a resident of that place with
acted entirely within Its scone in drunkenness and disorderly con
nnna .hi, wiintin an,. uh.tiwr Awl. Tho complaint U filed by
County Attorney Ramsey under the
18 "Kcpiauio to japan, uooseveili , n1)nillv Rhorlff MnnsniMik.
or anyone else Is Immaterial. If It ,,r w..t down after Carraher this
leads to war with Japan then war morning. According to Gruber, Car-
it must be and Japan will find that I ruhtT returned to Union from N
this government It no Russia. broska City on Wednosdoy night
badly tangled with flro water, ana
ho at onco Invaded Gruber' pool
hnll nnd started a "rough house."
day bawball tho other dny. It Is Mirottll, .,... .,,.., ., rol,um.t
Tho legislature turned down Sun-
doubtful If It was wise In view of the ng himself In a disreputable man-
fact that Omaha plays tho game re- her generally, much to tho scandal
gnrdless of the law, but if this Is to aln of Gruber and people goner-
i... .........ii .i ii... i. ,r,iui. .,,. i.t I any.
1 From all reports Carraher ha
lcgnllzo the game In that city by en- boon , Ul,B romutlon before nnd
act ment. had several times faced Justice
Reuben Foster nnd paid fines for
Omaha and South Omaha arolhls conduct.
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To ilio Oqss Oounty jFarmor
Who wants to buy a fine farm for less money and which will pay bigger
rate of Interest than your Cass County farms, and produce four tons of
alfalfa each season, and sells for $8 per ton, $32 per acre. Read the
descriptions In this advertisement.
Central City has one of the largest alfalfa mills in the Dtate, fur
nishes a fine market for all the alfalfa In the county.
640 acres, 2 miles north of Chapman, Neb., 300 acres In cultiva
tion, balance in hay and pasture. Two story frame house, 7 or 10 room
house. Tractlcally new barn, 32x40 with mow, painted red;two wells,
2 mllls other out buildings, fenced and cross-fenced, four wires, round
cedar posts. Every acre level land, no wet or low land on the entire sec
tion. Soil black loam, 18 Inches to 2 feet deep, clay subsoil. No better
land In the Btate. Corn husking out 50 bushel to the acre, paying 8 '
percent on $100 an acre. Cash price for 30 days, $75 per acre. Can
make loan 5 years $26,000 at 6 per cent, optional payments.
400 ecres, 4 miles from town, 100 acres In cultivation, 150 acres
more can be cultivated, balance too low, but Is fine hay land, 1 Vi story
house, good barn for ten horses, cattlo shed and all necessary out build
ings, 2 wells and 1 mill. All fenced and cross fenced. Price for short
time $52.50 per acre. Can loan 50 percent of the above price. This
is a snap.
160 acres, 5 miles from Central City, 120 acres in cultivation, 40
acres In pasture, but all smooth land except 4 acres, which Is a little
too low. Six room house, stable for 8 horses and other outbuildings;
2 wells, 1 mill; 60 acres fall wheat, nice little grove. On R. F. D. and
phone In house. Trice $62.50 per acre.
240 acres, 1H miles from Central City, 100 acres In cultivation,
balance In hay and pasture, good buildings, grove, Al land, 40 rods to
college and finest locution and neighborhood In tho county. Price $87.80,
good terms. Hay land will cut 2 tons per acre.
160 acres, 3 miles from town, 120 acres In cultivation, 20 acres In
hay, 20 acres pasture, 36 acres fall wheat, small house, barn and
grove. Every acre fine farm land, but buildings very poor. Will sell for
cast at $50 per acre. This farm Is located In a fine neighborhood. Mort
gage $3,300 at 6 percent.
For further particulars write
The Plniio Volley Land and
Loon Gomnany,
Central City, Nebraska
OR CALL ON LOCAL AC.KNT
Oco. Ballanco, Plattsmouth, Neb.
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promised home rule once more