THE PLATTSMOUTH JOURNAL THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY EDITION.
change. They now own buildings at
Plattsmouth. Elmwood and Have
lock, pictures of the two former ap
perlng elsewhere in this paper.
To the excellent management of
T. H. Pollock is due the credit for
the unprecedented prosperity and
manner under which the Platts
mouth Telephone Company has been I
sailing from its very inclpiency,
and we predict, under his efficient
supervision, that Inside of the next
five years the dividends will reach
at least 15 per cent anually and
perhaps more. Other officials are
Thos. E. Parmele, president; C. C.
Parmele, vice president; and J. N.
Wise, secretary. "
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CLOSSON, No. 13280-OWNED HY LUKE L.
hardy. As a dairy breed the Red
Polls ha've always been held In high
esteem, many of the cows proving
most extraordinary producers. Mr.
Wiles has proved a great success in
breeding the dual purpose Red Polls,
southwest of Platts-1 adopted for beef and milk. He
Ll'KK L. WILKS. .
One of the Progressive Voting
Farmers and Stuck Breeders
of Cass County.
One mile
mouth, resides Luke L. Wiles, one
of the most prosperous breeders of
Red Polled Cattle in Southwest Ne
braska. His farm is an Ideal one
for stock breeding purposes. Begin
ning on comparatively a small scale
he has reached the position of one
of the principal breeders of pure
bred Red Polled cattle in the west,
as a visit to his farm and a view of
his herd will fully demonstrate.
Closson No. 13280 heads the herd,
and when In good breeding condi
tion will weigh one ton. The de
mand of the present time is for
beef and milk, the two greatest food
products of the common people. For
generations, almost, there has been
a difference of opinion among breed
ers and cattle owners as to how their
efforts should be directed in secur
ing these staple products, in order
to secure the greatest advantage in
.profits, and yet furnish the most ac
ceptable article of food for the con
sumer. The problem is soon solved
in the minds of breeders after tak
ing a view of the Red Polled herd
at the Wiles farm. A look at the
fine male (Closson No. 13280)
whose picture appears above, and the
many young males and females of
this fine herd and all doubt drops
from the mind of the visitor, who
can not help but favor the cattle i Address
bred by Mr. Wiles.
Mr. Wiles herd numbers about
forty head of pure Ired registered
cattle, among which are some of the
very best female animals, any of
which will bear the closest Inspection
of the most proficient cattle men of
the country. Some of these females
will weigh 1,700 pounds.
The Red Polls are natives of Nor
folk and Suffolk counties, England.
They are solid red in color and are
hornless. They are universally re
ferred to as bring docile and quite
makes a speciality of breeding these
cattle, and last year sold quite a
number of males and females which
went to Western Nebraska and Iowa,
and the purchasers send in the most
flattering reports of their services
and excellency.
Of course it is not likely that a
breeder will purchase any of these
high bred cattle without first look
ing over the herd, and Mr. Wiles
would wish them to. He would much
prefer all who desire to Invest In
the pure Red Polled cattle to como
and see his herd. It will pay them
to do so. And the writer will
vouch for their well treatment while
under Luke L. Wiles hospitable
roof. He is by nature one of the
most genial gentlemen to meet, and
he is able to give all visitors a true
history of his herd and the secret of
bis success in raising such fine cat
tle. Mr. Wiles owns a fine farm and
has an excellent wife who will Just as
cheerfully weJcome all visitors to
their hospitable home as Luke him
self. Mr. Wiles will promptly answer
all Inquiries In reference to his cel
ebrated herd of Red Polls, and those
who desire to make a personal ob
servation, he will gladly meet at
Plattsmouth and convey them to his
farm in his own private conveyance.
all rommunicutionH lo
WILES
l'LATTSMOl'TII TKLKPHOXK CO.
A Home h'ntrrpi-lse Thut Should
Have the Undivided Support
of Home People.
Luke L. Wiles, Plattsmouth, Neb.
(ernian Prosbjteriun Church.
This church was Instituted Sep
tember 10, 1P76, under the pastorate
of Rev. Mr. Schwartz, who remained
with the church for about two years.
The society worshipped for some
time in the German school house
then located in the northwest part
of the city. They now have a fine
fiame church building on the cor
ner of Main and Ninth street, but
at present are without a pastor.
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TELEPHONE BUILDING
.Had it not been for the organ
ization of the Plattsmouth Tele
phone Company the people of Cass
county would be compelled to pay
double the amount they are pay
ing for phone service. If they will
look back eight years they will real
ize this fact. It has broken up In
a manner, one of the most gigantic
monopolies that was ever permitted
to do business In Cass county. The
people of Cass county who owe this to
the Plattsmouth Telephone and today
the farmer, the merchant and the
mechanic have invested money in
the independent company. They all
realize the fact that people were
paying an enormous price for ser
vices from the opposition company,
and it took grit and energy to
buck the Bell monoply, but men
were found who possessed the cour
age to lead in the matter and today
the Plattsmouth Telephone Com
pany owns and operates eleven rap
Idly growing exchanges, serving in
the neighborhood of three thous
and subscribers.
The people have confidence In the
management of the home company
to thp extent that they are not
afraid to invest their money in tel
ephone securities. This may explain
in a measure why the Pla'ttsmouth
Telephone Company has a list of
over two hundi?J loial stock hold
ers to whom it pays i quarterly
divident of two and one-half per
cent, and has not paid less than ten
per cent yearly during the past eight
years. This company owns a fran
chise and terminal contracts In
South Omaha, with which point Ion?
distance connections are made with
the Independent Company of Coun
cil! Bluffs, making South Omaha
the gateway for Iowa long distance
business Into Nebraska; and owing
to the rapid development of the bus
iness of the Independent Company
In and around Omaha, it will be
necessary for the company to double
the capacity of its long distance
lines during the coming season in
order to properly handle the Rrow
Ing' volume of business that Is be
ing offered to its lines leading to
Lincoln, Kansas and Missouri connec
tions. From the recent annual re
port Issued by the Plattsmouth Tele
phone Company to its stockholders,
which rontalns much valauble Infor
mation, not only to the large number
of stockholders, but to all who de
sire to learn of the many Improve
ments that havo been made by this
company In the past year. The re
port of business of the company
shows that their long distance toll
lines have been greatly strengthen
ed during the past year by the build
ing of a standard long dlstauce line
with heavy thirty-foot poles, carry
ing three copper metallic circuits
from Plattsmouth to Omaha, also the
same construction from Plattsmouth
to Louisville. Two additional cop
per circuits has beeu added from the
county seat to Union, at which point
connection Is made with the Ne
braska City-Kansas City long ills
tunce lines.
The lln clock exchange has been
completely rebuilt and made an all
coble plant; also a ncnt three room
brick office building has been erect
mI, with a new switchboard and of
fice equipment nnd the company's
business at llnvolock hag Increased
thirty per cent In the past two
months. In cotiseiiueni-e of Improve
ments HWlde.
At Klniwood n seven room brick
building with IUInk mom nr the
mnnnccr him been completed In the
plIKt few InolltllH. A lleW t hlmiinl
nnd office equipment u, H
type have been ItlHtnllcl ami the
iitmpany Ik now prepared to take
are of n large ninout of bushier. ot
Klmwood. It in the intention of the
liattsmoiith Telephone Company to
own Its own buildings In each city
and ton yhero they operate an
St. Luke's'ciiurch.
The first services of the Protest
ant Episcopal church held In Platts
mouth were In the old Masonic hall,
located on Main street on August 3,
1860. under the charge of Bishop
Talbot. For several months the con
gregation used the Masonic hall, and
at Intervals a warehouse, also used
for school purposes, on Main street.
The first regular rector was Rev.
Isaac A. Hagar, who continued his
wcrk from June 1G, 1861, to July 16,
1865. The church organized under
the name of St. John's November
27, 1864, with wardens nnd vestry as
follows: John Black, John Pattl
mer, William H. Anderson, D. H.
Wheeler and William Ford. On
March 19, 1865, Rev. George C.
Betts assumed the rectorship, coming
to It from the Methodist church.
over which he had Ken officiating
in Denver, Col. A 'donation of
about $11,000 made in 1866, by Mrs.
Edmund Murray Young of New York
City Induced a change of name to
St. Luke's, this being a condition of
the gift, and enabled the congrega
tion to erect a church building, a
handsome gothlc structure on the
corner of Third and Vine streets, in
the fall of the same year and the
spring of the same year succeeding.
The first services wre held in the
new church May 12, 1867, its dedi
cation taking place on June 16, of
the same year, under the charge of
Bishop Clarkson and assistant
clergy. On the 15th of July follow
ing, Rev. Henry Bl. Georgo Young
became .-tied rM , "reeded In
November i'.71, by 10 ' II. C. p,hfiM,
who remained with the church one
year. Rev. A. R. Graves took
charge in November, 1872, and was
succeeded by Rev. H. B. Burgess,
formerly professor In a theological
college, In 'June, 1874. The grand
ST. LUKE'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
old man Is with us yet, and his very
walks in life Is indicative of the
goodness of heart and cheerfulness
of spirit therein contained. Mr.
Burgess has been rector of St.
Luke's church for over thirty-five
years and no man ever resided in a
community so long that had more
friends and less enemies. He is a
friend to the friendless In the tru
est sense of the term, and he has
already done his duty toward man
kind and woman kind, and while his
days are almost over here below, his
everlasting home will be over the
Great Beyond, where happiness will
be supreme, and where his name will
be entered on the Grand Record as
one who did his work good on this
earth for Buffering humanity In lead
ing them on the right road to
righteousness. The church has two
working guilds St. Luke's and St.
Mary's composed of energetic old
and young ladles, who are now en
deavoring to build a new rectory that
this grand good man and his excel
lent companion may live In that
comfort Justly due them the balance
of their days on this earth.
The I lrft Mothodlst Church.
The first organization of this
church In Plattsmouth occurred on
June 29, 1857, with twenty members
under the pastorate of Rev. Hiram
Burch. The first trustees were L.
O. Jefferles, Ezra Bradford and Wil
liam McCarty, the first two of these
being succeeded In 1866 by B. Spur
lock and 8. Duke. Succeeding Mr.
Burch the church has been under
the spiritual charge of the follow
ing ministers: Revs. Philo Gorton,
J. Spelman, M. Amsbury, J. G. Mil
ler, David Hart, J. B. Maxflold. J. J.
Roberts, J. W. Presson, Charles
Mackelvey, M. Adair, J. S. Orr,
George De La Matyr, John Gallagher,
S. P. Wilson. A further record of
the early pastors of this church we
have been unable to secure.
In 1869 a commodious church
structure was erected on the west
side of Sixth street, between Main
and Pearl. This building was sold
and renovated for a store room sev
eral years ago, and is now occu
pied by M. Hild as a furniture store.
The membership gradually grew un
der . the stimulus of protracted
meetings and earnest pastoral ef
forts until today the church can
boast of one of the roost magnifi
cent church edifices in the state,
situated on the corner of Seventh
and Main streets. It contains every
thing modern to church edifices of
this date, and complete In every par
ticular. It is an ornament to the
city and a credit to the Methodist
church. The church Is blessed with
a membership reaching over two
hundred with a good working Sun
day school of over a hundred and
a Young Men's Bible Class. Tho
present pastor, Rev. a. A. Randall,
is a gentleman of considerable abil
ity, and is not only loved by his en
tire congregation, but Is most highly
respected by all our citizens.
Extra copies of this Issue of the
Platsmouth Journal can be had at
the Journal office. Price 10 cents
each.
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30,000 30,000
Acres of Nebraska Lands!
This is Your Last Opportunity of Choice Nebraska Lands
WHEN I say your last opportunity I
mean it. Just figure it out yourself.
Our increase in population in .the
United States is 2,000,000 people annually, which
means that a state the size of Iowa has only land
enough for one year's increase of 160 acres each,
with 60,000 people left over the cities. Is it a
wodder why lands are increasing in price from 10
to 25 per cent each year?
What Will Be the Result
in Five Years?
It will mean this, that the land I am offering to
day for $15 to $30 per acre, will be worth from
$75.00 to $100.00 per acre.
I have just made a contract for the sale of
30,000 acres of the choice lands in Keith, Deuel
and Cheyenne counties, lying between the South
and North Platte rivers; good black soil, splen
did railroad facilities, good towns and fine neigh
borhood that I can sell from
$1 5.00 to $30.00 Per Acre
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This is considered the finest body of land in
the Platte Valley. One crop will pay for the land.
All information concerning the same furnished.
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