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PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. MONDAY DECCMP.KH 5, IU10
NO 91
VOLUME XXIX
5
If CENSUS RETURNS WILL
The Incoming Legislature to Re-Apportion the State When Otce
and Cass Will Lose It's Float Representative.
The publication of the census of
Nebraska for 1910, showing a total
population of 1,192,214 and the
pledge of both political parties to re
district the state this winter with
reference to representation in the
legislature, gives basis for showing
that the distribution of political
power In this state is due for a
momentuous shaking up.
Douglas county will have fourteen
members instead of nine. The Sixth
district will very nearly double its
representation; the Fourth will have
to fight to keep its feet, while the
First la due for marked losses.
The trend of population has been
toward the north and west, agricul
turally, and toward Lancaster and
Douglas counties with respect to cen
ters of population.
There are one hundred members of
the house. Divided on a basis of pop
ulation, each member will represent
approximately 11,922 people after
the redistrlcting is completed.
In the past many counties have
been given more than their share of
representation and others have been
cheated. This situation Has become
so acute that it demands remedy. No
more glaring example is shown than
In the Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth
districts, comprising counties in the
extreme western part of the state,
which have had only two members in
the house and which are actually en
titled to seven.
The majority of power still remains
with the eastern part of the state,
but the west has gained so much that
it will be able to dispute for its own
rights, if any sort of coalition can be
made with c entral and northern coun
ties. The redistrlcting can only be ap
proximate. If It were made exact
some counties would only be entitled
to a fraction of a representative. It
is possibly owing to this fact that
many counties have sent members to
the legislature who were considerable
less than real men, some of them be
ing about a tenth of what a real up
standing, two-fisted man ought to be.
Owing to the fact that counties can-
There are thirty-three members of
the state senate. Under the 1910
census there will be one senator for
every 36,128 of population. This will
also force a reapportionment and re
distribution of power in the senate.
This redistribution will work in a
general way Just as-it does in the j
house, giving the western part of the
state greater representation than it
has ever had before.
Asido from the western part of the
state the most Rotable gain will be
that of Douglas county which, with
168,546 people, will easily gain one
senator, making a total of four, or if
gerymandering is successful, this
county may get a total of five sena
tors, more than a seventh of the
entire senate.
Under the new census a house
comprising 100 members would give
the representation of 11,922 popula
tion to each member. On this basis
some remarkable changes would
occur in the constitution of that
body. Naturally there are rough
edges in figuring such representation
as the' population nowhere admits of
giving each county exactly what Is
due it. As near 83 representation
can be obtained, however, sticking to
county lines the following changes
would result:
Richardson would have two mem
bers, Johnson, Pawnee and Nemaha
one each, with possibly a float repre
sentative for the counties, making
six members instead of ten as at
present.
Otoe and Cass would retain two
members each, but would lose their
float representative. Four, members
Instead orilvu." " '
Sharp y would retain her one mem
ber, Douglas would have fourteen in
stead of nine members, Washington
would be more than entitled to one
member, Burt county would also be
entitled to one member and the two
counties could hardly be given the
float member that they now have,
Dodge county would retain her two
members, Cuming would retain her
member, Dakota and Thurston should
be given one instead of Cuming, Da-
Ilox Car KoMiers.
The Tribune last week spoke of
the grand Jury indicting four men
living out of the state and not then
in custody. They proved to be a
bunch of toughs who have been rob
bing Durlin?ton freight cars, and
they recently broke into a box car at
Pacific Junction. They are now in
Jail in Omaha with a penitentiary
sentence awaiting them, and it may
be several years before Mills county
authorities can deal with them
Glenwood Tribune.
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not be forced to meet the exact basis kota and Thurston, as at present,
of requirement some counties will get
more than they actually deserve in
the shake-up and some will get less.
The political possibilities of the situ
ation from the standpoint of the pro-
Wayne should have an independent
member and Cuming, Dakota, Thurs
ton and Stanton would be entitled to
a float representative, giving four
members ' to this section Instead of
fesslonal log-roller, must be limitless i three. Dixon retains her member.
and this feature of the legislature
promises to be one of the most Inter
esting this winter.
Cedar and Pierce are clearly entitled
to a member each, instead of one be
tween them.
From Friday's Pally.
A very painful and serious accident
occurred this morning about nine
o'clock at a bridge a mile West of
Mynard, which resulted in the eerk s
Injury of Rev. W. L. Austin, of this
city, and Mrs. Goodwin, of Mynard,
and was caused by the breaking of
the steering gear on Mr. It. L.
Kropst's automobile. The car was
being driven by Mr. Propst and at the
time the accident occurred was going
at about a 25-mlle an hour clip.
Kev. Austin was being driven to
the home of Mr. James Speck, who
resides a few miles west of Mynard,
Mrs. Speck has been dangerously sick
for some time, and desiring the min
istration of a minister of the gospel,
Rev. Austin was going on this mis
sion when the unfortunate accident
happened which came near resulting
in his death.
Mr. Propst motored to Plattsmouth
this morning with his car, which has
not been out of the shop long, and Is
almost new, arriving here so that he,
with Rev. Austin, started for Mr.
Speck's home shortly after 8 o'clock.
A mile west of Mynard, as they pulled
upon the bridge at that point, tne
steering gear gave way, and In leav
ing the bridge, Mr. Propst had no
control of the machine and it left the
track colliding with a tree, threw
Rev. Austin quite a distance, he
alighting on his head and shoulders
and back, rendering him unconscious
for a few minutes. Mrs. Goodwin
also, who had been taken In the car
at Mynard, was thrown out and quite
severely Injured.
Some of the men of the neighbor
hood brought Rev. Austin to town,
when a physician was summoned. No
bones are thought to be broken, but
he was suffering much pain In his
back and hips at the time of going to
press.
Rev. Ratcllffe was driven out to
minister to Mrs. Speck In Rev. Aus
tin's stead.
MISSOURI PACIFIC TO
BE FURTHER IMPROVED
The Manager Will Have Machin
ery Here as Soon as Building
It Completed.
Mr. E. Walters Is pushing the work
on the gasoline engine factory build
ing right along today, having eight
masons on the Job.
Nothing was done at the brick
work yesterday, for the reason that
the scaffolding for tho masons to
work on had to be constructed, which
required most of the day. This
morning at 8:30 Jhe entire force of
brick men went to work laying the
wall, and unless some unforseen mat
ter Intervenes the side walls of the
building will go up as If by magic.
Including helpers and haulers of ma
terial there were about twenty-five
men at work on the Job this morning.
At the rate brick are being laid today
one week of good weather will see
the work almost completed.
' Mr. Royd and a force of carpenters
are framing the windows and doors
and making the trusscl work to sup
port the roof, which will bo very
heavy. The window frames for the
north wall, and the window frames
add doors for the west end are all In
the walls and the wall will bo built
to the top of these before tho end of
the day, which gives a slight idea of
the progress the building Is making.
thas been Mr. Royd's plan to uso
etery available man on tho carpenter
force as well as on the brick work, so
that when the walls are up the matter
of enclosing the building will be a
quick, short Job.
The officers of the Plattsmouth
Realty Company received the contract
from Mr. Chopleskl a day or two ago
all properly signed up, stipulating
that he will move his plant and ail, of
his foundry machinery, amounting to
five or six thousand dollars' worth
of1 the latest Improved. fadoryNjta
chlvery, Into the building aS icoorr1
it Is completed; and sent along with
the contract properly executed pa
pers, binding Mr. Chopieska to the
fulfillment of his part of the agree
ment, placing in the hands of the
committee a forfeiture ample to
secure the owner9 of tho building.
While Mr. Chopieska makes the lense
for a three year term, yet he has
signified his willingness to take the
building off the owners' hands at the
end of his lease. There is every
reason to believe that conditions in
Plattsmouth will bo found favorable
to anyone wishing a permanent loca
tion for a manufacturing industry
such as tho engine factory Is to be.
The two lines of railway make it an
easy matter to place the output on
the market.
Tli Squirrel Season Closed.
The squirrel and chicken season
closed Wednesday in this state. Came
Warden Gellus says that he has re
ceived no complaints about the depre
dations of Bqulrrels this year. The
opening of the season on these little
animals by the last legislature has
served to allow hunters to keep their
numbers down. When the game laws
were before the legislature for con
sideration many letters were pro
duced, In which farmers stated that
squirrels, particularly in tho south
eastern part of the state, had made
lifo miserable. Pome of the Inform
ants wanted the state to pay for the
damage caused by squirrels.
II
The Home of the Popular Fairy
Candies in Their Usual Christ-
. mas Kush.
Half a million dollars is to be ex
pended by the Missouri racjfic upon
Improvement of the system, accord
ing to reports circulated In this city.
This announcement is said to
have come from the east. A railroad
official says:
"The sum named does not repre
sent the entire amount which is to bo
expended upon the Improvements of
Missouri Pacific lines in the mtddle
west. New rolling stock is to be put
into service, and as soon as the
weather permits the beginning of
operations in the spring, the work of
improving roadbeds will commence.
"No one understands better the
aeed of the intended Improvements
than tho Missouri Pacific Itself, and
while they have been under consid
eration before, the hope of any Im
mediate relief was delayed by the
building of the Western Pacific.
The financial obstacles raised when
this project was put through are pass
ing away."
Among those who have received
the assurance of the Missouri Pacific
heads that something is to be done
as soon as the conditions permit is
Frank J. Ryan, a railroad commis
sioner of Kansas, who recently was In
conference with General Manager
Sullivan at St. Louis. He said that
the general manager had reports on
file In his office showing that steps
fer the Improvement of the service
are already under way Omaha
Wtrld-HeraU.
Must Pay Chnrcli Pledge.
From Saturday's Dally.
Judge Woodruff, at the recent term
of court at Sidney, decided a rather
unusual case. Olive A. Hunter was a
member of the Methodist church of
Tabor. She pledged $500 to aid in
building a new church and gave her
note for this amount, secured by a
mortgage upon her home. Mrs.
Hunter brought action to have this
mortgage set aside. She claimed that
she agreed to give $500 on condition
that she sold her property for $3,500,
and that she got only $1,800. She
also claimed that she had been un
duly influenced and that she signed
the mortgage without knowing Its
nature.
Judge Woodruff decided that no
undue influence or fraud was prac
ticed, and that the woman was not
of unsound mind when she signed
the note.
In the opinion of the court the
woman's donation was larger than
she could afford to make, but per
sons often make sacrifices In order to
make donations to religious objects
and such sacrifices are not of them
selves convincing proof that the
donors are of unsound mind Glen
wood Tribune.
In Missionary Work.
Mr. and Mrs. Dr. Franklin Kelly
icame down from Omaha this morn
ing to spend the day with Mrs. Elam
Parmele and Q. K. Parmele and
family. Mrs. Kelly is a cousin of
Mrs. Elam Parmele. Mr. and Mrs
Kelly have been engaged In mission
ary work at Hong Kong, China, re
turning to this country In July, since
which time they have been conduct
Ing lectures at various points
throughout the United States for the
benefit of the missionary cause. Re
cently they have been In attendance
at a missionary convention, which
convened at Omaha. Mr. and Mrs.
Kelly expect to return to the mission
field at Hong Kong, China, some time
In February.
Card of Thanks.
We wish to express to our many
friends and neighbors our most heart
felt thanks for their kind assistance,
and beautiful floral tributes during
the illness and death of our beloved
wife, mother, daughter and sister,
J. E. Emery and daughter.
W. It. Murray and family.
1 POSTOFFICE
PROSECUTOR
Absent at Roll Call.
The drop In the mercury to 12
above this morning threw a sort of
chill over the enthusiasm of the new
"Frat," and only four were able to
toe the starting line at 5:30 this
morning, when Ed. Dratner fired his
pistol, giving tho boys the signal to
be off.
Perry Thackson was not one of tho
four, for the reason that the thlrty
mlute clip of yesterday morning re
duced his averdupols bo extensively
that Mr. Thackson laid off this morn
ing to rest up. Rut he declares he
will be ready for the chase on Friday
morning regardless of temperature or
physical condition.
Poulson Will l ull.
Superintendent M. S. Poulson of
the Nebraska Anti-Saloon League has
undertaken to organize the coming
legislature by having all the members
pledged to support county option,
whether republicans or democrats, go
Into one caucus for each house and
select the officers. In a letter mailed
out to the various members commit
ted In favor of county option, Poul
son declares that the organization
will fall Into the hands of tho opposi
tion unless his plan is followed, and
that tho passage of a county option
bill will bo made correspondingly dif
ficult. From expressions so far heard, the
proposition of the Anti-Saloon League
offlcal has little chance of acceptance.
Democratic members who aro for
rounty option do not appear willing
to forsake their own party In order to
participate with the republican mi
nority In effecting a hybrid organiza
tion. They think some way can be
evolved to organize on a satisfactory
basis to themselves without going to
any Buch length.
Purging the Mail Service of Dis
honest Schemers.
The arrest of a number of stock
mongers for alleged fraudulent prac
tices is of much Interest from each of
several points of view, but perhaps
most of all for tho manner In which,
or tho agency through which, It was
effected. The boldness of somo of
the offerings was striking, says the
New York Tribune. Tho magnitude
of tho operations, In the number and
distribution of victims and In the pe
cuniary proceeds, must bo regarded
as affording an Impressive and dc
pressing exhibition of human credu
lity under the Influence of covetous
ness. Rut Bt 111 more interesting and
suggestive is the fact that the work
of detection and seizure was per
formed by that department of govern
ment the fundamental function of
which is merely the collection, con
veyance and distribution of the malls.
The postofflce played tho part of
prosecutor. 1
That was, of course, because of the
wise provision ojf the law which-for
"Nfls the tiso of tVe-malls for fruki
lent or Immoral purposes. It wna on
that same principle that the notorious
Louisiana State Lottery was driven
Into exile. A state might permit an
even license the existence and opera
Hon of a lottery, but If the fedora
government forbade It tho use of the
malls, through which the bulk of Its
patronage had to be bestowed, It was
hopelessly hampered and drkeu on
of business. So in the case of frnud
ulcnt stock schemes. Slate and mu
nldpal authorities might bo indiffer
cut or powerless. The operators
might be shrewd enough to avoid cu
pablllty of which tho police or th
ordinary law could take cognizance
Rut the moment they used tho mall
for a nefarious purpose they mini
themselves subject to the penalties o
a law and an administration whir
take no account of state boundaiic
or of municipal ordinances.
It is an exceedingly gratifying and
reassuring thing to have such func
tions performed by such an agency,
and It Is an Instructive Illustration of
the contrasting dualism of that as of
other branches of government ser
vice. It Is welcome and reassuring to
have the malls purged of dishonest
schemes.
The Nemetz & Co. candy kitchen
is right now experiencing Its annual
Christmas rush, being compelled to
commence a ltitle earlier than some
t the larger candy makers owing to
their limited room and tho- large
quantity of candies they aro com
pelled to manufacture at this season
f tho year. A Journal representa
tive accepted an Invitation to call a,t '
the manufacturing department and
see how the candy Is made. In., the
larger factories visitors are not per
mitted to enter tho candy makluji
room at all, but this is not the case
with Mr. Nemetz, he extends a cov
dial Invitation to all to call and see
them at any time they aro making
candy, and he will take time to ex
plain the manner In which the vari
ous lines aro made. The randy kitch
en of tho Nemetz & Co., home of pop
ular sweets, may not be quite so largo
as many others and do not maWo
randy In such proportions, but we
will venture to say that It Is ono of
the cleanest and most pninstaklng
little kitchens in tho lnnd.Mf.
Nemetz tells us that In addition to
the popular "Fairy" chocolates, that
have become great favorites, ho will
its season manufacture In largo
quantities tho cheaper grades of
candles, but will bo Just as,, pure as
the "Fairy" brands, and every effort
will bo made to make them the very
best of tho kind. Mr. Nemetz has
been manufacturing candy for a great
many years, and being located in
Plattsmouth for. the past nine years,
and while his experience limits him
to tho quantity It fs unlimited when
It comes to "quality, as hla many
patrons will vouch. You are Invltod
to call and sdj them and Investigate
If what two. say about our candy
trne.- . .
Mr. James Hatchet, of near Mur
ray, came to Plattsmouth and board
ed th afternoon train for Omaha,
where he looked after business mat
ters for a few hours between trains
today.
manors
1s not '
Red Men Select Off Irene.
LVitm Prlilnv'a T)n llv
.Missouri Tribe No. Oil of Plaits-
mouth lied Men held their annual
election of officers at their lodge
rooms lu this city last evening. This
Is one of the most enterprising orders
in the city, having a home owned and
controlled by themselves in which
they have tVir cozy lodge room fitted
up, and suitably decorated with para
phernalia and all sorts or Indian
accoutrements.
A largo and nthuslastle meeting
was held last evening which was at
tended by nearly all of tho member
ship of the order. After the election
of officers light refreshments were
served, and the Tiilio enjoyed u Jolly
good time.
Tho officers chosen were: William
lleniichenson, Sachem; Tony Kou-
hfck, Senior Sagamore; Frank Llb
ershall, Junior Fngnmorp; Einil Wal
ters, Keeper of Records; Tom Wall
ing, Keeper of Wnumpiim; John
Cory, Prophet; John Nemetz, trustee
for three years.
Take IVIck to Ite Tested.
Christ Rayser, the city engineer,
went to Omaha this afternoon with
thirty paving brick blocks, ten ach
taken at random from each of liree
cars which are being unloaded, for
the purpose of testing them In the
weighed In and out of the rattler,
and If they lose more than 1 8 per
cent In weight after being whirled
for an hour In the rattler, tho brick
will be rejected.
Mrs. Fred Gelse was an Omaha
passenger on tho afternoon train to
day, where she went to visit relatives
for a few dayi.
Prof. ltotiN Is Now I lea ii.
At the meeting at Chadron, last
week the normal hoard, besides the
transaction of routine business and
the laying of the cornerstone of the
new normal building there, made
Prof. E. L. Rouso clean of tho school
at Peru, thus making him second In
authority and gave Mrs. Nettle-ton
the rank of associate professor, and
also a substantial Increase In salary,
to take effect the first of April. Roth
of these promotions come as rewards
of meritorious work In the Normal
Peru Pointer. .
In County Court.
From Frldny's Dally.
Judge Iteeson and Mr. IJ. I. Clem
ents, of Elmwood, were busy this
morning checking over the claims In
the Mary Nickel stato, this being the
first day for hearing claims filed
against the deceased. Mrs. Nickel
had been seized of a life lnterewt In
her deceased husband's farm, near
Elmwood, which will now descend to
their children, under tho provisions
of her husband's will.
Mrs. Frank Moore and son, of near
Murray, took the train at the Bur
lington station this afternoon going
to Omaha, whore they spent the afternoon.
Cluing in ItiisiiifSN.
Morris D. Pollard, who has been a
successful business man and good
citizen of Nehawka for many years,
will locate permanently in Union,
having purchased (1. P. Rarton's bil
liard hall equipments and stock and
will take possession tomorrow morn
ing. Mr. Pollard has been In that
business many years, and it is certain
Hint he Is a gentleman who can and
will conduct the business In a man
ner that will meet the approval of
the people. We are not Informed as
to Mr. Rarton's plans for tho future,
but presume ho and his family will
remain residents of this village-
Union Ledger.
A not tier l-'liio Pork r.
From Friday's Dally.
Our progressive young farmer
friend, John P. Trlstch, residing west
of Plattsmouth, was In tho city yes
terday evening to receive another
fine Poland China hog that was ship
ped to him from Newark, Ohio. It
Is of the big type breed and a fine
specimen. Mr. Trltsch believes that
the Poland China Is tho best porker
on tho market and ho buys tho very
best that Is gTOwn. This animal came
In by express, with charges of nearly
$10.00.
Mr. E. M. Hoffman was callod to
Omaha on business this afternoon,
going on the fast mall.
