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SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION EIGHT PAG ICS
VOLUME XXX
PLATTSMOUT1I, NEBRASKA, TTIl'KSDAY ATH1L III, 1911
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Occupation Tax Ordinance Amendment Introduced Raising the
Druggists Permits From $20 to $100 Other Matters of Great
Importance Discussed by Solons.
From Tuesday'a Daily
The council met in regular session
last evening with all councilmen
present, it being the last sesison of
the year before the new members be
gin their terms. There was a large
umber of bills, as well as much im
portant business to dispose of. The
vote of last Tuesday was canvassed.
After the roll call and the reading
of the minutes of the previous meet
ing, the regular order of business was
iaken up.
A communication from Guy Reece
asking the council to do grading so
that a permanent walk could be
placed adjacent to his property in the
Second ward was read.
There was also a communication
from Richard Cofield asking the coun
cil to reimburse him for his time and
expenses in the case in which the city
had him arrested for selling goods
without first obtaining an occupation
license, which suit was dismissed.
Mr. Cofield stated that $75 would
satisfy the damage in the case if he
did not have to bring suit. The mat
ter was referred to the judiciary com
mittee. A communication from Dr. Elster
informed the council that the doctor's
wife was in the hospital, and for that
reason he could not attend the ses
sion last evening. And further that
he had paid the amount required by
the council and that that was all there
was to it. The recipts between 250
and 300 had never been used. That
the first receipt book was destroyed
after the 250 was used and that he
began the new book with 300, and
that was all the explanation he
thought necessary.
Councilman Neuman spoke on' the
tommunication to the effect that the
matter should be postponed another
week and the doctor notified to
attend and explain. Mr. Weber moved
that the matter be postponed for two
weeks and that it be considered at
that time with Dr. Elster present.
The motion was amended by Book
meyer to have an expert examine the
books and report at the next meeting
and that the matter : be considered
with Dr. Elster present.
Dwyer opposed spending any money
. for an expert, as the matters sought
U be brought to light would not be
disclosed by the books. ,
The motion ... carried over the
negative votes of Dwyer, Dovey, Will
and Shea. Those voting for "the
motion being Bookmeyer, Kurtz,
Schulhof, Gravett, Weber and Neu
man. The reports of the city officers were
Iflien taken up. The chief of police
reported 14 arrests during the past!
month.
The clerk reported $25 collected on
occuaption tax and $10 for a cemetery
lot, with $34.50 turned into the
treasury, the commission on the lot
being 50 cents.
Police judge Archer reported
eleven cases during the month, with
$32 collected and turned into the city
treasury. '
The city treasurer's report was
taken up on the report of the finance
ommittee, which was as follows:
Paid out
since former Balance
report. on hand
General fund $ 385.00 $ 1,204.09
Road fund 329.30 499.52
Fire dept. fund.. 48.20 208.13
Library fund 40.95 304.81
Park fund 131.50
Police fund 167.00 110.99
Fire hydt. fund 1,649.80
Light fund 125.00 1,164.69
Int. bond fund 3,411.67
County fund 37.50 89.40
Dog fund 2.50 73.32
Business tax fund
overdrawn .... 334.08
Sinking fund 1,700.40
Gen. school fund 467.16
Overdrawn .... 19.4'.)
Teachers' fund... 2,223.40
Reg. warrants on
teachers' fund... 2,470.85
Reg. warrants on
paving fund.. .. 8,518.06
2,030.21
Balance in hands of City
Treasurer $12,215.75
An ordinance was introduced and!
reul for the first time amending the'
'cupation tax ordinance, the btiM-1
DEAL OF BUSINESS
ness on which the greatest change
was made was that of drug stores,
with permit which was raised from
$20 to $100. The ordinance was laid
over to the next meeting.
The finance committee further re
ported that it had audited the books
of the clerk and treasurer for the first
quarter of this year and found every
thing in a very satisfactory manner.
The work of both the treasurer, and
the clerk was commended and a vote
of thanks was tendered these officers
for tehir business-like administration
of their respective offices. The
treasurer's books showed of the $16,
000 paving tax assessed for the
special work of district No. 3,
$7,936.80 of the amount had been col
lected. Under the head of unfinished mis
cellaneous business the cast of the
vote of last Tuesday was taken up.
On motion of Dwyer, the mayor ap
pointed a committee of three to can
vass the vote and report same at once.
As such commitee Mayor Sattler ap
pointed Mr. Dwyer, Mr. Weber and
Mr. Bookmeyer. The canvass showed
some slight changes from the vote an
nounced from the preliminary can
vass. The vote from the official
count stood as follows:
For Mayor- Total vote Majority
J. P. Sattler 479 138
F. II. Stimker 341
For Clerk
B. G. Wurl 545 295
A. E. Pribble 250
For Treasurer
C. G. Fricke .553 309
J. Hatt, jr 244
For Police Judge '..'-...
M. Archer ....526 - ' 255
J.C.York 271
Councilmen elected and majorities
were as follows:
- Majority
First ward, George E. Dovey.... 5
Second ward, A. Kurtz 17
Third ward, J. Holstrom 10
Fourth ward, Geo. Lushinsky. . . . 24
Fifth ward, William Shea 29
The vote on school board was:
Total vote Majority
John Bauer 449
J. Schulhof 473 11
E. H. Wescott 4G2 13
F. Shopp 395
The billiard hall ordinance was
taken up and read for the second
time. Mr. Neuman objected to the
ordinance, as it deprived the billiard
hall keeper from having card tables
or cards in his place of business,
while there was no such prohibition
on cigar stores and other places. Mr.
Neuman thought the section unfair.
Mr. Dwyer argued for retention of
the strict provision of the section,
saying that youths were liable to be
enticed into games of chance, when
an innocent game of billiards would
not injure the youth of the city, but
the temptation of cards and dice
should be kept from his path, and
that the patrons of billiard halls were,
generally speaking, the young men.
The ordinance was laid over, on sug
gestion of the mayor, so that if any
of the council had amendments to the
ordinance they can bring them in in
writing at the next meeting of the
council.
The following bills were allowed
before the council adjourned:
John Waterman, road fund...$ 3.00
W. B. Rishcl, road fund 32.55
Ben Rainey, police fund 28.75
Klopp & Bartlett, gen. fund.
F. Kaubel, dog fund
J. Fitzpatrick, police fund..
R. A. Bates, general fund...
11.50
.50
10.00
47.67
G. F. Scott, road fund 26.40
Nib. Light Co., library fund 2.50
G. T. McDaniel, road fund... 20.00
M. McCool, road fund 18.20
J. L. Mason, road fund 16.00
J. A. McDaniel, road fund.... 10.00
I). B. Ebersol, road fund.... 1.50
M. Archer, police fund 5.20
M. Archer, police fund 30.00
Neb. Light Co., general fund 1.40
II. C. Tnrtsrh, general fund.. 6.00
I'latts. Tel. Co., general fund 1.50
Neb. Li-rht Co., general fund 125.00
J. W. Black, road fund H.00
F.d Rnodgrass. road fund.... 21.00
I), J. Majors, road fund 8.00
T. P. Samons, road fund 11.80
Olive Jones, library fund.... 25.00
Public Library, library fund.. 1.95
James Donnelley, library fund 4.50
Plattsmouth Turn Verin, gen
eral fund ' 6.00!
J. Wynn, road fund 32.00
August Bach, sr., general fund
W. T. Mendenhall, gen. fund
Neb. Light Co., general fund
6.00
2.00
1.05
Wrenn Stamp and Stencil
Co., dog fund 1.56
D. B. Ebersol, general fund.. 6.00
W. II. Scott, road fund 17.00
Henry Trout, police fund 50.00
Election board, First ward,
general fund 15.00
Election board, Second ward,
general fund 15.00
Election board, Third ward,
general fund 15.00
Election board, Fourth ward,
general fund
Election board, Fifth ward,
general fund
15.00
15.00
The following were referred to the
claims committee:
riattsmouth Water Co.,
hydrant rental
Cass county, boarding
prisoners
Cass county, boarding
fire
....$900.00
city
.... 16.20
city
prisoners 9.50
Cass county, boarding city
prisoners 39.50
Edward Rynott Drug Co 6.50
The council adjourned to meet in
regular session tonight (Tuesday),
when the new members will be sworn
in and the new council organized.
UTS MEET
Plattsmouth Merchants to Join
With Nebraska Federation
of Retailers.
From Tuesday's Dally
Mr. Frank Cumnock, field sec
retary of the Nebraska Retailers, met
the merchants at the Commercial club
rooms last evening and spent an hour
in outlining the work. He is a man
with wide experience in this work
and has already organized seven
states, and is getting the retailers of
Nebraska lined up. He told of the
good results already accomplished by
the organization, gave examples of
cities where the organization has
been perfected and compared the
merchants in those cities and their
business with those of towns where
the organization has not yet reached.
There was a fairly good attendance,
and those present were so favorably
impressed with the proposition that
steps were taken to effect an or
ganization of the merchants of this
city. Officers were chosen as fol
folws: President, Philip Thierolf;
vice president, Ed Lutz; treasurer, M.
Hild. The office of secretary was left
open, with Mr. Hild as temporary sec
retary. As a legislative committee
Mr. E. A. Murl was appointed. A
committee on membership was ap
pointed compoesd of Philip Thierolf,.
John Bauer, Ed Lutz and II. M. Son
nichsen.
The meeting adjourned to meet
next Monday'night at the same place,
HOUSE WED IN THE
SOUTH PARTOF THE CITY
Chief Rainey yesterday afternoon
raided a house in the south part of
the city, which was Doing run as a
disorderly house, and gave the oc
cupants time to get out of the city,
which they did on the M. P.' last
evening. The names of some of the
young men found there are withheld
on account of the respectability of
the parents.
The -law just passed by the legis
lature and Rigned by the governor,
makes the offense of being caught in
a disorderly house a felony, with a
j penalty of $500 and imprisonment in
the penitentiary. Advice to the young
men is, unless they desire to wear
stripes and work for the state, the
sort of company found at the house
raided yesterday had better be shun
ned, else the Cass county jail will
have an occupant or two awaiting
trial for felony.
I'ggs for Sali'.
P. P. R. rugs for sale, 75c per IT.,
$4.00 per 100. ToIoiisp oRps, $1.50
per doz' n. Mrs. Win. Tioop.
Nehawkn, N(b.
3-1C-'fwkly.
STRAYED OR STOLEN.
Five last summer calves, three solid
red and two red with white faces, 4
heifers and one steer. Please notify
me and I will call and pay damages.
Louie Puis.
ORGANIZE
THE RAILROADS
OF
Bills Passed by the State Legis-
lature Effecting Them.
The power of the state railway
commission to deal with many abuses
and to correct practices complained
of prevented the passage of a number
of bills aimed at the railroads of the
state by the late legislature. A large
number of the bills introduced were
conceived to correct the special griev
ance of some one person, and in most
instances these grievances were en
tirely local in their character. Where
it was found that the railway com
mission had power to deal, with these
matters the bills were turned down
in committee.
Considering the number introduced
and the varied character of some of
the proposed measures, railroad men
feel that they came through fairly
well.
Following is the list of bills passed
affecting transportation interests, to
which may be added the bill designed
to prevent the white slave traffic.
This measure afreets in a way the
selling of prepaid orders for tickets.
The list:
S. F. 162, by Placek Allowing
cities of second class and villages to
require the lighting of railroad tracks
at street crossings. The railway com
mission to pass on enforcement.
S. F. 222, by Banning Giving the
state railway commission jurisdiction
in complaints under the demurrage
laws.
S.( F. 228, by Burham To compel
railway companies to maintain stock
sheds at loading yards. To be en
forced by railway commission.
S. F. 242, by Ollis Providing for
appeals from the state railway com
mission direct to the supreme court.
S.'F. 319, by Bunning Requiring
railroads to furnish watchmen over
freight and giving railway commis
sion .jurisdiction. Will affect trans
portation of coal more than other
classes of freight. This adds to and
enlarges the scope of an existing law.
II. R. 33, by McKissick Requiring
standard caboose cars, with certain
exceptions, on all railroads of the
state by the year 1915. This bill was
urged by the representatives of the
trainmen's organizations.
II. R. 42, by Taylor of Hitchcock
Animals injured by trains must be
cared for by railway employees.
H. R. 43, by Taylor of Hitchcock
A misdemeanor to abandon any do
mestic animal to die on the public
highway.
II. R. 53, by Lawrence Employers
must give service letters to employees
when they quit the service setting
forth the reasons for severing rela
tion of the employer and employed.
H. R. 71, by Grueber Railway
trainmen's bill. Limits the number of
hours of continuous duty to sixteen
for trainmen and nine hours for dis
patchers and operators. Similar to
the national law now in force.
II. R. 180, by McCarthy Defects
in titles to property may be corrected
by affidavits which shall be prima
facie evidence of the fact. This was
asked for by the Northwestern rail
road to cure defects in titles to farm
lands in Indian reservations where
the road had an unusued grant of
right-of-way.
H. R. 197, by Anderson Railroads
must designate space upon right of
way for shipping pens or storm sheds
when asked to do so.
II. R. 169, by Quaekenbush Pro
vides that not more than one-fifth the
space occupied by the stream at high
water shall be obstructed by the
abutments of railroad bridges. This
bill is to be eitforced by the railway
commission.
H. R. 314, by Metzger Railroads
to be required to run passenger cars
for caretakers of livestock, or to pro
vide cabooses with chair seats of suf
ficient number to accommodate stock
shippers.
WILL VISIT BROTHERS.
Mr. A. J. Shafer, one of Cass coun
ty's prosperous farmers and stock
growers, left today for Burwell, Ne
braska, where he will visit his
brothers, George and Fred, who have
been farming in that vicinity for the
past five years, and have hud belter
crops every year than A. J. has been
able to produce here. His brothers
are well pleased with that locality and
are doing well in the stock business.
Mrs. George Barton of Union was'
in the city last evening looking after
business matters.
IB
I INDEPENDENT HARVESTER CO.
..... v. ... .'.t-KWIIV, Cltl l:3llltlll, irjj-
resenting the Independent Harvester
company, is in the city today in the
interests of his company. The In
dependent Harvester company is one
out of the trusts and practically
owned by the farmers of the country,
taking in many states, with an
authorized capital stock of $10,000,
000, with 100,000 shares. They are
located nt Piano, Illinois, and are
glowing very rapidly.
DEMOCRATS KEEP PLEDGES
SO FAR US POSSIBLE
The legislature quit business at the
old stand Monday, and in looking
back upon the session and summing
up all that has been done, members
pretty generally are inclined to be
lieve they have a good record. The
platform pledges of the democratic
party have been well looked after, but
one remaining a dead letter and that
because of the veto of the governor,
who represented a party hostile to the
principles of a non-partisan judiciary.
The legislature did much less in the
matter of good roads legislation than
the good roads enthusiasts had hoped.
At that a long step forward was
taken in the passage of a law provid
ing for a new county road organiza
tion system. Although this law is
made optional upon any county to
adopt it, good roads enthusiasts ex
pect that it will prove so successful
and popular, where it is put into
practice, that additional counties will
be led to adopt it. This bill system
atizes county road work. With this
as an entering wedge it is expected
that ultimately the state will come to
adopt the state highway commission
which has been found in the few
states that have already adopted it a
great help to the construction and
maintenance of good roads.
For the rest platform pledges have
been scrupulously carried out in the
following measures:
Constitutional amendment provid
ing for the initiative and referendum.
Constitutional amendment provid
ing for a non-partisan board of con
trol for state! nstitutions.
Constitutional amendment permit
ting cities to make their own
charters.
Provision for a school of agri
culture in southwestern Nebraska.
Constittuional amendment provid
ing for biennial elections.
A reapportionment of the state into
new senatorial and representative dis
tricts. MANY VISITORS AT H.
FANGER'S OPENING TODAY
From Tuesday's Dally
Promptly at 10 o'colck this morn
ing the doors of the new store of M.
Fanger were thrown open to the
public and many ladies have already
visited the store to see the many new
creations in millinery, in which they
are certainly showing a fine line. In
fact, one of the finest ever displayed
in the city, at prices ranging in ac
cordance with the quality of the
goods. While the millinery line is
complete in every particualr, only a
small portion of the new spring line
of other goods is ready for inspec
tion, as in these departments new
goods are arriving every day. Mr.
Fanger tells us that he intends to
carry one of the most up-to-date lines
of goods to be found anywhere.
MRS. FELLOWS' CONDITION.
R. O. Fellows returned from Hot
Springs Monday noon, where he had
been to see Mrs. Fellows, who is at
the Sisters' hospital. While Mr.".
Fellows is not suffering so much as
nii;;ht. be expected, she does not seem
to respond to the treatment so readily
us rlie did last summer when afflicted
in the same manner, though it is
Loped that later reports will Rho'V a
change for the better. A telephone
from Miss Fellows Monday evening
stated that the nurse thought that she
was feeling better than in the morn
ing, which will be a relief to her
friends here. Belle Fourche (S. D.)
Northwest Post.
Miss Marie Svoboda, who has been
attending the Mosher-Lanipman busi
ness college, returned to her studies
this morning, going on No. 15. Miss
Svoboda will soon have finished a full
course nt this institution and will be
ready for a posit ion at bookkeeping or
shorthand.
Henry lleil, from near Cedar
Creek, was in the city Saturday.
' MICE TIT
EIIDSHIGE
Bride a Well Known Pacific
Junction Lady, Known in
This Cily.
The following interesting romance
appeared in the Omaha Bee this
morning, accompanied with portraits
of the happy couple, and the young
lady being quite well acquainted in
Plattsmouth, we print the romance,
for the benefit of the bride's friends
here:
"An act of gallantry at the Union,
station in Omaha won Victor Wiles of
Omaha a wife. The little romunce
began with the proffer some time ago
of his services in aiding pretty Miss
Eleanor Turner of Pacific Junction,
Iowa, with a heavy grip, and Satur
day the young people were married by
Rev. M. P. McClure of the First
Presbyterian church, Council Bluffs.
"Miss Turner was starting from
the Union station on her way over to
the Burlington, when Victor Wiles,
head of the informal ion bhreau at the
Union station, came up and offered to
aid her over with her suit case. Ar
riving at the Burlington station
they boarded the train, and sudden
ly the cars started, carrying the polite
young man along. It was Platts
mouth before it was possible for
Wiles to disembark, and by that tima
a friendship had been formed.
"Wiles would have walked back to
Omaha but for the fact that Misa
Turner lent him money for a return
ticket, as he found himself on the
train without his purse. ;
"Since the suitcase incident, which
happened the first of March, the
young folks had seen each other often,
and Saturday they decided that single
life was unbearable any longer. The
wedding whs held in Council Bluffs
and the newlyweds went to tell father
and mother in Pacific Junction."
JACK LOOKED HUNGRY.
Since Jack Sneed's wife Went to
Lincoln to visit relatives a day or two
ago he has not found the practice of
domestic science as easy as he at first
anticipated. As long as the grub
which his wife prepared before she
went away held out Jack found it a
pleasure to keep house and do his
own cooking. But this morning the
supply had become exhausted, and
Jack was down town at 10 o'clock
with a sort of lonesome, hungry look
on his usually cheerful countenance,
lie told us confidentially that he had
not had any breakfast; that the pesky
o:l stove his wife knew ho well how to
Manage, would not burn a lick in the
mad for him. He disliked to "build a
fire in the range, as it was consider
able trouble when one knows just
where to place the kindling and coal.
If it had been a fire under a loco
motive he would know exactly what
to do, but he would not tackle the
range. Jack says there are too many
restaurants in town for him to risk
blowing up the house with utensils
that he don't understand. He will
hang out at a hotel until his wife re
turns. BLACKBERRY CROP SAFE "IF."
Mr. James Thomas, the blackberry
king of south of the city, was in town
this morning, and when interrogated
as to the prospect for berries this
season, stated that the crop has not
been injured yet, and unless there is a
freeez Easter that the crop is surely
going to be a hummer. The Jumbo
berry is the favorite with Mr. Thomas
and is the only variety he cares much
for. Apples are all right at this
time, and if we get past the 16th with
out a frost we may look for plenty of
apples this fall. Peaches will be very
light crop, according to Mr. Thomas'
prediction.
WILL BUY MORE LAND.
From Wcilno(1ay' Pally.
A. J. Shafer, residing west of Mur
ray, came to Plattsmouth yesterday
afternoon, and after remaining over
night, departed this morning for Bur
well, Nebraska, where he is compelled
to make a drive of thirty-five miles to
reach the Schafer ranch. The Schafer
ranch is owned by several of the
brothers, but George is in charge of
the same, whero Adam will spend
several days visiting. They own 2,500
acres of land in this one piece, and
we understand nrrangenients will be
made to purchase 1,500 acres more
which adjoins the ranch.
Mr. Carl Kunsman, the meat kino;,
was called to South Omaha on busi
ness this afternoon.