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Stale UWU'dcal s.jc Sotttn moutb VOLUME XXXI. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 29, 1912. NO. 33. DC THE BURLINGTON IW LOSE SEVERAL MILES OF IIS LINE ON IOWA SIDE Missouri River Cutting Through Bottom Makin a Detour of all Trains From East and South Through Plattsmouth-Hundreds of Workmen Trying to Save Track. The Council Bluffs correspond ent to the State Journal has the following bit of news relative to the Burlington main line from the Bluffs to (ilenvvood, which is of interest to Plattsmouth citizens: "There is a posibility that the Burlington railroad will be com pelled to abandon its main line to Chicago between this city and (llenwood, Iowa. For a week the company has had a big force of men at work trying to prevent the track at Folsom from being wash ed awav. The Missouri river is now within thirty feet of the track for a considerable distance, and no trains have been running over the line for two days. Stub trains to Omaha from hero are taking the place of (lie Chicago and Kan sas City trains, which are now sent via Platlsniouth. The bluffs prevent the company from moving the track back from the river. General Superintendent Eustace of SI. Louis came here to take charge of Hie force at Folsom. Five slub trains are being oper ated between here and Omaha to care for the business from here. "The tracks of the Burlington were several hundred feet back from the bank of the stream. For three miles the river has cut up as far as these tracks and a long section of the roadbed has drop ped out of sight. "A mile east of Folsom there is an old creek bed that is now quite a large sized stream. It empties into the Missouri nearly opposite the south line of Cass county. Be tween where the cutting is now going on and this creek the land is level and low. Fears are ex pressed that if the river cuts through into the creek the chan nel of the river will follow the cut and the main current will move over from two to five miles east, leaving Plaltsinoulli inland. In this event it would leave the Burlington's bridge high and dry over a sandbar." A l'latlsniouth citizen was in conversation with Mr. Smart of Omaha recently, when that gentle man said that a titty-font dike above the cut at Folsom would slop the whole (rouble, and this was (he only thing that would be effective, but the government objects to a dike being built, as it would throw the water toward the west bank and eventually lake out the made land between Plalls- month ami the mouth of the I'lallt river, thrown the channel again at 'the foot of Main street. The government a few years ago spent quite a large sum ot money np- rapping the bank at the month of the Platte, and this work would be taken out should a dike he built at Folsom and the curn'iit turned this way. Son Doing Nicely. From Friday's Dally. Henry Creamer came home this morning from Omaha, where he went yesterday evening to see his son, Raymond, at St. Joseph's hospital. The young man is get ting along nicely at this time and (he surgeons think that he will be able to return home entirely re covered. Raymond has been suf fering from tuberculosis of the pine and which seems to be the result of an injury received last, fall when he was thrown from a horse. REMINISGENSE OF THE CIVIL IB The Sultana Disaster One of the Worst Tragedies of the Civil War. FRANK uOBLEHl AND m ARE SURPRISED TO IKE PLAITS- MDUTH BEAUT IFUL The Park Committee Getting Their Work on the Tree Planting Matter. In The new park committee, re cently appointed by Judge Travis, ctmiposed of Pat Eagan, C. A. Rawls and L. V. Lorenz, held a meeting recently and decided to go right ahead with the improve ments mapped out by the old committee, and will plant trees, 150 fine specimens having been secured, and C. C. Despain, an experienced forrester, will super intend planting the trees. Mr. Despain began on Washington avenue this morning and will fill in where the drouth and small boys have killed the trees. C. C. WVscott and J. M. Rob erts have fallen in with the plan for "a city beautiful" and are having their properly brought to grade and will both put in con crete walks. Already the grading is being done for them. As soon as the grading is completed Mr. Despain ami his force of men will plant trees on both sides of Main street, commencing at Seventh and going westward to the Cen tral school building. Should there be any of the trees left they will be planted on Chicago avenue. The conunillee is yet undecid ed as to just what further will be done on Main street. It has been suggested that a double drive way, with the center of the street parked and planted to dwarfed evergreens would make a nice showing from the Burlington sta tion when it is completed and would be attractive to tourists. Some steps will no doubt lie taken to protect Ihe parkway on each side of (he street (o prevent Hie water from cutting ditches. II would be a fine improvement if Main street were paved out se veral blocks and the sides of the street parked. This improvement may engage (he attention of (he park committee also. Commissioners View Road. From Friday's Dally. Commissioners Friedricb, Jor dan and lleebner were shown over the Platle river road yesterday by a committee from the Commercial club composed of Messrs. Falter, Tidd and Schneider. They found a reasonably good road from this city to Oroapolis, which can soon be placed in condition by the use of Ihe grader. The road which is (o be repaired covers about 80 rods leading from the road cross ing Ihe Burlington tracks east of Oroapolis, west to the end of Ihe Pollock-Dun bridge. The track ran near Ihe river bank and Ihe recent floods have deposited sand and debris over Ihe roadway so that it is impassable. The board was impressed with (he import ance of having a road from the bridge this way, but wore unoer tain as to which of two plans should be adopted. One to trans port clay and improve the sand covered track formerly used, or purchase sutllciont land for a roadway from Henry Horn's, so that the road could be moved about forty rods south of the former road. The matter was left for the Commercial club to say which it. wanted. One of the greatest disasters that this country ever experienced is called to mind by the Titanic disaster at sea, and yesterday was the forty-seventh anniversary of one ol the worst tragedies ot nit civil war, and which is still fresh in the minds of many of the old veterans who chance to he on earth today. The Sultana went down when her boilers exploded near Islam No. 10, ten miles north of Mem phis, Tennessee. There were 2,- 000 union soldiers on board who were lieing convoyed norm at. Ihe close of the war. About (,900 of I hem were either killed by the ex plosion or were drowned in tin; river. Of twenty-two members of Company 0, One Hundred and Second Ohio volunteers, two alone escaped. At the time of the disaster the public mind was charged with other notable happenings. The war was over, and Lincoln had been assassinated but ten days previously and the Sultana horror attracted little notice. pathetic feature of the dis aster was the fact that nine-tenths of th victims were hospital pati ents or paroled prisoners, the ma jority of them being weakened by wounds, sickness, or lack of food, and consequently unable to help themselves when hurled into the water after being aroused from lumber by Ihe explosion. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gobelman Surprised on Wooden Wed. ding Anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Frank (iobelman of this city were agreeably sur prised Wednesday evening, April 2i, by a company of their neigh bors, and friends, it being their wooden wedding anniversary. The company brought with them, baskets of lunch and pre pared to make an evening at the home of our young friends. It was live years ago that the young artist, Mr. (iobelman, led to the brida altar Miss Hint t of Sidney, Iowa, ami the novelty of the mar riage relation having passed, the company nrougiu wilh inein a bountiful supply of weapons for future use, such as rolling pins and potato mashers and the likt (iaines, music and talk furnish ed entertainment for the guests, one feature of the amusement being a gum chewing contest, which was to end in each guest forming a Teddy bear from I In gum when thoroughly mixed with saliva. The contest was close and many line specimens resulted from the gum molding, but an artist hand was required to lake the prize, and the committee awarded first favors to Mr. t iobel man. An elegant lunch, consist ing ol sandwiches, pickles, eollee and cake was served, and at a very late hour the company adjourned, wishing Mr. and Mrs. ("iobelman many returns of the delightful day. , Those present were: Messrs. and Mesdiimes (5. B. Could, John Halt, jr., J. M. Lcyda, R. M. Schlaes, A. J. Beeson, Rev. W. L. Austin, E. 0. Hill, Frank (iobel man and Mr. H. II. Cotton. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Hayes would have participated, but Mrs. Hayes was BUUGTO WORKMEN 0 ill IN N Oil FIOIII WITH IHE DIM RIVER Four Miles of Bank Riprapped at Folsom, Across From Bellevue, in Effort to Prevent Change in Channel of "Old Muddy" the Iowa Bottom Farmers Fear More High Water. out of town. Half Holiday This Afternoon. from Friday's Daily. Every boy and girl in (lie grades who had put in ten hours at cleaning-up work or in aiding their tired mothers with the household toil.-i were on hand at the schools this morning bright and early with the necessary certificate from parent or guardian. In one room the teach er had only four nunils out of forty-two who had not the neces sary certificates, and she had to drone out the afternoon with four specimens of Young' America in their seats. Another teacher was more successful,- having but one left, with whom she labored the afternoon through, hearing all Ihe classes in which the unfor tunate youmiui nieniuer or so ciety Irappened to have coining olT during 'I lie afternoon. At Ihe Columbian school the children iook on themselves the re sponsibility of cleaning up the entire premises and the school .ngor & (.o., took ,,.. ,,. ..., Tuesday and '""m;v , , j so very neat ami ciean u iookou after the little folks wore through with it. The plan of getting ten hours' work out of the boys and girls was a very wise one, and more real cleaning up was done during the past week than has been experienced in the city for some time. Henry Herold Injured. From Friday's Dally. Henry Herold of this city was injured last evening in a railway wreck caused by a cyclone over turning the coach in which he was riding, and sustained a scalp wound and a cut about Ihe face. Mrs. Herold received a message from her husband this morning slating that he was not seriously injured, but received cuts and iruises. The twister struck the Union Pacific train No. 35, north bound on the Ord branch, a mile west of Loup City, at 5:10 last vening, and three cars were blown into the dilch. The en gineer saw the storm coming and slowed down his train and no death occurred among the thirty passengers aboard. Laundry Changes Hands The Piersou Brothers have closed a deal whereby they part with the possession of the Plaits mouth steam laundry. Ihe new owners, J. II. over i no property iiiesi have operated il since. Mr. Pier son will remain willi them for a short lime until they become ac nuainled with the trade. The new owners are experience laundryineii, having worked at the trade in the best Omaha concerns, and they will be glad to show any one interested just the kind of work they can turn out, which will be as good as the best. F. 1 Pierson has a good position ten dered him in Omaha, which he will probably accept. Returns From Arkansas. John !). Tull. who went south jK'ilh his son-in-law, Riley Frady, last fall, arrived from Monticello, Arkansas, last Saturday and will make his home in Nebraska, dur ing the summer at least. John finds it hard to accustom hitn Hf to dwell anywhere except in Id Cass. Will Open Office Monday. Dr. Harold Thomson, Ihe dentist, who has recently moved his family here from West Point, will occupy Ihe (i. Knapp resi donee on (irantie street. Dr. Thomson will open his dental parlors, located over C. E. Wes eott Son's store, next Monday, and w ill have one of the best local ions in the city. II. Norlon was caller to Oma ha on business this afternoon. Buy New Thresher Outfit. From Frliay'i Dally. A company of enterprising farmers west of Murray have just purchased a new Weslinghousi threshing machine outfit, includ ing an eighteen horse-power en gine and lliirly-six-ineh separal or, self-feed and blower all com plelo, with all the latest improve incuts. W. T. Smith of this city affected the sale, and what Mr Smith does not know about i luresner would not, make a very big book. Some of Ihe gentlemen interested in tne company are Charles and William Troop, Jos oph and Zack Shrader, Charles and William Countryman and John Murdock. From Suturday's Dally. Trainloads of stone were rush ed to Folsom, opposite Bellevue, last night, which hundreds of men were engaged in dumping into the river to protect the crumbling banks. Tents were also taken down during (he late afternoon to provide shelter for the men when not at work and to afford quarters for some to sleep while others worked so that continuous shifts of fresh workmen could boi at work. Late in the evening the rock began to pile up above the surface of (he water, and for the first lime this week evidence was visible that, the company was get ting control of the river, says the Omaha Bee. II was stated last niht that the company would continue the work until a stretch of four miles of the river bank would be riprapped. The company's engineers decided that this was the only means by which the Plallsmouth bridge could be prevented from being Hanked. A carload of barbed wire was taken down last night and hundreds of trees will be wired together and thrown into the stream and be covered with rock The Richardson farm, contain ing 100 acres, which was between the Burlington tracks ami Folsom, has been entirely washed into the river. This land a year ago was half a mile from (be river and was considered cheap at $10(1 per acre. Eighty acres of highly improved laud west and south of Fohlsom owned by a Mr. Oodsey, together willi all of the buildings, has been eaten away and is now a part of the river bod. South of the (iodsey place Ihe Kemp tract of twenty acres of alfalfa meadow has been washed away and the current is rapidly cutting into the balance of his farm to Ihe oast. At the south end of Folsom, where Ihe Burlington track is washed out, Ihe current set in to ward the east and lias worked in land, not oven slopping when il reached Ihe blulT. Where a few- days ago there was a wide but torn between the fool of the blulT and the river now this land has all boon washed away and the cur rent has cut. against the bill, washing down its side. Here there were supposed to be high above any water line. Below Folsom the river curves to the east, following the base of Ihe hills. Here is where it i9 heading directly for the open country, its purpose apparently being to reach a low valley or creek bed (hat extends almost south, connecting with Ihe river below this city. The Burlington has a force of more than IHM) men trying by From Yampa, Colorado. From Friday' Dally. We were agreeably surprised today on meeting C. S. Stone of Yampa, Colorado, for the first time 'since be went to Colorado three years ago. He came up from Nehawka with his father, J. M. Stone, and brother-in-law, D. C. West. While here Charley let Ihe light of his genial countenance beam in upon us, that was a gentle reminder that he was the same old Charley. Mr. Stone was. looking as though the Colorado atmosphere agreed with him, and better still, he reports himself and Mrs. Stone enjoying the best of health and that they were doing well. Charley is in the banking business at Yampa. is a sheer precipice of 125 feet and at the fool the water is thirty feet deep. The Burlington tracks were laid across this bottom and every means available to slop the ravages, but without any appreci able success (ieneral Superintend ent Fust ice of St. Louis yesterday ordered the removal of Hie tele graph polos that were ready to slip into the river and the re oslablishmont of the lines east of the present right-of-way. When (he men began (o dig. post hides on the laud of S. W. (iodfrey, owner of Hie adjoining farm, ho strenuously objected, and when they paid no attention lo his protests he went homo and got a sholgun ami threatened to shoot the first man who at tempted to invade his html. He kept the whole force at bay until late in the afternoon while the company's attorneys were at (Sleiivvooil gelling the necessary legal papers. The decision of Ihe company lo rehuild me iracKs on die sme ot the bin IT s where a rocky ledge just out for a long distance, af fording a protection which il is believed now the river will finally attack in vain, will entail an enormous expense. It will roquiro the condemnation of land now oc cupied by farm houses and big barns, as all of (lie best farm im provements in the vicinity are located al the foot of these blulTs. The preliminary lines run by the engineers pass through a number of these fine homes, whose own ers will fight vigorously to pre vent I heir destruction. That Hie railroad company must fight (he current at Ibis point to save its main line and Plallsmouth bridge is a fact not lost sight of by the adjacent, land; 1 owners, and Ihey fear that if Ihe tracks are relaid on Ihe rock prolecling ledge Ihe company's engineers may let up in I heir light and permit (he river (o swallow up a lot more valuable farm land. It is largerly for this reason that they are opposing Ihe new right-of-way immediately required by the present situation. WATER PLANT BEING II I VERY MUCH mm morning, a period of about four teen hours, lowers the water about twenty-five feet. Here From Nehawka. From Frlday'g Dally. J. M. Slone of Nehawka, and his son-in-law, D. 0. West, cashier of Ihe Nehawka bank, auloed lo (he county seat Ibis morning to look after some busi ness mailers, and while here our idd democratic friend, Mr. Stone, called on Ihe Journal and we on joyed a few moments' chat wilh him, as we always do when he comes to see us. Before depart ing he renewed for not only his own subscription, but also the subscription of his two sons, II. B. and Carl Stone. The Stones are good friends of the Journal, of which fact we feel proud. Miss Ella Neuman and her sis ter, Anna, visited friends in the metropolis this afternoon for a few hours. Valuable Improvements Are Be ing Made at the Pumping Station. The Plaltsinoulli Water com pany has completed some valuable improvements at Ihe pumping station, but are not nearly through with all that has been planned. The now brick engine room has been completed for some lime, as well as a concrete-lined reservoir under a new brick build, ing into which the water will be pumped for purification before being pumped into the settling basin. The largo new boiler is on the ground blocked up ready to be set, on its concrete base as soon as cement arrives, which was ordered some lime ago. Tom Svoboda, who has been running the pump for a month, keeps Ihe machinery shining and ready for use at all times. It is no trouble for Tom to keep the water in Ihe stand pipe up to a 09 pressure, and at Ihe same time the settling vats are kept at a higher level (ban has boon done for some time. The ordinary drain on Ihe stand pipe from the time the engineer leaves the sta tion in the afternoon until he re turns to work al 7 o'clock the next Whiting Begins Term. From Friday's Dally. Sheriff Ouinlon left for Lincoln this morning wilh Charles Allen Whiting, who drew a term in the penitentiary for having one more wife than Ihe Nebraska statutes provides for. Whiting was an employe of the Omaha Ice com pany, and while having a wife and child residing in Lincoln, came to Plaltsinoulli ami obtained n license and was married to Mrs. Backus, a former Plallsmouth lady, a daughter of John McBride of Ibis city. When his wife read the account of his marriage she at once look steps lo have Whit ing prosecuted. When arrested he pleaded guilty. Quiet at Spokane. E. 11. Ilamin is in receipt of a letter from Mrs. Hamin, who is visiting her parents at their ranch a few miles front Spokane, Wash ington, in which she slates that Ihe orchards are in full bloom and everything looking fine. Mrs. Hamin has a sister residing in Spokane, who she has also visit ed, and finds business very quiet in that city, rents cheap and many properties for sale. Ooorgo Snyder, the cattle feed er, was an Omaha visitor Ibis morning.