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VOL. XXXII.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1913.
NO. 26.
A SENSIBLE
APPEAL I0 THE
TAXPAYERS
Your Own Interests at Stake in
This Matter and You Should
Vote for the Levy.
Prom Tuesday's Dally.
Tuesday, April K, the voters of
Cass county will bo called upon to
express their opinion as to I ho
a-.visabilily. of appropriating L lie
sur.i of -911', 000 from the general
fund for the purpose of building
a new jail at the county heat, and
we believe there are some sug
gestions we can make that will lie
worthy of consideration in pass
ing upon this question. It is con
ceded by every citizen of the
oov.nl y that a new jail is needed
and must be built. Our friends
in the central and western parts
of the county have seen lit to
force the county seat removal
question and are making that the
issue in this election, erroneous
ly calling Hi is a "bond election,"
when as a matter of fact there is
no bond element in the proposi
tion, bill some people and news
papers persist in shouting
"bonds," kvowing that among the
people there has always been a
prejudice against, the issue of
bonds. The only purpose they
have in making such erroneous
stalemonls can only be to create
Ihe impression that this election
is to vole lionds. and they know
full well lh.it stub is not the case.
The fact is. thai this election is
to appropriate $12,000 to build
tin; jail, I no tax levy for which
will Ih mly A mills and
FOR ONE YEAR ONLY, and limn
you are done with it. Yulers
should carefully scrutinize a
came that has to be bolstered up
by misleading si a I onion ts that wo
are to "vote. Ik. mis."
Heretofore Ihe Lodger has not
taken up I lie county seal con
troversy, but as thai issue has
been injected into this election we
may properly take a band in it, II.
is evidently Ihe purpose of the
"reiuovalisls"' to got the county
seat located in their midst for the
sole and only object of enhancing
the value of llioir property, which,
of course, they have a right to do.
Hut if those people will profit
financially by county seal re
moval, is it not a natural con
sequence that property in this
part of the county would thereby
decrease in value? The "re
iuovalisls" are looking at it from
a standpoint of self-interest, and
it is equally just and right that
people in this part of the counly
should look at it from IV.e same
point of view and vote al the elec
tion, Tuesday, April 8, just as if
you are voting upon the removal
question, as that issue has been
forced into this election for the
purpose of defeating the jail
proposition.
Now, as to county seat removal
and expense: It naturally fol
lows that if the county seat be re
moved it will necessitate the
building of new court house and
jail, furnishing same complete,
includin g heating and lighting
plants. We have made some in
quiry among reliable and con
servative people as to probable
cost, and those who care to in
vestigate will find that our llgures
are not far amiss. First, a now
court house and jail, such as this
county would need at a new loca
tion, cannot be built at a cost of
much less' than .Mno.OOOf-which,
of course, will have to be raised
by issue of bonds, and it follows
that you must year after year pay
extra assessment to meet the in
terest thereon, as well as to retire
the bonds as they become due.
Then add to Ibis expense Ihe cost
of one, or possibly three, elee
lions at a cost, of at least if 800 for
each election, and by the lime you
have held the elections, Mien voted
bonds, paid interest JJiereon, cost
of removal, and you will have not
much (if any) less than ::(). Odd
that must be mot in cane of re
moval of county seat.
And again, oven if the first
county seat election "puis Ihe
court house on wheels," do you
suppose either Weeping Water,
Mauley or Louisville is going to
help locate it at a rival town? Not
much. Kaon of those towns is
going after the county seal for it
self, and the result will be Platts
niouth will retain Ihe seat of gov
ernment and we will have all the
expense of the elections just Ihe
same. Therefore, it. seems lo us
thai, this paM of Ihe county may
as well accept the defy of the "re
iuovalisls" and plump our voles
squarely in favor of Ihe jail ap
propriation. I hereby voting for
our own inloresls, as well as put
ting a quietus upon the needless
expense of furl her county seal
elections. ' When you go lo Ihe
polls Tuesday, April 8, take this
question with you: SHALL I
VOTE FOR A $12,000 JAIL AP
PROPRIATION, OR VOTE TO EN
COURAGE A COUNTY SEAT
FIGHT AND POSSIBLY $250,000
REMOVAL EXPENSE?
W hich do you prefer lo pay. a
'l.',000 .raighl aireprial ion
without bonds or interest, or do
vou favor county seat removal
and help pay $250, 000 in bonds
and interest? The answer seems
i;isv lo us. I ha I Ihe best interests
of each of us, as well as Ihe entire
county, will leiul us lo vole "YES"
on 'he jail proposition Tuesday,
April K. l'nion Ledger.
JOHN 0. WILES PAS
SES TO HIS REWARD
Dies From Pneumonia at His
Home in Omaha After Illness
of Two Days.
From Tuenday'8 Dully.
Lasl evening al his home in
'Omaha "John IJ. -Wiles- passed
away from Ihe elVecIs of an all
lack of pneumonia, wild which he
was stricken on last Sal unlay,
and his death followed swiftly
Ihe visilal ion of the dread malady.
Mr. Wiles was about 50 years
old and was a son of Mr. Luke
Wiles and wife, pioneer eili.ens
of Ibis counly and Mills county,
Iowa. The parents of Mr. Wiles
removed from lliis counts lo Mills
counly in the year I8")ti, ami it
was in thai counly that. Ihe de
ceased was born in lHO.'l. Mr.
Wiles was never married, and for
Ihe last few years has been a resi
dent of Omaha, whore he was en
gaged in business. He leaves to
mourn his death Ihe following
brothers and sisters: W, 11.
Wiles, llanford, Cal.; C. L. Wiles,
(ilenwood; Nancy K. Wiles, Olon
wood; Mrs. Frances Agli, Onawa,
Iowa, and Thomas Wiles of this
oily.
The body will be brought to this
city on the 1:15 Murliiigloii train
tomorrow him! I ho funeral pro
cession will go at once to Oak
Hill cemetery, where the hyior
menl will be made. Mr. Wiles was
quite well known to many of the
older residents here, as he had a
large number of relatives, who
will learn with great sorrow of
his untimely ileal h.
LOUIE TIEKOTIER HAS
NARROW ESCAPE FROM
SERIOUS INJURY
From Tuesday's Dui:y.
Yesterday afternoon while
Louie Tiekotler was out on Win
lersloen Hill delivering goods for
the linn of II. M. Soennichsen he
got into a mix-up with the team
that caused him lo receive a
rough handling, lie had got into
the delivery wagon and the team
started up, when in some manner
he fed I onto Ihe longue and was
thrown to the ground and for a
few minutes it looked as if he
would be killed outright, but he
managed lo escape without
serious injury, although he
was bruised up in several places.
Louie says he was kicked sixly
lo limes by one of the horses,
having kepi track of them. He
was unable lo attend to bis duties
today on Ihe wagon and was at
home resting up from the battle.
"IT'S A GOOD THING
ANDY THOMPSON SECURES
HIS SALOON LICENSE
From Tuesday's Daily.
The case of Ihe stale vs. An
drew Thompson was on trial yes
terday in Ihe county court and at
tracted a large crowd of spectat
ors ami witnesses from Cedar
Creek, where Ihe defendant con
ducts a saloon, in which he was
charged with selling liquor lo
minors in violation of law. There
were a number of wilnesses ex
amined in Ihe case, but Ihe losli
money failed to show I hat the
liquor had been sold to minors
and Ihe judge made the only pos
sible decision, Ihat of not guilty.
The defendant in the case has
coudut'lcd a saloon at Cedar Creek
Creek for a number of years, and
as the lime for Ihe renewal of his
license came around several
parties in I hat village sought to
prevent his securing a new
license, and parlies were put out
to watch and secure evidence
against, him that would prevent
him securing the desired license.
A week or ten days ago Frank
Plotzor and James Johnson, with
their .sons, were in the sallon and
the parents bought some beer, as
shown by the evidence, and gave
it lo the boys, as well as taking
some themselves. The boys were
noticed at the bar drinking, and
Ihe complaining witness, J. F.
Wulf, at once went to the county
attorney and made complaint, and
information was (lied against Mr.
Thompson in Ihe county court.
The witnesses failed to come
across wilh the testimony neces
sary al the examination yesterday
and the saloon man was acquitted.
The matter has made much feel
ing in Cedar Creek among the dif
ferent, residents of the village.
The board of county commis
sioners today issued a license to
Andrew Thompson lo conduct a
saloon at Cedar Creek for the en
suing year, starling May 1. The
application of Henry Schoeman
for a license was refused by the
board.
Naturalization Papers.
This morning Yin Slatinsky, a
native of Hohemia, appeared be
fore Clerk of Ihe district Court
James rtoborlson and Hied his
declaration of becoming a citizen
of this great and glorious repub
lic, lie arrived in this country
on July 20, I!) II, and has been
employed in the Hurlinglon car
repair shops in this city since
thai time, and is a most excellent
young man and will make a most
useful oil izen of he city.
T. W. Swan of l'nion, while in
the oily yesterday attending lo
some mailers at. Ihe court bouse,
look lime lo call al Ibis otllee and
have his name placed on our large
Semi-W'orklv list
I'M SO DURNED BUSY."
Rogers in Nw York Herau
EXPRESS PACKAGE IS
RECEIVED WITH $42
EXPRESS CHARGES
From Tuesday's Dally.
The Olson I'holo company yes
terday received an express paek
uA from Hocheslcr, New York,
I bat cost, (hem express. The
shipment consisted of 100,000
post cards lo be used by the com
pany in their large business in the
prinling of scenic postal cards, of
which they are one of the largest
manufacturers in Ihe west. The
company will receive! another
shipment of the same size in a
few days. The employes of the
company have been rushed with
work for Ihe past week, I hey hav
ing turned out a large number of
views of Ihe Omaha tornado.
SUCCESSFUL IN HANDL-
From Tuesday's Dally.
Oscar Wilson, the barber on
South Sixth street, -who has been
so successful in handling the
Hayo incubators in this city and
vicinity, and who has disposed of
a number of machines, to differ
ent parlies, has just delivered a
fine new lGO-ogg machine to Mrs.
Oscar Oapen, residing southwest
of this city, who is well pleased
with the working of the incubator.
Mr. Wilson has another batch of
chickens coming off the middle of
the month from (lie machine in
his shop.
TAKING OUT FIRST NATUR
ALIZATION PAPERS
From Tuenday'8 Dally.
The foreign-born residents of
this city who have not taken out
their first citizenship papers
have begun to get busy and today
the olllce of Clerk of the District
Court James Robertson was quite
bus) in preparing I lie papers of
those who desired lo become
citizens of the United Slates.
Kvar Lundgron, a subject of the
king of Sweden, appeared before
Ihe clerk and renounced his al
legiance to King Cuslave Y, as
did also David Linder, a native of
Kksja, Sweden, who arrived in
this counly with Lundgron. Yac
lav Sedlak, accompanied by Ed
ward Denial, as interpreter, called
at the olllce Ibis morning and se
cured his declaration of citizen
ship. He is a native of Hohemia.
S. O, Cole has some home
grown alfalfa seed for sale at
'.L00 per bushel. :i-2J-wtt
New Baby Girl.
From Tuesday's Daily.
Yesterday mormon attend 5
o'clock the stork made a thing
isit to (he home of Mr. and Mrs.
O. II. Tower and left a now addi
tion to I ho family in the person
oi a new dauuhler. who will ninke
her homo with Ihem in the future.
The parents are very proud over
the liltle holy and consider her
without doubt the finest babv in
the land.
Good Cause to Feel Jubilant.
From Tuesday's Daily.
The happiest man without
doubt in the city today is Chris
Iske, and he undoubtedly has good
cause to feel in a jubilant state of
mind over Ihe line new son which
made his appearance at I heir
home early this morning. The
mother and little son are gelling
along nicely and Chris will prob
ably bo in a normal condition in
a few days.
RESULT OF THE
Re-Electlon of Mayor Sattler by
Overwhelming Majority Close
Between Frlcke and Cook.
From Wednesday's Dally.
The city election yesterday was
very much one-sided as far as the
head of Ihe ticket was concerned,
as Mayor John P. Sattler, demo
crat, was re-oleclod over Ciuy I).
McMakcn by a majority of 2iH.
There! was not any light made! em
this olllce to any extent, as Mr.
McMakon had not made an active'
canvass, and Ihe efforts of the elay
were expended to secure the! elec
tion of Dr. K W. Cook, Ihe re
publican candidate for city treas
urer, w ho, al ter I lie smoke of bat tle
had cloareil away, was found
io have' defeat eel City Treasurer
Fricke by a majority of 15. The'
Fourth ward of the; city was the
Cook slronghohl, giving him 50
majority, while Ihe Second ward,
the homo of Mr. Fricke, gave (heir
favorite the handsome ma jority etf
00, but the republican gains in the
oilier wards easily eivercanie Ibis.
The M'h ire) ward gave Fricke in
and the Fiflh 2 majority, while
Ihe First ward gave' Dr. Cook a
majority eif ',):),
City Clerk I!, (i. Wurl bad no
opposiliem for ro-elocl ion, as il
was regardeel as a useless job to
try and defeat him, and be re
ceived a very handsome vote from
his many friends throughout (he
city.
Fred Patte-rson was on the! bal
lot by petition for city engineer
and Homreel a large vote.
The main point ef interest f
the election, outside of that fur
cily treasurer, was that of the
question of Sunday base ball, and
the interest shown by Ihe voters
for (hi! proposition was evidenced
by Ihe large majority redled up,
the vote! being 5 -ill for and 150
against the proposition, Ihe ma
jority for Sunday base! ball being
:187, ami seion will !he cry "play
ball" bo heard in Ibis e'ily. The'ro
was .not. much eloubl of I bo
proposition carrying, but 11m
friends of the measure desired lo
see as large a majorily as pos
sible rolle-d up for Ihe base ball
team.
The race fur councilman in Ihe
First ward was decieb'dly close,
Slreigbt, the republican candidal e,
defeating Mike Mauzy, his demo
cratic opponent, by only i votes.
In Ihe seconei ward Mike Hajeck,
elemocrat, had no opposition, and
Lushinsky, republican, in the
Fourth, was se satisfactory that
there was no candidate placed in
lhe fledd against him.
John llallstrom, in the Tihrd
ward, defeat ed Kd Mason, the re
publican candidate, bv a majorilv
of ,'li.
William Shea, elemocrat, in Ihe
Fifth ward, was a winner by ii
majorily.
The non-partisan school hoard
ticket, composed of J. M. Roberts
and T. II. Pollock, was electee!,
and now Ihe board stands equally
divided on parly lines, and it. is to
bo hoped that, politics will not
enter into the' school board olec
t ions in the future. .
The Journal for Calling Cards.
0 BOOKS FOR
THE CITY LiBRAHr
Public Library Buys New Books
With Funds Transferred
From Y. M. C. A.
The Plallsnioulh public library
has purchased the following list,
of books for the use1 eel' its patrons
from Ihe fiinels that were! Irans
fe'rrod from the Y. M. 0. A. fund
let the use of the library, and the'
ni'vv additions will add greatly let
Ihe service of Ihe library. A grt:at
many of the books will be used in
the children's department ami will
make' that part one of Ihe best in
the library. The hooks have been
carefully seloele'd and include
some of the best works publishi-d
along all linos :
"Japanese Fairy Tales," first
and seeemd series, "Squirrel Hal,"
WiHslon; "Monkey That Would
Not Kill," Drummond: "Wedf Pa
I lol," "I'.rollier Scouts," Finno
inore; "Tommy Re'ininglon's Hal
He," Slevensem; "Riverside
Prime'!-," roade'r .No. I, 2, :i, Yan
Sickle-; Flok. I.eire Readers." beiejk
t, "Primer," Cirover; "Tommy
Tinker's Hook," "Cherry Throe!
Children," Hlaisdell; "Foods or
How the World Is Fed." "How Ihe
World is Clothed." "(ie'eigraphical
Header Norlh America," Carpen
ler;"Around the World," volume)
1, Carroll; "Fairy Reader," "Ail
ed her Fairy Header," "Fifty
Famous Sleirie's Retold," Malduin;
"Panama and lhe Canal," Hall;
"F.skimo Sleiries." Smith; "peeps
al Many Lands Kugland," Fin
ne'iuore; "I'e'tjps al Many Lauds
Holland," .luugman; "Peeps a I.
Many Lands Holland. Finne
niore'; "peeqis al Many Lauds
Iceland," Tiiian; '"'Lanel He Livej
In," Price; "Friends ami Help
ers," Kddy ; "Stories of Indian
Children," lluslod; "Sleiries eif
Pioneer Life-." Mass; "Our Minis
ami Their Nestlings," Walke-r;
"llohert Leniis Slevenson Header,"
"F.uge'iie Field's lle'ader." Mryce;
"Slurics of Mother (ioose Vil
lage, "Hiuhant; "Miaided Straws,"
Foiilkc; "Little ledks of Many
Lanels," Ciiauee'; "Legends of Ihe.
Red ChildriMi," Pratt; "Palmer
Cox Mreiwnii' Primer," Juibl;
"Sunhoniiel Maine's," Overall
Hoys," drover; "Art Lile'ralure
Primer," "Ail Lile'ralure Read
ers," hook I, 2 and .", Chulter;
"Pinnochiei," Cedbuli; "Monarch,
Ihe1 Mig Hear eif Tabic," Seton;
"Round Ihe Corner in day Street,"
Richmoml; "Magic Fem'st."
While; "Sparrow Ihe Tramp,"
Wesselhoefl; "Mary Ware's
Promised Laml," Johnston; "Ro
mance' of Hilly cieial Hill," Rice;
"Miracle f Right Thought," Mar
diu; "Friendship Yillage Loves
Stories," dale; "Pboedie' and
Kurnesl," dilniom; "Pa Flickeu
gor's Fedks," Hoover; "First
Church's Christmas Marred,"
Slanb-y; "Happy Hawkins," Was
son; "Red Pepper Puriis," Rich
mond; "Polash ami Pcrlmutli'r,"
Class; "Children eif Tomorrow,"
Lnughlin; "Primer Slorie's of
American History," I veds., Pratt;
"Prodigaus Mickey," Johnson;
"Chip eif Ihe Flying I'," Mower:
"Down Our SI reed, " Muekrose;
"Tangb's," Oamoreui; "This
Soddy," Conistock; "The Inner
Flame," Muruham; "Phillipa at
Halycein, Mrown; "Rednn Hood,"
Finneuioro; "Florence' Nighting
lal," Richanl; "Aliss Hilly,"
I'oiTer; "Texas Mine Monnel,"
Jaceib; "Slory of Mabelle,"
Stewart; "(llene.ck dirls,"
Roinick; "Toddy, Her Hook," Ray;
"Cirls of darclenville," Rankin;
"Toby Tyler," Kaler; "Wells
Mrothers, Young Cattle Kings,"
Adams; "Hoys of Mobs' Mall,"
Mullein; "Captain of the drey
Horse Troop," darbuid; "Hoy
Scouts em Miroh Mark Islaml."
Median. I; "Moys Wilh the U. S.
Forester," Wheeder; "Circle K.,"
Sabiu; "Lady and Sada San," Lit
tle; "The Nerve eif Foley," Spear
man. '
In County Court.
This morning n the county
court Henry Snoke eif Fagle was
discharged from bis dutii's as Ihe
guardian ef Arthur W. Adams, a
minor, ami released from all re
sponsibilily in Ihe matter.