HIURSnW, JANUARY 14, 1915.
PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JO URN AC.
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Copyright, 1914, by
CHAPTER IV.
The Yukon Surrenders.
fPHEIIR was a Ions minnte of
y
silruce. Shorty was the first
lo speak.
Li
"Come on." be said. "We
miirlit as well tackle it. My feet 'II
set cold if 1 stay here any longer."
Shorty and Kit tramped back through
st foot of snow to tlie hesid of the rap
Ids :uid cn.t of the hoar.
Vouve sure got to keep the top of
the ride." Shorty shouted :it lilm as
the Iniat jui keind in tt:e quickeniiif:
current and took the head of the rap
id.
Kit ntxMcil. swayed his strength and
w( izht tentatively on the sb-erin;: gear
and headed tlie boat for the plunse.
Several minutes later, half swamped
and lying against tUe hank in the ed
dy below the White Horse. Shorty spat
out a mouthful of tobacco juice and
.hook Kit's hac.d.
A tbe top of the bank they met
Ilrecli. His wife stood at a little dis
tance. Kit ;-1hm'U his I. and.
I'm afraid your boat cau"t make
it."' he said. 'It is smaller than ours
and a bit cranky."
The man pulled out a roll of bills.
"I'll give you each a hundred If you
run it through."
Kit looked out and up th tossing
mane of the White Horse. A lens,
gray twilight was falling, it was turn
ing colder. nudthe landscape seemed
taking on n savage bleakness.
"It ain't that," Shorty was saying.
"We don't want ycur money. But my
pardner is the real meat with boats,
an' when he says yourn ain't safe 1
reckon be knows what he's talkin'
about."
Kit nodded affirmation and chanced
to glance at Mrs. Dreck. lit r eyes were
fixed upon him. and he knew that if
ever lie had seen prayer fn a woman's
eyes he was seeing it then. Shorty fol
lowed his gaze and saw what he saw.
They looked at each other in confusion
and diil not speak. Moved by the com
mon impulse, they nodded to each oth
er and turned to the trail that led to
the head of the rapids.
ISarely had they shoved P reek's boat
our from the bank and caught the first
rough water when the waves began to
Jap aboard. They were small waves
but it was an earnest of what was to
come.
The rapids grew stiller, and (he
spray began to fiy. In the gathering
darkness Kit glimpsed the mane and
the crooked fling of the current into it.
lie worked into this crooked current
and felt a glow of satisfaction as the
boat hit tb? head of the mane square
ly in the middle. After that, in the
smother. leaping and burying and
swamping, he had no clear impression
of anything save that he swung hl3
weight on the steering oar.
Ther emerged breathless. wet
through, the boat filled with water al
most to the gunwale. I.Iirktcr pieces
of baggage and outfit were floating in
side the boat. A few carefrtl strokes
on Shorty's part worked the boat into
the draw of the eddy, arid the eddy
did the rest till the boat softly touched
the bank.
Looking down from above was Mrs
Hrcik Her prayer had been answer
ed, and the tears were streaming down
her cheeks.
"You loys have simply got to take
the money." Ilrcck called down to
them.
Shorty stood up. slippei and wit
down in the water, while the boat
dipped one gunwale under and righted
again
"liern the money." said Shorty.
"Fetch out that whisky. Now that it's
over I'm gettln" cold feet, an I'm sure
likely to have a chill."
The trail by water crossed Ivike Ti
barge Here was no fast current, hut
m tideless stretch r f forty tailes which
must be rowed unless a fair wind
blew Hut the time for fair wind was
pn-t. and an icy gale blew In their
t-tii out of the north. This made a
rouuli sea. against which It was al
most impossible to pull tlie Ixint. Add
ed to their troubles was driviug snow;
lo the freezing of th water on their
oar blades kept one man occupied In
hopping It oil with a hatchet. Com
pel't'd to fake their turn at the oars.
S; r".ue and Stlne patiently loafed.
At the end of three hours Sprrgu'
pulled his oar In and said they would
roit in. u into the mouth of the river
for shelter. Stine seconded him. and
the several hard won miles were lost.
A si--.nd day. and a I bird, the same
fruitless atlem: was made. I lie
fri.-.'iup was ery imminent.
We tu:d make it it they had the
of clams.- Kit told Shorty as
tli.v dried tli ir m..c-a:ns by the lire
on the oveti;!! of the third day. "We
-.!. 4. nave made it unlay tr thc.v
1:.k::i t ti:r:;. ! nark. .ii-ll:-i Hour
v.irk wo:. Id liave t-tni5 thai '
s': T. P.K'T re f' v '' babes in tie
hortv debated a imi:u-nL
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the Wheeler Syndicate.
i hero. Smoke. It's hundreds of miles to
I Dawson. If we don't want to freeze
in here we've got to do sometuln. If
we're goin to Dawson we got to take
charge this here outfit."
They looked at each other.
"It's a go." said Kit as his hand went
out In ratification.
"I'll give you each a hundred if you run
it through."
In tbe morning, long before daylight.
Shorty issued kls calL "Come on." ne
roared, "tumble out, you sleepers
Here's your coffee! Kick Into It
We're goin' to make a start !"
Crumbling and complaining, Stine
and Sprague were forced to get under
way two hours earlier than ever be
fore. If anything, the gale was stiff'
er. and in a snort time every man's
face was Iced up. while tlie oars were
heavy with ice.
Three hours they struggled, and four,
one man steering, one chopping Ice.
two toiling at the oars and each tak
ing his various turns. The northwest
shore loomed nearer and nearer. The
gale blew ever harder, and at last
Sprague pulled in bis oar in token of
surrender. Shorty sprang to it, though
his relief had only begun.
"Chop ice," be said. bandin;
Sprague the hatchet.
"But what's the use?" the other
whined. "We can't make It. We're
going to turn back."
"We're goin' on." said Shorty. "Chop
ice. An when you feel better yoa can
spel! me."
It was heartbreaking toil, but they
gained tae shore, only to find it com
posed of surge beaten rocks and cliffs,
with no place to land.
Nobody spoke, and Kit held tbe boat
into the seas as they skirted tbe for
bidding shore. Sometimes tbey gain
ed co more than a foot to the stroke,
and there were times when two or
three strokes no more than enabled
them to hold their own. Another hour
they labored and a second.
A few minutes later Sprague drew
in bis oar again. "I'm finished." he
said, and there were tears in his voice.
Stine had ceased rowing, and the
boat was drifting backward.
"Turn around. Smoke," Sprague or
dered.
And Kit, who never in his life had
cursed any man. astonished himself.
"I'll see you in h first," he replied.
"Take hold of that oar nnd pulL"
Sprague jerked off a mitten, drew his
revolver and turned it on his steers
man, 'inls was a new experience ro
Kit De bad never had a gun presented
at bim in bis life. And now. to his sur
prise, it seemed to mean nothing at all
If you don't put that gun up." he
said. Til take It away and rap you
over tbe knuckles with it"
If you don't turn the boat around
I'll shoot you." Sprague threatened.
Then Shorty took a hand. He ceas
ed chopping ice and stood up behind
Sprague. "Go on an' sboot." said
Shorty, wiggling the hatchet. "I'm
just achin for a chance to brain yon.
Go on an start the festlrlties."
"Sprague." Kit said. "I'll give you
jnst thirty seconds to put away that
gun and get that oar out."
Sprague hesitated, give a short hys
terical laugh, put the revolver away
and bent his back to the work.
For two hours more, inch by inch.
they fought their way along the edge
of tbe foaming rocks until Kit feared
he had made a mistake. And then,
when on the verge of himself turning
back, they came abreast of a narrow
opening not twenty feet wide, which
.led into a landlocked inclosiire where
the fiercest gusts scarcely flawed the
surface. It was the haven gained by
the iKiats of previous days They
landed on a shelving beach, and the
two employers lay In collapse In the
boat, while Kit and Shorty pitched the
tent, built a fire and started tbe cook
ing. A cup of coffee, set aside to cool and
forgotteti. a few minutes later was
found coated with half an Inch of ice.
At S o'clock, when Sprague and Stine.
already rolled in their blankets, were
sleeping the sleep of exhaustion. Kit
came back from u look at the boat.
"It's the freezeup. Shorty," he an
nouueed. "There's a skin of ice over
tbe whole pond already. The rapid
current of the river may keep it open
for days. This time tomorrow any
boat caught In Lake La barge remains
there until nest year."
"You mean we got to get out to
uight? Now?"
Kit nodded.
"Tumble out. you sleepers." was
Shorty's answer, couched in a roar, as
he began casting off the guy ropes of
tbe tent.
They broke their way through the
thin ice in tbe little harbor and came
out on the lake, where the water,
heavy and glassy, froze on their oars
with every stroke. The water soon be
came like mush, clogging the stroke of
the oars and freezing In the air even as
it dipped. Later the surface began
to form a skin, and the boat proceeded
slower and slower.
Often afterward, when Kit tried to
remember that night nnd failed to
bring up aught but nightmare recol
lections, be wondered what must have
been the sufferings of Stine and
Sprague. His one impression of him
self w as that he struggled through bit
ing frost and intolerable exertion for
thousand years, more or less.
Morning found them stationary
Mine complained or frosted hugers
and Sprague of his nose, while the pai
in
hi Kit's cheeks and nose told him tha
he. too, had been touched. With each
accretion or daylight they could see
farther, and as far as they eou'd see
was icy surface. The water of the lake
was gone.
A hundred yards away was the shore
of the north end Shorty Insisted that
it was the opening of the river and
that he could see water. He and Ki
alone were able to work, and with thel
oars they broke the ice and forced
tbe boat along. And at the last gasp
of their strength they made the sue I.
cl the rapid river. One look back
showed them several boats which had
foi;ght through the night and were
hpeless!y frozen in; then they whirled
n round a bend in a current mining six
miles an honr.
Day by day they Moated down the
swift river, aud day uy day the shore
Ice extended farther out- When they
made camp at nightfall they chopped
a space in the ice in which to lay the
boat and curried the camp outfit bun
dreds of feet to shore. In the momiu
they chopped the boat out through the
new ice and caught the current
Shorty set up the sheet iron .stove in
the boat and over this .SC.ne and
Sprague hung through the iong drift
ing hours. They had surrendered, no
longer gave orders, and their one de
sire was to gain Dawsou.
The last night ashore was spent be
tween the mouths of the hite river
and the Stewart At daylight they
found tbe Yukon, half a mile i
mnning white from ice ri mined bank
to ice rimmed bank.
"We'll be the last boat this year to
make Dawson." Kit said.
"Hut they ain't no water. Smoke
"Then we'll ride the k-e down.
Come on."
Futilely protesting. Sprague and
Stine were bundled on board. for
balf an hour with axes Kit and Shorty
struggled to cut a way tut the swift
but solid stream. When they did suc
ceed in clearing the stiore ice the float
ing ice forced (he boat along tlie edge
for a hundred yards, tearing away half
of one gunua.e and making a partial
wreck of it. Then at the lower end of
tbe bend they caugnt the current that
flung off shore.
They proceeded fo work farther to
ward the middle. The stream was no
longer composed ot mush ice. but of
hard cakes. In between the cakes
only was mush ice that froze solidly
as they looked at it Shoving with the
airs against the cakes. Komettmes
climbing out on tbe cakes in order to
force the boat along, after an nour
they gained the middle.
Five minutes after they ceased thHr
exertious the lioat js frozen tn. The
whole river was coagulating as it ran.
Cake froze to cake until at last th
boat was the center of a cake sevviity
five feet in diameter. Sometimes they
floated sldewise. sometimes stern first.
while gravity tore asnntler the terming
fetters in the moving mass, unly to be
manacled by faster forming ones.
Night came, and after many efforts
they gave up the attempt to force the
boat to shore, and through the dark
ness tbey swept helplessly onward.
Their speed began to diminish and
cakes of ice to upend and crasn and
smash about them. The river was
jamming. One cake, forced upward.
slid across their cake and carried one
side of tbe boat away. It did not sink.
for its owu cake still upbore it. but in
a whirl they saw dark water show for
an instant within a foot of thm. Then
all movement ceased.
At the end of half an hour the whole
river picked itself up and began to
more. This continued Hor u hour.
when again it was brought to rest by
a jam. Once again it started, running
swiftly and savagely, with a great
grinding. Then they saw lights ahore.
and when abreast gravity and the Yi
koa surrendered, aad the rirer ceased
for six months.
For three days Kit and Shorty labor
ed carrying the ton and a half outfit
from the middle of tbe river to the log
cabin Stine and Sprague had bought
on tlie hill overlooking Dawson. This
work finished. In the warm cabin as
twilight was falling Sprague motioned
Kit to him. Outside tbe thermometer
registered d5 below zero.
"Your full month isn't np. Smoke."
Sprague said. "But here it is in fall.
I wish you luck.'
"How about the agreement?" Kit
asked. "You know there's a famine
here. You agreed"
"I know of no agreement," Spragne
interrupted. "Do you. Stine? We en
gaged you by the month. There's your
pay. Will you sign the receipt?"
Kit's bands clinched, and for tbe mu
mcnt he saw red. Both men shrank
away from him. Shorty saw his trou
ble and interposed.
"Look here. Smoke. J ain't travelin'
no more with a onery outfit like this
Kigut here's where 1 sure jump it.
You an' me stick together. Savvy i
Sow, you tike your blankets and hike
down to the IClUuom. Wait tor me.
I'll settle up. collect what's cumin' an
give them wbats comm. 1 ain't uo
goxl on the water, out my feet's ou
terry tinny now, an' I'm goin' to make
smoke."
Half nn hour afterward Shorty ap
neared at the lilkhorn. From bu
bleeding knuckles and the skin off one
cheek it was evident that he had given
Stine ami Sprague what was cumin
"You ought to see that cabia." he
chuckled as they stood at the bar
"Boughhouse ain t no name for It
Dollars to doughnuts nary one of 'em
shows up on the street for a week
"An now it's all ttggered aut tor you
an' me. Grub's a dollar an' u halt a
pound. They ain't no work for wages
without you hare your own grub
Moose meat's sellin' for $2 a pound, an
thev ain't none. We got enough iiioiie
tor a month's grub an' ammunition
an we hike uu the Klondike to th
back country.
If they ain't no moose
we go an" live with the Indians. But
it we" ain't got 5.0i pounds of meat
six weeks from now i u I it sure go
back an' apologize to our bosses, is b
a go?"
Kit's hand went out and tbey shook
Then be faltered. "I don't know any
thing about hunting." he said
Shorty lifted his glass.
But you're
a sure meat eater, au I'll learn yiwi
(To Be Continued.)
H-H--K-J
MURDOCH.
(Spcciil Correspondence.)
G. Bauer was an Ithaca visitor one
day last week.
Lewis Hornbeck was a Lincoln
isitor Tuesday.
Miss Louisa Bauer was an Omaha
visitor Monday.
John Freese left Wednesday for his
home in Colorado.
I. G. Hornbeck was an Omaha visit
or Monday between trains.
John Swine was an Omaha visitor!
the fore part of the week.
Miss Tillie Bornemier left Monday
for her school in Des Moines.
John Swine shipped a carload of
cuttle to South Omaha Monday.
G. G. Williamson was home Satur
day and Sunday visiting his family
Born To Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Mc
Donald, January 6, a ten-pound baby
boy.
John Gustin left Monday evening
for Rippia, Iowa, to attend a horse
ale.
Joe Joehansen purchased a 6-year-
o'd roan horse from John Kruger last
Tuesday.
Don't forget that Dr. Russel Horn-
beck's office is the first door south of
the State bank.
Leona Rush received the gold watch
at the Booster store last Tuesday for
handing in the largest number f
coupons.
Miss Rose Schale received the set
of breakfast dishes given away last j
week for having the largest number j
cf words made from "Booster Store."
Art Wehlman and Jessie Skiles
were united in marriage by Rev. Har-
ris on Jannarv f, The neoole of this I
icinity extend joy and happiness to
them.
Farms for Sale!
The Horn Farm, one mile west of
Oreapolis; good improvements, 258
acres mostly bottom land, good bay
land, good pasture, good farm land
Ask for our price.
40 acres well improved, close to
market.
100 acres, good improvements,
Price cheap.
And many others on, our list for
sale. -
Farm Loans at low rates. No
delays.
T. II, POLLOCK)
eL No, 1 Plattsmouth
Local Mew;
From Tuesday's Pally.
Ed .Barker of kouisvilje was here
today for a few hours visiting with
his many friends in this city.
Charles Gerlach of Manley was in
the city for a few hours today look
ing after some matters at the court
house. -
John Kaffenberger was among the
farmer visitors in the metropolis to
day for a few hours to look after
some matters on the stock market.
W. G. Meisinger drove in today
from his farm home to spend a few
hours here looking after some mat
ters of business with the merchants.
Will Ruramell and W. D. Wheeler
were among the passengers this morn
ing for South Omaha to look after
some sales on the live stock exchange
today.
John F. Wehibein was among the
passengers this morning for Omaha,
where he was called to look after
some matters of business there for
the day.
P. A. Hild, from the vicinity of
afternoon for a few hours' transact-1
ing some business matters with the
merchants.
Miss Barbara Gering and her guest,
Miss Pauline Pfeiffer, were passeng
ers this morning for Omaha, where
they go to spend the day with II. R.
Gering in that city.
G. P. Meisinger of Cedar Creek was
in the city today for a few hours look
ing after some matters of business
and visiting with his friends, who are
without number here.
James Terryberry, one of the lead
ing farmers of Eight Mile Grove pre
cinct, was in the city today for a few
hours visiting with friends and look
ing after some matters at the court
house.
George Ackers and wife of
Minatare, Neb., who are here visiting
tt the home of relatives in this city,
departed this morning on the early
Burlington train for Omaha to spend
a few days before returning home.
Mrs. Dr. G. R. Davis, who has been
siting with her many relatives and
f riends in the vicinity of Guthrie Cen
ter, Iowa, for the past two weeks, re
turned home last evening, Dr. Davis
meeting her at Omaha. She was ac
companied home by her sister, Mrs.
Wayne Harrington, who will make an
extended visit at the Davis home.
From Wednesday's Daily.
C. E. Metzger was a passenger this
morning for South Omaha, where he
was called on some matters of busi
ness. Charles Troop was a visitor at the
South Omaha stock market today for
a few hours looking after some mat
ters of business.
Fred Chautka of Lindsay, Neb., who
has been here visiting at the Joseph
Jelinek home, departed this after-
noon for his home. I.
Attorney C. E. Tefft of Weeping
Water was in the city yesterday for
a few hours looking after some mat
ters in county court.
C. M. Seybert returned this morn
ing to his home at Louisville, after
bein& here .in attendance at the I. O
O. F. meeting last evening.
Ed Brantner arrived in the city this
afternoon on No. 24 for a short visit
here with relatives and friends and to
look after some matters of business
Martin Houk came in this after
noon from Omaha to spend a few
hours here visiting with his old
friends and renewing their acquaint
ance
Harry Hinton came in this morn-
ng from his borne near Mynard and
v.as a passenger tnis atternoon lor
Omaha to look after some matters of
business.
George P. Meisinger, jr., and wife
were here yesterday for a few hours
visiting at the Jacob Meisinger home
land looking after some trading with
thfi merchants.
"Uncle" Ken Beckman of near
Murray was here today for a few
hour6 looking after some trading and
taking the opportunity to visit here
with his friends.
J. M. Meisinger and wife were
among those going to Omaha this
morning, where they will visit for the
day attending to some matters of
business in that city.
Jame, Stander of Louisville was
herfi fo few hou cn route
Lome frpm Craj Missouri, where he
has been for the past few days look
ing after some matters of business.
Mrs. Geor ge Perry was among
those going to Omaha this morning,
where she will visit for the day with
CASTOR I A
For XA&aifl nd Children.
The Kind Yea Have Always Bci'gtt
Prjurs thf
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(friends and look after some business
matters of importance in that city.
For regular action of the bowels;
easy, natural movements, relief of
constipation, try Doan's Regulets. 25c
at all stores.
R. E. Noyes and George Reihart of
Louisville, who were her in attend
ance at the meeting of the I. O. O. F.
lodge last evening, departed this
morning for Omaha, from where they
return home.
. Rev. Father M. A. Shine was among
the passengers this morning for Lin
coln, where he goes to attend the
meeting of the Nebraska State His
torical society that is meeting in that
city this week.
From Thursday's Daily.
J. D. Shrader and three daughters
of Murray were here last evening to
r.ttend the performance at the Par
mele theater.
M. G. Churchill of Murray was
among the visitors here today to at
tend the trial of the dog shooting ase
in justice court.
Mrs. M. Baumeister was among
those going to Omaha this morning,
where she will spend the day looking
after some matters of business in that
city.
. Jack Patterson and wife of Union
were here last evening in attendance
at the offering of "September Morn"
at the Parmele theater and visiting at
the homes of relatives.
Colonel J. B. Seybolt of Murray
came up this morning from his home
and was a passenger on the early Bur
lington train for Omaha to spend the
day looking after some matters of
business.
Mrs. Will Sackett and children of
Smithfield, Neb., who. have been here
visiting at the home of John Nemetz
and family, departed this afternoon
for their home. '
C. E. Noyes of Louisville was in
the city today for a few hours looking
after some legal matters, and while
here was a pleasant caller at the
Journal office for a chat with Colonel
Fates, with whom he served in the
legislature in 1909.
How to Cure a Lagnppe Cough.
Lagrippe coughs demand instant
treatment. They show a serious con
dition of the system and are weak
enmg. Postmaster Collins, Barnegat,
N. J., says: "I took Foley's Honey
and Tar Compound for a violent la
grippe cough that completely ex
hausted me, and less than half a bo
tie stopped the cough " Try it. For
sale by all druggists.
Itching, bleeding, protruding or
blind piles have yielded to Doan's
Ointment. 50c at all stores.
J- -J-K- -I-!-!-!- -K-
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An Exciting Transaction.
The week has been prolific of loca
excitement. Among the most promi
nent, and bidding fair at one time to
cause trouble, was the removal of th
superintendent's office and the head of
the freight department to Omaha
The quiet and good-natured citizens
of Plattsmouth awoke on Friday
morning and found that Mr. Irving,
superintendent, with his clerks, and
Mr. Cowles, with his clerks, had
silently folded their tents the after
noon before and as quietly pulled out
of the town limits for Omaha.
On Friday morning, when the in
formation became well known, there
was a grand whirl of excitement and
much strong talk indulged in. The
people crowded around the county of
fices, and began examining the
lecords and the so-called bonds and
agreement, by which the B. & M. were
supposed to be bound to maintain
headquarters in Plattsmouth. In so
doing it was found that the county
commissioners had surrendered the
bond entered into by Mr. Strong, at
torney for the B. & M. in Iowa, at
the time the original bonds were de
livered to the R. R. Co. ' This caused
excitement No. 2, and for a while
absorbed the interest in the R. R. re
moval, and changed the course of in
dignation somewhat from the railroad
officials to county officers and their
legal advisers. If words could an
nihilate, both R. R.'s and Co. "Corns."
would have fared hard on that day. A
tew of the quiet, determined, and
better posted of our citizens began to
hunt out every scrap of information
tearing on the original transactions
between Strong and the county, and
had not the B. & M. moved as quietly
as they did, it is probable they would
have needed a longer train and
heavier engine to move them when
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they did go. The merchants and all
the smaller business men felt exceed
ingly blue, charging that they had
been sold out and defrauded of their
lights somehow, and threatening dire
vengeance on the true parties when
ever, it should be sifted to the bottom.
The 'report of the "investigating com
mittee" now in session sets forth very
fairly the people's side of the ques
tion, and we recommend its careful
leading.
Desiring to give all parties a fair
hearing in this matter, the Herald
has obtained the views of the rail
load men, and herewith present their
side of the question direct 1'ronT-Mr.
Irving himself:
In the first place they emphatically
rssert that the county first broke
faith with them in refusing to pay the
interest on the original bonds, and
after a wearisome and expensive
litigation forcing them into a com
promise, by which they surrendered
S1G0,000 of bonds and interest, for
tie sake of getting the other $1 ()).()(!)
hereafter in peace and quietness. They
deny the validity of the Strong bond,
claiming that he had no authority to
enter into such an agreement, was
never authorized to by the stockhold
ers at Boston, and moreover, never
was the attorney or agent of the B. &
M. in Nebraska. That thj bond was
so much waste paper in fact, but
causing innumerable questions and
annoyance to the company, in con
stantly explaining it to thir factors
and moneyed men east.
This view was agreed to by all the
attorneys present at the settlement,
and it was surrendered in open and
fair daylight. That, as far as they
were concerned, they had nothing to
conceal and no favors to ask; they
simply stood on their plain, square,
lgal rights, and were willing the
whole world should have known of
the terms of the settlement.
They consider that, by the breach
of faith, in not paying the original
bends, and by the further successful
attempt to force them into a ruinous
compromise, they would be morally
and legally released from all obliga
tions on that bond. Hut as a matter
cf fact and justice, they want it dis
tinctly understood that they do not
intend to remove any more shops,
persons or equipments from Platts
mouth, and that the present removal
was not made in a spirit of retalia
tion, nor lo suit the whims of certain
officers of the company, but was an
absolute business necessity, brought
about by this state of affairs. The
great freight ljnes on other roads
center there also, and the I. & M.
found it impossible to compete with
ether roads and hold their own unless
their superintendent and freight de
partment were placed where they
could see and know this class of men,
which could not be accompli.-hed at
Plattsmouth.
The wholesale trade of Omaha,
shipping west, is consideiable, and the
shippers wanted to see the railroad
men, and not be obliged to telegraph
lo Plattsmouth for rates. Officers of
other roads with whom the B. & M.
often have business always pass
through and stop at Omaha. In short,
they were losing money by staying at
Plattsmouth, and as a plain business
proposition removed to Omaha for
the present. The railroad company
desires the good will and kindly feel
ing of the people of Plattsmouth and
along the whole line; they realize that
their interests and success are
identical with those of the people they
do business amongst; especially do
they hope the people of Plattsmouth
will accept this earnest protest of
good will and fair dealing ami rest as
sured that no removal or changes are
to be made, or ever will be on account
of, or in consequence of past differ
ences of opinions.
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