Plattsmouth Will Celebrate Every Saturday Afternoon. All Come and Have a Good Time
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VOL. XXXIV.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1915.
NO. 2.
Platte
THE WEALTH OF
CASS COUNTY
SHOWS UP GOOD
Real Estate Valuation of Lands of the
County Total $28,808,180, With
Assessed Valuation of $5,7(1,63G
From Tuesday's Pal!.
The work of taking the assessment
cf Cass county and preparing the
figures for the report on the valua
tion of the county has been an ex
tensive one and the county clerk's of
fice, as well as the county assessor,
has been busy at the work of enumer
ating the figures on the value, of the
property, both real and personal in
vhe county. The grand total of the
personal property of the county is
placed on the assessor's figures at
$7,160,300, which at the C per cent
valuation for assessment, gives $1,
432,200, which makes a gain over last
year of $92,130 on the assessed valua
tion and $4G0,G50 on the grand total
of the value of the personal property
of the county for the year.
On the real estate valuation the
lands of the county total $2S,808,180,
with the assessed valuation of the
lands, exclusive of Plattsmouth, of
$5,761,030, and with these included
bring the total up to $0,329,114. The
assessed valuation of Plattsmouth
city is placed at $319,475, while that
of Weeping Water at S89.197. The in
corporated towns of the county, in
cluding Union, Louisville, Elmwood,
Greenwood and Eagle, have an as
sessed valuation of $245,003; Cedar
Creek, $4,872; Manley, $0,285; Mur
ray, $14,428; Mynartt, $1,815; Ne
hawka, $16,388; Wabash, $3,217; Rock
Bluff town, $1,712.
The assessor's office is preparing
the figures on the different amount
of stock, hogs, cattle and other ar
ticles that will prove most interesting
to the taxpayers and citizens of the
county when enumerated.
MARRIAGE OF MARY A.
RENNIE AND G- N
ADAMS OF WESTERN
This afternoon, at the home of the
mother of the bride, Mrs. G. W. Ren
nie, was solomnized the marriage of
Miss Mary Allein Rennie and Mr.
George N. Adams, of Western, Neb.
The wedding was a very quiet one,
being attended by only the immediate
members of the family. The cere
mony was performed by Rev. F. M.
Druliner of the First Methodist
church, who, in a most impressive
manner united the lives and hearts
of these two most estimable young
people.
The bride has been reared to wom
anhood in this city and those who
have known her all these y:ar3 feel
that all the happiness that is possible
is deserved by her in the years to
come in life's journey, and in her fut
ure life she will take the bet wishes
of a host of warm friends. The
groom has made his home here for the
past two years and is a young man
of the highest character and esteem
ed by all those with whom he is ac
quainted, and well worthy of the
charming helpmate he has secured.
The young people will make their
future home in Western, where the
groom has a cozy home awaiting the
coming of his bride.
Z. WATERMAN, WIFE AND
DAUGHTER BOUND FOR COAST
From Tuesday'a Daily.
Z. Waterman, wife and daughter,
of Crete, Neb., who have teen here
visiting at the home of Mr. John
Waterman and daughter, departed
this afternoon for Omaha, where they
will leave for a trip to the Pacific
coast. Mr. Waterman was for a num
ber of years engaged in the lumber
business at Crete, but of late ha3 re
tired from active business.
M. Tritsch, refracting optician,- at
Gering & Co.'s Wednesday and Sat
urday evenings. Examination free.
MISS ROSE VONDRAN AC-
, CEPTS POSITION IN OMAHA
from Tuesdav's Dally-
Miss Rose Vondran of this city, who
for a number of years was stenog
rapher in the office of the spperintend
ent of the Burlington shops here, is
now employed in Omaha, where she
has a very fine position in the office
of the Omaha Carter-Car company
and is very much pleased with the
new position, which, with her remark
able ability as a stenographer, she is
filling to the utmost satisfaction, and
the Carter-Car company is to be con
gratulated on having secured the serv
ices of one so well qualified.
MOTHER OF MRS- J. S.
M'COY DIES AT HOME
IN PENNSYLVANIA
From Tuesday's Pally.
The news of the death of a lady
well known in this city was received
here this afternoon in the announce
ment that Mrs. G. W. Rager had died
at 4 o'clock this morning at her home
in Greenborough, Pennsylvania. The
deceased lady was the mother of Mrs.
J. S. McCoy of Lincoln, and who for
a number of years was a resident of
Plattsmouth, where Mr. McCoy was
engaged in railroad work, and Mrs.
Rager, during the years of the resi
dence of the McCoy family, was a fre
quent visitor here. Mrs. McCoy and
daughter, Mrs. J. E. Johnson will de
part this evening on No. 12 for the
east to attend the funeral services.
The death of this estimable lady will
be greatly regretted by the friends of
the family in this city and their sym
pathy goes out to the afflicted rela
tives in their hour of grief.
NEW FIRM IS NOW
IN CHARGE OF THE
VARIETY STORE
Eom Tuesday s Daiiv.
The stock of goods in the Variety
store in this city which have been
owned by and under the management
of II. Simons for the past two years
has been disposed of to W. W. Dickson
of Adams and L. D. Robler of Uni
versity Place, who expect to continue
the store in the handling of the same
lines as has been carried by Mr.
Simons. The new firm has taken
charge of the store and were on the
job this morning in looking after the
needs of their customers. The two
gentlemen who come here expect to
get the stock straightened around in
a few days and have it in shape where
they will be able to offer the people
here some bargains in their lines that
will be surprising, but it will require
some few days until they become
familiar with the stock to place the
goods before the residents of this
city at the prices they expect, but
they would like to meet the citizens
of Plattsmouth 'and get acquainted.
They are both very pleasant appear
ing gentlemen and should make a
good addition to the business interests
of the city.
PLEASANT TIME AT MA
SONIC HOME IN HON
OR MISS BERTHA HAY
From Tuesday' Dally.
Last evening the Maponic Home
was made the scene of a very pleasant
gathering in honor of Mrs. Bertha
Hay, who is here on a short visit from
Independence, Iowa, where she has
been employed for the past year as
an attendant in the state hospital
there. The close friends of Mrs. Hay
decided to make the occasion a most
pleasant one and succeeded most ad
mirably. The evening was spent in
music, and at a suitable hour delicious
refreshments were served. Thos in
vited as the guests of Mrs. Hay were:
Mrs. Lililan Carrather, Paul Stadel
mann, Miss Cora Higgle, Miss Lula
Stapleford, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Clover,
Miss Lettie Niday, Miss Louise Kauf
mann, Miss Erna Seydlitz and Miss
Hulda Spaonia, and all report a pleas
ant time.
PARTIES ARE AR
RESTED FOR BE
ING INTOXICATED
Notwithstanding "Dryness" of the
Town They Will Get the "Goods'
From Somewhere Just the Same.
From Tuesday's Daily.
Yesterday the mill of justice ooer
ated by County Judge Beeson did a
land office business for a few minutes,
when four gentlemen from Weeping
Water were brought before the court
charged with the crime of being in
toxicated, which was preferred by
Marshal Noel of that place. The
trouble occurred Saturday, from all
that can be learned of the affair, when
the men had some liquor and were
drinking it, and later got involved in
a discussion of the war in Europe,
and forgetting the warning of Presi
dent Wilson as to the necessity of be
ing neutral, two of the party took op
posite sides on the matter and the
heat and loudness of the argument at
tracted the attention of Marshal Noel,
who, getting in touch with the county
attorney, had complaints sworn out
charging the men with being in
toxicated, and to this charge they
entered a plea of guilty and were fined
$10 and costs by the court for the of
fense, and as a result of their visit
here the county treasurer and the
school fund is richer by $58.82, and
the outraged feelings of Weeping
Water justice is satisfied accordingly.
The gentlemen did not seem in the
least to be men given to the
habitual use of liquor and were nice
appearing and very pleasant and took
their punishment in a sportsmanlike
manner and coughed up the necessary
funds to put them right with the
court. It seems a strange thing indeed
to see cases like this sent from Weep
ing Water, where it is supposed they
had the desert of Sahra beat forty
different ways for dryness, but per
haps the boyss may have indulged in
the waters of the Weeping Water as a
beverage.
ENJOYABLE MEETING
OF THE W. C. T. U.
WITH MRS. KNEE
Frm Tuesday's Dally.
The regular meeting of the W. C.
T. U. was held yesterday afternoon
and met at the home of Mrs. Knee, in
the west part of the city. On account
of being quite feeble and not in the
best of health, Mrs. Knee has been
unable to attend the W. C. T. U. meet
ings, and consequently the ladies of
this organization concluded to meet at
her home yesterday in order that she
might have the pleasure of being in
attendance at one of their meetings
again. Her friends had also been in
vited to join with the ladies of the
W. C. T. U. and come to her home for
the afternoon. A short business ses
sion was held, after which the ladies
whiled away the hours in a delightful
social time. Each one had brought
their lunch and during the afternoon
a most tempting luncheon was pre
pared and served, which greatly aid
ed in making the occasion a most en
joyable one. At the close of the day
the ladies wended their way home
ward, having thoroughly enjoyed
themselves and pleased at the pleas
ure Mrs. Knee derived in having the
ladies meet at her home and at being
in tehir midst again.
WILL ESTABLISH AGENCY
FOR CARBO FENCE POSTS
From Tiiesrtav's Dallv.
Mr. S. C. Cyzio, representing the
Carbo Steel Fence company of Chi
cago, is in the city at the present
time and has taken up his headquar
ters at the Riley hotel, while here
looking after the interests of the com
pany he represents. The Carbo steel
fence is the best on the market at the
present time, and will be in great de
mand through this section of the coun
try in the near future. It is the in
tention of Mr. Cyzio to establish an
agency for his posts in Plattsmouth
before he leaves.
FORMER CASS COUNTY LADY
VISITING RELATIVES HERE
From Tuesday'c Oanv.
Mrs. Samuel Eccles, an old resident
of the vicinity of Mynard, and a sis
ter of Mrs. W. H. Venner, Mrs. Silas
Long and the Cole boys, of that lo
cality, is enjoying a brief visit in the
old home, coming up from Roswell,
New Mexico, to spend a short time
here with relatives and old friends
Mrs. Eccles was reared on the old
Shedrick Cole farm, southwest of this
city, and enjpys the visit here among
the friends of former years. She has
made her home in New Mexico for
several years past, and it was in that
state that Mr. Eccles passed away a
few years ago.
"KOHUTS COLTS" OF
OMAHA TO PLAY
RED SOX SUNDAY
From Tnedv'i Dally.
The Kohuts Colts of Omaha are
coming down on Sunday next to try
and carry off the big end of the gate
money from the Red Sox team of this
city, as Manager Johnson has secured
them for the attraction on this oc
casion. The Colts have a reputation
in the metropolis for being a fast ag
gregation of baseballists and their
visit here will be awaited with interest
by the fans, eager to see them mingle
with the Sox machine and get trim
med. For the Sox are in good form
and should be able to do business with
the frisky colts when they make their
appearance on the local lot. The boys
here have been very successful of late
in working on the league teams from
the metropolis and should, from all
dope, be able to get by with the
Kohuts without much i'-fliculty.
SMALL WRECK NEAR
THE BURLINGTON STATION
From Tuesday's De!!;
The derailment of a freight car in
the Burlington yard 3 near the pas
senger station last night occasioned
a great deal of work this morning on
the part of the employes . of the
freight car department, who were call
ed to get the car back on the tracks,
as well as on the trucks, from wKich
it had been torn in the mix-up. The
car, after leaving the track at one of
the switches, traveled quite a distance
before stopping and it required quite
a number of men to get the car in
shape where it could be taken into the
shops and be repaired. The derailment
occurred while the car was being
switched.
ARE BUILDING A FERRY
' BOAT AT - BELLEVUE
From Tuesday's Dally-
W. H. Miller, the boss carpenter of
this city, has been called to Bellevue,
where they have under construction a
large new ferry boat for use on the
river there, and Mr. Miller will have
charge of the work. It was. reported
that "Billy" was called there to aid
in the construction of a submarine
craft to be used by, the English navy,
but this report cannot be verified, al
though a number of the friends of the
energetic contractor and carpenter in
sist that it is a fact.
FINE CHERRIES FROM W. R.
BRYAN FARM, NEAR ASHLAND
From Tuesday's Dally.
This morning County Assessor W.
R. Bryan received from his farm,
near Ashland, a large basket of the
most lucious cherries that it would be
possible to find anywhere in the
country. The cherries were opened
up at the court house and for a few
minutes there was a tremendous as
sault made on the delicious fruit by
those who were present when the as
sessor examined the delicious red
bunches of goodness, and if the Bryan
family fails to enjoy a cherry pie they
can console themselves by thinking
how much good the cherries done the
court house force.
NOTED BOYS'
BAND TO BE
HERE MONDAY
Fort Smith Cadet Band to Give an
Entertainment at the Air Dome
Next Monday Evening.
From Wednesday' Dally.
The Fort Smith, Arkansas, Cadet
band, which appears at the Air Dome
on Monday, June 28th, is one of the
leading organizations of its kind in
the southwest, and the leader of the
band, Mr. Lundgren, has developed
their talents to a remarkable degree
that has brought them a world of
praise wherever they have appeared
on their tour en route to the Panama-
Pacific exposition at San Francisco.
The following from the Fort Smith
Southwest American gives the opinion
of the people of that community on
the band:
Not for many years has this city
given any home entertainers such an
ovation as was accorded the Fort
Smith Cadet band at the New theater
Wednesday night. It was the first
public appearance of the band this
spring. They were greeted by a
fashionable audience which literally
packed the city playhouse, from the
footlights to the doors, and to the
farthest seats in the upper gallery.
The splendid program of twenty
numbers was of a high class inter
preted with an artistic skill which
drew scores of expressions of surpris
ed delight from the best judges of
music in the audience and the more
than fifteen hundred people who were
packed into the theater were unanim
ous in the verdict that this city has
good reason to be proud of the boy
band who proposes to carry the fame
of Fort Smith to the Panama-Pacific
exposition this summer. A. L. Lund
gren, who recruited the fifty boys and
creater the Cadet band, was a happy
man at the close of the concert, when
showered with congratulations.
The concert was admirably balanced
in popular and classical numbers, in
terspersed with solos and duets which
were roundly applauded. Mrs. Lund
gren's parody on "It's a Long, Long
Way to Tipperary," upon the theme
of the boys' coming trip to Frisco,
brought rounds of applause and three
recalls. The concert numbers swung
from the light vein such as "Turkey
in the Straw," to such classics as
"Anvil Chorus," from "II Trovatore,"
and selections from "Lucia di Lam-
mermoore.
The solos won no end of favorable
response from the audience. They in
cluded cornet solo, "Love's Old Sweet
Song," by Ashton Lundgren, 9 years
old; clarinet solo, "A Dream," by
Harry Huey, premier boy clarinetist;
saxophone solo, "Silver Threads
Among the Gold," Barton Norriss;
euphonium solo, "Sweetest Story Ever
Told," Curtis Grober; and slide trom
bone solo, "Rocked in the Cradle of
the Deep," by James Floyd; Walter
Schrader and Thomas - Norriss won
applause by their cornet duet, "Lar
board Watch."
The concert closed with the band
playing "Dixie," while two lads stood
at either end of the footlights waving
Old Glory, whilet he audience fairly
lifted the roof with cheers and ap
plause. Prof. Lundgren and his boy
band, the Fort Smith Cadet band,
are to b congratulated for the rare
musical treat accorded the public
Wednesday night.
MRS. SILAS LONG AND DAUGH
TERS ARE VISITING HERE
From Tuesday's Dally.
Mrs. Silas Long of Vero, Florida, is
enjoying a short visit, together with
her daughters, Misses Stella and Fern,
with relatives in the vicinity of My
nard. Mrs. Long, who has been with
her husband in Florida during the
winter, came up to pack up their
household belongings at Lincoln and
have them shipped to their southern
home, where they will probably make
their permanent home, as they are
well plased with the land, as well as
the climate in Florida, and in their
new home have found much pleasure.
Mrs. Long and daughters will be here
a few days before they departed for
the south.
MRS. GEO. A. KAFFEN8ERGER
DOING NICELY AT HOSPITAL
From Wednesday's Dally.
Mrs. George A. KafTenberger, who
has been at St. Joseph's hospital in
Omaha for the past few weeks re
covering from the effects of an opera
tion, is reported as getting along
nicely and there is every prospect
that she will be able to return home
by Saturday if the rate of improve
ment continues as it has in the past
few days. This will be most pleasing
news to the many friends of this
worthy lady in this city and county,
who have been most anxiously await
ing favorable reports from her bed
side.
OTTO E. BULIN MAR
RIED TO MISS HAZEL
PLOEGER OF OMAHA
From Wednesday's Dally.
This morning at 11 o clock, at the
home of the parents of the bride, Mr.
and Mrs. William Ploeger, in Omaha,
occurred the marriage of Miss Hazel
Ploeger and Mr. Otto E. Bulin of this
city. After the ceremony was per
formed a luncheon was tendered to
the bridal party at the home, which
was most charmingly arranged. The
young people departed on No. 3 over
the Burlington for the Pacific coast,
where the grandparents of the bride,
Mr. and Mrs. John Sharp, reside, and
after a short visit there they will re
turn home to this city, where the
groom has a most charming home on
South Sixth street awaiting the com
ing of the new mistress of the home.
Both of the contracting parties
were reared in this city and each pos
sesses a very large circle of warm
friends, who will learn of their mar
riage with the greatest of pleasure
and tender to them their heartiest best
wishes for a long and happy married
life and one free from care and sor
rows. The groom is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. B. J. Bulin of this city and a
young man of the highest standing
and universally respected and esteem
ed by those who know him best. The
bride has for a number of years made
her home in Omaha, and in that city,
as well as here, in her childhood home,
possesses a great many friends. She
is a granddaughter of Mrs. Nicholas
Halmes of this city.
MRS. FRED HILD
IS NOW PAST THE
DANGER POINT
From Wednesday's Dally.
Advices received from Chicago,
where Mrs. Fred Hild of near Weep
ing Water is taking treatment at the
Pasteur institute, state that she is
getting along nicely and that her con
dition is showing improvement and it
is thought that all danger from infec
tion from the bite of the cat, which
had inflicted quite a wound in her
hand, has been passed by in safety.
The physicians at the institute are of
the opinion that the cat was affected
with the rabies to a greater or less ex
tent and that the case was taken just
in time before serious complications
set in. Mr. and Mrs. Hild and llenry
Wulff of near Avoca, who accom
panied them to Chicago, were given
a taste of the hardships attendant on
a strike, as they were in that city
when the strike of the street railway
men was started, and found no way of
getting around save in securing an
automobile, and there were in "great
demand, as the afforded the only
means of travel for the first two days
of the strike. Mrs. Hild is hopeful
of being able to return home in a
short time, entirely relieved of the
danger of the rabies.
RETURNS TO CALIFORNIA.
Mrs. T. J. White, who has been
here visiting with her sister, Mrs.
James Gruber, for the past two
months, departed last Sunday morn
ing for her home in Los Angeles, Cal.
John A. Libershal, wife and daugh
ter, Helen, were visitors in Omaha
this afternoon for a few hours.
STRENUOUS TIME
AT THE BURLING
TON SHOPS NOW
New Machinery Being Added and All
Hands as Busy as Been in
Turning Out Work.
The Burlington shops in this city
are enjoying a very strenuous tune
right now in the turning out of woik
on the foiling stock of the company
and in the making of the different
articles needed at other points on the
road in the work of handling the busi
ness of the Burlinrton.The shops are
in a very efficient condition right now
and the amount of work turned out
by the men employed there is really
surprising to one who is not familiar
with the figures of what is really done
in the shops here, and while this ii
the principal industry of the city
there are very few aware of the ex
cellent condition of the shops under
Superintendent Eaird, and the able
assistance of the foremen of the dif
ferent departments in getting out the
work.
The freight car department has the
argest number of men of any depart
ment at work, as there are now 135
employed, and it is desired to have
twenty or twenty-five more added to
the list of those working in this sec
tion of the shops, as the demand for
the freight cars is constantly grow
ing, and the work in getting the cars
repaired and out in service is being
pushed to the utmost.
One of the new improvements that
will be made in a few days at the
shops is the installing of the new
Blaisdell-Canday force draft for use
at the boiler house, and which it is
expected will give greater efficiency
to the boilers in supplying steam at a
great saving of fuel. The new draft
will make necessary the erection of a
large seventy-foot flue, while in front
of each furnace door, of which there
are three, will be built what is known
as "Dutch ovens," which will aid in
the conservation of the fuel by cut
ting out the waste of heat and force
it into the furnace beneath the boilers,
and thereby be a saving in fuel and
produce a greater amount of steam.
This new force draft, when it is placed
in position for use, will cost in th
neighborhood of $5,000 and be a very
valuable assistant toward increasing
the efficiency of the shops, and with
the new air compressor added a few
months ago will be the carrying out
of the efforts of Superintendent Baird
to bring the shops here up to a very
high plane in their ability to turn
out good, efficient work with rapidity
and dispatch and with as little ex
pense as possible to the company.
The boiler shop is where a large
Case touring car is being converted
from a common automobile into a fine
railroad motor car that is destined to
be used on the McCook division of
the railroad as soon as it is finished.
The car is fitted with steel flanged
wheels that will allow of its being
used on the tracks, and it is capable
of developing a very high rate of
speed. The machine has been over
hauled and several repairs made on
it where it had been damaged slightly
n an accident, and in a few days it
should be able to be tested out for
service on the road. The car will be
newly fitted out, and when the efficient
workmen at the shops here get
through with it there will be nothing
left undone to make it complete in
every way.
EDDIE M'GULLY HAS A
NEW EXPRESS WAGON
From Tuesday's Dany.
Eddie McCully, the driver for the
Adams Express company in this city,
has a fine new addition to his equip
ment in a neat and up-to-date wagon
to deliver the goods of the company,
and the wagon is at little beauty and
Ed feels quite proua of the vehicle, as
he well may. The wagon is painted
blick with red trimmins, and makes
a very handsome appearance.
G. P. Meisinger, jr., was in the city
today for a few hours looking after
Eome matters of business, as well as
visiting with relatives and friends.