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PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEK LT JOURNAL.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1913.
MAYOR RICHEY
GIVES HIS VIEWS
ON SITUATION
A New City Hall and Library Site as
Explained by the Mayor
of the City.
From Tuesday's Sally.
To the Editor of the Journal:
A noticed an article in your most
progressive daily paper in regard to
the proposed new city hall, and be
lieving that I have given more time
and thought than any average person
in trainer over the figures, as to the
relative cost of a new city hall and
location for same, to be built now, or
to have the library board go ahead
and snend the city money for a differ
ent site for the new library and th
city retain their present location for
city hall purposes, I have arrived at
the following facts from the most im
portant noint of view, which is
financial:
Money on hand in building
fund $ 500
Amount o be received from
sale of present city hall site
to library board:
Cash 2.000
Old lihrnrv site, estimated.... 1,00
Amount available under pres
ent levy for building new
city hall : 1,200
Total S ,300
Amount to be advanced as per
C. C. Parmele's proposition
to city $ 0,300
Amount to be paid t o C. C.
Parmele as rent for his in
terest in proprty 1.372
Total cost of new building
complete $13,872
In arriving at the expenditure of
S13.S72 I base my figures on a build
ing something similar to the new Cass
county jail building, which was built
under contract for less than $10,000,
and the site as proposed by Mr. Par
meie will cost the city ?2,500 and the
rent to be paid him 51,372, making a
total investment of $13,872.
Xow then, to most people who d
not stop and figure it all out in dollar
and cents, $13,872 looks like a big in
vestment, but when you have S5,200
to begin with, which we will have a
per above figures, by the sale of th
old site, and only have to contract for
$'3,300 to be paid in five years
means that the city only has to pay
$1,372 in rent to Mr. Parmele for th
use of his money, which he agrees
furnish to help complete the building
If you will now add your $0,300 and
? 1,372 you will get $7,672, which is the
total amount the city will have to in
vest, in addition to what they now
have, in order to get a new, modern
up-to-date combined city hall, city
jai!, police judge's office and central
fire house worth $13,872.
It is a commonly known fact that
the city is not satisfied with the pres
cnt building as a city hall and w
should not be satisfied with it because
it is not a credit to our prosperous
city. The result is that the city gov
ernment has created a sinking fun
for a new building to the extent of
mills per annum, which means $1,200
per year, and if you wait until that
fund grows large enough it will take
at least eight years to reach the $10,
000 mark, and then at that time you
have to dismantle the old building
completely and just as good as throw
it all away and use up your $10,000
in a new building. You have today
about $5,000 invested in the present
site, which will make a total invest
ment to the city, if it stays where it
is, of $15,000, as against $13,872 if
they sell their present site and rebuild
while they have the opportunity o
getting their original investment out
of their present location. So you can
figure that by building now you can
save the difference between $10,000
and $7,672, or $2,328, and have three
full city lots for a location, as against
a part of two city lots, which is al
the city has in its present property,
and it is very important that the city
have this additional space in order to
properly take care of their tools and
equipment.
I understand that a few of the li
brary board are disappointed because
they cannot retain the present library
site and dispose of it for the purpose
of equipping the new library with new
furniture and more books, and should
the city council see fit to grant them
this item, which amounts to $1,300,
the city would still bo ahead about
$828 on the new investment.
I trust that the citizens of Platts-
mouth will study this proposition, and
if there is anyone who can show me
where my figures are wrong and
where the proposed new investment
will cost the taxpayers more to build
now than to build eight years from
now, thereby being- a poor investment
for the city, I will be pleased to use
my influence to discourage the idea, of
the new city hall. Otherwise I hope
that the city council will not hesitate
in passing the ordinance for the sale
of the present city hall site to the li
brary board. Respectfully submitted,
E. J. Richcy.
BURLINGTON
LOSES ENGINE
IN. WYOMING
Drops Sixty-five Feet Into a
and Sank in a Quick
sand Bed.
Gulch
From "Wednesday's Daily.
The story of a narrowly averted
railway disaster in which the Burling
ton railroad lost a locomotive in a bed
of quicksand is told by the Guernsey
(Wyo.) Gazette, as follows:
. "The eastbound passenger train
narrowly missed a terrible wreck in a
washout near the Glen crossing. A
f ood had been reported and Engineer
Coulin, who was pulling the train, was
given orders to look out for a wash
out in the vicinity of Glencross, just
across the river from Glenrock. At a
point just five miles from that point
they found a small washout which
had been made passable by section
men. The train approached the
bridge at about twelve mile3 an hour
and just as they reached the fill at
the approach, both the fireman and
engineer saw where large portions of
the fill had been washed out and the
track started to sag under the en
gine. Engineer Coulin set the air at
once and the fireman jumped, as there
was nothing he could do. The en
gineer soon followed suit and they
made an attempt to uncouple the en
gine from the tender, but this failed,
as the tension was too strong. The
engine started to settle at 12:30 and
at 1 o'clock the rails broke and the
locomotive plunged into the water be
low, breaking the coupling between
the engine and tender. The bridge is
some eighty feet long and the track is
about sixty-five feet above the bed of
the gulch. Monday morning the loco
motive had disappeared in the quicH
sand with the expection of a portion
about the size of a bucket."
FINE NEW COFEE ROASTER
AT SQENNICHSEN'S STORE
From Wednesday's taiiy.
The big Daylight Store of H. M
boennichsen have added another splen
did feature to the equipment of th
store in a fine new coffee and peanut
roaster, which was placed in opera
tion this morning in the store, an
here the coffee sold by this enterpris
ing firm can be secured fresh roasted
and always in the best of condition
while fine fresh roasted peanuts can
be had at all times at the store. Th
roaster is of the celebrated Roya
make and is complete in every way,
being operated with electric motor, a
well as gas heat for the roaster. Thi
will be found an added attraction for
the store and in its position in the
large show window has attracted
much attention.
THE "BAiLEY CENTALS" TO
BE HERE ON NEXT SUNDAY
From Wei'netdavB railv.
The Bailey Dentals of Omaha wil
be here Sunday afternoon to take on
the Red Sox at the great national
sport of base ball, and if the local
are in their usual form it should b
some game, as the Dentals have re
cently defeated the Armours, the fast
Greater Omaha team, and feel that
they will be able to do things to the
Sox machinery that will break their
winning streak. The visitors have
given assurance that their part of the
game will be all to the good and that
they expect to carry off the long end
of the score, as well as the best part
cf the gate receipts, but this remains
to be seen, as the Sox are some on
the play themselves.
Special Examination.
There will be a special teachers' ex
animation at Plattsmouth Saturday,
August 21st, at which county subjects
only will be given. No Reading
Circle. Eda Marquardt,
County Superintendent.
For sale.
FOR SALE Horse, buggy and har
ness, or will sell horse separate if
desired. Inquire of Frank Koubek.
Gooch's Old Wheat Flour reduced
to $2.00 per sack. A. W. White.
8-13-6td
THE CAUSE OF
EDUCATION IN
CASSCOUNTY
The Tax Levy for School Purposes in
the Various District of the
County.
That the cause of education will re
ceive the proper amount of attention
in this county during the coming year
is shown by the levies made by the
different school districts and school
boards at their meetings, and which
will be used to support the schools of
the county. The levies in the different
districts will be as follows:
mills.
Second district, 20 mills.
Third district, 6 mills.
Fourth district, 6 mills.
Fifth district, 17 mills.
Sixth district, 10 mills.
Seventh district, 11 mills.
Eighth district, 15 mills.
Ninth district, 10 mills.
Tenth district, 11 mills.
Eleventh district, 16 mills.
Twelfth district, none.
Thirteenth district, 8 mills.
Fourteenth district, 7 mills.
Fifteenth district, 19 mills.
Sixteenth district, 11 mills.
Seventeenth district, Village
Union, 21 mills.
Eighteenth district, 16 mills.
Nineteenth district, 9 mills.
Twentieth district, Village
of
of
Avoca, 22 mills.
Twenty-first district, 11 mills.
Twenty-second district, Weepin
Water City, 30 mills.
Twenty-third district, 10 mills.
Twenty-fourth district, 8 mills.
Twenty-fifth district, 5 mills.
Twenty-sixth dstrict, 10 mills.
Twenty-seventh district, 8 mills.
Twenty-eighth district, 6 mills.
Twenty-ninth district, 4 mills.
Thirtieth district, 5 mills.
Thirty-first district, Village
Cedar Creek, 11 mills.
of
Thirty-second district. Village of
Louisville, 32 mills.
Thirty-third district, 8 mills.
Thirty-fourth district, 7 mills.
Thirty-fifth district. 6 mills.
Thirty-sixth district, Village
Greenwood, 35 mills.
Thirty-seventh district, 10 mills
Thirty-e'ghth district, 3 mills.
of
Thirty-ninth district, Village of Ne-
hawka, 24 mills.
Fortieth district, 9 mills.
Forty-first district, 8 mills.
Forty-third district, 7 mills.
Forty-fourth district, 4 mills.
Forty-fifth district, 13 mills.
P'orty-sixth district, 3 mills.
Forty-seventh district, 9 mills.
Forty-eighth district, 8 mills.
Firty-r.inth district, 13 mills.
Fiftieth district, 6 mills.
Fifty-first district, 9 mills.
Fifty-second district, 6 mills.
Fifty-third district, 9 mills.
Fifty-fourth district, 13 mills.
Fifty-fifth district, 7 mills.
Fifty-sixth district, Village
Murray, 32 mills.
Fifty-seventh district, Village
South Bend, 21 mills.
Fifty-eighth district, 8 mills.
Fifty-ninth district, 7 mills.
Sixtieth district, none.
Sixty-first district, 13 mills.
Sixty-second district, 6 mills.
Sixty-third district, 4 mills.
Sixty-fourth district, 11 mills.
Sixty-fifth district, 12 mills.
Sixty-Fixth district, 11 mills.
Sixty-seventh district, 6 mills.
of
of
Sixty-eighth and sixty-ninth
tricts, none, as they have been
dis-
con
solidated with other districts.
Seventieth district, 6 mills.
Seventy-first district, 9 mills.
Seventy-second district, 8 mills.
Seventy-third district, 7 mills.
Seventy-fourth district, 7 mills.
Seventy-fifth district, 19 mills.
Seventy-sixth district, 14 mills.
Seventy-seventh district, 14 mills
Seventy-eighth district, 6 mills.
Seventy-ninth district, 4 mills.
Eightieth district, none.
Eighty-first district, 20 mills.
Eighty-second district, 9 mills.
Eighty-third district. 16 mills.
Eighty-fourth district, 9 mills.
Eighty-fifth district, Village
of
Murdock, 11 mills.
Eighty-sixth district, none.
Eighty-seventh district, 16 mills
Eighty-eighth district, 6 mills.
Eighty-ninth district, 7 milj3.
Ninetieth district, 11 mills.
Ninety-first district, 7 mills.
Ninety-second district, 10 mills.
Ninety-third district, 11 mills.
Ninety-fourth district, 23 mills.
Ninety-fifth district, Village
of
Elmwcod, 30 mills.
Ninety-sixth district, Village
of
Manley, 9 mills.
Ninety-seventh district, 10 mills
Ninety-eighth district, Village
of
Wabash, 17 mills.
Ninety-ninth district, Village
of
Eagle, 11 mills.
One hundredth district, Village
of
Alvo, 32 mills.
One hundredth and one district, 9
mills.
In addition to the above, the
amount levied on the different school
bonds in the county is as follows:
District No. 17, 10 mills.
District No. 36, 7 mills.
District No. 56, 7 mills.
District No. 95, 10 mills.
MYSTERY AS TO HOW
ALBERT TIMMIS' HORSE
BLANKET DISAPPEARED
kr-rom Tuesday's Dally
Saturday night while Albert Tim
mis was down town looking aftsr the
delivery of milk to hi-: customers he
was so unfortunate as to I've a horse
blanket, and not beinr ablo to find
the same reported it to Acting Chif
Jones, who at once .sla-iel out to lo
cate the missing artick, if possible.
Me later discovered the whereabouts
of the blanket and requested th3 gen
tleman who had found it, as he claim
ed, to bring it in, and thii was done
accordingly. Mr. Jonei then notified
Mr. Timmis and this morning he came
in and secure his blanko. Just how
the blanket disappeared from the
wagon oi Mr. nmmis remains a
mystery, as the party having the
blanket claims he found himself sleep
ing on it Sunday and thas as far as
he knows someone had prepared the
couch for him. as he was not in the
best of shape, and not knowing any
thing of the owner of the blanket was
unable to return it until Orlic3i Jones
requested him to bring it dvn to the
jail.
MRS. JULIUS HALL TO AT
TEND WEDDING OF HER SDN
From Tuesday' On 11 v.
Mrs. Julius Hall departed this af
ternoon for Falls City, Neb., where
she goes to be present at the wedding
of her son, George M. Hall, in that
city tomorrow afternoon at 5 o'clock,
when Mr. Hall and Mis3 Hoffack will
be united at the home of the bride's
parents in that city. Mr. and Mrs.
Hall will leave tomorrow evening for
a honeymoon trip to Salt Lake, and
on their return will at once start
housekeeping at their home in Falls
City. The many friends in this city
will be pleased to learn of the good
fortune of George and extend to him
and his helpmate their most sincere
wishes for a long and happy married
life.
. UNCLAIMED LETTER LIST.
From Tuesday's Ttallv. "
Following is the list of letters re
maining uncalled for at the postoffice
at Plattsmouth at the close of busi
ness August 16, 1915:
Mr. James Bajeck.
Miss Edward Dobey.
Mr. W. S. Fisher.
Mr. Selna Kost.
Mrs. Guy Henderson.
Mr. G. O. Martin
Oscar Nelson.
Postal Cards
John Gardner.
P. A. Holmes.
Mr. Martin O 'Conner.
Mr. Walter Schwartz.
Above mail that is not called for
will be sent to the dead letter office
at Washington on August 30, 1915.
MR. AND MRS. CHARLES LONG
RETURN FOM SAN FRANCISCO
From Wednesdav'ii Dallr.
Yesterday afternoon Charles Long
nd wife, former residents of this
county, arrived in thi3 ci'y from a trip
to the San Francisco xoosition anian overflow of the sewer, but the wa
stoDDcd here for a short visit with
their old friends in thi.j section, and
this morning Mr. Long departed for
Hamburg, Iowa, near where he is lo
cated on a farm. ' Both Mr. and Mrs.
Long have enjoyed to the utmost their
visit to the coast country, and return
feeling much refreshed from their
vacation.
Mimeograph copies made of cir
cular letters of invitations. Rates
reasonable. See Gertrude L. Morgan.
8-19-2td-ltw
CASTOR I A
For Infants and Children
In Use For Over 30 Years
Always bears
the
Signature of
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News
There is one thing which the war in Europe has done that is
not fancied or imaginary and that is, it has caused a serious
scarcity of reliable dye stulF. The result is that a great many
fabric mills have been obliged to shut down or else substitute
an inferior dye, which will fade as soon as sun or water strike
it. We have been keeping a close tab on this situation and
have doubled our buying on lines effected. For instance blue
NEW
TIES
EVERY
WEEK
serges. a good
ket right now.
all sizes and styles lor men and bovs. JakH jin-nhi Vv I arriving
blue overalls
have them in abundance now, but we can't get more of them
when our present orders are filled, and we haven't raised the
price either the very best overalls SI. Take shirting and
hosiery we have purchased unusual quantities in order to
protect our trade and give them the same reliable merchan
dise we always have given for the past 35 years. Our 'expert
knowledge in these matters is at your disposal and if you want
to play sae as regards to colors come to Everybody's Store.
SATURDAY AUG. 21 we. give a uit of
3 ' Bring samples to our
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VERY. HEAVY I
'2
THIS SECT
But Considering Results in Other Sec
tions, We Consider That Platts
mouth Got Off Easy.
From Wednesday's Dally.
The Kpavv rainstorm that swent
nvpr this sprtinn vesterilav jind last
night has been one of the heaviest of
the summer and has caused a grtac
deal of damage throughout this sec
tion of Nebraska and Iowa. In tie
vicinity of Fremont the heavy rr.in
has caused a sudden rise in the Elk
horn river and yesterday afternoon
water stood to the depth of two foc-fc
in the railroad yards and had attain
ed a height of eighteen inches on the.
principal street, causing a flooding
of basements and cellars. At Ne
braska City an hours rain brought
downfall of 1.5 inch, and the creeks
are bank full.
Across the river north of Facific
Junction the storm has done a great
deal of damage to the tracks of the
Burlington on the line from Council
Bluffs to the Junction, and all trains
were detoured through this city from
5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and
from reports from the scene of the
trouble it will be some time before the
damage can be repaired, as there is a
large section of track rendered unsafe
by the high water. Pony creek, which
runs about two miles north of Pacific
Junction, overflowed and spread out
over the bottoms for miles and assist
ed in the washing out of the tracks
and the undermining of the road
bed of the railroad company. North
of this point the Missouri river has
been busy again and threatens the rip
rap which has protected the tracks of
the railroad company, and in places
the river is close to the K. C. line.
In Viie flr thn efnrm rearhed thf
All I, I 1 J - fc VW - -
aspects Ol ct Mllrtll lluuuvuioi v niin-o
and over two inches of rain was regis
tered yesterday afternoon during the
ot, i i : .1
rain, mere nas Deen no senuus uum-
age reported from the storm, however
beyond washing considerable- on the
hills and making the streets in very
bad shape
It was feared for a time that the
Burlington shops might be visited by
ter was carried off in fine shape and
not a particle of damage was done to
the company's property, as the
facilities for carrvincr off the water
have been improved very much in the
last two years by Mr. Baird, and al
though twelve inches of water was
carried by the shop water outlets it
passed through the yards without do
ing damage beyond a -few cinders be-
ng washed away. Thi3 is a matter in
which we can all feel very thankful,
as in the past there has been serious
results from the overflow here, but
with the improved method of handling
the surface water it was carried away
with ease.
Richard Sandbloom, Clarence Busche
and Fritz Fornoff came in this morn
ing from their home near Cedar Creek
to look after some matters oi dusi-
ness with the merchants.
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from the
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LOOKOUT FOR CHEAP
reliable blue serge is hard to
VV e have blue serges tiie guaranteed kind, in g good?.
the soft liirht blue that is
Wescott's Sons
Everybody's Store
WEDDING OF GEORGE
M. HALL AND MISS
NELLIE KOSSQGK
The Falls City Journal of yester
day gives the following account of the
marriage of George M. Hall, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Julius M. Hall, of this
city, which occurred at Falls City
yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock:
The wedding of Miss Nellie Hos
sack, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Hossack, to George Hall, took place
st 3 o'clock on Wednesday, August
118, ir15,'at the home of the bride's
! l,aj
nts. The ceremony was perform
ed by Rev. Dan C. Troxel, pastor of
the Christian church, before a few
intimate friends and members of the
immediate families of the contracting
parties.
The bride, a pretty and attractive
blonde, wore a handsome traveling
suit of blue poplin with a small black
fall hat. She is an accomplished
young lady of many good traits of
character and was very popular
among her circle of friends in the
church and social world. She has been
with the Southeast Nebraska Tele
phone company, serving as chief
operator for the distant lines, where
she was considered as a most valuable
servant.
The groom came here from
Plattsmouth with the opening of the
Missouri Pacific division about six
years ago and served his apprentice
ship as blacksmith until he now holds
the seniority over the blacksmiths in
the shops. He was born and raised in
Plattsmouth, where he is known as a
young man of splendid Christian
character and has made many fast
fiiends since coming to make his home
in this city, who extend congratula
tions upon the happy couple for a long
and prosperous voyage upon the life's
sea.
Mr. and Mrs. Hall left on the Mis
souri Pacific at 5:35 this evening en
route to Salt Lake, where they will
spend a three weeks honeymoon trip
sightseeing in the northwest. They
will return home via Plattsmouth and
j ,
The groom has a home furnished at
805 Wilson street, where they will ba
at home to their friends after Sep
tember 15th.
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bTtbinWlt.!
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Philip SJtiamlL
Gloves
Car hart
Overalls
Front!
Maai''HMM'MaMMaV"BiiM
DIES
find in the mar- NEW
so iinnuhir. W I daily
cIolhes free fr the best wheat.
store by neon, August 21st.
Mrs. Julius Hall of Plattsmouth,
mother of the groom; Mr. and Mr:;.
Sloane of Verdon, Mr. and Mrs.
Quimby Hossack of Omaha, relatives
of the bride, were present for the
wedding.
C. E. Wescott and son, C. C. Wes
cott, departed this afternoon on their
extended trip to the Canadian north
west, where they will enjoy a few
weeks' outing. They were accom
panied to Omaha by the members of
the families.
Mrs.
P. Horn and children de
parted this afternoon for Omah:i,
where they will visit for a few days at
the home of Mr. and Mis. Thomas
Sullivan.
Misses Mable and Janet Grnssman.
who have been visiting with relatives
here, departed this afternoon for
their home at Alliance.
P. E. Tiitsch was arnorg those go
ing to Omaha this morning to spend
a few hours looking after some mat
ters of business, being a passenger on
the early Burlington train.
Walter Connors departed this morn
ing on the early Burlington train for
Glenwood, where he will play with the
Glenwood base ball team in the Tabor
tournament, acting as pitcher.
Mrs. Mate Bornff of Macadonia,
Iowa,, who has been here visiting at
the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
A. W. Smith, departed this morning
for Bradshaw, Neb., to visit with a
faster there. She was accompanied by
her little niece.
Fritz Siemoneit was in the city yes
terday afternoon for a few hours look
ing after some trading with the mer
chants and visiting with his friends.
He reports a heavy rain northwest of
this city. !
Dance at Sokol Hall.
The T. .1. Sokol society will give a
social dance at their hall on West
Pearl street on Saturday evening.
August 21st. Everybody invited to
come out and have a good time. Music
by Holly orchestra.-
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