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PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1917.
No. 190.
i BEP-
RESENTATiyES
Commercial Club Serve Lunch to Sev.
t-ral I'tojiU Who Coe Here tu
J.jmI. Ov-r Shops, Y.ic.
Frr-m Tut
s r:.
Thi nouii ti:0 t-rlicor:: an 1 (lit octor
of ihe Commercial club entertained at
i-.:n'-hc(.M at the II .u-I Riley a number
o the Burlington officials, who were
h'.-Tc to !(k iiftcr the company affairs
at the '-hops. Covers were laid fcr
t went y. inelud-'ng the dhectors of the
TV.
e iun
nn v.a: presided over
l.y President William A. Robertson of
the Commercial club, who intro 1 : . j
the (IlfTi-rr.t raiiioad eiicials for a
few i -('marks. Mr. Fran!: T. Parrow,
of the engineering department, spoke
f.f the pleasure that be felt at meeting
i u!J friends while here, and of the
warm feeling- th:;t had existed be
tween the city and the officials of the
ccmpary. Mr. Sexton of the real es
tate department of the Burl inert on at
Lincoln, told of hi? visits to Platts
mouth in the years pone bv, when he
was connected with the real estate de
partment of the railroad, and that in
the years that hud parsed the city of
Plattsmouth l.a1. become very closely
interested in the thin.es that benefit
1 oth. and that it was always a pleas
ure to be in the city, where such cor
dial treatment was receive!. Judge
Jesse I.. Root, solicitor of the Bur
lington, of Omaha, was introduced an;
received a warm welcome from his
ckl friends. He stated that the rail
road certainly would not pa-s Platts
mouth by in the improvements of th:
year that have been planned, and
would see that the city was treated as
well as it was possible in the way cf
improvements. The general atmos
phere of the gathering was one cf
pleasure at the opportunity of meet
ing with th? railroad representatives
and showed the cordial feeling of the
people of Plattsmouth for the great
railroad system in which they are so
much interested.
C, A, RAWLS
REFUSSES 10 RON
REAVftP
run i
Fr"m Tneslr;y. Pni'y.
The republican city committee has
b en informed that Aito-r.ey C. A.
Rawls, who was schctcd a? the candi
date for mayor on that ticket at the
city convention en Saturday eve
rt In r. declines the honor of the nom
ination, and make-j it necessary to se
lect someone eke for the position. Mr.
Ilav.Is has a very extensive law prac
tice that requires his whole time, and
he feci? that he car.net sacrifice the
interests of his clients in looking after
the many things that are constantly
being broueht to the attention of the
mayor of the eity. It is quite probable
that there wih be a nuirfber of other
withdrawals on the different tickets
before the time of election, as a num
ber of those drafted for service are
not enthusiastic over the prospect of
making the race and rac: ificing their
time. So far there has Le?n no action
taken by the republican committee to
fill the vacancy occasioned by the with
drawal of ZM r. Rawls.
In this connection w'uh the candi
dates for the city offices, it may be
stated that in the Third ward the re
publican convention selected James W.
Hoimes v.-z their can-iidute for the
council instead of Ed Weaver, as was
stated in the Journal last evening, and
who will be the opponent of John
Vondron for the councilmanic honors
ROADS GETTING BETTER.
From Tuesday's Tailv.
Persons arriving in the city from
the country districts report that the
roads are getting in very fair shape
considering the wet weather that pre
vailed last week, and that a few days
of good weather would enable the
roads to be put in first class shape
generally. The past winter has given
some good roads, that have been
boon" to the auto owner, and up to the
past week have been so that they could
be traveled with case bv automobile.
MDi IMP"!
01
CtiTEBTnifc
HARD TIME WITH CATTLE.
From Tnpsrtav's raily.
A few days ago Luther Hall, the
stock raiser of near Union, purchased
two cars of cattle at Sidney, Iowa,
and arranged to have them shipped
to South Omaha and thence to his
home at Union. The cattle reached
South Omaha all right but about this
time the rumors of the impending
railroad strike came on and the Mis
souri Pacific refused to accept the
cattle for shipment to Union. It was
finally arranged that the Burlington
bring them to Plattsmouth where they
were unloaded and Saturday Mr.
Hall and son drove them to Union to
bo placed on the Hall farm for feed
in :.
A MAP SHOWING '
THE POST ROADS
OF THE COUNTY
Frrm Tuesday's I":-ily.
The county cletk's office has just
completed a map showing the different
post roads of the county, which is to
be placed at the disposal of the state
engineer's office for use in preparing
estimates to cover the plans for the
use cf the state and federal aid road
lav that is soon to be placed in opera
tion. The federal aid law is to take
in the question of area, population and
the number of miles of post roads in
each county of the state. There is on
the estimate made by the county clerk,
"00 miles in round numbers of post
reads in the county, and which covers
in a very thorough manner the differ
ent sections of the county from one
end to the other. The blue print will
be rent to State Engineer Johnson for
use in making the plans for the hand
ling of the funds that will be at the
disposal of the state for good roads
work. The movement for good roads
ertainly should reach Cass county as
here are very few in the state that
have a more complete system of good
roads, and the population, in the
neighborhood of 24,000, should war-
ant this county receiving a liberal ap
propriation from the good roads fund
f the government and the state.
m. F. PALMER,
PIONEER MERCHANT,
DIES AT LOUISVILLE
Yesterday, at his home in Louisville,
Emi! F. Palmer, pioneer merchant of
Cass county, passed away at the age
of C2 years, as the lesult of heart fail
ure, following a prolonged attack of
the grippe. Mr. Palmer during his
esider.ee in the county had been a
rcminent f.gure in public affairs and
n the 'business life cf the community
n which he made his home. Mr. Pal
mer had been engaged in the general
merchandise business in Louisville for
many years and was among the best
cnov.-n residents of that community,
vhcre he was held in the highest es
teem by those with whom he came in
touch. Mr. Palmer had served as
mayor of Louisville for several terms,
and also on the board of education,
md his best efforts had been toward
the uplift of the community in which
e made his home. He was a very
strong republican in politics and took
a keen interest in the affairs of the
party in the state, but had never held
fnce aside from those in his own
home town. Mr. Palmer is survived
by two sons, Harry O. and Arthur L.
Palmer, both of whom are engaged in
the practice cf law in Omaha. The
funeral will be held at Louisville and
will be private.
MUCH-WIDE SEARCH FOR
RELATIVES END IN BLUFFS
Council Bluffs, la., March 21.
After a seai-ch for missing mem
bers of the family dating since the
civil war, Mrs. Alice Townsend and
City Detective Frank Lee, both of
Council Bluffs, have discovered that
they are first cousins and have been
iivirg in the same town for the past
twelve years.
Attorney C. E. Tefft of Weeping
v"aicr was in the city for a few hoars
todny.
COUNTY ATTOR
NEYS GET A
SLIGHT RAISE
Some in Smaller Counties Benefitted
Under Bill Agreed 'to County
Judge Term the Same.
Lincoln, Neb., March 19. The house
spent considerable time today on a bill
to raise the pay of county attorneys,
sending it to third reading, amended
beyond recognition. Very few county
attorneys will be benefited. Those
who will be are as follows:
In counties of from f,000 to 12,000,
pay raised from $800 to $900; coun
ties of from 12,000 to 1G,000, from
$850 to $1,000; counties of 1G,000 to
18,000, raised from $1,100 to $1,200.
The house declined to approve a
proposed constitutional amendment
lengthening the term of county
judges from two years to four years,
although it had previously passed a
ill giving other county officers, by
statute only, a quadrennial tenure.
Messrs. Radke, Peterson and Flans
burg tried vainly to have it raised
over the adverse report of a standing
committee.
Change in Mileage.
Because the legislature of 1915 in
creased the mileage allowance of sher
iffs from 5 cents to 10 cents, the house
voted to do the same for county su
perintendents when they travel
around visiting rural and village
schools. The bill was sent to third
reading.
A bill requiring the owners of gar
ages and repair shops to keep a record
of automobile numbers and owners,
which was said to have the backing of
the state sheriffs' association and
automobile clubs, received the O. K.
tamp of the whole committee. It car
ries a maximum penrdty of two years
in the penitentiary or $500 fine, or
both, for violations. The purpose is
to aid in detecting thefts of automo
biles. State-Owned Elevators.
Nobody had a word to say, one way
or the other, on the McAllister bill
for a constitutional amendment per
mitting the state to establish and op
erate terminal grain elevators, and it
was advanced to third reading.
Cities of 1,000 to 5,000 population
are authorized to create sewer dis
tricts and make the improvements at
the cost of property benefited, under
the terms of H. R. No. 358, which was
placed on the third reading calendar.
CANDIDATES FOR
CITY OFFICES
GOES BEGGING
From Tuesday's raily.
The candidates for office in the city
election in a number of the offices do
not seem to be very desirous of mak
ing the race for the positions which
they have had thrust upon them, and
cannot really be blamed for this when
it is considered that the city offices
are only for one year, and makes it
most annoying for the person making
the race to have to get out and make
a campaign for an office which pays a
very small salary and is filled with all
kinds of petty annoyances. The fact
of the matter is that a city of this
size certainly should be given some
relief in extending terms of the city
officers to two years, as it was former
ly to give those who are elected an
opportunity of getting something ac
complished before they are forced to
face another election. Those who
serve in the city offices do so without
practically any salary, and are handi
capped by the fact that when they are
getting familiar with the workings of
the office they are thrown into another
campaign to be returned. If the state
legislature was desirous of passing any
law that was badly needed, it would
be one to place this city in another
class. It would save the people
great deal of expense each year in
holding the elections and give the city
officials a much better opportunity to
accomplish something.
Dietrich Koester of near Weeping
Water and Henry Wohlen of Avoca
came in this afternoon to look after
a few matters of importance in the
ccunty court.
SUFFERING FROM BLOOD POISON
From Tuesday's Bailv.
This afternoon Dr. P. J. Flynn
and wife departed for Omaha where
Mrs. Flynn is to take treatment in
that city for a case of blood poison
from which, she has been suffering for
a short time. The many friends of
Mrs. Flynn trust that she may soon
recover from the affliction and be re
stored to her usual good health.
BRIDGE CONTRACT
LET TO THE MON
ARCH ENGINEERING GO,
From "Wednesday's iJaily.
The board of county commission
ers at their meeting yesterday took up
the matter of the application of Ed
ward Kelly, of Manley, for a license
to operate a pool hall in that village
on a petition offered by some thirty
two of the free holders and it was
voted by the commissioners that the
ieense be granted as the sentiment of
the residents of the village was
greatly in favor of the proposi
tion as Mr. Kelly has operated a very
desirable pool and billiard hall.
The county commissioners also took
up the opening of the bids for the
bridge work of the county for the
ensuing year and on checking over
the bids it was found that the Mon
arch engineering company of Falls
City, the present contractors, were
the lewo't bidders and according were
awarded the contract for the bridge
work. The commissioners are making
the bridges of the county permanent
as each new bridge is put up, and
this is found to be much more satis
factory than that of the old wooden
structures that has in years past
caused the county a great deal of
money for their upkeep.
The Monarch company has done
very satisfactory work since they se
cured the contract nd have delivered
the goods in the way of bridge work.
ENTERTAINS PLATTSMOUTH
COLONY AT LOS ANGELES
From Tuesdav's Daily.
The Plattsmouth colony at Los An
geles, Cal., held a very pleasant social
gathering last week at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Elson, when
Mrs. Elson entertained a number of
friends in honor of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Ryan and Miss Fanny Mc-
Dougal of Nebraska City. After a
pleasant evening light refreshments
were served and pleasant memories of
olden times served to entertain the
guests most delightfully. The mem
bers of the party were unanimous in
voting the occasion a most delightful
one. The guests present were: Mr.
and Mrs. C. E. Wescott, Mr. and Mrs.
Asher Clark and daughter, Miss Lo-
retta; Mr. and Mrs. A. Quinn, Mrs. J.
R. Cox and daughter, Miss Helen; Mr.
and Mrs. Benton Brown, Mr. and Mrs.
Morgan Waybright, Mr. and Mrs.
Harvey Holloway and Mr. C. W. Sher
man. GUILTY OF A STATU
TORY CRIME YEARS
AGO, NEVER PUNISHED
The county authorities have quite
a problem on their hands in dealing
with a party residing in the vicinity
of Louisville, and whose actions have
been brought to their attention, but
just what course will be taken with
him has not been fully determined up
on. It seems that several years ago
the party resided across the river
from Louisville in Sarpy county, and
while living there it is alleged was
guilty of a statuatory crime upon one
of his family but his has been so long
ago that the statute of limitations has
placed him beyond the reach of the
Sarpy county authorities, while since
that time he has removed to Cass
county. The wife of the man has
not lived with him for several years
but two daughter remain at the home
and it is to have them placed else
where that the authorities are think
ing of taking steps in the case. The
matter has attracted more or less at
tention in Louisville and the surrond
ing territory where the principals in
the case have made their home for a
great many years.
PIONEER LADY
way
Bu I i i
Mrs. Julia Thomas, Consort of the
Late James W. Thomas, Passed
Away Dtrring Last Nipht.
It was a great shock to the commu
nity this morning to learn that Mrs.
Julia E. Tlicmas had passed away dur
ing the night at her borne on Pearl
street. This morning when the daugh
ter, Miss Alneita Thomas, entered the
room where her mother war. sleeping
she found that the Master had called
her home to rest, and it came as r.
great shock to the family to learn that
the belcved mother had been taken
from them. Mrs. Thomas had been
sick only a few days with the grippe
and had apparently been improving
yesterday, and it w:i-v not thought that
her condi Lion was, serious.
Mrs. Thomas was one of the pio
neers of this community, coming heie
in 1857, when a child of 7 years, and
had since made her home here, endear
ing herself to all who knew her by
her kindly ways and gentle treatment
of her friends.
Julia E. Child was born November
10, 1850, at Walnut Hills, Ohio, and
when a child came to Nebraska with
her parents, Judge and Mrs. A. L.
Child, and located on a farm near
Cedar Creek, where they resided for a
number of years, later removing to
Plattsmouth, where they made their
home for several years in the home
place on Wintersteen hill. She was
married in June, 1879. at Plattsmouth,
to Mr. James W. Thomas, and the
family have since made their home in
this city. Mrs. Thomas had for years
been a member of the Woman's Re
lief Corps and a very able worker in
the society and one who will be great
ly missed. She leaves to mourn her
death five d?.ughters,Mrs. Jaccb Hoff
mann, Julesburg, Colo.; Mrs. William
Seay, Mrs. T. J. Will, Miss Alberta
Thomas, Plattsmouth, and Miss Daisy
Thomas of Lincoln. One brother, H.
P. Child of Kansas City, and one sis
ter, Mrs. Laura E. Simmons of Law
ton, Okla., are also left to mourn her
death.
The funeral services will be held at
the Methodist church on Thursday aft
ernoon at 2:30, and will be conducted
by Rev. T. A. Truscott, pastor of the
church.
JOHN MEISIN6
CELEBRATES SEVENTY-FOURTH
BIRTHDAY
The country home of Mr. and Mrs.
John Meisinger, Sr., near Cedar
Creek was the scene of a most pleas
ing gathering on Friday, March lf.th,
when the children and a large num
ber of friends gathered at the home
to assist the father in the observance
cf his seventv-fourth birthday anni-
vertary. The time was spent very
delightfully in visiting and having a
real social time such as can only be
enjoved beneath the hospital Meisin
ger roof and the home rang with
merriment for several hours as the
members of the party enjoyed them
selves to the utmost. The children
of Mr. Meisinger as a rememberance
of the occasion presented him with a
beautiful Morris chair that will be
enjoyed to the utmost by the father
as a token of the love and affection
of his children. The members of the
party had come with well filled
baskets of good things to eat and
these were at a suitable hour opened
and a feast prepared that everyone
did ample justice too and which prov
ed a most delightful feature of the
happy occasion. It was a late hour
when the members of the party re
turned home wishing Mr. Meisinger
many more years of happiness. Those
in attendance were: Messrs and Mes
dames John Meisinger, Dave Jardine,
Philip Schafer, Anton Meisinger,
John Gauer, Frank Salsburg, John
Busche, Mrs. Mary Schafer, Louis
Meisinger, Jr., Philip Fornoff, Elmer
and Albert Schafer, Earl and Leroy
Meisinger, WTillie and Raymond Jar
dine, Floyd Gauer, Misses Freda,
Florence Gauer, Myrtle, Pearl and
Lena Jardine, Helen Meisinger.
Wanted Girls at the Plattsmouth
'Steam Laundry. Apply at once.
PASSES A
SEVERAL GALLONS OF OIL
A
olUL
Harry Wilcov, who resides on Wash
ington avenue, is mourning the loss
of several gallons of coal oil which
he hr.d si .red in a snail :;he.l a short
dist i-ncf; from the residence. Mr.
Wilcox lias had the oil for some time
ana not needing it for any use did
not pay any particular attention to
the oil until yesterday when Mrs.
Wilcox went to the shed to secure
son-:.' of the oil and found it missing.
The person taking it must have been
very smooth as the door was kept
locked the greater part of the time
and :t is seldom that all of the family
are away from home. However Mr.
' ;Ieov states that be will have a new
sapid of oil in a few d-ys and if the
1 arty taking the first two gallons
rur.; out they should call again.
ME FOR 010
PEOPLE OF THE
K.ANDL.S,
A Committee From Local Lodge Visit
With Nation Ledge Officers at
Omaha in Regard to Location
Tl committee' from the local lodg.?
of the Knichts and Ladies of Secur
ity were in Omaha List evening to at
tend the me.-tinir ol the lodge in that
city and to meet the national officers
the order, James W. Kirkpatrick
nar.,N.:u pre.-'.cer.t; jr.nn . .-:jra-h.-.ms,
national secretary and Harvev
Sontrer, national trustee and W.
Binv, national treasurer, who are
on a tour of the country looking over
the different lodges of the order. The
national oficers are taking up the
proposition of the location of the pro
posed old people's and orphan's home I
and hospital and investigating con
ditions in different portions of the
country where the home may possibly
be located. The committee from this
city impressed upon the officers of the
national council the advantages of
this city for an institution of this
kind with the general healthful con
dition of this city together with its
railroad and other transportation ad
v.'rit.uv:; that would make it very
convenient to estaolish a home here
that would be of easy access from all
portions of the country. The city of
(im"1i i is also a contender for consid
eration as a place of location for the
proposed institution and the mem -
bers of the national council were
shown over different part of the city
bj- a delegation from the Commercial
club of that city.
The head officers while not express
ing any opinion as to the most like
ly point for the establishment of the
home gave the impression that it
would be more to their preference to
have the Home located in a smaller
town where it would be possible to
have a considerable tract of land for
use in agricultural purposes and that
would not entail the cost that a lo-
cation nearer to a larger city mignx,
but thus far the plans of the officers
are indennite ooth as to the location
n we-1 as to the cost of the institution
jut it is estimated that the cost of
establishing the home will range from
sSOOWO to $1,000,000.
The local lodge will continue their ;
work in boosting for the home and it j imu uorremeter, in oeger, j.iui
is hoped to have more definite facts ! Mene'enhall, Ed Earnest, J. A. Cap
in a short time in regard to the I well.
needs of the home and the assistance, I
any, that will be asked by the national
council. In the effort to secure tne
home the local lodge should have the
hearty co-operation of every person
in the city to boost for the proposi-
tion. ne subject will be taken up
later by the committee of the Com-
mercial cluo of the city to assist the
'odge in their work
MRS. FLYNN IMPROVING
The many friends of Mrs. P. J.
Flynn will be pleased to learn that
she is progressing very nicely from
her attack of bloood poisoning and it
J seems as if the malady had been
checked. It will be sometime before
she fully regains the use of her arm
but the affliction hss yielded to the
tpeatment and promises complete re
covery for the patient.
SGHOOL FIGHT
AT ELffiOOO
AND VICINITY
The Scho.iI Board Wants the Acquisi
tion of More Territory, While
Pen pie in Outside Districts
Object
This morning County Superin
tendent Miss Eda Marrjuardt, County
Commissioners Snoke, Heebner and
Pitz, and County Clerk Frank Liber
shall took up the matter of the in
creasing: of school district No. i.,
composing the village of Elmwood.
This petition was filed with the county
board on Mirch loth, stating that the
Elmwood school was one maintain
ing ten grades and with a territory
embracing but three sections of land
and asked that the board of com
missioners and the county superin
tendent make the changes necessary
to give the district six sections of
land as provided for under the pres
ent laws covering that subject.
The petitio" of the Elmwood board
cf education however has hard sled
ding in the h i.rir.g as the petition
was opposed b ' a large delegation
from the territory .surrounding the
town of Ehr.wcod and districts No.
o.'l, 24, r!, fil and 101, in the neigh
bor hood that would be affected by
the change in the districts hid rep
resentatives present at the meeting
to protest in a vigotous manner
against ;.nd change in pre.-ent boun
dries of the district that would take
off from the adjacent school d:tricts
any of their land. -:e oojectors to
the petition were represented ty At
torney Frank Tyrell of Lincoln, who
presenting their side of the case
stated that the Elmwood .-cboo! board
had not given any reason why the
change should be made or the neces
sity for the same and also that thtio
was not a single resident of any of
the adjoining districts that cared U
be placed in the Elmwood district.
He offered to introduce the witnesses
present from the protesting school
districts to show that it would woik
a hardship on the residents f the
other schol districts to have the
change in the territory made.
George Oehelreking, a member of ire
school board in district "1 testified
that it would injure the district in
which be resided and niiike it hard
to maintain the proper school in th
district and also that his district was
free of all bonded debt while that of
Elmwood was not it would
be unjust for the residents of his
j district
There was none of the members of
the Elmwood school board present to
appear and give their side to the
commissioners.
The interests of the Elmwood school
board was in the hands of Attorney
Joseph A. Capwell who presented their
side of the proposition and urged
that the board of commissioners taVe.
action that would give the Elmwood
district the additional sections ::.-ked
for. After hearing the arguments
presented en both sides and the testi
mony of the objectors, the matter was
ui.tn u-uei a.i.-.-.- . '.
j officials.
Amo"g those attending the meeting
from the vicinity of Elmwood were:
Oscar Miller, Richard Deles Dernier,
Will Rosenow, Elmer Boyles, Henry
Hayes, Gus Bornemeier, Ed Dorr,
Marion McCrary, George Oeheln-brig.
ir-n c T , I
LITTLE ONE IS IMPROVING
Maxine, the little daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Frink Cloidt, who has
l.rer ouite i'J for the past ten days
, s.a(7erjnT from grippe and stomach
J trouWef s row reported as showing
much improvement and it is thought
is m the highway to recovery from
her illness. This will be pleasing
news to the many friends of the fam
ily throughout the city and who trust
that ih" little one may continue to
improve.
FERRY NOW llU.nuG
The ferry over the Missouri river is
now in comission and those desiring
to cross the river at any time will
be accommodated.
John Richardson.
