ITsirapfca Etctt Hiitoil-
cal Sociaty
X
VOL. NO. xxxvn.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1921.
NO. 98
a!
FIRE CAUSES
DESTRUCTION
OF BUILOIN
STRUCTURE OWNED BY JESS F.
WARGA AND OCCUPIED BY
HIS BUSINESS BURNS
One of the uor.-t fires that has
visited the lily in many months oc
curred "arly Sunday morning when
the building owned ly Jess F. Warga
;i ti (J located between Fifth and Sixth
.-treats on Main, was wiped out by
the raging fames ii a very short
lime.
The fire had evidently originated '
in the rear portion of the second!
floor of the building which was oc
rupied in- John I'. Sattler as an un
dertaking room and when frst dis-j
covered ir had pained great head
way. The first intimation or the
fire was when Dick Allen, the taxi
driver, saw the vast clouds of smoke
roll out of the front of the building
shortly before 1 o'clock and gave the
aiarm. in a snort lime me wnoie in- i
etrior of the upper floor was a rar -
in iuruace oi iiaines waicn spreau ,
rapidly to tne jower noor oi tne
building as the second story caved in. i
The building was one of the old-'
en on Main street and the structure:
was very in flamable as it was con- j
strutted entirtly of wood and fur
nished an ea.-y prey to the eager
flames. 1
More or less trouble was experi
enced at the outbreak of the fire in
netting the alarm to the shops and
the cries of persons seeing the smoke
soon had The fire truck on the scene
and the members of the fire depart
ment who wore on hand attempted to
Uet onto the job as efi'ectively as
possible and to check if possible the
blae sprea.'.ii.g to the adjoining
buildings, as the burning buildin'
was situated in the middle of the
block and f;- a time the stor of
Weyrieh 4L- Hadraba as well as the
ladies Toggery of F. P. liusch were
threatened by the itioreasfng force
of the lire.
While the fire department wai
able to reach the lower flour with a
stream of water. the second floor,
where the wor?t cf the fire was lo
cated, was hard to get at and there
tin- flames held full sway and were
checked only at the front of the
building. The blaze seemed the worst
in the center of the structure and
there the floor of the second story,
collapsed as the roof fell in. making
a complete wreck of the building.
So far as could be learned there
can be no explanation made as to.
the cause of the fire as the building
had been closed since Friday, owing
to the holiday, and on the second
floor where the fire was the worse.
there were no stoves or wiring thc.t
might have caused a fire. i
The los to the owner of the build
ing will be quite heavy as there was)
only $i;.(m'Hi insurance carried by i
Mr. Warga on the building and his
stock of goods and he had a large
amount of high priced electrical!
equipment and appliances on hand,
the greater part of which were en
tirely wiped out.
Mr. Sattler had a large number of
caskets as well as I'athe musical in
struments in stock and these were
all destroyed or so badly damaged as
to make them a total loss. He has
$1,300 insurance on the stock
but I
this will not near cover the loss.
The lire raged until nearly ?.:((
o'clock before it was entirely extin
guished and as a result the building
now stands practically gutted and it
will require a new structure to re
place the burned building.
In this fire as at a number of
others that have occurred there
seemed to be a division of authority
that tended to check the effective
I
ness of the fire fighters and led to
more or less confusion and delay in
getting the full force of the fire'C
fighting equipment on the source ;f .
the fire.
The fighting of the fire was a very
strenuous job and the workers were
soaked by the streams of icy cold wa
ter and several had narrow escapes
from injury during the height of the,
fire when tiie roof of the building
fell. A. F. Braun was the only one
reported as seriously injured, he suf
fering from a scalp wound received
from the glancing blow from one of
the hand axes.
The stock of goods in the Ladies
Toggery was quite badly damaged
by smoke and the lines of high class
silks and fine fabrics of many of the
ready-to-wear dresse were affected
by the thorough smoking and the
whole sttwk suffered a greater or
les-s extent from the effects of the
smoke. The cellar .of the Toggery
store as well as that of "Weyrieh &
Hadraba suffered to som extent from
the water that forced its way in
from the basement of the burned
building.
THREE ARE BAPTISED.
From Monday's Dally.
Last evening at the Christian
church there was received into the
church three members who were giv
en the sacrament of baptism by the
nastor. Rev. A. G. Hollowell. The
attendance at the service was the
largest at any evening service for
several months and much interest
shown in the receptio nof the tew
members into the church.
PASS YEAR OUT MERRILY.
The passing of the old year 1920,
was speeded on in merry fashion Fri
dav evening at Coates hall on the
'occasion of the carnival ball given
bv the Cosmopolitaan club and from
early in the evening until the pass
ing of the midnight hour the merry
dancers enjoyed the time in bidding
farewell to the passing ear. Horns,
fancy carnival cans as well as the
streamers of paper and the loads of
, confetti were in evidence as the car
nival spirit was made evident by the
jolly crowd.
The Molly orchestra wsa on hand
to dispense the favorite jazzy classics
?nd the new song hits and were up
to their usual high standard and
pleased everyone.
WATCH OUT THE
:l r"A5a!Nu It An
Services at Methodist Church Friday
Evening1 Very Largely Attended
and Great Interest Shown.
On Friday evening the Methodist
(.1U r(.jj wa tjlt,
Sant New Yer
scene of a very plea
; watch party, as has
j;een
trie custom of the church for
the past twenty-five years. The watch
parties have in the past been held at
the home of the Wescott family.
"Sunnyside". but this year a diver
sion was made from this custom and
the event held in the church where a
( larger number could be accommo
dated. . The earlier part of the evening
wa? devoted to a social gathering and
in which the members of the party
enjoyed themselves immensely in an
informal hour. At 10 o'clock the
ladies s?rved a very dainty and en
joyable luncheon, consisting of sand
wiches, cakes and coffee and which
came as a delightful climax of the
sreial portion of the program. Fol
lowing the luncheon the members of
the party adjo urned to the main au
ditorium of the church where th-
remainder of the evening was spent.
The opening portion of this service
-was ir the singing of the old songs
and tl:ese sweet melodies of memory
and fond recollection proved a happy
feature of the occasion. This was
: followed by a film lecture, the "Piz
; neer Trail", In which the life of the
early church workers in the west was
shown in the moving pictures. . in
cluding Oregon fct-ttlement. the pio
neer mission in the west and the
manner in which the cause of the
; church was brought to the western
wilds.
At the approach of the midnight
hour the congregation gathered at
the pulpit and a concecration service
was held with the serving of the com
munion to the members of the
church.
DEATH OF MRS. P.
T. BECKER TODAY
Taken 111 On Sunday and Suffering
From Effects of Paralysis Caused
By Rupture of Blood Vessel.
From Tuesday's Dally.
This afternoon at 2:45. Mrs. P. T.
Hacker died at her home in this city
following an illness of a very short
duration, she being taken ill on Sun
dav evening when she suffered what
seemed to be a stroke of paralysis.
She has been in very serious condi
tion since that time and a specialist
from Omaha was called in consulta
tion on the case and from the begin
ning of her attack her recovery has
been a matter of grave doubt.
Mrs. Becker was a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Gruenther, Sr., of this
city and has spent practically her en
tire lifetime in this county residing
for the greater part of the time on
the farm west of this city. Several
months ago the family moved to this
ty, where they have since made
their home. To mourn her death,
there remains the husband and one
son. John H. Becker. II. seven years
of age. The parents and the follow
ing brothers and sisters are also left
to share the grief that her death has
caused: Mrs. John Bauer. Sr.. Mrs.
H. E. Becker, cf this city; Mrs. Geo.
Wallinger of Ashland: Mrs. Jacob
Lohnes of Cedar Creek, and Fred
Gruenther, residing west of Platts
mouth. NEW LAUNDRY WORKING
From Monday's DaTy.
The Hotel Wagner today com
menced the use of their own laundry
plant and the laundry of the hotel
was put through in record breaking
time and the result was the finest
and whitest of linen from the new
plant that Fred Wagner, the proprie
tor of the hotel has just had install
ed. The new machinery is to han
dle all of the regular linen service
of the hotel and is a great money
saver as well as much more prompt,
and convenient when the towels,
sheets and table linen were sent out
to be laundried.
The new plant is located in the
basement of the hotel and for the
first day has been a very busy place
and when the work is fully under
way it will be a great improvement
to the service of the hotel. As time
progresses Mr. Wagner expects to
have the plant enlarged to care for
the needs of his guests as well as
that of the hotel.
CHANCE FOR
CITY DELIVERY
HERE IS GOOD
POSTAL DEPARTMENT GIVES AS
SURANCE THAT CITY WILL
HAVE CLAIMS EXAMINED
!
The matter of free city mail deliv
ery that has frequently been agitated
by the progressive residents of this
community as a move to have the
city secure
one of the
privileges of a
modern mail svstem. is at last to
have some action taken in the matter
by the postal department of the gov
ernment. This need of the city delivery has
been felt in the past few years as the
postoflice here has developed into a
first class office and the receipts are
more than the amount specified for
an office that has delivery. During
the time since the matter of delivery
was first suggested a number of years
ago. an extensive program of side
walk construction has been carried
out by both the city and the indi
vidual citizens and which now pro
vides a great system of connecting
sidewalks. This removes one of the
greatest obstacles that stood in the
way of city delivery in the first place
and at this time the residents of the
city should strive to see that their
sidewalks are kept up in first this?,
shape.
The postal department has notified
Postmaster I). C. Morgan that they
will have an inspector visit the city
and look over the conditions that ex
ist here with a view of deciding on
the matter of free city delivery. Let
the community unite in making the
city a- convenient as possible as re
gards sidewalks and means of getting
over the city for a mail carrier, as
this will be one of the requirements
exacted.
Many cities in the state fsr smaller
in population than Plattsmouth have
systems of free city delivery and ir
seema high time that there was a.
fjreiful and vigorous effort made to
ee that this city was placed on the
map as far as this modern method o'
handling mai! is concerned.
HISTORICAL NECKLACE
TO BE PRESENTED
Mrs. Harriett MacMurphy, Formerly
of This City to Give Jewel to
State Historical Society.
Presentation of the "Fontenelle"
necklace, owned for seventy-five
years by Mrs. Henry Fontenelle
pioneer Indian woman, to the Ne
Lracka State Historical society, in
Lincoln. January 11. by Mrs. Har
riet S. MacMurphy. of Omaha, will
be one of' the most historic and in
teresting features of the forty-fourth
annual meeting of that organization.
The necklace comprises thirteen
large rhinestones set in lS-karat
gold. It has been kept for years in
a quaint beaded bag given to Mrs.
Fontenelle by some of her Indian
friends especially for this purpose.
The bag will go with the necklace to
the State Historical society, says
Mrs. Harriet MacMurphy.
Links Three Families
The necklace was given by Peter
A. Sarpy of the famous French and
Indian family to his cousin. Emily
Pat tan. a maiden of the Pawnee In
dian tribe, -.event y-five years ago.
In time Emily married Henry Fon
tenelle of the Omaha Indian Tribe,
the necklace thus binding together
three of the most noted Indian fami
lies of the middle west, the Pat tans,
the Fontenelles and the Sarpys.
Mrs. Fontenelle. now about S5
years old. placed the necklace in the
care of her old friend. Mrs. MacMur
phy. last year, vrith the understand
ing that it should go to the Nebras
ka State Historical society.
Mrs. Fontenelle. spending the win
ter with her only living child. Eu
gene Fontenelle. at Decatur, Neb.,
and Mrs. Mary Mitchell, a progres
sive Indian woman from the same
town, are expected to attend the
presentation ceremonies in Lincoln.
Mrs. MacMurphy. a pioneer citi
zen of Decatur, and long a friend of
the Fontenelles. probably is better
versed in Nebraska Indian lore than
any other person in this section of
the state, say her friends.
COURT WORK FOR 1920
In the office of the clerk of li.c
district court for the year 1920.
there was tiled 1SS civil cases which
is a showing of much less litiga
tion than the previous year when
255 cases were placed on the dock
et. For the past year there is a
record breaker in the criminal line
not a single case having been filed.
In the divorce line the tendency
seems to be for happier matrimonial
lives among tiie resident's of the
community as only 12 decrees of di
vorce were granted as against 25 for
the year of 1919.
In the office of County Judge Allen
J. Benson 144 marriage licenses
were issued which shows a slight
gain from 1919. when 142 liienses
were issued in this office.
We do all kinas or job printing.
SUFFERS SCALP WOUND.
While A. F. Braun, former chief of
the fire department, was assisting in
the work of fighting the fire at the
Warga building early Sunday morn
ing he was injured by having a se
vere sculp wound inflicted. Mr.
Braun was struck a blow on the head
when -an ux which hi war: using was
j deflected and as a result it was neces
sary to have several rtitches taken
ir:
III;
the head and the injured man
de as comfortable as possible. Mr.
jp.'sun ir. one of the experienced fire
I men cf the city ar.J w hile retired
, frjm the department through ser
vice, is always willing to assist in
the fighting of the flames to save the
property of others and his many
friends will regret very much to bear
o: bis injury. .
NEW YEAR'S GALL
OF THE FAST
Vir.it cf Plattsmouth. Gentleman on
New Year's Day Brings Eack Mem
cries cf the Past Festivities
On New
Win dham,
McC'a :i ley
afternoon
Year's day Messrs. R. B.
T. W. Glenn and Will'ani
spent a short time in the
in following an old time
custom that was once so popular, that
of making new year calls on their
friends. Tne calls were much en
joyed but not made with the same
degree of hilarity as in the days of
yore as was shown by the follow'ng
card -which the gentlemen found
while they were making a call at
the home of Mrs. Rebecca Kennedy,
and her daughter. Miss Ella, and
which card was left in the custody
of the gentlemen.
Thi card which
on New Year's day
ticulariy interesting
was presented
1S79. was par
lo Mr. Wind-
ham. as he was one
of the members
ho were
in the merry party.
The
card is headed "Compliments or the
Vulnus iTiimediECahile Orchestra."
nd their motto given as "Eat. Drink
and Be Merry." The members of
the party wore listed es follows:
Conducter Prof W. W. Drum
tnond, (with a vacum. )
Mezzo Soprano Deskin Bushnell
(of great capacity.-
BassD Prof: ivndri .Prof. E. II.
V.'ooley, (with his hvr.rt in his stom
ach. Voice a la Trombone J
sen. (always hungry.)
Upper Notes R. B.
( pie warrior. )
A Flat E. B. Lewis.
. E. Morri
Windham. (with an
empty void. I
Double Rests E. D. Stone,
satis-
fied. t
Solowist Prof. J. W. Love, (with
a yawning abyss.)
The gentleman had their price list
printed on the card and which at
that time produced much merriment
among the friends on whom they
called. One song was slated at $2.50
song with chorus at S.T.r.O and the full
orchestra at $fi.".0. but in most cases
the good things provided by the par
ties on whom they called produced
tiie melody without the necessity of
appealing to the price list.
In those days there was always
something waiting for the merry
new year caller and lunches and re
freshments were served in royal hos
pitalitv as the calls were a regualr
part of the new year's program. Mr.
Glenn states to the Journal reporter
that on their visit yesterday they
took veryone by surprise and while
receiving luncheon at the homes fail
ed to receive any of the old time
cheer, not even home brew.
ENTERTAIN THE OLD
FOLKS NEW YEARS
Party of Local Entertainers Visit Ma
sonic Home on New Year's Day and
Assist in Pleasant Program.
On New Year's day the residents
of the Nebraska Masonic Home in
this city were given a very pleasant
treat when a party of Plattsmouth's
talented entertainers visited the home
and presented a short informal pro
gram that was much enjoyed
proved a pleasing diversion of
holiday season.
The party was composed of
and
the
Mr.
and Mrs. E. H. Wescot. Mr. and Mrs.
William Baird and Mrs. Allen J.
Beeson. and the program they pre
sented wa sone that made a great
impression on the members of the
home. Mrs. Wescott gave a number
(f vocal selections. Mr. Wescott pi
ano numbers while Mrs. Baird and
Mrs. Beeson were heard in several
of their pleasing readings and Mr.
Baird offered a few of the Ilarrj
Lauder songs in which he was seen
vl his best and which were much en
joyed. This kindly spirit shown on the
part of the residents of the city to
the residents of the home is certainly
to be commended and all those in
the city who are gifted as entertain
ers will find that their kindness is
verj- deeply appreciated by the mem
bers of the big family at the home.
FARM WANTED.
Wanted to hear from owner of
farm or good land for sale worth
price asked. L Jones, Box 551, Ol
ney. 111.
DEATH COMES
TO A PIONEER
WOJP HERE
MRS. J. V. D. PATCH DIED SUD
DENLY LAST NIGHT OF HEART
TR0UELE AT MASONIC HOME
From Tuesday's latlv.
Last evening at 10 o'clock at the
Nebraska Masonic Home in this city
occurred the death of Mrs. J. V. 1).
Patch, one of the pioneer residents
of the state and one whose eventful
life had brought her many high hon
ors in her associations in the work
of the busy world in which she had
been a prominent figure.
Mrs. Patch had not been
some time, but her case was
sidered as dangerous and at
well for
not con-
the time
ot her death she
with Mrs. Lillian
was conversing
Carraber, head
nurse at the home, and pausing for
a moment in her conversation she
closed her eyes and had passed into
the dreamless sleep of death whose
awakening knows no call until the
end of time.
Mrs. Patch was a pioneer daugh
ter of Nebraska and her life is close
ly interwoven with many of the his
toric events of the early days in the
territory and state. Pearlieite Reed,
was a daughter of Judge and Mrs.
Edward S. Reed, who came to Ne
braska in 1859. tnd was born in Os
wego. New York, August 21, 1S47.
The Reed family on locating in Ne
braska City became actively identi
fied with the life of the community
and the father. Judge Reed was hon
ored with many offices of honor by
his constituents, being register of
the land office by appointment or
President Lincoln, and also for a
number of years probate judge of
Otoe county and one of the members
of the first legislature of the &tate
and assisted in laying out the pres
ent city of Lincoln.
While the -family were residing at
Nebraska City, the daughter joined
with the Methodist church and for
many years was very active in the
church work and for several years
was head of the Ensworth Deaconess
hospital at St. Joseph. Missouri. The
subject of our 3ft etch - reeei red-- her
education in the public schools of
Nebraska City and also graduated at
the Tabor college of Tabor, Iowa.
In the year 18C2 there arrived at
Nebraska City a young man from
the east. an. artist who had been
sent west by the Harper's Weekly to
make sketches of life on the fron
tier, and soon between the daugh
ter of the Reed family and this young
man, J. V. D. Patch, there sprang
up a warm friendship that culmin
ated in the marriage of the young
people on July 4th. 1865. at the home
of the parents of the bride. Rev. H.
T. Davis, pioneer Methodist minis
ter performing the ceremony that
united their lives.
After the marriage the young peo
ple resided in the Otoe county city
for a number of years," Mr. Patch
abandoning temporarily his work as
an artist and entered into the jew
elry business and continued in this !
line of work until in 1S70, when the
family removed to St. Joseph, Mo.
In the Missouri city Mr.' Patch won
high honors as an artist and the
Patch family were numbered among
the most distinguished in that city
and Mr. Patch in his work was given
the honor of painting portraits o
some of the most distinguished resi
dents of the state and his work is
found in a number of the public
buildings of that state.
Mrs. Patch was very active during
her lifetime in the Eastern Star or
der and was a charter member of
Queen Esther chapter No. 1 of Ne
braska City, founded in 1870. and
the last female member of the chap
ter, all having preceded her in death
and Mr. Patch is now the sole sur
viving memaer. tiotn -vir. ana :urs.
Patch are honorary life members
of the St. Joseph chapter of the East
ern Star. She was also president of
the social club of the Eastern Star
for a period of nine years while a
resident of St. Joseph, and was also
very active in the work of the Wo
man's Relief Corps and was at one
time president of the department of
Missouri Relief Corps and delegate
on several occasions to tne national
encampments. Mrs. Patch was also
a member of the Daughters of the
American Revolution and had been
verv active in the work of the so
ciety.
She leaves to mourn her passing
the aged husband and two children,
Mr. Patch being with the wife at the
time of her death, they being admit
ted to the Masonic Home in this city
in 191S. and have since made their
home here. The children are Mrs.
A. F. McKissen of Oakland. Califor
nia, and E. R. Patch of Chico. Cali
fornia. Mrs. Patch had during her year?
of life in St. Joseph, joined the Con
gregational 'hrrch and was a mem
ber of that faith at the time of her
denth.
The funeral services will be held
tomorrow afternoon at 1 o'clock
at tbo Masonic Home and the
! body taken on the 2:30 Missouri
PacifW to Nebraska City. Rev. H.
jG. McClucky will have charge of th
' services at this nlace. The burial
will he at the Wyuka cemetery iB
the Otoe county city.
Journal want ads pay. Try them.
SMALL BLAZE NEW YEARS
The New Year was opened with
more than usual excitement at the
home of Mr. and "Mrs. Charles T.
Peacock on Pearl street, when short
ly before 8 o'clock Saturday morn
ing the neighbors discovered that the
roof of the Peacock home was ablaze.
The alarm was turned in and the
truck responded at once, but the
prompt and egective work of the
neighbors and members of the fam
ily had put out the fire with but a
very small loss to the building. The
fire was supposed to have originated
in sparks from the chimney alighting
on the shingle roof. The prompt
work in extinguishing the blaze un
doubtedly saved the family from a
serious loss as the fire was rapidly
gaining headway when discovered.
FIRE DESTROYS A
REFRIGERATOR CAR
Small Fire on Dip Track in West
Yards of the Burlington Causes
$1,000 Loss This Morning;.
From Monday a Daily.
This morning about 4 o'clock,
night yardmaster, Lee McCarthy, of
the Burlington, discovered a refrig
erator car that was standing on the
"dip track" just this side of the
pumping station of the water com
pany, in flames. The crew in the
yard and the switch engine was hur
ried to the scene of action and the
cars which were near the burning
car were removed to a point of safety;
and the refrigerator car which was
wrapped in flames was left to burn
out as it was wholly useless to at
tempt to save it. the water supply
being too far away to do any good.
The examination made of the car
when the fire was first discovered
indicates that the blaze had been set
by someone, as from the indications
there had been a fire built in the
interior of the car and this bad burn
ed a hole in the floor and spread to
the rest of the car. The loss was
complete as far 83 the body of the
car was concerned, only the truck
remaining to indicate that there had
ever been a car there. The loss to
the railroad company will be in the
neighborhood of $1,000. Owing: to
tbe44ac f coca-the --city lir lim
its the general alarm was not given.
SENIOR LITERARY.
This year it is planned to again
take up literary work in the high
school, following the plan, whereby
each of the four classes will give a
literary program during the course of
the year. The general plan calls for
all the various phases of literary
work, such as readings, essays, de
bates and short plays. Of course,
there will be vocal and instrumental
solos also.
The senior class will give the first
of the four programs, and from all
indications this coming event will be
one of the "red letter" days of their
school experiences. Nothing has
been permitted to interfere with the
preparation of the numbers to be
presented and all are looking for a
very successful and beneficial eve
ning. The question for debate is resolved,
"that the literary test restriction on
immigration should be repealed."
This question is a popular one and
has been adopted as the question of
debate in the Nebraska High School
League. To add spice and enthusi
asm to this number the seniors have
challenged the juniors as opponents
and will be represented by Gladys
Liston and Fern Noble on the affirm
ative, while Carl Wurl and John Ptak
will present the negative arsument
for the juniors.
A small charge of fifteen cents
will be charged.
Fifty
There are two sides to 'Trade-at-Home"
agitation.
The merchant has a right to expect the
patronage of fellow townsmen. Fellow towns
men have the right to expect honest quality
and fair prices from the merchant.
Plattsmouth has no reason to fear outside
competition if we will all work together on a
fifty-fifty basis.
The First national Bank
f Bank whepe you feel at moe
OIATTSMOUTFI
URGING MANY
NEEDED REFORMS
ij. A. Lenvitt, Superintendent of So
1 ciery of Friendless, Visits This
1 " City in His Wcrk.
From Monuy- livlly.
j This morning J. D. Leavitt of Oma
l ha, superintendent of the Society of
jthe Friendless of the t-tate, was in
j Platu-moatn in the inteysts of his
I work and of the society which is
striving for the betterment of the
condition that causes crime and
.suffering among the people of the
: state. Dr. Leavitt has long ben
connected with this tociety and hl-
endeavors in his chosen field ban
brought forth much good among the
unfortunates with whom he Is work
ing every day of the year.
The purpose of the society is that
of the preventation and cure of crime,
the reclamation and restoration ot
the criminal and the relief of the
needy and the distressed and In these
lines they have done much good in
their quiet and little advertised way.
Dr. Leavitt personally has been in
close touch with the fcufl'ering among
the unfortunates in the cities and in
the prisons of the state and his con
stant effort has been to see that the
causes that lead to these conditions
are wiped out as well as the restora
tion of manhood and respectability to
those kho have paid the price to so
ciety for their misdeeds, and to makt
society more suited to creating a
higher time of man or woman by wip
ing out the things that leads to crime
of all kinds.
At this time he has several pro
positions that are worthy of the
thoughtful attention of the people of
the state in the wiping out of many
of the unhealthy conditions that tend
to breed the criminal. One of these
i a .custodial farm for men where
those who are confined in jail for any
extended period can be employed at
useful labor and their good qualities
not entirely lost; the creation of a
farm for epileptics is another of tb
measures that is urged by Dr. Lea
vitt and his society, as there is not
not a single state institution wber
these cases can be handled as they
should be. as they are either taken
care of In the state insane hospital
or in the feeble minded institutes.
liw. ife-emdilitns -art - far- froiii
what they should be in caring for
cases of this kind.
The society has Itself done much
ffood in securing reforms, particu
larly in the management and care of
the occupants of the state prison.
It secured the passage of the measure
for the custodial farm for women, the
court of domestic relation, and the
mother's pension law. In the year
1912 the society through its pres
ident. Judge Lincoln Frost, exposed
the conditions at the state peniten
tiary and also in a number of the
county jails over the state and twiw
that these reforms were carried out
and the conditions made more civi
lized. The Society of the Friendless and
Dr. LeaTitt are certainly deserving
of aay aid and support that can W
given them in making for a cleaner
and better standard of society.
COLLAR BONE FRACTURED
While Herbert Johnson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. C. A. Johnson, of this city,
was engaged in riding on the rear of
a wagon Friday afternoon, he wa?
thrown off and as the result suffered
a fracture of the left collar bcnie.
The injured boy was taken to the of
fice of a surgeon where the injury
was looked after and the victim made
as comfortable as possible. As the
result of the accident Herbert will
wear the arm and shoulder in a sling
for a number of eeks.
Fine ttationery. Journal office.
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