rrr.:'- Ctate Hiitcri col Society Platte 3 h IDC mou oum VOL. SO. XXXV11L PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1923. NO. 103 PASSING OF A WORTHY CITIZEN OF CASS COUNTY HENEY KEHNE OF NEAE MAN LEY PASSED AWAY AT HOS PITAL IN OMAHA. SPLENDID MAN AND NEIGHBOR Death Brings Great Eegret All Over County Where He Has Long Been a Eesident. From Wednesday's Dally. The death of Henry Kehne, long a resident of the vicinity of Manley. i which occurred at the hospital in Omaha on Monday, removes one of the most highly respected and loved residents of that community where he has spent his years of life. Mr. Kehne was seventy-seven years of age and has spent the greater part of his long and useful life here in Cass county where he had been one of the staunch and sub stantial citizens and a very kind and helpiul friend and neighbor to those with whom he came in touch. He leaves to mourn his going the wife and one son, William H. Kehne and Mrs. Margaret Otte of near Weeping Water and Miss Mary Keh ne, daughters. j Henry Kehne was born In Ger- many November 30. 1S45. and when twenty-faur years of age came to America to seek his fortune and thru his thrift and energy has aeeumulat-( ea a comionaDie esiaie ior nis ae clining years. He was married De cember 20. 1S77, to Miss Ellia Jor dan at Cedar Creek and the family has since made their home in this county. Several months ago Mr. Kehne w taken sick and gradually grew" worse until two weeks ago when he was ta&tm to the Lord Lister hospital in Omaha where he was operated on last Tuesday and after lingering for several days answered the final sum mons. The body was brought from Oma ha yesterday and the funeral services will be held from the late home Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock con ducted by Rev. Theodore Hartman of Louisville and the interment had at the Glendale cemetery near that place. The deceased was a brother of Fred Kehne, one of the prominent farmers of near this city, and has been a frequent visitor to Platts mouth where he possesses a host of friends who most sincerely will re gret to learn of his passing. INDIANA STUDENTS ON THEIR WAY WESTWARD Twenty-five Young Ladies of Indiana local wheat in order to get the best State Normal School Pass Thru gre of ,flour- , . v. n V cforj.r Our investigations lead us to the lity ies.era.av. communicate with Washburn-Crosby ., company of Minneapolis, and we From Wednesday. Dally. ihv received a surprising statement Yesterday afternoon two large au- from Mr. Crosby that part of wheat to busses arrived in the city loaded 'value for flour making is rsycholog with some twenty-five ladies, stu- jca. Southeast Nebraska wheat is dents at" the Indiana state normal . r.aifi to be soft, yellow -and thick school at Muncie, Indiana, and who jj, kinned, but other parts of Nebraska were on their way westward to the have a wheat equal to that of Kansas Rocky Mountain National Park In fGr mixing with this yellow wheat Colorado. land making a high grade flour. The The busses are fixed so that they j southwest part of the state puts out can carry the ladles as well as the a wheat equal ot the best Kansas stoves, tents and cots for the mem- j wheat. bers of the party, camp being made ..M Crosby informed me that each night along the way and the wheat shipped from Nebraska to ladles get a real training in prepar- KaESas City and from Kansag City to ing their meals as they go on the;th Min-eii9 mm, if tii mmra 4. .. 1- i.o A T Vi ot7 hsra nan ! juui uc, -..-.. . a very line trip anu ieit .nuuiie uu Friday, last, they informed the Jour nal representative, and on their jour ney have enjoyed visits at Urbana, Illinois;- Ottumwa. Virginia, Osceola and Creston, Iowa. The stop here was the first In the state of Nebraska and the party left after they had made purchases of foodstuffs for the night camp and ex pected to find some suitable place along the roadway where they could pitch their tents and enjoy their rest for the night and bright and early this morning expected to be on their way. They are going to the Rockies in the interests of the geological work of the state normal school and in the mountains find a new and strange country to most of the mem bers from the rolling land of their native state. . s i. r 1 DOING VERY NICELY From "Wednesday's Dally. Reports from the bedside of Leslie Niel at the Immanuel hospital in Omaha state that he is doing very nicely following an operation for ap pendicitis and every indication is for a complete and rapid improvement in the condition of the young man. This will be very pleasing to the many friends in this vicinity. Journal want ads pay. Try them. DEATH OF LITTLE ONE From Wednesday's Dally. I Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Kehne, who reside west of this city, have been called upon to part with the little one who for a few brief days came to brighten their home with its pres ence and was in the wisdom of the j Master called suddenly away from the scene of its earthly activities, to the bosom of the tender Savior. The passing has brought a deep sense of sorrow to the parents and relatives as the babe, who was born last Fri day, had endeared itself to the fam ily in the few days of life. In their grief the parents will have the deep xrssx "r c-fmAtk.. - J. - - BOYS EXECUTE HORSE WHEN THE ANIMAL BALKS Claimed That Two Youths Choked Horse to Death. When it Ee fused to Work in Field. From Wednesday's Dally. The office of County. Attorney A. G. Cole today received notice of the execution of a work horse near Elm wood yesterday by two young men of that locality when the animal that they were working with balked and refused to continue the farm work. From the reports received by the county attorney it seems that the horse had been used in the field by the two boys and growing tired or exhausted had been unable to go on with the work and stopped proceed- 1(- In a -fl; . V. , - 1 - and aH effortSx0f the two 73 faIled to get the horse back at work. It ap parently having been exhausted by jts en-orts The two boys then, it is alleged, proceeded to execute the ani mal by fastening a wire around the neck of the horse and drawing the wire tight around a nearby telephone pole proceeded to choke the animal to death. It i3 probable that a complaint will be filed against the parties in volved for their ' undue . and cruel methods. " NEBRASKA PRODUCES HIGH GRADE FLOUR State Agricultural Department Says Southwestern Part of State Grows Good Wheat. From Wednesday's Dally. "The University of Nebraska in making tests of Nebraska wheat, demonstrated Its quality for bread making purposes, is doing a good work." said Secretary Shumway of teh state department of agriculture. "Some weeks ago It came to the at tention of this department that Ne braska wheat was discriminated against In some of the leading mills of the country and also that mills in this part of the state Bhipped in wheat from Kansas to mix with the ... . believed the wheat came from Kan sas, they were able to make better flour from it than if they had a knowledge that it came from Nebras ka. "The Minneapolis millers are again making a thorough investiga tion of Nebraska wheat for the pur pose of using it in their mills, and the unversity demonstrations will aid in the Nebraska product in the really high class to which it be longs." RECEIVES SAD NEWS From Tuesday's Dally. This morning a message was re ceived at Murray announcing the daeht at O'Neill, Nebraska, of Mrs. James Nickels, daughter-in-law of William Nickels well known resi dent of near Murray and a sister-in-law of George Nickels and Miss Etta Nickels. The death of Mrs. Nickels came after a long illness, she being a sufferer from cancer for several months and during which time she has gradually been growing weaker until death came to her relief. The deceased lady was formerly a resi dent of near Murray and her maiden name was Miss Maude Carroll. She was forty-three years of age and leaves the husband and one adopted son to mourn her death. . ; w The funeral services will be held at O'Neill Thursday. WAS OUT EARLY IN MORNING SAY THE POLICE Young Man Found Wending His Way Alleyward With Pitcher 'Pure, Ice Cold Lemonade. From Monday's Daily. This morning when near the hour when the earth awakens from the night repose to life and action. the members of the night police force were startled to see a solitary figure flit along the alley way north of Main street and the young man it seemed was engaged in carrying was engaged in carrying a burden of some sort and all manner of conjectures as to what this might be floated through the minds of the police. As the young man drew near er it was seen that he carried a pitcher and. this re-awoke the mem ories of the days when it was fash ionable to carry these pitchers along the alleyways filled with the foam ing, life giving beverages and for a few moments it was thought that perhaps someone had violated the precepts of the well known legal pro duction of Mr. Volstead of Minne sota. Such was not the case, however, as it was discovered that the pitcher contained nothing more serious than the delicious ice cold lemonade which the young man had thought fully prepared as an offering to his heart's desire and affected by the wonderful thoughtfulness of the young man the police silently stood with bowed heads as the bearer of the pitcher sped on his way, the only sound breaking the hush of the early morning being the soft, musical tinkle of the ice in the pitcher. FUNERAL OF YOUNG LAD HELD SATURDAY Elvin Fleming is Laid to Rest in the Oak Hill Cemetery Services are Largely Attended.. From Monday' Dally. " The funeral services . of Elvin Flemming, whose death occurred on Thursday morning at the St. Cather ine's hospital in Omaha, were held Saturday afternoon from the First Methodist church and were very largely attended by the young friends of the deceased as well as the neigh bors and friends of the family. The pastor of the church. Rev. Frank Emory Pfoutz, conducted the services and spoke of the sudden call ing of the lad while yet In his youth to hi3 final reward and gave to the sorrowing relatives and friends the comfort nnd hone of the future that for their loved one would be filled Majors or i eru; i;an aorn ui w. with the Jovs of the life everlasting. j ney; Secretary Reische, of Chadron- During the service Miss Edith 'Dan V. Stephens, of Fremont, and Mays of Wahoo and Mrs. Charles, State Superintendent J. M. Matzen. Schultz of this city gave two of the The Peru normal has dropped be well loved songs. "Asleep in Jesus" low others in summer school enroll and "Jesus, Lover of My Soul." Irnent. Chadron reports an enrollment At the conclusion of the service at of 700; Wayne, 1,000; Kearney, 1. the church the bod was borne to Oak 600; Peru, 556. Ninety-eight schol Hill cemetery where it was laid to ars of the training school belonging rest, the pall bearers being from the to grade school and five absentia pu members of the DeMolay and were:,pils are not included in the enroll Jack McCartv. George Persinger. Ed- ment at Peru or are these included ward Matchulatt, James A. V. War-; in enrollment at other schools, ren, George Ebersole and Edgar L. ! The board decided to have the nor Peterson. ma.l school at Kearney take over the At the grave praver was offered . dining hall at that institution which by Rev. Pfoutz and four of the has been conducted by private indivi young playmates of the departed as-J duals. sisted in the burial ritual by thej President Conn of the Wayne nor scattering of flowers on the casket mal reported that the bill due the as it was consigned to the silent 'city of Wayne for the water main tomb. jlaid on normal school grounds for a Elvin Cecil Flemig was born at distance of three blocks 13 $1,700. Coleridge, Nebraska, August 16, 1911, and died at St. Catherine's hospital July 19, 1923. following an operation from appendicitis, aged 11 years, 11 months and 3 days. Elvin was the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Fleming, who re side six miles west of Plattsmouth. naving movea mere irom oienage three years ago. Elvin leaves to mourn, his par ents, one sister .Mildred and two brothers, Gerald and Sterling, sever al other relatives and a host friends. of One of Elvin's characteristics was j minister and he occupied the pulpit his sunny disposition and his pati- there Sunday while Rev. Frank E. ence which was shown thru his lastipfoutz of this city preached at the illness. Although his suffering was intense, the smile on his face never vanished and not a murmum of com plaint passed his lips, though he was conscious until the last. APPOINTED ADMINISTRATOR This morning County Judge Bee son appointed George O. Dovey as ad ministrator of the estate of Sam Goodman, deceased, of Manley, on the petition of the relatives of the deceased gentleman. The estate will be from $3,000 to $4,000 in value. DIES AT HOSPITAL Mrs. Sam Aaron, formerly a resi dent of Greenwood, but who has been for the past few years in poor health and cared for at the hospital in Lin coln, died there yesterday and the body is being held at Lincoln pend ing the arrangements for the funeral which will probably be held in the old home at Greenwood. The hus band of the deceased lady is employ ed at Greenwood in carrying mail. WILL VISIT CANADA From Tuesday's Daily. This afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Mike Lutz departed for Pricstville, Can ada, where they expect to spend some time visiting at the home of Mrs. Lutz's father, Carsten Carstens, whom Mrs. Lutz has not seen for the past twelve years and the meeting is fith one being looked forward to w the greatest of pleasure by the daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Lutz will en joy a trip through the picturesque western section of Canada and where some of the most attractive scenery of the Xorth American continent i3 to be found. j . -... M f M F A I QPlJfni Q : llUlinfHL OuNUULO OF STATE KUST CUT EXPENSES Claim They Can't Operate on Sum!f,lTjns several delightful vocal seiec .11 i ro i itions during the evening and Mr. L. Allowed Them Since Legislative Cut of Last Winter. From Tuesday's Dally. A. L. Caviness, retiring president of the Peru state normal school, told the state normal board Monday at a meeting in Lincoln that it is im possible to conduct the Peru institu tion on the present basis of expendi ture. The last legislature appropri ated $100,000 less than it did the former biennium and the state nor mal schools will have to cut expenses according to word from the men. in charge of the schools. The board discussed the situation, including a recommendation that fees paid by students be increased. A recommendation by "President George E. Martin of the Kearney normal that $1 be charged for diplomas was not acted upon. No charge has been made in the past. ; Mr. Caviness said the maintenance of the Peru school is $21,000 a year. To cut expenses it will be necessary to cut the payroll.; It will not be possible to spend over f 9,000 a month for salaries, which means a reduction of $1,000 a month. He said fewer instructors could be used in classes where there are fewer students and vacancies cr.ufvwl bv-ftsignr-tiou ned not be filled, according to Mr. Cav iness. The board will continue the plan of buying coal in the open market this year, and has instructed heads of normals to report next spring the amount used, the cost and tests cf different kinds. The board met at the Lindell hotel instead of at the state house because of an injury received by Secretary Reische of Chadron. He is using crutches as a result of stepping off a moving truck. His ankle was frac tured. Miss Pvrtle of Lincoln and 'Fred S. Berry were absent. The mem bers present were President T. J. TENDERED CALL TO THE EAST From Tuesday's Dally. The Plattsmouth people who at tended the graduation exercises of the Platsmouth higlr school this ! spring will recall the forceful ad dress of the Kev. j. w G. Fast, pas tor of the First Methodist church of Omaha, and will be interested to learn that Dr. Fast has been tender ed a call to Baltimore. The First Methodist church of Baltimore has extended a call to the able Omaha Omaha church. Dr. Fast had, previ ous to coming to Omaha, served as pastor at churches in Akron, Ohio, Kansas City. Johnstown, Pa., and Alleghany, Pa., coming to Omaha from Akron last April. BRING IN DERANGED MAN From Tuesflays Dally. Yesterday afternoon Sheriff Quin ton and William Grebe were called out 1 to the vicinity of Louisville where a man named John Sokolich, an employe of the Louisville stone quarries, was acting in a decidedly deranged manner and showing a vio lence that was causing those around him to have a great fear. The man was brought in to this city and lodg ed in jail but his case seems to be one of too much hootch rather than real derangement and this morning he was much more quiet than here tofore. Louis' Reese of Wabash was here today for. a few hours looking after some matters of business. MURRAY COMMUN ITY CLUB HAS FINE ENTERTAINMENT Lawn at Presbyterian Church There Filled with Crowd of beveral Hundred Persons. From Monday's Dally. Another of the very entertaining .and pleasing social gatherings which 'the Murray Community club has been planning was nem baturuay evening at that place and fcr the evening the lawn of the Presbyterian church vied with the bathing beach as the chief point of interest in the community, j The club, through its president, Everett Spangler, had arranged a very pleasing program which in-j eluded a musical offering by the Wes-; cott family of Plattsmouth, Mrs. E. j H. Wescott and daughter, Miss Helen II. Wescott at the piano gave a few solo numbers as well as serving as the accompanist for the vocal selec tions. Miss Alice Louise gave two of her always pleasing whistling num bers, which proved a very pleasing feature of the evening's program. The address of the evening was by Mr. Caines of the extension depart ment of the state university agricul tural college and in his remarks Mr. names gave some very pertinent facts to the audience regarding the pres- ent day conditions asthe farmers of the country and particularly ot Ne Lraska found them and urged the greatest conservation of the farm and the most intensive handling , of the crops to secure a paying investment for the farmer at this time when the low prices of products, particularly of wheat, is being felt in the west. The address was one filled with the crpatest nf interest nnrl rlnaplv fol lowed by the audience and it is need-; less to say the remarks of the speak er will result in a great deal of good to the farming community that had the opportunity of hearing his ad dress. TELLS OFJAYS OF BULL WHACKERS J. T. Aushe, Old Settler of Ashland, Gives Experience of Early Trip from Here to Denver. The Sunday World-Herald maga zine section contained a picture of J. T. Arghe of Ashland and an ex tensive write-up of his bullwhacking experiences of early days, freighting between the Missouri and Denver. In this article, Mr. Aughe tells in an interesting way oi one trip mat was made in 1864 between Platts mouth and Denver. In the train there were 157 wagons with six or more yoke of cattle attached to each wagon nd each wagon hauled about 6,000 pounds of corn to be sold in Denver for 19 cents a pound to the govern ment. In addition to this they also carried flour and merchandise, and also a consignment of Henry rifles. the first shipment of breech loading rifles ever taken across the plains.! On the trip they were followed by Sioux Indians all the way, their cat tle were stampeded and they suffered many hardships. The late William Lecsley, of Green wood, was with him on the trip and as far as 2ir. Augne Knows ne is now the only one left of those who made the journey. In the columns of the World-Herald Mr. Aughe tells of the arrival of the train at Denver and some of their experiences in set tling the claims of the trip. "When we got to Denver the con was turned over to the government. and Mr. Henry, who had gone ahead of U3 by stage, was paid with a sin gle big government draft. When he tried to cash it, he found there was not enough money in the whole of Denver to accommodate .him. Henry was in a decidedly awkward position. He couldn't pay his men, nor A. B. Smith, of Nebraska City, whom he owed a lot. having made a loan of Smith to finance the trip. Smith in sisted that he be paid, but the men were willing to wait for their's until they got back to the Missouri. "While the matter was being dis cussed, some of the cattle were taken to the foothills near Denver and turned loose. Later the sheriff start ed out to attach part of the herd, which had been kept in the old Ele phant corral in the interest of the claim by Smith. "When Mr. Henry got news of this intended attachment, he called his men to him and told them the cat tie and outfit were theirs until they were paid. The 'whackers no soon er heard of the Smith attachment than they broke down the corral and turned the cattle loose. The sheriff objected strenuously, but as there were twice as many men in our out fit as there were soldiers in Denver, the 'bullwhackers' triumphed. The soldiers had asked us not to shoot at them if trouble started, and they wouldn't shoot at us. They knew our strength and the fact that we sport ed Henry rifles, while they had old- fashioned muskets. "Shortly after this the command ing army officer called up before him, talked to us in a fatherly way and took our names, ages, etc. Then he suddenly announced thatwe hadall j been drafted into the United States J army and were ordered to take the , ox teams and leave at once for the , Arkansas river, in Colorado, where j we were to load hogs for Julesburg. The logs were to be used to help re build the fort that the Indians had burned a year before. The next day which we delivered, and then return ed to Plattsmouth, where we got our pay." HAS TONSILS EEMOVED From Tuesday's Dally. Thi.s morning at the Clarkt-on hos pital, Mrs. R. A. Bates of this city, wa soperated on for the removal of her tonsils, which have been giving her more or less trouble the past few months and to secure a permanent relief it was found necessary to have them removed. Mr. Bates accompan ied the wife to the hospital and re mained there for the day. FREIGHT RATE GUTS NOT COMPLETE CURE Wheat Costs 7 Cents a Bushel More to Carry to Chicago Than Be fore the World War. Grain dealers as well as railroad men say that the wheat price situa tion is entirely too Berious to hope fnr -v nartirnlar relief thru a re- duction ln freight rates. At the most Jt coud help buta few cents a bush el, and a few cent3 won't get the farmer out of his hole. Take a shipment or wiieat irom an average point like Hastings. The rate per hundred from Hastings to Omaha Is 19 cests and from Omaha to Chicago "17 cents, a total of 37 ce ntsa hundred pounds, or 22 cents a bushel. Before the war and no one would suggest a reduction of freight rates below that level the cost was 13 cents, Hastings to Omaha, and 12 cents, Omaha to Chi cago, or 25 cents a hundred, or 15 cents a bushel; Hastings to Chicago. In other words, it costs 7 cents a bushel more to ship wheat from Hastings to Chicago than it did be fore the war. The cash price of wheat on the Chicago market now is $1.00. In 1903 it was 78 cents, and the average for the ten years previ ous to the start' of the war was 97 cents. If it be assumed that the handling' charges of the elevators and brokers vre the same, the Ne braska wheat farmer is, therefore, 4 cents a bushel worse off than in the average ten years beforo the war. In fact handling charges are heavier, and the difference is actually closer to 2 cents a bushel, in the opinion of those who have figured it out. Two cents a bushel is a million dol lars on the whole Nebraska crop. Freight charges on wheat are now 17 per cent higher than , before the war, but the farmer is paying on the.' .average for what he buys around 50 per cent more, outside or transpor tation. The corn situation is much more favorable Unlike the wheat price, that of corn Is not figured on Chica go, minus the freight and handling charges. Much of it does not go to Chicago. Often Omaha is paying as much as Chicago, and when other movements are on, to the south, for Instance, the price is better. In 1903 No. 2 yellow corn, on the Chicago market was 50 cents a bushel. M E N D LY"p Extra Incomo Without Extra Vcrk! There's a limit to the amount of money you can earn by the daily use of your hands or your brain. But after you have earned something, it is possible to increase your income legitimately without doing a corresponding amount of ad ditional work. You can do this by investing regularly in the First National Bank's Certificates of De posit, which pay you interest at the rate of 4 per cent. Certificates are issued anytime, to run for six or twelve months. Use them to increase n your income! .1 The First national Bank THE BANK WHERE YOU FEEL AT HOMB WATTSMOUTH COLORED FOLKS QUIETLY SHAKE THE DUST FROM FEET Once More a Furely Aryan Popula tion Exists in City With the Going of the Negroes. From Tuesdays Daiiy. Once more this city leasts of a purely white population as the result of the leaving yesterday of the ne groes who had beon brought here to form a labor gang at the lumber yard at the Burlington shops. The members of the party of col ored folks were not well pleased with the situation here as they found there were none of their race living here and the negro, especially thoso from the sunny south are fond of so cial Intercourse and the associations of each other and accordingly were not overly enthusiastic over the out look. In fact several left the next day after being borught lure from St. Louis. The remainder of the men quit yesterday and while a bunch of idditional negroes were brought in yesterday they soon got In to ich with the first delegation and a few hours after reaching here were ready to depart as rapidly as they had come. SPLENDID SERVICES AT THE METHODIST CHURCH From Monday's Daify. Yesterday morning at the Metho dist church the members of the con gregation had the pleasure of hear ing an excellent sermon given by Father W. S. Leete of the St. Luke's Episcopal church and which was vory inspirational to the audience. In his remarks the rector took up the thought of life as the passing cf the day and the care of the Lord over the believer as he Journeyed through life, drawing a very graph ic picture of the dawn of th day when the man or woman hastened out tothlr task, as the beginning cf l'f, and at the hour of darknes. return ing home and the worthiness of th day's labor would determine th re ward that would be bestowed on the man or woman by the Master. The choir of the church gave a very muck enjoyed anthem by Dudley Buck, the solo part being carried by Mrs. Sr rls York Jelinek in her usual effect ive manner. The size of the con gregation was a recognition of the appreciation of the church members to Father Leete for his very inspir ing sermon. At the evening service there wat a special musical program given in which Mr. W. H. HohmabQ va h-ard in a number of vocal selections as . also Miss Edith Mays of Wahoo and Mrs. Charles Jelinek of Omaha, all of which were very artistically given. A double piano number from Llsit and Beethoven was given by Mr. and Mrs. Hohmann that was very much enjoyed and was truly a beau tiful piece of work from the stand point of artistic ability. F. G. Egenberger will write you a policy in the New York Life Insur ance Co.. and look after youi New York Life business. it- ' NEBRASKA.