The news-herald. (Plattsmouth, Neb.) 1909-1911, February 08, 1909, Image 1
NV'"-a.Nj te tlNt So TWICE A WEEK NEWS. Ehlnblishni Nov. 5. !U HLKALU. Et,tabl:hcd April IS. IS V Consolidated Jan. 1. HX" rLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, FEHKUAHY 8, !!()! VOL. XLV NO. Tuy; II 1HI K 11 W SrO. JCL. ttiJLili CABINET CANDIDATE Friends of Col. II. H. Urging His Candidacy For Position. received because everybody who is fam-1 iliar with Col. Carr's methods knows with what spiendid ability he would, if he accepted such a trust, carry out new r ' and practical ideas for the benefit of arr ! the millions of farmers of this country. Representative land owners and Vice Presidents of the National Farmers j Association in every state between the labor of Ohio River and Colorado have added 'Farmers' their enthusiastic approval of this move- Chicago j ment to place Col. H. H. Carr at the head of the Agriculture Department TRIAL OF OSSENKOP May Bo Continued Owing to Smallpox in Family of one of the Principal Witnesses For the Defense. mers of the whole Mississippi valley in his hands for consideration at this time. HONOR FOR GAMBLE It looks as if the tireless years on the part of the ' Friend" Col. II. H. Carr of rr.av be properly appreciated and re warded bv the incoming administration and President elect Taft has this ap ., vAooinrrfnn This much is already ! al from the thinkine prosperous far at ii HaiiiuwviM - - i - an accomplished fact that there has been started over the west a spontane ous movement looking towards the ap pointment of H. H. Carr as Secretary f tho riPi.urtment of Agriculture un- dei Mr. Taft's Administration. In a private capacity for many years Mr. Carr labored hard and well with the j producers of the west to adopt new mothorts of marketing in keeping with the modern advance in farming. Of late years as President of the National Farmers Association he has been the chief source of Inspiration among Far mer organizations and thousands of shipping associations with modern and profitaole elevators for handling there own grain are the result of his indefa tigable efforts to improve farmers bus iness methods and a striking illustra tion of his work 83 an organizer. The suggestion that Mr Carr be of fered the portfolio of Agriculture orig inated with Hon. A. G. Van Petten an active Vice President of the National Farmers Association and a big land owner near awning, in. .. , ,ntendcntt gerved a9 of Mr. uarr wouia De mosi cuiiipiiniein.- i . i ary to millions 01 larmers buk , f . . , . gtate Normal at Selected as a Member of Faculty of Summer Session of the State University. The many friends of Supt. J. W. flamhle will be clad to know that he has been tendered a place on the fac ulty of the University of Nebraska, for the summer session. As this ses sion will not interfere with his regular school work he will no doubt accept. This is paying a high complement to j the ability of Mr. Gamble. Since en i tering the profession as a rural teacher Supt. Gamble has been successively principal of a village school, high school j Principal. County Superintendent, has i worked in the office of the State Super- city Superinten dent, and last summer was a member m 1 An.xr frtu rha . reward ior wnai ne n uu - j peru wh(?re m3 work wa9 vt,ry Bucce93- producers over a dozen great states or , q ,ngtitute work and Last Thursday the case of the State1 vs. Fred Ossenkop was called for trial in the district court, by Judge Harvey 1). Travis. The State was represented by T. J. Doyle, of Lincoln, assisted by County Attorney W. C. Ramsey, and the defendant was represented by Mat thew Gering of this city. Ossenkop is charged with the murder of Charles Byrne at Eagle last September. The following jury was selected to try him: L. G. Lasson, C. C. Wescott, Wesley Maguey, John McKay, Frank Shop), J. A. Whiteman, Geo. I. Lloyd, Mike Lutz, J. L Fowler, 0. A. Davis, E. A. Wortman and Chas. Troop. After the jury has been sworn, Mr. Doyle, for the State, and Mr. Gering, tor the defense each briefly outlined his theory of the case, after which the work of taking testimony was begun. Much interest has been taken in the trial from the very first, the court room being well filled by interested spectators. Otto Kettlehut, who lives across the county line west of Eagle, in Lancas ter county, was the first witness called by the prosecution. He testified that he knew both the accused and the mur dered man, and that he saw them both in Eagle the day of the picnic. He testified that he heard remarks made by Ossenkop to Byrnes, saw then clinch his snecial fitness for the head of the practical Agriculture De partment of the Government. Certain it is that the three million farmers of the west, thousands of whom he knows personally, and hundreds ot thousands who have learned of him through his work of organization are eninusiasuc . has visited many of the best schools in the United States. His teaching ex perience in the University will be the i last step in his experience. Supt. Gam ble is perhaps as well informed on all phases of education as any man in the I state. He has made his own way since at the mention of his name in this con- rprtanW hft9 . ff0od record for a man not yet thirty years of age. , ncction. They want him placed wnere he can do still greater good for the producers of this country. In presenting Mr. Carr's name to President elect Taft his friends have not overlooked the importance of Mr. Carr's work during the 1908 campaign when he labored in connection with the National Press Bureau at Chicago, for the success of the Taft and Sherman ticket. rvl Carr anent his bovhood on an Illinois farm. He served in the Civil War and marched with Sherman to the sea. He is today an active member of of the G. A. R. Many years ago he be came a life member of the Y. M. C. A. and has always been a supporter of that benevolent organization. For twenty years he has been a member of the Union League Club of Chicago, an institution which can always be relied upon to take an active part in public ' affairs whenever any emergency arises. Back of all this Mr. Carr has the en ergy and enthusiasm of a man of thirty years. In all quarters where his name has been mentioned for this appoint ment there has been a ring of enthusi asm in the endorsement which it has and fall from the sidewalk, end that the accused struck Byrnes a number of blows on the face and head with his fists. He saw Ossenkop rise and kick the deceased man several times on the face and head. All day Friday was consumed in taking testimony on behalf of tho State most of the witnesses tell ing very much the same story. The taking of testimony on behalf of the prosecution continued on Saturday morning until 10:13, when the State rested its case. At this p.iint Mr. Gering moved tho court for the direc tion of a verdict for acquittal of the charge of murder in the second degree, and of manslaughter, which motions were promptly overruled by the court. Then Mr. Gering stated to the court that ho had a telephone message to the effect that a brother of the defendant, Ed. Ossenkop and family were quaran tined for Hniall-pox, and that as Ed. Ossenkop was one of tho principal wit nesses for the defendant, it would be necessary to ask for a continuance of the case. Judge Travis then continued the case until Tuesday morning, and decided to have Dr. Hay of the State Board of Health examine the Ossenkop family in the meantime and report to the court. If the disease should prove to be small-pox, it is probable that the trial may be continued. f AKE the place and attitude to which you see your un- 1 questionable right, and all men acquiesce. The world must be just. It always leaves every man with profound unconcern to set his own rate. Hero or driveler, it meddles not in the matter. It will certainly accept your own measure of your doing and being, whether you sneak about and deny your own name, or whether you see your work produced to the concave sphere of the heavens, one with the revolution of the stars. -Emerson. i Cyruc P Cilbarl Dead. The Bee of the 6th inst., gives a short notice of the death of C. P. Gilbert at his home in Lincoln, Friday. Mr.Gilbert was formerly a resident of Weeping Water, and a man well respected by all who knew him. For many years he was associated with the late George W. Adams in the grain business at Weeping Water, and the firm of Adams & Gilbert was prosperous and substan tial. A number of years Mr. Gilbert resided on a farm a few miles east of Elmwood, afterward moving to Weep ing Water, and later going to his farm near Lincoln. He leaves a widow and grown sons and daughters. The deceas ed was about 61 years of ago. Inter ment will take place at Weeping Water. Now is the time to have your piano tuned. Mr. Becker of the Plattsmouth Music Co. is an experienced man in this line of work. We now have Compound Fig Syrup at 25c a bottle. F. G. Frick & Co., Druggists. 72-4. i ! t ! T I till OVERCOATS FOR ONE WEEK Louisville From the Courier. James Stander left Tuesday evening for Texas to look after his land interests. Landlord John Eller of the Hotel Speaker was an Omaha visitor Wednesday. Mrs. Howard Evans and Miss Josie Burns came down from feouth Bend Tuesday. J. M. Deming was down from South Bend Tuesday posting bills for his pub lic sale, which is to beheld February 27. Mrs. Henry Borne returned to her home in Plattsmouth Monday morning after a short visit with her brother, John Ahl and family. Will Fitzgerald was up from Platts mouth Monday, returning home Tues day morning accompanied by lou Liv ingston and "Gip" Teodorski. Elmwood Krom the Latdcr-Echu. Herman Stege nearly severed one of his fingers Wednesday, by cutting it on a piece of tin Howard Capwcll was on the Omaha market Tuesday with a car of cattle, and struck a fine market. Frances Hollcnbeck has been quite sick the past week with pneumonia at the home of her grandmother, Mrs, Louisa Hollenpeck. Frank Stege caught one of his hands on a nail Tuesday evening, while open ing the barn door, tearing the flesh on the back of the hand severely. John Stark slipped on the icy snow m t . , . . . i uesnay nigni ana in trying to save himself from a hard fall severely sprain j ed one of his wrists, Mrs. John Stark, accompanied by Mr, i Stark and Joseph Mullin, went to Lin MiRS Ida Guthman who has been here 'coin Tuesday noon to enter the sani the tarium again for treatment. St. for the past two weeks visiting at home of W. F. Krecklow, left for Joseph, Mo., Monday morning. Mr. and Mrs. John McNurlinof Platts- We will Overcoat store for sell in - any our off for cash. This means a good thing for iou. Mrs. Rosencrans and Miss Teressa Hemple came out from Plattsmouth Wednesday to attend the D. of H. in mouth were over Sunday visitors with j stallation, returning home yesterday C. M. Seybert and family. They re- afternoon. turned home Monday morning. i J. D. Brittell has improved the ap John Miller, an employee at the state I pearance ot nis residence property in ...n, iv.. . env iiumuuu ujr uuiiiunK iietii lime fish hatcheries, was in town Monday. He left on an evening train for Excel sior Springs, Mo. to visit his father. M. L. Williams shipped two cars of j hogs to the South Omuha market Fri-1 day. The drop in the market caught Mart pretty hard, but he never kicks, j Call and Seethe Piano. The public is cordially invited to call at the sales room of the Plattsmouth Music Company in the Riley Block south of the postotlice and see the fine How ard piano which tho News-Herald will give away on the M of April. This is an instrument which Mr. Becker has been regularly selling at $.TO, the price in Omaha being $115. The manufactur ers have been making pianos for over fifty years and the experience gained in that length of time is embodied in this ne instrument. Mr. Becker will take pleasure in exhibiting it to anyone call ing at his store. Never before has a piano of this grade been offered in any contest anywhere. WILL CROSS STATES Old Liberty Dell to be Exhibited at Alaska-Yukon Ex position. The Liberty bell, one of the famous relics of the national birth, now in the old statehouse in Philadelphia, will make a journey across the continent to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition at Seattle. Aside from the reverent en thusiasm the Liberty bell would arouse during its escort from Philadelphia to the exposition city by a guard of honor, would prove an attractive feature for the fair. "Though on an opposite side of the continent we are proud of being an in tegral part of the republic and our citi zens avail themselves of every oppor tunity to inculcate the spirit of patri otism," writes Mayor John F. Miller Seattle to Mayor John E. Reyburn of Philadelphia in his request on behalf of the people of the city to have the iberty bell on exhibition at the 1909 fair. "Especially do our people revere the memory of Washington, whose name was bestowed upon our common wealth with the widest purpose of ex tending the spirit of those independence days to the utmost confines nf the na tion. Under the lead of Rainer chapter. Daughters of the American Revolution, the people are providing for a fine heroic statue in bronze of Washington," continues Mayor Miller. "The statue will remain a permanent ornament on the campus of the University of Wash ington. Thus you will see the kind of a community into which we invite you to bring the bell." "Philadelphia has always been loath to allow the Liberty bell to go without the city," writes Mayor Reyburn to Mayor Miller, "but on those occasions which have seemingly warranted the taking of such a risk the bell has been sent to various expositions. The chief objection to sending the bell away from the city is the danger of its being in jured in transit, as we have learned to revere and venerate this precious relic our ancestors. IS ON THE INCREASE Probltlen Over Veto. NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 6. -The bill prohibiting the manufacture of in toxicating liquors in this state came up in the house for passage over the gov ernor's veto. The bill was passed over the gover nor's veto by a vote or 69 to 47. The law goes into effect January 1, 1910. Use of National Forest Reserves Growing More Popular Each Year. The actual use of the varied resour ces of the government's 168.000,000 acres of the National Forest land is on the increase, according to the report of tho work for the fiscal year 1908. The report says that from an administrative standpoint the most striking fact of the year was the remarkable increase which took place in the volume of businesa transacted. This growth in business done by the United States Forest Service last year over the previous yearis partly brought out in the following statement showing percentages of increase: in the number of timber sales, 2l!6 per cent: in the amount of timber cut under sales, 102 per cent; in the number of free timber permits, 76 per cent; in the number of grazing permits, 11 per cent, and in the number of special-use permits, 67 per cent. That the additions to exist ing National Forests and new creations caused this increase only to a small ex tent is shown by the fact that the area increased is only 11 per cent. In speak. ing of this feature of the work of the Forest Service in his annual report, the Secretary of Agriculture Bays in part: "The growth in the volume of busi ness arising from the use of the For ests has created a very serious admin istrative problem. Last year 78 per cent of the time of the administrative and protective force was taken up by the demands of National Forest busi ness. The average forest area to each officer supposedly available for patrol duty was about 120,000 acres; but with more than three-fourths of the time of these officers occupied with timber sale, grazing, and other business, the force actually available for patrol wan equivalent to about one man to each 500,000 acres. That under these cir cumstances the fire loses in a year of exceptional danger were kept down to a very small figure in comparison with the value of the timber exposed and the damage from forest fires elsewhere is a matter of congratulation." "The risk incurred, however, is out of all proportion to the added coet which more adequate protection would involve. I am convinced that the pro vision made for the care and use of the National Forests has become inade quate to their needs, and I have there fore submitted estimates for the fiscal year 1910 which ask for a substantial increase in the appropriation. With the further growth in business which is certain to take place during the pres ent year, even less protection can be given than has been given in the past. Indeed, the point has now nearly been reached at which it is not even a choice between providing for the needs of those who would use the Forests and protecting the forests themselves." When buying candies, why not buy the best? We always have a fine line of the superior grades on hand. Ne metz & Co. next to P. O. bam, moving the wood shed back to the alley and making other improve ments for the betterment of the pro perty. George Dunkle and Mrs. Walter Cromwell were Lincoln passengers Arthur Strander has bought an inter-1 luesny noon. laKI"K ""le Bessie uun est in the hardware and furniture busi-: k,u ul,t0 Mr- (iu.inn'8 to 8ty u,ltil n with hi brother. P. C. and is an- Hllt"r orge nas nis sale. C. E. Wescott's Sons "Where Quality Counts." H 1 I' I' 1 1 I 'I i'H"M"H- V I I I ' I I' M M i1 1' H'l l'ttttttttttl H1 1 H dying himself to the tinning depart ment. Dr. and Mrs. l'olk attended a wed- ding at their old home at Raymond Wednesday. The doctor returned Thurs day morning, Mrs. Polk remaining for a few days visit with friends. Mrs. Lindland and Miss Beda Ander son, who have been here visiting with Mrs. Lester Stander, left for their home in South Dakota Thursday morn ing. They were accompanied as far as Mrs. D. C. Kunz, who passed through ho critical an operation some weeks ago, j was able to leave the hospital Wednes day. She was taken to the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Dreamer. Our worthy friend, A. B. Dickson, has been quite sick and under the doc tors care the past week. The Leader Echo hopes to sec him out on the street again in a short time. AM! Principal Wataon in City. Prof. Watson, nrincinal of the Louis- Omaha by Mr. Stander and Miss Agnes; vi)e pul),ic hg adjourned his school Anderson. We sell the Monarch Malleable Range. Kroehler Brothers, Coates Block. Photo post cards of Taft at Platts mouth. Now on sale-Ten different views at 5c each. Nemetz St Co. next to P. O. Friday and spent the day visiting the Plattsmouth schools. Prof. Watson was the guest of Prof. Gamble while in the city, and no doubt gathered in formation which will be useful to him in his work in our neighboring village. C. A. Marshall, dentist. Now that we have your eye we want to tell you that we have the finest line of pianos ever brought to Plattsmouth and that for dura bility, tone and workmanship are excelled by none. Our pianos stand first among pianos. They have always led; and look as though they always will. Wherein does their superiority lie? In strength of construction, breadth and beauty of tone, strength, yet delicacy, of action, and splendid orchestral power. If its the very best in pianos that you want, you must have ours. See them-Hear them at our store. We have a slightly damaged piano will be sold at a bargain. The Plattsmouth Music Company J. A. BECKER, MANACER