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About The news-herald. (Plattsmouth, Neb.) 1909-1911 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 11, 1909)
"he MewsHerald. ': TWICE A WEEK NEWS. Fa'abliflixl Nov. 5. 1-91 11 SKALD. EfULlithcd Api ii 10, H"4 Ccn.'oliJatid Jan. 1. PLATTSMOUTII, NEKKASKA, TIlt'ItSDAY, FEP.KUAHY 11, 1!W VOL. XLV NO. 74 J3 A COMPROMISE BILL Congressman Pollard's Ideas In corporated in Forest Re - serve Measure. After protracted consideration by the Committee of Agriculture of the ques tion of procuring National Forest Re serves and after having had before it six or seven bills bearing on the subject, the Committee has finally reported a comprise measure which embodies the principal features of the so called Lever-Currier Appalachian and White Mountain Forest Reserve bill which was introduced at the last session of Con gress and the Follard bill on the sume subject. The Committee has held pro tracted hearings on these bills having examined witnessess from all parts of the country as well as experts from the Forestry Bureau and the Geological Service of the Government. In the consideration of this subject, it is grati fying to know that Nebraska's member of the Agriculture Committe, Mr. Pol lard, took a deep interest in this matter and was influential enough to stamp his ideas upon the bill that is now pending in Congress and will in all probability become a law before the present ses sion closes. Mr. Pollard has been an active advocate of the conservation of our forests. In an interview given out at Washington he stated that he was disappointed in the present bill but was supporting it becnuse it was a step in the fight direction. The entire areas included in the water sheds of the sonthern Appalachian and White Moun tains could have been brought at once into the Forest Reserves had his bill been agreed to. He has, however, given the present measure his hearty pupport because he considers it to be th-i best that can be secured at the present time. The greatest obstacle that has stood in the way of securing the most effective legislation has been the determination of the people who have been behind the bill insisting upon the purchase by the government of all these areas. A large part of the lands in question wore bought a few years ago by specu lative lumber-men at prices ranging from 10 cents to $1.00 an acre. These lands were covered largely by heavy timber. All of this commercial timber is now removed. The original pur chasers have made all the way from $,")() to $1000 an acre on this land. Hav ing stripped it of its commercial timber they now desire to unload it upon the government at a price of from 200 to 300 per cent higher than the original cost. The Committee of Agriculture, as well af Congress has been unalter ably opposed to any such plans. Had the bill originally presented by these people been enacted into law, it would have entailed upon the govern ment an expenditure of no less than five hundred millions of dollars. We are glad to know that Mr. Pol lard steadfastly opposed this steal. The bill the Committee has reported pro vides for a co-operative system of supervision between the states of this region and the Federal Government, each bearing a portion of the expense, i It also contemplates the purchase of i limited areas where found to be neces-; sary to protect the navigability of navi- j gable streams and to preserve the for- j ..... 1 I. ik.l !... ' any other purpo.se. LIST OF NOMINATIONS Votes will Be Published for the F:.rst Time Next Week Now is the Time to Commence to Hustle. i FOR ELECTRIC POWER I ! Railroad in the Far West will j conduct Experiment with S Electrical Equipment. 1 Electrification of 100 miles of the j Chicago, Milwaukee t Puget Sound Railway company's main line over the Bitter Root mountains with two power j stations of from 20,000 to 25,000 horse power each on the St. Joe river in ' Northern Idaho and the Missoula river j in western Montana, is the project I anounced by C. B. Pride, hydraulic en gineer, with headquarters in Spokane. 'Contracts will be awarded in two I weeks, the installation to be completed j as rapidly as possible. Mr. Pride says the operation of trains ' over the mountair.3 is really an experi : ment, but he believed the problem pre i sented on the Milwaukee will be solved. He added that the company's engi ! neers are investigating the possibility j of replacing steam locomotives with electric equipment for all traffic at points where power can be generated ; or transmitted over high voltage lines, i The company has power plants in vari i ous parts of Washington, Idaho and Montana, where it will erect plants as rapidly as they are needed. "If the system to move trains over the mountains is as successful as ex pected," he said, "there is every rea son to believe that electric operation will be installed between St. Joe, Ida ho, and Puget Sound. There is an am ple water power in the northwestern j states to move the traffic on all lines ! a.nd leave several million horse power ; for lighting and manufacturing pur ; poses. I am told that in the state of Washington alone the streams have a total horse power of morg than 3,000,- fan ' " ! The Great Northern Railway com j pany will operate its trains through the Cascade mountains, west of Spokane, j with electric power. Four locomotives, , each of PJJ9.000 pounds, have been built, ! and one of these is now being tested in j the east. Notice to Subscribers. ! Attention is called to the new mail ing system recently adopted by the News-Herald. The date following the name indicates the expiration of the subscription, a feature which we feel sure will be appreciated by all our subscribers. When a subscriber makes a payment on subscription the date fol lowing his name is advanced to the time paid for, thus obviating the poj siblity of a misunderstanding as to the j proper credit. Afterpayment i3 made at this office a short time should be al- lowed, usually from two weeks to a month, for us to make the proper cred- its. , Then if you have not been credit I ed properly call our attention to the fact and the matter can be rectified while it is still fresh in the minds of both parties. j t t X At the close of each season there comes a time when the wide awake merchant is willing to sacrifice on his merchandise and offer liberal discounts to make room for new goods. That', where we are just now. Wearedicounting dl winter suits and overcoats from 10 to 35 per cent. It's a good time for you to buy. You need some of these goods. Buy them now and save money. Our loss is you gain. C. E. Wescott's Sons "Where Quality Counts." ! i M-HIBt JL ACOOD TIME TO BUY The News-Herald and Nebraska Farmer's subscription rally is getting started in earnest and the following nomination have been made as con testants: t'NION, NEHK. Octa Austin Reu Frans Orilla Frans Ben Roddy Agnes Pearsley Zola Frans Blanche Mougey. NEHAWKA, Ray O'Day Victor Strum Fern Schrader Gladys West. Sherman Austin Clyde Lynde Alice O'Donnell Vivian Everett Bessie Kendall Orville Mctjuinn NERR. Violet St. John Stewart Rough Hall Pollard WEEPING WATKK, NKBR. O. M. Ward Wayne Switzer Carl E. Day P. E. Day Chas. Joice O. O. Ogden H. I). Reed. Ralph Clifford Charles Gaebel VV. H. Hoover George Ducrr M. N. Drake L. F. Haddou. AVOC'A, NE11K. Fred Westlake. This is quite a lUt of nominations and we would like to hear of them get mg busy as the contestants who start out riyht at the first will have the best chance to win. All of the above nom inees have been supplied with small receipt books and subscription blanks and they can get other supplies at any time by letting us know here at this office. The followiug nominees have signified thir intention of getting in the game right and are now out after the sub scriptions that will make them the votes: Harriet e Adams. F. S. Sheldon. Pauline Burris. Zetta Brown. i Lincoln's Gettysburg Speech FOURSCORE and seven years ago our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so con ceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great bat tlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we can not hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled J?. here, have consecrated it far above our power to add or detract. The !j! world will little know, nor long remember, what we say here. It is for I us, the living rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which J they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for .j. us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, that from , thesa honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion; that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain; that this nation under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of thd people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth. MYNARD, NEBR. Manota Perry lone Kiser EJ. Vallery. MURRAY, NEBR. Vance Pittman M. G. Churchill 1 Fred Towle Mabel Bauer ! W. C. Timlin " A. G. Brann James E. Golden John Creamer Frank Hulfish J. A. Wislon A. H. Waltz Zetta Brown MURDOCH, NEBR. Fred Buell Bessie Vandenberg John J. Gustin Chris Miller Iva McCrary Frank Melvin J. L. Gochry Wm. Rush Wm. Langhorst Wm. Schewe E. H. Miller. lone Kiser. E. H. Miller. We hope to have the names of many more good active contestants to pub fish by next week. Anyone wishing to get in the race cin do so by letting us know at this office whether they have been nominated or not. lhe standing of the votes will be published for the first time in next week s raper. We hope all will try to have a good showing the first time they arc published so their friends will see they arc really in the race and working to win. Votes are allowed on all subscription payment as follows: At Christ Church First Church of Christ Scientist,' of Plattsinouth, will hold Lincoln day service in the Coates Block, Friday February 12 at vleven o'clock, A. M. Subject, Freedom. The public is in vited. 7;i-2t SCHLUNTZ RESIGNS TRIAL IS POSTPONED 1). O. Dwyer Appointed to fill Vacancy-Routine Busi ness Transactsd. Last Monday night at the usual hour the city council convened in regular ses sion, with all members present. After the reading of the minuteH, the resig nation of Councilman H. J. Sehluntz of the First ward was read and accepted. Acting Mayor Saltier appointed I). O. Dwyer to fill the vacancy, who was promptly confirmed. This looks like "sop" indeed, as it will be remembered that only a few weeks ago, when Mr. Dwyer was nominated by Mayor Gor ing for city attorney, his nomination was promptly rejected by the city coun cil. Mr. Dwyer must have reformed very rapidly, or the council must have not considered him a competent person to be City Attorney, or possibly their act was intended as a rebuke to Mayor Goring. Such proceedings look a good leal like horse play or something un usual. Mr t , -.I ..... v. . i. icmeni, my ireasurer, re ported $7,5:i:i.4D in the treasury on the first of the month. The following claims were allowed and warrants ordered for the payment of the same: Jos. Fitzgesald, salary $50.00 Jas. Skoumal, poll tax 3.00 Olive Jones, salary 25.00 Platts. Tel. Co., rent 1.50 Ben Rainey, salary 50.OO Jas Donelly. salary i rn Public Library expense 1.15 J. N. Egenbcrger, fuel 14.25 Jas. Mrasek. street work A 7.1 Mike Sedlak, poll tax 3.00 J. V. Egenberger, fuel 14.50 M. Archer, salary 30.OO Phil Harrison, street work 3.15 VV. B. Rishel, street work 1.2.1 Chas. Bates, hauling cinders 1.40 M. Herold, stationery 50 To the claims committ.ee: C. L. Martin, livery 3.00 It looks like the allowance af $50.00 per month to Joe Fitzgerald, as cheif of police, as "salary" was a misnomer, it should be "donation." Very few taxpayers can see where any value re ceived is given for this allowance. An ordinance was presented for the purpose of allowing business men to put up electric signs. We believe this a good ordinance, but doubt the ad visability of limiting the signs to electric Higns, as someone might choose gas, for lighting purposes. Ossenkop Case Brought to a. Standstill Until the First of March. There will be no further proceeding in the trial of Fred Ossenkop until the first of March. When court convened Tuesday morning a motion was intro duced by the defendant for a continu ance over the term, accompanied by an affidavit in which he set up that the testimony of Ed. Ossenkop and Fred Ossenkop, nephew and son of William Ossenkop, was necessary for his de fense, and that they were quarantined at their homes with smr!l-pox. This motion was strongly opined by County Attorney Ramsey, and after hearing the report of Dr. Hay of Lincoln who was selected to investigate the rent ed case of small-pox, Judge Travis ruled that the trial be postponed until the first of March, and decided to let the jury return to their several homes after admonishing them against talking over the case or permitting anyone to talk it over with them. It is learned that the small-pox at the ' Ossenkops' is in a mild form, and Dr. Hay believes that the w itnesses wanted can be out of quarantine within ten days I or two weeks. ChDAR CREEK, NEBR Ray Horn Jas. L. Terrybcrry Fred Heil. SOUTH BEND, NEBR. Eva Stander Stanley Richards V. D. Harris. PLATTSMOUTII, NEBR. Henry Nolting John KafTenberger F. S. Sheldon Pauline Burris Emil Parkening Harriettc Adams. ELMWOOD, NEBR. Joe Capwell Clark Gonzales Noel Tyson Pearl Woodard J. R. Baird. Al.vo, Summer Hall Gladys Applcman Oscar Kitzel Henry Roelofz R. A. Stone. EAGLE, NEBR. Pearl Betta George Reitter Merle Carr Clyde Trimble Jay Adams Clarence Root. GREENWOOD, NEBR. NEBR. Mrs..J. Armstrong Frank E. Cook George P. Foreman George A. Sutton V. D. Conn A. C. Clymer Wm. Chandler E. A. Howard W. E. Newkirk D. L. Talcott LOUISVILLE, J. H. Albert S. W. Ball H. H. Denning Frank Gadway J. M. Hoover John L. Burn O. T. McDonald L. L. Coleman V. S. Flood F. E. Nichols Wm. Stone Walter Pailing. NEBR. W. A. Clcghom J. F. Bradine A. J. Deitrich John Group James Allows Ben Barker papers VOTI.NC SCHEDULE. Each year's renewal subscription to the News-Herald counts 400 votes. Each year's new subscription to the News-Herald counts noo votes. Each year's renewal subscription to the News-Herald together with a year's subscription to the Nebraska Farmers, 1,200 votes. Each year's new subscription to the News-Herald together with a year's subscription to the Nebraska Fanner, l.fiOO votes. Five years paid to both papers counts 2,000 extra votes. Ten years paid to both papers counts 5,000 extra votes. r if teen years paid to both counts 10.000 extra votes. The prizes to be awarded at the close of the contest consist of a fine Buick five-passenger touring car as grand prize, and it will be given to the contestant receiving the most voles in a group of twelve contests all conducted by local county papers. A first class Howard piano purchased from the Plattsmouth Music Co., a combination desk and book case purchased from Straight & Streight, and a $10 due bill on any merchant advertising in the News-HeralD will be awarded the contestants In this contest. Someone in this contest has a fine chance for the 3! automobile so why iwt begin work to J day? The subscription price of the I News-Herald is $1.50 per year. The ! clubbing price of the News-Herald I I . 1 I... I.. A. HiKi mc m-orasKU runner is tj. Tin Wedding Surprise. Monday was the tenth anniversary of the marriage of Judge and Mrs. A. J liecson and a number of their friends determined to celebrate the event bv giving them a surprise party. And as a departure from the usual form of such functions those attending went cn masque. II. A. Schneider was select ed to deliver the felicitory oration, and it is said by those present that he ex celled even himself. A most pleasant evening was spent. Those attending were D. C. Morgan and wife, Jas. Donnelly and wife, W. K. Fox and wife, W. K. jr., H. A. Schneider and wife, N. H. Isbell and family, Mrs. Minor, Mrs. A. Beeson, Misses Mary E. Foster, Alma Larson, Teresa Hempel,' Anna Hassler, Mai Gering, Gertrude Beeson and Katie McIIugh. Departs for Bloomington. W. L. Cooper, who recently resigned his position in the B. & M. supply de partment, departed Tuesday night to begin his new duties with the Chicago and Alton railroad. The General Storekeeper of that road will find Mr. Cooper's ripe experience in hia line of work a valuable assistance in the reorganization which we under- . stand is being made in the store de- partment of that road. Mr. Cooper received a highly appreci ated surprise from hia co-workers, who presented him with are elegant traveling bag in token of the high re gard in which they held him and ex, pression of regret in losing him, but all united in complimenting Mr. Cooper upon receiving such a desirable position, which came to him aa a surprise and unsolicited one more proof that effici ency in work is recognized and finds it reward. Takes New Position. . Miss Alma Larson, formerly book- keeper in the News-Herald office, ha.v. accepted a position as stenographec and assistant to the auditor with the Plattsmouth Telepnone Company. Miss. Larson excels in office work, and the telephone people are to be congratulate. ed upon securing her services. I i THE HOW- X ARD Y PIANO Send her a post card of your favorite float. At Nemctz & Co. a' t A piano of today a piano most welcome in the field, because it is high in quality while small in cost. We have given you an inkling of what to expect: we don't want to disappoint you when you come to our store to make the acquaintance of the Howard. Prices right. We do expert piano tuning. We have a slightly used piano which will be sold at a great sacrifice. Plattsmouth Music Co. J. A. BECKER, Manager
