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About The news-herald. (Plattsmouth, Neb.) 1909-1911 | View Entire Issue (March 15, 1909)
' l .... , ...... THE Kv T TT H iERALB, TWICE A WEEK 10 PAGES NKWS. EHtMhliHi-rri Nov. 0. !"0l 1IKKALD. Established April IS. U ContsolMtted Jan. 1, PLATTSMOUTII, NEHKASKA, MONDAY, MAliCll 15, 10! vol. wxno.sov r Interurban Railway Talk Froposed Line Should be for Benefit of All. As announced in the first issue of this paper under the present management, the policy of this paper is to advocate only those thing3 which will be for the general good, and not to advocate those things which are merely for the benefit of one man or any small group or set of men. In the issue of this paper of March first, we advocated the building of an interurban railway through Cass. coun ty connecting Eagle, Elmwood, Alvo, Greenwood Murdock and Manley with Weeping Water and Louisville, another line from Murray to Manley, and an other running from Plattsmouth to Union. We believe that these lines of interurban railway would be profitable and would be a most excellent thing for Cass county. We believe it would enhance the value of every farm along the route from $10 to $15 per acre. We believe it would make every town that it might reach a better town and more prosperous. We are confident that it would be as great a convenience to the farmers, as is now the telephone and the rural free mail delivery. While we are heartily in favor of such interurban railway, we are not in favor of the granting of a franchise to a small group of four or five men for speculative purposes. For this line of interurban railway to be built it would be necessary to obtain a franchise from the city council, and village boards for the use of the streets, and a franchise . from the county commissioners for the use of the public roads. This franchise when granted would become a very i valuable asset. We believe that in the organization of such interurban j railway much the same policy should ! be pursued, as in the organization of a farmers' elevator. Wc believe that there would be a community of interests exist along the entire route of such interurban line. We believe that the : proper method of organizing and in corporating such company would be to j permit the farmers along the route and the business men to be taken in on the I ground floor of the organization of such company, and that they be the incor-! porators of it, so that they would j have the say in the matter of issuing the stock, selling the stock, and selling j the bonds, if necessary, to procure the : funds for the building of such interur-; ban line. We believe the capital stock ! should be fully paid up, and that there should be no watered stock about it. j We are not in favor of granting a fran-1 chisc to any half dozen men for ex- ploiting purposes. We believe that there could be found a goodly number ' of farmers along the route, who would be glad to get the opportunity to assist j in financing this proposition if they could get in on the ground floor and know that a few men were not issuing large blocks of stock to themselves for i which they would not pay a dollar, and then issue other lesser blocks of stock I to be sold to the purchasers at par Bargains in C. Wescott's Sons y "Where Quality Counts." : value. We favor an equal opportunity j for all on the ground floor basis. We 1 are not in favor of granting such valu i able franchise to any half dozen men, i however, good they may say their in ! tentions are. They might change their intentions. Give all the business men ' and farmers an equal opportunity. ! That is what we stand for, and any other course will meet with our opposi ; tion. Mr. Pollard Returns Home Has Made a Good Record In Washington. After three and a half years in Con gress Mr. Pollard now returns to his farm at Nehawka. Being a farmer he has naturally devoted much of his time to the agricultural interests of his dis trict. Through his influence the dis trict has received a great deal of at tention from the Agricultural Depart ment. Demonstrations in spraying fruit trees, tests of the Department's new method of treating hog cholera, good roads meetings, and experiments in plant breeding, are some of the lines along which his activity has been directed. He now has fifty farmers in various parts of the district who are carrying on experimental work under the direction of the Department in breceding better strains of corn and other grains ani in working out better cultural methods. He has assisted in the movement to improve the Missouri river as a means of carrying our crops to market at cheaper rates. He was largely instrumental in getting the Forest Reserve bill advocated by Presi dent Roosevelt out of the Committee on Agriculture of which he is a mem ber, and through the House. Besides this larger work Mr. Pollard has en deavored to assist individual farmers by furnishing them information possessed by the department on various agri cultural subjects. While he has been criticised by Rome for his vote for ship-subsidy, yet, in so doing he was simply carrying out the pledges of the republican platform and voting for legislation advocated by Presidents Harrison, McKinley, Roose velt and Taft. President Roosevelt repeatedly recommended such legisla tion as an adjunct to the navy and as furnishing us a means of placing our products on the South American and oriental markets. He stood squarely by President Roosevelt on every point at issue by voting for the measures he advocated and by supporting him on such matters as his dispute with Con gress over the Secret Service question. Some have disagreed with Mr. Pollard on matters of public policy but all those who are not opposed to him for political reasons will admit that he has conscientiously done what he thought was right. Mr. Pollard is the first farmer to serve in Congress from Ne braska and has demonstrated the wis dom of having a farmer represent an argicultural district. Commercial Club Tuesday evening nt 8 o'clock, Coates hall. Raincoats We bought a choice lot of raincoats at a bargain when in the Eastern market last month and we will sell them at bargain prices. They are new, fresh goods in 1909 models direct from our lead ing overcoat house. They come in brown, gray and tan, also black in regular or auto collar. Prices, $10, $12, $13.50 LOCAL AND PERSONAL The Mjetic, 5 and 10 cents. See us for sale bills. C. A. Marshall, dentist Farm for Rent. Inquire of E. Good win, Mynard, Neb. Commercial Club Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock, Coates' hall. Rev, F. W. Brinks spent the day Friday at Council Bluffs. Fred Peterson of Louisville trans acted business in this city Friday. Mrs. M. G. Churchill and little daugh ter of Murray spent the day Friday in this city. County Clerk Rosencrans was a busi ness visitor in the capital city the lat ter part of the week. Commissioner M. L. Friedrich was was looking after county business at Louisville on Friday. H. H. Tvson, of South Dakota, has been visiting with his sister, Q. K. Parmele, for a few days. George Rhoden from north west of Murray was a business visitor in the county seat this morning. John McNurlin and wife have gone to Stanton, Neb., when they will visit the family of Edward Sprieck. Mrs. I. N. Woodford of Weeping Water was the guest of Mrs. H. D. Travis of this city over Sunday. Thomas Stokes, the carpenter, has been doing some work for Arthur Sul livan and wife south of the city. Ray Christwisser from south west of Murray accompanied by his wife were looking ofter some business matters in the city this morning. Chris Gauerof near Cedar Creek, one of the prosperous farmers of Cass county was a business visitor in the county seat this morning. Frank Boyd, the carpenter, who has been working at Walthill for sometime past, has returned to Plattsmouth to nurse an attack of the grip. IW, E. Jenkins of Murray, the Mar shall Field of that stirring city, was transacting business in the county seat the latter part of the week. John Engle paid the News-IIerau office a pleasant call. He is a nice gentleman to meet and has beer a sub scriber to this paper for a long tin.e. 'Mayor Fred Gorder of Weeping Water and little daughter were visitors j in the city over Sunday, the guests of I Mr. Gorder's mother Mrs. Fred Gorder Sr. j Miss Alma Parker, who has been i working at Omaha for some time past, J came down the latter part of the week j and is visiting with her parents in this I city. J Miss Marie Kaufman of the firm of A. Kaufman & Daughter, of Cedar ; Creek was a business visitor in the city Horse Starts Home Alone. Win. Heil who live west of Mynard and about nine miles from Plattsmouth, was in the city this morning looking after some business matters, and had a load of goods to take home with him. lie unhitched his team and placed them in the sheds, on Fifth street feeding them, while he was at his dinner, one of the horses got loose, and nodouht thinking that the business of the day was over, departed for home saying nothing to his master regarding the matter. Mr. Heil when he found out the state of affairs, was compelled to to secure a rig at the livery stable, and and go after the truant horse, as he would compelled to leaved his other horse and load here until he could get the runaway. Later-Some boys caught the horse in the west part of town this afternoon thus saving Mr. Heil a trip home. The Japanese Footfall. On of the odil thlnps which strikes one in Japan Is the footfall, so differ ent from the sound made by shoe leather, fllllnR the ears In say a crowded station In Tokyo with Its European looking trains, pint forms, ticket offices, bookstalls and other familiar objerts! The musical clicklnR noise of the wooden sandals or docs, which are worn out of doors hy nil classes of Japanese and which are raised above rhe ground at vary In a: heights, accord- Inc to the state of the roads, Is one of !h' most characteristic lilts of detail of the country, and any picture after ward recalled to the mlml has this cll.ik-ty ciink, cllnkety clink, as a runnlim accompaniment. !this morning and made this office a very pleasant call. ! Commercial Club Tuesday evening at n o ciocK, i oates hall. Mrs. M. W. Thomas living in the southwest portion of the citv who ha been so seriously sick with an acute . attack of appendictis is reported as i some wnat improved and hopes are ex- test and of her entire recovery. Gust J ohnson. who han hin mnflnnl to his bed for some time with the I pne :monia. is airain so he can Kp mi mil and is on the street again, but not yet . tuny recovered to that extent as to be able re resume his work at the Burling ton shops. Geo. L. Farley, the real estate man, who has been in Alberta, Canada, for the past two weeks looking after some land transactions, returned home Fri day morning. Mr. Farley is very enthu siastic over that country, and says it has a great future. Paul Budig the cigar maker was a passenger to Iowa points this morning in the interest of tho out put of his cigar factory of which there are a num ber of very popular brands. The "Den ver special being the one most pleasing to the critical smoker. Frank R. Gobleman, manager of the Plattsmouth Stock and Grain Co.. of this place who has been troubled with a white swelling on his right leg, was compelled to go to Omaha, where he is to have an operation performed at the Imnianual hospital. It is hoped that he nay return in the near future en tirely cured. Oscar Wilson has charge of the business while Mr. Gobleman is away. J. M. Meisinger, one of the prosper ous farmers west of the city and son, Henry, were looking after some bri nes.", matters in the city this morning, Mr. Meisinger will in the near future begin the erection ot a house on one of his farms west of Mynard. The build ing is to be 16x32 4 story and a half containing for rooms, and will be used for a tenement house, and occupied by the party farming his place. Crl and Hugo Asemissen, formerly members of the firm of H. L. Asemis sen & Sons, last Saturday disposed of their interest interest in the firm and the business to George Klinger jr., who has assumed charge in connection with the senior member of the firm Mr. H. L. Asemissen. Mr. Carl Asemissen, will remain in the city for the present until he shall determine what he shall take up in the future. Mr. Hugo Asemissen, having accepted a position in a general store in Iowa some time since, where he is at present employ ed. Wc predict for the new firm a good business as has been that of the house in the past. His American Souvenir. John Schmidt was yotiiij; ami dor nan. Shortly after he came to New York his friends In Oermanv wrote: "Send us as a souvenir something j typical of American habits." I So John Schmidt looked around. After observing Americans at home ' and in public for a period of three ; weeks he considered himself coinpo- I tent to comply with the request. Last 1 week he sent home the thing which, lu his opinion, most adequately repre. sented American customs and Institu tions. Ho sent six packages of chew ing gum. During Gun Firing. The British admiralty has given at tention to the question of ear protec tion during heavy nun firing, and ft has been decided to use plasticine, with tho addition of cotton wool, but the form of ear protection to be tise Is to be left to the individual choice of officers and men. Plasticine may he supplied to ships and gunnery schools If specially demanded. The addition of 60 to tiO grains of cotton wool has been recommended to Insure perfect nafety. It is printed out that the cost of the material Is very small and Its use Is often desirable. j Was Buried Today. Peter Turin, for a number of years a citizen of this city, and a native of Sweden, who has been a familiar figure on our streets, after a sickness of some time, died last Saturday, at his home and was buried today, the remains be ing interred at Oak Hill cemetery, tho j funeral being held from bis late resi ence. Mr. Turin was honored and rc-' spected by a large number of friends, i Attention! Knights and Ladies of Security mem hers, you arc requested to be present at the next meeting Monday evening, March 15. After tho regular meeting a social reception will be given and re freshments served in honor of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Soper and Miss Clara Brown, who will soon depart for their new homes. C. M. Parkkr. Takes Shot at Col. Bates Weeping Water Republican Man Disscusses Libel Bill. Our silk-tiled friend with a stately tread, Colonel M. A. Bates, the edi torial representative of Cass and Otoe counties, has introduced a bill in the House affecting newspaper editors who are sued for libel. This, of course, is one bill we favor. It provides that the editor who has published some mean thing about his political opponent, or any undeserving or unworthy being, can make retraction in a stated period, and by being sorry, can cscane the punishment that would otherwise be meted out to him. It is a blessinir to know that you can if necessary, but we have never yet been very sorry for anything we have published, for it was as near the truth as was possible to get, and we felt safe. But we can understand Colonel Bates' position and realize that if we had published one- half as mean things as he has, and told as many untruths, we would feel that it would take not only a legislative measure to square us, but about six months of prayer and penance. Ossenkop Case Next Saturday District Judge Travis, who is holding court at Nebraska City, was an over Sunday visitor at his home in this city, returning" to his work this ' morning. The judge says that the present term at Nebraska City will continue about two weeks, but he thinks he will find time next Saturday to hear the argu ments for a new trial in the Ossenkop case. OUR FIRST DAY mm ?npyright 100 hy Hirt SchirTner & M Prices $18.00 to $30.00. Others 7.50 to 16.50. Come in and see our ntw Ilunq up Sustem. THE HOME OF Manhattan Shirts. stetson Hats. Hart SchafTner & Marx Clothes. Tin: nfav disastrous Conflagration. Burlington Freight House Is En tirely Consumed by Fire. The quiet slumbers of Plattsmoutrt citizens were rudely broken by the pn longed blowing of the shop whistle riv ing the alarm of fire yesterday mom-, ing. Those who braved the fresh morning air found when they eot to the scene of action the Burlington freight depot enveloped in flames and almost consumed. The cause of the fire is unknown, but is supposed to have originated from a defective flue in the freight house office. Tho fire department did all that could be done to extinguish the flames, but the fire having gained such headway it was not possible to save any part of the building except the floor.- A strinir of freight cars standing along side of the depot were badly scorched, and one was almost destroyed. It is understood that the Burlington will immediately commence the erec tion of a new structure to take place of the old. Republican Convention. The Republican Party will hold a. mass convention at the Council Cham her, at 8 o'clock p. m. Friday, March 19, 1909, for the pourpose of nominat ing one candidate for mayor; one fop treasurer; one for clerk; one for police judge; two members of the school board; one for councilman for the full term, from the First ward; one from the Sec ond ward; one froth the Third ward; one from the Fourth ward; one from the Fifth ward; and one for one year to fill vacancy from the First ward; to be elected at the next general city election to be held on Tuesday April 6, 1W9. T. L. MttKi'iiY, Chairman. Commercial Club. . The regular meeting of the club will be held Tuesday evening.. March lBth. at 8 o'clock, at Coates hall. Frank Boyd who has been at home for the most of the past week on ac count of an attack of tho gripe depart ed this morning for his work again at Walthill, this state. Was a big success. It was far better than we had an ticipated. We had been told by some people that we were putting on too much style. But after our first day's business, we feel more than safe in saying that the people appreciate a modern equipped store. We just received our fourth large shipment of Hurt Schu finer $ Marx Suits and Cranuicltcs. And can now show you an as sortment of new shades in grays, greens, London smoke, blues and blacks, which has never bee a equalled in Plattsmouth. All new patterns, made up in the new long lanel, dip front models. Some staple.others more extreme, but none freakish. All Hart SchafTner & Marx Suits are guaranteed to hold their color and shape. sTom: