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PLA1TSMOUTH. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1909
NUMBER 71
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VERY POOR-
-ATTENDANCE
SUSTAINS
IN PART
Institute Has Fine Addresses to
Small Crowds
Judge Travis In Herold-Coates Case
Gives Split Decision
Owing to pressure upon the neews
columns of this paper last Saturday
an extended notice of the Farmers'
Institute which was held In the city
on, Thursday and Friday was una
voidably crowded out. The opening
sessions of the institute were very
poorly attended and the two sessions
held Friday were not near so well
attended as they should have been,
considering the Importance of the
questions discussed. Last year there
was a much better attendance, the
people being drawn here by the fact
that prizes were .offered for differ
ent things which were features of
the meeting?. The impression
seemed to have gone abroad that the
offering of prizes did not payfand
this year none were given with the
result that the institute was re
ceived with Indifference. It is to be
hoped that steps will be taken to
make the Institute for next year a
pronounced success and that a little
life and ginger will be Injected
into the meetings. It is a matter of
business with the people of this city
to make these meetings successful
an stpes should be taken to see that
this is done.
The Thursday session was very
lightly attended and the several pa
pers were delivered before audi
ences, altogether small considering
the value of them. In the afternoon
Miss Dessie Sldwell of Pawnee City,
gave an excellent address upon the
problems In cooking which more
than repaid the attention it received.
-Mia Sldwell is an expert along lines
laid down In her address and the
many pointers she. gave out should
hve let-i. heard by nil Tho could
have reached the room. Prof. E.
V. Hunt of Syracuse, addressed the
meeting upon conservation and fer
tility of the soil and delivered an ad
dress which contained solid facts of
science along these lines, and facts
whrh everv farmer should' have
known long ago. Had the proper au
County Court Doings.
From Monday'! Daily.
A petition wm filed Saturday In
the county court In a case brought by
Stander Bros., the Louisville mer
chants, against Mrs. Anna Brunko
Maltz. The caw is to recover $408. GO
and interest due the plaintiffs from
the defendant upon a promissory
note now past due. Summons was Is
sued today.
On Saturday afternoon, Miss Ger
trude Beeson, license clerk, issued
a marriage license to John Albert
Erlckson, aged 24 and Miss Fannie
Grace Mathias, aged 22, both of
Greenwood, Neb.
From Monday's Daily.
Judge Travis this morning handed
down a decision in the matter of a
motion for a new trial in the case of
Herold vs. Coates overruling the mo
tion as to the first cause of action
dience been present this address must in the case and sustaining It as to the
Inevitably have done great good. second cauBe. In the first cause of
The speeches of the Thursday eve- action Herold was granted a verdict
ning session were also most excel- for $5,000 by the Jury and for $7,500
lent Miss Sidwell addressing the au- on the second cause. It is the latter
dience upon "The Strength of the portion of the verdict which is set
Hills" and Prof. Hunt upon "Econ- aside. The decision will be printed
omy in the care of Animals," both ad- In full in tomorrow's Issue being
dresses Bhowing great care and study crowded out of today's paper. The
In preparation and being full of ex- ground upon which Judge Travis et Cedar Creek Farmers' EievatOf SilOWS
excellent Ideas which made deep 1m- aside the verdict on the second
pressions upon those who heard cause Is an error occurrlug in the in-
them. structions which he gave the jury
A session was held Friday morning The stenographer made the mistake
and the evening session abandoned of writing the word "mut" for the
as It was found that the speakers word "may" in one of the Instructions
could not reach their next date in covering the finding of malbo. thus
time for their addresses if they taking away the discretionary power
stayed over night, owing to poor rail- of the Jury and amounting to in
way connections. The addresses strutting them to find a verdict for
which were delivered Friday were the plaintiff which was not the inter.
"Problems in Corn Growing" by Mr. lion as it was a qution of fact for
K. H. Hopt of the State Experiment t.t. jury to determlno. A careful cx
Station, an excellent address cov- lamination of the opinion in the case
erlng many of the troubles and prob- will show the care that Judge Travis
lems which beset the corn grower ha's taken In looking up the mooted
and pointing out a great many rem- points. Another point which caused
edies for difficulties which assail the him much study was that of whether
farmer. "Common Errors In the he could grant a new trial on one Creek and aJ1 men of re8ponslbllty
Treatment of Farm Animals Dy Dr. cause or action ana not on anoiner,
HAD A VERY
STORMY TIME
Tho Light Committee Wrangles
Over Now Light Proposition
DECLARES
DIVIDEND
Dp Well Officers Elected
From Momlay'8 Dally.
The annual meeting of the Farm-
a
ers' Elevator Company of Cedar
Creek was held yesterday at that
placn and officers were elected for
the ensuing year.
In addition an 8 per cent divi
dend was declared. In addition all
stock there was remaining on the
I market was disposed of, the sum of
$775 being realized in a very few
minutes, and the available treasury
stock being exhausted. At present
the company has eighty-one stock
holders all of them being of the most
reliable men In the vicinity of Cedar
and Rt aniline In the community. This
J. H. Gain of tho Experiment Sta- He finally decided tnat. tne autnon- . n nrMnl,.(lfflB whln l9 ,.,.,
tion, was another address of much ties permitted this and so decides the togelner and working for the common
worth and served to bring out many case as aoove. ine opinion nam ... nn(1 ,t haa erown into one
of these errors which cost the farmer excellent and interesting reading and of strongeHt organizations of the
heavily In the long run. It was one ror mis reason it win oe printea klnd Jn the C0Unty. With a short
which should have been heard by full. It is more than probable the case ... . . chinned
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will ue appu&lea in any event, me
new trial in the second cause of
action will likely take place at the
coming term of court.
every farmer. "Horse Judging Dem
onstration" by Dr. Gain was also well
worth the attention of the farmer
and thos who failed to attend and
listen to him, missed a good thing.
On' the whole the addresses were
Just what every farmer and farmer's
wife should have listened v.o and it is
Had a Fine Time.
The Bohemian Turners on New
Year, afternoon were the guests of
to be greatly regretted they did not the South 0maha Turners at an ex-
avail themselves of the chance to at- nlbltlon drill which was given by
tend and hear what the several them at tnat cUy The drI11 waa
more grain out of Cedar Creek dur
ing the past year than had been
shipped from there in years. It is
a pleasure to record such success as
has attended this company.
The new .officers selected yester
day are:
,r -hn A- Hennlngs, president.
J. L. Terryberry, vice. president,
H. A. Schneider, secretary. .
John Albert, treasurer,
The session of the special commit
tee of the Commercial Club and the
light committee of the city council to
consider the light question, held last
Saturday night at the office of Coun
cilman J. P. Falter was a stormy one,
there being a very sharp divergence
of opinion on the question of se
curing light for the city. At the pre
vious meeting of the committee a
proposition had been drafted and sub
mitted to the Nebraska Lighting
Company, the local company. This
proposition provided for eighteen gas
lamps of 45 c. p. on Main street and
avenues of the city, to run all night,
and the Installation of 82 Incandes
cent lamps 32 c. p. through the resi
dence portions of the city to run
until midnight. This agreement was
to cost the city $1,900 per year to
run five years. This agreement was
signed by all the members of the
Joint committee who were present at
the meeting, the only member of the
committee not signing It being Coun
cilman Vorndran of the fifth ward
who was absent.
When the proposition was sub
mitted to the directors of the Nebras
ka Lighting Company, they accepted
it with a slight modification tkls be
ing in the number of incandescent
lamps which was cut down to 76.
The proposition as agreed upon fin
ally was for 18 gas lamps of 45 c. p.
upon Main Btreet and the avenues
and 76 Incandescent lamps 32 c. p.
through tho residence district. In
addition the Lighting Company was
to overhaul its plant, put it in
shape to furninh the light as it con
tracted for it within six months, in
stall new machinery for this purpose
which was to be subject to the in
spection and acceptance of the city
council, furnish day light power as
soon as 25 h. p. was guaranteed or
subscribed for, to give a reduction In
of Glenwood, was present and Insist
ed upon attending the meeting al
though It was a committee meeting
which would consider the proposi
tion. He persisted in staying In the
room and in actually trying to run
the affairs of the committee until
Councilman Falter became incensed
and ejected him from his office. Bor-
tenlanger then took up his post just
outside the office door and began
the systematic direction of his nd-.
herents on the committee. A dis
cussion over the proposition of tho
Nebraska Lighting Company revealed
the fact that Councilman Vorndran
and Bookmeyer were opposed to ac
cepting the proposition although tho
latter had been one of those to sign
the proposition to the company. In
the end a motion by Vorndran to
lay on the table the proposition met
with the votes of the two council
men while the others merely looked
on nnd declined to take such a po
sition. It was decided to have an
other meeting on next Friday night
at which time Bortenianger will sub
mit his proposition.
From an authoritative source It U
learned that Bortenlnnger proposes
to build a plant some time in the fu
ture and until that is done furnish
the city with light from the Glenwood
plant, using a cable for that pur
pose. His scheme as to how he Is to
furnish the new plant Is apparently
nebulous and entirely in the mak
ing, but perhaps it may be better de
veloped when he appears before tho
next meeting. It would seem from
talk with the public that most of the
people favor the contract with the lo
cal company rather than make Platts-
mouth the tall to the Glenwood klto
speakers had to advance. It is not Darticinated In by the South Omaha . Georee P. Melsineer. Phil Schafer. nri nf in nrivnte consumers of
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too eariy to commence iu yteimic iui men and glr,.g cla8Se8( tne 0maha Louis Friedrlch, trustees.
the next institute and rouse up in
terest in -It to make it a pronounced
success.
men and girl's classes, the South Wm. Schneider' was elected man-
Side German Turners and the Platts- ager for the ensuing year.
mouth class. A very pleasant time
MAKES
ADDRESS
peal and the words of that beautiful
poem "Mother Mine."
Judge Estelle returned to Omaha
on No. 19 this morning. -
Omaha Jurist Makes Big Hit With
His Experiences
From Monday's Dally.
One of the best things that It has
been the opportunity of the people of
Plattsmouth ta enjoy lo many months
was tven In the Presbyterian church
last night by Judge Lee S. Estelle
of the Juvenile court, of Omaha.
Judge Estelle gave a graphic account
of the work carried on in hla court
and discussed the sources of crime
among children showing the respon
sibility of the state to protect the
individual from society, as well as
to protect society from the Individ
ual. He showed how this Idea had
developed and the great benefit ac
cruing to the state from this changed
conception of responsibility. He em
phaslzed the necessity of giving the
child a chance, that its divinely be
stowed powers might have full de
velopment. He criticized the efforts
of the schools to crowd Into a child's
mind too much mathematics when
what he demanded was more culture
nf the sense of the beautiful. He told
of numerous incidents of his own ex
perience where children had been
rescued from lives of crime and Im
morality by simply employing the art
of trusting them and giving th. m to
understand that they were expected
not to throw the Judge down. At
times there were many eyes in the
audience that were wet with tears
as they listened to the recitals of the
pathetic scenes. .The Judge brought
his little five year old son with him
and the little fellow's tears at being
parted from his father while he was
speaking came Just toward the close
of the address, and the fatherly at
tentlon given to him Instead of be
Ing a detraction was rather an unus
ual emphasis on the message of the
speaker. The strongest feature of
the address came just at the close in
the way of an appeal to mothers to
Inform their girls of the possible
tragedy of a woman's life. There
was scarcely a dry eye In the house
ia he closed with that tender ap-
on August 4, 1908. The boy is de
scribed as follows: Age 14, brown
hair, large, blue eyes, double crown,
also a small piece broken off an up
per front tooth; scar one-half inch
long on scalp, weight 110 to 115
pounds. May be working or staying
on a farm as he is strong and healthy. evening included music and var-
Address all Information to H. F. U8 ame 80(,,aI cnal- iromptr
Duval, sheriff, or H. D. Draper, fath- midnight the guests were seated
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er at Atlantic, la. aeiicious mncneon, servea uy
The sheriff invites anvone observing ft,r8' Komaa ana ner cnarming
a boy answering this description to daughters Ruth and Helen. Follow-
notify either the above or himself "K mncneon, me guests uepanea
th mttr will receive his declaring mat tney naa enjoyca
was had. One of the features of
the evening was a wrestling exhibi
tion given by two well known Omaha
amateurs who put up an excellent
article of skill on the mat. The boys
came back very highly pleased at
the good time shown them by the
South Omaha boys and only anx
ious to repay them.
The members of the team attend-
That Teacher's Institute.
Editor Olive of the Weeping Wa
ter Republican and Miss Foster,
county superintendent of schools, are
at swords points over the location of
the teachers' institute at Elmwood.
What nonsense. If the young lady
desires to take her pretty delegation
of school ma'ams to the little city in
Reward for Missing Roy.
From Monday's Dally.
Sheriff Ouinton this morning: is in
receipt of a card from.the sheriff of , from thl8 clty were A. Jiran. V. western Cass instead of Weeping Wa-
n n . io fforio. a ramurA ter tne courier oeiieves mat tne ite-
vnoo vvuiu, - .v".- i rwny, win. xtiasnon, das. uuuu, num.
on one hundred dollars ror tne loca- ReDal, James Rebal, Roy Holly,
tlon and detention of Fred Draper, Frank Swoboda, Charles Hula and
a fourteen year old boy who strayed Charles Hadroba, captain.
away or was stolen from Atlantic, la.,
ten per cent with additional reduc
tion as the consumption increased
and to furnish a good and sufficient
bond In the sum of $3,500 for the
faithful performance of the contract,
The price of the light to be fur
nished was the average price the
same service costs in Grand Island,
Columbus, Fremont, Norfolk, and
Beatrice, all towns of the same class
as this.
This agreement was considered at
the meeting held Saturday night and
was the cause of the trouble.
Jos. D. Bortenlanger, the promoter
which the taking of llKht by cnbla
from that town would nwau. A t arer
ful study of the proposition of the
local company seems to lead to the
belief that It Is a very fair ono and
one which means to furnish the city
with light much sooner that any
other scheme mentioned.
In any event every business man
and taxpayer owes it to himself to
study the standing of any party seek
ing a franchise and city contract, w
the reliability of the parties is the
main guarantee the city haa for the
performance of thelrtobligations. Tho
fact that the city has been a year
and a half in the dark owing to an
unreliable contract ought to bo taken
Into consideration. Careful investi
gation should always be made. -
Enjoyable New Year's Party.
Mr. and Mrs. Gus. Roman on
Thursday evening tendered their son
Ed. a delightful New Year's eve party
the young man being their guest dur
ing the holidays. The pastimes of
publican editor should not feel so
badly over It. It Is true that any
town in Cass county should feel
complimented to be able to entertain
a bunch of pretty school ma'rms and
the Courier editor confesses, a feel
leaves for a Rest.
Lewis Curtlss of Union who has
been having a hard time with the
appendicitis, having been operated
upon a number of times for this com-
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ing of pride when Louisville Is chosen P,Bini- Deen O0"Kea 10 lurn
as their nieettlnir nlace. but why 8nPP over t0 s- B"8 ror Beveral
not submit gracefully and allow the montns wniie ne taiea a rest to re-
dear ones have their way. for they cuperaie. ana ms mmny uePn
will have it lust the same. The ed Saturday nignt ror ureen city
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Courier will expect them here at their " wner" 7 expect , to 8,y ior
next meeting but will not say bad BOtne inree Mr- Br'Ks no
w I a a . . i Li. i.
thine about MIm FoRter if she con- e8 curtlss piace aunng nm ao-
and the matter
prompt attention.
Nate Hazen Injured.
Nate Hazen, superintendent of the
Omaha Hydraulic Press Brick com
pany's clay pit here, was struck by a
themselves Immensely and extending
their best wishes to the guest of hon
or for the coming year.
Those attending were Mr, and Mrs.
Frank Sitzman and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Gels, son and daughter;
Will Klrby and daughter; Mrs. Bone-
llne and daughter; Mrs. J. Woodson
Missouri Pacific freight last Wednes-
day nights while crossing the tracks. Bnd Bon; MeH8r8 Joo rjHi, Ray Samp
lie noticed tue engine approacning h,, j Uomn. Ed. Hronek and
but could not see a flat car that was
ahead of the engine until too late.
Luckily he was knocked from the
car instead of under It. Aside from a
cut on the forehead and a brulne on
the side he escaped Injury , He says
the only thing that puzzles him Is
why the car was not derailed. Lou
isville Courier.
Paul Sitzman.
'('ml of Thank.
Tho undersigned wlnrer of the
fine piano donated by M. Fnnger to
the one receiving the highest num
ber of votes, desires to thank her
many friends both the hj city and
In thn rnnntrv for tho r inm mm alit
they gave her In the contest, and to Pa nd ,ank- u WM to Jate
assure them that she will never set W " throuh th C,'T). f,oor
down to the Instrument without he sank he Badly said, i win.
thinking of them with the deepest
mtltufti. Martha StenDtt. I Manicure sets Gerlnc A Co.
Wilt Thou?
, Wilt thou take her for thy "pard
for heller or worse: to have, to hold.
to fondly guard, till hauled off In a
hearse! Wilt thou let her have her
way, consult her many wishes, meke
the fires up every day, and help her
with the dishes? Wilt thou give her
all the "stuff her llttlo purse will
pack, buy her a monkey, boa and
muff, a llttlo sealskin sacque? Wilt
thou sunnort and comfort her
father, mother, Aunt Jamlma, 13
sisters and a brother? And his face
eludes to even go to, Weeping Water.
Louisville Courier.
In District .Court.
From Monday's Daily.
Among other business disposed of
during the past few days by Judge
Travis In the district court was the
following:
Upton vs. Upton," report of receiv
er approved. Receiver discharged.
$15 dollars allowed receiver for his
fees. $1.75 allowed receiver for his
expenses. The fund of $42 in hands
of the court awarded as followers:
$14 to Jos. E. Upton, $28 to Geo. S.
Upton. Plaintiff excepts. Defend
ant excepts.
Carraher vs. Carraher. Trial had.
Isbucb found in favor of the plaintiff.
cence is well known throughout this
section as a barber of more than us
ual ability, and he will make a fit
ting successor to Mr. Curtlss assur
ing that gentleman's many customers
of good treatment and excellent ser
vice.
A r'arrwell Piirty.
Ed. Roman and his sister Helen of
this city, were the guests on New
Year's day, at a dinner purty given
by Mr. and Mrs. ChrU Bell at their
homo at Kenosha. The occasion was
In honor of their son Joe, who has
been making them a dollday visit,
and who departed on Saturday for
Portland, Oregon, where he Is em
ployed. About forty-seven guests
Hurrah for Ted.
E. J. Jeary came up town at an
unusual hour this morning, his face
aglow with "that smile that won't
come off." He was Inquiring for the
census, taker, stating that the pop
ulation of our liUle city had been in
creased and ho desired to have it
shown immediately upon the census
report. Ted says it Is a most prom
ising ten pound New Year's girl. The
mother and daughter are doing nicely
and the attending physician gives
the encouraging report, that with the
proper care Ted will entirely recover.
-Elmwood Leader-Echo.
Water Company Elect).
The annual meeting of the Platts
mouth Water Company was held In
this city on December 28th to elect
officers for the ensuing year. As Is
usual in the cases of all corporations
the meetings was dominated by prox
ies, the stockholders rarely attending,
the entire vote being cast by the sec
retary under Instructions from tho
shareholders.
The new officers chosen were:
President, M. II. Glfford, Provlnce-
Itown, Mass.
Vice President, B. Q. Bord, Roch
ester, N. H.
Secretary, T. II. Pollock, Platta-
raouth, Neb.
Appropriate resolutions wero
passed touching the death of Henry
M. Plume.r, former president of the
company which occurred at bin homo
In Rochester, N. II., on December 2.
A Small Morning Itlse.
Sparks this morning vt fire to
the roof of a house on Wlntersteen
hill occupied by a widow lady named
Williams. The flames were exting
uished by neighbors befop) much
damage was done, the only loss bo
Ing a hole burnej In the roof. The
were present, they being relatives fire occurred about six -thirty this
and friends of the young man, and a J morning and aroused nearly every
most enjoyable time Is reported by I one as the fire whistle was called
all. loto activity.
Takes Favorable Turn.
The many friends of Mrs. Joliu
John Beeson will be delighted to
learn tnat a very favorable chango
has taken place in her condition tho
past two days, and that she has nuido
rapid progresB.toward recovery. Her
mother who has been with her nt tho
hospital In Omaha since the time tho
operation was performed, felt ho
much encouraged that she returned
to her home In this city last evening.
Next Wednesday will bo' the ninth
day after the operation and lier
fronds all look forward to that criti
cal period with great hope, inspired
by the recent favorable th&ugt:.
For Sale or Trade.
A four room house with baneuient,
newly papered, city water, rwer con
nection, corner property tlorni io
shops. Must aell by January 1.
Terms and price low aud rcntflnahta.
Inquire at this office.