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MUCH TALK
BUT NO LIGHT
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City Council Cannot Agree on
Light Proposition Reports
of Various Officers
The council meeting last night
was productive of much talk and not
a little exhibition of authority on the
part of President Sattler In the chair,
he giving the members a taste of how
vigorous a real, live ruler can be
when he starts out by calling Coun-
cilmen Steimker and Falter down
vigorously several times. They dis
agreed with his honor and even
Roosevelt never bumped anyone hard
er than he did them. And after it
was all over the council had done
nothing. The light question which I
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Everything in Gent's and
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was expected to be settled is in the
same chaotic state it was before the
meeting and there is small probabil
ity of any change. It Is related once
of Henry Ziegenheim, mayor of St.
Louis, who when the citizen of that
city went to him In a body, protesting
against the dark conditions of the
streets that he replied, "Veil, don't
you got the moon yet." And that
seems to be where Plattsmouth Is at.
The members were all present when
President Sattler rapped for order
and Dr. Elster, the young, bright and
energetic city clerk read over the
minutes of the previous meeting, his
silvery tones pealing forth through
out the vast hall with the mellow ca
dence of a cow bell. Tho minutes
were approved without correction and
the council cleared decks for trouble
and got it.
II. II. Ashton, the owner of the
building where the council chamber
is now situated, had in a communi
cation ordering the city to vacate the
room it now occupies as n store room
adjoining the council chamber and
also notifying them that the rental
for the council chamber would be
raised from fifty dollars per year
to seventy-five dollars per year, pay
able quarterly, commencing Janu
ary 1, 1909.
This communication seemed to jolt
the members somewhat as they sat
up and rubbed their eyes. His cold
brutal methods did not appeal to
them in the least. After a few
dazed inquiries as to what II. II.
really nieant by such mv.loiw, the
communication went to the Judiciary
committee.
The finance committee reported the
following claims which they recom
mended paid.
Xeb. Light Co., light $ 3.00
P. G. Fricke & Co, mdse 50
Ben Ralney, salary 50 00
Jos. Fitzgerald, salary .... 50 00
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still retains his residence here. He
wanted the council to pass upon the
question. Councilman Neuman
stated that Peln was In the room and
he would like to have him state how
long he had been away. No response
was given so Councilman Steimker
got the floor and moved the adoption
of the report. A roll call showed
Schluntz, Falter, Steimker, Book-
meyer, Neuman, Vorndran voting aye
and Sattler, Weber, Schulhof and
Mendenhall voting no.
At this point Councilman Steimker
rose to his feet and started to make
some remarks anent the councllmen
who voted against the motion but
President Sattler promptly choked
him off with a vehemence rather un
expected, and embarrassing to the
Third Ward statesman.
Then came the piece do resistance
of the evening. The gas and light
ing committee reported in favor of
making a contract with the Nebras
ka Lighting Company for thirty
boulevard gas lamps 45 c. p. to be
distributed on the principal streets.
This was the signal for everyone to
get busy and many throats were
deader in the council while everyone
waited the signal for the fray. Jos.
A. Bortenlanger of Glenwood was in
tho audience and was figgeting about
in his chair watching for the elec
tricity to strike. The report sub
mitted by the light committee was
signed by Falter, Weber and Schul
hof. A minority report recommend
ing power and electric lights but
quitting at that was submitted sign
ed by Bookmeyer and Vorndran
President of the Council Sattler
was the first to jump into the arena
lie was evidently primed for the oc
casion and was quite excited and
violent in his remarks. He thought
a motion which Falter had made to
adopt the majority report, out of
order. He did not believe the poo
pie wanted gas. He spoke of the
Joint meetings of the light committee
and the the committee of the Com
merclal Club and of the proposition
to light the city with 6 arc lights
and 82 incandescents which had been
boulevard gas lamp on the principal
streets and avenues as they were
cheaper aud gave the service. He
was opposed to any light unless it
carried with it pywer aud daylight
son lee. The city had gotten along
without light for seoveral years past
and could Cuuiiuue to do so than to
increase the taxation. He severely
condemned the Idea of getting light
from the Iowa cornfields as Borten
langer had tried to sell them. If a
plant was to be built, he enquired
where was the builder? Borten
langer was merely looking to make
this city the tail to the Glenwood kite
and he opposed that. If we couldn't
agree let It drop. Let a new council
settle it. He was against excessive
taxes. Councilman Steimker's ad
dress was the soundest and best of
the evening.
Councilman Neuman thought that
as the committee had been out for
six months on this project, they
should have put In figures in their
report as to the adoption of the re
port in that form meant the commit
tee would have power to make a con
tract at any price it wanted. He
wanted the price right and did not
care where the light come from. If
all things were equal he would fa
vor the Nebraska Light Company. He
objected to lighting the business sec
tion and no other. It was not right
to tax the people to pay for light for
the business section.
At this point Falter sought to
withdraw his motion to adopt tho
majority report but his second ob
jected.
Councilman Weber then made a
strong talk for the report. He stated
the committee had met and met,
ine peopie wanteu iignt or some
kind. Tho committee had consider
ed proposition after proposition and
all were too high as the financial
conditions did not warrant the heavy
expense. The committee thought
best to get some light on main ave
nues as the city covered too much
territory to permit lighting all at
present. He spoke of the taxation
of the Fifth ward and called atten
tion to the fact that tho Second
ward could be divided and make two
fifth wards. He did not believe in
lighting the outskirts of the city but
wanted the main Inlets lighted up
and believed it b?st to start as the
committee had
Falter wanted the ordinance which
accompanied the report read
President Sattler took exceptions
to Steimker's reference to Iowa corn
fields. Bortenlanger wanted to come
here and build a plant, lie would
contract to furnish six arc lights and
2 Incandescents for $1,500 per
year and provide power.
Councilman Schulhof referred to
the fact that the Bortenlanger propo
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We are selling all our fine new
Overcoats at 10 and 20 per cent
discount. These are boniSde
reductions from prices that are
marked in plain figures on the
tickets. No jewing, no jockey
ingstrictly first-class goods at
less than you can buy them any
where. Warm Mittens, Gloveg,
Caps and Underwear at invit
ing prices.
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WESCOTT'S
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"Where Quality Counts."
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UftGLARS VISIT
HERE SATURDAY
Enter Number Of Stores But
Secure Only Trifling Sum;
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An enterprising burglar or burg
lars last Saturday night made tho
round of the business district and
entered a number of different places
of business but secured little booty
for their pains. They entered the
office of John Waterman, the lum
ber dealer, making their way in
through a broken pane of glass in
tho office door and leaving by way
of the rear door which they unlocked
from the inside. They secured noth
ing here. It was evident that the
entrance was affected by a small boy
and it is hard to say whether or not
he had accomplices. The burglars
broke out a pane of glass which mus
Just large enough to admit a very
small boy and the general Idea is
that this boy when he was in, un
locked the door and admitted the
others. From Waterman's they went
to Soennlchsen's grocery store ap
parently, and broke out a window
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Roy Taylor, street work .... 7
C. G. Fricke, poll tax 3
Platts. Tel. Co. rent 1
M. Archer, salary 30
Phil Harrison, street work.. 11 03
Neb. Light Co., light 1 60
The committee also recommended
the following claims to go to the
claims committee:
II. L. Asemissen & Son, mdse. $ 3 90
Plattsmouth Journal, printing 19 20
Wm. Wehrbein, livery 2 00
John Waterman, lumber .... 460
On motion the report was adopted
and, the clerk Instructed to draw
warrants for the several amounts.
Chief of Police Fitzgerald reported
It's a glen of coal satisfaction. Want eight arrests during December and
to hear the music la your kitchen? the report went to the police com-
Easy-order coal from this ofllce and ltt f investigation
yard. The output of the Trenton mlttee ror nve8t8atlon-
mine the fuel we handle has no su The city clerk was there with a re-
perior anywhere, Its equal In few port showing that he had collected
bid on by Bortenlanger. He bellev
ed that the light committee ought to b'ltlon had ueon presented to the corn-
draw an ordinance covering thctcLiiton nH tho rrnnmomhi n.ii nnH
iignts at ?i,i)UU per year ana sub- turned down flat. The committee
mit it to the Nebraska Lighting Com- nad taken the average rate paid by
pany. If they did not care to make otnpr cities and picking out 18 gas
the contract at that price, let Bor- lamns and 82 incandescents had
tenlanger have it. He spoke of the LKii tho Wni mmnnnv r,w 8ht ln the ruar of lhe Btor. U'B
city asking for bids and of the bid of the rate It had done so then Bor- the 8ume tactlc8 thty had "P10
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tenlanger had appeared again, and
this was the situation now
A Colloquay between sattler, Book
meyer and Schulhof developed noth
ing which could throw light on the
situation.
Sattler again had some remarks to
make on the $1,500 deal but Jhey
were merely what he had said be
fore
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA
WHEN THE KETTLE SINGS
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PLATTSMOUTH,
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tho Southwest
the-Nebraska Company being for
$2,180 whllei Bortenlanger offered
tne same for fl.ouu. It made no
difference to him who got the con
tract wnetner a Plattsmouth com
pany or some outside company. He
did not think it called for to adopt
the report. His speech was a tttrong
pro-Bortenlanger appeal.
Councilman Vorndran also got In
to the limelight on the Bortenlanger
side. The people of the suburbs did
not want gas as they could not get
light out there. He favored the
at Waterman's. Here they secured
about three dollars In change which
Mr. Soennlchsen had left in tho regis
ter. As the register was left un
locked, the burglars did it no dam
age. Soennlchsen's window Is se
cured by heavy bnrs across it on the
Inside and It Is plain the party en
tering must have been small to have
Every first and third Tues
day of each month, low-priced
homeseeker's excursions are
run over the lines of the : : :
Missouri Pacific
Iron Mountain
Into the rich and resourceful
farming regions of the South
west. It is a splendid chance
for the Northern and Eas
tern farmer, after his wheat
Is gathered, to combine a
pleasure and propecting trip.
Write for rates and literature to
HUGH NORTON, Agent
M. P. Ky., Plattsmouth, Neb.
$117.74 during December with the
treasurer's receipt attached. He
stated in answer to an inquiry from
the president, that the county com
missioners would meet today and
he would then take up the matter of
securing the $700 now ln their
hands belonging to the city with
them, as they had stated their wll
lingness to pay whenever demanded.
The treasurer's report showed a
balance of $5232.34 In the treasury,
the report going to tho finance com
mittee. The fire department failed to send
In the list of new officers as pro
vided, for confirmation, consequent
ly nothing was doing in the fire de
partment line.
Police Judge Archer filed his re
port which is the same as heretofore
printed In tho Journal, showing 7 ar
rests of whom G paid fines and
two sentences were suspended. The
sum of thirty dollars was collected
In fines and costs. The report went
o the police committee.
Tho claims committee reported ad
versely upon the claim of Aug. Peln,
as foreman of one of tho hose carts.
Peln asked for $6.25, the quarterly
salary. The report was signed by
Councllmen Schluntz and Bookmeyer.
Mendenhall stated that he had not
signed the report for tho reason that
ho understood that Peln had only
been absent about two months and
gotten between the bars. They went
The clerk then read the ordinance out of thls 8tore b tho rcar door
which provided ln brief for power for They next Bcemed to have cntered tho
the cltv whenever 25 h. n. was sub- Journal omco aiWOUgn ny "ley
scribed for and for the Installation dld 80 U tt nytcry. as a newspa-
scheme to offer $1,500 for the lights 0f 30 boulevard gas lamps for $840 por ornce 18 tno latit placo ,n tne
and let anyone who wanted to fur
nish them. He thought all should
have lights who paid taxes. The
Fifth ward had no benefits from
anything, as it was out of the wa
ter district and also out of the gas
light district. He wanted the council
to do something for everyone.
Councilman Steimker thon obtain
ed the floor and made a strong
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Vorndran moved to lay the report para"e,eu Prosperity wnun nas roi
on the table and Steimker moved to
amend by referring to the judiciary
committee. On the vote on the
amendment it carried by a
vote of 7 to 3 those voting aye
being Schluntz, Falter, Weber, Steim
ker, Neuman, Schulhof, Mendenhall,
speech ln favor of the majority re- Nay Sattler, Bookmeyer, Vorndran.
port. Councilman Steimker viewed Neuman lnaulred what had been
lowed the Journal and thought there
might be a mint stored here. It Is
more probable that they saw the big,
warm fire In the stove and wanted
10 join u as iney nad drawn up
chairs about the fire, and opened the
stove doors to give It draft. When
R. A. Bates, the proprietor, came In
yesterday morning he found the stove
the coal out.
the matter from the standpoint of done with the Wescott bond and It wlthout r. they having burned
one who was familiar with the finan
cial condition of the city. He men
tioned the fact that the council had
been talking light for a long time,
the light committee, the committee
from the Commercial Club and the
citizens had all taken a turn at It,
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tt'Ai Brr.pd that th ludlMarv mm. l" ",a uul- 1 u,u nul """m
mlttee which didn't have much to do, dl8tUrb ftnyth,ns hore 8 tho on,y
should go after the city attorney and
make him sue on tho bond. fiflfin npi nnn
President Sattler called attention II UUUll liCAdUll
to the robberies of last Saturday
evening and suggested the police
missing article was a sack of pop
corn which had been left on the desk
and which was gone.
Kunsman & Itamge's market was
tho next one on tho list, they break
ing in the door, pushing the catch for
the lock off. A largo collie or shep
herd dog chained in the back
room had no terrors for them and
they unloosened him and let him out.
The dog was recently brought here
from Hock Springs, Wyo., by K. M.
Oliver and was a stranger hence he
made no reslstenre to the Invaders.
They secured Rome three or four
dollars here. Thoy left this place by
the ri-ar door.
An attempt was also apparently
made to get into the store of K. A.
Wurl but It failed. A window light
had been broken out of the cellar
but no entrance had been effected or
no trace of the burglars could bo dis
covered. Asemissen & Sons also had
a broken window but so far as they
could see nothing had been taken and
they are Inclined to believe that no
one entered the place.
Night Watchman John Cory Insists
that he made his rounds regularly
and that nono of the buildings had
been entered up to five o'clock which
would Indlcato that tho burglarlles
had been committed after that time.
This seems hard to believe owing to
tho number of places visited and the
fact that the burglars must have
set down In the Journal office for a
rest, as the chairs and flrcless stove
Indicated someone had spent Rome
time enjoying tho warmth. How
they could have affected all the en
trances and not alarm some one
seems much of a mystery
There Is no clue to the burglars
and public opinion Is very much di
vided as to whether the Job was done
by homo talent or professionals. The
total amount of money secured was
ln the neighborhood of seven dollars
and they did not touch the stuff la
several places they visited indicat
ing they did not suffer from hunger.
Every possible effort Is belnj? made
by the local authorities to get some
clue but there Is small probability
of anything coming of It.
and sUIl no conclusion had been ar- committee look up the pollco where- Plattsmouth People Cat) Tell YOU Why
riven at. in nis opinion ir these ahnuta on that niht. ....
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caucuses had been cut out
and tho committee allowed to have
Its way, we would have had light.
Tho financial condition of tho city
precluded extensive lighting. He ad
verted upon tho Bortenlanger fran
chise taking pronounced grounds
against It. He wanted tho city pro
tected. He spoke of the tax In the
treasury for lights, and then took
tho president of tho council to task
for advocating arc lights. Where
would these lights bo located and
what would the cost be? Such ex
pense was not warranted by tho fi
nancial conditions existing and the
citizens did not want a heavy ex
pense laid upon them at this time.
Ho Inquired as to what was tho best
light arc, Incandescent or boulevard
gas no parties agreed. He spoke of
tho difference In cost and tho rel
ative amount of light. He himself
was not ashamed to advocate the
Telephone Company similar to that Doan s Kidney pills cure the
of tho Nebraska Telephone Company cause of disease, and that Is why the
which passed at tho last meeting, cures aro always lasting. This rem
was read and on motion the rules edy strengthens and tones up the kid
wero suspended and It passed unan- neys, helping them to drive out of
lmously, tho body tho liquid poisons that cause
President Sattler wanted tho backache, headacho and distressing
streets committee to see tho county kidney and urinary complaints.
commissioners about building a road Plattsmouth people testify to perma
to tho ferry In the spring. This was nent cures
ordered done.
The city attorney was ordered to
appeal tho Whelnn case to the su
promo court.
A squabble ensued over sidewalks
which finally ended In tho efficient
young city clerk being Instructed to
mako a list of all sidewalks ordered
the last two years and not built for
tho Information of tho council. Then
Steimker moved to adjourn and
everybody went home happy and
sore..
J. W. Hlekson, employed with the
Plattsmouth Water Company and liv
ing on Oak street, between Seventh
and Eighth streets, Plattsmouth,
Neb., says: "My experience with
rt-Tn's Kidney Pills wamnt . me In
giving them my strongest recommen
dation. Off and on for twelve or
fourteen years I was subject to at
tacks In my back which gave evidence
of a deranged condition of my kid
neys. Procuring Dean's Kidney Pills
at Goring & Company's drug store, I
used them as directed and the benefit
derived was so pronounced that I
am able to attest to the remarkable
value and merit of this remedy. Not
only did Doan's Kidney Pills give me
entire relief from the pain In my back
but they toned up and Invigorated my
system generally.
Stomach Trouble Cured.
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J. P. Cloto of Edlna, Mo., says: "I
havo used a great many different
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find Chamberlain's Stomach and
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