- ' "IV - . .' -Ji V . '.. nnnn kJLyJ A Fair Attendance) and Every one Present Felt Good Oyer Plattsmouth's Doom. The meeting, last, night of the Commercial club' was not attended early so well as might be wished for, but It was one of the best the organization has ever held since Its formation, and It did more toward showing the people the excellent re sults which the club has accomplish ed. It was such a meeting as fires the soul of an enthusiast for the wel fare of the city, as It was productive, of exhibits of real, genuine progress and showed that the forward step had been taken in the -welfare of the city. The reports which showed the completion of the deal where the new M. E. Smith & Co.'s factory comes to this city was received with the greatest enthusiasm, and the several speeches, which all spoke for the progress of the city, were also well and enthusiastically" received. ' The closing of the electric lighting and gas lighting contract by the council met with the'jvarrrrest approval and commendation, and Mayor Sattler and the council were Justly praised for their public spirit and their de termination to light the city at such erm8 as the city could stand.' President Falter presided at the meeting and spoke at various times on the progress which had been made toward a bigger and better Platts mouth. He has been untiring in his work for new Industries and more money for Plattsmouth, and in his work he has been strongly backed up by other members of the organl zatlon. Secretary Wescott was pres ent and to him fell the flrBt work of she session, he reading the minutes of the several meetings which the board of directors of the club had held with the representatives of the X. E. Smith company, the mayor and oouncll, the members of the several council committees,' the men of the Burlington ihbtft ant tttfter 6rganUa tlons. These several minutes showed that in the space of. one week, from October 11 to 18, the board of di rectors had met with the Smith peo ple and. obtained from them a tenta tive understanding of .their require ments, had met with Mayor Sattler and the council and. explained these requirements In detail; had met with the lighting and other committees of the council and talked over the power and light question, and had been as sured by theBe committees that they favored both light and power; had taken. up the question with the Ne braska Lighting company and had een assured by that corporation that it stood ready to do its share for the upliftlpg of the city, and finally had undertaken to securo the signature of 600 voters and taxpayers to a pe tition to. tho council favoring speedy action on the light and power ques tions. Secretary Wescott had spoken to the Burlington employes at the hops and pointed out to them the benefits of the proposed power and light, and had found them to be fore most In their desire' for these ben fits, they Blgnlng a petition to the council,, to the number of 298 a monster and Imposing demonstration. Finally, came the meeting of the council when the trouble with the lighting company was adjusted and a contract closed for light and power, which assured the city the Smith fac tory. This history was a brilliant record of progress and aroused the greatest enthusiasm. Treasurer Patterson reported that tho club had 1161.99 In the treasury, with the October dues and balances still uncollected. The committee which . had had charge of the carnival reported that despite the unfavorable weather and the bad conditions surrounding the affair, they had to report a small balance in the fund and that they could turn In this money to the club a . . treasury, a detailed report of re ceipts and expenditures was handed in by Chairman H. A. Schneider and Secretary K 11. Wescott, will be re produced in this pnpor. Tho re- port was received with enthusiasm ami adopted without a dissenting vote, the same being ordered printed. H was duly moved and seconded that tho thanks of the club be ex tended to Mayor Sattler and tho sev ernl members of tho city council for Mictr prompt fiction on tho closing of the Smith contract and the settle nient of the light question. Tho dub adopted the resolutions with n whoop , test a !f!D and a yell, glad to endorse the work of the public officials for a greater and, larger Plattsmouth. ' . Anqther resolution thanking Mr. p. P., Jackson for his public splrited- ness and assistance in the upbuilding of the city, by moving out of the building he now occupies so that the Smith factory could occupy it, .also was passed with enthusiasm.' .This comes at an inconvenient time of the jjear for Mr. Jackson, but he had ex pressed himself as anxious-toi help Plattsmouth and his . generosity in the matter was duly appreciated. It -'was reported that', the sum of $500 would be needed to place: the building to be occupied by the Smith factory in shape for them, and a com mittee 'was appointed to raise this sum. This money, it was distinctly understood, was not a donation, but was, an. advance by the' club and was to ,be repuld out of the rental of the building. The committee appointed to raixn this fund was Messrs. E. A. Wurl, It. F. Patterson and A. L. Tidd. It was also decided to have the work pn the building done under the control arid direction of a committee of the 'club and the following mem bers, wepe named for that purpose; Messrs. J. P. Falter, Charles C. Par- mele and E. II. Wescott. It, was decided to hold a banquet in the near future, at which time prominent business men and speakers were to be present and ad dress the club. A nominal charge for the supper was to be made, tick ets Issued and the affair to be pulled off for the welfare of Plattsmouth A committee to formulate plans and make arrangements for the banquet was appointed, consisting of Messrs C. W.. Baylor, John Nemeti and H. A. Schneider. The condition, of the ferry roads were also made a subject for .discus felon and a committee consisting of Messrs. T?'H.''Ppil6ck1, Tntllp thje- ol, and R. B. Windham appointed to wait upon the commissioners and see what could be done for either the bottom road or the one over the hills! fletter 'meand of ingress and egress to the city from the river' is a vital necessity, the club reported. ' ',' A determined propaganca to in crease1 the membership and extend the sphere of influence of the club Is to be made and a committee made up ot Messrs. II. A. Schneider, George II. Falter and John Ilatt, Jr., was appointed to solicit new members. mere were a large number of speeches made upon the better out look and Increased prosperity of the city, among the speakers being II. A, Schneider, A. L. Tldd, T. II. Pollock R...B. Windham, P. A. Barrows, W. J. strelght and C. C. Parmele. All these gentlemen Joined in expressions of the utmost enthusiasm over the fine outlook for the city and the great progress which has taken place in the last few weeks. The general con sensus of opinion regarding the io- curlng of the Smith factory and the lighting of the city was that it was the biggest step In advance taken in years and spoke volumes for the pro gross of the city. one item wblch was discussed most earnestly and which greatly cheered the gathering was the article in the Journal, which pointed out the possibility of great Burlington Improvements in this city. This ar- tlclo, which the members understood had solid foundation in fact, was the Inspiration toward steps In other dl rectlons and has materially assisted In the present wave for a greater Plattsmouth. The Journal which has been tho most aggressive advocate of a live city, spoke by the card whea It expected better things from the Burlington and It had the best of reasons for thinking this corporation had a warm spot for Plattsmouth Tho Journal artlclo was the founda tion for much enthusiasm on the part or me club. Altogether the mooting was a hum mer and speaks volumes for tho fu ture. The ball has been started roll Ing and It will be kept up. Tho day or tne croaker and kicker In Platts mouth Is past and hereafter this clt ... 1 11 I. j i "ui uiko na proper place ns tho leading manufacturing city In Ne braska. It has tho water, it hns th ,uwer nnu n lias tho people. It in vltos foreign factories and it will do tho rlKlit thing by them. It want lllflltul l I.,., .,.1 ....... n., i, o un i muni nnvo them am! the Commercial club Is accomplish-J Ing a great work when they tak hold as they have done the past month and secured tangible results. The best town In TseVaska is Platts mouth right today.- Cut-nival Committee Ueport. Mr. H. A. Schneider, Chairman Car nival .Committee, of Plattsmouth Commercial , Club: - . , ; Dear Sir Herewith please find de tailed report of the expenditures of your committee incident to the mer chants' carnival, which was given in this city from September 4 to 6, in clusive: " Committee on Agriculture and Live Stock , . $ Pioneer committee Games and sports Day labor . . . ; Advertising; 2.78.04 .23.00 43.00 60.09 146.77 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.. Five balloon ascensions and four free attractions daily for five days . . . . M. W. A. Band, 20 pieces for five days Nebraska Lighting Co., II- . lumlnation Rent for lumber Sam Smith, use of barn. . . 300.00 250.00 138.00 23.00 25.25 Entertainment of 200 men from Omaha 24.40 Sundries 69.89 Ttoal expenditures ..... 11,361.35 Collected in pledges 1,510.00 Balance in treasury $ 148.65 ; 1 E. II. WESCOTT. Sec. . PLATTSMOUTH RED MEN TO THE FR0I1T By a Big Majority the Largest Dele gation That Attended Initiatory Exercises in Omaha. Plattsmouth carried off the hon-i ors last night at the monster inltla tton of Red Men, held in Omaha. The banner class of initiates was sent to the big city by the local lodge of. Red Men, who more than furnished their proportion 'of 'the 'braves; Consider Ing that the class which was to be Initiated into the mysteries of the', or der' was a state-wide class, Platts mouth made a magnificent showing. One hundred and twenty-six new members made up .a special train which left this city at 7:30 last even ing, and made the run over the Bur lington, arriving in Omaha shortly after 8 o'clock. At the depot special cars were in waiting to take the big delegation to the Lyric theater, where the exercises were held. , At the theater the program in cluded . an address by Mayor Dahl- man of Omaha, one of the members of the Red 'Men, he being followed by . Claud Wilson of Lincoln, : great 8ach.eniv6f therer. Ir.Wila,c.jif speech jwas the principal one , of the: evening, and dwelt largely upon the; benefits of the order and was .con gratulatory in its nature,!" upon the fine showing which was being made in newr , members; Mayor Dahlmah as is usual gave the braves the free dom of the city, .and his felldtlous address was a Bure. enough hit. There were'many other speeches, includirig Great Senior Sagamore Grosvenor 6f Aurora .-antf, "Great ,'. Representative Iugh' Myers, of. Omaha.. - After 'the speech-making . the .-initiation cere monies-"were put on, the' wbrk 'being done by- the '' Omaha and ': Council Bluffs " teams." ,The ceremonies '.awe very impressive and were given In their entirety by ' the' teams. The time taken was several hours! It be ing after 2 O'clock, before the assem blage broke up. ; Refreshments had been provided' by the Omaha lodge for their visiting guests and nothing had been left undone to make, the event a red letter one in the annals of the order. The special train from this city returned this morning at 3 o'clock, bearing a tired and happy crowd of real Red Men. Too much credit cannot be given the members of the local lodge who took bo active a part in getting up the class. That they secured a class of 126, while Lincoln with many times the population to draw from, could only muster eighty-five; Beat rice, claiming a much greater popu lation, only, i fifteen; Fremont with about the same population, fifty, and Falls City with fortypeaks volumes for the hustlers'of the local lodge. Fort Crook did excellently also, hav ing forty initiates or papooses, and Auroa had twenty. Among those who took so active a part in securing the big class from here was J. C; York, who was untiring in his work; John Nemeti, John Cory and a host of others. Surely Plattsmouth has reason to be proud of its showing. Thanks to Judtfe Douglax. With today's issue Charles Grimes resumes the local news work on the Journal after a month' vacation. Judge J. E. Douglas, who so kindly looked after the work In his absence, resuming the practice of his profes-' Tho thanks of tho Journal manage ment and of Mr. Grimes Is publicly extended to Judge Douglas for the excellent work which he did during his Incumbency of the position and tho fidelity and painstaking care which bo devoted to tho Journal's Interests. TI'IIOC Tfll R I If lUC" I ULU TESTIMONY Pjaftsiboufaf testimony; Ms, been published to prove the meitt of Doan's-' Kidney Pills to others In Plattsmouth who suffer from bad backs and kidney ills. Lest any sufferer doubt that the cures made by Doan's Kidney Pills are thorough and lasting, we produce confirmed proof statements from Plattsmouth people saying that the cures they told of years ago were permanent Here's a Plattsmouth case: W. T. Cole, renrea farmer, 60& Locust street, Plattsmouth, Neb., says: "I contracte-l kidney trouble while serving in the army. There was a dull, heavy ache and lameness across the small of my back that annoyed me to quite an extent and at times the kidney secretions were very scanty and accompanied with pain in passage. Reading about Doan's Kidney Pills, I was led to get a box at Gering & Co.'s drug store and begin their use. They made a marked improvement and entirely re lieved me of my sufferings." (State ment given June 11, 1906.) On December 29, 1908, Mr. Cole added to the above. " I am pleased to renew the testimonial I gave two years ago endorsing Doan's Kidney pills. I advise anyone afflicted with lumbago or any other kidney dis order to give this remedy a trial." ' For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. , Remember the name Doan's and take no other. Apple Men Depart. R. Rundell of Rundell Bros, apple packers, closed his business here to day and departed for Corning, la., where he has a force working. Dur ing the past several weeks Mr. Run dell purchased a large amount of apples from the fruit growers of the country surrounding the city (and shipped out many carloads of fine fruit. He left quite a sum of money among them. Mr. Kyte, a dealer In apples has been in the city for sev eral days and purchased several car loads from the Rundells, for selling at good points and departs this af ternoon for his home at Wilsonvllle, Neb. It ia learned from conversation with these gentlemen that , they ex pect to profit handsomely on their purchases here as they look for an apple famine throughout the coun try in the winter and spring, the ,crop In the apple growing regions be ing snort and of. poor quality. Al ready prices throughout , the south and southwest, are abnormally high and great profits await the shlpper. Mr. Kyte expects to soon invade that territory and sell out , many cars of high grade stock. It Is more than probable that the early spring will see prices for apples, in this vicinity very high as the. local market is sold out completely. ; The, few growers who kept back a supply of Btock for the spring business will realize hand somely. ' . , . Takes Out Car Loud of Horses.' James Fitzgerald was among those Journeying to Omaha this morning, where he has business in connection with the Jlg Fitzgerald & Schlater ranch,. out west,, to look after. Jim expects to start for the ranch next Thursday, taking along a carload of horses. He is proud of the fine Bhow ing the country out in that section has made this year, it having pro duced the finest crops In the history of that section. On this piece of property oats have gone to fifty bush-t els per aero, weighing forty-five to ' sixty popnds to the bushel. Alfalfa made a ton and a half to the acre and corn ran up to thirty-five bushels. ; This makes a fine showing. Mr. Fitz-j gerald hopes to Boon Bee a branch of , me union pacific railway piercing that section and predicts an early ad vance in land values there which will bring it up to the prices now charg ed here, as that land is under Irriga tion. However, water was turned In on the corn only once the past sea son.' ' Departs for Minnesota. joe Jirek departed this morning; for Becker county, Minn., where he has some land Interests to look after. He, some time ago, Invested in some Indian lands In that county and it is to secure his title to tho same that he makes this trip. He states that the land this year yielded abundantly aad the wheat crop turned out from twenty-five to thirty-five bushels to the acre all over that section. He expects to be gone several days and took along a large, heavy fur over coat, as heavy snow had fallen there. It la 450 miles north of this place. Herman Klletsch, the Weeping Water miller, Is seeing our mer chants today and taking orders for n car Kind or his high-grade flour. Herman reports the milling business as flourishing and la gratified nt the good business ho does in this city. In District Court, .... UNION. Clerk of the Court Robertson to-1 (Ledger.) day filed two new cases in his of- Mrs. W. H. Mark spent several flee, one icing the. case oJt J'ictoria xlarsttlB eek visiting with Joh-4" Boebnlln vs.: Jojin L. Boehnleln,.' a divorce proceeding filed by -Attorney D. O. Dwyer. The petition recites the "marriage of.theipartfes at, -Hot Springs, S. D., on May 4, 1895, and that John deserted Victoria in April. 1906, and has- WaU'e- himself scarce ever since. John, according to the petition, had an ungovernable tem per, and on several occasions' he cruelly treated Victoria and applied vile and Immoral names to her, and on other occasions he struck and beat her up a whole lot and was guilty of extreme cruelty. He also had neg lected and failed to feed and clothe Victoria since he left. The children of the parties are: Charley A., aged 14; Lottie E., aged 12; Jonathan L., aged 8, and Leileth A., aged 3, the first three being with their father in Hot Springs and the infant with the mother. The prayer of the petition is for divorce and the custody of the Infant and costs. J. W. Pitman, by his attorney, Charles L. Graves, commenced a foreclosure suit against Nellie and Edward E. McCleave, foreclosing on the vacant lots where the Union hotel formerly Btood in the town of Union. The mortgage secured a loan of $300 and interest at 7 per cent from October 3, 1908. At the time the note was given the lots were oc cupied by the hotel, which has since become non est, having burned down last spring. : '' Burlington Improvements. ' Master Carpenter Hedengren of the Burlington spent the night in the city and this morning was en gaged in inspecting the progress of the work on the new Burlington sub way and sewer. He states that he considers the new work, when com pleted, will solve the problem of pro tecting the shops from disastrous floods to a great extent and believes that some work by the city above the shops and along Lincoln avenue would result in entirely putting the shops beyond danger of flood. He talked very sanguine of the outlook for marked improvements here by the company and expressed the be lief that it might be a good time to take up matters with the officials of the road. The improvements which are being made here by the company certainly Indicate that they are in a favorable mood to consider the city's propositions. Their work now un der way and projected involves the expenditure of a pretty Bum and will greatly assist in protecting the vast Interests they now have here. Sunday School Convention. Next week at Elm wood, October 26 27, occurs , the ninth ) annual con vention of the . Cass' County Sun day School association. The pro gramme is out and copies have been sent out to every "superintend ent in the county, whose name has been reported to the. county secre tary, G. L. Farley. Those desiring further copies of the program can have same by addressing the secre tary. . Indications are that there will be a large attendance and a lively convention. Any Sunday school work er can go. free entertainment will oe provided. Remember the date, Oct. 26-27. Henry Sanders came in this morn ing from his home near Cedar Creek to look after some business matters in the city. . Don'f K'8k eTen wnw-until helth raCuru And f-niean Jut txnj that " I ra the one nhrilclan who un to thm ilrk. l will, nut of mr own Dockitt. nay for tout niadL cin if it Jiliobrlnf ouhulp!" And for 30 ttAit Sr. Bhoop'i medicines have M 1cqI.Ii been uwd and recommended In everr elw ami hamlet In Amerlc. Thejr are positively stand ard in eyery community and everywhere Then why pay the canh, and at your rIOt. for other unwarranted and uncertain medicinei? Thoumndi upon thousand hare In th past "iiwewiuiiy mm nr. enoop Keitorauve. nnen uieMo- niarh nerrei kit im UtartlLi-M A nor Kidney lnerve fail. kV I IT W these ilrkonei KBOW HOW B auinkl I)r p hoop's Ke- " storative will inn them back to tiea lLh an n. Rut bnut of tney positively take no money risk whatever. They know that when health falls to return Dr Mioop will himself iladlv tv the drua-a-ist for tnatttM. Ann inr that test a full M day treat ment it freely irantra. But write me tint for an order. ' This will save delay and disappointment. All druinclsts H1 Tr. Shoop'i Restorative and lr. Mioor'sBJB Rheumatic ItamAflv hilt V . 1 1 .M nuthoriied to III 111 Vive the 80 lay Ul. to I llli II dmDmxa line ise for I havcapnoint- d an honest and responsive dnnritit in almost very community, everywhere, to Issue my no help, no pay," medicines to tho sick. Tell mc also which book you need. The hooks below will surely open tip new and helpful idens to K thorn who are not well. lhidr Rl f Tunrn perfect ly free to consult fj Ff mo Just as you oull your B Kj U homo physic ian. Wy advice s? lJ th book ixlow are yours and without cost. Perhaps a word or two from mo will clear np unie serious aliment. 1 liavn rmlpel tnoiwimiy uion thousiinds by my private iirinrriptinn 01 personal advico plan. My bestcUort Id surclj torvareiQ worth ynnr simple rcnnct. Po write now while roil have It ftvsli In mum, I'r tomorrow ln-vei miles. Dr. Slioop, llux 12, Kiieiiio, Wis, Vrhlch Book 8UH I Gmi Tout o. 1 On I))'pep!n Kn. i For Women No. 2 On the llrnrt Nn. S Frr St. n N'n. 11 On the Kidneys No. d On Rheumatism n:v-!rr-oi'.d family near Mynard. T'OCTce Snyder of near Plattsmouth was ar.or.g the out-of-town buyers das ;afttrncon. . John Lowther, a prosperous farmer Oo attended Smith's hoy sale Mor living near Mynard. was attending to some business matters in this village Monday afternoon. . Charles Norton and family arrived home last Friday from Texas, where they had spent a few weeks visiting with E. A. Hunt and family. N. d; Foster and wife left last Friday on the early morning train to islt with some of their old ac quaintances at St. Paul. Neb. G. P. Meislnger of Cedar Creek.. Democratic candidate - for county commissioner, was m town Monday meeting the voters and made this office a very pleasant call. Mrs. James Stanton departed Wed nesday for her home at Topeka, Kansas, after having spent several days visiting with her mother and other relatives and friends In and near this village. The contract for doine the mason work on the Upton-Leach building has been let to Roach & Burr of Ne braska City. Messrs Upton and Leach have had men unloading the material this week and the work will commence soon. J. L. Swan, one of the popular- freight brakemen well known here, had the misfortune to get the two middle fingers of his right hand bad ly mashed while making a coupling last Saturday at Nebraska City, arid will be off duty for some time on ac count of the Injury. Creed Harris and Lee Farris ar rived home Tuesday evening from Tuttle, Okla., where they spent a week looking after some land the latter owns there. Mr. Harris says he is not exactly satisfied with the country down there, in fact he has not found anything that looks bet ter to him than Nebraska. Receives Pension. Judge Archer received word yes terday that Mrs. Mary C. Osborn had been granted' a pension at the rate of $12.00 per month. The hus- . band of Mrs. Osborn died some time since, who was drawing the same maount, and the department has also given her the accrued pension from his death. The Quickness with which the application passed through the pension office fully demonstrates the ability of Judge Archer in this line of business. The claim was filed on the 9th day of September, and In leBS than forty days the old lady 're ceives her 'voucher. '" ' "' c "' r"- jieiurncti to nansas city. R. A. Bates, who came up from Kansas City Monday mornine to look after some business matters, returned to the Thornton & Minor hospital last nleht via. thn Sllsamirl PoMflo Ua will be there a nortlnn nf tho time for at least five or six weeks receiv ing treatment. A letter from Mrs. M. A. Bates this morning imparts the good news that Mrs. R. A., who submitted to an operation last Thurs day,' is completely out of danger and her recovery anticipated within a reasonable length of time. ' Klection Tickets Delayed. County Clerk RoBencrans has been delayed somewhat in making the ticket for the general election to be held Tuesday, November 2, owing to the state officials at Lincoln being tardy In sending out the copy for the state ticket.,.. The copy . for. jtbe state ticket arrived yesterday, a j4 r. Rosencrans will . prob.abiy. s'trt put on his rounds in delivering, election, supplies tomorrow, and will' now. be somewhat on the rustle',' : and make up for the delay1 caused at theBtate house In Lincoln. OA " 1 Work on M. P. Up to the present time the steel gang Is nearlng the top of the Mur ray hill. The construction gang has distributed new steel to Plattsmouth up to date. The steel gang wll "back up" and lay the new steel through the Union yards, which was skipped a few days ago on account of 1 . . . . . . ueiug uuxiuus to get gooa iracx be tween here and Murray. As soon as this is completed the extra gang and bunk cars will be moved to Murray. This work will be commenced this week. Union Ledger. A Visit From the Htork. The stork yesterday got around to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Bora and left them a fine, bouncing baby girl. The parents are Justly proud of their little daughter and do not consent to think any other quite m fine. Both mother and daughter are doing splendidly while Louis is about the proudest father in several states and benrs tho congratulations of his many friends proudly. Mrs. Don. C. York and Mrs. L7x. Copenhaver and family departed thU morning for Syrncuse, Neb., whore they will bo guests of friends at a largo party to bo given there. They expect to ho pono for a week and anticipate having n very -fine time.