State Historical Soc.
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SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION FOUR PAGES
VOLUME XXIX
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. MONDAY A1MHL IS, 11)10
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THE ALFALFA FEED
10 BE AN
Citizens Generally are Subscribing
Enterprise to Be
From Frlilay"s Polly.
Those having the good of the city
at heart will be doing themselves
and their townsmen a great favor by
receiving and helping the stock soli
citors that will within the next day
or two call on them for the purpose
of having tfiem subscribe to the new
Alfalfa Meal Mill that now appears
to be an assured certainty. And It
would be advisable for these citi
zens to remember also, that these
hellcitors need support, and that they
are getting all sorts of encourage
ment. So far more than $r,000 has been
subscribed, and it is believed by the
commercial club, which is boosting
the building of the mill, that within
the next day or two, about $2.ti00
more will be subscribed by the city.
The belief is general that if the city
contributes half of the sum necessary
to build the mill, which is $7,500,
the county can be relied upon to do
the rest.
The farmers are the men that will
be particularly benefitted for they
will raise the alfalfa on old corn
ENFORCING THE
Seven Boys Arrested This Morn
ing and Taken Back to School
From Friday"s Dally.
Seven youngsters . under fifteen
years of age, who have not yet reach
ed the eighth grade, but who in
weeks gone by had taken it upon
themselves to leave their classes and
go to work, were rounded up this
morning by Chief of Police Amick
who acted as special truant officer.
The boys were sent back to school
and those who had employed them
were warned that if they were put I
on the pay roll again, arrests would
surely follow. As the matter now
stands none of the employers of
small boys will bo prosecuted as
many of them showed satisfactorily
to the chief that they had been de
ceived at the time the youngsters
were employed.
Many of these had insisted that
they were over sixteen and had been
in the eighth grade when they left
their classes.
In speaking about the round-up
of the boys, Superintendent of
Schools J. W. Gamble lays much of
the blame for the boys lack of edu
cation to the parents. The mer
chants w ho employed them took them
in their places Innocently enough and
made no protest when they were
taken away. The parents in most
cases, however, made a violent pro
test and insisted that the boys are old
enough to work and that their earn
ings are needed at home.
The school superintendent, on the
other hands, said he thought other
wise and that the youngsters will
either stick to their classes or else
"be sent somewhere where they will
oot be given a chance to run away
The superintendent of schools is
highly elated with the encourage
nuent he is getting from all sides in
making the Plattsmouth school sys
tem one of the best of the state.
Several months ago application was
made for membership in the North
Central association of secondary
schools and colleges, through which
graduates of the local high school
can enter colleges of the association
on the strength of their diplomas
This does away with much of the
inconvenience attached to taking ex
aminations for admittance, and those
who can leave a high school and en
ter a college without first going
through the regular routine of an
inquisition consider themselves for
tunate. Until yesterday no reply
was received but at that time Super
intendent Gamble was informed by
Utter that the application had been
favorably acted upon and the local
schools will become a part of the
association.
K. G. and F. A. Hansen of Ne
hawka, are among those who came
up to this city today on business.
LAW
III
ASSURED FACT HOW
Liberally to This Most Laudable
Located Here.
land long ago worn out and use
less, and so gain more In the long
run than any one else. For the rea
sons that the farmers will reap the
greater part of the benefit, a meet
ing will be held in the office of J. P.
Falter in the Coates' building tomor
row morning, at which representa
tive farmers from this section will
be invited to come and discuss the
alfalfa Industry in this locality.
The commercial club members will
be there too and with them the so
licitors. Reports will be read and
the benefits of the mill placed before
the farmers.
An expert on alfalfa meal mills,
in the person of W. B. Swygart was
in the city Tuesday and called upon
those boosting the proposition. Mr.
Swygart comes from Albia, la., where
he has a mill. He said that one like
that under his supervision can be
built for $13,000 and that its capa
city would be big enough for all the
alfalfa that can be raised in this
section. The solicitors who are go
ing through the city are A. L. Tidd,
Henry Snider and Frank Schlater.
Surprise Mjss Racek.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Konferst was the scene of a very
pleasant surprise party last evening,
when a number of young people as
sembled at their home and most
agreeably surprised Miss Delia
Racek. Miss Racek will depart for
Abie, Neb., in the near future where
she will wed Mr. Jos. Sinnott.
Various games and dancing fur
nished plenty of amusement and oe
casioned considerable merriment.
During the evening Miss Racek was
presented with a beautiful picture.
as a token of remembrance, and
which will remind her of this happy
event. At the proper hour a delicious
luncheon was served, one which the
guests could not help but do ample
Justice. At a late hour the guests
departed for their homes, voting this
occasion a most enjoyable one and
expressing tneir regret at naving to
lose Miss Racek from their midst,
but wishing her all the happiness
possible in her new home.
Those present were: Misses Her
mie Chaloupek, Frances Kanka, Lil
lian and Marie Novotney, Marie
Semerad, Mary Gradoville, Josie and
Lillian Burianek, Jtnry A. Swoboda,
Anna Xashel, Mary Donat, Hennie
Jelinek, Mary E. Svoboda, Mary
Jelinek, Celia Palecek, Delia Racek,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Konferst and
Mr. Sinnott.
The Capital Removal.
The people of Nebraska outside of
Lancaster county, says the Hastings
Tribune, "no longer look upon the
removal of the state capital as a
Joke, for they have come to realize
the true cause of the agitation and
the sincerity of the movement." The
Tribune lends itself heartily to the
removal proposition, casting its lot
with Kearney and Grand Island re
gardless of future location should
the capital be removed, and it fur
ther says: "To rebuild the present
state house and put it in a fit con
dition will take about three million
dollars and this Is entirely too much
money to toss into the city of Lincoln
which already has the state peniten
tiary, state Insane hospital, state unU
versity and state agricultural col
lege. But regardless of that Lincoln
is no longer entitled to be the capital
city of Nebraska because of its loca
tion. The initiative step for a change
has already been taken and Hast
ings, Kearney and Grand Island are
in the race to fight it to a finish, and
it goes without saying that no more
money will be expended on the pres
ent state capital until the people of
the state have had opportunity to
vote on removal out into the central
part of the Btate."
Weeping Water, of Conine.
A man from Tipton precinct says
that when the state capital is moved
from Lincoln, it would be a good
time to engage trucks for moving the
court house out of Plattsmouth. The
question is who wants the court
bouse? Weeping Water Republican
We trim hats free of charge.
FangT.
M
PASSES EIGHT
IETH MILESTONE
Uncle Reuben Foster Surprised
by Friends at Union.
From Friday's Dally. ?
Reuben Foster reached the 80th.
mile stone in life Tuesday and de
cided to take a day's rest and cele
brate the event In Nebraska City but
Just as he was about to board the
train he was hastily summoned to
appear at the home of Miss Jessie
Todd, for what purpose he did not
know. Nevertheless, he responded
to the call with his usual prompt
ness, and on reaching the house he
found ten of his intimate friends of
near his own age, who had called in
response to invitations sent out by
Miss Todd and Mrs. M. H. Shoemak
er, to help Uncle Reuben celebrate
his birthday. The venerable gentle
man seemed somewhat flustrated at
first but soon admitted that he had
been thoroughly wit witted by these
estimable ladies.
At the proper time the guests
were Invited into the dining rooni'
where an elegant two-course dinner
was served, the table being presided
over by Misses MinnioV Shoemaker
and Rose O'Donnell, the table de
corations consisted of wood violets
and ferns. After dinner the com
pany were treated to a few choice
selections of music, consisting of Y.
J. Bryan's speech on "The Immor
tality of the Soul," after which each
one present was requested to make
an "after dinner speech" each one
choosing his own subject. D. W,
Foster in making a few remarks ad
ded greatly to the enjoyment, and
he was followed by W. B. Davis who
told of the strong friendship felt by
all aged people toward one another
ueuoen roster tnankea every one
present and spoke also of the friend
ship found among the aged people.
The company waa next ushered to
the veranda, where Ray Frans took a
photograph of the "young fellows."
The combined age of the ten present
was 776 years and 1 month. Those
present were: W. B. Davis, aged
82 years, 6 months; N. D. Foster, 81
years, 6 months; R. A. Foster, 80
years; William Frans, 79 years,
month; F. G. Kendall, 77 years,
months; M. II. Shoemaker, 77 years;
Lewis Bird, 77 years; D. W. Foster
76 years, 3 months; J. W. Taylor
74 years; John I'carsley, 70 years.
Union Ledger.
The Journal hopes that its old
friend will live to celebrate his one
hundreth anniversary and then some.
The writer knew him when we were
a boy, and always considered him
one of our Btaunchest friends, and
are glad to regard him as such, be
cause he has always been an honor
able, upright citizen.
A Fisli tSoty.
Night before last two of the most
intrepid of Plattsmouth's fisherman,
George Barr and W. C. Grebe, while
ou trying to snare the wily denizens
of the deep had a narrow escape
from being Jonahed for fair. These
two gentlemen had gone out as per
their custohi in the evening to set a
line from their boatj They had
their boat down near the house oc
cupied by Mrs. Edgerton, and were
endeavoring to dislodge the line
where It had become entangled on a
log. While engaged In this occupa
tion, the two fisherman were start
led by the sudden advent of a third
party in their boat when a large
spoonbill cat fish about five feet
long, aroused no doubt by the move
ment of their line in the water, Jump
ed clear into the boat, striking Mr.
uarr ana giving mm quite a sur
prise. Grebe Blezed the firsh and
the two of them by hard work, se
cured it. It weighed 60 pounds and
was one of the largest we have ever
seen.
('rowing in Interest.
The revival meetings at the Metho
dist church have been attended by
good audiences nigntly. Rev. Camp
bell is a pleasant talker, and also an
interesting one. The solos by his
son, Mr. Alva Campbell are also
highly appreciated and entertaining
The meetings seem to be growing in
interest daily, and It will hurt no
one to attend, even if he or she can
not approve of all the minister says
Go and hear what he has to say, any
way. Treat the local minister with
this respect and courtesy, of which
he is deserving.
I). ( . Morgan came home this
morning after a business trip to
Omaha.
Will Come Buck to .Nebraska.
Frank Johnson, son of J. W. John
son of this city, has resigned his
position with one of the southern
railroads In Florida and will remove
from his present home at Saint
Augustine to Omaha, where he will
engage in business and make his fu
ture home. Mr. Johnson is well
known throughout this part of the
country, having been for a number
of years with the Burlington as an
engineer on this division. He has a
great many friends here and else
where who will be delighted to learn
of his return to this country.
And You Will Save the Enum
erators a Whole Lot of Time
Pretty soon the government enum
erators will bo going from house to
houso taking the census which is
taken every ten years. There will be
the usual complaints, enumerators
will encounter the troubles which
other enumerators have encountered,
and many people will conclude that
this is an impertiment government
to ask so many questions.
There will be many questions of a
private nature asked, and it should
be remembered that they are not for
publication, but to be used merely
In making up statistics, and that no
one except the enumerators and
those who make up the tables from
the data obtained will ever know
what you have to tell.
I There should be no hestltatlon in
answering the questions. The enum
erators will only ask those questions
he must ask in the performance of
his duty, and the . government has
full power to compel persons to ans
wer the questions asked, and the
enumerators can call upon the court
of the government if necessary.
The'questlons are not foolish ones;
they are all Important. John Doe
may thing it altogether nobody's
business how many times he has
been married, nor (how much he
earns or owes, but in this instance
John is mistaken. It Is the business
of everybody because the facts are
desired for forming statistics which
will bo of value to the people of the
United States and John Will save
himself a whole lot of trouble, and
time, by answering in a straightfor
ward and polite manner all the ques
tions asked by the enumerator to the
best of his ability.
(Jets Kid of Dos.
From Friday's Pally.
J. E. Nemetz, the confectionary
man,' when seen at his place of busi
ness this morning, wore a smile that
looked like much of his ice cream. It
was warm enough of course, but then
it was a delicious kind of a smile,
the kind that had little sun beams
on it, and so he was asked the cause
of it all.
The answer was, that the chief of
police had at great length performed
that part of his duty covering his
right to threaten to shoot and com
mand to be tied all vicious dogs.
It appears that Nemetz has had
trouble of some kind with a neigh
bor's dog for several weeks gone by
The canine, he avers, had never been
invited to play in his yard but that
in spite of that, he had dug up nerve
enough somewhere to come In there
uninvited.
Not only that, but the dog bad
to make himself doubly at home
He played with the Nemetz family
rabbits and then, when he grew tired
of playing, cooly devoured his play
mates. In addition to that, he made
himself obnoxious by barking with
an uncultivated voice and everybody
in the neighborhood except the own
er of the dog grew tired of it.
At laBt Nemetz told the chief of
police who promised to see that the
dog would be tied. Twice after that
Nemetz said, he pointed the untag
ged and untied dog out to the chief
and asked him to do his duty and
give the barker a dose of lead medl
cine.
i
This the chief repeatedly declined
to do, and so yesterday, when th
dog went on another foraging ex
peditlon in the Nemetz yard, th
owner of the yard inserted an ad I
the Journal, warning his nelghbo
to keep her dog at home or dire con
sequence would follow. He was eve
more specific than this, and said h
would shoot the first dog that enter
1 ed his yard again whether tagged or
not.
ANSWER ALL 1ES
POLITICS 001
IN SOUTHWEST
Democratic Primaries in Texas
Getting Very Warm.
In Texas April 10 These Texans
are the strenuous politicians. No
sooner do the Democratic primaries
end in one year that they open the
campaign for the next. And one
might Just as well understand that
for all practical purposes, the elec
tion here is the Democratic prima
ries. True, there is a formality in
November when the Democratic pri
mary choice Is ratified, but it is
only that a formality, a sort of
ratification meeting of the choice of
the wisdom of the state as expressed
at the Democratic primaries. The
Republicans usually have a couple of
tickets in tho field, but just why is
a mystery for only the widest stretch
of the Imagination can conceive of
their being more than a Joke. In
truth, the Republican party In Tex
as Is, to paraphrase Lincoln "of Cecil
Lyon, by Cecil Lyon and for Cecil
Lyon." Lyon is tho national com
mitteeman for this state and the of
ficial dispenser of federal patron
age; hence his prestige. Lyon is a
strictly orthodox white Republican
and his faction is what is known as
the "Lilly White." There is a negro
faction of the Republican party call
ed the "Black and Tans," which al
so hold a convention and names a
ticket, but both wings of the party
together don't poll enough votes to
be serious. The real fight Is for
the Democratic nomination.
A stranger from the north finds
himself confused when- he comes to
look over the field here. The Ihsucs
are tangled and confused In the most
perplexing way and out of the laby
rinth it becomes almost Impossible
to extract a clear 4dea of what each
candidate stands for. Apparently,
prohibition Is the main question at
issue, but the efforts of the railroads
and the trusts to check hostile legis
lation are also in evidence, while
the perpetual Bailey fight every now
and then injects itself Into the fray.
This last qustlon is a very live one
and outsiders do not realize the bit
terness of the feeling between Sen
ator Bailey's followers and his op
ponents. And any candidate for of
fice in this, state finds himself ob
liged to line up either for or against
Bailey.
There ore five candidates for gov
ernor in this state and tney are
making vigorous and aggressive cam
paigns. All except one are conduci
ng speaking campaigns and the
dally papers are filled with their
meetings. The fifth candidate will
open his speaking campaign on San
aclnto day, April 21, a local holi
day, commemorating the battle of
San Jaclnton in the Texas war for
independence. The speeches which
these several candidates deliver
would be considered in the north as
nvltlng political suicide for they are
all tinged with decided personalities
f Governor Shallenberger and May
or Dahlman were to adopt the Texas
style of campaign speaking, the Ne
braska prairies would flame with
excitement and the Republican ma
jority would be enormous, unless
that party also had the same kind of
a campaign.
The five candidates in the field
at present are Judge Wm. Poindex
ter. Railroad Commissioner O. B.
Colquitt, Hon. Cone Johnson, Ex
Attorney General R. V. Davidson and
Hon. F. L. Cunyus. All of these
but Davidson are touring the state
and delivering speeches, and in two
weeks he will be doing likewise. Of
these Polndexter is a pronounced
prohibitionist, an ardent adherent
and close personal friend of Sena
tor Bailey, and generally recognized
as a conservative in his views on
legislation. He seems to be very
popular In the northern part of th
Btate, .where the Bailey influence
predominates and at this writing
looks to be a strong candidate. His
Bpeeches bo far have featured con
stitutlonnl prohibition, and he
the recognized champion of the sub
mission of an amendment to th
Btate constitution favoring prohibi
tion. Colquitt, apparently, is for
county option as it now applies In
this state, and his Bpeeches favor
local self-government. His Bpeeches
trend strongly against prohibition In
any form, It Is charged that ho is
the Bailey antl-prohibitlon candi
date, ns he has spoken friendly of
Bailey In his home Community. Four
years ago Colquitt gave Governor
Campbell a hard race for the nomi
nation and he is looked on as a radi
cal on railroad and trust legisla
tion, although of late, he has not
been so emphatic in that respect.
He will poll a heavy vote. Johnson
is pronounced anti-Bailey. It was
he who gave Bailey the close call for
delegate to the last Democratic ua
tional convention when the senator's
election hung in the balance for sev
eral days. Johnson is one of the
ablest of the men in the race a
powerful orator and a persistent
fighter. He is for the submission of
a prohibitory amendment or, falling
In that, Btatutory prohibition along
the lines advocated by former Gov
ernor Sheldon, of Nebraska, except
ing municipalities, by a vote from
Its provisions. It is a problem as
to what his vote will be, owing to
the mixed condition of politics, but
one can bet he'll get no Bailey votes.
Davidson resigned the office of at
torney general to run for governor
and he looks like a winner. He has
been organizing the state and will
commence his speaking campaign In
a few days. He is pronouncedly
anti-Bailey and has undying enmity
of the Bcnator for his vigorous prose
cution of II. Clay Pierce, the Water
Pierce Oil company, and the expos
ure of Senator Bailey's relations with
that gentleman and the company.
Ills administration of the attorney
gneral's office has been characterized
by fights on trusts which brought re
sults, chief of which was the fine of
the Waters-Pierce Oil company,
amounting to $1,800,000, and that
company's dissolution. He also
caught several smaller concerns for
Tt.es. lie is an antl-prohibltlonist
from principal, and believes In local
option, and from a survey of the
field he Beems the only sincere op
ponent of prohibition In the field.
He is a strong campaigner, popular
and Elands an excellent Bhow to win.
He has the distinction of having been
nominated and elected to a third
term as attorney general in this state.
where the feeling against third-tcrnt-
sm is very strong. Cunyus is a very
.rons prohibitionist, and not too
well V.nown. He will not poll a
envy vote, even Bhould he remain
n tho race, which Bigns Indicate he
will rot. He is not receiving much
notice from his four competitors, who
io lambasting one another fiercely
nd inferentially, leading the public
to believe each is the tool of Satan
and that the speaker Is the only one
with a fire-proof, non-corruutable.
alo. The primaries are in August,
so you can see how hot Texas will bo
during the spring and summer not
unlike Hades In some respect.
Charles D. Grimes.
Saw llullcys Comet in IS 12.
As the alleged time after 75 years
for the Halley comet to appear
draws near, a Glenwood citizen is
emiiiisccnt in the following man
ner:
Mr. E. Edwards, aged 8!), of this
ity, who s iciuls much of his time
with his son at Plattsmouth, recalls
the great comet of 1842, 68 years
ago. He says the winter was very
severe, bhow falling October J 2,
1 842, it was about a foot deep, and
kept Increasing all winter. Early iu
the winter the comet appeared to add
to the terrors of the long winter. The
omet was In sight until April. The
Millerltes prophesied that the world
was to come to an end in April.
Joseph Smith and his Mormon fol
lowers occupied Nauvoo, Illinois, and
Smith prophesied that the winter
would last until summer and that
he would parade his men on the Ice
of the Mississippi river in July. But
neither of the prophecies came true.
Mr. Edwards lived in Lee county,
Iowa, at the time, opposite Nauvoo,
He recalls that when the Teek
froze up in winter the water wa
very high. There wus thick ice, and
the waters of the creeks subsided
and froze again beneath, leaving a
largo chamber like a sewer of glans
through which tho boys could rim
and play. Later on when the thaw
came the water riiHhcd through tlil.i
sewer with great noise. It was In
deed a time of Htirring ewnt and
people wondered Indeed if the world
was not on the point of collitpHu
Glenwood (Iowa) Opinion,
AtU'iitlon, llnrNoiiieii,
The Journal office is totter equip
ped than ever to print home Wild, an I
we wunt your work iu 'his lino, Wit
have a full lino of Iiuibu and Jui k
cuts and cun do your work promptly
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(In were among tlumti wliu look III
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