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About The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 23, 1911)
Soutn moutb SEMI-WKHKLY KDITION-KIGIiT PACKS PLATTSMOUTJ1, NEBRASKA, MONDAY A .VXTAli Y 211, 1!I1 VOLUME XXX XO to ' I Wl a i v METHODIST CHOIR A! GLEE CLUB Muslcale Reflects Great Credit Upon the Members of the Organ izations and the Director, Mrs. E. H. Wescott. From Friday's Dally. The Methodist choir and glee club were greeted with a crowded house at their recital of sacred songs last evening. From the nature of the entertainment there were no out bursts of tumultuous applause but the tense silence among the auditors after the rendition of some of the numbers was a sign of approval far more expressive than volleys of hand claps or Chautauqua salutes. The program had been well ar ranged, and from prelude' to the . posllude, was one of the most com plete and entertaining ever produced before a Flattsmouth audience of lovers of sacred song. The selections rendered had been chosen from among the numbers re cently sung at the regular church service, and the performances showed that much careful training Is done by the musical organizations concerned at their weekly rehearsals. The glee club and choir sing together remark hbly well, and we regret that space will not permit the mention of the In dividual performers In last night's MISSOURI PACIFIC CREW EOT ON MM TRftCK The Lincoln Journal tells the fol lowing story on a Missouri Pacific crew, and as that road Is a sort of a joke to the people, they are not sur prised at anything that emanates from the doings ofthat company: "A Missouri Facinc train left Lin colii a few days ago over Northwest ern rails, and the crew was mucn sur prised when they were halted at the J Twenty-seventh street semaphore sta tion by the semaphore and derail. A Northwestern passenger train on the north sido of the Twenty-seventh street crossing was trying to get into town, and before it could reach the depot the Missouri Pacific train had to back into the yards and cross over through the junction switch to Could road rails. "The explanation is th:it a new crew came into Lincoln over the M. P. In the early hours of the morning with a train, and were ordered out again, to leave at 11 n. m. When the train started the switches were lined up for the incoming North western passenger tr.itn, due at 11:35 a. m. The new crew kept go ing. As the train passed the North western round house one of the men there called up the freight office and excitedly called: " 'Say, what is this M. P. train do ing out here? It is going east on our line." "lie was told to stop it. lie le plled that It had passed and could not be stopped. Then the office men got busy with 'phones to head off the trespasser, but the semaphore men at Twenty-seventh street beat them to It. "This Incident recalled to railroad men the 'story of a Burlington train that three years ago ran from the ; Missouri Pacific Junction near Omaha to Oreannlla nn Mlasmirl PoMfln tracks, because the engineer, a green man on the lines west, had given the semaphore tender the wrong whistle signal for a switch. The train was lost for hours and the dispatcher had about given up ever finding it when It was reported entering Oreapolls on Missouri Pacific rails. A Northwest- ern engineer several years ago In f Iowa, ran a main line train ten or twelve miles down a branch road be 1 fore be discovered that he had lost the main line. Both of these mls- takes happened at night, hut the Mls j eouri Pacific's attempt to take pos- ! session of the Northwestern hap pened In the bright daylight of a near noon hour." Taken In Ianl Show. Eddie Stelnhauer, tho main guy at the Journal office, took a day off and attended the land show In Omaha to day, whero he studied the different I farm products and systems of irriga tion very dllllgently for several hours. ! Ed may branch out as an agrlcultur l allst any time now. iiiE spleiii sue mm. concert, but such Is Impossible, as every member of the musical combi- nation did her or his part excel lently. I The program was begun by both oi sanitations Joining In a familiar hymn, then an anthem was rendered by 1k tli organizations, this bring fol lowed by a duet by Mr. F.nrbt Tuey and his sister, Miss Zel'rc, which was a well iendered cumber, Hie soloists of the evening leaving a ncrl.od Im pression on the audience were Mrs. Adams, Mrs. Hayes and Ton York. Vr. York saa', ' Consider uid Hear Mc:" Mrs. Hayei rendered, "Abiding Lee," and Mn Adams car.g by re ciuut. "The Holy City." Tr.e climax oi J.he evening a entertainment wa3 a duet by Mrs. C. E. Wescott and Mrs. Vdiiv.ii, entitler., '.'Angel of Light." 1'ie efferatory, a violin o)o, was r..iycd by MIsi Mildred Cjoi: No charge was malle at the door, but a collection taken by the ushers resulted In receipts aggregating $25, which amount will be used for the purchase of supplies for the choir and glee club. Married At Auburn. Mr. Claud Landis and Miss Edith Green, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I. B. j Green, of this city, departed for Au burn today, where they w"l bd mar ried After the ceremony a.i1 a few days' visit with friends at Auburn, the young couple will return to PlattsTiouth to make their future home. Mr. Landis will be employed at the B irlington shops. Til RESIDENT HEBE l-'roin Saturday's lally. Tho untimely death of Paul Mor- I ton in New York yesterday, will re-1 call many incidents during his ca-J i rcer. It is not, probably, generally, ! known that Mr. Morton began his' railroading in Flattsmouth, and lived ', here for some time. It was while the general offices of the B. & M. in I Nebraska were located here, and he held a clerical position under Gen-1 eral Manager Holdrege. lie was then ! but a bit of a boy, might say, but he displayed remarkable energy, such that, if continued, was bound to , bring any young man to the front. ' Many of the pioneer citizens of j Flattsmouth remember Paul Morton t as a bit of a boy, who they often met j in and around the Burlington depot, j and noticed the energy with which he went about his work. He evidently pursued that great energy through life, as he rapidly ascended the lad der of fame, and when death over- . took him, he was considered one of j the foremost citizens In the country. I At the time of his death ho was presl- dent of the Equitable Life Assurance society. Attend Dog Feast. From Friday' Dally. Harry Graves, Mat McQulnn and Mr. Flannlgan, cashier of the Union Bank, were In the city last evening, having come In specially to attend ! constitution can bo adopted by a ma the Red Men's "Dog Feast," at which ! J01"11? ot the vo,ea cast on th Propo three dogs, two black and one "yal- sltlon- At present the constitution ler" furnished the palatable viands for the occasion. There is one singu lar thing about the "Dog Feast" ban quets, which occur frequently, and that is there is no apparent decrease in the dog population of Flattsmouth. It may be the visiting "bucks" bring the dogs with them. The matter should be investigated, and the coun cil should prevent the importation of outside dogs until the Flattsmouth supply Is reduced. Returned to Plttttsmoutli. W. L. Renner and family, who have been residing near Nchawka, have removed to this city and will make their home here In the future. Mr. Renner will be employed at the local Burlington shops, he assuming his new duties on last Monday. We are very much pleased to learn that Mr. Renner and his most estimable family have returned to this city egaln. .i The board of directors of the Liv ingston Loan and Building Associa tion held a meeting last evening and accepted the resignation of Henry K. Goring as secretary and Carl Frickie as treasurer. Mr. Fricke was elected secretary to fill the vacancy 'made by Mr. Gerlng's resignation, and Dr. C. A. Marshall was elected to the position of treas urer, the position formerly held by Mr. Frlcke. The annual meeting which elects officers of the association will be held in February. From Friday's DnMy. At the Wigwam last evening oc curred the annual Installation of officers of the local Missouri Tribe, No. C9, of Flattsmouth Lodge of Red Men. A fine turnout of members was present, and the function passed oft smoothly, every detail was carried out like clock work. After the in stallation ceremony a fine banquet was served In the dining hall below. There was speech-making and a gen eral good time for all present. Jt was voted to hold a grand mas querade ball on the 4th of February. The following committee was ap pointed to make arrangements for the occasion: Anton II. Koubek, Frank Llbershall, 'Joe Llbershall, Charles Trueman, JJohn Nemetz, Ed Krugcr and Frank Koulbe. The officers Installed were: John Corey, Prophet; William Helndiich- son, Sachem; Anton II. Koubek, Sen- jor Sagamore; Frank Llbershall, Junior Sagamore; Emil Walters, Keeper of Records; Thomas Walling, Keeper of W.ampum. The Installing officer was John Nemetz, with J. C. York, as snap. Wedding Wednesday. Miss Elizabeth Spang-.er, our popu lar milliner, was somewhat annoyed by the erroneous report circulated lnt seck to the effect that sho had been married at Hastings, Iowa, and we have positive assurance that the report was premature. However, had the report been delayed a week or two it would not have been ques tioned, for cards have been Issued announcing that at 8 o'clock next Vedues.lay evening at the home of her parents near Weeping Water, M! ! porgler will be married to Mr. IN iron Uito of Hastings. Iowa. This! infoi n rticii be ing reliable we are in position to extend congratulations in cd unco. Union Lodger. rRQFOSmON 10 I'M E. J. Clements, or Lincoln, pro poses a plan whereby ho believes good amendments to the constitution can be adopted by a vote of the peo ple. To bring this result about tho constitution must first bo amended. With the party circle on tho ballot and tho present law relating to the counting of straight votes for any amendment that has been endorsed by a political party, he believes the first necessary steps can be taken. He proposes to submit to the people a simple amendment to section 1, article 15 of the constitution. He proposes to change that section by providing that amendments to the requires a majority or the votes cast at the election. After the constitution is amended by providing for the adoption of amendments by a major ity of the votes cast on the proposi tion It will be easy to secure the adoption of any deserving proposi tion and then the party circle on the ballot can be abolished. A hill em bodying Mr. Clements' idea will be Introduced in the legislature. As Others Koe I'h. The Weeping Water Republican, In speaking of tho shutting down of the arc lights on Main street, says: "By means of arc lights PlattBmouth busi ness streets have been nicely Illumi nated, but as the expense was borne by merchants subscribing to a com mon fund, and only a portion of them would pay while others were benefit ted, enough had feeling has crept in to cause a discontinuance of the scr-vict." Fleet Two Now Officers. mi POINTS Cfl IHE ADVERTISING QUESTION Advertising a business Is the train ing of that business. Advertising keeps a business In a healthy condition. It tones up Its liver, strengthens Its biceps, steadies Its heart and keeps lis nerves In order. Once In awhile a man decides that he 's doing so much business that ho can stop advertising awhile and run on 'momentum. Momentum Is a gradual process to-win-d a full stop. The momentum business Is usually pr. -maturely full-ttoppod by the straight left jab of the well-trained competitor who finds his opening In the fifteenth round. If you want to stay In business stay iu Ihe advertising field. No matter how much business you are doing keep up the energy that make It. You might as well cut off your legs because you are running well In a foot race as cut off your advertising because your business Is too good. You might aa well tell the insur ance man that you are so healthy you will drop the policy for a few years as to stop advertising because the orders are piling up. "Don't need to" Is tho eventual preliminary to "Can't do it." The only man who doesn't need to advertise Is the man who Is retired from business. The only policy holder who does not need to pay his premiums Is dead. AVode'.ing At Weeping Water. At the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Williams, on Tuesday, January 17, 1911, Miss Ida Williams and Mr. D. J. Braaf were united In marriage, In the presence of a few friends and relatives. Rev J. C. Street performing the ceremony. The bride and groom departed on the evening train for a wedding trip, spotting to visit relatives In Denver, where a big reception will bo ten dered them. After visiting there they go to southern California and expect to return to their home In llallain about February 15 The bride has been teac hing school at Hallam the past two years. Sho has not spent much of her time in Cass county since the family returned from Arkansas, but has some very warm friends here. The groom Is a farmer nenr Hallam, Nebraska, a flue looking, industrious young man, and Is fortunnte In securing such an esti mable lady for a life companion. May good luck, happiness and prosperity bo their's Weeping Water Republi can. Will Try 1'uKiilng. Engineer L. L. Ingalla, w:io has been residing in PlattBmouth for tome months, having tho Sioux City run, has secured a six months lay off and will try farming In Arkansas. Mr. Ingalls has laid In a supply of corn and oats for his team, which he purchased hero about a month ago. Ho has chartered a car, and has been busy the past two days loading his household goods and farming Imple ments. He also purchased a few fino hogs and loaded Into the oar, and he will start In right. Mr. Ingalls has been a valued employee of tho Bur lington as engineer for a long time, and he puts by a snug monthly check to go Into the agricultural pursuit. Mr. Ingalls has resided on a farm and followed the business before, and. we predict that be will make It win in the sunny south. Mr. alid Mrs. Ingalls will depart in the morning for their new home, their car will go out on No. 14 tonight. Grandpa Jinunlo Illckson. "JImmIe" Illckson was most agree ably surprised this morning by re ceiving a letter from his son Tom at Omaha, informing Grandpa Jlmniio, that the stork had visited his son Tom's residence leaving a bouncing pair of twins, a boy and girl. Grandpa Illckson was Jubilant over the pros pect of holding one on each knee, while they pull his hair and whiskers. Judge Sullivan Doe Not Improve. Judgo A. N. Sullivan's condition today remained as critical as It has been for the past four days. He Is unconscious all of the time, and takes no nourishment, and his strength Is gradually ebbing, and it is tho opinion of his attending physician that he rannot last much longer, as he is growing weaker all the time. Mi ilEHL CLUB uun H. A. Schneider and Judge Travis Windham and Judge Becson From Siiturduy'u Pally. The meeting of the Commercial club which had been postponed from Thursday evening was held last even ing, and a fair crowd of business and professional men of the c-lty were In attendance to listen to the joint dis cussion of the question of tho loca tion of the Panama Exposition, which was led on the one side by Mr. Wind ham and on the other by Postmatser Schneider. Mr. Windham was aided by Judgo Becson and Postmaster Schneider by Judge Travis. Before the debate was begun, the ordinary business session of the club was held. Two bills were allowed, 1 one for GO cents to tho Nebraska Light company, and one for $28. SO to F. M. RIehey for lumber and ma terial which had been used In making the roadway on the bottom leading to the ferry. A communication rrom Governor Aldrlch to the officers of tho club In viting them to have a representative at tho boom meeting In Omaha on the 21th of this month at which some plans would be formulated to adver tise Nebraska and other western states, and Increaso the emigration In this direction. The communication was placed on file. Mr. Windham reported for the leg islative committee that the committee was In touch with members of tho leg islature and any legislation affecting the interests of riattsmouth would be closely watched. Secretary Wescott mentioned the light subject and thought some action should be taken by the club looking toward the reinstalling of the arc lights lately removed by tho company from the streets. Mr. Gryb suggest ed that a coninilU.ee ho appointed to present tho matter to the council and hnve the arc lights replaced as they were worth more than all of the gas lights along tho streets. Mr. Wind ham and Mr. Tldd expressed tliolr lelissntlsfaeiion with the quality of light furnished by both electric and gas companies. The; president ap pointed Mr. Georgo Dovoy, Mr. II. A. Schneider and Mr. Grjb a committee to brlnn; t he light matter before tli; council and seo If the arc lights could not be arranged for. Tho debate was then given lie. lit of way for the evening, Mr. Windham making tho opening argument and occupied the door for some time ad vocating tho location of the Panama exposition at New Orleans because; the greatest number of people would see the exposition at that point. The show was to he an educational propo sition and while on the other sMo of the Rocky mountains within a melius of a thousand miles of San Francisco in cities of the coast there was prob ably live or six million people, while within a radius of one thousand miles of New Orleans there wero 6j,000, 000 people who were within easy ac cess. If the exposition wero held on the coast probably not one In twenty of tho peoplo would attend that would attend If tho exposition wero held In the southern city. He then spoke of the great Jobbing Interests of the middle-west which would use the canal as an outlet for their trade and suggested they should be given an opportunity to exhibit their wares. He mentioned the fact of the divided opinion as to where the show should be held, and cited the intsance of the Omaha Commercial club voting for New Orleans. Mr. Schneider then took tho floor and made a red-hot talk for San Francisco. He Btated that he did not take quite so broad a view of the question as the previous speaker, that he was for the point which would benefit Nebraska, and Flattsmouth. That the way he could see tho situa tion it was merely an advertising scheme and that which would adver tise Nebraska most tbo speaker was for. He argued that tho peoplo visit ing a great exposition did not go for that purpose alone, but to see the country and scenery as well. That there was nothing to attract attention in the south, no variety of scenery. That ho had had some experience in getting crowds to great conventions. That ho had been a delegate to the Elks' nation convention on different occasions, once at Buffalo, New York, DEBATE EXPOSITIQIJ Ll TO mm Speak for San Francisco, R. B. Present New Orleans' Sido. i once at Denver, Colorado, and once at Dallas, Texas, and once at San Fran cisco. Tho Fan Francisco meet was far ahead of the Dallas convention, in point ot numbers. In fact Dallas was the smallest attended convention of any ho had attended. Mr. Schneider argued that by hav ing the show at the coast city all the millions of people attending the ex position would ho taken four hundred miles through Nebraska, on tho Bur lington and U. P. systems; thousands of them through the city of Platts mouth, and that the-re could be no better advertisement for the state ana city man to show me eastern peoplo this great state. Judge Becson then took up tho cudgel for New Orleans, and anlhllat ed Mr. Schneider's last argument by saying that tne riao through Nebras ka would be In tho night, the travel ers seeing only a small portion of the worst part of tho sand hills, giving them a bad Impression of the Btate. Judgo Becson mentioned tho fact that tho Iowa legislature had endorsed New Orleans. That the nearness of the site was In favor ot the southern city, that Nebraska citizens going to the expedition in the southern city would return, while If they went so far as across the mountains they never would come back and this he thought would be bad for the state. When the Judgo resumed his seat he was asked by Mr. Schneider If he had not told Mr. Windham, when first asked to speak on the question, that he, Beeson, was favorable to San Francisco? Judge Beeson replied that before he hud studied tho ques tion ho had made the statement, but since Investigating the matter he had discovered how wrong li Is first Im pression was. Judgo Travis foimwe.T with a strong speech In favor of tho coast city. Ho mentioned tho mosciultocs, yellow fever ami other obstacles i it the path of New Orleans, and agreed villi Judge Person that tho people! would return without a doubt. The trip down would be pleasant, but the stay would not be so enjoyable?. The four sickly months rommc.u-el wllii September, tbo very Umo that tour ists would be; most, lllce ly to visit tho exposition. The Judgo then mentioned tho fiw-t tli at Nebrnska was a produc ing state, and Hint 1 ho elements of wealth here was luiior and the soil, and that It was to the into rets of tho peoplo here to cause the same to bo brought to tho attention of tho east ern tourists, und compel them to pass through our state. That Plattsmontli Is located on ono of the strong trans portation lines and much of tho travel to the exposition held In Sun Frnnclsco would pa:is the foot of Main street, and out of the many passing through we would bo able to Interest our share and Induce thorn to locate here In one of the best towns In Ne braska. Tho Judgo argued that tho northern people do not naturally travel south, but east and west and the natural place for the location of tho exposition would be Fan Fran cisco. . After Judgo Travis finished his speech, President Pollock gave a few minutes to any one who wished to bo heard on tho subject. Mr. Tldd made a few remarks In which ho sstated that the main point In the building of tho canal had been over looked in the discussion, and that was the opening up of cheaper trans portation and build up the commerce of the western coast, and in his opin ion the strategic point for the great show ia San Francisco. Mr. Gryb ad vocated New Orleans. Mr. Farley mentioned the fact that if the exposi tion were held in New Orleans U would give the northern people a chance to observe the negroes of the south, and give the people some idea of a plan to sottle the race problem. Mr. Tldd then moved that Mr. Wind ham's resolution, locating the exposi tion at New Orleans, be amended to read San Francisco instead of New Orleans. The amendment was put and the vote on It was a tie, the mem bers of the club being evenly divided in sentiment. Charley Hlatt Is reported as being on the sick list, being kept at horn with the la grippe.
