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VOLUME XXX
PLATTSMt ) I ' 'I'll, MUULASKA.
NO 13
Platte
BUTS' BARGAIN DM," A DM
SET TO DISPOSE
Many Cities and Towns Inaugurate Snch Days, to Give a Display
of Goods Away Below the First Cost.
Nebraska City merchants concert
ed and harmonized for the occasion,
through their splendid organization,
the Retail Merchants' association,
will, on the 25th of February hold a
gigantic "Bargain Day" sale in con
formity with the plans devised and
accepted at a recent meeting of the
association, details which follow
closely the plans of merchants In Fre
mont, Hastings and other Nebraska
towns where the "bargain day" plan
has become an established custom.
On the date mentioned Nebraska
City merchants will offer for sale
good dependable merchandise to the
many patrons and customers of our
stores In this territory. This sale will
consist of merchandise which is alto
gether new and salable. There will
be no attempt to deceive or sell good3
which are not worthy of the name
"merchandise."
The "bargain day" feature has
worked so splendidly In other town3
and cities throughout the state and
the west that It has been adopted as
a special feature by many towns to
be tried two or three times a year.
It is a well-known commercial
axiom that people love bargains
and they will watch closely the ad
tertlsing pages of their newspapers
for sales and offerings which con
tain live, up-to-date chances to ob
tain merchandise at fair profit.
One of the hardest propositions the
retailer has to contend with, accord
ing to the statements of men who
have followed merchandising during
a lifetime, is ttie competition of the
large city stores which hold sales and
TENDER HANDS LAY BISHOP
From Friday's Daily. .
Impressive were the funeral ser
vices held yesterday morning iu St.
Theresa's pro-cathedral for Rt. Rev.
Thomas Bonacum, late bishop of the
Lincoln diocese. The services in both
the church and at the grave were Im
posing, and those who witnessed them
will not soon forget their solemnity.
Long before the hour set for the
celebration of the solemn requiem
high mass, all the reserved seat9 of
the church were filled. Soon all the
standing room and the galleries were
crowded. Hundreds of people were
unable to gain admission to the
church.
Shortly after 10 o'clock Governor
Aldrich, members of the state su
preme court, state and city officials
marched to the front of the church
where pews were reserved for them.
Both houses of the state legislature
held no session this morning and
many of the legislators were present.
Nearly all the prominent business and
professional men of the city and
several from over the state were in
the church.
At 10 o'clock a large group of altar
boys followed by about seventy-five
priests and eight bishops filled the
sanctuary and the celebration of the
mass of the dead began: Bishop
Hennessey, of Wichita, Kansas, as
sisted by Fathers Casper and Klein,
was the celebrant. The chanting of
the prlest3 and the responses of the
choir fell on an audience Imbued with
deep reverence.
Father William Dalton, of Kansas
City, delivered the funeral eulogy In
a masterful manner. He Is an orator
who has thrilled many an audience
and his sermon today was an Impres
sive one. He bad been a close friend
of the bishop when the latter was a
priest In St. Louis, Mo. He paid a
high tribute to the dead bishop. The
orator referred to the many arid ex
acting duties of a Catholic bishop.
These, he said, Bishop Bonacum had
faithfully performed. Father Dalton's
sermon was touching and was heard
by many with moistened eyes.
After the services at the church a
procession was formed and one of
the longest, If not the longest, funeral
corteges started the solemn march to
the grave selected by the dead
bishop himself. All of the Catholic
sofletles of the city and many citizens
of Lincoln were In the line of march.
A long line of carriages carrying the
tlergy and others followed the hearse.
At the grave, which lies Just In
OF SUMS STOCK
bargain Inducements. People are
fickle in their constancy to the home
merchant unless the home merchant
forever and everlastingly makes in
ducements to his customers.
The mall-order houses have found
too, that the concerted efforts of
merchants to attract more people to
their stores has been their greatest
"thorn in the flesh." The merchant
of today believes in publicity; he be
lieves In giving people value for their
money, and he behaves, more than
all, that a customer who can be In
duced to come back Is the greatest
asset to his business.
The Press will have more to say
about this "bargain day" opportu
nlty from day to day and we shall
have news about it that Is both novel
and interesting. Watch for it; It
will interest the readers of this paper.
Nebraska City Press.
Thi3 Is a matter that the merchants
of Plattsmouth should study. If it
pays to have "bargain days" in Ne
braska City and Glenwood, It will
certainly prove a success In our own
city, if our merchants will make the
proper effort. The people are always
on the lookout for bargains, and we
know that Plattsmouth merchants
have goods to offer at great
bargains. Let us try It once,
anyway. The commercial club
can also aid in the matter by
taking the lead la an effort to
get all business men to Join In an
effort of this kind. If "bargain days"
will take people to other towns they
will bring them to Plattsmouth.
Brace up, and try it once, anyway.
front of the orphan's home southeast
of the city, the services were simple.
After tho reciting of the prescribed
prayers for the dead the coffin was
lowered into the grave amid intense
silence and In the presence of thou
sands. Ml CHRISINGEH ENTER-
TAINS JOLLY EIGHT CLUB
Another very delightful entertain
ment of the season was that tendered
the Jolly Eight Card Club, yesterday
afternoon, by Mrs. N. W. Chrlsinger,
at her pleasant home on High School
Hill. For the occasion the home of
the hostess had been handsomely dec
orated and especially the dining
room. A color scheme of red and
white was carried out with a gener
ous use of red hearts and mlnature
valentines, which ere attractively
arranged. The afternoon was de
voted to card games, interspersed
with social conversation, which made
the hours speed all too fast. Mrs.
Olga Croskary captured the first prize
and Mrs. John Lutz the consolation
prize. Following the card games the
guests were invited to the dining
room where a delicious luncheon was
provided and to which all did ample
Justice. In deference to the Valen
tine season, the score cards consisted
of small valentines and as a souvenir
of the occasion, each guest received a
valentine.
Those In attendance were Mes
dames Henry Timm, J. Warga, W.
Mason, J. Lutz, J. Sattler, II. Ofe, A.
Kanka, W. Ilenrlchsen, Flora Wad
dick, Olga Croskary; Miss Tcarl
Mumm.
I'ntortainetl at Morgan Home.
A very pleasant meeting was that
of the Social Workers of tho M. E.
church, which was held yesterday af
ternoon at the pretty homo of Mrs.
Gertrude Morgan and which was very
largely attended and a flattering suc
cess socially. As per request, the
ladies brought needles, thimbles and
scissors, and consequently the great
er part of the time was most enjoy
ably 6pcnt In sewing, while sociabil
ity reigned supreme. There were
Rome delightful refreshments served,
to which all did ample Justice.
H. C. Long, one of the Journal's
staunch friends, from west of Mur
ray, was In tho city today and paid
us a brief call. Henry Is one of those
Jovial, wholesouled fellows that it Is
always a pleasure to meet, and he Is
always a mighty welcome visitor at
the .Jo'irral den.
WALT VALLERY TAKES
FINE CATTLE TO DAKOTA
Belle Fourche (S. D.) Post: Walt
Vallery, youngest brother of P. P.
Vallery, arrived from Plattsmouth,
Nebraska, on Saturday last, accom
panying a car containing ten head of
Red Polled heifers and four bulls of
the same breed. They are all beau
ties and Pete has a right to feel proud
of his new possessions In the cow
line. One of the bulls la a three-year-old
and weighs something over 1,600
pounds, and Is certainly a fine animal.
The stock is but a little behind the
Jerseys for butter fat, and ahead of
most of the other breeds as milk pro
ducers, while they are far ahead of
the white-faced brute for quality of
meat, so Pete thinks. He will give
them a fair test and of course will
make annual reports on the gain that
may be perceptible.
Walt, who Is an old friend of the
publishers of this paper, was very
agreeably surprised to see this section
of the country, supposing, as most
others from the east do, that he was
coming Into the wilds of the west. He
will remain but a few days and will
most likely spend the most of his
time with his brother and sister, Mrs.
H. P. Wright, whom he had not seen
for fourteen or fifteen ycarB. And he
may conclude to get rid of his high
priced Nebraska land and come out
here where he can get land at a much
less figure, but which will be worth
double in a very few years.
AFTER TWENTY-THREE
YEARS JISITS OLD HOI
From Friday", Dally.
Mr. and Mrs. Theo. Miller, of Ord,
Nebraska, came in last evening over
the Burlington on the midnight train
for a few days' visit with friends and
relatives at the old home in Platts
mouth. Mr. and Mrs. Miller have
been down at Rulo, where they were
visiting with a brother of Mrs. Miller.
In this city they are guests at the
home pf Mr. and Mrs. Henry Steln
hauer, Mrs. Miller being a sister of
Mr. Stelnhauer. After their visit Is
completed here they will go to Orind,
Iowa, for a visit with a sister and
family, also making a short visit at
Cedar Creek with Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
Tipton, Mrs. Tipton being a sister of
Mr. Miller. Mr. and Mrs. Miller
moved from Cass rounty twenty
three years ago, all of which time
they have made their home at Ord,
where Mr. Miller has been section
foreman for the Burlington. He en
tered the employ of the Burlington
road in 1874, for which company he
has continuously worked ever since,
helping to lay the ballast on the old
main line of the road west from
P attsmouth. At one time he was
owner of the Cedar Creek hotel, and
was conducted by his father, later
being traded for a piece of land in
Greeley county. They have a great
many friends and acquaintances in
Cass county, and their visit will be a
very pleasant one to them.
MORE MATERIAL FOR
T
A car of heavy steel for the govern
ment building arrived last evening
and Is being unloaded today by Mc
Maken & Son. Some difficulty has
been encountered in removing the
heavy granite from the cars. And
Borne of the heavier stone Is yet on
the car at the M. P. station. Some of
the stone weighs almost a ton, and
was let down on the car with a der
rick, and as there Is no such device
at hand, and the local officials object
to allowing the end of the car to be
taken out, it was Impossible to get
the granite unloaded. The officials
of the road at Omaha were communi
cated with this morning and some ar
rangements will probably be made
today to get the granite off the car.
Notice.
Notice Is hereby given that a meet
ing of the Stockholders of tho Bur
lington & Missouri River R. It. Com
pand In Nebraska, will be held In
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, at 10 a. m.,
February 23, 1911.
The meeting will bo held for the
election of nine directors of the com
pany to serve until their successors
are elected and qualified, and for tho
transaction of such other business as
may legally come before it.
W. P. Durkce,
Secretary.
Omaha, Nebraska, January 19, 1911.
Adjourn to Slw t March 7.
From Friday', lallv
The board of county commissioners
postponed the letting of the contract
for the county printing until next
meeting. The vote being a tie on
the Journal's proposition to print the
commissioners' proceedings at a much
lower rate than any of the republi
can papers.
The acceptance of Hand Seivers as
the Janitor of the court house was
approved, also bonds of Hand Tarns,
superintendent of poor farm, and Dr.
Welch as county physician, the Mur
dork Bank as a depositary of county
money, and J. W. Johnson, as mem
ber of the Sollders' relief committee,
were approved.
ANDREW SEAMAN A VICTIM
OF THE TIPPING HABIT
The following from the Omaha
Bee, has reference to an odd charac
ter, who has made visits to Plaits
mouth for many years, his chief ob
ject being to buy land sold for taxes
at the annual sale by the county
treasurer. He Is reputed to be worth
at least half a million, and the most
of it has been made In dealing in land
tax titles:
"Andrew Seaman, who has made
Omaha his home for years and who Is
known as the only capitalist in the
world who can and has lived on 15
cents a day, has turned loose a 5-cent
coin of the realm.
"In plain words, it was a 'tip.'
"And It was the first time In Sea
man's history that he was ever known
to turn loose anything. As a rule,
when Seaman gets hold of anything,
It Is 'hlsn' for keeps.
"If he can't keep It In any other
way, Seaman nails It to the door,
after borrowing a nail.
"But this nlckkel escaped the mag
Ic Influence which Seaman exerts over
coin which finds its way Into his pos
session. "The recipient of Seaman's gener
osity was R. G. Conklln, a clerk em
ployed In the treasurer's office. Sea
man wended his weary way into the
office, fatigued by the Job of carry
ing the nickel, and took Conklln from
his desk and went Into executive ses
sion. "Seaman wanted Conklin to figure
up the interest on a certificate which
Seaman was going to sell. Though It
took Conklln, who Is an expert ac
countant, about a minute and a half
to figure the Interest, it took him an
hour to prove to Seaman's satisfac
tion that the figures were correct.
But he finally satisfied his employer.
"Then to his amazement, Seaman
dug down in his pocket, fished up the
nickel, patted It fondly and passed it
over to Conklln for his services.
"It took Conklln an hour to recov
er from the shock. Then he went and
bought a dime's worth of tissue paper
to wrap up the prize nickel."
DEATH OF WILLIAM
SUTTON, APiONEER CITIZEN
From Friday's Dully.
William Sutton, aged about 85
years, and for the past 37 years a
resident of this county, nearKano
sha, died Thursday morning at 1
o'clock, after a brief illness with
pneumonia. Mr. Sutton came to
Cass county from Ohio and settled In
the vicinity where he died. His wife
having died about six years ago, ho
has since made his home a great part
o fthe time with his son Andy, at
whose homo he died. The deceased
Is survived by four sons and one
daughter, namely: John and Thomas,
of Rosalie, Nebraska, Andy and Wm.,
of this county, and Mrs. Mary Nlda,
of near Union.
The funeral occurred this after
noon at 2 o'clock from tho residence
of his son and was conducted by Rev.
Taylor, of Union.
Mr. Sutton was a farmer during the
years of his active life, and although
a democrat In politics and took a
lively Interest In public questions,
and was Interested In advancing the
common weal. Ho did not aspire to
any public position, and was of a
quiet and retiring disposition. Ho
was a man of tho highest Integrity
and will bo mourned by a largo clrclo
of friends and old time neighbors.
Walter Thacker, F. W. Sherwood,
T. W. McVeigh and William Erwin, of
Liberty precinct, drove up from their
respective homes today and transact
ed business with Plattsmouth merchants.
REPORTS
1
GATHERING OP ALL
The Omaha Independent Telephone Listed With the Rest, And
This Means Also That Other Nebraska Lines Will be
Gathered In.
The Omaha Bee says that In St.
Louis on Wednesday a Btory was cur
rent, with sufficient of color to give
it support, to the effect that a syndi
cate under the lead of J. P. Morgan
had practically arranged for the pur
chase and control of all Independent
telephone systems from Rochester to
Denver, including the Home, of Kan
sas Cliy, and tho Independent, of
Omaha. The only notable exception
admitted is the Klnloch system of St.
Louis, which Is the strongest of the
Independent organizations. Tho pur
pose of the Morgan purchase Is to
consolidate tho control of the tele
phone systems of the country under
the American Telegraph and Tele
phono company, which now controls
the Bell telephone companies and the
Western Union Telegraph system.
The Independent Telephono asso
ciation Is in session at Chicago, and a
vigorous row was waged between the
factions at the opening session over
the matter. The Omaha company Is
In the process of a receivership, and
Lysle I. Abbott, the receiver, said last
night that so far as he knows tho
local company Is not concerned In any
way In any proposed merger. It can
not under existing conditions be
legally approached on the topic of
HOT Til AROUND THE
CAPITAL ON THURSDAY
The school for agriculture bill was
on third reading Thursday afternoon
and the original plan Is Bald to have
been to serve the warrant and have
two members arrested before the
session was called to order. The con
stable fell down In not getting his
men before that time. As It was the
bill passed with Just a constitutional
majority, though it took two calls of
the hoiiBe to do It. The final roll call
showed the vote to stand 51 for to 47
against.
Friends of the bill are bitter at the
Lancaster county delegation, charg
ing them with being a party to the
Poulson attempt to arrest Grossman
and Lcldlgh for tho sole and only
purpose of defeating tho bill and
securing reconsideration and the
death of capital removal.
The Lancaster crowd Is said to
have had enough men promised who
would vote for reconsideration of the
capital removal bill. Somo of these,
however, would not have voted for
Indefinite postponement afterward
and It was necessary to have the two
accused men out of the way to give
Lincoln a baro majority In favor of
Indefinite postponement.
After the discovery of the defeat
of their plan the delegation Is said to
have lost no time In squaring the
damage they discovered had been
dono them through discovery of tho
alleged trick.
The Lincoln charge that capital re
moval Is all ascheme of the liquor In
terests to punish Lincoln for Its
excise policy has aroused c onsldcrablo
resentment. How far from the truth
this charge Is may bo seen from an
analysis of the voto.
Talk among members yesterday
who voted for removal develops that
many of them have no personal In
terest In seeing the seat of govern
ment taken away from Lincoln, but
that they believe the people should
have tho right to say whether It Is to
remain In Lincoln or not beforo any
money Is appropriated which Is com
ing nearer and nearer necessnry every
day.
Look Out For I.ociisls.
Farmers aro warned that tho sev-enteon-year
IocubIs are duo to mako
their appearance this summer, and
agricultural experts are now engaged
In making plans for reducing tho rav
ages of tho pest to a minimum. The
locusts aro expected to mako their
appoaranco along the Atlantic coast
from Virginia to New York, but are
not likely to reach New England.
They may also extend their depreda
tions westward to tho central and
middle-west states.
Try the Journal's want rfl column.
C TE IS
TELEPHONE STOCK
merging with any euch combination.
The franchise granted the company
by the city contains a clause that for
bids Its sale to the Bell or any similar
competing company.
Next to the Klnloch company of St.
Louis tho most important indepen
dent companies are those of Detroit
and Kansas City. The Home com
pany of Kansas City Is the more pros
perous of these. Its stock Is selling
around $115 and it Is earning in the
neighborhood of 12 per cent on its
capital of $3,000,000, besides taking
care of a little over $2,800,000 of
bonds. The Lincoln company la also
a prosperous concern and the com
panies In Rochester and Buffalo, N.
Y., aro doing well.
The action of the American Tele
phone association at Its Chicago
meeting this week may have an Im
portant bearing on the deal. Neces
sity for urgent action arises from the
fact that a bill Is pending In the Ohio
legislature to prevent the merger of
competing telephone companies,
which would bo a snag If en
countered. Another snag In the way
Is tho Injunction of the Nebraska
supreme court, which forbids the
merger of these companies by sale or
otherwise In Nebraska.
Hack to tlio I 'm in.
According to government statistics
there are many evidences that the
city man, wearied with the never end
ing struggle for existence In the
crowded centers of population, has
begun to think about the green fields
of the country and a little farm of
his own, where he can spend his later
years In Independence.
RETURNS WILL EE GREAT
AND BUS LIGHT
Nebraska might Well gain some
helpful points on the good roads
question from Indiana. The Iloosler
state has a gravel road law that has
Improved thousands of miles of coun
try roadways In the last two years
without working any hardships on the
taxpayers. In some of the richest
counties of that state It Is now hard
to find any highway known as
a'"dlrt" road. Here in brief Is the
law: If any farmer whose land
abuts an unimproved road gets fifty
signers living In his township to a
petition for a gravel road and raises
a sufficient sum to guarautco tliesalo
of tho bonds he gets the Improve
ment. The whole township pays the
bill. The payments are so arranged
that they are tacked on to each man's
taxes for a period of ten years. In
this manner the cost of construction
does not prove to be a burden. Under
tho old law those farmers living w ith
in a radius of two and a half miles of
the proposed gravel road had the
wholo sayso. As about half of the
roads were graveled, It was difficult
to obtain a majority of signers for the
Improvement. But the new measure,
which Is still In effect, removed this
difficulty. And It seems to be one of
the most popular acts ever enacted In
that state. Let the Nebraska legisla
ture pass somo kind of a road law,
the results of which will bo seen Im
mediately. Like In Indiana, the re
turns will be so great that the burden
wil lbe light Lincoln News.
Ci W(l Applaud Salliido.
From Friday's Pally.
Manager R. M. Schlaes, of the Ma
jestic, tho enterprising show man, has
had words of the highest commenda
tion spoken of the special attraction
bo Is putting on this week. The
house was crowded, packed last night
and tho wonderful clever stunts of
"Sallmlo" were applauded to the
echo. Tho work of the Juggler was
of a high character, and merited the
approval which It received. The acta
aro high class, clean, and most enter
taining. You cannot afford to miss
the show tonight, as this Is tho last
night Sallmlo will appear at this
tlnio.
Principal Livingston Rlchey, of tho
high school, departed for Lincoln on
tho afternoo ntraln today, where he
will spend Sunday with friends.